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Avant d’être assassiné dans l’île d’Aruba, Teddy Bailey envoie un ultime cadeau à sa sœur Jane : une bien étrange cassette qui la pousse à s’envoler aussitôt pour les Petites Antilles… Loin de chercher la détente promise par les dépliants touristiques, Jane commence alors dans un hôtel-casino d’Aruba une enquête qui l’entraînera sur une piste jalonnée d’embûches, au cours de laquelle elle rencontrera Phillip Decker…

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Books are her business. Her taste runs to lavender and lace. But when it comes to trouble, exquisite Jane Bailey knows how to shoot first and ask questions later.

Unraveling the riddle of her own brother's murder sweeps her from her bookstore in Tulsa to the opulent casinos of Aruba. With the mysterious Phillip Decker turning her nights into dreams of tropical desire, she's suddenly a woman who's leapt into danger... a woman who knows too much about a stolen diamond necklace and too little about the man who's stealing her heart.

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While probing the murder of her brother, mild-mannered bookstore owner Jane Bailey meets handsome insurance investigator Phillip Decker and joins him on a dangerous mission that sweeps them from midwest America to Aruba

Are you happy? Are you married? Are you tired of life in the fast lane?

The answers were "yes," "no," and "maybe." As her postcards implied, Devon O'Neal, star reporter, had done well in New York. She wasn't sure what had brought her home to Arkansas, but within days she had her first local assignment: a profile of Cord McKenna, the senator's son.

Cordonce he'd been the most important man in Devon's young life. Why was he now campaign Manager for Victor Stevens, his father's tough, and reputedly corrupt, opponent? Everything signaled danger, yet Devon couldn't resist the challenge -- the challenge of getting the goods on Stevens and on Cord himself the one man who could calm the restless wind that was driving her -- and who could make the answer to all of the above "Yes!"

She'd known it from the moment she set eyes on him. Dr. Simon Gregory didn't want a woman in his house. Neat as a pin, methodical as clockwork he'd feared a woman would upset his carefully ordered world--and want something from him. Well, he was right! Joanna Sinclair, late riser, junk-food addict, and famed consumer advocate had come to teach at Houghton College, bringing all her crazy habits with her. She had nothing in common with her impeccable landlord-colleague -- except the inexplicable attraction that magnetized her. She would upset his applecart. She did want something from him. How could she resist drawing him into the maelstrom of emotions he excited in her... emotions that made her long for the eternal order, the perfect spontaneity of love?

One look -- one provocative look -- had sent her running. It was easy to see that Pierce Buchanan was going to be a problem. Attorney Anne Fleming knew she was right to be wary of her legal adversary.

She was as determined to keep their relationship on a professional basis as he was intent on making it personal. He came from a world of elegant restaurants, fast cars, and even faster society women. She had a child, a reputation, and a poor client to protect. Riming a no-nonsense ear to his every romantic endearment, Anne knew she could stand her ground against him in the courtroom -- but could she maintain her defenses against her own delinquent desires?

"Come, I need you!" he had cabled, and she hadn't hesitated. But what could Fletcher Robbins need? He was as big and tough as all Texas!

And how could Casey hide her shock and pain when she arrived to find him involved with a beautiful blond clinging vine? Hadn't he always considered feelings a sign of weakness? Hadn't their marriage taught Casey to hide hers behind a bristly facade? She had become even tougher, more independent, since the divorce, but one look into Fletcher's steely gray eyes warned that explosive emotions were seething just beneath the surface. The passion was still there, hot and volatile as a desert wind caressing the harsh spikes of the lonely cactus until it ached to burst into a rapturous flower.

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"Come, I need you!" he had cabled, and she hadn't hesitated. But what could Fletcher Robbins need? He was big and tough as Texas! And how could Casey hide her shock and pain when she arrived to find him involved with a beautiful blond clinging vine?

After eight long years Rachel Quinn couldn't wait for her husband to resign his commission in the navy and come home to Norfolk, Virginia, where she'd worked so long and hard to maintain their home.

But strong, stubborn Adam showed no signs of being able to adjust to civilian life. Nor could he accept Rachel's newfound independence as owner of her own exclusive gift shop. Each time he took her in his arms their passion proved stronger than ever, but was love enough to keep them together? Faced with Adam's ultimatum, Rachel refused to give up her challenging new life. But how could she let him go when she'd just gotten him back ...when a lifetime in his arms still wouldn't be enough?