Kristen Ashley
1) Rock chick
Ava Barlow hates men. She has reason and she's vowed not only never to get involved with another man again, but also to exact vengeance on her best friend's lying, cheating, rat-bastard husband. Since Luke Stark, Ava's childhood crush, is now a badass mother, she thinks to enlist him, but changes her mind at the last second.
Too late.
Luke knows she's up to something and he's already seen many a Rock Chick try to fight her own battles
..."Ashley masterfully delivers part procedural, part whodunit, part romance in this dark, engrossing thriller…THE GIRL IN THE WOODS continues to prove why Kristen Ashley is a master of her craft, who can write any genre with prowess." – Vilma, Vilma Iris
This body would be the last for Zachariah Lazarus…
The Crystal Killer's latest casualty was discovered in a sleepy town in the Pacific Northwest, Misted Pines.
His years
Jessie Wylde is on a secret mission. She's trying to find her brother. She hasn't told her friends; this is about family.
She doesn't think it's dangerous.
Eric Turner disagrees.
Eric is a member of the Nightingale Investigations and Security team. Therefore, Eric knows what he's talking about.
Eric isn't only badass, he's also a seriously gorgeous guy, and Jessie has a huge crush on him. She doesn't think he knows she exists…until
Roxie Logan is on the run from a bad boyfriend who just will not catch a hint that it is o-v-e-r. She's not in the mood for love at first sight.
Unfortunately, her eyes fall on Hank Nightingale, and she knows it's trouble from the get-go.
Roxie tries to hold Hank at arm's length, but Hank wants to be a lot closer (as in, a lot a lot). Roxie's trouble catches up with her and Hank wants to help, but Roxie knows in her heart that she's
...Sadie Townsend is known by all as The Ice Princess, and she's worked hard to earn her reputation. Her father, a now-incarcerated Drug Lord, has kept her under his thumb her whole life, and she's learned enough from living in his world to give everyone the cold shoulder.
But one inebriated night, she shows Hector the Real Sadie, and he knows he'll stop at nothing to have her.
Hector Chavez makes one (huge) mistake: he waits for Sadie to come
Jet McAlister has a secret. Eddie Chavez has the hots for Jet (not to mention Eddie's just plain hot). Jet's got too many problems to cotton on that Eddie's interested. Eddie's trying to be patient, but he loses that when Jet ends her night shift at a strip club with a knife at her throat.
Since Eddie's a cop, he figures he can help. Since Jet's used to solving everyone's problems, she doesn't want Eddie's help.
Oh, and there's also the fact
13) Smoke and Steel
She wasn't a white dress type of girl…
Hellen Moynihan didn't have dreams. She had goals. She knew who she was and what she wanted. She also knew what she didn't. So when her long-term boyfriend didn't make the grade, she moved on. And when her best friend's boyfriend showed signs of being a scam artist, Hellen was on the case.
And he wasn't a white hat type of guy…
Dustin "Hardcore" Cutler didn't have dreams or goals. A troubled
Stella Gunn is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the Blue Moon Gypsies and Stella used to be Mace's girl. But Kai "Mace" Mason ended things and the loss of him rocked her world.
One night, Stella gets a call, late (again), from one of the members of her crazy band. She has to go play clean up (again), runs into Mace (and a shed load of police) and ends up getting shot.
Mace finds he doesn't like it much that his ex-girlfriend got shot
15) Loose Ends
Tying up…Loose Ends
In Kristen Ashley's first anthology, readers will find three short stories and two novellas taking them back to characters and series in the Kristen Ashley universe.
No Clue, a short story – Visit with Joe and Vi from At Peace of The 'Burg series and learn how Joe breaks up a fight between his sons, what Ryker's up to and why, exactly, his wife Violet has no clue.
The Stars Aligned, a novella – The