SHE WAS EVERYTHING HE COULDN'T HAVE -- and everything he wanted. Not only was Krista MacLaren's father suspected of smuggling illegal aliens -- and possibly worse--across the border, but she was a typical child of privilege, too rich for Border Pat...
EIGHT YEARS OF WAITING WERE OVER, and Jess Trujillo was coming home. Home to the small New Mexico town where he'd been born, and home to Caitlin Pierce, the only woman he had ever loved. But Caitlin had betrayed him in the past, and there was no reas...
HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER . . . Christopher Morgan's brother had been caught selling government secrets, and that made Christopher a suspect, too. After his eventual release, he headed for the mountains to rethink his life. That was where Shelley Ev...
TORN BETWEEN DUTY AND LOVE . . . Border Patrolman Cody Daniels had been sent to work undercover for Mariah Butler. Someone on her ranch was smuggling South American orphans into the U.S., and it was his job to find out who. His bosses didn't care ...
"HOME FOR CHRISTMAS" Those words had never meant as much to Bryce as they did now. For the first time in years he was back in tiny Angel's Peak, living once again in his childhood home. But there were problems, too. For one thing, t...
HAUNTED BY A MEMORY... Gabriel Rodriguez had never forgotten Rachel Martinez. In the darkness of the night, the memory of their love filled his dreams, stirring his soul and making his body hunger for her touch. But in the daylight he remembered t...
Happiness was along time coming for Neil Sullivan and Elizabeth, the woman he'd once promised to love forever. It took the miracle of a second chance--and the magic of the holiday season--for them to see the truth: their love could defeat any obstacl...
DANIEL IN THE BABY'S DEN... Daniel Ryan never even knew he had a daughter-until the day a lawyer presented him with tiny, adorable, Katie and a contract for one year's custody. Now his year was almost up, and Katie's mother would be coming to tak...
IN ANOTHER LIFETIME... Six years ago Brenna Mathis had fallen in love with a passionate young soldier. But Andres Montano left her to fight in his native country's civil war-as Brenna's own father took command of the opposing forces. Now, held ...
EYEWITNESS! Tess Marlowe watched in helpless horror as a man was gunned down in the lobby of her deserted office building. Soon her life was in grave danger. She could identify the killer, and now no place in Atlanta was safe. Then dangerously ...
NO SAFE PLACE Years ago, Shanna Cassidy had thought of Rory Hawkes as a bad boy, someone no nice girl would ever admit to knowing, but now she was a desperate woman. Someone had killed her father, and Rory held the only clue. But Rory Hawkes ha...
After fifteen years, they had come back to Bartlett College, three roommates about to rediscover their friendship -- and open their hearts to love. Abby always took care of everyone but herself. Joshua remembered that from the days when he was her...
A MATTER OF TRUST .. . Once there had been something between them, something so strong that Lindsey Phillips believed it would last a lifetime. Then Thad McNally had been forced to choose between her and his duty as a federal agent--and his decisi...
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? At last Libby Harper had made a home for herself and her seven-year-old son, Justin. After years of moving around, they were finally going to stay in one place--except Justin didn't seem to be adjusting to his new life too well...
LADY IN WAITING . . . With her classy condo, aristocratic auto and mandatory mink, Nashville attorney Beth Gibson clearly had it all. So why did she feel she was on fast track to futility? And why did she sense that her soul was on hold? When d...
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL Riley Cooper: Military Police Officer, United States Army. Rank--Staff Sergeant. Background--Classified. Liza Davis: Working mother. Status--Divorced, one child. Background--Too painful to think about. Fourteen years ago,...
LADY IN THE DARK The late-night detour into Nowhere was becoming a nightmare for Carly Johnson. Wherever she went in the little Montana town, people swore she was someone she'd never even heard of, a woman whose disappearance had gone unsolved for...
