Cindy Gerard

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Cindy Gerard
  • Bibliography:
    53 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1991
  • Latest Book:
    January 2020
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About the Author

Cindy Gerard began writing category romance novels with Bantam's Loveswept line and Silhouette Desire before trying her hand at writing single title romantic suspense action novels. Gerard's risk took off with her hugely successful series, The Bodyguards, about the men and women of E.D.E.N Securities, Inc.

Her other series, Black Ops Inc., has been on the New York Times Best Seller list multiple times. The fifth book in the series, Risk No Secrets, won the Readers Crown award for Best Romantic Suspense in 2011. Gerard's latest in the Black Ops Inc. series, Last Man Standing, was released in January 2012 and hit #14 on the New York Times Best Seller List, #11 on Publisher's Weekly, and #36 on USA Today. She is a passionate animal-rights advocate and loves to travel.

Full Series List in Order

Black Ops

1 - Show No Mercy (Oct-2008)
2 - Take No Prisoners (Oct-2008)
3 - Whisper No Lies (Jan-2009)
4 - Feel the Heat (Oct-2009)
5 - Risk No Secrets (May-2010)
5.5 - Leave No Trace (Oct-2010)
6 - With No Remorse (Jul-2011)
7 - Last Man Standing (Feb-2012)
7.3 - Dying to Score (Aug-2012)
7.5 - SEALed With a Kiss (Oct-2014)

The Bodyguards

1 - To the Edge (May-2005)
2 - To the Limit (Aug-2005)
3 - To the Brink (Jan-2006)
4 - Over the Line (Jun-2006)
5 - Under the Wire (Dec-2006)
6 - Into the Dark (Jun-2007)

Legend Lake Trilogy

1 - The Bride Wore Blue // Out of the Blue (Jul-1996)
2 - A Bride for Abel Greene // Leap of Faith (Feb-1997)
3 - A Bride for Crimson Falls // Someone to Believe In (Jun-1997)

Northern Lights

1 - The Bride Wore Blue // Out of the Blue (Jul-1996)
2 - A Bride for Abel Greene // Leap of Faith (Feb-1997)
3 - A Bride for Crimson Falls // Someone to Believe In (Jun-1997)

One-Eyed Jacks

1 - Killing Time (Jan-2013)
2 - The Way Home (Nov-2013)
3 - Running Blind (Feb-2015)
4 - Taking Fire (Feb-2016)

Outlaw Hearts

1 - The Outlaw's Wife (Oct-1998)
2 - Marriage, Outlaw Style (Dec-1998)
3 - The Outlaw Jesse James (Feb-1999)

Sundown, Montana

1 - The Bridal Arrangement (Sep-2001)
2 - Taming the Outlaw (Oct-2002)
3 - Between Midnight and Morning (Jan-2005)
4 - A Convenient Proposition (Jun-2006)

Multi-Author Series List

Dynasties: The Barones

The Librarian's Passionate Knight (Aug-2003)

Dynasties: The Connellys

9 - The Secret Baby Bond (Sep-2002)

Family Secrets

The Bluewater Affair (Sep-2003)

Fantasy Men

Dream Tide // Dream Lover (Sep-1993)

Man of the Month

167 - Taming the Outlaw (Oct-2002)

Only Daddy

Man Around the House (Jul-1993)

Sons and Lovers

Lucas: the Loner (Jan-1996)

Stormwatch

6 - Snow Blind (Jan-2020)

Texas Cattleman's Club

5 - Lone Star Prince (Dec-1999)
8 - Lone Star Knight (Mar-2001)
19 - Breathless For The Bachelor (Feb-2004)
22 - Black-Tie Seduction (Jul-2005)

Texas Cattlemans Club: The Stolen Baby

4 - Breathless For The Bachelor (Feb-2004)

Treasured Tales

Perfect Double // Charade (Jan-1994)

Book List in Order: 53 titles

  • Maverick // Renegade

    Loveswept - 484

    The Dangerously Sexy Cowboy... When Jesse Kincannon drove up in a low-slung black Porsche, Amanda Carter knew trouble had arrived! His father's will had left her half of the Flying K Ranch, and she'd been dreading the day she'd have to face the ren...

  • Temptation from the Past

    Loveswept - 514

    An Outlaw's Heart and a Bad-Boy Grin... Michael Hayward was the most blatantly sexy man January Stewart had ever seen! His sure, cocky smile made her insides throb with fiery need, but she knew the renowned journalist was more trouble than she...

