OMG, there’s less than a month left until the release of BURIED TRUTHS, #4 in the Crooked Pass Security series. BURIED TRUTHS is an exciting story about a mysterious woman with no memory, a K-9 who won’t ignore danger, and a police sergeant determined to protect her. This story promises danger, buried secrets, and a bond strong enough to defy the threats closing in. Pre-order your copy today at https://amzn.to/4sJOY24. Here’s an excerpt from it!

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SHE CRAB-CRAWLED back a few inches, afraid of the man.

He’d said he was a cop. She didn’t know why that scared her more than comforted.

But he had kind, amazing green eyes in a youthful, handsome face. He was probably only in his late twenties.

Not much older than…

How old am I? she wondered for a hot second before he said, “What’s your name?”

She opened her mouth to answer but couldn’t.

She shook her head, both in denial and as if that might shake loose the response, but it didn’t.

“I don’t know,” she said as a shiver wracked her body despite the warmth of his jacket. It still held his body heat and smelled nice.

Masculine and clean.

“Do you know where you are?” he asked as he helped her to her feet.

“Thank you,” she said because the ground had been cold and slightly damp. The morning sun had yet to pierce the tree leaves and warm the earth.

He didn’t release her hand, steadying her as they picked their way to the hard-packed trail she had spotted earlier that morning. She had been trying to reach it in the hope of…

What had she been hoping? To escape? she asked herself even as he once again asked, “Do you know where you are?”

She wanted to curse at him that she was on the side of a mountain with a stranger and a massive black dog that looked more like a bear, but held back. He seemed to be trying to help.

“You’re bleeding,” he said.

She reached up to the warmth on her forehead and encountered sticky wetness.

As she brought her hand down, she stared at the cherry-red blood on her fingers, and her knees buckled slightly.

He slipped an arm around her waist, offering support, and she reacted, driving her foot down on his instep and jabbing his solar plexus, drawing a grunt from him.

“Easy. I’m just trying to help,” he said, echoing her thoughts.

“I can take care of myself,” she said and instantly felt stupid.

She was lost on an unknown trail, cold and bleeding, and she couldn’t even remember her name, much less anything else. Except that maybe she couldn’t trust the police.

Today I’ve got a teaser and short excerpt for you from WINNING SEASON, #2 of the Marauders Baseball Romance. WINNING SEASON is a spicy second-chance-at-love story about a baseball player nearing the end of his career and the wife he sacrificed for his dream of winning the World Series. I love second-chance-at-love stories and baseball, which is why I decided to write the Marauders baseball books. If you love sports romances with some heat, this might be the book for you! WINNING SEASON is free on Kindle Unlimited at https://amzn.to/4cAYQa0. It’s also available as part of the MARAUDERS BASEBALL ROMANCE box set in Kindle Unlimited at https://amzn.to/4bJs3O3.

Teaser

Eric Mendoza knew that he’d blown it years earlier when he let his desire to play baseball drive a wedge into his marriage to Yvonne Lopez. But when Fate throws Eric and Yvonne together again, Eric’s career is almost over while Yvonne’s dream of a basketball career is only just beginning. Will Eric and Yvonne learn to balance life and their careers to find happiness or will their push for success doom their love once again?

Excerpt

They had been attracted to each other from the moment they had first met. Yvonne had been too young, just eighteen and on her way to college.

He had been twenty-four and a hotshot Rookie of the Year who had been invited back to speak at his old high school’s annual sports award dinner. After giving his speech, he had presented the trophies to the top male and female athletes, never expecting to be immediately intrigued by the attractive young girl who had won.

Yvonne had excelled at a number of sports, but her prowess at basketball had earned her multiple awards as well as a full scholarship to college. As impressive as that was on paper, it hadn’t been nearly as inspiring as the sight of her and the calm, elegant poise she exhibited as she came up to accept the honor.

Eric had stepped behind her and admired the sleek lines of her strong body. The very feminine voice that wrapped itself around him and drew him in as she gave her acceptance speech.

After the dinner, people mingled in the school gym, and flocked around the various recipients. No one had to tell him where Yvonne was. She’d had the largest crowd gathered around her, including a number of reporters from the local papers and sports shows.

He’d always scoffed at those scenes in the movies where couples spot each other across a crowded room and everything else around them blurred into nothingness. He’d thought them the whimsical stylings of the cinema . . . until it had happened to him with Yvonne.

In that crowded gym, with dozens of people talking and milling about, she’d looked up and caught his eye and the world had dropped away until it was just the two of them.

