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SEAL of My Dreams

True heroes who will win your heart.

Honor, duty, courage, passion . . . the men of the Navy SEALs are a special breed of hero, and in these stories by eighteen top romance authors the SEALs are celebrated not only as symbols of devoted service to their country but as the kind of man every woman wants to love. They'll rescue a damsel in distress and her lap dog, too. They'll battle hometown dramas and international bad guys. When it comes to giving away their hearts, they'll risk everything.

All proceeds from sales of SEAL of My Dreams goes to the Veterans Research Corporation, a non-profit fundraiser for veterans' medical research.

Among them, the authors of SEAL of My Dreams have won dozens of writing awards including multiple RITAs from Romance Writers of America. Their nearly 600 published novels have sold at least 25 million copies worldwide. The SEAL of My Dreams roster includes many of the best-known authors in modern romance fiction. In addition, many have strong family connections to the servicemen and women of our nation's military, and many specialize in novels featuring heroes and heroines from all branches of service. Visit the authors at www.sealofmydreams.com.

Reviewer: ELF
Review: Dec 30, 2011
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, Anthologies, Adventure / Action
"SEAL of My Dreams" is the exquisite anthology of romantic stories that is a fundraiser for the Veterans Research Corporation. The tales are written by eighteen well-known and popular authors and focus on the heroes who have trained as SEALs and the often heartbreaking sacrifices that they have made for their country. These are poignant tribute stories that remind us that not only have some of these brave s

Loose Ends

WHITE-HOT, DOWN-AND-DIRTY PASSION IGNITES WHEN A SEXY SOLDIER ENCOUNTERS AN IRRESISTIBLE THIEF WHO’S CHANGED HER WAYS.
 
Six years ago, the Special Defense Force mourned the loss of J. T. Chronopolous. Now the striking soldier is back with scant memory, a new name—Conroy Farrel—and one single mission: to bring down SDF. But SDF has its own plan: get him back at any cost. And so they’ve set a trap for Con, a trap that Jane Linden accidentally steps into. With darkness falling and the night heating up, Con finds himself on the run in an oddly familiar 1967 Pontiac GTO with a drop-dead-gorgeous brunette named Jane by his side. Who she is he doesn’t know. Or does he? Jane certainly hasn’t forgotten him. When she was a teenager, he caught her picking his pocket. Now the former street thief is all grown up and gone legit—and the effect she has on Con is all too clear: pure, sweet longing. Con’s not sure if Jane is there to save him or to take him down. But one thing’s certain: With desire leading the way, all bets are off.

Reviewer: Susan
Review: Jan 4, 2011
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, Adventure / Action
I started this book with many expectations and I can honestly say that I was not disappointed with the way Tara Janzen has wrapped up her Loose series. It's a fast riding, hang on to your seat conclusion with the Steele Street agents. These are the characters that the fans of Tara Janzen have fallen in love with as their stories tantalized and thrilled the readers with intrigue, danger and red-hot romance.

Breaking Loose

SIN AND DANGER COLLIDE WHEN THE WORLD’S HOTTEST SECRET AGENTS COMPETE FOR THE PRIZE EVERYONE’S LUSTING AFTER….

No one’s ever seen it. Everybody wants it. That’s why the government has just unleashed its secret weapon. Drop-dead-gorgeous art dealer Suzi Toussi has been tapped for the toughest mission of her career: to locate the Memphis Sphinx, an ancient artifact rumored to possess otherworldly powers. Tracking it to Paraguay means going up against Dax Killian, the sexy special ops agent who’s planning to snatch the coveted relic right out of her hot little hands. If he can find it first…

Dax first spotted her outside a seedy bar—in three-inch heels and a too-tight dress. He’d know those curves anywhere. But what was Suzi doing in a hellhole like Ciudad del Este? Dax knows the answer: the Sphinx. Suddenly the game is on—and only one of them will walk away with the prize. With the Sphinx surfacing and passion taking Suzi and Dax under, they’re headed for a showdown that could reveal the secrets of the ages…or expose them to the hottest danger of all.

