Rosalyn Alsobrook

Some like it hot. The men and women of Alison Kent's sizzling SG-5 series like it hotter. In this all new novel of steamy suspense, the jungle is the only place wild enough for a hotshot helicopter pilot and a renegade rich girl with one hell of an agenda...Bachelor parties are fun, as long as you're not the poor sap getting hitched...or slipped a Mickey and waking to discover you just became the poor sap. Not to mention that your “wife” is pregnant, and if you don't go along to her village to meet the in-laws, the nice police comandante will be muy unhappy. Just another day in the life of helicopter pilot J. Jackson Briggs? Not so much. His Smithson Group gig wasn't supposed to be dangerous, but the woman who drugs him, then knocks him out, then drugs him again certainly is. She also may or may not be a nun. She's definitely a lying, scheming, lethally gorgeous...American. Jack's light years from believing the story Jillian Endicott gives him about her noble cause in the sweltering wilds of San Torisco, but he knows one thing: he'll get the truth—and plenty more—from her, one way or another...Being an Endicott of the Boston Endicotts taught Jillian plenty about the haves vs. the have-nots—and made it easy to choose sides. But there's nothing easy about her mission in San Torisco, and things only get harder when Jack Briggs is thrown into the mix. Six-foot-three of big Texas mouth and big...other things...Jack's pegged her as a bored little rich girl. Hey, he can think what he wants, as long as he does what she wants. Do unto others what needs to be done—that's Jillian's motto. Problem is, Jack knows how to push her buttons from minute one—and the closer he gets to pushing her over the edge, the more she wants him to...Now under dark velvet cover of jungle nights, two rebels with a cause are going deep—and falling hard—for the perfect stranger...

Penelope Cranston falls in love with Aaron Aylesbury, an English explorer and the son of her father's archenemy

A time storm has devastated the Earth, and only a small fraction of humankind remains. From the rubble, three survivors form an unlikely alliance: a young man, a young woman, and a leopard. "A masterful science fiction story told by a masterful science fiction writer". -- Milwaukee Journal. A time storm strikes the Earth. The Earth remains, but different parts of the Earth are in different eras. Travel between the different zones is thought to be impossible. The main character, Marc Despard, resolves to fight the time storm. After some struggles, he assembles a small band of people, including one alien, to help him try to understand what has happened and to stop the time storm. He has 2 extraordinary relationships with a older teenaged girl who is speechless for the first part of the book (she was "struck dumb" by the time storm) and with, believe it or not, a leopard. Dickson's writing makes the extraordinary seem quite normal. Ultimately, after being harried by a Mad Max-like group of survivors, he uses a machine found in a different era of time to bring his small band of followers into the future so that he can find those who are trying to fight the time storm. He convinces those future beings that he is capable of fighting the time storm, and ultimately stops it, and gets the girl in the end.

SUSPICIOUS DESIRE Private investigator Shawn Madden, alias Shawn Larsen, knew right off that there was something odd about this barmaid. It wasn't only that Catherine couldn't keep drink orders straight. She just didn't seem to belong here in this godforsaken dump of an impoverished coal mining town, rubbing shoulders with dirty, roughhewn coal miners. Shawn decided to protect her by telling everyone that she was his woman --- that way, he'd have plenty of opportunity to find out what she was up to. Truth be told, he wouldn't mind if this long-limbed, brown-eyed beauty actually was his woman. Then he could freely sample the tempting pleasures that her seductive body offered. DANGEROUS LIAISON Karissa Caine, alias Catherine, noticed two things when Shawn Larsen sauntered into the Lucky Choice bar. First, that his name was one which had been mentioned in connection with her wealthy father's murder. And second, that the blue-eyed, hard-muscled Irish coal miner was one of the most attractive men she'd ever encountered. She played along when he claimed her as his woman, because she needed to find out more about the criminals who had killed her father. But now she was caught in passion's sweet spell. Kari knew she should be cautious --- but instead she found herself swooning in this handsome stranger's rapturous embrace, desiring only the bliss of his wild loving ...

SHE WAS A MAIL-ORDER BRIDE The mail-order bride business was nothing but a scam! And newspaper reporter Casey Guthrie was ready to prove first-hand that the ads from "promising" bachelors were nothing but lies! But when Casey arrived in Texas to meet her "wealthy, handsome" prospect, she ran into trouble. Tall, dark and irresistible Justin McCade was everything he'd claimed...and more. And though Casey remained determined to find the fly in Justin's very tempting ointment, once she saw the smoldering wanting in his blue gaze and felt the heated massage of his determined fingers, she found it more and more difficult to deny this devil's masterful seduction! HE WAS A DEVIL IN DISGUISE! Texas rancher and lawyer Justin McCade was a true rakehell who seduced women with more ease than a stallion running through clover. And when his brother bet Justin he couldn't keep his hands to himself for one month, Justin's pride couldn't refuse. Then Justin discovered his brother had set him up with a mail-order bride! At first, Justin had no problem refusing the prim Casey Guthrie, but as he observed her warm, sensuous nature, and found his attention lingering on her peach-soft skin and ample curves... all bets were off. But could Justin bed this spirited, delectable creature, without losing both his shirt and his heart in the process?

Number 1 in the Aylesbury series. NEW LOVE She had been born and reared a gentle English lass. Yet once seventeen-year-old Milly set foot on the vast Australian farm, she had the Outback in her blood. Young and innocent, she dreamed of love's sweet awakening. But she couldn't tame the raw desire that ignited in her heart when she met dangerously handsome Matthew Aylesbury. He was the one man forbidden to her - and the one mna whose demanding caresses and searing kisses she could not resist... NEW WORLD All Matthew's medical training had not prepared him for exotic Australia. A young adventurer, he revelled in the freedom of the uncharted country and refused to be bound by any woman. Then he found Milly whose rare beauty tantalized him even as her golden eyes blazed a challenge. He vowed to have her, but only when the heat of his passion had melted her pride into willing submission. He'd tease her, taunt her, make her cry out in rapture as searing as a Wild Flame.

