AUSTIN STONE (1904-1979) was a well known crime novelist and BBC playwright during the years 1936 and 1955. Most of his books and plays were based on historically True Crime events and were published in several languages for overseas readers.Prior to "Missing, Murder Suspected", his last published book was "In the Shadow", a novel based on the 'Camden Town Murder of 1907, published in 1953. This famous murder has since been possibly linked to 'Jack the Ripper" by the famous America...

Getting pregnant after a one-night stand with my brother's best friend was never part of the plan.We're talking about Foster Davis here.Chicago Colts closing pitcher.The broody king of one-word answers.And the man everyone knows keeps one foot out the door.Surprisingly, when two pink lines turn my world upside down, Foster doesn't run. He steps in, he shows up, and he insists we do this together.Pretending we're fine...

Growing up, Jude McCallister was the bane of my existence.My best friend. Fiercest ally. The most annoying boy in the world. At 18, the boy I loved to hate became the man I couldn't live without. We were young. Madly in love. Invincible. Strong enough to weather any storm. Cocky enough to believe that no amount of time or distance could destroy us.When Jude finally returned home from overseas, it should have been cause for celebration. But the man I'd falle...

Raising my cousin’s three kids wasn’t in my five-year plan.Actually, it wasn’t in any plan.One minute I’m a single labor and delivery nurse living a quiet life and the next, I’m navigating guardianship hearings, meltdowns, and homework I’m pretty sure requires a math degree.Enter Hayes Carlisle.My best friend’s older brother.Chicago Colts newest catcher.And the man I once kissed and immediately prete...

I've always wanted a pack to call my own. I just didn't expect to have to fight for my place in it.Being raised in a pack, I grew up knowing exactly what I wanted. A place where I'd belong, where I'd be loved and safe. So the night I smack pasta-first into a tall, scowling alpha who smells like he could be mine , I think I've finally found my happily ever after. A pack of strong, devoted alphas and a life full of warmth and protection.I sho...

I'm a screw-up. Proof? On my first day back in town, I accidentally assaulted an officer, who also happens to be my brother's best friend… and the only man I've ever loved.The thing is, that's only a blip on my record of mistakes. And believe me, the list is so long it could practically be two—one for all my usual screw-ups and the other for all my mistakes involving Hayes.My tendency to make colossal mistakes around him is why I left town in the first plac...

Six weeks.That's how long my editor gave me to change my book from a baseball romance to one about hockey. A complete rewrite. Which is how I find myself in Montana, a thousand miles from home, researching hockey, and preparing to meet a local expert.There's one small problem.Or rather a big one. A big, grumpy problem.My expert is none other than Nick Galaxy—the single dad and hockey captain I ran into minutes after landing ...

Fake dating a disgraced pro hockey player wasn’t in the cards. Neither was falling in love with him for real.Being a female mechanic has it’s flaws. The sweet-talking hockey player who thinks I’m here to flirt with him instead of fix his car is proof.Thanks to my broken heart, Chance McLanely’s crystal blue eyes and charming smiles don’t—ahem—barely affect me.I fix his flashy Lamborghini, drop him off and expect to never see him ag...

Josie Hayes is always on the run. From bad decisions. From heartbreak. From cowboys.Her latest escape was supposed to be a quiet reset at her family's cabin in Tennessee—not a reckless detour at a smoky backwoods bar and definitely not a collision with Lincoln Carter. Rugged and magnetic, he's temptation in a cowboy hat, and his slow smile makes forgetting her rules far too easy.Their connection is instant, electric, and impossible to ignore. What starts wi...

My grandmother has a saying: what's done in the dark always comes to light, especially in small towns with big secrets. And I was hiding the biggest secret of them all.Every summer I spent growing up at my grandparents' coastal estate was the same. Same cousins. Same chaos. Same long golf cart rides along the beach.Everything changed the summer I turned eighteen, when my grandparents' new housekeeper moved in with her son, Riley. With his big personality an...

I met the love of my life at ten years old.At sixteen, I gave him my heart.Three years later he was drafted to the NHL and moved across the country.Five years after, he’s back. And he’s meeting his daughter for the first time.I still hate him.Even if my heart says that’s a lie.***At ten years old, she changed my life.At sixteen, I told her I loved her.Three years after, I left and broke her heart.Five years lat...

I agree to teach my curvy tomboy best friend how to lose her V-card.The rules are simple: keep it strictly business. Don't fall for her…But Lily Winslow doesn't do simple.With curves that set my blood on fire and a mouth too smart for her own good, she's asking me to teach her how to drive a man wild.I'm an NHL goalie—built to dominate, control, and win.Coaching Lily to kiss, to touch, to unlock her own damn fire is pure torture....