Hat River Series Timeline Order – Latest First

Gingerbread Gorgeous – Single Santa’s Club Novella One

He’s new in town. She’s off men for good.

Regina was in full Grinch mode.

Harry needed a holiday miracle.

Will a gingerbread cookie crash paste them together?

Chef Regina Mulligan would have preferred to cancel Christmas, but the season didn’t give her a choice. A staycation was the best medicine after her wedding and Bali honeymoon imploded. She’d stay safe among her military friends, bake cookies, and avoid men.

Retired Army Ranger Harry Stuart took the non-profit job to be close to his niece and her fiancé, the only family he had left. He knew feeding people was his new mission, but then the roof caved in on his festive dinner plans. Harry needed a platoon of cooks. Fast.

Can Regina stay away from her tempting gingerbread man? Will Harry’s military skills help him survive a pineapple alert? Can Regina and Harry outflank the intentions of the matchmaking Single Santa’s Club? Or will an unexpected bad elf sabotage everything?

Single Santa’s Club: Giving back our aim, shenanigans our game.

Gingerbread Gorgeous is a contemporary closed door fish out of water romantic comedy. It is the first novella in the Single Santa’s Club series. It is the fourth connected series set in the small town of Hat River, Oregon.       

Merry MisMouse – Matchmaker Cat Book 3

Sarah Jean needed an Oregon Christmas.

Not a chopper pilot.

Rayce promised he’d get her cross-country from the Pentagon in December.

What could possibly go wrong?

Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Sarah Jean Holcomb was retiring in February and moving to Oregon to work for her uncle’s technology company. Was she leaving the military behind just when she finally found the right man on the wrong coast?

Army pilot Rayce Bailey told Sarah Jean’s uncle he’d deliver her on time and safe for the holidays. Will he break his word and lose the one person who makes him believe he deserves more in life?

Will delayed travel plans, bad weather, and an Idaho surprise defeat their holidays and a potential match?

Merry MisMouse is a contemporary closed-door holiday road trip romantic comedy. It is the third book in the Matchmaker Cat series, part of the Hat River books, but can be read as a standalone.

Forbidden Biker – Moonstruck Makeovers Book 1

Beth needed a beauty reboot.

Not a biker.

After her mom’s death, County Clerk Beth Davis’s hectic life was crazy enough when she chose a new hair style at Ruby’s Salon. But she got more makeover help than she anticipated when friends pushed her out of her comfort zone. Way out.

Deputy Jason Robinson kept clear of the local women since moving to Hat River, Oregon, three years ago. His Green Beret, military contractor, and law enforcement background made him wary of gossip. But he finds himself wanting more than friendship from a certain elected official.

Can Beth survive the meddling townsfolk pushing them together? Will Jason break his strict rules? When a past threat resurfaces, will it draw them closer or endanger their future?

One makeover can change your life.

Forbidden Biker is a contemporary closed-door fake boyfriend romantic comedy. It is the first book in the Moonstruck Makeovers series.

Mission: Disabled Hearts – Vintage Veterans Book 3

Wiz could handle anything. Except Jack.

When a female from his past asks for her help, will Wiz sacrifice a second chance at love to keep the two alive?

Veteran Annette “Wiz” Wiznowski had life under control as a tech analyst for Toggle and contractor with the Department of Defense. When an unexpected package arrives, it sets off a chain of events that brings danger to Hat River and her guarded heart.

U.S. Marshal Jack Evans seemed unable to escape his past. Or Wiz. The security detail that ended in tragedy now puts everyone he loves at risk. Will he solve the case that wounded his soul? Or lose everything?

Can Wiz open her heart to help him? Or will Jack’s other love destroy their future?

Every veteran hides a purple heart.

Team up with the Desert Devils. Experience the challenges of love and war, years after military service.

Semper Parrot – Matchmaker Cat Book 2

Katie needed her swearing parrot.

Mechanic Ratchet preferred engines and critters to women.

Will Spec Ops Cat’s second match implode?

Discharged Marine Security Guard Katie planned a quick stop in Hat River, Oregon, to pick up her bird, then head for Colorado.

Army veteran “Ratchet” liked his life calm, quiet, and orderly. He falls for Katie. Will he lose her and his foster parrot?

Matchmaker Cat – Four paws target-locked on love.

Mission: Canine Hearts – Vintage Veterans Book 2

Trish never left a military patient behind. Ever.

Will Patrick return to his private hell on her dangerous rogue mission?

Can they ignore their heartbroken past to rescue a four-footed military veteran?

Or will their deadly destination crush their rekindling love and take their lives?

Trish Baker retired from her hospital nursing job and the Air Force Reserve to care for her mother. A call about a rescued MIA military dog upends her world. Can Trish ask an epic favor of the man who pulverized her heart?

During his Navy SEAL days, Sheriff Patrick O’Flannigan had bad luck when it came to Trish. Years later, when she asks him to escort her to the one place he swore never to return, will he go?

Every veteran hides a purple heart.

Team up with the Desert Devils. Experience the challenges of love and war, years after military service.

 

Spec Ops Pig – Matchmaker Cat Book 1

Andrea knew no good deed escaped the family curse.

Bear needed to corral his Houdini pig.

Will Matchmaker Cat’s first mission succeed?

The retired school teacher planned a relaxing two-month visit with her Aunt Mabel in Hat River, Oregon. But the sexy next-door farmer, treat-loving pig, and alarm-breaking cat all conspire to torpedo her vacation.

Bear has given up on women. For good. Until he runs into the cat-packing former Military Police woman who becomes his temporary new neighbor.

Matchmaker Cat – Four paws target-locked on love.

Spec Ops Pig is the first book in the Matchmaker Cat military romantic comedy series. This spin-off series reveals Spec Ops Cat’s new mission after he was introduced in Mission: Purple Hearts.

This between-the-books military romantic comedy series explores what happens when veterans stumble into the small town of Hat River, Oregon, and get ambushed; by a matchmaking cat working behind the scenes. 

 

Mission: Purple Hearts – Vintage Veterans Book 1

Amber buried her warrior past. Deep.

Craig suspected old enemies were close.

Will she fight? Or trade her life for those she loves?

Amber retired from the Army sixteen years ago to help her fellow survivors after a devastating ambush in Iraq. But when her first love drops in and assassins attack her bookstore on the same night, life in Hat River, Oregon, is no longer safe. Coincidences kill.

Vietnam veteran Craig would like to protect Amber, then forget her for good. If only his heart would agree. But he’ll risk his tech business empire, beloved C-130 aircraft, and his life, to stop whoever is after Amber.

Every veteran hides a purple heart.

Mission: Purple Hearts is the first book in the Vintage Veterans military romance adventure series.

Team up with the Desert Devils. Experience the challenges of love and war, years after military service.

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