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“Survival is always the most important thing.” You don’t get far in Oak Creek, Wyoming, home of Linear Tactical and its gruff and rugged heroes, without hearing that motto. Free-spirited Joy Davis—opposite of gruff and rugged—heard the slogan her whole life and generally met it with a roll of her eyes. Until the night she was attacked and left for dead. He’s always been her anchor. But now, she’s his reason to fight. Bear Bollinger, the Oak Creek’s rough-hewn mechanic, has been Joy’s protector and confidant for years, waiting for the right time to make his move. Watching ...

He was out of the game. He should've stayed that way. When a former FBI colleague asks Callum Webb to rescue the kidnapped daughter of an American bigwig in eastern Europe, Callum’s just got one word for him... No. Okay, actually two words: hell, no. Callum is out of the international law enforcement game and has been for a long time. He’s happy in his role as gruff sheriff of the tiny town of Oak Creek, Wyoming. Even if the job doesn’t keep his nightmares at bay. Plus, rescuing a spoiled heiress is not high on Callum’s bucket list. When he ends up being the only viable option, ...

When a deadly accident leaves extreme sport superstar Colton Harrison questioning what his future holds, he decides to take a timeout in his hometown of Oak Creek. He knows the mountains and wildness of Wyoming will help him heal. But he has no idea how he’s known sweet Ella O’Conner all his life but is somehow only really seeing her for the first time now. People in his world may say she doesn't measure up, but this woman—and all her sexy curves—is downright beautiful to Colton. Ella is who he wants. Who he needs. Who he wants to spend the rest of his life with. Although convincing...

On the crowded streets of San Francisco, a serial killer watches and waits. Known only as Simon Says, he lures his next victim while the FBI grasps for answers. Desperate, they turn to Adrienne Jeffries. Adrienne has an uncanny talent for getting inside the city's most dangerous minds. But first she'll have to get past FBI agent Conner Perigo. Skeptical of Adrienne's abilities, Conner begrudgingly enlists her help...unprepared for the powerful attraction that could jeopardize their focus.

Dorian Lindstrom, codename Ghost, knows everyone breaks under torture. His five weeks in an enemy prison taught him that with unmerciful precision. He's put his life back together as best he can with the help from his brothers at Linear Tactical. But he's never gotten over his love for Grace Brandt, her part in his capture, or the fact that she died. But sometimes the dead don't stay that way. Grace knows her past can’t be forgiven. She's stayed hidden as long as she could, but now the secrets slowly suffocating her won’t stay buried any longer.

Ivy League graduate and computer genius Kendrick Foster, aka Blaze, never expected to find himself putting down permanent roots in a tiny town in Wyoming. But family isn’t always blood, and the Linear Tactical team is very definitely his family. He’s not going anywhere.

Marilyn Ellis is finally putting her life back together. The domestic abuse she suffered may be labeled "textbook" by therapists, but it’s the parts she’s never told anyone that haunt her. She refuses to get trapped in that hell ever again. Former Special Forces soldier turned rancher Noah Dempsey is more than capable of training the delicate single mom in moves and tactics that will help her feel safe. But his own tortured past makes him decidedly less qualified for anything more. No matter how much her big eyes—and even bigger heart—draw him in.

Heath Kavanaugh lost years of his life working for a covert agency that ended up being the enemy. Knowing they put something inside his head — constant, incomprehensible whispers — is driving him crazy. He needs answers, but they’re nowhere to be found. What he definitely doesn't need is to fall hard for his Linear teammate's younger sister, Jacquelyn — the adorable linguistics doctoral student who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Tasha Volkov has been on the run for three years from a brutal cartel who want her dead. Aka: her family. She already paid a heavy price for crossing them, and has the scars to prove it. Her only choice is to keep running, even if the tiny town of Pine Valley feels more like home to her than anywhere else she's ever been. The last place Zodiac Tactical agent Andrew Zimmerman expected to find the missing Volkov sister was with his friends at the Crossroads Mountain Retreat in the mountains of Tennessee—a place for wounded law enforcement and veterans to heal.

Charismatic, intelligent, charming—the one with the easy smile. Zodiac Tactical has been the biggest part of his life for the past three years. They guard, protect, rescue...eliminate the threat when nobody else can. And he's always been at the front lines—first to help in whatever way was needed.

Violet Collingwood thought the windowless room where her kidnappers have held her for the past three days was the worst possible place she could be. She'd been so very wrong. She's now arrived in hell. Aiden Teague left covert ops behind with the Special Forces, but he's doing one last mission as a favor to a friend. He's undercover with the worst kind of scum to help stop the sale of classified documents. But there's another kind of sale going on - and as soon as Aiden sees her terrified green eyes, he knows this mission just got a hell of a lot more complicated.

Jess O’Conner and Ethan Bollinger have known each other almost their entire lives and have loved each other from the start. The people of Oak Creek have watched them grow up, and everyone has always known what they are....

Sometimes the worst wounds can’t be seen. Lucas Everett knows that firsthand. It's why he and his former Navy SEAL brothers created the Resting Warrior Ranch. Usually, soldiers show up at their door. But this time, it's Evelyn Taylor—a soldier in a very different kind of war.

Independent, wise, and intuitive—still waters run deep. He's the leader of Zodiac Tactical’s guardian unit. They're the bodyguards—the ones who stand toe to toe with danger and refuse to give any ground. They protect people who need it most.

Adrenaline junkie. Adventure traveler. Extreme sport sensation. They’re all labels Riley Harrison - known to the world as Phoenix - wears as easily as the tattoos covering his body. But it’s his role as undercover operative for Linear Tactical’s kidnap and ransom unit that makes his blood sing. Riley uses his celebrity status to help infiltrate locations and situations nobody else can get into.

Shamrock: Aiden Teague. Military Codename: SHAMROCK, the lucky one. But all luck runs out eventually. Every mission has a price. He never meant for her to pay it. Angel: Even angels have their demons. Someone has decided it's time for Jordan to leave Oak Creek - preferably in a body bag. Former Navy SEAL Gabriel will have to put his distrust aside. Jordan needs her own guardian angel. And he happens to be one.

Zac Mackay. Military codename: Cyclone. He's the town's returned hero - a man forged in battle, now working to help others be safe. So why is Anne - the quiet doctor he’d never thought he’d see again - afraid of him?

Linear Tactical’s Wyatt Highfield is running for his life with intel that will break up a human trafficking ring. The last thing he wants is to bring danger to Nadine Macfarlane’s door. The gentle beauty has been through enough, and has the scars—physical and emotional—to prove it.

Months trapped in the clutches of a madman made Jenna Franklin a shell of the woman she once was. All she can do now is use her computer genius from inside the safety of closed doors. Even two years later, going outside = blood-freezing panic.

Baby. Don’t let the name fool you. Being Linear Tactical's easiest-going younger brother has never been a problem for Baby Bollinger. He likes people. He likes laughing. He likes life. But he has secrets buried deep under his charming smile that could change everything. Quinn Harrison-Pritchard doesn’t have secrets. What she does have is a big mess of a life that's painfully public. Jobless. Blacklisted. Broke. Alone. Exactly where nobody wants to be as they hit their 39th birthday.