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The Perfect Stranger
By Jenna Mills. 2007
She's a beautiful stranger he spent one incredible night with. Now she's in the midst of Detective John D'Ambrosia's investigation…
of a New Orleans crime boss. John's urge to risk the case by snatching her away surprises him. And when Saura Robichaud suggests they join forces, how can he refuse? Especially since she's gotten far closer to his target than he ever will. But John doesn't account for the stronger attraction that still smolders between them. Suddenly justice isn't so important when Saura's life is at stake. And drawing the line between duty and love is harder than he ever anticipated.When You Call My Name
By Sharon Sala. 1996
She had given him the most precious gift of all--the gift of life. But something more than a mere blood…
transfusion linked Wyatt Hatfield to the stranger who had saved him. Something that allowed her to call out to him for help in the stillness of the night--without ever speaking a word. . . . And now it was his turn to give. For the connection that linked Wyatt to Glory Dixon was the only hope he had of saving her from danger. And he had to try--because without ever trying, Glory had become more precious to him than his own life.A Hold on Me (Dark Heart_ #1)
By Pat Esden. 2016
She never wanted to return.He wants nothing more than for her to leave.But the fire between them is as strong…
as the past that haunts them.Annie Freemont grew up on the road, immersed in the romance of rare things, cultivating an eye for artifacts and a spirit for bargaining. It's a freewheeling life she loves and plans to continue--until her dad is diagnosed with dementia. His illness forces them to return to Moonhill, their ancestral home on the coast of Maine--and to the family they left behind fifteen years ago, after Annie's mother died in a suspicious accident. Once at Moonhill, Annie is shocked when her aunt separates her from her father. The next time Annie sees him, he's a bizarre, violent shadow of his former self. Confused, she turns to an unlikely ally for support--Chase, the dangerously seductive young groundskeeper. With his dark good looks and powerful presence, Chase has an air of mystery that Annie is irresistibly drawn to. But she also senses that behind his penetrating eyes are secrets she can't even begin to imagine. Secrets that hold the key to the past, to Annie's own longings--and to all of their futures. Now, to unlock them, she'll have to face her greatest fears and embrace her legacy... The Dark Heart Series Book 1Untouched
By Jerri Drennen. 2010
The Peruvian jungle has never been so hot and steamy! Join botanist Madeline Wentworth and her handsome, sexy guide as…
they take you on a search for hidden ruins and undiscovered treasure. You'll be caught up in the non-stop action of this rollicking tale of mysterious illnesses, vicious treasure hunters, and gold fever!Botanist Madeline Wentworth is relieved to be heading into the Amazon, far from the university and the vicious rumors circulating about her failed love affair. But on arriving in Peru, her team finds their guide dead with a small puncture wound to his neck. Waiting to replace him is Travis Kane, Amazon guide, treasure hunter, and superhunk. Mattie is instantly attracted but uncomfortably suspicious. When a member of her team falls ill and a similar puncture wound is found on his body, her suspicions deepen.Travis has stuck with being a jungle guide for over ten years despite a run of unsavory clients. The rain forest is full of hidden ruins and undiscovered treasure, and he's determined to find his share. But when his grandfather dies, leaving a letter boasting of Templar gold, he's sure it's nothing more than an old man's delusion. Everything changes when he finds his grandfather's map. With high hopes, he leads Mattie's team into the rain forest and finds himself overwhelmed by the beautiful blonde. When the group is attacked and has to fight its way out of the jungle, Travis discovers something more precious than gold--the love of a woman who's made him want to be a better man.Endangered Hearts
By Jolie Cain. 2007
Devastated by his fiancée's betrayal, Jack just wants to be left alone. In the isolated serenity of the Smokey Mountains,…
he has finally started to rebuild his life. Unfortunately, an old friend has asked for the loan of Jack's extra cabin so his aunt can work on her latest novel. He does owe his friend. Besides, how much trouble could some old maid be?Only Abby is a hell of a lot younger than Jack expected, and her sexy body turns his blood molten. And when his friend Clay arrives, things really heat up.But someone is watching them. Someone who doesn't like what is happening between the two lovers. Someone who has other plans for them.Jack and Abby must learn to rely on each other and their growing feelings because, before long, it is not only their hearts that are endangered, but also their lives.Content Notes: M-M-F, F-F, light bondage and spankingDangerous Lies
By Anna Louise Lucia. 2009
All Marianne Forster wants from her first holiday abroad is a little excitement- maybe even a fling in sunny, hot…
