Amy Vansant

Growing up in a fifty-five plus community, Charlotte never expected life to be wild...until she found the hot pawnbroker's mom buried in her backyard. Armed with nothing but her wits, Pineapple Port's questionable cast of characters and a growing crush, Charlotte is determined to solve the mystery of Declan's mother's murder."

A Pineapple Port Mystery: Book One

Pineapple Lies

A unique blend of suspense, romance and laughs with just a dash of time-traveling Highlander from USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Amy Vansant. When Catriona spots a plaid posterior passed out on the Hollywood movie lot where she works, she doesn't know her life as a fixer for Hollywood's spoiled elite is about to grow more complicated. She wants to write-off the ridiculously sexy, kilt-wearing Brochan as a con artist, but her adoptive father seems strangely comfortable with a man claiming to have no memory of his past or knowledge of the modern world. A red-bearded thug, an old picture and a three hundred year-old vendetta soon have Catriona worried she could lose everything - including her mysterious time traveling Scotsman. A Highlander followed her home...Can she keep him? Fans of Janet Evanovich, Colleen Helme and Denise Grover Swank will delight to find a new series that deals both thrills and laughs at a rapid-fire pace.

Kilty Series - 1

Kilty as Charged

Pineapple Pack

When Catriona spots a plaid posterior passed out on the Hollywood movie lot where she works, she doesn't know her life fixing problems for Hollywood's spoiled elite is about to grow more complicated. She wants to write-off the ridiculously sexy, kilt-wearing Brochan as a con artist, but her adopted father seems strangely comfortable with a man claiming to have no memory of his past or knowledge of the modern world. A red-bearded thug, an old picture and a three hundred year-old vendetta soon have Catriona worried she could lose everything - including her mysterious time traveling Scotsman. A Highlander followed her home...Can she keep him?

Romance, Suspense, Haggis

Kilty As Charged

A New Adult/College/Adult Sexy Romantic Comedy! Emily never expected to find love in a dart bar, but the moment she spots tall, sexy Sebastian, she's determined to catch his eye.

Slightly Stalky

USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Amy Vansant delivers more fast-paced thrills and crackling wit as the Highlander and the Hollywood fixer fall even more in love during a movie studio crisis... Time-tossed Highlander Brochan doesn't get a moment to recover from his latest wounds before he and Catriona discover one of Parasol Picture's biggest stars has been accused of murder. It will be hard for the actor to beat the charge...the body was found under his house. When another studio asset is dosed with drugs that send him into a near-fatal frenzy, the fixers have to wonder if someone is out to destroy Parasol. It doesn't help that Catriona's nefarious sister, Fiona, has moved even closer to the studio and seems inextricably tied to Parasol's problems. Brochan and Catriona could find solace in each other, but Brochan wants to get married before they hop into his kip and Cat thinks he needs to embrace the twenty-first century. Though on the upside, Broch says her hand in marriage is worth at least four cows... Fans of Janet Evanovich, Ann Charles and Jana DeLeon will delight to find a series that provides thrills, a few chills, mystery, a bit of romance and a good dose of humor. * There is a partial cliff-hanger - each book can stand alone and is also part of a larger story arc that continues through the series.

Romantic Suspense Mystery Thriller - Paperback

Kilty Mind

The secrets of Broch and Catriona's time-traveling past begin to bubble to the surface in this latest urban fantasy thriller by USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Amy Vansant. After discovering the shocking consequences of their lark in Las Vegas, Catriona and Broch find themselves on the hunt for a serial killer thought dead. Meanwhile, back in Hollywood, forces build against the time travelers as Catriona's father endeavors to consolidate his burgeoning power. When his machinations capture the attention of a mysterious group of strangers, will they arrive to work with him or against him? Fans of Patricia Briggs, Carrie Vaughn and Charlene Harris will delight to find a series that provides an unique, perfect blending of thrills and humor with a splash of romance and fantasy.

Time-Travel Urban Fantasy Thriller with a Killer Sense of Humor

Kilty Secrets

Broch and Catriona hit Vegas for another breathtaking adventure in book four of the delightful Kilty romantic suspense series by USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Amy Vansant. When one of Parasol Pictures' assets gets himself into gambling trouble, Broch and Catriona are dispatched to Las Vegas to pay the debt --- only to find it needs to be worked off. To fulfill the debt, they'll battle a mad Russian with an unhealthy interest in Catriona's kickboxing skills... When Broch is left for dead and Catriona taken, it's a race against time to reunite before the Russian's plans come to their twisted conclusion. Back in Hollywood, Catriona's recently returned time-traveling father has his eyes on her adoptive father, Sean. When Sean discovers Rune possess powers he never imagined, it will take an old and unusual friend to set things straight. Fans of Janet Evanovich, J.D. Robb and Angie Fox will delight to find a series that provides an unique, perfect blending of thrills and humor with a splash of romance and fantasy. * There is a partial cliff-hanger - each book can stand alone and is also part of a larger story arc that continues through the series.

