Riley Edwards Books in Order

Former SEAL Mason Hughes has locked his heart away since a brutal betrayal, channeling everything into dangerous contracts. In Dubai, he crosses paths with Calista Ventura, a woman on a personal mission against a trafficking ring, and their entangled operations force them to trust each other—or die trying.

After joining a women-only "wellness" retreat to support her free-spirited sister, a cautious heroine finds an unexpected sense of belonging—until cracks appear in the group’s perfect façade. When a man from her past resurfaces amid growing danger, they must work together to expose the truth and reclaim their lives.

Police officer Evan Sanders has built his life around his badge and his daughter, convinced he is done with romance. Josie Lark, a strong-willed woman with grown sons and a commitment to her independence, upends that certainty as threats circle the kids at her community center and their hearts.

Jonas lives by three rules: trust his gut, stay in control, and never let anyone become a weakness. Derrika Layne, buried deep undercover inside a company sitting on national-security secrets, breaks every one of those rules as they race to unmask a traitor and stay alive.

Catarina Keys lives for high-risk plays, not safety nets, and a covert mission lands her back in the path of Jack Donovan, the ex-SEAL she left behind in Vegas. As a new op exposes a wider conspiracy, their attraction reignites and both must decide which rules they are willing to break.

Known only by his last name, Smith has built a career on staying anonymous—even within Z Corps. When a high-stakes undercover job forces him into close quarters with a target who sees more than he intends to show, he must decide how much of himself he can risk revealing.

Sophie’s life is pleasantly boring until a series of slapstick encounters with Officer Valentine Malone ends with her walking in on him in the shower. When decades-old family secrets put her in real peril, the Hot Cop she keeps crashing into becomes the only man who can keep her alive.

Silver Team operator Easton is assigned to a case that quickly turns from routine protection to a deadly game of cat and mouse. As he works alongside someone who refuses to be just a bystander, he discovers that the hardest part of the mission may be guarding his own heart.

Atlee Levine plans a single fantasy-fueled night with a stranger to shake off her good-girl past, then discovers he is Wilson McCray, a protector tied to her grandmother’s world. When Atlee becomes entangled with the man Wilson is hunting, Takeback must rescue her—and Wilson must win her back.

Bridget Keller thought witness protection would give her a new life, but when the program fails she has nowhere to run except back to Theo Jackson, the man she should never have loved. With enemies closing in, they have seven days to survive—and decide if they want forever.

Vanessa Hale turns to detective Dalton Neary when a stalker invades her life, expecting a fairy-tale rescuer. Instead she gets a grumpy, no-strings cop who has spent months trying not to touch her. As threats escalate, family secrets and obsession turn their pretend detachment into a fight for survival.

Garrett Davis is a former SEAL drowning in regret when a family tragedy drags him back to his hometown and the woman he left behind. Melissa’s hunt for her sister’s killer puts her in a murderer’s sights, giving Garrett one last chance to save her and make amends.

Loving narcotics detective Echo Kent is easy for the woman telling this story; getting him to believe he deserves love is the hard part. As someone from Echo’s past threatens their carefully built future, he has to choose between saving his family and saving the woman who healed his fractured heart.

Jane Morgan is an outlaw motorcycle-club princess trying to outrun her legacy when a fake marriage to Davis Wright seems like her safest option. Their sham union turns real just as her father’s debts come due, forcing Davis to wage war on the people hunting his wife.

Phoenix Kent, a cop and volunteer at a community center, saves teenage Griffin from a fire and tries to back away, certain he is not father-figure material. When he is pulled into Griffin’s life—and into the orbit of Griffin’s mother, Wren—past trauma collides with new danger and unexpected hope.

Ex-SEAL Kevin Monroe prides himself on spotting lies, but CIA officer Layla Cummings tests every rule he lives by. As Blue Team races to find a supposedly dead teammate and stop an enemy targeting Z Corps, Kevin must decide whether to trust a woman built on secrets.

