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IDENTITY UNKNOWN 8/1979 ISBN: 037373042X
INFATUATION 5/2007 ISBN: 0727864882 Marriage to a tall, handsome and wealthy man is not always one of bliss and happiness. And how often are there deep feelings for a best friend who had never been a lover? The death of Lucy Godstow's best friend, Vanessa, on the eve of Lucy's marriage to Guy Weaver, was a big enough blow; but then Vanessa's elderly aunt Joan is found brutally murdered. Lucy and Vanessa's brother Tom have different reasons for thinking all is not as it seems, but new husband Guy is intolerably jealous of Lucy's ongoing and innocent meetings with Tom which have to be arranged in clandestine fashion. As Guy's rages and mental and physical brutality increase, the police become increasingly suspicious and follow Guy and Lucy to their home in Spain. But are they too late to save another death, and can Tom, who worships the ground Lucy walks upon, come riding to the rescue like a valiant knight of old?
RELENTLESS STORM 6/1994 ISBN: 185326511X While skiing in the French Alps, a violent snowstorm forces art student Rory Howes and his friend Knut Olsen to seek refuge at the remote Abbaye St Christophe. They are offered hospitality by the beautiful and enigmatic Baroness Inez Leyresse. Rory finds himself attracted to Alex, the English au pair, while the Baroness' passion for the young artist becomes obsessive and disturbing. Conscious of this uneasy love tangle, Rory is aware of something far more sinister - the aura of evil, which surrounds the abbey and its inhabitants. Gradually, they all realize that the centuries-old curse which has dogged generations of the Leyresse family is gaining a terrifying relevance...
A VOICE IN THE DARK 11/1977 ISBN: 0552105856 Laura Howard, a young English nurse on holiday in Italy, helps the Contessa dell'Alba return home after an illness. Laura befriends the family and feels herself drawn to Domenico, the contessa's blind son. To her horror, she suddenly realizes that his life is in danger. Enmeshed in a web of intrigue and confusion, unable to find the source of the threats, Laura despairs of her inability to convince the family of the mortal danger they are in. Finally aware of her love for Domenico, she tries desperately to uncover the mystery but she soon finds out that her own life is in danger too...
SMOOTH OPERATOR 8/2005 ISBN: 0758209045 Love Can Be Blind - And Deadly... Thirty-four-year-old New York attorney Callie Hopewell has always done what her family expected of her. Now she’s fallen in love and wants to start living for herself. Henry Kincaid, a wealthy businessman from the Caribbean, has swept her off her feet. Callie is so taken with him that when he proposes after just six months, she accepts, ignoring signs that he may not be as perfect as he appears. But when Callie travels to Henry’s island home to pay him a surprise visit, she gets a few surprises of her own... On the plane, Callie is seated beside Garret Langrin, a charismatic fellow lawyer with player written all over him. But Garrett is genuinely attracted to Callie, despite her efforts to snub him. She has made it clear they will not meet again. Fate, however, has a different plan. For when Callie finally tracks down her fiancé, she finds herself caught in a dangerous love triangle and a devastating web of deception. All she wants is to go home, but a shocking turn of events may keep her on the island indefinitely. Alone and with her future at stake, Callie soon realizes that Garret may be the only person she can trust with her life - and with her heart...
DARK WINDOWS 6/1991 ISBN: 0821734164 She is a woman with no memory--with no past beyond the day they found her wandering, dazed and hysterical, when she was nineteen. Her only clue is an engraved disk on her charm bracelet--her name, 'Manda." Somebody is stalking her. Somebody who wants to make sure her memory never comes back...
SING ME TO SLEEP 1/1994 ISBN: 0821744054 All Jodi Turner wants to do is forget. Forget the abuse she suffered at the brutal hands of Quentin, her rock-star husband. Forget the fact that her beautiful sister, Annie, is dead - killed in a fatal car crash. That's why she'd just fled Austin to seek solace on a remote lake in the Texas hills. Burnt out and in desperate need of a break from her hectic public relations career, Jodi knows there can be no peace until she finds out what really happened to her sister. But someone doesn't want her to discover the truth about that tragic night a year ago, someone dangerous and violent beyond all imagining. Now she is all alone in an abandoned cabin. Outside, a storm rages. The lights have just gone out. The door is slowly opening. A cold-blooded killer waits there, ready to finish what he started, and to silence Jodi forever.
AFTER MIDNIGHT 2/2003 ISBN: 0451410726 Back when she was a scrappy eight-year old, Jessica Yount and her mother were escorted out of their hometown by the local sheriff-and she never found out why. Now she is back in Valpariso, Florida, drawn into a police investigation surrounding the death of a local man-and into an irresistibly passionate, tension-filled affair with Sheriff Steve Paxton.
