tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60313899188897580752024-03-13T07:04:12.117-07:00Dying to Read and Weaving TalesI work at home with my many animals, fiber arts (knitting, weaving, spinning) and have put my love of reading to work doing book reviews.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05142231905909628309noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031389918889758075.post-77050870218066865392015-10-06T09:28:00.000-07:002015-10-06T09:31:14.436-07:00Cover Reveal *TARNISHED* Erica Chilson<div class="yiv6367747615separator" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444116739911_4263" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Royce Kennedy believes he has the town of Rusty Knob and its citizens in
the palm of his hand. For altruistic reasons, of course. A real man
takes care of his land and the people on it, whether they want to accept
the help or not.<br />
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After fostering an orphan, adopting underprivileged kids, creating
businesses to bring jobs back to the area, donating his time, energy,
and money by founding the Community Growth: Life Skills Center, people
are beginning to wonder if the man is running a campaign to earn the
status of a saint.<br />
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Royce’s family is getting frustrated by idly watching their patriarch
spread himself too thin, because he won’t allow them to shoulder his
burdens or their own. Drastic measures are taken before the man can see
reason. When the dust finally settles, Royce realizes he’s been taking
care of everyone but himself.<br />
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But there’s a problem with sorting out your issues, with the clarity of
mind, you can’t hide from the good, bad, and downright filthy secrets
buried in the depths of your past.<br />
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With dark, violent, depraved skeletons, Rusty Knob’s patriarch isn’t as
pure of soul as he appears to be. Will he finally surrender and accept
the help to buff the tarnish away?<br />
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<i>Just because it’s the moral thing to do, doesn’t mean it’s the right thing for you.</i><br />
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Erica Chilson does not write in the 3rd person, wanting her readers to <i>be</i> her characters. Therefore, writing a bio about herself, is uncomfortable in the extreme.<br />
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Born, raised, and here to stay, the Wicked Writer is a stump-jumper, a
ridge-runner. Hailing from North Central Pennsylvania, directly on the
New York State border; she loves the changes in seasons, the humid air,
all the mountainous forest, and the gloomy atmosphere.<br />
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Introverted, but not socially awkward, Erica prides herself on thinking
first and filtering her speech. There are days she doesn’t speak at all.
If it wasn’t for the fact that she lives with her parents, giving her a
sense of reality, she would be a hermit, where the delivery man finds
her months after expiration.<br />
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Reading was an escape, a way to leave a not-so pleasant reality behind.
Reading lent Erica the courage she gathered from the characters between
the pages to long for a different life. Writing was an instrument of
change, evolving Erica into the woman she is today- a better, more
mature, more at peace thinker.<br />
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Erica has a wicked mind, one she pours out into her creations. Her
filter doesn’t allow all of it to erupt, much to her relief. Sarcastic,
with a very dark, perverse sense of humor, Erica puts a bit of herself
into every character she writes.<br />
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Centuries after the fallen angels left heaven to live among
humans, their Nephilim descendants dwell in secret, hidden from the modern
world. Once, a charismatic leader known as the Phoenix led their people, but he
vanished centuries ago. The few surviving Great Houses are in decline,
bickering over petty rivalries while a handful of faithful warriors battle to
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Eighteen-year-old Aiden McLachlan devotes her life to her
studies and pursues her lifelong goal to become a full-fledged Watcher. But
everything she knows of her life is a lie and everyone a liar. Through a
strange twist of fate, she finds herself caught up in an ancient prophecy. </div>
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The stars predict the rebirth of the Nephilim leader, but
the mystery must be unraveled or the Phoenix cannot rise. With a soul-eating
demon, a coven of ancient vampires, and a hardheaded Celtic warrior competing
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Phoenix Contract Part One:
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Phoenix Contract Part Two:
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Phoenix Contract Part Three:
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thrash stared
into the chasm of space between the building roof and city streets,
contemplating the eighty-story drop. It was a long way down. The city’s lights
glimmered against darkness, millions of fluorescent stars. Surrender did not
come easily to him, and it tasted bitter in his mouth. He’d spent his life
training to fight, but what could he do against an enemy that could shape shift
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Six-foot-six and
muscular in the manner of body builders, Thorton David Aston III or Thrash to
his friends, was an albino. He was born without skin or hair pigment, his skin
perfectly pale, his hair white. He rivaled the city lightscape for its clean
brightness. He disliked the attention his condition attracted, so he’d cropped
his hair short and dyed it metallic blue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">“I won’t help you,” Matthew said, “no matter what you do to me.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Oh, but I think you will,” Daniel disagreed. “Once I turn you, then
you’ll be more than happy to help.” Lightning swift, the vampire lashed out and
seized Matthew’s wrist, forcing the priest’s arm down. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Matthew cried out in pain as Daniel squeezed his wrist until his hand
opened and the crucifix dropped to the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Aiden shouted and swung her crucifix around to protect Matthew, but she
was too slow. Daniel dragged Matthew away and thrust the priest toward his
minions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Hold him,” Daniel said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Immediately, the carrot-topped boy and the policewoman caught hold of the
priest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Aiden expected Daniel’s attack, but that didn’t prepare her for the
vampire’s speed. Daniel rushed her, progressing so fast his contorted face
filled her vision. She kept the crucifix level and aimed for the vampire’s
eyes, but Daniel caught hold of her wrist with disturbing ease. Then he twisted
her arm, causing a wrenching pain in her shoulder. Against her will, Aiden bent
over to avoid having her arm torn from the socket. She lost her grip on her
crucifix.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Let her go!” Matthew shouted. “She’s done nothing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Daniel immobilized Aiden, ignoring her struggles. He forced her head to
the side and exposed her throat. “Oh, I don’t think so. I want you to suffer,
Matt,” he said. “As a self-styled Lord of the Night, I’m rather pleased with
the revenge I’ve concocted. So I’m going to eat your pretty daughter and make
you watch.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Contemporary Romance</div>
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<i>Getting even.</i><br />
<i>One step at a time...</i><br />
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Maddie Kingston just walked away from everything in order to take over her family's struggling shoe business. And she's in some serious trouble. The majority of the company's shares have been bought out by none other than Maddie's ex-boyfriend, self-made billionaire Nick Holter. Now Maddie needs his help...even if it means buying Nick from a charity bachelor auction.<br />
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After the Kingstons destroyed his grandfather's career, Nick vowed to take over their company. He's inches from victory when he finds himself bought and paid for...by his sexy ex-girlfriend who's hell-bent on saving her family's company. Between their families' feud and their own unfinished business, tempers - and emotions - run hot. Too hot.<br />
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Because kissing with the enemy is a guaranteed shoe-in for trouble...<br />
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“So what on earth happened?” Doris literally sat on the edge of her canvas outdoor chair.<br />
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Maddie cleared her throat. She sucked in a big, deep breath. But no words formed.<br />
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Nick cleared his throat. “Yes, well, our families saw our happiness and decided to end their feud.”<br />
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Nick stood and placed his arms on his hips, assuming the tone and inflection of an actor. He was good. Really good. “I took Maddie back home and I said, ‘Gramps, Maddie’s the love of my life. Now, I know you haven’t been talking to your old friend, and our families completely ignore one another when they pass on the street, but time’s up and that baloney’s got to end.’ Then I took her in my arms like this—” Nick pulled Maddie up, grabbed her around the waist and dipped her low—“and I said, ‘Sweetheart, it’s up to you and me to bring our families back together. Full circle. ’Cause that’s what love does.’”<br />
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He eased her up slowly, the taut cords of his arm muscles pulling, pulling. His warm brown eyes stared into hers, and she went limp under his touch. He smelled of campfire and fresh air. His lips hovered so close she could feel his breath on her cheek. Just when she thought he would kiss her, she landed upright, and he sat back down in his chair, snagging another s’more from the platter.<br />
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Dear God. Maddie stood with knees wobbling, breaths shaky and shallow. As she hitched down the sweatshirt and righted herself, Maddie wondered what kind of power Nicholas Holter possessed that his one touch could send her swirling into a melted puddle? She was so doomed. Worse, she was incapable of hating him, even though he was a vulture capitalist scoundrel who would take her whole family down if she couldn’t buck up and face him.<br />
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Doris clutched her heart. “True love prevails! Oh, I knew it. You two were meant to be. Destiny.”<br />
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Her marshmallows burst into brilliant orange flame, and Doris blew and sputtered and waved them in the air.<br />
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The strange spell that had been cast burst as well. In their real story, there was no hope, no destiny. No expectations that love could conquer all the bad stuff in life. There was just Nick’s bitter desire for revenge against the company that he felt sold his grandfather down the river.<br />
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Maddie pulled a smoking marshmallow off Doris’s stick and popped it into her mouth. It was charred and burned and crispy on the outside. Just like her heart.<br />
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Real life didn’t turn out like a fairy tale, no matter how badly she wanted it to. It wouldn’t bring her true love, or get her father’s health back, or stop this sexy, irresistible man from ruining her family. And the reality of knowing that really sucked.<br />
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Miranda Liasson loves to write stories about courageous but flawed characters who find love despite themselves, because there’s nothing like a great love story. And if there are a few laughs along the way, even better! She won the 2013 Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award for Series Romance for the book which became <i>This Thing Called Love</i>, out this spring from Montlake Publishing, and also writes contemporary romance for Entangled Publishing. She lives in the Midwest with her husband, three kids, and office mates Maggie, a yellow lab, and Posey, a rescue cat with attitude.<br />
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<b>Series</b>: Tales of Nevaeh: Volume 2</div>
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<b><i>A race to stop extinction! </i></b><br />
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In what once was Europe, the Dark Masters launch a fleet of ships filled with tens of thousands of their followers.<br />
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I live and write in a small village about thirty miles upstate of NYC, and share my home with my wife, Bonnie and our dog Alfie, an apricot poodle.<br />
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When I began writing in 1980, I had no idea where I was headed. Since then, I've published thirty-five novels, thirty-three of them with traditional publishers, but I decided I wanted more freedom than the traditional publishers would allow and began a new phase in my life as an Independent Author.<br />
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Sci-Fi & fantasy has always been my most favorite genre. My first novel in the genre, <i>Queen Of Knights</i> was a medieval / historical fantasy and reached #2 on the Amazon.com bestseller lists for historical fantasy and medieval fantasy, and my sci-fi of parallel worlds, <i>The Others</i>, received wide acclaim. <br />
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My first Independent novel Angels In Mourning, was my 'homage' to the old time private detective books of the late 40's, 50's and 60's. I used to love to sneak them from my parents’ night-tables and read them as a young boy. Angels, is a modern day take on the old style hardboiled detective. Angels In Mourning won the Amazon.com Book of the Month Reader's Choice Award shortly after it was published.<br />
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My most current thriller, The Cured, was written with Terese Ramin.The idea for this Medical Thriller came shortly after the death of a close friend. I couldn't help but wonder about the medication....<br />
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My previous suspense thrillers are The Hyte Maneuver, (a Literary guild alternate selection); As peace Lay Dying, Conspiracy of Mirrors, And Down will Come Baby, Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep and Shadows.<br />
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The townsfolk of Rusty Knob, West Virginia, see the Gillettes as ignorant wastes of space– worthless drunk sponges. As the youngest, Wynn may be a Gillette, but he doesn’t act, nor think like one. At only seventeen, he studies hard, plays basketball harder, and works the hardest.<br />
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Wynn is numb to his core, no longer feeling the hits that keep knocking him down to the ground. He’s unable to see the bright future laid out before him. Royce Kennedy, a distant relative, tries all he can do to save the youngest generation of Gillettes from the dark shroud of bitter ignorance infecting them via their neglectful upbringing.<br />
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Wynn’s studying is to the backdrop of drunken chaos, his relationship with friends and family are tainted by a narrow world view, and his life is filled with more questions than answers. His every dollar earned is bled dry come payday, only to have his parents piss it down the toilet or blow caustic smoke to billow in the air.<br />
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A warped sense of loyalty forces Wynn to be his family’s enabler, and he’s paying the ultimate price. With the support system of Royce, the mentor of the school district’s LGBTQ online community, and Wynn’s friends, they try to prove to Wynn he deserves anything he needs, whether he earns it or not. Growing up in an ignorant wasteland, he never learned love, friendship, and respect are unconditional, can never be purchased, and should never be abused.<br />
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Wynn Gillette is at a crossroads. One thing’s for sure, he cannot continue on this destructive path. Wynn has to end the only life he’s ever known, breaking the bitter legacy passed down from one generation to the next. One way or the other. Permanently.<br />
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<i>Rusty Knob</i> is an M/M Coming of Age/New Adult Romance.<br />
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Erica Chilson does not write in the 3rd person, wanting her readers to <i>be</i> her characters. Therefore, writing a bio about herself, is uncomfortable in the extreme.<br />
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Born, raised, and here to stay, the Wicked Writer is a stump-jumper, a ridge-runner. Hailing from North Central Pennsylvania, directly on the New York State border; she loves the changes in seasons, the humid air, all the mountainous forest, and the gloomy atmosphere.<br />
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Introverted, but not socially awkward, Erica prides herself on thinking first and filtering her speech. There are days she doesn’t speak at all. If it wasn’t for the fact that she lives with her parents, giving her a sense of reality, she would be a hermit, where the delivery man finds her months after expiration.<br />
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Reading was an escape, a way to leave a not-so pleasant reality behind. Reading lent Erica the courage she gathered from the characters between the pages to long for a different life. Writing was an instrument of change, evolving Erica into the woman she is today- a better, more mature, more at peace thinker.<br />
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Erica has a wicked mind, one she pours out into her creations. Her filter doesn’t allow all of it to erupt, much to her relief. Sarcastic, with a very dark, perverse sense of humor, Erica puts a bit of herself into every character she writes.<br />
