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Marine Black-Ops helicopter pilot Kathy Trayhern wanted one thing from the Garcia Drug Cartel... REVENGE.Garcia had kidnapped and tortured her family. Now she would do the same to his--and wipe out his whole illegal jungle operation as well. But to get the job done, she'd have to enlist the help of a man she didn't even trust....Undercover agent Mac Coulter was no fool. Kathy Trayhern claimed to be Garcia's new au pair, but Mac knew she was no schoolmarm. The woman had an agenda and she wasn't talking.Whatever was going on, it looked as though the only way this drug empire was going down was if the two of them joined forces--and let love conquer all.

The moment Luke McMillan opened the antique box, the mild-mannered computer expert gave way to a brazen warrior.A warrior whose spirit had been locked away for centuries. Now unleashed, he spoke of curses and world destruction--unless Luke and 43 Light Street associate Sidney Weston could bring the artifact back to its rightful place.However, their journey was plagued by a band of thieves seeking the relic for their own dark purposes. Sidney had suspected its power, but the way it changed Luke both frightened and aroused her. Empowered with strength greater than any mortal's, Luke found it difficult to balance his needs with the fiery warrior's. Until both spirits found solace in Sidney. But when it came time to take a stand, whose spirit would emerge from that battle? Luke's or the warrior's?

The necklace promised great happiness or great tragedyand nobody could elude its power...To British privateer Ethan Sharpe, Grace Chastain is nothing but a pawn for vengeance against Harmon Jeffries, the traitor responsible for his brutal years in prison. Believing Grace to be Jeffries' mistress, he plans to humiliate his enemy by seducing her. Grace fears her priceless heirloom necklace has begun to live up to its curse when Captain Sharpe makes her his prisoner aboard his schooner. Defiantly she resists his coarse advances, and suspects there is more to this complex sea captain than his brooding anger and silent accusations. But Ethan quickly realizes that she is not the wicked woman he imagined her to be. Grace is as headstrong as she is lovely, and the battle of wills that ensues weakens his resolve. Now Ethan must decide: can he settle the demons of his past and follow the destiny his heart commands? Necklace Trilogy The Bride's Necklace (Necklace Trilogy, #1) The Devil's Necklace (Necklace Trilogy, #2) The Handmaiden's Necklace (Necklace Trilogy, #3)

Major Tyson Dale returns home victorious from the wars against Napoleon to find his estate fallen into decay and the title stolen by his uncle. While drowning his sorrows at the local posting house, he overhears a plot to abduct a beautiful young girl. Determined to save her, he outwits the villains and hides the lovely girl in his crumbling mansion. "This has been a dream," Vania said, "but I can never... awaken to how I was before. Even if you will not... have me, Tyson, I am yours!" Tyson rose from the sofa and went towards the open window. Then he turned. "Come here!" The words were a command and almost be-fore he had spoken them Vania ran across the room to him. "Tomorrow we have to leave each other through no fault of our own," he said. "But because fate is against us, I am going to say goodbye to you now." For a moment Vania did not move. Then, suddenly, fiercely, Tyson's lips came down on hers. His kiss grew more demanding, more insistent, and the rapture she felt deepened until it embraced the whole world and touched the stars above them. "This is love!" Vania thought to herself. "This is love as I always knew it would be if only I could find it...."

Can a perfect scoundrel be the perfect hero? Since she was cruelly left at the altar at the age of twenty-two, Lady Julianna Sterling has resolved to have nothing to do with men. So she is shocked to discover she has unwelcome feelings for the very worst of the breed -- a dangerous, unbearably handsome highwayman who has set upon her coach in the countryside and taken her captive. Worse still, her righteous ire turns quickly to disappointment when the irresistible outlaw sets her free.Viscount Dane Granville knows he should not have revealed his face to the enchanting Lady Julianna -- for he has compromised the secret mission he has undertaken for the Crown in the guise of the notorious Magpie. Now their paths are crossing once more, and Dane aches to taste again the sweetness of her kiss. But he must resist what his heart demands, for their passion can only lead to perils beyond imagining ...