Veteran K9 Team

Prior to leaving town for a military assignment, I had the best sex of my life with a guy whose name I never got. Now I'm home, sleeping in with my husky who was kenneled during my six-month deployment, and waking up to an angry phone call from a guy claiming to have my escape artist of a dog. Coincidently, he's the guy who took care of her while I was gone.

What happens when the confirmed bachelor and K9 veteran falls for the one woman who has no intentions of ever settling down? Sure, he has biceps the size of my thick thighs and a rugged lumberjack exterior that satisfies all of my fantasies about climbing a man like a tree, but I'm not looking for a relationship—especially with a confirmed bachelor. Besides, I'm also happily single and don't plan to change that. Ever. Maybe it’s my hyper independence that keeps me firmly in bachelorette territory…

What happens when the Arizona girl takes ski lessons from the super hot veteran almost twice her age? Born and raised in Arizona, I’ve never played in the snow before, much less strapped two death sticks to my feet and thrown myself down a mountain side—but now that I’ve accepted a position in Spring City, Colorado, I feel like it’s time to learn. The overcast skies are less than inviting, and I’m about to skip my lesson when a sexy silver fox introduces himself as my instructor.

What happens when the search & rescue veteran and his K9 get trapped in a remote mountain chalet with a gorgeous older woman from Arizona during a freak blizzard? My first time on a ski slope in twenty years, I overestimated my abilities and got lost in a blizzard that hit the mountaintop faster than anyone expected. Trapped in the trees with a twisted knee and zero visibility, I’m quickly losing consciousness when an insistent wet nose and a pair of strong arms save me. Now I’m in a mountain cabin in front of a roaring fire and a muscle bound shirtless man who insists on getting me naked.

For the last six years, I've kept the truth about my family away from the men and women I met while serving in the US Army. What they don't know is I'm the youngest son (and black sheep) of an old money, high powered, Hollywood family. I never wanted the life they crave, and it was either the Army, jail, or a pine box, if I had continued down the reckless path I was on as a teenager.

What happens when your best friend’s little sister silences all your demons? Eight months ago, I lost my big brother—the last of my family—while he was deployed with the Army. Now, as Christmas approaches, I’m feeling anything other than festive. If I had a boyfriend or a puppy to occupy my mind, maybe it wouldn’t be so bad. Instead, I’ve resigned myself to losing the thirty pounds of grief weight I’ve put on and avoiding all holiday cheer on TV. That’s where my mind is when I catch a hot, muscular man checking me out while waiting for the elevator in my building.

What happens when the veteran K9 handler goes to Texas to protect his deployed battle buddy’s sister from men intent on taking the family bar? My brother is an overbearing asshat who wants to control my life without actually being a part of my life. What’s worse? He successfully does it from seven thousand miles away where I can’t get into his face and unleash ten years of anger and frustration. Instead he sends the hottest man to ever grace our pissant town to butt into my business, which currently includes two very dangerous men intent on buying my roadside bar—which is not for sale.

What happens when the one woman you've loved for the last ten years runs out of excuses as to why you can't be together? I’ve been in love with a man I couldn’t claim as my own for ten years. Instead of giving into my heart’s desire, I broke his and married another. Now, I’m divorced and the owner / operator of a kennel catering to military members. I’ve recruited most of the K9 handlers I served with—all of whom are now veterans—to come partner with me as we build a premier working dog training facility. Last recruit on my list: the man whose love I refused.