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Joseph Alec Keith Robicheaux, better known as Jak, has fought a lot of bad men in his day. Terrorists, drug lords, traffickers, rapists, and more, as an Army Ranger, more importantly, a Robicheaux Ranger, he's now fighting one he can't really see. Haiti is falling apart. There is no government, no police to speak of, tourists are murdered, and children are disappearing. When one of his own men is found hanged and mutilated, Jak knows he might need more help than he has at his fingertips. He never imagined that he would have, not one, but two old women to guide him in this mission. He also ...

Alistair Fitch was getting tired of seeing his friends fall in love and then fall into blissful happiness. Actually, he wasn't tired of it. He just wanted that for himself. Meeting their new chopper pilot was not the way he thought he'd find the love of his life but there she was. Beautiful, smart, funny, and a horrible sense of direction. How could he not fall in love? When she's shot down over the mountains of West Virginia his only goal is to get her out and kill the men that dared to shoot at her. Clark Grimes was teased for her strange name her entire life. That is until she followed ...

Alec and Baptiste Robicheaux are part of the elite team of REAPER Security in New Orleans. But the brothers have a dark past that make them dark men, not always seeing what might be right in front of them. When they meet Lissa and Rose, will they will be able to forget their pasts and focus on a second chance? Lissa and Rose have been through more than most women. Their ability to trust men is gone, except when they meet Alec and Baptiste. How is it possible for two men to make them trust so quickly, so completely? Will this be their second chance at life and love?

Major Carson and his former team of Rangers were home. At least they would be home eventually. Right now, it seemed as though nothing was going his way. Leaving Egypt without Elena was the most difficult thing he'd ever done. Ever bone in his body was telling him to stay; telling him to make her come home with him. But he wanted it to be her decision. All that changed when her best friend called him from the hospital. Elena was in trouble and needed him. That was all he needed to hear. He would bring her home, find out what was happening, and ensure that she never left his side. Dr. Elena ...

Warning: This book contains explicit physical and sexual abuse and incest, which some readers may find disturbing. Hirohito Tanaka has tried to keep his Grandfather’s teachings and heritage alive his entire life. He’s a silent warrior, his humility something others aspire to. The arrival of Winter Cole makes Hiro want to protect the woman he doesn’t even know. Her curtain of dark hair, always covering her face, hiding her from the world around her, doesn’t deter him. Hiro only knows bits and pieces of what brought her to their doorstep, but it’s enough to make him do something ...

Frank Gaspar Robicheaux is finally home with his family and friends. Being a part of the RP family means often taking on details that you don't really want to do. What starts out as a protection detail for the California Governor, quickly turns into a rescue mission for a battered young woman. His instant need to protect and cherish the bandaged woman seems odd for Frank. When they discover the meaning behind her strange tattoo, everything clicks into place for Frank and the memories flood his body. Everything has a new meaning for him. Everything. Lane Olivia Quinn has been gone a long ...

Marc Jordan is finally home after serving his country as a Navy SEAL for more than twelve years. The wedding of his childhood friends, Jane Wolfkill and Adam Robicheaux, is exactly what he needs as a distraction. When Jane asks him to dance with her cousin, he agrees as a favor. Except it's no favor at all. Ela Wolfkill is stunningly beautiful, but also naive about the world, and more specifically, about men. When she asks her uncle if she can stay at RP for a while, he agrees but Ela's father isn't exactly overly accepting. Zander Wolfkill has a secret that just might put his daughter's ...

Benjamin 'Benji' Pechkin is an elite Marine headed to stop a drug cartel at the border when his team is ambushed, drugged, and taken to separate islands. Waking alone, he knows something is terribly wrong. When he sees a strange woman on the island with him, his body reacts in ways it shouldn't. He should be suspicious and cautious, instead, all he can think about is getting to that woman. Most men would kill for this chance, but Benji knows whatever is happening could kill them both. A sick, twisted game is being played and they're at the center of it. Annie Lott is humiliated by her ...

Robbie Robicheaux is a true renaissance man. A soldier, a lover, an oil man, a dancer, and definitely a man who knows a great thing when he sees it. Falling in love with Carrie Pechkin is the easiest thing in the world. Realizing that he's the right man for her, was a little harder. Sometimes getting slammed in the face with the realization that you may lose the love of your life, changes your perspective. Saving Carrie is the only thing on his mind, other than finding the man who put her in the hospital. But Robbie is a Robicheaux, and every Robicheaux man knows that love will conquer all ...

Reform the schools, improve teaching: these battle cries of American education have been echoing for 20 years. So why does teaching change so little? Arguing that too many would-be reformers know nothing about the conflicting demands of teaching, Mary Kennedy takes us into the controlled commotion of the classroom, revealing how painstakingly teachers plan their lessons, and how many different ways things go awry. Teachers try simultaneously to keep track of materials, time, students, and ideas.

