The HBS Author's Spotlight SHOWCASES Tamara Ferguson's New Book: TWO HEARTS IN ACCORD.
Author Tamara Ferguson is the award-winning author of Tales of The Dragonfly Romance Suspense Series, the top-ten bestselling Kissed By Fate Series, and the #1 Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Series. Tamara writes Romance and Suspense novels.
TWO HEARTS IN ACCORD
Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Book 7
Author: Tamara Ferguson
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Lieutenants Neil Harrison and Anna Drummond shared tragedy four years earlier during a special mission in Iraq, and despite their connection at the time, they both took their previous commitments seriously.
Injured later in Iraq, Neil eventually returned to active duty in pararescue with a prosthetic leg, while former sniper Anna regained her weaponry skills after losing an arm.
Now intent on retraining wounded warriors for active duty while working together as future instructors in a new program in Crystal Rock, Wisconsin, they realize the spark is still there.
Their personal situations have changed, and both Neil and Anna are single. And they seem to have a lot in common; most particularly their love of music.
But it's a few weeks before Luke Bryant and Kelly Callahan's wedding (Two Hearts Surrendered), when Anna and Neil find themselves assisting Sarah Benton's best friend Claire, who's certain her ex is trying to kill her. With Claire's life endangered, Neil and Anna make use of their skills to keep her safe.
Neil and Anna have both been burned in the past,so they're in accord deciding on a no strings relationship. But will they finally admit that it's love?
Excerpt from TWO HEARTS IN ACCORD
Prologue
Iraq
October, 2014 It was time for the squadron to go home.
Anna Drummond watched her fellow airmen begin gathering their gear before a few of them climbed into their cockpits. After the bombs had been dropped on Kobani, each flight team had returned to the isolated air field which had served as temporary headquarters for their unit. They were in a protected zone, and the Iraqi government had sanctioned the U.S. occupation of the former air base.
“Begin to assemble flight team one,” blasted out through the intercom set up near the run-down control tower. Slightly smaller than usual, the twelve-bomber squadron had been divided into three flight teams for their special mission, and each bomber would be departing from the field in fifteen-minute intervals. Later in the day, pilots from another squadron would be arriving to take their place.
Anna heard Captain Matthews call out, “Flight team two be ready.”
She wouldn’t be taking off for a while, since Anna was a member of flight team three, so she continued to sort through her gear at the far end of the base.
The first team’s F-22 Raptor made it down the runway safely and was easing along the short-ragged strip in preparation for take-off before disaster struck. Gunfire echoed suddenly through the air, and the insurgents seemed to be attacking the base from all directions.
Anna watched several members of base security rush across the field. But when one of the men was hit, she raced towards him, seizing the rifle that’d dropped from his hands while quickly taking aim.
One by one, each of the five offenders was contained before the insurgents could reach the runway. It happened so fast, and all Anna heard was the order to shoot to kill. In less than five minutes, Anna had killed three of the five men while the two who were wounded were taken into custody, but not without a fight. Although she was certain there’d been at least another half a dozen men approaching, they’d apparently slipped away.
The injured security team member was still laying on the ground, writhing in pain from the bullet in his shoulder, and Anna waved toward the hangar, yelling, “Someone get out here quick—we have a man down.”
A medic and mechanic approached, carrying a lightweight stretcher.
Surveying the scene from near the hangar, Airman Neil Harrison approached Anna with his mouth gaped open.
Shaking his head looking dazed, he laid his hands over her shoulders, staring into her eyes. “You’ve got some serious skills there, Ace. But are you alright?”
Anna nodded imperceptibly. She was aware of the number of casualties resulting from their bombings, but this was the first time she’d ever shot to kill, and she was feeling numb. “I’ve never…”
“I understand,” he muttered softly. “Maybe I should walk you back inside the hangar?”
“Nah, there are at least a half dozen others,” Anna answered, as her mind went back on full alert while motioning towards the edge of the base. “Someone needs to be here.”
Looking toward the remaining security team members, who were still in the process of restraining the two insurgents, Airman Harrison shouted out, “Hey, we need another man over here on duty. We might still be targeted, because Drummond sighted more of them.”
