Leaving is always the hardest...and sometimes the deadliestPregnant and scared, Laura Metcalf has finally escaped her ex-boyfriend who’s spent years making her life miserable—who abused her and made her feel small.Now a new fear of her unknown future drives her to do whatever she must for her unborn child.Cade Sulley’s construction company has a new employee—his best friend’s little sister—who comes with more trouble than he can handle. And a forbidden attraction he can’t resist.Trouble is multiplied when his office is ransacked, and Laura attacked.Cade vows to keep Laura safe while pouring his soul into his latest project. A project that captures Laura’s heart and gives her new purpose in the shape of a women’s shelter.But when the attacks on Laura turn deadly, she must learn to trust the one man who’s always been there for her…or lose her life to another man who wants to destroy everything she loves.

From USA Bestselling Author Melissa Schroeder, comes a whole new group of Task Force Hawaii crime fighters!Everyone has secrets, but hers could get them both killed.Autumn Bradford has always been a little...different. The daughter of a cult leader, she has spent her life fighting the bad guys and searching for the father everyone thinks is dead. One thing stands in her way, the new leader of Team Bravo.Former SEAL Seth Harrington accepted the job at TFH for a new start. Years of dangerous missions has left his body and soul scarred. He doesn't have time for a woman with too many secrets and the eating habits of a hobbit-no matter how attractive he finds her.Autumn doesn't need a keeper or a protector, but every time she turns around, Seth seems to be there. Time together makes it difficult to avoid their attraction, and one stolen kiss makes it impossible to resist the temptation. Falling in love wasn't in the plans for either of them, but Seth realizes he will do anything to protect her, even if it means facing down the most dangerous man either of them know: her father.Author Note: This is a Harmless World Novel with our favorite crime fighting heroes and heroines! There are secrets (duh!), inappropriate jokes, Hawaiian food, a betting pool as usual, a new team to get to know, and a training session that goes a little too far.

He thinks he’s too dangerous to love.Navy SEAL Chris Daviani lost his arm in action. Project VIPER turned him into a bionic-enhanced hero. Now he’s stronger, deadlier, and much too dangerous to even think about the shy genius scientist who turned him into the military’s first super soldier.His new assignment as her bodyguard means he should focus on protecting her while she uncovers a dangerous threat to VIPER’S existence, not on drawing out the sultry woman she’s buried deep inside.The flaw in his strategy? Underneath the science that transformed him from a scarred hero into a human weapon, he’s still a hot-blooded man – and any man who looks at her twice is about to learn exactly how dangerous he still is.She thinks the only thing desirable about her is her brain.The men in Dr. Scarlett Kerrigan’s life have never valued more than her brilliant mind. The dark, intense SEAL is no exception. He needs her to save VIPER – and his career - but his scorching gaze makes her burn in ways she never expected.Problem is, her extensive education didn’t cover how to guard her heart against her alpha bodyguard who thinks his past has sentenced him to a life alone.The solution? Even her brilliant mind can’t figure that out.

A luxury cruise. A remote island. A deadly conspiracy.Recovering from a devastating climbing accident, Skylar Harris boards a Caribbean cruise hoping for rest—not a fight for her life. But when a violent prison break turns the idyllic stop at Saint Marielle into a war zone, she finds herself stranded with a group of survivors, including Noah Reed, a former tech CEO caught in a nightmare.While armed fugitives sweep the island, Skylar and Noah must navigate the jungle to stay alive—battling both the brutal terrain and a growing sense that the attack may not be random. As the island descends into chaos, a darker truth emerges: stolen artifacts, buried loyalties, and a betrayal no one saw coming.With rescue uncertain and trust in short supply, survival means staying one step ahead of a conspiracy worth killing for. And for Skylar, it may also mean facing the one thing more dangerous than the men hunting them—what she’s beginning to feel for the man beside her.Set against a backdrop of danger, betrayal, and survival, DANGEROUS PARADISE delivers a tightly wound thriller where the line between ally and enemy blurs—and where love might be the last thing standing.

In this gripping new series by New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden, a disgraced FBI profiler must save her reputation by stopping a sadistic killer she knows all too well.Former FBI agent Samantha Dark was one of the most respected profilers in the bureau, an expert on the twisted minds and dark hearts of the most depraved criminals. But when her own former lover turned out to be the serial killer she was hunting, Samantha's career was destroyed. Blamed for the FBI's failure on the complex case, Samantha left Washington, DC, for the quiet anonymity of Alabama.Now an all-too-familiar killer is hunting once again. She can catch the cunning assassin, but that means putting her trust in her former partner, Blake Gamble. Ex-military, Blake is tough, protective, precise. With her entire life on the brink, she knows he wants her back in the FBI...and possibly more.But someone else wants her, too. A threat is waiting in the dark, a killer who has set his sights on the ultimate trophy victim--Samantha.Author's Note: Harlequin has included the novella, THE GATHERING DUSK--a prequel to AFTER THE DARK in the back of this book. THE GATHERING DUSK was written as a bonus for readers so that they could see what happened to the characters before the events of AFTER THE DARK.

The fake marriage was meant to protect her…not make her fall.Moira Vanderbilt fled her narcissistic ex, determined to reboot her life in upstate New York. When a fire threatened everything, quick-thinking firefighter Chase Wilder saved her life—and the baby she didn’t know she was carrying. Only now, with nothing left, Moira has no choice but to accept Chase's offer:A paper marriage for protection.A home for her and her baby.A family found in his brother's.But Chase is hiding secrets of his own. He holds ties to her past and a burning desire to protect her at any cost because he knows the truth.Moira's ex isn’t gone, but he is part of a shadow organization.They're watching. Waiting. Prepared to burn the world to take her back. And when a violent kidnapping shatters the fragile peace they've found, one truth becomes clear: This isn’t just an obsession but something far more dangerous.Because Apex isn’t a rumor.It’s coming for them all.Perfect for readers who crave: Protective first responder romance Marriage of convenience Hidden pasts & dangerous secrets Slow-burning rescue romance w/explosive spice Secret societies pulling the strings High-stakes suspense with emotional depth------------Start the addictive Apex Society Trilogy, where love is lethal, and loyalty burns. A fast-paced romantic thriller series designed for binge-reading. The Apex Society isn’t just a secret—it’s a network of power, control, and loyalty that runs deeper than anyone realizes.Each book reveals another layer.Each couple is tied to something bigger.And once you step inside… there’s no getting out.