Battle My Love

She trained soldiers to survive anything. She never trained herself to survive him.

Senior Drill Sergeant Gina Montgomery-Lincoln can read a lie before it finishes forming—a gift that built her career and, for four years, protected her from the one betrayal she never saw coming: her own marriage. She adopted her husband's daughter at a dying woman's bedside. She built a family out of a promise. Now she has to find out if a promise is enough to survive the truth.

First Sergeant Malcolm Lincoln has spent his whole life believing he doesn't deserve the good things he fights for—and one reckless night proves it. An encounter with a subordinate who won't let go. Forty-eight thousand dollars in debt hidden behind a smile. A little girl who calls him "Paw Paw" and has no idea her entire world is one confession away from cracking open.

Then the Army ships him nine months and an ocean away, and Gina is left holding it all: a marriage on the edge, a rival who keeps circling closer, and a little girl who still checks the door every morning for the man who broke her mother's heart. Malcolm comes home changed—quieter, leaner, on his knees in a way he never let anyone see before. Whether that's enough is the only battle left.

Some marriages end in divorce papers. This one goes to war first.

Battle My Love is a slow-burn, second-chance-within-the-marriage military romance about loving someone through their worst chapter—and what's still standing when the smoke clears. Raw, faith-rooted, and unapologetically Black love, for readers who want their happily-ever-after earned, not handed over.

Perfect for fans of Kennedy Ryan's soul-deep marriages-in-crisis and Love Belvin's faith-rooted healing romances, with the aching tension of a military homecoming love story.

Tropes: Marriage in crisis - Military romance - Betrayal & redemption - Slow-burn reconciliation - Found family - Adoptive parenthood - Deployment separation - Faith & forgiveness

If you have ever loved a soldier, missed a soldier, or fought for a marriage worth fighting for—this one is for you.