Special Agent: Austin by Joni Hahn

Special Agent: Austin by Joni Hahn D.I.R.E. Agency Series, #6.5 Genre:Action Adventure, Romantic Suspense Publication Date: January 19, 2016

Special Agent: Austin Rose Objective: •Make the D.I.R.E. Agency Credentials: •None Twelve years ago, Austin Rose silently stood by while his mother sent his brother away from home and their stepfather’s abuse. Now that he’s learned the truth behind his family’s lies, Austin is a changed man, determined to make things right with the D.I.R.E. super agent - and himself - by making the elite security agency. A hit gone bad changed assassin, Belle Mason’s life forever. Assigned to San Diego for a D.I.R.E. agent’s wedding, she’s determined to bring down D.I.R.E. while its vulnerable, and give her sisters a new life. What she doesn’t count on is interference from the distracting, forbidden Austin Rose, or his knack for dispelling her lifelong truths. When Austin’s chances of making the agency hinge on going undercover with Belle – literally – he’ll do whatever it takes to make the team. But, when Belle decides to put her own life on the line, only one truth remains, and Austin won’t silently stand by…

   

By day, award-winning author Joni Hahn keeps her secret decoder ring hidden while she works as a mild-mannered contemporary romance author. She believes the world can never have too many superheroes, and anxiously waits for the call when one will need help saving the world… or getting into his costume. Joni was born with a hopelessly tender heart and believes there is nothing on earth more exhilarating than falling in love. A native Texan, she thinks cowboys are the epitome of masculinity, and that country music is the other soul music. Joni is a member of The Authors Guild, the Romance Writers of America, and its Published Authors Network. She is a member of several RWA sub-chapters and has served in numerous board positions with the San Antonio Romance Authors. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys reading, going to movies and concerts, and spending time with family and friends. Books 1 through 6.5 in Joni’s sci fi romantic suspense series, The D.I.R.E. Agency, are available now. Look for the epic series finale, Book 7, Agent U7: Keegan coming mid 2016!

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Agent N6: Dylan (The D.I.R.E. Agency #6) by Joni Hahn: Author Interview & Giveaway

Agent N6: Dylan
(The D.I.R.E. Agency Series, Bk #6)
by Joni Hahn

Blurb:
Agent N6: Dylan McCall

Credentials:
Third generation Marine
Mongolian prison survivor

Enhancement:
Nanorobotics

Third generation Marine Dylan McCall has only one goal in mind: revenge. Armed with a new, scientific enhancement, he won’t rest until he destroys Cyrus Matheson’s plans.

Geneticist Teague Hamilton wants nothing more than a healthy baby of her own. Raised in a girls’ home, she knows Cyrus’s genetic engineering technology is her only chance at gaining the family she wants.

Dylan can’t get enough of D.I.R.E.’s confident, sexy-as-hell geneticist, even though his gut tells him she’s hiding something. He won’t rest until he tames her and brings her deception to light.

When Cyrus draws Teague out of D.I.R.E.’s protective custody and takes her to the past, she uncovers lies that prove she’s never controlled her own destiny, while Dylan travels back in time to save her before it's too late.

Can Dylan rescue Teague in time, or will he lose the woman he loves forever?

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Excerpt

“I need to take your temperature, McCall.”

Pulling a plastic thermometer from a package, she slipped it under his tongue without meeting his eyes. As a matter of fact, she hadn’t looked at him at all since she walked into the room.

She took his hand in hers and wrapped a blood pressure monitor around his wrist. Her flesh felt like soft butter against his skin, her nearness throwing his healthy libido into acceleration mode. Watching the machine monitor his pulse and blood pressure, she kept her face averted, while he sat with the damned thermometer under his tongue.

Why was she giving him the cold shoulder? He’d rescued her from Cyrus’s clones and had carried her – carried her – across crushed glass so she wouldn’t cut her feet.

He wouldn’t think about how her fingers in his hair sent goose bumps across his nape.

Taking the thermometer from his mouth, she looked at it before showing it to him, her gaze back on the monitor.

“Ninety-eight point four,” she said.

Squinting, he studied her stoic profile. She had the smallest nose he’d ever seen on a woman.

