Six years ago Rianna Kingsley washed up on the shore of a war-torn tropical country with two bullets in her back and no memory. Now with a new identity and a thirst for revenge, she's finally close to getting the answers she's been seeking. The last thing she needs is criminal boss Jake Tarrance meddling in her investigation. But when a mysterious stranger hires Jake to kill Rianna, their lives are irrevocably entwined. And a woman who trusts no one is forced into an alliance that could prove fatal. . . .
Bayou-born Lucky Boucher knew Jacey Wheeler was out of his league. She was more than just a high-class blonde with the body of a goddess, she was the brains behind a successful PI firm--and Lucky's boss. So he kept his hands off her and his head on their case. Until now. . .
For the first time since they'd met, what she wanted from him had absolutely nothing to do with business. With their current case heating up and their professional life scorching, Lucky was more than willing to do whatever it took to keep the boss happy....
Finalist in the Holt Medallion contest, southern theme category
Romantic Times magazine Top Pick.
Your parents' deaths weren't accidents...and yours won't be, either.
Billionaire securities expert James Tremaine couldn't believe the anonymous note. Private investigator Tori Corbett was his only hope of uncovering the truth, but keeping his hands off the beautiful PI was as difficult as solving the case.
For Tori, working day and night with the sexy tycoon was like playing with fire. She wouldn't--couldn't--become emotionally involved with a man hell-bent on vengeance. Especially now that there was evidence linking her own father to the crime....
Winner of the More than Magic Award
Finalist in the Golden Quill contest
Finalist in the Colorado Award of Excellence contest
Finalist in the Lories contest
Finalist in the First Coast Beacon contest
Dr. Shae O’Reilly followed the rules—but Cade Tremaine caused her to break them. With a criminal father and a brother in jail, she knew the last man she should ever get involved with was a cop. Especially one who didn’t know her past. But when an injured—and then escaped—drug dealer decided Shae was his angel of mercy, she found herself getting very close to the charming detective.
Cade couldn’t help but be intrigued by the sassy, independent and sexy-as-hell doctor. She held the key to finding a cop killer—but would he risk her life to catch his man? Or would this be the time he caught—and kept—the woman?
She couldn't refuse him....
Sam Tremaine could charm the thorns off roses, and Juliette Morrow both
wanted and hated him. The CIA agent had learned her secret identity--and
used it to gain her help to catch an international criminal. Even worse, she was falling for this man of honor who had every reason to despise her.
He'd thought her a liar and a heartbreaker. But in Juliette, Sam discovered a woman whose loyalty and warmth shook him to the core. Hiding his growing feelings would take every covert skill he possessed, but Juliette's future depended on her never learning she'd stolen his heart....
Finalist in the Golden Quill Contest
Finalist in the Write Touch: Readers Award contest
Finalist for the Romance Writers of America Rita Award, Long Contemporary
Winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award, series category
Winner of the overall contest for the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence
Romantic Times magazine Reviewer’s Choice nominee
Romantic Times magazine Top Pick
He called himself Jones and he was more pirate than charter boat captain. His protective streak was suffocating. His kisses devastating. And the bullet scar on his back, the gun tucked in his pants, told Ann that there was plenty the sexy stranger wasn't telling her. Perhaps even more than she wasn't telling him.
Because she wasn't Ann Smith, island-hopping rich girl. She was Analiese Tremaine, and she was there to find and rescue her missing brother. But how long could she hold on to her carefully constructed identity when her search had already landed her in deep trouble with no one but Jones to help her out
alive?
Finalist in the Orange Rose Contest
Finalist in the Daphne du Maurier contest
Finalist in the Colorado Award of Excellence contest
Winner of the Barclay Gold Award, contemporary
Winner of the Lories Award, romantic suspense
Winner of the Winter Rose Award, series contemporary
Winner of the More than Magic Award
Winner of the Aspen Gold Award
Winner of the Laurel Wreath Award, romantic suspense
Romantic Times magazine Top Pick
Cassie Donovan can see into the future, and the future she sees is her own--filled with murder! For Cassie, her power was frightening. To Dr. Shane Farhold, it was a curse, and his skepticism had dampened their torrid affair, leaving Cassie with a broken heart and a baby on the way. But someone saw her ability as a gift worth killing for. When battle-scarred Shane rescued her from a kidnap attempt, Cassie was thrust into his arms once again as they ran for their lives. Determined to protect Cassie and their child at all costs, Shane stayed close--and they soon shared rekindled passion and new understanding. But with danger at their heels, not even Cassie could predict a happy ending....
