After a murderous attack on her life, pregnant artist, Kayla Davies relocates from Seattle to the small coastal town of Cape Churn, Oregon, to conquer her fear of the dark, recapture her passion for painting and weather her pregnancy in relative safety. When a woman who looks like her winds up dead on the beach, strangled like her attacker would have strangled her, Kayla fears she's brought trouble with her.

Small town deputy sheriff, Gabe McGregor, falls under the spell of the artist with the haunted eyes. While struggling to understand his troubled teenaged son, he works to find the killer before he hurts Kayla. Together, the artist and the deputy learn to love and cope with their inner demons while striving to stop the killer before he strikes again.

Hot Demon Nights
Harlequin Nocturne Cravings
May 2012

With his family under attack, his parents' murderer still on the loose and the weight of their deaths weighing on his shoulders for the past twenty years, CEO of Kendall Communications, Devin Kendall, doesn't have time for a life or a love of his own. But when his executive assistant brings dinner by his condo, he falters, seeking refuge in her arms and solace with her in his bed. With the morning light and the morning paper, he realizes his mistake. To redirect attention from their one-night stand back to the murder investigation, Devin proposes an engagement to stave off the gossips and unwanted speculation.

In love with her boss for the six years she's worked for him, Jolie Carson is floored by Devin's proposal, only to discover the proposed engagement will be a fake to be broken when the hoopla dies down. Knowing how much his family means to Devin, Jolie agrees to the charade only to find herself considered a target along with the rest of the Kendall family.

Sent undercover to the Long K Ranch, former Special Forces operative, Wade Coltrane is tasked with finding the evidence necessary to put away a potential murderer. He didn't expect to find the woman he loved still in residence and the mother of two very lively little girls.

Lindsay Kemp is struggling to keep her grandfather out of trouble and his ranch from financial disaster. She doesn't need the added burden of her first true love showing up to add to her burden. As their love rekindles, things heat up on the ranch as danger and passion cross paths.

Hard-hitting investigative reporter, Cecilia Lovelace has forgone love to focus on her career. The same accident that takes the lives of a boy and his mother, places Cecilia's body in a coma while her spirit is free to roam. The boy who died asks her to deliver a message to his father, the only living man who can see and hear her. Cecilia's first love.

Zachary Alston is consumed with grief over the loss of his five-year-old son. Duped by his ex-wife, dumped by his first love, and distrustful of women, he's hesitant to believe Cecilia when she insists she has a message from his dead son. Even more unbelievable is that she's a ghost.

Together, they learn the accident was deliberate and meant for Zachary. In their search for those responsible, they fall victim to the killer and to their own burgeoning love.

Chosen for her uncanny ability to see through the eyes of animals, Marisol Vasquez is transported back to ancient Peru and the palace of Incan emperor Pachacuti to find the next piece of a mystical medallion. When she is given as a gift to keep the emperor's shaman happy, Marisol fears a delay in her search.

The tall, pale-haired shaman has the ability to make the earth move, a talent that has served him and his emperor well. When Pachacuti suspects the shaman's power is growing too strong, he plots a sacrifice that will end Gunnar's existence and pass his powers on to the king of the Inca.

With the help of Pachacuti's jaguar-shifter lover, Marisol and her shaman lover evade a plot to sacrifice them at Machu Pichu's sacrificial altar. Together they fight to overcome a Centuari saboteur in order to return a treasure greater than gold to the future.

Time Raiders series

"James' story rages as strongly as a blizzard, with action blowing fast enough to cause whiteout conditions."
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Hostage to
Thunder Horse
Harlequin Intrigue
November 2010

She was royalty on the run. He was a North Dakota rancher and Souix Indian, willing to risk everything to keep her safe.

Discovering an unconscious woman in a snowdrift, rancher Maddox Thunder Horse vowed to save her life. How she had wound up in a remote area of the Badlands was a mystery, but the fear in the icebound beauty's eyes revealed that it had not been by choice. The woman who called herself Kat roused protective instincts the Lakota native had thought long-dead….

