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<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Brooks bestselling Shannara trilogy may have been at heart a formulaic fantasy but its vigorous storytelling and intriguing characters won many readers. In his first non-Shannara novel, he takes on another well-worn premise: the contemporary Earthling transported to a fantasy world. Ben Holiday is a lawyer who finds little satisfaction in his work. His yearning for a simpler life seems thwarted when he finds the magic kinddom of Landover, a close analogy of Earth, with precariously balanced powers threatening each other, massive pollution, and general discontent centering on a lack of faith in leaders. This first volume in the new series is mainly introductory as Ben meets the locals and dashes off a few impossible tasks to assert his right to the throne. While still inventive, Brooks fails badly in his lackluster, unbelievable protagonist, his preachy moral tags and the adolescent, daydream quality of Ben's triumphs. Shannarafans are in for a disappointment. 150,000 first printing; major ad/promo; author tour. <br>Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>Review</h3><p>A marvellous fantasy trip' Frank Herbert 'If Harry Potter has given you a thirst for fantasy and you have not discovered the magic of Terry Brooks, you are in for a treat' ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS 'Confirms Terry's place at the head of the fantasy world' Philip Pullman </p></div>


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<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Best-selling author Sherrilyn Kenyon (The Dark-Hunter novels) restores three out-of-print titles in the series the League Novels, creating a more pronounced interconnected universe between the books. The first in the trilogy offers new readers an introduction to her Ichidian Universe, while restoring parts from the original manuscript and other rewritten material for the more familiar fan. Princess Kiara Zamir in repulsed by those who perpetuate violence like the brutal attacks on her family. Nykyrian Quiakides, a hybrid human and Andarion (a predatory alien race), is a former assassin for The League, who now leads a group of vigilantes known as The Sentella. Ironically, Nykyrian's team finds themselves serving as protectors of Kiara against kidnappers and assassins, giving Kiara and Nykyrian, two broken individuals, a chance at romance-if they can survive. The story is fast-paced, with graphic violence and sex in almost equal amounts. Kenyon thrives when developing the relationship between the two protagonists, putting the focus on relationships rather than world-building, which may disappoint some readers. <br>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h3>Review</h3><p> “[A] publishing phenomenon…[Sherrilyn Kenyon is] the reigning queen of the wildly successful paranormal scene.” –_Publisher’s Weekly_</p><p>"Kenyon's writing is brisk, ironic and relentless imaginative.  These are not your mother's vampire novels." --_Boston__ Globe_</p><p>"[An] engaging read." --_Entertainment Weekly_</p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>R. A. Salvatore was born in Massachusetts in 1959. His first published novel was The Crystal Shard. He has since published more than a dozen novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Halfling's Gem, Sojourn, The Legacy, and Starless Night. He makes his home in Massachusetts with his wife, Diane, and their three children. "From the Paperback edition."</p>


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<p class="description">Known as The Maid of Mayfair for her unassailable virtue, unwavering resolve, and quiet dignity, suffragette leader, Caledonia —Callie — Rivers is the perfect counter for detractors’ portrayal of the women as rabble rousers, lunatics, even whores. But a high-ranking enemy within the government will stop at nothing to ensure that the Parliamentary bill to grant the vote to females dies in the Commons — including ruining the reputation of the Movement’s chief spokeswoman. After a streak of disastrous luck at the gaming tables threatens to land him at the bottom of the Thames, photographer Hadrian St. Claire reluctantly agrees to seduce the beautiful suffragist leader and then use his camera to capture her fall from grace. Posing as the photographer commissioned to make her portrait for the upcoming march on Parliament, Hadrian infiltrates Callie’s inner circle. But lovely, soft-spoken Callie hardly fits his mental image of a dowdy, man-hating spinster. And as the passion between them flares from spark to full-on flame, Hadrian is the one in danger of being vanquished.</p>


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<div><div><p><strong>Letting Off Steam</strong></p> <p><em>Isabelle Drake</em></p> <p> </p> <p>After rugged loner Harrison Denton spends a night in Carly Jameson’s barn, she realizes she’s missed an opportunity to have a no-holds-barred, no-strings-attached roll in the hay. But after years of holding back and letting the opinions of other people control her actions, it will take a determined and capable man to bring the wild out in Carly.</p> <p> </p> <p>Luckily for her, the rough-and-ready man who has just come into her life has what it takes. When the two of them come together, Harrison is forced to face facts—sex with Carly is more than a one-time opportunity to let off some steam. It’s a very personal challenge that just may loosen the grief holding his heart hostage.</p> <p> </p> <p><i>A Romantica® erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave</i></p> <p> </p></div>

<p><strong>Letting Off Steam</strong></p> <p><em>Isabelle Drake</em></p> <p> </p> <p>After rugged loner Harrison Denton spends a night in Carly Jameson’s barn, she realizes she’s missed an opportunity to have a no-holds-barred, no-strings-attached roll in the hay. But after years of holding back and letting the opinions of other people control her actions, it will take a determined and capable man to bring the wild out in Carly.</p> <p> </p> <p>Luckily for her, the rough-and-ready man who has just come into her life has what it takes. When the two of them come together, Harrison is forced to face facts—sex with Carly is more than a one-time opportunity to let off some steam. It’s a very personal challenge that just may loosen the grief holding his heart hostage.</p> <p> </p> <p><i>A Romantica® erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave</i></p> <p> </p></div><hr class="annotations_divider" />
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<div><p><strong>Love Pursued</strong></p> <p><em>Sandra Heath</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>Blush: This is a sweet romance (kisses only, no sexual content).</i></p> <p> </p> <p>Poor relation Alice is secretly in love with Richard, Lord Abbotsbury—who’s expected to marry Alice’s cousin Jessica. Family uproar ensues when Jessica witnesses him kissing Alice at a ball. Now Alice has been thrown out in the cold. As for Richard, will he do what’s expected? Or what his heart demands?</p> <p> </p> <p><i>Publisher’s Note: This story was previously published elsewhere under the title</i> Love in the Mist <i>and has been revised for Ellora’s Cave.</i></p></div><hr class="annotations_divider" />
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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Ryan's life is dull and boring. That is, until the mysterious M comes along. Ryan's life goes from mundane to exciting when a secret admirer starts leaving messages on his car and sending him lewd emails. She calls him for phone sex with the promise of meeting in the flesh.  </p><p>Will Ryan finally meet the mysterious M and discover her true identity? And what promiscuous acts does she have in store for him when they do meet? Find out in Sex Stalker. Adults only 18+ </p><h3>From the Author</h3><p>Be sure to read the sequel - <strong>Sex Stalker 2: Exposed</strong></p></div><hr class="annotations_divider" />
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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>To outfit his new gym, trainer Cooper Fitzgerald is looking for fresh boxing talent. Male boxing talent, that is. So what on earth is he thinking by taking on Jamie Sawyer? She's stubborn, difficult, aggressive—and far too hot for the kind of close contact training requires. But her skill in the ring is turning his professional head.</p><p>Too bad his isn't the only head that's turning. Jamie and her skimpy little shorts have all the guys forgetting the power she packs in a punch. And when Jamie offers Cooper her irresistible body—no strings attached—he's down for the count. But can Cooper keep the line between trainer and sex buddy…or is he setting himself up for another knockout? </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p>Cooper "the fist" Fitzgerald adjusted the collar on his silk shirt and tweaked the cuffs on his jacket. Despite how well-made and well-cut the suit was, it felt wrong. He'd spent half his life in workout clothes, covered in sweat—he wasn't a suit kind of guy and probably never would be. But he'd come courting, and he was smart enough to know that he needed to look the part if he was going to convince Ray Marshall to leave his current trainer and join Fitzgerald Fighters' Gym. </p><p>Before hitting the doorbell and announcing his arrival, Cooper squinted at the sleek, modern house Ray had just bought. Situated on the beachfront of the increasingly exclusive Sydney suburb of Bronte, he figured the place was worth well over 1.5 million. But he already knew that Ray wasn't hard up for cash. If Cooper was going to woo him to his stable, it was going to be about more than money. It was going to be about offering him the one thing that all fighters wanted: immortality. Just like every fighter who'd ever donned leather and sweated his rounds in the ring, Ray wanted to be remembered. Ali, Sugar Ray, Tyson—no one would ever forget their names, even if Tyson was as infamous these days as he was famous. And Cooper knew he could make Ray unforgettable. He had all the raw ingredients to become a legend of the sport rather than some guy who'd gotten lucky with a few heavy purses. Together, they could fly high. </p><p>It was getting to the "together" bit that was going to take some fancy footwork, since Ray had been with his current trainer since he started. </p><p>Aware that he was stalling, Cooper hit the bell. He was nervous. Like the suit, this was the part of setting up his own establishment that made him feel the least comfortable. He was a fighter, not some slick sales guy with a line of patter. Hell, he was only thirty-four. Not young by boxing standards, but if his body hadn't given out on him, he'd still be in the ring, giving up-and-comers like Ray a pounding. When he'd bought the gym last year, it had been with the long-term in mind. No way had he planned to be training at this age. That was supposed to come later. <em>Much </em>later. </p><p>He glanced at his hands. A scar ran across his left knuckles. He rubbed it absently. He missed fighting. Stupid to pretend otherwise. But there was no point spending the rest of his life thinking about what might have been. The doctors had given him a clear choice after he'd detached the retina in his left eye in his last fight—keep fighting and go blind, or retire. </p><p>Some choice. </p><p>"Hey, man, good to see you," Ray said as he opened the door. He gave Cooper a one-armed hug around the shoulders, the muscles of his big arms hard against Cooper's back. </p><p>A heavyweight, Ray was an inch taller than Cooper, with a broad-nosed, heavy-browed face and olive skin. He wore his dark hair shaved close to his scalp, a style that made it easier for training and disguised the fact that it was rapidly receding. </p><p>"Good to see you, too," Cooper said. Before he'd retired three months ago, he and Ray had trained together for a while. There was plenty of mutual respect between them, a good foundation for a future partnership. </p><p>"Come on in and check out my new pad," Ray said with a big grin. </p><p>Cooper followed him along a white carpeted hallway, the plush pile so deep and thick underfoot that he was almost in danger of breaking an ankle in the stuff. The hall opened into a huge living room with a high ceiling, slick black-leather-and-chrome furniture and lots of windows. The glare from the morning sun pouring through all the glass was almost unbearable and he squinted his eyes in self-defense. </p><p>"Yeah, I know, I gotta do something about that. Get some curtains or something," Ray said. "Let's check out the pool." </p><p>They passed through a state-of-the-art kitchen to a terrace that was dominated by a lap pool and a separate structure that housed a shiny gym bristling with high-end equipment, all of it visible through a wall of windows. Ray waved Cooper into one of the chairs arranged in a conversational grouping near the house. </p><p>"You want coffee?" Ray asked. </p><p>"Sure. Why not?" Cooper said. </p><p>Ray stepped toward the house and opened the sliding door a crack. </p><p>"Yo, Jimmy—coffee would be great, thanks, if the offer's still good," he called. </p><p>Cooper sat back, resting his right ankle on the knee of the opposite leg. Man, but his collar felt tight. Resisting the urge to run a finger under it like a kid at church on Sunday, he surveyed the rear of Ray's house. </p><p>"Great place, bro," he said. </p><p>"I like it," Ray said, laughing at his own understatement. He shook his head. "If you could have seen where I grew up…" </p><p>Cooper understood. The best fighters were the ones who needed it as well as wanted it. They all had their hardluck stories, some harder than others. </p><p>"So, have you thought any more about my proposal?" Cooper asked, cutting to the chase. They both knew this wasn't a social call. </p><p>Behind Ray, he caught sight of a figure moving around the kitchen making coffee. Because Ray had used the name <em>Jimmy, </em>Cooper was surprised to see it was a woman. A really hot woman, he noted as she bent to retrieve something from a lower drawer. She was wearing a uniform, a plain back dress with a zip up the front and a white apron around her waist. When she leaned over he copped an eyeful of strong, athletic legs and a tight, round butt. </p><p>Some guys preferred their women skinny like greyhounds but he'd never had a thing for bones. He liked women with breasts and butts, and strong, athletic women particularly got him going. Perhaps it was the combination of textures, hard and soft, silk and steel… </p><p>He realized Ray was talking. He'd been so preoccupied with checking out the hired help that he'd missed half of it. </p><p>"…but I've got some reservations, I'd be lying if I said any different," Ray said. "And I've got a favor to ask, if we can cut a deal." </p><p>Damn. Had Ray just said yes to him, and he'd been busy staring at some bimbo's butt? </p><p><em>Focus, Fitzgerald. </em></p><p>"I want us to be straight up if we're going to do this thing, Ray, so let me know what your concerns are and we'll deal with them," he said, keeping his gaze firmly on Ray now, even though he could still see the woman out of the corner of his eye. </p><p>"Well, you know, it's the experience thing. You've got no track record. Sorry, man, but it's true. You were one hell of a fighter, and I'd kill to have half your form, but you're freshly minted as a trainer," Ray said. </p><p>Cooper nodded. "You're right. I'm new, I'm untested— which means I'm also hungry. I like to win, Ray. You know that about me. I built a career being a winner. And I've trained with some of the best guys in the business—guys you don't have a chance of getting near because they're in the U.S. now, or they've retired. I've got a lot of knowledge and experience to pass on—and I'm hand-picking my boys because I only want to work with fighters who I know have what it takes to go all the way. You're at the top of my list, that's why I'm here," Cooper said. </p><p>"Yeah, sure, I bet you say that to everyone you're talking to," Ray said, and Cooper could tell he was only half joking. </p><p>"I'm not talking to anyone else just yet," Cooper said. "Like I said, you're at the top of my list." Maybe it was a mistake to give away so much, but he hadn't come here to shadowbox. He held Ray's eye, and the other man slowly nodded. </p><p>"Okay. Okay. I'm interested," Ray said. </p><p>Cooper grinned, and Ray grinned right back at him. </p><p>"So what's this favor you mentioned?" Cooper said, jerking his tie loose and unbuttoning the collar on his shirt. They were on the downhill run now, he could feel it. </p><p>"I've got a friend, an up-and-comer. No fight record, just starting out. Loads of natural talent, strong, fast, great power. I said I'd put in a word with you," Ray said. His gaze slid over Cooper's shoulder as he spoke, and Cooper frowned. </p><p>Was it just him, or did Ray look a little…uncomfortable? </p><p>"Fair enough. Get him to come down to the gym tomorrow. I'll take a look at him, put him through his paces. If I like what I see, I'll certainly consider him," Cooper said. That was as good as it was going to get. He had a reputation to build, and untried fighters would not do it for him. </p><p>"Uh, yeah. Thing is, it's a <em>she, </em>not a <em>he,</em>" Ray said, rubbing the back of his neck. </p><p>"Sorry, Ray, but I don't follow women's boxing," Cooper said coolly, hoping Ray would get the hint and drop the subject. </p><p>It wasn't that he thought women's boxing was wrong or freakish the way some of the old-timers did. He simply didn't think there were enough women out there truly committed to the sport. It was different for men. Often boxing was the only way out for them, and that gave them a hunger, a commitment that couldn't be faked. </p><p>"If you saw her fight, you'd know what I mean. She's good—really good. I think she could go all the way," Ray said. </p><p>"Not with me," Cooper said, shaking his head. "I'm not interested in training women. I want real fighters, not a bunch of Barbie dolls playing around with boxercise." </p><p>The door to the house slid open as the maid appeared with a tray of coffee. 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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Rugged Dino Angelis, navy captain and special ops agent, has the family Sight. But even that couldn't have prepared him for his hungry reaction to Cat McGuire—toy-store owner, smuggling ring suspect…and his new charge.</p><p>Only, Dino can't believe the sexy woman under his protection is a crook. Not when she can plant a kiss hot enough to melt all his good intentions…</p><p>For Cat, Christmas is always a hectic season. But this year she's agreed to a fake engagement, too, just to keep the family peace. It wouldn't be so bad, if only Cat could keep her hands off her new fiancé. After all, he's strong, he's sexy…he's the perfect boy toy. Or he is—until Cat discovers she's just another one of his assignments…. </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p>If you have plans for Christmas, cancel them."</p><p>Retired Colonel James McGuire fired the order at him the moment Dino Angelis strolled into the office on the top floor of the Merceri Bank Building. Dino took his time walking across the expanse of Oriental carpet as he studied the tall, gruff-spoken man standing behind the carved oak desk.</p><p>Admiral Robert Maxwell, Dino's boss, had described his oldest and dearest friend accurately. James McGuire was a tall, lean man in his early sixties who despite his white hair appeared to be several years younger. McGuire had retired from the army two years previously and married his second wife, Gianna Merceri, who would one day inherit the Merceri banking fortune. Since then he'd worked as a VP for the New York City branch. Though he was wearing an impeccably tailored business suit, the colonel's bearing and tone of command marked him unmistakably as ex-military.</p><p>"Much as I hate to ruin anyone's holiday, this job may take longer than either one of us would like," McGuire continued.</p><p>Dino sighed inwardly. Okay, so his hunch that he wouldn't make it home for Christmas had been right. Ninety percent of the time what his family referred to as his premonitions were extremely accurate. They'd saved his life on more than one occasion. But this would make three Christmases in a row he hadn't been with his family, and his cousin Theo was getting married on December 27th.</p><p>Not for the first time, Dino asked himself if there'd been some way of getting out of this assignment that he'd overlooked. But Admiral Maxwell owed Colonel McGuire a favor, and Dino owed his admiral, big-time. For the last two years he'd worked in special operations under Maxwell's command. Three months ago, he'd been shot on one of his missions. A bullet had come within an inch of his spine. Recuperating in hospitals in Germany and later in D.C. had given him time to reevaluate how he wanted to spend the rest of his life. He'd joined the navy because he loved the sea. He'd wanted adventure and to see the world. Plus, he'd sensed it was what he was supposed to do. Now, he wanted a job that wouldn't isolate him so completely from his cousins, his uncle and his mother. He missed the closeness, the connectedness he always found with his family. Admiral Maxwell had not only understood his decision, but he'd worked hard to expedite Dino's discharge, and Dino liked to repay his debts.</p><p>So he had committed to do a job that he knew nothing about—except that it involved McGuire's family. Of course, Maxwell had used that information as part of the bait. He knew that for Dino, family was important, given it was one of the main reasons he wanted out of the navy. McGuire also knew Dino had expressed an interest in getting into some kind of investigative or security work when he returned to civilian life and that this assignment would be a good opportunity to give it a whirl.</p><p>To make the job even more tempting, the admiral had even given Dino the business card of an old navy buddy, Jase Campbell, who was now running his own security firm in Manhattan. Dino had done his first two special ops missions for Maxwell with Jase at his side, and they'd found their styles complementary. Jase was a meticulous planner, and Dino was good at improvising and going with his hunches.</p><p>McGuire made a stabbing motion with the unlit cigar he held in his hand. "The truth is this problem I want you to solve for me may stretch into the new year."</p><p>Good thing he hadn't promised his mother that he would make it home. Of course Cass Angelis probably already knew not to expect him. Psychic powers ran strong, especially in the women on his mother's side of the family. His mother claimed the psychic abilities could be traced back to the Oracle at Delphi, and hers were particularly powerful.</p><p>When he'd been a kid, he'd been hard pressed to get away with anything. She'd always known what he was up to. But his own hunches had kept him out of scrapes on more than one occasion. Recalling that, Dino bit back a smile and re-focused his attention on the colonel.</p><p>"Perhaps you could tell me exactly what kind of a job you're offering. Admiral Maxwell said that it had something to do with a family problem, but he didn't offer any details."</p><p>Maxwell had been apologetic about that. He'd explained that his friend McGuire hadn't been forthcoming. All he'd said was that he'd needed the best man Maxwell could come up with. Dino figured that whether or not he was Maxwell's "best" man was debatable. What couldn't be argued was that he was available. With his discharge papers from the navy due to come through within the next month, he'd just been pushing papers for Maxwell at the Pentagon.</p><p>Frowning, the colonel gave Dino a brief nod as he set the cigar down on the desk. "A family problem. I suppose that's one way to describe it. My—"</p><p>The intercom on his phone interrupted him and a brisk female voice spoke. "Colonel, your daughter is returning your call. She's on line three."</p><p>"Thank you, Margie." As he reached for the phone, McGuire met Dino's eyes. "I have to take this."</p><p>Taking advantage of the opportunity, Dino glanced around the room, absorbing the details. The wall behind him was made of glass and offered a view of the waiting area—a oneway view that allowed Colonel McGuire to see anyone who stepped into the lobby. He wondered how long the colonel had been studying him while he'd been cooling his heels in the lobby.