Women Veterans

Alex is only looking for a bride to get his brother off his back. He's not planning to keep her. He's got too much baggage for any woman to put up with him. Then he met Janie. There was something about her that called to him. Not just that part in his jeans but something deep inside that he hadn't felt in so long. Janie was looking for an escape. Somewhere she didn't have to deal with a ton of people all the time. She'd thought his requests were a little strange but nothing she wasn't willing to live with and even jump at to get away from the people who were making her crazy. She hadn't ...

I’ve spent years watching my business partner and our Administrative Assistant moon over each other when they thought no one watched. It’s time to do something about it. If they won’t make a move on their own, like a master chessman, I’ll maneuver them into position until the outcome is a foregone conclusion. I just hope my plan doesn’t get us all killed.Author's Note: This story has menage elements. If you don't like sexual contact between three consenting adults, do not purchase this book.

This year Santa is getting a Christmas present…a brand new mate! Tony is transitioning back to civilian life after twenty years in the military and trying to figure out his next steps. When his mom signs him up to play Santa at Greysden’s annual holiday festival, he’s not happy about it. After so many years away from his family, he’s lost his love of the holiday, and the last thing the grumpy wolf wants to do is spread Christmas cheer. Marissa just moved to town, looking for a fresh start to heal her broken heart. When a growly Santa tracks her down and says he’s her fated mate, ...

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...

Briggs Dawson was just trying to lay low. After gaining national attention as the first and only Bear Shifter drafted into a professional football league, he left amid swarming controversy. He decided to serve his country and went overseas, returning as one of the many wounded. Now, just as he's trying to adjust to being a civilian, his past and his future collide.

I asked my mother to write these stories down when I was working on two volumes of autobiographical essays by women while I was an editor for Honno, the Welsh Women’s Press. I realized how important her experiences were while working on Parachutes and Petticoats (1992) and Iancs, Conshis a Spam (2002). I have kept her original manuscript as a precious memory of all the hours we spent together on this project as well as a charming reminder of her undiagnosed dyslexia. My mother entrusted these memories to me in 1991. On her 90th birthday, twelve years later, I presented them to her, all my...

This is the story of how A.I. Theoretically Rachel survives in San Francisco and Oakland, helped by other half-A.I. half-humans including Doreen Thing, Vivian Oblivion, and Dead Leslie. They are the Neutrino Girls, anarchistic hackers and squatters empowered by artificial intelligence. Vicious psychiatrist Doctor Cube created these A.I. hybrids in a San Francisco mental hospital. Some of the Neutrino Girls escape and are swallowed by the streets, prostitution, poverty, America's failed Afghanistan War, and the wildness of rogue A.I. Richard S. Ehrlich is a Bangkok-based American journalist,...

She’s supposed to be teaching him about healthy cooking, but instead, he’s going to learn about love… After Rob nearly dies from a heart attack, his daughters give him an ultimatum: get healthy or else. To help him along, they hire a personal chef to teach him how to cook and change his diet. Renee specializes in heart-healthy vegetarian food, but her new student is a little stubborn. The grumpy military veteran doesn’t want to replace his bacon with tofu, and he really doesn’t want to give up his fast food habit. But she’s got a few tricks up her sleeve and she’s not giving ...

When a woman is in trouble, I can't walk away. I've lost a lot of jobs this way, but this is the first time someone has bailed me out and offered me a job. First, though, I've got to make sure the love of my life is safe - even if she refuses my help. When her company sends a hit man after her, I'll be there whether she wants me there or not. *** Derek, the third book in Kate Stone's Starke Private Security series, is an instalove romance with an alpha male who will do anything to protect his woman...and make her his. Of course these two have a happy ending, with no cheating and no ...

Where can a woman go when everyone has turned her down? My brother was missing and I was at my wit's end. Every detective agency turned me down and I could tell Starke would be no different. That is, until the man meeting with Starke insisted on taking my case. Sure he's hot, but can he get the job done? The minute I saw her, begging Starke to take her case, I knew I would do anything to protect her. All I needed to do was find her brother, keep her safe, and win her heart. *** Jason, the second book in Kate Stone's Starke Private Security series, is an instalove romance with an alpha male ...

She doesn't like Christmas, but she sure likes Santa... Forty-year-old Samantha Nicholson has never had much interest in falling in love. Her troubled childhood taught her that the only person she can rely on is herself. She's done well for herself, working her way up through the ranks to manage the second largest department store in the Pacific Northwest. She has a good job, friends, and a little dream house with her very own garden. Everything would be perfect if she could just get through the busy Christmas shopping season and find the perfect Santa to work at the store. It turns out the...