Linda Howard Books In Order

Spencer-Nyle Co Books In Publication Order

  1. Sarah’s Child (1985)
  2. Almost Forever (1986)
  3. Bluebird Winter (1987)

Rescues/Kell Sabin Books In Publication Order

  1. Midnight Rainbow (1986)
  2. Diamond Bay (1987)
  3. Heartbreaker (1987)
  4. White Lies (1988)
  5. Trouble (2010)

Mackenzie Family Saga Books In Publication Order

  1. Mackenzie’s Mountain (1989)
  2. Mackenzie’s Mission (1992)
  3. Mackenzie’s Pleasure (1996)
  4. Mackenzie’s Magic (1996)
  5. A Game of Chance (2000)

Mackenzie Family Saga Books In Chronological Order

  1. Mackenzie’s Pleasure (1996)
  2. Mackenzie’s Mountain (1989)
  3. Mackenzie’s Mission (1992)
  4. Mackenzie’s Magic (1996)
  5. A Game of Chance (2000)

A Lady Of The West Books In Publication Order

  1. A Lady of the West (1990)
  2. Angel Creek (1991)
  3. The Touch of Fire (1992)

Patterson-Cannon Family Books In Publication Order

  1. Duncan’s Bride (1990)
  2. Loving Evangeline (1994)

CIA’s Spies/John Medina Books In Publication Order

  1. Kill and Tell (1998)
  2. All the Queen’s Men (1999)
  3. Kiss Me While I Sleep (2004)

Blair Mallory Books In Publication Order

  1. To Die For (2004)
  2. Drop Dead Gorgeous (2006)

Vampire Books In Publication Order

  1. Blood Born (2010)
  2. Warrior Rising (By:Linda Winstead Jones) (2016)

The Men from Battle Ridge Books In Publication Order

  1. Running Wild (2012)

Raintree Books In Publication Order

  1. Sanctuary (By:Beverly Barton) (2007)
  2. Inferno (2007)
  3. Haunted (By:Linda Winstead Jones) (2007)

GO-Team Books In Publication Order

  1. Troublemaker (2007)
  2. The Woman Left Behind (2018)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. All That Glitters (1982)
  2. An Independent Wife (1982)
  3. Against the Rules (1983)
  4. Come Lie with Me (1984)
  5. Tears of the Renegade (1985)
  6. The Cutting Edge (1985)
  7. The Way Home (1991)
  8. Overload (1993)
  9. Heart of Fire (1993)
  10. Dream Man (1994)
  11. Lake of Dreams (1995)
  12. After the Night (1995)
  13. Shades of Twilight (1996)
  14. Son of the Morning (1997)
  15. Now You See Her (1998)
  16. Blue Moon (1999)
  17. Mr. Perfect (2000)
  18. Open Season (2001)
  19. Strangers in the Night (2001)
  20. Dying To Please (2002)
  21. Cry No More (2003)
  22. Killing Time (2005)
  23. Cover of Night (2006)
  24. Up Close and Dangerous (2007)
  25. Death Angel (2008)
  26. Burn (2008)
  27. At His Mercy (2008)
  28. Veil of Night (2010)
  29. Prey (2011)
  30. Ice (2011)
  31. Shadow Woman (2012)
  32. Frost Line (2016)
  33. After Sundown (2019)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Mackenzie’s Legacy (1989)
  2. Christmas Kisses (1996)
  3. Always and Forever (1997)
  4. Heart’s Desire (1998)
  5. Under the Boardwalk (1999)

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Linda Howard Books Overview

Sarah’s Child

Sarah Harper is forced to choose between her desire for a family of her own and the man she had always loved, Rome Matthews, an embittered widower who tragically had lost not only his wife but also his young sons. Reissue.

Almost Forever

He was the most fascinating man she’d ever met…

Claire Westerbrook found it hard to believe that Max Conroy was truly interested in her. Then she discovered he wasn’t he just wanted information about her boss. Max was studying her company for a takeover and had decided the quickest way to make it happen was through her.

Now Claire wants nothing to do with a man who could deceive her with so little remorse. But Max isn’t leaving Houston without acquiring everything he wants. And that includes Claire…

Bluebird Winter

Kathleen Fields had to reach the clinic, but a Christmas blizzard left her stranded without hope for her life, or her unborn baby’s. Then Derek Talifero arrived with his doctor’s skill, his caring heart. Together they brought Kathleen’s child into the world and discovered love, the greatest gift of all.

Midnight Rainbow

A romance in the jungle Grant Sullivan, tough, masculine and handsome, is a retired military expert entrusted with a mission in the Costa Rican jungle to find hostage and socialite Jane Hamilton Greer. When Grant rescues her in a rather cavalier and physical fashion, no love is lost between them. But gradually their mutual attraction and passion becomes apparent and the jungle smoulders in more ways than one.

Diamond Bay

An intricate and emotional tale from this best selling author Rachel Jones wasn’t looking for trouble, much less a man, but in Kell Sabin she found both. On a hot summer’s night Kell is washed up barely alive on a Florida beach and into Rachel s life. Their love blossoms as he recovers from his injuries. But by falling in love with Kell, Rachel has put her own life in danger from the forces that want him dead. Once fate has bought them together, can they learn to live apart?

Heartbreaker

New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard takes white hot passion to the limits…
Michelle Cabot has inherited her father’s Florida cattle ranch and a mountain of debt. To make matters worse, a huge chunk of that debt is owed to the neighboring rancher, her nemesis John Rafferty. Nothing shocks Rafferty more than discovering that the spoiled, pampered rich girl he once despised is painstakingly trying to run the Cabot ranch herself, working the land with desperation the only thing she has left. He likes this new Michelle and decides to make her his woman. What he doesn’t know is that underneath Michelle’s cool, polished fa ade lies heartache, secrets and the raw determination to live life as her own woman. But Rafferty isn’t about to take no for an answer.

