Alice Hollywell, the young spitfire from Hollywood and her best friend, the poor little rich girl Em Martín from nearby Bel Air, CA, are stationed on a remote military base in West Texas in the mid 1970s.Worldly Alice "Hollywood" Hollywell is notorious for changing "teams" without notice. Em is shy and seemingly sheltered and has a secret. Despite their differences, their friendship blossoms into something they never imagined. The arrest of their friend Whitey, and rumors about an ...

For as many reasons as there are days in a year... a century... or millennia, some novelists choose to write incognito. By using an alias, pen name; or, as the French so beautifully say, nom de plume, they'll cloak their true identities.The nom de plume, while convenient, does present a bit of a conundrum for the writer. Whose backstory or biography should an author employ introducing themselves to their reading public? Their own, or their literary double's. Enter the crea...

In this sequel/prequel to The Incredible Transformations of Alice Hollywood, nearly twenty years have passed since a fiery crash changed Em Martín's life. Now living in Los Angeles, and known professionally as Mackenna, a recent life-altering tragedy has her in an emotional tailspin. Memories and regrets previously buried and ignored have been churned up.In a desperate effort to stop her downward spiral into melancholy, Mackenna turns to her writing for emotional support; as well a...

All is well with Em Martín. Things couldn't be better. After helping Dot get back on her feet in Palm Springs, Em and her family are back home in Bel Air, CA, embracing their new roles. Happy and beyond content, Em feels lucky she's found "the one." Life is good—exceedingly good… until it's not.As if on cue, the good turns ugly. Prairie's Montana family is dealing with a health crisis, Dot experiences a devastating loss; and, in the blink of an eye, everyone's favorite and seemingl...

Angry, debilitated, and depressed, Em would rather just give up and die after surviving the fiery crash that destroyed her life, but Dot Baverstock has other plans for her. Enter Prairie Vaughn, aka 'Wonder Woman.'In this third installment of The Em Suite series, we meet Prairie—the red–headed female Casanova. She's the physical therapist Dot finds to take on the monumental task of bringing a stubborn and unwilling Em back to life.Secrets, drama, heartbreak, and passion off...

Much beloved and fan favorite Dot Baverstock is back in this fourth installment of The Em Suite—but not in a way you'd ever expect.Dot and her son Waverly have a deep, dark secret they've been keeping for years. When Dot suffers a traumatic fall, they make a difficult and daring decision to expose themselves to their extended family.Waverly has orders to report for Air National Guard duty which would leave Dot, seriously injured, on her own or in the care of strangers. Em a...

Plain Jane computer programmer Khloe Richardson needs a date—just so she can make the guy of her dreams jealous. Maybe then he'll finally see her as something more than the awkward girl who works in the second office from the left. Bidding on a bachelor at a charity auction could be the perfect opportunity. Except that Khloe ends up winning the one bachelor she doesn’t want: millionaire Niall Hunter. The same bachelor she spent a scorchingly hot, intense night with…and never saw a...

Beloved for contemporary romance novels that "deliver laughter, tears, and so much joy," (RT Book Reviews), JoAnn Ross expands her wildly popular New York Times bestselling Shelter Bay series to southern Oregon ranching country, home to three sexy Murphy brothers and the strong, passionate women who fall in love them.  Welcome to River's Bend — Oregon's most western town where spurs have a job to do and cowboy hats aren’t a fashion accessory. Rachel Hathaway was living...

By Fire Series: Book OneDirk Krause is a jerk of the first degree. His life is a hell of his own making, and he makes everyone around him just as miserable. When he's injured on the job while fighting a fire, he's nearly unbearable to the hospital staff, and of course no one from his unit cares enough to visit. Lee Stockton is the new guy at the station, so he gets saddled with the job of bringing Dirk a sympathy bouquet from the guys at the firehouse. To ...

A frozen corpse leads a detective to a deadly family in this psychological thriller by the author of Mostly Murder.BAD OMENHomicide detective Claire Morgan has a bad feeling when a man’s body is found in a Missouri State Park. The crime scene is buried in snow. The corpse is frozen in ice. And nearly every bone has been broken, shattered, or crushed . . .BAD BLOODClaire’s suspicions only get worse w...

Ginger Peet has never regretted leaving Nashville with her sister and their life-sized statue of Dolly Parton. Now she's settled in Chicago with Lieutenant Derek Tyler, spending her nights pressed against every inch of his hard, dominating, and panty-meltingly-hot body.And there's nowhere Derek would rather be than reminding Ginger—thoroughly and exquisitely—that she belongs to him. But then trouble hits the streets of Chicago. The kind of bust the old-school boys call a "...

Sequel to Strengthened by FireBy Fire Series: Book ThreeFirefighters Lee Stanton and Dirk Krause need a vacation. Work seems to have other ideas: they spend the day before their holiday begins battling a fire that claims three lives. Thankfully, Lee and Dirk will have a whole week on the high seas to recover.They’re having a wonderful time—until they spot Dirk’s miserable, closed-minded father on the ship. Between his father’s presence and h...