novels
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Betrayal of the Trust
Deadly Promise
Dare to Believe
In Progress, The Cassidy Raines Series
On A Wing and A Prayer
Black Gold
BETRAYAL OF THE TRUST
Premise:
This romantic suspense partners a reserved art broker with an urbane detective as they uncover a string of murders and art forgeries all done in the name of revenge.
Short Synopsis:
Since childhood, JADE LAURENT, has been groomer to take over her father's business--a day she thought long in coming--until her father is killed in a hit and run accident.
She accepts her responsibilities, even relishes the opportunity to prove her worth against the "big boys" in the arena of art importing and brokering. But Jade fights a miggling desire to be something else. To creep out from under the persona her father created for her, to be truly independent.
On the eve of her biggest commission to date, Jade's world is abruptly shattered again as Benjay, her courier, her father's best friend and a man she fondly called uncle is murdered in a most bizarre way.
She is immediately dealt another blow, Benjay's precious cargo, a rare sapphire, has been stolen and in its place a simple note: "Jade is next."
MALCOLM TALBOT, private investigator, is as well known for ferreting out the truth as he is for squiring around town the lastest hot bod and clients are kept at arm's length. His newest client won't be any different especially since she has a bulls-eye painted on her back.
However, Jade isn't about to let this murder investigatoin take place without her, even if it places her sqarely into the murderer's sights.
As the investigation intensifies--revealing the past of her father and family, so do the attempts on Jade's life.
When it's nearly too late, Jade and Malcolm learn that love and committment aren't about sacrifice and loss, but that loves gives you the freedom to be yourself along side a partner for life.
Deadly Promise
Premise:
When keeping a promise pits you against those who profess to be on your side, who do you trust?
Short Synopsis:
While ALEXANDRA DANFORTH'S hormones says she should be settling down and adding to her large and extended family, her experience with dating has been less that stellar.
Her world of computers and logic is the antithesis of complex, irrational and un-programmable relationships. She's always been more comfortable opening a book than opening up to people.
Alex gets a frantic call from her BFF, Ria, that a hacker has again caused serious computer breaches at Keir Michaels Architectural Designs. Who better to ferret out the hacker than one of the best computer system analysts in the the country?
KEIR MICHAELS has pulled himself up from ignominy and created a name for himself. Two more weeks and he will present his designs for the biggest architectural competetion in the country--The Eden Competition. Life can't get much better than this.
He is dealt a cruel blow when police notify him that not only has Ria--his best architect--been killed in a car crash, she's listed Keir as next of kin. Stunned, Keir never thought of the possibility of siblings as a result of his father's bigamy.
Alex and Keir, drawn together by Ria's death, uncover a web of tangled lives, jealousy and deception, and become targets themselves.
Both discover that living for the challenge of a bigger or more complicated job isn't enough to sustain them, they need each other as well.
Dare to Believe
Premise:
In this romantic suspense, a widow whose child has been kidnapped must ask for help from her former fiancé.
Short Synopsis:
CATHERINE MALLOY nee HEMSTEAD is sure she had withstood all the blows fate could deliver following the sudden death of her husband, until her precious five-year-old daughter, HALEY, disappears.
The only person Cate can turn to is JASON ST. PIERRE, who may not be terribly willing to help since she brutally destroyed their relationship seven years ago, then months later married his business partner and conceived a child--the very reason she cited as their irreconcilable difference. Jason wanted a family, something he never had, and Cate wanted a career, afraid of the committment a family would bring.
Jason is deeply concerned for Haley's safety and readily agrees to help Cate.
Their search takes them from Denver to the ski town of Steamboat Springs to Hawaii and uncovers treachery, disloyalty and an unhealthy need for a family to control destiny.
During the time it takes to find Haley, Cate and Jason discover each other's new strengths and rediscover the path back to love.