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To extricate himself from financial difficulties, John Beauclerc, the Earl of Finchley, concocts a scheme to marry a stranger who's answered his advertisement. He'll show his grandmother! That lady’s withholding money until he can demonstrate more maturity and less scandalous behavior. At six and twenty, the last thing he wants is to settle down. He goes to the church at St. George's Hanover Square to wed <i>Miss </i>Margaret Ponsby of Windsor, send her on her way with £100, and continue to pursue wine, women and faro with his fun-seeking friends.<br />
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After the ceremony, he realizes he's married the wrong woman. <i>Miss </i>Margaret Ponsby of Windsor obviously thought the wedding was to occur at St. George's Chapel in Windsor. <i>Lady </i>Margaret Ponsby was at St. George's in London. How can he extricate himself from this wretched marriage—a marriage over which his grandmother is ecstatic?<br />
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If only Lady Margaret Ponsby weren't so shy. When the lanky young (though most disreputable) earl she's worshipped from afar for as long as she could remember asks her to move to the church's altar with him, she's powerless to decline. Even after a wedding ceremony begins, she still remains mute. She must be standing in for Lord Finchley's true bride. But once she realizes she really is married to Lord Finchley, she determines to do everything in her power to make this a dream marriage. Even if it means imitating her clever, talkative sister.<br />
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A leprechaun is powerless without his gold….<br />
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Banished to the mirrored realm for hundreds of years, Declan Aherne had nothing but time to plot his revenge and mourn the loss of his beloved wife. But when a beautiful human woman, with a familiar amulet, stares into the mirror….Declan’s luck was about to change.<br />
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The gold emblem, the one that matched her necklace, sat at the top of the oval gilded frame, and when she leaned closer she realized that it was a recessed space. She ran her finger over it and let out a shuddering breath. Maggie had a sinking suspicion that the amulet around her neck would fit perfectly in that space.<br />
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“A key,” she whispered through trembling lips. “Aunt Lizzie said the amulet was a key to release the leprechaun from his prison.”<br />
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Rising to her feet, Maggie carried the mirror down the narrow hallway to her bedroom. She bumped the door open with her hip and stepped into the small, cozy green and white room. When she changed clothes earlier she’d already removed the old print and left the blank spot above her dresser for her long sought after prize.<br />
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With great care she hung the mirror onto the nail and adjusted it so that it was straight. She stepped back and inspected it as she removed the amulet and gold chain from around her neck. The heavy, gold disc felt warm in her palm as she curled her fingers around it and debated what to do next.<br />
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Part of her was as eager as a kid on Christmas Eve brimming with anticipation. She wanted to slip the amulet right into that spot on the frame and see if the fairy tale was true. But the other part of her, the one that dominated at the moment, was reluctant. Not because she was afraid of a leprechaun jumping out of the mirror.<br />
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In fact, it was exactly the opposite.<br />
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What if after all this time and all the searching she puts the amulet in the mirror and nothing happens? That would be a big, fat, fucking let down of colossal proportions.<br />
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Tears stung her eyes and she sniffled, laughing out loud at her foolishness. How long had she been searching for the mirror never really believing she’d find it? The hunt for this treasure was what kept her going after family was gone. It was like an invisible tie that kept her connected to them, but now she’d found it and the hunt was over.<br />
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It was a stark reminder that her family was never coming back.<br />
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Maggie was alone.<br />
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“I wish the story was true, Aunt Lizzie,” she whispered. “But true or not, thank you for sharing it with me….I miss you all so much.”<br />
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She turned her teary gaze to her reflection as she ran her fingertip over the amulet. It was time to face the truth and stop hiding inside her own fairy tales, the ones she perpetuated every time she went in search of the magical mirror from Aunt Lizzie’s stories. She had to face the reality of the world she lived in.<br />
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Her family was gone and they weren’t coming back. The mirror wasn’t magic and she wasn’t anything special, and the only way to really face it was to put the amulet in the mirror—and watch as nothing happened.<br />
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Fairy tales weren’t real.<br />
Neither were leprechauns or warlocks.<br />
No more hiding from the world or retreating into fanciful stories.<br />
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“Time to face the truth.”<br />
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Maggie pressed the amulet to her lips before reaching up and slipping the disc into the recessed spot at the top of the mirror. The moment it clicked into place she whispered the Gaelic phrase Aunt Lizzie always uttered when she told this part of the story. “Scaoileadh mé tú.”<br />
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At first nothing happened and Maggie was ready to drown herself in the rest of the chardonnay. She was about to leave the room in search of the wine when a ripple in her reflection caught her eye. Maggie swallowed hard and squinted, not sure she was actually seeing what she thought she was seeing. But sure enough the glass surface of the mirror began to undulate and swell like silver waves in an otherworldly ocean.<br />
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She backed up as her image in the mirror blurred and a low, pulsing throbbing sound began to rumble through the room. Maggie scrambled backward and up onto the bed as the deafening noise grew louder by the second. Her hands flew to hear ears, the pulsing noise permeating every single cell of her body making her teeth clatter. It felt like the entire building would come down around her any second and if she wasn't completely paralyzed by fear, she might have run.<br />
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But Maggie couldn’t move. She curled up into the fetal position, hands over her ears, as the world rumbled around her. She half expected the ground to open up and swallow her whole.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Mary Anne Edwards</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: A Charlie McClung Mystery, #3</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Traditional Mystery<br />
<b>Publisher</b>: Sellem Books<br />
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<b>Release Date</b>: June 30, 2015</div>
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It’s the perfect setting for a romantic getaway at sea: Caribbean breezes, clear blue skies, passionate nights, and murder? Not exactly what Detective Charlie McClung and Marian had in mind for their honeymoon. When one of their fellow passengers is murdered on her 35th wedding anniversary, Charlie and Marian get pulled into the investigation. Who would want to kill poor Tammy Ferguson in such a brutal way? As Charlie uncovers more sordid details about Tammy and her husband, Peter, it becomes clear that someone else has found the same skeletons in the Ferguson’s closet and Tammy has paid the price. Is Peter next?<br />
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Trapped on the ship with a killer, shadows seem more ominous and even the most innocent faces seem sinister. Has Charlie inadvertently put Marian in harm’s way? How long does Charlie have before the hunter becomes the hunted?<br />
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Mary Anne was born in Mercedes, Texas, but has lived in Georgia most of her life. She has had a variety of experiences in her life. Some were great and some, well let's just say Mary Anne has learned many lessons the hard way. <br />
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Mary Anne has been married for nearly 35 years to the most practically perfect man. They have a newly adopted Tuxedo cat named Gertrude. They enjoy traveling and watching mysteries on TV. Mary Anne is active in Sisters in Crime Atlanta Chapter, Mystery Writers of America and sits on the advisory board of Rockdale Cares, Inc., a non-profit advocacy group for the developmentally challenged.<br />
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Although Mary Anne began writing in high school, she didn’t get serious about it until 1999. She writes traditional mysteries that are influenced by some of her favorite authors: Agatha Christie, Anne Perry, Caroline Graham, and Elizabeth Peters. <br />
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Her first book in the Detective Charlie McClung mysteries, “Brilliant Disguise” was released on January 21, 2014. The next book in the series, “A Good Girl”, was released on September 23, 2014. Mary Anne is currently working on the third book in the series, “Criminal Kind”; there are seven more to follow .<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>To Kiss A Rake</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Barbara Monajem</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Scandalous Kisses, #1</div>
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WHEN A LADY IS ABDUCTED BY MISTAKE…<br />
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Melinda Starling doesn’t let ladylike behavior get in the way of true love. She’s secretly helping with an elopement, when she’s tossed into the waiting coach and driven away by a notorious rake.<br />
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REVENGE <i>REALLY </i>DOESN’T PAY.<br />
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Miles Warren, Lord Garrison, comes from a family of libertines, and he’s the worst of them all—or so society believes. When Miles helps a friend to run away with an heiress, it’s an entertaining way to revenge himself on one of the gossips who slandered him.<br />
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Except that he drives off with the wrong woman…and as if that wasn’t scandalous enough, he can’t resist stealing a kiss.<br />
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<i><b>Setup</b>: Melinda Starling was abducted by mistake and is now being returned home by her abductor. She falls asleep in the carriage.</i><br />
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Melinda dreamed she was safe in the arms of a truly wonderful man. He adored her with a passion that knew no bounds; she loved him with all her heart. The swaying of the coach pressed them together. She inhaled his warm, male scent and snuggled closer, savoring the way her breast rubbed against his arm. She ached for the pressure of his lips on hers, yearning, <i>yearning</i>… She always woke before her dream lover kissed her.<br />
Not this time. His lips were warm and soft, his breath hot and laced with brandy. Her lips parted instinctively beneath his, and she heard herself give a little moan of pleasure. The tip of his tongue slipped between her lips and touched hers.<br />
The coach came to a halt. Her eyes fluttered open as she woke. The obnoxious lord who’d sworn he wouldn’t touch her broke the kiss, still holding her in his arms. She shoved at him, but he held fast.<br />
“How <i>dare </i>you?” she cried.<br />
The interior of the coach was still cloaked in gloom, but dawn was well on the way. She caught a glimpse of amused eyes before he pulled the brim of his hat over his face. “You fell asleep and slid right into my arms,” he said, his calm voice feeding her rage. “I couldn’t resist.”<br />
She wiped a hand across her mouth. “I was—I was—” She couldn’t get the words out. She’d been saving her first kiss for the man she would marry, and this dastardly person had stolen it.<br />
Thank God she was home. She wrenched herself from his arms just as the groom opened the door. She tumbled out of the coach without waiting for the steps, gathered the skirts of her costume, and ran up the pavement to the house.<br />
She lifted the knocker and rapped it hard against the door, and rapped it again. And waited, shivering in the chill dawn wind, her arms tight about herself. <i>Hurry</i>!<br />
No one answered. The servants must be asleep, but surely Grandmama would have left someone on watch for her. She knocked once again. And waited.<br />
Silence, but for the shuffling of the horses, the barking of a dog, and the rumble of a wagon in the next street. London was coming to life.<br />
She turned, anxious now. Why did the coach still wait? “You needn’t stay any longer. Someone will wake up and let me in.”<br />
“Someone should already be awake and waiting,” the man said irritably from within the coach. He didn’t give the order to leave.<br />
Melinda rapped again. What was going on? She thought she heard a sound within the house, thought she heard a voice, and knocked once more… Nothing. This was ghastly. She had to get indoors before someone saw her.<br />
