Jackson Guard, aka “Ajax,” gave up the woman he was falling for because it had been drilled into his head that being in the Delta Force was the greatest sacrifice he’d ever make. Meeting with “Ghost” and “Truck” from a Texas based Delta Force unit opened his eyes. These men… their entire unit were all happy, in love, some with kids. It gave him hope that he could have it all too. He just has to plead his case to the woman whose heart he broke. Hi\`ilani Ahfong was ready to give everything up for love and follow Jackson where ever he was stationed around the world, but he didn’t just put the brakes on, he left her on the side of the road wondering where she’d gone wrong. Her manager barely managed to hold onto the ‘I told you so’ she so richly deserved and helped her focus her energy on performing and building her career. Now, she’s back on track. Everything changes when Hi\`ilani walks into the middle of a murder. Fleeing for her life, she runs smack dab into the very man who’d broken her heart. Now the murderers are after her, needing to shut her up, and that’s trouble that can hurt the people she loves. Jackson wants to take care of her and keep her safe while the police track down the men. But she’s put her trust in Jackson before. She’d given him her heart and soul and he’d left her bleeding. How can he make her believe that this time he’s in for the long haul and not just ‘Rescuing Hi\`ilani’?

Her dreams kept her in Hawaii when most of her friends moved to the West Coast to follow theirs. He was on the island of Kaua’i training with the other Deltas in his unit until he fell head over heels for the woman of his dreams. Ku’uipo Ornellas has been working most of her life. Starting as a professional hula dancer when she was a child, she just resigned from her job as hospitality coordinator for a large chain hotel to revive a hotel from Hawaii’s silver screen past. Hoping to give young residents a practical place to learn their hospitality skills. But someone doesn’t want the hotel to reopen and they’re willing to take out their frustration on the young woman so dedicated to its success. Efrain ‘Train’ Figueroa is a man who loves his movies and tv shows, but within hours of meeting the young woman with a sweetheart of a name, he finds himself drawn into her single-minded goal of getting the hotel up and running. Especially because one of his acting idols filmed on the grounds. When the seamier side of Hawaii tries to take her dreams away, he’s quick to jump in and help. He just can’t seem to walk away from the beautiful young woman who calls to a part of his soul that has nothing to do with the ephemeral quality of movies and everything to do with the heart that beats hard and fast in his chest. There’s no script that tells the tale of their love, but who can resist a beautiful heroine, a handsome hero, action, adventure, and love. Lots of love when ‘Train’ becomes a Hero for Ku’uipo.

Summer Maitland loves her job, but as a Forensic Anthropologist working to recover and identify the remains of POWs and MIA soldiers, she can’t just talk about her job in casual situations. Some of her family already consider her job ghoulish, it’s certainly not something you talk about on a date. Not that she has a lot of free time outside of the lab. Meeting Kai was a kind of kismet. Or maybe just her friend Elodie’s spot on matchmaking. After all, how could she turn down a guy who moved through water like Aquaman and made her burn with a look? Kai Akina had his share of bumps and scrapes during his life. You didn’t swim in Hawaiian waters and not have a few bad moments with coral or the tides. Being shot wasn’t something he ever expected to happen and certainly didn’t want to try it again. But when he meets Summer Maitland thanks to his good friend Elodie, he quickly realizes that she’s everything to him. He’ll do anything and everything it takes to protect her and their growing love. Living on the island of Oahu, the military is an everyday part of life. For Summer and Kai, they’re surrounded by it. Kai’s friend Elodie is married to a SEAL and when the Delta Team discovers a body on military property, Summer finds herself with another group of protectors. When Summer finds herself on a collision path with a serial killer, it will take the combined talents and dedication of everyone in her growing circle of friends to bring her home safely. And into the arms of the man who taught her the best lesson of all, how to save herself.

Book 6 of the Delta Force Hawaii Series written by Reina Torres This series is based in the State of Hawaii and focused on a fictional Delta Force team of strong, dedicated Alpha Heroes and the women who make their lives infinitely better! Shado & Lilinoe When the pressures of life are trying to smother all traces of hope, having someone to lean on, someone to support you and give you love can make all the difference. Shado takes the Delta Team to the Big Island of Hawaii to compete in a triathlon. On island, preparing for the race, he meets a woman at the local Farmer’s Market who turns his world upside down. While his team has been falling in love in Hawaii, he never thought he would follow suit. Then again, he’d never met a woman who made him feel like he wore his heart on his sleeve. A woman who seemed to look straight through to his heart. Lilinoe knows she’s going crazy. With all the stress her family is under, how could she find herself falling for a soldier stationed on Oahu? That was crazy talk. It shouldn’t matter that his smile makes her breathless and his kiss? She didn’t have time or the energy to fall in love at all. Her family’s farm is in jeopardy, and it’s going to take a miracle to save it, but Shado makes her feel like miracle’s aren’t all that impossible to find. Bad news turns to worse as Lilinoe and her family are being threatened by men who seem to have all the power and none of the rules apply to them. It’s going to come as a shock when those men run up against one pissed off Delta and his friends. The tides start turning in favor of Lilinoe’s family farm, but the opposition is planning one last crushing wave determined to pull them under. Will Shado be able to stop it from happening and become A Hero for Lilinoe?