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Vortex

SWEPT AWAY

Searching for a sunken ship off the coast of Peru, treasure hunter Logan Cutter manages to pull a very different kind of prize from the sea—beautiful gallery owner Daniela Rosada. Dani claims she was thrown overboard by ruthless pirates and begs for his protection. But Logan is no strnager to a woman's lies, and something about her story doesn't add up.

IN TOO DEEP

With her knowledge of Peruvian artifacts, Dani offers to help Logan translate an ancient map that will lead them to a shipwrecked treasure—and into a carefully laid trap. But the closer they get, the deeper she falls for him, not realizing that Logan is hiding a secret of his own. By the time she learns the truth about his boat, his brothers—and his blood feud with pirates—it’s too late. By falling in love, they’ve set a course for disaster…


Afterglow

Pleasure with a price.

A high-profile celebrity wedding in Monaco is the kind of A-list event security specialist Rand Maguire excels at. Everything goes like clockwork, until guests start inexplicably losing all their inhibitions. . . .

Painful secrets from the past.

Rand is no stranger to the effects of Rapture. His chemist father’s attempt at a cure for depression caused Rand’s mother’s death years ago, and put his father away for her murder. Now someone is circulating Rapture in a campaign of terror, intending to manufacture and sell it on a global scale. But with no leads, Rand feels the heat.

Passion with no limits.

Sexy Lodestone agent Dakota North is sent to help Rand kick-start his search, armed only with her uncanny sixth sense. But what they discover in their race across Europe is more far-reaching and lethal than an erotic street drug. From a Barcelona bank heist to a million-dollar arms deal in Paris, Dakota and Rand give in to an insatiable craving for each other in nights of pure carnal delight, no senses left untouched. No Rapture necessary.

Reviewer: Mandy
Review: Mar 28, 2012
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, Adventure / Action
Rand has his own security business and when trouble hits one of his high profile jobs, all hell breaks loose. Dakota comes to his aid, trying to track down the origins of a aphrodisiac drug that was secretly given to the guests at his security detail. Rand and Dakota have previous ties to each other, but things had ended badly. Now she's back to help Rand and the plot thickens with anger, resentment, and a wh

Riptide

Princess Bria Visconti demands the return of the money her brother rashly invested in Cutter Salvage. Treasure hunter Nick Cutter is too reckless, too arrogant—and far too handsome—for his own good. But he can’t charm his way out of this one. Bria plans to make Nick pay up even if she has to board his boat, don a wet suit, and dive for the treasure herself… 

Nick sees Bria as a beautiful but spoiled princess who’s never done a day’s work in her pampered life. But once they set sail for the dive site, and the legendary fortune in gold the wreck carries, Nick begins to see Bria in a new light. This princess may be out of her depth, but she’s ready to take on the hidden danger and excitement a treasure hunt stirs to the surface. Together they must fight unexpected enemies—and reveal their darkest secrets—before they’re pulled into a rip current of danger. 

Reviewer: Susan
Review: Sep 8, 2011
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, Adventure / Action
Riptide is a high seas adventure with multifaceted characters and a plot that kept the reader turning the pages to see what would happen next. The heroine Bria comes off as a polished and pampered princess but the depth of her character was as intriguing as the plot that unfolded around her. I found myself fully enjoying the different layers to her character and the emotions she brought to the story. The m

Hush

National bestselling author Cherry Adair introduces an edgy, sexy new suspense series with this exhilarating international tale of hide and seek.

A reckless adventure in a deadly paradise.

Thrill seekers Zakary and Gideon Stark travel the globe in search of extreme adventure, but a trip to Venezuela to jump off the world’s highest falls catapults them into a perilous game of life or death—where they don’t know the rules.

A one-night stand that will change his life forever.

Kidnapped with a woman Zak knows nothing about, the brothers are held prisoner deep in the jungle. A risky, deathdefying escape separates them and nearly claims Zak’s life . . . until his recovery reveals a baffling new sixth sense.

An unexpected diversion with lethal consequences.

Now, to find his missing brother, Zak and the mysterious Acadia Gray will have to out-smart, out-gun, and out-maneuver not just the brutal kidnappers but also a new player who joins the adrenaline game: a ruthless opponent who wants the Stark brothers dead—at any cost.

Reviewer: Chris
Review: Apr 14, 2011
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, Adventure / Action
After the death of her father Acadia is forcing herself to live life. Always taking care of her dad left her with little social life, and when she won the lottery she suddenly had funds to play with. Planning a trip to Venezuela with friends was her coming back to life party. Too bad she's almost going to die. More than once. Zakary and Gideon Stark are brilliant, gorgeous and rich. They like to live li

Undertow

SHE TAKES THE PLUNGE.

