Kirjahaku

Solitar Lyonne has learned to survive a harrowing childhood by encasing her heart in a protective shell and avoiding relationships at all costs. Through a horrific twist of fate, she has no family, no one to depend on, and she plans to keep it that way. However, an illegal coca crop, a serial killer she may know, and a dangerous man who is not whom he claims to be that hates her but wants her, all come together to irrevocably change her sad lonely life. But is it for better or worse? A killer of young women who resemble Solitar is on the loose. One more thing Solitar needs to worry about. As a young chief in charge of excavating a gold mine in Ruwenstad, South America, she is about to prove whether or not the mine is polluting the local river when she stumbles across a cocaine drug lord. Her life is threatened and now someone is out to kill her. Kurian Anastaas has his own secrets. He says he's working for the mine, but he is on the sheriff's speed dial. He thinks Solitar is a cold, mean woman. That's the problem, he is thinking about her. Constantly. When the drug lord traps Solitar who had rescued a group of local children he abducted, there's only one person who can perhaps save the day, Kurian. But will he find them in time?

Murder, kidnapping, blackmail, dark secrets and romance spiral wildly around a young woman as she runs for her life. Fleeing from both the police and an assassin, she steals a new name; Jesselin Judan, and lands on an island to hide- but instead hurtles headfirst into more danger and intrigue.Her mother abandoned her when Jesselin was a young teen. To put food in her belly and a cruddy roof over her head, Jesselin obtained a job singing in a tavern. One night, while escaping a lascivious crowd she runs out the back door into an alley where she witnesses a murder. One of the assassins sees her and gives chase.The assassin follows Jesselin across the country as she hides in one shelter after another. She finds an isolated land called the Isle of Orainn, and finally, after four years of running, she feels safe. And at long last, she has a new identity and a family of her own in the staff at the Divine Bistro where she works.Life is great for a few months, until, a baby is kidnapped and the local sheriff pulls Jesselin in to aid in the investigation to find the missing child. Things heat up fast, both the hot, fun blond deputy, and the cold harsh FBI agent appear interested in Jesselin. She can't let them find out who she really is as they would immediately arrest her, she rebuffs both men. Hell starts breaking loose when they discover the father of the kidnapped baby is being blackmailed.Adding to the turmoil, Jesselin feels she is being watched, she fears her tormentor has once again found her. She loathes having to run again, but she knows it's the only way to stay safe. The police are after her, the bad guy is after her. In all the chaos, she figures out who the blackmailer is, and where the baby might be, and she plunges straight into peril to try and rescue the baby. When she is caught in the devil's clutches, only one man can save her, will he be in time?

Sort of a Cinderella meets a cop with his own tainted past who thinks she is a serial killer. Coli Cassidy has had a very hard life. But she has inherited an old Victorian mansion in Texas, and plans to turn it into a Bed & Breakfast Inn and start a new life. Unfortunately, her juvenile prison term throws hateful blocks in her way, and menace stalks her every step. Sheriff Brogan Dillon is haunted by a devastating incident that got him kicked out of the military. Brogan and Coli are highly attracted to one another, however, a series of murders occur in town, and evidence points to Coli as the main suspect. Brogan reluctantly shelves his burning desire for Coli while he investigates the murders. While Brogan searches for the killer, or killers, FBI Agent Jackson Navarro comes to town with his gun-powder sniffing dog, Pompeii to hunt for weapon traffickers traced from Singapore. The two lawmen work together to determine if the local killings and the gun smuggling are tied together. Coli's goofy, yet mysterious dog, Douggie, and Brogan's yawn, seemingly bored cat, Felip , stick their paws in when deadly danger is about to befall Coli, can they thwart the inevitable? Intrigue, Coli's heinous family, and murder endeavor to wedge this couple apart, yet they pull each other up out of the darkness of their despairing pasts and battle against all odds for their happily ever after.

