NASCAR photographer Annie Jenner is used to men falling over themselves to get close to her--and her legendary racing family. But not Jared MacNeil. The picture-perfect tycoon and NASCAR sponsor loves Annie for herself. So why can't she quite believe it? Maybe because Annie's twin brother is Jare...
It hardly took the stroke of midnight to remind CJ Terrence that, despite colored contacts and haute couture, she was still the mousy schoolgirl disposed to fairy-tale delusions. All it took was a chance holiday encounter with Tad Randolph. Years ago, the tycoon whose business could make or break...
WAS ONE NIGHT WORTH ONE MILLION DOLLARS?Millionaire Max Williams would have said no - then he sets eyes on the scandalous and sinful Roxy O'Malley. The former showgirl's troubled past and uncertain future practically begged for a takeover - by him.Roxy knew her secrets could cost the businessman ...
THE PERFECT WIFE/ A PERFECT MARRIAGELong legs, luscious curves and a passionate nature were fine, but what Las Vegas casino owner Deacon Prescott really wanted was a woman with c-l-a-s-s! And prim Kylie Smith fit the bill like an ace-high royal flush. The tempting brunette divorcee had a way of m...
You will marry me. Marry Christos Theakis? Ava Monroe has always longed for his proposal. But Christos's demand is not just for Ava he wants custody of her son. A child he believes to be his brother's. Temptation leads Ava to join the shipping magnate on his lush Greek island home. This is her ch...
The buildings around here were relatively new since this area had been hit hard by Hurricane Andrew back in ’92 and completely rebuilt.He felt good about all he’d accomplished today. Normally at this point in a negotiation he’d be chomping at the bit to close the deal, but this time he knew as so...
Tristan said as he paced around the living room of the hotel suite. Sheri was in the other suite with her bridesmaids, getting changed into a fashionable outfit for leaving the reception. “Wedding nights are the only reason I’d consider marriage,” Gui said.“With Kara deMontaine?” Christos asked.“...
No expense was spared in the five-story office building in Milan or in the state-of-the-art factory next door where the fastest and priciest production car in the world would soon start rolling off the line. The only problem was a little sticking point with the name of the car. The Moretti Motors...
But this was the first time anyone had seemed almost embarrassed by the gift. And she hadn’t even opened the wrapping yet and seen the distinctive Tiffany blue box.A part of him knew that it was too early in a relationship for a gift, but he’d been unable to resist the bracelet when he’d seen it ...
I was going to tell him I’m through passing him information,” Angelina said. She was trying to concentrate on the meeting, but instead she was swamped with images of her and Dominic from the night before. It was hard to look at Dominic and not want to be back in his arms.Of course the way he was ...
The meeting with Penny had convinced him that, if he had any chance of changing his reputation and by default the reputation of the Kiwi Klubs, he needed someone like Gail. But his conscience wouldn’t allow him to simply use Gail. He was going to have to be honest with her. And frankly, that scar...
Nate normally didn’t like for a woman to stay too late in the morning but he was in no hurry for Jen to leave. She lay cuddled next to his side with her head resting on his shoulder and her arm wrapped around his waist. The soft exhalation of her breathing stirred his chest hairs and he felt some...
Harris’s was luxurious. The sheets his own and not the hotel’s. She rolled over and buried her face in the pillow, inhaling deeply. She reached for Harris and encountered an empty bed.She rolled to her side and opened her eyes. It was a little before seven in the morning. It was a Saturday and of...
Hayden and Deacon showed up during one of his winning hands and then enticed him to play with them. Deacon Prescott was one of Max’s oldest friends. A hell-raiser who’d grown up on Vegas’s mean streets and worked hard to make himself into the man he was today. The owner of the Golden Dream Casino...
Lauren Belchoir leaned back in her chair and wished she were anyplace but here. She loved her job as the late-night DJ at WCPD and had been doing her Miss Lonely Hearts show for five years now. But suddenly they had a new program manager and everything was changing. The new guy, Ray King, and his...
But he was a Devonshire and a member of the British royal family and there were times when he simply couldn’t decline. At least the William Kent Room at the Ritz was an exquisite venue. His date for this evening was Mary Werner, the daughter of a billionaire office supplies executive. She was a s...
Watching the way Justine turned on the shower and kept her back to him, he guessed now wasn’t the time to bring up the subject. He went to the sink to wash his penis, and when he heard her step into the shower, turned to join her. He saw tears in her eyes and they were so ...
It had been four days since the night at the beach and Jay had fallen into the habit of spending most evenings at Alysse’s place. They’d taken his bike and gone for a long ride up the highway from San Clemente last night and while she hadn’t been able to truly forget their situation, she had to a...
