Taking the Heat (Liam's Story)
May 2008
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Liam O'Neil is trying to take care of his troubled seven-year-old son and cocky teenager, and work full time at the family-owned Bailey's Irish Pub. Widowed three years ago, he's ready to date again (at the insistence of his brothers). But his life is in flux, his future unclear, when he meets Sophie Taylor, a female in the Fire Department of New York. A consummate firefighter who was rescued herself by the FDNY when she was ten, she loves her job and her "firefighter family." Liam's as attracted to her as she to him, which is fun and flirty, until they both start to care about each other. Yet she's the last person he can get involved with. His youngest is suffering from abandonment issues and depression, and needs stability. Even when they become involved, both Liam and Sophie know their relationship is doomed. Or is it?
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Be My Babies
March 2008
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Lily Wakefield is pregnant with twins and has nowhere to go. Desperate, she shows up at the newspaper office her grandfather owns. Only he no longer heads it. Instead she finds sexy Simon McCarthy and his adorable daughter Jenna. And just when Lily learns to trust all three of them, and they come to love her, unexpected developments occur which devastate all of them.
The Wrong Man for Her
May 2007
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Nick Logan, brother of the hero in TELL ME NO LIES, has never been able to trust women. After his mother kicked him out of the house as a teenager because he couldn't follow her rules, he went on the street, got into drugs, and hit bottom. He's made something of himself now, twenty years later, counseling troubled teens like the boy he used to be, but he can't get his personal life back on track. The one and only time he fell in love, with Madelyn Walsh, he broke it off because he couldn't commit. Now, he's back in his old place of employment, the Crime Victims Resource Center, and Maddie is his boss. Sparks fly between the couple as they work to help their kids and avoid any personal entanglement.
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Close to You
February 2007
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Close to You is the story of Secret Service Agent CJ Ludzecky, who is assigned to the coveted Vice Presidential Protection Division, guarding the Second Lady of the United States and her two children. After overcoming a rocky start in the Service, CJ is out to prove herself big-time. There's no room for men in her life, especially not the Second Lady's charming, sexy, sensitive brother, Aidan O'Neil. On his part, Aidan never expected to fall for an uptight, by-the-book Secret Service agent, but when it hits, it hits, and he does everything in his power to win over CJ. Back-dropped by the hustle of New York City, the political world of Washington D.C. and the pastoral scenery of the Finger Lakes, CJ tries to protect her charges, while Aidan tries to persuade her to let him into her life. The invasion of the press, a hostage situation involving the Vice President, a former gang member who hasn't forgotten the Second Lady shut her posse down two years ago, and a kidnapping attempt on the Second Son all move the story--and CJ and Aidan's relationship--to a stunning conclusion.
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The Lipstick Chronicles, v.1
Paperback release, December 2006
The Lipstick Chronicles, v.2
Paperback release, March 2007
(The Berkley Publishing Group)
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The hilariously sexy chronicle of five women at work, at play, and in love...
by Kathryn Shay, Fiona Kelly, Vivian Leiber, Lynn Emery, and Emily Carmichael
Together, they make up Allheart.com, the online greeting card company where love often falls apart, lives occasionally go awry--but friends are always there to put everything back together again... With lives in progress and love in limbo, they aren't asking for much. Just a decent man, a good cocktail, and a close friend. In the meantime, two out of three ain't bad..
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Future Books
A Twist of Fate
Claire Boneli doesn't remember the two men in her life, her best friend, Brady Langston and the guy she dates, Jonathan Harris. But both know her, and are there when she wakes up in the hospital with amnesia. In the weeks to come, Claire begins to regain her memory, and what she's finding out makes her see both men in a new light. The problem is, can she trust either one of them?.
Superromance, early 2009
After the Fall
Jayne Logan's carefully built life falls apart when a ramp in an innovative garage she designed collapses. Under investigation by the Architectural Review Board, Jayne goes to stay with her college roommate. There she meets Luke Martino. He's a confident, cocky contractor and Jayne can't bear to be around him and his success while she's waiting for her life to fall apart. When it does, she never expected Luke to be there to pick up the pieces.
Superromance, late 2009
