Welcome to the world of McKay-Taggart Security Services, where spies hide in shadows, danger lurks around every corner, and heroes come with the naughtiest of secrets… too eager to undertake once he gets a look at her.
The Men with the Golden Cuffs
Adam Miles and Jacob Dean are halves of a whole. They’ve spent their entire adult lives searching for the one woman who can handle them both. When Serena Brooks comes into their lives, they’re certain she’s the one. But when a stalker strikes, will they lose her forever?
A Dom is Forever
The hunt for an international arms dealer leads Liam O’Donnell to London and into the world of Avery Charles. Avery’s never met a man like Liam and quickly falls under his spell. But when Avery’s boss leads the McKay-Taggart team to the traitorous Mr. Black, Liam must put together the pieces of the puzzle of his past or Avery might not have a future…
On Her Master’s Secret Service
Alex and Eve are trapped together in a cycle of pleasure and misery that even their divorce cannot sever. But when a threat from Eve’s past resurfaces, Alex will stop at nothing to save her life and reclaim her heart.
Love and Let Die
For five years, Charlotte Dennis has thought of nothing but returning to her husband, her Master, Ian Taggart. Working in the shadows, she has devoted herself to earning a chance to reclaim her place in Ian’s life. But forgiveness isn’t a part of Ian’s vocabulary.
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This series is pulse-pounding in every way–fast-paced action, sexy, smokin’ hot romance, and great world-building. It’s like a summer blockbuster for your e-reader, and with this being five books in one, you get to binge them. What could be better?!
Masters and Mercenaries Bundle: The Early Ops
The Dom Who Loved Me Book 1
Sean Taggart works for McKay/Taggart a Security firm that also handles some things borderline stuff for the government. A former Green Beret he and two of his former team are hunting down a terrorist.
Grace Hamilton is the administrative assistant for Matt Wright, he runs an employment agency that mostly handles IT contracts. Recently her boss has also started with some janitorial contracts that are handled by Evan Parnell. Grace doesn’t care for the man, and has as little contact with him as possible.
Undercover as a possible client, Sean quickly discovers there is something special about Grace. She’s older than him but he doesn’t care, he has decided to get to know her and when this investigation is over he hopes to win her heart.
Sean interrupts her skinny dipping when he decides to take her up on her offer of a home cooked meal after a dinner meeting with her boss. Things started melting my kindle here.
All is not fun and games though as the stakes get higher. Plenty of action, suspense and emotional drama as they get closer to solving this case.
I just keep turning the pages, I’m so glad I have the collection so I don’t have to download the next book!
The Men with the Golden Cuffs Book 2
I fell in love with Adam and Jake in the first book of this series. I love how their relationship is so complex like brothers without the blood connection. When Grace, who is now the receptionist for McKay/Taggart, escorts a possible client to Jake he was immediately overwhelmed with the possibilities and leaves her with Adam in their office. One problem, they weren’t sure they believed her.
Serena is an author of erotic/BDSM books. Although she isn’t in the lifestyle she has researched it and has some fantasies of her own in that respect. Her husband divorced her over her first book and is now looking to get a piece of her success. He is trying to get money from her in spite of not supporting her at all. On top of all that, she is being stalked and the stalker is escalating.
Now the one thing that the guys didn’t know at the time was that Serena’s agent is a friend of Ian’s and she is the one hiring them. After Ian blows up at them they go to start their bodyguard duties. When she doesn’t answer the door, and since they aren’t happy with her security, they break in.
I love the dog, he’s sweet and not a very good guard dog. Adam and Jake immediately make friends with the dog his mistress however would be another story.
So much isn’t adding up, and everyone around Serena becomes a suspect.
I loved the way everything unfolds, including Serena’s introduction into the lifestyle. So much intrigue, suspense, with more than one surprise twist and I am seriously glad my kindle didn’t melt from these three.
A Dom is Forever Book 3
Being in London is hard for Liam, so close to where his life went to hell. His brother and several others dead before a bomb took out the building. He shouldn’t have survived but he did. He just can’t remember it all.
