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No indiscriminate killing. No collateral damage. No unvetted targets. These are the rules Hawes Madigan lives by. Rules that make being Fog City's Prince of Killers bearable. Soon, he'll be king - of an organization of assassins - and the crown has never felt heavier. Until the mysterious Dante Perry swaggers into his life. Dante looks like a rock god and carries himself like one, too, all loose-limbed and casually confident. He also carries a concealed weapon, a private investigator's license, and a message for the prince.

FBI agent Aidan “Irish” Talley had it all until a harrowing car crash left him with a heap of survivor’s guilt and a hole in his heart where his happily ever after used to be. Aiming to fill the void, he returns to work—and to a new partner. Charming, smart, and athletic, Jamie is the last thing Aidan’s bruised heart needs. Cyber agent Jameson “Whiskey” Walker joined the Bureau three years ago and has pined for Aidan ever since. Working with the Irish expat is a fantasy and a challenge, one Jamie intends to win by earning the surly older agent’s trust and respect.

Aidan loves Jamie and wants the bright future he was robbed of before. But the blowback from Aidan’s late husband’s dealings and the secrets everyone, even Jamie, kept from him threaten to burn Aidan alive. He needs a break from it all if he wants a future—a forever love—to come home to. Jamie hates that Aidan is on assignment without him, but he protects his partner’s back by following leads on Renaud, the terrorist responsible for making Aidan’s life hell.

Everything Dominic Price has worked hard to uphold is about to come crashing down on everything he holds dear. So much for the quiet life. Just as assistant US attorney and brewery owner Dominic Price is settling into a comfy new chapter with his partner, FBI agent Cameron Byrne, the sudden...

Special Agent Emmitt Marshall knows how to: Wear a cowboy hat. Hack anything. Win at chess. Fall in love with emotionally unavailable men. He even knows the perfect play to catch the terrorists who killed his mentor. Special Agent Levi Bishop doesn’t know how to: Move on after his wife’s death. Help his grieving son. Pay off his mountain of debt. Fix the mess some cowboy cyber agent made of his case. The same cowboy who proposes a marriage of convenience to stop a common enemy.

Blended Whiskey is a short story featuring multiple points of view during Aidan and Jamie’s wedding weekend. It should be listened to after the other books in the Agents Irish & Whiskey series. This second edition features a new cover and formatting and light content editing.

Melissa Cruz is the most dangerous woman alive. Post-FBI, the former Special Agent in Charge chases bounties and serves as chief of security for Talley Enterprises. She’s also spent the past year falling in love with her best friend’s little brother. Daniel Talley never imagined the woman of his dreams would give him the time of day. Smart, fierce, and thirteen years his senior, Mel is way out of his league. But somewhere along the way of playing plucky sidekick, Danny finally caught Mel’s attention.

FBI agent Aidan Talley has been hiding parts of himself since he was a teen. Thirty years later, he’s hiding his heart from his partner. He’s already lost the love of his life once, and Jamie could be that kind of love again. He won’t survive the loss a second time. Cyber agent Jameson Walker left behind a promising sports career to keep his sexuality out of the spotlight. Now, he must return to his old life, as a coach, to bust an illegal gambling ring. He needs his partner, but after refusing to hide how much he cares for Aidan, they’re as far from partners as they’ve ever been.

What begins as a basketball tourney weekend with friends and family in LA turns into Aidan and Jamie’s toughest case. An all new Agents Irish & Whiskey novel.

Special Agent Levi Bishop needs to: Keep his son and family safe. Prove his boss was framed for a crime she didn’t commit. Convince his selfless cowboy husband that his needs matter too. Make a bold play before love slips through his fingers.

Ingredients: One surly, tattooed chef on the brink of losing it all, including his sense of taste. One sexy, bespectacled doctor who jumps at the chance to dine with his foodie idol. A cross-country culinary adventure, from picnics to dive bars to fine dining and home-cooked meals. Directions: Combine ingredients in one plane, in one hotel room, in each other's company for ten days over Christmas and New Year's.

