As an evil traitor threatens
to destroy the top-secret SPEAR agency, A YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY continuesâ¦.
Russell Devane aka Steve Trace
Strong and strappingâ
a man who knows how to get the job done.
Masquerading as another manâand romancing the enemyâs daughter under false pretensesâwere all in a dayâs work. Until Russell tempted fate by falling for the fresh-faced goddess he was forbidden to claim!
Lise Meldrum
An Amazon beauty with a cloud of
luxurious auburn hair, rose-petal-soft skin⦠and a secret yearning for love.
All her life, love-starved Lise had been searching for a man like âSteveâ to make her feel feminine, desirable, cherished. But what would she do once she uncovered his shattering deception?
âSimonâ
Scarred inside and out, this ruthless traitor
felt the tide turning in his favor⦠until he discovered heâd been double-crossed.
When his daughter aligned herself with the enemy, Simon vowed there would be hell to pay. For he would stop at nothing to exact his revengeâ¦including sacrificing one of his own!
Dear Reader,
Youâve loved Beverly Bartonâs miniseries THE PROTECTORS since it started, so I know youâll be thrilled to find another installment leading off this month. Navajoâs Woman features a to-swoon-for Native American hero, a heroine capable of standing up to this tough copâand enough steam to heat your house. Enjoy!
A YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY continues with bestselling author Linda Turnerâs The Enemyâs Daughter. This story of subterfuge and irresistible passionânot to mention heart-stopping suspenseâis set in the Australian outback, and I know youâll want to go along for the ride. Ruth Langan completes her trilogy with Seducing Celeste, the last of THE SULLIVAN SISTERS. Donât miss this emotional read. Then check out Karen Templetonâs Runaway Bridesmaid, a reunion romance with a heroine whoâs got quite a secret. Elane Osbornâs Which Twin? offers a new twist on the popular twins plotline, while Linda Winstead Jones rounds out the month with Madiganâs Wife, a wonderful tale of an ex-couple who truly belong together.
As always, weâve got six exciting romances to tempt youâand weâll be back next month with six more. Enjoy!
Leslie J. Wainger
Executive Senior Editor
Dear Reader,
When my editor invited me to write The Enemyâs Daughter for A YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY, I was thrilled. It turned out to be a book of firsts for me. Iâve always loved writing stories full of adventure, but Iâd never done anything with spies or espionage or secret law-enforcement agenciesâexcept work for the FBI after I graduated from college. But thatâs another story.
And the fact that my particular book was set in Australia was an added plus. Iâd never done a story set in another country, and Iâve always wanted to go to Australia, so this was perfect. I would have loved to have made a trip down under to see the Outback for myself, but I didnât have the time, unfortunately. So I had to be content with reading about it, instead. One day, though, I will make it down there.
Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed writing the book and collaborating with the other Silhouette authors and editors. It was a labor of love, and I hope you like the finished book as much as I do.
Sincerely,
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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
For as far as the eye could see, the land was a vast, endless stretch of lonely plains that resembled the high desert of New Mexico. An occasional eucalyptus dotted the landscape with its thin, spindly branches, and small arid plants that needed little moisture in order to survive thrived under a hot sun that burned in a cloudless sky. And covering everything was a veil of choking red dust kicked up by a dry wind that blew steadily from the north.
Staring out at the haunting land that was the Australian outback, Russell Devane had, before heâd accepted this particular mission, thought he was a man who could take in stride whatever nature threw at him. After all, his job as an operative for the secret organization SPEAR had taken him to the farthest reaches of the globe. Heâd withstood the bone-numbing cold of the Arctic and the blistering sands of the Sahara, all without complaint. But he could see already that nothing in his past had really prepared him for the vastness of the outback and its drastic temperature changes. It was the tail end of summerâfall was just days awayâbut the temperature had to be a hundred and twenty degrees in the shade. And it wasnât even noon yet!
Just thinking about working in that kind of heat all day long made him sweat, but he grimly resolved to get used to it. He had to. In a few minutes, he would be arriving at the headquarters of the Pear Tree Cattle Station, where he would assume the identity of Steve Trace, the stationâs newest cowboy and an associate of Art Meldrum, the owner of the place.