Merline Lovelace

"When David Kessler came to Washington to lead the Food and Drug Administration in 1990, the agency was at a low point, weakened by years of deregulatory fervor and by the corrupt actions of a few. And soon after taking office, the thirty-nine-year-old physician had to deal with the daily drama of murders masquerading as random product tamperings, imports of contaminated body parts from the former Soviet Union, political fights over the contents of food labels, and efforts to speed life-saving therapies to desperate patients. What was not on David Kessler's agenda was tobacco. But soon, he confronted a simple question: " Why doesn't the FDA regulate the consumer product that is the nation's number-one killer?" Everyone in Washington offered the same answer - the tobacco industry is too big and too influential. Challenging it would be a fool's errand.". "Despite the risks, Kessler and a group of unlikely heroes at the FDA began an historic journey inside the mazes of America's most secret and deadliest industry. A Question of Intent tells their story. They soon realized how enormous the task was, for the industry's reach stretched everywhere, deep into the scientific world, the legal profession, and the government. No one had ever conducted an investigation into the inner workings of the tobacco industry. Exploring every possible avenue, interviewing terrified informants, conducting forensic tests, and obtaining secret documents, the intrepid investigators found themselves aiming at the heart of the world's most powerful corporations. Armed with persuasive new evidence, Kessler entered into an intense political struggle, one that involved every branch of the federal government."--BOOK JACKET.

The reader is given choices to make which determine the outcome of an adventure in a hot air balloon

"I don't like him and I never will." Petra's words concerning Dane Kingston proved mistaken as time passed. For he could both enrage and arouse her by turns. Petra had worked hard to achieve the equality she had with the male cameramen. Even if Dane was the show's producer, he had no right to destroy her relationship with the crew. But she still couldn't resist his rugged attractiveness, nor ignore the fact that his well-publicized affair with the show's star, Ruby Gale, filled her with jealousy!

"He was looking for one woman. And Sheryl Hancock was not it. But when the lovely blonde with the phenomenal memory fell across his path, U.S. marshal Harry MacMillan knew that he just had to have her. For professional reasons only, of course. Sheryl was this close to announcing her engagement to a nice steady guy when she was thrown together with dashing Harry. He claimed the twenty-four-hour-a-day togetherness was for her own good, but that gleam in his eyes had Sheryl wondering where the real danger lay: outside his arms--or in them"--Page 2 of cover.

Playing the part of Gillian Ridgeway's tourist husband might be OMEGA operative Mike Callahan's toughest assignment yet. Keeping his hands off the too-young, too-innocent, stunning novice field agent while they were supposed to act all lovey-dovey? Right. He'd have to rely on all his torture training and focus on their mission: to track down the source of a potentially deadly virus in Hong Kong. When their job was complicated by pint-sized scam artists who wiggled their way into Mike's heart, Gillian knew her undercover husband wasn't as jaded as he claimed. But to turn their cover into a real-life arrangement, first they'd have to come home alive.

Three English Officers who fight their most challenging battle yet winning the love of a good woman.... The Major's Wife - Merline Lovelace Called to war on the eve of his honeymoon, Major Sir Charles Trent had returned home to find his shy young bride a self-confident woman-with an admirer. Now, with the single-mindedness of an officer, he must set out to woo and win his wife's love all over again! The Companion - Deborah Simmons Wounded on the battlefield of battle, Captain Kit Armstrong, the Earl of Hawthorne, had lost the will to care about what happened to himself-or anyone else, for that matter. But the young woman tricked into becoming his nursemaid is determined to bring the enigmatic earl back to life. An Honest Bargain - Julia Justiss With three short weeks to prove his undying-and his lifelong secret- love, Lieutenant Bryan Langford hastily agrees to temporarily wed his best friend's penniless widow. But how will he ever convince her in that short time that their union can be of true love?

I'll Be Home - Rachel Lee Seth Hardin is devoted to his career as a Navy SEAL, but his ex couldn't handle the pressures of being a military wife. Now he's resigned to spending the holidays alone…until he gets snowed in with Maria Hoskins and finds there are far greater gifts than just the material kind. A Bridge for Christmas - Merline Lovelace As commander of her combat engineering team, Air Force reservist Abby Trent has a job to do—and Special Ops major Dan Maxwell is determined to get in her way. But as they work together on a crucial bridge, Abby discovers there's a lot more to the major than meets the eye. The Wingman's Angel - Catherine Mann There's just one thing keeping Air Force officers Joshua and Alicia Rosen from finalizing their divorce—the Arctic survival course they must pass together. But when they find themselves chased by armed pursuers, even the frozen tundra is no match for the heat of their desire.

Sean King was in trouble. Despite the Caribbean setting and his exquisite new bride, his marriage to the boss's granddaughter was strictly business. All he had to do was keep his hands off his sexy new wife. Melinda had made rules, but did she burn for him? Was she about to make their temporary arrangement permanent?