BEAUTY AND THE BODYGUARD 1996 ISBN: 037350179X Someone was stalking million-dollar cover girl Allie Fortune - and ex-mercenary Rafe Stone had been hired to protect her. To keep her safe, he spirited Allie away to a secluded spot, telling himself to just do his job and not be seduced by her beauty. But Rafe soon discovered that guarding Allie was far more dangerous than he'd anticipated. Because it wasn't solely his existence that was threatened. No, this tempting creature threatened his heart and soul...and once this assignment was over, he knew his life would never be the same.
CALL OF DUTY 8/1998 ISBN: 0451406737 The rigid lifestyle of the Untied States Air Force is no place for a free-spirited woman, but when Captain Jennifer Vargas attempts to resign, her superior officer refuses to let her go, insisting she stick to her commitment. And when she discovers some discrepancies in the personnel record indicating a secret illegal training operation, she places her life in jeopardy to expose the truth!
CLOSER ENCOUNTERS 11/2006 ISBN: 0373275099 To Drew 'The Riever' McDowell, this seemed like a fairly straightforward assignment: track down Tracy Brandt and find out her connection to a top secret mission. But when Drew finds her, he realizes Tracy has a mission of her own - solving the sixty-year-old murder of Trixie Halston, a mysterious, mesmerizing singer of the 1940s. In fact, Tracy's obsession with Trixie goes beyond interest - at times she actually seems to become Trixie. She goes from demure but contemporary woman to the brazen big band singer on a dime. And the scary thing is - Drew is falling hard. For both of them...
THE COWBOY AND THE COSSACK 8/1995 ISBN: 0373076576 Alexandra Jordan was hardly thrilled to be appointed leader of her late grandfather's ancient Russian tribe, but she had to help her people, who were long on troubles and short on everything else, especially weapons - and men! So when Omega Agent Nate Sloan showed up, allegedly to deliver a champion stallion, Alexandra couldn't help but be suspicious -even though she was aware of his charms as any of her love-starved tribe mates... Nate was after Alexandra, all right - for the crucial nuclear coding device she had in her possession. But as the Wyoming rancher-turned -agent found himself increasingly mesmerized by Alexandra, he began to wonder if the key to her people's future was all she held in her delicate hands.
DARK SIDE OF DAWN 1/2001 ISBN: 0451409663 A daring, fearless chopper pilot, Captain Joanna West has always believed that there's nothing she can't handle. But when she pulls Alexander Taylor - the rich, charming, darkly handsome grandson of a former president - from a fiery car wreck, she gets swept into a dangerous passion that she can't resist. Alex seems to understand her every desire and anticipate her every move, but soon everything Jo cares about is in jeopardy - her career...her chance at new love...and her life...
DIAMONDS CAN BE DEADLY 4/2006 ISBN: 0373274815 If diamonds were a girl's best friend... then emeralds came in a close second. So when ex-model-turned-agent Jordan Colby - Code Name: Diamond - was sent to Kauai to find a missing green gem, she jumped at the chance. There was just one hitch: the presence of her ex-fiance, T. J. Scott, a former New York City cop who'd turned his back on everything that had meant anything to him. Starting with her... Or had he? T.J.'s sizzling stares were starting to convince her that his feelings for her had never cooled, and his protectiveness convinced her that he was one of the good guys after all. But if there was one thing she was beginning to learn, it was that dazzling surfaces were no reflection of what lay beneath.
DUTY AND DISHONOR 10/1997 An Air Force colonel anxiously awaits her impending promotion to general, but her life is thrown into sudden turmoil as she is unexpectedly relieved of duty on suspicion of murder! Now she must unearth the dangerous secrets of her past, buried passions, and the terrible truth that could save her honor - and her very life!
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER 11/2005 ISBN: 0778322300 Truth is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes guilt is, too . . . It's been months since that horrible day USAF captain Miranda Morgan flew her C-130 Hercules into lethal cross fire in Afghanistan. But Randi still can't believe Ty, her best friend - her anchor when a disastrous marriage left her a single mother - is really gone. Now back on her ancestral land in southeastern Oklahoma, Randi knows she did all she could to get Ty out safely, but his billionaire father is convinced there's blood on Randi's hands, and through his fog of hatred will stop at nothing to punish her. But when physics professor Pete Engstrom asks permission to study the mysterious rune stones scattered around her property, Randi is convinced she's found the one man willing to watch her back. That is, until a buried secret is revealed. And someone with an eye cast on fortune is lurking, ready to strike a final blow.
