Best Selling Books by Anne Stuart

The job was supposed to be dead easy—hand-deliver some legal papers to billionaire philanthropist Harry Van Dorn''s extravagant yacht, get his signature and be done. But Manhattan lawyer Genevieve Spenser soon realizes she''s in the wrong place at the wrong time, and that the publicly benevolent playboy has a sick, vicious side. As he tries to make her his plaything for the evening, eager to use and abuse her until he discards her with the rest of his victims, Genevieve must keep her wits if she intends to survive the night. But there''s someone else on the ship who knows the true depths of Van Dorn''s evil. Peter Jensen is far more than the unassuming personal assistant he pretends to be—he''s a secret operative who will stop at nothing to ensure Harry''s deadly Rule of Seven terror campaign dies with him. But Genevieve''s presence has thrown a wrench into his plans, and now he must decide whether to risk his mission to keep her alive, or allow her to become collateral damage….

Strangers In The Night by Anne Stuart\Chelsea Quinn Yarbro\Maggie Shayne released on Aug 25, 1995 is available now for purchase.

A beloved romance that offers a distinctive—and distinctly entertaining—take on Valentine’s Day. The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre was supposed to be the end for Al Capone’s rivals. Instead, it turned out to be a second chance. For James Sheridan Rafferty, it’s turning out to be an eternity of second chances, one year after another. Assistant prosecutor Helen Emerson is plagued by a bad dream she can never quite remember, a nightmare that seems to be part of someone else’s life. Then a man who calls himself Rafferty comes knocking on her door… Just like he’s had every Valentine’s Day since 1929, Rafferty has fortyeight hours in which to fall in love and redeem himself. This former gangster thinks that Helen might just be the gal for him, but he has to find out who’s trying to kill her if either one of them is going to have any kind of chance at all. Previously published.

When you dance with the devil, you hold hands with temptation...

Her power-hungry husband takes pleasure in her pain, but she''s done playing the victim. Three years ago, ex-operative Sophie Jordan made the mistake of falling in love--and marrying--her target. Now she''s paying for it tenfold. Her husband might be one of the sexiest men alive, but he''s also a psychopath. She''s been a virtual prisoner, and the time has come for retribution--and escape. Undercover agent Malcolm Gunnison has his orders: get intel from Sophie''s arms-dealer husband, then kill him. He plans to get rid of her, too, if she gets in his way, but he''s unprepared when she gets under his skin instead. Whose side is she on? And what is she hiding behind those mesmerizing eyes? Sophie vowed to never fall for another man again, but this sexy undercover agent is different. With danger mounting, can Malcolm and Sophie trust each other--and their growing passion--enough to get out of this operation alive?

The man known as the Scorpion is as dangerous as his counterpart—most people keep a safe distance. But Miranda Rohan is already ruined and in need of a friend—surely the mysterious Scorpion will pose no threat. But even the flagrantly wicked Scorpion has his dark secrets, and Miranda has been his pawn for longer than she could ever imagine. The Scorpions are deadly, but a Rohan never retreats. With games and lies, betrayal and revenge, who will triumph in their dark game, particularly when fiery attraction comes into the bargain?

\"Dangerous Lover by Anne Stuart: Emma O''Bannion has been entertaining herself with romantic daydreams about the mysterious, gorgeous Frenchman who''s moved into her New York apartment building. On a whim, she decides to act on her instincts for once, and ends up in water so hot that her heart may never beat normally again! Once Upon a Mattress by Vicki Lewis Thompson: Amelia Townsend''s Bedroom Fantasies store is a tremendous hit, but being the boss has definite drawbacks. Though she feels a bit awkward indicating any personal interest in her deliveryman, Will Murdoch, the guy makes her salivate every time he muscles a mattress onto the truck. And now he''s asked for her advice on waging a secret admirer campaign for another woman! Special Deliveries by Marisa Carroll: Nine-year-old Dani Jenson and her little sister think Christy, their new neighbor, and their dad would be a really good match, and Dani has figured out a perfect plan to get them together. Unfortunately, the anonymous cards the girls have been sending prompt Christy to go to the Authorities, and the path that was supposed to lead to romance for Del Jensen points to the police station instead!\" -- From Goodreads.

