Best Selling Books by Maggie Shayne

The Queen of Vampire Romance returns with this 2-in-1 reissue. New and old fans will never be disappointed. EMBRACE THE TWILIGHT: A creature of the night, Sarafina lives only for pleasure, and love is a forbidden emotion. Experience has taught her that love leads only to betrayal and pain. Willem Stone is a challenge Sarafina cannot resist - a man as boldly alive as she is, a man with a will of iron, yet a mere mortal. And the only thing stronger than their clash of wills is the power of their desire. But when vampire hunters take Amber Lily, the only child ever born to a vampire, Sarafina and Willem must put their struggle aside and combine their strengths in a rescue attempt that could cost them their very lives. EDGE OF TWILIGHT: His name is Edge, and he is the last of a band of Immortals who have been hunted down and murdered by Frank Stiles - an enemy determined to unlock their deepest secrets. A legend among the undead, Amber Lily is the only half human, half vampire ever born, and is possessed of untamed powers. Amber alone understands the dangerous threat of Frank Stiles. Only she may hold the key to his vulnerability... and his doom. Amber is drawn into the hunt. In doing so, she will cast her fate to a passion that may be her destiny and to an evil she may not be able to defeat.

Born In Twilight He found her in an abandoned building, half–starved, her face chalk white yet strikingly beautiful. Those violet eyes drew him closer, even though Jameson Bryant knew what she was. Even though she warned him away. But it was too late. With one parting of her lips, the hungry creature of the night took him... Nine months later, their tiny dark angel was born...in twilight. Twilight Vows Rachel Sullivan had hoped to learn his secrets but found herself at the mercy of mysterious vampire Donovan O''Roark. Now her sexy captor was about to discover her own desire; to give up her innocence to the man she''d always loved.

To save innocent lives, they''ll have to risk their own.

As a little girl, Sara Brand witnessed the murder of her family, an event that has left deep emotional scars. She''s beginning to heal, having found extended family in Texas and the brother she thought she''d lost. On break from her job teaching Kindergarten, Sarah has come to vacation at Sugar Keep, an old plantation in the Louisiana Bayou country. But trouble hasn''t finished with her yet. It shows up in the form of darkly handsome Jake Nash, a man with a hands-off attitude and sizzling brown eyes, who turns out to be an ex-con suspected of murder. Before she can make up her mind about him, someone is killed right in front of Sarah''s eyes. She doesn''t see the killer, but the killer saw her. Now she''s on the run and there''s only one person protecting her. Jake. Is he "her shield" as a Voodoo Priestess told her, or is he stalking her with the intent to silence her forever?

In a world of shadows and moonlight, no one is really what they seem.... "Run from Twilight"

Darryl is on a quest for peace. His chance at fatherhood was taken from him long ago, and an IED in Iraq ensured he''d never get another. In Big Falls, the McIntyre brothers hire him to keep an eye on their beautiful cousin Sophie in case her criminal ex shows up. He doesn''t expect to fall head over heels. Sophie McIntyre''s life was blown apart by a drug dealing ex who cost her her job and nearly her medical license. She comes to Big Falls because she has nowhere else to go. And the minute she gets there, things start to get better. Is it because of that letter to Santa her Aunt Vidalia convinced her to write? Within days she meets a beautiful man with a deeply wounded soul. And oddly, she finds herself giving him the same advice the town Santa gave to her-try believing again, and if it''s too much to believe, then just try hoping. Love, magic, and miracles ensue.Because this is Big Falls, Oklahoma. Miracles are an everyday occurrence around here. Especially at Christmastime. BELIEVE AGAIN with MAGGIE SHAYNE expanded author''s cut edition of the story previously published in Buckles, Boots and Mistletoe.

For the first time in a box set, the first three stories in New York Times bestselling author Maggie Shayne’s Brown and De Luca series, where you can’t trust what you see, and danger lurks in the shadows. Sleep with the Lights On When a cornea transplant restores Rachel De Luca’s sight, the new eyes seem to give her new life. Until she starts seeing terrifying visions of brutal murders — crimes she soon learns are all too real. Detective Mason Brown wants to help Rachel, but when he discovers a shocking connection between them, he’ll have to do everything in his power to save her from a predator who is somehow still hunting from beyond the grave. Dream of Danger Murder brought self-help guru Rachel de Luca and Detective Mason Brown together. Their shared secrets drove them apart. Desperate to find a missing friend, Rachel has no choice but to turn to Mason. Their investigation into takes them ever deeper into danger — now it’s a race against time as these reluctant partners fight to stave off passion and save a life. Wake to Darkness A string of murders brings Rachel and Mason together again. Mason thinks that he can protect everyone he loves, including Rachel, by taking them to a winter hideaway, but danger follows them up the mountain. As guests disappear from a snowbound resort, the race to find the murderer intensifies. Rachel knows she’s a target. Will acknowledging her feelings for Mason destroy her — or save them both and stop a killer?

Left at the Altar!When Adam Brand''s first and only love Kirsten chose not to show up on their wedding day, he was devastated. When she turned up again, married to the town''s richest old man, it was almost a relief. His seething anger overpowered his heartbreak.At least, outwardly it did. Inside he never understood, and rather than be forced to see her playing trophy bride to a billionaire, he left Quinn, Texas, his family, and the Texas Brand.But now he''s back, and Kirsten''s in trouble. Her wealthy husband has been shot dead. His blood is on her hands, and his gun bears her prints.The secrets she''s been keeping for longer than Adam ever suspected, have finally come home to roost, and there''s only one man who can save her from the mess she''s made of her life.The one man with more cause to hate her than anyone, more cause to hate her than he even knows. And now she has no choice but to tell him the awful truth.

