Bøger af Toni V Sweeney

Connell Ambers was fifteen when she was raped and left for dead by her brother's best friend. Now, she's a recluse, taking refuge on an island off the Georgia coast.Ben Reed was found not guilty by reason of insanity and confined to a psychiatric hospital. His doctors have declared him "untreatable," and he's not expected to ever be released.Tucker McKenzie was doing a favor for a fraternity brother: Just check on Jesse Ambers' sister during his drive to Florida. To his surprise, he finds a woman for whom he feels a startling attraction. In spite of Connell's fears, they begin a tentative love affair as Tuck encourages her to take the first steps toward again leading a normal life.Then, Ben Reed escapes, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake as he makes his way to Bahia de Sangre island, to finish what he started nine years before...but this time Connell is forewarned and will be waiting for him.

When Lisa Chambers awakes in Temple General Hospital, she's injured, widowed, and pregnant and her nightmares are just beginning. Frightening dreams of her dead husband, her baby, and grotesque creatures following a man with burning eyes spiral into wide-awake scenes even more sinister. Daniel Walker is Lisa's surgeon, a part-Native American whose people believed in a monstrous creature living in the waters off the Georgia coast. Drexl Von Dorff is the wealthy recluse who pulled her from the burning car, a man living on land once owned by Daniel's ancestors. They're bitter enemies and don't care who knows it. The two men are paying the new widow too much attention. Each wants her for himself, but the worse fact is...Lisa knows she shouldn't but she can't seem to stop herself from being interested in both...

When the king of the Nords wishes to end the generations-old war with a marriage between his daughter and the Purdhan ruler's son, Vicomte François faces a problem: His son is only seven years old. Then His Majesty comes up with a clever solution... He betroths his illegitimate son and warlord, Ax, to the Nord King's daughter, and peace is ensured...except for one minor detail... Neither Ax nor Princess Astrid want to get married, especially to each other. Axel thinks his bride is a spoiled, pampered, and inconsiderate little chit. Astrid considers Axel a rude, crude, uncouth barbarian. She's determined their marriage will never be consummated and so far, her trusty dagger has kept the randy young warlord at bay. Hope of an heir is out of the question, unless some bilateral attitude adjustments are made. When all seems lost, there's a drunken feast, a storm and a shipwreck, and now two young people who despise each other are going to have to work together to survive...or else.

THE KING IS DEAD! HOW LONG WILL THE NEW KING SURVIVE? Invalid Crispin of Leonesse isn't expected to survive his coronation...then swordswoman Janel Redhu becomes his bodyguard.Coddled by the Queen Mother, Crispin is an odd combination of feeble body, rebellious spirit, and frightened child. In spite of that, he and his guard become friends. When Janel overhears what she believes is a conspiracy to seize the Throne, she carries her sovereign to safety in the neutral country of Sudelain.What follows is a tale of suffering and love as a boy transforms into manhood and a young woman helps him meet his destiny.