With Malice

Few could argue that the exclusive island of San Martin is anything less than paradise. In this wealthy enclave veterinarian Markie Cross has a thriving practice but her almost psychic connection to animals has made human relationships—especially with men—harder to navigate. Until mystery murder and something unfathomable shatter her world...

People are dying strange unexplained deaths. Island medical examiner Declan Quinn is stunned at the unearthly condition of the bodies and he and Markie share a dark suspicion that something terrifying and impossible is at work here. Something that may not be human.

As a sinister message becomes clearer Markie and Dec race to understand the tragic history of this island paradise and unlock the true nature of the evil now descending. Because if they can't Markie may become the next victim....

After the assassination of the German chancellor, the security of Office 119 is torn by the multitude of threats facing Europe and its people. Now time is running out. Agent Renate Bachle must do everything and anything to stop a conspirator willing to push nations to war and scapegoat an entire race in a bid for deadly power.

In the shadows, a renegade priest and his bodyguard attempt to protect a sacred codex as ancient as it is coveted. But not even those willing to manipulate the Vatican to save the world can grasp the true nature of the power that has fallen into the wrong hands. All they can do is try to harness it long enough to stem the tide of blood and evil before it washes across Europe…and the globe.

Have you ever wondered what really goes on in a big city hospital? Well, scrub up and put on a mask - The Province's reporters and photographers are about to take you inside St. Paul’s for an astonishing look at the beating heart of Vancouver’s downtown core.

Two delicious classics from the master of romance! Contains the classic novels Summer Desserts and Lessons Learned

Summer Desserts

When love-resistant dessert chef Summer Lyndon develops a taste for her delectable boss Blake Cocharan her legendary willpower is put to the ultimate test.

Lessons Learned

Publicist Juliet Trent never mixes business with pleasure but her newest client charming ladies-man and chef Carlo Franconi is determined to whet her appetite for love.

Sparkling with Jayne Ann Krentz's irresistible blend of sassy wit and sheer suspense, this sizzling bestseller explodes into passionate pyrotechnics as a self-made millionaire and a charmingly disorganized entrepreneur team up to corner a killer. Soon, they find their unruly partnership has the power to set the night on fire....

Olivia Chantry may leave her desk in disarray, but she's a business dynamo: her Seattle-based company, Light Fantastic, creates the promotional flash her clients need. Her marvelous success has almost made up for a crumbled marriage that has left her wedded to a career instead of a mate. But all that may change when Olivia inherits 49 percent of Glow, Inc., her uncle's high-tech lighting firm, and she butts heads with the interloper who bagged the other 51 percent: Jasper Sloan, a venture capitalist and deal-maker known as an orderly man with all his ducks in a row.

GRAND PASSION

Cleopatra Robbins has imagined the moment when she'll meet the man of her dreams. But when Max Fortune strides into the Robbins' Nest Inn, a devastating sensation sweeps through her. She knows it's him. And he's all wrong!

Head of the giant Curzon Hotel chain, a cynical man with a passion for rare works of art, Max is looking for five priceless paintings left to him by his mentor, Jason Curzon. With one long look at Cleo Robbins, Max knows he's gazing on a masterpieceŠand for the first time in his life, the solitary and powerful executive is overcome with the strangest desire for that wonderful institution called home. But despite their mutual attraction, Max suspects Cleo of hiding something -- and by the time he realizes her secrets have nothing to do with the lost treasures, it may be too late to save her from the danger rising out of her past.