Reviewer: Susan
Review: Sep 5, 2009
Genre(s): Contemporary
Suzi Toussi has done favors for General Grant's SDF agents before so retrieving an ancient artifact is right up her ally since she is an art dealer.  Unfortunately, this is no ordinary object and many dangerous people seem to want to acquire it just as badly as the U. S. government does.  Dax Killian is surprised to see Suzi during his surveillance in Paraguay.  He has his own reasons for getti

Loose and Easy

He's the bad boy she always wanted.
She's the good girl that got away.
He’d know her anywhere. Johnny Ramos had just come off a tour of duty in Afghanistan to find Esmee Alden trolling the mean streets of Denver in red lace and leather. The smartest girl he ever knew turning tricks? Not even close. Esmee’s in danger so deep, only Johnny can get her out—which is why the elite government operative is shadowing her every move. Esmee had everything planned down to the last detail: dressed in disguise, she’d recover a stolen painting and pay off her dad’s ruthless bookie. Until Johnny Ramos, her high school crush, blows into town and nearly blows her cover. Now Esmee, a P.I. and an art- recovery expert, has a mother lode of bad guys on her trail…including the one bad boy she always wanted: Johnny. But passion will have to wait. Because when bullets start flying, suddenly they’re on the run, playing it fast and loose—and heading straight into the line of fire.…
Biography
Tara Janzen lives in Colorado where she is at work on her next novel.

Reviewer: Susan
Review: Jul 28, 2008
Genre(s): Contemporary
Loose And Easy by Tara Janzen will take you on a hair-raising adventure through the seedier streets of Denver in this latest ride with the Steele Street gang as their newest member Johnny runs across an old acquaintance with trouble trailing behind her.  Johnny knows Esmee is in over her head with this mysterious business of hers and he is determined to find out what she gotten involved into that has so

Cutting Loose

She's the unsuspecting beauty with something everybody wants.

He's the secret agent in so deep nobody can find him.

Until now...

CIA operative Zachary Prade made his name taking out world threats. But now he's tracking a very different kind of danger and her name is Lily Robbins. Lily holds the key to a valuable encoded file that's about to fall into the wrong hands. All Zach has to do is retrieve the key and forget the rain-soaked beauty who came to his Central American plantation seeking shelter from more than the weather.

Lily knows him as Alejandro Campos, the seductive drug lord who saved her life. They met when she traveled to El Salvador to film a documentary.and got caught in the middle of a nasty drug-and-guerrilla war. Now, back in the U.S., hunted by spooks and assassins, Lily has to trust Campos again. Except his name isn't Campos, and he's arousing a passion so hot it's criminal. That is, if they can survive long enough to enjoy it.

Biography

Tara Janzen lives in Colorado where she is at work on her next novel.

Reviewer: Susan
Review: Dec 19, 2007
Genre(s): Contemporary, Romantic Suspense
Cutting Loose is a nail biting ride that grabs the reader from the beginning and definitely won't turn you loose until the roaring end. This is another great story from Tara Janzen and her Steele Street boys. Zachary Prade is CIA and has been working a deep cover for the government in Central America. Lily Robbins met Zach when she inadvertently got caught up in a nasty drug war in El Salvador and it was Z

On the Loose

He's a special agent who never loses his cool.

She's the heat-seeking missle headed straight for his heart.

Keeping cool under pressure is the credo C. Smith Rydell lives by. That's why he was handpicked by the Special Defense Forces for a mission few men survive. So why has the ex-DEA superstar been reassigned to Panama City, playing bodyguard to a blond in a black string bikini? Except Honey York isn't your average pampered socialite. She's the woman Rydell caught smuggling cash into El Salvador four months ago. And now she wants him to take her back.

All Honey has to do is find the guerrilla camp, deliver the goods, and get the hell out of the jungle-all in forty-eight hours. Only one man is up for the job. But sharing an unforgettable one-night stand was nothing next to being stranded with Rydell on some third world mountaintop. And with bullets flying and all hell breaking loose, now is not the time for passion. As if these two could possibly resist it..

Reviewer: Susan
Review: Sep 21, 2007
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense
Hold on to your seat folks because Tara Janzen is taking you for a thrilling new ride with On the Loose. With a new player from the Steele Street Special Defense Force and a new mission, our special ops man, C. Smith Rydell, finds himself playing bodyguard to a rich socialite named Honey York. Honey's last `mercy mission' brought Smith into her life and bed 4 months earlier and now she has requested his hel

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