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Behind him the green wall of vegetation slipped past at a quick, steady pace as the skimmer, riding just above the water, followed the river into the dark heart of the jungle.
"That's going to make things awkward, isn't it? Because, after that display in the Bloodsucker, I've learned that I can't ta...
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For a long moment Mattie could think of nothing else to say. “Does Flynn know?” she finally asked.Ariel shook her head. “No. I've only just realized it myself. I haven't told him yet.”Mattie considered the matter. “Is there a problem here? Do you want a baby?”“Yes, but Mattie, I'm scared. I told you...
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At first glance, West, as the locals called it, appeared abandoned. They drove down the main drag, past the Dairy Queen, a row of T-shirt and curio shops and Denver’s camera shop. All were still boarded up behind huge piles of plowed snow. A melting cornice drooped low over Denver’s storefront. Out...
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was Wade’s dry observation when Elissa opened her door to him Monday evening.
“I assume that remark is in reference to the fact that I decided to go out with you tonight,” she muttered coolly. “Let me tell you, Wade, such comments are not calculated to put me in the best of moods for an evening. But...
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The warm morning sunlight gleamed on the neat sweep of her golden-brown hair, making him wish he’d followed through on the temptation to touch it last night.
Heather was wearing cream-colored cotton pants, pleated and full at the top, narrow at the ankle. The style emphasized in a chic way the intri...
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Leila asked.
Startled, Isabel laughed.
Leila frowned. “What’s so funny?”
“Nothing really.” Isabel closed the Kyler Method instructor’s manual she had been studying. “I just realized that it’s been quite a while since anyone asked me that kind of question.”
Leila’s brows rose. “What kind is that?...
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Flinging down her carryall, she crossed the papaya-colored carpet to pick up the white phone beside the sofa. Drake Warfield sounded rather vague on the other end of the line, and she knew that she’d caught him in the middle of some serious bout of thinking.
Ruthlessly Ariana fought to get his full...
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She lifted her chin proudly, the sheet still clutched to her bosom. "I'll tell you what it was all about. I'm checking up on you, Xavier Augustine. I'm finding out just who you really are. After all, if I'm going to have an affair with you, I ought to know a little something about you, don't you thi...
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Max could still see Cleo clearly in his mind, shimmering first with passion and then with delight. And he had been the one responsible for giving her both.Max savored the unfamiliar pleasure that coursed through him. Even the pouring rain that partially obscured the highway and the knowledge of what...
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McCord glanced at her with an amused expression.
„Have you decided to live up to your name tonight? Afraid to let your brain get cluttered with alcohol?“ „Under the circumstances, I think a measure of prudence makes sense.“ She had recovered her equilibrium now. As she sat across from him in the coz...
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The man appeared to be in his late sixties. He carried himself with a stiff military posture that made him appear taller than he was. He was almost bald. A fringe of gray hair was cut close to his skull. He had a beak of a nose and there were deep indentations beneath his cheekbones. The woman, who...
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She was in her robe, nightgown and slippers, curled up in the chair in front of the fire with her feet tucked under her. She was orchestrating the delicate trance-like state, summoning images from the scene of Louise’s murder, when the currents whispered to her from the other room.
Her first though...
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She took a deep breath and put her arms around Joel's neck. She kissed him back.Hard.It was glorious. It was unlike anything she had ever experienced. She felt wild, unchained, free. A jolt of unfamiliar energy swept through her. She recognized it instantly as pure, undiluted passion.Her glasses fog...
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When she spotted her father disappearing into the house by himself she decided to take advantage of the situation. She put down her empty hors d'oeuvres plate and hurried after him.
"Caught you, Dad." She grinned triumphantly at a startled Connor as he headed toward the kitchen.
"Maggie, my girl." C...
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She finally forced herself to admit defeat. Her father had not returned any of her calls.She had not even been able to get past Grace, Vincent's secretary, all afternoon. No, at eight-thirty it was obvious her father, who was probably still at his desk, was not answering his phone.Jessie knew the pa...
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The sensation was wildly disorienting, unlike anything she had ever experienced in her life. His touch was, she thought fleetingly, exactly as she had dreamed it would be, a riot of color for her senses.
The snifter in her hand trembled and then it was gone as Croft removed it from her fingers witho...
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The light was slowly, inevitably consumed by the dark. The symbolism appealed.Consciousness expanded in the absence of light. Awareness deepened. Perception strengthened.The Guardian studied the ebb and flow of the shifting vortices. The negative energy was running high now. Dangerous stuff if one w...