White Lies

New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard takes white hot passion to the limits…
Michelle Cabot has inherited her father’s Florida cattle ranch and a mountain of debt. To make matters worse, a huge chunk of that debt is owed to the neighboring rancher, her nemesis John Rafferty. Nothing shocks Rafferty more than discovering that the spoiled, pampered rich girl he once despised is painstakingly trying to run the Cabot ranch herself, working the land with desperation the only thing she has left. He likes this new Michelle and decides to make her his woman. What he doesn’t know is that underneath Michelle’s cool, polished fa ade lies heartache, secrets and the raw determination to live life as her own woman. But Rafferty isn’t about to take no for an answer.

Trouble

Two beloved Linda Howard novels Midnight Rainbow and Diamond Bay appear in a single volume.

Mackenzie’s Mountain

Mary Elizabeth Potter is a self appointed spinster with no illusions about love. When she meets Wolf Mackenzie, a man with a chip on his shoulder the size of Wyoming, she sets out to convince the whole town he’s a man worth loving. But Wolf s not sure he or their small town is ready for the taming of Wolf Mackenzie. You can t read just one Linda Howard! New York Times Bestselling author Catherine Coulter

Mackenzie’s Mission

Night Wing the revolutionary test plane with a top secret weapons system is Colonel Joe Breed Mackenzie’s number one priority. And weapons expert Caroline Evans is his number one distraction. When someone on the inside sabotages Night Wing, he cannot overlook Caroline s late hours and expertise. Now Joe has to choose between allegiance to his country and love for his prime suspect . You can t read just one Linda Howard! New York Times Bestselling author Catherine Coulter

Mackenzie’s Pleasure

Navy SEAL Zane Mackenzie was a pro. No mission had ever gotten the better of him – until now. Saving the ambassador’s gorgeous daughter, Barrie Lovejoy, had been textbook – except for their desperate night of passion. And though his job as a soldier had ended with her freedom, his duties as a husband had only just begun. For he would sooner die than let the enemy harm the mother of his child.

A Game of Chance

A New York Times Bestseller

Undercover agent Chance Mackenzie knew that the best way to capture an elusive terrorist was to use the man’s daughter as bait, so he seduced Sunny Miller and set out to discover her father’s whereabouts. Sunny’s own innocence was questionable, and gaining her trust was nearly impossible. And even with all his experience and training, Chance found it difficult to overlook her beauty. However, Chance soon realized that Sunny wasn’t running from him she was running for her life, and she needed Chance’s protection. But keeping Sunny safe would involve telling her the truth…

A Lady of the West

New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard sets a tale of power, suspense, and passion in the savage New Mexico Territory. Only true love could redeem…
. Victoria Waverly, noble daughter of the war ruined South, is sold in marriage to a ruthless rancher. Honor and pride help her endure life as a wife in name only but nothing can quench her forbidden desire for hired gunman Jake Roper. His gaze is hard, but tenderness he can’t hide promises to unveil to Victoria the mysteries of love. Only true love can destroy…
. Jake curses his burning need for Victoria, for he wants nothing to stand in the way of his drive to reclaim Sarratt’s Kingdom the ranch that is his legacy and obsession. But ancient wrongs and blazing passions will bind together the aristocratic beauty and the powerful cowboy. In a bloody land war, they will fight for Jake’s birthright…
and seize at all costs the love that is their destiny.

Angel Creek

Desire and danger blaze like wild?re across the bold American West…
in these scorching novels from New York Times bestselling author Linda HowardAngel CreekAfter her father died, beautiful Dee Swann held on to her homestead in the Colorado hills, ?ercely determined that no one would claim her land or her independence. Then ruthless, ambitious Lucas Cochran came to Angel Creek valley to challenge her on both counts…
. He needs the valley’s cool waters to turn the drought cursed high country into the cattle dynasty he craves. But as their ?ery confrontation ?ares into a wild and unfettered passion, they are bound together in a dangerous destiny with much more than just frontier dreams at stake…
.A LADY OF THE WESTVictoria Waverly was a noble daughter of the war ruined South and wife in name only to a heartless Western rancher. Yet neither honor nor pride could quench her forbidden desire for hired gunman Jake Roper. His narrow gaze, hard as ice, hid tender emotions and he cursed his burning need for this graceful, innocent lady. For the blazing New Mexico territory called him to ?ght for the sweeping ranchland that was his birthright. On a mission to set right the past across the lawless land, the powerful cowboy and the aristocratic beauty would reach the heights of passion and step closer to the ?ames of destruction…
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The Touch of Fire

Annie Parker came to Silver Mesa, Arizona, because it was the only place she’d found where folks thought a woman doctor was better than no doctor at all. Her lonely life became harder still on the winter night Rafe McCay broke into her office with a bullet in his side and a bounty hunter at his back. With a gun aimed at her heart, he led her deep into the Arizona mountains, and into a world of danger and passion, for Annie discovered in Rafe not only a wounded man, but a soul betrayed…
and Rafe, healed by her skill and the magic in her hands, awakened in Annie a woman’s tender longing and hungry desire. Pursued by dangerous secrets of the past, they are swept into a thrilling odyssey of the heart a bold, exhilarating journey that rekindles Rafe’s lost hope and transforms Annie’s healing gift into a deep, enduring love.

Duncan’s Bride

A romantic novel about a man who wants only for a wife with whom to share his ranch, a wife quite unlike his first wife who had ruined him, though he has not reckoned on Madelyn Patterson, a woman who, in return for love, wants one thing that cannot be guaranteed.

Loving Evangeline

Evangeline Shaw is the key to the conspiracy that threatens Robert Cannon’s company. Classified software developed by Cannon’s group is being sold to a foreign government without his approval. It isn’t just theft or a case of corporate espionage it’s treason. And the trail leads straight to Shaw who by all accounts has both the means and the motives. Determined to handle his own investigation, Cannon tracks her to a small town in Alabama. But as he tries to untangle the knot that surrounds her, he finds himself questioning he’s believed. The facts still seem pretty black and but his heart tells him she’s no Mata Hari…
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Kill and Tell

Still reeling from her mother’s recent death, Karen Whitlaw is stunned when she receives a package containing a mysterious notebook from the father she has barely seen since his return from the Vietnam War over twenty years ago. Unwilling to deal with her overwhelming emotions, Karen packs the notebook away, putting it and her father out of her mind, until she receives a shocking phone call. Her father has been murdered on the gritty streets of New Orleans. Homicide dectective Marc Chastain considers the murder nothing more than street violence against a homeless man, and Karen accepts his judgement at firt. But she changes her mind when her home is burglarized and accidents begin to happen. All at once, she faces a chilling realization: whoever killed her father is now after her. Desperate for answers, Karen retrieves the only think that links her to her father the notebook he had sent months before. Inside its worn pages, she makes an unsettling discovery: her father had been a sniper in Vietnam and the notebook contains a detailed account of each one of his kills. Now running for her life, Karen entrusts the book and its secrets to Marc Chastain. Together they unravel a disturbing story of politics, power, and murder and face a killer who will stop at nothing to get his hands on the kill book.

