Böcker av Vanessa M Knight

Kennedy Romero is not a murderer. Why is she the only one who believes that? Well, her and her best friend believe it. And, yes, she knows it's a little coincidental that she arrived in Vegas the same day her best friend's husband was killed. But she swears she had nothing to do with it.Unfortunately, Vegas Metro has other ideas-and they all lead to Kennedy. So instead of enjoying her vacation in Las Vegas, she's stuck smack-dab in the middle of a murder investigation. What she would give for an all-you-can-eat buffet and watching her best friend's soccer team play a match. But no. Instead of hitting the casinos, she's trying to interview the players of the Vegas Victory FC and wishing she wasn't the main suspect.The body is growing as cold as the trail of the murderer. But if she doesn't find the killer soon, Metro will be giving her a red card and she'll be sitting in jail. Permanently.

Harper Lange is a grade schoolteacher with a secret. Well, since her husband passed away, she hasn't been to the DeVout swinger's club-so her secret life has dried up to Harry Potter binges and Merlot. Clubs are no fun without her husband by her side. When Las Vegas' finest knock on her door reopening her husband's case, she finds herself back at DeVout trying to figure out who would want to kill her husband. Kill her husband. She never thought she'd be thinking those words, let alone interrogating her friends. With everything going on, she should be hiding in the corner with a full bottle of wine and a box of donuts, like a normal person. Instead, she's roaming around the streets of Las Vegas getting hot and bothered with Detective Alex Cabrero-heavy on the bothered. The man can't seem to understand that she'd want to find answers, and she'll go wherever the information leads-even if it means she has to drag the detective along.Harper's getting close to the killer. She needs to figure it out before she becomes the next victim.

"After all the times my mom told me to save for a rainy day...Who would've thought the rainy day would come in the form of a dead guy named Donnie?" Roxy Horne is a process server-not that tracking down people and giving them paperwork is her life dream-but it feeds her cake obsession. Oh, and it pays the bills. Her dream of being a Private Investigator is far out of reach. But never once, even when serving to a slime ball who wouldn't pay child support, did she expect to find a dead body. Now her life is crazier than the cacti being launched at her car.There is an upside. While serving a subpoena she's connected with her high school infatuation, Rafe Amato. If the name doesn't tell you how hot the man is, his abs will do it. All ten of them. Rafe might be an ex-cop, but his mind hasn't gotten the memo. He thinks like a cop, he acts like a cop, and he annoys her like a cop. Her upside doesn't feel so up anymore.When the Las Vegas Police name her suspect number one, Roxy is inches away from losing her job, her home, and her freedom. She needs help. And she'll take any help she can find-even if it comes from the man who drives her crazy one mile at a time.

The final showdown may mean losing it all.Julie Connolly thought she had perfected the art of emotional eating, but ever since she learned of her father''s passing, she''s taken it to new heights. The bastard has figured out how to destroy her life from the grave. Her father''s proposal-abandon her son Cody, so someone else can raise him, or lose her inheritance. The outrageous condition doesn''t deserve a response but the lawyer her father hired demands an answer. Before she can tell the ambulance-chaser exactly where he can shove his demands, her worst fears come alive: Cody is kidnapped. Her only hope comes from Ben Mooring, a man she hates nearly as much as her father.  Though Ben Mooring lost his chance with Julie years ago, she and Cody still mean the world to him. He practically raised the kid for years when he was with Julie. When Cody goes missing, Ben drops everything to search for him. He might never win a spot in Julie''s life again, but he can''t rest while Cody is in danger and Julie needs him. Julie and Ben join forces to find Cody, but they have to work quickly. Their chances of finding him diminish the longer he''s missing. She trusts him with her son''s life but can she trust him with her heart?

Egged house, keyed cars, and lawsuits all behind her, Karina Wolfe needs to bury her past deep beneath the skeletons in her closet. No one can ever find out what she did. No one.Her freshman year at Ritter University is the perfect opportunity to re-invent a better, shinier, more responsible Karina. Her goal? Keep her head down and stay away from the thing that screwed up her life in the first place—guys. It shouldn’t be that hard, in theory. If only Ryan Kent wasn't so darn gorgeous.Ryan Kent is the poster child for responsibility. He’s always done what’s expected of him. He didn’t have much choice. But now that his mother's cancer is under control, he finally feels free. Almost. If he could only convince his dad to trust him to make his own choices, life would be good. If he could get Karina to take a chance on him, life would be perfect.Ryan doesn't know what Karina did before they met. Karina doesn't know how to protect Ryan. When taking chances collide with trust, can what happens in college endure, or will it stay in college?

Heartbreak and danger follow wherever she goes, but can his love save her before her past destroys their future?Brooklyn Southby has everything she’s ever wanted—partnership in a law firm, a beautiful house in the suburbs, and a wonderful boyfriend. Well, ex-boyfriend. Her heart troubles are the least of her problems, though, when her first case comes back to haunt her in the form of an angry, sadistic man with bad hair.Joe Perretti deals with his own issues the only way he knows how—hiding behind his work. As a homicide detective with the Chicago Police Department, there’s never enough hours in the day for a social life or a woman, at least until he’s given the task of protecting Brooklyn Southby.Business and pleasure collide as his life becomes all about keeping her safe, whether she likes it or not.Will they find love, or will they be destroyed by a man who is stark raving mad?