Jayne Ann Krentz

After Charity Truitt, CEO of a Seattle department store walks out on her engagement party, she begins a new life managing a book store in a small town. One day she meets Elias Winters, a burned-out Pacific Rim financier who has come to manage a junk store. The pair explore each other's past and libidos, a slow process until a murder speeds it up.

"An unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a machine that could change the world"--

When a shady business deal goes awry, Honor Knight is desperate to flee the U.S. with her life--even if it means taking refuge deep in rural Mexico. Her captor has other ideas. Judd Raven has been hired--by two men claiming to be her father and brother-- to hunt Honor down. Honor knows that delivery into their hands means certain death. Judd's been led to believe she's a compulsive liar. How can she prove to her kidnapper that these men are seasoned,...

Two corporate executives battle each other during a hostile takeover in Seattle and land in bed. They are the hero and heroine of a romantic mystery involving computer-software shenanigans, murder and lots of steamy sex. By the author of Eye of the Beholder.

There was no passion to break her heart, no love to risk and lose. Marrying her boss, prominent businessman Cormick Grayson, was a very reasonable proposition for a women who'd been hurt in love before. It was a mutually beneficial arrangement, at first. But something wasn't right. Grey's eyes told her there was more to this than a polite, passionless marriage. But Grey's cool, impersonal distance left Amber wondering about the man she'd married.

Jacob Stone was part body guard, and part troubleshooter for Ravenscroft International--and the subject of many a woman's fantasies. Emily Ravenscroft was no exception. Throughout the years, Jacob had gotten Emily out of several scrapes. And now, he'd been summoned to rescue Emily from a marriage that promised to end in disaster. This time, instead of a reckless hellion, Jacob found a lovely woman who was completely in charge of her life. One thing...

Mystery writer Kimberly Sawyer lives alone and likes it that way. But when she is threatened by a hooded figure, and a blood-red rose with a needle thrust into its heart is left on her doorstep, she knows she needs protection. So it seems like perfect timing when Napa Valley vineyard owner Darius Cavenaugh returns to Kimberly's life, offering help and a place to stay. But how did he know she needed him? Was it the deep, intuitive intimacy of a soulmate......