Bøker av Dale Mayer

Riches to rags ... Chaos has calmed ... At least while out on the lake ... Until poison is found, blowing up the peace again ...Enjoying a beautiful day on the lake, while Doreen tries her hand at paddleboarding, ends up on an odd note after finding poison in a bed of pansies. She garners a tidbit of information out of her BFF, Corporal Mack Moreau, about a man who'd recently walked into the emergency room, complaining he'd been poisoned.Only on a threat of good behavior (surely it doesn't count if given under duress), Doreen agrees to stay out of his case. But, as it happens, the mention of poison to her beloved Nan brings up another recent death and an old woman who'd been saying someone was poisoning her for months. Only no one listened. Now she is dead.When Doreen's case and Mack's collide, she's delighted, and so is he. Not. But, when Nan decides to join in the sleuthing, with her pal, Richie, it's Doreen's turn to worry-and with good reason!

Book 20 in the Psychic Vision series.What If ...Detective Abigail Cartwright has earned a reputation for solving weird homicide cases, but, when she's called to a lecture hall at the local university, she faces the oddest one yet. During a What If ... lecture, run by soon-to-be-retired Professor Gertrude Milligan, two students died. Without any signs of how or why.Confused, Abby digs in to solve the mystery, only to find several old cases connect-or do they? Were the two students murdered, or was something else going on?Professor Leon Wellington is worried about his aunt Gertie. Their personal history was bad enough, but to have two of her favorite students die right in front of her has left her shocked and grieving. How can she not be a prime suspect in this case? Then she goes missing ...When the past collides with the present, the stakes are higher than ever, as a killer realizes how close he is to losing everything ...

Uncle Sam's Navy wasn't kind to Owen Powell. After he walked too close to a landmine, he was left with leg and back injuries and a rough road to regaining his health. His career is down the drain; his future is uncertain, and every day is a struggle toward better mental and physical health.The last thing he expects to find is love in the midst of therapy at Hathaway House.Penny Abigail has spent all her adult life trying to prove to her family that she's strong enough after a lifetime of illnesses to live her life on her own terms. Although frail, she's worked hard to get to where she's at today. She has created several charities and hands out large sums of money to deserving organizations, including Hathaway House.Meeting Owen wasn't part of her plan, but she's willing to run with it. The problem is convincing her overprotective family that the broken SEAL is good enough for her and is not just after her money ...

Simon Says... Ride, book 3 in a brand new thriller series by USA Today bestseller author Dale Mayer. Detective Kate Morgan is hot on a new confusing case. A cyclist is killed at the main intersection to the University of British Columbia. At first glance it looks like a hit-and-run, but, as details emerge, it gets much more complicated.From one day to the next, Simon is blinded by an overload of senses and noises. It's impacting his regular business day, and he seems unable to control when and how these moments occur. Angry and frustrated, he tells Kate but knows she's unable to help. How can she, when he can't help himself?As Kate struggles to work her way through a gang of arrogant university students, reluctant parents, a defensive dean, and way too many unobservant witnesses, she finds a disturbing pattern of more "accidents" and more victims ...Then finally Simon understands why his senses are on overload ... and flips the investigation around.

Returning to the town he was raised in was hard, except that Harley can once more see the only golden light of those days. He'd walked away from her because she'd been too young, and he would never be good enough. Harley was back to check on the War Dog Bowser, but Harley can't help but feel like he never really left. But when Harley snags the War Dog from one of Bowser's handlers, Harley knows he has to put a stop to this guy forever.Over all these years Jasmine awaits Harley's return, but he won't be happy with the changes she's gone through. When he shows up out of the blue, she knows only complete honesty will be good enough. But it was rough and meant opening up memories of a horrible time in her life.Harley's arrival prompts a hidden truth that someone will do anything to stop from coming out. And Harley will do everything he can to get justice for her ...

