Best Selling Books by Anne Stuart

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

Surrounded by greed and treachery, Rachel Chandler feels completely alone in the world--until her brother, who''s been missing for fifteen years, is spotted in Hawaii. Rachel will stop at nothing to find him.... But when she arrives at her brother''s cottage, she encounters a stranger. A man haunted by his past. A man looking to use Rachel for his own purposes. A man Rachel wants as she''s never wanted another....

\"In this unique book, Katherine Stone, Anne Stuart, Donna Julian, and Jodie Larsen have created an unforgettable portrait of four women shadowed by their past, but ready to embrace a future filled with the promise of hope, forgiveness, and love ...\"--P. [4] of cover.

My Secret Admirer by Anne Stuart\Vicki Lewis Thompson\Marisa Carroll released on Dec 25, 1998 is available now for purchase.

This edition contains, \"Partners in crime, by Anne Stuart, and also \"Playing for time, by Barbara Bretton.

Rachel Connery has come to the Foundation of Being to find the truth about her mother’s death--what has happened to all her money, and what secrets lie behind the smiling, placid members of what Rachel considers a cult? Luke Bardell is as bad as a man can be--a liar, swindler, convicted murderer and cult leader. So why is she so attracted to him? There’s evil at the Foundation, but Rachel can’t tell where it’s coming from--the holier than thou members, or Luke Bardell himself. Luke is involved in something very wrong...but is he the real source of evil? And is she a total fool to believe that he’s someone worth loving?

Francey Neeley''s life has been torn to pieces. Her handsome and charming Irish boyfriend turned out to be a terrorist who was only after her fortune and planned to kill her once he got it. His \"sister\" forced Francey to help her attempt a rescue when his cover was blown during a mission to assassinate a world leader. Francey barely escaped with her life in the shoot-out. Now Francey''s secluded herself amidst the beautiful, healing atmosphere of Belle Reste, her cousin''s resort on a Jamaican island. She''s emotionally shattered and remains under a cloud of suspicion even after being interrogated by every major law enforcement agency. Warning bells go off from the moment British school teacher Michael Dowd arrives to recuperate from a car accident. Though he''s obviously recovering from serious injuries, she sees glimpses of a coldly efficient predator that make her wary of her intense attraction to him. She made one horrible mistake already . . . Michael Dowd is there to find out the truth about her involvement; he''ll seduce her if that''s what it takes. And if he learns she was one of the terrorists, he''ll kill her. But someone on the island is trying to kill them both. How will Francey know who to trust when Michael disappears and reappears as a perfect stranger? Who is the villain, and who is the savior? The wrong answer means death. Anne Stuart is currently celebrating forty 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.

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.

A damaged beauty. The cruellest beast. Ruined beyond repair, and shunned by London society, lovely Miranda Rohan rebelliously embraces the freedom of having nothing left to lose. However, this dangerous course throws her under the power of the darkly enigmatic Lucien de Malheur known to many as the Scorpion. Seeking to destroy the Rohans, Lucien traps Miranda in a marriage she thinks is based on friendship but instead is rooted in vengeance. Yet when she realises the truth their enmity fuels a shocking passion and perhaps even more

Rafe''s Revenge - Too late, film critic Silver Carlysle discovered what kind of enemy she''d made, when her scathing reviews launched an all-out war with movie mogul Rafe McGinnis. He''d laid out his terms, but she couldn''t surrender. Nothing less than a night in her arms would satisfy him.

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?

RITA Award-winner Anne Stuart continues her Ice Series with a lawyer realizing she’s made a terrible mistake, a billionaire with dark desires, and his personal assistant with his own honorable secret. u00ad 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 lawyer Genevieve Spenser soon realizes she’s in the wrong place at the wrong time. As Van Dorn tries to make her his plaything, 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 now he must decide whether to risk his mission to keep Genevieve alive or allow her to become collateral damage. Previously published.

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?

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.

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... .

The Honorable Miss Annelise Kempton, on the cusp of 30, is a titled but penniless spinster who is hired by a tasteless but richer-than-God widower merchant to execute his beautiful daughter''s successful debut and to help her snare a titled husband.

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

Samantha hates blind dates, and as the only over-age virgin in the state of California, she has no use for men. Not until she sees Gideon. Gideon is devilishly handsome for a reason—he comes straight from the 347th level of hell, and unless he accomplishes his ordained task he’ll end up even deeper. A woman’s chastity is a sty in the Devil’s eye. It was Gideon’s task to take care of that little problem. Too bad that Samantha arouses feelings in him he’s never felt before. What’s an imp of Satan to do? Leave Samantha alone and take his punishment like a man? Or take the beautiful model to bed and move up a level or two? And why is his boss dressing like an extra from Pirates of the Caribbean?

