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The Deadly Series
Francesca Cahill Novels

USA Today & New York Times Best-selling Author Brenda Joyce

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Deadly VowsDeadly Vows
Book #9 — The Deadly Series
ON SALE MARCH 2011
ISBN-13: 978-0373775514

Nothing can stop Francesca from marrying Calder Hart—except the scandal that threatens to tear them apart..

On the morning of her wedding to Calder Hart, amateur sleuth Francesca Cahill is lured away to a private viewing of the one thing that can destroy her whole family: a nude painting of her. Her desperate quest to find the indecent portrait and preserve her family’s reputation leads her into a dangerous thief’s trap with no way to escape until it’s too late. Her wedding is ruined—and so is the trust and love that Calder once felt for her.

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More Books In The Deadly Series

(listed in chronological reading order)

Deadly LoveDeadly Love
Book #1 — The Deadly Series
Published: January 2001
ISBN-10: 0312977670

It is January 18, 1902. Francesca stumbles across the ransom note just as she meets New York City's newly appointed police commissioner, Rick Bragg. And Fracesca can no more stay out of this investigation than she can stop herself from falling love with the city's determined and powerful police commissioner. But little does she know that on this singular night, her life will change forever. Read More


Deadly PleasureDeadly Pleasure
Book #2 — The Deadly Series
Published: March 2002
ISBN-10: 0312977689

Francesca discovered she had a penchant for sleuthing when she met Rick Bragg, New York City's powerful and enigmatic Police Commissioner. Together, they solved what was known as the crime of the century. Now, their paths are destined to come together once again, but this time far more dangerously and fatefully. Read More


Deadly PleasureDeadly Affairs
Book #3 — The Deadly Series
Published: April 2002
ISBN-10: 0312982623

Murder strikes once again in the seamy underbelly of New York's high society, exposing scandalous secrets and unleashing an intense investigation into one of the most brutal crimes the city has ever known. Innocent women are being murdered and there seems to be a strange connection between them. Can Francesca unravel the clues? Or by doing so, will she place herself and other women in grave jeopardy? Read More


DeadlyDesireDeadly Desire
Book #4 — The Deadly Series
Published: May 2002
ISBN-10: 0312982631

A Bragg family reunion is taking place in New York. And beautiful, willful Lucy Bragg is being stalked. As the stalking turns to threats, the threats turn to blackmail, and the blackmail turns to something entirely more nefarious than anyone can guess. Soon Francesca finds herself irresistibly drawn to two men, to both the dark and the light, to safety and peril, to sensuality and true love... Read More


DeadlyDesireDeadly Caress
Book #5 — The Deadly Series
Published: April 2003
ISBN-10: 0312989431

A famous stage actress has been found strangled in an artist's studio, and the artist herself has vanished. Francesca Cahill, the city's most unconventional heiress and famous amateur sleuth, is once again on the case--for the murder victim is none other than her brother's mistress. And when the sole witness to the crime is also found strangled and only one clue is left behind—a silk stocking—it becomes evident that a madman is on the loose. Read More


DeadlyDesireDeadly Promise
Book #6 — The Deadly Series
Published: November 2003
ISBN-10: 0312977689

A beautiful teenage girl named Emily O'Hare is missing and Francesca fears that the girl has been abducted. Only one person can help her learn the child's fate—but Police Commissioner Rick Bragg may not want to get involved because Francesca has just stunned Rick by accepting a proposal of marriage...from none other than his own rival. But Rick Bragg is wed to another...and his dazzling wife has just returned after four years abroad. Read More


Reissued January 2011

DeadlyDesireDeadly Illusions
Book #7 — The Deadly Series
First Published: February 2005
ISBN-10: 077832138X

Despite the misgivings of her fiancé, Calder Hart, Francesca cannot turn away from a threat that is terrorizing the tenement neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. A madman has attacked three women, but while the first two victims survived, the third is dead, raising the stakes. All the victims are impoverished but beautiful Irishwomen—and Francesca fears that Maggie Kennedy and Gwen O'Neil, two friends who live nearby, could be next. Read More


Reissued February 2011

DeadlyDesireDeadly Kisses
Book #8 — The Deadly Series
First Published: February 2006
ISBN-10: 0312977689

Called to the home of her fiancé Calder Hart's former mistress late one night, amateur sleuth Francesca Cahill's curiosity is piqued. But upon arrival, she is shocked to find Daisy Jones's bloodied body—and even more devastated when the evidence points to one suspect: Calder. Francesca cannot—will not—believe that Calder is capable of such an act. Still, she is unable to shake her instinctive sense that Calder is lying about *something*. Read More


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