A secret that should never be exposed... When a bundle of trouble AKA one lively mutt absconds with an—umm—expensive piece of underwear, Frankie Volpe gives chase and lands on the deck of a float home owned by a man she's secretly lusted for. But the $50,000 thong? Nowhere to be found. The mutt was better at hiding stuff than Frankie! All she wants is her regular, boring, real, Chicago life back but all her good luck turned bad and Frankie's hiding out in Victoria, British Columbia. Daniel Martin is a late-night blues radio host who's been aware of Frankie since she arrived in the marina. The mysterious, sexy, Frankie seems standoffish until she needs his help tracking an odd piece of clothing his dog scampered off with. Soon, their attraction flares into something neither of them expects and Daniel accepts a job in a brand new timeslot in a new market—Chicago—the last place in the world Frankie can go. Frankie's secret is about to be exposed. Will the truth about her good karma gone bad clear the path for them or send Frankie running again?

Someone’s watching her… …and Tawny James is sick of it. There’s only one person she can turn to for help: her ex-boss, the last man on earth she wants to see again. Private security consultant Stack Hamilton gets the call he’s wanted for months from ex-employee Tawny James. But it isn’t the “sorry I ran out on you” call he deserves. The beauty who hides her assets under the ugliest clothes he’s ever seen has a stalker and needs his help. There’s nothing Stack won’t do for the woman he misses. Every. Single. Day. Together, and on fire for each other, they learn Tawny’s current problem is connected to a mob murder from the past. Possessive violence has damaged the James women for generations and Tawny is determined not to make the same mistakes with men her mother and showgirl grandmother made. But she can’t keep her hands off Stack Hamilton and knows she won’t survive this stalking episode with her heart intact. And Stack will do anything to keep Tawny safe. Everything but let her go again. A much shorter version of this book was previously released as To Die For in the Breathless collection.