Teal Williams is content with her career as a ship’s master mechanic—until Zane Cutter, the “Casanova of the Caribbean,” makes her an offer she can’t refuse: to climb on board with him for a real-life treasure hunt. Teal must help him dredge up a shipwrecked vessel containing an abundance of gold, silver, and emeralds—and she’ll claim part of the prize.

HE’S BLOWN OFF COURSE.

Zane needs a mechanic—not a lover—and Teal, who can also dive, is perfect for the job.  So it suits him just fine that Teal is completely immune to his charms…or so he tells himself.  But with a deadly enemy in their midst—one who’s silently edging closer—Zane and Teal sink into troubled waters. Trapped in the middle of a perilous sea, they have no one to turn to but each other as they face down a danger that runs unfathomably deep—and a passion that runs even deeper…

Reviewer: Susan
Review: Mar 14, 2011
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, Adventure / Action
Zane Cutter runs a salvage business and is in desperate need of the mechanical talents of Teal Williams. Teal knows Zane and his reputation with women but he makes her a job offer she cannot refuse. Finding the treasure buried beneath the sea is Zane’s focus so he hires the one woman that he believes won’t distract him from his task. Teal does not hide her dislike for Zane, but there is more to

Black Magic
SHE HATES USING MAGIC . . .
 
Ever since the death of her parents, Sara Temple has rejected her magical gifts. Then, in a moment of extreme danger, she unknowingly sends out a telepathic cry for help—to the one man she is convinced she never wants to see again.
 
HE’S A POWERFUL WIZARD . . .
 
Jackson Slater thought he was done forever with his ex-fiancée, but when he hears her desperate plea, he teleports halfway around the world to aid her in a situation where magic has gone suddenly, brutally wrong.
THEY’VE BEEN CHOSEN TO SAVE THE WORLD . . .
 
But while Sara and Jack remain convinced they are completely mismatched, the Wizard Council feels otherwise. A dark force is killing some of the world’s most influential wizards, and the ex-lovers have just proved their abilities are mysteriously amplified when they work together. But with the fate of the world at stake, will the violent emotions still simmering between them drive them farther apart . . . or bring them back into each other’s arms?
Reviewer: Chris
Review: Jul 23, 2010
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, Adventure / Action
Sara has lived with a cloud of doubt over her head since she was a child. Born into magic, she’s convinced that it was her that caused the fire that killed her parents. Her guardian since that night hasn’t said he believes she did so, but discourages her from using her magic and gives subtle warnings. Now an adult and an employee of the company her guardian owns, she uses magic for only the smalle

The Bodyguard
Three masters of paranormal suspense set their sights on the brave bodyguards who put their lives on the line—and hearts in jeopardy—for the women they love…
 
CHERRY ADAIR“Temptation on Ice”
 
When paranormal operative Sebastian Tremayne heads to the Arctic Circle to keep an eye on red-hot physicist Michaela Giese, the polar ice cap isn’t the only thing in danger of melting. This beautiful brainy woman could spark a nuclear disaster he cannot stop—even with magic—and ignite a fiery passion he cannot resist…
GENA SHOWALTER“Temptation in Shadows”
 
Tall, lean, muscular—and definitely rough around the edges—Sean Walker is not your typical nightclub bodyguard. He’s a controller of shadows, able to wield darkness at will. But when a mysterious woman at the club turns out to have powers greater than his own, he has no choice but seduction…
 
LORIE O’CLARE“Hunting Temptation”
 
A manhunter by trade, Seth is on the trail of his most dangerous prey yet: a living, breathing, maneating werewolf. But the last thing he expects to catch in his trap is a beautiful, beguiling woman—with some wild animal urges of her own…
Reviewer: Robin
Review: Jun 29, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Romantic Suspense
Temptation on Ice: Cherry Adair Michaela Giese was a member of T-Flac, that is until she disappeared when her small plane went down over the ocean. Everyone believed she was dead until two years later they learn she is alive and well. It seems that she is in the Arctic Ocean working on a nuclear bomb that will melt the polar ice caps. T-Flac agent Sebastian Tremayne is sent to find out if she is there. If sh

Night Secrets

Sydney McBride is writing a profile on a plastic surgery spa in Rio that caters to celebrities, and she’s going under the knife herself–all to revive her sagging career. But then she gets wind of an even bigger story. Among the nips and tucks she discovers a mysterious and devastatingly attractive man claiming he’s come to Rio to foil a plot that has the potential to unleash worldwide horror. Lucas Fox is Sydney’s ticket to a comeback–one that could relaunch her into the limelight. All she has to do is gain his trust.

