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HE WAS HER FIRST LOVE, THE FATHER OF HER SON–AND A COMPLETE STRANGER…Eden Miller had once loved and lost the man of her dreams. But twelve years later he returned, and she learned he'd been undercover for the FBI, investigating her family. Payne's kisses still thrilled her, but did Eden dare trust her heart or let him in on her–their–big secret?Payne Magnuson was considered a renegade agent–and a wanted man who'd been framed for murder. The stakes couldn't get any higher…until Eden told him he was a father! Now nothing would keep him from the woman he'd never stopped loving and the child he had yet to meet. But would fate and a vengeful murderer allow this joyful reunion?

Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesThe schoolmarm’s last stand! Brandon Calhoun kept his life ordered, clean and tidy. But new schoolmarm Harriet Smith had her own ideas about living, and they were throwing him wildly off balance. Suddenly Brandon wanted much more than his old routine! Harriet was a woman to be reckoned with. She would defend her brother, even if it meant standing up to the most powerful man in Dutchman’s Creek.But making an enemy of ruthless, compelling Brandon Calhoun had consequences. Soon Harriet had to face the truth – the thorn in her side was the only man she could ever desire!

Based on a true story, mystery and intrigue in pre-Civil War New YorkThe sensational murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell in his lower Manhattan home made front-page news across the United States in 1857. «Who killed Dr. Burdell?» was a question that gripped the nation. 31 Bond Street, a debut novel by Ellen Horan, interweaves fiction with actual events in a clever historical narrative that blends romance, politics, greed and sexual intrigue in a suspenseful drama.The story opens when an errand boy discovers Burdell's body in the bedroom of his posh Bond Street home. The novel's central characters are Dr. Harvey Burdell, a dentist and unscrupulous businessman; his lover, the ambitious, Brooklyn-born Emma Cunningham; the District Attorney, Abraham Oakey Hall (later to become mayor of New York); and Henry Clinton, a prominent defense lawyer. The enigmatic relationship between Emma and Dr. Burdell makes her the prime suspect, and her trial is nothing less than sensational. Will she hang? Were her teenaged daughters involved? What did the servants know? Who was the last person to see Burdell alive? During the trial, the two lawyers fight for truth, justice and their careers.This novel is set against the background of bustling, corrupt New York City, just four years before the Civil War. The author intertwines two main narratives: the trial through the perspective of the defense attorney Henry Clinton, and the story of the lovely young widow Emma Cunningham whose search for a husband brings her into the arms and home of Dr. Burdell.