All the Queen’s Men

In six ‘New York Times’ bestsellers, including her smashing hardcover debut ‘Now You See Her,’ Linda Howard has seamlessly melded thrilling sensuality and heart pounding dramatic tension. Now she brings back the elusive hero who first appeared in her acclaimed page turner ‘Kill and Tell’ in a new blockbuster that is part suspense, part passion, and pure Linda Howard. No one can get close to John Medina, the CIA’s legendary Black Ops specialist who works in the shadows of the government’s deadliest missions. He is a virtual invisible man, with no friends, many enemies, and a cloud of suspicion surrounding the death of his wife. And no one knows the dangers better than Niema Burdock. A sharp, steely nerved communications expert, Niema and her husband, Dallas, worked side by side with Medina on an explosive mission that went tragically wrong. ‘She could hear it all play out, horribly, on the radio: Dallas set off the detonators at John Medina’s command and found himself trapped in the crossfire. In a shattering blast, Niema’s hope and her love were destroyed…
‘ Now Niema has withdrawn to a quiet Intelligence position, and a safe if predictable existence that has helped her heal her scars from five years ago. And she never planned to see Medina again. But now John Medina needs her…
A French arms dealer is supplying international terrorist units, and John Medina must infiltrate his compound and crack the deadly ring. But only Niema can plant the undetectable bugs needed to nail the wary and well connected dealer a feat that begins by going undercover and winning his trust. Working her way into his glamorous world of embassy galas and exclusiveparties, Niema steps carefully across a minefield of intimate secrets, luring the Frenchman while inviting disaster with every subtle and seductive play. But when their careful strategy begins to crack, Niema and John take flight in a strange land and find their partnership sparking with an erotically charged, unquenchable electricity. In a world of deception, one thing is clear: John Medina has once again set Niema on a freefall into danger and desire and one can’t exist without the other.

Kiss Me While I Sleep

If you sense someone’s watching you from afar, or if you feel a shadow other than your own at your back, I might as well pack it up and call it a day. It s a job that makes a killing. Efficient, professional, and without apology, Lily Mansfield is a hired assassin, working as a contract agent for the CIA. Her targets are the powerful and corrupt, those who can t be touched by the law. Now, after nineteen years of service, Lily has been drawn into a dangerous game that hasn t been sanctioned, seeking vengeance for her own reasons. Each move bolder than the next, she is compromising her superiors, drawing unwanted attention, and endangering her very life. Though stress and shock have made her feel somewhat invincible and a little cocky, Lily knows that she too can be taken out in an instant. And if it s her time, so be it. She intends to go down fighting.A CIA agent himself, Lucas Swain recognizes the signs of trauma in the line of fire. His orders: either bring her in or bring her down. Yet he too is drawn into the game with Lily Mansfield, dancing on a tightrope as he tries to avoid a major international incident while still battling a tenacious foe who is dogging their every step. Keeping laser focus on the task at hand while vigilantly watching her back, Mansfield never sees the lethal peril that lies directly in her path…
and how loyalty has a price. Chock full of the intrigue, breathless action, and sensuality that have made Linda Howard the master of romantic suspense, Kiss Me While I Sleep is a daring thriller of passion, sudden twists, and richly imagined characters who live and breathe in readers hearts. It is the most gripping and complex novel of Linda Howard s career. From the Hardcover edition.

To Die For

Blair Mallory lives the good life. She’s pretty, confident, and the owner of a thriving upscale fitness center. But in the shadow of success, a troubled member of the club develops a strange fixation on her, imitating her style and dress. Matters take a darker turn when the look alike is shot dead and Blair witnesses the horror.

As the media speculate on the tawdry details of the homicide and push Blair into the harsh spotlight, she locks horns with police lieutenant Wyatt Bloodsworth he wants to lead an investigation without interference, while she is determined to probe the dead woman s life on her own. But when someone begins to menace Blair with mounting threats, Wyatt takes notice: Was this murder indeed a lethal case of mistaken identity and was Blair the intended victim?

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Linda Howard is a superbly original storyteller. Iris Johansen Blair Mallory has already survived one murder attempt. Now, while planning her wedding and dealing with holiday season madness, Blair once again dodges a bullet. Or more precisely, a Buick. And though the driver’s identity remains a mystery, his or her murderous intentions are all too clear. Or are they? After all, Blair s homicidal ex husband and his partner in crime/wife are safely behind bars. And even Wyatt Bloodsworth, her police detective groom to be, isn t inclined to believe she s being targeted again. All of which makes Blair wonder if her close call was simply a mishap. But the wondering stops when she narrowly cheats death again in another seemingly innocent accident. Two strikes is all it takes to convince Blair that she s back in someone s crosshairs. And the only thing more frightening is that Wyatt still doubts her. That means this time, no one will be watching Blair s back when she sets out to get the drop on her would be killer before whoever it is finally drops her.

Blood Born

When the human and the vampire worlds collide, there will be hell to pay. Luca Ambrus is a rare breed: vampire from birth, begotten by vampire parents, Blood Born. He is also an agent of the Council the centuries old cabal that governs vampirekind, preserving their secrecy and destroying those who betray them. When a cryptic summons leads him to the scene of the brutal killing of a powerful Council member, Luca begins the hunt for an assassin among his own people. But instead of a lone killer he discovers a sinister conspiracy of rogue vampires bent on subjugating the mortal world. All that stands in their way are the conduits, humans able to channel spirit warriors into the physical world to protect mankind. Chloe Fallon is a conduit and a target of the vampire assassin who’s killing them. When Luca saves her life, an irresistible bond of trust along with more passionate feelings is forged between them. As more victims fall, Chloe and Luca have only each other to depend on to save the world from the reign of monsters and salvage their own future together. From the Paperback edition.

