Bøger af Desiree Holt

Andrew "Mac" McDaniel comes to Saddle Wells, Texas, and buys the rundown HanniganRanch. But he

Charity Vance needs someplace to lie low and decide what to do with the rest of her life. Burned out from years in the Dallas PD, she

Cynthia Dellinger doesn't have much after a divorce that almost broke her, but she does have her grandfather's secret barbecue-spice-rub recipe, and she is going to make the most of it. New in Saddle Wells, she's determined to start over with the help of her new friends-starting with a new business. But she's totally unprepared for her reaction to the artisan carpenter they recommend she hire. Jesse Orosco is more than happy to renovate Cyn's storefront, but what he'd really love to do is tackle that self-doubt he sees lurking in her eyes. The red-head calls to Jess on every level, but first he has to convince her to give them a chance despite their age difference, jealous exes, and what the townsfolk may say.

Georgie Zielinski has invested everything she owns in a dilapidated B&B in Saddle Wells, Texas. She doesn

Jinx Malone didn't expect her first story as publisher of The Hill Country Herald to be a murder. She thought moving from New York to Rowan Country would mean an end to hearing those kinds of calls on the police scanner. The story also puts her up close and personal with the know-it-all new sheriff in town-a man who has more of an effect on her than she'd ever admit to. Rowan Country was supposed to be a quieter job where Sheriff Dillon Cross could get over a bad case of burnout. But after only a few weeks on the job, someone finds a dead body in a ditch, and Dillon is butting heads with the sexy local reporter. They get on like two angry hornets trapped in an upturned glass, but soon it's more than heated barbs they're exchanging. Of course, their new beginning could be overrun with past mistakes coming back to haunt them both.

Twenty-five years ago, she was the only victim to survive the killing spree of a pedophile. Her life has been frozen in time. Not even relocation or an identity change has healed the wounds that left her emotionally and sexually scarred. Determined to reclaim her life, she returns to High Ridge as multi-published crime novelist, Dana Moretti, with the hope of asking the questions that will lay her nightmares to rest. Sheriff Cole Landry, came to High Ridge to escape the horrors of Iraq and Afghanistan, but soon after the sexy author arrives and starts poking her nose into matters best forgotten, his town once again becomes the hunting ground of a ruthless killer. She's sure it's the same man, and he's not all that convinced she's wrong. Keeping Dana safe means keeping her under his protection...and under him. Between Dana's awakening desire for Cole and the danger lurking behind every stranger's face, her world is spinning out of control.

Amy Stark has legendary bad taste in men, so she

Determined to shake off her past, Sydney Alexander plans to seize the day when it comes to handling PR for Lightnin' the blazing star rising on the rock scene. Rick Trajean, Lightnin's lead, torches her all business all the time mantra when the sizzling chemistry between them ignites brighter than the band's popularity. As Lightnin' scorches the charts, Rick and Sydney burn up the sheets. But can their passion handle the pressure of the music business? Not everyone is happy with Lightnin's success and when the vindictiveness so common in the business threatens to destroy the band, their tour, and the love Rick and Sydney found in each other, their powerhouse may come crashing down. What's left when it does? Aftershock! "Desiree Holt is like the Nora Roberts of erotic romance." USA Today Happy Ever After blog "Desiree Holt is the most amazing erotica author of our time and each story is more fulfilling than the last." Romance Junkies

Reenie Davenport is making a fresh start, and her first stop is her old college friend Amy

Krista (Kris) Gauthier and Mason Rowell are like oil and water from the moment they meet. He never expected the team from The Omega Team, the security agency made up of former military, to send a woman to lead the team he hired to fix his problem: find out who is helping smugglers cross his land from the border. Their antagonism is only heightened by the sexual attraction that keeps blazing out of control. Neither of them is happy about the fact they keep falling into bed together and Mason, who values his unattached existence, can't wait for the team to be finished and Kris to be gone. But when the bad guys are identified and caught and Kris is wounded in the process, the thought of losing her nearly destroys him, and makes him take another look at their relationship.

