The Fateful Bargain by Betty Neels released on Dec 25, 2001 is available now for purchase.

    and nearly ripped apart by the tragic accusation that shadows their lives - and loves.A Question of Honor.Orders were orders, but battle-weary undercover agent Kit Anderson chafed at seeking refuge from death threats in the house of her new boss, Coast Guard Lieutenant Noah Trayhern. Noah's cold authority masked inner demons to rival her own; his rough kindness sliced through her careful defenses.Suddenly her safe-house was under siege - from the inside - and the danger was to Kit's heart...

    She could charm the wildest beast . . . but could she tame the burning passion of this Cajun gypsy owner?

    She had spirit. She also had the colossal gall to challenge the most powerful and feared man in Manhattan.Michael thrived on challenges and welcomed a battle of wills. And this was one battle he was going to love.

    Lonely, despairing, and angered by the taunting of a society friend, she impulsively agreed to a childish bet.The dare was seduction--woo a "backwoods" man--and shy, solid Ren Garrett, a farmer far from Jamie's elite world, was the pawn.But what began as a cool, calculated means to an end fast became something warm and wonderful, and the stakes soon pierced Jamie's conscience ... and her heart

    . .Nightmares. They'd tormented Jason Mitchell ever since the night his partner had been killed, so he'd fled to the only place he knew to regain peace of mind--his isolated cabin. But, unknown to him, he was being watched by the most ruthless crime lord in the city . . . and into that deadly trap walked Lindsay McDonough.Lindsay knew she was the last person Mitch wanted to see. She was a psychologist, and she wasn't leaving until she'd made sure he had laid his memories to rest. What she didn't expect was the fierce passion that soon flared between them. And what she didn't know was that she and Mitch had begun a fight . . . for their lives.

    Now his year was almost up, and Katie's mother would be coming to take her back.Daniel remembered Sarah Lawson all too well. She had seemed warm, sensuous, the answer to all his lonely prayers. Yet she had given up her child -his child- so his memories couldn't be right. But when Sarah appeared, she was everything she'd seemed -and more. He was stunned to discover that not only wouldn't he give up Katie, he would rather die than let Sarah leave again....

    — Schoolteacher Gwen DeClerk was stable and reliable--and furious that those were the qualities her new neighbor, international showman Jeremy Kane, found most attractive. She wanted to be lusted after.. the way she secretly craved Jeremy. — Gwen sensed a smoldering undercurrent between them, and she had a choice: remain a timid schoolmarm for th erst of her life or show Jeremy a side of her he had yet to discover. What could she lose? Miss Prim and Proper was about to become Ms Hot and Heavy!

    Did Linc Tanner's macho facade hide chilling threats...or enough warmth to heat her senses to a fever pitch? If only she could trust him....VICTIM OR SUSPECT?Brie Williams was Tanner's toughest assignment. Without blowing his cover, he had to expose the shady dealings that had killed her former partner. Brie's aura of aching vulnerability made him want to bare his very soul to her, but he had to keep silent. If he conquered the darkness surrounding her, only then would their love shine like a glorious dawn.

    Malachi Garrett, brilliant engineer-inventor, was so reclusive that hardly anything was known about him. Now here he was, in a bar in Oklahoma, looking for someone to drive his Shelby Cobra car in a race to Washington DC. As a freelance journalist, Abbie couldn't pass up the chance.Pretending to be a medical secretary urgently needing to read Washington, Abbie talked her way into being the driver. She found out too late that living a lie made her feel very uncomfortable and that she and Malachi Garrett made an explosive combination...

    Not a permanent one - just a man to play the part and help her impress the traditional Japanese businessman she was entertaining over the holidays. Sounded simple enough. Hire one from Actor's Equity.When John Gallagher arrived on her doorstep, the attraction between them was no act. And the debonair Mr Gallagher was no actor! Casey didn't have the faintest idea who he was, but she had no time to trifle over details. Especially over the other minor glitch in her plan...what to do with him when the lights went out!

    March Name: TannerKind of Man: A proud, elusive loner who, like the Great Snowy Owl he rescued, prized his freedom above all else.His Undoing: A woman named Charly.Carson Tanner lived his life closer to the edge than any sane man should. Then he met Charly Erickson, who bred horses in springtime and orchids in winter--and who seduced him with her sweet femininity. Suddenly, freedom had never seemed lonelier.But what could Tanner offer her? His world was a dark, dangerous place--where the hunter could become the hunted, and where the long night had no end ....

    But scandal surrounded the family's New Hampshire hotel, and as Teresa found herself falling under the spell of her magnetic employer, she became the target of a deadly conspiracy.

    Hot. Violent. Gentle. To MIA widow Anne Elise Butler, explosive Captain Kell Chaisson was quicksilver personified. To her horror, her final duty to her husband-a foray into Bangkok's treacherous black market-depended on the troubleshooter's deadly skills. Worse, his brazen masculinity hinted at other services he'd willingly supply ....Battle-hardened Kell was an expert at survival. But blistering combat was nothing next to the war that raged inside him at Anne Elise's plea for help. Her tender femininity promised pleasures beyond compare... yet her miss to Asia evoked agonizing memories, and her wifely devotion triggered a minefield of raw emotion. What cruel Fate had linked duty to such maddening desire?

