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April 17, 2020

GUARDING SKY RELEASE!

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Vin has worked hard to keep his dream alive and being an NCIS agent is what he wants to do with his life even in the face of his family's disapproval. Now it's the best and worst situation of his life when he has to guard Sky, a beautiful scientist who tests his boundaries between his job and his personal life. Once he crosses the line by going rogue, it's only a matter of time before he succumbs to their overwhelming chemistry. Now protecting the woman takes on a whole new meaning. And for Sky, who knows what it's like to be manipulated, she'll resist the kidnappers at every turn in protecting the Navy's top secrets, while trying to keep everything in her austere personal life separate. Love was never on the agenda for her as she looked toward a life of service to honor the vow she made, but now, after meeting Vin, living a life of balance wars with the barren existence she thought was her legacy.



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Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: April 14, 2020
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Love is a distraction…until him…
NCIS Special Agent Vincent Fitzgerald is assigned to find missing naval scientist Skylar Baang, who’s working on a top-secret sonar schematic. When it’s discovered that she’s been kidnapped, Vin is convinced that mercenaries took the American/Filipino beauty for her brain and the secrets inside, and he intends to get her back in one piece. Skylar is more angry than scared when she’s kidnapped. Always resourceful, she escapes right into the arms of Vin, but her ordeal is not over. The men who took her have no intention of giving up, and she must stay in Vin’s protective custody. To keep her safe, Vin must get past Skyler’s formidable walls, get her to trust him, and figure out why they want her. But, it’s not what he thinks as the kidnappers absolutely want what is locked up in Skylar’s head, but it has nothing to do with her Navy secrets.
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Published on April 17, 2020 14:08

March 12, 2020

PITBULL AND COMMANDING SIA ARE RELEASED!

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SEAL Team Alpha deals with their fractures, as Pitbull continues to struggle with his own demons. With the estranged mother of his secret child dodging his calls and giving him the runaround, he has to get tough with her, but before he can, terrorists threaten an oil rig, then NCIS requests aid from the SEALs on a bodyguard mission while NCIS Special Agent Makayla Littlestar works on recovering her co-workers who have been kidnapped in the lawless Triple Frontier. Mak is also handling some pretty terrible demons herself when her past comes back to haunt her. She's getting in deep with Pitbull and sharing and caring has been a no-no for her. But this man breaks down all her barriers while they search for her missing colleagues. Each of them has ghosts they need to exorcise, as long as they can let go of the past and face the future together.


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Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: March 12, 2020
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 Errol “Pitbull” Ballentine is tasked to work with an NCIS agent who is on the trail of one of their own missing agents. He and the team meet up with NCIS and Pitbull discovers it’s special agent Makayla Littlestar who looks like a delicate flower. He soon discovers that her looks are the only soft thing about this driven woman. She is a martial arts expert, an amazing tracker, speaks several languages and has a chip on her shoulder as big as Texas. And all he wants to do is knock it off and get under her formidable armor to the engaging, soft woman beneath. He’s determined to find out what makes her tick.
When Mak is in tracking mode, she often sees nothing but the subject she’s following, but Pitbull is big, tough, and intrudes on her concentration. It’s imperative they find their agent as he may have sensitive information crucial to taking down an international terrorist, one who killed the man she was in love with. She can’t get sidetracked by a big, macho SEAL and she will never love like that again, so what’s the point of ever getting involved? But after spending time with him, she discovers that he’s as determined as his name implies and she could very well lose her edge with him, which makes it all the more vital to keep her eyes on the ball and not on gorgeous Pitbull.
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Chris is pretty surprised to be called on by the NCIS Director and the Navy to investigate several dead pilots on board an aircraft carrier. He's even more surprised to find the woman he'd loved and lost when her brother had been killed in an accident. It's clear JAG officer Sia Soto hasn't forgiven or forgotten the accident. What Chris doesn't know is that she hasn't forgotten how much she was in love with him. Working with him, under his command, no less is going to be difficult, but getting to the bottom of these deaths may shed some light on her brother's death.



