All is well in Holly Woods.
My best friend's love triangle is now a happy little circle. My sister-in-law just gave birth to my gorgeous new niece who is the world's best cuddler, and Nonna's not on my back every ten minutes about the fact we're getting married in one month.
Supposedly.
Until the mayor's niece—our baker for the wedding—commits suicide. At least, that's what the note says. My gut says we're talking a different kind of 'cide.' My gut also says I should stay well away, and in the interest of Drake's sanity, I plan to.
But when life throws you an unexpected curveball... Sometimes the best laid plans need tearing up.
Even if you don't mean to do it.
Happily ever after...
If Holly Woods survives this.
(Twined Bond is the seventh and final book in the Holly Woods Files series, and picks up roughly after the 6th book)
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“Tell that to my ovaries.”
“I think I did last night when I hugged Casey.” He winks at me.I playfully shove his chest. “It made me think. That's all.” I slide my hand down his stomach and, in a small voice, say, “I think you'd be a great dad.”
He smiles, pressing his lips to mine. “And you'll be a great mom. When you figure out how to be an adult.”
I hit him again. Much harder this time.
He laughs, stepping back and moving to the coffee machine. “Stop getting your panties in a twist over every little detail, okay, babe? Take everything one step at a time and let me help you. Instead of freaking out in your office alone, call me.”
“What if you don't answer?”
He shrugs, hitting the button on the machine. “Leave me ranty messages and I'll come with cupcakes,” he says over the gurgling of the coffee spitting into his mug.
“And just like that, he makes me forget why I was ever worried about marrying him,” I tease.
He simply looks over his shoulder, smirks, and throws me a second wink.
And an idea flies through my head.
A crazy, stupid, ridiculous idea.
The moment the coffee machine stops, the kitchen fills with silence.
One that makes my idea buzz loudly.
“Drake.”
“Mhmm?” He turns around, still stirring sugar and cream into his coffee.
“What if we did it? Got married. Eloped but kinda didn't.”
“You're confusing me now, sweetheart.”
I'm confusing myself. But still... “We're registered, right? We both have each other’s rings in the safe in the closet. Why don't we just...do it?”
He stills, but his blue eyes swing from his mug to meet my brown gaze. “Are you suggesting we blow off the ceremony, grab our rings, and go see Father Luiz right now?”
TWISTED BOND
I’m an Italian-Texan woman in a family full
of cops. I’m passionate and shoot before I think. You only f*ck with me if
you’re stupid.
Photograph cheating spouses. Hand over the
evidence. Cash my check.
That was my plan when I returned home to
Holly Woods, Texas, and became a private investigator.
Finding the dead body in my dumpster? Yeah…
Given the choice, I think I would have opted out of that little discovery,
especially since all three of my brothers are cops. And my Italian grandmother
is sure the reason I’m single is because of my job.
Of course, my connection to the victim is
entirely coincidental. Until I’m hired by her husband to investigate her murder
and shoved bang-smack into the path of Detective Drake Nash.
My nemesis, a persistent pain in my ass,
and one hell of a sexy son of a bitch.
Shame he still holds a grudge from that
time I shot him in the foot twelve years ago, or we could have something. In
another life.
So now all I have to do is avoid my nonna’s
blind dates, try not to blackmail my brothers into giving me confidential
police files, and absolutely do not point my gun at Drake Nash. Or kiss him. Or
jump his bones.
All while I hunt down the killer.
Sounds totally simple—until a second body
proves that sometimes things that start as coincidences don’t always end up
that way…
(Twisted Bond is book one of the Holly
Woods Files series and while it does not end in a cliffhanger, it is not a
standalone.)
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TANGLED BOND
One date with the sexier-than-sin Detective
Drake Nash. Simple.
Until you take into account that my brother
finally proposed to his girlfriend, so Nonna is on a warpath—and the crazy old
bat has Cupid by the balls.
The upcoming mayoral elections has everyone
running on full speed, and while I couldn’t give any less craps about the
corrupt Holly Woods mayor’s office, a dead body in the middle of a campaign
speech has me thrown right into the middle of it. The victim is close to the
mayor, but all he cares about is minimizing the damage to his campaign, so he
hires me to work alongside Drake to close the case as quickly as possible.
