Elizabeth Adler – författare

Once she was his secret. Now she is his only hope....In a New York hospital, a powerful real estate developer lies suspended between life and death while police scramble to solve the mystery of his shooting. With Ed Vincent slipping in and out of consciousness, a detective has one clue to begin his hunt — a name that lingered on Vincent’s lips. But who is the woman Vincent calls Zelda? Is she his killer — or lover? When Detective Marco Camelia finds Zelda, and as she begins to tell him an extraordinary story, another series of mysteries emerge: of a man who is not what people thought him to be, of the woman he loved, and of the ties that can hold two people together even when so much keeps them apart.For Detective Camelia, an explosive case is becoming a haunting journey of passion, pain, and awakening, as he struggles to protect an unforgettable woman from everything she knows — and the one thing she doesn’t....From the Paperback edition.

The three met in the aftermath of San Francisco''s devastating 1906 earthquake--the Mandarin Lai Tsin, a runaway American heiress, and a young Englishwoman. Against all odds they made their dreams come true, building one of the world''s largest trading companies and most luxurious hotels... They had only each other--and bloody secrets to bury even as they rose to dizzying heights, wary of love yet vulnerable to passion in its most dangerous forms... The Mandarin would pass his multi-billion-dollar empire only to the women in the Lai Tsin dynasty--along with one last devastating truth....Sweeping from the turn of the century through the 1960''s, from the Orient to San Francisco and New York, Elizabeth Adler has written a magnificent novel of new wealth and old privilege, family passions and secret shame, of women surviving, triumphant, in the riveting saga of romantic intrigue.From the Paperback edition.

The Haven Women--born into Hollywood sin and  scandal, they inherited their mother''s passion...  Venetian, Paris, India-three beautiful women, each  named for the city or country in which she''d been  conceived, each driven by passionate needs for  success and love. Raised apart, their past bound by one  extraordinary woman-the legendary Jenny Haven. She  gave them life. She gave them everything they  needed to "make it." then-suddenly,  mysteriously-she was gone, leaving them only a tangled web  of lies... "Elizabeth Adler weaves the saga  and mystery genres together." --  Kirkus Reviews  "Elizabeth Adler writes with charm, wit, warmth, and a  good deal of raw suspense... the way things should  happen in big, glitzy novels."  --Rave ReviewsFrom the Paperback edition.

She was the incomparable Lily Molyneux, whose jet  hair and sapphire eyes drove men to madness and  revenge. Rich, reckless titles, her secrets would  scar generations to come . . . . They could never  have enough money or power to capture her elusive  heart: three men who amassed fame and fortune in  pursuit of the one woman they couldn''t deny. And  a fourth who dies for her sins . . . . Elizabeth  Adler''s enthralling novel of passion, privilege,  and retribution sweeps from the castles of  nineteenth-century Ireland to Boston bustling Back Bay,  from Beacon Hill''s mansions to Wall Street''s  towering heights: three generations haunted by buried  passions that refuse to rest in peace . . . .  From the Paperback edition.

She can keep the doors locked.  The lights on.  Her fingers crossed.   But she can''t stop the memories of a terrifying crime.  Or keep it from happening again.The murderer took his time choosing his pretty victims.  Then he took his time killing them.  What was left when he finished made even veteran Boston cop Harry Jordan feel sick.  But this time the killer made a mistake.  His victim was found alive.Armed with a police sketch of the man, Harry wanted national publicity, the kind he could get from Mallory Malone, the "TV detective."  Her top-rated show reenacted heinous crimes and often jogged witnesses'' memories enough to shake loose the clue that could break the case.  But not this time.This case was different for self-made career woman Mallory Malone.  This cop was different.  The case scared her; the cop was falling in love with her.  Her instincts told her to run.  But the killer already knew her name.  Her address.  And a secret that could destroy them both.Elizabeth Adler was born in Yorkshire, England.  She is married to an American lawyer and has one daughter.  They have lived in Brazil, England, France, and Ireland and currently live in California.  She is the internationally acclaimed author of Léonie, Peach, The Rich Shall Inherit, The Property of a Lady, Fortune Is a Woman, and The Secret of the Villa Mimosa.From the Paperback edition.

