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Shadows on the Tor
by Susan  Brand
   
Anna Trevor, a fine sculptress, is blocked by the bitter memories of a cruel love affair. When her aunt gives her the use of a charming cottage in the cliffs of Scotland, she readily accepts and moves her belongings, as well as her life, from New York. The cottage is beautiful. Anna feels the swell of creativity but soon becomes disturbed by her feelings for the brooding Jamie Drummond, a neighboring painter. Jamie says her loves her, but his wife has died under mysterious circumstances. Can Anna cast aside her doubts about his past, especially when heiress Cynthia Whippington seems to think Jamie is her property?
    Binding:  Hardcover  Pages: 357   Year published: 1980


Hello, Darkness
by Sandra  Brown
   
Paris Gibson, host of a late-nigh call-in radio show, joins forces with a police psychologist to identify a mysterious caller before he can kill a woman whom he feels has wronged him.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages:     Year published: 2004


Ricochet
by Sandra  Brown
   
Detectives Hatcher and Bowen are hired to investigate the alleged shooting of a burglar in the home of a high-profile Savannah district judge and doubt the judge's trophy wife's declarations of innocence.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 658   Year published: 2006


Chill Factor
by Sandra  Brown
   
When a serial killer, who leaves a blue ribbon at the site of each of his victims' last sightings, appears in the peaceful town of Cleary, North Carolina, police chief Dutch Burton finds the case complicated by his ex-wife's disappearance during a blizzard.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 678   Year published: 2006


Seduction by Design
by Sandra  Brown
   
Although Tyler Scott sees past Hailey’s facade to the real woman hiding behind it, Hailey’s doubts and fears may jeopardize her only chance at total fulfillment.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 256   Year published: 2001


Blind Side
by Catherine  Coulter
   
In the wake of a series of kidnapping attempts, Savich, Sherlock, and FBI agent Miles Kettering -- whose six-year-old son was one of the attempted victims-- trace leads to a charismatic evangelist team.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages:     Year published: 2004


Metro Girl
by Janet  Evanovich
   
When her wild and womanizing younger brother goes missing in southern Florida, Alexandra Barnaby endures humidity, sunburn, and bugs to find him.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 2004   Year published: 375


Killjoy
by Julie  Garwood
   
FBI profiler Avery Delaney becomes involved in a case that hits all too close to home when her workaholic aunt Carolyn plans a sojurn at the posh Utopia Spa, only to mysteriously vanish.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 553   Year published: 2002


Heartbreaker
by Julie  Garwood
   
When a serial killer reveals the identity of his next victim, FBI agent Nich Buchanan steps in to protect the woman but quickly finds his mission complicated by his feelings.
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Ashes to Ashes
by Tami  Hoag
   
Kate Conian, former FBI agent turned victim/witness advocate, faces the most difficult role of her career. She's the only woman who can stop a serial killer and the one woman the killer wants next.
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Dust to Dust
by Tami  Hoag
   
The killing of an Internal Affairs cop draws veteran detective Sam Kovac and his young female partner, Nikki, into the disturbing and vexing case.
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Sarah's Sin
by Tami  Hoag
   
Two cultures clash in this story of a love that won't let go -- one that can cost a doctor and young Amish widow everything.
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Snare of Serpents
by Victoria  Holt
   
Davina thought she could escape to the strange new world of Africa, but with the Boer War came the return of dark secrets from her past.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 527   Year published: 1990


House of a Thousand Lanterns
by Victoria  Holt
   
The House of a Thousand Lanterns seems to be guarding a secret that shatters Jane's newfound sense of peace.
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Captive
by Victoria  Holt
   
The story of an 18-year-old British woman who is shipwrecked off the African coast and sold to a Turkish Pasha.
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Secret Woman
by Victoria  Holt
   
Anna Brett becomes romantically involved with a man she could never hope to marry.
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India Fan
by Victoria  Holt
   
Drusilla falls under the shadow of a curse as she finds death, betrayal, passion and intrigue on an exotic adventure.
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Silk Vendetta
by Victoria  Holt
   
 
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Rafe Maverick
by Kay  Hooper
   
 
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Now You See Her
by Linda  Howard
   
While under a trance, a female artist paints a murder scene that foreshadows a real crime.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages:     Year published: 1998


Voice in the Darkness, A
by Margaret  James
   
On September 18, 1870, Eliza Dodds disappeared from Lower Easton, never to be seen again. The village is troubled. When Harriet Marsh arrives to become governess to Valentin Easton's nephew Jonathan, she finds a world of mystery: a strange employer, noises in an empty turret, mediums communicating with the dead. Then two more are dead, and a young girl sees something that drives her insane. Harriet begins to suspect Easton. When Jonathan disappears, she resolves to confront Easton, with no idea of the terror that awaits her.
    Binding:  Hardcover  Pages: 291   Year published: 1979


