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AMMIE, COME HOME 1968 For the guests at Ruth Bennet's fashionable Georgetown home, the seance was just a playful diversion . . . until Ruth's niece Sara spoke in a deep guttural voice not her own . . . and the game became frighteningly real.
BE BURIED IN THE RAIN 1987 ISBN: 0425096343 The past holds terrors... There are secrets buried at Maidenwood - dark secrets that span generations. Medical student Julie Newcomb, who once spent four miserable childhood years at this rundown Virginia plantation, would rather not resurrect ancient memories, or face her own fear. That can't be forgotten Yet Julie cannot refuse her relatives' plea that she spend her summer caring for the bedridden - but still malevolent - family patriarch. Reluctantly, Julie agrees, praying that life at Maidenwood will not be as bleak as before. From the first, though, Julie finds Maidenwood a haunted place, not merely echoing with grim reminders, but filled with dark secrets that will become part of her life even today.
BLACK RAINBOW 1982 ISBN: 0425124819 In the Light of a Gilded Moon... A mysterious black rainbow framed the huddled towers of Grayhaven Manor: a vision of ominous beauty that seemed to warn Megan O'Neill of a darkness within. As the estate's new governess, her apprehensions were banished by the warmth of the Mandeville family. But Megan's growing obsession for her darkly handsome employer blinded her to the terrifying truth of Grayhaven. Now Megan is about to learn the price of desire...
THE CRYING CHILD 1989 Joanne McMullen's fears for her sister's sanity have brought her to remote King's Island, Maine. Mary's grief over the loss of her child is threatening to send her over the edge--and her insistence that she has heard an eerie, childlike wailing in the woods fuels Joanne's anxiety. And now Mary's taken to disappearing at midnight in search of the source of the heartrending moans. But it's not just her sister's encroaching madness that is chilling Joanne's blood--it's her own. Because suddenly, impossibly, she also hears the crying child.
THE DANCING FLOOR 3/1997 ISBN: 0060177640 For years, Heather had dreamed of the journey she and her father would take to England - a pilgrimage to the great gardens of history. Now that her father is dead, Heather is determined to fulfill his dreams. Unfortunately, her request to see the fabled seventeenth-century garden of Troytan House is denied by the owner. Through unwelcome, she braves the wall of briars and reaches the Victorian manor house beyond. She senses a strange miasma of evil lurking, tainting the manor's peaceful beauty. Only then does Heather begin to wonder whether it is only stories of long-vanished witchcraft that haunt Troytan House or whether there is some more modern horror, nearer at hand, and far, far more dangerous.
THE DARK ON THE OTHER SIDE 1977 Everywhere she turns, Linda Randolph hears voices: from empty dark corners and lonely rooms. But it is the house itself that speaks the loudest, telling Linda to run for her life. Her husband, Gordon, the noted statesman and scholar, suggests she's losing her mind. Linda almost hopes it's true, because the alternate explanation is too terrible to contemplate: that Gordon is intimately involved with dark, diabolical forces beyond the scope of the natural and rational. Either Linda Randolph is half-mad ... or her husband is pure evil.
THE GREY BEGINNING 1985 Along with the truth came danger. Hoping that a trip to her late husband's childhood home will help her come to terms with his recent death, Kathy Malone travels to the rolling hills of Tuscany. But there, instead of solace, Kathy finds a lonely boy named Pietro, uncanny hints about her late husband, and the stately Contessa Morandini, whose chilly reception warms only when she mistakenly assumes Kathy is pregnant with the next heir of the Morandini line. Despite, or perhaps because of it, the Contessa's efforts to keep Kathy and Pietro apart, Kathy befriends the young boy. Their games lead her through the villa's maze of dark hallways, where she begins to discover hints of a startling truth. As the pieces of a sinister and murderous plan fall into place, Kathy realizes she had stumbled onto a dangerous obsession, one that was meant to stay hidden forever.
GREYGALLOWS Lucy Cartwright placed her life and future into the hands of the dashing Baron Clare, despite the rumors of his dark, unsavory past. Trusting his kind words and gentle manner, she agreed to be his wife and followed the enigmatic lord to Greygallows, his sprawling country estate. But mystery, deception, betrayal, and danger surround the magnificent manor--a ghostly secret charges the atmosphere and terror reigns in its shadowed hallways. Lucy entered Greygallows willingly . . . and now she may never leave.
HERE I STAY 1983 ISBN: 0061007269 Turning a decrepit old mansion into a beautiful country inn isn't easy, but for Andrea Torgesen, the hard work is exactly what her young brother, Jim, needs after a serious car accident. Or, so she thinks - until Jim is haunted by unearthly voices and eerie visions, and becomes obsessed with a long-neglected graveyard. Suddenly, the impossible becomes terrifyingly possible and Andrea must battle an evil force that threatens to destroy their lives.