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Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: March 12, 2020
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Separated by loss. . .reunited by duty… When Lieutenant Ambrosia “Sia” Soto returns from an investigation into a “pilot error” case aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. James McCloud, she comes face to face with NCIS Special Agent and former lover, Christophe Vargas, the man who was involved in an F-18 Fighter Jet accident that took her brother’s life six years ago.  But when another incident aboard the carrier involves the death of a senator’s son whose plane crashed into the deck on a routine training mission, she’s now required to return to the carrier with Chris in tow to face a cunning and dangerous foe.  Bombarded both personally and professionally, Sia must trust her instincts and suppress the feelings that surface for her enigmatic and sexy partner.
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Published on March 12, 2020 19:41

March 11, 2020

SEAL TEAM ALPHA HEMINGWAY COVER REVEAL!

COMING SOON!

Cover reveal and release information!

SEAL Team Alpha, Book #11, Hemingway is planned for a May release!

I am busy writing away on this novel and it's going to be unique with a glimpse into how SEALs are tested from the very beginning. After boot camp and pre-BUD/S - Basic Underwater Demolition/SEALs training, Hemingway is ready for BUD/S. After all the time he's put into getting prepared to reach his dream, distraction comes in a beautiful package when he gets tangled up with NCIS Special Agent Shea Palmer who is undercover to expose terrorists among the student ranks.

Check out these gorgeous covers by Robin https://www.gobookcoverdesign.com/. She is seriously as badass as my SEALs. And please share, comment, and like this post to help me spread the word!

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You can check out the blurbs on my website! If you missed the first ten (note: Pitbull is in the process of being released, links soon) books, go here to find the links and to catch up. http://zoedawson.com/books/

 


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Published on March 11, 2020 13:01

December 31, 2019

SEAL TEAM ALPHA PITBULL AND NCIS COVER REVEALS!

A NEW YEAR AND MORE SEAL TEAM ALPHA!

 Cover reveal and release information!

Book #10, Pitbull will be out mid to late January along with Book #11 Hemingway, planned for April 2020, Book #12 Mad Max planned for July 2020 and Book #13 2-Stroke planned for October 2020.

Thank you for all the continued support for this series that I love writing. I have many more stories planned with these tough and heroic guys. I hope you will join me today in celebrating, sharing, and getting excited over the upcoming releases!!

Check out these gorgeous covers by Robin https://www.gobookcoverdesign.com/. She is seriously as badass as my SEALs. And please share, comment, and like this post to help me spread the word!

Make sure to sign-up for my newsletter either here on the blog or my website to be kept up-to-date on all that I'm doing, including exclusive content.

You can check out the blurbs on my website! If you missed the first nine books, go here to find the links and to catch up. http://zoedawson.com/books/

 


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In addition to the SEAL releases, I will be launching a new NCIS  series which includes stories that are tied to my SEAL Team Alpha world. They are characters that have been introduced in previous books and will now be getting their own stories. The first novel is Commanding Sia, out also in January 2020 along with Guarding Sky in February and Guiding Kinley in March, then there will be another book every two months for the rest of the year. I've loved NCIS since I started watching it years ago and working in more romantic suspense stories makes me a happy camper. Here are the first three covers!


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Published on December 31, 2019 10:20

November 27, 2019

IN HER WILDEST DREAMS RELEASE!

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Here is the next to last book for the Going to the Dogs series. We've heard about Calder from book 1. Did he really die in a plane crash or did something nefarious happen to the billionaire? I sure hope you enjoy getting one step closer to the truth. Lake West has been struggling with her brother Calder's death for too long, but that's all about to change as she finds that she is more than her grief and her life is worth living to the fullest with bad boy billionaire Wilde Madigan. But on a trip to Africa, she discovers something shocking with her brother's death. Will she have the courage to face the challenges when the truth about her brother comes to light?


 

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Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: November 27, 2019
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Lake West has always been a take charge woman, but losing her brother, Calder, sent her into a tailspin, one she hasn’t recovered from. Now living in his penthouse in New York City after joining in an interior designing partnership with Abby Wescott, Lake is still lost. She no longer has her horse business to distract her from her pain. That’s when Wilde Madigan, her AlphaGroup partners friend and billionaire steps into comfort her, causing nothing but friction with her fellow partners. But when someone from Calder’s past contacts her, she can think of nothing else but getting back to Africa, finally mourning her brother’s loss, and moving on with her life. With Wilde insisting on helping her, he and his cute Rottweiler Diesel might just take her mind off her grief. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect Wilde and his adorable pooch to get under the armor she’d erected around her heart no matter how hard she fights against his magnetic pull.

