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MAIDEN VOYAGE 1/1997 ISBN: 0671502190 Maura Finnegan is utterly taken with the quaint, romantic nature of her new home on Merrion Square...as well as the dashing, elegant ghost who lives there. Lingering to solve the mystery surrounding his death, the apparition appeals to Maura for help in his desperate quest, and unknowingly leads her to Donal Byrne - the extraordinarily handsome man who holds the long-buried secret. Maura's about to discover the compelling history behind her own Irish roots...and a love that transcends the barriers of time.
HAPPILY NEVER AFTER 8/2005 ISBN: 0373836562 No one could believe that Thomas Beckham was the kind of man to leave a woman at the altar, but he couldn’t marry his bride-to-be. Not after what he’d seen her do. His only choice was to leave and never look back - and to keep to himself everything he’d witnessed. After the wedding-that-wasn’t, everyone, including Kelly Ralston, went on to other things. Or so it had always seemed. But ten years later, Kelly finds herself attending the funeral of another one of the bridesmaids - the third member of the wedding party to meet a tragic death. Kelly can’t help but wonder if the deaths are a coincidence. Or are they linked? If so, who will be targeted next? Thomas Beckham may be her only chance to find the killer. Before the killer finds her...
QUIET AS THE GRAVE 3/2006 ISBN: 0373836953 When desires become dangerous,Love can be deadly Whispers of foul play circulate through an upscale community when beautiful Justine Milner disappears. But only when her body is discovered more than two years later is her ex-husband Michael Frome accused of murder. Portrait artist Suzie Strickland learned firsthand how manipulative and cruel Justine could be when they were rivals for Mike’s affection in high school. She believes in Mike's innocence and suspects she's found a chilling link to a darker side of Justine's privileged life. How deep was her involvement with a mysterious group called The Coffin Club and their seductive, dangerous games? The answers may come too late. Because the truth about what happened to Justine is proving just as deadly as the secrets she kept . . .
NIGHT TRAIN 11/1994 ISBN: 0786500581 Traveling west to invest in the rest of the railroad, an aristocratic beauty meets an engineer--once a darling of New York high society--and vows to reward him for defending her against the pesky advances of another man.
CRASHING DOWN 1999 ISBN: 1551665166 Long ago, Carrie Holt had accepted the legacy of her traumatic childhood, tucking the memories away where they couldn't hurt her. And until now she's succeeded in putting her past behind her. She's a successful writer, on the brink of becoming a bestseller. She has achieved all she set out to. But Carrie's world is about to come crashing down. When she returns to her hometown to speak at a writers' festival, Carrie comes face-to-face with the man - the monster - who victimized her for years as an innocent child. A man who has become a prominent television personality. A man who holds a terrifying amount of power. No longer able to ignore her anger, and fearing he is targeting a new victim, Carrie confronts her tormentor. But in doing so, she unleashes a fury of doubts, questions and dangers, as she realizes her memories are not all that they seem.
CRIMSON RAIN 2002 ISBN: 1551669323 Paul and Gina Bradley did all they could to create the perfect family. When they discovered they could not have children of their own, they adopted twin girls, intent on giving them a good home. But something was terribly wrong with Angela, one of the twins, and after a terrifying event, Paul and Gina returned five-year-old Angela to St. Sympatica's Orphanage, assured that she would get excellent psychiatric care. Now, sixteen years later, the Bradley family is crumbling, Paul and Gina have drifted apart and are only going through the motions of a marriage for Angela's twin, Rachel. But Rachel is beginning to act like a total stranger, and they begin to wonder if she isn't suffering from the same problems that plagued her sister. When Rachel disappears just after Christmas, Paul and Gina are forced to pull together - for the sake of their family, for their very survival. Because someone has unleashed a vengeful fury on the Bradleys.
THE FINAL KILL 2006 ISBN: 0778320871 Abby Northup finally has the quiet life she's dreamed of, living in Carmel at the former monastery she purchased and renovated. But The Prayer House is more than a peaceful home for Abby - unofficially it is an underground safe haven for abused women and children. And when an old friend and her daughter appear on Abby's front step looking for safe haven, Abby's tranquil life begins to dissolve. Alicia Gerard is the wife of a wealthy business tycoon with strong connections to the political world. Abby agrees to take Alicia and her daughter in, but when FBI agents swarm the building looking for them, Abby finds herself trapped in a world of murder, conspiracy and threats to national security. On the run from government agents who make their own rules, Abby must decide which of her beliefs are worth dying for - and which ones are not.
