SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE SHADOWY DEPTHS OF A KILLER'S MIND AND THE HIDDEN PLACES OF THE HUMAN HEART... Ten years ago Beth Russell's husband, Ian, died during a covert anti-terrorist mission. Now her fifteen-year-old son has vanished. Authorities believe the troubled teenager has run away, but Beth suspects something far more sinister. Only one person may be able to help her. He is Jess Harper, Ian's best friend-and Beth's lover from a long-ago, never-forgotten past. ...LIES THE SHATTERING TRUTH Yet even Jess is powerless against a shadowy enemy who holds the key to one man's suspicious...

Now, in her most powerful thriller to date, Justine Davis follows the trail of a killer who is making men pay for their crimes-with their lives.... The newspapers have dubbed him the Avenger. But to members of the battered women's shelter Rachel's House, he is an angel. What no one disputes, however, is that a serial killer is systematically slaying abusers-and that the victims of each of the murdered men have all been residents of Rachel's House. As the shelter's devoted director. Regan Keller has access to records on every case of abuse. She also has the kind of caring heart that makes each...

Secrets can be seductive. And dangerous... A small town in the Pacific Northwest, Keating's Port is the only home Jodi Campion has ever known, the only place where she has ever felt safe. But it is also a place haunted by tragedy-where she will be forced to question what she has always believed to be true. . . . It began with the disappearance of a young boy. Everyone in town suspected that J.T. Trager, a reclusive newcomer, was responsible-everyone, that is, except Jodi Campion. She's certain he would never harm a child. But as she looks into his angry, wounded eyes, she senses that his...

ON THE RUN AND UNDER SUSPICION, SHELBY WYATT IS GAMBLING WITH HER LIFE.... Welcome to the Golden Phoenix Casino, Shelby. Here, amid the colorful throng of strangers, you can disappear. Anonymous in the feverish rush of the crowd, you'll be safe. In this dazzling world of electric shadows, he will never find you. But watch it, Shelby. You're arousing suspicion in the one man who has offered you refuge. What'll happen when he discovers what you're running from? What'll be at risk when he uncovers your dead world of family secrets, blackmail, and murder? Where can the two of you hide when a...

PASSIONATE PERIL Chandra Lansing was a woman with dangerous information. Of that, Naval investigative agent Linc Reese was certain-though she couldn't hide much in the swimsuit she'd been wearing when he'd fished her out of the Pacific. But Linc knew only too well the look of desperation-and this blue-eyed mermaid seemed burdened to the breaking point. Beguiled, he ached to help her...before she was thrown once again into jeopardy. Bitter experience had proved to Chandra Lansing that every man had his price. Yet here was Linc Reese, ready to track down her would-be murderer, demanding nothing...

HEAVEN SENT Alexandra Logan was at her wits' end She was nearly broke, her farm was failing, and the local townspeople were angry at her boarders. So she looked to the skies for help...and it miraculously arrived in the very pleasing form of Michael Justice. But Michael was like no man Alexandra had ever met Michael had been sent to earth to help those in need, and Alexandra certainly fit that category. But in no time he was having feelings for her that had much more to do with body than soul Yet how could he ever tell her the truth-that he was no mere mortal, but an angel in disguise?

A FATHER'S SEARCH Josh Kincaid Profile: Hard-edged business tycoon One point of vulnerability: Jason, his missing son Josh Kincaid would do anything to get Jason back, even work with unorthodox investigator Hunter Garrett. He'd spent a lifetime not needing anyone. This beautiful, intelligent woman soon became important to him in ways he'd never anticipated. Hunter Garrett Specialty: Finding missing children Credentials: An impressive success rate Hunter Garrett knew too well the devastating emotional price of losing a child, and she vowed to prevent that tragedy from happening to Josh. She...

SHELTER FROM THE STORM Trace Dalton had spent three long years searching for the mysterious woman who had changed his life forever. But when the famous film star finally found Christy Reno, nothing could convince her that he wanted her for keeps, nothing could prove to her that she need never again face life's storms alone. Christy had thought of Trace every day for the past three years, and she thought of him now every time she looked into her daughter's eyes-eyes that were so like the child's famous father's. But Christy could never be part of this man's world. And she was determined to...