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REMEMBRANCE 10/1981 ISBN: 0385288433 Her beloved Italian homeland shattered in the wake of World War II, exquisite Serena, Principessa di San Tibaldo, has nothing left except her name, her ancestry...and her heart - which she gives completely and forever to Major Brad Fullerton. But not even Brad's ring - or his child - can protect her from the calculating wrath of the powerful Fullerton dynasty, and the woman who will become Serena's bitter enemy. Sweeping from the war-torn palazzos of Rome to the glittering avenues of Manhattan and the glamorous world of high fashion, here is the vibrant story of one woman's triumphant yet bittersweet journey of the heart.
HUNTING HOUSTON 5/1996 ISBN: 0373077106 He couldn't remember. Or so Houston Sinclair claimed about the tragic night that had left his best friend's wife dead - and Houston a very wealthy man. She couldn't forget. Abby Douglass's job was to investigate Houston Sinclair - not fall in love with him. But her sinfully sexy suspect had secrets - secrets that there was only one way to uncover. Heated kisses and candlelit dinners might have been Abby's method, though she never expected to fall prey to Houston's charm. But then, she'd never thought hunting Houston would lead her into the most dangerous territory of all - her own heart.
SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN THE NIGHT 12/1994 ISBN: 037382534X An unparalleled Christmas!... Lynn Mckinney Russell had a lot on her plate. Two new stepdaughters - one at the rebellious adolescent stage - a new baby on the way, a trainer who'd been mistreating her beloved horse, Lightning, and one new husband, whose overprotectiveness was driving her wild! Still Lynn was determined to make the best Christmas ever - till a series of harrowing 'accidents' threatened to turn the festive season upside down. Lynn's lifelong cocoon of security disappeared with the cool Texas wind, and Christmas became an experience no Russell or McKinney was ever likely to forget!
THE SECRET OF THE DARK 9/1984 ISBN: 059033252X
COURTING DANGER 7/2005 ISBN: 0373513658 SHE'S A HIRED GUN. NOT THE BLAZING GUNS KIND—THE LEGAL KIND. Criminal defense attorney Katherine Rochelle is back in the saddle, so to speak. After a scandal at her last job, she’s determined to redeem her family name. Being born into Palm Beach’s elite means Kate has the money to create her own law firm, but now she has to prove she has the brains to make it work. Her first case: to defend a friend accused of murder. Her old debutante skills and social connections may help her make her case, but when Kate’s life is threatened, she realizes that the truth hits close to home. Now Kate’s got to shake things up and flush out the killer before someone decides the defense should rest in peace.
SHADOW LINES 10/2006 ISBN: 0373514247 She has the power to heal. But she can't heal millions... With her healing gift and extra senses going haywire, epidemiologist Eve St. Giles knew the deadly flu outbreak in the small Swiss town was no natural disaster. Had someone manufactured a virus - one that targeted women? If Eve didn't track down the origin, millions could die. She could search alone, or accept help from a questionable source - the man she'd loved and lost. Nick Petter seemed to know more than he was telling. Yet Eve had little choice but to trust him as she raced to harness ancient healing rites in time to avert a modern medical apocalypse.
GUARDIAN OF JUSTICE 1/2008 ISBN: 0373442734 Tiny Antelope Springs, Colorado, had provided a place for police officer Dallas Brooks to forget about the big-city trauma that had almost destroyed him three years ago. Now drug dealers threatened to take over his small town, targeting the schools and ripping apart families. Suddenly Dallas was back in the fray. He vowed to just do his job, not get emotionally involved. But beautiful social worker Kira Matthews was right beside him, putting her heart on the line, asking him to care about people again—asking him to care about her. Pretending he didn't was his toughest fight yet.
LOVERS AND LIARS 4/1997 ISBN: 1854879278 Leanne knows she can never have all of Eliot...knows he can vanish at any moment, but this only intensifies her need to have as much of him as she can, while she can. He seems to feel the same way, holding onto her desperately, kissing her in a wild and passionate manner, totally out of character for such a controlled man. His hands move, caressing the thin silk of her blouse, the only thing separating his flesh from hers, and she wishes the fabric wasn't there. His body against hers feels hard and capable and her hands curl about his neck. She wants to move further into his strong arms and demanding embrace and forget the reality that surrounds them...
