Current and Upcoming Releases by SFA-RWA Authors

 

January 2003 February 2003 March 2003
April 2003 May 2003 June 2003
July 2003 August 2003 September 2003
October 2003 November 2003 December 2003
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January 2003 Releases

Debra Lee Brown
Northern Exposure, Silhouette Intimate Moments, ISBN 0-373-27270-7
New York photographer Wendy Walters had come north for peace and quiet, and a photograph of a rare Alaskan caribou. Nothingand no onewould stop her. Not even the sexiest man in Alaska. One look at rugged game warden Joe Peterson made Wendys temperature rise. But the stoic Joe wasnt about to let the sassy city slicker wreak havoc with his game preserve or his libido. She was leaving ASAP. But when a rock slide left them stranded in the wilderness, Joe and Wendy had no choice but to hike their way to civilization together. Could they find a way to safety before attraction gave way to temptation?

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Carol Grace
Alaskan Skies, Harlequin American, ISBN: 0-373-16956-6
A compassionate man, Dr. Matt Baker couldnt deny the urgent request to fly to a remote Alaskan village and tend to an injured child. Especially when the call had come from the most beautiful woman hed ever seen. She was as untamed as the land she loved, but when it came to taking care of her own, pilot Carrie Porter always came through. Even if that meant opening her home to the most captivating man shed ever met. Sharing starry nights with Matt might have been a dream come true for Carrie. Or a major heartbreak. Because once Matts mission was through, could Carrie hope to keep this big-city doctor in her rugged landand her loving armsforever?

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Candice Hern
Once a Dreamer, Avon, ISBN 0-06-050562-1
First in the Ladies Fashionable Cabinet trilogy. The Busybody counseled Eleanor Tennants niece to follow her heartsending the impressionable girl racing into the arms of a notorious rake. And Eleanor is furious! The fiery widow wants satisfaction from the popular lady columnist who ruined young Belindas life. But imagine Eleanors surprise when she discovers the anonymous author of the odious advice is a disarmingly attractive man named Simon Westover. Well, the handsome cad is responsible for this outrage and he will set things right! As for Simon, he must protect his Busybody identity at all costs, and therefore agrees to help Eleanor scour the English countryside for missing Belinda and her paramour. The intoxicating nearness of the exquisite lady is almost too much for a hopeless romantic like Simon to bear. Yet how can he convince Eleanor that he is no mere meddler but a passionate male with intense desires ... and prove to the stubborn, straight-laced young widow that dreams of love can come true?

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Amanda Scott
Highland Bride (the Secret Clan), Warner Books, ISBN 0446612669
Once, long ago in Scotland, matchmaking members of the Secret Clan wove magical mischief to encourage romance among the mortals they assisted. Sometimes the results werent quite what they expected ... Ordered home to the Highlands by her brother, Barbara McRae bemoans the boredom of her isolated life after the pleasures of the Scottish court. Yet her journey brings excitement when she is kidnapped and a masked swordsman comes to her rescue. Known as the Black Fox, he leaves her with a silver coin and a kiss that haunts her dreams  especially when she learns she must marry the wealthy but unexciting Sir Alexander Chisholm. Raised as a gentleman, the Fox rides the glens as an outlaw, defending fellow Highlanders against those who would destroy their traditional way of life. His success is legendary, but he will risk all to satisfy his passion for Barbara ... just as she will dare all to discover the truth hidden beneath his mask.

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February 2003 Releases

Brenda Novak
Taking the Heat, Harlequin, ISBN 0-373-83570-1
Twenty-eight-year-old divorcee Gabrielle Hadley wants nothing more tto gain some closure on her past and establish a productive life for her and her baby daughter. But when she witnesses a brutal beating at the prison where she works, spurred on by her superior officer and fellow guards, conscience demands she step in. And thats when she gets to know a man who is far from the murderer others claim him to be.