ALL ALONE... Josiah Miller had once found happiness carrying out his ancestors' legacy--farming the rocky Arkansas Ozark soil and raising a family. Now, his marriage over and debt piling up, Josiah spent his lonely days cloaked in sorrow, pining f...
HE HAD A DAUGHTER And he had to know. But it had been ten long years since the night Quin Ellis had, with a little help from Mac McEwen, started on the road to motherhood. Ten years of single parenthood, guilt at what she'd done -- and memories of a...
DARKNESS RISING Michael Bennett: A police officer driven almost past the edge of reason by the visions that were his unwanted gift. Valery Navaree: An innocent woman caught in a nightmare that didn't end when daylight came. Michael Bennett...
LOVER'S LIES A brush with death had sent Remy Sinclair home to recuperate, giving the FBI agent plenty of time to think about settling down. He thought he'd found the perfect potential wife in his temporary nurse, Susannah Duncan. She was everythi...
OPPOSING FORCES Assistant U.S. Attorney Smith Kendricks needed Jolie Wade's help. The crack reporter had information Smith required, but she was vigilantly guarding her source. He had to convince Jolie to reveal her informer--and avoid losing his ...
SUMMERTIME IN LOUISIANA...IT'S NOT THE WEATHER THAT'S MAKING HARMONY SIZZLE. CELINE HUNTER, the pretty librarian torn by emotions she has never felt before. She's willing to risk her reputation and her heart for a man who takes her breath away, b...
WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE Dillon Boone was a man with a bounty on his head and a heap of trouble on his heels. Staying one step ahead of the real 'bad guys' proved nearly impossible, until he found Ashley Benedict's secluded cabin. Her home was the pe...
THE DADDY RETURNS Faith Harper knew everyone in New Hope, Texas, was wondering who'd fathered her unborn child. But the sweet -- unmarried -- Mom-to-be refused to name the daddy. And then agent Nick Russo unexpectedly returned to town. She co...
THE NEW GIRL ON THE BLOCK When Karen Montez blithely announced her plans to save the neighborhood, bartender Jamey O'Shea knew that driving her away was his only option. Everyone here was beyond salvation--and his lovely neighbor reminded him of e...
Emilie Dalton didn't mean to lie. After she fled with her two nieces and nephew from Boston, her car broke down in a small New England town, and the only shelter was a deserted house waiting for its new owner. So Emilie began a desperate deception th...
THE ORIGINAL BAD BOY Reid Donovan had heard himself described that way so many times that it was impossible to think of himself as anything but. Then he met Cassie Wade - a woman who believed in him, and whose love made him almost believe in himse...
HOME... It was the last place Nicholas Carlucci thought he'd see again, yet suddenly it was the only place he could go. He'd hoped to find some peace here--but in the eyes of his new neighbor, Lainie Farrell, he found a hint of something more. Som...
A STRANGER IN HIS BED Millionaire Mick Reilly was desperate to prove his innocence. But his only alibi was the mysterious red-haired beauty who'd disappeared after an unforgettable night of passion. Could his bedtime wanton possibly be Hannah Clar...
A town is demanding answers... A man with no memory holds the key.... One woman's quest reveals the shocking truth.... Who was "Martin Smith"? The sexy stranger had swept into Grand Springs in the midst of catastrophe, with no name and no clue t...
OLDER... He'd taken her virginity. She'd taken his love. But although everyone believed wild Laurel Cameron had cared for bad boy Beau Walker, she'd unexpectedly left town with another man. And time had taken its toll on both their hearts. WIS...
Sometimes miracles do happen. When Maggie left her husband Ross that fateful Christmas Eve, their marriage was over. But a near fatal accident on an ice-slick road changed everything. Now another Christmas approaches. While Maggie hasn't regain...
A WOMAN BETRAYED She'd loved him with a reckless hunger she'd never felt for anyone else, and he'd hurt her as no one else ever could. And now the man who had all but destroyed Evie DesJardiens was back in her life - and he wanted her to help him ta...
