Sandra Brown Books In Order

Astray & Devil/Hellraisers Books In Publication Order

  1. Led Astray (1985)
  2. The Devil’s Own (1987)

Bed & Breakfast Books In Publication Order

  1. Breakfast in Bed (1983)
  2. Send No Flowers (1984)

Coleman Family Saga Books In Publication Order

  1. Sunset Embrace (1985)
  2. Another Dawn (1985)

Lee Coburn Books In Publication Order

  1. Lethal (2011)
  2. Honor & … (With: C.J. Box) (2017)

Mason Sisters Books In Publication Order

  1. Fanta C (1987)
  2. Adam’s Fall (1988)

Mitchell & Associates Books In Publication Order

  1. Smash Cut (2008)
  2. Tough Customer (2010)

Texas! Tyler Family Saga Books In Publication Order

  1. Texas! Lucky (1990)
  2. Texas! Chase (1991)
  3. Texas! Sage (1991)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Love’s Encore (As:Rachel Ryan) (1981)
  2. Love Beyond Reason (As:Rachel Ryan) (1981)
  3. Eloquent Silence (As:Rachel Ryan) (1982)
  4. A Treasure Worth Seeking (As:Rachel Ryan) (1982)
  5. The Silken Web (As:Laura Jordan) (1982)
  6. Not Even For Love (As:Erin St. Claire) (1982)
  7. Hidden Fires (As:Laura Jordan) (1982)
  8. A Kiss Remembered (As:Erin St. Claire) (1983)
  9. Seduction by Design (As:Erin St. Claire) (1983)
  10. Heaven’s Price (1983)
  11. Tomorrow’s Promise (1983)
  12. Tempest in Eden (1983)
  13. Temptations Kiss (1983)
  14. Shadows of Yesterday / Relentless Desire (1983)
  15. Prime Time (1983)
  16. Words of Silk (As:Erin St. Claire) (1984)
  17. A Secret Splendor (As:Erin St. Claire) (1984)
  18. Bittersweet Rain (As:Erin St. Claire) (1984)
  19. In a Class by Itself (1984)
  20. Sweet Anger (As:Erin St. Claire) (1985)
  21. Thursday’s Child (1985)
  22. Riley in the Morning (1985)
  23. Tiger Prince (As:Erin St. Claire) (1985)
  24. The Rana Look (1986)
  25. Above and Beyond (As:Erin St. Claire) (1986)
  26. 22 Indigo Place (1986)
  27. Honor Bound (1986)
  28. Sunny Chandler’s Return (1987)
  29. Two Alone (As:Erin St. Claire) (1987)
  30. Tidings of Great Joy (1987)
  31. Demon Rumm (1987)
  32. Long Time Coming (1988)
  33. Hawk O’Toole’s Hostage (1988)
  34. Slow Heat in Heaven (1988)
  35. Temperatures Rising (1989)
  36. A Whole New Light (1989)
  37. The Thrill of Victory (As:Erin St. Claire) (1989)
  38. Best Kept Secrets (1989)
  39. Mirror Image (1990)
  40. Breath of Scandal (1991)
  41. French Silk (1991)
  42. Roses at Dawn (1992)
  43. Where There’s Smoke (1993)
  44. Charade (1994)
  45. The Witness (1995)
  46. Exclusive (1996)
  47. Fat Tuesday (1997)
  48. Unspeakable (1998)
  49. The Alibi (1999)
  50. Envy (1999)
  51. Standoff (2000)
  52. The Switch (2000)
  53. Hello, Darkness (2001)
  54. The Crush (2002)
  55. White Hot (2004)
  56. Chill Factor (2005)
  57. Play Dirty (2006)
  58. Ricochet (2006)
  59. Of Love and Life (2007)
  60. Smoke Screen (2008)
  61. Rainwater (2009)
  62. Low Pressure (2012)
  63. Deadline (2013)
  64. Mean Streak (2014)
  65. Friction (2015)
  66. Sting (2016)
  67. A Soldier’s Promise (2017)
  68. Seeing Red (2017)
  69. Tailspin (2018)
  70. Outfox (2019)
  71. Thick as Thieves (2020)
  72. Blind Tiger (2021)

Joe Pickett Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. Dull Knife (By:C.J. Box) (2005)
  2. The Master Falconer (By:C.J. Box) (2011)
  3. Honor & … (With: C.J. Box) (2017)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women (1992)
  2. No Rest for the Dead (2011)
  3. MatchUp (2017)

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Sandra Brown Books Overview

Led Astray

Jenny Fletcher had selflessly put her needs and dreams behind those of her fianc , Hal, a man more committed to a cause than to her. On the eve of his departure for Central America, he gave Jenny what she wanted more than anything…
one passionate night. It was his final gift. Cage Hendren was the opposite of his brother, Hal, in every way. The black sheep of the family, he was all rough edges, with a soft spot for just one thing: Jenny. But she’d always thought Cage was too wild and reckless…
until he showed her a wildness in herself she hadn’t known was there. And now that she’s been Led Astray
she couldn’t possibly turn back…

The Devil’s Own

From the start, Kerry Bishop anticipated danger: She expected unimaginable fear. In a terrifying race to save nine children, she prepared for the fight of her life. But she wasn t prepared for a passion almost as dangerous as the mission she had undertaken. At the first, Linc O Neil appeared to be exactly the kind of man Kerry needed: strong, ruthless and definitely too drunk to care about helping her steal a truck to get past the guards. Then she discovered her mistake. Linc was not a hardened mercenary; the heavy gear he carried was not guns but cameras. She had hijacked a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. Now he was their last hope. Dependent on a stranger, Kerry refused to let unexpected desire complicate their mission. If Linc had the mistaken impression that she was a woman of the church, she was not about to correct him. Certainly, it kept him at arm’s length, which was just where she wanted this man who, despite his bad attitude and constant stream of threats, was their one chance for survival through fifty miles of treacherous jungle. And survival was all they could think about. But if they succeeded, what then? Could Kerry tell him the truth: that she was no more a woman sworn to chastity than she was immune to the powerful effect he had on her? That she desired him more and more? If freedom came, would they be free to love?

Breakfast in Bed

Hurt one too many times in the past, Sloan Fairchild isn’t interested in love. Instead, she pours all her energy into running her elegant bed and breakfast inn. But when her best friend asks her to house her fiance for a month, Sloan opens the doors of Fairchild House to Carter Madison…
and meets a man who turns her world and her concept of herself upside down. Sloan tries to ignore the feelings this handsome man stirs in her…
tries to stop herself from dreaming dreams that can never be. Yet when Carter reveals his own desire, Sloan will find herself facing a heart wrenching decision: to love for the moment, to walk away forever, or to fight to have it all. From the Paperback edition.

Send No Flowers

One of the most beloved romance authors of all time, Sandra Brown creates love stories as defiantly passionate as they are richly emotional. Her ‘larger than life heroes and hero*ines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life’ Rendezvous. Now the New York Times bestselling author of Tidings of Great Joy delivers an exquisitely sensual tale of a young woman’s sudden, irresistible affair with a stranger a man with a secret that could shatter her life. Since the death of her husband, Alicia Russell has struggled to take care of her two young sons alone. Now fiercely independent, she is determined to never again depend on another person. But when a sudden storm threatens to ruin a family camping trip, Alicia finds it hard to say no to a stranger offering a night’s refuge especially when the man playing hero offers much more than shelter from the storm. Handsome, sensual, and slightly mysterious, Pierce Reynolds showers much needed attention on Alicia’s sons and reminds her, after so many years of solitude, how it feels to be desired. But even as he tempts her to explore her newly reawakened longings, he holds her at arm’s length, his only explanation a silent refusal to share the secrets of his heart. Torn by the fear that Pierce can’t provide the emotional support she and her children deserve, Alicia returns to Los Angeles and struggles to move on without him. But when a crisis brings Pierce back into her life, Alicia knows she can’t give him up again without a fight. Alicia has already learned that life comes with no guarantees. But can she convince the man who’d renewed her hope that love is a risk worth taking?Tender, tantalizing, and never less than irresistible, Send No Flowers is one of Sandra Brown’s classic romances, available in hardcover for the first time.

Sunset Embrace

Russet haired, sensuous Lydia and proud, dangerous Ross Coleman are both running from the past. But thrust together on a slow moving wagon train, they will soon be pulled into a maelstrom of danger and desire. A sizzling romance reissued to coincide with Sandra Brown’s new romance Mirror Image. Reissue.

Another Dawn

Jenny Fletcher had selflessly put her needs and dreams behind those of her fianc , Hal, a man more committed to a cause than to her. On the eve of his departure for Central America, he gave Jenny what she wanted more than anything…
one passionate night. It was his final gift. Cage Hendren was the opposite of his brother, Hal, in every way. The black sheep of the family, he was all rough edges, with a soft spot for just one thing: Jenny. But she’d always thought Cage was too wild and reckless…
until he showed her a wildness in herself she hadn’t known was there. And now that she’s been led astray…
she couldn’t possibly turn back…

Lethal

When her four year old daughter informs her a sick man is in their yard, Honor Gillette rushes out to help him. But that ‘sick’ man turns out to be Lee Coburn, the man accused of murdering seven people the night before. Dangerous, desperate, and armed, he promises Honor that she and her daughter won’t be hurt as long as she does everything he asks. She has no choice but to accept him at his word. But Honor soon discovers that even those close to her can’t be trusted. Coburn claims that her beloved late husband possessed something extremely valuable that places Honor and her daughter in grave danger. Coburn is there to retrieve it at any cost. From FBI offices in Washington, D.C., to a rundown shrimp boat in coastal Louisiana, Coburn and Honor run for their lives from the very people sworn to protect them, and unravel a web of corruption and depravity that threatens not only them, but the fabric of our society

Fanta C

Attorney Laurel Chandler tries not to fall for the charm of notorious bad boy writer Jack Boudreaux, a man who has seduced half the women in Bayou Breaux.

Adam’s Fall

For the past few years, Lilah Mason has watched her sister find love, get married, and have children, while she’s been more than content to channel her energies into her career. A physical therapist with an unsinkable spirit and unwavering compassion, she’s one of the best in the field. But when Lilah takes on a demanding new case, her patient’s life isn’t the only one transformed. Her new patient, Adam, challenges her methods and authority at every turn. Yet Lilah is determined to help him recover the life he’s lost. What she can’t see, until it’s much too late, is that while she’s winning Adam’s battle, she’s losing her heart…
And as professional duty and her passionate yearnings clash, she must choose the course right for them both.