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To what lengths would you go to break away from a life filled with pain and suffering?<br />
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Tori Farrell has lived a dangerous life. When you grow up with a Motorcycle Gang of Mercenaries and Drug Lords like the Dragons, a normal life is more like a fairytale. For years, she accepted her dark reality, a world consisting of drugs, sex, violence and murder. In the end, she learned the most valuable lesson: survival.<br />
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After years of being ruled by the Dragons, Tori uses her skills of seduction and assassination to free herself from the grasp of the people who vowed they would never let her go. Taken in by the FBI, she fears not everything is what it seems, and soon finds herself lost in a web of lies and deceit. She thought getting away from the Dragons would put her on a path to a new and better life, but now she must face the cold hard truth” there is always a price to be paid.<br />
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Raised by bikers and held by the FBI, Tori Farrell has literally walked over dead men to get to where she is today.<br />
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When she broke the ties to her dark and twisted life with the Dragons, she thought it would give her a fresh start and a chance to live a normal life. However, she soon discovered the demons from her past have no desire to let her go.<br />
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Bound to a halfway house under orders of the FBI, Tori takes things day by day, working to move forward and to face her own addictions. With her true identity a mystery and no family to turn to, she must learn to accept the love and support of those around her. When a mysterious and charismatic man walks into Tori’s life, she believes she’s finally found someone who wants her for who she is. But sometimes danger doesn’t hide cloaked in darkness” It comes out into the light of day in the form of a smooth talking bad boy who appears to be everything you’ve been looking for, but is really the one thing you should be running from.”<br />
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There is nothing crueler than getting a taste of something you’ve fought hard to reach, only to have it ripped away, sending your world into a tailspin<br />
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Tori wants to put the past behind her, but it’s a daunting task when you have the FBI trying to force you back into the life you’ve escaped. When a ghost from her past visits, it could be the leverage they need to do exactly that – put her back into the game of murder and deceit. Tori has decided to run, in an attempt to protect her new friends, by fleeing from LA.<br />
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Wanting a place to call home and feel safe from the madness, she sets out with a plan to disappear and hide in anonymity. Her idea only holds one flaw – a man she can’t shake, who won’t take ‘No’ for an answer.<br />
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She soon discovers that getting a new life means she must first lay to rest the demons of her past.<br />
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When seduction and danger are all you've ever known can you ever truly leave it behind?<br />
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When Tori walked away from a life of crime, she set forth on a path of redemption and discovery. She found a man to call her own, and a life she would give anything to keep. But love and life aren't always beautiful or kind...sometimes they are painful and traitorous.<br />
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For years, Tori's drug of choice was alcohol, but through hard work and self-determination she has learned to exist without it. Suddenly faced with her true identity, and the danger of having friends and family destroyed by the world she left behind, she finds herself once again lost in a dark world filled with sex, drugs and murder.<br />
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She thought that a life of normalcy is what she wanted most, but when she gets a small taste of the dangerous life she once lived, she is forced to face the facts...not all of the demons are found on the outside.<br />
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What do you do if you discover the life you’re living isn’t the one you were meant to have?<br />
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Tori Farrell’s path has been a long one. She was raised by a Motorcycle Gang called the Dragons, trained as an assassin, and lived by the sword in a world consisting of drugs, sex, violence and murder. She made her escape, and even successfully thwarted a second attempt to draw her back in.<br />
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Returning to her safe new life, Tori faces unforeseen challenges, as the discovery of her Rock Star relation, Brian Madson, gives way to the desire to have the life she was born to live. Haunted by fear, and caught in a fierce battle between her husband and brother, she must learn to accept her dark past and face her future boldly. The FBI and The Organization still linger in the shadows, and time is creeping forward, pushing her to choose. Which path will she take, and where will it lead, when she is forced to decide between destiny and fate…<br />
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When past and present collide, how do you escape your fate?<br />
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Tori Farrell is finally on the path that leads to a bright future. Raised to be an assassin, she lived in a world consisting of drugs, sex, violence and murder. Gaining her freedom, and discovering her true identity, she has reconciled the life was born to have with the one she fought so hard to flee. Managing to hold on to her soul mate, she is pushing forward, refusing to allow the fear to hold her back any longer.<br />
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Taking her place in her brother’s band, Tori faces new challenges. Learning to live the life of a rock star seems easy enough, and she quickly gets a handle on what she holds most dear. Soon enough, the tables are turned, with the realization that the FBI has merely taken to the shadows, waiting for the other shoe to drop. Only when her former lover forces his way back into her life does it become clear; some things are simply meant to be...<br />
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The halfway house burned to the ground and her friends in imminent danger, it is time for Tori to take a stand. Surrounding herself with the strongest and darkest men that she can trust, she sets out on the greatest adventure of her life: to bring The Organization to their knees. Will they make it through the maze of lies and deceit? Will the FBI turn out to be friend or foe? And most importantly, will they all survive, as Tori makes her push to be avenged…<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Carmen Falcone</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Naked Truth, #2<br />
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Grace King needs to save her catering business by all means necessary. Even if it means striking a deal with the hot estranged husband she walked out on, but can’t forget despite her best efforts. <br />
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Fifteen-year-old Polarity Weeks just wants to live a normal life, but with a mother diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, that’s rarely easy. Her life gets exponentially more disastrous when her sixth-period history classmates start ogling a nude picture of her on the Internet. Polarity would never have struck such a shameless pose, but the photo is definitely of her, and she’s at a complete loss to explain its existence.<br />
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Child Protective Services yanks her from her home, suspecting her parents. The kids at school mock her, assuming she took it herself. And Ethan, the boy she was really starting to like, backpedals and joins the taunting chorus. Surrounded by disbelief and derision on all sides, Polarity desperately seeks the truth among her friends. Only then does she learn that everyone has dark secrets, and no one’s life is anywhere near normal.<br />
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Brenda Vicars has worked in Texas public education for many years. Her jobs have included teaching, serving as a principal, and directing student support programs. For three years, she also taught college English to prison inmates.<br />
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She entered education because she felt called to teach, but her students taught her the biggest lesson: the playing field is not even for all kids. Through her work, she became increasingly compelled to bring their unheard voices to the page. The heartbeat of her fiction emanates from the courage and resiliency of her students.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Honor</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Rachel Rossano</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Novels of Rhynan, #2</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Medieval Clean Romance</div>
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<b>Release Date</b>: February 23, 2015</div>
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The Earl of Dentin excels in his position as Securer of the Realm. But the king’s order to pluck an orphaned child from a loving home unsettles Dentin. When a dark-eyed woman challenges his honor regarding the mission, Dentin finds himself unable to justify his actions or get her out of his mind. Something about her lack of fear intrigues him.<br />
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Lady Elsa Reeve attempts to avoid the marriage of convenience her brother and mother demand of her. She understands the need to pay off her brother's massive debt. She only wants her family to consider her wishes in the process.<br />
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As Elsa becomes further entangled in a snare of her brother’s creating, only one man defends her. But can she trust Dentin, her unlikely champion, and his motives? With a murderer on the loose, Elsa’s fate in jeopardy, and a traitor plotting against the king, Dentin finds his priorities shifting in an unexpected direction.<br />
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Her face lost all color. Though she tried to hide her disquiet by adjusting the toddler on her hip, her sudden tension betrayed her. I struck close to something important.<br />
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I continued to prod. “Darnay is not a boy easily spooked, but he was convinced Merrill intended to do something terrible to you.”<br />
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“Merrill is more of a friend of Barack than me. I hardly speak to him usually. Lately he has been taking more of an interest in me. Perhaps he liked the cut of my new dress.” She tried to toss her dark mane in a flirtatious manner. The movement fell flat. Her honesty shone through despite her intentions.<br />
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“I don’t believe you.”<br />
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Her chin came up and she glared at me. “Regardless, it is none of your concern, my lord.”<br />
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“Considering this is the second time I played hero for you, you owe me something.”<br />
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“I never requested help.”<br />
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The defiant look in her eye warmed my heart. I much preferred her fire than the alternative. She put on a brave front, but the cracks were showing. This was a woman who felt alone.<br />
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“Darnay did,” I pointed out.<br />
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“He did, didn’t he?” She sighed, as though giving in after a fight. “Thank you.”<br />
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“You are welcome.”<br />
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She took a step toward me, obviously assuming I would step aside. I did not.<br />
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“I need to deliver Ian to the nursery before he is missed.”<br />
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“Not until you tell me more about your dealings with Merrill.”<br />
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Gold flashed in the brown depths of her eyes before she diverted her gaze to my feet. “I plot no treason or crime, my lord. My business is my own.” She hefted Ian higher on her hip.<br />
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The boy regarded me solemnly. “Food?”<br />
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“Soon,” Elsa assured him before turning her full attention to me. “If you will not move, I shall go another way.”<br />
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As she turned to do just that, I offered my open hands to the child. He came willingly to me with surprising eagerness. Before she could protest, Ian was securely in my arms. The lad settled his head against my shoulder, stuck his thumb in his mouth, and relaxed.<br />
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Elsa stared at me in shock. “So much for the fearsome monster.”<br />
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“Now you have to listen to me.”<br />
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Her eyebrows quirked and one side of her mouth rose. “Actually I don’t. I could walk away now and leave you to deliver him to the nursery. He seems to have tamed you.”<br />
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“Appearances can be deceiving.” Though, I was hardly in a position to demonstrate it.<br />
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“I will show you the way.” Striding past me, she set a brisk pace through the hedges.<br />
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I followed, using my longer legs to overtake her. “Merrill is an evil man.”<br />
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“I have heard the same said of you.”<br />
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“He isn’t trustworthy.” I grappled for words to convey a warning about Merrill’s complete lack of moral restraint. I couldn’t exactly start numbering the women he had ruined, numerous though they were. Pointing out that he had committed treason with the princess would be foolish, especially in such a public place. “He is not an honorable man.”<br />
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“And you are?”<br />
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She turned to confront me so fast I almost plowed her down. As it was, I ground a patch of rosemary into the earth to avoid the collision. Ian protested the abrupt halt with a squeal in my ear. However, Elsa’s flushed features demanded my full attention. She glared up at me.<br />
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“You walk into each situation, pronouncing judgment before even assessing the intentions of the people involved. Merrill could have been caught in a perfectly innocent conversation and have the best of the intentions. Did you ask him? No. Did you investigate? No. Yet, you blithely proclaimed words that ruined a man’s reputation without so much as trying to understand what was actually happening. Have you ever considered that no one invited you?”<br />
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I frowned in confusion. “Are we still discussing Merrill?”<br />
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Her face flushed crimson and then blanched. “Give Ian to me.” She held out her arms.<br />
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“Not until tell me what is truly going on between Merrill and you.”<br />
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“Keep Ian. Just be sure to deliver him to the nursery before his linens leak. Good day, my lord.” She executed a perfunctory curtsey before whirling on her heel and marching off in the direction of the main entrance to the great hall. I watched her whipping skirts and tried to make sense of her tirade. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Honor</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Rachel Rossano</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Novels of Rhynan, #2</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Medieval Clean Romance</div>
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<b>Release Date</b>: February 23, 2015</div>
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The Earl of Dentin excels in his position as Securer of the Realm. But the king’s order to pluck an orphaned child from a loving home unsettles Dentin. When a dark-eyed woman challenges his honor regarding the mission, Dentin finds himself unable to justify his actions or get her out of his mind. Something about her lack of fear intrigues him.<br />
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Lady Elsa Reeve attempts to avoid the marriage of convenience her brother and mother demand of her. She understands the need to pay off her brother's massive debt. She only wants her family to consider her wishes in the process.<br />
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As Elsa becomes further entangled in a snare of her brother’s creating, only one man defends her. But can she trust Dentin, her unlikely champion, and his motives? With a murderer on the loose, Elsa’s fate in jeopardy, and a traitor plotting against the king, Dentin finds his priorities shifting in an unexpected direction.<br />
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A smattering of raindrops cut my ruminations short. I studied the angry gray clouds just as thunder rumbled. I decided running for the keep would be better than waiting the storm out in the shelter of the maze tower. I gathered my skirts up and ran for the opening in the nearest hedge. Even running so hard my lungs burned and my legs ached, the downpour beat me to the shelter of the vargar keep.<br />
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Normally safe footing became treacherous in the sudden rush of water. Puddles and slick slate pavers slowed me more. Once gaining the half-open undercroft door, I plunged into the underbelly of the castle and pushed the heavy door closed behind me. Not bothering to check the corridor, I began wringing out my heavy rain-soaked skirt.<br />
