Holiday Games

Dear Reader,

I hope you enjoyed a reunion with the Riley family in Holiday Games. The next Play-by-Play book, Melting the Ice, will be released in February 2014.

In Melting the Ice, Carolina Preston is on the cusp of career success. She’s launching her own fashion line, and she needs a strong advertising campaign, along with some high profile models. She has her brother, race car driver Gray, on board. When Gray suggests his best friend and hockey player, Drew Hogan, Carolina balks. She and Drew shared a sexy, romantic past in college, and she’d prefer to leave the past where it is. But Drew accepts, and suddenly he’s very much present in her life again, dredging up old feelings and desires she thought long buried.

Drew knows he hurt Carolina all those years ago, and he’s determined to make amends, not only by participating in her fashion line, but by showing her that he’s not the callous boy he once was. Now he’s a man, a fact Carolina is all too aware of as they spend days—and nights—together. But can she put the pain of the past aside and give Drew a shot at what could be an incredible future?

In addition, the debut of my new Hope contemporary romance series is releasing in January 2014 with Hope Flames.

Emma Burnett has struggled with a difficult past that delayed her education and the launch of her professional life. But now she’s finally starting up her own veterinary practice, and it’s the only thing on her mind.

Until smoking hot cop Luke McCormack enters her clinic one night with his injured police dog. There’s chemistry between Emma and Luke, but Emma tries her best to deny her feelings. She’s gone down that road before, and it ended in disaster. She won’t ever let a man get in the way of her wants and needs again.

Luke is very attracted to the sweet, gentle Emma, but a bad marriage turned him off any romantic entanglements. He only dates casually these days, at least, until he meets Emma. Then there’s nothing casual about their relationship.

When Emma’s clinic is broken into and a string of burglaries put her front and center as a witness, Luke’s protective instincts kick in, and he realizes Emma matters more than he thought. And with Emma’s feelings for Luke growing stronger each day, she must decide whether to risk her heart once again.

Happy reading!

Jaci