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Stan Corman hates waking up each morning to discover he’s lost an arm, his war dog, his teammates, and his calling. The only thing worse? Going to sleep to face the nightmare of that single, life-changing moment. Mark Henderson sends Stan to his family horse ranch beneath Montana’s Big Sky. Not even a shard of hope remains until Bertram, a Malinois puppy left on his doorstep, has different ideas about Reaching Out at Henderson’s Ranch.

Krista Thorson, number-two smokejumper with Mount Hood Aviation’s elite team, parachutes into wildfires for a living. Too tall, too big, too strong, she never fit in...except on the fireline. Her past lost, her future uncertain, Krista fights for the present. Special Forces veteran Evan Greene jumps fire to avoid facing his past. Some memories are too painful. Evan’s policy? Bury and move on.... Until Krista unearths what he most wants to forget. No half-measures win this firefight. Together, they must face their pasts before their love burns away in the wildfire on the Skagit.

Tim Harada, a lead smokejumper at MHA in Oregon, visits home - the quirky little town of Larch Creek, Alaska. The streets are named for Jack London books; the pickup trucks are all blue; and the residents are all too familiar, specifically Macy Tyler, helicopter pilot. Tim still sees her as his best friend’s kid sister. Before he leaves again, she must convince the guy she’s loved all her life that during his absence she transformed herself into a beautiful, competent woman.

Johnny Akbar Jepps, lead smokejumper for Mount Hood Aviation, is always first out of the plane, first into the fire, and first with the ladies. But the one thing he never puts on the line? His heart. Until he meets a woman who gallops away with it. Laura Jenson, wilderness guide and expert horsewoman, leads tourists from the Mount Hood Timberline Lodge into the wilds of Oregon. She knows the game and has no interest in some lady-killing, full-of-himself smokejumper. Not until Johnny lights her heart on fire. They both risk everything without getting burned in the Wildfire at Dawn.

Former National Guard helicopter pilot Robin Harrow is ready for the best summer job of her life, working for Mount Hood Aviation. But when the wildfire sirens blare on her first day, it's into the hot seat for Robin and her super sexy copilot. Mickey Hamilton loves two things most of all: women and flying. So when Robin Harrow roars across his radar, he locks on to her trail with no intention of turning back.

Master mechanic Denise Conroy - with a reputation for being as steel-clad as the aircraft she keeps aloft - shuns useless flyboys who don't know one end of a wrench from the other. Firehawk pilot Vern Taylor - known for unstoppable charm and a complete lack of mechanical skills - proves his talent for out-of-the-box thinking with every flight. He's a survivor and a natural-born heli-aviation firefighter. When Denise and Vern crash together in the Central American jungle with wildfire on one side and a full-fledged military coup on the other, their newly forged partnership is tested to the max.

When the fastest and most powerful helicopters in the US Army’s fleet start falling out of the sky, autistic air crash genius Miranda Chase and her team of NTSB investigators are called in. One crash leads to another, and they are fast entangled in a Chinese conspiracy to start a war over Taiwan. Only Miranda’s team can stop the trade war from becoming a real one.

The US Army’s brand-new S-97 Raider reconnaissance helicopter goes down during final acceptance testing - hard. Its cause: a failure, or the latest in a series of cyberattacks by Turkey. Miranda Chase and her team of NTSB air-crash specialists tackle the challenge. They must find the flaw, save the vice president, and stop the US from being forced into the next war in the Middle East. And they have to do it now!

An AC-130J “Ghostrider” - the latest variant of America’s most lethal aerial gunship - goes down hard in the Colorado Rockies. Except the data doesn’t match the airframe. Air-crash savant, and high-functioning autistic, Miranda Chase leads her NTSB team in to investigate. But what they uncover reveals a far greater threat - sabotage. If she can’t solve the crash in time, a new type of war will erupt. One far too close to home which threatens to shatter her team.

Mac Henderson started out no more of a ranch owner than he did a Navy SEAL. Adrift on the post-college tide of the ’70s, with no direction planned, he headed west to surf. But fate had other plans for him - beneath Montana’s Big Sky. A broken starter motor during Cheyenne Frontier Days led him to witness Ama’s traditional dance for her tribe. Since that moment, for 20 years, she has believed in his dream, inspired him, and given him a son (Mark Henderson). It was only when Mac retired that she found her own dream. Her reward? Finding Henderson’s Ranch.

