They thought she had died in the crash "Your husband will never find you..." In the desolate mountain fortress, Marion Maresco tried to piece together the shattered remnants of her life. But her precious calm was soon swallowed up in a maelstr...
"You were mistaken no one sent for you!" Maxime was thunderstruck. She had rushed from Paris to this hacienda in Mexico the moment she learned the job was hers. "Of course, you did," she stammered. "I received a cable. The Marquis hired me as...
Marc was stunned. Surely not Sybil! A skiing accident had brought Marc to this medieval castle high in the Austrian Alps. Once there he discovered that this home for the girl who had haunted his dreams for many months. At last, he had found his belov...
The news stunned her. How could it be? The idea of returning to eastern France and the place of her birth appalled and terrified Catherine. Thirty years earlier, a lover's betrayal had caused the slaughter of her beloved brother and shattered her ...
"Please," she begged. "Please let me go!" Claire was lonely. Her husband worked late so often! So, when an artist friend invited her to attend his art show, she was glad to accept. But her friend overstepped the mark when he suggested she be nice ...
Love was the dream, death the reality They were trapped in the brooding mansion The storm raged around Cap Noir, making Inez a prisoner in the huge house. All links with the outside world were destroyed. Then a mysterious stranger, close to ...
Vengeance and fear on a Caribbean isle Vivian was trapped in an empty life She wanted out -- out of a cruel, meaningless marriage. But minutes before she planned to leave, she was kidnapped. When she awoke on a tropical island, she was mysti...
One murder...long ago...was not enough Marco's eyes shone with fierce intensity "I told Haskell we were engaged, " he drawled. "You told him what?" Denise cried. Furious, she wanted to slap the sneer off his handsome face. She had no inte...
A necklace stolen...a love betrayed Her heart began to beat wildly For a few terrifying moments the whole scene swam dizzily before Melissa's eyes. The man seated at the table across the street was Richard, her ex-fiance. And with him was Inez,...
A monstrous hoax...or a trap for a murderer? Laura wanted a totally new life When her boss told her about a fabulous new job in America, with an incredible salary, Laura jumped at the chance! She said goodbye to Paris and her friends without a ...
Robert had said they were going to a party... Irene shivered as she felt her way down the narrow, winding stairs. People were everywhere, weaving slowly around the basement room and talking in hushed tones. There was an unfamiliar, sweetish smell ...
The man she loved was linked to disaster... Dawn was amazed to discover someone living in the deserted abbey she was exploring. Still, she accepted his explanation that he was an artist who needed the solitude. When he offered to paint her portrai...
One slip and the penalty was death. Brad's duties as first officer of the luxury yacht The Fine Madness promised to be exciting. The guests were wealthy and fun loving ... and his new job included playing escort to the captain's beautiful young niece...
Death pitched her into a nightmare of despair. Anne was grief-stricken after her husband, David, crashed to his death in a car accident. Their marriage had been happy, though David was a man of strange moods ... and painful secrets, she discovered. F...
Was her fiance as wonderful as he seemed? The shop Mary and her grandfather had run for years was losing money, and Mary's prospects seemed bleak. Then handsome Ben Aiken came into her life. He was charming and gentle, and determined to be a good law...
She had come to Spain to heal old wounds. When Lauren came to El Pariso to escape her painful past, she met Carlos Chavez, whose own past was marred by tragedy. His wife had died in a freak car accident for which Carlos blamed himself, even though he...