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December 2007 Releases


SIN CLUB cover Rachelle Chase
SIN CLUB, Kensington Aphrodisia, ISBN: 978-0758216519

Bored with a boring lover, determined to settle for casual sex, too focused on the sex lives of celebrities to worry about her own-Jessie, Sharice, and Alyssa are ripe for Dr. Love's advice.
But Jessie's erotic striptease is observed by the wrong man-until she realizes that hunky new neighbor Nick is exactly the lover she needs.
Making a spur-of-the-moment booty call, Sharice unknowingly dials a wrong number-but the mouthwatering man who answers touches all her hot buttons in just the right ways.
And Alyssa finds that being the "perfect date" to the powerful, and powerfully sensual, Tony is easy when he reveals the raw desire simmering just beneath her little black dress…

You’re All I Want for Christmas cover Susan Crosby
You’re All I Want for Christmas, CHRISTMAS PRESENCE: Three Tales of Love Harlequin NEXT Christmas Anthology with Lisa Childs and Donna Birdsell, ISBN: 0373881479

Wright opts for a Bahamas Christmas getaway -- only to be stranded at the airport by weather. But a very personable fellow traveler makes the time fly and temperatures rise. Bahamas or no Bahamas, things are about to get steamy....

MANDERLEY PREP cover Carol Culver
MANDERLEY PREP, Berkley Jam, ISBN: 978-0-425-21747-4

"Welcome to Manderley Prep-where the rich and bitchy rule the school, and good girls finish last..."
Cindy Ellis has plans for her life that do not include working in her stepmother's spa. When she gets a scholarship to Manderley, Cindy thinks her dreams are finally coming true. Filled with visions of an Ivy League education and a fabulous new life, she can't wait to leave Castle High behind and get started. If only she didn't have to leave her two BFFs as well, it would be perfect. When the school's drool-worthy transfer student and star soccer player, Marco, notices her on the first day of school, it almost is.
But that's where the fairy tale ends...

THEIR GREEK ISLAND REUNION cover Carol Grace
THEIR GREEK ISLAND REUNION, Harlequin Romance, ISBN: 978-0-373-03994-4

Olivia and Jack were the perfect couple - it was clear from the start they were meant for each other...
Now five years on, their fairy-tale wedding is a distant memory and their marriage seems to be almost over. But Jack's never stopped loving Olivia, and has planned for them to spend the summer on the beautiful Greek island where they first met. It's the perfect place to fall in love...the pretty villages, the gently lapping waves on miles of endless golden sand. But is it enough to help Jack and Olivia overcome their past and reunite...forever?

STRANGELY WONDERFUL cover Karen Mercury
STRANGELY WONDERFUL, Medallion Press, ISBN: #978-193383602-7

It’s 1828, and life is good for the pirates of Madagascar…
Their captain is the Hungarian Count Tomaj Balásházy, a refugee from the United States navy. Count Balásházy rules the coast from his tropical plantation, a fortress built against enemies he’s made cruising the Indian Ocean. Tomaj feels guilt at the loss of his family in New Orleans, and he wallows in clouds of opium, soothed by courtesans. When the American naturalist Dagny Ravenhurst, seeking the dreaded and mystical aye-aye lemur, falls into Tomaj’s lagoon, it’s the beginning of the end of arcadian bliss on the island.
In the central highlands, the French industrialist Paul Boneaux commands his empire of factories. As the special pet of psychotic Malagasy Queen Ranavalona, Boneaux enjoys a monopoly over all manufacturing, commerce, and his mistress. Beholden to Boneaux, Dagny and her two brothers need his patronage to survive. Dagny’s joyless scientific heart melts for the Count’s poetic nature, pitting the two adversaries against each other. Boneaux yearns for progress and industry, Tomaj for liberty and peace.
When the King dies—or is he murdered?—the Queen gives free rein to her merciless anti-European impulses. The island boils with blood, and only one world can emerge triumphant.


