Detective Paul Monroe has little room in his life for anything but work. Maintaining order and solving cases in the town of Thornwood Park keeps him busy. When Jerry Gregoria, a popular bartender and personal trainer is found murdered, there’s no shortage of suspects. It seems Jerry was busy shaking more than cocktails all over town, leaving Paul and his partner with an ever-growing list of men and women who have reasons to want Jerry dead. The deeper Paul delves into the case, the more he...

When a body is found in the park, Paul Monroe knows two things: this isn’t a simple mugging, and the weekend he has planned with his boyfriend is officially over before it begins. With no murder weapon but a slew of suspects at the ready, Paul and his partner, Rob, begin the tedious task of piecing together the few clues they have.Happier than he’s ever been, Cliff knows there’s more to Paul than the tough exterior the man shows to the world, but Cliff is determined to take things ...

In the sleepy town of Thornwood Park, something dark and ugly is brewing….Detective Paul Monroe is investigating a routine string of break-ins when the case takes an unexpected turn. Merchants are receiving threats, and things might be more sinister than he originally suspected. Paul’s been on the receiving end of those warnings as well, but he brushes them off, not bothering to mention them to his partner, Cliff until Cliff himself is threatened.In fact, Cliff discovers he’s...

Cliff Baxter is approached with a dream job, but it means time away from the man he loves and the family he’s only just reconciled with. When opportunity knocks twice and another unexpected offer comes his way, he and Paul make a decision neither dreamed possible, changing their lives forever.Paul Monroe has everything he’s ever wanted—the man he loves, the respect of his coworkers…everything except the answer to his first murder investigation, the only case he’s never been able to...

Blind Dates are simply murder.After barely surviving a terrifying stalker, Kip is reexamining his life choices. There's nothing like almost dying to make you take stock of things.One bright spot is that the ever maddening Merrick Dawson has stopped following him around picking on him. Merrick has begun dating Peter Harris, who by all accounts is a wonderful guy. Peter is nice. He's handsome. He's downright annoyingly perfect.When Kip is asked out on...

Kip O'Connor lives a simple life in the little seaside town of Pearl Bay. Unless it's tourist season, things tend to be pretty peaceful. There is, however, one never ending source of irritation in the form of Police Chief Merrick Dawson.Merrick is Kip's older brother's BFF, and nothing seems to bring Merrick more joy than nagging Kip about silly things. You'd think a Police Chief would have more important things to do than lecture Kip on parking tickets and picking up pet waste, bu...

An acoustic music festival comes to Lacetown, and with it, another dead body―this one found at Fleishman's Funeral Home. Michael recuses himself from the autopsy, handing the job over to his arch-nemesis from a neighboring county.Luckily Michael and local hairstylist Jazz are closer than ever. Between a trio of funerals, a blowout BBQ, and a couple of trips on Beulah, Jazz's beloved scooter, Michael and Jazz do some sleuthing of their own. With the first gruesome murder still fresh...

I assumed the worst I'd have to endure at a boring birthday party was cheap champagne, and dull conversation. Murder never crossed my mind.After three months of struggling to fit into the small town of Rainy Dale, Texas, Maxwell Thornton is once again thrown into the middle of a murder investigation. While attending Mayor Penelope Granger's birthday party, he and Royce are witnesses to the cold blooded murder of her father.Seeing as he's sheriff, Royce has ...

Wait just a minute. A whole month has passed and no one has been murdered in Pearl Cove?Things are settling down in Pearl Cove as Kip and Merrick fumble their way through a new relationship. There's no denying the two men have deep feelings for each other, but trust issues can play havoc when people don't communicate well.When Kip's office manager, Helen, has her home burgled, but nothing is stolen, the Pearl Cove PD has little interest in solving the case....

Rufus O’Callaghan has eked out a living on the streets of New York City by helping the police put away criminals as a confidential informant. But when Rufus shows up for an arranged meeting and finds his handler dead, his already-uncertain life is thrown into a tailspin. Now someone is trying to kill Rufus too, and he’s determined to find out why.After leaving the Army under less than desirable circumstances, Sam Auden has drifted from town to town, hitching rides and catching Grey...

When Dr. Maxwell Thornton's Malibu beach house is burgled, he sees a silver lining—the perfect excuse for a sun-soaked romantic getaway with Sheriff Royce Callum, the man who's stolen his heart and shown him what love is supposed to feel like.But their idyllic escape to the exclusive beach community of Ocean Whisper Estates quickly unravels into a tangle of jealous ex-lovers who refuse to stay in the past, deep-seated insecurities Royce didn't know he had, and murder.Someon...

MM hockey romance for fans of Rachel Reid's Heated Rivalry and the Harrisburg Railers series.Rebuilding the team was the plan.Falling for a player wasn't.Alejandro Garcia is talented, stubborn, and completely unimpressed with my attempts to fix the Raptors' reputation. Every conversation between us turns into a challenge, and before long, our clashes become legendary around the rink.The problem is t...