Bøger af Cindy Mcdonald

Kate West and Dr. Holden Reese have put their troubled past behind them and are ready to set a wedding date. There's only one thing in Holden's way: a powerful drug lord at Keystone Downs Thoroughbred Racetrack has him under his thumb, and he's not letting go! Kate's family is determined to get to the bottom of the horse drugging ring, and when the Wests get too close to the truth, the drug lord sends them a brutal message that can't be misinterpreted. Now Holden is on the run, and he's dragging Kate with him. Can he escape his indiscretions? How long can he keep Kate in the dark? How damning will the truth be when it is finally revealed?

Make a note: never agitate a madman. Successful Thoroughbred trainer Mike West just made that mistake-and he's gonna pay-more than he ever realized. But it's all in the family; his sister, Kate, has been the object of the madman's desire on the social network "My Town". Her constant rejections have infuriated him! People who seem to be in the way start turning up dead, and he's got Mike and Kate next on his list! In the first book of The Unbridled Series, Cindy McDonald introduces you to the world of Thoroughbred racing, while taking her cast of characters on a wild ride through a maniacs mind.

Old Age Ain't for Sissies! Vic Deveaux's glory days as a winning jockey have ended, but he refuses to accept that pile of horse hockey! When the West family asks Vic to take an easier position at their horse farm Westwood, he becomes enraged and teams up with two greedy stable hands in a scheme to kidnap the West's younger son Shane. When Vic discovers that his new-found friends have murder on their minds, things turn ugly. Suddenly, Vic finds himself between the rock and the hard place. . He has betrayed his good friend, Eric West, but will he participate in his son's murder as well? Not content to sit and wait for her men to bring her brother home, Kate West convinces homicide detective Carl Lugowski to check out a hunch at an old abandoned mansion. Soon, they're trapped in a hornet's nest of a notorious biker gang. Oh yeah, Vic's deception has placed the West family in more danger than they know what to do with!

HOT: Coco Beardmore. NOT: Coco's calamities. HOT: Mike's fantasies. NOT: Mike's reality. Let's face it, everyone knows a beautiful woman who can't walk through a room without tripping over the coffee table, or turning every situation into a total debacle. Trainers at Keystone Downs have been dumping Coco Beardmore and she's landed in Mike West's lap. The problem is that Coco is a complete klutz! Her driving skills are a real bang-into Mike's horse trailer. Her sultry seduction will set the room on fire-the kitchen that is. What's more are her Thoroughbreds: one flips while being saddled, one sits down like a dog in the starting gate, and then there's the one that's an escape artist. It's enough to drive a normally calm and collected Mike West to the very edge. Mike's not the only one having problems with women. His father Eric has taken on more than he can chew, and he's about to get spit out by two women: One that he's in love with and one that thinks he's in love with her. Oh yeah, things are hot around Westwood Thoroughbred Farm... and someone's about to get burned!

While on a camping trip in the Colorado Rockies, First Force operative, Casey Rhodes and Hawke International operative, Peyton Mattock were having the time of their lives. Separated by an ocean, the two operatives rarely saw or heard from each other, but on this short vacation the sparks ignite the flames of passion they believed to be real, but now cannot deny. Peyton insists that on this lover's holiday they leave all weaponry behind-after all, what would they need them for? Casey reluctantly agrees, and it seems like a wonderful idea-until Peyton goes missing. Trapped in the middle of every-lovin' nowhere, unarmed and alone, Casey must find the man she yearns for and fight with primitive weapons, alongside an unlikely ally to gain his freedom from those who have an unbelievable scheme!

It has been four years since ex-Navy SEAL Jack Haliday, had an explosive run-in with a biker gang, wounding their leader, Gunner. During those years, Jack had acquired everything he ever wanted: a beautiful wife, daughter, and a lovely home in the suburbs--everything was just about as perfect as it could get, until Gunner returned to twist Jack's world inside-out with a vengeance that he could never have prepared for. Now Jack has a score to settle and he's got some friends to help him do it.

NO GOOD DEED SHALL GO UNPUNISHED! When the West's good-hearted farm manager, Punch McMinn, stumbles upon Eugene Strom, a down-on-his-luck fighter threatening to jump from an old bridge, Punch takes him under his wing and convinces the patriarch of Westwood Thoroughbred Farm, Eric West, to give him a job. But when the gun-toting mob shows up at Westwood, it's quite obvious that good ol' Eugene is hiding a secret-a big one. Punch finds himself questioning his good intentions when the ex-fighter puts the people he loves against the ropes-and at the edge of disaster.

Does God answer when you pray? Is there proof? The McDonalds had big decisions ahead of them. How would they make the right ones? How would they parent a special needs child? How would they parent a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder? Through faith and prayer, God answered them. God directed their path and changed their lives forever. He can do the same for you!

Tess thought her life would settle after the death of her husband, Ballard Crafton. After all she'd escaped Russia with the formula to his secret serum that transforms ordinary soldiers into unstoppable machines. She was certain the Russians thought Ballard's notes were lost in the explosion that destroyed his lab, but one man believes that Tess possesses the precious information, and he wants it for his own wicked agenda. Hired assailants dog her night and day. She needs help and she needed it weeks ago. Now she turns to First Force for protection only to find the team is away with only one operative at First Force headquarters holding down the fort-Dan Garrison. How can Dan keep her safe when he isn't sure that he believes her story? How can Tess gain his trust, and how can either of them deny the underlying passion that is exploding between the fine line of deception and danger?

Five years ago, First Force operative Grant Ketchum let the ballerina of his dreams dance right out of his life. After her American adoptive parents had been killed in an automobile accident, Silja Ramsay returned to her birthplace, Russia, to take the position of the principal dancer for the Novikov Ballet Company. She was living her dreams, and although they had very little contact, Grant was proud of her. The owner and director of the ballet company, Natalia Novikov, has a dark secret: her beloved ballet company is almost broke. Natalia has become so desperate for funds to keep the company afloat that she's forced her dancers to prostitute themselves to financial contributors at exclusive after-show parties. As the prima ballerina of the troupe, Silja has been exempt and kept in the dark about the parties, until a big-time American financier, who is obsessed with Silja, offers to bail the failing ballet company out and provide Natalia with everything she will ever need. His prerequisite: Silja must become his personal companion, live in his home, and fulfill his every desire. Against her will, Silja is taken to the American's mansion, but before she goes she manages to send a text to the only man who can save her, Grant: HELP! Now Grant Ketchum is on a mission to find his lost ballerina and rescue her from this powerful man's subjugation. He will do anything to get her out alive. If they survive, will he let her chasse out of his life again?

Ghosts from her past are chasing her! Four years ago Dr. Rayne Lee lost her husband and her four-year old daughter, Sierra, to a group of hostile guerrillas in the Amazonian Valley of Peru. It had taken every bit of her constitution to rebuild her life and to join her uncle's international security team, First Force, as the team's head medic. She still desperately missed her husband and her daughter, but all in all everything was back on track--until the phone calls started. A young girl was calling claiming to be Sierra. The tiny trembling voice said that the guerrillas were holding her captive, and there was only one way for them to be reunited--Rayne must travel to Peru and give them something that she has. Moreover, they had another stipulation: She must come alone. Suddenly the ghosts from Rayne's past are chasing her down a dark road. What could they possibly want from her? Could she return to the place where her family was murdered and she was brutalized for seven horrid months? Was it really Sierra calling? Rayne knew that she had to take the risk--she had to find out!