How long will Katrina be able to fight off love when a dark stranger learns all of her innermost fantasies?Katrina Denver's life changes when she gets mixed up in a top-secret, classified Navy project led by the ruggedly handsome Mike Taylor. The project involves a drug that causes people to live out their deepest fantasies and Mike is responsible for testing the drug's effect on wildlife. When Katrina is inadvertently exposed to the potent drug, it's only a matter of time before Mike becomes the object of her most secret desires . . . This ebook features an illustrated biography of Heather Graham including rare photos from the author's personal collection. Views: 19
SynopsisBook 1Cassandra Blake has raised her three motherless sisters. The girls are the pride of their book-loving, impractical father, and not in a hurry to marry. Then the American Civil War cuts off supplies of cotton to Lancashire, the mills fall silent and there is no work. There is a stark choice: stay and risk starvation or pack up and begin again elsewhere.Cassandra has fallen in love with Reece Gregory, but he can't support a wife. When he's given the chance to start a new life in Western Australia, he seizes the opportunity, promising to send for her.Then an old feud tears the family apart. Cassandra is kidnapped and her sisters are forced to sail with a group of desperate cotton lasses to Fremantle. Penniless and alone, Cassandra is determined to find them again - but when she is offered a way, there is a painful price to pay. Views: 19
A BRUTAL LEGACY OF CRUELTY AND HATE IS AWAKENED IN THE BAYOU When Sonny Boy Marsallus returns to New Iberia after fleeing for Central America to avoid the wrath of the powerful Giacana family, his old troubles soon follow. Meanwhile Dave Robicheaux becomes entangled in the affairs of the Fontenot family, descendants of sharecroppers whose matriarch helped raise Dave as a child. They are in danger of losing the land they've lived on for more than a century. As Dave tries to discover who wants the land so badly, he finds himself in increasing peril from a lethal, rag tag alliance of local mobsters and a hired assassin with a shady past. And when a seemingly innocent woman is brutally murdered, all roads intersect, and Sonny Boy is in the middle. With the usual James Lee Burke combination of brilliant action and unforgettable characters, "Burning Angel" is the author at his best — showing that old hatreds and new ones are not that far apart. Views: 19
Pregnancy of passion... Dr. Sam Warren once loved surgeon Prince Khalid of Azad with a passion--until he decided she could never be his wife! Now, offered a prime placement in Azad, can Sam possibly work with the man who broke her heart? The Khalid she meets is "strictly professional"--so far so good! Except underneath his still gorgeous but cool exterior Sam finds emotions as raw and intense as her own. Their one scorching desert night is unforgettable, yet it changes nothing. But the consequences of "that night" change everything.... Views: 19
A multiple New York Times hardcover bestselling author with nearly seven million copies of her books sold, Mary Balogh confirms her position as 'a veritable treasure, a matchless storyteller who makes our hearts melt with delight' (Romantic Times). In Seducing An Angel, she continues the adventures begun with First Comes Marriage, Then Comes Seduction, and At Last Comes Love. Banished, destitute, and labeled a murderess, Cassandra, Lady Paget, arrives in Regency London determined to overcome the reputation that has preceded her and to find a wealthy gentleman who can restore her to the extravagant life to which she's grown accustomed. She sets her sights on Stephen, Earl of Merton - an angelic-looking man of means who surely cannot resist her. Intrigued by Cassandra's charm, Stephen agrees to make her his mistress. But despite his looks and easy charm, Stephen is no angel, and Cassandra soon realizes that there is a price to be paid for trying to tempt one. Views: 19
From the jungles of Indonesia to the very heart of New York City comes a plague that kills 100 percent of its victims. Medicine's greatest nightmare, this modern black death is caused by the most virulent and uncontrollable mutant virus humanity has ever witnessed. And medicine can do nothing to stop its merciless spread.Scientist Debra Hart and her team of experts are tasked by the United Nations to stop the disease. Racing against time, they must find the cause and the cure and figure out why this deadly disease—spread by bats—is killing thousands in cities across the globe. Debra and her team will struggle to stop the disease from spreading to millions more, even if it means killing off every bat alive. But fighting to prevent her are manic animal rights' activists who rail against species genocide, even if it means risking the deaths of human beings. And hidden behind a cloak of secrecy is a crazed academic who'll even kill top American government officials... Views: 19
Introducing Elizabethan cutpurse and adventurer Jack Blackjack in the first of a brand-new historical mystery series January, 1554. Light-fingered Jack Blackjack knows he's not going to have a good day when he wakes with a sore head next to a dead body in a tavern's yard. That would be bad enough – but when he discovers what's in the dead man's purse, the one he'd stolen, his day is set to get much worse. The purse explains why the mysterious man with the broad-brimmed hat wants to catch him. But so does the Lord Chancellor, as does the enigmatic Henry. In fact, almost everyone seems to be after Jack Blackjack. If it weren't for the rebel army marching on London determined to remove Queen Mary from her throne and install Lady Jane Grey in her place, Jack could leave the city – but with the bridge blocked and every gate manned, there's no escape. Instead he must try to work out who killed the man in the yard, and why.... Views: 19
From USA Today bestselling author, Bronwen Evans's flirty new contemporary romance series, the second Coopers Creek romance...
