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The Arsenal
Series · 13
books · 2017-2021

Books in series

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#1

Jagged Edge

2017

Mary “The Edge” Reynolds is the most sought-after back office operative around-the creative genius pulling the ultimate bad-asses out of impossible situations. She’s never failed on a mission, and she’s not about to fail on the most important mission ever-keeping her newly designed security system safe. Relying on others isn’t in her nature, but the newly formed Arsenal is her only hope for escape when she’s kidnapped. She is the Edge. The Edge never breaks. Never quits. Dylan Mason and his brothers have put everything on the line to form The Arsenal. When the paramilitary arena is rocked by Edge’s capture, he’ll do whatever it takes to get the fearless operative back, but his wary heart isn’t ready to handle the vulnerable woman buried beneath the hardened shell. Getting her back was simple. Keeping her and her “security system” HERA out of enemy hands is another story. Together they must hunt down the faction behind her capture and subsequent torture to keep HERA from becoming an unstoppable terroristic threat. What they uncover could destroy them both.
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#1.5

Moving On

2017

The Arsenal, Book 1.5 Newsletter subscribers only - PDF File If you haven’t read Jagged Edge, I suggest you wait to read this. It occurs immediately after the end of book 1 in The Arsenal series and bridges its conclusion with the second book, Sight Lines.
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#2

Sight Lines

2018

They took her best friend. Now she’s taking them down. Viviana “Quillery” Chambers has one find the people behind Hive’s betrayal and take them down. She and her best friend are the most sought after back office operatives around. She’ll stop at nothing to keep her new team and family at The Arsenal safe. But someone’s put a six million dollar hit on her and ghosts from the past have returned. She’s facing her toughest challenge ever. Now she has a mysterious assassin shadowing her every move. He’s vowed to keep her safe, but she’s part of the Quillery Edge. They never quit. They never surrender. They never let anyone stand between them and their quarry. He had one Don’t mess with his family. Judson Jensen’s lived a solitary life taking down targets no one else dared touch. The bastards he’s wasted twenty years working for took his brother. The choice was supposed to be simple—neutralize the Quillery Edge or your brother dies. Unfortunately for them he had another choice—take them down. All he needs is to earn the brilliant, fiercely sassy Viviana’s trust and keep her alive. The two must work together to do the take Judson’s employer down. This isn’t business…it’s personal.
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#2.5

Double Tap

2018

The Arsenal free read Double Tap. It's a short story meant to help bridge books 2 and 3
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#3

Blood Vows

2018

He’s sworn to find his son. Dallas Mason did whatever was necessary to survive his stint in black ops. While in the Collective, there was no line he wouldn’t cross, and no mission he wouldn’t take. He bedded the enemy to secure his freedom and return to his brothers and build a new life, where the lines between right and wrong are sometimes blurred, but never erased. Now he and everyone at The Arsenal has one mission: find his son. His family and team will stop at nothing to achieve the goal—including sidelining Dallas from the hunt. She’s sworn to find her father’s killer. Kamren Garrett learned to rely on no one long ago. Surrounded by enemies, and surviving in hostile territory is nothing new for her. She can outshoot, outhunt, and out track anyone. She doesn’t need a Mason dictating what she can and can’t do to uncover the secrets of her father’s death. Dallas thinks she’s the problem. She doesn’t have time to handle him. She’s close to identifying her quarry. Unfortunately, she discovers she’s over her head and in need of help and she turns to the last person she ever wanted to ask—Dallas Mason. Forced to take a step back from his true objective, Dallas sets his sights on fixing the problems threatening his son’s future home. Teamed with Kamren, he’ll uncover more than they expected. Failure isn’t an option when it comes to blood vows.
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#3.5

New Dawn

2019

Bridges the gap between book 3, 'Blood Vows' and book 4, 'Zero Trace'.
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#4

Zero Trace

2018

Don’t get noticed. Zoey “Zero D” Danson thought it was an easy rule to follow. For years she toiled in cubicle 12A of the NSA’s data farm compiling security briefings and Intelligence reports. But she put her neck on the line and burned a dirty government operation to keep a covert ops team alive. Now she’s “one of them.” She’s not a nameless, faceless civilian anymore. She’s part of The Arsenal—and in way, way over her head. Trust no one. Gage Sanderson recognizes a threat when he sees it, and the newest geek in The Arsenal’s back office is trouble. She’s smart, secretive, sexy, and everything he shouldn’t want. They risked their necks to keep her safe, but she’s hiding something and it’s up to him to figure out what. He’s sworn to never trust another crew at his back, but his team is worth the risk. He won’t make the same mistake twice—even if it means killing the only woman who’s ever made her way past his defenses.
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#5

Battle Scars

2019

Scars don't always heal... Jesse Mason chose duty over love and endured the hell of captivity comforted only with thoughts of the woman he left behind. Though the physical damage has healed, the emotional battle continues now that he's home. He fakes happy and whole until Ellie is thrust back into his life. She's everything he ever wanted but can never have. Getting wrapped up in her problems is not an option, but neither is leaving her in danger. Without her he'd be nothing. Scars aren't always visible... Ellie Travers salvaged her scarred heart and landed headfirst in a horrible marriage. Now divorced, broke, and desperate to care for her ailing mother, she accepts the only job offered-Office Manager at The Arsenal. Working for the man who broke her heart should be simple compared to escaping a hellacious marriage. But only she can help Jesse win the final war for his soul, and she'll do anything to save him-even at the risk of losing herself. The battle lines have been drawn. Together they must navigate the minefields of love and sacrifice because failure is not an option.
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#6