As the security detail went back on full alert, chaos suddenly ensued across the runway. The raptor which had been ready to depart exploded, apparently hit by gunfire, and moments later fire erupted from the second bomber, while its pilot was preparing to proceed.
As she and Airman Harrison began approaching the runway, Captain Matthews roared, “Hold back! That’s an order.”
They weren’t the only ones trying to assist. The three remaining men from team one had moved away from their planes and were each ready to jump into action.
But there had already been one casualty; Hawk Benton, the pilot of the raptor that had just blown up.
Anna watched in shock as the fire seemed to spread in a heartbeat, and the second bomber in line became engulfed in flames.
Captain Matthews rushed across the airfield and attempted to assist the pilot struggling to escape from its cockpit.
Airman Luke Bryant was already working frantically to open Zach Logan’s cockpit door as Anna and Neil stood helplessly and watched.
“Damn,” Neil muttered. “The fire must be screwing up the instrument panel.”
Somehow, Luke finally managed to wedge open the cockpit, while the captain held back the burning cockpit door.
But a loud crack resounded, and Anna and Neil watched in horror as the left wing piece caught fire. Suddenly, it broke apart from the bomber and dropped to pin down Luke.
As she saw Captain Matthews pull Zach away from the plane, Anna decided she couldn’t stand by and watch any longer.
Apparently, Neil and at least a dozen others had decided the same thing. The wing piece appeared to have crushed one of Luke’s legs and it took three of them to remove Luke from under the burning fuselage. They half lifted and dragged Luke over the field so he could be tended by the medics, laying him next to Zach, who also appeared to be unconscious.
Activity surrounded them as the remaining pilots rushed to move the closest bombers away from the fire into safety at the opposite end of the airfield.
Anna glanced at Neil, who was staring at Captain Matthews with apparent concern. “Sir, we need to get you over to the medics.”
It was then Anna noticed the Captain was bleeding heavily and realized his left hand had been critically damaged.
What hand? Anna thought grimly.
Captain Matthews was staring numbly at the mangled, bloody mass of bones as he collapsed onto the ground.
Author Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense
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Author Description: Writing steamy yet sweet compassionate stories of fate that are wonderfully romantic, Tamara Ferguson is the multi-award winning, #1 international bestselling author of the Tales of the Dragonfly Romance Suspense Series, the Kissed By Fate Series, the Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Series and the Daydreams & Dragonflies Sweet Romance Series.
If you don't believe in the power of fate, you shouldn't read her stories, because Tamara always writes a happily-ever-after for her heroines and heroes, since it doesn't always work out that way in real life.
Her wounded warrior romances, Two Hearts Unspoken, Two Hearts Surrendered, and Two Hearts Undone were all WINNERS at the 2016 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards; with Two Hearts Unspoken earning the Silver Medal in Military Fiction. Two Hearts Surrendered is also a 2016 New Apple Romance Selection for excellence in Indie Publishing.
Two Hearts' Christmas Wish, the fourth story in the series, spent 6 consecutive weeks at #1 in the Mistletoe Kisses & Christmas Wishes romance set and has become a #1 Best Seller independently as well a 2017 IAN Book of the Year Finalist. And it's the #13 BEST INDIE BOOK of 2017.
Along with the 2015 Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Award Winner That Unforgettable Kiss, Two Hearts Surrendered and Two Hearts Unspoken were also finalists for the 2016 IAN Book of The Year. Tales of the Dragonfly In Tandem was a romance finalist in the Indie Excellence Awards, while Tales of the Dragonfly In Flight was a romance suspense winner at the Readers' Favorite International Book Awards.
She's just released Two Hearts Find Christmas (Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Book 5) and is working on Two Hearts Unbroken (Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Book 6) and Emergence, her third Tales of the Dragonfly Novel, due to be published by Windswept in spring of 2018.
A member of the RWA, the Authors' Billboard and the Authors' Independent Book Network, her stories have been included in several #1 bestselling anthologies.
Since she remains a full-time caregiver for an autistic son (along with a bunch of adopted pets!), you can usually find Tammy working at home, where she spends a lot of time not completing her numerous home improvement projects, because she's writing or helping author friends promote their books on twitter.
