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(The sequel to Inamorata) Death has long been a subject that preys upon Nightingale's mind. Her life has never been a safe one, not with her past in the bordello and her occupation as a government agent. Death has always been close to her; she used to long for it in her suffering, and now she fears that it will take away her happiness, but it has always been her own life she has worried for. But when the life of someone else suddenly hangs in the balance, she will be forced to choose between love and morality.…

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Nightingale is human - or would be, had it not been for the manner of her creation. Genetically engineered and grown to adulthood in a lab, she was created, not born. Why? For the sole purpose of the entertainment of rich men as one of the many Inamoratas in the bordello business . Beautiful, elegant, a superb dancer and an even better singer, she is the perfect lover for any man. Perfect, that is, except for her personality - the one thing you can't engineer.…

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Short stories of all sorts, from different times and different places. Little tales of love and sorrow, all mixed together. Bits and pieces of my more serious writing, and a place to experiment with new things. Some very mature themes though, I hope, only those I can portray with adequate taste.…

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Isabella Winter and John Steele have just met, but they already have something in common: they're both writers. She writes trashy romance novels, and he writes trashy crime novels. Neither, however, knows what to do when when they become the sole witnesses to a murder. Can Isabella and John use their creative power to solve the murder before the murderer tracks them down? And can they somehow get themselves out of the romantic entanglements that have ensued?…

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Lilith Farrar's job is not easy. She rubs shoulders with socialites, diplomats, the President of the Western Union, even choice members of the British Peerage, all in the name of keeping secrets. Hired by her husband to keep his personal life private, she is exceptionally good at managing his affairs. Good, that is, until something goes terribly wrong at a weekend retreat and threatens to blow their cover wide open.…

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In a futuristic society ruled by an elite breed of humanity known as the Wardens, assisted by their empathic Counselors, Kit Charlet is a Warden at the beginning of her days as a ruler, struggling to come to terms with her new rank, her heightened abilities, and her need for a Counselor. And just when she has become satisfied, she becomes caught up in a web of tragedy, lies and corruption.…

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Lawrence Swift, incorrigible rake, elegant gentleman, man of substantial income, and member of an elite social circle in London, has never particularly cared for anything. Life has always been pleasure to him, and a pleasure languidly gotten. Leisure, seduction, and wealth are the things that he values, and the ones he lives by. What he lives by until, unexpectedly, the women he has wronged - and the children he has had by them - hold him to task.…

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It is 1805, and Dr. Stephen Byrne leads the rather simple life of a country gentleman and a physician. However, on a voyage to Jamaica, where he has been summoned to try to save the ailing Governor, he encounters Miss Rosalind Marlowe, the beautiful daughter of the indomitable Vice-Admiral Marlowe, and his life turns in a rather unexpected direction.…

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The year is 1789, and Henry Kent is captain of a ship bound to the High Arctic on an explorative expedition. On the way he meets John Manning, a charming boy of twelve with dreams of adventure. The secret he discovers about John is only the beginning of a long, harrowing chain of events that lead him on the path to horror, desperation, sadness, but ultimately, love.…

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Anne seems to have it all - at only twenty-five, she's a freelance theatre critic and married to Aaron Harrington, a wealthy businessman one year her junior. But after two years of marriage, the couple realizes something - they can't have children. What ensues is a visit to Dr. Graeme, the doctor at the country's most highly-acclaimed fertility clinic. But what happens when Anne starts to develop feelings for Dr. Graeme that might put her marriage - and her chances of having a baby - on the line?…

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It has been three years since Aaron Harrington's wife left him. Unable to move on, battling alcoholism, and facing problems at work, he struggles to maintain the will to live. For Jack Graeme, it has been three years since he met the married Anne Harrington. Now that she is his wife, he is forced to come to terms with the effect his actions - and Anne's - have had on her ex-husband.…