Lisa Ladew

Shifter's Sacrifice

Coleton, our handsome and rich poet from book 1 returns, battered, bruised, and a little more bitter than before. But when the Sgt. Aria Gale, the police officer assigned to protect him is the twin sister of the most recent woman to crush his heart, he wonders if standing and fighting is even worth it. When Coleton's car blows up, he has no more choice. He and Aria go on the run. But how will she react when she finds out about Coleton's involvement with her sister? Especially once he finds himself falling in love with her. A steamy, exciting read that will keep you up all night!

Unauthorized Return

Officer Kara Price has recovered from her injury and is back doing what she loves best, patrolling the streets of Westwood Harbor, praying that she never hears from her stalker again. But when her neighbor sees a man lurking outside her home, her partner finally forces her to take the case to the detectives. Her attention is distracted by a confident, cocky, gorgeous business owner who sets his sights on her and won't take no for an answer. Within days, her stalker turns from slight annoyance, to imminently dangerous, pulling her attention back to her current crisis. When the investigating officer suspects her new boyfriend is her stalker, Kara balks immediately. But when what they uncover in the investigation lands him in jail, Kara is torn between her heart and her safety. As her life spins out of control she holds tight to the hope that both of them will make it out of this alive and out from under suspicion. Heat level: moderate. Suspense, thriller level: moderate to high. some swearing. 18+. Cliffhanger (but not with main H/h)

Unauthorized Obsession

When blackmailing leads to leaving it all behind, Ivy is desperate for the truth. The man she'd come to love suddenly disappears, leaving a note on her bedside table, Ivy's world is shaken to the core. The man she knew wanted nothing more than to be a cop. He wouldn't have thrown it all away. It will be up to Ivy to find the answers, but the journey she embarks on is full of twists and turns. This sadistic game of cat and mouse will lead to a very unlikely source and familial bonds will be tested. After working so hard to learn to love and trust, Ivy must gather her resolve and push past the deception. Will Ryker still be the same man once the web of lies is destroyed? Heat level: moderate. Suspense, thriller level: high. some swearing. 18+. Cliffhanger (but not with main H/h)

Unauthorized Deception

This is a free romantic suspense book, the beginning of a romantic suspense series, although this book with this couple reads as a standalone. Twenty-six year old Jen Mansko finds out the hard way that she's too trusting. Her apartment ransacked, her bank account emptied, and her heart broken, Jen has had enough and high-tails it to the only place she can think of where she will be welcomed - her brother's house. Anxious for a fresh start, Jen does something completely out of character and decides to become a cop. Soon, the athletic beauty with the striking-pink locks captures the attention of Sergeant Hunter Foley. When she is vetted for an undercover assignment, Jen dares another feat and quickly wins the approval of the powers that be. Once embedded in the covert operation, yet another unlikely suitor is drawn to her. With two men on opposite sides of the law vying for her attention, Jen is forced to make a choice or risk having all she's worked so hard for ripped away from her. This is a spin-off of the Edge of the Heat Series. The characters from the Edge of the Heat will weave lightly in and out of the Unauthorized series. This is a standalone novel, however, there is a cliffhanger at the end that involves the H/h of the next book. Heat level: moderate. suspense or thriller level: moderate. Some swearing. 18+ categories: romantic suspense, contemporary romance, police romance, strong female protagonist, thriller, romantic thriller, suspenseful romance

Unauthorized Affair

Jerry Mansko, a fun-loving Paramedic/Firefighter is in physical therapy for a major injury to his leg. His therapist, Sara Acosta, fascinates him from the first time he sees her. But there's something unavailable and even a little dark about Sara. When she walks out on a date with him he checks her apartment to ensure she's OK. But Sara's not there ... and the words written on the walls in blood indicate a mystery far beyond his abilities to solve. Can Jerry find Sara and convince her to let him in to her life?

