The Guardian Hostage Rescue series gets more intense with every book. With dangerous missions, heroic rescues, nail-biting suspense, and sizzling romance, it's an addictive adrenaline rush.
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Name: Lily Freeman

Job: DEA Field Operative.

Assignment: Undercover.

Target: Knox Wilder (alleged drug runner).

Objective: Get close to Wilder. Infiltrate his organization. Tear it down from the inside.

Personal Notes: Knox Wilder isn’t what he seems, and while I’m supposed to be the one seducing him, he’s the one fulfilling the filthy fantasies I keep hidden from myself. Working undercover doesn’t come without risk, but there are some benefits. I can sleep with Knox without guilt. It’s all for God and country, and dang it if I’m not a patriot.
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Name: Knox Wilder

Job: Guardian, an elite, ex-military, special forces expert.

Position: Alpha-Six.

Assignment: Undercover.

Target: Tomas Benefield’s Human trafficking organization.

Objective: Rescue a dozen women before they disappear forever.

Personal Notes: The op is going well, a near-flawless execution until a DEA Taskforce screws everything up. They think I’m involved in transporting drugs, and I’ve got no time to set the beautiful agent straight. I shouldn’t let my guard down. I shouldn’t let her get close. There’s a whole lot I shouldn’t do with the beautiful blonde, but there’s something about her I can’t resist.

I’ll protect her from any threat, but what happens when my enemies set their sights on her? When the biggest threat to her safety is me?
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Rescuing Lily is book five of The Guardians: Hostage Rescue Specialists series. It’s a fast-paced, steamy, contemporary, military, romantic suspense that will tug at your heartstrings and leave your heart racing. If you love over-the-top protective, military men that like to take charge, steamy couples, and happily ever afters, Rescuing Lily is for you.

Each book is a contemporary standalone, steamy military romantic suspense, with a protective, arrogant male hero and the smart, feisty heroine who steals his heart.

Although the books in the series are standalone, much is gained by reading them all in order as the story of the Guardians is ongoing throughout the series.

Grab your copy today and let the binge-reading begin!

The last thing Zoe expects during Spring Break is to be trapped in a shipping container with a dozen other girls.
Rescuing Zoe is a fast-paced, steamy, contemporary, military, romantic suspense that will tug at your heartstrings and leave your heart racing.

One phone call changes my entire life.

My best friend’s little sister is missing, kidnapped off the streets of Cancun.

He needs my special skill set to bring her home.

A former Navy SEAL, I’m now a Guardian, a brotherhood of men dedicated to rescuing those who’ve been taken.

Rescuing Zoe should be just another job, but Zoe and I share a history.

One her brother doesn’t know about.

She’s been in love with me since she was five.

It began as an annoyance, but a year ago I set her straight.

She crawled into my bed and I broke her heart.

I walked away.

But now?

Now, I’ll do anything to bring her home.


If you love over the top alphas, military men that like to take charge, steamy couples, and happily ever afters, Rescuing Zoe is for you. Drop your inhibitions at the door. You won’t be needing them anyway. Rescuing Zoe is book 2 in the Guardian HRS series. All books are contemporary standalone, steamy military romances, with arrogant alpha male heroes and the smart, feisty heroine who steals his heart.

Each couple has their own Happily Ever After (HEA). Grab your copy today and let the binge-reading begin!

If you're looking for light and fluffy, you won't find it here. If you're looking for gripping suspense and to discover the true resiliance of the human soul, you're in the right place.
(Meaning, this story may cause triggers.)

Rescuing Maria is book six of The Guardians: Hostage Rescue Specialists series. It’s a fast-paced, steamy, contemporary, military, romantic suspense that will tug at your heartstrings and leave your heart racing. If you love over-the-top protective military men that like to take charge, steamy couples, and happily ever afters, Rescuing Maria is for you.

Each book is a contemporary standalone, steamy military romantic suspense, with a protective, arrogant, male hero and the smart, feisty heroine who steals his heart.

Although the books in the series are standalone, much is gained by reading them all in order as the story of the Guardians is ongoing throughout the series.

When a moment of defiance turns into a living nightmare, Eve will do whatever it takes to survive, even if that means making a deal with a devil of a man.
EVE: Daughter of a shipping mogul, Eve Deverough leads a charmed life. She wants for nothing, except for the love of her cold and distant father. In a moment of defiance, she runs off to Cancun, shedding her private security for some fun in the sun over spring break. Only there is no fun. There is no sun.

Eve’s kidnapped off the streets of Cancun, transported in a shipping container with twelve other girls, to be sold off to the highest bidder in an auction of the vilest kind. Only Eve’s worth more to her kidnapper than being sold at market. She’s being held for ransom.

