The Broken Benefactor
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  • Time 2h 33m
  • Reads 71,271
  • Votes 4,112
  • Parts 19
  • Time 2h 33m
Complete, First published Oct 16, 2018
Mature
(EDITING) This is a Curvy Community Romance:
#DISCLOSURE  #CelebrateBlackStories  #Community  #Curvy  #EyesLipsFierce

After a life-changing experience in Syria, Lance Corporal Ethan Raye barely makes it home with his life. The severely wounded marine must rely on his fiancee Charlotte and the assistance of a health care provider named Valerie. The military veteran finds himself struggling to reclaim more than control over his life including the disability his career has left him with. 

Will secrets from the past threaten to destroy him and the little bit of sanity he has left? 

A series of family tragedies forces Valerie to drop out of college, return home, and help her family members who have fallen on hard times. Taking a job as a health care worker provides her with a measure of hope as she struggles to save the family home and land her parents worked their entire lives for before it is all lost. Her hopes of returning to school become an elusive dream as she struggles to make everything work.

When Valerie accepts a position caring for Ethan, she learns the true meaning of suffering for those you love.

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