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Carson
Maryann Jordan - 2022
Lighthouse Security Investigation West Coast.Carson Dyer spent years creating his business, partnering with a former Special Forces leader who owns the original LSI. Determined to make it as successful as possible, he gives one hundred percent to the effort.No distractions. No way. Not him. Until her. Jeannie Carnes. Former military nurse. Burned-out ER nurse. Volunteer Red Cross nurse. And she lands in the middle of an LSI- WC investigation of a cartel drug lord.She wants answers. He wants her safe. Will either of them get what they want? Only if they give in to what they need… each other.Lighthouse Security InvestigationsThe security and investigation company is filled with handpicked men and women from the SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, Deltas, and Air Force Special Ops. All trained in CIA Special Operations, the Keepers were the best of the best and ready to take on any mission.Language and scenes similar to an R-rated movie. 18+ readers only.
Love Bound
Rebecca Ryan - 2020
As head of Colton Security I should have seen it coming, been able to protect them. But I didn't. It’s taken me years to find love again, to trust my heart and soul to another woman. And now, he's after her too.
"If he's right, then I’m in danger—in danger of losing myself. I've only been in love twice before." -- Claire Russo
I lost my parents at nineteen and was forced to raise my sisters and brother. I barely made it through vet school. Maintaining my practice is about all I can handle while nursing a broken heart. And then along comes Finn Colton. He bought our family inn, the place we all grew up, and stole my heart in the process.Set on the Maine coast, this small town, security-hero love story is just the first in a series about the Russo sisters and their brother. Meet them all in their debut story.
Surprise Protector
J.P. Comeau - 2019
Our happenstance meeting on the beach left me in tears. He was a cocky billionaire with a spiteful attitude. And I was just a struggling single mom dog sitting trying to make an extra buck. Soon we both felt an undeniable smoldering attraction neither could ignore. But feeling his arms around me was pure fantasy. Honestly, our lives were polar opposites. Little did I know, his ex had just given back her engagement ring. Little did he know, I needed someone to protect my daughter and me from my stalker ex… Until fate stepped in and gave us both a second chance. Now that I’m carrying his baby… Can I trust another man with my heart and the safety of my children? Download to read more. **** Surprise Protector is a full-length novel with a guaranteed HEA, and is meant for audiences 18 and older. Each book in the series has a few interconnecting characters but can be read standalone.****
Ground Zero: Mission Ready
Jessika Klide - 2021
There are no rules, no restrictions, no reason not to be together. After rescuing a young girl from human traffickers, I make a decision to continue to fight for freedom, forming a private security company, and I want Nina Fox, Bravo’s Targeting Officer, by my side. Military restrictions forbade our relationship, but she is my Ground Zero and our time has finally come.When we meet again, will she want to remain strictly teammates, or will the spark between us erupt with the freedom to act upon it? I am mission ready to make Foxtrot mine. * * * * * * * From the queen of short sexy military stories comes an action and adventure, romantic suspense book about taking a stand for freedom and love. GROUND ZERO is the first book in the Born To Fight Task Force Missions Series of interconnected novels.
Grumpy Single Dad
Melinda Minx - 2021
The mustard-stained apron never suited her anyway. She looks a lot better in stockings and a pencil skirt.She's given me a list. “Smile.” “Tell people ‘good job.’” “No growling!” She doesn’t seem to understand that running a Fortune 500 company isn’t the same thing as selling sandwiches.She’s determined though, and determination is exactly what I’m looking for in my new assistant. So I’ll humor her and follow her little list, just long enough that she thinks she’s got me under control.But once I get her in bed, I’ll growl all I want.WENDYI’m going to tame the big bad Mr. Wolfe, and if I can’t break his iron fist, I’ll at least put a cute little mitten over it so he doesn’t hit his employees so hard.
