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In Frankfurt verschwindet spurlos das Hauptexponat einer spektakulären Ausstellung über antike Kunst und rasch fällt der Verdacht auf Karl-Friedrich von Schacht, den Kurator. Dieser kann sich aber nicht mehr gegen die Anschuldigungen wehren, denn er liegt tot in seiner Wohnung. Giovanna Greifenstein, neapolitanisches Blut und spitze Zunge, ist von der Unschuld ihres Freundes überzeugt und beginnt auf eigene Faust zu recherchieren. Sie gerät dabei in große Gefahr und bemerkt es fast zu spät. Denn Giovanna und ihre Gegnerin, eine einflussreiche und skrupellose Sammlerin, kämpfen nicht nur um das wertvolle Ausstellungsstück, sondern auch um denselben Mann.
Alpha Squad
Tall, dark and dangerous. . .Cool under fire Lieutenant Joe Catalanofto has two days to learn how to impersonate a European prince who has been targeted by terrorists. Media consultant Veronica St John will train the military man to act like a prince. But the threat to the prince might be closer than they think. . .Hot under the sheets!Blue McCoy was once the hero of Lucy Tait’s teenaged dreams – quiet, dark and dangerous. After high school he left to join the military. Years later, now a Navy SEAL, Blue is back in town, and Lucy is not the person he remembered. She’s a no-nonsense police officer – and a woman Blue can’t take his eyes off. Until Blue is accused of murder and Lucy is assigned his case. . .
Silent Is the House
Secrets beckon where ghosts walk.Angelica Peters has accepted an unexpected invitation to Allen House, the Long Island mansion she would've inherited but for a mysterious estrangement. Since her parents' fatal accident, she's casting about for a safe harbor, a connection, a family.Angelica is uneasy about finally meeting Victoria Allen, the maternal grandmother she's been forbidden to see all her life. She hardly expects the warm reception she receives–from most of the household. But Owen Ward, who grew up at Allen House and has long been Victoria's heir, is keeping his distance. Maybe he doesn't trust Angelica's motives…or maybe he doesn't trust himself to be near her. Their attraction is elemental, excruciating, exquisite.But thoughts of passion in Owen's arms become tangled with fear when a ghost haunts Angelica's every move. Is the specter an echo of the past…or an omen of black deeds yet to come?
Die verschollene Beute
Karin Poggenpohl stürzt die Treppe hinunter und ist tot. Kommissarin Fey Amber hält die Umstände für suspekt. Kurz vor ihrem Tod bekam Karin Besuch von einem belgischen Geschichtenerzähler, der sich besonders für das Kriegsgefangenenlager interessierte, das 1918 zwischen Haltern und Dülmen existierte. Bresson weiß, dass drei der Gefangenen einen Raub verübt haben und die Beute noch in ihrem Versteck liegt. Nicht ahnend, dass ihm einheimische Mitwisser bereits im Nacken sitzen, entwickelt sich ein erbitterter Wettlauf um die verschollene Beute.
House of Glass
Theirs will be a shattering affair.The glass chalet has enchanted Reyna since childhood. Built upon the cliff face at Devlin Manor, the luminous curiosity dangles over the Caribbean like a diamond pendant. Wondrous to behold from the water, the house is even more astonishing up close, as Reyna quickly learns when she comes into service at the estate.Left untouched as a shrine to the beautiful and tempestuous Celeste St. Claire, the glass house beckons to Reyna. It exerts the same sensual pull upon Lucas St. Claire, the mercurial master of the manor. Both are powerless to resist. When the two meet within, their need is as transparent as the walls surrounding them.But that passion may be indulged at dear cost. Seduced by the shimmering cottage–and the tortured man who built it–Reyna risks joining its former mistress in oblivion.