Major Dos Masters deployed on counter drug operations more than he is on base or home in Colorado, prefers his no relationships, no broken hearts lifestyle. Then a mission went horribly wrong. Dos spent months in captivity and more in the hospital after his rescue. He has finally returned home to Colorado for some R&R. His time is spent getting back in shape, fighting attacks from a virus his captors pumped into him, and watching the redhead across the street from his brother's security of...

**Dream Stalker - First Place Winner of the Romance Writers Association's PASIC Book of Your Heart contest**Reporter Janine Chase believes she has finally found someone who truly loves her in Detective Connor Dawson. Then horrific nightmares of murder start and romance becomes the furthest thing from her mind. Nightmares become reality when a serial killer begins murdering everyone close to Janine, including Connor's brother Brian who is working as Lead Detective on the murder case...

Garrett Steele is an undercover operative for Clandestine Operations. His assignment is to root out the discrepancies at Blackthorn Ltd. He's just finishing his assignment when everything falls apart. He barely escapes with his life and since it appears his cover is blown he is forced to take a vacation. Vacation isn't a word in Garrett's dictionary. His complicated past has made him focus on work and forget about relationships or life outside of work. With few friends and no idea of what ...

Izzy wants nothing more from life than to help her students. After a disastrous marriage to a mobster, she is happy just to be alive. Afraid to trust her judgment where men are concerned, she keeps all her relationships at arm's length. Until she finds herself the victim of a hit-and-run and the person who comes to her aid is her best friend's brother-in-law. His caring nature is in direct opposition to his public 'just the facts, ma'am,' attitude. The shadows in his eyes tell her he knows...

Chaney McBride faces losing the one thing she loves most, her ranch. Jed Sampson faces the possibility of losing his young daughter in a nasty custody battle. Chaney and Jed have a history and it isn't a pleasant one. After years of not seeing each other, fate steps in and throws them together at her sister's wedding.To save her ranch, Chaney needs a husband in order to claim her inheritance. Jed needs a wife to increase his chances of winning his custody battle. They were always a...

Nikki Sterces is a high school English teacher with a past. That past returns with a vengeance reeking havoc on her quiet life. Threatening phone calls are only the beginning. Shortly after one of these calls, her high school sweetheart, now Detective Joseph Fitzpatrick, knocks on her door and informs her they believe her uncle has been murdered. Can this be the answer to her prayers? Will her fears all disappear with the death of her lecherous uncle? It doesn't take long to realize the an...

Detective Gina Desoto wants life to be like it used to be. She wants to go back. Back in time to before her aunt returned; before her usually stoic partner found love and became a bastion of cheer; before a good friend got murdered by a burglar; and before Ace got a target painted on his back. She may not be interested in a relationship with him anymore, but she certainly doesn't want him dead.ADA Ace Masters isn't certain of anything anymore. With both of his brothers happily marr...

An Event Planner. A Chance Encounter. Possibilities.Dr. Martin DelaHardt, finds a woman who's been mugged in the middle of a snowstorm. As he helps her, he forges a bond with her little dog that won't leave her. The devotion of the animal tells Martin the woman is special. However, it doesn't explain the unexpected attraction he feels for her the first time their eyes meet. He's returned home after five years abroad with a humanitarian health organization to recharge and reevaluate...

They're both bold, determined, relentless, and don't trust easily. Lorelei is a PI with a southern accent, estranged from her family, and best friends with his baby sister. Finn's an ex-marine who avoids relationships, is fiercely protective of his family, and owns a salon.Lorelei always works alone. But when a surveillance job takes a deadly turn, she's forced to ask for help. As if that wasn't enough, she's forced into maid of honor duties with her best friend's hunky, frustratin...

A Rancher. An Intruder. A Security Man.Marley Jasper's morning starts with a bang. Shooting at an intruder, she can no longer deny trouble is knocking on her door. She needs to make her guest ranch secure before the season's kick-off barbecue. When she walks in the Master Security office, the last person she expects to see behind the desk is the baseball player she had a crush on in high school.When a gorgeous woman walks through the office door, Chance Dugan thinks his luc...

The Masters Men are decorating for Christmas. They have a lot to celebrate between the birth of Ace and Gina's first child, Tres and Izzy's twins, and the upcoming birth of Dos and Copper's fourth; not to mention no major family tragedies for a year. Then again, no one has heard from Smitty since he left the decorating party at Gina's Aunt Camille's house.After receiving a worried call from Smitty's son, Camille sets out on the cold December night to look for him. She finds him nea...

Dreams and desires are different for everyone. They can be simple or complicated. Sometimes life has been so hard we forget what it means to dream about anything. Who has time for desires with all it takes to just keep our heads above water? Such is the case for Gabrielle and Theo. Two people with such different outlooks on life and people it's amazing they even meet. But sometimes our dreams make us do desperate things.Gabrielle can't let her restaurant close after fifty years of ...