This is the 7th Psychic Visions Novel from USA Today Bestselling author Dale Mayer. Even when a person can see something, it doesn't necessarily mean he should look...Celina Wilton is technically blind, but, given the alternative of being dead instead, she's learned how to adapt to a condition she finds far from ideal.Leader of a community of psychics, Stefan Kronos is often asked by the police to help out on special cases where his unique abilities assist with investigations. When he's called upon to consult on a case, Celina falls squarely on his radar. For a long time, he's wanted to get to know Celina better, and the only reason he's gotten as far as he has around her walls is by proceeding in unusual ways. He's had to cautiously watch his every step...and now, in order to protect her, he has to watch hers as well.But, to unravel the threads tangling their lives with a vicious killer, Celina will need to trust Stefan enough to let him inside her barriers.This stalker is like none other Stefan has encountered. Before long, he realizes he's not the only one with eyes into Celina's soul...The Psychic Vision Series 1.Tuesday's Child 2.Hide'n Go Seek 3.Maddy's Floor 4.Garden of Sorrow 5.Knock, Knock... 6.Rare Find 7.Eyes to the Soul 8.Now You See Her... 9.Shattered 10.Into the Abyss... 11.Seeds of Malice 12.Eye of the Falcon 13.Itsy Bitsy Spider 14.Unmasked 15.Deep Beneath 16.From the Ashes

Killian is called up to retrieve a woman who's been kidnapped, then escaped, only to be captured again. With a sketchy SOS coming in, Killian's tracking her from Vancouver to the far reaches of the Yukon Territory in Canada, right next door to Alaska, where the intel finally stops.The apple of her father's eye, Stacey was a late gift in his life. But, when it counted, he wasn't there for her, leaving her alone and unprotected. On the run from her abusive husband, she's kidnapped a second time by a seasoned negotiator, who can see she's in trouble. Only he plans to auction her off to the highest bidder.With several threads running together on this mission, Killian must find the predator in the middle and take him out, or Stacey will never be safe again.

Du luxe à la misère... Du contrôle total au chaos absolu... Mais un meurtre, sérieusement ?Alors que son ex-mari l'a laissée sans le sou, l'ancienne mondaine Doreen Montgomery va prendre un nouveau départ dans le vieux manoir délabré de sa grand-mère, Nan, dans la ville pittoresque de Kelowna... à la condition qu'elle s'occupe des animaux que Nan n'a pas pu emmener avec elle en maison de retraite : Thaddeus, le perroquet africain gris volubile au langage fleuri et son copain, Goliath, un chat aux proportions monstrueuses et à l'attitude haute en couleur.C'est la nouvelle vie dont Doreen et Mugs, son basset bien aimé, avaient désespérément besoin. Mais alors que l'existence semble à nouveau sourire à Doreen, Goliath le chat et Mugs le chien déterrent un doigt humain dans les herbes folles du jardin de Nan.Et pas seulement un doigt. Quand la police se met à creuser, elle découvre le reste d'un corps qui rappelle un vieux crime non résolu.Avec sa grand-mère en tant que principale suspecte, Doreen commence bientôt à accumuler les indices, au grand désarroi du caporal Mack Moreau. Elle va tout tenter pour prouver l'innocence de sa Nan chérie.

Kyron swore he wouldn't work with dogs anymore, but, when Badger asks him to go home to Aspen and to track a missing War Dog, who is missing her left leg-as he is-Kyron can't refuse. Even if it means seeing his brother and his wife again. Not that he had anything against them. Kyron just couldn't deal with his parents. Finding the dog seems like the easiest part of returning to Aspen, until Kyron realizes a rescue run by a fascinating woman is the one that's spotted the missing dog, ... only the dog isn't alone ...Miranda spends every waking moment working to keep her animals safe. Two jobs keeps them in food and shelter but not much more. Considering her miserable neighbor is always making complaints about her, she has considered moving, but it is too expensive to make that happen. She has seen a three-legged canine hanging around the back perimeter of her property and had been feeding it, quietly knowing it resembled the dog the neighbor had brought home, until it ran away.She had no intention of letting her neighbor or anyone else know about the dog, hoping to coax it onto her property, where she could look after it properly. However, then Kyron showed up, searching for the animal, and things got really ugly ...

Hatch is more than happy to step up and to rescue the missing father-and-daughter archeological duo. Now if only it were that easy. They'd been questioned by the Egyptian government and released, with a warning to not leave Cairo. But, when their hotel room is found empty, most believe they took off ahead of punishment-but not Hatch's team.When the father's foreman turns up dead, Hatch investigates the body-dump location and finds the daughter, weaving through the sand, ready to collapse.Milly is shaken and grieving. During her captivity, her father dies, and she escapes, only to find herself lost in the sand dunes. She may be safe, but her father will never come home. Millie is determined to find the man responsible for her father's death and for the information that's changed her entire life.