Kilty as Sin: Romantic Suspense Mystery Thriller

While investigating the kidnapping of an actor's child, Broch suspects a woman at the scene is the beauty who's been haunting his dreams. Worried his reoccuring fantasies are memories of a former life in nineteenth-century Scotland, he vows to discover if the bewitching Fiona is his true love. Catriona is left confused by both her step-father's dramatic recount of her appearance in his life and her time-traveling Highlander's waning affections. She devotes herself to the case - only to discover her romantic rival might hold the key to her own mysterious past.

Passion. Intrigue. Poofy Dresses.

Kilty Conscience

NEW SERIES! A wildly entertaining, wholly unique tour de force of wit, emotion and thrills from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant. Shee wants a home. Shee McQueen grew up skip tracing and hunting military criminals with her father, Mick, until someone put a bounty on her head, forcing her underground. Resurfacing years later, she returns to her family's hotel in Jupiter Beach, FL, to find Mick in a coma, shot in the head by an unknown sniper. Shee wants answers. The Loggerhead Inn has everything Shee could want in a beach hotel---sea turtle wall art, a tiny Yorkshire terrier mascot who thinks she's a pit bull, and her father's staff of deadly, damaged military veterans, looking to redeem their troubled souls by helping others. Not to mention--- Hold on... How did Mason Connelly, the SEAL she fell for decades ago, just appear in the lobby? Why did he have to show up now, demanding answers to secrets long buried? Shee wants it all back. But someone wants her dead. From the moment Shee McQueen appears, The Girl Who Wants straps the reader into a twisting roller coaster ride of heart-stopping action, snappy dialog and intrigue. Shee's quest to recover the life and loves she's lost brings a depth of emotion rare in such a page-turning suspense. The unique female lead's funny, irreverent and all-too-human asides will have you rooting for her — and her whole pack of wild, wonderful misfit friends — until the breathless end.

A Fast-Paced Mystery Thriller - Kindle Unlimited Suspense, Secrets and Twists

The Girl Who Wants

Book EIGHT of the hilarious Pineapple Port mystery series from Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY Best-Selling author Amy Vansant has Charlotte awaking to find Mariska and Bob gone, kidnapped from their home. Their disappearance is a message from a familiar killer: Help me or your friends will disappear.To save her loved ones, Charlotte must find a way to clear her boyfriend's crazy ex of a killing. It may be the only crime the woman didn't commit...but things don't get any easier when someone mistakes Charlotte as a traitor and sends a madman with a distinctive "tattoo" and unusual gang of deadly pets to stop her. Fans of comedic mysteries like The Thin Man, Moonlighting, Monk and Elementary will fall in love with the charming, funny and thrilling world of Pineapple Port!

Pineapple Jailbird: A Pineapple Port Mystery: Book Eight - A Funny, Thrilling & Cozy (Ish) Mystery

Playing pirate with her Captain lover in 1720, Anne Bonny never dreamed she'd end up a Sentinel, a soldier for mankind's mysterious guardians, the Angeli. Now Anne will live 1000 years, but in return, she must hunt & neutralize Perfidia, corrupted Angeli who drain human energy to survive. Monsters are only half Anne's troubles; her stormy love life would make Blackbeard pack up ship and move to Kansas. After losing his corporeal body in battle, Anne's former lover, Con Carey, visits her by possessing the bodies of humans, often with embarrassing results. In the meantime, Anne's complicated romance with the aloof Arch Angeli Michael has intensified; even as they square off against a new breed of Perfidia, possessing untold power. Can this unusual love triangle work together to protect the world from the cosmic horrors sworn to destroy it?

Angeli - The Pirate, the Angel & the Irishman

Someone threatens to kill a neighbor who looks like an adorable Pomeranian but has a disturbing talent for revenge. Moments later, a stranger demands the return of a mysterious wooden box... or else. Declan's calculating ex-girlfriend has returned to claim she's the rightful owner of his pawn shop, and a killer is on his way to Pineapple Port!