Caught dancing barefoot in the moonlit woods, dressed only in her shift, Elizabeth Penshurst is considered by decent folk to be notorious and disgraced. Sent by her father, a reverend, to serve penance with a cousin in Hernewood, Lizzie sets her thoughts on becoming the perfectly demure and reserved young woman any suitor would want. But evil haunts the woods of Hernewood Abbey. As the Druid festival of Beltane approaches, a sinister cult seeks a virgin sacrifice. Their intended victim: Lizzie. Her only defender--and the man likely to relieve her of her dangerous maidenhood--is the mysterious Gabriel, the Dark Man, a fellow outcast and scholar of Druidism. The forest calls to them both. Their irresistible attraction, both mystical and bawdy, may be the only force more powerful than the cult''s dark purpose.

Pro bono lawyer Jenny Parker is the only true innocent in her family. The daughter of a New Orleans crime lord, she''s tried for years to make her own way, but family ties always manage to pull her back in line. When her youngest brother gets involved in human trafficking, Jenny wants to believe him innocent and tries to protect him, even though it means covering for his crimes. Matthew Ryder knows Jenny is hiding something, and he couldn''t care less about her motives. As a member of the Committee, a covert anticrime agency, he''s dealt with the worst the world has to offer. To him, Jenny is just another criminal. But when she asks for help, things turn dangerous quickly, and though he can''t trust her, he can''t turn her away. Now, Jenny and Ryder must head to South America to stop the trafficking ring. To find the truth, they''ll have to survive untamed jungles, hostile rebels, crushing betrayals, and--perhaps most dangerous--the fire of their undeniable attraction.

Rancho Diablo by Anne Stuart released on Apr 24, 1990 is available now for purchase.

Three novels in one. In \"Cinderman, \" a doctor is changed by an experiment that backfires and becomes powerful in the ways of seduction. In \"Cry for the Moon, \" a woman finds love amid the motley crew of a weird apartment building. In \"Chasing Trouble, \" a tough-guy private eye gets tangled with a nutty heiress.

Jeannie MacPherson left her ice cream empire to find peace on a rustic Maine island. Instead she found irascible Matthew Connelly, recovering from a suspicious gunshot wound. It didn’t help that he was drop-dead gorgeous. Or that he was just as reluctantly attracted to her as she was to him. Connelly had secrets, and Jeannie didn’t trust him. But that wasn’t enough to keep her away from him. Or to keep her from following him when he left without warning. Neither of them wanted to fall in love. But sometimes fate has other plans.

Chasing Trouble by Anne Stuart released on Sep 24, 1991 is available now for purchase.

This book is a classic romance, originally published in 1983. After escaping from an abusive relationship, Cathy Whiteheart has sworn off men. She has no desire to date, and she’s not looking for love. When her meddling sister, drags Cathy on to Sinclair MacDonald’s yacht, neither the handsome man nor his considerable charm is going to change Cathy’s mind. At least not at first. But Sinclair is handsome and kind and when the two are thrown together time and time again, he starts to make Cathy long for the kind of love she’s always dreamed of.

From USA TODAY bestselling authors comes a special 3-in-1 in which one magic candle beings hope and love to three women. Three short stories in which the wintry magic of Crescent Cove, Vermont, reaches out to touch three very different women during the holiday season.

Two lighthearted stories from the Harlequin Romance( line compose this special sampler. In Stuart''s \"Kissing Frosty, \" Megan McGraw is ready to meet the perfect man, so she and a friend cast a spell on a snowman. And in Leclaire''s \"The Boss, the Baby and the Bride, \" businessman Reed Harding hires Angie Makepeace as his 13th secretary--and is convinced she is his guardian angel.

The Soldier Tough, gorgeous soldier of fortune Reilly (Whatever his other name is) promised his best friend he’d take care of his wife and baby, bringing them out of the war-torn South American country they were stuck in. He was expecting a spoiled, glamorous socialite, not a quiet, stubborn girl devoted to the tiny infant. The Nun Carlie Forrest had been waiting a long time to take her final vows, but caring for the new-born baby of a dead woman was more important, leaving her stuck in the abandoned convent. She wasn’t going to just hand the baby over to a man who looked like he’d never changed a diaper in his life, and she didn’t mind pretending to be the dead socialite in order to keep the child safe. The Baby Everyone wants him – the rebels, the dead dictator’s army, the rich American grandparents, and Carlie. Can she let him go when the safest place was cold and heartless? The Problem He’s all business – he has no intention of falling for his best friend’s widow. She’s all business – she doesn’t want to fall in love with this big, tough, gorgeous man. But love and trouble don’t listen to good intentions, not when you’re thrown together with your unexpected and inconvenient soul mate.

