What I love best about the Wounded Warrior Series and The Asset

My romances are inspired by real people, the men and women I met while I was a Navy wife. Many of characters are influenced by my friends, neighbors and peers, the silent heroes and heroines I was so fortunate to meet when I was part of the military community.

More specifically, my Wounded Warrior series draws inspiration from the military heroes who have given so much for our country. The series is about strong, self-reliant heroines struggling to find their place in the world and the brave, skilled, sexy military heroes who challenge their limits to protect the women they love.

The Asset is about Lia Stuart, a woman desperate to escape her dangerous past and Ash Hunter, the Navy SEAL who would lay down his life to save her. Ash is also on the run, from his superiors, but worse, from his uncertain future. When we meet him, he has just bolted from the hospital, suffering from a crippling infection and PTSD. Along with his trained service dog, he flees to his hometown to the isolated lakeside cottage where he confronts Lia’s shotgun and the limits of his broken body.

But when Lia risks her life to care for Ash, he discovers that he’s not the only one suffering from PTSD. Together, Ash and Lia have to defeat the evil that threatens to destroy their lives as they struggle to heal, not only Ash’s broken body but Lia’s shattered soul.

What I love most about The Asset is that it is a story about hope, courage, resilience, redemption and love’s extraordinary healing power. I’m really awed by the wounded warriors returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I think these men and women and the families that support them are amazing. Their strength in the face of adversity, their determination to reclaim their lives and their resilience are extraordinary. I hope that in The Asset, Lia and Ash honor their stories.

My First Post

Today I’m inaugurating this blog with my first post. I’m so excited about this new journey. Anna del Mar didn’t exist two years ago, but my stories have always been there, waiting in my head, playing out in my dreams, pounding to get out. And then I went on my annual vacation/pilgrimage to Colorado. Since I was on vacation, I decided to write for the pure pleasure of it. And thus began my new adventure.

 
The Asset was born in Colorado, so it was only fair that the Rocky Mountains should be the setting for this heart-warming story about a woman desperate to escape her dangerous past and the Navy SEAL who would lay down his life to save her.

 
In the story, Lia Stuart is fleeing from the ruthless drug lord who has terrified her existence. She’s hiding in a small Colorado town. When a stranger comes to her door, she confronts him at gunpoint. She’d rather die before going back to her former life.

 
The stranger who shows up at Lia’s door, Ash Hunter, is also on the run, from his superiors, but worse, from his uncertain future. A SEAL wounded in Afghanistan, he bolts from an extended stay at the hospital, without permission.

 
Along with his trained service dog, Ash flees to his hometown only to discover that his home has burned down and his grandmother is dead. Suffering from a crippling infection and severe PTSD, Ash is drawn to the isolated lakeside cottage where he confronts Lia’s shotgun and the limits of his broken body.

 
When Ash collapses in her kitchen and the Marines turn up hell-bent on returning him to the hospital he loathes, Lia defies her fears and risks her life to care for the embittered wounded warrior who has disrupted her carefully orchestrated farce of a life.

 
But Ash soon realizes that he’s not the only one suffering from PTSD. He teaches Lia that weakness can transform into strength, fleeing doesn’t lead to freedom, and caring is a shared endeavor. Together, Ash and Lia must defeat the evil that threatens to destroy their lives as they struggle to heal, not only Ash’s broken body but Lia’s shattered soul.

 
The Asset will be available from Carina Press on February 22nd, the first book of my Wounded Warrior series, which will comprise several novels about strong, self-reliant heroines trying to find their place in the world and the brave, sexy military heroes who challenge their limits to protect the women they love.

 

I’ll tell you a lot more about the Wounded Warrior series and how it came to be in my next few posts. Meanwhile, please help me celebrate the birth of Anna del Mar and The Asset. Here’s to all those stories waiting to be told. Cheers!

 

The_Asset_High Res

Amazon Link