CHARADES 10/1989 ISBN: 037322124X The killer had struck twice already - eliminating those who could link him to an extensive career of fraud. Abigail Dean is to be his final victim, taking to her grave a secret she doesn't even know she possesses. Realizing that her life's in danger, Abigail pits her wits against this unknown enemy. She turns to Steve Kramer, a man she believes she can trust. They're drawn into a game of cat and mouse - taking them from the streets of Denver to the wilds of the Rocky Mountains. With an additional player thrown into the game, the killer must now silence two instead of one. And by working so closely together, Abigail and Steve have become an easy target.
CHASE THE PAST 11/1987 ISBN: 0373220774 When Courtney Long comes face-to-face with Justin Tanner, she faces a stranger—and the reality that her married life was a lie, spent married to an imposter. As Courtney and the real Justin start to piece together the truth, they realize the key lies in the past, with a murder. And in the present, with a killer.
THE CONSPIRACY 9/2001 ISBN: 1551668386 Verity Marlowe's life has spiraled into a haze of alcohol and self-pity following the death of her husband. The State Department considers her a security risk, but when terrorist violence erupts overseas, they have no choice but to call her back on assignment. Michael Strait has lied to Verity about his profession, his feelings and his past. Can she believe him when he insists that the only way to save her life is to trust him? In a high-stakes game of international terror and million-dollar payoffs, someone is determined that she should die. If Verity trusts the wrong person, it will be the last mistake she'll ever make.
THE DAUGHTER 4/1998 ISBN: 1551664259 In 1982, teenage Maggie Slade was convicted of murdering her mother. After nine years in prison for a crime she didn't commit, she escaped and spent six years on the run searching for the real killer. Now she has the bad luck to encounter the policeman who found the murder weapon—a gun with her fingerprints. Sean McLeod is also running, from a failed marriage and a rapidly disintegrating career in law enforcement. Will he turn her in? Or will he help her pin down the guilty person?
DEAD RINGER 5/2003 ISBN: 1551667126 Charlotte Gray's world has been turned upside down. Her husband has disappeared, and now FBI agents inform her that he is a wanted international terrorist. But before Charlotte has a chance to absorb these shocking revelations, a dangerous chain of events completely shatters her perceptions of good and evil. Kidnapped by a mysterious stranger, she is warned that things are not what they seem, and that the true danger lies deep within the most trusted of place. But Charlotte is not afraid. She's mad as hell. She will escape, and she will get even...
DECOY 2/2004 ISBN: 077832012X Art gallery owner Melody Beecham was raised in the elite social circles of her English mother, Rosalind, and her American father, Wallis Beecham, a self-made millionaire. But when her mother dies suddenly, a shocking truth is revealed: Wallis is not Melody's father. Worse, he is a dangerous man. Furious, Melody is determined to uncover the secrets hidden at the heart of Beecham's vast empire, unaware that her actions are being monitored by members of a covert government agency known as Unit One. And Unit One has decided to recruit Melody, believing her connections will be invaluable in penetrating the highest political circles. They simply have to blackmail Melody into joining them.
DESIRES AND DECEPTIONS 5/1995 ISBN: 1551660369 Heiress Claire Campbell disappeared seven years ago, following a deadly fire in a cabin in Vermont. Unless she claims her fortune within a year, it will be lost to her forever. In walks Dianna Mason claiming to be Claire Campbell. Ben Maxwell, protector of the Campbells' business, wants only the truth. Together, they must uncover the identity of a determined killer.
THE DISAPPEARANCE 4/1999 ISBN: 1551664860 Environmentalist Summer Shepherd has been kidnapped. An extremist group is taking the credit, but her father thinks she staged it herself to ruin his bid for the U.S. presidency. Only Duncan Ryder, her stepmother's brother, knows Summer is just a pawn in a bigger game being played by her father's wealthy Brazilian backers. For them, the rain forest is something to be sold, not preserved--and Summer may soon have to choose between saving the trees and saving her own skin.
EDGE OF ETERNITY 11/1994 ISBN: 0373222971 For generations, couples have been coming to Eternity, Massachusetts, to exchange wedding vows. Legend has it that those married in Eternity's chapel are destined for a lifetime of happiness. And the townsfolk are more than willing to help keep the legend intact. Once, Eve and David Powell had been mad for each other, crazy in love. Now, divorced, they simply drove each other insane. With intimate memories best forgotten. With erotic temptation best avoided. So what cruel fate had thrown them together in cozy, romantic Eternity? And with danger suddenly stalking them, pushing them to sanity's edge, would their endless, tormenting desire finally prove...fatal?
