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Navy SEAL Brant "Bronco" Adams adores women but never lets himself get too close to any one of them - until he meets sweet, classy Rebecca McDougal. Rebecca is the wife of Mad Max, Brant's commanding officer and safely off-limits - until she confesses that she's desperate to escape her nightmare of a marriage and that Max isn't the upstanding commander they all think.

Boarding a cruise ship bound for Mexico, vacationing Navy SEAL Jeremiah "Bullfrog" Winters runs into Emma Albright, the only woman he ever loved...and lost. But re-awakening Emma's passions becomes Jeremiah's current mission until violence breaks out on their port excursion to the Mayan ruins of Tulum. Now, love may be the only weapon powerful enough to save them both, if Emma can bring herself to believe in its permanence and power.

Navy SEAL Sam Sasseville resents being called upon to repeatedly rescue Madison Scott - an oil tycoon's daughter - from trouble of her own making. Just weeks after extracting her from drug-riddled Mexico, Maddy disappears into the terrorist-threatened region of El Chaco, Paraguay. Dedicated to protecting the world's last agricultural frontier from her family-owned oil wells, Maddy knows her long-dead activist mother would approve of her work, even if that blasted Navy SEAL doesn't.

When the Patuxent River prisoner-reintegration program-known as "Gateway"-falls under suspicion as a terrorist training ground, FBI Special Agent Jackson Maddox is sent in to investigate. Adopting the name Abdul, Jackson fits right in, until his cover is threatened by a sexy bombshell taking his picture. An accomplished crime journalist, Lena Alexandra is on her own under-cover mission. Determined to send the man who raped and murdered her 15-year-old sister back to prison, Lena is interviewing Gateway's former-felons for a prison conversions book she's allegedly authoring. And not even the gorgeous ex-con named Abdul can derail her. Until he gets in her way by acting as her guardian. About to expose a home-grown terrorist plot reaching deep into the nation's capital, Jackson knows that he and Lena face a choice: figure out how to trust each other with their secrets and their lives. Or die in silence.

Embracing the solitude of the Blue Ridge Mountains, former Navy SEAL Ike Calhoun thought he'd left the War on Terror far behind, until he's contacted by an old friend. Now Ike's stuck shielding Eryn McClellan from ambitious federal agents and crazed jihadists. Worse, the charming, blue-eyed beauty is shattering his much-needed isolation. As Ike's restraint erodes like a mountain in a mudslide, and the FBI keeps trying to use Eryn as bait, Ike wages a one-man war to protect the woman whose passion and faith fuels him to rise above his past.

When his saintly wife dies in childbirth, Sir Christian rescues his infant son with a violent act that seals his ruthless reputation. Now the warrior known as the Slayer of Helmsley must find a wet nurse, or his babe, too, will perish. Yet how will he attain help when the populace fears him? Clarisse du Boise is desperate. The lives of her sisters and mother depend on her committing a terrible act - murdering the Slayer. Clarisse gains access to Christian’s castle, where she sparks his interest. While caring for his son, she discovers an unexpected desire to know him better.

Master Chief Rusty Kuzinsky has thrown his heart and his savings into preparing a warrior's retreat. Never Forget is a special place for SEALs to find solace and to heal after grueling operations like those he endured his entire career. Just as his first guests are due to arrive, a military war dog suffering from PTSD lands in Rusty's lap, requiring attention he simply can't spare.

ATF Special Agent Tobias Burke is undercover in West Virginia, infiltrating a militia led by Captain Dylan Connelly, suspected of murdering the Secretary of Defense. Dylan, once the Army's battalion leader of Mortuary Affairs, now works as a physician at the local Veterans Hospital, while leading her late-father's Seventh Amendment Militia. When Tobias Burke shows up to enlist, with his ladies-man humor and lovable Labrador retriever, Dylan knows his killer charm hides an ulterior motive. As evidence against Dylan mounts, Tobias's instincts-and then his heart-betray him into wondering if Dylan is being framed. Now, with Dylan's militia locked in a stand-off with the FBI and the nation watching the drama unfold on television, Tobias stares down the barrel of the most difficult choice in his life: expose the real killer and clear Dylan's name, or follow orders.

Tyler Rexall never considered being anything besides a Navy SEAL. But a mission-gone-wrong has ended his career in the Teams, leaving Tyler handicapped, his self-identity obliterated. Returning to his hometown of Louisa, Virginia, Tyler wallows in despair. He has no idea that the young woman showing up on his doorstep with a dog holds his future in the palms of her hands.

A cruise-ship romance with Navy SEAL Tristan Halliday was one thing, but now he's back, wanting more. His can-do attitude and mouth-watering sex appeal make him hard to resist, and she could use his special skills to hunt down her parents' murderer. But private investigator Juliet Rhodes prefers being single and working alone. Unfazed by Juliet's bristling independence, Tristan helps her scour San Francisco's art district, finding and confronting top suspects.

