** A USA Today Bestselling Novel **
Years ago, we were in love. She was an up-and-coming superstar and I was the security professional hired to keep her safe. We fell hard and fast, no matter how much we tried to resist one another. But not everyone around us was happy about our relationship, and a string of lies and deceit destroyed what we once had. I moved on from her and didnāt look back.
Now Iāve taken the helm of a nationally renowned protective services company, and Iām looking to rebrand my career. The newly crowned Jameson Force Security is moving from the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas to the mountainous steel town of Pittsburgh, and the last thing I have time for is to deal with my past.
More than a decade has passed since our split, but even a bruised and battered heart remembers its first love. So when Joslyn Meyers comes to me for help, I reluctantly agree to keep her safe from a terrifying stalker who keeps threatening her life.
As the danger continues to intensify, it becomes clear that Iāll stop at nothing to protect the woman who turned her back on me all those years ago. Because one thing is certaināno matter how hard I try to convince myself otherwise, Joslyn still has my heart.
Years ago, we were in love. She was an up-and-coming superstar and I was the security professional hired to keep her safe. We fell hard and fast, no matter how much we tried to resist one another. But not everyone around us was happy about our relationship, and a string of lies and deceit destroyed what we once had. I moved on from her and didnāt look back.
Now Iāve taken the helm of a nationally renowned protective services company, and Iām looking to rebrand my career. The newly crowned Jameson Force Security is moving from the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas to the mountainous steel town of Pittsburgh, and the last thing I have time for is to deal with my past.
More than a decade has passed since our split, but even a bruised and battered heart remembers its first love. So when Joslyn Meyers comes to me for help, I reluctantly agree to keep her safe from a terrifying stalker who keeps threatening her life.
As the danger continues to intensify, it becomes clear that Iāll stop at nothing to protect the woman who turned her back on me all those years ago. Because one thing is certaināno matter how hard I try to convince myself otherwise, Joslyn still has my heart.
Simply putā¦ sheās beyond brilliant. A nationally renowned energy scientist, Barrett Alexander is on the verge of a breakthrough that will change the world. Unfortunately, that has also made her the target of a suspected terrorist cell. And while Barrett doesnāt believe sheās in any real danger, the President isnāt willing to take chances with her life.
As the threats against Barrett become more calculated, I decide taking her on the run is her best chance of survival. Danger, isolation, and attraction ensure we grow closer than Iād ever thought possible. When I realize I want to keep her safe for reasons that have nothing to do with my job and everything to do with the woman Iāve fallen in love with, no one is safe from the hell Iāll rain down on those that threaten her.
My plan to go legitimate is going as anticipated, until my past and present collide in a big way. While in Paris preparing to take down a ring of highly specialized thieves, I come face-to-face with my biggest threatāand my most dangerous temptation.
Sindaria āSinā Westin was the love of my life, until her betrayal landed me behind bars. Now Iāve got to find a way to trust her again, at least long enough to pull off this job. When it becomes clear the price for this heist will be our lives, I realize I need to do whatever it takes to keep Sin safe, even if it means trading my life for hers. Because no matter the lies Iāve told myself, Sinās greatest theft was the day she stole my heart.
Iām just trying to get back a piece of what I lost, focusing solely on raising Aaron and my work at Jameson. As long as I have my son and my career, Iām content. But life has a funny way of letting you know exactly what you need, and when a devastatingly handsome stranger named Griffin befriends Aaron at the park, I have to consider I might be missing something. A part of me that was locked away long ago reawakens, and I find myself looking at Griff in a way Iāve not looked at a man in more than a decade.
Just when I think things are starting to look up, my world is turned upside down. Turns out that meeting wasnāt an accident, and things arenāt going my way at all.
Griffin Moore is the man sent here to kill me.
Returning home to Pittsburgh following a mission gone wrong, I am riddled with guilt and haunted by nightmares. I spend my days trying to regain the parts of myself I lost in that desert, the pieces that made me the Malik Fournier I once was. While the physical effects of my torture are fading, the emotional ones are proving much more stubborn and I find solace from the last person I should ever seek such comfort.
Anna Tate lost even more than I did in that mission. Now a widow and a single mom to the daughter she gave birth to shortly after her husbandās death, Anna offers me comfort I donāt deserve. As my feelings for Anna grow, I worry that once she learns the truth about what happened, sheāll turn her back on me.
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I pull her to me just as tightly as I push her away. Hoping this forbidden love will save me from the ghost Iāve become.Ā
My harmless deceit has never failed me. Until now. Because I met the most amazing woman and did the unthinkable. I married her. And now my beautiful, unsuspecting, probably-going-to-leave-my-sorry-behind-when-she-finds-out-the-truth wife doesnāt know that Iām not a used car salesman like I told her when we met.
As it typically does with lies, the truth is about to come out in a big way when Jaime unwittingly gets herself mixed up with some unsavory characters and I, along with the team at Jameson, have to intervene. Now I need to save my girl and hope I can save my marriage too. Letās just say I have some serious explaining to do.
After arriving in Bretaria, I realize that Princess Camille is nothing that I expected. Beautiful, smart, and sophisticated, Camille is the very picture of elegance and grace. But under her perfect faƧade, she is funny, adventurous, sexy as hell, and impossible to resist. And that is a dangerous combination.
The closer Camille and I become, the more obvious it is that while she and I are compatible in many ways, our destinies are not. She has a duty to the monarchy, and Iām just an average American whoās fallen for a princess. Everyone says we canāt be together, but how does one walk away from the other half of their heart?
Having gone our separate ways more than a decade ago, I still have bitter feelings toward Greer and the demise of our relationship. Those feelings donāt change the fact that I loved her more than anything, so Iām on the next flight out to embark on a rescue mission. Besides, Greer once saved my life, so now itās time to return the favor and put her firmly in my past.
Face-to-face for the first time since ending our engagement, Greer and I are left with not only anger, unanswered questions and regrets, but also the undeniable chemistry we apparently still have. Will the promise of a new future together be enough, or will the same obstacles tear us apart again?
Jessica Anderson has been my best friend since college. A single mom who found herself mixed up with a dangerous man years ago, sheās been living a safe, quiet life in Miami after helping police put him behind bars. We both knew her safety, and that of her daughter, was reliant on him staying locked up. So when I see an alert that heās escaped from his maximum security prison, I know where heās heading to exact his revenge.
Now itās a race against time to get to Jessica before he does.
Protecting her with my life is easy, because thereās one thing Iāve never admitted to anyone, not even myselfāI have been in love with Jessica Anderson since the day I met her. And if we both make it out alive, Iāll make sure she knows it every day for the rest of our lives.
When Omegaāwho I affectionately refer to as Bubbaāsnacks on something he most definitely shouldnāt have, an emergency trip to the vet introduces me to Abigail Blackburn. Sheās a little quirky, a lot smart, and completely captivating. She also has a penchant for trouble and when Abby makes it her own personal mission to expose the puppy mill industry, she finds herself mixed up with unsavory characters who arenāt happy with her efforts to cut into their profits.
This seedy underbelly is a dangerous place, particularly for a well-intentioned, yet somewhat naĆÆve, small-town vet. What began as peaceful protests outside of local pet stores has escalated into something that threatens Abbyās safety, and I refuse to sit by and watch her get hurt. Somehow this raven-haired beauty has gotten under my skin, and I donāt hesitate to call in my teammates at Jameson to help keep her safe.
Now I find myself trying to balance my need to protect Abby while helping her successfully complete her mission, but also redirecting her focus long enough to show her that Iāve completely fallen for her. One thing is certaināthis is going to be my toughest assignment yet.