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“Greetings, Lady Elsa?”<br />
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I jumped. It took all of my control not to cry out in surprise at the sound of the male voice. I lifted my head to find Lord Dentin standing not three feet away. He looked like he had just returned from a swim. Water coursed down his face and dripped from his clothes into a growing puddle on the stone floor. A partially dry wool blanket draped his shoulders. His hair, black with moisture, stuck out from his head at odd angles as though he had paused mid rub.<br />
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Yet, his eyes were bright and a twitch pulled at his mouth. “It is good to know I wasn't the only one caught in the sudden downpour.”<br />
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Suddenly realizing I was holding my dress up and exposing quite a bit of leg, I dropped my skirts. The slap of them hitting the wet floor echoed down the corridor. I flinched.<br />
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His eyebrows rose and an actual smile pulled at his mouth. It took years off his face, revealing the remnants of the mischievous rascal he must have been in boyhood.<br />
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“Don’t look so frightened. I won’t tell on you.”<br />
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Anger gripped my chest and my chin rose instinctively. “I doubt my mother would care, my lord. She has grown calloused in her despair of me. I beg pardon. I didn't see you there.”<br />
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His smile disappeared and his expression grew thoughtful. “I am a bit hard to miss.”<br />
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“True, my lord. I need to proceed to my rooms now and change.”<br />
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“By all means. I would not wish you to grow ill. I anticipate an animated conversation at the evening meal.” He stepped back a bit, offering half the narrow hall for me to pass.<br />
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I gathered my skirts, keeping the edge just above the floor this time, and stepped through the gap. Then straightening my back and shoulders, I strode down the corridor to the servant’s staircase.<br />
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“Wait.”<br />
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I paused instinctively, but I didn't turn around. He approached, his boots making squelching sounds on the stone.<br />
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“Have this.” He wrapped the wool blanket around my shoulders without actually touching me. It smelled of smoke, rain, and dog, but his residual warmth radiated from it. The heat felt heavenly on my chilled skin. “You need it more than I do.”<br />
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Then before I could voice my gratitude, he strode toward the kitchen calling for someone named Reginald.<br />
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“Thank you,” I whispered. Clutching the fabric to me, I dropped the pretense of dignity and ran for the stairs. If I was caught in this state of dress, my mother would never let me out of her sight again.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Carmen Falcone</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: A Naked Truth Novella</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Contemporary Romance</div>
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<b>Release Date</b>: February 23, 2015</div>
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<b><i>Exposing the truth has never been naughtier</i></b><br />
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Ryan Winters will do whatever it takes to protect his sister from marrying a sleaze ball rumored to be the head of a prostitution ring. If that includes bringing down the whole operation, so be it. When he spots a gorgeous hooker, he decides she could be the key for exposing everyone.<br />
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Stood up by her identical twin sister once again, Kika Martinez has no idea why the sexiest man she ever laid eyes on mistakes her for a prostitute. It’s wrong, but also part of her most secret—and unrealized—sexual fantasy. Wanting to forget her guilt about her brother’s death just for one night, she gives into temptation and indulges in a hot night of passion.<br />
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When Kika discovers her sister’s life is in jeopardy, everything changes. Ryan is set on uncovering the truth, but will he do that at the price of exposing Kika and her sister?<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Reckless Wager</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Christy Carlyle</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Whitechapel Wagers, #3</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Historical Romance (Victorian)</div>
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<b>Release Date</b>: December 29, 2014</div>
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Unlucky in love and estranged from his family, Detective Sergeant Benjamin Quinn is obsessed with solving the Ripper crimes. When he’s suspended from the Metropolitan Police, it’s another failure in a long line of disappointments. But a new mystery arises when a beautiful widow shows up at the most infamous pub in Whitechapel seeking his help. He’s determined to assist Kate Guthrie, and equally determined to quell his growing attraction to her.<br />
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Kate Guthrie hides painful secrets from her first marriage and has avoided matrimony for nearly ten years. Now she’s finally decided it’s time to remarry and move on with her life, even if it means giving up the charity clinic work in Whitechapel that makes her days worthwhile. But when a battered young woman turns up at the clinic claiming to have been attacked by Jack the Ripper, Kate seeks out Detective Sergeant Benjamin Quinn, a man who sparks feelings in her too potent to deny.<br />
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Kate watched Detective Sergeant Quinn walk away. His tall, broad form and black coat were easy to spot, even in the early morning mist. His strides were long, his gait hurried, as if he wished to escape her as swiftly as he was able.<br />
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He would find Rose. Kate was certain of it. Even on short acquaintance, Kate sensed a deep vein of tenacity in Detective Quinn. It was something in his eyes. A hunger, a craving—a look she wouldn't soon forget.<br />
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She squinted. His dark form faded, becoming harder to see. The streets filled quickly with carts and carriages and pedestrians buying or selling goods. The fog still clung in corners and soon the detective, the first man who had kissed her on the mouth in nearly ten years, would merge with the London haze.<br />
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She started after him. In her practical boots, her stride was sure, and she caught up to Detective Quinn quickly.<br />
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She couldn't just let him disappear into the crush of Whitechapel. That figure, hunched against the wind, unmistakable with those wide warrior shoulders and hair that only revealed its true auburn color when a slice of sunlight broke through the haze. That less-than-a-gentleman detective sergeant who'd kissed her quite inappropriately and more deliciously than any man ever had.<br />
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If she let him go, how would she ever learn what happened to Rose? And then another thought—foolish, improper, bone deep. If she let him go, would any man ever kiss her that way again?<br />
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"Detective!"<br />
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The news that the fellow pushing his way through the throngs on Whitechapel Roadwas a police detective caused a bit of consternation among the crowd. Kate saw a group of men move away from Detective Quinn and a woman selling rags shouted something no lady would dare repeat. The man himself stopped his progress and watched her approach.<br />
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Kate slowed to a more ladylike pace and took a deep breath before she paused in front of Detective Quinn. He'd crossed his arms, and she could see the muscle in his jaw ticking where he clenched it. He was so tall; she took a step back to gaze up at him properly. Clear-eyed and clean-shaven, he exuded an air of confidence she hadn't seen in him the night before. The bluish shadow of a bruise marred the skin near his right eye and cheek, and Kate wondered again about how he'd been wounded. His eyes appeared darker in the daylight than they had in his dim lodging room, but perhaps it was just irritation that turned them a deeper blue. And he was irritated. She expected him to say so, but he simply gazed down at her so intently she was certain he would divine every secret she had ever stashed away.<br />
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"I would like to come with you to find Rose."<br />
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He moved, his chest heaving up and down, and Kate thought he might be on the verge of a coughing fit. Then she heard laughter bubbling up, a rich, deep chuckle that shook his whole body. His smile took her breath away. She felt dizzy, on the verge of giggling, but stopped herself. He was laughing at her, after all.<br />
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"I fail to see what is so amusing, Detective."<br />
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Kate took a step back when he reached for her, but he wouldn't be deterred. Detective Quinn moved closer, grasped her shoulders, and turned her around. He pulled her flush against his body, embracing her in his arms, surrounding her with his heat.<br />
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"Do you see that man across the way? Near the pub entrance?"<br />
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"Y-yes." Kate spoke through the shivers sparked by his nearness.<br />
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"He steals the lives of girls like Rose. Forces them onto the streets and then takes their earnings. Beats them, or worse, if they refuse to pay."<br />
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Kate tried to look back at the detective, but he'd bent his head close to hers. He whispered in her ear, warming her skin with his breath.<br />
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"And the woman over there, sitting on the pavement?"<br />
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Kate nodded, her hair brushing against his cheek.<br />
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"She's fresh out of Newgate. Though she looks old and broken, she's the nimblest thief I've ever known. Take care not to pass her on the street. She'll cut your purse from your skirt and you'll be none the wiser."<br />
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"I—" Kate opened her mouth to protest. She'd learned her lesson about Whitechapel early on and took care never to bring valuables with her when she volunteered at the clinic. She certainly wasn't fool enough to carry coin loose in her skirt pocket.<br />
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"See the boy. He's just under the stairwell, covered in grime. Rather blends in with the bricks and muck, doesn't he? Young Tommy Lark looks and listens. He listens to the streets for the King of Thieves and then he sings just like his namesake when he finds a likely mark. Be careful not to let him hear your address when you call it up to the cabbie. Especially if you've any valuables at home you'd care to keep."<br />
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Leaning to the right, he placed a finger under her chin, tilting her head toward him.<br />
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"You have no idea of the dangers all around you. If you did, you wouldn't walk these streets so blithely."<br />
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Christy Carlyle writes sensual, and sometimes downright steamy, historical romance, usually set in the Victorian era or Regency period. She loves heroes who struggle against all odds and heroines that are ahead of their time. A former teacher with a degree in history, she finds there is nothing better than being able to combine her love of the past with her die-hard belief in happy endings.<br />
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Karen Rose Smith was born in the Susquehanna Valley of Pennsylvania. Although she was an only child, she remembers the bonds of an extended family. Since her father came from a family of ten and her mother, a family of seven, there were always aunts, uncles and cousins visiting on weekends. Family is a strong theme in her books and she suspects her childhood memories are the reason.<br />
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In college, Karen began writing poetry and also met her husband to be. They both began married life as teachers, but when their son was born, Karen decided to try her hand at a home-decorating business. She returned to teaching for a while but changes in her life led her to writing romance fiction. Now she writes mysteries and romances full time. She is a USA Today best-selling and award-winning author. Her 86th novel, GILT BY ASSOCIATION, will be released in 2015 by Kensington Books.<br />
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When she isn't writing, she cares for four rescue cats and a couple of strays, gardens, and cooks. Married to her college sweetheart since 1971, believing in the power of love and commitment, she envisions herself writing relationship novels, both mystery and romance, for a long time to come!<br />
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<li>I was an only child who always longed for a sister.<br /> </li>
<li>During my childhood I always had access to a relative's farm.<br /> </li>
<li>This summer my husband and I took in a stray pregnant cat and helped deliver her kittens.<br /> </li>
<li>When I was in my late twenties, I learned to swim and ride horses!<br /> </li>
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<li>With my cousin I wrote a script for The Monkees tv show.<br /> </li>
<li>I wrote for six years and finished 13 manuscripts before I sold two books in one week to two different publishers.<br /> </li>
<li>I use a tape recorder to write and like to tape on the patio on summer nights under the moon.<br /> </li>
<li>I love 60's fashion.<br /> </li>
<li>I'm a crazy cat lady!</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Patrice Wilton</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Serendipity Falls, #3</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Romantic Comedy/Contemporary Romance</div>
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<b>Release Date</b>: December 21, 2014</div>
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"LOVE STRUCK" by USA TODAY Best Selling author PATRICE WILTON.<br />
Can Samantha and Kyle resist their attraction and find a way to save the town? The "love bug curse" and the discovery of gold has turned Serendipity Falls into a place where no one is safe.<br />
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<i>PROLOGUE</i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I'm Cupid, and for those who don't know about me, I reside in what used to be a beautiful little town in the foothills of Mammoth, California, called Serendipity Falls. You have to forgive me for being less upbeat than usual, but my heart is broken. This once idyllic town has been overrun by people who have no concept of the true meaning of love. For the past several years I took great joy uniting couples in matrimonial bliss, and was very proud of the fact that while weddings abounded, divorces became extinct. Then my ego got the better of me, and I drew attention to myself. People flocked to Serendipity Falls to find love and the truth behind the so called 'love bug' in the spring water. Of course, you and I know that no such bug existed--it was just me up to my old tricks. </i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The news carried wide and far, and reporters came to our neck of the woods, eager to learn what the phenomenon was about--this wedding fever that drove strangers toward the altar. Oh, I had been so proud. Even won the National Cupid for Excellence three years running. </i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>So what am I complaining about, you ask? Well, last year one of these reporters fell in love with one of our local girls. Yes, I had a little hand in that. I'm not sorry and make no apologies either. They were right for each other, and I never--not once--unite couples who are not a perfect match. </i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Well, this young buck didn't discover any 'love bug'--instead he discovered gold behind the falls. His story drew national attention and opened up an unsavory can of worms. People flocked to our little paradise, men seeking their fortune in gold--women seeking husbands.</i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>This is where my ambling story takes an unfortunate turn. You see-the women are desperate and have resorted to the most unladylike behavior--fighting one another, setting traps for men. Hundreds arrive by busloads each month, and with Valentine's Day approaching, I fear a thousand more will get here soon.</i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The sad truth is that they have no idea what love is. The meaning of love has been forgotten, or perhaps in some cases, never learned. </i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>With a heavy heart, I watch and pray that common sense will prevail and the crazy antics will stop. Until that day happens, I am going to retire my trusty bow and arrow. I want no part of this.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Love cannot be forced. It cannot be controlled. It cannot be tricked, or trapped. Love is setting someone free, and wanting that person's happiness more than their own. It is unselfish. It is considerate and caring. And it is the essence of joy.</i><br />
<i>When those lessons have been learned I will embrace my love making skills again, but until then silence will be my answer. </i> <br />
