The Killing Game

Damita Shaughnessy se glisse incognito dans le fabuleux hôtel de Marasef, pour surprendre le propriétaire en pleine nuit. Mais, quand elle ôte son déguisement, Clayton Bannor tombe amoureux de cette jeune intrépide qui a juré de retrouver sa mère, disparue depuis deux mois. Et voilà que par amour, Clayton l'inaccessible, celui dont toutes les femmes rêvent d'asservir le cœur, va transporter Damita de son palais oriental vers une cabane de berger…

Des Cieux D'azur

Serena Spaulding vole vers les Antilles pour sortir son frère de prison. O surprise ! La geôle est une merveilleuse cache dorée… dans laquelle Gil Brandt veut enfermer la jeune femme. Pour toujours. Serena a-t-elle raison de se méfier du mariage et de Gil, l'aventurier, qu'elle a rencontré dix ans plus tôt ?

Hier aux Antilles

Eve Duncan's mission in life is to bring closure to the families who have experienced the agony of a missing child. As a forensic sculptor, she is able to piece together bones, create a face, and bring an identity to a child who would have otherwise gone unidentified. Eve is brilliant, driven, and tormented - because her own daughter, Bonnie, was taken from her years ago. But now, with the help of a CIA agent, Eve has uncovered some startling new evidence: A man with a connection to Bonnie that had been all but buried. His name is John Gallo. He's from Eve's own past. His whereabouts are unknown. And he might just be the missing piece to the puzzle that has haunted Eve for years .

Building on her series featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, bestselling suspense writer Iris Johansen takes a slightly different tangent with her latest thriller, The Search. The search and rescue team of Sarah Patrick and her golden retriever, Monty, first appeared in The Killing Game, where they helped Eve track down a kidnapped child and a maniacal killer. Now, John Logan, the billionaire who wooed Eve only to lose her to Joe Quinn, needs to utilize Sarah and Monty's talents in a quest of his own. Although it has it rewards, the rescue work Sarah and Monty do demands a hefty emotional toll from them both. Sarah is highly protective of Monty, and when Logan first approaches her with what's obviously a very dangerous mission, Sarah is quick to say no. But Logan brings his powerful resources to bear and more or less forces Sarah to agree to the mission or face the loss of her job, her peace of mind, and Monty. The task at hand involves finding and rescuing a highly valued scientist who has been kidnapped and is being held somewhere in Colombia. But the man who took the scientist is a ruthless and heartless killer whose primary objective is carrying out his sadistic revenge on Logan. Sarah, none too happy about being coerced into helping Logan, becomes even less inclined toward him when Monty is wounded in the rescue attempt. Logan is wounded too, and after their mission has been accomplished, the threesome end up back at Sarah's isolated cabin. Sarah does everything she can to make Logan leave but finds it hard to be too insistent given his wounds. Besides, when Logan pays his debt to her for completing the mission, it is something Sarah could never have anticipated, an act that leaves her stunned, confused, and indebted. As for Logan, he refuses to leave Sarah alone because he knows that his nemesis, Rudzak, saw her and Monty in Colombia. And because of the nature of his relationship with Rudzak and the secret history they share, Logan knows the psycho will eventually come after Sarah. Holed up together and fighting a wide array of emotions, Sarah and Logan discover a spark of passion between them. Though they both try to resist, eventually the spark ignites a full-fledged conflagration that leaves both of them stunned, puzzled, and forever changed. By the time the inevitable confrontation with Rudzak occurs, Logan will be forced to risk both his life and his heart in hopes of keeping Sarah and Monty safe. And Sarah must risk everything she holds dear if she ever hopes to find a happiness she is only now beginning to realize. Fans of Johansen's previous books in this series, The Face of Deception and The Killing Game, will enjoy brief though hair-raising appearances by Eve, Joe Quinn, and Jane -- the spunky, street-wise child Eve adopted in the last book. Also filling out the character roster is an intriguing love interest for Monty: an injured gray wolf named Maggie. But the best parts of Johansen's latest effort are her characteristically explosive mix of chilling terror and heated passion and her gift for weaving a tale of intrigue where seeing isn't necessarily believing. Beth Amos

Course À Mort (Eve Duncan, #3)

Jane Barnaby a pris sa vie en main à douze ans en décidant de se choisir un père, Patrick Reilly, et de quitter les États-Unis pour le suivre sur les chantiers du chemin de fer en Écosse. 

Devenue une belle jeune femme, Jane travaille dur, assume la vie qu'elle s'est choisie et qu'elle aime. Installée en Inde où elle construit un train pour le compte d'un maharajah, elle découvre complots et trahisons derrière la beauté des temples et des palais. Un jour, Jane rencontre Ruel MacClaren, un chercheur d'or ombrageux. L'attraction est irrésistible, la passion incandescente. Mais l'indomptable Jane s'est juré de n'appartenir à personne et certainement pas à cet aventurier tourmenté, avide de pouvoir et d'or.

Prince de coeur

Être détective privé quand on est blonde, trop belle et qu'on a le cœur trop tendre : dur métier ! Sous ses apparences de vamp, Agnès cache une volonté de fer et une intelligence redoutable. Un seul défaut à sa cuirasse : elle n'a pas trouvé le Prince Charmant. Pour son malheur, il se présente sous les traits irritants d'un Don Juan fabuleusement riche et, pour tout arranger, de sang royal... Alors d'un paradis à l'autre, du Mexique en Arabie, elle n'a plus qu'à découvrir ce que dissimule l'allure frivole, l'impardonnable légèreté et les incessantes pirouettes du Prince Rubinoff.

Un coin de paradis (Sedikhan, #2)

Au cœur du désert de Syrie se dresse une forteresse imprenable. Chaque soir, le maître de Dundragon scrute l'horizon. Au loin, la lueur d'un feu troue l'obscurité. L'espion des Templiers est là ! Jamais le Grand Maître ne renoncera à sa vengeance. Est-ce l'Orient dont Duncan rêvait, il y a des années, en Ecosse ? Hélas, le désert s'est refermé sur lui et ces murailles austères où il avait cru trouver un abri sont devenues sa prison. Où fuir à présent ? Sa situation est comparable à celle de cette esclave qu'il a trouvée, errant dans les dunes, quelques jours plus tôt. Evadée de Constantinople, elle tentait de rejoindre Damas. Avec ses cheveux d'or et son corps parfait, elle devait valoir un bon prix ! Mais Duncan a deviné que sous une apparence gracile, cette délicieuse créature dissimule une volonté de fer...

The Killing Game

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