Best Selling Books by Anne Stuart

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.

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.

Marike is a satisfied woman. She has her business making creative maternity clothes, she has her passion helping pregnant women in need, and she has her absurd house outside Chicago. She doesn’t need someone like Will Lambert upsetting the peaceful flow of her days. Will is a frustrated man. Working a high profile job in Chicago just doesn’t feed his soul, but he’s going through the motions, doing what he’s supposed to do, until he runs across Marike, her bevy of pregnant helpers, and her tumbled-down brownstone. Will needs some shaking up, and Marike is just the woman to do it. He’s just got to make sure she gets shaken up as well. Because it doesn’t take much for Will to decide that Marike is The One. Convincing her is the challenge.... (Previously published in the Valentine Babies anthology)

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

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.

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.

Megan McGraw and her best friend Nadja are so tired of waiting for the right man to arrive that they decide a little magic spell might hurry things along. With the help of candles, incantations and an oversized snowman, Megan summons forth the impossibly handsome actor from her favorite movie, kissing the icy face of her snowman to seal the deal. When he shows up a few days later, she is horrified to think the spell actually worked, particularly when she finds she is far more interested in his bad-tempered screenwriter friend, John James O’Leary. Meggie doesn’t believe in spells any more than she believes in true love and happy endings. But kissing Frosty seems to be making all those unlikely things come true. (Previously published in the New Year’s Resolution: Husband anthology from Harlequin Books)

Wrongly accused of his father''s murder, handsome Valerian Romney must flee his vengeful pursuers.

Who would have thought she could fall in love with Santa Claus? Dr. Eloise Pollard was looking forward to her Christmas wedding. Sort of. The last thing she expects is to be kidnapped by a desperate man in a Santa suit, a man with a bullet hole in his side and an attitude to match, a cop killer on the run. He’s ready to set her free but she can’t leave an injured man untended. And at least he manages to ruin the atrocious wedding dress she was being forced to wear—she owes him for that. She believes him when he tells her he’s an innocent man. But with half the Boston police force after them, it’s getting harder and harder to hide out. All they can do is get out of the city and find help. And ignore their growing attraction. James Fitzpatrick is a man on the run. The crooked cops are out to get him, and he needs to find out the truth behind a certain jewel robbery, but suddenly he’s got this feisty bride keeping him company. Thing were getting worse and worse. Particularly because he can’t keep his eyes, his mind, and his hands off her. It’s definitely not a good time to fall in love.

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.

Rita Award winning title \"Desert Isle Keeper\" - All About Romance Reviews Jessica Hansen''s success and icy calm hide painful secrets and a past that shapes her life. That is, until she meets Springer MacDowell, her best friend''s son. One decision sets off a series of cataclysmic events that rip apart her safe life. Retreating to an old summer house in Vermont, Jessica slowly learns to accept friendship, the past, and the new family she''s made. She''s building a hopeful future, until Springer comes back into her life, ready to shatter her new-found peace. Will these two survivors ever learn how to belong? Can they heal enough to make a family theirs? Anne Stuart recently celebrated her forty years as a published author. She has won every major award in the romance field and appeared on the bestseller list of the NY Times, Publisher''s Weekly, and USA Today, as well as being featured in Vogue, People Magazine, and Entertainment Tonight. Anne lives by a lake in the hills of Northern Vermont with her fabulous husband.

MORE THAN MEN 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. Anne Stuart Three-time winner of the prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA Award!

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.

