Меня зовут Кэрри, но для него, я всего лишь серая мышь благодаря которой он сможет поймать кота. Я всего лишь девушка, которая оказалась не в то время и не в том месте, под дулом пистолета, и под прицелом его синих глаз. Я именно та, кто по мнению остальных видела его лицо и ощущала горячие руки у себя на теле. Я та, чье сердце колотиться каждый раз, когда передо мной, возникает парень в черной маске и заставляет ему подчиниться.

A sizzling romantic suspense. Her enemy is her passion, her passion is her enemy. Lindsey Paxton was once the number one defense attorney in New York. She fought for those who were innocent, but charged. Her instincts were her lifeline, never failing her, as they guided her in her choices of who to defend. Or so she thought. Until she won a case she would forever wish to have lost. Her client, an accused rapist, kills and rapes a woman only a day after being set free. Destroyed by her role in the woman's death, Lindsey blames her father's controlling ways for what she has become, and runs from her career and life. Years later - the past becomes the present . . . Her father has cancer, and Lindsey is forced to leave her career with the Washington branch of the FBI. She finds herself facing the responsibility of running her father's law firm with the reluctant help of hotshot attorney Mark Reeves, a man who sparks her temper while also managing to tempt her body, her mind, maybe even her heart. With his help she finds herself fighting the emotional battles of the past, tempted to trust both him and her instincts. Now, faced with a case inherited from her father so similar to her career-ending one, she now must decide if her instincts will lead her down the path to saving an innocent man or setting free another killer. But while she fights her own battles, someone watches, wanting from the past what he had failed to get the first time . . .

NOTE: Previously released as Hidden Instincts. Title change to indicate prelude to the new TALL, DARK, AND DEADLY trilogy coming in late 2011. I wrote this in 2004 and it was published by a library publisher and is in hardback in many libraries. You will meet the first Walker Brother--

Plant yourself under the covers and get ready for Seeds of Fear, fifth in the ground- breaking Hot Blood erotic horror anthology series. Pinup queen Brinke Stevens delivers the Introduction, and 19 original stories cultivated by editors Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett follow. Terror and titillation reach full, florid bloom as Bentley Little invites you to “See Marilyn Monroe’s Panties!” Ronald Kelly introduces a “Scream Queen” you won’t soon forget, Edward Lee follows his Stoker-nominated “Mr. Torso” (HB4) with “Grub-Girl” and award-winning author P. D. Cacek (Stoker, World Fantasy) welcomes her “Devil With a Blue Dress.”These top-name horror writers bring you the freshest works guaranteed to raise goosebumps and scald the blood.

Nell Calder era una mujer tímida y amable, una esposa que intentaba contentar a su ambicioso marido, una madre que amaba a su hijita con pasión. En suma, no era el tipo de mujer capaz de inspirar envidia, deseo ni pasiones asesinas.¿Quién iba a querer hacerle daño?Pero ocurrió una tragedia: una noche, en una exótica isla del mar Egeo durante una elegante reunión en la que su marido esperaba culminar su fulgurante carrera en el mundo de las finanzas, y que fue interrumpida por el estruendo de los disparos y la afilada hoja de un cuchillo.El ataque fue despiadado. La niña murió, y ella quedó terriblemente desfigurada.Sin embargo, la pesadilla convierte a Nell en una mujer distinta. La mejor cirugía le de un rostro de exquisita hermosura; la posterior rehabilitación, un cuerpo ágil y esbelto. Y Nicholas Tanek, el misterioso desconocido que suscita en ella temor y fascinación, le da una razón para seguir viviendo: la venganza.Preparar su venganza s lo único que la mantiene viva. El asesino de su hija no puede seguir viviendo. Ella le dará muerte… con sus propias manos.

Cuando el investigador privado Ben Callahan asumió el encargo de vigilar y proteger a la rica heredera Grace Montgomery, creyó que sería una misión fácil. Pero pronto descubrió que la maravillosa Grace representaba una seria amenaza para su libido. No le preocupaba poder mantenerla a salvo de cualquier amenaza, pero… ¿quién podría protegerla de él?Grace era finalmente libre: libre para descubrir quién era y lo que quería. Y lo que quería en aquel momento era a su nuevo y sexy vecino. Pensaba explorar su propio lado sensual, despojarse de todas sus inhibiciones y descubrir lo que significaba ser una mujer: la mujer de Ben. Aunque jamás hubiera podido imaginar que a Ben le habían pagado por obtener ese privilegio.