HOUSE OF MANY SHADOWS 1974 Meg's doctor told her the hallucinations were a result of the accident, that they would stop once she got some peace and quiet. So she took some time off at the old country house, but the visions didn't stop. Instead, they got worse. And now Meg is terrified because Andy, the caretaker, sees them too.
HOUSES OF STONE 1993 ISBN: 0425143066 Fear and Desire Entwined in the Shadows of the Past... It was a career-making discovery for English professor Karen Holloway: a battered, faded manuscript, the 'lost masterpiece' of a 19th-century poet called Ismene. Almost obsessively, Karen delves into her research to unmask the woman behind the mysterious name. But the clues she seeks are hidden in the poet's own words - as a ghost story unfolds before her, a tormented voice from the past....
INTO THE DARKNESS 1990 ISBN: 042512892X When Daniel Migot, the roguish and mysterious founder of a majestic jewelry empire, dies after a sudden short illness, his granddaughter, Meg Venturi, is drawn back to Seldon - the small New England town she ran from so many years ago. Expecting only to pay her respects and to act as a pillar of strength to her fragile Gran, Meg receives the shock of her life when she learns her beloved grandfather has left her the local antique jewelry store that was his greatest joy. With this inheritance comes another, even more startling, legacy as Meg is forced into a business partnership with the man Daniel Mignot selected - the man half the town whispers was responsible for the old millionaire's death. Amidst rich blood-red Burmese rubies, shimmering baroque pearls of a deathlike pallor, and a delicate gold ring whose foreboding message reads Here I lie and wait for you, Meg is haunted by a mysterious and increasingly dangerous chain of events. And when she discovers a legacy of dark revelations older and more intriguing than the glittering jewels they surround, Meg must wage a battle of wits to protect something even more precious - her very life...
THE MASTER OF BLACKTOWER 1966 His hands were encased in black silk gloves, a lurid scar twisting the roughly hewn features of his face. His dark eyes blazed, and his mocking laughter echoed to the highest tower of the ancient Scottish estate. Damaris Gordon knew she could never work for such a cruel and bitter man - but after her father's death, she had no choice. Her fate was in the hands of Gavin Hamilton - a man tortured by disfigurement, disillusion...and dark secrets of the past. Was he responsible for his wife's death? Or the injury that crippled his young daughter? Curiosity lured Damaris to the top of the tower in search of the truth. But love sent her over the edge...
OTHER WORLDS 1999 ISBN: 0061097497 Those present include Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, psychoanalyst Nandor Fodor, and a writer who rivals them all with her sleuthing talent. These masters of mystery are about to put their minds to a pair of ghoulish stories--of families beset by poltergeistly pranks and bewitched by inexplicable horrors. Gripping puzzles, yes, but the terror of these tales is all too vicious and all too real. In the hollows of Tennessee, a family is threatened by a dire spirit whose warnings of despair and death come frighteningly true.... In a small Connecticut town, a newly married widow and her children move into her second husband's home to find their lives possessed by an unimaginable demon.... Were these villains phantom spirits or evildoers of flesh and blood? Dare to find out in this masterful delight from Barbara Michaels--a tale as frightening by daylight as it is by darkness.
PATRIOT'S DREAM 1994 ISBN: 0425133559 Jan Wilde's much-needed vacation in Williamsburg, Virginia, is anything but restful. Here in this historic restored colonial village, her sleep is invaded by strangers from two centuries in the past. They seem so close, so real--and when Jan awakens in the morning, their lives and loves and the secret they share shadow her very existence. The only way Jan can ever be free is to seek the truth . . . in her dreams.
PRINCE OF DARKNESS 1988 A stranger has come to Middleburg, Maryland, a visitor from abroad with a mysterious purpose. But this quaint, affluent community has dark secrets of its own. And when the interloper, Peter Stewart, becomes involved with the bewitching, seductive ward of noted local author Kate More, the townfolk fear the chilling past they are hiding will no longer be safe. For Middleburg has a colonial history of malevolent sorceries and obscene sacrifice. And when the terrible pot is stirred, murder may be the least of the evils to emerge from the unholy brew. More Info Other Formats Customers also bought titles by... Related Subjects Books for Troops Free Shipping
THE SEA KING'S DAUGHTER 1989 Since Sandy Frederick first set foot on the volcanic Greek isle of Thera, this breathtaking place of ancient myth and mystery has haunted her dreams. Joining her estranged, obsessed father on a dive to find astonishing secrets from the ocean's floor, she cannot shake the feeling that she was meant to be here; that some ancient, inscrutable power is calling to her. But there are others who have been eagerly waiting for her arrival to drag her into a tangled and terrifying web of secrets, dark superstition, betrayal, blood, and death. And suddenly Sandy's heritage and her destiny could be her doom.
SEARCH THE SHADOWS 1987 ISBN: 0425104761 When twenty-two-year-old Haskell Malone accidentally discovers damning proof that the dead war hero whose name she bears is not her father, she is shattered. The revelation only confirms the dark fear that has haunted her since childhood. In fact, what little she knows about her birth and her mother's subsequent death, is a fragile web of evasions and lies. Determined to expose the truth at any cost, Haskell takes a job at Chicago's famed Oriental Institute in the city where her mother once lived and loved. But as she searches the shadows of the past, she finds that the truth can sometimes be deadly.
SHATTERED SILK 1986 A deadly secret from the past - In Georgetown, Karen Nevitt planned to forget her broken marriage and establish her own vintage clothing business. But then, the unthinkable happened. Something she acquired had attracted the attention of a terrible intruder. Someone who dared to ransack her home and stalk her at night. Someone who would kill....
SMOKE AND MIRRORS 1989 ISBN: 0425119114 The fast-paced world of politics was both exhilarating and daunting to young Erin Hartsock - she came to Washington, D.C., to join the campaign of a charismatic congresswoman. But Erin's enthusiasm turned to dread as the campaign took a dark turn. A chilling secret threatened Erin and her colleagues, causing a series of strange fires and a seemingly accidental death, and showing Erin the shocking truth behind the political game. The next candidate for death would soon be chosen...
SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE 1981 ISBN: 0425113892 Grayhaven Manor was a remarkable architectural achievement - an English Gothic mansion, transplanted stone by ancient stone to the isolated hills of Pennsylvania. Anne and Kevin had planned to write a book there that summer. Yet something lured them away from their work. Something elusive and powerful, beautiful and seductive, beckoning from behind locked doors of human desire - and unearthly passion. Something...somewhere....
SONS OF THE WOLF 1989 Ada and Harriet had never met anyone like Mr. Wolfson, the strangely magnetic, darkly funny man who was to be their new guardian. Confined to a wheelchair and flanked by two fierce dogs, he both welcomed and intimidated the girls. He also had two equally mysterious sons, julian and Francis: one as good-natured as the other was evil. Harriet soon discovered, evil ran rampant through Abbey Manor and the surrounding moors. Especially in the moonlight.
STITCHES IN TIME 5/1995 ISBN: 0061092533 When an antique bridal quilt appears under mysterious circumstances at the vintage clothing shop where Rachel Grant works, she is fascinated. She has never been able to resist handmade textiles from the past, for she believes that through the ages, women wove protective magic into their fabrics in order to mark the important events of their lives: birth, marriage, and death. But there is more than good in the guilt's magic power. Day by day Rahel sees and feels the power growing, as she senses the quilt influencing her thoughts and actions. Much as Rachel's logical mind longs to deny the supernatural, the aura of evil coming from the quilt is terrifyingly real, and it seems to carry a sinister legacy into the lives of the people Rachel loves.
VANISH WITH THE ROSE 9/1992 ISBN: 0671689487 The search for her missing brother brings lawyer Diana Reed to the vast estate where he had worked as caretaker. She convinces its owners - and herself - that she is an expert rose gardener. But working undercover is only the first step in a dance of deception that brings her face to face with her darkest dreams - and her deadliest fears...
WAIT FOR WHAT WILL COME 1979 She was the last of an ancient Cornish clan, and Carla Tregellas had inherited the pride of her family name - a huge mansion that loomed high above the jagged cliffs of Cornwall. She felt at home there right from the start, for everyone seemed so kind and welcoming. Everyone except Mrs. Pendennis, the eccentric housekeeper who advised Carla to leave at once to deter a tragic and inevitable fate. But Carla could not leave - for the invisible bonds of an ancestral curse were just beginning to take hold...
THE WALKER IN SHADOWS 1981 The house next door to Pat Robbins--eerily identical to the home Pat shares with her college-aged son, Mark--has been empty for years, the darkness within seeming to warn all to stay away. Now new tenants are moving in: affable Josef Friedrichs and his lovely daughter, Kathy, who has stolen Mark's heart on first glance. But something is not right--something old and secret lurking in the shadows that fresh paint and new furnishings cannot mask or exorcise. There is evil alive in the heart of the house next door--and it means to feed on the fears of two families . . . and drag Kathy Friedrichs with it into peril.
WINGS OF THE FALCON 1978 Francesca accepted shelter from the noble Italian family of her dead mother after her father's death, but nothing prepared her for the strange forebodings, the elusive secrets, and the terrifying oppression. And nothing could explain the mysterious appearance of the horseman known as The Falcon.
THE WIZARD'S DAUGHTER 1980 ISBN: 0425146421 A Strange and Dangerous Gift... With her silver-gilt curls and sea-green eyes, Marianne Ransom was a striking beauty, a spirited orphan surviving the backstreets of Victorian London. But there was something more that set her apart...She possessed the gift of second sight, a power that initially awakened in her when a twist of fate brought her to the opulent home of a wealthy Duchess. It was there that the ghostly presence of her own father, a man renowned for his psychic powers, called to her from beyond. But soon her magnificent surroundings - and her own powerful abilities - become a perilous trap, as Marianne discovers that knowing too much can be deadly...