Single mother Marielle Brandt has inherited the decrepit old apartment building known as Farnum’s Castle, once the home of a notorious gangster. It’s filled with a number of quirky residents, including Simon Zabriskie, a late night disc jockey with his own dark secrets. As Halloween approaches, things start to go bump in the night, mysterious intruders abound, and no one knows if it’s the ghost of old Farnum himself or someone a little more contemporary out to sabotage the castle. Marielle only knows she’s falling in love with the grumpy hermit who lives on the top floor, and suspects that despite his best efforts, he’s falling for her too. Now if they could just survive Halloween.…

Something''s coming. And it involves a man. New age shopkeeper Sybil Richardson loves Christmas - she just doesn''t like the impossibly sexy, incurably grumpy professor who''s come to the tiny town of Danbury, Vermont to debunk all her dearly held beliefs. She doesn''t like his suspicious nature, and she sure as hell doesn''t like the fact that he makes her dissolve into a puddle of lust no matter how much he annoys her. Nick Fitzsimmons thinks most new age beliefs are nonsense. He has no need to linger in a one-horse town with no cell service and unreliable wifi, but for some reason, he can''t make himself leave the ridiculously gullible woman who is trying so hard to get rid of him. Christmas is coming, and he knows what he wants under his tree. He just has to convince Sybil that she wants him, too. Anne Stuart recently celebrated her forty years as a published author. She has won every major award in the romance field and appeared on the bestseller list of the NY Times, Publisher''s Weekly, and USA Today, as well as being featured in Vogue, People Magazine, and Entertainment Tonight. Anne lives by a lake in the hills of Northern Vermont with her fabulous husband.

Maggie Brown is sensible, responsible, and worried. Her irresponsible sister has run off with a revolutionary, their feckless mother swears she’s dying, and Maggie has no choice but to brave the forests of San Pablo to reunite her family. To do so, she needs Ben Frazer, a rough and tumble soldier of fortune who seems a little too interested in Maggie and has a tendency to head in the wrong direction. Throw in a counter-revolutionary named El Gallo Loco and life isn’t nearly as sensible as she thought it was. Ben’s doing his best to throw her off the trail. She’s annoying, straight-laced and absolutely irresistible, and the sooner she’s back in the States, the better. Unfortunately Miss Magnolia Brown is ready to fall off her pedestal, and who better to catch her but Ben?

3 complete novels by 3 bestselling authors.

\"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.

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.

What if the Sheriff of Nottingham was actually the hero? Everyone knew that the High Sheriff of Huntingdon was a madman, the son of a witch and the devil himself. His proxy wedding to a young nun is simply another appalling deed, not to be wondered at, until the bride herself arrives, a flaxen-haired girl with a resolve to equal the Sheriff’s own. True love never runs smoothly, particularly when there’s a witch, a vicious killer, and the Sheriff’s own behavior to deal with. But Sister Elspeth is strong enough to deal with all of it, and win her husband’s love in the end. There are times when even a madman can be tamed. Warning: this novella contains violence and strong sexual content. Not for the faint of heart.

This bundle contains : SHEIKH SURGEON CLAIMS HIS BRIDE,A DARK & STORMY NIGHT , and SALZANO''S CAPTIVE BRIDE. Aspiring doctor Emily returns to her hometown to spend time with her ailing grandmother, Beabea, her only family in the world. Beabea''s worsening illness means their time together is dwindling... With sadness in her heart, Emily takes her sorrows to the shore, where she spots a beautiful man, Zayed, drenched in the evening''s sunlight. She''s shocked to learn that he is a member of an elite foreign family, and none other than her new boss at the hospital! She finds herself drawn to him, despite his complicated past and the demons that plague his heart...

Summer Lovers by Barbara Delinsky\Elizabeth Lowell\Anne Stuart released on May 25, 1998 is available now for purchase.

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)

A charming visit with the Rohan family as true love blossoms in their midst.... Jenny Lancaster already knew about the notorious Rohans, so joining their extended family for Christmas should have brought no surprises. As a governess, she’d hardly be expected to spend time with the family, and she could enjoy a quiet holiday on her own. But she hadn’t counted on the madness that followed the Rohans wherever they went. And she definitely hadn’t counted on Brat Rohan, the blackest of black sheep, teasing her, toying with her, flirting with her. She didn’t believe in love at first sight. But Brat Rohan was in the midst of teaching her otherwise.