Running Wild

Greek billionaire playboy Nikolas Constantinos intended to conclude the business deal with Jessica Stanton, a.k.a. The Back Widow, as quickly as possible. Love hadn’t been part of his plan. A hot affair or a one night stand was all he’d allow. Because love would lead to marriage. And marriage to Jessica, a woman with a scandalous past, could ruin him. But love was the one thing he couldn’t control.

Sanctuary (By:Beverly Barton)

War with their archrival, the evil Ansara clan, is unavoidable. For Mercy Raintree, a war means she must assume her position as guardian of the Sanctuary the sacred Raintree home place deep in the Smoky Mountains. But doing so threatens to disclose her most prized secret one Mercy has kept to herself for six years.

As the solstice looms and the battle heats up, Dranir Judah Ansara gathers his forces, intending to wipe every Raintree from the face of the land. Including Mercy, whom he’s claimed as his to kill. Then he comes face to face with her and with her daughter, Eve. Will Mercy’s closely guarded secret change not only the outcome of the battle but also Judah’s own bitter heart?

Inferno

Two hundred years after the Raintree clan defeated and abandoned them on a small Caribbean Island, the Ansara wizards are rising again to take on their bitterest foes. Despite their extraordinary powers and supernatural origin, the Raintree have largely blended into the modern world. They are bankers, cops, husbands, wives and lovers in the society of humankind. But now, from Nevada to North Carolina, the rejoined battle will measure the endurance of their people. It will test their loyalties and relationships. And it will force upon them all new lives they could barely have imagined before.

Haunted (By:Linda Winstead Jones)

Their name is Raintree. It’s more than a last name; more than a notation on a family tree. It’s a mark of destiny. Each family member has a special gift, an otherworldly talent. Gideon Raintree, a homicide detective, can harness electricity and talk to ghosts. He will need to wield gifts he’s kept hidden to solve his newest case a relentless serial killer unleashed by the dark Ansara wizards. But first he must deal with his reaction to Hope Malory, his alluring new partner. He’d never planned on love in the midst of battle. With evil lurking at every turn, Gideon and Hope are in a race against time to save their love, their family…
and their newly conceived child. ‘A love story, a mystery, an adventure Haunted has it all, and the plot moves at a lightning pace. Linda Winstead Jones has a magic touch with paranormal, and, yes, the pun is intended’ New York Times bestselling author, Linda Howard

All That Glitters

Greek billionaire playboy Nikolas Constantinos intended to conclude the business deal with Jessica Stanton, a.k.a. The Back Widow, as quickly as possible. Love hadn’t been part of his plan. A hot affair or a one night stand was all he’d allow. Because love would lead to marriage. And marriage to Jessica, a woman with a scandalous past, could ruin him. But love was the one thing he couldn’t control.

An Independent Wife

Seven years after their brief, passionate, and painful marriage had ended, Sally and Rhys Baines find themselves once again caught in the coils of attraction and fascination for each other. Reissue.

Against the Rules

Years after losing a battle of wills with Rule Jackson, Cathryn Ashe returns from the city with a determination to come out on top as Rule’s new boss, but she soon discovers that she has more than her pride at stake. Reissue.

Come Lie with Me

When Blake Remington temporarily loses the ability to walk, he loses his will to live as well, until Dione Kelly, a woman with a broken soul, arrives to heal both him and herself. Reissue.

Tears of the Renegade

Susan has never known anyone like Cord Blackstone. His pale blue eyes shine with temptation and dark menace. Cord has a score to settle with his family the same genteel clan that sheltered Susan after her husband’s death. He will stop at nothing to punish the Blackstones even if it means ruining the one woman who can’t stop loving him.

The Cutting Edge

A romance about an engineering firm’s top trouble shooter who is asked to investigate a case of internal embezzlement. However, his prime suspect is the firm’s accountant with whom he has fallen in love, and on the day he stands to expose the embezzler,that love is about to face the ultimate challenge.

Heart of Fire

A fabulous lost Amazon city once inhabited by women warriors and containing a rare red diamond: it sounded like myth, but archeologist Jillian Sherwood believed it was real, and she was willing to put up with anything to find it even Ben Lewis. Ruffian, knock about, and number one river guide in Brazil, Ben was all man over six feet of rock hard muscles that rippled under his khakis, with lazy blue eyes that taunted her from his tanned face. Jillian watched him come to a fast boil when she refused to reveal their exact destination upriver in the uncharted rain forests and resolved to stand her ground. Neither of them could foresee what the days ahead promised: an odyssey into the fiery heart of passion and betrayal, and a danger that would force them to cast their fates together, immersed in the eternal, unsolved mysteries of love…
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Dream Man

Had she finally met the man she longed for…
or was she dreaming? Marlie Keen was trying to lead a quiet, ordinary life. She thought the knowing the clairvoyance that allowed her to witness crimes as they happened had been destroyed in the nightmare of her past. Then one night it returned with a vengeance, and she desperately needed to find someone to make it stop. Detective Dane Hollister of the Orlando police department had never met anyone like Marlie. He had doubts about her clairvoyance, but there was no doubt how much he desired her. Her soft, sweet scent set his blood afire, and he wanted to wrap her in his arms and chase the sadness from her eyes. To Marlie, Dane was all heat and hard muscle, and he made her body come alive as it never had before. But not even she could foresee where their passion would lead: a hungry quest for the elusive, dreamy ecstasies of love…
and a dangerous journey into the twisted mind of a madman who would threaten their happiness and their lives…
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After the Night

FAITH DEVLIN: A poor, outcast child in Prescott, Louisiana, she’d always adored the town’s golden boy from afar. But he called her white trash that sultry Southern night when his rich, respected father disappeared, along with her pretty Mom. Now Faith wanted to hate Gray Rouillard…
not to feel a powerful surge of desire. But she couldn’t quench her passion, any more than she could hide the truth about the past she had waited so long to unravel.

