New in paperback, this is pretty freaky, creepy stuff. The ‘bait’ of the title is exactly that: bait, to lure a serial killer out into the open. Who’s the unwilling, defiant bait? Maddie Fitzgerald, advertising agency owner, with a chequered, hidden past. When the crazy killer whacks another Madelyn Fitzgerald in the hotel where she’s staying, then comes after Maddie when he realizes his mistake, it unlocks her Pandora’s box of deadly secrets and horrifying nightmares. She knows too much, she’s seen too much, she’s done too much, and her past really has come back to haunt her with deadly intent. Dogging the killer’s heels are FBI agents Sam McCabe and partners. They really don’t appreciate it when Maggie gives them the cold shoulder, no information, and then gives them the slip. All fired up, they set up camp with Maddie, ignore her intense protests, and try to flush the killer out. Everyone goes a little stir-crazy in the meantime, and the incendiary attraction between Sam and a disbelieving Maddie blazes up – as things do when facing life and death. Karen Robards is a diva – she creates a sizzling atmosphere of steamy evil, steamy sex, fiery passion and violent action. The reading is intense and so fast-paced you won’t want to put the book down. So lock the door, grab your trail rations, and get comfortable. You’re not going anywhere for a while…
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The beachcomber of the title is a hideous serial killer, picking on young girls, stalking them, abducting them, playing with them (shudder), then murdering them. Ghastly. Christy Petrino blunders into this apparent beach paradise, but she’s actually on the run from the mob. Well, she was on the run from the mob when she discovered her lying, killing ex-fiancé was up to his ears in illegal mob activities. Unfortunately ‘Uncle Vince’ suggested she would ‘just’ have to deliver a parcel for him before she could walk away. Right. As if. Scared stiff, Christy has ‘delivered’ her parcel when she realizes she’s being stalked. And a girl she stumbles across, hurt, has her throat slit before a terrified Christy gets back to her with help. It makes Christy think the mob’s put a contract out on her, and the girl was accidentally killed instead of her. Or was it the serial killer? Meanwhile the FBI get into the action, with agents Luke Rand and his trusty side-kick Gary living right next door, staking Christy out. They believe she’s part of all the illegal stuff going down. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg in Beachcomber, written in traditional Robards style with hot action and hot sex mixed with nightmare chills and, incredibly, laughter. Just lock the door before you start. The super-freak scary killer really is out there…
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Anna Traverne can never forget the dark and handsome jewel thief whom she thwarted back in England, a bold intruder who inflamed her passions with his brazen caress. Now Julian Chase has followed her halfway around the world, vowing a tender revenge on the enchanting, silver-blond angel who robbed him of his birthright and his heart.
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Fr a riveting combination of suspense and romance you cant go past perennial favourite Karen Robards – satisfying, gritty reading every time. One cold November night when Kat White was fifteen years old, she and some friends held up a convenience store. In the heat of the moment, one of the others shot and killed an off-duty cop moonlighting as a security guard. Kat and her pals fled the scene in a panic, and no one was caught.
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By marrying a rich nobleman, Claire Banning fulfilled a dream but she soon realizes she wed a dissolute wastrel. Then a near-fatal accident changes Claire's life. She is rescued by the dark and dangerous Hugh Batlancourt, who long ago turned his back on the "ton, " yet secretly works for His Majesty's government. But how can Hugh pursue Claire's love when he places her in the heart of danger?
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Grace Hart seemed to have it all: a bright, beautiful daughter, a successful career as a judge, and a lovely home in an Ohio suburb. But beneath the placid veneer, darker truths lie waiting. Her fifteen-year-old, Jessica, is teetering on the cusp of drugs and delinquency. And someone is stalking the troubled teenager. Someone who has already violated their home and stolen their peace of mind.
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This is a freaky, tricksy, slip-slidey book. Just when you think you’ve got a handle on what’s going on, the plot twists and the world tilts. Excellent read, you never know what’s going to happen next! Heroine Katharine Lawrence is violently attacked in her own home by masked men demanding something her boyfriend’s hidden in the house. She’s got no idea what they want, and before her horrified eyes her best friend is shot dead, right before Katharine manages a Herculean escape. When she wakes up in hospital everything seems ‘wrong’ – even her image in the mirror.
