Best of
Futuristic-Romance

2007

Midnight in Death / Interlude in Death


J.D. Robb - 2007
    D. Robb, propels you into the darkest night of Lieutenant Eve Dallas's life - when a killer comes to call...Eve's name has made a Christmas list, but it's not for being naughty or nice. It's for putting a serial killer behind bars. Now the escaped madman has her in his sights. With her husband, Roarke, at her side, Eve must stop the man from exacting his bloody vengeance - or die trying... Interlude in Death: In early spring of 2059, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called off planet to face a grueling ordeal - giving a seminar at the largest police conference of the year, to be held in a swanky resort. Even though Eve can't quite see it that way, it's supposed to be at least partly a vacation. But work intrudes in the form of a bloody homicide, and Eve is off and running. The case is complicated by Eve's personal history with the victim - and by the killer's history with Roarke. Eve must find a way to stop the cycle of violence and revenge, and shove the past back where it belongs.Compact disc, 6 audio discs (6 hr.)

Warlord


Angela Knight - 2007
    The killer has struck before-hundreds of years in the past. He's jumped through time to find more victims and only Jane and Baran, a genetically engineered warrior, can stop him. In "Warfem," a strange destiny reunites the seductive Warfem Alina with Baird, a sexually dynamic Warlord who already shared his lover's fantasies many years before. Plus, as an added treat, Warlord includes two extra short stories never before seen in print.

Hit Me With Your Best Shot


Cassiel Knight - 2007
    Even if it means pairing up with an operative who has more secrets than she does.Sidra is tough, street-smart and independent. And she's living a double life. As an agent for Triad, she follows orders and gets the job done. But as Norah Rainwater's surrogate daughter, she'll do whatever it takes--even defy Triad--to find Norah's missing daughter and save Norah's life.She plans for every eventuality...except Gideon, who lives a triple life beyond Sidra's wildest suspicions. Sidra knows him as a charming playboy more intent on conquering women than saving the world. But he's more than that. Under another identity, he fights to destroy the five men who lead the criminal organization called the Alliance--the same men who murdered his father for trying to leave the group.With Norah near death, Sidra can't let anything get in her way. Not even Gideon, who reminds her so much of Ranger, the only man she has ever loved. But Gideon can't let Sidra reach her goal without crushing any chance he has of reaching his.

Prophecy of Vithan


Charlene Leatherman - 2007
    Although still a brothel slave, the king and queen treated her like a free woman and the prince she was training was like a son to her. Then everything goes to hell. Morgan is forced into a marriage with a man she cannot respect or admire. Her prince is missing and the king and queen are killed. Morgan is blamed for the murder. Morgan's primary concern is to find Prince Khai. The only thing slowing Morgan down is the prophecy about her saving the galaxy, remaining a virgin and that damn electric attraction she feels every time Len touches her. Len had his orders. The ones everyone knew about and the other ones. Marry his soul mate and consummate the marriage, and determine if his new wife was the original Morgan Taj Zephyrain. The first he looked forward to. The second he preferred to ignore. Obviously Morgan Taj Zephyrain is the criminal Len is seeking. It is Len's job to bring the murderer to justice.

Savage


L.A. Day - 2007
    It is a stand-alone book.Savage, a bounty hunter and half-Rabian shifter, needs a woman. He needs his wife, Alaya.He'd left her alone on their wedding night three years ago after she'd screamed in fear when he'd become highly aroused and started to shapeshift. Now it is time to face his demons - to consummate his marriage or end it.Fate steps in, sending them headlong into danger. Seeing her again ignites his desire, and jealousy arouses his dominant nature. Using her passions against her, he persuades her to submit to him for all to hear. But even if Alaya can adapt to his feral lust, unseen danger lurks, waiting to rip them apart again.

Access Denied


Jacqueline Roth - 2007
    The Committee's life guides match the single residents for three-month compatibility assignments. Everyone gets ten chances to find true love or at least an acceptable partnership.There is something special about Leah Bradley. She has the unique ability to reach out and really connect with the people in her life, but if she's so special why is she facing her seventh assignment? From the moment she meets James he makes it clear he grants no one access to his life or, especially, his heart. Brooding and sad, he carries a darkness inside him that swallows another part of him every day. What's worse, he seems to want it this way. Leah slowly loses her hope and her heart. But just when James begins to see Leah the way she truly is, he's forced to ask himself one question: Does the Committee really have happily-ever-after in mind?

The Last Queen


Christine McKay - 2007
    Ten ways to know you're an alien Queen:10. You can stop a runaway plane, crack glass and manipulate objects with the sheer strength of your will.9. Under a black light, your skin phosphors with a webwork of scales.8. Thirteen hunky shapeshifting male aliens can't wait to meet you, and in order to save their dying race, they all want to sleep with you.7. A pack of supernatural hounds and their master, the Hunter, are trying to kill you. And they will not cease until you're dead.6. A muscular, perfectly proportioned, male alien shapeshifts into a dragon before your eyes and speaks to you via mind speech. He thinks you're destined to be his mate.5. Your alter ego is a dragon. And yes, you can fly.4. The FBI thinks you're a terrorist and assigns a special paranormal task force to deal with you.3. When you become pregnant, you find yourself carrying not one but twenty-four babies.2. Did I mention your babies hatch from eggs?1. Your name is Adrianne Harris and you're the last queen of an alien race, the Dragoon. Their fate is in your claws.

Alien's Daughter


Nora-Jean Perkin - 2007
    But from the moment he captures psychologist Starr Berenger, he is fascinated by the humanity he should hate and drawn by a destiny he shouldn't have. When it turns out the Earthling has the coveted birthmark-the key to stealing the Elite's battle plans-he is forced to team up with her on a dangerous mission and confront the human genes that have destroyed his life. Starr has spent a lifetime running from the truth. But when she is kidnapped to a far-off planet, she must accept that she is part alien or be doomed to never return home. She bargains with the alien rebels to use her birthmark to help fight their oppressors in return for being sent back to Earth. But she doesn't bargain for the tug of a destiny she doesn't want or for the unearthly attraction to the rebel warrior who despises her and everything human.