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A sporting legend. A brutal death. A dark legacy. DS Lucas Walker is back home in Queensland, following the dramatic fallout from his last case. He is just getting to grips with his new role in the small outback town of Katima, when the body of an unknown young man is found hanging from a tree...

I was in college when the asteroid hit, and all my dreams and ambitions went up in smoke along with more than half the planet. Now I'm left eking out a treacherous existence in the lonely, violent world that remains. Everyone who loved me is gone, and I'm stuck depending on Zed, my former...

Charlotte lives by her no-commitment rule, but can Brooks convince her that they were meant to be more than friends? To protect and serve is all Brooks knows. But when his duty to the badge puts those he loves in danger, he must decide if Charlotte was right to walk away. 

Her name brings trouble. His protection brings complications. Gage Buchanan, a former Army Ranger and current CEO, is content with his solitary life, dedicated to his work and his commitment to the local search and rescue team. He carries the weight of past mistakes and a cynical view of romance, especially after witnessing the painful aftermath of love in his own family. But when a charming and enigmatic PA, Casey Crawford, literally tumbles into his life, she challenges his carefully constructed emotional defenses. Casey Crawford is a woman determined to outrun her past.

It’s an uncertain time in the Fertile Plains. Sixty cycles have passed since Alönia won the Protectorate War, but time and conflict have eroded the security gained through that great struggle. As Alönia wades through internal squabbling, David rises above his tragic childhood and earns a place as an aide to a powerful politician.

Dream job. Dreamier boss. Dangerous secrets. Ashley Taylor didn’t come to Freedom Ridge for love—she came for a fresh start in the kitchen of the resort’s upscale restaurant. But her new life in the Rocky Mountains gets complicated fast. Her boss, Daniel McAllister, might be broody and intense, but there’s something about the wounded Army reservist that keeps pulling her in. Daniel came home hoping the quiet mountain town could silence the echoes of war. But when strange things start happening around his house—and then around Ashley—peace feels farther away than ever.

Parker Conroy moved to Alaska to be alone. His military career in Ghost Ops ended with an explosion and three torturous weeks of captivity. It’s left him scarred, wanting to avoid people, and hating being touched. When US Marshal Jenna Sheriden knocks on his door, he has no time for the attractive marshal. But she isn’t taking no for an answer. A dangerous fugitive is on the loose, and he happens to be a rogue Ghost Ops soldier.

My name is Sue O’Malley, and I’ve been keeping it awkward since 1996. Another thing about me? I might be in love with my bodyguard. Leo Mason is all I’ve been able to think about since he broke my heart and left me standing alone on my front porch six months ago.

Jilted by my fiancé. A disappointment to my family. Haunted by my childhood traumas. I felt so much all my life that I resolved to feeling nothing at all. Until I met my match. As the most infamous mafioso of the 21st century, Dante Salvatore was madly passionate, unequivocally bad, and entirely too dangerous to know. He was everything I abhorred, yet I found myself representing him in the biggest criminal trial of the decade. I was so focused on winning and achieving the success I deserved that I didn't notice the gorgeous, black-eyed man's effect on me until it was too late.

Deputy Sheriff Sawyer Lane likes the pace of life on Maui. After years as a Navy SEAL and in Ghost Ops, he likes that no one shoots at him. Coming to the island saved him. He still can’t sleep, but he’ll take the sun, sand, and solitude. Then Oscar-winning actress Hollis Stanton rents the house next to his and torpedoes his solitude. When she sets her coffee machine on fire, he meant to help, not see every glorious inch of her from her russet-red hair to her red-painted toenails.

Ambitious, headstrong and smart-mouthed, Macy Matthews does not have forever on the brain. Newly single after an ego-wounding breakup, Macy is out to prove her ex wrong. She is far from boring. After all, do boring girls have threesomes? When an opportunity with two Ghosttown Riders is presented, she’s all in. But when the man she’s been crushing on for months turns out to be one of the players, Macy may be in over her head.

Alexa Holland's father was her hero - until her shocking discovery that her mother and she weren't his only family. Ever since, Alexa has worked to turn her life in a different direction and forge her own identity outside of his terrible secrets. But when she meets a man who's as damaged by her father's mistakes as she is, Alexa must help him.

Ink has led a pretty charmed life. He has his family. His brothers at Iron Shadows. A thriving business. But there's something missing. He's ready to settle down, if only he could find the right girl. Someone he could pamper and protect. Dominate and discipline. A Little he could cherish. And...

I left my brothers in the marines to start a family. I left my ex-wife when that family drove her to drink and drugs. Now all I have left is my son - and he's all I care about. I can't afford to make another mistake. And the girl who moved in next door? Mistake written all over her. But I can't take my damn eyes off her. As she tries to start a new life away from her abusive ex, she has her own reasons to stay away. But we can't help it. We're drawn to each other. And when she tells me how much she wants a baby...I make every mistake in the book. Because I want a family again. 

All five novels in the complete Alpha Heroes first series bundle! Ajax: He’s a former Navy SEAL, haunted by his past. But will they be able to overcome the mayhem of his previous life, and set themselves free from the darkness? Max: Max Battleson can’t outrun the memories or the agony of his former life as a Marine. He discovers the only woman who has a chance to save him from himself. Listen to Troy, Apollo and Kass.

Two months ago, he challenged the Director of the CIA to war, and it’s been radio silence since. Unable to return to the family he loves, he steels himself for the first strike, which D/CIA Jack Raynor delivers in the unlikeliest of forms. Then it’s all-out carnage in dreary Iowa. But in the heat of battle, whispers make their way to Slater’s ears, rumors of an all-powerful puppet master. He hears a moniker, "The Golden One," the name of a faceless serpent who shapes the country from the shadows.

Heroes tells the tale of a daring escape from Kuwait after the invasion by Iraq and prior to Operation Desert Storm. Hawk and Ali have a common goal: get out of Kuwait alive! Using ingenuity and perseverance, they succeed in making their way through war-torn Kuwait and over a treacherous desert to Jordan - a feat Saddam Hussein deemed impossible.

Former Marine Cassidy Miller knew what it took to be a good soldier and even a decent beat cop. She was starting to figure out how to be a girlfriend as her relationship with Julia Desjardin progressed, but what did she know about being a cold case detective? Buried under paperwork in the basement of the Fourth Police Precinct, she was going to have to figure it out.

Jose Martinez isn’t looking for love. Not that he’s opposed to falling in love. And God knows, his mother is desperate for him to find a good woman to marry and start a family with. But he’s waiting for sparks, not willing to settle for less. Plus with his career in full swing, and a house to work on… finding love isn’t top of his list right now.

On a beautiful May morning at JFK Airport, a routine plane departs for San Francisco. Security agent Bernice Adams finds a postcard of the Golden Gate Bridge bearing an ambiguous message. Who left the postcard behind, which flight is that person on, and what exactly does the message mean? Her...