Classics

What was a nice-guy cop to do when his motorcycle was hijacked by a blond bombshell fleeing a church in a wedding gown? Rescue her, of course. Particularly when the reluctant bride was none other than gum-cracking, down-home Dixie Davis, all-American sexpot!

Thanks to Patrick Flynn, Dixie had escaped marrying a notorious gangster. Straitlaced Yankees weren’t usually her type, but Dixie had a powerful hankerin’ for her impromptu bodyguard. And sooner or later, Flynn was bound to take notice of the body he was guarding!

The Man: Lucas Broderick — powerhouse lawyer.
The Job: Millions had been left to a conniving ‘goody-two-shoes’. Lucas’s mission? To break the will.
Accident about to happen: Beautiful mystery heiress Bethany Ann Moran — aka Chandra.

Lucas Broderick had been hired for the case of the century! The Moran family matriarch had died, leaving her fortune to Bethany Ann — the ‘dark horse’ granddaughter. But Bethany never arrived to claim her inheritance...and coincidentally Lucas wound up with an alluring amnesiac hiding out in his house. Lucas knew the gorgeous stranger was trouble, but nothing would stop him from protecting her. Even though Chandra bore a remarkable resemblance to Bethany Ann Moran...

The master (for a month): Boone Cagney. When irresistible Lucy Dolan cried pitifully about her trapped three-year-old, how was the hunky fire fighter to know she was talking about her...cat? Now he’s spending his days ? and his nights ? with both of them...

The slave (for a month): Lucy Dolan. When Boone rescued Mack from the jaws of death, Lucy decided it was payback time.

The debt: Lucy has to service Boone for thirty days only ? if he can bear to let her go at the end of them. After all, good help is so hard to find...

He’d sworn to go it alone. So what was it about this woman ? and her ornery black feline ? that had Boone thinking about the family plan?

Name: Stefan Szyszko (Pronounced ‘Cisco’), confirmed bachelor.
Allergic To: Horses...and marriage-minded women.
His Ex-Girlfriend: Carrie Pierce. A long-legged filly just lookin’ for love.

For Stefan, footloose and fancy-free was the only way to live. Even Carrie, his frisky ex, couldn’t make him change his mind. Besides, he’d already dated ? and discarded ? her...

Then he began to notice that there wasn’t a man in Texas who didn’t have an eye for Carrie. And when one of them tried to rope her in, Stefan realised it was time to get Carrie into his corral ? for good!

The Single Dad: Wealthy bachelor Alex Hightower has three women on his mind...

His Sassy-Mouthed Teenage Daughter: A girl with training bras on her mind.

His ‘Steady Gal’: A snooty socialite with marriage to Mr Moneybags on her mind.

Angeline Wydowski Perkins: An unsuitable woman with an endless supply of love for Alex on her mind.

My steady’s familiar ? but about as exciting as a stale croissant. Angeline’s exciting ? but about as familiar as a total stranger. Of course, my daughter comes first in my life, and she adores Angeline...a woman who couldn’t possibly be the next Mrs Hightower!

He was sworn to uphold the law.

Detective Nash Couviyon never let emotion interfere with duty. But when his former flame Lisa Bracket was the victim of a frame-up, he knew he had to help her clear her name. Although Nash had thought he’d never see Lisa again, desire for her had always burned inside him. To the untrained eye she looked guilty. However, Nash knew Lisa was innocent of murder, and when she became the victim of a series of attacks, he knew his instincts had proved right. Now the only way to keep her safe and draw out the true killer was to place Lisa under his protection. But did duty alone motivate him or did he hope to rekindle the love they’d once shared?

Sexy and smart, Silver LeGrande always got her man.

Armed with a diploma in street smarts and enough curves to make a grown man cry, Silver LeGrande set out to solve the murder that had invaded her life. But the killer seemed prepared to do anything to cover up the first degree crime...even repeat it.

Silver’s greatest ally was a hell-bent cop named Alexi Serras who had eyes of steel that saw through her tough-girl facade straight into her heart and soul. In between the murder and mayhem, would they find a match made in heaven?

On the edge of danger.

It was the fight of Kim Collins’s life and she had the scars to prove it. Even with prison bars between her and her assailant, the horror of his attack was crystal clear. Released on parole, his vow for revenge spurred her to put distance between them.

Taking refuge three thousand miles away, she thought the threat was gone. However, when too many unexplained ‘accidents’ started to occur around her, Kim had no choice but to put herself in the hands of Sean Templeton — the fiancé she once jilted. As a cop, he was sworn to protect her, keep her safe. Yet with all the old emotions still between them, did Sean present a bigger threat...to her heart?

They need to get their hands on a killer and keep them off each other.

Denver cop Mike Lawson had faced his share of adversity, but so had PPS tech whiz Cassie Allen. So when he was hired as her personal bodyguard while she decoded a mysterious computer disk, the last thing they needed to do was to act on their attraction. As Cassie closed in on deciphering the secrets someone was desperate to protect, the attempts on her life increased. Suddenly, no amount of safeguarding seemed enough to keep the auburn-haired beauty out of the line of fire. Mike’s past was filled with people he’d loved and lost. He’d do whatever it took to keep his special assignment off that list...

An heiress to protect.

Luke Boudreau was a man unlike any other and he would stop at nothing to keep Sydney Wainwright safe — even if it meant kidnapping the headstrong heiress. Only, the tough-as-nails investigator never anticipated that a daring double cross would send him and Sydney on the run.

