Although Ryder and Hadlee have finally found peace concerning the death of Hadlee's mother, and the door to a fragile friendship has opened, inescapable consequences remain. For Ryder the final consequence-he is powerless to change-is the torment of loving Hadlee. He knows she will never give him her heart, and he must never reveal his. As Ryder struggles to conceal his love for Hadlee, an unexpected experience restores the memory of how he came into Injanae. Before the conspirators can complete the new preparations that dark and dangerous escape will require, the king sets in motion the last...

Jessie Garrison jumps at the offer to escape the mistakes and heartaches of her past and start a new life as a schoolteacher on a remote tropical island in the Indian Ocean. The island of Toolowa sits a thousand miles off the western coast of Australia, on the Tropic of Capricorn, and is home to many unique plants and animals. It also harbors a deadly secret-one that could change the face of World War II and bring Jessie's past back to haunt her.

During a daring and mysterious train robbery, in 1908, two U.S. Marshals are murdered, and half a million dollars in rare Colombian emeralds are stolen. It's up to U.S. Marshal Jack Garrison to find the ruthless killer and recover the emeralds. The few clues Jack uncovers leads him to Kedra Moore, a beautiful Nahtow Indian. From the moment he looks into Kedra's hypnotic gold eyes, Jack feels a connection to her that he can't understand. The mounting evidence says Kedra Moore is a coldblooded killer, something Jack's heart doesn't want to accept. Only when the link that connects them comes to...