THE FIRST MISTAKE 4/2005 ISBN: 0778321649 Ten years ago, former special agent Cleo North ignored her gut instinct - and a young sergeant wound up brutally murdered. Finally she is in a position to find out what went wrong. Cleo is certain the official story - a murder-suicide - is wrong. Now she has a new assignment working with Major Jack Donovan and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, offering security to a pampered celebrity as a front for a terrorism fact-finding mission. At last she has access to the one man she's sure is involved in the decade-old murder. But as Cleo is plunged into a tangle of violence and lies, she must quickly decide who the real victims are. And who's covering up a first deadly mistake.
HOT AS ICE 2/2002 ISBN: 0373271999 When a pilot from a 1956 plane crash is discovered encased in ice, Dr. Diana Remington comes in undercover from a secret government agency to find out what happened on that plane many years before. Major Charles Stone doesn't know who to trust when he's told he's been frozen for the past 40-plus years, but Diana is there for him to lean on as they work together to uncover decades-old secrets.
IF A MAN ANSWERS 9/1998 ISBN: 0373078781 When she made that late-night call, Molly Duncan thought she was phoning her handsome neighbor. Then the sound of gunfire plunged her into a world filled with danger . . . and she found herself in need of a twenty-four-hour bodyguard. For Sam Henderson, being woken up by the police to make sure he hadn't been shot was not his idea of a relaxing evening. But when he realized that the gorgeous woman next door was in real danger, he had no choice but to devote his days -- and his nights -- to keeping her safe . . .
THE LAST BULLET 6/2005 ISBN: 0778321819 The Last Deadly Bullet... Former special agent Cleo North thought she had sworn off bureaucracy forever - but the Air Force Office of Special Investigation has other ideas. They need her expertise and are willing to pay her extravagant fee. The case? An off-duty U.S. fighter pilot recently took a bullet under suspicious circumstances and wound up dead. It doesn't take long before Cleo and Major Jack Donovan from the OSI - along with some help from British Intelligence - discover the pilot was involved in some questionable activities. But why was he so interested in a U.S. Army Corps C-46 that went down in the English Channel in 1943? When another murder links a far-fetched story of wartime international intrigue to millions of dollars in gold, only one question remains: who is behind the ultimate cover-up? And could Cleo be the next bullet's victim?
LINE OF DUTY 11/1996 ISBN: 0451406710 Lt. Colonel Brenna Dugan is a career Air Force Officer, and the fact that she is a beautiful woman has never stood in her way. In command of a crack flyer squadron, she is responsible for ruling that the death of an airman in a Panama bar was not in the line of duty, thus depriving the dead airman's young widow of her benefits. But Brenna has doubts about the death, and questions about the handsome, seductive, and cynical Dave Sanderson, the rogue ex-military pilot who seems somehow linked to the airman's death. Brenna is ordered to drop the case, or risk putting her career on the line - and her heart in fearful jeopardy. It is the greatest gamble she has ever taken, both personally and professionally.
MATCH PLAY 2/2008 ISBN: 0373275706 Olympic athlete turned secret agent Dayna Duncan always plays to win. Her assignment to guard an international sports sensation would be no different. Then the one man who could throw Dayna off her game appears. Fighter pilot Luke Harper never did play fair…. Years ago, knowing that he could jeopardize her shot at the gold, Luke broke things off with Dayna. Now he's back...for keeps. Even as Dayna tries to resist the man she believes chose his career over her, reigniting passion adds fuel to an explosive conspiracy that could end this match, once and for all.
THE MIDDLE SIN 5/2005 ISBN: 077832172X When a young woman vanishes without a trace, former special agent Cleo North is hired to find her. But cold trail after cold trail lead to nowhere, until Major Jack Donovan - special agent with the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations and the on-again, off-again man in Cleo's life - joins the case. Soon they are trying to determine why a lowly employee had access to engineering schematics of a ship carrying dangerous cargo. When the evidence leads them to Malta, they uncover a massive threat with international consequences. Absolutely nothing is as it seems - and time is running out for them to find the key to a terrorist's deeply hidden sins.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY 2000 ISBN: 0373079877 The Investigator: Special Agent Marsh Henderson. The Suspect: Becky Smith...or was it Lauren? Marsh Henderson's mission: find the lone witness to a drive-by shooting. He had a description and a name. The description - long-legged, sensuous, beautiful - fit the woman he found, but the name... The woman in front of him claimed to be Lauren, not Becky, Smith. But, Marsh decided, he could still use her as bait. Even though he'd located the wrong sister. Or had he?
NIGHT OF THE JAGUAR 5/1995 ISBN: 0373076371 The assignment--infiltrating a ruthless band of rebels in the Central American jungle--was as dangerous as any the Omega Agency had ever sent Jake MacKensie on. And the last thing he needed was to play nursemaid to a bunch of captive children... and the mysterious woman who was caring for them.
