Kaylea Cross

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  • Bibliography:
    73 Books (12 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2008
  • Latest Book:
    February 2025
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About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kaylea Cross writes edge-of-your-seat military romantic suspense. Her work has won many awards and has been nominated for both the Daphne du Maurier and the National Readers' Choice Awards. A Registered Massage Therapist by trade, Kaylea is also an avid gardener, artist, Civil War buff, Special Ops aficionado, belly dance enthusiast and former nationally-carded softball pitcher. She lives in Vancouver, BC with her husband and family.

Full Series List in Order

Bagram Special Ops

1 - Deadly Descent (Sep-2011)
2 - Tactical Strike (Mar-2013)
3 - Lethal Pursuit (Sep-2013)
4 - Danger Close (May-2014)
5 - Collateral Damage (Apr-2015)

Colebrook Siblings

1 - Brody's Vow (Aug-2016)
2 - Wyatt's Stand (Aug-2016)
3 - Easton's Claim (Sep-2016)

Crimson Point

1 - Fractured Honor (Aug-2018)
2 - Buried Lies (Oct-2018)
3 - Shattered Vows (Jan-2019)
4 - Rocky Ground (Mar-2019)
5 - Broken Bonds (Jun-2020)
6 - Deadly Valor (Oct-2021)
7 - Dangerous Survivor (Jan-2022)

Crimson Point Protectors

1 - Falling Hard (Apr-2022)
2 - Cornered (Jun-2022)
3 - Sudden Impact (Jul-2022)
4 - Unsanctioned (Sep-2022)
5 - Protective Impulse (Jan-2023)
6 - Final Shot (Mar-2023)
7 - Fatal Fallout (Jun-2023)
8 - Lethal Reprisal (Jul-2023)

Crimson Point Security

1 - Guarding Teagan (Oct-2023)
2 - Guarding Bella (Feb-2024)
3 - Guarding Autumn (Feb-2025)

DEA FAST

1 - Falling Fast (Jan-2017)
2 - Fast Kill (Apr-2017)
3 - Stand Fast (Jun-2017)
4 - Strike Fast (Aug-2017)
5 - Fast Fury (Jan-2018)
6 - Fast Justice (Mar-2018)
7 - Fast Vengeance (May-2018)

Hostage Rescue Team

1 - Marked (Jul-2014)
2 - Targeted (Sep-2014)
3 - Hunted (Oct-2014)
4 - Disavowed (Jan-2015)
5 - Avenged (Jun-2015)
6 - Exposed (Sep-2015)
7 - Seized (Dec-2015)
8 - Wanted (Jan-2016)
9 - Betrayed (Apr-2016)
10 - Reclaimed (Jun-2016)
11 - Shattered (Nov-2017)
12 - Guarded (Jul-2018)
13 - Lethal Edge (Jul-2020)
14 - Lethal Temptation (Oct-2020)
15 - Lethal Protector (Feb-2021)

Kill Devil Hills

1 - Undercurrent (Apr-2021)
2 - Submerged (May-2021)
3 - Adrift (Aug-2021)

Rifle Creek

1 - Lethal Edge (Jul-2020)
2 - Lethal Temptation (Oct-2020)
3 - Lethal Protector (Feb-2021)

Suspense

1 - Out Of Her League (Sep-2008)
2 - Cover Of Darkness (Feb-2010)
3 - No Turning Back (Mar-2010)
4 - Relentless (Jun-2010)
5 - Absolution (Nov-2010)
6 - Silent Night, Deadly Night (Dec-2020)

Titanium Security

1 - Ignited (Dec-2013)
2 - Singed (Dec-2013)
3 - Burned (Dec-2013)
4 - Extinguished (Dec-2013)
5 - Rekindled (Jan-2014)
5.5 - Blindsided (Nov-2016)

Valkyrie Vengeance

1 - Stealing Vengeance (May-2019)
2 - Covert Vengeance (Aug-2019)
3 - Explosive Vengeance (Nov-2019)
4 - Toxic Vengeance (Jan-2020)
5 - Beautiful Vengeance (Apr-2020)
6 - Taking Vengeance (Dec-2021)

Book List in Order: 73 titles

  • Out Of Her League

    Suspense - 1

    Christa Bailey is one cut away from making the Olympic softball team when threats from an obsessed fan jeopardize her dream, and her safety. Forced to put her life on hold, she reluctantly turns to ERT officer Rayne Hutchinson for help, praying the p...