Smash Cut

THE PRINCIPALSPaul Wheeler. CEO of the Wheeler Enterprises empire. At age fifty two, he’s a pillar of Atlanta society and a brilliant businessman. But Paul is out of the picture even before the opening credits shot dead during an armed robbery. Julie Rutledge. A savvy, cultured, and attractive Southern woman, seasoned by a stint of study and romance in Paris. She owns the city’s most successful and sophisticated art gallery on Peachtree Street. She was also Paul Wheeler’s weekly companion at the hotel where he was murdered and was hand in hand with him at the time of his death. Derek Mitchell. A defense lawyer of renown. Successful, handsome, and despised by the Atlanta PD for his courtroom victories, he goes to the mat to make a case for every client and headlines for himself. A guilty verdict is not an option. Yet he’s not entirely without a conscience, as proven when his life takes a terrible turn toward the cinematic. Creighton Wheeler. The prodigal nephew of Paul. With movie star looks and guileless blue eyes, the twenty eight year old playboy has a penchant for call girls, fast cars, and designer clothes. But his passion is movies. He studies them, quotes them…
and lives them. Even those closest to Creighton can’t be sure when he exits reality and enters the fantasy world of films. STORYBOARDThe murder of Paul Wheeler has all the elements of a blockbuster: family rivalries, incalculable wealth, and a prominent man dying in the arms of his beautiful mistress. It’s a case that could earn Derek Mitchell even greater star power. When the Wheeler family approaches him about defending Creighton for his uncle’s murder even before he’s charged he jumps at the chance. But Derek soon discovers that Julie will stop at nothing to secure justice for Paul and that includes preventing Derek from defending Creighton. Infuriated, Derek realizes that his hands have been tied in a way that could not only cost him the case, but ruin his entire career. Although Creighton has a rock solid alibi, Julie is convinced that he is responsible for Paul’s murder. But the homicide detectives have another theory. Caught in several lies, and keeping secrets from Derek and the police, Julie is suspected of casting blame on Creighton to cover her own crime. Meanwhile, Derek fears he’s once again being duped…
yet he burns with jealousy when he thinks of Julie with her late lover. But the more Derek learns about Creighton and his darker side, the more he doubts the young man’s innocence. And hiding in a squalid motel under an assumed name is the one man, a career criminal, a killer, who knows the truth. The clock ticks down toward a shocking ending as Derek and Julie seek to learn whether Creighton’s fascination with movie murders is merely a bizarre hobby or depravity. Has he begun reenacting cinema’s goriest scenes…
and, if so, who will be his unwitting costars? They won’t know until the final Smash Cut. From ‘masterful storyteller’ Sandra Brown USA Today comes this thrilling new novel full of jarring twists and breathless suspense that will have you on the edge of your seat.

Tough Customer

Colleagues, friends, and lovers know Dodge Hanley as a private investigator who doesn’t let rules get in his way-in his private life as well as his professional one. If he breaks a heart, or bends the law in order to catch a criminal, he does so without hesitation or apology. That’s why he’s the first person Caroline King-who after a thirty-year separation continues to haunt his dreams-asks for help when a deranged stalker attempts to murder their daughter…
the daughter Dodge has never met. He has a whole bagful of grudging excuses for wishing to ignore Caroline’s call, and one compelling reason to drop everything and fly down to Texas: guilt. Dodge’s mind may be a haze of disturbing memories and bad decisions, but he arrives in Houston knowing with perfect clarity that his daughter, Berry, is in danger. She has become the object of desire of a co-worker, a madman and genius with a penchant for puzzles and games who has spent the past year making Berry’s life hell, and who now has vowed to kill her. Dodge joins forces with local deputy sheriff Ski Nyland, but the alarming situation goes from bad to worse when the stalker begins to claim other victims and leaves an ominous trail of clues as he lethally works his way toward Berry. Sensing the killer drawing nearer, Dodge, who’s survived vicious criminals and his own self-destructive impulses, realizes that this time he’s in for the fight of his life.

From acclaimed best-selling author Sandra Brown, Tough Customer is a heart-pounding tale about obsession and murder, the fragile nature of relationships, and, possibly, second chances.

Texas! Lucky

The first book in 1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown’s belovedTexas! trilogy introduced readers worldwide to a captivating family struggling to go on without its patriarch and to a man in pursuit of an elusive woman who may hold his future in her hands. Here is a saga told only as Brown can an adored classic. If middle children were born to rebel, Lucky Tyler was true to type. Charismatic and good looking, his romantic conquests had earned him his name while his temper had earned him a reputation as the family hothead. And one unfortunate night the sight of a woman being harassed got the best of him. The fight that ensued was predictable the woman was not. Maybe Lucky was old fashioned, but he d expected at least a Thank you before she drove away. Then again, maybe chasing after a mysterious stranger was just the distraction he needed. But the woman had a knack for disappearing even after Lucky tracked her down. Even after they shared a night neither would forget. He was determined to find her yet again, but this time his search would be fueled by more than desire. For during the night a suspicious fire had broken out at Tyler Drilling and Lucky was the prime suspect. Now the woman was more than his obsession, she was his alibi. Cornered by her own deception, Devon Haines had tried her best to escape Lucky. Yet his bold pursuit and self assurance disarmed her in a way she d never experienced. But Lucky was about to ask for something she was terrified to give. Clearing his name would mean revealing a secret he d regret ever knowing. Refusing could cost him everything. And doing either could mean losing him forever. Pulsing with suspense and romance, here is the sweeping tale of a close knit family and the daring, irreverent, irresistible heirs at its center.

Texas! Chase

THE PRINCIPALSPaul Wheeler. CEO of the Wheeler Enterprises empire. At age fifty two, he’s a pillar of Atlanta society and a brilliant businessman. But Paul is out of the picture even before the opening credits shot dead during an armed robbery. Julie Rutledge. A savvy, cultured, and attractive Southern woman, seasoned by a stint of study and romance in Paris. She owns the city’s most successful and sophisticated art gallery on Peachtree Street. She was also Paul Wheeler’s weekly companion at the hotel where he was murdered and was hand in hand with him at the time of his death. Derek Mitchell. A defense lawyer of renown. Successful, handsome, and despised by the Atlanta PD for his courtroom victories, he goes to the mat to make a case for every client and headlines for himself. A guilty verdict is not an option. Yet he’s not entirely without a conscience, as proven when his life takes a terrible turn toward the cinematic. Creighton Wheeler. The prodigal nephew of Paul. With movie star looks and guileless blue eyes, the twenty eight year old playboy has a penchant for call girls, fast cars, and designer clothes. But his passion is movies. He studies them, quotes them…
and lives them. Even those closest to Creighton can’t be sure when he exits reality and enters the fantasy world of films. STORYBOARDThe murder of Paul Wheeler has all the elements of a blockbuster: family rivalries, incalculable wealth, and a prominent man dying in the arms of his beautiful mistress. It’s a case that could earn Derek Mitchell even greater star power. When the Wheeler family approaches him about defending Creighton for his uncle’s murder even before he’s charged he jumps at the chance. But Derek soon discovers that Julie will stop at nothing to secure justice for Paul and that includes preventing Derek from defending Creighton. Infuriated, Derek realizes that his hands have been tied in a way that could not only cost him the case, but ruin his entire career. Although Creighton has a rock solid alibi, Julie is convinced that he is responsible for Paul’s murder. But the homicide detectives have another theory. Caught in several lies, and keeping secrets from Derek and the police, Julie is suspected of casting blame on Creighton to cover her own crime. Meanwhile, Derek fears he’s once again being duped…
yet he burns with jealousy when he thinks of Julie with her late lover. But the more Derek learns about Creighton and his darker side, the more he doubts the young man’s innocence. And hiding in a squalid motel under an assumed name is the one man, a career criminal, a killer, who knows the truth. The clock ticks down toward a shocking ending as Derek and Julie seek to learn whether Creighton’s fascination with movie murders is merely a bizarre hobby or depravity. Has he begun reenacting cinema’s goriest scenes…
and, if so, who will be his unwitting costars? They won’t know until the final SMASH CUT. From ‘masterful storyteller’ Sandra Brown USA Today comes this thrilling new novel full of jarring twists and breathless suspense that will have you on the edge of your seat.

Texas! Sage

In the dramatic finale of 1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown’s popular Texas! trilogy, the headstrong youngest daughter of the powerful Tyler family finally steps out of the large shadow cast by her two older brothers. But forging her own path will take every ounce of savvy and independent spirit in Sage Tyler s possession. Texas! Sage The youngest heir to her family s oil fortune, Sage has always been the unbridled spitfire in the Tyler clan. Now, fresh out of the University of Texas with her MBA in hand, she s looking to settle down at last with her safe, predictable upper crust fianc . But unbeknownst to Sage, her well ordered future is about to be suddenly and irrevocably upended. Into her life saunters Harlan Boyd, an irritating, rootless drifter recently hired by her brothers for a Tyler Drilling Company project. Harlan s just the sort of man Sage should avoid particularly during this rare period of vulnerability. But there s something irresistible about the laconic cowboy that intrigues her, makes her want to reveal all her secrets to him, and even forces her to reconsider the path her life will take. But can she trust a man who shares her maverick spirit and harbors long held secrets of his own?When a financial crisis threatens to wreck Tyler Drilling for good, Sage and Harlan must channel their simmering chemistry into the immediate task of saving the family business. Working side by side in close quarters, Sage will discover that a man who seems all wrong for her may prove to be the right choice after all. Crackling with the lightning heat of a Lone Star summer, Texas! Sage is a fitting final chapter for the Tyler family saga.