  • Slow Burn

    Loveswept - 547

    ADAM--The Tough Renegade Whose Secrets She Longed to Uncover... He was a wanderer, a stray whose troubled gaze barely hid his anger and despair, but Joanna Taylor knew -- she'd offer Adam Dursky the handyman job at her Minnesota lodge. Drawn ...

  • Man Around the House

    Loveswept - 628
    Only Daddy

    MATTHEW--A Lean, Muscled Heartbreaker Who Was Sexy as Sin... Answering his neighbor's cries for help, Matthew Spencer found himself rescuing a sassy blue-eyed temptress who was sure to keep him up nights! Katie McDonald was shameless, a walking d...

  • Dream Tide // Dream Lover

    Fantasy Men
    Loveswept - 637

    PATRICK -- A Wild Irish Rogue Who Willed Her Surrender with a Kiss... He was heart-stoppingly gorgeous, all temptation and trouble in a pair of jeans -- but Merry Clare Thomas was stunned to wake up In Patrick Pyan's arms...and in his bed! She...

  • Perfect Double // Charade

    Loveswept - 660
    Treasured Tales

    LOGAN -- A Master of Seduction Whose Disguise Meant a Chance for Love... Saved by a stranger from a near fatal mugging, business mogul Logan Prince woke up in a strange bed -- and found a reluctant angel with a siren's body bandaging his woun...

  • Into the Night

    Loveswept - 708

    He was all man, all temptation -- and all wrong for her.... It began as a gimmick to promote a radio show for lovers, but the spirited sparring between Jessie Fox and Tony Falcone soon had listeners demanding to know more of their steamy romance!...

  • The Cowboy Takes a Lady

    Greatest Texas Love Stories of All Time (reissues) - 11
    Mills & Boon Desire - 957
    Silhouette Desire - 957

    BOOTS IN THE BEDROOM Sexy rancher Tucker Lambert wanted no part of the dark-haired beauty who had come to stay at his spread. He could tell Sara Stewart was nothing but trouble, but he had no choice; he'd promised his best friend he'd take...

  • Lucas: the Loner

    Mills & Boon Desire - 975
    Silhouette Desire - 975
    Sons and Lovers

    INDECENT PROPOSAL Lucas Caldwell knew Kelsey Gates was trouble! The loner cowboy sensed the bigcity reporter had gotten wind of his lifelong secret, but the red-haired spitfire claimed she wanted only one thing: him. Lucas was sure she was lying, ...



  • The Bride Wore Blue // Out of the Blue

    Legend Lake Trilogy - 1
    Northern Lights - 1
    Mills & Boon Desire - 1018
    Silhouette Desire - 1012

    IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A PLANE! Only J.D. "Blue" Hazzard would crash his plane into a lake just to get Maggie Adams's attention. Her gawky high-school swain had grown into an irresistibly tempting god, but Maggie had returned to Minnesota for some peace ...

  • A Bride for Abel Greene // Leap of Faith

    Legend Lake Trilogy - 2
    Northern Lights - 2
    Mills & Boon Desire - 1059
    Silhouette Desire - 1052

    A WIFE IN THE BEDROOM Mail-order bride Mackenzie Kincaid had prepared herself for a loveless marriage to loner Abel Greene. But now her would-be groom wanted out of their deal. Mackenzie was out of options: if she wanted to stay wedded she had to se...

  • A Bride for Crimson Falls // Someone to Believe In

    Legend Lake Trilogy - 3
    Northern Lights - 3
    Mills & Boon Desire - 1082
    Silhouette Desire - 1076

    WILLING GROOM? Colin Slater arrived in Crimson Falls wearing a stylish suit and carrying a Wall Street Journal, and quickly discovered that the only thing interesting in town was his new partner, Scarlett Morgan. Sharing the long, northern nights ma...

  • The Outlaw's Wife

    Outlaw Hearts - 1
    Mills & Boon Desire - 1217
    Silhouette Desire - 1175

    KIDNAPPED BY HER HUSBAND! When Emma walked down that aisle toward Garrett James, she knew she was marrying the roguish outlaw of her dreams. But when time and distance took their toll on their marriage, they parted ways. Until one fateful night, w...

  • Marriage, Outlaw Style

    Outlaw Hearts - 2
    Mills & Boon Desire - 1229
    Silhouette Desire - 1185

    FROM CLASSROOM RIVALS... Was Maddie Brannigan out of her cotton-pickin' mind? Waking up next to their sworn enemy, of all things. Sure, Clay James was the sexiest hunk in Jackson Hole. Sure, the rugged businessman came to her rescue. But Maddie had ...

