Jen Talty Libros

Arizona Bale has spent her entire life in beauty pageants. She was born and raised to compete, and her only purpose in life was to win. After an accident took her leg, she thought her life was over until she found a new calling: training other pageant contestants who might have a disadvantage or even a disability to shine bright and creating an annual local Christmas pageant for everyone.Her life was finally back on track, and she didn't think anything could derail her again until a strange chain of events threatens her dreams, and she has to rely on a bodyguard to not only protect her, but to make sure her pageant goes off without a hitch.Only her bodyguard doesn't like her plan on how to incorporate him into the fold.Dustin Wyss has known Arizona Bale since he was forced into early retirement from the Army five years ago when he'd only been twenty-four. She'd been an inspiration to his recovery, and they shared a common bond, although, Dustin didn't believe that she'd ever be interested in the likes of him. But when her business and her life are threatened, he will do whatever it takes to protect her except...Participate in any capacity other than a bodyguard in her Princess for a Day pageant.However, when bullets start flying, Dustin gladly takes to the runway.

The only thing Alabama Love wanted was to provide a safe home for her son, Wyoming, away from her abusive husband. When she landed in Eagle Rock, Montana, she thought just maybe, she might have found the perfect place to start her life over and give her son the kind of future he deserves. But sometimes the past has a tendency of catching up to the present.And in her case, the past could prove to be a deadly future.Only one thing really matters in Wayne "Dakota" Newark's life, and that's family. When his wife passed away from breast cancer, he left the military and joined the Brotherhood Protectors in order to provide a more stable life for his two little girls. There isn't anything he wouldn't do for his kids. But when his nanny quits, he finds himself having to trust a woman he doesn't know and that doesn't settle right in his gut. All in the name of protecting his family, he does some digging into Alabama's past.Unfortunately, his prying into her background disturbs a hornet's nest that has the potential to destroy both their worlds. And now he's tangled up with a woman who has not only stolen the hearts of his precious girls but has taken his hostage and now he wants to spend the rest of his life protecting her and her young son.That is if he can keep them all alive.

Talbot Grant left Candlewood Falls when she was seventeen and she hasn't looked back. She's worked hard for the life she's created for herself and her son. Becoming a single mother at eighteen hasn't been easy, but she's proud of her accomplishments. Her only regret is not being able to give her child the one thing he really wants: his dad. Merlot River has never gotten over the death of his first love. So, when a stranger rolls into town, looking like Daisy, Merlot finds himself wanting to know more. Only, he's not prepared for what the past is about to unearth, or the danger it will bring to a family he didn't know he had.

Love is in the air with this collection of romantic short stories. There is something for everyone! SOMEDAY MY RANGER WILL COME -- a short story set in southern Florida about a social media influence and a park ranger who find love in the middle of a storm. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU -- a sweet second chance Valentine's Day story about a military man who learns it's time to change his stripes if he's going to keep the only woman he's ever really loved. GLASSE AND STEELE -- this is what happens when a Dallas Cowboy's fan interviews for a job with the Pittsburg Steelers franchise. FINDING JOBE -- a dog that needs a home and a man who finds his heart. SECOND CHANCE CHRISTMAS -- the perfect home for the perfect reunion.

What if the mother you thought had died, was alive and well and living fifty miles away?Katie Bateman's mother died years ago, or so she thought. That all changed the day a stranger came into her office asking her to find his missing wife, who looks an awful lot like her late mother. Katie, a little spooked by the resemblance, goes to her FBI friend, Jacob Donovan, whose father had been close friends with her mother and her uncle. Jacob chalks it up to someone who just looks like her mother. How could it be anyway? She was dead. Besides, Jacob is pre-occupied with a case where young girls are going missing and now turning up dead.Katie starts to uncover some inconsistencies in her new client's missing wife's case. As she digs deeper, she finds a picture of Edward's wife and it's the exact same picture, the only picture, that Katie has of her late mother.The closer Katie gets to finding Edward's wife, her mother, the closer she comes to the final game. Edwards game.

Irish Whiskey left his cousins farm years ago to join the Army and he never looked back. That was until he gets a phone call from one of his relatives informing him that one of the many broken hearts he left behind showed up at Whiskey Ranch claiming to be carrying his child. And she won't leave until he comes back and decides if he wants to be a father, or he's going to do what he's always done-run from his responsibilities. Lorelei Sheldon knew the second the sexy Special Forces officer walked into her diner she was in trouble. But she hadn't expected it to be the kind of trouble that would change the course of her entire life. With no way of reaching him, except through his family's ranch in Buhl, Idaho, Lorelei packs up her things and sets off to find the man who she knows without a doubt she wants to start a life with, but also understands he might want nothing to do with her.But she has to try. She owes it to their unborn child.

Troy Bowie has no desire to do anything but fly the friendly skies at twice the speed of sound. The only relationship he's ever wanted is one with the military. His career means more to him than anything-except his family. And he does whatever he can to be there for his parents and his siblings whenever possible. So, when the Navy gives him a few weeks off to attend his niece's christening, he takes it. He loves being at home-at least, for short periods-but after a few days, he's ready to get back into the cockpit of a fighter jet and go wherever the military needs him most. Until he meets an intriguing young woman with a broken heart and decides to help her put it back together before he leaves for his next deployment. As a Navy brat, Priela Sloane traveled all over the globe-a lifestyle she valued but not something she wanted for herself. She cut a deal with her father and served her time in the military before heading off to culinary school. Now finally on her own, Priela wants nothing to do with strong, alpha males. And she sure as hell doesn't want to date a fighter pilot. All the military ever did for her was destroy the only person she ever loved: her brother. However, Troy isn't a typical Navy man, nor does he come from a typical family, and he keeps breaking down her defenses and proving all her theories wrong. At the end of his leave, will she let him fly away, or will she fly away with him?

She wanted to protect her brother…but she failed.He’ll do whatever it takes to protect Vivian, even if it means taking a bullet…But will it be enough?Vivian Rose thought she burned her family’s dirty little secret the day she laid her father to rest. Only, years later, when her brother is found murdered, it seems that secret might have been the very thing that got her brother killed. Now, Vivian finds herself in the middle of an internet game that she doesn’t understand and the target of a dangerous man who will stop at nothing to make her his.Agent Cameron Thatcher has had his eyes on the sexy Vivian Rose for months. However, when his current case includes a sex club and her brother gets involved, he finds himself in a precarious situation. The more he digs, the more he uncovers, and the more he realizes that Vivian’s in danger. He’ll do whatever is necessary to protect her—including taking a bullet.But will it be enough?