ABOUT FACE 4/2003 ISBN: 0821770209 When Dr. Blake Hunter discovers Casey Edwards wandering along a Sweetwater, Georgia road, she's a woman without a past, her memory stripped of the terrifying events that shattered her innocence a decade ago. The scrap of paper she clutches in her hand bears the address to Swan House, the magnificent mansion where Casey's mother lives with her mysteriously ailing husband. But 'home' turns out to be anything but a safe haven... A near-fatal hit-and-run; neighbors who won't look her in the eye; a sinister man whispering with her mother behind closed doors...each disturbing experience makes Casey more determined to untangle the web of secrets that threaten her future. But someone wants Casey out of the way before she remembers too much. It will take the strength she's always had - and the love she's just found - to save her life....
ANNIE'S RAINBOW 4/1999 ISBN: 0821761730
CHARMING LILY 4/2001 ISBN: 0821770195 Professional mountaineer Lily Harper is building a new life for herself - in ways she never would have expected. She's traded the mountain wilderness of Wyoming for the lush river country of the deep South, where she is busy restoring a fine old Natchez, Mississippi house. And she's rediscovered happiness with Matt Starr, the man she has always loved. But Lily's dreams for the future are suddenly threatened when Matt disappears without a trace. Fearing foul play, she is determined to use her wits - and her will - to find him, embarking on a dangerous journey into unfamiliar territory. Though tested as never before, Lily knows that somehow she is being guided by a source she cannot explain - one that will help her find the courage to hold onto everything that's dear....
FREE FALL 3/2007 ISBN: 0727864297 Yoko Akia’s mother was only fifteen when a wealthy man swept her off her feet with promises of love. Instead, he filled her brief life with horror and misery. The Sisterhood has helped each other exact vengeance on rotten men before, but this time it’s different. Their target is none other than America’s favorite movie star—a brute who has conned the world into believing he’s Mister Perfect. But he’s about to learn that nobody—not even a powerful superstar—is above the Sisterhood’s special brand of payback...
THE FUTURE SCROLLS 7/2001 ISBN: 0821775863 To Manhattan editor Dani Arnold, it might have sounded like something out of a novel. But when she impulsively comes to the aid of a lost child, she finds herself plunged into a mystery more dangerous than anything on the city streets - with an enigmatic stranger who threatens everything she believes in - yet fascinates her in a way no other man ever has... Dr. Alex Mendenares will do anything to keep his daughter safe. Anything except reveal the potentially devastating secret that has been guarded by his family for centuries. But he never bargained on meeting someone like Dani Arnold, who instantly captures his little girl’s heart - and lights an unexpected spark in his own. Now, against the most deadly odds, Alex must place his trust in a woman he barely knows - but would like to know much better...
THE GUEST LIST 8/2000 ISBN: 0821766570 Satisfied with her life and a new relationship, Abby Mitchell is most happy to be reunited with her sister, who was separated from her after their parents died. The siblings are planning a sumptuous party, unaware that an uninvited guest is coming, one who'll do anything to help keep the past hidden.
HIDE AND SEEK 9/2007 ISBN: 0758227078 The ladies of Pinewood are facing a challenge that will test their courage, loyalty, and their talents as never before.
THE JURY 8/2005 ISBN: 0727862650 It's Nikki's turn for payback in the latest installment in Michaels' Revenge of the Sisterhood series. Everyone believes she'll go after her former fiance, Jack, who has sworn to bring the ladies down for stepping outside the law to bring restitution to those denied justice by legal means. But Nikki has no intention of doing so. In fact, she gets back together with him after they agree that Jack will not actively pursue the Sisterhood in his new job as the Washington, D.C., district attorney, and Nikki agrees that she no longer feels entirely comfortable with their operation. None of the other sisters has any idea that they have reached this understanding. Then the wife of the National Security Advisor, who regularly beats her, has finally had enough. While she recuperates, the Sisterhood enacts revenge on her behalf.
LETHAL JUSTICE 10/2006 ISBN: 0727864289 The women of the Sisterhood are fun, smart, sassy, and determined to get their way every time. But most of all, they are the best friends a woman wants by her side in good times and bad. Meeting once again in Myra Rutledge's beautiful Virginia home, they're ready to face a new challenge and right a vicious wrong . . . Alexis Thorn, once a successful securities broker, spent a hellish year behind bars for a crime she never committed. Now she has her freedom, but she's left with haunting memories of being hauled from her office in handcuffs . . . of the cell door clanging shut behind her . . . of her pleas going unheard. Meanwhile the real criminals - her former employers, Roland Sullivan and his lover Arden Gillespie - continue to make millions by conning the innocent, especially preying on the elderly and taking their life savings. Alexis dreams of getting even. The legal system failed her, but the Sisterhood won't. They have a delicious plan that can give Sullivan and Gillespie a taste of their own bitter medicine . . .