GRAY ROUILLARD: Even when he raised hell, he did it with style. Reckless, charming, and backed by Rouillard money, Gray controlled the town of Prescott and Devlin was a name he never wanted to hear again. But when he gazed at Faith Devlin, all he saw was a swirl of tangled sheets and her silken flesh beneath him. To care for her was impossible, unthinkable…
because Gray Rouillard planned to use all his power to ruin her.

Shades of Twilight

Dear listener,

Shades of Twilight is the story of Roanna Davenport, who grows up in a wealthy southern family but never quite fits in. She isn t pretty or popular, and she has a real talent for saying the wrong thing at precisely the wrong moment. She’s in love with a distant cousin, Webb Tallant. But Webb marries their cousin Jessie, the bane of Roanna s life. When Jessie is found murdered, Webb is blamed for her death, even though there isn t enough evidence to charge him. Webb leaves town, and Roanna is left to pick up the pieces.

All of her life, Roanna has tried to win the love of her grandmother, of Webb, and of her extended family and every time she s been slapped down. She s had enough. Roanna withdraws from the family, and that s when her grandmother, Lucinda, realizes how very important this misfit is to all of them. Lucinda tries to make amends to Roanna by setting in motion a chain of events that brings Webb back home. But the plan disturbs a killer who is set on vengeance and this time, the whole family seems to be the target.

I hope you enjoy Shades of Twilight.

Sincerely,
Linda Howard

Son of the Morning

New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard captivates readers in the deeply romantic tale of a contemporary woman who unravels an extraordinary mystery from the past…
by living it. A scholar specializing in ancient manuscripts, Grace St. John never imagined that a cache of old documents she discovered was the missing link to a lost Celtic treasure. But as soon as she deciphers the legend of the Knights of the Templar long fabled to hold the key to unlimited power Grace becomes the target of a ruthless killer bent on abusing the coveted force. Determined to stop him, Grace needs the help of a warrior bound by duty to uphold the Templar’s secret for all eternity. But to find him and to save herself she must go back in time…
to fourteenth century Scotland…
and to Black Niall, a fierce man of dark fury and raw, unbridled desire…
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Now You See Her

From Dream Man to Kill and Tell, Linda Howard’s New York Times bestsellers are a tantalizing blend of scintillating sensuality and high voltage thrills. ‘Linda Howard meshes hot sex, emotional impact and gripping tension in this perfect example of what romantic suspense ought to be,’ raved Publishers Weekly in their starred review of Kill and Tell. Now, with a wonderful new pageturner, this daringly original storyteller makes her smashing hardcover debut. A talented landscape painter and portrait artist in her early thirties, Paris Sweeney has achieved enviable success: her work sells at an exclusive New York City gallery owned by her friend, Candra Worth, and her popularity is at an all time high. Sweeney, as she is affectionately called by those close to her, loves her work and is content with her life. Then she begins to notice odd changes: traffic lights turn green when she approaches. Her plants are in full bloom out of season. Perhaps they’re jist coincidences, but she can’t ignore her dreams lush, vivid, and drenched in vibrant hues which are influencing her artwork. And she can’t deny her growing restlessness…
. Suddenly, impulsively, Sweeney finds herself unable to resist a night of intense passion with millionaire Richard Worth, Candra’s estranged husband. But the true dangers of her all consuming urges are about to be revealed where Sweeney least expects it: in her paintings. After a creative frenzy she can barely recall, Sweeney discovers she has rendered a disturbing image a graphic murder scene. Against her better instincts, she returns to the canvas time and again, filling out each chilling detail piece by piece a shoe, the body of a victim, and soon, the victim’s face. But when a shattering, real life murder mirrors her creation, Sweeney is thrust into suspicious light. Now, with every stroke of her brush, she risks incriminating herself with her inexplicable knowledge of a deadly crime. And every desire including her hungry attraction to Richard is loaded with uncertainty and terrifying discovery as Sweeney races to unmask a killer. With the breathless excitement that distinguishes all of her blockbusters of romantic suspense, Linda Howard grips the imagination and touches the heart as only she can in Now You See Her.

Mr. Perfect

What would make the perfect man?

That’s the deliciously racy topic that Jaine Bright and her three girlfriends are pondering one night at their favorite after hours hot spot: Mr. Perfect. Would he be tall, dark, and handsome? Caring and warmhearted or will just muscular do? As their conversation hears up, they concoct a tongue in cheek checklist that becomes an overnight sensation, spreading like wildfire at work and sizzling along e mail lines. But what began as a joke among friends turns deadly serious when one of the four women is murdered…
. Turning to her neighbor, an unpredictable police detective, for help, Jaine must unmask a killer to save her friends and herself. Now, knowing whom to trust and whom to love is a matter of survival as the dream of Mr. Perfect becomes a chilling nightmare.

Open Season

She’s hunting for a mate…
and there’s no more playing it safe. Daisy Minor is bored. Worse than that, she’s boring. A plain, small town librarian, she’s got a wardrobe as sexy as a dictionary and hasn’t been on a date in years. She’s never even had a lukewarm love affair, let alone a hot one. So when she wakes up on her thirty fourth birthday and wonders how it is that she still lives with her widowed mom and spinster aunt while her friends have all gotten married and started families, she decides it’s time to get a life and a sex life. And as far as she can tell, good girls don’t attract nearly as many men as bad ones. Can a lifelong good girl turn bad? No, not exactly. But they can pretend, right? One makeover later, Daisy has transformed herself into a party girl extraordinaire. She’s letting her hair down, dancing the night away at clubs, and laughing and ?irting with men for the first time in, well, forever. With a new lease on her own place, she’s found a new lease on life and it’s Open Season for man hunting. But on her way home late one night, Daisy sees something she’s not supposed to see. Suddenly the target of a killer, she’s forced to put her manhunt on hold. But the very moment she stops looking might be the moment she finds what she’s wanted all along. Trouble is, before he can share her life, he might just have to save it. Seamlessly blending heart pounding romance and breathless intrigue, Linda Howard has once more proved herself a masterful storyteller, writing this stylish and provocative novel that absolutely defies readers to put it down.

