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Beachcomber Investigations
Series · 17
books · 2014-2019

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The Beachcombers

2014

Ex-special ops legend Dane Blaise never wanted a partner, but he owed the governor. Working alongside gorgeous Scotland Yard detective Shana George to find a missing heiress would either drive him crazy—or get someone killed.... Before disappearing, the beautiful heiress entered a surfing competition on Martha's Vineyard. Dane and Shana go undercover in the competition to track her down, but they find far more than they expected. The shady operation is backed by international players in the human trafficking trade. And now the human traffickers have their sights on Shana. Dane is determined not to lose another woman on his watch, but can he stop himself from losing his heart and soul to Shana George? What reviewer are saying about THE BEACHCOMBERS: "Beachcombers is fast past and an easy and enjoyable read... filled with plenty of sexual tension and a creepy bad guy. Enjoyed and look forward to reading more from Ms. Queen."—Romantic Picks Reviews "Living vicariously through heroes Dane Blaise and Shana George was an absolute blast... Filled with high action suspense set in a luscious backdrop of beaches and a Cape Cod village, the story grabs you fast and won’t let go"—Aaron Paul Lazar, USA Today Bestselling Author
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Dangerous Dames

2015

A Cutthroat Business – Jenna Bennett Everyone has warned new-minted realtor Savannah Martin that real estate is a cutthroat business. But Savannah doesn’t think she’s supposed to take the warning literally ... until an early morning phone call sends her to an empty house on the ‘bad’ side of town, where she finds herself standing over the butchered body of a competitor, face to face with the boy her mother always warned her about. Demon Undamned – Andris Bear The only woman Incubus Chamos has ever craved has landed atop of Satan's hit list. The one man Shula Blackfox can't trust is the only one she wants, but with Satan hunting her, she may not live long enough to give into his dark desires. Death By Chocolate – Sally Berneathy Lindsay loves chocolate. It tastes good, it makes her feel good, it never cheats on her like her almost-ex-husband. But someone wants her dead and uses her weak spot—chocolate—to try to murder her. A Touch of Betrayal – L. j. Charles It's time for Everly Gray to track her parents’killers and bring them to justice. A good plan until she’s kidnapped for an impromptu trip to Hawaii, and discovers Mitch has betrayed her. Before he married Everly, Mitchell Hunt made a bargain with the devil—and lost. He shows up in Hawaii to make things right, but his betrayal has flipped their relationship to the other side of romance—and there's no way back. Or is there? Stealing Justice – Misty Evans and Adrienne Girodano A hot FBI agent, a sexy woman who breaks the law, a killer who's Stealing Justice Stopping this killer may be the last thing she ever does. Wildfire – Mina Khan Lynn Hana Alexander is a 25-year-old Japanese American shape-shifter haunted by guilt. She’s been questioning herself and her dragon abilities ever since she failed to save her grandmother. When her best friend is threatened by mysterious fires burning up acres of West Texas, Lynn rushes to the rescue determined not to fail again. However, with a tempting firefighter, a flirty city developer and dragon pheromones distracting her, how is she going to find the arsonist? And is her primary suspect a malicious rogue dragon or the love of her life. The Beachcombers – Stephanie Queen Ex-special ops legend Dane Blaise takes on a new partner, a gorgeous Scotland Yard detective Shana George and the fireworks could get them killed before they can find the missing heiress—and whoever is behind the kidnapping. Building Ties – Teresa Reasor Navy SEAL Brett 'Cutter' Weaver is on a mission to Nicaragua when he learns his bride-to-be, Tess Kelly, has been injured in a car bombing. At Homeland Security’s demand, he’s rushed home to find Tess embroiled in three controversial stories. One may offer the key to her attacker. On top of the emotional and physical upheaval of the bombing, Tess has been offered the journalistic opportunity of a lifetime at the Washington Post. If she accepts the job, she and Brett face living on opposite sides of the country. With their wedding two weeks away, she has temptations to face and tough decisions to make. Serving as her security detail, Brett sees Tess’s remarkable investigative reporting skills in action, and acts as her sounding board and partner. He’s willing to sacrifice to ensure her happiness, but more, he wants to keep her safe. Because there’s a killer stalking her, and one interview at a time, they mean to catch him. Textual Relations – Jamie Lee Scott Mimi Capurro, owner of Gotcha Detective Agency, hasn't seen her old college flame since they teamed up to find a killer several months earlier. Now, after breaking and entering into an alleged predator’s home, Mimi and Charles find a murder victim on his bedroom floor. This is not the way Mimi expected to see Nick again. Even though it’s his job, Nick is loath to get involved until a teenage girl with ties to the victim disappears. Now Mimi, Nick and Charles race against the clock to find the killer and hopefully f
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Beachcomber Investigations