This collection is the first 3 books in the By Death series. Those books are:Touched By DeathDeath had touched anthropologist Jade Hansen in Haiti once before, costing her an unborn child and perhaps her very sanity. A year later, determined to face her own issues, she returns to Haiti with a mortuary team to recover the bodies of an American family from a mass grave.Visiting his brother after the quake, independent contractor Dane Carter puts his life on hold to help the sleepy town of Jacmel rebuild. But he finds it hard to like his brother''s pregnant wife or her family. He wants to go home, until he meets Jade - and realizes what''s missing in his own life.When the mortuary team begins work, it''s as if malevolence has been released from the earth. Instead of laying her ghosts to rest, Jade finds herself confronting death and terror again.And the man who unexpectedly awakens her heart - is right in the middle of it all.Haunted By DeathDeath haunts anthropologist Meg Pearce...In her last summer before college, an innocent camping trip ended in a friend''s disappearance...and destroyed her life. She lost everything. Her innocence. Her plans for her future. Her best friend and lover. Seventeen years later, she returns reluctantly to the same area, hoping to move on. But a gruesome discovery sends her reeling back to that dark time. Detective Chad Ingram has spent the last seventeen years trying to solve the mystery of that camping trip so he too can regain his life...and the lost love of his life.Only death isn''t done shaking up their lives...and this time they are in the crossfire.Chilled By DeathAfter losing several friends in an accident, Stacey became a loner. She knows she needs to grow past it, but a career working with the dead is not a warm and cozy conversation starter. When her brother coaxes her back to the same mountain for a holiday to help her heal, she realizes it''s time.Royce can''t believe Stacey is back and fighting her depression. He blew their last time together and this might be his one and only second chance with her. Now if only he could figure out how to not blow it...But once out in the winter wonderland, the holiday atmosphere quickly shifts when they find a dead man. Then one of their own goes missing...It will take everything Stacy and Royce have to make it through this nightmare.... They can''t trust anyone - maybe not even each other...

Welcome to a brand-new connected series of intrigue, betrayal, and ... murder, from the USA Today best-selling author Dale Mayer. A series with all the elements you've come to love, plus so much more... including psychics! A betrayal from within has Terkel frantic to protect those he can, as his team falls one by one, from a murderous killer he helped create.With the bulk of his team down, Terk tries to establish a new base, while struggling to heal the team through the special connection each has. Damon is concerned about finding Tasha, one of their admins, and keeping her safe. But, without any secure place to take her, Damon's making do with the little they have-whether she's happy about his plan or not.Tasha, barely surviving an assassination attempt, is not sure who to trust. When Damon comes to check on her, she can only hope her instincts and her heart are right about him. This man meant everything to her for the years they'd worked together, but he'd always kept her at arm's reach. Now to learn that he and Terk are the only fully cognizant members of her old team, she wants to help but doesn't want to risk her life ... again.Still struggling with their new reality, both Tasha and Damon need to find out who did this to them. It's the only way to get their lives back-and to have a future together ...

After finding the killer who'd tried to take out the entire team, and now with Bullard safe, the crew heads back to the island where he recovered. Leia wants to get married there, so Dave has gone ahead with Katie, Bullard's caterer, to set things up.Dave has a new lease on life, now that Bullard is safely back home, and fixes his sights on an old friend he's always kept slightly distant. Katie has been in Dave's orbit for a long time; she's not sure what's changed in their relationship, but something certainly has, and she couldn't be happier.Except for one loose thread from that same island. After all, someone let the outside world know Bullard was alive. Someone they had yet to find. So a week in paradise might start with some time in hell first.

Riches to rags ... Finally it's calm ... At least for the moment ... If she's lucky ...Needing a break from all the murder and mayhem, Doreen and Mack plan an outing to see the local orchid show. Some of the displays are in the community center, but the more prized specimens of this genus require a visit to some of the gardeners' homes, a rare opportunity not afforded to everyone.This trip, not quite a date, affords Doreen a chance to enjoy not only the company of Mack but to get to know a few more of the colorful locals. But, when one of these locals ends up dead just after their visit, the dark underbelly of orchid growing is exposed and, with it, an old murder, ... not to mention another new one. Doreen and Mack just can't catch a break.But can they catch a killer before he kills again?

Noah heard the woman's cry for help through Levi's phone, and he was already in the car and moving before anyone could stop him. He hated for any woman to be in distress, and this one sounded devastated. Having helped her once, he was determined to keep her safe, while the team tracked down her attacker.Dianne was looking forward to her upcoming weekend seminar and even more to the few days with her friend, Ice, at the compound. Dianne wanted to talk over a business idea she was ready to put into place. Being attacked wasn't part of the plan. Neither was Noah. Still she was happy to have him as a babysitter, given the circumstances.Only someone has a grudge against Levi and sees Dianne as a way to get back at him.