Strangers in the Night

Three stunningly sensual tales from the acclaimed bestselling author of Mr. Perfect and Open Season

With her exhilarating mix of ‘hot sex, emotional impact, and gripping tension’ Publishers Weekly, Linda Howard has crafted some of today’s most exciting contemporary ?ction. Feel the thrill of unexpected passion between Strangers in the Night
in a seductive story collection that showcases Linda Howard at her page turning best.

Lake of Dreams
Thea Marlow had encountered her soul mate in the depths of her overpowering, frightening dreams. Now, on the shores of a country lake, the stranger comes to her in the ?esh and lures her into a timeless love.

Blue Moon
Sheriff Jackson Brody knows folks get a little crazy under a full bayou moon. But on the trail of a scorching murder mystery, it’s the lawman himself who succumbs to the spell of a beautiful, mysterious stranger.

White Out
In the midst of an Idaho blizzard, Hope Bradshaw offers shelter to a stranger and an instant, hungry passion ?ares between them. When a radio bulletin warns of a dangerous escaped convict, her blood runs cold: has desire blinded her to the risks of trusting a man who is an expert at covering his tracks?

Dying To Please

Loyal. Beautiful. Professional. Impeccably organized. Potentially lethal. Sarah Stevens is a woman with many distinct qualities. First and foremost a butler par excellence, skilled at running large households smoothly and efficiently, she is also a trained bodyguard and expert marksman indispensable to her elderly employer, a courtly gentleman whom Sarah has come to respect and love as a father. Then one night she thwarts a burglary in progress, a courageous act that rewards Sarah her requisite fifteen minutes of fame with the local press. But the exposure is enough to catch the attention of a tortured soul who, unbeknownst to Sarah, will stop at nothing to have her for himself. Sarah’s perfectly ordered life is shattered when tragedy strikes: her beloved employer is brutally murdered. The detective investigating the case, assures Sarah that she is not a suspect. Until lightning strikes twice. There s a second killing and this time, despite a lack of evidence connecting her to the crime, Sarah cannot escape the shadow of guilt. The only option left for Sarah is to carry on with her life. But she doesn t realize that a deranged stalker is luring her into an elaborate trap…
one in which she, once ensnared, might never escape. For Sarah soon finds herself at the mercy of a man who will tend to her every whim, smother her with affection, and crush her in his all consuming embrace. In a nonstop roller coaster ride of unrelenting suspense, Linda Howard has written her most chilling novel yet. Dying To Please is a breathless thriller of desire and obsession. From the Hardcover edition.

Cry No More

Count your blessings; they can be snatched away in an instant. It is a sentiment Milla Edge knows too well. With an astonishing blend of savvy, instinct, and passion, Milla displays an uncanny gift for finding lost children. When all seems helpless, desperate souls from across the country come to her for hope and results. Driven by an obsessive desire to fill the void in other people’s lives, Milla throws herself into every case all the while trying to outrun the brutal emotions stemming from a horrific tragedy in her past. Traveling to a small village in Mexico on a reliable tip, Milla begins to uncover the dire fate of countless children who have disappeared over the years in the labyrinth of a sinister baby smuggling ring. The key to nailing down the organization may rest with an elusive one eyed man. To find him, Milla joins forces with James Diaz, a suspicious stranger known as the Tracker who conceals his own sinister agenda. As the search intensifies, the mission becomes more treacherous. For the ring is part of something far larger and more dangerous, reaching the highest echelons of power and influence. Caught between growing passion and imminent peril, Milla suddenly finds herself the hunted in the crosshairs of an invisible, lethal assassin who aims to silence her permanently. Intense emotion…
potent suspense…
pounding action. Linda Howard weaves these elements into page turning fiction. Cry No More is a seductive thriller of heartbreak and obsession that moves with a vengeance.

Killing Time

Returning to the entrancing supernatural territory of her popular novels Dream Man and Son of the Morning, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard has written a sizzling new novel that is her most daring, exciting, and original yet.

In 1985, with much fanfare, a time capsule was buried under the front lawn of a small town county courthouse, to be reopened in 2085. But just twenty years later, in the dead of night, the capsule is dug up, its contents stolen. That same night, one of the contributors to the capsule is brutally slain in his home with no sign of forced entry or indication of a struggle. One by one, others who had placed items in the time capsule are murdered.

Besides his suspicions about the sudden, mysterious appearance of Nikita Stover, the chief investigator, Knox Davis, has absolutely no leads. And while Nikita’s no murderer, she seems to be hiding plenty of secrets. With more at stake than anyone else realizes, the smart talking Nikita is determined to catch this cunning killer while at the same time battling her own deepening feelings for a man and for a world in which she doesn t belong.

When readers crave a seductive novel of unrelenting suspense with a paranormal twist, Linda Howard delivers time and again…
make that Killing Time a captivating, character rich story that races along on a breathless plot full of action and intimacy, romance and danger, thrills and intrigue.

Cover of Night

For breathless action, gripping suspense, and intense romance, bestselling author Linda Howard never misses a beat and her thrilling new novel will have your heart racing. In the charming rural town of Trail Stop, Idaho, accessible to the outside world by only a single road, young widow Cate Nightingale lives peacefully with her four year old twin boys, running a bed and breakfast. Though the overnight guests are few and far between occasional hunters and lake fishermen Cate always manages to make ends meet with the help of the local jack of all trades, Calvin Harris, who can handle everything from carpentry to plumbing. But Calvin is not what he seems, and Cate’s luck is about to run out. One morning, the B&B s only guest inexplicably vanishes, leaving behind his personal effects. A few days later Cate is shocked when armed men storm the house, demanding the mystery man s belongings. Fearing for her children s lives, Cate agrees to cooperate until Calvin saves the day, forcing the intruders to scatter into the surrounding woods. The nightmare, however, is just beginning. Cate, Calvin, and their entire community find themselves cut off and alone with no means to call for help as the threat gathers intensity and first blood is drawn. With their fellow residents trapped and the entire town held hostage, Cate and Calvin have no choice but to take the fight to their enemies under the Cover of Night. While reticent Cal becomes a fearless protector, Cate makes the most daring move of her life…
into the very heart of danger. From the Hardcover edition.