Naithon Adranokov is forced at a young age into the mobster life by his father. When his father deceives him and kicks him out, Naithon joins a violent street gang then ends up in prison. After another family betrayal and a terrible incident that cripples him, Naithon becomes the most dangerous man in town and ruthlessly builds his own empire. There is only one thing that truly draws the interest of the cold, cruel man Naithon has become, Kiri Delducci. He's only caught sight of her briefly over the years because her father hid her away in a private girls' school in Italy to keep her out of her brother Duce's perverted clutches. Naithon grows more and more enamored with Kiri each time he lays eyes on the stunning young woman. He decides he will trick her father, and wrest Kiri from the prearranged marriage to a much older and sadistic husband, and keep her captive for himself. He sheds his deepest secret and takes her. Kiri has artistic talents she planned to make a career of when her father drags her home from her university and puts her to work in his rum distillery until her dreaded nuptials. She loathes and fears her future husband whom her father is coercing her to marry. But, she is even more terrified of Naithon Adranokov. Nevertheless, Naithon has laid claim to her and refuses to let her go. Someone is killing the Delducci and Adranokov people, placing blame on each other for the murders. Someone is instigating a war between the two factions as well as neatly eliminating them. When the killer comes after Kiri, Naithon goes after him with guns blazing. Naithon wants a happily ever after with Kiri. Will he save Kiri from the vile monster who snatches her for his own sick compulsions before it's too late?

There is a serial killer in Brevet Bay abducting young women. Dubbed by the public as The Poser, the sexual sadist enjoys torturing his victims until they perish in agony. Then he spray paints them rose-gold and poses them naked and bound in front of a giant wooden box. Laurin Ajanel is at the top of the killer's list as his next prey. The CIA has coerced Laurin into marrying her much older, abusive husband, Ambassador R dolfo Ajanel, to dig up evidence on his illegal enterprises. R dolfo had purchased Laurin as a mail-order bride for his son Chevy, but once he laid eyes on her, he decided to keep her for himself.Besides being an ambassador from Mozambique, R dolfo has many shady businesses that the CIA and FBI are always looking into but have never gotten an iota of evidence he's running anything illegal. So, they planted Laurin into his dangerous household to find that proof. But, now the police are looking at him and his sons as possible suspects as the Poser. Detective Penn Hixman is investigating the murders. At first he is disgusted with Laurin, believing the scandalous rumors that she is a gold-digger that not only cheated on her husband, but tried to kill her alleged lover. But, as Penn gets to know Laurin, his heart overtakes his head and he not only believes in her, he wants her for his very own. With his dark past eating away at his soul, Penn hopes Laurin's husband is the killer, then he can wrest her from R dolfo's sadistic clutches, and into his own protective arms.This is a stand-alone novel of over 117,000 words. Please do not purchase if you are offended by strong language and or sex scenes.

Controlled and desired by Krystian Ritrova, her deviant half-brother, Svetiessa is forced to trick felon-hunting warlord, Devilos Dravidian into a false trade-off. When Devilos realizes she had deceived him, he swears he will find her, and make her regret her complicity. By the time Devilos does locate the beautiful Prințesă, Sveti is near death after being captured and brutalized by torturous aliens.Unable to mete out his punishment to Sveti as her brother has issued a warrant for her return, Dev is forced to bring her back to her home planet, knowing Krystian will horribly assault her.Along the way, they crash land on an uninhabitable planet. As they make their way back to a search airship, Dev has saved Sveti's life, and lost his heart. He tricks her into marrying him and she is livid.Sveti sneaks off Dev's airship and surrenders herself to her vicious brother to save a loved one. The infuriated warlord races to reach her in time, before Krystian can destroy Dev's reluctant bride. This HEA has no cliffhangers, it contains adult themes that may not be suitable for all readers.