HIGH-BETTING ROGUE It was a gamble and ravishing risktaker Josie Leigh had lost. Now the arrogant rogue was demanding she pay up--with her virtue! The high-spirited beauty vowed shed never succumb... Until the handsome rake whisked her away to his country estate where he wooed her with sensual kisses, aroused her with honeyed caresses and enflamed her with a raging desire only he alone could quench. And for the first time, Josie knew she had won more than she had lost... GORGEOUS GAMBLER The moment Matt Garrett spied the gorgeous green-eyed gambler across the casino, he couldn't believe his good fortune. Here was the chit he d been searching for Now all he had to do was beat her at her own game; then the wench would be his. He would be free then to touch her lush, alluring curves, drink from the sweetness of her lips, and he would have ninety days and nights to thrill in the sensual charms of his mahogany-haired enchantress as together they reaped the rapturous rewards of DESIRE'S GAMBLE

Aylesbury #3 SECRET PASSION With her long, spiraling black hair and indigo blue eyes, Jessica Aylesbury was the beauty of the settled territory in Australia's savage outback. No one guessed that she not an Aylesbury at all, but an adopted part-native. And that Eric, the worshipped friend of her childhood, was the one man who made her burn with desire at the very sight of him. She could never let him know how she felt--and she could never let anyone but him teach her the smouldering pleasures of womanhood... FORBIDDEN LOVE He'd been away too long, Eric Aylesbury thought as his eyes raked over Jessica's ripening curves. As an outlaw, forced to live in the untamed bush country and visit his family in secret, Eric knew he had no right to any decent woman, let alone the one he had grown up with. But as a man, he had to sample the sweet nectar of Jessica's beauty and make her his own beneath the blazing Australian sun. He'd take what she had to offer and leave her waiting for the next time they shared the shattering ecstasy of passion's WILD FURY

IT'S ALL RELATIVE .... Having finally tracked down her birth mother, high school counselor Jenny Ryan could have used a little advice herself. Rick Anderson was the most devastating man the normally poised Jenny had ever laid eyes on. But as far as Jenny knew, Rick was also her half brother--and therefore off-limits. But while Jenny was trying to make a good impression on her newfound relatives, sweet-talking Rick was determined to make his own impressions--on Jenny's traitorously receptive heart. /> What could Jenny do about a half brother who obstinately refused to act brotherly?

Number 4 in the Aylesbury series. A COMPELLING CAPTOR Having just arrived in Australia to start a new life, Christina Lapin couldn't imagine how she had ended up in a stranger's room in the middle of the night! And from the looks of the tall, broad-shouldered man whose stark blue eyes held such fury, she knew she had better come up with a good reason. But before she could even offer one word in her defense, he had thrown her across the bed, pinning her with his rock-hard frame. Though she knew she should struggle to free herself, the commanding glitter in his eyes, the feel of his strong hands on her body, and the power of his soul-searing kiss created such waves of rapture inside her that she hoped he would never stop, that he would never want to... IRRESISTIBLE INTRUDER Todd Aylesbury couldn't believe his eyes! What was a beautiful brunette doing in his hotel room? And why had she been rummaging through his clothes? She didn't look like a thief - or a harlot for that matter. But as his eyes raked over her scantily-clad luscious body, the fact remained that he had caught her red-handed. Well, if she was after his money, then the dark-eyed beauty was going to earn it! Pressing her into his bed, Todd pulled her tightly against his chest. Her soft, supple curves left him breathless. And when his lips tasted her quivering mouth, he was determined to have one wild night of passion with this gorgeous creature, to satisfy his craving for her, to give her exactly what she deserved...

Jo D'Angelo's sisters thought they had the perfect prescription for mending her shattered heart: a relaxing stay at Rose Cottage, their grandmother's idyllic home. But for Jo, Rose Cottage was a painful reminder of her youthful summer romance with Pete Catlett, whose infidelity had come to light when Jo learned of his shotgun wedding....Pete couldn't believe it when Jo reappeared at Rose Cottage, but he got the distinct impression that he was the last person Jo wanted to see on her doorstep. Pete vowed to gain Jo's forgiveness for his betrayal...and perhaps win her heart in the process?

TOMBOY BEAUTY Expelled from finishing school, half-breed Blair Townsend made the most of her freedom by donning boy's clothes and riding hell-for-leather around her family's Oklahoma ranch. And when she came across what seemed to be one of the new settlers butchering a steer, she hauled him in at gunpoint and locked him in the cellar to await the new U. S. Deputy Marshal. Unfortunately her new prisoner turned out to be the new U. S. Deputy Marshal. And though Blair was used to having people furious at her, she was not at all accustomed to the shivers that ran down her spine when he looked at her with his piercing gaze, nor the rush of pure desire at his every touch... ARROGANT LAWMAN Adam Cahill was none too pleased at being accused of a crime he didn't commit-and by a spoiled young wildcat of a girl! Tensions were running high between the Oklahoma ranchers and the new settlers rushing in to stake their claims, but this was ridiculous. He was tempted to turn the lovely tomboy over his knee and give her a well-deserved spanking. Either that or show her what it meant to be a man, and teach her how it felt to be a woman a woman who wanted nothing more than the rapture of his OKLAHOMA KISS