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Ranger Loyalty
Layla Chase - 2018
Remembering the intense man who prepared to help during the robbery often calms her fears. Previously outgoing, she became reclusive and fearful of being in the company of strangers. After a month of therapy sessions, she still has panic attacks over the painful incident. On her therapist’s recommendation, she investigates getting a therapy dog and is thrilled at the identity of the dog trainer. To keep others safe during the same bank robbery, experienced dog handler Tag Redmond laid low--a difficult task for an ex-Army Ranger. A month later, he struggles with how he failed to stop the pretty blonde from being abducted. Running into her following a line-up of possible suspects gives him the chance to introduce himself, only to discover someone is following Malin. This time, Tag vows he’ll be there to help and convinces Hank Patterson that Malin should be his first assignment for Brotherhood Protectors. Learning how to handle her new therapy dog means Malin spends days near this mountain of a man with a soft heart for canines. Just when she’s emerging from her shell, she discovers her cabin has been broken into, throwing her life into chaos. Determined not to let Malin pull away, Tag enlists her help on a rescue mission of his own. In close proximity on a road trip, they give in to their fierce attraction. When the remaining suspects attempt to silence Malin for good, will Tag thwart the abduction and save the woman who has stolen his heart?
Sybil’s Protector
Ellie Masters - 2021
I was abducted and shipped out, meant to be sold. My freedom stolen. My body no longer mine. My life…over. Or so I thought. The Guardians swooped in. They saved me from a living Hell, but my life is still in danger. The men who took me want me back. They’re out there, hunting me. Once again, the Guardians step up. They assign me a Protector to keep me safe. A former Navy SEAL, Brett’s not only easy on the eyes, he’s a living hero with a unique skillset. Tough as nails, he takes his job seriously, and he’ll do anything to keep me safe. Even if it means risking his life while saving mine. There’s one problem and it’s getting bigger each and every day. The longer we’re together, the more I want Brett to guard more than my body. I want him to be mine. He can never be mine, but I want him anyway. BRETT My mission is to protect her, not make her mine. As a former Navy SEAL, I’m used to dodging bullets. I’m used to living by a code. Protect and defend is a motto seared into my soul. Now, I’m a personal protection specialist, a Guardian Protector, and my first assignment comes with a different kind of danger. Danger wrapped in the sinful curves of Sybil Niles incredible body. Which is why I made three rules. Rule #1: protect my client at all cost. Rule #2: no emotional entanglements. Rule #3: Don’t break rule #1 or rule #2 My rules keep things professional, but day by day, night by night, and touch by touch, my control is slipping. I’ll put myself in harm’s way, risk my life to save hers, but the one thing I can’t do is protect her from myself. Loving her could kill us both. I broke my second rule, but I won’t break the first. I’ll protect Sybil if it's the last thing I do. After all, Sybil is the siren who stole my heart.
Defending Sophie
Desiree Holt - 2021
They were fighting men, trained to protect, guard, extract and rescue. Sitting around being bitter about it only made things worse but what the hell was out there for them? An invitation to join the Colorado division of Brotherhood Protectors gave them an unexpected opportunity to show the world what they could continue to do.For Bodie Jackson, leader of Team Trojan, who only knew a life of service in the military, the invitation was a lifeline. As he listened to the founder of Brotherhood Protectors, former SEAL Hank Patterson, he realized the military may have done him a favor. He now had a place where he could still use his knowledge and skills to serve others and keep his team intact. The one thing he didn’t have, and at the moment wasn’t worried about, was a woman in his life. Then a photographer with deep blue eyes and honey brown hair blew into his life.Sophie Hart came to Fool’s Gold, Colorado, hoping to distance herself from a bad relationship that had turned into a nightmare that almost destroyed her. Accepting her close friend’s invitation to do the photography for her wedding was exactly the change she needed. Lots of girl time and lots of fun. That is until she photographed a killing in a ghost town. And met Bodie. All her good intentions to avoid men flew out the window when the tall, hunky, sexy guy became her defender, along with Team Trojan.Try as they might, they couldn’t fight the blaze of attraction consuming them. But first they had to find the killers who were searching for Sophie.
Mia
Anne L. Parks - 2017
Mia Rowland is happy in her quiet, comfortable, and highly predictable life in Washington DC. Her work as an accountant for professional athletes is all the excitement she can stand. Her peace is destroyed when the suspicious death of a colleague reveals secrets involving Mia’s firm and a terrorist organization. Navy SEAL Ben Wells is in DC transitioning from his team in San Diego to a deeply covert military unit, the existence of which is known only by the highest level government officials. Set up on a blind date with Mia by Wolf and Caroline, Ben has no way of knowing that dinner with the beautiful young woman will thrust him into the middle of a terrorist plot targeting a highly-respected Senator, one whose sole ambition is to destroy terrorist cells in the U.S. As Mia and Ben grow closer, the terrorists realize Mia has information against them, and they want it back at any cost. Once she goes M.I.A., it’s up to Ben to rescue her. But saving Mia could be the ultimate sacrifice for Ben, one that could lead to more than just the death of their promising relationship--it could cost them their lives.
