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When a priceless crystal is stolen and five international agents killed, rookie agent Dani Lovato is sent undercover into the clandestine world of precious gems to retrieve it.
Stephen Douglas returns from Afghanistan, a wounded war hero, to find the life he left behind in shambles. Depressed and hitting rock bottom in an LA jail, he’s offered the chance to be released with a clear record. All he has to do is show up at a warehouse and pick up the sheriff’s daughter who is stranded and in harm’s way. What sounds like a simple venture turns into an escapade that becomes the ride of his life.
Thrown together, not trusting each other, Stephen and Dani embark on a cross-country mission to return the Blood Crystal from bowels of LA to its rightful owner in Washington D.C. Along the way, they discover there is a thin line between the good guys and the bad guys, and staying alive becomes more challenging with each perilous turn. Sparks fly between them in more ways than one as Dani accidently learns the startling secret of the Blood Crystal.
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When Julia Morgan M.D. miscarries twin girls she divorces her husband believing he is to blame. He forces her out of her position at the hospital and threatens her. With prompting from her sister, Julia accepts a position as nanny on a ranch 900 miles away. Knowing she is overqualified, she conveniently omits her medical degree from the application.
Dirk Travis is in trouble, his wife has gone missing, and his housekeeper is threatening to quit. He is in desperate need of a reliable person to look after his four-year-old twins. Julia appears to be the answer to his prayers. But is she too perfect, too beautiful, and too intelligent to be a nanny? Can he afford to tell her why he’s an incompetent father?
Both immediately insist their relationship will remain business only. While those plans start to go awry, other things begin to happen. People are getting killed and Dirk is the prime suspect. The heat index rises between Julia and Dirk even as Julia appears to be the next target.
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Driver, Jamie Lecorre, competing in the male dominated NASCAR Nextel race, needs a tape that will exonerate her from a crash that has temporarily put her on crutches. Weary of dealing with domineering, chauvinistic males, she is suddenly attracted to just such a man. A man who can get her tape.
Quint Douglas has sworn off high profile, over intelligent women. He discovers the blond bimbo of his dreams, trying to change a flat on a pink BMW. Offering help, he uses a bit too much attitude and is shot down. Quint struggles to win her over in spite of his deep-seated fear of speed.
Together they enter the tight knit world of NASCAR to investigate an old murder, a new body, and a highway collision—all tied together, with too many suspects. Quint tries to keep Jamie from being the next victim even as she races around the track at 180 miles an hour pursued by several men who would like to see her eliminated, in more ways than one.
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Wyoming, 1868
Jessie McGerret has spent most of her eighteen years secluded in the Wind River Mountains, happy with her lot in life, avoiding civilization like an unknown plague. But civilization invades her world, killing the father she loves and leaving her for dead.
She has sworn to do whatever it takes to hunt down her father’s murderer—even if it means marrying herself to a man who could very well be a partner to her prey. She has the skills to defeat a killer but can she stand up to something more powerful than hatred, a man who seeks not to destroy her but to love her? Can she trust this stranger who insists she face the one thing she fears the most?
Scott Cordell is determined to rid himself of the annoying menace who has forced him into a marriage he has no intention of honoring. Women like her can be scared off quite easily. Nobody knows that better than he does, because nobody knows the secret he’s kept hidden for most of his life. He soon discovers there’s more to this gritty pest than meets the eye. And he’s determined to expose her. |
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When Nicole Anderson receives a midnight call informing her she has gained custody of her sister’s two children her quiet life is turned upside down. As far as she knows she doesn’t have a sister.
Hunter Douglas is assigned the task of delivering a deceased friend’s children to their aunt 1500 miles away. When he discovers the oldest child is his he doesn’t want to give her up. He takes them to Minnesota fully intending to bring them both home to New York with him. His plan goes awry when he begins to fall in love with, small-town, Nicole Anderson.
Can Nicole overcome the secrets of her past to open her heart to Hunter?
Together Nicole and Hunter must unlock the mystery of false birth certificates, a missing suitcase, peculiar pictures, a strange man following them, and a grandfather’s legacy. Attempting to solve the puzzle only makes it larger and more dangerous. |
