Midnight Jewels
by Jayne Ann Krentz

Mercy Pennington spends her days stocking second-hand books at Pennington’s Second Chance. Her business keeps her too busy for travel or a social life, but when she advertises a rare book she is plunged into a world of danger and desire.

Croft Falconer’s career revolves around violence — the beautifully controlled violence of the martial arts. He knows that Valley of Secret Jewels — a book of 18th century erotica — is linked to a dark secret. He has long believed that it was destroyed in a fire. How could it have fallen into the hands of a small town book dealer? Aware that Mercy is in more trouble than she can possibly know, he tracks her down.

Mercy is soon swept up in a passionate, reckless affair. Croft may be the most dangerous man she has ever known — or the lover of her dreams. But the secrets he is hiding could get them both killed before she discovers the truth.

Originally published November 1987.

Other Books by Jayne Ann Krentz

The Night Island
The Lost Night Files Book 2

The Gifts

Sleep No More
The Lost Night Files Book 1

Smoke in Mirrors

Lightning in a Mirror
Fogg Lake Book 3

All the Colors of Night
Fogg Lake Book 2

The Waiting Game

The Vanishing
Fogg Lake Book 1

Flash

Untouchable
Sons of Anson Salinas Book 3

Promise Not to Tell
Sons of Anson Salinas Book 2

The Adventurer
Ladies and Legends Book 2

When All The Girls Have Gone
Sons of Anson Salinas Book 1

Secret Sisters

Jayne Ann Krentz's Bio

Jayne Ann Krentz is the author of over 50 New York Times bestsellers and has over forty million books in print. Jayne writes fast-paced suspense with a sexy edge under three pen names. If you like contemporary settings, try one of her new releases written under her Krentz name. Readers looking for a similar thrill in a historical settting go for the books she writes as Amanda Quick. And those adventurous types who prefer their suspense with a futuristic/paranormal twist read the novels she writes as Jayne Castle.