THE DARKEST PART OF THE NIGHT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS Stalked for years, Dr. Darian West has become an emotional recluse, a woman at the mercy of a skilled killer. Threats to her family have kept her silent, but every man who has become involved with Darian has paid the same fatal price. All but closed off from life, she lives a solitary existence until a chance meeting puts her next suitor in harm’s way…. Convinced his brother died at Darian’s hands, Richard Berkley has vowed to avenge his death. He’ll stop at nothing until he exposes the wealthy psychologist’s deepest secrets…and her darkest fantasies. But as passion erupts, the killer lurks in the darkness, waiting until…Just Past Midnight…to strike.
AN OIL FORTUNE AND AN ILL-FATED HEIR Ash Corbett had been gone for twelve years. And now he was back in Jacob’s Pass, Texas, as brash and as beautiful as ever. But something about him wasn’t right. His family knew it…Emma Novick knew it. And what would take DNA typing precious time to reveal, Emma had only to look in his eyes and sample one kiss to know for sure. As a child, Emma would watch the grand Corbett parties through the windows and from the trees, catching only glimpses of the gowns and glamour inside. She was the gardener’s daughter, not the sort of girl Ash would ever be attracted to. He was educated and well-bred, the kind of man who commanded respect wherever he went. But he and Emma shared secrets that only intensified over the years. Even though they were little more than strangers now, the passion between them burned strong still. But someone knew about them and would use their forbidden past to forge a new future…without Ash.
She’ll uncover the truth of her childhood even if it gets her killed Private investigator Natalie Bolt has secrets—and not just about the attempted murder she witnessed. But revealing her true identity to prosecutor Max Winter could cost her the information he has that she desperately needs. Max has no idea their investigation into a cold case kidnapping victim will lead to Natalie herself. Or that the criminals are still targeting the woman he’s falling for… From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. Discover more action-packed stories in the Procedural Crime Story series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Little Girl Gone Book 2: John Doe Cold Case Book 3: Looks That Kill
The Graveyard Queen is called upon to solve an age-old mystery that threatens her life—and her sanity—in this suspenseful urban fantasy series. My name is Amelia Gray, the Graveyard Queen. Restoring abandoned cemeteries is my profession, but my true calling is deciphering the riddles of the dead. Now I’m being summoned to solve a legendary mystery. Half a century after their mass death, Ezra Kroll’s disciples lie unquiet, their tormented souls trapped within the walls of Kroll Cemetery, waiting to be released by someone strong and clever enough to solve the puzzle. Legend has it that the answer is hidden within the strange headstone inscriptions and intricate engravings—and that uncovering the mystery may come at a terrible price. Every lead I follow, every clue I unravel brings me closer to an unlikely killer and to a destiny that will threaten my sanity and a future with my love, John Devlin.
He had little memory of who he was or where he'd been, but the images that kept flashing through his mind meant computer genius Claudia Reynolds was headed for danger and only Jack Maddox could rescue her. Although they'd technically met before, it wasn't until the bullets started to fly that the blond beauty was convinced to follow him through the remote South Dakota woods…far from the mysterious facility that Jack had once called home. Now, as Jack sensed they were closing in on answers too many people had died covering up, the long-forgotten pain buried deep in his past proved their connection was the only thing he could rely on. And the only thing keeping Claudia alive.
A DEMON WARRIOR AND HIS ANGEL SAVIOR Deep in the most remote Central American jungle, mercenary Jon Lassiter found solitude if not solace. He was trained to be a supersoldier and wasn’t in the market to protect anything other than his own interests. But when Melanie Stark penetrated his personal domain…he had to come out of the shadows to save her from herself. Determined to recover her past, Melanie had to reveal her darkest secret to Jon. In doing so she faced an even more confounding mystery…one of the heart. How could she be falling for her dark guardian? With evil forces closing in, they’d have to face a devil in the flesh to discover an unspeakable plot of horror.