He always lent a neighborly hand. He was always kind to women, children and strays. But Oklahoma rancher Guthrie Harris had vowed never to lose his heart again. Then Olivia Miles arrived on his land, looking for a home for her twin daughters, bearing...
Four miracles and a bachelor add up to...one family. J.D. Grayson agrees that the Brown kids, abandoned by their parents, deserve a loving home. He's just not sure that one man is parent enough for four young children--not if he is that one man. B...
For Gabe Rawlins, the new year holds little promise--until he awakens from a harrowing incident to discover by his side a beautiful, tender woman who offers hope ...and much more....
THEIR LOVE KNEW NO BOUNDS.... He'd adored her from afar, quietly, desperately, until he swept her off her feet and took her away just before she wed the wrong man. But their guilt followed them until it wrenched them apart... Yet beautiful Sha...
HEARTBREAK CANYON -- THE MEN OF HEARTBREAK LIVE BY THEIR OWN RULES -- PROTECT THE LAND, HONOR THE FAMILY...AND NEVER LET A GOOD WOMAN GO! ONE MOMENT OF PLEASURE Ethan James had spend a lifetime looking for trouble. Until he received a photo o...
An Improbable Dream At forty, Tom Flynn has reached all the lofty goals of money and success he'd dreamed of as a boy struggling to survive. The only thing left on his list: Get married! But he hasn't a clue where to find the perfect wife--or even...
"NO ONE ESCAPE THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW..." Finding a murderer was the only thing that deputy Sloan Ravencrest could think about. Until his investigation led him straight into stormy Crystal Cobbs's welcoming arms. Crystal said she could help Sloan...
TWO COUPLES FORCED TO FACE THE TRUTH...OR RISK LOSING EACH OTHER FOREVER When undercover agent Chance Reynard walked away from Mary Katherine Monroe, he left her with nothing but a broken heart. But when they reunited, neither one was prepared for...
Days before Christmas, a storm sweeps a small Colorado town.... Shocking secrets are revealed. Couples are united. Families and futures are made. A doctor husband comes to the rescue of his estranged wife - and discovers the secrets that once tore hi...
EVIL DOINGS EXPLODE... A TOWN HOLDS ITS BREATH... TWO LOVERS REUNITE AGAINST ALL ODDS... For six years Fiona Lake had been haunted by Justin Reed, the man who loved her -- and left her secretly carrying his child. Now the brawny special agent wa...
THE LAWMAN'S PROMISE With his sexy grin and considerable charm, Reese Barnett could make a woman swoon. Neely Madison could attest to that. She'd once been desperately in love with the rugged lawman, but then came the tragedy Reese refused to forg...
A MAN WITH NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE Rebel. Hell-raiser. Seducer in blue jeans. Ben Foster has been called many things--except father. His twelve-year-old daughter Alanna has never seen him, and he's starting to think that coming to Bethlehem to meet h...
A loyal son, loving brother and doting single dad, rugged rancher Tate Rawlins was as honest as an Oklahoma day was long. But when Alabama reporter Natalie Grant began investigating his family's secrets, Tate grudgingly adopted deception to protect h...
Sometimes you have to sin a little to find heaven on earth.... FLIRTING WITH DANGER As a private investigator, Melina Dimitris had seen more than her share of relationships gone bad. But that didn't keep her from believing that Mr. Right was out ...
Tyler Ramsey's mission was to follow the trail of Montebello's missing crown prince to Montana, not to guard a pampered princess. But when Princess Anna Sebastiani insisted on joining the search for her brother, Tyler became her reluctant bodyguard. ...
ALL SHE'D WANTED WAS ONE NIGHT... All she'd wanted was one night.... But Hallie Madison couldn't help but reach out to the brooding lawman, to help him connect with the lonely teenager who might be his daughter -- who needed him to be ...
