TARA JANZEN

Soldado, héroe, amante. Es tan peligroso que el radar no puede detectarlo Como soldado profesional, Kid Chronopoulos se desplaza en la sombra y en sigilo para acabar con las amenazas mortales que acechan al mundo. Pero ahora, despues de haber sobrevivido a duras penas a una escalofriante mision en Sudamerica, el agente de la Fuerza de Defensa Especial regresa a la ciudad de Panama porque necesita descanso y calma y alli encuentra la parte superior de un bikini que solo puede pertenecer a una mujer Nikki McKinney jamas le ha perdonado a Kid que desapareciera de su vida tras haber vivido una pasion tan desbordante. Y justo cuando ella va camino de ocupar un lugar importante en el mundillo del arte local, el vuelve a aparecer de improviso sobre la tierra. Sin embargo, el mundo seguro y a salvo de peligros que rodea a Nikki esta a punto de tambalearse hasta los cimientos. Porque hay una recompensa por la cabeza de Kid y a sus enemigos no les importa si lo capturan vivo o muerto. Con gente peligrosa que anda a la caza, Kid obliga a Nikki a escapar para protegersey caer directamente en sus brazos. Mantenerla a salvo es su mision prioritaria. Mantenerse apartados uno del otro es imposible.

Como soldado profesional, Kid Chronopoulos se desplaza en la sombra y en sigilo para acabar con las amenazas mortales que acechan al mundo. Pero ahora, después de haber sobrevivido a duras penas a una escalofriante mision en Sudamerica, el agente de la Fuerza de Defensa Especial regresa a la ciudad de Panama porque necesita descanso y calma y alli encuentra la parte superior de un bikini que solo puede pertenecer a una mujer Nikki McKinney jamas le ha perdonado a Kid que desapareciera de su vida tras haber vivido una pasion tan desbordante. Y justo cuando ella va camino de ocupar un lugar importante en el mundillo del arte local, el vuelve a aparecer de improviso sobre la tierra. Sin embargo, el mundo seguro y a salvo de peligros que rodea a Nikki esta a punto de tambalearse hasta los cimientos. Porque hay una recompensa por la cabeza de Kid y a sus enemigos no les importa si lo capturan vivo o muerto. Con gente peligrosa que anda a la caza, Kid obliga a Nikki a escapar para protegersey caer directamente en sus brazos. Mantenerla a salvo es su mision prioritaria. Mantenerse apartados uno del otro es imposible.

SHE WAS THE LAST THING HED EXPECTED...Ty Garrets been hearing a lot about his sons new teacher, a owlish widow lady with glasses, but nothing hes heard prepares him for Victoria Willoughby, the Oxford-educated peer of the realm who has washed up in Talbot, Colorado. Skin softer than sin, wild auburn curls, and a very kissable mouth all conspire to rivet his attention, but its her sensual innocence and her captivating spirit that capture his heart.AND EVERYTHING HE WANTED.Victoria has been everywhere, from China to Chad, Egypt to Ecuador, living a life of highbrow intellectualism, noble wealth, adventurous travel, and stolid, unwavering propriety. Now shes on her own in the middle of nowhere, free for the first time, and discovering the one thing shes never had the love and passion of the right man, a tantalizing male of the subspecies Western americanus cowboyius. But when her old life beckons, will the woman whos been everywhere choose love in a cowboys arms?COURTING COWBOY originally published by Bantam Loveswept 1993

Extended Version of the original paperback - New chapters in this 2012 Ebook Edition.HES A SPECIAL OPS MASTERMIND. NOTHING GETS UNDER HIS SKIN.Cool, calm, collected, and going down for the count, Dylan Hart knows better than to take the bad girl of his fantasies on his latest mission. Hes out to steal an incriminating file out of a U.S. senators mansion in Washington, D. C., and hes got everything under control...UNTIL A STREET-SMART HEARTBREAKER IN A PINK SWEATER AND BLACK LEATHER TAKES HIM FOR THE RIDE OF HIS LIFE.Skeeter Bang grew up on the streets, and she knows the smooth operator of her dreams is in trouble up to his neck. Shell steal the file and do her darnedest not to fall head over heels in love, but when the bullets start flying, two hearts are on the line and all bets are off.

