Heartbeats of a KillerHe walks among them by day only to hunt them by night.Women are being found dead, contorted, and raped as the Pike Peaks Killer makes headlines. With Detective Frost's abilities doubted, and no new leads on the case, FBI Agent Jaxson Locke arrives uninvited to help with the investigation.With pressure from the media mounting, and the bodies piling up, Frost is out of time. His only chance is to utilize Locke's shocking profile at great risk, hoping to catch the killer before he strikes again.Can the two work together? Or will the killer escape justice once again?The Secrets of Taylor Creek Are secrets really kept secret? Are there some secrets that must be told?Beaufort is in North Carolina's 'Inner Banks,' and it's where Stormie Arrington calls home. Stormie is a feisty, stubborn, strong Alabama-born and raised woman who just happened to have had the misfortune of marrying the wrong man.Ben Arrington is a well-known prosecutor who married Stormie for reasons that are all his own. Ben wants to be the next governor of North Carolina, and he'll do anything to make that happen.When FBI Agent Nathan Emerson arrives to investigate the mysterious deaths and disappearances of a few local girls, he stumbles across a conspiracy. One that involves people at the highest level of the local government, all of whom are close to Ben Arrington. After Stormie invites herself to help Agent Emerson with his investigation, she learns many things about the man she married. She also realizes that she's falling in love with the man hunting for a killer. A killer who may very well be her husband.Will Stormie and Agent Emerson find the killer, or will they be his next victims? Roses in the SandDoes the perfect man exist? For seven women, he did, well, for a little while anyway.Pensacola Beach is paradise! A paradise where a serial killer hunts for victims.Seven women with varying tastes in men met the man of their dreams while visiting the island paradise. He was perfect in every way, for a little while anyway.After a hurricane hits the beach community, the seven women are found buried under a beach house.When Agent Jaxson Locke arrives, he finds that his involvement in the case is unwanted by Detective Martinez, the lead investigator. Martinez has a dark past that he tries to keep secret. A secret life like Detective Martinez's is hard to hide from a trained FBI Profiler, and he knows it.Agent Locke meets Taylor Long, a smart and beautiful businesswoman with whom he starts falling in love.Now, it's up to Agent Jaxson Locke to find the killer before he kills his next victim, who might just be Taylor.Will Agent Locke be able to use his profiling skills to catch the killer before it's too late?