</p><p>Through the wall-to-wall window behind McGuire, Dino could see a wintry view of Central Park. The trees were bare of leaves, the ground a dismal brownish-gray, and a serious snowstorm was promised tomorrow. Over a foot of snow was being predicted and Manhattanites were looking forward to a white Christmas. Now that it was almost certain that he was going to be in the Big Apple for the holiday season, Dino was looking forward to it, too. San Francisco had never offered much in the way of white Christmases.</p><p>Bookshelves lined the wall to his right, and a large portrait of a woman graced the wall to his left. The brass plaque beneath the painting read: Lucia Merceri. Admiral Maxwell had mentioned her, describing her as the grand matriarch of the Merceri family, a woman with a will of iron. Though she lived in a villa outside of Rome, Lucia kept close track of her family members in New York. In the painting, she wore a black suit, her white hair was pulled up into a ballerina's knot, and she carried a walking cane in her right hand. But it was the dark, piercing eyes that captured Dino's attention. This was a woman who took no prisoners.</p><p>"Cat, darling, I need to see you today. How about lunch?"</p><p>At the abrupt change in the colonel's tone, Dino shifted his gaze back to him and was struck by how much his stern expression had softened.</p><p>"I know how busy you are. A toy store at Christmas—it must be total chaos. But don't you need a break? I thought I might lure you out to that place on Forty-fifth Street you like so much. You have to eat."</p><p>Dino knew that Cat McGuire was the colonel's only child by a first marriage. According to Admiral Maxwell, Nancy McGuire had died of MS when Cat was ten, and during the next eight years until Cat had entered college, the colonel had made sure that his daughter had been with him on every assignment barring those that took him directly into combat zones. Even then, McGuire had tried to station his daughter in a place where he could visit her as frequently as possible.</p><p>"A delivery?" Disappointment laced the colonel's tone. "I know there are only five shopping days left until Christmas— yes, right, four and a half. But can't one of your employees sign for it?"</p><p>The almost wheedling note in the colonel's voice surprised Dino. This man was a sharp right turn from the one who'd fired orders at him a few minutes ago. McGuire chose that moment to glance at him and wave him into a chair. It was only then that Dino realized he'd been standing at attention ever since he'd stopped in front of the desk.</p><p>But Cat McGuire evidently didn't take orders from her father. In fact, she seemed to be doing most of the talking.</p><p>Intrigued, Dino settled himself in a comfortable leather chair and stretched out his legs. His admiral's close relationship with McGuire could be traced back to the fact that they'd grown up together in Toledo, Ohio, and graduated from the same high school. Though one had gone to Annapolis and the other to West Point, their friendship had never faded. Maxwell was even Cat's godfather.</p><p>The admiral had shown him a framed photo of his goddaughter. The moment he'd glanced at it, Dino had experienced a heightening of his senses and he'd known the same way he supposed his mother knew things that the Fates were offering him something he shouldn't walk away from.</p><p>It had been the same when he'd been working special ops under Admiral Maxwell. He'd always sensed which ones to volunteer for. The danger that had lain in wait for him on his last mission had come to him in a vision. On the rare occasions that he experienced one, the image always flashed into his mind like the negative of a black-and-white photo. His pre-knowledge had probably saved his life.</p><p>When he'd been looking at Cat's picture, he'd also experienced a very strong attraction. He'd tried to rationalize it. After all, it had been a long time since he'd had a woman in his life. The kind of work he'd been doing for the past two years hadn't left time for anything personal. And she was definitely pretty with long red-blond hair and fair skin. The hint of cheekbones suggested strength and the set of her chin spoke of stubbornness.</p><p>But it was her eyes that he'd stared at the longest. They were oval-shaped and in the photo they were a glorious mix of gold and green. Cat's eyes. A man could get lost in them.</p><p>Warning bells had sounded in his mind. He was starting a new phase of his life. He wanted more contact with his family, and he needed to find out if the skills he'd been honing in the navy could be translated into a career in the private sector. That was a lot for a man to have on his plate.</p><p>It was the wrong time to become involved with a woman&amp;... </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Sierra Donovan is flying high on her company's rising success. Her bonus? Another sexy one-night stand with cowboy Reece Carter--also known as the best sex she's ever had.  </p><p>But when sick blackmail photos start to show up, fiercely self-reliant Sierra suddenly finds herself needing a twenty-four-hour bodyguard. Who better than cowboy turned security specialist Reece Carter?  </p><p>Reece is tall, dark and dangerous...and he's getting in Sierra's take-charge way. But, oh <em>god</em>, can he make every single nerve ending on her body sizzle.  </p><p>Sierra soon realizes that coming home to great sex each night has its benefits. That is, as long as her bodyguard can keep her alive to enjoy it....  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Who says girls don't need eye candy? Bliss Magazine is proud to bring you twelve months of smokin'-hot guys! Our Sexiest American Heroes calendar will feature one heart-stopping hero after the next--including our very own Texas Ranger, Jarod Wyatt, with his intense chocolate eyes...and a backside that would make Michelangelo weep for an eternity.  </p><p>And no one is more smitten by our luscious lawman than the artist behind the camera lens, commercial photographer Lacey Graham. Like every woman with a past, she's trying to quit testosterone--but Jarod seems to know exactly how to break her willpower...one sizzling kiss at a time!  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Jake Stevens--star reporter and celebrated literary genius--is a snake. How else to explain the way he turns Poppy Birmingham's hero worship into loathing with a single conversation? So what if she's got a lot to learn about journalism? Aren't they coworkers now? On the same team? Jake can take his attitude and...  </p><p>Then during a job-related road trip, their relationship goes from antagonistic to hedonistic in no time flat. And suddenly Poppy can't think of anything more delicious than having a secret fling with Jake. But with all this intensity, can she really keep it no-strings-attached?   </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Carol Snow is no Scrooge...but she'd rather get her heart rate up with a sexy book than a messy, real-life romance. Still, she's tempted to rethink that when rugged coworker Luke Chancellor shows her--in mind-blowing detail--_exactly_ what she's been missing. But when he asks for a real date, Carol runs like hell....  </p><p>And stumbles back into the exact same day--_including_ out-of-this-world sex with luscious Luke!  </p><p>Talk about no-strings sex. Except...Carol soon realizes she wants more than multiple one-night stands. She just has to figure out how to wake up with Luke in a new day...before time--and all that afterglow--runs out.  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Elizabeth Morgan didn't intend to abandon her very proper life. But that's the best way to find her true--and less proper--self. So here she is in Australia, standing in front of a man who's clad only in a towel. Nathan Jones is so tempting he could be the ideal candidate to help this good girl be very bad!  </p><p>Sure enough, thanks to Nathan's <em>talented</em> hands, Elizabeth is living all her sensual fantasies. And while the sex is great, something more is developing. She trusts him, and wants to share her secrets with him, and... Suddenly this feels more like a real relationship than some fun in the sun. Luckily, there's a cure for too much commitment--more wickedness!  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Everybody knows there's no love lost between paranormal investigators Amanda LaGrange and sexy Jacob Caine. They can't even stand being in the same room together....</p><p>Well, unless it's an enchanted bedroom. And they're trapped there, at midnight. And the sexual tension suddenly becomes too powerful to resist...</p><p>Then that bedroom gets really hot, really fast! But come morning, they still can't keep their hands off each other. Are they cursed forever? If so, neither one's complaining.</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Bad-girl socialite Rachel Winston finds herself shipped off to the ever-so-posh Clearwater Springs Resort...for thirty days of community service as a maid! But her clean new start is already taking her in a bad direction thanks to her yummy new boss, Marc Strauss, who isn't keen on catering to pampered princesses.  </p><p>Marc had only meant to gain some much needed publicity, but the minute he sees the stunning socialite, he knows he'll have a hard time keeping his hands off her. But a hot fling could easily turn into a major mess for both of them.  </p><p>Then again, what's a little "mess" every now and then...  </p></div>


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<div><p class="description">For the love of the chase…</p>
<p class="description">MI6 agent Lindy Gardner always gets what she wants. And right now she wants Joshua Benedict to come clean about his relationship with the criminal mastermind behind the White Star amulet's disappearance. She knows Joshua is the best "fixer" ever to walk on the wrong side of the law — no man could elude capture for so long without being very, very good.</p>
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<div><p class="description">She was an adventure he hadn't counted on...</p>
<p class="description">Dr. Brett Thornton's latest discovery—an antiaging formula—should have had him set for life. Instead, everyone he meets wants a piece of him. He needs to get away, to clear his head. And he figures a once-in-a-lifetime trip into the wilds of Peru should help him put things into perspective. That is, until a gorgeous fellow tourist messes with his quest...and his libido!</p>
<p class="description">Kayla Watson used to like traveling on business. But that was before her boss insisted she spy on scientist Brett Thornton on his trek into the Andes mountains. Now she's tired, dirty...and seriously in lust with sexy Brett. Lucky for her, he encourages—and helps her exercise—that lust. Again and again.</p>
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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Undercover agent Constantine Vega sacrificed three years of his life building up the case of a sinister drug lord. But only days before the trial, after threats against his life, Constantine is on the run with tantalizing federal prosecutor Nicole Ward--a desperate journey promising both sin and sensation...</p><p>Nicole has been trying her best to follow the rules...rules that she once broke with disastrous results. But the magnetic and passionate force of Constantine Vega threatens to unleash every tempestuous feeling inside her. With so much at stake, can she trust Constantine with her body--and her life?</p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Visit Lisa at www.lisareneejones.com </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Jodie Patterson's posh bakery is all about satisfying cravings. Her signature aphrodisiac cookies have been flying off the shelves...and giving Jodie some delicious ideas of her own.  </p><p>Behind his owlish glasses, Jodie's business partner, Dr. Dan Ellison, is the male equivalent of the Naughty Professor. Jodie is more than ready to indulge her fantasies with this wolf-in-geek's-clothing as long as they set some ground rules: sex is sex, business is business and nothing will change. Yeah, right! After that first addictive kiss, it's time to see if they can <em>really </em>satisfy each other's appetites....  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Talk about intoxicating!   </p><p>_For the perfect New Year's punch, blend the following:  </p><p>-- one woman determined to find her inner vixen  </p><p>-- a notorious--and notoriously hot!--playboy  </p><p>-- a provocative New Year's Eve bash  </p><p>-- an impulsive kiss that leads to a night of explosive passion!_  </p><p>Claire Daniels is looking for love--even if she has to get it from her ex-boyfriend! But when she sees him on the last night of the year with another woman, she kisses the guy closest to her instead! Only, he doesn't want to stop at a kiss....  </p><p>It turns out that Ty Coleman is the biggest playboy in Dallas. And Claire's all for a decadent fresh start. After all, Ty's definitely well qualified to give her a sizzling good time.   </p><p>Then again, it's all fun and games until someone loses her heart....  </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>JULIE KENNER begins a new series for Downtown Press with The Givenchy Code. Her novel Aphrodite?s Kiss was a USA Today bestseller; her other acclaimed novels include Nobody But You and The Spy Who Loves Me. She lives in Georgetown, Texas, with her husband and daughter. </p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The elite Martinis &amp; Bikinis Club challenges you to risk it all. But once you pick a dare, there's no backing out.Brooke Winfield is the devoted and dependable daughter of one of Boston's oldest families. So what is she doing on the back of a motorcycle in the middle of the night with sexy bad-boy ballplayer David Carrera?Elated by that recklessness, Brooke decides she's ready to take a Martini dare-and what a dare! Her performance at a posh strip club lands her back in David's arms for another unforgettable night...and in the tabloids the next morning. The most electrifying moment of her life threatens to destroy her happiness, her family name and everything Brooke has ever known about herself.But maybe some reputations aren't worth saving....</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>A summer on a Greek island is just what grad student Cara Sokol needs to jump-start her nonexistent sex life. Too bad she's sworn off Greek men forever, because she can't take her eyes off Yannis Petridis's six-pack abs and sultry eyes.But Cara's not going to get away that easily. In fact, some of Yannis's daydreams would make even Aphrodite blush. So if his fiery redhead wants an X-rated fling, he won't deny it—even if she is hiding something more than her burning desire….</p>


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<div><p class="description">Fantasy #1... MYSTERY LOVER--Vicki Lewis Thompson</p>
<p class="description">When an unexpected storm hits, rancher Jonas Garfield takes cover in a nearby cave...and finds himself seduced senseless by an enigmatic temptress who refuses to tell him her name. All he knows is that this sexy woman wants him. And for Jonas, that's enough--for now...</p>
<p class="description">Fantasy #2... AFTER HOURS--Stephanie Bond</p>
<p class="description">Michael Pierce has always considered costume shop owner Rebecca Valentine no more than an associate--until he drops by her shop one night and witnesses the mousy wallflower's transformation into a seductive siren. Suddenly, he's desperate to know her much better. But which woman is the real Rebecca?</p>
<p class="description">Fantasy #3... SHOW AND TELL--Kimberly Raye</p>
<p class="description">A naughty lingerie party. A forbidden fantasy. When Texas bad boy Dallas Jericho finds a slip of paper left over from the party, he is surprised--and aroused--to discover that he is good girl Laney Merriweather's wildest fantasy. So what can he do but show the lady what she's been missing...</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Reporter Hannah O'Reilly will do anything for a story--including gate-crashing Jack's estate on a stormy New Year's Eve. But she soon discovers he's more than champagne and caviar. And being stranded, she's got the chance to savor all his other delights--like his warm hands...and hot body.</p><p>Hannah's penchant for leaping before she looks just might have worked. If she can get the real story out of this sexy mystery man it will be the scoop of the century.</p><p>But as the snow piles up higher and Jack starts making his moves...who's scooping whom?</p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Keely Branscom had always been a little notorious. A confirmed wild child, she'd shocked the town by posing for a centerfold at the age of nineteen. But what she'd really wanted was to get a reaction from seriously sexy Noah Garfield. Only, back then, he hadn't quite known what to do with her....</p>
<p class="description">Now, years later, Noah's still in over his head with Keely. But when he catches her walking into a Vegas strip joint, he knows that he has to save her from herself.</p>
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<p class="description">ATF special agent Delaney Carter despises flying...yet she's landed an undercover gig as a flight attendant! Unfortunately, all the bags of nuts in the world can't disguise the fact that she's the worst in history. But when her assignment--former arms dealer Jack Gordon--boards the plane, Delaney suspects that being trapped in a hunk of airborne metal at 30,000 feet isn't such a bad idea after all. Delaney has her orders: recruit Jack and find out everything he knows about an upcoming weapons sale. But then she finds herself gloriously tangled up in Jack's bed. Lack of judgment? No, sirree! She's just doing her job--over and over and over.... --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.</p>


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<div><p class="description">Sweet Surrender by Lori Wilde <br>The Dilemma: How to get over a man-summer gone bad? Ban males next time out.</p><p class="description">The Bet: No sex this summer vacation. So who will not hold out the longest?</p><p class="description">First there was Bianca</p><p class="description">Bianca St. James is desperately pretending her billionaire playboy client isn't fiendishly hot. Self-control...not a chance!</p><p class="description">Then Madison</p><p class="description">Safely away from temptation, Madison Garrett's confident she'll win the wager...until she sees her travel companion. Will all bets—and clothes—be off?</p><p class="description">And finally Emma</p><p class="description">Emma Jacobs was set up. Now she's alone in the wilderness with her achingly hot former high school sweetie...surely no one will notice if she's a little bad, will they?</p><p class="description">May the best woman win!</p><p class="description"><br>Her Private Treasure by Wendy Etherington <br>Malina Blair went from rising-star FBI agent to... er...cold-case officer in the backwoods of South Carolina—not exactly a hotbed of action. But when a smuggling investigation leads her to tranquil Palmer's Island, Malina inadvertently discovers one of the region's best-kept secrets: sexy, gorgeous attorney Carr Hamilton.</p><p class="description">But even as their chemistry goes from fizzy to red-hot and explosive, Malina wonders if maybe she isn't getting in over her head. After all, she's just visiting—and the island's main attraction is also her prime suspect!</p><p class="description"><br>Hot-Blooded by Karen Foley<br>First Sergeant Chase McCormick isn't a chauvinist. But he does believe that women have no place in combat zones. Why? Because his men forget their training! They fall all over themselves trying to protect the women around them. As far as Chase is concerned, females belong in the bedroom, the home, the office. But not anywhere near Chase McCormick when he's on duty.</p><p class="description">Too bad nobody mentioned that to gorgeous Elena de la Vega. She's been sent to Chase's remote outpost in northern Afghanistan.</p><p class="description">After they'd shared a sizzling one-night stand!</p><p class="description">Elena can handle herself. It's Chase who needs a directive on how to deal with his own wildly undisciplined sexual attraction to the woman! Because her presence is making short work of his hardened soldier training...and putting more than their hearts at risk.</p><p class="description"><br>Riding the Waves by Tawny Weber<br>All uptight workaholic Drucilla Robichoux wants is to experience incredible sex, at least once in her life. So she heads off to Mexico for some sun, sand and sin. And she finds the perfect playmate in sexy surf instructor Alex. Her temporary boy toy teaches Dru to ride the waves, all right...</p><p class="description">...right into the most intense climaxes she's ever had!</p><p class="description">But all vacation flings must end. When Dru heads home, she buttons up tight again. Might as well keep this delicious fantasy right where it belongs... in her naughty memories.</p><p class="description">So it sure is a shock when she walks into work Monday morning and finds her secret fling is her new boss! And he's definitely still interested in catching the big one with Dru.</p><p class="description"><br>The Lawman by Patricia Potter <br>1876 Colorado is home to some wild characters. And Samantha Blair is one of them. After all, how many girls find themselves being raised by outlaws? But she's happy...until U.S. Marshal Jared Evans comes to town. He's got one thing on his mind—revenge. And unfortunately, it's Sam's adoptive father he's after.</p><p class="description">Luckily, Samantha's a crack shot. The good thing? She only hits Jared's leg. The bad thing? He makes her insides quiver and melt like she never knew was possible....</p><p class="description">Still, Jared's out for her family's blood. She has to stop him. And if it means keeping the good marshal on his back—and in her bed—well then, Sam will just have to do what needs to be done.</p><p class="description">Even if she loses her heart in the process...</p><p class="description"><br>Hot Island Nights by Sarah Mayberry<br>Elizabeth Morgan didn't intend to abandon her very proper life. But that's the best way to find her true—and less proper—self. So here she is in Australia, standing in front of a man who's clad only in a towel. Nathan Jones is so tempting he could be the ideal candidate to help this good girl be very bad!</p><p class="description">Sure enough, thanks to Nathan's talented hands, Elizabeth is living all her sensual fantasies. And while the sex is great, something more is developing. She trusts him, and wants to share her secrets with him, and... Suddenly this feels more like a real relationship than some fun in the sun. 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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Only a very wicked woman would stop for a hitchhiking cowboy. But Lauren Baker is no good girl-not anymore. Playing it safe never got her anywhere, except alone and broke. So when sexy Brett Wallace asks for a ride to a nearby hotel, she knows it's time to get naughty. Betrayed by both his bride and best man, Brett's bad day turns much better when a gorgeous stranger offers to warm his bed for the night. The mind-blowing sex makesThe morning after, instead of a "thank-you, ma'am" from Brett, Lauren gets an invitation to his ranch...for as long as it's mutually satisfying. And that's a proposition no self- respecting bad girl could refuse....</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Cassie Parker's globe-trotting great-aunt has sent her a Gypsy "lover's box." All she has to do is write down her most erotic fantasy, tuck it inside the box and presto! Her own personal sex genie will appear. Right! So Cassie is totally shocked when a gorgeous stranger does show up. And she's even more shocked by the things she wants to do with him….Treasure hunter Max Stone isn't amused. His latest treasure has been swiped and he's followed it to a dusty little antiquities shop in the States. Surely one woman can't stand in the way of his retrieving the priceless lover's box? Little did he guess that he'd have his hands full (literally!) with sexy Cassie. Or that he'd have to hold off on locating the box until after he located his clothes…</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Repo woman Morgan Swan can hardly believe it. She's been hopelessly infatuated with headline-stealing heartthrob Kingston "Mac" McRae for most of her life...and now she's in his driveway, about to repossess his fancy car. If only she could pick up the rest of him so easily....  </p><p>Mac can't believe it, either. His car is being stolen...but all he can think about is getting the sexy-as-hell Morgan into the backseat. And their engines only rev hotter once she shows him how easily her Daisy Duke shorts come off.  </p><p>It's a sweaty, fast ride--the ultimate thrill. Until Morgan realizes she wants not only the fantasy, but the key to Mac's heart as well....  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><strong>Subject:</strong> Palmer DeVoe. Small-town boy turned successful—and still wildly hot—businessman. Conquering hero who returns to his hometown…and the one woman he never forgot!</p><p><strong>Object:</strong> Penelope Weaver. Successful in her own right. And owner of a heart that only one man can truly claim….</p><p><strong>Situation:</strong> Filled with overwhelming sexual tension…and hush-hush trysts that leave them both gasping for more! But you know that saying, you can't go home again? It's true!</p><p><strong>Unexpected maneuver:</strong> Because Penelope has a secret—a big one! The kind that threatens to tear them apart forever. Unless Palmer is willing to give up everything for another chance at "what might have been"…. </p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Thanks to her distracted sister, hotel owner Rachel Sutherland is now alone to greet Ã¼berhot Navy SEAL Riley Wilkes as he disembarks. But when Riley scoops Rachel into his arms for a hot, combustible kiss, Rachel wonders if she owes her sister a big favor....</p>