FINAL JUSTICE 5/2005 ISBN: 0778321401 Somebody really wants Melody Beecham dead....As an operative with the covert government agency Unit One, Melody has made her share of enemies. Her would-be assassin could be any number of criminals she's put behind bars. Melody's partner, Nick Anwar, isn't about to let the woman he loves become the victim of a vicious killer. As a web of intrigue and danger follows Melody from Mexico to Washington and New York, Nick comes up with a daring plan to trap their elusive quarry. It will take chilling deception, ruthless determination and complete trust. Because although the killer is out for revenge, Nick and Melody are looking for final justice.
FREE FALL 1/1989 ISBN: 0373221053
FULL PURSUIT 11/2004 ISBN: 0778320669 Deep in rural Idaho, a brigade of militant white supremacists is preparing to launch a desperate struggle that threatens to forever alter the nation's balance of power. When the country's ultra-secret Unit One goes on high alert, Operative Melody Beecham is ordered to infiltrate the Soldiers of Jordan. Her instructions: to exploit their leader's penchant for attractive Aryan-featured blondes. At the same time, fellow operative Nikolai Anwar must win the trust of a high-powered senator's wife in order to uncover a trail of corruption tied to the government. Working undercover, the pair are ordered to pursue relationships with other people for the sake of the mission. But can they survive in a world of hidden agendas, where one false move could be their last?
HOUSE GUEST 3/1992 ISBN: 0373221827 Dangerous relations... Abducted, accosted and then accused of murder--what a welcome for Londoner Anne Clarence on her first trip to the United States. In Denver to meet her grandfather for the first time, Anne discovered that the wealthy patriarch was dead and others thought she was to blame. Anne was in no shape to meet the oddest collection of people this side of the Atlantic--her relatives. Nightmarish accusations forced Anne to accept the unwilling hospitality of distant relation Joshua Donaldson, the most mesmerizing member of a brilliant and eccentric clan. A multimillion-dollar inheritance was at stake, and someone was trying to make sure that Anne didn't live to enjoy it. Only handsome Josh Donaldson was on her side...or was he?
THE INHERITANCE 2/2000 ISBN: 1551665115 A disk. A simple disk that named names. That was Isabella Joubert's inheritance from her father, a man she loved but could not trust. To right his wrongs, she was determined to turn the incriminating list over to the authorities. But danger was stalking her. Her home was ransacked, threats were made - and people were turning up dead. Someone wanted the disk even more than Isabella. And she was forced to turn to Sandro Marchese, the man she'd left years earlier because of his willingness to sell his soul to the highest bidder - her father. Sandro possessed secrets that could save her - save them both from a traitor willing to forfeit innocent lives. But no matter where the disk landed, Isabella feared Sandro was doomed, for his name was on the list.
KEEPING SECRETS 10/1993 ISBN: 0373222459 He'd become transfixed with her, watching her day after day. He'd become obsessed with her haunting violet eyes. More than anything, reporter Sean Reston wanted to believe that Kate Danvers was innocent of the charge of murdering her husband. Though found not guilty, he heard evidence when covering the trial that damned her to a life of secret meetings and faked identities. When Kate sought him out, he knew he'd been given another chance to take the fear from her eyes. Kate said her sister had sent her to him, but her sister had been dead for two years. Had standing trial sent her over the edge...or did she know more about her husband's murder than she pretended?
MISSING 9/2007 ISBN: 0778324672 For twenty-five years, multimillionaire businessman Ron Raven played the loving husband and father—to two very different households. But when Ron disappears, his deception is revealed. Now both families are left with questions, while the man who holds the answer is... MISSING Megan Raven is desperate to save her mother's Wyoming ranch used as collateral on a three million dollar loan—money that disappeared with Ron. Worse, the loan is being called in by Georgia bank manager Adam Fairfax—brother to Ron's other wife. Brought together by their families' turmoil, Megan and Adam head south of the border in search of the missing millions. But what they find is a whole new web of lies, secrecy and greed. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
NO SIN TOO GREAT 5/1996 ISBN: 1551661470 Willing to do anything to reclaim her three-year-old son, Caroline Hogarth is challenged to overcome her ruthless father-in-law and seduces Jack Fletcher, a priest and convicted murderer.
