Irish Winters

He's heartsick and battle-weary.Maverick Carson returned home from war with too much pain and not enough honor. Searching for a way to forgive and forget, he quits The TEAM and starts walking. He's made it to Wyoming when the sight of a pretty girl riding a massive draft horse steals his breath. After the hillside beneath the horse gives way, Maverick rushes straight into the world of China Wolf, the headstrong owner of the Wild Wolf Ranch and the finest Percherons in the country.She doesn't need a man in her life.Never has. Never will. China Wolf has responsibility enough between the rowdy horses she loves, the wayward sister she tolerates, and the precocious niece she adores. Besides, Maverick's made it clear he'd rather hit the road than hang around. Why should she care what he does or where he goes? She doesn't, not until she glimpses the cowboy beneath the angst. Maybe she does need a man.Just. This. One.

BOOK DESCRIPTION: He just wants to play...Life is perfect for ex-Marine scout sniper Zack Lennox. He's got it made: fast car, fast women, and the best job on the planet--until he comes face to face with a tiny girl caught up in a Chinese child-smuggling ring. The moment he decides to rescue her, his perfect life is at risk. He's entered the world of the Black Dragon syndicate where babies and children are bartered for cold, hard cash.He just doesn't know it yet.She's on a mission...Life is anything but perfect for Mei Xing, a single mother searching for her kidnapped daughter, LiLi. When law enforcement proves worthless, she takes matters into her own hands and runs headlong into the handsome Agent Lennox. He's cocky and self-assured. She's determined to run over anyone in her way. He's just a man. How difficult could it be to dupe him into telling all he knows?Mei is about to find out.

Pagan Sinclair...Former Navy SEAL. One of America's forgotten heroes. Baby Brother...Just when Pagan thinks he's done with the risky life of a black operator, he gets the assignment to end Vicki Hex. The most lethal hitwoman in history, Miss Hex is also a good friend's sister. Pagan can't just end her, not without knowing who's behind the kill order. That's not who he is or how he works. Oh, hell no.Vicki Hex... Mafia assassin. Sassy dominatrix. Keeper of secrets...Vicki's not proud of her lethal kill record, but she'd end every last one of those mobster lowlifes again if she could. Known for winging--not killing--first responders, she wakes one particularly dark night in a shallow grave west of Chicago. There aren't many guys or gals brave enough to end her. Too bad for them, she's still alive. And now she's mad...

Smoke Montoya... Ex-Navy SEAL. Wanderer.A man can't change the past. Yet there Smoke was, forced to deal with the deaths of his estranged parents in the wake of a deadly Texas twister. He doesn't belong at their ranch, the Lost Chaparral; he's not sure he ever did. Face to face with regret for words unspoken, he plans to sell the place and move out--fast. It's a solid exit strategy: Get in and get out before the Devil knows you're there. It would've worked until that herd of Texas longhorns showed up.Jessie West... Super model. New York's flavor of the month.She's only back in Texas to bury her brother Ethan and to dispose of his farm before the press catches wind she's not at the swimsuit shoot in Cannes, France. The only obstacle to her devious plan is that damned cowboy who lives down the road. The one who started a fire in her belly when she was just a kid in pigtails. The one who's as elusive as...Smoke.

Chance Sinclair... Alpha. Former Navy SEAL. Hero. Until the awful day he loses his heart. Seeking refuge, Chance trades his former life as one of America's finest for solitude in the mountains of Northern Montana. All's well until the wintry night he finds a nearly frozen woman in an icy pond. She's not breathing, and he detects no sign of life. But his heart goes out to her. She had no business being on his mountain, but she sure as hell isn't going to die on it.Suede Tennyson... America's latest spoiled brat celebrity. A train wreck waiting to happen. After waking up in a stranger's warm bed, she can't name a single person who cares whether she lives or dies. Well, except for the idiot who saved her, but once he realizes who she is and what she's done, he'll hate her, too. That's the way this world works. Everyone uses everyone else. Miserable to her core, Suede finds herself praying for...One. Last. Chance.

Isaiah Zaroyin... Cool, calm, and collected are FBI Agent Isaiah Zaroyin's middle names. He can't afford to be anything less. His psychic gift demands it. The country and the world depend on it. But because of that gift, his life has become one measured breath after another, until--he's ordered undercover with a street-wise DC Metro cop. Officer Thurston's bossy, pushy, and thinks she's in charge. Not hardly. Isaiah might have to work with her, but he doesn't have to like it. Or her.Roxy Thurston... One of DC Metro's finest, Roxy's had her share of hard knocks. No ifs, ands, or buts about it, she is the job and the job is Roxy. Until Agent Zaroyin comes along and she finds herself in the power struggle of her life. Roxy holds nothing back to prove that she's the 'better man.' Too late, she begins to understand that once her heart's involved... Anything goes.

Keller Boniface... Always by the book, Keller's mission is to locate an elderly psychic in Louisiana and be quick about it. A teammate is dying; there's no time to waste. But the land of voodoo, gris gris, and etouffee is the last place Keller wants to be. He left a nightmare here once, and hasn't been back since. Yet he's nothing if not efficient. He can locate that psychic and be gone in a day, maybe less. Until he runs into the psychic's great granddaughter... Until his own psychic gift tells him precisely who and what Savannah Church is...Savannah Church... Impulsive. Intuitive. Savannah's a free spirit who collects strays, rescues fighting dogs, and manages the local no-kill animal shelter. Her life is perfect until the morning Gran Mere dies. Savannah knew this day was coming, but she hadn't expected her great grandmother would leave with a whispered warning to, 'Look for the wild rose that grows deep in the bayou. Watch for the warlock. You alone hold the key...'

