This book has highs and lows that will keep you reading for many hours. It begins when a death occurs in the height of civility and moves through the prairie forts and towns toward war in California. In those days, it was war just to get through hostile Indians, wild bulls, lack of food, fires, and more. Not only does this require determination and creativity, but it is built on real people and real events. See how the brave battalion and one woman made their way through all the dangers to be reinforcements in San Diego during the Spanish American War.

This book has highs and lows that will keep you reading for many hours. It begins when a death occurs in the height of civility and moves through the prairie forts and towns toward war in California. In those days, it was war just to get through hostile Indians, wild bulls, lack of food, fires, and more. Not only does this require determination and creativity, but it is built on real people and real events. See how the brave battalion and one woman made their way through all the dangers to be reinforcements in San Diego during the Spanish American War.

One summer, one secret, one last chance . . .
Nicole Chandler was seventeen the summer she fell in love with Jake Evans, the sexy, rough-around-the-edges mechanic who came to work in her father's marine repair shop. At twenty, Jake had seen more of the dark side of life than any kid ever should, yet underneath the hard exterior was a man who protected and cared for what was his.
For Jake, Nicole was a sunshine he'd never known-sweetness and innocence, feisty, brave, funny. And definitely sexy. He knew he shouldn't love her, yet she believed in him as no one ever had and made him laugh...

Take Ben Harrison . . .
One easy-going, drop-dead gorgeous, Hollywood screenwriter-who might be just the teensiest bit alpha in the bedroom. (Okay, a bit more than teensy because there's "nothing" teensy about him.)
Mix with Ali McKenna . . .
One sweet, slightly geeky, very vanilla, chemistry teacher with a "head made for science and a bod made for sin"-who might be just a "little" too curious for her own good.
Toss in two secret crushes, a friendship that goes back to when they were kids, a wedding weekend, a problem ex-boyfriend, and one very protective (and meddling) older...