In the Line of Duty Books in Order

A lonely bar owner asks her friend Matt to pretend to court her so she can attract his best friend. Their staged intimacy begins to change her understanding of which man she actually wants to pursue.

A woman is attracted to the market's new security specialist, despite rumors that he is a convict and thief. When he helps her after an injury, his unexpected tenderness forces her to question the reputation surrounding him.

A soldier returns from fighting alongside a woman's brother, carrying scars and taking on the role of her protector. Their mutual attraction challenges his determination to maintain that boundary and her wish to become something more to him.

A widow rebuilding her life welcomes Kyle Nelson home, the brother-in-law she once wished she had married. His approaching departure gives their suppressed attraction urgency, while a secret threatens the future she imagines with him and her daughter.

Special forces soldier Ving Duncan comes to a distressed lifeguard's aid and feels an immediate attraction. Discovering that she is his comrade's younger sister complicates his determination to pursue a relationship that extends beyond their first encounter.

A pastry chef's long-standing attraction to bomb expert Brad Crosby gains an unexpected opportunity when he enters the wrong bed. Their agreed thirty-day affair suits his resistance to commitment, but she begins wanting more than their rules allow.

Tallulah Duncan dreads returning for her brother's wedding because of an old promise to marry another man. Security specialist Garrett Andersen agrees to play her fiance, creating a convenient deception complicated by their attraction and the wedding ahead.