Intrigue & Thriller Books

As head of the infamous Sharkey family crime syndicate, Nikki Sharkey trusts no one with her secrets.

Sometimes she’s had to bend the law, and sometimes she’s had to break it. But there’s one secret not even

her closest family knows, and Nikki would do anything to keep it safe.

Logan has always had to fight, from surviving living in care, to winning gold at the Olympics. Just when

she’s about to win it all, she gives up her shot at greatness to look after her grandfather. Then she

discovers her closest friend is in danger and has a child, Isla, Logan didn’t know about. Logan promises

to protect Isla no matter what. The only problem? Isla’s adoptive mum is the leader of Scotland’s biggest

crime family—the Sharkeys.

When Logan’s friend is found dead, Logan is determined to keep her promise. Logan knows Isla is the

secret of Nikki Sharkey’s heart, but as she gets closer to the truth of what happened to Isla’s birth mother,

the passion burns between Nikki and Logan, and secrets threaten not only their future together, but their

lives.

In 2073, the world fractured into isolated enclaves after the collapse of centralized governments. When Makayla Odin returns from grueling years of captivity in the southern battlegrounds disguised as a male to survive, she's matured and ready to reclaim her position as leader of the Aurora enclave. But unexpected complications arise when she must share her bedroll with the injured Talon de LaTerre, Raptare's commander, whose brutal devotion to her people is matched by her fierce beauty.

Months later, Talon arrives in Aurora to negotiate a defense alliance. Instead, she discovers that the "fledgling" who caught her attention is Aurora’s new co-commander. Talon doesn't do relationships but can't shake her memories of the woman she knew as Mak. Especially when both Consulting Councils insist Makayla remain at Raptare to conduct extended negotiations with Talon.

In a world where survival depends on strategic alliances, Makayla and Talon must navigate not only complex politics but also the dangerous territory of their hearts.

When gorgeous neurosurgeon Sheridan Rousseau walks into Lisette Mouton’s charming little bookstore in Quebec City, she unknowingly holds the key to a mysterious box hidden in a secret room. Upon opening the box, they discover an ancient locket with a photo of Marie Antoinette, a vial of perfume, and an old map.

Attraction simmers between Lisette and Sheridan, helped along by their scheming assistants, and the clues they discover in the bookstore lead them on a hunt across Canada for buried treasure. Best third date ever. But as the weeks go by, the trail grows cold, and Sheridan wants to return to her waiting patients. Lisette has been walked away from before, and she isn’t letting Sheridan give up the hunt—or, it seems, her too. Will the map to love prove to be the greatest mystery of all?

A doctor in need of a new start.

 

A woman running from a killer.

 

A love story that could end in tragedy.

 

When Dr. Gianna Walford finds her girlfriend in bed with another woman, she needs a new start and Cliffside, a small seaside town in Oregon, is just the place. Getting to know her patients on a personal level and making old fashioned house calls is a nice change from hospital bureaucracy. On one of those house calls, she meets the beautiful but mysterious Kiera. She’s kind and unassuming, but extremely guarded and private. Intrigued, and determined to help Kiera’s ailing neighbor, Gianna makes numerous visits, only to discover more than she bargained for.

 

Jenny McAllister   witnessed a murder, escaped a killer, and reinvented herself in Cliffside as  Kiera Davenport . So when Gianna arrives and interests her, first with her good looks and compassion, and then her relentless curiosity, Jenny is more than unnerved. With a killer searching and willing to do anything to silence her, she can’t let anyone close or her real identity will be discovered. 

Abigail Gardner is finally getting her chance to go to Alaska, traveling to the last frontier on her first assignment for an exclusive adventure magazine. Only the transport driver has an unexpected heart attack, and she never makes it to her final destination. Stranded in the wilderness, the only person she can turn to for help is Whitley Travers, an Alaskan native, experienced pilot, and complete know-it-all pain in Abigail’s ass.

Whitley has seen her great state at its best and its worst. Maybe she is a know-it-all, but experience matters as they’re forced to traverse the unrelenting Alaskan landscape and make impossible decisions to find a way out of this mess. Cold, rain-soaked perilous miles stand between them and safety, and they must put their personal hang-ups and stubbornness aside to survive. When they do, it turns out they don’t hate each other after all, and if they weren’t actively fighting for their lives, they just might find each other attractive.    

But Abigail and Whitley are not alone in the wild. And being stranded far from home isn’t their biggest problem. A stalker is tracking their every move, and they’re in more danger than they know.

