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Heather Ames
Heather Ames writes series and stand-alone mystery/suspense, psychological suspense, romantic suspense and romances. She has been published by small presses as well as choosing to self-publish.
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High school English teacher, Gerilyn Hampton wants to make a permanent move to the music department and coach the concert band to victory in the state competition. She dreams of marriage and a family, but has very high standards and wants nothing less than a knight in shining armor to make all her dreams come true. But she takes on more than she could ever have imagined when she begins a relationship with ex-rock musician John Price Maitland. John brings plenty of baggage with him: a custody battle with his ex-wife over his six year old daughter and a dispute with his manager over his decision to pursue a different career path. Most importantly for Geri, he carries a deep fear of commitment. Geri’s pedantic high school principal hates rock music and is looking for any excuse to shut down the music department for good. Can Geri overcome all the obstacles in both her private and professional lives, mesh the disparate halves and ride off into the sunset with a knight who wears tails and tennis shoes? She will have to pull off a hat trick to do so, but first she has to throw out all her dowdy, conservative outfits along with her preconceived ideas about rock stars and learn to fight for what she wants and believes in, whatever the cost...
THE SWEETEST SONG
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Crystal Penney and Cody Blye have more to worry about than half-ownership in an Arizona ghost town. Besides a gold rush, a skeleton in the hotel’s attic closet and a hidden stash of gold doubloons, there’s the matter of their old love affair. But their unresolved differences may have to wait. There’s a murderer in Cactus Station, and Cody’s under suspicion.
ALL THAT GLITTERS
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Leaving New York's world of haute couture and a bitter divorce in her rear-view mirror, Carissa Yates claims an unexpected inheritance, a lighthouse in Maine, after her aunt dies in a freak accident. Carissa soon learns that a copyright dispute and a vengeful and manipulative ex-husband aren't the only problems she has to deal with in her new life at Treacher's Cove. The local realtor is pushing her to sell the lighthouse to a developer, her aunt's death is looking less and less like an accident, and the villagers are hiding their own dark secrets. Someone starts playing scary pranks on Carissa, her ex moves to the Cove, and two local men want relationships with her for very different reasons. Carissa's in for a very bumpy ride, especially when she draws the attention of a psychotic killer with a grudge.
NIGHT SHADOWS
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Waking up with a stranger and a rose tattoo on her thigh isn't the worst thing that happens to socialite and supper club owner, Kaylen Roberts. It pales in comparison when she's pursued and terrorized by a Miami drug cartel looking for incriminating evidence they believe her boyfriend, Tim Madison left with her. The stranger isn't random, either. Brian Swift is Tim's half-brother and a Miami homicide detective on suspension, accused of taking bribes. He's frequently in hot water for protecting Tim and using investigation methods that walk a fine line between what's legal and what isn't, but even his talents are put to the test when Tim goes missing. Brian not only has to take Kaylen as an unlikely partner, but he also embarks on a hell-bent trip down memory lane to follow convoluted clues left by his brother. The trail leads him on a journey that could cost him his life.
INDELIBLE
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Brian Swift finds himself fighting more than criminals when a slow-healing injury and an invasive psychologist put his position as a homicide detective with Miami-Dade Police Department in jeopardy. His relationship with socialite and supper club owner Kaylen Roberts also moves onto rocky ground when she takes on a consultancy position for charming young would-be restaurateur, Ziggy Stavros. Brian tries to solve the decades-old cold case murder of a fellow boat owner’s son while Kaylen suffers more than lingering PTSD when her former mentor, Sam Wilson returns with blackmail on his mind.
A SWIFT BRAND OF JUSTICE
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Miami Detective Brian Swift is determined to bring his brother’s killers to justice. But achieving this goal becomes increasingly difficult as he undermines his relationship with socialite supper club owner Kaylen Roberts by breaking a solemn promise never to lie to her again.
SWIFT RETRIBUTION
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