Merline Lovelace came from a military family. Her father served in the Air Force during World War II. Merline followed in his footsteps and joined the Air Force after college. She met her husband, a young captain at the time, on her second day of her first duty station. A short year later, her husband, Al, was ordered to Vietnam and Merline followed. This experience served as background for her book, Duty and Dishonor. After 23 years of service and achieving the rank of colonel, Merline Lovelace retired from the Air Force. It was then that she began writing. Today she is a bestselling and RITA award winner author.
Colonel Jake McAllister doesn't doubt that Maura Phillips has the qualifications and the know-how to handle a spot on his all-male, high tech team at Elgin Air Force Base. As the test pilot in charge of top secret stealth weapons development, he's mo...
Love can move mountains... Maggie Wescott is an environmental engineer who's just taken a job at an air force base in Florida. She's immediately at odds with Colonel "Mac" MacRae, a man she doesn't call "the Mountain" for nothing! Maggie's alw...
Destiny's Women A mountain of a man was Sir Richard FitzHugh. Tall. Dark. Fearsome in every aspect. Formidable in battle. Yet Mellisynt of Tremont saw not the warrior but her wedded lord. A man of gentle compassion. Who could free her spirit--and ...
MR. BAD TIMING Name: Police chief Dan Kingman Turn-ons: Helping troubled kids get back on track; rescuing women in trouble Turn-offs: Stubborn, uptight women" who have to plan every detail of their lives Favorite Romantic Interlude: Spontaneous.....
Like a nymph she rose from the water, dressed only in sea foam and a wild mane of midnight hair. This was Phaedra, true daughter of Sparta, a woman who could easily lure a man into dangerous waters. Where Alexander of Athens would willingly drown. Fo...
THE GODS WERE SMILING .... Air force pilot Aurora Durant felt lucky to be alive. It hadn't been easy to bring the plane down in the storm, but she'd managed. Now she had to figure out where she'd landed--and when. Senior Centurion Lucius Antoni...
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT The assignment - infiltrating a ruthless band of rebels in the Central American jungle - was as dangerous as any the Omega Agency had ever sent Jake MacKenzie on. And the last thing he needed was to play nursemaid to a bun...
Driven By Honor Ian de Burgh was a North Country warrior sworn to keep safe those entrusted to his care, including Madeline de Courcey. But the jewel-eyed vixen was skilled in courtly games of love...and Ian was determined to break the chains of des...
In Pozzessere's "Seize the Wind," a highwayman makes a stand against corrupt government officials, while in Michaels's "Apache Fire," a warrior fights prejudice in order to claim the woman he loves and in Lovelace's "The Rogue Knight," a mercenary wo...
THE RELUCTANT RULER Alexandra Jordan was hardly thrilled to be appointed leader of her late grandfather's ancient Russian tribe, but she had to help her people, who were long on troubles and short on everything else, especially weapons -- and men!...
THINGS TO DO BEFORE THE WEDDING: Pack for honeymoon. Order gown. Break up with fiance. On the surface David Jenson was straitlaced, square jawed and morally upright -- in short, great husband material. The original suitable man. But Paige Lawrence ...
NOT EXACTLY A NINE-TO-FIVE JOB... Maggie Sinclair has played everything from a nun to a call girl in her work for the supersecret OMEGA agency. But now she really had her hands full, impersonating the vice president of the United States. And more ...
THE LADY FARAH As fast and sleek as a cat, Farah was one of Egypt's most intriguing mysteries, and Philip knew he had to have her --- even if her birthright decreed her a high priestess . . . and virtually untouchable! CAPTAIN PHILIP TAURON The i...
Meet the Fortunes--a family whose legacy is greater than riches. Because where there's a will...there's a wedding! THE PROTECTOR Someone was stalking million-dollar cover girl Allie Fortune--and ex-mercenary Rafe Stone had been hired to protect h...
THE WEDDING WAS A SHAM. Maybe "marrying" Josh Keegan wasn't the brightest thing Cari O'Donnell had ever done. But it was for charity-so if it meant spending a few hours in the arms of the handsome eligible bachelor, Cari was willing to make the sa...