a romantic detective series

2015

From USA Today Bestselling Author Stephanie Queen Beachcomber Investigations - Book One A romantic detective series novel Ex-special ops legend Dane Blaise is desperate to recruit Shana George away from Scotland Yard to partner with him in his new venture, Beachcomber Investigations. She has impressive skills and if he’s honest, he needs her to keep him grounded. But most of all, Dane wants to keep Shana on the island of Martha's Vineyard because he can't get past his insane longing for her. Shana’s boss David Young forces her to decide on the spot when he assigns an important case to Beachcomber Investigations. She chooses to partner with Dane, going with her gut—or more accurately her heart—rather than her brains. They may be good partners in crime-fighting, but they are all wrong for each other in every other way possible. He's soulless and lost and likely has more wounds from his past than the bullet and knife scars scorching his body. But she's crazy. About him. Their big assignment is to protect Dane's old special ops buddy, Acer. They need to find whoever paid a sniper to take a shot at Acer—before the sniper takes another shot and doesn't miss. Dane and Shana need to be on top of their game to keep Acer alive, and not on top of each other. But each of them is secretly worried whether that’s possible—and worried about what will happen if it’s not.
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Beachcomber Valentine

2015

From USA Today Bestselling Author Stephanie Queen Beachcomber Valentine - a Beachcomber Investigations Novella Notorious operator Dane Blaise and skittish beauty Shana George team up to find the long lost love of a mystery client and flirt with the dangers of romance and Cupid. But of course there's more to this easy-money case than the rekindling an old romance. Once Dane and Shana find out that the "lost love" is involved with the FBI, their suspicions kick into high gear and they end up with more than a dinner date on Valentines Day.
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Beachcomber Baby

2015

Ex-special ops legend Dane Blaise doesn't like missions involving babies. In his experience, they always end bad. Really bad. Dark and dangerous Dane and shamelessly sexy Shana team up like oil & water on a mission to save a baby while they wage a personal war of love & hate between them. When Father Donahue hands Shana a baby, the mission is to find the baby's mother. The ex-Scotland Yard detective can't resist taking the case, but she needs to convince Dane to help her. Because he can't resist Shana, he agrees, but he'll only go so far. Once they discover that the priest dragged them into the tip of an iceberg full of trouble with an ex-Russian KGB operative turned-criminal and his comrades involved in a baby farm, things look bad. Really bad. To keep Dane on the mission, Shana will need to uncover the secret of the terrible baby case from his past. Can Shana convince Dane to put aside his fears to save this baby—and save their partnership too? What Readers Are Saying: " thrilling compelling and most enjoyable."—Amazon Reviewer "J.D. Robb meets Harlequin Romances in a great way"—Amazon Reviewer If you love intense action and sizzling sensual tension mixed with witty banter, you'll love this romantic detective series.
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Beachcomber Santa

2015

from USA Today Bestselling Author Stephanie Queen Beachcomber Santa a Beachcomber Investigations Novella Dane finds the perfect excuse to celebrate the holiday season with Shana when Jim the butcher hires Beachcomber Investigations to find the Missing grocery store bell-ringing Santa—Rusty Gates. The local cops may think Rusty took off with the money he collected for the church to give the needy, but his family wants to keep him out of jail. Dane and Shana need to find him—and the money before the church Christmas party in three days. Meanwhile Dane wants more than a kiss under the mistletoe for Christmas from Shana, but when he realizes she's homesick for Australia, will he let playing Santa at the church party go to his heart and give Shana her wish?
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Beachcomber Heat

2016

from USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Queen Book 5 in the Beachcomber Investigations Series This summer's heat wave on Martha's Vineyard is breaking records—and so is the crime wave. A rash of jewel thefts creates a demand for more security than the police can handle. Shana insists that Beachcomber Investigations take a case to protect the Gable's jewels because she's desperate for the big fee from their rich client. Dane will do almost anything to keep her happy—and to keep her with him on the island. Almost anything. But the case turns dangerous when a dead body turns up and they find their ruthless old enemies are behind the thefts. Dane has to decide how far he'll go to catch the thieves—and how far he'll go to keep his partnership with Shana.
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Let It Snow

2016

Dane and Shana face their ultimate test. Failure could mean they lose each other... for good. Dane needs help to wrestle him from his soul-crushing despair. His life of righting horrific wrongs has cost him a very high price. It cost his mother's life when his long-time enemy killed her. Now Shana, his partner and lover, failing to move him from his misery, wonders if she should leave him, leave the island of Martha's Vineyard. On Christmas Eve when a mysterious Padre shows up, sent by an old friend, she is convinced. Shana leaves with the padre on the last ferry—in spite of a treacherous snowstorm. The storm is the ultimate test for Dane when he learns the ferry is in danger. Will Dane rise from his despair to save Shana from the deadly blizzard?
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Beachcomber Reckoning

