Finding Mercy A Prepper Romance

You’ll die in three minutes without oxygen, three hours without shelter, three days without water and three weeks without food. But could you live a lifetime with a broken heart? Mercy Evans has come to Evans Point hoping to collect herself and find a way to resurrect her career as an anchorwoman for Cheyenne’s news station. Sergeant Justin Redway has come to Evans Point to try to forget his past and survive all he’s done. One is a battle-damaged veteran, the other a desperate woman who will go to any extreme to get his story. When their worlds collide, sparks fly and old wounds open. As the chasm between the fated lovers widens, it might be too big to cross. One town, two lovers, and a second chance at finding mercy..

Hang on to your dog tags. The ride’s about to get bumpy. Love or duty? From the Petite Marine First Sergeant in Cinderella Wore Combat Boots, the two larger than life brothers fighting in the American Revolution in Seducing Liberty, to Gunny in Being Prince Charming, each hero and heroine must face their biggest fear. For First Sergeant Cori Valentine, civilian life is not an option, even if the Marine Corp is giving her the boot. Can she embrace her future and walk away from all she knows? Sol, a hot Navy SEAL, can help her with that. All she has to do is reach out and take a chance. If she will, he promises to show her the night of her life, and help her find her place beyond the gates. “You’re no Prince Charming!” Words screamed in anger end in an unwanted divorce. For military spouses, the duty to country can sometimes cost more than they are willing to pay, and the toll it takes on Gunny’s marriage is devastating. August has put in his time, but so has Lissa, his wife, but he fails to see it until it’s too late. Now, Gunny has one night to prove he can be the man she needs outside the Marine Corp. If he fails, she’ll marry another in the morning. Out of the mists of time rides a story of espionage, rebels and a country fighting for its freedom. Madelyn, an actress, can’t separate the costumes from the real Revolution. Something seems off. When real musket balls are fired in her direction, she realizes she’s no longer on a set and her deepest desire to have one night with two hunky Culper spies, could cost her life..

Hide your girlfriends, hide your daughters. Tad Dawson, confirmed bachelor and runway model, has come back to the Black Hills for his brother’s wedding. Also known as Romeo for his love them and leave them attitude, Tad has a reputation to lose and a woman to win. However, he won’t be able to do it on his own, since the woman he wants would rather assault him with nail guns, power saws and rocks. Not what he expected when he turned on the charm. Megan could use a good dose of anger management, along with a shot from Cupid’s bow, and lord knows she has a lot to be mad about when it comes to Romeo. Tad left her five years before after she declared they were mates. Not only did she have to deal with a crazy Alpha, who got off on tossing her to the wolves, she’s heard rumors Tad’s appetite for anything with a skirt has grown since he left. Not that she could confirm it. He’s hasn’t called or written once. For Tad to win the love of his life, he’s going to need some help, and the four pack matchmakers have decided they are just the Wolves to assist, whether he wants their help or not. No tactic is too dirty or underhanded. Bringing down Romeo is going to take every trick in their match-maker’s bag. Bagging the girl, well, that could be a bit trickier. Will the four matchmakers beat the nearly impossible odds, or will their tactics unravel at the seams? Before the wedding is over, someone is going down, and if the matrons have any say, it’s going to be hard..

In the twenty-first century, the romance genre has gained a growing academic response, including the creation of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. Popular romance has long been so ignored and maligned that seemingly every scholarly work on it opens with a lengthy defense of the genre and its value for academic study. Even the early scholarly works on the genre approach it in ways that, while primarily respectful, make sweeping generalizations about popular romance, its texts, and its readers. This essay collection examines the position of the romance genre in the twenty-first century, and the ways in which romance responds to and influences the culture and community in which it exists. Essays are divided into six sections, which cover the genre's relationship with masculinity, the importance of consent, historical romance, representation, social status and web-based romance fiction..

