When Kelly Manning learned that her child might have been involved in a baby swap, she confronted the problem head- on. Rich, powerful and dangerously attractive, Nick Lattimer was the only hope she had of finding out the truth. But he had the power to claim both the baby boy she'd raised and the...
He would have downed pretty much anything right now if it rid him of the dull ache throbbing in his head. Of course, that was asking a lot of mere coffee since the ache was there from worry and lack of sleep. Especially worry. For hours he’d wavered...
To Jericho, of course. However, she hadn’t imagined her wedding would happen while she was wearing jeans, a purple top and while hiding out in a safe house. In her fantasy, Jericho hadn’t been scowling, either. Too bad that was what he’d been doing ...
Russ whispered. He lightly touched Emily’s hand and the baby closed her fingers over his thumb. “Just like a tiny angel.” There was so much emotion in his voice. Was this the same man who had stared down gunmen in the alley? ...
Something she’d been doing for the past half hour. Even though he was in the kitchen, she could hear snatches of what he said. Mainly, though, she could tell from the calm tone of his voice that everything was okay with Collena. His tone was in dire...
Everything inside him was racing, too, and even though he’d sworn to uphold the law, there was no way he was going to let Hague use that court order to take the babies. The trouble was, he didn’t know exactly how to stop him. It was hardly legal ext...
When Dr. Farris had started that DVD, and Willa had started to watch, the last thing he expected was for Willa to remember anything. But she apparently had. She kept her gaze fastened to the screen where the hostage situation continued to play out. ...
What she hadn’t included in that dream was a loveless marriage and a monster out to kill her.Added to that, both the groom and she were armed with semiautomatics and would be indefinitely, until the danger had passed.However, there were some pluses to this particular wedding night. Well, one anyw...
He’d pulled down the blinds. No lights were on. The door was locked. He had two guns, a rifle, and the windows were rigged with security sensors that would alert them if anyone tried to break in. He had a cell phone, walkie-talkie and a landline phone. Of course, the best ...
The place sprawled across the top of a hill, and even though he’d never been inside it, he figured there were at least thirty rooms. Too many places for Peggy to be holding Donovan at gunpoint.If that was really what was going on.As far as Cooper was concerned, both Donovan and Peggy were suspect...
Josh repeated, though he knew it was useless. The call had ended, and he didn’t know if the woman had done that herself or if someone else was responsible for the disconnection. Josh immediately phoned back the dispatcher. “What’s the number Miranda Culley was calling from...
She was too afraid to delay even a second because she couldn’t risk that he would change his mind.This had to happen, and it had to happen now.Grayson was obviously with her on the now part. He slid down, his back against the tree, and he pulled her down with him.Eve’s breath was racing already. ...
Within the span of a few seconds, she’d gone from postorgasmic bliss to sheer terror. Someone had fired a shot into the house. A shot that could have hurt Christopher. There was another crash of glass, and Elaina knew another...
The entire time they’d been at the ranch for a quick breakfast and to shower and change, he’d tried to talk her out of coming with him. Man, she was stubborn. He hadn’t forgotten that about her, but it wasn’t a good time for that stubbornness to sur...
A first for him. He could usually spot the beginnings of a kiss at fifty paces, but here Cassie had been elbow-to-elbow with him and it had still taken him by surprise. Not the surprise of the kiss itself. He knew it was fake. No doubt meant to stop...
That resulted in more cursing—aimed at Shane that time. Of course, Rico had to admit he’d been cursing a lot lately, so just about anything and anybody set him off. Now he had to go home, where there’d no doubt be more opportunities to dole out some damns, hells and worse ...
He definitely didn’t need his mother’s visit this morning. Neither did Kendall, but she stepped away from him, disengaged the security system and opened the door so his mother could come in. From just the sound of her voice, Aiden had already known that Carla was in a snit...
the guard grumbled. Cord was wondering the same thing. He automatically reached for Karina, pulling her closer to him, and he waited. “The generator should kick in,” Cord told her. “It should have already kicked in,” the guar...
It wasn’t. The sky was clear, not even a hint of a cloud. So, the only storm warning was the one inside him, and there was nothing he could do to stop it. Helene had something up her sleeve. But what? Logan hadn’t been able t...
Kade shouted into the phone.But it was too late. The caller had already hung up. And his computer screen went blank. Someone had pulled the plug on the video feed.Behind him, Bree was gasping and shaking her head.“It is possible?” Kade asked. “Could you really have had twins?”She looked at him, h...
It was both a welcome sight and not so much of one. Yeah, they’d survived the night without someone coming after them, but that sun was rising on what no doubt would be a hell of a day. There’d been a steady flow of emails and text messages througho...
He had to fight his own instincts, too, because that scream was the sound of someone terrified. Maybe even dying. “We have to help him,” Cassidy insisted. And there was another scream. Like the first one, it didn’t sound like...
