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Protecting Ava


Jillian Anselmi - 2018
     Ava Giordano never stood a chance. After a big break-up, she finally got her life together, but the past still looms in her not so distant future. Master Chief Special Warfare Officer Cody Dalton of SEAL team Alpha has always been the ultimate fan of one-night stands. But one glimpse of Ava has him rethinking everything. It's love at first sight, but now their feelings will be put to the test. One train. One meeting by chance. One hour to get it right. When danger surrounds them, does Dalton have what it takes to protect Ava?

Blood Moon


Rose Smith - 2019
    So when he meets stunning forensic odontologist, Nalani Yung, who’s assigned to the murder he’s investigating, he assumes he can easily sweep her off her feet with his natural charms. He’s taken aback, however, when she doesn’t seem the least bit interested. Nalani only has eyes for Ionale, her high school crush. A man she’s been in love with for forever. It’s been her and her dog, Shredder for a little over a year. She has high hopes sexy Ionale will become part of her family.
 Meanwhile, when Caroline, Matthew “Wolf” Steel’s wife, runs into Nalani, her world is once again rocked by painful memories she’s suppressed for years. That’s when Caroline’s nightmares return. She hasn’t had them this bad since she helped Wolf and his team avert a deadly bio-attack on the plane where she first met him. Having dealt with his own PTSD, Wolf vows to help his wife confront her pain. 
Nalani Yung has a living nightmare of her own she must battle. Her abusive aunt teases her about being different and made Nalani’s life as a child difficult. Nalani’s not sure, but she thinks her aunt may be abusing her young brother, Mickey.
 Filled with action throughout, follow Gage, Nalani, Wolf and Caroline as they uncover a riveting murder mystery while battling their own personal demons in beautiful Hilo, Hawaii. If only paradise was more than a promise.

Tempting Fire


Caitlyn O'Leary - 2017
    Having been beaten and held hostage, she falls deeper and deeper into depression. As she struggles to find meaning in a life that no longer makes sense, she pushes everyone in her life away. Dallas firefighter, Zarek Post’s childhood was filled with laughter thanks to Chloe and her sisters. When he finds out that the one girl who’d meant the most has been traumatized and is slowly fading away, he drops everything to rush to her side. Desperate to pull Chloe out of her black pit of despair, Zarek refuses to let Chloe give up on herself. But as he helps her find the sunshine again, can she overcome the growing fear of losing the man she loves to his dangerous job?

Protecting Harper


Olivia Michaels - 2021
    A former teammate gives Flint a new lease on life when he offers Flint a job in Colorado with Watchdog Protectors, a security company with its own secrets. Flint has the chance to meet and learn from Tex Keegan for a week while the computer genius and his wife Melody are visiting—Tex for work and Melody for a much-deserved vacation. Flint is no stranger to Colorado. It’s where he met, loved, and lost the woman of his dreams ten years ago.

Harper Marling knows she’s a dead woman walking. Her charming narcissist ex-husband has done his best to ruin her life from the minute she reached for freedom. Now, she’s on the cusp of taking down the powerful multi-millionaire and reclaiming her life, if she can keep her plans a secret. Blackballed from her job as a medical researcher, Harper’s just taken a temporary job with Watchdog Protectors when she runs into the man who broke her heart a decade ago. Harper isn't sure if she’s ready to love again, but Flint gives her a reason to try as he stirs a slumbering passion deep inside her.

James isn't done trying to destroy Harper. If he can't have her, no one can, let alone a retired SEAL-turned-bodyguard. Can Harper trust Flint, Tex, and Watchdog Protectors to have her six? Or will James’ deadly game of cat-and-mouse end Harper’s life—in service to a darker purpose?

Protecting Harper is the first book in the Watchdog Protectors Series which branches off from the Watchdog Security Series by Olivia Michaels. Each book can be read as a standalone with an HEA but they do have reoccurring characters.

Romancing Rayne


Riley Edwards - 2018
     Their story began two years ago and left fans begging for more. In this all new adventure we catch up with some of Susan Stoker’s most beloved characters. Keane “Ghost” Bryson met the feisty flight attendant Rayne Jackson while on a layover in London. A chance meeting that proved to be life-changing. Now he's finally got his ring on her finger and he wants to take her back to where it all began. A perfect re-creation of their first trip, but this time with the fairytale ending Rayne deserves. From Big Ben to the Tower of London, Ghost takes Rayne on a holiday she'll never forget, complete with a very royal surprise. But just when life seems perfect, disaster strikes and it'll take a few of Ghost's longtime friends to help him keep Rayne safe.

Handling Haven


Samantha A. Cole - 2017
    Traveling around the globe, hobnobbing with the elite, she did things other people could only dream of, but it was all a cover. As a covert operative of Deimos, a US black-ops agency that has more secrets than the CIA, she knew how to handle herself in any given situation, even if it required killing someone. But when her latest mission goes awry, leaving her in a wheelchair, she feels she has nothing left to live for. Delta Force member, Sergeant First Class Lucas “Frisco” Ingram, will never forget the day he met the pretty spy whose life was turned upside down in a split second. Torn and bleeding, she begged him to leave her to die, but he couldn’t do it. Now he can’t get her out of his head, and she wants nothing to do with him. But when a terrorist threatens an attack on American soil, Haven might be the only one who can help him and his teammates stop it. While forced to work together, can Lucas convince Haven his feelings for her are not a result of guilt or pity and he has truly fallen for her? Will Haven figure out she has something worth fighting for staring her right in the face? Or will their chance for a happy-ever-after be blown to hell? 
In addition to being part of Susan Stoker's Special Forces: Operation Alpha Kindle World, Handling Haven is Book 1 in the Deimos series, which is a spinoff of Samantha A. Cole's popular Trident Security series.

Loving Bea


Cara Carnes - 2021
    Her newfound independence has been far from easy, but Bea 2.0 is determined to handle whatever comes her way. When a simple errand exposes a dangerous international kidnapping ring, she turns to the one man who’s taken her protection as a personal mission.He swore to keep her safe…Joe “Hazard” Santos left military service and joined Counterstrike after they rescued his sister. Protecting innocent women and children is his new mission, one he won’t fail. The beautiful, impulsive, and passionate little sister of a fellow operative is a task—one who blew into his life like a hurricane. He’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe, even if she doesn’t want his help.They will need every resource at their disposal to face this threat, but will all of Counterstrike and a Delta team be enough to succeed?

Protecting New York


Lainey Reese - 2016
     Navy SEAL Faulkner ‘Dude’ Cooper and his wife Cheyenne are in New York City for a working holiday. Lectures at the police conference by day and exploring the local BDSM clubs by night. What could be better? When Dude meets Detective Brice Marshall his first day in town, the Dom and his tightknit circle intrigue him. He and Cheyenne decide to join with their new friends in order to further explore the heights of their relationship and the incredible depth of their devotion. But, when the past comes back to haunt them it will take the help of new friends and old to come together in order to face it.