New Releases by SFA-RWA Authors

Bella Andre Love Me www.BellaAndre.com - July 1, 2010 ISBN: It's been five years since Lily and Travis got married and fell n love in Take Me...now it's finally time for Janica and Luke to get their very own happy ending. If there's one thing that Janica Ellis is absolutely certain of, it's that she and Luke Carson are totally wrong for each other. She's a wild, artistic and outspoken fashion designer. He's a type A, workaholic trauma surgeon (who just happens to be sizzling hot and her brother-in-law!). But Janica is about to be proven wrong when opposites attract...in the sexiest possible way. After a life-changing night in the ER, Luke is desperate for escape—and relief from his personal demons. For five years he has fought his attraction to his sister-in-law, but when he's pushed too far, he can't fight it another second. He needs her. Desperately. He's spent his whole life doing the right thing. For one night, he's going to follow desire instead. Straight into Janica's arms. Janica can't believe Luke is finally at her front door...and that he's kissing her like he's been waiting his whole life for this. But even as their sensual connection deepens with every touch of skin on skin—and the man she always thought was such a good boy turns out to be sinfully, toe-curlingly bad between the sheets—Janica soon realizes she wants more than Luke's body. She wants his heart too. But what will Luke do when one night of extreme passion turns into an all-or-nothing proposition?
Susan C. Shea Murder in the Abstract Avalon - June 24, 2010 ISBN: 978-0803477681 Danielle O’Rourke’s gala evening at the Devor Museum ends in catastrophe when the body of a young artist plummets from her office window. The police label it murder and suspect Dani, the Museum’s chief fund raiser. Self preservation and an insider’s understanding of how money moves the art world drive her to investigate who might have a motive for murder. Dani’s playboy ex-husband and a green-eyed cop complicate matters as her search moves through the fashionable worlds of San Francisco and Santa Fe.
Alice Gaines Miss Foster's Folly Carina Press - June 14, 2010 ISBN: E-book: http://carinapress.com Manhattan, 1886 Juliet Foster has just become the wealthiest spinster in town. Her domineering and thoroughly unpleasant father has died and left her millions. She’s free to be her own woman and seek a life of adventure. David Winslow, Marquess of Derrington, is in search of a wife who can break the Winslow Curse. Every secondgeneration heir inherits a restless, defiant nature that can only be tamed by a mate as independent and rebellious as himself. Miss Juliet Foster is perfect―and eager for seduction. But when he wants more than a few nights of passion, Juliet runs like the devil’s on her heels. Can the marquess convince her that marriage isn’t a trap, but the greatest freedom of all?
Sophie Littlefield A Bad Day for Pretty Minotaur Books - June 8, 2010 ISBN: 978-0312559755 Stella Hardesty, avenger of wronged women, is getting cozy with Sheriff "Goat" Jones when a tornado blows none other than Goat’s scheming ex-wife, Brandy, through the front door. Adding to the chaos, the tornado destroys the snack shack at the demolition derby track, pulling up the concrete foundation and unearthing a woman's body. The main suspect in the woman’s murder is Neb Donovan―he laid the foundation, and there's some pretty hard evidence pointing to his guilt. Years ago, Neb's wife asked Stella for help getting him sober. Stella doesn't believe the gentle man could kill anyone, and she promises his frantic wife she'll look into it. Former client Chrissy Shaw is now employed at Stella's sewing shop and she helps with the snooping as Stella negotiates the unpredictable Brandy and the dangerously magnetic sheriff.
Josie Brown Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives Downtown Press - June 1, 2010 ISBN: 978-1439173176 Suburbia is a jungle, filled with lots of vicious creatures. Take the Paradise Heights Women’s League board. Lyssa Harper should have warned golden-haired DILF du jour Harry Wilder what he was getting into when she invited him to meet the mommies who run their suburban, gated community. At least he brought cupcakes. Since meeting the former Master-of-the-Universe turned stay-at-home single dad, Lyssa has been his domestic Sherpa, teaching him the ins and outs of suburban life. She just didn’t realize her friends would show up at his house unannounced with casseroles, leopard-print bikini briefs, and plans to rearrange his kitchen cabinets. The truth is, if Harry and his wife, the neighborhood’s "perfect couple," can call it quits, what does that mean for everyone else? Lyssa’s husband, Ted, is a great father, but he pays her Pilates-pumped momtourage more attention than he does his own wife. Her friends gossip about the neighbors while ignoring their own problems: infertility, infidelity, and eating disorders. When Harry sets boundaries with his new fan club, he is exiled from the neighborhood’s in-clique. But Lyssa refuses to snub him. What she never expects is the explosive impact her ongoing friendship with Harry will have on her close-knit pals—and on her marriage.
Managing Editors, Beth Barany and David Herrera When I Was There: Life At Berkeley Rebus 101 Books - June 1, 2010 ISBN: From the 1960s to the 21st century, this anthology contains personal stories of life as a Cal student: heart-warming, heartwrenching, and humorous. Incoming freshman, students, and alumni get to see Cal as it was and as it is today. Written entirely by Cal alumni authors, part nostalgic, part pride, and part wonderment, When I Was There celebrates the many facets of the UC Berkeley experience.
Bella Andre Never Too Hot Bantam - May 25, 2010 ISBN: 978-0440245025 Deep in the cool green mountains of the Adirondacks, wounded firefighter Connor MacKenzie has come to rebuild the 100-year-old MacKenzie family cabin―and to be alone. A horrific blaze has left him scarred inside and out, and certain of two things: He'll get back on his Hot Shot crew no matter what it takes, and any woman who ventures too close will not stay long. Ginger Sinclair has been burned by a different kind of fire. Having just escaped from a bad marriage, she's retreated to the safety of the lakeside vacation town in upstate New York to start a new life. She's done with men, with relationships, with the danger of desires that can rage out of control―until she unexpectedly encounters Connor MacKenzie. As a hot summer on the lake grows ever hotter, they find themselves sharing a cabin and a romance that will swiftly engulf them both.
Karin Harlow Enemy Lover Pocket Star - May 25, 2010 ISBN: 978-1439109823 When you have no alternative, then you call in L.O.S.T. Because with the Last Option Special Team, it’s do or die. . . . It’s Jax Cassidy’s first mission for L.O.S.T.?one that will give the former cop who went rogue a chance to prove herself. Her assignment: gain the trust of assassin Marcus Cross . . . eliminate him . . . then take down Marcus’s mentor, Joseph Lazarus, a man with a bold eye on the White House. But the woman who’s known by her team for being a femme fatale succumbs to passion, only to discover Cross’s deadly secret. He’s a vampire, and Joseph Lazarus is his creator. Left for dead by his platoon in the violent hills of Afghanistan, Special Ops sniper Marcus Cross was given a second chance at life. His newly heightened skills make him the perfect killing machine, and as Lazarus’s right-hand man, he’s quickly rising to the top of his dark empire, purging enemies with speed and precision. Only when dangerous beauty Jax Cassidy is sent to bring him in does he begin to question Lazarus’s motives and his own actions. But when Jax’s life is threatened by the one thing that can destroy them both, Marcus must make a bitter choice? her death or his.
Jasmine Haynes Hers for the Evening (Courtesans Tales Book 2) Berkley Heat - May 4, 2010 ISBN: 978-0425234174 Three sexy tales by Jasmine Haynes. With Courtesans you get more than you pay for… In “Three’s a Crowd,” a couple’s steamy ménage à trois fantasy seems destined to tear their marriage apart. So husband Seth plans to fulfill Courtney’s every desire?by giving her his undivided attention. Now all he needs is a little bedroom help from the ever-inventive Courtesans. She knows it’s unethical, but CEO Devon Parker’s whole body burns for CFO Hunter Nash. So she consults the Courtesans, who figure that sleeping with a “Stand In” should suffice. A perfect plan, but for one thing: the real Hunter’s watching. In “Surrender to Me,” when Haley’s husband dies in the arms of another woman, she can hardly forgive his business partner, Simon, for keeping the infidelity a secret. For Simon, there is no forgiveness to be had. Until he forms a plan with the Courtesans. And in it, Haley might just lose her inhibitions?and her heart.
Carolina Montague Sacred Guardian The Wild Rose Press - May 1, 2010 ISBN: Three rules governed Joe Littlehawk's existence as a Sacred Guardian: never interfere, never let them see you, and NEVER touch. Before he watched over Alena, he'd never broken any… Young single mother Alena Morgan has no time for anything remotely paranormal. Yet when she suffers an accidental overdose of powerful migraine medication, she can’t deny the glorious Native American dude who appears and saves her. She tries to write it off as a near-death hallucination, but she has no explanation for the Voice that only she can hear and the flowering of her heart as she lets this otherworldly Being into her life. When Joe enters Alena’s dreams where they can touch one another, neither of them realizes the deadly consequences of their love.
