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Harliquin Intrigue
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HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

SOLVING the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER

THE HEART OF BRODY MCQUADE

SILENT GUARDIAN

A FATHER'S SACRIFICE

JUROR NO. 7

SIX-GUN INVESTIGATION

COVERT MAKEOVER

LULLABIES AND LIES

EPIPHANY: Merry Christmas

SEEKING ASYLUM

A PROTECTED WITNESS

BULLETPROOF BILLIONAIRE

BODYGUARD/HUSBAND

HEIR TO SECRET MEMORIES

THE LAWMAN WHO LOVED HER

 

 

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HIGH SCHOOL REUNION
by
Mallory Kane

ME4 Stars from RT Book Reviews:  "a top-notch mystery."


December 2008
Harlequin Intrigue # 1103

Ultimate Agents Book 6

4 stars from RT!
"A top-notch mystery!"

A HIGH SCHOOL REUNION TURNED DEADLY...

FBI Criminologist Laurel Gillespie refused to attend her high school reunion... until she uncovered a ten-year-old clue that a classmate's death may have been murder. Laurel dreaded returning to her hometown, where her high school crush Cade Dupree was police chief. He wasn't happy about her investigation, and he wasn't the only one. Someone was desperate to stop Laurel from uncovering the truth.

It didn't take long for Cade to see Laurel's skill as an investigator. It took even less time to feel the instant sexual chemistry that sparked between them as the danger mounted.

When Laurel became the target, Cade knew he'd risk everything, even his heart, to protect her.
 

Ultimate Agents: This elite team of FBI special agents can crack the most unsolvable cases... but can they unravel the mystery of love?

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SOLVING the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER
by
Mallory Kane

September 2008
The Curse of Raven's Cliff
Book Five

An undercover agent, an heiress held hostage and the terrorist plot that could destroy a nation.

For three years he'd worked deep undercover, infiltrating a terrorist organization and preparing to bring his most critical mission to a successful end. Now, after just one night in the small coastal village of Raven's Cliff, Cole Robinson had come upon a very sexy wrinkle to his plans: Amelia Hopkins. The beautiful heiress was a distraction he never considered, until she became their hostage and Cole suddenly had a lot more to lose.

After all, safeguarding a nation was part of his training. But falling for his captive was something no one could have prepared him for.

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THE HEART OF BRODY MCQUADE
THE SILVER STAR OF TEXAS:
CANTARA HILLS INVESTIGATION
by
Mallory Kane
June 08
Intrigue #1069

4 Stars from RT Book Reviews:
 Mallory Kane's The Heart of Brody McQuade (4) twines a lot
of threads into a thick plait of robbery, blackmail and murder.

                                                                       —Pat Cooper

BookScan Top 100


She'd gotten under his skin... 
the moment he set eyes on the leggy attorney. But when Victoria Kirkland was attacked and nearly killed in her own bed, Lieutenant Brody MCQuade insisted on becoming her personal protector.

Spending every moment by Victoria's side proved there was a woman capable of penetrating the Texas-sized chip on his shoulder. But seeing the fear in Victoria's sparkling green eyes reminded Brody that someone was waiting to come back and finish what he started.  
And this time, a Texas Ranger would be waiting….

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SILENT GUARDIAN
January 08
Intrigue # 1037

A man whose heart has died meets the one woman who can
bring him back to life, if he can keep her safe long enough.

4 stars from RT
A reluctant hero and a feisty victim, Geoff and Resa are trying
to outwit a madman before he finds another victim in Mallory
Kane's twisted and suspenseful Silent Guardian (4).

                                                    —Pat Cooper

HIS PROTECTION HAD A PRICE . . . A PRICE SHE WAS WILLING TO PAY.

Geoffrey Archer is all that stands between a madman and his next victim. When the ex-cop learns that beautiful Resa Wade is being targeted by the same suspect who had cost Geoff his career and his family, he feels duty-bound to protect her. Keeping her safe means keeping her with him--even though his instincts warn him that her presence poses a threat to his guarded heart. The closer they get, the more angry Resa's stalker becomes. Is giving into unexpected passion the best way to flush out the perpetrator. . . and will Geoff and Resa be able to walk away when all is said and done?


