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Coast Guard Recon
Series · 5 books · 2021-2022

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#1

Diverted

2021

"I couldn't put it down. I read the whole book in one setting." From the bestselling author of the Callahan Security Series. A steamy enemies to lovers, military, second chance, protector romance. In the heart-pounding depths of Panama, US Coast Guard leader Nick Taggert commands a squad of shattered souls, a relentless force known as Team RECON—rebuilt warriors ready to conquer demons and defy fate. Dr. Carolina Alvarez craves the adrenaline rush of the ER, but destiny has other plans. With a coveted miracle drug in her possession, she becomes a target in a treacherous game. When sparks fly and adversaries close in, Nick and Carolina form an uneasy alliance. From New York's glittering streets to Ecuador's untamed jungles, they race against time, hunted by an unseen terror. Suspense crackles with electric desire as love and danger entwine, leaving you breathless until the very last gasp.
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#2

Incinerated

2022

Meet Axel Cantor of the US Coast Guard’s TEAM RECON. As in reconstructed. As in broken and needs fixing. When a cargo ship gets stuck in the Suez Canal and an American journalist on board ends up dead, Axel is sent in to investigate. He didn’t count on running into Sloan Bishop another reporter and the love of his life. Or maybe the hate of his life. Ever since he ended up in one of her articles. Sloan is a driven reporter and will get the story at any cost. She’s on board the ship to document the first-ever female pilot to navigate the canal. But it all goes sideways, literally. The female pilot is blamed but Sloan knows there’s more to the story. When her best friend and fellow journalist, Eddie, is murdered, it becomes personal. As the body count rises on the stuck cargo ship, the Sea Jewel, both Axel and Sloan will have to lower their defenses to work together to figure out what is really going on. There is something much bigger at play here, so big that Axel has to call in reinforcements – his fellow RECON teammates
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#3

Conflicted

2022

From the bestselling author of the Callahan Security Series. Meet Elias Mason of the US Coast Guard’s TEAM RECON. As in reconstructed. As in broken and needs fixing. Team RECON has a new headquarters now—Miami, Florida, which also happens to be Elias’s hometown. He’s been avoiding his past like the plague, but there are some things you can’t outrun. Like the death of his best friend, his past involvement with the local gang, and his first love, Andrea Torres. Andrea has been on a path of vengeance for years. Now an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Andy is determined to take down Santiago, the main runner of guns, money, and drugs in Miami, and the man who killed her sister. Her current undercover assignment has her so close to caging Santiago, she can taste it. To stay on top, Santiago has to turn to buying guns from the Russians and selling them to militia groups. Elias and Andrea will need to bury their animosity and ignore the fiery chemistry between them to run a game of deception as insiders for Santiago. Pretending to be the couple they once were in order to bring their common enemy to justice would work if only the Russians didn’t have other plans.
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#4

Subverted

2022

From the bestselling author of the Callahan Security Series. Meet Finn Walsh of the US Coast Guard’s TEAM RECON. As in reconstructed. As in broken and needs fixing. After an abandoned ship is found in international waters, Team RECON is summoned by Homeland Security to find answers. Finn Walsh has massive reservations about boarding the empty US Navy ship. His worst fears come to life when they find all the navigation and electronics equipment disabled, smashed, or gone. But when Finn finds a hidden stash of dead bodies, and the boat begins to sink because of a violent storm, he can’t get off the ship fast enough. Homeland Security analyst Victory Stanhope evaluates foreign and domestic terrorist cells from the safety of a desk in Washington D.C. After a dangerous stint with the CIA, that’s exactly how she likes it. But when a ‘request’ to investigate an abandoned ship comes from the Director himself, Tory heads back into the field as the reluctant leader of a Coast Guard special operations team. Life becomes more interesting after she realizes that the unforgettable man she slept with once at a low point in her life is part of the team she’s overseeing. Tory sidelines her strong attraction to Finn and throws herself into the riddle of what happened to the crew of the Oceanus Explorer and who is selling government secrets to other nations. The stakes get even higher when Tory realizes that the sinister mastermind of the treasonous plot is closer to home than she thought possible.
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#5

Terminated

2022

From the bestselling author of the Callahan Security Series. Meet Cain Maddox of the US Coast Guard’s TEAM RECON. As in reconstructed. As in broken and needs fixing. The sole survivor of a deadly IED attack that killed his best friend, Cain, has been recovering physically and mentally for the last year, thanks to his assignment to Team RECON. Now feeling better than he has in months, it only takes the latest op to turn his world upside down. On a personal vendetta to revenge her brother’s killer in Iraq, Harlow Moretti has made taking down Silverstone Group her life’s mission. But now, the mercenary group is onto her, and a potentially fatal mistake leaves her life hanging in the balance. Harlow barely escapes a locked and sinking cargo container. But she thanks her lucky stars a bit too soon as she comes face to face with Cain Maddox, the man who’d point-blank refused to help her with her quest. Cain cannot believe that Harlow has spent all this time chasing the murderous thugs. Even though she’s his dead best friend’s sister, and he shouldn’t want her, she’s the one weakness he can’t shake. It’s only a matter of time before Silverstone comes after their cargo, and Cain knows they stop at nothing to retrieve it, including killing Harlow. He’ll protect her at all costs, even if it means losing his heart.

Author

Lori Matthews
Lori Matthews
Author · 18 books

I grew up in a house filled with books and readers. Some of my fondest memories are of reading in the same room with my mother and sisters, arguing about whose turn it was to make tea. No one wanted to put their book down! I was introduced to romance because of my mom’s habit of leaving books all over the house. One day I picked one up. I still remember the cover. It was a Harlequin by Janet Daily. Little did I know at the time that it would set the stage for my future. I went on to discover mystery novels. Agatha Christie was my favorite. And then suspense with Wilber Smith and Ian Fleming. I loved the thought of combining my favorite genres, and during high school, I attempted to write my first romantic suspense novel. I wrote the first four chapters and then exams happened and that was the end of that. I desperately hope that book died a quiet death somewhere in a computer recycling facility. A few years later, (okay, quite a few) after two degrees, a husband and two kids, I attended a workshop in Tuscany that lit that spark for writing again. I have been pounding the keyboard ever since here in New Jersey, where I live with my children—who are thrilled with my writing as it means they get to eat more pizza—and my very supportive husband.

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