Current Books

Shameless

A long string of tragic loves haunts Viscount Benedick Francis Alistair Rohan. Cool and cynical, he's weary of life's fickle games and wants a prim and proper wife he can ignore while indulging his sensual appetites.

Lady Melisande Carstairs is nothing less than a tornado storming into Benedick's measured life. Possessed of boundless energy and the soul of a reformer, Melisande always conquers, whether it's saving the souls of soiled doves or seducing the man she's inconveniently fallen for. When she informs Benedick that his brother's newly revived Heavenly Host has graduated from simple carnal debauchery to sadistic violence, he's compelled to investigate, undercover. Under those covers, however, is Melisande herself, playing a dangerous game in the name of justice.

And the Heavenly Host has just seen her hand, and more.

"[A] delicious and sensual feast every romance reader will be eager to devour!" —NY Times bestselling author Teresa Medeiros

Breathless

Ruined beyond repair and shunned by London society, lovely Miranda Rohan rebelliously embraces the freedom that comes from having nothing left to lose. However, this dangerous course throws her under the power of the darkly enigmatic Lucien de Malheur—known to many as the Scorpion.

Seeking to destroy the Rohans, Lucien traps Miranda in a marriage she thinks is based on friendship but instead is rooted in vengeance. Yet even when she realizes the truth, their enmity fuels a shocking passion—and perhaps even more.

Such a man might drive anyone to murder....

For dark, triumphant romance...Anne Stuart can't be beaten." —NY Times bestselling author Ellizaebth Lowell on Breathless

Reckless

Adrian Alistair Rohan lost his faith, and now, a dedicated member of the depraved Heavenly Host, he loses himself in his only pleasure: the seduction and debauchery of
beautiful women. Rich, charming and devastatingly skilled in the arts of love, he never fails in his conquests…until Charlotte Spenser.

Charlotte is facing a desolate, passionless future, none of which matters to Adrian, who imagines her a toy until better prey arrives. But beneath her drab exterior, Charlotte is a woman as enchanting as she is brilliant and, lured into Adrian’s world, soon she becomes the seducer, and he the seduced.…

"Witty, inventive, dark and sexy—a wild adventure for the mind...and the heart." —NY Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs on Reckless

Ruthless

Few outsiders will ever witness the dark misdeeds of the Heavenly Host. And among this secret society, where exiled Georgian aristocrats gather to indulge their carnal
desires, fewer still can match the insatiable appetite of their chief provocateur, the mysterious Viscount Rohan.

Pursuit of physical pleasure is both his preferred pastime and his most pressing urge, until he encounters the fascination of a woman who won’t be swayed. And while
his dark seduction appalls the pure and impoverished Elinor Harriman, she finds herself intrigued…and secretly drawn to the man behind the desire.

"Will chill the naive and singe the pages." —Library Journal on Ruthless

The Wicked House of Rohan

Venice, 1740.

Desperate, starving, Kathleen Strong makes her way to a job interview that promises a chance at proper employment...and maybe a bite to eat. Accused of "gross immorality," she's adrift after being dismissed from her governess position, despite being entirely innocent.

That innocence is precisely what a mysterious group of debauched aristocrats finds so alluring about Miss Strong. When they propose a scandalous offer that she can't refuse...she can't refuse. But if the darkly gallant Alistair Rohan, a gentleman involved in all manner of wicked deeds himself, has anything to say about it, Kathleen can escape her disrepute in another way.

Of course, the escape route looks very similar to the group's illicit proposition itself...

Silver Falls

Rachel is finally getting it right. After years of wandering, she's married the perfect man and settled into the ideal life. But as her sleepy little town turns into a killing ground, she realizes that this new life might come at too high a price.

Caleb Middleton says he's returned home to set things right. But as her husband's dangerous brother circles like a hungry wolf, poking holes in her perfect world, Rachel draws her young daughter in close. The rain and violence keep coming, and Rachel must decide whether to trust her dream life or her instincts…before the town of Silver Falls becomes her grave.

Dogs and Goddesses book cover

Tangled Lies

Tangled Lies is a reprint of one of Anne's very favorite early books.