A BOUNTY HUNTER LEFT FOR DEADJackson Daniels is a prisoner, trapped on a mist-filled island with the worlds most exotic jailor a silver-eyed angel straight out of his deepest, most sensual fantasies. Hunted by pirates, his life forfeit on half the globe, he fears his truest danger lies in the alluring passion and tantalizing innocence of Sugar Caine.HE WAS HER PRISONER IN PARADISEKeep him safe Sugars orders are clear, but how can she keep herself safe from the fierce, dragon-marked warrior when his every touch fills her with longing and his every kiss creates a fiery need inside her? Jackson is the perfect answer to her lonely exile, but is the bounty hunter more trouble than she can handle? Or is he simply more dangerously sensual than she can resist? When the island is invaded by pirates set on destroying them both, only the love theyve found will be enough to save them!DRAGONS EDEN originally published by Bantam Loveswept 1995

HE WAS A RODEO COWBOY, UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED...Travis Cayou landed in Laramie, Wyoming hurting everywhere, bad in the places he hadnt broken, and worse in the places he had but he was home, and that was the only thing that counted. Hed been born and raised on the Cayou Land and Cattle Company, and he was done running from his memories and the bad blood between him and his brother. He knew hed have a fight on his hands, and he was ready. Ready for everything except the ranchs gorgeous new foreman, a beauty with untamed ebony hair and aquamarine eyes.UNTIL HE FOUND PARADISE IN HER ARMS.Callie Michael knew Travis was a good-for-nothing rodeo cowboy but even busted up, broke down, saddlesore, and road weary, six foot of nothing had never looked so good. From under the brim of his black Stetson, his smile made the kind of promises most women dreamed about and most men couldnt keep, but Callie knows cowboys, and she doesnt expect Travis to stick around long enough to be anything but trouble. The cowboy knows different, but can Travis convince her hes home for good and that hell stop at nothing to claim Callie for his own, to have and to hold her forever...PIECE OF HEAVEN originally published by Bantam Loveswept 1992

SHE ALWAYS PLAYED TO WIN.From San Francisco to the Bahamas, Anna Lange is known as a high stakes, fast action poker player who wins exactly what Mitch Summers needs. Hes got a game to play, and hes betting on the beautiful gambler to turn the tables on a cheat whod stolen his brothers land. What he doesnt need is to lose his heart to the stunningly gorgeous card shark, but from the moment they meet, hes under the beautys exotic spell.UNTIL SHE LOST HER HEART TO HIM.With a past she hasnt outrun, Anna has given up on the game of love until the boyish charmer with the seductive kisses turns up the longing in her heart. When passionate surrender lures them both beyond resistance and into love, all bets are off in the sultry heat of the island night.SCOUTS HONOR originally published by Bantam Loveswept 1987

SHE HAS RULES HES PLANNING TO BREAK...HE HAS PLANS SHE CANT RESIST.On a moonlit night filled with magic, Jack Hudson does the craziest thing he steals a kiss off his newest client, an enchanting young widow with wild ebony curls and an irresistible, fey beauty. Hes got no business kissing Lila Singer, and shes got no business melting in his arms, but suddenly, two people with nothing in common cant get enough of each other.STOLEN KISSES STOKED THEIR DESIRE.Sinfully gorgeous men are at the top of Lilas "Do Not Touch" list, but shes never been touched the way Jack touches her with strength and a knowing intimacy that incites her senses and fills her with pleasure, making her long for more.LOVE FOUND THEM IN EACH OTHERS ARMSLila wants an office in her prairie home. Jacks the guy who can build it but can they keep their hands off each other? No way. All bets are off, as one mesmerizing stolen kiss after another begins tangling them both in the sensual heat of a seduction neither of them can resist.MOONLIGHT AND SHADOWS originally published by Bantam Loveswept 1991