“Miss Starling, are you sure this is the right house?” The man who’d kissed her was framed in the coach window, his hat low over his brow once again.<br />
“Of course I’m sure. Why don’t they answer?”<br />
“Try the area stairs,” he suggested softly.<br />
She’d never gone in by the servants’ entrance, but it was a good idea, the sort she would usually think of herself, but she couldn’t get her mind to work properly. She lifted the latch and hurried down the steep, winding stairs, shivering now from anxiety as much as the chill dawn air. She banged hard on the door. It was close to the housekeeper’s room, so surely that kindly woman would hear.<br />
From inside the house came a furious bellow. “No! Do <i>not </i>open that door.”<br />
Melinda froze. That was Grandma’s voice. She was…ordering the housekeeper not to let Melinda inside.<br />
Her shiver became a tremble. She stumbled up the steep, narrow stairs and through the gate. She gaped at the dark house, her <i>home</i>, its curtains drawn like the blank eyes of a statue, cold and forbidding and utterly silent again.<br />
“Damn,” the man who had kissed her said. “What the devil is going on?”<br />
The sky lightened, and it finally dawned on Melinda. Grandmama wasn’t going to let her in. She’d been turned away from her own home.<br />
“Did I hear her say not to open the door to you?” the man asked in a low, disbelieving voice.<br />
Melinda blinked back hot, horrified tears and faced him, away from the house and the grandmother who had always wanted to be rid of her. “She used to threaten to wash her hands of me,” she said. “And now she has done it.”<br />
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Winner of the Holt Medallion, Maggie, Daphne du Maurier, Reviewer’s Choice and Epic awards, Barbara Monajem wrote her first story at eight years old about apple tree gnomes. She published a middle-grade fantasy when her children were young. When they grew up, she turned to writing for grownups, first the Bayou Gavotte paranormal mysteries and then Regency romances with intrepid heroines and long-suffering heroes (or vice versa). Some of her Regencies have magic in them and some don’t (except for the magic of love, which is in every story she writes).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Sara Humphreys</b></i></span></div>
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A leprechaun is powerless without his gold….<br />
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Banished to the mirrored realm for hundreds of years, Declan Aherne had nothing but time to plot his revenge and mourn the loss of his beloved wife. But when a beautiful human woman, with a familiar amulet, stares into the mirror….Declan’s luck was about to change.<br />
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The gold emblem, the one that matched her necklace, sat at the top of the oval gilded frame, and when she leaned closer she realized that it was a recessed space. She ran her finger over it and let out a shuddering breath. Maggie had a sinking suspicion that the amulet around her neck would fit perfectly in that space.<br />
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“A key,” she whispered through trembling lips. “Aunt Lizzie said the amulet was a key to release the leprechaun from his prison.”<br />
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Rising to her feet, Maggie carried the mirror down the narrow hallway to her bedroom. She bumped the door open with her hip and stepped into the small, cozy green and white room. When she changed clothes earlier she’d already removed the old print and left the blank spot above her dresser for her long sought after prize.<br />
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With great care she hung the mirror onto the nail and adjusted it so that it was straight. She stepped back and inspected it as she removed the amulet and gold chain from around her neck. The heavy, gold disc felt warm in her palm as she curled her fingers around it and debated what to do next.<br />
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Part of her was as eager as a kid on Christmas Eve brimming with anticipation. She wanted to slip the amulet right into that spot on the frame and see if the fairy tale was true. But the other part of her, the one that dominated at the moment, was reluctant. Not because she was afraid of a leprechaun jumping out of the mirror.<br />
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In fact, it was exactly the opposite.<br />
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What if after all this time and all the searching she puts the amulet in the mirror and nothing happens? That would be a big, fat, fucking let down of colossal proportions.<br />
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Tears stung her eyes and she sniffled, laughing out loud at her foolishness. How long had she been searching for the mirror never really believing she’d find it? The hunt for this treasure was what kept her going after family was gone. It was like an invisible tie that kept her connected to them, but now she’d found it and the hunt was over.<br />
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It was a stark reminder that her family was never coming back.<br />
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Maggie was alone.<br />
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“I wish the story was true, Aunt Lizzie,” she whispered. “But true or not, thank you for sharing it with me….I miss you all so much.”<br />
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She turned her teary gaze to her reflection as she ran her fingertip over the amulet. It was time to face the truth and stop hiding inside her own fairy tales, the ones she perpetuated every time she went in search of the magical mirror from Aunt Lizzie’s stories. She had to face the reality of the world she lived in.<br />
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Her family was gone and they weren’t coming back. The mirror wasn’t magic and she wasn’t anything special, and the only way to really face it was to put the amulet in the mirror—and watch as nothing happened.<br />
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Fairy tales weren’t real.<br />
Neither were leprechauns or warlocks.<br />
No more hiding from the world or retreating into fanciful stories.<br />
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“Time to face the truth.”<br />
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Maggie pressed the amulet to her lips before reaching up and slipping the disc into the recessed spot at the top of the mirror. The moment it clicked into place she whispered the Gaelic phrase Aunt Lizzie always uttered when she told this part of the story. “Scaoileadh mé tú.”<br />
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At first nothing happened and Maggie was ready to drown herself in the rest of the chardonnay. She was about to leave the room in search of the wine when a ripple in her reflection caught her eye. Maggie swallowed hard and squinted, not sure she was actually seeing what she thought she was seeing. But sure enough the glass surface of the mirror began to undulate and swell like silver waves in an otherworldly ocean.<br />
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She backed up as her image in the mirror blurred and a low, pulsing throbbing sound began to rumble through the room. Maggie scrambled backward and up onto the bed as the deafening noise grew louder by the second. Her hands flew to hear ears, the pulsing noise permeating every single cell of her body making her teeth clatter. It felt like the entire building would come down around her any second and if she wasn't completely paralyzed by fear, she might have run.<br />
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But Maggie couldn’t move. She curled up into the fetal position, hands over her ears, as the world rumbled around her. She half expected the ground to open up and swallow her whole.<br />
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A split second later, the mirror erupted in an explosion of light and Maggie squeezed her eyes shut. As a scream threatened to rip from her throat the world went completely silent and still. No more bone rattling throbbing running through the air. The shaking and trembling had ceased, except for her body. She was quivering like a damn leaf and cowering on her bed like a total coward.<br />
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Her heart hammered against her ribcage and her eyes were screwed tightly shut as the unmistakable sound of someone breathing heavily filled the room. At first, she thought it was her own breath because she was huffing and puffing like she’d run a freaking marathon. But about a second later, it became glaringly clear she was no longer alone.<br />
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The fairy tale was true.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Taylor Lee</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Ladies of the Night Sexy Suspense Collection, Book Two</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Romantic Suspense</div>
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<b><i>Praise for Ruby …</i></b><br />
Book 2 in Taylor Lee’s NEW Sexy Suspense Collection: Ladies of the Night.<br />
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“<i>USA Today</i> bestselling author Taylor Lee soars with Ruby, the second book in Lee’s provocative new series, Ladies of the Night. The Ladies are covert agents in a secretive, off the grid security organization. Highly trained fighters, they’re as gorgeous as they are dangerous to the evil men they’re hired to bring to justice. The only thing these formidable women are NOT is “<b><i>ladies</i></b>.”<br />
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Chloe Harper, <b>Code Name: Ruby</b> is a diminutive, red-headed vixen. But don’t let her size fool you. The fierce firebrand is as accomplished with a knife and Glock 19 as she is bringing men to their feet with her womanly wiles. Noah Walker, the stunning black former Army Ranger, is no slouch when it comes to attracting women, but even he is no match for Ruby. Both agents are more than equipped to take on what appears to be a rogue operation in the command structure of the national agency that hired them. The twist and turns of this surprising mission will have your head spinning. The only thing more riveting is the passion that flares between the two indomitable agents.<br />
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<i>USA Today</i> Best Selling author Taylor Lee writes Suspenseful Mystery Thrillers – with a heavy dose of Sexy to Sizzling HOT Romance.<br />
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In the less than four years that she has been writing, Taylor has written more than thirty books. Her six, soon to be seven, series track her Special Operatives, Covert Agents, Cops, Firefighters and other iconic heroes and heroines, through the harrowing situations that make up their lives. From human trafficking rings to corrupt politicians, Taylor investigates the underbelly of society and the criminals who flourish there. <br />
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My characters are arrogant alpha males and the feisty women who bring them to their knees – and vice versa… They fight hard, love hard and don’t mince words. They are dangerous men and women in dangerous times. Love, passion and ridding the world of evil? What’s not to like?”<br />
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<b>Series</b>: Highland Heather Romancing a Scot, #2</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Historical Romance - Scottish Regency</div>
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Bartholomew Yancy never expected to inherit an English earldom and had no intention of marrying. Now, the Earl of Ramsbury and last in his line, he’s obligated to resign his position as England’s War Secretary, find a wife, and produce an heir. Only one woman holds the least appeal: Isobel Ferguson, an exquisite Scotswoman. Brought to Scotland to mediate between feuding clans, he doggedly woos her.<br />
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Disillusioned with men pursuing her for her attractiveness, rather than her unusual intellect, Isobel has all but abandoned any hope of finding a husband in the Highlands. Not only does she believe Yancy no different than her other suitors, he’s a notorious rake. She’s been told he’s practically betrothed. Therefore, his interest in her cannot possibly be honorable, and so she shuns his attentions.<br />
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When Isobel is mistakenly abducted by a band of rogue Scots, Yancy risks his life to rescues her. To salvage her compromised reputation, her brother and father insist she marry him. Yancy readily agrees, but Isobel—knowing full well she’s fated for spinsterhood by refusing his offer— won’t be coerced into marriage.<br />
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<b><i>Can love unite a reluctant earl and a disenchanted beauty?</i></b><br />
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Isobel wheeled around and wound up planting her face squarely in a very masculine chest.<br />
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“Oh!” She leaped backward reflexively. Her heel caught on the cloak’s hem, and she tilted at a precarious angle.<br />
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<i>Simply fabulous</i>.<br />
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She flailed her arms, and her possessions clattered to the stable floor<br />
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Lord Ramsbury rushed forward, grasping her shoulders just as her feet left the ground.<br />
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Eyes locked on his, she seized his coat lapels, frantically trying to stay upright.<br />
