Shirley Larson

Can you marry at leisure -- and wish you'd done it in haste? Abby Carpenter has been involved with predictable, practical Logan Fletcher for years. One day she meets the unpredictable, impractical -- and very exciting -- Tate Harding. Does an everyday guy like Logan have a chance against a handsome stranger like Tate?

Aislinn Andrews met Lucas Greywolf under unusual circumstances--she caught the escaped convict raiding her refrigerator. But was he a troublemaker who aroused dissidence among Arizona's Native Americans...or a hero who'd gone to prison for a crime he hadn't committed? It didn't really matter now, since Lucas Greywolf had taken her hostage. He was going home to the reservation of his birth, honor bound to pay last respects to his dying grandfather. And Aislinn was his ticket home. Through their journey across the hot Arizona desert, Aislinn was alternately intrigued and infuriated by this rebel with a cause. This defiant, determined man made no secret of his hatred for her kind: the Anglos who betrayed his people. Yet among his people, Aislinn saw another side to Lucas Greywolf as she was swept into a world where sacred tradition clashed with despair and poverty, where family, heritage, and honor was all that remained. Transformed by his world, by his strength, by her growing love for this complicated, proud man, she gave in to her heart's demands, knowing that Lucas would soon return to prison. Neither anticipated the gift he'd leave behind. Honor Bound is a classic romance that explores the myriad emotions that drive men and women to find each other--to cross the boundaries of fear, uncertainty, even hate, to explore the uncharted territory of love.

He was more than she could handle Toni Pereola was not looking forward to her latest job, even though it was in gorgeous Key West. She'd be working closely--too closely--with the infamous Cay Sinclair, mixing sound for several concerts he was producing. The ex-rock singer lived up to his reputation as a moody recluse. But Toni soon discovered another side to Cay--one that was thoughtful, caring and very passionate. And under a star-filled sky he issued a sensual invitation, one Toni couldn't say no to....

JAMES WANTS WHAT HIS WIFE WON'T GIVE HIM. A SON. Elizabeth has no interest in sex. One restless night, James meets a beautiful young woman who seems to be a lying thief. James discovers Alaina is trying to save her father, who is very ill. Against every instinct he has to preserve himself, James falls in love with Alaina. To stay away from censure, they create their private world within their own four walls and yet the outside world intrudes on them, first to humiliate Alaina in public and then to bully their son, who was born of their love. Still, they believe their love is so strong that nothing can destroy them. Then James is murdered.. Who has stolen his life blood from him along with the brass key that was the symbol of his wealth? His son Jordan is determined to find out. It doesn't take him long to learn the truth. But he's too young to accuse the killer who is rich and respected. No one will believe him. He must wait until he is a grown man. Then his time will come. When it does, to achieve the revenge he craves, he will use and betray the one woman who loves him. Can Diana forgive him for using her and show him he is wrong to cast her aside?

IT SEEMED LIKE A LIFETIME AGO Investigating Jessica Moore was the toughest assignment that Rourke Caldwell had ever been handed as a corporate-crime specialist. When he'd known her, she'd been an innocent, light-years away from the sophisticated professional she was today. Usually Rourke could trust his instincts and the facts. But this case was different. Every time he stumbled on evidence that could convict her, Rourke remembered the blind farm girl who'd lovingly traced his features with trembling fingers as they kissed in the rain, remembered how , in the seven long years since they'd parted, he couldn't forget her .. .

She was dynamite in a hard hat Diana Powell hardly aspired to great wealth--but making her business pay for itself would please her creditors no end! So she bid on a plum job, renovating a ghost town into a topflight resort. The sexy project boss, Drew Lindstrom, accepted her offer--warily. And though he tried to focus on the job, when he looked at Diana, it wasn't blueprints he saw .. . . Unfortunately, so involved were they in each other that they didn't notice the intruder lurking in their town ....