As the solstice looms and the battle heats up, Dranir Judah Ansara gathers his forces, intending to wipe every Raintree from the face of the land. Including Mercy, whom he's claimed as his to kill. Then he comes face-to-face with her—and with her daughter, Eve. Will Mercy's closely guarded secret change not only the outcome of the battle—but also Judah's own bitter heart?
]]>Two hundred years after the Raintree clan defeated them, the Ansara wizards are rising up again to take on their bitterest foes. As king, it's up to Dante Raintree to protect his clan, but when Lorna Clay walks into his life, suddenly fire, always his to control, defeats him, leaving him wondering whether Lorna is to blame. Will Dante's strength be enough to win the fight of his life?
Sanctuary by New York Times bestselling author Beverly Barton For Mercy Raintree, war with the evil Ansara clan means she must assume her position as guardian of the Sanctuary—the sacred Raintree home deep in the Smoky Mountains. But doing so threatens to disclose her most precious secret. Dranir Judah Ansara wants to kill Mercy, personally. Then he comes face-to-face with her—and with her daughter, Eve. Will Mercy's closely guarded secret change not only the outcome of the battle…but also Judah's own bitter heart? Haunted by RITA® Award winner Linda Winstead Jones Homicide detective Gideon Raintree can harness electricity and talk to ghosts. To solve his newest case—a relentless serial killer unleashed by the dark Ansara wizards—he will need to wield gifts he's kept hidden. With evil lurking at every turn, Gideon and his alluring new partner, Hope Mallory, are in a race against time to save their love, their family…and their newly conceived child.
Security agent Dante Moran can't afford the luxury of love-in his line of work, emotions can get you killed. Besides, he's never recovered from the pain of losing his high school sweetheart to a serial rapist and killer. As far as Dante is concerned, his heart died the day he identified her body.
But when he's hired to protect Tessa Westbrook's young daughter from a kidnapper, Dante is shocked to feel his long-buried emotions rise to the surface. Tessa stirs something in him that he hasn't felt since he was a kid. . .something that makes him think she could become more than a client. But Tessa's past is full of secrets. . .and with a killer on the loose, Dante must decide if she's worth dying for--or a reason to live.
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The Protector: Sam Dundee
The cynical bodyguard was hired to protect Jeannie Alverson from an verzealous religious fanatic. But when he saw the love and trust in her eyes, he realized that he was the one who would need protection . . .
Blackwood's Woman
The Protector: J. T. Blackwood
He had come to New Mexico in search of a peaceful vacation. And then he met beautiful Joanna Beaumont, who was being stalked by a dangerous killer -- and he knew that relaxingwasone thing this trip was not going to be . . .
Roarke's Wife
The Protector: Simon Roarke
Cleo McNamara was in desperate need of both a bodyguard and a husband -- and clearly, she thought she'd found a two-for-one deal in Simon. But was their pretend game turning all too real?
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Deepest Secret: His quest to defeat the Coalition might be the Extraordinary Five's undoing
Financial genius Jake Ingram had always known he was different, a feeling that kept the handsome millionaire from getting close to others. And now the truth was out: He was one of the five genetically engineered siblings created by a top-secret government organization to do its evil bidding. But Jake's brilliant logic served him no good when he found himself in the hands of his enemy once again. His only escape was to gain the trust of Mariah Daley, an undercover agent ordered to brainwash him. But would Jake's thirst for vengeance and fear of trusting others destroy them both -- and the family Jake had risked everything to reunite . . .?
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