"One rule," he said against her lips."Anything makes you nervous, brings back bad memories—you tell me right away. You don't try to power through anything. We go as slow as you need."Meet Zac Mackay. Military codename: Cyclone. He's a widower, a protector, a hero.And the person who could destroy Anne's life.Doctor Anne Griffin is back in Oak Creek, Wyoming, only because she has no other options. Here, she was always the shy, stuttering girl, invisible to everyone.Except Zac Mackay. The very reason she left in the first place.Zac’s years in Special Forces taught him survival skills, and he’s created a company—Linear Tactical—to teach those skills to others, so they never have to live in fear.Then why is Annie, the last person he’d ever want to hurt, afraid of him?Zac’s determined to wipe the fear from the eyes of the woman who has never been far from his mind. And fix the mistakes—his mistakes—that put that look there in the first place.But a predator has set his sights on Annie. And now survival skills will become much more than lessons…?????Entire series complete!USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author Janie Crouch brings you that perfect book you've been looking for to escape everyday reality—and a hero you can believe in. Don't miss this former-military warrior and the woman he'll risk everything to protect. Full length novel with no cliffhanger, no cheating, and a happily-ever-after guaranteed.

A woman with a destiny. The man who vows to protect her.Malerie recognizes death. It whispered in her ear twice without taking her. She’s the only survivor of a bombing which left her an orphan at the age of seven. Then a crazed gunman kills her beloved guardian on her eighteenth birthday.Malerie suspects there may be more to her survival than luck.Ace knows more about security systems than women. His job as a bodyguard entails one thing—earn his pay by guarding the girl. She’s one feisty female who ignites feelings he never knew he existed.Now, someone is out to kill his newest assignment. Protecting her might cost his heart.She knows her first love might be her last. He knows he’d do anything to save her.**This book was previously published under the title Chasing Luck.The Surviving Love series:Kismet HeartReckless SoulMagnetic Love

"Like most guys, I'm a sucker for easy sex and a fast buck. Unlike most guys, I should know better." Finalist for the Lambda Award in Gay Mystery, Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries takes place in Chicago during the early 1980s. Haunted by his abrupt departure from the Chicago Police Department and the end of his relationship with librarian Daniel Laverty, Nick Nowak is a beat cop-turned-dogged private investigator. In this first book of the best-selling series, Nick works through three cases: a seemingly simple missing persons search, an arson investigation, and a suicide that turns out to be anything but. While working the cases, Nick moves through a series of casual relationships until he meets homicide detective Bert Harker and begins a tentative relationship.

He vows protection. Anything more is impossible…SEAL vet Jordan “Iron” Holt is a man torn between heaven and hell. Following the death of a teammate and his medical discharge, Iron has kept himself separate until he’s asked to help his friend rescue his girlfriend’s sister from a forced marriage. Iron’s game, but quickly out of his depth as the sheltered heiress is unlike any woman he’s ever met. Naïve, thoughtful and kind, Iron’s entranced, but knows his attraction is wrong. Vivienneis young and on the cusp of freedom.For the first time in her life, Vivienne is free to do what she wants, think what she wants and eat what she wants. For twenty-six years, every detail of her life had been meticulously mapped out and scrutinized by her controlling parents. Freedom is heady, but Iron’s soul speaks to her. Her new life is a gift, but she’s determined to keep Iron in it.When Vivienne asks Iron to help find her friend that her family disappeared after she helped Viv escape, danger comes to their doorstep, and they will need each other to survive.A thrilling blend of romance, action, and heart-stopping suspense—perfect for fans of Susan Stoker and Julie Ann Walker.

The Project Morpheus series: Military romance, steamy passion, and heart-stopping suspense.The Morpheus Squad: Ultimate soldiers who hide in plain sight, fierce protectors risking their existence for those they love... and virally-altered, ticking time bombs. Ex-Green Beret Jake Zimmerman’s Georgia mountain seclusion is shattered when the one woman he should never have left, pregnant Kiera McNeill, shows up on his doorstep. Her life is in danger, thanks to a botched Morpheus Squad mission. If the nature of her baby is discovered, evil forces will stop at nothing to capture Kiera. When Kiera learns of Jake’s top-secret Morpheus Virus running through his veins, she realizes that her protector is the deadlier threat.Kiera knows the secrets of Fallen Comrades, a billion-dollar “charity” which siphons donations away from wounded veterans and into the pockets of power-hungry CFO Beau Lequire. Now her sadistic ex-boss, Lequire, wants revenge. Her only chance of escape rests in the lethal hands of the man who once rejected her: Jake. All she needs to do is suppress her feelings for Jake long enough to destroy Fallen Comrades, stay alive, and save her baby.

A holiday rescue at Thunder Horse ranchEn route to investigate an illegal crossing, Border Patrol agent Dante Thunder Horse's helicopter goes down in a fiery blaze. He makes it out of the wreckage?just barely?and tackles his assailant to the ground. Paleontologist Emma Jennings is no killer?but she's now in the crosshairs of one. Sworn to protect the woman who saved him, Dante needs to find out who shot him down and why. When Emma accompanies Dante back to his Badlands ranch, where a vengeful enemy threatens his family and their proud heritage, she's in even more danger?of falling for the brave Lakota pilot. But can there be a future with a man haunted by the past?