Pineapple Mystery Box

The infamous Puzzle Killer stops by Pineapple Port in a mystery both hilarious and heart-stopping! Book THREE of the series that keeps readers (and their spouses) up at night with snorty laughter! Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY Best-Selling author Amy Vansant provides the perfect blend of humor and thrills as amateur sleuth Charlotte Morgan tries to track down a notorious killer. After years dormant, the infamous Puzzle Killer returns to Charity, Florida, in search of a rival murderer out to claim the all-time murder record. When two serial killers battle for the throne, Charlotte, her boyfriend Declan, and a naked cat find themselves on the chopping block! This is the author

A Pineapple Port Mystery: Book Three

Pineapple Puzzles

The Girl Who Found Joy

Pineapple Wedding

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Think Stephanie Plum goes to Florida. With Jack Reacher. Highly recommended." -Carmen Amato, bestselling author of the Detective Emilia Cruz police series and 30-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency. Enter the series at any book - each is a complete standalone mystery! The Loggerhead Inn's found family of troubled mercenaries searching for redemption are left to pick up the pieces after their leader's murder in this heartstopping thriller from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant. -------------------------------- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "You're grabbed from the beginning and never let go until the end!... In one word, WOW! I had to read it in one sitting. I couldn't put it down." - Amazon Reader -------------------------------- Shee and Mason go undercover to investigate who's using a local port for nefarious dealings. After a shark-ravaged body washes ashore with a pot roast tied to its waist, their investigations will take them from the port to the sea- But they can't start until they clean up. Croix's dropping bodies in the breakfast room. When assassins chase Croix's favorite hacker into Loggerhead, she never imagines saving him will lead to her own complicated past. As sparks kindle between them, Croix confides the painful secrets of her brother's murder and how the event brought her to Loggerhead-only to discover a Navy Captain trapped in domestic hell might know more than she does. Conman Ollie curries favor by recruiting the first female member of the Indian Garud commando special forces. Shiva is beautiful, deadly, and determined to slay her demons-even if that means running a shadow operation behind the agency's collective back. Seeing the truth behind her tragic upbringing could destroy Shiva...just as some small happiness at Loggerhead seems within reach. ------------------------------------------- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Can't wait for the next one! I positively love Shee McQueen and her mercenary band..I wish Amy could write faster! Some series get too predictable. This is absolutely not the case with this series. I am always surprised, and love how the story and characters continue to evolve." - Amazon Reader -------------------------------------------- Start for the heart-pounding action and razor-sharp dialog-stay for the characters that stay with you long after the story's finished. You'll burn your fingers flipping through the pages until the breathless ending.

A Perfect Family of Friendly Neighborhood Mercenaries...

The Girl Who Saw the Truth

Shee McQueen #4

The Girl Who Lost Him

From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant - the most fun you can have holding a Kindle Reader! When Mick and his retired military gun-for-hire "fixer" service is hired by a United States Senator to find his missing son, he enlists the help of his daughter, Siofra "Shee" McQueen. An experienced tracker, Shee quickly tracks the boy to a Bahamian island playground catering to the young and wealthy. The job seems like such a breeze, she hires her daughter, Charlotte, to infiltrate the age-restricted compound. They've just been reunited after a lifetime apart, and the mission offers them serious quality mother-daughter time. Is the mother-of-the-year award in the mail yet? Before Shee can kick back with a Bahama Mama, the senator's son's girlfriend turns up dead. The boy is the primary suspect. Could be he's not the underachieving goofball he seemed to be...and her daughter is on the island with him. Shee needs to extract Charlotte, but communication has been cut, and the sinister underbelly of the resort is beginning to show. Shee will need to tap into her father's collection of ex-military misfits, including a retired FBI agent, a newly-hired thief hiding a secret, and Charlotte's father-the wounded SEAL whose heart Shee once trampled-if she's going to save their daughter. The island has other ideas.

An Action-Packed Island Mystery Thriller

The Girl Who Killed You

Discover the secret world behind Catriona and Broch's time-traveling as USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant shares the jaw-dropping story of Anne Bonny's life! Playing pirate with her Captain lover in 1720, Anne Bonny never dreamed she'd end up a Sentinel, a soldier for mankind's mysterious guardians, the Angeli. Now Anne will live a thousand years, but in return, she must hunt and neutralize Perfidia, corrupted Angeli who drain human energy to survive. Monsters are only half Anne's troubles; her stormy love life would make Blackbeard pack up ship and move to Kansas. Anne's complicated romance with the aloof Arch Angeli Michael intensifies; even as they square off against new enemies. And her old lover, Con, back from the dead as a disembodied spirit struggling to regain his body...don't even get her started... Fans of Charlene Harris, Darynda Jones and Patricia Briggs will gobble Angeli whole! Includes bonus chapters covering Brochan's fumbling wedding proposal!

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