Dear Diary
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“Any time.”
“Ben’s kind of–” she sought the right word.
“A prick?” Con felt a little twinge of conscience. There was something about Ben that cut close to the bone – he seemed a reflection of Con’s worst faults minus his good points.
She almost laughed. “Good breeding prevents me from any comment.”
Con warmed to her. He found himself dying to get inside her head and find out all about her.
“How did you know my name?” she asked. “You said it before Ben showed up.”
“He told me your name was Candace.”
Her brows pulled together. “That’s all he told you about me?”
Con grinned. “This is getting better and better. I mean, how much more is there to know?”
“Why do you want to work for Forsythe and Company? You seem–”
“What?”
She lifted one shoulder. “To have a mind of your own.”
“Does working for Forsythe and Company mean you can’t have a mind of your own?”
“Have you met Joshua Forsythe?”
“Briefly.”
“He likes total control.”
The breeze came up to tease her hair, blowing it across her lips. “That’s pretty cynical,” he observed.
“It’s the truth.”
“How do you know Forsythe so well?”
Her eyes searched his. “Do you really not know?”
“You’re not an employee or a client. You’re a friend.”
“I may have misled you there a little. I have worked for Forsythe and Company.”
“You’re an ex-employee?”
“Who’s sort of helping out this summer,” she admitted. “I’m an administrative assistant, I guess.”
“Then the mystery’s solved.” Con’s tone was light. “And I don’t care who you are, anyway. All I know is that I’d like to see you again.”
She looked out across the water. He waited for her to reply, but as silence lengthened between them, he realized she wasn’t going to.
“I get the feeling I’ve missed something important,” he prodded gently.
“Oh, I don’t know how important it is.” She leaned her forearms on the bridge railing and sighed. “My name is Candace Forsythe McCall. Joshua Forsythe is my father.”
Nowhere To Run
Some Secrets
When Liv Dugan ducks out of work for lunch, it’s just an ordinary day. When she returns, she stumbles onto a massacre. All her colleagues at Zuma Software have been shot. Only luck has left Liv unscathed, and that might be running out…
Will Follow You
Liv suspects the shootings are tied to her past--and to the package she recently received from her long-dead adoptive mother. Sensing she’s being followed, Liv jumps into a stranger’s car and orders him to drive. Her “hostage” complies, listening carefully as her story unwinds. Skeptical at first, he ultimately begins to believe all Liv’s fears are justified…
To Your Grave
Together, Liv and her unlikely confidant try to uncover the truth about her adoptive family, her birth parents, and her troubled childhood. Because somewhere in Liv’s past is a secret worth killing for, and a nightmare she can never outrun…
Nowhere To Hide
There Are Sins
“Do unto others…” Carefully, he carves the words into their flesh. The victims are all young, brunette, pretty. But she’s the one he really wants. The others are just a way to ease the rage that has festered for years, until the only thing that calms him is his knife slicing through skin…
You Never Live
Detective September Rafferty--Nine to her friends--recognizes the artwork that arrives in the mail. She created it back in second grade. Now a killer’s words are slashed across it in what looks like blood. He knows her. September’s investigation leads to her old classmate, Jake Westerly. She wants to believe Jake is innocent. But trusting anyone could be her last mistake…
To Regret
Every slight, every slur, he remembers them all. They turned him into a monster, and now they will suffer for it. Starting with September, he’ll show them that the past can never stay hidden, and the time of vengeance is at hand…
The Princess and the Pauper
THE PRINCESS…
One reckless teenage night, well-to-do April Hollis tempted a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, and it changed her life forever. Motorcycle riding, leather jacket-clad Jesse Cawthorne was everything her family forbade: poor, dangerous, with no future that they could see. A man who would only break April’s heart. But April couldn’t resist Jesse, and they spent a lost, tempestuous summer together.
THE PAUPER…
As summer turned to fall, however, Jesse realized April was playing with his feelings, and his terrible pride forced them apart. He believed she was what he’d always thought: a spoiled, little rich girls from Windsor Estates. And knowing he would never fit into her wealthy world, he fled.
THE RECKONING…
Now, ten years later, Jesse was back, and he and April were forced to confront the same impossible passion that had once held them in thrall… and damn the consequences.
Lady Sundown
As beautiful and reckless as the glorious Oregon wilderness, Lexie Danner was determined to claim the shining promise of her future. Not for her the stifling confines of an elegant finishing school—she would fulfill her dream to be an animal doctor, and wed whom she pleased! No one would stop her—least of all her so-called stepbrother Tremaine. Related to Lexie through marriage only and her enemy since childhood the rugged, boldly confident young doctor sparked a fierce anger in her—and a sudden, newly-awakened desire.