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March 2003 Releases

Lynna Banning
The Angel Of Devils Camp, Harlequin Historicals, 0-373-29249-X
A southern woman in a Yankee logging camp? Meggy Davis takes logging crew boss Tom Randall on a romp through the Oregon high timber, adventure, and sensual romance.

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Sue Swift
In the Sheikh's Arms, Silhouette Romance, ISBN 0-373-19652-0
A decade ago, Cami Ellison's father cheated young Prince Rayhan ibn-Malik out of a fortune. Rayhan vowed to avenge his honor by seizing the one thing most precious to the swindler: his daughter. At age nineteen, Cami has grown into a Texan princess, an innocent beauty ripe for Rayhan's seduction. Will Cami's heart fall victim to the sheikh's revenge? Or can his virgin bride teach Ray the hollowness of revenge through the power of her love?

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Jasmine Haynes
Double the Pleasure in Business or Pleasure...or Both?, LiquidSilverBooks.com
Hitting the big 3-0 like a brick wall, shy, reserved Kristin Prescott just has to break out of her sensible shoes and buttoned-up blouses and find herself a man. And the only one that will do is Ross Sloan, her sexy boss. The problem is, she isnt Rosss type; he prefers sensual, seductive women like her identical twin. But, Kristin isnt sure she can let go of her inhibitions. Unless she pretends to be her sister. Ross Sloan has lusted after his secretary, Kristin Prescott, since the moment she walked into his office. When she seduces him while playing the role of her twin sister, he sees through her masquerade immediately. But Ross wants both sides of Kristin: the prim, efficient woman who runs his office and the passionate woman she exposes in the guise of her sister. Forcing Kristin to release her inhibitions and claiming the desirable woman beneath the facade becomes his ambition. But will the pleasure cost them their business relationship? Or, can they have both? Will be available in HTML, PDF PalmOS-PDB, Microsoft Reader-LIT, and Rocket-RB formats.

April 2003 Releases

Cathy Yardley
Romancing Rose, in Playing With Matches, NAL Asian romance anthology, ISBN 0-451-20830-7
Rose isnt looking for a relationship, shes looking for a tutor. Good thing Paul has a different lesson plan in mind  Rose Parker decides to take a crash course in Vietnamese culture to avoid her grandmothers incessant matchmaking attempts. But when her hunky tutor offers to teach her about her heart as well as her heritage, Rose wonders if her grandmother isnt onto something after all!

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May 2003 Releases

Jacqueline Harmon Butler & others
Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road, edited by Jennifer L. Leo, Travelers Tales, ISBN 1-885211-92-9.
Travel doesn't always live up to one's expectations - it sometimes exceeds them. For the 25 women contributors to Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures, hitting the road inspires tales that their friends and families, as well as the readers of this book, will never forget. Readers laugh, cry, and commiserate with these women and their comical, bizarre, and unforgettable adventures including being chased by a herd of 50 African elephants, getting bitten by a goddess-possessed healer in Kathmandu, nightclubbing with a prude in Bangkok's infamous Patpong sex district, and observing the shenanigans of a delirious new son-in-law in the Himalayas. Contributors include Anne Lamott, Ellen Degeneres, Jacqueline Harmon Butler, Sandra Tsing Loh, Sarah Vowell, and Cynthia Kaplan.

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Barbara Freethy
Summer Secrets, NAL Onyx, ISBN 0-451-41082-3
Eight years ago, the three McKenna sistersKate, Ashley, and Carolinehad their fifteen minutes of fame. Driven by their ambitious father, they won an around-the-world sailing race as teenagers. But something happened out on the turbulent seaduring a fierce storm they could never forget  Now Tyler Jamison has come to Castleton, a picturesque island off the coast of Washington State, asking questions about the famous McKennas. But even as the sisters close ranks against the tenacious reporter, the past threatens to drown them in its wake. It will take Carolines willingness to right a wrong, Ashleys struggle to face her greatest fears, and Kates attempt to embrace lifeand loveagain to finally calm the winds and stop the rain.

