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Blayne MacNeil knows he should just walk away from the impertinent miss who insists on employing him as a bodyguard. When he decides to turn her down in person, he’s taken off guard when she adds fake fiancé to his role. He has been in hiding for nearly two decades and announcing even a faux connection could lead to his being charged with murder.
Delphie Ballard is importuned by an overeager suitor while she’s struggling to help her brother cover up her father’s treasonous letter. She manages to discourage him, but her reputation doesn’t survive it, and she’s banished to the country. Revolutionary supporter Charles, Lord Kingsdown, narrowly escaped the violence in France and must now make his permanent home in England.
Billie Blackwater has a normal life in Juniper, Colorado, except for the fact that she can shift into a bobcat and prowl the ridges and basins of her mountain home. Her boyfriend, Caleb, is the son of Mitch, the town’s displaced mob boss. Caleb doesn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps. He wants to move far away, but he can’t leave Billie behind.
In a future earth similar to the early 1800s, a great cataclysm has rewritten the world. The inhabited lands are carefully policed by tiers of government agencies. Sean Blackbain is among “the ranked”, a privileged guardian citizen, and head of an elite team of intelligence operatives. His genetic ability to sense emotions makes him a Sympath, and skilled at reading people.
Drea lives in a perfect world, except for the wall. The fifteen-foot barrier is there to keep her safe, just like the Protectors patrolling her clean and orderly little world. There is no crime, no violence, and no strife, but Drea can feel the wrongness in every perfectly timed aspect of her life, right down to the wristwatch that logs her every movement.
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