Saving Noah
Kaci Rose - 2021
I was one of the lucky few that made it—but not without battle scars. Half my body is scorched and blistered, the pain is unbearable. I can’t imagine anyone will want to look at me, much less be with me, after this... until I meet Lexi. She came to visit her brother and stayed when she realized I have no one. Now, all that gets me through the anguish of treatments and physical therapies is the chance to see her beautiful smile again. LexiAfter fighting for their country, no soldier should have to suffer the painful healing alone. Yet that’s not what brings me back to Noah day after day. He’s helping me work through the grief of losing my husband. But the day of his release is fast approaching. Our feelings for each other are undeniable. Will what’s between us last outside the hospital walls? Or will the emotional and physical scars we both carry destroy our chance at a fresh start? This is a Steamy, Small Town, Military Romance. No Cliffhangers. This is Book 1 in the Oakside Military Heroes Series. As always there is a satisfying Happy Ever After.If you love steamy romances with insta love, hot love scenes, military men, and small towns, then this one is for you.
Grit
J.M. Walker - 2016
Walker" He refuses to fall in love. He was born alone and he will die alone. Or, at least he thought so until now. Vice-One is all he knows. His squad. His brothers. The men he spends every day protecting. He is empty and only one person can fill this void. This darkness. Meanwhile, Genevieve Gold makes it clear he should stay away when she is everything he craves. She is lost. Her heart has been ripped out; stomped on...crushed into tiny pieces, leaving only a gaping hole behind. King's Harlots is all she has. Her club. Her sisters. Her life. But something is missing until he shows up. Angel Rodriguez is everything she hates but everything she needs. Putting differences aside, they will work together to bring down a malevolent force threatening to rip them apart...
Even the Score
Beth Ehemann - 2016
No parent likes being sidelined, so Andy decides to hire someone to share the workload. But when one of the hottest agents in the industry applies, Andy knows that this deal is definitely trouble.Danicka Douglas works her butt off, but being an attractive woman in a testosterone-heavy industry isn’t exactly a cakewalk. She guards her professional reputation fiercely, which means no crushing on her gorgeous boss. But the more they ignore that sexy little spark, the more it sizzles…Just when it looks like romance might be in the game plan, Dani is threatened by a stalker with dark intentions. To keep her safe, Andy must cross the line between professional and very personal…because this time, he’s playing for keeps.
Vicious Cycle
Katie Ashley - 2015
Tough, hard, and fast with his fists, he serves the group as sergeant at arms. But his devil-may-care approach to life is thrown for a loop when the five-year-old daughter he never knew existed lands on the club steps.Alexandra Evans is devoted to all her students—but there’s always been something about Willow Malloy that tugs at her heart. There’s an aura of sadness about her, a girl in need of all the love Alexandra can give. When Willow stops coming to school, Alexandra’s search leads to a clubhouse full of bikers…and a father hell-bent on keeping his daughter always within sight.The moment Deacon sees Alexandra, he has to have her in his bed—and he’s never met a woman yet who couldn’t be persuaded. No matter how attracted she is to Deacon, Alexandra refuses to be just another conquest. But it’s Deacon himself who could be seduced—into a brighter future for himself, his daughter, and the woman he’s falling for against all odds.
Broken Hero
Olivia Hayle - 2019
Now he’s an ex-Marine struggling with PTSD.Oliver Morris was the absolute last thing I needed. He’s brooding and angsty, with commitment issues and a temper. He’s the reluctant king of this small town.To make matters worse? He’s the most handsome man I’ve ever seen. All callused hands and cheekbones and deep-blue eyes.I jump at the chance to work as a massage therapist at his ranch, now turned hotel. It’s a way back to my profession and I desperately need a job.What I don’t need is Oliver Morris as my boss—a demanding boss who wears a baseball cap and a constant scowl and still manages to make my knees weak.Oliver goes after what he wants, and somehow, that includes me. I know it’s a bad idea from the start, but there’s no possible way I can resist those eyes. Or those abs.But it quickly turns out that I’m not the only one running from my demons.Oliver has scars of his own, and they run far deeper than mine.Can love heal?There’s only one way to find out.