Wilde was drawn to Lake from the moment he saw her. She is trying to overcompensate for the loss of her brother by causing a ruckus and disrupting everything that Calder built. So when its suggested that he distract the California girl, Wilde knows is in deeper than he knows. That’s until his plan goes awry, and Wilde sees her heartache, even as he finds himself falling for this beauty who’s challenging his walkaway Joe mindset. Can Lake let go of her ironclad control and give herself over to Wilde’s wild ways, taking him at face value, or will his inability to settle down put the brakes on their promising relationship?
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Published on November 27, 2019 11:56

October 21, 2019

AFTERMATH IS RELEASED!!

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I have finally finished the second book in The Starbuck Chronicles and realize this has been a long time coming. Nevertheless, I sure hope everyone enjoys the new installment of the series. Lily is picking up the pieces of her life and trying to get answers about her business partner's death, but what seems like a simple takedown of a coven of lawbreakers soon enmeshes Lily in more trouble than she could have predicted, even as the OS withholds information about the rogue mage and his whereabouts. Lily must think on her feet to navigate these new tests and get to her ultimate goal of tracking down the person responsible for ordering Olivia's death, while juggling two enigmatic and sexy males. The aftermath of her afterlife is turning into one complicated mess.


 

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Genre: Urban Fantasy
Release Date: October 21, 2019
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In this world gone mad…Lily’s biggest challenge is to survive.

Lily Starbuck now has a new place to live and a tough taskmaster of a roommate who’s determined to teach her to kick ass—bruises and broken bones be damned. But to add to her to do list, she’s working on getting her new catering business off the ground, finding her partner’s murderer and tracking down that homicidal rogue mage.

After being told to stand down by the OS, Lily must find an alternate way to apprehend and question the one man in all of the Twin Cities who wants her dead, regardless of the consequences. But when things go from bad to worse, Lily finds herself embroiled in plots that lead to even more problems.

Then, there’s that small problem of overcoming her deep attraction to Talon Sunstrike and making him understand there is no hope for them, while juggling her sexy shaman co-worker and discovering who she used to be?

And, yes, Nock, with an agenda of his own, still continues to go invisible on her. 
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Published on October 21, 2019 23:11

October 20, 2019

July 31, 2019

DRAGON IS RELEASED!

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Eight new guys, a new fractured team and overcoming the loss of one of their own. Can their brotherhood survive the upheaval and secrets as SEAL Team Alpha carries out the missions they are tasked with, protecting home and the people they love. I'm so thrilled to be bringing Dragon's team to life in the next installment of SEAL Team Alpha. Dragon goes home and gets blindsided. He has a kid! A little girl he knew nothing about. And her mom is just as tantalizing, just as beautiful and just as generous as she had been six years ago. Will this be the catalyst that will propel Dragon to discovering why he's having such nightmares and give him the peace he needs to balance out his life? And will Jo come to terms with putting her daughter first, even at the risk of Jo's own happiness once she realizes that it's not only the sparks that fly between them, but a mutual and abiding love for each other. Jo would love nothing more than to have Dragon be a part of their daughter's life, but will the pressures of raising a gifted child get in the way?


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Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: July 31, 2019
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During the chaotic upheaval of his team, guys transferring, new guys coming in, and the veterans are left dealing with the loss of one of their own, Ryuu “Dragon” Shannon heads home for a visit to his Brooklyn neighborhood. He discovers that Jo is living with his mom, and to his shock, he finds his one-night stand with his tattoo artist produced a daughter, Ceri. He’d been drunk that night, and she’d been willing. As they work to navigate his newfound place in Jo and Ceri’s lives, he’s charmed by their sweet daughter and starts to fall for the girl he’d never gotten the chance to know and who has grown into a woman he can’t get off his mind.

Josephine Moretti is glad that Dragon is back for an extended leave. She remembered touching his body both when she gave him his distinctive tattoo and the night they spent together. A night that changed her life and…gave her Ceri. She’d had a thing for him, but had never gotten to know him as well as she hoped. He’d disappeared and she didn’t know how to get in touch with him. Now he was a Navy SEAL, and as far as she could tell, nothing had changed. Things were about to get complicated now that he was home and she wants her little girl to know her dad. But, Dragon has been away for a while, and Jo’s learned to take care of them both, but when a threat from Dragon’s past threatens them all, she finds that Dragon is every inch the hero she thought he was and maybe, just maybe, an amazing dad for Ceri.
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Published on July 31, 2019 07:00

June 26, 2019

UP AGAINST THE BOARDS IS RELEASED!