November 2007 Releases


I’M YOUR MAN cover Susan Crosby
I’M YOUR MAN, Harlequin NEXT, ISBN: 0373881452

THERE WAS A HOT-LOOKING MAN IN HER KITCHEN. AND HE WAS COOKING!
Maureen Hart had never had a summer so crazy...not even the year she'd become a teenage unwed mother. Now her life was on track with a steady boyfriend and a big promotion looming. And the one person who could derail everything was now waiting on her doorstep!
Maureen's estranged daughter desperately needed her to care for her six-year-old son for a few weeks. She just never imagined when she said yes that the child's gorgeous paternal grandfather, Daniel, would insist on staying, as well.
Quarters were getting interestingly close. But Maureen was technically almost engaged... and a workaholic... and a control freak. And totally about to cut loose and indulge in a little fun with a man capable of doing his own laundry!

THE FORTUNE HUNTER cover Jasmine Haynes
THE FORTUNE HUNTER, Berkley Sensation Trade, ISBN: 978-0-425-21917-1

If she wants to realize her lifelong of having children, heiress Faith Castle had better find a husband—pronto. Then she meets Connor Kingston. He’s yummy. He's available. And he thinks she's sexy… He's also honest. After a kiss that leaves them hot and bothered, Connor offers to marry Faith, but purely as a career move. It’s far from romantic, but it's as good an offer as she's going to get.
Each has a caveat, though. She requires his fidelity—he wants a no-holds-barred sex life. From their wedding night on, they get more and more adventuresome. And somewhere in the midst of ecstasy, they come to know the most foreign, exciting aphrodisiac of all—love…

HONEYMOON HUSBAND cover Shirley Marks
HONEYMOON HUSBAND, Avalon Books, ISBN: 978-0-8434-9852-7

Hannah Roberts wins a Hawaiian honeymoon that convinces her reluctant fiancé to take the plunge, but he abandons her during a layover, leaving her to arrive on Maui single and alone. Strangely relieved, she tries to break the news to the contest organizers, who expect to write the newlyweds' story.
Hannah encounters astronomer Jeremy Gordon and love blossoms in the balmy paradise. When Jeremy discovers Hannah is staying in the honeymoon suite, he thinks she's married. Is Hannah destined to be alone or is her happiness with Jeremy written in the starts?


October 2007 Releases


HIGHLANDER UNCHAINED cover Monica McCarty
HIGHLANDER UNCHAINED, Ballantine Books, ISBN: 978-0345494382

Lachlan MacLean will do whatever it takes to protect his clan, even if it means abducting the most willful woman in the Highlands under false pretenses, with the secret intention of wooing her for marriage. A born leader possessed of searing sensuality, brute strength, and imposing command, he's not prepared for a spitfire as beautiful as Flora MacLeod, who jeopardizes the devil's bargain he made to save his clan, and digs beneath his hard, chiseled exterior to expose a tenderness that may be his undoing.

The greatest marriage prize in the Highlands, Flora is determined at all cost to avoid her mother's fate of being bartered as a political pawn. Vowing to make her handsome captor pay for his ruthlessness, she boldly engages his battle of wills, sweetening it with dangerous passion, even as the deadly ghosts and lingering curse of past tragedy reach out to thwart a tender love that has yet to be spoken.

Congratulations to Monica McCarty!!
Her September release, HIGHLANDER UNMASKED, hit the New York Times extended list.


September 2007 Releases


DARK RIDER cover Kathrynn Dennis
DARK RIDER, Kensington, ISBN: 1420100475

A DARK LORD . . . Few secrets are harder to keep than witchcraft—but is the ancient knowledge the source of Lady Eldswythe’s mysterious gift for healing horses? She is summoned to tend the prize steeds of the dark and solitary Sir Robert Breton, a rival of her family’s house. The last thing Eldswythe wants is to be near a man her heart distrusts--and desires. His smoldering eyes could make her forget she is betrothed. And, oh! How he rides a horse…

A LADY FAIR . . . Gallantly defending her through a violent siege and a harrowing escape, Robert comes to believe in her strange powers, for he knows only too well that he has fallen under her spell. The spirited and sensual Eldswythe has bewitched his stony heart with wondrous ease . . . .

