Maryann Jordan

She escaped Hollywood to find peace. He was sent to keep her alive. Willow Thorton traded stardom for solitude in rural Nebraska, writing novels far from the spotlight that nearly destroyed her. Until silk roses start appearing on her porch. Hang-up calls. Fresh footprints beneath her window.

Former Navy SEAL Logan Bishop was bored. He spent his post-SEAL days flying tourists on helicopter rides over the mountains of Montana and occasionally rescued skiers from snowy slopes when an injury resulted in early retirement.

Military duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town....

After leaving the Army, Zander King wants nothing more to do with being a hero...Old habits die hard, though, so when a beautiful stranger walks into the bar to drink alone, his protective instincts kicked into high gear....

Brogan MacFarlane, a former marine, filled his days with hard work at the family bar and his nights running along the shore to rid himself of the war memories he would rather forget. But there was one thing in town that provided a distraction…the pretty cop with the haunted eyes....

Katelyn MacFarlane had loved...and lost, when her young fiancé was killed in action. Now, six years later, still at the same job in Baytown, she feels as though life is passing her by....

Former Special Forces brother-in-arms now working together to provide an elite security service in the Southern city of Richland....

Babs Mabrey manages the Lighthouse office, and has a thing for the Keeper Flyboy. When she’s injured in the line of duty, the boss sends her on a vacation. But when the cruise from hell is more than she can take, she decides to enjoy the islands on her own....

Gabe Malloy, dedicated to his brothers, spent his weekends with cheap booze and easy women. When some of his friends finally settled down, he wondered if he would ever do so....

When the campus killer strikes again, Jack's team is tasked by the governor to find the killer, using whatever means they can....

Scott Redding was determined to live his life and not be defined as an amputee. Meeting Beau Weston was meant to help the older man settle his affairs...not change Scott’s life. Farmer Lizzie Weston was as independent as she was hardworking....

Love had never worked out for US Navy SEAL Commander Eric Lopez during his 25 years of active duty. Now, with a forced medical retirement, he was bored...and still alone. When asked to work for a DHS Secret Division Command, he jumped at the chance....

Country music, his parents, cold beer, and apple pie... just a few of the things Frank Tate loves. The former SEAL, now a Lighthouse Security specialist, also loves his job and lives for the next mission....

Ryan Coates does it all. Single dad with an ex who needs reminders to spend time with the kids. Chief of the Baytown Station of the Virginia Marine Police. Sergeant at Arms for the American Legion. Son. Brother. Coach. Friend. What he’s not doing is looking for a woman. Then he met her....

Joseph landed in Baytown when he left the military and had nowhere else to go. Used to being a loner, he discovered the small coastal town offered friendship…but love? That wasn’t even on his radar, until meeting her....

Sophie Bayles was devastated by grief when her beloved brother, a soldier, had been killed in action when she was a teenager. Guarding her heart, she left Baytown and the boy she had loved...her brother’s best friend....

Clay watched his fellow Lighthouse Security Keepers fall for women while on missions. Growing up with chaos, the last thing he wanted was drama...or surprises. The beautiful concert violinist was just what he hoped for. Smart, talented, and dedicated to the orchestra....

Military duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town....

Rick had worked for Lighthouse Security along with his brother and some of the best people he’d known when he got out of the SEALs. That’s when he met her…a coworker’s sister. Sexy. Smart. And a CIA op stationed in Egypt. A few nights with Abbie made him wish for more....

His mission? A leisurely, first-class train ride through the Canadian Rockies escorting a doctor who was afraid of flying. Easy. Relaxing. And if the doctor is a beautiful, funny, kindhearted woman who makes him wish for a future he thought had been buried....