Ugly Duckling
by Iris  Johansen
   
The wife of a high-stakes international financier, Nell Calder finds her life shattered when her husband and child are killed and she is disfigured, events that transform her from a quiet, unassuming wife to a determined woman bent on revenge.
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Pearl Cove
by Elizabeth  Lowell
   
 
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Peal Cove
by Elizabeth  Lowell
   
Confronted by the disappearance of a priceless black pearl necklace called the "Black Trinity," young widow Hannah McGarry reluctantly turns for help to the seductive Archer Donovan, the silent partner in her late husband[s pearl farm enterprise.
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Moving Target
by Elizabeth  Lowell
   
Inheriting rare leaves from a legendary volume known as the Book of the Learned, Serena Lynn Charters learns that someone is willing to kill to keep the leaves hidden and teams up with appraiser Erik North in an investigation in the California desert.
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Color of Death
by Elizabeth  Lowell
   
Jewel cutter Kate Chandler hires her half-brother to transport a rare collection of sapphires, but when he is murdered and the jewels stolen, Kate must identify the killer before she becomes the next victim.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 2004   Year published: 499


Stay Until Tomorrow
by Anne  Maybury
   
 
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Pavilion at Monkshood
by Anne  Maybury
   
 
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Falcon's Shadow
by Anne  Maybury
   
 
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Brides of Bellenmore
by Anne  Maybury
   
 
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Hey, Good Looking!
by Fern  Michaels
   
Russ’s tragic death forces his girlfriend and aunts to confront painful truths about his father’s abandonment, stepmother’s blackmailing, and brother’s unwillingness to forgive the past.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 429   Year published: 2006


I Thee Wed
by Amanda  Quick
   
Hiding from the advances of a lecherous gentleman during a country house party, lady's companion Emma Greyson stumbles upon the enigmatic Edison Stokes, an aristocratic sleuth on the trail of a thief who has stolen a sacred book.
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Slightly Shady
by Amanda  Quick
   
After her shop in italy is destroyed by a stranger, Lavinia Lake jooins forces with a private investigator to uncover the truth.
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Mischief
by Amanda  Quick
   
To foil a fortune hunter, headstrong, independent Imogen Waterstone joins forces with Matthias Marshall, Earl of Colchester, a legendary explorer, in an artful romantic charade through London's glittering Regency society that has dangerous--and unexpectedly passionate--repercussions.
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Mistress
by Amanda  Quick
   
Iphiginia Bright poses as the missing Earl of Masters's mistress, hoping to trap her aunt's blackmailer, and is surprised by the sudden appearance of her alleged lover in all his attractiveness and seductiveness.
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Rendezvous
by Amanda  Quick
   
 
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Birthright
by Nora  Roberts
   
 
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 739   Year published: 2003


Birthright
by Nora  Roberts
   
 
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Northern Lights
by Nora  Roberts
   
Seeking to rebuild his life, ex-Baltimore cop Nate Burke takes a job as Chief of Police in the tiny, remote Alaskan town of Lunacy, where he faces an unsolved fifteen-year-old crime and someone who will do anything to keep the truth from being revealed.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 776   Year published: 2005


Red Lily
by Nora  Roberts
   
In this conclusion to the In the Garden trilogy, Hayley revels in newfound friendships, one of which leads to romance, while investigating a centuries-old mystery.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 512   Year published: 2006


Anything for Love
by Janelle  Taylor
   
Terribly injured in a fire, former supermodel Victoria Ashford longs for death, until a mysterious doctor gives her the power of new life, in the person of a poor Irish immigrant of the late nineteenth century, where she finds herself drawn to Jack Wilkins, a widower tormented by shattered dreams.
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Wild Winds
by Janelle  Taylor
   
While searching for the men who framed her stepbrother, Maggie Malone meets Hawk Reyolds, a man searching for the killers of his parents, and together they enter a world filled with deceit, betrayal, and passion.
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Rainbow in the Mist
by Phyllis A.  Whitney
   
Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish Riviera when he meets a pretty womn just iminutes after the third attempt on her life.
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Singing Stones
by Phyllis A.  Whitney
   
The eerie music of the Singing Stones lures child psychologist Lynn McLeod into a realm of mysery, murder and dormant passion.
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Feather on the Moon
by Phyllis A.  Whitney
   
 
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