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November 2007
BONFIRE NIGHT
By Isabo Kelly (Ellora’s Cave)
Trick or Treat. Heat up your night with Isabo Kelly’s latest release. It’s a “Quickie” with guaranteed satisfaction.
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November 2007 - April 2008
December 2007
STROKES OF MIDNIGHT
By Hope Tarr (Harlequin Blaze)
1) Hit the NYT bestseller list with latest novel
2) Find a great guy and start living a perfect life
3) Try to stay in her own bed!
When author Becky Stone's horoscope predicted that the New Year would bring her great things, she never expected the first thing she'd experience would be great sex! But after the crushing news that the only way to save her career is to coauthor a book with chauvinistic Adam Maxwell, Becky needs something to go right. And what could be more right than spending an incredible New Year's Eve in the arms of a seriously sexy stranger?
Only, the man in her bed isn't going to be a stranger much longer….
A BLAZING LITTLE CHRISTMAS
By Jacquie D’Alessandro, Joanne Rock, and Kathleen O’Reilly (Harlequin Blaze)
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a very, very hot night…
"Holiday Inn Bed" by Jacquie D'Alessandro
When Eric and Jessica decide to spice up their Christmas engagement, they play out their favorite fantasy—Do Not Disturb. They'll be a little tied up for the weekend in their private hotel room….
"His for the Holidays" by Joanne Rock
Watch out—Heather Dillinger and Jared Murphy are back in the sack for some holiday sex! And this time they find that sweet revenge makes their reunion the hottest gift they never expected….
"Dear Santa…" by Kathleen O'Reilly
When a secret Santa invites Rebecca Neumann for a holiday getaway, she jumps at the chance. And when a sexy blast from her past appears, she's tempted to jump him, too….
WILD WINTER - CHRISTMAS HELP HER
By Isabo Kelly (Ellora’s Cave)
Paige Rogers is overworked and exhausted from trying to make her dream of running an art school come true — so exhausted she hasn't even managed a sexy thought in longer than she can remember. And she's supposed to be in her sexual peak!
Then she finds a mysterious present under the Christmas tree — a book containing erotic pictures of a man who looks suspiciously like her upstairs neighbor, Ethan Jackson. Suddenly sexy thoughts are no longer a problem.
January 2008
ON MY TERMS
By Shirley Hailstock (Dafina Books)
Her cousin’s recent death and the young daughter she’s left behind have brought Theresa Ramsey back to the house she grew up in–-a house that now belongs to her. But when she arrives on her property, she discovers a movie crew who has over-stayed its contract. Theresa has no intention of extending it no matter how earnest, caring, and handsome the director is. Dean Clayton’s career is riding on this film. His family has sunk a fortune into the project, and he’s determined to prove himself to them, and to Hollywood. But something is missing from the plot, a puzzle piece Dean feels he can find in Lake Royce...and in Theresa, the intriguing woman he is compelled to be near. But with Theresa determined to keep their relationship all business, Dean’s got to show her more than movie magic to open her heart...
Firebrand
P.K. Eden
Firebrand
By P.K. Eden (Cerridwen Press)
Amber Drake knows she's different. She sees faces in pools of water, can move objects with her thoughts, and feels an energy coursing through her veins that radiates through her skin and ripples perception. She has done her best to hide these episodes over the years but when a strange misshapen man breaks into her apartment and wrecks it, the very people she has come to love and trust reveal a unimaginable secret.
Amber is the only person who can save three worlds from annihilation. Hidden among the humans by Marcus Drake the man she has called Father, she has been shielded from the trolls who want her dead. Watched over by Teezal Thistlecomb, the fairy who has been her companion since childhood, it takes all their cunning to evade Gorash the troll king who requires something very special from Amber.
Although in love with and loved by David Mack, the man whose family legacy has been to protect her, Amber feels alone and betrayed as each reveals their part in the arrangement made at her birth.
February 2008
SAY GOODBYE
By E.J. Rand (Deadly Ink Press)
A second chance at love is the last thing on Gary Kemmerman's mind — he wears his wedding ring to preserve memories. He becomes an amateur sleuth, when the widow of a friend asks for his help. The police say her husband's fatal car crash was an accident, but she knows its murder. The sole witness to the crash is a divorcée who also wears a wedding ring, but for protection. Becca has stopped dating. Yet they're attracted to one another. As Gary digs into his friend's murder, he uncovers a multi-million dollar corporate scam protected by a killer who hums a Disney tune. Those who get in the way wind up underground. Falling for Becca lets Gary say goodbye to his late wife. When his police lieutenant friend brings Becca to him despite the danger, the couple discover the depth of their passion. But because of that, Gary is faced with a dilemma: will he risk his life for the woman he's come to love, or say goodbye again.
UNTAMED
By Hope Tarr (Medallion Press)
This is the finale to her "Men of Roxbury House" trilogy...maybe.
Patrick O'Rourke is a rough and ready Scotsman, as well as a successful businessman, while Lady Katherine Lindsey is a beautiful English spinster, a gentlewoman. But when she finds herself blackmailed into accepting a marriage of convenience with the handsome Scot, she lets Rourke see another side of her. Following a hasty wedding, Rourke sweeps a seething Lady Katherine from the elegant and refined drawing rooms of west London to his crumbling castle in the Scottish Highlands. The only guide Rourke has to wooing and bedding the reluctant spitfire he's taken to wife is a copy of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. But as passion sparks between them, Rourke finds he may well be the one in danger of being tamed.
