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Praise for the reigning queen of romance, “Palmer’s talent for character development and ability to fuse heartwarming romance with nail-biting suspense shine in Outsider.” —Booklist “A gentle escape mixed with real-life menace for fans of Palmer’s more than 100 novels.” —Publishers Weekly on Night Fever “The ever-popular and prolific Palmer has penned another sure hit.” —Booklist on Before Sunrise “Nobody does it better.” —New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard “Palmer knows how to make sparks fly…heartwarming.” —Publishers Weekly on Renegade “Sensual and suspenseful.” —Booklist on Lawless “Diana Palmer is a mesmerizing storyteller who captures the essence of what a romance should be.” —Affaire de Coeur “Nobody tops Diana Palmer when it comes to delivering pure, undiluted romance. I love her stories.” —New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz Look for Diana Palmer’s new hardcover Dangerous Coming in summer 2010 Also by Diana Palmer The Winter Man Heartless Her Kind of Hero Nora Heart of Stone Fearless Big Sky Winter Trilby Lawman Hard To Handle Lacy Heart of Winter Outsider Night Fever Before Sunrise Diamond Spur Renegade Lawless Desperado The Texas Ranger Lord of the Desert The Cowboy and the Lady Most Wanted Fit for a King Paper Rose Rage of Passion Once in Paris After the Music Roomful of Roses Champagne Girl Passion Flower Diamond Girl Friends and Lovers Cattleman’s Choice Lady Love The Rawhide Man CONTENTS NIGHT OF LOVE 7 SECRET AGENT MAN 187 NIGHT OF LOVE prologue S teven Ryker paced his office at Ryker Air with charac- teristic energy,smoking a cigarette that he hated while he turned the air blue in quiet muttering.A chapter of his life that he’d closed the door on four years past had reopened, leaving his emotional wounds bare and bleeding. Meg was back. He didn’t recognize his own fear.It wasn’t a condition he’d ever associated with himself.But things had changed.He’d gone through a period ofmourning when Meg had walked out on him to begin a balletic career in New York.He’d consoled himself with woman after willing woman.But in the end,he’d been alone with the painful memories.They hurt,and because they still hurt,he blamed Meg.He wanted her to suffer as he had. He wanted to see her beautiful blue eyes fill with tears, he wanted to see pain on that exquisite face framed by soft blond 10 diana palmer hair.He wanted consolation for the hell she’d put him through by leaving without a word when she’d promised to be his wife. He put out the cigarette.It was a habit,like loving Meg.He hated both: cigarettes and the blond memory from his past. He’d never had a woman jilt him.Ofcourse,he’d never asked a woman to marry him,either.He’d been content to live alone, until Meg had kissed him in gratitude for the present he’d given her when she turned eighteen.His life had turned over then. Their fathers, hers and his, had become business partners when Meg was fourteen and her brother,David,just a little older. The families had developed a closeness that tied their lives together.Meg had been a sweet nuisance that Steven had tolerated when he and David had become best friends.But the nuisance grew up into a beautiful,regal woman who’d melted the ice around his hard heart.He’d given everything he was, everything he had,to Meg.And it hadn’t been enough. He couldn’t forgive her for not wanting him.He couldn’t admit that his obsession with her had all but cost him his sanity when she left.He wanted vengeance.He wanted Meg. There would be a way to make her pay,he vowed.She’d hurt her leg and couldn’t dance temporarily.But that ballet company she worked for was in real financial straits.Ifhe played his cards right,he might yet have that one magical night in Meg’s arms that he’d dreamed offor years.But this time,it wouldn’t be out oflove and need.It would be out ofvengeance.Meg was back. And he was going to make her pay for what she’d made ofhim.
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