Books by CJ Matthew

Elusive billionaire and sea dragon shifter, Murdoch Rudraige lives in the shadow of his successful twin and is tired of not being taken seriously within the Clan's international shipping conglomerate.Until Annalisa Bartello, an employee from California, crashes into the front gate of his seaside estate and assumes Murdoch is his twin brother. She is risking her life to bring them proof of a corporate traitor and he is lying to her. Murdoch knows immediately that she's his mate - but how can she love him after she learns he's the screw-up twin and a sea dragon? Until it's settled, Murdoch isn't willing to let her out of his sight. Not until he's certain she is safe, and he has had time to figure out how to explain dragon shifters to the curvy human.

Book 2 of the romantic suspense series The Paladin Group. Set in a small southern town, these wounded air force veterans, men and women warriors turned civilian lawyers and investigators, are determined to continue their rescue work with an assist from the older generation of veterans.Survival is still her #1 missionSara Gallagher escaped the memories of a painfully shy childhood and her hopeless crush on the boy next door by joining the USAF where Senior Airman Gallagher excelled as a SERE- Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape instructor. But when a training accident leaves Sara scarred and deaf in one ear, she returns home to join the Paladin Group.Chris Braxton had always been Peachwood's golden boy, and finally became a rookie major league pitcher, until a drunk driver shattered his shoulder and his dreams. Now entrepreneur Chris' upscale sporting goods company is negotiating a nationwide expansion. Enroute to a crucial meeting, he overhears phone call outlining the details of an upcoming felony. When Chris and his family are threatened, he turns to the Paladin Group.

Kari Phillips has sworn off alpha men, thanks to a childhood spent raising four sisters while her dad served in the air force and her mom was unable to cope with his deployments. Vowing never to follow in her mom's footsteps, Kari has become a driven, successful attorney. On her way to Tokyo to rescue her best friend's wedding, she meets a cocky F-15 pilot headed to the same ceremony. When he finagles a seat next to her on the flight, she vows if he gives her any grief, she'll shove him out of the emergency exit without a parachute. Major Steve Shorner, a patriotic warrior fulfilling his lifelong dream as a fighter pilot, is finding it tough to live down a couple of practical jokes. Before he heads to Tokyo to be his buddy's best man, Steve's commander assigns him to a no-win project in Japan, and links the outcome to Steve's tryout for the Thunderbirds, the AF's elite demo team. But after a chance meeting with a beautiful redhead at the airport, Steve acquires a new goalconvince the sexy, workaholic lawyer to bend her rule against military men.

Dolphin Shore Shifters book 5She's on a mission...and it's personal. When Heather O'Donnell's younger sister is murdered, and homicide detectives fail to uncover a suspect, she abandons competitive swimming and moves to New Jersey. She stakes out her sister's former employer, a mob-run waste disposal company. But it's the sudden appearance of another investigator, a ruggedly handsome man, that sets off all her alarms-and more than a few pheromones. Before she'll act on the attraction, Heather needs to unravel his true connection to her sister's case. It's his last chance to redeem himself...no personal distractions allowed. After three disastrous missions in a row, SBW shifter and field ops agent Grus Garret returns to New Jersey determined to solve the murder of Lorelei, a shifter gunned down with her whistle-blower. Grus's gut tells him the mob boss is responsible for both deaths. But after a shocking encounter with the beautiful stranger, Grus questions his gut. Especially when it urges him to grab the human woman and hold on forever. When the mob boss decides it's personal and sends his hit man to eliminate Heather and Grus, they'll need to use their unique connection to save each other.

Dolphin shifter Conley Nash began his second three-year mission armed with a kick-ass agenda and an attitude to match. Since their team leader was killed, the men in SBW field ops have lost their nerve. Determined to restore the hard line, Conley can't wait to show them how it's done, facing down a greedy oil company in Long Beach. Until Conley meets his new partnerand finds his powers of persuasion need work.First-time shifter Betty Brett can't believe she finally made it into the male-centric field ops team. Since the first female agent was murdered, before Betty goes solo, she'll spend four months teamed with an experienced operative. But did it have to be Conley? No matter how temptingly handsome he is, Betty refuses to take grief from a trigger-happy male and certainly not one whose knuckles drag the ground.When the oil company resorts to violence protecting its illegal fracking operation, Conley finds himself out-gunned. Either he and Betty compromise, fast, or they'll be dead before they can unravel the perplexing feelings they have for each other.

The Santa Barbara Channel holds a closely guarded secretShe needed his helpCorporate physician, Dr. Libra Lewis thinks she knows what is making the males of the Shore Shifters turn violent, but she needs funding for the research, lots of money that hinges on the approval of field ops leader, Rye Walker. When one of Rye's operatives goes missing, Libra offers to barter her help for the money. But can a woman who's spent her life in the shadow of her sexy sister really work with a man like Rye?He needed a second chanceRye Walker's last mission as the leader of field ops was cut short by scandal and when no one stepped forward to support him, he resolved that in the future, he'd always go it alone. Now Rye has been reinstated, another chance to prove himself without help from anyone. But Libra has something he needs and if Rye is honest, he's finding Libra harder and harder to resist.Save Blue Water's beautiful and dedicated Dr. Libra Lewis is determined to find out what is causing increased aggression among the field ops shore shifters in Dangerous Tide: Dolphin Shore Shifters Book Three by C.J. Matthew. That puts Libra in direct contact with the handsome, virile new head of the department, Rye Walker. The action becomes intense as Libra and other board members argue about some expensive new equipment to help her study the hormone levels of the male dolphins in their human forms. To push her point, Libra agrees to help Rye, who like all dolphins has a phobia, fly from headquarters in Santa Barbara, California to Galveston, Texas where one of the field ops team members has disappeared. The two become embroiled in more than an illegal ocean dumping scheme that threatens the life of the missing agent and puts both Libra and Rye in the cross-hairs of a ruthless killer. Even with the help of another field ops team and a close connection with a local doctor at the hospital, will Rye and Libra get to the bottom of the mystery, not to mention come to terms with the increasingly intense emotions they share, without losing their lives?Dolphin Shore Shifters Book Three, Dangerous Tide by C.J. Matthew is an excellent continuation of the stories involving the work of a very public organization hiding an amazing secret. The characters are extremely well developed with a depth of emotions and physical abilities, and the action is intense as they fight their own demons to work together to not only solve a crime, but to save their lives. Realistic dialogue, just the right amount of vulnerability, and terrific sex scenes keep the pages turning as you fight the clock along with the heroes to see how everything is going to turn out. The story line stays strong in this third volume and leads you eagerly back to the book store for the next installment. I really enjoyed it and was thrilled when I got to the end and saw that there are actually two more volumes! I have become invested in the SBW mission and the happiness of the team!

DEADLY REBOOT Paladin Group Book 1 Still risking their livesThe Paladin Group. Ginger Odom has sworn to become self-reliant Until she is arrested in a small town and framed for the murder of a police officer. Seems everyone in the community wants her behind bars, regardless of the truth, so her aunt enlists the help of the Paladin Group. A team of wounded former military men and woman, now civilian lawyers and investigators, they rescue people in serious trouble. Hale Peters is determined to ignore his knee injury The former Air Force Pararescueman, wounded during a rocket attack on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, accepts his first reboot for Paladin. His missionkeep Ginger safe until he can prove her innocencebecomes a bigger challenge than expected when he and Ginger clash over who's in charge. The Devil Dogs just want to help The group of older veterans steps up to assist, but when Ginger's life is threatened by the real killer, Hale and Ginger need to work together if they hope to stay alive.