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His eyes widened in alarmed surprise when he teetered toward her.<br />
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<i>Too late</i>.<br />
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Lord Ramsbury’s solid form toppled onto her and mashed her into the rough wood.<br />
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Eyes closed and surrounded by his sheer male essence, she waited for sharp pain to stab her. Tentatively, prepared to cease at the slightest discomfort, she wiggled her fingers and toes.<br />
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No pain. Nothing broken then.<br />
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She tried to pull in a deep breath, but his weight bore down upon her chest. Gads, how much did his lordship weigh?<br />
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She opened her eyes. Silky, whisky-colored hair tickled her nose. A clean virile scent, with a hint of sandalwood, hovered over him. He smelled wonderful, and she had the oddest urge to nuzzle her nose in his hair.<br />
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She noiselessly sniffed instead.<br />
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<i>Mmm, heavenly</i>.<br />
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Did he twitch the merest bit?<br />
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Lord Ramsbury’s chest squashed her breasts nearly flat, and his lean hips were nestled between her thighs. For certain her backside and shoulders would sport a bruise or two.<br />
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Lifting her head, she winced. Ah, that stung. She wriggled her fingers, attempting to poke him. Why didn’t he get off? A gentleman would have, but he had already proved he didn’t deserve that title.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by </b></i><b><i>Nikki Lynn Barrett, Denise Moncrief, Jade Kerrion, </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Nancy & Nolan Radke, Stacy Eaton, Sharon Coady, </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Amy Manemann, Cathy Perkins, Chantel Rhondeau, </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>and Mimi Barbour</i></b></span></div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Romantic Suspense</div>
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<b>Release Date</b>: June 23, 2015</div>
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Get your heartbeat racing with 13 romantic-suspense novels from USA Today bestselling and award-winning authors. Nerve-wracking thrills and dangers, heart-melting romance and love--enjoy them all in this outstanding collection of <b>DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS</b>....<br />
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Sparks ignite between a single father and a singer making her musical comeback, but danger lurks in the distance, only getting closer as time goes on. For two people who want different things out of life, it's possible to find healing together...<br />
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Tamara Slay moves to Louisiana, hoping for a fresh start. An unexpected phone call from a Sheriff’s deputy in Florida shatters her new sense of security.<br />
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Lt. Martin Beck has been investigating the death of Brandy Fuller for years. New evidence leads him to meet the estranged wife of his primary suspect. Together, Beck and Tamara conclude that her husband Scott murdered eight women on the Florida Gulf coast.<br />
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A fight during Sofia's waitressing shift turns fatal, and a dying scientist launches her into the shady world of scientific espionage. The unwilling trustee of research that people would kill to obtain, Sofia turns to the man who steps out of the shadows to protect her, even though he appears as dangerous and disreputable as the people who hunt her.Together, Sofia and Kyle must unravel the truth behind the illicit information she carries before one or both of them are killed.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Height of Danger - Nancy and Nolan Radke</span></b><br />
Someone is killing construction workers at a Central American dam site, and CIA operative Owen Putman is sent in undercover to discover the who and why. The boss' lovely daughter picks this time to visit her father, and Owen kidnaps her to keep her safe. He finds himself juggling his mission, her safety, and his identity - and she manages to endanger them all.<br />
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When Detective Foster responds to the scene of a crash, she finds the female passenger dead, a bag full of money in the back seat and a body in the trunk. It is only when the driver, whom she nicknames Jay, wakes up with no memory that she must go with her instincts and continue the investigation in a way that was never taught in the academy.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Broken Lies, by Sharon Coady</span></b><br />
After training with an Elitie unit of the Irish Special Forces, Niall is sent by his father to New York to be a bodyguard for Mr. Pierce. Abby is a woman with an abusive boyfriend and a painful past. She catches Niall's eye and he finds himself drawn to her.<br />
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Their lives change forever when they are drawn into a battle of deception, lies and murder. Can Niall keep her safe from whoever seems Hell bent of keeping them apart?<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Don't Know Jack - Amy Manemann</span></b><br />
Special Agent Jack Hamlin is a risk taker who isn’t afraid to do whatever it takes to bring criminals to justice. Until he meets small town bakery owner, Kate Monroe. Danger, white hot romance, and stress baking ensue as Kate is swept into Jack’s dangerous world—and Jack's loyalties and training are put to the test when his cover is blown, and Kate’s life is on the line.<br />
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When a hitman kills the wrong person, Detective David Morris confronts hidden agendas and conflicting motives in a powerful local family, while trying to control his attraction to the intended victim—a woman who should be dead, but instead is hell-bent on saving the remnants of her family.<br />
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Unwilling to stand by while her family and world are destroyed, Cara Wainwright rips apart the secrets surrounding Cypher, the company her father built—and will take any measures to defend.<br />
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Imprisoned for murder and exonerated after eight years, Max Kensington returns to his hometown. His return forces Rosemary Spelling, his ex-fiancée, to confront the past. The day Max allegedly killed her sister destroyed her life, ripping apart her family and landing her mother in a mental institution. When murders start again and all evidence points to Max, Rose must team up with him to catch her sister’s real killer.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tidal Falls- Jacquie Biggar</span></b><br />
Sara Reed is on the run from an abusive ex with ties to organized crime. Mistakenly thinking her and her daughter would be safer if she had some kind of leverage, she takes a copy of some valuable files. Files that make her a target.<br />
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Katy Dalton worked hard and when her friend Bruno talked her into an investment in Rome Trucking, it seemed like a safe bet. But when her job disappears and she needs her money back, Bruno stops answering his phone and bad things start to happen.<br />
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The last thing Brett Rome wants to do is leave a promising career in hockey to come home and run his ailing father’s trucking company. What he discovers is not the successful business that he remembers, but one that is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and a young woman demanding the return of her money. But danger lurks in the form of Bruno's dubious associates. What secret are they hiding and why are they willing to kill Katy? Can Brett put this broken picture back together, and is Katy part of the solution or the problem?<br />
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Vera's dating Zach, casually, not committed, when she discovers her long-departed father is the killer of Zach's mother many years ago. Meanwhile, Zach reevaluates his life after losing his leg in a tragic accident and realizes he's falling in love with Vera.<br />
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I'm an avid lover of books. I've been writing as far back as I can remember, completing my first "book" by fifth grade in one of those one subject spiral notebooks. I have a passion for music, photography, jewelry and all things creative. I live in Arizona with my husband and son, but dream of being somewhere much colder and stormier. For now, I'll have to live that life through my characters and stick it out with the summer heat.<br />
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<b>Jade Kerrion</b> writes award-winning and occasionally best-selling science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary novels anchored on unlikely romances you will root for and happy endings you can believe in. Her favorite romance is the Double Helix love triangle between Galahad—the lab-created perfect human being; Danyael—an alpha empath and Galahad’s physical template; and Zara—the woman who can wreak more havoc with love than most people can with hate. Visit her website for a free copy of Perfection Unleashed, the six-time award winning novel that launched the Double Helix series.<br />
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<b>Nancy and Nolan Radke</b> are a mother and son team who write individually, checking each other's books, and who have now collaborated on a mystery/thriller. Nancy draws upon a teaching background and Nolan has a law enforcement background and is now a building contractor.<br />
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<b>Sharon Coady</b> lives in Florida with her husband, three of their daughters and five of their eleven grandchildren. She wrote two books before discovering Romance novels. She has now written a romantic suspense, a romance novella and is currently writing a Christmas novella. She has two published novels. When not working as a nurse for the Veterans Administration or writing she enjoys spending time with her family and riding behind her husband on their Harley.<br />
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<b>Amy Manemann</b> is an International Best Selling Author who writes sexy and intriguing romantic suspense, young adult paranormal romance, contemporary romance (NEW), and dabbles in children's books. She resides in her hometown along the Mississippi river with her husband and their two children. When she isn't plotting her next book, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, and diving into a good book.<br />
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Award-winning author <b>Cathy Perkins</b> works in the financial industry, where she's observed the hide-in-plain-sight skills employed by her villains. She writes predominantly financial-based mysteries but enjoys exploring the relationship aspect of her characters' lives. When not writing, she can be found doing battle with the beavers over the pond height or setting off on another travel adventure. Born and raised in South Carolina, the setting for CYPHER, HONOR CODE and THE PROFESSOR, she now lives in Washington with her husband, children, several dogs and the resident deer herd.<br />
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Best-selling author <b>Chantel Rhondeau</b> once thought a great mystery or fantasy book with strong romantic themes was the highest level of reading bliss. After reading her first romantic suspense novel, she never looked back. Chantel is author of six romantic suspense novels, a Christmas novella, and the new McCallister’s Paradise series. She lives in the western United States, and when she's not writing she loves playing cards with her family, bowling on leagues, and snuggling with her lazy kitties.<br />
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<b>Jacquie Biggar</b> lives in paradise along the west coast of Canada with her husband, daughter, & grandson. She loves reading, writing, and flower gardening. Spoils her German Shepherd, Annie, and Calico cat, Harley. And can't function without coffee.<br />
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<b>Sylvie Grayson</b> has published romantic suspense novels, Suspended Animation, Legal Obstruction, and The Lies He Told Me, all about strong women who meet with dangerous odds, stories of tension and attraction. She has also written The Last War series, a romantic fantasy set to be released in 2015. She has been an English language instructor, a nightclub manager, an auto shop bookkeeper and a lawyer. She lives in southern British Columbia with her husband on a small piece of land near the Pacific Ocean that they call home, when she's not travelling the world looking for adventure.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Jessica Lee</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: The Enclave, #4</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Paranormal Romance<br />
<b>Publisher</b>: Entangled Publishing</div>
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<i>All she can remember is hunger...<b>for him</b>.</i><br />
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A year ago, Alexandria Stevens strode through the doors of Wicked Ways and into the arms of a man—a monster, really—who stole everything from her. Her memory. Her life. Now she's a creature of darkness with only hazy images in her mind of that night and a confusing jumble of emotions. A fierce hate...and an even fiercer desire for Markus Santini.<br />
