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Do no harm. It’s a mantra former Delta Force Team Panther medic, Griffin St. Clare, follows to the letter—until someone comes after his family. He’ll do whatever it takes to keep them safe, even if it puts his own life on the line. Grif knows the only way he can fix things, including his own broken heart, is to find his man, bring him home, and open himself to love again, but getting his family back together is going to be a challenge—especially considering his guy is AWOL.

Garrett ‘Rock’ Rockwell is used to dealing with trouble, but betrayal is another matter. After the devastating blow Shar delivered, he thought he would never want another woman in his bed again, but Allie has awoken something in him he can’t explain. Rock loves Grif, but they both know something is missing from their life—a third. Is Allie the right person to fill the hole left behind, or is getting into something new with a teammate’s sister a bad idea?

Allie Kennedy has always loved her bosses. She regretted not taking a chance with them before, but now they are finally free, she is determined to help her two troubled warriors heal. Grif and Rock may have had their hearts hurt, but Allie will prove to them that bruised is not broken.

Their path has never been straight or perfect. Many times, it hasn’t even gone in the right direction, but can Grif and Rock open themselves up to loving more than each other once more? Can Allie get them to trust her enough to give them all one more shot at happily ever after, or will Grif and Rock refuse to see what has been right in front of them all along?

276 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 26, 2019

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Annabella Stone

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Annabella Stone and Bella Stone are the alter egos of a wife and mom, who was lucky enough to find happy ever after with her own personal hero.

Annabella loves to write Military Romance and Romantic Suspense where warriors love harder when bullets fly. She believes in love at first sight and wants everyone to have the happy ever they deserve. Even if they have to dodge bullets and fight with everything that they are to get it.

Born and raised in Ireland, Annabella has a Grá for a good story and the breakfast blaa, but funnily enough, prefers Jack Daniels to Irish whiskey. Having lived across 7 countries and 3 continents over the last thirty years, she loves to explore new places and cultures. In her world, coffee is king, and she is 100% sure it deserves it's own food group.

Annabella is owned by a pack of malamutes, whom she loves to both work and show. If you can't find her at the computer writing, chances are she and her woofers have escaped to enjoy at day at a dog show, or they are on a mountain trail with the dryland rig or the sled, depending on the time of year.

Annabella's motto is "Live life like a malamute who found the gate open, but take the time to enjoy the sights while you're running."

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4,825 reviews178 followers
November 29, 2019
There is no worse fear than someone hurting your family and when your own lover is the cause it is a double edged sword. Griff has taken this hit personally and it has caused havoc within his relationship with Rock. They both are holding onto the blame for putting Allie and her daughter in harm's way, while at the same time will not admit that Allie can make their triad complete. Will they both walk away from each other and a possible future with Allie because the stakes are too high? Or can they overcome the heartbreak of almost losing everything? Annabella Stone has knocked this one out of the park. Each story n the series gets better and better and the emotion that she writes into her rough and tough alpha males makes this and the rest of the series a must read.
Profile Image for Wendy Hodges.
2,901 reviews42 followers
July 3, 2022
I loved this story so much. Rock is a leader, he is alpha in all he does, it's in-grained into his soul. Betrayal hit him hard, he ran instead of staying with Griff and the teams, now he is the one needing help. Allie and Griff finally get news but it's not good, this time it's just the two of them to the rescue. It was tense and suspenseful, we get a conclusion, but that just unravels even more questions and lines of investigation. Little Lexi is the star of this book though, glitter bullets, nail polish, Papa and Daddy plus all the Uncas, she is bright and intelligent way older than her years and I can see the little pink combat boots growing into adult ones as she grows up. No wonder any of the teams would willingly die to save her. Popcorn and jellies, Flopsie and her family means all is well in her world. There is some action and violence at certain parts of this but mostly it was about re-connecting, love and building relationships as Rock is brought back into the bigger family fold. It was beautiful and emotional, had me tense then smiling big, even chuckling as glitter bullets flew. What a joyful read this one was even with the over plot still continuing.
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1,111 reviews12 followers
September 1, 2020
When you have a snake in the hen house - how to recover & rebuild?

Delta Force Team Panther Books 1 to 7, by Author: Annabella Stone

Jonah's Compass, Tied Up In Steele, Malik's Redemption, Micah's Promise, Christmas Panther Style, Grif's Salvation and Jason's Justice.