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Susan Grant
The Only One, anthology with Christine Feehan and Susan Squires, Dorchester, ISBN 0843951702
For each, there could be only one  They came from the darkest places: secluded monasteries, the Carpathian mountains, galaxies under siege. They were men with the blackest pastswarriors, vampire monks, leaders of armiesbut whose passions burned like dying stars. They had but one purpose: to find those women who fulfilled them, completed them, and made them rage with a fire both holy and profane. They sought soulmates whose touch consumed them, yet whose kisses refreshed like the coolest rain. And each man knew that for him there was only one true love and in finding her, he would find salvation.

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Melissa McClone
The Wedding Adventure, Silhouette Romance, ISBN 0-373-19661-X
For nearly two weeks they were trapped together on a tropical island, forced to endure Survivor- like challenges in order to win a grand prize. But for the normally business-minded Cade Armstrong Waters, the toughest part became resisting his pampered-princess-turned-worthy- teammate, Cynthia Sterling. Cynthias grit and determination, not to mention her golden locks and shining eyes, made Cade ache to hold her as they shared close quarters in a makeshift tent. But although his hardened heart had slowly begun to heal in her presence, Cade had no desire to surrender his bachelor status. Which only proved that walking away could be his biggest challenge of all!

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Brenda Novak
A Husband of Her Own, Harlequin Superromance, ISBN 0-373-71130-1
Thirty-two-year-old Rebecca Wells is desperately trying to overcome her reputation for being high-strung and unpredictable. She wants to marry and settle down, start over with a clean slate anddeep downhopes to finally gain the approval of her father. As a token of her good will, her father thinks now is the perfect time for her and Josh Hill, the boy who grew up across the street, to put an end to their twenty-four-year rivalry and become friends. Only she and Josh have quite a past, and Rebecca doesnt want to let go of her resentment because, as much as she refuses to admit or acknowledge it, she feels more for him than shes ever let onand the guy shes always loved to hate is the one guy shed most hate to love.

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Pam Rosenthal
Almost a Gentleman, Kensington Brava, ISBN: 0-7582-0443-4
For three years, Londons haute ton has been captivated by the cool elegance of a dandy named Mr. Philip Phizz Marston. Tall, refined, an expert gambler with a cold, unerring eye for style, the mysterious Mr. Marstons lightest comment can blackball a gentleman from societys most exclusive clubs. But what keeps the ruthless social climbers attuned to his every word and move is something more unsettling: a grace and beauty that leaves women and men alike in a state of unthinkable yearning. Lord David Hervey, Earl of Linseley, must be losing his mind. Thats the only way to explain the disturbing desires and searing longings he feels whenever his eyes meet the penetrating gaze of Mr. Marston. When he overhears a threat on the gentlemans life, he intervenes and alone discovers the glorious truth: Beneath the bindings of Mr. Marstons masquerade hides an exquisite, lush body that is every bit a womans. Now, armed with desire, entrusted with her bold game, Lord David wont give up till the lady gives in, revealing herself to him completely, surrendering her deepest secrets with every persuasive pleasure he can offer.

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June 2003 Releases

Shannon Hollis
Her Private Eye, Harlequin Temptation, ISBN 0-373-69131-9
P.I. Duncan Moore needs Mallory Baines ... well, he needs her bedroom. Hes positive her neighbor is stealing computer parts from companies in the Silicon Valley area, but he needs proof. Unfortunately, Mallory isnt positive she wants Duncan spending his days and nights in her bedroom. Despite the P.I.s sexy good looks, having him in her house 24/7 isnt a great idea... although her body certainly thinks it is! All he wants is someplace to keep an eye on his suspect. But Duncan doesnt count on Mallory being so stubbornor so hot! It takes some finagling, but when she agrees to let him in her bedroom, he knows hes hit the jackpot. It also doesnt hurt that his new roommate is easy on the eyes. When he begins to see signs that Mallory might be involved with her neighbor, though, Duncan knows hell have to stay close to her, as well. And that means using her bedroom in a whole different way ...