Author's Book List
That Unexpected Kiss
- Kissed By Fate Book 2*STEAMY ROMANCE
FBI Agent Dylan Nash is in Wisconsin searching for his father's killer. While working undercover as a game warden in the town of Crystal Rock, he meets special education teacher Julie Thompson, and he's immediately attracted. But the problem with that? Not only does Julie work in Colorado, but she's involved with another man.
While visiting her hometown, Julie and Dylan become friends, but she's devastated to learn he's dating her best friend Kate.
A few years later, when a teaching position opens at the new Crystal Visions school for children with disabilities, Julie accepts the job and moves back home
Learning that a series of misunderstandings has kept them apart, Dylan finally confesses his feelings, claiming Julie with an unexpected kiss.
But twenty years ago, Dylan's father was killed and Julie's mother disappeared. Julie is obsessed with discovering the truth, and Dylan wants justice. When clues link her mother's twenty-year-old disappearance to the man who shot his father, can Dylan keep Julie safe from a vicious predator?
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TWO HEARTS UNBROKEN
- Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Book 6Captured along with members of her team after a targeted explosion in Iraq during transport, Airman Sarah Benton is severely injured, surviving unimaginable horror before she's finally rescued by Captain Brand Reardon and his men, avoiding certain death.
Two years later, honorably discharged from the Air Force as a wounded warrior, Sarah accepts a position as administrator of a new program intent on retraining wounded military men and women planning on remaining in active service.
Now an AFOSI agent, Brand has been sent to Crystal Rock to watch over Sarah for another reason besides as a program liaison: Sarah's life could be in danger. Similar incidents of sabotage had been occurring before and after the assassination of Sarah's team in Iraq. Although Sarah has little memory of her time in captivity, they're almost certain she saw something she wasn't supposed to.
When Brand discovers her cowardly fiancé broke up with her because he couldn't deal with her injuries, Brand decides to do what he's wanted to do from the moment they met, and make Sarah his.
But his assignment is only temporary, and he'll be moving on if Sarah doesn't seem to be in danger. Can Brand break through Sarah's wounded heart before he's reassigned?
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TWO HEARTS FIND CHRISTMAS
- Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Book 5Josh Loughlin, a blind wounded warrior, has returned to his hometown of Crystal Rock, Wisconsin at Christmastime. As a teenager, Josh operated with a ring of thieves run by his father in the town of Crystal Rock. But when his stepbrother is forced to tolerate the mental and physical abuse that Josh himself experienced as a teenager, Josh decides it's time to stand up against his father, so he goes to the police, discovering his father is involved in even more nefarious activities than he'd suspected.
Under witness protection, Josh is given a second chance at a new life in the military, where he excels. But when he's severely injured in combat, he decides to return to Crystal Rock for his rehab, reuniting with his stepbrother Luke, who was led to believe Josh was in prison.
As a teenager, Nina Chandler was a caregiver for her mother who was dying of cancer. Instinct had told her that despite the bike and tattoos, Josh wasn't the bad boy he'd pretended to be. And when he saves Nina from near assault at Dragonfly Pointe, they share a magical connection the week before Josh disappears, supposedly sent to prison.
Now a nurse at the wounded warrior home, Nina Chandler helps Josh confront the demons from his abusive past, and in the process she discovers the attraction she felt for him all those years ago has never gone away.
But does an attempt on Josh's life mean that his tarnished past has finally caught up with him, or will fate allow Josh and Nina to find love at Christmas?
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A KISS UPON A STAR
- Daydreams & Dragonflies Sweet Romance 1It's Christmas time when ten-year-old Emily and thirteen-year-old Tim first meet at Dragonfly Pointe. Emily has run away after hearing her mother arguing with her aunt and after seeing her sitting alone in the bleachers when his hockey game has ended, Tim makes sure Emily is returned to her aunt's home safely.
Fast forward eight years; Emily is now a rising star while Tim has decided to enlist in the Air Force intending to train service dogs. Tim is nursing a broken heart when he runs across Emily and comes to her aid, saving a stray puppy from drowning in the lake at the Dragonfly Pointe Beach. But little does Tim know that Emily's returned to Dragonfly Pointe to sing at the wedding of the girl Tim thought he was in love with.
