Böcker av Mary Kennedy

Hex Vernon resigned himself to the life of a bachelor. A retired Marine, he vowed to never take up arms again unless circumstances required it. Circumstances require it. The first woman he's had any interest in, since his divorce, is in danger and he won't just sit by and watch. With the help of his brothers, he'll travel to Dallas to rescue Gwen and find a killer. More than anything, he wants his woman back at Belle Fleur in his arms, so they can begin their life together. Appropriately named, Hex Vernon has cast a spell on Gwen N'hana. The hottest designer in the country, her gowns are on every fashionista's list of must-haves. When someone is murdered in her studio, Gwen calls the only man she knows can help her, Hex. Someone is using her as a pawn in their sick game and she wants nothing to do with it. Finding a new life with Hex is easy, but she never thought she'd find herself again at Belle Fleur.

Eric Ryan 'Chief' Stanton is ready to leave the SEAL teams, even if his brother isn't. Coming home means big changes for him, but he never expected one of those changes to include a scientist. A soil scientist. A beautiful, gorgeous, hot, sexy soil scientist. When Belle Fleur begins to show signs of literally slipping away, he and the team must figure out what's happening and the beautiful scientist just might be key to it all. Rachel Davis has always been the weird girl. Beautiful, smart, sexy, and loves to play in the dirt. Men find her perplexing, her mother finds her baffling. When she attends the wedding of her good friend, Stormy and Jalen, she doesn't expect to meet the handsome SEAL with the rocking body and sweet heart. They seem on different paths, but when their encounters lead to something completely unpredictable, Rachel has to make the decision to stay or go. Leaving is the only answer. The only one. Or so she thinks.

Every story has a beginning and the REAPER-Patriots beginning hasn't been told yet. Matthew Robicheaux, the patriarch of the family, has been hiding a secret for years. In fact, he's been hiding dozens of secrets that he wasn't ready to reveal. Prompted by Rachel with one simple question, he sets out to tell the story of the beginning. Starting with how he met Irene and telling the stories of his children and the land, he holds everyone in the palm of his hand. Tales of heroic bravery and service, heroism and standing up for what's right. It seems Matthew isn't the only one with secrets and a few of Irene's are about to be revealed as well. Leaving their loved ones speechless, they take weeks to finish the story and finally wake to a gift unlike any other on Christmas. Belle Fleur has just opened an entire new world to the team. One that will make their future adventures even more interesting. Merry Christmas Y'all!

Benjamin 'Benji' Pechkin is an elite Marine headed to stop a drug cartel at the border when his team is ambushed, drugged, and taken to separate islands. Waking alone, he knows something is terribly wrong. When he sees a strange woman on the island with him, his body reacts in ways it shouldn't. He should be suspicious and cautious, instead, all he can think about is getting to that woman. Most men would kill for this chance, but Benji knows whatever is happening could kill them both. A sick, twisted game is being played and they're at the center of it. Annie Lott is humiliated by her father's traitorous acts against his teammates, the SEALs, and his country. Thinking he's on his way to jail, she meets with his ex-teammates to try and figure out what was happening in her father's life. Instead, her father kidnaps her for a plan that's so sick, she can't believe they're actually related. Seeing Benji on that beach changes her world. When other couples are discovered on the islands, some of the findings are grim. One thing is for sure, they're going to hunt down Michael Lott and destroy any chance he has for redemption.

Tyler Gunner Slater, known as Tiger to his teammates, has that feeling in his gut that he shouldn't make the jump into hostile territory. Something is telling him that everything is messed up. He should have listened. How many times did his father say, 'listen to your gut'? But he ignored it. Chained to a wall in a cinderblock room, his entire body hurts. When an angel appears above him, he's certain that he's dead. Wait. Do angels have tattoos and piercings? This one does. When he seeks his revenge for himself and his team, he discovers an old enemy of Ian Shepherd's. One that's willing to kill everyone at RP. Hazel Bream is nothing. She came from nothing. She was raised with nothing. She has nothing. Becoming a Marine was the only good thing she'd ever done her life. That, and coming to RP. So why in the hell did she leave? Oh, that's right, family. Needing money to get them off her back without letting RP know, she makes the worst mistake of her life and leaves. Finding Tiger beaten nearly to death, she doesn't give a damn about her new employer, instead, saving someone she didn't even know she had feelings for.