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Markus has walked through this world for more than a hundred years, knowing exactly who and what he was, until Alexandria undid it all. Undid him. When a former vampire colleague threatens one of the Enclave’s own, Markus is needed—but only as the dark, powerful creature he once was. And in order to become that, he must find redemption...in the arms of a woman who despises him with every breath she can no longer take.<br />
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The exterior door snicked open. “I want to see him,” a female said.<br />
<i>Alexandria</i>.<br />
He’d know that voice anywhere. Even from his grave.<br />
Every neuron in Markus’s brain fired. What the hell was she doing here in the basement of the Enclave mansion?<br />
“Tell her this isn’t a good idea, Kenric.” It was Guerin who spoke up. Of course. The bastard hated him.<br />
“What’s going on?” Kenric asked. “Why do you need to see him?”<br />
“I just need to talk to him,” she said.<br />
“We ran into some DEADs tonight,” Guerin said, “and Enrique popped in.”<br />
<i>What the fuck</i>?<br />
That dose of info made what blood he had left in his veins surge, laced with adrenaline. Markus rolled over and up onto the side of his bed, his joints rebelling.<br />
“Enrique?” Kenric rumbled. “I had no idea the asshole could function without Marguerite’s direction. What in hell did he want?”<br />
“You’ll have to ask Alexandria,” Guerin replied.<br />
“What does that mean?”<br />
“He mentioned something about Markus to me,” she patiently added, but Markus didn’t miss the sound of growing frustration in her voice. “I just need to speak to him first. Then if you want, we can talk.”<br />
Markus’s pulse roared inside his head. What had Enrique told her?<br />
Closing his eyes, he drew in a calming breath, his mind returning to the female who stood only a few feet away. It had been at least a year since he’d last seen her. How would Alexandria look? Had she changed? Did the fire still burn in her violet gaze?<br />
“Fine,” Kenric said. “I’ll take you to him.”<br />
“No.”<br />
She wanted to see him. Alone. Markus pushed from the mattress, steadying himself on his feet. Anticipation hummed inside his veins.<br />
“I don’t think that’s a good idea,” Kenric said, his tone firm.<br />
“Are you implying he’s dangerous—even from the other side of your silver cage?”<br />
A corner of Markus’s mouth curled. The little vixen hadn’t lost her fire. Alexandria had never taken no for an answer.<br />
Kenric sighed. “It’s not that he’s dangerous per se. Not in his current state—”<br />
“Then I’d like to speak to him in private,” she said. After a second or two of tension-filled silence, she added, “Please.”<br />
“Anyone ever tell you that you’re a tad stubborn?” Kenric asked.<br />
“Maybe once or twice,” she said. “But I like to think of it as being relentlessly determined. Will you give me some time to speak with Markus…alone?”<br />
“We’ll be on the other side of that door,” the master vampire said. “Call out, and we’ll be in here before you can blink.”<br />
“This may take a while. I need some answers from him about a few things, and I’m pretty sure getting him to cooperate won’t be something that happens quickly.”<br />
“Getting Markus to do anything that isn’t his idea is never an easy task,” Kenric said.<br />
“Exactly,” she said. “Give me a little time, okay? Like you said, he can’t hurt me from the other side of the bars.”<br />
“I don’t like it,” Kenric replied. “But if this is something you feel you really need to do, I understand.”<br />
“It is.”<br />
A moment later, the exterior door thumped shut. And Markus found that the desire for his next breath had vanished. He shoved the thick strands of dark hair partially covering his eyes back, then coiled his fingers into a tight fist at his side. Then she was there.<br />
Alexandria strode in front of the cage’s door. She wore her blue-black locks loose, the ends curling, nearly brushing her firm, denim-covered ass. Damn. His cock swelled. Her hips swayed with every step, the heels of her boots clicking off the cement floor. He raked the female with a gaze from the slender curves of her legs and the swell of her calves hidden behind the black leather all the way back up to the narrow belt sitting low on her hip bones. A short black leather jacket covered her arms, but the tail of her purple blouse didn’t quite make it to her waistband, leaving a tantalizing peek of smooth, creamy skin for him to obsess over. He flexed his fingers at the sight, the pads itching to stroke her exposed flesh. Would she quiver under his touch?<br />
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Jessica Lee is an EPIC eBook Award winner and international bestselling author of paranormal romance. She lives in the southeastern United States with her husband and son. In her former life, Jessica was a science geek and spent over twenty-five years as a nurse. But after the birth of her son, she left her medical career behind. During that transition, she discovered her passion for writing romance and has never looked back. Jessica Lee is currently published with Entangled Publishing and Resplendence Publishing. Plus she has several self published titles available.<br />
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The Missing and the Dead </h1>
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<b>Genre:</b> Mystery, Thriller
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<b>Published by:</b> HarperCollins
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<b>Publication Date:</b> June 2, 2015
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<b>Number of Pages:</b> 592
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<b>Series:</b> Logan McRae #10, (Each is a Stand Alone Novel)
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<b>ISBN:</b> 0007494602 (ISBN13: 9780007494606)
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One mistake can cost you everything…<br />
When you catch a twisted killer there should be a reward, right? What Acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae gets instead is a ‘development opportunity’ out in the depths of rural Aberdeenshire. Welcome to divisional policing – catching drug dealers, shoplifters, vandals and the odd escaped farm animal.<br />
Then a little girl’s body washes up just outside the sleepy town of Banff, kicking off a massive manhunt. The Major Investigation Team is up from Aberdeen, wanting answers, and they don’t care who they trample over to get them.<br />
Logan’s got enough on his plate keeping B Division together, but DCI Steel wants him back on her team. As his old colleagues stomp around the countryside, burning bridges, Logan gets dragged deeper and deeper into the investigation.<br />
One thing’s clear: there are dangerous predators lurking in the wilds of Aberdeenshire, and not everyone’s going to get out of this alive…<br />
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I was born in Dumbarton — no one knows why, not even my mother — and moved up to Aberdeen at the tender age of two, dragging my mother, father, and a pair of wee brothers with me. There followed a less than stellar academic career, starting out in Marchburn Primary School, where my evil parents forced me to join the cub scouts (specialising in tying unnecessary knots in things and wearing shorts). Thence to Middlefield Academy for some combat recorder practice.<br />
Having outstayed our welcome in Heathryfold we stopped thencing and tried going hence instead. To Westhill. To a housing development built over the remains of a pig farm. Sounds a bit suspect, but that’s what the official story was when all the householders found teeth and bones coming to the surface of their neatly tended vegetable plots. Pig farm. Right… Eventually I escaped from Westhill Academy with a CSE in woodwork, a deep suspicion of authority, and itchy shins.<br />
Here followed an aborted attempt to study architecture at Herriot Watt in Edinburgh, which proved to be every bit as exciting and interesting as watching a badger decompose. If you’ve never tried it, I can wholly recommend giving it a go (watching mouldy badgers falling to bits, not architecture). So I gave up the life academic and went a-working offshore instead. That involved a lot of swearing as I recall. Swearing and drinking endless cups of tea. And I think I had Alpen every morning for about a year and a half. Can’t look at a bowl of the stuff now without getting the dry boak, sod how regular it keeps you. After my stint offshore I had a bash at being a graphic designer, a professional actor, an undertaker, a marketing company’s studio manager, a web designer, programmer, technical lead… Then last, but by all means least, finally circling the career drain by becoming a project manager for a huge IT conglomerate.<br />
Shudder.<br />
Anyway, while I was doing all that IT stuff, I wrote a wee book about an Aberdonian detective sergeant and his dysfunctional colleagues: Cold Granite. HarperCollins bought it, and overnight I went from a grumpy project manager caterpillar to a writing butterfly. As long as you can picture a six-foot-tall, pasty-white, bearded butterfly with no wings, that spends all its time hanging about the house in its jammies.<br />
Stuart has recently been crowned WORLD STOVIES CHAMPION at the 2014 Huntly Hairst.<br />
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Whether real or only in the hearts of the bride and groom, the magic of weddings is undeniable. And irresistible! As these 15 enchanting happily-ever-afters by bestselling and award-winning authors prove.<br />
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<b>Her Wedding Wager by Leigh Michaels</b>, <i>National bestselling and Award-winning author of over 100 novels</i>. Celia's doomed to an arranged marriage--unless she can win the most important bet of her life!<br />
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<b>The Last Wedding at Drayhome (Breens Mist Witches) by Aileen Harkwood</b>. Never underestimate the power of a witch and warlock in love who have nothing left to lose.<br />
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<b>The Dress by Eve Devon</b>. Two couples, 400 years apart. From a masquerade ball in Venice 1615 to a wedding in England 2015, can a dress laced with magic weave its spell through the fabric of time?<br />
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<b>Second Chance Bride by Raine English</b>, <i>USA Today bestselling and Award-winning author</i>. She thinks she's marrying the man of her dreams, until a telepathic rescue dog leads her to someone else... Will this bride-to-be say "I do" to the wrong man?<br />
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<b>Two Hearts Surrendered by Tamara Ferguson</b>, <i>Bestselling and Award-winning author</i>. Will two warring hearts be strong enough to survive the ultimate battle?<br />
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<b>Something Borrowed, Something Blue by Lynda Haviland</b>. She has a wedding to crash--until love gets in the way!<br />
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<b>Heart of the Secret (Witches of Lane County) by Jody A. Kessler</b>, <i>Bestselling and Award-winning author</i>. A 500 year-old curse, a witch who will do anything to marry her one true love, and the heart of a secret that will either divide them or bring them together...forever.<br />
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<b>The Jealous Love of a Scoundrel by Jane Lark</b>, <i>National bestselling author</i>. How do you fight a calling that comes from your soul?<br />
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<b>A Wedding Across the Winds of Time by Bess McBride</b>, <i>National bestselling author</i>. Darius and Molly found each other Across the Winds of Time. Now, it's time for their wedding!<br />
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<b>Kiss This by L.L. Muir</b>, <i>National bestselling and Award-winning author</i>. You never expect the florist to catch the bouquet...<br />
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<b>Caution is a Virtue by Jennifer Gilby Roberts</b>. How much is too much to risk for love?<br />
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<b>Loving Lindy by Jan Romes</b>. In order to become the bank's new Vice President, Gunther Justin has to be "settled." With Lindy McPherson posing as his fiancé everything is set to go off without a hitch--until real feelings get in the way.<br />
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<b>With this Kiss by Heather Thurmeier</b>. Does a simple kiss have enough magic to reunite lovers?<br />
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<b>Real Magic by Elsa Winckler</b>. She's the bridesmaid, he's a best man. Will the magical evening stay just that or will it turn out to be real after all?<br />
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<b>The Wedding Guests (A Tassamara Short Story) by Sarah Wynde</b>. When unexpected guests attend Akira and Zane's wedding, lives will change forever. But for better or for worse?<br />
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Leigh Michaels is the bestselling and award-winning author of more than 100 books, including historical romance and contemporary romance. Her non-fiction book, On Writing Romance, has been called the best guide available for romance writers, and she teaches romance writing online at Gotham Writers Workshop.<br />
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Six of her books have been finalists in the RITA contest sponsored by Romance Writers of America, and more than 35 million copies of her books are in print in 25 languages and more than 120 countries. Her books have been published by Harlequin Books, Sourcebooks, Montlake Romance, Writers Digest Books, and Arcadia Publishing. Her website is <a href="http://www.leighmichaels.com/" target="_blank">www.leighmichaels.com</a>.<br />
