Nobodies

June 16, 2025

From Warren Adler, bestselling author of The War of the Roses—soon to be a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman—and Shannon McKenna, master of romantic suspense, comes a gritty noir crime thriller of deception, revenge, and redemption.

They’re ghosts. They’re thieves. And they’re running out of time.

Framed and forgotten, Henry Cody lives in hiding under a stolen name, plotting revenge against the people who ruined his life. Amber Wright is a career con artist with a past full of danger and a future that’s closing in fast. When a violent encounter ties their fates together, a high-stakes heist becomes something much darker—blackmail, betrayal, and a missing child no one expected.

Set in the shadows of New York City, Nobodies is a fast-paced, twist-laced tale of two fugitives who risk everything to take down the corrupt, outrun the past, and maybe—just maybe—save what’s left of themselves.

Perfect for fans of gritty noir, organized crime, and antihero thrillers.

Edge of Ruin

April 21, 2025

One step ahead of mayhem…

Ever since my foster mom Lucia’s senseless murder, my sisters and I are scrambling to solve this deadly mystery before it kills us. But Lucia’s killer is still after us, and with both my sisters now blissfully paired up with their protective new boyfriends, I’m the obvious soft target.

So they’re sending me off to hide on a flower farm in a primeval Oregon forest. I’ve been instructed to lay low, take it easy, work on my sculptures while I am babysat by an old army buddy of my sister Nell’s new lover. Some guy named Jack who has a large barn/studio to rent, and who is evidently not going to bug me, or interfere with me at all, but is also a real badass who can protect me from a killer. Right. Jack is an Army guy, and I famously don’t take orders well. What could possibly go wrong?

They should have warned me that Jack was also tall, hot, hard-bodied, and judgmental as hell. He thinks I’m frivolous, helpless fluff, but to my intense shame, that doesn’t stop my heart from racing, or my toes from tightening.

She’s more trouble than I bargained for…

I like to keep things simple and solitary in my mountain hideaway, but I owe my long-time buddy Duncan my life. I couldn’t say no when he told me that his fiancée’s little sister needed looking after. I’m down for some body-guarding, as long as the woman collaborates. But this woman has ideas of her own, and she’s not shy about sharing them.

I didn’t sign up getting embroiled in an international ring of cutthroat art thieves, either. And getting knocked on my ass by the gorgeous, strong-willed, free-spirited Vivi D’Onofrio doesn’t help.

Keeping that woman safe quickly becomes my top priority, but as the heat kicks up between us, the danger stalking her is quickly gaining ground…

Note:
Edge of Whispers, Book One is the first book in the Edge Trilogy. Edge of Secrets, Book Two, is Nell’s story, and Edge of Ruin, Book three, Vivi’s story, concludes the trilogy. The three stories form a single overarching action-adventure story, but each couple gets their own HEA at the end of each book!

Parts of these stories have already appeared in a previously published book, Tasting Fear.

Edge of Whispers

April 21, 2025

My world was shattered…

My foster mother Lucia’s brutal murder almost broke me, but I have to pull myself together and be strong for my sisters, Nell and Vivi.

Lucia saved us from an ugly fate. We’d have been lost without her, but now we were lost again; this time in secrets, lies and clues, but no answers. When Lucia’s killer attacks me, Liam, the brawny building contractor Lucia had hired for her house renovation, swoops in and saves my ass. It’s the worst possible moment to notice how rock-solid that guy is, not to mention brave. And gorgeous. But my enemies could hurt him. He should keep his distance.

But he won’t. And I’m not gonna lie… I’m not sorry.

She was trouble from the start…

I’ve been working hard and keeping my head down, but as soon as I saw Nancy D’Onofrio’s big gray eyes, full of mysterious shadows, I knew she would mess me up. The woman was terrified, traumatized, grief-stricken, and the timing was beyond bad, but Lucia was my friend. She would have wanted me to look out for her girl. God knows, after one tantalizing taste of her, it wasn’t like I had any kind of choice.

But her enemies are focused as hell. It will take everything we’ve got to stay ahead of them…

Parts of these stories have already appeared in a previously published book, Tasting Fear.

Edge of Secrets

April 21, 2025

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men…

I’m barely holding it together since I lost my foster mother, Lucia, in a brutal home invasion. The killer is still on the loose, convinced that my sisters and I know something crucial about Lucia’s mysterious past.

