Big Bad Wolfe:Undercover cop Eric Wolfe's binoculars steamed up every time he watched suspect Tina Kranas.Shady Little Lady:With a two-bit hood for an ex-husband and drug-dealing neighbors, Tina was probably as guilty as she looked.Eric Wolfe knew Tina's bra size, bedtime and how she liked her eggs - without ever having spent the night. She was a suspect, and Eric knew everything about his suspects. But was Tina really a criminal? One way to find out was for Eric to stop watching her and start wooing her...

They wanted her to marry the most unpleasant man she'd ever met, but Amy had other plans.When her guardian announces that she's going to be married to a man she can't stand, Amy Chase decides to escape that fate by becoming a mail-order bride.Paired with a rich widower, Amy arrives in a western mining town only to find that she escaped the frying pan, but landed squarely in the fire. Now, far from everything and everyone she knew, Amy must find a way out of her engagement before she ends up penniless in the street. With the help of an unlikely ally, she soon discovers that love can be found in the most unexpected places.This short novel is the first in the Westward Hearts series of mail-order bride books.

The Nebula Award-winning author's fifth installment of his classic Galactic Center series is reissued in this special edition that contains a teaser chapter from his new hardcover "The Sunborn," scheduled for release in March 2005.

Book 7 of the NEVER SAY SPY seriesMiddle-aged bookkeeper Aydan Kelly knew pretending to be an experienced secret agent was a bad idea, but it was the only way to protect her lover. Now her lies have caught up to her in the worst possible way: everyone believes them.Armed with nothing but a sleazy porn-star cover identity, Aydan must infiltrate a criminal organization to retrieve a secret weapon prototype. With her lover's life at stake as well as her own, she can't afford to fail. But she has no idea how to succeed...- Spicy suspense served hard-boiled -Books in the series:Book 1: Never Say SpyBook 2: The Spy Is CastBook 3: Reach For The SpyBook 4: Tell Me No SpiesBook 5: How Spy I AmBook 6: A Spy For A SpyBook 7: Spy, Spy AwayMore books coming...

He found her in the alleys of the city, cold, starved and close to death; had he always intended for the outcome, or was it just a matter of circumstance for both. She was young and starved for affection, his kindness with that touch of masterfulness touched something locked deep inside her and she stepped willingly into the role of her master's pet.

When Lassiter broke out of jail with the Irishman Pierce McCain, the next logical step seemed to be joining McCain's half-breed army in their crazy rebellion. McCain needed guns, and Lassiter agreed to get them—for a price. There would be big money if he succeeded and a swing in a noose if he failed!

In her last tantalizing mystery, Dead Man's Island, award-winning author Carolyn G. Hart gave us a colorful new heroine, seasoned ex-journalist turned sleuth Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins. Now Henrie O is back...this time investigating a brutal murder in a lovely southern town where wealth and privilege mask a hotbed of lies, sex, and deadly desperation.... Henrie O is looking forward to a peaceful holiday at her friend Margaret's Tennessee mountain cabin. But Henrie O awakens to find Margaret's nephew, his shirt stained with blood, his handsome face stricken by fear and horror.... Craig Matthews swears he didn't kill his wife, swears he didn't lure Patty Kay out to the playhouse on their lavish Fair Haven estate and leave her bloodied and dead. Why, then, did he run away? It's a question the authorities want answered, and when Craig cannot explain away the evidence found at the crime scene or the suspicion that he'd married - and now murdered - for money, Henrie O finds herself drawn into the thick of a life-and-death drama among the privileged residents of Fair Haven. For Margaret's sake she agrees to pursue the investigation and finds that as Craig's "aunt" she has instant entree into Fair Haven's best families. But the more Henrie O becomes privy to their deepest fears and most intimate secrets, the more she begins to question their motives. How had they really felt about Patty Kay Prentiss Matthews, a warm, vibrant woman whose forceful personality meant she'd always gotten her way? In this outwardly idyllic town, it seems there are many with reason to feel threatened: not only the widower, who claims he's a hapless victim in a cleverly devised frame-up, but Patty Kay's sullen nymphetof a daughter whose transparent love for her stepfather is anything but innocent; Patty Kay's irresistible ex-husband, who may never have released her; the dead woman's venomous, grasping sister; and even the ingratiating headmaster of the exclusive school where Patty Kay was a tr