The final showdown may mean losing it all.Julie Connolly thought she had perfected the art of emotional eating, but ever since she learned of her father's passing, she's taken it to new heights. The bastard has figured out how to destroy her life from the grave.Her father's proposal—abandon her son Cody, so someone else can raise him, or lose her inheritance. The outrageous condition doesn't deserve a response but the lawyer her father hired demands an answer. Before she can tell the ambulance-chaser exactly where he can shove his demands, her worst fears come alive: Cody is kidnapped. Her only hope comes from Ben Mooring, a man she hates nearly as much as her father. Though Ben Mooring lost his chance with Julie years ago, she and Cody still mean the world to him. He practically raised the kid for years when he was with Julie. When Cody goes missing, Ben drops everything to search for him. He might never win a spot in Julie's life...

"After all the times my mom told me to save for a rainy day...Who would've thought the rainy day would come in the form of a dead guy named Donnie?" Roxy Horne is a process server—not that tracking down people and giving them paperwork is her life dream—but it feeds her cake obsession. Oh, and it pays the bills. Her dream of being a Private Investigator is far out of reach. But never once, even when serving to a slime ball who wouldn't pay child support, did she expect to find a dead body. Now her life is crazier than the cacti being launched at her car. There is an upside. While serving a subpoena she's connected with her high school infatuation, Rafe Amato. If the name doesn't tell you how hot the man is, his abs will do it. All ten of them. Rafe might be an ex-cop, but his mind hasn't gotten the memo. He thinks like a cop, he acts like a cop, and he annoys her like a cop. Her upside doesn't feel so up anymore. When the Las Vegas...

Kennedy Romero is not a murderer. Why is she the only one who believes that? Well, her and her best friend believe it. And, yes, she knows it's a little coincidental that she arrived in Vegas the same day her best friend's husband was killed. But she swears she had nothing to do with it.Unfortunately, Vegas Metro has other ideas—and they all lead to Kennedy. So instead of enjoying her vacation in Las Vegas, she's stuck smack-dab in the middle of a murder investigation.What she would give for an all-you-can-eat buffet and watching her best friend's soccer team play a match. But no. Instead of hitting the casinos, she's trying to interview the players of the Vegas Victory FC and wishing she wasn't the main suspect.The body is growing as cold as the trail of the murderer. But if she doesn't find the killer soon, Metro will be giving her a red card and she'll be sitting in jail. Permanently.

Megan Stewart has always been the good girl, living her life imprisoned by others' expectations, always doing what she's told, waiting for her life to begin. Going to Ritter University is her chance to break away. Her new beginning. To finally get the life she wants. But somehow she's falling into the same patterns, the same habits. She never takes a chance. Never takes a risk ...until Danny. Danny Jones is the kind of guy every parent fears— tattoos and all kinds of sex appeal, wrapped up in trouble. No one knows the things he's seen, the things he's done. They haven't lived through the shit he's lived through or earned the scars he has to show for it. No one knows, because he's never had the time or the desire to let anyone in...until Megan. They are all wrong for each other, but they can't stop themselves from rushing in.

A summer romance, built to lastAndrzej Kaminski—Ski to his friends—has always wanted to be a doctor. At least that’s what his father tells him. Ski’s not so sure. With medical school no longer a foregone conclusion, Ski suddenly has no purpose, no direction. He has no idea what he wants to do—football and wrestling don’t count. Samantha Thunder's life is overflowing with two-by-fours and sacks of mortar. She doesn’t have time for romance, especially pretty frat-boys with dreamy pecs. She needs to run the family construction business, whether she likes it or not—which means staying far, far away from big, muscled distractions. Unfortunately, she can’t stay far, far away, no matter how hard she tries. This summer, Samantha is managing the renovation of the Phi Rho fraternity house on the Ritter University campus, and Ski is babysitting the house while he pretends to take some summer classes. The pressure is on for both of them to make some major decisions—about their future, and about each other. Walking away may be the best answer. If only they could… Reader Note This Ritter University book is part of series of interconnected but stand-alone books. Please check out the other Ritter University books coming soon: What Happens in College... (available August 2015) Christmas Breakdown (available October 2015) Rushing In (available January 2016)