In this classic story by Amanda Stevens, a woman reappears eleven years after her disappearance...but is she who she says she is? When Amber Tremain went missing, her boyfriend, Connor McBride, was accused of murder. Eleven years later, it seems Amber has come back from the dead. But all is not as it appears. Amber’s family suspects she is an imposter. Yet, Connor is willing to help her find out who wanted her to disappear. Originally published in 1999.
She’s been buried alive. Now it’s a race against time to save her. When former FBI analyst Thora Graham wakes buried in a makeshift coffin, she has only her training to keep her calm—and her faith that deputy chief Will Dresden is on the case. But who would have trapped Thora? Did her work putting a serial killer behind bars make her a target? And can the man she once loved—and left—find her before time runs out? From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. Discover more action-packed stories in theseries. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order:
The Graveyard Queen must come to the rescue when an amateur ghost hunter unlocks deadly danger in this paranormal series prequel novella. When her favorite patient at a private mental hospital passes away, psychology student Ree Hutchins mourns the elderly woman’s death. But more unsettling is her growing suspicion that something unnatural is shadowing her. Amateur ghost hunter Hayden Priest believes Ree is being haunted. Even Amelia Gray, known in Charleston as the Graveyard Queen, senses a gathering darkness. Driven by a force she doesn’t understand, Ree is compelled to uncover an old secret and put abandoned souls to rest—before she is locked away forever. . . .
Rae Cavanaugh would do anything to find her kin. Even join forces with Tom Brannon. The disappearance of Rae Cavanaugh’s sister rocked the community of Echo Lake. So when Rae’s niece mysteriously goes missing fifteen years later, county sheriff Tom Brannon is determined to find her. But as the electricity between the two sparks, Rae soon discovers—despite her misgivings—that Tom is the only one she can trust…
Was he her protector? Or a predator… It was the final glimpse Erin Ramsey would have of her sister: Megan’s body, drained of blood, lying lifeless in a New York alley. Tormented by the fact that she hadn’t been there when her sister needed her, Erin promises herself that she’ll find Megan’s killer. Detective Nicholas Slade tells Erin to go home, back to California. He says he doesn’t want her to be the murderer’s next victim. But his warning comes too late. Erin is already in danger, in thrall to a man who cloaks himself in shadows and haunts her nightmares. Erin is desperate to find her sister’s murderer—and desperate to avoid becoming his prey—but she feels her own life spinning out of control as the silver-eyed specter from her dreams lures her deeper into his world. Nick may be the only one who can help her, but she’s afraid to trust him. Her deep attraction to the secretive detective is tinged with fear. He only works the night shift. He wears sunglasses in the dark. And he may have been the last person to see Megan alive… Previously published.
If she wants to stay alive She must remember who wants her dead Returning to Bishop’s Rock is meant to jolt Lea Westin’s memory. But only more questions greet her. Questions, and Cole Matheson, who announces Lea had hired him to investigate threats against her life. With no recollection of her own past, can Lea believe the man claiming to be her loving husband? Or does she trust the sexy stranger who feels oddly familiar and dangerous in an entirely different way?
Sleepwalking with danger... The murder of Jack King's girlfriend has haunted him for fifteen years. Returning to Pine Lake, where the townsfolk still consider him a suspect, might not be the smartest move, but a killer seems to be holding up a mirror to his past. The same witness to this new murder was also present the night Jack's girlfriend died...but both times, she was sound asleep... Sleepwalking has gotten Olive Belmont into some sticky situations. Being the witness to both murders may have put her on the killer's list. Even so, she doesn't think the killer is Jack and is willing to help him. But will putting his past to rest ease her mind or leave her with even greater nightmares?
Years after a serial killer took her mother’s life, a young woman returns to face the past—and a deadly new threat—in this romantic suspense series finale. Arden Mayfair has been gone for years, unable to face the home where her mother was murdered by the notorious Twilight Killer. Just minutes after she returns to Charleston, her ex-boyfriend Reid Sutton appears on her doorstep. But he isn’t there to rehash the past. He needs to warn Arden that a young woman has just been killed. And the crime closely resembles her mother’s murder. Reid may be the man Arden left behind, but he’s taking no chances with her safety. She could have seen her mother’s killer. And their heartbreaking history won’t stop Reid from protecting Arden with his own life.