  • Cover Of Darkness

    Suspense - 2

    Targeted by a terrorist cell, Bryn McAllister survives a bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut only to be left to die in a desert cellar. When she is rescued by Navy SEAL Lieutenant Declan McCabe and his team, Bryn must rely on the handsome officer t...

  • No Turning Back

    Suspense - 3

    CIA communications expert Samarra Wallace is on the run from a faceless enemy when she learns terrorists have kidnapped and threatened to execute her cousin. She will do whatever it takes to free her, including breaking cover to contact the former te...

  • Relentless

    Suspense - 4

    Former Delta Force operator Rhys Sinclair defied the odds by recovering from a traumatic brain injury that should have killed him. Given the chance to repay the beautiful doctor who saved his life by guarding hers, he can't say no--even if it means f...

  • Absolution

    Suspense - 5

    A lifetime of regret... After legendary CIA contractor Luke Hutchinson unknowingly trained the man who would become the world's most dangerous terrorist, he has no choice but to hunt him across the globe. Driven to complete that final mission, he f...

  • Deadly Descent

    Bagram Special Ops - 1

    Devon Crawford is an officer; Air Force Pararescueman Cam Munro is enlisted. Dev flies medical evacuations; Cam jumps into danger zones to save lives. Dev wants to return home from Afghanistan with her heart untouched; Cam will do anything to win the...

  • Darkest Caress

    Two-hundred-year-old Daegan Blackwell is one of the last remaining Empowered, an ancient magical race. Daegan's duty is to lead and protect his remaining Brethren in the coming war foretold by prophecy. The last thing he expects is to meet the one wo...

  • Tactical Strike

    Bagram Special Ops - 2

    Gunship pilot Captain Candace Bradford has worked long and hard to earn her rank and position within the male-dominated world of Air Force Special Operations. She's not about to let anything or anyone jeopardize that, let alone one sinfully tempting ...

  • The Vacant Chair

    The Civil War has torn Brianna Taylor’s family apart and made her a widow. Determined to ease the suffering of the wounded crowding the Union hospitals and honor the memory of the man she loved, she embarks on a career as a nurse. But then he arriv...



  • Lethal Pursuit

    Bagram Special Ops - 3

    Security Forces Lieutenant Maya Lopez is right at home in a war zone: she's been fighting all her life. A hard-won commission in the air force has brought her to Afghanistan, and if she plays her cards right, she could end up with an FBI job. It won'...

  • Burned

    Titanium Security - 3

    A woman with a dark past… Forced into hiding after her NSA-sanctioned task force lands on a terrorist cell’s hit list, cryptologist Zahra Gill must rely on the skill and experience of her ex-Special Ops Titanium Security teammates to keep her saf...

  • Extinguished

    Titanium Security - 4

    She’s wanted him forever… For years former Marine Jordyn Bridger has been in love with a man who refused to see her as anything but his best friend’s little sister. A mind-blowing kiss finally changed that, but then he disappeared from her life...

  • Ignited

    Titanium Security - 1

    When her father is murdered by a Taliban cell in the tribal regions of Pakistan, Khalia Patterson reluctantly steps into his shoes to carry on the legacy of Fair Start Foundation, a non-profit group dedicated to furthering the education of girls. The...

  • Singed

    Titanium Security - 2

    She walked away from him once… Struggling to live with her decision to walk away from the only man she ever loved and watching helplessly while her brother succumbs to his battle with severe PTSD, NSA analyst Claire Tierney’s life is at an all ti...

