New Releases by Debra Webb

TESS GERRITSEN’S Never Say Die Willy Jane Maitland traveled to Saigon to uncover what had happened to her father, missing in action twenty years ago. Instead she found intrigue—and murder. Only the rumpled and irreverent ex-soldier Guy Barnard seemed willing to help. But as Willy was about to discover, even Guy had his hidden motives, his shocking secrets…and Vietnam was a dangerous place to fall in love. DEBRA WEBB’S No Way Back Michal Arad wanted vengeance when he kidnapped former CIA agent Ami Donovan, claiming she’d posed as his lover to set him up as an assassin. But Ami had amnesia and no way of knowing the truth…until Michal took her in his arms. In spite of her fear, Ami sensed Michal wasn’t a ruthless killer, but the man she’d once loved…and the father of her child.

With one of Texas''s most heinous serial killers still on the loose, it''s Colby agent Joel Hayden''s sworn duty to protect single mom Laney Seagers. Getting a job at Laney''s High Noon bar is easy for Joel...but gaining the trust of the fiercely independent beauty is considerably harder. Amid escalating danger, Joel struggles to safeguard the shattering family secret that could destroy all Laney has ever known. As he witnesses her world starting to unravel, how can he protect her without revealing what he knows? A lifelong bachelor, Joel learns a new lesson on the job: protecting Laney from violence may be easier than protecting her heart.

Forbidden captor: "Bounty hunter Bryce Martin had fallen into enemy hands and was now imprisoned. His only hope of escape was his beautiful and mysterious keeper, Anastasiya. But could Bryce outsmart his foes without sacrificing his most precious ally?"--Page 4 of cover.

It was supposed to be a simple assignment—follow a woman. As an operative with the elite team of Equalizers, Dakota Garrett had faced hell and lived. So why was he left with dead bodies, a kidnap victim and a damsel in distress? Wannabe Colby agent Lucky Malone was in over her head. Only the dark stranger could save her and her kidnapped boss. But like Lucky, Dakota had demons that haunted him, a past that shadowed him. And this case forced him to face his biggest fear. Lucky would give anything to help the man she''d come to love, but her fate was in Dakota''s hands. Could he play the role he''d always avoided—hero?

"I need your help. Please." And with those words, tough-guy Jonathan Foley melted. It had been years since he''d seen the only woman to climb his wall of solitude…months since he''d joined an elite team of operatives called the Equalizers and hidden away his secrets. But now Melissa Shepherd needed him—and there was no denying her. Melissa''s niece was missing and she knew only Jonathan could see past the lies in her small Alabama hometown and find Polly. Searching alongside the man she''d loved and lost would prove difficult…and downright dangerous. But she''d have to—because for the little girl, time was running out….

In this romantic suspense from a USA Today bestseller, a desperate single mother turns to a rogue agent to protect her and her son from a brutal killer. She''d heard his heart was as hard as his honed body and as cold as the steel of his gun. But the man called Sloan was Rachel Larson''s last hope. She had nowhere left to hide from her son''s father—a cold-blooded assassin, and Sloan''s deadliest enemy. So she would face this lone wolf in his lair and plead for his help . . . Ex-agent Sloan lived only to take down the man who''d killed all he loved. Now a desperate, desirable woman offered him that chance on a silver platter. Vengeance was his—if he could keep Rachel and her son from invading the fortress around his heart. . . .

A female cop is on a mission to bring her murdered friend''s child home in this crime thriller from a USA Today– bestselling author. Her best friend''s killer was dead, and so was Kayla Ryan''s best lead to find her friend''s missing child. But the determined police lieutenant didn''t have it in her to give up. Now she would join forces with a secretive detective to find the people who''d sent the assassin and bring them to justice. Her life—and all those she loved—depended on exposing a chilling conspiracy. And she couldn''t shake the feeling that someone was watching her every move. Could the enemy be closer than Kayla had ever suspected?

Lauren Whitmore had heard the wild rumors about the man on her doorstep. But none of them prepared her for Gray Longwalker. His proud Native American features stole her breath, but it was his eyes that stopped Lauren''s heart. Deep, honest and gray as his name--an exact match to those of the little girl Lauren loved and was to adopt as her own. As soon as he learned she existed, Gray rushed to claim his child. Except he hadn''t expected a long-limbed vixen to stand in his way. And as tension between him and Lauren heated to a dangerous attraction the lone warrior faced his greatest fear--forgetting the beauty before him was the enemy....