“Yeah, so?”

The monitor powered down before she turned the display toward him. His vitals were perfect.

“I know you don’t trust me, McCall. I don’t want you accusing me of falsifying your test results.”

Walking back to the computer, she entered the information, her fingers flying over the keys. That rounded backside of hers was damned near mouthwatering. How could a doctor who sat in a lab all day have an ass that pert?

“I have every right to be suspicious,” he said. “Wouldn’t you feel that way, under the circumstances?”

“What I would feel is irrelevant, Agent McCall.” Opening a cabinet above her head, she pulled down some medical supplies.

He hated logical women. They made too much sense. The erratic, fly-off-the-handle type he could handle. He could dismantle their arguments with little effort. With smart women, he had to work at it.

Walking over to the bed, she tore open a package and set a vial beside his hip. “Lay back.”

He refused to move until she looked at him. “No.”

Her gaze met his, disbelief lining her silver eyes. She stood less than a foot away, her mouth parted in surprise. Her top lip curved like the back end of a bow, her bottom lip plump and juicy. 

“Do you want these tests, McCall? Or, would you rather have someone else do them?”

The smell of peppermint on her breath drew him closer. “Why have you been avoiding eye contact? Do you have something to hide?”

Her brows furrowed, her gaze dropping to his bare chest before looking back at the package in her hand.

“See what I mean?” he said.

Glancing up, she said, “What do you want from me?” She leaned in even closer, their noses nearly touching. “Is that better?”

His body stirred in his shorts, his lungs stuffed with down feathers. Behind those glasses blazed eyes like quicksilver, luminous and filled with ire.

Gripping the edge of the bed, he itched to grab her around that narrow waist and pull her between his legs. Something told him Dr. Teague Hamilton wouldn’t disappoint in the bedroom.

Damn, he should not feel aroused around this woman. Yet, for some stupid reason, her evasion freaking turned him on.

“You need to work on your bedside manner, Doctor.” He flashed her a cocky grin.

A slow smile blossomed on her face, a pink blush coloring her cheeks. “Would you just shut it and lay back?”

“I rest my case.” He lay back on the bed and propped his arms behind his head. His Johnson sat at semi-erect attention, hoping she’d pay it a little notice.

Of course, she looked anywhere but there.

“I need an arm – unless you want me to take it straight from your jugular.” She cocked a dark, arched eyebrow.

“All of my blood flow is in my shorts at the moment. Any chance you want to help me divert it?”

The ire in her eyes turned to silver fire, her voice going husky. “Sounds… tempting, but I wouldn’t want you to lower your standards for a criminal.”

“I’m into bad girls… just FYI.”

“And, I’m into bad boys. Too bad you’re one of the good guys.”

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About the Author

By day, Joni Hahn keeps her secret decoder ring hidden while she works as a mild-mannered contemporary romance author. She believes the world can never have too many superheroes, and anxiously waits for the call when one will need help saving the world… or getting into his costume. Joni was born with a hopelessly tender heart and believes there is nothing on earth more exhilarating than falling in love. A native Texan, she thinks cowboys are the epitome of masculinity, and that country music is the other soul music.

Joni is a member of the Romance Writers of America and its Published Authors Network. She is a member of several RWA sub-chapters and has served in several board positions with the San Antonio Romance Authors. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys reading, going to movies and concerts and spending time with family and friends.

Books 1 through 6 in Joni's sci fi romantic suspense series, The D.I.R.E. Agency, are available now.   Look for the epic Book 7, Agent U7: Keegan in late 2015!

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Interview 

Please welcome "Agent N6: Dylan" author Joni Hahn to Diane’s Book Blog.

Thanks for hanging out with me today!! I’m happy to be here!!

What is your favorite part of the D.I.R.E. Agency Series? 

I’m a big alpha male girl and my heroes are definitely alphas.  I’m a huge superhero movie fan so writing about them is a lot of fun.  I love creating women that bring them to their knees.  I think there’s nothing sexier than an alpha male falling in love.

How long did it take you to write "Agent N6: Dylan"?

It took me about five months to write the book.  I did a ton of research. I also had to tie it into the timeline and storyline of the previous books, and my plans for the series finale. 

