With the winter chill in the air, it is time to find a source for sizzling hot entertainment.
What better way than with three of romance's top stars. Three of the leading voices in
romantic suspense have come together to warm your nights and electrify your days. This
high flying, action-packed anthology includes the following generous portions of stories
that will be assured to melt that winter chill.
Dirty Secrets by Karen Rose
Dr. Emma Townsend's world came crashing down the day her husband Will was killed in
a convenience store robbery. To try and pick up the pieces of her shattered life she
writes a best-selling book about how to deal with grief. Her fame and success does little
to compensate for her great loss and broken heart. The time comes for her to go through
Will's belongings, and with each piece she touches memories of their love and happiness
come rushing back. Other past thoughts resurface when she stumbles across her old high
school yearbook. Inside she is surprised to find a letter from Christopher Walker, who
was her Junior Prom date. As she reads the letter she is stunned to learn he is confessing
his love for her.
Seventeen years have passed since Christopher Walker last saw Emma Townsend. A lot has
changed in that span of time. Now his obligations revolve around his young daughter Meagan.
He is caught in the middle of the murder of one of his students in his Chemistry lab. His
instincts scream there is something more than what this murder investigation is indicating
and he fears for Megan's and his safety. To complicate matters more he receives a call from
a Private Investigator telling him Emma Townsend is trying to get touch with him.
As the two of them are reunited there is another who lies in the shadows. He observes
their every move - he is waiting for the perfect time to reveal himself.
Necessary Betrayals by Annie Solomon
Five year ago, Francesa Burns's father had been sent to prison for his connection to
mob leader Arturo Calvino. Overnight, her life changed. For not only did she lose her father,
she was betrayed by the one man she had given her heart to, the man who was responsible for
using her to get close to her father to bring him to justice. To free herself from all
the hurtful memories she runs away from the life she knows and finds a job as a waitress.
The world she left behind comes crashing back when she receives a frantic call from her
fifteen-year-old sister Gina. The phone connection is bad, but she can hear the fear in
her voice and the one word of "Calvino" she manages to hear turns her blood ice cold.
Fearing for her sister's safety, Gina returns home only to find she is nowhere to be found.
With no regard for her own life, she sets out for the Calvino compound.
Detective Quinn Parker is part of the squadron that is sent to investigate the crime
scene at the Calvino compound. A murder has been committed, and there are unanswered
questions on who was responsible. He can't believe his eyes when he stops Francesca Burns
from trying to gain access to the grounds. He manages to stop her before she is able to
get inside, but she begs him to let her go for her sister's life is in jeopardy. When
he hears of why she is there he knows it is up to him to help her out of this situation.
Working together brings back the past. Will they be able to survive the present and
rekindle their past love in hopes of a future?
Endless Night by Carla Cassidy
Amanda Kincaid reluctantly agrees to a blind date with Clay Murdock to appease her
sister and brother-in-law, who are constantly nagging her about being single. Clay hits
high marks in the tall, dark, handsome, category but falls short in personality. She knows
that he isn't the one for her, so she ends the date by offering to give him a ride home.
Upon arriving at his home he starts to get out of the vehicle, but all hell erupts around
them as their car is caught in a crossfire of bullets. He quickly hops back in and tells
her to get out of there. Knowing it is the safest path, she slams the gas peddle all
the way to the floor.
The two of them manage to escape and she learns that Clay isn't who he seems. He is
a Police Officer who is in the Witness Protection Program. Being on the run with Clay
has her seeing him in a different light. Her feelings of attraction are quickly building.
But their relationship has to take a back seat until the danger they are facing comes to
an end. Will their newfound love survive those who wish to see it come to an end?