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Terror-filled eyes. Lungs choked with water. A pounding heartbeat. For Sydney Bristow, it’s a typical day in her not-so-typical after-school job–she’s an agent for SD-6, a top-secret division of the CIA. Or so she thinks.This prequel is the first in a new series based on the smash ABC show Alias–it’s Sydney’s life before she discovers she’s working for the bad guys, juxtaposing normal college life against her fabulous exploits as a working spy.From the Paperback edition.

A crumbling Gothic mansion on a craggy Scottish isle.A secret meeting among the world’s most powerful underground organizations. And lots of bad blood.Sydney’s sent by SD-6 to pose as the heiress of a former ruling family of Romania now mixed up in the black market. Except instead of collecting intelligence, something goes very wrong. One by one people end up disappearing. Gone. Vanished. When someone is found, they’re dead. Will Sydney be the prime suspect . . . or the newest victim?From the Paperback edition.

Conflict on the battlefield and in the newsroom. A feisty female journalist and a stoic hero. Can their love survive the tragedy of the Vietnam War?Journalist Chris McKenna would do anything to cover the Vietnam War. If there's one thing she knows, it's that she was born to tell this story.Chris rolls into South Vietnam intent on sniffing out the overlooked stories of America's most unpopular war. Much to the dismay of the military establishment, she hops a Huey to a remote base in the Mekong Delta and hits the motherlode. A mission both tactically and strategically questionable. Inept junior officers more concerned about image than protecting the troops they lead. A platoon of grunts taking fire from all sides. A stoic soldier powerless against the woman keen on breaking through his defenses.John Rawlins rues the day he met Chris. The last thing he wants to be is a story, but Chris has glory in mind for the quiet, heroic soldier who simply wants to make it home alive. He figures she won't last long. Journalists never do.He couldn't be more wrong.Through jungle patrols and firefights, amidst the chaos and the comedy that is the war in Vietnam, Chris earns the respect and affection of a squad of men who have nothing to lose by telling it like it is.But as the pressure from her editor mounts, as journalistic competition descends on the Delta, as Chris reckons with the consequences of the choices that led her to Vietnam, she discovers how hard it is to separate the story she was born to tell from the story she was born to live.A Summer of War is a standalone work of historical fiction that features a bold, brave female heroine who blazes her own path no matter the consequences. If you like fast-paced adventure, raw emotion, and a love worth fighting for, then you'll love this unique and compelling story set during the height of the Vietnam War.Pick up A Summer of War to follow Chris on her adventures today!

A spy whose secrets might kill. The man she's sworn to protect. A destiny written in the stars. CIA operative Kate Devlin has a problem: She may have created a terrorist. These things happen in the world of espionage, and it might not be so bad if her accidental terrorist, now a member of Yemen's most dangerous jihadi group, didn't have orders to kill American security consultant Nick Cavanaugh. Nothing could be worse for her career or, after meeting Nick, her sanity. Nick, a former U.S. Marine, could do without the CIA aiding and abetting his death. It isn't the first time that terrorists have tried to kill him, but he's starting to worry it might be the last. Despite this distressing development, he's intrigued by the spy who holds his life in her hands, and he's willing to risk everything to be close to her. Thrust into an uneasy partnership, Kate and Nick butt heads over everything, but especially over the wisdom of creating terrorists. Kate's not too proud to admit that he might have a point, but good intentions count for something. Tempting though it is to hand him over to the bad guys herself, she just might miss him if he were gone. Civil war looms, a new breed of extremism spawns from the desert, and Kate and Nick find themselves inexorably linked by the fate of one accidental terrorist. As the battle for their lives races toward its spectacular climax, will they survive an intelligence operation gone awry? The Stars Refuse to Shine is the first novel in a series featuring Kate, Nick, and their motley crew of friends on rollicking adventures in foreign lands. If you enjoy action, intrigue, humor, and a love that conquers all, you'll love The Sandstorm Series. Pick up The Stars Refuse to Shine to follow Kate and Nick on their adventures today!

They survived the terrorists. Can they survive each other? CIA operative Kate Devlin no longer wants to be a CIA operative. War, famine, plague, pestilence, terrible management…she's seen it all. Terrorists ain't got nothin' on the Agency's worst. More importantly, now she has a life. And a love. She's never been in love before, but she thinks this might go the distance.  Nick Cavanaugh owes his life to Kate. He's days removed from having a terrorist's blade at his throat, but he's never been more scared than he is now: admitting that he wants to spend the rest of his life with this woman, even if it means giving up everything to be with her. They were made for each other, this pixie spy and caveman mercenary. Lovers, best friends, and…business partners? Is Sandstorm International big enough for the both of them? As their relationship heats up, so does unfinished business from Yemen. The one thing they aren't allowed to do is lie to each other. But the lie that threatens to tear them apart might just be the truth that saves them. Sandstorm Rising, a novella, is book 1.5 in The Sandstorm Series. This in-between-adventures story follows Kate and Nick and their motley crew of friends in the immediate aftermath of The Stars Refuse to Shine. If you want to know just how this new phase of Kate and Nick's life together begins, and how it nearly ends, then this is the story for you! Pick up Sandstorm Rising to join Kate and Nick on their adventures today!