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Carol Grace
Pregnant by the Boss!, Silhouette Romance, ISBN 0-373-19666-0
Champagne ... mistletoe ... and uh-oh! The unthinkable happened at that fateful office Christmas party. After three years of impeccable professionalism, hardworking Claudia Madison fell into the armsand onto the couchof lady-killer Joe Callaway, her rich, dynamic, obscenely handsome boss. And Claudia came up pregnant! She quickly quit her job to hide her predicament from the dashing Don Juan. But to her amazement, Joe came after her, insisting she remain his right handand become his bride. Yet how could Claudia accept a loveless proposal from the father of her child and the man shed secretly yearned for from the first?

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Cathy Yardley
Working It, Harlequin Blaze, ISBN: 0-373-79093-7
Jade Morrow is a consultant with one final hoop to jump through before getting promoted: get the new owner of Robson Steel to honor his contract with her company, at any cost. Drew Robson has enough problems with his failing steel companythe last thing he needs is a no-holds-barred businesswoman who insists shes going to accompany him on his next round of sales calls! Both of them are prepped for battle, setting off sparks on their close-contact, three-week road trip. Theyre not prepared when the sparks generate a different sort of heat entirely...

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July 2003 Releases

Michaela August
Sweeter Than Wine, Awe-Struck eBooks, ISBN 1-58749-434-5
"A marvelous story of life and love in the wine country of California... complex, full-bodied, and memorable..." -- All About Romance Reviews
Sonoma, California, 1919: on the eve of Prohibition. Alice Roye, a young war widow, is struggling to preserve her safe, respectable life. She needs a vintner for her winery, Montclair, because without a license to make sacramental wine for the Church, she'll have to go back to her mother's Barbary Coast bordello.
Alice is blackmailed by the matriarch of her late husband's family into marrying the talented vintner she desperately needs. She never expects to fall in love with a gaunt, blond stranger.
Siegfried, a refugee from the Great War with nothing left but his skills as a winemaker, finds in Alice's arms the home he thought he'd lost forever. But he knows he can never tell her he was a soldier in the Kaiser's army--the enemy her first husband died fighting.
Will the lies in their pasts destroy everything they hope to build together?

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Carol Grace
Thats Amore, Pocket Star, ISBN: 0-743-46760-4
Ever since high school, Anne Marie Jackson has dreamed of visiting Italya dream no doubt inflamed by Giovanni, the dashing exchange student with whom she shared her first kiss. Twenty-three years, one divorce and one postcard from Giovanni later, Anne Marie decides to follow her heart to Italy, where her former flame has promised to show her the sights. Giovanni proves elusive, but Marco Morettia mysterious, handsome Italianseems to be everywhere she is. Anne Marie doesnt know why the persistent, irresistible Marco wants to find Giovanni as badly as she does, or if her old friends in some kind of trouble, but she soon discovers that its her own heart thats in danger ... of falling head-over-heels for the man who insists on being her personal tour guide to true love!

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B.J. McCall
Icy Hot, Elloras Cave, MS Reader (LIT) ISBN 1-84360-299-7, Mobipocket (PRC) ISBN 1-84360-300-4
Lord Chancellor Aaxis Thrane wants peace, an end to the war raging between his home planet of Sark and the ice world of Glacid, and he's willing to risk something far more difficult than a full-scale attack. He kidnaps Tayra, the Princess of Glacid, not to hold her for ransom, but to impregnate her and force peace through a political marriage. He knows Tayra is entering her annual fertile cycle, the blessed time when she is at her sexual zenith. After months away from home and his harem, Aaxis is ready for a new kind of war. Knowing conception is impossible without orgasm, Aaxis must convince his enemy to accept both his plan and his seed ...

