Logan never goes back for seconds. Had he known Katie lived in Pamona Gulch when they met, he wouldn't have touched her. With their mutual acquaintances hooking up, she's insisting they should be friends. Logan only has one friend, and it certainly isn't the off-limits woman he's lusted over for the last two years.Katie is trying to get over Logan. Two years ago, he taught her exactly what BDSM could offer her, and now she's stuck pining for a Dom who won't even speak to her. When she gets involved with the wrong man, Logan is forced to step in, testing their newfound friendship and stretching boundaries.Tempers flare when authorities capture the arsonist who's been terrorizing the town. Will this new development snuff out the inferno burning in the background of this second-chance romance? Or does it only add fuel to the fire?

Previously published as Redemption for Misty with Susan Stoker's Aces Press, this is rewritten for Melinda Owens' series of Unknown Ops.Jason, AKA Nova, has had a crush on his teammate's sister since he first pinned her picture on the wall above his bunk in basic. Now, they're out of the military, and his buddy needs a favor: keep an eye on his sister, so she doesn't get scared being alone.It's a no-brainer. Jason doesn't want to make his buddy mad, but he'll do anything to be around Misty more. And keeping her safe tugs on his cave-man heartstrings.Misty has been through a lot. Surviving a kidnapping at the hands of a serial abductor, she has nightmares. But she's moving on, partnering to start a coffee shop, hoping to make enough money to help other survivors in similar positions.Her over-protective brother won't let her be alone, and when the sparks fly between her and her "babysitter", she's helpless to ignore them.When an armed gunman holds Misty...

Zane has his sights set on the odd little woman with her funny rules. When their first kiss doesn't end well, he can't understand why she won't give him a second chance. Now he's seriously determined to make her see they can be explosive together.Lettie has always believed a kiss will determine how the relationship will go. Her disastrous lip-lock with Zane is a strong indication she's not moving forward with him. He won't take no for an answer, though, and does the sweetest things to change her mind, including opening his home to over fifty animals while she cleans up the smoke damage at the local shelter.Sparks fly as Lettie does her level best to extinguish their attraction to one another.  At the same time, Zane is doing all he can to fan those sparks into flames.

When a child's game goes delightfully wrong, Jude finds himself rethinking his current status quo and begins looking to Annette to make sense of his own life.Annette is trying not to get distracted by the sexy firefighter, but when her artistic retreat begins in disaster, Jude's playing the hero she can't ignore. Suddenly, her artwork is completely changed with Jude's exquisite lines transforming her landscapes.Up until now, their life was like a notebook full of doodles, but it's turning into a full-fledged art showing, and neither of them know how to deal with the embers of desire when they ignite into flames.

Evan Rocco has been a hero to Paige Lawson for as long as she could remember. So when she runs into him in a bar after a major professional coup, she’s feeling celebratory and reckless. But it can’t go anywhere, because after all, he’s Evan freaking Rocco. But when her gaming company gets into trouble, there’s only one man she can turn to. Evan can’t get the woman who disappeared after their one-night-stand six months ago out of his head. He’d honestly thought there was more between them besides just sex—a connection he’d never felt before. When PSL, his favorite software game company is in trouble, he jumps at the chance to help them solve the mystery behind The Crimson Lady and get his mind off the woman of his dreams. When he realizes who the CEO of PSL actually is, he has to get over his own issues or else he’ll put the one woman in danger he never wanted to hurt. This is book two in the Pierce Securities series, a stand-alone story. The first book, in the series is Craze. It is not necessary to read it first. **

Hot Mess is a steamy contemporary romance with a hot firefighter and a reticent woman with a past.

Jake Callahan has a problem, and the only people who can fix it are the guys with Pierce Securities. Except Jake needs a woman. Miriam Bartoli will happily play the part of a sexy woman to get what the client needs, especially since playing mom to an office full of alpha males and recent surgery has wreaked havoc on her femininity. Can she fight her attraction with the target long enough to get what the client needs? Or will this case of mistaken identity and clicking with the wrong man be the end of her?