Barbara Freethy In Shelter Cove (Angel's Bay Series Book 3) Pocket Star - April 27, 2010 ISBN: 978-1439173251 A long-ago shipwreck off the California coast led the survivors to the haven they named Angel's Bay. Their shared adversity brought fellowship and joy...but also unsuspected secrets. Acclaimed author Barbara Freethy returns to the town where angels still keep watch, with a compelling story of a young widow trying to find the truth for her son and for herself... The theft of three priceless paintings sent Derek Kane to prison and destroyed the dreams of his wife, Brianna. When Derek unexpectedly dies just weeks before his release, Brianna returns to Angel's Bay with her young son, determined to prove her husband's innocence and find the missing paintings. Her efforts are stymied by Jason Marlow, the police officer who sent Derek to jail?betraying his former friend. And when unexpected passion flares between Brianna and Jason, she must choose between the past and the present, the guilty and the innocent, the truth and the lies. For nothing is what it seems...
Crystal Kauffman Claiming Lady Marianne Ellora's Cave - April 23, 2010 ISBN: 9781419928031 After Marianne is caught en compromise with another woman, Viscount Cobham is fed up. He remands Marianne to the care of her beastly grandfather with orders that she take a lover- a male lover. She is to get herself with child by the time he returns from his travels in six months. He will have his heir, one way or another. Marianne’s grandfather charges his stable master with the task, and Marianne is bound to her bed every third night to await the burly man. Michael Ainsworth is no stud horse himself, and Baron Thurlow’s task is too ghastly to consider. But Michael longs for a glimpse of the pretty girl who used to cling to the paddock fence to watch the horses, and when he finds her terrified and unwilling, his honor demands he protect her. While he knows the viscountess can never love a lowly servant, every day his feelings grow stronger. With their brief six months together quickly disappearing, can Michael endure the day he must step aside and let the woman he loves return to the cruel viscount? www.crystalkauffman.com
Jasmine Haynes Take Your Pleasure Loose Id - April 13, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-60737-567-8 A naughty little story with a bit of bondage and a very good spanking! When Natalie Beaumonde catches her boyfriend with another woman, her boss Lincoln Masters hatches a plan to show her wandering man the error of his ways. Being a Master himself, Lincoln’s the perfect dom to help Natalie execute the punishment. But Lincoln has an agenda for Natalie of his own.
Barbara Freethy On Shadow Beach Pocket Star - March 30, 2010 ISBN: 978-1439101575 The California coastal town of Angel's Bay has had its share of troubles: from the long-unsolved murder of a teenage girl to the young police officer recently left in a coma after being shot. But miracles also have a way of happening...as if angels really do keep a watchful eye there... Lauren Jamison hasn't been back to Angel's Bay since she was a teenager...when her sister Abby was murdered and Lauren's boyfriend, Shane Murray, was accused of the crime. When Lauren reluctantly returns home to assist her ailing father, the old attraction again flares between Lauren and Shane. But the terrible days after Abby's murder still stand between them, as well as the secrets Shane has yet to unveil. Finding the truth could bring closure...but at a cost. For there are people who don't want old mysteries brought to light?people whose fear makes them very dangerous.
Monica McCarty The Chief Ballantine Books - March 23, 2010 ISBN: 978-0345518224 An elite fighting force like the world has never seen... Scouring the darkest corners of the Highlands and Western Isles, Robert the Bruce handpicks ten warriors to help him in his quest to free Scotland from English rule. They are the best of the best, chosen for their superior skills in each discipline of warfare. To lead his secret Highland Guard, Bruce chooses the greatest warrior of all. The ultimate Highland warlord and a swordsman without equal, Tor MacLeod has no intention of being drawn into Scotland’s war. Dedicated to his clan, the fiercely independent chief answers to no one, especially not his alluring new bride, bartered to him in a bid to secure his agreement to command the deadliest fighting force the world has ever seen. The treacherous chit who made her way to his bed may have won his hand, but she will never claim his heart. Although her husband’s reputation is as fierce as his manner, Christina Fraser believes something softer hides beneath his brutal shell. But the only warmth she feels is in their bed, in the glorious moments of white-hot desire that disappear with the dawn. When Christina’s reckless bid to win her husband’s love goes awry and thrusts them into danger on the eve of war against England, Tor will face his ultimate battle: to save his wife and open his heart before it’s too late.
Alice Gaines Dragon Shift Changeling Press - March 5, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-60521-378-1 Ilona's always dreamed of her dragon. Now that she's grown, the images have become so erotic no real man can compete with them. But lately, she keeps getting jolts of sexual energy, and she needs relief. So when a hunk of male flesh named Zimm shows up on the scene, she's tempted to finally lose her virginity. Drake, crown prince of the realm of dragons, seeks his mate so that he can help her with her first shift. Unfortunately, he finds her living with demons, and one in particular has nearly seduced her into his bed. Drake now has to convince Ilona that she's his princess, and the best way is to take her on their mating flight.
Rachael Herron How to Knit a Love Song HarperCollins AvonA - March 2, 2010 ISBN: 978-0061841293 Abigail intends to turn her cozy little windfall into a knitting shop and spend her days spinning, knitting, and purling, but she's not going to be welcomed with open arms by Cade, who views this sexy city girl as an unwanted interloper. But chemistry working overtime is drawing two very different people closer than they ever thought possible, and when the past that Abigail thought she'd left behind comes calling, she'll have to somehow learn to trust her handsome adversary with much more than just her heart.
Susan Crosby The Doctor's Pregnant Bride? Silhouette Special Edition “The Baby Chase” - March 1, 2010 ISBN: 037365512-0 WILL THIS DOCTOR TAKE A WIFE? Having a secret crush on her boss was definitely taboo—especially when tall, dark and hunky Ted Bonner didn’t even know Sara Beth O’Connell was alive! And now she’d agreed to be a corporate spy to save the Armstrong Fertility Institute from scandal . . . which meant working extra closely with the dedicated doctor. From the moment Ted asked Sara Beth to be his date for a Valentine’s Day dinner, the head-in-the-clouds scientist was hooked—even if she did seem to be hiding something. But Ted knew he had to fight for the woman he loved . . . and convince her that she could count on him to be the family man she wanted and needed.
Jasmine Haynes Laced With Desire Berkley Heat - February 2, 2010 ISBN: 978-0425232293 Seduction is a cinch in these four sizzling stories from the hot authors of Unlaced. And that's not just talk. These women deliver... Jaci Burton breaks the rule about mixing business with pleasure...Jasmine Haynes explores the lust of a former supermodel who needs to finally fulfill a no-holds-barred sexual fantasy...Joey W. Hill reveals the erotic bond between a master and the beautiful submissive who stole his heart...And Denise Rossetti goes beyond the limits of desire when she pairs a battle-scarred veteran of love and war with a woman who's just as fearless and twice as dangerous. www.jasminehaynes.com
Allison Brennan Original Sin Ballantine Books - February 1, 2010 ISBN: 978-0345511676 Haunted by chilling memories of demonic possession and murder, Moira O’Donnell has spent seven years hunting down her mother, Fiona, whose command of black magic has granted her unprecedented control of the underworld. Now Moira’s global search has led her to a small California town that’s about to become hell on earth. Tormented by his own terrifying past and driven by powers he can’t explain, ex-seminarian Rafe Cooper joins Moira’s dangerous quest. But Fiona is one devilish step ahead. Hungry for greater power, eternal youth, and stunning beauty, the sorceress is unleashing upon the mortal world the living incarnations of the Seven Deadly Sins. Together with a demonologist, a tough female sheriff, and a pair of star-crossed teenagers, Moira and Rafe are humanity’s last chance to snatch salvation from the howling jaws of damnation.
Veronica Wolff "The Drowning Sea" in Ladies Prefer Rogues Berkley - February 1, 2010 ISBN: 978-0425233818 A seventeenth-century Scotsman avenges the death of his greatest love and becomes a notorious pirate for twenty years. When the past and present become entangled, he wonders if it could be his haunted heart that is adrift.
Marie Tuhart In Plain Sight The Wild Rose Press, Wilder Catalogue - January 22, 2010 ISBN: Bad boy businessman Joe Bradshaw has achieved almost everything he’s wanted in life, but his strait-laced colleague Victoria Collins is proving an elusive challenge. A steamy encounter in the elevator begins a wild journey of sensual discovery. Joe’s determined to break through Vicki’s barriers to reveal the redhot woman hiding inside. But Vicki is stalked by her past--her ex-fiancé will stop at nothing to get her back. Falling in love and keeping Vicki safe could be the biggest challenges of Joe’s life.
Kate Moore To Tempt a Saint Berkley Sensation - January 5, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-425-23306-1 To Tempt a Saint begins the Sons of Sin trilogy, the tale of three brothers whose mother is a famous London courtesan. In book one, Xander, knighted for saving the Prince, but still unaccepted in London society must marry the first willing heiress he finds to fund the search for his missing brother. Blue-blooded orphan Cleo Spencer must marry to get access to her inheritance and free herself from her unscrupulous uncle's control of her life. Their convenient marriage is thwarted by a most inconvenient love. www.katemoore.com
