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The explosion should have killed me. Some days, I wish it had. Chronic pain keeps me up at night—when I don’t drown it in beer. I lost my partner, my career, and the only reason I had to get up in the morning. Until my brother drags me to a charity event and a sexy-as-sin reporter practically falls in my lap. We shouldn’t start anything. I’m a broken-down has been and she’s doing her damnedest to move back to Los Angeles. But when her latest scoop leads to death threats, I’ll do anything to keep her safe.

Ryker McCabe. Former Special Forces. Survived 15 months in an Afghan prison, tortured within an inch of his life. His scars - and his fears - keep him alone. Disconnected from the world. From his team. From any hope of redemption. Until he meets her. Wren Kane. Hacker extraordinaire. Desperately searching for her brother. When police find his body in a drug den, she knows there's more to his death than an overdose. He'd promised he was clean. And then, she finds the message he left her.

He's the richest man in Boston. The world is his for the taking. So why can't he forget about the woman who literally fell at his feet in the middle of a downpour? Elizabeth has no job, a bank account that won't last the month, and a stubborn streak of independence that keeps her at arm's length. In her, Alexander sees a lifetime of pain and an untrained submissive unlike any he's ever met - one with fire and strength and fierce intelligence.

Special Forces Sergeant Dax Holloway crawled out of the Taliban's clutches barely alive. His captors took more than his sight. They took his humanity...Evianna Archer’s life makes sense. A brilliant coder...Until one moment changes everything...When they uncover a shocking secret, Dax must make a choice. Stay broken? Or risk his heart - and his life - for the woman who chases all his dark shadows away?

I was Air Force Pararescue. Until a helo crash ended my career. I lost everything. Including myself. Then a scarred, broken man offered me a job. It’s illegal, irresponsible, and dangerous. Those I treat can’t go to the hospital. Or the authorities. I don’t ask questions. Don’t get close. It’s a lonely existence.

After a beating that almost killed me, I’m one failed fitness test away from losing my FBI career. I should be focused on grinding out the reps to rebuild my broken body, not on the pretty brunette at the gym.

Inara's never second-guessed a shot, not until the disaster in Colombia - the disaster that led to Coop's death. Drifting, off-balance, her emotions out of control, she has to pull it together before she's benched for good. Royce understands Inara's pain. A stroke may have broken his body, but a mountain of guilt crushed his soul. He needs to pick up the shattered pieces of his life and rebuild. He's a fighter, but sometimes even the strongest warrior needs someone on his side. When Inara's past threatens Royce's future, she has to take a stand.

For more than 20 years, I lived by my Air Force code. Until I made a choice. Put my family first. Something a soldier is never allowed to do. Now I don’t know who I am. Or where I belong. Getting lost in Mexico sounds like a good idea, but with only guilt and regret as my constant companions, I’ll never figure it all out. Until a chance meeting in a hotel bar changes my course.

I spent half of my CIA career at the bottom of the bottle, and still managed to do my job. But seeing one of my only friends tortured within an inch of his life is a great motivator to get clean—and retire somewhere no one actively wants to kill me.

What do you do when the Angel of Death asks you to steal from one of the most powerful covens in the world?You leave the celestial realm, give up your wings, and sneak into the coven's lair while they're all partying it up in New Orleans. Or, at least that was Maddox Calder's plan. Until a curse leaves him dazed - and in the path of an oncoming car. Hit by a curse after only half a glass of wine, Killian flees, but finds a handsome, broken man in the street, begging for help. Something about Maddox calls to him.

Griffin Hargrove: I was CIA elite. Until a terrorist attack stole my arm and most of my hearing. I don’t know what my old boss, Austin Pritchard, is thinking, hiring a broken relic like me. But he trusts me, and that kind of loyalty is a balm to my shattered self-worth. Sloane is more beautiful than pictures can show and bruised in ways that can’t easily be seen. No one has told her I’m her bodyguard, but someone better clue her in soon, because she’s spooked. And the longer I watch her, the more I need to protect her.

I can't escape my past. West wants to be my future. When West, a former SEAL and my online gaming buddy, begged me to meet him IRL (in real life), one word, one touch, one look sent me fleeing like a coward. Back to my keyboard, online gaming, and the deadline that could make or break my whole programming career. Back where I'm safe. Problem is, West followed.

Graham Peck had his life planned out. Serve in the Coast Guard like the rest of his family. See the world. But an innocent New Year’s kiss - with another man - leads to a vicious attack that forces him back into civilian life. A life he has no idea how to navigate. Until he hooks up with a group of deadly, battle-worn soldiers. They don’t care who he loves - as long as he stays on mission.

What would you sacrifice for the woman you love? Your pack? Your memories? Your humanity? Tortured, trapped, and alone, the wolf prays for death, until Mara gives him hope. She can save him. She can free him. And he'll love her forever if she gives him a chance. Can she learn to trust him in time? Or will Cade's world and his secrets destroy them both?

Don't make an enemy of the mob. Still recuperating after being shot, Alexander Fairhaven has a new challenge to deal with - his brother's gambling addiction. As Alexander and Elizabeth settle into their new lives together, the shadows of Nick's problems linger. Will Nick find a way to escape his demons? Or will New Year's bring an end to Alexander and Elizabeth's happiness?

Her blood is unlike any other. Dr. Riley Scott is dying. Heavy metal poisoning is slowly killing her. Declan Bonney was turned more than 300 years ago...When he sees Riley for the first time, he must taste her. Her blood is intoxicating, but it is her ability to resist his glamour that makes her truly beguiling. Declan isn't the only vampire hunting her, and when Riley's taken, he will do anything to find her - and save her...If he loses Riley, his very existence is over.

Trevor Moana can’t escape the sins of his past. His kills as a CIA assassin haunt his dreams. Working for Second Sight helps him atone, sometimes even forget. Until Dani Monroe walks through his door. The one person he’s hurt the most needs his help. In Caracas, Venezuela, one shot changed four lives. And going back there could end him.

Twenty years ago, Joey walked out of his life and into a nightmare. One that shattered her soul along with all hope of a normal life - the one she was supposed to have with Ford. After throwing himself into his career as a marine, Ford moved to Boston and, along with a blind former Special Forces soldier, started Second Sight, one of the most elite investigative and security companies in the world. He thought he was happy. Until one phone call turns his world upside down.

Once, Jackson Richards had it in spades. As a member of the United States Special Forces, he fought alongside the bravest and most capable men he’d ever known. Then one mistake landed them all in hell. For six months, he fought. But one terrible day, his captors learned the full extent of his skills, and that sealed his fate.

I'm no hero. Don't much care that the Navy disagrees with me. My years as a SEAL left me with a ledger full of blood, a permanent limp, and a complete inability to function in polite society. Up in the mountains, no one bothers me. Hell, no one even knows I exist. It's better that way.