1. "The Cove"				4. "The Edge"
2. "The Maze"				5. "Hemlock Bay"
3. "The Target"				6. "Eleventh Hour"

"The Cove" Jove Books, April 1996 Reviewed on 2/6/98
		Sally St. John Brainerd had come to The Cove to escape. She knew her father was dead and that the Washington D.C police thought that she did it or at least knew who did. That's where FBI Special Agent James Quinlan came in. Posing as a private investigator, James's goal is to get close to Sally, to learn what he knows. But getting close to Sally is easier and harder than he imagined. Not only is her memory filled with holes but there are some strange goings on in The Cove. The problems in The Cove have to wait, when Sally is kidnapped. James follows her back to D.C. and rescues her from the asylum she was being held. With her returning memory, Sally becomes even more of a problem for the killer. Everything come to a head in The Cove but even that picture perfect town is built on evil and death.

"The Maze" Jove Books, April 1998 Reviewed on 3/23/98
		Lacey Sherlock's goal was to find the man who had murdered her sister and seven other women. That meant giving up the piano and studying criminal justice and joining the FBI. When Lacey pegged Dillon Savich as the bad guy in a training session, she didn't realize he would want her for his Criminal Apprehension Unit. The CAU was the FBI's newest unit developed by Dillon. There that FBI would use the computer programs written by Dillon to catch serial killers. Dillon knew Lacey would make a great FBI agent but he also knew she was hiding something. When Dillon learns about her sister's murder, he figures that he'd have to help her or she may not live to solve the mystery. Because the killer had struck again and Lacey is the only person alive who can survive the maze. As they get closer to the killer, Dillon and Lacey fall in love. But will the two be able to overcome the grief that ruled their life and make a life together.

"The Target" Jove Books, August 1999 Reviewed on 11/9/99
		Escaping unwanted media attention after a notorious incident, Ramsey Hunt retreats into the solitude of a cabin high in the Colorado Rockies. but his isolation is shattered when he rescues a small girl unconscious in the forest and strangers invade his private meadow, their intent to kill. Molly Santera, the little girl's mother, catches up with Ramsey and her doughter, mistaking him for the kidnapper. When she discovers that he instead save Emma, there's little time for thanks. The men pursuing want them badly. FBI agent's Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock as well as MAX, the transvestite laptop, return to assist. Ramsey and Molly, facing constant danger, unravel the clues and ultimately discover why thy're at the center of the target.

"The Edge" G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999, HC Reviewed on 8/5/00
		FBI agent Ford "Mac" MacDougal is recovering from injuries he recieved in a terrorist car bombing when his sister, Jilly, a medical researcher, drives her Porshe off an Oregon cliff - on purpose, it seems. Curiously, even though he was in a hospital bed on the other side of the country, Mac feels as if he were in the car with her as she sails toward the sea. By the time Mac arrives in Portland, Jilly has come out of the coma she's been in for four days. But after only a few hours with her brother, she vanishes without a trace. In searching for her, Mac hears a different story from everyone he encounters. When the local sheriff enlists his aid in the puzzling murder of an elderly resident, Mac doesn't suspect that the case connects to his sister's disappearance. FBI agents Lacey Shelock and Dillion Savich join Mac to ride shotgun. Not knowing whom to trust and whom to suspect, they must escape relentless pursuers before unearthing the tentacles of eveil undermining The Edge.

"Riptide" G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000, HC Reviewed on 10/16/00
		Becca Matlock is at the top of her professional game, the senior speechwriter for New York's popular governor, when she recieves the first phone call: "Stop sleeping with the governor or I'll kill him." Although Becca isn't sleeping with the governor, the menacing ultimatums continue. The police stop believing her, even after the stalker murders an innocent to prove a point. When the governor is shot in the neck, Becca flees for the safety of coastal Maine, seeking to hide not only from the stalker but also from the authorities. For santuary, she goes to Riptide, home of a college friend - where she soon finds herself at even greater risk. Look out for the return of agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock.