PAYBACK 12/2004 ISBN: 0727861662 From the outside, it looks like Julie Webster lives a normal, happy existence. A highly successful plastic surgeon, she is married to a senator very much on his way up Capitol Hill, and lives in a lovely house in Georgetown. But appearances can be deceptive, as Julia knows only too well. She has long suspected her husband's past is not quite as innocent as he'd like the American public to believe. And when he starts cheating on her, with disastrous consequences for herself and her career, she decides the time has come to teach him a lesson. When the Sisterhood, the closest thing Julia has to a family, picks her case as their next mission, it seems like the perfect time to show the world exactly what her philandering husband's lies and deceit have achieved.
PICTURE PERFECT 9/2000 ISBN: 0727855158 Deep in the woods, a cunning killer is hiding the evidence of his most recent crime. But his work is interrupted by an unwelcome visitor - a little boy who has seen it al - and must be silenced. Pediatrician Lorrie Ryan has been looking forward to this camping trip with her seven-year-old nephew, Davey. It's a chance to let the hemophiliac boy spend time away from his nervous, overprotective parents and have the adventure he's always wanted. And Lorrie will be on hand to administer Davey's daily, life-saving dose of antigen. In the thick cover of woods, she never imagines they are not alone - or that their idyllic trip will soon become a chilling nightmare of survival. In one shocking moment, Davey disappears. The local police find no trace of him, and a desperate Lorrie turns to the one man who can help - FBI agent Stuart Saunders. Now, the hunt is on for a child growing weaker by the minute, and a cruel predator whose twisted game of cat-and-mouse has only just begun.
PLAIN JANE 3/2001 ISBN: 1575666731 Back in college, Jane Lewis would have given anything to be like homecoming queen Connie Bryan. Instead, she was just Plain Jane-overweight, frumpy, and painfully shy. That was then. Today, a lovely and confident Dr. Jane Lewis has a thriving psychotherapy practice, her own radio talk show, a beautiful old Louisiana mansion, and her affectionate, nutty dog, Olive, to keep her company. The only thing missing is someone to share her life. Jane has never forgotten Michael Sorenson, the boy she'd admired from afar in college. Now, he's inspiring her to hope for a future together. She's also never forgotten the brutal, unsolved attack that ended Connie Bryan's life-and haunts Jane still. Suddenly, the present collides with the past, as she finds clues into the identities of Connie's attackers-clues that send her into a world of risk and excitement, challenging her to become a truly extraordinary woman - if she dares.
THE REAL DEAL 8/2004 ISBN: 0743477448 Raised by her loving but eccentric aunt, former F.B.I. agent Quinn Star has always relied on herself - how else could she have survived the Bureau's old boys network, or navigated the heartbreak of a thwarted affair with her boss? Now Quinn risks her life every day in the Secret Service, protecting the First Lady of the United States. Only she can't safeguard her from the ruthless advisors intent on hiding the President's debilitating illness for their political gain. Suspecting a conspiracy that places the fate of the President, his wife - and the nation - on the line, Quinn whisks the First Lady out of the capital to her South Carolina home. But nowhere is truly safe from whoever is pulling the strings in a lethal game designed to keep Quinn from uncovering the truth. And no one can tell Quinn if she should risk her heart when a lover emerges from the shadows of the past.
SPLIT SECOND 10/1999 ISBN: 0727854313
SWEET REVENGE 10/2006 ISBN: 082177879X There are some things that a group of gracious ladies just can't overlook - and doing one of their friends dirty is at the top of the list. That's the mission of the Sisterhood, seven women who would do anything to help out one of their clan, especially when it means righting a wrong. And Isabelle Flanders has definitely been done wrong. Her former colleague, the conniving Rosemary, did everything in her power to ruin Isabelle, from framing her for a terrible drunk driving accident to stealing her husband and her architecture firm. Now, Isabelle's formerly lovely life is in tatters while Rosemary scoops up the spoils. It's enough to make any friend's blood boil. Rosemary may think she's flying high, but she's about to tangle with the Sisterhood. And when the Sisterhood is on the case, revenge is swift, delicious, and oh-so-sweet . . .
TRADING PLACES 6/2003 ISBN: 0743457943 Atlanta police detective Aggie Jade is still recovering from the raid that took the life of her partner and former boyfriend - and nearly killed her and her beloved K-9. She's not ready to hit the streets again, but she's desperate to hunt down the cop killers who shattered her world. That's when she asks her identical twin sister to trade places with her.... Lizzie Jade is as flashy and fiery as Aggie is quiet and conservative - and the high-rolling Vegas gambler loves a challenge: turning in her stiletto heels for a badge is the perfect role for Aggie's 'wild card' sister. But the gutsy charade gets complicated when sexy investigative reporter Nathan Hawke senses something bold and new about 'Aggie,' who no longer shies away from his flirtations. As Lizzie and Nathan join forces to uncover a web of lies and corruption, Lizzie finds herself giving in to his charms. But how can she confess that she's not who he thinks she is? And how can she let herself fall in love when she and her twin might have to run for their lives.
