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Some heroes are born and some are forged by events.Marisa’s best friend Carolyn is killed by a train, but then Carolyn’s husband claims she committed suicide. Proving he’s wrong will be a heroic feat. EMT Nick Stark seems a natural for the job.Yet the truths Marisa and Nick uncover spark unexpected danger. Does the secret of Marisa’s parentage tie in with Carolyn’s death? And is Marisa prepared to face the truth in order to identify whoever now wants her dead?Sensuality Level: Sensual

She learns secrets with a touch. He has secrets to hide.Insurance investigator Gabrielle Healey uses her touch clairvoyance to learn the truth about disasters. But when the crippled Densmore building can’t provide the answers she needs to deny the claim, surely the man who designed it can. The evidence points to a flawed design. A touch will confirm his guilt.Brilliant architect Christian Ziko has secrets he can’t reveal, and not that he caused the building he created to collapse. With the victims’ families howling for justice and a grand jury poised to indict him, he must uncover what happened so he can clear his name and his conscience. Yet his brother and business partner discourage him. When a clue unearths terrible truths about the people he trusts, Christian is forced to ask beautiful Gabrielle for help. But someone wants their investigation terminated...and is willing to kill to keep their secrets hidden.Sensuality Level: Sensual

Defend me in court or else, accused racketeer Adam Steele orders.The last thing defense attorney Bryce Gannon wants to do is get another criminal acquitted. And it does look like it might be the last thing he does. Somebody has already tried to kill him. Now the Feds tell him there’s a traitor in Steele’s organization who may be gunning for him and that Steele has sent him a beautiful spy to make sure Bryce complies.The Attorney General orders Ciara Alafita to find out if Bryce is corrupt. She hates liars and now she’s become one. But finding the truth about Bryce is as hard as finding the identity of the person trying to kill him. As she challenges the cold attorney to thaw, she finds many things to like about him . . . if she can ignore he’s defending a mobster. But if she can’t convince Bryce to let the Feds protect him or to give up the Steele case, she might never get the chance to admit the truth or her feelings to him.Sensuality Level: Sensual

Lies are his specialty, but sometimes the truth can be deadly.Actor turned private investigator Charlie Ziffkin has traced a stolen sculpture to the hometown that haunts him. He needs to find the statue and get out of town fast, but when he learns the police use his former sweetheart Juliana Sanchez’s psychic abilities to locate stolen goods, their reunion seems fated. He loved her as a boy; as a man with a terrible secret, he has to let her go.Juliana knows firsthand how well Charlie plays whatever role suits him, whether P.I. or lover, so he could be pretending to desire her while using her to find the sculpture. He stole her teenage heart and now she’s risking it again, but if she doesn’t help him, he’ll be in even greater danger. Being with him is the ultimate thrill . . . until bullets fly.Charlie and Juliana are in over their heads with ruthless men willing to kill, and with the sizzling attraction they can’t control. Will this be the last role this chameleon ever plays?Sensuality Level: Sensual

Her dreams will show her who wants him dead, but who can sleep with a sexy man and danger close?Ileana Alvarez Calderon and her family are bound to the past: them to a country they left two generations ago, and her to a deceased fiancé. But the Sight has shown she’ll have a forbidden lover. Meeting importer Michael Ziffkin awakens a part of her she thought died with her fiancé. But now she dreams of danger, and to protect this man her family rejects, she will have to defy them.Haunted by the past, Michael has built his business empire to protect his family. Now his company is under siege. As the threats expand to his customers, including the Calderons, Michael and Ileana must uncover who has targeted their industry. Family duty brought them together, but will family pressure tear them apart? In a city gone mad, two cultures collide and the shadowy violence against them erupts into the open. Will they survive to make Ileana’s vision a reality?Sensuality Level: Sensual

Threats, bullets, espionage, and murder are no match for love. When danger knocks on their door, these five heroines have their heroes' backs, and only together can they survive the treacherous twists and turns in these heart-pounding stories.Hero Needed: When Marisa's best friend is killed by a train, she suspects it was no accident, and she's determined to enlist EMT Nick Stark's help in revealing the truth.Touchpoint: Insurance investigator Gabrielle Healey uses her touch clairvoyance to learn the truth about disasters, but she's not prepared for the vibes she gets from architect Christian Ziko and his secrets.Counterpoint: The attorney general assigns Ciara Alafita to find out if defense attorney Bryce Gannon is corrupt, but what she discovers could blow her career and their lives apart.Secrets and Lies: Actor-turned-private-investigator Charlie Ziffkin traces a stolen sculpture to his hometown, where his path crosses again with former sweetheart Juliana Sanchez, a psychic who knows exactly what he's hiding.Blood Secrets: Ileana Alvarez Calderon's second sight predicts a forbidden lover until she meets importer Michael Ziffkin and her dreams turn to danger as she defies her family to protect an innocent man.Sensuality Level: Sensual

Heartthrob heroes star in this value-priced set spanning romance subgenres.Are you holding out for a hero? Look no further—these four heartthrobs are strong and fast and larger than life. At this bargain price, you don’t need to wait for the morning light. Always My Hero: Ryan left Scallop Shores with a full scholarship to UCLA and an NFL destiny. But a freak accident cost him both, and now he’s home to take over the family hardware store—and avoid Bree Adams after fate once conspired to keep them apart. But shy librarian Bree has turned a new page, and she’s determined to seize her happy ending. Will their difficult past be too much to overcome, or can she prove to Ryan once and for all that he has always been a hero in her eyes? Holding Out for a Hero: PI Collin Atlee has made a career of hiding behind a handsome face and a cocky attitude. That is, until he takes Seneca Simms’s case. Solving the mystery behind her birth is the easy part. The hard part is stealing her heart without exposing his painful past. Katie’s Hero: In 1940, Katie Rafferty flees Ireland for the London countryside and a position as a nanny to Lord Michael Farrenden’s four young wards. Unexpectedly, sparks fly with the surly and disabled former RAF pilot, but just as they begin to explore their feelings, Katie’s former lover, army man Tom O’Brien, shows up on their doorstep. This wonderful WWII love triangle will enthrall readers. Hero Needed: When Marisa’s best friend is killed by a train, she suspects it was no accident, and she’s determined to enlist EMT Nick Stark’s help in revealing the truth. But unraveling the mystery endangers her own life, and only Nick holds the key to saving her. Sensuality Level: Sensual