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Chase Gordon has the life. The former marine works part-time as a bartender to support his life island-hopping on his 40-foot sailboat. When the pretty young wife of one of his fellow marines shows up looking for her husband, Chase steps in to help her out. Immediately, he finds himself in a stand-off between one of South Florida's most dangerous drug dealers and the DEA. Now, he's left wondering what kind of trouble his friend might be facing. Can Chase even save him?

A sunken U-boat. A lost cache of Hitler's gold. Can Chase beat a band of Nazis to this hidden treasure? Chase's peaceful beach day is disrupted when he rescues the beautiful Rikki Talen from an attempted kidnapping. He finds Rikki being pursued by a group of neo-Nazis bent on finding a missing German submarine filled with a shipment of gold. The hunt for the treasure carries Chase and Rikki in the footsteps of a long-dead Nazi hunter and into the depths of the ocean. Grab your snorkel gear, and join the pair as they dive into history and face a deadly threat.

Chase is caught in the midst of a cartel war. When Chase first met Esteban Velasquez, the cartel hitman tried to kill him. Now, the man who is second in command of the largest drug cartel in Florida is missing, and a rival drug lord is claiming he's killing his men. Chase quickly turns down a request by the drug lord, Julio Moreno. However, the DEA and the rival cartel come after Chase, thinking he's working at Moreno's bequest.

Life at sea isn't always tranquil. Anchored off a small uninhabited cay in the Bahamas, Chase witnesses another boat being boarded. Before he can react, the skipper of the other vessel is kidnapped. Chase rushes over to find the skipper's teenaged daughter hiding in a locker.

In the middle of dead calm seas, Chase witnesses a plane crash. The lone survivor is soon targeted by dangerous foes. Can Chase keep her safe long enough to find who is trying to kill her?

A peaceful crossing turns into a nightmare. While sailing alone in the Gulf of Mexico, Chase Gordon witnesses the unthinkable—a luxury yacht explodes in a fireball just a mile off his bow, killing everyone aboard. Chase does what any sailor would do: he attempts a rescue. But what he finds in the wreckage tells him this was no accident. Now Chase is a witness to something powerful people want erased.

Someone needs Chase's help - his lover's husband. When the former marine thwarts an attack, Chase finds himself protecting someone he can't stand: the lawyer husband of his boss, Missy. Can he protect a man he can barely stand?

Jay Delp, a veteran Marine, returns to his hometown of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to step into his new role as police chief while caring for his ailing father. On the eve of his first day on the job, two fishermen discover the body of a woman in Biloxi Bay. As city officials push for a quick resolution, Jay finds himself uncovering the dark secrets hiding beneath the surface of his once-familiar town.

An unexpected visitor shows up at the Manta Club, surprising Chase. His sister is searching for her son who ran away from home. Chase leaps to help only to find the trail for his nephew is littered with dead bodies and a high-powered thug who is hunting the boy as well."

Newly appointed Ocean Springs Police Chief Jay Delp is trying to rebuild a shattered department and reconnect with his family on the quiet Mississippi Gulf Coast—until the body of a teenage girl turns up on the beach and the town’s calm façade cracks. What first looks like an overdose quickly becomes a missing baby mystery, and when Jay discovers the girl had an infant daughter, he’s forced into a relentless investigation that points to exploitation, secrets, and people determined to keep the truth buried.

Everyone deserves a vacation… even Grant Wolfe. But private investigators don't get to choose when cases come their way, especially this shocking kidnapping in Hawaii… Where Grant is the victim!

Harvey Thackerson lost his wife to a seemingly random car accident and now his teenage daughter has gone missing in the Florida Keys. When he decides to leave everything behind to find her, he discovers things about her past that he and his wife never knew. She may be in bigger danger than he thought.

The police are at Max's door, and not for any of the reasons he would have thought. When a college friend is murdered, Max is pulled into the investigation as police flounder to find the real killer. However, when Max discovers his friend died while searching for his missing daughter, Naomi, he realizes something more sinister is afoot. Max picks up the trail where his friend left off, tracking Naomi through an underbelly of sex, prostitutes, and human slavery.

It always starts with a girl. She shows up asking Max to help her find her brother who has gone missing on the river. Now Max is lost on an isolated section of the Mississippi River called the Kentucky Bend, and he is being hunted by a small army of drug dealers. Get to know Max Sawyer. He's part Travis McGee, part Nick Charles with a wandering spirit like Jack Reacher. He is the latest crime-fighter with an unquenchable thirst for justice as well as an unquenchable thirst for bourbon.

A chance meeting. A murder, he thinks he could have stopped. A horrific past. Now Max finds himself up against a powerful man with perverse passion. He will stop at nothing to find justice for a forgotten girl. Get to know Max Sawyer. He's part Travis McGee, part Nick Charles with a wandering spirit like Jack Reacher. He is just a man with an unquenchable thirst for justice as well as an unquenchable thirst for bourbon. The Blood series is the newest murder mystery novels to come on the scene with Max Sawyer as the suave detective.

When Max travels to Georgia to visit his grandparents and attend his cousin's wedding, he finds trouble quickly. The first night of his visit, Max goes with his family to his grandfather's church, where he is soon drawn into intrigue when a teenage girl is found murdered in the church's baptistery. Max is drawn deeper into the case and finds secrets and lies buried beneath the surface.

When the woman he loves disappears, Max will stop at nothing to bring her home safe. While reporting on a story involving a string of missing women, Lisa Day vanishes. Following her trail, Max arrives in the small town of Carina, Arkansas. The little town masks a dark and dangerous secret, one that may destroy everything he cares about.

When Max Sawyer found his parents brutally murdered two weeks before he graduated from high school, he decided to leave Hellenston, Arkansas, and planned to never return. However, when he receives an early morning call that his old high school girlfriend was arrested for murder and needed his help, Max answered the plea and returned after more than a decade away. He becomes embroiled in intrigue and revenge as he faces demons both real and imagined.

Caleb Saunders was a killer—codenamed Corsair—working for a shadowy government office. Until one day he vanished in the middle of an assignment. Presumed dead, Caleb Saunders assumed a new role—father. When a random crime steals that away, Corsair is unmasked. Now, he's in hiding again, trying to find a new life. But his enemies know he's alive, and they'll stop at nothing to make sure he dies with all his secrets.

Chase’s peaceful afternoon at anchor is abruptly shattered when an old friend appears, telling him of a missing treasure hunter. Rikki Talens ventured upriver on a wild goose chase, and now she has vanished without a trace. Determined to find her, Chase pulls up anchor and begins his search. As he ventures further upriver, Chase finds himself in the midst of a small army of men guarding something suspiciously in the woods. What could be so important that they would kill to keep it hidden? He must continue forward, no matter the cost, to save Rikki.