LAST CHANCE: FATHERHOOD Ben Stone's passion for life had vanished five years ago, along with his precious son. Now the rugged drifter spent his solitary days searching for his lost child--and his nights longing for a woman who could fill his aching need. Then he met Dory McBride. Dory and Ben fought the fierce hunger that drew them to each other, neither able to deny that heartache lay ahead--because Dory had a son. An adopted five-year-old son. And just when Ben believed he'd found his missing child, he faced losing the only woman he would ever love.

Prudence Hightower is the daughter of London’s music master. Betrothed to a man she does not love, grieving over her mother’s suicide and worried for her father’s mysteriously declining health, she turns to her father’s gifted pupil, enigmatic Nicolae Tedescu, finding comfort in his music and passion in his arms. But is he a man or a monster?Longing for the love denied him because he is a vampire, Nicolae is intrigued by the prim young mortal. Beneath his bloodlust is a hunger for love that defies the centuries. But when he offers her the dark gift, she refuses. Can he live for all eternity without her? Can Pru survive a dangerous plot to use her as bait to destroy Nicolae?When all else is lost, taking a chance on love becomes the most dangerous choice of all.

Rennie Hollander ran from her loveless engagement -- straight into the heart of darkness. Under storm-filled skies, her plane went down and she awoke temporarily blinded -- and in the arms of a mysterious stranger.... From the moment John Panther took the wounded beauty into his home to heal, he knew his heart was in danger. Rennie needed him like no other, fueling his desire to protect -- and to love. The rugged Native American loner knew the stakes were high, for his sorrow stalked him like the powerful panther that had once killed his bride. Now the only thing that kept John from Rennie's loving arms was the desire to avenge the past. And only time would tell if love would heal him -- or destroy him forever....

Fledgling vampire Prudence Hightower feels her humanity slowly slipping away. The only thing that can save her is love. Not the tainted love offered by Nicolae, the vampire lover who forced his dark gift upon her, but the love of a mortal man - the pirate Stede Bonham. But Stede’s happy-go-lucky nature hides a dangerous secret that threatens to destroy Pru’s faith in love as surely as her mortality was destroyed by Nicolae.Without her, Nicolae endures life. With her, he can embrace it - if only she would forgive him for turning her into the undead. He aches for redemption and deliverance, but will not find it without her love.As the French tricolor is lowered in New Orleans and tempers flare between old world Creoles and brash Americans, the key to reclaiming Pru’s lost soul lies with an ancient witch inhabiting the body of a powerful voodoo queen. Can Pru trick the witch into chanting the spell that will restore her soul? Will a voodoo love potion win Stede’s love? From the mud-filled streets of New Orleans, to the steamy bayous throbbing with voodoo ceremonies, to the pirate stronghold of Barataria, Pru follows a tempestuous path into the heart of darkness.