What does a lawyer do with a client who may be a liar—or worse? Marty Nickerson struggles with that very issue as she defends two men who are surely guilty—or are they?Charles Kendrick, the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, has been named a "person of interest" in connection with the disappearance of his twenty-five-year-old spokesperson, Michelle Forrester. A multistate manhunt is already underway, and the district attorney is pressuring Kendrick for an interview, w...

The winner of the 2002 Mary Higgins Clark Award returns with Cape Cod attorney Marty Nickerson in another riveting legal thriller.Is it ever wise for an attorney to defend her lover's ex-lover?At the request of her law partner and lover, Harry Madigan, attorney Marty Nickerson agrees to defend the beautiful Louisa Rawlings against the charge of first-degree murder in the bludgeoning death of her wealthy husband. Marty is both intrigued and disturbed by Louisa—she used to be...

Martha “Marty” Nickerson, an assistant district attorney on Cape Cod, speaks for victims of crime and their families and sees the system as a means for doing right. The case of Manuel Rodriguez is a prime example. Rodriguez is accused of brutally murdering a college student, a kind young man with a bright future. Marty has worked hard on this case. As the mother of a teenage son, she feels a deep obligation to the murdered boy’s grieving parents. Her case against Rodriguez is so solid that...

Martha "Marty" Nickerson, a Cape Cod district attorney turned defense lawyer, must defend a man who shot his son's presumed killer—on live television. The only possible defense is insanity, but the grieving father refuses to say he was crazy when he pulled the trigger.Marty and her partner in love and law, Harry Madigan, are already stretched thin when, on the eve of Buck's trial, a bleeding woman staggers into their office. Her attacker has just been found—dead— and he's ...

My name is Thomas and I'm always hard.No really, that's my last name. Thomas Hard, the pleasure is all mine… literally. I can't help it that my name suits me well.You know what else suits me well? That girl sitting across the bar, with her lips right where I tell them to be. I want her, and when I want something, it's gonna be mine.One night. No names. No phone numbers. Just me, her, and pure pleasure.Except, that one girl turns out to be th...

Aleksandr Ivanov was my person.We helped each other through the worst of our childhoods. I thought we were meant for each other—then he ghosted me. That's when I learned that the only person I can count on is me.Fourteen years later, the NHL superstar reappears in my life with an outrageous request: pretend to be his wife and help him adopt his orphaned niece, Stella. The twist? Apparently, we've been married since I was sixteen.I can't commit to th...

Making a play for his biggest rival's sister will send this hockey star straight to the penalty box.JordanFive years ago, I was at the top of my game.It all came crashing down when I hit my own captain.He deserved it, but the world doesn't know that.Neither does his baby sister, Sutton.I've clawed my way back to the top and tried to put it behind me.But I never expected her to show up, demanding the t...

Leo Morelli has lost everything.His safety. His sanity. But worse than that, the woman he loves. He will destroy Bishop's Landing to get her back, even if it means becoming the monster she fears.The entire city will feel his wrath.Haley Constantine loves her beast, but she can't walk away from her family. They need her now more than ever. It will take more than violence to face these enemies. It will take sacrifice.Can she give up the man sh...

I meant to save my brother. Instead, I got caught by his dangerous, older, kingpin boss…It was a perfect plan. Grab my feckless brother from outside the pub, take him to our family cabin, and force him to sort his life out.Except, when I open the back of my little car, it's not my brother there, but the tall, dark, tattooed, Irish mafia boss he works for.And the kingpin is furious.Oops.Within seconds, he's turned the tables on me, an...

A hot grump. A sunny optimist. And an attraction that's--yep, we're gonna say it--irresistible.Broody wildlife veterinarian Griffin Foster is done. Done trying to save the world. Done getting attached. He’s been fired twice for standing his ground and now he’s going to be content--by God--in small-town Louisiana, in a small veterinary practice, where there will only be small problems.Quiet and boring, though? Um, no. He’s been adopted by a loud, cr...

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Clarissa Wild brings you Bad Boss, a standalone romance novel in the Unprofessional Bad Boys series.What do men want more than anything? Money and women.As the CEO of one of the biggest companies in the city, I am one lucky man. Everyone wants a taste of what I've got to offer—and it's massive. Girls fight over me in droves.In my fantasy, of course. I had to make some sacrifi...

Ex-cop Kasper “Gutter Mouth” Guttenmuth has always been a playboy. Love was a four-letter word. He learned that lesson as he watched his father run around on his mom before she died. Until he fell hard for the wrong woman—his best friend’s baby sister.Krysta Sokolofski has been in love with the same man since she was a teenager. For a brief time, he held more than her heart in his hands. Until he pushed her away. A dirty secret he wanted distance from. It took her years to move on....