Love’s Encore (As:Rachel Ryan)

In one reckless night, Camille Jameson’s life was changed forever: a tall, handsome stranger, an evening of romance – and enough regrets to last a lifetime. Two years later, Camille is a successful interior decorator with the opportunity to restore one of Mississippi’s proudest plantations. She arrives excited and eager to face her greatest professional challenge to date – until Zack Prescott saunters through the mansion’s front door and back into her life. He is exactly as she remembers, except for the knowing look in his eyes that reminds her of what they once shared. Now, forced to live in unbearably close quarters, Camille and Zack will discover if they have the courage to face the past – and, perhaps, build a future together…

Love Beyond Reason (As:Rachel Ryan)

In one reckless night, Camille Jameson’s life was changed forever: a tall, handsome stranger, an evening of romance – and enough regrets to last a lifetime. Two years later, Camille is a successful interior decorator with the opportunity to restore one of Mississippi’s proudest plantations. She arrives excited and eager to face her greatest professional challenge to date – until Zack Prescott saunters through the mansion’s front door and back into her life. He is exactly as she remembers, except for the knowing look in his eyes that reminds her of what they once shared. Now, forced to live in unbearably close quarters, Camille and Zack will discover if they have the courage to face the past – and, perhaps, build a future together…

Eloquent Silence (As:Rachel Ryan)

Lauri is a dedicated young teacher for the deaf. Her past conceals a wound still unhealed, her present is a facade, and she uses her career to hide her loneliness. Drake, daytime TV’s most popular star, has two heartaches the daughter he believes will never have a normal life and the dead wife he can’t forget. Jennifer is the beautiful hearing impaired child who may become a pawn between the man and the woman she needs the most. Now, in the heart of a New Mexico arts community, the three may become a family…
but only if each one dares to find a voice and lets his or her fears and needs speak for themselves.

A Treasure Worth Seeking (As:Rachel Ryan)

Lauri is a dedicated young teacher for the deaf. Her past conceals a wound still unhealed, her present is a facade, and she uses her career to hide her loneliness. Drake, daytime TV’s most popular star, has two heartaches the daughter he believes will never have a normal life and the dead wife he can’t forget. Jennifer is the beautiful hearing impaired child who may become a pawn between the man and the woman she needs the most. Now, in the heart of a New Mexico arts community, the three may become a family…
but only if each one dares to find a voice and lets his or her fears and needs speak for themselves.

The Silken Web (As:Laura Jordan)

On the surface, Jordan Hadlock has it all. A great job managing the English newsstand in the old quarter of Lucerne, Switzerland. Rich and renowned Swiss industrialist Helmut Eckherdt is intent on marrying her, even though she hasn’t said yes. What more could she ask for? A clap of thunder and a pounding on her door soon give her an answer. Reeves Grant appears seeking shelter from a sudden downpour, but the real storm is inside Jordan and the passion they share that night. The next morning he disappears without a trace. Still reeling from the encounter, Jordan plays hostess at Helmut’s lavish dinner party, where Helmut announces that he and Jordan are to be wed at the very same moment she spies Reeves Grant snapping pictures of the event and her new ‘fianc .’ Now Jordan is moving toward the altar with a man she likes but doesn’t love. And working on a feature of the wealthy Helmut often only inches away from her is photojournalist Reeves Grant, bringing with him all the memories of the emotions she felt one special night. Not Even For Love captures the wild fluctuations between doubt and desire in complex relationships while offering the engrossing tale of a woman who must learn to trust her instincts to discover exactly who she is and what she wants.

Not Even For Love (As:Erin St. Claire)

On the surface, Jordan Hadlock has it all. A great job managing the English newsstand in the old quarter of Lucerne, Switzerland. Rich and renowned Swiss industrialist Helmut Eckherdt is intent on marrying her, even though she hasn’t said yes. What more could she ask for? A clap of thunder and a pounding on her door soon give her an answer. Reeves Grant appears seeking shelter from a sudden downpour, but the real storm is inside Jordan and the passion they share that night. The next morning he disappears without a trace. Still reeling from the encounter, Jordan plays hostess at Helmut’s lavish dinner party, where Helmut announces that he and Jordan are to be wed at the very same moment she spies Reeves Grant snapping pictures of the event and her new ‘fianc .’ Now Jordan is moving toward the altar with a man she likes but doesn’t love. And working on a feature of the wealthy Helmut often only inches away from her is photojournalist Reeves Grant, bringing with him all the memories of the emotions she felt one special night. Not Even For Love captures the wild fluctuations between doubt and desire in complex relationships while offering the engrossing tale of a woman who must learn to trust her instincts to discover exactly who she is and what she wants.

Hidden Fires (As:Laura Jordan)

Preacher’s daughter Lauren thinks that she is going to work for wealthy Olivia Lockett as a secretary. Instead, the matriarch makes Lauren a scandalous offer to marry her son in name only. Lauren has strong feelings for him but are they strong enough?

A Kiss Remembered (As:Erin St. Claire)

Shelley Browning, recovering from a disastrous marriage, is determined to get the college degree she abandoned to wed a young doctor. She’s back at Oklahoma University at age twenty six, a little older and a lot wiser. But Shelley can’t explain why she takes a class in government taught by Grant Chapman except that she feels compelled to see him again. Ten years ago Grant was the best looking teacher in her high school. He left after a few months to take a glamorous job as a congressional aide, but not before ‘the kiss.’ Unplanned, stunningly hot, and never repeated, a single kiss with Grant haunted Shelley as a symbol of ‘what might have been’ with the right man. Now famous and as charismatic as ever, Grant has abandoned the rat race on Capitol Hill for a university career. Pleased to find Shelley in his classroom, delighted by her honesty and, believing there is no impropriety in dating her, he asks her out. Isn’t that what Shelley has secretly hoped would happen? Never had she felt more confused about what she really wants. As their relationship grows, guilt mingles with desires she cant deny. Her heart longs to trust Grant; her head thinks intimacy is too risky for both of them. And when a stunning accusation emerges and pressures mount from unexpected sources, Shelley is faced with making a leap of faith to believe in love…
or with walking away from the man of her dreams.

Seduction by Design (As:Erin St. Claire)

Hailey Ashton is devoted to her challenging job as the Director of Guest Relations at the Serendipity Amuseme*nt Park in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Those who know her are impressed with her hard work and dedication as well as her beauty and strength. But Haileys tough exterior hides a fragile self image that dashes any hopes of a love life. Until one afternoon when a minor emergency brings her into contact with Tyler Scott, the dynamic and thoroughly irritating new owner of the park. Tyler sees past Haileys facade to the real woman hiding within and a promising relationship quickly begins. But there are still obstacles in their path. Tylers young daughter has lost her mother and wants Hailey to replace her, and Haileys unpredictable younger sister always shows up at the wrong time. But the biggest problem is Haileys own doubts and fears which could jeopardize her best chance at total fulfillment. Sandra Brown is the author of more than 60 books and 42 have been New York Times bestsellers, and hit many other lists as well, including Publishers Weekly, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, and Ingram. Since 1995, Sandra Browns previous Warner reissues have all become New York Times paperback bestsellers, including Bittersweet Rain 1/00debuted at 5, Sweet Anger 1/99, and Temptations Kiss 1998.

Heaven’s Price

Blair Simpson has embraced a life most people merely dreamed about. Devoting her nights as well as her days to dancing in the chorus line of Broadway musicals and occasional TV commercials she had never considered another career. Now an injury has sent her to a small town for six long months of recuperation. All around her are couples who are raising families and building dreams together. And there she meets a man who forces her to come to terms with a part of herself she has long denied.

From her first encounter with her new landlord, Sean Garett, the powerful sexual attraction between them catches her off guard. For the first time she’s unable to lose herself in her dancing, as Sean’s passion and tenderness urge her to open her life to him. More than anything, Sean wants to build a future with fiery, raven haired Blair. But Blair’s own passion for dance has ruled her for so long, she may not be able to break its hold even if it costs her the love she had thought she’d never find.

Tomorrow’s Promise

It happened the way attraction happens best: suddenly, passionately, uncontrollably and unforgettably. Thousands of feet above the ground on a crowded flight to Washington, D.C., radio personality Keely Williams felt the irresistible pull of handsome congressman Dax Devereaux. They were speaking at the same congressional hearing about Vietnam soldiers listed as MIA. Tragically, Keely’s husband was among the missing soldiers. He had been her childhood sweetheart, her future, her love& 151:and then the unanswered question Keely dedicated her life to solving. Until there was Dax. And the possibility of a new future. But could Keely allow herself to love again, and still honor the man of her past?

Tempest in Eden

A mix of popular genres from top selling American authors. Readers will relish themes of love, glamour, politics, perseverance, resilience, innovation and the pioneer spirit from some of the best loved writers of modern fiction, nonfiction and biography.A renowned artist’s model, Shay Morrison thinks nothing of exposing her body to inspire great works of art. Hidden inside her, where no one can see, is the pain of a failed marriage. Then she accidentally walks in on Ian Douglas as he steps from a shower. Every gorgeous bit of him is immediately apparent as is his disapproval of Shay. What isn’t so obvious is his profession: Ian is a minister in a very staid community. Challenged and hurt, Shay decides to seduce him. But waiting for her are the traps of her own weaknesses and the potent force of sexuality…

Temptations Kiss

She is a mother searching for her child…
After the death of her little boy, Joey, Arden Gentry feels a terrible emptiness. Divorced and devastated over the loss of her son, Arden is utterly alone. But she has another son a child she agreed to give up at birth to save her marriage and her family from financial ruin. Now that Joey is gone, Arden is convinced that the son she’d never held could ease her overwhelming heartache. After years of monitoring his whereabouts, Arden leaves Los Angeles behind and goes to Maui, where her son is currently living. But in the tropical paradise of Hawaii, Arden starts to doubt her decision to contact him. Because she knows that finding him could resurrect all the half truths, secrets and unspeakable lies that surrounded his birth.

Shadows of Yesterday / Relentless Desire

LEIGH…
She was terrifyingly alone on a Texas highway about to deliver her first child when a rugged stranger in a pickup truck stopped to help her. Leigh Bransom had lost her husband eight months before when he was tragically killed on the job. This fateful meeting on a lonesome highway brought a handsome, new man into her life…
yet he was a man with secrets and the power to break her heart again. CHAD…
He pursued a dangerous business, and his past was a mystery he kept hidden. He was determined to make Leigh care for him, but there were no guarantees that his love could protect her from her worst fears.

Prime Time

More than anything else, cable TV reporter Andrea Malone wanted a network job. And it could be hers if she gained a coveted interview with the aging General Ratiff especially if she uncovered the secret that drove him into seclusion at his Texas ranch. One obstacle was Lyon Ratiff, the general’s watchdog of a son. Andrea had a plan, but had no way of knowing how Lyon’s unexpected, undeniable effect on her would change everything, how they both would face a storm of suspicion and betrayal and how Andrea Malone would have to choose between the ruthless demands of her profession and the equally strong dictates of the heart.