Amanda Scott Seduced by a Rogue Grand Central - January 1, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-446-54134-3 Flaxen-haired and beautiful, Lady Mairi Dunwythie is heiress apparent to the wealthy nobleman blocking Clan Maxwell’s attempt to control much of southwest Scotland. Her first meeting with handsome Robert Maxwell ignites an attraction that is immediate, intense, and almost irresistible—until she learns he is asking her father to submit to the Maxwells’ demands. Rob is a warrior, a man of action. So when Mairi’s father stands defiant, Rob daringly abducts Mairi. As clan tensions mount, passion escalates between Rob and Mairi, tempting them beyond reason.. Soon the two lovers must choose between loyalty and love . . . before the eruption of all-out clan war.
Shelley Adina The Chic Shall Inherit the Earth Hachette FaithWords - January 1, 2010 ISBN: 0-446-17964-5 The girls of Spencer Academy are ready to take on life after high school . . . if they can make it through their last term! Lissa Mansfield has come a long way since transferring to Spencer Academy two years ago. She’s made a great group of friends in Gillian, Carly, Mac, and Shani. She’s strengthened and grown her relationship with God. She’s even gotten over the Callum McCloud “incident” from her first term. Now she’s set to graduate and experience college life! But with the girls about to separate and head in different directions, Lissa is faced with some of her biggest challenges yet. Her archenemy, Vanessa Talbot, has a shocking secret?one that could destroy her reputation forever. Can Lissa act on God's prompting and reach out to her foe when Vanessa needs a friend the most? And with college on the horizon, will Lissa and Kaz finally come to terms with their feelings for each other? High school may be ending, but the excitement has just begun!
Susan Crosby Love and the Single Dad (“The McCoys of Chance City”) Silhouette Special Edition - January 1, 2010 ISBN: 978-0373655014 YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN... Newly minted father Donovan McCoy had to give it a try?-he owed it to the little boy who now called him “Daddy.” So the photojournalist had to say goodbye to his life on the road and learn to find joy a little closer to home. Perhaps with the girl?now woman?who, despite all his travels, he’d never been able to forget? OR CAN YOU? Beauty-queen-turned-attorney Laura Bannister had never really left. But she’d long abandoned the hope of attaining her real definition of home?-a man she loved and children of her very own. Yet here was Donovan and his precious child, making her wonder if happily-ever-after could still be in the cards?for all of them....
Tawny Weber You Have to Kiss a Lot of Frogs... Harlequin Blaze - January 1, 2010 ISBN: 978-0373795178 ...in Blazing Bedtime Stories {Volume III} Fan favorites Tori Carrington and Tawny Weber invite you to indulge in two tales of love, adventure... and really hot sex! Reporter Sebastian Lane knows he’s tangled with the wrong woman when she puts a curse on him to lose his sexual mojo! It’s going to take a real woman to save him. Luckily, Jordan Olliver has a weakness for Sebastian, warts and all....
Clare Willis Once Bitten Zebra - December 1, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-4201-0871-2 Is it more than just a one-bite stand? Angie McCaffrey has endured her share of liquid lunches and boardroom schmoozefests to win new advertising clients. But her latest account—a cosmetics line for wannabe vampires—involves some unusual customer research at San Francisco’s hippest private nightclub. The “undead” patrons are about as genuine as Macabre Factor’s press-on fangs, but one thing is very real—the skin-tingling connection Angie feels with her clients’ mysterious friend, Eric Taylor. Still, there are a few problems with this hot new romance. 1) Eric is rumored to have dated Angie’s scheming boss, Lucy. 2) Lucy, missing for days, just turned up dead and bloodless. And, oh yeah, 3) Angie has suddenly developed a teeny aversion to sunlight. Is Eric a real vampire, a killer, or both? Angie’s got a lot riding on the answer—her life, her heart, and maybe even her soul… www.clarewillis.com
Elisabeth Waters “A Storytelling of Crows” Penguin - December 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780756405809 in Changing the World: All New Tales of Valdemar, edited by Mercedes Lackey. In March 1987, a young author from Oklahoma published her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. This modest book about a magical land called Vademar was the beginning of a fantasy masterpiece that would span decades and include more than two dozen titles. Now sixteen of today’s hottest fantasy authors—including Tanya Huff, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Fiona Patton, Judith Tarr, and Elizabeth Waters—visit the world of Valdemar, adding their own special touches.
Jenny Andersen Loving Luke The Wild Rose Press, - December 1, 2009 ISBN: 978-1601546272 Luke Stone has spent ten years in prison for someone else’s crime. The last thing he wants when he gets out is to return to the town whose people falsely accused him, but a man with no possessions, no home, and no future has little choice. Hannah Bluefield has loved Luke all her life, but he doesn’t know it. She knows he's innocent, and his parole is a godsend. Luke needs a job. Her struggling ranch needs a strong back. And Hannah needs to know if she’ll ever mean as much to him as he does to her. Luke wants desperately to leave Stone’s Crossing, but he can’t resist his attraction to Hannah. Can he put aside his past and let himself care for her, or will the pull of freedom be too much?
Shirley Marks Lady Eugenia’s Holiday Avalon Historical Romance - December 1, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8034-9986-7 Even though she missed her London Season debut, Lady Eugenia Abbott’s dreams of attending exciting parties and meeting dashing young gentlemen comes true. She travels with her aunt to the seaside city of Brighton for post-Season gaiety. Lady Eugenia becomes a social success, makes the acquaintance of a handful of new close friends, and befriends an eccentric Austrian musician. She even catches the attention of an elusive duke whose curious behavior causes her to question his intentions. In her pursuit of the duke, Lady Eugenia stumbles onto a deadly plot which places her life and that of the man she loves in danger. Given time, Eugenia can forgive the duplicity, but it’s quite another thing to forget the betrayal of her heart.
edited by Elisabeth Waters Sword and Sorceress XXIV by Marion Zimmer Bradley Norilana Books, - November 1, 2009 ISBN: 9781607620488 Authors who have appeared within the pages of Sword and Sorceress represent the full spectrum of some of the brightest talent working today. We are proud to continue the classic and vibrant feminist tradition with this twenty-fourth volume of new magical adventures edited by Elisabeth Waters, secretary and co-editor to Mrs. Bradley. Here are seventeen original stories of remarkable women of power, swashbuckling and magic, spells and duels, arcane sorcery and fabled heroism, written by familiar word-weavers of excitement and adventure, and bright newcomers who are sure to become favorites. This volume includes stories by Deborah J. Ross, Helen E. Davis, Elisabeth Waters & Michael Spence, Brenta Blevins, K.D. Wentworth, Teresa Howard, Catherine Soto, Josepha Sherman, Cate McBride, Cynthia Ward, Jonathan Moeller, Dave Smeds, Therese Arkenberg, Michael H. Payne, Annclaire Livoti, Julia H. West, and Melissa Mead.
Jasmine Haynes Yours for the Night Berkley Heat - November 1, 2009 ISBN: 978-0425229996 RT Top Pick! Enter the exclusive agency called Courtesans and find a glitzy, sensual world of powerful people and the courtesans they’ll pay anything to have. Meet Marianna Whitney, Dominique Lowe, and Noelle St. James—three ordinary women who discover that becoming modern-day courtesans can help them satisfy their clients’ most extraordinary fantasies, as well as their own. Transformed into mistresses of the night, these three women discover that sometimes fulfilling your deepest desire can be the most dangerous to your heart...
Rachelle Chase Men on Fire Kensington Aphrodisia - November 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780758238016 ...with Susan Lyons and Jodi Lynn Copeland Brave, bold, and dangerously sexy, firefighters are every woman's fantasy. Executive Jade Rousseau needs to find a fake fiancé to parade around her company’s social events. When her friends bid on red-hot firefighter Quinn O’Malley at a benefit auction, Jade bids higher. The man has to be hers—and she can't wait to feel the passion ...When fashion designer Delta Ballantyne asks firefighter Evan Marshall to model her sexy line of men's underwear, she can’t stop the sizzling fantasies running through her mind, beginning with sophisticated foreplay and ending with the ultimate climax ... Ever since Erica Donelson’s husband left her, his former best buddy, firefighter Lincoln Gabriel, has been there for her. But before long, their warm friendship heats up to a burning lust that won't be denied...
Rachelle Chase Men on Fire Kensington Aphrodisia - November 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780758238016 ...with Susan Lyons and Jodi Lynn Copeland Brave, bold, and dangerously sexy, firefighters are every woman's fantasy. Executive Jade Rousseau needs to find a fake fiancé to parade around her company’s social events. When her friends bid on red-hot firefighter Quinn O’Malley at a benefit auction, Jade bids higher. The man has to be hers—and she can't wait to feel the passion ...When fashion designer Delta Ballantyne asks firefighter Evan Marshall to model her sexy line of men's underwear, she can’t stop the sizzling fantasies running through her mind, beginning with sophisticated foreplay and ending with the ultimate climax ... Ever since Erica Donelson’s husband left her, his former best buddy, firefighter Lincoln Gabriel, has been there for her. But before long, their warm friendship heats up to a burning lust that won't be denied...
Veronica Wolff Lord of the Highlands Berkley - November 1, 2009 ISBN: 978-0425231135 He was her one true love. He just lived in another century. An online dating service may have pronounced Felicity “unmatchable” but she’s determined—and destined— to find her perfect mate. All it takes is a mystical deck of Tarot cards to put her dreams to the test. Light a candle. Choose a card. And old Scotland is only a wish away… Scarred by betrayal, Will Rollo lives to defend the monarchy against traitors … and he rides alone. The last thing he needs to contend with is a lovestruck woman. So when Felicity appears, spirited by magic, Rollo’s determined to crush all tender feelings for her. But as passion binds them in a dark era, where witchcraft is punishable by death, Rollo must make a daring choice: send Felicity back to her own time, or endanger both their lives….
