Crossing the Line (novella)
Hiding Maddie
Protecting Amber
Saving Lily
Finding Claudia
Rescuing Tabitha
Defending Daphne
Keeping Kalie
Taming Mona (novella)
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He never strayed from his mission orders... until he met the one woman worth crossing the line for.​

JULIA
I’ve done plenty of shady things in my life as a New York fixer, but this… this wasn’t shady, this was perhaps the noblest thing I could have done. And the thanks I get? Hiding out in the ass-end of nowhere, on the FBI’s wanted list. I thought life couldn’t get any worse… until I met the guy they sent after me.
 
HUGH
Working for the Rothwell Agency has its moments. I like working with a team – I’ve missed that since my Ranger days – but it also has its downsides, like having to travel to West Virginia to ferret out a kidnapper because the FBI couldn’t handle the job fast enough. Worse still, she’s… nice. How can a kidnapper have principles? I’m starting to think she might not be in the wrong, and it's making me question everything.
 
When a night on the side of the road in Kansas changes everything between them, will Hugh cross the line to give Julia what she needs? And if he does, will it land them both in even deeper water?
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She was just a mission… until it became something more. Then she was everything.
 
MADDIE
Mom hates the military. I’ve always been neutral… until my work became important to them.  When the threats start, and I’m assigned my very own ex-military bodyguard, it’s not my fault that sparks fly. They were always going to. No one huddles for warmth and doesn’t feel anything. But Hawk is all about the mission, and I’m just an asset to him. Until I’m not.…

HAWK
How is it possible for one person to be so smart? It should be illegal for Dr. Madison Holmes to be that smart and beautiful. She’s risking everything for her country. The least I can do is keep her safe. Only, no one told me how hard hiding Maddie would be when all I want is to crush her to me and taste her lips.
 
Hawk thinks he’s doing the right thing in walking away from Maddie. The mission is over. She’s safe. Except she’s not. Now he has to move heaven and earth to get back the woman he never saw coming.
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She was an annoying asset seven years ago... she's a pain in his ass now. A pain in his ass... and his everything.​

GQ
Amber Campbell. The reason I have reverted to bodyguard duties. They asked for me specifically, and I didn't have a choice. Friends of the Agency, or some bullshit. I'll do my time, and then I'll be back on my team, and bodyguarding duties will be nothing but a bad memory. In the meantime, she's just another spoiled rich kid... so why the hell can't I look away? 
 
AMBER
I crushed hard on Grady Quinn seven years ago. Not that he ever looked at me as anything other than an annoying asset. It broke my teenage heart when he was reassigned, but now he's back and yummier than ever. I have no idea what it is about him, but is it wrong that I have made it my mission to tempt him out of his professional shell?
 
No asset has ever gotten under GQ's skin like Amber Campbell. It's a line that should never be crossed, and he's blown right past it. When everything comes to a head, GQ knows he can lose his job, but that's nothing compared to losing the woman who has come to mean everything to him.
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One iPad. Two terrorists... and two hearts that never intended to get so involved. What could go wrong?​

LILY
I'm on a mission. I'm working my way across Europe, and my plan is to learn every language I encounter. My carefree, hostel-centric lifestyle is tilted when two fellow travelors ask me to look after their iPad. They need to keep it safe from nefarious sources. But while I'm working on that, my world is competely upended when Noah walks into a bar. My bar. And my bed. He's perfect. What could go wrong?
 
HUNTER
The CIA called. They need me on a counter terrorism operation in Europe. When I get there, it isn't as straightforward as it seems, and I get to be on undercover duties. My favorite. Not. The mark is hot, so falling into her bed to ingratiate myself and uncover this iPad isn't much of a hardship at all. My only problem is that Lily Martin is worming her way into my heart. It's not ideal, but I can handle it.
 
Hunter isn't ready for the level of betrayal Lily feels, and he's certainly not ready to be cut out of her life. He thinks he has lost her forever when a ransom video brings her back into clear focus. Hunter lost his woman once, he's not going to risk it again.
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He prides himself on being great at his job. But this woman is testing his skills... and his self-control.​

CLAUDIA
Why can't the US military take no for an answer? I don't want to make chemical weapons for them. I shouldn't have to hide out in a crappy diner in the middle of nowhere, New Mexico just to avoid them. I certainly shouldn't have to escape from the clutches of an ex-military contractor. Well, that part was kind of pleasurable....
 
