Fate left the beautiful Justine Drussard stranded in Tombstone, and desperation made her take a job in a local brothel. She counts on her wits and acting ability, but her plans backfire when York Masters, a rough-riding stranger with a sun-drenched smile and a secret of his own, pays for an evening with Justine to save her from less savory options. His tantalizing touch makes her weak with desire—a feeling she’d given up on for good—and each hungry kiss leaves her wanting more. Helpless to stop herself, Justine is swept into a dangerous and seductive world by a passion as scorching as the desert sun. Cover photo by Rishwan Jalyl (

He swept into Lily Meeker’s sheltered world on a chill wind in a torrential rainstorm—Griffon Goforth, the dark, enigmatic clairvoyant Lily’s family had hired to locate her missing cousin. With ice-blue eyes and arms as warm as an Ozark sunset, the handsome stranger mesmerizes the lonely dark-haired beauty, setting free the sensuous, secret longings buried deep in her heart. True, she believes him a charlatan, but Lily is powerless to resist the searing heat of Griffon’s desire—and she is further enthralled as his touch awakens her own psychic gifts…and a love that dared live only in her dreams.

Destiny calls lovely and spirited Julienne Vale to Moonspell in the Florida Keys—to serve as governess to the motherless child of the grand estate’s enigmatic master. And from her first glimpse of Captain Buccaneer LaFlamme, Julienne is overcome by fevered desires she has never known before. But whispers of her handsome, tormented employer’s dark and dangerous past impel the strong-willed beauty to resist Buck’s raw, sensuous power—even as her passion draws her relentlessly into his arms…and toward a breathtaking rapture that could be her salvation or her doom.

Devastated by the death of her beloved brother, Raleigh Torrence was in no mood for Evan Younger’s attentions. Evan was a man who’d seen it all – as a psychologist, he had to – and he’d decided that the only way to deal with life’s ups and downs was with humor. He started out trying to teach Raleigh that lesson, but he ended up learning something himself. Evan taught Raleigh how to laugh again, and just by being herself she taught him how to love.

Commercial artist Whitney Campbell loves her Malibu Beach home – a place away from the world where she can pursue her work in peace. But Whitney’s privacy is violated when her house is broken into by the “Malibu Intruder” and the press prints stories about the event. When Detective Anthony “Shadow” Tallwalker is assigned to the case, Whitney finds his charm irresistible, and the two of them are soon caught up in a riptide of passion. But as Whitney loses her heart, she wonders if she, a solitude-seeking artist, can live with a man whose life is always on the line.