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

What happens when you take a 1930s comedy like My Man Godfrey and turn it into a Victorian romance? Chaos ensues. Georgiana Manning has finally found something she wants, something worth fighting for—her family''s mysterious, newly hired butler. Rafferty is a thief, out to find a cache of money belonging to his former boss. When he’s unexpectedly offered the job of butler in the house where it’s hidden, he jumps at the chance, even though the Manning family''s younger daughter has an inconvenient crush on him. Rafferty is a lone wolf who plans to stay that way—there’s no room in his life for Georgie. He could find pleasure in romancing her, but he sees no happy ending for a young lady and a thief, or even worse, a butler. Complicating matters, a criminal mastermind is pressuring Rafferty to locate the money, and that mastermind is not above threatening what Rafferty holds dear—Miss Georgiana Manning. All Georgie wants is the beautiful butler with the piercing blue eyes, though she knows he’s beyond her touch. All Rafferty wants is the hidden money and his freedom. Too bad he’s falling in love.

The man had secrets… Blindsided by a hurricane, Katie Flynn was seeking shelter from the storm—but all she found was a moody, broody recluse named O''Neal. Trapped with him in his house on a windswept cliff overlooking the wildly tossed sea, Katie tried to fight the feelings O''Neal awakened in her—both of sensuality and fear. She began to suspect that something haunted the tall, gray-eyed man''s domain, something more than the wicked servants or family ghosts… something strange that only O''Neal himself could reveal.

Viscount Benedick Francis Alistair Rohan wants a proper wife he can ignore while indulging his appetites. When he finds out that his brother''s newly revived Heavenly Host has graduated from carnal debauchery to sadistic violence, he investigates.

A New York Times Bestselling Author. \"A master at creating chilling atmosphere with a modern touch\" - Library Journal. Jamie Kincaid knows she can''t move on with her life until she has answers. And she''s walking straight into the fire to find them. A year ago Jamie learned that her beloved cousin, Nate, had been killed. Beaten to death in what police suspect was a drug deal gone wrong, he was found by his childhood friend Dillon Gaynor. Dillon had always been the baddest of the bad boys, leading Nate astray, and Jamie knows he has the answers to her questions about Nate''s death. He''s not about to volunteer any information, and Jamie''s only choice is to head to the Wisconsin town where he lives to find the answers for herself.

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.

Hidden Honor by Anne Stuart released on Jul 23, 2004 is available now for purchase.

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.

Bryony Russell and her two sisters are left destitute by the disgrace and unexpected death of their father, a wealthy shipping magnate. He left a cryptic note, and Bryony is determined to find the real villain and clear her father''s name. In disguise as a servant, Bryony infiltrates the home of her father''s business partner to find proof of his guilt ... or innocence.

From a trio of New York Times–bestselling authors, a “quirky charmer . . . an enjoyable paranormal romp that’s definitely not just for dog lovers” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) 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 coder, 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 . . . “Equal measures of sexy romance, captivating characters, and clever writing . . . [a] rich cast of quirky secondary characters (including one of the best villainesses ever written) . . . Dogs and Goddesses is absolutely sublime.” —Booklist (starred review)

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.

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?

Molly Ferrell has one goal in life—to write a book about the long-lost poet Michael O’Flannery, who died under mysterious circumstances. To learn more about him, she’s come to the town of Hidden Harbor, Maine, only to meet with silence and hostility from the locals who knew him. Chief among them is Jake Marley, a carpenter and a sourpuss who thinks Molly’s obsession is just that, an obsession. But she’s getting beneath his skin, and all his secrets are at risk if he doesn’t get rid of her. Molly knows that something’s going on, and she’s determined to find out the truth. Who and what is Jake Marley? Whatever happened to Michael O’Flannery? And why the hell is she falling in love with a lying grump when she’s got a book to write? Trigger warning: contains references to suicide.

She is an impoverished noblewoman who lives by her wits as a Tarot reader for the English nobility. He is London''s most notorious cat burglar. They meet one dark night. Yet she cannot foresee the destiny that will sweep her into the adventure of her life with the proud, arrogant thief who has no intention of ever being caught--by man or woman.

The stunning finale to RITA Award-winner Anne Stuart’s The Ice Series brings us back to Japan, where deadly machinations have an odd couple in their crosshairs. In the wake of a failed love affair, Jilly Lovitz takes off for Tokyo. She’s expecting to cry on her sister’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 Reno is the Committee’s most unpredictable agent. They’d met once before and the attraction was strange—opposites in more way than one—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. Previously published.

Dive back into RITA Award-winner Anne Stuart’s dark tale of unlikely love with Black Ice. BLACK ICE Living paycheck to paycheck in Paris, American book translator Chloe Underwood would give anything for some excitement and passion -- even a little danger. But when she’s offered a lucrative weekend gig translating at a business conference in a remote chateau, she jumps at the chance to shake things up. Then by chance Chloe discovers her employers are anything but the entrepreneurs they appear, and suddenly she knows far too much. Her clients are illegal arms dealers, and one of them is ordered to kill her. But instead, Bastien Toussaint drags Chloe away, and the next thing she knows she’s on the run with the most terrifying and seductive man she’s ever met. Titles originally published in 2005.