PERFECT DOUBLE 2/1996 ISBN: 0373076924 Maggie Sinclair has played everything from a nun to a call girl in her work for the supersecret OMEGA agency. But now she really had her hands full, impersonating the vice president of the United States. And more unsettling still was her partner in crime OMEGA's mysterious director, Adam Ridgeway... For years Maggie had looked at Adam like...well, like she might be thinking about a relationship that was somewhat less than businesslike. For years she'd dreamed of breaking down Adam's aristocratic reserve to get at the hot-blooded man she knew lurked underneath. And maybe now the time had finally come...
RIVER RISING 6/1999 ISBN: 0451408500 She was an attorney with a shining future. He was a star witness with a dark past. Nothing could prepare them for the day their destinies would cross, and their lives would change forever... Major Carly Samuels, a top JAG attorney, leapt at the chance to investigate the murder of a high-profile female officer. The initial police report cited Ryan McMann, a fallen hero with ice-blue eyes and a chilling past, as a key witness to the murder. But as the investigation proceeds, it seems Ryan was a little closer to the crime than Carly wanted to believe. Now, as a web of torrid secrets comes to light, the line between witness and suspect starts to blur - and the boundary between trust and betrayal is about to be crossed...
SPECIAL REPORT 2000 ISBN: 0373271158 Final Approach...to Forever by Merline Lovelace - A daring midair transfer puts pilot Suzanne Delachek at the controls before flight 407 crash-lands, leaving her stranded with a tall, dark - and wrongly accused? - convict. Cover Me! by Debra Cowan - Duty demands Marshal Spence Cantrall produce the hijacker's ex-wife. But he'll risk his life to save innocent Kelly's - especially after flight 407 goes airborne. Midnight Seduction by Maggie Price - After two days on the job, airport director Christine Logan faces a hostage crisis - and the lawman lover who'd broken her heart years before.
STRANDED WITH A SPY 10/2007 ISBN: 0373275536 Escape from hell? ... To hell was more like it! When Mallory Dawes, suddenly infamous in the States, decided to take that vacation to France, her problems were just beginning: a lost passport. A car swept out to sea. Missing travelers' checks. And a mysterious, if intriguing, man who always seemed to turn up just when she was in trouble... Cutter Smith - code name: Slash - was told to keep the beautiful blonde in his sights. But as his interest in her veered from the professional to the intensely personal, Cutter knew the cost of falling in love would be high indeed. And he would have to pay the price...
TEXAS HERO 8/2002 ISBN: 0373272359 Talk about reinventing himself! Once Jack Carstairs had nearly been drummed out of the Omega Agency - all for falling for the beautiful and powerful woman he'd been assigned to protect. Now the crackerjack agent was back, protecting that same woman - and getting ready to move in for the kill. Or to prevent the kill, as the case might be. And it was. For Jack's current assignment was to protect lovely Ellie Alazar - historian extraordinaire, whose doubts about the heroes of the Alamo were evidently not sitting well with whoever was taking potshots at her. Once Ellie had been Jack's whole world. Now she was targeted for rewriting the past, and Jack couldn't help but wonder: Could she also rewrite their past - only this time, with a happy ending?
TEXAS NOW AND FOREVER 2002 ISBN: 0373613636 Has eyes for only one woman... Though Luke was temporarily blinded, his senses were on high alert when Haley Mercado confessed to having their child - a baby girl who'd been kidnapped by the infamous Texas Mafia. Trained in covert tactics, Luke gathered his military brothers to save his daughter. In the frenzied hours before Operation Rescue, Luke and Haley rediscovered each other - intimately. Tensions shifted into overdrive, and Luke realized this would be the most important mission. But could a deadly foe keep their newfound love - their newfound family - from reuniting?
UNDERCOVER MAN 10/1995 ISBN: 037307669X Things to do before the wedding: Pack for honeymoon... Order gown... Break up with fiance... On the surface, David Jensen was straitlaced, square jawed and morally upright - in short, great husband material. The original suitable man. But Paige Lawrence didn't want suitable; she wanted adventure - and she knew she'd never get it from David. She had to tell him - but first she had to find him... Which wasn't as easy as it seemed. Because the man Paige thought she knew had turned into someone else altogether - with a secret life she never could have dreamed of. And as for adventure - well, Paige learned to be careful what she wished for...
FACING FEAR 3/2004 ISBN: 0060523395 Rick Harden, CIA's Task Force Operations Chief, made a mistake ten years ago and his wife paid the ultimate price. He is content to be out of field work and instead play the bureaucrat...until his superior is arrested for treason, and a woman resembling his dead wife arrives on the scene. Nikki Taylor is a woman with no past, having lost part of her memory in a field operation gone wrong. But her superiors promised they would help her find her past, if she would do them one more job –– find out if Rick Harden is in league with the traitor. Knowing she resembles Rick's late wife, Nikki embarks on a dangerous game of seduction that will be more than either of them bargained for.
