Women Veterans

He’s so much younger than me. He’s my employee. But why does something so wrong feel so right? Ellie Jeb looked lost and adrift when I found him. He was a battle-worn soldier, his eyes filled with secrets and pain. I gave him a job and a place to call home. He doesn’t know I also gave him my heart. He can never know that because he’s so much younger than me. We’re just friends that flirt…until he kisses me. Now I have to convince his heart and mine that this is a terrible idea. Jeb I had no place to go when Ellie took me in. She gave me a place to call home. I gave her my heart ...

She came home to rebuild her life… not to rekindle an old flame. After the slow collapse of a toxic marriage, Emily Breaux returns to Bon Chance, Louisiana, determined to reclaim more than just her independence. She’s ready to start fresh, one home-cooked meal and second chance at a time. Helping her is Noah Devereaux. Her childhood best friend turned quiet, steady confidant. A veteran with wounds of his own, Noah spends his days fixing what’s broken… even when it isn’t his to mend. Between simmering pots and shared meals, Emily and Noah discover that sometimes, the best recipes ...

After Casey Marie McCleary, Specialist 4th class finally heard the rumble of the bus coming down the road towards her. She stood and put the strap of her handbag on her shoulder, then squatted and in a very lady like manner easily lifted the 60-pound duffel and slung it over her shoulder by one strap. She was headed for Korea.Casey’s life had changed dramatically several years earlier when her mother had died, then again when her oldest sister Ryan had gotten pregnant and moved to Zapata TX. But the change when she’d landed in Newark had been more abrupt. It had been her first time on a...

In the third of the Ellen Parker novels, it is 2013. From the Carolinas to southern Pennsylvania, someone is killing women and leaving many hanging on barbed wire fences. While the unknown killer is pursued by a multi-agency task force led by the FBI, Ellen Parker, a Philadelphia journalist, is contacted by Iraq veteran Elizabeth Chernov, who has encountered a young girl fleeing from the drug-related killings of her guardians. Chernov believes the girl is pursued by the murderers perhaps aided by the police; she trusts Ellen only because she did a story on her and others dealing with the ...

Join me, a fellow survivor of PTSD and passionate advocate for female veterans, on a journey of hope, resilience, and growth. You will unlock the secrets of sustained progress and harness the mighty power of dopamine to conquer procrastination and ignite unwavering motivation. You will learn the challenges that female veterans face and strategies that you can use to overcome them. Your journey will encompass more than just dealing with your illness. It will also involve your physical, social, and spiritual evolution as you will learn new skills and befriend other travelers. If you are a ...

He treated her like dirt. I’m the quiet cowboy who worships the ground she walks on. Dean I knew the moment I saw Haley I was in love with the curvy woman. But I kept my mouth shut because she married my best friend. Then he’s gone, leaving her widowed with two kids. Now a thunderstorm has left me stranded with her, and I realize it’s time to finally claim the pregnant single mom who belongs to me. But after one night together, will she be willing to take a chance on forever with this veteran cowboy? Haley Dean has always been my rock, the one person I could count on. I don’t know ...

Wounded veteran and battered woman face more trials together! After an RPG attack on their barracks in Afghanistan, corpsman, Wade Scott wakes up in an Army hospital in Germany with his right arm gone. His other friends were wounded too. Luke’s ankle was shattered, Amber lost her left leg and Ross was blinded. Poor little rich boy, Wade, just wants to start a new life somewhere far away from anything in his past. He also wants to do everything he can to help his blind buddy Ross. Serena Bell was attacked in her store a year ago and is now being stalked. The attacker was never found. Is it...

I finally found the woman that’s meant to be mine. Now I just have to show my curvy waitress that she can trust me with her secret. Connie My new boss is the hottest bartender in Lake Bliss. He’s easy on the eyes…and a total jack ass. Until the moment I see him with my little boy. My heart melts and my ovaries explode. But there’s a reason I’m alone. I deserve to live with the pain that haunts me. Besides, I know a man like Gage, who values family above all else, could never understand what I did or accept me. Because deep down, I’m a monster. Gage I’m a dirty bastard for ...

Though this story revolves around a hero, it’s also a heartwarming Christmas account of three people in need of love. Of someone to care. A divorcee who searches for herself as she travels hundreds of miles from home. A young boy who wishes and prays for a loving father. A war vet who chases peace to soothe his grief, and has given up on Christmas. There isn’t anything more likely to soften or help soothe a war vet’s grief, than a child. I believe people come into our lives for a reason, and most times unexpected. Plans and chance meetings can fill lives and hearts with joy and a ...

I’m secretly in love with my best friend’s brooding bodyguard. But he’s always kept his distance…until the night I tempt him with a flirty dance. Will Oliver finally make me his? Anita The brooding bodyguard who protects my friend has never noticed me. To Oliver, I’m just the quiet, curvy assistant who keeps everything organized. He has no idea how I want him. Too bad he’s so much older than me. One night on vacation, I get a little bit tipsy and let him know exactly what I want from him. He pushes me away like I knew he would. At least, I know where I stand with him. Now, I can...