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<b>CHAPTER ONE</b></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kyle wiped down a spill on the bar as his brother Devon slammed the register closed. “What’s the matter with you?” Kyle asked, dropping the beer stained towel in the small bar sink.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Just tired. It was another good night, though, so I can’t complain." Devon rubbed his bad knee as he eyed the crowd around the two pool tables. "And pretty quiet, all things considered."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Not quiet enough. I gave those guys ‘last call’ twenty minutes ago, but don't see anyone making a move." Kyle didn't care for the new crowd. The regulars were a different bunch, but lately the place was swarming with guys who wanted to get lucky with women, or had come to town in search of gold. Either way they were rude and obnoxious.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"We'll give them another fifteen, then pull the plug. I told Tara I'd be home before midnight. She hates me driving so late--ever since that city slicker missed the bend, and flew over the cliff. I told her a zillion times that he wasn't a local and didn't know the turns, but she worries anyway."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"That's what women do--worry." Kyle grinned, still shocked that his older brother had happily taken the marital plunge. "One of the many reasons I don't go there. I'd hate to see a gorgeous gal like Tara get gray hairs over me."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"As if! When was the last time you went on a date? Three, four months ago?" He scoffed. "You must be the biggest chicken in town." Devon flapped his arms, which looked kind of silly for a macho, six foot two, muscular guy. "Cluck, cluck, cluck."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Very funny." Kyle snorted and continued to stack the beer glasses. "I'm no fool. Like things just the way they are."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>As he spoke the words, he realized they weren't true. He'd enjoyed Mammoth and the quaint little town of Serendipity when they’d been peaceful and quiet. That life was gone forever. Ever since gold was discovered last spring behind the falls, the place exploded and became a boomtown. Crazies flocked into the area--women camping out, looking for their future husbands. Some actually carried lassoes in their big handbags, even snare traps. Scary shit.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The damn love bug thing is what drew Chase, who used to be a reporter for the San Francisco News, into the area in the first place. He didn’t discover the existence of the love bug in the spring water, but he did get the story of a lifetime. A meteor crash caused moldavite formations, which led him to the discovery of gold, of all damn things. Until Chase went searching for the source, everyone in Serendipity had been happy enough with the mysterious love bug theories.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>For better or worse, Chase Carlton changed the dynamics. Not intentionally, of course. He was a stand-up guy, and had married their sister Mila last summer, then knocked her up to boot.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>That mitigating factor made Kyle the only single O'Reilley left. He guarded his independence as though it was the American Declaration for equality and liberty, and it might slip away any second. Not that he had any complaints because his siblings were happy, but he doubted it was the water, or something magical in the mountain air that had brought them together. Watching Devon with Tara, and Mila with Chase, he could see their love was real.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“I can’t really blame you for running scared,” Devon said. "Did you see that busload of women on the news earlier?”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Getting off at the mall, wearing ‘MARRY ME' t-shirts?” Kyle sighed. “Yeah. The reporter said the ladies hope to be hitched by Valentine’s Day.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Damn. I nearly forgot. That's coming up soon."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Can't forget, bro,” Kyle laughed. “It's two weeks from now. Better buy Tara flowers or something pretty."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"I'm sure she'll give me a hint. She likes to make life easy."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"You got lucky, but the rest of us...heck, all the good women are gone." There were days when Kyle thought about moving to Hawaii. At least the locals only had erupting volcanoes to worry about. And a possible Tsunami, which seemed mild in comparison to what he dealt with on a daily basis.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> As a single man, and not exactly unattractive, he had to keep his head low and his fly zipped. He was the most endangered species around. Far more threatened than the Bald Eagle or the Giant Panda. <br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>He and Dev ran the most popular bar in town, and with all those hungry, single babes, well, the place got hot. Cat fights broke out whenever an unsuspecting new guy appeared. They'd had to hire a bodyguard/bartender named Flex, and he helped put out the fires, but the two brothers had also become adept at squashing brawls before the place got wrecked. <br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Devon sighed, staring at the group still playing pool as he rubbed the back of his neck. “Things sure have changed from a few years ago.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Are you sorry you didn't listen to me when I tried to talk you into selling?”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“No. Not at all. We got lucky,” Devon shook his head. “Finances were tight as hell. But then the boom came. Saved our asses.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Bad part is that with the cash came the crazies.” Kyle shrugged his shoulders. "One problem got solved, but others took its place. Gotta fight the IRS, who want to get their greedy hands on the profits, and then we have these, these..." he sputtered, searching for the right word. "These men-eating women!"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Devon just laughed. "I remember the time you'd have thought you'd died and gone to heaven with all the young ladies chasing you."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Key word is ladies. That's not what we've got here."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The clock ticked at 10:55 p.m. “Closing time,” he called out, loud enough for everyone to here. “I'll lock up," he said quietly to Devon, and headed toward the door.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Halfway there, the door swung open and a pretty young woman strolled in. Pretty was a vast understatement. She looked like she came from Sweden or Norway with her thick blonde mane of hair falling straight past her shoulders. In any language, she was a knockout. Striking blue eyes--as clear and wide as the lake near the falls.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>She brushed past him without making eye contact and headed straight for the bar. He followed her, his eyes on the curve of her hips. Nice ass. And long, forever legs.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Normally this time of year heavy winter coats hid a woman's best assets, but she wore jeans and a short leather jacket. Kyle allowed himself a moment's appreciation.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"I'll have a Chardonnay, please." She slid onto the stool, putting both elbows on the bar, supporting her head with her hands.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kyle eyed her for a moment. She was either exhausted or drunk. Either way, he didn't intend on serving her. Knockout or no knockout. "Sorry, Miss. But we're just closing." He jerked his thumb at the clock on the wall. "Eleven o'clock."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>She popped open an eye, squinted and looked at the clock behind the bar. "It's five to. I'll drink fast."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kyle leaned in her direction, wondering if there would be tell-tale signs of booze on her breath.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>You all right? Haven't been drinking, have you?"<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Devon coughed into his fist at Kyle’s rude remark, but Kyle shrugged. He rinsed the towel from the sink, and started wiping the bar down. Last thing they needed was to be found negligible serving a minor, or someone who'd had too much to drink and wrapped themselves around a pole.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>She pulled herself up, lifted her chin and shot him a look that should have sent him straight to hell. "I haven't had anything but water all day." Her voice quivered, and her blue eyes shimmered.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Kyle felt his resolve melt as he watched the tears appear.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"I've been driving for darn near sixteen hours straight. Got to Serendipity Falls and they'd given away my room for the night. Said I was late and they couldn't hold my reservation."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"That's rotten luck. You probably should have called to let them know you were on your way," Kyle said, taking some of the asshole out of his voice.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>She ignored his not-so-helpful comment. "I ran around everywhere. Not one single room to be found." She sniffed and tried to smile, but the attempt failed dismally. "Now give me that drink, or I'm likely to have a meltdown right here and now."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Kyle, feeling like a jerk, looked at Devon, who nodded. "You need something to eat? We've got bar snacks. Not much, I'm afraid, but our hotdogs are pretty good."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"That's nice of you, but no. I grabbed a bite to eat at the diner before driving up here. The one that overlooks the falls." She wiped away a tear that had seeped out the corner of her eye and trickled down her cheek. "The waitress there, Sue something, she gave me a big bowl of home-made chili and fresh baked bread."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Sue Burke's a heck of a nice woman," Kyle said, pouring a generous glass of wine and sliding it over to her. "Also makes the best soups in town."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Uh-huh." She plopped her head in her hand again, as if too tired to hold it up. "Would have had my wine there, but I didn't know how far up the mountain I had to go."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Good thing. The road can be dangerous at night." Kyle normally didn't engage in conversation with pretty young women, but she seemed more interested in her glass of wine, so he relaxed his guard a notch. "Take your time. We'll need to start moving our customers toward the door soon. Probably won't empty out until half past, sometimes closer to midnight."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>She nodded, thanked him, and took a long swallow. Then another. "I still need to find a place to sleep." She glanced around at the twenty or so people hanging around. "You know of a cheap motel where I can stay?"<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Devon stopped rinsing glasses and stepped forward. "I do. My place."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Her eyes widened. "I'm desperate, but not that desperate. Besides, I'm not that kind of girl."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Devon laughed. "My wife and I own a B&B. Someone checked out this morning. We have one room which might still be available. I'd have to check with Tara to be sure."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Please do. That would be great."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Devon walked to the other side of the bar to make the call.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kyle couldn't seem to get his feet moving. He wasn't sure why, but this woman's plight struck a chord in him. "Things will work out," he told her. "If not Devon's, I'll call around and find you a place."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Why are you being so kind all of a sudden?" Her eyes grazed his face, and she frowned. "No one goes out of their way for strangers. There's always an angle."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"They do here in Mammoth and down in Serendipity Falls. It's the friendliest place in the nation. At least, it used to be."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"So I heard, but not for me tonight."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Give it some time. You'll see."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Hey, Kyle. Another Cosmo before you close down," someone shouted from the back of the room.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"You've had enough," Kyle shouted back. "Closing time, folks. Drink up and drive safely. We'll see you all back here tomorrow."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Over the boos and hisses, a male voice spoke up. "You just served the lady a drink. One more round. Come on," he coaxed. "One last call."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Last call was a half hour ago. Maybe you didn't hear it."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Devon was on the phone with Tara, and he put his hand to his throat, telling Kyle to cut them off.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"We're done here, folks." Kyle raised his voice. "It's quitting time."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"I'm sorry. If I hadn't come in..." the pretty woman spoke softly, and lifted her eyes. Kyle saw the two blue ponds brimming with tears.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kyle could see she was close to losing it. The long drive. Hotel room gone. It had been a hellova day and she looked set for a weeping jag. "Don't be. They're always one or two assholes in the crowd."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Devon came back with a smile. "You're in luck. We've still got one room, and my wife, Tara, is holding it for you. You can follow me when I leave. It's about half way between us and Serendipity."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Back the other way?” She took another sip of her wine, her expression cautious. "Perhaps I'd better stay in town." She fingered the stem of her glass. "Not that I'm not grateful. Just...you know."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>She shrugged but her eyes said it all. She didn't know him, and hesitated over trusting him.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Devon rested his hip against the bar. "It's getting late, and you don't want to be running all over town looking for a room, do you?"<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A guy with a ponytail and a baseball cap stood leaning against a pole, where he'd been watching her with drunken interest. He stepped closer and put a hand on her shoulder. "Hey, girl. If you're looking for a bed tonight, you can share mine." He laughed. "Don't need to worry about a jealous wife. Ain't got one."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Back off, Billy. Go home. You've had enough beer for one night," Kyle told him, his jaw set.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Mind your own business, Kyle. I'm about to get lucky with this pretty lady here." His arm tightened around her shoulders and he pulled her close. He smiled, breathing fumes into her face. "If you're here to find a man, you don't need to look any further."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>She shrugged his arm off of her, and twisted away. "I'm not looking for a man. Just a hotel room."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"A pretty thing like you shouldn't be alone tonight." Billy said with a leer. "I'll give you a good old-fashioned welcome. Show you how friendly us locals can be."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Enough,” Kyle said, annoyed that this woman was getting harassed in his bar. He poured half a beer and beckoned Billy. As soon as the guy was close enough, Kyle popped him on the jaw and watched him stagger back. "That's no way to treat a lady. Now, get out."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Billy recovered quickly and came after Kyle, who stepped out of arm range, and danced light on his feet like a prize fighter. Billy continued to flail his arms, attempting in his inebriated state to reach Kyle, who should have known better than to taunt him with tight jabs and fancy footwork. Just maybe he was showing off a little.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"You had enough?" Kyle said, putting down his hands. "Why don't you go home and sleep it off."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Just about done." Billy, cross-eyed, delivered a right hook, which Kyle managed to dodge. After that everything happened in slow motion.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The shot directed at Kyle's chin missed its mark, connecting with the woman at the bar. She cried out, and toppled off the barstool. <br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Devon moved quickly, grabbing Billy by his ponytail and forcefully taking him out to the street. Kyle leaped into action, crouching at the woman's side. Remorse, anger, and shame warred inside of him. He'd been a fool to taunt Billy. And this poor girl had taken the brunt of the fist. A damn fine welcome she'd had in this once friendly town.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"I'm sorry. This is entirely my fault." He touched her shining hair, wanting to do something crazy, like take her in his arms and hold her tight. Poor kid. Her bad day had just gotten a whole lot worse.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>She shook his hand off and edged away.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Are you all right?" he asked gently. "That fist was meant for me. You didn't deserve it." She was scrunched over and he couldn't see her face.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>He stood, offering her his hand. She didn't take it.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"He just grazed me,” she whispered. “But it was the shock that scared me." She stood up slowly, brushing off her jeans, and then pushed her hair out of her eyes. They were wide, alert, but not frightened.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Are you sure?" He touched her chin gently, turning her face from side to side, inspecting it for bruises. "It's a little pink, right here," he touched the side of her cheek. His voice sounded weird to his own ears. He cleared his throat. "Is it sore?"<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"No." She shook her head. "I'm not hurt."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Damn." He'd known Billy for years, and had never seen him act out before. He'd had more to drink than normal, but that was no excuse for his actions tonight. "This place doesn't usually get rowdy, but with all the strangers lately, well, we never know what to expect."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"It's all right. I grew up with two brothers. I'm used to a few wild punches."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>They stood close to each other, staring into each other's eyes. Kyle couldn't look away. Seemed like she couldn't either.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"What's your name?" He licked his dry lips, watching her mouth. He liked the shape of it. Lush, pink lips, slightly open. Kissable lips, a mouth that could drive a man crazy. Not Billy crazy, but thinking about how fine they'd taste, and how he'd like to suck on that bottom lip...<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"It's Samantha," she said in a husky voice, as if she were having trouble breathing. "I go by Sam."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Nice to meet you, Sam. I'm Kyle O'Reilley, and that's my brother, Devon. You can trust him. He and Tara will take good care of you, I promise."<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"You've both been so kind," she said, putting her hand to her throat. “Devon, thanks for calling your wife. What about you, Kyle? Married?”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kyle took an instinctive step backward, seeing the overly-bright sheen in her eyes. His body reacted to her husky voice. Not good, man. Not good.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>His antenna went on full survival alert. "Well, Sam, truth is, when it comes to single women and husband shopping, I'm a little gun shy."</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>David Wind</b></span></div>
