SEAL Team Cali Series by Zoe Normandie

I didn’t mean to fall for him.Not for the man who broke every rule I live by.Not for my best friend’s dad.Colson Shaw is everything I shouldn’t want—older, hardened, emotionally locked down. A Navy SEAL with a stare that strips me bare and hands that remember every inch of my skin. We were never supposed to cross that line.But we did. Again and again.Now he’s deploying.And I’m left with the wreckage. The silence.The memory of a kiss that felt like goodbye.I have a son to raise... moreI didn’t mean to fall for him.Not for the man who broke every rule I live by.Not for my best friend’s dad.Colson Shaw is everything I shouldn’t want—older, hardened, emotionally locked down. A Navy SEAL with a stare that strips me bare and hands that remember every inch of my skin. We were never supposed to cross that line.But we did. Again and again.Now he’s deploying.And I’m left with the wreckage. The silence.The memory of a kiss that felt like goodbye.I have a son to raise. A job that’s eating me alive. A best friend who won’t even look me in the eye. I told myself I could survive without him. That I could let him go.But I’m not sure I want to.Because somewhere in the middle of all this chaos,Colson became mine.And the hardest part isn’t letting him leave.It’s knowing he might not come back.This is not just a love story.This is a war between what’s right… and everything I need. less

I never thought I’d fall in love with Jesse Navarro again.Not after everything we survived. And definitely not after everything we ruined.He was the wildfire that torched every part of me. Addicted, reckless, magnetic. We destroyed each other in the most spectacular ways—and when I finally walked away, I swore I’d never look back.But now I’m home in San Diego, standing on the edge of something bigger than myself, with everything to lose—and he’s here. Clean. Steady. Changed, he says... moreI never thought I’d fall in love with Jesse Navarro again.Not after everything we survived. And definitely not after everything we ruined.He was the wildfire that torched every part of me. Addicted, reckless, magnetic. We destroyed each other in the most spectacular ways—and when I finally walked away, I swore I’d never look back.But now I’m home in San Diego, standing on the edge of something bigger than myself, with everything to lose—and he’s here. Clean. Steady. Changed, he says.Part of me wants to run. The other part wants to believe him. To believe in the late-night phone calls and the way he looks at me like I’m his whole damn world. To believe he won’t vanish when things get hard. That he won’t choose the bottle, the silence, the war in his head—over me.But this isn’t just about me anymore.The stakes are higher. The fall would hurt more.And if I’m going to risk everything, I need to know he’ll catch me.Because I can’t survive the wreckage a second time.Not now. Not when everything depends on it. less

I never planned to stay here.Not in the house where my mother died.Not in the shadow of a marriage that turned toxic.And definitely not with the man I hired to fix a few broken walls—Only to find out he could see right through mine.Heath Carrington is six foot four of hard-edged, sharp-eyed Navy SEAL.Combat medic. Quiet. Steady. Infuriating.The kind of man who gets under your skin fast—The kind who doesn’t walk away when things get messy.But I didn’t come here to be rescued.I came to disappear... moreI never planned to stay here.Not in the house where my mother died.Not in the shadow of a marriage that turned toxic.And definitely not with the man I hired to fix a few broken walls—Only to find out he could see right through mine.Heath Carrington is six foot four of hard-edged, sharp-eyed Navy SEAL.Combat medic. Quiet. Steady. Infuriating.The kind of man who gets under your skin fast—The kind who doesn’t walk away when things get messy.But I didn’t come here to be rescued.I came to disappear.To get the hell out of my ex-husband’s grip.To claw back my independence and stand on my own two feet again.Even if I’m still looking over my shoulder.Even if the nightmares haven’t stopped.Even if every day I tell myself I don’t need help.Especially not from a man like Heath.Especially not the one I can’t stop fantasizing about.But when the past catches up to me in the most brutal way,He’s the one who shows up.Not just to fight for me—But to stay.Now I have a Keep pretending I don’t need anyone.Or finally let someone in.Even if the scariest thing I’ll ever doIs stop running—and let myself be loved. less

