ALLIGATOR MOON 6/2004 ISBN: 0373836139 Lying in the shadows of the moonlight... John Robicheaux lived the simple life in Cajun country - that was until his brother turned up dead in the bayou. He's be damned before he'd let that crime go unpunished. And John's suspicions about the sudden death were pointing to a medical clinic and a powerful plastic surgeon who stood accused of 'losing' a high-profile client on the operating table. Local magazine reporter Cassie Havelin had been in Beau Pierre to look into the story. But when her investigation became entangled with her mother's disappearance, Cassie was thrown straight into the strong arms of John Robicheaux. Together they had to shadow a sinister killer slithering in the murky waters...unless they were consumed by the darkness first.
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS 12/1998 ISBN: 0373224958 All I want for Christmas: A Daddy...Little Rebecca knew she and her baby brother were a handful for their new mom, Dr. Susan McKnight, especially with a bad man scaring her. She'd hoped Santa would bring Susan a husband, and when Detective Carter showed up at their door, Rebecca knew Santa wouldn't let her down... A Husband...Susan was at the mercy of a cunning stalker...but lucky for her, Jack Carter was the kind of cop who wouldn't stop until he got his man - even if it meant hounding Susan for her confidential patient records. Going head-to-head, eye-to-eye, Susan could see Jack's conviction and his passion for protection. But did she see something more...like love?
THE AMULET 12/2005 ISBN: 0373228880 The luxurious Fernhaven Hotel... A retreat for the rich and famous tucked away in an isolated area of the Cascades, burned to the ground seventy years ago in a tragedy on par with the Titanic. But when the hotel is rebuilt in the same spot and almost identical to the original, it's discovered that all the guests have not departed. The Amulet is the concluding book in the series. Eerie and frightening, the book takes us to the realm where the undead and the living cross paths and only the strong survive. But it is also a story of love that transcends death and of special bonds like those between police partners who depend on each other for their very lives every day of the year. And of the bonds of duty and family. It's a story to send chills up the spine but with a conclusion that will warm the heart.
ANOTHER WOMAN'S BABY 11/2001 ISBN: 037322639X Surrogate mother Megan Lancaster had been prepared for what pregnancy would bring - only, an FBI hunk stringing lights on her Christmas tree wasn't one of those things! But her life was in danger, and agent Bart Cromwell, masquerading as her adoring lover, would protect her and her baby. Her baby. The child she carried no longer had parents...unless Megan and the sexy stranger who kept kissing her under the mistletoe were willing to put their hearts on the line and welcome the newborn as a family...for Christmas and forever.
AS DARKNESS FELL 2/2004 ISBN: 0373227531 He might be irritating, and more intimidating than handsome, but rugged, brawny detective Sam Turner wasn't the kind of man a woman could forget. He got in reporter Caroline Kimberly's way at every turn. But when she became the obsession of a killer, it was Sam she wanted by her side as darkness fell. She made him ache for something elusive--something that could never be. The nosy, sexy reporter with the smart, kissable mouth was trouble, and Sam had to keep his distance. But he couldn't once Caroline became his only link to the depraved killer who lured his prey into the unrelenting night....
ATTEMPTED MATRIMONY 6/2003 ISBN: 0373227140 A string of murders reunited homicide detective Dallas Mitchell with a woman he'd tried to forget. Years had passed, but the passion was still there. Only, this time it was fraught with danger. Because Nicole Lancaster was a married woman, and Dallas was a cop hunting for the worst serial killer Louisiana had ever seen - a man who just might be her new husband. Nicole had always been out of the lawman's league, and she had every reason not to trust him, not to forgive him. But Dallas had precious little time to convince Nicole that she needed to leave her house - before death parted them for good. S
BEHIND THE MASK 9/1995 ISBN: 0373223390 To protect herself from a murderer who's crime she witnessed, Lindsey is forced to run to the arms of Graham Dufour, a man she has been trying to put behind her for 10 years.
BEHIND THE VEIL 5/2002 ISBN: 0373226624 Rumor has it that the secretive owner of the castle on the cliffs, Dr. David Bryson has been scarred in the accident that killed his fiancée. Becca has been summoned to work in his home, even though she received warnings to stay away. David vowed to see her only from the shadows, until a killer attacked.
A CLANDESTINE AFFAIR 9/2006 ISBN: 0373229429 Welcome to the island of Cape Diablo--where paradise and fear become one. Jaci Matlock travels to the isolated island to investigate a mysterious disappearance that hasn't been solved in thirty years, but what she finds is a mad woman, an unfriendly old man, unexplained images of the dead, and a dark, brooding treasure hunter with an agenda of his own.
