Doreen Roberts

The Nine to Five wife... Sadie Milligan wasn't the type to get involved with a sexy, arrogant man. But then, the prim and proper secretary had never worked for anyone like gorgeous Jordan Trent. Suddenly she found herself putting in some very wifely overtime around the house--and hoping he'd give her some very husbandly kisses in return... Jordan knew his innocent new employee had no idea of the effect she had on him. And he knew even the best boss wouldn't be able to resist breaking all the rules and romancing pretty . But if the confirmed bachelor didn't watch out, Sadie would be doing the delegating, starting with "Do you take this bride..."

Some moments burn in the mind for ever. The landing is dark. Light comes from a window at the far end, enough to run by. Breath comes hard. From the stairs sound heavy footfalls in pursuit. The landing ends in a last doorway. There is no more running, only the need to hide...Imagine not knowing the father of your child. Not knowing his name. What he looks like. Or what sort of person he is. Although she is desperate for a baby, that is something that Kate Powell cannot accept. Single, independent, she likes to be in control of her own life - even if it has, somehow, become strangely shallow and meaningless. Then Kate meets a man who seems to be the answer to all her problems. But we all know appearances can be dangerously deceptive. And Kate should too. Soon her life is out her hands. And out of control...

The world called him a murderer ... and praised Meg as a devoted wife for standing by him in spite of his brutal, horrible crimes. But only she knew the truth behind this farce of a trial: only she could see the pattern of lies and deceit, starting years ago and leading inevitably to this tense moment in the courtroom.

WEDDED BLISS? Policewoman Nicole Parker never dreamed her big break would involve pretending to be half of a honeymooning couple. If only the other half wasn’t legendary Luke Jordan...Why did he have to be so infuriating and yet so undeniably attractive? This dangerous assignment held no room for such distractions, only total concentration. Her very life depended on it. Luke would do anything to get even with the drug lord who had killed his partner. But acting the part of Nicole’s ardent husband was pushing him past his limits. The raven-haired beauty was a distraction he couldn’t afford. He’d never failed before, and he was determined not to start with the one woman who could awaken his long-dormant heart.

GONE TO GROUND Arizona trucker Dugan Granger found Abby James bruised, broke and stranded in her dead car beside the highway. She wouldn't say what or whom she was running from, but it wasn't in him to leave her to face her terror alone. The desert had taught Dugan to accept violence as part of nature's plan--after civilization had taught him to hate the waste of human cruelty. Abby needed honest work in exchange for shelter, and trust in exchange for the lies she'd told to protect herself. Dugan offered both in the only way her desperate pride could bear. Another man had made Abby's life a burden of fear: Could she accept the haven Dugan offered out of love?

IN TOO DEEP Footloose rodeo rider Hank Tyler reckoned he'd taken one brain-scrambling tumble too many. Why else would he have agreed to endure six long weeks on the road, cooped up in a camper with a woman he'd spent fifteen years hating, all to bodyguard some paranoid country crooner she'd taken under her dubious wing? Hank vowed Jill Preston would sweet-talk him into nothing beyond this temporary insanity. Yet as the miles unfurled, he became enmeshed in unwanted memories, steeped in sultry secrets and mired in the eerily escalating menace threatening to turn Jill's dream tour into a nerve-shattering nightmare. Worse, he began caring too damn much. Was Hank finally riding high on love--only to take the deadliest fall of all?

HE HAD TO CATCH HIS OWN KILLER... Duke Winter: Ex-agent. Declared dead. Secretly kept alive by his superiors, good plastic surgeons ...and the burning need for revenge. Carol Everett: Widow, living in London. Thought she'd buried the past with the late husband she'd hated ...and his partner, whom she'd hated even more. The fiery car wreck that had killed his partner and left Duke Winters burned beyond recognition had been no accident. And now, one year later, with a new face and a new name, Duke had become the ultimate undercover agent. His self-assigned mission: earn the trust of his partner's widow, a woman he hoped didn't have a motive for murder-a woman he prayed wouldn't look too deeply into a stranger's eyes ...

DOUBLE JEOPARDY Eden Granger's new life in Portalnd, Oregon, and her job as an aerobics instructor were a protective cocoon against yesterday's nightmare. She didn't like questions. She didn't like reporters. She didn't like Cade Warner. But he was as charming, amusing and irresistible as he was persistent. He was digging -- into her marriage, into the accident that had killed her husband, and into the shadow-world of danger that lay just beyond her memory's reach. He caressed her with a sensual warmth that turned her doubts into desires, until passion threatened to expose the dangerous secrets they both concealed, putting their hearts -- and their lives -- on the line.