Even though Tim doesn't recognize Emily right away, their chance reunion sparks feelings between them, and later on at the wedding, Emily's kiss makes Tim understand he's never really understood the meaning of the word love.
Although they try to keep in touch, little do they know that Emily's controlling mom is conspiring to keep them apart.
Later in their twenties, Emily's a famous vocalist who feels disillusioned with life, and Tim's an injured Air Force veteran who makes a living training service dogs.
But maybe their worlds aren't so different after all. Can Tim find a way to break through Emily's hardened heart?
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TWO HEARTS' CHRISTMAS WISH
- Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Book 4Seventeen-year-old Jason Matthews made a wish when he'd shared a kiss with Katherine Conlin under the mistletoe at Dragonfly Pointe fourteen years ago. Now an Air Force Captain and wounded warrior, he awakens in the hospital in Germany where his dreams have been invaded by the girl from his past.
Once he returns home to the states, he finds out approaching Kat might be a little more difficult than he'd thought since she's been in a long term relationship for nearly two years.
But another year later when Jason discovers she's on her way to the Dragonfly Pointe Inn for the Christmas holidays without her boyfriend, he seizes the opportunity to become reacquainted.
Kat had been expecting a proposal this Christmas, and when her boyfriend backs out yet again on the carefully laid plans she's made for them, she realizes she probably wouldn't have been happy with him anyway.
Kat has often wondered what happened to Jason Matthews, the boy she'd made a wish with years ago, and the last thing she expects is to run into him again at the Dragonfly Pointe Inn.
Will there still be that special Christmas magic between them to make those long ago wishes come true?
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Two Hearts Undone
- Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Book 3Located in the town of Crystal Rock, Wisconsin, Crystal Visions is a school and residence for the physically and mentally impaired. Now, a wounded warrior facility is being built nearby, for the military heroes returning home from war.
What drives the caring people behind the scenes? Meet Melinda McDaniel and Steven Ryder.
Mel’s an R.N., and Steve’s an ex-Navy medic and physical therapist. What’s their motivation for dedicating their lives to the care and rehabilitation of those in need?
Both have suffered incredible loss with the death of their significant other. They’ve known each other for three rocky years. Are they finally ready to recognize the attraction they’ve been fighting for each other just might be love?
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TWO HEARTS UNSPOKEN
- Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Book 2The single mom of a severely autistic son, Elizabeth Bowen is a full-time accountant in Illinois. But the plant where she's been working will be closing soon, due to the struggling economy in Illinois. She's had her hands full with her son Kyle, since his father's been long out of the picture, so when the opportunity to enroll Kyle in a vocational facility in Wisconsin comes up, she gladly accepts.
Retired air force captain, Zachary Logan, is a wounded warrior, searching for anew life for himself outside of the air force. When he relocates to the town of Crystal Rock at the invitation of his friend, Luke Bryant, he realizes he's found it, and accepts the position of administrator at the recently built wounded warrior facility.
When Beth and Zach meet at the beach at Dragonfly Pointe, their attraction to each other is instantaneous. And the most wonderful thing of all? Zach is accepting of her special needs son, Kyle, for exactly who he is.
But even after getting to know each other better, and sharing an incredibly passionate kiss, Beth is puzzled by Zach's behavior. What's Zach hiding, that's preventing him from taking the next step?
Could these two lonely people discover love is that something unspoken, that's been missing from their lives?
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TWO HEARTS SURRENDERED
- Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Book 1Luke Bryant and Kelly Callahan met on the beach at Dragonfly Pointe when they were only kids. And ever since thirteen-year old Luke saved six-year old Kelly from drowning, they've felt an undeniable connection. But Luke has a tarnished past, and despite his attraction to Kelly when they're growing up, he just doesn't think he's good enough for her.
When Luke comes home on leave from the Air Force, and attends the Magical Wedding of Kelly's sister Kate (Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Award WINNER-That Unforgettable Kiss), Luke and Kelly finally share an enchanting night of passion. They simply can't help themselves--they've loved each other nearly their entire lives.
