by M. Stratton
He looked up at the sky. “Thanks, old man. You were more of a father than that bastard was. I wish you were here to see Henry. Yeah, sap I am. We named him after you. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be here now with Stormy and my son. I promise you, I’ll be the kind of father you were to me. I’ll carry your legacy with me, not his, yours. He might have fathered me, but you made a man out of me. You made me worthy of her.”
Slowly, he folded the letter back up and returned it to the glass case before closing and locking it. Bender took one last look at Henry Murdoch’s life, his badge, the folded flag, his picture, and the letter he’d found in his belongings after he died. It’d been a year since he was shot down helping Bender save Stormy. He had terminal cancer and knew he had nothing to lose, and they had everything to gain.
As Bender walked out of the house, Stormy looked up at him. She had so much trust in him. She knew where he came from, and knew with all of her heart he would never become his father. She had nothing to worry about. When he sat down next to her, she closed her book and snuggled in close to him. Who would have thought big bad Bender had a soft side. Murdoch, that’s who, and he’d made sure, before he left this world, the man he thought of as a son was taken care of, by making sure he had someone to love and cherish.
The Storm Series (Romantic Thrillers)
After the Storm—Book one
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G5WYCD8
Alexia “Lexi” Hanson moved across the country to rebuild her life after the attack that almost destroyed her. She enjoys the simple things in her beach cottage. Life is finally complete.
Noah Matthews is Rock & Roll’s hottest star and on top of the world. After years without a break, he finds the solitude he craves at his beach house. Enjoying his early morning coffee, Noah is surprised to see his neighbor sneak into his garden and crawl around.
They never saw that fateful morning coming. Someone was watching them. Someone who thought Lexi belonged to him and would stop at nothing to have her.
Lives are changed forever when they meet amongst the blooms in his garden. Even when things seem darkest, there is always light After the Storm.
Eye of the Storm—Book Two
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IJF4E2I
Evie Taylor loves her life in Boston, running her bookstore and café, but an accident has made it so she needs to return home to take care of her grandmother. With extra time on her hands, she decides to start looking for the monster that haunts her best friend’s nightmares. A chain of events starts no one could see coming.
When the last person she ever expects shows up and rings her grandmother’s doorbell, she finds herself in the middle of danger. Bound together in a common mission, they’ll search the world looking for answers. But can they find them in time, or will they end up paying the ultimate price?
As the storm rages around them, they find each other and the calm in the Eye of the Storm.
Caught in the Storm—Book Three
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KY4DH6G
What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?
Kat Snyder has spent years chasing after the man who attacked her and left her for dead. It is her one obsession and she won’t let anyone stand in her way. Now that they are getting closer to finding him, she begins to doubt herself and her need for revenge.
Jackson “Jack” Taylor lost the only woman he truly loved. Now that he’s found her again, he’s not letting go and will do everything in his power to make her see they can have a life together. Together they search for the monster who has hurt so many women.
The closer they get, the closer they become, until they are both Caught in the Storm.
Stand Alone Novels—Romantic Thriller
Fade to Black
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Devlin Cross is one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. He has his pick of the scripts and his pick of the women. While on a break from filming his current movie, he takes a drive through the countryside and stops at a local art gallery. There, the owner isn’t star struck by having him in her shop.
Lily Walker is a single mother who wants nothing to do with men. Her goal in life is to raise her son to the best of her ability and give him the stable home life she never had. With her failed marriage behind her, the last thing on her radar is a relationship, especially one with a famous movie star.
Not every breakup is mutual. Some ex-lovers never let go. Some will do whatever it takes to have that person back in their lives. Dead . . . or alive.
PARANORMAL NOVELLAS
Constant Echo
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Reagan Beckett left her hometown and finished her senior year while staying with her Aunt. She built her life in a city far away from her memories, never having contact with anyone who knew her back then. No one would recognize her now. She transformed herself and tried to get as far away from the captain of the cheerleading squad as she could.
She was successful until the letter arrived and everything changed. Now ten years later she’s on her way back to face her demons. The closer she gets the more she feels herself slipping back to that scared young girl who fled in the early morning light, and she doesn’t like it. Her stomach clenched knowing what she was headed back into. Scared of having to go back to the house where her best friend was murdered in front of her.
Sometimes the past isn’t ready to let go.
The Moon Series (Stand-alone Paranormal Novellas)
Dreaming in Moonlight
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LM2HG8Y
This is a paranormal stand-alone novella in The Moon Series.
Ghosts are real. They are all around us. Most of the time they are satisfied to watch us go by and not interact. When a couple was cursed to spend three hundred years in death searching for the one living couple who could release their bounds, they search for centuries to find a love that will make time stand still. If they fail, they will be sent to Hell to live out the rest of eternity.
Demons are real. They are all around us. Their one goal is to make our lives a living hell. They will stop at nothing to destroy our minds and bodies. With the curse rapidly approaching its end, the deepest, darkest demon is summoned to make sure they don’t succeed.
Kate O’Malley fell in love with the old two-story farmhouse in Maine at first sight. She had to live there. Spending all of her savings, she was able to buy it and moved right in. The very first night, strange things happened. Her dreams weren’t her own. Looking for answers, she calls on a friend who puts her in contact with a ghost hunter, Sawyer Hamilton. Neither knows what is in their future, neither knows if they are going to survive it.
Dreaming in Moonlight, when your sleep is filled with passion and your nightmares are real.
… this spring from
M. Stratton
When Dreams Come True
Book One in a new stand-alone romantic comedy collection, The Star Series
What would you do if one day all of your dreams came true?
Melissa Loring was a successful author. She was happy living in her home at the base of the mountains in Tucson with her assistant Hannah Mills. First the phone call came, they wanted to make one of her books into a movie. Within six months she was flying out to Los Angeles and talking with the studio about the final script and a list of actors to play the roles. Excited about her lunch meeting she is shocked when her muse for one of the characters walks in and sits down at the table with her.
Will Martinsson was riding high on his fame and loving every minute of it. He travels the world meeting his legions of fans and picking which roles he wanted. When the script was presented to him, he read it and was intrigued, then he found out the author had modeled the character after him he searched out information on her, his interest was piqued. He told the studio he wanted in, but he also wanted to meet her before he would sign on the dotted line.
When two independent successful people meet and have a strong connection
there is nothing they can do but see where the dream takes them.
She lives with her husband and son in Arizona, which is a big difference from where she grew up north of Chicago, Illinois. As an only child she learned to tell herself stories to make the long winters go by quicker while dreaming of summer vacations. As an adult, she still makes up stories to pass the time, but now she writes them down to share with other people.
M. Stratton spends her days plotting new ways to surprise her readers. She eloped after knowing her husband for only two months in 2006; they welcomed their son right after Thanksgiving in 2007. She loves to have fun with her son and husband, and starts planning Halloween on November 1st of every year.
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Table of Contents
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Epilogue
Other Works by M. Stratton
Coming Soon: When Dreams Come True
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