Mimi Barbour

Faith - Book #5Hooker turned nanny, Faith Whitely, known to her johns as Sunshine, has struggled to be a decent person all her life. And her options were never the same as the good girls in town. Growing up with a sick mother and limited resources, she does the best she can until a man she loves dies in a violent, intolerable situation where she blames herself. Then her world crumbles into drugs and self-hate. She's saved by the sound of a baby's cry, an unmanageable child who she bonds with and then needs as much as she wants his daddy.Any luck Steven Corella has with the women in his life has been all bad. Sensitive, a man who works in a job unsuited to his inner nature, he manages to fool the world. When he finds he's to become a daddy, the tough-guy personality he's been portraying all along turns real. He hardens his heart and hides behind thick walls of protection he's carefully erected. And then Sunshine enters his world, and nothing makes sense anymore.Leni - Book #6 Leni Santino's happy life turns upside down from five words uttered carelessly, "Sergio Mandalas killed your cousin." Stunned speechless, her heart closes and the hard facade she'd warn in the past returns. Everything she loves becomes meaningless. While her wonderful Mani, the man who gave up his future for her, died senselessly, how can she carry on, knowing his killer walks free?When her long-lost mother, a woman she'd never met, appears to warn her that a blackmailer has found out the family secret, everything spins unbearably out of control.Detective Mike Kowalski loves the spirited boxing chick in every way a man can idolize his woman. But he feels her slipping away. With the help of their friends, he tries to keep her safe. In the end, the choices were hers to make. All he could do was stand by and watch... And be ready to pick up the pieces.

Detective Cora Taylor isn't expecting the cop who'd haunted her dreams for ten years to return and find her drunk, wearing a torn wedding dress, and surrounded with tiny, white puppies. Go figure her rotten luck. The last time they'd met, she'd been a sweet-looking rookie too fearful to shoot a killer who ended up later murdering a family of four.Guilt from that night changed her into a speed demon, a hardened detective with colorful language... in fact a whole new persona. One who wears too much makeup, bleaches her short messy hair, and has developed professional skills that earns everyone's respect.Agent Kal Hunter remains flummoxed by the altered vision of the pony-tailed rookie he remembers to the sexy woman he sees today. Being OCD about most things in his world, this unconventional female rings his bell constantly. Besides his need to have her assistance in stopping the ten-year-old, cold-case killer who's again on a rampage, there's something about her he can't resist.She's her own boss, a cop who has no illusions. Yet when her shell is penetrated, there's sweetness that rips a man to pieces.He has only one worry.When they meet up with the savage killer this time, will... can she take the shot?

