Publisher: HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/26/2011
ISBN-13: 9780061965760
ISBN-10: 0061965766

Paranormal Historical. When Anaïs de Rohan infiltrates the all-male St. James Society, the gentleman's club that serves as a front for the secret magical society Fraternitas Aureae Crucis, its members are less than pleased -- particularly Geoff Archard, Lord Bessett. Nevertheless, Anaïs' training and talents may prove useful in tracking down a missing child, so she and Geoff team up for an undercover mission. Fans of author Liz Carlyle's sensual, suspenseful historical romances will recognize Anaïs as the daughter of Max de Rohan and Lady Catherine Wodeway from No True Gentleman. The Bride Wore Scarlet is the 2nd book in the Fraternitas Aureae Crucis series, after One Touch of Scandal.

Publisher: Dafina Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9780758265432
ISBN-10: 0758265433

Short Stories. Looking for one last hurrah before the summer ends? Pick up Heat Wave, which Publishers Weekly calls a "perfect beach read." Donna Hill's "Summer Fever" takes schoolteacher Nina Forbes to a housesitting gig in the Hamptons, where she meets her sexy next-door neighbor, Barbadian hottie Ian Harrison. In Niobia Bryant's "One Hot Summer," party planner Nylah "Love" Lovely has sworn off celebrity boyfriends -- until basketball star Maleek Trenton hires her to organize his swanky shindig. Zuri Day's "Too Hot to Handle" pairs Choice McKinley with architect Trey Scott, the rising star of her father's firm, who has no idea he's fooling around with the boss' daughter.

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Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9781402244957
ISBN-10: 1402244959

Action-Adventure Romance. As part of a military pararescue team, Wade Rocha is used to dangerous missions -- and jumping out of a helicopter onto Alaska's Mount Redoubt during a blizzard is no exception. Although Wade initially assumes he's saving some reckless thrill-seeker, he soon discovers that mountain guide Sunny Foster is no damsel-in-distress: her survival skills rival his own. But when the pair stumble across the frozen, mutilated bodies of Sunny's friends, it's clear that they're up against more than the elements -- especially after an unseen assassin starts shooting at them. Containing "plenty of thrills and charged erotic situations" (Publishers Weekly), Cover Me kicks off Catherine Mann's Elite Force series.

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Publisher: Scribner
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/28/2011
ISBN-13: 9781439197196
ISBN-10: 1439197199

Romantic Suspense. Although oceanographer Cordelia Stapleton is more accustomed to research vessels than ocean liners, she agrees to travel in high style to Monaco to accept an award on behalf of her great-great-grandfather, famed polar explorer Elliott Stapleton. She also receives her ancestor's journal, which contains clues to the location of a hidden treasure: the deed to a piece of in-demand Arctic territory granted to Elliott Stapleton by the Norwegian government. To recover the deed before it falls into the wrong hands (and there are a lot of wrong hands), Cordelia teams up with archaeologist and international playboy John Sinclair for a globe-trotting adventure full of danger and romance.

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Publisher: Berkley Sensation
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/05/2011
ISBN-13: 9780425242100
ISBN-10: 0425242102

Contemporary Romance. After a ten year absence, Giuliana "Jules" Baci returns to Tanti Baci, her family's Napa Valley winery, to help her sisters transform the place into a wedding venue and resolve their financial troubles. Then Jules runs into Liam Bennett, the high school boyfriend who broke her heart, and their rekindled relationship might just give her a reason to stay. Booklist, in a starred review, calls this 3rd and final volume of Christie Ridgway's Three Kisses trilogy "contemporary romance at its best." If you're new to the series, find out how the other Baci sisters found love in Crush on You and And Then He Kissed Me.

Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9780440236603
ISBN-10: 0440236606

Regency Historical. After being shot and thrown from his horse during the Battle of Waterloo, Alleyne Bedwyn wakes up surrounded by beautiful women and with no memory of who he is. He has a vague notion that he's died and gone to heaven -- that is, if heaven is a brothel and its angelic choir is made up of prostitutes. The most captivating of them all is Rachel York, who nurses Alleyne back to health with the intention of having him pose as her husband to help her regain her stolen inheritance. Slightly Sinful is the 6th book in Mary Balogh's Bedwyn Saga, which begins with A Summer to Remember.

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Publisher: Bantam Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9780553586343
ISBN-10: 0553586343

Contemporary Romance. While preparing for a high-profile court case, workaholic attorney Mckenna Wright gets in a car accident that leaves her with temporary amnesia. Out of a job and at loose ends, Mckenna has no one to talk to except her cat, Titi (short for "Nefertiti") -- who, amazingly, starts talking back. Not satisfied with giving advice, Titi is soon playing matchmaker, setting Mckenna up to fall for her former colleague and rival, Stetson-wearing hottie Tom Markham. You don't have to be a crazy cat lady to appreciate The Cat's Meow, which boasts "steamy between-the-sheets action, sensitive soul searching, and a tail-twitching denoument" (Publishers Weekly).

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Publisher: Signet
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/06/2007
ISBN-13: 9780451220561
ISBN-10: 0451220560

Romantic Suspense. While burglarizing her family's former estate in search of a valuable painting, Meadow Szarvas is caught red-handed by the mansion's new owner, Devlin Fitzwilliam. To avoid being arrested, Meadow pretends to have amnesia -- which prompts the quick-thinking Devlin to insist that she's his wife. She can't contradict him without blowing her cover, and besides, if she's going to find the hidden painting, she'll need access to the house. Of course, it doesn't hurt that Devlin is very, very attractive. But why does Devlin need her? Tongue in Chic is the 2nd steamy entry in Christina Dodd's Fortune Hunter series, after Trouble in High Heels.

Publisher: Zebra Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2003
ISBN-13: 9780821770207
ISBN-10: 0821770209

Romantic Suspense. Released from a mental institution after a ten-year stay, 27-year-old Casey Edwards can't even remember how she got there in the first place. What's more, no one in her hometown of Sweetwater, Georgia seems pleased to see her -- particularly her mother, now ensconced in an opulent mansion as the wife of a wealthy, ailing older man. Casey finds an ally in attractive Dr. Blake Hunter, who wants to help her recover her memories, but as she searches for clues to her situation, she realizes that many of the townsfolk would prefer that the past stay buried -- and will do anything to ensure that it does.

Publisher: Zebra Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9781420103281
ISBN-10: 1420103288

Regency Historical. After her father's death, Mariah Clarke inherits Hartley Manor, the beautiful estate he won in a game of cards. Seeing an opportunity to reclaim his property, the house's former owner immediately begins wooing Mariah, who, having no desire to wed a gambling wastrel, claims she's already married. Unfortunately, her would-be suitor demands that she produce this mysterious "husband." When a handsome stranger with amnesia washes up on a nearby beach, Mariah wastes no time in convincing him that she is his wife. Loving a Lost Lord is the 1st installment of Mary Jo Putney's Lost Lords series, which continues with Never Less than a Lady and Nowhere Near Respectable.

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