Honour Bound

“My name is Lucas Greywolf.” A raspy voice, as soft and sandy as the wind that blew across the desert, spoke directly into her ear. It was a gentle sound, but Aislinn wasn’t deceived. Like the winds it reminded her of, it could be whipped into a fury. . . Aislinn Andrews knows his name because his escape from prison has prompted a statewide manhunt. As lean and menacing as a panther, the fugitive invades her house, her bed, and then takes her as his hostage. Overnight, Aislinn’s safe and predictable life is upended by a man considered criminal and dangerous. However, his greatest threat to Aislinn isn’t the knife he wields, but his untame appeal. All his life, Lucas Greywolf has harbored a bitter grudge against Anglos, resenting even that half of his heritage. Years spent in prison for a crime he didn’t commit hasn’t quelled his fighting spirit, but only fanned it. After escaping, he comes face-to-face with blond, blue-eyed Aislinn Andrews, the epitome of everything he hates. Yet he must have her. Now the war Lucas wages is personal, and his fiercest enemy is his longing for the wrong woman. Two people. Two worlds. One shared moment of incandescent passion...when nothing else mattered. But can that unifying instant withstand everything that divides them, when the largest obstacle they face is the most difficult to overcome? Pride.

Seven years ago a woman with too many secrets and a man with too many lies fell in love. Then she left him. Isabel's quiet life as an assistant to one of London's famous apothecaries hides a deadly secret. A secret that could see her put on trial for witchcraft if the authorities uncover the truth. But when the authority figure who turns up at her shop is Sir Nicholas Merritt, she's at risk of losing more than her life. She could lose her heart and soul, and the man she loves. Royal spy Sir Nicholas Merritt can't believe his luck when he stumbles upon Isabel during an investigation. He's been searching for her for seven long years and now he has her again, in his bed and his life. Except she's resisting all the way. Worse still, she's somehow tangled up with a plot to assassinate the queen. To hold onto her this time, he must find out why she left him while hiding a secret of his own that could tear them apart forever.

Love and death -- Kafka on the Tiber -- The protected section -- Justice -- Epilogue.

From bestselling author Sandra Brown comes an incredible story of an impossible love. Lucas Greywolf was her forbidden fantasy--wild, rebellious, a Navajo--and an escaped convict. Aislinn had been terrified when he'd grabbed her, but now she was intrigued. Why had he taken her--and where were they heading?

Protecting her life will mean betraying her trust Ainsley Hamilton has always been the responsible one of the family. As the oldest daughter of presidential candidate Buckmaster Hamilton, she's also a potential target. For months she's sensed someone following her. When an expedition to scout locations for a commercial takes a terrifying turn, she's rescued by a natural-born cowboy who tempts the good girl to finally let loose. Sawyer Nash knows just how reckless it is to fall for someone he's gone undercover to protect. Yet masquerading as an extra on set, he starts to see beneath Ainsley's controlled facade. And with the election—and a killer—drawing closer, Sawyer stands to lose not just his job and his life but the woman for whom he'd gladly risk both.

Uncompromising and fierce, Commissar Severina Raine has always served the Imperium with the utmost distinction but only by embracing her duty and staying true to her belief in the Imperium and the commissar’s creed can she hope to survive this crucible, but even then will that be enough? Uncompromising and fierce, Commissar Severina Raine has always served the Imperium with the utmost distinction. Attached to the Eleventh Antari Rifles, she instills order and courage in the face of utter horror. But horror take smany forms, and Rains's unshakeable faith is about to be put to the ultimate test. As the Chaos cult known as the Sighted sweeps through the Bale Stars and a shadow falls across its benighted worlds. In answer, a great campaign, led by the vaunted hero Lord-General Militant Alar Serek is under way to free the system from tyranny and enslavement, and the price of victory must be paid in blood. As Raine and the Antari become embroiled in the conflict, dark secrets are unearthed... Secrets that might cast a light onto Raine's own troubled past. Only by embracing her duty and staying true to her belief in the Imperium and the commissar’s creed can she hope to survive this crucible, but even then, will that be enough?

Aimee Carruthers is unprepared for the violent nature of the man before her. His cunning to attack her so brazenly is frightening but it hardly compares to the self-possession she can see on his face. It’s clear to her that he is unafraid and completely intent on doing her harm like he had his three other victims. Honour Bound, a romance/action novel, is set in the fictional city of Port Divine on the east coast of Australia. The tough, smart mouthed, stubborn heroine is Aimee Carruthers, a Senior Constable with the Port Divine Police. Her life as a cop began five years ago, when she requested Port Divine as her training ground, an area the rest of her fellow probationary constables had retreated from with a hint of disgust and a large dose of fear. Aimee has a point to prove. Port Divine is a tough city, riddled with drugs, prostitution, organised crime and delinquents. Aimee lives and breathes the life of a cop and so far she’s had a somewhat turbulent but successful career. She’s self sufficient. She doesn’t need anyone looking out for her - especially not Tactical Response Group Officer Xavier Symonds. Aimee is drawn into an impossible situation when her life is threatened by a fellow officer, an officer she respected. An officer she has worked with for the past five years. Aimee faces the brutal truth about her vulnerability as a cop and as a living breathing human being. No one has ever succeeded in doing that before now unless she considered Xavier Symonds and the vulnerability he made her feel as a woman. Forces come together to find a way to combat the enemy. To keep Aimee out of harm’s way. She refuses to go home to her family. She’s a Port Divine Police Officer, something she takes great pride in. She isn’t about to let some turncoat officer tarnish the name of the Port Divine Police, or the reputation of the honourable officers that put their lives on the line every day. She’s adamant she’s staying, regardless that her life remains in danger. But relying on others to keep her safe doesn’t come easily. As much as she wants to believe she can live her life alone and protect herself, having Xavier by her side without question has her thinking that life without him wasn’t going to cut it. Facing the traitor who wants her dead Aimee relies on her instincts, drawing on her courage, and her reserves of strength to get her through. It’s not the only time she’ll need them. She has something to share with Xavier, something she didn’t know she so dearly wanted until now.

Presents the transcript from the gathering of Treaty Six Chiefs, Elders and Special Rapporteur Miguel Alfonso-Martinez as part of the UN Study on Treaties, Agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and Indigenous Peoples 1989.