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I live and write in a small village about thirty miles upstate of NYC, and share my home with my wife, Bonnie and our dog Alfie, an apricot poodle.<br />
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When I began writing in 1980, I had no idea where I was headed. Since then, I've published thirty-five novels, thirty-three of them with traditional publishers, but I decided I wanted more freedom than the traditional publishers would allow and began a new phase in my life as an Independent Author.<br />
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My first Independent novel <i>Angels In Mourning</i>, was my 'homage' to the old time private detective books of the late 40's, 50's and 60's. I used to love to sneak them from my parents’ night-tables and read them as a young boy. Angels, is a modern day take on the old style hardboiled detective. <i>Angels In Mourning</i> won the Amazon.com Book of the Month Reader's Choice Award shortly after it was published.<br />
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My most current thriller, <i>The Cured</i>, was written with Terese Ramin.The idea for this Medical Thriller came shortly after the death of a close friend. I couldn't help but wonder about the medication....<br />
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My previous suspense thrillers are <i>The Hyte Maneuver</i>, (a Literary guild alternate selection); <i>As Peace Lay Dying</i>, <i>Conspiracy of Mirrors</i>, <i>And Down will Come Baby</i>, <i>Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep</i>, and <i>Shadows</i>.<br />
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My favorite (novel) thriller hero to movie thriller hero<br />
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Being both a thriller and a science fiction writer, this was a big quandary for me: which level of thriller, of mystery, of suspense did I want to look at? I thought about Blade Runner, (Philip Dick’s Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep) The pressured against his will Detective Deker, played by Harrison Ford, was great, the movie, not terrible but…. Then I thought of someone else and the answer was easy.<br />
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The first Robert Ludlum book I read—too many years ago—was The Chancellor Manuscript and it made me a lifelong fan and reader of Ludlum. The book blew me away on two levels; as a reader, and as a writer. There were things Ludlum put into this book that made me, as a writer, sit up and take notice.<br />
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But translating mystery and thriller novel protagonists to the screen never quite seems to work as well as an original screenplay. Yet, when I saw Ludlum’s The Bourne Identity, I knew they’d hit it right, as far as the part Matt Damon played.<br />
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While almost everything about the movie was different from the book, (in fact only the first half hour, the ship’s doctor and the names Jason Bourne and Marie were the same as the book) it made no difference as far as enjoying the movie and being inside Jason Bourne’s head. For me, that was unusual because if I loved the book, I wanted the movie to have as much semblance to the book as possible.<br />
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There is no way to properly translate the Bourne Series to the screen the way it was written, but watching Matt Damon play Jason Bourne was a treat. While Damon is younger than the Bourne was in the book and the time period was changed as well it didn’t matter. If it’s truly possible for an actor to nail a fictional hero, then Damon did just that. He did what Ludlum did, suspended the disbelief and sucked you right into the story. He showed his angst, his confusion, the need to get to the bottom of, not just who her was, but how he got there and why. Ludlum puts levels and levels of misdirection into his stories to keep you on the edge of your chair. The movie wasn't as highly structured as a Ludlum novel, Damon put those levels into himself, and made you sit on the edge of your seat while you watched him go through his changes. <br />
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Damon played the part with every ounce of his talent and only when the movie ended, was the audience able to catch their breath.<br />
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That’s what I like in a movie made from a book, the same thing I get when I read and when I write. Having the experience of living within the words, of seeing and hearing and breathing what happens on the pages and becoming part of the world I hold in my hands.<br />
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<b><i>by David Wind</i></b></div>
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<i>Angels In Morning</i>, takes private detective Gabriel Storm from the theatres of Broadway, through the alleys of Hell’s Kitchen to Miami’s ‘Little Cuba’ and onward to the U.S. Senate in his drive to find the killer of his close childhood friend, Scotty Granger, considered to be the best playwright of the modern generation.<br />
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Early one morning, Gabe is summoned to his friend’s apartment by the NYPD, and told Scotty Granger has been murdered in a botched burglary attempt—the murder occurs while his newest play is in rehearsal. Unwilling to believe this theory, Gabe begins his own investigation, which centers on the "angels" who have invested in the show and an unknown woman whom Scotty has been seeing.<br />
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Working with his friend, Captain Christopher Bolt, the head of the Mayor’s Special Crimes Task Force, Storm follows a warped path of suspects from Scotty Granger’s Angels – the show’s investors – to pimps and prostitutes before descending into the twisted sub-culture of sexual predators and following paths that reach all the way to Washington’s law makers. We discover that Scotty Granger’s sister, Elizabeth, a victim of a predator, was abducted at the age of eight and has never been found: When Scotty became successful, he created an organization to help children abducted by pedophiles or lured from their homes by predators.<br />
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The action moves quickly as Storm pursues the illusive killer by using a network of people who are part of the killer's world. Working both alone and with the FBI, Homeland Security, a mafia connection and the NYPD, Storm navigates the twisted trails and unlikely suspects who populate the story from Wall Street financiers to pimps and gangsters and a U.S. senator, on the road to an unexpected, suspenseful and surprising conclusion.<br />
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When over 4000 people world-wide died after taking a cure for cancer, the drug was recalled. But the questions kept coming. Was it contamination? Was it sabotage? Or, was it outright murder by an insane research scientist in retaliation against the pharmaceutical giant he worked for and to avenge the death of his wife?<br />
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And everyone wanted Doctor Donald Brockman! The lawyers wanted answers; the FDA wanted answers and, Homeland Security wanted the doctor!<br />
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When the 911 code flashed across her beeper, Doctor Kira Brockman went cold. The one thing she had been dreading had happened and her life as she knew it had<br />
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The wrong people had found her father!<br />
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She knew she had very little time to get out of the hospital, to find her brother and to run before Homeland Security and the FBI found them, and they were not the only ones: the lawyers who were in the midst of a huge class action suit against the international pharmaceutical manufacturing giant who had sold the cancer cure wanted her and the evidence she had as well as the lethal security team from the drug company who was trying to stop Kira Brockman from disclosing the evidence only she could get—evidence that would save her father—and they would use any means necessary to stop her.</div>
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I was born and came of age on the mean city streets of New Jersey. As a young man, I served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, which included a year in Vietnam. After that, I began a career as a computer professional in California’s Silicon Valley.<br />
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I write humorous mysteries about an annoyingly tenacious tall, blonde and beautiful, ex-model turned crop-duster who, to quote Lalla Bains, says: “I've been married so many times they oughta revoke my license.” I wanted to give readers a peek at a not so-perfect life of a woman who is not afraid of chipping her manicure because she doesn't have time for a manicure, what with herding a bunch of recalcitrant pilots and juggling work orders just to keep her father’s flagging business alive.<br />
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Beginning with #4 in the series, <i>A Dead Red Alibi</i>, Lalla and her family will reside in South East Arizona where she will divide her time between a fledgling P.I. business with cousin, Pearlie Bains, and volunteering as a team member with Cochise County Search and Rescue.<br />
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I also write a romantic sailing mystery trilogy: <i>A Dangerous Harbor and Hurricane Hole</i>. Coming in 2015: <i>Dead Rise</i><br />
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<b>A Dead Red Cadillac</b></div>
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<b><i>by RP Dahlke</i></b></div>
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Through her various occupations, Abby discovered her love of writing. She’d always been told she had a gift for telling stories, combining the two, she became an author.<br />
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Her debut novel, the mystery/sci-fi, <i>In the Beginning</i>, was an Amazon #1 bestseller, it was written on a whim, packed away, and rediscovered some twelve years later. After publishing it in 2013, Abby decided to make writing a full-time endeavor. She penned three novels since - two stand alone sequels and a historical/women’s fiction novel that she co-wrote under the pen name Kathryn Longino. Abby hopes to publish another historical novel, and a paranormal romance story in 2015.<br />
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Abby, a former lawyer and college professor, has a degree in Economics, a masters in Public Administration, and a Juris Doctor. A lifetime resident of Cleveland, Ohio, Abby spends all of her time writing and enjoying her three wonderful grandchildren.<br />
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Kerry was born in Dublin. He spent most of his life in the UK, and now lives in Brittany with his wife of thirty-seven years. He has three children and three grandchildren, all of whom live in England and all of whom think he’s nice (strange the way that works out). An absentee granddad, Kerry praises the advent of video conferencing.<br />
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I former lives, Kerry has been a furniture designer/cabinet maker, a research scientist, a house restorer, and now spends all.most of his time writing crime thrillers and what he likes to call adventure yarns. He recently topped the Amazon UK bestseller genre list for his paranormal thriller, <i>The Transition of Johnny Swift</i>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Donna June Cooper</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Books of the Kindling, #2<br />
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<b><i>Books of the Kindling, Book 2</i></b><br />
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<i>One terrifying premonition brings them together. Another will threaten their future.</i><br />
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Do dreams come true? Dr. Daniel Woodruff hopes they don't, because his dreams predict a devastating future for him, for those he loves—and for the planet.<br />
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His latest premonition, which blows a huge crater in his eroding sanity, holds a singular horror—the loss of a wife and unborn child. Yet another reason he can let no one into his chaotic life, least of all a perky, persistent investigative reporter he finds simultaneously frustrating and fascinating.<br />
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Mel Noblett leaves no stone unturned in her one-woman crusade to save the environment. When a whistleblower in Italy proves too frightened to talk, Mel turns to a fall-back lead, an extremely eccentric, beekeeping professor who might just make the trip worthwhile.<br />
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Despite their instant attraction, Mel is relieved when Daniel keeps her at arm’s length. After all, she has a secret of her own—one that makes her preternaturally good at her job. And, when Daniel’s terrifying visions prove cannily accurate and begin to revolve around Mel—it is a gift that could put her life in danger.<br />
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Warning: Reluctant seer of a bleak future meets petite force of nature who lights up the heart of his darkness. Where there’s smoke, there could be an unpredictable blaze of passion, but the rewards are oh, so sweet…<br />
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Mel’s fingers flew as she folded the green origami paper and counted the children in the crowd. She needed two more frogs, in case they were all brave enough to approach Missy Twist for a souvenir.<br />
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“And at last, the handsome prince deigned to kiss the rather homely-looking frog,” Cornelius Twist pronounced, not quite putting his lips on the very real, and very bored, amphibian in the bottom of the man-size cabinet. He then shut the doors with a dramatic flourish and turned the cabinet all the way around.<br />
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“What do you think happened to the frog?” her dad asked the audience.<br />
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A number of voices clamored for his attention, most of them children shouting that the frog turned into a beautiful princess of course, but one little girl insisted, rather loudly and as the other voices died down, that it turned into a prince.<br />
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Cornelius waggled his eyebrows at the crowd. “Not in <i>this </i>state, my lovely lady!” he quipped, and the adults in the crowd laughed. “No, this frog turned into a beautiful princess.” He swung open the door of the cabinet, and Heather emerged, looking rather like a bedraggled Snow White in her tattered red and gold outfit trimmed with bells and beads.<br />
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Perched on her head, which was already adorned with feathers and ribbons, was a rather lopsided and well-worn tiara with a few glass jewels missing.<br />
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Heather extended her hand regally, and he bowed to her as he helped her to the stage.<br />
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Mel laughed and clapped from her perch next to the stage, widening her eyes in excitement at the children in the crowd and then pointing to herself and nodding proudly, miming placing the tiara on her head as if she could be a princess too. It was all part of the show.<br />
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Heather’s outfit had been modeled after Mel’s, only where Mel’s was blue and silver to match her coloring, Heather’s dramatic black hair and pale skin had demanded the red and gold.<br />
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Heather hadn't taken up the stage name that Mel had used—Missy Twist, daughter of Cornelius Twist. Mel’s dad had told Mel with a smirk that the name Heather used instead, Feather Head, suited her perfectly. But she was petite, flexible, coordinated and wonderful with the kids.<br />
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A little girl wandered up the aisle to where Mel sat on the steps leading to the stage, and Mel took one of the green origami frogs and hopped it toward her. It landed in the grass at the tot’s feet, and she scooped it up and carried it to her father, who was already en route to retrieve the brave explorer.<br />
