Shannon McKenna

She's temptation incarnate... Worst idea ever. No matter how stunning she was. After my brother Shane was abducted last year, I'm concentrating on keeping what's left of my family alive. I will find the bastards who took Shane, and I will gut them. No extra time and energy to get blindsided at a business meeting by Kat Banner, the seductive secretary. Besides, getting anywhere near me puts her in danger, and I won't do that to a helpless, innocent woman. Thing is, Kat is anything but innocent, or helpless... That arrogant bastard... So, maybe flirting with hot tycoon Ethan Masters wasn't the smartest move on the first day of my temp job. So irresponsible. I shouldn't let any guy near the toxic shit-show that was my life just because he's tall, dark, and mysterious. Then, before I know what's going on, I'm being yelled at, insulted, and fired, which is bad enough-but the death squad that jumps me and the tycoon in the elevator? That's over the top, even for me. But Masters fights like a demon. We kick ass together, which is great, until he goes all alpha on me, drags me into his helicopter, and sweeps me off to his luxury lair. I won't be bought, or shoved around. But soon we're facing off against brutal enemies and uncontrollable desire...and other feelings we can't even put into words, not while Death is stalking us. Hell, even if it wasn't. But the stakes are rising by the minute...and Death is gaining ground...

Deadly. Relentless. Cold as ice. Jed Clearwater is one of the Unredeemables, an elite group of ex-Special Forces warriors who bonded in combat and promised to have each other's backs forever. Or so he said...until he sold my brother Shane out for money. He's never looked at me, but I've wanted him since I was a child. I tracked the bastard down, to a maximum security prison. He knows where Shane was taken, and I'll do anything to get that intel. Even seduce him...insofar as I can seduce a man who's locked behind bars. I hate that I still lust after my brother's killer. I can't even hide it. I might as well use these emotions I can't control to get what I want. I'll be safe enough. That hard, muscular body and those smoldering eyes will be behind bulletproof glass. He'll be cuffed, shackled...controlled. What's the worst he could do? She's drawing down the lightning... What was it about me and crazy bad luck? The gorgeous bombshell's timing could not have been shittier. The day of my prison break, a sexpot who fixates on felons struts into the visiting chamber, picks up the phone, and blows my freaking mind with her scorching sexual fantasies. I'm so close to getting the info I need to track down my kidnapped friend and clear my name, but this luminous blonde has just made my enemies sit up and take notice. So on top of everything else, now I have to scramble to pull her gorgeous ass out of the fire, too. Now we're on the run together, one step ahead of total mayhem. She's the most seductive woman I've ever come across, but I can't let down my guard. Because mayhem is gaining ground fast...

Deadly. Relentless. Cold as ice. Jed Clearwater is one of the Unredeemables, an elite group of ex-Special Forces warriors who bonded in combat and promised to have each other's backs forever. Or so he said...until he sold my brother Shane out for money. He's never looked at me, but I've wanted him since I was a child. I tracked the bastard down, to a maximum security prison. He knows where Shane was taken, and I'll do anything to get that intel. Even seduce him...insofar as I can seduce a man who's locked behind bars. I hate that I still lust after my brother's killer. I can't even hide it. I might as well use these emotions I can't control to get what I want. I'll be safe enough. That hard, muscular body and those smoldering eyes will be behind bulletproof glass. He'll be cuffed, shackled...controlled. What's the worst he could do? She's drawing down the lightning... What was it about me and crazy bad luck? The gorgeous bombshell's timing could not have been shittier. The day of my prison break, a sexpot who fixates on felons struts into the visiting chamber, picks up the phone, and blows my freaking mind with her scorching sexual fantasies. I'm so close to getting the info I need to track down my kidnapped friend and clear my name, but this luminous blonde has just made my enemies sit up and take notice. So on top of everything else, now I have to scramble to pull her gorgeous ass out of the fire, too. Now we're on the run together, one step ahead of total mayhem. She's the most seductive woman I've ever come across, but I can't let down my guard. Because mayhem is gaining ground fast...