HE NAKED TRUTH cover Shannon Hollis
THE NAKED TRUTH, Book Three in the "Million Dollar Secrets" miniseries, Harlequin Blaze, ISBN 0-373-79354-5

Five work colleagues hit the jackpot--literally. Winning $38 million in the state lottery seems like the dream of a lifetime, but every coin has two sides. Poised to collect their equal shares, no one in the group anticipates the effect of the instant publicity when it exposes a secret each of them is hiding...
TV host Eve Best is sitting pretty--a great talk show, amazing coworkers, and soon she'll be waist-deep in lotto cash. But when Mitch Hayes, a national network scout, comes strolling into her office, Eve forgets it all in a sizzling urge to have her way with him. Repeatedly. And it's so not professional to drool...
Mitch needs to sign Eve's show for his network, or else. Fortunately, his boss did say something about "romancing" Eve--and after a split-second glance at the curvalicious woman, Mitch figures he might just have the best job ever. But can you get naughty with someone ... without the naked truth getting in your way?

HIGHLANDER UNMASKED cover Monica McCarty
HIGHLANDER UNMASKED, Ballantine Books, ISBN 978-0345494368

Alex MacLeod’s virile physique, fearsome reputation, and renowned fighting skills have helped him master the role of a hardened mercenary to perfection. On a secret mission to protect his clan from the king’s injustice, he must keep his true purpose well hidden. But his dangerous endeavor is threatened by the beautiful woman he saved from outlaws one dark, deserted night, never dreaming she would appear at court and become his undoing.
Meg Mackinnon needs a strong husband by her side to defend her clan’s holdings, but her search has been hampered by burning fantasies of the midnight rescuer whose smoldering blue eyes and raw sensuality left her breathless. Alex pretends to be a mercenary with no loyalties, and yet he is clearly much more. But as Meg challenges him to reveal all his secrets, the stakes grow perilously high, especially for the bold woman who dares to unmask a highlander.


August 2007 Releases


UNDERNEATH IT ALL cover Lori Borrill
UNDERNEATH IT ALL, Harlequin Blaze, Part of the "Million Dollar Secrets" continuity

TV producer Nicole Reavis intends to use her millions to sort out a top secret personal hiccup. In the meantime, her show must go on. And Nicole has to entice mega-rich Devon Bradshaw to appear as one of Atlanta's sexiest eligible bachelors. But will he bite?
Devon's biting if it means spending more time with beautiful blue-eyed Nicole. But when he discovers that, underneath it all, they've got more in common than six-figure finances and shocking family revelations, he's determined to find out everything about her.

DEAD RIGHT cover Brenda Novak
DEAD RIGHT, MIRA Books

The people of Stillwater, Mississippi, are asking questions about murder. Again.
Twenty years ago, Madeline Barker’s father disappeared. Despite what everyone else thinks, she’s convinced her stepfamily had nothing to do with it. But the discovery of his car proves he didn’t just drive away. Worse, the police find something in his trunk that says there’s more to this case than murder.
With no other recourse, Madeline decides to hire a private investigator—even if the cops don’t like it. Even if her family doesn’t like it. But when PI Hunter Solozano begins to uncover some shocking evidence, someone in Stillwater is determined to put a stop to Madeline’s search for the truth. And that means putting a stop to her. Permanently.

HIGHLANDER UNTAMED cover Monica McCarty
HIGHLANDER UNTAMED, Ballantine Books

Rory Macleod is a bold and powerful Highland Chief, with only one allegiance—to his clan. He vows revenge against the rival MacDonalds, though duty demands a handfast marriage to Isabel MacDonald—a bride he doesn’t want, and has no intention of keeping. But he never anticipated the captivating woman who challenges his steely control, unleashing the untamed passion that simmers beneath his fierce exterior.
Blessed with incomparable beauty, Isabel MacDonald is prepared to use every means possible—including seduction—to uncover her handfast husband’s most guarded secrets. Instead, Rory awakens her deepest desires, and her sweetest fantasies. Soon Isabel has found the happiness she’s always dreamed of with the man she must betray, and discovers that passion can be far more dangerous than revenge.