Ty Cooper had never been anything more than a big brother to Leanne Watley. Until he returned from his business trip. One look and pow! Leanne''s heart couldn''t stop pounding. One kiss and swoon! she was floored with desire.... Who was this man who claimed to be Ty Cooper? Dex Montgomery hadn''t planned to fall in love. Especially not with his twin brother''s beautiful neighbor. The sweetest young woman in Montana was a breath of fresh air to the big-city doctor. But Leanne thought she was falling for the man she was expected to marry. Could Dex stop himself before he lost his heart forever?

A single mother turns to a face from her past to find her missing son in this romantic suspense thriller by a USA Today–bestselling author. He''d been fully prepared to give his life to protect hers . . . And that''s what it had almost cost bodyguard Nick Foster. Laura Proctor was more than a job to Nick—and they had unfinished business. For two years Laura was suspected dead. Nick hadn''t believed it. But he also couldn''t believe she''d had a baby in that time . . . with anyone else but him. Laura would trust Nick with her life, but not with her secret. And she wouldn''t go back to Jackson, Mississippi, with him and leave her child in the hands of a kidnapper. Somehow, she had to convince Nick that her baby was missing, but that the child wasn''t his. Because the closer he got to the truth, the more danger would come to them all.

Performing facial reconstruction surgeries for the CIA, Dr. Elizabeth Cameron provided new identities for agents whose covers had been blown. But someone wanted one in particular dead--and now she was in jeopardy. Her only hope rested on the too-broad shoulders of Agent Joe Hennessy--the one man she swore never to set eyes on again. Suddenly it became clear that Elizabeth was the pawn in a treasonous conspiracy--and as the danger around her escalated, she could no longer resist her sexy protector....

Court Brody knew his assignment to infiltrate a secret militia organization didn''t allow for any mistakes. But the stakes became higher when he found himself faced with Sabrina Korbett—his former flame who''d stumbled into the wrong place at the worst possible moment. Working undercover, he had to keep his distance and his agenda hidden from the one woman he''d always loved. Then he discovered her secret—she''d never told him he was a father. Although he''d missed his baby''s birth, Court vowed to be there for his toddler son forevermore. But with his cover nearly blown, could Court survive long enough to keep his family out of harm''s way?

My teaching career ended and my fiancé walkedout. I survived—and learned to lip-read. I grewvery good at it. Maybe too good. So here I am,two years later, starting my new life as a coldcasefile clerk turned undercover agent forthe police.My task: Infiltrate the mansion of a ruthlesscrime boss and read his deadly plans off hislips. My contact to the outside world: DetectiveSteven Barlow, a tough cop who''s convincedI''m on a suicide mission. And in a way, he''sright—because if I''m caught, I''ll be deadwithout ever hearing the bad guys coming....

The first note is a warning—a bone-chilling reminder that Alabama Police Detective Adeline Cooper can run from her darkest, deadliest memories, but she can never escape a demented killer''s wrath. The second note is a threat... The first victim disappeared near Adeline''s hometown in Mississippi—and she won''t be the last. Believing she is the killer''s ultimate target, Adeline decides to go back to work side-by-side with a sheriff she once loved...Now she will meet face-to-face the criminals she brought down—and fight the obsessed killer who craves her death...

Mission: Find the hero who doesn''t want to be found. Client: A wealthy businessman who won''t rest until he repays the man who saved his family from a car crash—and fled the scene. Investigator: Jane Sutton, former army counterintelligence officer, is the proverbial "plain Jane." Smart, tenacious, tough as nails, but longing for love. Didn''t bargain for the danger that surrounds her target, Troy Benson…or her irresistible attraction to him. Supervisor''s Comments: On the lam from witness protection, Troy lives with a devastating secret from his past and trusts no one. Unwilling to let Jane help him reclaim his true identity. Reluctant to believe that what she really might find is the hero of her dreams.

Mission: Close a 16-year-old cold case: three teenage girls slain in a small Midwest town. Client: Dana Hall, twin sister of one of the victims. Troubled, amnesiac, alienated from family, suffering from horrific nightmares about the killer''s identity. Investigator: William "Spence" Spencer. Thirty-six. Bachelor. Top-notch skills, on the job 24/7. Shows exceptional sensitivity to client''s needs. Comments: Significant danger. Escalating threats against Dana''s presence in town. Spence believes Dana is hiding something relevant to investigation. Possibility he may be hiding something himself. Has his strong, naturally protective nature compromised his professionalism? There''s always a first time.

