Bayou Bounty Hunters

Miranda Wyatt will do anything to find her children after her abusive ex-husband kidnaps them whisks them off to parts unknown. The cops won't help, because Harper comes off as a nice guy. A family man. He impressed the youth court judge with his fast talk, and the man gave him joint custody. So Miranda is forced to beg a private investigator to go after her kids. Riley Magee started Bayou Bounty Hunters, Inc. because he likes helping people, but he isn't a law breaker. So when a distraught mother asks him to find her kidnapped kids but tells him her ex-husband has joint custody, he refuses to help. Then he learns Harper has abused her in the past and changes his mind... only to balk again when Miranda insists on going with him. Time is running out. Miranda fears that Harper may take the kids out of the country, so when Riley refuses to help, she decides to go after them alone. A phone call from Miranda's terrified son causes Riley to change his mind again, as long as she promises to stay out of his way and let him do his job. To bring the children home safely, the two of them must forge a workable peace... a difficult, if not impossible, task.

Laura Leigh Bennett, a former debutant used to the finer things in life, is accused of a crime she swears she didn't commit. In an effort to clear her name, she jumps bail and goes on the run like a common criminal. Her goal is to stay clear of the law and find the person she believes shot Gerald Wayne, but a wise-ass bounty hunter soon catches her and sends her life spiraling even further out of control. Gideon Blake has been bored since he left the military. He has family money, so he doesn't have to work, but he relies on the contract jobs Bayou Bounty Hunters, Inc. throws his way to keep him out of trouble. So when Ryder calls needing a man to hunt down a woman who's jumped bail, Gideon agrees. He catches the former debutante, but before he can haul her back to jail, the two are trapped together by a terrible storm. The electricity arcing between Laura Leigh and Gideon is as powerful as the lightning popping outside. Laura Leigh feels that visceral pull and uses it in an attempt to convince Gideon to help prove her innocence before he takes her back to jail. Gideon must decide if he'll stick to his guns or sacrifice his integrity for a woman he's just met.

Gemma Wade has always followed the letter of the law, so when her boss accuses her of embezzlement, she's floored. Then her boss turns up dead, and Gemma is accused of murdering the woman. She goes on the run to clear her name and is forced to turn to the one man she knows she can trust-the same man whose heart she had broken seven years ago at her family's insistence.Ryder Magee is a loose cannon who lost his job as a cop in coastal Biloxi, Mississippi. He now works for his twin brother as a bounty hunter and private investigator. His latest task is to pick up his ex-girlfriend on a fugitive warrant. She swears she's being framed, but he doesn't believe her until someone tries to murder her, forcing the two of them to flee.Gemma and Ryder must band together in order to save themselves-and somehow, despite the cloud of danger hanging over them, find their way back to each other in a heartfelt reunion.