But Lucas Fox trusts no one. He’s a drop-dead gorgeous T-FLAC operative whose paranormal powers are flickering–but whose powers in bed rocket Sydney to a place she didn’t know existed. Now, with the astounding secrets that she and Lucas have uncovered at the spa, Sydney is willing to take on her most risky career move of all. She’ll work side by side with a world-hopping wizard–stopping only for the most forbidden pleasures along the way.

The night sizzles to new heights in these novels of romantic suspense

Reviewer: Susan
Review: Dec 7, 2008
Genre(s): Contemporary
Sydney McBride is trying to give her scandalous writing career a boost by submitting herself to Rio’s famous plastic surgery spa and resort for some cosmetic surgery on herself. Getting the inside story will take a dangerous turn when T-FLAC operative and wizard Lucas Fox persuades her to play the part of being his girlfriend. While investigating suspicious activity by half wizards, Lucas lite

Night Shadow

The passion and suspense of Cherry Adair’s latest killer trilogy, begun in Night Fall and continued in Night Secrets, now reaches its explosive conclusion in Night Shadow, as mismatched international agents take on evil head-to-head–and each other heart-to-heart.

Aside from working for the international anti-terrorism agency T-FLAC (and having the same last name), Lexi Stone and Alex Stone are polar opposites, right down to Lexi’s mere mortality and Alex’s paranormal powers. While straight-arrow Lexi pushes paper at an Internal Affairs desk, renegade Alex is busy pushing the envelope as he pursues the most dangerous global criminals. And though Lexi disdains his rule-breaking bravado and cowboy tactics, she can’t deny Alex’s skills when it comes to getting his man (not to mention any number of women)–just as she can’t ignore how his roguish charm makes her heart race and her temperature rise.

But Lexi’s secret desires clash head-on with her duties when suspicions arise that Alex is poised to switch sides–and join forces with a European terrorist cell. Tapped for her first field mission, Lexi finds herself assigned to shadow Alex’s every move, and if necessary, terminate him. Despite her feelings, Lexi’s willing and able to carry out her orders, as long there’s proof that Alex is a traitor. But getting the goods–and the drop–on her superagent quarry becomes an even tougher task when Lexi and Alex suddenly find themselves partners on an emergency mission in Russia.

When terrorists seize a busy Moscow railway station for ransom, then abruptly massacre their hostages andvanish into thin air, the agents realize they’re facing adversaries possessing of the same paranormal abilities as Alex’s elite T-FLAC/psi unit. But after Lexi kills an armed suspect during a breathless rooftop chase, she makes a series of shocking discoveries about the enemy T-FLAC is facing, the troubling truth Alex has been concealing, and the terrifying plot of a treacherous mastermind that could spell the downfall of T-FLAC’s most powerful and valued operatives. To save precious lives and stop the rise of a superhuman terrorist threat, Lexi and Alex must work as a well-oiled team in a race across the globe–and against time–with lethal shadows looming behind them, and no one to trust but each other.

Reviewer: Susan
Review: Nov 25, 2008
Genre(s): Contemporary
Wizard and T-FLAC operative Alex Stone has dedicated his life to fighting against the evils that threaten the world, but nothing could have prepared him for his next mission. Alexi Stone believes she has nothing in common with Alex other than their similar name and that they are both T-FLAC operatives. Their next mission will challenge both of them, as they get closer to finding the mastermind behin

Night Fall

T-FLAC/psi operative Simon Blackthorne goes to Africa to continue the global war against paranormal terror–never expecting to clash swords with strong-willed Kess Goodall.

Kess struggles in her own desperate battle to unravel a deadly secret that has killed millions in the tiny country of Mallaruza. But Simon proves to be the ultimate distraction: his very presence takes her body to the edge of a pleasure-filled abyss, his touch superbly rapturous. Now, against a backdrop of staggering beauty and horrific violence, with danger at every turn and libidos in overdrive, a spirited woman and an indomitable wizard face a malevolent force more frightening than both can imagine.

With foes strong and numerous, Kess and Simon must forge a bond strong enough to eliminate a sadistic enemy before Mallaruza is lost to terrorist control and the world forever changed.