Mia Fleming's precognitive visions about Carpenter Techtronics are so vivid, she resorts to sending anonymous emails to the company. She's also having visions of a gorgeous man who arouses her to the point she's satisfying herself just to get some relief. She's shocked when the man shows up in her office, demanding to know what she knows about Carpenter.Dan Romeo is just helping his friend track down the person threatening his company when he meets Mia. One look at her and he has a hard time thinking about anything but indulging in off-the-charts sex with the intriguing woman-until bodies begin falling. As Mia's visions escalate, so does the explosive sex between her and Dan, as well as an unexpected emotional connection. When Mia is almost killed, Dan and his team must race to find the culprits before they can strike again-or put Mia down for good

Emma, the good girl poster child, is running from a life she suddenly sees as gray and suffocating-a life where she's successfully buried all her hopes and secret dreams. Until the night she wanders into Aftershock and is immediately drawn to the hot bass player. The electricity of his performance, the powerful music he coaxes from his guitar, the heavy vibration of each note reaches out to something deep inside her and wakes an Emma she didn't even know existed. Marc doesn't much care for the groupies who hang around the band. He needs a woman he can create a future with that's a counterpoint to the craziness of the rock music business. When he sees Emma for the first time, something inside him cracks wide open. Just one sizzling glance between them, and he's sure he's found the woman to complete his life. But as the relationship grows, there's a huge stumbling block: Emma won't tell him her name. The sex is fabulous but he wants more.... Although Emma is finally finding her true self, her fear of everything falling apart builds a barrier she can't seem to cross. Marc is taking her on the joy ride of her life, but will her own insecurities destroy everything?

Veterinarian Sable Hunter is in Saddle Wells to take over for the retiring veterinarian. She has a reputation to build and can

Robin Prescott is determined to convince her sister to leave her abusive husband. Robin has it all planned out. The last thing she expects to witness is her sister's murder at the hand of her brother-in-law. Survival instinct kicks in, urging Robin to grab her nephew and make a run for it. Her brother-in-law is a powerful attorney and has his fingers in every department in the city, including the cops. There's only one person she can trust to help her, and fortunately, he doesn't hold grudges. He might not hold a grudge, but Zander Craig has never let go of his feelings for Robin. Now that she's back in his life, he'll do anything and use every resource at Guardian Security to protect her and discover evidence to prove her innocence. But it's only a matter of time before her brother-in-law locates her...and silences the only witness to his crime.

Ranch owner Quinn Pedraza has to find someone to run the saloon he won in a bet, but more than that, he needs a woman who can handle his alpha personality...and closet submissive sexual cravings. When vampire Selene Torres arrives on the scene, he gets everything he wants - and learns what he really needs. Publisher's Note: When Desiree Holt's cowboys meet up with Joey W. Hill's vampires, sparks are sure to fly!

Ten years ago, Jen LaCroix left Dino Brancuzzi carrying a big secret. Now, her life is in danger and he's the only man she can trust. When a valuable shipment disappears from the museum where she works, the finger points to her and the number of dangerous people after her continues to increase. Leaving that secret, Dino's nine-year-old daughter,

Someone to watch over her . . . Her life in beautiful Arrowhead Bay seems like paradise. But for former CIA operative Marissa Hayes, it's a deep cover she's forced to live under after daring to take down a powerful enemy with strong terrorist ties. Out of necessity, she keeps her emotions as guarded as her life, even as she finds herself drawn to Justin Kelly, the most arousing man she's ever met. But when Marissa must find a new place to hide, the able-bodied Vigilance agent is the first man she turns to . . . Justin can't get close to Marissa, if he hopes to keep her alive. Which only makes sharing a villa with her at a remote island resort all the more challenging. The passion rising between them is exquisite-and excruciating. Even more so when terrorists infiltrate the island, putting Marissa in the crosshairs. Now Justin will do anything to protect the woman he cares about more deeply than he dares to admit. . . . "Desiree Holt is the queen of sizzling romantic suspense!" -Allison Brennan, New York Times bestselling author of the Lucy Kincaid series

When you don't know how the story will end . . . After years of hard work honing his craft, Blake Morgan is now an international bestselling author. But one thing he never imagined was that his fictional world would become all too real. When a stalker turns Blake's latest book tour into a treacherous and nearly deadly trap, it's time for Blake to hire protection. But the body assigned to keep an eye on him is someone he never wants out of his sight . . . As a bodyguard for Vigilance, the private security agency in Blake's hometown of Arrowhead Bay, Samantha Quenel has found the perfect outlet for her military experience. But her latest client is also a former high school flame, which might explain her willingness to protect Blake at all costs--even if that means staying in the same room with him, on the same bed, under the same torrid sheets.

Sex, murder, cover-up...a lethal combination.

For Faith and Mark, the telepathic connection they'd shared for years was nothing compared to the scorching physical connection they realized as adults. From the first moment they came together, erotic was too pale a word to describe their relationship. Together they explored each other's deepest, darkest desires. But now Mark, survivor of an ambush to his Delta Force team, is a prisoner of a terrorist group in the Peruvian jungle, and his telepathic communication with Faith is his only contact with the world. While she searches for help to save him, they survive on dreams that took them beyond all sexual boundaries. Can she persuade the men of Phoenix to undertake a treacherous rescue and bring Mark back to her arms?