Reporter Suzanna Molloy is looking for the story that will change her world, and she’s pretty sure that story is Dr. Daniel Crompton, a gorgeous, grumpy genius, obsessively working in his lab on something secret. Suzanna loves secrets, and she’s not averse to gorgeous geniuses, either, so a trip to Compton Labs is a moral imperative. Daniel Compton is working on a project he knows will change the world. Instead, a lab explosion changes him, giving him fantastic powers. But with great powers come great enemies, and now he’s on the run with Susanna, stuck with a power that’s hard to control and a woman who’s hard to resist.

The Gunslinger... Mad Billy Maddox, aka the Angel of Death, comes to the tiny town in Johnson County, Wyoming as a gun for hire to scare away the settlers. He’s a man who makes his living with his guns, and he never expects to find someone to make him want to change his ways. The Lady... Sara is the sweet and shy wife of the biggest bully in town. She’s learned not to let anything scare her, but the way Will Maddox looks at her shakes her up far worse than her husband’s heavy fists. She knows she should hate him, but she can’t. Together... He’s a bad man, and she’s a good woman. There’s no future for them in the wild Wyoming territory. But Maddox is a man who gets what he wants, no matter how high the price, and he wants Sara. Not even the fact that he killed her husband will get in his way. (Previously published as “Dangerous Touch” in the One Night With a Rogue anthology)

Angela Hogan is a pilot. A good pilot, and one of the few female flying aces of the 1930s. Struggling to make a living while the Great Depression rages, Angela has no problem running a small business and competing with men who believe a woman’s place is in the home. She has a plan to bring in business. All she needs to do is break the record for flying from Newfoundland to Havana, and that’s exactly what she plans to do. But when a competing air freight company threatens her livelihood, Angela has no choice but to hire a hotshot pilot with a reputation for setting records in the air and being a lady’s man on the ground. Jack Clancy doesn’t like bossy women. He prefers blondes with more beauty than brains, but he takes the job at Hogan Air Freight in order to save enough money to ship his own plane back to the States and get it the repairs it needs. He tries to tell himself that’s the only reason, even as he is drawn inexplicably to Angela Hogan. The female pilot and her determined attitude bother Jack, but that doesn’t stop him from fantasizing about what lies beneath that prim and proper exterior, even as she squares off to fight him at every turn. Soon Jack and Angela’s shared passion for flying turns into a passion for one another. But Jack has no intention of becoming tied to a woman like Angela and having his wings clipped. And Angela has no intention of leaving the flying to the men so she can become a homemaker. She intends to finish what she started and break the record for the flight she had planned, even when it turns out that the record she’s breaking belongs to Jack Clancy.

TALK ABOUT LOST IN TRANSLATION… In the wake of a failed love affair, brainy beauty Jilly Lovitz takes off for Tokyo. She’s expecting to cry on her sister Summer’s shoulder, then spend a couple months blowing off steam in Japan. Instead, she’s snatched away on the back of a motorcycle, narrowly avoiding a grisly execution attempt meant for her sister and brother-in-law. Her rescuer is Reno, the Committee’s most unpredictable agent. They’d met once before and the attraction was odd—tattooed Yakuza punk meets leggy California egghead—but electric. Now Reno and Jilly are pawns in a deadly tangle of assassination attempts, kidnappings and prisoner swaps that could put their steamy partnership on ice.

Catspaw Ii by Anne Stuart released on Oct 25, 1988 is available now for purchase.