Kerija DrūrijaSeptītā kameraJaunās britu rakstnieces Kerijas Drūrijas romāns aizved mūs visnotaļ netālā nākotnē - pasaulē, kurā slepkavībā apsūdzēto likteņus izlemj nevis tiesa, bet publika. Atšķirībā no senās Romas, kur gladiatoru cīņu skatītāji balsoja, paceļot vai nolaižot īkšķus, televīzijas visvarenības laikmetā iznākumu nošaļra telefonbalsojums. Ja skatītāji lemj, ka apsūdzētais nav vainīgs, viņu atbrīvoja ne - viņu gaida elektriskais krēsls. Spriedumu gaidot, septiņās dienās apsūdzētie pārceļas no kameras uz kameru, tās kļūst arvien mazākas, līdz septītajā dienā septītajā kamerā skan liktenīgais spriedums. Sešpadsmitgadīgā Marta atzinusies slavena cilvēka slepkavībā. Bet vai tiešām nogalināja viņa? Un ja nu meitene .tikai uzņemas cita vainu? Varbūt viņa vēlas upurēties, lai parādītu, cik netaisna un brutāla ir šāda “tiesu” sistēma?Bet varbūt viņa cenšas kādu paglābt...“Septītā kamera” ir aizkustinošs, pārdomas raisošs stāsts par liktenīgu mīlestību, atbildību, draudzību un ticību labā uzvarai.No angļu valodas tulkojis Allens Pempersskanējis indarsss@inbox.lvJāņa Rozes apgādsKerry Drewery CELL 7Copyright © Kerry Drewery, 2016Originally published in the English language by Hot Key Books, an imprint of Bonnier Zaffre Ltd., LondonPublished in Latvia by arrangement with Prava i prevodi Literary Agency And Bonnier Publishing FictionLiterārā konsultante Ilze Jansone Mākslinieks Tomass Folks © Allens Pempers, tulkojums latviešu valodā, 2017 © Tomass Folks, mākslinieciskais nofonnējums, 2017 © SIA "Jāņa Rozes apgāds", 2017ISBN 978-9984-23-642-1

Four years after his sensational first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mr. Cain appears with a new one which definitely places him among the best story-tellers in America.The emphasis is hereby put upon the word story, for that, above everything else, is what this book is. It is an account of the lives of two men and one woman and of their relations with each other, which begins in a moment of tenseness and passion and moves forward with amazing speed, in the clipped and biting prose that Cain has made his own, to still greater heights — to emotion so taut that it must break in violence.The story is set in Mexico, Hollywood, and New York — a simple, primitive scene on the one hand, a brilliant, sophisticated one on the other. There are tenderness and beauty in the book, and also murder and vice. The arts of the film, the opera, and the bullfight are in it, and an incredible understanding of the strange nature of the human animal. But above all, a story is in it — a story full of fury and terror and love, which once begun must be finished and once read will be remembered.

In a southern California town ablaze with sordid secrets, a free-spirited biologist and a straitlaced sheriff join forces to investigate a suspicious killing – and find themselves getting a little too close to the flames.Shay Phillips knows her way around Dark Canyon. She's handy with a gun and can track a wild animal with the best of them. It's humans who usually give her the most trouble. And with a hormonally charged teenage brother to raise – and an admitted weakness for the wrong kind of man – they're giving her plenty of trouble these days. Then there's the matter of murder. As an expert on mountain lions, Shay is skeptical when a local prostitute turns up mauled without a drop of blood near the body.Now, together with the town's newly arrived sheriff, Luke Meza – a Las Vegas city boy with his own dark secrets – Shay must navigate a dangerous valley filled with angry ex-lovers, unfaithful spouses, and poisonous snakes in a desperate search for the killer. But when suspicion falls on her own brother, and her attraction to Luke rages into a full-on erotic affair, can Shay quell the fires inside her long enough to uncover the truth?

