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Heroes of Henderson
Series · 6 books · 2012-2016

Books in series

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Playin' Cop

2013

Starting off the Heroes of Henderson series by USA Today bestselling author Liz Kelly. This 32,000 word novella was previously published as one of the four separate novellas in Countdown To A A New Year's Eve Anthology. (The Keeper of The Debutantes.) All the characters in Countdown To A Kiss make appearances in most of the Heroes of Henderson books. Playin' Cop (Previously titled The Keeper of The Debutantes) Duncan James may be a well respected attorney, but he's still a fraternity guy at heart. So when his buddies bet he can't give the local female speed demon a ticket, he adopts a cop's persona and goes in for the kill. Only to find killer lips, a killer body and a whole lot of killer sass challenging him at every turn. Annabelle Devine may be a genteel Southern belle, but she's dealing with her own long-standing bet. So when smooth-talking, sexy Officer Friendly hands her a speeding ticket, she licks her lips and simply insists he escort her to her family's New Year's Eve ball. Well, duh! Duncan is in. In deep. And now he's desperate to come clean and turn one seriously naughty night into a lifetime of hot Southern lovin'. All the books in the Heroes of Henderson Series are complete romances. They do not need to be read in order, but it might be more fun that way as characters continue to show up in Henderson in big ways and small. Heroes of Henderson books to Playin' Cop Heroes of Henderson ~ Prequel (Novella) Good Cop Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 1 Bad CopHeroes of Henderson ~ Book 2 Taming MollyHeroes of Henderson ~ Book 2.5 (Novella) Top DogHeroes of Henderson ~ Book 3 Tempting Vivi Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 3.5 (Full length novel) Kissing CooperHeroes of Henderson ~ A Christmas Edition UnderDogHeroes of Henderson ~ Book 4 Mr. WrongHeroes of Henderson ~ Book 5 Mr. WrightHeroes of Henderson ~ Book 6 Mr. Wright NowHeroes of Henderson ~ Book 7
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Countdown To A Kiss

A New Year's Eve Anthology

2012

Four stories by four authors…one fateful New Year’s Eve Four kisses at midnight… Three different sisters… Two old flames… One bet that drives it all! The Devine sisters return to their hometown for New Year’s Eve each year to attend the annual ball. Part of the tradition is their decade-old whoever has no date at midnight has to kiss their nerdy neighbor Lewis Kampmueller. Tess—burned by love, the glamorous Broadway star isn’t interested in a repeat performance…until she encounters an old flame. Annabelle—when the local etiquette expert gets caught breaking the law, her heart might have to pay the price. Grace—the tough FBI agent has an easy time being one of guys, but is she woman enough to keep a man? Lewis—the shy nerd has made millions over the years…but is he smart enough to catch the woman of his dreams? Who will lose the bet but win out in love? Four charming stories written by four different authors about one fateful New Year’s Eve. The champagne is poured. The clock is ticking. Join the countdown!
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Bad Cop

2013

When Vance Evans tracks down Piper Beaumont, the little blonde who saved his life back in fourth grade, he doesn’t just find the sweet, delicious, curly-haired Tinkerbell he remembers. He also finds a complicated woman who proves to be way more than he’s bargained for. Though she’s still Perfect Piper with the soothing touch, now she’s also The Lawyer Beaumont, a defense attorney carrying a personal grudge against every cop who crosses her path. So when his newly adopted Good Cop persona can’t break down the lawyer’s defenses, Vance decides to fall back on his old Bad Cop ways to coax Naughty Piper into his arms.
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Tempting Vivi