The other got behind the wheel and sped out of the parking lot.There were plenty of officers nearby, all with guns aimed, but none of them fired a shot. Probably because they hadn’t wanted to risk wounding her and the baby. Sabrina was thankful for that, but she wondered if she’d just gone from t...
Her heartbeat pounded in her ears, and she could feel every nerve in her body. She wanted to get out of there fast. But she couldn’t. Because this confrontation was the first step. And because Agent Matt Christensen could save her life. If he didn’t kill her first, that is. After all, she’d broke...
For such a small movement, it did huge things to her. Her breath and her thoughts began to race.“Houston?” she softly called out. Nothing.But she assured herself that it was possible he hadn’t heard her over the buzzing sound of the security alarm.Gabrielle picked up the gun from where she’d plac...
Delaney hadn’t noticed much about the place during her other visit, but she noticed now. The main house was three floors, and it was sprawling. Twenty-two rooms, Ryan had told her, surrounded by six hundred acres. And it all belonged to him. “This is a working ranch,” Ryan said as he escorted Pat...
Oh, mercy. She was in a lot of pain. Her head throbbed like a toothache, her mouth was bone-dry and it took her several moments to remember why. She’d been Tasered. Seth, too. Sweet heaven. That remind...
He wanted Joelle to look at the document on his phone and shout out a firm denial that she had a child. He wanted her to say it was another of Owen’s tricks. A lie meant to tear them apart so he could get some measure of revenge for his failed attempt to get Joelle to marry him.  ...
And he especially wasn’t sure it was worth the risk to bring April with him. However, April had made a pretty convincing argument—that since she was Crossman’s target, she wanted to be the one to confront him about the kidnapping and attacks. And about those visits from Ma...
She was about five-six. Dark brown hair. Average build. Well, average build from what he could tell. She wore a drab green lab-style coat over her jeans. He stayed back behind the last row of pews so that she wouldn’t see him, but he could see her. ...
He was operating on adrenaline now, making nonstop calls to set everything up. He clearly had a need to get whatever information Billy might have, but she figured any second Harlan would remember that she was in the truck with them and that it might not be safe for her to go face-to-face with Bil...
His grip loosened, and his lax muscles went stiff. She hadn’t even allowed him a second to enjoy the climax of great sex before she’d no doubt ruined everything. “I’ll be back,” she managed to mumble. Mason didn’t stop her. In fact, he rolled to the...
At least temporarily so he could get her back to the ranch. She was literally asleep at his desk. Worse, Wyatt wasn’t sure how long she’d been that way. He’d gotten so caught up in trying to help Stella and dealing with the investigation that he had...
She couldn’t move. Couldn’t breathe. But she knew she had to do something.Somewhere amid the trees and the wild shrubs, there was a gunman who was responsible for what had just happened.And that man was probably Eldon Thatcher.He’d shot out the tires, and that had caused Jack to lose control and ...
Nate knew he’d done everything possible to make this work. Well, logically he knew that. But in the back of his mind, he hated that he couldn’t guarantee all of them would come out of this unscathed. He ended the call with Kade. One of many calls Nate had made over the past hour since Darcy and h...
The timing was all wrong, but then the timing had sucked ever since Bailey had come into his life. They had so many things to work out—and he’d already insisted they wouldn’t be able to work them out in bed—but here they were, heading in that direction. Well, in the direct...
Lucky asked. And he held his breath and prayed it wasn’t his sister.“I don’t know,” Duran insisted. “The sheriff just found a body in the drive-in debris.”Lucky pressed harder for information he wasn’t sure he wanted. “Is it Kinley?”“They haven’t identified the body, but it’s definitely not Kinle...
Since Nadine’s death, he’d worked so hard to give his children a normal, happy life. Hell, he’d worked to give himself that, as well.Now everything was unraveling.Mattie had DNA on her side. Ironic that a test he’d used to get convictions for killers and rapists was now a test that could cause hi...
She didn’t even react. She had her attention solely on the baby cradled in her arms. The little girl seemed to be sleeping peacefully now, but Emily still occasionally sucked the bottle that the nurse had made for her. The medic had cleaned away the blood from Addison’s fo...
Rosalie’s brother Seth insisted—again. He was using that overly protective brother tone that Rosalie both loved and hated. At the moment, she felt more of the latter. Rosalie totally understood his concern. After all, it had ...
One second Laurel had been in his office. Now she wasn’t. He had to get to her. Had to stop whatever was happening to her because he knew whatever it was—it would only get worse. “What happened?” Reese Jenkins, the reserve deputy, came rushing to th...
He checked his watch—he’d been waiting in the hallway for the man for nearly a half hour. Either something unexpected had come up or else this was some sort of power play to remind Joe who was in charge. As if he could forget that. He owed a lot to Chief Mark Ryland. After all, the man had made J...
Man, oh man, what had she done? Kane was no doubt about to ask her the same thing, along with blowing her lies to smithereens, but Violet put a stop to him saying much of anything. He managed a grunt before Violet pushed them together at the exact moment when Eliza was loo...