Words of Silk (As:Erin St. Claire)

One of romance’s most beloved authors, Sandra Brown creates love stories of unsurpassed passion and emotion. Her ‘larger than life heroes and hero*ines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life’ Rendezvous. Now, the author of more than thirty five New York Times bestsellers delivers a powerful, erotic, and deeply moving tale of a woman reunited with her first and only love a man who wants what she denied him ten years ago. Dani Quinn walked into her high school reunion with dread and anticipation. She knew Logan Webster would be there, and she had no idea how she would react the first time she saw him. She had left both Logan and the small Texas town years before. Her departure had been abrupt, painful, and not of her choosing. She’d never had the chance to tell Logan the truth. After all these years, she wasn’t even sure he was interested in hearing her side of the story. She had come to the reunion to prove to herself that she wasn’t afraid to see him again. And to ask him for a favor. Handsome, charming, and dangerously charismatic, Logan has grown into a man who exudes all the power and confidence of a self made success. He listens as Dani describes her work for Friends in Need, a charitable organization that raises funds for mentally and physically challenged children. He is attentive as she explains the foundation’s hope that he will donate one of his properties for a much needed summer camp. Then he suggests a shocking proposal of his own. A coldhearted ‘business’ deal that conceals a hurt that Logan has never gotten over. Frightened by her own feelings for Logan, hoping to heal the pain she has caused him, Dani agrees to his unconventional terms. What she never expects is the chance that their love will be rekindled. But it is not that simple. Once again Dani is forced to leave Logan without so much as an explanation. For unbeknownst to Logan, Dani has passed through a heartwrenching tragedy that has changed her life forever, and where she must go not even he can follow. Poignant, sensual, and unforgettable, In a Class by Itself is classic Sandra Brown, available in hardcover for the first time.

A Secret Splendor (As:Erin St. Claire)

She is a mother searching for her child…
After the death of her little boy, Joey, Arden Gentry feels a terrible emptiness. Divorced and devastated over the loss of her son, Arden is utterly alone. But she has another son a child she agreed to give up at birth to save her marriage and her family from financial ruin. Now that Joey is gone, Arden is convinced that the son she’d never held could ease her overwhelming heartache. After years of monitoring his whereabouts, Arden leaves Los Angeles behind and goes to Maui, where her son is currently living. But in the tropical paradise of Hawaii, Arden starts to doubt her decision to contact him. Because she knows that finding him could resurrect all the half truths, secrets and unspeakable lies that surrounded his birth.

Bittersweet Rain (As:Erin St. Claire)

Caroline Dawson survived the town gossips who whispered behind her back. She survived the slow death of her husband, Roscoe Lancaster, the richest man in the county and her senior by three decades. But she feared she might not survive Rink Lancaster, her husband’s son. Years before she married, when she and Rink were teens, he had introduced Caroline to her first tremulous taste of love and then broke her heart. Now Rink is back. He says he wants to settle his father’s estate. But driven by a storm of emotions as undeniable as before and more dangerous than ever, what he really wants is to settle the score with Caroline.

In a Class by Itself

One of romance’s most beloved authors, Sandra Brown creates love stories of unsurpassed passion and emotion. Her ‘larger than life heroes and hero*ines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life’ Rendezvous. Now, the author of more than thirty five New York Times bestsellers delivers a powerful, erotic, and deeply moving tale of a woman reunited with her first and only love a man who wants what she denied him ten years ago. Dani Quinn walked into her high school reunion with dread and anticipation. She knew Logan Webster would be there, and she had no idea how she would react the first time she saw him. She had left both Logan and the small Texas town years before. Her departure had been abrupt, painful, and not of her choosing. She’d never had the chance to tell Logan the truth. After all these years, she wasn’t even sure he was interested in hearing her side of the story. She had come to the reunion to prove to herself that she wasn’t afraid to see him again. And to ask him for a favor. Handsome, charming, and dangerously charismatic, Logan has grown into a man who exudes all the power and confidence of a self made success. He listens as Dani describes her work for Friends in Need, a charitable organization that raises funds for mentally and physically challenged children. He is attentive as she explains the foundation’s hope that he will donate one of his properties for a much needed summer camp. Then he suggests a shocking proposal of his own. A coldhearted ‘business’ deal that conceals a hurt that Logan has never gotten over. Frightened by her own feelings for Logan, hoping to heal the pain she has caused him, Dani agrees to his unconventional terms. What she never expects is the chance that their love will be rekindled. But it is not that simple. Once again Dani is forced to leave Logan without so much as an explanation. For unbeknownst to Logan, Dani has passed through a heartwrenching tragedy that has changed her life forever, and where she must go not even he can follow. Poignant, sensual, and unforgettable, In a Class by Itself is classic Sandra Brown, available in hardcover for the first time.

Sweet Anger (As:Erin St. Claire)

Television newscaster Kari Wynne blamed her shattered life on one man D.A. Hunter McKee. He hadn’t directly caused her husband’s death, but he had destroyed his reputation. Still, the desire that exploded every time they met was almost overwhelming. Now, Kari will begin a desperate search for the truth about her husband’s mysterious death…
and about the man she wants to hate who somehow awakens within her the kind of passion she has never known before.

Thursday’s Child

With forty four New York Times bestselling novels to her credit, Sandra Brown is one of romance’s best loved authors. She has been hailed by Rendezvous magazine as an author whose larger than life heroes and hero*ines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life. Sexy, funny, and wonderfully romantic, here is the unforgettably sensuous story of a woman too smart to fall in love and the man determined to prove her wrong. Thursday s ChildAllison Leamon knew that pretending to be her identical twin sister was a bad idea. For although the two redheads looked exactly alike, they couldn t be more different. How could a no nonsense scientist like Allison possibly fool anyone into thinking that she was the bubbly, vivacious Annie?Trading her sensible shoes for strappy sandals, her eyeglas*ses for contacts, and her lab smock for a chiffon dress, Allison was determined to try her best. Her first challenge was a dinner date with Annie s fianc , Davis. But what Allison didn t expect was the presence of Davis s best friend. Allison was far too logical to believe in love at first sight, but there was nothing logical about the way she was responding to Spencer Raft. The dark haired, blue eyed mystery man had an assurance that Allison found positively maddening. And by the end of the evening, she couldn t help feeling that Spencer had been attracted to a carefully constructed illusion. She was certain that the handsome adventurer wouldn t give her a second look if he knew her as she really was. But Spencer Raft was a man of many talents and seeing below the surface of things was one of them. He sensed the flesh and blood woman beneath the elaborate charade, and after years of wandering the world in search of excitement, he knew he had finally found what he had been looking for. But first this incurable romantic had to convince an intractable skeptic that there was more to love than what she could study in a laboratory. And what better way than to propose a passionate experiment of his own?On board his yacht, Spencer and Allison would fulfill their wildest fantasies and deepest desires; but when their blissful idyll was over, would it all prove to be no more than a pleasant interlude or the real thing?From the Hardcover edition.

Riley in the Morning

One of romance’s best loved authors, Sandra Brown creates love stories whose larger than life heroes and hero*ines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life Rendezvous. Now the New York Times bestselling author delivers a poignant, funny, and irresistibly sensual novel about one night in the life of a man and a woman that will change their future forever. Television producer Brin Cassidy was throwing the biggest dinner party of her life. And with everything in utter chaos, who should show up unannounced on her doorstep but her handsome estranged husband, Jon Riley. Brin had not only worked with the popular star of Riley in the Morning, she had fallen in love with and married him. She knew she owed Riley an explanation for why she walked out. But did he have to come on this of all nights?Temperamental, charismatic, and devastatingly blue eyed, Riley was a man who knew what he wanted, and he wasn t leaving until he got it. But the sensuous and strong willed beauty he still called his wife was every bit his match. From dusk until dawn the two will experience a second honeymoon of passion, seduction, and deep revelation that will determine if there is any future for Riley in the Morning.

Tiger Prince (As:Erin St. Claire)

Escaping from her high pressure Washington job and a painful divorce, Caren Blakemore finds romance with Derek Allen, a mysterious man hiding from a scandal hungry press, but she soon discovers that their affair has painful repercussions. Reissue.

The Rana Look

The author of forty five New York Times bestselling novels, Sandra Brown is one of the romance world’s most acclaimed writers. Rendezvous magazine has praised her as a novelist whose larger than life heroes and hero*ines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life. Now, in the classic romantic tradition her fans have come to love, here is another sexy and extraordinary tale of passion the story of a woman who gives up fame and fortune…
and discovers true love in the last place she expected to find it. The Rana LookThe modeling world called it The Rana Look
the exotic, one of a kind allure that only supermodel Rana Ramsey could deliver. With her green eyes, olive skin, and wildly lustrous auburn hair, Rana posed for ad campaigns and strutted down runways all over the world, naming her own price to sell everything from cosmetics to women s lingerie. But all of that suddenly ended one day when she looked her demanding mother manager in the eye and said, Enough. That was the day Rana packed her things and left New York and modeling forever. Settling in Miss Ruby s boardinghouse in Galveston, Texas, Rana finds success with her own business and cultivates a new look to go with her new life. Now her beautiful eyes are shielded behind tinted glas*ses, her famous figure hidden under shapeless dresses, her trademark wild hair falling straight down her back. Rana knows she ll never attract a man this way, and that s just fine with her that is, until Ruby s nephew, football star Trent Gamblin, moves in to nurse his injured shoulder. Ruggedly handsome, charming, and undeniably charismatic, Trent is the kind of man that Rana finds irresistible…
the kind of man she is certain would never look twice at a woman as ordinary as the new Rana. But to her surprise, Trent seems unfazed by her Plain Jane look. For he is drawn to a beauty that Rana can t hide. He is determined to learn the mystery behind the elusive, reclusive boarder with the secret past. To do so, he proposes an unusual pact: they will only be friends, nothing more. As the days pass, Rana and Trent are drawn together in a sensual idyll unlike anything either of them has ever known. But the outside world cannot be kept at bay forever. And Rana fears that when Trent learns the truth about her past, he ll feel betrayed and deceived. Even worse, he ll never be able to see her as she truly is. Then an unexpected tragedy strikes, and the stakes seem higher than ever. Now they must look deep into each other s heart to determine if their relationship is just an impossibly erotic dream or a dream of love come true. From the Hardcover edition.