Hawk Gunner "HG" O'Neal is feeling a bit left out when his brothers and AJ are married within weeks of one another. He never thought he'd be the one to want a family. He also never thought a woman would show up claiming the child in her arms was his. HG knew immediately that the boy didn't belong to him, but he also knew that the woman was stirring something inside him he couldn't ignore. When he finds out she's in trouble, he can't turn her away. Fighting terrorist drug dealers, traffickers is a walk in the park compared to what they have to fight with this villain. It will change the RP world forever and as usual, they're ready. Maggie Turner is running from someone that could destroy her and take her nephew from her. The only clue she has to sweet Wyatt's father, is a note left in a lockbox by her sister. Racing to New Orleans, she hopes to place Wyatt in the safety of his father's arms. But it was all a lie. All of it. Now, she's still running and the men and women of RP vow to help. Even though their world will never be the same again.

Nic Torres, known to his teammates as Torro, has a terrible secret. A secret that might endanger the life of a woman and her child, as well as his teammates. But it's a secret he's held close to his heart for almost half his life. Facing the evil in his past, he must now find a way to reconcile his feelings, while recognizing the love that's growing for the woman in his arms. Traveling to Italy, he never dreamed he'd find a piece of his past that he didn't know existed. For Nic, things will begin to slip into place the way they always should have been. Melanie Fairfield is one of many women caught in the lies and deceit of Randy Goodwin. He might be dead and gone, but he's left a mess behind, and Melanie has to find a way to manage through it. First, she has to get her daughter back. A daughter that's dying and doesn't even know it. When Nic and his teammates show up at her home, she believes they're part of the evil that's stolen her daughter. Finding out that he's her hero, not her nemesis, will change her world forever. If the world were fair, love would be easy and simple. Unfortunately, it's not.

Magnus Bridges has always struggled with trying to find out who he is. Adopted at the age of three, his adoptive parents were loving and nurturing, but they didn't know where he'd come from. Feeling as though he never fit in, his safe space turned out to be as an Army Ranger, then as a member of REAPER-Patriots. When he meets Addie Patterson, his whole world is turned upside down. For all the right reasons. But another woman turns his world upside down for all the wrong reasons and Magnus won't stop until he figures out what her game is. Adeline "Addie" Patterson is a retired police officer who finally solves the murder of her step-father and mentor. In the process, she meets Magnus Bridges. An annoying, huge, handsome, neanderthal. A lovable neanderthal, but nevertheless, a neanderthal. When a strange woman steps into Magnus' life creating chaos, Addie knows that she can help him. She swore she would never be like her mother, flitting from one man to the next, and she's kept that promise. But Addie knows Magnus is no ordinary man and she's about to show him how extraordinary he really is.

Patrick Jordan is ready to leave his life as a SEAL, and head home with his brother. Before he can do that, he must do one final mission in one of the worst places on earth. Although the mission seems easy, stumbling over a young woman and child complicates everything in his life. Totally unready for the mix of emotions and feelings assaulting him, he nearly chases away the one woman who has completely intrigued him. But saving her means stopping not one, but two child predators and traffickers. These men don't deserve to live and if Patrick has his way, they'll be gone from this earth within the month. Margo Fleming is supposed to be setting up refugee camps in Syria, but the local government isn't exactly giving her everything she needs. Suddenly a trip to the ladies room turns into a rescue mission and Margo finds herself alone in the Syrian desert with a terrified little girl. When the handsome SEAL rescues them, she's more confused than ever by the array of emotions and feelings drowning her. It only makes it worse that she's falling in love with his family and friends. And maybe, him.

