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TREACHEROUS BEAUTIES 11/1993 ISBN: 0373270194
FACE DOWN AMONG THE WINCHESTER geese 2001 ISBN: 1575666553 Newly transplanted from the English countryside to a splendid London townhouse, Susan, Lady Appleton, tracks an elusive St. Mark's Day serial killer along a path that leads perilously close to home... A dedicated herbalist, Susanna is caught up in visions of blooming borage and lavender on a sun-splashed June morning until a striking woman draped in mourning black appears bearing a cryptic message for Sir Robert Appleton. Hours later, the stranger is found murdered amidst the beggars and prostitutes of nearby Southwark with a single goosefeather - the killer's curious calling card - lying beside her corpse. As Susanna's investigation takes her from seedy tenements and brothels to the glorious scented gardens of Whitehall Palace, she discovers a trail of victims slain in a similar fashion and a shocking list of possible culprits that leaves few above suspicion - least of all, her own husband....
FACE DOWN BENEATH THE ELEANOR CROSS 2000 ISBN: 0312205449 Neither late nor lamented by his wife, Sir Robert Appleton summons a stunned Susanna to a furtive London meeting. Yet instead of a reluctantly anticipated marital reunion, the renowned herbalist finds her poisoned husband gasping his last breaths beneath the Eleanor Cross. Vowing to bring his killer to justice, Susanna embarks on a daring winter journey across the frigid English countryside. She swiftly discovers that there is no shortage of those who bore animosity toward Robert - most of them female. But which of the wealthy, wayward knight's mistresses is a murderess? His widow is determined to find out, aware that the gallows now awaits the most likely suspect: Susanna herself....
FACE DOWN IN THE MARROW BONE PIE 1997 ISBN: 0312151233 When Susanna, Lady Appleton'S husband's steward dies in a unique, ignominious, and highly suspicious manner, Susanna takes advantage of her husband's absence on a political mission for Queen Elizabeth to investigate Bexwith's mysterious demise. The serving wench who found Bexwith claims that he was frightened to death by a ghost, but Susanna can think of several poisons that could have been concealed in a marrow-bone pie. (Susanna is something of an expert on poisons, having been inspired by her sister's fatal encounter with some poisonous berries to write a cautionary herbal for housewives.). Even if Bexwith was poisoned, was it accidental or intentional? As if the case weren't complicated enough, Susanna must also unmask a 'ghost' - or are the ghost and the poisoner one and the same?
DEATH INSTINCT 7/1992 ISBN: 0451172841
DUCHESS OF MILAN 1992 ISBN: 0670837830 Once upon a time, in fifteenth-century Italy, two women faced each other with a ruthlessness and brilliance no man has ever matched. Enter their world of splendor and depravity, of passion and wickedness... It is Italy's most dazzling and dangerous age, and as Beatrice d'Este and Isabella of Aragon match wits and feminine cunning, it is a dance to the death to decide which one of them will be crowned - Duchess of Milan.
FOXFIRE 1/2007 ISBN: 1601540299 Nothing bad ever happens in Foxfire. Then Grace Wilkins' fiancee discovers her secret and calls off the wedding. Suddenly strange things begin to happen. An enamored neighbor makes veiled threats. Roses appear mysteriously on her doorstep. Her beloved dog is viciously stabbed, and the sexy veterinarian who saves her has a hidden agenda--and a gun. Now Grace must confront her past to reveal the identity of her stalker or become his next victim. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
AFTER HOURS 7/2004 ISBN: 0425197085 NYPD Detective Nick Sinestra earns extra money moonlighting as a bodyguard—and selling celebrity secrets to a tabloid. But his conscience begins to sting when he shadows society wallflower Portia Carr Wells. Continuing her late husband's work for the Nature Preservation Society, Portia has made some enemies. She just never thought Nick was one of them. And as threats against her are played out, her mind rails against trusting him. But desire has a mind of its own.
