Tami Hoag Books In Order

Broussard and Fourcade Books In Publication Order

  1. A Thin Dark Line (1997)
  2. The Boy (2017)

Rainbow Chasers Books In Publication Order

  1. Heart of Gold (1990)
  2. Keeping Company (1990)
  3. Reilly’s Return (1990)
  4. Magic (1990)

Kovac and Liska Books In Publication Order

  1. Ashes to Ashes (1999)
  2. Dust to Dust (2000)
  3. Prior Bad Acts (2006)
  4. The 1st Victim (2013)
  5. The 9th Girl (2013)
  6. The Bitter Season (2016)

Elena Estes Books In Publication Order

  1. Dark Horse (2002)
  2. The Alibi Man (2006)

Deer Lake Books In Publication Order

  1. Night Sins (1995)
  2. Guilty as Sin (1996)

Oak Knoll Books In Publication Order

  1. Deeper Than the Dead (2008)
  2. Secrets to the Grave (2010)
  3. Down the Darkest Road (2011)

Doucet Books In Publication Order

  1. The Restless Heart (1991)
  2. Lucky’s Lady (1992)
  3. Cry Wolf (1993)

Quaid Horses Books In Publication Order

  1. Rumor Has It (1988)
  2. Man of Her Dreams (1989)
  3. Tempestuous (1990)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. The Trouble with J.J. (1988)
  2. McKnight in Shining Armor (1988)
  3. Straight from the Heart (1989)
  4. Mismatch (1989)
  5. Sarah’s Sin (1991)
  6. Heart of Dixie (1991)
  7. Still Waters (1992)
  8. Taken by Storm (1992)
  9. The Last White Knight (1992)
  10. Dark Paradise (1994)
  11. Kill the Messenger (2004)
  12. Cold Cold Heart (2014)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. In Our Dreams (1998)
  2. The Putt at the End of the World (2000)

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Tami Hoag Books Overview

A Thin Dark Line

When a sad*istic act of violence leaves a woman dead…
When a tainted piece of evidence lets her killer walk…
How far would you go to see justice done?From New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag comes a taut, terrifying thriller as chilling as Night Sins, as nerve shattering asGuilty as Sin. When murder erupts in a small Southern town, Tami Hoag leads readers on a frightening journey to the shadowy boundary between attraction and obsession, law and justice and exposes the rage that lures people over…
Pamela Bichon’s killer is free, the case against him dismissed on a technicality. In the eyes of the law it doesn’t matter that the prosecutor’s key piece of evidence proves Marcus Renard’s guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt. All that matters is that the evidence was never listed on a search warrant and it was seized by a detective with a questionable past and a nasty reputation. But the investigation isn’t over not for Cajun cop Nick Fourcade, who stands accused of planting the evidence. He’s stepped over the line before and this case could push him over the edge. His orders are to move on, but obsession fills his mind with the nightmare images of Pamela Bichon’s agonizing death, of Marcus Renard’s arrogant triumph, and of his own capacity for exacting vengeance. Deputy Annie Broussard can’t walk away from the homicide either. She found the body. She still hears the phantom echoes of dying screams, still feels the shadow of a woman taken by violence and denied justice. But pursuing the investigation will mean forming an uneasy alliance with Fourcade, a man she doesn’t trust. It will mean subjecting herself to growing harassment from her fellow cops. And it will mean letting herself be drawn into the confidence of a suspected killer. As Fourcade challenges her again and again to reach deeper into the case and into her own soul, Annie will find herself at the center of a maze of treachery and deceit. And the closer she draws to the brutal truth, the deadlier the chase will become. The search for the truth has begun one that will lead down a twisted trail through the steamy bayous of Louisiana, and deep into the darkest reaches of the human heart.

Heart of Gold

A classic novel from 1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, Reilly’s Return is the wonderful story of a woman who seeks sanctuary and stability as she reconnects with a man who lives life on the edge.

In a small town on California’s northern coast, Jayne Jordan thinks that she has found the perfect place to live. Recovering from her husband’s death, searching for spiritual harmony, Jayne still manages to crank out bluntly honest-often scathing-movie reviews read by millions. Then into her life strides international movie star and sex symbol Pat Reilly, a friend of Jayne’s late husband. Reilly has waited a year to contact Jayne. Now, certain that he and Jayne fell in love the first time they met, Reilly has arrived to give destiny a nudge.

For any other woman this would be a no-brainer, but Jayne is picking up confusing vibes. And Reilly’s latest action-adventure blockbuster is about to draw the wrath of her next review. Can Jayne really give in to this big, reckless matinee idol and stay true to herself? In a little town where anything can happen, there will be only one way to find out.

Keeping Company

A classic novel from 1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, Reilly’s Return is the wonderful story of a woman who seeks sanctuary and stability as she reconnects with a man who lives life on the edge.

In a small town on California’s northern coast, Jayne Jordan thinks that she has found the perfect place to live. Recovering from her husband’s death, searching for spiritual harmony, Jayne still manages to crank out bluntly honest-often scathing-movie reviews read by millions. Then into her life strides international movie star and sex symbol Pat Reilly, a friend of Jayne’s late husband. Reilly has waited a year to contact Jayne. Now, certain that he and Jayne fell in love the first time they met, Reilly has arrived to give destiny a nudge.

