Bøger af Linda Howard

Retired military expert Grant Sullivan is on a mission in Costa Rica to find hostage and socialite Jane Hamilton Greer. When Grant rescues her in a rather cavalier and physical fashion, no love is lost between them. But gradually their mutual attraction and passion becomes apparent.

Seven years after her husband left her, Sallie Jerome Baines has finally recovered from her broken heart. Now a news reporter on a leading magazine, she has become the independent, self-possessed woman her husband Rhydon always wanted her to be. When Rhydon unexpectedly re-enters her life, Sallie is adamant she'd never want him back. Or would she?

When Dr. Derek Taliferro delivers Kathleen Fields's baby during a snowstorm on Christmas Day, all his protective instincts are aroused by the sight of the beautiful mother and baby. Knowing Kathleen needs a strong shoulder to lean on, he proposes a way to keep the new family in his life a little longer. But what starts as a convenient marriage soon has him dreaming of forever.

Claire Westerbrook should have been an easy conquest for shrewd, sophisticated British businessman Max Conroy. All he has to do is get close to the sweet-faced secretary and seduce her into revealing her company's secrets--details Max desperately needs for a successful corporate takeover. Only Max doesn't count on falling for Claire's guileless beauty--or for his powerful desire to possess her completely. But just as his feelings for her deepen, his shattering deception is revealed. Only this time, he's the one with everything to lose--unless he can win Claire back into his life.

"Rumors swirled around Jessica Stanton. That the young widow had only married her husband to get her hands on the older man's fortune. That she's as cunning as she is beautiful. But that doesn't stop Greek billionaire Nikolas Constantinos from wanting her the moment he lays eyes on her. Despite the adversarial business deal that brought them together. Despite her scandalous past. Because as it turns out, there's only one thing the powerful tycoon can't control: his passion for the woman who may be his undoing."--Publisher's description.

When Cathryn Donohue-Ashe returns to her Texas hometown, she wants nothing to do with the ranch she inherited or the rugged foreman in charge. Rule Jackson may have been her first love, the man who brutally broke her heart, but he s also the reason she plans on hightailing back to the life she has made for herself in Chicago. But once she encounters Rule again, she can t deny the strong stir of desire she still feels. And there s no mistaking the glimmer of heat in his eyes.

Written in her “trademark darkly sensual style” (Booklist), New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard brings us an electrifying page-turner of passion and suspense with a captivating premise…What would make the perfect man? That's the delicious topic that heats up the proceedings at a certain table of professional women at their favorite restaurant. What qualities would he have? Would he be tall, dark, and handsome? Caring and warmhearted—or would just muscular do? Jaine Bright and her three girlfriends start off with the basics: he'd be faithful and reliable, the responsible type, and have a great sense of humor.But as the conversation picks up momentum, so do the quartet's requirements for Mr. Perfect as and they write down a tongue-in-cheek checklist that's both funny and racy. The next thing they know, the List, as it has come to be called, becomes an overnight sensation, spreading through their company like wildfire and grabbing the interest of local newspapers and television coverage. No one expected this avalanche of attention for something that began as a joke among friends. But the joke turns deadly serious when one of the four women is murdered...The prime suspect in the case is the victim's boyfriend, who was one of a number of men who found the List sexist and offensive. An impenetrable alibi gets him off the hook, but a deadly stalker targets the three remaining friends. Now, with the help of Jaine's neighbor, an unpredictable police detective, the puzzle must be solved as the dream of Mr. Perfect becomes a chilling nightmare.

Jina Modell trabajaba en el departamento de Comunicaciones de una organizaciâon paramilitar, y su trabajo le gustaba de verdad. Hasta que fue reasignada a operaciones de campo como miembro de uno de los GO-Teams, una unidad paramilitar de elite, manejando drones. El lâider del equipo, Levi, no tenâia mucha confianza en que Jina consiguiera superar un entrenamiento tan duro. Sin embargo, se quedâo sorprendido cuando se ganâo la admiraciâon de sus compaäneros de equipo. Y lo que mâas le sorprendiâo fue que âel no pudiera dejar de pensar en la quâimica y la tensiâon que habâia entre ellos. Mientras tanto, una poderosa congresista estaba moviendo los hilos para destruir los GO-Teams, y a la unidad de Levi le tendieron una emboscada en Siria. El equipo habâia salido para llevar a cabo la misiâon encomendada mientras que Jina permanecâia en la base para controlar el dron de vigilancia cuando la base sufriâo un ataque con explosivos. Sus compaäneros la dieron por muerta, pero ella habâi escapado al desierto y, en aquellas condiciones extremas, tendrâia que arreglâarselas para que el enemigo no la detectara y volver con sus compaäneros antes de que los sacaran del paâis. Sin embargo, Levi nunca abandonaba a un soldado, y mucho menos a la valiente mujer de la que se habâia enamorado. Iba a recuperar a la mujer a la que habâian dejado atrâas viva o muerta.

