Recon Pilot Aldo Matthews is adept at search and rescue missions, but can he adapt to show love and tenderness to the woman he once bullied as a girl? As the only unmarried person in her department, Elayne Jade is often overlooked and always passed over when it comes to the decision-making in her job as school guidance counselor. Those discussions take place at couples’ dinners and brunches which she's never invited. It's wrong that she's not up for career advancements because she doesn't have a ring or husband. Then she wakes up one morning with a diamond on her finger and her worst enemy in her hotel room. Since he was a kid, nothing has fascinated Aldo Matthews more than Elayne Jade. The curve of her lips when she's insulting him. The flash of her eyes when she dismisses his taunts. The flip of that fire red hair when she turns away from him in a huff. Aldo takes every chance he can get to rile Elayne’s temper so that he can see that fire inside her. So when he finds her one night at a bar out of town a bit tipsy, bemoaning the fact that she doesn't have a ring on her finger, he puts one there. Annulling this sham of a marriage is the first thing on Elayne's mind. Her reputation would never survive the fact she eloped with her mortal enemy after getting drunk. Only now that she's sober, she's seeing Aldo in a new light. And when her colleagues spot the ring on her finger, they start inviting her out and making her part of the conversation. Aldo has no intention of letting Elayne flip her hair and walk away from him again. Not when it's so much sweeter to twine his fingers in her tresses and feel those sassy lips move against his. But Aldo's hiding a secret, one that could douse the growing heat between the woman who hates the fact that she's falling for him. Find out what happens in His Vow to Defend, the sixth in a series of heartwarming stories that prove that falling in love is an act of heroism, but finding family is life's most extraordinary achievement.

They call me a monster. Murderous and hateful. Beautiful but broken. Nothing can calm the ever raging storm inside of me. As the ruthless leader of the Doubeck family there is a certain standard of brutality, I have to uphold. Then I meet her. Beautiful, innocent, and so very afraid. Valentina is a rival family's daughter, and the little temptress has purposely tangled herself in my dark web. She seeks me out, needing my help, but the price for what she wants will be steep. Since my father's death, I've needed a wife to solidify my family name, and this woman has piqued my interest. So we strike a deal, intertwining our futures. I'll put a ring on her finger, own her body, keep her safe, and kill them all. I make a vow to protect her at all costs, that is until her secrets come to light, and I'm left with the choice of becoming the monster she's only ever heard rumors about. **This is a dark arranged marriage mafia romance. It contains dub-con/non-con as well as other scenes that may be triggering to some readers.**

I Swear: The Meaning of an Oath looks at how taking an oath may impact the obligations of the oath taker, and the perceptions and expectations of those around him. The book begins with Aeschylus - "It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath." The author explores whether Aeschylus was correct through stories of diverse and varied individuals who took an oath - doctor, lawyer, priest, journalist, CIA director, "made man," and president, to name a few. Most of the time, people are able to keep their oath. But what happens when the decision to keep an oath may result in an injustice, or a situation where others are hurt? What do your oaths mean to you, and what do they mean to those around you? Do societal pressures allow one to break his oath? What does your moral compass tell you to do when violating your oath is somehow the "right" thing to do, however wrong it is, because you're violating it?

Lakin made a principled decision to adhere to the oath he willingly took as an officer in the United States Army. He shares the story of the personal consequences of that decision and the far-reaching effect it has had on the Constitutional eligibility issue.

Riding bulls was the greatest danger he’d faced Until he met her When Flint McCay finds Madison Taylor hiding in the barn at Holiday Ranch, he knows she’s in trouble. He just doesn’t know what kind. It’s clear that she’s been hurt—and that she’s terrified of opening up to any man. As the cowboy slowly bonds with Maddy, he learns that a powerful man will stop at nothing to destroy her—but Flint will do anything to save her.

Richard Clarke has been one of America's foremost experts on counterterrorism measures for more than two decades. He has served under four presidents from both parties, beginning in Ronald Reagan's State Department becoming America's first Counter-terrorism Czar under Bill Clinton and remaining for the first two years of George W. Bush's administration. He has seen every piece of intelligence on Al-Qaeda from the beginning; he was in the Situation Room on September 11th and he knows exactly what has taken place under the United State's new Department of Homeland Security. Through gripping, thriller-like scenes, he tells the full story for the first time and explains what the Bush Administration are doing.