PRIVATE VOWS 2/2001 ISBN: 0373226039 She wore a blood-stained wedding gown, but had no memory of her groom - or her own name. In desperation, she turned to the sexy stranger who’d found her and begged for his help, his protection.... Ex-cop-turned-investigator Cole Grayson knew better than to get involved with another vulnerable, scared woman. But the strength beneath her fear drew him to 'Mary' - and so he brought her home with him. Yet as he searched for her past, strange things began happening. Were Mary’s fears valid? Suddenly Cole realized that helping her remember put him in danger - of losing her forever....
UNDERCOVER LOVER 12/1996 ISBN: 1854874993 Take: Allison Prescott - she knows one thing for sure, the person with the wealth calls the shots. Never again will she allow a man to take over her life and dictate how she should live. So she needs money - lots and lots of lovely money. And now she has to harden her heart against the one man who can make her fall in love again. Add: Brad Malone - he has other priorities and they sure don't include falling in love with a woman who had dollar signs where her heart should be. The result: A simmering, sizzling mixture of romance, passion...and murder!
CAT AND MOUSE 4/1993 ISBN: 037322222X They say a cat has nine lives... But master thief 'ElGato' - The Cat - had even more. With rakish charm and clever disguises, he stayed one step ahead of the law as he plundered the Mexican seas. And now he was reputed to be masquerading on the salvage ship The Yankee Doodle. But as whom? With one eye on the captain's daughter, Zoe MacLeish, and one on the treasure in gold hidden under the sea, newest crew member Benito Cardenas looked more like a modern-day pirate than an antiquities expert. Under that Latin machismo, was he Benito...or El Gato? In the Yankee's tight quarters, Benito kept Zoe under his hot gaze, sticking closer to her than her shadow. But was his lust for her...or for the treasure? Either way, she feared she was in peril.
HUNTER'S MOON 7/1994 ISBN: 0373222815 When tour guide Dani Paton came to, she'd been transported through time. She was in Transylvania, in 1850, and hooded villagers--convinced she was a vampire--were about to drive a stake through her heart! Count Karsten Nicholae rescued Dani by wrapping his black cape around her and hoisting her onto his dark stallion.but even he thought she could be a vampire. Dani sensed danger from Karsten, too--of the romantic kind. Yet she had to convince the pale, sensual stranger that vampires didn't exist. Because someone very real was trying to kill her.
I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 12/1994 ISBN: 0373223021 Her dead husband called....saying he was the culprit who'd snatched Ali Weyden's son from Santa's lap. Little Robbie was safe. He'd be returned in time for Christmas--as soon as Ali got the bank to release the hefty insurance settlement she'd received upon her husband's falsified death. Ali's dead husband was alive, her son was missing and her mind was reeling. She turned to the one man she could almost trust--the single dad next door, crime writer Logan Reed. Logan's strong arms comforted, his lips reassured...and while his razor-sharp mind pieced together the puzzle, Ali began to love again. But the stakes were raised: her deceased husband was found dead--again. And her son was still missing.....
LOVE AND LIES 3/1996 ISBN: 0373223625 Talia was swept from her normal life onto the jury for a high-profile case. A man had murdered his wife--and Talia was the lone woman sequestered with eleven men, the one juror most likely to lock away the man on trial. Cade Hailey made a point of getting close to Talia. Was he reporting on her every move or did he mean to protect her?...
THE MISSING HOUR 6/1998 ISBN: 0373224702 She needed her memory... For twenty-two years Beth Gregory had blocked out the memory of the murder she'd witnessed as a child. When it finally surfaced, she knew it had to be wrong...because her father wasn't a killer. And a hero... P.I. Cole Radford had always worked alone - until Beth walked out of his dreams and into his office and his heart. She hired him as an investigator, but she needed a bodyguard. Because it didn't matter if her memory was right or wrong...someone wanted her dead. And suddenly, all that mattered to Cole was keeping her alive...
