Small-Town NeedsThe beautiful blonde with the mysteriously broken-down '66 Mustang was exactly what Sheriff Derek Grey's small West Texas town, and his young daughter, needed--an honest-to-goodness doctor. She was also everything he wanted....Big-Time TroubleDr. Alexandra Courtland had spent too many years running away from her rural roots to be trapped in some small town. But she hadn't counted on the deadly epidemic that threatened the population, or the sheriff's sad young daughter, who captured her heart and brought out instincts that were purely maternal. And she'd certainly had no intention of falling for a certain tall, lanky Texas lawman. It seemed, however, that rules were made to be broken.

"If I die, it won't be an accident." At the time, Lilly Burkstrom brushed aside her ex-husband's words. Then he dies - "accidentally" - in a convenience store robbery, and she starts to wonder. Turning to the police doesn't help. They don't see the danger closing in on her, not even when someone breaks into her house and her ex-husband's apartment. Only Detective Jonathan Littledeer understands her fears, having lost his own family. He's determined to keep the single mom safe. He's not going to let another "accident" claim Lilly or her daughter before he can bring the killer's guarded secrets to light.

District Attorney Kelly Whalen was investigating a case that led into the highest circles of Texas society, a murder that someone very important wanted to remain a mystery. And she was going to need help from the last person she wanted in her life -- the ex-husband she'd never quite gotten out of her system....

Tony Ashcroft still knew more about crime than any detective in Houston. Trouble was, he also knew how to get under Kelly's skin -- and make her want him with the same breathless hunger she'd always felt for him. And working with him, day after day and night after night, was really turning out to be murder....

Love and LiesConcern about her aunt's disappearance led Angeline Fitzgerald to the family home she'd always longed to visit. But in the tiny Louisiana town, the sultry summer air pulsed with an undercurrent of evil....There, amidst old sins and long-buried secrets, Angie unwittingly uncovered the secret of her birth. In a second shocking revelation, she learned that the mother she'd never known had been murdered.Her only ally was Jean-Paul Delahaye, the hot-blooded Cajun who called her "Angel." His dark, sensuous looks started a fire in her soul. But could he save her, body and soul, from a cold-blooded killer--when the entire town had united in the conspiracy against her?