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She was supposed to be his that night...until everything went wrong.

Walt's an elite Guardian operative who never fails a mission. The night he planned to claim sweet, innocent Malia as his own, she was ripped away from him - taken as leverage to control her genius brother's groundbreaking quantum research. Now, healing from the bullets he took trying to protect her, Walt will stop at nothing to get her back.

Trapped in a remote facility with other captive families, Malia struggles to hold onto hope as her brother is forced to build a device that could change - or destroy - the world. Her only comfort is knowing that Walt survived...and praying he'll find her before it's too late.

But when unstable containment fields and devastating quantum reactions threaten catastrophic disaster, Walt and his team face a desperate race against time. Can he breach an impenetrable fortress, rescue the woman he's claimed as his, and prevent a scientific breakthrough from becoming a weapon of mass destruction? Or will he lose Malia forever to forces beyond their control?

RESCUING MALIA is a high-stakes romantic suspense featuring a possessive alpha hero, a virgin heroine, and a rescue mission where failure isn't an option. This steamy, action-packed age-gap romance proves that even quantum physics is no match for fated love.

Featured Romantic

1. Possessive Alpha Walt is a dominant, protective, and fiercely determined hero willing to do whatever it takes to rescue Malia.

2. Virgin Malia is portrayed as sweet, innocent, and untouched, with Walt being the only man she’s ever wanted.

3. Age-Gap There’s a notable age difference between Walt and Malia, adding emotional depth and power dynamics.

4. Kidnapping/Hostage Malia is kidnapped and held hostage, creating a high-stakes rescue mission.

5. Protective Walt risks his life to save her, emphasizing his role as her protector.

6. Race Against The story features a ticking clock element, as Walt must rescue Malia before a catastrophic disaster occurs.

7. Military/Elite Walt is a Guardian operative with special skills and a military background.

8. Wounded Walt is still recovering from gunshot wounds, adding vulnerability and personal stakes.

9. Hope in Despite dire circumstances, Malia’s hope that Walt will come for her adds emotional intensity and resilience.

402 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 25, 2025

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Ellie Masters

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Angsty, Steamy, Heart-Stopping, Pulse-Pounding, Can't-Stop-Reading Romantic Suspense.

Ellie Masters is a USA Today Bestselling author and Amazon Top 15 Author.

In addition, she's a wife, military mom, doctor, and retired Colonel.

She writes romantic suspense filled with all your sexy, swoon-worthy alpha men. Her writing will tug at your heartstrings and leave your heart racing.

Born in the South, raised under the Hawaiian sun, Ellie has traveled the globe while in service to her country. The love of her life, her amazing husband, is her number one fan and biggest supporter. And yes! He's read every word she's written.

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Profile Image for Linda.
1,007 reviews2 followers
February 27, 2025
Growly Sexiness and Feisty Innocence 🔥

This beautifully crafted story seamlessly weaves together action, suspense, and romance. Malia's bravery in the face of adversity is inspiring, and Walt's possessiveness and love for her will leave you breathless. The chemistry between them is undeniable, and their romantic moments are filled with combustible heat - growly sexiness at its finest!
The Guardian series never fails to impress, with each book offering a unique storyline while contributing to the larger narrative. The characters are expertly developed, making it impossible not to become invested in their journeys.
The bonus epilogue is a masterful touch, leaving readers with a profound message: "Home isn't a place; it's the hand you hold through the darkness—and the love that always pulls you back into the light." This series is a testament to Ellie Masters' exceptional storytelling, and I'm eagerly anticipating the next installment! 🤓
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3,464 reviews10 followers
January 16, 2026
The heart knows

Malia and Walt. At face value a sweet relationship that isn’t but is. The beginning had me wondering her age based on emotions and behavior. The abduction and harm were drastic and made for an interesting development as a chunk of their story has them in separate countries. The focus on another Sentinal was timely, but also confusing as they didn’t find him or Malfour, but instead the focus was on rescuing Malia and the scientists. I wish the ending had a resolution and moment with the captives after they were rested and knew safe. Malia and Walt got their HEA, but it seemed rushed and js me focusing more on Ally and the two Charlie member Hank and Gabe.
152 reviews1 follower
March 3, 2025
Wow!

