yummy to combustible

Damian and Calista are recovering from Jake's (Calista's ex) nearly
successful attempt to kill them. They've let people believe they
actually are dead, have invented new identities for themselves and are
slowly recovering, when they have a major falling out. Damian thinks
they need to bring the war to the people trying to generate a pandemic

Six steamy Christmas stories. My favourites were LF's and JD's. LF's made me glad I didn't have a brother like Axel. I wouldn't mind finding a sexy doctor in my stocking (JD's) SD's was hot but I'd guessed the conclusion. DK's was a nice reunion story. NW's an amusing story of enemies in the office who end up in bed together.

Lawyer Genevieve has to detour en route to her hiking holiday in Costa Rica to hand-deliver contracts to Harry Van Dorn. She doesn't suspect that he's a psychopathic sadist or that she's interfering with Peter Jensen's plans to kill Harry and then persists in believing that Harry is innocent until Harry escapes at the last minute and finally orders her killed.

Chloe, American translator in Paris, doing a favour for a friend, ends up translating for gunrunners and having sex with one of them as he tries to keep her alive. Bastien is intrigued by his reaction to Chloe but determined to save her, despite his colleagues and baddies, but then he walks away. Then one of the baddies who's supposed to be dead goes after Chloe to get to Bastien.