Bøker av Maria Vickers

How do you kill a cocky bird?With poison, gun, or knife?to take revenge on cocky birdto end a lover's life.To make her pay as vengeance laidhis heart with sharpened blade.To hear her cries, pain in her eyes, A wish is to be made.Though tis a shamethe one to blameIs not the one so boldlike birds of a featherwe flock together and banishher to the coldSo how to kill a cocky bird?It's easy as they sayjust do what's smart, with knife to heart and stab the pain away. Volume 41 in the best-selling romantic thrillers series, Heels, Rhymes and Nursery Crimes, this story tells the tale of a woman wrongly accused of murder. After twenty years behind bars, she finds the only thing she has is the clothes on her back, a disgusting room at a seedy halfway house and the burning vengeance in her heart.Can a mysterious stranger in a demon of a classic car help her or will he send her straight to hell?

They were supposed to be together forever. That was the plan, but through a cruel twist of fate the night before their three-year anniversary, Tex Davis lost the one man he would ever love, Memphis King. A year has passed and he still hasn't been able to move on. Everyone tells him it's time, but what do they know? Memphis was his partner in love and life. Losing him, broke Tex.Tex has been given an opportunity to move from New York to Seattle. His friends and family are encouraging him to take it, but he has already decided to decline the offer because that would mean leaving Memphis behind. Then something happened. Whether it be fate or something else, Memphis came back to him. Tex's first love is supposed to help him move on, but not even Memphis can bring himself to force Tex to let him go. Is it so wrong to want to spend forever with the person you loved most? Both hearts are begging to be unbroken. Tagline: Two broken hearts, one wandering soul

Colleen Franklin made the world's biggest mistake when she chose her then fiance, Tommy, over her friends. Once she did that, they disappeared from her life, and she wished they hadn't...especially Michael. Michael Frost has loved Colleen since high school and missed her terribly, worried about her, and wanted to seek her out - if only to know she was safe and happy. There was always something about her ex that had bothered him. Through a twist of fate, Michael and Colleen decided to relive old memories at the same cafe they used to frequent together all the time. This was their chance to finally reconnect, and just in time too. Her ex, is getting out of prison and is now seeking to not only take her back, but revenge as well. Tommy swears Colleen will be his again - no matter what - and leaves his calling card all over New York. The only way to survive will be to stick together because Tommy doesn't care who stands in his way...he'll get what he wants and will have a little fun in the process. Can they make it through this and survive when a psycho is hunting for them? Will they finally admit their feelings for each other? Love sometimes has a way of finding people when they least expect it, and when it is the least convenient.

When she was a little girl, Michaela Snow dreamed of a life full of love and adventure, but not all dreams come true. As a widow raising her niece, Lauren, she doesn't have time to think about what could have been, and she certainly will not allow herself to think about a certain taekwondo instructor with mesmerizing hazel eyes. Meeting Evan was never part of the plan, and now she can't seem to get rid of him. She doesn't want him there, however, the more he's around, the more she finds herself reluctantly trusting him. Evan Gibson loves his life and his job, but something is missing. After watching his friends find partners to share their lives with, he wants the same thing for himself. One night stands no longer hold the same appeal they did and so far, no woman has been able to measure up to his ideal...until Michaela. Complications arise, threatening everything. Life is about to change. Will it tear them apart or push them together? Staking a claim doesn't always mean forever.

A siren who could woo both men and women alike the moment she opened her mouth. She didn't believe in love, men were only good for one thing after all, but she met a man whom she cannot forget. The moment Soul spotted the red-headed songstress, he wanted her, and he would do anything to have her. After a one night stand, she disappears and he searches for her, returning to the bar he first saw her time and time again, but she is nowhere to be found. The siren has beguiled him and imprisoned his heart, and he will have her. A chance meeting. Soul finally found her in the last place he ever expected, and he has no intention of letting her go now that he has her. Siren tried to forget this man with the dark as sin hair and eyes, but she couldn't, and seeing him again has churned up emotions she would rather pretend didn't exist. Besides, he is only after one thing. Will they find a way to each other's arms, or will Soul find his end, unable to break the spell created by Siren's Song?

Joshua Dayton met the man of his dreams as a sophomore in high school-his mentor and biology teacher, Mr. Cayden. Fearing his love would be considered forbidden and rejected, he ran away to college, determined to move on and forget. Three years later, he is summoned home and comes face to face with the man he tried to leave in the past. The same man he never stopped loving. Samuel Cayden was looking for a fresh start and an escape. What he was not expecting was to develop feelings for his student, Joshua. Yet when the boy returns home a man, Samuel can no longer pretend the pull between them doesn't exist. Will the student become the teacher, showing Samuel how to open his heart? Will Samuel be able to prove to Joshua that things are not always what they appear? Or will the spark fizzle before it has a chance to ignite? It's time they got a lesson in love and temptation.

Max hates his life and the curse he is forced to live with. He pushes his other form deep inside him, only allowing it free when he can no longer keep it at bay. Love and a life free from the swan are not in the cards for him.Lorde has been sent to Chicago with one purpose, to get rid of the last swan shifter. Max's family doomed Lorde's, and the rivalry and hate go back a millennium, but with one glance into Max's eyes, something pulls at Lorde's heart. He was always taught that Max was his destiny, but what if that destiny was to love him instead of destroying him?