THE LAST CHEERLEADER 2003 ISBN: 1551667231 Successful L.A. literary agent Mary Beth Conahan has come a long way from her troubled past. But when Mary Beth's ex-husband and her bestselling author are killed, she finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation. And if that's not bad enough an old friend - Lindy Van Court - shows up with troubles of her own. In high school, Lindy was everything Mary Beth was not: a cheerleader who dated and finally married Roger Van Court, the wealthiest boy in school. Now, however, Roger has thrown Lindy out of their pricey San Francisco home. She's living on the streets, denied access to her only child. Mary Beth can't turn her old friend away. But almost immediately their lives are threatened. Caught up in a series of terrifying events, Mary Beth will uncover more that she bargained for - a sinister plot and a heartbreaking secret that will change Mary Beth's life forever.
SACRED TRUST 2000 ISBN: 1551665867 High on a hill overlooking the pristine town of Carmel, California, the body of world-famous photojournalist Marti Bright is found one morning, crucified on a homemade wooden cross. For her best friend, Abby Northrup, it's just the beginning of a nightmare that she, too, may not escape from alive. Compelled by grief and shock, Abby begins to piece together what happened to the woman she loved like a sister. With her marriage to an influential politician in tatters and her perfect life only a carefully fabricated illusion, Abby focuses instead on Marti, probing their past, the time the two friends spent in a convent and the secrets they'd kept all these years. But as Abby reaches further and further into the maze of Marti's last days, she realizes the woman she thought she knew so well was keeping secrets from her. And that her own life is linked to her friend's in ways she never imagined...in ways that could make her a vengeful killer's next victim.
TAKE MY BREATH AWAY 5/1997 ISBN: 0312961588 From the moment Kate meets Dan Kala on the big island of Hawaii, her world is turned upside down. She thinks that someone is following her. Is it Dan? Or is she suffering "mental lapses" as another man accused her of years ago? Soon Kate finds herself being dragged headlong into a nightmare of events that make her doubt her own reason.
WHAT'S IN A NAME? 4/2007 ISBN: 9781419908545 What happens when you're running for the wrong reason? Kelli Carpenter is afraid someone will connect her to the self-defense killing of a former lover. She's changed her identity, found a new career and thinks she's safe, but prefers to keep distance between herself and everyone else. When handsome stranger Blake Windsor shows up purporting to be a handyman doing much needed repairs at the wilderness jobsite where Kelli is working, a site to give inner city kids temporary respite from their lives dominated by concrete and drive-bys, Kelli's instincts tell her to leave, but the man has her boss's approval, and without him, the project won't be completed on time. Blake, corporate executive who accepted his boss's request to find out if Kelli Carpenter is really Casey Wallace, begrudgingly returns to the blue-collar construction lifestyle he vowed to leave behind. The woman he meets bears little resemblance to the woman he's supposed to find, but something about her mystifies him, and he decides to continue with his deception to learn more about her. When someone comes after Kelli, she runs—but she takes Blake with her. Keep your friends close but your enemies closer is her philosophy. And Kelli is convinced Blake knows something that will link her to her lover's death, ending her life as she knows it. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
A FORGOTTEN GIRL 1/1983 ISBN: 0590325442
A GOWN OF SPANISH LACE 7/1995 ISBN: 0764220179 A heritage so very different from her own, but one profound connection - Ariana loves her life - her parents, her little town, her job as the town’s schoolteacher, her students. But one evening after classes are done and she prepares to hurry home before a blizzard hits, her whole life changes in an instant. The two rough-looking men who abduct her and take her far from home and family make no response to her frantic questions - 'Why me? What are you going to do? Where are you taking me?' Held hostage in a camp of bandits, Ariana’s emotions swing between terror and boredom as days stretch into weeks. And then the boss’s son appears in the doorway of her cabin. Does this mean she will never see her mother and father again, the two who had so lovingly adopted her as an infant and raised her as their own? Will she ever wear the wedding dress so carefully saved for her - her one link with her birth parents, now long dead? A gown of Spanish lace...
