A deadly masquerade.As an undercover asset for the FBI, Sasha Bracciali can deceive with finesse and improvise at a moment's notice. And she'll gladly practice any deception if it means saving a kidnapped Athena student. So Sasha takes on the roles of Mafia princess, seductress and co-conspirator at the fortress of an Eastern European despot. Cut off from everything and everyone she knows-including the FBI handler with whom she's been having an affair-Sash...

When FBI agent Justin Russo is charged with murdering a suspect, attorney Suzannah Ryder knows exactly how she'll "spin" the facts. After all, Justin is innocent and has the spotless record of a bona fide hero. Plus, he's sexy as sin, so she'll just stack the jury with females as a backup plan.Her faith in her client is unshakable. Until, without warning, she finds herself looking into Justin's face and seeing an expression so unfamiliar, so chilling, she knows she can no longer hop...

Five years ago, Sabrina Sullivan and hersister took on new identities after their CIAagent father was killed by an assassinsworn to wipe out their family.Now her sister has been kidnapped. AndSabrina is coming out of hiding to find her.Her father's former partner says he wantsto help.Her father's former protégé says not totrust him.And the assassin is back, telling her they'reboth lying.…

Rookie agent Miranda Cutler had looked up to superspy Ray Ortega.Her thanks? He'd seduced her, then left her holding the bag for an ill-fated op that nearly ruined her career while he went into selfimposed exile. One year later, the CIA wanted Miranda to lure Ortega back for a mission so risky, they said only he could handle it.Miranda had a better idea. She would infiltrate the militant group suspected of creating a dangerous new weapon, salvaging her caree...

Rick Diaz came to the hotel bar with two goals: to escape the tortured reality of his new existence and to find a woman. Over the last nine weeks both his body and personality have changed--he is stronger, more aggressive, and has an animal magnetism no woman could resist. But he's also afraid that once his transformation is complete, he can never have a real relationship again--giving him one more night to enjoy the pleasure of a woman's touch.Megan O'Neill turns out to be that wom...

Meet Melissa Daniels. This leggy redhead isstrong, smart and seductive. And with a blackbelt in karate, she's not afraid of anything.TOO BAD SHE DOESN'T EXISTMelissa is the alter ego of master of disguiseKristie Hennessy, who prefers steak dinners tostakeouts. As a profiler for a secret governmentagency, Kristie researches the most heinouskillers around. But when one case draws herinto the action, she can't resist letting her moreaudacious other half emerge. As a mysteriousman—whom ...

With her pale hair and slim figure, Olivia Donovan looks as fragile asfine china, and has been treated as such by her sisters ever since achildhood bout with malaria. But beneath her delicate facade, Oliviaguards a bold, independent spirit and the kind of passionate desiresproper young ladies must never confess...It was a recklesswager, and one Max couldn't resist: seduce the alluring Olivia orforfeit part of his fortune. Yet the wild, soon...

Captain William Langley knows the ocean well, but nothing could prepare him for what he discovers adrift on the cold Irish Sea. The tiny boat carries two passengers: a child—and Meg Donovan, Will's long-lost love. Meg's disappearance at sea eight years ago was a devastating blow. Now she's back, as beautiful as ever, and with secrets as deep as Will's own . . .After years held captive by a cold-blooded pirate, Meg has finally escaped with little Jake, the boy she's come to love as ...

The Edwardian period was a time of great social and political change. The six texts in this edition are all notable for their imaginative portrayals of the future. This is the only critical edition of these works. Essays and introductory matter explore the themes in the novels, as well as the literary-historical context they appeared in.

The Edwardian period was a time of great social and political change. The six texts in this edition are all notable for their imaginative portrayals of the future. This is the only critical edition of these works. Essays and introductory matter explore the themes in the novels, as well as the literary-historical context they appeared in.

The Edwardian period was a time of great social and political change. The six texts in this edition are all notable for their imaginative portrayals of the future. This is the only critical edition of these works. Essays and introductory matter explore the themes in the novels, as well as the literary-historical context they appeared in.

This collection of eleven original essays interrogates the concept of freedom and recenters our understanding of the process of emancipation. Who defined freedom, and what did freedom mean to nineteenth-century African Americans, both during and after slavery? Did freedom just mean the absence of constraint and a widening of personal choice, or did it extend to the ballot box, to education, to equality of opportunity? In examining such questions, rather than defining every aspect of postem...