Sophia's mane of silver hair gives her the look of a mystical warrior, a female not of this world. Some colleagues defend her, others are jealous, most fear her, yet everyone respects her abilities. An ace sharpshooter, she's called on for the most difficult cases. Her uncanny ability to remain cool under duress makes her the perfect person to rescue the twins of the frantic governor whose rejected husband intends to make her suffer. The fact that they are whisked to Greece also works in her favor since she's spent most of her summers in Rhodes visiting family and can show up there without anyone becoming suspicious. Problems begin when a cocky hero hits on her in the marketplace. Why her?Sam Reagan, owner, and CEO of The Reagan Group promises his sister he'll follow the FBI agent to the Greek island to ensure his niece and nephew are safely returned to her arms. Understanding his mission has to be covert because his former brother-in-law will recognize him, he uses an alias and follows the gorgeous agent who's on the case. It's understood he stays in the background, gives assistance if needed... until he sees her. Then all bets are off. There's no way he'll leave her to deal with dangerous traffickers after she saves a teenager hooker and whisks the poor girl away right under their noses.Digging deeper, working together, they discover the consortium of criminals is more organized than they first believed. And the man running the operation is the same low-life loser who fathered the missing twins.The Undercover FBI Series: Special Agent Francesca - Undercover FBI Series Book #1 This special agent flies her own plane, drives like a maniac & approaches a father who never knew she existed. Nothing scares her, except for one thing... MEN.Special Agent Finnegan - Undercover FBI Series Book #2 Finn's a cop who adores his quirky dad. He knows this soft core leaves him vulnerable, so when he meets his new partner, the thought of her in danger drives him crazy. Special Agent Maximilian - Undercover FBI Book #3 Nik Baudin discovers an identical twin - one he never knew existed. Taking over his brother's identity, he becomes Special Agent Maximilian and gets embroiled in a case where high jacked young girls and trafficking of illegal drugs endangers his life and Max's gorgeous partner, Maya.Special Agent Kandice - Undercover FBI Book 4 Kandice wants to be tough like the others on her team. Being the chief hostage negotiator at a bank heist starts the process. Being stalked, kidnapped and beaten helps see it through. In the end, pulling the trigger comes easy...Special Agent Booker - Undercover FBI Book #5 Sloan Booker has multiple quirky dads & a vehicle restoration shop that keeps him away from his job as an FBI agent. When terrorists threaten his neighborhood, he's back in the game. Special Agent Charli - Undercover FBI Book #6 Charli's stressed to the max from a case that went down badly. So why does fate stick her with a teen who sees a murder and will only go into witness protection if her bodyguard is Charli?Special Agent Rylee - Undercover FBI Book #7 Playing bodyguard to a spoiled, handsome billionaire while sailing on a Caribbean Cruise isn't the kind of dangerous case Agent Rylee delights in... yeah rightSpecial Agent Murphy - Undercover FBI Book #8 Murphy is the one cop women love to be near and men feel the need to compete against

Cass is determined to find the female who was there the night the gang murdered her brother. If the missing woman turns out to be the killer, then she has to pay. Walking the nightly tightrope at the bar where she's employed, staying out of the clutches of the she-devil boss who wants her, and dealing with the L.A. scumbag who's taken a dislike to her, the battles are constant. One thing she can't lose - the affections of the detective whose patience with her stubbornness is fragile. When he's taken hostage, life goes into an even deeper spiral of conflicts and tension.Detective Trace McGuire can't bear to watch the love of his life being sucked into the darkness and dysfunction of the Lipstick Club where she bartends. He wants her free of the nightmare and goes to great lengths to make it happen. But when they take him prisoner, how can he help her?How can he help himself?Book #1 - RetaliationCass won't rest until her brother's murderers are jailed or dead. She goes after them one at a time with no intention of stopping until she has her revenge. Detective McGuire takes a bullet for her. Now the annoying man believes she's his responsibility and wants to stop her, protect her... control her.Book #2 - JusticeWhen she continues to dig for information on who killed her brother, Cassi's life becomes fraught with danger. Between bartending in a sleazy joint, getting into fights with hookers and trying to scare off her stalker, she never seems to get any time to just be a girl in love.Book #3 - ResolutionSince her brother Raoul's murder at the hands of his own gang members, revenge has driven Cass to find answers. Money, hidden by Raoul, is funding her quest. And tenacity born of hate fuels the relentless need to make those killers pay.Book #4 - EndingsCassi's a fighter who won't stop until she gets justice for her murdered brother. Once she's faced with the ultimate cost, will she be able to see it through? And can she live with herself if she doesn't?Book #5 - FaithFaith's always tried to be a good person. From the beginning, everything was against her. A sick mother forced her into a world of drugs and sexual dysfunction that she couldn't overcome. Until she lost the man she loved and found a baby who filled her heart.Book #6 -LeniLeni believes her mother didn't come back for her because she'd died. Wrong Blackmail finally forces the woman out of the shadows. On top of these stresses, Leni learns the name of her cousin's killer. Payback is her only option.

