The Wounded Hero in Contemporary Fiction tracks the emergence of a new type of physically and/or spiritually wounded hero(ine) in contemporary fiction. Editors, Susana Onega and Jean-Michel Ganteu bring together some of the top minds in the field to explore the paradoxical lives of these heroes that have embraced, rather than overcome, their suffering, alienation and marginalisation as a form of self-definition.

What do you do when your life plan goes up in flames? Army sniper Reid Colborn has nothing left. His last mission was technically a success. Enemy hit. Boy rescued. Day saved. Getting trapped in a burning building, however, wasn’t part of the plan. Now Reid doesn’t have a steady shooting arm, and his military career is over. Heading back to his hometown of Maplehaven, Vermont is not the next target he’d hoped for, but he’s out of choices. Until architect Valerie Bellerose gives him another option. When Valerie sees Reid, every detail of their one night together as teens nearly ten years ago comes flooding back. Not that the memory had ever died. Reid had given her something that had made it impossible to forget him. Now that he’s back, can they have a second chance to hit their mark? Is one kind hero high enough caliber to build the family they’ve always wanted? One Kind Hero is a second-chance, small-town, steamy contemporary romance novella with a wounded military hero searching for what comes next after losing everything. For more romances set in Maplehaven, check out the One Kind Deed Series also by Christine DePetrillo. The Heart of the Wounded Hero series was created to pay tribute to and raise awareness of our wounded heroes. Each of the over eighty authors involved have contributed time, money, and stories to the cause. These love stories are inspiring and uplifting, showing the sacrifice of our veterans but also giving them the happily ever after they deserve. By increasing awareness through our books, we believe we can in a small part help the wounded heroes that have sacrificed so much. Thank you for reading.

This book is an investigation of non-fatal injury and bloodspill in Homer's Iliad and demonstrates the crucial significance of these motifs in the epic. They are shown to be fundamental to defining heroic status and a powerful means for developing the narrative and thematic structures of the poem. The study offers a nuanced definition of the nature of mortality and immortality and shows how the motifs of injury and bloodspill explicate the plot of the poem and its ethical values. This work is the first to examine these motifs in a systematic and comprehensive investigation. Focusing exclusively on the Iliad, the book sheds new light on ideals of heroic conduct.

Man is not meant to live alone. He becomes dangerous, possessive, protective of what's his. And she is all mine... Since retiring from the military, I don't like human company. Until I meet Emily, my new neighbor. She's as damaged as I am and running from her own demons. When they catch up with her, I must fight my own inner darkness to protect the woman I love. But two broken hearts don't always make a whole... The Heart of the Wounded Hero series was created to pay tribute to and raise awareness of our wounded heroes. Each of the over eighty authors involved have contributed time, money, and stories to the cause. These love stories are inspiring and uplifting, showing the sacrifice of our veterans but also giving them the happily ever after they deserve. By increasing awareness through our books, we believe we can in a small part help the wounded heroes that have sacrificed so much. Thank you for reading! Authors note: All the Scars we Cannot See is a short instalove novella that can be read in about two hours.

He doesn’t have anything to offer. She’s going to prove him wrong. This past year has been the worst of my life. I’m not the same man that I used to be. I’m not whole. Besides my own pain, I’ve hurt my kids and my wife of twenty years. I can’t let her touch me, hold me... love me. I try to push her away because they’re all better off without me. But even knowing that is true... I’m weak. I can’t live without her. I know I have to do better. I’m going to do whatever I have to do to be the man she needs. Because I may have lost a part of me, but it’s her that makes me whole.

She’s his high school sweetheart. He’s back in town looking after being discharged from the military. Is he ready for the huge secret she’s been keeping from him? Bri Ethan was my everything growing up, my first everything, my best friend, and my soul mate. Until he walked away and ended us. We had one last beautiful night together and then he was gone. That night gave me our son. The problem is Ethans is back in town, and he doesn’t know about our little boy… Ethan Leaving her was the hardest thing I’ve ever done but it was the right thing to do. She didn’t have a future with me. I was planning to make the Navy my whole life until I was injured and discharged. Having to start all over I pack up and head home to my parents. Walking into the diner that first morning I never thought I’d see her. The only woman I’d ever loved but the biggest shocker? The little boy sitting next to her is the spitting image of me… The Heart of the Wounded Hero series was created to pay tribute to and raise awareness of our wounded heroes. Each of the over eighty authors involved have contributed time, money, and stories to the cause. These love stories are inspiring and uplifting, showing the sacrifice of our veterans but also giving them the happily ever after they deserve. By increasing awareness through our books, we believe we can in a small part help the wounded heroes that have sacrificed so much. Thank you for reading!