Edge of the Heat 5

Emma and Craig have secured their love and put Emma's evil ex-husband behind bars, but the biggest threat still looms. Now Hawk is forced on the run and only Vivian can save him. Vivian finds herself deeply desiring Hawk every time she sees him, but he still holds her at arm's length, and worse, he sometimes seems to push her away. She knows taking him to her family's cabin in the woods is a bad idea. A horrible idea. But she also knows she'll do anything to keep him safe. Caught together, will Vivian reveal her true feelings to Hawk? Will Hawk reveal his true feelings to himself? And when Norman escapes from prison, who will save Emma?

Edge of the Heat 3

Edge of the Heat 9

Edge of the Heat Prequel

Emma and Vivian finally find their brother, whom they were separated from at birth. But tragedy strikes the family once more as they discover he is a U.S. Marine in the Middle East who has been taken hostage by terrorists. They beg Sara, a former killing machine for the secret DCIA, to help him and she agrees, but in the only way she knows how: she's going to do it all herself. But Sara's carefully laid plans are laid to waste as she finds it is impossible to carry out this mission by herself. Can Sara save the hostages and get them out of the desert, even though one of the hostages is keeping something from her? Can JT and Dani nurture their fledgling love long enough to find a life outside of the Sinai desert? And when the rescue helicopter goes down with Hawk on it, who will save him? Heat Level: Moderate. Suspense, thriller level: high. Some swearing. 18+

Edge of the Heat 6

The old gang hasn't gotten together for a while, but when houses start blowing up, the triplets, their spouses, plus Jerry and Sara must all pull together to keep everyone alive.

Edge of the Heat 7

Switch of Fate 1

Switch of Fate 2

Grace Quillen

The Cause is recruiting. Shifters of all species are flowing into Nantahala Forest, meeting at the Bear Claw Diner, eager to lend a paw or talon in the fight against the vampires. The Cause has already filled one magical coven house with vampire-killing witches - switches - and their leader claims more are on the way. More shifters are needed to guard them, hunt with them, and satisfy their Prowl...Aven Kittrell, an eagle shifter, is already dedicated to The Cause. Former military with plenty of secrets in his past, all he wants is to find the coven he's bound to, bloodsuckers to Undo and, maybe, if he's lucky, a mate to soothe his soul. But when an old friend calls asking for a favor, Aven puts his own desires to the side. Duty calls.However, when the favor comes in the irresistible package of Dakota Manteo, all he can think about is how they could burn the forest down with the heat blazing between them...Dakota is a woman on a mission with no time for games. She's a half-breed jaguar shifter, but one who hasn't shifted yet. Not a claw or whisker. Now that she's found out about The Cause she knows if she can only get there, she can finally be her true self. Nothing will stop her from fulfilling her destiny, even if it means walking away from the sexiest man she's ever met.

Raptor's Peak: Switch of Fate

Riot Cofield is a bad-boy mountain lion shifter who scales mountains like fences. He belongs IN the Natahala Forest, but not TO it, and he resents "the Cause" because it turns normal, sweet women into a conniving, savage witches - switches - who will do anything to kill a vampire.Riot tried out the Cause (after all, he is a shifter) but after getting used and discarded twice, he's over it. Over and done with the Cause and everything in it, including Resperanza, the extraordinary, not-there-a-month-ago, magical house and command center. So he moved out, and oh yeah, he quit the Cause, too.Until he has no choice but to step into a fight for a flagging switch he's never seen before, throwing her his knife that she can't seem to let go of. But the real kicker comes when she knows his name. It's his secret high school crush, the only woman ever special enough to make Riot want to straighten out his renegade ways.Gemma, the lost love of his life, is a switch?"Love of his life" enough to move back into Resperanza? Maybe, but enough to support the Cause with everything he has? No. Never.Then why is he delivering sweet, inquisitive, gorgeous, green-glowing Gemma to the one place he would never want her to belong?And why does he get the feeling she's about to blow the doors off this whole operation?

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