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Wanted for the murder of a Mexican drug lord's son, party girl Isabel Sanborn fled to Oaxaca.Now she owes her life to Brandon Knox, a passing tourist who just saved her from a hit man. But Knox is no accidental hero—he's an undercover U.S. marshal assigned to bring Isabel to justice. Instead, wanting to protect her, he joins her on the lam…with cartel goons and corrupt police in hot pursuit!And as the danger escalates, sexual tension sizzles. For the first time in his career, Brandon considers jeopardizing his mission to safeguard his target. And though Isabel can elude the authorities, she can't escape her feelings…

When the doorbell rang in the middle of a devastating summer storm, Christy Matthews found a bruised, rain-battered stranger on her porch. While the wind howled, she tended to his injuries. Stranded with him in her island sanctuary, she found it impossible to ignore his rugged sensuality…and the growing desire to lose herself in his embrace.No wallet. No driver's license. Not a clue to his identity. Yet this beautiful healing angel trusted him to keep her safe. With a killer on the loose, protecting Christy became his most vital mission, but the passion she awakened could thrust them both into harm's way. He had no memory of yesterday, but he'd risk everything to lie in her arms today, tomorrow and always….

Just once I'd like to have a plan go my way. Is that too much to ask?Smart-mouthed P.I. Stella Valocchi is finally in business, with the office and the aggravating employee–former fiancé Jake Carpenter–to prove it. And when a client with a sob story hires them to find her brother, success is one missing man away–until the search becomes hazardous to Stella's life. Threats, gunshots and car chases won't put her off the case. Neither will Jake's insistence that they be full partners–and maybe more. But the closer Stella is to getting her man, the more the case looks like a carefully set trap–and she's the bait….

She's just been shot at, arrested and thrown in jailBut trust former police officer Stella Valocchi–compared to last week, things are looking up.Last week she: a) caught her cop boyfriend in bed with her best friend, b) kidnapped the boyfriend's dog and c) ran for home, only to find the man who once left her at the altar presiding over her favorite uncle's funeral.This week Stella's hunting her uncle's killer. Being arrested on bogus charges just means she's on target. But to stay there she's got to confront the past–and her former fiancé–and stick to her guns in the face of shocking family secrets….

Gert Healy thought she was finished with dating. She thought she'd be picking out strollers and booties for the children she and her husband were planning to have. Instead, she's mourning his loss and coming to terms with being a widow at twenty-nine.It's been over a year now, and her friends have convinced her it's time to get back into the swing of things (even though looking for love is the last thing she wants to do). Although they've developed many a dating rule between them, now that Gert's a part of their single-girl crew, she's beginning to realize they don't know the first thing about men. Of course, Gert doesn't know the first thing about dating, since she married her college sweetheart, so maybe joining forces will work out after all. But does Gert have it in her to fight her way through the leather-jacketed and miniskirted crowds in search of a second miracle?It's back to square one on everything. Well, actually she's done it all before. Square two, then.

By day, these agents are cowboys; by night they are specialized government operatives. Men bound by love, loyalty and the law–they've vowed to keep their missions and identities confidential….THE MISSION: BODYGUARD–FOR A VIRGIN?Tough, wary Frank Connolly promised to deliver scientist C.J. Birch to a secret research facility, safe and sound. But when the stuffy intellectual Frank expected turned out to be one Cecilia Jane, innocent beauty, Frank smelled trouble. Only his highly tuned skills kept them alive when a kidnap attempt left them stranded, alone in the mountain wilderness.With a mercenary on their trail, Frank's mission was twofold: protect C.J. from those who would use her knowledge for evil and resist the awakening desire in the naive virgin's eyes. Because Frank knew too well how deadly personal involvement could be–and his feelings for C.J. were definitely personal…

On a tragic night, photographer Emma St. James lost not only her vision, but her memory. The police believed she'd witnessed her beloved brother's murder, but her mind refused to remember. She was lost and alone, until a stranger reached out with a touch she couldn't see. Rev. Colin Fitzpatrick would never forget the moment he saw Emma's lovely face just seconds before she ran out in front of his car.She'd been fleeing something–or someone–but she was his responsibility now. But with the killers desperate to find Emma, it would take divine intervention to keep them both alive.

Experience the thrill of life on the edge and set your adrenalin pumping! These gripping stories see heroic characters fight for survival and find love in the face of danger.Diagnosis: desire Six foot and spicy hot, Sheriff Daniel Galvez wasn’t the kind of man women said no to. Unless you were Lauren Maxwell. Years ago, Daniel had worked a case that had destroyed her family…and her trust in men. Now Lauren’s come home, a trauma doctor, all cool-eyed and distant – and in need of a strong lawman to help her safeguard a battered teenage patient.Holed up together, Daniel swears to bridge the distance between them – even if it means having his own heart broken again.

To catch a killerTV journalist Amy Fortenoy knew the only way to catch the elusive «werewolf killer» was to dangle herself as bait. But when she got in over her head, sexy Ky Londen came to her rescue. Suddenly she was really in trouble. Because teaming up with the alluring P.I. raised the stakes–which now included her heart.Ky had his own very private reason for joining the investigation.Yet he never should have involved the determined ace reporter. She was a sultry distraction he couldn't afford. For if he lost his concentration, they could lose their lives to the beast within himself.Within a few lost souls, the HEART OF THE WOLF beats fierce and wild. Feel them, fear them, tame them….

No one believed Anamaria Duquesne when she had premonitions of her mother's death.Now, years later, the town pariah has returned to Copper Lake to unearth what transpired on that fateful night. Although she has the gift of foresight, she didn't predict falling under the tantalizing spell of a rich playboy who's been hired to spy on her.Robbie Calloway scoffed at Anamaria's psychic mumbo jumbo about an unsolved murder and eerie family curses. But before long, the prominent attorney was entrenched in her crusade… With danger swirling around them, could they overcome incredible odds to be together?