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Mary Anne Mitchell
Tainted Blood Dorchester, ISBN 0-8439-5091-9
The infamous Marquis de Sade has lived through the centuries, spreading his evil and perversion over two continents. This master vampire cares little for his human playthings, seeking them out only for his amusement  and nourishment. Once his dark passion and his bloodlust are sated, he moves on, leaving another drained and discarded toy in his wake. Now Sades travels have a definite purpose. He is determined to find the woman who has made his life hell for two hundred yearsand destroy her once and for all. His journey leads him back to America, to a seemingly normal suburban house. But the family who lives there is far from normal. They too are undead, vampires as dangerous as Sade, despite their wholesome appearance. And when the notorious Marquis meets the all-American family of vampires, the resulting culture clash will prove fatal. But for whom?

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J.B. Skully
Dead to the Max, Liquid Silver Books, ISBN 1-931761-69-8
This is the fast-paced adventure of the irrepressible Max Starr, a thirty-something, down-on-her- luck accountant with the unfortunate gift of being psychic. Desperate to get to the bottom of why she's suddenly become the Bay Area's newest Sylvia Brown, she embarks upon a roller-coaster ride of adventure geared toward solving a murder, only to realize too late that solving that murder just might be the death of her. She's fast coming to the conclusion that not only is she psychic, she's also possessed by the spirit of the murdered woman. But Max has more than murder plaguing hershe's got a matchmaking ghost, that of her dead husband Cameron, who wants her to find romance with hunky homicide detective Witt Long. He's got such big hands and big body. Poor Max is dying to know if other parts are equally as big. And dying just might be the operative word here ...

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August 2003 Releases

Diana Dempsey
Catch the Moon NAL, ISBN 0451209451
Growing up on the wrong side of the tracks taught Alicia Maldonado that shed have to fight to get ahead. Though it hasnt always been easy, the thirty-something beauty is now Monterey Countys star prosecutor. But Alicias once-promising career has stalledand her alleged love life is in dire need of resuscitation. Then a local millionaire is found murdered, and the kind of case that every prosecutor dreams of handling falls into her lap. Alicia wont let anything jeopardize this opportunitynot even the distractingly handsome news reporter whose interest in her investigation is more than just professional. With her future hanging in the balance, Alicia is about to discover what lines shes willing to cross to find out the truth ... and to follow her heart.

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Susan Grant
The Star Princess Dorchester, ISBN 0505525410
Ilana Hamilton isnt an adventurer like her pilot mother, or a diplomat like her do-right brother; shes a brash, fun-loving filmmaker whod rather work behind the camera than be a Star Princess in front of it. Heiress or not, shes a perfectly normal, single woman ... until Prince Chi Vedla crashes into her life. With six months to choose a bride, the sexy royal wants to sow his wild oats. Ilana cant blame himbut fall for the guy herself? Not a chance! Hotshot pilot or no, Chi is too stuffy, too arrogant, and too old-fashioned. But when he sweeps her off her feet Ilana sees stars, and the higher he takes her the more she loves to fly. Only her heart asks where she will land.

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Lynn Hanna
The Starry Child NovelBooks, Inc. ISBN 1-59105-211-4 trade paperback and 1-59105-236X e-book
Collectors edition! Since the tragic death of her father, eight-year-old Sasha Nielson has not spoken a word. Her mother, Rainey, has taken her to doctors and therapists, but medical science has not found the cause or the cure for Sashas silence. There are days when her behavior is baffling, even potentially dangerous, particularly during lightning storms. The authorities threaten to take her away and time is running out. One man sees beyond Sashas silence. Matt Macinnes is a gifted professor of ancient languages, a man who senses there is a key to Sashas silence, that she may in fact be guarding a secret of such profound and terrifying dimensions that it staggers the imagination. Could this all-American little girl truly be carrying around the restless soul of an exiled Celtic queen? The Starry Child is an award-winning, spellbinding adventure, a tale as timeless as the mystic legends of old, yet as vibrant and alive as those whose fates now hang in the balance. Its the story of a young widow who learns that her own destiny is forever tied to an undying love held in trust in the heart of a little girl.