College student Kelly has everything going for her--she's not only beautiful, but intelligent too. So when Luke eventually returns home from Iraq as a disheartened wounded warrior, even though he appears to want nothing to do with her, she refuses to give up on him. It's not about his looks, or his past--it's all about the connection they've shared since they were kids. Fate has always meant for them to be together--she's sure of it.
But will that past night of enchantment, be strong enough magic, for a military hero to finally surrender his heart to the woman he loves?
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In Flight
- A Tales of The Dragonfly NovelThe dragonfly is said to be a symbol of renewal after a time of great hardship.
A woman who’s afraid to trust. Successful designer, Penny Wentworth has arrived from New York to take charge of the wedding flowers for the new owners of the Dragonfly Pointe Inn. As a single parent of a severely autistic and mentally impaired son, she has no romantic illusions; her experience with an abusive husband has left her wary of relationships.
A man who’s afraid to love. Haunted by his past since discovering a six-year old girl brutally murdered at Dragonfly Pointe over twenty-two years before, Sam had intentionally avoided returning home. But after resigning from his job as a homicide detective in New Orleans when his marriage fell apart, Sam is now the chief of police in Crystal Rock, Wisconsin.
An undying passion that’s endured throughout the years. Penny’s escort for the wedding, Sam had once been the object of every single one of her teenage fantasies. Despite his overwhelming attraction to Penny as a teenager, Sam had deliberately kept his distance because of their age difference. But from the moment Sam meets Penny again, he realizes she’s always been the only woman for him.
And when Sam and Penny spend the entire weekend of the wedding together, their sizzling attraction turns explosive.
But unaware his divorce was never legally finalized, Sam has no idea that Vanessa Gerard Danielson is on her way to Crystal Rock attempting for reconciliation.
And now there’s a killer in their midst. Sam is stunned when Vanessa’s body is pulled out from the Crystal Rock River.
Indian legend claims Dragonfly Pointe has a mysterious power to ensure new beginnings. When Sam’s search for a killer, astonishingly, leads him back through his own tarnished past, will a woman who’s afraid to trust be able to forgive a man who considers himself undeserving of her love?
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Tales of the Dragonfly Book I: In Tandem
Separated by circumstances fifteen years earlier, Jake Loughlin and Danielle Reardon are fatefully reunited at Dragonfly Pointe.
But the mysterious Dragonfly Pointe has a history of tragedy. An unsolved brutal assault and murder of a six-year old girl over twenty years before has remained unsolved.
A successful entrepreneur, Jake has hidden his status as a special investigator for the FBI. As owner of the Dragonfly Pointe Inn, Jake has returned to restore and renovate the abandoned property.
But, unofficially, he’s investigating the theory that a ring of human traffickers is operating in the area. With three to five kidnappings occurring at the end of each year over the states of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, Jake can trace a pattern going back as far as thirty-five years.
And there could be a connection to the death of the little girl at Dragonfly Pointe twenty-two years earlier.
After the death of her grandmother several months before, Danielle has returned to the family cabin for a short vacation. A former model and vocalist for a band, Danielle escaped her chaotic life as a celebrity when her boyfriend died of a drug overdose. After obtaining her horticulture degree, she opened a successful landscape business in New York.
When Jake and Danielle finally meet again, it's magic.
But something odd is going on at Dragonfly Pointe. During the reconstruction process, not only is a strange vehicle noticed, several times, traveling back and forth to Dragonfly Pointe, but a suspicious stranger is sighted around the area.
When a young girl is kidnapped from a nearby community, the FBI investigation becomes official, and Jake is put into action.
Then lovely eighteen-year old Lucy Callahan is kidnapped. Granddaughter of the former police chief of Crystal Rock, Lucy is like a sister to Danielle.
When the FBI investigation leads back to Dragonfly Pointe, Danielle, herself, is put in danger.
Despite its tragic history, the beauty and power of the magic at Dragonfly Pointe enables new beginnings.
Suffering tremendous loss, or surviving abuse and tragedy, each character featured in the series will create their own new beginning, aided by the power of love.
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Love this author! Her books are the best!
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