Bøger af Jane Blythe

To survive two strangers will have to rely on only each other. Stephanie Fuller has had the year from hell and a vacation to Mexico was supposed to be a way to find her equilibrium again. Instead she's snatched off the streets and wakes up in a dark, dank underground prison. Nothing could prepare her for what's going to happen to her there, or the connection she builds with her fellow captive. When Patrick "Trick" Kramer wakes up in a small cell and learns he's not alone he quickly puts together the pieces of who took him and why. Despite a rocky start in life he's a protector, and there is nothing worse for a man like him than having an innocent woman who needs his protection but being unable to save her from the hell that's coming. There is no way Stephanie won't hate him for what he has to do.

He's the last person she wants messing up all her hard work. Jessica Bowen knows responsibility, learned it at a young age. Living through something horrific she somehow managed to hold most of her family together and build a life for herself. A life that isn't the one she planned but it's one she can be proud of, where she can make a difference and save lives. Until he shows up threatening to destroy everything she's worked so hard to achieve. Mason "Scorpion" Markson was looking forward to a vacation when he gets a call that the spoiled, selfish sister of an old friend is in trouble. He shouldn't go into a cult after her, it's more hassle than its worth, and yet he owes it to his friend to save his sister. The last thing he expects to find when he goes undercover is a calm, competent, capable woman who has a whole lot of anger and hostility towards him. She's not who he was led to believe she was, so why did her brother lie about her?

His second chance disappears along with her. Ariel Emerson knows what it's like to lose everyone you love and she has no intention of going through that again. Ever. But then she's snatched off the streets, sold to a monster, her only hope of being rescued is the man who very thoroughly destroyed her. Not a day has passed for Sebastian "Rock" Rockman that he hasn't regretted lashing out in grief and guilt and destroying the best thing to ever happen to him. He always knew one day he wanted a second chance but when Ariel is kidnapped right in front of him he'll have to fight not just to win her heart and her trust, but to save her life. Sometimes a happy ending isn't in the cards.

No good deed goes unpunished. Tallulah Russel knows she's made a mistake. Unfortunately it's too late to do anything about it. Snatched from her home and held prisoner in a cabin by a man whose behavior grows more confusing by the minute, she has two choices. She can escape the second she gets an opportunity, or she can put her trust in her kidnapper when he tells her he's the only thing standing between her and certain death. Gabriel "Tank" Dawson didn't want this job. Now when his team needs him, he wants to be there for them, but this case has been ranked as high priority. Falling for the target shouldn't be an option. But he can't seem to help himself. Every second he spends with Tallulah he grows more captivated by her. Too bad the second she learns he's been lying to her from the beginning she'll hate him. What should have been a simple plan goes to hell and its Tallulah who will end up paying the price.

How can you trust others when you don't trust yourself? Jasmine Crane made the biggest mistake of her life when she was sixteen. Believing she was in love she ran away only to find that she'd run right into Hell. It took her two years to escape but she lost everything, including her ability to trust herself. Now there's a man determined to show her what love really is, but her fear that it can't be real could ruin her only chance at happiness. Adam Abram's life is filled with his job as a cop and his young daughter, but when a case brings a woman into his life everything changes. Already having loved and lost it's not easy to put his heart on the line again, but there's no way he can stay away from Jasmine, especially when he learns of the danger from her past that never truly disappeared. Problem is if he's the only one fighting for their future their chance at happiness could go up in smoke.

Can Detective Paige Hood survive her stalker's attempt to kill her? Sometimes you have to do something even if it hurts someone you love. Annabelle Englewood just made the biggest decision of her life. She's moved out of the home she has shared with her boyfriend for the last five years. She's not sure she made the right choice but she felt like it was something she had to do. Her decision might wind up costing her more than just the man she loves, it might also take her freedom and her life. A woman disappears without a trace. Another four women vanish on the same night. The case takes a personal turn for Detective Xavier Montague when his estranged girlfriend, Annabelle, also goes missing. Is her disappearance related? Is someone else responsible? Or did she simply walk away from her life of her own volition? ** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **

Maybe this family deserve what they get. Someone is killing off members of the Everett family and the only family member talking to the cops is Sofia Everett. Shunned by her father and battling a mysterious illness, Sofia's childhood dreams may be the key to stopping the killer. Nothing could prepare her for what she will uncover about the people she has known all her life and once she knows the truth she will never look at herself the same way again. When his newest case brings Detective Ryan Xander right to the doorstep of the woman he's been watching from afar it doesn't take long for him to fall for her. But between Sofia's illness, a killer hellbent on destroying every last member of the Everett family, and his own insecurities, this fledgling relationship may be over before it even begins. ** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **

To save the woman he loves he has to let a killer walk free. Annabelle Englewood's life is crumbling around her. Her entire family is slaughtered, she's accused of committing the crime, and the detective working the case is making her feel things she doesn't want to feel and challenging her belief that she is unworthy of being loved. Her fears are intense, as is the compulsion to push everyone away, and if she can't break their hold then she won't just end up alone but dead. Detective Xavier Montague knows better than to get involved with a woman in a case he's working. Especially one who is so emotionally vulnerable. And yet, against his better judgment, he's drawn to Annabelle, but this forbidden attraction will force him to confront the darkest time in his life. If he can't let go of the past and finally look to the future then he will leave the woman he's falling for alone and vulnerable to a violent psychopath. ** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **

Sometimes love can't conquer all. With his relationship to wife Tessa strained almost to the point of breaking, Detective Parker Bell finds himself once again becoming too invested in his latest case, that of a young woman who was kidnapped and is suffering from amnesia. As he becomes intrigued by and attracted to the beautiful and mysterious young woman he names Hope his friends and family feel that he is losing his objectivity, and risking everything he cares about in the process. Meanwhile Tessa is working to battle her demons and finally become the woman who can give her husband what he needs. When Parker pulls away from her, intent on helping his newest project, Tessa must figure out what secrets Hope is hiding before it's too late. Unfortunately Hope's secrets will end up costing someone their life. ** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse ** Complete series1. A Secret to the Grave2. Winter Wonderland3. Dead or Alive4. Little Girl Lost5. Forgotten

A terrifying ordeal irrevocably changed her, leaving her trapped in a prison of her own making. Ten years ago Laura Opal endured a four day long ordeal that left her broken and traumatized. But the men who hurt her were caught, tried, found guilty and imprisoned, so what's happening in her apartment building doesn't have anything to do with her. She's sure of it. Detective Jack Xander and his partner are investigating the sudden spate of crimes at an apartment building, but every time they think they're making progress another assault leads them in a completely different direction. As they hunt for the killer's real target Jack is about to come face to face with someone from his past he thought he'd never set eyes on again. Is the woman he's never been able to forget the potential victim he's been looking for? And if she is how is he going to keep her alive long enough to make up for past mistakes? ** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **

The body count rises when two serial killers fall in love. He targets couples, attacking them in their bed, killing one and leaving the other alive. She targets wealthy businessmen, luring them to a hotel and drowning them. When the two killers meet up a wild killing spree erupts. Annabelle Englewood is still struggling to cope with what a vicious psychopath did to her eight months ago. Sofia Everette has spent five months recovering from the physical and psychological trauma inflicted on her by her sister. When the two women and their respective boyfriends, Detective Xavier Montague and Detective Ryan Xander, meet up they will have to deal with the fallout from two killers' love affair, all under the ever-present eye of an escalating stalker. ** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **

They survived a hostage situation now someone is killing them off.Sofia Xander runs a center for abused women and children, some of whom have fled for their lives, their abusers still out there. One of those violent husbands tracks his family down and holds eight people hostage in a bid to get his wife and daughter back. With no choice but to kill him to protect herself and the others, Sofia is unprepared for the impact it will have on herself and her life.Detective Ryan Xander is proud of his wife for doing what she had to in order to save lives, but he knows taking a life will affect her. He just didn't know those effects would be her pushing him away. Then someone starts killing off the surviving hostages. Now he could lose his wife to a killer or she could walk out on him.** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **

A boy and girl find a castle and a fanciful journey with unicorns, policemen, dragons, dinosaurs, and butterflies ensues! The children from red group at Beaver Street Kindergarten wrote this book together, each taking a turn to tell what they thought should happen next in the story

Keep her mouth shut and let a killer get revenge or risk the truth about her coming out?Daisy Xander has spent her entire life trying to hide who she really is and where she's come from. But no matter how many measures she has taken and how many sacrifices she has made the truth is about to come out and she's already chosen how she's going to deal with it-she's going to let herself get killed. For Mark Xander life keeps getting worse and worse. Left to raise his four kids alone, then his youngest son comes face to face with a killer, and his estranged wife seems to have a relationship with the victim. Daisy won't tell anyone what's going on and when more victims keep falling it soon becomes clear, Daisy is either involved or she's on the killer's list. ** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **

Childhood crushes never come to fruition. Hayley Hood has loved Brian Xander since she was a girl, but to him she's always going to be the quiet kid he met when her parents adopted her. She's resigned herself to forever being nothing more than his friend, but when her job as a social worker puts her in the line of fire with an angry parent he steps up to play bodyguard. Brian Xander blinked and family friend Hayley turned from a kid to a woman. A stunningly gorgeous woman. When her life is threatened he's more than happy to help out and volunteers to keep her safe, but falling in love with her will be easy compared to keeping her alive from a relentless stalker who will stop at nothing to get his revenge. Just when they give into their connection an unforeseen threat rears its head.

