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"I wish I could meet a man as kind and wonderful as the heroes in one of the romances I love to read..." ~ from Catherine Anderson's Silver Thaw
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New and Recently Released!
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| Silver Thaw: A Mystic Creek Novel by Catherine AndersonContemporary Romance. To escape her abusive husband, Amanda Banning takes her six-year-old daughter and hides out in a ramshackle rental house in Mystic Creek, Washington. She copes with her isolation and fear by scribbling her innermost thoughts and feelings on scraps of paper before scattering them to the breeze. Neighbor Jeb Sterling finds the missives and sets out to discover the identity of their mysterious author, in the process saving Amanda's life and falling in love with the sweet scribe whose words spoke to his soul. Silver Thaw kicks off the Mystic Creek series. |
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Kiss Me Hello
by Grace Burrowes
Contemporary Romance. While raising her foster son Luis, Sidonie Lindstrom meets rural lawyer Mackenzie Peckham and as romance blossoms between them, she soon discovers that he has not been truthful about his job and wonders if she can trust him, especially when problems arise with Luis' foster-care situation.
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| Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress by Theresa RomainRegency Historical. Arriving in Bath under an assumed name, heiress Augusta Meredith enjoys the freedom of being Mrs. Flowers, a widow with no particular social status...until she encounters an old acquaintance from London. Joss Everett, the Anglo-Indian secretary of the thoroughly disreputable Baron Sutcliffe, agrees to keep Augusta's secret in exchange for her help in solving an unusual problem involving his employer. Temporarily joining forces, they soon begin to desire a more permanent arrangement. Don't miss this 3rd book in the Matchmaker series, after It Takes Two to Tangle and To Charm a Naughty Countess. |
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| The Immortal Who Loved Me by Lynsay SandsParanormal Romance. This 21st book in the long-running Argeneau series pairs immortal vampire Basileios "Basil" Argeneau and human Sherry Carne, a small business owner plagued by the rogue undead. When Basil comes to her aid, Sherry discovers a supernatural world she never knew existed -- especially when she learns that she may be Basil's destined life-mate. Although The Immortal Who Loved Me is a stand-alone story, those who wish to further their acquaintance with the Argeneau Clan may want to start at the beginning, with A Quick Bite. |
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The Moon Tells Secrets
by Savanna Welles
Paranormal Romance. Don't trust nobody. Not family. Not friend. Don't let it get him like it got my son, not until he is ready to meet it. And remember that blood must pay for blood. A debt must be paid. Your boy can never forget. That is his destiny." Raine is at her wits' end. Her eleven-year-old son Davey, whom she has raised by herself, has the power to shapeshift into any animal--a "gift" from his dead father. As Raine struggles to control his abilities that are so clearly out of her realm, a darker threat moves closer--a skinwalker bent on killing Raine and Davey. But even if the skinwalker doesn't succeed, someone closer to Raine will become just as vicious... Cade, still grieving the brutal murder of his wife, finds solace in Raine's companionship. But as the savage details of her death mirror the powers Davey is soon to have, Raine will have to fight to protect her son.
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| Long, Hot Texas summer by Carolyn BrownContemporary Romance. Seventeen years after divorcing her cheating husband, Jackson, and trading Texas for Oklahoma, Loretta Bailey returns to the Lonesome Canyon Ranch when their daughter, Nona, announces that she's dropping out of college to marry one of Jackson's ranch hands. To complicate matters further, a remorseful Jackson declares that he wants to make a fresh start. As Loretta battles scorching summer heat, torrential downpours, and her still-burning love for the man she left behind, she'll have to come to terms with the past and decide what she wants her future to be. |
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| The Last of the Red-Hot Vampires by Katie MacAlisterParanormal Romance. Being an avowed skeptic doesn't prevent physicist Portia Harding from inadvertently receiving the power of controlling the weather. Portia's new talent quickly draws the attention of a red hot nephilim. Theo, the offspring of an angel and a human, needs Portia's help in order to change his destiny. Between struggling with her attraction to Theo and trying to pass the seven tests necessary to gain entrance to the Court of Divine Blood, Portia must reconsider her doubts about things that science can't explain. Booklist concludes that this fast-paced 6th in the Dark Ones series is "a delight." |
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| Cover Me by Catherine MannMilitary 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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| A Kiss of Fate by Mary Jo PutneyFantasy Romance. Living undetected among ordinary mortals in 18th-century Britain are the supernaturally gifted Guardians. Although Gwyneth Owens is the daughter of a Guardian, she doesn't believe she possesses any magic -- until the Council orders her to marry Duncan Macrae, a Guardian whose ability to control the weather leads to Gwyneth's discovery of her own talents. Kiss of Fate is the opening installment of the Guardian series, which continues with Stolen Magic. |
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Prince George's County Memorial Library System 6532 Adelphi Rd. Hyattsville, Maryland 20782 301-699-3500http://www.pgcmls.info/ |
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