Bella Andre Hot As Sin Dell - October 27, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-440-24501-9 Sam MacKenzie is a wildland firefighter with few peers. He's utterly fearless - there's no one waiting for him at home, no reason not to risk it all. Out of the blue, the only woman he's ever loved - the same one who ground his heart to dust ten years ago - shows up begging him for help. Dianna's sister is in big trouble somewhere in the rugged Colorado Rockies, and he's the only person Dianna knows with the skills to track her sister down. Working together on their quest to find Dianna's sister, they soon realize there's a killer on the loose and his true target isn't Dianna's sister...it's Dianna herself. Using his extreme outdoor skills, Sam needs to track down the killer, before he loses the woman he loves forever. www.BellaAndre.com
Brenda Novak The Perfect Murder Book #6 of The Last Stand series Mira - October 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780778327257 Unraveling the truth behind the murder of his ex-wife and son, Sebastian Costas has followed a lead to Sacramento. The evidence suggests a murder-suicide, but something he heard the week before the killings won't allow him to accept that. He believes her second husband—a cop —killed her and the boy, then faked his own death. But proving it isn’t easy. He finally gets the break he needs when Jane Burke, an investigator with The Last Stand, calls him in connection with a separate crime that could lead him straight to the murderer. Once the wife of a serial killer, Jane has spent the past five years rebuilding her life and fighting violence. The last thing she wants to do is fall in love again. But once she meets Sebastian, she’s determined to take that risk. She finally has a chance at happiness—if they can stop a murderer before he stops them.
Anne Marsh The Hunt Dorchester - September 29, 2009 ISBN: 978-0505528247 No matter how they try to flee, the virgins who enter the twisting tunnels of the Guardians are destined to be caught. Actually, most don’t try too hard. The stories of warriors who can take on Cat form, of lovers who can make a woman scream with pleasure, are just too enticing. But Miu is no virgin, and she’s joined the Hunt with her own agenda. After she steals the moonstone necklace she’s been sent for, she has no intention of becoming some Cat’s tasty morsel. Too late she discovers these kitties have some deliciously kinky habits, and the dark hunter on her trail isn’t about to let impudent thievery go without punishment of the most exquisite kind. www.huntersmate.com
Alice Gaines To Touch a Woman Red Sage - September 1, 2009 ISBN: 781603103503 Edward and Margaret Sinclair are very much in love and would be deliriously happy in their marriage except for one thing—as good Victorians, neither have had much experience with the marital act. As a result, sex is painful for Margaret and frustrating for Edward. They encounter a mysterious stranger named Trey who may be able to help them solve their problem. However, both husband and stranger will have to make love to Margaret if Edward is to learn how to touch his woman.
Brenda Novak The Perfect Liar Book #5 of The Last Stand series Mira - September 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780778327240 When Air Force Captain Luke Trussell opens his door one Sunday morning, he’s shocked to find the police—and even more shocked when they charge him with rape. He knows he made a mistake in judgment the night before, but he certainly didn’t force his attentions on the woman who’s been stalking him for months. Problem is … Kalyna Harter has the bruises—and the DNA evidence—to make her claim convincing. Determined to isolate Luke, Kalyna goes to victims’ rights advocate Ava Bixby of The Last Stand, hoping Ava will help put Luke behind bars. But Ava soon realizes she’s defending the wrong victim. Problem is … switching her support to Luke could be dangerous—especially when she falls for him. Because Kalyna won’t tolerate losing the man she wants to anyone. Least of all Ava …
Kate Perry Chosen by Desire Grand Central - September 1, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-446-5410-1 Carrie Woods just can’t resist temptation. To solve an ancient mystery, she “borrows” a precious, legend-cursed scroll from a Chinese monastery. But with the scroll comes danger: bizarre powers, lifethreatening accidents, and, most frightening of all, one sexy Guardian's icy-hot gaze. Maximillian Prescott is all too happy to strip this innocent-eyed thief of her secrets and the scroll, yet he's determined to fight the undeniable attraction pulling them together. But Max isn’t Carrie's only pursuer, and there’s just one way to keep the scroll safe. This adventurous blonde and brooding Guardian must dare to join forces and bare their souls to each other . . . before their enemies take not only the scroll but Carrie’s life.
Shelley Adina Tidings of Great Boys Hachette FaithWords - September 1, 2009 ISBN: 0-446-17963-8 Finals week is approaching, and Lady Lindsay (Mac) MacPhail is still undecided on where to spend the holidays. Normally she’d go home to Scotland, but spending two weeks alone in the castle with her dad isn’t as appealing as it used to be. So she invites Carly, Lissa, Gillian, and Shani to join her! Mac is determined to make this the best Christmas ever. She decides to organize the traditional Hogmanay dance for New Year’s Eve. If she can get her mother involved, maybe her parents will finally get back together. But when Mac and the girls arrive in Scotland, they are faced with bad news: The castle is falling apart and Mac’s parents are struggling financially. Not only that, but Shani is in trouble with Prince Rashid’s royal family. Can the girls find a way to celebrate the holidays, get Mac’s parents back together, save the castle, and rescue Shani ... and will Mac believe it’s all part of God's plan?
Susan Crosby The Pregnant Bride Wore White Silhouette Special Edition, - September 1, 2009 ISBN: 0-373-65477-2 First comes baby … Keri Overton thought her one night of passion with Jake McCoy would be her only memory of him—until she discovered she was pregnant with his child. Fortunately, a safe haven beckoned: Jake’s hometown of Chance City. Too bad he was out of town. Permanently, it seemed. Then comes marriage ... and love? But imagine her surprise at a surprise baby-shower guest: the child’s father! And everyone expected these “soul mates” to marry, so marry they did. Could their in-name-only union possibly turn into the real thing?
Tawny Weber Feels Like the First Time Harlequin Blaze - September 1, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-373-79496-6 Hello, hot blast from the past! Zoe Gaston needs to unmask a mystery man for work. She also must survive her dreaded high school reunion—and the costume party that opens it. So Zoe, once voted Girl Most Likely to Die a Virgin, comes dressed as a leather-clad dominatrix ... whip and all! Her scandalous costume catches a secret lover. He seems so deliciously familiar under his disguise ... He’s gotta be her long-ago crush. But Zoe is shocked to discover the sexy body she’s been so thoroughly enjoying belongs to Dexter Drake—her oldest friend! And he’s hiding something bigger than just his identity ... Dressed to thrill. The best part of dressing up is taking it off!
Pamela Fryer The Midnight Effect Samhain - August 25, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-60504-656-3 In a single phone call, Lily Brent’s entire life—past and future—becomes foggy with confusion and danger. Her estranged sister is dead, and the body is lacking one definitive mark: a surgery scar from the kidney Lily thought she’d donated to her sister long ago. There’s more than a mystery on her hands. There’s a niece she never knew she had, and a madman on her trail who’s hell-bent on getting the child back. When a beautiful woman crashes her car into his remote mountain gas station, followed closely by a man with a silencer-equipped pistol, three years of inactive duty fall away as Miles Goodwin springs into action. He saves Lily and her golden child, but nothing can save him from the painful reminder of the family he lost. Retreating to his emotional coma, however, isn’t an option; they’re far from safe. There’s something strange about a six-year-old girl who’s never eaten a hamburger or heard of Tinkerbell—and who seems to be the source of psychic phenomena so powerful, someone’s willing to kill to get her back. samhainpublishing.com/romance/the-midnight-effect
Sophie Littlefield A Bad Day for Sorry St. Martin’s Minotaur - August 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780312559205 Stella Hardesty dispatched her abusive husband with a wrench shortly before her fiftieth birthday. A few years later, she’s so busy delivering home-style justice on her days off, helping other women deal with their own abusive husbands and boyfriends, that she barely has time to run her sewing shop in her rural Missouri hometown. Some men need more convincing than others, but it’s usually nothing a little light bondage or old-fashioned whuppin’ can’t fix. Since Stella works outside of the law, she’s free to do whatever it takes to get the job done—as long as she keeps her distance from the handsome devil of a local sheriff, Goat Jones. When young mother Chrissy Shaw asks Stella for help with her no-good husband, Roy Dean, it looks like an easy case. Until Roy Dean disappears with Chrissy’s two year- old son, Tucker. Stella quickly learns that Roy Dean was involved with some very scary men, as she tries to sort out who’s hiding information and who’s merely trying to kill her. It’s going to take a hell of a fight to get the little boy back home to his mama, but if anyone can do it, it’s Stella Hardesty.

