Reviewed by Terri N.Book provided by NetGalley for reviewReview originally posted at Romancing the BookHeart pounding, blood pumping, on the edge of your seat, with a twist is how I’d sum up Impulse.I was so excited that this book picked up exactly where the first one left off. The energy from O...
Jess Harris has begun work with Birmingham's police department after an unhealthy show-down lead to her FBI demise. A ballet instructor is found dead by one of her young students - is it a grisly murder or a tragic suicide? On the other side of town, a young teenager has gone missing and there'...
I had fun reading this anthology. Each of the stories is a mystery. And each of the stories gives a wonderful holiday love story along with the mystery. These are quick reads and if you want to have a terrific time - reading and enjoying Christmas mysteries, this is the book for you. ...
Rage The story picks up when the wife of one of Birmingham's finest is brutally murdered in her home with a baby sleeping in the next room and the only witness Devon, is an eight year old autistic boy. Frustration is kicked into high gear for Jess and her team as they try to figure out motive beh...
A quick and entertaining read. Kennedy is a likeable character who finds herself in a sticky situation of her own making. She forces her good-looking neighbour to help her out, only to find herself falling for him. However, what would a good looking, well sought after bachelor see in her?Drake fi...
My name is Merri Walters. I'm twenty-seven years old. Two years ago, I suddenly went deaf....My teaching career ended and my fiancé walked out. I survived--and learned to lip-read. I grew very good at it. Maybe too good. So here I am, two years later, starting my new life as a cold-case file cler...
This two-in-one volume takes readers to a world of breathtaking romance and heart-stopping suspense where nothing is as it seems. Paired with Gerritsen's classic novel Never Say Die is an original full-length story, No Way Back from newcomer Webb. Reissue/original.
A selfless act of bravery had propelled Seattle schoolteacher Claire Grant into the center of a terrorist manhunt. Now, catching him depends on "her"--and her ability to play the deadly revenge game the terrorist is plotting. One wrong move, and she'll die. And so will an innocent. Her best chanc...
Handsome men are like kryptonite to Alex, but a husband, kids... trust? Building Never Happened -- a cleanup service that erases all evidence of a homicide or suicide -- is her main priority. But while being independent, beautiful and successful has its pluses, it's also pretty lonely. Or was unt...
KILLER SECRETSDr. Olivia Mills has a past...one she faked her own death to escape. But one phone call destroys her carefully planned new life. See, Olivia isn't Olivia at all — she is Vanessa Clark, former black ops assassin. And she's been ordered to kill someone she loves.When her old flame and...
She's in search of JUSTICE.Emily Wallace has no doubt about who killed her best friend ten years ago: Clint Austin, her then boyfriend. The key witness in his trial, Emily put Clint behind bars with her tearful testimony. But when Emily learns that Clint has been released on parole, she returns t...
Performing facial reconstruction surgeries for the CIA, Dr. Elizabeth Cameron provided new identities for agents whose covers had been blown. But someone wanted one in particular dead--and now she was in jeopardy. Her only hope rested on the too-broad shoulders of Agent Joe Hennessy--the one man ...
A secret pact made long ago between four best friends resurfaces when a ten-year-old murder is uncovered. Chief Rick Summers knows they are hiding something and turns to one of them--his former flame, Lacy--for help. Includes bonus features. Original.
She breathed a sigh of relief at the quick, normal reply. She was sure this meeting was bogus and equally sure she couldn’t let it slide. Though she might be heading into the unknown alone, she intended to leave a trail of bread crumbs in case things went wrong. A lesson she’d learned from her hu...
Empty boxes were scattered all over the floor. The distinct evergreen scent of the Fraser Fir mingled with the lingering smell of sugar cookies. Jess stood back and surveyed the enormous tree. Dan had borrowed his father’s truck and driven out to the Christmas tree farm first thing Thursday morni...
Rocky wrapped his arm around Kendra’s shoulders. The move startled her at first but then she recognized that it was designed to ensure they didn’t stand out. She relaxed. Most of the couples were holding hands or wrapped in each other’s arms as they cruised the popular street. If anyone had taile...
Warren Rayburn. My long lost lover. It was as if he were standing right in front of me...just like that night. My fingers shook as I reached for the pages Max had printed for me. He tapped the screen. “This is one highly classified dude. There isn’t much on him. DEA. Deep cover agent. That...
