M. J. Schiller

He's a cop... Heath "Hawk" McGowan is a young, single, cop and father. Jasmine Barrett is the rock star who has just discovered her best friend murdered in her own bed. Jazz is not at all what Heath expects. Anticipating having to work with a prima donna, he is surprised to find her sweet and completely unassuming, in addition to being as sexy as her onstage persona. She's a rock star... Having lost her parents and now her best friend, Jazz is not about to let someone new into her life. But when she discovers another body in the condominium's garage, her terror drives her closer to Heath. Together, they are BETWEEN ROCK AND A HARD PLACE After outlining a number of reasons why he shouldn't become involved with her-the top reason being he is the lead investigator in the murder of her best friend-Heath finds that he can't stop from falling in love. Will Heath be able to solve the murders before Jasmine becomes the next victim? Or will he save Jazz, but lose his heart to her?

Nash is trying to make a name for himself in the art world... But when he meets a realtor to buy a gallery, he is stunned to find Chloe sitting at the table with the man. He has never stopped thinking about her since she disappeared from his life without a trace. Is it too late to win back her love? Chloe has finally found a way to leave her past behind her... But her heart leaps out of her chest when she sees Nash. How can he be here? Now...after all this time? On the surface, she pulls herself back together. But underneath she feels she is about to shatter. After remaking herself, how can she deal with being faced with Nash and the life she knew before? If this chance meeting doesn't rip Chloe and Nash apart, he will. Little do they know, someone has been lurking in the shadows, manipulating them all along. If he has his way, the two will never be reunited. Even if he has to take one of them out to ensure it.

Leaving the Midwest to follow her boyfriend to Victory, New York was a mistake.When he gambles away her college savings, and is caught with a prostitute, it is clear that Harper gave her heart-and ATM card-to the wrong man. Embarrassed, and having no means to get home, she tries to pick up the pieces of her life in Victory. But when she witnesses her friend's murder, her luck turns even colder, and the stakes are raised.He wants to rid his little part of the world of crime.But a certain red-headed dealer at La Bonne Chance casino is a distraction he can't turn away from...and he's not sure he wants to. When Harper is hunted by mobsters, Cash will do anything to keep her safe, even if it means going all in and putting his heart on the table.Will Cash find Harper before the mob can?And even if he does, will he be able to convince her to take a chance on him when everything around her is a lie? Harper is on the biggest losing streak of her life. But with the bad guys hot on her trail, is Cash a winning bet? If she makes another mistake, it could be her final wager.Will they be lucky in love, or are they running out of chips?

Dylan Fisher is an EMT and part-time Santa Claus at a mall in Denver, Colorado. He has logged plenty of time with children sitting on his lap asking for anything from the latest electronic gadget to a week's worth of homework passes, but he never heard anyone ask for what little Delaney Kelly asked for on one snowy night in December. A dad When Dylan's eyes search the crowd for Delaney's mother and land on Keira Kelly, the paramedic almost finds himself in need of a little CPR. She is stunning. Keira Kelly is still grieving over the loss of her husband...... but a reckless driver has her thinking about nothing but survival as she's headed home from the mall. When Keira wakes in the hospital to find a hunky EMT at her bedside, she begins having a few thoughts that would put her on Santa's Naughty List for sure.Neither is ready for what is coming UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR.When she finds out the EMT is only hanging around because the police believe someone is out to get her, she's not sure what to think about his kindness. Is he helping her because he wants to, or because he feels he needs to? And what about the man who rammed her car, could he have had something to do with her husband's death?

Both physically and emotionally scarred, will Teddy Mckee be able to find love? Teddy McKee was born in Cork, Ireland, with a limp and a chip on his shoulder that threw his balance off all the more. When he falls in love with a dark haired beauty born of an Irish father and a Spanish mother, will Gabrielle Quinn be able to restore his balance? And what about the charming Sean Hennessey? When Gabby catches his eye, too, will Teddy's playboy best friend damage their relationship? Fourteen years later, Teddy's son has pain of his own. But, when Tess Flanagan walks into the bar Michael works at, even through bloodshot eyes he could see she was different. But can Michael leave behind the bottle, and his womanizing ways, to win her over? Tess carries some heavy emotional baggage, too. Can she and Michael learn how to love each other despite their pasts? And if they do, will they be able to elude those after them who want to inflict their own damage?On the run after an altercation leaves their boss in a pool of blood, will Michael and Tess be able to stay one step ahead of their pursuers? Or is it simply too late to rise above the damage that has been done?

