Military Men (Munro)

Trouble is her middle name... Life in a small town is comfortable, but living with her loving and overprotective family means it lacks adventure. And forget romance with two interfering army brothers around. It's time to leave the cozy nest. Her grandiose plans come to a grinding halt when she becomes innocently involved with a crime boss, then she bumps heads and lips with her uncle's sexy but very bossy neighbor. Special Air Services soldier Nikolai Tarei owes his neighbor a favor, but looking out for his twenty-two-year-old niece is stretching friendship too far. She's a virgin and her sex appeal, sassiness and brazen disregard for safety have Nikolai scrambling to protect both her and his battered heart. Summer is a librarian who's a whiz at research. Now she's ready to try out the sex toys and sexual positions she's researched. The woman is tying Nikolai in sensual knots and driving him crazy-in and out of bed. But he's enjoying the journey, and suddenly he's thinking about making his Summer babysitting assignment a full-time commitment-if only he can persuade her to see things his way.

Joanna "Mac" McGregor loves her father, and she'll do anything to keep him safe after Alzheimer's starts to steal his mind. That takes money, and Mac uses her only skills-those of soldiering-when she takes up a security contract to protect VIPs in Iraq. She doesn't have time for men, her last vacation fling in Fiji relegated as one perfect moment to hold close during the grim reality of war. Soldier and protector, Louie Lithgow is tired of fighting-the constant danger-and has decided this is his last contract. He wants to retire, sink his savings into a place on the beach, and find the sexy Joanna, his holiday lover. Mac's arrival in Iraq causes consternation. They've both been economical with the truth, but the attraction sizzling between them flares hot and bright. They embark on a clandestine affair-professional and confident during their high-danger day, passionate with the release of emotional stress during their torrid nights. One thing is clear-they have different goals and the future is both murky and dangerous...if they survive their contracts.

Sorrel Bitter Thyme seems destined to spend her entire life at the Children of Nature compound. Not an ideal situation. She dreams of so much more-a better future, one outside the cult where she can experience freedom. After working long hours, she's close to achieving her secret goal. She's perfected the Dream Cream, which enhances orgasmic pleasure, and it's time to approach Fancy Free management with her invention. Easier said than done! Sneaking around the cult leader who will steal her idea if he learns of the financial potential is tricky and rife with problems. Jake Ramsey, a Special Air Services soldier on sick leave, agrees to go undercover in the cult to help local police close a case against the leader. Fun times when a beach holiday with a sexy babe would suit him better. Plain and dumpy Sorrel is his inside contact and not what he expects. Their partnership works well. A rapport blooms, and kisses meant to cement their cover, take on new possibilities. Jake uncovers secrets, and their loving heats up, passion coalescing into more than camaraderie. Then danger stalks Sorrel. What began as a favor is now deadly serious-a game Jake must win to keep Sorrel safe.

A ghost propels them together. Danger will try to rip them apart... Ella Liddington-Walsh is turning quietly-make that noisily-insane, and it is all soldier Dillon Williams's fault because the ghost harassing Ella belongs to HIM. Sleep-deprived and desperate, she drives to his country property to confront the man. One way or another, she will pass on her problem and finally sleep through the entire night. Not that her task will be easy since Dillon strikes her as a no-nonsense military man. A believer in ghosts-not so much. Widower Dillon judges Ella's pink hair, her weird stories of haunting and decides she's crazy. He sends her packing, but a landslide brings the sassy lady returning like a boomerang. Unable to deny her shelter during the stormy night, he discovers an unwilling fascination and attraction for the curvy Ella, along with common ground and whoa! Steamy hijinks in his big bed. After his wife's murder, Dillon isn't looking for romance, but a chance discovery brings the past and the present on a collision. Dillon realizes he likes Ella more than he should, and if he doesn't stay alert, he'll lose her in the same way he lost his wife.