Beauty's Curse

In this reversal of the Sleeping Beauty story, gorgeous Galiana Montehue—resisting her family's efforts at arranged marriage—scorns all her suitors and finds true love only after she awakens an injured knight from a deep sleep. Original.

dr. Morgan Cabot—the Intuitive Psychologist Head Of A New Secret Assignment Security Specialist Corps—moves Her Unit Front And Center To Combat The Latest Attack By Terrorist And Black Market Intelligence Broker Thomas Kunz In This Latest Captivating Thriller. Kunz's Target Is United States Air Force Captain Jackson Stern, Or So Morgan Thinks. Could It Also Be Bruce Stern, Jackson’s Brother Who Was Recently Arrested For Murdering His Wife Laura? Double-crossing, Misinformation, And Astonishing Plot Twists Pile Up As Morgan Tries To Determine If Jackson Is On The Level Or Working For Thomas, Whether Bruce Is A Murderer Or A Victim, And Exactly What Laura Has To Do With All Of This.

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covert Military Operations Combined With Psychic Abilities Save This Otherwise Predictable Romantic Suspense Novel, The First Of A Series From Romance Author Hinze (her Perfect Life). Dr. Morgan Cabot, Jazie Craig And Taylor Lee Form The Special Abilities Team (sat), A Super Secret Branch Of The Secret Assignment Security Specialists (sass). Their Target Is Thomas Kunz, The Head Of A Thinly Disguised Terrorist Organization Called Group Resources For Individual Development (grid) And One Of The Most Dangerous Operatives Ever Known. Grid Has Been Using Doubles To Infiltrate Positions Of Power In The Government And Steal Sensitive Information, And Sat Is Determined To Stop The Thefts. The Paranormal charlie's Angels Concept Will Get Readers Interested, But Flat Characters And Predictable Intrigue And Romance Do Little To Keep Them Around. (july)

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What if you could cast a spell to help you do your everyday job? But . . . that didnt help when an ancient force brought you and your soul mate together, and you werent ready? Magic practitioners in the modern world have supernatural skills to do their everyday jobs. They also have a legendary force, the imperative, that brings each to his or her soul mate, who will be the love of their lives. The mates are also guaranteed to recognize each other almost immediately. Or so the stories go. Consultant Clay Morgan, literally a computer wizard, is going after a hacker for one of his clients. When he meets Francie Stevens, hes immediately attracted, but thinks because shes not a practitioner, she cant be his soul mate. Right? Not exactly. Francie works for Clays client, and the hacker plaguing the company turns out to be the boyfriend of her best friend. Shes had terrible experiences with men in the past, so shes determined to avoid Clay. They must work together to foil the hacker, however, and the attraction between the two of them is a constant source of worry for her. Clay realizes quickly that she is his soul mate, and hes not about to let her get away. First, he must explain magic, get her to agree that it exists, he can wield it, and theyre soul mates who belong together. After a bad relationship, Francie Stevens has decided to avoid any further involvements with computer wizard Clay Morgan, but the hacker plaguing her company's network forces her into an investigation led by Clay, who is determined to win Francie’s heart. Now Clay must convince Francie that magic exists in the form of an ancient force called the soulmate imperative that brings together practitioners and their destined mates. When Francie unexpectedly starts using the imperative itself against him, however, the destiny of their love is suddenly up for grabs. Sophisticated Sofia Desalvo, transformed into plain, ordinary English professor Elizabeth Stevens by the Witness Security Program, must testify against Frank Sullivan, the respected Lexington doctor accused of racketeering in a multi-state illegal gambling ring and murdering a Kentucky Derby-winning jockey. Until Frank Sullivan is convicted, she lives with a contract on her life. When two women close to Elizabeth are murdered, Sheriff Wilson Drake must protect her Moving to the site of a latest attack by terrorist and black market intelligence broker Thomas Kunz, Dr. Morgan Cabot, the psychologist head of a covert security corps, investigates an air force captain, who may be working for the terrorist; and the captain's brother, who has been implicated in the murder of his wife. Original Sofia Desalvo enters the witness protection program and transforms herself into English professor Elizabeth Stevens. When two women close to Elizabeth are brutally murdered, small-town sheriff Wilson Drake steps in to solve the mystery and instead falls head over heels for the professor. "Dr. Morgan Cabot - the intuitive psychologist head of a new Secret Assignment Security Specialist corps - moves her unit front and center to combat the latest attack by terrorist and black market intelligence broker Thomas Kunz"--Fantasticfiction.com Excerpt of Ann Macela's The oldest kind of magic (p. 1-4) at end of the book.