Life is full of second chances...Sleep is the last thing on Captain Doug Reese's mind when he finds himself in charge of a disabled aircraft carrier and a disheartened crew. Once the ship pulls safely into dry dock, however, his insomnia becomes an issue and Doug is ordered into counseling. Instead of seeing a shrink, Doug seeks out the lowest ranking Navy Chaplain he can find.Lieutenant Lindsey Alexander might be fresh out of seminary, but she's not as naive as the world weary Captain believes. She knows he has no interest in her advice. So she makes him an offer he can't refuse: Lunch--and he's buying. One hour a day for ten days.By the time his sentence is up, sparks are flying between the Naval Aviator and the Navy Chaplain. Until past mistakes threaten their sparkling future.Author's Note: One Star-Spangled Night is the second in a series of One Night novellas created from secondary characters of previous works. The USS Enterprise and Steve Marietta appear in the full length novel Sign, SEAL, Deliver.* You will also find One Star-Spangled Night in the multi-author anthology Celebrate!NOT INTENDED TO BE A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE

Like any good mother, Angela Adams wants a better future for her little boy. And the one way she can provide that is to enlist with the Marines. Unfortunately, there needs to be a husband on the scene for that to happen. Fortunately, her recruiter connects her with "Hatch" Henry Miner—a wounded former Navy SEAL willing to help out a fellow soldier. Problem solved.But marriage, even to a stranger, is complicated. Especially when beneath the gruff exterior, there's a man with a heart of gold. It doesn't take long for Hatch to prove he's a good dad...and has the potential to be an even better husband. Suddenly Angela has a hard time convincing her heart this is a temporary operation!

It's bad enough that Gunnery Sergeant Bruce Calhoun, USMC, lost his best friend, Freddie, in Iraq. But getting stuck in his hometown recruiting office with Chief Petty Officer Mitzi Zahn? This is torture! Mitzi, his ex-fiancée—and Freddie's little sister—hasn't forgiven him for anything. She's making that fact abundantly clear.How can Bruce apologize? He's a Marine. He still loves her, but he can't have her. Not when he is hell-bent on recovering from his injury and rejoining the fight overseas. Not even if Mitzi's love proves to be the most powerful force of all...

"You and the boy are coming with me." Navy SEAL Kenneth Nash has one objective--protect the son he's never known. If that means dragging along his former sister-in-law Mallory Ward, then so be it. But while hiding out in a rustic cabin in the Rockies, Nash faces an unexpected problem. Suddenly he's feeling things for Mallory that he has no right to feel. Regardless of how this turns out, he could never be the family man that his son and Mallory deserve. Yet as danger approaches, Nash and Mallory's attraction persists--and it could jeopardize the entire mission.

IN UNIFORMA woman in the SEALs?Lieutenant Tabitha Chapel is determined to become the first woman to join the navy SEALs. She'll use every connection she has (and she has plenty), and wile (feminine or otherwise) and her substantial strength of will to make this happen.Not in this man's navy!Commander Marc Miller is equally determined to keep women in general—and Tabitha Chapel in particular—out of the SEALs. There are a lot of things he'd like to do with Tabby, and being her commanding officer isn't one of them.But the commander is about to learn that Tabby's woman enough to take everything he doles out and more….