Parks Empire

Moonlight, coupled with longing and loneliness, did strange things to people, Tyler thought. The moon was the loneliest of the heavenly bodies. He could feel its pull right now. Could feel, too, the pull of the woman standing before him. For the past nine months he'd lived every day with an emptiness he hadn't known what to do with. Tonight, for a small amount of time, he'd forgotten about that emptiness. Forgotten because Brooke's words had somehow filled it. Her words, her laughter. Her. Had he thought it through, he wouldn't have done it. But he wasn't thinking. He was reacting. As if hypnotized, Tyler lowered his head and touched his lips to hers, kissing Brooke very, very slowly. Just the way his heart was suddenly beating. For the first time in nine months, he felt alive.

SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY. After a brazen midnight encounter with a handsome stranger, shy Linda Mailer returned to her quiet life working for Walter Parks. Until she learned she was expecting a baby. And that her mystery lover-the baby's father-was Detective Tyler Carlton, the man in charge of the scandalous investigation into her boss! Tyler insisted they marry and give their child a real family. The longer they lived together, the deeper their passion grew. But Linda was wary of Tyler's thirst for revenge against Walter, and feared he was only using her for information. Could Tyler finally let go of the past-and in the present find the love he'd always wanted?

THE LONG ROAD HOME. Beautiful Jessica Parks spent years under the watchful eye of her hard-hearted father, Walter, never able to trust anyone. But he was about to go on trial, leaving her free to rescue her mother from the Swiss asylum she'd been banished to long ago. Little did Jessica know she was not alone on her fateful journey. Private investigator Sam Fields couldn't believe how his quarry kept him on his toes both personally and professionally. He couldn't control his attraction nor his desire to protect her, and vowed to help at any cost. But when love-struck Jessica learned that Sam was working for Walter, would she continue to trust him or feel the sting of yet another betrayal?