Emily Mims – författare

EXES AND OHSThe marriage was one of convenience. She had status and he had money. But... there was something there, and both of them felt it. After three years of him working long hours and her spending too much time at the Durango Street Theatre, Miguel Abonce and Vivienne Heiser called it quits. One year later, they are forced to work together to save or sell the theater. In the process they discover things they never knew about each other and they learn there's more between them than burning up the sheets. They might really love each other after all.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, HONEYMaggie Gutierrez's job is to keep the Durango Street Theatre afloat financially. In other words, she spends her days sticking her hand in people's pockets in the hopes of pulling out cash. Well, euphemistically. The Harrington Foundation grant would go a long way to ensuring the theater's continued survival, but the administrator of the grant is the guy she used to crush on in a big way, and the last time they saw each other…let's say things didn't go so well. As in, he blames her for his father's death. Soooo…what's a girl to do? Anything she can to get that grant, including spending time with him, which takes them down a road that might just lead to a forever neither envisioned.

SUCH A GREAT ACTOREverything in Wade Baxter's life is controlled and compartmentalized. To the world he's a laid-back, handsome, urban cowboy who's good at his job, is adored by his friends and family, and is the star of his city's community theater. But inside, a hideous dark lurks in the shadows of his psyche, and he cannot, will not let that ugliness show. When he meets Owen Aldrete, a man who's scars are visible – a former bomb squad cop who took a blast to the face - Wade is forced to confront his demons or he will lose the man he's fallen in love with, and he'll never get a lifetime to show Owen he's the most beautiful person Wade has ever known.

HAZARDOUS DUTYIt took the Academy Director of the Durango Street Theatre, Jessica Clary years to get over her husband's death - a bomb squad officer who died in the line of duty. After growing up with a cop father, she knew all too well she was not meant to be waiting all night worrying, never mind being widowed again. She has a son who never knew his dad, and refuses to set him up for a lifetime of heartache. Then SWAT officer Brian Howard dances his way into her life, and she had to make a choice: be happy or be safe.

Proceeds will benefit the CDC's Emergency Fund.Sweet Daisy - When a doctor, who's had his own share of trauma, falls for his neighbor, he does everything he can to win over the sweet, skittish school teacher.An Unexpected Rescue - On a mission to clear out residents from the back country before a monster storm comes their way, a first responder encounters the quirkiest woman he's ever met who he can't keep away from.Marci's Co-Star - Magnets that repel would best describe the nurse practitioner's reaction to the new PA in the medical practice where she worked, but there's a reason opposites attract, and hoo-boy, do they ever.Love in the Time of Hantavirus - The medical director of a small hospital finds himself besotted with one his interns, and when she becomes gravely ill, he learns exactly how far he'll go to save the woman he loves.Heart Murmur - Two surgeons who'd been together since medical school thought they had it all until a series of events tears them apart, and unless they can find their way back to each other, their forever will be lost.

RESISTING THE UNEXPECTEDLetti Aldrete's dreams fizzled some eighteen years ago, but that doesn't mean her daughter can't live the life Letti always wanted. Sure, some people think she's the stage mother from hell, but she won't be denied. Letti is happy enough acting in the community theater's productions, but increasingly, the leads are going to younger women, and Letti is pissed off. She looks good. Could play twenty-five with the right makeup, wigs, and costumes, and everyone agrees she's the powerhouse female talent at the Durango Street Theatre. When her daughter is cast in a minor role in the theater's newest production, Letti blows up, and does it in front of a one-night stand who is fifteen years her junior. Five years ago, delicious Kevin Summerset had been a wild, unforgettable night, but no way will there be a repeat performance, and no matter what he says, Letti's not going there again. Kevin has other ideas.