THE AGENT 2002 ISBN: 0373710542 Danger: Woman and Baby at Risk!... Meg Afferton's husband - a well-known scientist - disappeared on the very day she planned to tell him their marriage was over..and that she was pregnant. Mark Fielder, the agent in charge of the case, feels Meg's husband may have been abducted because of his sensitive research. Or he may have gone willingly - ready to sell information to the highest bidder. Either way, Meg could be in danger so Mark plans to watch out for her. Meg's pretty sure she knows why Howie's not coming home - and it has nothing to do with kidnapping or bad guys. She can't tell Mark, but it's hard to keep a secret from the man who's moved into her home - and into her life. Not to mention her heart...
ARENA OF FEAR 5/1986 ISBN: 0373220421 Melanie Royce’s Spanish vacation became a nightmare when her younger sister was kidnapped for a half-million-dollar ransom. And when Melanie turned for help to her sister’s history professor, a proud, enigmatic Basque, she suspected she’d aligned herself with the enemy.... S
ASPEN 8/1995 ISBN: 1551660547 Ruled by wealth...Fueled by passion. Matt Connelly - A charismatic, scandal-ridden senator who'll do anything to protect his family. Lee Connelly - Matt's gracious wife, who deals with the clan the only way she can - through the numbing effects of alcohol. Terry Connelly - A young man who always gets what he wants - whatever it takes. Beth Connelly - A beautiful woman who can no longer run from her devastating memories...or her powerful family. Case McCandless - A solid and incorruptible town sheriff who stands to lose everything to the closed ranks of the Connellys. A wonderland of sex and sin, where decadence and self-indulgence are a way of life. A town where money can buy anything - except love.
THE BABY CONTRACT 5/1996 ISBN: 0373706901 Late one night, Bettie Gay Bryson finds herself sitting in a police station in Tucson, Arizona. Her cowardly ex-boyfriend held up a store and took off, leaving her there to face the law. Leaving her with only the clothes on her back - and the baby growing inside her. Gret Tyrrell, hard-driving investigator for the county attorney, offers her a deal. No prosecution, plus her living expenses paid - if she'll act as bait in his plan to snare the ruthless head of a baby-selling ring. What choice does she have? B.G. agrees. This decision marks the beginning of her new life, especially when she starts to fall in love with Greg Tyrell - the man who leads B.G. and her baby into danger...and out of it.
CHILD OF MINE 4/1998 ISBN: 0373707827 Sometimes you have to turn to a cop, even if he's your ex-husband. Lena Portillo's life shattered into a million pieces when her daughter was kidnapped. She couldn't stand by and do nothing. Hostage negotiator Mike Quinn couldn't stand by, either. When Lena's mother told him about Kimmy, he knew he had to help. Lena would never forgive him for destroying their marriage, but at least he could find their daughter. He hadn't bargained on Lena's insistence on accompanying him on a harrowing search across the southwestern US...or on falling in love with her all over again.
DANCING IN THE DARK 1994 ISBN: 0373705964 It was every mother's nightmare!.. Her son had been kidnapped, and Alexandra St. Clair Costidos was determined to get him back. Her wealthy and powerful ex-husband had hidden Peter away on a well-guarded greek island, and now her lawyers were telling her there was nothing she could do. But they didn't know Alex. As a last resort, she hired mercenary John Smith to do the impossible - infiltrate her husband's fortress. Now Alex was torn between the love for her son and attraction to this deadly and devastating man. Now more than ever, her mission became a labor of love.
THE ELEVENTH HOUR 4/1998 ISBN: 1551664267 Jack Devlin was on Death Row, convicted of murdering his beautiful socialite wife. But the evidence in the sensational crime is all to cut-and-dried for Public Defender Eve Marchand - a strong advocate of abolishing the death penalty. It's an election year and she knows that the quick conviction looks good on the prosecutor's docket, but his is a case of life and death. When Jack escapes and contacts Eve, she'd forced to make a decision that changes her life. Now they're both on the run, and their only hope is to find the real murderer before their time runs out.
FIRECLOUD 1988 ISBN: 0373703201 Santa Fe photographer Robin Hayle snapped a photo of an Indian pot - a pot expert Adam Farwalker claimed was a forgery! Suddenly the two were embroiled in danger. Sooner or later, Adam knew the insatiably curious Robin was going to ask about his secret. And then it would be game over....