July 2007 Releases


TEMPTED cover Jamie Alden
TEMPTED, Part of the Skin on Skin anthology, Kensington Aphrodisia

Friends as well as coworkers, Lauren and Tony have maintained a strict hands-off policy with each other—until an out-of-town party gives them an excuse to share a hotel room. And when they do, their clothes come off—and the new rule is definitely hands on…

SHERLOCK THE SEDUCER cover Suz deMello
SHERLOCK THE SEDUCER, The launch book for online erotica e-pub Total E Bound.

The famous Sherlock Holmes—detective extraordinaire, and opera singer Irene Adler have a torrid affair before she leaves London to tour Europe… Years later, when the King of Bohemia contacts Holmes to recover an embarrassing photograph from Adler, Holmes sees an opportunity to renew their relationship, but will she be the woman to seize his chilly heart?


June 2007 Releases


DRIVEN TO THE LIMIT cover Alice Gaines
DRIVEN TO THE LIMIT, Changeling Press

After rehab, Lauren King returns to the only home she has... a rock star's compound everyone calls The Pit. She also returns to her only friend... an antique German motorcycle she's nicknamed Jake. Little does she know that the cycles Klaus Mannhof made have the ability to shift into human men. Mannhof designed Jake especially for Lauren. Using his special brand of magic, Jake's going to teach her to love him and to love herself as well.

SOMEBODY’S LOVER cover Jasmine Haynes
SOMEBODY’S LOVER, Berkley Mass Market Release

Three erotic romance tales...meet the Jackson brothers—and the women who love them… In Somebody’s Lover, all Jace wants to do is atone for the terrible mistake that caused his brother Lou’s death, instead, he finds himself falling for Lou’s widow, Taylor. But can Taylor ever forgive Jace the act for which he can’t forgive himself? In Somebody’s Ex, David Jackson has struggled to fill Lou’s shoes, but the family is falling apart around him, something he’s powerless to fix. Until he meets Randi Andersen, and for one moment decides to throw caution to the winds and take a walk on the wild side. In Somebody’s Wife, Mitch has learned that accidents happen in the blink of an eye, or the wrong turn of a chain saw, and his greatest fear is that the same thing might happen to him, leaving his kids fatherless and his wife Connie a widow. But his fears just might destroy his marriage.

NO RULES cover Shannon Hollis
NO RULES, Harlequin Blaze

Only the laws of seduction apply ... When you're a cop, the number one rule is: Your partner is off-limits. But Cooper Maxwell and Joanna MacPherson are dangerously close to breaking all the rules when it comes to romance on the job. From the moment they're paired up as partners, investigating a crime wave that seems to follow men-only workshops called the Rules of Seduction, Cooper's sexy charm and Joanna's steamy passion create an attraction that overwhelms them both. While they worry that their uncontrollable desire for each other might cost them their jobs, the real danger becomes clear--it might cost them their lives. "An innovative plot, sizzling attraction between two well-developed characters, and an interesting mystery." 4-1/2 stars from RT!

IT MUST BE MAGIC cover Jennifer Skully
IT MUST BE MAGIC, HQN

Everyone believes in carpe diem...don’t they? For flower shop clerk Lili Goodweather that’s what life is supposed to be all about--savoring life’s precious moments and all the beauty the world has to offer. So it saddens her when 12-year-old Erika Rutland can’t see the magic in everyday moments anymore. Worse yet--it’s her widowed father, Tanner Rutland’s doing. A firm believer in all things practical, Tanner doesn’t want his daughter’s mind filled with Lili’s nonsense--especially her claims that she can communicate with cats, of all things! Yet there’s something about Lili that Tanner just can’t ignore. But can this single-minded career man give up everything he believes for a little touch of magic?