THE MUMMY BEADS 2/1994 Voice Of The Nile: An ancient Egyptian princess . . . told Marina Haine the shocking news. Revington York — the man she’d been told was dead, the man she’d loved and mourned for a heartrending year — was really alive and well and living elsewhere. An Ancient Egyptian princess . . . led Marina toward Rev again But why had he falsified his own death? And — more importantly — had he ever really loved Marina? An ancient Egyptian princess . . . put Marina and Rev in danger. If Marina could find him, then the people who wanted Rev dead — really dead — could find him, too. Now the only way out meant making a pact with criminals. But could Marina so do . . . to save the lover who’d broken her heart?
THE MUMMY CASE 1/1994 ISBN: 0373222572 Her voice...came from beyond the grave. When her ancient jewel-encrusted burial tomb vanished, a long-dead Egyptian princess spoke, demanding its return. Her voice...was sensuous and held secrets of ages and was heard only by rookie investigator Marina Haine. Marina found the missing sarcophagus, but the mummy inside wasn't the princess - she was a modern, murdered woman. Her voice...was not nearly as unnerving or mysterious as Revington York, Marina's raven-haired prime suspect. Her voice...both warned of danger and sang of love. Marina had every reason to believe Rev would land behind bars - but the princess was planning a very different kind of future...
NO RHYME OR REASON 5/1988 ISBN: 0373220901 Julie Lind's life is suddenly in danger when she is assigned to audit the Stanton Group in New York. Rigg Stanton, who warned her that the string of bad luck she was experiencing could get her killed. Did Rigg know something she didn't?
PERIL IN PARADISE 12/1987 ISBN: 0373220804 As a troubleshooter for Sunshine Tours, Marti Winston found her work sometimes routine and sometimes exciting. On her latest assignment in the Dominican Republic, it had taken on a whole new dimension. Peril. To her heart--and to her person. Her heart was threatened by Antonio Andreas, magnetic owner of a resort plagued with problems that had little to do with bad luck or management. Someone, it seemed, was out to force Antonio into bankruptcy, and Marti found herself embroiled in finding the saboteur. But the saboteur had methods that were dangerous, dark, evil...
THE VALENTINE HOSTAGE 2/1997 ISBN: 0373224060 In steamy New Orleans, three people witnessed the same crime, testified against the same man and were then swept into the Witness Protection Program. But now there's new evidence, and these three witnesses are about to come out of hiding.
A TIME TO TRUST 1/1995 ISBN: 0709055307 When Karen Maynard's sister Susan became nanny to wealthy widower Adam Brent's children, she thought Susan would settle down and leave Karen free to get on with her life. When Susan doesn't turn up, it is revealed that Susan and Adam's little girl Mandy have been kidnapped!
BROWN EYED GIRL 4/2000 ISBN: 0671785885 NOTHING IS AS IT APPEARS... A fashion magazine features editor, Leah McDevitt is haunted by the memory of her cherished younger sister, Melissa, who vanished years ago. Missy, whose extraordinary eyes -- one blue, one brown -- may have lured her abductor to her....When Leah receives a letter from death row inmate Raymond Lambert, she eagerly agrees to pay him the long-standing reward for information about Melissa -- even if it means coming face-to-face with a notorious serial killer. But before Lambert can impart his secrets, he himself is killed. Devastated but determined, Leah heads to the Maine woods to seek out private investigator Ethan Sanger, who authored a book about Lambert in exchange for yet another of Lambert's terrible secrets. Leah and Ethan strike a sparking passion with the power to heal their painful pasts. But someone has his eye on Leah...someone who knows more than he should...and who won't be satisfied until Leah sees the truth with her own eyes.