Avery has been working for a mostly reclusive philanthropist, Thomas Molina. A man who’s decided it’s time to be more active in his charity workings. There’s something fishy with some of the shipments and someone needs to get close to Avery and see if she’s innocent or not.
It’s decided that Liam should be the one to approach Avery and the rest of the team settles in as neighbors.
Full of suspense, drama, and sizzle this book has it all, CIA, MI6, plus twists and turns to keep you guessing.
I really love the continuity in these books, the characters are as intriguing as the story itself.
I think I’ll just keep reading this series until I’m caught up.
On Her Master’s Secret Service Book 4
In this book we learn the whole story behind Alex and Eve, their marriage, their divorce, their D/s relationship and the love they are both denying.
When Evans turns up on the radar again, all Alex can think about it keeping Eve safe and out of the way. He can’t take a chance that she could ever go through that hell again.
Their contact turns out to be a reporter, she’d been sniffing out this story for years. Now she needs Alex and as many of this team as she can get to infiltrate a club she believes is laundering Evans’ money. She’s managed to get him a position as Dom in Residence for this themed Club and also the ability to bring his own sub.
Now when Eve hears about this, she has her own ideas of who that sub should be. The problem is, how is she going to pull this off.
To say Alex was pissed is an understatement. Unfortunately for him there was nothing to do but accept it. Eve definitely pushes his buttons but really she is a valuable asset in this scenario.
Lots of suspense, action and downright scary moments as this tale unfolds. Plus the love and sizzle between Alex and Eve that runs hot and cold and then white hot as they finally discover what their problems really are.
Love and Let Die Book 5
Now we learn all about Ian’s wife and the circumstances surrounding her ‘death’. With Charlotte very much alive, Ian is conflicted in more ways than one. His reaction to her was not unexpected at least to my mind.
Even though Ian is somewhat resistant to her overtures, Charlotte isn’t one to give up easily. She’s spent the last five years doing things to be worthy of Ian’s love.
After their initial encounter, Ian has drunk himself into a stupor. Charlotte called Sean to be with him and made her plans to get the team together to discuss taking down Nelson.
When Ian finds out, hungover and all he goes to take care of business.
Lots of suspense, action, snark, fun and sizzling heat in this book.
I’m going to start the next book and catch up to the latest release.
I love all of the Masters & Mercenaries series.
Excellent series
The review of book 1, 2, and 3 is separate books.
Book 4
Eve and Alex’s story is filled with suspense, action, love and suffering.
The feelings in these books is coming through constantly, I’m addicted and want to keep reading and reading.
No unnecessary descriptions of surroundings
Good dialogues
Characters is developed in to realistic personalities that has me feeling like I know them.
I think the author has build a world I would like to follow. She’s building a family feeling with people who are different but care very much for each other.
The chemistry between Eve and Alex is hot and that makes some good scenes.
This series is perfect for me, 5 stars
Book 5
Ian and Charlotte’s story is exiting and full of action, I loved it.
No unnecessary descriptions of surroundings
Good dialogues
I find that the author created a world with so many great characters and some surprising turns in the story.
There’s some hot and intense scenes between the main characters.
Still 5 stars
I really enjoyed reading this bundle. Everyone of them showed the love and the fight for the ones they loved, including Big Tag.
I will say that when it comes to Liam and his accent, just mention that when he gets excited, mad, emotional in any way that his Irish brogue come out. It took me away from the story by reading it one way then it being explained it sounded like this. I rather read what it sounded like to begin with. Keeps me in the story better. Just remind us that it comes out with his emotions every once in awhile. It was a good read, that was the only drawback. So if your characters have an odd way of saying things, that’s the way I’d like to read it.
Love this ongoing series
I loved the whole Masters and Mercenaries series! The characters are wonderful and the romance is off the charts steamy! The men are alphas to the max and the women are pretty awesome, too! Wonderful escapist with hot romance, to boot!
