Countdown by Ruth Wind released on Apr 12, 2005 is available now for purchase.

Someone was trying to assassinate the president of the United States, and only army intelligence captain Diana Lockworth had the ability to stop them—if she could convince the authorities she wasn't a crackpot. It didn't help that her intel came from a source so secret even she didn't know who it was. With only twenty-four hours to stop the attack, she had to figure out who was masterminding the plot and when they planned to strike. First, she had to get the charismatic young president on her side. And then she'd give the enemy a new target—herself!

A Middle Eastern capitol building has been captured by insurgents. The prime minister, his staff and a group of visiting college students have become disposable hostages. But what the rebels don't know is that someone is still loose in the building.... FBI legal attaché Selena Jones took the foreign post when her marriage hit the rocks. Now she's narrowly escaped becoming a hostage—but she's trapped. She has just hours to find out what the rebels are up to and outsmart their compelling leader. And her lone contact to the outside world is the one man she swore never to trust again....

Flashback by Justine Davis released on Apr 11, 2006 is available now for purchase.

They looked alike, fought alike...but when it came to spy games, Samantha St. John and Elle Petrenko had different codes. Upstanding CIA agent Sam played by the rules. Russian spy Elle had more colorful ways of getting the job done. Ways that put her at odds with her newfound sister—and in the path of one dangerous male. Sam's loyalties lay with her former classmates, the women of Athena Academy who'd asked her to find a link between a blackmailer and her parents' deaths. But Sam needed Elle and her mystery man to succeed. Could the sisters' newly formed bond survive this personal mission, the heart of which might reveal a devastating truth about their past?

Never get personally involved in a story. For star reporter Tory Patton, that was the cardinal rule of TV news. But when a fellow journalist and Athena Academy graduate was taken hostage in a war zone—and a rival network broke the story—Tory took it very personally, giving up the safety of her anchor desk to investigate in the field. The assignment was risky from the start, including a shocking Tory's unexpected pregnancy. With her stubborn, covert-agent lover begging her to go home and her questions stirring up a hornet's nest, Tory suddenly faced reporting a story that could make her career but cost her everything she loved.

Lynn White's vow: I'll never be used again. Her adoptive father had turned out to be a criminal—and left her holding the bag. The FBI had used her to catch him. Now Lynn White was nobody's pawn. She had a new life, close to Athena Academy and the secrets of her past. But when authorities blackmailed her to use her unique skills one last time, Lynn returned to the stealth game. Her assignment: stop terrorists from smuggling a bomb through Miami's Stingray Wharf. The good news was her contact—undercover FBI agent Nick Barnes, the man Lynn had loved and lost. Nick risked his cover to protect her, and Lynn fell for him all over again—until his own explosive secret shattered her trust in ways more devastating than any bomb....

Her intervention in a hostage crisis had made her an instant hero. But Selena Shaw Jones still had nightmares. Now the CIA had approached her for another do-or-die mission—to locate a terrorist informant and his case officer, who were missing in the same Middle Eastern hot spot. Selena "had" to put aside her self-doubts—because the missing ex-terrorist had crucial intel about a strike against America... and the case officer in question was her husband, Cole. With the clock ticking and her know-it-all new partner questioning her competence, could Selena track her wily husband and control this runaway mission while facing her deadliest enemy—herself? Athena Force: Chosen for their talents. Trained to be the best. Expected to change the world.

After three Athena Academy students are kidnapped, FBI specialagent Katie Rush is first on the scene. The Athena grad will stop atnothing to make sure the girls are returned safely—even if it meansworking with a psychic. This unconventional relationship is notideal for a by-the-book agent, but Katie can't dismiss his dead-onrevelations. Now in a race against time, with young girls' lives onthe line, Katie must do something she's never Put hertrust in a handsome stranger.

When the case is as potentially explosive as that of an Athenastudent's abduction, Lindsey Novak never enters a negotiationwithout knowing just who to trust. She thrives on black-marketdeals with shady characters—even when she has to steal from thethieves themselves. But this time every weapon in her arsenal—including the enigmatic and all-too-sexy bodyguard hired byher father—may not be enough. For recovering the missing girlis only the first phase in thwarting a plan so evil it could changehumanity forever.