As days turn to weeks, and weeks turn to months, the ransom demands escalate. Held captive by the despicable human trafficker, Tomas Benefield, in his stronghold hidden in the jungles of Colombia, Eve’s freedom is in jeopardy. Which forces her to do the unthinkable.


MAX: Alpha One, Max, leader of Guardian HRS’s Alpha Team volunteers for an undercover mission to rescue the daughter of a shipping mogul who’s been kidnapped. Despite paying escalating ransom demands, her captors refuse to free her and her father is running out of cash.

Eve’s photos tell a somber picture and Max is ready to answer the call. How he’s going to play the part of a brutal and depraved monster is beyond him, but there’s no other way. He'll infiltrate The Retreat, a compound hidden in the jungles of Colombia, posing as a buyer intent on buying a girl at auction.

He's not prepared for the intense attraction he feels for Eve and fights to remain professional. Above all else, he’s laser-focused on Rescuing Eve.

Failing is not an option.

As his attraction builds, there’s one BIG problem. Instead of a rescuer, all Eve sees is another monstrous man intent on defiling an unwilling girl. She hates him on sight.

Rescuing Eve is non-stop action with an in-depth look at the Columbian human trafficking business. Max is sure to steal your heart with his respect towards women, his sculpted physique, and morals that withstand the ever-present temptations of The Retreat, not to mention The Oasis. This book will keep you engaged and captivated and is sure to test you when it comes to watching the slow-burning chemistry unfold between Max and Eve. Grab Your Copy Today!


Guardians Hostage Rescue Specialists:
If you love over the top alphas, military men that like to take charge, steamy couples, and happily ever afters, Rescuing Eve is for you. Rescuing Eve is book 4 in the Guardian HRS series. A fast-paced, steamy, contemporary, military, romantic suspense that will tug at your heartstrings and leave your heart racing. Meet the Guardians: protective male heroes and the smart, feisty heroines who steal her Guardian's heart. Each couple has their own Happily Ever After (HEA).

If they want their happily ever after, they’ll have to fight Mother Nature for it…

Aiden Cole isn’t interested in love.

Any romantic notions he had died with his wife, despite her dying wish that he find love again. His focus is on raising his daughter as a single dad, and keeping his offshore oil rig crew safe. As his crew evacuates in advance of Hurricane Julian, a category five monster barreling down on the gulf, disaster strikes. Two of his crewmen are critically injured. He needs to get them to safety before the hurricane hits. When the aeromedical rescue helicopter pilot turns out to be a woman, he’s surprised. When she falls into his arms, his entire body takes notice. The tough, gorgeous, pilot is everything Aiden thought he’d never have—or want—again. Can Ariel be the one? His second chance at love?

Too bad the storm seems to have other plans for them…

Ariel Black doesn’t believe in love.

With a category five hurricane barreling down on the Gulf, helicopter pilot, Ariel Black, is on a mission to evacuate wounded men from an oil rig. When the massive storm arrives ahead of schedule, it grounds Ariel’s helicopter, trapping them on the oil rig. She and her men, along with Aiden and his wounded, must ride out the storm. It’s the worst possible time to fall in love, but she does. Ariel falls hard…right into the installation manager’s arms. Aiden Cole makes her heart race, her pulse pound, and the butterflies in her stomach soar. Could he be the one?

Will the storm of the century destroy Aiden and Ariel’s chance at happily ever after? Or does fate have something else in store?

Saving Ariel, a steamy, second chance, contemporary romantic suspense, about love at first sight. It features a protective hero and the smart, feisty heroine who steals his heart.

Get your copy today and let the binge-reading begin.

(Saving Ariel was previously published as 'Aiden.')

Ash “Blaze” Dean has it all: fame, fortune, and the adoration of screaming fans, but the constant parties and endless string of one-night stands are taking their toll. He wants something real and someone to hold on to. He believes in fate and true love, so when sparks ignite between him and the intelligent and sassy Dr. Summers, Ash is intrigued.

When Skye Summers has no idea who he is, he’s fascinated. When she runs following a little innocent flirting, he’s in full pursuit, because something tells him this woman is worth the chase. He'll stop at nothing to win the sexy doctor's heart, even if he has to tell a tiny white lie. But Skye might be too much for even the legendary lead singer of the mega-rock band, Angel Fire, to handle.

Dr. Skye Summers is a survivor. When life knocks her down, she gets right back up. She endured life as a foster-child and now dedicates herself to helping others in need. She faces her challenges head-on but remains haunted by the demons of her past. One thing she knows for certain; she doesn't believe in love. She's finished being betrayed and deceived by the men in her life. After years of pain and disappointment, even the irresistible and charming Ash Dean isn't going to change her mind.

Can Ash get Skye to open her heart, or will he crash and burn in a "Blaze" of glory?