Главная героиня – трудолюбивая девушка из глубинки Надя Самойлова, ввязавшись в авантюру, вместо дочери бизнесмена уезжает учиться в Лондон. Там она влюбляется в преподавателя литературы – Сайвера Маерса, но он не настроен на серьёзные отношения…

Logan Montgomery necesitaba arruinar su reputación, de lo contrario su importante padre jamás dejaría de intentar empujarlo hacia la política. Su única esperanza era tener una aventura con una mujer cuya familia no fuera socialmente adecuada.La insolente y seductora Catherine Luck era la mujer perfecta… en todos los sentidos. Sólo que cuanto más tiempo pasaba Logan con la hermosa rubia, más comprendía que daría su reputación, y todo lo demás, por pasar una noche con ella…

Kate MacKenna doesn’t have a bad bone in her body–or an enemy in the world. A woman who barely knew her father and has just lost her mother, Kate is a loving sister, a savvy business owner, and an unpretentious beauty who radiates kindness. So why are bombs igniting everywhere she goes? The first explosion brings her face-to-face with a handsome Charleston police detective. The second one sends her into the arms of her best friend’s brother–a Boston cop who’s a little too reckless and way too charming for comfort. But Dylan Buchanan won’t let emotion prevent him from doing his job: Someone is trying to kill Kate, and Dylan is the only one standing between her and the monster who wants her dead. For Kate to understand the danger, she must learn all about desire–desire for pleasure, desire for power, and someone’s desire to kill.

They killed me. They healed me. They changed me.Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn't exactly glamorous, but it was mine. I was doing fine until Chicago's vampires announced theirexistence to the world-and then a rogue vampire attacked me. But he only got a sip before he was scared away by another bloodsucker... and this one decided the best way to save my life was to make me the walking undead.Turns out my savior was the master vampire of Cadogan House. Now I've traded sweating over my thesis for learning to fit in at a Hyde Park mansion full of vamps loyal to Ethan "Lord o' the Manor" Sullivan. Of course, as a tall, green-eyed, four hundred year old vampire, he has centuries' worth of charm, but unfortunately he expects my gratitude-and servitude. Right...But my burgeoning powers (all of a sudden, I'm surprisingly handy with some serious weaponry), an inconvenient sunlight allergy, and Ethan's attitude are the least of my concerns. Someone's still out to get me. Is it the rogue vampire who bit me? A vamp from a rival House? An angry mob bearing torches?My initiation into Chicago's nightlife may be the first skirmish in a war-and there will be blood...

Fate has thrown two sworn enemies...Of all the hotel rooms rented by all the adulterous politicians in Chicago, female Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron Lynde had to choose the one next to 1308, where some hot-and-heavy lovemaking ends with a death. And of all the FBI agents in Illinois, it had to be Special Agent Jack Pallas who gets assigned to this high-profile homicide. The same Jack Pallas who still blames Cameron for a botched crackdown three years ago—and for nearly ruining his career.Into each other's arms...Work with Cameron Lynde? Are they kidding? Maybe, Jack thinks, this is some kind of welcome-back prank after his stint away from Chicago. But it's no joke; the pair is going to have to put their rocky past behind them and focus on the case at hand. That is, if they can cut back on the razor-sharp jibes—and smother the flame of their sizzling-hot sexual tension.

Während einer komplizierten Operation erhält Lydia Harris, eine hochqualifizierte OP-Schwester in einem Krankenhaus im kalifornischen Malibu, einen mysteriösen Anruf von ihrer Schwester Adele, von der sie seit Jahren nichts gehört hat. Adele bittet sie ebenso dringlich wie verworren, sofort zu ihr nach Rom zu kommen.Wenig später trifft ein Päckchen von Adele ein. Es enthält eine Figur aus Elfenbein mit einem kunstvoll geschnitzten Schakalskopf. Lydia zieht den mit ihr befreundeten Chirurgen Dr. Kellerman zu Rate, der sich privat als Kunstsammler betätigt. Dr. Kellerman findet schnell heraus, daß es sich bei dem Schakal um eine Figur aus einem uralten ägyptischen Brettspiel handeln und daß diese Figur äußerst wertvoll sein muß. Lydia macht sich indessen große Sorgen um ihre Schwester. Gegen den Rat von Dr. Kellerman fliegt Lydia kurzentschlossen nach Rom. Aber das ist erst der Anfang einer gefährlichen Odyssee, die Lydia schließlich bis in das ägyptische Tal der Könige führt.Barbara Wood, 1947 in England geboren, wuchs in Kalifornien auf. Sie arbeitete nach ihrem Studium zehn Jahre als OP-Schwester in einer neurochirurgischen Klinik, bevor sie ihr Hobby zum Beruf machte und Schriftstellerin wurde. Inzwischen hat sie mehrere sehr erfolgreiche Romane geschrieben.  Barbara Wood bereist alle Länder, in denen ihre Romane spielen, um die geschichtlichen und sonstigen Details zu recherchieren. Sie lebt in Kalifornien.