I’m a marine biologist. A scientist. A woman who lives for data, logic, and the deep silence of the ocean. Not danger. Not men like Zach Reed—too bold, too broken, too sure of himself.From the moment I met him at the La Jolla dive club, we’ve been circling each other like predators. He’s infuriating. Beautiful. The kind of man who doesn’t just walk into a room—he takes it. And I wanted nothing to do with him.Until the day we stumbled on something we weren’t supposed to see... moreI’m a marine biologist. A scientist. A woman who lives for data, logic, and the deep silence of the ocean. Not danger. Not men like Zach Reed—too bold, too broken, too sure of himself.From the moment I met him at the La Jolla dive club, we’ve been circling each other like predators. He’s infuriating. Beautiful. The kind of man who doesn’t just walk into a room—he takes it. And I wanted nothing to do with him.Until the day we stumbled on something we weren’t supposed to see.Until the guns came out and the bodies started dropping.Until the cartel put my name on their list.Now Zach’s the only one standing between me and a bullet.He’s moved into my house. Taken over my life. And somehow, beneath all that armor, he’s undoing me. I hate how he makes me feel—vulnerable, wanted, safe. Like I’m not just someone to protect… but someone to fight for.I’ve spent my whole life building walls. Zach Reed tears through them like they’re nothing.And maybe—just maybe—I’m starting to hope he never stops. less

They say you can’t outrun your past.They’ve never met me.I disappeared the night my cover blew in Caracas. One second I was an undercover linguist working the kind of operation that doesn’t exist on paper. The next—I was bleeding, hunted, and very much alone. Until he found me.Dominic Laredo.Navy SEAL.A man with no patience, no filter, and no idea what I really am.He was supposed to be a one-night mistake.He turned into a marriage license and a borrowed name... moreThey say you can’t outrun your past.They’ve never met me.I disappeared the night my cover blew in Caracas. One second I was an undercover linguist working the kind of operation that doesn’t exist on paper. The next—I was bleeding, hunted, and very much alone. Until he found me.Dominic Laredo.Navy SEAL.A man with no patience, no filter, and no idea what I really am.He was supposed to be a one-night mistake.He turned into a marriage license and a borrowed name.Now I’m living in his house, wearing his ring, and trying to remember what it means to feel safe.But ghosts like me don’t get happy endings.We get hunted.And I just brought the danger straight to his door.This wasn’t supposed to happen.I wasn’t supposed to fall for him.But the more he touches me, the more he sees me—the more I wonder…What if the life I was running fromwasn’t nearly as terrifyingas the chance to stay?I never planned to fall in love.But love has a way of pulling you out of the shadows.Even when it burns. less

He used to be the boy who walked me home. The boy I tutored math in high school. The boy who knew my scars and secrets.Now he’s a man built for war—and I don’t know how to breathe around him.Isaac Rayleigh is fury in ink and muscle.He is both the boy who shattered my heart in a dozen quiet ways…and the man wants to piece it back together.He’s everywhere.Guarding. Watching. Wanting.Kissing me like I belong to him.But I don’t do belonging. Not anymore... moreHe used to be the boy who walked me home. The boy I tutored math in high school. The boy who knew my scars and secrets.Now he’s a man built for war—and I don’t know how to breathe around him.Isaac Rayleigh is fury in ink and muscle.He is both the boy who shattered my heart in a dozen quiet ways…and the man wants to piece it back together.He’s everywhere.Guarding. Watching. Wanting.Kissing me like I belong to him.But I don’t do belonging. Not anymore.Because when you grow up the way I did—when your own blood turns on you—you learn nothing comes without a cost. Not safety. Not love. Not him.Only now he’s saying he wants it all.My past. My body. My future.He’s calling me his.And God help me, I think I want to be. less