On top of that, I’m barely making ends meet as a grad student in New York City, waiting tables and looking over my shoulder. The only bright spot in my day is when I serve lunch to Duncan Burke, a big, grim-faced guy in a suit. He barely notices me—until he does. And after one passionate encounter, suddenly he’s making me a shocking proposition…

It’s outrageous. But I’d rather dream about it than worry about the disasters in my life…

It’s a no-brainer…

Protect the luscious Nell D’Onofrio from the killer stalking her. Check. Pleasure her beyond her wildest dreams in the safety of my luxury condo, all night, every night. Check. Damn, what’s not to like about that scenario?

As an ex-NSA agent and a cybersecurity expert, I deal in stone cold facts. I don’t get why Nell is getting all wound up about what is clearly a win/win situation for everyone. She has problems? I’ll solve them. I’ll put every part of myself, body and soul, to the task.

But nothing is ever clear or simple with Nell. She who won’t take orders. She drives me wild, makes me lose my cool. The killer thinks Nell has info he needs, and he’ll kill for it.

Not on my watch. No one touches her…

Parts of these stories have already appeared in a previously published book, Tasting Fear.

Master of Chaos

January 8, 2024

She’s as beautiful as a fallen angel…

I don’t know how long I’ve been locked in Halliwell’s dungeon. That psycho billionaire is still trying pry my brother Ethan’s all-powerful algorithm, SmokeScreen, out of me. The only escape is death. I’m ready. More than ready.

Then the redhead sneaks in. Smart, sexy, smoking hot, even through a six-inch wall of reinforced glass. She’s doing me no favors. Making me feel again when I’m better off numb. Maybe she’s acting, maybe I’m hallucinating, but now Halliwell has decided to put me down … and just when I start wanting to live again.

The redhead might be my way out—but only at a price I can’t afford to pay …

He’s as deadly as a caged tiger …

I shouldn’t be poking around in the secret depths of Owen Halliwell’s headquarters. The guy might be my biological father, but I’d known that he was a monster even before I saw Shane Masters, the prisoner down in Level Eight. Before my knees started to quake, and my heart to gallop like a herd of wild horses.

I’m stuck in this hellhole for my own reasons. My little sister has a rare disease, and Halliwell has strong-armed me into writing malware for him in exchange for a cure. It’s keeping her alive, yes, but this place is next-level toxic.

Even multiple layers of security and the obscene shock collar can’t diminish the power emanating from that man. Then I discover that the algorithm Shane refuses to reveal could save my sister…and that Halliwell has scheduled his execution.

That can’t happen. I have to break him out. He’s a commando warrior, furiously angry, completely unpredictable. He could be my salvation. He could be my ruin.

All I can do is roll the dice …

Master of Secrets

April 11, 2023

She’s temptation incarnate…

Worst idea ever. No matter how stunning she was.

I’m keeping my head down, running my cyber security empire. After my younger brother Shane was abducted last year, I’m just concentrating on keeping what’s left of my family alive. I’m also hunting down those bastards who took Shane. I will find them, and I will gut them. That challenging task occupies all of my brain power.

I don’t have extra time and energy to get blindsided at a business meeting by Kat Travis, the seductively beautiful secretary. It’s such a freaking cliché, it embarrasses me. Besides, getting anywhere near me puts her in real danger, and I won’t do that to a helpless, innocent woman.

Thing is, Kat is anything but innocent, or helpless…

That arrogant bastard…

Okay, so maybe flirting with the drop-dead handsome tycoon Ethan Masters was not the smartest move on my first day of a new temp job. It’s the height of slutty irresponsibility to let some unsuspecting guy stumble into contact with the toxic shit-show that was my life, just because he’s tall, dark, mysterious and hot.

Before I know what’s going on, I’m getting yelled at, insulted, and fired. No surprise, the way my life tends to go, but the death squad that jumps me and the tycoon in the elevator afterward? That seems a bit over the top, even for me.

But surprise, surprise…Masters fights like a demon. We click into perfect synch, kicking ass together, which is very exciting, at least until he goes all alpha on me and drags me into his helicopter. He sweeps me off to his luxury lair, against my will. Dick move.

I’ll teach that man that I can’t be bought—I’ve gone through far too much to put up with stupid shit from an overbearing man. But soon we’re facing off against brutal and relentless enemies…not the best time to deal with uncontrollable desire. And other feelings that neither one of us know how to process, or even put into words. Not while Death is stalking us. Hell, even if it wasn’t.

