She’s terrified of falling in love. He’s terrified of losing her…For Hanna Moss, love has always come with danger. From the incessant stalking by an ex to nearly losing her life in a hit-and-run accident, she vows to remain alone—and safe. So when her golden retriever, Bella, welcomes a handsome private investigator into their lives, Hanna is reluctant to confide in him.Blake Bowman returns to Clam Cove, Maine, with a shattered heart. All he wants is to enjoy a much-needed quiet vacation far from his ex-girlfriend. But when he meets beautiful, injured Hanna, his focus shifts…because it looks like what happened to her was no accident.Hanna is terrified of the feelings she’s rapidly developing for Blake and refuses to repeat her past mistakes. Blake is determined to help and protect Hanna, even if that means putting love on hold.Find out if Bella can help these two humans understand that trust is a two-way street, the heart can be repaired, and love can bloom again.Tangled Trust was previously titled Helping Hanna. It was part of the multi-author Gold Coast Retrievers series.

Sparks fly when two driven FBI agents are forced to work together to track down ruthless killers in this pulse-pounding Romantic Thriller from New York Times bestselling author Toni Anderson.When an international ring of traffickers snatches the daughter of a millionaire off a Boston street, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Lucas Randall heads undercover to get her back. But his rescue mission goes disastrously wrong and Lucas barely escapes with his life. Now the ruthless crime gang is trying to hunt him down, along with anyone else who threatens their operation.Computer expert Ashley Chen joined the FBI to fight against evil in the world—evil she experienced firsthand. She has mad skills and deadly secrets, and once she starts working with straight-shooting Lucas Randall, she also has big trouble. After years of pushing people away, she's finally falling for someone. The feeling is entirely mutual, but as Ashley intensifies her online pursuit of an international trafficking ring, her traumatic past collides with her present.Suddenly, Lucas doesn't know which side Ashley is on. As the case escalates into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, it turns out Ashley isn't the only one with something to hide. But if neither can trust the other with their secrets, how can they trust each other with their hearts?All the Cold Justice® can be read as standalone titles.Finalist in the Book Buyer’s Best contest for “Romantic Suspense and Mystery with Romantic Elements."***Please Note: This book is a Romantic Thriller/Suspense with tropes common to the genre. If you are sensitive or easily triggered, please take that into consideration and read responsibly.***

When she vanishes without a trace, he’ll risk everything to find her…Navy SEAL Ryan “Renegade” Pierce hasn’t forgotten the laughter and heated nights he shared with gorgeous nurse Avery. She’s adventurous, flirty, fun—and his buddy’s younger sister. She should be off-limits, but he can’t get her out of his head.Avery Nielsen’s new job in South America is her dream come true. When she catches several doctors smuggling drugs, however, it’s only the start of her troubles. They’re also moving women, and she’s now at the top of their list.When Avery vanishes without a trace, Ryan immediately knows something is wrong. He’ll stop at nothing to find her, but can he persuade Avery to give up her risky career and take a chance on a life with him?SEAL’s Temptation, a standalone novel, is book five in the sizzling Alpha SEALs Hawaii series.

AlessiaWorking in the shadows is impossible when someone is watching your every move, and I don’t mean my adoring and not-so-adoring fans. I might not have followed my brothers’ footsteps in joining the military, but I’m not the helpless supermodel they, and the rest of the world, know me to be. Their meddling into my life with misguided good intentions has put me in more danger, not less.What they don’t understand is the deadliest member of the Accardi family is the one nobody suspects. Now I need to figure out how to keep my secret from the one man I don’t want to lie to, so I can do the job I was born to.BrodyThere’s more to Lessia Accardi than anyone’s been led to believe. As I spend time with her, protecting her, getting to know her, I quickly realize she might be crazier—and scarier—than any obsessed fan out there. The more I see behind Alessia’s public sexy mask, the more questions I have.I’m going to figure out what she’s up to—that is, if I can keep her safe and out of trouble long enough. She can protest all she wants about not being a damsel in distress, but real life doesn’t guarantee the good guys live, and one thing I learned in the military is everyone needs someone to watch their back.It all comes down to whether she will trust me enough to let me see the woman behind the façade, and if I’m enough to keep her safe.Lethal Beauty is the first book in the Accardi Tactical series.

Discover the Cost of Freedom and the Power of Love in The Protector, a Romantic Military Suspense Novel from Marliss MeltonIn the serene embrace of the Blue Ridge Mountains, former Navy SEAL Ike Calhoun thought he had escaped the shadows of the War on Terror. But destiny intervenes when an old friend calls, catapulting him back into a world he thought he'd left behind.A woman marked by her father's legacy in Afghanistan, Eryn McClellan isn't just the ISAF general's daughter; she's the focus of a high-stakes game played by ambitious federal agents and a crazed jihadist. The only safe place for her is in Ike's remote cabin, where her unsettling presence disrupts his self-imposed isolation. Ike instructs Eryn in ways to defend herself and, yet, with her grace and resilience, it is she who dismantles the walls around Ike's heart, allowing him to feel again.As the FBI's strategies turn riskier—using Eryn as bait to catch the extremist—a fierce protective instinct awakens in Ike Calhoun. Compelled to shield the general's daughter at any cost, Ike finds in Eryn not just a mission, but a burning motivation to confront his past and protect a future that suddenly seems worth fighting for."The kind of intrigue I enjoy; much like Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn, David Baldacci, and Steig Larsen. They have nothing on her." — Lt. Col. John Lund, U.S. Air Force, ret.THE TASKFORCE SERIESThe Protector The Guardian The Enforcer THE ECHO PLATOON SERIESDanger Close Hard Landing Friendly FireHot TargetInsider ThreatMEET MARLISS MELTONBestselling Author Marliss Melton uses her Spec Ops and Intelligence communities to pen realistic and heartfelt stories featuring America's elite warriors. The daughter of a U.S. foreign officer, Melton grew up in various overseas countries and now resides in Williamsburg, Virginia with her husband and family. Visit her at marlissmelton.com.

Reporting on the guilty verdict of Nick Taggert’s murder trial is Shea Sinclair’s big break, she just knows it. Making a name for herself will save her from personal interest stories and reporting the weekend weather. Being kidnapped on camera as the convicted murderer makes his escape is going to make her more famous than she’d planned.Nick is desperate. He’s innocent, but someone did a great job of setting him up for the murder of his neighbor. Wounded, panicked, seeing no other way out, he hits the road with a blasted reporter as his hostage. It’s not long before he tries to let her go. She refuses to leave.In Nick, Shea sees injustice, as well as a really great story. No way is she walking away from either! All she has to do is prove his innocence and do her best not to fall in love…