Guardians Series Anthology V.2

Return to a world of high-stakes danger and heart-stopping suspense in this second volume of award-winning romantic thrillers, where family isn't just found—it's fought for.PIECES OF EIGHTDarkness can light the way.When psychic-medium Thea Marlie's young protégé, Drew, goes missing, she knows there's only one man to call: FBI Special Agent Max Prescott. But Thea and Max have history, and asking him for help means confronting the darkest time of her life.Max has been waiting years for the only woman he ever loved to need him. He's ready to face the past and accept its consequences, to do whatever it takes to win Thea back…even if he fears some things are too terrible to forgive.Thea wants only to move forward.  Max is determined to look back. But when they learn Drew has been taken by people hunting the lost treasure el Tesoro del Corazon, they will have to get beyond their stalemate. Because the race to unearth the hidden chest of cursed Spanish silver is on, and to save him they will have to work together to find it…before the curse of el Tesoro finds them. DUST TO DUSTThe phoenix must burn before it can rise.Paramedic Kamina Kim is at Silverhawk Tower seeking a different kind of rescue: her own. Attending a writing workshop far from the sirens and trauma, she hopes to silence the guilt of a boy she couldn't save—and find a way to believe in herself again.Grey Dar has no such illusions. The former Army Ranger lives in the shadow of loss, returning to the world only to protect his twin brother–the tech billionaire builder of Silverhawk, now marked by an invisible threat. Grey isn't worried about surviving the encounter, just ending it on his own terms.But when an explosion turns the tower into a war zone, Mina and Grey are thrust together among the rubble.  As they fight to rescue a trapped child and escape before the building comes down, they will have to rely on their skills, their histories, and each other. Because the assault on Silverhawk is only the beginning… FOUL PLAYRedemption means letting go.As a child, Dr. Peri O'Brien barely survived the malevolent infamy spawned by her cult leader father.  So when her career as a renowned climate scientist is destroyed by the same ugly taint, she becomes a ghost, seeking only anonymity–a life small enough to survive.  But when a man dies beside her in a darkened movie theater, her quiet existence implodes.Because now Peri isn't just a madman's daughter–she's a murder suspect. And the unexpected key to a plot far deadlier than a single assassination.FBI Agent Soren Blackbird is a bone collector.  A hunter of monsters: serial killers and child predators, those that require a more ruthless brand of justice. Being reassigned to investigate the murder of a foreign envoy is an affront on every level–until the evidence leads straight to Peri and a shadow network preparing to unleash a catastrophic eco-terror attack on the world.  On the cusp of an event that could change everything they know, Soren and Peri are thrust into a deadly race to unravel secrets, unearth betrayal, and outmaneuver a conspiracy rooted in retribution. To stop the coming cataclysm, they'll have to confront everything they've been running from and decide whether love is a liability…or the one thing powerful enough to save them both."e;Isn't it wonderful, as a reader, to pick up a book you are skeptical of and find yourself in the hands of an expert lover of words?"e; Harrowing adventure, breathtaking suspense, and love forged in the fire of impossible odds.