ML Buchman Books in Order

A Buddhist Hungry Ghost steals the software controlling the universe while the Devil struggles through a crisis of her own. A Seattle cookbook editor joins an unlikely supernatural team racing across Heaven and Hell to prevent Armageddon.

Centuries after technology collapsed, a monk arrives on the Scottish island of Iona with a dangerous legacy. A woman guarding against his return discovers a gift tied to an ancient labyrinth with power over past and future.

Helicopter pilot Emily Beale's career is threatened after a televised incident sends her to the White House. Her commander Mark Henderson follows undercover, and their attraction becomes entangled in hidden agendas that threaten both their lives.

Television chefs become targets of a Special Forces hunt, and Jeff the Chef knows why. With his past catching up to him, survival requires help from a woman who rejected him and access to secret military machinery.

Child warrior Ri emerges from the devastated streets of Nara into a world controlled by a genetic regime. As humanity faces extinction aboard an unfinished colony ship, she must work with Bryce, a dictator's clone, to survive.

Food writer Cassidy Knowles receives a lighthouse calendar and letters revealing an unknown past. Wealthy Russell Morgan follows a similar calendar aboard his sailboat, and their intersecting journeys around Seattle raise questions about the futures they want.

CIA analyst Alice Thompson devises a secret diplomatic approach to North Korea and needs White House support. Chief of Staff Daniel Darlington joins her dangerous mission while their growing connection unfolds alongside lessons in Advent calendar traditions.

Night Stalkers sniper and helicopter crew chief Kee Smith is drawn to copilot Archie Stevenson despite her distrust of others. When a failed mission threatens to trigger war, they must work through their differences to survive.

Freighter pilot Persephone enjoys a life divided between deep space and lively ports until she meets quiet, intriguing Reggie. When their routes pull them apart, he must find a new course toward the woman he loves.

Mavall accompanies his powerful friend Dreymond Valenki into the crystal caverns of the Moon in search of answers. Discoveries about the past force their paths apart and reshape their relationship with the woman they both love.

Secret Service leader Frank Adams must save agent Beatrice Belfour when a diplomatic assignment threatens an ambassador's life. Their shared past complicates a rescue requiring presidential strategy, Night Stalkers helicopters, and feelings neither can easily dismiss.

Seattle pastry maker Maria Parrano has spent years bringing warmth to others at Pike Place Market. When reclusive Hogan Stanford reaches out, the approaching Christmas season forces her to consider what she wants for her own heart.

Widowed President Peter Matthews cautiously encounters the possibility of love with UNESCO heritage specialist Geneviève Beauchamp. Their shared intelligence and playful rivalry draw them closer, but Christmas brings threats to their lives as well as their hearts.

Dana Murphy arrives in Seattle unaware that the gods intend her to save Earth. When the universe's software initiates Armageddon, she must depend on friends and eccentric supernatural allies while divine arguments threaten to undermine their efforts.

Helicopter pilot Lola LaRue and Sergeant Tim Maloney have both escaped difficult beginnings to join the Night Stalkers. As attraction disrupts Lola's determination to prove herself, secret missions demand their cooperation against another devastating attack on America.

Former NASA spokeswoman Valerie Lambert is stranded on the Oregon coast after cutbacks derail her space ambitions. Facing a threat to the world, she turns to crowdsourcing and a glass artist whose help may become something more.

Mechanic Connie Davis joins the Night Stalkers to understand the helicopters she blames for her father's death. Fellow mechanic John Wallace challenges her isolation, while a dictator's access to a devastating weapon makes their teamwork essential.

Chef Angelo Parrano devotes himself to his family's cuisine at Seattle's Pike Place Market. Corporate lawyer Jo Thompson has an equally demanding plan for success, but meeting each other challenges their assumptions about love, work, and family.

Navy culinary specialist Gail Miller wants her helicopter carrier to win a prestigious galley award. Hovercraft pilot Sly Stowell questions her barbecue preferences, but a rescue mission puts their growing attraction and both their lives at risk.

Firefighter Candace Cantrell gets the chance to build her own hotshot crew, then encounters former Navy SEAL Luke Rawlings among the applicants. His unresolved past clouds his future, while working with Candace offers a connection neither had planned.