Spring UnVeiled
KaLyn Cooper - 2020
His mission to clean up the team’s tarnished reputation. When a sex trafficking ring involving SEALs comes to light, Evan must decide who he can trust to help him clean house and restore honor and pride. Before he can get started, an unexpected phone call with his college-age daughter and his ex-wife throws his personal life into chaos.Genevieve Hubbard has spent the last twenty-one years as a schoolteacher, nine as a single-mom after her decision not to follow her husband’s career to the other side of the country. While she never stopped loving her ex-husband, she’s made a life for herself that doesn’t include him.Their daughter has been keeping secrets—the father’s identity from Genevieve, and her pregnancy from Evan. When tragedy strikes shortly after the baby is born, Evan and Genevieve must work together to do what is best for everyone. Will they find love again, or will they lose everything that is precious to them?
Nori's Delta
Lori Ryan - 2020
Protecting a State Department official is just another assignment until he discovers that Eleanor Bonham is Nori Duncan, the one that got away. He can protect her from enemy forces in the Republic of Kazarus, but can he defend his heart from the woman who used to be his everything?She’s not going to fall for a soldier boy…High school was a long time ago, and Eleanor is no longer the heartbroken girl who ended things with Heath. She doesn’t have time for love, not if she’s going to rise in the ranks at State Department. But Heath is even more handsome than he was back then, and his years in the military have honed him into a man completely unlike the boy she once knew. With his sights set on her, how can she resist?The mission in Kazarus is as important as it is dangerous. Eleanor and Heath will need to rely on one another if they are going to see the mission through. But will they be able to overcome past pain for the hope of a future?
Vines
Brynne Asher - 2016
When the opportunity arose, she settled in horse and wine country. Experiencing more than her fair share of tragedy and loss, she had plans for her future, one where failure wasn’t an option. And not just because people and cows were counting on her. She’d poured everything she had into her struggling vineyard, because once she’s in, she’s all in. After giving himself wholly to the job for ten years, Crew Vega was done. He’d fulfilled his commitment, done his duty, gone above and beyond to settle the score. And the score was high. All he had to do was train his replacements and he’d be out for good. He had a plan, one that didn’t include getting involved with his new neighbor, a woman who not only kept cows for pets, but treasured her employees as family, and understood him better than anyone ever had before. But when he learned a high level CIA target being investigated for treason was keeping tabs on her? No, he never planned on that. And like everything Crew Vega did in life, when he goes in, he’s all in. Warning: I’m a devout member of the mama club and don’t want to get kicked out by angry mamas. If you aren’t eighteen, turn around, go drink your milk and eat your veggies, it’s good for your bones. And go to bed early, you’re still growing, your body needs sleep. And don’t text and drive. And be nice, sit with the kid who sits alone at lunch. And read a PG-13 book, it’s good for your brain. And go tell your mama you love her. Chop-chop, run along now. I’ll see you back when you’re eligible to vote.
Montana Delta Rescue (Brotherhood Protectors World)
Debra Parmley - 2021
Cape Cod SEAL Rescue
Elle James - 2015
Plagued with survivor's guilt, he's reluctant to enter a new relationship, until he meets a feisty bartender with attitude and curves to go with it.Roxi Lanier was the typical young teen in the city, happy, full of life and bulletproof, until she became the victim of a violent crime. Her mother moved her to Wellfleet on Cape Cod, away from the scene of her misfortune to start over. Fourteen years later, she's still afraid to date and be intimate with a man, the scars of her past overriding the happiness she craves. Though she's an independent owner of a thriving beach bar, she has yet to find success in love. Tides change when she witnesses a suicidal widower diving headfirst into a riptide.Decker and Roxi struggle to stay afloat through the wreckage of their pasts and the storms of the present to sail into a future together.Note: This book was previously published as Love On The Rocks, but has since been edited and contains new content.
Protecting Delilah
Kat Mizera - 2019
Marine Eric Lopez hasn’t been the same since losing his wife in childbirth. Drowning himself in work—and working out— was the only way to cope with his grief and the pressures of being a single parent. But now that he’s become a member of the elite Force Recon, Eric needs help with his five-year-old son, Elias. The answer to his prayers is a gorgeous nanny who needs protection.
Brilliant biologist, Delilah Lancaster has been living a lie. On the run from her abusive ex-husband, she's hidden her identity and taken refuge as a live-in nanny. With the job coming to an end, Delilah scrambles to figure out her next move, until her sweet elderly neighbor sets her up with a hunky Marine who just so happens to be a single father. He needs a nanny, she needs protection, so it's a match made in Heaven.