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Aileen Harkwood is a Readers’ Crown finalist who lives in the Southern Rockies. The Last Wedding at Drayhome is the prequel to two concurrent series of fantasy romances, Spell Touched: Breens Mist Witches, Book 1, and Wedding Spell, first in the Breens Mist Weddings series, due out in September 2015. She’s passionate about green chile and the mysteries hiding in antique photographs. Check in with her at: <a href="http://www.aileenharkwood.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">www.aileenharkwood.blogspot.com</a>.<br />
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Growing up in locations like Botswana and Venezuela gave Eve Devon a taste for adventure. Her love of romances began when her mother shoved one into her hands in a desperate attempt to keep her quiet during TV coverage of the Wimbledon tennis finals. She lives in leafy Surrey in the UK, a book-devouring, slightly melodramatic, romance-writing sassy heroine with her very own sexy hero husband! Visit the author at her website: <a href="http://www.evedevon.com/" target="_blank">www.EveDevon.com</a>.<br />
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USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Raine English writes sweet small-town romance, paranormal, and Gothic romantic suspense. She’s a Daphne du Maurier Award winner and a Golden Heart finalist. Her new lighthearted contemporary romance series, Love Always, will be available June 2015. It features three childhood friends who encounter a lot more than anticipated while searching for love. Raine lives in New England with her family and her French bulldog, Bailey. To learn more about her, visit her website at <a href="http://www.raineenglish.com/" target="_blank">www.RaineEnglish.com</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Victoria Danann</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Sons of Sanctuary MC, Book 1</div>
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Brigid Roan is a graduate student at the University of Texas. She had no trouble getting her thesis approved, but finding a Hill Country motorcycle club willing to give her access to their lifestyle had started to seem impossible. Then she got a lead. A friend of a friend had a cousin with ties to The Sons of Sanctuary.<br />
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What she wanted was information to prove a proposition. What she didn’t want was to fall for one of the members of the club. Especially since she had set out to prove that motorcycle clubs are organized according to the same structure as primitive tribal society.<br />
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Brash Fornight was standing in line at the H.E.B. Market when his world tipped on its axis. While waiting his turn to check out, his gaze had wandered to the magazine display and settled on the new issue of “NOW”. The image on the cover, although GQ’d up in an insanely urbane way, was… him.<br />
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After reading the article, Brash threw some stuff in a duffle and left his club, The Sons of Sanctuary, with a vague explanation about needing a couple of days away. He left his Jeep at the Austin airport and caught a plane for New York, on a mission to find the guy who was walking around with his face.<br />
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Two brothers, one a player, one a playboy, neither aware of the other, are on a collision course with destiny and a woman who thought she won a prize when she was allowed a look inside the Sons of Sanctuary MC.<br />
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Victoria writes cross-genre with uniquely fresh perspectives on paranormal creatures, characters, and themes. She is making her debut into contemporary romance with the publication of the <b><i>SUMMER FIRE</i></b> ultimate romance collection anthology with the intro to the <i>Sons of Sanctuary MC</i> series. The first full novel of the series will be released June 16, 2015.<br />
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Victoria's <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Order of the Black Swan</i> has won <i>BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE SERIES</i> TWO YEARS IN A ROW (2013, 2014). <i>Reviewers Choice Awards</i>, <i>The Paranormal Romance Guild</i>.<br />
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Fifteen-year-old Polarity Weeks just wants to live a normal life, but with a mother diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, that’s rarely easy. Her life gets exponentially more disastrous when her sixth-period history classmates start ogling a nude picture of her on the Internet. Polarity would never have struck such a shameless pose, but the photo is definitely of her, and she’s at a complete loss to explain its existence.<br />
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Brenda Vicars has worked in Texas public education for many years. Her jobs have included teaching, serving as a principal, and directing student support programs. For three years, she also taught college English to prison inmates.<br />
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Hours before the opening of her career counseling practice, Gilda Greco discovers the dead body of golden girl Carrie Ann Godfrey, neatly arranged in the dumpster outside her office. Gilda’s life and budding career are stalled as Detective Carlo Fantin, her former high school crush, conducts the investigation.<br />
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Carlo had removed his suit jacket and rolled up the sleeves of his light blue dress shirt. His tie lay on the desk. The rumpled look suited him to a tee. And his large black-rimmed glasses accentuated those unforgettable blue eyes. Bluer than blue. Sky blue. Cornflower blue. Robin’s egg blue. Years ago, Adele Martino and I had come up with thirty-seven descriptions of Carlo Fantin’s eyes when Mrs. Gillespie assigned one of her Monday morning English composition exercises. As I tried to recall the other thirty-three, I realized that Carlo was speaking to me.<br />
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“…he’ll be taking notes as well.”<br />
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Darn! Another officer in the room, and I had missed his name and more importantly, his title. Was he a detective or a constable? I’m sure Sofia would know. In the meantime, I better stop daydreaming and start listening. I nodded in the direction of the beefy officer. Dark hair. Dark eyes. Expertly trimmed moustache. A big bear of a man who reminded me of Magnum P.I.<br />
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Carlo cleared his throat. He was ready to get down to business. Police business. “It appears that Carrie Ann was your first client. You haven’t opened this office for business yet. How did that happen?”<br />
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My heart raced as I spoke. “After Sofia and my mother left…I’m not certain about the time…um…I…I heard a knock at the front window. I looked up and saw Carrie Ann. Hadn’t seen her in ages.” I paused and then added, “Still wearing the same pageboy hair style and that blonde color—”<br />
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I felt myself reddening as those piercing blue eyes bored right through me. “Oh, sorry. Um, I let Carrie Ann in.”<br />
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“And?” Carlo said when I hesitated.<br />
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I shrugged. “We just talked for a while, then, uh…” I closed my eyes and tried to recall the conversation. But nothing concrete came to mind, only Carrie Ann’s infectious laugh and bubbly compliments about the decorating scheme. When I opened my eyes, the other officer offered me a water bottle. I thanked him and gulped down half the contents.<br />
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“You scheduled her for a session tomorrow morning,” Carlo said as he held up my appointment book. “Carrie Ann is…was considered one of the best interior designers in town. Why would she need counseling from you?” His dark brows drew together in a suspicious frown. “Were you planning to tell her to give it up?”<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">by Donna Fasano, Helen Scott Taylor, Mimi Barbour, </span></i></b></div>
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You loved our Christmas brides! Now get ready for some awesome June brides!<br />
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Ten award-winning New York Times and USA Today authors bring you ten fabulous stories featuring ten super-hot guys determined to find their perfect brides...even if they have to go halfway around the world to do it! From small-town home-and-hearth to international intrigue, from Boston to Scotland to the Greek Isles and everywhere in-between, these emotional, page-turning love stories will touch your heart...and make you reach for a fan to cool the sizzle!<br />
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TEN BRIDES FOR TEN HOT GUYS is a 10-author boxed set featuring 10 contemporary romance novels—including military romance, family romance, medical romance, romantic comedy, romantic suspense, sci-fi romance, and more—starring hunky heroes like doctors and lawyers, billionaires and men in uniform.<br />
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Need a fun vacation beach read to fill your hot summer days? Look no further! Ten Brides for Ten Hot Guys will take you on a thrill ride to the very last page. Who is your favorite book boyfriend? You're sure to find him in this fantastic boxed set! Check it out!<br />
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<b>I'M NO ANGEL</b> by Mimi Barbour,<i> NYT </i>and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author—A Canadian earthquake brings them together...and their whole relationship is filled with aftershocks.<br />
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<b>HER GREEK TYCOON</b> by Mona Risk, <i>NYT </i>and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author—In court, an American attorney and a Greek tycoon are ready to tear each other apart, but attraction sizzles during a romantic encounter on Mikonos Island.<br />
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<b>FOR THE LOVE OF CANDY</b> by <i>Patrice Wilton</i>, <i>NYT</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author—A bar owner and a Boston lawyer plot to keep their two kids from marrying, but their own attraction gets in the way big time.<br />
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<b>NIGHTFALL</b> by Rebecca York, <i>NYT</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author—After 20 years, a bride ship finally arrives on all-male planet Palomar, bringing a settler’s wife...won in a lottery.<br />
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<b>BROSLIN BRIDE</b> by Dana Marton, <i>NYT </i>and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author—When she is accused of murdering her boss, the detective on the case is her jilted high school flame.<br />
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<b>MIDSUMMER BRIDE</b> by Nina Bruhns, <i>NYT </i>and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author—Thrown into an international conspiracy, she learns a few Swedish customs that make for some sizzling hot foreign relations...<br />
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<b>STARS, LOVE AND PIROUETTES</b> by Alicia Street, <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author—A mysterious stargazer and a TV star take a ballerina for the ride of a lifetime.<br />
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<b>IRISH EYES</b> by Annie Jones, <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author—A soft-hearted social worker and an Interpol agent team up to track a kidnapped boy.<br />
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<i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author, Helen Scott Taylor, had her first book released in 2009. The Magic Knot, won the American Title contest, was a Golden Heart® finalist, and was chosen as one of Booklist's top ten romances of 2009. Since then, she has published other novels, novellas, and short stories in both the UK and USA. Her published works have been finalists in a number of contests including the Holt Medallion, the Lories, the Prism Contest, the Write Touch Award and the Maggies.<br />
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Mimi Barbour is a <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author who's sold over 500,000 copies of her books world-wide. Her five romance series: The Vicarage Bench/ time travel at it's best, Angels with Attitudes / angels love romance, Vegas / fast-paced plotting, Elvis / make a song a book and her newest, Undercover FBI / with sizzling conflicts and lots of humor.<br />
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<i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author, Mona Risk, recently received an Outstanding Achiever Award from Affaire de Coeur Magazine. Her name has often been posted on the Amazon.com 100 Most Popular Authors in Romance list. She's a two time winner of Best Contemporary Romance of the Year from Readers Favorite; a winner of Best Romance Novel of the Year from Preditors & Editors Readers Poll; and an EPIC Award finalist.<br />
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Patrice Wilton is a <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of more than 20 books. Her best known series include The Candy Bar Series, Serendipity Falls series, and her returning war hero series, A HERO LIES WITHIN, HANDLE WITH CARE and AT FIRST SIGHT.<br />