But the stakes are rising by the minute…and Death is gaining ground…

Married by Midnight

April 22, 2022

She needs a husband to win her family company. He needs a bride to help him learn the truth. Strangers say “I do” in New York Times bestselling author Shannon McKenna’s latest!

The stranger is everything she needs:

Handsome. Interesting. And ready for marriage…immediately!

Ronnie Moss is in trouble. The heiress needs a last-minute husband to fulfill her family’s marriage mandate—before she turns thirty at midnight! So when sexy stranger Wes Brody volunteers himself, she’s quick to say “I do!” But their glitzy, impromptu Vegas wedding may be too good to be true. Wes has secrets that are tied to his new in-laws. Ronnie never expected happily-ever-after. But what happens once the truth—and a baby!—are thrown into the mix?

How to Marry a Bad Boy

March 1, 2022

He needs a temporary marriage. She needs an investor for her start-up. Let the negotiations begin in this new Dynasties: Tech Tycoons novel by New York Times bestselling author Shannon McKenna.

Step 1: Draw a random name.

Step 2: Propose…

Playboy Marcus Moss is the only sibling who hasn’t fulfilled his grandmother’s decree: marry or lose the family company. So he draws a name from all the single women working on special projects for MossTech: Eve Seaton. A brilliant, beautiful geneticist who can pretend to be his wife while he finds investors for her groundbreaking work. Win-win.

Eve can’t resist Marcus’s promise to launch her start-up—or their sizzling attraction! But will the truth about Marcus’s motives derail their arrangement?

The Marriage Mandate

January 18, 2022

Will her family’s worst enemy make the best fake fiancé? Find out in this new Dynasties: Tech Tycoons novel by New York Times bestselling author Shannon McKenna.

“I have a wild idea…

I just need your help.”

Tech heiress Maddie Moss must marry or lose the family company. So she chooses the last man her controlling grandmother will accept—Jack Daly. Her brother’s ex–business partner is a thief, a traitor and—most importantly—guaranteed to force Gran to relent. But Jack is also impossibly hot. And he’ll only play along on one specific condition, which has Maddie questioning everything she thought she knew about Jack…even before she lands in his bed!

From Harlequin Desire: A luxurious world of bold encounters and sizzling chemistry.

Their Marriage Bargain

January 18, 2022

His ex turned temporary wife is his only hope for saving his global dynasty in New York Times bestselling author Shannon McKenna’s new series!

From lovers to enemies to…

husband and wife?

CEO Caleb Moss needs a business arrangement marriage to keep controlling interest of MossTech. Tilda Riley must prevent a hostile takeover of her family company—and protect the daughter Caleb has never met. The only solution is for these oil-and-water exes to join forces.

Until desire turns a marriage on paper into a hotbed of passion. Their child binds the newlyweds together. But a vengeful enemy bent on their mutual destruction is sowing seeds of doubt and betrayal that could tear Tilda and Caleb apart—this time forever.

From Harlequin Desire: A luxurious world of bold encounters and sizzling chemistry.

Tall, Dark and Off Limits

July 9, 2021

His job is to protect his best friend’s sister… not seduce her!

When it comes to his best friend’s sister he’s tempted to be much more than her protector…

Assigned to keep an eye on social media darling Ava Maddox, security expert Zack Austin is more than up to the task. After all, she’s like family. But dealing with the dynamic beauty requires every ounce of patience… and sexual control. They’ve been denying their forbidden feelings for way too long and soon professionalism gives way to passion. Zack’s willing to face her overprotective family’s wrath, but is Ava’s talent for finding trouble about to explode in his face?

Book 1: His Perfect Fake Engagement
Book 2: Corner Office Secrets
Book 3: Tall, Dark and Off Limits

Corner Office Secrets

February 11, 2021

Can a hidden heiress keep her secret as business blends with pleasure? Find out in this Men of Maddox Hill novel by New York Times bestselling author Shannon McKenna.