Bullard''s barely aware of his surroundings, as he slowly emerges from a coma and months of slow healing. He recognizes the general area but not the facilities or the woman attending him. Neither does he remember exactly what happened.Leia, a gifted surgeon in her own right, hadn''t expected this giant of a man to wash up in the shallows by her beach, nor to call on every trick she''s ever learned to keep him alive. Her instincts tell her to take a leave, to keep him hidden, even as she struggles to answer his questions. The longer he''s with her, the more she realizes how hard it could be to let him go. But he has turned the corner and is healing quickly.Only the real world intrudes faster than expected, as one of Bullard''s team shows up on her beach, bringing others, who''d been watching and waiting for the team to find Bullard for them-and now swoop in for the kill ...

Simon Says... Jump, book two in a brand new thriller series from USA Today best-selling author Dale Mayer.Detective Kate Morgan has settled into her position and, although straining under her new caseload, is working hard. Simon is still a big question mark in her world-and his "gift" even more so. Dealing with a frustrating series of drive-by shootings has brought a three-year-old drive-by case to the forefront ...Simon had hoped that his visions would have stopped, especially now that the police had solved the pedophile murders. No such luck. But these new visions are confusing, chaotic, and nonsensical. Unwilling to share yet more disjointed and meaningless information with Kate, he keeps it to himself. Until he sees a pattern and connects to a woman, ... one who is suicidal.While Kate understands his physical and mental torment, she's underwhelmed by the lack of detail in his latest visions-until she looks into another issue and finds out that the number of suicides are higher than normal, as in way higher ...

Simon Says... Hide, a brand new thriller series from USA Today best-selling author Dale Mayer.The unlikely team of Detective Kate Morgan and Simon St. Laurant, an unwilling psychic, marries all the unpredictable and passionate elements of Mayer's work that readers have come to love and crave.Newly promoted detective Kate Morgan stands up for the victims in the world, never backing down or giving up. From a family of victims, Kate will not tolerate those who take advantage of others. The worst ones prey on the hopes of desperate people to line their own pockets.And when Kate finds a connection between more than a half-dozen cold cases to a recent case--where a child's life is in jeopardy--she'll make a deal with the devil himself to protect the child.Having the gift of Sight, Simon St. Laurant knows that once he uses it, he can never walk away. But when nightmares of his own past are triggered, Simon can't stand back. Determined to help, Simon vows to save these children--even if it means dealing with the cranky and critical Detective Kate Morgan.

Being a badass growing up had been fine for a while, but Kurt knew his life had to change. His best option? The US Navy. Fourteen years later a serendipitous request from Badger to check out reports of a missing War Dog hidden in the bushes and attacking people sends Kurt to the very place he couldn't wait to get out of.When Kurt chose the navy over Laurie Ann so long ago, he left her with a gift she'd fought long and hard to keep. Plus she didn't give up on her dream of becoming a doctor. When Kurt returns, it's hard not to see the same person she'd loved in this older version. Yet the town has a long memory, and at least one person isn't willing to see who Kurt is now.But, as always, he's a trouble magnet. Was he capable of handling the nightmare they were in, or would he leave, just like he had last time?

Jerricho didn't expect his first solo mission to send him to the Middle East nor to rescue his journalist ex-wife and her cameraperson. Finding out why they and the other women had been taken was horrifying in itself, but saving a larger group than he'd first expected then complicates the rescue in a much bigger way. Brenna had hopes that her ex would show up, as she knew the type of work he did. She'd always wanted a chance to show him how much she'd changed. This was hardly the ideal time, but she might not get a second chance.Rescuing the women and taking out the kidnappers should have been the end of it, until they realize it's not as simple as it first seems. The women were objects initially; now they're targets ...

Tucker is always ready to fight for the underdog. So when he's offered a mission to save the life of a dog unfairly judged and slated for termination, he can't let her go down without a fight. Plus the dog is in Miami, where his sister lives, and ... no way he can refuse to attend her upcoming wedding.Addie knows her sister lied about being attacked by the dog, but Addie isn't sure to what extent or how far her sister will go for revenge against an animal she hates. Yet Addie is determined to help the dog who she loves, even if no one else does. Finding a hero to champion her cause isn't part of her plan, but she is quick to realize Tucker's value when she meets him.Now if only he didn't have a nightmare scenario of his own ... one that threatens to take them all down, including the dog.

