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As the roaring flames rise to engulf her, Merry du Boise struggles against the ropes that confine her. Condemned for heresy and moments away from certain death, she finds salvation in the form of a fearless savior, who sweeps her from the stake and places her under his protection. Luke, the king’s commander, has battled fire before and lived. With the moniker The Phoenix, he has risen in the ranks of King Henry’s service with only one goal: to inherit his grandfather’s coveted estate of Arundel. In the blink of an eye, however, rescuing a witch from the flames and stealing her away ...

He hunts terrorists on land and online, but he can’t get his love life together. Stuart Rudolph is more than just a Navy SEAL. In his spare time, he uses his unsurpassed computer skills to protect American interests. Moonlighting for Ghost Security Group is supposed to keep Stu too preoccupied to obsess over Hilary Alcorn, the woman he loved and foolishly lost. If only he could start over.... Hilary Alcorn longs to get her mojo back.

Navy SEAL Brant "Bronco" Adams adores women but never lets himself get too close to any one of them - until he meets sweet, classy Rebecca McDougal. Rebecca is the wife of Mad Max, Brant's commanding officer and safely off-limits - until she confesses that she's desperate to escape her nightmare of a marriage and that Max isn't the upstanding commander they all think.

Embracing the solitude of the Blue Ridge Mountains, former Navy SEAL Ike Calhoun thought he'd left the War on Terror far behind, until he's contacted by an old friend. Now Ike's stuck shielding Eryn McClellan from ambitious federal agents and crazed jihadists. Worse, the charming, blue-eyed beauty is shattering his much-needed isolation. As Ike's restraint erodes like a mountain in a mudslide, and the FBI keeps trying to use Eryn as bait, Ike wages a one-man war to protect the woman whose passion and faith fuels him to rise above his past.

Boarding a cruise ship bound for Mexico, vacationing Navy SEAL Jeremiah "Bullfrog" Winters runs into Emma Albright, the only woman he ever loved...and lost. But re-awakening Emma's passions becomes Jeremiah's current mission until violence breaks out on their port excursion to the Mayan ruins of Tulum. Now, love may be the only weapon powerful enough to save them both, if Emma can bring herself to believe in its permanence and power.

Navy SEAL Sam Sasseville resents being called upon repeatedly to rescue Madison Scott, an oil tycoon's daughter, from trouble of her own making. Just weeks after extracting her from drug-riddled Mexico, Maddy disappears into the terrorist-threatened region of El Chaco, Paraguay.

Dedicated to protecting the world's last agricultural frontier from her family owned oil wells, Maddy knows her long-dead activist mother would approve of her work, even if that blasted Navy SEAL doesn't.

When the Patuxent River prisoner-reintegration program-known as "Gateway"-falls under suspicion as a terrorist training ground, FBI Special Agent Jackson Maddox is sent in to investigate. Adopting the name Abdul, Jackson fits right in, until his cover is threatened by a sexy bombshell taking his picture. An accomplished crime journalist, Lena Alexandra is on her own under-cover mission. Determined to send the man who raped and murdered her 15-year-old sister back to prison, Lena is interviewing Gateway's former-felons for a prison conversions book she's allegedly authoring. And not even the gorgeous ex-con named Abdul can derail her. Until he gets in her way by acting as her guardian. About to expose a home-grown terrorist plot reaching deep into the nation's capital, Jackson knows that he and Lena face a choice: figure out how to trust each other with their secrets and their lives. Or die in silence.

Tyler Rexall never considered being anything besides a Navy SEAL. But a mission-gone-wrong has ended his career in the Teams, leaving Tyler handicapped, his self-identity obliterated. Returning to his hometown of Louisa, Virginia, Tyler wallows in despair. He has no idea that the young woman showing up on his doorstep with a dog holds his future in the palms of her hands.

Master Chief Rusty Kuzinsky has thrown his heart and his savings into preparing a warrior's retreat. Never Forget is a special place for SEALs to find solace and to heal after grueling operations like those he endured his entire career. Just as his first guests are due to arrive, a military war dog suffering from PTSD lands in Rusty's lap, requiring attention he simply can't spare.

A cruise-ship romance with Navy SEAL Tristan Halliday was one thing, but now he's back, wanting more. His can-do attitude and mouth-watering sex appeal make him hard to resist, and she could use his special skills to hunt down her parents' murderer. But private investigator Juliet Rhodes prefers being single and working alone. Unfazed by Juliet's bristling independence, Tristan helps her scour San Francisco's art district, finding and confronting top suspects.

Navy SEAL Lt. Mitch Thoreau’s vacation to Spain coincides with Catalonia’s bid for independence. On the streets of Barcelona, the tension between the separatists and the national police suggests imminent unrest - not the best time for a vacation. Meeting the proprietress of Hotel Leonardo makes it all worthwhile.

Navy SEAL Chuck Suzuki has been living a lie for years. The time has finally come to redeem himself. But, choosing team and country over ties of loyalty that go back decades puts Chuck in greater peril than his work as a SEAL ever has. Of all the times for Chuck to meet the woman of his dreams, this has got to be the worst.