After her fiance dies, Kate Donoghue has picked up the broken pieces of her heart and moved on. She's sworn off men and is building a new life in Coopers Creek, Colorado as the local vet and senior member of the mountain rescue team. So why now is she suddenly distracted by the seriously sexy investment banker come cowboy, Ric Stanford? The man screams big city playboy but what can it hurt to indulge? Kate swears she won't fall for Ric... but the heat between them is scorching.
Investment Banker Ric Stanford is enjoying his new life in the New York office. He's finally putting distance between his hometown memories of Lizzie and her reckless death. So he's more than pissed when on a trip home to Coopers Creek he breaks his leg and is stuck there for the foreseeable future. That is, until sexy vet, Kate Donoghue, arrives to attend to his sister's dog and suddenly a month in Coopers Creek looks totally irresistible.
Coopers Creek holds painful memories for Ric and Kate. Can they heal from their pasts; can the town hold a beautiful new future for them both?
Don't miss Tyler and Emily's electrifying happily ever after in the first Coopers Creek romance - Love Me.
"If you are a lover of romance ... [Bronwen] Evans's novels are the way to go. She constantly reminds us what passion is all about, and because she is so on point with her lively characters, you just can't go wrong."--*RT Book Reviews*
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All of the oxygen seemed to have been sucked out of the place, making it hard to breathe. His dimpled smile and piercing blue eyes almost turned her into a puddle right on the spot. She waved back and gave him what she was sure was a goofy smile before forcing herself to start towards him. Her heart throbbed painfully under her ribcage as she neared him.
He looked like a cross between a sexy lumberjack and a walking advertisement for L.L. Bean. The blue-and-black checkered flannel shirt he wore emphasized his broad shoulders and brought out the color of his eyes even more. His blond hair was attractively tousled in a way that made her want to run her fingers through it.
"Hi. Pardon me for not standing."
His deep voice washed over her like a warm ocean tide and Kate wanted to get pulled into the undertow.
Kate smiled at his joke and sat down. "I'll forgive you this time."
"Thanks. How are you?"
The way he said it told Kate that he was genuinely interested. "I'm good, thanks. Busy. It's been busy. I guess that's good, though. Job security." Suddenly, she felt panicky and wanted to flee.
She jumped a little when Ric put his hand over hers where it rested on the table and rubbed his thumb over her knuckles.
"Kate, we're just having lunch, that's all. Nothing more, okay?"
Kate looked at his hand, which was so much larger than her own. His powers of perception were amazing. Ric's touch was gentle, hypnotizing, and she felt calm enough now to laugh a little. "I'm sorry. I'm being silly. It's just that I haven't been out with anyone in a long time." She bit her bottom lip in trepidation. "Not since my fiancé passed away."
Ric's eyebrows went up and then a look of sympathy crossed his face. "I'm so sorry. I had no idea."
He withdrew his hand and she wished he hadn't. "It's okay. It was eighteen months ago."
"I lost a woman I loved eight years ago and it still hurts sometimes. I know how you feel, but I'm sure it has to be worse for you," Ric said.
"How so?"
His mouth curved a little in a sad smile. "She didn't love me back."
Kate's heart hurt for him. At least she knew that Phil had loved her. Unrequited love was a terrible thing to endure. "Well, I don't really know you, but something tells me that she was a fool."
"Thanks." His smile reached his eyes this time. "I'm glad we got all of that out of the way."
Kate was surprised how relieved and lighter she felt. "Me, too." Why had she felt so comfortable in confiding in him so quickly? She decided not to examine it. Views: 19