FUGITIVE MOM 2001 ISBN: 0373709730 For four years Grace Bennett has lavished care on her foster son, ever since his mother gave him up. Now his birth mother wants him back, and under the law, she can have him. Grace has two choices-obey a court order and hand the child over or go underground with her little boy and become a fugitive mom. Luke Sarkov may no longer be working Vice for the San Francisco PD, but he's lost none of his edge. He could help Grace flee-and get the goods on just how unfit a parent the biological mother of Grace's little boy really is. If he and Grace can control what has started to happen between them . . .
IN FROM THE COLD 9/1989 ISBN: 0373703708
IN THE COLD 6/2003 ISBN: 0425190692 As a young girl, Ashley Marin was kidnapped and held for months in an abandoned mine, high in the Colorado Rockies. Now, twenty years later, she must relive her worst nightmare... Because her tormentor has been paroled. And Ashley's fifteen-year-old daughter, Lauren, is missing.
LAUREL AND THE LAWMAN 1994 ISBN: 0373706146 Where are they now? It's sixteen years since the Class of '78 graduated from the Berkley School for Girls. Four young women, four close friends, stood on the brink of adulthood and dreamed about the direction their lives would take. None could know what lay ahead. Shortly after her senior year, Laurel Velarde held her baby girl in her arms, a baby she had given up for adoption. Now she's found her again. But before they can meet, Laurel's car is hijacked on a dark Colorado highway by a Ute Indian. A gorgeous, bleeding Ute Indian, who claims to be a tribal policeman. Clearly, Joe Buck is trouble, but Laurel can't resist a challenge, until it puts her unsuspecting daughter in danger. Laurel is not about to lose her twice!
NIGHT WHISPERS 1/1997 ISBN: 1551661780 The Prey: Anna Dunning is walking a fine line between security and mind-numbing terror. The phone calls are becoming more frequent - a stranger whispering horrible, obscene promises. She knows he is watching her...stalking her. And he's getting closer. Close enough to touch her, to hurt her, to kill her. The Protector: Mark Righter is her shield. A tough ex-homicide cop who left the force with a shattered reputation and a dangerous attitude, he's been hired by Anna's brother to protect her. As proud, stubborn and impossible as the woman is, Righter needs the job. The Hunter watches and waits - for the chance to snatch Anna from the arms of this interloper...and finally make her his own.
ON THE EDGE 7/2002 ISBN: 0425185419 When one of her patients dies in a mountain-climbing accident, psychologist Meredith Greene blames herself - and Erik Amundsson, the world-famous climber who led the doomed expedition. Surely he could have some something to save the young woman who had loved him so desperately. But as Meredith slowly uncovers his secrets, she too, falls under his spell. It is only with the help of Agent John McCord, an investigator who has his own questions about Erik's past, that she begins to understand the dangerous passion that has taken hold of her soul.
ON THIN ICE 12/2000 ISBN: 0515129712 Ellie Kramer has changed her name and concealed her past in a dogged pursuit of justice. But justice isn't all that's driven her for the last twelve years. She wants payback for every moment her father languished on death row, wrongly convicted of murder. Every lousy job her mother took to support them after Dad was taken away. Everything they suffered after losing the most important man in their lives. Now Ellie's poised to achieve her goal. Taking a break from law school, she's working in the Boulder DA's office, digging through the records of her father's trial and investigating the two rookie cops who put him away. She's convinced that one or both men are responsible for the murder. Michael Callas, now a dark, brooding detective, and Fin Rasmussen, a rich, charming security expert, both harbor secrets - and Ellie will do whatever's necessary to expose them. Even if it means sleeping with the enemy. Even if it means never waking up...
A PERFECT GEM 1987 ISBN: 0373702760 Protecting top-secret documents and valuable goods appealed to Jane Manning’s sense of adventure. She loved her bodyguard job at Mercury Courier, and accompanying Graham Smith on assignments was a bonus. But Smith drew the line at the Amsterdam job. Mercury had already been hit by thieves, and a fortune in diamonds was at stake.