Grateful for her rescue, Katya Ivanov didn't want to pull Maddox into her nightmare. Someone wanted her dead, so the less he knew about her and her situation, the better. Still, the growing attraction between them couldn't be denied—and neither could the killer who lurked in wait. But with a warrior by her side, she just might have a shot at the life—and love—she'd always wanted….

Bundle of Trouble
Harlequin Intrigue
August 2010

Sylvia Michaels had raised her son for four short months before he was cruelly snatched from her arms. Desperate and alone, her investigation led to Texas and the ranch of multimillionaire Tate Vincent. The ruggedly handsome bachelor was an intriguing man…and the father of a child who looked suspiciously like hers!

But what was supposed to be a joyous reunion was shattered by a hail of gunfire—and an empty cradle. Now both parents were on the hunt for the kidnappers and the child they each claimed as theirs. Tate couldn't deny that Sylvia fought with a mother's passion, and Sylvia couldn't help but notice that the protective man made the perfect father. But would their dream of a family be shattered before it even began?

Killer Body
Harlequin Intrigue
March 2010

Texas was ablaze with murder and corruption, but Dawson Gray was used to the heat. High-pressure situations couldn't shake the ex-Army heavy hitter; he was forged in them. Having no fear for his own life, he signed on with the Lone Star Agency.

Assigned as a bodyguard, Dawson was all over Savvy Jones--if that was her real name. Caught in a frame-up, Savvy didn't remember who she was, and his first task as her bodyguard was to jog her memory. His second? To make sure that the drug cartel targeting her didn't harm a hair on her sweet head.

But as Savvy began to mean more to him than just a case, Dawson found that there was one thing he did fear--losing her forever. And that wasn't going to happen on his watch.

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Operation XOXO
Harlequin Intrigue
November 2009

The killer he sought led him back to the woman he couldn't let go...

Dear Alice,
For better or for worse until death do us part. Let death begin.

Those words struck terror in Elise Johnson's heart. No one but her husband, Stanley Klaus, could have written those words to her. Nobody but the Dakota Strangler who'd lived under her roof, all the while killing innocent women. Her husband, the Dakota Strangler. The man who almost killed her sister during the final chase of the investigation that tracked him to Elise's doorstep. Supposedly, her husband, the serial killer died in a fire, his body swept away by rising floodwaters along the Red River. But did he really die?

Sequel to Daktoa Meltdown

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An Unexpected Clue
Harlequin Intrigue
September 2009

Undercover for the FBI working to expose Vincent Del Gardo, Ben Parrish was captured, imprisoned and tortured by the Wayne Organization for weeks. During his absence he's been framed as an accessory to murder and accused of working for organized crime. After weeks of abuse, he learns his days are numbered and his pregnant wife is on the crime boss's hit list. Determined to protect what is his, he formulates a plan to escape his prison in the bowels of one of Nicky Wayne's Las Vegas casinos. In the process, he kills two of Wayne's men. Score two for Ben, and Wayne's organization is minus one captive.

Eight months pregnant forensic scientist Ava Wright member of the Kenner County Crime Unit is forced into maternity leave early due to stress. At her sister's place in the Vegas suburbs, she's on the verge of stir-crazy insanity with nothing to keep her mind and worries away from her problems, namely her absentee husband. If having a disappearing husband accused of being an accessory to murder and collaboration with a crime family's ruthless activities, and the associated on-going investigation uprooting her life, isn't enough to make her go into early labor, having him reappear from the dead! And he's demanding that she go into hiding with him! It's a sure-fire way to give birth a month early. Raised by a single mother after her father ran out on her, Ava is determined to be the rock in her child's future and protect her from the pitfalls of a lying, deadbeat dad who has no intentions of sticking around for the duration.