2017

from USA Today Bestselling Author Stephanie Queen Special ops legend Dane Blaise made a lot of enemies in his violent career, but none more dangerous than his first; the enemy he made before he'd been a legend, the one he made at the age of sixteen. Local juvenile delinquent, Dagmar Hunt had the bad luck of running into Dane at the wrong time and wrong place. Dane knew he couldn’t let Dag get away with what he’d done. Dane was only a kid, but he’d been determined to make Dag pay. He went after Dag and succeeded in getting the notorious badass thrown in jail for rape. Dag never forgot the debt owed Dane and over the years, while he was in and out of jail, he'd held his grudge and as he became more powerful and notorious made the ultimate threat to get his retribution. Dane's past is finally about to catch up with him and now he needs to protect the ones he loves most from paying the price.
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Beachcomber Test

2017

The biggest test of Dane's life comes down to this: Can he give Shana everything she wants from him? Ex-special ops legend Dane Blaise is staking his life on passing every one of Shana's tests for him. Desperation to keep her with him made him crazy enough to agree to take a divorce case. He'd sworn never to take a follow-the-cheating-spouse case since the day they'd started Beachcomber Investigations together. She was tough and gorgeous, but Shana George never expected much from men romantically speaking. Then again, she never thought she'd quit her dream job at Scotland Yard to work as a private-eye on Martha's Vineyard. There was no explaining how Dane made her crazy enough to hope. Too many times she came close to leaving. Now she can't live through another round of dashed hope without leaving for good. This case could be her last. But Even a simple divorce case turns dangerous for Beachcomber Investigations while Dane & Shana's resolve to stay together is tested to the end.
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Falling for Captain Hunk

2017

from USA Today Bestselling Author Stephanie Queen Captain Colin “Hunk” Lynch is tempted past his ability to withstand his sizzling attraction to the wrong damsel-in-distress. Breaking his long-standing rule forbidding involvement with a fellow law-enforcement professional could be the mistake of his life. But more importantly, he hopes to hell it doesn’t compromise his ability to save hers… Reviews "This is a really flirty, insta-love story with loads of intrigue, mystery and enough suspense to get me flipping the pages to discover what was happening"—Angela Hayes "This action-packed story will have your heart pumping, as well as, swooning! Get ready for a sweet ride!"—Kaye "This is an edge of your seat fast paced read."—Anna Salamatin "Great read and tear jerker ending."—Stacie Catoe
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Beachcomber Billionaire

2018

Megan O'Toole and Jack Collins collide literally and temperamentally on Martha's Vineyard of all places. Megan feels duty bound to carry out her assignment as protector of the billionaire CEO Jack, the cool hunk—a man who would be the last to be described as vulnerable or in need of her protection. She was no body guard, but as a recently ex-marine, she had nothing else lined up at the moment. Not that Jack would let her off the hook any more than Megan's conscience would, especially when the threat became all too real and she started carrying her gun. But the real danger was to Megan's heart as this billionaire player made it clear she was in his sights—and he always got what he wanted. Now it was time for Megan to figure out what she really wanted...
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Beachcomber Love

2018

a Valentine romance from USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Queen Beachcomber Love is the latest installment in the Beachcomber Investigations romantic detective series. Dane plans a special valentine celebration for his PI partner Shana. But he'll not only need to overcome the intrusion of Shana's old flame, the two investigators find themselves embroiled in protecting their friend's establishment, The Lucky Parrot from an underworld shake-down. But when the shakedown turns out to be a set up and Dane learns an old special ops team member is out to get him, he's worried about more than missing their Valentine date. Can he get them out of town before the stroke of mid-night or will an old score need to be settled? "Reminds me of the chemistry that Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis had in Moonlighting...Those verbal exchanges are one of the reasons I like the Beachcomber books so much"—Amazon Reviewer
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Beachcomber Danger

2018

from USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Queen -a Romantic Detective Series Novel The trouble with being stupid-in-love is that it makes you stupid. And you have your whole world to lose…_ Dane Blaise was once a special ops legend, so he'd been in danger before. But not like this. This time it counted for all the marbles. Shana was not going to let Dane take on this assignment without her, though she knew he wanted to. The stakes were off-the-charts high. This was about saving the President. And there was no way she would let him shield her from the dangerous consequences. The only problem was, when someone was out to assassinate the President of the United States, things got complicated. They had a way of spiraling out of a man's control until legendary status meant shit. And in the end, there was nothing left but you fighting for the life of the one you loved most... _
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Beachcomber Gone