2015

A Heroes of Henderson novel from USA Today Best-selling Author Liz Kelly Tempting Vivi Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 3.5 A DuVal Cousins Novel Ready to graduate college and start her dream career, Vivi DuVal’s confidence is shaken when her boyfriend drops a bomb that sends her spinning…right into the arms of heroic Lane Kettering. But what starts out as a romantic beach fling is about to end up as fodder for the tabloids when Lane’s secret is unexpectedly revealed and Vivi finds herself in extremely hot and tempting water. Series info: The timeline of Tempting Vivi takes place at the same time as Good Cop, Bad Cop,Top Dog and UnderDog - Spanning from May of "Year 1" in Henderson to June of "Year 2" All the books in the Heroes of Henderson Series are complete romances. They do not need to be read in order, but it might be more fun that way as characters continue to show up in Henderson in big ways and small. Heroes of Henderson books to date: Playin' Cop Heroes of Henderson ~ Prequel (Novella) Good Cop Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 1 Bad Cop Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 2 Taming Molly Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 2.5 (Novella) Top Dog Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 3 Tempting Vivi Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 3.5 (Full length novel) Kissing Cooper Heroes of Henderson ~ A Christmas Edition UnderDog Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 4 Mr. Wrong Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 5 Mr. Wright Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 6 Mr. Wright Now Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 7
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Kissing Cooper

Heroes of Henderson ~ A Christmas Quickie

2015

Scorched by an old flame, Cooper Crenshaw, Henderson High’s championship-winning baseball coach, has done everything in his power to avoid coming back to town. So running into Christy-Lynn Brilhart ten minutes after his return is less like a Christmas miracle and more like Cooper’s own personal Nightmare Before Christmas. Now a stylish businesswoman, Christy-Lynn may be done wearing hand-me-downs, but she sure isn’t done setting Cooper’s blood on fire. As the Christmas season heats up, so does his desire to get to the bottom of their abrupt breakup. Realizing the town he still loves could use his major league help, Cooper figures it’s time to tie up a few loose ends. With holiday ribbon. To his bedpost. A Heroes of Henderson Christmas Quickie by USA Today Best Selling Author Liz Kelly. This fun and sexy holiday novella is being released as part of the Passionate Kisses 3 Under the Mistletoe Boxed Set in October 2015, and separately as a paperback and ebook in November 2015.
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Heroes of Henderson Boxed Set 1

2016

The first three editions of USA Today Bestselling author Liz Kelly's Heroes of Henderson series. Playin’ Cop ~ Heroes of Henderson Prequel Duncan James may be a well respected attorney, but he's still a fraternity guy at heart. So when his buddies bet he can't give the local female speed demon a ticket, he adopts a cop's persona and goes in for the kill. Only to find killer lips, a killer body and a whole lot of killer sass challenging him at every turn. Annabelle Devine may be a genteel Southern belle, but she's dealing with her own long-standing bet. So when smooth-talking, sexy Officer Friendly hands her a speeding ticket, she licks her lips and simply insists he escort her to her family's New Year's Eve ball. Well, duh! Duncan is in. In deep. And now he's desperate to come clean and turn one seriously naughty night into a lifetime of hot Southern lovin’. Good Cop ~ Book 1 Local sports heroes Brooks Bennett and Vance Evans are used to being part of a winning team. But when it comes to romance their good cop, bad cop images have them handcuffed. They want a woman’s point of view to help unshackle their reputations, and they’ve picked out one pretty, pony-tailed firecracker to do it. Lolly DuVal longs for a summer fling that can set off all her bells and whistles. So she agrees to tutor Henderson’s hunkiest heroes on what women really want. Now she finds herself caught between two cops and a hard place. And those bells and whistles? They are starting to sound a whole lot more like alarms. Bad Cop Book 2 When Vance Evans tracks down Piper Beaumont, the little blonde who saved his life back in fourth grade, he doesn’t just find the sweet, curly-haired Tinkerbell he remembers. He also finds a complicated woman who proves to be way more than he’s bargained for. Though she’s still Perfect Piper with the soothing touch, she’s also The Lawyer Beaumont, a defense attorney carrying a personal grudge against every cop who crosses her path. So when his newly adopted Good Cop persona can’t break down the lawyer’s defenses, Vance decides to fall back on his Bad Cop ways to coax Naughty Piper into his arms.

