Bøker av Marji Laine

Her best friend missing, every cell in Dani Foster's body screams something is wrong. Crime scene cleaning is the perfect job for witness-relocated Dani Foster. But her orders to maintain a low profile and stay out of trouble mean little when her friend goes missing. Suspicions point to the handsome crime scene specialist, Jay Hunter, but he's also the only person willing to help Dani. Dare she trust him even when lies seem to surround him? Dani amuses Jay. But her latest moves have thrust her into serious danger. As he learns more about her circumstances, the stakes rise until her very life is on the line. He has no time or inclination for romance, but this girl needs him, and she seems to have no one else. How can he turn his back? Dani's troubles and Jay's attraction are only just beginning! This is the first episode of this Christian Mystery and Romance series set in Dallas, Texas. If you like a twisted mystery amped up with a healthy dose of suspense, you need to read this book! Great dialogue and characters leap off every page in this fast-paced story-line of the first novella in the Grime Fighters collection.-Elizabeth Goddard, author of BURIED, UNTRACEABLE, and BACKFIRE

Meeting the parents can be murder. For Dani Foster that's a literal statement, and there's little chance her boyfriend's parents will ever warm up to her. Not after what she uncovers. After dating for several months, it's only natural that Jay Hunter should want his girlfriend to meet his family. But Dani's curious nature and extraordinary observation skills can't be turned off. Not even for his parents. Their secrets aren't her doing, and the fact that she unearths them isn't her intention, so why is she openly hated? His parents' obvious dislike for the lady he loves leaves Jay with a terrible decision. Does he accept their counsel and give up this woman who has meant so much to him, or does he return to Dallas with Dani and never look back? Or is there some way the problems can be resolved without destroying either relationship?

Discovering a dead body is unpleasant... even when murder is part of daily life. Finding the body of a dead man would freak out anyone. Even someone with Dani Foster's gruesome job. Though Crime Scene Specialist Jay Hunter opposes her on every side, she insists on striking up an investigation of her own. Maybe it's because she was the one who found the body. Or it could be because her close friend is a suspect. Then again, it could stem from the deep-seated drive to work on the case is to stay close to the handsome crime scene specialist. Whatever the reason, Dani excuses it as the normal actions of a detective's daughter. Though no one's supposed to know about that. Jay Hunter can't escape the sharp eyes and keen mind that Dani has, or her beauty and fun-loving spirit. Her help might be exactly what he needs to secure the promotion he's been hoping for. Though he can't stand the thought of her being in danger. Not after the last time. If you enjoy twisted mysteries and gripping suspense, you'll want to grab your copy of GRIME WAVE. Dani's troubles are just beginning to amp up, along with her interested in Jay Hunter in this second episode of the Grime Fighter Mysteries.

Shadows from her past have haunted Dani's dreams for months. Now, however, the ghosts are real and bringing a trail of death and destruction. What begins as a romantic evening, the first in far too long, collapses into yet another crime scene. However, this one has someone involved who is familiar to Dani. Too familiar. And worse, he recognizes her.Jay's new promotion has increased his working hours considerably, as well as interrupted and cancelled more than one date with Dani. His attempt to make it up to her at one of the nicest restaurants in the area backfires when the place is robbed. But the biggest problem is that Dani seems to be in on the crime.

Dani Foster has spent the better part of the last year in witness security, seeking protection from a dangerous man in her past. Even behind bars, he had wielded power enough to have her killed-if he could've found her. But now he's escaped, and everything has changed. No longer can she live in a semblance of normalcy. Her survival depends on her acting talent, the masks she wears, and the hated lies she must continue to tell. Neither does she have any expectation of freedom from her masquerade. And no longer can she have any contact with anyone she's left behind: not in Sacramento, and not in Dallas.Jay Hunter is sure that, despite the secrets Dani hid, she is the woman with whom he wants to spend his life. Yet on the verge of him actually proposing, her past creeps in. Strangers shouting in a nearby parking lot spook Dani into an all-out flight. Jay's determined to protect her, until she climbs into the car of another stranger, then tells Jay goodbye. With a permanent sound to the word.Is it any wonder that the dangerous man, intent on killing Dani himself, would use her affection for Jay to his benefit? A shooter targets Dallas police, sending Dani into panic and giving the dangerous man exactly what he wants. Enough contact with her past to determine her present proximity. But Jay has been alerted to her contact as well. Can he locate her, forgetting the pain of her rejection, in time to save her life?