HE LOOKED BIG, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOWBut Ngaire Two Feathers McKay had little to lose to a heartbreaker like Kel. Couldn't she allow herself today – in his arms, his bed – when she might not have tomorrow? He'd known her for trouble the first time he saw her.What he hadn't known was how hard it would be to lie to this woman, to keep his cover…to not protect her with his life as danger threatened hers. He had to remember she was a Hapkido master, capable of defending herself, and he had a job to do – one that didn't involve falling for his target.
The Alaskan tundra – a land whose pristine beauty was overshadowed by the darkness of winter, the danger of corruption.Her career hung in the balance, her life was on the line, and, after one reckless moment in a stranger's embrace, Lauren Fotheringay's heart was, too . He was a tribal cop working undercover as an oil rig roughneck to catch a corporate thief and win back his FBI job. But Seth Adams hadn't counted on murder. Hadn't been prepared to fall for his prime suspect.Instinct, however, told him the beautiful geologist was innocent, a mere pawn in a deadly plan. And as the danger around them escalated, the passion between them intensified as they raced against time to survive.
After coming home and finding her father unconscious and her mother mysteriously missing, homicide cop Savannah Tallfeather teamed up with the one person she knew she could trust.Riley Frazier had faced a similar situation nearly two years ago and his quest for the truth was both honorable and heartbreaking. But when their investigation uncovered more questions than answers, Savannah found herself turning to Riley for much more…intimate reasons.Time and again Riley's comforting embrace, the penetrating blue depths of his eyes, allowed Savannah to momentarily forget why they were working together in the first place. Until evidence was found, linking their pasts and forever uniting their futures….
The beautiful Philadelphia socialite with the drop-dead attitude wasn't exactly the kind of murder suspect Fox Whittington was used to.He couldn't figure out whether he should haul her off to jail – or just take her in his arms and kiss her senseless…. Tara Cole had to find out who wanted her most precious family heirloom badly enough to kill for it.Just one thing stood in her way – a disturbingly handsome policeman with a soft Southern drawl and a steel-trap mind. And the trouble was, she couldn't keep her mind – or her hands – off him….
Known as a cool seductress with a taste for couture, chic superspy Casmir Balasi had played her role too well this time – getting love-struck master criminal Yuri Petrov to propose on bended knee…and fall into her trap.But it wasn't long before Yuri caught on – and when he escaped prison, he vowed to enforce «'til death do us part.» Now Casmir was saddled with an arrogant if irresistible bodyguard, sent by an agency that didn't have her best interests at heart.Would her protector's secret agenda place her in the hands of her worst enemy? Or would she fall into her defender's arms instead? One thing was certain – surviving this deadly game required the performance of a lifetime…
THE IT GIRLS They’re rich, fabulous… and dangerously underestimated. IT GIRL: Alexa CheltinghamMISSION: Pose as a grubby groom to stop a high-stakes horse killer and protect the Mayor of New York’s show-jumping daughter.A Cheltingham shoveling horse manure – what would Mother think? That was my first reaction when the Gotham Rose spy ring handed me this riches-to-rags assignment. But the country’s top show horses were dying suspiciously and the Roses trusted me to catch the killer.My old leg injury wouldn’t stand in my way, not by a longshot. I’d muck stalls and uncover the dirty secrets of the equine world’s bigwigs, then clean up in time to host the Horses of Hope charity ball. Speaking of the ball, I’d love to have charmer Ross Hardel for my date…too bad he’s my prime suspect.
Never get personally involved in a story.For star reporter Tory Patton, that was the cardinal rule of TV news. But when a fellow journalist and Athena Academy graduate was taken hostage in a war zone–and a rival network broke the story–Tory took it very personally, giving up the safety of her anchor desk to investigate in the field. The assignment was risky from the start, including a shocking complication: Tory's unexpected pregnancy.With her stubborn, covert-agent lover begging her to go home and her questions stirring up a hornet's nest, Tory suddenly faced reporting a story that could make her career but cost her everything she loved.
After her uncharacteristic behaviour made headline news, buttoned-up Olivia Balfour has been sent far away from home. The English rose will work for Clint McAlpine – a cattle baron who's as fierce and untamed as his Outback station. But she's shocked when Clint informs her that she's entirely at his beck and call.It's almost impossible to shake Olivia's composure. But the heat of the Australia sun – and her new boss's kisses – are fast melting the ice queen.
Wanted for the murder of a Mexican drug lord's son, party girl Isabel Sanborn fled to Oaxaca.Now she owes her life to Brandon Knox, a passing tourist who just saved her from a hit man. But Knox is no accidental hero—he's an undercover U.S. marshal assigned to bring Isabel to justice. Instead, wanting to protect her, he joins her on the lam…with cartel goons and corrupt police in hot pursuit!And as the danger escalates, sexual tension sizzles. For the first time in his career, Brandon considers jeopardizing his mission to safeguard his target. And though Isabel can elude the authorities, she can't escape her feelings…
Surrendering to the last Corbett bachelor…A woman in trouble was like the call of a siren for any of the Corbett boys. And while Dede was in over her head, she was off-limits to Lantry Corbett. Until a wild Montana blizzard traps the pair together and Dede finds the protection she needs in Lantry’s strong arms.But with a killer after them, Lantry will need the help of the whole Corbett clan to mete out justice in Whitehorse before it’s too late.