Most Popular Books by Maggie Shayne

Four of today''s hottest authors--Maggie Shayne, MaryJanice Davidson, Jacey Ford, and Angela Knight--present a quartet of sexy tales about bold women who take no prisoners, either in a fight or in love. Original.

Dancers in the Dark by New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris Dancer Layla Rue Le May''s childhood prepared her to handle just about anything, including her aloof partner, Sean McClendon, a three-hundred-year-old redheaded vampire. Even so, when she somehow acquires a stalker, Layla Rue is surprised to find that Sean is the only one she can trust…. Her Best Enemy by USA TODAY bestselling author Maggie Shayne Kiley Brigham refuses to believe there''s a ghost in her house, but when an unseen hand leaves a bloody message on her bathroom mirror, she''s forced to turn to local psychic Jack McCain. As the two work to uncover a long-buried secret, Kiley finds that she''s haunted not by spirits, but by thoughts of Jack…. Someone Else''s Shadow by Locus Award–winning author Barbara Hambly Maddie Laveau worries about her young roommate, Tessa, when she stays late to practice ballet in the old Glendower Building…and when Tessa goes missing, Maddie enlists mysterious tenant Phil Anderson to help. But is Phil the white knight she needs, or the predator she fears?

THE BADDEST BRAND Whipcord lean and as wild as the Badlands he called home, Wes Brand knew what it meant to be an outsider. All his life he hadn''t truly belonged. Not to the Comanche, whose proud blood flowed through his veins. Not to the Texas Brands, though they''d embraced him as one of their own… Now, for the first time, Wes found himself NEEDING someone. And though he''d sampled the passion beneath her no-nonsense veneer, headstrong Taylor McCoy resisted him at every turn. She wasn''t a woman who trusted easily—especially a man with a past, a man who embodied the heritage…and husband…she secretly desired.

Publisher''s Weekly Raves: \"A moving mix of high suspense and romance, this haunting Halloween thriller will propel readers to bolt their doors at night.\"\"A gripping story of small town secrets. The suspense will keep you guessing. The characters will steal your heart.\" ?New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa GardnerSince the day her baby sister was taken, Holly''s mind hasn''t been the same. PTSD, panic attacks, nightmares and blocked memories have plagued her ever since. And now they''ve returned.Hard-edged Detective Vince O''Malley''s most recent case penetrated even his protective shell. Ordered to take time off to recover, he can''t let go, and on his own, follows the clues to Holly''s small upstate NY town.His presence stirs ghosts from the past, shadows of a little girl lost, the suspicions of some tight-lipped locals with secrets to hide, and more than that inside Holly''s fragile mind and untouched heart.\"Maggie Shayne''s books have a permanent spot on my keeper shelf. She writes wonderful stories combining romance with page-turning thrills, and I highly recommend her to any fan of romantic suspense.\" ?New York Times Bestselling Author Karen RobardsWant more novels like this one? Look for SLEEP WITH THE LIGHTS ON and WAKE TO DARKNESS, beginning in September 2013. Gingerbread Man includes an exclusive extended excerpt from SLEEP WITH THE LIGHTS ON.

A classic tale of love and laughter with a touch of the Undead from the New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor novels. A vampire hunter gets the surprise of her life when the man she saves from a bloodthirsty vampire is so grateful for her service that he decides to become her sidekick—much to her dismay.

Sweethearts since childhood, Annie and Richard shared on unparalleled love filled with tenderness, passion and joy. Until the tragic day Richard vanished--presumed dead after a terrible car accident--leaving his adoring wife pregnant and alone, and holding on to the shattered pieces of her broken world. But Richard is not gone--for magic claimed him before death could.

For the first time in one volume, the New York Timesbestselling author presents three tales of paranormal romance. In \"Everything She Does is Magick,\" a trio of matchmaking witches chooses unsuspecting little Nathan McBride as the perfect mate for their baby niece. The future looks rosy indeed, except for one little catch: they must keep him a virgin!...A lady private eye on the run from some dangerous gangsters invokes a spell of protection in a fit of desperation--and conjures up a dashing musketeer looking for his damsel in distress in \"Musketeer By Moonlight.\"...And in \"The Con and the Crusader,\" Jack McCain jumps into a well-and into the past. Mistaken for a criminal, he''s headed for prison, until he''s freed-with a wedding proposal!

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.

The drama and intensity unfold in this spellbinding collection as the heroines in each of these three novels--Miranda''s Viking, Kiss of the Shadow Man, and Out-Of-This World Marriage--unravel the mysteries that surround them and find true love.

Our love was set in motion a hundred years ago… Jane moves with her son to a run-down old house to enjoy the country life she has always longed for. However, there is a rumor that the house is haunted… She doesn''t mind at all, but one night a stranger shows up. His name is Zachary, and he says and does a lot of strange things. But even more bothersome is that he looks exactly like an old portrait hanging in her house. He claims to be the man in the portrait… But that would mean he''s more than a hundred years old!

