Justice should never be rushed.Just when life with Tyler Falling takes shape and Alex Castle decides she is ready to be free of her controlling father, she learns that he has been killed. The news sends her world into a tailspin.When someone close to the Castle family leaks information that makes Alex look guilty, the police arrest her. Now out on bail, she scrambles to clear her name.Facing decades of imprisonment has Alex doubting the people she should trust the m...

Alexandra Castle hides the brightest part of herself. As the heir-apparent to the Castle Resort empire, her only fault—according to her controlling father—is that she’s gay.Keeping her sexuality hidden seems a small price to pay for upholding the family image. When Alex’s father pits her against her twin brother in a high-stakes competition to choose who will take over the company upon his retirement, Alex knows she’s got what it takes to win. Until an ex-lover reappears and threat...

After narrowly escaping fiery death in Out of the Flames, San Francisco police detective Manhattan Sloane and DEA Agent Finn Harper embark on something even more perilous: bringing to justice all those responsible for the murder of Sloane’s wife, and rekindling the love they had for each other as teens. Both have the potential to burn them badly—and scar Sloane’s grieving stepdaughter, Reagan.Even as Sloane rediscovers that life without love is no life at all, she is learning that ...

Newly minted San Francisco police detective Manhattan Sloane lets no one get close. Especially lovers.Sloane has her reasons for keeping the world at arm’s length. But then her first childhood crush, DEA Agent Finn Harper, reappears and changes everything. Harper has arrived in San Francisco to investigate a new street drug weaving its way into the city—a drug that has personal ties for Sloane. The two find themselves thrown together as they team up to take down a ruthless cartel l...

Some secrets are meant to be told. Some never should.The four years since William Castle’s death have been a roller coaster ride for Alex Castle and Tyler Falling. In the beginning, they soared as life partners and business owners. Then the worldwide economy crashed, and so did their idyllic life. Alex has spent every waking hour since to keep Castle Resorts afloat, letting her relationship with Tyler take a backseat.Just when Alex and Tyler commit to getting back on track,...

Old flames. New secrets. Delayed justice.Now private investigators, Manhattan Sloane and Finn Harper have just landed their very first big job—a contract to clean up a hefty load of unsolved crimes in San Francisco. On day one, the two women step into a political quagmire that pits them against powerful competing forces in the city.Feeling like a pawn in a high-stakes chess game, Sloane stumbles across an unsolved murder with ties to her past—the police officer who rescued ...

Stacy Lynn Mar is a poet, closet collage artist, introverted closet hipster, and occasional fan of The Beatles. She splits her lives between stay-at-home mother, forays into bohemian feminist literature, and part time psychology nerd. Stacy has been writing poetry since her lengthy introductions to Plath in freshman high school English, and has authored five collections. Widely published in the world of independent, internet, and occasional print magazines, when she's not writing Stacy is ...

An old foe has returned for revenge…but Lexi Mills never backs down from a fight.When chaos erupts at a local grocery store in a quiet town near Sacramento, police arrive to discover a horrifying scene—explosive devices trapping a crowd of civilians inside the store, ready to detonate at the push of a button. After ATF explosives expert Lexi Mills arrives on the scene, she quickly realizes that this hostage situation runs far deeper than she imagined…Locked...

A religious zealot has plans to bring the country to its knees.Lexi Mills is hellbent on taking him down.Brace for Impact!ATF Agent and resident bomb expert Lexi Mills is on a mission. Commanding a task force of hand-picked specialists, she sets her sights on a terrorist organization known as The Gatekeepers. A religious sect with a violent plan to cull the nonbelievers before the coming Rapture, the group is headed b...

It was a dream job – until I got hit in the head with a pickle. . . My dress-up shoes are pinching my toes. . . Mississippi Mamaw muscadine jelly biscuits for breakfast, and the fried bologna on the white wonder for lunch. . . Life can be this frightening sometimes. . . "Where are we?" she asks with anxious uncertainty. . . The queen called. . . Sir John FitzAlan drew a slow breath against the pain in his half-healed side. . . Mandy crunches on thinly packed snow with her powder blue hikin...

Stricken is a poignant narrative dedicated to the memory of Leonardo "Leo" and Stephanie Lumbia, exploring the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals and families. The book captures the abrupt and life-altering changes that occurred as the world shifted overnight, emphasizing the human experience rather than medical statistics. It reveals the deep-seated fears, struggles for survival, and the isolation that many faced during this unprecedented time.The aut...

The stage is set for an explosive showdown.The stakes have never been higher.How far will Lexi Mills go to bring a terrorist's reign to an end?When a top Federal Prosecutor dies in a mysterious car accident right on the heels of a landmark case against the infamous crime boss Anton Boyko, seasoned ATF Agent Lexi Mills is convinced that Boyko is linked to the Raven—the ruthless criminal mastermind she's been hunting fo...