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As the little girl waved goodbye, Mel hunched her shoulders and wiggled her fingers under her chin in her trademark “Missy” wave and was startled by a sudden emotional surge from somewhere in the audience.<br />
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<i>Love</i>.<br />
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Oh, it was much more than that. <i>Amusement. Relief. Excitement. Pleasure</i>. The zing of <i>arousal</i>, and the first tentative stirrings of <i>love</i>. Someone out there was falling in love right this minute, and once she recovered from the initial rush, Mel let the emotions seep into her. What a wonderful feeling: that first swell of realization, when you look into someone’s eyes and suddenly <i>know</i>.<br />
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She looked up and saw a familiar pair of chocolate-brown eyes.<br />
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Daniel stood at the rear of the audience, leaning against a support post with his arms folded, watching the show—smiling with that beautiful, warm grin of his.<br />
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When he realized she’d spotted him, he held up a gloved hand.<br />
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Something tingled through her and curled up in her middle, bubbling happily. He’d followed her. All the way down here.<br />
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A warm flush heated her cheeks. Surely that surge of emotion couldn't have come from him. The audience was packed after all. But he had followed her.<br />
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She scooped up her basket of origami frogs and flounced up the stairs, dashing over to Heather, who was still showing off for the kids, and grabbing the tiara off her head. Heather shrieked in dismay as Mel jammed it on her own head, stuck out her tongue, twirled and dashed backstage with Heather trailing feathers in pursuit.<br />
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“What’s up?” Heather asked without missing a beat. They had done that routine before, but it had been a while.<br />
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“Are you doing ‘Assistant’s Revenge’ for the closing?”<br />
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Heather nodded, looking over to where the cabinet for that illusion stood.<br />
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“I’m going to join you guys for this one, the way we did it a couple of years ago, remember?” Mel placed a black velvet cape on a hook next to the stage entrance.<br />
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Heather nodded.<br />
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“I have a friend in the audience I want to surprise. Can you hand out the frogs and tell Dad…tell him my prince just showed up?”<br />
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Heather blinked, then smiled. “Sure, hon. You don’t know how much I appreciate you rushing down here in case I couldn't make it. I am so sorry for the trouble.”<br />
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Mel waved her off. “Actually, I think you did me a favor.” <i>He followed me</i>!<br />
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Her dad didn't seem surprised when she pushed the appliance onto the stage for the final illusion, the ratty tiara still on her head and a mischievous expression on her face. The audience loved it as he went through the long, exaggerated routine of persuading her to stop showing off and climb into the device, then chaining her in and putting her head and arms into a wooden stock.<br />
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The story involved how he was locking her, his innocent but rather rebellious daughter, away to keep her safe. She gave him a hard time about the whole thing, pointing out that other fathers didn’t lock up their daughters, especially princesses, to which he responded that other fathers turned their daughters into frogs every night, especially the ones who went about stealing tiaras.<br />
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Usually the assistant and magician changed places as the magician pulled a curtain all the way around the device, but this time, as her dad pulled the curtain, she slipped out past Heather, who took over pulling the curtain as her dad took her place in the device. It was all accomplished so smoothly that the curtain kept moving the entire time they changed positions. The audience was surprised when Heather appeared pulling the curtain, and her father appeared chained and padlocked in the device.<br />
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Mel threw on the hooded black velvet cape and sprinted out, then walked sedately among the passersby in the lane to the rear of the audience, so no one would notice her.<br />
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“Who did this to me?” her dad yelled, rattling the chains and making the padlocks jump in the stocks.<br />
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“Not I, oh wonderful Master Cornelius,” Heather said sweetly, waving the skeleton key in front of her where Master Cornelius couldn't see it but the audience could. They laughed and snickered in reaction. “I would never lock you up and throw away the key. Even though you have folded me into a tiny box, and stabbed me with swords, and cut me in half, and—” as the list grew longer, Heather began to lose the sweet tone in her voice and sound like an angry harridan, “—stretched me, and twisted me. But maybe I should have.”<br />
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Mel stepped behind Daniel and pulled off her cape, tossing it over his shoulder as the laughter died down.<br />
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“Hold this for me, please, sir?” she said as he spun around.<br />
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“How do you <i>do </i>that?” he asked, laughing.<br />
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“Mostly magic,” she whispered, wiggling her fingers under her chin and stepping out from behind him.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Pretty Shameless</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Jodi Linton</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Deputy Laney Briggs, #2</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Romantic Suspense</div>
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<b>Release Date</b>: January 12, 2015</div>
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<i>He’s gunning for her heart, but aiming for her body.</i><br />
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Wherever deputy Laney Briggs goes, trouble always follows behind—except when Laney is the trouble. Right now, Laney is on the hunt for her not-so-bright cousin, who is wanted for gunsmuggling. But there’s a sexy, hot-assed Texas Ranger on the same case, and Laney would bet her britches (and everything else she’s wearing) that Gunner Wilson knows something she doesn’t. It just requires a bit of sexy espionage…<br />
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Gunner knows all too well just how damned distracting Laney and her little red cowboy boots can be. The pure, unadulterated want between them has never been stronger and Gunner can’t resist making her crazy. But even as she gives into every carnal craving for Gunner, Laney is determined to get her answers, one mind-meltingly hot night at a time. The only question is whether she’ll be ready for the truth…<br />
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I had one hand toying with the hem of his snug black T-shirt, my hips grinding into his Wranglers. The way that zipper fly was bulging against my thigh almost made me forget I was on the attack. “You can tell me. I've always been good at keeping secrets.”<br />
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Gunner looked pained. “Again, it’s privileged information, Laney.” He leaned in closer, grazing his five o’clock shadow along my chin. “Damn you smell good,” he said, sucking in some air. “Buy the lavender soap at the Piggly Mart again?”<br />
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I hooked my thumbs in his belt loops and tugged, pulling him into me. “Why are you all of a sudden acting so serious?”<br />
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He always did have a hard-on for the slutty-bimbo type.A low, throaty groan tore from his chest when he dipped his mouth toward mine. My lips parted, welcoming him home. I felt his tongue skim my teeth, and then he swallowed my moan with a hungry kiss. Aw hell, he tasted like homemade vanilla ice cream, a little too sweet, but so sinfully delicious. Maybe I hadn't completely thought this through, because the way he was kissing me torched any comeback as a raging wildfire of pure undignified lust burst throughout my entire body. On a long, hard caress, he forced the tender embrace deeper and pulled my tongue into a tantalizing dance with his. Savoring the moment, he wrapped both arms tighter around my waist, and wasted no time to teach me each one of his smooth moves.<br />
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And damn, did I want to be schooled.<br />
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Gunner broke the body-aching kiss, and before I could say “more” his mouth touched my earlobe, and then he whispered, “Word has it that Wyatt might be in deep with Manny Sanchez.”<br />
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“Manny Sanchez?” I asked, surprised.<br />
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“That’s right.” He continued working his mouth along my neck, which might as well have been between my legs. I’d gone from bitch to horny in about five seconds flat.<br />
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I feathered my lips across his stubbled chin, inhaling the richness of his aftershave as I said softly, “Who’d have thought.”<br />
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<b>Book 1: Pretty Reckless</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Cheryl Bolen, Bronwen Evans, Barbara Montajem,</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Collette Cameron, Wendy Vella, Heather Boyd,</b></i></span><br />
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<b>Genre</b>: Historical Romance/Regency</div>
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Cheryl Bolen and USA Today Bestselling Author Bronwen Evans are joined by Barbara Monajem, Collette Cameron, Wendy Vella, Heather Boyd, and Lauren Smith in this exciting collection of short regency romances. Be CAPTIVATED BY HIS KISS in these seven emotional stories of second chances, scandalous wagers, and the quest for true love. Lose yourself again and again in beautifully written romance.<br />
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Cheryl Bolen ~ His Lordship’s Vow</div>
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Lauren Smith ~ The Duelist’s Seduction</div>
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<b>HIS LORDSHIP’S VOW by Cheryl Bolen</b><br />
Bereft of beauty as well as fortune, the exceedingly plain Miss Jane Featherstone has failed to attract any suitor during her three Seasons. Rather than be a burden to her brother and his obnoxious wife, Miss Featherstone vows to accept the first man who asks—even though she’s always worshipped a lord who’s far above her touch. . .<br />
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Lord Slade must marry an heiress in order to honor the deathbed vow he made to his father, and he needs Miss Featherstone’s help in wooing her beautiful cousin. After her initial anger, Miss Featherstone agrees to his scheme, telling him she’s doing so because she admires his Parliamentary record of humanitarian legislation and his reverence for truth. But the more he’s with the two cousins, the more attracted he becomes to Miss Featherstone. What’s a man of his word to do? Break a vow to a beloved father—or follow his heart with Miss Featherstone?<br />
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<b>TO WAGER THE MARQUIS OF WOLVERSTONE by Bronwen Evans</b><br />
Marcus Danvers, the Marquis of Wolverstone, is renowned for his cynical demeanor. It's rumored that long ago, a beautiful woman broke his heart. Now he lives life for pleasure. That is, until the beautiful, as she is deceitful, Contessa Orsini re-enters his life with a wager he cannot resist.<br />
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<b>THE CHRISTMAS KNOT by Barbara Monajem</b><br />
Widowed and destitute, Edwina White takes a position as governess in a remote village in the north of England—in a haunted house. She’s so desperate that she’ll take anything, and besides, she doesn’t believe in ghosts. Little does she know that her new employer is the seducer who lied and deceived her many years ago.<br />
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Sir Richard Ballister inherited an estate with a ghost and a curse, and every governess he hires leaves within a week. Finally, a woman desperate enough to stay arrives on his doorstep—but she’s the seductress who dropped him many years earlier for a richer man.<br />
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The last thing Richard and Edwina want is to work together, but they have no choice. Can they overcome the bitterness of the past in time to unravel a centuries-old knot and end the Christmas curse?<br />
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<b>BRIDE OF FALCON by Collette Cameron</b><br />
After five Seasons, Ivonne Wimpleton has accepted she’s a haute ton undesirable. Always a bit ungraceful, her suitors are men desperate to get their hands on her marriage settlement. Guarded and aloof, she’s resigned herself to spinsterhood. She doesn’t mind her fate, since Chancy Faulkenhurst—known as Chance to his friends and the man who once held her heart—left for India years ago without an explanation.<br />
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When Ivonne’s father, Viscount Wimpleton, refuses Chance’s request for her hand in marriage, he transfers to the East India Troops. Chance’s dreams of making Ivonne his wife are soundly dashed. Ignoring her letters, he closes the door on his heart and Ivonne and remains in India.<br />
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Six years later, severely injured during a battle, Chance returns to England physically and emotionally scarred. His love for Ivonne remains just as strong. When he learns due to a whim of Prinny’s she must choose one of the despots whose offered for her hand, Chance is determined that none should have her but him. Except, not only is she infuriated he made no effort to contact her, in Chance’s absence, his father arranged a marriage for him and fully expects Chance to honor the agreement.<br />
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<b>CHRISTMAS WISHES by Wendy Vella</b><br />
Past experiences have taught Miss Hero Appleby to distrust noblemen, especially self-indulgent rakes like Lord Caruthers. However she was desperate for money to support the orphans in her care this Christmas, so it is to him she must go. Perhaps it had been wrong of her to point out his many faults so boldly, but the man had reeked of last nights over indulgences, and that coupled with his indolent lifestyle, drove her to distraction and all thoughts of lady-like behaviour disappeared in his infuriating presence.<br />
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Max didn't remember much of his first meeting with the annoying Miss Appleby, thanks to the after effects of one good drink too many. But he vaguely recalled he'd promised her something, just to get her out of his house so he could suffer in peace. Unfortunately peaceful was the last word to describe her as he found out the next day. She was unlike any woman he knew - opinionated and rude certainly, but she worked selflessly to provide for children that were not even of her blood. Max had believed himself incapable of emotion yet Hero was making him feel things that he had believed were long dead. Could his long forgotten Christmas wish really come true?<br />
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<b>MISS WATSON’S FIRST SCANDAL by Heather Boyd</b><br />
Overworked London banker David Hawke has two goals for his week in the seaside town of Brighton: one, recover an overdue debt from a good friend and neighbor and two, relax for the remaining holiday without any further distractions. When his friend’s impulsive younger sister barges into his home to beg his aid, he’s drawn deeper into her life and scrambling to keep their relationship on a professional level.<br />
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Abigail Watson may be considered too young to have the cares of the world on her shoulders but her brother is in financial trouble and she’s desperate to help him recover. Despite the impropriety, she appeals to the bachelor next door for an extension on the debt and his help to secure her brother a wealthy wife. However, matchmaking never runs smoothly and falling in love is something neither one counted on.<br />
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<b>THE DUELIST’S SEDUCTION by Lauren Smith</b><br />
Helen Banks is going to die. There is no other option: either fight a duel in her twin brother’s place or see him die. But Helen never counted on the man she was to duel with being the same man she admired from afar for so long, Gareth Fairfax, a wealthy lord and the man sworn to exact his payment from the Banks twins through any means.<br />
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When Gareth discovers his opponent is a woman and more importantly, the sister of the man he means to kill, he demands satisfaction of some kind. He gives her two choices. She can return to his estate and become his mistress, or he can send her home and settle the matter with her brother by finishing the duel. Helen, unable to ignore the secret longing she’s had for Gareth, decides to accept his proposal and go with him back to his estate, thankful that her desire for him also saves her brother’s life.<br />
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Helen accepts the devil’s bargain and agrees to stay with Gareth, at his beck and call, putting more than her innocence in danger as Gareth begins his slow seduction. With each passing hour, she sees the tortured heart of a man who’d once loved and lost. Helen fears she may lose her own heart to him, and believing she can never lay claim to his heart. But as they challenge the limits of their passion and the sensual delight they find in each other’s arms, they may find that love is within their reach.<br />
