Books published by Paper Dragon Publishing

Secrets make old lovers into enemies... Nico "Gio" Giovanni has always been the black sheep, especially since he abandoned the family business-a lucrative casino on the Las Vegas strip-to become a cop. Now his dad is sick and his sister begs him to end their estrangement before it's too late.Chasing fugitives is what U.S. Marshal Madison Granger does best. She juggles single motherhood with her job, which sends her back to Sin City due to an unwanted relocation. Even worse, her current case lands her smack dab in the middle of the opulent Giovanni Casino-and ups her chances of running into her old flame.Gio has enough on his plate; he doesn't need the woman that got away messing in his family's affairs. His father has never been involved with organized crime, no matter the gossip.Maddie is petrified he'll discover her secret. Gio won't let his dad go down for something he didn't do. When they take the gamble, the cards are laid on the table and all bets are off.

Colliding on the path to catch a killer…Special Agent Taylor Carrigan takes “control freak” to the extreme. Her need for structured rigidity rules her life—and her job at the FBI. She doesn’t do emotion, so when her fiancé is murdered, she doesn’t know how to deal with the internal fallout.Antioch Police Sergeant Shannon Crowley has been intrigued with the uptight FBI agent for months. When he looks at Taylor, he sees more than the mask she hides behind.She doesn’t have time for the cop who won’t quit chasing her—she’s got chasing to do of her own. Taylor admits he calms her, but he’s a distraction she can’t afford. She’s playing a dangerous game, riding the line between revenge and justice.Keeping Shannon close could give Taylor the balance she desperately needs, but it would put something more than her case in jeopardy: her heart.  With so much on the line, is she capable of handling it?

Vowing to protect her has nothing to do with feelings. Detective Pete Crane catches a new shooting case and considers it business-as-usual. But when the lead witness is the Chief of Police's fiery assistant, he never anticipated she'd challenge him-personally and professionally.Little do they know, the shooting she and her grandmother witnessed was anything but random.Thrown together, their attraction sizzles, even though she's squarely in the hands-off zone. She makes him break every rule in his little black book.Nikki Harper has been attracted to Pete since they met two years ago. Witnessing a brutal shooting throws her into a stigma that's always been her greatest fear: a victim. She has no choice but to accept his protective custody and let him help save her and her beloved grandmother.Can Pete protect his witness and solve the case, while fighting the intense heat with Nikki?