The noose cuts off all air, leaving its victim
struggling hopelessly against death. One by one,
the members of a small town zydeco band are
being murdered by a macabre killer.
Tight
Sheriff Justine Wofford is boxed in on all
sides, investigating a series of gruesome
hangings everyone else considers suicide.
Hospitalized by a severe blow to the head,
unable to remember the details of the attack,
under fire from her own department, she reaches
out to the man she's sworn to avoid at any cost.
Tight
Their
affair was a close-kept secret, their bodies
coming together with explosive heat even as she
tried to maintain emotional distance. But now
Justine can't stay away from Ross. Somehow, he's
mixed up in this case and his hold on her is
only getting tighter.
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"Thompson delivers a riveting story of deceit,
murder and mystery intertwined with romance
and family loyalty. The characters'
backgrounds bring them to life, and Thompson's
creative, descriptive phrases make her scenes
easy to picture. The ending is well done, yet
leaves one longing for just a little more time
with these folks."
—Romantic Times
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Ruby Monroe
knows she’s way out of her depth the minute she
lays eyes on Sam McCoy. She’s been warned to
steer clear of this neighbor, the sexy bad boy
with a criminal past. But with her four-year-old
daughter missing, her home incinerated and her
own life threatened by a tattooed gunman, where
else can she turn? Drowning in the flood of
emotion unleashed by their mind-blowing
encounters, Ruby is horrified to learn an
unidentified body has been dredged up, the local
sheriff is somehow involved, and Sam hasn’t told
her all he knows. Has she put her trust in the
wrong man and jeopardized her very survival by
uncovering the secrets…
BENEATH BONE LAKE
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“Gripping and engaging from the very first page,
Thompson’s novel demonstrates why she's a master
of suspense and mystery. The author weaves a
well-plotted tale of corruption, horror,
violence and the enduring love formed by an
impenetrable bond of trust.”
—Romantic Times
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A mother’s love. A
son’s life snuffed out. A killer at large.
Snapshots of reality, except sometimes layered
images do not add up to a whole picture of the
truth.
Better than anyone,
photographer Rachel Copeland knows the camera can
lie. That’s how lurid altered pictures of her
appeared on the Internet, starting a downward
spiral that ended with her shooting a
nineteen-year-old stalker in self-defense.
Fleeing the press and the threats of an
unidentified female caller, she retreats to her
remote hometown in the Texas desert. In Marfa,
where mysterious lights hover in the night sky,
folks are used to the unexplainable, and a
person’s secrets are off limits. But recluse
Zeke Pike takes that philosophy even further
than Rachel herself. In her viewfinder Zeke’s
male sensuality is highlighted, his unexpressed
longing for human contact revealed. Through a
soft-focus lens, she sees a future for them
beyond their red-hot affair, never guessing
their relationship will expose the lovers to
more danger than either can imagine.
Leisure Romantic
Suspense.
August 2008
TRIPLE EXPOSURE
Nothing Exposes This Photographer to Danger Like
a New Love-Or an Old Secret...
"Thompson (The Salt Maiden) packs this
well-paced thriller full of twists and the local
color of a small Texas town...The red herrings
are exquisitely placed, and the climax will
surprise even the most jaded of suspense
readers."
Publisher's Weekly
Deep beneath the
desert lies a woman’s body, mummified by salt,
abandoned by those who ought to seek her. With
her rests a secret that someone will kill to
keep buried.
Devil’s Claw
It’s a barren
wasteland, the dead center of nowhere, and the
last place Dana Vanover wants to be. But it’s
also the last known address of her missing
sister. Determined to locate Angie, Dana won’t
be deterred by suspicious rednecks, snakebite,
or even the grim prognosis of Sheriff Jay
Eversole: no woman could survive more than a
week alone in the burning heat of Rimrock County
. But the endless sands aren’t the only thing
hotter than the chili served up in the Broken
Spur café. Despite small-town dirty politics, a
deadly car chase and a dangerous paternity
search, Dana and Jay can’t keep their hands off
each other. In the least populated area of the
country they’ve managed to find love. Now all
they have to do is stay alive long enough to
uncover…
The Salt Maiden
The
Salt Maiden
How
Far Would You Go...?
Leisure Romantic Suspense
December 2007
"Poetic use of language, intricate plotting
and a wealth of fascinating details make
Thompson¹s latest novel a masterful work of
suspense.
Readers will come for the action and stay for
the three-dimensional characters and
well-crafted narrative. This is a fabulous
read!"
Romantic Times
BOOKreviews Top Pick and
Reviewers' Choice
Nominee, Best Romantic Suspense of 2007
The full moon brings out the crazies; anyone
in emergency services knows that. But for
hospice nurse Beth Ann Decker, the gruesome
murder that rocks Hatcher County is shockingly
unexpected. As is the return of the Texas
community's most hated prodigal son -- Mark
Jessup. Sixteen years before, the town's bad boy
was behind the wheel of a pickup that left three
cheerleaders dead and Beth Ann so badly injured
that people whispered she'd have been better off
in the grave with them.
Jessup is all man now -- tough,
uncompromising, rich -- and a possible suspect
in this new killing. Beth Ann knows he's the
last person she should be spending time with,
especially when a nighttime intruder makes it
clear that she herself is a target. But in
Mark's heated gaze, Beth Ann sees something a
lot more exciting than pity. No matter how
dangerous the road ahead, she's dead set on
meeting life, and love...
Head On.
Head
On
Lovespell Romantic Suspense
July 2007
Kiss
of Death Daphne du Maurier Award Finalist/Best
Romantic Mystery or Romantic Suspense
Judge a Book by Its Cover Award Winner/ Best
Romantic Suspense Cover 2007
"Thompson's
novel is filled with realistic dialogue,
compelling
narrative and believable conflict. The
multiple viewpoints add
dimension to the plot, and the
characterizations are very well done.
-
Marilyn Wegel,
Romantic
Times
When a stalker makes an
attempt on the life of community activist Luz
Maria Montoya, there is no shortage of
suspects... including the sexy Houston police
detective assigned to crack the case.
Though Heat Lightning
stands alone, fans of Fade the Heat
will enjoy revisiting Reagan Hurley, Luz
Maria's brother, Jack Montoya, and the mean
streets of Houston, Texas.
Heat Lightning
Lovespell Romantic Suspense
November 2006
"Heat Lightning is brilliant from start to finish, and an ending that
comes right out of left field. The characters are flawed and real, the plot is
riveting, and the romance is hot. This is possibly Colleen Thompson’s best
thriller to date and is a must-read for readers who enjoy a truly spectacular
romantic suspense tale."
Sometimes the deadliest of lies are the ones
we tell ourselves . . .
The worst
day of Claire’s life begins with a 5:00 am
knock on her door, the summons every cop’s
wife dreads. But instead of telling her Spence
is gone, killed in the line of duty, Claire
gets even worse news. Her husband is in jail.
For murder. And irrefutable evidence proves
the person he really wants dead is her.
Betrayal
turns to terror when Spence skips bail and
someone begins vandalizing her horse ranch. In
the fury of a Texas thunderstorm, her husband
reappears with a story that sounds all too
credible and a seductive magnetism Claire has
never been able to resist. Is her need to
believe in his innocence nothing but . . .
The Deadliest Denial?
West Texas gossip paints every story a more interesting shade, especially when a married man goes missing with the local banker's wife and a stolen fortune. Susan Maddox is tired of feeling like an abandoned woman, and even angrier when neighbors act as if she's the one getting away with murder. Maybe her handsome-as-sin, bad-boy brother-in-law is the smartest choice of ally, especially since she's never been able to forget a star-studded night in his convertible back in high school. But who else can she trust to recover damning evidence from her husband's crashed hard
dri.0ve? Who else is there to pick up the pieces when intruders set fire to her home, a truck runs her off the road, and a trail of dead men stops her cold?
Who else can help her uncover a fatal
error?
The Deadliest Denial
Love Spell Romantic Suspense
May 2006
“First, you gotta find the perfect bottle,” the Firebug rasped. “Too hard, and it won’t bust when it hits the floor. Too thin, and it explodes on impact with the window, splashing you with the fuel mix and burning you to hell.”
Someone is setting fires in the Houston barrio, and Dr. Jack Montoya is the first intended victim. Is there some connection between the torching of his apartment and the gorgeous blonde from his past who appears at his clinic on the same day? For sure, Reagan Hurley turns up the flames of his libido, but these days the beautiful firefighter is more interested in putting out conflagrations than fanning old sparks. Yet when a hotly contested mayoral race turns ugly, when Reagan’s life is threatened and Jack’s career almost destroyed, when desire sizzles uncontrollably between them, it seems that no one will be able to…
Fade the Heat.
Fade the Heat
Love Spell Romantic Suspense
December 2005
"RITA finalist Thompson takes the reader on a
roller-coaster ride full of surprising twists and
turns in this exceptional novel of romantic suspense.. . She more than holds her own in territory blazed by
Tami Hoag and Tess Gerritsen."