Sleeping with the boss breaks all her rules

especially when he doesn’t know who she really is…

Secret heiress Sophie Valente is desperate to keep a low profile at her new job—at the architecture firm owned by her long-lost father. But when she’s forced to go on a business trip with her dark-eyed, gorgeous new boss, Vann Acosta, Sophie knows she’s in real trouble. Separating business from pleasure is hard enough. But for two people keeping secrets from each other, the stakes couldn’t be higher…

From Harlequin Desire: Luxury, scandal, desire—welcome to the lives of the American elite. Love triumphs in these uplifting romances, part of the Men of Maddox Hill series:

Book 1: His Perfect Fake Engagement
Book 2: Corner Office Secrets
Book 3:Tall, Dark and Off Limits

Havoc

December 7, 2020

Revenge is sweet…Find out why New York Times bestseller Maya Banks hails McKenna’s books as “A non-stop thrill ride…”

He’s in no mood to play nice…

Mace Trask is pissed. A man he’d believed to be dead just shot his brother. That bastard will die for real this time around, and Mace’s work as a mercenary and military contractor makes him just the man for the job. The trap is set and he can’t wait to spring it. Then a sexy, mysterious woman shows up and starts wandering around the GodsAcre property, which is wired to blow. She’s putting Mace’s plan in jeopardy, and herself in deadly danger.

There’s only one thing to do. Mace whisks her away. Takes her to his cabin in the woods to find out exactly what she wants, and what she knows. And he’s in no mood to play nice…

Her beauty inflames him…

Cait Lamott is terrified when the huge guy with buzzed off hair and cold dark eyes grabs her and drags her off into a remote cabin in the lonely woods. She’s on a mission to find her father, a well known virologist who disappeared eleven years ago, and nobody is going to stop her. Certainly not this suspicious, muscle-bound, infuriating, fascinating man. And not her own body’s traitorous reaction to him.

But as they work together to uncover the truth at GodsAcre, their undeniable desire continues to build—and the more time they’re together, the more Cait craves Mace’s touch. Mace’s armor is no defense against Cait. Her passion scorches him, her stubborn courage inspires him, and her razor-sharp mind might just be what it takes to keep them both alive.

Because their enemy is closing in fast—and the stakes are higher than they can imagine…

His Perfect Fake Engagement

November 16, 2020

Can this bad boy keep to the terms of their fake engagement? Find out in this Men of Maddox Hill novel from New York Times bestselling author Shannon McKenna!

When it comes to bad boys,

the rules of engagement are made to be broken…

While not all of starchitect Drew Maddox’s playboy reputation is deserved, a recent scandal means he has one last shot to stay CEO of his family’s company. He has to settle down. Bright, beautiful and squeaky-clean Jenna Somers will make the perfect fake fiancée. Drew promises Jenna whatever she desires…but what she desires is him!

From Harlequin Desire: Luxury, scandal, desire—welcome to the lives of the American elite. Love triumphs in these uplifting romances, part of the Men of Maddox Hill series:

Book 1: His Perfect Fake Engagement
Book 2: Corner Office Secrets
Book 3: Tall, Dark and Off Limits

Heedless

May 20, 2020

Find out why New York Times bestseller Maya Banks hails McKenna’s books as “A non-stop thrill ride…”

Whatever it takes to protect her…

Security expert Nate Murphy came to Shaw’s Crossing to kick ass and help the Trask brothers fight off their enemies. He didn’t expect to get knocked off his feet by the elusive, gorgeous Elisa, a mysterious woman who works for one of his friends. Elisa’s holding something back…something big. Nate’s an ex-soldier and ex-bouncer whose specialty is breaking heads…but the fear in Elisa’s eyes makes him want to crush whoever put it there. If only she would tell him the truth…

Secrets and lies…

Elisa Rinaldi is hiding from a killer. The small mountain town of Shaw’s Crossing had seemed like a good idea at the time, but getting attached to the people there was not, particularly the hard-eyed, hard-bodied Nate Murphy. When dangerous trouble engulfs her new friends, suddenly the press is everywhere. If she shows up on TV or online, she’s dead.

She has to leave Shaw’s Crossing—after a parting gift to herself. One unforgettable night with Nate, and she’ll do the right thing…even if it breaks her. The passion between them leaves Nate gasping for breath. Then Elisa vanishes. Nate can’t rest until he finds her. He means to solve her problem once and for all…by any means necessary.

Elisa will risk everything to get her life back and be with the man she loves. But now her mortal enemy is playing a game of cat and mouse…

And the stakes are both their lives…

Hellbent

February 3, 2020

Find out why New York Times bestseller Maya Banks hails McKenna’s books as “A non-stop thrill ride…”

He fought for her. He bled for her. Now he’ll make her his own.