A FATHER'S SACRIFICE
October 2007
Harlequin Intrigue # 1021

Ultimate Agents Book 5

4 stars from RT!
"Mallory Kane ratchets up the suspense and turmoil,
creating gutsy soldiers fighting a valiant battle against time."

                        --Pat Cooper, RT Magazine

A CHILD'S LIFE WAS AT STAKE . . .

Little Ben had only a few precious weeks before he'd be paralyzed forever . . . and the neurological interface Dr. Dylan Stryker had been developing for the federal government was his son's only hope. But someone wanted the prototype -- someone who would steal, kidnap, even murder, to get it.

Dylan would do anything to save his little boy--even turn to FBI Agent Natasha Rudolph to help him. Falling in love wasn't in the plans. With his son's life hanging in the balance, getting involved with Natasha just might get them killed. Now it was a race against time to find the madman who threatened them-- and to protect woman and child at all costs.

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JUROR NO. 7
Intrigue #992
May 2007

ISBN 0373692595

4-1/2 stars from RT
"
Mallory Kane rockets Juror No. 7 (4.5) to a quick start,
and her entire novel is an exciting roller-coaster ride."
                               
       --Pat Cooper, RT Magazine

 

Brand Gallagher was on an undercover mission to bring down the Castellano crime syndicate and avenge his brother's death. Yet when he was ordered to kill Lily Raines—unlucky juror no. 7—the tough lawman knew he couldn't break his oath to serve and protect. But compromising his long-standing cover as a mob associate would surely get them both killed.

Though they were little more than strangers, something about Lily demanded he offer his protection. Now on the run from the mob and the law, Brand was about to break the cardinal rule of law enforcement by involving his heart. Only, revealing his true identity to Lily suddenly seemed an even greater risk….

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SIX-GUN INVESTIGATION
(The Silver Star of Texas)
January 2007
Intrigue #965

4 stars from RT!
"
Six-Gun Investigation kicks off the new Silver Star of Texas series
with an enticing, decades-old mystery and a sizzling romance."

                                                  --Pat Cooper, RT Magazine
 

Investigative reporter Anna Wallace had arrived in Justice to find her long-lost sister murdered and herself a prime suspect. Thanks to Texas Ranger Zane McKinney, though, her name was quickly cleared. But then long-buried secrets began to unravel and Anna's own life was threatened.

Zane had a personal stake in discovering the murderer's real identity. Torn between honor and guilty shame, he was immediately drawn to the woman targeted as the next murder victim. A woman who could hold the key to the truth  if she'd let down her guard before she took the answers to her grave.

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COVERT MAKEOVER
July 2006
(Miami Confidential)

ISBN 0373229275
Intrigue #927


 

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July 2006

4 stars from RT!
"
Mallory Kane provides a spicy romance and plenty
of action for her multilayered characters.
"
                               --Pat Cooper, RT Magazine
 

 Known as much for her undercover skills as for the black stockings that even the Miami heat couldn't get her to shed, Sophie Brooks was a mystery even her Weddings Your Way coworkers couldn't gauge. So when Sean Majors, head of security for a kidnapped heiress's family, started delving into Sophie's past for seemingly professional reasons, her suspicious nature went into overdrive... as well as her libido. 

Telling the teal-eyed bodyguard they were working the same case was out of the question. But with danger lurking around every turn, Sophie had to convince Sean that she could protect herself without revealing her cover--or losing her vulnerable heart.

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LULLABIES AND LIES
February 2006

Ultimate Agents Book 4
Harlequin Intrigue # 899
ISBN
0373228996

4 stars from RT!
"
Mallory Kane peppers the investigation with red herrings,
a mother's worst nightmare and an attraction between
a gutsy woman and a man whose career
has been built
on the pain of his past."
                                       --Pat Cooper, RT Magazine
 

 Griffin Stone, Special Agent -- kidnappings

The only man who can find her kidnapped baby doesn't believe in happy endings.