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"Eleventh Hour" G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002, HC Reviewed on 11/26/02
		When Father Michael Joseph is viciously murdered in his San Francisco church, his identical twin brother, FBI agent Dane Carver, along with husband-and-wife agents Savich and Sherlock, is determined to find the monster responsible. There is a witness, a homeless woman whose identity is an enigma. When Nicola "Nick" Jones comes forward, Dane finds himself in the unlikely role of bodyguard:she just might be next on the killer's list. But which killer's list? It seems Nick Jones is running from her own nightmare. In a cat-and-mouse chase that runsfrom the streets of San Francisco to the television studios of Los Angeles, where a brand-new show is found to have a curious connection to the murders, Dane Carver, Savich, and Sherlock are in a race against time to find the madman responsible - but it's already the eleventh hour.
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"Season of the Sun" Onyx, October 1991 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		Zarabeth, with hair as red as an Irish sunset, is chosen by Mangus Haraldsson, a Viking on a trading visit to York, to be his wife. She is both stunned and fascinated by his bluntness, but is soon won over by this man who makes her laugh, brings her desire, and ultimately makes her trust him with her future and that of her little sister, Lotti. But her stepfather, Olav the Vain, has no intention of setting a bride price on Zarabeth. Zarabeth does eventually return with Magnus to his farmstead in Norway, but as his slave, not as his wife. She wears the slave collar around her neck for all to see, but bears his distrust of her and her own pain deep within her.
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		1. "Lord of Hawkfell Island"
		2. "Lord of Raven's Peak"
		3. "Lord of Falcon Ridge"

"Lord of Hawkfell Island" Jove Books, November 1993 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		Rorik is a Viking warrior, as fierce and savage as the North Sea during the winter solstice. Miranda is a Viking woman who loves birds, is more ingenious than most men, and loyal down to her toes. Her life changes utterly one fateful day when Rorik and his man come to Clontarf, a Viking fortress on the eastern coast of Ireland, to kill her half-brother. But she is the one taken as a hostage to use as a pawn against him. Rorik id the Lord of Hawkfell, an island off the east coast of Britain. The moment he brings his captive home, it seems that everything begins to fly out of his control. The women are out to teach the men a lesson with the result that the food is rank, Rorik's family is out for Mirand's blood, a murderer is on the loose, and a huge mongrel, Kerzog, dotes not only on his master but on his master's captive.

"Lord of Raven's Peak" Jove Books, April 1994 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		Merrik Haraldsson, the Lord of Raven's Peak and younger brother of Rorik, the Lord of Hawkfell Island, journeys to Kiev and comes away with two slaves, but they're not who or what he thinks they are, not by a long shot. Then the question arises: Can a woman be a skald, a troubadour of Viking Times? Lauren, one of Merrik's slaves, is just that, and she's quite good. She wants to tell stories to earn enough silver and gold to buy her and her little brother from Merrik, only he refuses to sell her. And now that she's his, he must protect her when she's accused of murder, then save her yet again when he discovers her secrets.

