Bobby (Bruiser) Parker is bored with his day to day job at Kelly Security. He should have known better than to wish for something to get him out of the office. His wish was quickly answered.Bruiser and his elite protection team are given the task of keeping a murder witness alive until the killers are caught. It should be a simple enough task for a group of former Special Forces and government agents. The killers however have other ideas as well as inside information.Bruiser ...

Brad Harris left Oklahoma City for Denver to start a new life. Mostly he needed to get away from his failed relationship with Karen McCormick. Their break up left his relationship with her father, his boss Martin McCormick, in bad shape. The partnership offer gave him an easy way out. When both of her parents are brutally murdered in their quiet Edmond home three years later. Karen, alone and afraid, practically begs him to come back. Once back in the city, Brad quickly discovers that thin...

Chief Brian Kelly's career as a U.S. Navy S.E.A.L came to a halt, when he lost his right knee saving a rich kid Marine's head, during Desert Storm. He medically retired with his pension and a dream. He had always planned to open a Security Consulting firm. His dream would be made easier when the young Marines wealthy grandfather dies. The old man had felt the need to reward Brian for his heroic deed. The reward comes in the form of a long abandoned government research facility and a lot of...

Bobby (Bruiser) Parker is back and in the middle of it all again. This time someone has taken two of the people he loves the most, Bailey Kelly and Karen Harris. The kidnappers demand Ten Million Dollars in 72 hours. Money isn't the problem. The women's husbands are two of the states wealthiest and most powerful men. The problem is Bruiser knows that statistically kidnap victims are not going to make it home after the money changes hands. Add to that, the feeling in his gut that this is ab...

In an atmospheric, chilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson, a string of murders points to a terrifying secret within a wealthy San Francisco family…Shock and grief play tricks on the mind. Cissy Cahill has been telling herself that a lot lately. Even if Cissy wasn’t particularly close to her grandmother, Eugenia Cahill’s sudden death was bound to take a toll. That would explain the fo...

In the too-quiet town of Oakwood, only the lucky die of boredom . . . and new homeowner Zack Walker isn’t feeling lucky. Whoever said the burbs were boring will think twice after reading Linwood Barclay’s hilarious debut mystery, in which Dad learns the hard way that he doesn’t always know best.Zack wouldn’t blame you for thinking he’s safety-obsessed. True, he masterminded a plot to trade his family’s exciting city lifestyle for one of suburban tranquillity. True,...

The third book in the Attracelli series!Sal Attracelli met Laci Anderson three years ago at his brother’s wedding. At the time, he had thought she was too young for him. But the memory of her trembling in his arms during their one dance would not leave him. Now, he was out to win her heart and was willing to enact an elaborate ruse in order to bring her closer.For Laci, the impression Sal left at the wedding had made him impossible to forget. But now he was pursuing Laci wi...

**This novel of murder amid an old-fashioned New England Thanksgiving “**portrays small-town life both realistically and sympathetically” (Publishers Weekly).Tinker’s Cove, Maine, has a long history of Thanksgiving festivities, from visits with TomTom Turkey to the annual Warriors high school football game and Lucy Stone’s impressive pumpkin pie. But this year, someone has added murder to the menu, and Lucy intends to discover who left Metinnicut Indian ac...

Laci Rocha Peterson, 8 months pregnant, was last seen by her sister, Amy, in the late afternoon of December 23, 2002. She spoke to her mother, Sharon Rocha, at 8:30 p.m. that night. This would be the last time anyone from her immediate family ever spoke to her.A search began which lasted an agonizing four months. Sadly, Laci Peterson and her son Conner were found dead on the shores of San Francisco Bay on April 18, 2003.Her husband, Scott, was eventually arrested and charge...

From beach-read favorite Rachel Hawthorne, author of Caribbean Cruising and Island Girls and Boys, comes a ski-slope romance for those cold winter nights! Perfect for fans of Stephanie Perkins, Lauren Barnholdt and Susane Colasanti.Winter Break super-secret perfect cocoa recipe:8 oz steamed whole milk(no skim! doesn't work!)2 tbsp. dark cocoa powder (big scoops)1 tbsp. sugar (can't be too sweet)4 dried, crushed mint leaves(or 1 tbsp. ...

Ex-St. Paul cop Rushmore McKenzie has more time, and more money, than he knows what to do with. In fact, when he's willing to admit it to himself (and he usually isn't), Mac is downright bored. Until he decides to do a favor for a friend facing a family tragedy: Nine-year-old Stacy Carlson has been diagnosed with leukemia, and the only one with the matching bone marrow that can save her is her older sister, Jamie. Trouble is, Jamie ran away from home years ago.Mac begins combing th...

Cowboys are a different breed...They work hard, play hard and love harder. It's all about the ride until the right woman makes them fall.Tina Montgomery is searching for her Texas Tomcat, and not just any cowboy or tomcat will do. To be successful, she knows the new menswear line at Texas Tomboy needs a cowboy with some miles in the saddle, not a paper cowboy with manicured nails. Tina is running out of time to find that man, so she calls her best friend, wh...