Category: Romantic Suspense

Wild at Heart by Jane Graves

Posted March 14, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

You can run from the past…but you can’t hide from love

When private investigator Valerie Parker tails a cheating wife one night, it’s business as usual – until the woman is murdered and the man she’s with becomes the prime suspect. She’s astonished to discover the man’s identity: Alex DeMarco, a man she was once insanely in love with and who shattered her dreams and broke her heart… all in the same day.

As a cop, Alex feels obligated to offer the stranded woman a ride home. When she ends up dead and Val Parker is the one who places him at the scene of the crime, he knows the grudge she holds may affect her testimony and put him behind bars forever. Then her life is threatened, and soon they’re on the run together, working to clear his name and protect her life. Once again, Alex finds himself drawn to this wild, impetuous woman from his past, even as every step they take deeper into the Texas Hill Country may be their last.

Titles in the DeMarco Family series include – I Got You Babe – Wild at Heart – Flirting with Disaster – Light My Fire

* This title was previously published.

The Truth Lies Buried by Morton S. Gray

Posted March 12, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Two children in a police waiting room, two distressed mothers, a memory only half remembered…

When Jenny Simpson returns to the seaside town of Borteen, her childhood home, it’s for a less than happy reason. But it’s also a chance for her to start again.

A new job leads to her working for Carver Rodgers, a man who lives alone in a house that looks like it comes from the pages of a fairy tale – until you see the disaster zone inside …

As Jenny gets to know Carver she begins to unravel the sadness that has led to his chaotic existence. Gradually they realize they have something in common that is impossible to ignore – and it all links back to a meeting at a police station many years before.

Could the truth lie just beneath their feet?

Titles in the Borteen Secrets series include — The Girl on the Beach – The Truth Lies Buried –

SEAL’s Homecoming by Leslie North

Posted February 16, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

When Chance McCallister left her to join the Navy SEALS, Mandy Loomis was devastated. Now, more than ten years later, Chance and his brothers are back in town for their father’s funeral, but Mandy is no longer that moon-eyed teenager she once was. She’s a fiercely independent woman determined to solve her own problems—and she has plenty.

When her gambler father died two years prior, he left Mandy—along with a successful auto repair business—with a ton of debt owed to a ruthless loan shark. Mandy is barely getting by, and when her mechanic quits, she’s in a real bind. It just so happens, Chance is willing to help out. Sure, Chance is bigger, stronger, and sexier than ever, but Mandy isn’t interested in anything but his mechanical skills. Or maybe just a bit interested in his kissing skills—which, by the way, are just as good as she remembers.

Mandy wasn’t the only one brokenhearted when they were just teens. Chance never did get over his first love, and seeing her now only brings back those feelings in a major way. He’s grown up a lot since he left their little town, and now that he’s home, he’s determined to win back the girl he never should have lost. If only he can convince Mandy that he can protect her from the loan shark and his thugs and that she doesn’t have to protect her heart from him.

But just as the two are beginning to realize they’re meant to be together, the loan shark makes things more than just a little precarious, putting both their love and their lives in danger.

Titles in the SEAL & Veterans series include – SEAL’s Homecoming – SEAL’s Accidental Family – Ranger’s Protection

I Got You Babe by Jane Graves

Posted February 16, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

She picked the wrong man… only to find Mr. Right.

On the run for a robbery she didn’t commit, Renee Esterhaus is stuck in East Texas with a broken-down car and a nasty bounty hunter hot on her trail. Desperate for a way out, she makes a promise she never intends to keep – offer the first man she sees a night of unforgettable pleasure in return for a ride. A night to remember, all right, since the man turns out to be a cop on vacation with zero tolerance for sweet-talking criminals.

When the truth comes out, John DeMarco is determined to take Renee to jail, but it isn’t long before he thinks she may be innocent after all. Soon they’re working together to clear her name, but that means dodging his all-cop family, dealing with oddball suspects, staying one step ahead of a pissed-off bounty hunter – and trying to pretend they’re not falling in love.

Titles in The DeMarco Family series include — I Got You, Babe – Wild At Heart – Flirting with Disaster – Light My Fire

One Tough Cowboy by Lora Leigh; Veronica Chadwick

Posted February 2, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Modern Western Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

LAW AND ORDER
For as long as Samantha can remember, Hunter—a man as strong as steel, with a heart of gold—has been her hero. It came as no surprise to Samantha when she found out that the ranch-hardened cowboy who always protected her from bullies went on to become the town’s sheriff. What does surprise her is how incredibly hot he still is. And how much she still wants him…

PRIDE AND PASSION
And, lo and behold, Hunter still has feelings for Samantha. The long-smoldering heat of their innocent flirtation has grown into a full-raging fire. But when tragedy strikes and their small-town community is shattered, Hunter vows to do everything he can to keep his childhood sweetheart safe. But can Samantha trust that Hunter has her best interests at heart…and that, after all these years, his love is true?

Titles in the Moving Violations series include — One Tough Cowboy –

The One You Fight For by Roni Loren

Posted January 4, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

How hard would you fight for the one you love?

Taryn Landry was there that awful night fourteen years ago when Long Acre changed from the name of a town to the title of a national tragedy. Everyone knows she lost her younger sister. No one knows it was her fault. Since then, psychology professor Taryn has dedicated her life’s work to preventing something like that from ever happening again. Falling in love was never part of the plan…

Shaw Miller has spent more than a decade dealing with the fallout of his brother’s horrific actions. After losing everything―his chance at Olympic gold, his family, almost his sanity―he’s changed his name, his look, and he’s finally starting a new life. As long as he keeps a low profile and his identity secret, everything will be okay, right?