For any other woman this would be a no-brainer, but Jayne is picking up confusing vibes. And Reilly’s latest action-adventure blockbuster is about to draw the wrath of her next review. Can Jayne really give in to this big, reckless matinee idol and stay true to herself? In a little town where anything can happen, there will be only one way to find out.

Reilly’s Return

A classic novel from 1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, Reilly’s Return is the wonderful story of a woman who seeks sanctuary and stability as she reconnects with a man who lives life on the edge.

In a small town on California’s northern coast, Jayne Jordan thinks that she has found the perfect place to live. Recovering from her husband’s death, searching for spiritual harmony, Jayne still manages to crank out bluntly honest-often scathing-movie reviews read by millions. Then into her life strides international movie star and sex symbol Pat Reilly, a friend of Jayne’s late husband. Reilly has waited a year to contact Jayne. Now, certain that he and Jayne fell in love the first time they met, Reilly has arrived to give destiny a nudge.

For any other woman this would be a no-brainer, but Jayne is picking up confusing vibes. And Reilly’s latest action-adventure blockbuster is about to draw the wrath of her next review. Can Jayne really give in to this big, reckless matinee idol and stay true to herself? In a little town where anything can happen, there will be only one way to find out.

Magic

Strange things were happening in Drake House: A perfect rose appearing on a pillow…
an antique dress materializing out of nowhere…
a mysterious spirit roaming the halls…
Five years after Rachel Lindquist had left California to chase her dreams, she returned home to care for her aging mother, only to find herself chasing a ghost! Addie Lindquist insisted a presence haunted Drake House and had hired noted parapsychologist Bryan Hennessy to investigate, but Rachel knew better than to believe in what she couldn’t see or to surrender to the strong current of desire pulling her towards Bryan. Bryan had dealt with skeptics before, but convincing Rachel was the biggest challenge of his life. The enchanting beauty had lost faith in everything that wasn’t practical, and that included matters of the heart. As Bryan fought her reluctance to succumb to feelings she couldn’t control, a second, more sinister force began to stalk them, threatening to drive them from Drake House and from each other a force that could be banished only by a man who believed in the power of love and…
Magic.

Ashes to Ashes

She writes the kind of thrillers that keep readers and critics awake all night. She grabs you with a story as frightening as your worst fears, as chilling as your unspoken secrets. She is New York Times bestselling writer Tami Hoag, today’s most exciting master of suspense. Ashes to Ashes is her most terrifying novel yet…
read on…
Some killers are born. Some are made. For him, the question is irrelevant. The taste for murder has always been present, prowling the edge of his consciousness like a hungry wolf. In a wooded Minneapolis park, he performs his profane ceremony. He arranges the body to his satisfaction. He pours the accelerant, anointing the dead. Then he lights the match.’Ashes to Ashes.’The newspapers have dubbed him the Cremator. He has already claimed three lives. And he won’t stop there. He has a plan for greatness. Only this time there is a witness. A teenage runaway with a dubious identity and a murky past, Angie DiMarco has seen the face of the killer in the flickering light of the funeral pyre. Now the police have Angie, but Angie isn’t talking. Enter Kate Conlan. She knows all too well the dark side of the human heart. Once an up and coming FBI agent, she left the Bureau under a cloud of scandal. Now, instead of catching criminals, she helps their victims and protects witnesses. The job of advocate suits her just fine until she’s assigned to Angie. Not even Kate can tell if the troubled youth is a reluctant witness, a potential victim, or something more troubling still. Her superiors are interested only in badgering Angie for a lead, because the Cremator’s latest victim may be the daughter of Peter Bondurant an enigmatic billionaire businessman with power to influence the way the case is handled. Bondurant pulls strings and gets Special Agent John Quinn brought to the case. The FBI’s ace profiler of serial killers, Quinn shares a painful past with Kate and hides a secret that is driving him toward madness. He is a man on a ragged edge, and yet his insatiable need to do justice drives him to catch the Cremator no matter what the cost to himself. Amid a frenzy of public hysteria, politics, and media attention, Kate is confronted with the most difficult role of her career and her life. For she is the one woman who has what it takes to stop the Cremator…
and the one woman he wants next. From the Hardcover edition.

Dust to Dust

New York Times bestseller Tami Hoag is at the top of her form in her newest thriller, blending unforgettable characters, breakneck suspense, and chilling twists. It is the story of two hard boiled cops who dare to cross the thin and dangerous line that separates good and evil as they risk their lives to investigate the suspicious death of one of their own. Sorry. The single word was written on the mirror. In front of it hung the body of Andy Fallon, a Minneapolis Internal Affairs cop. Was it suicide? Or a kinky act turned tragic accident? Either way, his death wasn’t a crime. The investigation will be a formality, a duty that veteran Homicide detective Sam Kovac isn’t looking forward to. He doesn’t want to spend any more time than he has to in the bleak, empty world of the victim’s father, Iron Mike, Kovac’s old mentor and a department legend. It’s too much like looking into his own future. But Kovac has a sixth sense for crime, and it’s burning. Together with his partner, the wisecracking, ambitious Nikki Liska, Kovac begins to dig at the too neat edges of Fallon’s death, uncovering one motive and one suspect after another. The shadows of suspicion fall deeply not only on the city’s power elite, but into the very heart of the police department itself. But Fallon’s death has been officially ruled an accident, and the department brass want the case to go away. Iron Mike, gunned down in the line of duty twenty years earlier and forced to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, has suffered enough, they say. They would much rather have the publicity spotlight remain on their latest legend, retiring Captain Ace Wyatt, who is headed for the bright lights of Hollywood. Unfortunately, neither Kovac nor Liska believe Fallon died by his own hand accidentally or otherwise. As the case unfolds, it seems more and more likely that his death is somehow tied to his work. The question is whether he was killed for a case two months old the murder of a gay patrol officer or a case twenty years closed the one that left his father a paraplegic and made Ace Wyatt a hero. As Kovac and Liska dig deeper, they find their careers and lives on the line, because a killer wants the truth left dead and buried. Ashes to ashes. Dust to Dust.

