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| The Trouble With Dukes by Grace BurrowesRegency Historical. While Hamish McHugh, the new Duke of Murdoch, has no use for an English title, he doesn't have the heart (or the guts) to refuse his sisters a London season. Thus he endures stuffy ballrooms and society gossip until he meets Miss Megan Windham, who sees him as neither a Highland heathen nor a meal ticket. Standing in the way of their future happiness is the vile Sir Fletcher Pilkington, who threatens to expose Megan's past indiscretions unless she weds him. The Trouble with Dukes is the 1st book in the witty and heartfelt Windham Brides series, which features a lively supporting cast drawn from the author's popular Windham novels (beginning with The Heir). |
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A Better Man: A Sunshine Creek Vineyard Novel
by Candis Terry
Contemporary Romance. After the death of his parents, professional hockey player Jordan Kincade returns home to take care of his teenage sister, Nicole. Wracked with guilt at not being there for his family when they needed him most, he's determined to do right by Nicole. Since she's struggling with school, Jordan approaches her teacher, Lucy Diamond, for help. Lucy is touched by Jordan's efforts to be a good man -- a far cry from their high school days, when he stood her up on a date and then left town. Still, everything should be okay as long as she doesn't fall for him. With its well-developed characters and moving story of second chances, this 1st of the Sunshine Creek Vineyard novels should appeal to fans of Jill Shalvis' small-town contemporary romances.
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| Wild Wicked Scot by Julia LondonHighland Romance. Three years after she left him, Arran Mackenzie's wife has returned to Scotland. Lady Mackenzie -- née Miss Margot Armstrong -- claims that she only wishes to reconcile with her lawful husband, but Arran suspects that she has actually come to spy on him as part of an English plot to seize his lands. Until she reveals her true purpose, he'll just have to keep her close. No hardship there, as their intense physical connection was probably the best part of their arranged marriage. Wild Wicked Scot is the opening installment of the Highland Grooms series; if you enjoy rugged Highlanders and their headstrong brides, keep an eye out for the forthcoming Sinful Scottish Laird. |
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A Buccaneer at Heart
by Stephanie Laurens
Georgian Romance. After a decade of service to the Crown, Captain Robert Frobisher decides it's time to marry and start a family. But before he can take a wife, he must complete one last covert mission: investigate rumors of a slavers' camp in the Freetown Colony of West Africa (Sierra Leone). There, Robert meets Miss Aileen Hopkins, who's searching for her missing brother, a young naval officer. Since Aileen won't be dissuaded from seeking out danger, Robert agrees to assist her in her quest. A Buccaneer at Heart is the 2nd installment of the Adventurers Quartet, which follows the seafaring Frobisher family.
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Busted
by Shiloh Walker
Multicultural Romance. In the six years since his wife died in childbirth, novelist Trey Barnes has been preoccupied with raising his son, Clayton, and balancing single parenthood with a successful writing career. But meeting librarian Ressa Bliss upends Trey's carefully calibrated existence. Meanwhile, Ressa can't believe that a guy as kind, smart, and gorgeous as Trey could be single, and can't believe her luck when she discovers that her interest is reciprocated. However, both have some serious issues to work out before their story can have a happily-ever-after. Busted is the 3rd book in the Barnes Brothers series, after Wrecked and Razed.
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A Good Dose of Pleasure: A Morgan Man Novel
by Zuri Day
Multicultural Romance. After years of putting her own dreams on hold to care for her dying mother, Anise Cartier -- née Shirley Anne Carter -- leaves Nebraska for Los Angeles, where she's landed a coveted internship at the Creative Space, a prestigious artists' community. Her personal life is on the upswing, as well: newly single, she's enjoying getting to know attractive physician Gregory Morgan. Unfortunately, Anise's studio is located on the site where Gregory plans to establish a medical research center. Fate has brought them together, but will real estate tear them apart? Find out in this 2nd book in the Morgan Men series.
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Heard It All Before
by Michele Grant
Multicultural Romance. Marriage-minded North Dallas girl Jewellen Capwell doesn't think she's being too picky for wanting a "tall, fine, intelligent, sensitive, heterosexual, financially stable, Christian, chocolate god over the age of 30 with a great sense of humor." Her best friend Renee Nightingale, on the other hand, is interested in...well, just about every man she sees. Both are destined to meet their match -- Jewellen with Southside resident Roman Montgomery, a working-class single dad who appears to be her opposite in every way, and wild child Renee with ladies' man Gregory Samson, whose roving eye rivals her own. This debut novel is full of humor, romance, and drama and written in a "pitch-perfect voice" (Publishers Weekly).
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| Sugar Daddy by Lisa KleypasContemporary Romance. Life hasn't been easy for Liberty Jones. A dead father and an absent mother meant that Liberty raised her sister in a trailer park in Welcome, Texas -- a town that fails to live up to its name if, like Liberty, you're poor and half-Mexican. Now living in Houston, Liberty gets her big break when tycoon Churchill Travis hires her as his assistant. Churchill becomes a father figure to Liberty, although their rapport causes some people, including Churchill's son Gage, to think he's her sugar daddy. Despite Gage's chilly reception, things soon heat up between him and Liberty. If you enjoy getting to know the Travis family, you'll be pleased to know that some of the characters in Sugar Daddy return in Blue-Eyed Devil. |
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I Heard A Rumor
by Cheris Hodges
Multicultural Romance. After her cheating ex-fiancé lies about their reconciliation in a bid to boost support for his mayoral campaign, Charlotte attorney Chante Britt, besieged by the media, escapes to her grandmother's South Carolina beach house. While she tries to rebuild her life, she meets real estate mogul Zach Harrington, who's fleeing a messy situation of his own: his ex-wife is the "Harlem Madame," a tabloid fixture since her arrest for running a prostitution ring. For two people trying to avoid further scandal, there is no good reason to pursue a fling. Though, really, reason has nothing to do with it. Fans of Cheris Hodges' Rumor Has It, which focuses on Chante's friend Liza, will enjoy this 2nd book in the Rumors series.
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| My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry ThomasVictorian Romance. The illegitimate daughter of an English adventurer and a Chinese courtesan, Bai Ying-ying -- a.k.a. Catherine Blade -- grew up unwanted and unloved in Chinese Turkestan; to survive she became a martial arts expert and a spy. During an undercover mission that takes her into London society, she encounters her former lover, Leighton Atwood. Eight years ago, she left him to die in the Takla Makan Desert after he betrayed her. Not only is he alive and well, he's just become engaged to another woman. This discovery complicates matters, to say the least. Readers interested in the couple's (rather tumultuous) history should check out The Hidden Blade, a full-length prequel to this novel. |
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