When the oath to protect and serve tangles with love, expect sparks and lots of heat!Hot firemen, alpha cops, sexy detectives, and dashing federal agents...this anthology from 8 best-selling and award-winning authors will have you rooting for your favorite heroes and heroines as they step up to the greatest challenge of their lives--to protect and love.This set includes six full-length novels and two novellas. A great deal to fall in love with a hero.Mimi Barbour - Special Agent FinneganIf love for his father makes a man weak - what’ll happen when he gives his heart to a woman? Special Agent Finnegan struggles against wicked odds not to find out. He loses...Jude Ouvrard - Not Afraid To Love YouEscaping a life that nearly destroyed her soul, Lilly struggles to cope with the aftermath of an abusive relationship. Can her high school crush, Lennox, release her heart from its cage?Jacquie Biggar - The Sheriff Meets His MatchWhen a jaded sheriff is drawn to an exasperating woman in trouble, anything can happen.Melissa Keir - Protecting His WolfePassion has a way of igniting when people are under stressful situations, but is Betsie and Jonah's relationship a matter of desire, or is it something more?Lyssa Layne - Love is a FireDr. Katy Malone has sworn off love while firefighter Nick Garrity is on a search for the future Mrs. Garrity. One look at Dr. Malone and Nick knows he's found his future wife but can he convince her to love again?Stacy Eaton - Distorted Loyalty Emergency room Doctor Rachel Wilde and Detective Grant Murphy meet by chance and it takes only one glance and a simple touch to ignite their senses. When Grant’s wife is in a tragic accident, Rachel goes above and beyond to save her life. Chantel Rhondeau - Crime & PassionA decorated police officer, more intent on justice than following the letter of the law, lands in trouble when a gorgeous schoolteacher finds a dead body on the beach.Bonnie Edwards - Love in a Pawn ShopFor Dix Dixon life is about joy-killing obstacles and family obligations. Why did Dane Caldwell walk in when all she wants is out? Dane must prove love is more than another complication.