Elle James

Nachdem Kate Phillips mit 27 Jahren sitzen gelassen wurde, konzentrierte sie sich auf ihre Karriere und berlie Ehe und Kinder ihrer Zwillingsschwester. Sie ist auf dem besten Weg, alle ihre Tr ume zu verwirklichen, bis ihre Schwester verschwindet und ihr kleines M dchen vor Kates T r zur ckl sst. Da Kate normalerweise nicht gut mit Kindern umgehen kann, muss sie noch eine Menge ber Kindererziehung und Knuddeln lernen. Die lebhafte Dreij hrige zeigt Kate, wie sie ihr Herz f r neue Herausforderungen ffnen kann. Doch jemand will Kates Schwester finden und ist bereit, das Kind zu benutzen, um sie aus ihrem Versteck zu locken. Kate wendet sich an die Brotherhood Protectors auf der Suche nach einem Bodyguard mit Erfahrung im Umgang mit Kindern. Chuck Johnson verlor seine Familie bei einem Autounfall, als seine Tochter erst 2 Jahre alt war. Seitdem ist er aus der Navy ausgestiegen, hat f r die DEA gearbeitet und ist jetzt bei den Brotherhood Protectors t tig. Er hat nicht vor, noch einmal zu heiraten oder eine Familie zu gr nden. Pl ne k nnen sich ndern, und manche Familien finden zueinander. Seine Aufgabe ist es, die temperamentvolle, karrierebewusste Sch nheit und das kleine M dchen zu besch tzen, w hrend sein Team die Schwester ausfindig macht. Seine Herausforderung besteht darin, dies zu tun, ohne dabei sein Herz zu verlieren.

Er glaubt, dass er es nicht verdient, gl cklich zu sein. Der trauernde Navy SEAL-Witwer John Decker, der gerade dem zweij hrigen Jahrestag des Tages gedenkt, an dem er berlebte und seine Frau starb, wird von einer Str mung und einer Barkeeperin, die er nicht aus seinen Gedanken verbannen kann, zur ck ins Leben gerissen. Geplagt von Schuldgef hlen will er sich nur ungern auf eine neue Beziehung einlassen, bis er die temperamentvolle Barkeeperin mit Charakter und Kurven kennenlernt, die es in sich hat. Einem Mann zu vertrauen, k nnte sie von den Fesseln ihrer Vergangenheit befreien. Roxi Lanier war der typische Teenager in der Stadt, gl cklich, lebensfroh und selbstbewusst, bis sie Opfer eines Gewaltverbrechens wurde. Ihre Mutter zog mit ihr nach Wellfleet auf Cape Cod, weg vom Ort ihres Ungl cks, um neu anzufangen. Vierzehn Jahre sp ter hat sie immer noch Angst, sich mit einem Mann zu verabreden und mit ihm intim zu werden, denn die Narben ihrer Vergangenheit beeintr chtigen das Gl ck, nach dem sie sich sehnt. Obwohl sie eine unabh ngige Besitzerin einer erfolgreichen Strandbar ist, hat sie noch keinen Erfolg in der Liebe gefunden. Das Blatt wendet sich, als sie Zeugin eines selbstmordgef hrdeten Witwers wird, der sich kopf ber in eine Str mung st rzt. Decker und Roxi k mpfen sich durch die Tr mmer ihrer Vergangenheit und die St rme der Gegenwart, um in eine gemeinsame Zukunft zu steuern.

Der ehemalige Milit rhundef hrer Joseph "Kujo" Kuntz und sein Hund Six arbeiten mit einer FBI-Agentin zusammen, um ein Ausbildungslager f r Terroristen ausfindig zu machen und aufzul sen. Joseph "Kujo" Kuntz wurde aus der Army entlassen, nachdem er eine Granatsplitterverletzung erlitten hatte und seitdem hinkt. Er ist w tend auf sich selbst und die Welt und gezwungen, mit dem verletzten Milit rhund "Six", der ihm das Leben gerettet hat, ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Kujo nimmt einen Job bei den Brotherhood Protectors in den Crazy Mountains von Montana an, in der Hoffnung, eine neue Aufgabe zu finden und seine Verluste zu verarbeiten. Die FBI-Agentin Molly Greenbriar folgt einem Hinweis, wonach sich in der N he von Eagle Rock, Montana, eine terroristische Gruppe aufh lt, die f r Terroranschl ge trainiert, und glaubt, sie sei auf einer sinnlosen Mission unterwegs. Sie gibt sich als Fotografin einer GPS-Firma aus und fliegt eine Drohne, als sie in den Bergen angegriffen und zur ckgelassen wird. Molly wird von dem ehemaligen Milit rhund Six und seinem Besitzer entdeckt und in dessen Jagdh tte gebracht, wo er ihre Wunden versorgt. Jetzt ist Molly im Visier der Gruppe und in Gefahr. Kujo informiert seinen neuen Chef ber die Situation und wird als Mollys Besch tzer eingeteilt, bis das Team die Quelle der Bedrohung beseitigen kann. Entschlossen, ihre Mission zu Ende zu bringen, nimmt Molly den Schutz von Kujo und Six an und entdeckt eine besondere Verbindung zu dem m rrischen Ex-Soldaten. Gemeinsam versuchen sie, die Terroristengruppe ausfindig zu machen, w hrend sie gegen ihr wachsendes Verlangen ank mpfen.

