Dumped in my lap a few minutes before five o'clock on Friday...The deputy dropped off a confused wanderer at our social services office. We aren't equipped to handle a tall, rustic cowboy who looks like he just stepped out of a movie Western, dust included. But the deputy's gone and the cowboy is suddenly my responsibility. Or is it the other way around? Hunt Weston announces he's come here to protect me! From what or whom, he doesn't know. But he's come a long way... in both distance and time. Yeah, this Weston character claims that when he went to sleep last night, it was 1885. That's a hundred years ago.No ID, no proof of his claims — unless you count the authentic vintage clothing and that original Colt Peacemaker strapped to his hip. Other than his gun and a rugged Bowie knife, this cowboy's only possessions are 32 silver dollars... all minted before 1885. And the only documentation he possesses is a torn half of a playing card where someone has scribbled my...

Grit doesn't fade away...it just becomes crusty. With harrowing elements right out of today's headlines, this story reaches back into the sturdy heartbeat of people raised during the Depression and tested during World War II. Though the old uniforms haven't fit in many decades, their resilient spirits still have that same intensity which helped save democracy.Needing only a fresh angle to write her Veteran's Day special, Kelly discovers first-hand that the Greatest Generation still has enough grit to fight back. While all the authorities are occupied during a massive Homeland Security drill, an urban gang of thieves targets an isolated retirement subdivision...figuring the crippled geriatrics would offer no resistance.Though Kelly's widowed boyfriend came along only for a post-funeral luncheon, Mitch soon finds himself leading a mismatched flanking team. Kelly's good friend Wade has his own assignment, with a homemade mortar and lots of illegal gunpowder.Maybe it's...

In a blinding thunderstorm, a woman comes to after a mishap and staggers to the nearest cabin in an isolated, mountainous part of eastern Tennessee. She has no recollection of what happened or why all her valuables and identification are missing. The younger male cabin dweller is a modified survivalist, who only gets to town about once each month, and loves his simple off-the-grid life. Handsome Cody Wilder offers shelter, attempts slightly awkward comfort, and tries to help her evaluate her past and her future.

When Beth left suddenly, it broke two hearts...but she'd had no choice. Shane, a rugged, ex-Airborne biker, handled it badly...but so had she. Three years later and 2000 miles away, she desperately needs her ex-lover's protection from a violent menace with 'bad history' who'll do anything to reclaim a mysterious suitcase Beth possesses.Long before Shane acquired that overnighter, a 'silent movie' actress kept secrets there...and now several lives are in jeopardy. An ambitious female state senate candidate hires a ruthless investigator to eliminate potential campaign 'problems' like her dark family secret—a bizarre 1889 murder.Is Beth's terrifying ordeal simply because she unwittingly possesses the overnighter's secrets? Or is it due to the meth-fueled dumpster-diver's 'unfinished business'?Shane will likely return to California after he resolves this Tennessee 'situation'...so Beth struggles to resist her reawakened feelings. But before she can sort out their...

Most of the Greatest Generation didn't discuss their own war heroism. Her beloved elderly uncle died before he could explain why.Kelly has just begun interviews for her special newspaper section in honor of upcoming Veterans Day, but she struggles to understand some of the larger issues of the war experience. Her boyfriend Mitch has a few insights, but he was never in combat.Out of the blue, Kelly begins having flashbacks to heart-warming experiences with her beloved Uncle Edgar, a World War II veteran of the Pearl Harbor attack...but he's been dead almost twenty years. Kelly also believes she's hearing messages from her deceased Aunt Mildred, who took her in after Kelly's parents died.Are Uncle Edgar and Aunt Mildred truly reaching back from beyond to help Kelly understand these complex issues? Or is Kelly just now remembering things long forgotten?Why did Uncle Edgar tell the young family members such a different version of his actual experiences on December 7,...

The exciting Prequel to Called To Arms Again in The Somerset Series.Cold secrets are finally warming up...and Kelly can feel the heat.Kelly is haunted by the mysterious involvement of her landlord's ancestor with a wounded soldier in 1863, while her boyfriend researches the unsolved murder of an unidentified horseman in that same Kentucky community a few years after the Civil War. As Kelly and Mitch assist each other's research, tantalizing discoveries seem to connect their subjects.Kelly's initial assignment is to research the cemetery which started 144 years ago with the death of a battle-wounded Rebel hidden briefly in the Butler family cabin. But the actual facts are clouded with hazy family legends, including possible involvement of a second soldier—the dead man's cavalry buddy. Mitch's belated study of the stranger murdered at the church yard has also hit baffling snags.When surprising old documents surface and rekindle fading memories, the...

When Kris awakens in a costume, behind wooden bars inside a pitch-black community center, her only available rescuer is the hung-over new guy in town (who's dressed as a pirate). Problem is: she's sworn off men, especially buccaneers.Badly burned four years ago by a player who ruined her financially, Kris Prima's heart is locked down as tightly as her lifestyle is confined by those massive debts. When first assisted by recent newcomer Ryan Hazzard, Kris is resentful, slightly afraid, and determined never again to trust men. But when court-ordered community service brings them together once more, she begins to appreciate Ryan's charm, good looks, and capable manner.With all the rumors and assumptions which followed Ryan from a large metropolitan area, how can small-town Kris even begin to trust him? And why won't he explain any of those situations? Through her efforts to learn Ryan's mysterious past, they share further experiences: many comedic, one quite dangerous, and...

Chloe Watson wants to keep her place in line for the Electronics Super Sale, but really needs a restroom break. Will that handsome jogger be willing to stand still for fifteen minutes...for a $10 fee?Brett Hardy agrees, but bets it will take her much longer to return—if Chloe wins, she owes him nothing... but if Brett wins, she has to accept his invitation to dinner. How long could the lines be at the ladies room? Chloe's best friend thinks she's crazy to agree to dine with a stranger—on a wager—and imagines only worst case scenarios. It turns out Brett has even more surprises up his sleeve—and if a bet won't work, maybe a bribe will. Perhaps Chloe can be tricked by wagers and bribes, but she can't understand why Brett resorts to gimmicks instead of just asking her out. Of course, if he did ask, she'd probably have to say, 'Don't bet on it'.

Though he doesn't even believe in spirits, it takes only one haunting for Levi Muir to become entranced with the beautiful ghostess.A young veteran recovering from a wrecked relationship, Muir moves to Magnolia for his first year teaching high school English and resides in the renovated old hotel, which everyone knows is haunted.Despite his skepticism, Muir senses a presence, then smells a unique perfume. Later, he locates an old portrait of beautiful Danielle Gregg, who lived in that suite a century ago, but experienced a tragic death.His lovely new colleague, Lucy (science teacher and dedicated Spirit-Chaser), tries to convince Muir that the supernatural is real... and not to be taken lightly. Though Muir has been attracted to Lucy since the first day he spotted her, something begins to jam his thoughts whenever she enters his mind.Intrigued by the beauty and sensuality of the mysterious woman in the portrait, Muir tries to learn more about the ghostess and her...