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Black Ops Tag
Series · 3 books · 2022-2023

Books in series

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#1

Andy

Mission: Harvest Ranch Wedding

2022

Enjoy this hilarious military romcom based around the wedding of the century from the dynamic writing duo of USA Today Bestselling Author Lucy McConnell and Ellie Thornton. America has always dreamt of becoming a senator; but six months before she announces her run for office, she meets Captain Andy Phelps, a military police special investigator who dismantles her security system and kidnaps her from her second story bedroom in a matter of minutes. In the most romantic rescue mission possible of course. In a rush to marry before going public with her political aspirations, America and Andy’s worlds collide bringing four special investigators into the wedding party who want to take out the groom in a game of Black Ops Tag, an overbearing mother of the bride, a life-long sisterly feud, and a security team with major attitude. With all of this going on, America and Andy will solemnly swear to defend and protect their wedding against all enemies, foreign and domestic, before they destroy the love that brought the two of them to the altar. Hang onto your belly as you laugh your way down the aisle with this couple and their entourage including a bold and brassy Cuban lover, an undercover IRS agent, a neuro-diverse bridesmaid/bestie, a Latino dance instructor, a gun slinging cowboy, a woman full of double pregnancy hormones (twins!), and five hot military buddies who can smell trouble a mile away.
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#3

Joseph

Mission: Harvest Ranch Wedding

2022

Go undercover in this military romcom based around the “Royal American Wedding” from the dynamic writing duo of USA Today Bestselling Author Lucy McConnell and Ellie Thornton. Bree has been dying to go undercover for the IRS and bring down someone big, but it doesn’t matter how long she stays at the office… the dates she avoids so she can work weekends … the dumpsters she climbs in… she’s overlooked for the field assignments. Every. Time. Until Joseph Murphy came along with a shiny new campaign embezzlement investigation. He’s been called in because his buddy is the groom and Bree is asked to pose as his date for a week of wedding festivities. The problem? No one will believe these two are together. Not when she talks about seeing him with his shirt off. Not when she sneaks into his room in the middle of the night. Not even when they’re caught making out in the back of the campaign manager's car. If she wasn’t so certain that she wasn’t his type, Bree might think Joseph was falling for her. After all, he’s introduced her to his son, talked about having kids, and kissed her like no man has ever kissed her before. Could it be real? Or is this just a case of mistaken romance? Laugh along with these two as they uncover the dastardly deeds carefully hidden within America and Andy’s wedding. Will they solve the case and have enough time to fall in love? Or, will the bad guy take more than a few million dollars?
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#4

Pete

Mission: Harvest Ranch Wedding

2023

Enjoy this hilarious military romcom based around the wedding of the century from the dynamic writing duo of USA Today Bestselling Authors Lucy McConnell and Ellie Thornton. When Elena Navarro agrees to her husband's plan to take out his buddy Andy, and win the ongoing game of Black Ops Tag, during Andy's wedding week; she didn't know it would involve not showering for three days, sleeping in a tent, and eating MREs. Pete's gone loco and she might too if she doesn't get a warm shower. Pete knows Elena is struggling. They've tried to have kids for over ten years and she's getting desperate. While they wait for the results from her latest round of tests, he does his best to take her mind off of her uterus by including her in a game of Black Ops Tag. Except ... his attempts misfire—big time. And when Elena moves into Brandon and Allie's guest room, he knows it's time to call in the special forces. If the guys can make Operation: Elena happen, Pete might save his marriage and have everything he's ever wanted. But, Elena's never been an easy target. Her fiery spirit might send them both up in smoke. Can these two rekindle the flame? Or will they fizzle out as the wedding winds down? Don't miss the fireworks and the ultimate mission that brings this group of friends together and makes them family

Authors

Ellie Thornton
Ellie Thornton
Author · 19 books

Ellie Thornton is an award-winning author who has been writing since she could lift a pencil and making up stories even longer than that. For years she worked part-time jobs so she would always have time to write, read, and travel. Some of her favorite filler jobs include working as an editor, at a nursery (flowers not children,) as a driving instructor (not as harrowing as one might think,) writing a blog called Confessions of a Property Manager, and being a ghost tour guide. She loves mysteries (reading and writing them) and especially enjoys the ones with sweet romance involved. Her "Reboot Mystery Series," (Previously known as "The Contemporary Reboot Series,") is a mystery series that takes classics like "Pride and Prejudice," "The Count of Monte Cristo," "Jane Eyre," and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" puts them in a modern setting and adds a murder mystery and a love story that builds from one book to the next. (Not an easy feat!) She's currently super into honey and beeswax and everything bee related as she is writing a book for Gelato Publishing's Halloween Sweet Romance Series, "Pumpkins and Proposals." Her main character is a beekeeper and owns a business that's all about honey, and beeswax related products. And again, because she loves a good mystery, you'll also find some intrigue there too. She also writes a writing, editing, and marketing blog for authors under the name Emily Clark called Write of Passages. If she's not at her computer, you can typically find her reading, listening to podcasts, at the local library, in her garden, in her kitchen, or with her sister and her sister's kids.

Lucy McConnell
Lucy McConnell
Author · 91 books

Please hit the follow button. I'd love to keep in touch! Lucy McConnell loves romance, chocolate, Christmas, horses, music, crochet, and fun! She believes that romance books should: Keep you up past your bedtime. Make you laugh out loud. Have happy endings. With that in mind, she's written over 90 novels full of fun and flirty characters who navigate the turbulent waters of romance with open hearts and creativity. If you enjoy sweet romance stories with great kissing scenes, follow her on Goodreads.♥️

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