THE RANGER AND THE WIDOW 2/2000 ISBN: 0373708971 Jim Mitchell, chief park ranger of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, has his hands full. Not only is his rebellious teenage daughter giving him grief about living in the isolated park, but he's got a gruesome murder in his jurisdiction that needs solving. The sudden appearance of National Park Service budget lady Anne Winslow is not about to make his life any easier. Especially once she starts nosing around in affairs that have nothing to do with budgets, as far as he can tell. Mitch is pretty certain the murder is connected to moki poaching - the looting of Anasazi ruins for their valuable artifacts - and careful sleuthing will reveal the murderer. He's less certain about the beautiful, enigmatic Anne Winslow. She attracts him deeply, and he begins to want something real with her, something real and lasting. But he can't shake off the sense that she's lying to him...
THE RIPPLE EFFECT 4/1999 ISBN: 1551664984 Sports hero Robbie Childress had been acquitted of killing his wife. Now his father-in-law, Tom Bergen, stands accused of killing him. As a power hungry prosecution and an infamous defense team square off in court, a bigger battle is raging in Tess Bergen's soul. Somehow she must choose between her love for her father and her knowledge of his guilt - and between her passion for P.I. Dan Hadley and her terror that he will discover her secret.
SEARCHING FOR SARAH 12/1999 ISBN: 0515126993 Sarah Jamison's invitation to meet with presidential hopeful, Senator Scott Taylor, is a dream come true. It's a chance to put her old life behind her and do something that matters. But instead of a job opportunity she witnesses an assassination, and Sarah learns that burying the past isn't always enough--this time she needs to disappear... Jake Savelle's life has been in shambles since his brother-in-law, Scott Taylor, was murdered. And he won't rest until he finds the killers. No easy task considering no one knows what happended...or do they? A tip brings him closer to the truth and to Sarah, the only person who can help him. The trouble is, she doesn't want to. His attraction to her isn't helping either. Now he faces a tough decision: protect the woman he's growing to love or bring the killers to justice...
WITHOUT A TRACE 11/2003 ISBN: 042519325X 'He did it again.' Four words and suddenly Jane Russo can no longer hide from her duty. A rapist and killer is preying upon young girls in western ski towns - and he has so far eluded cops in four states. His latest victim has disappeared from Aspen, and if he follows the same pattern, in days she will be dead. The FBI needs Jane's help, and sends agent Ray Vanover to lure her back into the game. But, Jane, a police sketch artist, is burned out. Her extraordinary ability to delve into the minds of victims and witnesses has failed her. Because deep in her subconscious lies a night she can't forget-and a face she can't remember. With time running out, Jane joins the skeptical agent on the case-slowly breaking through his world-weary defenses. Now, with Ray's support, Jane must confront the demon from her past - to give this new madman a face of his own.
THE STRANGER AND I 12/2007 ISBN: 037369301X HE WAS A SECRET AGENT WITH SPECIAL TRAINING… AND SHE WAS AT HIS MERCY Lila Monroe's ordinary world was shattered in an instant, when she became an unwitting witness to murder. If not for devastatingly handsome undercover agent Justin Vidal—code name: Lone Wolf—she'd already be dead. Now the only way to remain alive was to return to the scene of the crime and put her much-guarded trust in this mysterious stranger. Before long Lila's attraction to her newly appointed protector had turned her plain-Jane existence on its head. Justin Vidal may have had an arsenal at his disposal and was well-equipped to handle any situation… but did that include falling for the girl next door?
THE CHOICE 3/2005 ISBN: 0709077580 Seventeen-year-old Lucy Daunton is left homeless and penniless following her father's bankruptcy and death, but then the local rector offers her shelter. Meanwhile, through her father's suppression of evidence, Harry Verrell has spent 12 years in exile escaping a false charge of murder. Cleared at last, he returns to England an angry and frustrated man. And when he buys Lucy's former home, she suspects his motive is revenge and she the target. Their first disastrous meeting sets the tone for what is to follow, but other dangers threaten Lucy and, oddly, it is Verrell who is usually foremost in her defense. Is he falling in love or simply keeping the pleasure of her ultimate ruin for himself?