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<i>New York Times</i>, <i>USA Today</i>, and <i>Publishers Weekly</i> bestselling and award-winning author, Rebecca York has written over 145 books and novellas. In 2011 she became the dozenth author to receive the Romance Writers of America Centennial Award for having written 100 romantic novels. Her Killing Moon was a launch title for Berkley’s Sensation imprint in June 2003. Five more books in the series have followed.<br />
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Rebecca has authored or co-authored over 65 romantic thrillers, many for Harlequin Intrigue’s very popular 43 Light Street series, set in Baltimore, and many with paranormal elements. She currently writes the paranormal romantic suspense Decorah Security Series and the science fiction romance Off World Series.<br />
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<i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author Dana Marton has thrilled and entertained millions of readers around the globe with her fast-paced stories about strong women and honorable men who fight side by side for justice and survival.<br />
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Dana has a Master’s degree in Writing Popular Fiction, and is continuously studying the art and craft of writing, attending several workshops, seminars and conferences each year. Her number one goal is to bring the best books she possibly can to her readers.<br />
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Having lived around the world, Dana currently creates her compelling stories in a small and lovely little town in Pennsylvania. The fictional town of her bestselling Broslin Creek series is based on her real life home where she fights her addictions to reading, garage sales, coffee and chocolate. If you know a good twelve-step program to help her with any of that, she’d be interested in hearing about it!<br />
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<b>Series</b>: Surrender, #2</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Contemporary Romance</div>
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<b>Release Date</b>: June 9, 2015</div>
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<b>Passion that takes no prisoners, and love that tests the limits of ecstasy . . .</b><br />
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Fenn Lockwood comes alive in the shadows. Though he might have physically survived the kidnapping that stole his childhood, the trauma and pain he lived through have marked him forever. Now the only place where Fenn can be himself is within the walls of his private BDSM world—a place of erotic obsession, where desire isn’t just captured . . . it’s bound.<br />
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Hayden Thorne knows that behind Fenn’s hardened exterior is a man worth fighting for. Yet to save him from the past that still haunts him, Hayden will have to abandon every inhibition she’s ever had and venture into Fenn’s intoxicatingly sensual world. Each tantalizing second she spends in Fenn’s searing embrace is more delicious than the last and soon Hayden begins to think that she may never want to leave such torturous bliss . . .<br />
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“Please Fenn, we really need to talk. Can I come inside for a minute?” She took a step forward. Coda whined softly from between his legs. Her blue eyes were bright and pale as glaciers. She looked oddly more…wolflike, with dark-tipped ears and a thick mane of fur around her neck rather than the trim ruff of a husky. Her nose was entirely white and the white patch spread up to frame her eyes in a heart shape. She was a beautiful creature.<br />
A very sexy smile curved his lips. “Sure, come on in, <i>honey</i>,”<br />
“Uh, thanks.” The way he said <i>honey </i>this time felt much more like a warning.<br />
Fenn stepped back and allowed her to climb into the trailer. The husky backed up, too, still peering around her master’s knees, ears back, but no longer growling. Hayden let out a breath she hadn’t realized she’d been holding. It was clear the dog no longer thought she was a threat.<br />
Hayden loved animals, but her parents had never allowed her to have a pet. They ruined nice houses, at least according to her mother. Therefore she’d never spent much time around dogs, especially none like Coda, who looked like a wolf…one that could eat her.<br />
“You want something to drink?” Fenn asked as he closed the door behind her.<br />
A stack of empty bottles littered the tiny counter next to the sink.<br />
“No thanks. I think you’ve had enough for the both of us,” she muttered.<br />
“Probably true.” He sighed and lifted his jeans on the left side to show a tightly bandaged ankle. “Hurts real bad,” he explained with a curt nod at the beers and the half-full bottle of whisky.<br />
“So…what can I do for you, Miss Red Dress?” He leered openly at her, but she caught the faintest playful hint of teasing in his gaze.<br />
“Hayden. Please, call me Hayden.” She tried to move past him, but the cramped confines of the trailer wouldn’t allow her to pass without fully grinding her body against his. As she did so, she had to tilt her head back. He was the same height as his twin, six-foot-three, easy.<br />
“Hayden,” he murmured, one of his hands coming to rest on her hip. His large palm squeezed lightly as she wriggled, fighting off the invasive touch. She was a little ticklish. When he touched her there, she flinched as a bolt of arousal shot from the tips of her breasts down to between her thighs.<br />
The swift movement of her hips brought a sudden change in him. His eyes darkened and his lips parted as he drew in a deep breath, his grip tightening. Fenn pressed his body to hers, pinning her against the fridge behind her.<br />
<i>Trapped</i>. She was trapped and it was the most erotic thing she’d ever experienced. Nothing at the Gilded Cuff had ever made her feel like this…flushed and all too aware of herself and his close proximity. Instinctively she tried to dart around him and escape. But there was nowhere to go.<br />
“Where are you going? I thought that’s what you wanted. A buckle bunny looking for a good hard fu—”<br />
<i>Crack</i>! She slapped him hard across his face before she could think twice, and his head whipped sideways. He didn’t move away, he only turned his face back to hers. There was a handprint-shaped mark on his cheek. He reached up and touched the spot, the intensity of his stare burning through her.<br />
<i>Wow</i>. She was so not the violent type when she was angry, but to insinuate that she…<i>oh yeah</i>, slapping him was the appropriate reaction. She may go to a BDSM club frequently, she may do a few scenes with doms, but she rarely went all the way with those men. She didn’t just sleep around like that. When she went to bed with a man, she wanted a deeper connection. For him to call her a…what was it? Buckle bunny? Red tinged her vision as she seriously considered slapping him again.<br />
“So that’s how you want to play?” His lips firmed into a hard line.<br />
As he spoke, he reached up and collared her throat—not squeezing it, but the possessive hold was fully dominant. Little flutters of excitement stirred in the pit of her belly and a shiver rippled through her. Arousal pulsed to life between her thighs at the gentle domination. She tried to retreat, but couldn’t. He must have sensed her need to resist because he leaned over her, reminding her just how much taller he was. Her whole body flashed with heat and arousal at his silent show of power. It was impossible not to imagine him in full control of her: the way he might pin her down on the bed, his muscled arms twining with hers as he held her captive beneath him. Restrained for his pleasure, and hers. He was a natural dominant. It was obvious in every sweeping gaze, the flex of his muscles, the way he looked at her as if he could not only read her mind, but glimpse her soul. Another thing he and his twin apparently had in common. Dominant, alpha male instincts. She was a submissive but she’d not yet found a dominant who could top her and make her truly want to submit. The way Fenn stared at her, like he was furious and yet aroused, and the gentle grip on her throat? What if he unleashed all of that control on her? It was enough to make her light-headed.</div>
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Lauren Smith is an attorney by day, author by night, who pens adventurous and edgy romance stories by the light of her smart phone flashlight app. She’s a native Oklahoman who lives with her three pets: a feisty chinchilla, sophisticated cat and dapper little schnauzer. She’s won multiple awards in several romance subgenres including being an Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-Finalist and a Semi-Finalist for the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award. Lauren loves hearing from readers and can be reached through her website <a href="http://www.laurensmithbooks.com/" target="_blank">www.laurensmithbooks.com</a>.<br />
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<i>Can he unleash her inner vixen without losing his heart?</i><br />
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Geeky mathematician, Cassandra Nelson, proposes to her father’s sworn enemy to protect her family’s shipbuilding corporation from a takeover. Regatta racing tycoon, Marco Delgado, knows their union is a quick ticket into the society that shunned him after a devastating boating crash. He agrees, but expects a permanent commitment; one with sizzling side benefits. And, after a Vegas wedding, he unleashes Cassandra’s inner vixen during a steaming hot honeymoon in Argentina while aboard his yacht. <br />
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Cassandra never calculated falling in love into their equation, but there’s more than desire and passion flaring between them. Soon she believes they can have so much more than a sexy bargain on paper. But when Cassandra’s secrets are revealed, during a reception held in their honor, Marco must learn the power of forgiveness and love before they can have the future they deserve.<br />
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Mentally, she checked off her reasons for forging ahead with her plan. First, Marco had said she excited him. Second, she had ample exposure to the level of his physical excitement. Third, she might be inexperienced, but she had done her share of reading romance novels and given his days of self-denial she figured he’d reached a breaking point. Heck, seducing Marco couldn’t be harder than calculating algebraic equations.<br />
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He walked her closer to the edge of his bed until they tumbled onto the duvet, arms and legs tangling in a mad race to connect again. Then they synchronized their movements, born out of a knowing that had grown between them. Body-to-body, skin-to-skin, breath-to- whispered-breath they rediscovered each other.<br />
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Dori Grant is no stranger to hardship. As a young single mother in the gossip-fueled town of Blessings, Georgia, she's weathered the storm of small-town disapproval most of her life. But when Dori loses everything within the span of an evening, she realizes she has no choice but to turn to her neighbors.<br />
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Everyone says the Pine boys are no good, but Johnny Pine has been proving the gossips wrong ever since his mother died and he took over raising his brothers. His heart goes out to the young mother and child abandoned by the good people of Blessings. Maybe he can be the one to change all of that...<br />
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Sharon Sala, who has also written under the name Dinah McCall, has 85-plus books in print, published in four different genres-Romance, Young Adult, Western, and Women's Fiction, and her Young Adult books have been optioned for film. She has been named a RITA finalist seven times by Romance Writers of America, and in 2011 they named her the recipient of the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. Here books are <i>New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly </i>bestsellers and published in many different languages. She lives in Oklahoma, the state where she was born.<br />
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"Nothing means a damn thing if I don't have my baby."<br />
"And now we get to my suggestion. Do you like Johnny Pine?"<br />
"Yes, of course. He's been wonderful to us."<br />
"No, I mean, could you like him as relationship material?"<br />
"That possibility exists," she said.<br />
"Good. Now let me talk to Johnny."<br />
She handed the phone back to Johnny.<br />
"Now he wants to talk to you."<br />
She took the baby and Johnny took the phone.<br />
"Yeah?"<br />
"I have a suggestion that could bring an end to your troubles."<br />
"Like what?"<br />
"Do you like Dori?"<br />
"Well, sure. She's great."<br />
"Do you like her enough to consider a personal relationship with her?"<br />
Johnny looked at Dori, then cupped her face and ran his thumb down the side of her jaw.<br />
"Yes, I like her enough to consider a personal relationship."<br />
Dori shivered beneath his touch as she realized Butterman was asking Johnny the same question he'd asked her.<br />
"Put the phone on speaker," Butterman said.<br />
"Just a minute," Johnny said and then pressed a button. "Okay, you're on speaker now."<br />
"Here's the deal," Butterman said. "You two are very young to have such adult responsibilities. You're both trying to take care of your families on your own, and now DFCS has their nose in your business and is threatening you with removing the children from your custody, right?"<br />
"Right," they said.<br />
"So this would end tomorrow if you were married."<br />
Johnny took a quick breath, started to speak, and then found himself staring at Dori instead, waiting for her reaction.<br />
Dori already knew Johnny cared for her because he'd told her. What he didn't know was that she was very attracted to him.<br />