Absolutely love all Elie Master's books and have every one of them, including books by Jet too, but this book I would rate as one of the very best.

Fantastic thrilling story that had my nerves in edge, and as for the dominance but sensitivity of Hank, pure chemistry.

Loved every word of this book. Can't wait for the the next one.
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66 reviews2 followers
March 4, 2025
Worth waiting for! Great story just love the teams of GHR Specialists.

Thank you Ellie Masters for giving us such a breathtaking story of adventure and romance! Wish I could have given you more than 5 Stars!!! Walt and Maria have great chemistry and resolve to get to each other. I could not put the book down.🔥🎉😺💜📚
Profile Image for Sue Smith.
787 reviews8 followers
March 1, 2025
And another one of the Charlie Team finally succumbs to his other half!!
Malia has been avoiding Walt, and he can't understand why!! So he decides no more. He's going after what he wants......
Malia tries to fight her attraction to Walt by it's not working!!
By things don't go according to plan when Malia and her brother are kidnapped...
Thrilling storyline, fantastic characters, and a superb HEA.
I'm really looking forward to the trio in the next book!
1,472 reviews4 followers
March 1, 2025
Another winner for the teams!

This is everything! All the feelings, the passion, the heat and the intensity. These teams are spectacular in every sense of the word, and I love their stories! Walt and Malia are so hot together. I was on the edge of my seat with the tension during the rescue op.
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586 reviews5 followers
February 28, 2025
Wow!!

An exciting, amazing book that I totally loved!! A beautiful love story between Malia and Walt that is exciting and heartbreaking at times. Plenty of action and suspense throughout the whole book! It will keep you on the edge of your seat and reading non stop!! Another great 5+ book from a 5++ author, Ellie Masters!!
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499 reviews12 followers
February 28, 2025
Thrilling

Another great instalment in Charlie team with Walt taking the lead.

Full of excitement and adventure this kept me riveted from the 1st page. I love how the whole team was there to support Walt and help his recovery.

Really enjoyable book and I’m now even more intrigued within the series!

Roll on the next book!
197 reviews7 followers
February 28, 2025
Rescuing Malia is the final book in Ellie Masters’ Charlie Team: Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists series. It was another action packed, page turning suspense story with just the right amount of romance as Walt works to rescue Malia so they can find their HEA.
399 reviews
March 7, 2025
WOW

This was a powerful story. Malia and Walt had so much chemistry. Suspense, wonderful techies, lots of strong alpha men and steamy romance. Can’t wait for the next one from this brilliant writer.
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906 reviews2 followers
March 6, 2025
I have loved pretty much all the books with the Guardians, but for me, this one ... MISSED the mark .... It was confusing, from the get go , to me felt rushed and had no idea what in the world they were talking about.....
I was really looking forward to some more good reading but this one was rushed and evidently not well thought thru .....proof read or whatever needed to be done ..... this story is not what I’ve come to expect from miss Ellie....
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once the story starts with Malia's aggravation with walt .... yet she meets for dinner with malakie her brother but walt shows up as well and off they go to dinner. Walt suspects something is wrong but he's so in tune to malia he overlooks the trouble coming .... the book gains suspense then wham bam it's a mess.............. Walt has multiple GSW’s to the chest and a hit to the shoulder , and upon waking from surgery They allow him to go with them to the parking lot ??? this is only 1 of many scenes that does not mesh well with Miss Ellie's NORMAL writings ................. he gets into a wheel chair still hooked up to an IV and goes to the crime scene with his team to retrieve a tiny thumb drive from under a planter in the parking lot.....
2nd scene ....He drops to his knees to reach the drive when Sky could not find it. .....
He returns to the hospital because he started bleeding from his stitches ..DUH .... but he had the strength to get down on his knees and reach for a microchip or some device malaki tried to give him and he thru it under the planter ??? now he's back in the hosp,where he stays for ten days because he is too weak to stand. 3rd scene ... Release day as Sky buttons the last button on his shirt cause he’s having difficulty,..yet then she examines his wound like a good Dr should. 4th scene.... Walt hears Mitzy clearly through his com and again very next sentence Mitzy puts her hand on his shoulder.