DEEP IN THE BAYOU 8/1994 ISBN: 0373222882
EXTREME HEAT 10/1996 ISBN: 0373223897 He held her captive... in more ways than one. Ex-cop turned security expert Cagan Hall was some kind of man. The secretive type a woman like Merissa Thomas should stay away from. But with a killer and the cops hard on her heels in the Bayou, Cagan was her only protection. Until his embrace became her prison. Only extreme measures would keep Merissa safe--alive. There was more than one bounty for the Cajun beauty's head. But for Cagan, working undercover to hunt her down, a long, deep kiss from her lips would be the ultimate reward.
FAMILY TIES 11/1997 ISBN: 0373224443 A Mother... As Dillon's bride, Ashley Randolph finally got the family she yearned for. But when a bullet nearly killed Dillion, she was forced into hiding-with her secrets and the best part of Dillion...his baby. A Father... It had taken almost three years to find Ashley, to learn he was a father. Except the years hadn't prepared him for the sight of his beautiful bride and his toddler son. Their Child Dillion had come to claim his boy and return him to the Texas ranch that was his birthright, but he hadn't bargained on leading the gunman straight back to his family. Would a man bent on misguided revenge send Ashley and his child on the run again?
A FATHER'S DUTY 9/2004 ISBN: 0373227957 The last thing this hard-boiled Confidential operative wanted was to become entangled with junior prosecutor Georgette Delacroix, but he'd reached a dead end in his frantic search for his kidnapped daughter. So the clairvoyant Cajun beauty was Tanner Harrison's only recourse. When Georgette's disturbing visions of his daughter intensified. Tanner stumbled upon the key to finally shutting down the slimy crime network his top-secret agency had been pursuing for months. As Crescent City's paralyzing heat wave unleashed Tanner and Georgette's smoldering attraction, they breathlessly raced against time to triumph over evil!
THE GENTLEMEN'S CLUB 6/2005 ISBN: 0373836511 Even a "gentleman" can't get away with murder... When Tess Shepperd, a dancer from The Fruits of Passion Gentlemen's Club, is found murdered in the New Orleans French Quarter, attorney Rachel Powers becomes obsessed with finding the killer. Just twenty-four hours earlier, a bruised and desperate Tess had turned to Rachel for help, insisting Logan McCain - heir to the McCain family fortune - had fathered her twin sons and was trying to take them from her. That makes Logan Rachel's prime suspect - in spite of a a heated attraction that flares between them. But Logan has his own theories, and he convinces Rachel to probe deep inside The Fruits of Passion. What she finds shocks her...and has her fearing for her life. Had Tess, too, discovered what really goes on in the club's most private rooms? That some of the Big Easy's richest, most respected "gentlemen" will pay any price and go to any lengths to satisfy their darkest sexual desires. Even murder.
JODIE'S LITTLE SECRETS 6/1998 ISBN: 0373224710 Jodie Gahagen was content being a single mom to her twin baby boys. But her ordered life was shattered by a stalker whose threats sent her packing home - with her bags and more than a couple of secrets. She'd told the town her 'husband' couldn't make it, that things were fine whenever she overreacted. Except there was no avoiding Ray Kostner - the one man she wanted desperately to forget, the only man she couldn't deny. He read her instinctively, knew she was hiding the truth...and that she still loved him. But Ray never guessed he was a father.
JUST BEFORE DAWN 5/2004 ISBN: 037322771X Her gruff neighbor unsettled Sara Murdoch with his mesmerizing stare. But when escalating threats proved Sara's childhood nightmares were only too real, Nat Sanderson took action. Why a reclusive mountain man knew how to secure a perimeter and soothe a woman's fears was a mystery Sara swore to solve once she and her daughter were safe. The past he'd thought buried should have kept him away from a woman and child in danger. But when Nat held a shaken Sara in his arms, he knew his own worst nightmare had returned. He could no more refuse to protect them than he could deny that he and Sara would be lovers. Not with evil poised to strike - just before dawn.
JUSTICE FOR ALL 2004 ISBN: 0373612958 A pattern emerges in a string of 'accidental deaths' involving criminals who've escaped the law. Police chief Max Zirinsky suspects that someone is doling out their own form of justice, murder. Police chief Max Zirinsky's hunt for a serial killer leads him to the rarified circles of Courage Bay's social elite. He needs a way to infiltrate their ranks, and turns to socially prominent hospital chief of staff Callie Baker. Her solution: pretend they're dating. But the attraction is all too real, and neither of them can 'pretend' for long. Then the killer sees through their relationship. Callie is helping Max's investigation. And for that, she'll have to die.