***IMPORTANT Mob Tracker Series - must start from Book #1The challenges that Cassi faces in this last book are enormous. Trace has been kidnapped, and every passing day destroys her hope that he's alive. The US Featherweight Champion seeks revenge in a rematch that Cassi refuses to even talk about. But she worries how her rejection will affect Arlene and Rusty. The female witness of her brother's murder is still at large. Always in the back of Cassi's mind is the craving to learn the truth and finally get her revenge. The Vegas mob she works for is entangled in a gang war, and patrons of the Lipstick Club become even more dysfunctional. She's forced to hide from the crazy-assed, she-devil gang boss who wants her and is closing in.All Cassi yearns for is that Trace will soon come back to her - alive.Trace faces his imprisonment with an intense determination to break free - but how? His cell is impregnable. Every waking moment, he's filled with the need to get back to Cassi. Though the girl fights like a hellion, she's as soft-hearted as an angel, and he can't stand the thought that he might die before ever seeing her again. Visualizing her world of turmoil and danger, he won't give up.How can he?She needs him...Book #1 - RetaliationCass won't rest until her brother's murderers are jailed or dead. She goes after them one at a time with no intention of stopping until she has her revenge. Detective McGuire takes a bullet for her. Now the annoying man believes she's his responsibility and wants to stop her, protect her... control her.Book #2 - JusticeWhen she continues to dig for information on who killed her brother, Cassi's life becomes fraught with danger. Between bartending in a sleazy joint, getting into fights with hookers and trying to scare off her stalker, she never seems to get any time to just be a girl in love.Book #3 - ResolutionSince her brother Raoul's murder at the hands of his own gang members, revenge has driven Cass to find answers. Money, hidden by Raoul, is funding her quest. And tenacity born of hate fuels the relentless need to make those killers pay.Book #4 - EndingsCassi's a fighter who won't stop until she gets justice for her murdered brother. Once she's faced with the ultimate cost, will she be able to see it through? And can she live with herself if she doesn't?Book #5 - FaithFaith's always tried to be a good person. From the beginning, everything was against her. A sick mother forced her into a world of drugs and sexual dysfunction that she couldn't overcome. Until she lost the man she loved and found a baby who filled her heart.Book #6 -LeniLeni believes her mother didn't come back for her because she'd died. Wrong Blackmail finally forces the woman out of the shadows. On top of these stresses, Leni learns the name of her cousin's killer. Payback is her only option.

