Someone wants her dead…Police officer Jade Donovan thought life was going well: a sweet four-year-old son, a good job, and a promotion in her future. But things have taken a dangerous turn. She’s being stalked. Hunted. Her predator delivers dead roses to Jade, each time the threats more descriptive, more terrifying. Her one hope is to figure out who wants to kill her before the intimidations become a reality. And the onlyman she can trust to help is the on...

Authentic Crime…Arresting StoriesAuthor Kathy Bennett is no stranger to murder and mayhem having enjoyed twenty-one years of thrills, heart-pounding action, and numerous twists and turns while working the mean streets of Los Angeles as an LAPD officer. Named Officer of the Year in 1997, Kathy’s experience translates into exciting page-turning tales of the men and women of the LAPD sworn to protect and to serve, while battling bureaucracy, bad guys, and bullets....

A desperate cop. A secretive stranger. A dark connection that could get them both killed…LAPD detective Maddie Divine tries to honor the memory of her fallen husband by fulfilling a promise she made to him and dedicates herself to care for his senile father. Unfortunately, her career ambitions tend to clash with the reality of her solemn word. Just when she needs to lock down a high-profile homicide, Maddie receives an urgent call from the old man’s assisted living...

Politics = Secrets and Power…and Sometimes MurderIn the murky world of politics, where secrets are currency and power reigns supreme, LAPD Detective Maddie Divine is summoned to a private meeting with the Mayor of Los Angeles and the Governor of California. Her instincts kick into high alert, and she senses trouble brewing. She’s told a young woman, valuable to the governor, is missing.Thrust into a chilling game of beat the clock, the stakes escal...

A tangled web of lies…Someone is killing cops. Detective Maddie Divine has been reunited with her former partner, Darius Cutter, and the pair are assigned to find the madman who is murdering officers at an alarming rate. When a patrolman from the department is killed and his wife—who is also a cop— is the number one suspect, Maddie and Darius find themselves deep in a deceptive labyrinth of lies. Unfortunately ladies man Darius is keeping secrets of his ow...

A botched robbery. One victim clinging to life. The suspect dead. Just another typical Monday night in Los Angeles.LAPD Detective Maddie Divine is assigned to work with the Valley Bureau Homicide detectives on what seems like an open-and-shut case. However, the investigation evolves into something far more sinister. Maddie teams up with fellow Detective, Gunner Ferrari to elicit facts amid secrets, deceit, and greed—all revolving around a charismatic preacher and his celebrated chu...

She thought the past was put to rest…Detective Maddie Divine is back and paired-up with fellow detective, Jade Donovan, to solve the brutal murder of a 16 year-old-girl. Why would someone kill an all-American girl? More importantly, has the serial rapist they’ve been searching for just become a murderer? Could the girl’s family of hot-headed brothers have something to hide? Manipulation and deception meet Maddie and Jade at every turn as they question whohas the mo...

THIS HALLOWEEN, EVEN THE TRUTH WEARS A COSTUME.When LAPD Lieutenant Maddie Divine hears about a drug bust near LAX, she doesn’t expect it to lead back to one of the most explosive cases of her career. A streetwise shuttle driver swears he has proof that a former high-ranking officer was wrongfully imprisoned for murder. The tip seems like a long shot...until the man who supposedly framed her turns up dead.With her detective partner, Darius Cutter, at her si...

A beauty pageant turned ugly…A local beauty contest is being terrorized with threats to the pageant officials and contestants. When one contestant is killed, and another contestant's mother goes missing, Detective Maddie Divine is drawn into the case. But she has more on her plate than disappearances and death. Her elderly father-in-law suffers from dementia, and he’s been wandering away from home.An obsession turned deadly…As Maddie tries to deal with the guilt of ...

An organized shoplifting ring. A murdered police officer. A missing teenage witness.Sixteen-year-old Chloe thinks she’s found love with charismatic twenty-seven-year-old Eloy. Instead, she’s being drawn into the dangerous world of a criminal who runs a sophisticated shoplifting operation across Los Angeles.As Eloy’s control over Chloe grows, she becomes trapped by secrets, blackmail, and fear. Then a police officer is killed during a violent heist, and Chlo...

Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes:ROMANCING THE WALLFLOWERCrimson, Coloradoby Michelle MajorIf Erin MacDonald were an ice cream flavor, she’d be old-fashioned vanilla. So she’s certain sexy brewmaster David McCay would never be interested in her. But despit...

The purpose of Communicating in the Anthropocene: Intimate Relations is to tell a different story about the world. Humans, especially those raised in Western traditions, have long told stories about themselves as individual protagonists who act with varying degrees of free will against a background of mute supporting characters and inert landscapes. Humans can be either saviors or destroyers, but our actions are explained and judged again and again as emanating from the individual. And yet...