THE HUNTER 7/2005 ISBN: 0060591234 Hawk McMillan, SEAL commander, is on a lone mission. To get close to Dragan Dilaver, a Kosovo kingpin involved in drugs and arms–trafficking, Hawk helped him escape from Asia and return to his former country of Yugoslavia. Now Hawk has to discover where certain weapons have been dropped for Dilaver over the diverse regions of Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania –– not an easy task for someone unfamiliar with the territory. In order for the operation to succeed, he needs a tracker and the only available person is CIA contact agent Amber Hutchens. Beautiful and smart, Amber has made a life for herself in Velesta, Macedonia and she is more than capable of assisting Hawk in finding the cache of hidden weapons. Despite the danger of exposure and torture, they risk everything in their mission to strike down Dilaver and his ruthless gang –– even their love.
INTO DANGER 5/2003 ISBN: 0060523387 A tough Navy SEAL with a reputation for efficiency, Steve McMillan has heard all the stories about the "world's most glamorous assassin." But nothing prepared him for the goddess in tight black leather who now stands before him. Marlena is his new assignment - his superiors in the shadow world of secret missions want him to get information and then turn her over to the Justice Department. McMillan is the consummate professional, but dealing with this beautiful enigma is playing with fire. To trust her would be crazy - as crazy as following his burning desire for her to its passionate conclusion. Because there's something beyond the yearning in her eyes and the inviting softness of her lips. Dark clouds are circling around Marlena Maxwell, drawing Steve along with her into a lethal game of deception and betrayal. And perhaps the deadliest mistake they could both make would be to fall in love...
THE PROTECTOR 1/2005 ISBN: 0060591102 When the best of intentions gets Jazz arrested overseas, he couldn't be more surprised to find Vivi Verreau ready to spring him out of jail. Obviously more than the civilian she claims to be, he's sure Vivi is hiding an agenda ... and he's determined to stick by her side until he uncovers all her secrets. A covert agent who shrouds herself in disguises, and who fearlessly jumps into dangerous situations without thoughts for her own safety, Vivi has no need for a protector. But if she is to have any hope of completing her most important mission, she'll have no choice but to recruit Jazz and his men.
SLEEPING WITH THE AGENT 1/2006 ISBN: 0060591242 Lily Noretski, a beautiful young woman in possession of a devastating weapon, is targeted for seduction by Navy SEAL Reed Vicenzio, a sharpshooter assigned the task of winning Lily's confidence to find the secret weapon, and discovers that if she is to survive, she must put her trust in the hands of this charming but lethal man of mystery.
VIRTUALLY HERS 12/2008 ISBN: 077832480X While mastering a form of espionage combining virtual reality with mind synchronization, elite operative Helen Roston learns her mysterious trainer is COS Commando Jed McNeil. However, Jed is the "last" man Helen wants inside her mind and in control of her body.
VIRTUALLY HIS 5/2007 ISBN: 0778324486 ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN WHEN DANGEROUS MINDS MEET... Chosen to be the ultimate secret operative, Helen Roston has become the most dangerous woman in the world. Two years of training and she's now ready for the final phase—a risky combination of virtual reality and a mind-altering serum. When her mysterious and faceless "trainer" syncs his mind to hers using the program, she's amazed at her sizzling response to his virtual touch. But Helen likes to be in control. She's not going to beg for more. Helen's final test is a challenging mission, picked by the other government agencies whose candidates lost out to her. To succeed, she has to put herself completely in the hands of her trainer, a man she's not sure she can trust. But all of COS Command are counting on her. She cannot fail. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
ALWAYS TIME TO DIE 7/2005 ISBN: 0060504153 Former U.S. Senator Quintrell is dead. His son, New Mexico's governor, is preparing his run for the highest political office in the land. And dark family secrets are about to explode with the devastating force of a Southwestern earthquake. An eccentric Quintrell aunt has invited genealogist Carolina 'Carly' May to their Taos compound to compile a record of the illustrious family. But digging into the past is raising troubling questions about a would-be president's private life . . . and the grisly street crime that left his drug-addicted sister dead. As a dark world of twisted passions and depravity slowly opens up before Carly, there is no one whom she dares trust - perhaps least of all Dan Duran, a dangerous, haunted enigma who's tied to the Quintrells' history. But she will need an ally to survive the terrible mysteries a father carried to the grave - because following the bloodlines of the powerful can be a bloody business. And some dead secrets can kill.
