I’m very excited to be able to expand the South Beach Security world with the launch of Crooked Pass Security in Colorado. Tech genius cousins Robbie and Sophie Whitaker are returning to help their Colorado cousins in a life-and-death race to save their kidnapped parents. I loved being able to revisit the characters from COLD CASE REOPENED and I hope you’ll love seeing what’s happening with Rhea and Jackson when they assist Robbie and Sophie in their latest case. The SBS world expands with the addition of new characters and the creation of the Crooked Pass Security team to help secure justice in the Mountain states.
CLIFFSIDE KIDNAPPING
July 2025
Her parents are being held prisoner…
In a nefarious hacking plot.
Tech expert Sophie Whitaker and her brother arrive in Colorado to help the police and CBI Agent Ryder Hunt rescue their kidnapped parents. Sophie’s parents are being held captive, forced to use their tech skills to infiltrate the police and CBI computers to destroy evidence. Ryder’s overprotectiveness irks Sophie, but she can’t deny the powerful attraction simmering between them. They grow close as a series of attempts on their lives amps up the stakes, but they can’t afford the distraction of falling in love. Can they?
For more information, please visit https://www.caridad.com/books/suspense/cliffside-kidnapping/.
DEFENDED BY THE BODYGUARD
August 2025
He only intended to protect her
But wound up falling…hard!
After a series of scary social media threats, cyber tech expert Robbie Whitaker decided to lend his services to Selene Reilly. Soon, however, the intimidation toward the lovely musician turned physical, and reality set in. Though he wasn’t trained to be anyone’s bodyguard, in the short time he’d known Selene, Robbie was certain he’d do anything in his power to protect her. And while Selene seemed determined to keep some secrets, the unexpected guardian within Robbie was taking no chances. He’d be defending her day and night.
For more information, please visit https://www.caridad.com/defended-by-the-bodyguard/.
COLD CASE K-9
January 2026
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 K9, Poppy, go searching for clues from the ground up. But when the killer focuses on Gabriella, Diego—and Poppy—must keep Gabriella safe from the killer’s dangerous grasp.
For more information, please visit https://www.caridad.com/books/suspense/cold-case-k-9/.
BURIED TRUTHS
May 2026
A man and his K-9
Will defend her from danger
When Sergeant Mark Dillon’s K-9 police dog, Rocky, alerts him to something off a mountain path, he doesn’t expect it to be a young woman. Luckily, “Amanda” is alive—but her memory is gone and she has no idea who has left her for dead. As the investigation grows, Mark suspects Amanda is a witness who knows too much. Since she only trusts him, this undeniable connection means Mark and Rocky will do whatever it takes to uncover her buried truths…and keep her alive.
More info coming soon! For more information, please visit https://www.caridad.com/books/suspense/buried-truths/.
Coming in Late 2026
I’m very happy to announce that we will be spinning off the Crooked Pass Security unit into a new three-book series called Crooked Pass Security K-9 Division. All the stories will solve cold cases with the help of the agents and K-9s from Crooked Pass Security.