M L Buchman

-a Dead Chef thriller story-When gingerbread competitions are played for the highest stakes Connell will soon rule the world of prime-time cooking shows. He possesses the chops, the charm, and the winning recipe.Or so he thinks until he ends up murdered by his own gingerbread village during a live Christmas broadcast.Kate Stark's team of heroes will never look at Santa's North Pole workshop the same way again.

-US Coast Guard story #2-US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Harvey Whitman lives to save lives. The unit's motto, "That Others May Live", defines his life's goal perfectly.Helicopter Crew Chief Vivian Schroder, newly assigned to Astoria, Oregon, cares only for her career--and flying clear of her family.When a storm-tossed nighttime rescue goes desperately wrong fifty miles offshore from the hazardous Columbia River Bar, they must rely on each other's instincts in ways they never imagined.

When the weather gets too rough for everyone else, that's when they call the Coast Guard.

Special Operations Forces barely miss capturing Pakistan's #1 arms dealer. They know only one thing: he's a champion driver in the most challenging car race in the world, The Dakar Rally. The Night Stalkers and SEAL Team 6 must join up again to face the race of their lives.

-a Future Night Stalkers romance story-Mission: Canmerica (East and West) have long since fallen. China and Russia, well, the less said the better. The UK's vast habitats float safely above the far side of the Moon--and Canmerica's Delta Force and Night Stalkers have joined them there. No one knows quite what the Australians and Kiwis have done. But the India Particle Beam tyrannizes the rest of the Eastern Hemisphere and must be stopped.Team: Royal Delta Marine Syra Clairbourne, a third generation Spec Ops pilot.Royal Engineer Lucius Markham, an Earther who has climbed the gravity well to space for the first time in his life, to fulfill a dream. (Syra instantly labels him "Roodee" for Royal Dweeb Engineer.)The key to India's Particle Beam is the massive--and heavily protected--mirror launched into orbit. Using it as a reflector, India has literally burned all of her neighboring rivals from the face of the Earth.It has been untouchable, until Lucius had an idea. Just as Syra thought her own heart was untouchable...before she met Royal Engineer Roodee Markham.

Retirement from the military is never easy. But on this Montana horse ranch, finding friends can be even harder.

She's always been a loner. It was a matter of survival. But that's no longer sufficient in the White House this Christmas season.

-a YA fantasy romance story-Hartane the Younger would give anything to not follow in his father's footsteps. But Elder controlled every step of his childhood toward that purpose. Today Hartane must choose his Lifemark--the vial of potion that sets his one true skill for life--into precisely what Elder demands.Rania's heritage as daughter of the Queen and the future ruler of the kingdom constricts her to a single path. Mother's insistence that she possesses no destiny of her own infuriates Rania to her very soul.Both dread their ordained options among the five choices. Unless together they can discover The Sixth Choice.

When wildfire threatens her home, a smokie gal has only one choice-fight for her life.Elite smokejumper Krista Thorson 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 is burned away by the wildfire on the Skagit."M.L. Buchman is an amazing author and...sure to entertain the most demanding reader." - Fresh Fiction, Firehawks Can be read stand-alone or in series. A complete happy-ever-after with no cliffhangers.]Buy now to jump into the romantic firefighting adventure.

A smokejumper's home is in the path of the next wildfire, until his past catches up with him.While on a break from fighting wildfires, smokie Tim Harada 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. One in particular.In Macy Tyler, helicopter pilot, Tim still sees 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 has transformed herself into a beautiful, competent woman.Together they must fight the past and the Alaskan wildfires to create their future after the wildfire at Larch Creek."A whole lot of fun. This book is set in what people would call the real Alaska. It's fantastic " - Reading Reality Can be read stand-alone or in series. A complete happy-ever-after with no cliffhangers.]Buy now to jump the romantic firefighting adventure.

A wildfire smokejumper takes to the skies to battle the flames. But his heart burns for a woman with both feet securely on the ground.Lead smokie Johnny Akbar Jepps is always first out of the plane, first into the fire, and first with the ladies. 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 must risk everything to keep from getting burned by the heat."Good fun, high adventure, and a sweet romance. Just right (especially at 4 am when I finished )" - Reading Reality Can be read stand-alone or in series. A complete happy-ever-after with no cliffhangers.]Buy now to jump into the romantic firefighting adventure.

-a Night Stalkers 5E romance story-Royal Air Force Colour Sergeant George Hayman's year flying with the Night Stalkers 5E ends in three days. His final mission starts well-but then goes terribly wrong. He finally feels he has some grip on American idiom, but being shot was "no picnic."The biggest shock? Nothing in his training prepared him for the nameless but lovely French dragoon who falls into his lap-literally. Their missions flying with the Americans are over, but that only begins the tale of Sergeant George and the Dragoon.

Join us for the next exciting issue of Boundary Shock Quarterly We can make her better than she was. Or build a better one to replace him. What does it mean to be Sentient? Human? Or even alive? Fifteen stories and essays explore what it means to be sentient in the present and future tense in stories ranging from artificial lifeforms all the way down to the many ways humans might dream about improving themselves, when the future arrives tomorrow. Welcome to Boundary Shock Quarterly, Issue 004: Robots, Androids, Cyborgs, Oh My Be sure to look for Issue 005: The Boneyard of Lost Dreams, coming January 2019.

-a Night Stalkers Wedding story #3- After the Night Stalkers #3, What Until Dawn... Night Stalker mechanic Connie Davis can fix anything-anything mechanical. On the brink of her wedding day, she wishes that family and relationships could work as logically as engines. Big John Wallace knows family like he knows his heart-which totally belongs to Connie. So why is he the one scared spitless when facing the altar for Connie's Wedding.

-Delta Force romance story #10- Ramiro dreams a simple dream: become a great chef to capture the heart of the best cook he ever met. Now, in just-next-door restaurants in their old neighborhood-the barrios of Medell n, Colombia-he brings a modern twist to catch her attention. Estela's worries center on the last gasp of the drug cartels that still haunt her neighborhood. When a pair of American Delta operators start a card game in Ramiro's restaurant, she wonders if she too can Play the Right Cards.