A stranger who appears on Kat's doorstep turns out to be one Charlotte Bristow, legal wife of Joe Bristow, the man Kat once believed herself married to—who she thought died at sea twelve years ago. Kat is jolted by Charlotte’s claims that Joe was not only murdered but that he also had amassed a small fortune before he died. Charlotte makes the cook an offer she cannot refuse—if Kat can discover the identity of Joe's murderer, Charlotte will give her a share of the fortune Joe left behind. With the help of Daniel McAdam, her attractive and charismatic confidante, Kat plunges into her own past to investigate. When it becomes apparent that the case of Joe’s death goes far deeper than simple, opportunistic theft, Kat and Daniel's relationship is put to the test, and Kat herself comes under scrutiny as her connection to Joe is uncovered. She must race to catch the real killer before she loses her job and possibly her life.
The mate bond has never been this strong ...
Connor Morrissey hits his Transition—hard—and Shiftertown braces for chaos. His transformation into a fully adult Shifter comes early and is lightning fast, heightened by Connor’s very special heritage. Connor spirals out of control, ready to fight for his place in the hierarchy, and his instincts tell him his place is very high.
Only the touch of Tiger-girl cuts across Connor’s pain ...
She’s there for him, beautiful, powerful, but a fish out of water, struggling to makes sense of the real world. As Tiger’s daughter, she’s more than an ordinary Shifter, inheriting Tiger’s strength and intelligence in addition to the enhancements the Shifter Bureau black ops team made to her in secret.
Then Connor is captured by those who will use him to enhance their own power. Tiger-girl knows the mate bond is forming between them—losing Connor will tear her apart. But can she risk being found by those who want to turn Tiger-girl into the most deadly Shifter of all time?
Now Tiger-girl must choose between her safety or exposing her whereabouts to free him ...
Bei einem Überfall auf ihren Geschenkeartikel-Laden wird Elizabeth Chapman von einem riesigen Kodiak-Bären gerettet, der sich danach in einen sehr großen, sehr muskulösen und vor allem sehr nackten Mann verwandelt. Als sich herausstellt, dass der Täter der Bruder eines gefährlichen Kriminellen ist, wird Elizabeth plötzlich zum Ziel eines Rachefeldzugs. Ronan, der Bären-Shifter, nimmt sie zu ihrer eigenen Sicherheit mit nach Shiftertown, wo er mit drei jungen, verwaisten Wandlern, die er bei sich aufgenommen hat, lebt. Er erklärt sich zu ihrem Bodyguard, denn er kann den Gedanken nicht ertragen, dass der resoluten Ladenbesitzerin etwas zustößt. Auch Elizabeth lernt den starken Mann an ihrer Seite schnell zu schätzen. Doch erst als er sich für sie in Gefahr begibt, wird sie sich ihrer wahren Gefühle für ihn bewusst ...-
When in trouble, seek a Highlander ...
Even if you pushed him into a river ten years ago ...
When Evie McKnight slams into Jamie Mackenzie on a quay on Southampton, she flashes back to the day she accidentally knocked him into the river Cam. When she fished him out again, he shocked her with a searing, bold kiss before walking away in dripping wet shirt and kilt.
Evie has no business reveling in memories of Jamie then and the nearness of him now—she is betrothed to a respectable man from a respectable and wealthy family. But Jamie appears everywhere in London, assisting Evie and her sisters, becoming friends with her fiancé, and agreeing to be drawn into the heist Evie has planned in order to save her best friend’s father from ruin.
The son and heir of Ian Mackenzie, Jamie has roamed the world encountering adventure after adventure, and now he’s back home to settle down as he promised his family. But Jamie is restless, searching for something he can’t seem to find, trying to live up to his potential as the son of a genius.
When he sees Evie again, he knows what he’s been striving for, and he is not going to let the trivial matter of her betrothal to a dull stick and the fact that she wants to break into the British Museum put him off. Jamie is Ian Mackenzie’s son all right—he’ll use all the Mackenzie determination and adroitness to prove that she is for him, and he for her.
Als Cassidy Warden Detective Diego Escobar vor dem tödlichen Sturz in die Tiefe bewahrt, raubt ihm die sexy Shifterin im Evaskostüm den Atem. Aber sie hat gleich mehrere menschliche Gesetze gebrochen, sodass er sie kurzentschlossen verhaftet - vor allem, um zu verhindern, dass sie der berüchtigten Shifterabteilung in die Hände fällt. Im Gegenzug muss er versprechen, persönlich für ihr Wohlverhalten zu bürgen. Diego stellt bald fest, dass das schwieriger ist, als zunächst gedacht, denn Cassidy versucht herauszufinden, wer der geheimnisvolle Jäger ist, der vor einem Jahr ihren Gefährten getötet hat und der allen Shiftern gefährlich werden könnte. Als Diego sich schließlich mit der entschlossenen Schneeleopardin einlässt, wird nicht nur sein ganzes gewohntes Leben auf den Kopf gestellt, sondern er riskiert auch seine Karriere. Aber er erkennt schnell, dass er sich den schlimmsten Mördern und selbst seinen eigenen Dämonen stellen wird, um ihre Sicherheit zu garantieren ...-
Um Andrea Gray die dringend nötige Umsiedlung in die Shiftertown von Austin zu ermöglichen, beansprucht Sean Morrissey sie, ohne ihr je begegnet zu sein, formal als Gefährtin. Doch als die Wolfshifterin tatsächlich vor ihm steht, erwartet ihn eine Überraschung: Andrea ist weder eingeschüchtert noch verzweifelt, sondern vielmehr eine atemberaubende Schönheit, die keinerlei Angst vor ihm, dem mächtigen Clan Morrissey oder überhaupt jemandem zu haben scheint. Obwohl sie verschiedenen Spezies angehören und trotz ihrer ständigen Meinungsverschiedenheiten fühlen sich die beiden sofort zueinander hingezogen. Aber Andrea hütet ein Geheimnis, das Sean gefährlich werden könnte -- als Mann und als Wächter seines Clans ...-
Ian Mackenzie and his family gathers for Christmas and Hogmanay in the Mackenzie’s Highland castle. In the chaos of preparation, one of Ian’s Ming bowls gets broken, and the family scrambles to save the day. Daniel busily runs a betting ring for everything from the hour Lady Eleanor’s baby will arrive, to whether Mac’s former-pugilist valet can win a boxing match, to who will be the first of the many guests to be caught under the mistletoe. Ian begins a new obsession, and Beth fears that the loss of one of his precious bowls has made him withdraw once more into his private world.
