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The Night Stalkers: Short Stories
Series · 11 books · 2014-2018

Books in series

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#1

Ghost of Willow's Past

2014

Master Sergeant Dusty James returns to Portland, Oregon on his one week’s leave. A visit to his parent’s favorite rose may change the course of his life. Master Sergeant Amy Patterson would mourn the loss of her mother, if the pain didn’t still consume her. But a shared history may bind their hearts forever. A history known only to the Ghost of Willow’s Past.
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#2

Man the Guns, My Mate

2014

-a Night Stalkers romance story- Navy Commander Deborah Reynolds pissed off Night Stalker Trisha O’Malley in "Light Up the Night." As she begins her own two-year tour in command of the USS Constitution she knows her dream assignment in Boston is temporary. Roy Wilkinson, professor of marine engineering at MIT has loved ships his whole life. Especially the day he wins a trip on the oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy, Old Ironsides. He thinks the trip is the prize, until their hearts set full sail and they both prepare to Man the Guns!
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#3

Beale's Hawk Down

2015

Before "The Night Is Mine..." Lieutenant Emily Beale flew for the 101st Airborne, the Screaming Eagles. Shot down in a Thai jungle, Emily must fight for her crew, her career as a pilot, and her very life. She discovers both her past and her true vocation when forced to send out the worst call imaginable: Beale’s Hawk Down!
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#4

Heart of the Storm

2015

-a Night Stalkers origin story- Before The Night Is Mine... Major Michael Gibson must find the next step in his career as an operator for the U.S. Army’s Delta Force. He tackles a winter climb on the lethal slopes of the 14,000’ tall Mt. Rainier. His solo journey of discovery turns into a daring mountain rescue. Captain Mark Henderson, the commander of the U.S. Army’s newest Night Stalker company, seeks the best people. They will meet in the Heart of the Storm!
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#5

Flight to Fight

2015

-a Night Stalkers romance story- Sergeant Lee Adams flew a simple extraction mission along the Suez at night, into a friendly-power country, during a government-staged riot. Donya Nakhla fought for her country, until they tried to kill her. Now she must escape to fight another day. Neither knew that their lives would be forever changed as they joined in a Flight to Fight.
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#6

Circle 'Round

2017

\-a Night Stalkers romance story- Chief Warrant Officer Lola Maloney never expected to lead the Night Stalkers of 5th Battalion D Company. But when Beale and Henderson left, they put her in charge. Now the 5D’s first mission under her command is going all to hell. Only she can salvage it—her team’s very lives depend on her. Lola reaches back to every trick they ever taught her and finds the answer in a most unexpected place, as they Circle ’Round. (Previously published in Fiction Last Stand 2016.)
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#7

First Day, Every Day

2017

\-a Night Stalkers romance story- The heart-warming sequel to The Ghost of Willow’s Past. Helicopter pilot Amy Patterson-James attacked the future love of her life the day she met him, but those had been special circumstances. She’d punched him out over the remains of a willow tree in the Portland, Oregon rose garden. Two years later, on their first day in combat together, she’s shot down deep in enemy territory. Wounded and on the run. She banks it all on her love for Chief Warrant Dusty James and another old willow tree just as she did that First Day, Every Day.
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#8

Sergeant George and the Dragoon

2018

-a Night Stalkers 5E romance story- Royal Air Force Colour Sergeant George Hayman’s year flying with the Night Stalkers 5E ends in three days. His final mission starts well—but then goes terribly wrong. He finally feels he has some grip on American idiom, but being shot was “no picnic.” The biggest shock? Nothing in his training prepared him for the nameless but lovely French dragoon who falls into his lap—literally. Their missions flying with the Americans are over, but that only begins the tale of Sergeant George and the Dragoon.
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#9

Flying Over the Waves

2017

-a Night Stalkers 5E romance story- No one gets shot down during a training mission. Except Chief Warrant Officers Debbie Rosenthal and Silvan Exeter. Their Little Bird helicopter plummets toward the North Sea during a Force 9 severe gale. With no hope in sight, they must struggle together to survive Flying Over the Waves.
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#10

Since the First Day

2017

-a Night Stalkers 5E romance story- Co-pilot Danny Corvo accepts his role as straight man on the jovial crew aboard the Night Stalkers’ helicopter Calamity Jane II. Ignoring his attraction to the wildly vivacious Crew Chief Carmen Parker proves to be much more difficult. Racing through the tail end of a hurricane off the Panamanian coast—what a crazy time to declare his feelings. But this stormy night must be the one to tell her how he’s felt Since the First Day.
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#11

The Christmas Lights Objective

2017

\-a Night Stalkers 5E romance story- Kelsey “Killjoy” Killaney can track down the worst drug lord of a Mexican cartel. But of all stupid days, why must it be on Christmas? Her least favorite day of the year. Jason Gould flies with the very best, the Night Stalkers 5E helicopter company. Christmas ranked as his best day every year, until this one. When the mission comes to take out a drug lord on Christmas Eve, maybe they can both track the Christmas Lights Objective.

Author

M.L. Buchman
M.L. Buchman
Author · 158 books

USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestseller M. L. “Matt” Buchman started writing on a flight south from Japan to ride his bicycle across the Australian Outback. Just part of a solo around-the-world trip that ultimately launched his writing career. From the very beginning, his powerful female heroines insisted on putting character first, then a great adventure. He’s since written over 60 action-adventure thrillers and military romantic suspense novels. And just for the fun of it: 100 short stories, and a fast-growing pile of read-by-author audiobooks. Booklist says: 3x “Top 10 of the Year.” PW says: “Tom Clancy fans open to a strong female lead will clamor for more.” His fans say: “I want more now…of everything.” That his characters are even more insistent than his fans is a hoot. As a 30-year project manager with a geophysics degree who has designed and built houses, flown and jumped out of planes, and solo-sailed a 50’ ketch, he is awed by what is possible. More at: www.mlbuchman.com.

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