SEAL for Her Protection
Paige Tyler - 2016
Can he save her again, this time from danger he doesn't even see coming? When investigative journalist Hayley Garner is kidnapped by terrorists, she's sure they're going to kill her. But in sweeps handsome Navy SEAL Chasen Ward to rescue her. After getting her to safety, he disappears into the night before she can even thank him. Weeks later, while covering a story on the local navy base, Hayley runs into Chasen again. Even though she didn't see his face that night he rescued her, she can't forget his beautiful blue eyes. The attraction is immediate and intense, and Hayley finds herself falling into a fiery romance with the hunky hero out of her dreams. Guys like this aren’t supposed to really exist, but Chasen does, and damn is he hot. But ever since she got back home, Hayley has had the feeling someone's been watching her. Is it post-traumatic stress or does she have a reason to be afraid? Good thing she has a Navy SEAL to protect her.
The Price of Integrity
Lexy Parker - 2022
The problem is, she doesn’t know me.I finally get to meet my first K-9 partner. Unfortunately, he’s packing a surprise. A beautiful trainer who enjoys making my life hell. The fact that she’s smart and keeps my heart racing is no good. I need to focus. A huge drug bust later, she’s forced her way onto the case, and now we’re working side by side.You just can’t make these things up. The heat between us is growing to unbearable amounts, and I’m feeling like a hound dog for wanting to take advantage of anything she might offer me. After a few wrong turns, we end up giving into each other. It’s all good until I find out she’s been keeping a secret from me. A baby. I’m not sure how I feel until a drug runner comes for her. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do to bring her home. Integrity or not, this girl is worth any price I have to pay.
Bryson's Treasure
Linzi Baxter - 2019
He barely got out alive with the help of a young Afghan girl he refused to leave behind. His boots barely touch Montana soil before he and his brother Noah rescue an unconscious woman trapped in a wrecked truck. A truck whose brakes were clearly tampered with. Though still wounded himself, his instincts scream to keep her safe until they find out who wants her dead. A heart she dares not trust…her own. All Lynn remembers from the accident is a pair of crystal-blue eyes she never thought to see again. Until those eyes show up a few days later, attached to a tall, sandy-haired cowboy who takes all of five minutes to get under her skin. He wants her to stay put? She just got away from a dangerous cult. No one tells her what to do or where she can and can’t go. Especially not a sexy ex-Marine with a rescue complex. But when more near-misses leave her shaken, she has no choice but to surrender to Bryce’s protection…and try like hell not to surrender her heart.
Tap Out
Nikki Mays - 2020
But retirement has finally allowed him to spend time with his family. He's loving life. Getting to be with his daughters and the woman of his dreams has been perfect. Too bad he forgot to be cautious. "Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect." Dejan StojanovicStacey wasn't looking for Danny. After her last miserable, toxic, cheating ex, she's been pretty content to stay single. That is until she starts spending a lot of time at Reapers Den, the new gym owned by a man who should be considered lethal just on looks alone. The chemistry was automatic and white hot. Danny is everything that she never even knew she needed.Fate is always fickle. One day everything is perfect and the next you remember that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Can these two that seem meant to be find a way back to each other. Or will life make one of them Tap Out?
Morgue to Love
Megan Montgomery - 2021
Smythe is the youngest, Medical Examiner in Nashville, Tennessee, only I didn't know it last night when she was between my legs and just Soula.This morning, we meet again as our careers cross paths and if I wasn't concentrating on not spilling my guts from the nasty fumes of this D.O.A., it'd be awkward as hell.Our eyes meet over the autopsy table......ahem......cough......the autopsy table absolutely covered in melted, gooey human remains that are long past recognizable...I open my mouth to speak. The name, Soula, is right there on my tongue. Unfortunately, so is the stench (and taste) of putrescine. When I wake up on a scratchy, tweed couch with a pounding headache, Soula's handing me something steamy in a Dolly Parton mug. She's just as beautiful in her light green scrubs as she was naked in my bed last night, but her expression is clear—she wants nothing more to do with me.But I want everything to do with her.