Bad news for our tentative relationship.
We disagree far more than we agree, but
being at loggerheads won’t get this murder solved… Or deal with the arrival of
someone from his past.
The mysteries behind the murder aren’t the
only things unraveling, and despite being knee-deep in lies and corruption and
bonds so tangled they’re almost indecipherable, I have to figure out if I’m
willing to fight for Drake the way I do justice…
Or if he’ll be my one who gets away.
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TETHERED BOND
Detective Drake Nash: hot, alpha, bossy,
and… mine.
Now, if someone could tell his ex that... I
don’t care if the summer fayre is coming to Holly Woods and she’s on the
planning committee. What I do care about is sugar-filled food, bright lights,
late nights… and danger. The type that won’t come in the form of Nonna’s new
cantankerous British parrot, Gio. (Please see the damage done to Mom’s new
curtains.)
Unfortunately, when the danger comes, it
comes in the form of something Holly Woods has never seen. The town is rocked
to its core, and once again, I’m in danger. Only this time, it isn’t because of
my clients—this time, I’m in danger because of who I am… Because of my
heritage.
And despite the HWPD’s best efforts, the
bodies keep on piling up.
Drake’s determined to protect me. I’m
determined that I can do it myself.
Danger. Mystery. Darkness. Malice.
It’ll be a miracle if any of us make it out
of this with guns unfired, cupcakes still frosted, and hearts intact…
TIED BOND
Holly Woods is going to hell in a
handbasket—but this time, Satanists aren’t to blame. Halloween is.
Nonna doesn’t understand why there are
skeletons and demons everywhere. Mom is threatening to stitch a devil into
Nonna’s pillowcase if she doesn’t shut up. Bek is bumbling over a date with
Jason, the handsome FBI agent who conveniently got himself relocated to Austin,
and I… Well. I’m considering running away to a town without the crazies.
Nothing new here.
Everything is going smoothly—too
smoothly—and I can’t shake the feeling that something is about to happen. Drake
insists I’m being paranoid… But when a body turns up at the Holly Woods
Halloween party, we have a whole lot more than a murderer to worry about.
Because the prime suspect is his mom.
And it’s my job to prove she’s innocent.
(Tied
Bond is the fourth full-length book in the Holly Woods Files series and does
not stand alone.)
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TWIRLED BOND
If I thought Holly Woods was crazy before,
I was wrong.
Devin is finally married. Nonna's on the
wedding warpath. Drake might be getting ideas. His mom just dropped a
bombshell, and Bek is caught between a hot as hell FBI agent and my super-sweet
little brother.
And I still don't have the shoe closet
Drake promised me when he moved in six months ago.
At least there's one positive: the old,
abandoned Holly Woods Theater is about to reopen, and there's nothing like a
theater opening to bring people together... And make crazy grandmothers forget
proposal agendas.
Until that theater comes with a dead body.
A very, very, very dead body.
Chaos is coming to town.
Everything I've ever known about Holly
Woods might just be about to change.
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BURNING BOND
BURNING BOND is book six of the HOLLY WOODS FILES series. While it can technically be read as a standalone, it's advised to read the first five books prior to this for full enjoyment.
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Two men, both determined to protect me.
I think I love one. I’m almost sure I’m in love with the other.
Ride or die just got a whole lot realer.
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Two men, both determined to protect me.
I think I love one. I’m almost sure I’m in love with the other.
Ride or die just got a whole lot realer.
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By day, New York Times and USA Today bestselling New Adult author Emma Hart dons a cape and calls herself Super Mum to two beautiful little monsters. By night, she drops the cape, pours a glass of whatever she fancies - usually wine - and writes books.
Emma is working on Top Secret projects she will share with her followers and fans at every available opportunity. Naturally, all Top Secret projects involve a dashingly hot guy who likes to forget to wear a shirt, a sprinkling (or several) of hold-onto-your-panties hot scenes, and a whole lotta love.
She likes to be busy - unless busy involves doing the dishes, but that seems to be when all the ideas come to life.
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