On her tail for several days, he knew the hotel she’d been staying in wasn’t within government per diem limits and, thanks to the GPS tag he’d put on her rental, he’d learned she liked to shop in ritzy boutiques. For as long as he’d been tracking her, he hadn’t recognized ...
A part of her had wanted to go to Gloria’s place and demand answers. But how could she do that? It would be an outright admission that she didn’t trust her friend. A slap in the face. She just couldn’t do that. Gloria was the one person she had been able to trust. Brian had to be lying. There was...
She told herself to either get out of the car or power down a window, but her body refused to obey a single, simple command.The scorching ninety-five degrees baking the city’s asphalt and concrete had invaded the interior of the car about two seconds after she parked and shut-off the engine. That...
Slater, you have a history of domestic violence.” Jess gave the man a moment to think about her statement. “I’d be remiss in my duties in this case if I didn’t consider you a suspect, wouldn’t you agree?”“I have an alibi.” He might have pulled off the look of insolence to go along with the tone i...
A Birmingham landmark since the early 1920s, the Redmont Hotel had the customary tales of hauntings and mysterious deaths. The classic brick and terra cotta building stood thirteen floors high and sat at the corner of two of downtown’s busiest streets. Jess had only been i...
Donna Jacobs kicked the deflated rubber. A flat tire. The perfect end to the perfect day.What did she do now? She hugged her arms around herself and drew in a long breath of cool night air, held it to a count of five, and then slowly released it. It was late and it had been a very long two days o...
Jess had already called Fergus Cagle three times and gotten his voice mail. Certainly his phone could have died on him. It had happened to her a time or two. He could have damaged it in the field. She’d endured one of those uh-ohs as well. Or, the man could just be avoiding her because he had tak...
Amber Roberts entered the necessary code to stop the infernal beeping of her security system, tossed her keys on the table by the door and then kicked off her heels. This had been the longest morning of her life. She closed her eyes and reminded herself to breathe as the man assigned to keep an e...
CHAPTER ONE Colby Agency, Chicago Four Days before Christmas VICTORIA COLBY-CAMP STOOD at her window and admired the snow drifting to the city streets below. She hoped it would stay for Christmas. Her granddaughter was so excited about the coming holiday...
He’d already taken care of the one street lamp. His next goal was to disable the security camera pointed at the entrance to the alley. Wyatt shook his head. If a security company had installed this setup, the shop owner had been screwed. No self-respecting criminal would enter from the main stree...
Pristine white siding with classic black shutters dressed the exterior. An array of blooming flowers and shrubbery decorated the wide verandah as well as the landscape. Brimming, green ferns hung in strategic locations for eye-pleasing appeal. Pretty clay pots of begonias and impatiens sat here a...
The ruthless killing machine had no conscience, no fear and a black hole for a heart, and he had targeted the dynamic head of the Colby private investigation agency for termination. But Tasha was determined to stop him at all costs. Tasha soon realized carnal seduction was...
The rustic décor didn’t quite suit the elegant menu but Levi wasn’t complaining. Amazing smells emanated from the rear kitchen. More importantly Jazz had announced that Alayna would arrive at any moment. The door to the private dining room was flanked by members of Alayna’s security team, two ins...
Director Casey’s phone vibrated in his pocket. He hesitated to interrupt dinner with his wife, but with so much on the line he had to check. “I know what I got myself into,” Jo said. With her warm and wry smile she waved him off to take the call. “Go on and do your thing.”...
Blake stood outside the door to her room for a whole minute before he worked up the guts to knock. When he’d rapped his knuckles against the door, he waited some more. He’d tossed and turned all night thinking about that kiss. No matter how much he’d enjoyed it—no matter how long he’d been dreami...
A glorious morning for revenge, she thought. She glanced at her watch. Nine fifteen. Her timing was perfect. Paige opened the door and entered the DA’s domain. She greeted the receptionist in the lobby as she crossed the room. There was no need to ask directions. She had been to Joe Myers’s offic...
Surely you don’t plan to get involved with the entertainment industry again?” Gabe Jarrett, vice president of TWI, leveled his questioning gaze on Trace.Trace leaned back in his leather swivel chair and propped his feet on his desk. He steepled his fingers beneath his chin and tried to come up wi...
Holding her breath, Jess leaned down to get a closer look at the victim’s face. “There’s some bruising around his mouth.” Other than that small amount of discoloration and the fact that former Mayor Joseph Pratt was tied to a chair in his study, he might have simply been asleep.  ...
