Betty Dawsey knows that breaking things off with Thom Lange is for the best. He's nice, but boring, and their relationship has lost its spark. But steady and predictable Thom, suddenly doesn't seem so steady and predictable when their condo explodes and she's kidnapped by a couple of crazies claiming that Thom isn't who he says he is.

Book #3

Book #1 Hot Asset, Book #2 Hard Sell. An alpha among the wolves of Wall Street, Kennedy Dawson rose to the top of the pack by striking the right contracts at the right times. But there's one deal that's been giving him a run for his money-a pact to never again let his assistant, Kate, get under his skin. She may be smart and gorgeous, but she's definitely off-limits. Kate Henley isn't a banker, but she knows a thing or two about risk management-specifically, about managing her attraction to her boss. She already fell once, and Kennedy showed no sign of paying a return on her investment. So when Kennedy's brother starts pursuing her, Kate figures she has the best of both worlds. Jack is charming, rich, very attentive, and the spitting image of his older brother. It's also making Kennedy think twice. But to win Kate's heart, he'll have to broker the deal of a lifetime and prove he's worth the risk.

Book #1

Lieutenant Amador "Stryker" Salas and his tight-knit Navy SEAL team are undercover on a Texas ranch and tasked with covert ops across the border. It's an assignment that requires all their skills, all their secrets, and all their know-how. Anya Gutierrez, the local veterinarian, has been serving the ranch for years. She loves the animals and ranching life, and Stryker finds her a breath of fresh air in his otherwise rigidly disciplined existence. When Anya gets caught in the crosshairs of a mission gone sideways, Stryker must tell her the truth about who he really is, risking everything to keep her out of harm's way, even if it destroys him.

Book #1

Kate Marshall was a promising young police detective when she caught the notorious Nine Elms serial killer. But her greatest victory suddenly turned into a nightmare. Traumatized, betrayed, and publicly vilified for the shocking circumstances surrounding the cannibal murder case, Kate could only watch as her career ended in scandal. Fifteen years after those catastrophic events, Kate is still haunted by the unquiet ghosts of her troubled past. Now a lecturer at a small coastal English university, she finally has a chance to face them. A copycat killer has taken up the Nine Elms mantle, continuing the ghastly work of his idol. Enlisting her brilliant research assistant, Tristan Harper, Kate draws on her prodigious and long-neglected skills as an investigator to catch a new monster. Success promises redemption, but there's much more on the line: Kate was the original killer's intended fifth victim...and his successor means to finish the job.

BOOK #6.5 (3)

Start with Reapers Property. Peaches Taylor spent the last seven years slinging drinks at the Starkwood Saloon. Some might call it a dead end job, but to her it was an investment-another six months, and she'd have enough money to buy the place. Eli King is ready to settle down. He stood by his brothers when they needed him, paying the price for their freedom with his own. Now it's time to claim his reward-the Starkwood Saloon. He's got the cash to buy the bar, the skills to run it, and just one person standing between him and his dream: Peaches Taylor. She's been driving him crazy since they were kids, and not in the good way. When she was six, she shoved a spider down his pants. When he was ten, he locked her in a closet overnight. Then she hot-wired his car at seventeen, and things got ugly.They're adults now, and the Starkwood isn't a toy to fight over. Peaches Taylor and Eli King are going to war.

Book #1

Derek Tower has spent his life at war, first as a Green Beret and then as the owner of a private military company, Cobra International Security. When a high-ranking US senator asks Cobra to protect his daughter, a midwife volunteering in Afghanistan, Derek's gut tells him to turn the senator down. The last thing he wants to do is babysit an aid worker. But Jenna isn't just another assignment. She's also the younger sister of his best friend, the man who died taking bullets meant for him. There's no way Derek can refuse. Jenna Hamilton doesn't need a bodyguard, especially not one hired by her controlling father. She knew the risks when she signed on to work in rural Afghanistan. She also doesn't need the distraction of an operative skulking about, even if he is her late brother's best friend-and sexy as hell. From the moment his boots hit the ground in Afghanistan, Derek does his best to win Jenna over, posing as her brother so the two of them can spend time alone. Except that what he feels for her is anything but brotherly. Stolen moments lead to kisses-and an undeniable sexual attraction that shakes them both to the core. But events have been set into motion that they cannot escape. When a ruthless warlord sets his sights on Jenna, Derek will do whatever it takes to keep her safe, even if it costs him his heart-or his life.
 

Book #1

The lead homicide investigator in a rural town, Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock is deeply unnerved when a high school classmate is found strangled, her body floating in a lake. And not just any classmate, but Rosalind Ryan, whose beauty and inscrutability exerted a magnetic pull on Smithson High School, first during Rosalind's student years and then again when she returned to teach drama. As much as Rosalind's life was a mystery to Gemma when they were students together, her death presents even more of a puzzle. What made Rosalind quit her teaching job in Sydney and return to her hometown? Why did she live in a small, run-down apartment when her father was one of the town's richest men? And despite her many admirers, did anyone in the town truly know her? Rosalind's enigmas frustrate and obsess Gemma, who has her own dangerous secrets--an affair with her colleague and past tragedies that may not stay in the past.

Josie Bianci was killed years ago on a train during a terrorist attack. It's what her sister, Kit, an ER doctor in Santa Cruz, has always believed. Yet all it takes is a few heart-wrenching seconds to upend Kit's world. Live coverage of a club fire in Auckland has captured the image of a woman stumbling through the smoke and debris. Her resemblance to Josie is unbelievable. With it comes a flood of emotions-grief, loss, and anger-that Kit finally has a chance to put to rest: by finding the sister who's been living a lie. After arriving in New Zealand, Kit begins her journey with the memories of the past: of days spent on the beach with Josie. Of a lost teenage boy who'd become part of their family. And of a trauma that has haunted Kit and Josie their entire lives. Now, if two sisters are to reunite, it can only be by unearthing long-buried secrets and facing a devastating truth that has kept them apart far too long. To regain their relationship, they may have to lose everything.

Book #11

Start with Alone. FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and Sergeant Detective D D Warren have built a task force to follow the digital clues left behind by deceased serial kidnapper Jacob Ness. When disturbing evidence is discovered in Georgia, they bring Flora Dane and Keith Edgar to a small town where something seems deeply wrong. What at first looks like a Gothic eeriness soon becomes more sinister and they discover that for all the evil Jacob committed while alive, his worst secret is still to be revealed. Quincy and DD must use all their skills and experience to crack the most disturbing case of their careers-and Flora must face her own past directly in the hope of saving others.

Book #2

Book #1 The Silver Gun. Finally summoning the courage to face the past, Lane Sanders breaks away from her busy job at City Hall to confront childhood nightmares in Rochester. An unknown assailant left Lane with scattered memories after viciously murdering her parents. However, one memory of a dazzling solid gold pawn piece remains-and with it lies a startling connection between the midwestern tragedy and a current mystery haunting the Big Apple. Meanwhile, fears climb in Manhattan after the disappearance of a respected banker and family friend threatens the crippled financial industry and the pristine reputation of Lane's virtuous boss, Mayor Fiorello "Fio" La Guardia. Fio's fight to restore order leads him into more trouble as he meets a familiar foe intent on ending his mayoral term-and his life. Guided by overseas telegrams from the man she loves and painful memories, only Lane can silence old ghosts and derail present-day schemes.