<p class="description">Now Rachel is reconsidering her stance on bad boys...especially those of the Riley Wilkes variety. In fact, a naughty little fling could be just what the doctor ordered. Because the only thing better than a SEAL in his uniform, is a SEAL out of his uniform....</p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Our luxurious medical facility specializes in discreet, opulent care for exclusive clientele. Due to some recent "occurrences" at the hospital, bodyguard Tanner Doyle—a blond, tasty hunk of man—has been hired to keep an eye on the place. But he can't seem to focus on anything other than Dr. Vanessa Rodriguez….</p>
<p class="description">Tanner's job is twofold: take care of security and be an undercover, personal bodyguard for Vanessa. Unfortunately, the "personal" part is turning into "very intimate," and Tanner's professionalism is flying out the window—along with his clothes! But can their smokin'-hot chemistry make up for the fact that he's been deceiving Vanessa from day one? --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.</p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Accountant Keeley Davis has been hired to find out who's been bilking money from the well-respected Bingham Bros. investment firm. To do so, Keeley will have to don a disguise and work closely with tastier-than-homemade-cherry-pie controller Dane Weiss! As Keeley tramps herself up as Dane's personal assistant "Cherry Smith," her calculations start paying off big dividends—like when she serves up a hot plate of Dane à la mode. But as things start to really sizzle, Keeley wonders whether she can keep her eyes on the bottom line…when all she can think of is keeping Dane in her bed?</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Meeting a handsome loner on a deserted beach in the Hamptons was like being hit by lightning. One steamy weekend in bed with Daniel O'Sullivan and Catherine Montefiore was marvelously woozy from a delicious cocktail of sun, sand and superhot sex.Abruptly, though, Catherine's forty-eight hours of fun are at an end when her family's exclusive auction house is hit by a very public scandal. She's ready to step in and save the day, but she's hoping Daniel, her hot Irish hunk, will lend a hand. After all, he's got the necessary skills and, straight up or not, Catherine wants another long drink of Daniel before another forty-eight hours are up and her legacy is lost forever!</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Shannon Leigh didn't look back when her rock-star lover split. Even though they had the most heart-stopping sex imaginable, Romero Jinks just wasn't the one for her.</p><p>But then she and her ex are thrown together for a friend's wedding--in sensual Mexico! Shannon forces herself to resist Romero's megawatt sex appeal until they leave....</p><p>Only to get stranded in the middle of the desert!</p><p>Now she's confronted by Romero's gloriously shirtless state. Before long, she's screaming in pure bliss under the hot sky. It's a scorcher of a reunion. Yet Shannon's determined they'll go their separate ways once they're rescued.</p><p>Because someone so wrong for her can't possibly be right...right? </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Twelve years ago Zoe Ford let Liam Masters break her heart. But now? There's not a chance. Zoe is as tough and wild as they come. So when Liam shows up at her tattoo parlor, she's more than ready to take him on again. That's not going to be a hardship, since he's hotter than he ever was.</p><p>This time she's staying in charge. And she's not going to consider their score settled until he's hot, bothered and begging for more! Then she'll move on as callously as he left her. Unless all that deliciously bad sex is just too good to give up...</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Recipe for a super sizzling Christmas:  </p><p>_Mix together the following:  </p><p>--one woman determined to heat up the holidays with a hunky new date  </p><p>--a sexy suave millionaire  </p><p>--an even sexier old friend, just to spice things up   </p><p>Garnish with a sultry kiss under the mistletoe and watch all sexy hell break loose!_  </p><p>Alyssa Chambers has visions of sweet temptation dancing in her head. Should she choose the hot playboy who can give her everything she's ever wanted? Or indulge in some holiday cheer with her good friend Christopher Hyde, a man who's turning out to <em>be</em> everything she's ever wanted?  </p><p>Once she shares some amazing holiday, ah, spirit with Chris, the choice becomes even harder. How can she risk their longtime friendship--even for the best sex of her life?  </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>JULIE KENNER begins a new series for Downtown Press with The Givenchy Code. Her novel Aphrodite?s Kiss was a USA Today bestseller; her other acclaimed novels include Nobody But You and The Spy Who Loves Me. She lives in Georgetown, Texas, with her husband and daughter. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Requirements for being a royal consort:</p><p>1) Exemplify purity.</p><p>2) Pass all demanding tests.</p><p>3) Gracefully withstand petty backstabbing.</p><p>4) Be chaste. Very chaste.</p><p>Check to all! Chen Ji Yue is on her way to empress superstardom in nineteenth-century China. She only has to vanquish 300 rivals to bring her family great honor. Oh, and she may not find the deliciously sexy Sun Bo Tao--the emperor's best friend--at all delicious. Or sexy.</p><p>Damn. Ji Yue is in big trouble.</p><p>Because Bo Tao is definitely very sexy....</p><p>And Ji Yue is about to discover that chastity is overrated....</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Oh, dear. Bella Manchelli is <em>so</em> not having a good day. First, she's deliciously exhausted from last night's sizzling one-night stand. Second, there's a (gulp) dead body at her back door. Third...um, that scrumptious one-nighter is at her front door... and he's wearing a badge!  </p><p>Police Officer Jacob Madden is all about duty. Until he shows up looking for a homicide...and runs right into last night's slice of sexy heaven! Damn, he just can't think straight when he's around Bella. All he wants to do is lick her up one side and down the other....  </p><p>Can duty and smoking-hot sex blend for a while? Definitely! Until Jacob discovers that several of the guys Bella's dated have turned up dead. Jacob loves being around Bella. But is he ready to be used as target practice?  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>When matchmaker Margot Roth is hired to find a date for the mother of a playboy millionaire, an erotic fling is the last thing on her mind. Well, maybe not the last thing. Clint Hilton is the sexiest man she's ever met, and she has to admit naughty things go through her mind when he looks at her with his sultry eyes.  </p><p>But now that Clint is there to turn her fantasies into reality, Margot isn't sure if giving in to temptation is the best idea--even if he's determined to share his bed with her...or something more.  </p></div>


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<div><p class="description">There's nothing like a man in uniform...or out of it!</p>
<p class="description">Especially when he's as hot as former Ranger Jamie Flanagan. After their last assignment went horribly wrong, he and his buddies needed to get out of the military for good. There was only one catch, that he and his pals promise their commanding officer one favor. Any favor.</p>
<p class="description">Now tall, dark, and sexy Jamie is a top security specialist and the ultimate ladies' man. So he's more than a little surprised when he learns the colonel has set him up to protect his granddaughter. Who would trust a player like Jamie with a gorgeous woman like Audrey? Then he learns his "mission" is to seduce her away from another man.</p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Subject: Finn O’Conner, Army Ranger.</p>
<p class="description">Status: In between tours of duty. Oddly discontent with the way his life is going.</p>
<p class="description">Mission: Getting his act together before the next assignment.</p>
<p class="description">Obstacle: Sunny Ledbetter. The girl he's never managed to forget...</p>
<p class="description">Finn has never questioned his life's purpose—to serve and protect, no matter how unorthodox the means. But since the unexpected deaths of his parents, he feels lost.</p>
<p class="description">Until he runs into Sunny, the first girl he ever loved. Sunny's now all woman...and very interested in fanning the flames between them into blistering adult heat! And his libido is definitely game.</p>
<p class="description">But once again, their timing is off. He'd like nothing more than to spend every waking moment in her bed...but he's leaving in a week! Unfortunately, the overwhelming chemistry between them isn't giving him a choice.</p>
<p class="description">And every soldier knows there are some battles you just can't win....</p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>When you're this good, they call you The Specialist, and Major Brian Payne is that good. Whether it's in battle or in the bedroom, there's nobody more "detail oriented." And that's the reason he's on this wild-goose chase, to find a priceless military antique--before the competition does. He's sure he can handle it... until he discovers the competition is smart, saucy Emma Langsford--a woman he'd definitely like to get his hands on... . Emma's years in the military have taught her Brian Payne is a legend. He's also way out of her league, regardless of how many fantasies he's inspired over the years. But Emma has a job to do--and she has to pull it off. So if The Specialist gets in her way, she'll just have to distract him... .</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Oh, the Bahamas.</p><p>What a perfect place for a fling!</p><p>Or is it?</p><p>Carrie Stanfield is there on assignment with the hottest guy ever! The chemistry between them is more volatile than the tropical storm that strands them on a deserted island. So why the heck won't Patrick McKay touch her already?</p><p>Patrick would <em>love</em> to get his hands all over Carrie's sweet body. Unfortunately, he']s been fooling around with a charm that makes touching another person very hard. But not touching Carrie is making him even harder….</p><p>It's not looking very good for these two. Then again, when you mess around with magic, the most seductive things can happen…. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Jordan Ware has always had Wild West fantasies. But she's more Jimmy Choo than Tony Lama. Until her long-lost twin sister arrives...  </p><p>...and they switch places! Jordan heads to Santa Fe. And ends up bunking down with her twin's hunky fiancé!  </p><p>Cash Landry has never met a woman like Jordan. A whole heap of trouble has followed this city girl on her Western adventure. Still, Cash won't have any trouble protecting her. But can he convince her to ride into the sunset with him for good?  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Maddie Farrell is about to get a double surprise--not only is she an heiress, she has a secret twin sister! What's more, their inheritance depends on temporarily switching places.  </p><p>Unexpected bonus? Sex with her sister's superhot roommate, Jase Campbell! But he's just a passing--if mind-blowing--distraction.  </p><p>Because as soon as the twin switch is over, Maddie's heading home. Unless she can't outrun the killer who'd rather see her dead than inherit. Or Jase, who'd like to keep blowing her mind--permanently!  </p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Gemma Jacobs needs a life—a sex life. Newly divorced, she vows that this time it's going to be all about her! So when she receives a letter containing an assignment she did for a sex ed course in college, she takes it as a sign.In the letter, Gemma had confessed her most secret sexual fantasies…as well as her most forbidden sexual vice.She liked to be watched. By strangers.And she still does.Lucky for Gemma, her sexy new neighbor, Chev Martinez, is totally enjoying the show. But how well will her voyeuristic little game hold up when Chev decides to venture behind the scenes?</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Juliana Thompsen always hated her family's ridiculous feud with the Coles. Especially since sexy Tristan Cole has haunted her hottest dreams since high school! But now she's traveling to exotic, erotic Japan on family business, and she's looking for someone to make her forget all those naughty thoughts about Tristan.  </p><p>Until he shows up on his own family business! And once they both realize the sexual heat burning between them is mutual, they decide to indulge in all the sensual experiences Japan has to offer.  </p><p>Their encounter is wild. Hot. Unrestrained! And it turns out to be much more than a fling. But will their love last once the sun goes down?  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Alana Hawthorne is asleep. And she's having what can only be described as the Best Dream Ever. There's a deliciously hot guy, some pretty incredible moves and a conclusion that makes her toes curl. <em>Mmm...yes</em>. But the next morning Alana is shocked to find her fantasy man--for real--sprawled naked beside her in bed.  </p><p>It only gets worse. The excellently hot Sawyer Kern is her sister's brand-new boyfriend. The very same guy Alana came by to check on--because Melanie can be just so <em>impulsive</em>. Only now, Alana's really worried. Because gorgeous Sawyer seems to be looking for a repeat performance....  </p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Notorious womanizer and treasure hunter Gavin Fortune is after a local sunken ship—and Brenna McGary is determined to stop him. History shouldn't be sold off by the piece! Unfortunately, the infuriating Gavin knows how to use his best assets to get his way…and Brenna's fury is looking a lot like sweet, sweet lust.Brenna could use that sizzling attraction to get her way, though. Until Gavin's scheming former mentor arrives to cause trouble for everyone! Now Brenna must join forces with Gavin, and if she's not careful, she'll be the next to fall for the irresistible charms of Gavin Fortune….</p>


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<div><p class="description">Runaway heiress Annemarie Prescott vowed never to return home. Until life interfered...</p>
<p class="description">The Plan: Run like hell from the society chains of her past.</p>
<p class="description">The Reality: Run into Blake Mitchell...the most seductive one-night stand of her life. Unfortunately Blake was hired by her mother. His job? To convince Anne she must embrace the legacy she never wanted, and keep her safe while he's at it.</p>
<p class="description">The Bonus: Blake's touch still tempts Anne to sin! And how...</p>
<p class="description">The Complication: Danger looms and Anne realizes Blake does make her feel safe. Especially in the bedroom! But as soon as the bad guy is caught, Blake will be gone...unless Anne opens her heart and admits her bodyguard is more than just a hot distraction.</p></div>


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<div><p class="description">A battlefield moment of clarity leads Sergeant Bobby Evans back to the Texas town he fled long ago. His new mission—winning back the woman he wants, by any naughty means necessary.</p>
<p class="description">Jennifer Jones spent seven years aching with the memory of Bobby's blistering kisses—and his sudden, silent departure. Now he's back, looking to pick up where they left off—naked and voracious. But Jen won't get burned again, no matter how hot Bobby turned out. Two torrid weeks, then she'll give him his marching orders...or not!</p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The Rules of Fake EngagementThe Terms: Caterer Chelsea Hammond will live with insurance broker David Wolfe for three months in order for him to clinch a massive promotion. Newly returned from Paris, Chelsea will use his kitchen for her new catering business.Strictly business…The Rules:1. No kissing2. No kissing unless his boss is watching3. No touching. Not too much touching4. No sex5. No sex, except for one really hot, satisfying night6. No falling in love7. Definitely no falling in love8. …Uh-oh</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Uh-oh. Respectable night manager Sophie Maplethorpe is about to break and enter—in her own hotel. Worse, she ducks into the wrong room! But it's hard to be sorry when she discovers the most sexy, mysterious guy in it….International security expert Simon Lassiter is on the verge of finding a stolen precious—and pricey—gem…until the most criminally inept but majorly hot woman creeps into his room. Much to their soon-discovered mutual pleasure!But Simon's got hard-earned savvy and sophistication. He's not about to trust a woman who just happened to stumble into a major heist.Not even if she is willing to do anything Simon says in the bedroom….</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Someone else might crave excitement, but Dr. Natalya Pulaski was enjoying her ordinary life. Then she received a chilling call from her best friend-- and the line mysteriously went dead. She felt in her bones something bad had happened. And that she had to get answers. Detective Michael DiPalma's Friday night plans did not include working a missing person's case-- or uncovering a dead body. But something about Natalya's vivid green eyes and killer curves demanded his immediate attention. As they teamed up, it was clear the walls around their guarded hearts were about to crumble. Were they brave enough to take the fall?</p>


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<p class="description">**They've loved each other all their lives** </p>
<p class="description">At eighteen, Claire and Dean were already planning their future. Until they  suddenly found themselves parents. With Dean on the road pursuing a football  career, raising their daughters became Claire's first priority and full-time  job. Now, with the girls grown, she can finally pursue her long-deferred dream  of going to college. </p>
<p class="description">Then she gets the news: she's going to be a mother again. </p>
<p class="description">Coming to terms with her midlife pregnancy means confronting her hopes, fears  and choices she's made. Through twenty-five years of joy, struggle and near  tragedy, the one constant was Claire's love for Dean. Is that love strong enough  to weather the biggest crisis of their marriage and help them embrace the  future together?</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Millions of women drool over soap star Mac Harrison. And scriptwriter Grace Wellington is no different--the hottie headlines all her wildest fantasies. She keeps him firmly in his place there, however, because her days have no room for such ego-driven men. </p><p>But when she and Mac are thrown together on a project, fantasy becomes blissful reality! All of her secret, naughty desires come to life under his sizzling ministrations. This is one affair to remember--and to let go of when it's over.</p><p>Too bad Mac doesn't agree. He wants to move things from just sex to true commitment. Worse, he has all the right moves to convince her real life is much better...</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Max Laurent has always wanted Maddy Green. But he let her go once before rather than stand between her and her dreams. Now she's on his Paris doorstep, needing a place to stay. She's just as hot and he wants her just as much. How can he resist seducing her?</p><p>When Maddy's world falls apart, it's only natural that she turns to Max for support. But fall into his bed? Never…until one steamy night, that is. And having had a taste of him, she's hungry for more. Then she has the chance to resume her career, although it means leaving him. Can she throw away the best sex—and the best friend—she's ever had? </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p>Maddy Green was finding it hard to breathe. She lengthened her stride, eager to reach the rehearsal studio. She could almost feel the familiar smoothness of the barre beneath her hand and almost see the glint of bright lights in the mirrors and hear the regular scuff and thump of other dancers leaping and landing and twisting and turning around her.</p><p>She needed the comfort of the familiar very badly right now.</p><p>The double doors to the Sydney Dance Company's rehearsal studio A came up on her left. She pushed through them and the scent of warm bodies, clean sweat and a dozen different deodorants and perfumes and aftershaves wrapped itself around her.</p><p>Home. She was home.</p><p>"Maddy! How did your doctor's appointment go?" Kendra asked the moment she spotted Maddy.</p><p>The other dancers turned toward her, faces expectant. Maddy forced herself to smile and shrug casually.</p><p>"It's all good," she said. "No problems."</p><p>She couldn't bring herself to say the other thing. Saying it out loud would make it real. And for just a few more minutes, she wanted to lose herself in the world that had held her enthralled since, at the age of four, she first saw a picture of a ballerina.</p><p>Kendra flew across the room to give her a hug, her slender arms strong around Maddy's back.</p><p>"Fantastic. Great news. The best," she said.</p><p>The other woman's gauzy rehearsal skirt flared around her legs as she returned to her place in the center of the room. Kendra was only twenty-two. She had her whole career ahead of her. She was a beautiful dancer—powerful, delicate, emotional, intense. She would soar.</p><p>Maddy felt someone watching her and lifted her gaze to find Stephen Jones, the choreographer, eyeing her closely.</p><p>She turned her shoulder, breaking the contact. Stephen had been watching her a lot lately, checking her range of movement, testing the capabilities of her injured knee. Had he known, or guessed, what she'd been told today? Had everyone known except her that she was over? That she would never dance again?</p><p>Her heart pounded against her ribs and again she couldn't quite catch her breath.</p><p>She threw her bag into the corner and slid off her street shoes, bending to tug on a pair of slippers with shaking hands. The ribbons whispered through her fingers as she wrapped them around her ankles and tied them neatly. She shed her skirt to reveal tights and leotard and took a place at the barre to begin warming up.</p><p>Pliés first, then some <em>rond de jambes, </em>keeping her head high and her arms relaxed. Every time she rose up <em>en pointe, </em>she felt the seamless, fluid glide of her body responding to her will, saw her reflection in the floor-to-ceiling mirror, posture perfect, form ideal.</p><p>Her heartbeat slowed. She was a dancer. Always had been, always would be.</p><p>"Maddy."</p><p>She tore her eyes from her own reflection to find Andrew McIntyre, the company director, standing behind her. He, too, had been studying her perfect form in the mirror.</p><p>"Why don't you come to my office?" he said. His voice was gentle, as was the light in his eyes.</p><p>He knew.