Bøger af Carla Swafford

From bestselling author Carla Swafford a new genre for fans of her gritty romantic suspense books. When a private investigator tracks down a client's lost sister, he discovers she's not lost or the client's sister. The woman is a vampire on a campaign of vengeance. Somehow he must stop her killing spree and protect her at the same time.Tori AmherstI died years ago.In my savage new life, I revenge the helpless.But a hunter came. A human. A former cop. Now a private eye.His body, his blood, and his wounded soul are perfect.Then I discover I'm not a champion, but a terror.Ronan MichaelsI died in her arms.But I woke to a new life full of hate.She hides a truth. I hate secrets.I crave her body, her blood, and her lost soul.Then I discover the lies.I will get my revenge and she will be mine.

Circle of DishonorJohn "Ice" Takahashi's final job for The Circle has an unexpected hitch in it; he's fallen for an innocent civilian and his enemies know. With his mission in a shambles, he'll do anything to protect her, including kill. So how can a man without honor prove he's worthy of her love?Lena Matthews feels like she's playing with fire by dating the mysterious Master J. He's exotic, dangerous, and exactly what she needs in her boring life. With the bad guys bearing down on them, she discovers a whole new world of sensuality that binds her heart to his foreverCircle of DefianceWord is out Katerina Savalas has found a map that leads to a long-lost Union shipment of gold. She can't take the chance of someone breaking into her home again. So she decides to hire a washed-up Circle operative to protect her home.Jack Drago wants to be left alone in his drunken misery. When he receives an unusual offer from Katerina, he accepts. What red-blooded heterosexual male with a death wish can turn down a chance to have a mob boss's daughter in his bed?Kidnapped For A DayNothing like waking up in a prison cell chained to the past and a captivating woman. With only twenty-four hours to ensure their freedom, a mercenary discovers feelings he never knew existed until locked up with his sister's best friend.

She Knew How To Fight But Not To Love ...As the top assassin at The Circle, a shadowy group of mercenaries, Olivia St. Vincent can hunt down anyone. She's been trained since she was a teenager to kill without feeling, to interact with men without love. But when she's kidnapped by the enigmatic leader of a rival organization, she learns she's been lied to for years. She never worked for the good guys.Collin Ryker believes the sultry woman he's abducted knows more than she's telling about The Circle and its plans for complete domination. Over time, as they work together, Olivia's tenacity and vulnerability captivate him. But if he isn't careful, Collin will fall into the biggest trap of all: caring for a woman who can betray him to his greatest enemy.Previously published by HarperCollin's Avon Impulse.

In a follow-up to Carla Swafford's sexy Circle of Desire, the agents of The Circle-a top-secret group of assassins-are back and on the hunt for a dangerous drug lord capable of bringing women to the brink of pleasure . . . and devastation.Marie Beltane, a lowly data entry specialist for The Circle, resents being treated like a little girl and wants to help by proving she's worthy of being a full-fledged operative. Disobeying Arthur Ryker's orders to stay out of the way, she accepts a simple fact-finding assignment-only to have everything go horribly wrong. Now she's been injected with the drug responsible for the deaths of four local women, a drug that puts her sex drive into overdrive.Ryker wants nothing more than to keep Marie safe from the world. He's already killed to protect her from one madman, and he may have to do it again. While on a search for an antidote to her mysterious drug, he falls into a trap and must fight a new evil. Now he must become the monster he's always feared to save the woman he's always loved.Originally published through HarperCollin's Avon Red.

Carla Swafford's erotic Circle series continues as the team of sexy spies and assassins goes undercover-under the covers.After disappearing days before her wedding to fellow Circle agent Rex Drago, Abby Rodriguez discovered that trying to reclaim a life-and a love-lost is a whole lot harder than she thought. When her family's safety is threatened by an arms dealer, Abby must go undercover with the one man who sees right through her as they play the scariest roles yet: husband and wife.Mission or no mission, Rex Drago wants answers from his ex-fiancee. Forced to play along as a rival arms dealer and the husband he once wanted to be, Rex is finding it hard to stay professional-especially since Abby is just as hot as ever. And when they find themselves in a very intimate position, Abby and Rex must act the part-or risk blowing their cover entirely.Originally published by HarperCollin's Avon Red.

Nothing like waking up in Vegas wearing only a gigantic diamond ring while sprawled out next to an equally naked stranger.Connor EllisonYeah, yeah, I'm Atlanta Edge's best winger and biggest prankster, but the coaches and PR department have given me an ultimatum: I must own up to my ill-considered stunt and stay married until the end of the run for the Cup or I'll find myself being traded.Lily JonesI want nothing to do with his insane demand. But he convinces me the best decision is to play along. If we remain married and pretend to be in love, he's offer to save my ice rink from bankruptcy. What's another sacrifice for my family? I can put up with him until the end of the hockey season. Then we can go our separate ways.Easy-peasy. No way will they go to the finals. And it's not like we'll fall in love or anything.

Forget the Hatfields and McCoys, in a small Southern town, the Whitfields and Tallys are the real family feud. So for some unholy reason, Jake Whitfield's old man and Angel Tally's grandfather wrote codicils to their wills the night before they died in a suspicious fire. The codicils require Jake and Angel to marry or lose their inheritances.Jake feels like a man with two faces. One he presents to his brothers and the public: the criminal willing to step on anyone for a buck while mercilessly protecting the business. The other: the lonely man wanting a better life for himself and his family and working with an FBI agent to make it happen.To Jake, marrying Angel makes sense. With her family's help, he can fight the new criminal organization that's moving into his town. Immersed in the criminal world, there is no hope for Angel, but her brother is still young. She will do anything to protect him from that way of life and whoever killed their grandfather, even marry a despised Whitfield. And Angel never forgot about the sexy incident with Jake in high school ten years earlier.And if she has to go along with a Whitfield-Tally marriage, she wants a replay.An Adult Novel

A crazy old song echoes in her head. Why? Well, she shot the sheriff, but her brother didn't shoot the deputy. Or something like that. So let's find out what really happened...After Molly Hicks escaped her hometown of Sand City, Alabama, her plans of never returning are ignored when her parents demand she help control her troublemaking younger brother. No sooner than she arrives, he's thrown in jail accused of killing a deputy. Then she shoots the sheriff. Just a graze, but she lands in a cell alongside her sibling.Sheriff J.T. Rogan refuses to admit he has a soft spot for any Hicks, especially Molly. The same girl whose father kicked him out of town as a teenager. So when he releases her without filing charges, it's no surprise she stalks him around town, insisting he find the real killer.When another body turns up, while her brother is locked up, J.T. is beginning to believe Molly. As they track down clues and come up with suspects, he remembers why he always wanted to be her hero.

What happens when a former show girl moves to a small town and asks the preacher's son to dig up her husband's grave?Former Vegas showgirl Mary Hightower swore off dangerous men after the death of her mafia husband. To protect her and her mom, they move to a small southern town far from her past life to start a new bad-boy-free existence. Then she meets Luke.Ex-convict Luke Blackwood works hard to be the man his mom could have been proud of, yet his bruised knuckles prove he's a failure. Though his dad still believes in him, it may take the love of a long-legged, soft-spoken woman to repair what is broken inside.When her husband's former boss demands the evidence she has hidden, she turns to the only man she can trust. But is the reformed bad boy willing to do whatever's needed to save the woman he wants for his own?