A deadly masquerade. As an undercover asset for the FBI, Sasha Bracciali can deceive with finesse and improvise at a moment's notice. And she'll gladly practice any deception if it means saving a kidnapped Athena student. So Sasha takes on the roles of Mafia princess, seductress and co-conspirator at the fortress of an Eastern European despot. Cut off from everything and everyone she knows—including the FBI handler with whom she's been having an affair—Sasha unmasks a painful She has no idea who to trust. But she must figure it out quickly, or her most ambitious charade will also be her last.

HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF… UNLESS SHE CAN STOP IT. Juicy stories are investigative reporter Winter Archer's bread and butter. So when her beloved mentor asks her to write the biography of Athena Academy's founder, Winter jumps at the chance. But someone out there will stop at nothing―not even murder―to ensure that long-buried secrets remain hidden. And Winter can't finish the job unless she joins forces with the one man who is most definitely off-limits. Only together can they uncover the deadly plot that spans decades and threatens to destroy a legacy…. Athena Force Will the women of Athena unravel Arachne's powerful web of blackmail and death…or succumb to their enemies' deadly secrets?

She's their ace in the hole No one is better at exposing a cheat than professional gambler and sometimes government agent Bethany James. Now, posing as a glamorous high roller, she'll use every trick she learned at Athena Academy to uncover a mob boss' ugly sins…and his deadly secrets. But when a daredevil with a tantalizing drawl calls her bluff, the stakes—and her heart rate—become much, much higher. Beth can't help but wonder: Have the cards finally been stacked against her?

Francesca Thorn is the FBI's best profiler…and she's needed to target Athena Academy's most dangerous foe. Getting inside the dark mind of a serial blackmailer is easy. The hard part? Working alongside an irritatingly sexy U.S. Army bodyguard who's shadowing her every move. But as she gets dangerously close to revealing the identity of her alma mater's greatest threat, it seems someone will stop at nothing to ensure she remains dead silent. And her only choice is to accept all the help her personal protector can provide.

Athena Academy's darkest nemesis is gunning for her, but USMC Combatant Diver Jessica Whittaker is not easily intimidated. Without thinking twice, she volunteers to help bring down the school's deadliest enemy. Her an expeditionary mission aboard a sunken ship. Salvaging for clues on an abandoned vessel should have been simple. But a hostile force—and an unbelievably handsome diving buddy—has turned up the heat. If Jess ever wants to set foot on dry land again she'll have to contend with her enemy—and her lover—or risk revealing her deepest secret.

U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Nikki Bustillo has tracked her target to the bowels of a phantom ship—and she refuses to lose the scent now. But when her overseas contact is brutally murdered on the streets of Hong Kong, Nikki's manhunt is compromised. The mission came from the higher-ups at her alma mater, Athena Academy, and failure isn't an option. Her only hope: the help of a maverick, martial arts expert, police detective. Nikki and her new partner will follow the enemy's shadowy trail out of the ocean and to the ends of the earth—even after their invisible foe turns the skilled trackers into vulnerable prey.

Lucy Karmon always does the right thing, even if her methods are sometimes questionable. So when the mercenary is offered a chance to dole out her own brand of justice against Athena Academy's darkest enemy, she takes it. She'll use her contacts to gather intelligence and her expertise in explosives to blast apart Arachne's global network. What her complicated plan doesn't include? Being thwarted at every turn by a follow-the-rules military man. Though Lucy will stop at nothing?not even fireworks?to bring down the bad guy, she suddenly finds herself torn between duty and explosive desire.

Beneath the Surface by Meredith Fletcher released on May 13, 2008 is available now for purchase.

TO TOUCH HER IS TO TOUCH DEATH Orphaned at birth, Lilith knows nothing of her family, her last name or the origin of the amazing power she’d always considered a curse. Then the arrival of a mysterious package reveals her mother’s legacy—and the existence of a half sister with special powers of her own. When the family reunion turns deadly, only one man can help Lilith defeat her new enemy. His warrior’s hands will keep Lilith alive by any means necessary. But his touch will transform her…body and soul.

Allison Gracelyn's worst nightmare has come She's on the run from authorities. She's being set up, and everything the Athenas—and her mother—have always stood for is in jeopardy. Yet clearing her name will mean battling an adversary wielding weapons unlike any she's ever seen. Only the help of her handsome NSA contact, who offers to put his neck—and career—on the line, will be enough to stop her enemy's deadly reign. But once she's up close and personal with her long-distance partner, full disclosure suddenly seems the greatest risk of all.