Coveted By The Captain

Derek Thanks to a leg injury sustained while serving overseas, I’m no longer an Army Ranger. I’ve been career military so long, I don’t even know how to live my life as a civilian. But thanks to my brother Ethan, I’m a billionaire. So I do what any billionaire military veteran would do—I seek out the best physical therapist in the city. As soon as Dr. Daisy Roberts calls my name, I immediately know she’s going to push me to the brink. And I’m a bastard because I'm going to love every minute of it. The more time I spend with her, the more I want her. She makes me feel and want things that I’ve never wanted before. But she’s my doctor and totally off-limits. Daisy As a physical therapist, I’ve made a good life for myself. Then he walks in. I recognize Derek Pryce instantly; he looks just like his brother Ethan. But his fortune doesn’t interest me; helping him heal, that’s what drives me. He’s a man with plenty of demons and my greatest challenge. And the more time we spend together, the more I desire him. But I’m not supposed to want him.

Kelsie and Reese have been friends since high school. But for Reese, his biggest regret is letting Kelsie walk away without telling her his true feelings. But now Kelsie’s back and he has one last shot at happiness. But will Kelsie feel the same way? Will there be a Christmas miracle? Find out in All I Ever Wanted.

Abbie I’ve lived in Foxtail Ridge my entire life and I love everything about it. Okay, almost everything. The one thing I don’t love? The dating scene—it’s almost non-existent. But I’m not worried, because I’m not looking for love. Between helping my sister Kelsie with her bed & breakfast and playing Cupid, I’ve got my hands full. But little do I know, fate has a little something in store for me. And it comes when I least expect it.

All I Ever Wanted: A Christmas Novella Kelsie and Reese have been friends since high school. But for Reese, his biggest regret is letting Kelsie walk away without telling her his true feelings. But now Kelsie’s back and he has one last shot at happiness. But will Kelsie feel the same way? Will there be a Christmas miracle? All I Ever Needed: A Valentine's Novella Abbie I’ve lived in Foxtail Ridge my entire life and I love everything about it. Okay, almost everything. The one thing I don’t love? The dating scene—it’s almost non-existent. But I’m not worried. Between helping my sister Kelsie with her bed & breakfast and playing cupid, I’ve got my hands full and not a lot of time to date. But little do I know, fate has a little something in store for me. And it comes when I least expect it.

Coveted by the Billionaire: A CEO Romance Gabrielle Landing a job at Pryce Enterprises is like winning the lottery. Everybody tries, but there’s only one winner. I, Gabrielle Hernandez, was just hired as the executive assistant to Ethan Pryce—yes that Pryce. The man who owns the whole damn company. People say he’s cold, shrewd, aloof. When he interviewed me, I didn’t get that vibe at all. Shrewd and aloof maybe, but not cold. All I know is that he likes to be in control. But he doesn’t intimidate me. I am a strong, independent woman. And I plan to stay that way. At least that was the plan. Ethan As the CEO of Pryce Enterprises, my day is filled with meetings and business dealings. I took over the company a few years ago, after my brother wasn’t interested. Which is just fine, because I’ve made the company worth billions.When Gabrielle Hernandez is hired as my executive assistant, I try, in vain, to ignore my attraction to her. But day in and day out, my feelings grow stronger. I want to reveal my feelings, but I’m scared she’ll hate me. Or worse, reject me. Or hell, she could even sue me. But she doesn’t. Our love and passion burns hotter than the sun. Our story is one for eternity. Coveted by the Captain: A Friends to Lovers, Billionaire Military Romance Derek Thanks to a leg injury sustained while serving overseas, I’m no longer an Army Ranger. I’ve been career military so long, I don’t even know how to live my life as a civilian. But thanks to my brother Ethan, I’m a billionaire. So I do what any billionaire military veteran would do—I seek out the best physical therapist in the city. As soon as Dr. Daisy Roberts calls my name, I immediately know she’s going to push me to the brink. And I’m a bastard because I'm going to love every minute of it. The more time I spend with her, the more I want her. She makes me feel and want things that I’ve never wanted before. But she’s my doctor and totally off-limits. Daisy As a physical therapist, I’ve made a good life for myself. Then he walks in. I recognize Derek Pryce instantly; he looks just like his brother Ethan. But his fortune doesn’t interest me; helping him heal, that’s what drives me. He’s a man with plenty of demons and my greatest challenge. And the more time we spend together, the more I desire him. But I’m not supposed to want him.