Former Army Ranger Beau Jennings is first and foremost--just and only--that hard man in the darkest night holding fast against his country's enemies, destroyers, and invaders. He's a Viking. One of King Leonidas' suicidal Spartans. A man forever alone. War was what he was made for and war is what he does best. He doesn't aspire to anything higher. He has long since accepted his place in the world--until a woman of sunshine, light, and grace comes along...Dr. McKenna Fitzgerald never married. A dedicated pediatrician, her life's work is caring for other people's children. After surviving childhood abuse at her mentally ill mother's hand, she's determined no little one in her care will ever experience what she lived through. It's a noble calling, helping children and their parents navigate those stressful early years. She couldn't be happier. She's content and she's successful. She has everything she's ever wanted Doesn't she?

Former Army Sergeant Seth McCray is a haunted man. For years, he's been visited, nagged, and tormented by the ghost of a teenage girl he killed in self-defense. If she hadn't been gunning to murder someone the night their paths crossed, she'd still be alive. He'd only have one ghost to deal with then: Katelynn, his fianc e who died in a horrific car accident. As hard as life is without Katelynn, he promised he'd love her forever. And he will. Even if it kills him...Devereaux Shepherd is running on empty. A single mom and the beleaguered sister of a brother with a hero complex, she's given so much of her heart away there's barely any left. Until the night she crashes headlong into handsome Seth McCray... Until their instant attraction smolders... But Seth is in love with another woman. Or is he?

He's trying to forget.... Alex Stewart, ex-Marine and tough as nails boss of The TEAM, ditches the success of his fledgling business and flees to his cabin in the deep woods. He's had enough. Four years after the deaths of his wife and daughter, he's stuck in the anger stage of grief. Life used to make sense. It used to be worth living. Not any more.She's trying to remember.... Left to die in those same deep woods, Kelsey is the last thing Alex expects to find at his cabin. She's everything he's running from. Responsibility. Memories. Having to care about someone who could hurt him. To make matters worse, she only remembers her first name. Neither can she explain the marks on her body, nor why two darling baby boys haunt her dreams. But Alex can....

Book Description: TAYLORSome covert missions take place deep inside a guy...Stoic former Marine Taylor Armstrong survived his arrogant father and one too many deployments. Battered and disillusioned, he's built a wall to keep the world at bay. His rule is simple: a man can't lose a friend he's never made. It works-until an arrow rips into his chest and changes everything he thought he knew about his father. His mother. Himself.She never gave up...Gracie Fox has loved Taylor since the day he was stolen from her life as a four-year old. He has no memory of her or the loving family that was forced to give him up. It seems he'll never know-until the ancient Indian rite of revenge, the blood hunt, collides with his carefully structured life and drops him into her path again. She seizes the opportunity, determined to help him remember. Even if she has to tie him to her bed.

Mark Houston has done the unthinkable....The U.S. Marine has fallen in love with his buddy's fianc e, Libby Clifton. When Jon is killed in action, Mark elects to accompany the body home. After he completes his sorrowful duty, he walks away. She might be the only woman he'll ever love, but she isn't his to comfort. She never will be. He's just a friend...The sad truth is Jon never loved her....Running from grief, Libby trades country life for big city Chicago, but thoughts of Mark and the tenderness of their last encounter linger. When an overseas drug cartel strikes deep in the heart of America, Mark drops into her life again. The cartel boss wants the kilos of opium hidden six-feet under with her dead fianc e.But opium isn't the only thing that's buried....

Ash Callahan... The Irishman whose life's work is going up in flames in Boston. A carpenter by trade, his true talent lies in carving grand nautical figureheads, the lifelike depictions of mermaids, sea legends, and such. The type found in wild defiance at the prows of the mighty, masted sailing ships of yore. Clippers and galleons. Pirate ships. Only now, that life he's worked for is all but--gone.Colby Quaid... One of America's first female Army Rangers, and the girl who got away. She's only returned to Boston to sell off her family's multi-million dollar business. She doesn't expect to stay any longer than it takes to sign on the dotted line. Colby has a life to live, a proud life, and she intends to live it--her way. Only now she's wondering why Ash Callahan's nude figurehead of the Irish Pirate Queen, Grace O'Malley, looks just like her?

Tate Higgins. When FBI Agent Higgins accepts the assignment to escort a dying young woman to her high school prom, he fully intends to be home by midnight. Tate is no Romeo. Neither is he tall, dark, or debonair. He's the workhorse on the psychic Deuces Wild Team, not a mind reader, and this is nothing but a one-night job for the USMC scout sniper. Until he sees the young woman dancing up high on a water tower. What a sight...Winslow Parrish: The prom is a fake and Winslow is living as fast as she can. The water tower is the only refuge where her mother can't reach her. Stricken with a rare cancer, Winslow's life is nearly over. There will be no handsome lover in her future. No wedding. No babies. Her world has been reduced to the countdown of days, hours, and minutes she accepted years ago. Until an unexpected stranger appears out of nowhere and asks her to--dance.

Tucker Chase. FBI agent and tough-as-they-come ex-Navy SEAL, Tucker's take-all-comers attitude attracts trouble on the job and off, but he still gets the hard jobs done. He makes no bones about being the baddest ass on the planet--until his ex-wife runs off to Vietnam with his only son. Until the woman he won't admit to loving leaves on some humanitarian mission to who knows where. Until he has to ask for help...Melissa McCormack. Widow to one of America's finest USMC war heroes, Melissa is everything Tucker isn't. Sophisticated. Wealthy. Respected. Don't forget celibate since Brady, the first love of her life, passed away. She wants Tucker as much as he wants her, but not if she ends up like that elite rifle he totes, the one he could field strip in his sleep without thought or care. The one he takes for granted...