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Undercover agent Denise Cleever is used to putting her life on the line--but now she's in a situation where her sanity is at risk. In Australia, a young British woman with a bomb strapped to her body embraces a visiting American senator-and activates the device. In Paris, a young woman stabs a leading French intellectual to death and then ritually disembowels herself. Is it a coincidence that both were patients of charismatic psychiatrist, Dr. Graeme Thorwell? Has Thorwell found a way to turn troubled young people into directed murderers who will kill on command? For Australian Security Intelligence Organization Agent Denise Cleever, this will prove to be the most perilous of assignments as she joins the staff of Dr. Thorwell's exclusive Easehaven Clinic...where it seems both body and mind are equally under threat. Best-selling author Claire McNab gives us another glimpse into the mystery and intrigue that makes up the world of Denise Cleever.

Lieutenant Franco faces a psychotic killer. Case closures are up and homicide rates are down for LAPD's 93rd Homicide Squad. "Frank", Lieutenant L.A. Franco, is revitalizing her depleted detective crew while quietly mending private scars. And Frank is about to need all the back she can muster as she faces her own personal demons while trying not to jeopardize her developing relationship with Gail. When a corner hustler turns up dead with a headless rooster in his lap, Frank realizes she's up against Mother Love-Jones, renowned psychic, drug dealer and santería priestess. Soon Frank becomes inexorably pulled into Mother Love's ambush. Heedless of the warnings around her, Frank plunges into battle with Mother Love and her violent minions: A battle as dark and deadly as the ancient bloodied sands from which it sprang.

Running away led Sandra home. Searching for her past, Sandra meets her future... Everyone said Sandra Tate had it all. She ran the multi-million dollar corporation she'd built from scratch, drove a silver Jaguar, and lived in an elegant penthouse with her beautiful lover from an old Dallas society family. Everything she touched, it seemed, turned to gold. Beneath the glamorous veneer, however, Sandra Tate viewed her life quite differently. At work, it seemed the corporation ran her and left little time for the architectural design work she truly loved. At home, she was consumed with self-doubt over a relationship that had gone stale years ago. Now that Sandra had made it to the top, the poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks felt empty and powerless. Forced to take a leave of absence from her business, Sandra found herself adrift until a mysterious letter from the past propelled her to search for her mother-the woman who abandoned her when she was a child. When the journey leads her to a small diner in San Antonio, Sandra lets go of her golden life and finally begins to live... Frankie J. Jones is the best selling author of Room For Love, Captive Heart, Whispers in the Wind, and Rhythm Tide.

A faceless menace is poised to strike Los Angeles. Only one agent has seen his face and lived... Red Wolf. Ruthless. Evil. Brilliant. And now Los Angeles is his next target. Red Wolf, the notorious terrorist mastermind responsible for countless bombings, murders, and assassinations throughout the world has eluded the combined efforts of the intelligence agencies of the Western powers for years. A man so obsessed with secrecy that no photographs of him exist and only one intelligence agent has ever seen his face and lived to tell the tale: Australian Security Intelligence Organization Agent Denise Cleever. At the official request of the United States government, Agent Cleever flies to the states to help hunt down this international monster. With her feet barely on foreign soil, the quick-witted Aussie agent is thrust into the desperate race to infiltrate an anti-government organization helping Red Wolf in his evil plan. The trail leads her to a glittering Beverly Hills mansion where death and betrayal can come at any moment... The lives of millions depend on Denise stopping Red Wolf. Even if the cost is her own life. As she did with Murder Under Cover, Death Understood, and Out of Sight, Claire McNab again proves why she is the most popular writer of lesbian thrillers with this taut tale of espionage, murder, and betrayal.

Carly finds her lover in bed with another woman and flees to the family homestead at Tamarack Creek. Within weeks she meets Serena and begins a clandestine affair--all that stands between them is Serena's abusive husband.

If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found. Jenna McGovern has spent her whole life training for the stage. She's taken dance classes, voice lessons, and even earned her performance degree from one of the most prestigious musical theater programs in the nation. At graduation, she's stunned when a chance audition lands her a prime supporting role in the hottest Broadway touring production in the country. In more exciting news, Jenna discovers acclaimed television star Adrienne Kenyon is headlining the production. Jenna settles easily in to life on tour and has a promising career laid out in front of her, if only she plays her cards right. She's waited for this opportunity her entire life and will let nothing stand in her way. The one thing she didn't prepare for, however, was Adrienne. Her new costar is talented, beautiful, generous, and the utmost professional. As the two women grow closer onstage and off, they must learn how to fit each other into a demanding lifestyle full of unexpected twists and difficult decisions. But is Jenna ready to sacrifice what she's worked so hard for in exchange for a shot at something much deeper?

