The Protector by Marliss Melton is the 1st in her The Taskforce series of f/m action-oriented romantic suspenses starring the eponymous elite team, this installment featuring a former Navy SEAL trying to thwart a terrorist plot in which he winds up using the woman he loves as bait, free courtesy of publisher ePublishing Works! (exclamation mark theirs).
The B&N blurb for this includes a favourable review from a retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (male) who compares it with his presumably favourite thriller/intrigue writers, so possibly less-romantically inclined Gentle Readers may enjoy this as well (or just guys with romance in their soul; whatever).
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Description
Embracing the solitude of the Blue Ridge Mountains, former Navy SEAL Ike Calhoun thought he'd left the War on Terror far behind, until he's contacted by an old friend.
Now Ike's stuck shielding Eryn McClellan from ambitious federal agents and crazed jihadists.
Worse, the charming, blue-eyed beauty is shattering his much-needed isolation.
As Ike's restraint erodes like a mountain in a mudslide, and the FBI keeps trying to use Eryn as bait, Ike wages a one-man war to protect the woman whose passion and faith fuels him to rise above his past.