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He was the hunter and she his prey. Kate knew that when Marc Athicos wanted something, he went after it - and got it. She also knew that now he wanted her. They had met when he had come to claim her orphaned nephew, Stevie, and take him to Greece. But Stevie had soon ceased to be the main issue. Kate was the one he was really after, and he would use any weapon at his disposal to capture her. And though her head told her to run, how could she - when her heart was clamoring to be caught!

Your father is alive... Those four words irrevocably changed Leonie Lincoln's whole conception of her past. She had to find him, talk to him--discover the hidden "whys" about herself. But however remote West Africa seemed in England, when she got there some things were surprisingly immediate--like the threat of tribal war and domineering foreign correspondents. "Take some advice, " Greg Thornton told her when he learned about her mission. "Fly back to England. There are all manner of dangers in the jungle.... "

Tall, blond Alana Charles couldn't ask for more from life. The co-owner of an exclusive boutique, she is surrounded by good friends and frequently stars in community theater productions. But when Bill Sterling, Alana's former fiance, reenters her life after a two-year, unexplained absence, strange things begin to happen to her. Harassing phone calls start coming at all hours, a bouquet of dead flowers is delivered, and finally, Alana discovers that she is being followed. Bill is a likely suspect, but he maintains that he is a changed man, commited to obeying Jesus Christ. Alana wants to believe him, yet experience has made her cautious about placing faith in anyone. Time is not on her side...and neither is the power to believe.

As exciting as a pile of cracker crumbs...?That's what Kyra White's ex thinks of her. Well, she'll show him — and every other guy who's ever dumped her! Toting the book that will transform her into a sex kitten in twelve simple steps, gal-next-door Kyra sets out to go from blah to breathtaking with the help of blond hair dye and barely there clothing.But architect and best friend Michael Romero isn't so sure he likes the new Kyra. With her fresh confidence and "come on to me" looks, she's making it even more difficult for him to keep his feelings for her under wraps, but he'd better soon reveal that his attraction runs more than skin-deep because now that Kyra's making serious waves in the XY gene pool, her makeover could turn into his game over.

Vengeance leads Nicholas around the world in search of the temptress Mara until their meeting turns his desire for revenge into passionate love. Haunted by the memory of her aristocratic father's desertion of his mistress and children, Mara O'Flynn grew up despising men. She sought her livelihood in the theater, where, as a beautiful actress, she found vengeance in enchanting and discarding suitors, teasing them with subtle promises of ecstasy only to reject them with an air of finely tuned cruelty. It was an amusing sport... until the young Lord Julian--half mad with desire--shot himself. Then Mara, with her brother Brendan and his small son Paddy, departed for America. Brendan hoped to strike it rich in the California hills... Mara wanted only to forget young Julian's desperate act. She had no idea that Julian's uncle, Nicholas Chantale, was in pursuit. Dashing, reckless and rich, Nicholas Chantale had vowed revenge on the temptress who brought his nephew to such an extreme. Nicholas desired one thing--to win the affection of this evil beauty and then spurn her! Unsuspecting, Mara found herself in love, her long-suppressed passions awakened for the first time... by a man whose seductive allure concealed the hate in his heart!

Dangerous passions-Marc Durand played by his own rules-to win. From the moment Tracy Cole stepped into his Idaho wilderness she knew she had met her match. Her employer, Magnum Mining Company, wanted Marc's land, and she was there to buy it. But Marc didn't want to do business with her. Instead, he wanted something completely different, something she wasn't sure she was ready for.