Taggart Family Values

Lexi Blake

May 2021 · DLZ Entertainment

About this eBook

From Ian and Charlotte’s first meeting in Paris to a look into the future, Taggart Family Values chronicles Masters and Mercenaries’ favorite family through a series of short stories and novellas. Includes one brand new short story and one new novella. Lexi hopes readers will have a blast connecting with Ian and Charlotte and all their little monsters!

Taggart Family Values includes the novellas Paradise City, Sweet Child o’ Mine, Homecoming, and Countdown. It also includes the short stories Adam Tells All, Make Lemonade, Rough Night, and Stuck at the Office. 

Some of the stories were previously published in newsletters and cookbooks. 

Ratings and reviews

TAGGART FAMILY VALUES by Lexi Blake is a culmination of several excerpts, short stories, newsletter exclusives and novellas in the author’s Masters and Mercenaries erotic, romance series. We get a glimpse into Ian and Charlotte’s family dynamic: their children, the love, and the probability that the Taggart progeny will be just as dangerous and deadly as the parents who reared them. A fun, flirty and fantastic journey into the past, present and possible future. PARADISE CITY focuses on the introduction of Ian Taggart and his future wife/mate Charlotte Denisovitch. Ian Taggart is looking for some fun at The Velvet Collar in Paris, France but never expected to find his future in Russian assassin/ submissive Charlotte Denisovitch. Admitting she was on assignment, Charlotte would tempt Ian Taggart knowing one or both may not survive. SWEET CHILD O MINE follows the team at McKay-Taggart as they are tasked with protecting a group of petulant and spoiled wanna-be reality stars. As Charlotte Taggart is nearing the end of her pregnancy, all h*ll breaks loose and Charlotte is about to place herself in the direct line of fire. ADAM TELLS ALL is a quick read; a short story wherein Adam Miles, an agent with McKay-Taggart reveals the truth behind Charlotte and Ian’s infant daughter’s name. MAKE LEMONADE focuses on family. Ian and Charlotte’s family is about to expand yet again. Baby number three is about to make an early appearance but Ian Taggart is down for the count when an errant beer bottle sends our hero into the Twilight Zone. ROUGH NIGHT focuses on date night between Ian and Charlotte but a date night that went all to h*ll. Winning a bet, Ian forces two of his men to babysit their three children, only nothing goes according to plan. STUCK AT THE OFFICE finds our heroine, Charlotte Taggart pregnant with number four, and to give his wife a break, Ian takes the children to the office where chaos ensues, while Charlotte goes into unexpected labor HOMECOMING is an emotional read wherein Charlotte and Ian adopt a young Russian girl, the orphaned daughter of one of Ian’s fellow operatives but a man who lost his life too soon. COUNTDOWN : A GLIMPSE OF A POSSIBLE FUTURE is a short story, a prologue/prequel of a future story line. Canadian Ben Parker is on assignment in the Himalaya’s where he will get re-acquainted with an American agent, he knows as Magenta but the death of the scientist under investigation leads our couple to the discovery of a bomb, where only a matter of minutes lies between death and their freedom. Lexi Blake reveals a little bit of a twist, several years in the future, wherein we see the next generation of McKay Taggart , up close and personal.

5 Star Review of Taggart Family Values (Masters and Mercenaries #21.5) by Lexi Blake Oh how I loved this book. I have always loved Ian and Charlie Taggart, their family and friends and Taggart Family Values cemented my love for this couple. This book includes the novellas Paradise City, Sweet Child o’ Mine, Homecoming, and Countdown. It also includes the short stories of Adam Tells All, Make Lemonade, Rough Night and Stuck at the Office. This book is a compilation of previously published and new stories that show the growth of their unwavering love for one another, their family and even more exiting a glimpse of the future for their children. From their first meeting, their souls called to one another and they are most definitely two halves of a whole. This was a fabulous journey down memory lane and I loved every minute of the time spent reading these wonderful stories. If you are a fan of the Masters and Mercenaries series then this is a MUST read. I devoured this book in one read as I couldn’t put it down. This is Five stars all the way and a book I highly recommend.

This collection of stories is pure gold for those of use who have been following the MT world! Two are new stories, the rest have been doled out over the years in various formats, and now they are all together, and I will hoard and treasure it forever. The stories take us from Ian and Charlotte meeting, the births of their children, the additions to their family, and a possible glimpse to the future. I laughed, I squirmed, I cried, and I smiled, a whole lot. The characters moved through their lives, the lessons they learned changing their perspective, the love that they have for each other growing, changing, and molding the family they created. Not just their kids, but also their extended family. The true bonus for me was Natasha’s story, because it really brought so many things, so many emotions, all together, and epitomized what it was like to be part of the wild and loving Taggart family <3

About the author

Lexi Blake is the author of contemporary and urban fantasy romance. She started publishing in 2011 and has gone on to sell over two million copies of her books. Her books have appeared twenty-six times on the USA Today, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. She lives in North Texas with her husband, kids, and two rescue dogs.