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Love isn’t about what you’ve lost. It’s about finding someone who sees all of you—and stands beside you anyway. When a car accident stole her ability to walk, Mary Smithwick refused to let it steal her future. Starting over in Montana as the administrative manager for Lighthouse Security Investigations, Mary is determined to prove she belongs. She doesn’t expect to find herself drawn to Bert Tomlinson, a former Navy SEAL whose quiet strength and unwavering respect make her feel truly seen. Working side by side, their professional partnership deepens into something neither is ready to admit.

She escaped Hollywood to find peace. He was sent to keep her alive. Willow Thorton traded stardom for solitude in rural Nebraska, writing novels far from the spotlight that nearly destroyed her. Until silk roses start appearing on her porch. Hang-up calls. Fresh footprints beneath her window. Someone has found her, and they're getting bolder. Former Army Delta Force operative Casper Caspini doesn't do small talk or emotional attachments. But protecting Willow means breaking all his rules, starting with the one about not falling for the client.

Can’t something interesting happen? Sara, an American interpreter was bored out of her mind working at an economic conference in French Guiana. Then she spied him. Blake...former Delta and adventure lover was stuck in a mind-numbing bodyguard mission for an academic at a conference. The only thing holding his attention was the beautiful interpreter he noticed in the balcony and at the hotel. They shared a night of passion and were prepared to say goodbye...until Blake watched her kidnapped from a shop the next morning.

Former Navy SEAL Logan Bishop was bored. He spent his post-SEAL days flying tourists on helicopter rides over the mountains of Montana and occasionally rescued skiers from snowy slopes when an injury resulted in early retirement.

When a luxury spa becomes deadly, two hearts must overcome the past to survive the present. Sadie Hargrove thought she'd left danger behind when she traded CIA special ops for a desk job with Lighthouse Security's Montana team. But when a wealthy woman disappeared from an exclusive Arizona spa, Sadie is the only one who can go undercover to investigate. Todd Blake is her backup— the man who called their scorching one-night stand "a mistake" eighteen months ago. He has regretted those words every day since, watching her from afar while maintaining careful professional distance.

Military duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town. Now, the band of brothers, together once more, work to provide a place for less fortunate veterans to call home. Colt Hudson, Sheriff of North Heron County, has little time for anything other than his job…and keeping an eye on the pretty waitress at The Diner.

After leaving the Army, Zander King wants nothing more to do with being a hero...Old habits die hard, though, so when a beautiful stranger walks into the bar to drink alone, his protective instincts kicked into high gear. When a man won't take no for an answer from her, Zander kicks him out, but he sends the woman packing too. Too late, he realizes his mistake in releasing the petite, vulnerable woman out into the neighborhood alone, when he finds her near death outside the bar at closing time. He vows to help her...but would regaining her memory only put her in more danger?

For Landon Sommers, the assignment seemed too simple. He just needed to hop on a private jet, fly to the Caribbean, and escort two children back to Montana. For Noel Lennox, a dedicated CPS social worker, this case was not typical but seemed easy. After all, there was no threat to the children she was tasked to monitor as they returned to Montana. When their straightforward mission takes a dangerous and unexpected turn, easy and boring are tossed out the window.

Spending days on rescue missions when his Tennessee hometown flooded, he was stunned to meet up with an old friend. But dinner, drinks, talking, and laughing turned into a night he’d definitely remember fondly. But they’d promised one night only. Especially since they were both returning to their lives the next day.

Babs Mabrey manages the Lighthouse office, and has a thing for the Keeper Flyboy. When she’s injured in the line of duty, the boss sends her on a vacation. But when the cruise from hell is more than she can take, she decides to enjoy the islands on her own. A run in with modern-day pirates puts Babs in danger and on the run.

Country music, his parents, cold beer, and apple pie... just a few of the things Frank Tate loves. The former SEAL, now a Lighthouse Security specialist, also loves his job and lives for the next mission. But when a call from home sends him back to the Mid West, the past and present collide as danger follows the girl he left behind years before.

Detective Matt Dixon had a scarred face earned in the line of duty and a scarred heart when his cheating fiancé left him. Quiet and surly, he was determined to not let love in again. Until he met Lily Swanson. The first woman in a year that did not focus on his scar. Tempted to know her, he thought he had lost his chance when she disappeared into the night. When he and his partner are called to investigate a murder, he finds her again.

Carson Dyer spent years creating his business, partnering with a former special forces leader who owns the original LSI. Determined to make it as successful as possible, he gives 100 percent to the effort. No distractions. No way. Not him. Until her. Jeannie Carnes. Former military nurse. Burnt-out ER nurse. Volunteer Red Cross nurse. And she lands in the middle of an LSI-WC investigation of a cartel drug lord. She wants answers. He wants her safe. Will either of them get what they want? Only if they give in to what they need…each other.

Not everyone has a hero’s welcome home. Joseph landed in Baytown when he left the military and had nowhere else to go. Used to being a loner, he discovered the small coastal town offered friendship…but love? That wasn’t even on his radar, until meeting her. The infuriatingly independent veterinarian, known to all as Sam; to him she would always be Samantha.

Adam was sure the security escort would fall into the category of the most boring mission ever. But he enjoyed getting to know the beautiful and intelligent professor’s assistant. But he caught Valerie in a meeting that ended their relationship before it began. When Valerie travels to Columbia, she discovers the man she vowed to forget was the only one who could help her. Wanting to keep her safe as well as seek her forgiveness, Adam rushes to Columbia, and with the help of his fellow LSI Keepers, finds where she is in hiding. They travel together to get back to California.

As a hurricane bore down on the Eastern Shore, Sheriff Liam Sullivan patrolled the roads, glad to see everyone was staying inside. Everyone except the owner of the car towing a trailer, now sitting on the side of the road, lights flashing.

Former Special Forces brother-in-arms now working together to provide an elite security service in the Southern city of Richland. Tony Alvarez, former Special Forces captain, now owns his own security agency. Once destroyed by loss and grief, his business is his life. Working to keep others safe, he safeguards his heart as well. Until he met her. Sherrie Mullins had been rescued by Tony a year earlier as part of a mission. But to her...he was the prince she had always wanted.

His mission? A leisurely, first-class train ride through the Canadian Rockies escorting a doctor who was afraid of flying. Easy. Relaxing. And if the doctor is a beautiful, funny, kindhearted woman who makes him wish for a future he thought had been buried with his last Special Forces mission, what can go wrong? Plenty. Bray will need to use all his skills and help from fellow Keepers to turn this mission gone wrong into a success…after all, both their lives and their hearts depend on it.

Jared’s bad mood had him snap at the beautiful woman on the beach. After another run-in with the rude man, she decided to keep her distance. Of course, in a small town, that was harder to do than she thought it would be. Especially since he worked for the Virginia Marine Police, and she was a water analyzer for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Gabe Malloy, dedicated to his brothers, spent his weekends with cheap booze and easy women. When some of his friends finally settled down, he wondered if he would ever find the woman of his dreams. He just never expected to encounter her in an alley.