Evangeline Morrissey remembers the last time she saw her husband: it was during their honeymoon, right before he stole her grandmother’s earrings and abandoned her. Now, five years later, the enigmatic man who’d broken her heart and destroyed her trust is back. But she’s not the same naive young woman who fell for him so easily. Marrying Evangeline and letting her think he was nothing but a common thief had been James Bishop’s plan all along. As an assassin for the Committee, a covert agency dedicated to stamping out international crime, he had no business even thinking about marriage. But it was the only way to protect Evangeline after she’d unwittingly wandered into his operation against a group of human traffickers, placing herself in grave danger. And now that James’s vigilant watch over Evangeline’s life has revealed to his enemies that she’s his one true weakness, he must set out to have, to hold, and—above all—to protect his bride.

Disgracing her minister father by dancing barefoot in the moonlit forest, Elizabeth Penshurst is banished to her distant relatives in the wilds of Yorkshire. When she meets Gabriel Durham, who was expelled from the priesthood and shunned by his family, the spirited Elizabeth is intrigued by his brilliance and the mystery that surrounds him. She has no idea that her attraction will plunge her into a danger darker than any nightmare. Reclusive Gabriel Durham has forsaken worldly pleasures in pursuit of solitude. In a ruined abbey, he devotes his days to the magic of ancient religions—and his nights to forbidden dreams of Elizabeth. But when he learns that a clandestine Druid cult will sacrifice her, he is compelled to risk everything to save her—and surrender to the destiny that awaits him.

The Demon Count In a world of grandeur but also nightmarish evils, his dangerous passion drew her to him . . . As soon as she arrives in Venice, golden-haired Charlotte Morrow is pursued by the city's most dashing and celebrated men. Young and reckless, the orphaned English ward of a mysterious guardian expects a life of parties and adventure. Instead she finds herself little better than a bird in a gilded cage at Edentide, her guardian's immense palazzo on the Grand Canal. A "Ghoul of Venice" is terrorizing the city, draining beautiful young women of their blood. To Charlotte's horror, her handsome, brooding guardian, whom she secretly calls the Demon Count, is considered a prime suspect. Every night in his mansion is a spine-tingling battle between passion and fear, as he draws her to him with irresistible desires and dark cravings. Is he protecting her from the Ghoul, or savoring the prospect of her seduction and murder?

Anne Stuart's Out-of-Print Gems is a special collection of some of Anne’s personal favorites from her long career. She has added comments to share why each book was, and still is, important to her. In her own words: "These are some of my favorite books-over the top, with a dollop of humor, a streak of darkness, quirky heroines, devastating heroes, and the really satisfying happy ending you can only find in a series romance. Enjoy!" Bundle includes Night of the Phantom, One More Valentine, Cinderman, The Soldier and the Baby, and Wild Thing.

The Lord Whose Secrets Could Kill Rescued from a compromising situation, Juliette faces a new danger: her dark and seductive saviour is all too tempting. Yet with enemies all around she can trust no one. Lord Phelan knows he has risked discovery by rescuing Juliette, but, in spite of his cynical heart, he cannot resist the mysterious damsel in distress. Placing her under his personal protection – and his roof – Phelan vows no one shall hurt her. But with deadly secrets and enemies closing in, their future, together or apart, is in peril...

THISAilie MacBride has convinced everyone on the tiny island of St. Columba that she's daft -- it's the only defense she has against her wicked relatives. When a mysterious, beautiful man emerges from the cold ocean she finds herself caught in his wicked gaze and his dreamlike smile, until all thoughts of her ordinary life vanish, and she is his.

Anne Stuart's Greatest Hits

Darkness Before Dawn - Anne StuartMaggie Bennett 02DellAISN: B005NIYH26 (mobi)ISBN: 0440158761 (original)September 15, 2011 (electronic reissue)March 1987 (original pb release)220 pagesRomantic SuspenseSetting: Chicago, IL; Gemansk; New York Back cover: THERE ARE TWO THRILLS SHE CAN'T RESIST - ADVENTURE AND DESIRE! Her irresistible beauty and deadly skills in the martial arts always got her out of the tight spots. But Maggie Bennett couldn't escape a stab of pain and passion when her new partner turned out to be tall, sensual Randall Carter. Once before, his kisses had promised forever - until the morning he'd walked out of her life. Now a thrilling, high-voltage chase after a mysterious spy has led her back into his arms and behind Europe's Iron Curtain, where Maggie and Randall would become desperate players in an electrifying game - ready to break every rule ... in danger and desire.

Seduction and murder.Adam Traywick may be capable of both.In this celebrated gothic romance, will Miranda be the next victim of Barrett's Hill?When her father's will sends strong-willed, irreverent Miranda to the New England estate of nearby Barrett's Hill to live under the guardianship of her elder cousin—the sour Reverend Smathers—and his scheming family, trouble quickly brews.Two decades earlier a murder took place on Barrett's Hill, and the suspects are few. Miranda's spirited investigation raises the fear of public scandal among her hypocritical relatives—the Reverend's alcoholic wife and viciously manipulative daughter—especially since the suspects are the Reverend, his toadying assistant Fathimore, Miranda's own father, and the darkly irresistible Adam Traywick.Adam turns his masterful charms on Miranda, and she falls in love. Yet as it becomes clear she's provoked the killer's survival instincts, with herself his target, she can't...

SUMMARY: Elizabeth Traherne is unable to resist falling in love with Michael Fraser, who is supposedly a spy for the French