"Well? Did both of you faint or what?" Butterman asked.<br />
"I'm game if she is," Johnny said.<br />
"I'm willing to do whatever it takes to keep our boys," Dori said.<br />
Butterman chuckled. "Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials. If it were me, I wouldn't waste any time. Go get the license and find a preacher, and your trouble with Miss Carter is a thing of the past. I assume I am invited to the wedding."<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>TWO PRINCES:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The Biker and the Billionaire</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Victoria Danann</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Sons of Sanctuary MC, Book 1</div>
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<b>Release Date</b>: June 16, 2015</div>
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Brigid Roan is a graduate student at the University of Texas. She had no trouble getting her thesis approved, but finding a Hill Country motorcycle club willing to give her access to their lifestyle had started to seem impossible. Then she got a lead. A friend of a friend had a cousin with ties to The Sons of Sanctuary.<br />
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What she wanted was information to prove a proposition. What she didn’t want was to fall for one of the members of the club. Especially since she had set out to prove that motorcycle clubs are organized according to the same structure as primitive tribal society.<br />
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Brash Fornight was standing in line at the H.E.B. Market when his world tipped on its axis. While waiting his turn to check out, his gaze had wandered to the magazine display and settled on the new issue of “NOW”. The image on the cover, although GQ’d up in an insanely urbane way, was… him.<br />
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After reading the article, Brash threw some stuff in a duffle and left his club, The Sons of Sanctuary, with a vague explanation about needing a couple of days away. He left his Jeep at the Austin airport and caught a plane for New York, on a mission to find the guy who was walking around with his face.<br />
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Two brothers, one a player, one a playboy, neither aware of the other, are on a collision course with destiny and a woman who thought she won a prize when she was allowed a look inside the Sons of Sanctuary MC.<br />
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“Sir?” Brash Fornight gradually became aware that someone behind him in the grocery checkout line was trying to get his attention. “Sir?” He refocused and glanced behind him. The woman leaning on a cart overflowing with chip bags and cookie boxes nodded toward the cashier indicating that it was his turn to move forward. Brash looked her in the eye and had to give her props. Most people wouldn't have the balls to try to herd a guy wearing Sons of Sanctuary MC leather.<br />
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The club employed a woman who cooked and did grocery shopping several times a week as part of her job description, but Brash didn't like to explain his relentless craving for peanuts and he liked being teased about it even less. He didn't know whether it was the Vitamin B or the fat or just because he liked the taste, but he couldn't imagine going a day without them.<br />
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That’s how he came to be standing statue still In the grocery checkout line, being prompted by some woman with more nerve than sense. While he was waiting, his eyes drifted over the magazine display and settled on the cover of “NOW”, on the Most Eligible Bachelor edition no less. The debonair figure staring back was wearing Brash’s own face and body. He looked different with short hair and a four thousand dollar suit with the shirt fashionably open at the neckline, but the similarity was inescapable.<br />
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On impulse he grabbed the magazine and tossed it onto the conveyor belt with his week’s stash of peanuts.<br />
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He stuffed the bags into the saddlebags of his bike and roared toward home, nervously tapping his fingers on handlebars at red lights, riding on shoulders to keep from slowing down. He was anxious to get to the privacy of his own room and read about Branach St. Germaine.<br />
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Two beers, one jar of peanuts, and one “NOW” article later, Brash was sitting on the edge of his bed looking at the wall, seeing nothing but his own heavy thoughts. He pulled out his phone, looked up a website, and waited on hold for ten minutes to hear the time of the next flight from Austin to New York.<br />
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There was a flight to Newark in a little over three hours. He looked at his watch and calculated the time it would take to drive from Dripping Springs at that time of day. As he booked the flight, he stood up, walked to the small closet, grabbed a duffel bag, and began shoving stuff into it. Ten minutes later, he closed his door and locked it, threw the duffel over his shoulder, and headed straight for the office downstairs. He dropped the duffel on the hallway floor beside the closed door and knocked.<br />
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“Yeah?” Brash looked inside, glad that his dad was by himself, and stepped in. “What’s up?”<br />
“I’m takin’ personal time, Pop. Gonna be gone for a couple of days.”<br />
“What the hell is ‘personal time’?”<br />
The gruffness made Brash smile. “It means I’m not gonna be here if you call and I’m not tellin’ you why.”<br />
The Sons of Sanctuary President looked up at Brash, over the top of his readers, and narrowed his eyes. “You got a secret?”<br />
“Everybody’s got secrets.”<br />
Brandon Fornight studied his son for a minute. “True enough. Is it the kind of secret that could affect this club?”<br />
Brash shook his head. “Don’t see how.”<br />
“Well, then. See you… When did you say you’d be back?”<br />
“I didn't.”<br />
“Bein’ purposefully vague, are you?”<br />
Brash grinned. “That’s why they call it personal time. But I expect to be back Friday.”<br />
“You gonna have your phone with you?” When Brash nodded, Bran looked back down at his ledger in a deliberately dismissive gesture. “Well, get outta here then.”<br />
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Brash parked his bike in the airplane hangar. The structure had already been on the property when the club had bought it and turned it into a compound twenty years earlier. They used part of it for vehicle maintenance and repair and part for parking.<br />
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Some of the guys who were working looked over and shot curious glances his way when Brash threw his duffel into his pickup and started it up, but it wasn't their way to ask questions. The Sons figured that if somebody wanted you to know something, they’d tell you.<br />
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Brash took a cab to a midtown hotel, wondering all the way why human beings would choose to live in such a place. As he slid his credit card across the hotel counter to the agent on duty, he glanced at the name, Brandon Fornight. It seemed unlikely that it was a coincidence that that the mysterious look-alike’s first name began with the same four letters. He ordered room service and pulled out his laptop.<br />
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Getting intel on the guy didn't take advanced ops. Within an hour Brash knew where Brannach St. Germaine worked, what kind of car he drove, what kind of women he dated, who his tailor was, and where he liked to dine. There was no shortage of photos online, but the one that grabbed his attention wasn't one of the many with starlets or debutantes on his arm. It was the one taken with his arm around his mother as they were arriving together for some red carpet fundraiser. Brash had an almost irresistible compulsion to reach up and touch her face on the screen in front of him.<br />
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The knock on the door signaled that room service had arrived. It cost a fortune, but looked and tasted like shit. So he closed the computer and went out for a walk to clear his head and find something edible.<br />
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<i>USA TODAY</i> Bestselling Author <b>Victoria Danann</b></div>
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Victoria writes cross-genre with uniquely fresh perspectives on paranormal creatures, characters, and themes. She is making her debut into contemporary romance with the publication of the <b><i>SUMMER FIRE</i></b> ultimate romance collection anthology with the intro to the <i>Sons of Sanctuary MC</i> series. The first full novel of the series will be released June 16, 2015.<br />
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Victoria's <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Order of the Black Swan</i> has won <i>BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE SERIES</i> TWO YEARS IN A ROW (2013, 2014). <i>Reviewers Choice Awards</i>, <i>The Paranormal Romance Guild</i>.<br />
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International, super-model Sadie Stewart meets her Dutch lover, Sebastian Wilde, in Venice to celebrate their six month anniversary. But having lived a double life as a CIA operative for ten years, her life is never simple.<br />
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During a costume ball in an ancient Venetian palace, an assassin tries to kill her. As a result Sebastian gets ridiculously, over-protective, which drives her crazy. Her old boss offers to help her, but wants something in return.<br />
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Bakari al-Sharif, an arms-dealer with an insatiable thirst for power, is planning to steal King Tutankhamen’s scarab from Highclere castle near London. Sadie is the only person who has ever gotten close to al-Sharif and lived. The CIA wants her to stop him.<br />
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Or at least that’s what they say. When it comes to the world of espionage, the true motivation of the players is never clear.<br />
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Can Sadie return to the life of a spook and maintain a relationship with Sebastian? Can she nail the arms-dealer? And why did the masked man try to kill her?<br />
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Life is complicated for Sadie Stewart.<br />
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<i>A cross between Indiana Jones and Covert Affairs</i><br />
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Sadie is a model by day and a spy by night. Today she’s talking about modeling.<br />
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The top five things about my modelling career? I get to:<br />
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<li>Travel all over the world.</li>
<li>Wear great clothes. </li>
<li>Meet interesting people.</li>
<li>Make some good money, which I’ve mostly spent, but that’s another story.</li>
<li>All of these things make a great cover for a spy. </li>
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But being a model isn’t easy. My Top 5 Pet Peeves are:<br />
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1. Stilettoes<br />
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…kill my feet. I know, they look sexy, and give me a special kind of control over men, but I’ll be honest standing for hours in them while I pout gives me blisters and an aching back. Having to run in them is pure hell. I’d like to see James Bond try an escape in a four inch heel.</blockquote>
2. People think I’m stupid<br />
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Okay folks. Let’s get this straight. Having a symmetrical face does not mean I’ve had a lobotomy. Sheesh. Some people think my IQ is in the range of my shoe size. Of course that does come in handy…</blockquote>
3. I feel like I’m never “enough”<br />
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In the modelling business I’m never young enough, skinny enough, stylish enough… You get the idea. I hear the whispers and feel, I’m not enough. Many models self-medicate to deal with the negative side of the beauty industry. I say to hell with that, and carry a gun.</blockquote>
4. It’s a ruthless profession<br />
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One day you’re in the top five, the next morning you wake up and no one knows your name. Modelling is a highly competitive, short-term gig. You need to have a strong sense of self to survive. And a good lover helps.</blockquote>
5. It takes me away from Sebastian<br />
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He is the love of my life and I don’t like to be away from him.</blockquote>
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Stifling the desire to scream, Sadie stood on top of the fourteenth-century Venetian palazzo looking out over the lagoon and its islands. No point risking the lives of others. She took a deep breath of the salty air blowing in off the Adriatic Sea. The red-tiled rooftops, round domes and cathedral spires of the ancient city spread to the west. For hundreds of years noblemen had used this perch to watch the arrival of merchant ships from the Orient with their exotic wares. Now it had become her trap.<br />
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Below, an opera singer in the bow of a gondola serenaded young lovers nestled inside, while the gondolier at the stern in his blue and white striped shirt navigated the still night waters. Venice, a city steeped in history and secrets, a place where anything could happen in a heartbeat and did; a sanctuary for people like her who wanted to disappear…<br />
