Woman Veteran

Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling's brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's suicide in "one of the best books of the year" (USA Today), the first novel in the brilliant series that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the acclaimed author of Seabiscuit comes the incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption. “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic...

Courage in Camouflage II is a follow-up to the first set of soldier stories published two years ago in the original Courage in Camouflage. Both collections are based on individual interviews with military veterans young and old from all across the United States. Most of these brave men and women served considerable time in combat during sometimes historic battles in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, Desert Shield, and the protracted fight against terrorism in the Middle East. Most all have gone on to successful lives outside the military, but things they saw and did ...

What is the price of honor? It took 10 years for Vietnam War Nurse Diane Carlson Evans to answer that question - and the answer was a heavy one.

He’s so much younger than me. He’s my employee. But why does something so wrong feel so right? Ellie Jeb looked lost and adrift when I found him. He was a battle-worn soldier, his eyes filled with secrets and pain. I gave him a job and a place to call home. He doesn’t know I also gave him my heart. He can never know that because he’s so much younger than me. We’re just friends that flirt…until he kisses me. Now I have to convince his heart and mine that this is a terrible idea. Jeb I had no place to go when Ellie took me in. She gave me a place to call home. I gave her my heart ...

Restore your faith in love and family with one Army wife's courageous story of how she helped her husband recuperate from losing both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan. Paige received the phone call that every military wife prays will never come. Her husband, Army Sergeant Josh Wetzel...

After their last deployment, when she got shot, her fiancé, Martinez, got killed, and his bomb-sniffing dog, Elvis, got depressed, soldier Mercy Carr and Elvis were both sent home, her late lover’s last words ringing in her ears: “Take care of my partner.” On the Fourth of July weekend, when all of Northshire celebrates with fun and frolic and fireworks, the dog alerts to explosives and they find a squalling baby abandoned near a shallow grave filled with what appear to be human bones.

To anyone seeing him late at night as he walked the dark streets, muffled in an enveloping hoodie and baggy clothes, they merely assumed he was walking his dog, so they took no notice. Except someone did notice, one of his neighbours in their apartment block, and she was consumed with curiosity about the mysterious dog walker. She wondered what he looked like, where he went all night, every night, and also why he limped. She thought he was probably up to no good, and that explained why he was so reclusive and never spoke to anyone, including her. Meanwhile, Carrie had a different, more ...

Jenny never expected to cross paths with someone like Piston at Perdition, the local biker bar where the Iron Reapers MC calls the shots. Piston is tough, and guarded. But there's something about him—something that pulls Jenny in, despite his rough edges and the fact that he’s connected to her best friend in ways she never imagined. Piston lives a life filled with secrets, one that takes him far away without warning. When he returns, broken and haunted by something that nearly destroyed him, Jenny is the one who steps in. But helping him means stepping into his shadowed world—a world ...

The story of the indomitable American POWs who endured "Alcatraz," the Hanoi prison camp where North Vietnam locked up its most dangerous and subversive prisoners, and the wives who fought to bring them home. As these men suffered in Hanoi, their wives launched an extraordinary campaign that would ultimately spark the POW/MIA movement. When the survivors finally returned, one would receive the Medal of Honor, another became a U.S. Senator, and a third still serves in Congress.

A #1 national bestseller from the authors of Walk in My Combat Boots, celebrate the devotion and sacrifices of our nation’s bravest heroes with this collection of stories from those serving in the line of duty. U.S. soldiers who served in overseas conflicts—from World War II, Korea, and...

I’m a soldier looking for a second chance. She’s the woman whose heart I broke. My final mission—win back my cupcake. Four years ago, I faced an impossible choice. I left the mountain, my MC, and Sydney, the woman I loved. Now I’m back as security for the brewery where she works, and the tension is thick between us. Someone’s siphoning beer in the dead of night, the security cameras aren’t working, and every clipped order she barks makes me want to pin her against a fermenter and remind her who we were. Protecting the brew is the job. Winning back my cupcake? That’s a mission ...

Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome crises.

Discover a powerful resource tailored for those who have served our nation, focusing on the unique experiences of women veterans. "She Served Too" is your comprehensive guide to navigating life beyond the uniform, offering a wealth of tools and insights to help you thrive in civilian life. Dive into the world of support systems specifically designed for women veterans. Uncover how tailored resources can be the key to unlocking your full potential. Whether you’re looking to maximize educational benefits using the GI Bill, explore scholarships, or balance studies with family commitments, ...

We stay fighting, even if we don't call it war. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a poet’s memoir about family, survival, and one servicewoman’s search for autonomy. Yanked out of college and torn from her sunny hometown of Los Angeles in the early 1990s, Khadijah Queen finds...

This is the true account of one Black female veteran's experience in the military during the Viet Nam War to this present day and how she won over fear, intimidation, rejection during and after her military service. It took her many decades to write the book, because she wanted the book to be a blessing to many people, male and female, who have served their country and not been recognized.

He came to Southport to disappear. She sees the world without sight, but she sees him. Ty Brady is running from ghosts he can't outrun. Haunted by a sacrifice he'll never forget and a past that refuses to stay buried, he steps off a bus in the quiet coastal town of Southport, North Carolina, hoping the salt air and the steady rhythm of the tides will silence the chaos inside him. Then he meets Bree. Blind since a devastating accident that stole her parents and her sight, Bree Barlow has learned to navigate life through sound, touch, and instinct. She doesn't need eyes to sense the pain Ty ...

WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE A letter from a German soldier to his grandson recounts the terrors of war on the Eastern Front, and a postwar ordinary life in search of atonement, in this “raw, visceral, and propulsive” novel (New York Times Book Review). A New York Times Book...

Women are officially barred from combat in the American armed services, yet in today’s wars, where there are no front lines, the ban on combat is virtually meaningless. More than in any previous conflict in our history, American women are engaging with the enemy, suffering injuries, and even sacrificing their lives in the line of duty. When Janey Comes Marching Home juxtaposes forty-eight photographs by Sascha Pflaeging with oral histories collected by Laura Browder to provide a dramatic portrait of women at war.

For this mission, they’ll risk their lives. For each other, they’ll risk their hearts. Buddy Rider's little Cessna spotter aircraft was shot down twice over the jungles of Vietnam, and ten years later he’s flying crop dusters for a living while tinkering with an old WWII transport aircraft. He avoids the painful memories of the war, the bad times, and the loss of friends, until a young woman comes to his aircraft hangar in search of him. Elizabeth Anderson is a lay nun dedicated to aiding the helpless, and her immediate task is to rescue fellow missionaries and orphans trapped in war-...