The Dom Who Loved Me
Sean Taggert is sent in to get close to Grace Hawthorne and see if she’s involved with an eco terrorist. He and Grace get really close and his boss/brother, Ian, pulls him out fearing he’s lost his objectivity. Grace’s life is in jeopardy and the team at McKay Taggart have there hands full. I loved Grace’s stubbornness and ability to handle Sean and Ian. Sean is yummy and he can cook! This is a great start to a wonderful series.
The Men With The Golden Cuffs
Adam and Jake like to share their woman. They are hired to protect Serena, a writer of ménage books. She has a nasty stalker who is escalating. Ian warns them not to get involved with the client but our guys can’t help themselves. There is lots of drama and action and Ian, who is his sarcastic self. I love the McKay-Taggart Family!
A Dom Is Forever
Liam O’Donnell finally meets a woman who makes him think Sean, Adam and Jake aren’t as crazy as he thought they were. Avery Charles has been through so much tragedy in her short life but has fought her way to the other side and sees the good in people, especially Lee Donnelly (Liam’s cover name on this op). The team is in England on the hunt for Eli Nelson who is associated with Avery’s Boss. This book has lots of action, intrigue and steamy sex? Lots of secrets are revealed in this book too! Shocking secrets!
On Her Master’s Secret Service
Alex McKay and Eve St James have been dancing around each other since her kidnapping, rape and torture by a criminal being hunted by Alex. Eve divorced him after he chose to seek revenge and kept his distance emotionally. They both worked with Ian and the team and had a D/s contract but there was no real emotion there. After 5 years Alex gets info on the jerk he’s looking for from a woman named Kristen. She has everything set up to capture this man. Alex goes in as Dom In Residence and Eve goes in as his slave. Sean is the cook. Of course things get crazy! This book has lots of twists and turns. Lots of steamy scenes and a whopper of a shock at the end!
Love And Let Die
Absolutely amazing book! We finally get Ian’s story! His “dead” wife, Charlotte (aka Charlie aka Kristen), shows up at his door and turns his world upside down. While Ian tries to deny his feelings for his wife, everyone he loves becomes a target thanks to Charlotte’s Russian mobster uncle who thinks she killed her father thanks to Eli Nelson. This book has lots of laughs. Ian is hilarious and sarcastic and Charlotte is his perfect match with her sarcasm and spunk. It is also action packed and the sexy heat between these two is off the charts. We find out more secrets about the Taggart family and I can’t get enough of this series no matter how many times I read it!
Lexi always delivers!
These are some of my favorite books ever. I love the surprises, the steam coming off the pages, and the sarcasm. Absolutely AWESOME books!!!!
Good action, very likeable characters.
All together, this series of books has been fascinating. It’s been an adventurous ride full of twists and turns, that blended well from one story to the next. Each book has it’s own story line, but there is also an ongoing saga that continues from book to book. The first 5 books focus on the main characters from the McKay-Taggart group, how they found (or re-found) love. It’s also about family, and how its what you make it. This rag tag group has forged a family from adversity, life threatening danger, and trust. They depend on one another, and it’s really beautiful to see. This group of stories was amazingly well written, and I enjoyed each one individually. Putting them all together, and the on going saga just makes them that much more enjoyable!
Loved this group of books!
This trilogy is full of ex-special forces private eyes with various kinky life styles. It’s good guys vs bad guys fantasy with loads of steamy BDSM scenes. Also, FYI, there’s a fair bit of violence here too (between the heroes and bad guys).
Great series, couldn’t put it down.
Love this series!
You can’t go wrong with Lexi Blake.
I love everything Lexi has written that I’ve read
Absolutely love this series and don’t ever want to see it end.
I love reading all of Lexi Blake’s books and now they’re a bundle! These are fun, dirty sexy, stories with excellent characters. The heroines are strong, crazy, brave and beautiful and the Heroes are just that. Excellent men strong and protective. And the plots are thrilling and exciting action packed tales that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Now that I’ve written this review I’ve gotten all excited to read them again.