Nach seiner Laufbahn im Milit r kehrt John Wayne "Duke" Morrison in seine Heimatstadt in Montana zur ck und beginnt hier seinen neuen Job als Bodyguard bei den Brotherhood Protectors. Schnell bekommt er seinen ersten Auftrag: Er soll den Filmstar Lena Love vor einem Stalker besch tzen, der mit ihr ein t dliches Spiel beginnt. Als ehemaliger Soldat der Delta Force hat er den Terrorismus im mittleren Osten bek mpft - dann sollte so ein Auftrag doch ein Klacks f r ihn sein, oder? Angel Carson, mit dem Spitznamen "Engel des Todes", ist eine Frau, die Risiken gewohnt ist. Als Stunt-Double des Filmstars Lena Love ist sie auf ihre Weise weltbekannt. Angel willigt ein, Miss Love auch privat zu doubeln, um so ihren Stalker aus der Reserve zu locken. Der Pluspunkt an der Sache: Angel kann in der Zeit auf der riesigen Ranch am Fu e der Crazy Mountains residieren. Zum Schutz wird Angel ein Bodyguard an die Seite gestellt, der von der Maskerade zun chst nichts ahnt. Auf engstem Raum kommen sich Angel und Duke n her. Leidenschaft und Temperament vermischen sich und entz nden ein Feuer, das den Stalker zus tzlich antreibt.

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Navy SEAL who wants nothing to do with commitment, is forced to protect his neighbor and her unborn baby when her past comes calling. Jack "Mars" Marsten lives in an apartment he never made a home. He made the mistake of marrying right out of boot camp to his high school sweetheart. When his wife left him during BUDS training, he vowed never to marry again. No entanglements. Period. Deirdre Anne Tyler is running from her ex-boyfriend who beat her when he found out she was pregnant. She changed her name to Anne Smith and is hiding in an apartment next door to a cranky Navy SEAL who barely says hello. Which is just as well. The fewer people who know her and where she is, the less chance of her ex finding her. Until he does... When trouble comes calling, Anne hides in her neighbor's apartment. Jack wants nothing to do with the woman but can't send her back to deal with her problem on her own. Stuck with the woman, he's now responsible for keeping her alive until her baby is born. How hard could that be? Harder than he originally thought when he finds himself falling for the pretty mother-to-be. No-commitment Jack sinks deeper into his own kind of trouble where Anne is concerned.

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Former Green Beret Max Thornton's career ended when he fell two hundred and fifty feet during a training exercise and broke nearly every bone in his body. Left with a permanent limp and in need of a job, he is recruited by Brotherhood Protectors where he can use his combat training and skills to protect, guard and rescue others. He didn't expect his first assignment to be the resident mechanic. Nor did he expect the mechanic to be a spitfire of a female with a whole lot of anger. Josephina Angelica Barrera-Ramirez or JoJo, as her friends call her, prefers to be left alone with the work she does on the machinery and vehicles of the Lost Valley Ranch. Suffering from situational amnesia brought on by an attack she sustained during a deployment to Afghanistan, she's touchy about being touched and doesn't take flak from anyone. When she becomes the target of a killer, a former Green Beret is assigned as her bodyguard. Forced to have the Green Beret around, her distrust of men is challenged and the wall around her heart crumbles. When danger threatens, Max and JoJo must fight their own fears to defeat evil while losing the battle of their hearts to win a future together.