    Then her safe, comfortable world was turned upside down, her house burglarized and her daughter threatened. Only one man could help her--FBI agent Sam King.Jessie knew that Sam was too tough and cynical to be the perfect knight in shining armor, but his rough edges couldn't prevent her from falling in love. Beneath his hard exterior was a heart of gold--a heart that belonged to the man of her dreams. But danger menaced them both, and her chance for love--and a future with Sam--became a race against time...

    But nothing was more horrifying than seeing her ex-husband, diplomat Robert Sullivan, being taken hostage. Once she'd worshiped him as only a young wife could. Now all she had were painful memories of her all-too-short marriage.Sullivan was shocked to see the woman he'd wed four years ago. Then she had been too youthful to deal with his long absences --- and he'd been too aloof to give her the tenderness she'd deserved. Yet nothing had dimmed his passion for her. And if they got out of this alive, making her fall in love with him again would be his greatest challenge.

    But when Tracy outsmarted a pair of kidnappers and led him into the forest in a desperate escape plan, Nick was enchanted by this courageous woodswoman who embraced danger and risked her life to save his. Only when they were safe did Tracy tremble, but what overwhelmed her, made her dizzy with pleasure, was Nick's touch. In the primitive intimacy of the woods, he filled her with longing and held her in his arms until dawn. Loving Nick was a cherished fantasy, but he thought she should be running the company. Could Tracy persuade Nick that by choice she wasn't his rival, only his prize?

    Yet somehow for her small son's sake she had to keep a roof over their heads.Then John Smith came along, handyman extraordinaire. Drifting in out of nowhere, he seemed to be the answer to her prayers.Yet what was the good, Lauren told herself, of learning to depend on John. He might drift away as quietly as he'd come. And somehow that was something Lauren didn't want to think about.

    Now she had a good job and a fine son, and she didn't need any man--least of all Trevor Markus.But Trevor needed her, as he discovered when he arrived in serene Clayton, California, to establish a residence for teenage addicts. He also discovered that he had a son, giving him the excuse he needed to get to know Jillian again. If only he could allow her to get to know him...But Trevor had a secret, one that would shatter Jillian's remaining dreams, and no matter what, he would have to keep that secret safe.

    After all, her closest friend had been killed while covering a notorious street-gang leader. The death had been ruled accidental, but Katie had other ideas . . . and so, she discovered, did Grant Elliot.Katie needed the sexy private investigator to help prove her theory . . . but she hadn't counted on him making her pulse race whenever he was near. Soon she and Grant were caught up in an all-consuming passion-and deadly deception. Then Katie learned Grant was lying to her, and she discovered that his shocking secret not only threatened their love, but also their lives!

    Even after she declared her love for him, he still had to win her.Once Cam had likened the ancient myth to his own relationship with Casie, though he'd never gotten the chance to win her. Sixteen years ago tragedy had torn their young dreams to shreds.Now, in a ribbon of South American moonlight, a glimmer of hope flickered through the bittersweet memories. As a hostage retrieval expert, Casie was in the unstable country to prevent the kidnapping of wealthy businessman Cameron Smith. Only then could they tend to unfinished business. After all, the legend was yet to be fulfilled.

    Unable to deal with survivor's guilt, she escaped to a friend's beach house in Florida were she hoped to find the one thing that had eluded her for the past six months...peace.When nightmares drove her from her bed, she sought the quiet of the moonlit beach. It was there that Scott Sanders, driven by his own midnight demons, first met her. He was living in his own hell, trying to deal with a plane crash in the jungles of Vietnam that has taken his best friend and RIO...while Scott was the pilot. They had both been kissed by the angel of death and survived. Together they learn how to forgive without forgetting and how to move forward and learn to celebrate life.Author's Note: As I have put my other books up on Kindle and other ebook formats, I have updated them to present day. But the Vietnam War was a vital element in the Angel series, so I kept these three books in that timeline...not quite historical...but not quite current either. I believe they are strong, complex stories that will remain timeless about a subject and a generation that cannot and should not be forgotten.As I wrote Kissed by an Angel, the character of Kahuna kept bugging me to give him a book of his own which became Phantom Angel. While writing that book, I realized I wasn't quite finished with the Angel series and Angel of Mercy was born. These three books sprung full-blown out of my subconscious and practically wrote themselves. I felt like I was merely a conduit for the characters who were desperate to have their voices heard.

    Her uncle was dead, so who was this man who'd appeared out of the night --- with a gunshot wound in his shoulder?Connor Hawke realized he had no right to involve an innocent woman in his perilous business, but after his narrow escape from death, Katie seemed like the answer to all his prayers. How could he have predicted she would ultimately prove more intoxicating than even the most dangerous case? Still, Connor knew who --- and what --- he was. As soon as his mission was completed he would have to disappear from lovely Katie's life --- forever.

    Free Fall by Lorena McCourtney released on Mar 24, 1989 is available now for purchase.