Morocco. She gets lucky on both counts when she meets Alan Waring, a mystery man who is more than happy to show a pretty tourist the sights. Disaster looms, however, when Mari leaves to return to England after a final night of passion in Alan's hotel room-and mistakenly departs on the airport bus with his bag, not hers. Alan, completely panicked, is revealed as a secret agent who has a very important SmartCard in that bag. He races after Mari and finds no trace of her-until he is informed that she has been kidnapped by a group of Algerians. Meanwhile, unaware that Alan is crossing the length and breadth of North Africa to find her, Mari is forced to survive the rigors of the deadly desert where she is held, not knowing who her captors are or whether she has any real chance of rescue.Promises Made
By Bernice Layton. 2008
Lullaby and Goodnight
By Susan Kearney. 2000
When the Sutton family is besieged by a secret enemy, will they be able to preserve the only thing that…
matters most: a future for their children...? WHEN HE LEFT HER BED, RAFE SUTTON DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS PREGNANT.... After seeing the heartache love could cause, Rafe had sworn himself to bachelorhood. But that was before Rhianna McCloud knocked this cowboy for a loop. And though he suspected he'd finally succumbed to love, he still made himself walk away... ...until Rhianna and his unborn child were threatened! Was someone just trying to scare her, or was his baby in real jeopardy? Rafe's protective instincts kicked in full blast? Another Sutton baby was about to be born, and Rafe would make sure his child was safe-even if he had to sacrifice his own life....Wieland; or The Transformation: with Related Texts
By Charles Brockden Brown, Stephen Shapiro, Philip Barnard. 2009
Wieland; or The Transformation (1798) ties revolutionary-era Gothic themes to struggles over the politics of Enlightenment on both sides of…
the Atlantic.This edition of Wieland includes Brown's Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist and writings on Cicero, as well as his key essays on history and literature, and selections from contemporary German and other texts that figure in the novel's background and in the charged atmosphere of the late 1790s.Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker: With Related Texts
By Charles Brockden Brown, Stephen Shapiro, Philip Barnard. 2006
In addition to the definitive UVA text of Brown's seminal novel, this edition includes an introduction setting the work in…
its historical, literary, and intellectual contexts. Related texts include selections from William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793), Erasmus Darwin's Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life (1794), Benjamin Franklin's A Narrative of the Late Massacres (1764), and Thomas Barton's The Conduct of the Paxton-Men (1764), as well excerpts from Brown's own essays on somnambulism and the uses of history in fiction.Loose Ends
By Tara Janzen. 2011
WHITE-HOT, DOWN-AND-DIRTY PASSION IGNITES WHEN A SEXY SOLDIER ENCOUNTERS AN IRRESISTIBLE THIEF WHO'S CHANGED HER WAYS. Six years ago, the…
Special Defense Force mourned the loss of J. T. Chronopolous. Now the striking soldier is back with scant memory, a new name--Conroy Farrel--and one single mission: to bring down SDF. But SDF has its own plan: get him back at any cost. And so they've set a trap for Con, a trap that Jane Linden accidentally steps into. With darkness falling and the night heating up, Con finds himself on the run in an oddly familiar 1967 Pontiac GTO with a drop-dead-gorgeous brunette named Jane by his side. Who she is he doesn't know. Or does he? Jane certainly hasn't forgotten him. When she was a teenager, he caught her picking his pocket. Now the former street thief is all grown up and gone legit--and the effect she has on Con is all too clear: pure, sweet longing. Con's not sure if Jane is there to save him or to take him down. But one thing's certain: With desire leading the way, all bets are off.From the Paperback edition.Restore My Heart
By Cheryl Norman. 2007
Sally Clay desperately needs her auto restoration business to succeed. When her best customer commits suicide and his son brings…
her a car to appraise, Sally suspects shady dealings. After one of her employees is murdered, Sally realizes it's too late to back out of the investigation she's stumbled into, and apparently too late for her heart, as well.The Three Motives for Murder
By Michelle Perry. 2007
The small town of Coalmont, Tennessee is shattered when a car crash on graduation night leaves three of its teenagers…
dead and another three fighting for their lives. Four years later, the aftershocks still ripple through the town, and no one feels them more than Natasha Hawthorne, the young driver. When someone targets the survivors of the horrific crash for murder, the obvious motive is revenge. But things aren’t always what they seem, and the notion of revenge served cold doesn’t ring true with Brady Simms, newly appointed police chief. To make things even more difficult, Brady ultimately finds himself standing squarely between the killer and his next victim, the woman who broke his heart four years ago. As the killer escalates his attacks, Brady’s only hope of saving the intended victims is to get into the mind of a sociopath. When the relative of the first victim makes a startling revelation, Brady reopens the investigation and what he finds will change all of their lives forever. * * Please visit our Ebooks page for ordering information. * *Another Woman's Baby