They had secrets...
Sara Parker was her real name--but she'd changed it to hide from the
murderer she'd seen. She had no one to turn to, no one to trust....
Nick Doucet was his real name--but he'd used others while working
undercover. Cynical and smart, nothing and no one touched him--until he was sent to find Sara for the killer's trial.
With consummate skill Nick located Sara and won her trust. And then she realized Nick's real plan. Caught in his arms, she struggled between their rising passion and her long-held fear. Because loving Nick could be more dangerous than anything she'd ever known....
Finalist in the Daphne du Maurier contest
Finalist in the More than Magic contest
District Attorney "AJ" Jacobs was finally closing in on the ruthless criminal she'd been tracking. But she couldn't take him down without help--from the last man in the world she wanted in her life....
Nobody knew Chicago's dark side like crime reporter Dare McKay. Nobody knew how to haunt a woman's fevered dreams--or break her fragile heart--like him, either....
And this man was AJ's unwelcome protector as she worked to solve the most dangerous case of her career. But he was the real danger--because she had never stopped loving him.
Walker James felt a rush of adrenaline when he was assigned to infiltrate a terrorist compound and discover the location of a deadly virus, but the brazenly sexy spy was incensed to learn he would be partnered with Jasmine LeBarr. Walker had had the misfortune of tangling with the bewitching beauty once before, denting his macho pride. Still, as they raced to safeguard the Kamal sheikdom, he couldn't deny the aching need Jasmine stirred in him. Now their electrifying attraction promised to totally consume them both!
Sleeping with the enemy...
She had secrets in her eyes and lies on her lips, and Detective Gabe Connally knew that Meghan Patterson would give him more than a few sleepless nights. Still, with her young nephew a valuable witness, Gabe had to pursue Meghan. And even without the case, it would be impossible to forget the vulnerable woman trying to protect her family....
While Meghan admired Gabe's persistence, she dared not let him get close enough to realize ehr nephew--her only remaining family--was psychic. Yet her own burning desire made it impossible to resist Gabe's persuasive ways....
Finalist in the Daphne du Maurier contest
SPEAR agent Rachel Grunwald is assigned to infiltrate the Brotherhood of Blood compound posing as Caleb Carpenter's prospective bride. Her mission is to investigate the nature of the white supremacist organization's relationship with a man known only as Simon, a traitor set on destroying the head of SPEAR. But when Rachel meets Caleb she immediately suspects that there's more to the man than meets the eye. Her determination to destroy everything he represents tangles with her heart, which tells her that there is far more to the man than would first appear.
W.I.S.H. award from Romantic Times Magazine
Romantic Times magazine Top Pick
Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice award nominee
Voted as one of the top 400 romances since 1982 by Romantic Times magazine
Brilliantly developed, breathtaking in its intensity, this is romantic suspense at its best!
- Romantic Times Magazine
Undercover Bride...is one of the best overall stories of the year.
- The Romance Journal
When shadows fell across the sultry streets of Charity, Louisiana, the usually laid-back sheriff was too restless for sleep. Cage Gauthier had an unresolved murder on his hands--and a beguiling Yankee gal on his mind. But Zoey Prescott seemed as oblivious to the danger stalking this steamy Southern town as she was too Cage's smoldering desire...
Zoey wasn't about to run scared--not from Cage's heated gaze, and not from the killer they were trailing. Still, she kept a safe distance from the slow talking, quick thinking lawman...until one steamy night when the heady mix of passion and peril sparked a seduction she could no longer deny--or resist....
Finalist in the Holt Medallion Contest
Finalist in the Write Touch: Reader's Awards
Finalist in the Golden Quill Contest
Romantic Times magazine Top Pick
Rancher Jed Sullivan was ruthless about getting what he wanted--and he'd just set his sights on Julianne Buchanan. The sparks between them had always been kept under Jed's tight control, but now that Julianne had come home, Jed was hungry for something only she could give...