Twenty years after walking away from her brother’s Navy SEAL teammate, a woman armed with intel on a human-trafficking ring returns determined to help Takeback bring it down. Cole Keniston has lived by a warrior’s creed; now he must use that stubborn will to save the only woman he ever loved.

After his wife’s betrayal, former SEAL Reese Turmel has sworn off commitment. Baker Sadie Pierce is just trying to keep her small-town bakery afloat after being swindled. His irresistible offer of help entangles them in a dangerous financial scam—and a relationship neither of them planned to risk.

Working at an upscale sex club was never Sloane Ellis’s dream, but it is the only way she knows to search for her missing friend. Undercover operative Asher Noble joins the club for a Takeback investigation, only to fall for Sloane while they race to stop a predator who collects women like trophies.

After a hostage rescue goes bad, former SWAT officer Cooper Cain leaves California, hiding his guilt behind jokes and charm. Kira Winters, a fearless woman determined to finally live after years in the shadows, crashes through his defenses—until a stalker forces Coop to face his past and protect her.

Dylan Welsh is the last single man at Triple Canopy and determined to stay that way until sweet, steady Sawyer Glasgow topples his walls. After a night he cannot fully remember and a painful misunderstanding, he must win back her trust while a vendetta against a client puts her in the crossfire.

Logan Haines grew up believing love meant fists and manipulation, so he keeps things fun and shallow. Then he falls for Lauren Saunders, Triple Canopy’s receptionist who wants marriage and babies. When someone targets Lauren, Logan must confront his past or lose the woman who proved love can heal.

Former SEAL sniper Matt Kessler thought his family’s wealth came from hard work—until a devastating betrayal reveals it is soaked in blood. Chelsea Sullens has fought to become a top bull rider despite her family’s insults. When she vanishes, Matt will stop at nothing, including murder, to bring her home.

Former SEAL Owen Cullen takes in a mysterious woman he once helped rescue, convinced she is hiding more than a fake name. As Natasha’s dangerous family closes in, Owen has less than a day to find her and prove that the woman he tried not to love is his.

Former Delta operator Myles Simms can’t walk away when intel specialist Delilah Watts is kidnapped for blowing the whistle on a deadly scheme. Racing against time, he tracks the woman he has only known through encrypted messages, determined to pull her from the grave she has been left in.

Jonny, the last unattached member of the Gemini Group, has built a life around danger and distraction. When a case ties him to someone who sees past his jokes and defences, and a powerful enemy zeroes in, he has to decide whether he is finally ready to fight for a future.

Sergeant Shiloh Kent’s confidence shatters after a barricade call ends in tragedy, making her question her place on the SWAT team. Former SEAL sniper Luke Marcou, now a blind instructor at Triple Canopy, offers to hone her shooting—and soon they are battling both a killer and their fear of forever.

Investigative reporter Evette London’s digging on the dark web puts her in a killer’s sights, sending her straight to Z Corps for help. Gabe Harris, a Blue Team operator and self-proclaimed non–forever guy, becomes her protector as they chase a trafficking lead and fight a growing attraction.

Delta operatives Dash and Magic finally act on the slow-burn attraction they have felt for Holly and Stella, planning unforgettable Valentine’s surprises. When danger and unexpected twists crash their romantic plans, both men must protect their missions—and their hearts.

For fourteen years, a lost phone and a wrong-number text turned into an anonymous friendship that saw River Kent and his mystery woman through life’s highs and lows. When she shows up in his bookstore after her sister’s murder and volunteers to go undercover with Takeback, their fantasy collides with lethal reality.

One night, no names, and six unforgettable hours—that is all Rhode Daley expects from the beautiful stranger he meets in a bar. Years later, fate drops Brooklyn Saunders back into his life in the middle of a rescue mission, with a secret that could change everything he thought he wanted.

Liberty’s carefully controlled life blows apart when a buried threat comes roaring back, and the only man positioned to help is one she has sworn to keep at arm’s length. As danger closes in, the line between protection and passion blurs, and she has to choose whether to run or stay.