HE WAS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY MALE The kind a small-town girl like Marly Jessop had rarely—if ever—seen in the flesh. Deacon Cage arrived in Mission Creek, Texas, like a specter in the night, stealthy and secretive. And his ability to stir Marly’s feminine senses was like no other man’s…. But she didn’t have time for female fantasies. As local deputy, Marly had her hands full with a rash of suspicious suicides. Could there be a link between them and the killer Deacon came to catch? And would Marly survive her run-in with the desirable Deacon?
What would you do to get your baby back? Separated from her newborn son after a hospital fire, single mother Nina Fairchild will do anything to get her baby back—even request help from wealthy, sensual Grant Chambers. For Grant's nephew is the spitting image of Nina's missing son… Grant will do whatever it takes to protect his family, including helping the woman who claims his sister stole her baby, if only to prove her wrong. Working so closely with Nina, Grant can't help but be drawn to the beautiful widow. But with the records of her pregnancy having mysteriously disappeared, either Nina is truly crazy, or someone is trying to make her seem to be… Previously published
In Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, a terrible secret is about to be uncovered by a woman whose daughter vanished seven years ago without a trace… And now a new clue has surfaced…a doll that is the spitting image of Claire Doucett’s missing child, right down to the tiny birthmark on the girl’s left arm. A chance sighting of the eerily lifelike doll in a French Quarter collectibles shop leaves Claire shaken to her core…and more determined than ever to find out what happened to her beloved Ruby. When the doll is snatched and the store’s owner turns up dead, Claire knows the only person she can turn to is ex-husband Dave Creasy, a former cop who has spent the past seven years imprisoned by his own guilt and despair. He let Claire down once when she needed him the most. Can she make him believe the doll really exists? She’ll have to if they’re to survive an encounter with a brutal psychopath—the dollmaker—who stole their future to feed an obsession that will never die.
Beryl Tavistock is searching for the truth about her parents' deaths twenty years ago, and gets pulled into a world of international espionage. Can she trust Richard Wolf, an ex-CIA agent, to help her?
Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance. MIDNIGHT ABDUCTION Tactical Crime Division by Nichole Severn When Benning Reeves’s twins are kidnapped, the frantic father asks Ana Ramirez and the Tactical Crime Division of the FBI for help. As evidence accumulates, they’ll have to discover why this situation connects to an unresolved case…before it’s too late. WHAT SHE SAW Rushing Creek Crime Spree by Barb Han Deputy Courtney Foster’s brief fling with Texas ranch owner Jordan Kent was her time-out after getting shot in the line of duty. Only now she’s hunting a killer…and she just discovered she’s pregnant. WITHOUT A TRACE An Echo Lake Novel by Amanda Stevens When Rae Cavanaugh’s niece mysteriously goes missing, county sheriff Tom Brannon is determined to find her. But as electricity sparks between Rae and Tom, Rae discovers—despite her misgivings—Tom is the only one she can trust… Look for Harlequin Intrigue’s June 2020 Box Set 1 of 2, filled with even more edge-of-your seat romantic suspense! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Intrigue!
Something strange is going on at Echo Lake. Detective Adam Thayer is devastated when he arrives too late to save his friend who had called for help. But a series of obscure clues brings Adam to coroner Nikki Dresden, who’s eager to determine if one of the town’s most beloved citizens was murdered. Now they must work together to unravel a deadly web of lies and greed…or die trying. Mills & Boon Intrigue — Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.
Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance. CALCULATED RISK The Risk Series: A Bree and Tanner Thriller by Janie Crouch Bree Daniels is on the run from a group of genius hackers. Bree seeks refuge in a small town and suddenly finds herself on Deputy Tanner Dempsey’s radar. She must protect herself and the two babies her sister left in her care—but even she knows her heart faces the most risk. KILLER INVESTIGATION Twilight’s Children by Amanda Stevens Arden Mayfair hopes to make a fresh start when she returns to her hometown, but soon she finds Reid Sutton—the man she has always loved—on her doorstep, warning her of a recent murder. Signs point to the man who killed Arden’s mother, but it couldn’t be the Twilight Killer…could it? CREDIBLE ALIBI Winding Road Redemption by Tyler Anne Snell Former marine Julian Mercer is shocked when he visits Madeline Nash, the woman he spent an unforgettable week with, only to find her in the back of a squad car. The police think she killed someone, but Julian believes Madi and vows to help her—especially since she’s pregnant. Look for Harlequin Intrigue’s July 2019 Box set 1 of 2, filled with even more edge-of-your seat romantic suspense! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Intrigue! Join HarlequinMyRewards.com to earn FREE books and more. Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shop.
A MAN WITH NO PAST An accident had robbed supersoldier Zac Riley of his memory. But the covert organization Project Phoenix made sure he recalled his training. He alone could complete a vital mission… Dedicated to deprogramming Project Phoenix’s soldiers, Camille Somersby had been successful with all but one man—Zac. Amidst deception and desire, Zac and Camille find themselves falling in love all over again and under siege from quantum forces.
UNAUTHORIZED PASSION Jack Fury has been watching Celeste Fortune, waiting for the right moment to coincidentally meet her…and save her. But he doesn't know the sexy Celeste is an impostor! Cassie Boudreaux has been impersonating her cousin and doesn't bargain on a protector like Jack or a killer in pursuit. Now she'll need Celeste's entire feminine arsenal to outsmart one man and seduce another. INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE Penelope Moon can't believe her eyes when she sees her coma-stricken fiancé, Simon Decker, on board a passing yacht. But this Simon isn't the accountant she fell in love with. This man is tougher, stronger—sexier. Soon she's drawn into a deadly conspiracy. But will her heart end up as collateral damage…?
A curse has settled over a small New England coastal town--and an unknown force is about to irrevocably change the lives of four young women and the men captivated by their spell. Reissue.
Under policies instituted by the Confederacy, white Virginians and North Carolinians surrendered control over portions of their slave populations to state authorities, military officials, and the national government to defend their new nation. State and local officials cooperated with the Confederate War Department and Engineer Bureau, as well as individual generals, to ensure a supply of slave labor on fortifications. Using the implementation of this policy in the Upper South as a window into the workings of the Confederacy, Jaime Amanda Martinez provides a social and political history of slave impressment. She challenges the assumption that the conduct of the program, and the resistance it engendered, was an indication of weakness and highlights instead how the strong governments of the states contributed to the war effort. According to Martinez, slave impressment, which mirrored Confederate governance as a whole, became increasingly centralized, demonstrating the efficacy of federalism within the CSA. She argues that the ability of local, state, and national governments to cooperate and enforce unpopular impressment laws indicates the overall strength of the Confederate government as it struggled to enforce its independence.
Crude Awakening is the rollicking story of politics in America's last frontier and oil province -- Alaska, the nation's most wild and mysterious state, where politics and oil blurred on the day wildcatters struck it big in 1968. Living in a northern Never Land, where oil companies and the federal government kept the state living high and wild, a handful of players ran the show. Among them were the late Sen. Ted Stevens and oilman Bill Allen, the Tony Soprano of Alaska who controlled the political machine until the FBI arrived to root out corruption, only to be accused of playing as dirty as those they were investigating. These characters and events paved the way for Sarah Palin's rise to fame and fall from glory in Alaska. Authors Amanda Coyne and Tony Hopfinger chart the epic tale of these three characters, set in a state of soaring hopes, fading dreams, drying oil fields and an uncertain future.
He was a man with connections... Wealth, power and the perfect life. That's what Graham Hollister thought he had with his beautiful wife, Kendall. He'd almost lost her in a deadly car crash, but since then he'd reveled in their renewed marriage. Until one Texas night changed everything. She was a woman with a past... A brutal crime cartel came to abduct Kendall. Only the kidnappers didn't want just ransom--they were out for revenge. But as Graham raced against time and all odds to rescue his wife, everything he thought he once knew about her was now in question. Would the dark, dangerous secrets she harbored destroy them both?