AMBER BEACH 10/1997 ISBN: 0380973170 Jewelry designer Honor Donovan was never welcomed into her father's international gem-trading empire like her four brothers were. But when her favorite brother Kyle disappears, rumored to have made off with a fortune in amber, Honor defies the man of the family and heads for the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest in search of answers. Jake Mallory has been doing business with Donovan International and suspects he's been set up to take the fall for Kyle's dirty tricks. When he and Honor meet, a journey that begins with dark suspicion and plans of vengeance turns into a dangerous voyage of temptation and betrayal. Alone at sea, they fight against growing passions and lingering distrust. But as they flee from violent enemies in pursuit of the mysteries of the Amber Room, they discover that the deepest secrets lie within themselves.
THE COLOR OF DEATH 6/2004 ISBN: 0060504137 It is the opportunity of a lifetime for Kate Chandler, the chance to cut seven rare, priceless sapphires and solidify her reputation as a world-class jewel cutter. But something goes horribly, tragically wrong during what should have been a simple transfer of goods. The sapphires vanish without a trace. Missing also is the man Kate trusted to transport the gems: her half brother, Lee, who now, quite possibly, is dead. And suddenly she is on the run, pursued by federal agents who suspect her of being the criminal mastermind of a cunning bait-and-switch scheme. Special agent Sam Groves is one of the best of the best, an essential member of the FBI's elite crime strike force and the perfect man to lead the hunt, since he could never be scammed by a beautiful confidence woman. But something is troubling about this assignment, because someone else is chasing Kate Chandler as well. Only Kate suspects the awful truth: She's unwittingly stumbled into a conspiracy of deceit, betrayal, and cold-blooded murder that goes far beyond a simple jewel heist. And a chilling, threatening voice on the telephone only confirms her worst suspicions. Getting Sam Groves, the FBI agent who's her constant shadow, to believe her is a step in the right direction -- but it may be one that's too little too late in a bloody game where terror dictates her every move and the rules are constantly changing. Because the order has already been passed down to a ruthlessly efficient assassin: Kate Chandler must not be allowed to live ...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
DEATH IS FOREVER 12/2004 ISBN: 0060511095 Dear Reader, Sometimes, if you're very lucky, you can go home again. An earlier version of this book was titled The Diamond Tiger and came out in 1993 under the name Ann Maxwell. When my present publisher offered me the opportunity of going back to the novel under the name Elizabeth Lowell, I admit that I hesitated. In the years since first publication, the diamond trade has changed so greatly that it would be impossible to update the facts in the book without destroying the very story that had compelled me to write in the first place. But like the diamond trade, my style of telling a story has also changed over the years. I decided to revisit the novel because I loved it and hoped my new readers would as well. Death Is Forever is my favorite kind of story, combining elements of danger, greed, trust, secrets, passions, and death. Enjoy! Elizabeth Lowell
DIE IN PLAIN SIGHT 7/2003 ISBN: 0060504129 When Lacey Quinn inherits the striking landscapes painted by her late, much-loved grandfather, she believes they are as good as anything hanging in museums with California Impressionists today. Against her own family's wishes, she sets out to prove it. But the paintings now in her possession are more than the work of a talented master. They are anguished voices from the grave ... crying murder! Suddenly more curious than ever before about the life, career, and recent death of the enigmatic old man she loved but knew less about than she imagined, Lacey begins researching her grandfather's past - and is rocked almost immediately by a strange series of violent events. Someone wants to steal her inheritance, to reduce the paintings to unrecognizable ashes in a suspicious blaze. Someone wants to prevent Lacey from examining her grandfather's work too closely ... by any means necessary. Ian Lapstrake, a security specialist currently employed by the appraisal house Rareties Unlimited, has taken an interest in Lacey's inheritance ... and in her. He is troubled by what he sees, so he becomes Lacey's shadow, as her search for answers leads them both down an ever-darkening road paved with lies, blood, and devastating secrets, weaving its way through a twisted and shocking family history. For clues to a series of horrific, unexplained murders may be hidden in the brush strokes - clues that have now indelibly marked Lacey and Ian for death.
INNOCENT AS SIN 7/2007 ISBN: 0060829826 One day Kayla Shaw was an underpaid and under-appreciated private banker in Arizona. The next day, someone tried to kidnap her. One day Rand McCree was painting daffodils in the Pacific Northwest rain. The next day, St. Kilda Consulting offered him something he'd wanted for five years: the name of his twin brother's murderer. Kayla had nowhere to turn, nowhere to run, no one to believe that she wasn't a money launderer hiding hundreds of millions of dollars. She was trapped. Until Rand McCree appeared, offering safety. For a price. Kayla didn't want to trust him, but had no real choice. No police would believe that she had been set up, that she was innocent. And no civilian alone could stand against the international criminal who wanted her dead. Even her own government was suspect. Rand trusted Kayla as much as he trusted anybody—not much—but what he really wanted was revenge for his brother's death. Everything else came last. Then the man who had killed Rand's brother sent a killer after Kayla Shaw. The violence of the past exploded into the present, leaving only a future that might be too dangerous to survive....