THE SEDUCTION OF THE CRIMSON ROSE
By Lauren Willig (Dutton)
Lauren Willig continues the exciting Pink Carnation series with her fourth novel, The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, featuring Lord Vaughn, the delightfully devilish spy from The Masque of the Black Tulip, and Mary Alsworthy, the raven-haired beauty whose sister accidentally stole her suitor in The Deception of the Emerald Ring. Determined to secure another London season without assistance from her new brother-in-law, Mary accepts a secret assignment from Lord Vaughn on behalf of the Pink Carnation: to infiltrate the ranks of the dreaded French spy, the Black Tulip, before he and his master can stage their planned invasion of England. Every spy has a weakness, and for the Black Tulip that weakness is black-haired women—his “petals” of the Tulip. A natural at the art of seduction, Mary easily catches the attention of the French spy, but Lord Vaughn never anticipates that his own heart will be caught as well. Fighting their growing attraction, impediments from their past, and, of course, the French, Mary and Vaughn find themselves lost in the shadows of a treacherous garden of lies.
If You Were Mine
By J.S. Hawley (Dafina)
Always on the go, successful entrepreneur Jailyn Wyatt loves her life. After the death of her father, Jailyn points her energies in a positive direction by putting her bohemian mark on an old Connecticut farmhouse.
Something else also makes the long drive from New York City worthwhile: Caleb Vincent, a real estate mini-mogul who appreciates Jailyn's eccentric outlook, not to mention her sexy curves.
Rebuilding his reputation after a professional setback hasn't been easy or fun, so Caleb is only too happy to collaborate with the vibrant Ms. Wyatt on the revitalization of a ramshackle inn in need of some TLC. Any excuse to keep the lady around, but the disaster that suddenly threatens Jailyn's own business isn't exactly what Caleb had in mind. Now, reaching out to old
contacts to help Jailyn may stir up some bad memories, but the chance to build real love from the ground up comes once in a lifetime...
March 2008
Into the Gloaming
By Isabo Kelly, J.C. Wilder, and Carolan Ivey (Samhain Publishing)
Abhainn’s Kiss by Carolan Ivey: Abhainn has only days to fulfill her destiny, defy a curse that dooms her to hide from the sun, and take her rightful place in the Great Circle on the Isle of Avalon. Only she can restore the balance of Dark and Light, and heal the rift between humans and Fae. Her life depends on Michael’s kiss, his sword arm... and his ability to believe.
The Horon’s Call by Isabo Kelly: Kael Zyhn is a Heron sword mage and the first of his kind to forge a mage sword in more than a generation. But the trance that took him just before forging the sword disrupted Kael’s first meeting with his raynia, his soul twin. Twelve years later, he’s recovered from the ordeal and ready to claim his mate. Only to discover she wants nothing to do with him.
Thief of Hearts by J.C. Wilder: Harper McRae is a woman on a mission. When she’d retired from the life of a professional thief, she never dreamed it would be a family member who forced her back. In the midst of the most important job of her career, she runs into a shadowy figure from her past, Chance, the man who broke her heart.
CEO’s Marriage Seduction
By Anna DePalo (Silhouette Desire)
Sexy CEO Griffin Slater wanted the boss’s daughter. He’d made love to Eva Tremont in his mind countless times, but now he was determined to marry her. And he had a secret weapon to persuade her...Griffin’s proposal was outrageous; it was shocking; it was...tempting. The man she’d kept at arm’s length for so long promised to make her baby dreams a reality, to give her unimaginable pleasure. But would marrying Griffin be too high a price to pay?
Shaken and Stirred
By Kathleen O’Reilly (Harlequin Blaze)
Book 1 in “Those Sexy O’Sullivans” trilogy.
As a student and part-time bartender in Manhattan, Tessa Hart has found that a succession of roomies and cramped apartments are necessary evils in her life. Until she’s out on the street and Gabe O’Sullivan, her mentor, boss and certified babe-magnet, steps in. Any other woman would die to share his apartment - not to mention his bed - but Tessa’s determined that they should stay just friends. The fiercely independent mixologist has to prove to their skeptical coworkers at Prime - the O’Sullivans’ hot Manhattan bar - that the arrangement is strictly hands-off! But Tessa has trouble adhering to her own “no touching” rule when the actual sharing of close quarters day and night leaves her shaken and stirred....
April 2008
Kiss Her Goodbye
By Wendy Corsi Staub (Kensington Reprint)
A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE: Woodsbridge, New York, is the sort of upscale community where the American Dream is alive and thriving - shiny cars, beautiful homes, and safe, tree-shaded streets. For Kathleen Carmody, moving to Woodsbridge is an attempt to escape memories of her own rough childhood and a shattering secret that still haunts her. It’s a place where her 13-year-old daughter Jen will have everything Kathleen didn’t.
THE PERFECT PLACE TO DIE: But suddenly, the sleepy, affluent suburb is gripped by fear. One by one, teenage girls are disappearing from Woodsbridge’s “safe” streets. Someone wants what these charmed people have. Someone who is targeting girls with long, blond hair and brown eyes...girls who look a lot like Jen. Someone who is watching and waiting for the moment Kathleen drops her guard and kisses her daughter goodbye.
Sex, Straight Up
By Kathleen O’Reilly (Harlequin Blaze)
Book 2 in her “Those Sexy O’Sullivans” series.
Meeting a handsome loner on a deserted beach in the Hamptons was like being hit by lightning. One steamy weekend in bed with Daniel O’Sullivan and Catherine Montefiore was marvelously woozy from a delicious cocktail of sun, sand and superhot sex.
Abruptly, though, Catherine’s forty-eight hours of fun are at an end when her family’s exclusive auction house is hit by a very public scandal. She’s ready to step in and save the day, but she’s hoping Daniel, her hot Irish hunk, will lend a hand. After all, he’s got the necessary skills and, straight up or not, Catherine wants another long drink of Daniel before another forty-eight hours are up and her legacy is lost forever.
