The Last RoundupFATHER MATERIALLance Forrest was the sexiest thing Tamara Flynn ever laid eyes on. Once, he'd hightailed it out of Red Creek, Colorado, on his wild reputation, leaving behind a string of broken hearts and a son he never knew about. A son Tamara raised as her own.HUSBAND MATERIAL?When he walked back into her life five years later, Tamara knew she could no longer deny Lance the knowledge of his...

"Nothing can bring out the evils of a man like the lust to possess a particular jewel." -- Sylvie MontagueSome coincidences gemologist Sylvie Montague might buy. But she could not swallow the notion that, by a random baggage mix-up, she was holding the very jewel that Paul Maigny, her rogue of an ex, coveted most.Sylvie didn't want to believe that Paul would involve her in a jewel heist--especially when she'd been deputized by the Glasgow police to assess this very gem. But P...

Insta-MomWhen a car accident robs businesswoman Kyra Tierney of her best friend, she finds herself the proud-or rather, bewildered-mom of a newborn. She can hardly accept help from builder Dylan Jones, even though both she and the baby find him irresistible!?er-Dedicated MomChrista Sullivan has been devoting herself to nursing her recently injured teenage daughter back to health and life. But when her daughter responds well to forme...

10…9…8Hotshot NSA code breaker Kim Valenti hadcracked a code revealing a terrorist plotto take over a major TV network…atakeover that Kim learned too latewas only a diversion for a far moredangerous threat.7…6…5She had just minutes to thwart the real plot—a bombat a major airport. Kidnapping a member of the FBIbomb squad to help her was a start.…4…3…2Now it was up to Kim—and one angry FBI agent—to find the bomb, defuse it and live to fight anotherday...

A Middle Eastern capitol building hasbeen captured by insurgents. Theprime minister, his staff and a groupof visiting college students havebecome disposable hostages.But what the rebels don't know isthat someone is still loose in the building.…FBI legal attaché Selena Jones took the foreignpost when her marriage hit the rocks. Now she'snarrowly escaped becoming a hostage—but she'strapped. She has just hours to find out what therebels are up to and outsmart their compellingleader. And her l...

Highly trained assassinDawn O'Shaugnessey was hardto kill—but the superhealing powersshe'd been born with had becomealmost a curse. Dawn had learned thehorrifying truth behind her origins from thewomen of Athena Academy, and she'd vowedto help them destroy the scientist who'd madeher the perfect killer. But there was a catch.The very genes that allowed Dawn to take abullet and heal within minutes were selfdestructing,and only her creator could stopthe damage. Now Dawn had to choosebetween ...

Her anonymous tips to theNew Orleans police had helped tocrack some of their toughest cases.But the cops didn't know that thiselusive contact worked in theirown evidence department—or thatFaith Corbett was psychic. Faith had no ideaher gift was the result of genetic engineeringand part of a twisted heritage her mother hadkept from her—until a serial killer startedhunting for psychics and chose Faith as hisnext target. To catch the killer, she'd have toreveal her identity to a skeptical det...

A little danger couldn't keep hotshot reporterTory Patton from the story of a lifetime. Plus,an exclusive with the navy SEAL Tom King heldhostage in war-torn Central America would puther in the big leagues. But an assassinationattempt on the wounded soldier suddenly turnedTory's interview into a rescue mission. With thehelp of a mysterious operative who seemed toshadow her every move, Tory summoned her welltrainedsurvival skills to get them to safety. But wouldshe live long enough to disco...

She's their ace in the holeNo one is better at exposing a cheat than professional gambler and sometimes government agent Bethany James. Now, posing as a glamorous high roller, she'll use every trick she learned at Athena Academy to uncover a mob boss's ugly sins…and his deadly secrets. But when a daredevil with a tantalizing drawl calls her bluff, the stakes-and her heart rate-become much, much higher. Beth can't help but wonder: Have the cards finally been stacked against her?

They looked alike, fought alike...but when it came to spy games, Samantha St. John and Elle Petrenko had different codes. Upstanding CIA agent Sam played by the rules. Russian spy Elle had more colorful ways of getting the job done. Ways that put her at odds with her newfound sister--and in the path of one dangerous male.Sam's loyalties lay with her former classmates, the women of Athena Academy who'd asked her to find a link between a blackmailer and her parents' deaths. But Sam n...

Never get personally involved in a story. For star reporter Tory Patton, that was the cardinal rule of TV news. But when a fellow journalist and Athena Academy graduate was taken hostage in a war zone — and a rival network broke the story — Tory took it very personally, giving up the safety of her anchor desk to investigate in the field.The assignment was risky from the start, including a shocking complication: Tory's unexpected pregnancy. With her stubborn, covert-agent l...

Francesca Thorn is the FBI's best profiler…and she's needed to target Athena Academy's most dangerous foe. Getting inside the dark mind of a serial blackmailer is easy. The hard part? Working alongside an irritatingly sexy U.S. Army bodyguard who's shadowing her every move. But as she gets dangerously close to revealing the identity of her alma mater's greatest threat, it seems someone will stop at nothing to ensure she remains dead silent. And her only choice is to accept all the help her...