A marriage of convenience wasn’t on either of their radars, but it's the only way—as long as they can keep their feelings in check. He makes her feel safe, she makes him feel things he hasn't felt in a long time, and the chemistry between them is anything but fake. Will Eric be able to protect his pretend family or will Delilah’s past come between them?
Brooks
Riley Edwards - 2019
One look at her scarred flesh tells the tales of her time in captivity. But it’s not only her skin the bears the marks her failures, doubt and a healthy dose cynicism now clouds her vision. She has also mastered the fine art of deception. In her line of work it is a necessity.
Former Navy SEAL Brooks Miller is living the good life working as a mercenary. Employed by the highly sought-after Z Corps, a private, special-ops company, there are no shortage of contracts sending him around the world. He lives wild and free with nothing tying him down—just the way he likes it.
When the Gold Team’s latest mission takes them to Bahrain, Brooks thinks it will be a quick in and out. That’s until he walks into a shitstorm and comes face to face with the woman who’s about to turn his world upside down. There was something working behind her intelligent eyes, and it looked a lot like pain. Not the physical kind, the emotional aftermath of heartache. And when she tries to hide behind snark and sass he decides on the spot he wants to know more.
Tatiana doesn’t have time for games. She’s on the hunt for the man who left her life in ruins. Brooks has something else in mind, something more, something far more permanent than the no strings fun Tatiana is offering. He had her right where he wanted her until the hunters become the prey and their world explodes. It will take more than the Gold Team to bring down a Saudi Prince out for blood. Their only hope is the one and only, king of all things cyber, John “Tex” Keegan. Can Tex get search and rescue team to them in time, or will it be a recovery mission?
*Brooks: Book 1 in the all new Gold Team series features Susan Stoker’s new Legacy SEALs. *
Broken Wings (Broken Rebel Brotherhood Next Generation, #2)
Andi Rhodes - 2021
Needless to say, I’m overprotected. I’ve learned how to lie and keep secrets in order to have my fun but at nineteen, I had no clue what kind of trouble the real world would present. When a monster rears its ugly head, I seek protection from the last person that should be giving it: my best friend’s brother. Little do I know, they have secrets of their own. Secrets that put my life in jeopardy far worse than I ever did. But I can’t seem to walk away from what I think Cooper can provide me and what I have no right asking him for: safety. Cooper... Living in Indiana wasn’t what I’d pictured for my life. Caring for my younger sisters when we had no one else to turn to definitely wasn’t on my agenda. But opening my own tattoo shop and building a life that didn’t revolve around drugs, guns, and chaos has always been my dream and now it’s my saving grace. But when my sister’s best friend comes into the picture, my newly established peace is thrown off balance. My world shifts and I’m tossed head first into threats and violence that I never saw coming. I want to turn her away but I can’t. Every time she’s near, my heart skips a beat. I know that, no matter how many times I tell myself it’s a terrible idea, I will protect her life with my own. Even if it means going up against evil I thought I left behind.
A is for Aiden
Natasha L. Black - 2021
For our baby.I won’t keep this a secret,Even if it costs me the man I love.I could heal Aiden’s wounded soul.We could be happy together.If he can save me in time…
Saving Veronica
Deanna L. Rowley - 2021
After a near-fatal accident, she had to take a step back to reassess what she wanted out of life. The only thing missing was a man with the potential of starting a family. However, the only one that interests her wears a suit every day. Because of her previous relationship years ago, she made a vow to never ever date a man who wears a suit every day to work.Finnegan, Finn, Larson returned from doing ten years in the Marines to take over the reins of his family’s foundation. After wearing camo every day, he donned a suit and knuckled down to learn the ropes. Before he even started working at the family business, he encountered a passionate woman that set him on fire. He couldn’t wait to meet her again. Unfortunately, the next time he met her he was saving her life from a near-fatal accident.When they finally decided to get together, Ronnie’s past comes back and threatens not only her but her new life with Finn. Can their relationship survive?
Protecting His Pretend Family
Katie Knight - 2021
Until she discovers it’s former Navy SEAL Jackson Sheppard…The same gorgeous man she just had an unforgettable one-night stand with…Aurora figures she's ruined her big chance by sleeping with her future boss. But just as she’s about to put in her two-weeks notice, one of Jackson’s former SEAL mates arrives with a baby, and everything changes. Despite being assigned to protect the infant, none of these SEALs know the first thing about taking care of babies.Lucky for them, Aurora comes from a big family and she’s eager to help. Escaping to a safe house in the suburbs, Jackson, Aurora, and the baby go undercover, posing as a loving family. But the more time he spends with Aurora, the more Jackson realizes how nice it would be to build a life with her, after the mission ends…As danger closes in, can these two survive long enough to find out if their love is more than just a deception?