No one would ever accuse Special Agent Ryan O’Connor of taking the easy way out of anything. At least not successfully. Her attempts to distract herself from her crushing feelings of failing, fear, and fury have inadvertently landed her in hot water that is way over her head. And she forgot to pack her arm floaties.

As much as Ryan hates to admit it, her girlfriend, Allison, is right. She isn’t trained to bring down a domestic terrorist group. None of them are. But the clock is ticking, and lives are on the line. And if she doesn’t figure out a way to remain focused and keep her head in the game, hers will undoubtedly be one of them.

With an imminent mayoral election, her vindictive ex a candidate, and an arsonist on the loose, Eve Maguire’s profession as chief of police in Paradise Pines is her sole focus. That consummate kiss with an anonymous stranger was just her stirring libido. After her unfaithful ex, she has no desire to repeat her mistakes with a gifted, chemistry-generating flirt.

Shaye Hayden is back after two decades to make peace with her painful past, and cops caused that pain. She can’t stand them. Her assigned office is next to the police chief’s. Worse, Eve Maguire is that enticing Lady Luck stranger she kissed. When Shaye witnesses another arson and needs full-time protection, the only practical solution is to move in with Eve.

They have nothing in common except good reasons for distrust…and a flawless kiss that was obviously a huge mistake plus undeniable, potentially catastrophic chemistry. How are they going to manage living together?

Picturesque retreat Valley of Rubies is intended only for the young women of Sanctity Covenant, but dark secrets lurk behind locked doors. The truth that emerges from the shadows is nothing less than terrifying.

Adel Rosse, an investigative journalist for Vanity Fair in the cutthroat world of Manhattan journalism, has just been handed an assignment that will catapult her career—if she can survive undercover at Valley of Rubies and find out what lies beneath the surface. Just as she starts to uncover the nefarious truth behind the shadowy cult running the organization, she falls in love with the one woman who holds the key to the story...if only she knew the reason Adel was there was to write one.

Grace Waters is an old maid at twenty-six, at least by Covenant standards, and her annual idyllic summers spent as an instructor at Valley of Rubies are rocked by the sudden expectation that she must marry a man she despises at the end of the session. If she refuses, she risks being excommunicated—or worse—but a mysterious new writing instructor at camp makes her brave enough to wonder what would happen if she dared to write her own story. Reprint. 

Reggie Knoll imagined all kinds of new adventures after leaving her job at the courthouse, but getting stuck on a jury for a boring bribery case is not one of them. Picked to serve against all odds, she’s determined to do everything in her power to coax the other jurors to a swift verdict so she can start her new career. But a pushy, beautiful woman is about to send her life spinning in a direction she couldn’t have anticipated.

Brooke Dawson doesn’t want to be on a jury any more than the rest of the people summoned to the courthouse, but she’s one hundred percent certain that when the judge calls the names of the chosen few, she’ll be on the list. The ominous voice on the phone told her that much right before they threatened her. Now she must convince the eleven other jurors, including the infuriating but devastatingly attractive know-it-all Reggie Knoll, to agree on a verdict—the only verdict that will keep her and her family alive.

After nineteen years as a conservation warden on some of the busiest lakes in Southern Wisconsin, Jordan Pearce is ready for a change of pace in the quiet of the Northwoods on the same lake she used to vacation on with her family. Her wish is granted when a colleague quits without notice. Everything seems to be falling into place.

Hanna Quinn returns to the Northwoods to help care for her aunt Dottie after a cancer diagnosis. Both her aunts have been her saving grace and now it’s her turn to be their strength. There’s plenty to keep her busy, and the new conservation warden is a welcome distraction from her overflowing plate.

Odd occurrences put the community on edge, and the serenity of the Northwoods is rocked when a body is discovered floating in the flowage. Jordan pushes the limits of her authority to keep Hanna and her new town safe, but the truth isn’t always as it seems.

Imma Bruno, a spunky retired librarian in the Pocono vacation town of Garden and founding member of the Tuesday Night Book Club, gets far more than she anticipated when she begins to investigate the curious question of why her reclusive neighbor was spotted at a Fabergé egg exhibit in New York City, and seems to be avoiding the town ladies.

Avery Hutchins was just a little girl when her father died on 9/11. She loved spending time in the Pocono mountain town with her grandparents and their friends growing up. When she travels to her grandparents’ home, she makes a discovery about her father’s death that will force her to face an impossible choice between doing what is right and finally finding a way to regain a part of herself she had lost.