Wildfire crew foreman Patsy Jurgen concentrates on building the career she has always wanted, leaving little room for romance. Baker Sam Parker retreats from a failed relationship into his new business, until Christmas brings their carefully separate plans together.

Helicopter pilot Jeannie Clark rescues wildfire photographer Cal Jackson from a raging fire. Recruited into Mount Hood Aviation's covert work, he joins her on an overseas mission where trust and attraction must withstand dangers beyond the flames.

On leave in Portland, soldier Dusty James visits a rose tied to his parents’ past. Amy Patterson remains consumed by grief for her mother, but a shared history offers them an unexpected connection that may change both their lives.

Independent helicopter pilot Trisha O'Malley clashes with Navy SEAL William Bruce, who prefers working alone. Somali pirates force them into a partnership, where confronting their pasts and trusting each other becomes essential to saving endangered lives.

Wildfire lookout Tess Weaver finds comfort in solitude above the Idaho-Montana wilderness. When Jack Parker takes the neighboring tower fifteen miles away, their shared radio watch becomes a summer connection that challenges her life alone in the mountains.

Navy commander Deborah Reynolds begins a temporary dream assignment aboard the USS Constitution in Boston. MIT professor Roy Wilkinson wins a trip on the historic ship, discovering an attraction that complicates what each expected from their time aboard.

A writer and photographer combine research with practical advice for sustaining creativity amid daily demands. The guide explores ways artists across disciplines can cooperate with their inner creative selves, manage distractions, and develop more workable creative habits.

After Earth is destroyed, humanity's survivors shelter aboard an unfinished colony ship with too few resources and too little time. Warrior Ri and Bryce, the clone of a brutal dictator, must overcome their differences to protect the remaining population.

Former Secret Service agent Kate Stark owns a television cooking network where a chef and judge are poisoned. Kidnapped aboard a ship bound for North Korea, she needs an unconventional team to survive and unravel the threat.

Fire specialist Carly Thomas and former smokejumper Steve Mercer fly together against a devastating Oregon wildfire. Both carry scars from earlier losses, and their growing connection is tested when they discover a terrorist threat in the wilderness.

Buchman explains how he created the Night Stalkers series, tracing its characters, research, and plotting decisions. His commentary explores the challenges of translating ideas into fiction and includes the Christmas story The Ghost of Willow's Past.

Captain Christine Merrill and Sergeant Phil Parello crash on Jupiter's moon Io, where the surface itself threatens their lives. Both conceal dangerous secrets, and survival requires sharing more than military skills as their attraction draws them together.

Two chefs die on television, one at a Scottish summit and another in New York, making Kate Stark the leading suspect. Her team must uncover a wider conspiracy while investigators and a hacker close in on her.

Food writer Josh Harper moves to Seattle to pursue a mystery novel after an unexpected change in his life. Supermodel Melanie faces uncertainty in her own career, and their connection challenges the carefully managed identities they've built.

Chocolatier Tony Bosco returns to Seattle and searches for meaning in his grandfather's recipes. His connection with fashion executive Raquel Wells disrupts her carefully scheduled plans for romance, raising questions about how they want their futures to unfold.

Opera stage manager Bill Cullen struggles to keep his family together while raising two children. Costume designer Perrin Williams has hidden behind professional success, but working with Bill draws her into emotional territory her guarded past makes difficult.

Smokejumper Johnny Akbar Jepps avoids risking his heart until he meets wilderness guide Laura Jenson. She distrusts his charm, but a wildfire trapping them on Mount Hood's slopes makes survival and their growing attraction inseparable challenges.

Before joining the Night Stalkers, helicopter pilot Emily Beale is shot down in a Thai jungle while serving with the 101st Airborne. Protecting her crew forces her to confront questions about survival, her past and her future vocation.

Marta Chavez watches for fires from a remote lookout in Montana's Lolo National Forest. When helicopter pilot Tyler Brown crash-lands nearby, the prospect of romance arrives alongside an urgent struggle to survive the blaze surrounding her isolated post.

Night Stalkers pilot Claudia Jean Casperson rescues Delta Force colonel Michael Gibson during her first assignment with the unit. Their attraction develops amid demanding military duties, while a Russian threat forces them into a mission to prevent war.

