Her Own Best Enemy

 90,000-word Romantic Suspense

Keith has officially hit rock bottom. Framed for the theft of deadly missile components, the cynical Special Forces officer is in danger of losing the only thing he can count on: his career. His one shot at clearing his name lies in locating Grace’s ex, who was working with Keith on a secret mission to take down a cutthroat military traitor. But to team up with Grace he’ll need to spend 24/7 with a woman who has every reason to hate him. Out to use each other for their own agenda, desperate mother and disillusioned soldier find they must work together to stay alive, and in the process discover that sometimes even the best of enemies fall in love.

Intrusion

90,000-word Romantic Suspense

Her job: create defenses. His job: crack them. What could possibly go wrong?

Nanotechnologist Dr. Audra McCain attributes her success to her ability to distance herself from messy emotional entanglements that threaten her focus. But when she is framed for the theft of her dynamic armor prototype, she finds herself on the run with a man whose talent lies in hacking through the toughest of defenses.

Ever since a shattered knee ended his career in the Special Forces, Cameron Scott has felt like an intruder in his own life. Hiding his discontent behind a need-to-win mentality, he earns his living testing security systems by breaking them. When Nanodyne hires him to evaluate their system, Cam discovers someone has already breached the company at the highest level. Now he’s on a mission to find out who.

As Audra and Cam play cat and mouse with a ruthless thief out to use Audra’s prototype for his own agenda, the two form a tentative friendship. But Cam wants more, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to break through Audra’s impenetrable emotional firewall and teach her that he’s the one person she can count on.

The Cell

90,000-word Suspense with Strong Romantic Elements

Forensic anthropologist Jocelyn Hewitt knows her one shot at survival lies with the man in the next cell. Held captive in Cambodia by The Trinity, a ruthless group of anarchists who believe she holds the key to the location of an ancient red diamond mine, Jocelyn struggles to make a connection with the prisoner on the other side of the wall.

CIA agent Oliver Shaw believes he’s a dark King Midas—everyone he touches winds up dead. Taken hostage two years ago, Oliver shoulders the blame for the slow execution of his team. He wants nothing more than to be left alone to die. Although he vows to remain detached from the new, alluring prisoner, Jocelyn challenges him to redefine his broken existence.

To save Jocelyn, Oliver must dig deep to find what’s left of his humanity. But with freedom almost in sight, he discovers The Trinity’s plan to use local children as sacrificial pawns. If he stops to save them, his own freedom is forfeit. And even then, The Trinity’s leader knows how to use him to torment and kill those who don’t deserve it. Torn between freedom and redemption, Oliver must decide which is most worth fighting for—before it’s too late.

Contemporary YA Romance

Face the Music (In Progress)

2010 Chase the Dream Finalist

I’m branching out and trying something new.  Blurb coming soon. Stay tuned!

The Reconstruction of Levi McKay

60,000-word Short Contemporary Romance ~ In progress

Responsibility makes stock car driver Levi McKay itch. That’s why he’s determined to escape it at all costs. But when his team manager gives him an ultimatum – fix up a rundown old house to prove he’s let go of his reckless ways – Levi has no choice but to comply. Unless, of course, he can get one infuriating, intriguing, red-headed carpenter to do it for him.

Carpenter California Rossiter loves breathing new life into dilapidated old houses. And if she uses that for a substitute for having a life of her own, well, that’s okay. After all, she’s learned the heartache of not taking life seriously. Her “safe as houses” mentality means giving reckless charmer Levi a wide berth. But when Levi undergoes a reconstruction of his own, will Cali learn the importance of living life to the fullest?

This Dark Place

80,000-word Contemporary Romance

Songwriter Tucker Gentry never stopped blaming himself for the accident that robbed him of his sight and cost him the girl he’d planned to marry. But ten years later, when that girl he’s never forgotten returns to Galveston, his old yearning for love and family threaten his carefully ordered world.

Advertising executive Liberty Winston isn’t about to trust Tucker with her heart a second time. Yet, she longs to rescue him from THIS DARK PLACE where he’s buried his heart. Tucker is determined to keep Libby away before she discovers the truth behind his accident. Easier said than done when she’s bent on saving him…from himself.

When Cowboys Dream

50,000-word Short Contemporary Romance

Still reeling from the blow of her divorce close to a year and a half ago, Elena Morgan reluctantly agrees to be Maid of Honor at her best friend’s wedding in Colorado. The trip turns out to be more than she bargained for when she meets the Best Man.

Best Man, Marcus Holt agreed to do a small favor for a friend by showing Elena a good time while she was in town. He plans to meet the challenge head-on by giving her a healthy dose of sunshine and laughter and then sending the ‘cured’ Elena back home. However, his carefully contrived game goes up in smoke when he realizes that he doesn’t want to let Elena go. Ever. Now he must find a way to up the stakes, for this is the one game he is playing for keeps!