She could feel it in her blood, in her bones, a fire of lust and stupidity and Jim Beam.As Stephanie Monroe, she reached the age of nineteen without a care in the world... until the night her workplace was the scene of a massacre and she was left for dead. The only survivor. The only witness to the crime.As Jamie Danby, she's lived the past ten years looking over her shoulder. She doesn't remember much of that night, but Texas Ranger Kellen Harding hopes to change that through forensic hypnosis. He's determined to close the cold case once and for all. He's also determined to keep Jamie safe for reasons that go above and beyond the job.But neither one of them anticipated what would happen when she remembered...

It was not the sort of investigation Logan Burke usually handled. Nowadays he was hired by your average Joe - not sleek, polished corporate players in plush Houston office suites. But it was a straightforward case of industrial espionage with one advantage - a hefty check from ViOPet Chemical Company. All Logan had to do was watch Hannah Evans, a ViOPet employee, and figure out how she was leaking valuable research secrets. In the six weeks that he spent watching her, Logan began to feel a special bond with Hannah. For the first time in years, he actually considered dumping the case and pursuing the mark. It was not enough to view Hannah across a crowded restaurant or through the lens of a camera. He wanted to breathe her scent. He wanted to hear her voice. He wanted to find the innocence he'd given up on finding in his life again. Hannah knew someone was following her. She didn't know who he was or why he was there, but his presence was unnerving. It was time to take action, time to let a professional call the shots. She would pay a visit to a private investigator who had come highly recommended - a Mr. Logan Burke. Originally published by Meteor Publishing Corp. Author's Note PLAYING LOVE'S ODDS was released in print in 1993 as a Kismet Romance from Meteor Publishing Corporation. This version has not been updated to reflect changes in technology since then, but has stayed true to the era in which it takes place.

Orig rel Nov 1, 2004164 pagesMeet the members of the Smithson Group—five alpha males whose best work is done undercover. Unimaginably skilled, they’re the spies you want on your side…of the bed. Tripp Shaughnessey is a trip: funny and fun-loving, ridiculously sarcastic, and appreciative of every woman he meets. But it’s Glory Brighton, the owner of his favorite sandwich shop, who gets him hot and bothered. Their ongoing back-and-forth has been leading to a kiss to end all kisses in her supply room. And that’s where they are when all hell breaks loose. Glory’s history includes some men connected to Spectra IT. They’re convinced she’s hiding vital intel in her place. With the shop under siege, and the customers held at gunpoint, Tripp’s hand is forced. Breaking the Smithson Group’s rules, he reveals that he’s no simple engineer, but a hardcore covert operative, whose easy-going veneer is about to be stripped away.

Small town life is a far cry from NYC's fast pace, and Eden Karr wonders if she's made a mistake moving - until sexy carpenter Jace Morgan strides into her boutique. One look at Eden, and Jace know he's found his woman. Trouble is, she's still yearning for New York and his roots are firmly planted in the Texas Hill Country. Originally published by Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp.

In Alison Kent's brand-new novel set in Miami's sultry South Beach, Finn finds a woman who can melt his ice-cool exterior with one look, and a case that could land them both in hot water. . . Finn McLain is no stranger to unusual assignments. But the gorgeous stranger who just asked him to photograph her for an erotic art exhibit--that's definitely a first. Finn came to Miami to dig into the personal life of boutique manager Roland Green for a lovesick gallery owner, and hadn't planned on sticking around. But the boutique's owner, Olivia Hammond, has just made him a proposal that's as hard to ignore as Olivia herself. She's got caramel-kissed skin, a body that makes grown men tremble, and a wild sideline as an exhibitionist. Ooookay. Yet despite her willingness to "let people look," Finn's convinced there's a hell of a lot Olivia's not revealing. And that's the most intriguing prospect of all. . . Olivia has never been shy about using her sexuality to get...

"Writing with powerful intensity, Alison Kent mesmerizes us with a compelling love story brimming with scorching sensuality and abiding love." - RT Book Reviews, ToP PICK"It's up to you."How could four words scribbled on a business card drive a normally sensible woman to be so... impulsive?It wasn't Harley Golden's style to call a perfect stranger. But here she was, after the briefest of conversations on a flight home from a business trip, having phone sex with the unforgettable Gardner Barnes who'd handed her his card.The late night conversations aren't enough, so what next? Let him fly her across Texas in his plane? Fall head over heels for a man who is already married to his ranch? A man who has lust down to an art but doesn't believe in love?