Adventurous Chelsea Bridges travels to Montana for Christmas at Mark Henderson and Emily Beale's family ranch. Meeting former Navy man Doug Daniels, now its foreman, offers an unexpected connection and a new possibility for where she might belong.

Navy hovercraft pilot Nika Maier keeps her past and her interest in lasting love carefully hidden. Ranger Clint Barstowe shares her reluctance, but their growing connection demands teamwork when her history collides with his present at Christmas.

Combat rescue pilots Diana Price and Jack Slater fly into danger to bring wounded soldiers home. Her past and his uncertain outlook shape their choices, while an approaching dawn mission tests whether they can also help each other.

Tom Cunningham leaves Seattle to spend a summer watching for wildfires in Montana while searching for purpose. Former soldier Patty Dale arrives to study wolves, and their meeting challenges what each expected from life in the wilderness.

Firefighter Tori Ellison warns novelist Colin James that wildfire is approaching his mountain cabin. He came to write and recover from his marriage, but her unexpected arrival opens a new possibility while the flames threaten his secluded refuge.

Sergeant Lee's nighttime extraction mission near the Suez Canal brings him together with Donya, a woman betrayed by the country she fought for. Escaping a staged riot becomes a struggle for survival that changes the direction of both lives.

A Southern grilling competition turns dangerous when chefs hoping for television contracts begin dying. Cooking network owner Kate Stark recruits her twin brother to help identify the killer before another ambitious contestant becomes a victim of the cook-off.

Delta Force officer Michael seeks clarity about his career through a solo winter climb on Mount Rainier. A dangerous rescue interrupts his private search and brings him into contact with the commander building a new Night Stalker company.

Firehawk pilot Vern Taylor and chief mechanic Denise Conroy clash even as their attraction grows. An assignment in Central America takes them into a war, where their new relationship must survive threats far beyond ordinary firefighting.

Minnesota's ice-fishing chowder competition brings together two congressional leaders and a governor, all with presidential ambitions. Their determination to win both contests turns lethal, transforming a cooking event into a struggle where political rivalry threatens lives.

Pilot Syra Clairbourne and engineer Lucius Markham target an orbital mirror that lets India’s particle-beam weapon devastate its rivals. His untested plan offers a way to stop it, while their dangerous mission challenges Syra’s guarded heart.

Lieutenant Nicolai Martin embellishes his Russian ancestry to charm women until being shot brings him to medic Gerta Kozlov. Her escape from Russian-controlled Ukraine fuels her determination, but his warmth complicates their connection amid combat rescue duties.

As Earth's nations retreat into space, Captain Takara Olmsted leads a final airlift aboard the Stella. When Rick Coralto's ship is hit, the Night Stalkers must find a way to complete a rescue that suddenly seems impossible.

Captain Lois Lang saves her crew but loses her career as a rescue pilot. As she considers leaving the Army, flight trainer Kendall Clark must help her find a new purpose and confront the feelings he has kept hidden.

Carla Anderson joins Delta Force to honor her fallen brother, determined to take on every enemy. Soldier Kyle Reeves becomes her partner against Venezuelan drug lords, where surviving the mission proves easier to plan than their growing attraction.

Helicopter pilots Patty O'Donoghue and Mick Quinn bring very different relationships with their pasts to a dangerous mission. A fishing trawler beyond the Aleutians becomes their base for disabling a Russian threat, while unexpected attraction complicates teamwork.

Major Pete Napier must build a helicopter company from rookie pilots and immediately lead them into a covert mission in China. A quietly capable woman who can outfly him challenges both his command and his heart.

Thirteen stories take Night Stalkers into deep space, place solitary watchers in mountain fire towers, and explore unexpected adventures in fantasy and romance. Written during 2014, the collection includes new introductions offering context for each tale.

Shot down during a war on the Moon, a warrior crashes deep within Cauchy crater, where rescue cannot reach. Facing the end alone, the narrator questions military training and confronts what love and war mean when survival is no longer possible.

Kari Jones gets a chance to pursue her fashion-design dreams through a new teen clothing line. When single father Richard Nyberg's daughter becomes a model, their collaboration brings two wounded dreamers an unexpected chance at love.

