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A fake wedding date. A real killer. Former Delta Force operator Lucas LeBlanc joins Bayou Brotherhood Protectors, hoping to put his skills to use — especially when it comes to protecting the beautiful florist, Felina Faivre, he’s been eyeing since arriving in Bayou Mambaloa. Felina, the town’s only florist, is caught in a whirlwind. Her ex is marrying her best friend, and now a murder, a break-in, and a frantic bride threaten her business and the wedding. She agrees to hire Brotherhood Protectors — but only if Lucas goes undercover as her new boyfriend.

Former SEAL and shining Hollywood starlet struggle against their burgeoning desire while trying to stay alive in the crosshairs of a murderous stalker. Hank "Montana" Patterson never thought his call to duty would force him to leave his band of brothers in the Navy SEALs to return to the family ranch in the foothills of Montana's Crazy Mountains. News that his father was shot sends him rushing home. His forever-belligerent father refuses his help, insisting Hank find the person who shot him.

When a deputy is targeted, the man she never forgot becomes her fiercest protector. Remy Montagne never planned to return to Bayou Mambaloa for more than a quick visit. Some good fishing, a few cold beers — and one unforgettable night with a beautiful stranger who burned her way into his mind. Only Shelby Taylor wasn’t a stranger. She was the girl who used to follow him around the bayou, the one he never really noticed... until now. As a sheriff’s deputy, Shelby chose to stay and protect the place that shaped them both.

She’s got enemies. He’s got scars. Together, they’ll face a war neither of them expected. Gerard Guidry fought hard for his country — and lost a piece of himself in the process. Medically discharged and recruited into the Bayou Brotherhood Protectors, he’s ready for his first major solo assignment: guarding a stubborn farm girl with a target on her back. Widowed and alone, Bernie Bellamy’s life depends on the land — and the animals she calls family. When her friend Gertrude is murdered and the threats close in, she turns to the Brotherhood for protection.

Dallas Hayes muscled her way through army ranger training only to be considered a curse on her all-male unit in an operation in Syria. When half the team is killed, she's left injured, losing the lower portion of her leg and is medically discharged from the life she loved in the Army. Retired delta force soldier Vince "Viper" Van Cleave did his time in the Army but hasn't managed to fit into the civilian world. A widower, his first assignment is to masquerade as the groom of a former Army Ranger female and stage a wedding to smoke out a wedding saboteur.

Social worker Briana Hayes hadn’t expected her job to be dangerous. After her roommate is killed and attempts are made on Briana’s life, she turns to the Brotherhood Protectors for help. Fresh off active duty, former Delta Force soldier Rafe Donovan’s first assignment as a member of the Brotherhood Protectors is to protect the sister of one of his old teammates. How difficult can that be for a man who has faced overwhelming odds on the battlefield?

Newly free-spirited Ivy Fremont, daughter of a senator, gave up her career as a lawyer to own and operate a gift shop, where mistakes won’t cost anyone his or her life. When her world is turned upside down and her life is threatened, her blind date and his team of Deltas launch a mission to Costa Rica to save her. During their escape from a gnarly drug cartel, Ivy and Duff learn they have more in common than just their friends’ desire to get them together.

Trevor Anderson gave up his life as a Navy SEAL when he lost his best friend in an ambush. Before his friend died, he’d promised him he’d take care of his wife, should anything happen to him. Trevor left the Navy and returned to his home state of Montana to follow through on that promise. Widow of a Navy SEAL, Lana works for Homeland Security, searching for answers behind her husband’s death. When she gets too close to the truth, she calls on her husband’s best friend for help.

Former Green Beret Max Thornton’s career ended when he fell 250 feet during a training exercise and broke nearly every bone in his body. Left with a permanent limp and in need of a job, he is recruited by Brotherhood Protectors where he can use his combat training and skills to protect, guard, and rescue others. He didn’t expect his first assignment to be the resident mechanic. Nor did he expect the mechanic to be a spitfire of a female with a whole lot of anger.

Delta Force Operative Levi Franks retires from the Army and joins the Brotherhood Protectors. Having lost the love of his life, he’s seen the best and worst of humanity and has no interest in love, marriage or a family. He wants to use the skills he’s honed to combat evil. After a messy divorce, Mattie McIntyre, rebuilt her life from nothing to something. As the owner of Mattie’s Diner in Fool’s Gold, Colorado, she chooses kindness and empathy.