When Dr. CJ Patterson returns to her Southern hometown, she finds herself surrounded by a series of long-buried secrets—and a killer who seems to know her better than she knows herself... Drugs, prostitution, robbery, homicide—these are four terms that Dr. CJ Patterson learned all too well growing up on the seamy, forgotten streets of inner-city Huntsville, Alabama. Fiercely determined, CJ worked hard to forget where she came from and become an emergency medicine resident at a prestigious Baltimore hospital. But when her younger sister—the only family she ever had—is murdered, CJ is drawn back into the painful past she thought she''d left behind. Her unrelenting investigation uncovers a highly sophisticated web of shocking family secrets, dark obsession, and brutal violence and a killer who will stop at nothing to keep her from learning the truth.....

As sheriff of Kenner City, Colorado, Patrick Martinez couldn''t believe the body of an FBI agent had turned up in his normally quiet jurisdiction. Even more shocking was the appearance of Officer Sabrina "Bree" Hunter, a painful yet passionate memory he''d hoped to leave buried in his past. Now, working side by side was crucial to solving this case. But one look from her dark eyes and Patrick couldn''t fight the attraction that still left him powerless—nor ignore the secret he knew she was holding on to. Then a stalker set his sights on Bree, and Patrick learned just how deep that secret ran….

Colby Agency''s Patrick O''Brien knew only two things for sure: Sande Williams was a complete mystery and a woman in serious trouble. She was also gorgeous, but he wasn''t about to put that in his internal report. She''d woken up in a morgue—with toe tag and all! How could that happen, and why didn''t she know who she was or where she''d come from? One by one the people associated with her were turning up dead. Was she an unwilling participant in an identity scheme or an accomplice? It was just the kind of case the Colby Agency took on—and just the kind of woman who could worm her way into Patrick''s closed-off heart. But would he be next in line for termination…?

Vivian Grace is an FBI rookie on a mission: To hunt down a kidnapper—with all her heart. Because for Vivian, herself a victim of a vicious kidnapping years ago, this case is about more than justice. This time, it''s personal. Ryan McBride is an ex-agent who was scapegoated three years ago for a kidnapping case gone fatally wrong. Since then, he has been drinking himself into oblivion, trying to forget the past. Until Vivian shows up at his door and knocks him head-first into the present. Someone is using his and Vivian''s darkest secrets against them—and time is running out for the victims...

With their reputations and Sunday dinner in jeopardy, Victoria Colby-Camp and her son Jim were not about to give in when it came to Sam Johnson. He was Jim Colby''s newest Equalizer—but a mystery to everyone else. Until the past caught up to him when Officer Lisa Smith was called in to drag him back to the City of Angels to clear his name. Hired by the Colby Agency, Lisa was by the book in every way, except when it came to Sam. After all this time, she couldn''t forget him—and she had tried. With Sam framed for three gangland killings, Lisa found herself unraveling a man who trusted no one. But Sam would have to let Lisa in if they were ever going to expose a brutal killer before it was too late for the next victim…and the Colbys.

Renee Vaughn went undercover to bring down a powerful druglord. Finding her "in" to the reclusive criminal''s life was easy—his brother Paul Reyes was his polar opposite. A classic good man in a bad situation—and the Equalizers'' newest agent was about to have her way with him. Now on the receiving end of a dirty double cross, Paul and Renee were running for their lives. As they joined forces to elude his brother''s hitmen, their attraction grew deeper. But would it withstand Paul discovering the truth about who Renee really was? Who was being held hostage here—when both their hearts were put directly in harm''s way?

Secret agent Sabrina Fox is a real woman with real-life issues, but one who always gets the job done. When her new assignment teams her with Eric Drake, the man who broke her heart, she must protect both herself and her country from a man she doesnt trust. Original.

When a confidential file was stolen from the prestigious Colby Agency, it was A. J. Braddock''s mission to retrieve it. His assignment: locate Gabrielle Jordan, the enigmatic woman who''d vanished with it. Except he never expected to find her hiding out in Mexico, safeguarding two boys — the victims of a failed kidnapping plot. But Gabrielle''s fierce tenderness toward the youngsters stirred the ex-military man''s own protective instincts.... Now, forced to rely on each other to stay alive, neither could resist the passion that simmered between them — leaving A.J. torn between duty and desire....

Handsome men are like kryptonite to Alex, but a husband, kids...trust? Building Never Happened -- a cleanup service that erases all evidence of a homicide or suicide -- is her main priority. But while being independent, beautiful and successful has its pluses, it''s also pretty lonely. Or was until Alex learns that a high-tech gadget she found at a scene got a detective -- and former lover -- killed. Now she has mysterious CIA operative Austin Blake shadowing her every move. Caring for her irresponsible mother is hard enough, but toss in a murder investigation... How is she supposed to avoid trouble with Austin and get the job done? Well, maybe the two aren''t mutually exclusive. After all, isn''t it time Alex stepped back and just let life happen...?