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Set Up For Love
Could Dane Clark, respected reporter, be the serial killer Jill has tracked across the states? Worse yet, has her obsession to catch him turned into a bond of another kind?
Russian Connection
Russian born Dayd Radlavich, CIA watchdog, can't allow himself to feel sorry for this knockout ex-wife. She's a new widow and at high risk. He must keep his feelings in check or he could jeopardize the mission and possibly end their lives. Nikki is deeply stirred by the debonair Russian, and with her life disintegrating around her, she yearns for someone strong she can count on. But experience tells her this hot guy with the European accent, who exudes danger and sexuality, is not that man. Or is he? Word Count: 83,750
Silent Cymbals
FBI undercover agent Marc Devaux and kindergarten teacher Rusti Collins are thrown together when Devaux mistakes her for her identical twin. He passes her a jeweled box containing incriminating microfilm. Rusti wants no part of this blue-eyed devil. But after she discovers her sister stabbed in the heart and her own life plunges into jeopardy, she takes a chance. To get to the truth, the couple struggle against fiery passions and wildly diverse backgrounds to keep each other out of the clutches of the crime boss, the cops, and the killer who wants them dead.
Star Fallen Lover
Out in the moonlit waters of Waikiki, astronomer Dr. Darli Grenlane, is curious and suspicious of Cortz, the very human-like alien from the planet Uraticus. United States Navy officials know about his spacecraft. A net is closing around him. He must gain Darli's help. By faking a serious fall, he manages to get into her home and, during his convalescence, into her heart. And then the world turns upside down and all hell breaks loose…
Reviewer: Danatwnsnd
Review: Apr 20, 2012
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, Science Fiction
Dr. Darli Grenlane encounters Cortez an intriguing stranger just shortly after witnessing a silver streak fall through the sky crashing in the nearby ocean. The first time they meet he says nothing but Darli discovers she is unable to get this stranger out of her mind. Another encounter with Cortez and she is determined to stay away from him though she is greatly attracted to him. When he falls down the stair
Primitive Flame
Lani Ward receives a mysterious lava stone in the mail and has erotic visions and nightmares about Cort Wayne, the construction boss of the site she must close down. Believing there isn’t anything in the ground but dirt, Cort refuses to let Lani, or any unlikely spirit, endanger his project—or his heart. Must he make peace with the goddess of fire to revel in the sizzling flames of her daughter? Or will his real life enemies kill him while he’s distracted by desires and what he considers paranormal nonsense?
Pointing Leaf
In her wildest dreams, Toni, city-girl detective, never imagined she would seriously consider the proposal of a muscled, tattooed sheep rancher, with a rope of hair to his waist, dressed in a loin cloth and feathers. Rad knew the moment he spied the knockout petite trespasser, and she pointed the tip of the ritual-leaf at his heart, that she came in war. The war turns deadly when an old enemy vows to destroy and kill Rad. But will this battle end in love or tragedy?
Murder in the Clear Zone
Hot, hard-bodied relocation agent Bard Nichols is merely trying to do his job. But once he clashes with the fiery-haired Bird Lady, a mysterious young widow and orphan with a questionable past, he is irrevocably drawn into the deadliest skirmish of his life-a world of intrigue and undeniable steamy passion-a world of Janus-faced enemies. And now that his life in on the line, the Bird Lady seems to have switched sides. Has she joined his rival or is there more to the little red-head than meets the eye?
Virgin Wolf II
Victoria wondered if Rick knew she was a werewolf, would he still calmly sit there on his Harley Road King, revving his motor. And would he still insist that she climb nude onto his bike and wrap her chilled flesh around his hot bod? Rick never imagined that being a knight on a shiny Harley with a natural tendency to help anyone in distress would turn his life upside down, make him believe the unbelievable, all while fighting a fiery desire that, in spite of the gorgeous she-wolf constantly thrusting herself at him, he must repeatedly reject—in spite of the fact that her passion is like none he’d ever even dared to dreamed of. When lust turns to love, the balance tips, but will his Indian sense of honor and his promise to her father keep them apart? Or can he play the waiting game and have it all? He fears with all that burning passion and raging hormones she might not wait. He was probably taking a big chance... Warning: This book sizzles with a gorgeous, hot biker who will make you sweat and twin she-wolves who can take him on.