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Jasmine Haynes
Skin Deep Liquid Silver Books, ISBN 1-931761-71-2
You met Kirby, Kristin Prescotts ball-busting twin, in Double the Pleasure. Now Kirby has her own story to tell. Kirby Prescott is a woman in control of her life. She owns a thriving company, has her pick of gorgeous escorts, and no one to tell her what to do. And she has Jack Taylor, a man shes never met but who knows her more intimately than almost anyone. Only a phone call away, Jack feeds her deepest desires with hot phone sex. Afterwards, all she has to do is hang up. No fuss, no mess, no entanglements. Just the way Kirby likes it. But Jack Taylor isnt staying long distance anymore. He knows what he wants, and he plans on showing Kirby that having him in her life doesnt mean giving up her independence. Turning a simple business trip into a sensual journey, Jack is determined to win her over, body and soul. Will taking the long distance out of their relationship ruin the perfect thing they have going?

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Candice Hern
Once a Scoundrel Avon, ISBN 006050563X
It was bad enough when Anthony Morehouse thought he had won a piece of furniture in a card game, but when he learned that The Ladies Fashionable Cabinet was actually a womens magazine, he couldnt wait to get rid of it. Then he sees beautiful Edwina Parrish behind the editors desk. Tony has never forgotten the spirited girl who had bested him at every childhood contest, ultimately winning a priceless family heirloom he had no business wagering. Here was a golden opportunity for him to win it back. Yet Edwina, now a voluptuous enchantress, tempts him in a way no woman ever has before ... Edwina was stunned to learn that Tony is the new owner of her beloved magazine. Being the Cabinets editor has been a labor of love, and shes not about to let Tony take it away from her. If the scoundrel wants to make a wager, then hell find that she has a few tricks of her own up her sleeve. But the mischievous youth she once knew has grown into a brazen charmer, and Edwina may be making the biggest gamble of all ... with her heart.

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B.J. McCall
Slumber Party, Inc. www.ellorascave.com, ISBN 1-84360-533-3
A night of erotic bliss without the hassle of dating is Jane Millers solution to a dismal string of blind dates. When you give up on finding Mr. Right, how do you find Mr. Hung? Join Slumber Party, Inc., the unique and exclusive dating service for busy professionals where no matched partner knows your identity, but delivers exactly what you desire, with no strings attached. When Summer and Dan, a.k.a. Dr. Jane Miller and Dr. J.D. Bartholomew, meet in a cabin in the redwoods for one night of sex, sex, and more sex, the chemistry is explosive. What do you do when Mr. Hung is Mr. Right? Have another slumber party and break all the rules!

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September 2003 Releases

Amanda Scott
Reivers Bride Warner Forever, ISBN 04466126771
Once, long ago in Scotland, matchmaking members of the Secret Clan wove magical mischief to encourage romance among the mortals they assisted. Sometimes the results werent quite what they expected ... When reivers swoop down on Lady Anne Ellyson one moonlit night, she discovers their leader is none other than Sir Christopher Chisholm, her favorite cousins betrothed, long lost and declared dead. Kits wicked uncle has usurped his inheritance, title, and bride-to-be, but Anne promises to reunite Kit with her kinswoman  even though her heart warns that shell soon regret it. After a false murder accusation and a prison-ship escape, Kit expects dealing with Anne, his uncle, and an unwanted marriage to be childs play. But Anne is no child and his passion for her distracts him from his enemies. She will risk her reputation and her very life to save him  only to discover that by failing to heed her hearts warning, she could lose forever the man she loves.

