Taken


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She is his. She just doesn’t know it yet. Marcus Rey clawed his way to the top. He is immensely wealthy, ruthless and feared. He has everything he could possibly want ... except for her. Eve Banner. Elegant, cultured, regal—she makes Marcus’s pulse pound like nothing ever has. But the remote, bookish beauty is out of reach for a man who does not officially exist. But she has come into the sights of his worst enemy and he has to sweep her to his luxurious underground mansion to save her life. Eve has worked hard for her success and enjoys it. Though she is a little lonely. The men she meets are so weak and boring. It’s easier to be alone. Until one night she is attacked by thugs, and rescued by a man who is anything but weak or boring. Marcus Rey is strong, mysterious, secretive … dangerous. A man doomed to always live in the shadows. But he calls to her like no man ever has. She is tempted to stay in his underground lair forever. But then his deadly enemies start closing in on them with terrifying speed …




Runaway


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''Rice is skilled at bringing the drama and the heat.'' —Library Journal, praise for the author Rice creates strong characters that develop and grow. ..Sensual sex scenes, action, suspense, and unpredictable twists! —Romantic Times ''Lisa Marie Rice is an 'autobuy' author for me. She never disappoints! Her books are comfort reads that I re-read time and time again. Hands down she is one of my favorite authors.'' —​​​​​​​Maya Banks, New York Times bestselling author Navy Seal Matt Sanders is slowly putting himself together after being almost mortally wounded in battle. He's sick of hospitals, so a nowhere town in Baja, California, seems like the perfect place to lick his wounds. It's the last place he expects to find the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. She's hurt, too--but haunted as she is, she watches over him like a guardian angel. But the feelings she inspires in him are anything but angelic. Then Matt finds out that she's on the run, and keeping secrets that could get her killed--and he's having none of it. No one is threatening his angel. Not on his watch. Heiress Charlotte Court is on the lam, wrongly accused of murder, and running from her father's killer. She's in no condition to let herself be tempted by a man--not even one as tough, gorgeous, and compelling as Matt Sanders. He fascinates her, allures her, and she can't resist his pull--but she can't open her heart to him. Then he'd be in the crosshairs, too. It's a stalemate--until a deadly killer comes to town...




Brutal Mercy


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I’m the head of my crime family—they call me the King of Torture. I never show mercy. Never show weakness. I am the furthest thing from a decent man. Everything good and pure was leached out of me long ago. Evil permeates every aspect of my life. But then, battered, bruised, and limping, a gorgeous woman half my age runs toward my compound. Towards me –– not realizing she is running to the man who could usurp the devil. Yet she looks at me like I am her salvation. My entire being roars that she is meant for me. The only woman who could love a monster. Now I will stop at nothing to make her mine.




Hot Secrets


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He knows how dark the world can be Jack Prescott’s past is full of cruelty and darkness—until his wife Caroline wiped away the pain of the past, giving him light and love. Jack loves her passionately and all he asks is that she takes his training in self-defense seriously. He needs to know she will be safe from the darkness of the world. On Christmas Eve, danger strikes Caroline is reading a Christmas story to little children in her bookstore when a vicious criminal breaks in. Jack is rushing to her side, but right now she has to save herself, the kids in her bookstore, and the child growing inside her. She and Jack have everything to live for and only Jack’s relentless training can save her now. Hot Secrets is set in the world of Dangerous Lover This book was originally published by Avon Impulse.




The Italian


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He's a dangerous man with dangerous enemies In Palermo, Sicily, a city of heart-stopping beauty and intense danger, one man stands for justice. Stefano Leone is hunting one of the most dangerous men alive. He lives under armed guard, in constant danger. And then a beautiful American woman contacts him and steals his heart. Is she what she seems or has she been sent by his enemy to find his one weakness? Jamie McIntyre comes to Palermo for inspiration for her design business and loses her heart to the toughest, sexiest man she has ever met. She falls under his spell and into his bed, until Stefano’s enemy strikes and she is forced to make an impossible choice. Note: This book was originally published by Ellora's Cave and is an updated and lightly re-edited version.