"One of THE most breathtaking and phenomenal adventure tales to come along in years! [Tara Janzen] has created an instant adventure classic...get your hands on a copy of this book today!" -- RT Book Reviews WINNER - Best Romantic SuspenseA LOST WORLDIn the heart of the rain forest lies a prize Dr. Annie Parrish is willing to risk her life for, a legendary orchid that will put her name in the history books - if she can find it. With her resources dwindling and time running out, only one man comes cheap enough and is skilled enough to take her deeper into the savage reaches of the Great Green Hell known as the Amazon.A ROGUE SCIENTISTWilliam Sanchez Travers has macaw feathers tied in his hair, a weeks worth of beard, and a shamans crystal hanging around his neck, convincing Annie that even the wildest stories shes heard about him dont tell the tale. A Harvard-trained botanist, the once world-renowned professor lost his reputation and some say his mind when he vanished from his camp on the Rio Cauaburi and disappeared for a year in the forest. Now hes back, in a seedy waterfront bar with a beer in his hand and a mulatto woman doing the lambada on his lap and against every ounce of common sense she has, Annies about to make him a deal.ONCE THEIR JOURNEY BEGINS, THERES NO TURNING BACKThe last thing Will needs is a woman whose secrets run as deep and dark as his own. A renegade in her own right, the legendary Amazon Annie is a magnet for trouble and hes already got plenty. Hes out to destroy a devil named Corisco Vargas, before the twisted army major can unleash his nightmarish forces on the whole of the Amazon. Trapped between a shamans mystical visions and the violence of the real world, their journey quickly becomes one of desperate danger. But which force will rule their fate justice, vengeance, or a power as potent and seductive as the Amazon itself?

RITA Award Winning NovelHE RISKED HIS LIFE TO SAVE HER...AND SHE VOWED TO NEVER LET HIM GO.Living undercover and on the edge, Dylan Jones has seen damn few things to give him hope - until he sees her, Johanna Lane. But when the beautiful lawyer lands in the middle of his investigation, she also lands at the top of a powerful mans hit list. Out of luck and out of time, Dylan only has one chance to save her, and he only has one plan - kidnap the beauty.Frightened senseless, Johanna is shocked when she recognizes her captor, the bad boy bodyguard who had once worked for her powerful boss. She had been dangerously attracted to him, and now she is in his clutches and at his mercy. But with the night heating up and the hitmen closing in, passion will have to take a back seat to survival...or will it? With these two, the only safe bet is on scorching desire and endless love.AVENGING ANGEL originally published by Bantam Loveswept 1993

ONE NIGHT.Ex-Air Force intelligence officer, Jaz Peterson is on a mission to retrieve Top Secret documents stolen by an enemy of the state. Scaling the traitors Aspen, Colorado mansion in a blizzard is the easy part. Stumbling into the middle of a beautiful cat burglars heist proves to be his undoing.TWO THIEVES.With the blood of Europes finest jewel thieves running through her veins, Chantal Cochard only wants one thing, the priceless emerald and diamond necklace locked inside the mansions wall safe. Stealing the necklace is the easy part. Getting caught in the act by a mysterious stranger with shockingly sensual kisses throws her escape plan straight into the danger zone. When the alarm goes off, theyve only got each other to get them out.RED HOT LOVE ON THE RUN.Jazs heated seduction draws Chantal into a web of desire, melting her inhibitions and her last ounce of common sense. But when sizzling passion turns to love, can the man whod stolen her heart accept the secrets of her past?THIEVES IN THE NIGHT originally published by Bantam Loveswept 1987