Los Raintree, tres hermanos con poderes sobrenaturales, deben enfrentarse a los magos de Ansara quienes, después de ser derrotados doscientos años atrás, se han rebelado de nuevo para vencer a sus enemigos. A lo largo de esta aventura Dante, Gideon y Mercy tendrán que luchar también contra ellos mismos para no sucumbir ante una fuerza aún mayor que la de sus enemigos y sus propios poderes: el amor. Son más que humanos y siempre han estado entre nosotros... Dante Raintree. Linda Howard ha creado, con su habitual estilo chispeante, un argumento refrescante y unos personajes sorprendentes. Este nuevo personaje de Linda Howard hará que los lectores se sientan incapaces de dejar de leer hasta llegar a la última Página. Gideon Raintree. Linda Winstead Jones ha escrito una novela trepidante desde el principio hasta el fin. Los personajes y la historia son tremendamente originales y atrayentes. Mercy Raintree. Beverly Barton pone el broche de oro a la historia de los hermanos Raintree. Excepcionalmente bien escrita, mantendrá a los lectores con el alma en vilo hasta llegar al final.

Mary Elizabeth Potter era una solterona por elección que no se hacía ilusiones respecto al amor. Pero era también una buena profesora... y quería que el hijo de Wolf Mackenzie volviera al colegio. Para conseguirlo, se enfrentó al padre del chico y a partir de ese instante padre e hijo entraron en su vida, cambiándola para siempre.

¿Era Jane Hamilton Greer sólo una niña bien en apuros, o estaba realmente implicada en un caso de espionaje que podía comprometer durante años los intereses de Estados Unidos? Lo único seguro era que había sido secuestrada y que su padre, un hombre muy rico e influyente, quería recuperarla de inmediato. Grant Sullivan, antaño uno de los agentes más eficaces del gobierno, había aceptado la misión de rescatar a Jane. Encontrarla era fácil; liberarla, no tanto. Durante el tiempo que pasaran juntos, las dudas de ambos acerca de la culpabilidad y la inocencia comenzarían a diluirse, y tras ellas surgiría el hecho irrefutable de que dos personas de mundos tan distintos jamás deberían haberse conocido. "La escritura de Howard seduce irresistiblemente." Publishers Weekly

A poor, outcast child in Prescott, Louisiana, she'd always adored the town's golden boy from afar. But he called her white trash that sultry Southern night when his rich, respected father disappeared, along with her pretty Mom. Now Faith wanted to hate Gray Rouillard...not to feel a powerful surge of desire. But she couldn't quench her passion, any more than she could hide the truth about the past she had waited so longng to unravel.

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Jina Modell works in Communications for a paramilitary organization, and she really likes it. She likes the money, she likes the coolness factor?and it is very cool, even for Washington, D.C. She likes being able to kick terrorist butts without ever leaving the climate-controlled comfort of the control room.But when Jina displays a really high aptitude for spatial awareness and action, she's reassigned to work as an on-site drone operator in the field with one of the GO-Teams, an elite paramilitary unit. The only problem is that she isn't particularly athletic, to put it mildly, and in order to be fit for the field, she has to learn how to run and swim for miles, jump out of a plane, shoot a gun . . . or else she'll be out of a job.Team leader Levi, call sign Ace, doesn't have much confidence in Jina?whom he dubbed Babe as soon as he heard her raspy, sexy voice?making it through the rigors of training. The last thing he needs is some tech geek holding them back from completing a dangerous, covert operation. In the following months, however, no one is more surprised than he when Babe, who hates to sweat, begins to thrive in her new environment, displaying a grit and courage that wins her the admiration of her hardened, battle-worn teammates. What's even more surprising is that the usually very disciplined GO-Team leader can't stop thinking about kissing her smart, stubborn mouth . . . or the building chemistry and tension between them.Meanwhile, a powerful congresswoman is working behind the scenes to destroy the GO-Teams, and a trap is set to ambush Levi's squad in Syria. While the rest of the operatives set off on their mission, Jina remains at the base to control the surveillance drone, and the base is suddenly attacked with explosives. Thought dead by her comrades, Jina escapes to the desert where, brutally tested beyond measure, she has to figure out how to stay undetected by the enemy and make it to her crew before they're exfiltrated from the country.But Levi never leaves a soldier behind, especially the brave woman he's fallen for. He's bringing back the woman they left behind, dead or alive.

