I Got Your Back,
Hailey
By June Kramin
Editor: Erica Ellis
Cover Designer: Valerie Kramin
Page Number: 300
Genre: Romantic suspense/thriller
Content Warning: language – low heat rating
Out April 7, 2014
When Hailey stumbles upon a backpack full of money on her nightly jog, she is forced to flee the security of her secret identity. Although the sudden appearance of a man that had been flirting with her earlier seems odd, Hailey accepts Parker’s help in getting the heavy bag home. Within moments of arriving, they escape under gunfire. The men it was intended for want it back, and Hailey has now made herself a target. Safe in a motel room, the two of them discover the truth: although their meeting was an accident, Parker had been involved in the bag’s drop and she had been his assignment all along. Now, getting Hailey away safely is Parker’s new mission. Together they struggle to put together the pieces of Hailey’s past and discover that they have more in common than they thought.
“Exactly what is the plan here?” I asked after another long sip of beer.
“I’m not exactly sure now. The money is definitely not going to do what it was supposed to, and you have no business being involved in all of this.”
“Pardon me, but that’s your fault.”
“Let’s not do this again, okay? Are you forgetting I chose you over the money?”
My eyes lowered. “No. I’m really not sure of the etiquette on how many times I’m supposed to thank you for that.”
“Let’s drop it. What’s done is done. I need to figure out what to do from here. How to get back on track and get you somewhere safe.” I walked over to the small refrigerator for another beer. “Parker? Is there a chance I can make a phone call?”
“That depends. You going to try to signal for help?”
“No. I…I think I need to let my mom know I’m okay. She normally calls me on Saturdays for an update. I’m worried she’ll think something is wrong if I don’t call soon.”
“We’ll go get you your makeup or whatever you want, and I’ll get a new throwaway phone. You can call her from that. No giving away anything about our location.”
I was getting tired of all this cloak-and-dagger shit. It was wearing on my last nerve. “Who exactly is following you? What was the money for, Parker? Or Gavin. Whatever your name is! This is no longer funny! You think they’d tap my mother’s phone?” I rushed his chair and landed both hands hard on his chest. He grasped my wrists and held them tight as he stood.
“Whoa! Why would you think someone would want you back so bad as to post someone on your mother?”
I shook my arms, trying to get free. “Let me go.”
“You going to be civil?”
“Yes. Please let me go.”
Too nervous now to return to the chair, I stood and peered out of the crack in the curtain. “I need to know something and I need the truth.” I faced him, needing to look into his eyes. The eyes always give it away.
“Fire away.” He motioned that I should carry on with a wave of his hand.
“I think I tripped on this money by accident, but I need to know if I was set up.”
“You? Set up? Why do you think you were set up? How could I have possibly pulled that off?”
“Things just don’t add up. We flee under gunfire…you save me but don’t take the money…”
“Back up. What do you know that you think someone would pay a million bucks for?”
“More like kill me for it.”
Travel Time
Romance Series
September 5, 2014
Kaitlyn thought she
was happy with her life. Her veterinary practice successful, and a “boy toy” to
keep her satisfied. At least until the night she turns thirty, when the
inevitable biological clock starts to tick. Convincing herself that he is
simply not father material, she decides to let him go. Dusty refuses to leave
without a fight, and fate strongly agrees. After an unsuccessful breakup, she
wakes up once again in Dusty’s arms, only he’s not the same man. He’s an older
version…and their child is crying from the next room. Dusty is the constant
thread, determined to win her over in every time frame, as she wakes each day
in her past or an alternate future. Seeing a whole new side to him and knowing
that they were truly meant to be, she allows herself to finally love him.
Knowing she has to have fixed what was wrong, she expects it all to stop; only
it doesn’t. Battling her frustrations daily, Kaitlyn desperately searches for
the answers that will bring her time traveling to an end.