 CALL ME WICKED cover Jamie Sobrato
CALL ME WICKED, Harlequin Blaze

Lauren Parish's hottest fling was with Carson McCullen—a mortal and a huge no-no in her witching world. His reappearance in her life has her imagining many new steamy encounters. Too bad his timing sucks. She's busy avoiding the witch-hunters who want her dead, and her only option is to go underground. And when the hunters spot Carson, he has to join her. Still, there are worse ways to pass the days than in seclusion with such a scrumptious man. Before long their bedroom maneuvers make their previous affair seem G-rated. All too soon, however, they have to return to the real world—and the threat facing Lauren. Logically, she knows she should let Carson go. But how long can she go without this hot sex?

ONE NIGHT STANDARDS cover Cathy Yardley
ONE NIGHT STANDARDS, Harlequin Blaze

Sophie Jones can't believe her eyes when a blond Adonis by the name of Mark McCann steps forward to offer her a ride when her flight's canceled. Mark's deep Southern drawl spikes her pulse and she's willing to bet he'd make an incredible lover. Mark's only too willing to oblige the lady. Until they realize they're chasing the same dream - rich account that's critical to their respective companies. Now sleeping with the enemy ought to be absolutely out of the question for him and Sophie. But their bodies are telling them something else...


May 2007 Releases


SKIN cover Karin Tabke
SKIN, Pocket Books

Between life and death, there is but a thin SKIN...
Feisty Francesca Donatello needs the sexiest man on the planet to launch her magazine SKIN. Undercover cop Reese Bronson needs the job to infiltrate the Donatello organized crime family and learn who assassinated Francesca’s mob boss father. While Reese sheds his clothes for close encounters of the very personal kind, and Francesca captures it on film, someone decides Francesca needs to join her father. On the run, they dodge bullets and bodies but not each other. From San Francisco to Carmel to the rugged plains of Wyoming the two shed secrets, clothes and inhibitions, and learn that to survive they must trust each other.

OVER HER HEAD cover Shelley Bates
OVER HER HEAD, FaithWords

Laurie Hale has the perfect life—and the perfect family to go with it—until her teenage daughter is accused of murder. She imagined fun, love, and success for Anna. But when one of Anna’s classmates is murdered and the police start asking questions, a very different future threatens everything Laurie values. Anna isn’t the only suspect—a whole group of teenagers seems to be involved, but none of them is talking, and the community is in an uproar. Laurie’s marriage bears the strain of the crisis and her only ally is Janice, whose own son can exonerate Anna—or implicate her. What if Anna really was involved? And what kind of person is Laurie if she can doubt her own child’s innocence?

DOUBLE DARE cover Tawny Weber
DOUBLE DARE, Harlequin Blaze

Wicked
Audra Walker’s old crowd thought she’d turned her back on them and what they liked best—namely hot sex and available men. But they were so wrong....
Wanton
And Audra was in the mood to prove it. How? By taking their dare. The challenge? To seduce the very next man through the club door—regardless of who he was…
Wanted
What the classy chick at the bar saw in his suspect was anybody’s guess. But undercover cop Jesse Martinez would make it his business to find out. Because no guy—unless he was dead from the neck down—would miss the chance to investigate the curvy brunette, too....

OUND BY THE BABY cover BOUND BY THE BABY
Susan Crosby, Silhouette Desire

Millionaire of the Month: Buttoned-up banker Devlin Campbell prided himself on his control. That one passionate night in Atlantic City had been an aberration, but one with lasting consequences: his mystery woman was pregnant. Now that he’d found her— thousands of miles away—Dev approached Nicole with a most decent proposal. But would their ardent beginning allow these virtual strangers to forge a bond that was more than skin deep?

Child of Balance cover Alice Gaines
Child of Balance, Cerridwen Press

A dark and richly woven tale filled with hauntingly memorable characters and vivid world-building. Ms. Gaines' style is lyrical, with amazing imagery that will stay with you long after the last page has been turned. Truly a must read!

