Women Veterans

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...

Christmas is a time for family, love, and...men who turn into animals? The shifter town of Greysden is gearing up for the holidays and some of its sexiest residents are finally finding their true mates. When human women meet growly alpha males, there's going to be a little culture shock. Finding out shapeshifters exist is one thing, falling in love at first sight is another! The road to love isn't easy, but with a little help from fate and some nosy small-town matchmakers, there's a guaranteed happily ever after for these fated mates. "Holidays with the Shifters" includes five steamy ...

“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 ...

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:...

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 ...

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 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...

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 woman sweeping the floor isn't what she seems to be... When Nina Jimenez slips into James Fitzgerald’s office to clean one evening, he assumes she is the maid. It's an understandable mistake, given that Nina is filling in for one of her vacationing employees. The billionaire CEO of Johnson Janitorial enjoys playing undercover boss to stay in touch with her employees and keep herself grounded. James is a wealthy CEO in his own right, but none of the endless parade of women in his life have interested him as much as the woman dusting his office. When James asks her out, Nina is cautious...

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’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 ...