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<b><i>Introduction to the two bad guys:</i></b><br />
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Bakari assessed people with speed and precision. In his business an accurate understanding of people was a matter of life and death. Khalid had a Frankenstein look about him, like a man not fully grown into himself, a man who could be dangerous, a shell waiting for its heart. Daring, possibly unstable, but surely not as dangerous as Djeserit had claimed.<br />
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Suspicion played across the light in the young man’s eyes and he leaned his lanky body back in his chair. “My name is Khalid Badru. Do I know you?”<br />
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The words hit Bakari like a thousand grenades, unleashing a toxic mixture of regret and anger within. “Not yet.”<br />
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Maybe he should have just had him killed, as his brother had suggested. No. That wouldn’t be right. If anyone killed this man, it would have to be him. But the man was barely more than a boy. A boy with his blood. Bakari wanted to give him a chance.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11418712775620820655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048690728185092312.post-35843902320735220422015-05-28T02:00:00.000-05:002015-05-28T22:09:16.878-05:00Cozy Mystery Blog Tour: Review & Giveaway: Mr. Monk and the New Lieutenant (Mr. Monk #19) by Hy Conrad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="freeText16127660635505496782"><b>An all-new story starring Adrian Monk by Edgar® Award–nominated <i>Monk </i>screenwriter and coexecutive producer Hy Conrad.<br /><br />It’s compulsive, page-turning fun.</b><br /><br />Monk
and Natalie have finally settled into a new office routine. Now they
just need to work things out with their neighbors—a print shop run by
hippies whose music leaks through the walls, driving Monk nuts. But the
detectives soon have a more serious conflict to deal with: Captain
Stottlemeyer’s new lieutenant, A.J. Cartledge—a man of limited skills
whom Monk finds insufferable.<br /><br />Even the presence of Lieutenant
Cartledge won’t keep Monk and Natalie from attending the funeral of
Judge Oberlin, and it’s a good thing. In typical fashion, Monk examines
the body in the casket—and finds evidence of poison. The judge was
murdered.<br /><br />While there are no traces of the poison at the judge’s
house, Monk detects that there had been an intruder. The next rainy day,
when Captain Stottlemeyer begins to show the same symptoms, Monk
deduces that there’s a diabolical killer at work, someone who wanted
both the judge and the captain dead. Monk and Natalie turn to the
captain’s ex-lieutenant in Summit, New Jersey for help, but even that
might not be enough to solve this crime. With his friend in danger and
an enemy close, Monk will have to put his reservations aside to crack
the case in time.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText16127660635505496782">As a fan of the television show, it has delighted me to see the series continued on through literature. I've enjoyed spending the last few books with Hy Conrad and his brilliant storytelling abilities. It's bittersweet to think that the series is finally coming to an end (if the rumors are true), but I truly have enjoyed this ride. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText16127660635505496782">That being said, I want to tip my hat to Hy for going out in true Monk fashion! This book was true to the character. I enjoyed his quirkiness and I certainly enjoyed the mystery and the subplots at play. It was yet another thrilling addition to the world of Monk. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText16127660635505496782">I'm sad to see the author end their run at this series. With any luck, someone else will pick up where they leave off. But if they don't, it certainly has been one heck of a fun ride! </span><br />
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<span id="freeText16127660635505496782">Rating: <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>4.5 stars</b></span></span></span><br />
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what treasures can be found in someone’s attic. Unfortunately for
bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright, some of them are worth killing for.… </b><br /><br />Brooklyn Wainwright is thrilled to be appearing on the San Francisco edition of the hit TV show <i>This Old Attic</i> as a rare-book expert and appraiser. Her first subject is a very valuable first-edition copy of the classic children’s story <i>The Secret Garden</i>, which is owned by a flower vendor named Vera.<br /><br />Once
she hears what her book is worth, Vera is eager to have Brooklyn
recondition it for resale. But after the episode airs, a furious man
viciously accosts Brooklyn, claiming that Vera found the first edition
at his garage sale, and he wants it back—or else. Brooklyn is relieved
that she’s put <i>The Secret Garden</i> in a safe place, but Randolph Rayburn, the handsome host of <i>This Old Attic</i>,
is terrified by the man’s threats. He confides in Brooklyn that he
fears he is being stalked. He doesn't know who might have targeted him,
or why.<br /><br />In the days that follow, several violent incidents occur
on the set, and Brooklyn is almost killed, leaving both her and her
security expert boyfriend, Derek, shaken. Is someone after Brooklyn and
the book? Or has Randolph’s stalker become more desperate? And then
Brooklyn visits Vera’s flower shop…and discovers her dead. Is the
murderer one of the two obvious suspects, or is something more
sinister—even bizarre—going on? Brooklyn had better find the clever
killer soon or more than her chance at prime time may be
canceled…permanently.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText13790484700690219975">One of the things that I enjoy about this series is the author's ability to create a story where the victim of the crime at hand is given the chance to be known. She takes time to introduce the victim and give you the opportunity to get to know them. For me, that creates an investment in discovering who committed the murder and throws me right in to the middle of the story and the subsequent investigation. The author does just that in The Book Stops Here. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText13790484700690219975">Another thing about this book that I just loved was the whole concept of finding an item at a garage sale that was worth a relatively small fortune. It's something we all hope for but few are able to discover. And the fact that it led to the eventual demise of the person who discovered it - brilliant! Of course the investigation is exciting, even though the outcome wasn't all that surprising. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText13790484700690219975">This series is always so exciting. The books are well written and Brooklyn is such an extraordinary character. Her next adventure should be a lot of fun! </span><br />
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<span id="freeText13790484700690219975">Rating: <span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>4.5 stars</b></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span id="freeText13790484700690219975">I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange of an honest review. All conclusions reached are my own. </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">In California wine country, the town of Cypress Cove may seem peaceful. But someone’s about to pop their cork…</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">After losing her job as a photojournalist, Penny Lively is trying to get her life back in focus. Inheriting the family winery from her late aunt may be the fresh start she needs. Thankfully she’s got her niece Hayley and her handsome winery manager Connor to help. But the person in need of more urgent assistance is Antonia Martinelli, the owner of the neighboring winery, who has her own barrel full of problems. Someone’s spoiling her wine, and with the upcoming Autumn Festival, she needs Penny’s nose for clues to sniff out the culprit.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">But Penny’s search for answers sours after the body of a staff member is found in a grape crusher. Since Hayley was the last to see him alive, she’s the prime suspect in the case. Now Penny must hurry to find the real killer before Hayley withers on the vine. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi, I’m Penny Lively, owner of Joyeux Winery. Joyeux
is a smaller winery in comparison to several of our neighbors, but enjoys a
great reputation. As it happens, I’ve also managed to gain a reputation for my
knack for finding bodies. I don’t know if knack is the right word…Connor would
call it a gift, but the statement would be said under his breath and likely
dripping with sarcasm. Connor’s my winery manager. My manager and nothing more.
Yup, nothing more. He’s the best manager on the central California coast and
I’m lucky to have him in that capacity, which is why I’ve stifled any urges I
might have for him in any other capacity…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where was I? Right. So after a long career as an
investigative photojournalist, I came home to the winery I’d inherited. I’d
been worried small town life would be too slow. Instead, I’ve been back less
than a year and so far I’ve managed to find more bodies than I did in an entire
career <i>investigating</i> situations where
one might reasonably expect to find bodies. The local police can’t decide what
to do with me, but it’s not like I’m <i>asking
</i>for this. Although, I have to admit, once I’m involved I’m not about to
walk away. Either the police manage to get it wrong, or someone I care about is
a suspect and asks for my help. The first time it happened, my neighbor,
Antonia Martinelli, thought someone was sabotaging her winery. She didn’t want
to go to the police because she thought one of her children might be involved.
Simple, right? Nobody mentioned murder.
They never really do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Between running the winery and running just ahead of whatever
mess I’m no doubt in, I stay pretty busy. Connor does most of the heavy lifting
when it comes to the winery, so I have free time on my hands. I spend most of
it with my camera, a holdover from my last profession. My focus is on the
landscape now, and this is a part of the country where it’s easy to find
inspiration. The winery is beautiful, vineyards stretched across rolling hills
in tones of bronze and umber, and just a short drive from Monterey Bay, Pebble
Beach and the fabulous town of Cypress Cove. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That’s another thing; murder just shouldn’t happen
somewhere so beautiful. The mean streets of Los Angeles? Sure. The underbelly
of Chicago? Who’s surprised? Nobody. Here, when you find a body set against
such beauty, it seems so much more shocking, vicious, and wrong. There’s a
Latin saying, “<span style="background: white;">It is well to
remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend;
one's present or future thirst; the excellence of the wine; or any other
reason.</span>” After what I’ve just been through I
would include finding a body in your neighbor’s crusher. Just saying.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A win<span style="font-family: inherit;">ery <span style="font-family: inherit;">as a se<span style="font-family: inherit;">tting and a prot<span style="font-family: inherit;">agonist that's quirky and <span style="font-family: inherit;">spontaneous? I'm <span style="font-family: inherit;">one-hundre<span style="font-family: inherit;">d percent sold! One <span style="font-family: inherit;">Foot<span style="font-family: inherit;"> in the Grape is a wonderful debut <span style="font-family: inherit;">book that <span style="font-family: inherit;">I personally feel<span style="font-family: inherit;"> will be a spectacular and fun series. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's told in a first person <span style="font-family: inherit;">point of view with Penny, our protagonist, at the helm. It's funny, entertaining and of course, full of wine reference<span style="font-family: inherit;">s left and right. <span style="font-family: inherit;">It's <span style="font-family: inherit;">a smart story with <span style="font-family: inherit;">rich <span style="font-family: inherit;">descriptive<span style="font-family: inherit;"> words that leave you feeling as if you've been trans<span style="font-family: inherit;">formed <span style="font-family: inherit;">right in to the middle <span style="font-family: inherit;">of th<span style="font-family: inherit;">is beautiful setting. <span style="font-family: inherit;">And the mystery <span style="font-family: inherit;">is unique<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">and leaves you scratching your head until the very end. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I absolutely loved this book. Everything ab<span style="font-family: inherit;">out it. Penny, Antonia<span style="font-family: inherit;"> - the entire cast of characters.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> The v<span style="font-family: inherit;">ineyar<span style="font-family: inherit;">ds, the humor and most of all, the wine :) <span style="font-family: inherit;">Having read this story, I can honestly tell you that this series is quickly going to become a favorite of mine. I can just feel <span style="font-family: inherit;">it<span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rating: <span style="color: #38761d;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">5 stars</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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