She's been held captive for five years. Grace Bennett never expected to escape the hell she's been trapped in for five and a half long years. Then she's found by accident, and suddenly she has her life back. However, she's not the same woman she was before her abduction, and she has to figure out who she wants to become. Detective Matthew Greer pretends he's fine on the outside, but inside he's struggling to get over being abandoned by his family when he needed them the most. When he finds Grace, something about her determination to help find the man who took her calls out to him. Her strength inspires him, but it could also be her downfall. Her stubborn insistence in playing a role in capturing her tormentor could end up costing both of them their chance at a happy ever after.

Rejecting her after she gathered the strength to approach him means she'll never let him get close again. After losing her husband, the first man to make Detective Rylla Franklin feel anything at all turns her down when she garners the courage to ask him out. Throwing herself into work, she has plenty to keep her busy as she and her partner hunt a serial killer who turns his victims into princesses. When her sister becomes the next victim she's yanked from the case and with nothing but time on her hands the sexy man she's been trying to ignore suddenly gets an opening into her life. Nate Oakland didn't want to say no when Rylla asked him out, but he knows he's not good enough for her. He's tried to explain but she won't give him the time of day. When Rylla's sister goes missing, he decides he's given her enough space, and is determined to not only be there to support her but also to convince her he made a mistake turning her down before and to give him a second chance. But when Rylla becomes the killer's next target it's no longer their losses and doubt that are the biggest threat to their fledgling relationship.

How can she ever trust another man after what her ex-husband did? Summer Height isn't sure it's worth it to risk her heart again in another relationship, not after what happened with her ex-husband and the debilitating guilt it left her with. When she meets her best friend's husband's brother she doesn't know what to think, she likes him, but she's not sure she wants to take a chance on him after what she's been through, especially when it looks like history is repeating itself. Luke Sleigh wants to find someone to love him, everyone else in his life has always walked away and he's desperate to find that forever person. He has a list, when he meets a woman he mentally checks off whether or not the woman meets his criteria, but that gets thrown out the window when he meets Summer. He might be swept off his feet but he's about to face the challenge of a lifetime; proving that he's not guilty of multiple murders in time to save Summer's life.

She was so close to finally being happy. Lila and Eric Abbott's world spins out of control in an instant when their young son is shot and their infant daughter abducted in a seemingly random car jacking. While working on the case Detective Parker Bell disappears without a trace leaving his friends and family, including new wife Tessa, frantic to find out what has happened to him. Tessa clings to the belief that Parker would never abandon her, despite the insistence of those around her that his recent behavioral changes may mean he has left on purpose. What's worse, a husband who's dead or one who's alive but walked out on her? ** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse ** Complete series1. A Secret to the Grave2. Winter Wonderland3. Dead or Alive4. Little Girl Lost5. Forgotten

He needs to save her, but she doesn't want to be saved. Detective Parker Bell has just returned to work after a shooting when he and his partner land the case of a young woman abducted by a man who has left a list of clues pointing to nine other women he plans to kill. Throughout the course of the investigation Parker meets Tessa Micah, a potential victim and the most interesting, stubborn, infuriating woman he has ever met. When Tessa refuses to shed any light on why she is in the sights of a serial killer it's up to Parker to find the madman before he can bring his plan to fruition, leaving ten dead women in his wake. ** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse ** Complete series1. A Secret to the Grave2. Winter Wonderland3. Dead or Alive4. Little Girl Lost5. Forgotten

If she can't give up her secrets she'll lose everything. After crashing their car in the woods Detective Parker Bell and his wife Tessa stumble upon a blood covered child and find themselves thrown headfirst into a nightmare eerily familiar to the one Tessa found herself in sixteen years ago. Forced to confront a past she would rather forget, every decision Tessa makes could cost her everything she has grown to love. Faced with several missing children cases he knows are related to Tessa's childhood nightmare, Parker must decide how hard to push his wife to get the answers he wants, and if he is even ready to face the truth of what happened to Tessa when she was kidnapped as a child. ** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse ** Complete series1. A Secret to the Grave2. Winter Wonderland3. Dead or Alive4. Little Girl Lost5. Forgotten