PACIFIC BEACH HOTEL 11/2004 ISBN: 0975286862 Felicia Avery arrived in Hollywood with dreams of succeeding in the movie business. But now a powerful movie producer is dead and someone is stalking Felicia through the sunny boulevards and dark alleys of post-war Los Angeles. Her dreams of stardom shattered by scandal, Felicia finds solace in the arms of a handsome detective. Can he protect her from the unknown assailant? Or are her days in Hollywood numbered? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
VEILED DESTINY 9/1997 ISBN: 0727852469 The twisting roads through the Chiltern Hills are lonely at night. When Sophie Stone realizes the car behind is deliberately following her, she is angry, then afraid - the ordinary drunken yob doesn't carry a machete. Desperately, she uses her local knowledge to evade her pursuer, just as handsome, enigmatic Luke Despard intervenes. Grateful to him, Sophie is convinced it was a purely random attack. Why should anyone want to kill her? Her business partner, Pru Bailey, counsels caution. What do they know of Luke? A sequence of threatening events follows, and Sophie begins to suspect they are deliberate. Yet the only people who could benefit from her death are Pru, and Sophie's own half-brothers and sisters. Sophie's father was rich, but she cannot believe any of them would harm her...until there is a sudden violent death. Could it have been murder? She turns to Luke, outside the family. With him she'll be safe, hidden from whoever is persecuting her. But then she almost dies. Now, Sophie cannot trust anyone but herself. Alone, she must confront the dangers shadowing her every move, and track down the killer - before she becomes the next victim.
THE LOST HOLIDAY 11/1983 ISBN: 0590325434 Left in the desert to die, Laura begins a deadly struggle for survival.
STONE'S THROW 12/1999 Making her way into Tennessee's Great Smokey Mountains, Stacy Weston has one chance to rescue her four-month-old son, sold into the black market by his father. Running from a bogus warrant, on Christmas Eve, she unwittingly turns for help to the last person who would give it, the one person who needs to uncover her identity. No one in the clannish, unfriendly mountain town of Stones Throw will lift a finger to help her when she's arrested for killing Cobb Slocum, the middle man to the black market ring. Enter tall, dark and deadly Rick McCoy, a drifter with secret, fateful ties to Stones Throw. Stacy's only hope lays with the handyman who has been following her, a man who admitted hating Slocum. Unknown to Stacy, she is scheduled to "vanish" ... for good.
GUESTHOUSE 8/2002 ISBN: 1587491907 Lauren's fiance disappeared only weeks before their wedding, leaving a void in her life that she has not been able to fill. She longs for answers, for closure, so that she might trust again. Lauren accepts a job as a live-in physical therapist, caring for Daniel Robinson at Seacrest Manor. He is handsome, with a hard, sexy body, and intense blue eyes. Lauren is instantly attracted to him, though Daniel is bitter and hostile. He has mood swings and emotional issues of his own to resolve, apart from the paralysis that was caused by a mysterious boating accident. He repeatedly reaches out to Lauren, then pushes her away. Lauren doesn't know if she will last through the summer. When intruders threaten the secluded Seacrest Manor, Sheriff Garth Edwards struts onto the scene. He offers protection, and seems to be the hero Lauren has been longing for. But Lauren wonders if Garth is what he pretends to be. The strange, late-night phone calls and repeated intrusions inside the gate of Seacrest Manor leave Lauren wondering if she will ever be truly safe again. Lauren has to figure out how Daniel's estranged wife, Tiffany, and her own missing fiance are involved. Then she can decide which man is truly best for her: the brave, gallant Sheriff Garth, or the intense, fascinating, frustrating Daniel.
THE GOLDEN GIRL 9/2005 ISBN: 0373513720 The It Girls: They're rich, fabulous - and dangerously underestimated. It Girl: Madison Taylor-Pruitt. Mission: Infiltrate a multimillion-dollar company to spy on the CEO and suspected killer - her father! The whistleblower who died before she could expose a scandal at Pruitt & Pruitt was Madison's best friend - and her father's trophy girlfriend. It'll take more than a week at the spa for this heiress-turned-spy to recover from a potential murdering dad, a rough-around-the-edges boyfriend who doesn't know she's filthy rich and an FBI agent who has the gall to lecture her about protocol. But if it means proving Daddy's innocence and saving the family empire, golden girl Madison Taylor-Pruitt will risk anything, even running in heels!