</p><p>He'd spoken to Dr. Hanson. Of course he had. Hanson was the company's doctor, after all. When she'd come on board four years ago she'd signed a contract agreeing that the company could access all health matters pertaining to her career.</p><p>"After rehearsal," she said. "I'm warm now. And the rest of them are waiting for me."</p><p>"I think we should do this now, don't you?" he said.</p><p>He was frowning, as though what she'd said pained him in some way. He moved closer, reached out a hand to touch her.</p><p>She took a step backward. Rising <em>en pointe </em>on her bad leg, she lifted her right leg in <em>grand battement </em>to the side then up, up, up, until her toe was pointing toward the ceiling, her thigh straight beside her ear.</p><p>She held the position in a blatant display of skill and strength, her eyes daring Andrew in the mirror.</p><p>He held her gaze, never once looking away. And when her muscles began to scream and shake from the pain of holding such a demanding, strenuous position, he stepped forward and rested his hand on her shoulder.</p><p>"Enough, Maddy. Come to my office."</p><p>She let her leg drop and relaxed onto her flat feet. Her knee throbbed, as it always did these days when she demanded too much of it. She hung her head and stared blindly at the polished floorboards.</p><p>She felt Andrew slide his arm around her shoulders. Then he led her toward the door. The other dancers stopped mid-rehearsal to watch her. She could feel their silent stares as she and Andrew stepped into the corridor. Andrew didn't let her go until they were in his office.</p><p>"Sit," he said.</p><p>He crossed to the wooden built-ins that spanned one wall of his office and opened a door. She heard the clink of glass on glass as he poured something.</p><p>"Drink this."</p><p>Brandy fumes caught her nose as he lifted a glass to her lips.</p><p>"No," she said, turning her head away.</p><p>Andrew held the glass there, waiting. Finally she took a token mouthful.</p><p>"And again," he said.</p><p>She took a bigger mouthful this time. The brandy burned all the way down her throat to her belly. She shook her head firmly when he offered a third time.</p><p>He took her at her word and placed the glass on the coffee table in front of her. Then he sat in the armchair opposite her.</p><p>In his late fifties, he was a former dancer, his body slim and whippet-strong even after years away from the stage. His tanned skin was stretched tightly across high cheekbones, and thin lines surrounded his mouth from smoking. His eyes were kind as he studied her, a rarity from a man who was known throughout the dance world as a perfectionist first and a human being second.</p><p>"We will look after you, Maddy. Please know that. Retirement pay, any teaching work you want—you name it, you can have it. You've been one of our greatest dancers, and we won't forget you."</p><p>Maddy could feel the sweat cooling on her body in the air-conditioned chill.</p><p>"I want to keep dancing," she said. "That's what I want."</p><p>Andrew shook his head decisively. "You can't. Not for us. Not professionally. Your spirit might be willing, but your body is not. Dr. Hanson was very clear about that. We always knew that complete recovery from such a significant tear to your cruciate ligament was going to be a long shot. It's time to hang up your slippers, Maddy."</p><p>She stared at him, a storm of words closing her throat.</p><p>Anger, grief, resentment, denial—she didn't know what to say, how to react.</p><p>"I want to keep dancing," she said again. "Give me more time. I'll show you I can do it. I'll do more rehab work, more Pilates. Whatever it takes."</p><p>Andrew's face went slack for a moment, and he leaned back and closed his eyes, rubbing the bridge of his nose with his hand. He looked defeated, sad.</p><p>"Maddy. I know how hard it is to give it up. Believe me. It nearly killed me. But I made a second chance for myself." He paused a moment to let his words sink in. "You're a beautiful, smart, resourceful woman. There's another life out there waiting for you. You just have to find it."</p><p><em>I don't want to find it.</em></p><p>She almost said it out loud, but some of the numbness and shock were leaving her as the brandy burned its way into her system.</p><p>The doctor had handed down his decision, and Andrew had made his, too. She was broken, old. They had no use for her anymore.</p><p>"We'll throw you a party. A real send-off. And we'll help you any way we can. Retraining, or, as I said earlier, if you want to teach…?"</p><p>The thought of a party, of standing in front of her peers while people made toasts to her former talent made bile rise up the back of her throat.</p><p>"No. No party," she said.</p><p>Suddenly she didn't want to be here anymore. When the doctor had given her the news an hour ago, the company had felt like home, like the safe place to be. But now she knew it would never be her home again.</p><p>"People will want to say their goodbyes, pay their due respects," he said.</p><p>"I'm not dead," she said, standing abruptly.</p><p>She strode to the door. She hesitated for a beat outside the rehearsal studio, then braced herself to duck in and collect her bag. Head down, she did just that, not responding when Kendra asked if she was okay.</p><p>They would hear soon enough. Another dancer would be promoted into her role in the latest production. Maybe Kendra. Maybe one of the other soloists. Life would go on.</p><p>Outside in the warm summer air, she took deep breaths and fought tears.</p><p>She had never been more alone and scared in her life. Her entire world had crumbled around her—the discipline and passion that had formed the boundaries of her days and nights had dissolved into nothingness. She had no future, and her past was irrelevant. She was the owner of a broken body and broken dreams and precious little else.</p><p>She found her car keys in her handbag, but she had nowhere to go. No current lover to offer his shoulder, and no former lovers to call on, because her affairs never ended well. Her mother was miles away in America, enjoying the fruits of her third marriage. Maddy had never known her father. All her friends were dancers, and the thought of their ready sympathy had the bile rising in her throat again.</p><p><em>Where to go?</em></p><p><em>Where to go?</em></p><p>Out of the depths of her subconscious, a face rose up. Clear gray eyes, dark hair, a smile that offered mischief and fun and comfort and understanding in equal measure.</p><p>Max.</p><p>Yes. She needed Max. Even though it had been years. Even though their friendship had been reduced to occasional e-mails and Christmas cards.</p><p>He would understand. He always had. He'd hold her in his big, solid arms, and she'd feel safe, the way she always had with him.</p><p>And then maybe she could think. Imagine a world without dance. Construct a way forward.</p><p>Max.</p><p>Max shut the flap on the box and held it down with his forearm. He reached for the packing tape and used his thumbnail to find the leading edge.</p><p>"I'm all done in here. How about you?" a voice asked from the doorway.</p><p>He glanced up at his sister, Charlotte, taking in her smug expression and the way she'd planted her hands on her hips.</p><p>"Don't even think it," he said, tearing off a p... </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><strong>Subject:</strong> Max St. James, U.S. Army Sergeant First Class</p><p><strong>Current Status:</strong> On leave after a year in Afghanistan.</p><p><strong>Mission:</strong> Take some R &amp; R. Check up on a buddy's little sister.</p><p><strong>Obstacle:</strong> Sophia Castillo. Independent, stubborn…and hot enough to make him forget she's anybody's "little sister"!</p><p>Max may be off duty, but he still has one last job to do. He's promised to look in on—but not fool around with!—his best friend's kid sister. Only once he meets Sophia, all thought of keeping his hands to himself go out the window.</p><p>Sophia, however, has different ideas. A recent widow, the last thing she needs is another man telling her what to do. Even if that gorgeous man leaves her drooling in a puddle of lust….</p><p>It's a battle of wills. Who will end up on top? Max breaks every rule in the book to keep Sophia in his bed. After all, all's fair in love and war.</p><p>And Max is counting on life with Sophia being a little bit of both. </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p>Sis: It's crazy here. Hot, ugly, intense. My kinda place. Still, I miss home. The pictures you sent of the seal pups in Yerba Buena made me smile. But who was that chick with the pink hair? Did her T-shirt really say Blow Me? What kind of people are you running with? You'd better be careful. You know there are jerks out there who'd take advantage of your money, right? Don't trust people unless one of <em>mis hermanos </em>checks them out first, okay? Speaking of, I've got a buddy stopping by. He's a good guy and helped me out of a tight spot. He promised to check up on you. Treat him nice. He's the kind of guy you should be thinking about, okay? A stand-up guy with full pockets and real integrity. Think about it. Love ya, Rico.</p><p>Holy cow, Rico was matchmaking from a battle zone. Her brother was certifiable. Sophia Castillo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. A typical reaction when dealing with her family.</p><p>She wasn't sure which was worse, though. That he thought he could check up on her? Or the idea that he'd found some guy who had…How'd he put it? Full pockets? As if she'd have the slightest interest in dating at this point in her life, let alone care what was in some guy's pants. So typical, given that none of the men in her family thought she was capable of taking care of herself.</p><p>Sophia smiled anyway, though. Even if he was an over-protective, meddling busybody, she was proud of her brother. Bad boy Rico Santiago had finally found his path in life. A member of EOD, the U.S. Army's bomb disposal unit, he was halfway through his 365-day tour in Afghanistan. Risking his life, defending his country. And still bossing his little sister around.</p><p><em>Trying </em>to boss her around, Sophia corrected as the phone rang.</p><p>"Esprit de l'Art," she answered, as always loving the sound of the art gallery's name rolling off her tongue. "Sophia?"</p><p>Recognizing her lawyer's voice, Sophia closed her eyes and said a little prayer, then replied, "Olivia, hello. I hope you have some good news for me?"</p><p>"Is no news good news?" the other woman asked.</p><p>Sophia winced. If Olivia was trying to make jokes, the morning's settlement negotiation hadn't gone well.</p><p>"She wouldn't budge?" Even though she'd known it was a long shot, Sophia's stomach still sank into the toes of her sassy red heels. She'd have dropped her head on her desk and let it bounce a few times, but she figured with her luck she'd damage the desk. And she couldn't afford to replace it.</p><p>"I'm sorry. Ms. Castillo's lawyer stood firm on their demands. They want you to release all claims to your late husband's estate. They're not willing to negotiate."</p><p>It'd been eight months since Sophia's husband of four years had died of a heart attack. The abrupt loss had been a shock. But the reality was, she'd spent the year before he'd died mourning the loss of the man she'd loved after she'd finally realized the charming hero she'd idealistically married only existed in her imagination.</p><p>Nineteen years her senior, Joseph Castillo had swept her off her feet. He'd been wealthy, intellectual and polished. Everything Sophia had dreamed about as a poor little girl growing up in a huge family of bossy brothers and a father too busy supporting all of them to pay much notice to his youngest child.</p><p>The first year of her marriage had been a fairy tale. Joseph had been wonderful. He'd even bought the gallery she'd loved since childhood for her as a wedding gift. Indulgent and sweet, he'd treated her like a princess. And she'd done everything she could to be worthy of her charming prince. It'd been in their second year of marriage that things had gotten rocky.</p><p>To this day, she didn't know if it was because she'd started feeling comfortable enough to start asserting her normal independence, something she'd sidelined in the uniqueness of being taken care of, or if it was Joseph's waning attention as the novelty of his new bride faded. Probably a combination of the two. But things subtly changed. So subtly it'd taken Sophia three years to see the deliberate erosion of her confidence. A master of passive-aggressive power plays, Joseph had wanted her to remain the naively devoted worshiper he'd married and he'd done everything he could to keep her there.</p><p>In the end, Sophia had barely recognized herself under the layers of silk, diamonds and obedience.</p><p>And she definitely hadn't recognized the man she'd married.</p><p>"So what next?" she asked her lawyer, dreading the answer but needing to know. Never again was she going to hide away and hope things would just get better. She'd learned the hard way that sitting with her eyes scrunched closed and her fingers crossed was only good for wrinkles and hand cramps.</p><p>"You want it all, she wants it all. So next, we go to trial," Olivia said briskly, as if Sophia having the intimate details of her life publically smeared in court wasn't anything to stress about. "We have an excellent chance of walking away with everything. Joseph's will clearly stated that eighty percent of his estate was to go to you. Despite your stepdaughter's claim that you were going to file for divorce and in so filing, would void the prenup, you didn't actually take any legal steps. Intention isn't fact."</p><p>As usual, the thought of divorce sent a feeling of failure washing over Sophia. She'd been brought up to believe that marriage was forever. Despite her family's oh-so-vocal doubts—or maybe because of them—she'd been determined, even when things started to fall apart, to have that idyllic forever.</p><p>Part of her had even hoped that the shock of suggesting they end their marriage would somehow push them into fixing things.</p><p>Apparently, she'd still been a little naive. But not any longer. Now she had priorities. And priority number one was her gallery.</p><p>"What about the money? Can't I access any of my bank accounts? I've been living on what Esprit brings in for the past six months. And given the mess Joseph created last year, it's not bringing in much."</p><p>"The joint accounts are all frozen. I've requested an audience with Judge Langley to negotiate. Ms. Castillo refused arbitration, so I might be able to use that as a leverage to get at least a portion of the money released."</p><p>Sophia wasn't surprised that her stepdaughter had refused arbitration. Lynn was bitter. Younger than Sophia by only a couple of years, she'd been raised by her mother and taught young to hate everything her father stood for. Except, apparently, his money.</p><p>"I need access to my funds if I'm going to keep this business going, Olivia. We have to figure something out. The gallery has a show scheduled next week. It has to be a success."</p><p>For so many reasons. Her ego, for one. Years of subtle put-downs and the slow shredding of her confidence, for another. The process had been methodical and clever. Before she'd realized it, she was distanced from her family, cut off from her friends. Her entire world revolved around Joseph.</p><p>His opinions. His approval. His guidance.</p><p>Her dress was too short. Her lipstick too bright. Her opinions too loud.</p><p>And the gallery he'd given her as a wedding gift? She looked around her office, letting the warmth of the space ward away the chills this conversation and her memories were bringing. He'd never let her actually run the gallery. Yes, it was in her name. But he'd thought she should take management classes. Then he'd figured she needed to travel more, see other galleries. He'd explained that she'd learn through watching. So even though she'd technically owned the gallery for four years, until last summer the sum total of her contribution had been choosing hors d'oeuvres for shows and looking pretty.</p><p>And she'd sat quietly by while he slowly and surely undermined the gallery, too. She had to turn the business back around. She and the gallery—they were both going to regain their former glory.</p><p>She glanced at the pile of bills mocking her from her inbox and sighed. Somehow.</p><p>"Olivia, this show's success is vital," Sophia insisted. Actually, she insisted pretty loudly. Not quite at the top of her lungs, but you couldn't say she wasn't passionate about how much she needed this show to work out. Sophia clenched the phone in her fist and took a deep breath, then modulated her tone. "You have to push harder. I don't understand how she can control everything like this. The will clearly stated what was mine and what was Lynn's. How come the judge is giving her this much power?"</p><p>Olivia's sigh was so loud, Sophia was surprised it didn't ruffle her hair through the phone.</p><p>"Sophia, I'm sorry. Between Ms. Castillo's witness list and documentation, she was able to present a strong enough case that the judge has to consider it."</p><p>"In other words, Judge Langley is listening to gossip and rumors."</p><p>The rumors that Sophia was a promiscuous money-hungry tramp had started four months ago. If they were to be believed, it was her fault, for everything from the gallery's shift in focus from classy photography to erotic art, to the resulting financial challenges, to Joseph's receding hairline.</p><p>"You realize Lynn's probably the one who started those stupid rumors, right?" Sophia pointed out, her fingers tapping in irritation on her spotless desk blotter. "Who else would care what the gallery is showing or how I run it?"</p><p>"Regardless of who started the rumors, you need to be aware of the talk and make sure you rise above it. Prove it false. Continue with your plan to restore the gallery to its former focus on photography instead of the erotic art your husband preferred to show. Behave, keep your nose clean, all that stuff. If you do, we'll be fine. Just stay focused and keep a positive attitude."</p><p>At this point, Sophia did let her head drop to her desk as she continued to listen to Olivia reiterate again all the ways she should behave before saying goodbye.</p><p>It was all she could do not to slam the phone down. God, she was sick of people telling her how to behave. What to do and how to do it. And always, every freaking time, it was supposedly for he... </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>The outfit was ridiculously revealing. Still, food writer Gina Thomas needed a disguise for the costume party...just so she could sneak into divorce lawyer Mason Scott's office and steal a few photos to save her sister--the trouble magnet.  </p><p>However, the costume seems to bring out the naughtier side of Gina. And Mason can't keep his gorgeous eyes--or his hands--off her! But even as the New-And-Way-Sexier Gina submits to Mason's exquisitely carnal attentions, Practical Gina wonders how long before she's caught red-handed....  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Following a dream brought Josie Keller to Shoshone, Wyoming. Following her heart brought her plenty of great sex with good-time cowboy Jack Chance! She was head over heels for him… until he left her.</p><p>Stay with one woman? Not a chance! Then why does Jack miss Josie like crazy? Had their relationship been more than just incredible sex?</p><p>Little do Josie and Jack know that a plan's afoot to get them back in the saddle…together. And once there, it's not long before they're burning up the bedsheets again!</p><p>But the past is never far away. Before it catches up with them, Jack has to decide if he's going to stake his claim on Josie, or lose her forever…. </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p><em>Present day</em></p><p>"Josie, there's a drunken cowboy at the door."</p><p>Jack Chance stared at the tall guy silhouetted in the doorway of Josie's place. <em>His </em>Josie. "Who the hell are you?"</p><p>"That's none of your business. Look, Josie closed the bar thirty minutes ago, and besides, you don't look as if you need another—"</p><p>"You'd better not be her boyfriend." Jack was a tad bit liquored up, but he'd been sober enough to climb the stairs to Josie's apartment above the Spirits and Spurs without stumbling. He also was sober enough to understand the significance of a guy answering her door at this hour of the night.</p><p>The intruder shifted his stance. "And you'd better be on your way, cowboy."</p><p>That's when Jack noticed the bastard wasn't wearing shoes or socks. Jack's blood boiled. How dare this yahoo move in on <em>his </em>girl? True, they'd broken up a few months ago. Okay, ten months ago. But just who did this idiot think he was, standing barefoot in Josie's apartment like he owned the place?</p><p>"Alex?" Josie's voice came from somewhere in the back of the apartment. <em>Like the bedroom</em>. "Find out who it is, okay?"</p><p>Jack clenched his right fist. "The name's Jonathan Edward Chance, Jr., and Josie Keller's my girl." Then he punched this Alex joker smack in the kisser.</p><p>Sad to say, it wasn't much of a blow. Jack wasn't as steady as he might have been and the guy dodged at the last minute. Failing to land a solid punch, Jack dropped his shoulder and threw a tackle. That proved to be more effective. They both went down hard. Jack lost his hat and a good part of his dignity.</p><p>Alex swore and struggled to get free, but Jack had him pinned. It was a hollow victory, though, because Jack had knocked the wind clean out of himself.</p><p>"What in the name of heaven is going on?"</p><p><em>I'm guarding my territory</em>. The thought went through Jack's head, but he didn't have the breath to say it.</p><p>"Jack Chance, get off my brother this minute!"</p><p>Thank God he hadn't said it. Her brother? Jee-sus. The back of his neck grew hot as he pushed himself to his hands and knees.</p><p>Alex glared up at him. He didn't look happy. But he did look quite a bit like Josie. Same blond hair, same gray eyes. Come to think of it, Josie had mentioned an older brother named Alex, but he was supposed to be in Chicago, not standing in her doorway barefoot, giving the wrong impression that he was fixing to be Jack's replacement.</p><p>"Sorry about that, man." Jack staggered to his feet and held out a hand to help the guy up.</p><p>Alex ignored Jack's outstretched hand and stood under his own power. Then he turned to Josie. "I take it you know this jerk."</p><p>Josie must have been getting ready for bed. She was wearing that silky black robe Jack remembered, but her jeans peeked out underneath, so she hadn't completed undressing when Jack had arrived. She hadn't taken her long hair out of its braid, either. Jack used to love when she did that. He used to love everything Josie did.</p><p>She sighed. "Yes, I know him. This is Jack Chance, the guy I was dating last year."</p><p><em>Dating. </em>Such a lame word for what they'd had going. Josie made it sound as if they'd kept each other company during the occasional dinner, followed by a PG-rated movie. Instead they'd spent hours having wild monkey sex in this apartment. Sometimes they'd even used the bed. There wasn't a piece of furniture in the place that didn't remind Jack of being buck naked with Josie.</p><p>Well, maybe the stove. They'd never done it on the stove, because sure as the world they would have hit a switch in the midst of the crazy action and singed something vital. They couldn't get enough of each other back then.</p><p>Alex's eyes narrowed and he clenched his fists at his sides. "So this is the one."</p><p>Stepping neatly between Jack and Alex, Josie put a hand on her brother's chest. "I'm not angry about that anymore, Alex."</p><p>Jack got a whiff of her perfume, which had always reminded him of peach schnapps. God, how he'd missed her.</p><p>"You may not be angry anymore, but I'm pissed as hell." Alex's jaw tightened. "As I recall, this SOB dropped you like a hot potato when his dad died. And now he has the unmitigated gall to barge in here as if—"</p><p>"I thought you were her new boyfriend, Keller. Sorry." Nobody had ever accused Jack of having unmitigated gall. Not many folks around Shoshone, Wyoming, talked that way. He'd been accused of having a hell of a lot of nerve, but never unmitigated gall.</p><p>Last Jack had heard, Alex was a DJ for one of Chicago's drive-time radio shows. Stood to reason he'd have a big-deal vocabulary to go with his job.</p><p>"And what if I had been her boyfriend, hotshot?" Alex balanced on the balls of his feet. "You think you can dictate who she sees? Somebody needs to teach you some manners."