Series:

Tara Holloway

12 primary works • 14 total works

Book 1

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Tax cheats, beware: The Treasury Department's Criminal Investigations Division has a new special agent on its payroll. A recovering tomboy with a head for numbers, Tara is fast becoming the Annie Oakley of the IRS - kicking ass, taking social security numbers, and keeping the world safe for honest taxpayers. Or else. Tara's latest mission finds her in hot pursuit of ice-cream vendor Joseph "Joe Cool" Cullen. Along with frozen treats, he's selling narcotics - and failing to report his ill-gotten gains on his tax returns. Over Tara's dead body. Then there's Michael Gryder, who appears to be operating a Ponzi scheme...with banker Stan Shelton...whose lake house is being landscaped by Brett Ellington...who happens to be dating Tara. If following that money trail isn't tough enough, now Tara must face a new conundrum: Should she invest her trust in Brett - or put him behind bars? New love always comes at a cost but justice? Princeless.

Book 2

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When she joined the Criminal Investigations Division, Tara knew she'd be investigating some very real crooks. Forget about waitresses hiding tips from the IRS or babysitters not declaring income! Tara and her partner, Eddie, are going after one of country's richest, dirtiest felons. Being on a diet doesn't help Tara's mood much. Hopefully, by the time the investigation is over, she'll be sitting somewhere in a string bikini, far, far away...But first: Reality. Marcos Mendoza is a suspected loan shark with connections across the Mexican border. He's never been accused of any crimes, yet his business associates have a history of disappearing...and resurfacing...in body bags. Will Tara risk life, limb, and the pursuit of filing a joint tax return with her maybe-serious boyfriend Brett? Fighting crime, like drinking a cup of coffee with low-fat milk and artificial sweetener, is often bittersweet...

Book 3

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Tara Holloway might be having a bad hair day. Or month. But she's got eyes in the back of her head...and when it comes to taxes, no one's going to leap through a loophole on her watch! When you're an agent for the IRS, it's always tax time. And this season, Tara is up to her neck in work with two very knotty cases. One involves a charismatic minister who's using his mega-church as a tax shelter. The other is a crazy militant who's trying to turn Texas into a separate country. With her boyfriend out of town and her partner reassigned, Tara is on her own-and things are getting hairy. If dealing with the Lone Star State isn't enough, Tara has other new issues to take into account: There's a sexy new agent named Nick, who's got her head in the clouds...and Tara's boss, Lu, who's having a hair problem of epic proportions: not even her Chinese contraband industrial-strength hairspray is enough to keep her signature strawberry blonde beehive from falling flat. Can Tara help Lu find a wig-and keep from wigging out over Nick? Love, updos, taxes-this time, Tara's got a whole lot of kinks to iron out...

Book 3.5

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Book 4

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Death, Taxes, and Peach Sangria

by Diane Kelly

Published 29 January 2013
When it comes to exposing tax fraud, Tara and her partner Eddie are really cleaning up. From their brilliant takedown of the disappearing "Tax Wizard" to their perfectly planned downfall of the "Deduction Diva," they've earned the respect of their peers at Criminal Investigations. Now Tara's ready to celebrate with an ice-cold pitcher of peach sangria - even if her next case is totally the pits.

Book 5

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Death, Taxes, and Hot-Pink Leg Warmers from A Tara Holloway Novel series

Diane Kelly

It's bad enough that Tara has to go on trial against the mortgage-frauding Tennis Racketeers who cheated banks and homeowners out of millions in between doubles matches. Now she has to go undercover--in a strip club--to strip the sleazeball owner of his indeed illegal livelihood. At least she's working as a bookkeeper, not a pole dancer. And who needs tips when her undercover crush, Special Agent Nick, is the club's bodyguard?

With so many hot bodies on display, Tara agrees to join her boss, Lu the Lobo Lobozinski, in her daily workouts at the Y. Lu's on a health kick after recovering from cancer, and she's pulled her leotards, tights, and hot-pink leg warmers out of mothballs. Which is okay with Tara. If she hopes to put Mr. Geils behind bars, grab the tennis boys by the balls, and lock lips with the unsuspecting Nick, she needs to be in the best shape of her life...

Book 6

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Fired. Tara cana No. No. t believe it. After all shea No. No. s done for the IRS, a few too many shots fired from her weapon and suddenly shea No. No. s public enemy number one. To add insult to injury, another agent has replaced her, and a ten-million-dollar assault case is hanging over her head. So much for travelling to Tokyo with Special Agent Nick Pratt, former partner and current boyfriend. Taraa No. No. s stuck in Texas, and using green tea ice cream to soothe her disappointment, as well as the terrifying prospect of a life behind bars.

Book 6.5

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Book 7

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IRS Special Agent Tara Holloway has just been given her best assignment ever - to collect taxes owed by her celebrity crush, country-western superstar Brazos Rivers. While the sexy Brazos has made millions through CD sales and endorsements, he's never filed a tax return or paid a penny to Uncle Sam. But surely his failure to pay is a mere oversight, right? After all, how can he think about taxes when he's been busy touring, writing songs, and starring in Tara's dreams?

Book 8

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IRS Special Agent Tara Holloway is hard at work, pursuing con artists posing as do-gooders. Between an arts foundation that pays astronomical sums for works of questionable value, an alleged animal rescue charity that collects species for canned hunts, and a fraudulent humanitarian group soliciting funds for natural disasters that never happened, Tara has her hands full. What's more, someone has been impersonating an IRS agent, tricking taxpayers into revealing their personal financial data, and stealing money from their accounts. As if these cases aren't trying enough, Tara seems to keep breaking or misplacing her sunglasses. But losing a pair of cheap sunglasses is nothing compared to the possibility of losing Nick. He's gone deep undercover as part of a joint task force, working with the DEA to bring down a dangerous drug cartel notorious for kidnapping and murder. Will Tara and Nick bring the bad guys to justice? Or will they become victims of the very people they've pursued?

Book 9

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Book 10

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Book 11

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When the IRS is tasked with assisting the border patrol in pursuing individuals who transport illegal immigrants across the border, Tara Holloway must investigate her former flame Brett while convincing her fiancé Nick that she doesn't still carry a torch for Brett.

Book 12

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As Tara Holloway prepares for her wedding, Tara's old cases are coming back to wish her well...or maybe not so well. As Tara and her soon to be husband Nick prepare for their big day, along with the RSVPs and well wishes, Tara has been receiving death threats from an unknown source. The culprit has to be someone from an earlier investigation, but Tara has run across too many lawbreakers to narrow it down. While she dodges attempts on her life, Tara also finds herself working a rental scam where a crook is ripping people off for thousands of dollars. Will she be able to track down the con artist and make it down on the aisle in one piece? Or will "til death do us part" come sooner than Tara thought?