Prior Bad Acts

New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag returns with a thriller that begins with a shocking crime scene you’ll never forget and follows two relentless detectives on a manhunt that ends in a chilling confrontation with the essence of human evil.

It was a crime so brutal, it changed the lives of even the most hardened homicide cops. The Haas family murders left a scar on the community nothing can erase, but everyone agrees that convicting the killer, Karl Dahl, is a start. Only Judge Carey Moore seems to be standing in the way. Her ruling that Dahl’s prior criminal record is inadmissible raises a public outcry-and puts the judge in grave danger.

When an unknown assailant attacks Judge Moore in a parking garage, two of Minneapolis’s top cops are called upon to solve the crime and keep the judge from further harm. Detective Sam Kovac is as hard-boiled as they come, and his wisecracking partner, Nikki Liska, isn’t far behind. Neither one wants to be on this case, but when Karl Dahl escapes from custody, everything changes, and a seemingly straightforward case cartwheels out of control.

The stakes go even higher when the judge is kidnapped-snatched out of her own bed even as the police sit outside, watching her house. Now Kovac and Liska must navigate through a maze of suspects that includes the stepson of a murder victim, a husband with a secret life, and a rogue cop looking for revenge where the justice system failed.

With no time to spare, the detectives are pulled down a strange dark trail of smoke and mirrors, where no one is who they seem and everyone is guilty of Prior Bad Acts.

Dark Horse

In her latest thriller, New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag takes readers on a suspense filled ride of shocks and twists leading to an explosive finish. It is the story of an ex cop, a missing girl, and a killer locked in a race where there can be only one winner and the losers die trying. In a trailer in a Florida swamp, time is running out for eighteen year old Erin Seabright. A pawn in a kidnapper’s terrifying game for a ransom no one can pay, her last hope is a washed up ex cop who has already lost it all not once, but twice. The wealthy world of the Palm Beach horse set seems a long way from a cop’s world in the narcotics division. A lifetime ago, undercover sheriff’s detective Elena Estes worked the mean streets and BackTop alleys, living by her wits and playing the long odds until she took one risk too many. Now Estes lives on the ragged edge of lost hope and self hatred, hiding from the past and believing she doesn’t deserve to have a future. But the past is about to come back with a vengeance, and the future is about to become a race between life and death.A young woman is missing and her twelve year old stepsister comes to Estes for help. No one but serious, studious Molly Seabright seems concerned about what’s happened to her troubled older sister. But Molly is convinced Erin is in danger. Estes has no P.I. license, no interest in a new career, and no desire to break her self imposed exile. But the more she learns about the people Erin Seabright was involved with, the more her long dormant cop instincts come back to life. One trip to the show grounds where Erin worked as a groom, and Estes is quickly pulled to the dark side of a glamorous sport. Behind the glittering, ultra rich facade is an ultra ruthless world of drugs, payoffs, and dirty deals. A world of dissolute playboys and crooked horse dealers, of royalty and rabble, of rivals and enemies. An obscenely wealthy world where anything can be had for a price including a life. And in that world stalks a killer who will lead Estes down a dark, twisted trail of decadence and deceit, mayhem and murder from the gilded life of Palm Beach to the darkest corners of the Florida swamps, to a final show down that could cost her everything. A race against time and evil. A race in which Estes is the Dark Horse and no one is betting on her to win. From the Audio Cassette Unabridged edition.

The Alibi Man

She was a vision. She was a siren. She was a nightmare. She was dead. Now he needed her to disappear. And he knew just how to make it happen. The Palm Beach elite go to great lengths to protect their own and their own no longer includes Elena Estes. Once upon a time a child of wealth and privilege, Elena turned her back on that life. Betrayed and disillusioned by those closest to her, she chose the life of an undercover cop, the hunt for justice her own personal passion. Then a tragic, haunting mistake ended her career. Now Elena exists on the fringes of her old life, training horses for a living. But a shocking event is about to draw her back into the painful vortex she’s fought so hard to leave behind.

First she finds the body a young woman used, murdered, and dumped in a canal. Not just a victim, but a friend. As Elena delves into her dead friend s secret life, she discovers ties not only to the Russian mob but also to a group of powerful and wealthy Palm Beach bad boys known for giving each other alibis to cover a multitude of sins. A group that includes a man Elena once knew very well her former fianc , Bennett Walker, a man she knows has already escaped justice at least once in his life.

Finding her friend s killer will put Elena at odds with her old life, with her new lover, and with herself. But she is determined to reveal the truth a truth that will shock Palm Beach society to its core, and could very well get her killed.

Night Sins

A peaceful Minnesota town, where crime is something that just doesn t happen, is about to face its worst nightmare. A young boy disappears. There are no witnesses, no clues only a note, cleverly taunting, casually cruel. Has a cold blooded kidnapper struck? Or is this the reawakening of a long quiet serial killer? A tough minded investigator on her first, make or break case…
A local cop who fears that big city evils have come to stalk his small town home…
Together they are hunting for a madman who knows no bounds, to protect a town that may never feel safe again.