Includes spells, rituals, and a even a few lessons in the magical arts. These are the compiled spiritual writings from Maggie Shayne’s Bliss Blog and its related social media sites from the year 2020. This volume stands out among the growing collection of Bliss annuals because 2020 was a year like no other. Its honest and straightforward essays were created during the good times and bad, the ups and the downs, the triumphs and the challenges of this roller coaster year. Thought leaders and spiritual teachers struggled to stay aligned at times during the year from hell, just like everybody else. Such times are included in these pages. But in every case, the challenge is worked through and mined for gems of wisdom. In every case, zen is restored, and each step of the process is recorded, just in case it might help someone else through a dark time in the future. Come along for the ride of a lifetime. And maybe re-set your own peace of mind in the process. Bliss Blog: where natural magic meets law of attraction.

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The first three novels in Shayne''s popular miniseries featuring the Brand family of Texas is now available in this volume. In \"The Littlest Cowboy, \" a newborn baby leads the sheriff to a mysterious woman. In \"The Baddest Virgin in Texas, \" a little Miss Nice Girl wants to change her image to snare a handsome cowboy. And in \"Badlands Bad Boy, \" the baddest Brand is shocked to find he actually needs someone.

Angel Meets The Badman by Maggie Shayne released on Mar 24, 2000 is available now for purchase.

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 HUNGER: When struggling screenwriter Morgan DeSilva uncovers some ancient leather diaries, she is swept into the seductive world of a long-dead madman, Dante, who had believed himself a vampire. Now, though Dante''s story has made her rich and famous, Morgan is wasting away. At night she dreams of him, an erotic fantasy so real she can see the marks on her neck, feel her life''s blood draining from her. Almost as if he was real... He comes to her at night. Watching her. Wanting her. She is one of The Chosen. He knows that his kiss can save her from destiny''s curse, and from the enemies who stalk them both. But to save her, he must trust her.

WINNER: P.E.A.R.L. Award\"Maggie Shayne reinvents romance!\"~The Literary TimesBy dark of night and shining moon, Arianna, shovels earth from the center of an ancient and crumbling stone circle in her Scottish homeland. Five centuries ago, she buried her new husband here when an Immortal High Witch, one of the Dark Ones, took his mighty heart. But now she''s retrieved it. It beats, still, in the box where it has been imprisoned all this time. She intends to replace it, to bring him back to her. And that he died hating her, blaming her, is just something she''ll worry about later.\"Maggie Shayne delivers romance with sweeping intensity and bewitching passion.\"~NY Times Bestseller, Jayne Ann KrentzThis stunning sequel to ETERNITY takes us back to the 1500s in the Scottish Highland to tell the powerful love story of Arianna and Nicodimus, and its tragic end, then sweeps us into the present day, where that ending finds its chance to be re-written, but the evil that tore them apart lurks, waiting for a chance to destroy them both once and for all.\"One of the preeminent voices in paranormal romance.\"~RT Book Reviews

Set in a world of shadows and moonlight, Shayne''s Wings in the Night miniseries lives on in this volume that contains the classic tale \"Twilight Vows\" and a brand-new novella, \"Run from Twilight.\" Reissue/original.

A prequel novella to Maggie Shayne''s exciting trilogy, The Portal. ''Once upon a time, there lived three witches....'' As a child, Amarrah loved her grandmother''s stories of three witches who were members of the king''s harem. But they were more than just stories. Amarrah knows she was there with them...and now their legacy, along with an ancient box that once belonged to them, lies in her hands. Charged with keeping the box safe, Amarrah is heartbroken when it is stolen from her while she moves to America. Years later, she is shocked to see it on TV and is determined to get it back. Tracking the artifact leads her to Sergeant Harrison Brockson, a handsome soldier who stirs memories of a man she knew centuries ago in ancient Babylon. Is Harrison the key to finding the box–or could he be her destiny?

Nattens barn Hon är en nattens varelse, en gång för länge sedan förskjuten av sin familj och av sin älskare på grund av den hon är. Nu lever Sarafina ett kallt och blodtörstigt liv, ett kärlekslöst och ensamt tillstånd där ingen får komma nära – förutom för att bli hennes nästa offer … Men när Willem Stone träder in i hennes drömmar – och in i hennes liv – kan Sarafina inte stå emot. Hon blir som besatt av mannen med de nästan omänskliga krafterna, han som berör henne på ett sätt som ingen annan gjort tidigare. Men hennes besatthet leder dem in i en mörk och farlig värld där vampyrer ständigt lever med fienden inpå sig. Det är en värld där både Wills och Sarafinas liv sätts på spel … en värld där någon vill åt hemligheter som kan förgöra dem.

