MJ Nightingale

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MJ Nightingale is a USA Today Best Selling author, and the author of The Bounty Hunters: The Marino Brothers. She has also written the Secrets & Seduction series, and the Mystic Nights series. She lives in Florida with her husband, two sons, and a sweet dog named Champ. Writing is her passion and escape, but she is also a teacher of 27 years. Her books are set in the places she has lived and travelled. Her heroes are men who will sweep you off your feet, and save the day. You can always expect a wild ride, an HEA, suspense, intrigue and super steamy scenes in an MJ Nightingale book.

You can contact her on Facebook, twitter (@nightingale_mj), and Instagram, or visit her website.

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Protecting Beauty (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) Jul 22, 2018

by MJ Nightingale, Operation Alpha

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John “Tex” Keegan thought his Clearwater vacation would be nothing but smooth sailing, cocktails, and baby making with his wife, Melody. But not even a week into his belated honeymoon, the past hurtles to the present to haunt him. And, the ghosts won't let go. Tex is taken back in time to a dark place, a time before he lost his leg, and before he became a Navy Seal. A time when a young Beauty suffered on his watch. And she wasn't alone. There were others. So many needless victims on his watch.  

Katarina Marino has moved on with her life. Orphaned, a ward of the state, kidnapped, a sex slave, and preyed upon by a serial killer, she has been to hell and back. Though she survived it all, her past may threaten her future once more.

  SEAL of Protection by Susan Stoker meets The Bounty Hunters by MJ Nightingale. What will happen when these two worlds collide? Retired Navy Seal, and former FBI agent Tex Keegan will come across his first case, the case that soured him on the slow wheels of justice, and tortured him for over a decade, making him the man he has become. Living through it again is something he never wanted to do.  

Susan Stoker’s Special Forces: Operation Alpha presents Protecting Beauty, and a Bounty Hunters Novella. 

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Betting on Benny (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) (A Mystic Nights Series Novella Book 6) Jul 22, 2018

by MJ Nightingale, Operation Alpha

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Navy SEAL, Kason “Benny” Sawyer’s family has exploded. A wife and three kids in just three years has him hopping, especially when he can be called away at a moment’s notice to parts unknown. With the cost of his wife’s new business, and repairs on the farm house mounting, his debts have him scrambling to make ends meet in his crazy, busy life. 

And that life is about to get crazier when he finds out Jessyka has entered him as a contestant on The Cook Off, cable TV’s hottest new cooking show. The prize is 150,000 very tempting dollars. There’s just one problem—the rivalry for the grand prize seems to be getting heated outside of the kitchen as well. When strange accidents start happening at the casino in Mystic, CT where the show is being filmed, Benny’s protective instincts are “kicked” into high gear. 

Will Benny be able to take home the win to help his family? Will he be able to figure out who is sabotaging The Cook Off and causing these dangerous accidents? And will this SEAL survive the mayhem in Mystic, protect Jessyka, and his entire family, too? 

To find out, you’ll have to read Betting on Benny, a Mystic Nights and Special Forces: Operation Alpha novel, and a part of Susan Stoker’s Kindle World. 

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Protecting Secrets (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) Jul 23, 2018

by MJ Nightingale, Operation Alpha

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Monica Ciccone, Julie Hurt, and Fiona Knox had secrets they kept for a long time. Things they preferred to keep in the past. Things that bring painful memories and nightmares. But the past won't stay there. It never does.  

Having been through hell and back, all survivors, they come together in Riverton to open a new rape crisis center. But little do they know that the grand opening will bring danger to their door. The past will come hurtling back with a vengeance.  

With their women in horrible trouble, will Victor, Patrick, and Hunter be able to save them? Or this time, will they be able to save themselves before it's too late?  Only one thing is for certain . . . danger lurks when you try to protect your secrets.

A Secrets & Seduction and Special Forces: Operation Alpha novella, and a part of Susan Stoker’s World.

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Fire In His Eyes (Secrets & Seduction Book 1) Dec 16, 2013

by MJ Nightingale, Melissa Gill, Brenda Wright, Keriann McKenna

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At thirty years old Monica is about to discover real passion for the first time in her life. A chance encounter in a Tampa bar brings Victor into her life. Sexy as hell, secretive, and incredible in bed, Monica is overwhelmed in every way by this ex-military man who introduces her to all kinds of new and exciting experiences. Monica is a school teacher who longs to experience the joy and thrill of passion. She has battled a past filled with trauma, and depression. Finally free of her fears and guilt, she begins to explore. That is when she meets Victor, a man who has his own demons to battle and secrets to keep. When he meets innocent Monica, he wants to experience all he can with her. She is innocent, yet willing; barely touched, but incredibly passionate. Victor's past has scarred him, and despite his feelings he keeps Monica at a distance. Why? Because he fears those secrets will destroy them. But, Monica and Victor are soul mates. They have the same hot passions. Will they find their happiness with each other? You must read to find that out. But, they most assuredly do find pleasure.