Air Force Lt. Colonel Brenna Duggan investigates the mysterious death of a member of her squadron in this novel of deception, passion, and betrayal. Brenna and the man's young widow begin their search for the truth--a search that will lead them deep ...
YOU MAY KISS...THE MAID OF HONOR! When her flighty sister decided she couldn't go through with her wedding, Abby Davis reluctantly agreed to give the groom-to-be the bad news. And when the prospective groom was assigned to active duty, his best ma...
Angela Paretti, call your mother! Which is what Angie meant to do, except she wasn't quite sure how to explain how a simple chauffeuring assignment had trapped her in a mountain cabin, on Valentine's Day, with handsome CEO Jack Merritt. Jack ...
A lifetime of duty..A moment of dishonor...Duty and Dishonor A LIFETIME OF DUTY Julia Endicott, daughter of the legendary Iron Man Endicott, has gone from Army brat to Air Force Colonel. Her highest goal will be met with a long-awaited promotion ...
Josiah Jones Was A Bear Of A Man -- certainly nothing like the mere boys who'd paid court to Tatiana as Countess Karanova. This man personified the wild, untamed lands that called to her own unhappy soul. Tatiana brought something new to the Ca...
HE WAS LOOKING FOR A WOMAN And Sheryl Handcock - a steady postal worker with an advanced case of wanderlust - was not it. But when the lovely blonde with the phenomenal memory literally fell across his path, U.S. marshal Harry MacMillan, on the tr...
The rigid lifestyle of the Untied States Air Force is no place for a free-spirited woman, but when Captain Jennifer Vargas attempts to resign, her superior officer refuses to let her go, insisting she stick to her commitment. And when she discovers s...
Jamie Kerrick Was An Infamous Rogue And if Sarah Abernathy ever wanted to see her father again, joining forces with the scandalous seaman seemed her only choice. Though it looked as though finding her father might well result in losing her heart.....
Sorry, Wrong Number When she made that late-night call, Molly Duncan thought she was phoning her handsome neighbor with a simple noise complaint. Then the sound of gunfire plunged her into a world filled with danger, intrigue and, thanks to her n...
Lady Margaret's impetuous decision to finally make a true husband out of Kit Walsh, the roguish sea captain whom she married as a child, plunges them both into hot water....
DADDY'S HOME... A grizzled stranger was standing at her newborn's crib, and Sabrina Jensen was prepared to do anything to protect her precious child. But when the intruder raised his unforgettable eyes, she froze. She'd once loved this man beyond ...
She was an attorney with a shining future. He was a star witness with a dark past. Nothing could prepare them for the day their destinies would cross, and their lives would change forever.... Major Carly Samuels, a top JAG attorney, leapt at the c...
A little girl's search for her father leads her to Tony Paretti's front door -- and leads TONY into the arms of his lost love -- the child's mother, Jessica Taylor....
Fortune's Children: The Brides Meet the Fortune Brides - six special women who perpetuate a family legacy greater than mere riches! WHO WAS MASON CHANDLER? Chloe Fortune had no memory of the tall, gray-eyed hunk standing before her, claiming t...
AN HONORABLE MAN Reece Henderson knew that the two most sacred things in life--the truth and a man's marriage vows--were also the hardest to stick to. So he'd sworn to uphold the former and avoid the latter. Then beautiful Sydney Scott's return te...
THE INVESTIGATOR: Special Agent Marsh Henderson. THE SUSPECT: Becky Smith... or was it Lauren? Marsh Henderson's mission: find the lone witness to a drive-by shooting. He had a description and a name. The description -- long-legged, sensuous,...
It was chance that brought motorcycle-riding attorney Evan Henderson to Paradise, Arizona -- and left him stranded there. Then again, as he gazed at the beautiful Good Samaritan who had stopped to give him a lift, Evan felt his luck was about to chan...