Up Close and Dangerous

A mysterious plane crash…
a dangerous trek through the Idaho wilderness…
a smoldering attraction…
and a deadly game of cat and mouse. In her latest tour de force of romantic suspense, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard blends these elements into a gripping story that will keep readers breathless and leave them begging for more. For in Linda Howard’s world, trust can be a weapon, a kiss can be a threat, and intimacy can be deadly.

Bailey Wingate s scheming adult stepchildren are surprised when their father s will leaves Bailey in control of their fortune, and war ensues. A year later, while flying from Seattle to Denver in a small plane, Bailey nearly dies herself when the engine sputters and then fails.

Cam Justice, her sexy Texan pilot, manages to crash land the aircraft. Stranded in the wilderness, and struggling to douse her feelings for the ruggedly handsome man by her side, Bailey begins to wonder whether this was a mere accident. Who tampered with their plane? Who s trying to reunite Bailey and her husband in the afterlife? Cut off from the world, and with little hope of rescue, Bailey must trust her life and heart to Cam, as they battle the harsh elements to find a way out of the unforgiving wilds and back to civilization…
where a killer may be waiting to finish the job.

Sexy, suspenseful, and lightning fast, Up Close and Dangerous showcases a beloved author at her dazzling best.

Death Angel

In Linda Howard’s gifted hands, second chances, unexpected romance, and unrelenting action combine into a riveting new novel of suspense. In Death Angel, bad girls can wake up and trust their hearts, bad guys can fight for what s right…
and dying just might be the only way to change one s life.

A striking beauty with a taste for diamonds and dangerous men, Drea Rousseau is more than content to be arm candy for Rafael Salinas, a notorious crime lord who deals with betrayal through quick and treacherous means: a bullet to the back of the head, a blade across the neck, an incendiary device beneath a car. Eager to break with Rafael, Drea makes a fateful decision and a desperate move, stealing a mountain of cash from the malicious killer. After all, an escape needs to be financed.

Though Drea runs, Salinas knows she can t hide and he dispatches a cold blooded assassin in hot pursuit, resulting in a tragic turn of events. Or does it?

Left for dead, Drea miraculously returns to the realm of the living a changed woman. She s no longer shallow and selfish, no longer steals or cheats or sells herself short. Both humbled and thrilled with this unexpected second chance, Drea embraces her new life. But in order to feel safe and sound and stop nervously looking over her shoulder she will need to take down those who marked her for death.

Joining forces with the FBI, supplying vital inside information that only she can provide, Drea finds herself working with the most dangerous man she s ever known. Yet the closer they get to danger, the more intense their feelings for each other become, and the more Drea realizes that the cost of her new life may be her life itself as well as her heart.

Burn

It’s true what they say: Money changes everything. And in Linda Howard’s red-hot novel Burn, the changes come fast, furious, and filled with the kind of sexy suspense, heart-stopping romance, beautiful people, and risky business guaranteed to give you the most bang for your buck.

Money certainly changes Jenner Redwine’s life when she wins a lottery jackpot. But it also costs her plenty: Her father rips her off and disappears, her fortune-hunting boyfriend soon becomes her ex, and friends-turned-freeloaders give her the cold shoulder when she stops paying for everything.

Flush with new money, Jenner can’t imagine ever finding a place in the world of the wealthy. Seven years later, though, she’s rubbing elbows with the rich, despite the fact she still feels like a party crasher. Luckily she finds an ally-and a guide to the rarefied realm of privilege-in shy, kind-hearted heiress Sydney Hazlett, who quickly becomes Jenner’s confidante and surrogate sister.

When Sydney invites Jenner on a charity cruise aboard a luxury liner, Jenner reluctantly agrees. But while she’s expecting-and dreading-two weeks of masquerade balls, art auctions, and preening glitterati, what she gets is more like a Hitchcock movie than a Love Boat episode. Taken hostage by a menacing stranger, Jenner must cooperate in a mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme-or else. With nowhere to run, and with Sydney’s life as well as her own at risk, Jenner is drawn into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger. But as her panic gives way to exhilaration, and fear of her captor turns to fascination, Jenner rediscovers feelings she hasn’t had in years-and realizes she’s found a life worth living. If she survives.

Veil of Night

Jaclyn Wilde is a wedding planner who loves her job usually. But helping Carrie Edwards with her Big Day has been an unrelenting nightmare. Carrie is a bridezilla of mythic nastiness, a diva whose tantrums are just about as crazy as her demands. But the unpleasant task at hand turns seriously criminal when Carrie is brutally murdered and everyone involved with the ceremony is accusing one another of doing the deed. The problem is, most everyone from the cake maker and the florist to the wedding gown retailer and the bridesmaids dressmaker had his or her own reason for wanting the bride dead, including Jaclyn. And while those who felt Carrie’s wrath are now smiling at her demise, Jaclyn refuses to celebrate tragedy, especially since she finds herself in the shadow of suspicion. Assigned to the case, Detective Eric Wilder finds that there s too much evidence pointing toward too many suspects. Compounding his problems is Jaclyn, with whom he shared one deeply passionate night before Carrie s death. Being a prime suspect means that Jaclyn is hands off just when Eric would rather be hands on. As the heat intensifies between Eric and Jaclyn, a cold blooded murderer moves dangerously close. And this time the target is not a bride but one particularly irresistible wedding planner, unaware of a killer s vow.

Prey

In this captivating novel of romantic suspense, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard brings us deep into the wild, where a smart and sexy outdoor guide and her ruggedly handsome competitor must join forces to survive and avoid becoming what they never expected to be: PREY Thirty two year old Angie Powell has always spoken her mind, but in the presence of Dare Callahan she nurses a simmering rage. After all, why give Dare the satisfaction of knowing he can push her buttons and push her to the edge?Three years ago, Dare returned home to rural western Montana and opened a hunting business to rival Angie s. Complicating matters is the fact that Dare has asked Angie out not once but twice and has given her a gift of butterflies in the process. Angie has no patience for butterflies. They only lead to foolish decisions. And now the infuriatingly handsome Iraq war vet has siphoned away Angie’s livelihood, forcing her to close up shop. Before Angie is to leave town, she organizes one last trip into the wilderness with a client and his guest, who wants to bag a black bear. But the adrenaline fueled adventure turns deadly when Angie witnesses a cold blooded murder and finds herself on the wrong side of a loaded gun. Before the killer can tie up this attractive loose end, a bear comes crashing through the woods changing the dark game completely. Luckily, Dare is camping nearby and hears the shots. Forced together for their very survival, Angie and Dare must confront hard feelings, a blinding storm, and a growing attraction while being stalked by a desperate killer and a ferocious five hundred pound beast. And neither will stop until they reach their prey. From the Hardcover edition.