Newly promoted executive chef Sam Walsh hopes to make his mark at an Italian restaurant. Working alongside Luisa Valenti, he must overcome her distrust of success and love if their shared opportunity is to become a future together.

Smokejumper Tim Harada returns to Larch Creek, Alaska, where pilot Macy Tyler wants him to see beyond his memories of a friend's younger sister. As wildfires threaten home, they must reconsider their past to imagine a future together.

Smokejumper Krista Thorson feels at home on the fireline, where her strength is valued. Former Green Beret Evan Greene uses firefighting to avoid painful memories, but a wildfire threatening her home forces both to confront what they fear.

Anne Darlington longs for direction despite her family's connections, while Vice President Zachary Thomas fights for the future. A Christmas encounter draws them together, but a climate conference and her guarded heart make their new connection difficult.

Former Army equipment driver Sheila Williams finds herself in a tourist town during the holidays after repeated injuries end her military career. Hotshot firefighter Randall Jones shares her appetite for adrenaline, creating an unexpected connection amid their Christmas encounter.

Helicopter pilot Justin Roberts and remote-aircraft pilot Kara Moretti work together to deliver troops into combat. Their involvement with a special-operations intelligence agency brings a threat from within, turning professional cooperation and growing attraction into a dangerous test of trust.

New presidential chief of staff Cornelia Day needs help when a Christmas message warns of an attack. Situation Room leader Damien Feinman joins her to decode the threat, even as his attraction complicates an already demanding holiday.

Robin Harrow expects one season of aerial firefighting, then finds herself leading flights for Mount Hood Aviation. Fellow pilot Mickey Hamilton challenges her expectations as a presidential request sends them into an international crisis that tests their growing attachment.

Delta Force sniper Kurt and his longtime spotter Mira face a mission against a supposedly friendly power. Crossing that boundary tests their judgment and loyalty, while the truth they uncover brings their partnership into more personal territory.

Delta Force operator Richie leads an undercover mission into a drug-smuggling operation with Melissa at his side. Their skills must keep them alive, but understanding their own motives and attraction proves harder than reading the enemy.

Delta Force operator Chris Cooper returns to Afghanistan to remove Taliban leaders. There he encounters Azadah, whose life has been shaped by successive wars, and their fight together offers a chance to recover hope neither can find alone.

Reclusive Tiffany Mills must defend her woodland homestead while keeping a secret about Eagle Cove. Renovator Devin Robison arrives hoping to escape his own past, but their connection brings both histories into the life they are trying to protect.

Hal Waldman must parachute through a storm into hostile territory with Teresa Mann, assigned to assist Delta Force. Their dangerous jump demands trust, while unexpected attraction makes relying on each other more complicated than either anticipated.

Natalya Lamont returns to Eagle Cove for her best friend's wedding after building a successful city career. Baker Cal Mason never pursued her in school, but their reunion makes both reconsider where home and love might belong.

Cynthia first visited Eagle Cove for its 1939 Redhead Roundup and found a connection that kept her there for decades. Almost eighty years later, a moment beneath the summer sky leads her to confront the past and what remains unresolved.

Lieutenant Manny Malcolm is sent to extract a CIA agent from Crimea, but a missile destroys his helicopter. Betrayed and worn down by assumed identities, the agent must trust him as they fight to survive behind enemy lines.

After losing an arm, his war dog, and his teammates, Navy SEAL Stan Corman struggles to find a reason to continue. A stay at a Montana ranch and an unexpected Malinois puppy offer a fragile path toward hope.

Brewer Becky Billings loves Eagle Cove but finds herself longing for more after a friend's wedding. Ambitious lawyer Harry Slater returns reluctantly for his brother's ceremony, and their encounter challenges the futures both thought they wanted.

Jessica Baxter returns to Eagle Cove for her parents' latest wedding, disappointed by her city dreams. Aspiring chef Greg Slater faces his own choice between career and home when her visit rekindles a love he never forgot.

Wildfire engine driver Jill Conway-Jones dreams of joining the hotshots, until a falling burning tree crushes her truck. Rescuer Jess Monroe arrives as she fights her way out, finding an unexpected personal spark in a dangerous meeting.

