MAX - POWERFUL, ENIGMATIC, A HERO WHO WAS DANGEROUS IN THE DARKHe was rich, mysterious, and shockingly obsessed with a lady of secret sorrows, but was Maxim Bannister endangering his priceless gem collection by letting beautiful, haunted Diana Layton distract him from unseen perils? She was his love at first sight, the mate destiny had molded only for him - but it would take more than courage to silence the terrors that nearly seduced her into endless night...HE FOUGHT HER DEMONS, AND SLEW HER DRAGONSVowing to love her until tragic memory surrendered to sweet ecstasy, Max unleashed his own hunger, treasuring Dinah with lips and hands that commanded and caressed until she exploded in heat and need...Once he'd made her forget any other man, made her understand she had always deserved to be loved, could Dinah open her heart completely to the man who'd healed her soul?

    No one knows the true extent of the damage done to Victim Advocate Tasha Lockridge - not even ex-husband Craig Wilder. Tasha's fierce determination fuels her now that she's found the evidence to vindicate Craig. She vows to fight for him, for the restoration of his reputation, for a reversal of his conviction, and for the rescue of his soul. Convincing Craig that she is his best ally is just the first battle in their seductive war of wills. This is a war Tasha intends to win. Only then will Craig Wilder realize that Tasha Lockridge has always been and will always be ... WILDER'S WOMAN. “Laura Taylor writes with the power and sensuality that characterizes the best authors in the romance genre.” Romantic Times Book Reviews

    and in his bed! She'd taken refuge in her rental cottage, never expecting the tenant to return that night--or that he'd look exactly like the handsome wanderer of a hundred years ago who'd been making steamy love to her in her dreams every night for a week!His Wicked Grin Set Off SparksWas it destiny or just coincidence that Pat called her his flame, his firebrand, just as her dream lover had? Overwhelmed by need, dazzled by passion, Merry responded with fierce pleasure to Pat's wildfire caresses, possessed by him in a magical enchantment that just couldn't be real. She was the missing part of him, fate's gift to his yearning spirit, but could Pat make Merry trust his love would never die?

    Hollis adored the fierce protector who a taught her ecstasy, but she knew shed suffocate in the cocoon he'd wrap her in. Once she understood his need to keep her safe, could she make him see he'd always find a haven in her arms?

    — He'd been caught looking -- and touching -- the silky lingerie on display in the sweet-scented boutique, but when Matt Fiedler discovered he'd stumbled into Dee Farris's shop, he wanted his hands all over the lady instead! Dee had never forgotten the reckless bad boy who'd awakened her to exquisite passion in college, then shattered her dreams by promising to return for her -- and never coming back. She Was Everything He'd Ever Wanted but Couldn't Have Matt still made her knees weak, made her shudder with pleasure and ache with longing to be held, but Dee feared the doubts that had once driven him away couldn't be silenced by desire, that Matt 's pride might be stronger than his need to possess her. Once he believed he had nothing to offer a woman who had so much more, but could Dee make him see that his enduring love was the best gift of all?

    Although Rafe Brokman had broken her heart years before, Cassie Nordstrom has never been able to subdue the ache in her soul and is unwilling to let what was wrong between them ruin what was right.

    After rescuing powerful oilman Duke King from a gang of angry environmental protestors, Marnie MacBride wonders if she will be able to teach him to believe in dreams.

    

    HIS LETHAL SMILE PROMISED PLEASURES SHE'D NEVER KNOWN Memory adored Drew's instant rapport with her daughter and felt her loneliness vanish as he stormed the walls around her heart, wooing her with tenderness and fierce desire. She'd spent years running from shadows that haunted her nights, scared to risk loving but unwilling to surrender hope. By daring to believe they could join their dreams, could Memory and Drew touch the sky together?

    But nothing is burned more vividly in his mind than the one night ten years ago when he'd tasted fierce passion in the arms of Miranda Witherspoon. When he agrees to help her find her missing fiance, he has only one real objective: to convince Miranda that she and Geoff are destined only for each other.

    Emergency room doctor Connor MacLeod feels his romantic senses reawakening when racetrack tomboy Alix Benton comes into the hospital with an injury to her hand.

    Once she'd put her body in his hands and set her emotions free to love him, would Jake understand he belonged with her, that her heart was home?

    Security whiz Jack Fagen awakens to the sound of security bells and is alarmed to discover that the intruder is Katrina Sheffield, his new boss.

    When he hires beautiful Danni Sullivan as his assistant, veterinarian Sebastian Kent realizes that he is attracted to more than Danni's skill with animals.

    It felt a little like making a deal with the devil, but Jay Barrett only wanted ten days of her company, not her body or her soul — and Emily Stanton needed the money he offered enough to take the handsome stranger up on it! His mansion overwhelmed her, his casual caresses aroused her, and his probing questions drove her into hiding the truth from a man who sensed the fears she'd hidden even from herself. HE WAS A FORCE THAT RESPECTED NO BARRIERS...Swept into a world of comfort and ease, dangerously close to being spellbound by the stars and dazzled by the heat of his hands on her body, Emily realized she'd do just about anything except let herself fall in love — but Jay wouldn't settle for anything less. He wanted her to want him more than breath itself, but could Jay make Emily understand that he'd never abandon her, that trust was his gift of the heart?

    Dan made her shameless, engulfed her in a maelstrom of flames that melted her fears and filled Hannah with longing for a real man to share her life. Sure he was no good at keeping promises, Dan believed that what they felt could never last. Would an unexpected miracle give them a chance for a new beginning?