Private Detective Sunny Loveless started her agency, which specializes in happy endings, to bring a happy ending to as many people as possible. But when her adopted baby daughter is kidnapped, she needs a hero who can see through her lies and help her find her own happy ending.

Griffin Stone doesn't believe in happy endings. When he was a young teen, his baby sister was stolen right out from under his nose. He's too much of a realist to think Sunny will ever find her daughter, but he can't resist Sunny's desperate plea, or her beautiful eyes.


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EPIPHANY
November 2003
Intrigue #879
ISBN

 by
Rita Herron, Debra Webb, and Mallory Kane 

You'll never think about Christmas
the same way again . . .

Three jaded and hardened detectives encounter
danger and love  in the three weeks before Christmas.

Includes
Merry's Christmas
by
Mallory Kane:

Not even the threat of death would stop Merry Randolph from giving her brand new baby a real Christmas. . .

Jaded cop Trevor Adkins wasn't afraid of anything, except a pregnant beauty on Christmas Eve...

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SEEKING ASYLUM 
Intrigue #
ULTIMATE AGENTS
Book 3

3 stars from RT!
"Mallory Kane's Seeking Asylum has a fresh, 
original plot with an appealing couple."

                                       —Susan Mitchell

"SEEKING ASYLUM is an exciting, well-written romantic thriller. Mallory Kane has done an excellent job with her characterization, dialogue and plot. This is an excellent entry to <her> Ultimate Agents series."
                                      --Betty Cox Novel Talk

His life is in the hands of a woman who thinks he's insane, and he's afraid she may be right.

Psychiatrist Rachel Harper thought she was making progress with mental patient Caleb Baldwyn until he murdered a security guard and took her hostage. Now her only hope for rescue is Caleb's alter-ego, Eric. But is Eric real, or does he only exist in Caleb's disturbed mind?

Rachel Harper: The youngest staff member at The Meadows, Psychiatrist Rachel Harper, the child of a bipolar mother, must place her life in the hands of a mental patient in order to survive.

Eric Baldwyn: Profiler for the Division of Unsolved Mysteries, Eric is a loner. His empathic abilities and his strange dreams of his dead brother have always kept him apart from others. But the only way he can save Rachel is to expose his innermost thoughts and feelings.
 

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A PROTECTED WITNESS
Intrigue #809
ISBN
0373228090
November 2004

ULTIMATE AGENTS Book 2
 

4 stars from RT!!!
 

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BULLETPROOF BILLIONAIRE
Intrigue #789
ISBN
0373227892

August 2004

Book Two of 
NEW ORLEANS CONFIDENTIAL

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BODYGUARD/HUSBAND
Intrigue #738
ISBN
0373227388
November 2003

The PREMIER book in my
ULTIMATE AGENTS mini-series.



3rd place Laurel Wreath Contest!


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HEIR TO SECRET MEMORIES
Intrigue #698

ISBN: 0-373-22698-5
February 2003

"This story of young lovers torn apart will touch your
every emotion and the struggle of two determined
parents to find their child will grip your heart.
And the passionate love never lost between hero
and heroine shines through. HEIR TO SECRET
MEMORIES is a very poignant book that I am
pleased to add to my keeper collection."

                                   --Elizabeth Benway


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THE LAWMAN WHO LOVED HER 
Intrigue #620
ISBN: 0-373-22620-9
June 2001

RT Finalist Best First Book
4 stars from RT!

"In a unique twist, Ms. Kane reveals the stalker in the beginning, but sustains a high level of danger as well as sizzling interplay between the characters."
                                                                  —Pamela Cohen


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In Memoriam

Maude Lucenda Enis Ricks
January 23, 1922-February 28, 2008
my beautiful, heroic mother.

January 26, 1920-January 13, 2010
My handsome loving father and my mother's knight in shining armor.