Turkish Malik Bey swept Boston-bred Amelia Ryder into an exotic world of sultans and revolutionaries, magificent palaces and desert camps. Amy wanted to escape, but with his seductive charm, the rebel was no mere thief out to steal the proper young beauty's virtue. And as the hot days melted into...
She was both an important attorney and Senator Joseph Fair's daughter - a porcelain and gold beauty who worked among Washington's political elite. And when Ashley Fair joined her father's hectic Presidential campaign, her life took her to the very pinnacles of fame and power. Then she met Timothy...
She threw up her breakfast two mornings running and was so tired she could barely keep awake. To make matters worse, she was overdue for her period, and felt bloated and out of sorts. She called in sick to work for several days and spent her time at home sleeping and feeling sorry for herself. Do...
For weeks he’d been asking her to accompany him on a business trip to Hawaii. He was interested in purchasing several condominiums on the island of Maui and wanted Beth’s advice on the contracts. He was leaving that night. She had been saying that she didn’t have the time, but now she changed her...
Roxalena moaned. “Oh, no. What will become of my American friend?” “Kalid has gone after her,” Osman said. “Are you sure?” Roxalena asked sharply. “Yes. Turhan Aga was present at the audience Kosem granted to her cousin James, and she told James that her grandson had set off alone to rescue his i...
They went through the motions of examining records but Mandy could sense a sea change in his attitude toward her. He was distant and preoccupied, still always polite and never impatient, but the personal connection she’d made with him on the day of the accident was gone. H...
Caesar has been reported dead before...” Margo shook her head. “The body has already been removed to his house by his slaves. There are mobs in the streets, no one knows what the outcome will be...” Julia’s first thought was of Marcus. “Was anyone with Caesar when it happened?” she asked quickly...
Devlin hung back, watching Holly as if to determine how Angela’s friend was to be treated. “I’ll just be a minute,” Angela said to him. He nodded and moved a few feet away, lounging against the wall and lighting a cigarette. He smoked lazily, his body relaxed, his eyes never leaving Angela. “‘I h...
does greatly please... —Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen “How?” Alex said when she had regained the power of speech. “How did you get here?” “No matter,” Burke replied. “I found you.” He put his hands on her mounded belly and looked up into her face. “Did you know?” she asked. “Maura told me.” ...
She was methodically sorting the cards and then clipping them to the typed pages they outlined. A casual observer witnessing her apparent concentration would not have guessed her inner turmoil. Paula entered the room and displayed her hand like a model on television selling dishwashing lotion. “H...
Helene asked patiently, watching the toddler closely. He presented her with an expression as innocent and angelic as that of a Botticelli Madonna. “Show me,” she said. He shook his head. Helene sighed. “We don’t want to bother Daddy with this when he comes in, do we? He has other things on his ...