COLD TRUTH 9/2005 ISBN: 0345476654 TRUTH HAS DEADLY CONSEQUENCES... Twenty-six years ago, even before a series of brutal murders rocked the idyllic town of Bowers Inlet, Cassie Burke lost her parents, her sister, and nearly her own life to a transient befriended by her father. Back then, Cassie was a scared kid-now she's a homicide cop. Back then, the suspect was caught and convicted-he died in prison. But now the killing has started again. And all signs indicate that the Bayside Strangler has come back for more. With too many victims and too few suspects, Cassie has her hands full investigating the case, while working through the old trauma it has brought to the surface. Luckily, FBI agent Rick Cisco is dispatched to lend support. Together, Cassie and Rick must uncover the link between the dark past and the dangerous present to bring this small town's long nightmare to an end. If they fail, an elusive fiend will slip back into the shadows . . . to watch and wait-and kill another day. In matters of crime, there are many versions of the truth.
DARK TRUTH 11/2005 ISBN: 0345476697 Murder didn't end Nina Madden's life — it destroyed it. When her father was charged with the serial killings of several college students, Nina and her mother became pariahs in their small Maryland town. Though Nina never believed the hideous accusations, evidence led to her father's conviction and guaranteed the death penalty. After the execution, Nina left Stone River to escape the hatred and persecution . . . but she couldn't shake the lingering doubts More than twenty years later, those doubts are stirred to grim life. A new series of murders is plaguing Stone River: a killing spree that bears a striking resemblance to the one that sent Nina's father to the death chamber. And Nina isn't the only one disturbed enough by the gruesome events to take notice. Wes Powell, the cop who pursued the original case, can't ignore the eerie similarities between the crimes . . . nor their harrowing implications. Drawn back into a mystery that refuses to die, Nina and Wes will cross paths on their dangerous quest — and find themselves in the crosshairs of a bloodthirsty predator.
DEAD CERTAIN 7/2004 ISBN: 0345463935 Three devious prisoners vow murderous revenge. Now the second is free. With her stalker captured, antiques dealer Amanda Crosby can finally sleep at night. Having worked hard to put the nightmare behind her, Amanda has vowed to never be a victim again. But when her business partner, Derek England, is found with a bullet through the back of his head just hours after she left an incriminating message on his voice mail, Amanda finds herself in danger of becoming a victim of another sort. All the evidence points to Amanda as Derek’s killer, and Chief of Police Sean Mercer is building the case against her. But when another of her colleagues is found brutally murdered, it’s obvious that someone other than Amanda is behind the killings. Suddenly Amanda is a target once again, as a diabolical killer circles ever closer—and the only thing that stands between her and becoming the third and final victim is the man who had tried to put her behind bars. . . .
DEAD END 8/2005 ISBN: 0345483812 Two years ago, a major FBI undercover drug deal suddenly went south - and special agent Dylan Shields went down in a hail of bullets. When the dust cleared, his fellow agent (and fiancee) Anne Marie McCall was left alone with too many unanswered questions and nothing to do but hit the job as hard as she could to dull the pain. Only now is she beginning to ease up on her punishing routine as a Bureau profiler and starting to let some light in again. and. Detective Evan Crosby had a lot to do with drawing Annie back into life, and she's not about to let her chance at happiness with him slip away. But before she can embrace a bright new future, she must grapple with the dangerous past whose demons of doubt and suspicion won't let her sleep at night . . . and whose dead will never rest in peace until someone digs up the truth and deals out the payback. That means going places where no one - including the FBI - wants Annie to be and cutting through a minefield of smoke and mirrors, politics and intimidation, dirty tricks and deadly threats, in order to make a cold case hot enough to get the right people sweating. The harder Annie squeezes, the more blood, lies, and betrayal she wrings out . . . and the closer she comes to connecting a face to the trigger finger that blew away her dreams-and Dylan Shields. What she doesn't know is that the killer she's closing in on is looking for closure too. The kind that only Annie's death can bring.
DEAD EVEN 8/2004 ISBN: 0345463943 Three devious prisoners vow murderous revenge. Now the third is free. FBI Special Agent Miranda Cahill has always played by the rules: always maintain a respectful professionalism, and never mix business with pleasure. Except when it comes to fellow agent Will Fletcher. Their on-again, off-again relationship has left painful scars even he has never seen. Now, a series of murders has the two agents racing to outwit a killer before he can strike again. Miranda and Will know that lives depend on identifying intended victims and tracking them down before the killer does. But as they begin to unravel this homicidal agenda, it becomes clear that Miranda may be the last and final target in a twisted game. With the clock ticking, time is running out on a killer who is determined to cross Miranda’s name off his hit list . . . permanently.
DEAD WRONG 6/2004 ISBN: 0345463927 Three devious prisoners vow murderous revenge. Now the first is free. It was inescapably chilling, as if the murderer was methodically working his way down a page torn from the phone book. The three victims brutally killed in their own homes had one thing in common: they were all listed as M. Douglas. The fact that Mara Douglas is next on the list has her jumping at shadows, until FBI agent Aidan Shields shows up to make sure she doesn't become the fourth victim. Aidan has been out of commission since an undercover operation went bad more than a year ago. Back on the job, his razor-sharp instincts are returning. But it will take all of Aidan's wits to stay one step ahead of the elusive killer who has engaged him in a deadly game - a game in which Mara's life is the prize. A game only one can win...
DEVLIN'S LIGHT 8/1997 ISBN: 0671004158 Though India Devlin left her hometown to pursue a brilliant career as a criminal prosecutor, she has always loved historic Devlin's Light, visiting as often as her busy schedule permits. But when her brother is found murdered on the steps of the lighthouse -- the town's namesake -- she returns to uncover who killed Ry. When her brother's good friend, Nick Enright, offers to help in her investigation, India accepts -- after all, he's the one who found Ry that night, and heard his mysterious last words. As the list of suspects begins to narrow, India and Nick find themselves undeniably drawn to each other -- a feeling India isn't sure she is ready to admit. Soon a wonderful new emotion is glowing at Devlin's Light -- a sweet, irresistible, very mutual attraction -- intensifying with each wave that crashes on the beach of the enchanting town by the bay....
FINAL TRUTH 6/2006 ISBN: 0345483839 All that stands between Lester Ray Barnes and the state of Florida’s death chamber is a judge’s signature. He is sentenced to die for the rape and murder of a young woman, his conviction hinging on two pieces of evidence: DNA testing and an eyewitness who placed him at the scene. But when the story breaks that the DNA testimony at trial had been fabricated and that the eyewitness was coerced by a cop, all hell breaks loose. In the absence of credible evidence to sustain the conviction, the court is forced to set Lester Ray free. It’s the sort of circus the media adore–until it turns into the kind of Grimm’s fairy tale the media love even more. Intrigued by the story of a young man railroaded by justice, true-crime writer Regan Landry is drawn into Lester Ray’s camp like a moth to a flame. For Regan, writing is a way to stay connected to her late literary-legend father, and her knack for detective work makes her a natural when it comes to uncovering new leads in even the murkiest mysteries. Eager for the spotlight, Lester Ray willingly agrees to work with Regan on a tell-all about his experience as an innocent man on death row. But less than a week after leaving prison, he vanishes from the Sunshine State. Soon after, darkness descends on the outer banks of North Carolina as a string of women are raped and murdered in a frenzied spree. Fearing the worst, Regan, along with Special Agent Mitch Peyton and the FBI, sweeps in to confront the unspeakable: the horrifying possibility that they have helped to free a cunning monster with an insatiable appetite for death–and a ruthless determination never to be caged again. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
HARD TRUTH 10/2005 ISBN: 0345476670 TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL... Two children who mysteriously disappeared twenty-one years ago are the last thing on Lorna Temple’s mind when she returns to her Pennsylvania hometown to sell the old family property in the wake of her parents’ passing. But instead of memories, the fields where Lorna grew up yield something utterly chilling. All those years ago, when nine-year-old Melinda Eagan vanished on her birthday, her foulmouthed older brother, Jason, quickly became the lone suspect. Yet when he went missing, too, the case turned cold. But Jason, it seems, never got far: His bones have been moldering on the Temples’ land for two decades. As far as the local police are concerned, the book is closed on Melinda’s murder - and Jason’s death is justice served. But Lorna refuses to let the dead rest uneasily. She turns to private eye T. J. Dawson to dig up the dirt of the past and see what lies beneath. Only there’s someone out there who hasn’t forgotten - and who won’t be the least bit forgiving about being exposed as a killer. In matters of crime, there are many versions of the truth.
