When Jane Richards woke up bound and blindfolded, she just knew it had to be a mistake.She was a small-town librarian, after all. Who'd want to kidnap her? Little did she know that her striking resemblance to Elena, the queen of Vendari, would result in her being whisked away to parts unknown and coerced into acting as Elena's double. Jane's only ally was the majorly sexy Major Lucius McConneghy. But could she trust him? Lucius had sworn to protect Jane no matter what. But with death threats aimed at the real Elena, keeping Jane out of trouble wouldn't be easy.At first Lucius's promise was professional, but as the mission progressed – and his attraction to the surprisingly brave Jane became impossible to ignore – he couldn't prevent it from becoming personal….
WHO NEEDED PEACE AND QUIET WHEN YOU HAD ASSASSINS AND A SECOND SHOT AT LOVE? No matter how far he went, Sam Russell couldn't outrun his past. Not even in an epic race across the Alaskan wilderness. But surviving the harsh climate wasn't something Sam could do alone. Returning home to bask in the frozen sun, the last thing Special Agent Kat Sikes wanted was for reality to intrude.But fantasies didn't get any more real than Sam Russell. With his competitive intensity urging her on, she took his racing challenge–determined to beat him at his own game. Despite the subzero temperatures, the heat between them was undeniable. Out of control and breathless, the pair hurtled toward the finish line, only to await one last showdown on the snow and ice.
Detective Troy Cavanaugh had never met a woman who didn’t like him – until Agent Delene D’Angelo gave him the cold shoulder at a crime scene. Thrown together by a murder investigation, Troy’s attempts to woo the sexy parole officer were met with staunch disinterest. Delene hadn’t escaped the clutches of her abusive ex just to fall prey to another smooth-talking pretty boy, and Troy Cavanaugh was lethally charming. But that’s where the similarities ended – and Delene was learning that Troy had more beneath the surface.When the stakes couldn’t be higher, did she dare risk everything for a chance with this intriguing man?
APB DADDY! Beautiful, widowed, a single mother – Janice Stevens had been given a new identity, if not a new lease on life, when she testified against a mob killer.For fifteen years she'd lived anonymously, raising her daughter – until Vincent Magilinti showed up on her doorstep claining what was his: his child and her heart. But will both turn up dead-on-arrival when vengeance is finnaly exacted?
Lean, edgy former police detective Jack LaCroix had forty-eight hours to clear his name and keep his freedom.To do it, the escaped prisoner needed attorney Landis McAllister – the woman he'd once thought would share his life. The woman who thought he'd betrayed her. Landis had just pulled her life together. Now Jack was back, compelling her to believe in him despite the damning evidence, proving with a touch that the ashes of their fiery past still smoldered.With the law on their heels and bullets flying at their backs, could they rekindle their trust in each other and find the proof Jack needed before time ran out?
When Buck Wyatt and his sisters inherit Broken Arrow Ranch, it comes with a catch: One of them has to be on the premises at all times for one year, or they'll lose it.So Buck counts on setting up stakes. What he doesn't count on is lovely fortune hunter Rainey Brewster. He soon realizes the woman is telling the truth about a hidden gold mine–and that his interest in her goes beyond professional.Yet as their search for gold–and their passion for each other–intensifies, it's clear someone wants them off the land–and is willing to kill for it.
Leaving Kier Remington had been hard, living without him even harder.Shahna Reeves never expected him to find her, never imagined he would even bother to look. Until he walked back into her life, long, lean and reminding her too well of things she'd been trying to forget. Not a day passed that Kier hadn't thought about Shahna, ached for the feel of her in his arms.He told himself it was a simple interest in her well-being that motivated him, but now that he had her back in his life – her and the adorable baby he hadn't known existed – he knew it was so much more .
Megan Hoffman was desperate to keep her past hidden.She'd moved to a small town, started a new job and changed her name. A fresh start couldn't erase the danger she'd left behind. Or heal the scars fear had branded on her soul. But she was making it, one day at a time. Until Jack Calhoun moved in next door.The crack reporter had an instinct for rooting out lies–and an overprotective urge honed as a single dad. With her enemy still lurking, Megan found trusting Jack with her secrets meant trusting him with her life. And Jack's deadline was looming….
When she walked out, Rachel thought she was through with Lucas Neuman and his high-society family forever.But that was before her little girl became deathly ill…before the man who'd so cruelly betrayed her became her only salvation. Five years apart hadn't eased the pain of Rachel's leaving…or the fierce desire that coursed through Lucas when he saw her again.But it was desperation that brought her to his door: only a bone marrow transplant would save their little girl – the daughter he hadn't known he had. Now time was running out. Was it possible to heal the pain of the past and start over with this woman he had never stopped loving?
Twelve years ago, Becca Danvers had offered herself to bad boy Colt Bonner, eager for him to rescue her from life under her mother's roof.But Colt had plans of his own, and playing Becca's hero was not one of them. He had something to prove – and that meant leaving Aloma for good. Yet, in a twist of fate, the one man Becca had never forgotten – the one she had saved herself for – returned.Armed with a sexy new look, Becca hoped she could convince Colt to stay. But would their second chance at love be thwarted by the discovery of long-buried secrets?