Julia Grice

Ella Carson was delicate, enchantingly lovely, and as furious as any woman could be. If she had a gun, she would shoot Harrigan Mahoney dead. He was the man her greedy relatives had hired to drag her from her aunt's Wyoming home and take her back - kicking and screaming - to Philadelphia. If he succeeded, Ella knew she'd be buried within the year, killed by the cold-blooded uncle who wanted her inheritance. But how was Ella going to convince this big, handsome stranger that she wasn't a spoiled rich girl, but a woman in real peril? She had already tried every trick she could think of to break free...and nothing had worked. Seducing him could be the answer...until Ella discovered that that plan was as dangerous as the villains closing in on her. For passion was a two-edged sword...powerful enough to send a strong man to his knees...irresistible enough to reveal a woman's vulnerability...and endearing enough to turn a man and a woman's heart toward love.

STALKING: the obsessive pursuit of a women by a man who will stop at nothing to possess her. Anyone can be a target.... Shay Wyoming is struggling to make ends meet on the income from her still-rare-sculpture commissions. A dedicated talented artist who brings passion to her work, she finds little passion in her life, except for her fierce love for her two children, Matt and Kelly. Tall, willowy Kelly is practically a carbon copy of her mother. Kelly is flattered by the attention she gets from Mickey McGee, who buzzes past her house every night, stares at her during lunch, and one miraculous day, lets her ride behind him on his motorcycle. She can't see that Mickeys darkness is more than skin deep. Kelly also can't see that she isn't really the one Mickey wants...

THE TOUCH THAT SOOTHED "Don't worry, I've seen women before, this is nothing new," Riordan said. "Your arms, your legs...you've dozens of tiny burns from sparks." Alisa moaned and attempted to cover herself, but it was as if she were caught in a spell, hypnotized. Riordan continued to bathe her, dipping a cloth into warm water and sponging it over her face, her arms, her whole body. THE TOUCH THAT INFLAMED "Your body is so lovely, Alisa," he murmured. Then he was with her on the bed. His hands savored her skin, his mouth caressed her gently, then with growing urgency, until her whole body arched upward. "God...Alisa...oh, God," he groaned, pulling her to him, and all her languor was gone now, melted into a wild passion that merged with his....

Out of the deep comes a terror no woman can resist. Where the lava flows and sharks hunt, Ann Southold has found a retreat on the island of Maui. Here the painful memory of her husband dims, her guilt's and fears are assuaged, and she meets a dark man who calls to her -- a man who wants her more than any man has ever wanted her before.

Hawaii was Eden, Stacy Livingston thought--a jungle of exotic flowers in a land that time forgot. When Keith Mactavish's lips touched hers in sensual invitation, she trembled... and she learned it wasn't only the fire goddess Pele who controlled the forces of nature! Keith's embrace ignited fires deep within her that stunned the delicate scientist with their heat. She'd come to search the caves for a legendary creature, but all of Keith's family believed she was after a family treasure. How could she explain what she truly yearned to find, when even she feared to speak its name? But when Keith pulled her to him in the soft moonlight, the music she heard sang of forever...

For years, Sheriff Hal Benson has been sweet on Meg Scott. But the tough lawman turns shy around the pretty pharmacist. When Meg is mugged one night while closing up, he runs to her aid. Even though it's out of his jurisdiction, he'll do anything in his power to keep her safe. But when drugs start going missing from her shop, Meg's in hot water with the police. She faces losing everything she's worked to achieve. And Hal must make a decision--defend Meg or condemn her. With an election looming, will he risk his future to save hers?

FORBIDDEN DESIRE Lovely Princess Joanna couldn't stop the tumultuous emotions that surged through her heart when she first saw the knight Geoffrey Fitzjean. His sculpted face and virile frame made her ache to her very core. His golden hair and slate gray eves made her crave his tender caress. As the wife of the Duke of Brittany; the ebon-haired beauty couldn't dare a word--let alone a kiss--with her handsome subject. But as a passionate woman trapped in a loveless marriage, she couldn't bear the torment of one more lonely night without his rapturous touch! IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST Geoffrey Fitzjean tried not to heed his treasonous thoughts of bedding luscious Joanna. But the more determined he was to deny his passion, the more fiercely his need grew to possess her. Just a glimpse of her creamy flesh and long raven tresses made him want to ravish her on the spot. Caught in the heat of desire, there was no turning back--he would chance a lifetime of imprisonment for one night as her master, consuming them both in the exquisite torture of their wild, raging LOVEFIRE

HE THOUGHT LOVE COULD BE POSSESSED ... So, Adam Hartshorn purchased his 17-year-old bride for the price of a circus. He tried to tame the beautiful wild child with money, luxury, passion -- and unleashed a tigress who taught him a new meaning for the word woman. SHE THOUGHT HAPPINESS COULD BE BOUGHT ... So Carisa Phillips, the most tempestuous of all the Flying Flambeaux, made a devil's bargain and married a total stranger. Now she would carry on the dazzling tradition that had bred her for glory. Now she would be absolute monarch of her own circus. Now she would ride destiny to the top of a brawling, lusty, man's world -- but at a price not even her psychic powers could have foretold!