THE QUIET REBEL 11/2003 ISBN: 0709074964 Coming as a stranger to Elswick, Elise Hilliard found herself drawn into a murderous situation as the quarrel between two men deepened and darkened. Clear-eyed and courageous, she breaks both convention and the law to save the man she has come to love from himself, and two young boys from possible tragedy.
REASONS OF THE HEART 8/2001 ISBN: 0709069286 When Sarah Marney dies, her orphaned niece Elaine believes she has finally been released from years of hardship and tyranny. But Aunt Sarah has left a legacy that extends her power beyond the grave and if Elaine marries, she will forfeit her inheritance to her cousin Oliver. Only chance brings Elaine to the spy Cato Raffen and an opportunity to free herself from her Aunt's control. However, two men stand in her way; the Prince Regent's assassin, and Oliver, who will have Elaine's fortune with or without marriage. Will murder, misunderstandings and turbulent feelings drive Cato and Elaine apart?
THE RIBBON MURDERS 3/2006 ISBN: 1594144362 Cub reporter Jancy Dewhurst has a plan for her life. One more year working for the Clarion, and she can leave behind the university town of Bishop, Oklahoma to land her dream job as an overseas wire correspondent. Then her first homicide scene sets her on the trail of a serial killer and throws her together with Agent Jim Wills - a natty state cop with an attitude to match his good looks, who has no use for "meddling" reporters. The murderer leaves a peculiar signature on each male victim - a baby-blue ribbon around an intimate body part. As the investigation continues, Jancy and Jim's mutual attraction grows despite their efforts to deny it. With the death of a close friend, the case gets personal . . . and the evidence points toward the sheriff's office. As Jancy and Jim's plot to trap their quarry, the killer lays plans that may claim them both . . .
SLOW BURN 8/1997 ISBN: 078600424X When Claudia Harris's sister suddenly dies, the lovely divorcee is sent into the depths of despair. Then she meets Nate McGregor, a handsome man with his own tragic memories. His gentle kindness breaks through the barrier Claudia has erected between herself and the world. And soon, with a killer stalking them, they are more determined than ever to fight for their future--and a love that could transform their lives.
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON 11/1995 ISBN: 0373076762 They said he was the best wolf tracker around, that Delaney Thomas was a loner who would eat, sleep and breathe the woods until he'd done his job. And that was what Laura Kincaid was afraid of. She couldn't let him harm the wolf he was after, and whether he liked it or not, Laura would be eating, sleeping and breathing right beside him. The yellow-eyed killer had taken the only family Delaney had left. But if what Laura begged him to believe was true, he could kiss his plans for revenge goodbye, or be one shotgun blast away from losing the only love he'd ever known.
SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT 10/1999 ISBN: 0821763733 Flame-haired Bridget McKenzie has always had "the sight"--she foresees the future in her dreams. Five years ago, Bridget saw a harrowing crime that she was helpless to prevent--even with the help of the police. Now that her visions have returned in nightmares so chilling she is afraid to sleep, she turns to the only man who can help her. When Detective Chad Barnett finds Bridget McKenzie pale and trembling at his door, his blood runs cold. For five years, he's lived with devastating memories of the case they worked on together and the fear that the mistakes he made nearly destroyed the beautiful young clairvoyant. While he can't deny her plea for help, he knows he must resist the tender feelings her innocent green eyes stir in his heart.
FULL BLAST 4/2004 ISBN: 0312983301 There's never a dull moment for the residents of Beaumont, South Carolina. Lately, a heat wave's spiked the mercury-and everyone's sex drive! These days, when Jamie runs into Max, it's all she can do not to tear his clothes off-and the feeling is mutual. But trouble seems to follow Max like moths to a flame, and Jamie suspects he's all wrong for her. Meanwhile, the lingerie shop is having a sale on edible underwear, while the bakery's selling aphrodisiac-laced brownies and x-rated birthday cakes. Even Jamie's dog, Fleas, is dodging passes from the amorous French poodle next door! But when someone starts bumping off some of the town's more annoying citizens, all clues lead straight to the new personals section in Jamie's newspaper. Pretty soon, things are getting hot and heavy, as Max and Jamie start uncovering secrets-and undressing each other...