After a mission gone terribly wrong, young and inexperienced FBI agent, Kesindra Jasmari is exiled with her disgraced team to an extremely rural, foreign country. Her SAC tells her she's there just to help out the local authorities until the heat of their failed mission dies down. He warns her to keep an eye out for the aliens that have been spotted there. He should have warned her harder. While investigating a series of murders in the forested land, Kesi finds herself with a dangerous outlaw alien, Martier Dravidian dogging her every step. If that's not enough to worry about, the serial killer has turned their sights on her too. Martier and his outlander crew have taken over the town with their own planned agenda, and that's when the Hades hits the fan. Even deadlier, more horrific creatures show up and seize the villagers to use as spare body parts. The leader of the grisly creatures is annoyed that the human females he uses for his savage sex don't survive more than one session with him. He takes Kesi captive, hoping she can endure his torture long enough to take her back with him to his home planet for more fun. Will Martier get to Kesi in time to save her? If so, will she forgive him for what he did to her without her consent when he claimed her? This is a stand-alone, HEA novel. Please do not purchase if you are offended by strong language, violence, or sex scenes.

J ron Rameau, AKA the Silent Death, has set the scene for a covert mission when he finds a young woman draped almost lifeless on a horse trespassing in his woods. Not knowing if the woman has been sent to spy on him, or kill him, J ron holds her captive until he can find out who she is and what her agenda is. While attending an ambassador's party, Keyleigh St. James was abducted by Maximillion Mandrake. Now, after managing to escape Mandrake's lascivious clutches, she is injured, starved, and unconscious when the horse she's stolen inadvertently wanders onto J ron's property. When Keyleigh regains consciousness and comprehends her precarious situation, she doesn't dare tell J ron her identity as her family is in danger. He treats her mean enough as it is. But, J ron does minister to her injuries, introduces her to the unusual farm animals that are his cover, and he saves her from a band of rapacious bandits. By the time J ron and Keyleigh realize they have fallen for each other, Keyleigh is again snatched by Mandrake, the very person J ron had been sent to stop from assassinating a diplomat. Will J ron get there in time to prevent the assassination, and apprehend Mandrake before he flees the country with Keyleigh? This is a stand-alone, HEA novel. Please do not purchase if you are offended by strong language, violence, or sexual situations.

Ketherine DeMar has inherited 50 % of a business with her corrupt step-father, Talon holding the other half. Along with his crooked partners, Talon is forcing Keti to sign paperwork for a bridge that will cause harm to indigent natives. A gangster known as Johnnie Frog comes to town to kill Keti so she can't sign the paperwork and then Talon's bridge will default to Johnnie. Also in town, is a deviant killer who is heinously torturing and murdering the adult children of the business partners. Wanting to keep their disreputable secrets private, Talon persuades the local sheriff to relinquish the investigation of the murders to the mysterious Wolfgang Valdimar. The minute Wolf lays eyes on Keti he wants her. He coerces her against her will to stay with him, and agree to do everything he commands, including sleeping with him. While seeking out the monstrous serial killer, Wolf devotes the rest of his energy to getting Keti on board with his plans for a lifetime together. This is a stand-alone, HEA novel. Please do not purchase if you are offended by strong language, violence, or sex scenes. Warning to readers, there may be triggers. If you are sensitive in that respect, please bypass this thriller.

Glorie was placed undercover to spy on a gangster. But, he caught her. And now he's keeping her. Before Glorie could even begin the police academy she was plucked out and sent to work undercover in a saloon. Her mission was to gather evidence on the illegal enterprises of the notorious gangster, Jozadak Kane. Suppressing the atrocious act that changed her life, the horror that made her fear all men, while she is working late one night, thieves break in to rob the saloon and they grab Glorie with the intent of assaulting her and then killing her. Shocked at who comes to her rescue, before she can breathe a sigh of relief she is bound and tossed into a car that races away into the frightening night. Joze. Something continues to terrorize Glorie's dreams, and he is going to discover what or who it is and fix it, for good. Destroy what had hurt her so badly it still clutched her in its ghastly throes. But, for now, the more Glorie avoided him, the angrier he grew. It kicked him in the gut that she was obviously at least a little attracted to him, he knew he could win her over if she'd let him in just a hair. But, because she believed him to be this cutthroat ruthless hood, and she was a goody two-shoes, inexperienced cop, she would have nothing to do with him. Not to mention that little thing about him kidnapping her. And keeping her. Against her will. When the really bad guys come for Glorie, will Joze risk it all, his businesses, his life, his freedom, to save her?

