Liberty Investigations

This series is based on my childhood desire to have been one of Charlie's Angels.  I love the idea of three women who kick-butt and take orders from a guy they've never seen.  All three of the heroines appear in all of the books. 

Once upon a time, there were three little girls. Charity. Justine. Anna. Individually, they're lethal weapons. Together? They're the force to be reckoned with at Liberty Investigations. Their bodies may be made for sin, but everything else is for kicking ass.

Bare Facts
CHARITY

Former model-turned-martial arts expert, Charity Keone is used to people thinking she's just a pretty face. They usually figure out the "oh crap" part just after she turns them into human pretzels and hauls them off to jail. And it's clear her latest client, shipping magnate Daniel Williams, is one of those guys who thinks she's all looks-until she saves him from a shooter. He responds passionately, and Charity lets him. Whoa, baby. Suddenly Charity's wondering just whose body needs guarding. Growing up on the streets can make a guy wary, but nothing like the way Charity's got Daniel on his toes. Everything about her, from her Ivy League smarts to her criminally luscious bod, has him thinking less about the guys who want to take him out and more about showing Charity a few of his own moves. Lips-on-the-neck moves. Hands-everywhere moves. Pleasure-till-we-both-need-pain-medication moves. As long as he can keep his secrets safe from her it should be fine. But putting your life in the right hands is one thing, trusting your heart to them is something else.

Bare Witness
JUSTINE

Petite. Pretty. Potentially deadly. Justine O’Neill may look like the kind of girl who’s never carried anything more hardcore than a designer purse, but she’s an expert in small arms and street fighting, with a rap sheet to prove it. Now Justine’s been assigned to guard Nigel Carter, CEO of Baron Industries—a company with ties to a past she’d rather forget. Her mission: accompany Nigel to Peru, where Baron’s new plant is proving highly unpopular. Nowhere in the brief was she instructed to react to in-flight turbulence by engaging in a hotter-than-hell kiss with her gorgeous client…

Bare Nerve
ANNA

The daughter of an English aristocrat and former British ambassador, Anna Sterling doesn’t need to get her hands dirty to obliterate the bad guys. She can destroy lives using nothing more than a laptop. Now her formidable hacking skills have uncovered a black market gun-running operation, and Anna—along with a group of ex-mercenaries headed by Jack Savage—travels to Algiers to track down the leader. Jack is as rough around the edges as Anna is refined, which makes the blazing night they spend together completely inexplicable—and mindblowingly hot…

The O'Roarke Family

This series is one I did for Brava and involves a firefighting family.  The first book is the only girl in the family Andi O'Roarke's story.  The second one is her big brother Liam's story.

Body Heat
Andi O'Rourke is a fire chief and a darned good one--one of only a handful of women in the U.S. to make it. Raised in a family of firefighters, she's a natural, barking out orders and keeping her guys safe at the same time; and her big, tough guys respect her, treating her just like one of them. Away from her job, though, Andi doesn't have a clue how to handle herself with men. That's why arson investigator Tucker Fields is so dangerous...and so tempting. Tucker is no slap-you-on-the-back kind of guy; he's all man. A man who makes Andi feel sexy, alive, desired...

Sex With A Stranger
Jane Monte is done with being a good girl. She followed all the rules, and look where it got her-divorced from a cheating accountant who cleaned out her bank account. Now she's got a new career, a new wardrobe, and a new attitude-she's going to throw caution to the wind while she's in Vegas on business, and have herself a steamy fling. She never let herself fall for a bad boy-now she wants to be a bad girl, and see what letting loose and having fun is all about. And sexy gambler Liam O'Rourke is just the kind of man who puts the "sin" in Sin City.

Liam may look like a gambler, but that's only his cover story. A firefighter by trade, he's in town to investigate a string of fires in his friend's hotel, not to indulge his own desires. But he can't deny that the spark between him and Jane is a blaze from the moment they meet. If the gorgeous PR executive wants to learn how to be bad, he's happy to teach her every sensual trick he knows, as long as she understands that what happens between them has to stay in Vegas. But releasing Jane's wild side uncovers desires Liam never knew he had-and before long he's determined to keep the fire they've started burning forever.

Sons of Privilege

These books came to me out of an idea I had about second sons.  Most of us living normal lives aren't concerned with heirs and spares but the wealthy still are and I wanted to explore that.  So I created three heroes that were second sons.  Raised in a world of wealth and privilege and no real expectations.

The Greek Tycoon's Secret Heir
Marry Christos Theakis? Ava Monroe has always longed for his proposal. But Christos's demand is not just for Ava--he wants custody of her son. A child he believes to be his brother's.

Temptation leads Ava to join the shipping magnate on his lush Greek island home. This is her chance to prove she never betrayed the imposing, arrogant and lethally attractive Christos. If only she can win back his trust. For without trust, there can be no love....

The Wealthy Frenchman's Proposition
He moved in a world of power and privilege. She was merely his assistant. But that didn't stop Sheri Donnelly from falling for her charming playboy boss, French media magnate Tristan Sabina.