Seducing the Hermit cover Suz deMello (Sue Swift)
Seducing the Hermit, Liquid Silver Books

Rock 'n roll deejay Paige Percy rejects the phony life she's led in Los Angeles and travels to remote Takinsha Island, Alaska, determined to make a new life. She sets out to find a fuck-buddy, an accessory she considers more important than mascara. She doesn’t think she’ll encounter any difficulty in Alaska, where the odds of men to women are twenty to one. But as locals say, the odds are good, but the goods are…odd. Instead of the jolly, outgoing fellow she expects to find, she falls for Fisher Chugatt, a loner whose agenda doesn't include a relationship of any sort. But Cupid has other plans for this couple. While Paige learns to adapt to the out-of-kilter world of Takinsha, Fisher struggles to banish the shadows in his soul that prevent him from committing to Paige.


April 2007 Releases


Red Hot Reunion cover Bella Andre
Red Hot Reunion, Pocket Books

Emma Cartwright never forgot college love Jason Roberts. But when her parents decided she should marry a man from her own background instead of the boy from the wrong side of the tracks, Emma didn't fight them. Now, 10 years later, she arrives at their college reunion divorced, with little joy in her life. She hopes to regain what she once had with Jason. But Jason is a new person -- a chef with an award-winning Napa Valley restaurant, a bestselling cookbook and a successful television show. Can he overcome his anger from the past and realize that Emma has changed?
~ Page Traynor, RT, 4 1/2 stars, TOP PICK ~ "Another sparkling book from Andre, her latest is filled with emotion, excellent characters, wonderfully described settings and sizzling sex."

Fear No Evil cover Allison Brennan
Fear No Evil, Ballantine

Don’t be afraid . . . Be terrified.
Instead of preparing for her high school graduation, Lucy Kincaid is facing a vicious execution. Lured by an online predator, she‘s destined to die horribly–live on the Internet–while hundreds of heartless viewers watch and vote on the method of her slaughter. Her family‘s only hope rests with Kate Donovan, an FBI agent who took on the same sadistic killer once before . . . and lost. Blamed for another girl‘s gruesome murder, Kate‘s been fighting to clear her name. But she agrees to join the hunt for Lucy–and reluctantly steps back into her worst nightmare. With time running out before the bloody webcast airs, Kate teams up with forensic psychiatrist Dillon Kincaid to get inside the head of her twisted quarry, zero in on his chamber of horrors, and reach Lucy before grim history repeats itself and another innocent‘s brutal death goes hideously live.

A Taste of Honey cover Jami Alden
A Taste of Honey, Kensington Aphrodisia

Three brothers that define the word sexy and the women who love them. Feel the heat...
Stripping It Down
Kit Loughlin has no qualms about discussing sex in her online column. Using a pseudonym, she keeps her private life private and that includes the intimate details of her first time. No one knows about that but her and Jake Donovan. Now Jake just reappeared in her life with something to prove and a lot of new moves. And his scorching touch sends Kit into meltdown
A Taste of Sin
When Dr. Kelly Sullivan comes back to her small home town, Nick Donovan falls in lust and love--all over again. Kelly is beautiful. Super-smart. Utterly sensual. And most definitely his kind of woman in and out of bed.
Kiss Me Twice
Oh, those memories of Mike. Karen Sullivan can't forget the man. Mike Donovan was hotter than hot. She can't resist just one more night in his loving arms. But his intense sexuality cuts through all her defenses and rocks her world all over again.

Candy Store cover Bella Andre
Candy Store, Ellora's Cave

On the verge of losing her candy store, Callie Moore decides to blot out her troubles with a tall, dark, handsome stranger. Tobey Danville isn't about to turn down a cute, curvy blonde who offers sizzling-hot sex in a commercial refrigerator at his best friend's wedding reception. But the next day, when Callie discovers that Tobey is the consultant she has hired to save her store, they find it difficult to concentrate on business. Especially when giving and getting pleasure in each other's arms is so much more fun!


March 2007 Releases


Crusader's Lady cover Lynna Banning
Crusader's Lady, Harlequin Historical Series

Set during the Third Crusade led by Richard the Lionheart, the story concerns the growing passion between Marc de Valery, a war-weary Scottish Crusader knight, and Soraya al-Din, a young woman raised in a Damascus harem and serving as a spy for Saladin.