  • The Outlaw Jesse James

    Outlaw Hearts - 3
    Mills & Boon Desire - 1241
    Silhouette Desire - 1198

    BORN ON THE WILD SIDE OF A WYOMING BLIZZARD... Rodeo was the only full-time mistress in cowboy Jesse James's life. He liked slow seductions and fast goodbyes. Then Sloan Gantry sashayed his way, and this forever kind of filly knocked the saddle ou...

  • Lone Star Prince

    Mills & Boon Desire - 1298
    Silhouette Desire - 1256
    Texas Cattleman's Club - 5

    THE LOYAL PROTECTOR Gregory Hunt had always been the best -- whether he was handling the toughest legal cases in Texas or coming to the rescue of damsels in distress. Only, this particular damsel was one he had loved once before -- the regal Princ...

  • In His Loving Arms

    Mills & Boon Desire - 1319
    Silhouette Desire - 1293

    Only Mark Remington could make her heart melt. But he wasn't the one she married. Now, widowed and pregnant, Lauren McKenzie was surprised to find him on her doorstep again seven years later. She didn't know why he'd come back -- or why h...

  • Lone Star Knight

    Mills & Boon Desire 2-in-1 - 11
    Silhouette Desire - 1353
    Texas Cattleman's Club - 8

    THE GENTLEMAN RANCHER Billionaire Matt Walker was not a man who walked away from what he wanted. And what he wanted was the hand of Lady Helena Reichard. The darling of the paparazzi, Helena had recently been through hell and back -- emerging a ch...

  • The Bridal Arrangement

    Sundown, Montana - 1
    Mills & Boon Desire 2-in-1 - 33
    Silhouette Desire - 1392

    HIS VIRGIN BRIDE Lee Savage thundered into Montana to claim what was his -- Shiloh Ranch and a virgin bride. As a young man he'd watched Ellie Shiloh come into this world, and now Lee's promise to protect the naive young beauty bound them forever....



  • The Secret Baby Bond

    Dynasties: The Connellys - 9
    Mills & Boon Desire 2-in-1 - 71
    Silhouette Desire - 1460

    HE WANTED HIS LIFE BACK... But much had changed in the two years Michael Paige had been presumed dead. Though he still loved her, his wife now wore another man's diamond -- and Michael had a son. A beautiful boy he'd never seen before. That change...

  • Taming the Outlaw

    Sundown, Montana - 2
    Man of the Month - 167
    Mills & Boon Desire 2-in-1 - 104
    Silhouette Desire - 1465

    "I'm ready to reignite an old flame!" -- Cutter Reno, brazenly sexy rodeo champ When rugged lone wolf Cutter Reno breezed back into Sundown, Montana, his macho male pride demanded he reclaim the one li'l lady who'd ever truly mattered. All it too...

  • The Librarian's Passionate Knight

    Dynasties: The Barones
    Mills & Boon Desire 2-in-1 - 97
    Silhouette Desire - 1525

    THE DAMSEL IN DISTRESS... When she saw the man who rescued her from a stalker ex-boyfriend, librarian Phoebe Richards couldn't believe her eyes. Only in books -- and in her fantasies -- had she seen a sexy-as-sin man like Daniel Barone. He was every...

  • The Bluewater Affair

    Family Secrets - 4
    Family Secrets

    Subject: Single, soon-to-be-mother Susannah Hobson Family History: Stepdaughter of Violet Vaughn, mother of the Extraordinary Five Darkest Secret: Hiding her knowledge of Code Proteus...and holding on to her heart Abandoned by the father of ...

  • Tempting the Tycoon

    Mills & Boon Desire 2-in-1 - 101
    Silhouette Desire - 1539

    HE WAS HEARTBREAK WAITING TO HAPPEN... Her best friend's wedding was not the place for a seduction. But Nate McGrory's potent blend of masculinity, charm and sensuality made Rachael Matthews want to run for cover -- or straight into his arms. Giv...

  • Breathless For The Bachelor

    Mills & Boon Desire 2-in-1 - 141
    Silhouette Desire - 1564
    Texas Cattleman's Club - 19
    Texas Cattlemans Club: The Stolen Baby - 4

    ONE KISS WAS NEVER ENOUGH... With her creamy skin, sultry eyes and luscious mouth, Carrie Whelan was ripe for the plucking, and Ry Evans was starving for a taste of her! Still, he wasn't about to ravish his best friend's virginal baby sister, no m...