</p><p>Jack figured the guy could start swinging any minute. Although Jack had never had a sister, he could imagine how a brother might feel toward someone who had treated his sister the way Jack had treated Josie. He wasn't proud of his actions, but at the time they'd made some sort of crazy sense.</p><p>He'd been in bed with Josie the morning his dad had called wanting his help to pick up a filly from a nearby ranch. Jack had put him off with the excuse that a storm was brewing, when actually he hadn't wanted to leave Josie. His dad had gone alone, rolled the truck and died. Riddled with guilt, Jack had punished himself the only way he knew how. He'd told Josie they were finished.</p><p>No wonder Alex wanted to punch his lights out. Any brother worth his salt would feel the same. Jack had never been one to back down from a fight if he believed in the cause, but this time he was in the wrong and he knew it.</p><p>"I'll just leave, then," he said.</p><p>Josie relaxed a little. "Good idea, Jack."</p><p>He started for the door and paused to glance over his shoulder. "I really did think he was your new boyfriend."</p><p>She gazed at him with eyes the color of a storm cloud. "And that would bother you?"</p><p>His brain definitely wasn't working, because he hadn't realized until that moment how his caveman tactics had exposed him. "Reflex," he said, trying to pawn the punch off as nothing more than habit.</p><p>"I see."</p><p>"Pure knee-jerk reaction. See you all later." It might have been a decent exit if he hadn't tripped on the door-sill. He didn't fall, but he came damned close to it. Face burning, he started down the wooden stairway to the street level. If Josie told anybody about this, he'd never hear the end of it.</p><p>"Jack, wait." Josie caught up with him partway down and laid a hand on his arm. "You shouldn't drive home."</p><p>He glanced back at her. Her hair had come a little bit loose from her braid, and the porch light shone on the top of her head, creating a kind of halo. He knew for a fact she was no angel, but damn, she was beautiful.</p><p>"I'm okay," he said. "Just clumsy." He wasn't about to tell her he had no vehicle at his disposal. He hadn't intended to come into town at all tonight.</p><p>He'd been at the ranch quietly getting soused. It was his pathetic attempt to ease the crushing sense of responsibility he felt now that he was in charge of everything. He'd been interrupted in that endeavor when his youngest brother, Gabe, had come home devastated because Morgan, the woman he loved, had turned down his marriage proposal.</p><p>Jack had convinced him to drive back into town and repeat the proposal with Jack riding shotgun and giving moral support.</p><p>"Leave your truck here and let me drive you home," Josie said.</p><p>"Sorry. Too humiliating."</p><p>"Don't be stupid, Jack. Your family doesn't need another tragedy."</p><p>A reminder like that still had the power to slice through him. "That's a cheap shot."</p><p>"Maybe, but I don't want to find out tomorrow that you drove into a tree on the way home, so I'm willing to fight dirty. Your truck will be fine here." She glanced down at the parking area. "Where <em>is </em>your truck, by the way? I don't see it."</p><p>Jack sighed. Gabe would pay for this. When Gabe's second proposal had worked out, Gabe had disappeared inside Morgan's house, taking the truck keys with him.</p><p>On his way in, he'd suggested Jack go knock on Josie's door. Lured by his brother's success with his woman, Jack had decided to go for broke.</p><p>Which had landed him in this pile of stinking cow manure.</p><p>"Josie, just go back inside and let me take care of my own problems, okay?"</p><p>She crossed her arms over her chest. "No."</p><p>"What do you mean, <em>no? </em>Are you planning to sling me over your shoulder and throw me in the back of your Bronco?"</p><p>"I mean that you owe me, Jack Chance. You owe me big time for the way you acted ten months ago. I don't want things to get any uglier because you drove away from my place and got in a wreck. Your family already blames me for—"</p><p>"They don't."</p><p>"Not to my face, but it was because of me you didn't pick up that filly with your dad. If I hadn't been in the picture, he might still be alive."</p><p>"Good God, is that what you think? That it's somehow your fault?" Jack was stunned. He thought he had the corner on guilt, but maybe not.</p><p>"Logically I know it wasn't my fault. You're a big boy."</p><p>"My point exactly. About that morning and tonight. Go back inside. I'm not your problem."</p><p>She didn't budge. "Logically I get that. But emotion-ally…that's a whole other thing. I wish I'd kicked you out of bed that morning, Jack. I wish I'd told you to go help your dad trailer that filly to the Last Chance."</p><p>"Wasn't your call."</p><p>"So <em>you </em>don't blame me?"</p><p>He heard the pain in her voice and knew that he'd caused it. "I never did."</p><p>"Then why'd you end…us?"</p><p>"Some sort of penance, I guess. Thought I didn't deserve to be happy." And he had been happy. <em>They </em>had been happy. In his slightly inebriated state tonight, he'd d... </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>"Never fall in love with a cowboy." These words were drilled into Emily 
Sterling's head since her parents divorced over twenty years ago. But 
now Emily has returned to her father's ranch… only to find herself 
face-to-face with jawdroppingly hot rancher Clay Whitaker.</p><p>Clay is the
 resident stud expert at the Last Chance Ranch and isn't so keen on 
"spoiled" city slickers…until Emily arrives. Now he's showing Emily just
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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>_Jack Murphy's Law: When things go wrong, get it on…_</p><p>Alicia LeBlanc is ready for a new life. Tonight, she'll be on a catamaran and on her way to running a B and B in Maine. But when the catamaran reaches open sea, she thinks she must be dreaming—because Jack Murphy has just slipped into her bed, and is picking up where he left off five years ago…</p><p>It was an honest mistake, really. Navy Lieutenant Jack Murphy simply got into the wrong bed. Now that they're on the open water, Jack and Alicia have endless opportunities to explore the carnal side of seafaring…and work out all that unresolved sexual tension, completely and thoroughly! But once they hit land, will their hot, steamy chemistry dry up? </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Three-time RITA nominee Joanne Rock turned a passion for writing into a career when imaginary characters kept her awake at night, demanding she tell their stories. Author of over thirty romances in a variety of subgenres, she enjoys writing medieval historicals, sexy contemporaries and the occasional romantic suspense novel. A former Golden Heart recipient, Joanne has won numerous awards for her stories. Learn more about Joanne and her work by visiting her website at: www.joannerock.com </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Six months apart is a long time. For security expert Megan McGowan, it feels like forever since she's felt the strong arms of Darius Folsom around her. Since Dari's military deployment six months ago, every minute apart is another minute that Megan finds herself tempted….</p><p>Bad boy Jason Savage is Dari's best friend— and a partner in the new private security firm Dari and Megan have formed. Only as Megan and Jason work closely together on an emotionally charged case, the attraction between them goes from hot to nuclear meltdown.</p><p>But even as Megan's libido screams "Oh, yes!" she wonders if it's possible to love one man— and give in to her hunger for another….</p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Desperate times—</p>
<p class="description">Brilliant chemist Tamara Chen can't believe the wild desire she feels for ex-Delta Force operative Nate Pratchett, especially with their lives on the line. But his strong body offers her the comfort she needs during this insane period—when she, Nate and his team are wanted, dead or alive.</p>
<p class="description">Desperate pleasures—</p>
<p class="description">Nate knows he's stealing pleasure with sweet Tam on borrowed time. They're just a step ahead of their enemies, and as commander it's Nate's job to keep them all safe—not spend every spare moment making love with Tam.</p>
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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Seth Turner is a soldier without a battle. He's lost his left hand under the knife of Dr. Harper Douglas--and now he feels broken. Being secreted in a safe house with the gorgeous doc only adds to his pain. He wants to bury himself in her softness and experience love again. He's a man with a mission... . Living under the radar has Harper on edge. But she's also affected by the sexy Delta Force hero in her care. Why not indulge in a little sexual fling and forget her own loneliness? Seth has almost forgiven her for destroying his life. But will he forgive her for breaking his heart3133; when she leaves?</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>IInterior designer Josie Passano is married to her work. But when she 
dozes off on a prospective client's boat (thank you, motion sickness 
pills), she's startled to be awoken by a seriously hot guy...and sailing
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<div><p class="description">Joshua is looking to get married only so he can have control of his family business. Enter Jessie a skinny waitress in a greasy spoon up in the mountains. After the I do's are said Joshua leaves without a backwards glance and takes up where he left off. Jessie is taken in by Joshua's uncle and family to make a better life for herself.</p>
<p class="description">Seven years later Jessie is ready to collect on the favor that Joshua promises to fulfill and that is the wish for a baby. Problem is Joshua is willing to pay to have her impregnated he wants no part in the actual conception. Jessie has other ideas and sets out to seduce Joshua to get her hearts desire. Jessie looks completely different then she did seven years earlier and Joshua has no idea who she is.</p>
<p class="description">Setting out to melt the glacier is not what Jessie had in mind. A quick wham bam thank you sir and she would be on her way. Her plans are foiled by Joshua and his travels and the more time she spends with him the more she likes him. Joshua is harboring a serious hurt and does not trust women. Known for his contracts for his mistresses, and his deep desire never to love he is shocked when he realizes that he has to have Jessie.</p>
<p class="description">Joshua is hard to like but at the same time you are hoping that he opens his heart to the love that is being offered to him. Jessie is so real and likeable you find yourself cheering for her and hoping that she gets everything she wants and more. A fast read you will not be disappointed in this story.</p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Willow Landon is starting a new life. She's determined to prove herself as an independent woman, having escaped a controlling relationship. She certainly doesn't need help from Morgan Wright, her arrogant neighbor! Morgan may have movie-star good looks, own a country estate and have millions in the bank—but she's not interested.Morgan is also determined—to show Willow just how a lady should be treated….</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><em>Surveillance Report</em></p><p><em>DEA Agent: Caleb Ford</em></p><p><em>Subject: Marley Kincaid, aka Nurse Hottie</em></p><p>Purpose: Kincaid's drug–dealing ex, Patrick Grier, is on the run after killing a DEA agent. Grier won't be able to stay away from Kincaid—she's way too tempting…</p><p>Day One: Kincaid's oblivious to the danger. Spends all her time renovating and doing sexy yoga. Damn, she moves her body in tantalizing ways.</p><p>Day Three: If I see her curvy silhouette one more time I'm in serious trouble.</p><p>Day Five: No sign of Grier, but after a few days of observation, things are getting incredibly…er, hard.</p><p>Day Seven: I had no choice but to make contact with Kincaid. Now that I've touched her, it's impossible to stop. The investigation is jeopardized. Seduction is imminent…God help me. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>A RITA-award nominated author, Elle Kennedy grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, and holds a B.A. in English from York University. From an early age, she knew she wanted to be a writer, and actively began pursuing that dream when she was a teenager. Elle currently publishes with Silhouette Romantic Suspense and Harlequin Blaze. She loves strong heroines and sexy alpha heroes, and just enough heat and danger to keep things interesting! </p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Friendly Fire by Jill Shalvis<br>Permanently injured on a black-ops mission, Cord Madden is furious at the world. Then Lexi McGowen reappears in his life to nurse him back to health. Little does he guess that she's about to reveal a whole new world to him, one touch at a time....</p>
<p class="description">The Prodigal by Rhonda Nelson<br>When Rorie Beddingfield meets up with her first love, Chase Harrison, she realizes there's no better time to find out what she's been missing. And wow--she's been missing a lot! Still, she's thoroughly enjoying making up for lost time. But can she tame the battered heart of this wounded warrior...without losing hers?</p>
<p class="description">Packing Heat by Karen Foley<br>Megan O'Connell's letters were the only thing that kept U.S. Marine sniper Matt Talbot sane while he was overseas. Now that he's home, he intends to get to know Megan much better. Too bad a lot of other people have the same idea. Only it's him they can't seem to get enough of....</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p></p><p> Real cowboys aren't born. They're made…</p><p> Logan Carswell has 
just kissed his professional baseball career goodbye. Goodbye dreams, 
career and future. For now, though, he's working at the Last Chance 
Ranch and the town saloon, where sexy bartender Caro Davis is definitely
 taking his mind off his troubles…</p><p> Caro's days have been so 
hectic, she's forgotten all about the finer aspects of life. Like men. 
And sex. And really smokin'–hot sex with men like Logan. But when their 
two worlds collide—and boy, do they ever collide—they both realize that 
once the gear is off, a cowboy is still a cowboy! </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>On the cusp of a new business venture, überpractical accountant Lindsey Shaw has reluctantly let her friends talk her into a "second spring break" in Hawaii. Now she's in Waikiki…and even reuniting with her wickedly hot one-night fling from years ago! Only Lindsey is feeling a tingle of fear—or is that sweet, sweet anticipation?</p><p>Rick Granger has his own fear—that gorgeous, smart Lindsey might discover more about him than he's ready to reveal. She thinks he's just a surfer dude—fine with him, it keeps things uncomplicated. Only, complications whip up like waves once Lindsey dips a toe in his waters…. </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p>Lindsey stepped out on the tiny balcony and let the clean fresh air bathe her skin. Like magic the tension melted from her body, and she strained over the railing, trying to get a glimpse of the ocean. They'd booked two adjoining mountain-view rooms, which meant they could see a small wedge of green mountain and lots of other hotels that crowded Waikiki. The price was right, though, and as nice as the ocean-view rooms would have been, Lindsey had insisted on sticking to their budget. How much time would they be spending there, anyway?</p><p>She gave up any hope of seeing the water, and gazed down at the profusion of pink, yellow and white plume-rias that covered the trees around the hotel grounds. Inhaling deeply, she swore the flowers' perfume wafted all the way up to the seventh floor. Or maybe her senses had misfired, and what she remembered was the night on the beach when Rick had tucked one behind her right ear.</p><p>"Hey, Linds," Shelby called from the other room through the open connecting door. "Where did you go?"</p><p>Sighing, Lindsey left the balcony, closing the sliding glass door behind her. "What's up?"</p><p>Shelby, wrapped in a white hotel towel, ducked into the room, her long hair damp from her shower. "I thought maybe you went down to the bar with Mia."</p><p>"Nope. I was checking out the view."</p><p>"View?" Shelby's brows went up. "We have a view?" She grinned, her gaze taking in Mia's suitcase, which was sitting on the luggage rack, and then Lindsey's bag, which was stowed in the open closet. "How are we divvying up the bathrooms?"</p><p>"We're going to be adults and not hog either of them." Shoving aside a pile of Shelby's shorts, Lindsey found her brown leather purse. "I'm going to the gift shop to look for a pair of sunglasses."</p><p>"I saw one of those ABC stores on the corner. I bet they're cheaper there."</p><p>Lindsey eyed her friend. She wasn't the kind who normally thought about anything as pedestrian as price. "I'm so proud."</p><p>"Damn straight. I'll have you know I didn't go a penny over my clothes budget."</p><p>Lindsey sighed. It wouldn't have occurred to Shelby to make do with what she had, just as Lindsey and Mia had done. Okay, so Lindsey had splurged on a new sundress, but only because she could wear it to work once they opened Anything Goes. She wouldn't need her suits anymore. At least not for the next two years. That's how long she'd given herself to make a go of the business before she'd consider returning to her old company.</p><p>"You need anything from the store?" Lindsey asked, refusing to feel guilty for having a bailout plan. She'd be crazy not to protect her future in the event the business failed. Naturally she had faith they would kick butt, but just in case, it was good to have a backup. Which she did, thanks to her former boss, who said she would always be welcomed back.</p><p>"No, I'm good. I think I packed everything."</p><p>Lindsey snorted. "Uh, yeah, I think you did."</p><p>"Just wait until you need to borrow something because you forgot to pack it."</p><p>They'd been checked in for less than an hour and Shelby already had spread out, scattering heaps of clothes on the beds and dresser. It didn't matter. With any luck, none of them would be in the room much anyway.</p><p>Naturally that thought led to Rick. Was he here? Had he even seen the Facebook shout-out? Even if he had, why would he have given it a second thought? They'd known each other for eight measly hours. A guy like him probably met women on the beach all the time. Making love to them under the moon and stars was no big deal.</p><p>That night had meant everything to her. He'd been the second guy she'd been with, and he'd shown her what the fuss was all about. Jeez, she could still remember how she'd come apart at the seams. In all the years since, she hadn't felt anything like it. "I'm gonna go," she said. "Are you meeting Mia in the bar?"</p><p>"I've got to put away my stuff and dry my hair." Shelby shook out a blue halter top. "What about you?"</p><p>"I don't know yet. Eventually we'll meet up." She wanted to be alone when she saw Rick. <em>If </em>she saw him. <em>Please, God, let her see him. </em>She slipped her purse strap onto her shoulder and headed for the door. "See you later."</p><p>"Oh, Linds—"</p><p>"I won't forget the bronzing lotion." Without a backward glance, Lindsey smiled and checked the outside pocket of her purse for her key card before shutting the door behind her.</p><p>She had the elevator to herself and used the few seconds to study her pale legs, her unpolished toenails. Maybe she shouldn't have worn shorts yet. If she'd had the time she would've hit a tanning salon and gotten a pedicure, but between easing out of her job and packing up her apartment, she'd been busy up to the last minute.</p><p>The elevator doors slid open and she stepped into the lobby, greeted by the tangy salt air and a buzzing group of Asian tourists. She quickly got out of their way so they could board the elevator, and then paused until she got her bearings. The lobby opened out to the beach, and she gazed at the white sand and crystal blue water, the late afternoon sun sinking on the horizon, so beautiful, so soothing. This was her week to chill, to find bliss with or without Rick. She was meant to be here. This was perfect.</p><p>Even walking to the store would be a pleasure. Everything smelled of the sea and suntan lotion, every view was a treat, and there were men here, lots of them, so it was all good. With a final look, she turned around.</p><p><em>And saw Rick. </em>Standing not ten feet away. Their gazes met and her heart swooped into a free fall. For all she'd hoped, she'd never believed, but it was him, all right.</p><p>He hadn't changed much. In fact, wearing tan cargo shorts and a black T-shirt, he looked as if he still belonged on a college campus. His light brown hair was still long, maybe more sun-streaked, his shoulders broad, his skin a deeper bronze. His mouth curved into that slow, killer smile she'd dreamed about for six years.</p><p>"Jill," he said in a voice huskier than she recalled.</p><p>She blinked, swallowed. "Rick." Before she knew what was happening, she was wrapped in his arms and he'd lifted her off the floor.</p><p>She clung to his shoulders for support, muscles bunching under her palms. Oh, he'd definitely filled out. Her heart beat wildly as he spun her around, both of them grinning like kids. A moment passed, then two, and she was aware once more of the crowded lobby, of how tightly he held her against his body.</p><p>"Everybody's looking," she said with a shaky laugh.</p><p>"Let 'em." He set her down, and lowered his head for a kiss that merely brushed her cheek. "You look great."</p><p>She combed a self-conscious hand through her hair. "I didn't expect to see you."</p><p>A brief frown darkened his hazel eyes. "Facebook—that was you, right?"</p><p>"Yes." Her purse strap had slid down her shoulder, and she twisted it around her hand. "I meant that I just checked in, and well, here you are."</p><p>He winked with that same casual confidence she'd admired before. "I couldn't wait."</p><p>Unfortunately, her attempt to sound casual came out as a small strangled laugh. He seemed taller than six feet but that had to be wrong because he'd been twenty-three when they'd first met, past the growing stage. Of course, they hadn't been vertical much. The thought made her blush. Darn him for catching her off guard. She'd needed time to slip into Jill mode. Shoot, she needed to give him her real name. <em>That </em>was going to be fun. "You feel like catching up?" he added.</p><p>"Sure."</p><p>He took her hand, which affected her far more than it should have. When she saw he was taking her to the Plantation Bar, she put on the brakes and shook her hand free.</p><p>Rick cocked a brow. "Something wrong?"</p><p>"How about the bar at the pool?"</p><p>"The Plantation Bar might be quieter."</p><p>"One of my friends is there," Lindsey admitted. "I'd rather be alone."</p><p>He took her hand back and changed direction. The thrill was just as strong. <em>Come on, Lindsey, get a grip, it's just holding hands, for goodness' sake. </em>If he—really—kissed her, she'd probably pass out. She wished she'd gotten the sunglasses though because she couldn't stop staring at him. He wasn't just hot. He'd left hot in the dust and gone straight to burning. In her dreams, he'd been yummy, but not nearly this tanned or ripped and, <em>he hadn't been able to wait!</em></p><p>Sand between her toes surprised her into stopping. She looked down at her sandals and then at Rick. They were on the beach and not headed to the pool, which was in the other direction. "Rick—"</p><p>"I know this cool bar on the beach. You won't run in to anybody there." He flashed a dazzling smile. "Unless you left more than one broken heart here six years ago."</p><p>Even though she knew he was teasing, her breath caught anyway. "I lost count."</p><p>His grin broadened. "It's so good to see you, Jill."</p><p>"I have something to tell you."</p><p>"What's that?"</p><p>"My name isn't Jill." She cleared her throat. "It's Lindsey."</p><p>An odd expression crossed his face, and she had the horrible feeling that he was about to walk away, leave her standing in the middle of the beach. He only kicked off his brown flip-flops, and then stooped to pick them up. "That's going to take some getting used to. You want to take off those sandals?"</p><p>"That's it?"</p><p>"You can take your top off if you want."</p><p>"No." Heat crawled up her neck. "No, I meant about me giving you a fake name."