Jacob is drowning. Nineteen and a first-time Olympian, he’s in over his head. And the water’s only rising as he crushes harder on his tattooed teammate. Sebastian cost his team the medley relay gold four years ago. He won’t make the same mistakes at this summer’s Olympics. Mistakes like falling for another swimmer at the Games. Jacob needs all the help he can get. His mentor Sebastian can provide it. But when the irresistible rookie asks for his heart, Sebastian is the one left treading water.

Christopher Perri - aka Dante Perry - infiltrated the Madigan organization with one goal: vengeance for his murdered partner. Falling for the assassin at the head of the table wasn't part of the plan, but Hawes Madigan is not the cold, untouchable Prince of Killers Chris expected. Everything about the newly crowned king is hot, and every inch of him eminently touchable...and off-limits once Chris's cover is blown. Exposure couldn't come at a worse time. Hawes's throne is threatened, and Chris suspects the same person who killed his partner is behind the coup.

Assassin Hawes Madigan wants to do right - by his family, his organization, his city, and the man he's falling for, ATF agent Christopher Perri. But Hawes's rules are being challenged by someone willing to kill for the old ways. To save his soul and his empire, Hawes must make an impossible decision: fight from the outside or bend the knee to win back his throne from within. Chris is used to being the inside man, the one undercover. Now, he's on the outside marshaling forces in support of the man and the ring of assassins he was supposed to take down.

Ingredients: One plus-size pastry chef with a shot at a major food award and a heart she swears is off-limits. One restaurant manager, recently divorced and determined not to fall again. A secret friends-with-benefits arrangement that's gotten a little too complicated—and a lot too sweet. Directions: Blend kitchen heat, professional dreams, and late-night cravings. Fold in jealousy, temptation, and a heaping dash of tenderness. Let rise until casual turns into something that tastes a lot like love. Best served warm, with sugar, spice, and a spread of joy.

Jason is a perfectly average name. And I’m a perfectly average human struggling to survive in a very not average world. My best friend Kai is extraordinary. He is the kind of good I want to be. The person I want to spend my life loving. But if our world learns what Kai is hiding—what he truly is—he’ll be a target. I have to get him out of here. I have to protect him at all cost. Even if that cost is my life.

Sean found love once, with his college roommate, Trevor, and Trevor’s best friend, Charlotte. The missing piece, Sean made it possible for Trevor and Charlotte to find love too. But then Sean left and took the love with him. Now an FBI agent, Sean is back in town, 10 years later, to investigate a murder. A case that pits him against his ex-lovers - Charlotte, a local detective, and Trevor, a literature professor sucked into the Shakespearean mystery. Everyone guards their hearts, but before long, desire sparks anew the feelings that burned hot a decade ago. That still burn true.

Fourteen years ago, Braxton Kane’s feelings were forbidden. As an officer, he couldn’t fall for an enlisted…no matter how much he longed for Holt Madigan. Now — as a police chief in love with a digital assassin — his promise to always protect Holt is becoming harder to keep. Holt doesn’t understand why his best friend has been pushing him away for months. But when Brax’s life and career are threatened, Holt refuses to allow the distance any longer. The Madigans protect their own, and Brax is family, whether he believes it or not.

Everyone leaves. Love is risky business when you’re an assassin. Helena Madigan has lost loved ones to the family business before. Now that she’s in charge, she’s determined never to risk her heart again. Except every time Celia enters the room, she takes Helena’s breath away. But the one time someone stays. Celia Perri likes to be helpful. She just wants to run the family auto shop, raise her kids, and help her brother plan his wedding. But when a drive-by shooting targets the garage, Celia’s simple life is upended.

What began as a marriage of convenience is now the rock Marsh and Levi cling to as they enter the endgame. But defeating two kings is no easy feat. They’ll have to make all the right moves and lure their enemies to their side of the board where they have the advantage. But winning may cost them everything—their careers, their lives, and the love that’s become the center of their world.