Bella Andre
Love Me
www.BellaAndre.com - July 1, 2010
ISBN:

It's been five years since Lily and Travis got married and fell n love in Take Me...now it's finally time for Janica and Luke to get their very own happy ending.

If there's one thing that Janica Ellis is absolutely certain of, it's that she and Luke Carson are totally wrong for each other. She's a wild, artistic and outspoken fashion designer. He's a type A, workaholic trauma surgeon (who just happens to be sizzling hot and her brother-in-law!). But Janica is about to be proven wrong when opposites attract...in the sexiest possible way.

After a life-changing night in the ER, Luke is desperate for escape—and relief from his personal demons. For five years he has fought his attraction to his sister-in-law, but when he's pushed too far, he can't fight it another second. He needs her. Desperately. He's spent his whole life doing the right thing. For one night, he's going to follow desire instead. Straight into Janica's arms.

Janica can't believe Luke is finally at her front door...and that he's kissing her like he's been waiting his whole life for this. But even as their sensual connection deepens with every touch of skin on skin—and the man she always thought was such a good boy turns out to be sinfully, toe-curlingly bad between the sheets—Janica soon realizes she wants more than Luke's body. She wants his heart too. But what will Luke do when one night of extreme passion turns into an all-or-nothing proposition?

Susan C. Shea
Murder in the Abstract
Avalon - June 24, 2010
ISBN: 978-0803477681

Danielle O’Rourke’s gala evening at the Devor Museum ends in catastrophe when the body of a young artist plummets from her office window. The police label it murder and suspect Dani, the Museum’s chief fund raiser. Self preservation and an insider’s understanding of how money moves the art world drive her to investigate who might have a motive for murder. Dani’s playboy ex-husband and a green-eyed cop complicate matters as her search moves through the fashionable worlds of San Francisco and Santa Fe.

Alice Gaines
Miss Foster's Folly
Carina Press - June 14, 2010
ISBN: E-book: http://carinapress.com

Manhattan, 1886

Juliet Foster has just become the
wealthiest spinster in town. Her
domineering and thoroughly unpleasant
father has died and left her millions.
She’s free to be her own woman and
seek a life of adventure.

David Winslow, Marquess of Derrington,
is in search of a wife who can break the
Winslow Curse. Every secondgeneration
heir inherits a restless, defiant
nature that can only be tamed by a mate
as independent and rebellious as
himself. Miss Juliet Foster is
perfect―and eager for seduction. But
when he wants more than a few nights
of passion, Juliet runs like the devil’s on
her heels.

Can the marquess convince her that
marriage isn’t a trap, but the greatest
freedom of all?

Sophie Littlefield
A Bad Day for Pretty
Minotaur Books - June 8, 2010
ISBN: 978-0312559755

Stella Hardesty, avenger of wronged
women, is getting cozy with Sheriff
"Goat" Jones when a tornado blows none
other than Goat’s scheming ex-wife,
Brandy, through the front door. Adding
to the chaos, the tornado destroys the
snack shack at the demolition derby
track, pulling up the concrete foundation
and unearthing a woman's body.

The main suspect in the woman’s
murder is Neb Donovan―he laid the
foundation, and there's some pretty hard
evidence pointing to his guilt. Years
ago, Neb's wife asked Stella for help
getting him sober. Stella doesn't believe
the gentle man could kill anyone, and
she promises his frantic wife she'll look
into it.

Former client Chrissy Shaw is now
employed at Stella's sewing shop and
she helps with the snooping as Stella
negotiates the unpredictable Brandy and
the dangerously magnetic sheriff.

Josie Brown
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
Downtown Press - June 1, 2010
ISBN: 978-1439173176

Suburbia is a jungle, filled with lots of vicious creatures. Take the Paradise Heights Women’s League board. Lyssa Harper should have warned golden-haired DILF du jour Harry Wilder what he was getting into when she invited him to meet the mommies who run their suburban, gated community. At least he brought cupcakes. Since meeting the former Master-of-the-Universe turned stay-at-home single dad, Lyssa has been his domestic Sherpa, teaching him the ins and outs of suburban life. She just didn’t realize her friends would show up at his house unannounced with casseroles, leopard-print bikini briefs, and plans to rearrange his kitchen cabinets.

The truth is, if Harry and his wife, the neighborhood’s "perfect couple," can call it quits, what does that mean for everyone else? Lyssa’s husband, Ted, is a great father, but he pays her Pilates-pumped momtourage more attention than he does his own wife. Her friends gossip about the neighbors while ignoring their own problems: infertility, infidelity, and eating disorders.

When Harry sets boundaries with his new fan club, he is exiled from the neighborhood’s in-clique. But Lyssa refuses to snub him. What she never expects is the explosive impact her ongoing friendship with Harry will have on her close-knit pals—and on her marriage.

Managing Editors, Beth Barany and David Herrera
When I Was There: Life At Berkeley
Rebus 101 Books - June 1, 2010
ISBN:

From the 1960s to the 21st century, this anthology contains personal stories of life as a Cal student: heart-warming, heartwrenching, and humorous. Incoming freshman, students, and alumni get to see Cal as it was and as it is today.
Written entirely by Cal alumni authors, part nostalgic, part pride, and part wonderment, When I Was There celebrates the many facets of the UC Berkeley experience.

Bella Andre
Never Too Hot
Bantam - May 25, 2010
ISBN: 978-0440245025

Deep in the cool green mountains of the Adirondacks, wounded firefighter Connor MacKenzie has come to rebuild the 100-year-old MacKenzie family cabin―and to be alone. A horrific blaze has left him scarred inside and out, and certain of two things: He'll get back on his Hot Shot crew no matter what it takes, and any woman who ventures too close will not stay long.

Ginger Sinclair has been burned by a different kind of fire. Having just escaped from a bad marriage, she's retreated to the safety of the lakeside vacation town in upstate New York to start a new life. She's done with men, with relationships, with the danger of desires that can rage out of control―until she unexpectedly encounters Connor MacKenzie. As a hot summer on the lake grows ever hotter, they find themselves sharing a cabin and a romance that will swiftly engulf them both.

Karin Harlow
Enemy Lover
Pocket Star - May 25, 2010
ISBN: 978-1439109823

When you have no alternative, then you call in L.O.S.T. Because with the Last Option Special Team, it’s do or die. . . .

It’s Jax Cassidy’s first mission for L.O.S.T.?one that will give the former cop who went rogue a chance to prove herself. Her assignment: gain the trust of assassin Marcus Cross . . . eliminate him . . . then take down Marcus’s mentor, Joseph Lazarus, a man with a bold eye on the White House. But the woman who’s known by her team for being a femme fatale succumbs to passion, only to discover Cross’s deadly secret. He’s a vampire, and Joseph Lazarus is his creator.

Left for dead by his platoon in the violent hills of Afghanistan, Special Ops sniper Marcus Cross was given a second chance at life. His newly heightened skills make him the perfect killing machine, and as Lazarus’s right-hand man, he’s quickly rising to the top of his dark empire, purging enemies with speed and precision. Only when dangerous beauty Jax Cassidy is sent to bring him in does he begin to question Lazarus’s motives and his own actions. But when Jax’s life is threatened by the one thing that can destroy them both, Marcus must make a bitter choice? her
death or his.

Jasmine Haynes
Hers for the Evening (Courtesans Tales Book 2)
Berkley Heat - May 4, 2010
ISBN: 978-0425234174

Three sexy tales by Jasmine Haynes. With Courtesans you get more than you pay for…

In “Three’s a Crowd,” a couple’s steamy ménage à trois fantasy seems destined to tear their marriage apart. So husband Seth plans to fulfill Courtney’s every desire?by giving her his undivided attention. Now all he needs is a little bedroom help from the ever-inventive Courtesans.

She knows it’s unethical, but CEO Devon Parker’s whole body burns for CFO Hunter Nash. So she consults the Courtesans, who figure that sleeping with a “Stand In” should suffice. A perfect plan, but for one thing: the real Hunter’s watching.

In “Surrender to Me,” when Haley’s husband dies in the arms of another woman, she can hardly forgive his business partner, Simon, for keeping the infidelity a secret. For Simon, there is no forgiveness to be had. Until he forms a plan with the Courtesans. And in it, Haley might just lose her inhibitions?and her heart.

Carolina Montague
Sacred Guardian
The Wild Rose Press - May 1, 2010
ISBN:

Three rules governed Joe Littlehawk's existence as a Sacred
Guardian: never interfere, never let them see you, and
NEVER touch. Before he watched over Alena, he'd never
broken any…

Young single mother Alena Morgan has no time for
anything remotely paranormal. Yet when she suffers an
accidental overdose of powerful migraine medication, she
can’t deny the glorious Native American dude who appears
and saves her. She tries to write it off as a near-death
hallucination, but she has no explanation for the Voice that
only she can hear and the flowering of her heart as she lets
this otherworldly Being into her life. When Joe enters
Alena’s dreams where they can touch one another, neither of
them realizes the deadly consequences of their love.

Barbara Freethy
In Shelter Cove (Angel's Bay Series Book 3)
Pocket Star - April 27, 2010
ISBN: 978-1439173251

A long-ago shipwreck off the California coast led the survivors to the haven they named Angel's Bay. Their shared adversity brought fellowship and joy...but also unsuspected secrets. Acclaimed author Barbara Freethy returns to the town where angels still keep watch, with a compelling story of a young widow trying to find the truth for her son and for herself...

The theft of three priceless paintings sent Derek Kane to prison and destroyed the dreams of his wife, Brianna. When Derek unexpectedly dies just weeks before his release, Brianna returns to Angel's Bay with her young son, determined to prove her husband's innocence and find the missing paintings. Her efforts are stymied by Jason Marlow, the police officer who sent Derek to jail?betraying his former friend. And when unexpected passion flares between Brianna and Jason, she must choose between the past and the present, the guilty and the innocent, the truth and the lies. For nothing is what it seems...

