Author: nicolaclaire
Introducing the crew of the Harpy: a ragtag group of spacers hauling cargo in the outer rim. Until someone tries to blow them out of the Black.Alcohol, women, and space, that’s what keeps Captain Kael Jameson going. Plus the crew he’s managed to gather in place of a family.But when he’s forced to destroy something precious in order to save the ones he loves most, his world is turned upside down … loves most, his world is turned upside down in a heartbeat.Things get bad after that, and he already had a hangover.Alien hitmen, political intrigue leading to civil war,…
“You’re close to breaking, Lara.”Words Detective Lara Keen never thought she’d hear spoken aloud. Let alone have them spoken to her by the Department shrink in his official capacity as her psychologist.Things start to unravel not long afterwards. The H.E.A.T. arsonist is still at large. Carole Michaels, Lara’s boyfriend’s sister, is still missing. And a shadowed figure dressed in a familiar … a shadowed figure dressed in a familiar fedora hat and trench coat keeps popping up when she least expects it. If that isn’t bad enough, CIB still has a traitor in its midst and Lara’s determined to find…
When Big Wig moves to the beach, Big Trouble comes with him.Doubtless Bay’s resident private investigator has a dilemma on her hands. With the arrival of a new detective in her small, beachside town, Summer O’Dare has a decision to make: Let him think she’s merely a little kooky or open up the doors to her skeleton-harbouring closet and invite him in.Trust, though, has to be earned. And Detective … in.Trust, though, has to be earned. And Detective Douche is walking on the wrong side of that equation. Three days in and he’s already dating the realtor next door; Summer’s…
“This is Captain Anderson. Brace. Brace. Brace.”Sophia Anderson has a heritage she should be proud of, but to those onboard the AUS Corvus, she’s not earned her position like the rest of them.Every day she has to prove herself to the Anderson Universal crew onboard her ship. And then the worst thing happens.The captain is killed in battle and Sophia, as First Officer, must take his place.Teaming … as First Officer, must take his place.Teaming up with the unflappable Lieutenant Commander Leo Saitō, Sophia finds her footing onboard the beleaguered vessel as well as something much more precious.Intimacy and destiny…
“Please do not be alarmed. This is for your own protection.”Working as the Chief Engineer onboard the ESAS Chariot out of Europe, Commander Camille Rey expected her position to be somewhat challenging on occasion.She did not expect to be fighting for her and her fellow crewmen’s lives immediately after take-off.Teaming up with the very proper, and very English Captain Noah Vaughan to combat a … proper, and very English Captain Noah Vaughan to combat a desperate saboteur onboard their vessel, Camille discovers that not all the malfunctions the Chariot is experiencing are human-related.Secrets and desires are exposed amongst the stars…
“This is how we’d traverse the stars; limping and crippled, the last survivors of a dying solar system.”Fleeing from a past that almost killed her and a present that promises she’ll only burn, pay-for-passage passenger Ana Kereama boards the Sector Two lead vessel Pavo with only survival in mind.What she finds is a reason to live, and it has nothing to do with New Earth.Teaming up with the sexy … New Earth.Teaming up with the sexy and commanding Captain John Jameson to protect those on board their ship, Ana fights not only for her vessel’s survival but the intelligent being…
An enthralling Victorian romance: Spirited Anna Cassidy trained to be a doctor, a position hardly considered ladylike. She’s determined to help her peers — but annoyingly handsome Inspector Andrew Kelly proves to be a tempting distraction…
“The moment you entered my world, you set it alight. Until there were no more shadows left to hide in.” Abi Merchant has been on the run for five long years. Panic and paranoia have been her constant companion. In an effort to survive the tortured memories of her past, she’s had to live within her mind. But five weeks into a new identity and new location Abi knows her past has caught up with … up with her. That itch between her shoulder blades and that bullseye she imagines on the centre of her back have returned. During one…
“One night eight years ago and you ran, angel. One night now and you’re gone again. I won’t let you run this time without giving chase.” Eight years ago Evangeline Rowe met her ice-blue eyed, perfect cowboy, but she was running from a past he would have kept her trapped within. One night of unbelievable passion, a lost and consequently broken heart, and only memories that haunted her dreams and … dreams and made all subsequent liaisons fall short. By the time she is called back to Auckland to tend her dying father, she has only just managed to vanquish…
“I’m going to give you memories to last a lifetime, Genevieve Cain. I promise you that.” With a loser ex-boyfriend threatening her dream business, Sweet Seduction, Genevieve Cain is forced to go to a lawyer to finalise things once and for all. Gen knows she’s only good for one dream in her lifetime, so when she meets senior partner, Dominic Anscombe, in the foyer of the law firm’s building, she … building, she dismisses any delusional ideas her mind creates involving his very fine body. But Dominic is intrigued by Gen’s run-away mouth and if there’s one thing to say…