When winter comes this killer comes out of hiding. With the city in the grips of Iceman fuelled terror, Detective Parker Bell is handed the task of finding a killer who is meticulous enough to leave behind no physical evidence and self-controlled enough to lie dormant through spring, summer and fall. While hunting the serial killer Parker must also balance his fledgling relationship with Tessa Micah, who is still struggling to deal with the emotional backlash of her own encounter with a madman. Tessa Micah is fighting to put the past behind her. She is trying to focus on the positives, she has fallen in love, she has friends to support her, she can have the future that she always dreamed of but never thought she would have. But she can only get it if she can learn to let go, move forward, and let her past be just that-her past. Her chance to do that might be ripped away from her when a killer targets her as the next victim. ** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse ** Complete series1. A Secret to the Grave2. Winter Wonderland3. Dead or Alive4. Little Girl Lost5. Forgotten

Innocent victim or crazy liar? At the hospital Laura Xander bumps into a teenager who claims that she and three other girls were kidnapped five years ago. The man whom she alleges abducted her maintains that he is her father and that his daughter is mentally unbalanced. A race against time ensues to prove the girls are kidnap victims before the man who says he's their father takes them home never to be seen again. Detective Paige Hood was nearly killed by her stalker four years ago, he stole something from her she can never get back and she's still trying to come to terms with the ramifications. Now the stalker is back and determined that she will not live to see the morning. ** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **

They each had secrets; one of those secrets got them all killedThe Oliver family is falling apart at the seams. Secrets, lies, anger, resentment were tearing them apart and causing them to live separate lives even as they lived together in the same house. One of those secrets has brought a killer to their door and the entire family is about to pay the ultimate price, death.Detective Paige Hood feels an affinity to the deceased Oliver family because just like them she and her husband also have two adopted daughters. The more she digs into the family's lives the more she starts to believe that the adoptions were the root of their problems and begins to worry that the same fate will befall her and her family. With each new thread they discover Paige and her partner get pointed in a new direction. If they can't unravel them all and find the killer more people will die.** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **

The high school is this killer's hunting ground.Girls from the local high school are being abducted. The only link between the cases is that the girls are kept for ninety-nine hours, then drowned and dumped on the doorsteps of their homes with a number nine tattoo on their back. The cops don't know who they're looking for but they do know that with the high school as his hunting ground this killer has hundreds of potential victims to choose from.Fifteen year old Sophie Xander just learned that she was adopted and that her parents have been lying to her her entire life. Angry, hurt, and no longer sure of who she is, Sophie lashes out at her parents, and turns to her new boyfriend for comfort and support. But when she and her best friend are snatched off the streets her family will do whatever it takes to get her back.** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **

One moment in time you wish you could take back. That's how Dahlia Black feels about her life. When she was fifteen she made a mistake that got her best friend killed and she hasn't been able to forgive herself for it. Banishing herself from River's End, she's lured back when someone decides that the past hasn't been laid to rest. Returning to town doesn't just mean facing the family she let down but the one man she's always loved but who nearly died saving her. Fletcher Harris grew up as an honorary member of the Black family, Dahlia like a younger sister to him. Then he lays eyes on her for the first time in eight years and in place of the kid he remembers finds a beautiful, strong, but hurting woman who he can't get out of his mind. Determined to help Dahlia learn to forgive herself so she can finally move on he can't help but hope that he might be a prominent part of her future.

He's trying to prove her friend is guilty of murder. When Clara Candella is carjacked it brings the past she thought was firmly behind her crashing into her present. Now the sexy detective who saved her life is trying to prove that her childhood friend is guilty of the same horrendous crimes they both survived. Can she set the fact that they're on opposite sides of this investigation aside and allow the attraction simmering between them to grow into something more? A car chase leads Detective Jonathon Dawson to a woman he instantly feels a connection to, unfortunately, she's hellbent on proving that her friend is innocent, even though he knows differently. Despite her being involved in his case he asks her out, only to be turned down flat. He knows there's something between him but winning Clara's affections while simultaneously searching for proof of her friend's guilt isn't going to be easy.

Is it possible to move on from your past? Samara Patrick is being stalked. She doesn't know by who, or where she came into contact with this person, but when the stalker makes an attempt at kidnapping her she knows he's not going to go away. It's bad enough suffering through her least favorite time of the year but now on top of everything else she's got a bodyguard who makes her feel things she's not ready to accept. Michael Stein did something he can never forgive himself for. Now he's lost down a path he can't find his way back from, but when his friend Samara needs him he's there for her. Developing feelings for her wasn't supposed to happen, but he sees through her veneer of perfectionism to the deep pain she tries to hide and it calls out to his own pain. Only problem is his issues have the power to destroy them both.