"Lord of Falcon Ridge" Jove Books, April 1995 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		When Chessa is kidnapped by Rangor of York, Cleve sets out to rescue her. After all, he's the one who negotiated her marriage to William of Normandy, and his word is on the line. Then a storm blows Chessa and her kidnappers onto Hawkfell Island and outrageous complications set in. When the two first meet, Chessa is the princess of Ireland adn Cleve has no memory of the time before he was a slave. When vivid dreams kindle memories of his native Scotland, Cleve's goal becomes to return to Loch Ness to claim his inheritance. But first, there is Chessa to be rescued and handed over to her righful groom. When Cleve arrives at Hawkfell Island, he learns that Chessa not only refuses to marry Rangor of York, she won't consider William of Normandy either. She wants to marry him! Chessa and Cleve may be bullheaded, but they're no match for Rangor of York, who will have you laughing at his abominable antics. Everyone's back from "Lord of Raven's Peak" and "Lord of Hawkfell Island", five years older but not necessarily wiser and ready to sick their oars into Cleve's and Chessa's problems.
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"Rosehaven" G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996, HC Reviewed on 11/23/00
		Severin of Langthorne returns to his family's estate in England from the Holy Land in 1277 to find his father and elder brother dead, his mother demented, the lands devasted. He is the new Baron Louges, but his title is empty and he knows it. What is he to do? Hastings of Trent is the heiress of Oxborough. Her dying father, Fawke of Trent Earl of Oxborough, selects Severin to wed his daughter and assume his title, properties, adn possessions. It is Severin's duty to protect his holdings, stay on King Edward's good side, and breed children, thus bringing strong new blood to the line to keep Oxborough powerful. And so is comes about that two strangers are joined in marriage. Severin is a warrior, strong and vigorous. Hastings is a healer, independent and loyal. He believes she should be malleable and obediant; she believes he should be less cold-blooded, less merciless. He inspires fear. But then again, how can Hastings fear a man whose pet marten appears over the top of his tunic and waves a paw at her?
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"Lord Harry" Topaz, January 1995 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		Lord Harry is really Henrietta Rolland, a young lady who has assumed the guise of a gentleman to track down and kill Jason Cavander, the marquess of Oberlon, the man she believes responsible for her brother Damien's death at the Battle of Waterloo. She wants to challenge him to a duel. When he's lying at her feet, then and only then will she tell him why she's killed him, and who she really is. Unfortunately, there's a really big snag. Originally titled "Lord Harry's Folly", Catherine Coulter has extensively rewritten the story, adding to and changing the dialogue, actions, and descriptions without changing the original plot.
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		1. "The Wyndham Legacy"
		2. "The Nightingale Legacy"
		3. "The Valentine Legacy"

"The Wyndham Legacy" G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994, HC Reviewed on 3/5/01
		At the age of nine, Josephina Cochrane is mokingly dubbed the "Duchess" by her cousin Marcus Wyndham. Little does Marcus suspect that the Duchess will one day reign sovereign over his own future. For the Earl of Chase, the Duchess's father and Marcus's uncle, leaves a double-edged inheritance for both his heirs, a legacy that will bind their fates - for better and worse - inexorably. When the Earl of Chase dies without a son, Marcus stands to inherit his fortune and title. But the old earl, bitter that Marcus escaped the sudden tragedy that claimed the lives of his only two sons, has laced his legacy with some vengeful stipulations. As a result, Marcus's real future is placed firmly in the Duchess's hands. there's also the rumor of yet another Wyndham legacy: a treasure from long ago that's shrouded in legend and lore. Before the rival legacies can be settles, the Duchess and Marcus must solve two mysteries - one from the past and one that shadows the present.

"The Nightingale Legacy" G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994, HC Reviewed on 3/5/01
		Caroline Derwent-Jones is on the eve of her nineteenth birthday. She's chomping at the bit to get out from under the control of her smarmy guardian, the frighteningly obsessive Mr. Ffalkes. But Ffalkes has other plans for Caroline. She manages to escape him, only to find herself in the fascinatingcompany of Fredric North Nightingale, Lord Chilton. As tragedy and mystery thicken the air, Caroline is drawn more and more to Lord Chilton, a man who claims he's a lonely beggar, his soul suited for solitude and for walking his hounds on the moors. Mysteries old and new abound. Misogyny is rampamt in Lord Chilton's house, filled with only men. And to his surprise, Lord Chilton finds that he wants nothing more than to have Caroline Derwent-Jones in his life.