NOWHERE TO HIDE 9/1992 ISBN: 0373221940 Some memories were deadly When Alyssa Humphrey awakened in the hospital, she was bandaged from head to toe. But that wasn't the worst injury she'd incurred during the near-fatal plane crash. Alyssa had total amnesia. She was engaged to a charismatic politician-but Alyssa felt chilled by his touch. The Denver mansion, the round of social engagements-nothing was familiar. Then financial adviser Adam Stryker told Alyssa that the paradise she lived in wasn't what it seemed. Adam's stolid presence was oddly re assuring, but Alyssa knew they'd been enemies before the crash. Adam had warned Alyssa to be careful-but was her greatest threat from him?
PAYBACK 11/2007 ISBN: 0778324877 For twenty-five years multimillionaire businessman Ron Raven fooled everyone, successfully playing the loving husband and father to two very different households. But when Ron disappears, his deception is revealed. Now it's time for PAYBACK. The police assume bigamist and wealthy businessman Ron Raven paid the price of his crimes with his life—a conclusion his "second" family, the Fairfaxes, accept. So when restaurateur Luke Savarini outrageously claims to have seen his former investigator—in the flesh!—Kate Fairfax is furious. When her anger cools, evidence leaves facing the possibility that her father is still alive. With Luke's help, Kate is willing to risk everything to find Ron Raven, if it means bringing him to justice, once and for all. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE REFUGE 10/2000 ISBN: 1551666081 Nestled in the Colorado Rockies, the Wainscott Ranch is a place of hope and promise for expectant mothers from war-torn regions of the globe. Here, women with nowhere to go, and no one to help them, find refuge. Though raised in a life of privilege, Marisa Joubert, too, has escaped a terrible fate and understands the fear of being alone, penniless, and frightened. Determined to start over and support her young son alone, she lands a position at Wainscott as a bookkeeper. Yet almost immediately she senses that something there is very wrong. When one of the young women disappears, Marisa's suspicions escalate. Especially about Jimmy, the janitor, who may not be as innocent as he pretends to be. He is a man who could be friend or enemy, a man who could be searching for answers...or desperately trying to cover them up. Marisa knows he's somehow involved in the mysterious events at Wainscott. But which side is he on?
SECRET SINS 2/1997 ISBN: 1551662612 Liliana Rodier's father is a powerful and dangerous man. He had Liliana's mother committed to an institution, where she has spent the past 20 years. At the age of 27, Jessica Marie Pamanys is shocked to learn that her real name is Liliana Rodier. A threat on her life prompts Jessica to seek an appointment with her father--a meeting she may live to regret.
SUSPECT 10/2007 ISBN: 077832477X For twenty-five years, multimillionaire businessman Ron Raven played the loving husband and father-to two very different households. But when Ron disappears, his deception is revealed. Faced with the ultimate betrayal, both families are left questioning who can be trusted... and who remains SUSPECT. Cynical attorney Liam Raven hid his father's bigamy... until it was too late. Ironically, Liam specializes in divorce cases. But when Chloe Hamilton is charged with murdering her husband, a popular Denver mayor, he makes an exception. Liam's relationship to Chloe quickly surpasses client and attorney. Her former husband had many secrets-including a connection to Ron Raven's other family. And aquitting Chloe means uncovering a string of lies and treachery that leads back to Liam's father. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE THIRD WIFE 9/2002 ISBN: 1551669315 On her wedding night, 17-year-old Anna Langtry stole her husband's car and fled into darkness, racing toward freedom. She was desperate to escape the nightmare of her Colorado home -- an isolated rural community that had forced her into a polygamous marriage as an older man's third wife. Fifteen years later, Anna is working as a federal probation officer in Denver. A fighter for the underdog, she nevertheless can't escape the cynicism of her profession. She doesn't expect much from her new parolee, just the usual sob story about being innocent. But Joe Mackenzie is different. A white-collar criminal convicted of embezzlement, Joe is tough, quiet, determined ... and innocent. Now he's looking for justice, and he's about to pull Anna into his world, one that will lead her back to the past she'd left behind. One that will reach out to ensnare them both in its dangerous secrets and deadly schemes, where the passion between them is threatened by the grim reach of murder.
UNDERCOVER 10/1986 ISBN: 0373220510
Evelyn A. Crowe