Anne Stuart Boeken

The story revolves around Rachel Chandler, whose brother Emmett has been missing for fifteen years after being wrongfully implicated in a bombing. Each year on her birthday, she receives a porcelain butterfly from him, symbolizing his ongoing connection despite his elusive existence. As Rachel grapples with her brother's disappearance and the mystery behind his gifts, she embarks on a journey to uncover the truth about Emmett's fate and the reasons behind his flight.

Few outsiders will ever witness the dark misdeeds of the Heavenly Host. And within this secret society, where exiled Georgian aristocrats gather to indulge their carnal desires, fewer still can match the appetite of Viscount Rohan. Now Rohan has encountered the fascination of a woman who won't be swayed. Although appalled by his dark seduction, the pure and impoverished Elinor Harriman is intrigued by the man behind the desire.

A damaged beauty. The cruellest beast. Ruined beyond repair, and shunned by London society, lovely Miranda Rohan rebelliously embraces the freedom of having nothing left to lose. However, this dangerous course throws her under the power of the darkly enigmatic Lucien de Malheur known to many as the Scorpion. Seeking to destroy the Rohans, Lucien traps Miranda in a marriage she thinks is based on friendship but instead is rooted in vengeance. Yet when she realises the truth their enmity fuels a shocking passion and perhaps even more

Museum curator Summer Hawthorne considered the exquisite ice-blue ceramic bowl given to her by her beloved Japanese nanny a treasure of sentimental value—until somebody tried to kill her for it.The priceless relic is about to ignite a global power struggle that must be stopped at all costs. It's a desperate situation, and international operative Takashi O'Brien has received his directive: everybody is expendable. Everybody. Especially the woman who is getting dangerously under his skin as the lethal game crosses the Pacific to the remote and beautiful mountains of Japan, where the truth can be as seductive as it is deadly….

Broken-hearted, brainy beauty Jilly Lovitz takes off for Tokyo. She's expecting to cry on her sister Summer's shoulder, but instead she's snatched away on the back of a motorcycle, narrowly avoiding a grisly execution attempt meant for her sister and brother-in-law. Her rescuer is Reno, tattooed Yakuza punk & secret agent.

This Christmas, holiday getaway has an entirely new meaning...Take Eloise. First she's kidnapped by Santa, and now she's camping out in an abandoned lighthouse with the most infuriatingly intoxicating cop she's ever met. Is she sleeping with the enemy…or the man destined to make her Mrs. Claus in Anne Stuart's "Claus and Effect."Meanwhile Jean is abducted to a remote ranch, stuck teaching a handsome Texas Ranger how to enjoy a little sensual Christmas cheer in Tina Leonard's "Caught at Christmas." And Molly? Her nuptials are shot up and her fiancé's a no-show, but when she arrives at a supposedly private Australian hideaway to recoup, she's not alone… and the heat is enough to melt the mere memory of a white Christmas in Marion Lennox's "Candy Canes and Crossfire."Three women, connected by friendship and fate, are taking cover…with men sexy enough to unwrap!

Practical Maggie Brown was the dutiful daughter, the good sister--and in trouble again because of her feckless family. But Ben Frazer held the answers to her problems. Maggie hired him as her guide through the remote, hostile mountain region to locate her wayward sibling on a life-and-death matter--his protection was part of the package. Little things like where she was, how to get home or whom to trust, were a mystery to Maggie, which left her only Ben--an even more confounding unknown--to turn to. In the isolation of rugged terrain, Maggie was at Ben's mercy. And she suddenly found herself embroiled in a conspiracy of colossal proportions. With threats on all sides, Ben was her lifeline. But would he save Maggie when she fell...for him?

The Widow by Anne Stuart released on Jun 24, 2001 is available now for purchase.

Set against a backdrop of dark fantasy, the story follows a cursed nobleman who grapples with his monstrous lineage and the pursuit of redemption. As he navigates a world filled with treachery and supernatural forces, he encounters a cast of characters, each with their own hidden agendas and secrets. Themes of power, betrayal, and the struggle between good and evil are woven throughout, creating a gripping tale of transformation and moral dilemmas in a richly imagined universe.

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