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A Middle Eastern capitol building has been captured by insurgents. The prime minister, his staff and a group of visiting college students have become disposable hostages. But what the rebels don't know is that someone is still loose in the building…. FBI legal attaché Selena Jones took the foreign post when her marriage hit the rocks. Now she's narrowly escaped becoming a hostage–but she's trapped. She has just hours to find out what the rebels are up to and outsmart their compelling leader. And her lone contact to the outside world is the one man she swore never to trust again….

BECOME AN INSTANT MILLIONAIRE!It's just another scam, sent via e-mail to thousands. Yet Lindsey Taylor's elderly father has fallen for it and lost his life savings. He's even gone off to claim his promised fortune. Lindsey knows he'll never see a penny. Worse, she's worried she'll never see him again. Frantic, she turns to fi nancial security expert Kyle Walker.Kyle has his own vendetta: he lost his brother to an Internet mail-order-bride scheme. He's promised to help Lindsey find her father, but first he has to get them close to the scam artists. And the closer they get, the more danger they find….

Cole Leighton can barely believe his eyes.A woman on his bus has just been abducted–in an exact reflection of a scene from the bestselling novel he's reading. Someone is bringing the book to life…and isn't above forcing an innocent woman to follow the story to its tragic end.Using the novel as his playbook, Cole catches up with the beautiful victim–but rescuing Kenzie Jacobs doesn't keep her safe for long. The killer is writing his own ending, and none of the twists and turns lead to happily ever after.

Eighteen months ago, Nora James watched as her father was shot in an alley–and then she fled. She changed her name, her appearance and her job, hoping to keep her father's shooter at bay. For months, it worked…but now her luck has run out. A ruthless assassin is on her trail, and soon Nora, now known as Danielle, will be found. But this time, she has FBI agent Nate Andersen by her side–right? The handsome agent would give his life to protect Danielle, but he's wary of giving his heart…until a deadly confrontation leaves him with both on the line.

Penny Jordan needs no introduction as arguably the most recognisable name writing for Mills & Boon. We have celebrated her wonderful writing with a special collection, many of which for the first time in eBook format and all available right now."You never did want to face reality, did you?" Frazer accused. "You always were a daydreamer… living more in your imagination than in real life. "Frazer Aysgarth had never forgiven Rebecca for what she'd done those many years ago – despite the fact she'd sacrificed herself for his sake.Now that they would be sharing the same house, Rebecca wondered if there was any hope that he'd see her as the woman she really was…

She has no time to take a break after playing a key role in the arrest of dangerous fugitive Nicholas Janssen. But with Janssen fighting extradition from his Dutch prison, U.S. diplomatic security agent Maggie Spencer isn't about to back off–even when U.S. marshal Rob Dunnemore turns up asking some very tough questions. Maggie has no reason to trust Rob, especially when she learns he has a personal interest: he was almost killed thanks to Janssen.Then Maggie and Rob discover the body of an American diplomat, and they realize there's another killer on the loose. Determined to tie up the case, Maggie heads to upstate New York following a questionable lead. Knowing she's holding back on him, Rob's right on her tail. And now she has no choice but to trust him. Because a trap has been set and they have both walked right into it.

Penny Jordan needs no introduction as arguably the most recognisable name writing for Mills & Boon. We have celebrated her wonderful writing with a special collection, many of which for the first time in eBook format and all available right now.Susannah was a successful writer for Tomorrow magazine, but the new managing director – the dynamic Hazard Maine – made it clear that he thought she was cheating her way to the top. It didn't help their working relationship, either, that Susannah found him devilishly attractive. So attractive that she allowed him to believe the worst of her; so that she wouldn't be tempted to fall in love with him!Why, when he despised her, id he insist on singling her out?

Three deaths, one connection–the anonymous calls all three women reported in the weeks before they died. Detective Tony Marino wants to close this case before another woman disappears.Especially when he meets a fatherless little boy whose mother is being stalked. Single mom Erin O'Malley tells Tony about her anonymous caller's heavy breathing and unnerving silences. And the feeling of being watched–constantly. Now, after years of thinking he had nothing to offer a wife and child, Tony will do anything to protect the family that feels like his own. Because Erin is next on the killer's list.

Man wanted: weekend onlyOne humiliating experience had put Kelly off men altogether. But now she needed a man, fast, to fend off her friend's husband's attentions no strings attached. The escort agency was the obvious place to go. And Jake Fielding was what she got!Jake could see why Kelly had a problem with men, but he thought he could help fix it. All it needed was time, patience…and passion.

Unleash the untamed passions of the underworld in these deliciously wicked tales of paranormal romance.For generations, local residents have whispered about an evil menace lurking near the shore of the Lake of Tears.The recent murder of landowner Damien Gray's bride, Olivia, confirms the worst. Now, confused and heartbroken, Olivia's spirit survives death and seeks vengeance upon the man she desired more than life itself, the man she now suspects was her killer–Damien.But an angry shaman has his own vicious agenda, one that will bring Damien to understand his Native ancestry. Steamy passion and ancient vendettas will draw them ever deeper into a drama of a family's legacy, murder and a love so strong it can withstand even death.

Dane Whitelaw knows something about Sheila Warren that no one else does. Dane knows Sheila's dead. The private investigator found a photo under his door–a picture of Sheila, strangled with his tie and posed on the beach of his private island in the Florida keys. The crime appears to be the handiwork of a serial killer currently terrorizing the Miami area. Now Dane knows he is being set up to take the fall for the killings. He just doesn't know why.When Kelsey Cunningham's best friend goes missing, she confronts the one person she thinks will have information–Dane, Sheila's former lover and a man from Kelsey's own past. Kelsey follows Sheila's tracks into a dangerous world of sex, violence and drugs, with Dane right behind her.But the tentative trust between them shatters when Sheila's body is discovered–and Kelsey recognizes Dane's tie. Now Kelsey doesn't dare trust anyone. Especially a man she can no longer deny she has always loved.Because here on Hurricane Bay, a devastating storm can hit without warning. And whether it’s a tempest of unbridled passion or the desperate fury of a killer, nothing–and no one–is safe.