</p><p>His smile told her that he'd been teasing again. She seriously needed to loosen up.</p><p>"You were being cautious." He shrugged. "I get it…Lindsey." He said her name slowly, as if trying it out. "I like Lindsey. It suits you."</p><p>"Good." She felt better…except for her feet. The sand lodged between her arches an... </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Zoe Gaston needs to unmask a mystery man for work. She also must survive her dreaded high school reunion--and the costume party that opens it. So Zoe, once voted Girl Most Likely to Die a Virgin, comes dressed as a leather-clad dominatrix... whip and all!  </p><p>Her scandalous costume catches a secret lover. He seems so deliciously familiar under his disguise.... He's gotta be her long-ago crush.  </p><p>But Zoe is shocked to discover the sexy body she's been so thoroughly enjoying belongs to Dexter Drake--her oldest friend! And he's hiding something bigger than just his identity....  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><strong>Subject:</strong> Navy Security Specialist Adam Mancuso.</p><p><strong>Current Status:</strong> On assignment—surveillance of one delectable female subject.</p><p><strong>Mission:</strong> Watch. Protect. Do not get physical.</p><p><strong>Obstacle:</strong> The temptation to get <em>very</em> physical…</p><p>Navy Security Specialist Adam Mancuso is staking out the luscious Eva St. George and his control is slipping by the minute. How does a guy stay professional when the subject of his late-night surveillance has a tendency to get her yoga on—in the buff?</p><p>Eva's had a run of bad luck in the dating department. And she knows she should hold out against the Many Temptations of Adam…but she can't. Besides, when the stakes are this high, the only thing to do is play with everything you've got—and never mind the rules! </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Lori Wilde is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 56 books. She is a former registered nurse and lives in Texas with her husband, Bill. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Boutique owner Ashley Taylor hates flying. Especially when there's a sugar-fueled little hellion on board. But then David McLean (sexy!) sits next to her, and suddenly Ashley finds herself hoping the delay will last forever--and that David won't notice her comfy pink bunny slippers (sadly, the opposite of sexy).  </p><p>David does notice Ashley, and when the flight is delayed overnight, they can't get to the airport hotel fast enough. Off with the slippers and in with the zing! Fortunately, America is filled with cities--L.A., New York, Miami--and nothing says "smoking-hot passion" like an intercontinental affair!  </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p><strong>Kathleen O'Reilly</strong> is the author of the Downtown Press novel <em>The Diva's Guide to Selling Your Soul.</em> She is also the author of numerous contemporary love stories; her short story "Halo, Goodbye" appears in the New Year's Eve anthology <em>In One Year and Out the Other,</em> available from Downtown Press. She lives in New York with her husband and their two children. Visit her on the web at www.kathleenoreilly.com, or write her at P.O. Box 312, Nyack, NY 10960. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>An unfulfilled desire. A life on the verge of change.</p><p>And an old letter that ignites a delicious chain of events!</p><p>Zoe Smythe, an engaged international flight attendant, is suddenly very curious. The letter she wrote to herself ten years ago reminds her that her deepest sexual fantasy is bondage. And she's never experienced it!</p><p>On a flight to Australia, yummy passenger Colin Cannon is very willing to indulge Zoe's every whim. They give the mile-high club a thrilling new definition!</p><p>And Colin wouldn't mind tying up Zoe for a while. But is mind-blowing sex enough for Zoe to turn her entire life upside down? </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p>"Just think—this is your last trip as an unmarried woman."</p><p>Zoe Smythe kept nodding and welcoming aboard first-class passengers on the Atlanta flight bound for Sydney, Australia, trying to ignore her friend Erica's comment. "Welcome aboard.… Good evening.… May I take your coat?"</p><p>Erica leaned in. "Are you going to do something wild and outrageous during your layover in Sydney after I leave?"</p><p>Zoe gave a dry laugh. "Hardly. I brought a stack of things that have to be finalized for the wedding."</p><p>"That doesn't sound like fun," Erica said, then elbowed Zoe. "Welcome to married life." Erica cackled at her own joke. "Well, for the two days that I'm there, I propose that we ingest large amounts of alcohol and take up residence in the hotel spa."</p><p>"Sounds good," Zoe agreed.</p><p>"Maybe we'll get lucky and our masseuse will be a big, strapping Aussie."</p><p>"Maybe." Zoe bit back a smile. Erica's marriage was sex-starved.</p><p>"Seriously, though, I'm going to miss having you on this route, Zoe."</p><p>"Thanks, but a domestic route will allow me to be home more."</p><p>"You'll be changing back after a couple of years," Erica said drily.</p><p>Zoe frowned good-naturedly, then turned her attention back to the passengers.</p><p>"Welcome aboard.… Good evening.… May I take your coat?"</p><p>"Yes, thank you."</p><p>At the sound of the thick Australian accent, Zoe tipped up her head to meet the gaze of the clearest, greenest eyes she'd ever seen, slightly hooded and set off with straight, sun-tipped lashes. The man behind them was tall with coarse blond hair cut close to his head and a five o'clock shadow on his square jaw. Zoe sucked in a breath. The stranger exuded raw masculinity. The leather duster he shrugged out of was the color of baked ocher, conjuring up images of the parched land of the Outback. Beneath the rugged coat he wore an impeccably cut gray business suit, although his shirt collar was open and his tie loosened.</p><p>A corporate cowboy? How… intriguing. "Did you enjoy your stay in Atlanta, sir?" she asked as she took his coat and suit jacket.</p><p>"I did," he said with a smile. "But it's always nice to get back home and sleep in my own bed."</p><p>It was an innocent enough statement, one she'd heard travelers say countless times during her stint as a flight attendant. But something about the way he said it conjured up images of the big man sprawled naked in a giant bed made of hand-hewn logs. Zoe gave herself a mental shake. What was wrong with her?</p><p>"If I may see your boarding pass, sir, I'll show you to your seat."</p><p>He handed her the document and her pulse spiked—he was sitting in her section. She glanced at his name—Colin Cannon—then handed back his boarding pass. "Mr. Cannon, right this way."</p><p>Zoe felt his gaze on her back as he followed her, and was absurdly glad she'd taken pains with her appearance. She'd worn one of the sharper uniforms in her work wardrobe, a black skirt and a thin dove-gray wrap sweater, and had twisted her dark brown hair into a low knot on the nape of her neck. She chastised herself for caring what she looked like for this passenger—it wasn't the behavior of a woman who was a month away from marrying the man of her dreams.</p><p>"Here you are, sir, seat 4A. My name is Zoe and I'll be seeing to your needs during the first half of the flight." Standing so close, she had to look straight up at the tall man. The proximity unnerved her and suddenly her small talk seemed laced with innuendo.</p><p>"Zoe—pretty name." He was unbuttoning his shirtsleeves, rolling them up, revealing powerful arms that were tanned and covered with light-colored hair.</p><p>"Th-thank you. Would you like a cocktail before we take off?"</p><p>"A vodka on the rocks would be great, thanks."</p><p>Zoe was relieved to step into the tiny galley to prepare the drink. To her dismay, her heart thudded against her breastbone and her face felt warm.</p><p>"Lucky dog," Erica whispered in her ear. "You always get the hunks."</p><p>"Trade me sections," Zoe said earnestly.</p><p>Erica squinted. "Why?"</p><p>Zoe's mind raced for an excuse. "Uh… I'm getting a vibe from Mr. 4A."</p><p>Erica leaned backward to glance at the topic of conversation.</p><p>Zoe grabbed her friend's arm. "Don't look! He'll know we're talking about him."</p><p>Erica grinned. "So? What kind of vibe are you talking about? He certainly doesn't look like a perv."</p><p>"No, he's not a perv. He's… um…"</p><p>"He's <em>hot." </em>Then Erica gasped. "Oh my goodness—you <em>like </em>him, don't you?"</p><p>Zoe scoffed. "That's crazy. I'm getting married in a month, remember?" Feeling out of sorts, she touched Erica's arm. "Look, just do me this favor, okay?"</p><p>Erica shrugged. "Fine with me. But I warn you, the couple in 8A and B seem to be on the verge of a divorce."</p><p>Zoe picked up the drink she'd poured. "Thanks. I'll deliver this, then check in with your warring couple."</p><p>Exhaling in relief, she walked back to Colin Cannon's seat where his big body took up every inch of the generous space, his long legs extending to the bulkhead in front of him. The man was vast and unrestrained, like his mother country.</p><p>As he lifted his head, he raked his gaze over her legs and every inch of her until he made eye contact. At his appreciative stare, a vacuum seemed to develop around them—her ears popped as if the cabin was changing pressure. There was something about this man that spoke to her… confused her. With a mere glance, he made everything female deep inside her open and expand. Her breathing increased, her throat tightened. Swapping sections with Erica was definitely the right move, she decided. There was something… <em>unmanageable </em>here that she dared not explore.</p><p>Her hand shook slightly as she gave him the drink—with good reason. When his fingers brushed hers, a current of awareness shot up her arm. Strangely, a sense of déjà vu tickled her memory, but she couldn't put her finger on why. Nor did she want to.</p><p>"Mr. Cannon," she said, "as it turns out, I won't be taking care of this section after all."</p><p>Disappointment flashed across his face. "Did I scare you off?"</p><p>Zoe swallowed. "It has nothing to do with you, sir."</p><p>He looked as if he didn't believe her, then lifted his glass. "Cheers, then."</p><p>She nodded and walked away, troubled by the regret that plucked at her… as if she had turned her back on a life-changing encounter. Something wonderful…or something dangerous. When she stole a glance over her shoulder at the golden-haired Aussie, he was still looking at her with those intense green eyes.</p><p>Zoe turned back and manufactured a smile for the young professional couple that Erica had warned her about. Indeed, Jill and Jeremy Osbourne were shooting daggers at each other and trading barbs in tones that did not bode well for the long trip ahead of them. Worse, they seemed determined to draw Zoe into their squabble.</p><p>"What do you think about a woman who packs twenty-three pairs of designer shoes for a ten-day trip?" Jeremy Osbourne asked, his words wrapped in sarcasm.</p><p>"What do you think about a man who brings his laptop on his second honeymoon?" Jill Osbourne asked in a matching tone.</p><p>"Is this your first trip to Australia?" Zoe asked cheerfully.</p><p>"Yes," they said in unison, both sounding miserable.</p><p>"I wanted to go to Hawaii," the woman said, her voice accusing.</p><p>"I thought this would be an adventure," her husband retorted.</p><p>"And you expect me to believe that this trip has nothing to do with the fact that your biggest client is in Sydney?" his wife shrieked.</p><p>"My job pays for your shoes!" he returned.</p><p>"Sydney is a romantic choice for your second honeymoon," Zoe soothed.</p><p>"Are you married?" Jill Osbourne asked.</p><p>"In one month," Zoe said with a smile.</p><p>"You still have time to reconsider," the woman said pointedly.</p><p>"It's certainly not all it's cracked up to be," her husband agreed with a shake of his newspaper.</p><p>The tension between the couple was palpable. They knew every button to push and continued to antagonize each other over a sumptuous meal of surf and turf. The rich red wine only seemed to fuel their long-running argument. Zoe bit her tongue and wondered why they bothered staying married if they provoked each other so bitterly. If she and Kevin ever argued like that…</p><p>She shook her head. She and Kevin would never end up like that. Would they?</p><p>They had been together for nearly six years, engaged for half that time. They knew each other so well, sometimes she felt as if they already were married. It was comforting to be so…comfortable. She couldn't imagine her and Kevin being at each other's throats the way this couple was. They infected everybody around them.…</p><p>Instilled doubts.</p><p>Which was silly, because no marriage was perfect, was it? She had a healthy grasp of Kevin's idiosyncrasies, and vice versa. It was good, wasn't it, that they were friends first, lovers second? And it was good that they didn't agree on everything—it meant that they both had to compromise. Not that they would end up like this feuding couple… or her own quarrelsome parents… or Kevin's.</p><p>Her anxiety level was driven higher by the fact that she felt the Aussie's gaze on her as she moved about the first-class cabin, especially when they stopped in San Francisco to refuel and most passengers took advantage of the opportunity to stretch their legs. He paced the aisle, his big body taking up much of the available space. Even first class wasn't designed for men of his size. She wondered vaguely if he was a professional athlete. Colin Cannon had descended from a pretty spectacular gene pool, and despite the immaculate suit, his body wasn't that of a man who sat behind a desk for most of his day.</p><p>Their eyes met and a shiver of feminine appreciation traveled up her spine. She was as aware of him as if they were sitting next to each other, knees touching. It was strange, feeling as though everyone else on the plane were extras in a private little drama between the two of them. How could she feel such a powerful connection to a person with whom she'd exchanged only a few words?</p><p>She couldn't, she decided, dragging her gaze from his. It was an illusion ... </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Amber Smithson just had mind-blowing sex with a totally hot stranger. In an elevator! Ditching her high-powered medical career to become a homeopathic doctor sure didn't prep her for this kind of <em>hands-on</em> therapy.</p><p>Corporate lawyer Roger Martell leads a high-pressure lifestyle that's given him money and power…and, unfortunately, high blood pressure. His solution? Ask the deliciously soothing doc to help him out with a few alternative treatments…and plenty more steam-up-the-yoga-studio sex!</p><p>The results leave them both healthy and very, <em>very</em> happy.</p><p>Still, a few nights of great sex won't bring down Roger's blood pressure indefinitely. Amber's in his bed now, but that doesn't mean she'll stay there.</p><p>Unless, of course, Roger can talk Amber into making those house calls a permanent thing…. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Paranormal investigator and erotic novelist Emma Black is at a masquerade ball and looking for a coveted lust potion. Unexpectedly, she bumps into her former partner, the ridiculously sexy (oh <em>so</em> sexy!) Ryan Shephard. And, for added bonus temptation points, the rare lust potion is splashed on both of them—with instantaneously hot results!</p><p>But is the incredible, mind-blowing sex between them only the result of the potion? Or are Emma and Ryan simply giving in to the inevitable? </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Marketing exec Gabrielle Flannery isn't what you'd call the outdoorsy type. But after an embarrassing incident with a potted plant leaves Gabrielle revealing more leg than a Thanksgiving turkey, she decides it's time to reassert herself. Even if it means going head-to-head with marketing golden boy and the office Hottie McHot, Dell Kingston, over an outdoor gear account… </p><p>That is, until Gabrielle and Dell find themselves competing against each other for the account at a wilderness survival weekend. Since he's in touch with the great outdoors, Dell figures that naturally extends to Gabrielle and those sexy legs of hers…. But Gabrielle has a few tricks up her sleeve. </p><p>And nothing stimulates a sexual appetite like a little fresh air, a tiny little tent and a whole lot of libido!</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Corfu's exotic beaches are a matchless place to meet true love…or at least to have a fabulous fling! And that's exactly what Philly Angelis needs. After all, she's a survivor of unrequited love…and an embarrassingly rejected sexual proposition. Fleeing to Greece to soak in its sexy magic—as well as to find a hot guy to take her mind off her longtime crush, Roman Oliver—seems the perfect antidote.</p><p>Roman can't believe what he's doing. Philly is his best friend's little sister—definitely hands-off! So why is he following her to Corfu? And why is he taking her outrageously delicious sexual proposition seriously? Maybe because Philly's all woman now—a woman who knows exactly what she wants. And, God help him, Roman's going to give it to her…. </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p><em>One month later… </em></p><p>"Yes, call me back just as soon as you have some information on flights." I hung up the phone on my travel agent and turned to face my two curious cats.</p><p>Well, Pretzels was curious. And a bit apprehensive. He could always sense it when I was thinking of leaving him for any length of time. Not that I did it very often. Peanuts, his sister, had a more complacent nature. Though they looked very much alike, a pure silvery-gray with white paws, they had very different personalities.</p><p>Right now, both cats were seated on the wide window seat of the small apartment I kept in the mansion my aunt Cass had inherited from her father. The house was huge, and it took a lot of money to keep the place going, so about four years ago the family had decided to renovate it into apartments. My brothers and I each paid rent on our own places, and my dad and new stepmother, Helena lived in the gardener's cottage. When we eventually moved out, Aunt Cass could continue to make a good income by renting the apartments out.</p><p>"I'm going to go to Greece," I informed my two pets. Saying the words aloud helped make my plan more of a reality, and a little thrill moved through me. I hadn't told anyone yet, so Pretzels and Peanuts were functioning as my test audience. It was a role they often played. My family tended to be a bit protective of me, and I wasn't sure how they'd react to my trip. Of course, now that I'd made my decision, I was going to go to Greece no matter what, but I'd have a better time if they weren't worrying too much.</p><p>Pretzels immediately leaped off the window seat and joined me on the couch. His apprehension had escalated into high anxiety. I lifted him onto my lap and began to stroke him. "You'll be with Aunt Cass and Kit." I pictured first one apartment and then the other in my mind. Then I pictured Aunt Cass and Kit. Almost immediately he began to calm. "They'll take good care of you."</p><p>With a sigh, Pretzels settled himself firmly on my lap as if to keep me there. He was a bit possessive of me. Peanuts remained on the window seat cleaning her paws. I sensed she was already anticipating the extra treats she would receive from Aunt Cass and Kit.</p><p>Of all my brothers, Kit was the one who most loved animals. He had a huge dog named Ari who often stayed with me when Kit was working on one of his P.I. jobs. Luckily my cats loved Ari, and vice versa. Kit would be the primary caretaker of my animals while I was away, and Aunt Cass would serve as backup.</p><p>As soon as I told them of my plans.</p><p>Pretzels was already snoring, so I eased him off of my lap and, after stopping to scratch Peanuts behind the ears, let myself out of my apartment. The cats had taken it pretty well. I hoped the news would go as well with the rest of the family.</p><p>As I climbed the stairs to the third-floor tower room where my aunt Cass spent much of her time, I tried to gather my thoughts—something that I was finding increasingly difficult to do since I'd walked out of Roman's hospital room a month ago. I'd vowed that day that I was going to get him out of my system once and for all. My utter failure to accomplish that was what had triggered my decision to go to Greece.</p><p>In the past month, Roman and I had only run into one another once, at the wedding reception my father, Spiro, and his new wife, Helena, had given at the Poseidon. That had been two weeks after I'd left his hospital room for the last time. I couldn't avoid attending my father and Helena's party; neither could Roman. But we'd managed to steer clear of each other.</p><p>What I couldn't shake were the feelings he stirred up in me. All he'd had to do was walk down the steps to the main dining room of the Poseidon, and I'd realized that I wanted him even more desperately than I had before. Nothing had changed. Frustrated and angry with myself, I'd thrown myself into my work, but that hadn't helped, either.</p><p>Dr. Wilson at the vet hospital had begun to depend on me to help him diagnose what was troubling the animals he saw, and recently he'd commented on the fact that I'd seemed distracted. That's when I'd decided that drastic action was required. I was going to Greece.</p><p>When I reached the door to the tower room, I hesitated, once more gathering my thoughts. Aunt Cass had raised my brothers and me ever since I was four and her husband and my mother had been taken from us in a tragic boating accident. In many ways, she was the only mother I'd ever known.</p><p>The door swung open and Aunt Cass smiled. "I've been expecting you."</p><p>I glanced over to a sitting area and spotted a teapot and cups on the coffee table. Of course she'd been expecting me. Aunt Cass had been one of the most well-known and successful psychics in the San Francisco area even before my older brother Nik got himself engaged to J. C. Reilly, the mayor's daughter, and her business had increased by almost fifty percent.</p><p>Next to the tea tray, I saw the crystals that Aunt Cass frequently used to help her see into the future. Over a month ago she'd foreseen the dangerous adventure that my brothers were going to have on one fateful weekend and she'd known that they would each meet the woman they were destined for.</p><p>Oddly enough, my brothers' good fortune in finding their true loves had had a ripple effect on other members of the Angelis family. My dad had finally gotten engaged to Helena, and my aunt Cass had met and begun to date two men—Mason Leone, who headed up security for the Oliver family, and Charlie Galvin, the police commissioner. Roman and I seemed to be the only ones romantically unaffected by the events of that weekend.</p><p>Aunt Cass drew me over to the couch. While she poured tea, she said, "You're hurting."</p><p>"Yes." I took the cup she handed me and set it down. "But I don't want to be. I hate the fact that I am."</p><p>"This is about Roman."</p><p>I glanced at the crystals, then at Aunt Cass. "You know."</p><p>She nodded as she sipped tea from her cup. "All wounds heal."</p><p>I opened my mouth and then shut it. If anyone had the experience of that, Aunt Cass did. She'd lost her husband, Demetrius, the one true love of her life, nineteen years ago. And her son, Dino, had been gone for two years serving in the navy.</p><p>"Okay. I can accept that. But I want to hurry the healing along. I can't concentrate. I mixed up two dinner reservations at the Poseidon last night. And this morning I couldn't focus when Mrs. Trumble brought her cat, Esmerelda, in to see Dr. Wilson. Neither she nor Esmerelda were happy campers when they left, and Dr. Wilson had already told me that I seem distracted lately. I want to get Roman Oliver out of my system and get on with my life."</p><p>With a smile, Aunt Cass studied me. "Of all Penelope's children, you've always been the most impatient. Have you told Roman how you feel about him?"</p><p>"Yes. A month ago, I told him I wanted to make love with him."</p><p>"Of course you did," Aunt Cass murmured. "You're always so decisive."</p><p>I looked at her then and for the first time I saw a trace of uncertainty in her eyes. Aunt Cass never seemed to be uncertain. "What is it? Do you think I did the wrong thing?"</p><p>"No, I wasn't thinking about you. I was thinking that I wish I could make decisions and act on them as easily as you do."