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 Gift of UsWhen Mateo, the hot firefighter Juliette's been sort of flirting with, comes into her ER, she's certain he's about to steal her heart, and though she'll fight it, she has a feeling she's going to be more than okay with giving in.Brighton HolidaysWe return to Brighton to find Frank and Lee hatching a plan to stay home to have a quiet holiday season with the eight-year-old son only to find both sets of grandparents have a completely different idea about the way the holidays are supposed to go.GreyAs far as Grey's concerned, he's good with the apple not falling far from the tree since he's going to taste and keep Luca, forbidden fruit of the Devil's Spawn variety.Mission: AcceptanceTo say Preston didn't make a great first impression on the members Bear's Brigade, his woman's covert ops team, is more than an understatement, it's an indictment, and he doesn't know how he's going to get through the holidays while she's away on a mission, but 'tis the season, so anything's possible.A Home For ChristmasJust Casey's luck to wreck her car in a town so small, she didn't think it was even a dot on a map, and worse, the hospitality and proximity of a real live cowboy is scrambling her brain and making her feel things even the holiday season never conjured.The VowKahli had been in love with her dead brother's best friend Jaden since she could cogitate, and even though she just married him, she's heartbroken because her husband isn't acting like her husband, and desperation is forcing her to do anything and everything to break through the wall he's put between them.

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.