Hiding in a wagon attached to a runaway horse, Princess Maratia flees into the forest to escape the sadistic Sammel who has forced his engagement on her. Maratia journeys for days until she is chased onto warlord King Jashar's land. Thinking she's a marauder, Jashar captures her. Before he can get her to the castle, a man points his finger at Maratia and proclaims she is the monstrous person who had ordered the kidnapping of 20 of the village's young girls, and after having them whipped and warriors rape them, they were beheaded. Jashar's father, the elder king denounces Maratia as a vile murderer and claims she is to suffer the same fate as the little girls. And, he declares Jashar to mete out the punishment. To Maratia's despair, Jashar obeys his father. But, Jashar is having a hard time continuing to punish her. He doesn't believe she's guilty of the abominable accusation, but what can he do- other than fall in love with her and try to protect her while investigating the little girls' murders? Before Jashar can win the reluctant Maratia's heart, evil Sammel sneaks in and steals her away where he plans to keep her secluded in his estate to endure torture and force her to produce his heirs. An impossible battle on his hands, as Sammel's fortress is impenetrable, nonetheless, do or die trying, Jashar charges to the stronghold to rescue his princess. Will he bring Maratia safely home? Even if he can breech Sammel's estate, it may already be too late. Please be aware of graphic possible triggers. If you have such triggers you may want to pass on this book. There is a HEA, no cliffhanger and no cheating.

Mercenary Tezer Corseque will not leave a defenseless woman alone in the Russian wilderness, regardless of the secrets she is hiding or any agenda she's harboring. Too late he learns her only agenda was staying alive and out of the grasp of the fiend that sought her. A ruthless brutal man, Tezer leads his team marching a group of apprehended people across a wilderness. Every one of them has stolen from a dangerous man, Yves Braemont, and he wants them brought to him to face their comeuppance When they reach Braemont's mansion, at first Tezer had thought he could hide Dove in the huge estate until he completes his mission and then can get her out.But, Braemont is dying to see her. And, if he has half the testosterone that Tezer has, he'll want her, and will undoubtedly plot to keep her. Just like Tezer is. In the beginning, as the prisoners are lined up to begin the journey, a female breaks loose and tries to escape into the perilous jungle. Chief Tezer chases after her. Quickly capturing her, he utilizes threats of dire harm to pressure the woman into telling him her name and why she is out in the wilderness alone with nothing but the clothes on her back. Already fleeing a vicious kidnapping, the traumatized woman refuses to give her name or explain how she came to be out there, even after Tezer tries intimidation, and then seduction. After a treacherous journey, Tezer brings the group to Braemont.By now Tezer admits he wants to keep Dove, but Braemont, notorious for his sick depravity desires Dove and prevents Tezer leaving with her. What are Tezer's choices? Leave Dove behind with the sadistic Braemont to suffer torture and rape, or try to fight it out with his greatly outnumbered team resulting in certain death for them all? Before he can put a plan together, the original fiend who had abducted Dove breaks into the estate and disappears with her in his sadistic clutches. Tezer leaps into action to retrieve Dove before it's too late, but alas, no one knows where the fiend's fortress is.

Jace Nico and his team could be up to their despicable necks in murder. Lissa Mallory saw something she shouldn't have and she ran. Jace chased her, caught her, and claimed her as his prize. She disagreed. Abducting her, Jace holds her captive on a ship heading to Europe, determined to learn her deadly secret and to win her over. It isn't going to be easy, she wants no part of whatever devious scheme he is involved in. Plus, she has sworn off men. When Jace discovers Lissa Mallory has only existed for two years, he tricks her into marriage to keep her at his protective side while he works to figure it all out. His enduring patience in trying to win Lissa over comes to an end when the past she is hiding from reaches out and grabs her. Jace has to fight the ticking minutes, using all his skills to find her, and snatch her from the jaws of impending torturous death. This romance novel is not a run-of-the-mill, jump into love at first sight story. It is a suspenseful adventure of two people slowly coming together along with a sprinkling of sex, while immersed in intrigue and danger. It is a HEA with no cheating or cliffhanger.