Книги автора: Marilyn Pappano

They’re tracking a missing person But will they be the next victims? Detective Jennifer “JJ” Logan is determined to unearth a missing socialite. At her side looms officer Quint Foster, who bridles at having to work alongside JJ. But as they dig deeper into the victim’s odd behaviour, he feels alive for the first time in years. The hunt means their deepening emotions have to take a back seat to getting out alive!

A past he'd rather forget…DEA informant Sean Holigan never imagined he’d return to Copper Lake and revisit the ghosts of his past. But bad memories aren’t the only thing waiting for him. With their mother in jail, Sean’s nieces are in the care of their foster mother, Sophy Marchand.Years and miles haven’t erased Sean’s high-school memories of Sophy, but she’s certainly grown up. Sean longs for beautiful and benevolent Sophy – making her one of three lives he must protect from ruthless killers. Sophy and the girls depend on him… almost as badly as Sean depends on them!

For six years Fiona Lake had been haunted by Justin Reed, the man who loved her–and left her secretly carrying his child. Now the brawny special agent was back and had discovered the truth.Would knowing his daughter turn him into father material, or would he walk away from her, too? Yet when an explosion ripped through their lives, the help he offered their little girl revealed a side of Justin that Fiona had thought was gone. She could believe he cared–as long as she protected her heart. But when fate intervened again, love was put to the ultimate test….

A loyal son, loving brother and doting single dad, rugged rancher Tate Rawlins was as honest as an Oklahoma day was long. But when Alabama reporter Natalie Grant began investigating his family's secrets, Tate grudgingly adopted deception to protect his unconventional kin from scandal.He would impersonate his half brother–a famous senator's hidden illegitimate son–and stonewall the Southern writer into abandoning her exposé.But Tate didn't reckon on how badly Natalie needed her story–or how badly he would need her. The leggy redhead lassoed his libido, harnessed his heart, enchanted his motherless son…until Tate ached to make her his. But how could he promise Natalie forever while whispering sweet, loving lies?

A kiss is still a kiss….MAN WITHOUT A PASTSarah James knew the stranger who had staggered out of the rainswept night and fallen into her arms was bad news. And yet she couldn't turn him away, this man who knew nothing about himself–not even his own name….Night after night she cared for his wounds, fighting her growing desire for him–and her rising fear. For as fragments of his shattered memory returned, it was becoming clear that he could be a fugitive from justice–or something far worse….Yet night after night she was falling more and more deeply in love with a man who was a complete stranger to her–and even to himself….

36 Hours SerialAs a devastating summer storm hits Grand Springs, Colorado, the next thirty-six hours will change the town and its residents forever….You Must Remember This Part 3Amnesiac Martin Smith believes if he can solve Mayor Olivia Stuart's murder he could solve the mystery of his identity. Maybe then the pain of his tortured dreams would stop and he could start a new life in Grand Springs with Juliet.He and Juliet are closing in on the killer. But when Martin learns the truth of his identity, how will he come to terms with his traumatic past?And when the chase for the killer leads to a dangerous hostage situation with Juliet at the center, Martin will need to draw on everything he knows about himself–both past and present–to save her.

36 Hours SerialAs a devastating summer storm hits Grand Springs, Colorado, the next thirty-six hours will change the town and its residents forever….You Must Remember This Part 2Months after Martin Smith walked into the hospital E.R. with no memory, he is still searching for his identity. Solving the mayor's murder will bring him closer to the truth–and to Juliet, the sexy computer guru who's helping him with the investigation. Martin's few sketchy memories have been violent and disturbing. When his identity is revealed, will he have to leave Juliet to keep her safe?Meeting Martin is the best thing that's happened to Juliet since she came to Grand Springs. It's hard to believe there isn't another woman somewhere praying for his return. She would do anything to help the man she's grown to love, but solving the mystery of Martin Smith could cost Juliet her heart….The story concludes in You Must Remember This Part 3.

With his sexy grin and considerable charm, Reese Barnett could make a woman swoon. Neely Madison could attest to that. She'd once been desperately in love with the rugged lawman, but then came the tragedy Reese refused to forgive…and Neely couldn't forget. Now, with a vengeful killer barely a step behind, Neely's life was in Reese's hands. Neely was the last person Reese wanted to protect, yet he wouldn't let her down. Despite everything, she still meant the world to him. Now he had one more chance to set things right. But would the sheriff's surrender come at the ultimate price?

Army hero Logan Marshall would avenge his foster parents' murders or die trying. So when P.I. Bailey Madison offered to help, he couldn't refuse the sexy blonde–though it meant agreeing once the killer was caught, he'd return with her to a family he had abandoned.On the trail, their bickering fights became passionate nights. And he wondered if he would ever be able to let Bailey go. Until they got closer to the killer, and he had to choose: get long-sought revenge or be the hero Bailey deserved….

Romance writer Jayne Miller was determined to make a new life for herself and her daughter, far from the heartache she'd left behind. She arrived in a late-winter storm–only to collide with a snow-dusted stranger.Her neighbor Tyler Lewis seemed to live a solitary life on his own terms, but his constant presence soon made her see past the brooding loner to the passionate man ready to break free of his brutal past. What would it take to convince Tyler that he wasn't somebody's tarnished hero–but the love of this woman's life?

