She was in the largest office she’d ever seen. Not even the Director of the CDC had an office like this. She’d been in the offices of the CEOs of huge pharmaceutical corporations and she’d never seen anything like this. Here, too, like everything else in Black Inc., everything was sleek and modern and high-tech. One wall was covered in thin monitors, there was a conference table bigger than the conference table in the Situation Room of the White House, which she’d been in, a fully equipped kitchen and a living room suite for informal talks. One thing was missing. Though she knew, because she’d read it somewhere, that Jacob Black had been a highly decorated soldier, there was no glory wall. No citations, no photos of him with important politicians or generals, no medals. Nothing. Not one of those items that so fed the egos of important men. It could have been any man’s office, if that man ran one of the largest security corporations in the world and was one of the richest men in the world. The office faced west and it was the moment when the setting sun’s lambent rays hit the eyes full on. The…

1–What is the title of your latest release? My latest release is MIDNIGHT CARESS, the last of the miniseries within the Midnight series, the Women of Midnight. The other two are Midnight Kiss and Midnight Embrace. Midnight Caress comes out June 20. 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A talented young analyst, Riley Robinson, discovers that the United States might be going to war with China on the basis of a lie. There are those who want to shut her up but they will have to go through Pierce Jordan, former SEAL, first. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Well, deepfake images came from the National Reconnaissance Office which is in Chantilly, Virginia, just outside Washington DC, where the heroine works. I changed the name of the intelligence-gathering agency to the National Surveillance Office. But the whole novel takes place in Washington DC. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Oh yeah. She’s smart and friendly. She’s known hard times and risen above them. She’s a really good friend to her friends, loyal and supportive. Exactly the kind of person I like. 5–What are three words that describe your…

1–What is the title of your latest release? I have an anthology of Christmas stories – novellas and a book – which came out on November 29. It’s a box set of previously published stories. My next new novel is coming out on the 13th of December. MIDNIGHT EMBRACE, book two of the Women of Midnight trilogy. The Women of Midnight is a mini-series inside the Midnight world. The Midnight world is made up of righteous dudes, mainly former SEALs. The Women of Midnight – first Felicity, then Hope, Emma, and Riley – make up the IT department of their highly successful security company, Alpha Security International. But the heart of ASI is quickly becoming the IT department, run by these super smart women. They provide intel and amazing ground support and advice on video games, though our super soldiers never beat them at any game. The women are loved by their partners and cherished by the company. 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Midnight Embrace: Scary things are happening in the financial markets. Inexplicable things Emma Holland is paid good money to understand. But she can’t. Then her co-worker at a big bank in San Francisco disappears….

Protectors #1 August 2010 On Sale: July 27, 2010 Featuring: Nicole Pearce; Sam Reston 320 pages ISBN: 0061808261 EAN: 9780061808265 Paperback $13.99 Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Into The Crossfire by Lisa Marie Rice The tough former Navy SEAL swore he didn’t have a heart…until now. Former Navy SEAL Sam Reston keeps to himself. His world is dangerous, uncertain, violent…and there is no room in it for the helpless and weak. Then the most beautiful woman in the world moves in next door to him . . . . Nicole Pearce’s life is complicated enough – with an ailing father and a new business to worry about – and the last thing she needs is to get involved with a secretive, hard-bodied, hardheaded neighbor. Yet Sam leaves her breathless – her body tingling with erotic desire – and it takes every ounce of her fabled control to resist offering herself to him, no strings attached. What she doesn’t know is that Sam Reston is on an undercover assignment . . . and she’s about to step into the crossfire. Never has Sam ached for a woman so badly, and he’s never fallen in love before. Now…