An action packed and fun romantic suspense that reads like a cozy mystery. The sweet romance will leave you swooning while FBI Dr. Alexandra Briggs and Special Agent Henry Collins chase murderers, solve a bank robbery, and hunt an escaped serial killer. Never creepy, always fun.Four Novellas. Four Action Packed Mysteries. One Great Love Story. Keep reading for descriptions of each novella!DEATH IN THE DESERT - The promise was an enchanted weekend. The outcome was murder. FBI profiler, Alexandra Briggs, craves peace. Her last investigation put her in the cross hairs of a serial killer. Now on a forced sabbatical to deal with her trauma, all she wants is to escape and unplug. When Alex’s cousin, Shelby, wins two tickets to Enchanted Weekend, an ultra-exclusive dating event at the Juniper Resort and Spa in the middle of the remote, Arizona desert, Alex knows being Shelby’s plus-one comes with obligations. Shelby is brilliant, but when it comes to love, she needs protection from herself. Worse, the weekend’s shallow dating pool seems to be embodied by Henry Collins, the resort’s emcee. Henry represents everything Alex despises- intoxicating chocolate brown eyes that penetrate straight to the soul, and a dimpled smile that promises true love, but only leads to heartache. A dead body floating in the pool derails everyone’s plans and thrusts Alex into an investigation. She barely survived the last one. Mysteries unfold as Alex learns Henry isn’t who he seems, Shelby is keeping dangerous secrets, and a murderer feels threatened by her investigation.MISTLETOE IN THE DESERT - Christmas—it’s the most wonderful time of the year. But for Dr. Alexandra Briggs, the season signals the end of her forced sabbatical from her position as a profiler with the Phoenix office of the FBI. Weeks before Christmas, her first big case brings Alex and Special Agent Henry Collins to the snowy mountains of Flagstaff, Arizona. While the weather, decorations, and ever-present mistletoe promise a cozy holiday season, Alex and Henry race against the clock to find who has been robbing banks across the southwest. The profile suggests professionals—clean hits, little to no evidence left behind. Until Flagstaff. With the bank manager found dead in his office, the profile is changing. Will Alex be able to get out of her own way and embrace the love and support that Henry offers? And will she be able to crack the case before someone else winds up dead?HOSTAGE IN THE DESERT - Dr. Alexandra Briggs isn’t supposed to face danger in her job as a profiler for the FBI, but time and time again she finds herself in the field, facing dangers of all kinds. When Special Agent Henry Collins is assigned a case that appears to be open and shut, all evidence points to the hired help of a wealthy, Phoenix socialite who was found viciously murdered in her home on Camelback Mountain. Will Alex’s training with Henry be enough when that suspect decides Alex is his only hope to clear his name? Held hostage in her own home, she’s either sitting across from an innocent man or a murderer, but either way, one thing is obvious—he’s desperate, which is the most dangerous thing of all.HUNTED IN THE DESERT - A prison escape. A serial killer with one obsession—the woman who put him there. Just one year ago, the sociopathic Cactus Killer terrorized the Phoenix area. As the FBI scrambled to stop the killing spree, profiler Dr. Alexandra Briggs caught the attention of the most dangerous killer she'd ever studied. A cat and mouse game lured Alex closer and closer until she was caught in the snare the Cactus Killer so carefully set. Her harrowing escape sent the Cactus Killer to prison for the rest of his life. One year later, Alex and Henry's happily ever after is threatened when the Cactus Killer escapes custody.
I had such a fun time highlighting my home state of Arizona through these novellas. We start out in the desert, move north to snowy Flagstaff, and finish the series with two novellas set in Phoenix. It was hard for me to say goodbye to Alex and Henry. (Although, it's possible one or both of them will make an appearance in a full length novel in the future. *Wink*)
This series is very well written! I love the way the character grew and overcame her own fears. The suspense is awesome, and I like the fact that the relationship between the two main characters is written the way it is. I can’t wait to see what this author writes next!
I don’t normally read romance, but I loved these stories (the mystery aspect helped!) The character arc came full circle in a wonderful way, and I can’t wait to read a full novel by the author!!