The McCloud brothers have been coaching their prot g , Miles Davenport, for years. It's finally time for him to claim his own place in their group-and his own love. Her eyes haunt him.... All that Miles knows about the beautiful young sculptor Lara Kirk is that she was abducted by a madman, in order to punish her parents for their sins. She's an orphan now, and everyone else on earth who might have fought to find her is dead, so it's up to him to help her now. Miles is all out of leads, but he is tormented by dreams of Lara...dreams that are starting to feel shockingly real. So real, he decides to try following them... She can't separate dreams from reality... Lara Kirk's been locked in a cell for months. The only thing that has kept her clinging to sanity by a thread is the stunning, avenging savior in her dreams...the one who can't possibly be anything but a fantasy. So she tells herself, until the brawny young warrior bursts into her prison and sweeps her away, against all odds. Lara can't help but bond with the intense, protective Miles. But their wild passion is a dangerous distraction, and the stakes keep getting higher as Lara and Miles battle with an unimaginable evil that threatens everything they care about...

He can't keep his distance... Ex-cop Sam Petrie had been warned. He knew that getting involved with the McCloud brothers' affairs would run his life right over a cliff. But one look at the fearless, beautiful young trouble magnet, Svetlana Ardova, the McCloud clan's precious prot g , just drove that sage advice right out of his mind. Now, with his police detective career derailed, he finds that Sveti is putting herself in the crosshairs once again, on a potentially deadly trip to Italy. So he offers himself up as her bodyguard. What could possibly go wrong? She's afraid to be touched... Sveti's trauma runs deep. Rescued by the McClouds and their friends from ruthless organ pirates, her tireless crusade against human trafficking has made her a target for criminal scum around the world, but it doesn't faze her, since she doesn't really fear death. The only thing that does faze her is Sam Petrie. The smoldering hunger in his dark gaze makes her feel vulnerable, naked. Incredibly alive. Then a fresh attack against her sends Sam into hyper-protective mode. In that forced proximity, Sam and Sveti can't resist the blistering heat that flares between them. But now they're moving in on an explosive secret-one that could either redeem them or destroy them...and their lethal opponent will not rest until Sveti is silenced forever...

Alex Aaro should have known better than to get embroiled in the McCloud crowd's wild adventures. He knew damn well it was a surefire way to get his life blown all to hell. Never let down your guard... Alex Aaro keeps the world at arm's length. It's the only way to protect himself from the Arbatovs, his dangerous Mafiya family. He ran away when he was sixteen, but when he learns that his Aunt Tonya, the only family member he ever trusted, is dying, he has to see her one last time. Things are tough enough without his friend Bruno Ranieri calling, demanding that he help some woman friend of Bruno's wife who's gotten her sorry ass into trouble. Being in Brooklyn already, he happens to be closest, lucky him. Aaro didn't expect her to be so damn pretty. But he's not surprised by the violence that engulfs them as soon as he finds her. That's just how life goes for him. The sting of a needle... Nina Christie is terrified when Helga, an old family friend shows up outside the battered woman's shelter where she works, babbling in Ukrainian, and sticks Nina with a needle full of God knows what. Then Helga collapses, giving Nina no explanation. Suddenly a ruthless crime syndicate is trying to destroy her, and all that stands in their way is the grim, inscrutable Alex Aaro, that tall, rock-hard, flint-eyed, stunningly gorgeous slab of manhood who makes her heart race and her breath catch. There's no time for any of that, with their enemies hard on their heels...but Aaro and Nina can't resist the scorching desire that flares between them, even as they scramble to solve the puzzle and outmaneuver their pursuers before it's too late... Praise for the Novels of Shannon McKenna..." Edgy, erotic, and breathtaking."-New York Times bestselling author, Maya Banks"An erotic romance in a suspense vehicle on overdrive...sizzles "-Romantic Times"McKenna expertly stokes the fires of romantic tension."-Publishers Weekly

