A guilt-racked hero vows to succeed …even if it costs him his life. Five million dollars for rescuing a kidnapped heiress? To reclusive Jason Hunt, the job's about redemption, not money. But when the troubled former marine finds megarich Samantha Eddington, opposites attract as they escape her captors. Odds are they won't survive the brutal Teton Mountains or the mercenaries after them. And if they do, will Jason's reward be redemption or heartbreak?...

A KIDNAPPED CHILD. A DEADLY ENEMY. Bud Mac Phearson's job is to protect Mallory Christiani and her young daughter, Emily-not to get personally involved with either. But after Emily disappears and the trail leads directly to a well-known crime boss, Mac can't refuse the beautiful single mother's pleas for help. With assassins hot on their trail and danger around every corner, the tentative partners race to find the missing key needed for the ransom-even...

Tangled threat: A body hanging from the infamous History Tree had unraveled their teenage love. Now, twelve years later, Maura Antrim is again tangled up with Brock McGovern, and they're back where that devastating murder occurred. With two women missing, and Brock now an FBI agent Maura is determined to help. Together they'll have to confront a threat that never died, and see if their passion has withstood the test of time. Suspicious: Big-city...

The news they're after isn't fake-it's deadly For top security expert Parker Lawton, the anonymous threat is explosive. Return the gold stolen during his intelligence unit's last Iraq mission-or they'll each be hunted down. And when one of his men is killed just before meeting investigative reporter Rebecca Wallace, he must take her under his "protection." But her persistence in getting the real story is even more dangerous-and irresistible. For...

This undercover Texas Ranger is her last, most dangerous chance Jaime Alessandro fears he's been undercover too long. Now his only shot at destroying one of Texas's largest crime organizations is Gabriella Torres-a "gift" from The Stallion and his longest-held captive. Her inside info and inspired moves are helping Jaime take the gang apart. But what he's starting to feel for the brilliant, tough-minded Gabriella could get them worse than dead......

SLEEPWALKING WITH DANGER The murder of security expert Jack King's girlfriend has haunted him for fifteen years. Returning to Pine Lake, Texas, where the townsfolk still consider him suspect, might not be the smartest move, but a killer seems to be holding up a mirror to his past. The same witness to this new murder was also present the night Jack's girlfriend dieds...but both times, she was sound asleep... Sleepwalking has gotten Olive Belmont...

A woman identical to her is missing. Will she be next? Private investigator Jackson Travers swears he's located his best friend's missing wife, but Sophie Sparrow is not Sabrina Cromwell, even if she looks identical to the woman in Jack's photo. When Sophie is nearly killed, Jack wonders if it's a case of mistaken identity. Can he uncover the truth before Sophie-and her missing doppelgŠnger-end up dead?

After J. D. Garrison broke her adolescent heart when he skippedtown years ago, Denver McCallahan's only link to country music's"brightest star" was the supermarket tabloids. But when her uncle Maxis murdered, J.D. comes waltzing back into her life-sweeping her offher feet and warning her away from his former best friend, Pete-who'dhelped Denver dry her teenage tears. Caught between the man who stoodby her and the one who broke her heart, Denver will...

"Can they find justice before one of them dies? When her body is found on a hiking trail, deputy sheriff Todd Jacobson believes his sister was murdered. Her best friend, private investigator Elle Scott, agrees to help Todd prove it. When she infiltrates an unusual, elite social club, Elle becomes embroiled in a scheme of high-stakes payouts and deadly consequences... and Todd realizes he's Elle's only hope against becoming a corpse under the tree...

"Single mom Ainsley Meadows and her daughter have finally found the perfect hideout from her abusive ex-husband. Armed with a new identity, she opens her heart to Deputy Hunter Churchill, but Hunter never anticipates the reign of terror that follows her. He's eager to get to know the real Ainsley, but first he'll have to keep her alive." --