Bøker av Ryan Marie-Nicole Ryan

Too hot to handle… Too sweet to give up.Tamsyn Holt, seductress and chameleon. Her sensual beauty has ensnared many a mark into her honey trap. With her client base, she's quite an asset to the family PI agency's bottom line. But can any man hope to tame her? Only Jason St. John, a man as elusive and seductive as she, can lay claim to her body. But will she trust any man with her heart? No way!Jason St. John is a man with secrets. His first FBI undercover assignment will show the Bureau and his father Jason's worth as an agent. But becoming attracted-okay, more than attracted-to a sexy PI, isn't the way to go about it. And becoming the person of interest in a murder investigation not only threatens his operation but also his career.

A P.I. with a lot to lose and a nurse with even more.When a pregnant friend and fellow case manager goes missing, Allison Lackey turns to her family's P.I. agency for help. Just her luck, her brother assigns his old pal and new employee, Nick Vitelli, to the case. Wouldn't you know he's the same fellow she had the hots for as a teenager. When the old feelings emerge, being around him is pure torture. Besides, in Allison's opinion, his investigation is headed in the wrong direction.Former Atlanta PD detective Nick Vitelli is newly divorced and halfway resents being palmed off on a "family" case. Initially, he doesn't believe in the case's urgency or that Allison knows what she's talking about. He figures she may know a lot about nursing, but trying to tell him how to run an investigation is out of line.When the missing woman's car is found and the evidence points to homicide, Nick and Allison put aside their differences and work together. Allison's all grown up, and Nick finds working so closely with his boss's sister more and more difficult. Getting mixed up with Allie could mean a quick trip to the unemployment line. Losing this job is too great a risk because he has a young son to support.Another nurse goes missing, and Allison creates an enemy or two when she doggedly pursues a physician as the culprit. Not only is she risking her job, but she's also painting a target on her back as victim number three. This is a re-edited, re-release.

Do blondes really have more fun? Not when danger lurks around every corner.Texas Ranger Ben Rasmussen had his heart broken by a blonde once, and he's not interested in repeating the experience. Still, there's something tough, yet fragile, about a certain young business owner, and yes, dammit, she's a blonde. And beautiful to boot.Co-owner of Wheaton's Mercantile and Bistro, Beth Wheaton has had a thing for Ben Rasmussen since the seventh grade when he saved her from some bullies. She isn't just any blonde. And she's certainly not the blond bimbo who trashed Ben's marriage. But she is determined to break through his reserve to find her happily ever after.But when the Houston mob and a deadly drug cartel threaten business owners in the Texas Hill Country, Beth's business is bound to be one of their targets. Ben finds himself drawn more and more to the beautiful blonde who's willing to do anything to save her home town. Even if it means risking her life.

This is a re-release.Running from a killer, Miranda is fighting for her and her son's lives-and the chance to love again.Miranda Raines believes she's found a safe haven in Oxford, England, until Scotland Yard's DCI David French knocks on her door with terrifying news: her ex-husband, a convicted murderer, has escaped from prison and he's coming for her. For years, Miranda has harbored a secret passion for the driven Chief Inspector. With no other choice, she has to trust him. She just hopes she can guard her heart, at least as well as he guards her.After thwarting her ex's first attack, David spirits Miranda and her young son out of England, and the three of them end up on the run across Europe. David has no intention of falling in love again, but with each passing day Miranda awakens emotions he thought long dead.Could this be their forever love? With a killer on their trail, they may not live long enough to find out.

Over her not-so-dearly-departed husband's grave, Natalia Montrose vows to bed the first suitable man she meets.Enter one Jared Fields who offers to assist in managing her inheritance. No thank you! Indeed, this passionate woman would rather keep control of her wealth while enjoying the virile stranger until she's sated all of her desires.Disowned by his New York City family, Pinkerton agent Jared Fields enjoys the freedom afforded by the various assignments he receives. But discovering whether or not the Widow Montrose had her husband killed may prove a little too difficult. When he meets the fiery widow, all he can think about is taking her to bed.When they meet, Natalia and Jared circle each other warily. Both feel the pull of sensual heat, but when the Blizzard of 1889 hits, will the sexual sparks be enough to keep them warm...or alive?This is a re-titled re-issue.