Er jagt Terroristen sowohl offline als auch und im Internet - aber sein Liebesleben bekommt er nicht in den Griff. Stuart Rudolph ist mehr als nur ein Navy SEAL. In seiner Freizeit nutzt er seine IT-Kenntnisse, um amerikanische Interessen zu schützen. Dies lenkt ihn von Hilary ab - die Frau, die er einst so geliebt, aber verloren hat. Hilarys Herz ist entzweit, seit Stuart es erst erobert und dann gebrochen hat. Ein Date mit ihrem mysteriösen Nachbarn könnte ihr helfen, endlich über Stuart hinwegzukommen. Doch dann taucht er plötzlich wieder in ihrem Leben auf und warnt sie ausgerechnet vor ihrem Nachbarn.

Ausgerechnet während seines Urlaubs in Barcelona gerät Navy SEAL Mitch Thoreau in die Unruhen zwischen den Separatisten, die die katalanische Unabhängigkeit anstreben, und der Nationalpolizei. Einzig die Begegnung mit der attraktiven Katrina ist ein Lichtblick. Sie ist schön, idealistisch und hat alles, was Mitch sich von einer Frau wünscht. Doch sie trägt auch ein schreckliches Geheimnis mit sich herum - eines, das unschuldige Leben bedroht und auch Mitch in Gefahr bringt.

Für Navy SEAL Alex Morrigan ist der neue Standort, an den er versetzt wird, ein wahrer Glücksfall: Edenton in North Carolina ist die Heimatstadt von Tori. Mit ihr hatte Alex vor zwei Jahren eine aufregende Affäre. Seitdem kann er sie nicht vergessen und dieses Mal will er bis zum Schluss um sie kämpfen. Als Alex unerwartet nach Edenton zurückkehrt, bringt er Toris Leben gehörig durcheinander. Ihre Gefühle für ihn haben sich nicht geändert - aber auch nicht ihre Angst, einen Navy SEAL im aktiven Dienst zu lieben. Viel zu sehr fürchtet sie sich davor, Alex bei einem Einsatz zu verlieren.

Nach vier Jahren Angst und Isolation hat Skyler genug davon, sich zu verstecken. Alle paar Monate muss sie irgendwo ein neues Leben beginnen, um den gefährlichen Komplizen ihres Vaters nicht in die Hände zu fallen. Als sie eine undichte Stelle innerhalb des Zeugenschutzprogrammes vermutet, wendet sie sich an den Mann, der sie schon einmal gerettet hat: Special Agent Drake Donovan. Seit er mit Skylers Hilfe ihren Vater, den einflussreichsten Mafia-Boss der USA, hinter Gitter gebracht hat, kann er sie nicht vergessen.

Reporterin Ophelia ist kurz davor, die illegalen Machenschaften eines ranghohen Politikers zu enthüllen. Da erfährt sie, dass sie schwanger ist. So lange haben sie und ihr Mann, der Navy SEAL Vinny, sich schon ein Kind gewünscht. Würde er jetzt von der Schwangerschaft erfahren, würde er alles daransetzen, dass sie ihren gefährlichen Job nicht weiter nachgeht. Also sagt Ophelia nichts, mit dem festen Vorsatz, ihm die Wahrheit zu erzählen, sobald sie den Politiker zu Fall gebracht hat. Doch sie hat ihre Feinde unterschätzt und gerät in Lebensgefahr.

Zehn Jahre ist es her, dass Mayas Mann bei einem Einsatz der Navy SEALS ums Leben kam. Und noch immer sitzt der Schmerz tief. Zumal ihr vierzehnjähriger Sohn sich mehr und mehr abkapselt und auf die schiefe Bahn zu geraten droht. Dann begegnet Maya einem Mann, den sie nie wieder sehen wollte: dem Ex-Navy-SEAL Rusty. Er ist für den Tod ihres Mannes verantwortlich. Jetzt aber scheint er der Retter in der Not zu sein und bietet Mayas Sohn einen Job an, der ihn von der Straße holt. Doch dann geraten er und Maya in Gefahr.

Navy SEAL Chuck Suzuki has been living a lie for years. The time has finally come to redeem himself. But, choosing team and country over ties of loyalty that go back decades puts Chuck in greater peril than his work as a SEAL ever has. Of all the times for Chuck to meet the woman of his dreams, this has got to be the worst.

Navy SEAL Lt. Mitch Thoreau’s vacation to Spain coincides with Catalonia’s bid for independence. On the streets of Barcelona, the tension between the separatists and the national police suggests imminent unrest - not the best time for a vacation. Meeting the proprietress of Hotel Leonardo makes it all worthwhile.

He hunts terrorists on land and online, but he can’t get his love life together. Stuart Rudolph is more than just a Navy SEAL. In his spare time, he uses his unsurpassed computer skills to protect American interests. Moonlighting for Ghost Security Group is supposed to keep Stu too preoccupied to obsess over Hilary Alcorn, the woman he loved and foolishly lost. If only he could start over.... Hilary Alcorn longs to get her mojo back.