Within the pages of this book you will find the complete ‘My Daddy is a Hero Series.” Love found these single dads as they navigate fatherhood while balancing it with honor and their service to their country. Master Chief Marrone. Two weeks before leaving Afghanistan and retirement, Master Chief Fabian Marrone got news that froze his heart with fear. His two-year-old daughter Caelynn had been taken by his ex who ran off with their child. He’d left his daughter with the only person he could trust with his life, his best friend Taryn Nevin. When they found her, Fabian began to see Taryn through new eyes filled with desire, passion, and lust. Would taking their relationship to a new level enhance what they already had, or would he be left without her as a lover and friend? First Lieutenant Cutter David Cutter was on his way home to surprise his children. He’d lost his wife to a tragic accident leaving him a single father to twins. They both spoke of their teacher Ms. Noelle Cherise often and with his mother’s help he contacted her with help for his plan. Who knew that their teacher was such a beautiful woman with gorgeous almond eyes. When David met her, he found his interest was in more than his kids' education. On impulse he asked her out on a date, and after the first kiss, he knew there was no way he could ever walk away. David hopes with all his might that she can weather the storm with him because losing her would destroy him all over again. Gunny Sargent Brooks Lies caused Aidan turn away from the connection he made with Cherish Walker. Their one nightstand that was filled ecstasy and need like he never knew ended with his friend ruining it all. It seemed that it culminated in something else as well because when Cherish finally reached him, she was three months pregnant. When the truth finally came out, Aidan rushed home just in time to see the birth of his son and the betrayal in Cherish’s eyes. Trying to be a new father and make amends for his mistakes was the hardest mission of his life. He loved the woman who gave him the gift of a child. Working his way back into her life might not happen if she never trusted him again. Captain Brevard Simon loved the Air Force and flying fighter jets, until his world was turned upside down. His sister and her husband were killed in a car accident, and now he was the guardian to his one year old niece, Emma. While dealing with the grief of losing the only family he had, he was determined to make sure that Emma would lack for nothing, including love. In the midst of all the changes in his life, there was Leila Hayes, Emma’s pediatrician and his sister’s close friend. Simon never knew love before he met Leila, and when he finds out the secret that she kept. It could join them together as a family or break them apart. LCDR Latos Chase was one of the elite in the Air Force Pararescue Unit or the PJs. His job fed his love of country and the honor that was instilled within him, but his fifteen-month-old daughter Ava was his life. One night there was a knock on the door and on the other side was Amber’s bestfriend, Violet White. Chase was drawn to her and the attraction was sealed with the first kiss they shared. How could she be the perfect fit for them when she had no clue about military life or babies for that matter? There was more at stake than his need and the passion they shared, there was Ava.

Lewis Grizzard always makes us laugh. But this time, when he tells us all about his father—a certified war hero and a shameless passer of bad checks . . . a charmer of men and women and a consummate con artist . . . a man of great courage and an alcoholic destined to drink himself to death—he’s going to make us cry, too. And he’s going to give us a hilarious, moving account of that “tender, spooky territory: that country of the heart inhabited by fathers and sons.”

In Essential Dads, sociologist Jennifer Randles shares the stories of more than 60 marginalized men as they sought to become more engaged parents through a government-supported “responsible” fatherhood program. Dads’ experiences serve as a unique window into long-standing controversies about the importance of fathering, its connection to inequality, and the state’s role in shaping men’s parenting. With a compassionate and hopeful voice, Randles proposes a more equitable political agenda for fatherhood, one that carefully considers the social and economic factors shaping men’s abilities to be involved in their children’s lives and the ideologies that rationalize the necessity of that involvement.

Rema R. Kenton started writing during her pre-teen years when she was a freshman in high school. She spent more time writing poems and stories during her post high school and post college years. She worked with children in clubs, church and school. She also worked with the Pathfinder Club where she was leader for more than a decade. She has written Meet Mindy the Betta Fish, The Praying Mantis and the Birds, Poems for Your Inspiration among other books. She currently works with fi fth graders at Emmanuel Children’s Mission and teaches Art to fi fth through eighth grade. She was born in Portland, Jamaica, West Indies: but now resides in Mount Vernon, New York.

Tom McGuire, a retired U.S. Army Military Police colonel and retired local sheriff, is enjoying having his four daughters home for Christmas. Tammy is a Coast Guard Investigative Service special agent; Kelly is a Navy Criminal Investigative Service special agent; Megan is an Army Criminal Investigation Command special agent; and Sarah is an Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent.The Secretary of Defense has ordered Tom back to active duty to take command of a terrorism task force investigating a possible nuclear attack on America. Tom has his daughters assigned to the task force, and they learn that the terrorist threat was a hoax.While conducting the investigation, a riverboat explodes in the middle of the Illinois River and over five hundred people die. Most of those killed were prominent African Americans on a political fundraising cruise. The anti-terrorism investigation and the riverboat explosion become linked, so the task force is now investigating the disaster.The twists and turns in the breathtaking novel Daddy Six Actual keep Tom and his daughters on edge and in danger. After one daughter is nearly killed, Tom suffers a heart attack, and his daughters are left to finish out the operation. They learn to depend upon each other and their faith even more.

OPERATION: Daddy Boot Camp SUBJECT: Three-year-old Blue, the daughter whom— until three days ago—U.S. Marine Curt Blackwell didn't know existed. MISSION: Fatherhood. Bedtime stories. Plaiting hair. Holding hands. COMPLICATIONS: Preschool teacher Jessie Moore. They had a past, but Curt avoided those waters. Unlike Blue's fear of monsters under the bed, a woman's emotions truly spelled danger. And he was growing defenseless against this woman's warmth and beauty.… MISSION SUCCESS: Uncertain. Curt would survive— but not necessarily with his heart intact!

Sharing her journey to find her lifes destiny, author Patricia Wallace reaches to the depths of her memories to produce a collection of poetry and short prose that will reach the hearts of readers, no matter their walk in life. My Destiny, My Love for You shows that through a lifetime of experience God will comfort, his son Jesus Christ will heal, and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit we can continue down the path set out for our lives. Though this path may be riddled with heartache and pain, the fact remains: the Maker puts people in your path to teach you and encourage you, so that you may one day discover the beautiful truth that is his love in youyour true destiny.