After years of resisting his teammates' good intentions, big, bad and cranky Delta Force soldier, Magnus "Duff" McCormick, agrees to a blind date. Memories of his wife who died on their honeymoon derail his date with the beautiful redhead his friends introduce him to. When his date is attacked and almost stolen away, Duff comes to the rescue and sticks to her like glue, memories be damned. Newly free-spirited Ivy Fremont, daughter of a senator, gave up her career as a lawyer to own and operate a gift shop, where mistakes won't cost anyone his or her life. When her world is turned upside down and her life is threatened, her blind date and his team of Deltas launch a mission to Costa Rica to save her. During their escape from a gnarly drug cartel, Ivy and Duff learn they have more in common than just their friends' desire to get them together. Passions flare and walls around one intrepid soldier's heart come tumbling down. They find in each other a reason to live and fight to give love a chance.** Ivy's Delta is the 4th book in the Delta Team Three Series. Each book is a stand-alone, with no cliffhanger endings.** Operation Alpha is a fan-fiction world for Susan Stoker's novels. The characters in this series were introduced in Stoker's Delta Team Two series, specifically, book two, Shielding Kinley. You don't have to read that book to be engrossed in this series, but why wouldn't you want to? Enjoy

First Response: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology includes the following stories: Far from Over by Reina Torres - They missed their chance at the academy, but after she rescues him from a pile of rubble, a fireman decides it's time to make her burn for himSheltering Charlotte by Elle James- Passions ignite between a cop and a city girl trapped in a cellar while a storm ravages Hellfire, TexasThe Siren's Song by Ava Cuvay - A spaceport firefighter walks into a bar...and straight into arms of the sassy owner, igniting flames faster than plasma fuelClaiming Lyla by Megan Ryder - A she-wolf being hunted by pack males during a claiming rite is rescued by a rogue alpha determined to make her his own, despite her desire to be independentOver the Edge by N. J. Walters - After a bear leaves a corporate lawyer stranded on a cliff ledge, rescue comes from her estranged husbandFire in the Storm by Payton Harlie - An unexpected hurricane can't put out the fire between a female ex-Marine and a handsome firefighter when they're stranded on an isolated islandSave Me Twice by Jaap Boekestein - Playing with handcuffs leads to unexpected and sexy consequences for a timid office worker when she loses the keySaving Time by Kimberly Dean - When a scientist working on cracking the mystery of time travel falls through a wormhole, a Time Enforcer rushes to save herFalling Off the Single Track by Tray Ellis - Falling head-over-handlebars wasn't great for a single-girl weekend warrior, but falling head-over-heels with her mountain biker rescuer put romance on the right track Blackout by January George - When a summer heatwave blackout strands a fireman in an elevator with the girl who got away, the temperature isn't the only thing risingDrive by M. Jayne - A Lycan on the run from assassins from her own pack must rely on a stranger to surviveHandcuffs and G-Strings by Margay Leah Justice - At a benefit for fallen heroes, sparks fly between a socially awkward woman and the cop she mistakes for a stripperThe $5 Kiss of Life by Michal Scott - Trapped by the small-town conventions imposed on her, a pastor's spinster daughter finds rescue in the town bad boy's very public kissCrossing the Line by A. C. Dawn - After an intense call, a fire captain finally crosses the line with a sexy medic he's burned for since the moment he first saw herIn the Wild by Delilah Devlin - After a charging bison comes between her and her latest skip, a bounty hunter must rely on the survival skills of her park ranger rescue

With no identity, memory or past... She must trust a stranger in order to survive. When a woman is caught shadowing the team leader of Declan's Defenders, she slams right into the man's protection detail--and a former elite Force Recon marine. Gus Walsh's instincts tell him she is dangerous in more ways than one. Yet when he discovers that she is a Jane Doe with no memory of who she is or why someone is hunting her, the pair must team up to find answers. But there's no guarantee they will survive the truth once the dust settles...

Billionaire Online Dating Service. Let us find your perfect match Burned by beauties once too often, retired billionaire NFL player seeks plain, down-to-earth woman to marry and raise a family with. Bride wanted: No beauty queens or super models need apply. Super model tired of the runways and spotlights of fame, longing for a family and children, gives love a shot via a friend's online dating service. Groom wanted: must love children and staying home.

An elementary teacher during the school year, Lily Grayson hires out as an au pair during the summer order to travel expenses-paid to exotic locations with wealthy families with children. When one of her students suggests she apply for a summer job with his family going to Costa Rica, she jumps at the chance. Despite her immediate clash with his father, she agrees to accompany him and his two children to the central American country. Rich Texas rancher originally from Costa Rica, Antonio "Tony" Delossantos, knows money can't buy everything. He lost his wife to violence and he's determined to save his children from a similar fate. He learns his son's school teacher is skilled in Krav Maga military-style self-defense and available for the summer. Tony hires her to accompany the family to Costa Rica. When the drug lord Tony helped send to prison escapes, what started as a summer vacation in a tropical paradise soon becomes a race to survive in the jungles of Costa Rica.

