âHere you are. Delivered right back to your door, and well before midnight, too,â Seth drawled.
Adrienne slid her helmet off, shaking out her hair. It fell like a silken blanket over her bare, sun-kissed shoulders. She raised an eyebrow. âAre you suggesting your motorcycle will turn into a pumpkin at the stroke of midnight?â
âYou never know, princess. Depends on whether today was real or only a fairy tale.â
His insides twisted as he hung his helmet on the handlebars. Heâd meant his comment lightheartedly, but the truth of his words echoed in his head. If it was real, then he hadnât yet accomplished his objective, which was to pry information from the Widow DeBlanc using any means necessary. If it was a fairy tale, thenâ Seth stopped. It wasnât a fairy tale. There would be no happily-ever-after, not if what Conrad Burke and the others thought about her was true. He didnât want to believe that she was involved in any of the drug dealing or corruption. But whether he wanted to believe it or not didnât matter.
He had a job to do.
Dear Harlequin Intrigue Reader,
August marks a special month at Harlequin Intrigue as we commemorate our twentieth anniversary! Over the past two decades weâve satisfied our devoted readersâ diverse appetites with a vast smorgasbord of romantic suspense page-turners. Now, as we look forward to the future, we continue to stand by our promise to deliver thrilling mysteries penned by stellar authors.
As part of our celebration, our much-anticipated new promotion, ECLIPSE, takes flight. With one book planned per month, these stirring Gothic-inspired stories will sweep you into an entrancing landscape of danger, deceitâ¦and desire. Leona Karr sets the stage for mind-bending mystery with debut title, A Dangerous Inheritance.
A high-risk undercover assignment turns treacherous when smoldering seduction turns to forbidden love, in Bulletproof Billionaire by Mallory Kane, the second installment of NEW ORLEANS CONFIDENTIAL. Then, peril closes in on two torn-apart lovers, in Midnight Disclosuresâ Rita Herronâs latest book in her spine-tingling medical research series, NIGHTHAWK ISLAND.
Patricia Rosemoor proves that the fear of the unknown can be a real aphrodisiac in On the Listâthe fourth installment of CLUB UNDERCOVER. Code blue! Patients are mysteriously dropping like flies in Boston General Hospital, and itâs a race against time to prevent the killer from striking again, in Intensive Care by Jessica Andersen.
To round off an unforgettable month, Jackie Manning returns to the lineup with Sudden Allianceâa woman-in-jeopardy tale fraught with nonstop actionâ¦and a lethal attraction!
Join in on the festivities by checking out all our selections this month!
Sincerely,
Denise OâSullivan
Harlequin Intrigue Senior Editor
Mallory Kane took early retirement from her position as assistant chief of pharmacy at a large metropolitan medical center to pursue her other loves: writing and art. She has published and won awards for science fiction and fantasy as well as romance. Mallory credits her love of books to her mother, who taught her that books are a precious resource and should be treated with loving respect. Her grandfather and her father were both steeped in the Southern tradition of oral history, and could hold an audience spellbound with their storytelling skills. Mallory aspires to be as good a storyteller as her father. She loves romantic suspense with dangerous heroes and dauntless heroines. She is also fascinated by story ideas that explore the infinite capacity of the brain to adapt and develop higher skills. Mallory lives in Mississippi with her husband and their cat. She would be delighted to hear from readers. You can write to her c/o Harlequin Books, 233 Broadway, Suite 1001, New York, NY 10279.
THE CONFIDENTIAL AGENTâS PLEDGE
I hereby swear to uphold the law to the best of my ability; to maintain the level of integrity of this agency by my compassion for victims, loyalty to my brothers and courage under fire.
And above all, to hold all information and identities in the strictest confidenceâ¦
Adrienne DeBlancâ The lovely mob widow is an unwilling pawn of the Cajun Mob because of their threats to harm her mother.
Seth Lewisâ This street-smart weapons expert is recruited by the Confidential Agency to seduce a wealthy mob widow for information. To his surprise, heâs captivated by the aching vulnerability he glimpses in Adrienneâs sapphire eyes.
Jerome Senegalâ The notorious but elusive Cajun Mob boss ruthlessly exploits young prostitutes and distributes a deadly drug to wealthy businessmen for money. Heâll stop at nothing to retain his powerânot even murder.
Sebastian Primeauxâ The district attorney has a fatal flaw, a predilection for young prostitutes.
Tony âthe Knifeâ Arsenaultâ Senegalâs sadistic enforcer, Tony derives particular enjoyment from threatening Adrienne and her ailing mother.