Книги, похожие на «Angel Smits, The Ballerina's Stand»

A Philadelphia mansion plays host to uninvited death….1777: In the throes of the Revolutionary War, Landon Mansion is commandeered by British Lord «Butcher» Bedford. He stabs Lucy Tarleton—who spurned his king and his love—leaving her to die in her father's arms. Now: After the day's final tour, docent Allison Leigh makes her rounds while locking up…and finds a colleague slumped over Bedford's desk, impaled on his own replica bayonet.Resident ghosts may be the stock-in-trade of stately Philadelphia homes, but Allison—a noted historian—is indignant at the prospect of «ghost hunters» investigating this apparent murder. Agent Tyler Montague knows his hauntings and his history. But while Allison is skeptical of the newcomer, a second mysterious murder occurs.Has «Butcher» Bedford resurfaced? Or is there another malevolent force at work in Landon Mansion? Wary, yet deeply attracted, Allison has to trust in Tyler and work with him to discover just what uninvited guest—dead or alive—has taken over the house. Or their lives could become history!

When ex-Marine Walker Buchanan stops to help Elissa Towers change a tire, he tells himself it's just the neighborly thing to do.And when Elissa finds herself baking him a thank-you pie, she's just returning the favor…right? Both of them have sworn off dating–Elissa's determined to protect her little girl, and that means ditching her taste for dangerous men…especially former Marines with dark secrets.Walker knows that he's not cut out for hearth and home…his own crazy family made sure of that. But the sparks won't stop flying between them. Now the two are struggling to keep their relationship «just friends,» but with every kiss, their rules fly out the window…