Bullard''s Battle 06: Fallon''s Flaw.Fallon returns to Africa and Bullard''s home base to follow the only active lead they have in their hunt for their plane saboteur. Once home, Fallon finds Dave, Bullard''s right-hand man, heading out to check on a lead for Bullard, and Dave''s niece, Linny, is home for a visit. Fallon and Linny have shared both good and bad moments, as the two of them dance around a long-term attraction-which Fallon refuses to pursue, not wanting his relationship with Bullard and the crew at the compound to change.Linny plans to confront Fallon but instead finds an old beau dropped dead on the front steps of the compound, considered her second home. Uncle Dave is everything to her, and Bullard sent her to medical school, yet it''s Fallon she keeps coming back to see.As her world implodes, the same issues facing Fallon take a turn for the worse, ... putting them all in danger.

Welcome to Heroes for Hire, reconnecting readers with the unforgettable men from SEALs of Honor in a new series of action packed, page turning romantic suspense that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Dale Mayer.This bundle contains the following Heroes for Hire books:Johan''s JoyGalen''s GemmaZack''s Zest

Welcome to Heroes for Hire, reconnecting readers with the unforgettable men from SEALs of Honor in a new series of action packed, page turning romantic suspense that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Dale Mayer.This bundle contains the following books:Norths''s NikkiAnders''s AngelReyes''s Raina

Welcome to the new series: Heroes for Hire, reconnecting readers with the unforgettable men from SEALs of Honor in a new series of action packed, page turning romantic suspense that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Dale Mayer.This bundle contains the following books:Dakota''s DelightTyson''s TreasureJace''s Jewel

Welcome to a new Heroes for Hire bundle, reconnecting readers with the unforgettable men from SEALs of Honor in a new series of action packed, page turning romantic suspense that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Dale Mayer.This bundle contains the following books:Rory''s RoseBrandon''s BlissLiam''s Lily

Charged with murder. Betrayed by her lover. Shunned by her friends.After being acquitted of the murder, botanist Fern Geller runs from her past to learn everything she can about poisonous plants. She ends up doing a six month contract at the Garden of Death before finding the answer she's seeking...When she returns to the same conservatory where she'd worked before, the new boss is missing and several other men are dead. Once again, all eyes turn her way.FBI agent, London Behring hadn't expected Fern to look like she does now. Ethereal. Gorgeous. Gentle. Why and how had she been a murder suspect? Even more intriguing, how had she been acquitted of all charges? And more mysteriously, she'd come back to the scene of the crime... at the perfect time to fall under suspicion - again.What magic did she possess to walk away from such crimes? And how can he stay free of her charms... a lure he's finding impossible to resist.

Riches to rags. ... Chaos never calms. ... Time fades memories. ... Or at least most of them!Who knew two small maker's marks could lead to such chaos? Doreen has been enjoying a few well-earned days of peace and quiet after solving her last mystery. But all good things must come to an end. Like when Thaddeus, her independently minded African gray parrot, digs up two rectangular metal pieces from the path along the creek. Then Doreen is sent down another rabbit hole of the past: connecting the dots from a long-defunct tool repair company and a young girl who disappeared at the same time.Corporal Mack Moreau doesn't think these events are connected. He doesn't believe the spate of recent deaths is suspiciously tied in either. Mack wants Doreen to focus on the materials and the cost analysis to replace her backyard deck and to leave the detecting to him. But how can she, when she knows so much more is going on than Mack believes?Heart attacks, unfair wills, and a missing ice pick are all related. She just needs to understand how ...

Life is never easy but when her family is killed by a serial killer - one who is never caught - it becomes impossible.As she grows up, Tavi works to appear normal while hiding in law enforcement, determined to get answers and if she can - extract revenge.Jericho is a hunter. Now he''s caught the scent of an old prey, a serial killer he''s been one step behind the whole way. ThenJericho catches wind of the killer''s next victim... Which is none other than a detective with a little too impressive track record for getting her man.Only she wants nothing to do with him. Or his protection. And he can''t leave her alone...Sparks fly from the first meet - in more ways than one.But when energy flares it also attracts. And the killer realizes he can kill two enemies in one swoop. He''s cleaning up. Turning a new leaf.And wants no one left alive who can stop him...