What sort of research did you do while planning the series? 

Because I strive to write science that seems like it could actually happen one day, I have to base my fiction on facts.  And with technology advancing like it is, I have to ensure that what I write is still fiction. On this latest book, I was lucky enough to have an Arizona State University professor talk to me and confirm some of my fictional science. 

What's your favorite book-turned movie? 

I’m a big fan of the Twilight Saga.  I loved those books.  I can’t wait for the mini-movies to come out!

What book are you reading now?

I’m reading The Texan’s Wager by Jodi Thomas.  It was selected for the monthly romance readers book club at my local library.   Jodi is an amazing talent!

What do you prefer paperback, hardcover, or ebooks? 

Actually, I prefer paperbacks, but I usually buy ebooks for convenience’s sake.  I have way too many on my IPad. 

Who is your favorite author and what is it that really strikes you about their work?  

I love Karen Marie Moning.  Her characterization is stellar, probably the best I’ve read.  I want to be her when I grow up.

What inspired you to write your first book?

After my brother had a magazine article published and my sister published a poem, it hit me like a ping on the forehead.  Why hadn’t I tried to write something for publication?  Back in middle school, I won a school-wide essay, and in high school, I went to UIL regionals a couple of years for creative writing. It had never occurred to me to write for publication until my siblings did so.  I guess I’m a slow learner.   After trying to get published on and off for several years, I heard Lilliana Hart speak at a local writer’s group.  Her inspirational journey spurred me to indie publish.  That was back in 2013.  Here I am, six books later.

If you were stranded on a desert island which of your characters do you want by your side?

I want Tristan Jacobs.  He was my first and will always be special to me.  He’s capable and the best at what he does.  He’s not just another pretty face. I have a soft spot for wounded heroes.

Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers? 

YOU GUYS ROCK!  Thank you so much for all of the support and love you’ve shown me over the last year and a half.  It thrills me to know you love my stories as much as I do.  You’re the best!  xoxo 

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Agent S5: Jaydan (D.I.R.E. Agency, #5) Joni Hahn: Character Interview & Giveaway

Agent S5: Jaydan (D.I.R.E. Agency #5) by Joni Hahn Publication Date: December 18, 2014 Genre: Sci-fi Romantic Suspense

Agent S5: Jaydan Rose Credentials: • Former D.I.R.E. Enemy Agent • D.I.R.E. Double Agent Enhancement: • Muscle Acceleration/Strength Now that he’s part of the D.I.R.E. Agency’s elite squad of super-powered agents, Jaydan Rose is walking the straight and narrow. He absolutely, positively avoids three things: high-maintenance women, trouble, and Hope Powers. Days away from his estranged brother’s wedding, Jaydan gets a lead on the missing sister-in-law of Riordan “Saint” St. James, a fellow agent. If he can locate her, perhaps he can make up for not being there when Saint had needed him most, and prove he’s worthy of his new D.I.R.E. enhancement. As the only daughter of one of the richest men in the world, and with a special power of her own, Hope Powers wants to be taken seriously. If she can prove the D.I.R.E. Agency needs her new software application, she’ll have the credibility she craves. When she threatens to search for the missing woman with or without him, Jaydan smells trouble, but knows he has to take her. However, when danger and close quarters prove too much for their passion, Jaydan knows his list of things he absolutely, positively avoids has just disintegrated. When their quest uncovers scandalous secrets and decades old dangers, they realize they’ve stumbled onto something bigger than themselves. While the lines of reality and imitation become blurred, a psychotic maniac makes plans for Hope. Will Jaydan’s past rear its ugly head and destroy them both, or does history have plans of its own?