"The Valentine Legacy" Jove, September 1996 Reviewed on 3/5/01
		In the early 1820's, horse racing was a down and dirty sport. James Wyndham, who owns racing stables in both England and America, finds his racing nemesis in red-haired Jessie Warfield, renowned hoyden and champion jockey, who knows as many dirty racing tricks as James does. When either wins a race, the other's nose gets rubbed in the dirt. Jessie has known James for six years, since she was fourteen years old. She often wants to kick him for the way he treats her, but more importantly, she adores him. She just doesn't know how to show it. When chance throws Jessie out of a tree, landing her on top of James, she is pronounces Ruined. When she decides to run, she really goes for it, all the way to England, to James's cousins, Marcus and Duchess Wyndham. James arrives, laden with guilt, to find Jessie a who sounds like the old Jessie but isn't. Jessie has undergone a transformation worthy of Pygmalion. Will James do the Right Thing and undo Jessie's Ruin?
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"The Rebel Bride" Topaz, January 1994 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		The rebel bride is Katherine Brandon, a hoyden with hair as red as a stormy sunset whose fierce independence masks her loneliness. When Julien St. Clair, Earl of March, sees her for the first time, she is dressed like a boy while engaged in a rather mock duel with her brother. And since it's her turn to be fatally wounded, she dies dramatically at Julien's feet. A poerful, sophisticated nobleman who is bored and restless with a life that holds little more interest for him, the earl finds himself suddenly and thoroughly bewitched by this unusual young lady. But when he decides he wants her, he discovers that all is not what it seems. From the glittering Regency ballrooms of 1814 London, to Paris, and finally to Switerland, the earl and his unwilling bride play a dangerous game of passion, until everything changes irrevocably between them... and Julien discovers Katherine's terrifying secret. Originally published as a Regency, Catherine Coulter has rewritten this story as a historical romance.
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1. "The Sherbrooke Bride"	2. "The Hellion Bride"	3. "The Heiress Bride"
4. "Mad Jack"	5. "The Courtship"

"The Sherbrooke Bride" Jove Books, April 1992 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		Douglas Sherbrooke, Earl of Northcliffe, is a man besieged. He must have an heir. Thus he must first provide himself with the requisite bride. alexandra Chambers, youngest daughter of the Duke of Beresford, has loved Douglas Sherbrooke since she was fifteen. Unfortunately, it is her sister, the incomparable Melissande, he wishes to wed. But life never ladles out what one expects, and Douglas finds himself wed to the wrong sister. If having an unwanted wife isn't enough, he is also plagued by The Virgin Bride, a ghost that is reputely seen in the countess's bedchamber. Does the willowy phantom really appear to Douglas? Does she speak to him?

"The Hellion Bride" Jove Books, November 1992 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		Ryder Sherbrooke is a fun-loving rake with a secret. When he travels to Jamaica to solve the mystery of the supernatural goings-on at the Sherbrooke sugar plantation, he finds another mystery as well - a sophisticated nineteen-year-old girl, Sophia Stanton-Greville, who wants to bed him. And not, he believes, because she is simply enthralled with his handsome self or his boundless charm. Sophia has successfully controlled every man in her orbit until she meets Ryder Sherbrooke, a man she knows immediately is different from the others, a man she sees as one of hell's own sons. Ryder, confident as only a successful rake can be when it comes to knowing women, sets out to teach her who is in charge. It's said she already has three lovers. Is she indeed the outrageous tease she appears? A seductress? Or is she an innocent with an ugly and terrifying secret?

"The Heiress Bride" G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1993, HC Reviewed on 11/23/00
		Joan Winthrop Sherbrooke - Sinjun - is on the verge of spinsterhood, or so her mother fears, when at the ripe age of nineteen she spies Colin Kinross, the Scottish earl of Ashburnham, across the dance floor at a London ball. When Sinjun overhears Colin complain that since he must find himself a wealthy bride in order to survive, is it too much to ask that she be blessed with all her teeth, she promtly introduces herslef as the toothsome heiress she is. Sinjun is bewitched by Colin, utterly fascinated, but she never loses her wits. She arranges an elopement, only to be met in Edinburgh by her two favorite brothers, who are hell-bent on preventing the marriage. But despite all objections, she and Colin are wed. She remains besotted with her new husband even after the pair arrive at Vere Castle on Loch Leven and she learns of hsi first wife's mysterios death and meets his children from that marriage, two little tykes who would just as soon see her in Jericho. There is a man to master, laughter, mystery, danger, strange and odd relatives, and a beautifulcastle in Scotland - all dished up for Sinjun.

