Bøger af Miriam Matthews

EX NAVY SEAL, and a decorated hero, Dan drifted through life until he found an anchor named Della and a reason to live. He loved her from the moment they met but two things stood in the way of happily ever after - a dangerous bet and a drug lord willing to win at any cost. Would he lose the bet and everything he cared about...or could he pull off the crime of the century to guarantee his family's future and their ultimate safety? DELLA was never prepared for the hand life dealt her. A young widow with a daughter to raise, her world spun completely out of control when Dan Cooper gambled his way into her heart. All of a sudden a hit man was babysitting and she was planning her wedding! However, the question remained, could she trust Dan and his secrets? She'd fallen for an officer and a gentleman but would she choose to live with a criminal? Days before he became the infamous DB Cooper, Della became his wife. Would their love survive? Would they survive?

THE DEATH OF INNOCENCE The Vamp Squad Series, Book 2 Struggling with self doubt after a hellacious fight with her father, Susannah sneaks away from the safety of Olney Farm and the Vamp Squad to find her vampiric roots. Still a fledgling by vampire standards, she poses as a private detective delving into her own "death" in Daytona Beach. What she finds is so much more than just her roots! Her sire's dead, but his son is stuck in the middle of a conspiracy to control vampires and subjugate the human race. Jordan couldn't care less if Master Metolius Proctor had his old man destroyed for turning a teenager without permission. When that teenager shows up as a beautiful blonde detective, secrets begin to surface... secrets no one wants to acknowledge. Jordan vows to help her escape Proctor's clutches, but when they try to escape the Coven's estate, Jordan is captured and sentenced to burn in the sun. Susannah must swallow her pride and ask the Vamp Squad for help. But will she be in time and will her father, Commander of the Vamp Squad, agree to let the Squad get involved? Join Miriam Matthews in Book 2 of the Vamp Squad Series, THE DEATH OF INNOCENCE as Susannah searches for her vampiric roots and ends up finding a love worth fighting for and an evil plot that could change the world forever.

Rescued from the malicious hands of the monks at the Monastery of San Leyre years ago, undercover operative and vampire, Monique Merchant refuses to return to the place of her imprisonment and torture. Struggling with PTSD, she stays behind when the State Department asks the Vamp Squad to investigate an outbreak of drug related deaths at the monastery's elite school. When a new doctor from the CDC shows up to help research the drug and produce an antidote, Monique resents having to pretend she is human and work with the geeky scientist. But Dr. Seizemore's genius and Monique's genetics may hold the key to finding the antidote and saving the children who continue to die. When a new group of children sicken, Monique must find the strength to return to the monastery with her scientist to solve the mystery of the drug, and confront her growing feelings for the human. Percy Seizemore, a brilliant genetic engineer and pharmacologist, has no idea he will be working with vampires in his temporary assignment at the top-secret base in northern Maine. As they rush against time to find the answers to this drug related threat, visions of his gorgeous French assistant invade his dreams and fire his fantasies. That is, until he finds out who... and what he is sharing his lab with! When his scientific world, and the world according to Dracula collide, he is shaken to the core. Everything he knows and understands is turned upside down, including his heart. And what is this strange connection between this dangerous drug and Monique, herself? Join Miriam Matthews in her third book of the Vamp Squad Series, THE SECRETS OF SAN LEYRE as Monique learns to trust her own strength and the true value of love!

Through analyses involving the Air Force's Tier 1 fitness assessment (FA), the authors examine whether FA components meet their intended purpose to minimize health risks and maximize readiness of airmen.

Have you felt disconnected from God? Do you need clarity around your purpose? Have insecurities and people's opinions held you back? Then this book is for you! In this book, you will learn how to shift from people-pleasing behavior to finding peace and purpose in God. Performing for the audience of one, our Heavenly Father, is key to our potential becoming unclogged and our purpose being released! God is waiting for you to realize that your purpose is not just about you. There is a higher calling on your life, and God wants you to unleash your undeniable impact by saying yes to Him!

The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act introduced new options for officer career management for the military services. Researchers examine the potential utility of five of the new flexibilities for improving the management of Air Force officers.

This report presents an overview of research relevant to U.S. Air Force fitness assessment components to ensure readiness of personnel, support the National Defense Strategy, and promote a culture of health and well-being across the U.S. Air Force.

To serve in the U.S. military, individuals must meet medical standards to ensure that they are fit to serve. The authors explore the implications to U.S. Air Force culture of tailoring such standards to expand or limit the pool of qualified personnel.

This report describes analyses, using data from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study, designed to assess the effects of sexual assault and sexual harassment on service members'' decisions to separate from the military. Among other findings, this study demonstrates that more than 8,000 separations over a 28-month period (8 percent of all separations) were associated with sexual assault or harassment experiences.

Hispanics are less represented in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) civilian workforce than in the federal civilian workforce and the civilian labor force. This report assesses what factors might account for Hispanic underrepresentation in DoD. It includes assessments of trends in Hispanic employment and analyses of job applicant data. It also presents findings from interviews with representatives of DoD and of Hispanic-serving institutions.

This report reviews employment screening policies and procedures to assess how helpful these may be for Air Force sexual assault prevention efforts and also reviews self-reporting of behaviors, background checks, and personality tests.

This report addresses ways to improve the armed forces' definition of hazing, the effects of and motivations for hazing, how the armed forces can prevent and respond to hazing, and how the armed forces can improve the tracking of hazing incidents.

This report aims to assist the Air Force in its continued efforts to combat sexual assault perpetration within its ranks through an examination of the existing empirical literature on adult perpetrators who commit sexual assault against other adults.

The U.S. Department of Defense has struggled to assess the progress and effectiveness of its information operations. Best practices across sectors can guide the assessment of these activities and ensure that they help meet national security goals.