September 23, 2014
Upset over a
horrible twist that fate has thrown Katie’s best friend, Dusty is determined to
find a way to right this horrible wrong. After years of being afraid to even
mention his name, Dusty goes in search of Frank, the one person who helped
Katie through her time traveling torment. When he discovers Katie can’t go back
in time again, but he can, he takes the chance to do for Courtney what Katie
had done for his sister: Save her life. He quickly finds out that things are
not going to be as easy as he thought. Getting Katie to fall for him all over
again is a challenge he wasn’t prepared to take on. Having the knowledge of
Katie’s time traveling helps somewhat, but Frank’s assistance doesn’t prove as
helpful as it was for her. Being sent to altered timelines, as Katie had been,
are equally frustrating for him. But finding out Frank’s identity was the most
surprising “trip” of all.
Romantic
Thriller/Suspense Series
February
26, 2015
Hunt is a small town Sheriff who finds himself in for
more than he bargained for when he discovers Mandy beaten and unconscious.
After repeated attempts of escaping him, he finds himself now her captive
instead. Mandy convinces him she’s after her husband who has kidnapped their
daughter and will stop at nothing to find her. Although his instincts tell him
differently, Hunt becomes involved with her and agrees to help. What he doesn’t
know is there is no child. Mandy is hiding her involvement with the FBI and the
mob, and after revenge. Hunt is in over his head tracking her husband to the
isolated cabin and the backlash it causes a year later.
March
6, 2015
After a move and
name change, Amanda thought her days with dealing with the FBI and Mob were
over. Her past comes back to haunt her as Eddie, the right hand man of the
kingpin himself, tracks her down, claiming to need her help. Amanda’s instinct
is to refuse, until she discover what it is he needs. The return of the
kingpin’s son, Angelo. Vince Menusco’s men are being killed off with no
explanation of who is behind it. Learning of Angelo’s disappearance is enough
for Amanda to agree return to the streets of New York and help find him.
Against her wishes, Hunt goes along to help. Even after getting Angelo to
safety, Eddie refuses to free Amanda from their deal. Threatening her family,
he insists she puts an end to the killings. Finding out who is causing them and
why was more than Mandy was prepared to deal with.
Romantic
Suspense
January 16, 2015
Unable to make it
home in a snowstorm, Ellie seeks shelter at an old farmhouse. When the owner’s
grandson shows up and happens to be the man she had given the brush off to
twice, it takes all they have not to kill each other during the snowed-in days
that follow. The last thing Ellie plans on is the relationship outlasting the
storm. Bix’s persistence at a relationship and attempts to help her at her job
with his computer skills proves to be more than Ellie can continue to push
away. She finds herself where she never wanted to be after losing her fiancé a
year ago. In love again. When Ellie’s twin sister shows up and puts all their
lives at risk, they must now weather a different kind of storm together.
Romance Series
April
17, 2013
Trying to get his
bearings on an unfamiliar street and not paying attention, Jeremy slams his
brakes to avoid hitting the most beautiful bride he has ever seen. When
Danielle climbs in his truck, he assumes she’s in a hurry to get to her
wedding; he didn’t realize she was escaping one. He agrees to let her return to
his apartment so she can call for help, only she refuses to leave. As the days
pass, Jeremy finds it harder to fight off her passes and claims of falling in
love with him. Besides having almost ten years on her, Jeremy discovers the
family secret she had been trying to hide. How could the daughter of a
billionaire settle for a plumber living paycheck to paycheck? Despite every
tactic her father throws at her and an ex-fiancé who refuses to let her go,
Dani stakes her claim to the only thing she has ever truly wanted in her life
and fights to make Jeremy hers.
August
28, 2014
Constant thoughts
of the one night he and April shared together years ago refuse to stop haunting
Devon. Knowing Wyatt is truly his son only confuses his already mixed emotions.