Isabella Chessington returns to London after assisting - and losing - her cartographer father in Egypt. Unfortunately, the dashing young lieutenant she nursed through a debilitating illness doesn't remember offering her the protection of his name. Ha...
SPECIAL REPORT: Peril and passion over Texas Skies SAM HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Texas (AP): U.S. Marshals' Flight 407 "Con Air" was hijacked before takeoff today, 108 aboard... A daring midair transfer puts pilot Suzanne Delachek at the ...
A daring, fearless chopper pilot, Captain Joanna West has always believed that there's nothing she can't handle. But when she pulls Alexander Taylor--the rich, charming, darkly handsome grandson of a former president--from a fiery car wreck, she gets...
A story of passion, adventure and new beginnings in a wild land She came looking for her husband... Determined to locate her missing husband, New Orleans belle Julia Bonneaux and her young daughter have made a long and dangerous journey to the Wy...
THE AGENT: Stunning spitfire Margarita Alfonsa de las Fuentes. THE MISSION GONE AWRY: Being taken hostage by the traitor she was trying to trap. THE ESCAPE: Fleeing into the jungle with her darkly handsome rescuer! Although headstro...
Treat yourself to slow seduction and sweet surrender!-- with these outstanding tales of three English officers who fight their most challenging battle yet: winning the love of a good woman... Called to war on the eve of his honeymoon, Major Sir Ch...
Rugged rancher and widower Jake Henderson could have told you the exact day his life ended -- it coincided with the day his wife was killed. Because for the longest time Jake felt that he wasn't really alive, either. And then came that invitation to ...
In the untamed West, most women knew their place. Then there was...The Colonel's Daughter SHE WASN'T AFRAID TO FIGHT... Beneath the polish of an Eastern finishing school lies a soldier's daughter who can ride, shoot and deal cards with the bes...
They called him Project Iceman. The U-2 pilot who, incredibly, hadn't aged since the day his top-secret mission went south into the Arctic Ocean...45 years ago. Biologist Diana Remington had the duty of monitoring the scientific marvel, but her OMEGA...
Talk about reinventing himself! Once Jack Carstairs had nearly been drummed out of the Omega Agency -- all for falling for the beautiful and powerful woman he'd been assigned to protect. Now the crackerjack agent was back, protecting that same woman ...
e was the colonel's daughter, and he was the Special Operations pilot who would do anything for her. But once under deep cover as Danielle Flyn's husband, Jack Buchanan had to battle hard to keep hold of his heart!...
She followed her heart...and found her destiny. FROM THE DRAWING ROOMS The spirited daughter of a Wyoming newspaper baron, Victoria Parker has two grand passions: journalism and Captain Sam Garrett. But her gift for writing has been confined to t...
Jessica Blackwell never thought she'd return to the Florida panhandle. But now an incredible career opportunity has brought her back to the town she and her mother fled in disgrace so many years ago. Settling into her new job at Eglin Air Force Base,...
LSCC Member: Luke Callaghan -- millionaire and secret agent Social Status: He plays the rakish adventurer...but inside, Luke's a solid man who protects his own Method of Seduction: Has eyes for only one woman... Though Luke was temporaril...
DOUBLE IDENTITY Once he'd been known as Henri Everard, the fastest pickpocket in Nice. But the ensuing years had turned him into all-American Nick Jensen -- aka Lightning -- acting director of the Omega Agency. His most pressing assignment at the ...
Their passion was a daring adventure. FROM THE UNCHARTED WILDERNESS Louise Therese Chartier knows all about the hardships of life in the wilderness. She has learned to survive by trusting her own instincts. But when her husband is killed, she fin...
When a recovery effort lands air force sergeant Teresa Ross in the arms of ambitious photojournalist Pete Quinn, she knows he's captured the story of a lifetime. But will he take her heart, as well?...
A COMMANDING PRESENCE U.S. Army Major Jill Bradshaw was used to giving orders, not taking them -- so when she met brusque Commander Cody Richardson, the medical officer in charge of her top secret mission, she was a little taken aback. Of course she...
