Stephens Brothers Series

She says friends. He says lovers. Who will come out on top?   Valerie Milner finds a place for herself managing the office at Stephens Construction, and the three brothers who are her bosses. They've become her family. Except things are changing. Her feelings for one of the them is becoming decidedly un-friend-like. She's gone down that road before, and she's not losing another friendship simply to scratch an itch.   Hiding his feelings from Val is becoming more difficult for Andrew Stephen. Not only is she his best friend, but he's also her boss. The whole thing has bad idea written all over it. Unfortunately, his libido has other plans. Late-night fantasies are keeping him awake and daydreams are distracting him from work. When he finally makes his move, Val enforces the friend zone.   All bets are off, though, when Val gets caught in the crosshairs of an unknown stalker. Drew steps in to protect her, and those lines Val didn't want to cross with him start blurring. Now it's not only their lives—but their hearts—in danger.

Angela Corcoran is perfectly content with her life. Okay, maybe perfectly is a stretch. Or content for that matter. Sure she has her career as a forensic scientist. She has her hobbies too, and they're awesome. Who needs love? Apparently, her new friends think she does. They're determined she live a little, and that includes a man. A gorgeous man. A much younger man. Like she has any idea what to do with one of those. His entire life, Jonathan Stephens believed he would find "the one," just like his dad. He lets growing the family business consume him, but the hope is always there, nestled in the back of his mind, and it explodes to the forefront with one glance across a crowded room. She's it. Finally. He's found her. Too bad she hopes he'll get lost. Angela finds herself the focus of a man who has attacked before, when one of her cases takes a weird and dangerous turn. As her world explodes around her, she finds solace in Jon, who's joined her in the crosshairs as the growing threat to Stephens Construction and Jon's family makes him a target too. With danger closing in, Angela falls back on her old habits and pulls back from Jon, determined to protect her heart. But Jon won't back down, even when violence comes for them. He's found his angel, and he's never letting her go.

Returning home wasn't in Melinda Taylor's plans. Working at Stephens Construction definitely wasn't on the agenda. Fate must be laughing at her, because that's exactly where she landed. Right in Matthew Stephens's lap. Now she has to navigate the volatile waters surrounding the one man she's always loved.   Matthew Stephens is focused on two things: his son and his business. Everything else is a distraction that threatens his ironclad control. That definitely includes Melinda. Only once, years before, had he let that control slip. It cost him the one thing he never should have wanted.    Someone is intent on destroying Stephens Construction, and no one is safe. When Melinda winds up a target, Matthew can't deny what is obvious any longer. Maybe they could have a future—if they can survive the present. 

Pack up everything. Start her new life. Do not, repeat DO NOT, fall for her sexy traveling companion. Brittany Clover has spent her entire life as the epitome of a good girl, never crossing her parents' wishes. Except for one time when she risked everything and had her eighteen-year-old heart broken to smithereens. Well, all that is in the past. She's finally breaking free and looking to start living for herself.   Repair relationship with sister. Do not, repeat DO NOT, get tangled up again with the beauty riding beside him. Demons rode Clint Milner hard during his teens. Bad decision on top of bad decision became his way of life. Only two good things happened to him and even then he'd screwed up. One chance encounter and brightness filled his life – until he left her behind. In the years since, he's existed but never really lived again.   Could the miles they travel be the road they've been searching for? One ill-advised encounter at his sister's wedding later, the very last place Brittany should be is trapped in a car with Clint for days on end. His nearness, however, makes resisting him almost impossible. The miles Clint's traveled have never erased Brittany from his mind or heart. He'd fallen one long ago star-filled night. The idea of having and losing this second chance tore at him.   Did too many years and tears and secrets sit between them? Or had love struck and held through it all?