The trouble with Josh Rawlins... Heck, the whole town knew that the impossibly charming cowboy was so irresistible to females, he would never settle down. Until a sweet, petite city gal visiting Hickory Bluff suddenly proved irresistible to him. Prob...
Take one gorgeous, down-on-his-luck man, add an irresistible, up-for-anything woman. Put them together in a smoldering little town--and watch the temperature rise. Nolie Harper is starting over. And the bustling burg of Bethlehem is as far as the ...
Coming home to Bethlehem in hand-cuffs isn't the way Cole Jackson's life was supposed to turn out. Now, trapped in the last place on earth he wants to be, he's facing serious jail time...and the woman and kids who are both better off without him. Onc...
SECRETS AND LIES Ex-detective Jace Barnett's finely tuned instincts went into overdrive when he met his beautiful new neighbor with the fictitious past. His attempts to uncover her true identity met a dead end every time. She was a tantalizing mys...
BETTER DEAD THAN NEVER... Army hero Logan Marshall would avenge his foster parents' murders or die trying. So when P.I. Bailey Madison offered to help, he couldn't refuse the sexy blonde -- though it meant agreeing once the killer was caught, he'd...
Romance writer Jayne Miller was determined to make a new life for herself and her daughter, far from the heartache she'd left behind. She arrived in a late-winter storm -- only to collide with a snow-dusted stranger. Her neighbor Tyler Lewis seeme...
Falling for him was not an option... Everything about Jake Norris, from the determined gleam in his eye to his tight, worn denims, screamed rebel with a cause. And Kylie Riordan knew that Jake's probing questions-- and soul-searing glances--could on...
Dead Woman Walking All she had to go on were dreams and a voice only she could hear, yet somehow Jessica Randall knew secrets that needed to be uncovered in this community. A brutal sheriff, an estranged husband who denied the past, a killer to be...
Everyone has secrets Exotic dancer Amanda Nelson escaped poverty and had left behind a trail of painful memories. But soon she would retire her stilettos for a new life. Then Rick Calloway sauntered into the club and took her breath away. The new ...
God help him, he despised Jamie Munroe... ...but not enough to try to kill her. In court, she'd helped his greedy ex-wife steal his fortune. In town, Jamie pretended he didn't exist. And yet, even she had to remember the hot chemistry they'd once ...
Hot nights, deadly secrets... No one believed Anamaria Duquesne when she had premonitions of her mother's death. Now, years later, the town pariah has returned to Copper Lake to unearth what transpired on that fateful night. Although she has the g...
"I wish to God you were dead." Little did Ellie Chase know those would be the last words she ever spoke to her estranged mother. When Martha's body was found the next morning, all eyes were on Ellie...who couldn't remember what she'd done that nig...
"This is far from over." After being the target of a Mob hit intended for his twin brother, Joe Saldana had settled in to his trauma-free life in Copper Lake. But when his brother's girlfriend, Liz Dalton, entered the coffee shop looking for his t...
The one temptation he couldn't resist When AJ Decker left Dallas for the peaceful Georgia town of Copper Lake, the big-city cop wasn't looking to put his life at risk again. But when an old friend asked him to help out a woman in danger, how could h...
Natalia Parker's frightening past was back to haunt her and Josh Saldana -- the man she once betrayed -- was the only man she could trust. Would this Christmas be a time for redemption? ...
"What happened that summer?" The ill-fated vacation Reece Howard spent at her grandparents' Georgia home long ago changed her in ways her mind still refuses to remember. She forgot about the man she once knew as "Jones," but she can't ignore the f...
Paradise just got dangerous It was supposed to be a routine trip to Cozumel to provide medical care for the orphaned girls of La Casa. But instead of the bustling joy of a full house, Dr. Cate Calloway finds silence, threats -- and danger. And the...
