The son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan, The Loner is fast with his fists, faster with a gun, and haunted by the demons of his past. . . The Way Of The West With his wife’s killers dead and buried, Conrad Morgan–known as The Loner–is on his way to Mexico for some peace and quiet. But on the way he’s sidetracked by some intriguing travelers who are hunting down a valuable golden artifact. They’re not the only ones who want to get a hold of the treasure. A running gun battle with some killers lands The Loner and his cohorts in the Jornada del Muerto–a hellish, waterless wasteland in New Mexico Territory. And now it’s up to The Loner to get himself and his new friends out of this arid stretch of land before they perish from thirst. . .or lead poisoning. . .
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Baby Sleep Positioners

From Publishers Weekly

Many of Higgins’s thrillers have told one continuing saga, involving the efforts of Gen. Charles Ferguson (head of the British PM’s “Private Army”) and his staff to fend off various threats to queen and country. Here the timely challenge is Arab terrorism, but wobbly focus makes this a mediocre entry in a generally first-rate series. An attempt on the American president’s life leads Ferguson—who alerted the Secret Service to the threat—and his main man, legendary hit man and former IRA enforcer Sean Dillon, to Josef Belov, an associate of Vladimir Putin (who appears in a cameo) and a Russian oil billionaire who’s intent on world domination and who along the way is funneling would-be jihadists from Britain into terrorist training camps in the Middle East. Instead of concentrating on the promising terrorist angle, Higgins traces Dillon and Ferguson’s pursuit of Belov and his goons, a race that leads to violent shootouts in Iraq and elsewhere. Fe (more…)

From Booklist

Shane Garrett meets army doctor Captain Kirby Campbell in Iraq while she is plucking shrapnel from his posterior. The two engage in an intense affair until his Special Forces mission separates them. Later they reconnect when Kirby is a civilian serving in Pakistan and she saves Shane’s life, although he loses a leg and all desire to continue their relationship. Once he fully recuperates with his technologically enhanced new leg, his thoughts turn to Kirby, who has been kidnapped by rebel forces. Shane joins retired buddies from Special Ops who have formed Phoenix Team, determined to rescue her. Ross returns to her extra-sexy, extra–Special Forces teams and the special women in their lives in a winning mix of action and romance. –Patty Engelmann

Review

“The newest installment of a series held together by a group of heroes who share history – a mission that went disastrously wrong in Afghantistan. The previous books, Crossfir (more…)