Eleven years from the day he left, Xan Davis returns to Los Lobos a changed Wolf. After promising his insane Alpha, Magnum, that no one will ever know who he really is, he is forced to endure unspeakable torture in distant lands. The Black Hills call to his tormented soul, so he goes, hoping the familiar forests will soothe his suffering inner beast. Liv Dunn, born a coyote but living as human, constantly looks over her shoulder. Less than a year before, a former patient attacked her, leaving her emotionally devastated. Hoping for a fresh start and the chance to find the coyote who’s remained elusive since childhood, she travels to the Black Hills. Suffering from PTSD and no longer able to shift, Xan loses it in Gee’s Bar, Drew intervenes, forcing him into therapy with a human doctor living near Los Lobos. But just when their professional relationship blooms into more, Xan’s past arrives on his doorstep. This time, his enemy has set their sights on his mate, knowing he will do anything to protect her..

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Felix Dawson loves the ladies. As a retriever, a Wolf who runs errands for the pack, he’s met his fair share of buxom beauties outside Los Lobos. After an incident involving a traveling freak show and a mob of angry clowns seeking retribution for his taking the innocence of some not so innocent triplets, he swore to his alpha he’d stay out of trouble and away from human women. And so far he has, until a vision in white stops him on the interstate outside Sioux Falls. He’s a knight in shining armor kind of guy and far be it for him to pass up a runaway bride in distress. Promises be damned. Tierney manages to escape what could’ve been the worst mistake of her life. When she ditches her groom before the wedding, she has to run with a one hundred thousand dollar gown, purchased by the man she’d left behind. Good thing someone stopped to pick her up on the interstate, and bonus, it sounds like they’re headed to a remote location where she can lay low, until she can get the dress shipped back and avoid arrest for grand larceny. When she can’t get anything out of Felix about the private community he won’t take her to, she decides to sneak into the cargo area of his Hummer when he goes into the gas station to use the restroom, jumping from the frying pan into the fire. And then he catches her. Geronimo!.

Here comes Trouble. “Sergeant Aristasha Trouble Devoe, you have been accused of multiple crimes against the citizens of Trios Port and the League of Planets.” When the League hands down their sentence, it’s not exactly what Trouble expects. A lifetime sentence, for however long that may be, in the League’s Company X, onboard Eternity Space Station, an inescapable prison in space. Nothing like being the newest member of X, as in exterminate, a suicide company, and she’s landed herself on the EOD squad, disarming bombs. Shit! She doesn’t know anything about disarming ordnance. Captain Marc Avery is serving a lifetime sentence for blowing his commander’s head off. When he meets his new remote, she’s nothing like he expected. Sure, he’s guilty of murder, but he had his reasons, and that they didn’t happen to align with the League, well, let’s just say he doesn’t believe in killing thousands of innocent men, women and children for the League’s agenda, even if he’s handed a death sentence for it. But the punishment doesn’t end there. The little lavender Droxie doesn’t know how to shut her mouth, and good gods, though she’s small, she’s a handful. In her case, it’s true that explosives come in small packages, and Avery has been handed more than he might be able to control. Now their linked, through special hardware installed in their heads, each seeing, feeling and experiencing what the other does, the nightmare only gets better. If Avery doesn’t keep the little bundle of dynamite with a death wish alive, he’s going to go down with her. Hard. Problem is, he’s already started to fall, and when your next mission is to save the galaxy, love has no place in your heart or mind. If they fail, not only will they die, billions will serve their death sentence along with them..

Bomb voyage! Captain Jayson Rivers, owner of a commercial mining scoop, likes the simple life. He appreciates order, making money, and reaping the rewards of a hard day’s work. What he doesn’t like is getting dragged into galactic politics, or into the crosshairs of his ex-wife, a ruthless bomber, who has already tried to take him out once. He doesn’t need complications, like the sexy red-headed mechanic who’s walked her sweet ass onto his vessel, bringing with her a shitload of trouble and turning his world upside down. From expensive and illegal boiler parts that break the bank, to homicidal in-laws and a shotgun wedding he’d better be able to get an annulment from, his life can’t get much more complicated. Until he ends up knocked out, bound naked with his bride, on a one-way trip to a hostile world with a bomb hooked to the control panel of his shuttle. Yeah, the universe is a crazy place, but Jayson’s simple life has gone past complicated. He’s sliced off a bit of that insanity pie, and things might never go back to normal, if he can even remember what that is..

