Six years ago Rianna Kingsley washed up on the shore of a war-torn tropical country with two bullets in her back and no memory. Now with a new identity and a thirst for revenge, she's finally close to getting the answers she's been seeking. The last thing she needs is criminal boss Jake Tarrance meddling in her investigation. But when a mysterious stranger hires Jake to kill Rianna, their lives are irrevocably entwined. And a woman who trusts no one is forced into an alliance that could prove fatal. . . .
A WOMAN WITHOUT A PAST
She didn’t know her name, didn’t know her nationality. The newly manufactured “Rianna Kingsley” only knew that her martial-arts skills and weaponry and assassination techniques went far beyond the average person’s….
A MARK THAT BECAME A DEATH WARRANT
The men who’d tried to assassinate her all shared one common trait: a tattoo of a winged horse, exactly like the one on her ankle. Where had it come from–and what did it mean to her survival?
A MAN WHO WAS MORE THAN A STRANGER
It was dangerous for Rianna to share too much with anyone–much less the criminal hired to kill her–but she couldn’t resist Jake Tarrance’s arms, his bed. With her shadowy past hot on her heels, would Rianna’s business with Jake be passionate…or deadly?
(May 2005)
Finalist for the RITA Award (Long Contemporary)
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