Available 4/27/2012 from Musa Publishing

 RWA GOLDEN HEART FINALIST

Dr. Elizabeth Iverson's career is on track--she's just landed a prestigious position as a cardiologist at a renowned cardiac care center in Chicago.  Meeting her former lover, Drake McGuire at an alumni banquet where she is the keynote speaker is decidedly disconcerting, but she vows to put him out of her mind--she can't, won't let him stir up her life now!  Her plans for a quiet, controlled life are shattered, though, when she discovers her one-time college roommate stabbed to death in her apartment.  When Drake shows up on her doorstep with the cops, he sparks a storm in her heart that further threatens to destroy the life she's managed to create for herself and her daughter, Allison.

Although known for getting his man, dark, explosive Drake McGuire's maverick ways have earned him a forced vacation from his FBI post.  Returning to Chicago, he is amused to find "love 'em and leave 'em" Elizabeth's life plan on track.  But her seemingly innocent amber eyes and quiet smile twist at his heart, fueling a desire to make those amber eyes smolder, those heart-shaped lips once more cry out his name in passion--even as his instinct for self-preservation screams at him to run the other way.  When it seems Elizabeth might have been the intended target for murder, he can't help himself as he is compelled to protect both her and her precocious daughter.

RWA Golden Heart Finalist for Best Romantic Suspense!

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-- Freefall

...He held her tightly, aware of the violent beating of his heart.  He felt as if he was falling—freefalling through 15,000 feet—without a parachute.  It was exciting, thrilling—and deadly.  He’d brought Kate up here to protect her, to keep her out of trouble.  He'd told himself he owed that much to Keith.  Now all he wanted to do was take her to bed and ravage her 'til dawn...

Freak accident or attempted murder?  Kate Reynolds’s quest to unravel the mystery of her brother’s plane crash throws her into the turbulent wake of suave pilot/mechanic Everett Larsen.   His penetrating gray gaze ignites in her a passion as powerful as a jet stream, but it also sparks a memory—one she can’t quite reel in.  A bitter divorce has taught her to trust no man, so how can she trust Larsen?

Drawn by a cryptic message Keith left on his answering machine the day before his crash, Everett “Spike” Larsen flies to Milwaukee for answers, but he is unprepared for the assault of emotion he feels when he comes face to face with Kate.  After the death of his wife, he thought himself no longer capable of such emotion.  He is afraid to give into his feelings for Kate—afraid to love again.  But when Kate insists on helping out at her brother's aircraft repair shop and gets too close to the truth, he is even more afraid to lose her.