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Before you get down on bended knee……you should be pretty darn sure the answer will be yes. For ten years, Connor O’Rourke has been waiting for Jessica Dunn to take their on-again, off-again relationship public, and he thinks the time has come. His restaurant is thriving, she’s got her dream job at Blue Heron Vineyard—it’s the perfect time to get married.When he pops the question, however, her answer is a fond but firm no. If it ain’t broke, why fix it? Jess has her hands full with her younger brother, who’s now living with her full-time, and a great career after years of waitressing. What she and Connor have is perfect: friends with an excellent benefits package. Besides, with her difficult past (and reputation), she’s positive married life isn’t for her.But this time, Connor says it’s all or nothing. If she doesn’t want to marry him, he’ll find someone who does. Easier said than done, given that he’s never loved anyone but her. And maybe Jessica isn’t quite as sure as she thinks…

Evangeline is at the pinnacle of her career as a famous fashion photographer when she meets Mik, a moody Hungarian war-photographer driven by ruthless ambition. Though they are drawn to one another as lovers, their professional rivalry spells doom.THEIR LOVE IS SWEET POISON…Evangeline, ugly-lovely daughter of famous American artists, is a top fashion photographer. Mik, moody, Hungarian, would like to be. When they meet on a London shoot, they are immediately drawn together as lovers, but, both driven by ruthless ambition, their clash spells doom…Each is haunted by secret tragedy. Both have sacrificed private happiness for public success. Both are victims who inflict their pain on others.'Naked Angles' is their story, of greed and glamour, of suffering, destructive passion and, finally, of hope and unexpected happiness…

Lawyer Lennox Kemp’s newly-wed happiness is slowly being eroded by a series of anonymous threats. Is it an aggrieved past client? A criminal he has helped put away?His friend Detective Inspector John Upshire points out that there is a multiplicity of enemies from which to choose. But then a colleague of Kemp’s is murdered and Lennox is convinced that he was the intended victim. Weighed down by guilt, he feels disinclined to investigate the matter further, so it is left to his feisty wife Mary to follow the confusing clues.Is the murder connected to the anonymous threats and sabotage attempts against Kemp? or does it relate to the victim’s own affairs? A mysterious commission in London, an arrogant property dealer, an unbalanced young woman, are only some of the elements of the mystery which Mary must disentangle. But is she on the right path? And will Lennox regain his interest in the affair before another murder is committed?The return of Lennox Kemp, M. R. D. Meek’s popular lawyer sleuth, is an intricate and suspenseful puzzler that will delight his many fans.