LAST BREATH 8/2007 ISBN: 0345492242 As renowned archaeologist Dr. Daria McGowan readies the most important project of her career—a University museum exhibit showcasing the priceless artifacts her great-grandfather unearthed a century earlier in the Middle East—she makes a shocking discovery: many of the most significant pieces have vanished. Panicked, Daria turns to the FBI. Solving the mystery is an assignment that Connor Shields is more than happy to accept: Daria is the same intriguing blonde archaeologist he’s had on his mind since their paths first crossed two years ago. Working together to track down the stolen artifacts, Daria and Connor discover a trail of bodies—collectors who have met brutal, bizarre ends at the hands of a killer whose murderous methods are based on the rituals of an ancient civilization. Amid rumors of a curse and mounting pressure from both the FBI and the University, Daria and Connor race to unmask their enemy and unravel a mystery stretching across oceans and centuries. All the while, an ingenious murderer follows a sinister plan to gather the coveted antiquities and one last acquisition—Daria. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
LAST LOOK 6/2007 ISBN: 0345492226 THE TRUTH WON’T STAY BURIED... News that the body of a recently murdered prostitute - stabbed repeatedly and dumped on Georgia’s Shelter Island - has been identified as Shannon Randall stuns the FBI, particularly special agent Dorsey Collins. Twenty-four years ago, nineteen-year-old Eric Louis Beale was convicted and later executed for Shannon’s murder - and the agent in charge of the case was Dorsey’s father. Now Dorsey is determined to find out where her father’s investigation went wrong, what part he played in the death of an innocent man, and where Shannon has been all this time. The heat is on FBI special agent Andrew Shields to discover what happened to Shannon on that night decades ago - to find out who killed her and why. Dorsey shadows Andrew’s every investigative move, hoping to redeem her father’s reputation and capture a cunning killer. Together, Dorsey and Andrew unravel a shocking mystery that will shatter one family and rock an entire town.
LAST WORDS 7/2007 ISBN: 0345492234 THIS KILLER TAKES THEIR BREATH AWAY... A nine-year veteran of the FBI, special agent Mia Shields thinks she’s seen it all. But nothing prepares her for the terror that descends upon the idyllic bayside community of St. Dennis, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where a depraved killer has left a grisly surprise for Chief of Police Gabriel Beck: the body of an unidentified woman, naked and completely encased in plastic wrap, stretched across the back-seat of Beck’s car. Hidden in the wrapping is a tape recording of the victim’s last, gasping words, terrifying evidence of the horror endured at the hands of a madman. Soon the body count begins to rise as more victims are found, all gruesomely cocooned, their final pleas also captured on tape. Determined to catch the sadistic killer, Beck and Mia team up and set a trap - with Mia as bait. But their prey is closer than they ever could have imagined. Now Beck must race against time to save Mia from becoming the next victim of a serial killer as elusive as he is evil.
MERCY STREET 5/2008 ISBN: 0345492269 On a balmy spring evening, four high school seniors—three boys and a girl—enter a park in the small Pennsylvania city of Conroy. The next morning, two of the boys are found shot to death, and the girl and the third boy are gone. After three weeks with no leads and no sign of either of the two missing teenagers, the chief of police begins to wonder if they too were victims. But with no other suspects, the authorities conclude that one of these kids was the shooter. The missing boy's grandmother, a secretary at the local parish church, maintains his innocence. On her behalf, the parish priest, Father Kevin Burch, hires former detective Mallory Russo as a private investigator to figure out what happened in the park that night. Mallory had ended her nine-year stint with the Conroy police force some time ago after becoming a target of a smear campaign. Now a true-crime author, Mallory is surprised to receive the priest's offer—and highly intrigued by the case. She can't help but accept the challenge—especially when she learns that her investigation will be financed by Father Burch's cousin the reclusive billionaire Robert Magellan, a man whose own wife and infant son disappeared without a trace a year ago, a man who understands the heartache of not knowing what happened to a loved one. Detective Charlie Wanamaker is facing another sort of tragedy. He fled Conroy years ago with no plans to return to what he considered a dying factory town—until a family emergency brought him back. Finding the situation much worse than he'd thought, he trades his job as a big-city detective for one with the Conroy police department. Assigned to the park shooting case, Charlie quickly realizes that the initial investigation left a lot of questions unanswered. Unofficially, he teams up with Mallory to uncover the truth and find the two kids, dead or alive. What Charlie and Mallory discover will take them down a twisted path that leads to an old unsolved murder—and justice for a killer with a heart of stone.
THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER 8/2002 ISBN: 0345447395 Dina McDermott is on top of the world. Attractive and independent at thirty, she runs her own business, funded by a generous inheritance. But an explosive chain of events will soon be set into motion - and her perfect life will spin out of control. A journalist with a fearless instinct, Simon Keller believes he's struck gold when he unearths an unsettling story about former president Graham Hayward, one that started with a secret affair and ended in tragedy. The trail leads Simon to Dina McDermott's front door - and threatens to expose a parentage that would rock the political world. Shaken to her core by a shattering truth, Dina is suddenly thrust into the crosshairs of a cold-blooded killer - and on the run of her life.
UNTIL DARK 4/2003 ISBN: 0345447409 A skilled compositor for the FBI, Kendra Smith has a way with witnesses, helping them to remember crucial details about their attackers they might otherwise have forgotten. She believes her work helps to provide closure for the victims and their families–closure that has eluded her for the eleven years since her brother was kidnapped, his body never found. Determined to put her painful past behind her, Kendra throws herself into every case one hundred percent. Now she is called in to sketch the face of a man the press is calling the Soccer Mom Killer. It’s a difficult investigation made even harder by the presence of Special Agent Adam Stark, a man with whom she once had a brief, passionate affair. As the number of victims continues to rise, and with a killer always one step ahead, Kendra will learn a lethal lesson: You can run from the past, but you can’t hide. . . .
VOICES CARRY 2/2001 ISBN: 0671785915 FBI agent Genna Snow's successful career cannot fully erase the heartache of a shattered childhood. After breaking the silence surrounding the abusive acts of a summer camp counselor, young Genna was abandoned by her family even as justice was being served in the courtroom. Years later, Genna was forced to relive the pain of abandonment when the man she loved, special agent John Mancini, walked out of her life without explanation. Now, having returned from his own private hell, John is determined to win Genna back. Even as she struggles to keep their relationship strictly professional, Genna is selected for a special FBI team led by John, charged with tracking down the person behind a series of seemingly random abductions of young women across the country. But as a terrifying pattern begins to emerge, Genna faces the chilling realization that someone else from her past may be on the way back into her life -- and that she stands in danger of losing more than just her heart.
AIRS ABOVE THE GROUND 6/1965 ISBN: 0688010377 Murder, mystery and the famous white stallions of Vienna. When Vanessa March arrived in Vienna she knew all about the beautiful white Lipizzan stallions at the Spanish Riding School. But she never expected to get involved with them, nor, indeed, with suspected murder...
THE GABRIEL HOUNDS 1967 ISBN: 0688016650 Based on the accounts of the life of the Lady Hester Stanhope, set against the background of the Middle East, with Christy Mansel visiting a crumbling Arabian Nights palace, passing through its gates, and setting off a dark sinister force carrying terror and death.
THE IVY TREE 1/1963 A trick of coloring... her walk... the way she smiled... If Mary Grey looked so much like the missing heiress, why should she now be an heiress? To the lonely young woman--living in a dreary furnished room, faced with an uncertain future--the impersonation offered intriguing possibilities. And so plain Mary Grey became the glamorous Annabel Winslow. But she did not live happily-ever-after. In fact, she almost did not live at all. Because someone wanted Annabel Winslow missing... permanently.
