Steele Shadows Security

A former Marine with nothing left to lose and a prosecutor on the run are forced to trust each other in this pulse-pounding romantic thriller by bestselling author Amanda McKinney. After a brutal roadside attack, prosecutor Niki Avery is forced into hiding at a remote security compound deep in the wilderness. She has no choice but to submit to the protection of a former Marine-a loose cannon with a temper as scorching as his looks. Gage Steele never wanted to return to his small hometown, let alone take over his late father's elite security firm. But the moment he lays eyes on Niki, he's hooked. As cracks begin to show in the Steele family-including new evidence that their father's death was no accident-Gage wrestles with growing feelings for his client, knowing Niki is strictly off-limits. But when danger closes in, he'll do whatever it takes to protect her . . . Even if it means losing everything else. National Readers' Choice Award Finalist, HOLT Medallion Finalist

He lives by routine. She lives on instinct. But when a killer returns to finish the job, Axel and Erika must work together in this edge-of-your-seat romantic thriller. Always be prepared-that's Axel Steele's motto. While his brothers were busy throwing punches and taking risks, Ax was the quiet one, the planner, the one who kept everything from falling apart. A former special-ops Marine with a need for control, Ax lives by routine . . . until the day he finds a woman trapped in the woods, and in desperate need of protection. With tattoos as bold as her attitude, Erika Zajac is everything he's not-free-spirited, reckless, and impossible to ignore. She's hiding the kind of secrets that get people killed. But Ax is a man used to pressure. What he's not used to . . . is her. As Erika's enemies close in and long-buried family tensions threaten to explode, Ax finds himself in the middle of a storm he can't control. And the biggest threat of all may not be the man hunting her- But the woman daring him to feel again.

A brooding ex-Marine out for revenge and an undercover agent with everything to lose become entangled in a dangerous game-where trust is deadly and attraction could cost everything. When undercover FBI agent Lexi York shows up at Gunner Steele's doorstep demanding protection, he knows two things: she doesn't trust him-and he doesn't care. Not until she reveals she holds the one thing he's been chasing for years: information about the man who destroyed his family. Smart, intriguing, and maddeningly irresistible, Lexi is everything Gunner doesn't need-and the only woman who's ever made him hesitate. But as the walls close in and blood ties begin to unravel, Gunner faces an impossible choice: avenge his family . . . Or protect the one woman who just might be his future.