These companion books are best read after the main Blaze of Glory trilogy.

Halo Boy

How do you fix things when you're failing at every part of your life? Don't ask me.

I did okay in high school. I had friends, dated, even made decent grades thanks to my brainy twin sister. But now high school's over. It's time to be a man... if only I knew how. I couldn't live by my stepfather's rules, so I flew the coop and landed at my bio-dad's, in Spain. A whole new country for me to screw up in. So of course, I did. After I'd burned through a second family, there was nowhere left for me to go. Maybe I was destined to wander the earth ? me, the homebody.

Seriously, world. The joke's over.

Elina

A mother will always do what's best for her children . . . even if it means giving up her own chance at happiness.

A decade ago, Elina's life was derailed by a smooth-talking charmer. Since then she's toiled endlessly to create a better life for her children, putting thoughts of romantic love aside. But when handsome, intimidating Declan wins her over with his timely help and old-fashioned notions of love, Elina has a decision to make. Her long-awaited financial success requires a move to Montreal, a city too far away to keep new love alive, and Declan runs his family's equestrian business ? he can't move. How can Elina find happiness when her heart is pulling her one way and her children's futures are pulling in another?

The Turning Point (short story)

Nostalgia tastes like root beer, sweet and dark.

Teri is sinking in a morass of pain. Her dream of being a jockey was brutally shattered by an accident that left her broken in every way. Tired of worrying her family, she seeks out the comforts of her childhood ? horses and stables and a sweet, blond boy. But the boy is grown now, and so is she. Will Teri be able to remove the armor that's been holding her together long enough to find solace in the arms of an old friend?