His Salvation by Laney Powell

At the age of twenty-four, I had it all. I’d made it through first Ranger, and then Delta training. As far as I could see, I was on my way to a long and exciting career in the Army. Until the IED blew up right in front of me. It left me broken; unable to walk, or talk, and with a future so bleak I couldn’t even think about it.
So when Mona, my main nurse in rehab, suggests that I travel with her so that she can get home to see her mother, I figure, why not? It’s not like I have anywhere else to be. And Mona, at least, understands my issues. I don’t have to explain. What I don’t expect is that she plops me down on a ranch outside of town telling me good luck with the old guy who owns it.
And I certainly don’t expect to be hired help all over the county, but that’s how things are. I’m dragged with Freeze, the old guy, over to a chicken ranch to help them repair their barn. That’s when I see her. Hazel. She’s the most beautiful girl I’ve ever met. Her grandmother is eying me like I’m a fox in the henhouse. But Hazel is looking at me like she wants to be caught.
At least I hope so.
Is it all just foolish on my part to hope? If I could get Hazel to talk to me, I might have the chance to find out.