Crystal Kauffman
Claiming Lady Marianne
Ellora's Cave - April 23, 2010
ISBN: 9781419928031

After Marianne is caught en compromise with another woman, Viscount Cobham is fed up. He remands Marianne to the care of her beastly grandfather with orders that she take a lover- a male lover. She is to get herself with child by the time he returns from his travels in six months. He will have his heir, one way or another. Marianne’s grandfather charges his stable master with the task, and Marianne is bound to her bed every third night to await the burly man.

Michael Ainsworth is no stud horse himself, and Baron Thurlow’s task is too ghastly to consider. But Michael longs for a glimpse of the pretty girl who used to cling to the paddock fence to watch the horses, and when he finds her terrified and unwilling, his honor demands he protect her. While he knows the viscountess can never love a lowly servant, every day his feelings grow stronger.

With their brief six months together quickly disappearing, can Michael endure the day he must step aside and let the woman he loves return to the cruel viscount?

www.crystalkauffman.com

Jasmine Haynes
Take Your Pleasure
Loose Id - April 13, 2010
ISBN: 978-1-60737-567-8

A naughty little story with a bit of bondage
and a very good spanking!

When Natalie Beaumonde catches her boyfriend with another woman, her boss Lincoln Masters hatches a plan to show her wandering man the error of his ways. Being a Master himself, Lincoln’s the perfect dom to help Natalie execute the punishment. But Lincoln has an agenda for Natalie of his own.

Barbara Freethy
On Shadow Beach
Pocket Star - March 30, 2010
ISBN: 978-1439101575

The California coastal town of Angel's Bay has had
its share of troubles: from the long-unsolved murder of a teenage girl to the young police officer recently left in a coma after being shot. But miracles also have a way of happening...as if angels really do keep a watchful eye there...

Lauren Jamison hasn't been back to Angel's Bay
since she was a teenager...when her sister Abby was murdered and Lauren's boyfriend, Shane Murray,
was accused of the crime. When Lauren reluctantly
returns home to assist her ailing father, the old attraction again flares between Lauren and Shane. But the terrible days after Abby's murder still stand between them, as well as the secrets Shane has yet to unveil. Finding the truth could bring closure...but at a cost. For there are people who don't want old mysteries brought to light?people whose fear makes them very dangerous.

Monica McCarty
The Chief
Ballantine Books - March 23, 2010
ISBN: 978-0345518224

An elite fighting force like the world has never seen...

Scouring the darkest corners of the Highlands and Western Isles, Robert the Bruce handpicks ten warriors to help him in his quest to free Scotland from English rule. They are the best of the best, chosen for their superior skills in each discipline of warfare. To lead his secret Highland Guard, Bruce chooses the greatest warrior of all.

The ultimate Highland warlord and a swordsman without equal, Tor MacLeod has no intention of being drawn into Scotland’s war. Dedicated to his clan, the fiercely independent chief answers to no one, especially not his alluring new bride, bartered to him in a bid to secure his agreement to command the deadliest fighting force the world has ever seen. The treacherous chit who made her way to his bed may have won his hand, but she will never claim his heart.

Although her husband’s reputation is as fierce as his manner, Christina Fraser believes something softer hides beneath his brutal shell. But the only warmth she feels is in their bed, in the glorious moments of white-hot desire that disappear with the dawn. When Christina’s reckless bid to win her husband’s love goes awry and thrusts them into danger on the eve of war against England, Tor will face his ultimate battle: to save his wife and open his heart before it’s too late.

Alice Gaines
Dragon Shift
Changeling Press - March 5, 2010
ISBN: 978-1-60521-378-1

Ilona's always dreamed of her dragon. Now that she's
grown, the images have become so erotic no real man can
compete with them. But lately, she keeps getting jolts of
sexual energy, and she needs relief. So when a hunk of
male flesh named Zimm shows up on the scene, she's
tempted to finally lose her virginity. Drake, crown prince
of the realm of dragons, seeks his mate so that he can
help her with her first shift. Unfortunately, he finds her
living with demons, and one in particular has nearly
seduced her into his bed. Drake now has to convince
Ilona that she's his princess, and the best way is to take
her on their mating flight.

Rachael Herron
How to Knit a Love Song
HarperCollins AvonA - March 2, 2010
ISBN: 978-0061841293

Abigail intends to turn her cozy little windfall into a knitting shop and spend her days spinning, knitting, and purling, but she's not going to be welcomed with open arms by Cade, who views this sexy city girl as an unwanted interloper. But chemistry working overtime is drawing two very different people closer than they ever thought possible, and when the past that Abigail thought she'd left behind comes calling, she'll have to somehow learn to trust her handsome adversary with much more than just her heart.

Susan Crosby
The Doctor's Pregnant Bride?
Silhouette Special Edition “The Baby Chase” - March 1, 2010
ISBN: 037365512-0

WILL THIS DOCTOR TAKE A WIFE?

Having a secret crush on her boss was definitely taboo—especially when tall, dark and hunky Ted Bonner didn’t even know Sara Beth O’Connell was alive! And now she’d agreed to be a corporate spy to save the Armstrong Fertility Institute from scandal . . . which meant working extra closely with the dedicated doctor.

From the moment Ted asked Sara Beth to be his date for a Valentine’s Day dinner, the head-in-the-clouds scientist was hooked—even if she did seem to be hiding something. But Ted knew he had to fight for the woman he loved . . . and convince her that she could count on him to be the family man she wanted and needed.

Jasmine Haynes
Laced With Desire
Berkley Heat - February 2, 2010
ISBN: 978-0425232293

Seduction is a cinch in these four sizzling stories from the hot authors of Unlaced. And that's not just talk. These women deliver...

Jaci Burton breaks the rule about mixing business with pleasure...Jasmine Haynes explores the lust of a former supermodel who needs to finally fulfill a no-holds-barred sexual fantasy...Joey W. Hill reveals the erotic bond between a master and the beautiful submissive who stole his heart...And Denise Rossetti goes beyond the limits of desire when she pairs a battle-scarred veteran of love and war with a woman who's just as fearless and twice as dangerous.

www.jasminehaynes.com

Allison Brennan
Original Sin
Ballantine Books - February 1, 2010
ISBN: 978-0345511676

Haunted by chilling memories of
demonic possession and murder, Moira
O’Donnell has spent seven years hunting
down her mother, Fiona, whose
command of black magic has granted her
unprecedented control of the
underworld. Now Moira’s global search
has led her to a small California town
that’s about to become hell on earth.

Tormented by his own terrifying past
and driven by powers he can’t explain,
ex-seminarian Rafe Cooper joins Moira’s
dangerous quest. But Fiona is one
devilish step ahead. Hungry for greater
power, eternal youth, and stunning
beauty, the sorceress is unleashing upon
the mortal world the living incarnations
of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Together with a demonologist, a tough
female sheriff, and a pair of star-crossed
teenagers, Moira and Rafe are
humanity’s last chance to snatch
salvation from the howling jaws of
damnation.

Veronica Wolff
"The Drowning Sea" in Ladies Prefer Rogues
Berkley - February 1, 2010
ISBN: 978-0425233818

A seventeenth-century Scotsman
avenges the death of his greatest love
and becomes a notorious pirate for
twenty years. When the past and present
become entangled, he wonders if it
could be his haunted heart that is adrift.

Marie Tuhart
In Plain Sight
The Wild Rose Press, Wilder Catalogue - January 22, 2010
ISBN:

Bad boy businessman Joe Bradshaw has achieved almost everything he’s wanted in life, but his strait-laced colleague Victoria Collins is proving an elusive challenge. A steamy encounter in the elevator begins a wild journey of sensual discovery. Joe’s determined to break through Vicki’s barriers to reveal the redhot woman hiding inside. But Vicki is stalked by her past--her ex-fiancé will stop at nothing to get her back. Falling in love and keeping Vicki safe could be the biggest challenges of Joe’s life.

Kate Moore
To Tempt a Saint
Berkley Sensation - January 5, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-425-23306-1

To Tempt a Saint begins the Sons of Sin trilogy, the tale of three brothers whose mother is a famous London courtesan. In book one, Xander, knighted for saving the Prince, but still unaccepted in London society must marry the first willing heiress he finds to fund the search for his missing brother. Blue-blooded orphan Cleo Spencer must marry to get access to her inheritance and free herself from her unscrupulous uncle's control of her life. Their convenient marriage is thwarted by a most inconvenient love.

www.katemoore.com

Amanda Scott
Seduced by a Rogue
Grand Central - January 1, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-446-54134-3

Flaxen-haired and beautiful, Lady Mairi Dunwythie is heiress apparent to the wealthy nobleman blocking Clan Maxwell’s attempt to control much of southwest Scotland. Her first meeting with handsome Robert Maxwell ignites an attraction that is immediate, intense, and almost irresistible—until she learns he is asking her father to submit to the Maxwells’ demands.

Rob is a warrior, a man of action. So when Mairi’s father stands defiant, Rob daringly abducts Mairi. As clan tensions
mount, passion escalates between Rob and Mairi, tempting them beyond reason.. Soon the two lovers must choose between loyalty and love . . . before the eruption of all-out clan war.

