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| Love Walks In: The Shaughnessy Brothers by Samantha ChaseContemporary Romance. All work and no play makes resort owner Hugh Shaugnessy a dull boy -- until runaway bride Aubrey Burke checks in (well, breaks in) to one of his hotels. With no money, no job, and nowhere to go after fleeing her awful ex-fiancé, Aubrey is in dire straits. Hugh hires her, for despite her terrible taste in men, Aubrey is a brilliant businesswoman. She's also the kind of woman that causes Hugh to reconsider his solitary, workaholic lifestyle as well as his tendency to rely on his head and not his heart. Love Walks In is the 2nd book in the heartwarming Shaughnessy Brothers series, after Made for Us. |
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| The Earl Takes All by Lorraine HeathRegency Historical. With his dying breath, Albert Alcott, Earl of Greyling, makes one request of his twin brother, Edward: "Be me." Edward promises to impersonate his brother until Albert's wife Julia safely gives birth to their child, which means pretending to be married to the woman he's secretly loved for years. Meanwhile, Julia is delighted to discover a side of her husband she never knew existed -- or so she thinks. Edward would like to be Julia's husband for real, but the law is clear: a man cannot marry his brother's widow. Can their impossible situation be happily resolved? Find out in this 2nd book in the Hellions of Havisham series. |
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| A Buccaneer at Heart by Stephanie LaurensGeorgian 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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| Temptations of a Wallflower by Eva LeighRegency Historical. Lady Sarah Frampton has a scandalous secret: she is A Lady of Dubious Quality, the pseudonymous author of bestselling erotica. Country vicar Jeremy Cleland has no idea that the demure wallflower he's falling in love with is the woman whose identity he's been ordered to publicly expose by his father, the Earl of Hutton, as part of the elder man's crusade against immorality. Temptations of a Wallflower is the 3rd book in the Wicked Quills of London series, after Forever Your Earl and Scandal Takes the Stage. For another steamy Regency-set series about scribbling women, try Maya Rodale's Writing Girls novels. If you enjoy stories of moral paragons tempted to sin by seductive women, try Courtney Milan's Unclaimed. |
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| Hold Your Breath by Katie RuggleRomantic Suspense. When rookie diver Louise “Lou” Sparks finds a headless corpse during a training exercise, it galvanizes the entire search and rescue team of rural Field County, Colorado. But murder isn't the only shocking turn of events. It turns out that Lou has a stalker, whose threatening behavior only escalates when dive-team leader Callum Hood offers Lou his protection. Lou's had a crush on stern, sexy Callum ever since she first reported for duty, but she's convinced that he finds her bubbly personality off-putting. Boy, is she wrong! Hold Your Breath is the opening volume of the Rocky Mountain Search and Rescue series, and while Lou and Callum's story is resolved, the ongoing investigation into "Headless Dead Guy's" death continues into the next installment, Fan the Flames. |
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| Rushed to the Altar by Jane FeatherGeorgian Romance. If he wants to see a penny of his inheritance, Jasper Sullivan, Earl of Blackwater, must reform a fallen woman through marriage. So informed, he heads to Covent Garden to find himself a prostitute, where he encounters Clarissa Astley -- while she's picking his pocket. But Clarissa is no more a lightskirt than she is a street thief: she's a gently bred virgin who's fallen on hard times since the deaths of her parents. Jasper outlines his proposal and Clarissa accepts without disclosing her true situation: by sacrificing her virtue to Jasper and accepting his money, she can ensure that she and her younger brother are safe from their wicked guardian. However, what begins as a marriage of convenience turns into an unlikely love match, making Clarissa's secret a danger to their relationship. |
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| The Bridegroom by Linda Lael MillerWestern Romance. When they were children growing up in a frontier town, Gideon Yarbro told Lydia Fairmont that if she ever needed him, she need only send word and he'd come for her. Well, Lydia needs him now -- on the eve of her wedding to a heartless man. Gideon, true to his word, arrives just in time to rescue the bride-to-be. But Lydia will lose everything unless she marries, prompting Gideon to step in as her groom. From there, the newlyweds travel to Stone Creek, Arizona, where Gideon, an undercover law enforcement official, must infiltrate a criminal organization while protecting his new bride from her vengeful former fiancé and keeping them both safe from Gideon's enemies. This 4th Stone Creek novel boasts an atmospheric Old West setting, an action-packed plot, and a moving love story. |
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| A Distant Magic by Mary Jo PutneyFantasy Romance. En route to a wedding, Jean Macrae, a Scottish woman with a modest talent for magic, is kidnapped by Nikolai Grigorio, a Maltese pirate who harbors a long-simmering grudge against her father. But as Jean and Nikolai spend time together, a simmering attraction ignites -- especially once they discover that their magical powers, when combined, are extraordinary. As partners, Jean and Nikolai embark on a dangerous mission to fight slavery around the world. Fans of Mary Jo Putney's Guardians series will be happy to find that this 3rd stand-alone installment contains a great deal of history in addition to romance. |
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| A Highland Werewolf Wedding by Terry SpearParanormal Romance. Elaine Hawthorn is an American Werewolf in Scotland. While driving through the Highlands, she runs into (literally, with her car) lycanthropic laird Cearnach MacNeill, who's on his way to a friend's wedding. Their attraction is both instantaneous and mutual, inspiring Cearnach to invite Elaine as his date. However, because Elaine is related to the rival McKinley clan, showing up with Cearnach to a Highland wedding is enough to reignite a feud that's been smoldering since 1785. As steamy as it is action-packed, A Highland Werewolf Wedding is the 11th installment of author Terry Spear's popular Werewolf series. |
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| Dictatorship of the Dress by Jessica TopperContemporary Romance. Laney Hudson has one job: transport her mother's elaborate, expensive wedding dress to Hawaii. Easier said than done, thanks to the sorry state of air travel in the United States. While the voluminous gown gets her an upgrade to first class, it also gets her stuck with a supercilious seatmate, software designer Noah Ridgewood. Worse, the flight crew assumes they're newlyweds and when the plane is unexpectedly grounded, ensures that they're lodged in a nearby hotel's honeymoon suite. Stranded in a strange city, Laney and Noah are forced to get to know each other much, much better. Dictatorship of the Dress kicks off the Much 'I Do' About Nothing series. |
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