Julie Garwood Buchanan-Renard-MacKenna Series: Books 3-4

KILLJOY Avery Delaney has tried to put the past behind her. Abandoned by her mother when she was only three days old, Avery was raised by her grandmother and beloved aunt Carolyn. Then, when she was ten, she saw her grandmother murdered in cold blood, before Avery herself was shot and left for dead. The killer was soon caught, convicted, and is currently serving a life sentence. This experience propels Avery into a life of law and order. But soon she will have to...
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KILLJOY
Avery Delaney has tried to put the past behind her. Abandoned by her mother when she was only three days old, Avery was raised by her grandmother and beloved aunt Carolyn. Then, when she was ten, she saw her grandmother murdered in cold blood, before Avery herself was shot and left for dead. The killer was soon caught, convicted, and is currently serving a life sentence. This experience propels Avery into a life of law and order. But soon she will have to use her skills on a case that hits painfully close to home. Avery's aunt Carolyn is sent to the posh Utopia Spa by her soon-to-be ex-husband. But Carolyn never makes it to Utopia. Under false pretenses, she is taken to an isolated retreat by a handsome stranger with a dazzling smile and the darkest of motives. His name is Monk, a hired assassin. Now, with scant clues and fewer resources, Avery must track down and save Carolyn--and outmaneuver a brilliant killer who is part of an elaborate plot of madness and lethal vengeance.

MURDER LIST
When Chicago detective Alec Buchanan is offered a prime position with the FBI, he takes it as the perfect opportunity to leave the Windy City. But first he must complete one last assignment: acting as a glorified bodyguard to hotel heiress Regan Hamilton Madison. The exec has become entangled in some potentially deadly business: Someone has e-mailed her a graphic crime-scene photo - and the victim is no stranger. Regan suspects that the trouble started when she agreed to help a journalist friend expose a shady self-help guru who preys on lonely, vulnerable women. Hoping to find some damning evidence, Regan attends a seminar. At the gathering, the doctor persuades his guests to partake in an innocent little "cleansing" exercise. He asks them to make a list of the people who have hurt or deceived them, and poses the question: Would your world be a better place if these people ceased to exist? Regan plays along. The experience is all but forgotten - until the first person on Regan's list turns up dead. Shock turns to horror when other names from the list start to surface as corpses. Now brutal murders seem to stalk Regan's every move. Regan must discover who has turned her private revenge fantasies into grisly reality.