Jane Dexter is in need of a criminal. After her brother is killed in a car accident, the secret formula that had been his life’s work is about to be auctioned to the highest bidder, a fact that Jane knows would make her brother roll over in his grave. With no legal recourse, Jane has decided that her only option is to burn down the lab where her brother worked and destroy the formula in the process, so she approaches long-time criminal, Jimmy (the Stoolie) Calvin and asks him to help her commit arson. At least she thinks she does. Thanks to a typo in the newspaper, the man Jane believes is Jimmy the Stoolie is actually his high-powered attorney, Alexander Caldicott. Alexander (Sandy) Caldicott is bored. Everything about his life is predictable until Jane Dexter appears at his door asking him to commit arson. Sandy goes along with her plan, telling himself that pretending to be the seasoned criminal is the only way to prevent Jane from committing a felony. Together the unlikely partners work to discover a way to keep the formula from falling into the wrong hands, all the while trying to stay one step ahead from a dangerous man who may be willing to kill to get the formula for himself. With danger lurking around every corner, Jane and Sandy have no where to turn but to each other.

Abby has just arrived in Summerville, Ohio, with her placid Newfoundland, Bowser. She''s reluctantly inherited her grandmother''s coffee shop, but it''s not long before she''s brewing up trouble in the form of magical baked goods and steaming up her life with an exasperating college professor. And then there''s Daisy, a web code writer, and her hyperactive Jack Russell, Bailey. Her tightly-wound world spins out of control when she discovers the chaos within and meets a mysterious dog trainer whose teaching style is definitely hands-on. Finally there''s Shar, professor of ancient history at Summerville College, who wakes up one morning to find her neurotic dachshund, Wolfie, snarling at an implacable god sitting at her kitchen table, the first thing in her life she hasn''t been able to footnote. What on earth is going on in this unearthly little town? It''s up to Abby, Daisy, and Shar to find out before an ancient goddess takes over Southern Ohio, and they all end up in the apocalyptic doghouse...

A mysterious man masquerades as political fugitive Emmet Chandler, but his mission becomes complicated by his growing attraction to Chandler''s beautiful sister, Rachel. Reissue.

My Valentine 93 by Anne Stuart\Judith Arnold\Anne McAllister\Linda Randall Wisdom released on Dec 25, 1992 is available now for purchase.

Emma O’Bannion has a crush on the mysterious Frenchman who lives above her, and for Valentine’s Day she decides to be his secret admirer. There’s one problem—Luc is a retired agent, and sees danger everywhere, particularly in a bouquet of roses and a box of poisoned chocolates. It’s easy enough for him to discover who’s stalking him, easy for him to kidnap her and find out exactly who she’s working for. Except that apparently her only motive is a misplaced crush. Too bad that he’s starting to feel the same way.

This Valentine''s Day, three unsuspecting couples won''t know with hit them--but Cupid will! The Cupid Connection is a collection of three heartfelt tales about men and women who fall prey to Cupid''s red arrows--on the most romantic day of the year. These stories by three bestselling authors are sure to make your readers swoon! Republished titles.

Investigating the cult she believes robbed her of her inheritance, Rachel comes under the spell of its charismatic leader.

Ghislaine has one goal–to kill the man who abandoned her to the horrors of the French Revolution. When poison fails to do the trick, she finds herself kidnapped by her nemesis and dragged across war-torn Europe, and while her need for vengeance stays strong, so does her re-awakened passion for the wicked, beautiful man. Nicholas Windham has no interest in morality, politics or guilt. Ghislaine, on the other hand, captivates him, and her justified murderous streak is almost a beguiling as her sweet body. He just never expected to fall in love with her. Can two enemies find peace in each other’s arms? Or will the wounds of the past destroy their happy ending?

\"Blackheart is pure Stuart Bad Boy, so sexy he will knock your socks off.\" --The Best Reviews \"Stuart proves it takes a thief to steal your heart!\" --The Best Reviews It takes a thief to steal her heart. Catspaw 1 A reformed cat burglar. Can he be trusted? Self-made socialite Francesca \"Ferris\" Byrd is too sharp to be fooled by even the smartest--and sexiest--man, even when he''s notorious ex-thief Patrick Blackheart, now one of San Francisco''s most eligible bachelors. Blackheart runs a respectable security business these days, and seems like the perfect man to protect the fabulous Von Emmerling emeralds. All he has to do is make certain the jewels get back to their owner after an elite charity ball. And all Ferris has to do is make sure he isn''t tempted to keep them. The problem is, temptation is Blackheart''s specialty, and from the moment they meet it''s clear that he''d love to steal Ferris away from her stodgy life. When the emeralds disappear, Blackheart is a top suspect. His reputation--and Ferris''s hard-won social standing--are at stake. What''s a woman to do when she''s got to kick off her high heels and follow her heart? Catspaw 2 He won her love. But is it enough to keep him out of trouble? Being engaged to sexy-hot reformed cat burglar Patrick Blackheart, now a legit security expert, is thrilling, but a challenge. Ferris Byrd has loosened up, but she''s still a law-abiding socialite, and Blackheart promised to steer clear of his old habits. If he doesn''t, the wedding is off. When a string of jewel heists in Europe matches Blackheart''s recent travel itinerary, Ferris fears he''s succumbed to his old ways. Why was he secretive about his whereabouts? She wants to believe that someone''s setting him up, but . . . An exhibit of Faberge eggs at the San Francisco Museum is the ultimate catnip for a jewel thief, and Ferris is in charge of them. She''ll be ready and waiting to unmask this cat burglar. She desperately hopes he''s not Blackheart. Anne Stuart is currently celebrating forty-five years as a published novelist. She has won every major award in the romance field and appeared on the NYT Bestseller List, Publisher''s Weekly, and USA Today. Anne Stuart currently lives in northern Vermont.