I was addicted Book 1 to 7 I couldn't put it down. It has Special Ops Military action the non stop rescue at the risk of their own lives and their families. Then add in in Military Operations telling the good guys from the bad is extremely difficult. Not to mention its all based on intel which is another challenge good vs bad. Its amazing any if these missions are ever successful. This gives a new respect 🙌 for Mitary & Mercenaries Heros that risk it all to defend & rescue.
With 7 books I just can't do each book Justice so extremely brief comment on a few. Terrific written extremely well
☆☆☆☆☆5 Star Reviews☆☆☆☆☆
Book 1 Jonah & Matt, you have to read even if you skip the rest. The Don't as Don't Tell nightmare it put on LGBT Military is horrific.
Book 2 Steele to have Alphabet Soup (CIA, FBI, Ghost, Delta & more) and the connections to reach them impressive. More so is the one tha captures his heart.
Book 3 Malik & Zeke, To die to protect the ones you love the upmost sacrifice. Risk it all for love?
Book 4 Micah intro to Triad to build his family. Hawk, Creed & Delta K9 assist with Micahs PTSD.
Book 5 Allie the Pilot on Ghost Crew has her child Lexi is endangered & Pathers find out a huge Betrayl.
Book 6 Grif, Rock and Allie another Triad in ghis team. After Book 5 this Family holds some surprise. Life & death assist with living.
Book 7 Jason this is one of my favorite- i reread it twice. High walls but Major Fritz stays strong & being taken brings the walls down.
This series is a keeper, one you can reread over & over.V3 knidnap. Torture, sold out +, S3 mature Gay romance & Triad
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2,529 reviews38 followers
February 8, 2020
Reviewed by Roberta

The last time we saw our Pathers, Allie’s daughter, Lexi had been kidnapped by Shar, Grif and Rock’s Third partner. The sense of betrayal that this had on the guys was enormous. After saving young Lexi…Rock took off leaving Grif alone to deal with the sense of betrayal and loneliness and heartache all on his own. Rock…I get it…he was devesatated and heartbroken and he needed to know…Why?!? How?!? But the way in which Rock went about it, yeah that sucked. It really pissed me off…I mean, he left Grif there alone to deal with the betrayal…just left him alone when they could have been together trying to heal themselves.

Grif…I’ve always liked Grif. He’s such a good guy and he has ALWAYS had his team(s) back. Never flintching from whatever was coming his way and to have the man that he’s loved for so many years just desert him…yeah…he’s a better person than me. To go after him and find a way to forgive him…yeah…a better person than me.

Allie, yeah this wasn’t so much a surprise after getting into the story that they’d fall for her and her for them. Allie is tough and kickass in her own right and doing the job that she does as well as being a mom…you have to give her props on this. I like that she was there and could help bridge the gap between the two men.

This was another wonderful installment to this series and I can’t believe that thestories keep getting better and better everytime. I always know I’m in for a wonderful adventure with some romance and action.

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243 reviews10 followers
March 2, 2021
Nul 👎 😒!!!!!!!! Problèmes non résolus entre Griff et Rock. Pas vu l’utilité d’une troisième partie dans la relation surtout féminine excepté pour le côté pornographique de la chose. Griff et Rock intègre l’autre et fini leur complicité. Niveau physique l’auteure ne voit le côte pénétration qu’avec la partie féminine et pas du côté masculin. Ce qui enlève le côté partage et égalitaire de la relation. L’histoire n’est absolument pas satisfaisante que soit sentimentale ou intrigue. Trop dans les détails techniques et peu dans le relationnel pour déboucher sur rien. Méchant pas arrêté et manque de profondeur de la relation. Lorsqu’on subit trahison et abandon au moment de besoin, c’est des pilules dures avalées. Donc le je passe à autre chose et je remplace lol, pas crédible. Oh 😮 le côté c’était pas la bonne non plus, écriture paresseuse et médiocre. Griff et Rock ont passé plus de temps à jouer aux pères au foyer, au lieux de réparer leur relation correctement et d’essayer de vraiment avoir lien profond avec la troisième partie Allie. Pour faire de leur relation une vraie histoire qui tiendra la route. Pfff écriture moins qu’amateur et médiocre. Tout au plus un brouillon. Ne valait pas le temps et l’achat.
Sentiments globaux déception et regrets de mettre faite encore avoir. Expérience non renouvelable.
Profile Image for Wendy Hodges.
2,901 reviews42 followers
July 4, 2022
I loved this story so much. Rock is a leader, he is alpha in all he does, it's in-grained into his soul. Betrayal hit him hard, he ran instead of staying with Griff and the teams, now he is the one needing help. Allie and Griff finally get news but it's not good, this time it's just the two of them to the rescue. It was tense and suspenseful, we get a conclusion, but that just unravels even more questions and lines of investigation. Little Lexi is the star of this book though, glitter bullets, nail polish, Papa and Daddy plus all the Uncas, she is bright and intelligent way older than her years and I can see the little pink combat boots growing into adult ones as she grows up. No wonder any of the teams would willingly die to save her. Popcorn and jellies, Flopsie and her family means all is well in her world. There is some action and violence at certain parts of this but mostly it was about re-connecting, love and building relationships as Rock is brought back into the bigger family fold. It was beautiful and emotional, had me tense then smiling big, even chuckling as glitter bullets flew. What a joyful read this one was even with the over plot still continuing.
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889 reviews23 followers
August 18, 2023
Fun and exciting

