We’re just days away from the 1/23/18 release of RUN TO ME, so I wanted to share a new book tease with you.

Happy Friday! Stay warm out there!

Just one week until the release of RUN TO ME! How about a little tease?

“I want to make things right.” His face had tensed, and his gaze seemed to burn.

And there it was again. His guilt. Always between them. “I’m not some pet project.” Her words came out angry, crisp. “Not some mistake you just get to wipe away.”  But…wasn’t she a mistake? Her chest ached, and she lifted her hand, pressing her palm against her racing heart.

“You’re not a mistake.” His gaze burned. “You could never be that.”

He moved toward her once more. Very, very close. And his hands rose to curl around her shoulders. She stiffened because that electric awareness was there again, and Willow tried to retreat, but there was nowhere to go. Her back was pressed to the mirror behind her.

Emotions swirled inside of her. Dark and twisting. Sometimes, she was twisted, too. She could do things, such bad things.  She could slip into a person’s mind and turn fears into reality. She’d…hurt people.

And Willow knew she’d hurt others in the future. That was who she was.

“You shouldn’t touch me,” she reminded him, her voice hushed. “You know touching me is dangerous.”

Because if she touched her prey, it gave her power. The power to slip right into her prey’s mind—

“Do I look afraid?”

She blinked. No, he didn’t look afraid.  He looked—

“Ever wonder what it would be like if we kissed, Willow?”

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RUN TO ME will release in just two weeks!! Are you ready for Jay Maverick? (I am!!)

He’s used to getting what he wants…

Jennings “Jay” Maverick is a tech billionaire. He has the world at his feet, and he thinks he can buy anything…but he can’t buy her. One look at the mysterious Willow, and Jay knows that he is a goner.  He wants to give her anything and everything she desires, but he’s the man responsible for the pain in Willow’s life, and getting close to her—well, that’s not going to be easy.

Her life is a nightmare that she can’t escape.

Willow woke up in one of the “Lazarus” research facilities. She now has increased strength, incredible speed, and some scary psychic bonuses. Because of the danger associated with her new gifts, she’s afraid to touch anyone.  One touch from her, and a man’s darkest fears will seemingly turn into reality.  But Jay isn’t afraid of her touch.  Instead, he seems to…crave it. To crave her.

She can’t trust him, and he won’t let her go.

Willow knows that Jay has been involved with Lazarus in the past, but he swears he only wants to help her.  She never expects the white-hot desire that burns between them, a desire that grows more with every moment that passes. Thrust together as allies, Willow finds herself wanting to put her faith in Jay, wanting to find someone she can rely on, but Jay may still be keeping secrets from her. Secrets that could get them both killed.

When darkness and danger close in…RUN TO ME.

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And I just posted the first excerpt from RUN TO ME on my website. Be sure to check it out!

It’s the release week for my latest romantic suspense, INTO THE NIGHT  This book is the 3rd in my “Killer Instinct” series for Harlequin.

My “Killer Instinct” books focus on dark and sexy suspense–but suspense with a definite romance element.  All of the books in this series feature characters who’ve had up-close and personal experiences with killers…the killers have been their friends, their lovers, their family members. Because of this closeness, the characters in my “Killer Instinct” books have a unique understanding when it comes to serial killers…and catching those predators.

The heroine of INTO THE NIGHT is FBI Agent Macey Night. Many people thought that the man who brutally attacked Macey had died, that the infamous serial killer known as the “Doctor” was long gone…but in her heart, Macey knew that the killer was still out there.  If you’ve read my other “Killer Instinct” books, then you might have picked up on one particular scene involving Macey (it was a little Easter egg!). In BEFORE THE DAWN, there is one scene in which Macey is talking with the medical examiner, Julia.  Julia asks Macey about the man who attacked her and Macey responds with, “I killed him.”

Well…that’s part of the story.   Only part.  Macey starts to tell Julia more, but then they are interrupted.  So Macey doesn’t get to add *more* about her past. She doesn’t get to say exactly what happened to her…

Don’t worry, readers can find out soon–INTO THE NIGHT features a prologue that will show you exactly what happened to Macey when she was younger. And you’ll find out why Macey and so many others wanted to believe that her attacker was dead. Only he isn’t exactly that easy to kill.  And deep, deep inside, Macey has always known that her particular monster is still out there, despite the brave front that she’s put on for other people.  And it’s time for her to face that monster.

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Have you checked out the INTO THE NIGHT excerpt?

Tired after a busy holiday? Why not curl up with a new book? INTO THE NIGHT (from Harlequin) is available now!

Sheltered in the shadows of the Smoky Mountains is the suspect who’s summoned FBI agent Macey Night’s fears to the surface. Every day that the “Profiler,” a vigilante serial killer, escapes justice is another day she’s reminded of what it is to be a ruthless predator’s prey. Capturing him is a craving deeper than anything she’s felt in a long time. But Agent Bowen Murphy, equal parts sexy and volatile, seems hell-bent on changing that. Working together—needing, living and breathing each other—they’re entwined to distraction.