"Edgy and compelling...sizzles." --Alyssa Day Eyeing the gorgeous blond nightclub singer, Atlanta detective Todd Brooks feels sure there's a higher power somewhere. But a twisted killer is leaving a trail of bodies in seedy hotel rooms across town. The male victims show no wounds--it's as if the life was simply drained from them. And right now, the mysterious Cara Firon is Todd's only suspect. Cara knows it's foolish to be so drawn to a man who thinks she's a murderer. She also knows Detective Brooks would find the truth even harder to swallow. Cara is one of the Others, a race of powerful, paranormal creatures who live among humans. Cara's particular abilities make men putty in her hands--all except this rugged, sexy-as-hell detective. But now someone, or something, has singled Cara out for serious payback. . .

"...no one does the British novel of crime and manners so well."—DEBORAH CROMBIE, New York Times bestselling author Life isn't easy for curate Callie Anson, but it's definitely interesting. Her relationship with policeman Marco Lombardi is growing warmer, although he seems to be keeping her at arms length from his close Italian family. Then her brother Peter—beloved and engaging as he is—gets a bit too close for comfort when he moves into her London flat. Callie faces professional challenges as well. Morag Hamilton, a new parishioner, is worried about her granddaughter Alex—a lonely and isolated twelve-year-old with a work-obsessed father and a self-absorbed stepmother. Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Neville Stewart is dealing with Rachel Norton, a pregnant young woman whose husband Trevor went out jogging along the Paddington canal and never returned. Just when Neville thinks he's solved it, someone else goes missing: young Alex Hamilton.

FIRST IN A NEW SERIES Three men are bound by one tragedy that continues to bring danger and passion to their lives - and the women they love . . . HE ALWAYS WANTED HER. His name is Rafer Callahan. He was a kid from the wrong side of the tracks who fought through life the only way he knew how: with his fists. But Rafer never meant to bring any harm to Cambria Flannigan, the girl-the lover-whose sister he'd been unable to save . . . SHE LIVES IN FEAR OF HIM. Cami lost her sister in the brutal murders that rocked her home-town so many years ago. Some still believe that Rafe, along with his cousins Logan and Crowe, were involved. But how could Rafe-who haunted her girlish dreams, then her adult fantasies-be a killer? That is the question that keeps her up at night. SOON THEIR HEARTS WILL COME TOGETHER . . . Now a prosperous ranch owner, Rafe is trying to build a new legacy for himself. It's finally time to settle the score with Cami-and make her his. But old wounds open up with a series of new murders . . . and each of the victims has a connection to Rafe, Logan, and Crowe. With suspicion, fear, and loyalty tearing her apart, Cami is once again at risk of losing her heart - or her life.

The secret is out: #1 bestselling author Lora Leigh’s Bound Hearts series is so hot, it should come with a warning... Sebastian and Shane De Loren were born to love Alyssa Hampstead. No other woman on earth can burn for them, ignite with passion between them, the way Alyssa does. But after three sensual months of pleasure come to a crashing halt, Sebastian and Shane are left fighting with everything they’ve got, risking it all to have Alyssa one more time... Alyssa has closed off her heart. A senator’s daughter in the political spotlight, she’d rather be quiet and safe than feel the emotional intensity Sebastian and Shane roused within her years ago. But when the sexy cousins blaze their way back into her life, Alyssa cannot help but succumb to the heady pleasures the two men can give her. And as an unknown enemy draws near, Alyssa will need Sebastian and Shane to protect her...and satisfy every forbidden craving.

Mathews uses a limited definition of paranormal, and examines works set, for the most part, in a relatively realistic modern world inhabited by both humans and paranormal beings.

Liliana Rodier's father is a powerful and dangerous man. He had Liliana's mother committed to an institution, where she has spent the past 20 years. At the age of 27, Jessica Marie Pamanys is shocked to learn that her real name is Liliana Rodier. A threat on her life prompts Jessica to seek an appointment with her father--a meeting she may live to regret.