I was so happy to get Grif and Rocks story. But really, the star of this book is little Lexi. She rules all these big bad soldiers with her little pink combat boots and glitter bombs. After Griff gets Rock back and gets him to open up, they finally get around to discussing having Allie as their third in their triad. After some back and forth and some hard words from others, they get together as they should have been all along.

Still trying to locate the guys who targeted Panther and captured Ghost one, leads to some unexpected challenges and information.

This story deals with family and it has a lot of glittery fun in its pages.

5/5 stars
765 reviews2 followers
November 4, 2021
I love these two men. Allie is the icing on the beef cake.

This story was good. Rock and Grif are the two alpha running the two main military groups. Allie has been a part of the group for a long time. Had a chance to hook up earlier in life but it didn't happen. The boys brought in another third who ended up being bad to the bone. So bad she had Lexi dad killed in front of her. So much drama in the story. Self doubt and anger. Took awhile and a lot of rift for these three to find what they have been looking for all along.
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1,648 reviews53 followers
April 30, 2021
I love Rock and Grif, loved them from the beginning, but sadly was not a fan of Allie as their third... especially because it happened too soon after the Shar mess. Children in military books just don’t work for me either. However, I love the entire series for the most part and look forward to Jason’s story.
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March 28, 2025
Rock and Grif are two halves of a hot as hell whole sexy man!

Rock and Grif are two very hot warriors whose love knows no bounds for each other. Add in a precocious, adorable 4 year old spit fire little girl and her mama plus the rest of the team of Panther brothers and you have one incredible, heartwarming and feel good hilarious book!
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152 reviews2 followers
April 18, 2021
Any word would just not be enough

Beautiful, real touchable, it goes on a wave and as everyone one knows waves take u home.... well done well written well narrated... just read it Salvation is for everyone
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291 reviews
January 30, 2022
Sigh!

Sweet, angst level medium high, happy ending second chance book. I love this series and love that we can see the side characters in their own. This author qaster at alluding to future stories.
55 reviews
February 23, 2022
not bad

At the start I thought I am going to love these two and I did but without Allie I just didn’t feel a connection and I lost that connection between G & Rock after Shar on the boat and we didn’t really get it back
429 reviews3 followers
March 13, 2022
Family makes 4

Oh my goodness do we have the cutest little adorable 4 year old that now owns my heart and we also have some very very bad people and lots of traitors and among all the chaos we have love in bloom so settle back and enjoy!
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475 reviews7 followers
August 7, 2022
Grif

These men show out for country and family. They never seem to catch a break. So brace for the ride it can get rough. There is nothing better for me as a reader than a series that can keep me guessing as to what’s coming next and who is behind it all!
47 reviews
March 17, 2024
Another wonderful story!

This one is filled with many emotions as the guys travel their path for reconciliation, forgiveness and happiness. Together.. a family is created! Don't miss it!
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989 reviews7 followers
July 4, 2020
Love this series...

Love a good military story. This was good.. Mmf. Add in an adorable 4 yr old ..... characters
Were awesome...
436 reviews
June 15, 2021
Wow! Just wow!