Impact Zone

2020

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Rhea Strathmore creates death. Locked within her laboratory at The Arsenal, she concocts whatever’s necessary to protect those around her. She won’t ever negate her pre-Arsenal deficit, but she’ll try. Her past work now threatens everyone she cares for and exposes secrets she’s kept buried. The mysterious man tasked with keeping her alive is more lethal than anything she’s ever concocted. Everything has a price. Fallon Graves defies death with every assignment. He may have traded in his lone operative lifestyle for The Arsenal, but that doesn’t mean he’s a team player. He’s survived his entire life with no one. Why should he change? When Rhea’s past threatens The Arsenal, Fallon is forced to question everything he’s valued. She’s a liability in the field, but he’s not about to let anyone harm the woman who’s more dangerous than any explosive he’s ever created. Together, Rhea and Fallon are one volatile chemical reaction away from going up in flames.
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#7

Hostile Ground

2020

Do whatever it takes to survive… Addy Rugers survived a treacherous, brutal upbringing after her parents died. Trained for death and seduction and forced to work for her brother’s covert ops organization, she learned to rely only on herself and chameleon her way through every mission. With him dead and his organization dismantled, she now has a new life at The Arsenal—one where she can shed her personas and be herself. Now, she must immerse herself in the nightmarish world she fled and trust the one man with the power to destroy her. To slay a monster, you must become one… Kristof Lavrov sank into the criminal underworld two decades ago with one objective—revenge. The sacrifices made are only outnumbered by the atrocities he’s committed under the banner of vengeance. What little of his humanity remains is now under fire when he agrees to help the one woman that he’d sacrifice anything to protect. Their lives have intersected more than once, and he’s always had the strength to walk away. Until now. They must work together to save those they love, but the real war is one neither of them is prepared to wage.
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#7.5

Breathe

2020

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#8

Lethal Echo

2021

She’s spent her life on the periphery of humanity. Bree Geissenger lives by one mantra: You’re only as good as your latest creation. Tucked away in laboratories, always wanted for her brains, she’s been safe. Unseen. But the new life she has at The Arsenal has upended her carefully constructed world. Unable to cope with the threats against her friends, she fractured. Determined not to be the weakest link, she fled the safety of The Arsenal compound to heal. Regroup. Hunt. Those she loves will no longer be prey. She’ll ferret out everyone who’s a threat to those she loves, no matter the cost. There’s no sacrifice too great in war. A smart soldier doesn’t work alone, though, which means she must work with the operative she wants more than anything. He ran from a past he’s swore to never delve into. Ramon Zapata escaped the underground, clandestine world his parents deemed his birthright. Military life honed him into the weapon he swore to never become and gave him the only true family he’s ever known. Life at The Arsenal was everything he’d wanted, including the brilliant, beautiful scientist who blew his world wide open. To save his new family and the woman he loves, he must reconcile his past and work with the black ops organization who spent years hunting him like an animal. Failure isn’t an option. Never quit. Never surrender. \\Author's Note: While this book can be read as a standalone, there are numerous plot threads that continue from previous books. Reading in order will provide a better reading experience. \\
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#9

Shock Tactics

2021

Riley Mason grew up as a tagalong tomboy. Her six older brothers were her silent, overprotective shadows—whether she wanted them to be or not. When they left to serve their country, life without them was terrifying and lonely. Now that they’re home and settled into their new path to protect others, she’s vowed to do the same. Armed with a private investigator’s license, two mysterious former assassins as partners, and the infamous Mason gut for all-things-trouble, she’s ready to kick ass and take names. Her brothers may have an army of commandos at the ready, but so does she thanks to the fearless women who run The Arsenal. She once failed to see the troubles brewing in her former best friend and almost died as a result. She won’t let anyone in the Tri-County suffer injustice ever again. If there’s trouble in her backyard, she’ll find it and make someone pay. There’s only one broody badass standing in her way—a man she can’t help but be drawn to. He was once best friend to two of her brothers before he went to prison for crimes he didn’t commit. He may think he can avoid her, but he has no idea how stubborn the youngest of the Mason brood can be. He’s about to find out. Dominic DeMarco wants nothing more than to settle into a normal life and forget about his failures. He may have done time for murders he didn’t do, but the sins he did commit still haunt him every day. He didn’t protect his family when he should have. Now that he’s out, nothing matters except them. His new life at The Arsenal should be simple enough: fix up the rides, help organize the construction crew, and keep out of everyone’s way. Too bad no one sent that plan to the youngest hellion. The vixen refuses to leave him be. She’s started a war he didn’t want—one he’s about to win if she doesn’t back down. A man can only resist temptation for so long. Their carefully constructed plans implode when they are tossed into deadly situation that’ll require them to work together. They didn’t declare this unexpected war but they’ll do whatever it takes to win.

Author

Cara Carnes
Author · 37 books

Born in small-town Texas, Cara Carnes was a princess, a pirate, fashion model, actress, rock star and Jon Bon Jovi’s wife all before the age of 13. In reality, her fascination for enthralling worlds took seed somewhere amidst a somewhat dull day job and a wonderful life filled with family and friends. When she’s not cemented to her chair, Cara loves travelling, photography and reading. More information about Cara can be found at www.caracarnes.com.

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