In this beloved story by Amanda Stevens, which was originally published by Harlequin Intrigue in 1996, a woman will do whatever it is to discover the truth at Christmastime… even as she attempts to hide some of her own secrets. Natalie Silver can’t understand why FBI agent Spencer Bishop is helping her. But when her ex-husband, Spencer’s brother, is found dead in Natalie’s Christmas shop, she finds herself needing the secretive and seductive Spencer as much as she once loved him. And therein lies danger. The more time Spencer spends with her and the more clues he unravels, the closer he comes to her own secret. His brother had wanted to take her six-year-old son from her. Will Spencer feel the same way if he learns her son is his?
Cannabis, marijuana, pot, ganja - it goes by many names — is by far the most widely used illegal substance, and accounts for more arrests than any other drug. Barely a week goes by without this drug appearing in the newpapers, and politicians have famously tied themselve in knots, trying to decide just how to deal with this recreational drug. While there have been many drug policy books on other substances - both legal and illegal, few have focused on this drug. Cannabis Policy: Moving beyond Stalemate is unique in providing the materials needed for deciding on policy about cannabis in its various forms. It reviews the state of knowledge on the health and psychological effects of cannabis, and its dangerousness relative to other drugs. It considers patterns and trends in use, the size and character of illicit markets, and the administration of current policies, including arrests and diversion to treatment, under the global prohibition regime. It looks at the experience of a number of countries which have tried reforming their regimes and softening prohibition, exploring the kinds of changes or penalties for use for possession: including depenalization, decriminalization, medical control, and different types of legalization. It evaluates such changes and draws on them to assess the effects on levels and patterns of use, on the market, and on adverse consequences of prohibition. For policymakers willing to look outside the box of the global prohibition regime, the book examines the options and possibilities for a country or group of countries to bring about change in, or opt out of, the global control system. Throughout, the book examines cannabis within a global frame, and provides in accessible form information which anyone considering reform will need in order to make decisions on cannabis policy (much of which is new or has not been readily available). This book will be essential for those involved in policymaking and be of interest to a wide range of readers interested in drugs and drug policy, as well as being an excellent supplementary text for university courses in criminology, policy science, social science, or public health. Published with the BECKLEY FOUNDATION PRESS
This ambitious work chronicles 250 years of the Cromartie family genealogical history. Included in the index of nearly fifty thousand names are the current generations, and all of those preceding, which trace ancestry to our family patriarch, William Cromartie, who was born in 1731 in Orkney, Scotland, and his second wife, Ruhamah Doane, who was born in 1745. Arriving in America in 1758, William Cromartie settled and developed a plantation on South River, a tributary of the Cape Fear near Wilmington, North Carolina. On April 2, 1766, William married Ruhamah Doane, a fifth-generation descendant of a Mayflower passenger to Plymouth, Stephen Hopkins. If Cromartie is your last name or that of one of your blood relatives, it is almost certain that you can trace your ancestry to one of the thirteen children of William Cromartie, his first wife, and Ruhamah Doane, who became the founding ancestors of our Cromartie family in America: William, Jr, James, Thankful, Elizabeth, Hannah Ruhamah, Alexander, John, Margaret Nancy, Mary, Catherine, Jean, Peter Patrick, and Ann E. Cromartie. These four volumes hold an account of the descent of each of these first-generation Cromarties in America, including personal anecdotes, photographs, copies of family bibles, wills, and other historical documents. Their pages hold a personal record of our ancestors and where you belong in the Cromartie family tree.
As greenhouse gas emissions and temperatures at the poles continue to rise, so do damages from extreme weather events affecting countless lives. Meanwhile, ambitious international efforts to cut emissions (Kyoto, Copenhagen) have proved to be politically ineffective or infeasible. There is hope, however, in adaptive governance—an approach that has succeeded in some local communities and can be undertaken by others around the globe. This book provides a political and historical analysis of climate change policy; shows how adaptive governance has worked on the ground in Barrow, Alaska, and other local communities; and makes the case for adaptive governance as a complementary approach in the climate change regime.
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