Dr. Lisa Maxwell believes in one thing: herself. A respected archaeologist, Lisa travels to Jamaica where a mishap drops her on the first of three artifacts her fiancé lost his life trying to find. The discovery leads her to the most important decision of her life – leave history in the past (something she’s not trained to do), or finish what the man she’d once loved started.

Rafe Sullivan is a thief. And a damn good one. From his research he knows the sexy Dr. Maxwell has the first artifact, and he wants it. When he seduces the relic out from under her, she’s intent on finding him and settling the score. He already has the third artifact in his possession and knows he needs her research to find the second. 

Short on funds, Lisa agrees to a reluctant partnership, and the two plan to split the payoff at the end. Neither trusts the other, and they’re fighting a growing attraction that threatens to boil over and consume them both. When word of their quest spreads, treasure hunters come out of the shadows to beat them to the finish, and suddenly Lisa and Rafe aren’t just worried about finding the relic first, but staying alive in the process.

And the more time they spend together, the more each realizes failure in their quest isn’t the biggest peril, losing their hearts in the process is. Can either take a chance and believe in the other? Or will their lack of trust ultimately get them both killed?



Psychologist Ethan McClane is exactly where he doesn’t want to be.  A court order has him counseling a juvenile delinquent back in Forest Ridge, OR – a town that changed his life forever one cold and fateful night almost two decades ago.

 

High school chemistry teacher Samantha Parker is haunted by her brother’s death and the repressed memory of a violent act she doesn’t yet understand.  She’s hoping being back in Forest Ridge will finally allow her to put the past behind her.

When Ethan shows up in Sam’s classroom, there’s more than instant chemistry between the two.  As Sam and Ethan grow closer, Sam struggles to keep her troubled memories and emotions guarded.  Ethan uses his resources to set them free.  But the discovery of human remains in the woods behind Sam’s house set off a chain of dangerous reactions that could threaten residents of the sleepy town and put both of their lives in danger.

 

And when Ethan and Sam discover they met, briefly – eighteen years before – the catalyst may be strong enough to tear down the foundation of their growing relationship, and push a killer to strike again.

 


Archaeologist Maren Hudson has spent her entire life unearthing the clues history has left behind.  One artifact proves elusive, though: Marina’s Bane - the golden statue of a heartsick Aztec princess – a piece rich in history, shrouded in darkness and encircled by death.

Maren’s first attempt to find the relic in the jungle of the Yucatan ends in tragedy – a dead colleague, a missing artifact, a broken heart, and a daughter she never expected to have.  Nine years later, she knows the only way to ensure her daughter’s safety and her own personal freedom is to find Marina’s Bane before it’s too late.  Time is ticking.  If she’s not successful, she stands to lose everything that matters to her.

Archaeologist Thad Leighton has never been able to forget the woman who changed his life one long-ago summer in Mexico.  Haunted by her memory, he’s been waiting almost a decade to go after Marina’s Bane again – to settle an old score, and to reconnect with Maren.

Paired up once more - this time in the South Pacific - the old attraction between Maren and Thad reignites, testing Maren’s resolve.  Can she take a chance and open her heart to the one person who has the power to hurt her?  Or is the pain of the past still too real to ignore?  Only time will tell.  But one thing’s for sure, if Thad discovers her secrets, everything she’s been working for might just be lost.  And the results may be too much for either of them to handle.

And though neither realizes it, the five-hundred-year-old curse of Marina’s Bane is waiting to strike again.

 
Pharmaceutical tycoon Ryan Harrison finally has the one thing he’s been dreaming of for five long years – his deceased wife is alive and well and back in his life.  The only problem is she doesn’t remember him or their life together.

 

Kate Alexander has been living a lie for five years.  She just wants the truth – what really happened to her?  Why did her late husband lie?  And why can’t she remember Ryan Harrison, the man who claims to be her real husband?

 

Feeling an unexplainable connection to Ryan, Kate tries to sift through the information she uncovers about her disappearance – an experimental drug given to her without her consent, a drug study that may have been responsible for her amnesia.  The more she learns, the more she realizes the man she’s quickly falling for may have played a part in what happened to her.

 

But when research patients taking that same drug begin turning up dead, the stakes are raised, and Kate’s life is suddenly in jeopardy.  Wrestling with time, Ryan has to figure out a way to win Kate back and prove his innocence before a killer strikes again.  Can he convince Kate they’re meant to be together before it’s too late?  And if he can, will Kate even want him back?