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Emily Beale returns! And the Night Stalkers will never be the same. Captain Cherylle Vargas may be the best pilot in the 160th SOAR helicopter regiment, but is she ready for Colonel Emily Beale? Captain Troy Ryland loves three things in his life: his family farm, flying the most lethal helicopter in the US military, and the woman he flies with. Each pull him in a different direction. The clock isn’t ticking—it’s running out!

The seemingly invincible Air Force One suffers a catastrophic engine failure. When it plummets into the Atlantic with the U.S. President and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff aboard, the world dives toward a peace-shattering crisis. Enter Miranda Chase, the high-functioning autistic air-crash genius, and her extraordinary NTSB team. Faced with an impossible deep-sea salvage operation of the 747, Miranda must rely on her unparalleled intellect and her diverse crew: the fiercely loyal Holly, methodical Mike, brilliant Jeremy, and resilient Andi, along with the enigmatic Taz.

The team must face their toughest mission yet: Take down a massive human-trafficking ring and a corrupt Venezuelan spy agency - without leaving a trace. Sofia and Duane. In common: black sheep of extremely wealthy families, renegades against the status quo. Differences: tactician vs. explosives expert, thinker vs. pure warrior.Together: fight to keep their team alive, and their love.

When the fastest and most powerful helicopters in the US Army’s fleet start falling out of the sky, autistic air crash genius Miranda Chase and her team of NTSB investigators are called in. One crash leads to another, and they are fast entangled in a Chinese conspiracy to start a war over Taiwan. Only Miranda’s team can stop the trade war from becoming a real one.

The US Army’s brand-new S-97 Raider reconnaissance helicopter goes down during final acceptance testing - hard. Its cause: a failure, or the latest in a series of cyberattacks by Turkey. Miranda Chase and her team of NTSB air-crash specialists tackle the challenge. They must find the flaw, save the vice president, and stop the US from being forced into the next war in the Middle East. And they have to do it now!

An AC-130J “Ghostrider” - the latest variant of America’s most lethal aerial gunship - goes down hard in the Colorado Rockies. Except the data doesn’t match the airframe. Air-crash savant, and high-functioning autistic, Miranda Chase leads her NTSB team in to investigate. But what they uncover reveals a far greater threat - sabotage. If she can’t solve the crash in time, a new type of war will erupt. One far too close to home which threatens to shatter her team.

Krista Thorson, number-two smokejumper with Mount Hood Aviation’s elite team, parachutes into wildfires for a living. Too tall, too big, too strong, she never fit in...except on the fireline. Her past lost, her future uncertain, Krista fights for the present. Special Forces veteran Evan Greene jumps fire to avoid facing his past. Some memories are too painful. Evan’s policy? Bury and move on.... Until Krista unearths what he most wants to forget. No half-measures win this firefight. Together, they must face their pasts before their love burns away in the wildfire on the Skagit.

Tim Harada, a lead smokejumper at MHA in Oregon, visits home - the quirky little town of Larch Creek, Alaska. The streets are named for Jack London books; the pickup trucks are all blue; and the residents are all too familiar, specifically Macy Tyler, helicopter pilot. Tim still sees her as his best friend’s kid sister. Before he leaves again, she must convince the guy she’s loved all her life that during his absence she transformed herself into a beautiful, competent woman.

Johnny Akbar Jepps, lead smokejumper for Mount Hood Aviation, is always first out of the plane, first into the fire, and first with the ladies. But the one thing he never puts on the line? His heart. Until he meets a woman who gallops away with it. Laura Jenson, wilderness guide and expert horsewoman, leads tourists from the Mount Hood Timberline Lodge into the wilds of Oregon. She knows the game and has no interest in some lady-killing, full-of-himself smokejumper. Not until Johnny lights her heart on fire. They both risk everything without getting burned in the Wildfire at Dawn.

The White Top helicopters of HMX-1 are known by a much more familiar name: Marine One. The S-92A, the newest helicopter in the HMX fleet, enters service after years of testing. When their perfect safety record lies shattered across a Maryland shopping mall, Miranda Chase and her team of NTSB crash investigators go in.