JADE ISLAND 9/1998 ISBN: 0380974037 Kyle Donovan has freed himself from the constraints of his father's high-powered global trading empire to turn his passion for adventure into a livelihood, roving the world as a treasure hunter for his own business, Donovan Gems and Minerals. Now his oldest brother, Archer, President of Donovan International, has given Kyle an assignment with explosive international implication, and an alliance that will shake the very core of his being. Lianne Blakely, the illegitimate daughter of a powerful Hong Kong trader and his American mistress, has spent years studying the art of ancient jade, hoping to win the approval of her Chinese family. A brilliant gemologist, she has gained employment in the Tang family business, if not acceptance in the family. Now the Jade Emperor, one of China's legendary cultural treasures, has been stolen and Lianne is accused of the theft. At first suspicious of the bright, ambitious family outcast, Kyle finds himself reluctantly believing her fierce claim of innocence and irresistibly drawn to her exotic beauty. Soon they have joined forces to find the real thief--a venture that draws them into the perils of spiraling international power plays, and the discovery that their mutual love for an exquisite gemstone has linked them in an alliance as enduring as the beauty of the ancient jade.
MIDNIGHT IN RUBY BAYOU 7/2000 ISBN: 0380974053 Jeweler Faith Donovan has crafted a priceless ruby necklace on the commission of her friend Mel, who is soon to be married in the South Carolina town Ruby Bayou. On the way to Ruby Bayou with the jewels, Faith and her bodyguard Owen Walker realize that any number of thugs from a variety of different countries are after them. Once the pursued pair gets to Ruby Bayou, they find a hothouse family mystery, involving hidden treasure, waiting to unfold. Things get even more complicated and intrigue-laden before they are resolved.
MOVING TARGET 6/2001 ISBN: 0060198753 'When you read this, I'll be dead....' These are the troubling words Serena Charters's grandmother has written on a note accompanying four pages of a centuries-old illuminated manuscript delivered after the old woman's passing. That the strange inheritance has considerable worth seems obvious - but what Serena doesn't realize is how many secrets it hides...and how many lives it has already cost. Seeking answers, she turns for professional help to Rarities Unlimited, and specifically to Erik North, a reclusive manuscript appraiser with a passion for the past, its people, and its treasures. But Erik's careful examination of the vellum pages and the agonized jottings of a medieval scribe is raising perplexing questions - about the true importance of Serena's legacy, the possible location of the remainder of the lost manuscript...and the senseless murder of an eccentric old woman in the blistering beat of California's Mojave Desert. Suddenly, without warning, Serena and Erik find themselves thrust into the center of a lethal firestorm that rages between two worlds...between a past long dead yet living on in an ancient text and a contemporary landscape fraught with peril and terror. Now there is no one they dare trust except each other as they make their way across the concrete and neon deserts of Palm Springs and Los Angeles, getting closer by the minute to a shocking revelation about what really is at stake and how far a killer will go to possess a vanished treasure. In the blink of an eye, Serena Charters and Erik North have become targets of an unseen and determined stalker. And their only hope of survival is to keep moving....
PEARL COVE 6/1999 ISBN: 0380974045 He might help her...if the price is right. Surrounded by potential enemies, Hannah McGarry faces the mystery of her husband's suspicious death, the prospect of bankruptcy...and the disappearance of the fabulous Black Trinity necklace that was to be her financial security. Desperate, she calls Archer Donovan, a silent partner in Pear Cove, her late husband's pearl farm venture. He might help her...if the price is right. Archer Donovan would rather forget he'd ever heard of Pearl Cove...its memories of living on the dark side, the soul-numbing certainty that there was no law, no justice, no mercy; just hunters and the hunted. That life taught him to trust no one but family. But when Hannah McGarry calls in an old debt Archer is back in the game. And at his side in pursuit of the stolen fortune is a woman he shouldn't want, yet cannot resist...a woman who may know more than she's telling about her husband's death...and more than is safe to know about the dark and elusive black pearls. With deadly competitors on their tails, Archer and Hannah race through uncharted waters in search of the fabulous Black Trinity. And the closer they come to finding the coveted pearls, the closer they come to danger and death...and to each other.