By Joanna Wayne. 2001
Travel with Joanna Wayne deep into the American South as she unlocks HIDDEN PASSIONSHOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS...WITH A TALL, DARK,…
SEXY STRANGERSurrogate 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.White Collared Part One: Mercy
By Shelly Bell. 2014
The first sexy installment in Shelly Bell's four-part serialized erotic thriller about a young law student who must go undercover…
at a sex club to prove her client is not guilty of murder.Driven by ambition ...Third-year law student Kate Martin outran her tragic past to become an intern for her idol and secret crush, the powerful attorney Nicholas Trenton. She is thrilled when Nick assigns her to represent his best friend and client, millionaire Jaxon Deveroux ... the prime suspect in his submissive wife Alyssa's murder.Seduced by desire ...Kate knows they have only a few days to find the real killer, and since signs point to a member of the BDSM community, she volunteers to go undercover as Jaxon's submissive at Benediction--the private sex club where he is a member--to covertly investigate Alyssa's last few months. For years, Kate has kept her dark fantasies a secret ... but a chance to explore them with sexy, dominant Jaxon is just too tempting to pass up.A Night Without End
By Susan Kearney. 2000
When Carlie Myers woke up from a blow to the head, two years were erased from her memory. She couldn't…
recall how she'd gotten to Alaska, or why she was being blamed for murder. And she didn't know if the sexy stranger who claimed to be her husband was telling the truth... Rugged Sean McCabe wanted justice for his partner's murder. Yet one look in the deep green of Carlie's eyes and he knew she was innocent. Which meant she needed protection. He'd told her a white lie to keep her close-yet how would Sean keep his 'wife' safe and satisfied without putting his heart in jeopardy?Accessory to Marriage
By Ann Voss Peterson. 2002
HE WAS THE ONLY MAN WHO COULD PROTECT HERSpecial agent Trent Burnell was Risa Madsen's only hope to help her…
rescue her sister from a dangerous marriage and keep Risa alive in the process. But having the sexy agent this close, touching her, holding her, only reminded her of all she'd lost...all she still wanted.SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN HE HAD EVER LOVEDAs an FBI agent,Trent Burnell was just doing his job. But as a man who had-who still-loved this woman, protecting Risa from a killer was no longer just standard procedure...it was crucial to their long overdue lifetime of happiness.Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793: With Related Texts
By Charles Brown, Philip Barnard. 2008
Set during the epic Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic of 1793, Charles Brockden Brown's classic gothic novel Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs…
of the Year 1793 connects the outbreak with the upheavals of the revolutionary era and the murderous financial networks of Atlantic slavery.This edition of Arthur Mervyn offers selections from key contemporary texts as well as excerpts from Brown's own writings on slavery, race, and the uses of history in fiction.To Die For
By Sharon Green. 2000
HE WAS TALL, STRONG AND DETERMINED... And Mike Gerard was the best detective the police academy had ever bred. Tanda…
Grail desperately needed help finding answers about her brother's death, and Mike, with his virile magnetism and rock-solid manliness, was like Galahad with a badge. While the cop in Mike wanted to know what secrets Tanda might have uncovered, the man in him wnated to know how she had affected him as no woman ever had before. Her determination to involve herself in his investigation had Mike vowing to protect Tanda at all costs and to bring her brother's murderer to justice. But did honor and duty alone motivate him, or did he also hope to capture himself a bride?Swept Away (A Swift River Romance #1)
By Kristina Mathews. 2016
Carson Swift may look exactly like his twin brother Cody, but they're as different as tie dye and camouflage. Reliable,…
responsible, and usually the designated driver, Carson is also over being his brother's keeper, but suddenly his plans to break free are complicated by the woman they fish out of Hidden Creek . . .Lily Price is not your typical damsel in distress. Infidelity, infertility, and downsizing provide a triple threat to her ego, but falling into the swollen river nearly ends her life. If not for the handsome stranger--make that two handsome strangers--she might not have had a chance at having a baby by any means necessary . . . As Carson helps Lily overcome her fear of the river, she helps him save his rafting business from going under. She also saves him from abandoning all that is important to him in order to get a taste of freedom. Together they find that love is the ultimate adventure.