When fate gave her the chance for one night with Tristan, Sheri took it. But the next morning, their supposedly scandalous affair had made tabloid headlines. And now Tristan insisted Sheri play the role of his beloved fiancee--in every way!

The Spanish Aristocrat's Woman
When Count Guillermo de la Cruz announced his engagement to plain-Jane heiress Kara deMontaine just minutes after meeting her, the jet-set gaped in shock. But none was more stunned than Kara. The man of her dreams had just offered marriage--as an act of revenge against his former lover.

She should have said no. But something in Gui's primal stare showed her he was far from indifferent to her. Could Kara tame this royal playboy and show Gui they could find happily ever after...with each other?

The Mistresses

These books aren't really connected in the traditional sense they are simply all themed around a "mistress".  As I told one of my friends I've always been obsessed with the mistress idea since I was a little girl and watched GIGI, the movie with Louis Jordan. 

Make-Believe Mistress:
School headmistress Grace Stephens never thought her private fantasies could become public. Butmillionaire businessman Adam Bowen was used to getting what he wanted, when he wanted. And he wanted Grace to act out every word of the previously secret, suddenly missing steamy love story she'd written all about them.

Adam held her future--and every part of her body--in his hands. Leaving Grace no choice but to go from hismake-believe mistress to his very real one.

Six-Month Mistress:
Years ago, in a desperate move, a suddenly destitute Bella McNamara had agreed to become millionaire Jeremy Harper's mistress for six months. Now the time had finally come for Jeremy to claim her. But he didn't know he already owned every inch of Bella, including her heart. She'd fallen madly in love with the powerful man even before she'd signed herself away. And now she had six very intimate months to put her own plan into action: becoming Jeremy's beloved wife.

High-Society Mistress:
Flatly refused a promotion by her tycoon father, heiress Tempest Lambert offered her services to his worst enemy. But was it the job she wanted, or just her new boss, the devastatingly handsome Gavin Renard? He'd made millions as a corporate raider, but taking over the Lambert's retail conglomerate wasn't about business--Gavin wanted revenge. Using Tempest as a pawn in his takeover game was a possibility. Making her his mistress--that was an offer he couldn't refuse.

What Happens in Vegas

What Happens in Vegas are three connected stories about a group of alpha males who are used to being lucky in the casinos but not so much at love. The books all stand alone but the guys make appearances in each of the books.

His Wedding-Night Wager:
Shelby left him at the altar, taking a million dollar check from his father and running, now she's back in Vegas at his hotel and Hayden is out for revenge but he's finding that the heat between the two of them has never disappeared and he's willing to take another chance on Shelby.

Her High-Stakes Affair:
Raine grew up around gamblers and con-artists and wants nothing to do with them in her adult life but she's directing a celebrity poker television show and finds herself falling for Scott until she overhears him making a bet about getting her into bed.  She decides to play along and con him into falling for her. 

Their Million-Dollar Night:
Roxy's used to men liking her for her body but a recent event has made her doubt her attractiveness. Max is used to collecting beautiful things but when he hits it big in Vegas, they have a night that neither can forget.

King of Hearts

The King of Hearts books are all linked together by a mob-hitman trying to earn his way into heaven one set of hearts at a time. He was hoping forPurgatory when he died but instead found himself working as a match-maker to
the lovelorn.

In Bed With Beauty features Harris and Sarah. Sarah is hearth and home. Harris is big city. She is everything he's always secretly wanted but he can't trust himself enough to reach out and take. Sarah tempts him and teaches him how to love.

Cinderella's Christmas Affair features CJ and Tad. They were friends in high school until he betrayed her trust with a careless remark. She left town and the girl she was behind. Changing her hair, her body weight even her eye color. Tad sees past the sophisticated woman she's become to the girl he once knew and knows he has the one chance to convince her this time her trust and her heart is safe in his hands.

Let It Ride features Deacon and Kylie. This is a love at first site story. Deacon spots Kylie in the security monitor and knows she's the woman for him. She fits that internal image of the perfect woman he's been searching for. But Kylie is tired of always having to fit into a role and wants to be wanted for herself. Can Deacon convince her that his perfect woman is only her?

Mistress Minded features Adam Powell and Jayne Montrose. This is a boss-secretary book with a twist. Adam is looking for a woman to fill in for his missing mistress and talks Jayne who is his office manager into to the role.
Except the charade turns real and Jayne has to choose between a man who is
afraid to commit and her job.

Rock Me All Night Lauren Belchoir is a late-night DJ who's better at giving advice to thelovelorn than taking it herself. Jack Montrose has no problem going afterwhat he wants but he's never been able to keep it.

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Tycoon

The Tycoon's Lady is connected to Tycoon For Auction. The characters appear in both books though they are definitely stand alone stories. The stories are both set in Orlando and center around Corporate Spouses and Tarron Industries.

Corporate Spouses is a company co-owned by Angelica Leone and Rand Pearson. Rand and Angelica's friendship has been forged by grief and they've each been a support for the other one over the years.

Paul Sterling and Corrine Martin both work for Tarron Industries which has a strategic partnership with Corporate Spouses.