White House Protection Force Short Stories Series

Teenager Dilya Stevenson's life at the White House is like no one else's. As the First Family's nanny and dog walker, her duties are sometimes light and always enjoyable. Which leaves her plenty of time­ to keep her eyes and ears open behind the scenes. Facing danger as a child, and even death has taught her to be a loner—too much so her elders fear. Retired spy Miss Watson takes pride in trusting no one. But she keeps a weather eye on Dilya from her secret library in the White House's deepest basement. Both she and Major Emily Beale, an old friend, wish to save the girl from following in either of their footprints. Little knowing that all their lives will be impacted, they set Dilya's Christmas Challenge. Don't miss the companion story: Emily's Christmas Gift, a Henderson's Ranch story.

-White House Protection Force story #2- Colonel Michael Gibson left the field after twenty years to take command of Delta Force. Two years later he wonders at what mental aberration made him do it. A lifelong warrior, White House and Pentagon politics are now his battlefield, not directing operations as he should be. With a child on the way, his normal mission plans for survival are all failing him. A lifetime ago, retired spy Miss Watson, turned White House librarian, gave her all for her country. Her one regret? Betraying the Soviet general she fell in love with. Betraying him to his death. Perhaps together, with some help from their young friend Dilya, they can find the answers lost Between Shadow and Soul.

Alex Warren and his Russian bear dog Valentin arrive in Washington, DC to join the Secret Service Uniformed Division. A boss who hates him on sight rapidly becomes the least of his problems.   Tanya Larina, Assistant Foreign Minister for Ukraine, has dedicated her life to maneuvering the Russians back out of Crimea. She has come to DC to sign a treaty with the American President as the first step in a long campaign.   When Alex pulls protection detail for Tanya, it's Valentin the bear dog who falls tail over paws in love with her on first sight. Can he convince Alex to follow his lead?   (previously appeared in anthology: Cupid to the Rescue)

-White House Protection Force story #5-   Other than her Secret Service dog Trixie, Bethany Wilson has never met a woman up to her West Virginian standards.   But when she and her matchmaking German shepherd cross paths with another hill-country gal, Marine Corps Captain Olivia Miller, she wonders if she's finally met her match.   They face the ultimate test of their new-found relationship when a terrorist attack goes dangerously wrong. But putting their lives on the line for what they believe, and who they love, only strengthens the deep roots of their shared heritage.

-White House Protection Force story #3-   Sergeant Nadia Bhatti and her Secret Service yellow Labrador Toni are always looking for trouble—it's their job. But they never expected to find it during a morning exercise run.   Director Herman Finegold of the National Herbarium seeks two things: an eastern wood-pewee bird sighting, and anything else to distract him from the terror of presenting a Memorial Day public lecture.   But when the dangers turn very real,  can a historic flower save the day?

When a small dog must save the day, can she save her master's heart as well? "I adore the bond between the canine and handler and I can't wait to read about more of these fantastic teams." – Night Owl Reviews Top Pick, Off the Leash Randi the Corgi lives to sniff out explosives for the US Secret Service. Her final assignment: to protect a major international conference at the historic Mount Washington Hotel. Dana Meriel Parker may be named after an Irish fairy, but her entire adult life has been working in dangerous locations with Randi. With her sniffer-companion's upcoming retirement, Dana's future lurks as a void filled with fear. Randall Flynn runs the resort's food services with pride and style, until he trips on a pint-sized sniffer dog. He never believed in the hotel's ghost until he sees the fairy bright Dana Parker. If she's real, can he convince her to stay in his world? A heart-warming romantic suspense set in the heart of New Hampshire's autumn leaves.

When can a collegiate submarine challenge become a race for a woman's dreams? Malee Ashoona, born and raised in Nome, Alaska, leaves her state for the first time. Why? To join in the International Submarine Races in Maryland. When her team leader disappears, the pressure mounts until she's forced to take the helm. Vlad Qarpik was raised two hundred miles from Nome, on Russia's Chukchi Peninsula. His path to the ISR has led him through Moscow and France to join the races. Finding Malee and their shared culture is a winning prize of its own. When disaster strikes, can they follow a new course together before it sinks out of sight?

Sometimes being alone and in the lead rocks. Sometimes it doesn't. US Secret Service Agent Nancy Sturgis and her sniffer-companion labradoodle, Iron, are used to going it alone. Their job? Pre-travel site security for the President. Only Agent Harley Davis, logistics planning, moves out ahead of them. After two years of knowing each other only through field reports, they are thrown together planning a major State visit to Senegal. Except before they truly begin, they're called to rush off and scout a crisis trip that must happen not within months, but in hours. A heart-warming romantic suspense.