Guilty as Sin

Assistant County Attorney Ellen North’s assignment to the Kirkwood case has landed her in the hot seat a position she thought she had left behind in the crime choked Minneapolis court system. But politics and ulterior motives abound. As Ellen prepares for her toughest assignment yet, she faces not only a sensation driven press corps, but an unwanted partner in Jay Butler Brooks, bestselling crime author and media star. Just as they are sure they have the right man, a second kidnapping occurs, and Ellen receives threatening phone calls. Dr Garret Wright has already been arrested for the kidnapping of Josh Kirkwood but all the indications are that the kidnapper is still at large.

Deeper Than the Dead

When three children stumble on a shallow grave in 1984, an idyllic California community is rocked to its core. The victim is a young woman, her eyes and lips sealed closed, a blind and silent witness to an unspeakable crime. The third victim in two years’ time, it’s clear that a serial killer has come calling.

As a member of the FBI’s fledgling criminal profiling unit, Special Agent Tony Mendez knows serial killers. It quickly becomes apparent that the See-No-Evil killer is no ordinary psychopath. The profile paints a portrait of a man easily trusted, well respected, and intelligent-a man no one would suspect.

Dr. Peter Crane fits the bill. A pillar of the community, he volunteers at a center for disadvantaged women-a center the victims had all attended. Crane is also a beloved husband and father to a ten-year-old son, Tommy, who was one of the three children to discover the grave. Needing insight into Peter Crane’s world, Mendez asks Anne Navarre, Tommy’s fifth-grade teacher, to find out what she can. It’s a request Anne finds both intriguing and unethical-much like Mendez himself.

Then a new victim leads to a different suspect-a man whose son was another of the three children to find the grave but a man whose position in the community is also above reproach, a sheriff’s deputy. As the connections between the two families become increasingly tangled, it seems clear that one of these children holds the key to a serial killer’s double life…
and a revelation of evil so dark, so deep, no one may survive.

Secrets to the Grave

1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag returns with her second thriller in the Deeper than the Dead microseries, exploring the early days of forensic investigation, the characteristics of innocence and the nature of evil. Marissa Fordham had a past full of secrets, a present full of lies. Everyone knew of her, but no one knew her. When Marissa is found brutally murdered, with her young daughter, Haley, resting her head on her mother’s bloody breast, she sends the idyllic California town of Oak Knoll into a tailspin. Already on edge with the upcoming trial of the See No Evil killer, residents are shocked by reports of the crime scene, which might not have been discovered for days had it not been for a chilling 911 call: a small child’s voice saying, ‘My daddy hurt my mommy.’ Sheriff’s detective Tony Mendez faces a puzzle with nothing but pieces that won’t fit. To assist with his witness, Haley, he calls teacher turned child advocate Anne Leone. Anne’s life is hectic enough she’s a newlywed and a part time student in child psychology, and she’s the star witness in the See No Evil trial. But one look at Haley, alone and terrified, and Anne’s heart is stolen. As Tony and Anne begin to peel back the layers of Marissa Fordham’s life, they find a clue fragment here, another there. And just when it seems Marissa has taken her Secrets to the Grave, they uncover a fact that puts Anne and Haley directly in the sights of a killer: Marissa Fordham never existed.

Down the Darkest Road

Once upon a time I had the perfect family. I had the perfect husband. I had the perfect children. I had the perfect life in the perfect home. And then, as in all fairy tales, evil came into our lives and destroyed us. Four years after the unsolved disappearance of her sixteen year old daughter, Lauren Lawton is the only one still chasing the ghosts of her perfect Santa Barbara life. The world has given her daughter up for dead. Her husband ended his own life in the aftermath. Even Lauren’s younger daughter is desperate to find what’s left of the childhood she hasn’t been allowed to have. Lauren knows exactly who took her oldest child, but there is not a shred of evidence against the man. Even as he stalks her family, Lauren is powerless to stop him. The Santa Barbara police are handcuffed by the very laws they are sworn to uphold. Looking for a fresh start in a town with no memories, Lauren and her younger daughter, Leah, move to idyllic Oak Knoll. But when Lauren’s suspect turns up in the same city, it feels to all the world that history is about to repeat itself. Leah Lawton will soon turn sixteen, and Oak Knoll has a cunning predator on the hunt. Sheriff’s detective Tony Mendez and his team begin to close in on the suspected killer, desperate to keep the young women of their picturesque town safe. But as the investigators sift through the murky circumstances of an increasingly disturbing case, a stunning question changes everything they thought they knew. In Down the Darkest Road, 1 New York Times bestseller Tami Hoag proves again why she is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. 20120106

The Restless Heart

Remy Doucet was a wicked Cajun rogue, but world class photographer Danielle Hamilton was desperate enough to hire the dark eyed hunk with the boxer’s build and the sexiest grin she’d ever seen. Could his searing kisses convince her that her destiny lay with the best bad boy of the bayou?