VENDETTA 6/2005 ISBN: 0727862049 Once upon a time there were seven very different women who had been broken but not beaten by life. In those tough days of healing, they became the Sisterhood, a group of devoted friends who vowed to change their lives, empower themselves, and be there for each other, no matter what. Now, they're ready to answer the call for the woman who started it all, Myra Rutledge. Five years ago, Myra's pregnant daughter was killed by a hit-and-run driver - the playboy son of an ambassador with diplomatic immunity. Myra was left to grieve while the murderer was free to return to his lavish lifestyle with no fear of ever having to pay for his crime. But not for much longer. As the air turns crisp in the Virginia hills around Myra's lovely old farmhouse, the Sisterhood has gathered for a little creative planning, and what they have in mind is a gift for Myra of long-awaited and very sweet revenge...
WEEKEND WARRIORS 7/2004 ISBN: 0821775898 As Nikki and her best friend, Barbara, are walking, a car comes out of nowhere and kills Barbara and her unborn child. Unfortunately, the driver, a Chinese diplomat, isn't subject to prosecution. Barbara's mother, the fabulously wealthy Myra Rutledge, who also raised Nikki, goes into a two-year depression, only snapping out of it when she sees television coverage of the mother of another murdered child taking the law into her own hands. Barbara and Myra recruit five female vigilantes, all victims of a legal system that, in their experiences, favored the criminal. The group's mission: to right the wrongs perpetrated against them and other women. The first woman to be vindicated is the one who was raped by three white-collar bikers while her disabled husband was forced to watch.
INTO THE NIGHT 8/1988 ISBN: 0373220960 Now you see a corpse Now you don't Julie Hunter was pleased with her quiet life as a partner in Lustre, Inc., a Chicago silver-recovery plant. Until the night she stumbled on a corpse and a killer in the plant's parking lot. Most baffling: when police arrived both killer and corpse had vanished! The "killer" was Colin Marshall, private eye. He swore he'd been set up to take the murder rap. Worse, Julie had fouled up the murderer's vicious scheme and was now a prime target. As Julie and the strong, very appealing Colin groped for the truth, the real killer stalked, intent on burying it forever....
THE ONLY WITNESS 8/1987 ISBN: 0373220715
PURSUIT IN THE WILDERNESS 12/1985 ISBN: 0373220324
RED DOG RUN 5/1988 ISBN: 0373220898 It was a case of mistaken identity... Allie Martin got more than she bargained for when she opened her Denver motel room the day before her lingerie fashion presentation: Reeve Chandler, rugged, resourceful and very desperate. He'd been expecting a female contact, with papers to free his brother trapped in East Germany. And this was a second double cross. Now his hostage, Allie found herself in a dangerous flight across mountains and blistering desert to track down the papers. Not far behind, in hot pursuit, was the double-crossing agent, East Germans and the mob--and they'd stop at nothing until they stopped her and Reeve.
BOWLED OVER 11/2007 ISBN: 0758208847 Another day, another crime scene. Maggie wouldn't mind putting a little distance between herself and the hunky regency hero of her novels. Alexandre Blake, the Viscount Saint Just, who has miraculously come to life with talk of sweeping her straight down the aisle. But now that her parents have split up, Maggie is having trouble resisting Alex's tender loving care. So she invites him along to visit her family. Unfortunately, they arrive just in time to watch her father being taken away in handcuffs as a murder suspect! Thank goodness she has her very own romance hero. The local police are convinced Evan Kelly has killed his bowling buddy, who happened to be having an affair with Maggie's mom. It doesn't help that Evan's bowling ball was found next to the dead body. Her dad may have had motive, but Maggie knows he's definitely no killer. Luckily, she has Alex riding to the rescue — and making her wonder if a happily ever after might not be out of her league after all ...
HIGH HEELS AND HOLIDAYS 11/2006 ISBN: 0758208820 Bad Tidings We Bring! There's nothing I'd rather be doing this time of year then singing Christmas carols while I trim my tree, and snuggling next to my man Alex while we watch It's a Wonderful Life for the umpteenth time. But this season, it seems some Grinch with a really bad sense of humor is delivering packages of rotting rats and death threats to me and the other authors who contributed to the mystery collection No Secret Anymore. To You and Your Kin! Sure, even I'll admit the book was terrible. But why can't this sicko just go to the bookstore and get a refund? It's Christmas, buddy -- not Halloween! But then Jonathan West -- the brainchild of No Secret Anymore -- turns up dead, and me and Alex aren't so sure anymore that the murderer is a just a disgruntled reader... Bad tidings for Christmas—and a Murderous New Year! Jonathan had finally completed a new novel, which his agent claimed to be his best. This leads us to think maybe a jealous rival is the killer—that is, until two of Jonathan's obsessed fans surface. So now the we're scrambling to solve this mystery before eight writers—including yours truly—don't live to see the New Year...