  • Storm of Seduction

    Mills & Boon Desire 2-in-1 - 162
    Silhouette Desire - 1583

    SKIN TO SKIN... Tonya Griffin had been a lovestruck assistant when she had thrown herself at her boss. Twelve years later, Web Tyler was making the now-famous photographer a lucrative offer. Tonya had dreamed of this moment for years, but her reve...

  • Between Midnight and Morning

    Sundown, Montana - 3
    Mills & Boon Desire 2-in-1 - 171
    Silhouette Desire - 1630

    A tall, cool cowboy with a heartbreaker smile, J. T. Tyler had a line of women swooning in his wake. Then he met Alison Samuels, the town's new veterinarian, and found himself face-to-face with a challenge he couldn't ignore. J.T. wasn't interested i...

  • To the Edge

    The Bodyguards - 1

    THE FIRST RULE OF BODYGUARDS: The daughter of a wealthy businessman, Jillian Kincaid grew up with bodyguards shadowing her every move-and she hated it. Now a TV anchorwoman, she refuses to let another hired thug follow her around. Not even when she ...

  • Black-Tie Seduction

    Mills & Boon Desire 2-in-1 - 186
    Silhouette Desire - 1665
    Texas Cattleman's Club - 22

    "I'm not the kind of woman who dates the Jake Thornes of the world': -- Christine Travers She and Jake were polar opposites. Which was why his insistence that they date made no sense to Christine. Yet, if she wanted that mysterious box he'd outbi...



  • To the Limit

    The Bodyguards - 2

    In To The Edge, bestselling author Cindy Gerard introduced the bold men and audacious women of an elite team of bodyguards in a sizzling new romantic suspense series. Now she takes their seductive daring one step further as passion vies with peril fo...

  • To the Brink

    The Bodyguards - 3

    HER LIFE HANGS IN THE BALANCE... Working on highly sensitive diplomatic affairs, Darcy Prescott is a natural target for terrorist kidnappers. But when she's mysteriously plucked off a street in Manila one sultry night, Darcy's disappearance isn't wh...

  • Over the Line

    The Bodyguards - 4

    WHEN EVERY FRIENDLY FACE COULD MASK A KILLER... "Sweet Baby Jane" Perkins has carved out a mega-selling reputation as rock's favorite bad girl. But her hard-living, tough-talking image can't prevent the sharp dose of reality that hit home when her e...

  • A Convenient Proposition

    Sundown, Montana - 4
    Mills & Boon Desire 2-in-1 - 252
    Silhouette Desire - 1734

    SHE WAS PREGNANT AND ALONE Back in Sundown, Montana, Shallie Malone faced a myriad of knowing glances. The father of her child had abandoned her and there didn't seem to be any knight in shining armor on her horizon. HE WOULD MAKE HER HIS BRIDE ...

  • Under the Wire

    The Bodyguards - 5

    BECAUSE OF HER, HE LOST EVERYTHING. Manny Ortega is a man without a country, and he has one woman to thank for it. She was his first and only true love, and when she left, she took more than his heart--she took his life as he knew it. Hardened and h...

  • Into the Dark

    The Bodyguards - 6

    HER SPIRIT WON'T BE BROKEN. Amy Walker endured unspeakable horrors while being held as a hostage before she was rescued by Dallas Garrett and his brothers from E.D.E.N., Inc. Amy is determined to leave the past behind...but only after she gets some ...

  • Desert Heat

    in Rescue Me

    Assistant D.A. Elena Martinez never wanted to fall for police detective Seth King. When they are teamed up on a charity hike in the Grand Canyon, however, their chemistry sizzles under the desert sun. But a vengeful drug lord is determined not to let...

  • Show No Mercy

    Black Ops - 1

    THE SULTRY HEAT... Only two things can compel journalist Jenna McMillan back to Buenos Aires after terrorists held her captive there just months before: a rare interview with a shadowy billionaire and the memory of the dark and dangerous man who sav...

  • Take No Prisoners

    Black Ops - 2

    New York Times bestselling author Cindy Gerard's red-hot new romantic suspense series features the irresistible men of Black Ops, Inc., a special team of heroes with a taste for living on the edge.... A DANGEROUS ATTRACTION... Abbie Hughes no lon...