Now, uncovering the threat to Sydney’s life lay in the clues to a perilous puzzle that only brought the two closer together. Though Luke knew he should keep his professional distance, his feelings for the young beauty became increasingly personal. And now, evading the determined killer on their trail seemed easier than resisting Sydney...

A father’s duty.

Former hostage negotiator Gabe Riggs wanted nothing to do with spoiled socialite Caro Moore, the ice princess who’d left him high and dry after one night of fiery passion. But a year later, she came begging for the rugged Navajo specialist’s help — to protect her and her baby girl from a madman bent on revenge.

Telling Gabe the truth about his daughter would only put him in danger, and Caro couldn’t handle anyone else suffering because of her. But living under Gabe’s close guard at the Double B Ranch was threatening to expose the heart-stopping truth — that he was a daddy...and the only man she ever loved.

The chilling truth.

To learn the truth behind her great-grandmother’s past — and the curse that still surrounded both her family and the old woman’s tiny country village — Taylor MacKenzie made her way to England. But from the moment she arrived at her ancestors’ manor house, an eerie chill echoed the evil of the past and a shadowy figure seemed to follow her every move.

Donovan Sedgwick, the new lord of the manor, had eyes that pierced Taylor’s soul and held her in an otherworldly thrall. But he seemed ravaged by demons of his own — demons that only her kisses were able to calm.

A man with no past.

An accident had robbed supersoldier Zac Riley of his memory. But the covert organisation Project Phoenix made sure he recalled his training. He alone could complete a vital mission...

Dedicated to deprogramming Project Phoenix’s soldiers, Camille Somersby had been successful with all but one man — Zac. Amidst deception and desire, Zac and Camille find themselves falling in love all over again and under siege from quantum forces.

To wed and protect.

When she was entrusted with the young Collingwood heir, Juliana Goodhew never anticipated the atrocious murder of the toddler’s parents or the reality of running for her life, baby in tow. Now she had no choice but to place her trust — and her life — in the hands of Hunter Sinclair, the enigmatic man who offered her every means of protection, even marriage.

A wedded alliance with her reclusive guardian would reveal scandalous secrets and draw the killer from the shadows. But would the seductive lure of her brooding husband’s kiss prove to be the greatest danger of all?

Calling 911 was not an option.

For Kelly Logan, staying one step ahead of the dangerous men whose ultimate goal was to keep her quiet — no matter the cost — seemed impossible on her own. Her only hope for survival rested on the strong, sinewy shoulders of investigator Nick Cavanaugh — the one man she had sworn never to trust again.

Nick couldn’t trust Kelly, but he owed her. And now she needed his help. He would protect her and clear her name, even if it meant facing their painful past — a history of deception and betrayal. But as the danger around Nick and Kelly escalated, so did their explosive attraction. Could they be falling in love all over again? Would they live long enough to find out?

He’d do whatever it took to find the killer.

Finding the carjacker who’d killed his wife and child was ex-homicide cop Mick Jacoby’s number one priority. Rumour had it a member of the Robear family was involved, but for five years all leads had gone nowhere. Until a routine auto-theft investigation led Mick to gorgeous Kate Robear.

A repo agent fleeing her family’s dark legacy, Kate’s only crime was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. But the heart-stealing cop in the leather jacket refused to let her out of his sight...especially when the attempts on Kate’s life began. Now, teamed up with Mick to stop a relentless killer, Kate was facing a risk she hadn’t reckoned on: falling passionately, hopelessly in love.

On the way to the chapel...

If bride-to-be Ainslie O’Connell hadn’t seen the derelict pushing the shopping cart, she might have married the wrong man. Because that ‘derelict,’ who now suffered from amnesia, was Seamus Malone — the only man she’d ever truly loved. The man she’d buried two years ago! The man she thought she’d known…but really hadn’t. Ainslie knew that unmasking a secret from Seamus’s shadowy past as a soldier of fortune would guarantee his safety. But her greatest challenge lay in convincing Seamus he’d never be truly alive without her by his side!

Five-alarm blaze...

Having been to hell and back, investigator Stone McQueen knew he had nothing to lose when he raced into a burning building to save a small child. But he was dead wrong. For the fire was set by the same arsonist who had destroyed his career seven years ago. And in a bizarre twist, he found himself reunited at the scene with the only woman who had ever mattered to him — Tamara King. A woman he now had to protect from the elusive fire starter.

As Tamara and Stone joined forces, their passion ignited into an all-consuming blaze. And soon Stone couldn’t figure out what was more dangerous — the arsonist whose crimes were turning increasingly personal or the secret he’d kept from Tamara that could destroy this second chance…

He was the most extraordinary male...

The kind a small-town girl like Marly Jessop had rarely — if ever — seen in the flesh. Deacon Cage arrived in Mission Creek, Texas, like a specter in the night, stealthy and secretive. And his ability to stir Marly’s feminine senses was like no other man’s…

But she didn’t have time for female fantasies. As local deputy, Marly had her hands full with a rash of suspicious suicides. Could there be a link between them and the killer Deacon came to catch? And would Marly survive her run-in with the desirable Deacon?

A man like no other…with an impossible mission!

When Liam O’Shea found a young beauty on the side of the road, battered and incoherent, his razor-sharp instincts — honed by years of training as an undercover operative — warned she was in trouble. Honour demanded he offer his protection.

The only witness to an unspeakable murder she couldn’t remember, Sara Regis was in danger — with her only hope for survival in Liam’s strong arms. Now, as Liam and Sara joined forces to locate a killer, would their sudden alliance withstand the secrets she’d kept locked inside?