If Lisbeth Salander and Jack Reacher had a Black/Thai love child, she'd be Sophie...BUT SOPHIE'S IN TROUBLE.✅ Her mom is an assassin who wants to kill her and take her babies✅ Her cyber-vigilante ex-boyfriend is now a cult leader✅ There's a handsome Frenchman making eyes✅ She has a newborn baby, a toddler, a ninja nanny and two dogs to deal with while trying to move into a new house✅ But right now, maybe she should just put on a bra and get ready for a showdown because Mama's comin' to get her. Paradise can't contain an evil that's sworn revenge.What would you do if your mother wanted you dead?Private investigator and tech specialist Sophie has fought hard for a measure of peace and safety for her loved ones, but her assassin mother, hidden behind a beautiful new face, has other plans for the family.Sophie will need her friends, lovers,...

Paradise is stalked by a relentless evil.What would you do if your family was threatened?Sophie just wants to settle down with her unusual family—but a powerful presence sweeps in to steal her joy. At her most vulnerable physically and emotionally, Sophie must rise up to hunt down those who would take what's most precious to her. The boundaries of love and friendship are tested as the men in her life grapple with their roles, each trying to help—but in the end, it's Sophie who must face the darkness from her past and vanquish it."The Wired books really should be picked up as a film script…they're that good!" ~ Nancy S, Goodreads

Even Christmas can be darkest before dawn.She just wants to survive.The sixteen-year-old Robin Hood bandit responsible for starting an anarchy movement in Hawaii is now the target of an escape plot at a juvenile detention center, sparking FBI agent Lei Texeira to get involved with a manhunt.She just wants to find the burglar.Someone is stealing food from Aunty Rosario's restaurant kitchen, but the holiday takes an unexpected turn when she catches the thief in the act.Favorite Hawaii recipes submitted by readers and served in Aunty Rosario's Hawaiian Food Place restaurant are included!***Clipped Wings 4.5 takes place between Broken Ferns #4 and Twisted Vine #5. A portion appeared as a short story in an anthology.***

Paradise is plundered by pirates.Someone is attacking and robbing luxury yachts as they sail the Hawaiian Islands leaving their passengers missing and presumed dead. Sergeant Lei Texeira, with her typical leap first look later style, dives into a case with the Coast Guard to find answers that lie as deep as Davy Jones' locker.He's taking back what was stolen.The Pirate King has a hidden agenda that's bigger than the pillage of luxury yachts, and he'll stop at nothing to reign on the sea.Lei is back, solving crime! Grab this fast-paced mystery with a twist of romance, and take a trip to Hawaii with the series that's sold more than a million copies!"This series is persistently riveting." ~Kirkus Reviews

A wrong turn on vacation has deadly consequences.Twenty-one-year-old Lei is looking for a good time in Mexico.Blowing off steam after a tough semester, Lei and her friend Kelly hit the border in a red Mustang convertible; but a series of deadly misadventures unfold that will change Lei's life forever.A dog can change everything.Affected by the events in Mexico, Lei adopts a young K-9 dropout to guard the home she shares with her aunt. They try to stop a series of neighborhood robberies, and Lei discovers the scariest thing of all... how far her dog Keiki will go to save her life.***Wrong Turn is a PREQUEL NOVELLA for Blood Orchids, the first book in the Paradise Crime Mysteries. A rewritten portion was included in a previously published KW novella.***

Paradise hides a master thief.What if diamonds aren't a girl's best friend?A heist at a high-end auction house sends tech specialist Sophie on a new case hunting down a thief whose skills match her own. Even as she chases a cache of precious gems, events begun in a distant land threaten the fragile happiness Sophie is building—and an enigmatic new partner brings challenges close to home, tempting Sophie into the world of vigilante justice."Great character development, twists and turns! You never know how these books will end." ~Tango, Reviewer

If Lisbeth Salander and Jack Reacher had a Black/Thai love child, she'd be Sophie...What would you do if the crime you were hired to solve tugged at your heartstrings?Private investigator Sophie's latest case weighs heavy: someone has desecrated the nesting grounds of the majestic Laysan Albatross on Oahu, annihilating a generation of endangered birds—and the outrageous crime appears to be spreading to other islands. Sophie teams up with Sergeant Lei Texeira on Maui to search for killer whose brutal activities outrage the public.Meanwhile, killer grandma Pim Wat continues to threaten the fragile peace Sophie is building with her family.Will Sophie be able to find the answers she seeks in time?"Action. Adventure. Intrigue. Suspense. Sophie's story jumps off the pages and pulls the reader into a world that's hard to leave at the end of each book!"~Deb L., FB

***Grab Blood Orchids, first book in this long-running USA Today series, at no risk or expense! ***Danger stalks paradise.The past never stays buried.Sixteen years ago, Sergeant Lei Texeira met Harriet Vierra and Malia, the infant she adopted, in a deadly encounter in Mexico. Now a detective with the Maui Police Department, Harry works with Lei, and Malia, a teen sleuth, is determined to find her lost friend Camille.But Camille is only one of many missing girls.Young women are vanishing across the islands without a trace. Lei and Harry search for answers with the FBI, as Malia secretly conducts her own dangerous investigation: but for the girls taken by traffickers, time is running out.***Shark Cove is a full-length novel with new characters, and beloved ones as well!***