FULL BLOOM 4/2005 ISBN: 0312934300 The temperature's on 'sizzle' again in Beaumont, South Carolina, where peach trees are in season and ripe for the picking. So is its newest entrepreneur, Annie Fortenberry, a divorcee who inherited her grandmother's Queen Ann mansion (and its wacky handyman Erdle Thorney). According to a local psychic, she also inherited a spirit from its glory days as a brothel - not the kind of publicity the Peach Tree Bed & Breakfast needs if it's hosting millionaire Max Holt's upcoming wedding! If rumors of x-rated ghosts aren't stressful enough, Max's new partner has arrived with an eye on Annie's master suite. On the inside Wes Bridges may be corporate, but on the outside he's leather and denim, sporting a two-day beard, straddling a Harley, and sending the B&B's testosterone level through the roof. Annie's cool demeanor may be dropping as fast as Wes's jeans, but leave it to her ex to dampen the passion! His body's been discovered buried on the grounds along with a stash of illicit love letters and a photograph of one of the town's most prominent married ladies. Wrapped up in a murder plot, Annie must find the killer, save her own neck, and get back to where she was - wrapped up in Wes's strong loving arms...
FULL SCOOP 4/2006 ISBN: 0312934319 There's a whole lot of trouble going on in Beaumont, South Carolina. According to resident psychic-slash-astrologer, Destiny Moultrie, Mercury's in retrograde; Venus is in the seventh house, and the combination has turned Cupid wacko! Chaos rules as tempers flare and lust runs rampant. Newlyweds Max Holt and Jamie Swift-Holt are trying to make a baby, but their recently purchased antebellum mansion is under renovation and filled with feuding contractors. Vera has a crush on her new mailman, and is bent on looking ten years younger. Destiny is marked for marriage by the changing planets, and she's running for her life as the local redneck and bait shop owner is determined to make her his. Meanwhile, local pediatrician Maggie Davenport has considerably bigger problems now that her wild-girl past has caught up in the form of ex-boyfriend and jailbird who just flew the coop - and is determined to track her and her daughter down. If he doesn't expose her secrets, there's a good chance Jamie's editor, intent on getting the Full Scoop, will. Fortunately, FBI agent Zack Madden is on hand for protection; but the new danger is the wild attraction he and Maggie share. Fleas the hound dog is experiencing his first crush on Maggie's adorable and alluring... goat? Add to that an Elvis convention and a local root doctor and hoodoo practitioner who decides it's time she take charge; only to have one of her spells backfire, and you've got a gut-busting, laugh-out-loud story we hope you won't forget!
FULL SPEED 9/2003 ISBN: 0312983298 Jamie and Max have intense chemistry-even though they drive each other crazy. Max thinks Jamie is a magnet for trouble and Jamie thinks Max is the most annoyingly sexy, mysterious man she's ever met. She knows she should stay away from him. But boy, oh boy, do the sparks fly when they get together. Jamie is a newspaper owner from a small southern town. And in Full Speed, she's after the story of a lifetime. Max Holt is right in the middle of that story, and so Jamie tracks down the millionaire playboy, forcing him to take her on as partner. What follows is a story of a corrupt minister, a gang of mobsters on the loose, a hound dog called Fleas, a wise-cracking computer genius, and lots of love in the fast lane. Not to mention plenty of steamy action between Jamie and Max.
FULL TILT 2/2003 ISBN: 031298328X He lives life in the fast lane and she's along for the ride-with no brakes.... Jamie Swift has one priority in quiet Beaumont, South Carolina: running the local newspaper. Romance runs second. But with the arrival of her silent partner, the notoriously mysterious and sexy Maximillian Holt, Jamie's life gets shaken up. Max claims he's here to give his brother-in-law a vote of confidence. A former wrestler, Frankie Fontana's now taking his shots in the political ring. Beaumont could use a mayor with scruples, but what it gets is a crime-and what Jamie gets is a story that's taking her for a ride on the wild side, complete with two assassins, a washed-up stripper, and an insane poacher. Between a spray of bullets and a fast getaway could it get any more romantic-or dangerous? Max and Jamie are betting their lives on a long shot.
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