Her past and her present collide with earthshaking results. Who will be her future…assuming she has one?Sixteen years ago, Zoe Ardmore was abducted and held for a year before she escaped. After struggling to overcome the damage done by that year, she has put it behind her—completely. Her fiancé, Kellen Stone, doesn’t even know it happened. She has a successful career and social life untainted by the past.Now her abductors have been released from prison, jeopardizing every part of that new life. She took something from them, a treasure they’ll never stop seeking, and they’ve threatened her new family if she doesn’t return that treasure. The problem is that she has no idea where it is. The solution? Grant Neely, the one person who knows everything about that dark time. He’s now a mercenary with the connections and skills to help her resolve this mess. He’s also the man whose proposal she refused ten years ago.Zoe breaks her engagement and sells her company in an effort to remove the threat hanging over the people she cares about. But the only permanent solution is to find the treasure and destroy it so her enemies have no reason to come after her or anyone else. Grant’s the one man who can help her, even if it means dredging up old feelings. But then Kell shows up, refusing to be sidelined and showing Zoe that none of them are who they seem to be. At the end of her quest will be the hardest decision she’s ever had to make—if she’s around to make it.This action-adventure romance launches the Seismic Victory series! Get book 2, Resonance, then read The Road to Victory, which leads right into the plight of the security company, Victory, in Victory on the Edge.

When a former cop returns to Maine to solve her father's murder, she teams up with a rogue FBI agent in this romantic suspense novel.Shattered by her father's murder, Zoe West resigned from the police force and left Goose Harbor, Maine. But as the investigation continues to go unsolved, Zoe realizes only one thing will help her repair the damage—returning home to confront the past.FBI special agent J. B. McGrath is burned-out after a year of working undercover. Forced to take a break, he chooses Goose Harbor as a retreat. But he isn't lying low. He believes a killer is still loose in the town—a killer who isn't happy to see Zoe West return.Zoe isn't sure she can trust the unpredictable FBI agent—or their growing attraction to each other. But as the danger mounts, one wrong move could destroy everything she and J.B. care about. Someone who got away with murder is determined to keep it that way.

The Dark Kings are the best combination of alpha heroes and romantic suspense. Each book is a roller coaster ride of emotion, danger and sizzling, sexy fun. - Carly Phillips, NY Times bestselling author.One minute I’m discharging from the marines, the next I’m undercover in the Baldassare mafia searching for my kidnapped cousin, thanks to fellow marine and billionaire Connor Barrett. He found me a way in.Her name is Gianna Baldassare.Do I care that I’m using her? Not at fucking all.To begin with.Then her long dark lashes and Italian curves start to affect more than one body part, and royally messes everything up.---My friend Mia got out. There has to be a way for me to escape this life. Except how many powerful, gorgeous billionaires are there wanting to take on a mafia brat?Zero. That’s how many.So when another buffed up gangster smirks at me, seeking to join my father’s dangerous business, I figure why not. It’s just another day in crime lord paradise. It’s his funeral.Until I learn Braxton’s not who he says he is, and I’m left torn between loyalty and freedom. The price we both have to pay could be far more than we bargained for.Which one of us will run first?The Merciless King is the next book in The Dark Kings of NYC series - a dark billionaire mafia romance, by bestselling author Juliette N. Banks. If you enjoy darker spicy romances with twists, battling mafia families, and dominant, protective heroes, then you’ll love this book. Expect a happy ever after in every book, and a different couple.