Agent Shane Murphy has a hard time believing his life could get so crazy. Because of a choice - one he'd make again - he loses his superiority in the FBI. Now he's forced to work surveillance with a rookie female yapper. And... gets caught up in the kidnapping of a sixteen-year-old that pulls at the heartstrings he keeps hidden. Fighting the budding attraction for his new partner, he stresses his way through an escalating nightmare. How can he be so infatuated with a trouble-magnet female who drives like a granny and isn't able to hide her sensitive reactions when on the job? Agent Kathleen Edwards does a lot of things her new partner dislikes, but what's a girl to do when a man ties her in knots and turns her into a chatterbox. Working to uncover the mystery of who kidnapped the Senator's daughter, and where they're holding her, continuous conflicts arise. Working alongside an attractive realist whose high morals make him someone to live up to, Kayti's heart doesn't stand a chance. The Undercover FBI Series: #1 Special Agent Francesca - This special agent flies her own plane, drives like a maniac & approaches a father who never knew she existed. Nothing scares her, except for one thing... MEN. #2 Special Agent Finnegan - Finn's a cop who adores his quirky dad. He knows this soft core leaves him vulnerable, so when he meets his new partner, the thought of her in danger drives him crazy. #3 Special Agent Maximilian - Nik Baudin discovers an identical twin - one he never knew existed. Taking over his brother's identity, he becomes Special Agent Max & gets embroiled in dangerous, life-threatening cases' #4 Special Agent Kandice -Kandice wants to be tough like the others on her team. Being the chief hostage negotiator at a bank heist starts the process. Being stalked, kidnapped & beaten helps see it through. In the end, pulling the trigger comes easy... #5 Special Agent Booker - Booker has multiple quirky dads & a vehicle restoration shop that keeps him away from his job as an FBI agent. When terrorists threaten his neighborhood, he's back in the game. #6 Special Agent Charli - Charli's stressed to the max from a case that went down badly. So why does fate stick her with a teen who sees a murder & will only go into witness protection with her? #7 Special Agent Rylee - Landlord to two stowaways - one being a tiny kitten - isn't at all in their plans for the cruise. She needs to keep him alive & he just wants her in his bed. #8 Special Agent NMurphy #9 Special Agent Sophia - Sophia goes to Greece & rescues the governor's twins, but can she save a young girl from dangerous traffickers? #10 Special Agent Hunter - Hunter is after a cold-case killer who's started up his nasty tricks again & Det. Cora Taylor is the perfect woman to assist him, along with Sam - the biggest, ugliest dog alive. #11 Special Agent Makayla - Makayla hears the cries of children & works for the SVU to search for missing kids. Dean needs her help when his niece disappears in the dead of night. #12 Special Agent Storm - How can a woman see a baby growing in her tummy when she hasn't been with a man for - well forever But ultra-sound machines don't lie - right? #13 Special Agent Jennie - Jennie hates only one man. The same guy who comes back into her & her daughter's life and rips it apart. How can she allow him the power... he's the father. How can she not? #14 Special Agent Walker - What would you do if you were on the bus and saw a kid with a rifle sticking out of his backpack? #15 Special Agent Isabella - How can she take on the assignment to protect a child when they scare her silly? Then she meets the precious little girl and no one better come between them.

It's Christmas in small town, Carlton Grove... In this holiday love story, Belinda Page, a single mom of a very intelligent four-year-old daughter, is at her wits end, trying to keep up with her baby genius. When the child throws herself into a lake to rescue a puppy, Belinda is frantic. Turning to the man who saves both babies, she seeks his support - until she finds out he

The only man she wants in her life is her old Gramps, and all he wants is a great-grandchild. Special Agent Charli Madison can't get a break. After the stress of her last horrific assignment, all she wants is to spend time vacationing with her Gramps in Fort Lauderdale, a city they both love. Plans go awry, and she's forced into witness protection, guarding a teenage girl who's the only person able to identify a notorious killer. To make matters worse, she has to accept the womanizing local FLPD Major as her fictitious fianc and her backup on the dangerous mission. Heaven knows, she doesn't deserve this mess... Blake Sebastian is tired of his role as lover for the women who hang around him in droves. Problem is - he doesn't trust any of them with his heart, never mind with his future. When pushed, he admits to the curly-headed, disapproving FBI agent under his jurisdiction, a man can get sick of so much sugar. Every so often, he needs a little sour to offset that much sweetness. Charli was not impressed.