Above and Beyond (As:Erin St. Claire)

LETTERS OF LOVE The letters Kyla sent to her husband, Sergeant Richard Stroud, stationed a world away, spoke of a love that stretched across the ocean and held the young couple together. But when tragedy ended their marriage too soon, Kyla was left a widow with a newborn son. And Richard left behind only a metal box filled with his wife’s declarations of love. Trevor Rule had been Richard’s best friend. Returning home from military duty, he carried with him the letters Kyla had sent. And with each one he read, he fell more in love with the gentle, passionate woman who had penned them. Now he needs to convince Kyla of his feelings, and that they both have the right to be happy, to move past the tragedy of Richard’s death. But Trevor is harboring a secret, one with the power to destroy the love he is trying so hard to protect.

22 Indigo Place

Old family debts force Laura Nolan to sell her home, and James Paden is the prospective buyer. Once the high school bad boy too gorgeous to ignore, Paden still has the power to seduce Laura’s senses. To Paden, Laura was always the rich man’s daughter he couldn’t have. But on a moonlit night, his fervent kiss binds Laura to him forever. Bestselling author Brown is the author of the Texas! trilogy.

Honor Bound

The author of forty five New York Times bestselling novels, Sandra Brown is one of the romance world’s most acclaimed writers. Rendezvous magazine has praised her as a novelist whose larger than life heroes and hero*ines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life. Now, in the classic romantic tradition her fans have come to love, here is another sexy and extraordinary tale of passion the story of a woman who gives up fame and fortune…
and discovers true love in the last place she expected to find it. The Rana LookThe modeling world called it the Rana Look…
the exotic, one of a kind allure that only supermodel Rana Ramsey could deliver. With her green eyes, olive skin, and wildly lustrous auburn hair, Rana posed for ad campaigns and strutted down runways all over the world, naming her own price to sell everything from cosmetics to women s lingerie. But all of that suddenly ended one day when she looked her demanding mother manager in the eye and said, Enough. That was the day Rana packed her things and left New York and modeling forever. Settling in Miss Ruby s boardinghouse in Galveston, Texas, Rana finds success with her own business and cultivates a new look to go with her new life. Now her beautiful eyes are shielded behind tinted glas*ses, her famous figure hidden under shapeless dresses, her trademark wild hair falling straight down her back. Rana knows she ll never attract a man this way, and that s just fine with her that is, until Ruby s nephew, football star Trent Gamblin, moves in to nurse his injured shoulder. Ruggedly handsome, charming, and undeniably charismatic, Trent is the kind of man that Rana finds irresistible…
the kind of man she is certain would never look twice at a woman as ordinary as the new Rana. But to her surprise, Trent seems unfazed by her Plain Jane look. For he is drawn to a beauty that Rana can t hide. He is determined to learn the mystery behind the elusive, reclusive boarder with the secret past. To do so, he proposes an unusual pact: they will only be friends, nothing more. As the days pass, Rana and Trent are drawn together in a sensual idyll unlike anything either of them has ever known. But the outside world cannot be kept at bay forever. And Rana fears that when Trent learns the truth about her past, he ll feel betrayed and deceived. Even worse, he ll never be able to see her as she truly is. Then an unexpected tragedy strikes, and the stakes seem higher than ever. Now they must look deep into each other s heart to determine if their relationship is just an impossibly erotic dream or a dream of love come true. From the Hardcover edition.

Sunny Chandler’s Return

Sandra Brown has won over fans and critics throughout the world with more than fifty New York Times bestselling novels. Her early works were hailed by Rendezvous magazine as stories with larger than life heroes and hero*ines who make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life. Here is the unforgettable story of a woman who returns to her small hometown in the South and finds that the sins of her past are right where she left them. Never. Sunny Chandler always said she d never go back to the tiny town where she grew up. It was just three years ago that she was at the center of a notorious scandal and the good folks of Latham Green, Louisiana, made it clear they d never let her forget it. So Sunny packed up and headed for New Orleans, and now she wouldn t give up city life for the world. But when she’s invited to her best friend s wedding, Sunny has no choice but to go home. And with her return come the whispers the looks the rumors she tried to escape. It doesn t take Sunny long to see that Latham Green has nothing new to offer. Except maybe Ty Beaumont. The moment Ty and Sunny first meet at a party, he can see she s no ordinary woman. With her dazzling hair, and eyes the color of gold, she s a flesh and blood fantasy and Ty vows he ll have her in his bed before the week is out. Yet even when he turns on his southern charm, Sunny makes it clear she s not interested. Sure, a night with Ty would be wilder than BourbonStreet at Mardi Gras. But Sunny s not in town to become some good ol boy s latest conquest, no matter how sexy he is. Little does she know that Ty isn t used to taking no for an answer and he isn t about to start now. Soon what began as an innocent flirtation becomes a tantalizingly slow, skillfully deliberate, and overwhelmingly seductive pursuit that even Sunny finds hard to resist. But resist him she will. For Sunny is harboring an agonizing secret the painful truth of why she left Latham Green the way she did. What she really needs now is a friend and that s when she discovers there may be more to Ty Beaumont than meets the eye. Despite his roguish facade, Sunny comes to see he has a heart of gold. Still, she doesn t know if she can trust another person with her secret heartbreak not even the one man who may be able to heal it.

Two Alone (As:Erin St. Claire)

No one knows the secrets of a woman’s heart like Sandra Brown. Now the spellbinding author of more than thirty New York Times bestsellers weaves a touching, tantalizing tale of holiday romance…
as a levelheaded young woman discovers how a night of passion can change your life, and your dreams, forever…
. Ria Lavender is the last woman in the world to be swept away by a smooth line and a seductive smile. Talented, sophisticated, and determined, she’s carved out a place for herself in the most prestigious architectural firm in the city. And she’s just beginning to savor the fruits of her success when she meets a man who will change everything. Mayor Elect Taylor MacKensie is handsome, charming, and charismatic. Still, Ria never imagines that she’ll leave a Christmas party with him, or that, caught up in the magic of a snowfall and a bottle of champagne, she’ll give in to desire. But the next morning she faces the stunning truth: she’s slept with a man she barely knows. And that’s not the only surprise in store: eight weeks later, Ria knows she’s carrying Taylor MacKensie’s child. Desperate to spare her baby the pain and stigma of illegitimacy, Ria makes the only decision she can. Somehow she must persuade Taylor MacKensie to agree to a temporary marriage. Yet how do you propose marriage to a relative stranger? How do you tell him you’re carrying his child? And how do you react when he meets your news with anger and disbelief?Within hours, Taylor’s outrage cools and he insists that they marry immediately. Suddenly Ria is sharing his house, his name, and something infinitely more dangerous to her heart…
a tenderness she never expected, a passion she can’t seem to control. But afraid that Taylor’s motives have more to do with protecting his career and his baby than with his feelings for her, Ria will try her best to keep her distance…
until the day tragedy strikes and teaches them both a lesson in miracles and love. Peopled with unforgettable characters and fueled by sizzling passion, Sandra Brown’s classic Christmas romance is available in hardcover for the first time.

Tidings of Great Joy

No one knows the secrets of a woman’s heart like Sandra Brown. Now the spellbinding author of more than thirty New York Times bestsellers weaves a touching, tantalizing tale of holiday romance…
as a levelheaded young woman discovers how a night of passion can change your life, and your dreams, forever…
. Ria Lavender is the last woman in the world to be swept away by a smooth line and a seductive smile. Talented, sophisticated, and determined, she’s carved out a place for herself in the most prestigious architectural firm in the city. And she’s just beginning to savor the fruits of her success when she meets a man who will change everything. Mayor Elect Taylor MacKensie is handsome, charming, and charismatic. Still, Ria never imagines that she’ll leave a Christmas party with him, or that, caught up in the magic of a snowfall and a bottle of champagne, she’ll give in to desire. But the next morning she faces the stunning truth: she’s slept with a man she barely knows. And that’s not the only surprise in store: eight weeks later, Ria knows she’s carrying Taylor MacKensie’s child. Desperate to spare her baby the pain and stigma of illegitimacy, Ria makes the only decision she can. Somehow she must persuade Taylor MacKensie to agree to a temporary marriage. Yet how do you propose marriage to a relative stranger? How do you tell him you’re carrying his child? And how do you react when he meets your news with anger and disbelief?Within hours, Taylor’s outrage cools and he insists that they marry immediately. Suddenly Ria is sharing his house, his name, and something infinitely more dangerous to her heart…
a tenderness she never expected, a passion she can’t seem to control. But afraid that Taylor’s motives have more to do with protecting his career and his baby than with his feelings for her, Ria will try her best to keep her distance…
until the day tragedy strikes and teaches them both a lesson in miracles and love. Peopled with unforgettable characters and fueled by sizzling passion, Sandra Brown’s classic Christmas romance is available in hardcover for the first time.

Demon Rumm

It was the publicity stunt from hell as far as Kirsten Rumm was concerned. She may have been writing the book about her late husband, aeronautical daredevil Demon Rumm, but she didn t see the need to play host to the arrogant bad boy actor starring in the film version’s title role. Still, for the good of the project, Kirsten agreed to share her beachfront home with the impossibly sexy screen idol. Any other woman would do anything to be in her sandals, but Kirsten wasn t falling for Rylan North, even if he did play his role of male lead to perfection. His down home charm, his gentleness and virile charisma, might be seducing her in every sense of the word, but he was an actor, after all. Seducing an audience was his job. Rylan could have any woman he wanted. So why was he so desperately pretending to want her?From the moment he saw her, Rylan North knew that Kirsten Rumm was the woman he d been waiting all his life to cast as the star in his real life love story. What did it matter if he was every woman s fantasy if he couldn t get Kirsten to so much as glance his way? He d caught the look of past hurt behind her sky blue eyes a dark secret that shadowed the sparkle. Rylan was determined to find out what tragedy held this passionate woman back from a second chance at love even if it cost him his reputation, his career, and his life. But first he d have to get Kirsten to act on her instincts…
and to trust the flesh and blood man behind the fantasy. From the Hardcover edition.