When Gavin Blackstock lost a leg in an IED explosion defending his country, he’d lost his job, his friends, and his chances for a normal life with a wife and children. He figures he won't ever find a bride who will accept him as an incomplete man. Until a friend points him to a mail-order bride service.

Plagued by survivor's guilt and a bad knee, SEAL "Mad Dog" Maddox left the Navy and buried himself in a mountain cabin in Colorado where the only creatures he hunts now are those he puts on his table. Slowly going out of his mind with boredom, he's on the verge of throwing himself off a cliff when an old friend, his former commander, gives him a reason to live. His mission: Team with a special CIA operative and assassin to reveal a terrorist on home soil.

On terminal leave, Navy SEAL Sam Franklin has a job waiting for him with the Brotherhood Protectors, but he’s taking a few days off to try his hand at fly fishing before he goes back to work. He needs the R & R to decompress after his final mission got some of his buddies killed. Relaxation ends when his adopted military working dog Grunt discovers a body washed up on the river bank.

Jilted at 27, Kate Phillips focused on her career and left marriage and children to her twin sister. She’s on track to realize all of her dreams, until her sister disappears, leaving her little girl on Kate’s doorstep. Normally awkward with children, Kate has a lot to learn about childrearing and cuddles. The lively three-year-old teaches Kate how to open her heart to the possibilities. But someone wants to find Kate’s sister and is willing to use the child to lure her out of hiding. Kate turns to the Brotherhood Protectors for a bodyguard with daddy skills.

Prior service army dog handler Joseph "Kujo" Kuntz and his dog, Six, team with a female FBI agent to locate and neutralize a terrorist training camp. Discharged from the army after sustaining a shrapnel injury that left him with a limp, Joseph "Kujo" Kuntz is angry with himself and the world and forced to start over with the injured military dog, Six, that saved his life. Kujo accepts a job with Brotherhood Protectors in the Crazy Mountains of Montana, hoping to find new purpose and come to terms with his losses.

Prospective bride Allie Patterson, thinks she's marrying the man of her dreams. He's rich, he's handsome, and mysterious - everything a woman should want. Until his secrets threaten her life. After several near misses, Allie reluctantly allows her fiancé to hire one of her brother's bodyguards. The big, sexy, tattooed SEAL assigned to protect her is the kind of guy women drool over, and makes Allie question her decisions. Perhaps she's marrying the wrong man for the wrong reasons. But her brother's gruff friend can't possibly be Mr. Right.

Hank Patterson refuses to let his buddy Jake slowly kill himself with alcohol. Hank’s plan to expand the Brotherhood Protectors into Colorado will only work if he can hire the best men for the job. He wants Jake, and sends fellow Coloradan, Kujo, to pull Jake out of an alcohol-induced haze to work for the team. Hank’s contact has a place they can set up operations while flying under the radar—a flailing dude ranch, run by a former Marine Gunnery sergeant and his feisty daughter.

Native American of the Blackfeet Nation, Lani Running Bear ends her service in the Army Military Police corps, and returns to the reservation to help her people as a law enforcement officer. When members of her tribe turn up dead, she doesn't know who she can trust, and calls on a man she’d busted while deployed. A man with the one qualification that would allow him to live on the reservation with her. Fresh out of the Army, and new to Brotherhood Protectors, Zachariah Jones is prime for his first assignment as the undercover fiancé of a tribal officer.

After the sudden disappearance of the amazing woman he fell for on vacation in Cozumel and nearly losing his own life on a politically volatile mission in Syria, Brandon Rayne "Boomer" leaves the SEAL brotherhood and signs on with the private security agency Brotherhood Protectors in Montana. Determined to forget the girl and maybe even try for a real life and start a family, he embraces his new life. While on vacation in Cozumel, Daphne Miller fell in love with a handsome SEAL. On the verge of committing her heart and life to him, she becomes the unwitting witness to murder.

Former Navy SEAL Sawyer Johnson’s career as a SEAL is over. He’s the survivor of an attack that killed two of his buddies and cost him the use of his left hand. Out of the military and aimless, he receives a job offer and a ticket to fly to Colorado Springs. On the flight, he meets a woman who is moving to Colorado to free her brother from a militant group. Intrigued, he realizes her problem is a perfect challenge for the Brotherhood Protectors, his new place of employment.