Famous bad boy DJ Anton Trask stays out of other people’s business. He learned that lesson long ago and paid for it in blood. But when the stunning Fiona Garrett shows up at one of his nightclubs asking for his help, his world is thrown into chaos. He and Fiona grew up together at GodsAcre, a remote doomsday cult in the mountains. She was fifteen years old when he busted her out of that hellhole, but she’s all grown up now. Anton hates losing control, but Fiona’s sultry eyes, soft red lips and gorgeous body make his heart thud and his temperature rise…

Pursued by a ghost…

Fiona Garrett is on the run from a brutal killer that the whole world believes to be dead. She hates asking Anton for help once again—she owes him her life already—but no one else could possibly believe her. Still, Fiona is unprepared for the effect Anton has on her…his hard body, the hypnotic glitter of his dark eyes, the raw male power he exudes. He sparks a desire inside her that she’d never imagined—and she can’t control the flames.

Anton wants to leave GodsAcre and all its demons in the past, but he and Fiona have no choice but to face them head-on as danger ignites all around them. All he can do is keep her close to him.

And the closer she gets, the less he ever wants to let her go…

Hellion

January 27, 2020

Find out why New York Times bestseller Maya Banks hails McKenna’s books as “A nonstop thrill ride…”

He’s a ticking bomb…

Eric Trask is counting the days before he blasts out of Shaw’s Crossing forever. He and his brothers were raised at GodsAcre, a mysterious doomsday cult deep in the mountains. GodsAcre was destroyed years ago in a deadly fire and Eric and his brothers were the only survivors. The townspeople see them as time bombs just waiting to blow, but as soon Eric makes the money for a fresh start, he’s going to prove those bastards wrong. He’s an ex-Marine, fresh off a tour in Afghanistan, working three jobs and barely sleeping. Utterly unprepared for Demi Vaughan’s dazzling green eyes, lush pink lips and sexy curves. She’s the town princess…he’s a dangerous outcast. It was a sure recipe for disaster.

But the closer he gets to Demi, the more impossible it is to resist…

Forbidden fruit is the sweetest…

Demi Vaughan has a big plan for life post- college. A summer job at a sandwich shop back home in Shaw’s Crossing is part of that plan, so when Eric Trask, notorious bad boy with a complicated past, saunters in for lunch from the construction site next door, she tells herself he’s just eye candy. Tall, ripped, sweat-slicked, smoldering eye candy, nothing more. She knew the stories, she’d heard the rumors. Eric was damaged. Marked by violence and tragedy. He’d be the ultimate bad boyfriend, and right now she was too busy even to shop for a good one. But his hot eyes and hard body, his sensual smile and that rough, scratchy voice of his shook her resolve. After all, she was leaving this place forever. One little taste of heaven…what could it hurt?

But Shaw’s Crossing has deeper, darker secrets than Eric or Demi could begin to guess. The evil that destroyed GodsAcre is lying in wait…and it will stop at nothing to keep Eric and Demi apart…

Hellion, Book One, ends on a cliffhanger, but it leads right into Headlong, Book Two, Demi and Eric’s continuing story, dated seven years later.

The other titles in The Hellbound Brotherhood series are connected, but each book features its own couple and has its own HEA.

Headlong

January 27, 2020

They were never supposed to leave alive…Find out why New York Times bestseller Maya Banks hails McKenna’s books as “A non-stop thrill ride…”

Only one woman could tempt him to return…

Eric Trask and his brothers have turned their backs on their past. Only their beloved foster father’s funeral could drag them back to the small town of Shaw’s Crossing. Eric is haunted by the memory of GodsAcre, the doomsday cult in the mountains where they were raised and the deadly fire that destroyed it, but one memory still shines bright…Demi Vaughan. Her lush, sexy mouth, her stunning green eyes. Their hot fling seven years ago crashed and burned in the worst possible way, and she’s still mortally pissed at him…and more gorgeous than ever.

Second chances…

Demi Vaughan did her best to forget Eric Trask. They told her from the start that he was a train wreck, and she hadn’t listened. He’d broken her heart and derailed her life, and she’d be damned if she’d let him do it again, now that she’d followed her dream and opened her own restaurant. But the years that passed have only turned Eric into a more concentrated version of what he’d always been—a flint-eyed, brutally ambitious, hyper-focused alpha male hunk. Just taller. Harder. As intoxicating as hell.

Demi tries to withstand Eric’s magnetic pull, but she can’t resist the all-consuming heat between them. But an old evil still lies low in Shaw’s Crossing, and Eric’s arrival has shocked it back into life.

Now it’s not just their hearts that are in danger. It’s their lives…

The Hellbound Brotherhood series are connected. Each book features its own couple and has its own HEA except for Hellion, Book One, which features the back story of a younger Demi and Eric.