Back from the Dead?Ben Brand is still in mourning for his long lost wife, Penny. It''s been two years since she died in a fiery car wreck leaving her wedding band as the only identifiable thing on her body.Now he wonders if his endless grief has finally driven him crazy, because he''s seen her, twice now, once outside his gym in town where he teaches martial arts to kids, and once right outside his bedroom window.Is Ben losing his mind...or experiencing a miracle?

THE DARKEST ANGEL by Gena Showalter: An iron-willed demon assassin, the angel Lysander has never known lust - until he meets Bianka. Spawned from the bloodline of Lucifer, the beautiful but deadly Harpy is determined to lead the pure hearted Lysander into temptation... LOVE ME TO DEATH by Maggie Shayne: Twenty-two years ago four teenage boys were convicted of a young girl''s murder. Now, in the form of a beautiful woman, the ''victim'' is seeking vengeance. And only one man dares to dig into the past to uncover its secrets ...and set her free. LADY OF THE NILE by Susan Krinard: Lady Tameri believes herself to be the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian princess, and Leo Erskine has set out to prove her wrong... never dreaming that the two of them are about to discover a prophecy that will bind them together forever.

Years after he has a wondrous childhood experience in an enchanted forest, the grown and somber Adam Reid encounters the half-fairy Brigit but refuses to believe his experience and Brigit''s claims are true. Original.

I am Rhiannon.This is my origin story.My original name was Rhianikki, firstborn of Pharaoh. My bare feet sank into the sands of Egypt when the pyramids were new. My mother was a divine queen who died giving birth to me and they say the walls of the palace trembled when they took me, wailing, from her cold arms.I was special and not just by virtue of my inherent divinity.But rather than honor my gifts, my father feared them. And when I was five years old, he and his new queen sent me far away from their newborn twin sons, to live at the Temple of Isis, where I learned and grew and became the woman I still am, more than three thousand years later.That temple is where I was raised, by holy women who taught me the secrets of the gods and of the goddesses and all the ways of magic.There I met Luca, a father figure like my own had never been, who could only visit me by night and who said we were related in a way I would not understand until I was older.During those years, I rescued stolen children; I answered women''s prayers; I helped artists find their calling; I caused a poor, small village to thrive, and I saw the face of my beloved in the glass-like crystal ball of a prophet.I communed with Isis nightly and became convinced she lived within me, that my soul was divine.That assumption has never left me.

"PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS OUT OF THIS WORLD MARRIAGE. This book has been re-edited, re-polished, re-packaged, and made available for a whole new audience. One reader wrote: a This story will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you wish the book could go on forever.a Originally published as a Silhouette Intimate Moments, about 75-80,000 words, or 250 paperback pages. Thomas Duffy''s heart is hard, and he likes it that way. After 8 years as a military doctor on a war-torn third world island, he''s learned that caring too much will tear a man apart. He hasn''t always been that way. The little boy inside him "the one who spun wild fantasies about rescuing beautiful girls from far away planets "still whispers to him from within. He ignores that little boy. But when something crashes into the woods behind his Iowa farm, it''s that little boy who compels him to go running out in the dead of night to investigate. And when he finds that same little girl, all grown up and more beautiful than ever, he can no longer doubt the truth. The fantasy of his childhood was real. And the girl who fell from the stars is back."--

You are more powerful than you ever dreamed.The Law of Attraction is currently sweeping our awareness thanks to works like those of Jerry and Esther Hicks and the hit film, THE SECRET. "Like attracts like," it says. "You can only experience what you put out," it says. "You can and do create your own reality," it says. To those who practice natural magick, folk magick, witchcraft, this is old news. Creating one''s reality is what spells are all about.Now for the first time, a high priestess and elder in the Craft of the Wise, who has been studying Law of Attraction for more than decade, explains how anyone can learn to blend these two disciplines into an easy, blissful way of being that will enhance and empower your life beyond anything you''ve ever imagined.

Fans of touching small town holiday romances like those of Debbie Macomber, Susan Wiggs, Susan Mallory, and Robyn Carr are going to relish this novel!A deeply moving, emotional story of a mother''s anguish, a father''s love, a family''s hope, this novel will renew your faith and restore your belief in miracles.Veterinarian and single mom Emily Hawkins'' world is turned upside down when her precious little girl is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Only a bone marrow transplant can save 3-year-old Matilda Louise. Emily isn''t a match, but she''s determined to find someone who is, and that means tracking down Tilda''s biological father and his filthy rich family, a family she believes would''ve preferred her little girl had never been born.But when she arrives in Big Falls, Oklahoma, nothing is the way she expected. Joey McIntyre, the billionaire''s son who''d been her sweet teenage summer fling, is as handsome and smooth as ever, but he seems to fall hard for Tilda-Lou at first sight, and he''s furious that Emily has kept his child from him. Which makes no sense at all. Soon Emily begins to suspect that the version history she''s believed all these years, might not be the real one. And if that''s true, she''s done a terrible, unforgivable thing.But none of that matters as dire symptoms set in. The doctor advises Emily and Joe to give their girl the best Christmas ever. Fortunately, Christmas is what the Brand-McIntyre clan does best. Emily and Joey put their feelings aside, coming together in a desperate search for a way to save their little girl against all odds.But the truth is that little Matilda Louise is the one who''s saving them.

When private detective M.C. Hammersmith finds herself on the wrong side of a mob boss, she is desperate enough to leave the city and take refuge with her exotic aunt, who considers herself a witch. Going through one of her aunt''s tomes, she reads an ancient protection spell, and is shocked when a hero steps right out of the eighteenth century into her aunt''s living room.