COBRA
She's a chemist, not a spy. How hard could it be to find her? Apparently, a lot harder than I was bargaining for. But she's in my sights now, and this job will finally be over. I can get back in the field with my team. I can't wait. One night in a crappy motel room, and I can deliver my mark. Who knew a chemist could have legs like that.
 
Cobra has never lost a mark. But then again, a mark has never seduced him before. He needs to find Claudia before he loses his job, and this time, he needs to hold on to her. But that's okay, because he isn't ready to let go just yet.
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The mission: Fucked. The girl: Broken. Turbo: So, so screwed.​

TURBO
How the hell did we end up in this situation? My best bud's missing, Yukon's leg is messed up, and our asset can't handle being in the room with anyone but me. I have no idea how long we're stuck in this godforsaken safehouse, but Kodak's rescue and our extraction can't come soon enough. What's worse is that she's starting to get under my skin. She needs comfort... I can hardly shove her away.
 
TABITHA
After being kept in the dark for so long, and hurt, my first glimpse of salvation is a tall, handsome soldier. He saved me, and even though everyone else terrifies me, I feel like I can trust him. He will keep me safe. He will keep me safe from my enemies, and he will keep me safe from my nightmares. I know he will.
 
When they finally get home and deliver Tabitha to her family, the mission should be over. It's harder than Turbo ever expected to walk away from her... but he also gets the feeling that not everything is as it seems. Turbo's mission is to rescue Tabitha, and he will complete it, no matter how long it takes.
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To prove himself, he has to go it alone... until she shows him that some things are better done together.​

KODAK
None of my team get it. I was captured. I need to prove to myself I can do this. So, when the job was cleaning out a gang in a southern Californian town, I went solo. Of course, my stubborness in "going it alone" means that I wasted about a week when I could have just asked the waitress at the diner and gotten all the information I needed. 

DAPHNE
When I went to work at my shitty waitressing job this morning, I didn’t think that the day would end ducking bullets and cowering in the big strong arms of a former green beret. Too bad that his mission is paramount and protecting me isn’t on the agenda. 
 
Kodak thought he was doing the right thing in leaving when his mission ended. But when he gets word that his little waitress caught heat for helping him, he has no option but to go after her. This is his fault, he has to make it right. The only thing he didn't count on was finding himself in a shit fight with the gang he toppled in the first place, and having to defend Daphne against everyone.
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He's a soldier, not a salesman. But he can't seem to say no to the rewards she is offering.​

KALIE
I'm amazing at PR, but there was never a course at college on how to wrangle stubborn ex-military contractors. Usually, I can invoke the fear of my father, and they fall in line. But not Jesse "Yukon" Collins. Too bad for him, Dad has picked him to be the new face of the Rothwell Agency. I have an idea of how to reward him for good behavior. I hope it works because Yukon is the yummiest man I have ever met.
 
YUKON
Everyone knew that Kalie Roberts, daughter of the director was off limits. Well, everyone except me and my cock, who never got the fucking memo. When this goes south, and it will, I won't be able to keep my job. I just hope I will be able to keep Kalie, because she's fast becoming vital to my existence.

Kalie Roberts holds sway over many things at the Rothwell Agency, but her father's temper was never one of them. Yukon is unsure if he wants to come between a father and daughter, but he can't give up Kalie. Not for anything in the world.
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A hot mess and a gruff soldier in the middle of nowhere... what could go wrong?​

MONA
Ugh, Adam is SO annoying. I joined one cult. One! By accident. Now he's exiled me to the middle of the wilderness in New Mexico with one of his gruff, brooding ex-soldiers from the Rothwell Agency. My phone doesn't even get signal out here! This is torture. Isn't that illegal? It's even worse because he's stuck me here with a pratically mute Greek God. So rude.

TRIP
I have a deal with the Rothwell Agency. When I need excitement and the idea of working with a team, I go up to Stanford for a job. When I need my space, I head to my "hermit's hovel" in New Mexico. Who knew one tiny medal would come with so many perks? I'm over the city for the moment, so I'm heading home. Only, I'm not traveling alone. Cobra needed a favor, and it involved his airhead sister. Who joins a cult by accident?
 
Cobra might have said "what happens in New Mexico, stays in New Mexico", but Trip is sure he didn't mean this. He might have been a soldier, but he's still a man, and he can only share a bed with a gorgeous woman for so long until he succumbs. When Stanford calls, their idyllic time is intruded upon, and they are about to learn that cults don't give up members so easily.
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