“Les, why is your father calling me?” Shutting her eyes against the dread that settled in her chest, she groaned to herself. She couldn’t open that door. If she did, she’d make a complete fool of herself. Walking over to the dresser, she checked her phone. Three missed calls and a text. Her father must’ve checked his DNA tracker and realized she was in Hawaii. “Les…” Looking at the door, she spoke in a raised voice. “Um, I’m not sure. Why don’t you call him back?” Jaydan chuckled in the hallway. “You didn’t tell him you were coming to Hawaii, did you?” Swallowing hard, she gave her chin a determined tilt. “I don’t report my whereabouts to my father. I’m not a child.” His sardonic chuckle angered her. Storming over to the door, she told herself she had to remember this. During those smokin’ hot visions, she had to conjure up this memory and the dozens like it she’d experienced in the past. “Hell princess, you –“ She whipped open the door to arms’ length. Jaydan stood naked in her doorway, save for a pair of gray, athletic shorts that hung low on his hips. Water droplets hung from his dark, wavy hair and dotted his broad shoulders. His arms and shoulders looked huge, the angles and braids of muscle sharp rather than round, the sinew dense and inflexible rather than pliant flesh. His sculpted torso was covered in hard, ridged muscles with a light dusting of dark hair. He smelled of rosewood and jasmine, his copper and gold armbands branding him a masculine god. Now, she understood his cougar-like grace, his confident saunter. No man on earth could call himself cut as long as Jaydan Rose walked around. He epitomized the term. His eyes swirled with dark desire, their focus on her chest. Glancing down, she saw her robe gaped open, exposing the cleavage between her breasts. She should cover herself. Close the door and walk away. Yet, she stood there, allowing him his fill while she took her fill of him. The sensation started deep inside, her mind recalling the vision, her body readying itself for him. There was more than one way to prove she wasn’t a child. With a hesitant reach, she feathered her fingers down the ridges of his abdomen. The muscles contracted beneath her touch, rippling behind her caress in a symphony of sensuality.

His half smile made her toes curl, his voice a husky croon.  “My turn.”

By day, Joni Hahn keeps her secret decoder ring hidden while she works as a mild-mannered HR manager and accounting generalist. She believes the world can never have too many superheroes, and anxiously waits for the call when one will need help saving the world... or getting into his costume. Joni was born with a hopelessly tender heart and believes there is nothing on earth more exhilarating than falling in love (Other than the rear shot of Chris Evans in The Avengers - that was pretty darn exhilarating). A native Texan, she thinks cowboys are the epitome of masculinity, and that country music is the other soul music.

 

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Character Interview

Please welcome Jaydan from Joni Hahn's Agent S5: Jaydan to Diane's Book Blog.

What is your full name? Do you have a nickname?

Jaydan Jonathan Rose.  My D.I.R.E teammates call me Rose.

What is your hair color? Eye color? 

My hair color?  Really?  Hell, I don’t know.  I guess black.  My eyes are the same color.

What is in your refrigerator right now?

I don’t own a refrigerator.  I live at the D.I.R.E. San Diego offices.  That frig always has some kind of carbohydrates inside:  potatoes, leftover pizza, apples, strawberry jam, pancake syrup.    

Who are the people you’re closest to? 

Hope.  She understands me better than I understand myself.  Her brother, Saint, is my best friend.  That doesn’t mean I don’t love my mom and my brothers.  I do.  I just haven’t… been around them much.  I want to change that.

What is your biggest fear? 

That Hope, Mitchell and my family will tell me I’m right – I’m really not good enough.  Not for her, for D.I.R.E., for their forgiveness. 

That Booker was right all along – trouble really is my specialty.

What is your most treasured possession?

Hope.  And yes, I do consider her a possession.  She is mine and I dare anyone to say otherwise.  She’s everything to me. 

As for material possessions, all I have left of my father is his championship rodeo belt buckle.  He was my champion, my idol -the best man I’ve ever known.  Losing him changed my life.

Which living person do you most despise?

If you would’ve asked me that before I met Cyrus Matheson, I would’ve said my stepfather, Booker.  I use to carry a lot of hatred for him inside of me. 

Now, Matheson’s it.  The sick and twisted freak hurt Hope.  That makes him number one on my list.

What is your greatest regret?

Going all rebel without a cause when my dad died.  I was a teenager and did everything my father didn’t want me to do.  It ended up costing me my family and the life I thought I wanted.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

Hell, I don’t know.  I guess, hell, I don’t know. 

