Night Of No Return

Night Of No Return
Eileen Wilks

When a lethal traitor

threatens to derail the top-secret SPEAR agency,

A YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY continues….

Alex Bok

Tall, virile, potently sexy—lives every moment

as if it were his last.

On a deadly mission to bring down a traitor,

this hard-edged bachelor is reunited with the only

woman who had ever truly touched his heart.

Would he pay the ultimate price

for passion’s sake?

Nora Lowe

She has eyes the color of the pale blue dawn,

long, rippling black hair—and is saving all her

love for one unforgettable man.

She didn’t know what Alex Bok was doing on her

archeological dig—or why danger shadowed his

every move. So she engaged in a sweetly seductive

game of kiss and tell….

The man at the helm

Powerful, pragmatic—the shadowed entity

no one sees.

Jonah had given Agent Bok direct orders—

infiltrate the nearby terrorist compound

and ensnare the sinister Simon

in a deadly trap. But was one of his own

about to be neutralized by love?

Dear Reader,

As the Intimate Moments quarter of our yearlong 20

anniversary promotion draws to a close, we offer you a month so full of reading excitement, you’ll hardly know where to start. How about with Night Shield, the newest NIGHT TALES title from New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts? As always, Nora delivers characters you’ll never forget and a plot guaranteed to keep you turning the pages. And don’t miss our special NIGHT TALES reissue, also available this month wherever you buy books.

What next? How about Night of No Return, rising star Eileen Wilks’s contribution to our in-line continuity, A YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY? This emotional and suspenseful tale will have you on the edge of your seat—and longing for the next book in the series. As an additional treat this month, we offer you an in-line continuation of our extremely popular out-of-series continuity, 36 HOURS. Bestselling author Susan Mallery kicks things off with Cinderella for a Night. You’ll love this book, along with the three Intimate Moments novels—and one stand-alone Christmas anthology—that follow it.

Rounding out the month, we have a new book from Beverly Bird, one of the authors who helped define Intimate Moments in its very first month of publication. She’s joined by Mary McBride and Virginia Kantra, each of whom contributes a top-notch novel to the month.

Next month, look for a special two-in-one volume by Maggie Shayne and Marilyn Pappano, called Who Do You Love? And in November, watch for the debut of our stunning new cover design.

Leslie J. Wainger

Executive Senior Editor

Night of No Return

Eileen Wilks

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

A note from RITA Award Finalist Eileen Wilks,

author of ten novels for Silhouette Books:

Dear Reader,

A YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY—wow! The name alone was enough to make me excited about being part of this continuity series. I feel privileged indeed to be in the company of so many stellar writers, and I fell hard for the heroes—men and women both—who are the agents of SPEAR. What’s not to love? With spies and bad guys, honor faced off against villainy and love pushed to its limits, A YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY promises 12 extraordinary stories about the power and danger of love.

My story, Night of No Return, is set in a land of extremes. Alex Bok is on the trail of terrorists and stolen weapons in the Sinai Desert. He finds more than he bargained for, and his courage is pushed to its limits by the dictates of honor—and by a gutsy heroine who dares him to take the biggest risk of all.

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5