When Judith Daniels’ friend calls her in the middle of the night and says that someone is trying to kill her, Judith assumes it’s more of Lacey’s usual drama. After a full day of work at her small-town newspaper and several nights with very little sleep, Judith doesn’t have time for Lacey’s wild imagination, but when she wakes up to discover that her best friend is dead, she realizes that while the police may be calling the death an accident, she owes it to her friend to discover if something more sinister has taken place. Lacey had been working at The Puppet Factory for world famous puppeteer, Ryan Smith. Ryan is rich, gorgeous, famous and reclusive. And he might be the last person who saw Lacey alive. Ryan realizes what Judith is up to almost as soon as she walks through the door to interview for a position that she’s far too qualified for. He recognizes the nosey reporter from pictures Lacey had shown him, but he also knows that kicking her out will only make her think he has something to hide. He’s sure that Lacey’s death was nothing more than a tragic accident, and he assumes the best way to prove that to Judith is to let her stay at The Puppet Factory and do a little investigating of her own. The fact that he is attracted to her has nothing to do with it. The only flaw with Ryan’s plan is that Lacey’s death was no accident. And the closer Ryan gets to Judith the closer the killer gets to her.

Fragile Laura Fitzpatrick has lived her entire life with the certainty of an early death, and her wealthy family hasn’t been able to do anything to change her fate. Over the years, she’s come to think of death as a friend, a long-lost companion she is bound to meet again someday. But she isn’t prepared to meet Death himself, human for a short time, up in the snowy mountains of Colorado. She only knows he is the one she loves, the one she is waiting for. He had never been so bemused by a gentle human. All he can do is stop everything, life and death and time itself, to discover everything about her, knowing in the end he would have to let her go. But why, when she looks at him, isn’t she afraid?

Carolina Cunningham is not the woman she pretends to be. As owner of the Queen of Diamonds Saloon, she hides her innocence behind a tough exterior, and she has no time for a gunslinger turned sheriff who’s only interested in killing. And in her. O’Malley is in town for one reason only—to kill Little Billy Gaither, the notorious outlaw and murderer. Falling in love with Carolina only makes things more complicated, since she’s number one on Billy’s hitlist. Somehow O’Malley’s got to keep her alive, kill the monstrous Billy, and talk her into lowering her defenses. They could be happy together, if Carolina will just give it a chance. And if Little Billy Gaither doesn’t kill them first.

Twenty years ago a talented and rising poet disappeared in the Maine woods. Now English professor Molly Ferrell wants to write his story. In order to do that, she has to find out what really happened to Michael O''Flannery.

Lost In The Night by Barbara Delinsky\Anne Stuart\Tara Taylor Quinn released on Jul 25, 2003 is available now for purchase.

Museum curator Summer Hawthorne considered the exquisite ice-blue ceramic bowl given to her by her beloved Japanese nanny a treasure of sentimental value-- until somebody tried to kill her for it. The priceless relic is about to ignite a global power struggle that must be stopped at all costs. It''s a desperate situation, and international operative Takashi O''Brien has received his directive: everybody is expendable. \"Everybody.\" Especially the woman who is getting dangerously under his skin as the lethal game crosses the Pacific to the remote and beautiful mountains of Japan, where the truth can be as seductive as it is deadly... .