Donovans 02 - Jade Island

owe me in exchange for the stuffed-elephant escort service.”
    “Ummm.”
    “And if I haven’t convinced you by then that one and one makes two, I’m cashing in that third chance you promised me. But I’d rather keep it in reserve.” Kyle leaned down and brushed a kiss over Lianne’s mouth. “A lifetime is a long time to go without extra chances, sweetheart. Especially when two people are as stubborn as we are.”
    She looked into Kyle’s clear, beautiful eyes and saw just how serious he was. Her heart turned over even as she smiled up at him.
    “I don’t know if I like being part of your, um, erotic collection,” she said.
    “How about if I’m part of yours instead?”
    “I don’t have one.”
    “Start one.”
    Smiling, Lianne put her arm around Kyle and leaned into his familiar strength. “Okay.”

About the Author
    ELIZABETH LOWELL’S acclaimed suspense novels include the New York Times best-sellers Always Time to Die, Die in Plain Sight, Moving Target, Running Scared, and four books featuring the Donovan family: Amber Beach, Jade Island, Pearl Cove, and Midnight in Ruby Bayou. Lowell has more than thirty million books in print. She lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband, with whom she writes mystery novels under a pseudonym. Visit her website at www.elizabethlowell.com.

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Praise for the novels of
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author
    ELIZABETH LOWELL
    “This author delivers pure, undiluted excitement.”
    Jayne Ann Krentz
    “Lowell manages to balance the right amount of intrigue [and] romance…[Her] characters come alive.”
    Columbia State
    “Romance and suspense…[with] likable characters blessed with Lowell’s knack for witty and enjoyable dialogue.”
    Grand Forks Herald
    “Spellbinding…intrigue, passion, and danger.”
    Florida Times-Union
    “Lowell’s keen ear for dialogue and intuitive characterizations consistently set her a cut above most writers in this genre.”
    Charlotte News & Observer

Books by Elizabeth Lowell
    Contemporary
    A LWAYS T IME TO D IE • C OLOR OF D EATH
    D EATH I S F OREVER • D IE IN P LAIN S IGHT
    R UNNING S CARED • M OVING T ARGET
    M IDNIGHT IN R UBY B AYOU • P EARL C OVE
    T HE R UBY • J ADE I SLAND
    A MBER B EACH • S ECRET S ISTERS
    D IAMOND T IGER
     
    Historical
    T HIS T IME L OVE • E DEN B URNING
    R EMEMBER S UMMER • T O THE E NDS OF THE E ARTH
    W HERE THE H EART I S • W INTER F IRE
    D ESERT R AIN • A UTUMN L OVER
    A W OMAN W ITHOUT L IES • O NLY L OVE
    F ORGET M E N OT • E NCHANTED
    B EAUTIFUL D REAMER • L OVER IN THE R OUGH
    F ORBIDDEN • U NTAMED
    O NLY Y OU • O NLY M INE • O NLY H IS

Copyright
    This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
    JADE ISLAND . Copyright © 1998 by Two of a Kind, Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
    ePub edition April 2007 ISBN 9780061745539
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