The Masters Collection Books in Order

The Masters Collection gathers together two full‑length romantic‑suspense novels that were originally part of a larger multi‑author project called The Collective. In those stories, Riley Edwards steps slightly outside her military units and security firms to explore everyday people pulled into dangerous conspiracies—and the protectors who refuse to let them face it alone.

Unbroken follows Ava, a widow still shattered by her husband’s murder years earlier, and Logan Reid, the longtime friend who has quietly loved her from the sidelines. When a fresh wave of threats puts Ava and her young son in the crosshairs, Logan moves in to protect them. The book traces Ava’s journey from numb survival to fully living again, with Logan and a wider network of allies battling a killer who has been hiding in plain sight.

Trust turns to a woman on the run from her criminal family, living under new names and new lies to stay alive. When she falls for a determined detective who sees past her façades, both of them are forced to confront the truth about her past and the scale of the danger still stalking her. Their story blends city‑wide unrest, mob grudges, and a love that asks whether some risks are worth taking even when the odds are grim.

Read together in The Masters Collection, these novels showcase a slightly different side of Riley’s work. The heroes are still capable and driven, but they are not always special operators; the heroines are not directly tied to elite military teams. Instead, the focus is on how ordinary lives can be upended by crime, loss, and corruption—and how stubborn, everyday bravery can be just as powerful as any tactical skill.

For readers, this collection offers two intense, emotionally rich journeys that stand alone yet echo many of the themes found across her larger universe: resilience after trauma, found family, and the hard work of choosing hope.