Former Army Ranger Chance Grayson takes chances like his name. He's the wild child of the Grayson brothers. After his 4th tour to Afghanistan and Iraq, he left the military and returned home to Hellfire, TX. An adrenaline junky he's afraid to slow down, afraid the memories of war will catch up. He rides a motorcycle and lives at the ranch when not at the fire station. Army dog handler, Kate Bradley, left the military and adopted her military war dog. She hired onto the sheriff's department on the condition the dog came with her. New in town, she moves into a garage apartment and goes to work retraining her bomb-sniffing dog to find drugs. Chance teams with Kate to find a local arsonist bent on blowing up Hellfire. They work close together to determine if their bogey is just burning buildings or creating a distraction in order to find something else. Meanwhile, the firefighter and the deputy spark a tinder of desire that threatens to go up in flames.

FREE SHORT STORY - the prequel to PLAYING WITH FIRE is included in this book. HELLFIRE IN HIGHHEELS In an attempt to seduce a younger firefighter, a sexy widow gets a lesson in burning desires by the firefighter's badass partnerPLAYING WITH FIRE What started as a way to teach a young firefighter a lesson on what an older woman has to offer, Widow and designer shoe store owner Lola Engel's hot little class on love has taken a turn for the worse. Her best and only student, Daniel Flannigan, drops out of school and avoids her altogether. Not that she intended on making her teaching career a fulltime job. But at least she'd hoped for a few weeks of distraction before classes ended. Unfortunately, her smokin' hot firefighter has lost interest, now Lola is determined to turn that trend around, whatever it takes. When his past catches up to him, Daniel knows he must cut all emotional ties to anyone who means anything to him, or risk that person becoming a target of a stalker with a vendetta against him. If that means pushing the woman who lit a fire deep inside him to the back burner, so be it. Lola has never been relegated to back-burner status and has no intention of remaining on the sidelines. When she wants something, or someone, she goes all out, wearing her best designer shoes. Where Daniel is concerned, Lola knows she's playing with fire and leaving her heart exposed to an inferno that could consume her.

Divorcee Rider Grayson left his high-powered job at a multi-million-dollar firm in Dallas, retreating to his hometown of Hellfire, Texas to start over. A mechanic in his own auto repair business and a volunteer firefighter, he just wants to be left alone to do what he does best, fixing things. Selena Sanchez has daydreamed about Rider Grayson since she was a little girl growing up on the Grayson Ranch as the foreman's daughter. She accepts she'll never have him as they come from completely different backgrounds and cultures. They are worlds apart even though they work practically across the street from each other. When a turf war flares around the convenience store, Rider steps in to protect Selena and discovers the little girl who dogged his teenaged footsteps is all grown up and one hot little spitfire. Together they feed the flames of their passion while fighting the factions who would tear them apart in Hellfire, Texas. Warning: Flames are spreading in Hellfire, Texas.

Tate "Bear" Parker, der durch eine Verletzung den aktiven Dienst als Delta-Force-Soldat aufgeben musste, arbeitet jetzt als Bodyguard f r die Brotherhood Protectors. Er ist ein ruhiger Geselle und die Wunden, die er nicht nur u erlich davon getragen hat, versteckt er gut. Er hofft, diese Narben auch weiterhin im Verborgenen zu halten und so mit seinem neuen Job in ein zweites Leben zu starten. Mia Chastain ist in Eagle Rock aufgewachsen und arbeitet in L. A. als bekannte Drehbuchautorin. Ihr derzeitiges Projekt bereitet ihr allerdings Probleme: Ihre Vergangenheit scheint sie einzuholen und sie beschlie t, in ihre Heimatstadt zur ckzukehren und sich ihren D monen zu stellen. Dort angekommen berschlagen sich die Ereignisse und eine alte Schulfreundin schl gt vor, dass sich Mia einen Bodyguard zulegt. Die Idee gef llt ihr; schlie lich will sie ihr Projekt beenden, ohne dass sie st ndig ber ihre Schulter schauen muss. Mia bekommt Bear an ihre Seite gestellt - einen starken und attraktiven Besch tzer. Ist Bear der Mann, der Mias D monen f r immer verscheuchen kann?