KNOCKOUT 11/2004 ISBN: 037351333X Jackie "Jack" Rooney has inherited a whole lot of trouble from her incarcerated father, including a heavyweight fighter who may be on the take from the mob. When Jack's best friend turns up dead, she's on the run, with her friend's young daughter in tow. Jack's never been the maternal type . . . but then again she's never had to fight for her life either. She's in a whole lot of trouble, and all of Las Vegas is waiting and watching to see her take a fall.
TRACE OF DOUBT 8/2006 ISBN: 0373514174 HER GIFT FOR WORKING A CRIME SCENE PUT HER IN A SERIAL KILLER’S SIGHTS... Criminalist Billie Quinn lived and breathed the evidence. People lied. But DNA never let her down. Or could it? For the case that put her fight for justice in the media spotlight also brought her to a killer's attention. A very special killer - one who claimed to know the truth about her mother's disappearance many years ago. And who was now determined to show Billie exactly what happened - in a reenactment starring Billie herself. It was up to her to choose - learn the truth and die, or bring this killer to justice and never know her mother's fate.
TRACE OF INNOCENCE 1/2006 ISBN: 0373513895
URBAN LEGEND 8/2004 ISBN: 0373513224 Tessa is a vampire with a lineage stretching from England in the 1800s to Shanghai at the turn of the twentieth century to Germany during WWII, and finally now to present-day Manhattan. Determined to hold on to her humanity, she immerses herself in Buddhism, while finding herself attracted to an NYPD detective with more than a few troubles of his own. But now Tessa's quest to rid humankind of the scourge of drugs has brought vampires from all over the world to Manhattan as a new club drug penetrates the drug market. Tessa needs to even up scores centuries old in order to protect the people surrounding her. And this time . . . the stakes are higher than ever.
CAMP FEAR 3/1994 ISBN: 0373222661 Her husband's secret life haunted her... When young widow Jocelyn Wald returned to Camp Tranquility, a lovestruck woman chased her down...and Jocelyn discovered she had lived a lie, with a husband she'd only thought she'd know. Then a stranger appeared, watching Jocelyn from the shadowy outskirts of her property. When Clint Conti stepped into the glow of her camp fire, he proved as compelling as the mystery of her husband - and possibly just as dangerous. Jocelyn's husband's secret life had involved something criminal, and while Camp Tranquility became 'Camp Fear,' Jocelyn had no choice but to trust Clint - a man who had an ulterior motive...and whom she was coming to love.
COLD SUMMER 2/1993 ISBN: 0373222165 Nature had gone awry... When Caro Hardin returned to the isolated North country as she'd vowed she never would, the friend she'd come to rescue had vanished. All that remained was an uncannily cool July - and the object of a school-days crush on whom Caro hoped to rely. Under usual circumstances, Mike Schaeffer wanted nothing more than to reestablish romantic ties with Caro, but now a murderer was in their midst...and Caro could possibly provide the psychological profile, the much-needed map of the deranged madman's mental terrain. Only a kiss shared years ago by Mike and Caro offered hope. But while they sought to illuminate the dark recesses of the murderer's mind, even the great power of love began to fail. And it seeded Mike and Caro might not survive the cold summer...nor the even colder killer.
PAST SINS 9/1991 ISBN: 037322169X
SABOTAGE 12/1986 ISBN: 0373220561 The summer job as promotions consultant to the South Street Seaport Museum seemed like a smart Career move to Abbie Tanner. But her first day there proved otherwise. An anonymous note on her desk warned her to leave. Then she learned Calhoun Quinn, the attractive man who headed the museum's advisory committee, had wanted someone else to get the job. Later she found her apartment door open-but she'd locked it that morning! To top off these alarming incidents, the old ships at the piers were being vandalized-but by the same person who was victimizing Abbie?
DEAR SANTA 12/1998 ISBN: 037322494X With strong shoulders to lean on and deep, dark eyes to drown in Vic Maltese was a package any woman would want under her Christmas tree. But beneath the gorgeous wrappings - and his padded Santa suit - lay a heart-wrenching family secret. A secret that left him a pushover for women and children in need... When Katherine Fairchild met two kids in terrible trouble, she instinctively turned to Vic. The tough but tender man offered protection - and passion. In Vic's strong arms, Katherine knew she could face any danger...and maybe even make her Christmas wish of a family of her own come true.
