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SEALed Until Christmas (Lucky Thirteen #4)
By S. M. Butler. 2014
After avoiding Sugar Falls for three years, Navy SEAL Jesse Richter is sent home for rest and relaxation, but he…
knows R&R is the last thing he'll get there. His hometown was the scene for the worst day of his life, and now he's got no choice but to confront that memory and finally attempt to move on. As the daughter of a con man, Charlie Morgan knew better than to put down roots. Now she's adjusted to a new life with her adoptive family, and settled into a nice routine of work and school. Her troubled past is long behind her, or so she had thought. Both haunted by the ghosts of Christmases past, Jesse and Charlie only want a fresh start at life... but the secrets of a missing con man could kill any hope of Christmas future. This title is #4 in the Lucky Thirteen series, though all books can be read as standalone stories. Reading order of this series: * Killing Honor, #1 * Wounded Courage, #2 * Dying Commitment, #3 * SEALed until Christmas, #4 * Once Upon a SEAL, #5Undercover Lover
By Ks Anderson. 2013
A journalist trying to rebuild her life. An undercover cop tracking a criminal cartel. A hooker in need of help.…
When three lives intersect, bullets and sparks will fly. Undercover Lover is a sexy, hot, edge-of-your-seat, romantic suspense novel!After making an unforgivable mistake that destroys her career as a journalist, Alexandra Jones would do anything to get her reputation back. With only her dog as companion, she's writing a weekly column under an assumed name and slowly rebuilding her career as a true crime novelist. She's content with her solitary life until a freaky winter storm throws her into conflict with Lee Taylor, an arrogant, badass cop. She wants nothing to do with the guy--even if he is a goddamn walking wet dream!About to leave on a dangerous undercover assignment, all Taylor has to offer is one night. When Alex turns him down, he has no choice but to walk away. Eighteen months later in a dark Toronto nightclub, fate throws them together again. With the life of a teenage hooker at stake, they race through the northern wilderness, searching for vital evidence of a hideous crime. Can they ignore their overwhelming hunger for each other while staying one step ahead of the criminal cartel trying to kill them? Will each sacrifice the other to get what they want? Passions ignite, danger explodes, and the hunters become the hunted...Living on the Edge
By Butcher, Shannon K.. 2011
With her thrilling Sentinel Wars series, Shannon K. Butcher pushed readers to the very edge of their imaginations. Now, with…
the first in her new action romance series she takes them to the very edge of their seats, following the loves and lethal lives of a group of hardened mercenaries who live on the edge-and beyond. . . .Caught in the Middle
By Gayle Roper. 1997
Merry Kramer, a staff reporter for a local newspaper, is new in town -- and has yet to discover what…
hides behind the smiling faces of the residents of Amhearst, Pennsylvania. When two bodies are found in town, suspicion begins to dawn and it seems Merry may be the next target. Merry realizes she knows something the murderer wants to keep secret. But what? Can Merry survive long enough to find out?Wounded Courage (Lucky Thirteen #2)
By S. M. Butler. 2014
**NEW ADULT MILITARY ROMANCE FROM NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR S.M. BUTLER** Navy SEAL Eamon Murphy regrets…
never kissing his best friend's sister at graduation. Addison kept him twisted in knots growing up, with her vivacious smile and her gorgeous curves. He thought he was over her. But finding her at the wrong end of his gun three years later is only the beginning, and Murphy just might have to break all his rules to keep her safe. Addison Hardy enrolled in her university's exchange program to prove she wasn't just the family black sheep. How was she to know her exotic French boyfriend would be the son of an international arms dealer? Or that his murder would land her in the custody of one brooding SEAL with a chip on his shoulder? Their chemistry is flammable-and potentially explosive-but there are complications, silly little things like Addison being arrested, Murphy's unwavering devotion to duty, and all her dead boyfriend's enemies out to kill her. But the final conflagration might not be at all what they're expecting. This New Adult title includes adult situations and language and may not be suitable for readers under 18 years. Reading order of this series: * Killing Honor, #1 * Wounded Courage, #2 * Dying Commitment, #3Phoenix
By Rhonda L. Print. 2013
Would you risk your life to save the ones you love? For Leah Wolfe the answer is a resounding yes.…
Rhonda L. Print spins a fantastic tale of intrigue and suspense in Book 4 of her best-selling SINS series. Kidnapping, a mad scientist, and danger around every corner will keep you on the edge of your seat as you find out if the Phoenix always rises!Leah Wolfe of the Supernatural Investigations of Non-human Species--SINS for short--is learning to control her necromancer skills while balancing her life as a federal agent and fiancée to the Marquis of the vampire world, Ian Nightwalker.When her godson is kidnapped and the kidnapper offers to trade the boy for Leah, she doesn't hesitate.Leah finds herself in the lair of Phoenix, a former Marquis bent on avenging the death of his lover. He is also a scientist who is using DNA from various species with the hopes of creating an army of Supernaturals.Leah must stop Phoenix, save those he has tampered with, and get back to Ian.But first, she must save herself.Content Notes: Suspense, Contemporary, Paranormal, Vampire, Wolves, Other Weres, SpicyPriority Male: Return to Sender