Powerful, thrilling and character-driven, this romantic suspense is a real page-turner.Special Agent indeed, Kandice Warner is everyone's best friend. Talk about a Barbie doll This female might have the same pretty-girl looks but even though she has a tender heart, she also has the resilience needed for a very successful FBI Hostage Negotiator. Feelings of inadequacy constantly force her to prove that she's tough, and she demonstrates her courage when dealing with a murderous bank robber, a desperate jumper, being stalked, kidnapped and beaten. But her tender heart can get her in trouble and she needs to grow a thicker skin. Almost impossible when her obstinate new boss, for reasons of his own, interferes in everything she does.Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division in Washington, Dan Black is as hard as they come. With the grit of a street youth stiffening his resolve, he's worked his way up through the ranks, his personal space shields as strong as ever. Until he sees the sweetest things on two legs A girl from his past. The one he's never been able to forget. Working undercover in the Seattle bureau, he tries to protect his childhood fantasy but she refuses to stay put or take orders. Faced with a woman like that, what's a mere man to do?The Undercover FBI Books: Special Agent Francesca - Undercover FBI Series Book #1This special agent flies her own plane, drives like a maniac & approaches a father who never knew she existed. Nothing scares her, except for one thing... MEN.Special Agent Finnegan - Undercover FBI Series Book #2Finn's a cop who adores his quirky dad. He knows this soft core leaves him vulnerable, so when he meets his new partner, Rene , the thought of her in danger drives him crazy. Going under cover to find New York's suicide killers ensures constant conflicts, and through it all, a solid thread of love entwines all three of the main characters.Special Agent Maximilian - Undercover FBI Book #3Nik Baudin discovers an identical twin - one he never knew existed. Taking over his brother's identity, he becomes Special Agent Maximilian and gets embroiled in a case where high jacked young girls and trafficking of illegal drugs endangers his life and that of Max's gorgeous partner, Maya.Special Agent Kandice - Undercover FBI Book 4Kandice wants to be tough like the others on her team. And she wants to impress her new aloof boss, Dan Black. Being the chief hostage negotiator at a bank heist starts the process. Being stalked, kidnapped and beaten helps see it through. In the end, pulling the trigger comes easy...Special Agent Booker - Undercover FBI Book #5Sloan Booker has multiple quirky dads & a vehicle restoration shop that keeps him away from his job as an FBI agent. When terrorists threaten his neighborhood, he's back in the game. This time, with a partner - a gorgeous chick who looks like a super model, has a little boy she needs to protect and exhibits a disposition that's downright cranky.

A girl who hates men and a man desperate for love Men are scum. No one can tell Sadie any different. It's why she stays away from them. Until a crazy, hotshot soldier runs her down with his convertible. Now because she's bruised and sore, she's stuck having to accept his help in her elite dog-walking business. Just her luck that while he's working with her, some of the expensive pets go missing and Liam decides the puppy-mill rumor needs to be investigated. Once they're forced to spend more time together, darned if a spark doesn't start to ignite.... and burst into flame. Without the angel forcing him to brake, Liam could have killed the gorgeous girl who ran in front of his car to save a little boy. He owed the beautiful rescuer big time and would pay his debt no matter that she acted cranky and became more difficult with every meeting. After all, how hard could it be to walk a bunch of designer mutts? And how hard could it be to make his new, man-hating boss believe he wasn't a total screw-up?

Suspense lights up in every page of this fast-paced blockbuster of thrills When Sloan Booker's father dies tragically, he has no other option but to give up his job as an FBI agent and take over his family's vehicle restoration business in Oahu, Hawaii. Giving up his badge is difficult but having Homeland Security and his old boss request the use of his house in a stakeout, spying on his Muslim neighbors who they suspect are terrorists, is just too damn much for a man already frazzled. It makes no difference that they've offered him a partner to be in charge of the surveillance... until he meets the gorgeous divorcee. Special Agent Alia Hawkins might look more like a model than a cop but looks can be deceiving. Not only does she rescue street kids, fights their battles and transports them to safe homes, but since she lived many years in Pakistan and speaks their language, she's a sought after agent. So far, she's kept her personal life and job separate. But when Alia's slimy ex-husband threatens to steal her eight-year-old son, she has no choice but to bring the kid along on her latest undercover assignment - living with a hotshot, sexy as hell agent under the guise of his long lost stepsister. Her life suddenly takes some drastic swerves and she wonders if things will ever slow down.