A Wedgetail, the most powerful surveillance airplane in the skies, goes down—hard. Miranda and her team race to investigate, unwittingly placing themselves in the crosshairs. From the world’s greatest shipping chokepoint at the Strait of Malacca to the Malaysian wilderness, from the Australian Outback to the halls of power in Southeast Asia, survival becomes the greatest challenge. Can Miranda and her team unravel the crisis before it destroys global shipping and kills them all?

Hollywood star Isobel Manella leads a charmed life in many ways: interesting roles, surrounded by friends and family, and the ability to sense precisely what those around her are feeling. Her empathic skills help her and her team shine. Sailor and film handyman Devlin Jones enjoys the job niche he’s created along Seattle’s waterfront. His skills as a jack of all trades keeps him fed, companionship can always be found, and his beloved Dragon sailboat lies moored just outside his back door.

Army helicopter Pilot Anton Bowman could always see more than everyone else. Even as a kid, he could send his vision out to look around in places his body hadn’t actually gone. Katie Whitfield embraces her lonely status as an outsider. Her livelihood as a wildlife tracker across the English countryside keeps her content and well clear of her uncaring family. Both their lives change when the gifted members of the Shadow Force: Psi team travel to England as part of a security test. A test that uncovers unexpected dangers to both the UK’s network of undersea cables and to their hearts

The best ground-attack support fighter jets ever built - the A-10 Thunderbolt “Warthogs” - are falling out of the sky. The Air Force brass repeatedly schemes to decommission this low-tech jet. They’ve been blocked by soldiers, pilots, and Congress…so far. The “Hog” lies at the crux of a high-tech struggle for power. An interagency skirmish that now rapidly descends into a battle fought on a global scale. Miranda Chase, air-crash savant for the National Transportation Safety Board, and her team dive in.

Delta Force operator Ricardo Manella nearly died in the Honduran jungle. But while captive in a drug lord’s camp, he discovers a unique talent that saves his life. Michelle Bowman never thought about saving lives until a previously unknown telepathic connection to Ricardo saves his. However, her old college roommate’s twin brother proves he possesses other powers - especially the skill to consistently piss her off.

Audio is the up-and-coming market, but the price of entry can be a horrific 300-500 dollars per finished hour and up. M. L. Buchman has recorded and published over 30 audio titles - himself. Here he covers the basics you need to record your own audiobooks.

After 10 years, Damien’s duties as Sit Room watch officer let him see it all: the good, the bad, and the disastrous. But nothing prepared him for the beauty and power of the new chief of staff. Cornelia’s new role as White House chief of staff leads her to the Situation Room, where every crisis comes home to roost. A dozen years of assisting the now-president-elect never prepared her heart for what awaits her there. Only together can they save Christmas in the nation’s capital. Only together can they discover Damien’s Christmas.

Colby Thompson likes nothing better than his Secret Service patrol of the White House’s South Lawn with his trusty German shepherd, Rex. The role fits them both down to the ground. But when his childhood nemesis, Marine Corps Major Ivy Hanson, steps off the Marine One helicopter, his comfortable existence flies apart. Assigned together, they end up in the battle of their lives to protect the president. But can they step forward to find love, and leave their childhood feud back In the Weeds?

When Sienna Arnson joins President Peter Matthews' senior staff, she feels supercharged by the challenge. If she could fly, she would. Succeeding as the best NSA ever strikes her as a good goal...with which to start. Roy Beaumont views D.C. from his sniper station atop the White House roof and has never looked further. When Senior Agent Frank Adams drags him from his high perch to protect the new NSA, he discovers a new target centered in his sights.

Jim Fischer and Malcolm the springer spaniel love their patrols safeguarding the White House. They walk the fence line, meet the tourists, and hunt the bad guys. Neither one ever searched for more, until now. Reese Carver raced NASCAR. She abruptly left her front row starting position to join the US Secret Service. The first woman to ever drive the Presidential limo - known as "The Beast" for a reason - holds the President's life in her hands alone. Or so she thought. To save the President, the driver and the dog-handler must find common ground before their hearts get blown away.