Fleeing the ruins of her life and relationship, Rayann Germaine rents a room from bookstore owner Louisa Thatcher. Decades older, Louisa offers shelter and work--and eventually passion that takes them both by surprise. Falling in love, and into bed, turns out to be the easy part. Rayann's mother disapproves of a liaison with a woman her own contemporary. Louisa's son blames Rayann for revelations about his mother's past and present that he does not want to accept. Friends universally agree that it can't last. These doubts would be easier to withstand if Rayann wasn't already worried about sustaining the interest of a fascinating woman with a lifetime of experiences. Louisa isn't sure she has any right to lay claim to the future of a much younger woman. Their only common ground seems to be the searing attraction that they simply can't deny. Originally published by Naiad Press 1991. 30th Anniversary Edition 2021.

A secret consortium, a bent banker, and a desperate lawyer are all that stand between Elliott Snowmaker and the inheritance of her great-uncle's failing aircraft restoration business.

Lauren Voss has a nice, quiet, orderly life running her grandmother''s Heron Bay Resort on the Texas coast. Three years removed from a break-up that left her ex--and her life--behind in San Diego, she''s adjusted to the slow pace in Rockport, seeking out neither new friends nor lovers. Vandalism at the resort''s clubhouse--and a cryptic message written in blood--brings Detective Harley Shepherd, with her obnoxious Hawaiian shirts, into her life. A tragedy sent Harley Shepherd running to the sleepy fishing village of Rockport, where violent crime is rare. So different from her life as a homicide detective in a large city, she embraced the quiet and easy-going attitude of the town, determined to put her past behind her. Was it luck or fate that had her catch a case of simple vandalism? The lovely Lauren Voss made no attempt to hide her dislike of both her--she reminded Lauren of her ex--and her Hawaiian shirts. Was the vandalism a prank, as Lauren suspects? When a body is found floating near the resort''s pier, Harley is convinced it''s related. As the formality and animosity between them changes and a friendship forms, the women find themselves growing closer as a killer terrorizes the peaceful town they both now call home.

Old flames. New secrets. Delayed justice. Now private investigators, Manhattan Sloane and Finn Harper have just landed their very first big job--a contract to clean up a hefty load of unsolved crimes in San Francisco. On day one, the two women step into a political quagmire that pits them against powerful competing forces in the city. Feeling like a pawn in a high-stakes chess game, Sloane stumbles across an unsolved murder with ties to her past--the police officer who rescued her from her parents'' deadly accident. When evidence points to someone close to her, she becomes determined to solve the twenty-two-year-old murder. But her progress is slowed by old flames and new secrets that threaten to unravel her new life with Fin and her daughter Reagan. Will cutthroat politics prevent her from getting justice for her hero? Will Sloane finally get her happily ever after?

How would the characters from your favorite novels deal with the world of Covid-19 today? That's the question we put to Bella Books authors. The result are these 15 short stories and poems that feature your favorite characters from books like Mulligan, Backstage Pass, Choosing Grace, The Trees in the Field, Begin Again, Thursday Afternoons, Bait and Switch, Breaking Out, Take Only Pictures, Right Thing Easy, Cowgirl 101, Such Happiness as This and more. Catch up with these characters and meet a few new ones as these women discover how to cope and navigate the uncharted waters of the pandemic that turned our world upside down. Jamie Anderson Kat Jackson Regina Jamison J. E. Knowles RJ Layer KG MacGregor Lise MacTague Catherine Maiorisi TJ O'Shea Melissa Price Tracey Richardson Ann Roberts Riley Scott Laina Villeneuve Blythe H. Warren

Lauren Ashburn left a promising job to help her family in Vermont take care of her dying father. Now that he''s gone, Lauren has every intention of returning to her old life--the vibrant, successful one her father had always expected her to have. But Lauren discovers that she feels adrift without his strict guidance. Georgia Solomon designs homes for others. But as a bisexual autistic woman, she rarely feels at home herself. When her best friend dies suddenly, leaving her alone with their young daughter, her little slice of happiness vanishes. Now Georgia finds herself struggling to navigate a world that doesn''t understand her at all. Lauren and Georgia clash at a disastrous work meeting, but Georgia''s daughter Hannah pulls them together despite themselves. As they discover new possibilities and priorities for the future, can they make room for love? Or will they have to leave each other behind--in order for them both to move forward?