The last time Jersey Barnes tried to quit her career as a security specialist and leave home without a weapon, she ended up in the middle of a high-stakes cover-up and a scheme to steal millions from hardworking Americans. This time her early retirement is for real. Friends threw her a party to prove it. There was a cake and everything.But out of the blue, her former handler shows up with other ideas. When Jersey tells him she doesn't want an assignment---even if does come with an upfront hazard-pay bonus---he reminds her of a clause in the contract she signed back when she was first recruited to work for the government: a pesky paragraph that says she can be recalled into service at any time.With boating and golfing plans on hold yet again, Jersey straps on her weapon of choice and goes undercover to help root out a terrorist threat---only to learn that another more sinister plot is in the works. And things aren't any more relaxing at home, either....

Men from her past keep reappearing in her life, and hard-hitting security specialist Jersey Barnes can't seem to enjoy early retirement. This time it's her former handler Ashton, back from when she worked for the government. There has been some high frequency chatter targeting the Sunny Point Ammunitions Depot, and they want Jersey to be a set of eyes and ears by serving breakfast from the "roach coach"—a mobile food vending cart.Unwittingly thrown back in action, Jersey unveils the suspected threat but meanwhile, discovers a much larger and much more sinister plot in the works. Jersey must save herself from assassins, interrupt a glitterati wedding, stop the bad guys from distributing a tainted product, keep her trouble-making father and his poker buddies out of jail, investigate a budding romance, and maybe—just maybe—retire.

Why is it so hard for Jersey Barnes to retire? When a state supreme judge calls in a favor, she tells herself (again) that this is her last case. She must investigate the judge’s brother, Morgan, and his newly-inherited business. When Jersey realizes the DEA is checking on Morgan, too, she finds herself in the middle of a 20-year- old mystery and a drug ring investigation.Still checking up on her geriatric father and his trouble-making friends, negotiating the steamy friendship/relationship with her bartender Ox, and dodging the flirtacious sparks flying back and forth with the cute DEA agent, Jersey begins to wonder if retirement is ever in her future.

Immerse yourself in the magical port city atmosphere of Wilmington, North Carolina, and visit The Block—a historic building situated on the Cape Fear River that serves as a grill and pub downstairs and cozy living quarters upstairs. But don't get too comfortable, because when the sexy and hard-hitting security specialist Jersey Barnes stumbles into a scheme that will steal millions of dollars from American taxpayers, you'll want to go along for the ride!Who has kidnapped the son of Samuel Chesterfield, celebrity owner of a nationally known brokerage firm chain? Who plans to steal a fortune from innocent, hard-working citizens? And why do people around Samuel Chesterfield keep dropping dead?

Jaxie Parker works for one of the best ad agencies in Atlanta and and thrives in the upscale fast lane. She loves everything about the big city including her power-packed days and party-filled nights. But life as she knows it comes to a screetching halt when the boss puts her in charge of the firm's annual pro bono project, which is to revitalize a small town. Unfortunately, Rumton, South Carolina doesn't have a mall or nightclub, much less a nail salon. For that matter, there's no hotel, either. Jaxie ends up rooming with an old man in an even older house that he shares with a dog and a thieving raccoon.Just when Jaxie thinks that she's landed in a dreadfully uneventful place, things heat up pretty fast. There's much more to Rumton than meets the eye. Sexy men. A sinister plot to steal from the town. A raging wind storm. Quirky townspeople. And loads of astonishing pirate history. It all adds up to some major Carolina booty!"Ocean's latest is delightful and entertaining."...

Sherwood, a recent college grad with an accounting degree, is desperate for a job. But she hates numbers and wants to do anything but accounting. After moving to Virginia, she applies for an activities job at the Great Wings retirement community – even though her qualifications are nonexistent. Against all logic, the director hires Sherwood, pending a week-long trial period.Jane Sullivan has a group of forty-six seniors heading to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for bus tour and they need a group leader. Sherwood happily accepts, thinking that it will be like a free vacation. After all, she told the director, seniors are no different than anyone else. They're just older.But Sherwood's visions of bliss vanish when she realizes she's in over her head. Her group is demanding and crabby. One of them goes missing. And to complicate things, the bus driver turns out to be a college study buddy who has lost the nerdy glasses and now looks totally hot in his uniform.