Carl Robicheaux's only dream was to become a Robicheaux Ranger like his father and uncles. Coming home is always a great release for him, but this time he makes the biggest mistake of his life. When he realizes what he's done, he knows he can't go back. He also knows, he doesn't want to; he just has to wait for the right moment. As a category five hurricane is bearing down on Belle Fleur, the only thing he's worried about it saving the one woman he loves more than anything. But saving Georgie may come at a price for all of them. Georgianna Jordan made an impulsive, juvenile decision when ...

Joseph Redhawk is nearing the end of his career as a Delta Operative. He's also in the darkest place a man like him can be. Senseless lives lost; acts against humanity; and a feeling of helplessness and hopelessness that won't seem to leave him. Who would have believed that the sweet, shy, little sister of Paige Anderson would be his savior. Julia was always a surprise for Joseph, but now a grown woman, she was sitting across from him looking unbelievably beautiful. And just like that, the cloud was lifted. It happened so fast, he couldn't catch his breath. But someone is trying to kill ...

REAPER Security was the place Dan "Wilson" Anderson felt at home. Taking down bad guys and protecting people is what they did best. But when he spied Sara across the room at his friends wedding, he nearly tripped over his own feet. Now Sara has someone trying to kill her and Wilson is the man trying to protect her. But will Sara take a chance on Wilson? Sara MacMillen loves cooking, but owning your own catering business is not what she thought it would be. When she works an event and ends up taking a bullet, she starts to question her career choice. But the blonde Adonis hovering above her ...

Gabriel Robicheaux is a member of REAPER South and has been trying to get the attention of Tory Gibson for nearly six months. Tory has successfully ignored and evaded him, but now the entire team is at the Virginia complex and there is no way she can outrun him. But will Gabriel be able to handle her secret and still love her? Tory Gibson has a secret that she doesn't want anyone to know. Her entire world has been turned upside down and she's certain if Gabriel Robicheaux finds out he will never look at her again. She's avoided him for that very reason. Better to avoid the pain than take ...

Peter "Miller" Robicheaux hasn't been back to Louisiana in a very long time and it was time to go home. The detail to serve as bodyguard for Colonel LeBlanc's daughter should have been a fairly easy one. But then again, that's never the case where REAPER Security is involved. Can Miller keep his feelings for this woman under control and make sure she makes it to the trial? He's going to need a lot of help to make this happen and even more help to keep his ghosts at bay. Kari LeBlanc should have never taken the case against Raoul Vasquez, but it was hers now and she would see it through. The...

Running a five-star restaurant in New Orleans is more than a full-time job. But it's been the dream of Weston Islip's for a long time. When spoiled produce, rotten fruit, and bad meat start showing up in his restaurant, he feels certain that someone is attempting to sabotage his quest for a Michelin star rating. Contacting Gray Wolf is the first step in find the culprit, but all things are not what they seem. Strange happenings, a new assistant chef who seems oddly distracted by the Islip, and fighting a vendor who believes natural foods will be a thing of the past, sooner, rather than ...

Leif Frode is in Egypt to help the CIA get an asset back. He and his team, consisting of most of his childhood friends, are prepared to get the individual out as quickly as possible, with no one the wiser. For whatever reason, he's feeling nostalgic, his thoughts constantly going to his high school love and best friend, Ellie Stanton. When he and the team arrive to meet with the agency contact, he's more than shocked to see that it's Ellie. But the surprises are still coming. Another of their own is in trouble, and Egypt is on the brink of disaster. Eleanor 'Ellie' Stanton is supposed to ...

William "Bull" Stone has been an elite soldier his entire career and a confirmed bachelor. But watching his teammates fall left and right, finding their true loves, beats a man down. Now as a member of RCAC - REAPER's team of experts that tackle the worst of the worst - human trafficking - he's out to find a lost young woman. But when he finds her, will Lily Bennett help him to find himself? Lily never thought she would end up beaten and barely alive, and she certainly never thought she would be rescued, but when a dark angel sweeps in to save her, will he guard her heart as he's guarded ...

Ethan Dunvegan served his country at the highest level. When his last mission nearly killed him, and destroyed any possible future for the life he'd dreamed of, he turns to the only friends he knows that might be able to help him become whole again. His body failing him, but his mind sharp, Ethan embarks on a journey of healing unlike any before. With the team in Hawaii to help Noa and Ani's niece, Ethan may find the one thing that truly heals. Love. Koana is desperate for help and has no choice but to call an aunt and uncle who left the island and its lifestyle, years ago. When they show ...

Cade Norgenson knows the look of death and he's seen it more times than he can count. The look of death from someone willing to inflict on themselves is one he can't seem to get out of his mind. He sees that look in Cassidy Pechkin and he's not about to let her take her own life. She might hate him for it, but he's going to follow her to the ends of the earth to ensure her safety. Although Cassidy is now safe, it seems someone is driving veterans to commit suicide and Cade and the team will stop at nothing to bring it to an end. Cassidy Pechkin can't fathom facing a future, when her past ...