Long Time Coming

Collector’s and Library Edition titles are packaged in durable vinyl binding that will ensure lasting value and protection for your audiobook. So whether you use it once or loan it out to a friend, you need not worry about rips, tears, or accidental drops. ;; In more than fifty New York Times bestselling novels, Sandra Brown has captivated her millions of readers with stories of charismatic love and tantalizing twists of fate. In this classic tale, a woman is reunited with the man she has loved for yearsand must reveal the secret that will jeopardize her chance for happiness at last. He arrived out of the bluea flesh and blood phantom from the past in a sports car as sleek and sexy as Law Kincaid himself. The world famous astronaut was as devastatingly attractive as the first time Marnie Hibbs had laid eyes on him, seventeen years before. But she well knew the perils of falling for a ladies man like Law. And this time she had someone besides herself to protect. Law is determined to discover who is sending him anonymous letters claiming hed fathered a son he knows nothing about. Showing up at the Hibbss return address from the letters seemed like a step in the right direction. Marnie swears she isnt the guilty party, but when Law meets her son, its like a one two punch to his solar plexus. The boy is nearly the spitting image of Law. Law cant remember sleeping with Marniethen again, he cant remember much about his crazy past. But theres more to it than that: Marnie claims the boy isnt biologically hers. As the tension between them becomes unbearable and the attraction undeniable, Marnie is forced to reveal a long held secret…
one that might cause her to lose both the boy she loves more than anyoneand the man she desires more than anything.

Hawk O’Toole’s Hostage

To Hawk O’Toole, she was a pawn in a desperate gamble to help his people. To Miranda Price, he was a stranger who’d done the unthinkable: kidnapped her andher young son off a train full of sight seeing vacationers. Now, held hostage on a distant reservation for reasons she cannot at first fathom, Miranda finds herself battling a captor who is by turns harsh and tender, mysteriously aloof and dangerously seductive. Hawk had assumed that Miranda Price, the beautiful ex wife of Representative Price, would be as selfish and immoral as the tabloids suggested. Instead, sheseems genuinely afraid for her son’s life and willing to risk her own to keep him safe. But committed to a fight he didn’t start, Hawk knows he can’t afford to feel anything but contempt for his prisoner. To force the government to reopen the Lone Puma Mine, he must keep Miranda at arm’s length, must remember that she is his enemy even when she ignites his deepest desires. Slowly, Miranda begins to learn what drives this brooding, solitary man, to discover the truth about his tragic past. But it will take a shocking revelation to finally force her to face her own past and the woman she’s become, and to ask herself: Is it freedom she really wants…
or the chance to stay with Hawk forever?Sizzling entertainment from the first tantalizing scene to the last, Hawk O’Toole’s Hostage is one of Sandra Brown’s classic romances available inhardcover for the first time.

Slow Heat in Heaven

The adopted daughter of the most powerful man in town, Schyler Crandall left Heaven, Louisiana, a brokenhearted girl. Now a crisis has brought her home to a family in conflict, a logging empire on the brink of disaster, and seething secrets that make Heaven hotter than hell.

Still there are her beautiful younger sister, Tricia, with her cruel lies Ken, Tricia’s handsome husband, who married the wrong sister Jigger, the pimp and ruffian with plans of his own and Cash, proud, mysterious, and complex. It is dangerous for Schyler to even be near him, yet she must dare to confront the past if there is to be any peace in Heaven.

Temperatures Rising

Darkly handsome with an arrogant edge, architectural engineer Scout Ritland is the kind of American man who spells trouble. Chantal duPont should know, for she has experienced the best and worst of the country and its people including one who broke her heart. Yet here she is, home on sultry Parrish Island, putting herself in the way of another bold Yankee. This time, however, it’s for a good cause: Scout is the one man who can help her village, and she s not about to let him get the better of her no matter how much she may want to.

Fresh from completing his work on the island s new luxury resort, Scout s ready for a little recreation though being kidnapped and shot isn t on his agenda. But when he catches sight of an exotic beauty with electric blue eyes, events quickly spin out of control. Scout should be outraged to find himself held captive, but an abductor as alluring as Chantal makes it hard to stay angry.

Soon Scout is swept up by Chantal s need to help her people and the role he is to play in her ambitious plan. With each passing day, the work and the woman present him with challenges he could never find at home. But as the project progresses, intrigue and adventure burn hotter than the island s volcano and two people who have met their match in each other face a future that could tear them apart…
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A Whole New Light

From the heat of an Acapulco night…

Cyn McCall knew she could always count on her late husband’s friend and business partner, Worth Lansing. He could make her laugh and forget her problems. She could tease him about his many romantic entanglements. The last thing Cyn expected was to find herself longing for a man who could never settle down.

From the Paperback edition.

The Thrill of Victory (As:Erin St. Claire)

A classic love story by bestselling author Sandra Brown, where betrayal is only a heartbeat away from desire, and love can be found in the most unexpected places. Stevie Corbett is in jeopardy of losing everything she’s sacrificed and worked so hard for her career, her reputation, her future. Her life. Now she has just two weeks to make a monumental decision, but her fate rides on keeping the truth a secret. Judd Mackie’s job is to uncover secrets. He’s spent the past few years trailing Stevie, determined to expose her as the spoiled glamour girl he believes her to be. Then a chance meeting with Stevie offers him the story he’s been dreaming of. He’s waited years for an opportunity like this to fall into his lap. Now he has the chance to scoop the story of the year and let the whole world know the truth about Stevie. All he needs to do is betray her trust…

Best Kept Secrets

Alexandra Gaither was a savvy attorney who finally had the power to get what she wanted justice. Twenty five years before, her mother had died a scandalous death. Alex believed one of three powerful men had murdered her. Each was charming, each was a suspect, and each tried to shield her from his past. But only one could awaken a love as strong as her passionate need for the truth. Like her mother before her, Alex sparked controversy and excitement in this remote Texas town. Now, as she investigates her mother’s former lover, his best friend, and the father figure to them both, she risks it all to uncover their Best Kept Secrets.

Mirror Image

The crash of a Dallas bound jet wasn t just a tragedy to TV reporter Avery Daniels; it was an act of fate that handed her a golden opportunity to further her career. Mistaken for a glamorous, selfish woman named Carole Rutledge, the badly injured Avery would find that plastic surgery had given her Carole’s face, the famous senatorial candidate for a husband, and a powerful Texas dynasty for in laws. And as she lay helpless in the hospital, she would make a shattering discovery: someone close to the senator planned to assassinate him. Now, to save the life of the man she loved, Avery must live another woman s life and risk her own

Breath of Scandal

On a rainy Southern night, Jade Sperry endured a young woman’s worst nightmare at the hands of three local hell raisers. Robbed of her youthful ideals and at the center of scandal and tragedy, Jade ran as far and as fast as she could. But she never forgot the sleepy company town where every man, woman, and child was dependent on one wealthy family. And she never forgot their spoiled son, who with his two friends changed her life forever. Someday, somehow, she d return exacting a just revenge, freeing herself from her enemies grasp, and, perhaps, fulfilling a lost promise of love.

French Silk

Like the city of New Orleans itself, Claire Laurent is a vibrant beauty laced with a mysterious elusiveness. The founder of French Silk, a fabulous lingerie company, she has fought hard to make it a worldwide success. Then a TV evangelist attacks French Silk‘s erotic sleepwear as sinful. And when he is killed, Claire becomes the prime suspect. District Attorney Robert Cassidy knows Claire is damning herself with lie after lie about the murder, even as he feels her drawing him into her world and her very soul. But neither Cassidy nor her protests of innocence can save Claire unless she reveals a shocking truth one she has sworn to take to the grave…

Where There’s Smoke

1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown stuns readers with the breathtaking tale of a powerful oil company and the incredible lengths they’ll go to keep their secrets hidden…
No one knows why Dr. Lara Mallory came back home to Eden Pass, Texas to open up her medical practice after all these years. But everyone remembers her role in the well publicized scandal that caused the downfall of White House hopeful Senator Clark Tackett. So when the iron fisted matriarch of Tackett Oil uses every weapon in her arsenal to drive her out of town, Lara refuses to go quietly. Yet in this corruption riddled town, nothing is as it seems. An explosive secret lurks beneath the surface, threatening Lara at every turn. Her unlikely ally: Key, the hell raising youngest Tackett son. Thrown together, they’re on a dangerous quest to expose the one secret that can destroy the Tackett empire and anyone who dares to challenge its power.

Charade

A medical miracle gives TV personality Cat Delaney more than a new heart. She changes her career, trading Hollywood for San Antonio, where she hosts a TV show for children with special needs. Here she meets Alex Pierce, an ex-cop turned crime writer – and the first man since her surgery to see her not only as a survivor but as a woman. But her new world turns sinister when fatal ‘accidents’ begin killing other heart recipients, and a mysterious stalker starts shadowing her every move. Soon Cat realizes Alex may be her most important ally and that her new heart comes at a terrible price: a tangled web of secrets and someone determined to take her life. ‘Heart-stopping!’ – Los Angeles Daily News ‘[A page-turner…
A compelling hero*ine…
Brown has once again hit her mark.’ – People

The Witness

Kendall Deaton pulls herself and her baby out of a wrecked car, and a mixture of courage and fear gets her to the top of a ravine, where she flags down help. But she doesn t dare reveal her true identity to the authorities. Instead, she plans her immediate escape. Her perilous flight begins.
The best public defender in Prosper, South Carolina, Kendall had stumbled upon the town’s chilling secret and her marriage to one of the town s most powerful men has become a living hell. Now Kendall is a terrified mother trying to save her child s life a reluctant witness who knows too much about an insidious evil and a woman surrounded by forces that will stop at nothing to protect what is theirs.

This page turner is a must on any summer beach reading list and a testament to Brown s gifts as a talented storyteller. USA Today

Exclusive

Barrie Travis is a damn good reporter stuck at a low-budget television station when the First Lady calls her-and offers her the opportunity of a lifetime. Stunned by the loss of her infant son, the president’s wife hints he may have been murdered. Barrie sets out to find the truth, fighting for the Exclusive story with the help of Gray Bondurant, a mysterious former presidential aide. Soon they unearth White House secrets that, if exposed, could topple the presidency. And certain powerful parties want nothing more than to see the scandalous past – and a certain young reporter – dead and buried. ‘Fast fun with a wild twist at the end.’ – Cosmopolitan ‘A plot-wise, entertaining yarn.’ – People

Fat Tuesday

Burke Basile is a cop with nothing left to lose. Haunted by his partner’s death, his marriage and his career over, he focuses on his nemesis, Pinkie Duvall, a flamboyant attorney who helps killers evade justice. Burke’s shocking revenge centers around kidnapping Remy, the lawyer’s trophy wife. But Burke hasn’t planned on the electric attraction he’ll feel for this desperate woman, who rose from the slums of New Orleans to marry a man she can never love. Nor can he predict the fierce duel that will explode as the clock ticks toward midnight on Fat Tuesday, when all masks will be stripped away and Burke must confront his own terrifying secret.

