The Madonna Key Books
The Marian priestesses once protected the Madonna mosaic, key to a legacy of peace and womanly power. They were hunted down by forces who did not understand their calling. Now their descendants are seeking the past — and stirring an enemy who will kill to keep them silent.... Museum curator Catrina Dauvergne knew the earthquakes could not be her fault. But the beheaded bodies and priceless artifacts revealed by the cracks in the earth were her fate to find. To protect them, she must risk her life — and give up the one man whose love and respect she most desires. But when destiny calls and forgotten history waits to be reclaimed or lost forever, this woman will answer....
Interpol agent Ana Reisner has big problems. She's been ordered — by the president of France — to solve a murder that hasn't happened yet and recover a stolen item that the owner refuses to name. Worse, she must work with an ultrasexy former thief — a man she could end up arresting — and she's receiving warnings from what Ana can only believe is a ghost. To solve the puzzle, Ana must uncover the truth about her own connection to a lost cult of women, the caretakers of the Black Madonna icon. But as she turns from hunter into prey, Ana realizes that her unknown legacy might just be her death warrant — and that some things are worth dying for.
She'd become an obsession to the patriarch of the deadly and powerful Adriano family—but not for the reasons she'd thought. For Aubrey de Lune, aka antiquities thief Dr. Ginny Moon, had ties to a legacy that could finally bring the Adrianos to justice. She had to escape from the golden cage in which they'd entrapped her. Millions of lives depended on it. But how? With no options left, Aubrey went on the run with the Adrianos' young heir and an ancient manuscript containing a shocking historical secret. Pursuit was swift—and now, she had just hours to seduce the child's brooding bodyguard, keep the heir safe from his bloodthirsty family—and pull off a heist so impossible, it would surely be the death of her.
Married to one of the richest men alive, she was a kidnapping target. But Maggi Sanger-Stuart never took the threat seriously—until she and her baby were abducted. It wasn't her husband's fortune they demanded. No, the notorious Adriano family wanted Maggi's expertise on ancient artifacts—and they'd hold her daughter until Maggi obeyed their orders. But if Maggi does bring them the mysterious Black Madonna mosaic, the Adrianos will use its legendary power to destroy Europe. Millions will die. Now, with the help of her powerful husband, Maggi has just hours to find the key to the mosaic's power before all she loves is lost forever.