Melanie Atkins: 17 books

Alarm bells go off in Detective Lexi Granger's head when a gun linked to a cold case disappears and a veteran officer sweeps it under the rug. After she receives a death threat, she must turn to the one man she knows she can trust—her ex-husband and acting commander, Chaz Trahan. Chaz is still...

Kelly Watson, aka Teresa Pastral, threw the Fifth Amendment out the window when she testified against her mob boss husband at his murder trial. Now divorced, she has begun a new life in the Witness Security Program. Only...the mob finds her, thanks to handsome ex-lawman J.T. Romano, who uses...

New Orleans Assistant District Attorney Marisa Cooper prosecutes murderers for a living, but the tables are turned when her ex-husband is found dead in her garage. To prove she didn't kill him, she must team up with her former fiancée, Slade Montgomery, the detective who risks his career -- and his heart -- to help her find the real killer.

Jadan Calloway's latest night out on the town ends in the death of the man who charmed her off her feet. Now the people who killed Kent are after her, and the only man who can save her is Cole McAlister, the rugged, willful detective who believes she is behind his brother's death. Together they become wrapped up in a web of terrorism and intrigue--and they fall in love.

Detective Jonah McKee must juggle caring for his rowdy two-year-old son with a heavy workload while protecting a beautiful amnesia victim who has been targeted by a vicious murderer… or has she? Brooke Wilson finally remembers her own name, plus the name of the man trying to kill her, and the terrifying...

Marcy Moretti believes that anyone can be redeemed, until she witnesses a murder at the hands of her ex-husband and is forced to go on the run with her young son . The only person who can help her is Joe Riso, her former brother-in-law, a detective staggered by the loss of his wife and daughter. If...

Detective Kevin Jacobs believes that integrity is the most important trait a cop can possess, until a beautiful psychologist accuses him of murder and he's forced to take her hostage in order to clear his name. Dr. Rebecca Daniels cooperates with Kevin and soon finds herself in a desperate fight for her life—and her heart.

Abby Ryals goes behind the sheriff's back to accept an undercover assignment with another agency to avenge fellow detective C.J. Bowman's death—and is stunned to learn he is very much alive after he leaves witness protection and follows her  to help keep her safe. Together, they must race the clock to defeat a notorious drug lord before he can discover their true identities.

Tessa Doucet chose to go into mortuary science because the dead can't hurt her. Then a monster from her past turns up on her embalming table, and she's forced to confront the demon she thought she'd put to rest. Disturbed by the case Tessa stirs up, Detective Cash Starkey finds himself falling for...

Detective Emily Rawson doesn't want children; she's too focused on her career to give a family the time required. That is, until she falls in love with fellow detective John Cutter, forgets to take precautions, and winds up pregnant. She fights the idea tooth and nail before finally deciding that...

Nikki Brooks never thought she'd ever see her childhood nemesis again after he played a heartless trick on her in high school that got her kicked off the school paper staff and made her a laughing stock.  Until now, twelve years later, when she is forced trust her life to Marc Trapani, the strong-willed...

Noel Galliano has always wanted her own business. So despite critics who believe she won't succeed, she opens a tiny French Quarter voodoo shop. What she doesn't count on is finding a dismembered corpse upstairs. Detective Mathieu Bergeron is considered a screw up around the district station, until...

Olivia Bartlett is stunned to find her old friend, Deputy Tucker Hawkins, living in the house she has inherited, but she's even more shocked to glimpse her cruel stepfather lurking in the shadows. Has Walter come back to haunt her, or is he really alive—and trying to kill her? To survive, she must turn to Tucker, who not only stakes his claim to the old house, but also to her heart.

Detective Mitch Ransom is in control of his life until he agrees to testify before the grand jury against a brutal serial killer. Then he's kidnapped, threatening his appearance in court, and finds himself trapped with a woman he doesn't like and believes he has to protect. Tiffany Golden, a police...