Bullard's Battle

Book 1: Bullard's Battle Welcome to a new stand-alone but interconnected series from USA Today bestselling Dale Mayer. This is Bullard's story-and that of his team's. All raw, rough, incredibly capable men who have one goal: to find out who was behind the attack on their leader, before the attacker, or attackers, return to finish the job. When Tabi somehow drags him and his buddy Garret onboard and surprisingly gets them to a naval ship close by, Ryland figures he'd used up all his luck and his friend's too. Sure enough, those who attacked the plane they were in weren't content to let him slowly die in the ocean. No. Surviving had made him a target all over again. Tabi isn't expecting her sailing holiday to include the rescue of two badly injured men and then to end with the loss of her beloved sailboat. Her instincts save them, but now she finds it tough to let them go-even as more of Bullard's team members come to them-until it becomes apparent that not only are Bullard and his men still targets … but she is too.

Book 2: Bullard's Battle Cain-hearing a killer's last words, "You're next,"-knows his time is running out, not only for him but for his entire team. As members of his team search for the still missing Bullard in the ocean, Cain has focused on tracking the killer's history, hopefully to lead to the madman after them all. A trip to Sicily brings more information to light but also more puzzles to sort out. And an unexpected light in Cain's life. When Petra picks up the two men at the airport, she has no idea how fast her personal life is about to unravel. Not only do these men bring up old terrible memories but they also shine a light on an ugly corner of town. People she avoids at all costs. Still she can't afford to dwell on the past, as her present blows up. With Cain and Eton at her side, they're all trying to stay alive, as the bodies drop around them.

Book 3: Bullard's Battle Eton journeys to Switzerland, unimpressed at finding Garret there as his backup. Barely recovered but pissed and mobile, Garret refuses to be kept out of service any longer. Eton's intel leads them to a small village, to a woman in distress, and to someone who likes cleaning up a trail a little too much. Living a quiet life with her aging father, Sammy is surprised by an offer of help when she gets an unexpected flat tire. Strangers in this area are not common, and neither are they well received. Still this stranger's a can-do person, and she instinctively turns to him when she soon needs additional help. Only to find he's partly why she's in trouble-and he's got bigger troubles of his own. Now they both had to get out of this nightmare and somewhere safe and sound, … before it's too late.

Book 4: Bullard's Battle Stronger than he had any right to be after the plane explosion and still angry about it all, Garret's seriously unimpressed to fly to London to speak with an ex-fiancée who'd screwed him over with his own brother. But she had information on his missing brother, who was a link to the plane crash that sent Garret into the ocean. Yet Astra, not Amy, waits in London for Garret, to explain the little she knows, hoping he'll let go of some of his resentment and help her look for her sister, Amy-who disappears just before Garret's arrival. Some coincidence there. Then her sister hasn't faced the music for any of her actions in a long time. Today is no different. Too bad Amy and Garret hadn't broken up much earlier. It might have given Astra a chance with the man she has loved since forever. Still, if finding Astra's sister leads Garret to finding his brother, who might be able to give them answers regarding the sabotaged plane, then Astra's happy to play the game. However, it's not that easy, as the men who failed to kill the two team members are still looking for their chance to finish the job. And to take out anyone who is close by …

Book 5: Bullard's Battle Catherine. DeeDee. Paris. Kano had hoped to never deal with the three again. The woman he loved, her dragon of a mother, and a city to bring the best-and worst-memories to mind. A return trip leads to a conversation with DeeDee, which sheds more light on who is behind Bullard's murder in that planned plane explosion. After seeing Catherine again, Kano can't stop thinking about her. That young woman matured into someone he couldn't have imagined and now can't forget. However, he's afraid her powerful mother is setting him up to die-yet again. Catherine hadn't expected to see Kano again, but this time she's not letting him walk away. And she's prepared to face off against her snake of a mother to save him. Catherine must plumb the depths of her own soul and that of her family to save Kano-and herself.

Book 6: Bullard's Battle Fallon returns to Africa and Bullard's home base to follow the only active lead they have in their hunt for their plane saboteur. Once home, Fallon finds Dave, Bullard's right-hand man, heading out to check on a lead for Bullard, and Dave's niece, Linny, is home for a visit. Fallon and Linny have shared both good and bad moments, as the two of them dance around a long-term attraction-which Fallon refuses to pursue, not wanting his relationship with Bullard and the crew at the compound to change. Linny plans to confront Fallon but instead finds an old beau dropped dead on the front steps of the compound, considered her second home. Uncle Dave is everything to her, and Bullard sent her to medical school, yet it's Fallon she keeps coming back to see. As her world implodes, the same issues facing Fallon take a turn for the worse, ... putting them all in danger.

Book 7: Bullard's Battle Fed up with always feeling one step behind, Quinn is determined to find out who is trying to annihilate all of Bullard's team. Only the trail takes him to Izzie, Bullard's niece. The team knows the saboteur was someone close to Bullard, and Izzie had had a hell of a fight with Bullard the last time they spoke. But how involved was she in this plane crash? He didn't want to think badly of her, but, at this point in time, he was looking at everyone with suspicion. Izzie is also suspicious of everyone. She's been to hell and back, all because she was stubborn and angry at Bullard, but she'd never do anything to hurt him. Not knowing anything about the last few months' trials, she's horrified to find out why Quinn sought her out. Then he's horrified when he finds out what happened to her. Working on healing her own soul, she's desperate to help Quinn find out who attacked the team and potentially killed her uncle. If she can do anything to help, she will, particularly if it gives her a chance to make amends to the one man who's always been there for her.

Book 8: Bullard's Battle Bullard's barely aware of his surroundings, as he slowly emerges from a coma and months of slow healing. He recognizes the general area but not the facilities or the woman attending him. Neither does he remember exactly what happened. Leia, a gifted surgeon in her own right, hadn't expected this giant of a man to wash up in the shallows by her beach, nor to call on every trick she's ever learned to keep him alive. Her instincts tell her to take a leave, to keep him hidden, even as she struggles to answer his questions. The longer he's with her, the more she realizes how hard it could be to let him go. But he has turned the corner and is healing quickly. Only the real world intrudes faster than expected, as one of Bullard's team shows up on her beach, bringing others, who'd been watching and waiting for the team to find Bullard for them-and now swoop in for the kill …

Book 9: Bullard's Battle After finding the killer who'd tried to take out the entire team, and now with Bullard safe, the crew heads back to the island where he recovered. Leia wants to get married there, so Dave has gone ahead with Katie, Bullard's caterer, to set things up. Dave has a new lease on life, now that Bullard is safely back home, and fixes his sights on an old friend he's always kept slightly distant. Katie has been in Dave's orbit for a long time; she's not sure what's changed in their relationship, but something certainly has, and she couldn't be happier. Except for one loose thread from that same island. After all, someone let the outside world know Bullard was alive. Someone they had yet to find. So a week in paradise might start with some time in hell first.