Surrounded by greed and treachery, Rachel Chandler feels completely alone in the world—until her brother, who's been missing for fifteen years, is spotted in Hawaii. Rachel will stop at nothing to find him…

But when she arrives at her brother's cottage, she encounters a stranger. A man haunted by his past. A man looking to use Rachel for his own purposes.

A man Rachel wants as she's never wanted another…

Dogs and Goddesses book cover

Dogs and Goddesses

Abby has just arrived in Summerville, Ohio, with her placid Newfoundland, Bowser. She's reluctantly inherited her grandmother's coffee shop, but it's not long before she's brewing up trouble in the form of magical baked goods and steaming up her life with an exasperating college professor.

And then there's Daisy, a Web code writer, and her hyperactive Jack Russell, Bailey. Her tightly wound world spins out of control when she discovers the chaos within and meets a mysterious dog trainer whose teaching style is definitely hands-on.

Finally there's Shar, professor of ancient history at Summerville College, who wakes up one morning to find her neurotic dachshund, Wolfie, snarling at an implacable god sitting at her kitchen table, the first thing in her life she hasn't been able to footnote.

What on earth is going on in this unearthly little town? It's up to Abby, Daisy, and Shar to find out before an ancient goddess takes over southern Ohio, and they all end up in the apocalyptic doghouse...

Christmas Getaway book cover

Christmas Getaway

Take Eloise. First she's kidnapped by Santa, and now she's camping out in an abandoned lighthouse with the most infuriatingly intoxicating cop she's ever met. Is she sleeping with the enemy…or the man destined to make her Mrs. Claus?

Meanwhile Jean is abducted to a remote ranch, stuck teaching a handsome Texas Ranger how to enjoy a little sensual Christmas cheer.

And Molly? Her nuptials are shot up and her fiancé's a no-show, but when she arrives at a supposedly private Australian hideaway to recoup, she's not alone… and the heat is enough to melt the mere memory of a white Christmas.

Three women, connected by friendship and fate, are taking cover…with men sexy enough to unwrap!

Ice Blue book cover

Fire And Ice

In the wake of a failed love affair, brainy beauty Jilly Lovitz takes off for Tokyo. She's expecting to cry on her sister Summer's shoulder, then spend a couple months blowing off steam in Japan. Instead, she's snatched away on the back of a motorcycle, narrowly avoiding a grisly execution attempt meant for her sister and brother-in-law. 

Her rescuer is Reno, the Committee's most unpredictable agent. They'd met once before and the attraction was odd – tattooed Yakuza punk meets leggy California egghead – but electric. Now Reno and Jilly are pawns in a deadly tangle of assassination attempts, kidnappings and prisoner swaps that could put their steamy partnership on ice.


Ice Blue book cover

Ice Blue

Museum curator Summer Hawthorne considered the exquisite ice-blue ceramic bowl given to her by her beloved Japanese nanny a treasure of sentimental value — until somebody tried to kill her for it.

The priceless relic is about to ignite a global power struggle that must be stopped at all costs. It’s a desperate situation, and international operative Takashi O’Brien has received his directive: everybody is expendable. Everybody. Especially the woman who is getting dangerously under his skin as the lethal game crosses the Pacific to the remote and beautiful mountains of Japan, where the truth can be as seductive as it is deadly…

"A master at creating chilling atmosohere with a modern touch." —Library Journal


Cold as Ice book cover

Cold As Ice

A brief stop on a multimillion dollar yacht should have been the perfect start to Genevieve Spencer's desperately-needed sabbatical in the jungles of Costa Rica, far from the stress of her law practice. It should have been so simple - have the client sign some papers and be on her way.

But she hadn't counted on Van Dorn's deceptively bland assistant, Peter Jensen, suddenly transforming into the most dangerous man she'd ever met. She hadn't counted on becoming a hostage aboard a hijacked yacht. And she certainly hadn't counted on her reaction to Jensen. The man was gorgeous, deadly, and cold as ice. For the first time in her life all her instincts were dead wrong.

And if she didn’t figure out how to get out of this trap, she’d be in the same situation. Wrong. And dead.

"Stuart knows how to take chances, and this edgy thriller shows how well they can pay off." —Publishers Weekly on Cold As Ice


Black Ice book cover

Black Ice

The job was a killer!