Nicknamed for his larger-than-life presence, Maximus is used to being the blunt instrument Z Corps unleashes when things go bad. A mission that starts as a straightforward takedown turns complicated when he grows attached to a target’s resilient ally and discovers some lines he will not cross.

Firefighter Brice Lancaster lives by three rules—no commitments, no attachments, no promises—until Quinn Walker moves in next door. The wild child of the group has always crushed on him, and when their no‑strings fling turns serious, a devastating twist forces them to fight for a future together.

Bartender Hope Mitchell avoids attachments after a brutal past, but Delta Force operator Beau "Jangles" Talbot breaks through her walls. When she and four other women are taken during a mission gone wrong, Jangles and his team have one chance to extract them—and to win Hope back.

Holden Stanford once gave up the only woman he loved so she could have the family she wanted with another man—one of his teammates. After her husband dies in combat, she returns with a daughter and a target on her back, and Holden must face old wounds to keep them alive.

A catastrophic mission leaves SEAL Trey Durum scarred and spiraling, determined to disappear into the background at Triple Canopy. Adalynn Walker, the tough physical therapist tasked with his recovery, drags him back to life—and when her past explodes, Trey has one chance to prove he can fight for her.

Declan has always been the charming one on Gold Team, the man who laughs in the face of danger. When an assignment in Susan Stoker’s shared world forces him to guard someone whose future depends on his focus, he learns what it costs to finally take life—and love—seriously.

Haunted by battlefield nightmares, former Special Forces soldier Brady Hewitt keeps boss’s daughter Hadley Walker at arm’s length, convinced he is too broken for her bright optimism. At Triple Canopy, Hadley refuses to give up; when a new threat rises, both must decide if love is worth the risk.

Chasin Murray walked away from the woman who felt like his perfect match after a single reckless weekend. Years later, country star Genevieve Ellison turns up in his small town with a dangerous stalker on her trail, forcing Chasin to earn back her trust while the Gemini Group hunts a killer.

Alec, a former SEAL weighed down by guilt and a new leadership role in the Gemini Group, is the last man who thinks he deserves happiness. When a case throws him together with Macy, a woman facing her own nightmares, he must decide whether to keep punishing himself or fight for them both.

When Silver Coyle reports suspicious activity, she never expects to end up chained in the hull of a ship and marked for death. Her only hope is Weston Beil, the former SEAL she clashed with before, who refuses to let the most stubborn woman he knows become collateral damage.

Five years after her husband’s murder, Ava Kelley is barely holding it together when new threats target her and her young son. Logan Reid, the family friend who has quietly loved her for years, moves in to protect them, determined to help Ava fight back and believe in a future again.

On the run from her mafia family, a woman who has reinvented herself countless times falls for a straight-arrow detective who sees past her lies. When her enemies close in and a city erupts in chaos, he must convince her that trusting him is their only way to survive.

Thaddeus is a hardened operator whose job is to plan for every worst-case scenario. He never expects that the real variable will be the person he is protecting—a fiercely independent soul whose stubborn courage pulls him into a fight that feels far more personal than professional.

Ex-Green Beret Colin Doyle’s job is to protect the First Daughter, not fall for her. Erin Anderson has spent years tempting his control with wit and charm, but when a homegrown terrorist targets her, Colin must go on the run with her and admit their connection is more than professional.

Former Navy SEAL Nixon Swagger returns to his small hometown seeking quiet and a plan for the future. Instead he falls for McKenna Wilson, a woman raising her siblings, and takes a government contract that drags the Gemini Group into a homegrown terrorist plot and a war with a dirty sheriff.

Gold Team member Kyle prides himself on staying cool under fire, but the latest op hits too close to home when it puts someone he cares about in a ruthless villain’s crosshairs. To save them, he must confront the ghosts he has been outrunning for years.

Broody ex-SEAL Jameson Grant trusts no one, least of all the world, until childhood friend Kennedy Lane arrives on the Gemini Group’s doorstep desperate for help. As a ruthless developer escalates his campaign to steal her land, Jameson must admit he wants more than just to keep her safe.