SEE NO EVIL cover SEE NO EVIL
Allison Brennan, Ballantine

Don’t look . . . A killer is watching.
A troubled teenage girl has been charged with the grisly murder of her stepfather. The evidence is damning: Emily was found alone at the scene with blood on her hands, and an incriminating e-mail she wrote outlines a murder plot identical to the method of the brutal slaying. But deputy district attorney Julia Chandler believes her niece is innocent, and she’s determined to keep the promise she made to protect her dead brother’s daughter–even if it means hiring private eye Connor Kincaid . . . the man who blames her for forcing his resignation from the police department.
Together Julia and Connor uncover a chain of unsolved violent crimes tied to an unorthodox therapist whose anonymous online patients purge their anger by posting lethal fantasies. But someone in the group has turned vigilante, turning the game of virtual murder into a flesh-and-blood vendetta.

Orchids to Die For cover Orchids to Die For
James Halon and Catherine Burr, New Line Press

A sexy romance novelist finds herself in the middle of a secret CIA operation when she meets James Morgan. Catherine Harris' world is turned upside down alongside of Morgan's as they embark on a journey that sweeps them from the luxurious to the sublime as their assignment is to capture the terrorist, Margolova, before it's too late.


February 2007 Releases


Tempt Me, Taste Me, Touch Me cover Bella Andre
Tempt Me, Taste Me, Touch Me, Pocket • ISBN: 1416524177

California wine country is a world of sensual delights and sinfully sexy men. For three women hungering for more, it’s a destination for pleasuring both body and soul. . . .
Tempt Me Carrie can’t explain why she turned down a marriage proposal from Mr. Perfect. But a chance encounter with a rugged winemaker unleashes something wild in her. His raw, hungry power has her intoxicated with desire . . .
Taste Me After voluptuous Rose is left by her boyfriend for a thinner woman, she’s in for a shock when she falls for a chef who can’t get enough of her luscious curves. One taste of his lovemaking will never be enough. . . .
Touch Me Vanessa is used to loving and leaving her men. And the man she wants now is an intense artist who has her modeling nude amid the Napa vineyards. But this time, he’s the one playing hard to get—and their heated game of “look but don’t touch” will soon have Vanessa begging for release. . . .

Grounds to Believe cover Shelley Bates
Grounds to Believe, Steeple Hill Books Mass Market Reissue, ISBN: 0-373-78610-7

Ever since a cult took his daughter, police investigator Ross Malcolm’s mission has been to protect children. So when a secretive sect is suspected of child endangerment, he’s on the job, seeking evidence from the latest victim’s aunt, Julia McNeill. Though taught to fear outsiders, Julia risks everything to help Ross. But her actions unleash a dangerous chain of events. Now Ross must save not one but three lives from the evil that threatens them ...

One Owner–Lady Driven cover Alice Gaines
One Owner–Lady Driven, www.changelingpress.com, ISBN: 1-59596-597-1

Why would a normally sane woman pay a million dollars for a motorcycle? Hard-driving CEO Claire Wilcox has found the bike of her dreams—a 1957 Mannhof four-cylinder touring motorcycle. Little does she know that the cycle’s designer made each of these beauties for one person only. Hers has the ability to change into a human lover with drives of his own. She’s in for the ride of her life...

Consequences of Sin cover Clare Langley-Hawthorne
Consequences of Sin, Viking • ISBN: 0670038202

Ursula Marlow is not your ordinary Belgravian heiress. She prefers championing causes over waiting for true love. But when her friend is accused of murder, her otherwise charmed life takes a frightening turn. Convinced of her friend’s innocence, Ursula uncovers troubling questions about her own father’s connection to the victim and to a mysterious expedition to Venezuela. When a further series of deaths shatters her world, Ursula must join forces with her father’s trusted counselor, Lord Oliver Wrotham, in a desperate attempt to uncover the truth before the killer closes in on her.