  • Rekindled

    Titanium Security - 5

    He left her when she needed him most… Four years ago, Dr. Grace Fallon lost everything that mattered in a terrorist attack she barely survived. Now she’s stronger than ever and in Pakistan with a UN-sanctioned team for the most important assignme...

  • Danger Close

    Bagram Special Ops - 4

    The most dangerous threats of all… Partway through her third deployment to Bagram, Army nurse Lt. Erin Kelly is burned out and headed for a well-deserved leave back home in Montana. But when a mysterious stranger shows up and unintentionally drags ...

  • Marked

    Hostage Rescue Team - 1

    When danger lurks behind a familiar face…Successful architect Rachel Granger loves her job and her life, but when a terrorist on the FBI’s most wanted list targets her, there’s only one man she can trust. She hasn’t seen Jake in years but her...

  • Targeted

    Hostage Rescue Team - 2

    They were partners once After an attack on the job that nearly killed her, Special Agent Celida Morales is determined to salvage her reputation in the FBI and get back to the career she loves. Domestic terrorism has left its mark on her -- literally ...

  • Hunted

    Hostage Rescue Team - 3

    She’s the one woman he can’t have. Past experience has taught FBI Special Agent Clay Bauer not to trust his judgment when it comes to the opposite sex, yet despite his jaded outlook there’s one woman he can’t get out of his head -- and she’...



  • Disavowed

    Hostage Rescue Team - 4

    The government trained her to kill… Briar Jones has lived most of her life in the shadows, carrying out secret ops to eliminate some of the United States’ most dangerous enemies. She’s devoted her life to serving her country so when a faceless ...

  • Collateral Damage

    Bagram Special Ops - 5

    Pride tore them apart… Warrant Officer Honor Girard made the worst mistake of her life in walking away from the man she promised to marry -- and she knows it. An attack on base unexpectedly pushes them together and in the aftermath she realizes she...

  • Avenged

    Hostage Rescue Team - 5

    When the past and present collide… Taya Kostas is a survivor. She’s clawed her way back from the hell she was subjected to at the hands of an undercover agent working for the U.S. government. Since then she’s dedicated her life to preventing th...

  • Exposed

    Hostage Rescue Team - 6

    Sometimes the one you were meant to be with… Marisol Lorenzo landed her dream job as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and is working on the case that could make her career; now she’s determined to put away the most dangerous drug lord in the country. B...

  • Seized

    Hostage Rescue Team - 7

    She’s strictly off limits. Carmela Cruz has wanted the same man for over a year, and now that he’s finally free, he’s fair game. But just when it seems like everything is about to click into place for them, he puts on the brakes. For her, the d...

  • Wanted

    Hostage Rescue Team - 8

    She thought her past was behind her. After nearly dying at the hands of a madman in New Orleans a year ago, Zoe Renard has worked hard to put that trauma behind her and move on. With her man at her side she’s focused on her writing career and build...

  • Betrayed

    Hostage Rescue Team - 9

    Torn apart by lies and a hail of bullets… Georgia Randall is a government-trained killer with nothing left to live for except the burning need for revenge. She’s lost everything she cared about, including the only man she ever loved, and now her ...

  • Reclaimed

    Hostage Rescue Team - 10

    Sometimes love isn’t enough. Summer Blackwell has endured her own private hell and fought her way through to the other side. She’s lost so much and her marriage has crumbled, but she refuses to give up hope. Just as she thinks there might be a ch...

  • Brody's Vow

    Colebrook Siblings - 1

    A trained assassin on the run. Trinity Durant isn’t accustomed to relying on anyone for help. She’s the deadliest of all her Valkyrie sisters, getting up close and personal for her kills. But this time, it’s different. When she’s injured on a...

  • Wyatt's Stand

    Colebrook Siblings - 2

    A wounded warrior in need of healing. The cost of war was high for Wyatt Colebrook, scarring him inside and out. Since coming home to Sugar Hollow to figure out what his new normal looks like, he’s retreated into himself, just going through the mot...