He has no choice but to confront April, hoping to make sense of it all. In
trying to sort things out, Devon’s life takes a complete about face. The
lifestyle he loved no longer makes sense without the woman he used to feel was
beneath his family: the woman who was also the sister of Jeremy, the man he
once despised. Only months ago, he would have done anything to prevent his own
sister, Dani, from marrying Jeremy. Now, the tables are turned and he
desperately wants the man’s approval to date his sister. No other woman will
satisfy him; no vacation spot is far enough away to forget her. His thoughts
always return to April. He has to have her. And Devon is not accustomed to not
getting what he wants. Determined to win her over, Devon stops at nothing to
show her how much he needs her in his life. When throwing his money around
doesn’t work, he severely ups the stakes. Winning over Wyatt is easy; getting
Jeremy and April to see that he’s changed is a lot harder than Devon ever
imagined.
Guaranteed Tear
Jerker
March 14, 2013
Regina was determined to keep the secrets from her
past buried. She had her reasons for keeping her distance from men, but Donovan
refused to play by her rules. Giving into her heart and marrying him, Regina
finally began to feel whole again. When an injury ultimately claims his life,
she moves a few states away to a small town where she couldn’t be reminded of
him everywhere she turned. Trying to live her life in isolation, she wasn’t
prepared for what the humble cabin next door would bring her. Reggie is not
sure she will be able to overcome the horrible twist fate has thrown her way.
Inspired by True
Events
(Hard to label – tragedy but a romantic element)
January 31, 2014
While trying to rebuild her life after a horrible
breakup, a troubled call from Veronica’s mother about her best friend's
disappearance brings her back home to Maui. When a body is eventually found,
Veronica withdraws from everyone, including her online forum – her one solace.
Over a peaceful sunset, a friend who she only knows by his avatar and user name
appears. Although confused as to why he flew to be with her, she allows his
interruption to her misery. Hoping that playing tour guide will be a
distraction, their daily drives through the all too familiar scenery only
succeeds in causing more memories to surface. Veronica thought dealing with the
murder of her best friend would be the hardest thing she'd have to overcome.
She was proven wrong when she discovered she had to deal with the fact that the
murder would never be solved.
Romance:
Stand-alone Titles
March
14, 2013
When Char receives
the news that she has been promoted to partner, she should be ecstatic.
Instead, she is in Puerto Rico, having fled there after finding her husband in
bed with another woman, her dreams of starting a family shattered. Andy, her
boss, unaware of what has happened, tracks her down to bring her back home.
Encouraged by the tropical heat, the peaceful surroundings and the unending
allure of water, they are soon drawn to each other in a way they had never
experienced before. Char knows that her marriage is over. She also knows that
an office romance is not what she wants. Her heart and his actions, tell her
otherwise. Char consistently pushes Andy away, trying to keep some semblance of
order in her now-crazy life. Getting through one last major account becomes her
focus; then she can concentrate on her future and her independence. Her plans
are on track, until she discovers an unexpected souvenir from Puerto Rico.
April 23, 2015
After a terrible
car accident, Laura’s memories of the life she and Steve shared since childhood
are gone. They return to their home and routine, in hopes that her memories
will come back on their own. Steve is determined to do whatever it takes to win
back her love and get back on schedule with their wedding as planned---memories
or not. His intentions are to keep things simple, though the days that follow
are anything but routine. Although Steve is willing to try almost anything,
there is a big part of their past that he keeps from her, afraid that it could
do more harm than good. When a talent agent from Laura’s past show up, Steve is
forced to confront the secret he’s been hiding and convince Laura to pursue a
dream she claims she doesn’t want.
Wife,
Mother, Writer, Lunatic. Not necessarily in that order.
"There
is a fine line between genius and crazy... I like to use that line as a jump
rope!"
June,
who prefers to go by Bug, was born in Philadelphia but moved to Maui, Hawaii
when she was four. She met her “Prince Charming” on Kauai and is currently
living “Happily Ever After” in a small town in Minnesota.
Her
son and daughter are her greatest accomplishments. She takes pride in
embarrassing them every chance she gets. Being hopelessly addicted to 80's
music is her super power.
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