Completed manuscripts and selected works in progress by Jordan McCollum

Saints and Spies

Molly’s new priest is not what she expected—and not what he seems.

When Molly’s priest is murdered, the parish secretary didn’t expect to fall in love with his handsome replacement. But Father Tim is no ordinary priest: he’s Special Agent Zach Saint, an undercover FBI operative there to root out the mob that’s using her church as a cover.

And Molly’s not the only one with problems. Zach tries to focus on finding the mobsters, but has to reconcile pretending to be a priest with his LDS values—and his guilt at encouraging (and reciprocating) Molly’s affection. Although she finds peace from a copy of the Book of Mormon from a new friend, Molly continues to struggle with her feelings for Father Tim.

When the resident mob targets Molly, Zach must find the murderer, catch the mobsters and save her. But will his feelings for Molly blow his cover—and add two more murders to the mobsters’ docket?

Read an excerpt of Saints and Spies.

LDS romantic suspense | Currently seeking publication | Formerly known as Duty of the Priest

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Saints and Agents

Can Zach and Molly stand to work together long enough to save the innocent people targeted by suspected terrorists?

“Happily ever after” for Special Agent Zach Saint and Molly Malone didn’t last very long. Now an FBI agent herself, Molly may be the ticket for Zach to figure out what a pair of suspected Irish terrorists are up to. But getting in with the criminals—and working side by side with the one that got away—isn’t easy for either of them.

Can they keep it together long enough to discover the terrorists’ plans—and maybe admit that they still have feelings for one another?

Sequel to Saints and Spies | LDS romantic suspense | Currently in revisions
 

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Con Artist

Margaux may be living with a killer—and the only person who’ll believe her is the one man who can ruin her.

Sure, they’d have to fool the press, eight million New Yorkers and the international art community—but it was just a little hoax. It’s all fun and games in the summer of 1974 for Margaux Williams, a struggling artist, until her best friend is found dead. Margaux’s partner-in-con and roommate, Fredrick, quickly becomes her prime suspect.

The only person who will believe her is the one man who could blow the lid off their hoax and expose her for the fraud she is: Charlie, a handsome news photographer who noticed some anachronisms at the press preview. Can Margaux trust Charlie to help her catch a killer before he claims his next victim—her?

Romantic suspense | Currently in rewrites

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True Believer

Convinced of a convict’s innocence, a reporter finds himself caught between the Mafia and the FBI—and he can’t tell which is the bigger threat.

Filling in for a sick reporter, Charlie Fordham covers a low-level Mafia murder trial and notices some inconsistencies in key testimonies. Although the defendant is convicted, Charlie is convinced of his innocence.

The more he digs, however, the more enemies Charlie finds. First the Mafia threatens him, then the paper puts the kibosh on his stories, and finally the FBI stonewalls him. As if that weren’t enough, he receives an anonymous threat to his family. Can Charlie exonerate an innocent man before someone hurts his wife and son?

Sequel to Con Artist | Suspense | Currently in outline form

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Photo credits: priest: Elvis Santana; woman (Jean Louisa Kelly): The Fantasticks; violin: Per Hardestam; Manhattan alley: Kat Kotrla