Authors

Liz Kelly
Liz Kelly
Author · 6 books

USA Today bestselling author of the Heroes of Henderson Series. Liz's Heroes of Henderson series grew out of the New Year's Eve Anthology, Countdown To A Kiss, where the Devine Sisters of Henderson, N.C. had a bet every year at their parents' New Year's Eve ball. The sister who didn't have a date to kiss at midnight had to kiss their nerdy neighbor, Lewis Kampmueller. Duncan James, the hero of Liz's novella in Countdown To A Kiss (which has also been published separately as Playin' Cop) is not only best friends with Lewis, but with both Brooks Bennett and Vance Evans, his fraternity brothers from NC State. Brooks and Vance are the Henderson cops who kick off the series with Good Cop and Bad Cop. Recurring characters is the theme of the Henderson series. Each book is a complete romance in and of itself, but you won't lose touch with the couples you fall in love with. They keep playing big parts and small in following books as Brooks and Vance lead Team Henderson in finding ways to revive their small town. "DuVal Cousin" books are an additional part of the Heroes of Henderson series, and usually are tucked in between books with numbers like 2.5 and 3.5. They can be full length novels or short novellas, and they are based on Lolly DuVal's (from Good Cop) Henderson cousins. Where the Heroes books are hero-centric, the DuVal Cousin books are heroine based. Henderson is an actual town in North Carolina where some of Liz's favorite people were raised. Liz's version of Henderson is completely fictional since she hasn't had the pleasure of going back in nearly thirty years. But oh the fun she had while visiting there in her youth. Her memories are the perfect landscape for her contemporary romances. Liz enjoys putting friends and readers in cameo appearances in her books. Originally from Baltimore, she spent every summer near Annapolis, Maryland in a community where dancing and romancing are literally part of its theme song. (The place where Jesse James gets banished from in Bad Cop. There is going to be a series about that place someday.) A graduate of Wake Forest University, where she met her handsome golf-addicted husband, (who is now sporting dark glasses everywhere he goes) Liz is a mother of two grown sons (also sporting dark glasses) and a miniature Labradoodle named Isabelle. They live in the Fountain of Youth, a.k.a. Naples, FL where dancing and romancing continues on ad infinitum. The Heroes of Henderson Series in order: Playin' Cop (or Countdown To A Kiss if you want the whole story.) Good Cop Bad Cop Taming Molly Top Dog Tempting Vivi Kissing Cooper ~ A Christmas Quickie Under Dog (Coming soon.) Please feel free to contact Liz at Liz@LizKellyBooks.com. As all authors do, she loves hearing from readers. Visit LizKellyBooks.com to sign up to be notified when new releases are available.

Holli Bertram
Holli Bertram
Author · 1 books

Holli grew up in Detroit. She could most often be found with her nose in a book, lost in the magic of a good story. She solved crimes with Trixie Belden, rode the Black Stallion to victory, and cried copious tears when Rhett frankly didn't give a damn. Holli eventually discovered that real life holds its own magic. She attended the University of Michigan, found true love, started a family and obtained a graduate degree in social work. When her youngest began kindergarten, she put a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door of a small room off the kitchen—a sign largely ignored by all—and began to peck out her first novel. In between now and then, Holli wrote several novels, won the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart competition in Romantic Suspense and was a finalist in the American Title Competition with a paranormal romance. When not at work, she can most often be found with her nose in her laptop, lost in the magic of writing.

Colleen Gleason
Colleen Gleason
Author · 49 books

Award-winning, NEW YORK TIMES and USA Today bestselling author Colleen Gleason has written more than twenty books for major publishers such as Penguin Group, Harlequin Enterprises, Chronicle Books, and HarperCollins (as Joss Ware). Her books have been translated into seven different languages. Colleen lives in the Midwest United States where she is fortunate enough to be working on her next book. She loves to hear from readers via her website, Facebook, or GoodReads.

Mara Jacobs
Mara Jacobs
Author · 19 books

Mara Jacobs is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Worth series. After graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in advertising, Mara spent several years working at daily newspapers in advertising sales and production. This certainly prepared her for the world of deadlines! She writes mysteries with romance, thrillers with romance, and romances with…well, you get it. Forever a Yooper (someone who hails from Michigan's glorious Upper Peninsula), Mara now splits her time between the U.P. and Las Vegas. You can find out more about Mara’s books at www.marajacobs.com Mara loves to hear from readers. Contact her at mara@marajacobs.com

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