Alessia Cavalii is a rising star in the competitive international wine scene, and one of only twenty-six female master sommeliers in the world. Her home is a gorgeous, renovated winery on the sun-soaked southern coast of Italy, she has a career she adores, and she has finally managed to end a long-term toxic relationship. But Alessia is hiding a dangerous secret—and she’s edging dangerously closer to losing the beautiful life she’s worked so hard to create.

Parker Haven is a captain in the US Army and stationed at the NATO military camp in Italy. A detective with the military police, she’s recruited to help solve a string of murders in the city and becomes inexplicably drawn into Alessia’s world. As the intrigue surrounding the case—and Alessia—spins dangerously out of control, Parker must choose between her military career and the woman she’s falling in love with.

How can we be sure we truly know the people we love?

Reprint. Previously published as The Last First Kiss.

When Natalie Brewer finally forged the courage to leave her husband, Allen, she thought she’d be able to live life on her own terms. But to Allen, they are still married, and they are to remain that way till death do them part. When Allen begins to stalk her, Natalie does the only thing she can do—she runs.

Horse rancher Vaughn Ruger is having a bad day. Two of her best broodmares have escaped, and two of her ranch hands are no-shows. What’s worse, her ranch is already on the brink of going under, and just one more thing will send it all spiraling. With so many problems on her mind, she almost passes up the woman on the side of the road crying in her vehicle. Almost.

Vaughn and Natalie have chemistry they can’t ignore, but neither is safe to act on it. They join forces to help each other, but the outside world keeps knocking at the door, threatening more trouble and making the love and the life they want together impossible.

Diana Dillon and her eleven-year-old daughter, Ryder, are moving back to Diana’s father’s farm in rural Illinois hoping for a new start. There’s something mysterious about the Dillon farm that Diana can’t quite remember, not even as vague memories begin to surface after she encounters an ominous stranger on her way to the farm during a heavy snowstorm.

Deputy Melonie “Mel” Defoe has just returned home from military service in the Middle East. She’s new to the local sheriff’s office, joining at the insistence of her father, former sheriff Norman Defoe. Though it’s not exactly the job she’s dreamed of, she is drawn into the web of mystery surrounding the apparent attack on newcomers Diana and Ryder Dillon and the unusual occurrences at the farm no one can explain.

With Diana healing from the attack and Ryder trying to adjust to life on the farm with her grandfather, can Mel discover the mystery behind the Dillon farm before they all fall victim to the deadly and cursed land?

Cain Casey has much to be thankful for—a loving wife in Emma, three beautiful children, and an ever-expanding family. Her business continues to grow, giving her the power to keep it all safe, but is it? Unknown federal agents are not playing by the government’s rules, and the Russian mob comes seeking revenge for the losses Cain’s inflicted. Cain and Emma have agreed to partner with the local feds to root out their rogue agents, but their goals for the endgame are completely different. Cain wants to remove the threat the way she knows is best—permanently. There is also Nicola Antakov, who she plans to handle the same way. 

Cain Casey is the devil you know. She loves her family and will do anything to keep them safe and whole.

TJ knows she doesn’t fit in the ultraconservative Crusade of the Redeemer Church, no matter that her father is their chief of security, but leaving is difficult to say the least. Still, she has a plan. Until it gets shot to hell when her secret ex-girlfriend is taken to conversion camp where she will absolutely spill the beans. With his job on the line, her father sends TJ away until the storm blows over.

Bailey split her childhood between Portland with her mom and Tulsa with her Patriot Army dad. But she’s stayed out of Oklahoma ever since they decided together it was too risky for her to be there. She strongly prefers the blue state culture of Oregon anyway. But when her dad calls her with a job offer she can’t refuse, she risks going back into the red to protect her childhood crush, TJ.

When TJ and Bailey get caught in the political crossfire, escape is the only plan. On the run and fighting for their lives is not the time to be falling for each other. But the danger is closer than either of them knows, and when TJ is betrayed by those she loves the most, it could spell the end of their chance at forever.

When bodies start washing up on the shore in Salem Harbor, Massachusetts, an elite task force of FBI agents, profilers, and detectives join forces in a remote log cabin to decode the clues and stop the killer from targeting another victim.

Agent Tala Marshall overcame a childhood of deep generational wounds to become the country’s best criminal profiler. Now she faces her most challenging case yet, racing against the clock to profile the elusive killer before they strike again. She must partner with Wilder Mason, a local detective convinced that the murders are connected to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, and Tala builds a connection to the task force that helps her come to terms with her tumultuous past. But Wilder wants more and is determined to find the key to both the case and Tala’s guarded heart.

Can they find the undercurrent that connects Salem’s past and present before another victim washes to shore?