L.A. shoe designer, Maddie Springer, lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles upon the work of a brutal killer, her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. And things only get worse when her boyfriend disappears-along with $20 million in embezzled funds-and her every move is suddenly under scrutiny by LAPD's sexiest cop. With the help of her post-menopausal bridezilla of a mother, a 300-pound psychic and one seriously oversexed best friend, Maddie finds herself stepping out of her stilettos and onto the trail of a murderer. But can she catch a killer before the killer catches up to her?

Newly vamped Sarah Dearly wants her normal life back, but fate is fighting against her. She tries to get a regular job and gets staked in the interview, only to be rescued by a masked vampire who calls himself the Red Devil. Then a wallflower-turned-witch curses her, making her a bloodthirsty, sun-allergic nightwalker--the worst vampire there is. As if all that weren't enough, she can't get married because her 600-year-old boyfriend, Thierry, is in a centuries-long marriage of convenience he can't escape.As Sarah's nightwalker tendencies make her more dangerous, even to those she loves, she'll have to counteract that curse, unmask the increasingly intriguing Red Devil, and get a commitment from her man. But if that's what it takes to secure her happiness, Sarah is ready...even if it means embracing her inner vamp to do it.

Beautician-turned-country singer Maggie Reid is getting too famous for her own good. Since her endearing if good-for-nothing former husband. "Satellite Dish and Mobile Home King" Vernell Spivey, vanished along with millions, everybodyseems to be interested in the ex-wife he left in the lurch...including some very bad people called "The Redneck Mafia." Drop-dead gorgeous Detective Marshall Weathers and his police cronies want to know what Maggie knows as well, since they have a murder on their hands that has Vernell's name all over it.Maggie knows this much: there are many negative appellations you could pin on old liquor-loving, skirt-chasing Vernell, but "killer" isn't one of them.And though it means courting a mob hit and the extreme attentions of a sturdy bike p.i., the determined d-i-v-o-r-c-e-e is going to find her missing ex and prove him innocent...or die trying!

This is the conclusion of the story begun in Storm Surge, Book One. It's fall. Dar and Kerry are traveling - Dar overseas to clinch a deal with their new ship owner partners in England, and Kerry on a reluctant visit home for her high school reunion. In the midst of corporate deals and personal conflict, their world goes unexpectedly out of control when an early morning spurt of unusual alarms turns out to be the beginning of a shocking nightmare neither expected. This is the second half of the immensely popular novel, STORM SURGE.

As Kerry begins work on the cruise ship project, Dar is attempting to produce a program to stop the hackers she has been chasing through cyberspace. When it appears that one of their cruise ship project rivals is behind the attempts to gain access to their system, things get more stressful than ever. Add in an unrelenting reporter who stalks them for her own agenda, an employee who is being paid to steal data for a competitor, and Army intelligence becoming involved, and Dar and Kerry feel more off balance than ever. As the situation heats up, they consider again whether they want to stay with ILS or strike out on their own, but they know they must first finish the ship project. ***This is the second part of the story formerly known as Moving Target and it follows the pair of STORM SURGE books.***

Eager to start a family, Caroline Sommerville marries Dominic Santos in a whirlwind courtship. Then the unthinkable happens: her husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his business partner.With Dominic on the run from the police, Caroline is his last hope. Though she's only known him a short time, she's certain he was framed.But there's so much about him she doesn't know. And when a damning secret in Dominic's past surfaces, Caroline has to decide whether she believes in the man she married. Is he the murderer he's accused of being? Or is he the husband who needs her trust – and love?