When his saintly wife dies in childbirth, Sir Christian rescues his infant son with a violent act that seals his ruthless reputation. Now the warrior known as the Slayer of Helmsley must find a wet nurse, or his babe, too, will perish. Yet how will he attain help when the populace fears him? Clarisse du Boise is desperate. The lives of her sisters and mother depend on her committing a terrible act - murdering the Slayer. Clarisse gains access to Christian’s castle, where she sparks his interest. While caring for his son, she discovers an unexpected desire to know him better.

Lady Katherine du Boise está a punto de comprometerse con el caballero de sus pesadillas, hasta que un hombre destinado a morir le propone un matrimonio de conveniencia. Con este compromiso, ella conseguirá cuando enviude la libertad que tanto codicia, además de un agradable matrimonio al sentirse atraída por su futuro esposo. En una búsqueda para demostrar su nobleza y recuperar su derecho de nacimiento, Maddox de Haxby acaba en la cárcel, acusado injustamente por hacerse pasar por un caballero. El matrimonio con la encantadora Lady Katherine le otorga un aplazamiento de dos semanas ...

★Novela finalista de los premios RITA como Mejor Primer Libro.★ ¿Puede el amor vencer al odio y a las mentiras? Cuando su esposa muere en el parto, Sir Christian rescata a su bebé con un acto violento que sella su despiadada reputación. Ahora, el guerrero conocido como el Asesino de Helmsley, debe encontrar una nodriza o su hijo también perecerá. Sin embargo, ¿cómo va a obtener ayuda cuando su gente le teme? Clarisse du Boise está desesperada. La vida de sus hermanas y de su madre depende de que cometa un acto terrible: matar al Asesino, si puede acercarse lo suficiente para ...

ATF Special Agent Tobias Burke is undercover in West Virginia, infiltrating a militia led by Captain Dylan Connelly, suspected of murdering the Secretary of Defense. Dylan, once the Army's battalion leader of Mortuary Affairs, now works as a physician at the local Veterans Hospital, while leading her late-father's Seventh Amendment Militia. When Tobias Burke shows up to enlist, with his ladies-man humor and lovable Labrador retriever, Dylan knows his killer charm hides an ulterior motive. As evidence against Dylan mounts, Tobias's instincts-and then his heart-betray him into wondering if Dylan is being framed. Now, with Dylan's militia locked in a stand-off with the FBI and the nation watching the drama unfold on television, Tobias stares down the barrel of the most difficult choice in his life: expose the real killer and clear Dylan's name, or follow orders.

Nach vier Jahren Angst und Isolation hat Skyler genug davon, sich zu verstecken. Alle paar Monate muss sie irgendwo ein neues Leben beginnen, um den gefährlichen Komplizen ihres Vaters nicht in die Hände zu fallen. Als sie eine undichte Stelle innerhalb des Zeugenschutzprogrammes vermutet, wendet sie sich an den Mann, der sie schon einmal gerettet hat: Special Agent Drake Donovan. Seit er mit Skylers Hilfe ihren Vater, den einflussreichsten Mafia-Boss der USA, hinter Gitter gebracht hat, kann er sie nicht vergessen.

Lady Katherine du Boise is about to be betrothed to the knight of her nightmares. Dodging an imminent betrothal, she agrees to marry a man destined to die. Given his virility and charm, their short marriage might even be agreeable—until such time as she is widowed and gains her coveted freedom. On a quest to prove his nobility and regain his birthright, Maddox of Haxby has landed himself in jail, charged with impersonating a knight. Marriage to the lovely Lady Katherine brings a two-week reprieve from imprisonment and opens doors that were hitherto closed to him. As they delve into ...

El Jefe de operaciones Rusty Kuzinsky ha invertido su corazón y sus ahorros en la preparación de un retiro para militares, un lugar especial para que los SEAL encuentren consuelo y se recuperen después de operaciones extenuantes, como las que él soportó durante toda su carrera. Junto a sus primeros invitados llega un perro de guerra militar que sufre de TEPT y requiere de una atención especial. Por desgracia Rusty está demasiado ocupado y no puede atenderle. La agente especialista de NCIS, Maya Schultz, está siempre ocupada criando a su hijo adolescente e investigando crímenes que ...

Navy SEAL Jeremiah "Bullfrog" Winters está de vacaciones. Aborda un crucero rumbo a México cuando se chocó con Emma Albright, la única mujer que jamás ha amado . . . y ha perdido. Emma enseña la literatura romántica en una universidad prestigiosa norteamericana, pero la vida le ha probado que no existe un amor eterno. Como resultado, puede disfrutarse durante su vacación sin enamorarse del hombre que la cautivaba hace muchos años. Volver a despertar las pasiones de Emma se convierte al objetivo de Jeremiah. En una excursión a las ruinas mayas de Tulum, la violencia estalla ...