By Susan Kearney. 1998
Weekend Games
By Chris Tanglen. 2003
When a mysterious stranger intrudes on their weekend of fun and sex games, two couples are caught in a web…
of danger and intrigue. Weekend Games is the hot new erotic mystery from romance author Chris Tanglen.On the first Friday of every month, Eric and Genevieve Fain join another married couple, David and Melissa, at their cabin in the woods for a weekend of sex games. David was responsible for planning the last one, and though it was fun (each man got both women to himself, and each woman got both men to herself), it wasn't particularly creative.However, this weekend Genevieve is in charge, and she has prepared an elaborate game of riddles, hidden clues, simulated danger, and, of course, exquisite rewards. It promises to be the most exciting weekend the couples have ever spent together...and when the tall, muscular, dark-haired stranger shows up needing a phone, things get even more interesting.Roderick is witty. He's charming. He's intense. And he quickly figures out the purpose of their weekend gathering. It isn't long before he has effortlessly become a participant, much to the delight of the women. With Roderick's new rules, Genevieve finds that the sex games are more thrilling than she could ever have imagined.And more dangerous. Because Roderick has blood on his conscience...and a young woman locked in his trunk.The Monster's Wife
By Kate Horsley. 2014
A startling new sequel to Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein. Told from the perspective of the girl Victor Frankenstein transformed…
into a Bride for his monster. To a tiny island in the Scottish Orkneys, peopled by a devout community of twenty, comes Victor Frankenstein, driven there by a Devil's bargain: to make a wife for the Creature who is stalking him across Europe. In this darkly-wrought answer to Frankenstein, we hear the untold tale of the monster's wife through the perspective of the doctor's housemaid. Oona works below stairs with her best friend May, washing the doctor's linens and keeping the fires lit at the Big House. An orphan whose only legacy is the illness that killed her mother, Oona knows she is doomed. But she is also thirsty for knowledge, determined to know life fully before it slips away. As tensions heighten between Victor and the islanders, Oona becomes the doctor's trusted accomplice, aiding in secret experiments and seeing horrors she sometimes wishes to forget. When May disappears, Oona must face up to growing suspicions about the enigmatic employer to whom she has grown close - but the truth is darker than anything she could imagine.A literary gothic, in the tradition of Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea and Valerie Martin's Mary Reilly.Drive Time: A Charlotte McNally Novel
By Hank Phillippi Ryan. 2010
Drive Time: the Agatha and Anthony nominee from bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan, now back in print!Investigative reporter Charlotte McNally…
is an expert at keeping things confidential, but suddenly everyone has a secret--and it turns out it is possible to know too much. Her latest scoop--an expose of a counterfeit car scam, complete with stakeouts, high-speed chases and hidden-camera footage--is ratings gold. But soon that leads her to a brand-new and diabolical scheme. Charlie's personal and professional lives are on a collision course, too. Her fiance is privy to information about threats at an elite private school that have turned deadly.Charlie had never counted on happy endings. But now, just as she's finally starting to believe in second changes, she realizes revenge, extortion and murder may leave her alone again--or even dead...At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.Smooth-Talking Texan
By Candace Camp. 2002
For temporarily-relocated-from-Dallas hotshot defense attorney Lisa Mendoza, a year working for the public defender's office in tiny Angel Eye, Texas,…
was just a slight detour off the path she'd mapped out for her life. Then she ran smack-dab into handsome Quinn Sutton--and the map started looking more and more muddy. For despite her misgivings about getting involved with the town sheriff, she found him infuriatingly irresistible....And what of said Sheriff Quinn? He, too, felt the pull of attraction--and the strings of hesitation. Because once before, he'd known the pain of falling fast for a woman who had made it clear she'd follow her head and not her heart. Only this time, with Lisa, he wondered if his heart might follow, as well....Face Time
By Hank Phillippi Ryan. 2007
Veteran TV reporter Charlotte McNally fights for justice, journalism--and the battle against on-air aging. The good news: she's got explosive…
evidence to free an innocent woman from prison. The bad news: that makes Charlotte--and someone she loves--the real killer's next target.Charlotte knows she has what it takes to get the story. Unfortunately, the more Charlotte snoops around, the more people turn up dead.Trust Me
By Brenda Novak. 2008
Four years ago...Skye Kellerman was attacked in her own bed. She managed to fend off her knife-wielding assailant, but the…
trauma changed everything about her life. As a result of that night, she joined two friends-also survivors-in starting The Last Stand, an organization to help victims of crime.But now...Her would-be rapist is getting out of prison. Skye knows that Dr. Oliver Burke hasn't forgotten that her testimony cost him his reputation-and his freedom.Sacramento detective David Willis, who investigated her case, believes Burke is a clear and present danger-and guilty of at least two unsolved murders.And now Burke is free to terrorize Skye again. Unless David can stop him. Unless Skye can fight back. Because Oliver Burke has every intention of finishing what he started. And that's a promise. Trust me.Unbreakable
