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A Savage Beauty
Mira, Sep 2003, 6.50, 400pp. ISBN: 155166707X In 1807, Colonel Pike led a military expedition starting in St. Louis and exploring the Louisiana Territory. The team split in half with one group led Lieutenant James Wilkinson, son of a General, leading four soldiers and two Indian guides southward along the Arkansas River. The Wilkinson party faces hardships with no chance of turning back as the winter and raiding Indians have caused havoc on ...
After Midnight
Onyx, Feb 2003, 6.99, 320 pp. ISBN: 0451410726 Though she would prefer to avoid this duty near her hometown, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jessica Blackwell accepts the assignment at Eglin. To Jessica her childhood home Valpariso, Florida is near Eglin, but her memory is of a tragedy from a quarter of a century ago when her mother was assaulted. Still she salutes when a three star General selected Jessica to clean up the environmental nightmare ...
Dark Side Of Dawn
Signet, Jan 2001, 5.99, 320 pp. ISBN: 0451409663 Captain Joanna West was born to fly and the Air Force recognizes her innate abilities by stationing her in the 1st Helicopter Squadron at Andrews Air Force base. This elite assignment flies the president, Congress, and other key government officials to worldwide locations. On a routine flight, Joanna notices a white van playing tag with a blazing red Ferrari until the latter vehicle skids and...
If a Man Answers
Molly Duncan is at war with her sexy neighbor, and one night when he plays his music too loud, she tries to call him to tell him to stop. She accidently calls the wrong number, however, and listens to a man being murdered. The killer picks up the phone. She calls the cops and annoys her neighbor, but he takes her seriously the next day when her house is broken into. Sam lets Molly stay at his house until her security system is installed, and she he...

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The Captain's Woman
Mira, Jan 2003, 6.50, 384 pp. ISBN: 1551666499 In 1898, Victoria Parker toils on her father's newspaper the Cheyenne Daily Tribune as a reporter, but she wants to do more than just local gossip as she dreams of working alongside the reporters covering hot spots like Cuba. Victoria also fantasizes what life would be like if Rough Rider Captain Sam Garret loved her as much as she loves him, but his heart belongs elsewhere. When Sam rescues Victor...
The Colonel's Daughter
Mira, Jan 2002, 6.50, 384 pp. ISBN: 1551668718 Two years at the Academy for Select Young Ladies may have stiffened her back, but failed to remove Suzanne Bonneaux's abilities to ride and shoot as good as a man. When she learns about the forced relocation of the Arapaho including her friend Bright Water, Suzanne ignores her mother's advice to wait for the return of her stepfather Colonel Garrett. Instead she rides the coach without escort fr...
The First Mistake
Mira, Apr 2005, 6.99, 384 pp. ISBN: 0778321649 Ten years at Luke AFB USAF Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Captain Cleo North made inquiries into an alleged threat made by Staff Sergeant Thomas Mitchell to his girlfriend Sergeant Debra Smith. Although she had a hunch there was more to the case, her superior pulled her off it because she found nothing out of the ordinary. Not long afterward Mitchell and Smith were found dead togeth...
The Tiger's Bride
English missionary Reverend Abernathy has gone missing in a Chinese province, and his eldest daughter, Sarah, sets out to find his whereabouts. Unfortunately, the only English sea captain in Macao skilled enough to find him is Viscount Jamie Straithe, a rogue with a checkered past involving a dishonorable discharge from the royal navy. But Sarah is determined to find her father, and she not only convinces Jamie to make inquiries about the missionary; s...
Untamed
Mira, Sep 2004, 6.50, 304 pp. ISBN: 0778320758 In 1832 Indian Country, con artist Barbara Chamberlain needs money to help her brother Harry escape from a Bermuda prison. Her mark is wealthy Louisa Morgan, but to get her hands on the woman's loot, Barbara must go through the son, Lieutenant Zach Morgan. Her plan is to persuade Zach that she has a claim on some of his family's land and in turn get him to escort her to Louisa. The scheme goes a...