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Fighting For Jemma (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha) (Badge of Honor: TARPLEY VFD Book 4) Feb 18, 2020

by MJ Nightingale, Operation Alpha

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High school science teacher Jemma Haner is ready for love, but she doesn’t do firefighters. Period. Never. No way. But Angel is everything she is looking for. Tall, dark, handsome and kind. As a veterinarian he shares her love of animals, nature, and the outdoors. She’d been burned in the past and had lost too much already to risk her heart to a firefighter. 

Angel, “Short Shit” to his friends with the Tarpley Volunteer Fire department, can rescue cats and kids out of trees without a ladder. He works hard and loves harder, but when he meets Jemma he thinks only of making her his. Only problem--she won’t date firefighters. Can he get her to change her mind and give love a chance? Can he win her heart? 

And when the storm of the century hits Tarpley, Texas, can Angel save Jemma from the dangers that come at her from all sides, and still do the job he loves? Find out in Book 4 of Badge of Honor: Tarpley VFD, part of Susan Stoker’s Badge of Honor series.

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Fighting for Marcy (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha) (Badge of Honor: Tarpley VFD, Season 2) Feb 16, 2021

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Marcy Fields is determined to raise her twin sons and make it on her own. A lying, cheating, soon-to-be-ex-husband and his newest “girlfriend” won’t stop her from pursuing a happy life. The last thing she's ready for is a new relationship with the sexy addition to the Banderas Sheriff’s Department. But when crazy things start happening in Tarpley, around her and her children, she comes to depend on the gorgeous man she met in the produce department more and more.

Former Detective Blake “New York” Levine comes to Texas to continue his career of catching criminals and putting them behind bars. As a new deputy and member of the Tarpley Volunteer Fire Department, Blake's determined to unravel the mysteries of the cold cases he is asked to solve. His first one, a murdered artist whose skeletal remains were found in the desert, has him stumped. So far, the best thing to happen to him is meeting the strikingly beautiful Marcy.

Juggling his caseload becomes a whole lot harder when he is tasked with bringing down a heinous criminal attempting to hire MC members to kill a local. When he finds that Marcy and her kids are in the crossfire, will he be able to solve the crime in time to save them?

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Playing for Keeps (Mystic Nights Book 5) Apr 27, 2021

by MJ Nightingale

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Tawny is a driven woman. Fiercely independent, she managed to raise four very strong, determined children on her own.
With them all grown, making their own choices, her focus becomes her business and her people once more.
But when she starts getting blackmailed, and one of her children is seriously injured, all that she has struggled to build is jeopardized.

A 30- year -old secret threatens to destroy all her life’s work. With her secret unravelling, Tawny’s life takes a
dark path that could destroy her family and the people she loves. She’ll either have to give it all up and give in, or someone will have to pay the ultimate price.

But Tawny is not one to give up easily. She vows to do whatever it takes to protect them all. Even if it means giving up her own happiness to do it, though her instincts warn her even they may not be enough. So, like her children before her, she
gambles it all. This time Tawny won’t accept second place. This time she is playing for keeps.

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Afraid To Love (Secrets & Seduction Book 2) Mar 26, 2014

by MJ Nightingale, Melissa Gill, Brenda Wright

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Learning to trust again is the hardest thing to do.

Ana Perrot is crazy. Crazy about sex, and pleasing her lovers. She is passionate and as fiery as her red hair. She eats men like air. She is also willing to submit to any man anywhere. But outside of the bedroom, Ana is an independent woman who lives her own life by her own rules. And, her biggest rule . . . she won’t do long term relationships. She refuses to fall in love . . . again.

Teddy O’Rourke is an easy going, laid back Tampa bartender at one of the most popular clubs in town. All about family and enjoying life including all the women that throw themselves at his feet, he has no problems finding willing partners. His football player body, his personality, his warm hazel eyes all ooze sex appeal. He is the perfect package in every way for a woman like Ana, well for any woman really. An ex-cop, his instincts tell him Ana is one hell of a woman, but she is wounded and scarred by the past. What are her secrets? What will make her trust him? Why is she so afraid to love?