HES SEARCHING FOR A SHE-DEVIL PIRATEA fierce warrior on a trail of revenge, bounty hunter Cooper Daniels will stop at nothing to find the pirate who killed his brother. The embodiment of evil, Fang Baolian, rides her ghost ship across the South China Sea, plundering and murdering at will. To stop her, Cooper needs more than firepower. Hes looking for a highly educated shark with an instinct for the jugular to find a weakness in the pirate queens financial holdings and the most renowned headhunter in San Francisco sends him an angelfish in silk with a freshly minted MBA.FROM THE HIGH SEAS TO THE DANGERS OF CHINATOWNWild adventure, underground labyrinths, and bona fide bounty hunters are the last thing Jessica Langston expects in her new job at Daniels, Ltd. but she gets them in spades, along with the most fascinating man shes ever met. Cooper sets her senses on fire, and sets off all her warning bells. She knows better than to take on his kind of trouble, and yet she cant resist the sensual thrill of his touch or his searing kisses.THE ADVENTURE OF LOVE IS ONE WILD RIDEThe auburn-haired angel offers Cooper the heated ecstasy of being in her arms and a chance at redemption. But is the sizzling passion they share enough to heal his haunted soul?THE DRAGON AND THE DOVE originally published by Bantam Loveswept 1994

K.I.S.S Award WinnerWARRIOR, OUTLAW, MYSTIC...Kit Carson is an elusive legend in the world of archaeology, a renegade outside the bounds of respectability and academia. But when he shows up at Professor Kristine Richardss house with seven trunks of stolen Tibetan antiquities, instead of sending him on his way, she finds herself trembling beneath the mysterious gaze of the charismatic barbarian.RAVISHED BY A RENEGADE...With the knowing heat of his touch, Kit awakens her desire, turning the prim professor into a wanton - and with only her kiss, the violet-eyed enchantress steals the outlaws heart. But when a savage warlord comes from halfway around the world and kidnaps her, she only has one hope of survival. Can Kit win the race against time and save the woman who has become his destiny?

HE WAS BORN TO ANSWER THE CALL OF THE WILD...Halsey Morgan has blazed a trail of adventure from the Himalayas to the Amazon, but nothing hes seen in the whole wide world has prepared him for Colorado tavern owner Stevie Lee. Dangerous curves packed inside a pair of tight jeans and a "Dynamite" T-shirt, the woman has been counting on him staying shipwrecked and lost in the South Pacific permanently so she can buy his cabin for back taxes. He doesnt hold it against her, not when all he wants is to hold onto her.WHEN SHE ASKED FOR ADVENTURE, SHE GOT MORE THAN SHE BARGAINED FOR...Stevie only wants one thing to get out from under the darn Trails End bar before it sinks her. Theres a whole world out there somewhere beyond the boundaries of her small mountain town, and shes determined to explore it. All she needs is Halsey Morgans cabin and the money shell get selling it. Then the lost adventurer turns up alive, walking out of a late spring blizzard and into the Trails End, a sun god with midnight smiles and indigo blue eyes ruining her plans and setting her senses on fire with the intensity of his desire. She never knew love could be so hot, or that a man could strip her senseless with tenderness and passion. But is the risk of loving him and losing him more than she can bear? Or can Halsey convince her she can have it all, if shell only follow her heart and her dreams...straight into his arms.STEVIE LEE originally published by Bantam Loveswept 1989

"Holds us spellboundan extraordinary reading experience." RT Book ReviewsTHE CHALICE TRILOGYIn a land of dark seas, pagan rituals, and the lost memories of a far distant past comes a story of epic fantasy and heroic sacrifice.DREAM STONE Book TwoThe cataclysmic battle for Carn Merioneth has returned Mychael ab Arawn to the castle of his birth and freed the pryf, the dragon spawn, into the caves that lie beneath the fortress walls. But treachery abounds, and the dark soldiers of Rastaban, in thrall to an ancient king, are streaming out of a fortress in the north. The only hope for victory is for Mychael to find the fiery beasts of his vision dreams - the dragon guardians of the Gates of Time.With the enemys savage forces gathered on the border, an ancient priestess sets Mychael to the deadly task of his destiny to bring the dragons to heel - and in a monstrous act of transformation, Mychael seals his fate, knowing the price he must pay for victory will change him forever.