L''intégrale de la série Children of Twilight, de Maggie Shayne, en exclu e-book ! Plongez dans l''univers des vampires James et Brigit, deux jumeaux dotés de pouvoirs exceptionnels... La propéthie des vampires, Tome 1 Une prophétie qui renferme le secret de la survie des vampires... Les vampires existent réellement... Comme une bombe, la nouvelle est tombée et de tous côtés, les humains s''organisent pour traquer les créatures de la nuit. Loin de cette folie meurtrière, Lucy Lanfair, jeune archéologue discrète et solitaire, poursuit ses recherches sans se douter que sa vie est sur le point de basculer. Mais un soir, elle est attaquée dans la rue et enlevée... Dans la chambre où on l''a enfermée, elle voit apparaître un homme à l''allure noble et imposante. De son regard sombre, il l''observe en silence et, laissant apparaître entre ses lèvres des canines pointues, il lui révèle qu''il la retiendra prisonnière jusqu''au moment où elle terminera la transcription de l''ancienne prophétie dont elle a sans le savoir décrypté les premiers mots. La malédiction des immortels, Tome 2 Comme James, son frère jumeau, Brigit est mi-humaine, mi-vampire, et dotée de pouvoirs exceptionnels. Mais à l’inverse de James, le guérisseur, Brigit est une guerrière implacable. C’est donc avec au cœur des sentiments de vengeance et de haine qu’au lendemain du désastre qui a coûté la vie à la plupart de ses semblables, elle se lance à la recherche du coupable : Utana, premier des immortels... Prince égyptien dominateur et cruel, Utana est revenu sur terre pour détruire tous ceux qu’il a engendrés. Pourtant, le jour où Brigit se dresse en face de lui, il sent sa détermination faiblir. Car jamais il n’a rencontré de femme aussi fascinante que Brigit. Et la lueur meurtrière qu’il lit dans son regard la rend plus désirable encore à ses yeux... A propos de l''auteur : D''Edgar Poe aux classiques du cinéma fantastique, l''étrange et le surnaturel passionnent Maggie Shayne depuis l''enfance. De nombreux prix ont confirmé son talent au fil des années, mais sa meilleure récompense est sans doute l''engouement des lecteurs pour ses romans, traduits et publiés dans le monde entier.

En la idílica ciudad de Endover, New Hampshire, dos chicas habían desaparecido ya y sólo una persona podía encontrarlas, Maxine Stuart, una investigadora privada que creía en los poderes ocultos de la noche. Maxie sabía por qué le habían pedido que ayudara; nadie sabía más de los no muertos que ella. Pero la oscura fuerza que controlaba Endover lo veía todo y utilizaría todo lo que Maxine sabía en su contra. Ni siquiera Lou Malone, el hombre al que Maxie deseaba por encima de todo, podría hacerla abandonar aquella cruzada contra un hombre que ansiaba recuperar su poder… y resucitar un amor.

Salvar a los vampiros, salvar al mundo Según una antigua profecía, solo existía una posibilidad de evitar la completa aniquilación de los Inmortales. Los gemelos James William y Brigit Poe, mitad humanos, mitad vampiros, creían que ellos eran esa posibilidad. Sin embargo, la clave la tenía la mortal, y solitaria, profesora Lucy Lanfair. Mientras el verdadero Armagedón se acercaba, el odio hacia los vampiros desató una guerra que ninguno de los bandos podía ganar, y además provocó que James abandonara sus principios y arrastrara a Lucy a una letal batalla en la que no deseaba tomar parte. Pero Lucy pronto descubriría que el alma del poderoso inmortal estaba en sus manos y que su destino no consistía solo en detener una guerra, sino en salvarlo también a él de su oscuro fantasma interior. Si fracasaba, la raza de los vampiros moriría… y con ella su propio corazón.

Gravement malade, Anna est condamnée. Elle rencontre Diego, un vampire qui reconnaît en elle une Elue, un des rares êtres capables de devenir vampires à leur tour. Troublé par Anna, Diego lutte contre son attirance, persuadé que la belle humaine ne cherche qu’à l’utiliser pour devenir immortelle...

Comme James, son frère jumeau, Brigit est mi-humaine, mi-vampire, et dotée de pouvoirs exceptionnels. Mais à l’inverse de James, le guérisseur, Brigit est une guerrière implacable. C’est donc avec au cœur des sentiments de vengeance et de haine qu’au lendemain du désastre qui a coûté la vie à la plupart de ses semblables, elle se lance à la recherche du coupable : Utana, premier des immortels... Prince égyptien dominateur et cruel, Utana est revenu sur Terre pour détruire tous ceux qu’il a engendrés. Pourtant, le jour où Brigit se dresse en face de lui, il sent sa détermination faiblir. Car jamais il n’a rencontré de femme aussi fascinante que Brigit. Et la lueur meurtrière qu’il lit dans son regard la rend plus désirable encore à ses yeux...