Unspeakable

Carl Herbold enjoys being bad. After all, he is terrifyingly good at it. Stimulated by violence, he and his brother, Cecil, had easily graduated from juvenile delinquents to full blown killers. And Carl, now serving a life sentence in an Arkansas penitentiary, carries out a daring escape with a fellow inmate and is on his way back to where he began Blewer County, Texas. Ann Corbett had been widowed right before her son was born. Beset by debt and personal tragedy, she faces the toughest challenge of her life holding on to the ranch that is her son’s birthright unaware that she is at the center of Carl Herbold’s vengeful plan. Ezzy Hardge is a retired lawman who is haunted by the one crime he sacrificed everything to solve, but could not. And Jack Sawyer, a seemingly easygoing cowboy and drifter whose past is shrouded in mystery, understands Herbold’s twisted mind and his hate filled lust for vengeance. Risking exposure of his own troubled past, Jack arrives at Anna Corbett’s ranch asking for work, but in reality hoping to protect the innocent deaf woman and her young son from Herbold’s rage. Carl Herbold’s prison break draws them inexorably toward a day of reckoning: Ezzy, an over the hill peace officer seeking redemption; Jack, a man stalked by dark secrets he can no longer outrun; and Anna, a beautiful woman locked in silence and self imposed isolation. All must grapple with their own demons before their tumultuous confrontation with a diabolical killer. Realistic, sharp edged, and complex, Sandra Brown’s latest work is so suspenseful it zings like a high tension wire. Unspeakable, with its haunting images and breathtaking pace, is the best Sandra Brown yet.

The Alibi

Born into a fine old Charleston family, Hammond Cross is determined to be the city’s next district attorney without sacrificing his integrity. Prosecuting the sensational murder of real estate magnate Lute Pettijohn could be his ticket into the office. Yet while Hammond anticipates his success, someone near him is plotting his downfall Steffi Mundell, colleague, ex lover, and rival for the DA’s office Rory Smilow, the homicide detective without equal and Hammond’s avowed enemy the wily and beautiful Davee Pettijohn, Lute’s widow and Hammond’s lifelong friend, who’s too honest to mourn the husband she despised and Hammond’s prime suspect, the mysterious woman who shares the secret that would be fatal to Hammond’s ambitions. For the first time in his career, he’s bending the rules in favor of the suspect. All clues point to her guilt. Yet she holds in reserve the perfect alibi Hammond Cross. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Envy

One of the few authors ever to have three simultaneous New York Times bestsellers, Sandra Brown is a world class suspense writer who ‘carefully crafts tales that keep readers on the edge of their seats’ USA Today. In her latest novel, she entwines two plots into an explosive tale of a long ago crime and the victim’s plan for revenge…
Maris Matherly Reed is a renowned New York book editor, the daughter of a publisher and the wife of bestselling author Noah Reed. It isn’t often that an unsolicited submission so captivates her that she feels she must immediately meet its author. But Maris has just received a tantalizing partial manuscript submitted by a writer identified only as P.M.E., with the return address of an obscure island off the Georgia coast. P.M.E.’s blockbuster potential and perhaps something else compels Maris to search for him. On an eerie, ruined cotton plantation, she finds Parker Evans, a man determined to conceal his identity as well as his past. Working with him chapter by chapter, Maris is riveted by his tale of two friends who charter a boat with a young woman for a night of revelry…
an excursion from which only one person returns. As the story unfolds, Maris becomes convinced it is more than just fiction. Disturbed about her growing attraction to Parker and gripped by a chilling suspicion about his novel’s characters, she searches for the undisclosed truth about a crime committed decades ago. Then someone close to her dies, while even closer looms the presence of evil a man who will use her, or anyone, to get what he wants…
Exploring the way love and hatred shape lives, ENVY uses both Maris’s quest and Parker’s novel to create a breathtaking story of suspense. Not until the shattering, surprise finale will readers guess the solution to its puzzle of deceit and murder, retribution and redemption.

Standoff

TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving down Interstate 20 on her way to New Mexico for a well earned vacation. But her itinerary is rewritten when she hears on the radio that the teenage daughter of a well known Fort Worth multi millionaire has been kidnapped, at least that’s the official report. In truth, she is pregnant and has run away with her boyfriend. After calling her editor, Tiel abandons her holiday plans in favor of pursuing the story. During an innocuous visit to a convenience store in Rojo Flats, Tiel gets up close and personal with the barrel of a gun, two desperate young lovers and the scoop of a lifetime. In the electrifying Standoff that follows, she learns why the two young runaways fear the wealthy father of one of them even more than the FBI…
and why she must defend them against a world bent on their destruction. Poignant and riveting, Standoff is suspense at its best, as only Sandra Brown can create it.

The Switch

What began as a lark turned into tragedy…
leaving Gillian Lloyd dead, the victim of a brutal and seemingly unmotivated crime. Her twin Melina, along with astronaut Chief Hartwith whom Gillian had been involveddisagrees with police that the homicide is an open and shut case. She vows to stop at nothing to learn the truth and avenge her twins death. But Gillians murder has a far reaching impact that no one suspected or could even fathom. Soon, Melina is on the run from police, the FBI, and the mastermind whose evil plot to engineer the perfect switch could result in disastrous consequences on a global scale. A Main Selection of The Literary Guild and of Doubleday Book Club. The Alibi Warner, 9/99 debuted at 1 on the New York Times bestseller list, surpassing the tremendous success of the hardcover edition of Unspeakable Warner, 1998. With over 506,000 copies in print and counting, it outsold all of the authors previous hardcovers. The Alibi also made the Dallas Morning News, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists. Unspeakable grossed over 440,000 hardcover copies and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for 12 weeks, peaking at 3. It was also a Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller. Fat Tuesday Warner, 1997 has grossed over 1.6 million paperback copies and was a 2 New York Times bestseller. /Content /EditorialReview EditorialReview Source Amazon. com Review /Source Content Identical twins are fair game for a thriller writer, and in The Switch, queen of suspense Sandra Brown The Alibi, Standoff, Fat Tuesday makes the most of an intricate setup involving Gillian and Melina Lloyd, a pair of thirtysomething Dallas beauties. When Gillian hears her biological clock ticking, she puts herself in the hands of the world famous Waters Clinic and is artificially inseminated as described in a somewhat plodding first chapter that omits no detail of the procedure. The action picks up when Gillian switches places with her twin, a media escort, and chauffeurs sexy astronaut Chief Hart around town. It turns out to be a fatal attraction, and suspicion falls on Chief when Gillian’s mutilated body is found the next day.

The dead woman’s smarmy and enigmatic boyfriend, Jem Hennings, has a vested interest in focusing police efforts on Hart, but Melina has her own reasons for thinking him wrong. Jem’s connection with a charismatic preacher known as Brother Gabriel is at the heart of this mildly creepy mystery, in which the plucky Melina tracks Brother Gabriel to his lair and uncovers his diabolical plot while simultaneously revealing her own dark secret. The ending is telegraphed well in advance, but that won’t deter Brown’s many fans from relishing the details, including some sex scenes that are spicier than most of the florid prose that usually turns up in romantic thrillers of this sort. But that may be why the author inevitably rockets to the top of the bestseller list, where The Switch is destined to land. Jane Adams

Hello, Darkness

Bestselling author Sandra Brown is the master of the knife edge thriller. Her latest and most powerful novel to date, Hello, Darkness, is the gripping story of a woman haunted by her past and caught in a nightmare that threatens to destroy her future. It’s a brilliant, fast paced tale, electric with sexual tension, by one of America’s most popular authors of sophisticated suspense. For Paris Gibson, her popular late night radio show is both an escape and her one real contact with the outside world. Since moving to Austin to ease the pain of past, tragic mistakes, she has led a life of virtual solitude, coming alive only when she hosts her show. To her loyal listeners, she is a wise and trusted friend who not only takes their music requests but listens to their problems and occasionally dispenses advice. Paris’s world of isolation is brutally threatened, however, when one listener a man who identifies himself only as ‘Valentino’ tells her that her on air advice to the girl he loves has caused her to leave him and that now he intends to exact his revenge. First he plans to kill the girl, whom he has abducted which he says he will do in 72 hours then he will come after Paris. Joined by the Austin police department, Paris plunges into a race against time in an effort to find Valentino before he can carry out his threat to kill and to kill again. To her dismay, she finds that one of the people she must work with is crime psychologist Dean Malloy, a man with whom she shares a history that had a catastrophic effect on both their lives. His presence arouses old passions, forcing Paris to confront painful memories that she had come to Austin to forget. As the clock ticks down, and Valentino’s threats come closer and closer to becoming a reality, Paris suddenly finds herself forced to deal with a killer who may not be a stranger at all. Tense and compelling right up to the chilling climax, Hello, Darkness is suspense at its very best, by the author USA Today has called ‘a masterful storyteller, carefully crafting tales that keep readers on the edge of their seats.’

The Crush

When Dr. Rennie Newton is summoned to jury duty, she brings to the courtroom the same level of competence that she displays in the operating room. Her commitment to precision compels her to deliver a not guilty verdict in the murder case against notorious contract killer Ricky Lozada. It will be the most regrettable decision in her life…
because Rennie’s trial with Lozada doesn’t end with his acquittal. Her carefully structured life begins to crumble when a rival colleague is brutally slain. Lozada’s menacing shadow looms over the murder, but it’s Rennie the investigators focus on as a prime suspect. The privacy she has cultivated and protected at all costs is violated by the police as well as Lozada. And when he begins an earnest courtship, it becomes terrifyingly clear that he is obsessed with having her. Wick Threadgill is a detective on indefinite leave from the Fort Worth PD, who has his own, personal agenda for the contract killer. Temperamental, bitter, and driven by loyalty and love, Wick is determined to destroy Lozada. In order to defeat Lozada and save their lives Rennie and Wick form an uneasy alliance. Mistrustful of each other, they know only one thing with absolute certainty, when this killer strikes, they won’t see it coming. The Crush will take you on a tortuous path through a twisted sociopath’s eerie obsession, a haunted man fragile hopes for redemption, and a woman’s heart as she struggles to face the greatest fear to open herself to love.