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Katharine Lawrence has no idea what hit her. The attack came out of nowhere. Only hours earlier she had been enjoying a girls-only weekend with an old college friend. Now she finds herself lying bound and gagged on her kitchen floor, staring with terrified eyes at her friend Lisa while two masked gunmen search her house for what? She doesn’t know. She only knows that, unless they can escape, whatever it is could end up getting both her and Lisa killed.
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When Lady Gabrielle Banning receives word that her half-brother Marcus died in his tea plantation, she realizes she and her younger sister will be penniless, as Marcus’s estate will pass on to the next male relative. Gabby devises a scheme to replenish the family’s wealth, but in the process she becomes entwined in a web of secrets and lies that soil her reputation.
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Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Sunny, idyllic, and picture perfect, until a tabloid news program airs a splashy segment about the community's only unsolved murder, the grisly stabbing of teenager Tara Mitchell and the subsequent disappearance of her two best friends, both thought to be long dead. In the years since the murders, several families have moved into the mansion where the crime occurred, each claiming that the dead girls still haunt the house. Beautiful redheaded reporter Nicole Sullivan, sensing the story that could be her big break, arranges for her mother, a renowned psychic, to contact the three victims via a live séance on the show Twenty-four Hours Investigates.
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Dark, sinister chilling suspense laced with a wry sense of humour and sexual tension – need we say more about Karen Robards?
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This book starts with a horrifying double murder fifteen years previously, then flips to the present where Julie Carlson’s murder is about to happen. Sid, Julie’s almost estranged husband, leaves the house in the middle of the night, as has become his habit. Suspecting he’s cheating on her, Julie slips out to follow him – and so, inadvertently, avoids her own murderer, waiting in the garden. A very eerie, creepy beginning, because you know someone is there, waiting and watching, desperate to follow orders and kill Julie. And whoever it is will enjoy the evil act far too much. In fact, they just can’t wait…
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This book taps into every mother’s primal fear – child abduction. Sarah Mason’s 5-year-old Lexie was eating cake in the park – then she was gone! Vanished in the crowd. For seven aching years Sarah hasn’t been able to eat or sleep properly. The idea of enjoying life is ludicrous. Her grief is endless, yet she still hopes that one day she’ll find Lexie. Now a County Prosecutor, she lives to work. Nothing else fills the gaping void in her life. Her one dear friend is Jake Hogan, a former FBI agent turned PI, employed by Sarah in a frantic bid to find Lexie when the police couldn’t.
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Ten years ago, Sarah Mason's six-year-old daughter vanished during an outing at a local park in Beaufort, South Carolina. Despite a furious search, Lexie was never found, and Sarah was left to pick up the pieces of her shattered life and go on as best she could. Then, on one hot July night, she returns home from work to hear the phone ringing. When she picks it up, a child's terrified voice whispers, "Mommy, help, come and get me… " The call is cut off, but not before Sarah's heart goes into overdrive: the voice belongs to Lexie. Six-year-old Lexie. Though ten years have passed, she sounds exactly the same.
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Four thrilling authors come together in this suspenseful anthology. KAREN ROBARDS. Danger and desire ignite when Charlotte Bates drives straight into a DEA agent's hot pursuit of a drug smuggler. But when the lawman takes Charlie hostage, an electrifying adventure begins.
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Karen Robards has roared back in her earlier style, mixing a suspenseful thriller chiller with a rollicking good romance, tossing in one-liners and humorous scenes galore. You might think this is difficult to do with a seriously deranged serial killer running amok, but the result is a tense, taut, terrific romance. Carly Linton is starting over after a divorce, returning to her hometown to start a bed-and-breakfast in her grandmother’s house with friend and chef, Sandra. The very first night an intruder completely spooks Carly and Sandra. Matt Linton, bad boy turned town sheriff comes to the rescue. Matt’s now all grown up with lots of nice muscles and wants to be Carly’s good friend, just like they were years previously. Only she doesn’t want to play nice, given he took her virginity and then never spoke to her again. …And that’s all in the opening chapters. Matt’s turned on his head as Carly totally disrupts his life, already chaotic with three dependent sisters (and the scenes with them are great). All this, with the killer getting closer and closer. Make sure you lock the door before you start.
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