Lucky’s Lady

As wild and mysterious as the Louisiana swamp he called home, Lucky Doucet was a dangerously attractive Cajun no woman could handle. His solitary life left no room for the likes of elegant Serena Sheridan, but Lucky couldn’t deny her desperate need to find her missing grandfather. He would help her, but nothing more yet once he felt the lure of the flaxen haired beauty, an adventurer like Lucky couldn’t help playing with fire. Serena felt unnerved, aroused, and excited by the ruggedly sensual renegade whose gaze burned her with its heat, but she did not dare tangle with a rebel whose intensity was overwhelming, who claimed his heart was off limits? Deeper and deeper they traveled into the steamy bayou, until with one electrifying kiss her resistance melted into liquid desire. And the devilish rogue found he’d do anything to make Serena Lucky’s Lady.

Cry Wolf

The scream heard by no one is the deadliest. In the rural parishes of Louisiana’s French Triangle, young women are disappearing one by one, only to turn up on the banks of the bayou, strangled and cast aside where they are sure to be found. But there is one trophy the killer prizes above all others, one woman who must be silenced forever…
. Attorney Laurel Chandler did not come back to Bayou Breaux to seek justice. That once burning obsession had destroyed her credibility, her career, her marriage and nearly her sanity. But when a ruthless predator strikes too close to home, she’s lured into a perverse game from which there may be no escape. Once before, Laurel’s cries against a monstrous evil went unanswered. Who will listen now?

Rumor Has It

In this classic love story from 1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, fire meets ice when a Yankee heartthrob falls for a resistant proper Southern belle determined to guard her heart. Katie Quaid could never refuse a dare. It was the quality that had once made her a world class equestrian. And it was the reason she d been elected to introduce herself to Briarwood’s intimidatingly gorgeous new resident. It took one week to make Nick Leone the focus of the Virginia town s rumor mill. So far he was a CIA agent, a male model, a fugitive maybe all three. Whatever Nick was, Katie learned one thing right away: she liked him. And that made him the greatest danger she d faced since the accident that had ended her riding career. In the five years since, she d buried herself in her business of restoring historic homes, afraid to share her scars with any man scars that had destroyed more than one dream. Nick had disappointments of his own, but after meeting Katie, he sensed that fate had a better plan all along. And soon he would pose her with the greatest dare of all to love again.

Man of Her Dreams

From 1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag comes this romance classic about a man in love and the woman who’s determined to prove it to him Maggie McSwain should have been thrilled when Rylan Quaid asked her to marry him. Instead, she was crushed. After all her romantic fantasies, Ry s proposal was missing one crucial element: love. But Maggie would prove to Ry that he had a heart and then she d use every teasing, tempting ounce of seductive power she had to capture it. The next time he proposed to her and there would be a next time common sense would be the last thing on his mind. As far as Ry was concerned, solid partnerships made for lasting marriages and that s what he could have with Maggie. Of course he wanted her, as any man with eyes would want her. But he couldn t love her because he d vowed never to fall in love again. Now it seemed that the only way to make her his wife was to use reverse psychology. He d just retract his proposal and pretend to be immune to her charms. He had no idea what a challenge that would turn out to be.

The Trouble with J.J.

In this romantic, funny, and heartwarming classic novel, 1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag poignantly captures one eventful summer in the life of a woman facing the ultimate relationship dilemma. It took only one look for Genna Hastings to make up her mind about her new next door neighbor, J. J. Hennessy. She knew his type all too well: Jared Jay Hennessy was tall and handsome, a man who thought he was God’s gift to women. From the pink flamingos dotting his front yard to the all night boozy barbecues, he threatened to disrupt Genna s peaceful summer off from teaching. But beneath his carefree smile and teasing nature, J.J. was a man as serious about the future as he was about Genna. He d come to this quiet Connecticut town to change his life, and he challenged Genna to help him become Mr. Right. It was a challenge she knew she d be smart to refuse…
and one J.J. knew she couldn t resist.

McKnight in Shining Armor

Once upon a time I had the perfect family. I had the perfect husband. I had the perfect children. I had the perfect life in the perfect home. And then, as in all fairy tales, evil came into our lives and destroyed us. Four years after the unsolved disappearance of her sixteen year old daughter, Lauren Lawton is the only one still chasing the ghosts of her perfect Santa Barbara life. The world has given her daughter up for dead. Her husband ended his own life in the aftermath. Even Lauren’s younger daughter is desperate to find what’s left of the childhood she hasn’t been allowed to have. Lauren knows exactly who took her oldest child, but there is not a shred of evidence against the man. Even as he stalks her family, Lauren is powerless to stop him. The Santa Barbara police are handcuffed by the very laws they are sworn to uphold. Looking for a fresh start in a town with no memories, Lauren and her younger daughter, Leah, move to idyllic Oak Knoll. But when Lauren’s suspect turns up in the same city, it feels to all the world that history is about to repeat itself. Leah Lawton will soon turn sixteen, and Oak Knoll has a cunning predator on the hunt. Sheriff’s detective Tony Mendez and his team begin to close in on the suspected killer, desperate to keep the young women of their picturesque town safe. But as the investigators sift through the murky circumstances of an increasingly disturbing case, a stunning question changes everything they thought they knew. In Down the Darkest Road, 1 New York Times bestseller Tami Hoag proves again why she is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. 20120106

Straight from the Heart

From 1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag comes this powerful novel of passion, heartbreak, and redemption a story that celebrates our capacity to love one time, for all time, even in the face of adversity and change. They say that each of us becomes an entirely new person every seven years. But Rebecca Bradshaw doesn t feel any different when an old lover shows up severely injured at the hospital where she runs the physical therapy department. Seven years ago baseball player Jace Cooper left her without a second thought or the chance to share the life changing secret she swore she d keep from him forever. Now he was back, wanting both her help and a second chance. Becca hadn t changed, and she didn t believe Jace had either, but as she helped him repair his broken body and his fractured past, she would find she was wrong on both counts. The only thing that had stayed the same was the most important thing of all and now suddenly time was running out. From the Paperback edition.

