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Colleen Collins
Colleen Collins was born on 26 November 1951. She graduated at the University of California Santa Barbara. At three years old, she did Jack Benny impressions (or so her father claims). It must have been prophetic because she eventually performed stand-up and improvisational comedy in Los Angeles and Denver. She worked as a film production assistant, improv comic, telecommunications manager at the RAND Corporation, technical writer/editor, speech writer, and private investigator. All these experiences play into her writing.
Along the way, she cowrote a joke book, How to Exercise with Your Computer, which landed her on the cover of National Lampoon magazine. The writing bug had bitten. She joined the Romance Writers of America, the Colorado Romance Writers, and began learning the craft of romance-fiction writing. She entered a Harlequin Temptation contest and placed second. Several years later, she was thrilled to sell her first novel to Harlequin Love & Laughter. The book, titled Right Chest, Wrong Name, was nominated by Romantic Times Magazine for best Love & Laughter romance and was also a finalist in the prestigious Award of Excellence contest. Since then she has written several more books for Harlequin. She also published an indie-published mystery, The Zen Man (as Cassandra Collins) and two nonfiction books, How Do Private Eyes Do That? and How to Write a Dick: A Guide for Writing Fictional Sleuths from a Couple of Real-Life Sleuths (the latter co-authored with Shaun Kaufman). Her books have placed first in the Colorado Gold, Romancing the Rockies, and Top of the Peak contests, and placed in the finals for the Holt Medallion, Best Indie Books 2012, Coeur de Bois Readers Choice, Award of Excellence, More than Magic, and Romance Writers of America RITA contests. She’s a member of the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), Private Eye Writers of America (PWA), the Sisters in Crime. When not sleuthing or writing, she likes to spend time with her husband and their two Rottweilers and three cats.
Books in Order: 23 titles
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Hearts in Vegas
"You're not going into this alone." P.I. Frances Jefferies is the perfect person to slip into Las Vegas's underworld to recover a priceless necklace. With her elite investigative skills, not to mention her jewel-thief past, she knows she can get ...
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Sleepless in Las Vegas
This investigation is getting very personal P.I.-in-training Valerie LeRoy is dying to get into the field. So when a client asks her to spy on someone, the thrill of her own case is too tempting to refuse. Instead of a cheating fiancée, however,...
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The Next Right Thing
The next right thing is the only choice Cammie Copello gets results -- even if it means stretching the rules. That's what makes her a great private investigator. It's also what caused the little breach between her and attorney Marc Hamil...
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Miracle on Bannock Street
In Charles Dickens Brentwood's profit-driven life, there is no time for sentimentality. There's no room for family, friends or even the only woman he's ever loved. But when Christmas Eve visitations of holidays past and future show him th...
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Three Wishes
New friendships, breathtaking sights and wonderful memories are shared aboard a romantic cruise ship to Thailand. Three couples celebrate their Thanksgiving anniversaries and recount the stories of how they met--and fell in love. Dot and Hank coll...
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The Perfect Girlfriend
Lights, camera...and lots of action! Enter: Cecily Cassell, brunette, slender, and star of her own show, The Perfect Boyfriend. She's mad at men - one in particular... Enter: Adam MacGruder, tall, blue-eyed, and the star of his own show, The Pe...
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Building a Bad Boy
When Kimberly Logan makes men over to find their mates, she knows the type of guy women want. However, Nigel Durand, an all-around beautiful hunk of man, might be her toughest client yet. He's got the droolworthy look, but his nice-guy personality an...
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Sweet Talkin' Guy
A honeymoon hotel... Daphne Remington's fate as the perfect socialite is practically sealed. But before giving in to la vie en beige and a matronly string of pearls, she's determined to have one last bit of fun. Only, her fling could be a bust whe...
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Can't Buy Me Louie
Former bad guy Louie Ragazzi is dark, sexy and a little dangerous -- and Alicia Hansen is just a little in love. She's determined to help him get over his "I'm a one-man show" thing. Shouldn't take much because, well, look at her! She's got it all, i...
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Let It Bree
Kirk Dunmore has suddenly found himself in times of trouble! When he stops to help a stranded Bree Brown, he winds up being chased by bad guys who are after Bree's pet bull?! And while they've been making their evasive maneuvers, he's managed to fall...
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Too Close for Comfort
WHEN IT'S THIS CLOSE... Jeffrey Bradshaw's well-ordered life has just taken a detour. Instead of being in L.A. making the pitch of his career, he's stuck in Alaska with a feisty bush pilot. Seductive, independent Cyd Thompson has him so captivated, ...
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Lightning Strikes
The first time Blaine Saunders spies the antique brass bed, she has to have it. Practical in every other way, she's suddenly discovered a weakness for sensuous beds where dreams come true. But the chances of her beautiful bed being delivered to th...
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Tongue-Tied
WHEN IT'S THIS HOT... Robin Lee is a woman of few words so she lets her actions stand for themselves. And when Johnny Dayton -- her bad-boy crush from childhood -- appears in her life, she shows him how happy she is to see him. But Johnny's hiding s...
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Joyride
SHE'S HAVING THE RIDE OF HER LIFE... Corinne McCourt is starting over...the right way! After discovering her fiance with another woman, she's determined to be more daring, spontaneous...sexy. And what better way to begin than by swiping her fiance's...
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She's Got Mail!
Ambitious editorial assistant Rosie Myers is finally getting her big break. When the writer of a Real Men column runs away with a stripper, Rosie is given the assignment. There's only one catch -- she has to write like a guy. No problem...until she s...
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In Bed With the Pirate
Bed-and-breakfast owner Kate Corrigan had always been fascinated (all right, make that a little obsessed) with pirates. But lately, one man had blazed his way into her secret pirate fantasies -- her neighbor Toby Mancini. But that didn't make sense...
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Rough and Rugged
Liney Reed's recipe for a rugged man: 1 tsp bad-boy, 1 c dreamy, 1 sprinkle of dark and sexy. Bring to a rapid boil. Let simmer for three or four days over heated glances. Serves one sexually-primed female executive. When L.A. executive Liney 'Dragon...
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Married After Breakfast
THREE DAYS CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING.... Were there ever two more different people than millionaire Dirk Harriman and showgirl Belle O'Leary? He was a communications tycoon, while she talked to her pets. He liked his champagne expensive, while she hop...
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Right Chapel, Wrong Couple
Always the best man... As Drake Hogan watched his good friend tie the knot, he was thrilled to be the best man and not the groom. Drake was determinedly happy as a single guy--until beautiful, free-spirited Lulu Lewis burst into his life. Before h...
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Right Chest, Wrong Name
Russell Harrington used to be a mild-mannered English professor. He's always followed the rules--even his engagement to a proper, nice woman was considered appropriate. Until... THE BACHELOR PARTY! He ended up riding off into the night on the bac...