Saylor Silver has a magic touch when it comes to healing abused horses. But when a disabled soldier reaches out to her, will she allow him to rein in her heart? Veterinarian Saylor Silver can sense an animal's illness with just a look or a touch. Too bad she's not known for taking as good of care of herself, and neither is her wayward boyfriend who is known as the town flirt. But if Saylor learned anything from her parents' multiple remarriages, it’s to never give up on your first love. No matter how much love hurts. Jefferson Moore’s arm is still numb after an injury on his last military mission. But he’s filled with feeling the first time Saylor touches him. He’s on the Silver Star Ranch to keep a promise to his general, Saylor’s late father. In order to save the ranch, each of the six Silver sisters must marry. Jeff would leap at the chance to marry Saylor, if only she’d drop her deceitful boyfriend. When Saylor catches her boyfriend cheating—yet again—her dreams of a future together wither. She agrees to a marriage of convenience with the kindhearted soldier Jeff in order to save her family's ranch. But after years of neglect and mistreatment, she’s not sure what to do with a man who treats her with care and kindness. Jeff pretends he’s just honoring the terms of their deal, but the truth is he's fallen hard for Saylor. When the conniving boyfriend returns begging for another chance, will Jeff admit to his true feelings or risk losing the woman he wants to cherish? Find out if love can truly heal all wounds in this light-hearted, sweet romance of convenient arrangements that unfold into lasting love. His Pledge to Cherish is the second in a series of marriage of convenience tales featuring Wounded Warriors who are healed with the power of love.

When trauma claimed his memories, only her love can guide him to a new future. After weeks missing in action and presumed dead, Private Reece Cartwright wakes up in a cave in the desert. His only possessions are a worn Bible, a handwritten love letter, and no memories of who he was. He’s eager to return home and reclaim his life and the love of the woman who wrote the letter. Her words give him a peace his ravaged mind and body desperately need—he only wishes he could remember her. Beth Barrett has loved her best friend’s brother her whole life but only gets the confidence to tell Reece when he’s overseas serving their country. When her letter gets no response for months, she decides her only chance at a family of her own is to agree to marry the church’s new youth pastor. . . until Reece returns believing the two of them are engaged. Reece’s memories are still MIA, but with his family home in ashes, his best shot at a new life is to marry Beth and create a new home together on the Purple Heart Ranch. With a chance at true love so close, can Beth go through with marriage to a man she doesn’t love? Or marry Reece whose memories could resurface at any time and prove their relationship a lie? Find out if love can truly heal all wounds in this light-hearted, sweet romance of convenient arrangements that unfold into lasting love. Always On His Mind is the seventh in a continuing series of marriage of convenience tales featuring Wounded Warriors who are healed with the power of love.

When a beautiful baker needs a fake husband to get her inheritance, the small town beast offers her a sweet deal. I'm a big, gruff, rough around the edges beast, but after leaving the military, all the fight went out of me. Until the day Jules Chou, a petite diabetic baker, put a sugar free muffin in my hand. I instantly developed a sweet tooth for her, but this beauty already has a prince of a boyfriend; a clean cut, high pedigree doctor. He's perfect for her, where there's more than just dirt under my fingernails. When Jules needs to get married in order to gain her inheritance and rebuild the bakery of her dreams, Prince Charming balks insisting it's too early in his five year plan for rings. That's when I volunteer for service. The idiot actually thinks he can trust me to temporarily marry Jules and then divorce her after she gets her inheritance. But once I have my ring on her finger, I have no plan to let her go. I just need to prove to her that this beast can love her better than a prince. The Oath Operation is a sizzling, sweet romance with no steam. The damsels agree to a marriage of convenience, but the heroes have no intentions of letting them out of the agreement—ever.

After winning medals in the military, this reformed bad boy is determined to walk the straight and narrow. Until his brother's ex girlfriend winds her way down his path. After years of covert work in the military, Caleb Starr arrives back in his hometown, hoping that returning to simple life and work on his rundown family ranch will wipe away the memories of some of his less savory decisions he had to make in the heat of combat. Surprisingly, his first crucial decision, which is to enter into a marriage of convenience with his brother's ex-fiancée, doesn't win him any favors. The tactical error Caleb never saw coming is the feelings that sneak up on him for the woman he's sworn not to fall for. Glinda Reyes has always been the perfect daughter, sister, and caretaker in her family. Opening her beauty salon was the first thing she ever did for herself. But when a big city corporation enters town intent on buying the commercial property where her business is housed, she needs to get her hands on the inheritance her father left to save her business. But she needs to be married before she can access it and her ex-fiancé just left her for her baby sister. Desperate to save her salon, Glinda agrees to marry Caleb, her ex's younger brother and she's determined to keep her heart protected. But will Caleb's strong will and reformed bad boy charm weaken her resolve? In this heartwarming, small-town romance, Caleb and Glinda must navigate their way through the challenges of family loyalty, trust, and love as they discover that the path to acceptance isn't always straightforward. His Duty to Accept is the second in a series of light-hearted, sweet romances where veterans find their way back to their small town and discover they can be heroes at home.