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October 2003 Releases

Bella Andre
Authors In Ecstasy Elloras Cave, ISBN 1-84360-651-8
Candace, a newcomer to writing erotica, is thrilled when Charlie, a veteran of the industry, agrees to be her mentor. But neither of them ever expected that Charlies lesson plan for how to write eroticanew positions, using toys, varying locations, and role playingwould spiral from verbal instruction into hot, hands-on education. Unfortunately, Candaces deception about the new romance shes writingwhere Charlie plays the starring roleis about to threaten their one chance at true love.

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Allison Lane
Emilys Beau Signet Regency, ISBN 0451209923
Part 1 of the Three Beaux Trilogy. Emily Hughes has planned every step of her future. When she comes out in London, her brothers friend Jacob will sweep her into his arms, propose on the spot, then whisk her away to a life of bliss at his side. But dreams arent always real. The first shock of her much-postponed Season is Jacobs expectation that she will tutor his ward Harriet in the ways of society. Her second shock is learning that Jacob and Harriet have been betrothed since childhood. Somehow, she must pick up the shards of her heart and carry on, for life as a spinster would be worse than a marriage without love. But how can she carry on when her heart refuses to heal?

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Brenda Novak
Sanctuary Harlequin Superromance, ISBN 0-373-71158-1
Book Two of The Birth Place continuity series.
Ten years ago, Hope Tanner escaped from the polygamist colony where she was born and raised. She was only sixteen at the time, and pregnant, but she managed to find refuge in Enchantment, New Mexico, where Lydia Kane, owner of The Birth Place, took her in. Hope had her baby in Enchantment, and put the child up for adoption, then spent the next several, difficult years getting an education, learning to appreciate her new freedom, and finally working as an obstetrics nurse. At twenty-seven, the last thing she wants is go back to Superior and face down the people from her past, especially her father and the man she refused to marryher own uncle. But she has a sister who wants out, and shes determined to help her ...

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Jasmine Haynes
Beauty or the Bitch, a novella in Aint Your Mamas Bedtime Stories Liquidsilverbooks.com
A fairytale anthology featuring seven LiquidSilverBooks authors. Shelby Stewart was the hottest rising star in Hollywood until suddenly, she was cursed. Retreating to her mountain hideaway, far from that fairytale life, she hasnt been seen in ten years. Will Dexter King, sent by his magazine to ferret out her story, find a beauty? Or a bitch? Available at Liquidsilverbooks.com, now offering print-on-demand format for selected titles.

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November 2003 Releases

Michaela August
Sweeter Than Wine, (trade paperback reissue) Earthling Press, ISBN 1-58749-462-0
On the eve of Prohibition, Alice Roye, a young war widow, struggles to preserve her respectable life in small-town Sonoma, California. She desperately needs a vintner for her winery, because without a license to make sacramental wine for the Church, she'll have to go back to her mother's Barbary Coast bordello.
Alice doesn't expect to marry the new vintner, but, blackmailed by the matriarch of her late husband's family, she does. Can she trust this gaunt, blond stranger--or keep from falling in love with him?
Siegfried, a refugee from the Great War with nothing left but his winemaking talents, finds in Alice's arms the home he thought lost forever. But how can he prove his love, and still keep secret that he was a soldier in the Kaiser's army--the enemy her first husband died fighting?
Will the lies in their pasts destroy everything they hope to build together?

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Lynna Banning
The Scout Harlequin Historical, ISBN 0-373-29282-1
Expecting the unexpected is an Army scouts job. Still, Major John Montgomery never anticipates finding love along the Oregon Trail. But Constance Weldon, outspoken, courageous, and possessed of a quiet beauty completely at home under the wide western sky, is like a balm from heaven to his wounded soul  Shed promised her dying father shed drive their wagon west, and Constance was always and forever a woman of her word. Though keeping that word has proven to be difficult, even dangerous, when her selfish younger sister regularly refuses to pull her weight. And when the younger woman sets her sights on John, the only man Constance had ever dared desire, Constance has finally had enough!

