Bücher der Reihe The Mavericks

After his last assignment, Ryker is ready for a rest. And he gets it-but only a few hours ...That's even too long for a geologist kidnapped by guerrillas in the Colombia jungle. Ryker has plenty of experience in jungles around the world but, keeping Manila safe-along with the two men she's traveling with and their injured guide-exposes them for who they are. It quickly becomes apparent, under these most gruelling conditions, which of her party steps up and which plan to step out.Manila's life has become one of never-ending misery at the hands of her captors as they await word from their bosses, who decide her ultimate fate. That she's hunting platinum doesn't matter to them. Nor that she's fighting against the invasive illegal gold mining taking over parts of the area. When Ryker rescues her from her prison tent, she places her trust in his ability to get her and her team safely away. Not yet realizing she'd be gifting him both her body and her heart too.Ryker needs to keep them all alive and together long enough to get them out of this hellhole-hopefully alive...

When his call came, the mission was the opposite of what he expected...Returning to his hometown of London, UK, was a happy surprise, until he realized what-and who-was involved. Out of his comfort zone when dealing with women sold into sexual slavery or even "collected," regardless Miles was determined to dig in deep, when he realized he knew the latest kidnapped victim. A woman who'd touched him years earlier. To think she might be suffering at the hands of a deranged serial kidnapper or, worse, could be sold in some human trafficking ring...Vanessa, tied up and blindfolded, has no idea why she'd been kidnapped. She does her best to obey her captor, even as she plots her escape. Her hope is that she's been reported missing and that the cops are looking for her. ... They are, but so is someone else...Keeping Vanessa safe at his side, Miles is taxed to the limit to unravel and to capture a serial killer who's lain undetected for decades, disguised as a serial kidnapper...

Planning to meet his sister in Germany, but, when she's a no-show, Lennox has his first inkling that trouble has come home in a big way ...When his sister and her best friend go missing, Lennox is determined to find and to keep his only family member safe ... and her best friend. They were both doctors, traveling the globe with the UN. Lennox was proud of his sister's accomplishments. He'd never tried to hide their relationship, thinking no one from Lennox's Navy SEALs past cared-or was still alive. Only now someone has decided to use Lennox's only family as a way to exact revenge.Helena is caught up in a kidnapping of Lennox's sister, all designed to get back at Lennox-the most infuriating man she's ever met. And one she's cared for since forever. Now to know she was used as a trap to kidnap his sister and to take him out was the worst kind of punishment. But she knew this man. Knew him intimately-if only once-but also knew he was coming to rescue them, even if it meant losing his own life.Lennox wasn't letting the only two women in his world be taken out without a fight, ... especially one who didn't even know how he felt ...

When four members of one family-owned corporation are kidnapped off the streets in Honolulu, Gavin's intel says this is a corporate espionage case ... but is it?There's not much to like about this case. Too many people are involved, ... including an old friend of Gavin's. But, as Gavin digs deeper into the motives of the suspect pool, events get uglier, and bodies start to fall.Rosalina has no idea how she ended up in this nightmare, but all she cares about is her ailing parents who have been separated from her and her sister. Even when she and her sister are freed, Rosalina finds no sign of their mother or father. Trying to rescue them means deciphering friend from foe ...It comes down to the wire as this close family corporation falls apart, revealing the core of darkness inside, ... and leaves Gavin and Rosalina struggling to stay safe as enemies work to take out them both.

Her kidnappers demanded Shane arrive. Finding out his best friend was held as a pawn just pissed him off. Finding out rescuing her was a test made him seriously angry. He hates being used. These men mean business though, as Shane finds a body count too high for comfort.Shelly knew Shane would come for her. No way he wouldn't. She was lucky to have Shane there for her, especially when learning a second woman had been kidnapped and held for over six months. The simple rescue of Shelly turns into something more to find this second woman.But is there one killer boss out there or two? As the pair try to secure their own freedom, it gets even murkier, until finding a way through is paramount. Otherwise no one gets a happy ending.

Traveling to China to retrieve a kidnapped scientist shows Diesel the depths of human depravity. Not that he needs more proof. He's been doing this type of work for a decade. This is the first time though the person he was rescuing was this interesting.Eva Langston had been kidnapped while walking across the street and then locked up in a lab half a world away. Joining two other scientists, both letting her know there was no escape, she refuses to give up hope. When the rescue does come, it wasn't smooth or easy.Still she was damn glad to be free. Until she realizes that freedom is a long way off, as, one by one, her science team is picked off, leaving her the last one to be dealt with.

Corbin is tracking a cabinet minister's pregnant daughter, who'd been snatched off the streets several days ago. The incident followed several other missing women's cases, except those women already had given birth, and their children were also kidnapped at the same time. Then the body of one of the mothers is found ...Nellie would do anything to save her unborn child, but finding herself a prisoner was never something she expected to happen. When one of her guards grills her over an image of someone asking questions about her, she realizes she isn't as alone as she'd assumed. Now if only a rescue could be mounted before any others die ...A rescue is one thing, but getting to the bottom of this nightmare becomes even more urgent, as the kidnapper refuses to give up on Nellie's unborn child and the big payoff if he succeeds...

Aiden has high hopes for his own mission, but Las Vegas and a woman accused of killing her own husband wasn't it. Then he finds out it's a special request from a man he's long respected and that the woman in question was his cousin. Even more confusing is the series of other murders that, according to the local law enforcement, are linked to her as well.Toby's life has been one long nightmare, and, just when a light shines in to save her, and she hopes she will survive this after all, the cops decide she's the one who murdered her husband. Hardly ... but, if she'd had the guts and the lack of concern for spending the rest of her life in jail for getting justice, then she'd have done it.But, as it was, if they can't figure out who and what is going on, she'll be spending her life in prison regardless. And that would be a shame, considering she'd just met Aiden, one of the most interesting men to cross her path. Now if only he'd been here years ago, before her world went off the rails ...