  

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Agent S5: Jaydan by Joni Hahn Series: D.I.R.E. Agency, #5 Genre: Sci-Fi Romance, Superhero Romance Release Date: December 18, 2014

Credentials:  

• Former D.I.R.E. Enemy Agent
• D.I.R.E. Double Agent

  Enhancement:

• Muscle Acceleration/Strength

Now that he’s part of the D.I.R.E. Agency’s elite squad of super-powered agents, Jaydan Rose is walking the straight and narrow.  He absolutely, positively avoids three things:  high-maintenance women, trouble, and Hope Powers. Days away from his estranged brother’s wedding, Jaydan gets a lead on the missing sister-in-law of Riordan “Saint” St. James, a fellow agent.  If he can locate her, perhaps he can make up for not being there when Saint needed him most, and prove to everyone he’s turned over a new leaf. As the only daughter of one of the richest men in the world, and with a special power of her own, Hope Powers wants to be taken seriously.   If she can prove the D.I.R.E. Agency needs her new software application, she will have a sense of purpose and the credibility she craves. When Hope threatens to search for the missing woman with or without him, Jaydan smells trouble, but knows he doesn’t have a choice - he has to take her.    However, when danger and close quarters prove too much for their passion, Jaydan knows his list of things he absolutely, positively avoids has just disintegrated. When their quest uncovers scandalous secrets and decades old dangers, they realize they’ve stumbled onto something bigger than themselves.   While the lines of reality and imitation become blurred, a malicious maniac makes plans for Hope. Will Jaydan’s past rear its ugly head and destroy them both, or does history have plans of its own?

By day, Joni Hahn keeps her secret decoder ring hidden while she works as a mild-mannered HR manager and accounting generalist.   She believes the world can never have too many superheroes, and anxiously waits for the call when one will need help saving the world… or getting into his costume.  Joni was born with a hopelessly tender heart and believes there is nothing more exhilarating than falling in love (other than the rear shot of Chris Evans hitting the punching bag in The Avengers – that was pretty darn exhilarating).  A native Texan, she thinks cowboys are the epitome of masculinity, and country music is the other soul music.

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Superheroes do it better.

From USA Today Bestselling Authors, Nana Malone and V.J. Chambers, and Bestselling Authors June Gray and Joni Hahn, four scintillating full-length romance novels featuring sexy superheroes and the strong women that prove to be their weakness.

Protector by Nana Malone Vigil by V.J. Chambers The Origin by June Gray Agent M4: Riordan by Joni Hahn

Release Date: September 15, 2014

 

 

Protector by Nana Malone

The enemy of her enemy is her friend. Almost one year after escaping Gentech Facilities, Symone Jackson lives in the shadows with her nightmares. Thanks to horrible genetics experiments at the hand of Peter Reeser, her mere touch is lethal. It may be safer to stay in the darkness, but despite the monster she has become, she wants to be the hero…and only one man can help her. Garrett Hunter thought he was one of the good guys, but on routine surveillance of a suspected terrorist, he discovers the awful truth…he’s not the only super human around. When Peter Reeser gave him the opportunity to beat a debilitating illness he jumped at the chance. But his decision to save the enemy—Symone Jackson—will endanger the only family he has. The way to salvation is with Garrett’s help. Can Symone overcome her mistrust and stop living in the shadows? Or will her nightmares become reality?

Vigil by V.J. Chambers

Super rich. Super damaged. Super sexy. A Billionaire Superhero Romance When newspaper intern Cecily Kane kisses a masked vigilante, she doesn't realize she's plunging headlong into a relationship with two separate identities. As Vigil, he is dark, sensuous, and irresistible. His touch skyrockets her to heights of pleasure. As Callum Rutherford, he is a billionaire playboy--arrogant, cold, and untouchable. She looks good on his arm, but without his mask, he holds her at arm's length. Sex with a masked man. Dinner with a rich sophisticate. A fractured relationship with a complicated man. Deep down, he is broken, twisted in some dark, hidden way. Some way he won't reveal to her. She only knows that it is somehow connected to his obsession with The Phantom, the costumed villain whose murder spree has rocked the city. She must unravel Vigil's secrets. To make him whole. And to stop The Phantom.