He carries a big stick. And he’s not afraid to use it.On the ice, Kellan Carter is the powerhouse enforcer for the Charlotte Strikers. Off the ice, he’s just a regular guy trying to avoid the groupies chasing fame and fortune. What Kellan really wants is a woman who knows how to enjoy some good, clean fun—and maybe a little not-so-clean fun, too. The kind of woman he’d never let go.Kristen Robinson is exactly that woman. A gorgeous, down-to-earth bartender who’s caught Kellan’s eye, she finally agrees to go out with him—and their night ends with the most electrifying kiss of his life. But then Kristen pulls away, insisting they can’t see each other again. Kellan knows that kiss meant something to her. What he doesn’t know is that Kristen is hiding a dangerous secret.Kellan has already proved that she can trust him with her body and her heart. But as her past resurfaces, he’ll have to prove she can trust him with her life. And he might have to get his hands dirty to do it.“L. P. Dover knows how to create the men who make us swoon, the book boyfriends we all want.”—New York Times bestselling author Heidi McLaughlinPraise for Hard Stick“Hard Stick is a sexy hockey romance that heats up the ice, and the bedroom!”—Sarah Robinson, bestselling author of the Kavanagh Legends series“Hard Stick is the action-packed hockey romance you’ll never forget.”—Addicted2Books“Loved the storyline, the plot was very developed with some suspense, drama and of course romance, the exact amount to make this book good and interesting.”—Collectors of Book Boyfriends & Girlfriends“I would 100% recommend this book to anyone who loves a story that has a little bit of everything in it. If you’re looking for a storyline that will suck you in and characters you will fall in love with and want more of, then this is the book to read! . . . Hard Stick is truly a book that is a case of ‘Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover,’ but in the best way possible.”—Book Bitches Blog“I loved everything about this book. I highly recommend this author.”—Jack of All Trades, Master of None Book Reviews“You’ll be sucked in from the start and will feel the book hangover before you’re done.”—Seraphim Book Reviews (five stars)“L. P. Dover did a great job with this book and if you know going into that it has more of a suspenseful love story, you might not be so surprised. I recommend this book. I couldn’t put it down.”—Wicked Love of Books

Mackenzie Scirocco grapples with the daily challenges of being a single mother of five-year-old twins and the responsibilities of running her bakery. Some days she fools herself that all the proverbial balls are in the air. Especially when the man she has a crush on asks her out. But her world—and those balls—crashes around her when her ex-husband questions her sanity and files for full custody of the boys.Captain Phoenix Egan of the Water Course Fire Department gets trapped inside a burning building and can’t save himself from the consequences. His physical wound is nothing compared to the emotional one. He has to keep his fear of fighting fires a secret or risk his career and that makes him dangerous. Mack is the only person who can help him be whole again, and she can’t be with him.A relationship for Mack will jeopardize her custody case, but her heart refuses to be denied.If she can prove her ex-husband is actually the crazy one, she might find a way to be with the man she loves. And if she can’t… she and Phoenix will lose everything they hold dear.

Books 4-7 of the heartwarming and suspenseful Safe Haven Women’s Shelter series: Laura’s Safe Haven, Marie’s Hidden Refuge, and Sadie’s Guarded HarborStrong, loyal women who face fear head on, and the men who stand beside them.Jenna’s Threatened Sanctuary Single mom Dr. Jenna Simon will do whatever it takes to protect her baby—even asking the man who broke her heart to help clear her name. Private investigator Calvin Spradling never forgot Jenna, and working side by side to uncover the truth behind a murder forces him to face the feelings he’s spent years trying to bury. But as danger closes in, the secrets threatening Jenna’s life may destroy them both.Elsie’s Strong ShelterWhen her best friend goes missing, Elsie Sweet asks investigator Dean Kingston for help. Dean has sworn off love, but working side by side with Elsie while they uncover the deadly secrets hiding in their small Southern town has him reconsidering…Clara’s Secure HideawayFinally free from her abusive ex, Clara Parson vows to keep her children safe, no matter what it takes — and handsome, kind deputy Heath Sterling plans to help her every step of the way. But when her children are taken, they’ll need to work together to get them back…Katherine’s Last HopeAfter a masked man attacks nurse and single mother Katherine Milton in a hospital parking lot, Officer Cody Hogan steps in to save her. Cody has spent years trying to outrun his family’s criminal reputation, but protecting Katherine forces the two closer than either expected. And as they uncover the truth behind the attacks, Katherine is dragged back into a dangerous past she thought she’d escaped forever.