This is a collection of stories. When a girl wants hot and spicy, she finds herself a latin lover. In J.M. Jeffries' Partners in Crime, Vincent Mendoza is a CIA agent in charge of his first mission. He must liberate top-secret documents and turns to a jailed cat burglar, Cleo Harris, to help him. To gain her freedom, Cleo must help the steamy agent. Little does Vincent know that the ravishing thief will steal his heart in the process. In Monique Lamont's Instructing Layla, Marcelo Alcindor's former dance partner, Layla Washington, is back in his life after six long years. To win a dance contest, Layla teams again with her ex-lover, promising herself she will not let the passion they feel for dance lead to the bedroom again. But Marcelo teaches Layla that love is the greatest dance of all. In Kelly Nyrae's Wanting Mia, Mia Hamilton spotted a handsome man she wanted for a weekend fling, but he turned her down. Antonio Rojas has wanted Mia from the first moment he saw her, but he was other wised engaged until recently. He finds Mia two months later, determined to make her his and he is not taking no for an answer. In Simone Harlow's Julia's Second Act, once a hot Hollywood agent, Julia Wade's career is now on a downward spiral. Not so A-list actor, Matt Valdez, is trying to recharge his career. The two team up, but all Matt is interested in is his sexy new agent. She's working hard to get him noticed, but he's working just as hard to get her into his bed. Who will win this battle of the hearts?
J.M. Jeffries is the award winning writing team of Miriam Pace and Jacqueline Hamilton. Authors of romantic suspense and romantic comedies, they can't decide if they like killing people more than they like making them laugh. Miriam and Jackie have been writing together for eleven years, though it seems longer on occasion when they are on deadline. Miriam thinks Jackie is a master manipulator. Jackie knows Miriam is a bulldozer. Miriam has a deep and passionate love for shoes, amber jewelry and purebred cats. Jackie collects red lipsticks, Animaniacs memorabilia and steals pens.
Together they've written over twenty-two romance novels including the award winning Cold Case Crime Unit series for Genesis Press and the critically acclaimed Cupid series for Amber Quill books. They have also appeared in three anthologies.
Miriam and Jackie live in Southern California.