Eric had walked up to her, excusing himself as he brushed past her many admirers and the well-wishers waiting to congratulate her. Smiling as he realized she had finished with the reporter interviewing her and taken a step toward him.

“Hola,” she had said and with that one word he knew she was the one meant for him.

Justice has a nose for danger…

When CBI Agent Gabriella Ruiz’s instincts scream that a missing hiker is the next target of a serial killer, no one believes her. Enter Crooked Pass Security’s expert tracker Diego Rodriguez and his loyal K9 partner, Poppy. Together, they’ll sniff out clues, chase shadows, and protect Gabriella when the killer turns his sights on her.
Suspense.
Heart-pounding K9 action.
A spark of unexpected connection.
Dive into this gripping thriller where loyalty, courage, and determination are the only things standing between life and death.
Don’t wait—grab your of COLD CASE K-9 and join Gabriella, Diego, and Poppy on the hunt! Pre-order your copy today at https://amzn.to/48qzo4R.

It’s almost time for the release of COLD CASE K-9, #3 in the Crooked Pass Security romantic suspense series! This is an action-packed read about a Colorado Bureau of Investigation Gabriella Ruiz, who is determined to find out what happened to her younger sister a decade earlier, and more importantly, save the life of a missing hiker! The K-9 handler who will help her is Diego Rodriguez, a former Marine who has just joined Crooked Pass Security’s new K-9 Division. Diego and Poppy, his German Shepherd, will help Gabriella track down the killer and find out the truth about Gabriella’s sister’s disappearance. Here’s a little teaser for the book and please help a girl out by pre-ordering the book at https://amzn.to/41V8fCA.

Teaser

Only a competent K9 and her handler
Could find her sister’s killer.

CBI Agent Gabriella Ruiz is convinced a missing hiker is a reemerging serial killer’s next victim. Believing she’s too close to the case, the Bureau refuses to follow her hunch. Luckily, Gabriella finds unexpected help in Crooked Pass Security’s unique investigative team. Expert tracker Diego Rodriguez and his faithful K-9, Poppy, go searching for clues from the ground up. But when the killer focuses on Gabriella, Diego—and Poppy—must keep her safe from the killer’s dangerous grasp.

Happy Book Birthday to my amazing Harlequin Intrigue family with December releases! Wishing you endless sales, glowing reviews, and readers who can’t put your books down. Support your favorite authors—grab these gripping stories today at https://amzn.to/49A66BL!

This Teaser Tuesday, I’m sharing an excerpt from COLD CASE K-9, my December 30th release for Harlequin Intrigue. In this story, Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent Gabriella Ruiz believes that the recent kidnapping of a hiker is tied to her sister’s disappearance a decade earlier. She also believes it’s the work of a serial killer and so the race is on to save the hiker before she becomes the next victim. We loved the premise for this story so much that we’re doing a spinoff series in late 2026 where Gabriella and Crooked Pass Security help solve cold cases with the help of their new K-9 unit. Pre-order your copy today so you’ll have some run reading during the holidays and New Year! You can grab your copy at https://amzn.to/4oVqku8.

Excerpt

The early spring sun bathed her face as she stood on the mountain trail. She walked to the lip and peered down a nearby ravine to the creek at its base. Along the edges of the crystal-clear water, spring was coming alive with the first hints of green and purple. Before long, those little slips of color would unfurl into mountain bluebells and the tall, hairy leaves of cow parsnip.

In the trees nearby, bright green buds were bursting open as life returned to the Colorado mountains.

She loved this time of year that held so much promise.

Shielding her eyes against the sun, she glanced up the trail, reviewing how much farther she had to go before reaching the summit.

Not far, she thought, but the day was still early, and she didn’t want to rush her hike. She wanted to savor the day. Tomorrow she’d be trapped behind walls of glass and cement while at work.

Walking to the other side of the trail, a challenging one for more experienced hikers, she sat on a boulder warmed by the sun and laid her knapsack at her feet. Rummaging through it, she hauled out a baggie with trail mix to satisfy the hunger in her belly.

The snap of a branch behind her snared her attention.

Something dark and menacing charged at her before she could react.

Peanuts, chocolate and raisins went flying as she was slammed onto the ground.

The force of the impact drove her breath from her. Before she could take another breath, a gloved hand covered her mouth.

She fought for breath and freedom, but he was just too heavy. Too big. Too strong.

Circles of black whirled before her eyes. In her mind, a silent scream rang out.

I don’t want to die.

As the blackness thickened, taking her away, that small desperate voice pleaded.

Please, I don’t want to die.