2018

Just when Dane thought they would marry, Shana's gone... After years of trying to resist their love affair, PI partners Dane & Shana are ready to tie the knot. But their visit to Shana's home in Australia goes terribly wrong when old enemies track her down. Dane & Shana travel to Australia so that Dane can meet her family, but they land in a minefield of problems. Shana's mother is being used as bait by an old enemy Shana helped convict in an old police pension fraud case. Now the case has been re-opened amid speculation that there was an insider involved. Someone is trying to set Shana up to take the fall. Dane and Shana need to find the dangerous traitor inside her old police department and bring them down to keep Shana out of jail—and to keep her alive. What readers are saying about the series- "I seriously never want this series to end, I love these people... and I can not wait for more!"\—Debi, Goodreads Reviewer "I can’t get enough of them. I love reading about these wonderful characters that Stephanie has created and the world she has created for them."\—Jenni Bishop, Goodreads Reviewer "WHY would you stop with just one book in this series? I love the banter between the main characters, the cat and mouse relationship, humor, challenge and even sensitivity."\—Mom's Guilty Pleasure, Goodreads Reviewer If you love intense action and sizzling sensual tension mixed with witty banter, this is your series.
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Beachcomber Enemy

2019

If someone wants him dead, Dane figures why not accommodate them? Private Investigation partners Dane Blaise & Shana George barely escape the attempt on their lives. Dane insists they need go on the run as ghosts to track down their would-be killers. It's the best way he knows to protect Shana from harm. Shana is uneasy with the plan. Something doesn't feel right about it, as if their killer knows they're alive and Dane & Shana are playing into his hands. Should she defy Dane's plan? They need to find out who is out to get them. Dane assumes it's an enemy from his past. But could it be an enemy from Shana's past with a score to settle? What readers are saying about the Beachcomber Investigations series: "stories that get you hooked and characters that you won’t soon forget. I can’t wait to read the next case these two find themselves on. If you love your romance books filled with mystery and suspense, this is the series for you!"\—Amazon Reviewer "This series is hard to put down. The excitement of the cases coupled with the intense and complicated love connection keeps you reading and guessing till the end."\—Amazon Reviewer If you love romantic thrillers, steamy romance combined with edge-of-the-seat danger and irresistible characters who compel you to root for them, then this is your series!
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Beachcomber Bride

2019

With his marriage to Shana on the line, ex-special ops legend Dane Blaise faces a murder trial. The worst of it is the star witness against him is his best friend—or former best friend... But that's not the only trouble on Martha's Vineyard. When an assassin shows up to go after the governor, not even Shana can stop Dane from trying to stop the deadly assassin. Will Dane stay out of jail long enough to save the governor's life... and more importantly, to marry Shana? What Readers are saying about the Beachcomber Investigations romantic thriller series: "The characters are perfect blend of the classic TV PI shows with a modern touch. Beachcomber Investigation is a blend of sexual tension, mystery, mix of odd and fun characters that bring laughs, fun and story that readers will not want to put down."—Netgalley Reviewer "about two PIs who are Sexy, Witty and have a chemistry that won’t end."—Vine Voice Amazon Reviewer

Authors

Jenna Bennett
Jenna Bennett
Author · 43 books

Jenna Bennett writes the USA Today bestselling Cutthroat Business mysteries featuring Southern Belle and new-minted real estate agent Savannah Martin in Nashville, Tennessee. As Jennie Bentley, she writes the New York Times bestselling Do-It-Yourself Home Renovation mysteries from Berkley Prime Crime, featuring designer and amateur sleuth Avery Baker and her boyfriend, handyman Derek Ellis, who renovate houses in Waterfield, Maine. She also writes a variety of romance for a change of pace. aka Jennie Bentley The DIY series: FATAL FIXER-UPPER (November 2008) SPACKLED AND SPOOKED (August 2009) PLASTER AND POISON (March 2010) MORTAR AND MURDER (January 2011) FLIPPED OUT (October 2011) WALL TO WALL DEAD (September 2012) HOME FOR THE HOMICIDE (December 2013) The Cutthroat Business series: A CUTTHROAT BUSINESS (May 2011) HOT PROPERTY (June 2011) CONTRACT PENDING (July 2011) CLOSE TO HOME (September 2011) A DONE DEAL (December 2011) CONTINGENT ON APPROVAL (November 2012) CHANGE OF HEART (May 2013) KICKOUT CLAUSE (October 2013) Soldiers of Fortune series: FORTUNE'S HERO (December 2012) Various: ISLAND GETAWAY (October 2012) VIRGINIA CREEPER (October 2013) BEFORE YOU (March 2014)

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