When the world and everyone you know defines you by one catastrophic tragedy…

How do you find your happy ending?

Titles in The Ones Who Got Away series include: The Ones Who Got Away – The One You Can’t Forget – The One You Fight For –

Revisiting ~ Wild Man by Kristen Ashley

Posted December 28, 2018 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

While filling the display case in her bakery, the bell over the door sounds and Tessa O’Hara looks up to see the man of her dreams. Within thirty seconds he asks her out for a beer. But after four months of dating, she discovers he’s an undercover DEA agent-and he’s investigating her possible role in her ex-husband’s drug business. For Tess, this means their relationship is over.

Brock disagrees. He’s committed to his anti-drug mission, but he’s fallen in love with the beautiful woman who’s as sweet as her cupcakes-and he’ll do anything to win her back. Standing between Tess and Brock are their own exes, one of them a drug lord who’s determined to get what he wants. Now as danger threatens, can Brock break the rules he’s lived by and let loose his wild side to protect the woman he loves?

Titles in The Dream Man series include — Mystery Man – Wild Man – Law Man – Motorcycle Man –

The Dream Man series also has connections with the Rock Chick and Chaos series. For further information about titles in these amazing series and more please visit the Kristen Ashley page.

As part of a new feature here at Keeper Bookshelf, I’m taking a look back each Friday at a series that I’ve absolutely loved and continue to re-read to this day … that Keeper in my blog’s name refers to the books that stay on a keeper shelf to be re-read at my pleasure. I’m calling this new feature Revisiting A Series or simply Revisiting. I hope you’ll enjoy this look back, and maybe find some authors or titles that you’ve yet to discover. Enjoy. ?

Revisiting ~ Mystery Man by Kristen Ashley

Posted December 21, 2018 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Night time is the right time…

Gwendolyn Kidd has met the man of her dreams. He’s hot, he’s sexy, and what started as a no-names-exchanged night of passion has blossomed into a year and a half-long pleasure fest. Sure, it’s a little strange that he only appears in her bed at night, but Gwen is so sure he’s the one, she just can’t turn him away…

Hawk Delgado knows more about Gwen than she could ever imagine. She’s gorgeous, headstrong, and skittish about relationships. But Hawk is facing his own demons, demons that keep him from connecting with anyone. Yet when Gwen is drawn into Denver’s lethal underground scene, Hawk’s protective nature comes out full force. The problem is, when Gwen gets a dose of Hawk’s Alpha attitude in the daylight, she’s not so sure he’s the one anymore….

Titles in The Dream Man series include: Mystery Man – Wild Man – Law Man – Motorcycle Man –

The Dream Man series also has connections with the Rock Chick and Chaos series. For further information about titles in these amazing series and more please visit the Kristen Ashley page.

Wyoming Cowboy Justice by Nicole Helm

Posted December 10, 2018 by Marsha in Harlequin, Modern Western Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Welcome to Bent, Wyoming

Where the Wild West Never Died

Resident bad boy and saloon owner Grady Carson knows his brother is not a murderer, and he’ll do anything to prove it. But partnering with Laurel Delaney? Worst idea ever. The beautiful by-the-book cop challenges him like no other

Bad family blood—and a killer at large—makes their attraction unthinkable. Dangerous. Reckless. How can they solve a crime to prevent a family war and then let forbidden love ignite it anew?

Titles in the Carsons & Delaneys series include: Wyoming Cowboy Justice – Wyoming Cowboy Protection – Wyoming Christmas Ransom – Wyoming Cowboy Marine (Carsons & Delaneys: Battle Tested #1) – (April 2019) – Wyoming Cowboy Sniper (Carsons & Delaneys: Battle Tested #2) – (May 2019) – Wyoming Cowboy Ranger (Carsons & Delaneys: Battle Tested #3) – (June 2019) – Wyoming Cowboy Bodyguard (Carsons & Delaneys: Battle Tested #4) – (July 2019)

Unspeakable by Elisabeth Naughton

Posted November 20, 2018 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

All his siblings have moved on from their troubling pasts, but Rusty McClane can’t leave his behind. Not even when his freedom is in jeopardy.

Legal investigator Harper Blake can sense a bad boy. She’s drawn to them—like she is to her mysterious and brooding new client. The police believe that Rusty is involved with the case of a missing underage girl. Harper’s job is to find evidence to defend him. But is her sexy suspect a predator…or something else?

If Rusty is guilty of anything, it’s of stirring something primitive in Harper. The closer they get, the harder it is to believe the worst of him.

But in an underworld filled with sex trafficking, kidnapping, and murder, Harper will need to be cautious about whom she trusts. Because Rusty isn’t the only one with secrets.

Titles in the Deadly Secrets series include: Repressed – Gone – Protected – Unspeakable –

Never Let Me Fall by Abbie Roads

Posted November 6, 2018 by Marsha in Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Seeing is believing…

Thomas Brown can’t see color, but he can see people’s true souls. His abilities allow him to work with criminal investigators and deliver justice to families of the wronged. And he’s starting to accept that his life will forever be in black and white…

Then he encounters Helena Grayse, and everything changes. She brings vibrant color to his world, and he brings acceptance and belief to hers. But Helena’s past is quickly catching up with her, and Thomas is in the crosshairs.

As an enemy hidden in plain sight threatens their every move, they’ll have to rely on their love to beat the darkness

Titles in the Fatal Dreams series include: Race the Darkness – Hunt the Dawn – Never Let Me Fall –