  • Easton's Claim

    Colebrook Siblings - 3

    She needs a fresh start somewhere else. Piper Greenlee is desperate to get out of Sugar Hollow. After her ex-husband’s notorious scandal and their subsequent divorce, her life and reputation are in tatters. Not to mention the disturbing feelings sh...

  • Blindsided

    Titanium Security - 5.5

    It’s a Titanium Christmas reunion… Grace and Alex Rycroft have just moved into their newly renovated house in upstate New York and they’ve invited the whole Titanium Security crew to celebrate an early Christmas with them. But not all is merry ...

  • Falling Fast

    DEA FAST - 1

    She’s putting herself in harm’s way to make a difference. Having grown up in a household of elite, overprotective male Marines, Charlie Colebrook is savoring her hard won independence and avoiding a serious relationship that could tie her down. A...

  • Never Surrender

    New York Times bestselling author Kaylea Cross dives into Liliana Hart’s MacKenzie family with NEVER SURRENDER… As the Bagram crew assembles at a guest ranch in Montana to celebrate the wedding of two of its own, everyone expects a fun week-long...

  • Fast Kill

    DEA FAST - 2

    The past has come back to haunt her. Having battled long and hard to put her painful past behind her, DEA Special Agent Taylor Kennedy has done everything in her power to make a new life for herself. She never dreamed that same past would suddenly sh...

  • Stand Fast

    DEA FAST - 3

    To win this fight, they’ll have to make a stand. DEA Special Agent Jaliya Rabani has fought long and hard to gain her independence, and she refuses to let anyone threaten that. Then the one man who entices her is suddenly thrust back into her life ...

  • Strike Fast

    DEA FAST - 4

    A military widow reluctant to risk her heart again. After losing her soldier husband in combat, DEA agent Tess Dubrovksi swore never to fall for another man in uniform. The last thing she anticipates is for a sexy FAST agent single father and his you...

  • Shattered

    Hostage Rescue Team - 11

    Servare Vitas. To save lives. For the men of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team, it’s not just a motto; it’s a creed they live by. Nobody knows that better than Special Agent Nate “Doc” Schroder, the team medic. As a former Pararescueman, ...

  • Fast Fury

    DEA FAST - 5

    She’s a woman worth fighting for. Abby McKinley misses her sexy former neighbor from across the hall more than she expected -- because he means more to her than she was ready to admit. When she learns the feeling is mutual, she balks at the idea of...

  • Fast Justice

    DEA FAST - 6

    Sacrifice is a requirement of the job. Rowan Stewart walked away from the love of a lifetime to focus on the demands of her job as Assistant US Attorney. Now she’s working on the biggest case of her career, prosecuting one of the Veneno cartel’s ...



  • Fast Vengeance

    DEA FAST - 7

    She’s learning to live with her demons. Victoria Gomez had a successful career as an investigative journalist, until a cartel boss she exposed destroyed her entire world in retaliation. She lost everything, including her family and her freedom. Sin...

  • Guarded

    Hostage Rescue Team - 12

    She’s a warrior at heart. Briar’s life was changed forever by a childhood marked by loss and trauma. When she was an orphan the government recruited her into a secret program and turned her into a contract killer. No matter how hard she tries to ...

  • Fractured Honor

    Crimson Point - 1

    An elite warrior struggling to find his place in the civilian world. Weary from his years on the battlefield, SF Captain Beckett Hollister has returned home to Crimson Point to take over the family business for his dying father. But adjusting to life...

  • Buried Lies

    Crimson Point - 2

    She left her painful past behind.Poppy Larsen is finally free. She moved to Crimson Point to make a new life for herself, full of bright possibilities. A whole new world awaits her, if she can find the courage to trust again - even her gorgeous neigh...

  • Shattered Vows

    Crimson Point - 3

    She’s his best friend’s widow.Molly Boyd’s entire world unraveled when tragedy turned the man she loved into her greatest threat. Her ex-husband’s death has left her pregnant and alone, struggling to put her shattered life back together -- an...