The Origin by June Gray

He may have super powers, but his is no hero's story... For someone who has no idea how he acquired his special abilities, all Daniel wants is to live a simple, emotionally detached life. He has a quiet day job, a solo night job and no social life to speak of, and that's just the way he likes it. That is until Olivia King, a woman from a past he'd rather leave behind, talks her way back into his life and he discovers that he is neither strong nor fast enough to fight off the attraction. Just as he finally accepts that she could be a permanent fixture in his life, Olivia disappears and he upends New York City to try and save the day. But when being honorable doesn’t get him results, Daniel yields to the dark pull of his powers, committing unspeakable acts in order to rescue the only person he’s trusted with his secrets. And just when his life could not possibly get more complicated, a psychic delivers some damning news that will pit his own happiness against the safety of those around him. Daniel has never considered himself a hero, but in the end, as he looks at the blood on his hands, he wonders if he isn’t the villain of the story after all.

Agent M4: Riordan by Joni Hahn

Agent M4: Riordan St. James Credentials: · Former D.I.R.E. Enemy Agent · Mongolian Prison Survivor Enhancement: · Magnetism Sent to a Mongolian prison against his will, former enemy agent Riordan St. James is suddenly back in civilization. With his hands crushed, and littered with scars, he trusts no one. When he accepts D.I.R.E.’s prosthetic hands to operate a future, super power enhancement, Riordan knows their offer comes with a price - he just isn’t sure he wants to pay. After an affair with a client turns deadly, psychologist and senator’s daughter Natalie Meeks, doesn’t trust her own judgment. When she’s hired to help Riordan adjust to civilization again, she finds herself in familiar, forbidden territory – battling a fiery attraction to her client. One heated encounter with the elegant Dr. Meeks convinces Riordan to abide by D.I.R.E.’s bargain. However, when new evidence about his disappearance uncovers shocking secrets, he questions not only his decision, but the people around him – including his sexy-as-hell doctor. While their lives become more entangled, yet pulled apart, a madman turns up the heat on his plans for Natalie. And the only person she can trust is the one man that doesn’t trust her…

 

Nana Malone

USA Today Best Seller and iTunes Breakout Books author, Nana Malone's love of all things romance and adventure started with a tattered romantic suspense she borrowed from her cousin. It was a sultry summer afternoon in Ghana, and Nana was a precocious thirteen. She's been in love with kick butt heroines ever since. With her overactive imagination, and channeling her inner Buffy, it was only a matter a time before she started creating her own characters. While she waits for her chance at a job as a ninja assassin, in the meantime Nana works out her drama, passion and sass with fictional characters every bit as sassy and kick butt as she thinks she is. Nana also writes sizzling erotic novellas as Q. Malone.

V.J. Chambers

V. J. Chambers writes about being inexplicably attracted to the dangerously alluring. Her works span mundane settings and fantastic ones. She writes about serial killers, cult leaders, werewolves, witches, for-hire assassins, zombies, space pirates, and regular everyday people. Her book Slow Burn is one of ten books in the USA Today Bestselling anthology Red Hot Obsessions. She lives in Shepherdstown, WV, with her boyfriend Aaron and their cat Isis.

June Gray

June Gray is a daydreamer who, at the age of ten, penned a short story inspired by a Judy Blume novel and has been unable to stop writing since. She loves to tell stories that titillate and enrage, that break the reader’s heart and put it back together again. Her fairy-tale life has been lived on four different continents—most recently, in a two-hundred-forty-year-old castle in rural Germany owned by a Graf. She was born in the Philippines, raised in Australia, and now calls the United States home, and she can currently be found enjoying the shores of Miami with her husband, two daughters, and a miniature schnauzer.

Joni Hahn

By day, Joni Hahn keeps her secret decoder ring hidden while she works as a mild-mannered HR manager and accounting generalist. She believes the world can never have too many superheroes, and anxiously waits for the call when one will need help saving the world… or getting into his costume. Joni was born with a hopelessly tender heart and believes there is nothing on earth more exhilarating than falling in love (Other than the rear shot of Chris Evans in The Avengers - that was pretty darn exhilarating). A native Texan, she thinks cowboys are the epitome of masculinity, and that country music is the other soul music. Joni's four-book superhero romance series, The D.I.R.E. Agency, is available now. Look for Book 5, Agent S5: Jaydan, coming in late 2014, with more agents arriving in 2015.