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'Betrayed. Sold. Tortured. Now she’s fighting to rebuild her life.

'Amethyst Hatcher was supposed to die on her eighteenth birthday, against all the odds she survived, and now lives her life searching for her next adrenalin rush. When the firefighter is assigned to work with the cops, she finds herself completely unprepared for the sexual tension smoldering between her and Detective Zeb Tuck to develop into something more.

'Zeb can't deny the sizzling attraction between him and Amethyst, but he fights against it. He’s already lost so much and doesn’t want to get involved with someone who seems to have a death wish. When his newest case, hunting a sadistic fire-starting killer forces him and the sexy firefighter to work together, he’ll have to decide whether falling for Amethyst is worth the risk.

'↝ Trigger warning - mature content, issues of sexual assault/abuse, violence ↜'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

'Betrayed. Sold. Tortured. Now she’s fighting to rebuild her life.

'Diamond Hatcher was always the quiet girl—the shy one. Her ordeal at the hand of human traffickers left her more reserved, expressing through her paintings what she cannot put into words. She took the biggest risk of her life when she let Detective Elijah Newton know she was interested in him, but he didn't return her feelings.

'Elijah's life was turned upside down in a way he never could have expected, and although he has feelings for Diamond, there is no way he’s going to drag her into the mess his life has become. Until fate forces his hand. When someone starts using Diamond's paintings as inspiration to commit murder, there isn't anything he won't do to keep her safe, including tell her his biggest secret.'

(source: publisher's blurb)

'Betrayed. Sold. Tortured. Now she’s fighting to rebuild her life.

'Ruby Hatcher escaped human traffickers, and she has her life back, but a nagging voice at the back of her mind keeps telling her the world would be a better place without her in it. When a home invasion throws her together with Detective Judah Willow, she learns that she's not as alone as she thought.

'Judah wants to ask Ruby out, but he knows about her traumatic past and won't push her into doing something she isn't ready for. But when Ruby gets mixed up in his latest case, he is determined not only to keep her safe but also to prove to her that not all men treat women like property. Earning her trust and her heart will push him to confront his own turbulent past, but if it helps Ruby, it's worth it.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

'Betrayed. Sold. Tortured. Now she’s fighting to rebuild her life.

'Detective Sapphire Hatcher was sold to human traffickers when she was sixteen. She was lucky. She was rescued, and now she has dedicated her life to saving others. When a criminal psychiatrist is brought in to work alongside her, she tries to ignore the way he makes her feel, but he won’t let her.

'Gideon Barlow travels the country working with police departments on the most depraved of cases. When he meets Sapphire, the attraction is instantaneous, but if he can't help her realize that there is more to life than her job, she might end up losing not just her chance at happiness but her life as well.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

'They say time heals all wounds.

'Tessa Micah is snatched from her bed in the middle of the night. She has a complicated past and is the widow of a decorated cop, so the list of suspects is long. Retired detective, Skylar Wyatt, is determined to find her and honor the promise he made to his partner—to protect and care for his wife should anything ever happen to him.

'When people connected to Tessa start dying, the cops don't know who from her past is targeting her, or if it has something to do with her dead husband's cases. With time running out, and more bodies falling, vocations will be questioned, futures reassessed, and not everyone will survive.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

'The high school is this killer's hunting ground.

'Teenage girls are being abducted and murdered. The cops don't know who they're looking for, but they do know that with the high school as his hunting ground, this killer has hundreds of potential victims to choose from.

'Fifteen-year-old Sophie Xander just learned that her parents have been lying to her her entire life. Angry, hurt, and no longer sure of who she is, Sophie lashes out at her parents and turns to her new boyfriend for comfort and support. But when she and her best friend are snatched off the streets, her family will do whatever it takes to get her back.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

'They survived a hostage situation; now, someone is killing them off.

'When a violent husband tracks down his family at the center for abused women and children, Sofia Xander runs. He holds eight people hostage in a bid to get his wife and daughter back. Sofia has no choice but to kill him to protect herself and the others, but she is unprepared for the impact it will have on her.

'Detective Ryan Xander is proud of his wife for doing what she had to in order to save lives, but he knows taking a life will affect her; he just never imagined she would shut him out. When someone starts killing off the surviving hostages, he could lose his wife to a killer, or she could walk out on him.'

(Source: author's blurb)

'Keep her mouth shut and let a killer get revenge or risk the truth about her coming out?

'Daisy Xander has spent her entire life trying to hide who she really is. But no matter how many measures she has taken and how many sacrifices she has made, the truth is about to come out.

'For Mark Xander, life keeps getting worse and worse. Left to raise his four kids alone, then his youngest son comes face-to-face with a killer, and his estranged wife seems to have a relationship with the victim. Daisy won’t tell anyone what’s going on, and when more victims keep falling, it soon becomes clear; Daisy is either involved, or she’s on the killer’s list.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

'They each had secrets; one of those secrets got them all killed

'The Oliver family is falling apart at the seams. Secrets, lies, anger, resentment were tearing them apart and causing them to live separate lives even as they lived together in the same house. One of those secrets has brought a killer to their door and the entire family is about to pay the ultimate price, death.

'Detective Paige Hood feels an affinity to the deceased Oliver family because just like them she and her husband also have two adopted daughters. The more she digs into the family’s lives the more she starts to believe that the adoptions were the root of their problems and begins to worry that the same fate will befall her and her family. With each new thread they discover Paige and her partner get pointed in a new direction. If they can’t unravel them all and find the killer more people will die.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

He broke her heart when he wasn't there for her when she needed him the most.

