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She’s the vampire that could destroy a nation At least, that’s what detective Finn thinks of Tara Fox.He’s convinced she’s been sent to take out the president. She’s the most attractive assassin he’s ever faced, but that won’t keep him from his duty. Tara has always been caught between worlds.As a vampire born and raised in Key West, she has many friends among the humans.Friends that are fighting and dying in the Civil War. When her strange dreams began, she thought of them as abstract visions. But she now knows that she must protect the president at all costs. Finn still won’t trust her. But Tara will do whatever it takes to save the president, even if it costs her heart.

ON THE FRONTIER OF A NEW LIFE… Tired and hungry after two days of travelling, Susanna Hopkins is just about at the end of her tether when her train finally arrives in Cheyenne. She’s bound for a new life in a Western garrison town. Then she discovers she doesn’t even have enough money to pay for the stagecoach!Luckily for her the compassionate Major Joseph Randolph is heading in the same direction. As a military surgeon, Joe is used to keeping his professional distance. But despite Susanna’s understated beauty he’s drawn to this woman who carries loss and pain equal to his own and has a heart which is just as hesitant and wary…‘Always original, always superb, Ms Kelly’s body of work is a timeless delight.’ – RT Book Reviews

The awakening of Beatrice… Living in a grey world of silhouette, Lord Taris Wellingham conceals his fading eyesight from Society. He has long protected himself from any intimate relationships. Plain, twenty-eight-year-old Beatrice-Maude Bassingstoke does not expect to attract any man, especially not one as good-looking as her remote travelling companion.Forced by a snowstorm to spend the night together, these two lonely people seek solace in each other’s arms. The passion they unleash surprises them both. How will their lives change with the coming of the new day?