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The weightlessness lingered longer than usual.For the third or fourth time Hannah swam up out of the anesthetic haze, and on this occasion she was able to stay awake long enough to register both her brother’s presence in the room and the pain in her leg.“I thought it wasn’t going to hurt anymore.”Th...
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<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>At the opening of Krentz's disappointing latest featuring the Arcane Society—a covert organization devoted to paranormal research—costume shop owner Raine Tallentyre hears voices: in her deceased aunt's home in Shelbyville, Wash., she discovers and rescues a po...
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"Did you tell him where I live now?""No," Cynthia assured her quickly. "But it's not going to take him long to find you. You know that. He'll go to your old apartment and ask a few questions. That's all it's going to require for him to locate you."Amber shook her head, feeling dazed. "But why should...
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The heavy gun jumped in her hand, and she struggled to bring it back in line with the target.“Take it easy, Phila.”“What?” Phila shouted in return, squinting at the paper target in the distance to try and see if she had come remotely close.“You're doing everything too fast. Slow down. This isn't a q...
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The question is, what was he doing out in the first place?""Vandals? Pranksters?" Katy suggested. "Or a broken lock on the stall door?""Damned if I know," Garrett muttered as he swung the arc of the light through the rainy darkness. "But I sure intend to find out." He gave the low whistle again."I d...
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If he found it odd to be asked to officiate at what was, after all, merely a trade marriage, he was too diplomatic to say so. He could content himself and his curiosity with the fat fee Trade Baron Quintel was paying.
But a few other details about this wedding bothered the advisor. The bride, for ex...
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It's my mind." "Yeah? Well, here's something for your brain to think about." He shoved his knee between her legs, forcing her open for his touch. Then he reached down and put his palm against the vulnerable softness he had exposed. "Jonas, you bastard." But she could already feel herself...
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The door of St. Clair's Herbal Emporium opened, setting off the overhead chimes.
Elly cringed. She was developing a phobia to the stupid little doorbells, she thought. They had been ringing almost constantly all day. Ever since she had turned the Closed sign to Open she'd had an abnormal number of v...
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"This is great," she said. "I could get used to doing this every morning before going to work." "If you think this is good, you should try the diving." He indicated his gear on the beach. "Fantastic. I'm going out in a while. Going to do a little underwater photography." Kate nodded as she started t...
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She used the tip of her thumb to smudge in a shadow.
“Wrong?”
“Watching you at the banquet tonight, it finally hit me that I had leaped to a totally false conclusion about you. And you let me do it. You never bothered to correct my assumption.”
He gave her his enigmatic smile. “Hard to imagine a...
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Cady stood in the night-darkened shadows of the dripping redwoods and tried to breathe from the bottom of her stomach. She could not take the pill she kept in the little case on the end of her key chain. It would dull her senses, and she needed all of them badly. The tendrils of fog that swirled aro...
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She stirred amid the tangled sheets, yawning luxuriously.
"Jed?" She waited for his response and when there was none, she turned on her side. The bed was empty beside her. The faint murmur came again. This time Amy pinpointed the location. Jed was talking to someone downstairs. Wondering who he migh...
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"Couldn't quite figure you for one of them arty types.""You got that right." Cyrus was aware that Eugenia had gone rigid beside him. He glanced at her. "Ready, honey? Better be on our way. Almost lunchtime."Amber fireworks flashed in Eugenia's eyes. He wondered briefly if she would lose her temper a...
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Molly said as she buckled her seat belt. It was early evening, the summer sun still bright on the horizon.“Did you?” Harry put on a pair of sunglasses that were so dark they appeared black.“Yes, I did. You can't deny it.”Harry rested an arm along the back of the seat and turned his head to survey th...
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He reached out to her. “Help me. You’re the only one who can save me.”
“Please, you must tell me what you want,” she said. “Help me.” She tried to grasp his hand, but she could not get close enough. She tried to walk toward him through the swirling fog of energy, but some unseen force stopped her....
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Arcadia sat close to him, letting her shoulder touch his, stealing a little of his warmth. The slow, soft strains of Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life” drifted through the lightly crowded nightclub.
It was well after midnight. The jazz was good. Arcadia had a martini in front of her. Harry was home, safe...