MADAM, WILL YOU TALK? 1955 Charity had been looking forward to her driving holiday through France with her friend Louise - long, leisurely days under the hot sun, enjoying the beauty of the Provencal landscape. But very soon her dreams turn into a nightmare, as Charity becomes enmeshed in the schemes of a gang of murderers.
THE MOONSPINNERS 1962 Nicola Ferris is looking forward to her holiday in Crete, but before she even reaches the island, she stumbles across a murderous crime involving a young English woman and a group of people tied together by blood. For the first time in her life, Nicola meets a man and a situation she can't handle.
MY BROTHER MICHAEL 1959 Suspense and fear surround the mysterious temple of Delphi. Camilla Haven is on holiday alone, and wishes for some excitement. No sooner has she written to her friend Elizabeth in England, than her life suddenly begins to take off and she finds herself in the midst of an exciting, intriguing, yet dangerous adventure as she sets out on a mysterious car journey to Delphi.
NINE COACHES WAITING 1958 A strange terror coiled in the shadows behind the brooding elegance of the huge chateau. It lay there like some dark and twisted thing -- waiting, watching, ready to strike. Was it only chance encounter than had brought Linda Martin to Chateau Valmy? Or was it something planned? The lovely young English governess did not know. She only knew something was wrong and that she was afraid. Now she could not even trust the man she loved. For Raoul Valmy was one of them -- linked by blood and name to the dark secrets of the Valmy past.
ROSE COTTAGE 9/1997 ISBN: 0688155847 When Kate Herrick's grandmother asks her to visit her childhood home, Kate is curious about the changes she may discover there. Rose Cottage and Todhall village seem unchanged at first, but then there is disturbing evidence of a break-in, and there are tales of night-time prowlers and even ghosts.
THE STORMY PETREL 11/1991 Thes story of a young woman holidaying on a tiny Hebridean Island. But things do not turn out quite as idyllically as planned and the night is busy with surprise visitors, whose conflicting stories take some sorting out.
THIS ROUGH MAGIC 1964 When Lucy's sister Phyllida suggests that she join her for a quiet holiday on the island of Corfu, Lucy is overjoyed. Her work as an actress has temporarily come to a halt. But the peaceful idyll does not last long.
THORNYHOLD 1989 ISBN: 0449217124 There was only one part of Gilly Ramsey's lonely childhood that was magical - the visits from her godmother, Geillis Saxon, an extraordinary woman with special powers. When Geillis died suddenly, the grown-up Gilly inherited Thornyhold, Geillis's charming cottage in Wiltshire, and went there to live in the lovely English countryside. But nothing had prepared Gilly for the strange enchantment she was about to discover - sinister neighbors, messages from beyond the grave, and even the whisper of love. Just as Gilly began to return the love of an attractive stranger, the inexplicable aura of suspense and witchcraft surrounding Thornyhold turned all too real and far too dangerous...
THUNDER ON THE RIGHT 1958 ISBN: 0688026230 Jenny Silver's trip to the Pyrenees is intended to be more than a welcome holiday in a beautiful part of France. Perturbed by a letter from her cousin Gillian who has been like a sister to her, Jenny has come to Gavarnie in an attempt to discover why Gill has entered a convent. On arrival, however, she finds herself caught up in a mesh of intrigue. Her cousin has vanished, and there is evidence that she is dead. Refusing all explanations, Jenny throws herself into a dramatic and dangerous search.
TOUCH NOT THE CAT 1976 After the death of her father, Bryony returns from abroad to find that his estate has become the responsibility of her cousin Emory. Ashley Court, with its load of debt, is no longer her worry. But there is something odd about her father's sudden death and Bryony intends to find out what it is.
WILDFIRE AT MIDNIGHT 1956 Midnight on Skye: a young crofter's daughter is cruelly and ritually murdered on the bleak Scottish mountainside. Very soon Gianetta Brooke, a guest at the deceptively idyllic Camasunary Hotel nearby, finds herself tangled in a web of rising fear and suspicion. When she discovers that her ex-husband has booked into the same hotel, the peaceful holiday for which she had hoped takes on quite another complexion.
THE WIND OFF THE SMALL ISLES 1968
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