  • Rocky Ground

    Crimson Point - 4

    She’s been hurt too many times…Single mom Tiana Fitzgerald has sworn off all romantic relationships to protect herself and her daughter. Her track record is disastrous and she’s done getting hurt. But a certain sexy Scotsman in Crimson Point ha...

  • Stealing Vengeance

    Valkyrie Vengeance - 1

    She’s an expert at getting into places she doesn’t belong.The government created Megan, transforming her into a Valkyrie -- a deadly operative only whispered about in certain circles. They took everything from her and made her into a weapon. Now ...

  • Covert Vengeance

    Valkyrie Vengeance - 2

    Revenge came at a heavy price.Valkyrie hacker Amber Brown is deadly in her own right, but her preferred weapon is a keyboard. So after her teammates left her for dead, she took her revenge the way she was trained to -- swiftly and brutally. Except on...

  • Explosive Vengeance

    Valkyrie Vengeance - 3

    Two opposites in uncharted territory.The government made Chloe Wilson an explosives expert, trained to take out a target with a precise, controlled hit. But there’s nothing controlled about her current situation -- or the danger coming after her. W...

  • Toxic Vengeance

    Valkyrie Vengeance - 4

    A past poisoned by lies.Toxins expert Eden Foster was trained never to get close to anyone. She’s only broken that rule twice, and each time it ended in heartbreak. Her mentor was murdered in front of her, and now the man she was forced to deceive ...



  • Beautiful Vengeance

    Valkyrie Vengeance - 5

    They made her into the perfect weapon.Kiyomi Tanaka is the final piece needed to unlock the deadly threat stalking the remaining Valkyries. After years of sacrifice as the ultimate femme fatale, she’s prepared to give up everything to find justice....

  • Broken Bonds

    Crimson Point - 5

    Autumn winds and rain have returned to Crimson Point.It’s November in the Pacific Northwest and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Beckett and the Crimson Point gang are looking forward to celebrating the holiday together. This year they all h...

  • Lethal Edge

    Hostage Rescue Team - 13
    Rifle Creek - 1

    A diehard romantic looking to start over in a small town.Dr. Nina Gomez might be an astrophysicist and a scientist down to her bones, but she also believes in true love and happily ever after -- and won’t settle for anything less. After a rocky end...

  • Lethal Temptation

    Hostage Rescue Team - 14
    Rifle Creek - 2

    She's got her guard up.Detective Avery Dahl finally has her life back on track after a painful divorce. She's not going to risk her heart again, especially to a sexy veteran with heartbreak written all over him. Due to extenuating circumstances at an...

  • Silent Night, Deadly Night

    Suspense - 6

    It's Christmas in Charleston.Luke and Emily Hutchinson are hosting the entire crew at their home in Charleston's historic district for an early Christmas celebration. It's the first time they've all been together since Em was captured and Luke almost...

  • Lethal Protector

    Hostage Rescue Team - 15
    Rifle Creek - 3

    She unknowingly threatens his control.Single mom Tala Baldwin is no stranger to sacrifice. After losing her leg while serving her country, she's now training to become a competitive biathlete. With her daughter off to college, she's able to shoot for...

  • Undercurrent

    Kill Devil Hills - 1

    CRIMSON POINT FANS WILL LOVE THE KILL DEVIL HILLS SERIES!She's looking to reinvent herself.After the worst two years of her life, Aspen Savich has just moved across the country to the Outer Banks, looking to start over and leave her painful past behi...

  • Submerged

    Kill Devil Hills - 2

    Keep your friends close.Harper Sorenson's husband died during a security contracting job in Syria more than a year ago. The official report said he was killed in an enemy ambush, but she doesn't buy it. And until she knows the truth, she can't move o...

  • Adrift

    Kill Devil Hills - 3

    A rising star with everything to lose.As Hollywood's newest darling, Becca Sandoza is vigilant about guarding the image and reputation she's so carefully created. Her career has allowed her to escape her past, but her newfound fame turns out to be a ...

