SLOW BURN
Kate MacKenna has always been able to turn her challenges into triumphs.
But now the fates seem to be lining up against her. While attending a
reception at a friend's estate, Kate is nearly killed by an explosion.
Once home, Kate is hit with the news that the company she has nurtured
from the ground up is in jeopardy: her late mother used the business as
collateral for a huge loan, and full payment is due in three weeks.
Kate's still reeling from this news when her younger sister's volatile
ex-boyfriend threatens her. Then Kate receives a call from her best
friend, Jordan Buchanan, who is hospitalized and scheduled for surgery.
Though stretched to the limit, Kate immediately rushes to her side. Once
she knows that Jordan is going to be fine, Kate abandons her calm facade
and allows herself to do something totally uncharacteristic: She has a
one-night stand with Jordan's brother Dylan. Kate returns home
determined to get back on track and save her business. But the mishaps
keep coming. At Jordan's insistence, Dylan checks up on Kate. He's
convinced that she's merely having a spell of bad luck--until he
discovers how many people want Kate MacKenna dead.
SHADOW DANCE
Jordan Buchanan is thrilled that her brother and best friend are tying
the knot. The wedding is a lavish affair--for the marriage is no
ordinary occasion. It represents the joining of two family dynasties.
The ceremony and reception proceed without a hitch--until a crasher
appears. The disheveled and eccentric professor of medieval history
warns that there's "bad blood" between the couple's clans, stemming from
a feud that originated in Scotland. Jordan has always led a cautious
life and has used her intelligence and reason to become a successful
businesswoman. So she is intrigued but skeptical of the professor's
claims that the feud has been kept alive over the centuries. But when
Noah Clayborne, a close family friend and a man who has never let a good
time or a pretty girl pass him by, accuses Jordan of being trapped in
her comfort zone, she determines to prove him wrong and sets out on a
spontaneous adventure to the small, dusty town of Serenity, Texas, to
judge the professor's research for herself. Jordan never anticipates the
danger and intrigue that lie in her path where, even in familiar
surroundings, her life is at risk.