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The high school beauty queen… The face of baby food, the darling of surfing commercials, and the exotic stunner who walked away with the Miss California title at eighteen, Mary Phillips has heard “you’re so beautiful” from childhood on. Tired of being her mother’s personal Barbie, she traded in her tiara and a lucrative modeling contract for combat boots and life as a Marine. She's lost good friends and seen more walking wounded than she cares to admit, but this Marine wouldn't trade her assignment for all the Manolo Blahniks in the world. What does it matter she has no one waiting at home? The class nerd… Kyle Stewart heard every variation as he went through school: nerd, geek, four-eyes, weirdo—and he rolled with it. He could count on one hand the number of girls who ever deigned to talk to him about something other than tutoring. But as the only self-made millionaire from his graduating class, he has the last laugh. A high school reunion… Despite the invitation, Mary didn't plan to attend the ten-year reunion. The last thing she wanted to hear was—"you could have been so much, what happened?" But running into Kyle at the local coffee shop reminds her that not everyone judges by appearance. Kyle once swore to rub his former tormentors noses in his success, but when the reunion rolls around, he’s reluctant to go. Seeing Mary again encourages him to confront his one lingering regret, and the millionaire dares to reach for happiness. Can Combat Barbie and her nerd overcome the past to love another day?.

From International Bestselling Author Jan Coffey, a ghostly tale of lost love spanning centuries... MERCY A vengeful ghost. An old secret. A weekend getaway they’ll never forget. Julia Klein’s life has begun to unravel—her daughter Amy has been suspended from school, Julia is about to lose her job, and her boyfriend Garrett is being transferred thousands of miles away. Overwhelmed, she and Amy leave for a weekend at a rambling old colonial inn. Julia never suspects that Garrett, desperate to find a way to keep Julia in his life, has decided to surprise her by joining them. Nor does she expect her daughter to befriend a mischievous ghost…or that she herself would be possessed by the malevolent spirit of a long-dead mother. As a dark secret emerges, Julia, Amy, and Garrett find themselves pitted in a fight for survival against a ghostly presence that intends to resurrect/repeat/relive a crime committed two centuries ago. And this time, Amy and Julia will be the victims... About MERCY... "What a great ghost story penned by Jan Coffey. She had me riveted to my seat from the very first page and held my attention until the very last word. She entwined so many things into this storyline that I became an instant fan of hers early on in the story. I can’t say enough how I really enjoyed her writing style. It was fun getting to know her characters, both alive and deceased, and I really became engrossed in all the haunted history she included in this short ghost story. This is the first story that I read by this author and it surely won’t be my last. This is definitely a perfect story to read for Halloween or for that matter, anytime of year. Don’t pass this one up!" - Diana Coyle, Night Owl Reviews -TOP PICK.

