Blake smiled while greeting him and turned to introduce me to his friend from Camp Lejeune. Blake made the formal introductions while I studied the two distinguished men. I liked the way they both carried...

No, but I imagine there’s a gun tucked away somewhere on your body. And I know what you can do with that, hotshot.”He took a step toward her. “With what, sweetheart? With the gun? Or...

It’s the best thing in the world to save a life, no matter whose it is.

He couldn’t tell if she was checking him out with sexual interest or sizing him up. Did she know who he was? Truly was…Or maybe she just wanted to get to know him. Hell if...

He’d told her she was his. That he was jealous and he wasn’t sharing her. Where the hell had that come from?He didn’t know, but as she leaned forward and pressed her mouth to his...

There were nine casualties during the battle of Kirkuk. My husband was among them.

Oh yeah, she wanted to be this man’s prey in every way. She’d felt his brand of dominance and wanted more of it.

Cooper came back down to the darkened room about half an hour after Lucky had freed his hands. The boat was still rocking, the wind was blowing and Sawyer called out, “Dude, you can’t leave...

…She says with that mistyfar-away look in her eyes. Like conjunctivitis.

For just this moment, he wanted her to see him for who he was, without the pity he knew she’d feel when she found out the truth.

She’d taken one look at him the first time they’d met and it was like her body had just erupted into a ball of heat and hunger.

Yes,” which probably wasn’t the same thing at all.

Apparently officers are not ‘men’. Officers are ‘officers’.

When Dax turned to her, those blue eyes that reminded her of the Aegean Sea pinning her, all thought process left her mind.

in this beautiful place, where all that I’m thinking about it how much I want you.

Sam heard someone bellow in the distance, but the sound of freight trains running in his ears dampened the sound, making it impossible for him to locate the source of the cry. When he heard...

He was so damn sexy, with beautiful bronzed skin that showed off his Mediterranean heritage.

There was magic in the air tonight, and something incredible was about to happen–Kelly just sensed it.

At least I’ll die happy,” she responded with a devilish grin.

…People so often ignored their gut because of social niceties and expectations. Luckily Dax didn’t have that issue; he was barely fucking civilized.

So if that’s how you think this is going to go, back out now.

Friendly fire was never friendly, and it was coming. Operation Stand-and-Watch was over. Did that mean Operation Bust-His-Balls was on deck?

She was different from any other women he’d been with. Something he’d known from the moment he’d met her and she’d made a smart-ass comment about him looking like GI Joe on vacation.

Men like him, the kind of guys who left the womb fighting? They didn’t get fairy-tale endings. They burned bright until they burned out—and he was burning out.

I thought you were more like GI Joe, but now that I know about the cape, you sound more like Superman.” Mia Kensington to Colby Winters

Are you trying to tell me you were a virgin before me?” she asked teasingly…He snorted at the question. “I just wanted to give you fair warning that I’m going to fuck up. Probably a...

You know, Savannah, if you cry, I won’t tell anyone,’ Ken said quietly. ‘I promise.

The ones that change…it’s not that going actually changed them its that they didn’t have something better waiting for them when they got back. They changed because its who they wanted to be. Not everyone...

You speak Arabic? Tell him my name is Infidel Redeemed by Christ.

What the hell was she doing on the nonhostage side of a handgun?

While I stood on the front porch, watching him climb into his vehicle, I breathed in the humid air. I looked at the cloudless sky, and the blue vastness of it made me think about...

She lost herself in the kiss, moving her body against his, her excitement rising, the tension inside her spinning tighter and tighter.

I know what it feels like to miss everything about him–the way he smells, the way his mouth curls up when he laughs, his voice.