She'd been a victim of a horrible crime at her own father's hands.With her spirit broken and her body hurting, Texas State Police Officer Bailey Moore is determined to return to the job—and find a way to heal. No matter what she has to do.Finding her place in Value, Texas again is the hardest task she's ever undertaken.Especially in front of him. The one man she has never forgotten—or lived up to his expectations. Sheriff Clay Addy is haunted by the woman he failed. Bailey's return to the TSP reminds Clay of just how much she has suffered—and reminds him of how much he had wanted her.Still wants her.Even though he is not the kind of man she needs. Clay needs to find a way to deal with the attraction still burning in him. Before he does something else he'll regret. Something that will hurt her more than he already has.Somehow.But as they...

★ ★ ★ A DOCTOR. A NURSE. DANGER ON HER FOOTSTEPS. ★ ★ ★ When an F4 tornado strikes the hospital, nothing will ever be the same for the two of them again. Despite Dr. Allen Jacobson rescuing her, ER nurse Izzie MacNamara doesn't trust him one bit. He is too arrogant, too charming—and too many nurses have fallen for him before. She has other things to focus on—like getting her life back to normal. And standing on her own two feet again. IZZIE REMINDS HIM THAT HE'S NOT DEAD. Events in the last year have changed Allen in ways he is still trying to identify. But there is one woman who doesn't tiptoe around him at the hospital now. Allen needs that. When someone nearly kills her, Allen is there to protect her once again. Allen will always be there when Izzie needs him—and he will always protect her, no matter what the cost....

WHY DID THE MONSTERS ALWAYS COME FOR THE INNOCENT? Former Sheriff Zoey Daviess has moved on from her Texas State Police days. She had one mission now: Uncover her birth family's secrets and reveal the truth about the woman who sold Zoey's siblings for cold, hard cash. Even if that means working closely with her former partner. Sheriff Murdoch Lake. His rugged good looks were the stuff that made women stop and stare—but the moment Murdoch opened his mouth, Zoey remembered exactly why the man had always infuriated her like no other. ZOEY DAVIESS WAS DESTINED FOR FAR MORE THAN LIFE IN LITTLE GARRITY, TEXAS. —HE, MURDOCH MICHAEL LAKE, HAD BEEN SENT THERE TO ROT. Fourteen months ago, nearly losing Zoey showed Murdoch the depth of his feelings for the confounding woman. She owned his heart and soul.But he'd never confess that....

Annie had learned long ago that she could get through just about anything life threw her way. She can get through being forced from the home she's lived in since she was a child.She has one more chance to convince the mayor to knock down some other neighborhood for his shopping malls and banks—or she and the three little boys she's in the process of adopting are going to end up homeless.For shy Annie, the thought of confronting one of the wealthiest men in Finley Creek—one of the handsome, charismatic, larger-than-life Barratts—has her shaking and ready to flee. If the fight weren't so important, Annie would turn and run, avoiding the fire altogether. But Annie can't run this time. She's running out of options. She just has to get through this one meeting—and convince Mayor Turner Barratt to listen to her.Somehow.Turner Barratt takes one look at Annie Gaines, his last appointment of the day, and can't look away. Innocent,...

**A Finley Creek Novella of approximately 80 pages**Someone had his eyes on Fin…and his attention was unwanted.Fin did her best to hide from the world behind a bubbly exterior, but it was hard to keep that up knowing someone was out there watching every move she made.Dr. Virat Patel was the born protector type. When he learned that colleague and friend Fin Coulter was being stalked by an unwanted admirer, Virat is not about to let her face the storm alone…Now he has to keep her safe, no matter what storms may come.**Before the Rain Breaks is a prequel for the third trilogy of Finley Creek stories, taking place after As the Night Ends**

Survival. It isn't always easy.She had survived. She could survive. She will survive again.After a brutal assault and cancer as a teenager, Dr. Nikkie Jean Netorre knows she'll never be a victim again. She's a survivor.She knows she can make it through just about anything—including falling for Dr. Caine Alvaro.Caine, the one man she doesn't fear.Actions have consequences...Their actions have led to a life-long consequence—for them and for Caine's three young children.Now they must find a way to work together—for all of them.But the actions of another physician are far more sinister. Caine has to find the snake in their midst—before Nikkie Jean becomes a victim again. ***FIRST in the FINLEY CREEK: DISASTER quadrilogy.***

Shannon Toliver, hacker extraordinaire with the PAVAD division of the FBI, loved her position with one of the best FBI teams in the nation, loved her new city, and loved the people she worked with.  She wouldn't change a thing about her job. Well, almost anything. There was always that thorn in her side, Ezra Hahn.When that city, those people, and the team she loved were threatened, there wasn't anything Shannon wasn't prepared to do to keep them safe.Someone had hired a killer to target the FBI, and that killer was going to start with the people Shannon loved.Agent Ezra Hahn knew Shannon Toliver was the exact type of woman he did not need in his life. The woman drove him crazy and made him burn. In more ways than one. They couldn't be in the same room together without shooting flames off each other. It was best to just stay far away from that temptation, before she made him do something he'd regret.When they are abducted by masked gunmen, Ezra will do anything to keep Shannon safe.After they were rescued by their teammates, they thought the threat was over, but it was just beginning. Someone had hired a killer, after all. A killer Ezra knew far too well. A killer who wanted to know Shannon a whole lot better…

She had been born - and then reborn - with the knowledge that in one of her lives she would be called on to bring forth evil. For if evil was not reborn, then it could not be defeated.Loren Nellano was a Druid of ancient and powerful skill, but even she would be defeated by the Dark Sorcerer. But she'd also known for a long time that she could not escape her destiny. Every world depended on her to protect it from the evil that approached, could she do it? Loren didn't know. But she had to try. But she didn't have to do it alone.

She was going to die.Aureliana Adrastos knew it, and would meet that death face-to-face, sword in hand. That was one reason why she’d kept the knowledge that she’d found her mate to herself. The grief for the life they would never have together nearly crippled her. What purpose would it serve to tell him? It would only cause them both far more pain than Aureliana could ever hope to endure… Ren, prince of all warrior demons, wanted the fiery Dardaptoan female for his own, and she wanted him, too. So why was the bravest female he’d ever known running from him? He’d followed her anywhere; honor demanded it. He would stop at nothing to have her - or to keep her safe. Nothing would stand between them. Not even the warrior girl herself…

Limited Edition. Only available until January 1, 2015! In the Beginning...Four cousins were taken by creatures they never knew existed, and that changed everything. This box set contains the first four stories in the Dardanos, Co. paranormal romance series.