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Since her first book was published to acclaim by Harlequin Historical in 1998, Cheryl Bolen has written more than 20 books, mostly historical romances. Several of her books have won Best Historical awards, and she's been a New York Times and USA Today bestseller.<br />
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USA Today Bestselling Author Bronwen Evans grew up loving books. She writes both historical and contemporary sexy romances for the modern woman who likes intelligent, spirited heroines, and compassionate alpha heroes.<br />
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Barbara Monajem wrote her first story at eight years old about apple tree gnomes. After dabbling in neighborhood musicals and teen melodrama, she published a middle-grade fantasy when her children were young. Now her kids are adults, and she's writing for grownups. Her Bayou Gavotte series of paranormal mystery and romance takes place near New Orleans and features hereditary vampires, a Native American telepathic rock star, and other characters with paranormal abilities. She also writes sexy Regency romances with bold, passionate heroes, spirited, adventurous heroines, and the occasional touch of magic. She lives near Atlanta, Georgia, with an ever-shifting population of relatives, friends, and feline strays.<br />
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Award winning, Amazon best-selling author, Collette Cameron, has a BS in Liberal Studies and a Master's in Teaching. Author of the Castle Brides Series and Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series, Collette writes Regency and Scottish historicals and makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and five mini dachshunds. Mother to three and a self-proclaimed Cadbury Chocolate chocoholic, Collette loves a good joke, inspirational quotes, flowers, trivia, and all things shabby chic. You'll always find dogs, birds, quirky—sometimes naughty—humor, and a dash of inspiration in her novels. Her motto for life? You can’t have too much chocolate, too many hugs, or too many flowers. She’s thinking about adding shoes to that list.<br />
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Bestselling historical author Heather Boyd believes every character she creates deserves their own happily-ever-after, no matter how much trouble she puts them through. With that goal in mind, she writes sizzling regency romance stories that skirt the boundaries of propriety to keep readers enthralled until the wee hours of the morning. Heather has published over twenty novels and shorter works. She lives north of Sydney, Australia, and does her best to wrangle her testosterone-fuelled family (including cat Morpheus) into submission.</div>
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A New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly best-selling and award-winning author, Rebecca has written over 145 books and novellas. In 2011 she became the dozenth author to receive the Romance Writers of America Centennial Award for having written 100 romantic novels. Her Killing Moon was a launch title for Berkley’s Sensation imprint in June 2003. Five more books in the series have followed.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Donna June Cooper</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Books of the Kindling, #1<br />
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<b>Genre</b>: Contemporary Romance with a touch of Magic</div>
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<b>Release Date</b>: February 4, 2014</div>
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<i>A malignant secret could turn her mountain sanctuary into their tomb.</i><br />
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DEA agent Nick McKenzie is sure magic exists—a dangerous drug called Smoky Mountain Magic that’s wreaking havoc on the streets of Atlanta. He’s also sure that locating and eliminating the source could mean his death.<br />
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When he arrives undercover on Woodruff Mountain, the beautiful owner’s anxious attempts to scare him off tell him something’s afoot, and it’s not her secret patch of a rare, ancient species of ginseng.<br />
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As her dream of seeking medicinal plants in the Amazon fades into the distance, Grace Woodruff struggles to come to terms with an inherited magical gift she didn't want, and searches desperately for the meaning behind her late grandfather’s final, cryptic message.<br />
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The last thing she needs underfoot is a handsome, enigmatic writer recovering from a recent illness. Until an accidental touch unleashes a stunning mystical force and Grace senses the wrath of a malicious blight at the heart of the mountain. Now she must choose between her need to hide her gift from the world…and her desire to save Nick’s life.<br />
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“So—Granny Lily?” he asked again.<br />
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Grace took a deep breath. “Granny Lily was a healer—an Appalachian Granny Woman. A witch.”<br />
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“Witch?” he paused a moment, digesting the word. “You’re kidding, right?”<br />
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Grace shook her head and started walking away from the cemetery and back into the meadow. “Granny Witches weren't witches in the sense we think of today. They were the midwives and healers of the community. For folks isolated up in these mountains with no medical care, they were the doctors.”<br />
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Nick followed behind, taking a quick sip of his champagne. “Witch doctor?”<br />
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She grinned at him. “Well, yes. In the sense that a witch doctor is the healer in their community. The shaman. The expert in herbal medicine.”<br />
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“Witch doctor,” he repeated.<br />
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“It’s a tradition that’s passed down in families. In this case from mother to daughter to granddaughter. One woman per generation,” Grace went on. “Some claim it goes back to ancient times.”<br />
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Nick stopped. “So, are you—”<br />
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She faced him. “What?”<br />
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“A witch?”<br />
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Nick watched Grace smile and hold out her glass. “Hang on to this for me.”<br />
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Nick stared at it for a moment, wondering why she didn't just answer “no”. Then he took it carefully, holding the bottle under his arm.<br />
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Shaking out the blanket, Grace laid it on the grass and knelt down, holding her hands up for her glass and the bottle, which he handed over.<br />
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“Sit,” she said smiling up at him. “Pretend it’s a picnic.”<br />
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As if on cue, Pooka ran to see what they were up to. When he realized no food was involved, he resumed scouting the edges of the meadow.<br />
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Nick paused, wondering if he should make a dash for his SUV and get off this mountain while he still could. But something made him sit.<br />
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“So,” he took a deep breath, as if he was about to set foot on some strange new world he didn't understand. “Witch?”<br />
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She twisted sideways, managing to sit gracefully on the blanket without spilling a drop of champagne. He was beginning to wonder if she had faked being tipsy.<br />
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“Remember, I said not in the ‘double, double toil and trouble’ kind of way.”<br />
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“So, no cauldrons or eye-of-newt things going on?”<br />
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“Well, actually, the old cauldron you see in the front yard of a lot of Southern homes used to mean there was a Granny Witch in the house, but—”<br />
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“Don’t you have one of those in your garden? Full of flowers?”<br />
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She smiled. “You noticed! Yes. Like that. But no evil spells or hexes.”<br />
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“So you are a witch?”<br />
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“Well, no. I was talking about Granny Lily. I’m—” She stopped, suddenly thoughtful.<br />
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“So, you’re not a witch?”<br />
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“You know, I’m not sure.”<br />
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Nick frowned and drained the rest of his champagne, holding out his glass. She poured it full and sat the bottle on the ground beside the blanket.<br />
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“I would think you would notice something like that,” he said. <i>Of course she’s a witch McKenzie, she’s had you under her spell since she met you</i>.<br />
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“Look, I probably shouldn't have used that word. People don’t know about the Granny Witch tradition at all, and they automatically think black cats and broomsticks and pointy hats. It was mostly about herbal medicine and midwifery.”<br />
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“Can you deliver a baby?” he asked.<br />
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“Well, certainly.”<br />
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“And you practice herbal medicine.”<br />
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“Yes.”<br />
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“Sounds like you’re qualified. Maybe over qualified.”<br />
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“It’s not that simple. Some of them did divination and water dowsing. It’s a tradition requiring training and practice. The Granny Witch passes down all her lore to her designated successor and teaches her everything she knows.”<br />
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Grace looked off toward the cemetery and he followed her gaze. The headstones were just distant shapes in the moonlight.<br />
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“So your mother— No, that’s your <i>father’s </i>side of the family.”<br />
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“Exactly. And anyway, the tradition stopped with Granny Lily. She quit practicing and didn't pass it on to any other female relative.”<br />
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“But you said she’s been wandering into your dreams. Does she wander anywhere else?” He looked around them at the silvered meadow and the dark trees, but nothing seemed menacing—just the opposite.<br />
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“No. Only in my rather intense dreams. And I’m honestly not sure what she’s trying to tell me.”<br />
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He tried to figure out where she was going with all this. Maybe it was the wine. “Well, it sounds like it might be a good thing for your bottom line. You could get additional business these days just by saying you were the descendant of a shaman or medicine woman. I wouldn’t use the word ‘witch’ though, even if they don’t burn them anymore.”<br />
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“Why did you say that?” she asked in a sharp tone. In the moonlight, her eyes shimmered green and her pale face was almost translucent, surrounded by flyaway tendrils of dark red. She might be a witch, but she was the most captivating witch he had ever seen.<br />
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“What? What did I say?”<br />
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“About burning?”<br />
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“Well, they used to— Didn't they? I mean—”<br />
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“That was in a completely different culture. Here the Granny Witch was essential in the community. The people of these mountains were nothing like that. Granny Lily was burned accidentally.”<br />
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“She was— What?”<br />
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Grace picked up the bottle and poured her glass full, then downed it without ceremony and was about to pour another.<br />
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“Whoa. Slow down there.” He took the bottle and her glass gently and set them both in the grass. “Now, what’s this about burning? Your granny was burned?”<br />
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Grace let out a long breath. “Great-great-great. And yes. Accidentally. In a fire.”<br />
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“She wasn't killed though. The headstone said—”<br />
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“No. Badly burned. Disfigured. She lived a long life.”<br />
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“A <i>very</i> long life, if I read the stone right.” He connected some dots and took a guess. “This was the fire that started that feud you were talking about, with your neighbors.”<br />
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“Yes. But it was an accident. A bunch of Taggarts and other people were gathered outside the cabin and things got out of hand. One of the Taggarts threw a rock at my Grandpa Zach. It broke a window, and knocked over an oil lamp onto Granny Lily’s dress.”<br />
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“An oil lamp.”<br />
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“It was terrible. It didn't destroy the cabin, but she was horribly burned. Everyone thought she wouldn't make it, but she recovered. Only, after that, she was rarely seen by anyone outside of the family. And when she was, she was covered head to toe, even wearing gloves on the hottest summer days. We have a family portrait with her in it, but only half of her face is showing.”<br />
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“That is tragic. What started the rock throwing?”<br />
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“A misunderstanding.”<br />
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“About?”<br />
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“A patient.”<br />
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“Someone died?”<br />
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“No. Someone lived.”<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Julia Tagan</b></i></span></div>
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<b><i>To be or not to be—in love…</i></b><br />
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As a ward of the Duchess of Dorset, Harriet can hardly expect more from a match than the ringing endorsement of “from what I’ve heard, the man is financially secure and his teeth are quite regular.” After all, she’s only the lowly daughter of traveling actors, not the actual daughter of the duchess.<br />
William Talbot, Earl of Abingdon is set to marry the duchess’s daughter. After his elder brother’s scandalous death, his family’s reputation is paramount, and he’ll allow nothing to damage it again. But when Harriet disappears to save her father from debtor’s prison, the scandal threatens William and his intended’s family.<br />
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The simple task of fetching the duchess’s runaway ward turns complicated when Harriet insists on traveling with her father’s acting company. William’s forced to tag along, and finds himself entranced. The stage transforms Harriet into a free-spirited, captivating beauty. But someone’s been sabotaging the theater company, and instead of facing scandal, William and Harriet discover a threat not only to their growing passion, but to their lives…<br />
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<b>Finding the Perfect Castle</b><br />
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Part of the best job of writing a romance is finding the ideal setting for a particular scene. As a writer of historicals, I love to scour the web for the perfect London townhouse or country manor and imagine my hero and heroine running down the hallways or up the stairs.<br />
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For my Regency-era romance, Stages of Desire, I needed to describe a duke’s castle where my hero and heroine have their first kiss. Harriet Farley is a runaway ward determined to save her actor father from debtor’s prison, even if it means heading north to Birmingham by foot. Her guardian, a stuffy duchess, asks our hero William, Earl of Abingdon, to save her family name from scandal and bring Harriet back to London. As William’s been wooing the duchess’s daughter, he’s loath to refuse.<br />
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After several mishaps on the road, William and Harriet, along with a motley crew from her father’s theater company, spend the night at the duke’s castle. I found the perfect location in Warwick Castle, which was built in the Middle Ages on the banks of the River Avon. The building has it all: ramparts, towers, and a green courtyard where the actors perform one of Shakespeare’s comedies. Later that evening, Harriet and William find themselves on top of the highest tower looking across the starlit countryside: the perfect place for true love to blossom. Although I’ve only viewed photos of Warwick Castle online, I feel like I know the place inside and out, and I’d love to visit some day.<br />
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What places do you find to be the perfect settings for a romance? Even better, what kind of intrigue might take place there?<br />
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Julia Tagan lives with her husband and goldendoodle in New York City. A journalist by training, she enjoys weaving actual events and notorious individuals into her historical romances. Her favorite activities include walking her dog in Central Park, scouring farmers’ markets for the perfect tomato, and traveling to foreign cities in search of inspiration.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Someone Like Her</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Sandra Owens</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: K2 Team, #2</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Contemporary Romantic Suspense</div>
