Sgt Michael Albarado my wife Ret Chief Dee Dee Serpas

First went the power. Then came the water, and for five days, the country’s oldest hospital was under siege. The never-before-told story of the heroic doctors, nurses, and patients who fought to survive Hurricane Katrina at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. The story traces a remarkable five-day transformation of an infirm institution, caught in a sea of death and indifference, into an island of care and tenderness.

Her big, close-knit family and her hometown mean everything to bear shifter Hannah Swanson. As a devastating wildfire threatens Bearpaw Ridge, she meets and falls for a handsome firefighter who's traveled all the way from Australia to help save the town. But becoming his mate would mean making a new start halfway around the world, leaving everything and everyone Hannah loves.

Bear shifter Kayla Swanson is trapped. While firefighting a wildfire in New Mexico, she makes a grave mistake and the flames are getting close. Lucky for her a tall, ruggedly handsome shifter comes to her aid. The fire may have been extinguished but their passion sparks a heated encounter. A mating bond takes them both by surprise, and a surprise baby is on the way. One problem: this shifter happens to be a disgraced police officer and convicted felon. A mating bond means forever, but what if forever doesn't work out?

After a devastating fire nearly destroys bear shifter Elle Swanson's home, she's facing the prospect that the big family Christmas dinner isn't going to happen this year. As the Swanson clan matriarch, she's always taken care of everyone. Now, she's struggling to accept her mate Justin's and her family's offers to help resolve the crisis.

Firefighter Tyler Swanson can't believe his luck when he rescues someone from a burning home...and it's his old flame Mary Jacobsen. Then the heat between them ignites into a blaze and they realize that they're fated mates. Tyler offers to rebuild her house, determined to make a real home for himself, too.

The dead body of a young college student reignites an investigation into a series of bizarre murders that remain unsolved and a killer who has returned with a vengeance. In the career of every detective, there is that one case that haunts them. For some investigators, it's an unsolved murder. For others, it's the victims and the suffering they endured. For Vince Wills, it's a combination of the two, but at least he believed the killings had stopped. Now, he knows he was wrong. Everything is on the line as he attempts to solve his biggest case of New Orleans homicide.

It's Police Detective Dino LaStanza's first week in Homicide and he must handle the horrific murder of Marie Sumner, slashed to death on a quiet French Quarter street. LaStanza and his partners work long, frustrating hours with no results. When another woman is slashed to death along Bayou St. John, the detectives bear witness to the carnage again. LaStanza feels even worse this time, almost useless.

This is New Orleans - 1982. In Homicide, you're only as good as your last case. Fresh from solving the Slasher Murders, NOPD Homicide Det. LaStanza must investigate a "floater" pulled from the Mississippi River. The bloated body with two holes in the head is the son-in-law of the La Cosa Nostra boss, Alphonso Badalamente. Sicilian-American LaStanza is in the middle of a Mafia slaying.

In 1900, the crumbling French Quarter is an enclave of immigrants, primarily Sicilian. Early one July evening, four-year-old Luigi Bova is lured from in front of his house by the promise of ice-cream by a man who tosses Luigi into the back of a passing wagon. A frantic search ensues but Sicilians are reluctant to call the New Orleans Police Department populated by mostly Irishmen. Detective Jacques Dugas, taking a short cut through the Quarter, comes upon a street full of people looking for the missing boy and takes command of the situation.

With veterinarian Sydney Jones being targeted, K-9 Officer Gavin Walker and his furry partner must stand between her and certain death in Lenora Worth’s Hidden Christmas Danger. And the clock is ticking in Silent Night Explosion by Katy Lee—but can Jodie Chen trust the newest K-9 officer, Victor Abrams, and his dog to find a bomb and keep her alive…despite Victor’s shadowed past?