HIGH HEELS AND HOMICIDE 12/2005 ISBN: 0758208804 Don't get me wrong—there was plenty to laugh about when we first arrived in Merry Olde England to watch one of my novels being shot as a major motion picture. Alex was delighted with the location (a seventeenth-century manor house), but horrified with the surfer-dude mimbo playing him. I, personally, found the situation hilarious... then the leading lady started rubbing up against "my" hero, leaving me no choice but to start a little flirtation of my own with the lord of the manor's nephew. It was all very Regency House Party until the scriptwriter showed up... dead. Things are suddenly getting hot and heavy between Alex and me—and their timing is atrocious as usual, what with the murder and mayhem. Suspects? Don't get me started. There's Mr. Contemptuous Director, Ms. Man-Crazy Production Assistant, Mr. Fancy Pants English Actor, Ms. Diva Leading Lady, and... your truly. Yep, I was seen arguing with the victim right before his unfortunate demise, so I am, as the Brits would say, in a bit of a pickle.
MAGGIE BY THE BOOK 8/2003 ISBN: 1575668815 KELLY'S LAW #1: Just when things seem to be settling down, the other shoe drops... with a vengeance. In this case, it's more like a boot – a Regency-era riding boot belonging to Alexandre Blake, Viscount Saint Just, hero of the bestsellers I write. And the man who's been throwing gold-filigree monkey wrenches into my life for the past three months. When he defied all laws of time, space, and – let's face it – reality by walking out of my dreams and into my living room, I figured there must be a way to get him back home to the corner of my fevered imagination from which he'd escaped. Okay, so I was wrong. The thing is, I'm kind of getting used to having him around. Alex Blakely, as Saint Just now calls himself, isn't exactly hard on the eyes, and he's chock full of editorial suggestions. Not that I need them. Much. KELLY'S LAW #2: All's fair in love and WAR. WAR being We Are Romance, the country's largest romance writers' group. Despite the fact that the WAR-riors unofficially booted me from their little club a while back, I'm still technically a member, which is how I got the invitation to their Manhattan conference. How Alex convinced me to go – and take him along – is another story. I just knew it would be a very bad thing. Bad for my blood pressure... and very bad for my budding flirtation with Lieutenant Steve Wendell – he of the shaggy hair and the NYPD – who's been suspicious of my relationship with Alex from the get-go. Of course, there's nothing to be suspicious about... yet. But my publisher and my agent are attending the conference. Plus, complimentary cocktails! When will I learn there's no such thing as a free drink? KELLY'S LAW #3: That thing sticking in your back that looks like a knife? If you're at a writer's conference... it probably is. I've got to watch Alex, of all people, parading around in the cover model contest. Worse, one of the other contestants has been mugged in his hotel room ... and the publisher of the country's leading online romance book review is offed in the elevator. Now, Alex is on the case. And so is Steve. And so am I. Killers to the left of me, hacks to the right, here I am...stuck in the middle without a clue. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking...again.
MAGGIE NEEDS AN ALIBI 7/2002 ISBN: 1575668793 Maggie Kelly is nothing if not resilient. She bounced back after getting fired from her old job as a writer of historical romances, reinventing herself as a mystery author. She bounced back when she discovered her lover – who also happens to be her publisher – cheating on her. And she bounces right back into her smoking habit whenever she tries to quit. But something just happened that's got tough-talking, quick-thinking Maggie swooning into her super-soft sofa cushions. Something in the form of an incredibly sexy Englishman by the name of Saint Just. Alexandre Drake, Viscount Saint Just, to be exact. Tall, dark, handsome, with an accent to die for and charm to spare, he's everything she's ever dreamed of in a man. There's just one problem. He is her dream man. He's every woman's fantasy. He's the character who's made her a bestselling author. He's not real. No, he's not real – but he is, for some reason, standing in the middle of Maggie's apartment. With the adorable, bumbling sidekick she created expressly for him right by his side – and eating that piece of fried chicken she was saving for lunch. What's a savvy, New York City writer to do when faced with the figments of her imagination – in the flesh? Well, short of checking herself into Bellevue, she'd better get used to it. Because these guys aren't going anywhere – at least not until they've given Maggie a little unsolicited editorial advice regarding her latest telling of their adventures. Still, it's not the worst thing in the world to have a roomie as gorgeous as Saint Just – even if he is somewhat arrogant – and prone to leaving the cap off the toothpaste. But just as Maggie's getting used to her new houseguests, things start to get quite a bit more complicated – in the "homicide" sense of the world. It seems her ex-lover, Kirk Toland, ever the inconsiderate cad, has had the nerve to die right there in her living room... of poisoning... after eating a dinner Maggie made. Her cooking isn't that bad – is it? And if that weren't weird enough, Toland's death is soon followed by the murder of a colleague whom everyone knows Maggie hated.
