Book excerpt: This is a specially priced boxed set of the first three novels in The Love & Danger Collection (#1, #2, #3). These books can be read in any order. FIREFLY IN THE NIGHT When William Richards’ beloved adoptive daughter’s life is threatened, the Houston lawyer can think of only one person to protect her: Cord Anderson—the battle hardened, war-weary, mercenary son of an old friend. Cord would keep Marlie safe from outside harm, as well as safe from her own impulses if she were ever to learn that her father’s life had also been threatened. Without a word to Marlie, William Richards hatches a plan. CALL MY NAME SOFTY Is someone trying to kill Anne Reynolds? It was hard to believe. But then it had been hard to believe that the residents of the small town of Overton, California, would turn on her after she testified against the corrupt owners of the town’s largest business. To them, she was to blame for everything bad that followed, and they harassed her to the point of driving her away. Shattered in body and spirit, Anne retreats to the isolation of the beautiful northern California coast, hopeful that the peace and quiet will help her recuperate. Only she’s not as alone as she thought. Robert Singleton—a very attractive man entangled in his own weighty problems—and his determinedly friendly five-and-a-half-year-old son, Jamie, are vacationing in the next cove. Anne does her best to keep her distance...until ‘accidents’ start to happen. NIGHTSHADE Thirty years after the Townsend Collection disappeared, it’s found! Only where it’s found is enough to give anyone pause, especially Christian Townsend, scion of the wealthy and influential Townsend family. Management of the Orsini Museum in San Francisco panics, unsure if the museum can withstand more bad publicity. Sonya Douglas, museum registrar, is given the assignment to placate Christian Townsend. She is to drop her normal work and smooth his way to the best of her ability when he arrives to investigate the puzzling circumstances. Only the more involved Sonya becomes, the more fascinated she is with both the past crime and the man she has been ordered to assist.