Whose mask will crumble first- the enigmatic professor of Celtic Studies, the undercover cop masquerading as a co-ed, or the campus stalker, biding his time to strike again? Is anthropology professor Matt Bayfield the Blackthorn College rapist, or a potential ally? Aloof and unapproachable, Matt has academic ambitions. He can't escape Blackthorn College soon enough, and he doesn't want any entanglements to slow down his exit. Nancy Appleby would like nothing more than to solve the string of campus rape cases before Thanksgiving so she can go home. The last thing she wants is a relationship to complicate her life-but she'll settle for a fling, especially when the sex sizzles. The stalker has his own carefully crafted timetable, with a special date just for Nancy. Can Matt and Nancy force him out of his hidey-hole before it's too late?

Bad boy meets bad girl - is that all there is? Passionate, hard working and every inch a business woman, Chicago realtor Kitty Paige likes her sex raw and edgy, and sees no reason to limit herself to just one man. Never married and not quite forty, the striking blonde has successfully raised her daughter, Susan, and is already pushing her new-found freedom to the limits. Wealthy commodities middle-man and race horse owner Jared Jacobs is father of the best man at Susan's wedding. He is smitten by the vision in yellow who exudes sex as she escorts her daughter down the aisle. Also single, the handsome mustached California ranch owner with mischievous eyes views his sex life as a series of splendid love affairs, and sets out to make Kitty next on the list. Together and apart, their chemistry is explosive, and their sparkling repartee and steamy sex catch both partners by surprise. Jared is first to recognize he's fallen in love. When Kitty panics, can Jared finesse his every move and reel her in?

What happens when a fiercely loyal widowed half-Ute cowboy meets a fiery redhead with an Irish temper to match? Cassidy O'Hanlon - Cassie, to her friends - has set aside her Chicago career for six months to train racehorses for her dad after his stroke. Furious the interloper has shipped in a ringer from the Chicago circuit to his Wyoming turf, Rancher/trainer Clint Travers sets out to put her in her place. Sparks fly immediately, but after their rocky start, the two quickly forge a passionate relationship, and he follows her to Chicago. When it becomes clear someone is drugging Cassie's horse, Clint sets out to solve the mystery, but storms off in a cloud of wounded pride when suspicions turn to him. Can love trump pride?

Dark and brooding, Adam Granger was always the bad boy out of reach-but now he's in Sarah Atkinson's bed, the morning after their twentieth high school reunion. When Adam beats a retreat to his Pacific Palisades estate, former good girl Sarah throws caution to the wind and pursues him. Petite copper-skinned Maria Ramirez greets Sarah at Adam's front door. The former exotic dancer doesn't challenge Sarah's assumption she's the maid-how long will it take the dark-haired beauty to figure out Maria is Adam's live-in lover? Better yet, how long before Maria can entice her into their bed? Determined not to rock his hard-won lifestyle, Adam resolves to push Sarah past her sexual limits so she'll leave. When she stays, he watches helplessly as the two women fall in love with each other. Will they shut him out? And, if they let him in, what must he sacrifice?