MAGGIE WITHOUT A CLUE 8/2004 ISBN: 1575668831 I've got a successful writing career, a great apartment, two hot guys... and all I want to do is curl up on the sofa with my cats, a DVD, and a bag of Funyuns. What's wrong with this picture? I should be reveling in my freedom – and/or in the company of Alexandre Blake, Viscount St. Just, the all-too-real hero of my historical mystery novels. Problem is, ever since Alex and his sidekick, Sterling, materialized in my living room, I've been dodging dead bodies. Of course, the random acts of violence have had the less dubious benefit of introducing me to thoroughly modern (and cute!) NYPD detective Steve Wendell, but still. Playing amateur sleuth and roomie to two Regency gents can get pretty exhausting. So how ecstatic was I when Alex and Sterling got a deal on a rent-controlled place across the hall? Ah, sweet solitude. Naturally, it couldn't last. My first morning alone, I get a hysterical call from my recently widowed friend and publisher, Bernie Toland-James. Recently widowed, as in she just woke up next to the bloody corpse of her estranged husband... See? This is what I'm talking about. I used to count my life adventures in successfully avoiding my mother's phone calls. Now I keep on my toes by getting my friends out of murder raps. Things definitely don't look good for Bernie. She'd made no secret of the fact that she wasn't too broken up when Buddy "disappeared" seven years ago – but she's no killer, and I intend to help prove it. Meanwhile, Sterling's been on the receiving end of some weird threats. Threats none of us were taking seriously until some thugs vandalized his and Alex's apartment, slashing up their beloved "plasma-flat-screened-television machine." As if that weren't enough to prompt some serious gauntlet-throwing, now someone's actually kidnapped dear, sweet Sterling, leaving a ransom note that's at best cryptic, and at worst, badly misspelled. Talk about rubbing a writer the wrong way... OK, this case just got seriously personal. Messing with my friends? Bad move. Messing with my friends while I'm going through nicotine withdrawal? Watch out, mister. What with trying to help Bernie and Sterling, trying to quit smoking, trying to evade my therapist's more pointed questions, and trying to meet the deadline for my latest St. Just novel, I'm edgier than J.Lo's wedding planner. Then there's the new habit I've developed of kissing Alex. And kissing Steve. Repeatedly. Yeah. With the clock ticking on Bernie's freedom, Sterling's safety, and, very possibly, my own sanity, I'd better get down to business with both my detectives (no, not that kind of business... well, maybe a little) and get a clue – before my mother finds out what I've really been up to...
TEMPORARY MEASURES 11/1991 ISBN: 0373031602 When Riley came to Chicago to warn Deborah that her elderly aunt had hired a suave "investment counselor, " and worse, was planning to invest the family trust fund in his scam, Deborah decided to announce her engagement.
BLESSING IN DISGUISE 7/1990 ISBN: 0373704127 It was an exercise in frustration. Investigative reporter Greg Allen had a special assignment: to find out who was kidnapping Hispanic men and boys in Houston. In order to gain the confidence of the frightened community, Greg was going undercover - as a priest! 'Father Gregory' thought he'd enjoy his new role - until he met Julie Whitaker, the church social worker. The attraction was immediate and mutual, but while they worked together to solve the mystery, Julie made sure to keep this 'unavailable' man at a respectable distance. Greg longed for the day he could tell Julie the truth, but would she ever forgive him his deception?
STRANGER IN HER ARMS 2/2005 ISBN: 037327419X When the doorbell rang in the middle of a devastating summer storm, Christy Matthews found a bruised, rain-battered stranger on her porch. While the wind howled, she tended to his injuries. Stranded with him in her island sanctuary, she found it impossible to ignore his rugged sensuality - and the growing desire to lose herself in his embrace. No wallet. No driver's license. Not a clue to his identity. Yet this beautiful healing angel trusted him to keep her safe. With a killer on the loose, protecting Christy became his most vital mission, but the passion she awakened could thrust them both into harm's way. He had no memory of yesterday, but he'd risk everything to lie in her arms today, tomorrow and always...
LIKE A LOVER 10/1984 ISBN: 0380894416
A LOVER'S GIFT 4/1985 ISBN: 0380897865
TAINTED GOLD 2/1985 ISBN: 0380896664 Pretty Quillen McCain lost her father when he foolishly searched for gold in the Colorado mountains. All she had left was his memory and his land, which even with its worthless mine, was priceless to her. And no one, not even a powerful local banker, could coerce her into selling it. A magical romance with newcomer Tucker Ferris made Quillen's life even richer. His laughing blue eyes and broad shoulders put a shine on her days and dazzled her nights with a glorious ecstasy.
DREAM SNATCHER 5/2002 ISBN: 1893896765 Anna Stanfield has denied her psychic abilities for years. Then her younger sister is found in a coma, a victim of a psychic vampire. Now Anna must use her powers to help catch her sister's killer. FBI agent Ian McGregory draws Anna into his investigation, knowing her strong psychic powers will draw out the killer he's been secretly tracking across the country—a killer who threatens to expose Ian and his people to the world. Ian knows that he must do anything, even sacrifice Anna, to ensure that his people and their secret remain safe. But Ian hadn't counted on falling in love with Anna, and he knows his love for her will destroy them both.
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