But a scheming land baron’s conspiracy and a powerful, vengeful enemy from the past threatened to destroy all they both cherished. Now they would be forced to fight for their fives—and a love as blazing and eternal as the boundless mountain skies…
Miracle Jones
SEEK…
Searching for a past that was more lore than truth, part-Indian healer, Miranda “Miracle” Jones, drove her peddler’s cart toward Rock Springs, Oregon — straight into danger. Before she could learn anything about her missing and mysterious father, and carrying the tin box he’d left her – her only memento – she was attacked by highwaymen and sold to Harrison Danner at a drunken bachelor party on the eve of his wedding. Danner meant only to save her. But Miracle, frightened and trusting only in herself, stabbed him – and then, with her herbal potions, desperately sought to save the compelling stranger’s life!
AND YOU SHALL FIND…
Danner was pledged to the daughter of his bitterest enemy; their wedding was meant to end a generations-old feud. Yet he could not resist his attraction for the strong-spirited beauty who had attacked him — and then stole his bartered heart. Though they both fought the wave of passion that threatened to overtake them, and which only could leave devastation and betrayal in its wake, the truth of their love was undeniable, a force of nature they willingly succumbed to within each other’s arms…
Jesse’s Renegade
Beautiful, headstrong Kelsey Garrett is determined to make a new start in Portland under an assumed name. But everything changes when she runs into Jesse Danner, the hot-blooded, stubborn black sheep of the Danner family whom she has secretly loved for years. Devastated to find he doesn't even recognize her, she nonetheless agrees to help him seek revenge against a brutal land baron who once left him for dead.
Drawn into a web of greed and intrigue, Kelsey and Jesse struggle against the desire they feel for one another; a raging fire that threatens to overwhelm them both. Too proud to admit their longings, their chance for happiness is nearly destroyed when Jesse’s plan for vengeance puts their lives in jeopardy. Then they must risk all they have in a battle to survive – and to claim a magnificent future together.
Scandal’s Darling
Lady Veronica Elizabeth Ashworth was the talk of London, ever since societ
y gossip linked her with a notorious rake. To save the family reputation, her cold-hearted father vowed to choose her a husband — unless she found a fiancé herself, by the end of the Marquess of Wilshire’s ball. As the dancers whirled and the deadline neared, beautiful, headstrong Veronica set tongues wagging again, as she swept in from the balcony on the arm of a handsome American stranger…
Samuel Danner was as exotic as the Oregon frontier from which he hailed – and as uninterested in marriage as any man could be. He was searching London for the man who had killed his beloved wife when Lady Veronica offered help – if he would pose as her fiancé. Refusing her offer was the right thing to do, but Veronica’s quick mind and vibrant spirit spoke a language Samuel could not resist…as fate transformed her from scandal’s darling into a proud, courageous woman who would risk her life for the man she adored. But only when he thought he’d lost her forever would Samuel recognize that Veronica could lighten the darkness of his soul and be the woman of his dreams.
Coming soon…
Just A Kiss Away
Heir to the Cantrell family fortune after her husband and young son were killed, Callie fled to Martinique to escape from her late husband’s scheming relatives. There she hoped to find the peace she needed to pull her life back together.
Gavin Wilshire—dangerous, aggressive and devastating—was in search of his own scheming relatives: his brother’s blackmailing widow and her son. And he was convinced Callie was involved. But Callie couldn’t walk away from Gavin even after she proved her innocence, and she found that danger—like passion—could be just a kiss away…
About the author
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nancy Bush has been writing for over thirty years. Known for her romantic suspense and mystery novels, Nancy began her career writing romance, historical romance, and even Nancy Drew novels before turning her attention to her own mysteries and thrillers, the latest being UNSEEN, BLIND SPOT and HUSH. Nancy also co-writes the ‘Wicked’ series with her sister, bestselling author Lisa Jackson, and WICKED GAME and WICKED LIES will soon be followed by SOMETHING WICKED. Nancy’s next two thrillers, NOWHERE TO RUN and NOWHERE TO HIDE, will debut summer 2012.
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Table of Contents
Author’s Note
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Preview: Summertime Blues
Preview: Imaginary Lover
More Nancy Bush books
About the author
Table of Contents
Author’s Note
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Preview: Summertime Blues
Preview: Imaginary Lover
More Nancy Bush books
About the author