just a few examples of my confusion, Sorry Ellie, but Rescuing Malia for me was a very messy read......Grant it the intense story of Walt and Malia.. was a nice read as all guardians claim their women are .... BUT A LOT WAS OVERLOOKED
from the capture, the extraction, to the sexual ending ... and here again almost 4 chptrs devoted to their making love /having sex on the plane with the shower running after HOW MANY took showers ??
I'm not sure any plane / jet has that ability
I truly enjoy when the RUFI and bumblebees are released :)
I understand we don't always have good days and our lives get interrupted ...
For me this book was rushed ...
Profile Image for Mary Brannian.
1,070 reviews19 followers
March 18, 2025
Come my lovelies... Join me on an adventure, one never before travelled, full of action, danger and desire. Immerse yourselves in the world of Walt and Malia...
Malia, A young woman who knows her own mind, and understands what she wants, and she wants Walt... Walt, a former Marine, whose intelligence and physique have captured Maria's interest and stars in many of Malia's naughty fantasies...
“I want to push your boundaries. I want to show you what it feels like to surrender to desire. I want to make you feel things you’ve never felt before, things you never even imagined possible.” - Walt
But danger lurks unseen, and an innocent meet up with Maria's brother becomes a terrifying situation, with no guarantees of anyone walking away... As Walt and his fellow Guardians scramble to find and rescue Malia, danger grows exponentially; the world as we know teeters on the edge of annihilation.
"My lips tingle, bruised from his savage kiss. A whimper escapes my throat as I press my thighs together, trying to ease the unfamiliar ache.
Dear God. That wasn’t a kiss.
It was a claiming.
A promise.
A threat.
My fingers drift to my wrists, still burning from his grip. The ghost of his touch sends shivers racing down my spine.
The air feels too thick, too heavy. Each breath carries the lingering taste of him—coffee and mint and pure, unleashed male. " - Malia
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4,281 reviews35 followers
February 28, 2025
Ellie Masters really loaded up the tension, anticipation and suspense in Rescuing Malia. It was the heart beating wildly in your chest kind of suspense. With Malfor and The Third Sentinel wielding their evil, the stakes are astronomically high with what could be mankind hanging in the balance. This book is really in two parts with the majority of the action and danger in the secind half. Make no mistake though, everything that occurs in the first half is buildup and will keep you riveted.

Walt is a man on a mission; making Malia his. The object of his mission may not be 100% amenable to his advances. Afterall, he'd abandoned her once without explanation. A deadly altercation changes the whole game before it really gets started. Now it's a waiting, gathering intel and planning the best course of action mission. Walt needs Malia by his safe and is willing to sacrifice himself if need be. Fortunately his teammates and Skye keep him on the straight and narrow. When things seem the bleakest Malia needs to maintain the belief that Walt will come for her.
Profile Image for Nickie Sale.
925 reviews8 followers
March 11, 2025
What a fantastic read Rescuing Malia is a steamy age gap romance, edge of your seat race against time. Malia who works at the Guardian Grind and Walt a member of Charlie team have an incredible smouldering chemistry just waiting to erupt.

We start with Malia and Walt dancing around each other, the sexual tension between them getting hotter and hotter, so much so you can actual feel it. Then you get that "moment" when Walt decides the dance is over and lets Malia know exactly what he plans to do. But fate intervenes, Malia's brother a quantum physicist and Malia are kidnapped and Walt is shot trying to prevent it.

With their loved ones are held hostage as leverage, Malia's brother, along with other experts in quantum physic are forced to put their knowledge together. Now it's a race against time...... Finding Malia and her brother is only the first problem, rescuing them and the other hostages is another problem.

Another pulse pounding, action packed, steamy Guardian hostage rescue which you just can't put down.
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1,982 reviews17 followers
February 27, 2025
This was one hot, hot, hot story of Malia and Walt. If he only got that second date! As usual with this author, you are taken on one wild ride and you only have to hold on to keep going to the next page. The Guardians have their most intense situation so far in their history. I can't see a way out, but this author leads you on a victorious journey and the emotions that are pulled out from you as the reader are awe inspiring. I can't wait for Gabe and Hank, ooh, la, la, that is going to be an explosive story for sure. Always a one-click author for me. She is the beginning and the end.
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428 reviews3 followers
May 25, 2025
I swear I surprised that my kindle didn’t catch fire , it did scorch my fingers . This book was so good at keeping you on the edge with the hot words and the edge of your seat breathless suspense. I loved Walt his growly bossiness and his deep seated need to find and protect Malia.