  • Whisper No Lies

    Black Ops - 3

    In New York Times bestselling author Cindy Gerard's fiery new romantic suspense series, when danger threatens, the seductive heroes of Black Ops, Inc. turn up the heat. AN INDECENT PROPOSAL... When a high roller at the Vegas casino where Crystal ...



  • Feel the Heat

    Black Ops - 4

    In New York Times bestselling author Cindy Gerard's sizzling new novel, a ruthless international conspiracy is no match for the irresistible alpha heroes of Black Ops, Inc. A RACE FOR SURVIVAL... Bold, blonde Defense Intelligence officer B. J. Chase...

  • Risk No Secrets

    Black Ops - 5

    A deadly international mission reunites a sexy Black Ops, Inc. hero and his sizzling former love in Cindy Gerard's seductive new romantic thriller. A RED-HOT ATTRACTION . . . Twelve years of chasing bad guys didn't erase beautiful Sophie Baylor ...

  • Leave No Trace

    in Deadly Promises
    Black Ops - 5.5

    THESE HEROES ARE 100 PERCENT RAW, DANGEROUS, AND . . . UNDENIABLY SEXY. New York Times bestselling authors Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love, and Cindy Gerard and rising romance star Laura Griffin mix seduction and suspense in three irresistible roman...

  • With No Remorse

    Black Ops - 6

    His quiet vacation in the Peruvian Andes turns deadly when a Black Ops, Inc. operative rescues a stunning stranger from a mysterious train robbery and discovers she's the target of a vengeful manhunt. A DANGEROUS MAN For Luke Colter, downtime is an ...

  • Last Man Standing

    Black Ops - 7

    A deadly mission. A thirst for revenge. One headstrong alpha hero and one daring woman will settle the score. Special operative Joe Green has gone vigilante. His mission: avenge his Black Ops, Inc., brother's death during a bloody ambush years ...

  • Dying to Score

    in Love Is Murder (Mira)
    Black Ops - 7.3

    Discover heart-racing intrigue in this Thriller Short of romantic suspense. Originally published in LOVE IS MURDER (2013), Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown. In this Thriller Short, New York Times bestselling author...

  • Killing Time

    One-Eyed Jacks - 1

    For the seven years after Operation Slam Dunk went south, Mike Brown got drunk on each anniversary. The eighth year was no different-until he was drugged by a woman and woke up to her questions about what had happened eight years ago in Afghanistan. ...

  • When Somebody Loves You

  • The Way Home

    One-Eyed Jacks - 2

    Killed in Action -- the most dreaded words imaginable for a soldier’s wife. Jess Albert has been living with them for four years, since the death of her husband in Afghanistan. Finding blessed numbness in routine, she doesn’t dare to look ahead, ...

  • SEALed With a Kiss

    Black Ops - 7.5

    Fans of Cindy Gerard’s New York Times and USA Today’s best-selling Black Ops, Inc. series are going to LOVE revisiting Luke and Val (book 6: With No Remorse) in this intensely suspenseful, emotional, and sexy short story that Cindy created due to...



  • Running Blind

    One-Eyed Jacks - 3

    Tension sizzles in this new book in the One-Eyed Jacks series by New York Times bestseller Cindy Gerard: a sexy, pulse-pounding story featuring special ops agent Jamie Cooper and a female cyber analyst as they fight for justice and fall in love. N...

  • Go Play Outside

    When Mom and Dad find their four Couch Potatoes in their all too regular habitat â€" slouched around the couch playing with their electronic games â€" they decide it's time to take drastic actions and teach them a valuable lesson. Forced by their par...

  • Taking Fire

    One-Eyed Jacks - 4

    Betrayal. Retribution. Redemption? Six years ago, tough-as-nails military contractor Bobby Taggart met the woman of his dreams in war-torn Kabul -- a sexy, whip-smart war correspondent who approached him at a local bar, took him to bed, made him f...

  • Snow Blind

    Stormwatch - 6

    The storm sweeps in like a thief in the night...Winter storm Holly is the worst in eighty years bringing high winds, subzero temperatures and snowfall better measured in feet than in inches. The weather paralyzes everything in its path, but, in this ...

Award-Winning Books by Cindy Gerard

Take No Prisoners
2009 Rita Award -- Romantic Suspense
Taming the Outlaw
2003 Rita Award -- Short Contemporary Series Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Cindy Gerard has published 53 books.

Cindy Gerard does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Snow Blind, was published in January 2020.

The first book by Cindy Gerard, Maverick // Renegade, was published in July 1991.

Yes. Cindy Gerard has 7 series.
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