Shannon Donnelly despised the divorce lawyer who ruined her sister’s life, but fate kept throwing them together, fate in the form of Saint Valentine himself and his frenemy, Eros. The two supposedly mythical creatures have a bet going–can Shannon Donnelly find true love with Patrick Lockwood, the bane of her existence, by Valentine’s Day? It takes a fair amount of supernatural interference, including a trip to Maine and an unexpected blizzard, but things still aren’t falling into place. Who would have thought humans would be so stubborn?

Is he a spy who could break her heart? Michael Fraser was so handsome, it was positively criminal. His cold blue eyes made Elizabeth''s heart skip at their very first meeting. No doubt about it, the gossip was right: this tough soldier was a traitor, a spy, a scurrilous French agent. Yet her hapless cousin had invited him to their home for the weekend. What trouble might this untrustable man cause during the course of a three-day house party filled with distinguished guests? Soon Elizabeth hears that this stealthy spy has been querying the servants about her. Her brother is off on a secret mission against Bonaparte--that must be the reason for Michael''s sly attentions. If only his gaze weren''t so irresistible, his voice so hypnotic, his kiss so treasonously sweet. She never imagined a French agent could be this dangerous. 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.

Silver Carlysle has no illusions about the cutthroat movie business. She lives over her mega-star mother’s garage, avoids parties, and writes sharp-edged articles about Hollywood bastards like movie executive Rafe McGinnis, who makes brainless movies, pushes people around, and still manages to charm everyone he meets. Everyone but her. Rafe McGinnis wants to entertain people and make money, but he’s working in a business where getting stabbed in the back is just part of the day, so while he plays fair, he takes no prisoners. When a movie star’s know-nothing brat of a kid writes an exposé that undercuts his latest project, he goes after her the way he’s gone after everybody else who’s tried to knife him. But Silver and Rafe soon discover they’ve underestimated each other, and their battle rages hotter, right into his bed. Falling in love with a man like him is the last thing Silver wants, and Rafe can’t afford distractions. But fate has its own revenge in store. One of Anne Stuart’s most popular Harlequin American Romances, now republished!

Emma Milsom thought a job with director/playwright Teddy Winters would help her put her life back together. She hadn’t counted on the presence of British actor Sebastian Brand in the dilapidated old theater. Sebastian was the foremost actor in horror films, adept at playing monsters of every sort, and his behavior in real life wasn’t much of an improvement. Rumors of accidents and death followed him, and Emma should have had enough sense to keep her distance. But Sebastian was mesmerizing, and just as obsessed with her. As the accidents began to escalate, Emma didn’t know whom to trust. She just knew it shouldn’t be Sebastian. Was he trying to seduce her, or kill her? Or perhaps both. (Previously published in a Silhouette Shadows anthology)

The Spinster: As a maiden aunt, Gillian Redfern lives as an unpaid servant to her demanding family. Little wonder she finds the attentions of a rake distracting, and even less wonder that her usual good sense begins to unravel when Lord Marlow takes her in his arms. The Rake: Ronan Patrick Blakely, Lord Marlow, is a man of great charm and little moral character, a gambler, a womanizer, and handsome as sin to boot. He has no qualms about placing a wager on the virtue of one small, shy spinster. But Lord Marlow is about to discover that Miss Redfern is more siren than spinster. She amuses him, arouses him, and, much to his dismay, makes him a better man. Gillian will discover, in turn, that Lord Marlow possesses the power to turn her into a very wicked woman. The rake and the spinster are poised to find a love that neither could have imagined. If only someone weren''t out to destroy them both . . . Anne Stuart recently celebrated her forty years as a published author. She has won every major award in the romance field and appeared on the bestseller list of the New York Times, Publisher''s Weekly, and USA Today, as well as being featured in Vogue, People Magazine, and Entertainment Tonight. Anne lives by a lake in the hills of Northern Vermont with her fabulous husband.

