Cochise County needed a new deputy and Cage Nichols needed a cover–pronto.Unfortunately, Cage unknowingly assumed the identity of an undercover hit man who'd marked stand-in Sheriff Grace Steele to be murdered. He was an ex-cop sidelined by a bullet. Now, Cage was embedded in the dusty West Texas border town with no choice but to assume the role of a double agent in order to expose a conspiracy and to protect his own hide. That was the plan. Until he met Grace.Whether it was the isolation...
Fatherhood was never in the cards…until an innocent family wrapped themselves around his heart…Mark Tranton thought his bodyguard career ended the day he watched a client die. Now Kelli Crane—the widow—needs Mark to keep her and her little girl safe. Mark swears he's not the man for the job, but when the vulnerable beauty is attacked, there's no way he can deny the woman he failed two years before.Being around Kelli again stirs something in Mark he could never admit. And spending time...
"I wish to God you were dead." Little did Ellie Chase know those would be the last words she ever spoke to her estranged mother. When Martha's body was found the next morning, all eyes were on Ellie… who couldn't remember what she'd done that night. So when Tommy Maricci–the man she refused to let herself love– came to her rescue, she couldn't say no.Tommy believed in his former girlfriend's innocence–no matter how damning the evidence against her was. She may have...
SWAT Captain Michael Cutler's pulse was racing. He should have been thinking about the intense hostage crisis he'd just diffused.But he couldn't keep his mind off of her–Jillian Masterson, the leggy brunette who had come to him for protection from an obsessive stalker. He certainly hadn't been looking for love, especially with someone fifteen years his junior. But their chemistry was undeniable. As the stalker's threats intensified, Michael knew he'd go to any...
His painful past is their present dangerThe last thing U.S. Marshal Brent Thompson needs is distraction from his work. But distraction–in the form of a sexy Chicago investigator–is exactly what he gets. Jenna Hayward is as alluring as she is determined, driven to help aprehend the murderer who killed Brent's mother twenty-three years ago. With a shared mission–and a steadily rising attraction that jeopardizes Brent's resolve to stay unattached–the pair must work together to get...
THE AGENT: Handsome and hard-edged Alex Bok.THE MISSION: Keeping his emotions in check when a dangerous undercover assignment reunited him with the breathtaking beauty who'd saved his life.THE IMMOVABLE FORCE: The enticing virgin was holding out for promises of forever–the one thing this love 'em and leave 'em agent couldn't guarantee. Then all the rules changed when his deadly mission forced them into oh-so-close captivity. Would they survive the night of no return with...
When Buck Wyatt and his sisters inherit Broken Arrow Ranch, it comes with a catch: One of them has to be on the premises at all times for one year, or they'll lose it.So Buck counts on setting up stakes. What he doesn't count on is lovely fortune hunter Rainey Brewster. He soon realizes the woman is telling the truth about a hidden gold mine–and that his interest in her goes beyond professional.Yet as their search for gold–and their passion for each other–intensifies, it's clear...
Amanda Crowe's baby girl had been kidnapped! In the shadowy world in which she lived, there was no one to trust except herself. She was going to get her baby back no matter the cost. But she hadn't counted on Jesse McCall getting in her way–a man who was more than he seemed….Posing as Amanda's driver, undercover cop Jesse McCall was assigned to watch the mobster's daughter. But he couldn't ignore Amanda's heart-wrenching effort to bring her child home, nor her...
SHE WAS IN LABOR…And Lucinda Alvarez had to rely on detective Dylan McMorrow to deliver her baby. Although she had vowed to forget the man who'd broken her heart, one glimpse of his irresistible blue eyes had her wondering if she could safeguard her emotions.After delivering both heartbreaking news and Lucinda's baby, Dylan realized he was still drawn to the delicate beauty. And with an elusive killer watching Lucinda's every move, he was duty-bounnd to protect her. Though he...
Could Jolie Randolph be losing her mind? That would explain why the typically focused bank executive had discovered inconsistencies in her usually meticulous work, totally forgotten a business trip and woken up naked in a stranger's bed! Jolie was coming undone and under investigation by the disarmingly handsome Simon Ruhl.But would he bed her or book her?Undercover Colby agent Simon Ruhl had his sights set on Jolie for more than one reason. She was suspected in a money-laundering scheme...