When Morgan Yancy, an operative and team leader in a paramilitary group, is ambushed and almost killed, his supervisor is determined to find out who's after the members of his elite squad. Because of worries that this unknown enemy will strike again, Morgan is sent to a remote location and told to lay low. But between a tempting housemate he's determined to protect and a deadly threat waiting in the shadows, keeping under the radar is proving to be his most dangerous mission.As the part-time police chief of a small West Virginian mountain town, Isabeau ?Bo? Maran doesn't need a mysterious man in her life?especially a troublemaker as enticing and secretive as Morgan. She already has her hands full reining in the residents of Hamrickville after a personal dispute goes violently awry. The harder Bo and Morgan fight the intense heat between them, the closer they become, even though she knows he's hiding from something. But discovering the truth could cost Bo more than she's willing to give...for it might just cost her life.

USA Today BestsellerDanger brings together two guarded hearts in a battle for survival in this irresistible story from New York Times bestselling authors Linda Howard and Linda Jones.Sela Gordon, the shy owner of a Tennessee general store, finds safety in solitude. But if anyone can pierce her protective shell it's the handsome, mysterious ex-military man living alone in the wilds of Cove Mountain. For two years, he's kept his distance?until the day he appears to warn her that a catastrophic solar storm capable of taking down the power grid is coming. Now, Sela must find the courage to become the leader Wears Valley needs.Bitter experience has taught Ben Jernigan it's best to look out for number one. For two years the former soldier has lived in a self-imposed exile, using a top-notch security system to keep people away. But he had to let Sela know about the impending threat?and now the quiet and undeniably sexy woman is making it too easy for him to lower his guard.As panic spreads, Sela and Ben discover that in the dark, cut off from the outside world, there's no more playing it safe?in life or in love.

Lenna is Strength, a manifestation of the Tarot card, and powerful beyond reckoning. But when she's pulled into the human realm and tasked with protecting a young boy, everything is thrown into chaos. Lenna's not supposed to be here, interacting with mortals. She's definitely not supposed to be drawn to the sexy mercenary sent to retrieve her by any means necessary . . .As a Hunter for magical beings, Caine's duty is simple: return this compelling, impossibly attractive woman and secure the long lost Tarot deck that made travel between worlds possible. Instead he's drawn into Lenna's dangerous rescue mission and blindsided by his growing feelings. But there is more than one enemy to contend with. And as the clock runs out, failure means not just the loss of an innocent life and the woman Caine has come to love, but the destruction of Lenna's entire world.

Ya sea como escritora, ya como lectora, Linda Howard ha hecho de los libros parte esencial de su vida. Tras veintiún años escribiendo para su disfrute personal, cuando por fin se decidió a publicar conoció un éxito inmediato. Desde entonces sus novelas, escritas con inconfundible pasión e imaginación desbordante, figuran constantemente en las listas de los libros más vendidos y demuestran que Linda Howard nunca decepciona. Linda Howard nos introduce una vez más en la vida de los Mackenzie. Esta vez nos cuenta dos apasionantes historias de amor, las de Maris y Chance. Maris es la única hija de Mary y Wolf Mackenzie, y se verá implicada como sospechosa en un fraude. Para resolver el caso aparecerá el atractivo agente Alex McNeil. Chance Mackenzie es un agente secreto cuya misión es atrapar a un terrorista y decide hacerlo seduciendo a la hija de éste. Pero, ¿quién atrapará a quién? Linda Howard pone tanta emoción y tensión en sus personajes, que no importa lo satisfecho que quede el lector cuando termine el libro, porque querrá todavía más. Rendezvous