Driven by revenge, she'll do whatever it takes Cassidy Santino is closing in on the mobsters who murdered her brother and there's no way she's giving up her quest for revenge. Working at a seedy bar where the gang members hang out, she digs up information that might lead to finding his killers. When jealous hookers and sleazy barmaids try forcing her to leave, she fights back. For the love of an old rascal who owns the neighborhood gym, she helps train his prot g in the boxing ring. For her sanity, she clings to her relationship with the one man who makes her feel like a woman. Detective Trace McGuire loses his mother, the person who's meant everything to him until Cassidy Santino explodes into his life. This chick's got him so tied up that he's willing to shirk responsibilities in his job and cut her slack for interfering in his investigation. But when Cassidy keeps putting herself in danger from the lunatic who owns the bar where she works, that's where he draws the line... even if she fights him every damn inch of the way. And man... can this girl fight Book #1 - Retaliation - Cass won't rest until her brother's murderers are jailed or dead. She goes after them one at a time with no intention of stopping until she has her revenge. Detective McGuire takes a bullet for her. Now the annoying man believes she's his responsibility and wants to stop her, protect her... control her.Book #2 - Justice - When she continues to dig for information on who killed her brother, Cassi's life becomes fraught with danger. Between bartending in a sleazy joint, getting into fights with hookers and trying to scare off her stalker, she never seems to get any time to just be a girl in love.Book #3 - Resolution - Since her brother Raoul's murder at the hands of his own gang members, revenge has driven Cass to find answers. Money, hidden by Raoul, is funding her quest. And tenacity born of hate fuels the relentless need to make those killers pay.Book #4 - Endings - Cassi's a fighter who won't stop until she gets justice for her murdered brother. Once she's faced with the ultimate cost, will she be able to see it through? And can she live with herself if she doesn't?Book #5 - Faith - Faith's always tried to be a good person. From the beginning, everything was against her. A sick mother forced her into a world of drugs and sexual dysfunction that she couldn't overcome. Until she lost the man she loved and found a baby who filled her heart.Book #6 -Leni - Leni believes her mother didn't come back for her because she'd died. Wrong Blackmail finally forces the woman out of the shadows. On top of these stresses, Leni learns the name of her cousin's killer. Payback is her only option.

Suspense lights up in every page of this fast-paced blockbuster of thrills When Sloan Booker's father dies tragically, he has no other option but to give up his job as an FBI agent and take over his family's vehicle restoration business in Oahu, Hawaii. Giving up his badge is difficult but having Homeland Security and his old boss request the use of his house in a stakeout, spying on his Muslim neighbors who they suspect are terrorists, is just too damn much for a man already frazzled. It makes no difference that they've offered him a partner to be in charge of the surveillance... until he meets the gorgeous divorcee.Special Agent Alia Hawkins might look more like a model than a cop but looks can be deceiving. Not only does she rescue street kids, fights their battles and transports them to safe homes, but since she lived many years in Pakistan and speaks their language, she's a sought after agent. So far, she's kept her personal life and job separate. But when Alia's slimy ex-husband threatens to steal her eight-year-old son, she has no choice but to bring him along on her latest undercover assignment - living with a hotshot, sexy as hell agent as his long lost stepsister. Her life suddenly takes some drastic swerves and she wonders if things will ever slow down.

Angelina Serrano is determined to prove to her two bossy brothers and especially her doting Pap that she not only has the skills, but the gumption to work with them in family accounting firm in Santiago, Chile. To do this, she makes a bargain with her father, that in two years, she will have opened her own firm and paid off the majority of its debt. But what's a girl going to do when two months before the deadline, an unforeseen earthquake, a sassy teenage runaway and a charge of theft are obstacles she's forced to overcome. Top that with her meeting the most dangerous complication of all, a handsome Search & Rescue hero with cat-green eyes full of pure temptation and a tendency to screw up whenever he's near her. After she saves the man time and again, she's wild for him only he's skittish and proves to be her biggest hurdle.Search & Rescue worker, Dr. Joe Davidson, has never had a victim save him before and the fact that this South American beauty comes through for him three times is a large burr in his backside. This Angel is no plaything like his other conquests but he'll never be caught in the marriage trap like his five, hen-pecked brothers. If only he can stay away from her long enough so his disloyal body and the fierce hunger eating away his willpower will accept that she's off-limits.