“Old Salts, New Navy” is a companion piece to Frederic Burr’s first novel, “Mutinies.” In this story, an older Mitch Payne, along with one of his former shipmates from the USS Scarslund, joins with two retired chief petty officers to go on one of the Navy’s ‘Tiger Cruises,’ in which relatives of crewmembers are invited to ‘ride along’ during a transit from Rota, Spain to Norfolk, Virginia. The fictional USS Mulligan is one of the Navy’s newest destroyers, complete with every advanced weapon system and technology ever developed. However, the ship is short-handed due to ...

It's the late 1990s—Tupac is taking over radio waves, Inkster, Michigan is as Midwest as ever, and a young Khadijah Queen has just been recruited to join the U.S. Navy while working her day job at RadioShack. In light of her dwindling college tuition fund, her mother’s alcoholism and sisters’ addictions, and an impending future of minimum wage retail jobs, Bootcamp doesn’t sound so bad. But soon after Khadijah completes her grueling training and boards her ship, finds herself in even more traumatic situations among strangers far from home.

While their husbands, brothers and sweethearts fought in Europe and their mothers, sisters and friends kept the home fires burning, for the first time, a group of remarkable women took to the skies. They weren't allowed into combat but risked their lives in bad weather and without radios to bring our boys the aircraft they so vitally needed. Employed by the Air Transport Auxiliary, these women were known as 'attagirls'. They proved that women, too, could master Spitfires, Mosquitoes and Hawker Hurricanes, forging a new path in aviation.

“I love you, too, Tank, but I’m not going to waste my life waiting for a man who won’t commit to loving me forever.” With tears streaming down her face, Maeve Wynn stretched onto her tiptoes and kissed the man. She loved him, but it would be the last time, she told herself. Then she said goodbye to Tank Harmond and left him standing in the sand with disbelief written all over his face. Jeff Mitchell is there, ready and willing to compete for Maeve’s heart. He’s young, good looking, and a successful up and coming architect. He’s new to Grey’s Harbor, and he just might be the ...

Sara’s been a do-gooder all her life. Ken’s retired from the military and looking for his purpose in the civilian world. When her grandpa needed her, Sara left her job in the city and her child-averse boyfriend. Now she’s heading up the neighborhood community center. Although she’s accustomed to solving everyone else’s problems, she needs Ken’s help to expand the center. Teaming up with the handsome veteran is a no-brainer. Giving up on her dream of motherhood isn’t so easy.

Overcome by despair after a trauma when she was 16, Sarita Taylor has spent the past 10 years isolated and lonely aboard her beloved RMS Queen Mary. Fearful of outsiders, she dedicates her time to managing The Secret Spice Cafe, now an award-winning restaurant. Until Luca Miceli, a man with a dark past, steps on board. Patricia V. Davis deftly spins past and present, mystery and magic, into a potent story of passionate longing and family tragedy all at once.

You're never too old to be naughty... Maisie has always been "the good girl". She married her high school sweetheart, had two kids, bought a house, and adopted a dog. But when her husband gets arrested for running a Ponzi scheme, she realizes that their life together was all an illusion. Unemployed, broke, and newly homeless, she accepts an offer from her college roommate to move across the country to work at a small-town bookstore. When she smells the fresh ocean air, she's sure things are looking up for her -- at least until she rear-ends Santa... Reformed bad boy Thom has one vice left ...

Cops in romance books are always so sweet and protective. Unfortunately, Evie’s life is no romance book. Bookstore owner Evie Fontenot has a mystery to solve. Someone is messing with her bookstore, and there’s no way someone is going to get away with ruining the successful business she created. Her friends insist she report the issues to the police, but based on her history with the law, she knows they’ll be no help. When she meets the bossy and rigid police chief, she knows she’s right. Jake Wilson isn’t sure what’s going on at Boozy Books, but there’s one thing he does know:...

Another year, another stalker. What is it about Hollywood that brings the crazies to my doorstep? I don't think the threat is that serious, but when I meet my bodyguard, I know there's no one else I want near me. Everyone knows she's beautiful, but standing before me in sweats and no makeup, vulnerable but trying to be brave - I need to make her mine. My military training will make it easy to neutralize the threat to my woman and then I can make her mine. *** Kyle, the first book in Kate Stone's Starke Private Security series, is an instalove romantic suspense novella with an alpha male who...

The first time Jonah Davis met his mate he was arresting her. The second time he saw his mate, he was rescuing her. When moved to the small shifter town of Greysden to become sheriff, Jonah was hoping that he would finally find his fated mate. He and his wolf had almost given up on finding love until they scented Susan Grey. Unfortunately, the beautiful and fiery wolf shifter hates him and has no interest in being his mate. She isn’t the first person that he arrested who has held a grudge. But little does Susan know that when Jonah decides on a goal, he pursues it with single-minded ...