Like all centaur shifters, Sheriff Calhoun is the epitome of honor. He protects his small town of Stallion Ridge and its people from any threat large or small.When word comes in that the notorious Iron Bandits are making a play for a train in his territory he's both livid and invigorated. If anyone can bring these thieves to justice it's him and his crew.What he did not expect was having a charming, whiskey-eyed outlaw dumped in his lap that challenged everything he thought he knew.
A woman running from her traumatic past. A man who’s still grieving for the wife he lost eight years ago... When Kiah Stanton drives through the gateway of Windsong racing stables, she’s carrying more baggage than a freight train. Vulnerable, yet resolved to uncover her inner warrior princess, she’s determined to make a new life for herself – and never trust another man. In fact, the only male Kiah wants in her life is Jet, the equally traumatized horse she saved from the meat-man at the horse sales. After losing his wife eight years ago, single father and racehorse trainer, Jack Sullivan, is definitely not looking for a relationship. He’s too busy training racehorses and caring for his eight-year-old daughter, plus, no woman, no matter how attractive, could ever replace the wife he adored. So, what is it about the vulnerable, but gutsy woman he rescues at a horse sale and then later discovers on his doorstep? A woman whose courage and beauty stirs the long-dead ashes of his burnt-out heart? Can two broken people get a second chance at love while battling their past and dealing with the everyday ups and downs of a professional racing stable in a small rural town called Shadow Creek?
After years of dangerous fighting on the Peninsula, Captain Jack Carrington has returned home to take up family duties and find himself a wife. But his life is thrown into turmoil when he views a fencing lesson unlike any other. The talented student is no student at all, but a beautiful young woman, and the most infamous courtesan in all of London—Lady Belle. Who is the mysterious Belle? A jaded cyprian seeking her next protector? A kind friend helping those in need? Or a mistress of sensual delights that tempt a man to madness? Eager to uncover the true woman behind the facade, Jack wagers he can win a kiss from Belle if he bests her at fencing. And though Belle is a woman he can neither afford to keep nor dare to marry, he’s willing to risk it all to win her to his bed.
A short nonfiction story on how a young girl used her heartbreak and heartache to set out on a journey to find herself mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
