Archer (20 page)

“Just setting them up for the lady. Looks like we’re out of luck tonight. She beat us to the table.” The man winked at her. “Name’s Tony Weston. Yours?”

“Rocki Ba…just Rocki.” She shuffled closer to Tony. Shocked to discover these were the men Archer wanted her to investigate and afraid she wasn’t up to the job. “You all can play, if you want. I don’t mind.”

“Right,” he murmured. “We could make this interesting in exchange for sharing the table.”

“Oh, yeah?” She inhaled swiftly, wondering if he was in on the meeting and testing her. “What do you have in mind?”

Tony’s grin turned into a genuine smile, and the effect wasn’t lost on her. She felt the warmth all over, and she meant every little out-of-the-way, hidden spot on her body went suddenly hot. “One game. Winner calls.”

“Calls anything?” She gulped.

He leaned in closer and whispered, “Anything.”

When her beloved high school teacher appears on her doorstep, Deputy Chief Jess Harris is flooded with fond memories until the woman says she’s about to be charged with murder. As Jess fights to keep her former teacher from suspicion—and her relationship with Chief Dan Burnett separate from her work life—she knows she is caught in a vicious cycle of vengeance.

Jenna Jay Scroggs needs a fresh start but doesn’t realize it will happen in small-town Texas. And the hot cowboy she’s falling for will need to convince her that she won’t ever get Texas out of her blood—or one good-time, ever-lovin’ cowboy out of her heart.

Avery Price trades couture for country and makes her way to Trouble, Wyoming. Noah McDermott, a successful business owner, knows Avery is running from something, and he has no problem helping her forget about her past. Trouble is, Avery is everything he never expected.

Fourteen years ago, Kate Beckett’s younger brother was kidnapped and murdered on her watch. Now she is an advocate for missing children, and her newest case brings her back to the small town where she lost her brother—and where she left behind the first boy she ever loved. As they race against the clock, their investigation leads to a brutal murderer with a shocking connection to Kate’s tragic past. And this time, the killer has Kate firmly in his sights.

Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett thought she knew exactly where her life was going. But after a wild night at the hottest club in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, she shocks everyone—including herself—when she decides to leave the only life she’s ever known and set out on her own. Andrew lives life like there is no tomorrow and persuades Camryn to live carefree. But there is more to Andrew than Camryn realizes. Will his secret push them inseparably together—or destroy them forever?

Dominic Knight is a man in control. A self-made billionaire by the age of twenty-three, Knight always gets what he wants. And he wants Kate Hart, a rising star of cyber forensics. But she’s determined to stay cool and professional—no matter how hot and bothered her new boss makes her feel. From the sultry red-light district of Amsterdam to the private sexual playgrounds of Hong Kong, Kate will shed every inhibition and surrender every part of herself—body, mind, and soul—to give her lover all he craves, all he needs, and all he demands.

Ellie Watt is ready to give up her con artist life. But returning to the dry desert town of Palm Valley, California, means one more temptation than she bargained for—Camden McQueen. Once known as the high school weirdo, Camden is bigger and badder than the boy he used to be and a talented tattoo artist with his own thriving business. Ellie’s counting on Camden still being in love with her, but what she’s not counting on is how easily she falls for him. Soon her plot for one last score turns ugly, and it’s Camden who swoops in to save the day. But Ellie’s solution comes with a price, and it’s one that takes them both down a dangerous road.

After years of covert missions, Avery harbors regrets that continue to haunt him. Determined to discover the truth, he heads deep into the hostile territory of Southeast Asia, ready for danger and violence—only to find himself captured by desire. Sydney Price never backs down from a challenge. She has her own reasons for wanting revenge against the men Avery is hunting. Though she tries to deny her attraction to the tough, handsome warrior, the spirited Sydney soon finds him impossible to resist. Now she and Avery must work together to uncover the truth—and stay alive. But as the enemy closes in and old secrets unravel, the line between partners and lovers vanishes like mist in the jungle.

Tabitha Allen has a not-so-secret crush on Parker “Shy” Cage. Shy Cage thinks he knows the path Tabby’s on, and it isn’t a good one. So he decides to teach her a lesson to lead her to the right path. Unfortunately, he was wrong, and his actions wound Tabby, breaking her heart. Then it’s Tabby who teaches Shy a lesson about casting judgment, and Shy Cage learns what it feels like to be invisible. But when tragedy strikes and Tabby’s heart is broken again, Shy does what he can in the background to help. Trying to forget her heartbreak, Tabby finds herself in danger. To keep it secret from her biker family, the Chaos Motorcycle Club, she calls Shy to rescue her. But when she lets him back in, she gets much more than she bargained for.