Iris Johansen lives near Atlanta, Georgia.
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"And Then You Die"
Bantam Books, September 1998 Reviewed on 7/5/00 | ||
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Bess Grady had heard the unmistakable sound before. She knows what it means. But not even the eerie lament of the howling dogs can prepare her for what has taken place in the small village. The seasoned photojournalist had been sent there on an easy assignment, and now she has stumbled upon something she was never meant to see. Amid chaos and fear, she joins forces with an intimidating stranger, a man whose alliances are unclear but whose methods have a way of leaving bodies in his wake. For what she has witnessed is only the first stage in a plan of terror that may kill us all. And she has no choice but to stop it - or die trying. | |
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"The Face of Deception"
Bantam Books, June 1999 Reviewed on 7/5/99 | ||
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As a forensic sculptor, Eve Duncan helps identify the dead from their skulls. With her own daughter murdered and her body never found, the job is Eve's way of coming to terms with her personal nightmare. But more terror lies ahead when she accepts work from billionaire John Logan. Beneath her gifted hands a face emerges from the skull he has given her to reconstruct - a face no one was ever meant to see. Now Eve is trapped in a frightening web of murder and deceit. Powerful enemies are determined to cover up the truth, and they will make certain that truth goes to the grave... even if Eve gets buried with it. | |
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"The Killing Game"
Bantam Books, May 2000 Reviewed on 5/7/00 | ||
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The killer knows Eve Duncan all too well. He knows the pain she feels for her murdered daughter, Bonnie, whose body has never been found. He knows that as one of the nation's top forensic sculptors she'll she'll insist on identifying the nine skeletons unearthed on a bluff near Georgia's Talladega Falls. He knows she wouldn't be able to resist the temptation of believing that one of those skeletons might be her daughter's. But that is only the beginning of the killer's sadistic game. He wants Eve one on one, and he'll use his ace in the hole to make sure she complies. And he won't stop playing until he claims the prize he wants most: Eve's life. | |
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"The Search"
Bantam Books, June 2000, HC Reviewed on 10/16/00 | |||||
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As part of an elite K-9 search and resue team, Sarah Patrick and her golden retriever, Monty, have a gift for finding
what no one else can - whether it's a survivor buried alive by an earthquake or the skeleton of a murdered child. But
their latest assignment is not like the others. This time Sarah is being forced to take part in a deadly mission... by a
man who knows enough about her past to ensure her cooperation. A man who won't take no for an answer. John Logan
is used to getting what he wants, and what he wants now is Sarah's help. His top-secret venture has been sabotages,
its facilities destroyed, and its handpicked staff massacred. The sole survivor is being held for ransom. Logan knows
that the only way to save the man - and the secrets he holds - is to find him as soon as possible. Smart, tough, and
uncompromising, Sarah is furious when she is strong-armed into joining Logan on his search. And once she takes the
perilous assignments, she realizes the Logan's promises that she and Monty will be safe may not be enough to protect
them. Because the killer is devising a sadistic vengeance... and he may soon find use for Sarah. Racing against time
to stop the bloodshed before more victims are claimed, both Sarah and Logan will look straight into the heart of true
evil. And when the killer's search for revenge finally ends, no one will ever be the same.
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"The Ugly Duckling"
Bantam Books, January 1997 Reviewed on 3/27/98 | |||||
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Nell Calder's life revolved around her husband and daughter, Jill. But in one night her
face and her family were taken from her by a monster. Just wanting to die, one man wouldn't let her. Nicholas Tanek
felt responsible for the death of Jill and he was determined to give Nell back her life and a new face. Now Nell is living
for the moment she can wreck justice on the men who killed Jill. With Nicholas's help, Nell learns how to fight
and defend herself. But the men she's after are old enemies of Nicholas's and he knows she can not fight them alone.
So the two make a plan. But the two never expected to fall in love and they have to deal with how they feel for each
other. But can Nell heal even after they defeat their foes and claim her place as a swan and live in love with Nicholas.
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"Midnight Warrior"
Bantam Books, August 1994 Reviewed on 3/25/00 | ||||||
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Taken as a slave, fiery, tempestuous Brynn of Falkhaar was awed by the magnificent warrior
who stood before her. Known for her skills as a healer, she had been brought to his battlefield tent to save his dying
friend. Yet in the days and nights ahead, the sensual conqueror made it clear she might be more than nursemaid
to his soldiers. She could be the intimate plaything of his seductive desires. Dark, brooding, and passionate, Lord
Gage Dumont was a man used to conquest. And yet with one look at the beautiful slave he'd been given as his spoils,
he realized she held him prisoner. As she fought to save his friend with her healing powers, Dumont felt her fiery
touch deep in his scarred soul. Though he may have already owned her body, what he wanted was her heart - and
for that he would risk everything.
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"The Golden Barbarian"
Bantam Books, April 1992 Reviewed on 3/25/00 | ||||||
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Flaunting the oppressive destiny decreed for her by the kingdom of Tamrovia, Princess Theresa
Christina Rubinoff struck a sensual bargain with a handsome barbarian chieftain. She vowed to play his seductive
game, surrendering herself to his will, all the while determined to fight for her independence in a land that considered
women only as playthings. Mysterious as the desert night, rich as Midas, Galen Ben Raschild swept Tess away to
his palace in exotic Sedikhan, offering her freedom in exchange for the marriage that would join their kingdoms.
A man surrounded by enemies, he would make her a slave to his passion in order to bind her to his side, little
knowing that when he took the captivating princess as his bride, he would lose his heart.
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"The Magnificent Rogue"
Bantam Books; September 1993 Reviewed on 3/25/00 | ||||||
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When Princess Kathryn Kentyre is snatched from a life of captivety by the mysterious Black
Robert of Craighdhu, she is torn between absolute terror and soaring hope. He had been chosen to protect her from
the dangers surrounding her, yet the moment he swept her away she knew this rogue of a Scottish laird would prove
a greater threat that any she faced from her enemies. Sensuous as sin itself and wild as his native scottish Highlands,
Robert MacDarren had no intention of settling down with one woman. Yet the agreement he'd struck to keep the
peace required he marry the orphaned beauty and bring her back to his castle at Craighdhu for safekeeping. It was
to be a marriage in name only - and only for a year. He never suspected that the meek hostage he had been promised
would prove to be this firebrand of a woman who would challenge his mind, arouse his passion, and lay siege to his heart.
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"The Tiger Prince"
Bantam Books; January 1993 Reviewed on 3/25/00 | ||||||
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In a locked room of shadows and sandlewood, Jane Barnaby first met the wickedly disturbing
man whose searing blue eyes and brazen smile seemed to read her deepest desires - a man who exuded the mystery
and danger of exotic lands. In his mesmerizing presence, Jane found herself instantly transformed from a hardheaded
businesswoman to the willing slave of a passion she knew she must resist. A man of sensuous grace and smoldering
sensuality, adventurer Ruel McClaren brought the independent beauty back to his native Scotland to spin a web of
revenge. But once at Glenclaren Castle, he found it ever harder to play the unforgiving captor to this woman who
touched his heart and made his blood run hot.
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