Shield of Valor -- September 1st 2011 -- Desert Breeze Publishing

Detective Mitch Ransom is in control of his life until he agrees to testify before the grand jury against a brutal serial killer. Then he’s kidnapped, threatening his appearance in court, and finds himself trapped with a woman he doesn’t like and believes he has to protect. Tiffany Golden, a police dispatcher, is trying to break the mold set for her by her stripper mother.  She wants to become a cop and is on the road to reaching that goal when she’s kidnapped along with Mitch and is forced to help him find freedom.

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VooDoo Bones (Novella)

Noel Galliano has always wanted her own business, and despite critics who believe she won't succeed, she opens a tiny French Quarter Voodoo shop. What she doesn't count on is finding a dismembered corpse upstairs. Detective Mathieu Bergeron is considered a screw up around the district station, until he puts away the Bayou Ripper. Then another body is found mutilated, and both his arrest and his competence are thrown into question. Matt and Noel must work together to solve this terrifying crime in the Big Easy...and along the way, they fall in love.

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Haunted Memories

Olivia Bartlett is stunned to find her old friend, Deputy Tucker Hawkins, living in the house she has inherited, but she's even more shocked to glimpse her cruel stepfather lurking in the shadows. Has Walter come back to haunt her, or is he really alive--and trying to kill her? To survive, she must turn to Tucker, who not only stakes his claim to the old house, but also to her heart.

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Blood Rite (Single Title-Thriller) coming to Whiskey Creek Press

Women who have dated New Orleans Police Department detective Nick Marconi are dying. Haunted by the deaths of his sisters and partner, Nick is consumed with solving these brutal crimes. He's walking a tightrope of control. The only person who can help him is psychiatrist Gracie Simmons, whose bad-cop father is behind bars. Determined to see Nick as a man and not a cop, Gracie makes him her special project...which puts her at the top of the murderer's hit list. For protection, she must turn to Nick. Can he get to her in time?

Emily's Nightmare (Novella)

Detectives Emily Rawson and John Cutter go from friends to lovers in a moment of unbridled passion, and it changes their lives forever.

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Quest for Justice - January 2012 -- Desert Breeze Publishing

Abby Ryals goes behind the sheriff's back to accept an undercover assignment with another agency so she can avenge fellow detective C.J. Bowman's death, and is stunned to learn he's very much alive when he leaves witness protection and follows her undercover to keep her safe. Together, they race the clock to defeat a notorious drug lord before he discovers their true identities.

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Perfect Partner - June 2011 -- Desert Breeze Publishing
New Orleans Detective - Book Six

Alarm bells go off in Detective Lexi Granger’s head when a gun linked to a cold case disappears and a veteran officer sweeps it under the rug. After she receives a death threat, she must turn to the one man she knows she can trust -- her ex-husband and acting commander, Chaz Trahan. Chaz is still in love with Lexi but won’t admit it to anyone but himself. He agrees to help her in order to exorcise his own demons concerning that gun – the only link to the man who killed his parents twenty years before. But can the two of them solve the crime before the murderer finds Lexi?

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Marked For Murder - April 2011 -- Desert Breeze Publishing

Detective Jonah McKee is forced to juggle caring for his rowdy three year-old son and protecting a beautiful amnesia victim who was targeted by a vicious serial murderer… or was she? Brooke Wilson finally remembers her own name -- and the name of the man trying to kill her -- and the terrifying memory sends her on the run again. Jonah is forced to hide his son and go with her in order to protect her, and along the way they fall in love.

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Flash Bang (Single Title) -- Whiskey Creek Press

When Allie Robbins broke his heart, Noah Sterling couldn’t leave Hinton fast enough. He joined the military, then the FBI. Ten years later, a domestic terrorism case forces him to return, only to discover that Allie is now a widowed mother with one young son--and that she's suspected of aiding the group responsible for setting area churches ablaze.

Allie can't believe her eyes. Noah is back in Hinton, and he’s asking questions. She's not worried about the investigation, because she's innocent. But she's willing to do anything to keep him from asking the one question that could destroy her life--a question about her son. Then the boy is kidnapped, and she must reveal the truth in order to save him by turning to the one man she can trust--and the only one who can take her son away. Noah. His father.

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Cosmic Intervention from CobbleStone- Press

Paige Mangum attends a sales conference knowing she needs to come out of her shell if she's going to keep her job, but she doesn't count on meeting a hot, sexy stranger with magic hands and a mouth that drives her over the edge. Conference sessions have never been more fun.

A volatile detective has no love for his ex-wife, but he didn’t kill her. At least, he doesn’t think so, after waking up in her house with her dead in the tub. He has no idea how he got there. The lab finds evidence against him, however, and he's indicted. He tries to defend himself and becomes a pariah—to everyone except his beautiful female partner. She’s known for her grit and determination, and the higher ups love her. Her jacket is filled with commendations. Yet when she goes to bat for Jack, nobody backs her play. She is forced to risk her career—and her life—to prove his innocence.

Mikki Baker became a cop because she wants to save the world. She’s known for her tenacity and determination in solving cases, and the higher ups love her. Her jacket is filled with commendations. Yet when she goes to bat for Jack, nobody backs her play. She is forced to risk her career—and her life—to prove his innocence. Only, what if he can’t be saved? Her heart is on the line when bullets start flying.

Sienna Wright had it all—an exciting career as an investigative reporter, a handsome husband who was the ADA, and two beautiful children—until a vicious murderer took it all away and sent her tumbling into a terrifying black abyss. Now someone is after her, and she has no idea why. To survive, she must trust the brusque detective working her husband’s case, even though all she wants is to be left alone.

Detective Nate Lincoln’s job is his life, and he jumps at the chance to reclaim his gun and badge once brutality charges against him are dropped. His first order of business is to solve the heinous murder of a local ADA, yet the man’s widow refuses to cooperate—until her life is threatened. Nate isn’t sure he can help her; her spiral into depression reminds him too much of the path his mother took when he was young. Yet he has to try. Solving the case means defeating his demons, and just might lead him to the love of his life.

Savannah Love is emotionally and physically battered, but is determined to survive after escaping the hellish imprisonment imposed on her by her psychotic cop-husband. After seven months in hiding, she resurfaces at Mossy Oak, her ramshackle family home on a Louisiana bayou, and attempts to restart her life. The empty house provides shelter, but isn’t the fortress she needs when her cruel  ex comes calling.

Mack O’Malley, former cop turned handyman conflicted over a bad shoot on the job, comes to Savannah’s rescue when the psychopath draws them into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Fearful of Mack at first, she soon discovers that beneath his steely exterior lies a resolute defender with a heart hungry for love. Will their alliance save them, or will they fall victim to the Legend of Skeleton Bayou?

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Nikki Brooks never thought she'd ever see her childhood nemesis, Marc Trapani, again after he played a heartless trick on her in high school that got her kicked off the paper staff. Until twelve years later when Marc, now a rugged detective, is assigned to guard her when a murderer threatens her life — and he lays siege to her heart.

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