Ice

Tis the season for mistletoe and holly, Santa…
and suspense. And the gift that keeps on giving is Ice: premier thriller author Linda Howard’s breathless tale of a man, a woman, and a battle for survival against an unforgiving winter and an unrelenting killer. Oh what fun it is to read.

Gabriel McQueen has only just arrived home on holiday leave from the service when his county sheriff father sends him back out again with new marching orders. A brewing ice storm, and a distant neighbor who s fallen out of contact, have the local lawman concerned. So he enlists Gabriel to make the long haul to the middle of nowhere, and make sure Lolly Helton is safe and sound. It s a trip the younger McQueen would rather not make given the bitter winter weather and the icy conditions that have always existed between him and Lolly.

But there s no talking back when your dad is the town s top cop. And there s no turning back when night falls just as Gabriel arrives and discovers that the weather outside isn t the only thing that s frightful. Spotting strangers in Lolly s home one of them packing a weapon is all it takes to kick Gabriel into combat mode. And his stealth training is all he needs to extract Lolly from the house without alerting her captors. But when the escape is discovered, the heat and the hunt are on. And the winter woods are nowhere to be once the ice storm touches down, dropping trees, blocking roads, and trapping the fleeing pair in the freezing dark.

From the Hardcover edition.

Shadow Woman

In this captivating novel of romantic suspense, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard brings us deep into the wild, where a smart and sexy outdoor guide and her ruggedly handsome competitor must join forces to survive and avoid becoming what they never expected to be: PREY Thirty two year old Angie Powell has always spoken her mind, but in the presence of Dare Callahan she nurses a simmering rage. After all, why give Dare the satisfaction of knowing he can push her buttons and push her to the edge?Three years ago, Dare returned home to rural western Montana and opened a hunting business to rival Angie s. Complicating matters is the fact that Dare has asked Angie out not once but twice and has given her a gift of butterflies in the process. Angie has no patience for butterflies. They only lead to foolish decisions. And now the infuriatingly handsome Iraq war vet has siphoned away Angie’s livelihood, forcing her to close up shop. Before Angie is to leave town, she organizes one last trip into the wilderness with a client and his guest, who wants to bag a black bear. But the adrenaline fueled adventure turns deadly when Angie witnesses a cold blooded murder and finds herself on the wrong side of a loaded gun. Before the killer can tie up this attractive loose end, a bear comes crashing through the woods changing the dark game completely. Luckily, Dare is camping nearby and hears the shots. Forced together for their very survival, Angie and Dare must confront hard feelings, a blinding storm, and a growing attraction while being stalked by a desperate killer and a ferocious five hundred pound beast. And neither will stop until they reach their prey. From the Hardcover edition.

Mackenzie’s Legacy

Mackenzie’s Mountain

Mary Elizabeth Potter is a self appointed spinster with no illusions about love. When she meets Wolf Mackenzie, a man with a chip on his shoulder the size of Wyoming, she sets out to convince the whole town he’s a man worth loving. But Wolf’s not sure he’s for the taming of Wolf Mackenzie.

Mackenzie’s Mission

Night Wing the revolutionary test plane with a top secret weapons system is Colonel Joe ‘Breed’ Mackenzie’s number one priority and weapons expert Caroline Evans his number one distraction. When someone on the inside sabotages Night Wing, Caroline’s late hours and expertise come under suspicion, forcing Joe to choose between allegiance to his country and love for his prime suspect.

Christmas Kisses

In Mackenzie’s Magic, Maris regains her memory, while in Silver Bells, a single dad finally meets his match, and in A Wild West Christmas, Priscilla ties the knot at the Double R Ranch.

Heart’s Desire

Indulge your Heart’s Desire with your most beloved authors in this very special collection. Selected from the heartwarming anthology Everlasting Love,these remarkable tales are treasures to cherish and reminders that love is always just a heartbeat away…
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Jayne Ann Krentz

‘One of the hottest writers in romance today’ USA Today continually lends her master touch to tales of grand passion laced with intrigue. Here she again delights readers with her ‘tremendous talent’ Detroit Free Press, as in modern day Washington, treachery ignites an unlikely affair of the heart in ‘Connecting Rooms’…
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Linda Howard The celebrated author who ‘knows what romance readers want’ Affaire de Coeur and whose ‘unforgettable novels are richly flavored with scintillating sensuality and high voltage suspense’ Romantic Times, now whisks you to a bewitching country ‘Lake of Dreams,’ where a woman is lured into a dangerous embrace…
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Linda Lael Miller

In ‘Resurrection,’ the writer whose ‘talent knows no bounds’ Rendezvous, travels back to 1880s Montana, where an abandoned bride searches for a love she thought forever lost in a story that makes it easy to see that ‘the sweetest kind of magic comes from the pen of Linda Lael Miller!’ The Literary Times.

Under the Boardwalk

Today’s hottest romance stars make it a summer to remember with a sizzling story collection for sunny days and steamy nights…
. Under the Boardwalk New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard lures a sheriff into a scorching murder mystery and into the arms of a lover from the heart of the South: the wet and wild bayou. Geralyn Dawson traces a precious heirloom and heats up a past marriage on a a secluded Texas island. Jillian Hunter sparks romance off the English coast, when a London beauty in distress is rescued by the very man who could ruin her reputation. Miranda Jarrett ships a rogue pirate back to shore to rekindle a summertime romance. But did his sweetheart wait for him? Mariah Stewart crosses a successful oceanside chef with the man of her dreams a P.I. with secrets of his own at a vacation spot packed with memories for them both.

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