DEA agent Jason Walker is drowning in guilt after losing his wife to illness, content to bury himself in work. Mercy James, driven into the DEA by her own losses, has no patience for self-pity. When a case partners them, she forces Jason to choose between surviving and actually living.

Runway model Tuesday Knowls hides loneliness behind glamour and jokes, vowing never again to be burned by love. Firefighter Jackson Clark is determined to be the exception. When an obsessive "admirer" starts sending chilling gifts, Tuesday has to decide whether to rely on Jackson or run.

As part of Z Corps’ Gold Team, Brooks is used to dangerous assignments, not emotional entanglements. When a mission strands him with someone whose life is being slowly squeezed by a ruthless enemy, he finds himself willing to risk his career and his heart to keep them safe.

Carter Lenox regrets two things: a hesitation on a mission that changed everything and pushing away Delaney Walker, the woman he has loved since childhood. When tragedy and a dangerous secret put Delaney in the crosshairs, Carter races home to prove she can trust him with her heart and life.

FBI profiler Nick Clark has never forgotten the disfigured survivor from a serial killer case gone cold. When the murderer resurfaces and appears to be targeting Meadow Holiday again, Nick breaks every rule to protect the woman who does not believe she deserves a happily ever after.

Keane "Ghost" Bryson plans the perfect London getaway to recreate the trip where he first met Rayne Jackson—this time with a ring on her finger. From Big Ben to the Tower of London, their romantic holiday turns perilous when an unexpected threat forces Ghost to rely on old teammates.

CIA analyst Violet Myers betrayed her country for what she believed was the greater good—and no one believes she had a reason. When she warns Red Team of an ambush targeting a platoon of SEALs, Jaxon "Blue" Cain must decide if he can trust the liar whose information could save his friends.

Ivy Matthews walked away after a scorching one-night stand, intent on avenging her past alone. Zane Lewis has other ideas when she resurfaces in his orbit, tangled in a vendetta that could get her killed. Their push-pull battle turns into a joint mission—and a chance at something real.

When the daughter of a White House aide is kidnapped, the President calls in Zane Lewis and his Red Team contractors. Leo "Panther" Gillonardo should treat Olivia Cox as just another assignment, but as a drug cartel hunts them across the country, keeping his distance becomes impossible.

Nolan Clark is the last single man on the 707, perfectly happy with one-night stands until a friends-with-benefits fling with Reagan becomes something more. When her digging uncovers deadly intel and his past resurfaces with an eleven-year-old son, Clark must risk everything to save them both.

Embedded in a terrorist cell, journalist Blake Porter is stunned when her masked rescuer is Levi McCoy, the high-school love who walked away without a word. Trapped deep in enemy territory, they must survive the mission and confront the betrayal that shattered them.

Police officer and single dad Ethan Lenox has room in his life only for his daughter and his job. Honor Sullivan, on the run from a powerful stepfather and an arranged marriage, rents his spare room—and brings danger to his doorstep along with a chance at real love.

This omnibus brings together two complete romantic-suspense novels from The Collective world. One follows a widow learning to live again with the help of a steadfast friend; the other tracks a woman on the run from her criminal family and the detective determined to earn her trust.

Jasper lives for the next 707 mission, not for happily-ever-afters—until a late-night call connects him with Emily, a widowed single mother hiding dangerous secrets. When his operation collides with her life, he has to choose between staying detached or fighting for her future.

Lily has spent years grieving the boy next door who died a hero, never knowing Shane became a covert assassin on an elite Black Ops team. When a new threat targets her, the man she thinks is dead must step out of the shadows to keep her alive.

Tier one operator Lincoln Parker clawed his way out of two years in hell for one reason—Jasmin Smith, the woman he loved and lost. As she fights to recover memories of her abduction, Lincoln must reveal devastating secrets and convince her to trust him again before their enemy strikes.