LOADED 6/2008 ISBN: 9780373693320 Coming to a woman's rescue was all in a day's work for the billionaire rancher. Little did Matt know that the woman in jeopardy he'd jumped off his horse to save was working undercover, investigating him. By way of his mother, no less! Trouble had never looked so good to "Shelly Lane." Exposing the Collingsworths was a golden opportunity to prove she had what it took to be a real agent. But she could not let Matt Collingsworth distract her. Even though the man could fill out a pair of jeans—oh my! What Shelly had to do involved the highest national security and would in the end devastate the Collingsworth empire…and surely destroy her chances for a date with Matt.
LONE STAR LAWMAN 3/1999 ISBN: 0373225059 All Texas Ranger Matt McQuaid wants is a few weeks vacation back home in Dry Creek, Texas. But Heather Lombardi's search for answers to her birth mother's past has everyone in Dry Creek talking. Matt can't help himself. He's drawn to Heather, and determined to help her uncover a twenty-five-year-old secret that will change everything...
MAVERICK CHRISTMAS 11/2006 ISBN: 0373229550 He'd been solitary for so long - his own man. Then suddenly a single father doing his best. But above all, the Montana lawman did what was right no matter the cost. Until he met Chrysie Atwater and her two girls. She had a fake name, a fake past and few details in between. And for some reason Josh found her totally irresistible. Was it the spirit of Christmas that had him breaking the rules, or his own loneliness? More likely it was the fierce determination he saw in Chrysie's eyes. She went to considerable trouble to protect her daughters, and Josh was resolved to find out why. But he'd do it on his terms before he'd reveal her secrets to the authorities, who he suspected were involved in setting her up. It would take a Christmas miracle and then some to do that and still celebrate Christmas as a family...
MEMORIES AT MIDNIGHT 11/1999 ISBN: 0373225377 Which one found Darlene Remington injured, dazed and with amnesia on an isolated back road? Six years ago she'd been a heartbeat away from marrying Sheriff Clint Richards-now she couldn't even remember him. All she knew was that someone had ambushed her and Senator McCord and left her for dead... Darlene didn't need memories to fall in love with Clint; the man oozed power and masculinity. But Clint had two Texas-sized problems; He had a killer loose in his town...and Darlene back in his bed. Before he could claim her this time, he had to protect her-and that was becoming more dangerous with each moment she couldn't remember...
A MOTHER'S SECRETS 8/2000 ISBN: 0373225776 Theirs had been a family of men...until baby Betsy turned up on the ranch doorstep. Now every one of them pulled together to solve a mystery and to protect one of their own. Family first was the Randolph way. It was a code Kathi Sable knew Ryder Randolph lived - and would die - by. And it was why she had to keep her secrets and her distance from the man she'd never stopped loving. Except when Ryder was questioned in the death of a mutual friend, she had no choice but to seek him out, to defend the father of her child. But would he ever forgive her for building a wall of secrets between them....?
MYSTIC ISLE 8/2002 ISBN: 0373226756 In an attempt to rescue her kin, Kathryn Morland insinuated herself into the dark, mystical underworld of New Orleans - a world filled with hypnotic voodoo that fronted a society of sex slaves. Posing as a member pushed her courage to the limit...and made it impossible to resist the embrace of Roark Lansing. The sexy stranger tripped her heart, stole her breath - and tempted her to trust him. Roark needed Kathryn to trust him, hoped desperately that the daring beauty would read his true intent in his heated touch, his passionate kiss. Because he wasn't the enemy. He was undercover, a man hell-bent on vengeance and prepared to save Kathryn from the evil he knew thrived in the recesses of the bayou.
THE OUTSIDER'S REDEMPTION 12/2000 ISBN: 0373225938 Cody Gannon had never belonged anywhere until he'd joined Texas Confidential, but now even that haven had become uncertain. Cody was alone again, and determined to prove himself... But was turning in single mother-to-be Sarah Rand the way to do it? He'd been told she was the enemy, but her vulnerable green eyes told a different story. Someone had lured them both into the open and would stop at nothing to get the information Sarah carried with her. And now with Sarah's condition and his newfound love for her a priority, Cody came to a hard realization. To keep Sarah safe, he would have to break the law...