Petty Officer Jodie Jaffe brought her war dog home after they were both blown up on a SEAL patrol. But her dreams of a normal life are shattered by her dog’s PTSD nightmares. SEAL Team 6 dog-handler Stan Corman left his war dog’s ashes and a part of himself overseas. For three years, he’s been training new dogs under Montana’s Big Sky. Knowing he’ll never be whole again, he hopes his dogs can save lives even if he no longer can.

Major Emily Beale (retired - mostly) keeps her hand in the black ops world remotely from the family horse ranch on Montana’s front range. Her husband, Major Mark Henderson (fully retired), has settled comfortably into his new role as father and ranch operator. Years ago, she helped rescue a young girl. But when Emily’s childhood friend, the former president of the United States, comes to visit, he raises doubts about the girl’s safety. No longer so sure of herself, Emily must reach deep into the White House’s secret library to find the answers.

Major Emily Beale struggles to excel in her new role as both mother and wife. Colonel Michael Gibson’s career reaches a crisis, not that he’s talking about it. Trainee military war dog Rip naps - he was named for Rip van Winkle, after all - while awaiting inspiration. Film student turned cowboy Patrick Gallagher just keeps riding through life...until the woman of his dreams threatens to ride off into the sunset without him.

Freelance journalist Colleen McMurphy finds her Irish pen name far more professional than the Kurva Baisotei her Japanese parents perpetrated upon her at birth. Her “itinerant writer” role fit her deliciously single lifestyle, until an assignment sent her to Montana’s Big Sky Country to write an article about Henderson’s Ranch.

When Emily Beale and Mark Henderson retire to the family ranch in Montana, they enter a whole new world. Meeting all new people. Chef Nathan Gallagher’s escape from New York City lands him in the most unlikely of places: Montana. With his past dumped and his future unknown, he seeks something new. If only he knew what.

Stan Corman hates waking up each morning to discover he’s lost an arm, his war dog, his teammates, and his calling. The only thing worse? Going to sleep to face the nightmare of that single, life-changing moment. Mark Henderson sends Stan to his family horse ranch beneath Montana’s Big Sky. Not even a shard of hope remains until Bertram, a Malinois puppy left on his doorstep, has different ideas about Reaching Out at Henderson’s Ranch.

Chelsea Bridges’ first trip to Montana lands her at Mark Henderson and Emily Beale’s family ranch. In the past, she pursued adventure from hiking the Continental Divide Trail to trekking in Nepal, but a horse ranch provides whole new world of wonders. Doug Daniels spent three tours in the Navy before he became foreman at the ranch. He has finally found his home. Nothing prepares them for the surprises that await during Christmas at Henderson’s Ranch.

Former National Guard helicopter pilot Robin Harrow is ready for the best summer job of her life, working for Mount Hood Aviation. But when the wildfire sirens blare on her first day, it's into the hot seat for Robin and her super sexy copilot. Mickey Hamilton loves two things most of all: women and flying. So when Robin Harrow roars across his radar, he locks on to her trail with no intention of turning back.

Master mechanic Denise Conroy - with a reputation for being as steel-clad as the aircraft she keeps aloft - shuns useless flyboys who don't know one end of a wrench from the other. Firehawk pilot Vern Taylor - known for unstoppable charm and a complete lack of mechanical skills - proves his talent for out-of-the-box thinking with every flight. He's a survivor and a natural-born heli-aviation firefighter. When Denise and Vern crash together in the Central American jungle with wildfire on one side and a full-fledged military coup on the other, their newly forged partnership is tested to the max.

Captain Emily Beale made it as the first woman of the Army’s secret helicopter regiment, the Night Stalkers. But a run-in with CNN puts her career on the line and ships her stateside—to the White House. Major Mark Henderson may be her commander, but he’s also smitten by his very best pilot. Disguised as a jetsetter playboy, he plunges into the fray. But nothing is what it looks like at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The President, First Lady, FBI Director, and even the head of the Secret Service all have hidden agendas. Emily can’t deny her attraction to Mark, but first they both must survive.