Now that the McClouds have finally found their long lost brother Kev, they have to contend with Kev's prickly, intense adopted brother Bruno... Her secrets tantalize him... Bruno Ranieri has a lot in common with his adopted brother Kev McCloud's newly discovered biological family, right down to the dangerous secrets in his past---the ones that are about to explode in his face. Bruno's working around the clock to keep his own toy business going, while also saving the family diner. Then the stunning fugitive Lily Parr shows up in the middle of the night, on the run from mysterious killers. Bruno is helplessly drawn to her...but Lily insists that Bruno's long dead mother is somehow mixed up her troubles, which is flat-out impossible. The woman has to be hallucinating...but the violence that overtakes them is undeniably real. Running scared... Lily doesn't know where to turn. All she knows is that whoever murdered her dad is now after her-and her dad's last words pointed her toward Bruno Ranieri's family for answers. When thugs attack outside of Bruno's family diner, he fights like a demon to defend her. No matter his doubts, he can't leave her unprotected, and soon they are both drawn into a desperate struggle against violence and greed, and a desire they cannot deny, or control...

Ever since she was introduced as Mara in Behind Closed Doors, the mysterious and prickly Tamara Steele has been working in the background, slowly gaining the McClouds' trust. Now it's time for her to step into the spotlight, for her wildest adventure yet... A life of lies.... Covert operative Val Janos has spent his whole life in the shadows. He's as handsome as he is lethal, trained to use sex as a tool and a weapon. Which makes him the perfect operative to hunt down the beautiful-but-deadly Tamara Steele. Too much to lose... Tam is wanted for her misdeeds worldwide, sought by law enforcement agencies and criminal syndicates alike, but now she has tiny Rachel to worry about, a toddler she's rescued from organ traffickers. She keeps up her guard even with the McClouds, the only people she dares to call friends, and she has no time for flirtation, whether Janos is just a gigolo lightweight, or something far more ominous. But the passion that suddenly ignites at Val's touch takes her utterly by surprise. Val, too, is blindsided, and not only by ravenous lust. He feels for her, more than he's ever felt anything, But Tam's enemies have Val in a vice grip. Daddy Novak has discovered Val's weak spot-Imre, the old man who befriended Val when he was a street kid, who taught him what mercy felt like. Imre will suffer horribly if Val fails to deliver Tam into Novak's grasp. No matter what Val does now, he's damned...but these two don't know how to give up the fight-not even with Death himself... This title is a re-release, originally published by Brava.

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In Behind Closed Doors and Standing In The Shadows, you met the dangerously sexy and rugged McCloud Brothers. Now it's Davy McCloud's turn to encounter a woman who will put him to the test on every level... Don't get too close... That's P. I. Davy McCloud's unwavering rule when it comes to women. He likes to keep his world strictly under control. But when the seductive and fascinating Margot Vetter starts teaching at the gym next door, his ironclad rules go straight to hell. He can't control the hunger she awakens in him, or the powerful instinct to protect her...and then claim her as his own. On the run... Margot's been framed for murder. Broke and desperate, she has no choice but to ask Davy McCloud's help. But the closer she gets to this sexy, enigmatic man, the harder it becomes to hold anything back from him...at all. Or even remember why she's trying to. But it's a bad time to be blindsided by passion, because the monstrous evil lurking in Margot's past is running her down fast. Soon they'll be fighting back to back, just to stay alive...

He can't stop watching her... Surveillance expert Seth Mackey is mesmerized by Raine Cameron, the gorgeous blonde he's been monitoring every night on video. She's the latest in the long line of mistresses, kept and discarded by his billionaire boss Victor Lazar, but this one seems different from the others. This one seems...innocent. Right. Innocence was unlikely, in this hellhole of violence and lies. Victor Lazar had ordered the murder of Seth's half-brother Jesse, and Seth has to know everything Raine knows about it. Tempting and luscious though she was, he senses that she knows more than she's saying, and he couldn't let his laser-focus waver for a single second. Every move she makes... Raine knows she's being watched, but she can't lose her nerve. She wants revenge for everything Victor Lazar has taken from her, and she'll stop at nothing to get it. But the brooding and difficult Seth Mackey is a dangerous distraction, arousing longings she never knew she had. Hungers so powerful, they frighten her. But Raine is sick of being afraid...of Seth, of Lazar, of anything. Surrendering to Seth Mackey's ruthless desires might be dangerous...but she was playing a deadly game, so she damn well better work on her courage. And the two of them will need all of their courage to face the twisted danger and treachery that's coming for them...