TEMPERATURE'S RISING ...and it had nothing to do with the weather! For when hurricane hunter Kate Hargrave met hotshot test pilot Dave Scott, everything started heating up. But it was a warming trend cautious Kate -- once burned by her philanderin...
IRRITATING. UNCOMPROMISING. AND DAMNED ATTRACTIVE. Six feet, two inches of pure marine male, Major Russ "Mac" McIver had the right stuff in spades. His by-the-book, black-or-white view of the world allowed no compromises. Which tended to ruffle Li...
While traveling to her unwanted wedding to a brutal nobleman, the notorious Lady Elizabeth Stanton was taken captive by Captain Richard Blake, an all-too-appealing American with vengeance on his mind! But the trouble was that Elizabeth soon wanted...
As commander of her combat engineering team, air force reservist Abby Trent has a job to do -- and Special Ops major Dan Maxwell seems determined to get in her way. But as they work together on a crucial bridge, Abby discovers there is a lot more to ...
THE FIRST DEADLY MISTAKE Ten years ago, former special agent Cleo North ignored her gut instinct -- and a young sergeant wound up brutally murdered. Finally she is in a position to find out what went wrong. Cleo is certain the official story -...
When a young woman vanishes without a trace, former special agent Cleo North is hired to find her. But cold trail after cold trail lead to nowhere, until Major Jack Donovan -- special agent with the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations and th...
Former special agent Cleo North thought she had sworn off bureaucracy forever -- but the Air Force Office of Special Investigation has other ideas. They need her expertise and are willing to pay her extravagant fee. The case? An off-duty U.S. fighter...
Truth is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes guilt is too... It's been months since that horrible day USAF captain Miranda Morgan flew her C-130 Hercules into lethal cross fire in Afghanistan. But Randi still can't believe Ty, her best friend --...
If diamonds were a girl's best friend...then emeralds came in a close second. So when ex-model-turned-agent Jordan Colby -- Code Name: Diamond -- was sent to Kauai to find a missing green gem, she jumped at the chance. There was just one hitch: the p...
Liz Moore had just been jilted and vowed to kiss the next attractive man who crossed her path on the deserted Mexican beach. Enter Joe Devlin, the perfect specimen. His slow drawl pegged him as an American...and his six-foot-plus frame of hard muscle...
To Drew "The Riever" McDowell, this seemed like a fairly straightforward assignment: track down Tracy Brandt and find out her connection to a top secret mission. But when Drew finds her, he realizes Tracy has a mission of her own--solving the sixty-y...
Forced to leave her beloved military life behind at the ripe old age of thirty-seven, USAF Colonel Andrea (Andi) Armstrong comes to the Florida panhandle for a fresh start. Little did she know--at least until that auspicious knock on her next-door ne...
Escape from hell? To hell was more like it! When Mallory Dawes, suddenly infamous in the States, decided to take that vacation to France, her problems were just beginning: a lost passport. A car swept out to sea. Missing travelers' checks. And a m...
From career woman...to camp fire girl? As regional chief of employment and training, Sue Ellen Carson gets to sit in a comfortable, air-conditioned office and make funding decisions--she just doesn't do fieldwork. But this time her boss insists t...
A double game of love and deception Olympic athlete turned secret agent Dayna Duncan always plays to win. Her assignment to guard an international sports sensation would be no different. Then the one man who could throw Dayna off her game appears....
ONLY A PSYCHIC BOND COULD SAVE THEM IN A RACE AGAINST TIME... For Air Force special agent Taylor Chase, invading a billionaire's island fortress was headache enough. But partnering with Dr. Mark Wolfson forced her to revisit the darkest chapter of...
Deep cover...as husband and wife! Playing the part of Gillian Ridgeway's tourist husband might be OMEGA operative Mike Callahan's toughest assignment yet. Keeping his hands off the too-young, too-innocent, stunning novice field agent while they we...