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You don’t understand.“ „I understand.“ Cole felt the anger and the hot desire flooding through him, a potent combination unlike anything he had ever experienced. „I understand everything. Did you think you could play games with me for a month and then walk out?“ „I wasn’t playing games.“ He watched...
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Caleb pried open the panel in the back of the bureau and reached inside the small space. His fingers closed around the case.He drew it out slowly and examined it in the light of the bedside lamp. It looked even tackier than he had remembered. A couple of the fake gems had loosened. The imitation gil...
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Jakes footsteps sounded in the hall. She went to the door of the laundry room and listened.
Wheres Clare? Archers growl rumbled down the hall.
Shes doing her laundry, Jake said. Come on into the kitchen. Ill make some coffee. Clare gave the men a minute or two and then followed them into...
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1 Angus Cedric Ryerson, known as A. C. Ryerson to his business associates, Ryerson to his friends and as A.C. to no one who wished to remain on speaking terms with the man, studied the narrow, twisting road ahead. He swore softly and with great depth of feeling. What there was of the pavement was ju...
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She dropped the broccoli into a colander and picked up a carrot and a peeler.
There had been a taut silence in the small cabin after Jake Savage had driven off to find a motel in the nearby town. He'd seemed unoffended by Gideon's failure to offer him a bed for the night. Sarah had the feeling that...
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Another day was over and he felt as if he were home. It was true he had not yet officially moved in with Juliana, but he was spending so many nights here, he might as well do so. He could smell something savory in the oven, and he knew his redheaded lady would be waiting on the other side of the doo...
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Knew he’d be a problem once they made him Master of the Society. Always demanding status reports.
Should focus on Nightshade but I keep coming back to the Fitch case. Need to do some research on the former owner of the bookstore.
Ran out of coffee. Going across the street to the Sunshine C...
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Jacob lay on his back, the white sheet and blanket in a tangle at his waist.
He appeared remarkably sexy, lying there against the pristine white pillows. Hard, powerful and dangerous. A half-tamed predator who had wandered into this pretty, feminine bedroom and claimed it and its owner for his own....
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"Especially for someone who's accustomed to being a loner.' Cavenaugh agreed. Starke shrugged. "Everyone's alone in some ways." "Why is it you always get philosophical after a couple of whiskies, Starke?" "Brings out the intellectual side of my nature." "She's good for you, Dare. I like her." Cavena...
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He finally got into the darkened hotel room. He went straight to the minibar. When he removed the miniature bottle of scotch he noted with disgust that his hands were still shaking."Shit."He could still feel the unpleasant prickles created by the slowly evaporating adrenaline. His insides were ice c...
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The good news as far as Katy was concerned was that the older woman no longer seemed withdrawn and depressed the way she had before Luke's arrival. She looked much more like herself this morning. She was wearing a crisp black shirtwaist dress that gave her a jaunty air, and her expression was resolu...
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In no time at all, the Reeces were saying good-night on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. They got into their car, waved and pulled away from the curb, leaving Fil-omena standing on the sidewalk next to Trent. He took her arm and started toward the Mercedes.
„Well, Filomena,“ Trent said a mom...
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Walker picked it up and was pleased to note that the fried chicken, mashed potatoes and peas inside were still warm. It was his lucky night.
Just like last night, he thought. He had a vague recollection of having gotten lucky the night before that, as well, but his memory was somewhat unreliable wh...
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Spinning a web was a delicate task, and one of the most important aspects of the job was selecting the beginning point. It looked as though Honor was going to provide the perfect beginning herself.
Constantine Landry sat alone in a private box fronting the Santa Anita Racetrack. One booted foot lazi...
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Stifled, malicious giggles and wildly excited bursts that were nervously cut off. Then the flapping edge of a cape filled the room, only to vanish an instant later as if the owner had retreated to some safe spot.
A low hiss from Sariana's cloak pocket announced the scarlet-toe's questioning conc...
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She opened her eyes slowly, aware that something heavy was weighing her down. Instinctively she shoved at the offending bulk, trying to push it aside. It didn't budge. Her fingers touched bare skin, skin with rough hair on it—masculine skin. She was suddenly, frantically, wide awake and struggling w...
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The air was crystal clear, the sun dazzling on distant snow-capped peaks. The trees grew right down to the edge of the serpentine highway.
Rebecca took little pleasure in the magnificent scenery. She was intent on reaching her destination, a small town buried in the mountains. From there, the lawyer...
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