Specialist April Banks served her country but lost something in return. After a stint in the hospital, she returns home to small-town Ohio. Right back at the beginning, right back to the place she fled. A thousand setbacks, a thousand shots of whiskey. This isn't what she pictured when she signed her enlistment papers. Everyone seems to live a good life, don't I deserve one too? Can she rely on her own strength, her own fortitude, to make a life of her choosing?

The hardest part of taking a new path is the first step, and April fears the demons nipping at her heels. Does a person ever get a second chance at life?

The Broken Roses Novella Series is a collection of stories by talented authors on perseverance and strength of the feminine spirit.