by Heather Graham (2002)
Dane Whitelaw knows something about Sheila Warren that no one else does. Dane knows Sheila's dead.The private investigator found a photo tinder his door—a picture of Sheila, strangled with his tie and posed on the beach of his private island in the Florida keys. The crime appears to be the handiwork of a serial killer currently terrorizing the Miami area. Now Dane knows he is being set up to take the fall for the killings. lie just doesn't know why.When Kelsey Cunningham's best friend goes missing, she confronts the one person she thinks will have information—Dane, Sheila's former lover and a man from Kelsey's own past. Kelsey follows Sheila's tracks into a dangerous world of sex, violence and drugs, with Dane right behind her. But the tentative trust between them shatters when Sheila's body is discovered—and Kelsey recognizes Danes tie.Now Kelsey doesn't dare trust anyone. Especially a man she can no longer deny she has always loved. Because here on Hurricane Bay, a devastating storm can hit without warning. And whether it's a tempest of unbridled passion or the desperate fury of a killer, nothing—and no one—is safe.
Penny McCall
Behavioral psychologist Norah MacArthur leads a quiet, clinical, solitary life-until her con artist father is released from jail. FBI agent Trip Jones is sent to protect her and realizes that behind her psycho-babble and ugly suits there's something special-maybe a real life study in love.
Rebecca York
While trying to expose a corporate spy, former military police investigator Shane Gallagher will do anything to protect systems analyst Elena Reyes, who, helping him on his mission, is trying to save her brother from the mob.
Debra Webb
My name is Merri Walters. I'm twenty-seven years old. Two years ago, I suddenly went deaf....My teaching career ended and my fiance walked out. I survived—and learned to lip-read. I grew very good at it. Maybe too good. So here I am, two years later, starting my new life as a cold-case file clerk turned undercover agent for the police.My task: Infiltrate the mansion of a ruthless crime boss and read his deadly plans off his lips. My contact to the outside world: Detective Steven Barlow, a tough cop who's convinced I'm on a suicide mission. And in a way, he's right—because if I'm caught, I'll be dead without ever hearing the bad guys coming....
Mallory Kane
From the moment he opens his door to her, P.I. Mack Griffin knows he's inviting trouble. Not only has Hannah Martin fled to New Orleans after witnessing a brutal murder, but the killer has kidnapped her ailing mother. Nothing but trouble, so-- Why does the sexy P.I. decide to help Hannah and keep her safe? Because watching her fight for justice while trying to stay alive demonstrates a bravery he finds nothing short of amazing. With criminals on their trail and everything to lose, Mack will be there for her as any professional investigator would. And yet winning this battle has suddenly turned into something much more personal-- Taken from Amazon.com May 19, 2014.