His best friend’s sister should be off-limitsSheriff Cubby Hawker had his chances with sweet Katie McBride. She threw her heart at him years ago, and he’d been too slow to catch it. She left him the next day. Years later she’s a sexy, hard assed detective. When her brother sends him to check on her, Cubby finds her halfway down a bourbon bottle. Katie is broken and in danger, and he wants to protect her. He’s just not sure she’ll let him.Katie’s confidence is rocked when she’s shot in the line of duty. It takes another hit when the only man she’s ever loved finds her drunk, two days into a pity party for one. To add to her troubles, a mob boss puts a hit out on her. Forced home to Lake Howling, Katie is now under the protection of the sexy lawman. Will she be strong enough to resist him a second time?They have vowed to serve and protect those that are vulnerable, but who will save them from each other?Tropes: Small town, law enforcement, brothers best friend, childhood friends turned Lovers, second chance, romantic suspenseBOOKS IN THIS SERIESA Promise Of HomeThe Texan Meets His MatchHow Sweet It IsIt Only Took YouDon't Look BackA Long Way HomeThen Came YouFaith and the Rock Star

A beautiful artist is on the run from a cult in this "moving romantic suspense novel" by the New York Times–bestselling author of Snowfall (Publishers Weekly). When she was a child, Jade's mother took her away from her father and into the cultish world of the People of Joy. Then her mother died, and Jade was subjected to years of horrific abuse by cult members before she finally escaped. Now Jade is on the run—because the People of Joy will stop at nothing to keep their secrets safe. Living on the streets and always on the move, Jade turns to art for salvation and survival. When Sam Cochrane spots a painting of his vanished wife, he knows the artist can lead him to the girl he's never stopped searching for—his long-lost daughter, Jade. He hires friend and ex-cop Luke Kelly to help find her. Soon Jade and her father are reunited, but as Luke and Jade grow closer, the news of her miraculous return puts them in grave danger . . .

Shadow isn’t the type to mingle with people outside his world unless they owe him or the club something. But when his eyes land on a beautiful woman in need of a place to stay, he offers her shelter from the coming storm without a second thought.Violet James needs a fresh start. She’s planned every detail—new job, new house, new city. But the one thing she didn’t expect was a hurricane to throw a wrench into everything. Stranded in a new city with no open hotel rooms for miles, she’s intrigued when a handsome biker offers her a safe place to stay.Shadow never expected the woman to come with baggage in the form of an obsessive ex-boyfriend who will stop at nothing to get her back, including showing up at his club’s compound.What starts off as a little fun to pass the time as a hurricane decimates the area around them turns into something deeper than either of them could’ve imagined. And Shadow will do anything to keep Violet safe, even if that means risking his life to save hers.

She was just a kid when she found me lying injured beside the road and saved my life. I promised her I'd return if she ever needed me. Twelve years later, I answer the phone and hear her voice: a biker gang's about to sell her to the highest bidder. Like hell they are! I tear the place apart and we roar off on my Harley...but the kid I remember has grown up into a woman I can't resist, with long red hair and curves that don't quit. And now she thinks I'm a goddamn hero.Every time we ride and her body presses against mine, I just want to rip her dress right off. Neither of us can resist...but for her sake, I can't let her get close. She claims there's still good in me but she doesn't know how much blood I've got on my hands. Now the gang who took her want her back and they're willing to destroy my whole MC to get her. But it's too late. I've fallen for this woman. And I'm never letting her go.Standalone MC romance with lots of action and suspense, guaranteed HEA and no cheating.

Dylan Roberts was orphaned as a child…Her parents died on a rural highway in a drunk-driving accident. If only she'd been able to do something that night. Dylan grew up with one all-consuming goal--to save others. Training hard to become a trauma surgeon, only to have her dearest friend die in a jungle, far from medical aid, once again Dylan is left feeling as useless as she did after her parents' death.Grieving and at loose ends, she visits her two pregnant sisters in their new home of Westen, intent on making sure both safely deliver their babies. The town is about to open its first hospital, complete with a trauma unit, which her sisters and the town council believe Dylan should head.At a crossroads... Being in Westen has its risks. She finds herself struggling against the attraction she’s long had for her friend, newspaper owner, Sean Callahan. Trouble is, Sean wants more than just a casual fling, but he doesn’t want to pressure Dylan into staying in Westen.Will tragedy force her hand?When danger from a beloved town member’s past comes to light, liveshang in the balance, will Dylan’s skills make a difference this time? And will she finally understand the true meaning of family?

Blockbuster bestselling author Christina Dodd delivers a novel that will leave readers breathlessly turning the pages in this "stunning work of mystery, danger, and romance." Twenty-three years ago, in the isolated coastal town of Virtue Falls, Washington, four year old Elizabeth Banner witnessed her mother's brutal murder. Elizabeth's father was convicted of killing Misty and sentenced to prison. Elizabeth grew from a solitary child to a beautiful woman with a cool scientific mind and an instinctive distrust of love. Now Elizabeth is back in Virtue Falls, a geologist like her father, her life guided by logic and facts. But nothing can help her through the emotional chaos that follows the return of her ex-husband, Garik Jacobsen, an FBI agent on probation and tortured by the guilt of his past deeds. Nor can it help her deal with her father, now stricken with Alzheimer's and haunted by Misty's ghost. When a massive earthquake reveals long-concealed secrets, Elizabeth soon discovers her father is innocent. Is the killer still at large, stalking ever closer to the one witness to Misty's murder? To Elizabeth herself? Elizabeth and Garik investigate, stirring old dark and deadly resentments that could provoke another bloody murder-- Elizabeth's own.Read the acclaimed Virtue Falls Suspense Series:— THE LISTENER: A Virtue Falls short story— VIRTUE FALLS: The First Virtue Falls Full-Length Suspense— OBSESSION FALLS: The Second Virtue Falls Full-Length Suspense— LOVE NEVER DIES: A Virtue Falls short story— BECAUSE I'M WATCHING: The third Virtue Falls Full-Length Suspense— THE WOMAN WHO COULDN'T SCREAM: A Virtue Falls Full-length Suspense— THE WATCHER: A Virtue Falls Short Story starring Sheriff Kateri KwinaultA DARK AND STORMY NIGHT: A compilation of three short stories: THE LISTENER, LOVE NEVER DIES, and THE WATCHER, as well as extras from the Virtue Falls series.