He instinctively moved toward it as the local news on the hour recapped the latest events. Sarah Newton's image flashed on the screen, a microphone stuck in her face."The person responsible for these two tragic murders is female. She's out there and she's not finished yet."He moved his head side ...
Chicago, Case Report #2. * * * Mission: Find a runaway bride. Expose her true identity. Target: Eve Mattson, self-described “problem solver” for hire. Had been on the wrong side of the law most of her life. Recently showed signs of putting the past behind her, especially a...
Dan knocked on Mr George Louis’s door. Jess’s landlord had been exceedingly cooperative considering the short notice Dan had given him. The man hadn’t asked any questions. Instead, he’d acted almost giddy at the idea of having cops crawling all over his property. Strange m...
Victoria sipped her coffee and hummed in satisfaction. “Lucas, this coffee is amazing. Is it something new?” Her handsome husband winked at her. “I selected various beans and ground it myself.” Victoria smiled. “Well, it’s wonderful.” &n...
Mac jerked his attention back to the present and wheeled around. He had been staring out the wall of windows behind his desk at the sleek office buildings that made up Enterprise Drive and hadn’t heard a word Jake said. Mac frowned and tried to recall the thread of the conversation. “I’m sorry, w...
“I know you’re disappointed, Mom.” Cecelia Manning filled two mugs of coffee and handed one to her daughter, Casey. She watched Casey add a scant teaspoon of sugar and a hefty dollop of milk. When the risk of milk ending up on her counter was minimi...
Mike Stone jerked awake and struggled to draw air into his lungs. He closed his eyes as the sound of children screaming echoed over and over before fading with the images that still haunted him. “Just a nightmare,” he muttered. He was in California, not Mubi. The rattling ...
This was going to hurt. Wrists bound above his head and feet swinging several inches above the concrete floor, Riley braced for the coming pain. Brooks shoved the paddle against Riley’s abdomen. Electricity roared through his body. His muscles convulsed. His teeth clenched. “You still sticking to...
She’d decided on this location because of the family and because it gave her enemy the illusion of several ways in and out.The chicken-wire fencing didn’t offer much in the way of a challenge or a deterrent to trespassers. Though they’d never suffered a threat or lost property, the Lewiston famil...
Despite the time that has passed, Jenna knows her child is still alive. Even though all her leads have been dead ends. And even though her husband, Paul, begs her to move on to save their marriage. But then Jenna is tipped off to a private research organization running an experiment on children. ...
Satan raised his head. Listened. Then looked to his master. He smelled it, too. Someone was here. Ricky didn’t have to wonder who it was; he knew. He’d been expecting this visit all evening. His aunt had gone to her niece’s house in Scottsboro. She would stay there until this was over. It was bes...
Thornton.” He was younger than Jess had expected. Late thirties, maybe. He was also rather proud of himself.Every wall was covered with certificates of appreciation from the community for one thing or another. He’d graduated from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He had a wife, two kids an...
. . couldn’t. Too heavy. . . like a bowling ball. She licked her lips. Grimaced at the bad taste.Wake up.Why couldn’t she open her eyes? Her tongue felt thick, her mouth gritty. She could hear a voice. . . far away. Was the voice calling her name?Her eyelids fluttered open. Images came into focus...
She trailed her fingers along his bare torso. He shivered. She loved when her touch did that to him.“You know what you’re doing?” Chet murmured.“Umm-hmm.” She made circles around his navel with the tip of her finger and then moved downward. He gasped. Her fingers curled around him and the rock-ha...
She glanced across the room where Tiffany slept on her sofa. She is Luther Hammond’s child? You’re supposed to be taking training…not cavorting with criminals!I shushed her. “Don’t wake her up.” Then I ushered my good friend into her cluttered kitchen. She worked and studied far too hard to bothe...
Lucas Camp and Victoria Colby-Camp had planned a quiet second honeymoon in Mexico—open-air cafes, unique little shops, breakfast in bed and visiting an abandoned town that one of their old investigators was bringing back to life—with all the concerns of the Colby Agency left behind. Until the amb...
Lori Wells joined them at the dining room table. “Sorry about that, guys. Layla should sleep for a while now.” “Your little girl is beautiful,” Natalie said. Lori beamed. “Thank you. We think so.” “I hear you’re still working...