linda castillo

Search–and–rescue leader Buzz Malone thought losing the only woman he'd ever loved was the worst blow life could deal. He was wrong. Finding out that he had a son – a son his ex–wife, Kelly, had kept secret – was worse. Especially when that child was lost in the Rocky Mountains, pitted against a raging forest fire.

Tirelessly trekking through the mountains with Buzz by her side, Kelly soon realized that the wilderness wasn't the only thing on fire. For the passion that had always flared between them now burned hotter than ever. If they ever made it through this ordeal alive, Kelly vowed to face an even greater challenge – convincing Buzz to give their love another try!

She had no name, no memory, nothing but the knowledge that she was pregnant and someone wanted her dead. Her only hope was John the rescue medic who'd saved her life, the Good Samaritan who'd vowed to keep her safe, the sexy stranger who was stealing her heart. Her hero.

Saving lives was his job, but John Maitland had learned long ago the cost of personal involvement. Risking his life he could handle, risking his emotions his heart was out of the question. Until he rescued "Hannah," battered, bruised and scared for her life, off the side of a mountain. Suddenly things got very, very personal....

It was a night like no other...darker, longer and totally unforgettable

Sara Douglas watched as Nick Tyson emerged from the heavy rain. In his face she saw little of the boy she once knew. She'd returned to Cape Darkwood to research her parents' murder. And stop the nightmares. Was Nick just another terrifying dream or a flesh–and–blood man who would leave her breathless? Chief of police now, pain etched Nick's rough face, coloured his eyes navy blue. He'd lost someone, too, but while Sara ran, Nick had nowhere else to go. Instead, he patrolled a divided town whose secrets lay dormant at the bottom of the cliffs. Nick wouldn't let that be Sara's fate, no matter how much it pained him to see her again. Together their investigation mounted and led them to horrifying consequences but more lethal than the case was their undeniable and deadly desire for each other.

When Deputy Sheriff Jake Madigan was called to duty to bring in an escaped convict, he thought it would be a routine search–and–rescue mission. He was wrong. Turns out capturing Abby Nichols was a cinch compared to hauling her out of the Rocky Mountains during a treacherous blizzard. His pretty–as–sin prisoner was not the hardened criminal he had expected but a violet–eyed seductress who could almost make him forget his by–the–book ways. Jake knew that come hell or high water he would turn this woman over to the authorities once the storm passed. So why was he dodging bullets on her behalf and buying into her claim of innocence? Why was he so willing to warm her shivering body with his heated caresses?

Why was he foolishly falling for his fugitive?

After nine years as one of Chicago's finest, Erin McNeal had come to sleepy Logan Falls for a second chance, not to be watched over by a man as infuriatingly overprotective – and disarmingly attractive – as Nick Ryan.

She was no damsel in distress, but someone wanted her dead, and Nick knew better than to entrust a guilt–driven daredevil with her own safety. It was his duty to protect her – whether she liked it or not. It seemed the only thing the chief of police and his newest deputy could agree on was the one thing they couldn't resist each other. Could the cautious single father and the reckless beauty be cops 'and lovers'

Lean, edgy former police detective Jack LaCroix had forty–eight hours to clear his name and keep his freedom. To do it, the escaped prisoner needed attorney Landis McAllister – the woman he'd once thought would share his life. The woman who thought he'd betrayed her.

Landis had just pulled her life together. Now Jack was back, compelling her to believe in him despite the damning evidence, proving with a touch that the ashes of their fiery past still smouldered. With the law on their heels and bullets flying at their backs, could they rekindle their trust in each other and find the proof Jack needed before time ran out?

MIDNIGHT IN MONTANA

When a federal transport was ambushed and overturned in the wilds of Montana, MIDNIGHT agent Sean Cutter was given forty–eight hours to track down a desperate woman. But falsely accused, Mattie Logan didn't want to be saved. It was Sean's job to convince her otherwise.

A former Department of Defence scientist now targeted by the terrorist known only as the Jaguar, Mattie couldn't risk betrayal again. But neither could Sean. Caught out in the blistering cold, Mattie sought shelter beneath Sean's broad shoulders, each needing the others warmth to stay alive. But would trusting one another prove to be more difficult than clearing Mattie's name?

HOSTAGE TO LOVE

Taking gorgeous corrections officer Emily Monroe as his hostage, undercover CIA agent Zack Devlin was trying to escape with his life. But when he helped himself to Emily's full red lips and her body melted into Zack's hard edges, she didn't know if she was in danger or in love.

Both harbouring old secrets and heartache, Emily and Zack were forced to run from dark intentions; finding solace in each other's body heat, a shared passion driven by pure adrenaline. But as their search for evidence became a suicide mission, would they die having never said I love you?

AGENT–PROTECTOR AND THEN SOME

Special Agent Jake Vanderpol swore he'd buried all tender feelings for Leigh Michaels. Until he learned that the arms dealer she'd testified against six years ago had escaped. Suddenly the memories were back memories of urgent kisses in hiding. But after what happened, would she trust him to save her?

Danger just exploded from her past with the same raw male power that first drew Leigh to her former agent–protector. Then Jake used her as bait to get his man, and she'd fled into witness protection. Now a killer wants revenge. But who will shield her heart from the only man she'd ever let touch her body and soul?

Chase Vickers never knew a day of fear. From one secret mission to another he'd stared down danger until the blackout hit Boston, and Chase's only love became the target of revenge. Lily Garrett, the woman he'd loved and walked away from eight months ago. Finding her wasn't difficult; finding her pregnant was.

Lily had always hated Chase's secret, dangerous life, but now, on the run in a dark city, Chase knew he washer only hope for survival. And their baby's. For the first time, the daredevil–turned–daddy knew bone–chilling, pulse–pounding fear. This was one mission where he couldn't fail. Not when his baby's life was at stake