Shelley Adina
The Chic Shall Inherit the Earth
Hachette FaithWords - January 1, 2010
ISBN: 0-446-17964-5

The girls of Spencer Academy are ready to take on life after high school . . . if they can make it through their last term!

Lissa Mansfield has come a long way since transferring to Spencer Academy two years ago. She’s made a great group
of friends in Gillian, Carly, Mac, and Shani. She’s strengthened and grown her relationship with God. She’s even gotten over the Callum McCloud “incident” from her first term. Now she’s set to graduate and experience college life!

But with the girls about to separate and head in different directions, Lissa is faced with some of her biggest challenges yet. Her archenemy, Vanessa Talbot, has a shocking secret?one that could destroy her reputation forever. Can Lissa act on
God's prompting and reach out to her foe when Vanessa needs a friend the most? And with college on the horizon, will
Lissa and Kaz finally come to terms with their feelings for each other? High school may be ending, but the excitement has
just begun!

Susan Crosby
Love and the Single Dad (“The McCoys of Chance City”)
Silhouette Special Edition - January 1, 2010
ISBN: 978-0373655014

YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN...

Newly minted father Donovan McCoy had to give it a try?-he owed it to the little boy who now called him “Daddy.”
So the photojournalist had to say goodbye to his life on the road and learn to find joy a little closer to home. Perhaps
with the girl?now woman?who, despite all his travels, he’d never been able to forget?

OR CAN YOU?

Beauty-queen-turned-attorney Laura Bannister had never really left. But she’d long abandoned the hope of attaining her
real definition of home?-a man she loved and children of her very own. Yet here was Donovan and his precious child, making her wonder if happily-ever-after could still be in the cards?for all of them....

Tawny Weber
You Have to Kiss a Lot of Frogs...
Harlequin Blaze - January 1, 2010
ISBN: 978-0373795178

...in Blazing Bedtime Stories {Volume III}

Fan favorites Tori Carrington and Tawny Weber invite you to indulge in two tales of love, adventure... and really hot sex!

Reporter Sebastian Lane knows he’s tangled with the wrong woman when she puts a curse on him to lose his sexual mojo! It’s going to take a real woman to save him. Luckily, Jordan Olliver has a weakness for Sebastian, warts and all....

Clare Willis
Once Bitten
Zebra - December 1, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4201-0871-2

Is it more than just a one-bite stand?

Angie McCaffrey has endured her share of liquid lunches and boardroom schmoozefests to win new advertising clients. But her latest account—a cosmetics line for wannabe vampires—involves some unusual customer research at San Francisco’s hippest private nightclub. The “undead” patrons are about as genuine as Macabre Factor’s press-on fangs, but one thing is very real—the skin-tingling connection Angie feels with her clients’ mysterious friend, Eric Taylor.

Still, there are a few problems with this hot new romance. 1) Eric is rumored to have dated Angie’s scheming boss, Lucy. 2) Lucy, missing for days, just turned up dead and bloodless. And, oh yeah, 3) Angie has suddenly developed a teeny aversion to sunlight. Is Eric a real vampire, a killer, or both? Angie’s got a lot riding on the answer—her life, her heart, and maybe even her soul…

www.clarewillis.com

Elisabeth Waters
“A Storytelling of Crows”
Penguin - December 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780756405809

in Changing the World: All
New Tales of Valdemar, edited
by Mercedes Lackey.
In March 1987, a young author from
Oklahoma published her first novel,
Arrows of the Queen. This modest
book about a magical land called
Vademar was the beginning of a
fantasy masterpiece that would span
decades and include more than two
dozen titles. Now sixteen of today’s
hottest fantasy authors—including
Tanya Huff, Mickey Zucker Reichert,
Fiona Patton, Judith Tarr, and
Elizabeth Waters—visit the world of
Valdemar, adding their own special
touches.

Jenny Andersen
Loving Luke
The Wild Rose Press, - December 1, 2009
ISBN: 978-1601546272

Luke Stone has spent ten years in
prison for someone else’s crime. The
last thing he wants when he gets out is
to return to the town whose people
falsely accused him, but a man with
no possessions, no home, and no
future has little choice.
Hannah Bluefield has loved Luke all
her life, but he doesn’t know it. She
knows he's innocent, and his parole is
a godsend. Luke needs a job. Her
struggling ranch needs a strong back.
And Hannah needs to know if she’ll
ever mean as much to him as he does
to her.
Luke wants desperately to leave
Stone’s Crossing, but he can’t resist
his attraction to Hannah. Can he put
aside his past and let himself care for
her, or will the pull of freedom be too
much?

Shirley Marks
Lady Eugenia’s Holiday
Avalon Historical Romance - December 1, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8034-9986-7

Even though she missed her London
Season debut, Lady Eugenia Abbott’s
dreams of attending exciting parties
and meeting dashing young gentlemen
comes true. She travels with her aunt
to the seaside city of Brighton for
post-Season gaiety. Lady Eugenia
becomes a social success, makes the
acquaintance of a handful of new
close friends, and befriends an
eccentric Austrian musician. She even
catches the attention of an elusive
duke whose curious behavior causes
her to question his intentions.
In her pursuit of the duke, Lady
Eugenia stumbles onto a deadly plot
which places her life and that of the
man she loves in danger. Given time,
Eugenia can forgive the duplicity, but
it’s quite another thing to forget the
betrayal of her heart.

edited by Elisabeth Waters
Sword and Sorceress XXIV by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Norilana Books, - November 1, 2009
ISBN: 9781607620488

Authors who have appeared within the
pages of Sword and Sorceress represent the
full spectrum of some of the brightest talent
working today. We are proud to continue the
classic and vibrant feminist tradition with
this twenty-fourth volume of new magical
adventures edited by Elisabeth Waters, secretary and co-editor to
Mrs. Bradley. Here are seventeen original stories of remarkable
women of power, swashbuckling and magic, spells and duels, arcane
sorcery and fabled heroism, written by familiar word-weavers of
excitement and adventure, and bright newcomers who are sure to
become favorites. This volume includes stories by Deborah J. Ross,
Helen E. Davis, Elisabeth Waters & Michael Spence, Brenta Blevins,
K.D. Wentworth, Teresa Howard, Catherine Soto, Josepha Sherman,
Cate McBride, Cynthia Ward, Jonathan Moeller, Dave Smeds,
Therese Arkenberg, Michael H. Payne, Annclaire Livoti, Julia H.
West, and Melissa Mead.

Jasmine Haynes
Yours for the Night
Berkley Heat - November 1, 2009
ISBN: 978-0425229996

RT Top Pick!

Enter the exclusive agency called Courtesans and find a glitzy, sensual world of powerful people and the
courtesans they’ll pay anything to have.

Meet Marianna Whitney, Dominique Lowe, and Noelle St. James—three ordinary women who discover that becoming modern-day courtesans can help them satisfy their clients’ most extraordinary fantasies, as well as their own. Transformed into
mistresses of the night, these three women discover that sometimes fulfilling your deepest desire can be the most dangerous to your heart...

Rachelle Chase
Men on Fire
Kensington Aphrodisia - November 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780758238016

...with Susan Lyons and Jodi Lynn Copeland

Brave, bold, and dangerously sexy, firefighters are every woman's fantasy.

Executive Jade Rousseau needs to find a fake fiancé to parade around her company’s social events. When her
friends bid on red-hot firefighter Quinn O’Malley at a benefit auction, Jade bids higher. The man has to be
hers—and she can't wait to feel the passion ...When fashion designer Delta Ballantyne asks firefighter Evan Marshall to model her sexy line of men's underwear, she can’t stop the
sizzling fantasies running through her mind, beginning with sophisticated foreplay and ending with the ultimate
climax ... Ever since Erica Donelson’s husband left her, his former best buddy, firefighter Lincoln Gabriel, has
been there for her. But before long, their warm friendship heats up to a burning lust that won't be denied...

Rachelle Chase
Men on Fire
Kensington Aphrodisia - November 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780758238016

...with Susan Lyons and Jodi Lynn Copeland

Brave, bold, and dangerously sexy, firefighters are every woman's fantasy.

Executive Jade Rousseau needs to find a fake fiancé to parade around her company’s social events. When her friends bid on red-hot firefighter Quinn O’Malley at a benefit auction, Jade bids higher. The man has to be hers—and she can't wait to feel the passion ...When fashion designer Delta Ballantyne asks firefighter Evan Marshall to model her sexy line of men's underwear, she can’t stop the sizzling fantasies running through her mind, beginning with sophisticated foreplay and ending with the ultimate climax ... Ever since Erica Donelson’s husband left her, his former best buddy, firefighter Lincoln Gabriel, has been there for her. But before long, their warm friendship heats up to a burning lust that won't be denied...

Veronica Wolff
Lord of the Highlands
Berkley - November 1, 2009
ISBN: 978-0425231135

He was her one true love.
He just lived in another century.

An online dating service may have
pronounced Felicity “unmatchable”
but she’s determined—and destined—
to find her perfect mate. All it takes is
a mystical deck of Tarot cards to put
her dreams to the test.

