Hauberk Protection Series

When it comes to her love life, security specialist Jodi Tyler has hit a dry spell the size of the Sahara. Not to mention her track record for choosing guys who aren’t threatened by a strong woman isn’t the best. When a friend at her company’s New Year’s Eve party issues a challenge to seduce their boss, the uber sexy Mark Rodriguez, Jodi accepts. The last thing Mark Rodriguez needs right now is another distraction. His company is under attack and he’s desperately trying to hold it together. When the blonde bombshell he hired as his second-in-command struts into the room and straddles his lap, who is he to turn her down? Especially with her offer of a no-strings-attached affair. But when the clock strikes midnight, and the ball drops on Times Square, has Jodi won the bet or lost her heart? This short story is a prequel to Private Property, book 1 in the Hauberk Protection series. First Night was originally released in December 2008 as part of Samhain's Holiday stories.  It has been doubled in length and re-edited.

Security specialist Jodi Tyler has a great job and a great relationship with her boss, Mark Rodriguez—in the office and in the bedroom. Their casual arrangement is all she wants, and she'd thought it was all Mark wanted too. Right up until she's busted while testing the security of a Lake Arlington mansion. To her surprise, and with the help of the mansion's owner, Sam Watson, Jodi's no-strings affair with Mark is about to become a little more…binding. Sharing Jodi with his best friend Sam was supposed to be fun. But as the intimate evening progresses, certain feelings come to light, feelings Mark didn't know he had.  Feelings he doesn't know what to do about. But Sam does. And he knows exactly what to do about them. By evening's end, the decisions Mark is forced to make will change everyone's lives. He will either disappoint them all—or claim Jodi as his own private property.  

She's guarding his body. He's guarding his heart. Hostage negotiator Lauren Miller is used to staring danger in the face. Now a vengeful former team member is targeting her and anyone she cares about, including her ex-husband. Although hiding them both in the same remote safehouse is risky, the plan could provide her with the perfect opportunity to make amends with the one man who has her heart. Building Hauberk Protection into a success is the only thing that's kept Chad sane since his marriage ended. He loved Lauren more than life itself and losing her left a hole that haunts him still. When he unexpectedly finds himself trapped with her, Chad can think of only one up-side—he can finally learn why she walked away without an explanation. Except the heat that burns between them is turning their defenses to ash. As their passion rekindles, Lauren struggles to keep her focus. Especially when she learns that Chad wasn't the only one being deceived. And those deliberate deceptions put both their lives in jeopardy. Warning: Tie-me-up, hold-you-down, no-frontiers-unexplored action could raise internal temperature. Please keep flammable materials at a safe distance while reading. Virtual cases of tissues included, and HEA guaranteed.

The masks we wear can hide our deepest desires…or reveal them.   Wedding rings, babies, commitment? No thank you. Working for a company that's wall-to-wall, testosterone-fueled alpha males, Sandy Hallquist is in her element. By day, she's the picture of calm, cool efficiency. Off hours, her inner adrenaline junkie is off the chain. His whole professional life has been all about being invisible, but nothing about Troy McPherson is real, not even his name. It's the only way he can manage Hauberk's international offices while hiding his other career: assassin. But in one moment of weakness, Troy's carefully constructed mask begins to crack. Cracks that reveal his yearning for things he can never have. Family. Stability. Love. Too bad they're the last things on Sandy's must-have list. By the time she realizes the heat between them will last a lifetime, his next mission could make him disappear from her life. Permanently.