"Casemate has a long history of publishing high quality military history non-fiction. Lately, they have expanded their range of work to include well written novels using wartime settings." – WWII History MagazineCaptain John Bigelow's efforts to sharpen up a slovely light artillery battery make him unpopular with the men, but his efforts will bear fruit when the men are told to hold their position at Gettysburg no matter what. By late January of 1863, the 9th Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery has been stationed within the Washington, D.C. defenses the entirety of its five-month existence. The soldiers are badly demoralized, inadequately trained and poorly disciplined. When the inept captain of the battery believes that he’s about to be fired, he hastily resigns, and the governor of Massachusetts promptly selects a twenty-three-year-old artillery officer with battlefield experience to take command. Captain John Bigelow institutes strict discipline and rigorous training which causes the men, including Chief Bugler Charles Wellington Reed, to consider him to be a heartless tyrant. However, Captain Bigelow’s methods rapidly improve their capabilities and Reed reluctantly gains respect for the new captain. Nevertheless, subtle conflict between captain and bugler remains in a manner only constrained by military protocol. In late June of 1863 the battery is collected by the Army of the Potomac as it passes the Washington defenses to thwart an invasion by Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. After days of hard marching, Bigelow’s Battery arrives on the Gettysburg battlefield in the forenoon of July 2, 1863. Within hours they are immersed in violent combat during which the officers and men of the battery fight like veterans against the Confederates. Unbeknownst to Charlie, he will twice disobey a direct order from Captain Bigelow before the day is out. When furious fighting reaches a crescendo, the inexperienced light artillery battery is ordered to hold its position at all hazards, meaning until it’s overrun. Without hesitation the batterymen stand to their guns and sacrifice their life’s blood to gain the time necessary for a second line of artillery to be formed behind them, thus helping to prevent a disastrous defeat for the Federal Army on Northern soil. Charlie saves his captain’s life and is later awarded the Medal of Honor.

Baseball fans in the Bronx and beyond will delight in this incomparable, far-reaching collection of insider tales When 19-year-old Marty Appel got a job as a mail clerk for the New York Yankees, assigned to spend the summer of '68 answering Mickey Mantle's fan letters, he couldn't have known it was just the start of over a half-century entwined with the Bronx Bombers. As a PR director, television producer, writer, and historian, Appel never missed an opportunity to get to know the main characters— and supporting cast— of Yankees lore. The result is an unparalleled trove of colorful stories featuring a seemingly unending parade of characters including Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson, Derek Jeter, George Steinbrenner, and everyone in between. By turns hilarious and heartrending, Pinstripes by the Tale is an intimate look at an iconic franchise through the lens of its foremost historical authority. Told as a series of captivating vignettes, it invites readers to consider the small moments that quietly shape the contours of baseball history.

Currently living in Ohio, Rich Browne has been something of a gypsy. He has lived in 12 states, visited 49 of the 50, two U.S. territories and 18 foreign countries. He was a journalist. He worked for nearly 30-some odd years for a variety of daily and non-daily newspapers in a wide range of positions, He also has been a "war correspondent" during Operation Just Cause in 1989 and a teacher and instructor. In addition he also won many journalistic awards. Rich served in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Naval Reserve in the Vietnam Era (but not in Vietnam); and was in the Army National Guard when he was called up for service in the Persian Gulf War, during both Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm where he served as an Army public affairs specialist in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Rich now is medically retired from the U.S. Army where he was a civilian public affairs officer.