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  DANGEROUSLY HOT by Gennita Low

  Copyright © 2015 Gennita Low

  GARRISON’S CREED by Cristin Harber

  Copyright © 2013 Cristin Harber

  DANGER CLOSE by Kaylea Cross

  Copyright © 2014 Kaylea Cross

  CRUISIN’ FOR A SEAL by Sharon Hamilton

  Copyright © 2014 Sharon Hamilton

  SINS OF THE FLESH by Caridad Pineiro

  Copyright © 2009 Caridad Piñeiro Scordato

  AT THE HEART’S COMMAND by Patricia McLinn

  Copyright © 2012 Patricia McLinn

  SNOWBOUND: The Protectors Series -- Book Two by Karen Fenech

  Copyright © 2011 Karen Fenech

  DEATHBLOW by Dana Marton

  Copyright © 2013 Dana Marton

  HER LAST CHANCE by Toni Anderson

  Copyright © 2013 Toni Anderson

  EVERLASTING by Lori Ryan

  Copyright © 2015 Cara Shannon

  BARELY DANGEROUS by Nina Bruhns

  Copyright © 2015 Nina Bruhns

  Contents

  DANGEROUSLY HOT by Gennita Low, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author

  While on a mission to look for his brother in Estonia, Lucas works as a "fixer" and meets the beautiful and mysterious La Niina in many assignments. He finds out she has a connection to his missing brother and decides to make his move to get more information. But can he resist her charms?

  About the Author: Gennita Low

  GARRISON’S CREED by Cristin Harber, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author

  SCORCHING HOT LOVE THAT STARTED SO MANY YEARS AGO...

  A SPY RUNNING FOR HER LIFE

  Nicola is an injured CIA agent on the run from a failed undercover operation. Her escape plan shatters when she slams into the man who buried her a decade ago. Cash Garrison. Her first and only love. Now, sexier than her best memory and cradling a sniper's rifle, he has questions she can't answer. Why was she alive? And armed?

  AND THE MAN SHE COULD NEVER SEE AGAIN

  Cash is an elite member of a black ops organization, The Titan Group. He thought Nicola died his senior year of college and swore off love to focus on a decade of military missions. But when she shows up behind enemy lines, bleeding out and wielding a weapon, his heart and mind are unsure how to proceed.

  BATTLE BETRAYAL TO SAVE THEMSELVES

  Titan and the CIA join forces to uncover a mole hidden in a network of international terrorists and homegrown mobsters, teaming Cash and Nicola again. They fight old wounds and re-ignite sparks while closing in on a double agent. When disaster strikes, Nicola's hidden past makes her the hunted target and Cash's best kill shot may not be enough to save them.

  About the Author: Cristin Harber

  DANGER CLOSE by Kaylea Cross, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author

  With his cover blown, former undercover CIA agent Wade Sandberg finds himself, and an innocent woman, the number one targets of the world's most dangerous terrorist.

  About the Author: Kaylea Cross

  CRUISIN’ FOR A SEAL by Sharon Hamilton, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author

  Mark Beale and several of his brothers from SEAL Team 3 board a cruise ship to bury a fallen buddy's ashes at sea. A risky affair with a beautiful Italian the night before they leave begins to ease his survivor’s guilt.

  Sophia Negri, suffering jitters over her engagement, falls for the handsome SEAL and pretends she speaks no English, letting their bodies do the talking. When Mark finds her on the ship and learns Sophia is half American, he is angry at first, but falls for her all over again as they set sail.

  Terrorists take over the ship and hold the passengers for ransom, Mark and the other SEALs are the only ones who can stop the plot. Will Mark’s actions be enough to save Sophia or will he have to sacrifice himself to save the woman he loves?

  About the Author: Sharon Hamilton

  SINS OF THE FLESH by Caridad Pineiro, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author

  She never expected that she would become someone’s lab rat . . .

  World renowned musician Caterina Shaw is losing her battle against an inoperable brain tumor. Her one chance to beat the disease stealing her life is a risky experimental gene therapy. It’s a risk Caterina is willing take to save her life, but now she’s something she doesn’t understand. Extraordinary powers and abilities have made her something other than human. As she tries to understand what she has become, she finds herself accused of a vicious murder and on the run for her life.

  He’s the kind of man who’s hired to take care of problems . . .

  Even if it means eliminating them. Mick Carrera is a hired gun and gifted at dealing with the most difficult of situations. He’s been hired to hunt down a woman who is nothing like he expects: Caterina is vulnerable, injured, and inhuman. But hidden beneath the weird powers she’s exhibiting is a determined and strong woman whose beauty tempts Mick and makes him think about things that can never be. As passion erupts between them, danger threatens from those who would eliminate Caterina’s existence to safeguard their secrets.