Princess Adriana had her life all figured out... Or, to be more precise, she had her life all figured out for her. Before she was even born she was betrothed to Garin, and that was perfectly acceptable as he became her childhood friend, and then, eventually, the person she would swap kisses with inside the palace gardens. She never questioned it, never had a reason to, until the day a commoner was brought before her father, the King, to be punished....until the day her eyes conncected with blacksmith Seth Hobb's across a stone courtyard.When he creeps into the castle at night to thank her for freeing him, they begin to build a relationship with one another that is often as explosive as it is endearing. But fate ends up separating the two and they must undertake a long and arduous journey to be reunited. But with everything against them, can an uncommon love like theirs survive?Even then, can Adriana make Seth see her for herself and not as the princess he imagines? And if she does, will she ever be able to convince her father that, despite his objections over Seth being a commoner, there is nothing "common" about him at all?

When he returns from a trip, Prince Tahj senses unrest....... even before his best friend and captain, Radeem, warns him. Radeem heard rumors and suspects the King's advisor is planning to overthrow the crown. The darkly bitter Grand Vizier, Lord Boltar, is about to claim what he believes belongs to him, the rule of Avistad. Stolen from her home, Bashea is left bound and gagged on the prince's bedroom floor.Just as Tahj discovers a captive girl in his bedroom, left as a "gift" from Lord Boltar, fighting erupts. Tahj, Radeem, and Bashea escape the castle in a hail of arrows. The pair is drawn closer together as they face various perils, Boltar's soldiers, a screaming panther, even the scathing winds of a desert storm.Born from the fire of a coup, Tahj and Bashea's relationship burns with a passion that neither of them quite understands.After what she went through at the hands of Boltar's men, Bashea is afraid to trust. Yet it is her fiery nature that both appeals to Tahj, and drives him crazy. In fact, when Bashea's brother, Bagrat, informs Tahj that Bashea means "lips of the gods," he retorts, "Are you sure you don't mean tongue of the devil?" It takes a long separation to bring them back to each other, but when Tahj does return, it is once again during a battle with Lord Boltar. But now the overlord, who has been forced beyond reason by Tahj's success in retaking the throne, is an even more dangerous threat than before. Reunited, will Tahj and Bashea be strong enough to defeat their twisted and powerful enemy?

He's the cop. Cooper Sullivan is the cop in charge of investigating a murder outside of a Los Angeles night club. The famous romance author, Sydney Essex, has been found strangled in the parking lot. When the young officer returns to the scene of the crime the night after the murder, he gets involved in a fight in order to protect a woman, who he realizes afterward, is the victim's sister. Soon he finds himself torn by his attraction to the irresistible blond teacher, and his need to maintain a professional distance. She's the teacher. Laney Essex is distraught over her sister's death, so the high school English teacher returns to the bar where the crime occurred to find answers. To her dismay, she is only left with more questions, many centered on her developing relationship with Cooper Sullivan. Is the pull she's feeling towards him reciprocated, or is the handsome detective only showing her professional courtesy, or, perhaps, even pity? But he's the one teaching her lessons of the heart. When Laney receives a threatening phone call from Sydney's murderer, it quickly becomes evident that the man who killed her sister is after her, too. Can Cooper figure out who the killer is before it's too late? And if he does solve the case, will it just be another file stamped "CLOSED" in red and locked away in a drawer, or will the sparks that have been flying between the two finally ignite?

It was one of those mornings for newspaper-writer/photographer Hope Creswell. The alarm clock didn't go off and she cut her finger on broken glass. Not one to let such things get her down, Hope headed into her assignment meeting with excitement, only to leave it stunned. Her new assignment is to trail the sensational rock-star, Chase Hatton, for an article. Chase Hatton. No one knows the power that name holds for her. No one knows of the childhood friendship that blossomed into romance, only to abruptly die on the night of Hope's senior prom. No one knows of the ache still filling her heart. What starts out for Chase Hatton as an average publicity trip to Chicago suddenly becomes complicated.His manager tells him Hope Creswell will be interviewing him in the morning.He spent eight years trying to forget Hope, and now she would be in his penthouse in a matter of hours?When Chase opens the door to his penthouse and finds Hope on the opposite side, his heart begins beating a rhythm the rocker has yet to capture in any of his music. The smoldering embers of their former romance are fanned by their mere proximity. Will they both be burned again? And what about Hope's boyfriend, Phillip? Where does he fit into the picture that Hope is developing?