Women Veterans

What is the price of honor? It took 10 years for Vietnam War Nurse Diane Carlson Evans to answer that question - and the answer was a heavy one.

Embracing the Warrior Within by Diane “Dee” Murphy is a transformative guide for women veterans navigating the transition to civilian life. Drawing from her own experience as a Navy veteran and holistic nurse, Diane offers powerful insights and practical advice for achieving personal growth and resilience. Empower yourself to embrace your true potential and lead a fulfilling life with this inspiring book. Perfect for those seeking a path to self-discovery and empowerment.

After their last deployment, when she got shot, her fiancé, Martinez, got killed, and his bomb-sniffing dog, Elvis, got depressed, soldier Mercy Carr and Elvis were both sent home, her late lover’s last words ringing in her ears: “Take care of my partner.” On the Fourth of July weekend, when all of Northshire celebrates with fun and frolic and fireworks, the dog alerts to explosives and they find a squalling baby abandoned near a shallow grave filled with what appear to be human bones.

‘Women can be heroes, too’. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances “Frankie” McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California’s idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different path for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows his path.

'Women can be heroes, too'. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances "Frankie" McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California's idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different path for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows his path.

As a combat medic, Lina LaSalle went to Iraq to save the lives of fellow soldiers. But when her convoy is attacked, she must set aside her identity as a healer and take a life herself. Although she is honored as a hero when she returns to the US, Lina cannot find her footing. She is stricken with PTSD and unsure of how to support her young son, Teó, a little boy with Tourette’s. As her attempts to self-medicate become harder to hide, Lina realizes she must do the toughest thing yet: ask for help.

After spending years in prison for a crime she didn’t intend to commit, Rose Collins is suddenly free. Someone who knows about the good work she has done - training therapy dogs while serving time - has arranged for her early release. This mysterious benefactor has even set her up with a job in the coastal Massachusetts community of Gloucester, on the edge of Dogtown, a place of legend and, for the first time since Rosie's whole world came crashing down, hope.

Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome crises.

At 25, after five years as her mother’s caregiver, it’s time for Shelby to experience freedom and adventure. Time for travel, college, and romance. But when she visits Virgin River, she runs into Luke Riordan, decidedly not whom she has in mind. A handsome Blackhawk pilot, Luke exited the army after 20 years, four wars, and having been shot out of the sky three times. At 38 he’s tough and jaded. His major was in one-night stands, with a minor in commitment avoidance.

A confused surfer dude, a hoodlum with a taste for fine furniture, a forensic accountant with a fondness for outrageous lies and a possibly murderous farmer mingle on the edge of the prairie as winter descends with a vengeance. On the run from the mob Paul Sorbon heads towards the only refuge he knows on earth. What he doesn't know is that his best friend might soon become his deadliest enemy.

Courage in Camouflage II is a follow-up to the first set of soldier stories published two years ago in the original Courage in Camouflage. Both collections are based on individual interviews with military veterans young and old from all across the United States. Most of these brave men and women served considerable time in combat during sometimes historic battles in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, Desert Shield, and the protracted fight against terrorism in the Middle East. Most all have gone on to successful lives outside the military, but things they saw and did ...

When her late grandfather’s dying deputy calls Mercy to his side, she and Elvis inherit the cold case that haunted him - and may have killed him. But finding Beth Kilgore 20 years after she disappeared is more than a lost cause. It’s a Pandora’s box releasing a rain of evil on the very people Mercy and Elvis hold most dear. With her grandmother Patience gone missing and Elvis’s future uncertain, Mercy faces the prospect of losing her most treasured allies, the only ones she believes truly love and understand her.

September 1896: As an aspiring archaeologist, Smith College graduate Betsy Hayes travels to Athens, desperate to break into a very male-dominated field and find work at some of the world’s most famous excavation sites. In the midst of the heat and dust of Greece she finds an unlikely ally in philanthropist Charles, Baron de Robecourt, one of the few men who takes her academic passion seriously.

“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 ...

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 ...

The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington - and Hanoi - to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam.

His mother hates me with a passion. No peasant for her perfect son. She made sure to boot me out of his life when we were in high school and falling quickly in love. So I did what any respectable girl would do—I broke his heart and let him leave. Now the handsome billionaire is all grown up and back in our hometown where I never left. Seems the military did some good with him. He’s a hotshot pilot with a playboy attitude to boot. Being the heir to the most revered aviation company in the world doesn’t hurt either. However, he’s very different when it comes to me. That same flame ...

Brutally groomed to be a weapon under their control, would she be the key to her own survival? Every second of Tina Soctoy’s life was ruled by terror. Succumbing to the toll of constant abuse and merciless training, the abducted little girl’s sudden scarily realistic visions began to rattle her cruel captors. Demanding domination over her inexplicable gift, they subjected her to relentless psychological enslavement aimed at completely breaking her down. Taught how to kill people with only a knife, Tina learned how to survive enemy assassins. But her growing mental abilities are starting...

What's meant to be will always find a way. ~Unknown The military can teach you mental toughness, but not the ways to change your heart's true desire. Keisha Gaines and Greg Jordan didn't know that meeting five years ago would lead to a lasting friendship. Close friendships are amazing until one person develops deeper feelings than the other. This is the dilemma Keisha finds herself struggling to handle. After five years of being nothing more than Greg's best friend, and wanting so much more, Keisha decides to move on with her life. She knows leaving Greg behind will allow her heart to heal....

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 ...