Joan Bird – författare

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.

A COWBOY FOR CHRISTMASWhen Caleb Walker invades her space on the subway, Kate O'Malley thinks she's managed to toss him aside like an old pair of cowboy boots. When he reappears later dressed as a helluva sexy cowboy Santa, Kate realizes those boots hadn't walked far enough away. Added to her frustration at having him pop up everywhere in her life, she's been asked by her boss to edit a raunchy book. Kate doesn't do sex.Caleb Walker only wanted a sneak preview of the prim editor who's about to edit his first book. When he meets the freckled-face, green-eyed redhead who's about to take a peek into his life as a writer, he knows he wants more. Kate isn't easy to convince, but Caleb has help from Kate's boss who believes in all things romance, and has a team of mischievous child elves to help persuade her.Between Christmas, pizza, and a matchmaking boss, Kate begins to believe those cowboy boots might fit after all.

FAMILY FIRSTEveryone walks around with some version of war wounds, but Jack O'Brien has all of them. A shattered heart brought about by gut-wrenching tragedy, a scarred body from his tours of duty in Afghanistan, and a broken soul courtesy of his betrayals.Home, but not, he's estranged from the people he loves most, and he's clueless about how to make things right when he's still consumed by anger, agony, and self-hatred.Caroline Bonet has her own scars, all internal, and none of them are as horrible as the sad, devastatingly handsome man who comes into her art studio to purchase lessons for his teenage daughter.As their lives intertwine, Caroline and Jack are drawn to each other's strengths and weaknesses, and find it's possible to forgive and love again.

THE BEST KIND OF SURPRISEMaggie's past prevents her from becoming attached. For years, after each move, she's had to be ready to leave at a moment's notice.But, since she's been living across the hall from a handsome, caring widower and his precocious daughter, she might have to change her mind about living her life on the run.