Connor 'Irish' Kelly has spent most of his life fighting for what he wanted. When he decides that Lucinda Harwell is who he wants, he makes the mistake of doing the one thing she can't tolerate. He tells an innocent, little, white lie. It's months before he can finally speak to her again, but when he does, the RP team find themselves in the midst of one of the most disturbing cases they've ever taken on. Children dying of cancer. Diabetics losing limbs. There doesn't seem to be an end to it. For Irish, as long as he can find an end with Lucinda, he'll be happy. Dr. Lucinda Harwell made a fast judgment with Irish Kelly. Too fast. She's regretted it every day since it happened. Now, taken hostage by a man with a gunshot wound to his chest, she has to find a way to fight and get out. The problem is, once she realizes what the man needs, she doesn't want to run away. She wants to help him and so do the men and women at RP. In the rainy, gloomy back-drop of Seattle, they find more than they bargained for, but definitely not more than they can handle.

Jalen Carson has no clue that one trip to the airport will change his life forever. Old enemies and new loves are making his life complicated, and beautiful. To save the new love, he has to face the old enemy and do the right thing by a country that sees him as an infidel. So much controversy, yet at the end of the darkness is a stormy peace. His Stormy. Stormy Blackwinds loves the weather. In fact, it's pretty much all she talks about. But she's a weather person who doesn't want to be on camera. Getting an offer from a security company seems odd, but when the offer is too good to be true, she has to check it out. Of course, in the process, she's kidnapped, taken to Iran, and falls in love with a man that's so far out of her league, she worries he'll wake up and see it too. Or, maybe not.

William Pechkin is home for his friends wedding. He plans to see everyone. His parents, his sisters, his new nephew. He'll see all the old guard, but most importantly, he'll see her. The woman he can't get out of his head. Brooke. She's worked at the diner for years now and he never misses a chance to go in and see her. Speaking is another matter. Young, innocent, and too good for him, he can't possibly make a move on her. Until he sees the bruises. Now, all hell is about to break lose. Brooke Ford hasn't exactly had the easiest life. Her childhood is the stuff of nightmares and she's vowed to never allow another child to feel that kind of pain. Working at the diner has been the best part of her life these last four years. That, and seeing Will when he was home on leave. Big, strong, handsome, and silent. He never even acknowledges her, at least not until the night of the wedding when Sara sees her bruises. No matter how hard she fights it, they won't let her leave without an explanation. In too much pain to argue, she agrees to stay. Can she dare to hope that Will might have feelings for her as well? Maybe, but their priority first is rescuing dozens of boys. And, an elephant.

Tyran Eagle O'Neal, better known as Bone, is finally home with family and friends. Excited to begin his new life with RP, he's also a bit excited when he meets the new dentist. Londyn Vacarro is smoking hot, sexy, smart, and definitely hiding something. She might think she has the others fooled, but Bone is calling B.S. Just when he thinks he has her convinced to tell him the truth, she's attacked and left for dead. Thanks to Parker, she's alive, but for how long? Londyn Vacarro has never wanted anything except to be a dentist. Leaving her gang-leader father in Houston was the smartest decision she'd ever made. Interviewing at RP was the second smartest thing. Except there's one man that won't seem to let sleeping dogs lie. His persistence and insistence on her telling him everything is annoying. And dangerous. Finally making up her mind to tell him her story, she just has to tie up some loose ends. Unfortunately, those loose ends are out to kill her.

Milo Abbott always knew he would become a Navy SEAL. Leaving his religious upbringing and doing what he's always wanted is more than he thought possible. Being placed on the same team as Garrett Robicheaux was the best thing that ever happened to him. Until he met her. Lia Goodwin is beautiful, smart, funny, and in more danger than she can possibly imagine. Her father was an FBI agent who found ways to sell information to every terrorist group in the world, homegrown included. Realizing what kind of man he is, she has to find a way to make it right. Contacting RP seems the best way to stop her father, but she never expected Milo. It seems the adventures never end for the RP men and with any luck, Lia will have the same love luck as the rest of the women at Belle Fleur. Only time will tell. Well, time and ghosts.