Peach de Courmont -- Wild child, teenage temptress, exquisite woman.  The adored granddaughter of Leonie and heiress to the de Courmont dynasty, she grew up in luxury, used to having life -- and love -- on her own terms.Noel Maddox -- Raised in an Iowa orphanage, used to the mean streets of Detroit, he fought his way from the assembly line the pinnacle of power.  Peach --and the automobile empire she commanded -- were part of the dream he meant to have... at any price.From wartime Paris to the dazzling Cote d''Azue... from the frenetic boardrooms of Detroit and the palatial homes of Grosse Pointe to the stately English countryside, their indomitable wills collide in a saga of consuming passion and raw power played out against the backdrop of a rich and reckless world.From the Paperback edition.

The magnificent Ivanoff emerald: It surfaced at  Christie''s at Geneva, "The Property of a  Lady"--a lady now sought by powerful men intent on  seizing a legacy that could tilt the world balance of  power . . . The terrifying Ivanoff secret: She  lived like a pauper with a royal ransom in gems,  determined to carry her secret to the grave . . .  until an act of love and a public auction brought  the world--and the curse--to her door . . . The  last of the Ivanoffs--pawns in a deadly game: The  royal gems are merely the lure to the hidden  billions for which nations are willing to kill. The last  of the Ivanoffs should have died in 1917. Now,  two generations later, they are the prize--and the  prey . . . From war-torn Russia to New York''s  teeming Lower East Side . . . from Ziegfeld''s Broadway  and the Hollywood of the moguls to contemporary  Washington, Geneva, and Berlin, Elizabeth''s Adler''s  novel of passion, power, and royal privilege will  command your attention to the very last  page.From the Paperback edition.

Millions of dollars will belong to the person who can prove he or she is a descendant of the mystery woman called Poppy Mallory.  Millions of lies have been told along California''s Gold Coast, in Paris''s demimonde, and Italy''s dangerous underworld, to hide the identity of her daughter . . . or son.  Millions of hopes grip the hearts of five desperate people, each of whom claim to be Poppy''s heir and are willing to commit shocking acts of passion--or even murder--to prove it.  Millions of dreams buried in the past with Poppy''s secrets are now about to be exposed if one determines investigative reporter can uncover the scandalous sin behind it all . . .From the Paperback edition.

Was it an accident...or an attempted murder?Dr. Phyl Forster watched the TV news, horrified at the sight of the broken body in the ravine.  Then she raced to the hospital to see the victim.  Miraculously, the girl was alive, but without name or memory.  An irresistible challenge to Dr. Phyl, the psychiatrist who had buried her own past....Detective Franco Mahoney was looking for a killer, without a whisper of a clue.  He needed the beautiful psychiatrist to unlock the victim''s mind.  But he wasn''t prepared for the passion Dr. Phyl inspired or the passion that ensued....Elizabeth Adler''s riveting novel of erotic obsession and revenge sweeps from San Francisco to Paris, from the Côte d''Azur to a remote Hawaiian island, tracing a tale of murder and madness with roots in a decadent past....From the Paperback edition.

She saw him in the shadows.  She felt him watching her.  She knew he was going to get her...The killer always left a signature on his victims...an X carved in their flesh.  But he''d spent the last twenty years in a mental hospital.  Long enough for the world to forget him.  But not long enough for him to forget the rich old woman who had him committed--or her pretty granddaughter.Now he''s been set free.Ellie Duveen was busy running her own restaurant and tenderly watching over her fragile grandmother.  Then she met former cop Dan Cassidy, the owner of a local vineyard, and Ellie''s hectic life slowed just enough to let her fall in love.So Ellie didn''t notice when police found a dead body marked with a grisly X.  She only felt someone watching her.  Following her.  And as a terrifying secret came back from the past to haunt her, Ellie needed an ex-cop''s instincts and more.  She needed her own unshakable courage to outsmart a killer''s deadly, twisted plan.From the Paperback edition.

With only her exotic beauty, seductive innocence, pride, and fiery spirit, Leonie came from the provinces to find her future in Paris.  From the shame of music halls, she rose to international fame singing songs of love and longing, straight from the heart.  From Paris to the Cote d''Azur, from New York to Brazil, from Cuba to Cairo, she moved in a dazzling world of money, passion, and power--a world darkened only by the relentlessly hunger of one man''s obsession--a man determined to possess her . . . a man who could never lover her, never let her go . . . .