NOT VERY original but Ryder’s brain had taken a vacation into ‘that was fantastic’ land. Addison made a soft sound of satisfaction. He cuddled her closer, thinking that the only thing that would have made this better would be if they were both naked.But they were in a shelter aka closet riding ou...
—George “Babe” Ruth C harity tried to keep the Babe’s motto in the front of her mind as she drove through the Seattle traffic. She wasn’t a big baseball fan, but come on, everyone loved the Babe. In her mind was the fact that Sekijima hadn’t given up. And Daniel never woul...
He’d used Algeria for years because the infighting and civil wars in the region made it perfect for his base. Because the government didn’t have the time or interest to interfere with his business. And if they did, a bribe usually persuaded them to look the other way.He wasn’t really that concern...
She sort of regretted giving him the cold shoulder at work, but not really. She was tempted to pretend she hadn’t slept with him. He made it difficult for her to remember that she wasn’t looking for forever with him. Hell, he’d as much as said more than once that forever w...
She’d lost all sense of place and self as he touched her face. She knew that she’d do whatever he asked her to as long as he kept touching her. If only he’d kiss her. She wanted to feel that firm hard mouth against her own. But he kept teasing her. When he bit her ear, she gasped his name and fel...
He’d showered and changed in the motor home and then come out smelling wonderfully masculine, and she felt very much like a school girl enamored with a boy. Though there was nothing boyish about Marco. He was all man. A man who was determined to set the rules of their…“relationship” didn’t seem t...
They’d each brought a date with them, and Henry, remembering the paps’ question about Lynn, wondered what was going on with Steven’s mum. This was the first time the three of them had appeared in public together. Steven seemed in good spirits, though, and they talked at length about the plans to ...
Cari said as she parked her car in the big circle drive at the Chandler estate in Malibu. Cari dreaded Sunday brunch with her sisters. She knew there was no way they could know what had happened in her office on her desk almost three weeks ago. They also didn’t know about ...
Instead of smooth and practiced, he was grasping and hungry, thrusting his tongue past the barrier of her teeth and taking her mouth the way he longed to take her body. Deeply, thoroughly, leaving no space unexplored. He slid his hand down her neck to the opening of her robe. Freeing her wrists, ...
True to his word, he’d left her free to make her decision. It was as if he’d disappeared from her life. She wanted him back. The past week she’d spent a lot of time in this house with Coach. And she still wasn’t any closer to a decision. She stood in the hallway outside hi...
—CARLOS CASTANEDA As Laz led the way to the infirmary, Savage, Wenz, and Van were moving together toward Hamm’s location. Laz kept track via his earpiece. Mann had been ordered to hide. Laz knew that the sniper would choose the top of one of the containers for his location. The Savage team all ha...
“Yes, you. Remember all those times you badgered me for a kiss?” she asked. He did. It had been a game for him since that first meeting. He’d wanted her, but she was out of his league. A classy woman—even at seventeen—who wouldn’t give him a second glance. Of course, that ...
There was something about her that called to him, and he knew part of it at least was the false feeling that they were still intimates. It didn’t matter that it had been over two years since he’d last seen her. He wanted her, and it felt to him that no time had passed. “I’m glad we met again toni...
If they were merely business associates, he’d have had no problem, but they were more. Much more. He needed to set her straight before the situation between them went any further. He needed to let her know he wasn’t the kind of guy she wanted. He wasn’t a nine-to-five man or the hero in one of he...
Still…on this day, with the sun shining brightly in the Greek sky and the champagne flowing freely, he wasn’t focused on the past. In fact, as the reception progressed, he was becoming more and more obsessed with Sheri. He’d invited his assistant because he knew that bringing a real date to a wed...
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He focused on business, staying long hours at the office because when he went home it felt empty. Even though Nichole hadn’t been in his home for that long, she’d left her trace in every room of the apartment. He’d dealt with this kind of feeling before, but it had been a ...
Lynn flew into Houston two days later and joined them at the ranch soon after. Construction needed to start immediately, and Molly was hopeful this would snap Jason out of the funk he’d been in since they’d returned. It seemed like he’d shut himself off from her. He hadn’t said what the doctor’s ...
She took out his cookie cutters and handed them to him. Inside she was dying a little, but on the outside she smiled and just carried on. That was what she’d done when Butch’s wife had surprised him in the office, very pregnant and very in love with her cheating husband. I...
A light snow was falling around them and the temperature was plummeting. Bradley didn’t talk and neither did Elizabeth. He needed time to decompress from having her by his side tonight. And even though he’d always thought he wanted more from her than to be friends with benefits, tonight had reall...