"Mad Jack" Jove Books, February 1999 Reviewed on 5/25/01
		Set in London in the year 1811, meet Mad Jack, who in reality is Winifrede Levering Bascombe. She arrives in London with her aunts, Mathilda and Maude, to beg the assistance of Lord Cliffe, Grayson St. Cyre. He welcomes the aunts, briefly spots the valet, Jack, and proceeds very quickly after their arrival to fall down the rabbit hole. He catches the valet, Jack, stealing his horse, chases Jack down, and then all sorts of interesting things happen. Catch up with all the Sherbrookes.

"The Courtship" Jove Books, January 2000 Reviewed on 5/25/01
		Remember Heatherington from "The Sherbrooke Bride" and Helen Mayberry from "Mad Jack", well now the two get together to track down a mystical treasure that Heather calls King Edward's Lamp. Helen is a big girl - only two inches shorter than Heatherington - a resole taskmistress, owner of her own inn. She adores her father, Lord Pirth, and wants to find the lamp more than anything. It is her only passion - until she meets Heatherington. Spenser Heatherington, Lord Beecham, enjoys Helen's pursuit of him. He is a renowned womanizer, a resolute bachelor, and really enjoys his life. When she throws him to the ground and sits on him, and he finally admits he will succumb to her, she informs him, to his chagrin, that she doesn't want a lover, she wants a partner. But things work out a bit differently than either of them expect. Indeed, Heatherington, unused to being thwarted, takes drastic steps to change his "big girl's" mind.
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		1. "Night Fire"
		2. "Night Shadow"
		3. "Night Storm"

"Night Fire" Avon Books, Febrauary 1989 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		Trapped into a loveless marriage, Arielle Leslie knew a life of shame and degradation. Even after the death of her brutal husband, she was unable to free herself from the shackles of humiliation. Only Burke Drummond's love could save her... if she let it. But as his passion blazed, his patience wore thin... and Arielle risked a future as terrifying as her past.

"Night Shadow" Avon Books, August 1989 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		The brutal murder of her benfactor left Lily Tremaine penniless and responsible for the care of his three children. In desperation, she presented herself st the door of his cousin, Knight Winthrope, the Viscount Castlerosse - and found herself drawn to the witty, impossibly handsome confirmed bachelor. In a match fraught with complications, reluctance, and danger, irresistible desire grew into undeniable love.

"Night Storm" Avon Books, Febuary 1990 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		Fiery, free-spirited Eugenia Paxton swore she'd make a pact with the devil himself if it meant saving her father's shipyard from destitution. But a parntership with the wealthy British sea captain Alec Carrick seemed a much more perilous bargain. For once on the tempestuous waters, the aristocratic rogue inflamed her with desires she had never before known, ecstasies she had only imagined. And surrendering to his searing caress couls cost Eugenia her most cherished possessions: her independence... and her fragile, yearning heart.
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		1. "Devil's Embrace"
		2. "Devil's Daughter"

"Devil's Embrace" Onyx, August 1982 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		For beautiful Cassandra Brougham, the seething city Genoa seems a world away from the great 18th-century estate where she was raised. It is here she meets Anthony Welles, Earl of Clare, the brutally handsome aristocrat who swears that he will win Cassie's heart even as he conquers her body. To give you an idea of how much Anthony - the devil - wants Cassandra, he kidnaps her on the eve of her wedding to another man and sails away with her.

"Devil's Daughter" Onyx, May 1985 Reviewed on 11/23/00
		Arabella Welles is Cassandra and Anthony Welles's daughter. Independent and strong-willed as her father, she is a blond- haired hellion with eyes as black as midnight revels. When Arabella goes adventuring to Naples, Italy to solve the mystery of her father's missing ships and cargoes, she discovers that the person behind this thievery is an enemy from her father's past who packs Arabella off to a harem in North Africa. Arabella finds the harem a frightening yet fascinating place, a golden prison from which there is little chance of escape. Her master is Kamal, the Bey of Orn, a man who must be her enemy but who is unlike any man she has ever known. And Kamal suddenly finds himself faced with a woman willing to fight him to the death - a woman who both bewitches and inflames him.
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