A steamy, forbidden, friends-with-benefits romantic suspense. CHARLIE DOESN'T PLAY BY THE RULES...Life hasn't been easy for her. Her mother was a monster. And when Charlie left home, there wasn't always a warm bed, food, or a hot shower. Sometimes she had to use her captivating beauty and cunning attitude to get by.When her mother dies and Charlie comes home to put that part of her life behind her, she finds the diary. It fills her with rage. And now she's out for revenge.That's when she meets him, the gorgeous private investigator she hires to find all the men who wronged her.Ethan Stone DOES play by the rules. And at the top of his list is "Don't get involved with clients." Stone Rules is a standalone romance in the Stone Brothers series. Each book can be read in any order. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There may be topics in this novel that would be upsetting or painful for some. For a full list of TWs see the author's website.

A law man and the social worker with a secret crush team up to safeguard a baby in this romantic suspense from a USA Today–bestselling author.After a near-fatal shootout at his sister’s wedding, third-generation lawman Niall Watson comes home to a baby in distress. The abandoned newborn in his neighbor’s apartment sends the Kansas City PD criminologist into rescue mode once again.Social worker Lucy McKane will do whatever it takes to protect the infant boy entrusted to her care. The tall, sexy medical examiner next door may be clueless about her feelings for him, but Niall’s the only one who can keep them safe. As a vengeful killer targets them, desire draws Lucy and Niall dangerously closer. Together, can they find justice and safeguard their newly created family?

Meet the strong, sexy, protectors of Elite SWAT - and the smart, feisty women who steal their hearts. Get the first three books of the award-winning Elite SWAT series.For the FightShe’s a cop with her career on the line. He’s the SWAT team operator who broke her heart.The gunman holding them hostage? He’s got no idea who he’s dealing with...Luella Brayshaw is a brilliant police officer until one mistake sends her to desk duties in disgrace. Desperate to make amends, Lou is thrown into the path of Nate Rivers, the man she'd once thought she'd love forever. But Nate destroyed everything Lou ever believed in about love, and the last thing she wants is to be stuck on a train with him - especially as the connection between them is as infuriatingly electric as ever.Driven and focussed, Elite SWAT tactical operator Nate Rivers has dedicated his life to his career. That meant making tough choices – including walking away from Lou. He's never doubted that decision... until now.But then a gunman takes their carriage hostage… and suddenly the past doesn’t matter.Now it’s up to Nate and Lou – unarmed – to save everyone on that train.Out Run the Night – winner of the 2020 Romance Writers of Australia RUBY Award for Best Romantic SuspenseThe biker and his ex-school teacher. For one – hot – night only...Except he’s undercover. She has no idea who he is. And then… they’re kidnapped.Recently divorced Bethwyn Banfield just wants one out-of-character night on the town - and the tall, dark, tattooed stranger she meets is not what she’s looking for. But their instant, electric attraction is undeniable.Elite SWAT undercover cop Damon Nyhuis spent two years infiltrating the notorious Notechi Motorcycle Club, doing whatever it took to remain in deep cover. But when he sees his high school calculus teacher in a bar, looking as hot as she did thirteen years ago, the last thing he thinks about is his job. And that turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.Kidnapped and dragged to the middle of nowhere, Beth and Damon must escape the murderous Notechi. But the desert is vast, desolate and unforgiving, and danger is right on their heels.First, they must make it home. But then – can there really be a future for the teacher who wants her own family, and the cop who makes certain he’s always alone?Danger in TrustShe doesn’t want a bodyguard. He doesn’t want to want her.Together they must fight for their lives.Staunchly independent IT executive Emily Valente has no time for her estranged politician mother – so she's unimpressed when a threat to her mother leaves her with two Elite SWAT bodyguards on the biggest night of her career. Especially when one of those bodyguards is a tall, sexy, distraction.For the focussed and always-exemplary Elite SWAT bodyguard Griffin Walters it was just a standard job – except for his unwanted attraction to the smart and stubborn woman he’s assigned to protect. But then the impossible happens, and suddenly Griff is fighting not only to save Emily’s life, but also his own.With no idea who they can trust, Griff and Emily must work together to survive the night. Sparks fly and passion runs hot – but are they willing to break their own rules to risk a future together?Or will the last person they expect betray them before they ever get that chance?With action and heat that will leave you breathless, Elite SWAT is the award-winning series by RITA® Award winning author, Leah Ashton. Each book is a stand-alone romance, with no cliff-hanger endings, but the books are best read in order.

She had the world at her feet…until it was ripped out from under her.Hobnobbing with the elite around the globe, Haven Caldwell does things other people can only dream of, but it’s all a cover. As a covert operative of Deimos, a US black-ops agency, she knows how to handle herself in any given situation, even if it requires killing someone. But when her latest mission goes awry, leaving her in a wheelchair, she feels she has nothing left to live for.Delta Force member, Sergeant First Class Lucas “Frisco” Ingram, will never forget the day he met the pretty spy whose life was turned upside down in a split second. Torn and bleeding, she begged him to leave her to die, but he refused. Now he can’t get her out of his head, and she wants nothing to do with him. But when a terrorist threatens an attack on American soil, Haven might be the only one who can help him and his teammates stop it.While forced to work together, Lucas tries to convince Haven that his feelings for her are not a result of guilt or pity—that she has something worth fighting for staring her right in the face. But will their chance for a happy-ever-after be blown to hell?***In addition to being part of Susan Stoker's Special Forces: Operation Alpha World, Handling Haven is Book 1 in the Deimos series, which is a spinoff of Samantha Cole's popular Trident Security series.