Here are all the books in the Kenner County Crime Unit Series:

Secrets in Four Corners --Debra Webb (January)
Profile Durango, Carla Cassidy (February)
Snowed in with the Boss, Jessica Andersen (March)
Criminally Handsome, Cassie Miles (April)
Collecting Evidence, Rita Herron (May)
Pulling the Trigger, Julie Miller (June)
She's Positive, Delores Fossen (July)
Captive Hearts, eharl online read, Delores Fossen (August)
An Unexpected Clue, Elle James (September)

RT Top Pick!

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Baby Bling
Harlequin Intrigue
April 2009

He was known as a tough-as-nails tycoon. Then one pregnant beauty penetrated his steely reserve.

Shipping tycoon Jackson Champion hadn't become a Texas billionaire by crumbling under pressure. So when his sexy assistant, Ysabel Sanchez, decided to walk away from him and his mega-successful corporation, he wasn't taking no for an answer. After all, memories of their recent one-night stand had consumed him, and now Ysabel's inability to meet his eye made him wonder what she wasn't telling him. But exploring their feelings had to wait. An unknown enemy intended to bring down Champion Shipping, and Jackson was an expert at protecting what was his. But could he also lay claim to Ysabel and the secrets she had yet to reveal?

The books in the Diamonds & Daddies Series are:

Platinum Cowboy by Rita Herron (02/09)
Desert Ice Daddy by Dana Marton (03/09)
Baby Bling by Elle James (04/09)
Priceless Newborn Prince by Ann Voss Peterson (05/09)

Nick of Time
Harlequin Intrigue
November 2008

Trading in his Stetson for snow boots, Nick St. Claire was coming to town

Nick St. Claire had come to North Pole, Alaska with a few questions for Santa, only Claus had gone AWOL. Clearly someone was trying to ruin the holidays, though the clever cowboy never had much use for them. Until he met Mary Christmas...

Santa's only child, Mary, was left to tend shop in his absence-suddenly making her a killer's next target. Nick volunteered to protect her, but he was also a stranger, with a bundle of his own not-so-saintly secrets. Could Mary enlighten him on the joys of the season, or would a missing Santa squash her holiday spirit?

An SOS book

Under Suspicion, With Child
Harlequin Intrigue
August 2008

A serial killer has struck the small seaside town of Raven's Cliff, Maine claiming yet another life. Will his next target be Jocelyn Baker or will Raven's Cliff cop, Andrei Lagios stop him?

Books included in this continuity :

With the Material Witness In the Safehouse ~~Carla Cassidy, May 2008
With the M.D. ... At the Altar?
~~Jessica Anderson, June 2008
In the Manor With the Millionaire
~~Cassie Miles, July 2008
Under Suspicion: With Child
~~Elle James, August 2008
Solving the Mysterious Stranger
~~Mallory Kane, September 2008
Motive: Secret Baby
~~Debra Webb, October 2008

Texas-Sized Secrets
Harlequin Intrigue
March 2008

Lone Star Cowboys and secret babies. Only Texas is big enough to contain 'em both!

At five months pregnant, Mona Grainger was facing danger on all fronts. With cattle rustlers driving her ranch to ruin, she needed a man ready for long hours and hard work. Enter Reed Bryson, who could ride, rope, kiss...and certainly handle a gun.

His new boss may have depended on him more than she liked, but Reed wasn't hired to do her dirty work. She could do that herself. He was there to defend her land and cool down the hot-headed sheriff, whose advances threatened everything Mona held dear. Now the lone cowboy had more than his honor to uphold--he had a petite, pregnant powerhouse running his senses wild.

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Alaskan Fantasy
Harlequin Intrigue
December 2007

ON THE TRAIL OF A KILLER

Grieving for her dead husband, Stealth Operations Specialist, Kat Sikes, returns home to Alaska to vacation. Instead of relaxing in a cozy cabin, she ends up taking her brother's position on the Iditarod dogsled race when her brother's sexy friend is targeted by a crazed killer.

