In the Works

Hidden Steel

Five Star Expressions, July '08
ISBN 978-1594146817

(Once a Silhouette Bombshell)

Steve Spaneas doesn't have a clue.

Who'd have thought that the woman who stumbles her way into his gym, looking and acting so very much like a street person off her meds, is really a CIA case officer whose memory has been obliterated by experimental drugs used by some very bad people?

And seriously, who'd have thought that her attempts to untangle the few clues she's got would lead him right into her world of spies and counterspies, death and deception--and holy cow, stockpiled nuclear weapons?

But Steve had better figure out who he trusts--his years of experience on the streets, or the heart of a gritty woman determined to reclaim herself--and he'd better figure it out fast. Because suddenly there's a body out behind the gym, surveillance teams lurking, and a series of unsavory goons following the trail of a woman temporarily named Mickey right through his life.

Scent of Danger

ISBN: TBA
Release: December 2008

Dale Kinsall considers himself adjusted to his new location--to the eccentric nature of his clinic staff, to the altitude and climate of the high desert, to his new role in his community. The vet who solved the eco-murders. Of course, he doesn't anticipate the threatening series of bizarre rhyming notes on his desk, or the cavalier attitude of the local cops who were embarrassed that they didn't solve those particular eco-murders. Soon enough, everything's happening at once: the clinic is upside down over renovations, Laura's nephew is deathly ill, and then Laura herself is hit by the same feared virus shortly before Dale is blindsided in a brutal attack. Dale is the only one who thinks it might not all be coincidence...but everyone else pretty much thinks he's nuts.

Everyone but Sully Beagle, that is. For Sully knows cookies, and he knows what's his...and he knows the scent of danger.

Dale is the only one who thinks it might not all be coincidence...but unless he can put the pieces together in time, he may be the final victim...

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Ghost Whisperer: Revenge
September 30, 2008
ISBN: 978-1416550945

I'm currently working production for the first Ghost Whisperer book, Revenge. Can I even tell you how much fun this is?

The Teaser:

"Let me help you."

Still bearing the gruesome wounds of his death, he appeared to be etched into the very air with the acid of his anger, dark and crisp at the edges, so tightly focused it hurt to look too closely.

"This isn't good for you, Gordon.  It isn't right.  Your death was tragic, but it's up to the police to find the man who did it.  Your job now is to make peace with--"

He cut her off with a sudden roar and circled her in a series of blurs and jerks, ending up close to her face.  "He's mine!"

Suddenly she was pressed from all sides--the impossible weight of anger, squeezing her, crushing her chest and bowing her neck and making her heart struggle to beat at all.  She couldn't cry out or call for help and she couldn't do anything more than soundlessly mouth his name as she crumpled to the ground. "Gordon...Gordon, no--"

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The Reckoners

Tor will publish this new contemporary fantasy romance series about a young woman once mentored by a ghost and now leading a ghostbuster team, all of whom tangle with a fiercely driven demon-hunter from a different dimension.

I'm so excited to write this one I can't stand myself. The fun of playing with this Southwestern setting, the supernatural rules I've put into play, the characters (Trevarr and Lisa McGarrity are not to be taken lightly!) and even the whisker-licking, bug-crunching familiar...

Down, girl. The writing starts in Fall '08. Ohboy ohboy--!

Breaking News: Two new Nocturne titles! Keep your eyes open for scoops about the new Sentinal shapeshifter series...

The Sentinels are a long line of shapeshifters who consider themselves Sentinels of the Earth...and at the same time guard its people against an equally ancient group who, in an effort to vanquish the Sentinels, steal their powers anyway they can.  Both organizations have their roots in the same Roman-druidic family...but a couple of thousand years is enough time to push a lot of boundaries...

The first book, The Sentinel, features a fiercely independent Sentinel who takes the form of a black jaguar. Dolan goes rogue to find a powerful artifact before the enemy does, but doesn't count on needing help from the disenchanted daughter of a Sentinel killed in the line of duty...

Visit the Nocturne Authors Web Site (new window)

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Silhouette Bombshell Titles

Exception to the Rules, September 2004
Checkmate, June 05
Chameleon, (Smokescreen anthology), June 05
Beyond the Rules, Sept. '05
Heavy Metal Honey, Spring '06 Weekly Read
Survival Instinct, April '06
Comeback, August '06

due to the suspension of the Bombshell publishing line, these titles are now in limbo...but keep your eyes open!

Hidden Steel is now a Five Star Expressions July '08 title

Other titles still in limbo?
Making the Rules
Off-Guard
Tracking Danger


For continuing Bombshell tidbits--and to keep track of where those unpublished Bombshells are finding homes--check out this page.

Here's a list of all Bombshell books (in order of release), with series books identified.