Suspended for a hunch gone wrong, CIA language analyst Phoebe Renfrew is desperate to get her job back. But when she uncovers a terrorist plot at a Las Vegas start-up owned by famed ex-quarterback Chase Bonaventure, no one will listen. Can Phoebe get Chase on her side—and thwart international disaster—before the All-Elvis Revue sings "Jailhouse Rock"?

When a frantic Russian defector jumps into her taxi, CIA language analyst Phoebe Renfrew would love nothing more than to take him to the proper government officials. But then the taxi's windows are shot out. And with the government shutdown, she's got little choice but to take him home. He can hide in the basement of the beautiful but rundown place she just bought with Chase Bonaventure, her fiancé. It's only for the weekend. What could happen, right?But between fighting off the at...

Phoebe Renfrew—on leave from her job at the CIA—talks her way into apprenticing as a private investigator. Her first job takes her to Venture Automotive, an electric-vehicle manufacturing start-up, where someone vandalized the cars and stole data.The loss is devastating for CEO Chase Bonaventure, retired star quarterback of the Las Vegas Rattlesnakes—and the man Phoebe's almost certainly in love with. He's determined to stop the escalating damage before it's too late—and convince P...

Maggie Jorgenson would love to fall in love again. Her first marriage ended badly and she doesn't miss her ex, but she longs for the companionship and intimacy of a loving partnership.The odds of that ever happening are next to zero. She's got three kids, a fulltime job, and a house badly in need of repair. Even if she had the time and energy to date, she doesn't see any likely prospects in the small town where she lives.Venus, the goddess of love, and Mars, her protector, ...

Five years ago, Abby Marsh quit architecture school and returned home to help her family when they needed her most. She had to set aside her dreams, maybe forever.But now that her sister's grown up and her mom's doing better, maybe it's time to reevaluate. Maybe she could resume her education. It would be expensive and time consuming. And a lot of hard work. One thing for sure: She won't have time for love, even though the new park ranger is super nice. And cute.But Venus, ...

Minka Shokat only needs two things in life: her fourth-generation Wayfarer spaceship, and two best friends and crewmates by her side. Anjali and Tex were the only people to stand by her after she was falsely branded a traitor and kicked out of Central Command five years ago.Since then, Minka has kept as far from Command as the galaxy will allow. Working with her friends on their own terms beats flying warships any day. But keeping her junker of a ship flying takes money—money that M...

Sarah Marcheford feels like an idiot when she gets the brush-off from her fiancé just before Christmas. He'd promised her the moon and the stars—a romantic holiday season as they started their life together in San Francisco. Instead, he tells her he's going back to his wife. Like a dope, she'd fallen for the oldest story in the world.When her sister calls from upstate New York, Sarah makes a snap decision to visit her for the holidays. But the blizzard of the century closes airport...

Lucy O'Halloran always picks the wrong guys—men she can't love, who don't love her back. Jonas Holliday is a cop out to make a fresh start—if his ex-wife will just leave him alone.Lucy's interested in the new cop who seems to mean what he says. Jonas likes Lucy, too, and his new job in Berkeley, California—even the nutty aspects of it. But when he learns that Lucy's grandmother is a modern-day Robin Hood—and Lucy's okay with it—that's a roadblock he can't get around. And Lucy can't...

When her father loses the family's Nevada ranch in a poker game, Hope McNaughton decides to win it back—from New Jersey Mafia boss Big Julie Saladino. She's got time…thirty days. Thirty days before they have to move out or swim with the fishes.Hope calls on her honorary uncles—who are totally legit, honestly—to sharpen her game. Poker champion Tanner Wingate—whose shady past is all behind him, really—wants to pull her out of that deep water and into his life.Hope doesn't wa...