Oil geologist, Sam Russell's participation in the Iditarod race, becomes a struggle for survival. Together, he and Kat race through the Alaskan landscape dodging bullets while fighting their growing respect and love for each other. Will the frigid cold of the Alaskan trail chill the fiery passion building between them or will the killer succeed in eliminating them from the race?

An SOS book

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Blown Away
Harlequin Intrigue
September 2007

Two months after her lover, Sean McNeal, is killed in an African embassy explosion, White House Staffer T.J. Barton, thinks she’s hallucinating. She sees her dead lover on the jogging trail and in her office complex. When she corners him, he pretends he doesn’t know her and introduces himself as John Neal, new White House Staffer. But T.J. knows better. Why would he lie and let her think he was dead for all those months.

Stealth Operations Specialist (SOS) agent, Sean McNeal, should have died in the explosion that took the lives of Congressman Haddock and fellow SOS agent Marty Sikes. Presumed dead and feeling responsible for the tragedy, Sean goes undercover to determine who funded the bombing that killed his friend. The trail leads back to Washington D.C. and T.J., the woman he allowed to distract him from his mission. Fighting their attraction, they join forces to find the person responsible for the embassy being blown away.

An SOS book

Bodyguards Unlimited

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Ten years ago, Army Ranger Cameron Morgan left his family's ranch with no plans to return...until his job as a bodyguard reunited him with his former sweetheart and the life he'd fled.

A PAST HE COULDN'T FORGET

Jennie Ward had been injured and her ranch sabotaged, so Cameron was critical to surviving an investigation that was getting riskier by the minute. But keeping his professional distance was nearly impossible, especially after Jennie nearly lost her life on his watch. Still, as his need to guard her mixed with his hunger to find the truth, Cameron found it hard to resist the pull of his old life--not to mention Jennie's offer of a second chance...

Lakota Baby
Harlequin Intrigue
December 2006

When Joe Lonewolf got that call that Maggie Brandt's baby was missing, he knew he couldn't walk away. He'd done it once when his reserve unit was called to war in Iraq. Before he'd left his Lakota Indian reservation, he'd told Maggie she didn't have a place in his life as a Lakota and not to wait for him. While he'd been fighting for his country, Maggie married his stepbrother and together they had a son. Now Joe was back, his brother was dead and his nephew was missing. With angry teens on drugs, poverty corrupting the people he's sworn to protect and casino giants calling the shots, will Joe be able to protect Maggie and find her baby before anyone else gets hurt?

Dakota Meltdown
Harlequin Intrigue
August 2006

The target of a psychotic serial killer, North Dakota Criminal Investigator Brenna Jensen must find the killer before he kills another or kills her. When the FBI takes over the case, she's forced to work with the egocentric team leader, Nick Tarver to protect her hometown of Riverton, ND. Brenna fights her growing attraction for the agent knowing he could never love her and all her scars.

Burned by his ex-wife, Agent Nick Tarver is determined to ignore his attraction to his newest team member, solve the murder case and get the hell back where its warmer. Working closely with the North Dakota Criminal Investigator, he learns to trust her even though he knows she's hiding something from him. With the snow melting, the river rising and more women missing, Nick must put aside his prejudices and dig a little deeper to discover the truth beneath the surface to solve the mystery and win Brenna's love.

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Award Winning!
RT Top Pick!

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Beneath The Texas Moon
Harlequin Intrigue
March 2006

By moving her son to Spirit Canyon, Texas, Eve Baxter had hoped to help Joey overcome the trauma of bearing witness to his father's tragic death. Sworn off men until her son is grown and on his own, Eve resists her attraction to the haunted cowboy, Mac McGuire. But when the town falls victim to bizarre animal mutilations and the death of a teenage girl, Eve realizes she or her son could be the next casualties and reluctantly accepts Mac's protection.

Plagued by survivor's guilt, Mac finds an immediate connection with Eve's little boy and a deep desire to protect the boy's beautiful mother. With a murderous creature on the loose, Mac fights his own demons of self-doubt the struggle to save the community, the child and the woman he grows to love.