White Hot

When she hears that her younger brother Danny has committed suicide, Sayre Lynch relinquishes her vow never to return to Destiny, the small Louisiana town in which she grew up. She plans to leave immediately after the funeral, but soon finds herself drawn into the web cast by Huff Hoyle, her controlling and tyrannical father. Hoyle owns the town’s sole industry and runs the lives of everyone who lives there. Her father and older brother, Chris, are as devious as ever with their new partner in crime, a disarming lawyer named Beck Merchant. When Sayre is thrown in closer contact with Beck, she senses something more sinister is at play. As she sets out to learn just what did happen to Danny, Sayre is inextricably drawn into a struggle with striking laborers, her unscrupulous father, and her growing love/hate relationship with Beck a man with mysteries of his own. A brilliant combination of hard edged suspense and intense emotion, White Hot is master storyteller Sandra Brown at her very best.

Chill Factor

Suspense abounds in this gripping new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown, in which a successful magazine editor is trapped in her remote cabin with a man believed to be a serial killer.

Cleary, North Carolina, is a sleepy mountain town the kind of place where criminal activity is usually limited to parking violations. Not so, lately. Four women have disappeared from Cleary over the past two years. And there’s always a blue ribbon left near the spot where each of the women was last seen. There are no bodies, no other clues, and no suspicion as to who their abductor might be. And now, another woman has disappeared without a trace.

It is to this backdrop that Lilly Martin returns to close the sale of her mountain cabin, marking the end of her turbulent eight year marriage to Dutch Burton, Cleary’s chief of police. Dutch’s reluctance to let her go isn’t Lilly’s only obstacle. As she’s trying to outrun a snowstorm, her car skids on the icy road and strikes a man who emerges from the woods on foot. She recognizes the injured man as Ben Tierney, whom she’d met the previous summer. They’re forced to wait out the storm in the cabin, but as the hours of their confinement mount, Lilly begins to wonder if the greatest danger to her safety isn’t the blizzard outside, but the mysterious man right beside her.

Is Ben Tierney the feared abductor? Or is he who he claims to be…
her rescuer from harm and from the tragedy that haunts her?

The compelling characters, sexual tension, and stunning plot twists in Sandra Brown’s Chill Factor combine to create a page turner that will keep readers guessing until the very end.

Play Dirty

1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown is back with a gripping story of obsession and its deadly consequences.

After five long years in federal prison, Griff Burkett is a free man. But the disgraced Cowboys quarterback can never return to life as he knew it before he was caught cheating. In a place where football is practically a religion, Griff committed a cardinal sin, and no one is forgiving.

Foster Speakman, owner and CEO of SunSouth Airlines, and his wife, Laura, are a golden couple. Successful and wealthy, they lived a charmed life before fate cruelly intervened and denied them the one thing they wanted most a child. It’s said that money can’t buy everything. But it can buy a disgraced football player fresh out of prison and out of prospects.

The job Griff agrees to do for the Speakmans demands secrecy. But he soon finds himself once again in the spotlight of suspicion. An unsolved murder comes back to haunt him in the form of his nemesis, Stanley Rodarte, who has made Griff’s destruction his life’s mission. While safeguarding his new enterprise, Griff must also protect those around him, especially Laura Speakman, from Rodarte’s ruthlessness. Griff stands to gain the highest payoff he could ever imagine, but cashing in on it will require him to forfeit his only chance for redemption…
and love.

Griff is now playing a high stakes game, and at the final whistle, one player will be dead.

Play Dirty is Sandra Brown’s wildest ride yet, with hairpin turns of plot all along the way. The clock is ticking down on a fallen football star, who lost everything because of the way he played the game. Now his future his life hinges on one last play.

Ricochet

New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown is back with a spine tingling story of murder and betrayal and a homicide detective’s struggle with his own rules of conduct.

When Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is summoned to the home of Judge Cato Laird in the middle of the night to investigate a fatal shooting, he knows that discretion and kid glove treatment are the key to staying in the judge’s good graces and keeping his job.

At first glance, the case appears open and shut: Elise, the judge’s trophy wife, interrupted a burglary in progress and killed the intruder in self defense. But Duncan is immediately suspicious of Elise’s innocent act. And further investigation quickly puts Duncan’s career in jeopardy because he can’t deny his increasing attraction to Elisa Laird, even if she is a married woman, a proven liar, and a murder suspect.

Ricochet‘s plot twists as only Sandra Brown can write them make this a gripping thriller, in which a decent cop’s worst enemy may be his own conscience…
and trusting the wrong person could mean the difference between life and death.

Smoke Screen

New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown returns with a tale of corruption and betrayal, revenge and reversal where friends become foes, and heroes become criminals in the ultimate abuse of power. When newswoman Britt Shelley wakes up to find herself in bed with Jay Burgess, a rising star detective in the Charleston PD, she remembers nothing of how she got there…
or of how Jay wound up dead. Handsome and hard partying, Jay was a hero of the disastrous fire that five years earlier had destroyed Charleston’s police headquarters. The blaze left seven people dead, but the death toll would have been much higher if not for the bravery of Jay and three other city officials who risked their lives to lead others to safety. Firefighter Raley Gannon, Jay’s lifelong friend, was off duty that day. Though he might not have been a front line hero, he was assigned to lead the investigation into the cause of the fire. It was an investigation he never got to complete. Because on one calamitous night, Raley’s world was shattered. Scandalized, wronged by the people he trusted most, Raley was forced to surrender the woman he loved and the work to which he’d dedicated his life. For five years his resentment against the men who exploited their hero status to further their careers and ruin his had festered, but he was helpless to set things right. That changes when he learns of Jay Burgess’s shocking death and Britt Shelley’s claim that she has no memory of her night with him. As the investigation into Jay’s death intensifies, and suspicion against Britt Shelley mounts, Raley realizes that the newswoman, Jay’s last sexual conquest, might be his only chance to get personal vindication and justice for the seven victims of the police station fire. But there are powerful men who don’t want to address unanswered questions about the fire and who will go to any lengths to protect their reputations. As Raley and Britt discover more about what happened that fateful day, the more perilous their situation becomes, until they’re not only chasing after the truth but running for their lives. Friends are exposed as foes, heroes take on the taint of criminals, and no one can be trusted completely. A tale about audacious corruption and those with the courage to expose it Smoke Screen is Sandra Brown’s most searing and intense novel yet.

Rainwater

The year is 1934. With the country in the stranglehold of drought and economic depression, Ella Barron runs her Texas boardinghouse with an efficiency that ensures her life will be kept in balance. Between chores of cooking and cleaning for her residents, she cares for her ten year old son, Solly, a sweet but challenging child whose misunderstood behavior finds Ella on the receiving end of pity, derision, and suspicion. When David Rainwater arrives at the house looking for lodging, he comes recommended by a trusted friend as ‘a man of impeccable character.’ But Ella senses that admitting Mr. Rainwater will bring about unsettling changes. However, times are hard, and in order to make ends meet, Ella’s house must remain one hundred percent occupied. So Mr. Rainwater moves into her house…
and impacts her life in ways Ella could never have foreseen. The changes are echoed by the turbulence beyond the house walls. Friends and neighbors who’ve thus far maintained a tenuous grip on their meager livelihoods now face foreclosure and financial ruin. In an effort to save their families from homelessness and hunger, farmers and cattlemen are forced to make choices that come with heartrending consequences. The climate of desperation creates a fertile atmosphere for racial tensions and social unrest. Conrad Ellis privileged and spoiled and Ella’s nemesis since childhood steps into this arena of teeming hostility to exact his vengeance and demonstrate the extent of his blind hatred and unlimited cruelty. He and his gang of hoodlums come to embody the rule of law, and no one in Gilead, Texas, is safe. Particularly Ella and Solly. In this hotbed of uncertainty, Ella finds Mr. Rainwater a calming presence. She is moved by the kindness he shows other boarders, Solly…
and Ella herself. Slowly, she begins to rely on his soft spokenness, his restraint, and the steely resolve of his convictions. And on the hottest, most violent night of the summer, those principles will be put to the ultimate test. From acclaimed bestselling author Sandra Brown comes a powerfully moving novel celebrating the largess and foresight of a great bygone generation. It tells a story that bears witness to a bittersweet truth: that love is worth whatever price one must pay for it.

Outfox

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Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women

In Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women, Jayne Ann Krentz and the contributors to this volume all best selling romance writers explode myths and biases that haunt both the writers and readers of romances. In this seamless, ultimately fascinating, and controversial book, the authors dispute some of the notions that plague their profession, including the time worn theory that the romance genre contains only one single, monolithic story, which is cranked out over and over again. The authors discuss positive life affirming values inherent in all romances: the celebration of female power, courage, intelligence, and gentleness; the inversion of the power structure of a patriarchal society; and the integration of male and female. Several of the essays also discuss the issue of reader identification with the characters, a relationship that is far more complex than most critics realize.

No Rest for the Dead

More than twenty New York Times bestselling authors team up to create a first rate serial novel a collaboration that combines the skills of America’s greatest storytellers to produce a gripping, spellbinding mystery. Alexander McCall Smith. Sandra Brown. Faye Kellerman. J.A. Jance. Jeffery Deaver. Kathy Reichs. Lisa Scottoline. Jeff Lindsay. These are only a handful of the names that make up the all star lineup of authors behind No Rest for the Dead, a tale of vengeance, greed, and love that flows seamlessly, in the words of David Baldacci, as it pas*ses from one creator s mind to the next. When Christopher Thomas, a ruthless curator at San Francisco s McFall Art Museum, is murdered and his decaying body is found in an iron maiden in a Berlin museum, his wife, Rosemary, is the primary suspect, and she is tried, convicted, and executed. Ten years later, Jon Nunn, the detective who cracked the case, is convinced that the wrong person was put to death. In the years since the case was closed, he’s discovered a web of deceit and betrayal surrounding the Thomases that could implicate any number of people in the crime. Solving this case may be Nunn s last chance for redemption but the shadowy forces behind Christopher s death will stop at nothing to silence the past forever. In this innovative storytelling approach, each of these twenty six bestselling writers brings their distinctive voice to a chapter of the narrative, building the tension to a shocking, explosive finale. No Rest for the Dead is a thrilling accomplishment that only America s very best authors could achieve.

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