Fatal Heat


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He nearly died in combat Grievously wounded, Max Wright is no longer a SEAL. All he wants is to lick his wounds at his beach house and snarl at the world. Then his neighbor shows up on his doorstep. It’s hard to snarl at beautiful Paige Waring, who comes with a ridiculously likeable dog. She falls for a wounded warrior Beautiful and brilliant, Paige is focused on her work as a geneticist, with no time for romance. But when she and her dog run into Max, she sees the lonely, shattered man behind the rugged exterior. Wounded or not, he is the sexiest man she has ever seen and she falls hard and fast. But when Paige's work becomes the target of criminals out to get her, Max springs into action. This tough-as-nails SEAL goes on one last mission to save her. Will he lose his life to save the woman he loves? Don't live in suspense - read it! Pick up your copy of Fatal Heat right now! This book was originally published by Harpercollins.




Reckless Night


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He left his criminal empire behind Viktor ‘Drake’ Drakovitch used to run a vast criminal empire, but he gave it up for the woman he loves more than life. It was an easy decision because she means everything to him. But it’s Christmas. What can he give to a woman who shuns gold jewelry and diamonds, doesn’t want fur or fancy cars, who knows that only keeping a low profile will keep them safely hidden from his enemies? But danger found him Grace doesn’t want fancy things; she only wants what Drake gladly gives her—unquestioning devotion, fierce protection, and the best sex a woman has ever had. Until danger strikes, and Grace realizes that the best gift of all is a dangerous husband. Hot Secrets is set in the world of Dangerous Lover This book was originally published by Avon Impulse.




Maverick


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Clinging to life… An embassy terrorist attack in Africa left intelligence analyst Claire Day close to death, but she remembers nothing of the attack. She was left a husk of a woman. Only a shining figure in her dreams pulls her back from the brink—a mysterious man, strong, protective, powerful. He’s the only one that can keep the looming horror that haunts her dreams at bay—but she has no idea who he is. Obsessed by a ghost… They told former Marine Dan Weston that the beautiful woman that he kissed on the day of the terrorist attack was counted among the dead. He’s tried to move on, building a successful new career, but he just can’t get her hauntingly gorgeous eyes and her soft lips out of his head. It’s driving him nuts. When he finds out Claire’s not dead at all, nothing on earth, heaven or hell can keep him away. And just in time, too—because the dark forces that destroyed the Embassy will stop at nothing to destroy Claire, once and for all. But they didn’t reckon with Dan Weston… Please note: This title was previously published under the title Shadows at Midnight.




A Fine Specimen


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A beautiful scholar studies a tough-as-nails cop--what can go wrong? Tough-as-nails police lieutenant Alex Cruz is all business and all brawn. Cops and criminals alike tremble before him, which is just the way he likes it. He has to be harder than the hardest criminals to root the bad guys out of his city. Then his boss forces him to work with a scholar who is studying dominance in law enforcement. Alex doesn't have time to babysit a pencil-dick geek writing a useless dissertation. He's busy doing real police work. Putting bad guys behind bars. But when the pencil-dick geek turns out to be the scholarly but gorgeous and alluring Caitlin Summers, Alex realizes that the only thing he wants trembling is Caitlin . . . . naked, and beneath him. The minute Caitlin lays eyes on the smoldering, charismatic Alex, she knows that focusing on her dissertation is going to be harder than she anticipated--not to mention dangerous. Because with a track record like Alex's, the bad guys are always looking for a soft spot--and she's the perfect soft spot. When Caitlin comes under attack, Alex realizes that his most important mission is keeping Caitlin safe . . . and making her his own.




Woman on the Run


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STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND Julia Devaux loves big cities, chic cafes, old movies, and charming men. But after seeing a mafia don whack one of his minions, she is relocated under the Witness Protection Program to a small isolated town in the middle of nowhere. Simpson, Idaho doesn’t have chic cafes or cult movie theaters or even sidewalks. And it definitely doesn’t have charming men. However, it does have Sam Cooper, former Navy SEAL and war hero, now horse breeder, who makes her feel safe and excited at the same time. True, he doesn’t have charming conversation, but conversation isn’t what Cooper does best. WHO WAS SHE? The gorgeous new second-grade school teacher who just showed up one day in Simpson is a miracle in Cooper’s eyes. Beautiful and smart and kind, she has the town of Simpson wrapped around her little finger. His heart, too, though he doesn’t have the words to tell her that. But when killers come for her, Cooper doesn’t need words to show what he feels. He’s willing to lay down his life for her. This book was originally published by Ellora's Cave and is a lightly re-edited version.