Ex-detective Jace Barnett's finely tuned instincts went into overdrive when he met his beautiful new neighbor with the fictitious past. His attempts to uncover her true identity met a dead end every time. She was a tantalizing mystery–one that spelled trouble for them both.It broke Cassidy McRae's heart to lie to the man who made her heart skip a beat from passion instead of fear. Something about Jace told her that he would protect her with his life–if she could only trust him enough to be honest. But though the truth could set her free, it might also get them both killed….

Hallie Madison couldn't help but reach out to the brooding lawman, to help him connect with the lonely teenager who might be his daughter–who needed him to be her father. She risked her tattered heart on a man who couldn't promise her anything and a girl who was someone else's daughter.Life had taught Brady that the safest way to live was alone, but after one night with Hallie, alone was the last thing he wanted to be. And when his newfound «daughter» wound up kidnapped, Brady knew there was nothing he wouldn't do for the women he loved and the chance to be a family.

Heck, the whole town knew that the impossibly charming cowboy was so irresistible to females, he would never settle down. Until a sweet, petite city gal visiting Hickory Bluff suddenly proved irresistible to him.Problem was, Candace Thompson's past offenses were unforgivable to Josh's big, beloved clan. So what to do with the hunger he felt for the one woman who should never be his?Once an ambitious reporter, Candace had sacrificed love and friendship on the altar of her career. Until a life crisis guided her to change her ways, to visit Oklahoma long enough to right her past wrongs. But would falling for Josh ruin her well-made plan, or could this sexy cowboy be her very own dream come true?

A house with a dark historyAfter a miscarriage and over a year in a psychiatric hospital, Macy Howard is ready to revisit her old home in Copper Lake, Georgia. When she returns, Macy meets Stephen Noble, an author and vet, who doesn’t know about her troubled past. Stephen finds her irresistible, and, finally, Macy feels willing to trust another man.Her future seems hopeful – until strange things start happening in the house: stirrings at the windows…items turning up in unexpected places…lingering scents that don’t belong. Is Macy slowly descending into madness?Or is something more sinister at work at Copper Lake?

HEARTBREAK CANYON–THE MEN OF HEARTBREAK LIVE BY THEIR OWN RULES–PROTECT THE LAND, HONOR THE FAMILY…AND NEVER LET A GOOD WOMAN GO!ONE MOMENT OF PLEASUREEthan James had spend a lifetime looking for trouble. Until he received a photo of a woman who seven months ago, had claimed him, body and soul–for a single night. A woman who was now seven months pregnant…TWO ALTERED LIVESGrace Prescott had always accepted what little she'd been given. Then Ethan resurfaced, proposing marriage for the child's sake. But she wanted the whole dream. The baby–and a husband who loved her. And this time, she wasn't going to settle for less…

This is far from over. After being the target of a mob hit intended for his twin brother, Joe Saldana had settled in to his trauma-free life in Copper Lake. But when his brother's girlfriend, Liz Dalton, entered the coffee shop looking for his twin, Joe found his new life suddenly unraveling. The threat still existed–and so did the white-hot attraction between Joe and Liz.A U.S. Marshal, Liz had taken precautions to ensure her pretend boyfriend's safety. Now that he had escaped protective custody, she had to find him and bring him in to testify. She didn't count on needing Joe's help, on deceiving him yet again. She could only count on wanting him despite all the reasons she shouldn't….

No one believed Anamaria Duquesne when she had premonitions of her mother's death.Now, years later, the town pariah has returned to Copper Lake to unearth what transpired on that fateful night. Although she has the gift of foresight, she didn't predict falling under the tantalizing spell of a rich playboy who's been hired to spy on her.Robbie Calloway scoffed at Anamaria's psychic mumbo jumbo about an unsolved murder and eerie family curses. But before long, the prominent attorney was entrenched in her crusade… With danger swirling around them, could they overcome incredible odds to be together?

I wish to God you were dead. Little did Ellie Chase know those would be the last words she ever spoke to her estranged mother. When Martha's body was found the next morning, all eyes were on Ellie… who couldn't remember what she'd done that night. So when Tommy Maricci–the man she refused to let herself love– came to her rescue, she couldn't say no.Tommy believed in his former girlfriend's innocence–no matter how damning the evidence against her was. She may have broken his heart, but he took her into his home for protection. Because if Ellie wasn't the killer, someone had set her up. And Tommy refused to let anyone hurt the woman he loved.

Falling for him was not an option…Because he was bad news. Everything about Jake Norris, from the determined gleam in his eye to his tight, worn denims, screamed rebel with a cause. And Kylie Riordan knew that Jake's probing questions–and soul-searing glances–could only lead to trouble. A true crime writer, he was on a mission, investigating a twenty-year-old murder that implicated several powerful men…including Kylie's father, the senator. If Jake's instincts were right, Kylie would have to choose between family loyalty and the only man who'd ever seen her for who she really was.