  About the Author: Caridad Pineiro

  AT THE HEART’S COMMAND by Patricia McLinn, USA Today Bestselling Author

  The Army's sending Colonel John Griffin Jr. back to the western life he knew as a boy, the world of cowboys and cattle on Far Hills Ranch ... and back to the love he knew as a boy. But how can he dream of second chances, when he and Ellyn should have no chance at all.

  Once, he’d rejected a young Ellyn’s advances, because he could not give her the life she deserved. Instead, Grif stood up as best man when Ellyn married his best friend. He became a member of the family, godfather to her children.

  But now Ellyn is a widow, back in Far Hills, Wyoming, living on his family's ranch there with her two young children, and having a tough time. And no matter what it costs him, Grif will do his duty – help Ellyn and the kids, while ignoring that he has never stopped wanting her.

  About the Author: Patricia McLinn

  SNOWBOUND by Karen Fenech, USA Today Bestselling Author

  When her cover is blown in a criminal operation to apprehend a human trafficker, FBI Special Agent Mallory Burke is put in a car destined for a mountain cabin to be tortured and killed. But a snow storm results in an accident that leaves all but Mallory dead and she finds herself in the midst of the raging storm and in the care of Police Captain Gage Broderick. Mallory's relief that Gage is a cop is short lived. He has secrets of his own.

  Gage is haunted by an incident in his recent past. The last thing he wants is to become embroiled in Mallory's investigation -- or to feel this powerful attraction to her.

  But the lives of twelve women depend on Mallory and Gage working together to stop this man -- the women's lives and now Mallory's life. He knows about her. He knows where she is. And he wants her dead.

  About the Author: Karen Fenech

  DEATHBLOW by Dana Marton, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author

  Former small-town football hero turned cop, Joe Kessler never met a linebacker, perp, or a woman he couldn't handle. Then a troubled single mom walks into his life, and the only place this hot jock will ever see 'easy' again is in the dictionary.

  About the Author: Dana Marton

  HER LAST CHANCE by Toni Anderson, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author

  Eighteen years ago the Blade Hunter found his first victim on the streets of New York City.

  As a child J
osephine Maxwell was attacked and left for dead. She learned the hard way that life is a constant struggle for survival. She can’t waste time pining over a man she can’t have. Now the killer has returned, and the only person who can save her is the FBI agent she deceived and betrayed six months ago.

  Now he’s back to finish the job.

  Special Agent-in-Charge Marshall Hayes has made it his life’s work to fight on the side of law and order, even though it cost him the only woman he ever loved. The return of a serial killer gives him the excuse he needs to force his way back into her life. But in order to catch the killer and safeguard Josie's life, he has to break all the rules and risk losing his heart again.

  About the Author: Toni Anderson

  EVERLASTING by Lori Ryan, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author

  A perilous homecoming…

  It’s been years since Katelyn Bowden last set foot in Evers, Texas. Sent away at age four by her father, the town sheriff, after her mother was murdered, Katelyn thrived under the loving care of her aunt in Austin. Now that Alan Bowden is suffering from dementia and dying, it’s time for his daughter to finally come home. But that means having to face the new sheriff, John Davies, the handsome ex-New York cop whom her father has always loved as a son, a fact that Katelyn has long resented.

  When John Davies realizes his mentor’s daughter may be hiding the key to a decades-old mystery, he fears that her repressed memories of her mother’s death could make her the target of a killer who’s still at large. He’s also finding it more and more difficult to resist his powerful attraction to the beautiful, talented artist. Then, as shocking revelations about local murders, past and present, slowly come to light, the threats against Katelyn’s life become all-too real—and only John Davies can protect the lady his heart commands him passionately to love from the peril that surrounds them both.

  About the Author: Lori Ryan

  BARELY DANGEROUS by Nina Bruhns, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author

  Lieutenant Blue Wolf Cooper has a bear problem—as in, he suspects the sassy new Forest Service fire spotter he wishes would light his fire is part of a vicious bear poaching ring he is working undercover trying to shut down.

  Maggie Johansen has a bare problem—as in, she keeps having dreams that the tall, dark, and sexy sports writer who’s camped nearby boldly climbs up her isolated fire lookout tower, strips her bare, and makes crazy, incredible love to her.

  But they both have far bigger problems than their explosive attraction. Coop has no idea his pretty prime suspect is really a federally protected witness...while Maggie is afraid that bad guys far more dangerous than bear poachers have been sent to kill her. Despite their growing love, Coop and Maggie nearly fall prey to doubt and suspicion...until they bare their souls and learn to trust, so they might face the secrets and hidden dangers together, and find a lifetime of happiness.

  About the Author: Nina Bruhns

  DANGEROUSLY HOT

  Dangerously Series — Book One

  by Gennita Low

  Dangerously Hot: Chapter One

  Outskirts of Tallinn, Estonia

  The man was delicious to look at. What Americans would call “hot.” Tall. Dark-haired and rakish-looking with that stubble. And, as always, that heated look in his jewel-green eyes gave her a sudden need for a long cool drink, preferably with vodka.