With the flair for sizzling romantic suspense that has made her books international bestsellers, Elizabeth Adler, whose work has been hailed by critics as "mesmerizing" Internet Bookwatch, "exhilarating" Publishers Weekly, and "sensuous" Kirkus Reviews, is at the top of her form with her latest novel, All or Nothing. Lithe, leggy attorney and law professor Marla Cwitowitz is dying for some excitement in her life--that is, other than being the girlfriend of Al Giraud, private detective, sexy soul mate, and all-around best friend. So when she sees the potential for a crime-solving spree, she jumps at the chance to moonlight as a detective. According to the evening news, local real estate agent Laurie Martin is missing and presumed dead. Marla and Al happened to have seen her dining with an attractive man several days before her disappearance. The man is Steve Mallard, loyal husband, doting father, and prime suspect. But Marla senses that something is not quite right. And her intuition has never let her down. Believing that there''s more to the story than meets the eye, she takes matters into her own hands, vowing to get to the bottom of what''s beginning to look like a very complex case. Al wants Marla to stay out of the way, fearing for her safety. He knows what''s involved in detective work, and he''s not sure she can hold her own as an investigator. But she won''t be warned off this case. Their relationship has never been more fraught with complications--or sexual sizzle. With little warning or preparation, the two find themselves crisscrossing the United States in frantic pursuit of a remorseless criminal in an effort to prove Mallard''s innocence. Finally Marla''s found the excitement she''s been looking for. With her, it''s always been all or nothing.

Juonitteluja, sydänsuruja ja jalokiviä Sunny Alvarez on saanut tarpeekseen. Häät julkkisetsivä Mac Reillyn kanssa ovat siirtyneet jälleen kerran, ja pariskunnan suhde on kriisissä. Tympääntynyt Sunny saa päähänpiston ja lähtee yksin lomalle Monte Carloon. Haaveissaan hänellä on hermolepo - ei suinkaan psykopaatiksi osoittautuva uusi tuttavuus, etsivän vaistot herättävä ryöstösarja ylellisissä koruliikkeissä tai tarjous, josta olisi paras kieltäytyä…Jos Sunny ei saa selvitettyäjalokivimysteeriä, hän on vaarassa päätyä tahattomaksi rikoskumppaniksi varkauteen, kiristykseen ja jopa murhaan. Paikalle ilmaantunut Mac on valmis tekemään mitä vain saadakseen Sunnyn takaisin: vaikka sitten selvittämään rikossarjan ja pelastamaan hänen henkensä.

38-vuotias Caroline Evans on hiljattain eronnut petollisesta aviomiehestään ja jättänyt taakseen ylellisen elämän Singaporessa. Nyt hän on Englannissa mukanaan vain 15-vuotias tyttärensä Issy, pieni pesämuna ja vimmainen halu löytää uusi alku. Sattuman oikusta Caroline löytää työpaikan ja asuinsijan pienestä kyläpubista Oxfordshiressa ja tutustuu paikan omalaatuisiin ihmisiin, joista saa uusia ystäviä - ja kenties enemmänkin. Issylle sopeutuminen ei ole yhtä helppoa, ja hän syyttää äitiään elämänmuutoksesta. Carolinen uusi onni on uhattuna, kun entisen aviomiehen menneisyys palaa kummittelemaan maapallon toiselta puolelta. Carolinella ja Issyllä on kova työ jatkaa uuden alun rakentamista, kun toisten itsekkäät tarkoitusperät uhkaavat viedä heiltä kaiken.

Angie Morse seisoo huvipurren kannella, kun hän tuntee yhtäkkiä samppanjapullon iskeytyvän päähänsä ja putoaa mereen. Hänestä näyttää kuin jahdilla olevat ihmiset olisivat tarkoituksella kääntäneet selkänsä, kun se alkaa lipua kauemmas. Nämä ihmiset ovat hänen ystäviään ja yksi heistä hänen rakastettunsa. Kahdella heistä oli syy hankkiutua hänestä eroon, mutta Angie ei olisi ikinä uskonut, että se johtaisi tähän. Halu kostaa panee hänet kamppailemaan selviytymisestään. Vaarojen jahti on Elizabeth Adlerin romanttinen jännitysromaani, joka kuljettaa lukijaansa Turkin rannikon turkooseista vesistä ja ökyrikkaiden loistojahdeilta Lontooseen, Pariisiin ja syvälle erään kieron miljonäärin mieleen.