Navy Brides, Debbie Macomber
Navy Brides, Debbie Macomber
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Navy Brides

Author: Debbie Macomber

Narrator: Kristin Kalbli

Unabridged: 12 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/24/2018


Synopsis

Two stories of women whose men also love the sea

Navy Wife

Lindy Kyle flees to Seattle to weather a broken heart but is unprepared for a roommate like Rush Callaghan. Strong, sensitive and sexy, the temporarily dry-docked naval officer is everything she’s ever dreamed of in a man…and in a husband. Though they are swept away on a tide of passion, Rush holds duty to his country above all else. When he has to return to service, does Lindy have the courage to be his wife?

Navy Blues

Despite her ex-husband’s stubbornness, Carol knows Lieutenant Commander Steve Kyle would be the perfect man to father the child she so desperately wants. But she also realizes that the strong, honorable man would never allow his child to be raised without him. Passion together was never the problem—it was the absences that tore them apart. Have they grown enough to risk trying again?

 

About Debbie Macomber

How many people follow the dream they had as a child growing up? American Women's Fiction and Romance novelist, Debbie Macomber did just that. She realized that it was her dream to become a writer from the time she was in fourth grade. She did not act upon that dream (for fear of rejection) until she was 30 years old, and the mother of four children. She submitted many manuscripts, but all were rejected. She attended a romance writers conference, where one of her manuscripts, Heartsong, was selected to be critiqued by an editor from Harlequin Enterprises, Inc. Of course, that editor ripped her work to shreds with his criticism, and recommended she throw it away! Instead, she gathered the $10 fee and submitted the same manuscript to Harlequin's competitor, Silhouette Books. They published the manuscript, and Macomber's illustrious writing career began in earnest.

Debbie Macomber overcame her dyslexia to become one of the most prolific authors of romance novels. She sat in her kitchen, with four children, tapping out her work on an ordinary typewriter. At her peak writing, she was releasing two or three titles per year, with her first hardcover novel being released in 2001.

Most women today are very familiar with Macomber's current works, especially those that have been made into Hallmark Channel movies and series. The Christmas movies.......Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle, Call Me Mrs. Miracle, and Trading Christmas.....have become iconic Christmas features. The Cedar Cove series was also a hit with not only Debbie Macomber fans, but Hallmark fans in general.

Macomber and her husband raised their four children, and now have grandchildren. They still live in Port Orchard, Washington, but now winter in Florida.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennie on September 02, 2018

This book contains two short stories with the same characters in each. Both stories had a good idea, but the couples broke up and got back together many times in each story. The reader knows that they will eventually get together and they do, so at least 100 pages could have been deleted in my opini......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on July 07, 2023

Navy wife 2.75 stars - I enjoy Debbie’s writing and tone, but I did not love this story! I read one of her Christmas stories last Christmas Eve and picked this up for a dollar with a plan to read it on July 4th. what can I say, holiday reads are fun and this is my way of enjoying them! I was interest......more

Goodreads review by Simonne on September 01, 2024

The first story in this duo was first published in the late 1980s. That explains a lot. Like the views around marriage, and maybe even the sexist thinking of the male characters, where men must protect their peace from crazy women - who they’re apparently in love with. I didn’t find either romance p......more

Goodreads review by Pam on May 07, 2018

Navy Brides is a two-volume book by Debbie Macomber. The two books are Navy Wife and Navy Blues. Both books are set in Seattle and are about siblings Lindy and Steve Kyle. Each of the siblings is trying to find their one true love but their situations are never easy. With Steve Kyle being on a sub f......more

Goodreads review by bookwyrmemma on March 23, 2025

With Debbie Macomber, you are always guaranteed a lighthearted, feel-good romance, and this book is no exception. While these two stories weren’t my favorites, they still carried the warmth and charm that make Macomber’s books so enjoyable. The storylines were predictable, following her familiar them......more