Mismatch

1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag mixes passion, politics, heartbreak, and humor in this powerful classic novel ignited by a man and woman whose desire for each other could lead them both to ruin. They were totally wrong for each other. A romantic odd couple. It was clear at first sight. Bronwynn Prescott Pierson was a jet setting socialite, a one time fashion icon, and now a runaway bride. Wade Grayson was a straitlaced, ambitious congressman from the American heartland. They couldn t have had less in common and more to lose by their accidental meeting in the Vermont woods, where they d each gone in hopes of escaping the past. Both drawn to the ruins of the old Foxfire estate, the woman from Venus and the man from Washington were playing a dangerous game with the most volatile and unpredictable of human emotions. And when it all blew up, the press would be there to broadcast the disaster to the world. But what their enemies didn t count on was that the power that drew them together would always be a little stronger than anything or anyone that would try to drive them apart.

Sarah’s Sin

From award winning author Tami Hoag comes a warm, moving story of two cultures in conflict and two hearts in love. Matt Thorne had come to his sister’s rural inn to recover from an injury far from the city and his fast paced life as an emergency room physician. Drifting between sleep and waking, Matt didn’t trust his eyes when he saw the young woman who sat at his bedside in her plain cotton dress and apron, her chestnut hair tucked demurely beneath a white bonnet, like a beautiful vision from the past century. Sarah Troyer had been warned about the womanizing Dr. Throne, but nothing prepared her for the shiver of desire that shook her to her core when she gazed at him. Though her life was bound by the simple Amish way, Sarah had always longed for the world outside. Her job at the inn already branded her as a rebel in her community, and falling in love with a stranger would mean the loss of her family and the only life she knew. Yet something sparked within her with every touch of his hand, each glance from his dark eyes. Sarah was willing to allow herself a brief, secret adventure in the arms of a forbidden man. But she hadn’t counted on Matt’s passionate love a love that would not let go, a love that could cost them both everything they knew…
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Heart of Dixie

With her frayed jeans and cascade of tousled dark hair, Lynn Shaw looks more like one of the teenage residents of Horizon House than their counselor. So it’s no wonder State Senator Erik Gunther mistakes her for one. Not that he exactly fits the description of a politician, with his movie star looks and athletic build. Even Lynn, cynical, stubborn, and decidedly not looking for a relationship, can t ignore her body s response to the man. Allegedly, he s come to defend Lynn from angry locals who don t want her home for delinquent girls in their neighborhood. But as far as Lynn is concerned, he s looking for a photo op, a chance to play the hero the last thing either she or her troubled girls need. What they need is understanding. Lynn knows teenage rebellion all too well. And she knows firsthand its heartbreaking price. She won t touch the good senator with a ten foot pole only to watch him disappear once he gets what he wants. Unfortunately, Erik refuses to go away. The moment Erik looks into her emerald eyes, his interest in work falls into serious competition with his interest in Lynn Shaw. Her rejection of his assistance only intrigues him further. He is determined to know her and to help her. If that means practically moving into Horizon House, so be it. But as the two engage in a battle of hearts, it becomes clear that Lynn is waging a private war of her own, against demons of the past and against her overwhelming desire for the one man who may be worth fighting for. From the Hardcover edition.

Still Waters

The deepest waters hide the darkest secrets…
. When the body of a murdered man literally falls at Elizabeth Stuart’s feet, she’s able to wash away the blood but not the terror. Unwelcome newcomers to Still Creek, Minnesota, she and her troubled teenage son are treated with suspicion by the locals, including the sheriff. Yet nothing will stop her from digging beneath the town’s placid surface for the truth except the killer. Running from a messy divorce, Elizabeth believed buying a small town newspaper offered a fresh start for herself and her son. But idyllic Still Creek, nestled in the heart of lush Amish farmlands, hides secrets dangerous enough to push someone to commit murder. Now Elizabeth must risk everything to save herself and her son, and to unmask the killer…
before the current of evil flowing through Still Creek drags her under. When Elizabeth Stuart searched for a quiet, peaceful home for herself and her son, Still Creek seemed perfect. Nestled in the heart of lush Amish farmlands, this small, idyllic Minnesota town would allow her to put a shattering divorce behind her. But the locals were noticeably cool to the newcomer who was rumored to be a gold digger especially when she started stirring up controversy with her newspaper. And now when a murdered body literally falls at her feet, she has a slight credibility problem…
particularly with the arrogant sheriff whose blue eyes seem to know her darkest secrets. An ex pro athlete who had returned to Still Creek a hero, Sheriff Dane Jantzen doesn’t have much use for the media especially not in the form of this glamorous, gutsy outsider who spells trouble with every word she prints. So when she becomes his suspect in a vicious crime, the last thing Dane expects is the jolt of attraction at their every encounter. Elizabeth would soon challenge Dane’s every assumption, including the one that he’s better off without love. But as they risk everything to uncover the truth, the current of evil that contaminates Still Creek threatens to pull them both under…

Taken by Storm

From 1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag comes this bittersweet romance classic about a woman who’s rebuilt her life and her heart after the disappointments of the past, only to find her carefully laid plans shattered by a knock on the door. As a trauma nurse, Julia McCarver is accustomed to dealing with life and death emergencies. But she is the one in shock when she answers the door and finds the past standing there in the person of S. T. Storm Dalton. Julia had painstakingly put her life together not just once but three times in the wake of his abrupt and devastating departures, and she has no intention of doing it a fourth time. Because that s what S.T. promises he will do break her engagement to another man, her heart, and her future all over again. Except, of course, that s not what he calls his plan to win her back. He gives himself two weeks to convince Julia that he s changed, that she is still in love with him, and that despite conventional wisdom the fourth time lightning struck can be a charm. From the Paperback edition.