RUNNING SCARED 5/2002 ISBN: 0060198761 Risa Sheridan knows everything there is to know about gold - its history, its secrets, its allure, its perils. Her boss, Shane Tannahill, is addicted to the stuff, having already made the precious metal the theme of his ultrasuccessful Las Vegas gambling establishment, the Golden Fleece. Now an ancient Celtic piece is being offered to Shane for his collection, and the casino owner is hooked. But though she shares Shane's enthusiasm, Risa is wary - because something about this particular artifact is troubling; something about it says 'stay away.' It is a voice that should be heeded but is not. And the artifact is placing them at the center of an insidious plot in the mad whirl and blinding glitter of Las Vegas.
THE SECRET SISTER 12/2005 ISBN: 0060511109 The message greeting fashion writer Christy McKenna fills her with apprehension. Twelve years have passed since she last heard from her estranged sister, the celebrated supermodel known to an admiring world as 'Jo.' It had been bad news then; it would be bad news now. A desperate plea from the one person she cannot refuse is drawing Christy from Manhattan to the mysterious red-rock canyons of the Four Corners country - but too late for Jo, who has vanished without a trace. Suddenly trapped in a world of perilous secrets, in a West she thought she'd escaped forever, Christy's only ally is the outlaw archaeologist Aaron Cain - who could ultimately be a friend, a lover, or a threat - as they chase a fortune in ancient Native American artifacts ... and the answers to a strange disappearance that could be the death of them all.
TELL ME NO LIES 12/1986 ISBN: 0373970293 China's most priceless artifacts are being smuggled into the U.S. An international crisis is about to explode. Unless a desperate trap to catch a thief succeeds. And one woman is the key. Two puppets on a string. In a maze of intrigue where each deadly twist and turn leads deeper into deception and forbidden desire, friends can be enemies. Truth may be lies. Trust is a dirty word. And the only chance of getting out alive is to cut the strings...and grasp the only truth that remains.
WHIRLPOOL 11/2006 ISBN: 0060511133 When an exquisitely crafted, authentic imperial Faberge egg mysteriously shows up at Laurel Swann's home studio, she knows it can only be from one person-her father, who has drifted in and out of her life for as long as she can remember. But this time Jamie Swann leaves her something too many people will kill for. Out of her league and desperate, Laurel is forced to accept help from the very man who is trying to ensnare her father in his own web of double crosses. Cruz Rowan can help her stay alive, but will he do the same for her father?
THE WRONG HOSTAGE 6/2006 ISBN: 0060829818 Orphaned at thirteen, Grace Silva clawed her way out of poverty and violence to become one of the most respected judges on the federal bench. Grace believes in the rule of law - lives it, breathes it. She has always been buttoned up and buttoned down. Except once. Joe Faroe has learned that laws are made by politicians and politicians are all too human. He believes in the innocents, the ones getting ground up by governments that are too polarized or too corrupt to protect their own citizens. Now Faroe is out of the business. Retired. He's through trying to save a world that doesn't want to be saved. Then Grace comes to him, past and present collide, and Faroe finds himself sucked back into the shadows, tracking a violent killer who holds the life of Grace's son in his bloody hands.
NO ESCAPE 8/2004 ISBN: 0060542144 Death is the only exit .... Kelly Martin is a frightened teenage runaway who made a scandalous accusation, then vanished, leaving Los Angeles prosecutor Tessa Jacobi with a ticking time bomb of a case on her hands. When the investigation leads her to chic nightclubs, shadowy business deals and whispers of sexual slavery, Tessa understands that she's out of her league. So she asks for help from a man whose contacts and experience can help her bring Kelly home. Burned by the system in the past, private investigator Luke Novak plays by his own rules -- and he's not about to change them to accommodate a smart, classy blonde from the D.A.'s office. But when a killer strikes frighteningly close to home, Tessa has nowhere to turn -- except to Luke. Because somewhere in a neon underworld, a young girl is running for her life. And Tessa is determined to get her out, even if it means placing her own life in the hands of a renegade she has no choice but to trust ..RR@H's Novel Thoughts
WHEN THE STORM BREAKS 8/2003 ISBN: 0060542128 Claire Lambert walked into a nightmare on a rainy night in Washington, D.C. Stumbling upon a killer in the midst of his latest bloody crime, she ran for her life - but not before a head injury caused her to lose her memory, along with her purse and ID. Now a monster knows who Claire is...and where she lives. Waking up in a hospital room the day after being attacked - her mind stripped of all memory of what happened to her - Claire can only listen with horror to the scenario Detective Sean Richter unfolds before her. A law officer fiercely dedicated to ending the wave of brutal killings that has struck the city, Sean knows that this brave and beautiful woman holds the key to stopping the murderer before he can strike again. Claire is the only victim who has seen the killer's face and lived - which is why Sean needs her help and will risk everything to protect her... And why a depraved, relentless animal is determined that Claire Lambert must die.
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