White House sniper Roy Beaumont is assigned to protect new National Security Advisor Sienna Arnson. Leaving his rooftop post brings him closer to both danger and attraction, as safeguarding her life exposes a vulnerability he cannot defend against.

Sentient ship Stella reels after a Jovian pirate destroys her fellow ship Jess. A mission to stop a plot against Luna brings a mysterious coded message, offering hope even as her pilot's new romance unsettles her further.

Ashley Mason struggles with isolation while staffing a fire lookout in Montana. Brent Tucker arrives with a goal of learning hang gliding, but their summer together brings emotional challenges neither expected from their separate plans.

Thirteen stories follow Night Stalkers on rescue missions, hotshots fighting wildfires, people pursuing creative dreams, and chefs caught in deadly trouble. This collection gathers Buchman’s 2015 short fiction, with introductions accompanying its adventures and romances.

A pioneering female freighter pilot recounts how she acquired her ship Elsie and joined her friend Jen on the space lanes. Their cargo runs lead to strange encounters, hard-earned lessons, and unexpected romances across the solar system.

An old friend sends struggling Danny Chay onto the Continental Divide Trail, while Lexi Forrester escapes her law-office life to work as a fire lookout. Their meeting offers new possibilities, if they can leave their former paths behind.

Delta Force sniper Deek Davies narrowly survives a shot that kills a former friend. Reconnecting with Cindy Borman, the friend's sister, forces them to face a shared past she has spent years keeping away from her heart.

Pilot Gordon Finchley survives a crash into a wildfire after Ripley Vaughan attempts a dangerous rescue. As new fires threaten their camp and an overseas assignment, their growing attraction competes with the demands of keeping their firefighting team alive.

Retired military dog handler Lauren Foster wants to return to New York and leave the Army behind. At a Montana ranch, cowboy Patrick Gallagher and a trainee war dog challenge her plans to escape without forming new attachments.

Unexpectedly placed in charge of a Night Stalker company, Lola faces disaster on her first mission as commander. Saving her team's lives requires drawing on everything her former leaders taught her and finding an answer beyond her expectations.

Days before retiring from Delta Force, tracker Betsy is drawn into an impossible Christmas mission. An elf named Horatio needs her to find Santa's missing lead reindeer, testing her skills and her belief in what is real.

Helicopter pilots Emily Beale and Mark Henderson prepare to marry, only to discover that reaching the altar presents its own hazards. Emotional turmoil and the President's attempts to help threaten the wedding they hoped would be simple.

Buchman explains how authors can prepare heirs to manage books, stories, and other intellectual property after their death. Practical guidance on a final letter, income opportunities, and trusts helps families preserve a creative legacy and its continuing value.

Two years after their turbulent first meeting, helicopter pilot Amy is shot down during her first combat mission with Dusty. Wounded inside enemy territory, she relies on their bond and a familiar kind of shelter to survive.

A routine training flight turns deadly when Debbie Rosenthal and Silvan Exeter's helicopter is shot down over the North Sea. With a severe gale raging and rescue uncertain, the two pilots must work together to survive.

Combat rescuer Noreen Wallace devotes herself to saving lives and protecting her family. Xavier Jones sees the Army as his only family, but saving Noreen opens the possibility of a connection that reaches beyond their dangerous work.

Retired Delta Force sergeant Aaron Mason finds quiet work as a stonemason in England's Cotswolds. Jane Tully interrupts his fragile contentment when she needs help facing her sister's wedding, bringing unexpected complications and the possibility of love.

Brody Jones rescues Earth's remaining refugees from dangerous low orbit, refusing to fly with Captain Karina Rostov. A rescue mission forces them together and brings their hidden histories into the open, challenging their choices and their growing connection.

Dog handler Liza Minot and her explosives-tracking dog join Garret Conway's Delta Force squad. Their mission forces her to work with the man who killed her childhood dog, leaving them to confront old hurt while navigating present danger.

Sniper Kee Smith never expected marriage or motherhood, while wounded pilot Archie Stevenson fears becoming a burden. Their love for each other and a war orphan faces a difficult test as they try to reach the altar.