Gilbert M. Stack

Now that the Great War is done, ace pilot Mitch Pembroke just wants to spend a few peaceful years enjoying the Roaring Twenties before he settles down and takes the corner office in his father's company, Pembroke Steel. Unfortunately, peace is the last thing Mitch can find. Trouble follows wherever he goes and not even his best friend, boxer-turned-bodyguard, Kit Moran, can keep him out of all of it.
Blurring the line between historical fiction and dark fantasy, A Spine Tinted with Steel collects the first eight volumes in the Pembroke Steel series: Lazarus Key, Hearts of Ice, A Taste of Yuletide Vengeance, Kid Sister, Riddle of the Deceiver, Overboard, The Shore, and Lorali. Lazarus Key: When the girl of Mitch Pembroke's dreams responds to his invitation to meet his parents by fleeing home to a remote Caribbean island, the former Great War pilot does what he thinks any red-blooded American male would do-he drops everything and goes after her.
But Mitch isn't the first man to follow Lorali home and like his predecessors, he may not survive the visit. Hearts of Ice: When Mitch's wealthy father summons him to the family's long unused mountain hunting lodge, he reluctantly packs his bags and catches the next train to Colorado. Corazón del Hielo-the Heart of Ice-was once the focus of many happy family vacations, but it's also the last place anyone saw his cousin-alive or dead.
It's been thirteen years now since the boy mysteriously disappeared and what Mitch doesn't remember about that night may just kill him. A Taste of Yuletide Vengeance: A surprise Christmas visit takes a nasty turn when neighbors find Kit Moran's mother lying beaten and bloody on the sidewalk. With Kit seeing red, it's up to Mitch to help his friend secure A Taste of Yuletide Vengeance. Kid Sister: When Mitch and Kit receive news that an old war buddy has gone missing, they drop everything to travel to Baltimore and search for him.
Their one real link to the missing man is his Kid Sister, but it's just possible she's also the reason he's disappeared.Riddle of the Deceiver: When Mitch and Kit get involved in a search for a missing school teacher, they get more than they bargained for. Miss Egan is not the only resident of her Maine logging town to have gone missing in recent weeks and her terrified neighbors are desperate for answers.
Are the disappearances really tied to an old Native American legend or is there an even more sinister solution? Can Mitch and Kit find Miss Egan or will they too end up victims of the Deceiver?Overboard: Wealthy playboy and confirmed bachelor, Mitch Pembroke, has finally run out of room to run. His parents have maneuvered him onto a transatlantic cruise with Jenny Lee Danforth, the lovely heiress to a business they wish to merge with their own Pembroke Steel.
But while the enchanting Jenny Lee is making Mitch reconsider the desirability of being single, someone else is going to great lengths to keep him that way-especially if it kills him. The Shore: Millionaire's son, Mitch Pembroke, was hoping to spend a relaxing week on the Jersey Shore with his fiancé, Jenny Lee Danforth, and his friend and bodyguard, Kit Moran. He was not expecting an old war buddy to die tragically or one of his fiancé's friends to disappear under mysterious circumstances.
Now Mitch, Jenny Lee and Kit must find out why people are dying or risk becoming three more victims of the Shore. Lorali: A year ago, Lorali Sinclair broke Mitch Pembroke's heart when she took her son from a previous relationship and deserted him. Now Lorali has had second thoughts and she isn't at all happy to learn that Mitch has moved on with his life. She's decided she wants him back-even if she has to kill his new fiancé to get him.