Make sure you're aware this is a m/f/m book. Another incredible story! Can't wait to download the next one. Enjoy!
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128 reviews2 followers
June 20, 2021
3.5 stars due to editing issues and rounded up to 4 because I really did enjoy the story; Hot alpha males and suspenseful military action plot for the win.
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1,944 reviews3 followers
May 18, 2022
Good

It was ok I like Allie but it seems a little forced. Still no clue as to who is behind. It was not as sexy as past books but still good
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31 reviews
January 24, 2023
2 Alpha men and there ladies

Omg i just love this story. Your fall in love with Rock Grifs and Allie but your absolutely love with Lexi at a heart beat.
26 reviews1 follower
March 18, 2023
Wow

I have loved all these books, but this one was special. The pieces of broken hearts coming back together was so beautifully written. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🔥
4,876 reviews8 followers
April 11, 2024
Romance

Thank you for sharing these wonderful romance novel series books. Please keep writing more of these wonderful books. Thank you
439 reviews2 followers
July 13, 2024
Excellent Read

I enjoyed reading this book very much. As always the storyline and characters were exciting and interesting. Every book in this series so far has been fun to read.
1,144 reviews12 followers
May 14, 2025
My rating: 4 1/2 stars
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405 reviews22 followers
March 28, 2023
I wasn’t too sure if I would enjoy MMF. I love MM, MMM and MF so I went into this with and open mind. I really enjoyed the triad between Grif, Rock and Allie. I loved the 20 year relationship between Grif and Rock and just how well they know each other. And how can you not fall in love with the little spit fire Lexi! If you haven’t tried an MMF and you’ve been wanting to, this one is a good one to start with!
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1,274 reviews15 followers
October 6, 2019
Annabella Stone Rocks is all I can say!!! With each new book between Team Panther, Tags of Honor, and soon to be The Ghost Protectors the story unfolds more and more and with each new book I fall in love more and more with each and everyone of the people in these books!!! This book, though it is not just m/m but also m/m/f, it was totally amazing. Now for those of you that are not totally on board with m/m/f reads, I will say that the scenes are primarily m/m based with very limited of the other. But I will also be honest and say that there was no other way around these three coming together in this book because after you read it, I am sure that you will agree they were just all meant to be.

The last book in this series left off with the betrayal that Grif and Rock felt from the one person that they believed felt the same towards them that they felt towards her, Shar. Shar has dealings in this groups uoungest and most special memeber being kidnapped, Lexi. Lexi is Allie’s daughter and the princess of this bunch of rough and gruff military men. She is what brings the lightness to each of their lives so when she was kidnapped the group went to the ends of the earth in order to find her and in the process Grif and Rock had their worlds shaken by how close the kidnapper was to them.


Rock walked away after Lexi’s rescue and left Grif to deal with the aftermath by himself. He really and truly hurt Grif by leaving and Grif was beginning to wonder if after so long of him being gone if they would find him again. When it started to seem they would never find him, Intel came in Nd Grif jumped into action along with Allie to rescue him.

Allie knows that Grif is hurting from Rock’s Silence. But she also knows that when they do find him that she is going to beat some tough love into him along with Grif. When they finally have intel on him Allie will not be left behind for his rescue. Even though she knows that it means nothing, she cannot help but a little in love with both Rock and Grif. Allie would do anything to help these two back to each other even if she will never be an official part of what they have, she knows both Rock and Grif love her and Lexi. So that will have to be good enough!!

Rock never wanted to leave Grif but he knew he had to get answers. He knew he had to make sure that Lexi was safe. Now that he finds himself in trouble all he can worry about is getting out of it so he can see Grif again!! Not to mention Allie and Lexi.

What happens when thy do get Rock back and along with it more questions as to who and why their groups are being targeted? What happens when someone comes after Lexi again? Will Rock and Grif realize that Allie and Lexi are much more a part of them then they assumed they was? Will Allie shares to see where it goes between them if Rock and Grif decide to pursue things between the three of them?

This was such an amazing read with more of the story unfolding. With each new piece of the puzzle revealed it is like ten more are thrown in the mix for them to figure out! I love this series and the spin offs to this series. With each new book, more and more action, mystery, danger, and love unfolds. I cannot wait to see what Annabella comes up with next!!! Amazing read!!!

Was given this galley copy for free for an open and honest review
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