I’m so excited to be bringing you a brand new series for Harlequin Intrigue beginning in November 2022. The series revolves around a family-run security and investigation company in Miami. The patriarch of the agency, Ramon Gonzalez, survived the Bay of Pigs Invasion and action as a Marine in Viet Nam. Ramon returned home to serve Miami as a police officer and upon his retirement founded the company that is now run by his son and other family members. I hope you will love the Gonzalez family and spending time in and around all the different areas in Miami. From Little Havana to the multi-million dollar homes on Palm Island and Indian Creek, the South Beach Security series will keep you turning pages with romance and suspense! Look for the SBS K-9 Division spinoff in Summer 2024.
Lost in Little Havana
November 2022
Each brush with death
Makes their shared desire harder to ignore
Detective Roni Lopez has been keeping a secret from Detective Trey Gonzalez her whole life. When his partner is gunned down in a Miami Beach nightclub, she has a new secret to keep. Trey can’t know that she’s working for Internal Affairs—just like he can’t know that she’s always loved him. But when their lives are on the line, she has to make some tough choices about what really matters…
For more information, please visit https://www.caridad.com/books/suspense/caridad-little-havana/.
Brickell Avenue Ambush
December 2022
He’ll keep her safe
Even as their attraction intensifies with every hot Miami night…
Mariela Hernandez has a target on her back, thanks to her abusive ex-husband’s latest plot. Teaming up with Ricky Gonzalez and his family’s respected private security firm is her only chance at survival. Keeping the vulnerable woman safe isn’t easy. Neither is denying their growing attraction. But with bullets flying, Ricky will risk it all to be the hero Mariela needs….
For more information, please visit https://www.caridad.com/brickell-avenue-ambush/.
Biscayne Bay Breach
January 2023
Threatened by a deep-seated evil…
That they can only stop together.
When John Wilson realizes that his groundbreaking computer program is under attack, he enlists South Beach Security for help. Like it or not, SBS includes the alluring Mia Gonzalez. Beautiful, savvy Mia had enticed the tech billionaire in the past—before disappearing from his life. Now, whoever wants John’s brilliant invention is also after Mia and her family. This wasn’t the reunion John was hoping for but only with Mia by his side can they hope to outsmart a killer…
For more information, please visit https://www.caridad.com/books/suspense/caridad-biscayne-bay-breach/.
Coming in 2024
SBS: K-9 Division
Sabotage Operation
May 21, 2024
A security expert and his K-9
Will protect a stable owner at any cost
Owner of a thoroughbred racing stable, Teresa Rodriguez is about to testify against her former trainer. Is he the one behind all the recent sabotage? When security expert Matt Perez joins the investigation, Teresa is grateful for the extra protection he and his K-9 offer. Now, as Matt and his dog, Butter, stand beside her 24/7, the attraction between them can’t be denied. Even as the danger escalates.
For more information, please visit https://www.caridad.com/books/suspense/sabotage-operation/.
Escape the Everglades
June 25, 2024
His son is in danger
And only one investigator and her K-9 can rescue him
Two years after his wife’s death, ex-Marine Carlos Ruiz isn’t looking for romance. But then Army vet and security expert Natalie Rodriguez and her incredible K-9 walk into his life in the Everglades. Before long, the purely professional relationship turns all too personal, especially once Carlos’s little boy goes missing. Now, as they follow the K-9’s every lead, uncovering the truth becomes vital to the child’s rescue. And to securing their all too precarious future…
For more information, please visit https://www.caridad.com/suspense/escape-the-everglades/.
Killer in the Kennel
November 2024
Her K-9 found the victims can he find the killer?
Determined to make his own way, Jose Gonzalez wants no part of the family business. Helping South Beach Security find land for its growing K-9 division should be easy, though—and working alongside search and rescue specialist Sara Herndandez is an unexpected perk. When her bloodhound detects two bodies on the property he purchased, everything changes. Jose will be a part of SBS until he’s certain that Sara is safe. He knows that their attraction is mutual, but will the serial killer they’re tracking rob them of a future together?
For more information, please visit https://www.caridad.com/suspense/killer-in-the-kennel/.
Danger in Dade
December 2024
For this ex-marine and his K-9
Protecting this witness is a lethal second chance…
Protecting his ex-girlfriend wasn’t a challenge ex-marine Brett Madison expected when he became a South Beach Security K-9 operative. But Anita Reyes saw the killer’s face when she witnessed a murder. And staying only seconds ahead of the perpetrator has Brett and Anita following his determined dog Mango’s lead…and drawing all too close again. But with betrayal around every turn, survival may be the one chance Anita and Brett shouldn’t trust…
For more information, please visit https://www.caridad.com/suspense/danger-in-dade/.
