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| The Inheritance by Rochelle AlersAfter corporate attorney Hannah DuPont-Lowell's Manhattan company abruptly lays off its staff, there's no better place to figure out a next move than the porch of her plantation-style home in New Orleans. Hannah plans to convert the vast house into a hotel, while rekindling her friendship with hunky professor St John McNair.
Featuring mature protagonists and a well-drawn New Orleans setting, The Inheritance kicks off the Innkeepers series, which features a diverse quartet of women who enter the hospitality business. |
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| The Thing About Love by Julie JamesFBI agents Jessica Harlow and John Shepherd have a past. The former lawyer and cocky Army Ranger clashed during their training at Quantico and gladly went their separate ways after graduating from the Academy. Six years later, the last thing either of them expects is to be assigned to work as partners in a high-profile undercover sting.
Bantering leads and a steamy enemies-to-lovers storyline make this 6th installment of author Julie James' popular FBI/US Attorneys series a must-read. |
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| Ride Rough by Laura KayeMaverick Rylan won't apologize for who he is--the Raven Riders Motorcycle Club Vice-President, a sought-after custom bike builder, and a man dedicated to protecting those he loves. So when he learns that the only woman who has ever held his heart is in trouble, he'll move heaven and earth to save her.
For more motorcycle club-themed romances starring alpha male heroes and the women they'll do anything to protect, check out Stephanie Tyler's Skulls Creek series or Kristen Ashley's Chaos novels. |
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| Wild Ride: A Black Knights Inc. Novel by Julie Ann WalkerIn a black-on-black international mission that went seriously sideways, Ozzie was badly injured--now he's stuck at BKI headquarters in Chicago, champing at the bit to get out into the field again. To his disgust, he's tasked with distracting Chicago Tribune ace reporter Samantha Tate, who's been trying to dig up the dirt on BKI for years.
If you like action-packed romantic suspense stories featuring ex-special forces guys, you might also enjoy Cindy Gerard's One-Eyed Jacks series. |
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| In Bed with a Spy by Alyssa Alexander Earning herself the nickname the Angel of Vengeance, Lilias Fairchild, fighting amongst the men at Waterloo to avenge her husband's death, must protect herself from a dashing British spy who is determined to capture her heart as danger swirls around them.
This steamy and suspenseful tale of romance and espionage may appeal to fans of Celeste Bradley's Royal Four series or Caroline Linden's Bow Street Agents novels. |
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| Beyond the Sunrise by Mary BaloghEven at fifteen, Jeanne, the privileged daughter of a royalist, knew what she liked: Englishman Robert Blake, bastard son of a marquess. Yet his questionable birth rendered him forbidden. Forced to part, they were still young enough to believe in tomorrow. But as time passed, that brief ephemeral flirtation at Haddington Hall faded into memory.
Beyond the Sunrise is a moving story of misunderstandings and second chances. |
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| Rogue Spy by Joanna BourneTen years ago Thomas Paxton was a boy sent by revolutionary France to infiltrate the British Intelligence Service. Now his sense of honour brings him back to London, alone and unarmed, to confess. But instead of facing the gallows, he's given one last assignment to prove his loyalty.
If you enjoy historical romances with suspenseful, action-packed plots, don't miss this 5th gripping installment of the Spymaster series, which begins with The Spymaster's Lady. |
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| Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta ChaseAfter years of spying for England (and bedding beautiful-but-deadly women), James Cordier is ready to retire and settle down. But before he's free to do so, he must complete one final mission: retrieving a bundle of incriminating letters from notorious courtesan Francesca Bonnard. Francesca, divorced and living in Venice ever since the affair that ruined her reputation, knows a thing or two about heartbreak and scandal. So when attractive, mysterious James shows up, she's not about to trust him with her secrets -- or her heart.
Author Loretta Chase specializes in complex, sympathetic characters with bad reputations, so if you enjoy Your Scandalous Ways, you might try one of her other books, such as Lord of Scoundrels. |
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| How to Woo a Reluctant Lady by Sabrina JeffriesFaced with an ultimatum to marry or be disinherited, novelist Lady Minerva Sharpe calls her family's bluff by concocting a fake engagement to barrister Giles Masters. Surely her grandmother, who controls the purse strings, would prefer she remain unwed rather than shackle herself to a notorious libertine! Giles agrees to the scheme provided that she retire her most popular character, a rakish spy that closely resembles Giles -- an agent of the Crown who feels that her portrayal hits a bit too close to home.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady is the 3rd book in the Hellions of Halstead Hall series, which begins with The Truth About Lord Stoneville. |
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| Winds of the Storm by Beverly JenkinsA spy in Harriet Tubman's intelligence network, Zahra Lafayette retired after the Civil War. Or rather, she tried to. At the president's request, Zahra undertakes one last undercover assignment. Posing as a madam in a New Orleans brothel, she's reunited with hotelier Archer Le Veq, a member of one of the city's wealthiest free black families. Unbeknownst to Archer, Zahra -- known in the field as "the Black Butterfly" -- saved his life during the war.
Set in Louisiana during Reconstruction, Winds of the Storm is the 2nd novel in the House of Le Veq series, after Through the Storm. As a bonus, fans of the author's Indigo will recognize some familiar characters. |
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