Dare to find out why readers are binging on this complete post-apocalyptic romance series from Jami Gray! Choosing a side has never been so dangerous… The world didn't end in fire and explosions, instead after an intensifying panic of disease, food shortages, wild weather, and floundering economies, it collapsed like slow falling dominoes, until what remained of humanity battles for survival in a harsh new reality. An assassin by trade, a loner by nature, Mercy’s mission to infiltrate the Cartels and unmask the identity of their new silent partner is shot to hell when she discovers a darker plan poised to bring the entire Southwest region to its knees. Despite the unmistakable target pinned to her back by a hefty bounty, she’s determined to stop the impending attack at any cost, even if it means teaming up with the dark and broody Havoc, a member of the infamous mercenaries known as Fate’s Vultures. Havoc has defied the savage human predators that stalk what’s left of humanity, and carries the brutal, blood-soaked nightmares to prove it. Scarred and disillusioned, his years spent riding with Fate’s Vultures has only reinforced his belief that to survive in this harsh new reality requires crossing personal lines and forging unlikely allies. Allies like the enigmatic Mercy, whose secrets and troubling loyalty light the fuse on his insatiable curiosity and ignite an unexpected craving he can’t resist. To trap a common foe and derail a catastrophic threat from an elusive killer, can an assassin and a mercenary find their balance on the thin line of loyalty, or will it snap under the weight of their wary hearts? ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** Dare to find out why readers are binging on this complete post-apocalyptic romance series from Jami Gray with BEG FOR MERCY and claim your copy now! Meet a new breed of warriors, Fate’s Vultures, a mercenary band who live by a code in a world gone to hell – loyalty to each other, but for the right price, they’ll be the shield for those without. In the ravaged aftermath of the post-apocalyptic these evocative couples will stop at nothing to claim their future. Welcome to the world of The Collapse. "This is a sexy Mad Max that keeps you turning the pages." - Amazon Review "I'm always looking for a good post-apocalyptic romance to sink my teeth into. This book delivered!" - Amazon Review ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** ****** *This is a revised edition of previously released title.

One man, two-timelines, and a love for the ages—or to shatter her heart. A time-traveling gargoyle seeks to alter the strings of time, but a demon bent on a blood war stands in her way, threatening to eradicate her and those she loves. The Dráèek Kingdom, 1815. Mercy Hall, a member of the Gargouille Codex Clan, is forced to watch the execution of her brethren. Injured, she flees from blood-thirsty soldiers and crash-lands in the woods. Seeking safety, she climbs into a hollowed-out tree trunk submerged in water. In the blink of an eye, she ends up a captive in the middle of a war in the West Region of the IV Kingdom, 1715—a hundred years in the past. Stranded amid danger, she discovers her only chance of survival lies in a human named Ambrose—from the House of Drak. But the dark, soulful music he composes both frightens her as well as speaks to her soul. Mercy finds herself torn between two irreconcilable lives and Ambrose, The Just King of the Tagnikźur Kingdom..

War, in the popular sense, a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of considerable duration and magnitude. Dealing with the anguishes and challenges of both Romance and War, the mix will satisfy the reading thirsts of both genre enthusiasts. Liaisons with a General's daughter in Paris, an Oxford-educated brothel Madam in Stuttgart, and finally an angel of a mercy Army nurse in Vietnam, all find our lead character's life of Love, Lust, and Guilt blended Cuisinart style and it all makes for an intriguing Historical Coming of Age Novel. The letters that the two soldiers share are horrifying, bloody, and brutal as well as life-preserving and morale-boosting. Following a long and treacherous battle fighting the North Vietnamese, James is cut down by the friendly fire and sent home to his sobbing Mother in a flag-draped coffin along with thousands of other sacrificial lambs..

WHISPER IN THE WIND, a sensuous Historical Time Travel Romance by best-selling author Ashley Kath-Bilsky. A Windswept Texas Romance. When 21st century Molly Magee is suddenly swept back in time, she finds herself in the Old West with gunslingers, high stakes gamblers, Victorian ideology toward women, and a Pinkerton detective named Jordan Blake. As she tries to understand what happened to her and find a way home, danger awaits at every turn. Survival is a daily challenge, but it's a hundred times worse when--to avoid answering questions from a persistent and seductive Pinkerton--she fakes amnesia. She soon realizes the biggest threat of all is the one Jordan Blake poses to her heart. Jordan Blake has lost everyone he's ever loved. As a Pinkerton detective and former Texas Ranger, Jordan has become a cynic about people and justice. Ready to walk away from a life that has lost its meaning, he never knew that a prayer whispered in the wind would bring him an angel of mercy, and a love he'd never hoped to find. From the open splendor of 1885 Texas to dark decadence and murder in New Orleans, Molly and Jordan learn that when fate takes a hand, finding the love of your life is often just a matter of...Time..

When nineteenth-century schoolmaster Jules tries to start over, he encounters his former student and lover, Carlos: the man who broke his heart. Now another rancher has his eye on Carlos, and he's willing to destroy their lives..