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Potent poisons and deadly rivalries in this glamorous thriller.Jim and Millie Hunter have it all: good looks, brilliant minds, and a meteoric rise to fame.Dr Jim Hunter is a genius biochemist, and author of a smash-hit science book that is propelling him to the top. His wife Millie, is a blonde bombshell and fellow scientist, researching rare poisons derived from puffer fish.They seem to have it all, but others in their academic circle have got the knives out, jealous of their success – and their inter-racial relationship arouses prejudice.So when a double murder is perpetrated, using poison stolen from Millie’s research lab, Captain Carmine Delmonico of Holloman Police must race to find the killer before they can claim their next victim.The pool of suspects is small, but nobody is talking.Have two men died to safeguard the publication of Jim’s book – or do rivalries and betrayals run deeper than that?

Old passions never die…Leo Zamos persuades his virtual PA Eve Carmichael to act as his fake fiancée at a business dinner. Thinking he’s never met her before, Leo assumes that Eve’s appearance will be as neat and professional as the work she’s so efficiently performed for him. But soon he realises how wrong he’s been! With her soft curves, and lips that beg to be kissed, Eve is every bit as tempting as her namesake…Eve has accepted Leo’s commission reluctantly – how can she, a single mum, refuse the fee he’s offering her? But will he recognise her as the girl he once briefly met and for whom he felt a simmering attraction? When Eve sees Leo again, she knows that the one-evening masquerade she’s signed up for is about to become a whole passionate night…in his bed…