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New York photographer Wendy Walters had come north for peace and quiet, and a photograph of a rare Alaskan caribou. Nothing–and no one–would stop her.Not even the sexiest man in Alaska. One look at rugged game warden Joe Peterson made Wendy's temperature rise. But the stoic Joe wasn't about to let the sassy city slicker wreak havoc with his game preserve or his libido. She was leaving ASAP.But when a rock slide left them stranded in the frozen wilderness, Joe and Wendy had no choice but to hike their way to civilization together. Could they find a way to safety before attraction gave way to temptation?

Injured, weary, Duncan McClain had come home to forget….To forget his last mission, to forget a friend had died. This should have been a time of healing for the haunted soldier, a time of peace. But then she walked in.She was Gwen Van Allen. A fragile, sophisticated beauty–who also happened to be the mother of his brother's secret son. She'd come to introduce little Zack to his father, but it was Duncan who was stricken with desire. Yet he had to do what was right; he had to stay away. But as his brother got to know the boy, Duncan spent time with Gwen. And soon forbidden passion began to rise. Dare he risk the love of his brother for the love of a woman?

DEFENDING THE INNOCENTSomeone was trying to kill Andrea Kirkland. And with good reason. For she was the only witness to a murder. A murder her mind refused to recall. A murder assistant D.A. John Cohen needed her to remember so that she could testify and put an end to the threats, the danger. Until then, John felt duty bound to protect her. Just until the murderer was found, he told himself. After all, she was his key witness. But once the passion exploded between them, the rugged D.A. came to realize that his key witness had come to mean so much more….

HE LOOKED BIG, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOWBut Ngaire Two Feathers McKay had little to lose to a heartbreaker like Kel. Couldn't she allow herself today – in his arms, his bed – when she might not have tomorrow? He'd known her for trouble the first time he saw her.What he hadn't known was how hard it would be to lie to this woman, to keep his cover…to not protect her with his life as danger threatened hers. He had to remember she was a Hapkido master, capable of defending herself, and he had a job to do – one that didn't involve falling for his target.

Battling a fire at a friend's house turns into a nightmare when firefighter Shelby Fox becomes the only witness to a murder. Unfortunately, a bad fall at the killer's hands leaves Shelby with traumatic amnesia and plunges her life into danger.Assigning himself as Shelby's personal protector is Detective Clay Jessup, her best friend and someone she always counted on. But as they work to find the murderer, a fierce desire begins to replace the simple friendship they once saw in each other's eyes.After all these years, could there finally be something more between them, or are they just flirting with danger?

The first secret is personal. The second one is a killer…This school reunion was a shot at redemption and maybe a second chance for army man Dylan Burkhart and his old flame, Ava North. But a secret-telling game turns up a murder confession, with the killer hiding among them…

One minute she was « Secondhand» Rose Delancey, no one special, a woman driven by her dreams to a faraway home…to meet the man of her imaginings. The next, everyone was calling her Anna, as in Anna Benedict, troubled daughter of the political powerhouse Benedicts. A woman who was her spitting image. A woman who had a special relationship with her dream lover….Logan Maguire' s job was to troubleshoot for the Benedicts. But Rose was one fire he didn' t want to extinguish. Though she bore an uncanny resemblance to his missing surrogate sister, Logan' s feelings for Rose were far from brotherly. And now this mystery lady was his only link to finding Anna…and, perhaps, to finding ever-elusive love….

He asked her to be his wife, a mother to the children–and before the night was through…possibly his widowQuinn McClure had no right to show up on her doorstep after five years, looking sexy and desperate, with two tiny orphaned children in tow, asking her for an impossible favor. And yet, one look in Quinn's eyes, and her heart answered yes before she knew it.Quinn knew that if something happened to him before he could find his brother's killer, at least he could see that Hope and the children were safe. But being with Hope again reminded him of the wasted years they'd spent apart. Now with a killer on their heels, Quinn had to stay alive for the children–and for Hope, who loved him as only a true wife could…

THE NAME'S WIND, KATHY WIND….With those words, Princess Katherine Wyndham went from sensible sister to secret agent. Her mission: to locate her brother–the long-lost crown prince. Her cover: nanny for handsome tycoon Trey Sutherland. Caring for Trey's kids came more naturally than any royal duty.And falling for the brooding widower was effortless. But Katherine had always been the plain-Jane princess. Was it too much to hope that he could want a happily-ever-after with her…especially once he discovered who she really was?

AN EXCEPTIONAL DETECTIVE…AN EXPERT LOVERDaniel Tucker was all man and a threat to the sinister stalker closing in on Janine Duke. Daniel insisted on posing as Janine's fiancé to draw out the madman. A role he relished with Janine as his woman.Daniel was the only one willing to help her, though his methods left Janine trembling with desire. He never left her side and wouln't keep his hands–or mouth–off her. He made her feel liberated, like a real woman, while safe and protected.Something only a lover could do. Which only incited the stalker.Elk River, ColoradoWhere men still stand tall–and know how to treat a woman.

SECRETS KEPT CAN ONLY BE TROUBLE…Though Cape Diablo had a reputation for being cursed, Willa St. Clare–the only eyewitness to a murder investigation–found the remote island the perfect place to disappear. Only, she never realized she was being followed….A case of mistaken identity put undercover cop Landry Jones and Willa at cross-purposes. And though a mysterious entity on the island wanted to make sure Willa remained deadly silent, her only hope for survival rested on Landry's too-broad shoulders. But as the danger around them escalated, was their undeniable attraction the greatest risk of all?