Ryandale Publishing: 20 books

Wanted: Dead or alive. (Alive preferred, just sayin’.) When US Marshal Sam Dunaway comes to Kenton Valley, Texas, to prepare for a murder trial, the last person he expects to run into is his late wife Celine. The same woman who ran off with his life savings and supposedly died in a boardinghouse...

Over her not-so-dearly-departed husband’s grave, Natalia Montrose vows to bed the first suitable man she meets. Enter one Jared Fields who offers to assist in managing her inheritance. No thank you! Indeed, this passionate woman would rather keep control of her wealth while enjoying the virile...

Stranded in Music City…alone on New Year’s Eve…in a freaking snowstorm. Is there a worse way to spend a holiday? FBI Agent Alex MacGregor is on his way to his next assignment in Chicago, but the weather has other ideas. He’s holed up in a low-rent motel waiting for the weather to clear. Enter...

Half-dressed and going for naked… Starlight Tyler needs to get rid of something inconvenient—like her virginity—pronto. With her mother, a Pinkerton agent, and a wealthy suitor she can’t stand on her trail, there’s only one solution to stock them in their tracks—Cordero Tate, the...

Pretending to be newlyweds is a dangerous game… especially when you’re falling in love. FBI Special Agent Caitlin Chaney believes in going strictly by the book. She’s determined to prove her success  has nothing to do with her father’s position in the federal government. To her way...

This is a revised re-release... First published in 2004 Lust at first sight. Ex-police detective Mike Carlton considers bodyguard work a necessary evil--it pays the bills. But he changes his mind as soon as attorney Gwyn Wells waltzes into his office. A stalker? Yes, he'll guard...

Christmas Chaos. New Year's Eve Stalking. Valentine's Day Misunderstanding. The holidays can be hell. Whether it's a surprise visit by an ex-boyfriend Navy lieutenant on Christmas Eve, or a obsessive stalker on New Year's Eve, or a heartbreaking Valentine's Day threatened by D-I-V-O-R-C-E, our beautiful...

2008 EPPIE Winner! Too Good To Be True won an EPPIE, awarded by EPIC, in the  Erotic Romance Contemporary/Suspense/Mystery category. This is a re-release... The sheriff has the hots for her prime suspect. What’s a girl to do? As her father did before he was murdered, Sheriff Rilla...

A P.I. with a lot to lose and a nurse with even more. When a pregnant friend and fellow case manager goes missing, Allison Lackey turns to her family's P.I. agency for help. Just her luck, her brother assigns his old pal and new employee, Nick Vitelli, to the case. Wouldn't you know he's the...

An FBI agent and a Mafia princess in love--career suicide. FBI Special Agent Alex MacGregor has a bad habit of making and breaking promises. Over the years this habit has brought him heartbreak…and broken some hearts as well. But now his older sister has disappeared. Vowing to find...

This is a re-release. Running from a killer, Miranda is fighting for her and her son’s lives—and the chance to love again. Miranda Raines believes she’s found a safe haven in Oxford, England, until Scotland Yard’s DCI David French knocks on her door with terrifying news: her...

Valentine's Day isn't looking too promising for romance writer and former supermodel Nikki Prentice Devereaux. Max, her husband of ten years, has recently grown distant. Even though she doesn't want to, she comes to the unhappy conclusion that he's having an affair. It's Fashion Week in New...

Nashville sizzles in the summer. . Nashville Homicide Detective Tess O'Malley has a lot to prove. She comes from a long line of police officers, including her father and older brothers. First she and her partner are taken off a high profile case and sidelined with a cold case instead....

What's a girl to do when her teenage love turns up on her doorstep? It's Christmas Eve and JAG Lieutenant Mario Judson is set to deploy to the Middle East in the morning. Struggling interior designer Alexa Devereaux has a deadline looming, and truth be told it's been eight long years since...