By Stephanie Tyler. 2013
THIS IS SECTION 8. A cabal of operatives with dangerous pasts teams up to work black ops missions. Their weapon:…
deception. Can they help one of their own before he goes too far? When Gunner agreed to help Section 8, he didn’t realize he’d be pulled back into the shadowy world he thought he’d escaped forever. The son of double agents, he was initiated at a young age into the cold world of espionage when his father forced him to work for international smuggler Drew Landon. And when Gunner’s past with Landon threatens the other mercenaries, and, most important, Avery, he makes an impossible choice and disappears. Avery’s not willing to give up on Gunner. The attraction between them has been there from the start, and she rallies Section 8 to help him. She knows there’s only one way to keep Gunner safe: fake his death and take him off the grid. But when she finally locates him, Gunner is a changed man, harder, more desperate, and on the edge of self-destruction. And only Avery can find a way to free him from Landonand from the demons of his pastbefore it’s too late. .Cloaked in Danger
By Jeannie Ruesch. 2014
Aria Whitney has little in common with the delicate ladies of London society. Her famous father made his fortune hunting…
archaeological treasures, and her rustic upbringing has left her ill prepared for a life of parties and frippery. But when Gideon Whitney goes missing in Egypt, Aria must embrace the unknown. Armed with only the short list of highborn men who'd backed her father's venture, she poses as a woman looking for a husband. She doesn't intend to find one.Adam Willoughby, Earl of Merewood, finds London's strangest new debutante fascinating, but when he catches her investigating his family's secrets, he threatens to ruin her reputation. He doesn't intend to enjoy it so much.When their lustful indiscretion is discovered, Adam finds that he regrets nothing. But now, as Aria's father's enemy draws near, Adam must convince his betrothed that she can trust him with her own secrets...before it's too late.98,000 wordsThe Sound of Secrets
By Irene Brand. 2007
A NOTE FROM NERISSA BLANCHARDNow that my twin has found love, she wants me to be as happy as she…
is. She doesn't know how blue coming home to this empty house makes me. And our poor mother--I found her in the library, murdered. I'm thankful that Drew Lancaster was one of the first officers on the scene. He's encouraging and supportive (and he's handsome, too!). Lately, I've been hearing strange things around the house, and I worry that Mother's killer--or maybe someone else--is trying to push me over the edge of madness.Desperate Cargo (Executioner #377)
By Don Pendleton, Mike Linaker. 2010
HUNTING GROUND. Infiltrating a Dutch human trafficking organization turns deadly when two undercover agents are tortured and shot. Protected by…
a complex infrastructure and ruthless lawyers, the businessmen behind the crime are untouchable under international law. But Mack Bolan isn't about to play by their rules. Entering Holland alone, Bolan heads to Rotterdam where he is prepared to seek out his target and destroy the corrupt organization piece by piece. The leaders of the group think they are invincible, but with the lives of women and children at stake, they are about to learn what it's like to be hunted by the Executioner.Blue Forever
By Nina Bruhns. 2013
Nina Bruhns, multi-award-winning author of White Hot, returns with another sexy, adrenaline-pumping thrill ride that will keep you on the…
edge of your seat... Dashing and devilish Major Kiptyn Llowell is the opposite of reasonable. But when his top secret mission on exotic Hainan Island, China, goes belly up, Kip throws himself on the mercy of the eminently sensible (and irresistibly sexy) DeAnne Lovejoy to hitch a ride to his rendezvous point. But he gets far more than he bargained for... As an officer of the U.S Department of State, DeAnne helps American citizens in need of aid on foreign soil. Yet, when DeAnne sets eyes on Kip's impressive body, she's the one who needs rescuing--from her own X-rated thoughts! But before Kip and DeAnne even get the chance to flirt, an enemy platoon storms in, guns blazing. Covers blown and running for their lives, the pair must complete Kip's mission together. Amidst escalating feelings, they just hope to survive long enough to enjoy this wild ride to a loving future...Through the Fire
By Sharon Mignerey. 2006
TO: AL_CRANE@CSSENTINEL. ORGFROM: COLLEEN_MONTGOMERY@CSSENTINEL. ORGBoss,I'm finishing my article about the Vance Memorial Hospital fire. No fatalities, although several people, including…
firefighter Lucia Vance and visiting wildfire expert Raphael Wright, were treated for smoke inhalation. I'm trying to stay unbiased--Lucia's a friend--but she's under investigation for disobeying orders, and I think Chief O'Brien is casting suspicion on her to cover himself. Word is he has some hefty debts. Raphael is only too willing to help clear Lucia's name--romance is brewing. It seems as if the Vances are being targeted. . . but by whom, and why?No Love Lost
By Lynn Bulock. 2007
I seem to be gathering quite a collection of murder victims: fi rst my husband, then my contractor. And now…
my ex-husband's fi ancée has turned up dead. But I, Gracie Lee Harris, am on the job--much to the dismay of my boyfriend, homicide detective Ray Fernandez. I've enlisted the ladies of the Christian Friends to help me fi gure out who killed my ex's sweetie not long before their wedding. My ex is the prime suspect, but his fi ancée kept secrets that might have been deadly. I just pray that her secrets don't get me killed!