</p><p>"This is about Mason Leone and Charlie Galvin, isn't it?"</p><p>Cass sighed. "I can't keep juggling them forever—it's not fair. And I can't seem to see anything in the crystals."</p><p>I studied my aunt with interest. She was blushing, and she actually looked flustered. I took both of her hands in mine. "I don't think you should pressure yourself. You haven't dated anyone since Uncle Demetrius died. Take your time. Enjoy both of them. I'll bet that's why you're not seeing anything in the crystals. When the time is right, you will."</p><p>Cass leaned over to kiss my cheek. "Thank you. Now tell me more about Roman. What did he say when you told him you wanted to make love with him?"</p><p>Temper and frustration streamed through me as it did whenever I let myself recall what had happened in Roman's hospital room that day. Rising, I strode to a space near one of the long, narrow windows where I could pace. "He said that his feelings for me were brotherly. And even if they weren't, we couldn't have a…sexual relationship because I'm Kit's sister—or something stupid like that. He didn't want to hurt me."</p><p>"It sounds like he cares a great deal for you."</p><p>I turned and strode back to the sofa. "He cares for me the way he cares for his sisters. And I know what they mean to him. Sadie and Juliana have told me how he stepped in and tried to fill their parents' shoes after their mother died. They hardly ever saw their father, but Roman was always there for them. The problem is that my feelings for him aren't sisterly at all. They never have been. And I refuse to be the kind of woman who spends her life pining away for a man who doesn't want her. Stuff that."</p><p>Aunt Cass picked up her tea and took a sip. "So what's your plan?"</p><p>For the first time since I'd entered the room, I felt some of my tension ease. Of course, Aunt Cass would know I had a plan. I sat back down on the couch next to her. "I've decided to go to Greece and have a fling with a sexy Greek man."</p><p>Aunt Cass didn't bat an eye. "Why Greece?"</p><p>I leaned forward. "Because that's where you and mom found Uncle Demetrius and Dad. It was love at first sight. And that's where Dad met Helena, so there must be something magical about Greece when it comes to our family. I figure that if anything can get me out of this rut I've fallen into with Roman, a trip to Greece will do it."</p><p>Cass took another sip of tea, and this time I joined her.</p><p>"So you want to go to Greece to find your true love."</p><p>I frowned. "No way. I just want to find someone very sexy to have a fling with so that I can forget Roman Oliver. I spoke with a travel agent today and she's looking for a cheap flight. The sooner I get this taken care of, the better."</p><p>Cass Angelis leaned back and once again studied her niece. How wonderful that Philly's plan coincided so perfectly with her own. A little vacation, a trip to Greece, was just what she'd seen in her crystals last night. "I have a sug... </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>From the safety of her living room, Arianna Day has been <em>enjoying</em> the sensual maneuvers of the man she's dubbed Sir Sex-a-Lot. Watching her neighbor has fueled more than one of her steamy fantasies, which makes him the perfect candidate to end her bout of celibacy. She's not looking for commitment--she just wants some of what he freely gives.  </p><p>Too bad seducing Noah Kellerman is more complicated than she thought. Oh, sure, the between-the-sheets--and the on-the-desk and the against-the-wall--action is everything she wants. But their physical closeness seems to have encouraged Noah to get close emotionally. Can Arianna give up being the next woman in his window to be the only woman in his life?  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Take one workaholic woman. Mix with letter to self, detailing fantasies about wild, unbridled sex. Add one dangerously seductive man—and indulge in the delicious, sensual results!</p><p>When Violet Summerlin receives her old letter, she's intrigued—but too busy to worry about it. It's taking all she's got to battle her lust for her sexy client Dominick Burns.</p><p>Then Dominick invites her to Miami for a working holiday. And Violet knows she won't be able to withstand his sensual attack for long.</p><p>She doesn't.</p><p>The man seems to know just how to please her. Every slow stroke, every breath-stealing adventure takes her to new heights of sexual ecstasy. But mixing business and pleasure can be a dicey combination. Especially when Violet discovers Dominick's been hiding something from her… </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p><em>Six days until Christmas</em></p><p>"What you need is something warm and cuddly for Christmas."</p><p>Violet Summerlin frowned into the cell phone she juggled on her shoulder, even though her friend Nan couldn't see her. "I told you, I'm way too busy for a pet." Then she looked down at the fluffy butterscotch-colored Pekingese she was walking in the park. "My own, anyway."</p><p>Nan's sigh sounded over the line. "I was talking about a man."</p><p>"No time for one of those, either," Violet quipped.</p><p>"You work way too hard. When are you going to start delegating things to your new assistant? Wasn't that the idea of hiring her?"</p><p>Violet chewed on her lower lip. "I'm still feeling out Lillian. She's nice, but her working style is different than mine."</p><p>"You mean she isn't anal retentive? Maybe this Lillian will help you to loosen up."</p><p>"Christmas is one of my busiest times of the year. I can't afford to loosen up right now."</p><p>"Violet," Nan said softly, "it might not be such a bad idea to slow down. Since you lost your grandparents… I don't know. You seem wound even tighter than usual."</p><p>"I miss them terribly," Violet confessed. "Even with Mom and Dad back in town, sometimes I just feel so…lost."</p><p>"I know, sweetie, but the hours that you work— it's not healthy. You're going to wake up one day and wish you'd indulged in a misspent youth."</p><p>Violet stopped abruptly as the pooch came up short on the leash, wrinkling his little pug face. Winslow, the Pekingese, looked up at her and barked, a sharp noise that sounded like fabric ripping.</p><p>"Thanks for the advice, Nan, but I have to run. The dog won't go if I'm on the phone."</p><p>"You're kidding, right?"</p><p>"No. He's a spoiled little thing and has to have my undivided attention to… you know."</p><p>"I would laugh except I know old lady Kingsbury is probably paying you a fortune to do her bidding."</p><p>"I'm a personal concierge, Nan. I do whatever my clients need me to do."</p><p>"Especially that yummy Dominick Burns."</p><p>Nan's favorite subject was Violet's best customer, who also happened to be the most notorious playboy in Atlanta. She ignored the little spike in her own pulse—she'd harbored a secret crush on the man for almost a year. "Until I'm successful enough to pick and choose my clients, I guess I have to put up with all kinds of animals," she said lightly.</p><p>"Yeah, but no one's going to get that man on a leash." Nan was panting harder than Winslow.</p><p>"Is that the best you can come up with today?" Violet asked, her voice deadpan.</p><p>"No wonder his last name is Burns. The man is positively flammable, a four-alarm fire, burn me up and hose me down—"</p><p>"Good grief, woman, go take a cold shower." Violet disconnected the call, cutting off Nan's laughter, then squatted down to face Winslow, nose to snout.</p><p>"Okay, I'm all yours. Now, will you please do your business?"</p><p>The dog emitted a chastising little bark and angled his head.</p><p>Violet sighed, then glanced at her watch and caved like a wall of ice cream. Time was money, after all.</p><p>"You're such a good boy," she cooed in her best baby voice, petting his arrogant little head. "Yes, you are. You're such a pretty, good boy. Yes, you are."</p><p>Satisfied, Winslow assumed the position and Violet looked away with a wince.</p><p>Some days she questioned her decision to open Summerlin at Your Service, and this was one of those days—it had been an unending stream of tedious trips to the dry cleaners to pick up and drop off shirts, to courier offices to pack and send parcels, and to Patricia Kingsbury's house to walk her contrary pet, Winslow, who pushed the boundaries of his breed's reputation for willful and jealous behavior.</p><p>Luckily, most clients preferred to pay Violet's premium fees to do things that were more productive, such as setting up a wireless network for their computer or decorating their house for the holidays. Raised by a grandfather who was an electronics and mechanical whiz and a grandmother who could give Martha Stewart a run for her money, Violet had honed her varied abilities with a masters in business administration and five years in the hospitality industry working assorted jobs, from customer service to operations. Since starting her concierge business three years ago, she prided herself on not having yet received a request from a client that she couldn't fulfill.</p><p>Then she frowned. Except the times when the flirtatious Dominick Burns had hinted he wouldn't mind a little <em>personal </em>attention from Violet.</p><p>The devilishly handsome bad boy who'd made a fortune designing and manufacturing extreme sports gear was too busy to handle day-to-day details, but he'd told her he didn't like the thought of having an entourage of people on the payroll to tend to him. So Violet stopped by his office once a week to pick up a to-do list that might consist of anything from selecting a suit for him to wear to a special occasion, to selecting personal stationery, to buying a gift for his latest girlfriend.</p><p>She wondered wryly what his various and sundry women would think if they knew that the man hadn't walked the aisles of local boutiques to find the perfect gift for their three-date anniversary or whatever the made-up occasion that was no doubt meant to unhinge the women's legs.</p><p>But the man was generous, Violet conceded. And he usually had interesting and challenging assignments for her, many of which had put her on the fringe of his business activities. Her pulse ticked higher as she wondered what she'd discover on his agenda today. With only a week until Christmas, it seemed likely that he would hand over his gift list. Mentally scrolling through the women for whom she'd bought gifts throughout the year, she came up with an estimate of twenty.</p><p>A nice, round number, she thought wryly.</p><p>She leaned over to bag Winslow's offering, deposited it in a nearby trash can and urged him in the direction of his home. The air carried a chill and she wondered if by some miracle she would see snow for</p><p>Christmas. Even in the dead of winter, snow in Atlanta was rare. But she could hope.</p><p>Sadly, this would be her first year without her grandparents. But her somewhat elusive parents had taken a break from their world travels to stay in her grandparents' house for a while and spend the holidays with Violet. She missed Grammy and Gramps desperately, but she'd always dreamed of sharing a magical Christmas with her parents when she was young. Still, it had never been more than a dream. Her mother and father were simply too wrapped up in each other to pay their daughter much mind.</p><p>But now that she could orchestrate the holiday herself, she was eagerly anticipating the three of them sipping hot cider around an ornament-laden tree, with the aroma of a ham in the oven, and carols in the background as they exchanged heartfelt, meaningful gifts to express their love for each other. She had made her mother a coverlet out of her grandmother's house dresses and had bought her father a beautiful set of hand tools for the workshop he'd been talking about setting up in the garage. After years away, flitting around the globe for her father's job as a translator to diplomats, it seemed as if her parents were finally settling down.</p><p>Violet sighed in contentment. It would be the best Christmas ever.</p><p>A half block away from the Kingsbury house, a towering brick structure draped with holiday lights that Violet herself had installed, Winslow jutted out his little underbite, then sat down.</p><p>And refused to budge.</p><p>Irritated, Violet scooped him up and carried him the rest of the way. Which was, she realized as he pressed his cold nose to her shoulder, exactly what he'd wanted her to do, the little beast.</p><p>"You're incorrigible," she chastised.</p><p>Patricia Kingsbury met them at the door to take Winslow into her bejeweled arms. The dog stiffened, but went, even though he looked back at Violet and whined.</p><p>"Did he go poo-poo?" Patricia sounded concerned, but her face remained expressionless, which Violet attributed to the woman's regular BOTOX injections.</p><p>"Er…yes."</p><p>Patricia cuddled her poufy dog. "You always seem to know how to make him go, Violet."</p><p>"It's a gift," Violet agreed. "If there's nothing else, Ms. Kingsbury—"</p><p>"Violet, you've worked for me for two years. Please call me Patricia."</p><p>"Patricia," Violet amended with a smile, "if there's nothing else—"</p><p>"I put my grocery list on the table. And would you mind taking a few things back to the mall for me, dear?" She pointed to a mound of bags on a settee.</p><p>"Not at all."</p><p>"Here's my credit card. Just have everything reversed and if there are any problems, call me."</p><p>"I'm sure there won't be any problems," Violet said pleasantly, then gathered the list and the bags in her arms and waddled toward the door. "I'll drop off your credit card tomorrow morning."</p><p>"Tomorrow afternoon is fine, dear, when you come back to walk Winslow. He'll be ready to toodle again by then."</p><p>Violet maintained her smile. "Great. See you then."</p><p>Being relegated to a dog coach wasn't so bad, she told herself as she steered her hybrid SUV onto I-75 northbound. Ms. Kingsbury rarely had difficult requests, and she'd given Violet many referrals. With this job, one learned to take the bad with the good.</p><p>After battling six lanes of traffic for thirty minutes, Violet reached a subdivision where three empty upscale houses were for sale. She'd been commissioned to go through and knock down cobwebs, adjust the temperature, put fresh flowers in vases and generally ensure that when an agent stopped by with a potential customer, there were no surprises—such as the bankrupted former owner of the house living in a closet. Or a raccoon in the kitchen. Or a fallen tree sticking through the bedroom ceiling.</p><p>She'd seen it all.</p><p>Armed with Gerbera daisies, a broom and a Taser, she sped through the houses, opening doors and checking every nook and cranny. After an uneventful sweep, she jumped on I-75 southbound and fought traffic again to reach a tobacco store, where she picked up the box of cigars she'd special-ordered for Dominick Burns last week, then turned her car toward her office in midtown. A few blocks away her cell ph... </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>A riverboat card man, Jake Gannon is about as nogood as they comedespite that goodlooking hotness that can make a gal's skirts twirl in most unladylike ways. Suspected to be traveling under an assumed name, Jake has a mighty troublesome past, and was last seen in the company of one fiery filly who goes by the name of Ellie Winslow....</p><p>But Ellie ain't no ordinary looker. No sir, she landed here in 1876 by accident and is looking for her sister...and some answers. But first she needs to find a way off this here steamer with a man who fascinates her more every minutea man who's about to teach her just how wild the West can be!</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Time travel has done its uncanny work once again. Folks best be watchin' out for stuntman-turned-private-eye Cord Braddock--a tall, gorgeous fella with a touch of Navajo blood. He's spent his entire life shunning his ancestral beliefs and fighting his way into the world--until he finds a strange old camera in an attic...  </p><p>Now he's a sexy twentieth-century hunk stuck in 1878 and Maggie Dawson can't get enough of the stranger. He's exciting. He's exotically dangerous. And he makes her want to do the most unladylike things! Is this about to be Maggie's last stand?  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>In the rough-and-tumble town of Deadwood in 1876, cowboy Sam Keegan is about as hard as they get. Considered a real sexy piece of man by the local womenfolk, Sam runs the town livery stable. And he was last seen in the company of a pretty gal in a wedding dress, Reese Winslow...who escaped one of the local brothels!  </p><p>The little lady claims to be a doctor--from the future, no less! Beware of her, as she's causing no end of problems. Mostly for Sam, who is real skittish about the law. But trouble or not, the man can't seem to stop himself from wanting Reese...and learnin' firsthand what women from the future like to do with hot, hard cowboys!  </p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Their songs and their passion would electrify a waiting world. Raven Williams was a singer who had an overwhelming need to love and be loved, and whose voice of rich dark velvet had catapulted her to fame. Brandon Carstairs was a musician in whom the charming Irish Dreamer warred with a practical British reserve. The music they made together was exciting, disturbing and erotic. Soon it would reach a dangerous crescendo.</p>
<p class="description">From inside the front cover: Singing with Brand was more moving than a kiss, more sexual than a caress. When they finished, their voices hung for a moment in the air. Brand saw her lips tremble before he brought her close to him and took them. Spotlighted before thousands, Raven didn't hear the roar of applause, the cheers, the shouts. cameras flashed like firworks, but she felt wrapped in velvet darkness. She lost all sense of time. His lips might have moved on hers for seconds, hours, or even days....</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Pilot Amanda Bauer has always craved a life of adventure...sexual adventure, that is. Lucky for her, she's currently getting her thrills by indulging in naughty games with hunky Reese Campbell! After their first explosive encounter, they arrange to get together every couple of months for days filled with fantasy and wild, no-strings sex.  </p><p>And the best part of it? Nobody else knows about it. Nobody!  </p><p>It's the perfect private indulgence...until they find themselves on YouTube!  </p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Twenty-four-year-old barista Belle Jamison dreams of a better job and a decent love life. Until a crazy scientist spikes her mocha latte! Suddenly Belle can wield the four elements—earth, wind, fire and water—with only a thought. Coffee too hot? No problem. Hair in need of a blow-dry? Done.Gorgeous government agent Rome Masters has been sent to neutralize Belle. But he's not the only one after her. Together they must outrun the rogue agents on their trail and find a way to control her powers. There's just one problem: the sparks Belle and Rome generate are even hotter than the ones flying from her eyes—and with her future on the line, now is the worst possible time to fall in love….</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><strong>Subject:</strong> Troy Metaxas. Intense—and intensely sexy—businessman. He never mixes business and pleasure… until he meets his sirenlike new lawyer!  </p><p><strong>Object:</strong> Kendall Banks. Hotshot attorney. Willing to do anything to save her family from ruin…no matter how devastating the cost!  </p><p><strong>Situation:</strong> They're fighting to rescue an economically beleaguered town…right before Christmas. They're also having mind-blowing sex that's so steamy they can hardly be in the same room without ripping off each other's clothes!  </p><p><strong>Unexpected maneuver:</strong> Troy discovers Kendall betrayed him…in business and in pleasure. Only one victor will emerge in this new personal battle…unless the spirit of the holidays inspires them to find a way they can both win—over and over again….  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><em>The Players:</em></p><p>1) Caleb Payne. Calculating entrepreneur. Avowed bachelor. He takes what he wants—in the boardroom <em>and</em> the bedroom!</p><p>2) Bryna Metaxas. Emotionally invested in her family's business. About to enter into a business deal with Caleb that will shock her on every level…And she'll love every minute of it.</p><p><em>The Situation:</em></p><p>Dangerously hot, filled with steamy sexual tension and cold business machinations. </p><p><em>The Turning Point:</em></p><p>Caleb makes a critical error. And in the fallout, he realizes that he's lost far more than he gained—he's given up his one chance at happiness. He'd have to pull off the coup of a lifetime to earn Bryna's trust—and love—again. </p><p><em>Then again, that's all part of the plan…</em></p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Thanos Savakis watches stunning Tahlia Reynolds like a wolf stalking its prey. She wronged the Savakis name, and for that she will be punished….A proud, loyal man, Thanos seeks shamelessly to make her trust him, then destroy her! But when he touches her creamy skin the stakes drastically change….Retribution is best served warm, passionately and behind closed doors. He plans to have Tahlia at his beck and call—until he finds out she's more unworldly than he first thought….</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>All uptight workaholic Drucilla Robichoux wants is to experience incredible sex, at least once in her life. So she heads off to Mexico for some sun, sand and sin. And she finds the perfect playmate in sexy surf instructor Alex. Her temporary boy toy teaches Dru to ride the waves, all right...  </p><p>...right into the most intense climaxes she's ever had!  </p><p>But all vacation flings must end. When Dru heads home, she buttons up tight again. Might as well keep this delicious fantasy right where it belongs... in her naughty memories.  </p><p>So it sure is a shock when she walks into work Monday morning and finds her secret fling is her new boss! And he's definitely still interested in catching the big one with Dru.  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Mia Butterfield has just walked away from the lawyer life. No more late nights, no more dull contracts. And no more superhot-in-his-legal-briefs boss, David Pearson. But before she starts her new business with her friends, they decide to revisit Hawaii for a "Spring Break"…and all the sensual indulgences that come with it.</p><p>Only Mia never dreams just how hot it'll get under the Hawaiian sun…</p><p>David has followed her to the islands, and their serious lawyer sides appear to have gotten lost…along with most of their clothes! But even with a hot, delicious David at her side, Mia can't help wondering—how long will her lucky streak last? </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>FBI special agent Nicola Guthrie is on her first field assignment. Her job? To find security expert turned art thief Gabe Wilder. She knows this is her big break. She <em>has</em> to get her man.</p><p>And late one night, she does. Not to mention a whole lot more! Who knew her traitorous body would respond so strongly to Gabe's sensuous lips…his tall, strong body…her own irresistible need?</p><p>Gabe can't believe that Nicola still thinks he's the bad guy! Then again, he's almost tempted to fess up, just so he can keep tasting her incredible mouth.</p><p>Still, they have a job to do. A daring criminal is terrorizing the city's wealthiest art collectors. Gabe and Nicola quickly realize that the smartest way to catch their quarry is to join forces.</p><p>Of course, they'll have to find their way out of bed first…. </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p>"Turn left in point nine miles."</p><p>The calm voice of her GPS system had FBI special agent Nicola Guthrie gripping the steering wheel of her car and peering through the windshield into thickly falling snow. Easing her foot off the gas, she narrowed her eyes to study what lay in the beams of her headlights.</p><p>Not much. She was finding it more and more difficult to distinguish the narrow mountain road from the treacherous ditches that bordered it on either side.</p><p>The storm had been steadily increasing in intensity ever since she'd left Denver at 6:00 p.m. And her little Volkswagen Beetle convertible was not known for its winter weather capabilities. The one-hour drive to the church of St. Francis had stretched into nearly three.</p><p>And counting.