Reviewer: Chris
Review: Nov 3, 2008
Genre(s): Contemporary
Once again we visit the paranormal division of T-FLAC. This time it’s Simon Blackthorne, a born wizard who has a little problem; his powers keep short-circuiting. Usually when he needs them most. In Africa by invitation of Abi, a college friend, now President and hoping to be re-elected, Simon is on a psuedo vacation that quickly becomes a paranormal op.    Kess Goodall’

Rescue Me

CHERRY ADAIR

"Tropical Heat"

When Dr. Elizabeth Goodall is kidnapped and held captive in the African jungle, her only hope for rescue is counterterrorist operative Sam Pelton. But to escape from a brutal warlord, they must confront a powerful attraction that could prove more treacherous than the wilds of the jungle.

LORA LEIGH

"Atlanta Heat"

Em Delaney has wanted bad-boy Macey March for as long as she can remember. But as a Navy SEAL under the command of her overprotective godfather, Macey is off-limits to Em.until a kidnapping attempt forces them to share tantalizingly close quarters-and a forbidden desire.

CINDY GERARD

"Desert Heat"

Assistant D.A. Elena Martinez never wanted to fall for police detective Seth King. When they are teamed up on a charity hike in the Grand Canyon, however, their chemistry sizzles under the desert sun. But a vengeful drug lord is determined not to let them survive the canyon with their lives-and love-intact.

CHERRY ADAIR

"Tropical Heat"

When Dr. Elizabeth Goodall is kidnapped and held captive in the African jungle, her only hope for rescue is counterterrorist operative Sam Pelton. But to escape from a brutal warlord, they must confront a powerful attraction that could prove more treacherous than the wilds of the jungle.

LORA LEIGH

"Atlanta Heat"

Em Delaney has wanted bad-boy Macey March for as long as she can remember. But as a Navy SEAL under the command of her overprotective godfather, Macey is off-limits to Em.until a kidnapping attempt forces them to share tantalizingly close quarters-and a forbidden desire.

CINDY GERARD

"Desert Heat"

Assistant D.A. Elena Martinez never wanted to fall for police detective Seth King. When they are teamed up on a charity hike in the Grand Canyon, however, their chemistry sizzles under the desert sun. But a vengeful drug lord is determined not to let them survive the canyon with their lives-and love-intact.

Reviewer: Susan
Review: May 14, 2008
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, Anthologies
Three of today's best selling authors have come together in this fabulous anthology called Rescue Me, where romance and adventure collide. In 'Tropical Heat by Cherry Adair we have Dr. Beth Goodall being held captive in a foreign country and counterterrorist operative Sam Pelton comes to her rescue. Sam and Beth are from the same town and have kept their attraction to each other a secret. After a year and

White Heat

Never have the stakes been higher. Never have two people faced greater risks or grappled with deeper desire. Never has Cherry Adair–award-winning author of Hot Ice–burned the pages with so much blazing action and blistering passion. Professional art restorer Emily Greene is in no mood to see the devil-may-care Max Aries. She hasn’t forgotten–or forgiven–the way Max dropped into her life a year ago, stole her heart, then vanished without a word. Max hadn’t kept in touch with his father, Daniel, either. Daniel Aries had been a master of art restoration and reproduction, and not only Emily’s longtime mentor, but a trusted friend. His unexpected suicide devastates her. And when the prodigal playboy Max returns, her welcome is less than warm–even though his timely arrival in her bedroom saves her from a lethal intruder. But her fury gives way to fear when Max reveals that his father’s death was actually murder . . . and that Emily’s life is now in danger. Like it or not, to stay alive, Emily must put herself in Max’s hands. And once upon a time, that wasn’t such a bad place to be. But what killer would target professional restorers of Renaissance artworks? Max suspects that a pencil sketch found in his father’s studio, inscribed with a cryptic code, may hold the key. His hunch is confirmed when intel from his control at the counterterrorist organization T-FLAC reveals that the Black Rose terror cell is involved–a chilling revelation that elevates the threat level almost as high as the tension that’s bristling between Max and Emily. Max isn’t about to take his eyes offEmily–though only partly for professional reasons–and even Emily’s rage over Max’s take-charge attitude can’t compare to her anger at herself for so long denying the truer, deeper feelings she has for him. As they crisscross Europe, piecing together the shocking clues to an insidious international plot, dodging increasingly lethal traps, and passionately making up for too much lost time, they realize that–in more ways than one–they can’t live without each other. With no chance of turning back, Max and Emily must put their lives on the line, put their true feelings to the test . . . and get ready to take the heat.

Reviewer: Susan
Review: Sep 21, 2007
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense
Your mission, should you decide to read it, is to have a few hours adrenaline pumped excitement and sizzling romance with the new T-FLAC suspense by Cherry Adair. T-FLAC operative Max Aries returns to Italy at the request of an old lover and because his estranged father death leaves Max with a lot of unanswered questions. Emily Greene is an art restorer and it was Max's father that took her under his wings

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