Midnight Remembered. Gayle Wilson

      “I wanted you to remember me on your own. If you didn’t, I wasn’t sure you’d ever believe me.”

      “Why the hell wouldn’t I?” Josh asked.

      “Because what we did…” Paige hesitated, unsure how to explain her own fears. “I know we probably weren’t the first operatives to…have sex on a mission. I’d be a fool to believe that, considering the stresses. But you were always so damned hard-line about personal involvement.”

      “Until that night,” he concluded for her. “Why would I have changed my mind?”

      She had wondered that a thousand times. Once for every day he’d been missing. Because she had always remembered what had been in his eyes when he laid his gun on the ground and looked up at her. She had always known there was some connection between that look and his subsequent disappearance. And the most obvious was that he had known he would never see her again.

      Dear Harlequin Intrigue Reader,

      The days are getting cooler, but the romantic suspense is always hot at Harlequin Intrigue! Check out this month’s selections.

      TEXAS CONFIDENTIAL continues with The Specialist (#589) by Dani Sinclair. Rafe Alvarez was the resident playboy agent, until he met his match in Kendra Kincaide. He transformed his new partner into a femme fatale for the sake of a mission, and instantly lost his bachelor’s heart for the sake of love.…

      THE SUTTON BABIES have grown in number by two in Little Boys Blue (#590) by Susan Kearney. A custody battle over cowboy M.D. Cameron Sutton’s baby boys was brewing. When East Coast socialite Alexa Whitfield agreed to a marriage of convenience, Cam thought his future was settled. Until he fell for his temporary wife—the same wife someone was determined to kill!

      Hailed by Romantic Times Magazine as an author who writes a “tantalizing read,” Gayle Wilson returns with Midnight Remembered (#591), which marks the conclusion of her MORE MEN OF MYSTERY series. When ex-CIA agent Joshua Stone couldn’t remember his true identity, he became an easy target. But his ex-partner Paige Daniels knew all his secrets, including what was in his heart.…

      Reeve Snyder had rescued Polly Black from death and delivered her baby girl one fateful night. Polly’s vulnerable beauty touched him deep inside, but who was she? And what was she running from? And next time, would Reeve be able to save her and her daughter when danger came calling? Find out in Alias Mommy (#592) by Linda O. Johnston.

      Don’t miss a single exciting moment!

      Sincerely,

      Denise O’Sullivan

      Associate Senior Editor

      Harlequin Intrigue

      Midnight Remembered

      Gayle Wilson

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Gayle Wilson is the award-winning author of fifteen novels for Harlequin. She has lived in Alabama all her life except for the years she followed her army aviator husband—whom she met on a blind date—to a variety of military posts.

      Before beginning her writing career, she taught English and world history to gifted high school students in a number of schools around the Birmingham area. Gayle and her husband have one son, who is also a teacher of gifted students. They are blessed with warm and loving Southern families and an ever-growing menagerie of cats and dogs.

      You can write to Gayle at P.O. Box 3277, Hueytown, Alabama 35023.

      Books by Gayle Wilson

      HARLEQUIN INTRIGUE

      344—ECHOES IN THE DARK

      376—ONLY A WHISPER

      414—THE REDEMPTION OF DEKE SUMMERS

      442—HEART OF THE NIGHT

      461—RANSOM MY HEART*

      466—WHISPER MY LOVE*

      469—REMEMBER MY TOUCH*

      490—NEVER LET HER GO

      509—THE BRIDE’S PROTECTOR†

      513—THE STRANGER SHE KNEW†

      517—HER BABY, HIS SECRET†

      541—EACH PRECIOUS HOUR

      561—HER PRIVATE BODYGUARD††

      578—RENEGADE HEART††

      591—MIDNIGHT REMEMBERED††

      FOR YOUR EYES ONLY CIA

      AGENT PROFILE

      NAME: Joshua Stone

      DATE OF BIRTH: December 28, 1960

      ASSIGNED TEAM: External Security

      SPECIAL SKILLS: Skilled in a variety of the martial arts and hand-to-hand combat, counterterrorism training, light and heavy weapons expert, mountain warfare expert.

      AGENT EVALUATION: Highly valued and experienced antiterrorist operative whose disappearance during a covert operation forced the reassignment of his female partner.

      CURRENT ADDRESS: Unknown

      STATUS: Missing in action…

      FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

      CAST OF CHARACTERS

      Paige Daniels—She had survived her first and only mission for the External Security Team, but she had returned from it without her lover and partner. Just when Paige thought she had finally put that nightmare behind her, she discovered that some memories—and some men—are far more difficult to forget than others.

      Joshua Stone—The most legendary operative of Griff Cabot’s elite team, Joshua Stone disappeared with a biological toxin worth millions on the black market. Had he turned traitor? Or had something so terrible happened to him that dark midnight that even Stone, with all his skills, couldn’t escape?

      Jack Thompson—Why was his name on a folder in the top-secret files at the CIA? And why couldn’t he remember anything about the life he had led before he’d awakened from a coma in an Atlanta hospital?

      Carl Steiner—He wanted the nerve agent in CIA hands, and he was willing to use anything or anybody to achieve that.

      Andy Rombart—There is nothing more dangerous to a secret than a good cop with a couple of troublesome murders on his hands. And Andy Rombart was a very good cop.

      Dr. Helen Culbertson—Could she reach the secrets locked in Jack Thompson’s mind? More important, would she survive the attempt?

      To Phoebe Robinson—

      for her unceasing support, her kindness and generosity

      of spirit, and most of all for her friendship.

      Contents

       Prologue

       Chapter One