This collection contains the following books in the series: Book 1 - Ranger HankHank Schatz faces the end of his military career as an Army Ranger. The enormity of the next phase of his life looms like a grey cloud overhead. He's kept a part of himself from his family, especially the demons he fights in his dreams, but when he meets a Special Needs school teacher-his sister's teacher-he has decisions to make. He's tired of being alone. When Reed Bayless breaks through Hank's fog, Hank begins to wonder if this man can help him find the right path to a bright future.Book 2 - Guardian GabeFormer Army Ranger Gabriele Torrente lives the life most would envy, but when a little boy and his younger sister walk into Gabe's place of business and ask him if he's their father, life as he knows it blows up in his face! After meeting Dexter Carrington, the children's uncle, Gabe isn't sure he wants things to go back to the way they were. With the Carringtons in his life, he begins to hope his lonely days are only a memory.Book 3 - Cowboy ShepDemolition's expert, Shepard Colson lives a quiet life, working with a group of people he considers his extended family. His days in Special Forces are behind him, but the memories of a life he loved but lost has left him lonely. Learning a former brother-in-arms has been killed, Shep's sense of compassion leads him to Georgia and to Parker Howzer, a young chef who doesn't know the extent of the trouble coming for him. Shep vows to be Parker's protector and support system, and in the process of trying to suss out who is after Parker and what they want from him, Shep finds that being around Parker keeps his loneliness at bay. What does he have to do to keep the young man around for the future? Sam E. Kraemer grew up in a small town in the Midwest. She met a handsome young man who swept her off her feet and to the East Coast where she lives with her family and an aging Yorkshire Terrier named Gus. Sam remains ever grateful to have hit the cosmic jackpot with the life she lives and gives thanks to the Universe every day for it.