Nashville sizzles in the summer. .Nashville Homicide Detective Tess O'Malley has a lot to prove. She comes from a long line of police officers, including her father and older brothers.First she and her partner are taken off a high profile case and sidelined with a cold case instead. After reviewing the files, she's certain her cold case is connected to the current one, and she sets out to prove it. Too bad it means locking horns with a handsome PI who could win her heart and derail her career.Scott Holt is all business when it comes to running his family's PI firm. When the lovely Detective O'Malley comes to question him about his possible involvement in her cold case, he has everything but business on his mind. Like locking lips with the fiery redhead.This is a rerelease first published in 2009.

Wanted: Dead or alive. (Alive preferred, just sayin'.)When US Marshal Sam Dunaway comes to Kenton Valley, Texas, to prepare for a murder trial, the last person he expects to run into is his late wife Celine. The same woman who ran off with his life savings and supposedly died in a boardinghouse fire.Plain Jane seamstress Selma Nelson is surely a dead ringer for Celine. Rest assured, the demure dressmaker has a secret or three. Is there a chance Sam will understand if and when she comes clean with the truth? More likely, he'll likely lock her away forever.What a dilemma. Either Sam sets aside his principles and arrests her or lose the love of his life. One thing for certain, he can't deny the resurgence of passion that's fanning the smoldering embers of their former love into a roaring inferno.

Pretending to be newlyweds is a dangerous game... especially when you're falling in love.FBI Special Agent Caitlin Chaney believes in going strictly by the book. She's determined to prove her success has nothing to do with her father's position in the federal government. To her way of thinking, Agent LeFevre is a rogue agent and determined to screw up her operation and her career. Just her luck.Agent Jake Lefevre is used to running undercover ops his way, and he's not too happy with his new boss, Caitlin Chaney, who's primarily an FBI accountant. Her undercover experience is limited at best. He needs a partner who can hold her own, not some entitled prima donna.Jake and Caitlin's tenuous cover as newlyweds at a New Orleans casino is tested from the outset as they cope with living together. It's imperative everyone believes they're madly in love and hot, hot, hot for each other. Their assignment is investigating a casino's money laundering and discover what happened to a whistleblower is almost compromised from the very beginning when Jake discovers Caitlin's boss and the casino's CFO is someone he knew and loved as a teenager. If he's recognized, the op will be over before it starts.

Two bodies and counting… A mob hit man on the loose…Los Marcos County Sheriff Vincent Tate stands for law and order. Always has. Absolutely nothing deters him from this mission. Not even his cheating wife who ran away with one of the bank VPs. More and more, he's drawn to his old love, sexy-as-sin pharmacist Abby Fields who's come back to Kenton Valley to run her late father's drug store. But he's not free.Inevitably, they are pulled together the same day an intruder breaks into Abby's home and two bodies are discovered on Vince's ranch, complicating and threatening everything. With their lives and his job on the line, he'll do whatever it takes to find the killer and win Abby's heart for once and for all.

Half-dressed and going for naked… Starlight Tyler needs to get rid of something inconvenient-like her virginity-pronto. With her mother, a Pinkerton agent, and a wealthy suitor she can't stand on her trail, there's only one solution to stock them in their tracks-Cordero Tate, the love she left behind.She never expected his past to stall her headlong rush into his arms.Sheriff Cordero Tate is a haunted man on a mission. Come hell or high water, he'll round up every member of the gang responsible for the deaths of his wife and unborn child. He'll make damn sure he never puts his heart on the line again. As in never impregnating another woman. One look at Star, though, and all the old feelings of love and lust come back in a rush. Worse, she's just as determined to lasso him into her web of passion as he is to keep her chaste.Their exploration of ways around that impasse leads to nights of unbearable sensual pleasure.Until her past catches up with her…This is a re-issue.