DEADLY TRADE release day! Plus COUNTDOWN's cover and copy reveal...

It's launch day for DEADLY TRADE! Meg and Todd are finally married and have flown with Hawk to Hawaii for two weeks of sun and relaxation. They intend to go on an enjoyable, though challenging, hike in a remote fern forest on the Big Island for some parkour practice for Hawk. But, as so often happens, trouble finds this group when they interrupt wildlife traffickers poaching endangered birds. Not able to walk away from a literal life-and-death situation for not just these birds, but their entire species, Meg, Todd, and Hawk join forces with local law enforcement to track and catch the poachers. Joined by Brian, Lacey, and McCord, this group will give their all to fight against men who don't hesitate to end an endangered species as long as they make a profit. Meanwhile, the local volcano is grumbling, warning them that the clock is ticking...

Don't miss the book Mystery and Suspense Magazine raved about, saying "This tense, engaging, and suspenseful mystery gripped me from the beginning with its multiple types of danger and great characterization. It was difficult to put down."

If you missed it before and would still like a sneak peek, you can read two early chapters here.

FBI K-9 handler Meg Jennings can never walk away from her job, even amid her Hawaiian Islands honeymoon, where she and her search-and-rescue black Lab encounter a double threat from wildlife poachers and Mother Nature.

After a difficult assignment and the excitement of her wedding to firefighter Todd Webb, Meg is more than ready for two weeks of sun, sea, and gorgeous Hawaiian scenery. Her K-9 partner, Hawk, accompanies Meg and Todd to their resort, reveling in his celebrity status with both staff and guests. After a week of relaxation, all three are ready to get out into nature on the Big Island, where Meg and Hawk can practice search strategies.

In the remote fern forest of Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve, Hawk’s senses are on high alert. When Meg lets him leave the path, they encounter two men trapping bright birds. The poachers escape, leaving their bounty behind, and when agents from the FBI and US Fish and Wildlife arrive, they confirm that the birds are all endangered species near extinction. Super-wealthy collectors acquire them for private zoos, with no regard for the birds’ survival. Alive or dead, these beautiful creatures are merely trophies.

Meg, Todd, and Hawk join an official search using a local conservation dog to pinpoint vulnerable nesting grounds in an attempt to protect trafficked wildlife and to stop the poachers in their tracks. But beyond the threat posed by determined poachers lurks another danger—Mauna Loa, one of the island’s active volcanoes, has been grumbling, and is poised to turn this mission into their most terrifying yet.

DEADLY TRADE is now available in hardcover and ebook at these fine retailers: Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk | Apple | Barnes and Noble | Books-a-Million | Bookshop.org Support Independent Bookstores | Google | Hudson Booksellers | Indigo | Kobo | Target | Walmart

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Switching series and looking ahead to next year, we have the upcoming fifth book in the NYPD Negotiators series! Gemma Capello and Sean Logan have now had time to recover from their time as hostages in Grand Central Terminal and are back in the saddle with their respective teams. This is their first hostage crisis working together, and they have a few things to prove both to themselves and their superiors. If they can't pull off this first incident as both romantic partners and professional colleagues, they'll never work together again. Just a little added pressure as they're tossed into the stresses of a deadly new situation...

COUNTDOWN comes to you on August 28, 2026!

Following their terrifying ordeal as hostages of domestic terrorists, NYPD Detective Gemma Capello is back in the negotiator chair, while Detective Sean Logan, healed from injuries sustained saving Gemma’s life, has resumed leading an A-Team tactical unit—just in time for their next challenge . . .

It’s New Year’s Eve, Manhattan is alight with celebration, and Gemma and Logan are hoping for a relatively normal night amid the revelry. But that hope is shattered by a 911 text from a luxury yacht somewhere in busy New York Harbor. Below deck, a college student working aboard is hiding from a hostage taker. The student reports that the crew was ordered to join the guests. Gunshots followed.

The yacht party, hosted by billionaire venture capitalist Lucas Horner, includes local government officials and some of the city’s wealthiest, most influential people. Gemma and her team hypothesize that Horner, an infamously arrogant hustler, has burned someone financially—someone who now wants revenge.

Once the Aviation Unit identifies the yacht and its location, Logan and his team are transported through the brutal winter waters toward Liberty Island. Gemma finally connects with the hostage taker and learns of a cryptocurrency ransom demand—and a chilling execution plan if it’s not fulfilled by midnight. But Horner is refusing to pay. And Gemma senses things aren’t adding up—because beneath the unnerving scenario lies an even more twisted plan, layers of deceit—and a captor with nothing to lose . . .

COUNTDOWN is now available for pre-order in these locations: Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk | Apple | Barnes and Noble | Books-A-Million | Bookshop.org Support Independent Bookstores | Google | Hudson Booksellers | Kobo | Indigo | Walmart