The last person Miri Duncan wants to see on her first day out of jail is P.I. Dean Montgomery -- the man who put her there. But when their cross-country drive turns dangerous, she can't deny that Dean's protection is good for her. But is it good for ...
A HOUSE WITH A DARK HISTORY After a miscarriage and over a year in a psychiatric hospital, Macy Howard is ready to revisit her old home in Copper Lake, Georgia-a town tainted by memory. When she returns, Macy meets Stephen Noble, an author and...
First he fought for his country. Now he'll fight for her. Two years after losing her husband in Afghanistan, Carly Lowry has rebuilt her life in Tallgrass, Oklahoma. She has a job she loves teaching third grade and the best friends in the world: f...
USA TODAY bestselling author Marilyn Pappano returns to the mysterious and dangerous town of Copper Lake Nev Wilson believes in dreams -- because hers come true. Her latest nightmares are worrisome enough to draw her to Copper Lake, where a frig...
War widow Ilena doesn't mind spending Christmas alone. But when a new doctor blows into town with the winter wind, will she get her secret Christmas wish?...
A MAN TO HOLD ON TO Therese Matheson doesn't know if she'll ever get over losing her husband in Afghanistan. Surviving Paul's death has been hard, but raising his sullen son and his thirteen-going-on-thirty daughter alone has been even harder. All...
A LOVE TO CALL HER OWN It's been two years since Jessy Lawrence lost her husband in Afghanistan, and she's never fully recovered. Drowning her sorrows didn't help, and neither did the job she'd hoped would give her a sense of purpose. Now trying t...
A past he'd rather forget, a future he secretly longs for… DEA informant Sean Holigan never imagined he'd return to Copper Lake and revisit the ghosts of his past. But bad memories aren't the only thing waiting for him. With their mother in jai...
In this book from USA TODAY bestselling author Marilyn Pappano, one family's scandal is responsible for a rising body count... Even for an experienced NCIS agent like Alia Kingsley, the murder scene is particularly gruesome. Someone killed in a f...
Sergeant First Class Avi Grant's return to Tallgrass, Oklahoma is a long-deferred wish come true. With her final tour in Afghanistan over, Avi can focus on her future-a job here at home and a family of her own. There's just one thing she has to do fi...
Sometimes love finds you when you least expect it . . . To Benita Ford, Tallgrass, Oklahoma, will always be home. It's where her beloved grandmother raised her and where she rode bikes with her two best friends-the man who became her husband and C...
FIRST LOVE NEVER FADES . . . It's been a long time since widow Fia Thomas felt the spark of physical attraction. But from the moment she meets Elliot Ross one stormy night, she yearns for a fresh start, for him to make her feel whole and well agai...
Two thieves get their hearts stolen in this fast-paced caper A real-life Robin Hood, Lisette Malone recovers stolen property and returns it to the rightful owner…even if that's herself! To get back a priceless statue that belonged to her late ...
"Someone knows, Martine. And they're coming after us." Martine Broussard has never forgotten the terrible night years ago that drove her and her best friends apart. Now a vengeful someone is brutally killing each woman involved. Martine has one c...
She has a murderous past. Will it destroy her future, too? Mila Ramirez has never stopped trying to outrun the sins of her serial killer parents. But her hard-fought new life starts to unravel when she finds an employee dead. Trusting strong, s...
The detective reunites with his runaway bride When a stalker targets Natasha Spencer -- and her exes -- Tash must warn the man she abandoned at the altar. She reconnects with Detective Daniel Harper, but a history of heartbreak still lingers betwe...
They’re tracking a missing person But will they be the next victims? Detective Jennifer “JJ” Logan is new in town, and determined to unearth a missing socialite. At her side looms local officer Quint Foster, who bridles at having to work ...
A second chance -- under fire! At a bloody crime scene, Detective Ben Little Bear comes face-to-face with his painful past -- and Yashi Baker. The prosecutor once loved him and betrayed his trust. He’s flooded with memories of how her biggest ca...