A young woman in thrall to violence and terror. The former spy tasked with saving her. But time is running out… Former CIA operative Kate Cavanaugh wasn't prepared for her old boss to show up at Sandstorm International with her French counterpart and an unusual request: prevent the Frenchman's daughter from joining the world's most savage terrorist group in Syria. Kate is intrigued, husband Nick is opposed, and business partner Jake is up for anything. Over Nick's objections, Kate reunites the Sandstorm family for a most unconventional operation in Istanbul, Turkey. Kate, Nick, and their team engage in an escalating series of psychological battles and provocations against Camille Dubois, whose devotion to the terrorists and their so-called caliphate, and all it represents, is unwavering. Living in the closest of quarters with a young woman committed to fanatics and their cause, Kate finds there are no easy answers to the hard questions. Who is the real Camille, why does she seek belonging amongst the worst of humanity, and how deep are her connections to France-based plotters intent on attacking the American embassy in Paris? The Sandstorm crew has thirty days to save Camille from a life of violence and brutality. But as Camille turns a blind eye to the heinous crimes of her chosen nation and Nick unravels under the weight of his role, Kate must decide how far to take the game, and who needs to be saved most. The Edge of the Night is the second novel in The Sandstorm Series, which features Kate, Nick, and their motley crew of friends on rollicking adventures in foreign lands. If you enjoy action, intrigue, humor, and a love that conquers all, you'll love Lynn Mason's The Sandstorm Series. Pick up The Edge of the Night to join Kate and Nick on their adventures today!

An impossible mission. A former spy who lives for the impossible. Seven lives rest in her hands, but who will save her? Kate Cavanaugh can't escape the CIA. Now her former employer wants her to find unfindable hostages held by ghostlike terrorists in the barren lands of the Sahel, with oversight and meddling from the very people she left the Agency to escape and nary a shred of actionable intelligence to assist. There's not enough money in the world to make this worth her while. But husband Nick and business partner Jake see nothing but action, adventure, and glory for Sandstorm International, and Kate reluctantly agrees to direct her prodigious talents toward the liberation of American and French hostages in Mali. With help from their Sandstorm family, the team orchestrates contact with the terrorists and dangles a hefty ransom that will never be paid. As Sandstorm's con for the ages plays out in the endless sands of the terrorists' unholy emirate, another deception unfolds behind the scenes. It's a game of cat and mouse, and Kate and Nick and their friends learn the hard way that they're the mice. All they were supposed to do was find the hostages and step aside for the rescue. But suddenly it's personal, and Kate's not leaving Mali until the job is done. Can Sandstorm save seven people from a tragic fate in the unforgiving desert, or will the CIA's vicious politics mean the death of them all? A Gathering Storm is the third novel in The Sandstorm Series, which features Kate, Nick, and their motley crew of friends on rollicking adventures in foreign lands. If you enjoy action, adventure, humor, and a love that conquers all, you'll love The Sandstorm Series. Pick up A Gathering Storm to join Kate and Nick on their adventures today!

Two broken souls. One chance for redemption. FBI special agent Olivia Wolfe is in trouble…again. She's on the hunt for domestic extremists sowing discord, but her passion has come with a price: powerful people have a vested interest in protecting the Storm Seekers, an anti-government militia intent on unleashing hell in the Pacific Northwest. One man in particular will do anything to shut her down for good. Benji Maddox is the FBI's one link to the Storm Seekers. The former car thief just wants to run his custom autobody shop in peace, but the militia needs his special skill set. Benji has no interest in an FBI undercover operation targeting extremists with a long history of brutal violence, not until a vexing but exhilarating encounter with Olivia changes his perspective. The special agent is a one-woman riot, chaos in black leather and skinny jeans, and Benji hasn't felt such a rush since he last stole cars. Olivia, desperate to rehabilitate her career after a botched undercover operation left her scarred and ostracized, goes all in on the Storm Seekers, with Benji at her side. As they bend and break the law to earn the militia's confidence, the true extent of the messianic leader's plan to spark civil war becomes frighteningly clear. Countless lives in the Pacific Northwest rest in the hands of a special agent with self-preservation issues and a reformed car thief. And who is the Gatekeeper, Olivia's bête noire and true obsession? Is he the most dangerous threat of all? Olivia and Benji have spent years outrunning their pasts, but infiltrating the Storm Seekers will put them on a collision course with their demons and each other. Can two people, victims of countless betrayals, ever learn to trust again? Echoes in Rain is the first book in The Echoes Saga. If you enjoy thrillers with twists and turns, psychological intrigue, a hint of humor, and a dash of romance, you'll love Echoes in Rain.  Pick up your copy today and join Olivia and Benji on their quest to save both the country and each other.