I’m not sure how Ellie Masters writes about stuff I have no idea is in her imagination or based on truth but this one cleared the bejesus out of me.

Can’t wait til rescuing Ally comes out , it sounds like twice the pleasure and probably twice the intrigue.
46 reviews
August 17, 2025
Not sure how I’ve gotten behind in reading Ellie’s releases but I just started and finished this book and it was captivating. I’m always amazed by the imagination she brings to the Guardian books with all the high tech imaginative defense technology but her incorporation of physics and the quantum fission vs quantum fusion explanations in this book really highlight the extraordinary research she must do to bring such incredible depth to her stories. The alpha-growly love story is a bonus as well!
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2,022 reviews4 followers
March 23, 2025
Another great episode in this series. Walt is captivated by Malia but waits a bit too long to make his move. That very night she and her brother are kidnapped leaving Walt shot and critically injured. As Walt slowly recovers, Malia, her brother and a group of quantum physicists are being forced to develop a cold fission weapon. The technical aspects were a little beyond me, but I loved the characters and the action was non-stop. Wonderful read!
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2,417 reviews3 followers
October 22, 2025
WALT IS MY FAVORITE!

This was a great and interesting story, full of suspense and intrigue. Walt is the Guardian who is highly attracted to Malia and she just ignores him when he keeps asking her out. But he won’t let it go! She is meeting her brother for dinner and Walt squirms his way in to go along. Then the drama begins! Malia and her brother are kidnapped and Walt is shot twice in the chest.

This was well worth reading!
796 reviews6 followers
March 13, 2025
Another incredible story full of passion, adventure, romance…all the things that Ellie puts in her stories!

Charlie Team, book 6 is the final book and we get Walt and Malia! Just like her others, it will keep you turning the page from the beginning until the end.

Can’t wait to see what Ellie Masters does next!
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110 reviews
March 20, 2025
Action Packed Ride

Rescuing Malia takes the reader on a journey that you don’t see coming. Walt and Malia are hot together even when trying to give the cold shoulder. As with all Ellie Masters’ books you know at some point the action kicks in… And when it does, buckle up, buttercup because you might not be ready for this one.
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903 reviews11 followers
March 18, 2025
If you love a good alpha/growly man who takes charge with "his woman", you'll love Walt. Malia and Walt hit a little bit of a snag on their first date which if you have read the previous book, you'll know the details, but the second date is just as exciting.
1,295 reviews4 followers
April 7, 2025
For me, I had a hard time liking Walt in the beginning. He had absolutely no right to insert himself into a brother and sister dinner. Then to toy with her over dinner, I lost absolutely all respect for him after that. When the action and suspense pick up, it’s non stop to the end. Walt did get better in my opinion later on. Another great addition to the Charlie team series.
Profile Image for Brenda Hojonski.
541 reviews38 followers
May 9, 2025
Malian and Walt sizzle

Ellie never fails to deliver intense stories with such deep subplots that keep you on edge. I loved Malia's story and how much this couple had to go through to get their own happily ever after.
1,162 reviews13 followers
June 5, 2025
DNF. - I couldn’t even stomach the first chapter to read more. This chapter seemed like it was written by a juvenile. I seriously had to check that this was written by Ms. Masters! I have loved her earlier work … but lately her work has become cheesy and predictable!
306 reviews1 follower
November 18, 2025
Yikes, nuclear power

Draw the rats out of the nest and invaded. Yeah, Mitzy, is on the take down. Walt knew something was wrong but realized it to late. Shot and left for dead, ouch!
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739 reviews5 followers
March 8, 2025
I loved the romance between Walt and Malia!!!🥰🥰🥰
And I also loved how protective he was of her and wanting to find her when she got taken. And they had an happy ending together.
5,014 reviews10 followers
April 1, 2025
Romance

Thank you for sharing these wonderful romance novel series books. Please keep writing more of these wonderful books. Thank you
581 reviews1 follower
October 3, 2025
A wonderful addition to the Guardian HRS series! Malia and Walt are great characters in this ever escalating story. Such a sweet and Hot HEA! Can’t wait for the next one!
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