While attending an exhibition at the Crystal Palace, young cook Kat Holloway is approached by a woman in distress. Lady Covington is a wealthy widow convinced that her entire family is trying to kill her. Kat feels compelled to help, so she escorts the lady home to discover whether she is delusional or in true danger. When it quickly becomes apparent that the threat is all too real, Kat promises aid. Her charming confidant Daniel McAdam is busy infiltrating a plot against the Crown, and she worries he will not have time to lend his sleuthing expertise. This might be for the best, as Kat fears her growing emotional entanglement with Daniel can only lead to disaster. But soon, Kat faces a more serious threat when her involvement in both investigations plunges her into peril.
Gezähmt mit magischen Halsbändern und strengen Regeln unterworfen leben Shifter wie Ausgestoßene in Shiftertowns. Aber unter der Oberfläche ist vieles anders, als es scheint, und die Leidenschaft in ihnen kann kein Halsband unterdrücken ... Wie die meisten Shifter hat auch Liam Morrissey gelernt, dass es zu nichts Gutem führt, wenn man Menschen vertraut. Als sich aber die ebenso schöne wie energische Kim Fraser in die Shiftertown von Austin wagt, um die Unschuld eines Mandanten zu beweisen, bleibt Liam keine andere Wahl, als ihr seinen Schutz anzubieten. Schon bald fliegen die Funken zwischen dem irischen Charmeur und der willensstarken Anwältin und das auf mehr als nur auf eine Weise. Als Kims Ermittlungen eine Verschwörung innerhalb der Shifter-Gemeinde aufzudecken drohen, gerät die resolute Menschenfrau in Gefahr. Jetzt muss Liam alles daran setzen, die Frau, die er liebt, zu retten - zur Not auch gegen ihren Willen ...-
Rhianne, daughter of the powerful Lady Aisling, is in a jam. She’s been imprisoned by an ambitious Fae lord, who is abetted by Rhianne’s ruthless and cruel father.
Her prison door is shattered by an incredibly powerful creature, who in a flash settles into the guise of a handsome man with a warm smile. He tells her his name is Ben and that he’s been sent to be her guide and a protector.
Ben, the last of a warrior race destroyed by the Fae, has lived a thousand years in exile and now has found a place among the Shifters. He’s the caretaker of a sentient house outside New Orleans, and the Shifters turn to him when they’re in dire trouble. Even so, Ben is aware of his aloneness, his people gone forever.
Ben escorts Rhianne to his world to keep her safe. Rhianne is reluctant to trust her fate to him, but she soon finds the human world, the Shifters, and most of all Ben, have captured her fascination, and her heart.
When her own strange powers awaken within her, Ben is the only one she can turn to for help.
But will assisting her put Ben in the most danger he’s ever faced?
Spike, a wildcat Shifter and the champion fighter of Shiftertown, is stunned when Myka, the best friend of a dying human woman, announces that Spike has fathered a cub. What's more, the mother is giving the boy to Spike to protect and raise.
Myka is not sure that a wild fighter named Spike is the best man to bring up the cute little jaguar cub. She goes to Shiftertown to check out Spike, and finds that the man behind the name is a lonely Shifter who's lost most of his family and is a fierce caretaker to those he has left.
Spike is torn between the cub and his duties as tracker to the Shiftertown leader, and begs Myka, the only person who understands, to help him. He starts to like the sassy Myka, a horse trainer who's not afraid of working with animals, even if they're wildcats who turn into humans.
When Spike's job puts his cub and Myka in danger, Spike is forced to choose between those to whom he's pledged his loyalty and his need to protect the woman and cub he's come to love.
James Denis gives Captain Lacey a task, to deliver a mysterious package to a man with an office near the Custom House on the bank of the Thames. Lacey, who has been drawn into danger delivering items for Denis before, opens the package to find a single chess piece, a white queen.
The piece tells Lacey nothing, but he soon realizes it plays deeply into Denis’s ongoing battle for control of London’s underworld.
Meanwhile Lacey encounters an old army friend just returned from Antigua, who is being accused of smuggling and possibly murder. Lacey decides to help the man, whom he considers honorable, to clear his name.
But Lacey is drawn farther into the dark games of James Denis and his rival, until only his wits and memories from his past can save himself and his family from gravest danger.
Book 15 of the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries
