So what if her dream to be accepted as more than an internet chef is on the line. So what if the hit TV show can take her new charity from start-up to household name. Sophie can work with that. She can work with him...As long as she doesn't fall in love with him first. The Island Patriot  is a stand-alone romance complete with a happily ever after and the eighth book in the sweet and wholesome Heathcliff Family Romances series.Read all of the Heathcliff Family Romances by Julia Keanini!1. His to Save2. His to Marry3. His to Protect4. Her Favorite Risk5. Her Forever Love6. Her Perfect Mistake7. Their Second First Kiss8. The Island Patriot9. Their White Christmas

    She has nothing to her name when she meets Nick.Turns out her groom is her mate.Rome knows she should be elated. But she’s not staying. She left her sister behind, the one person who ever treated her right. Rome needs money to rescue her. She needs the money to buy their freedom.Even if it breaks her mate’s heart.Nick is surprised to learn he has signed for a mail-order service.Only he hasn’t.His mate found him somehow, and his bear is finally at home.But Nick can’t rest. Something is wrong with his mate. He feels it in his gut.Worse? Someone is trying to break through the wards protecting Shadow Falls. Someone who is unwelcome.Someone who means harm.

    His work hadn’t changed so it had become his life. He went from one command to another, wherever the Navy sent him.His world was focused on the SEALs he commanded…until the day in his exuberance over a highly complicated operation, he hugged his administrative assistant.Marta Merkel had been a force to be reckoned in the SEAL world. For over twenty-five years, since her SEAL husband had been killed on active duty, she could make or break a career.Even though they were single adults past fifty, she worked directly outside his office, controlling his work life.With years of baggage, could they make this work?