Dead Giveaway cover Brenda Novak
Dead Giveaway, Mira • ISBN: 0778324796

The Reverend Lee Barker went missing nineteen years ago… And the people of Stillwater, Mississippi, believe he was murdered—by his stepson, Clay Montgomery. But Clay isn’t talking. Allie McCormick is a cold-case detective. After a difficult divorce, she’s returned home with her daughter to work for the local police. But when Clay’s powerful enemies join forces to put him behind bars, Allie feels duty bound to uncover the truth. Maybe Clay’s a dark and brooding man with more than his share of secrets, but he was just sixteen at the time. He’s not a cold-blooded killer. At least, that’s what Allie believes—until she finds proof that behind the preacher’s pious demeanor lurked the heart of a monster. Then she has to ask herself whether justice has already been done.…

Knight’s Treasure cover Amanda Scott
Knight’s Treasure, Warner Books • ISBN: 0-446-61855-1

Abducted from her first wedding and widowed an hour after her second, Lady Adela Macleod, the unluckiest bride ever, has given up all hope of finding true love…until one moonless night when an unseen stranger’s heart-melting voice and fiery kiss stir passions she has never known. Adela is no stranger to Sir Robert Logan, Scottish Knight Templar. Having abandoned his heritage to protect a vital family secret, and sworn to protect the Templar treasure, Rob is in no position to pursue the fascinating lass he once rescued. But then murder forces the issue. When enemies trying to seize both the treasure and the Scottish government accuse Adela of killing her husband, Rob is irresistibly drawn to defend her. Together they will risk everything—even their love—to protect Scotland’s future…and their own.

Spell Across Time: The Pentacle cover Regan Taylor
Spell Across Time: The Pentacle, Whiskey Creek Press

A love story that transcends time... She was destined for one man, fell in love with another, and in ancient Atlantis cast a spell that joined them through time. That spell brought them together in life-time after life-time. In each new life she meets her destiny and the man she longs to love. Now she must decide once and for all which is her one true love, her soul mate. Will she find him before the other ends her life?


January 2007 Releases


One Owner, Lady Driven cover Alice Brilmayer, w/a Alice Gaines
One Owner, Lady Driven, ISBN: 1-59596-597-1, Changeling Press, www.changelingpress.com

Claire Wilcox is obsessed enough to pay a million dollars for a motorcycle. But even at that price, she gets more than she paid for. When this hard-driving CEO buys the antique Mannhof at auction, she also acquires a mysterious man named Will who claims he's been designed just for her. Switching from motorcycle to man, Will drives Claire even harder than she drives herself.

Wolf Tales III cover Kate Douglas
Wolf Tales III, ISBN: 0-7582-1388-3, Kensington Aphrodisia

Return to the highly charged world of the Chanku, an erotic race of shapeshifters as powerful and bold as they are sensually gifted... Shannon Murphy has grown disillusioned with her many lovers. Then along comes Jacob Trent, a man in disgrace sent to protect her from those who would do her harm. Jake soon discovers a kindred spirit in the willowy beauty, and Shannon unleashes a hunger in him that must be explored, no matter what the risk. Jake has been ordered to protect Shannon—but will she be the one to save Jake instead?

Travel Writer's Handbook, 6th Edition cover Jacqueline Harmon Butler, et al.
Travel Writer's Handbook, 6th Edition, ISBN: 1-57284-084-6, Surrey Books agatepublishing.com

Veteran travel writers Louise Purcel Zobel and Jacqueline Harmon Butler give you the secrets of their success in the new edition of this popular travel writers guide. In it you'll learn marketing strategies with surefire appeal to editors, how to maximize your trip by doing advance research, how to find new angles for overworked subjects, even information on tax write-offs. Use the twelve example formats for travel articles, and you’ll be published in no time!

Dead Giveawaycover Brenda Novak
Dead Giveaway, ISBN: 978-0778324799, MIRA

The people of Stillwater, Mississippi, think the Reverend Lee Barker was murdered nineteen years ago by his stepson, Clay Montgomery. But only Clay–and his mother and sisters–know what really happened. And they're not talking.
Allie McCormick is a cold-case detective from Chicago. After a divorce, she returns to Stillwater with her six-year-old daughter to start over while working for the local police. But when Clay's enemies join forces to put him behind bars, Allie feels duty bound to uncover the truth. And when she does, she has to ask herself whether justice has already been served...




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