Detective Kane McDermott might be fighting a bad case of burnout, but that doesn’t mean he’s taking things easy. His latest assignment is to investigate Kayla Luck, to discover if the etiquette school she runs for awkward businessmen is really some kind of escort service. It looks cut-and-dried…until he sets eyes on Kayla. She’s smart, but she’s also trusting to a fault–and the heat that flares up between them keeps getting in the way of Kane’s best intentions.But if Kayla ever suspects his real motives, Kane will be the one who ends up getting burned….
Easy money. That’s why P.I. Ben Callahan agrees to take the job of watching over spoiled heiress Grace Montgomery.But he soon discovers she has a reckless streak a mile wide. She’s determined to experience everything she’s been missing…including a chance to explore her sensual side. And she wants to do that exploring with Ben!He’s not complaining–it’s just too bad what they’ve got going won’t last after Grace discovers Ben’s on the family payroll….
New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips continues to delight her many fans with this steamy tale of two unlikely lovers who come together in a way that is…Simply Scandalous. Wealthy Assistant D.A. Logan Montgomery needs to ruin his reputation–fast! That's the only way he'll be able to convince his father that he's not cut out to follow the family tradition of going into politics. His plan? To indulge in a very public fling with a woman whose family is a scandal in itself. It should have been the perfect solution….Only, the more time Logan spends with Catherine Luck, the more he realizes he'd give up his reputation–and everything else–for just one night in her bed….
Juliette Stanton is ten minutes away from vowing to love, honor and cherish a scheming mobster-connected liar. For the rest of her life.And so with the media watching her every move, the high-profile senator's daughter flees her own wedding. Dubbed «Chicago's Runaway Bride,» Juliette needs somewhere to hide out, and heal her broken heart. So she heads to a «fantasy island» and pays big bucks for anonymity and the chance to meet an honest man who'll love her for who she really is. Total fantasy, right?Day one, she falls for tall, dark-haired, ocean-blue-eyed Doug Houston. He's everything she's ever wanted. Except he's not exactly who he says he is, either….
Along the banks of the Hudson River is one of New York's premier enclaves, Riverside Park, where up-and-comers rub shoulders with those who have already made it. Once deliriously happy, Amanda and Howard Stewart now teeter on the brink of infidelity–and financial ruin. Media titan Cassy Cochran's storybook marriage hides the secret at the core of her existence. Beautiful, privileged Celia Cavanaugh's life is spiraling out of control–and she's taking a naive teenage boy down with her.Headstrong single mother Rosanne DiSantos struggled for years to better herself…and now realizes she despises the life she worked so hard to achieve. Proud father Sam Wyatt refuses to see his family destroyed by an act of desperation–and will do anything to preserve their happiness. The widespread branches of this urban family entwine in a stirring, multifaceted story of love denied, love revealed and love remembered.
Mitch Prescott was Shay Kendall's savior.He'd bought her mother's mansion on the Washington coast, a financial albatross that Shay couldn't handle. And now he offered her true financial independence–a dream as seductive as Mitch himself. All she had to do was help him write an exposé on her mother, a former Hollywood star.It felt disloyal, even though her mother would never know the difference. Once a legend, Rosamond now wasted away in a long-term care facility, clutching a doll she thought was her baby. It would be painful, recalling her mother's fickle love and the worst moments of Shay's life. But it could be the one thing that finally allowed Shay to move forward. And find her own love.
Your couch–or mine?On-air, she's the radio shrink who tells lovelorn listeners to let their hang-ups go. And he's the dark chocolate-voiced caller who makes critical remarks about everything she says. He is so obviously suffering from subconscious Penvy–P meaning professional, of course.But off the air it's a different story. She's mild-mannered Roxy Rose, who never takes her alter ego's advice and has a libido in urgent need of repair. So thank Sigmund Freud she found «Ned» the handyman as a neighbor. It is rather odd that he doesn't know one end of a wrench from the other–but it's not that «tool» she cares about….
When her parents threatened to file for divorce, Lynn Morgan needed to take drastic action. Counting on the fact that her mom and dad would unite to save their daughter from making a huge mistake, Lynn convinced her friend Tony Russo to go undercover–as her bad-boy fiance.It looked as if it might actually work. Trouble was, Lynn kept forgetting Tony's kisses were just part of the act.
Help…me.At the faint words, Dr. Rachel Gentry stopped on Black Water Creek Bridge, straining to see through the night's foggy mist.Then she spotted him–a pale, ghostly figure, his T-shirt soaked with blood, his intense dark blue eyes begging her not to be afraid.After issuing a desperate warning, «Don't go back there, don't meet…» he disappeared before her eyes into thin air….The warning echoing in her mind, Rachel returned to her boardinghouse, where she was startled in the hallway by her reclusive neighbor, Jay Barnes.There was something familiar about the mysterious, moody man, something Rachel couldn't put her finger on…until he switched on a light and she stared into his passionate, dark blue gaze….
There is no statute of limitations on murder.Look Closely. That's all the anonymous letter said, but attorney Hailey Sutter understands the meaning behind the well-chosen words. Someone wants her to investigate what happened to her mother, who died when Hailey was only seven. The death was ruled accidental, but Hailey begins having flashbacks that tell a different story: a pounding at the door…her mother struggling to stand…a man with a gold ring that flashed in the night as he held her mother's lifeless body.Obsessed with uncovering the truth, Hailey can't trust anyone, especially her father, whose secrecy both unnerves and protects her. Desperate to remember that fatal night, she seeks out the brother and sister who left home after their mother's death. But they have disappeared. It's soon clear to Hailey that the answer is right in front of her–all she has to do is find the courage to look closely….