  • Deadly Valor

    Crimson Point - 6

    She's been targeted by a killer.Widow Danae Sutherland moved to Crimson Point a month ago with her teenage son to begin a new chapter in their lives. Adjusting to small town life is a big change for them both, but it's been especially hard on her son...

  • Taking Vengeance

    Valkyrie Vengeance - 6

    They thought the threat was over.Kiyomi, Marcus and the rest of the Valkyrie crew have just started to settle into their new lives as regular citizens when a suspicious new threat surfaces. The danger should have ended last fall with the death of the...

  • Dangerous Survivor

    Crimson Point - 7

    She's come back to face her demons.Ember Thiessen is the sole survivor of a horrific attack that killed her brother and blew her world apart. Months later when she learns that his dog has been found, she returns to Crimson Point, ready to confront th...

  • Falling Hard

    Crimson Point Protectors - 1

    Danger is closing in.Kerrigan Whitaker has spent the past two years reinventing herself into the strong, independent woman she's always wanted to be, and running her first ultra marathon is the chance to prove to herself and everyone else how far she...

  • Cornered

    Crimson Point Protectors - 2

    She wants answers—and justice.Jaia knows her brother was murdered on a contracting job overseas, and that the company they work for covered it up. She just can't prove it—yet. But she's been quietly searching, gathering evidence and bui...

  • Sudden Impact

    Crimson Point Protectors - 3

    She won't let him in.Psychologist Mia Ramos is over dating—especially players like the tall, dark and sexy Asher. He's all wrong for her, and getting involved with him will only end in heartbreak. Yet she can't stop wanting him, and every time...

  • Unsanctioned

    Crimson Point Protectors - 4

    Star-crossed lovers...Driven by her traumatic past, Nadia Bishop has dedicated her life to helping children orphaned by war around the globe. She won't let anything stand in her way—not even the sexy former soldier she left back in the U.S. As...

  • Protective Impulse

    Crimson Point Protectors - 5

    She's a forbidden temptation. Her mother's sacrifice drove Anaya Bishop to make something of herself. Now a successful engineer, she won't let anything jeopardize everything she's worked for, especially the man who harassed her in the past. To make s...

  • Final Shot

    Crimson Point Protectors - 6

    Neither of them were looking for love.After suffering devastating loss, physiotherapist Everleigh is rebuilding her life in the picturesque seaside town of Crimson Point. She's even made a list of new things she wants to try—and it doesn't inc...

  • Fatal Fallout

    Crimson Point Protectors - 7

    When the past isn't really dead and buried...After a lifetime of constant danger as an assassin, Ivy is finally safe to step out of the shadows. She's even considering allowing a man into her life—a sexy former intelligence agent who makes her...

  • Lethal Reprisal

    Crimson Point Protectors - 8

    She thought he was dead.Marley Abrams is no stranger to heartbreak, but her world was ripped apart when she got a call telling her the man she loved was dead. She's mourned him ever since, struggling to pick up the pieces and make a new life for hers...

  • Guarding Teagan

    Crimson Point Security - 1

    She's out for justice. Teagan Kim is on a mission to find her cousin's murderer, the same one she suspects nearly killed her. She's used to operating on her own, but the DEA assigns her a bodyguard for a job she's handling—and he turns out to ...

  • Guarding Bella

    Crimson Point Security - 2

    Her past should have stayed buried. Bella thought she could escape her past. For a while, she did. She even found happiness and the chance for a future she never thought possible. Until one day when it was all taken away in an instant, forcing her to...

  • Guarding Autumn

    Crimson Point Security - 3

    She's guarding a big secret...Long ago, single mom Autumn buried her feelings for the man she's loved in secret for most of her life, knowing he'll only ever see her as a friend. Then unexpected news blows up her entire world, leaving her in an impos...

  • Feel the Heat

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Kaylea Cross has published 73 books.

The next book by Kaylea Cross, Guarding Autumn, will be published in February 2025.

The first book by Kaylea Cross, Out Of Her League, was published in September 2008.

Yes. Kaylea Cross has 12 series.
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