Light a candle. Choose a card. And
old Scotland is only a wish away…

Scarred by betrayal, Will Rollo lives
to defend the monarchy against
traitors … and he rides alone. The last
thing he needs to contend with is a
lovestruck woman. So when Felicity
appears, spirited by magic, Rollo’s
determined to crush all tender feelings
for her. But as passion binds them in a
dark era, where witchcraft is
punishable by death, Rollo must make
a daring choice: send Felicity back to
her own time, or endanger both their
lives….

Bella Andre
Hot As Sin
Dell - October 27, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-440-24501-9

Sam MacKenzie is a wildland firefighter with few peers. He's utterly fearless - there's no one waiting for him at home, no reason not to risk it all. Out of the blue, the only woman he's ever loved - the same one who ground his heart to dust ten years ago - shows up begging him for help. Dianna's sister is in big trouble somewhere in the rugged Colorado Rockies, and he's the only person Dianna knows with the skills to track her sister down.

Working together on their quest to find Dianna's sister, they soon realize there's a killer on the loose and his true target isn't Dianna's sister...it's Dianna herself. Using his extreme outdoor skills, Sam needs to track down the killer, before he loses the woman he loves forever.

www.BellaAndre.com

Brenda Novak
The Perfect Murder
Book #6 of The Last Stand series Mira - October 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780778327257

Unraveling the truth behind the
murder of his ex-wife and son,
Sebastian Costas has followed a lead
to Sacramento. The evidence suggests
a murder-suicide, but something he
heard the week before the killings
won't allow him to accept that. He
believes her second husband—a cop
—killed her and the boy, then faked
his own death. But proving it isn’t
easy. He finally gets the break he
needs when Jane Burke, an
investigator with The Last Stand, calls
him in connection with a separate
crime that could lead him straight to
the murderer. Once the wife of a serial
killer, Jane has spent the past five
years rebuilding her life and fighting
violence. The last thing she wants to
do is fall in love again. But once she
meets Sebastian, she’s determined to
take that risk. She finally has a chance
at happiness—if they can stop a
murderer before he stops them.

Anne Marsh
The Hunt
Dorchester - September 29, 2009
ISBN: 978-0505528247

No matter how they try to flee, the virgins who enter the twisting tunnels of the Guardians are destined to be caught. Actually, most don’t try too hard. The stories of warriors who can take on Cat form, of lovers who can make a woman scream with pleasure, are just too enticing.

But Miu is no virgin, and she’s joined the Hunt with her own agenda. After she steals the moonstone necklace she’s been sent for, she has no intention of becoming some Cat’s tasty morsel. Too late she discovers these kitties have some deliciously kinky habits, and the dark hunter on her trail isn’t about to let impudent thievery go without punishment of the most exquisite kind.

www.huntersmate.com

Alice Gaines
To Touch a Woman
Red Sage - September 1, 2009
ISBN: 781603103503

Edward and Margaret Sinclair are
very much in love and would be
deliriously happy in their marriage
except for one thing—as good
Victorians, neither have had much
experience with the marital act. As a
result, sex is painful for Margaret and
frustrating for Edward. They
encounter a mysterious stranger
named Trey who may be able to help
them solve their problem. However,
both husband and stranger will have to
make love to Margaret if Edward is to
learn how to touch his woman.

Brenda Novak
The Perfect Liar
Book #5 of The Last Stand series Mira - September 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780778327240

When Air Force Captain Luke
Trussell opens his door one Sunday
morning, he’s shocked to find the
police—and even more shocked when
they charge him with rape. He knows
he made a mistake in judgment the
night before, but he certainly didn’t
force his attentions on the woman
who’s been stalking him for months.
Problem is … Kalyna Harter has the
bruises—and the DNA evidence—to
make her claim convincing.
Determined to isolate Luke, Kalyna
goes to victims’ rights advocate Ava
Bixby of The Last Stand, hoping Ava
will help put Luke behind bars. But
Ava soon realizes she’s defending the
wrong victim. Problem is …
switching her support to Luke could
be dangerous—especially when she
falls for him. Because Kalyna won’t
tolerate losing the man she wants to
anyone. Least of all Ava …

Kate Perry
Chosen by Desire
Grand Central - September 1, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-446-5410-1

Carrie Woods just can’t resist
temptation. To solve an ancient
mystery, she “borrows” a precious,
legend-cursed scroll from a Chinese
monastery. But with the scroll comes
danger: bizarre powers, lifethreatening
accidents, and, most
frightening of all, one sexy Guardian's
icy-hot gaze.
Maximillian Prescott is all too happy
to strip this innocent-eyed thief of her
secrets and the scroll, yet he's
determined to fight the undeniable
attraction pulling them together. But
Max isn’t Carrie's only pursuer, and
there’s just one way to keep the scroll
safe. This adventurous blonde and
brooding Guardian must dare to join
forces and bare their souls to each
other . . . before their enemies take not
only the scroll but Carrie’s life.

Shelley Adina
Tidings of Great Boys
Hachette FaithWords - September 1, 2009
ISBN: 0-446-17963-8

Finals week is approaching, and Lady
Lindsay (Mac) MacPhail is still
undecided on where to spend the
holidays. Normally she’d go home to
Scotland, but spending two weeks
alone in the castle with her dad isn’t
as appealing as it used to be. So she
invites Carly, Lissa, Gillian, and Shani
to join her! Mac is determined to
make this the best Christmas ever. She
decides to organize the traditional
Hogmanay dance for New Year’s Eve.
If she can get her mother involved,
maybe her parents will finally get
back together. But when Mac and the
girls arrive in Scotland, they are faced
with bad news: The castle is falling
apart and Mac’s parents are struggling
financially. Not only that, but Shani is
in trouble with Prince Rashid’s royal
family. Can the girls find a way to
celebrate the holidays, get Mac’s
parents back together, save the castle,
and rescue Shani ... and will Mac
believe it’s all part of God's plan?

Susan Crosby
The Pregnant Bride Wore White
Silhouette Special Edition, - September 1, 2009
ISBN: 0-373-65477-2

First comes baby …
Keri Overton thought her one night of
passion with Jake McCoy would be
her only memory of him—until she
discovered she was pregnant with his
child. Fortunately, a safe haven
beckoned: Jake’s hometown of
Chance City. Too bad he was out of
town. Permanently, it seemed.
Then comes marriage ... and love?
But imagine her surprise at a surprise
baby-shower guest: the child’s father!
And everyone expected these “soul
mates” to marry, so marry they did.
Could their in-name-only union
possibly turn into the real thing?

Tawny Weber
Feels Like the First Time
Harlequin Blaze - September 1, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-373-79496-6

Hello, hot blast from the past!

Zoe Gaston needs to unmask a mystery man for work. She also must survive her dreaded high school reunion—and the costume party that opens it. So Zoe, once voted Girl Most Likely to Die a Virgin, comes dressed as a leather-clad dominatrix ... whip and all! Her scandalous costume catches a secret lover. He seems so deliciously familiar under his disguise ... He’s gotta be her long-ago crush. But Zoe is shocked to discover the sexy body she’s been so thoroughly enjoying belongs to Dexter Drake—her oldest friend! And he’s hiding something bigger than just his identity ...

Dressed to thrill. The best part of dressing up is taking it off!

Pamela Fryer
The Midnight Effect
Samhain - August 25, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-60504-656-3

In a single phone call, Lily Brent’s entire life—past and future—becomes foggy with confusion and danger. Her estranged sister is dead, and the body is lacking one definitive mark: a surgery scar from the kidney Lily thought she’d donated to her sister long ago.

There’s more than a mystery on her hands. There’s a niece she never knew she had, and a madman on her trail who’s hell-bent on getting the child back.

When a beautiful woman crashes her car into his remote mountain gas station, followed closely by a man with a silencer-equipped pistol, three years of inactive duty fall away as Miles Goodwin springs into action. He saves Lily and her golden child, but nothing can save him from the painful reminder of the family he lost. Retreating to his emotional coma, however, isn’t an option; they’re far from safe.

There’s something strange about a six-year-old girl who’s never eaten a hamburger or heard of Tinkerbell—and who seems to be the source of psychic phenomena so powerful, someone’s willing to kill to get her back.

samhainpublishing.com/romance/the-midnight-effect

Sophie Littlefield
A Bad Day for Sorry
St. Martin’s Minotaur - August 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780312559205

Stella Hardesty dispatched her abusive husband with a
wrench shortly before her fiftieth birthday. A few years
later, she’s so busy delivering home-style justice on her
days off, helping other women deal with their own
abusive husbands and boyfriends, that she barely has time
to run her sewing shop in her rural Missouri hometown.
Some men need more convincing than others, but it’s
usually nothing a little light bondage or old-fashioned
whuppin’ can’t fix. Since Stella works outside of the law,
she’s free to do whatever it takes to get the job done—as
long as she keeps her distance from the handsome devil
of a local sheriff, Goat Jones.

When young mother Chrissy Shaw asks Stella for help
with her no-good husband, Roy Dean, it looks like an
easy case. Until Roy Dean disappears with Chrissy’s two year-
old son, Tucker. Stella quickly learns that Roy Dean
was involved with some very scary men, as she tries to
sort out who’s hiding information and who’s merely
trying to kill her. It’s going to take a hell of a fight to get
the little boy back home to his mama, but if anyone can
do it, it’s Stella Hardesty.

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