POINT BLANK PROTECTOR 2/2008 ISBN: 0373693087 The Silver Spurs Ranch was hotly contested and highly coveted. And Kali Cooper had just inherited it, alongside a passel of troubles. Like any good neighbor—and true cowboy—Zach Collingsworth offered Kali his protection. And that's when things really got dangerous…. The devil-may-care scion of the Collingsworth empire was the full measure of a man. More than Kali dreamed she could handle, but he made it clear he'd be handling her. Brash, but determined, Zach found his true calling at her side—and wouldn't leave it till she was safe and sound in his arms. Somehow "safe in his arms" was the biggest risk Kali Cooper had ever taken.
THE SECOND SON 6/2000 ISBN: 0373225695 Sheriff Branson Randolph embodied all that the West was known for: cowboy grit and raw justice. Lacy Gilbraith had never known men like him existed. Even now she had a hard time believing the sheriff was for real. Branson was a man who told the truth and expected others to do the same no matter the consequences. But Lacy was a woman with a bellyful of secrets... She was the only link to the mystery baby, and someone wanted to silenced her--forever. But that would never happen while in Branson's protective custody. Lacy's greatest danger lay in losing her heart to the Texas lawman.
SECURITY MEASURES 9/2005 ISBN: 0373228678 "Beautiful, widowed, a single mother" Beautiful, widowed, a single mother - Janice Stevens had been given a new identity, if not a new lease on life, when she testified against a mob killer. For fifteen years she'd lived anonymously, raising her daughter -- until Vincent Magilinti showed up on her doorstep claiming what was his: his child and her heart. But will both turn up dead-on-arrival when vengeance is finally exacted?
THE STRANGER NEXT DOOR 7/2000 ISBN: 0373225733 A beautiful woman with dangerous secrets was about to become the Randolphs' neighbor. She was a vulnerable stranger who'd make any red blooded male take notice...and Langley Randolph was no exception. Dependable, solid and timeless, like the family ranch that had been passed down through the generations, Langley couldn't bear to see a desperate woman fighting tears. Danielle needed the strength of the stalwart rancher next door to unlock the mystery of her' memories...before a killer caught up with her first.
TEXAS GUN SMOKE 10/2007 ISBN: 0373692862 Miles from home Jaclyn Macgregor was left for dead. Right square in Collingsworth country. She was a Louisiana spitfire—and her tenacity was all that kept her alive. Targeted by the most powerful mavens of Texas society, Jaclyn encountered the one man who had all the resources to play their games. Bart Collingsworth had an oil-rich empire to command, but he'd never met a girl like Jaclyn, let alone brought one back to the ol' homestead. As much as she resisted his help, cowboy honor was an inescapable fact of life in Texas. One too many girls had disappeared recently—victims of too much money and too much influence—and Bart wouldn't let this one slip through his fingers. And he'd do just about anything to make Jaclyn a permanent part of his world….
24 KARAT AMMUNITION 7/2007 ISBN: 0373692684 Langston Collingsworth was a man to be reckoned with. Powerful and president of the family oil business, opportunists looked at him and saw money, but he saw the land as his life force. So when the Collingsworth empire was threatened…it was personal. It happened innocently enough…a young girl needing his help. But her mother was none other than Trish Edwards—Langston's high school sweetheart. Trish and her daughter were trapped in a blackmail and murder investigation and had been on the run since the day Trish gave birth to a Collingsworth heir. Could Langston trust Trish after the years of deception? He had no choice if he wanted to protect her child—his child—and face down the trouble headed their way.
24/7 3/2007 ISBN: 0373692420 Prescott Personal Securities provided the best bodyguards money could buy. New client Kelly Warner had trouble she couldn't escape. Trapped in controversy, Kelly and her young daughter had the whole world watching them. But only one man was hired to look out for their best interests: Jack Sanders. Kelly had secrets that people would kill for--and someone was trying real hard. But now she had Jack, and he would never take his eyes off her, no matter their past together. Caught under the gun, the all-American bodyguard had a message to send--Denver was under the protection of PPS, and there just wasn't room for anyone else.
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER 7/2001 ISBN: 0373226217 Diana Kincaid had been kidnapped, drugged and her baby girl ripped from her arms just moments after her birth. She needed a miracle. She needed a hero. What she got was Ross Taylor, a fugitive from the law and a man suspected of murder. Accused of a crime he didn't commit Ross knew helping Diana would put his own life in jeopardy. His only chance for freedom was to get as far away from the Texas socialite as possible. And yet his only chance at love was right in her arms.