FBI Agent Jett Crane is hunting his ex-partner who has gone off the rails. When his one time girlfriend Savannah Watson becomes an accidental casualty, he is both thrilled to see her again, and terrified that she might now become a target of the man he is searching for.

Savannah on the other hand is not the least bit pleased at the prospect of seeing Jett again. He let her down, and broke both her heart and her trust, and she has no interest in rekindling old feelings. Despite her determination to ignore his attempts to win her back and in spite of the pain he caused her, being around him softens the hard wall she had built around her heart. But with a dangerous man circling them will it all be too late for Jett and Savannah to once again find happiness with each other?

↝ Trigger warning - mature content, issues of sexual assault/abuse, violence ↜

(Source: publisher's blurb)

'Can Detective Paige Hood survive her stalker's attempt to kill her?

'Annabelle Englewood just made the biggest decision of her life, but she’s not sure she made the right choice; it just felt like it was something she had to do. Her decision might wind up costing her more than just the man she loves—it might also take her freedom and her life.

'A woman disappears without a trace. Another four women vanish on the same night. The case takes a personal turn for Detective Xavier Montague when his estranged girlfriend, Annabelle, also goes missing. Is her disappearance related? Is someone else responsible? Or did she simply walk away from her life of her own volition?'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

'Innocent victim or crazy liar?

'At the hospital, Laura Xander bumps into a teenager who claims that she and three other girls were kidnapped five years ago. The man whom she alleges abducted her maintains that he is her father and that his daughter is mentally unbalanced.

'Detective Paige Hood was nearly killed by her stalker four years ago. He stole something from her she can never get back, and she's still trying to come to terms with the ramifications. Now the stalker is back and determined that she will not live to see the morning.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

The greatest loss a couple can suffer tore them apart.'

FBI Agent Chloe Luckman is shocked and dismayed when she finds out that her ex-boyfriend has gotten himself mixed up in a case she's been working. He found a kidnap victim wandering disoriented at the side of a road, and now the woman has developed an attachment to him and refuses to co-operate unless he stays. Chloe finds herself surprised that she's jealous to see another woman in the arms of her ex, and wonders whether its possible to reclaim what they once shared. Fin Patrick is no more pleased to be forced to spend time around Chloe than she is to spend time around him. She broke his heart when she walked away from him and now he's so angry with her that any hope of reconciliation is non-existent.'

** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **

(Source: publisher's blurb)

A terrifying ordeal irrevocably changed her, leaving her trapped in a prison of her own making. Ten years ago Laura Opal endured a four day long ordeal that left her broken and traumatized. But the men who hurt her were caught, tried, found guilty and imprisoned, so what's happening in her apartment building doesn't have anything to do with her. She's sure of it. Detective Jack Xander and his partner are investigating the sudden spate of crimes at an apartment building, but every time they think they're making progress another assault leads them in a completely different direction. As they hunt for the killer's real target Jack is about to come face to face with someone from his past he thought he'd never set eyes on again. Is the woman he's never been able to forget the potential victim he's been looking for? And if she is how is he going to keep her alive long enough to make up for past mistakes?

** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **

(Source: publisher's blurb)

'The body count rises when two serial killers fall in love.

'Annabelle Englewood is still struggling to cope with what a vicious psychopath did to her eight months ago. Sofia Everette has spent five months recovering from the physical and psychological trauma inflicted on her by a member of her own family.

'When the two women and their respective boyfriends, Detective Xavier Montague and Detective Ryan Xander, meet up, they will have to deal with the fallout from two killers’ love affair, all under the ever-present eye of an escalating stalker.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

'Tragedy tore them apart now its giving them a second chance. He walked away because he thought it was what she wanted. FBI Agent Tom Drake has been investigating a string of armed robberies at jewellery stores. The last person he expects to see when he arrives at the scene of the latest robbery is his ex-wife Hannah Buffy. Seeing her again reminds him of everything he lost when they divorced, and the only way he's going to survive being around her again is to keeping reminding himself this is just another job. She let him walk away because she thought it was what was best for him. Hannah is conflicted about seeing her ex-husband again, especially when he starts claiming he thinks the robbery at her store isn't related to the other ones. Is this just another excuse for Tom to treat her like a victim or could he be right?'

'** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

Before the sun rises, another will fall.

When Brooke Mariano is found murdered on the grounds of the powerful Everette family’s estate, it looks at first as though she may have been killed in order to keep the paternity of her unborn child a secret.

However, when another member of the Everette family turns up dead each night, it quickly becomes a race against time as Detective Ryan Xander and his partner try to discover which member of the family is the killer before the entire clan wind up dead.

Ryan’s only inroad to the secretive family is Sofia Everette. Shunned by her father for her refusals to obey him, and battling a mysterious illness, Sofia’s childhood dreams may be the key to saving her life and stopping the killer from exterminating the entire Everette family.

Source: Author's Blurb

Annabelle Englewood slaughters her family while they sleep. Or so it seems to Detective Xavier Montague when he and his partner arrive at her house to find her sleeping peacefully, her family all dead. But then another family and another are murdered, again with one family member left alive, and it becomes clear that Annabelle is simply a pawn in a vicious killer's game. Intrigued by Annabelle, the first woman Xavier has been attracted to since his divorce, when he comes face to face with the killer he will be forced to make the ultimate choice, a life and death decision, that could let a psychotic murderer walk free.

Source: Author's Blurb