A case of mistaken identity landed Devon McShay on the receiving end of a mind-blowing kiss--from her new client! CEO Cal Logan was an undeniably handsome man, and despite their business relationship, Devon couldn't help thinking about kissing him ag...
Vampire Delilah Wentworth's hunt for a dentist on Christmas Eve lands her in the arms of Sergeant Brett Cooper, a mortal who gave up on the Christmas spirit, and on love, years ago. Incapable of returning home by herself, Delilah needs Brett's protec...
She was living in a fairy tale! The setting was picture-postcard perfect; the hero, bonafide royalty. Sabrina's worst fear was that she would wake up and discover it was all a dream. Duke--and doctor--Marco Calvetti had almost run her off the road. ...
Amor was on the menu... And Rory Burke was intent on having Caroline Walters as the main course. This meeting he'd arranged in beautiful Tossa de Mar was no mere business transaction. Having learned the truth about his long-ago lover, Rory had ...
All that's standing in the way of the Dunbars' divorce is Brian Dunbar's unwillingness to sign the papers. And though his wife, Lieutenant Colonel Anne Dunbar, loves him as madly as she did on their wedding day eleven years ago, their differences--in...
A LEAN, MEAN FIGHTING MACHINE... USAF Lieutenant Samantha Spade and her team of techies spend their time testing the latest gizmos and gadgets for the military. The Ergonomic Exoskeletal Extension -- more fondly known as EEEK -- allows a person to s...
Danger. Max Brody's body tingles with it when he meets Cassandra Jones, the mission specialist with whom he'll jump back to seventh-century China. Petite and guarded, Cassie may look like someone who needs Max's protection, but her essence whispers t...
"You are my mission, querida." For psychologist Claire Cantwell -- code name Cyrene -- the stakes couldn't be higher. Tapped for a top secret mission for the president, the OMEGA covert operative needed the unique expertise of a man with whom she'd ...
The best way to keep warm... when the weather turns cold: 1) Seek shelter Opting to spend the holidays in solitude, Emilie Sutherland has found the perfect place: a hunting lodge in Alaska But when a hunky stranger comes seeking shelter during ...
THESE HIGH-TECH SHADES ARE TO DIE FOR ... If there's a new line of equipment coming in for the military, it has to get through USAF Lieutenant Samantha Spade and her techie crew first. When Sam tests the latest experimental goggles, she spots a sn...
Colonel Jake McAllister doesn't doubt that Maura Phillips has the qualifications and the know-how to handle a spot on his all-male, high-tech team at Elgin Air Force Base. As the test pilot in charge of top secret stealth weapons development, he's mo...
Secret Service Agent: Rafe Blackstone Codename: Wolf Mission: Prevent breaches in U.S. government security by any means necessary. Bring down Sebastian Cordell, international thief suspected of selling top-secret technology to the highest bidder. ...
Prepare for an exhilarating journey across the boundary of death into a shadowy, daring new world. As darkness falls on another year, five fanged rebels are ready to celebrate like never before. It's a time for bloodlust and stolen kisses, for cla...
EVEN A ROBOT DOG CAN SNIFF OUT TROUBLE... USAF Lieutenant Samantha Spade is in the heat of the west Texas desert testing a dog-like robot for military use, when the device leads her and her team to a pick-up truck. The driver comes at them with a gu...
"She who finds it is a messenger from the goddess herself...." When Jaci Thornton finds a seemingly worthless scarab in a Cairo street, the timid librarian morphs from vacationer to adventurer. Unwittingly, she's fulfilled an ancient Egyptian prop...
That distinctive, lethal voice... It was the voice Major Larissa Petrovna had heard the night of the tragic fire that ravaged her life. Thus begins a race against time as Lara performs her duties as head of Russia's nuclear inspection team while t...
SHOULDERS SQUARE, HE STOOD WITH HIS FEET SPREAD AS FAR AS HIS LEG IRONS WOULD ALLOW AND LOOKED OUT WITH DISDAIN A strategic marriage to a powerful Saracen lord with a penchant for virgins will enable wealthy Lady Jocelyn to keep her fortress home....