SHE WAS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE...AND EVERYTHING HE WANTED.In war-torn San Simeon, Nikki Kydd is nothing but trouble - and everything Josh Rios wants. He hadnt minded the trouble, until the green-eyed angel found her way into his heart. When he orders her back to the States, the wild young beauty runs out on him, and hell pay the devils own price to find her.With her mother imprisoned in San Simeon, no force on earth can make Nikki leave the country, not even the man she loves. With her back against the wall, she makes her own bargain with the devil, and prays she and Josh wont both pay the price. Will her reckless betrayal destroy the passion she and Josh shared one hot, tropical night...or is one night never enough for two souls entwined by fate?DATELINE: KYDD AND RIOS originally published by Bantam Loveswept 1990

"Guaranteed to wow.... The pace is breathtaking." Kirkus Reviews"[In] the tradition of Anne McCaffreya vivid tale for readers who seek the magic of fantasy, the tech edge of sci-fi and the thrilling jolt of true love." Publishers WeeklyTHE CHALICE TRILOGYIn a land of dark seas, pagan rituals, and the lost memories of a far distant past comes a story of epic fantasy and time-travel adventure.PRINCE OF TIME -- Book ThreeIn the mountains of the Middle Kingdom, Morgan ab Kynan, a thief of unsurpassed skill, steals a monasterys sacred relic, setting the wheels of fate into motion. The White Ladies of Death have long awaited the scarred time-rider, and none more so than a young acolyte whose destiny and doom are deeply entwined with the foretold Prince of Times. Only he can follow the trail he left across the cosmos when he fell 10,000 years into the future.In that time, Earth has been ravaged by centuries of war, and its last chance for salvation rests on the desperate and dangerous journey Morgan and the warrior priestess must make to the past. Sought across the vast reaches of time and space by the Warmonger, only she can keep a dark and ancient enemy from destroying the world and only by conquering his deepest fears and darkest memories can Morgan fulfill his destiny to take her back through time..

On the Romantic Times ALL-TIME FAVORITE LISTHE WAS THE ONLY MAN SHED EVER LOVED.On a sizzling hot summer night filled with wanton longing and the passion of innocence, Sarah Brooks had given herself to the only boy shed ever loved. Afterwards, hed left town without a word, taking her heart and her dreams. Now, ten years later, her young cowboy lover has returned - a hard-bodied, dangerously beautiful U.S. Navy SEAL.SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN WHO COULD SAVE HIM.Colton Haines has met every challenge put in his path except the deed of the long ago night that marked him, body and soul. Hed never planned on coming back to Rock Creek, Wyoming. And he sure as heck had never planned on a grown-up Sarah - or the hold she still has on his heart. But with the pain of the past between them, can the ecstasy they find in each others arms heal the hurt and reunite them in the sweet promise of love?SHAMELESS originally published by Bantam Loveswept 1992

SHES A WILDCAT ON THE RUN...And Walker Evans is just the man to catch her, stalking Blue Dalton through a storm-filled night in the Colorado high country. The woman is armed and dangerous, wanted by the law, and after a treasure that belongs to him Laceys Lode, a cache of priceless silver and turquoise jewelry hidden in the mountains.UNTIL HE CAPTURES HER HEART.Blue shot a man in self-defense and outran the local sheriff, but theres no escaping the hunter theyve put on her trail, and theres no protecting herself from the heated passion of Walkers searing kisses and tender touch. With the bonds of desire ensnaring them both, the rugged tracker quickly realizes the untamed wildcat is the woman of his dreams strong enough to hold her own, and sweet enough to melt in his arms. But can he convince Blue her quest for Laceys Lode pales next to the true treasure of their love?BLUE DALTON originally published by Bantam Loveswept 1990