HEAT OF PASSION 4/1998 ISBN: 0373224648 She'd traded dangerous days... Phoenix Farraday never dreamed her image-enhancement business could lead to something sinister. Until she took on a very dangerous client. She fled to save herself - and suddenly found one sexy Slater McCain by her side, ready and willing to offer protection... For nights of pure passion... Lean and strong, with dark, unruly hair and a chiseled profile, Slater could sweet-talk a woman into anything. Into his life. Into his arms. Into his bed. Sun-drenched days and star-filled nights with the man proved Phoenix had found her future. But would this paradise last, once her disastrous past caught up with her?
KEY WEST HEAT 5/1995 ISBN: 0373223242
MANHATTAN HEAT 5/1996 ISBN: 0373223692 Could your whole life change in twenty-four hours? Bennett St. Simon was about to find out... One step in the wrong direction and the poor little rich girl stumbled upon a murder scene - and into the arms of a man who looked guilty as sin. Another step, and Memphis Modine whisked her away...from haute couture into Hell's Kitchen. Bennett had longed for something to shatter her privileged yet humdrum existence. Her abductor definitely fit the bill. Memphis was dark, dangerous - and possibly deadly. But he made her pulse race and her heart beat faster...
PROTECT ME, LOVE 12/1996 ISBN: 0373223986 Years ago, a mysterious woman changed her identity and opened a specialty service of bodyguards called Protection Enterprises, Inc.... Five years ago Delia Barry had gone to sleep beside Nick Avery, the man of her dreams - only to awaken next to another man, one who'd been murdered. Knowing she'd be accused of the crime and fearing for her dream lover's involvement, Delia fled the scene. She started a new life in New York City - with a whole new identity. But now the past is threatening her new life. And only one man can help her - the dangerous, elusive Nick Avery.
NIGHT SHADOWS 2/1985 ISBN: 037322012X Nothing is as frightening and shadows of the night...Beth Page knew the odds. Her job was dangerous, but she felt her work was important. Besides, it gave for a feeling of extreme accomplishment to know that she had qualified for such a difficult assignment. But Best didn't call on all the risk-is specially were her own heart was concerned...she could not have foreseen the powerful magnetism her partner, the brand, exudes, nor the electricity that flowed between them whenever they were together!
HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT 12/1995 ISBN: 0373076797 Single mother in trouble... Gritty homicide detective Jake Delancy was steamed about baby-sitting a blonde - even one as tempting as Rebecca Bolen. Hell, he had a cold-blooded killer to catch! But the innocent single mom was the assassin's avowed next hit. The bachelor cop itched to make his collar - then make tracks. But gutsy Rebecca and her two cuddly kids drew him like a magnet to metal. Burning desire had Jake losing his cool, even though peril stalked the Texas night...only one mistake, one bullet, one heartbeat away...
SWEETER THAN SIN 3/1992 ISBN: 0446360848 A Rich and powerful woman, a dangerous affair, and the very deadliest of desires... Alette is the daughter of San Francisco's richest business tycoon, wife of a charismatic senator, and a woman with a secret lover she would do anything to keep. But when Alette is framed for murder and needs her father's money and power to save herself, her father offers to buy her freedom--if she gives up her lover.
HONEYMOON WITH A HANDSOME STRANGER 11/1996 ISBN: 0373077483 Just because the man she'd planned to marry had stolen her last dime didn't mean Jilliam Gibson was going to let herself be cheated out of her honeymoon, too. The trouble was, the only way she could afford her dream trip to England now was to share it - with a perfect stranger! Well, maybe not quite perfect... Yes, Devlin Sinclair was handsome and charming - and seductive enough to make her forget her ex-fiance. But everywhere they went, danger seemed to follow the mysterious Englishman posing as her husband. And now Jillian was afraid she was in danger - of losing her heart to a man she scarcely knew...
THE ACCIDENT 7/1984 ISBN: 0590332007
ONLY CHILD 1996 ISBN: 0380780437 And Then There Were None - They all had something in common. Each was an only child, about to turn eighteen. They had all come to a luxury resort for a very special family vacation. Not one of them guessed the truth about why they were there. Everyone wondered what happened when one girl disappeared. They were told she went home. But then another vanished...and another, and another... That's when they uncovered the terrifying truth about what was happening - and why this would be their last summer vacation!
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