Heart's Insanity is a Steamy, Contemporary Rockstar Romance, book 1 in the Angel Fire series of cocky rock stars. Ash will tug at your heartstrings. He's an arrogant male who meets his match in the smart, feisty Skye Summers, an emergency room physician, who steals his heart. Don't miss out. Get your copy today and let the binge-reading begin.

Alpha Men. Steamy Scenes. Heart-Pounding Romance ~ Heart's Insanity has it all!

Left me breathless! ~ Such a beautifully turbulent story.

Blew my expectations away!

"So many emotions, so many feels, I can hardly contain myself. Ellie did a great job of putting me right there in the thick of it. I felt like I was part of this crazy crew." ~ Rough Draft Book Blog

"This book will suck you in from the beginning, and take you on an amazing adventure. I laughed, I cried, and I fell in love with Ash and Skye." ~ Amazon Reviewer

"What a crazy whirlwind of a storyline. Tons of fun, loads of sexy...This is most assuredly an author to watch..." ~ Rachel Bound by Books

Nothing's fair in love and war. When enemies become lovers can two adversaries put aside their differences so they both can win?
Brody La Rouge wages war on the financial landscape in the Bay Area while guarding his heart against yet another heartbreak. Lucky in finance, he's unlucky in love. He destroyed the only woman who ever mattered. Too young and too stupid to realize his mistake, he broke her heart and walked away. As for love, supermodels trip head over heels for an evening draped over his arm, or a night twisting the sheets in his bed, but they leave him feeling vacant and unsatisfied.

He wants more. He wants what he lost.

When he runs across the woman from his past, he prepares to go head to head against a formidable adversary. Grace Atwood is not to be underestimated. Not only is she immune to his charms but she hates his guts.

Grace is determined to succeed in a man's world, but her dreams get sidelined when her mother gets sick. Grace is forced to take over the floundering family winery rather than chase her dreams.

What she's not prepared for is Brody La Rouge, the only man who ever broke her heart. It's time to take him down a notch, but her struggling winery needs the equity investment his multi-billion dollar company can provide.

As Brody fans the flames of their past, she’s unprepared for the heat he brings into the boardroom. More's at stake than corporate mergers. Brody's a player, but Grace's been played before.

Brody’s willing to rewrite the rules, but will Grace give him a second chance to prove he's the one?

Brody, a steamy, enemy-to-lovers, second chance, billionaire romance. It features an arrogant alpha male billionaire and the smart, feisty heroine who steals his heart. Get your copy today and let the binge-reading begin.

HAWKE: Billionaire in Paradise, is a Steamy, Holiday Billionaire Romance that will heat up the sheets and keep you warm on a cold winter’s night.

Christmas in paradise turns out to be way more than she bargained for…

Quinn Hayes had it all and lost it all. Her picture-perfect relationship, the venture capital she needs to launch her fledgling company…gone. All she has now is the vacation she planned to take with her ex-fiancé—and there’s no way she’s letting that go. The last thing she expects (or wants) to find in Euphoria is love. But the sexy, confident man she meets there has her wondering if a rebound is precisely what she needs. 

Hawke Sterling doesn’t do romance. He’s far too jaded for that. Fairy tale, happily ever after endings just aren’t for people like him. But there’s something about Quinn that has him questioning everything. She’s smart, charming, and entirely too gorgeous for his peace of mind. Too bad the only thing he has to offer her is heartbreak. 

When it turns out that Hawke holds the key to Quinn’s professional success (or ultimate failure), he’ll have to decide if the cost of being with her is more than he’s willing to pay—and Quinn will need to decide if taking a second chance at love is worth the risk…

Hawke, a steamy, biilionaire, holiday, contemporary romance, is book 1 in the Billionaire Boys Club. It features an arrogant alpha male hero and the smart, feisty heroine who steals his heart. Get your copy today and let the binge-reading begin.

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READING ORDER
Military Romance
Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists
Rescuing Melissa
Rescuing Zoe
Rescuing Moira

The One I Want Series
Small Town, Military Heroes
Aiden
Brent
Caleb
Dax
Patton

Rockstar Romance
The Angel Fire Rock Romance Series
Heart's Insanity (book 1)
Ashes to New (prequel)
Heart's Desire (book 2)
Heart's Collide (book 3)
Hearts Divided (book 4)
Hearts Entwined (book5)
Forest's FALL (book 6)
Hearts The Last Beat (book7)

Contemporary Romance
Firestorm
Cocky Captain

Billionaire Romance
Hawke
H.R.H. Richard
Brody

Sweet Contemporary Romance
Finding Peace

Romantic Suspense
The Starling

~AND~
Science Fiction
Ellie Masters writing as L.A. Warren

Vendel Rising: a Science Fiction Serialized Novel