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Were getting close to the end of my Going to the Dogs series. Just two books left and it has been a labor of laugh out loud fun. Jesse has been keeping himself busy ever since he retired from his hockey career and started working as a sportwriter, but his plate got even fuller with the death of his friend and founder Calder West. Now he was juggling a multi-billion dollar company and everything else he had to do. So when Aiden Sinclair asks him to help out a friend of his with funding from AlphaGroup, Jesse the fixer is ready and willing. Too bad the owner of the Liberty Tavern doesn't want anything to do with either Jesse or Aiden. But Jesse isn't one to give up especially when Abigail Wescott needs him for more than saving her bar. She's in some trouble, the kind she'll need help getting out of and that's where Jesse come in.




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Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: June 26, 2019
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Ex-hockey player and sportswriter, Jesse Malone goes to Liberty Tavern at the behest of his friend Aiden Sinclair to help sassy, beautiful redheaded, Abigail Wescott who has only recently inherited the bar from her father. Talk about opposites in every way including his preference for his dog Puck, a Pitbull/Weimaraner mix and her preference for her cat, an orange tom named Oscar. Jesse has every intention of lending AlphaGroup’s support to this damsel in distress, but he has no interest in getting tied down, even if Abby is pulling all the right irresistible strings in him.

Abby and Jesse have absolutely nothing in common, except a sizzling attraction and the desire to save her bar, but the demolition balls are set to wreck her family’s historical legacy when by chance she and Jesse discover something miraculous. A false wall in the basement that reveals an old printing press with historical significance, leading to the possibility that the Sons of Liberty met in the tavern. With sexy bad boy Jesse stirring up her emotions and ramming through her defenses, can she keep her mind on the race to get the near-and-dear-to-her-heart bar listed as a national landmark before it’s demolished.
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Published on June 26, 2019 05:00

May 6, 2019

Hollywood is Released!!

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The last of my first set of SEAL Team Alpha series books was bittersweet to write as I have loved every member of this team. But Hollywood and Willow did justice to my guys and there are many more team members coming up in the new squad with the first being Dragon. Willow and Hollywood are tiptoeing through a minefield of memories, pain, heartache and an attraction that is driving them both bonkers. My playboy SEAL has met his match and she's taking him to a different place, one he wants to be, even with the fear and anxiety that all brings. Not to mention, Willow comes with Hollywood's former BUD'S trainer, her dad, Will "Shadow" Blackmoon. He's lost and no matter how hard Willow tries, she can't get him to come home and stop living on the streets. That's until Hollywood sees and understands what he's going through and knows that love comes in many forms. All her dad needs is the SEAL community. Hollywood learns what it means to really love someone and Willow finds the man of her dreams in someone so unexpected.



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Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: May 6, 2019
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Jude “Hollywood” Lock loved the ladies, but commitment, not so much. Getting burned at love was been there, done that enough for him. But when his Hollywood looks gets him tasked by the brass to pose for an artist as part of the Warrior Angel charity project, he has no choice but to follow orders. Once he gets a load of the beautiful artist, it all comes around to him keeping his cool and resisting going down love’s forbidden lane.

Painter/photographer Willow Blackmoon lost her dad to the streets after leaving the SEALs and she’s tickled pink to be depicting a member from each of the armed forces as an angel for charity for the homeless heroes. It’s easy to keep her composure around all the muscled hunks, even in or out of their uniforms, with one exception—Hollywood. He’s a man who hides a broken heart and a tender soul that resonates with hers. He might be sprouting angel wings and purity, but there was nothing divine about this bad boy, except his skills behind closed doors. His playboy ways were all too familiar to her once broken heart, and she prayed not even his heavenly advances could get up under her defenses.

But Hollywood’s past comes back to haunt him when Willow is abducted, and she has to rely on her lethal warrior for rescue. Can they mend their broken hearts together or will their fear destroy a love everlasting?

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Published on May 06, 2019 05:00