  She was long past the point of wondering why he affected her this way. He just did. At each meeting, she anticipated his gaze, so direct, so damn intimate, and each time, she couldn’t help herself. She winked at him. And then, depending on the situation, they would pick up or exchange items in the middle of the place or one of them would back away, following the unspoken protocol of a first-come-first-serve basis.

  It was part of the game. She could play it a bit hotter but knew she couldn’t afford it. It was just too bad they were on opposite sides because she had a feeling it’d be more than a bit hotter.

  Scorching, more like.

  Her superiors wouldn’t approve any consorting without their say-so. After all, she was their fixer. She couldn’t be seen being friendly with someone who could use it against her.

  But damn, he was hot. She waited for him to step back, do his usual two finger salute to acknowledge that she’d arrived first this time, but instead, he started walking slowly toward her.

  She frowned. This wasn’t their pattern. Nowadays, their respective agencies had agreed to do things with the least casualties as possible. Yes, some treaties actually included secret clauses like “first-come-first-serve,” “positional operative compromise” and “negotiable exchange.”

  So civilized.

  She didn’t back away as he approached. Curiosity stopped her. He had a hand in his jacket, probably a weapon. It occurred to her she might be a target but she didn’t think so. If he’d wanted to kill her, he’d have done so already from five meters away. Or any number of times she’d bumped into him the last ten or so months.

  They’d never spoken to each other directly. He’d never touched her. Their long looks at each other had been when there were no witnesses.

  She watched, unable to move, as his hands came up and cupped her face. Tilted it up. His thumbs rubbed her cheeks. She didn’t do a thing as his head swooped down and his lips caught hers. His tongue swept into her surprised mouth. Tangled. Tasted. Vodka and lime. Five seconds, tops.

  He stepped back and gazed down at her, those eyes cool and unreadable. The corners of his lips lifted slightly, a smile of a man who had just discovered a secret.

  “I’ve wanted to do that for a while now,” he softly said, that husky American Southern twang sending a tingle down her spine.

  That voice was distinct, instantly recognized in the European underground. The Cowboy had a reputation of getting things done his way. But she had a reputation too, a lethal one.

  She continued watching him as he disappeared into the shadows. Five seconds could get a man killed. Five seconds could change one’s life.

  * * *

  “So, did you make your move?”

  Luke unzipped his leather jacket, shrugged out of it, and hung it on the hook by the entrance. His friend, Konstantin, continued regarding him from the small dining table as he walked to the fridge. Perusing his options, he closed it, and went for hard liquor instead. He went to sit across from his flat mate. He took a swig from the bottle.

  Konstantin flapped the newspapers, folding it over, his dark eyes mocking him with a knowing gaze. “Was she that good? Or that bad?”

  Ignoring Konstantin was pointless. He’d just continue riding him all night.

  “Maybe I didn’t see her,” Luke said.

  “And maybe cows don’t fly. You have the lovesick look about you, buddy.”

  Luke grinned. Konstantin’s trademark of over-the-top exaggeration was just what he needed to loosen the tension inside him. His frustration must really be showing. Konstantin had that “I got you pegged” look in his eyes. “Pigs. It should be ‘and maybe pigs fly.’ Cows already don’t fly, Kostya.”

  “Whatever.” Konstantin copied the popular American slang term with bored perfection. He flicked his hand expressively. “You’re changing the subject. You can’t distract me from my quest.”

  His flat mate also loved online role-playing games. His current obsession was some medieval quest for magical weapons that pitted worldwide players against each other. Luke had watched him at his gaming sessions now and then, although it was beyond him why anyone, let alone someone who was in their business, would play a multi-level dungeon and dragons game for months on end without getting bored.

  When asked, Konstantin had just shrugged and replied that it kept him on his toes, and besides, he met interesting people, from professors of medieval history to young men bored with their current factory jobs. Luke supposed those types were interesting to his friend only because they were ordinary people living safe, ordinary lives. He was so into it, he’d brought his current gaming character
, Sir Constantinus, into his real-life dialogue, both amusing and somewhat disconcerting to some.

  Luke took another swig and peered over the bottle. “And your quest is?”

  “Come on, we all deal with information. Do you know how much I could get for proof that The Cowboy and La Niina are sitting on a branch?”

  “In a tree,” Luke corrected and frowned. “I should’ve known you’d try to sell information like that.”

  Konstantin snorted. “You don’t care if I do or I don’t. The ladies think The Cowboy is a handsome challenge anyway.”

  Luke hadn’t chosen that nickname. They called him that because he was so obviously American, with his South Georgia drawl and his boots. It was a pretty useful one since it didn’t sound particularly threatening and was easily identifiable. It didn’t take too long for many in the underground network to get to know the name and it was the first one on their minds any time they needed something fixed that needed an American handler.