Jane Blythe

He doesn't do emotion, she lives by her emotions, how can they ever work as a couple? Julia Garamond is a reporter who won't let go once she catches a hint of a story, and this one is personal to her. When she crosses paths with one of Prey Security's teams she knows together they can take down the powerful Mikhailov Bratva who she believes is involved in a plot to overthrow the government. The last thing she expected was to meet a man who stirs up new feelings. Feelings she won't run from no matter how much he wants her to. Dominick "Domino" Tanner doesn't trust anyone. Especially not the fiery redheaded reporter who pushes his every button. He learned as a young child to lock down his emotions and that's how he lives his life, only sweet, stubborn, crazy Julia is ripping through those barriers without even trying. But his past is about to come back to haunt not just him but the woman who somehow managed to creep inside his heart.

Can she accept an offer of help from a patient she's attracted to? Dr. Piper Hamilton is used to keeping on the fringes. She knows what it's like to be responsible for the death of someone you love and she'd do anything to protect herself from feeling that pain again. But now she's being stalked and a man she's been attracted to for years is offering her not only his protection but a chance at happiness as well. Only problem is he's a patient which makes him off limits. Antonio "Arrow" Eden has been attracted to the pretty doctor ever since he met her, but after almost losing his life he's decided it's time to make his move. He's a fixer, a healer, and he'd do anything to wipe away the sadness he sees lurking in Piper's eyes. When he learns she's in danger he'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe, until he realizes he might be the biggest threat of all. With a stalker circling closer, and demons from their pasts standing in the way, Arrow and Piper might never get a chance to have the happy ending they both desperately want.

He already lost one woman he loves he won't lose another. Phoebe Lynch doesn't want to be her boyfriend's punching bag any longer so she runs to the other side of the country to get away from him. Lying to her family about why she's really there, all she wants to do is find the woman she used to be before she got beaten down and lost all her self esteem. What she doesn't want is to fall for another alpha male. Especially one who could crush her battered heart. When Asher "Mouse" Whitman's daughter disappears from the park he assumes the strange woman he spots her with is the culprit. Instead he learns she saved Lolly's life. Now all he wants to do is protect her and chase away the fear in her eyes. Convincing Phoebe to give him a chance won't be easy especially with her abusive ex still sniffing around. But her ex is far more dangerous than any of them realize and Mouse might wind up losing not just the woman he's falling for but his daughter as well.

She's been held captive for five years. Grace Bennett never expected to escape the hell she's been trapped in for five and a half long years. Then she's found by accident, and suddenly she has her life back. However, she's not the same woman she was before her abduction, and she has to figure out who she wants to become. Detective Matthew Greer pretends he's fine on the outside, but inside he's struggling to get over being abandoned by his family when he needed them the most. When he finds Grace, something about her determination to help find the man who took her calls out to him. Her strength inspires him, but it could also be her downfall. Her stubborn insistence in playing a role in capturing her tormentor could end up costing both of them their chance at a happy ever after.

Rejecting her after she gathered the strength to approach him means she'll never let him get close again. After losing her husband, the first man to make Detective Rylla Franklin feel anything at all turns her down when she garners the courage to ask him out. Throwing herself into work, she has plenty to keep her busy as she and her partner hunt a serial killer who turns his victims into princesses. When her sister becomes the next victim she's yanked from the case and with nothing but time on her hands the sexy man she's been trying to ignore suddenly gets an opening into her life. Nate Oakland didn't want to say no when Rylla asked him out, but he knows he's not good enough for her. He's tried to explain but she won't give him the time of day. When Rylla's sister goes missing, he decides he's given her enough space, and is determined to not only be there to support her but also to convince her he made a mistake turning her down before and to give him a second chance. But when Rylla becomes the killer's next target it's no longer their losses and doubt that are the biggest threat to their fledgling relationship.