The Last White Knight

With her frayed jeans and cascade of tousled dark hair, Lynn Shaw looks more like one of the teenage residents of Horizon House than their counselor. So it’s no wonder State Senator Erik Gunther mistakes her for one. Not that he exactly fits the description of a politician, with his movie star looks and athletic build. Even Lynn, cynical, stubborn, and decidedly not looking for a relationship, can t ignore her body s response to the man. Allegedly, he s come to defend Lynn from angry locals who don t want her home for delinquent girls in their neighborhood. But as far as Lynn is concerned, he s looking for a photo op, a chance to play the hero the last thing either she or her troubled girls need. What they need is understanding. Lynn knows teenage rebellion all too well. And she knows firsthand its heartbreaking price. She won t touch the good senator with a ten foot pole only to watch him disappear once he gets what he wants. Unfortunately, Erik refuses to go away. The moment Erik looks into her emerald eyes, his interest in work falls into serious competition with his interest in Lynn Shaw. Her rejection of his assistance only intrigues him further. He is determined to know her and to help her. If that means practically moving into Horizon House, so be it. But as the two engage in a battle of hearts, it becomes clear that Lynn is waging a private war of her own, against demons of the past and against her overwhelming desire for the one man who may be worth fighting for. From the Hardcover edition.

Dark Paradise

New Eden, Montana, is a piece of heaven on earth where one woman died in her own private hell. Now it’s up to ex court reporter Marilee Jennings to decipher the puzzle of her best friend’s death. But someone has a stake in silencing her suspicion. Someone with secrets worth killing for and the power to turn this beautiful haven into a…
Dark Paradise. And as Mari digs deeper beneath New Eden’s picture perfect exterior, finding the truth is suddenly no longer a matter of justice. It’s her only hope of staying alive.

Kill the Messenger

With this new thriller, The New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag delivers her own message to suspense fans everywhere: Don’t turn off the lights, and keep reading if you dare. From the gritty streets of Los Angeles to its most protected enclaves of prestige and power to the ruthless glamour of Hollywood, a killer stalks his prey. A killer so merciless no one in his way is safe not even the innocent. At the end of a long day battling street traffic, bike messenger Jace Damon has one last drop to make. But en route to delivering a package for one of L.A.’s sleaziest defense attorneys, he’s nearly run down by a car, chased through back alleys, and shot at. Only the instincts acquired while growing up on the streets of L.A. allow him to escape with his life and with the package someone wants badly enough to kill for. Jace returns to Lenny Lowell’s office only to find the cops there, the lawyer dead, and Jace himself considered the prime suspect in the savage murder. Suddenly he’s on the run from both the cops and a killer, and the key to saving himself and his ten year old brother is the envelope he still has which holds a message no one wants delivered: the truth. In a city fueled by money, celebrity, and sensationalism, the murder of a bottom feeding mouthpiece like Lenny Lowell won’t make the headlines. So when detectives from the LAPD’s elite robbery/homicide division show up, homicide detective Kev Parker wants to know why. Parker is on the downhill slide of a once promising career, and he doesn’t want to be reminded that he used to be one of the hotshots, working cases that made instant celebrities of everyone involved. Like the case of fading retty boy actor Rob Cole, accused of the brutal murder of his wife, Tricia Crowne Cole, daughter of one of the most powerful men in the city, L.A.’s latest ‘crime of the century.’Robbery/Homicide has no reason to be looking at a dead small time scumbag lawyer or chasing a bike messenger…
unless there’s something in it for them. Maybe Lenny Lowell had a connection to something big enough to be killed for. Parker begins a search for answers that will lead him to a killer or the end of his career. Because if there’s one lesson he’s learned over the years, it’s that in a town built on fantasy and fame, delivering the truth can be deadly. From the Hardcover edition.