Deadly Influence
Sparks fly when An “Officer and a Gentleman" type, Air Force Intelligence Lieutenant Jay Corning, is tackled by the female version of “The Bodyguard.” When he finally learns that the supposed tart is really his grandmother’s bodyguard, Lisa Dixon, they join forces. Together they struggle to keep his grandmother and each other alive while trying to uncover the person trying to kill the strong-willed matriarch. But the escalating danger closes in from the dark corner of the small community, stirring fears and steamy emotions.
Undercover Cowboy
Book Length: Full Length
Heat Level: Sensual
Word Count: 76,000
Sara Jane is startled when Nick Reed sneaks up on her seconds after she discovers the body of a woman with red hair just like hers. Instinct warns her that this cowboy is dangerous and may even be the killer. Too bad, he is the best-looking hunk of trouble ever to pour himself into a pair of Levis. In spite of the unseemly sexual tension that is building between them as they size each other up, she escapes, chuckling to herself that her trick-riding and quick actions left him gaping after her, stunned and red-faced.
Reviewer: PennyAsh
Review: Apr 6, 2010
Genre(s): Western, Romance
Undercover Cowboy by Lynde Lakes is a bit of a suspense thriller romance set in south Texas on the Ryan ranch. I personally found the heroine, Sara Jane, not very likable, she came across as a spoiled brat. I found little to like in the hero, Nick Reed. He was a shade too wimpy for my taste. The plot was pretty well crafted, but I had some trouble with the forensics and some of the reactio
Lasso That Cowboy
Genre: Contemporary Romantic Suspense
Cover Artist: Anastasia Rabiyah
Book Length: Full Length
Heat Level: Sensual
Desperate, Luke hires a nanny with no credentials. Amber is the only prospect for the job on his remote South Texas ranch. He might not be so quick to hire her if he knew she had a loaded .38 in her purse. Her secrets could destroy everything he's worked so hard to build--and get him and his daughter killed. Amber had awakened next to a dead man with her memory gone. To hide on this ranch, she must deal with the dangerous Luke Ryan and give him her trust, a trust she doesn't dare give.
Reviewer: Melinda
Review: Aug 5, 2009
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense
Luke Ryan is loyal to his family and will do everything he can to make sure his little girl is happy. The thing is that the one time he doesn’t confide in his family it puts them in danger. Luke is smitten the first time he meets Amber. Something about her eyes tells him she is innocent no matter what his family, especially his FBI brother, thinks. Each time he tries to get some questions answered
Cowboy Lies
Molli stared at the Stetson-wearing hunk of testosterone pacing next to the fireplace, and shook her head. She didn’t believe anything this South Texas cowboy, Matt Ryan said, but somehow she would dig out the truth. He claimed she was an amnesia victim and that they were married and had a baby. The possibility that she'd ever loved this man, let alone married him, was as remote as finding the proverbial needle in a haystack, yet it was exactly what he wanted her to believe. She shivered. Was it only the men chasing her she should fear—or should she also fear this drop-dead gorgeous rancher with lying eyes and vibes that screamed danger?
Reviewer: Rita
Review: Jan 6, 2009
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, Western
Molly Ryan has amnesia. Nothing feels right especially not the hard cowboy Matt who claims he’s her husband. Not having a choice she goes back to his ranch with him. There she’s reunited with the baby he claims is her daughter that comes easier to believe, but she even though she has no memories she feels like something is off about the whole situation. Slowly bit and pieces start coming back to h
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