One moment in time you wish you could take back. That's how Dahlia Black feels about her life. When she was fifteen she made a mistake that got her best friend killed and she hasn't been able to forgive herself for it. Banishing herself from River's End, she's lured back when someone decides that the past hasn't been laid to rest. Returning to town doesn't just mean facing the family she let down but the one man she's always loved but who nearly died saving her. Fletcher Harris grew up as an honorary member of the Black family, Dahlia like a younger sister to him. Then he lays eyes on her for the first time in eight years and in place of the kid he remembers finds a beautiful, strong, but hurting woman who he can't get out of his mind. Determined to help Dahlia learn to forgive herself so she can finally move on he can't help but hope that he might be a prominent part of her future.

He's trying to prove her friend is guilty of murder. When Clara Candella is carjacked it brings the past she thought was firmly behind her crashing into her present. Now the sexy detective who saved her life is trying to prove that her childhood friend is guilty of the same horrendous crimes they both survived. Can she set the fact that they're on opposite sides of this investigation aside and allow the attraction simmering between them to grow into something more? A car chase leads Detective Jonathon Dawson to a woman he instantly feels a connection to, unfortunately, she's hellbent on proving that her friend is innocent, even though he knows differently. Despite her being involved in his case he asks her out, only to be turned down flat. He knows there's something between him but winning Clara's affections while simultaneously searching for proof of her friend's guilt isn't going to be easy.

She will bring sunshine to his life ... if he can keep her alive. All Meadow Smith has ever wanted was to belong. Unfortunately her desire to find her place in the world led to a decision she regrets but can never take back. Now she's on the run and has to decide if she can put her trust in another man or if she's safer if she keeps moving. Problem is you can't run from your mistakes forever. Abe Black served his country and now he serves the people of River's End as Sheriff of the quaint small town. As soon as he spots Meadow he knows she's in trouble, he wants to help just like he wants to give in to his growing feelings for the sweet woman he's brought into his home but he's been burned before. Can he settle for just trying to keep her alive and then walk away?

Being the bodyguard for a friend you're secretly in love with isn't easy. Ashley Fallon narrowly survived an assault by a serial rapist and murderer, and as the only surviving victim she finds herself in need of a bodyguard after her assailant makes it clear he doesn't like loose ends and intends to finish what he started. Sawyer Watson is trapped in his own kind of Hell. He's secretly in love with Ashley but as far as she's concerned they're just friends. Now she's living in his house and he's spending his days-and his nights-with her, and while he won't take advantage of her while she's vulnerable he can't help but hope that spending so much time together might make her see him differently.

Betrayed. Sold. Tortured. Now she's fighting to rebuild her life. Amethyst Hatcher was supposed to die on her eighteenth birthday, against all the odds she survived, and now lives her life searching for her next adrenalin rush. When the firefighter is assigned to work with the cops, she finds herself completely unprepared for the sexual tension smoldering between her and Detective Zeb Tuck to develop into something more. Zeb can't deny the sizzling attraction between him and Amethyst, but he fights against it. He's already lost so much and doesn't want to get involved with someone who seems to have a death wish. When his newest case, hunting a sadistic fire-starting killer forces him and the sexy firefighter to work together, he'll have to decide whether falling for Amethyst is worth the risk.

Fifteen years is a long time to be missing. Emerald Hatcher was the baby of the Hatcher family. Sweet, kind, compassionate, a dreamer who would give the shirt off her back to someone who needed it more than her. But that was then. What have fifteen years away from her family, tortured and abused, done to her? The Hatcher sisters have been desperate to find the last sister and bring her home, but what they get is not what they bargained for. Is anyone really ready for Emerald Hatcher to return home?

Betrayed. Sold. Tortured. Now she's fighting to rebuild her life. Diamond Hatcher was always the quiet girl-the shy one. Her ordeal at the hand of human traffickers left her more reserved, expressing through her paintings what she cannot put into words. She took the biggest risk of her life when she let Detective Elijah Newton know she was interested in him, but he didn't return her feelings. Elijah's life was turned upside down in a way he never could have expected, and although he has feelings for Diamond, there is no way he's going to drag her into the mess his life has become. Until fate forces his hand. When someone starts using Diamond's paintings as inspiration to commit murder, there isn't anything he won't do to keep her safe, including tell her his biggest secret.