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<b>Release Date</b>: January 6, 2015</div>
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Known to the K2 Special Services team as Romeo, ex-Navy SEAL Jake Buchanan has yet to meet a woman he didn't like. There is one though who sets his heart to racing in a way the others don't. She is off-limits, however, and his boss—her brother—has made that crystal clear.<br />
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Troubled by a childhood that still haunts her, Maria Kincaid goes searching for a father she's never met—and stumbles into a nightmarish experience. With her life in grave danger, she reaches out to Jake.<br />
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Jake, a man who believes he isn't capable of committing to one woman, knows he should stay as far away from Maria as possible. She's in trouble though and he'll just lend a hand, then return to his life as Romeo.<br />
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Middle-of-the-night phone calls weren't unusual. Long accustomed to awakening at odd hours to all sorts of noises, Jake alertly reached for the receiver at the same time he eyed the clock. Had the operation gone wrong?<br />
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“Buchanan here.”<br />
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“Jake?”<br />
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Maria’s voice was the last one he expected. Just hearing it sent his heart into overdrive. He sat up, as if by doing so he could get closer to her. “What’s wrong?”<br />
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She laughed. “Why do you immediately assume something’s wrong?”<br />
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One hundred and ninety-three miles between them did nothing to conceal the brittle note of her laughter. “It’s two in the morning for one thing. You should be sleeping. Don’t you have an early class?”<br />
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Silence.<br />
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“Dammit, talk to me.”<br />
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“I’m in trouble, Jake.” Her voice cracked on his name.<br />
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For her, he would step in front of a bullet, but she wasn't his to protect. She was so far off limits he might as well be wanting the moon.<br />
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He forced the words through his teeth that had to be said. “Then you should be calling your brother, not me.”<br />
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“I . . . I can’t talk to Logan right now. I just can’t. Please, you have to come.” The words were punctuated by a sob.<br />
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Jackson Kennedy Buchanan, in an attempt to be as honorable as his namesakes, opened his mouth to say no, not happening. “Are you home?” He pulled the phone from his ear and glared as if it were responsible for the decidedly inadvisable question. She’d probably had a fight with a boyfriend and needed a shoulder to cry on.<br />
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Maria Kincaid—top-of-her-class law student and weeks from graduating—didn't get in trouble. Maria Kincaid, the woman her brother had put off limits by threat of death. The boss didn't want his sister anywhere near a man known as Romeo to his SEAL buddies.<br />
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A native of Florida, Sandra once managed a Harley-Davidson dealership, before switching from a bike to an RV for roaming the open road (though she’s also chased thrills from sky-diving to upside-down stunt-plane flying). In addition to CRAZY FOR HER—a 2013 Golden Heart® Finalist for Romantic Suspense—and SOMEONE LIKE HER, her works include the Regency romance novels THE LETTER, winner of the Golden Quill Award, and THE TRAINING OF A MARQUESS, winner of the Golden Claddagh Award. A member of Romance Writers of America, she lives with her husband in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. She claims the only thing missing in her life is a cat to curl up on her lap while she writes.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Stages of Desire</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Julia Tagan</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Historical Romance (Regency)</div>
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<b><i>To be or not to be—in love…</i></b><br />
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As a ward of the Duchess of Dorset, Harriet can hardly expect more from a match than the ringing endorsement of “from what I’ve heard, the man is financially secure and his teeth are quite regular.” After all, she’s only the lowly daughter of traveling actors, not the actual daughter of the duchess.<br />
William Talbot, Earl of Abingdon is set to marry the duchess’s daughter. After his elder brother’s scandalous death, his family’s reputation is paramount, and he’ll allow nothing to damage it again. But when Harriet disappears to save her father from debtor’s prison, the scandal threatens William and his intended’s family.<br />
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The simple task of fetching the duchess’s runaway ward turns complicated when Harriet insists on traveling with her father’s acting company. William’s forced to tag along, and finds himself entranced. The stage transforms Harriet into a free-spirited, captivating beauty. But someone’s been sabotaging the theater company, and instead of facing scandal, William and Harriet discover a threat not only to their growing passion, but to their lives…<br />
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<i>London, 1808</i><br />
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“Miss Farley. I would like an answer to my question.”<br />
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She leaped down from the wagon, landing as lightly as a cat. Her back was ramrod straight as she approached him, and she met his eyes with an unwavering gaze. “I presume Her Grace sent you to talk sense into me.”<br />
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“She did indeed.”<br />
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“Well, you’re too late. We’re preparing for a journey to Birmingham. These are the Farley Players, the esteemed strolling theatrical company you may have heard me mention the other day.”<br />
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Esteemed seemed far too grand a word for this shabby group.<br />
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Undeterred, she waved her hand with a flourish at William. “I’d like to introduce Lord Abingdon.”<br />
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“I’d like a word with you.” He motioned to the door. “Alone. Outside.”<br />
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She led the way out of the barn to a small creek, knelt down, and washed her hands, drying them off on her skirt. William couldn’t help but notice the flash of petticoats when she did so, as well as a view of her slender ankle. The sight of her was disconcerting. He cleared his throat in an effort to regain his composure.<br />
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“If I remember correctly, Miss Farley, the duchess and I both forbade you from leaving London.”<br />
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She pushed her hair off her face with an irritated gesture. “I’m of age now, and am free to do as I please.”<br />
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Her arrogance was astounding. William wished he could grab her by the shoulders and give her a good shake. “You would run off with these troublemakers and shame the woman who raised you, as well as the woman I am going to marry? What kind of ungrateful person are you that you’d even entertain such a notion? Is your father near death?”<br />
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“Not exactly.” She bit her lip. He’d struck a chord; she didn’t appear as sure of herself anymore. “I don’t mean to do anything to harm Her Grace. She’s been like a mother to me. But she’s not my true mother and, at this moment, I must see my father.”<br />
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“What will happen to him if you don’t charge up to Birmingham with your army in tow?”<br />
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“He’ll be sent to debtor’s prison.”<br />
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William laughed. “Debtor’s prison?”<br />
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“I’m deadly serious about this and find your humor most unkind.”<br />
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Relief surged through him. The solution was easier than he’d believed possible. “I am sorry, Miss Farley. I didn't realize how simple the solution is. I’ll give you the money. Have one of your troupe bring it to your father, and you and I will return to London. Simple as that. I understand why you wouldn't want to trouble the duchess with this kind of request, but as I have certain plans with regard to the family, I’m happy to extend you this favor. As long as you don’t have other family members popping up requesting handouts. And there will be no more lies.”<br />
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“You’re doing me a favor?” She fixed him with a stare. “I’m not some poor relation of yours to order about. I won’t take your money.”<br />
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The girl was stubborn when there was no need to be. How had the duchess ever put up with her in the first place? “Take the money and let’s get going. We’ll stay overnight at my estate and have you back in London by tomorrow afternoon.”<br />
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She shook her head. “It won’t do. The producer to whom my father is indebted demands a production within the week. He has promised his patrons As You Like It, starring the famous Mrs. Ivey, and nothing less will do.”<br />
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“I see. And who is this famous actress? Is she the one who curtseyed so deeply I heard her knees creak?”<br />
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Miss Farley almost smiled. “No. That’s Mrs. Kembler. She’s one of ours. Mrs. Ivey is already up in Birmingham, awaiting our arrival.” She placed her hand on his arm, the pressure of her touch as light as a feather. “Sorry, my lord. I know this seems like a rash act. But I need to take care of my father right now. I’m fully capable of comporting myself in a ladylike manner. I have no intention of bringing shame upon Her Grace’s household.”<br />
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“So just now, when you were heaving trunks around like a common dockworker, it wasn’t scandalous?” An uncomfortable warmth swept over him, remembering it.<br />
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“That was work. Nothing scandalous about work.”<br />
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“It was the way you were working.”<br />
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“And what way is that?” She put her hands on her hips and breathed heavily. He couldn't help noticing the rise and fall of her chest.<br />
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At a loss for words, he stammered as he tried to regain the upper hand. “Never mind now.”<br />
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She looked up at him, her eyes wide. “My lord, I understand why you might be worried, and why my running off alone was not proper. I am sorry. Allow me to go to Birmingham and sort out this mess. Please. I haven’t seen my father in a long time.”<br />
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She plucked at the fabric of her skirt like a small child might. For a brief moment, he couldn’t help but sympathize with her, remembering his own turbulent history with his father.<br />
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“He left me a book of sonnets, you see, but I didn’t receive it until yesterday. He inscribed it to me and, well, it’s difficult to explain. But now I realize how difficult it must’ve been for him to give me away. My mother died when I was born and life had been rough.”<br />
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She shook her head slowly, in disbelief. “There are varying degrees of easy. Losing a mother, yes, we’re even on that point. But have you gone for days slogging through the mud in the hopes of finding a warm bed and supper? I remember quite clearly what it’s like to not eat for a couple of days, the way the hunger climbs from your stomach up your throat until even your jaw aches.”<br />
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She had him there. He only missed a meal by accident, when he was absorbed in his work. And any cravings were satisfied immediately.<br />
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“My lord, I’d like to thank my father for allowing me to live with the duke and duchess. It’s the least I can do.”<br />
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He almost suggested she write a letter instead, but stopped himself. What if he were given the opportunity to talk to his father, or his brother, again? What would he say?<br />
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He understood her desire to make amends, and her honesty cut him to the core.<br />
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“Please, my lord.”<br />
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Sounds of merriment spilled out of the barn.<br />
Perhaps they could reach an agreement. “I will allow it, on two conditions.”<br />
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“My lord?”<br />
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“My former nursemaid, Miss Entwhistle, shall act as chaperone. She’s here with me now and will accompany you to ensure you meet the standards of respectability. Two: You’ll stay with her at all times, and be back in London by next week. I will tell the duchess I allowed you to visit family in Birmingham, and leave it at that. No mention of the theater.”<br />
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“I suppose I can agree.”<br />
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“Very well, I’ll make the introductions.”<br />
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Eager to break the unexpected connection between them, William headed to the carriage while she returned to the barn. Miss Farley’s voice rang out.<br />
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“My lord, you might want to come quick.”<br />
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“One moment, I must see to Miss Entwhistle first.”<br />
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“That’s what I mean.”<br />
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William caught up with Miss Farley inside the barn. She pointed in the direction of several bales of hay, where Miss Entwhistle stood wearing a long purple scarf and swaying side to side, singing a colorful ditty at the top of her lungs. The rest of the troupe had gathered around her clapping and singing along.<br />
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“I think I’ll have no problems with Miss Entwhistle at all, my lord,” said Miss Farley. “In fact, it appears she’ll be able to teach me a few things.”<br />
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Love ties. Murder binds.<br />
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Maggie never felt as though she belonged until Chris Stevens showed her what true happiness meant. Ten years into their marriage, miscarriages and infidelities have scarred them both. Despite their perfect-couple image, Maggie can’t look at Chris with anything but resentment. When a charismatic stranger offers the opportunity for a little harmless flirtation, she jumps into the game.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>by Desiree A. Cox</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Series</b>: Lust, Desire and Love Trilogy, #1</div>
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Nikki Carmichael is confused. Her head’s telling her one thing while her heart is sending another message.<br />
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She believed her first husband, Sky, was her Prince Charming. They got married expecting to live their happily ever after, but the happiness dwindled right along with their checking account. Their divorce legally ended the marriage, but not the love and uncontrollable desire between them.<br />
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As I stood, Jeff placed his hand on my lower back, which was the equivalent to pushing the floodgate button while touching me with an electric wand. I inhaled slow and deep. The tingles radiated through me. I could feel the wetness breaching the tiny silk barrier. After staring into his inviting eyes and listening to his deep, husky voice throughout dinner, I longed for him to kiss me.<br />
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We walked out to the car, where the perfect gentleman opened my door for me. Before I was able to lower myself into my seat, he stroked my face with his hands, our eyes fixed on each other. I tilted my head slightly into his hand as he caressed me with the gentlest touch. Is he reading my mind? I was waiting for him to lean in and kiss me. I leaned forward and held my gaze on him, wanting his mouth to consume mine, waiting to taste him. Instead, he pulled back. I sighed and sat down, and once I was situated in my seat, he shut the door. Fuck, fuck, FUCK!<br />
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Desiree was born and raised in Iowa – corn country. She married her high school sweetheart and moved to the Philadelphia area after high school and has been happily married for over twenty-five years. She’s the mother of two sons and a daughter. She’s a Project Manager by day, Writer of Erotica by night.<br />
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She’s been predisposed to erotica since she was twelve. She was obsessed with sneaking into her parents smut stash in their closet.<br />
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Over the past two plus years she’s been working to get her thoughts in print. She finally is writing what she wants to write.<br />
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