Alys de Lancie is determined to save her sister Claire when she’s pledged to marry the notorious and powerful Simon of Navarre, even if it means marrying the scarred and betwitching man herself. Simon of Navarre has schemes of his own, and he has no interest in the bride his evil lord has chosen for him. She’s supposed to be terrified of him, but instead they draw closer and closer, when he has no time to waste on a helpless female. But Alys is far from helpless, and he can’t resist, even though his nefarious schemes might all be for naught. But then, who could fall in love with a monster?

A governess is not a murder investigator. To new governess Lorna MacDougal, that seemed a safe and reasonable assumption. Until her employer, the grand matriarch of the Cameron family sees fit to change all the rules of childcare. The woman seriously expects Lorna to discover who murdered her husband. The family''s three sons are obvious suspects: Stephen with his shallow wife, Gentle Charles who wouldn''t hurt a fly, and the most dangerous of them all, Alexander Cameron—the black sheep of the family and the most irresistible man Lorna has ever met. But no one is as they seem, and her worst enemy is the one man she can''t trust. The mystery deepens until death follows, and Lorna can''t decide if she''s in love with a monster or a wronged man. Or whether she''ll be the next one to die. Author Bio: Anne Stuart has won every major award in the romance field and appeared on the bestseller list of the NYTimes, Publisher’s Weekly, and USA Today, as well as being featured in Vogue, People Magazine, and Entertainment Tonight. Anne lives by a lake in the hills of Northern Vermont with her fabulous husband.

When Maggie Bennett is sent to rescue accused murderer Mack (Snake) Pulaski, she doesn’t realize the trouble she’s getting into. Not only do they have to dodge drug lords, organized crime and an unhinged gun for hire on their international journey, they have to deal with the unwanted and unavoidable fact that they’re falling in love when they simply have no time for it. Now they just have to stay alive long enough to do something about it.

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?

The Right Man by Anne Stuart released on Jan 25, 1999 is available now for purchase.

When Emma Langolet accidentally kills her rapacious uncle, she’s certain she’s bound for the hangman’s noose. She never expected that a jaded, cynical aristocrat would come to her rescue. James Killoran saves her because it amuses him, not out of kindness, and when he finds himself coming to her rescue once more, he decides she’s the perfect instrument of his revenge. Emma should be no match for a determinedly dissolute lord who cares for absolutely nothing at all. After all, he doesn’t believe in love, goodness, or tender feelings. Until he met Emma Langolet.

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.

Dr. Libby Holden expects working for a mega-millionaire on a top-secret jungle island will be unusual, but with her life in tatters, it’s her only choice. How is she to know her scientific subject happens to be six feet four of gorgeous male who appears to have spent his entire life in the jungle? He doesn’t understand a word she says, but she’s determined to help him escape. She just never expected him to take her with him.

he relieve a very bad man of his Nazi-looted treasures, he’ll give his long-lost father’s reputation a black eye. And everything is going perfectly, except that Isabel Linden is distracting him from his goal. After all, there’s no such thing as love at first sight. It’s going to be a very long night.

Evangeline Morrissey remembers the last time she saw her husband: it was during their honeymoon, right before he stole her elderly aunt''s earrings and abandoned her. Now, five years later, the enigmatic man who''d broken her heart and destroyed her trust is back. But she''s not the same naive young woman who fell for him so easily. Marrying Evangeline and letting her think he was nothing but a common thief had been James Bishop''s plan all along. As an assassin for the Committee, a covert agency dedicated to stamping out international crime, he had no business even thinking about marriage. But it was the only way to protect Evangeline after she''d unwittingly wandered into his operation against a group of human traffickers, placing herself in grave danger. And now that James''s vigilant watch over Evangeline''s life has revealed to his enemies that she''s his one true weakness, he must set out to have, to hold, and--above all--to protect his bride.