Living paycheck to paycheck in Paris, American book translator Chloe Underwood would give anything for some excitement and passion--even a little danger. So when she's offered a lucrative weekend gig translating at a business conference in a remote chateau, she jumps at the chance to shake things up.

Then by chance Chloe discovers her employers are anything but the entrepreneurs they appear, and suddenly she knows far too much. Her clients are illegal arms dealers, and one of them is ordered to kill her. But instead, Bastien Toussaint drags Chloe away, and the next thing she knows she's on the run with the most terrifying and seductive man she's ever met.

What were his motives--and would she live long enough to find out?

“Brilliant characterizations and a suitably moody ambience drive this dark tale of unlikely love.” —Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review on Black Ice

More titles currently in-print:

Anne Stuart Out-Of-Print Gems eBook Bundle
Harlequin is now offering a special ebook bundle featured for sale on thier homepage. The bundle includes: Night of the Phantom, One More Valentine, Cinderman, The Soldier and the Baby, and Wild Thing. It was inspired by our Out Of Print Gems page here on the site where Anne has added comments to share why each book was, and still is, important to her.
The Devil's Waltz
The Honorable Miss Annelise Kempton had no idea the kind of trouble she’d get into when she accepted an invitation for a self-made man to shepherd his daughter through her first season. Particularly when Christian Montcalm, the most notorious man in London, seems undecided whether to marry Annelise’s charge for her money or seduce the staid Annelise herself. Add to that a sinister secret, naughty statues and two addle-pated young lovers, and you have the perfect recipe for high-spirited happy ever after.
New copies available for purchase at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.
One More Valentine
James Sheridan Rafferty died in the St. Valentine's Massacre and is given a chance at happiness for 48 hours every year on the anniversary of his death. Helen Emerson is an associate District Attorney in the DA's office. Friday the 13th has always been a bad day for her. Rafferty realizes in those 48 hours that someone is trying to kill Helen and, more importantly, that maybe she is his ticket back to reality if they can both stay alive.
New copies available for purchase at Barnes & Noble.
Still Lake
Sophie Davis moves her overly rebellious 19 year old half-sister and her mother, starting to lose control of her memory, into a Vermont farmhouse for what she hopes it to be the answer to her problems and an island of peace. But that peaceful dream is shattered by echoes of murders commited 20 years ago.
New copies available for purchase at Amazon.com.
The Widow
Jarred out of her life as a successful Manhattan restaurant owner by the murder of her ex-husband, renowned artist Aristide Pompasse, Charlie Thomas returns to his Tuscan villa, planning to settle the estate, lay the past to rest, and then get on with her life. But she finds instead a host of unanswered questions, a pervasive sense of evil, and a compelling stranger who is definitely not what he seems.
New copies available for purchase at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.
Shadows at Sunset
Jilly Meyer single-handedly holds together one of L.A.'s most dysfunctional families and despite pressure from their villainous multimillionaire father, Jilly won't abandon her siblings or their crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion. La Casa de Sombras (House of Shadows) was the scene of a notorious Hollywood murder-suicide in the '50s, and glamorous ghosts still haunt the lonely place.
New copies available for purchase at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.
Date with a Devil (anthology with Cherry Adair and Muriel Jensen)
There's the date from hell -- the guy in a bad suit and toupee -- and the hot date from hell. These men are waaay too tempting. One wicked, sexy grin and, well -- who can resist! Certainly not these three women… A spy should know better, but this spy gets stuck on a blind-date assignment with the ex-partner who broke her heart. A lot of making up can get done between scaling rooftops and dodging bullets. A hostess discovers what it's like to really crash and burn on her first date with the undercover cop who's been casing her restaurant… And if that isn't hot enough, what about a date from hell… literally. Satan at his seductive best! It's getting hot in here…
New copies available for purchase at Amazon.com.

more books by Anne Stuart:

  • Out of Print Gems is where the author tells the stories behind some of her favorite OOP books, why they were special for her and why you should put in the work of tracking down your own copy.
  • Honored Books lists all of the author's award winning and nominated books as well as the honors that were bestowed on them.
  • Anne's bibliography has the definitive list of all her books.