Jed knew that no woman would ever stick around--hell, even his mother had abandoned him. The Heartbreak Ranch in Montana was his only home--the only place he belonged. But it was Julianne's home, too. And until she discovered Jed's secret, he planned to take whatever she would give him--and damn the consequences!
Daytime friends...nightime lovers?
He was the one man she trusted, her best friend--and now he was her lover. Ellie Bennett shivered as she remembered last night. Sully had looked at her with such need and longing....She'd seen--she'd felt--the passion behind his legendary control and known they would never be just friends again. But why wouldn't he admit it?
Sully groaned at the memory. For years Ellie had been his only weakness--a temptation he'd protected and hidden. And now she'd brought him to his knees--and nearly blown his cover. Because Ellie didn't know that, for Sully, deception was his stock in trade.
But she was about to find out.
Finalist in the Rising Star Contest
Winner of the Colorado Award of Excellence Award
Wealthy, brooding businessman Michael Friday's one weakness was his daughter, Chloe. So when her teacher called to speak about Chloe's behavior, he couldn't believe her concerns. But when Miss Rose came in person, he started listening.
Kate stormed into the single father's office--but stopped short at the sight of the tall, powerful executive. This was Chloe's beloved daddy? Domineering men were always trouble, but this one was more dangerous than most. Because Michael had a tender side, and he was showing it to Kate....
Trey Garrison was a security consultant, a man of action, a man who trusted his heart to no one--except his sister and her little boy, Benjy. Now Benjy had been kidnapped, and Trey was desperate.
Jaida West was a psychic, a woman of faith and intuition, a woman who wore her heart on her sleeve. She wanted to help. First, though, she had to break through Trey's walls.
Their dangerous journey would turn distrust into passion. But would their love survive the evil acts of a criminal bent on revenge? It had to, because a child's life was depending on it....
Finalist in the Write Touch: Readers Awards
Finalist in the Colorado Award of Excellence contest
Romantic Times magazine Top Pick
Macauley O'Neill had been hired to protect Raine Michaels, not to seduce her. No one knew better than he did what happened when a man let his guard down; the consequences could be deadly. But Raine filled him with desire--and something else. An emotion he couldn't--wouldn't--name....
Danger stalked Raine's every move, but she was tired of hiding. For too long, she had feared the dark. Now, in Mac's sure, steady arms, she felt safe--and alive. It was time for her to return the favor. Could she vanquish the demons that tormented his soul? Or was their brilliant passion destined to be a fleeting one?
Winner of the Write Touch Reader's Award
Five minutes after meeting her new partner, Madeline Casey had to concede that Detective Cruz Martinez was the epitome of the perfect man. With his rock-hard body and killer smile, he could charm the ice off an igloo. But was the perfect man a perfect cop? It was Madeline's job to ferret out the truth.
Cruz and Madeline began working day and night to uncover the man who was selling assault weapons to children, but her boss believed Cruz was the man they were looking for. The evidence was inconclusive, but each late night stakeout was bringing cool-headed Maddy closer to surrender. Her heart said Cruz was on the level, but would that killer smile prove deadly?
Winner of Write Touch: Reader's Awards
Romantic Times magazine Top Pick
W.I.S.H. award from Romantic Times magazine
Jackson Roberts III is every lady's dream man. Tough and sexy, he knows exactly what he wants--and how to get it.
Kaly Scott is not his usual type. Beautiful and brainy, she has a mind of her own and isn't swayed by smooth talk and fast moves. But she gets to him the way no other woman ever has.
Kaly may be fooling Jackson with her cool demeanor, but inside she's quaking in her boots. How can she walk away, when a single touch from this cowboy's sure hands turns her brains to mush?
Detective Connor McLain was skeptical the moment he met Michele Easton. She'd come to the police station claiming she'd had dreams about the children who'd been kidnapped in Philadelphia. Connor didn't believe her 'visions' had any merit. But somehow this woman knew things she shouldn't. And she was in danger.
There was something about Michele, something that made him want to take her into his arms and protect her. But he'd been burned before, and wanted nothing to do with women--period. So why was his mind being held fast by thoughts of Michele?
One way or another, Connor knew that he was going to find out.
Romantic Times magazine Top Pick