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Doreen DeSalvo
For the Love of Rigah, Ellora's Cave
She demands satisfaction...
Rigah, the most powerful woman on the world of Prendara, has purchased a handsome Earther slave to serve as her consort. He will pleasure her in every way imaginable- or die.
He vows to resist...
Jason refuses to accept his role as Rigah's personal whore. But he can't fight the passion she demands from him...or the need to demand much more than passion from her. More than she may be willing to give.

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Jane Porter
The Latin Lovers Secret Child Harlequin Presents, ISBN 0-373-12358-2
What is the secret of the Latin lovers wife? Argentinian wine tycoon Lucio Crux is not expecting the call that summons him to his estranged wifes side. Shes suffering a partial loss of memory, and Lucio discovers that shes returned to being the fiery, affectionate girl with whom hed once eloped. Suddenly he cant resist herbut he knows he must. In just a few weeks, their divorce will be final ...Unless Ana can recall a secret that could change both their lives ...

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Jacqueline Yau
King Kong in Shanghai in Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure, Travelers Tales, Inc., ISBN 188521197X
Have you ever had the feeling the world was laughing at youor at least smirkingas you stumbled and bumbled your way through a foreign land? From a monster dildo that wont go away to becoming the prey of religious zealots at the worlds largest human gathering to the proverbial hair in my soup at a fancy French restaurant, these 28 true tales of misadventure will entertain, amuse, and occasionally horrify. In locales ranging from Costa Rica to Calcutta to the African Bush, these well-known and emerging writers invite readers along to explore the lighter side of travel. Noted travel writer Tim Cahill wrote in the Introduction, Female adventurers abound in this collection. Western readers of any gender will learn that sometimes just buying a bra can be an occasion of exquisite cross-cultural embarrassment as it was for Jacqueline C. Yau, as described in King Kong in Shanghai.
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December 2003 Releases

Susan Crosby
Christmas Bonus, Strings Attached The Behind Closed Doors miniseries, Silhouette Desire #1554, ISBN 0373765541
I need a wife. Youll do. Lyndsey couldnt believe the man shed been fantasizing about for months had actually proposed! It wasnt for real, of course. Sexy P.I. Nate Caldwell was in a jam and his shy secretary was only too happy to oblige. Until she discovered theyd be sleeping together! Did she have to look at him as if he were about to ravish her? Frankly, his pretend wife was hard to resist, especially with one bed between them. Nate was determined to keep his mind on business, even if his body wouldnt take the hint. But Lyndsey was breaking through his go-it-alone act, making him yearn to spend this Christmasand every holidaywith her.

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Melissa McClone
Santa Brought A Son Silhouette Romance #1698, ISBN 0-373-19698-9
CONFIDENTIAL FROM THE DESK OF EMILY WINTERS
This months scheme: Surprise him with his long-lost loveand secret child! Ive always thought there was something missing in Reed Connors life. And now that our research has turned up his high school sweetheart Samantha Wilson, I think I know exactly what it is. Luckily, Christmas is just around the corner, and so is the perfect excuse to send the ambitious executive back to his hometown. Now all we need is a nudge from Santa and one little boywhos been very good this yearjust might get the gift hes always wanted 
Marrying the Bosss Daughter: With office matchmakers on the loose, is any eligible executive safe?

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Jane Porter
The Spaniards Passion Harlequin Presents #2363, ISBN 0-373-12363-9
Passion and possessionLatin style! Sophie knew she could never give in to her overwhelming attraction to South American millionaire Alonso Galvan. So she agreed to a loveless marriage to a man who left her with a pile of gambling debts. But Alonso has never renounced his vow that, one day, Sophie would be his! Now, finding her alone and widowed, it seems his prayers have been answered. At last he can show her what real passion is all aboutand that he means to make her his bride! Janes award-winning series, The Galvan Brides, is back! 3

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