In Our Dreams

Imagine you’re a princess in ancient Greece, cursed by the gods and imprisoned; you’ve given up hope, when suddenly you’re rescued by Hercules. Or you go for a joy ride in an ore trolley through an old silver mine; at the end of the ride, you find you’ve somehow landed in the Old West and you’re lying at the feet of a handsome Spanish grandee. Or you’re trapped in a foreign country, smack in the middle of a terrorist staged coup; you’re sure you’re going to die until you discover that your unassuming dinner partner is really a secret agent who’s there to protect you. Fantasies like these are what lie at the heart of the fabulous short story collection In Our Dreams. Forget everything you know about anthologies. In Our Dreams truly is unique. Why? Because these ten terrific stories were inspired by your favorite heroes of movies and television, men who’ve captured the attention and hearts of women around the world. Mary Kirk, coordinator of the collection, says, ‘All of us, at one time or another, have fallen for a hero we met in a movie or on TV. And all of us have indulged in a fantasy or two about those men who make our hearts race and our senses spin. It’s the man who embodies the heroic who inspires a romance writer’s imagination.’ Ms. Kirk gathered a stellar group of authors into collaboration with her: Linda Lael Miller, Mary Jo Putney, Patricia Potter, Susan Wiggs, Patricia Gardner Evans, Ruth Glick writing as Rebecca York, Corey McFadden, Barbara Cummings, and Courtney Henke. Pulling out all the stops, these creative ladies asked themselves the question, ‘Who are the men of our dreams?” And their answers? In Linda Lael Miller’s ‘Never Been to Anphar,’ Maggie Ellington is caught on the wrong side of the ocean when war begins; lucky for her, the man who rescues her conjures visions of Jack Ryan as played by Harrison Ford. Courtney Henke’s daydreams about the gorgeous Kevin Sorbo, who plays Hercules, led to the creation of the half god hero in ‘Moon Over Miranda,’ a love story full of mythic creatures and god inflicted curses, blended nicely with a hearty dose of campy humor. Set in an ancient Celtic land, ‘Legend’ grew out of author Mary Kirk’s fascination with the concept of immortality and her crush on Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander Adrian Paul. A leap into the future, to the distant planet Jalar, sets the stage for ‘Conquest,’ by Ruth Glick writing as Rebecca York; here, meet Rohan, a fierce alien warrior who was inspired by that sexy Klingon Worf. ‘Nobody’s Angel,’ by Barbara Cummings takes you to the Old West, to mine silver and fall in love with Fernando de la Hoya, who sprang to life in Ms. Cummings’ imagination as she pictured her favorite star, Jimmy Smits, in the role of a Spanish nobleman. Lingering in the Old West, pay a visit to New Hope, the dusty Texas town where gunslinger Jared Walker decides to hang up his Colts and bury his past; spend five tense minutes with Jared in his final ‘Showdown,’ as told by Patricia Potter, who was inspired by Kevin Kline in SILVERADO. Then, shake off the dust and let Mary Jo Putney take you to Camelot to meet who else? Arthur Pendragon, King of Britain, inspired by the incomparable Sean Connery; in ‘Avalon,’ Ms. Putney gives Arthur a love worthy of his valiant heart and she gives romance readers a deliciously satisfying ending to one of history’s most beautiful legends. While in the British Isles, spend some time in Regency England with author Corey McFadden; as Colin Firth brought life to Mr. Darcy in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, he brought inspiration to Ms. McFadden; the result is ‘Little Beast.’ You’ll chuckle heartily as the proud Gavin Broward watches the troublesome girl he’s been fond of since childhood mature into a beautiful woman. Turn the page and laugh some more as you read ‘The Growing Season,’ by Patricia Gardner Evans; put yourself in Annie Reeves’ shoes when she goes to see the new doc in town to talk about artificial insemination and discovers he has the soul deep brown eyes of ER’s Dr. Doug Ross, who was Ms. Evans’ inspiration for Dr. John Haney. Finally, travel to modern day Paris, and let author Susan Wiggs put you on Pont Neuf, a ‘Bridge of Dreams’; wait with the hero*ine to see if the man she met ten years earlier will keep their appointed rendezvous. The man, a world famous musician, was inspired by Daniel Day Lewis, who Ms. Wiggs believes imbues all the characters he plays with tremendous energy and passion. So you see, it’s true: In Our Dreams really is unique. More than that it’s one of the best collections of romantic tales you’ll ever read. Don’t miss it or the chance these ten talented storytellers are offering you to meet the man of your dreams.

The Putt at the End of the World

‘ Sex. Money. International terrorism. And, of course, the ultimate question: Can a compact backswing save the world? Now, in the tradition of Naked Came the Stranger and Naked Came the Manatee, a clubhouseful of acclaimed authors pass the baton or the six iron to create an ensemble tour de force of suspense, romance, and hilarity on the links. Golf is not a team sport. But who says fiction can’t be? Get ready. The gallery is hushed and the approach shot nears. The birdie has landed…
The Putt at the End of the World Fore? No, nine! That’s right. Nine literary grand masters each contribute a chapter and together bring you a full round robin of characters, not to mention a blistering drive of a story line that beats par with every page. Alfonzo Zamora is the venerable Mexican Senior player who’s just discovered he’s going blind. Billy Sprague is the country club pro with a swing as elegant as an eagle in flight except when money’s on the line. Rita Shaughnessy is the hard drinking, hard loving, hard luck golfer on the women’s pro tour. All three receive an invitation from multibillionaire Phillip Bates, founder of Macrodyne Software. To inaugurate his dazzling new course in Scotland, Bates is spending millions to host a tournament starring the superpro trio. The gala will welcome world leaders in the name of global peace and the universal language of golf. Launching Bates’s new, revolutionary computer operating system, the weekend volley will also attract a long scorecard of wild and unanticipated guests, including the world’s most elusive environmental terrorist, a Spanish caddie named Humpy who inspires bogeys, a caddish pro who can’t pass the Rorschach test, a sexy male female counterterrorist team who keep driving into traps of their own making, a certain naked golfer making a bid for his hole in one, and enough plastique to end the world as we know it…
. Will things get rough in the rough? Will the green run red? Where is the mysterious nineteenth hole? And in an apocalyptic final play that will determine the fate of the world, ecoterrorists will converge on the course for an explosive putt to end all putts. The ‘Good Walk’ has never been more fun!’

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