They may not leave Russia alive. As sharp-witted as his code name Blade implies, spy Clint Black is used to having the upper hand. But now he's a prisoner, trapped by dangerous criminals and a gorgeous woman who just might be a double agent -- or hi...
It’s been a long time since Sophie Hawthorne has been seduced by anything -- or anyone. Winters in Dublin, Ireland, are cold and dreary, and without family, the holidays are bleak and lonely. This year’s looking to be no different -- it’s five ...
"Are You My Baby's Mother?" Billionaire Alex Dalton has had more than his share of women. But now he needs just one -- Julie Bartlett, the fiery redhead who'd once given him the hottest night of his life. Was she the mother who had left a baby on ...
"You're the father." After leaving her late cousin's baby on the Dalton doorstep, Grace Templeton poses as a nanny to discover which of the billionaire twins is the father. Grace promised to protect the child, but she didn't pl...
In this Duchess Diaries novel, USA TODAY bestselling author Merline Lovelace shows how revenge can be sweet when you have a royal (phony) fiancée. When the glossy magazine where Lady Sarah St. Sebastian works as an editor names Devon Hunter one ...
Duke Carmichael, an Air Force combat controller, takes on an assignment to smoke out a terrorist. His cover is to be the husband of his new partner, gorgeous operative Anna Solov. When they receive conflicting orders, can they trust their own instinc...
Will inconvenient pregnancy lead to convenient matrimony in this Duchess Diaries novel by USA TODAY bestselling author Merline Lovelace? A wild weekend changes Gina St. Sebastian's life, but one thing won't change -- her marital status. Ambassado...
Jaguar Night by Lindsay McKenna When a U.S. General’s daughter is kidnapped, Marine Staff Sergeant Josh Patterson is handpicked to rescue her. While they trek through the jungle to safety, her strength and a surprise kiss change everything. ...
A sexy royal gets an amnesiac surprise in this tale from USA TODAY bestselling author Merline Lovelace… Undercover agent Dominic St. Sebastian never expected to be dubbed a duke. The resulting media frenzy puts his name in the headlines and his...
Is this a royal doc's holiday fling…or the real thing? Find out in this story from USA TODAY bestselling author Merline Lovelace! Texas is the perfect place for holiday heat -- exactly what Dr. Anastazia St. Sebastian needs before making the bi...
When terrorists burst into a concert hall to kidnap beautiful opera singer Riley Fairchild and an Omani prince, special forces sergeant Pete Winborne claims to be Riley's husband so he'll be kidnapped, too. Keeping everyone alive and escaping from th...
HER PERFECT ROMAN HOLIDAY A Roman reunion isn't on Kate Westbrook's itinerary when she arrives in Italy. After all, she's flying solo on the vacation she'd hoped to share with her soon-to-be-ex. But when Kate tosses a coin into the Trevi Fountain...
Third time lucky? Take a vacation to Italy and land a husband? Well, at least fiancé number three. Dawn McGill's fear of marriage has halted two weddings, but millionaire Brian Ellis and his adorable little boy might change all that. After all, ...
A coin Months ago at the Trevi Fountain, Callie Langston wished for a matinee idol to sweep her off her feet. Instead, she got an action hero! A battle-scarred but sexy security expert used to danger and ready for love… A proposal Days ...
An officer and a groom But for how long? Alexis Smith is single, and desperate to keep custody of her late sister’s sweet stepdaughter. But for this, she needs a husband. She thinks US Air Force Major Ben Kincaid is perfect for the job. The S...
Two words change her world… “You’re pregnant.” After one hot night, Captain Suzanne Hall remembers everything she craved about her sexy ex-husband. But when duty calls, she remembers everything that separated them. Till she finds out sh...
When the shout rang down from the watch tower that hot summer afternoon, Hugh Montmercy, Baron Exmoor, lord of Bellemeade, Charlney, and Pontvieu keeps, felt no prickle of unease, no sense of foreboding that his life was about to take a course he'd n...