A one night stand, that is full of surprises for Teddy, opens his eyes to new possibilities. A single man enjoying his freedom meets his match in the bedroom, and elsewhere. He sees a future with Ana, a counselor for troubled youth. But could she be persuaded to fall . . . and to trust again?

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Afraid to Hope (Secrets & Seduction Book 3) Jun 20, 2014

by MJ Nightingale, Melissa Gill, Brenda Wright

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Louisa Sears is ready to start over. Escaping her small town where prejudice, long memories, and old fashioned values haunt her, Louisa embarks on her dream of finding love, and a man who can warm up her bed at night. Pregnant at sixteen, divorced from an abusive husband at twenty, and raising a daughter alone, Louisa is now ready to live. She wants what every woman wants. A rock hard man, who knows how to love. Will Florida be the place where her dreams come true?

Jay Russell is battle scarred. A past filled with horrors from childhood, the war in Iraq, and the most devastating event of his life that occurred when he returned home, he is definitely not looking for love. When he first meets Louisa Sears, the bombshell with the fantastic body, he wants one thing, and one thing only, her body underneath him. The hot little ticket that walks by his t-shirt shop, meets all his requirements for a night of passion.

The scars in them run deep though, and they both have secrets. Can two people so deeply wounded by the past learn to trust each other enough to share those secrets? And if they do, will they be able to get past them and learn to hope again?

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The Bounty Hunters: The Marino Bros.: Box Set Aug 12, 2015

by MJ Nightingale, Melissa Gill, Keriann McKenna

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*** Four Full Length Novels ***

Moving to Florida from New York, the Marinos are looking to start over with their bail bonds business. Escaping the past, they want a fresh start. Nikko found his parents after they were murdered. Blaze lost his heart when he caught his fiancée in bed with their best friend. Gio's ex married another man on a whim when she went to Las Vegas. And Andreas, the eldest Marino, has to take care of them all. Living with the guilt that it was his investigation of a serial killer that led to his parents' deaths has tortured him, and now he is determined to keep his family together and to keep them safe at all costs.

But what none of them expect to find in their new endeavor is love. Especially when the women they are falling for have so much going against them. Ronnie has been accused of drug-smuggling. Bella is wanted for manslaughter. Lisa for attempted murder. And Cat? She is being tormented by the very same serial killer that destroyed the Marinos a decade ago.

Will these alpha men bring these women to justice, or will they get embroiled in their quest to help them? Will the women learn to trust again after the events from their past come back to haunt them? You will have to read to find out.

But, you will enjoy the ride as the Marino Bros. cross the country from Florida, to Maine, to Tennessee, to Virginia, and New York in pursuit of their Bounties. This collection of romantic suspenseful novels is full of passion, love, anguish, action, and romance.

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The 12th Factor: We are the Strong (The 12th Factor Series Book 1) Sep 8, 2020

by MJ Nightingale, Alyssa Marie, Melissa Gill

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Decades after a war that tore the country apart, New America is filled with dark secrets hidden behind deceiving smiles and polished shoes. This is the America that Thomas Kent and Regina Banks can’t live in any longer—nor can their team of outcasts. New America is controlled by an elite, mysterious organization with a puppet for a president. They have plans to make America great again and will stop at nothing to make their vision happen. They’ve also built a wall meant to keep people safe and protect what’s theirs. With a sweet-sounding voice on Wolf Radio meant to soothe the masses and make people feel safe, they are taking control over everything. But, living in the shadows of New America are diverse people with remarkable talents, and abilities. The oligarchy in power wants them permanently behind their borders, silenced, or destroyed. Despite all this, 9 remarkable teenagers vow to live in the shadows no longer, and unveil the truth that is the 12th Factor. But, will anybody listen? Will others join the fight?

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The Commanders: The Grants (The 12th Factor Series) Jun 14, 2022

by MJ Nightingale

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Most of New America is enslaved by the oligarchy in power...

Rick and Kara Grant lead a refugee encampment in the Georgia fringe. Being vigilant will protect their super-powered charges and ensure they survive to fight the forces of evil that have overtaken the country—The forces that have enslaved the entire population.

Deep in the mountains, swamps and caves of New America are Commanders preparing for a revolution...

Raising and training an army for the resistance hasn’t been easy, especially with a secret organization determined to destroy them. The government wants them found and annihilated. Will Rick and Kara Grant be up to the task?

Enter the world of The 12th Factor series and find out more about the characters you loved from The 12th Factor: We are the Strong.

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