</p><p>But it was going to be worth it. The moment that Father Mike Flynn had walked into her office and showed her the note, she'd gotten that tingling feeling deep inside of her—the same one that had guided every important decision she'd ever made. And it had never failed her.</p><p>Tonight, she had a good chance of finally identifying the art thief who'd been leading the FBI on a merry chase for the past three months. On each holiday since Thanksgiving, he'd relieved one of Denver's art collectors of a priceless painting. And if she unmasked him tonight, her father would finally have to relent and take her career choice seriously.</p><p>Nicola glanced at her speedometer. She could walk faster than this.</p><p>"Turn left in point five miles."</p><p><em>Not much longer. </em>Her decision to join the FBI had not set well with either her father or her stepmother. Her father's tendency to be over-protective she could understand. Her mother had been an agent who'd worked with him, and she'd died in the line of duty when Nicola had been a toddler.</p><p>Her stepmother was a different kettle of fish. Marcia Thorne Guthrie had been born to wealth, and her ideas about a woman's role in society were slightly and almost lovably medieval. Marcia thought women should study art and literature, marry, run a lovely home and spread her largesse through the community by doing good works. <em>And </em>by throwing huge charity balls like the one Marcia gave every year at Thorne Mansion on Valentine's Day.</p><p>In fact, that's exactly where Nicola should be right now—at Thorne Mansion helping her stepmother make the final dessert selections for the ball.</p><p>The problem was Nicola didn't want to follow in her stepmother's footsteps. She wanted to follow in her father's. But she dearly loved both of her parents—enough to get a Masters in Fine Art degree before she'd secretly applied to the FBI. Throughout her life, her rebellions against her parents had ended in eventual victories, but they had always been hard-won. And actions had always spoken louder than words. Eventually, she'd win them over.</p><p>Which was why tonight was so important. If she could just catch herself a thief…And if that thief turned out to be who she thought it was? Well, her father would have to give her bonus points for that because he thought Gabe Wilder was as innocent as a newborn babe.</p><p>She didn't.</p><p>"Turn left in point three miles."</p><p>"Where?" Nicola frowned into the swirling snow.</p><p>Then she saw it—just the outline of the church steeple. Ahead and to her left. She might have missed it if not for the headlights of a vehicle parked nearby. When a sudden break in the wind gave her a better look at the silhouette of the parked car, Nicola's pulse jumped.</p><p>It was an SUV and it looked familiar. Could it be…?</p><p>The tingling sensation moved through her. She'd felt the same way when Father Mike had visited her office and shown her the note announcing that the statue of St. Francis was going to be stolen tonight. Gabe Wilder might very well be here.</p><p>"Turn left in one hundred yards."</p><p><em>One step at a time, Nicola. First, you have to find the driveway. Then the thief.</em></p><p>During the long drive from the city, her practical side had been cautioning her that a semi-retired Franciscan priest like Father Mike didn't fit the profile of the previous wealthy and socially prominent victims of Denver's well-publicized art thief. However, during the twenty years he'd served as the director of the St. Francis Center for Boys, Father Mike had certainly rubbed elbows with the movers and shakers of Denver.</p><p>And the thief always delivered a note to his next target on the day he struck. Father Mike had received his note today. She'd read it.</p><p><em>I've always admired the statue of St. Francis—ever since I first saw it in the prayer garden at the St. Francis Center. I was so disappointed when you moved it to that isolated church. So, I've decided to take it off your hands. Enjoy Lincoln's Birthday.</em></p><p>The bragging tone and the specificity of the note were similar to the other ones in the file. The art piece and the holiday were always mentioned by name.</p><p>No one had expected the thief to make a move on Lincoln's Birthday, February 12. The press, the FBI and most of Denver's socially elite were expecting the thief to strike on Valentine's Day. A priceless Cezanne was going to be auctioned at the annual Valentine's Day Charity Ball—the one her stepmother was throwing—and the theory was that the thief wouldn't be able to resist it.</p><p>No one had given any thought to the possibility that the thief might target the statue of St. Francis. Truth told, she hadn't thought of it either. She'd been certain her father was right, and the thief would go after the Cezanne.</p><p>The small marble statue currently residing on a side altar in St. Francis Church didn't have the monetary value of the artwork previously stolen. But there were those who would testify that it was priceless.</p><p>The statue of St. Francis had been donated to the Franciscan order in Denver years ago by an immigrant family from Assisi, Italy. They'd claimed it had been sculpted in the image of the saint himself, and that it possessed special powers to grant prayers. Since its arrival in Denver, the reputation of the statue had grown to legendary proportions. Even in its original home in the small prayer garden next to the St. Francis Center for Boys, the statue had attracted crowds. Many thought that paying a visit to the statue and saying a prayer was like having a direct line to God.</p><p>There were no documented miracles. Yet. But there were plenty of people who'd testified to the fact that the prayers they'd said to the statue had not only been answered but had changed their lives. People had fallen in love, marriages had been saved and babies had been born to supposedly infertile couples. And almost everyone testified to finding peace.</p><p>The article published in last Sunday's edition of the <em>Denver Post </em>had included several of the stories. They ranged from recovering lost jewelry to improvements in health and relationships. There was even a local congresswoman who claimed she owed her latest election victory to St. Francis.</p><p>Nicola remembered a time when she'd believed in the power of the statue herself. She'd said a prayer, one she'd desperately wanted to be granted. But St. Francis hadn't been listening that day. She hadn't wasted another prayer on him since. But she was definitely in the minority.</p><p>When the St. Francis Center for Boys had been torn down and replaced by upscale townhomes as part of the city's urban renewal program, Father Mike had received permission to relocate the statue to St. Francis Church. Since then the pilgrimages to pray to the statue had picked up in numbers.</p><p>Nearly half the money that had sustained the St. Francis Center had come from visitors who'd left donations in the small prayer garden where the statue had stood for fifteen years. Currently the three masses Father Mike commuted to say on Sunday were packed, and at least twenty percent of attendees were people from out of state who'd come to say a prayer.</p><p>What was the value of a piece of art that could answer your prayers? Nicola figured it might bring in a hefty price from some collector.</p><p>Evidently enough to have Father Mike hiring G. W. Securities, the premier firm in Denver, to protect it at its new location. That little known fact had also received quite a bit of play in the <em>Denver Post </em>article.</p><p>So if the statue of St. Francis was stolen, it would be the fourth piece of art snitched while under the protection of G. W. Securities. And to Nicola's way of thinking that made the company's owner, Gabe Wilder, a prime suspect. The fact that Gabe was the son of legendary thief Raphael Wilder added more weight to her suspicions.</p><p>"Turn left in twenty-five yards."</p><p>As Nicola peered into the snow, a blast of wind slammed into her car and the rear wheels fishtailed. Holding her breath, she eased her foot off the gas and kept her hands steady on the wheel. Her headlights shifted, briefly pinning the SUV, and Nicola's pulse jumped again. That was Gabe Wilder's car all right.</p><p>This time the tingling feeling racing through her was so strong that she nearly trembled. Then she felt her tires regain traction, and she shifted her attention to the road.</p><p>Her suspicion that Gabe Wilder had to be playing a key role in the thefts was the reason she'd spent the past few weeks tailing that SUV all over Denver during her off duty hours. Not that her surveillance had done her any good. Thanks to secure underground parking garages and the fact that he lived in an apartment above his office, she hadn't even been able to get a good look at the man himself.</p><p>Still, Nicola couldn't rid herself of her gut feeling that Gabe had to be connected to the thefts. Each time she'd tried to connect the dots in the case, he was the one who triggered that tingling sensation.</p><p>Beneath her, she felt her tires spin and slide to the right.</p><p><em>Focus, Nicola. </em>When she peered through the windshield all she could see in the glare of her headlights was a whirling tunnel of snow. But the driveway to the church had to be close. The GPS lady was never wrong. 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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>What would you do if you hit the jackpot?Private investigator Jessie Huell has always eschewed girlie things for the tools of her trade. She'd swap Jimmy Choos for a nightscope any day. But when she arrives as a guest on a popular Atlanta sex show, Jessie is unexpectedly reunited with high school crush and producer Cole Crawfordmulti-million dollar lottery winner, igniter of panties...and bad, bad news for her.Now Jessie is the official spokesperson for fling-havers everywhereCole and Jessie are doing hot, naughty things in the very same places she swore she'd avoid. As each incredible second explodes by, Jessie finds herself in deep trouble: if she's not careful she'll break the first rule of flingdom and it'll turn serious...which means she'll have to find the real dirt on Cole Crawford...because this man's too good to be true!</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Wedding planner Karen Petersham <em>loves</em> weddings—usually. Her newest client, Sophy, has brought along her best man for advice. And the best man is none other than Karen's sexy ex-husband, Dexter Crane. But there are rules when engaging in ex-sex:</p><p>1) Do <em>not</em> get romantically involved (obviously)</p><p>2) All fun. No fight.</p><p>3) Two words—_booty call!_</p><p>4) (Reminder: nix the romantic involvement)</p><p>5) Remember why it ended (important!)</p><p>6) And get out before you fall in love with him again…. </p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Sarah Jane Walker was ready to kiss her inheritance goodbye once her greedy stepmother hired security expert Mick Chivers—aka the Hell-Raiser. Sexy Mick was bound to figure out that his new assignment wasn't above breaking a few rules—or laws—in her desperate plan to recover her family legacy. Yet even with the cell door practically slamming, Sarah's knees felt like jelly whenever she looked into Mick's old-soul eyes.Those baby-blues told her the daredevil was a law unto himself. They said he'd overcome incredible odds to win.And they dared the smart-mouthed Southern belle to take her best shot—and raise a little hell with him!</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Lucas "Huck" Finn is thrilled to join elite Ranger Security— until he learns his new assignment is to babysit heiress Sapphira Stravos, a doggy-toting debutante who's driving everyone crazy. Still, he can't help but feel there's more to Sapphira than meets the eye. And what's meeting the eye is damn hard to resist….Thanks to a few stupid threatening letters, Sapphira Stravos is having her style cramped, big-time! How is she going to look after the charities she secretly supports? Although she'd managed to ditch her former jailers, this guy isn't budging. Still, having a guy as hot as Huck around has its perks. After all, if he has to guard her body, he might as well get to enjoy it, too….</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Bad Girl Grading System<br>A — Totally bad!!!<br>B — Could be worse…<br>C — Wannabe territory<br>D — Way too nice!<br>F — Give it up, Mattie Brown!</p><p>Mattie Brown has always prided herself at excelling at everything. And that's why it's killing her that she scored only 18% on a sex test! But she isn't going to take it lying down. (Well, maybe she will, but that's beside the point.) Her plan — to proposition Cullen Slater, the neighborhood stud, for some hands-on instruction in how to make her sex life sizzle. Too bad it's her cute, nice-guy neighbor Mike Peterson who's lighting her fire….</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Manhattan jewelry designer Lexy Drake knew the warning signs even as she was tempted to have a fling. Charles Pendegraff III was too rich, too good-looking--and light-fingered. He stole the mysterious Isabella Emeralds from right under her nose--along with stealing her heart.  </p><p>Rule #1 for Charlie: <em>never </em>have a fling with your "mark." But Lexy was so hot--and the jewels even hotter, judging by the sudden interest from far too many people. Charlie had to convince Lexy he'd been framed. And that all the times they'd spent burning up the bedsheets were not just stolen nights!  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p></p><p> Some girls just won't take no for an answer…</p><p>Security expert 
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 Cosby is just an assignment—albeit a sexy, damn near irresistible one…</p><p>In
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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>With one of his top operatives out of commission, undercover agent (and total hotness) Drew Miller will enlist the assistance of interior designer Allie Carpenter--who will pose as her twin sister in order to bring down an arms dealer. Drew is granted clearance to bring Allie in by any means necessary....  </p><p>Their mission, should they accept it, is complete deception...and absolute temptation!  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Photographer Dominique Jeffries has come to Wyoming to find herself--her creative self, her sexual self. After escaping the engagement from hell, she's dying to break loose and live a little. And seducing a shirtless, sweaty cowhand looks like just the place to start....  </p><p>Nick Chance isn't exactly a cowhand but, hey, he'll be whatever the lady wants! Only he soon realizes that this is more than just a quick roll in the hay. There's something about Dominique that calls to him, something about her that completes him.  </p><p>There's only one problem. Dominique wants a fling, not another relationship.  </p><p>Little does she guess how easily she'll be <em>persuaded</em> to take a Chance--again and again and again!  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>It's just a simple surveillance job, right? Former marine and FBI agent 
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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Party organizer Tyler O'Connelli is on the fast track to her dream career. She's so close she can almost taste it. But when she returns to her family and sees her one-night stand, Alex Keller, all done up in his cowboy gear, her self-control is stretched to the <em>breaking point….</em></p><p>They're worlds apart. She's a busy career girl, and Alex is a cowboy. But while getting together might not bode well for anything long-term, it more than makes up for it in sheer hot chemistry! Problem is, this is one wrangler she might want to get tied down—and tied up—to…indefinitely!</p></div>


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<div><h3>Review</h3><p>Grayson deftly nods to pop culture and offers clever spins on classic legends and lore while adding unique twists all her own. (<em>Booklist</em> 20110328)<br></p><p>I love this take on an old story... Exceedingly endearing... Reviewer Top Pick! (<em>Night Owl Reviews</em> 20110420)<br></p><p>A delightful antidote to the fairy tale and an entertaining read. 4 Stars (<em>RT Book Reviews</em> 20110425)<br></p><p>Reality and fairy tales collide in this altogether delightful story... Book lovers will be thrilled by the inside look at the publishing world, while fairy tale fans will love the in-jokes. (<em>Publishers Weekly</em> 20110429)<br></p><p>The author manages to bring you along two very different paths that somehow merger perfectly into one very emotional and believable plot. (<em>Pencil Pushers and Ink Splotches</em> 20110429)<br></p><p>An amusing satirical take on images, public spins, and the publishing industry. (<em>Alternative Worlds</em> 20110502)<br></p><p>A fun and delightful story, read <em>Wickedly Charming</em> and find out what really happens to "happily ever after!" (<em>Historical Novel Review Blog</em> 20110505)<br></p><p>A great spin to stories we all know... (<em>Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell</em> 20110520)<br></p><p>This book does a great job of humanizing the Grimm characters... Many kudos to the author for her outstanding - and humorous - work. (<em>All About Romance</em> 20110520)<br></p><p>Appealing, vulnerable characters... It's a story about second chances, and the message is a real one: you have to work for your happily-ever-after. (<em>Alpha Heroes</em> 20110523)<br></p><p>A fun, highly imaginative story that sets out to turn conventional fairy tales on end... (<em>That's What I'm Talking About</em> 20110524)<br></p><p>Cleverly conceived, it was as charming as the prince, and made me smile. (<em>Beyond Her Book WW Book Club Ladies Blurbs</em> 20110603)<br></p><p>Grayson certainly created one of the most unique, entertaining, and romantic books I have ever had the good fortune to read. (<em>Dark Diva Reviews</em> 20110603)<br></p><p>Grayson does a wonderful job of taking beloved fairy-tale characters and transforming them into something different but equally as entertaining to read about. (<em>Debbie's Book Bag</em> 20110603)<br></p><p>The thing I liked best (well not counting the fun characters) was the humour in the book. (<em>Book Girl of Mury Castell</em> 20110608)<br></p><p>. I loved the mix between the Third Kingdom and what fairy tale people call the Greater World, which is Earth. (<em>Love to Read for Fun</em> 20110613)<br></p><p>It is a mark of a brilliant author to leave readers wanting more, and keeping them hesitant to turn the page for fear of the book ending. (<em>Suite 101</em> )<br></p><p>A fun romp for bookloving fans of fractured fairy tales. (<em>Locus</em> )<br></p><p>Grayson definitely puts a fun, new twist on fairy tales and many of the beloved characters we grew up with... a poignant and very human story. (<em>BookLoons.com</em> ) </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>"Wickedly entertaining! Light, witty, and original, Wickedly Charming is also a wry insider's view of publishing and the heady delights of being a booklover."<br>-Mary Jo Putney, New York Times Bestselling Author of <em>Never Less Than a Lady</em></p><p><em>He's given up on happily-ever-after...</em></p><p>Cinderella's Prince Charming is divorced and at a dead end. The new owner of a bookstore, Charming has given up on women, royalty, and anything that smacks of a future.<br>That is, until he meets up with Mellie...</p><p><em>But she may be the key to happily-right-now...</em></p><p>Mellie is sick and tired of stepmothers being misunderstood. Vampires have redeemed their reputation, why shouldn't stepmothers do the same? Then she runs into the handsomest, most charming man she's ever met and discovers she's going about her mission all wrong...</p><p>It's only natural that sparks fly and magic ensues when these two fairy tale refugees put their heads-and vulnerable hearts-together...</p><p><strong>Praise For Simply Irresistible</strong><br>"A sweet romance...Grayson's clever, humor-tinged writing is absolutely delightful."<br>-Booklist</p><p>"Danger, humor, and passion are all here and in full force."<br>-RT Bookclub Top Pick</p><p>(20110224) </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><strong>Subject:</strong> Navy Lieutenant Brad Riddock, explosives expert.</p><p><strong>Current Status:</strong> On leave…and on alert!</p><p><strong>Mission:</strong> Getting mentally prepared for his next mission.</p><p><strong>Obstacle:</strong> Getting Nikki Thornton out of his head…and into his bed.</p><p>All Professor Nikki Thornton wants is to fix up the home she's inherited from a friend. The place is run down, and she's at her wit's end dealing with her friend's hostile relations. On the upside, she has a droolingly hot neighbor—whose late-night workouts offer seriously panty-vaporizing entertainment….</p><p>Explosives expert Navy Lieutenant Brad Riddock is on enforced R ' R…but it's rapidly becoming more racy than restful! When Nikki receives threatening letters, Brad immediately offers his protection—his very <em>personal</em> protection. But his leave is soon over, and the threats to Nikki's safety are escalating. Will this volatile situation bring them together…before it tears them apart? </p></div>


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<div><p>Enter the realm of Seaborne. . .and the achingly romantic world of Katherine Irons, a new talent who will break your heart and heal it all at the same time. . .</p><p><strong>Take Me Away</strong></p><p>Shrouded in mist, the hidden shoreline near her family's Maine estate is a place of refuge for Claire Bishop. There, she can forget the physical limitations imposed by a tragic accident and escape judgmental eyes. Yet someone is watching from the depths of the sea, a being who senses her inner despair and is drawn to help her. Prince Morgan, risen from the waves and as perfect a man Claire has ever laid eyes on. She is sure she has dreamed him into existence--Morgan's masculine beauty and sensual tenderness cannot be real. Then the dream overtakes reality. . .</p><p>With Morgan at her side, Claire is suddenly freed, swimming with him to a lost paradise, a fantastic underwater world with a sunken stone city at its heart. Soon the lovers find that their union has aroused the wrath of his warring clan--but Claire would rather die than return to her crippling life on earth, and Morgan will not live without the woman he adores... </p></div>


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<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Lovely (<em>A Preacher's Passion</em>) continues to unravel the crazy, sordid activities of megachurches with a wicked flair. The promiscuous Rev. Nate Thicke, senior pastor of the Gospel Truth Church of Palestine, Tex., tends to his adoring female flock following the dubious example of his minister grandfather and father who saw nothing wrong in spiritual covering. When Nate suddenly decides to marry 16-year-old Destiny Noble, her mother, Simone, is appalled. The minister's been bedding her <em>and</em> her mother, Katherine, Nate's administrative assistant. Simone was the one hoping to marry him, but Katherine believes Nate has the holy right to whatever he desires and whisks Destiny to an elaborate Florida Keys tryst. Destiny gets pregnant and to avoid scandal is taken away to have the baby and to finish school. Nate marries Destiny with the intention of becoming a one-woman man until wild child Melody Anderson not only beds him but tapes the encounter, leading to Nate's ultimate exposure. Lovely once again expertly illuminates the wacky world of the devout and devoutly devilish. <em>(Feb.)</em> <br>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>In Lutishia Lovely's wickedly sexy new novel, an energetic young pastor works overtime to keep the ladies in his congregation deliciously satisfied. . .</p><p>Nathaniel "Nate" Thicke is a preaching prodigy. At only twenty-eight years old, he's the senior pastor of The Gospel Truth Church. In addition to carrying on the preaching tradition begun by his great-grandfather, Nate is also just plain carrying on, wherever the spirit--and the flesh--lead him. And when it leads him to three women from the same family, bickering and backstabbing follow...</p><p>Content with having his pick of the flock, Nate is surprised to discover he's fallen head-over-heels in love, and decides to become a one-woman man. But the other ladies aren't about to give him up so easily. They're prepared to do whatever it takes to get their man back--even if it means adding a few more shocking sins to their list...</p><p><strong>Praise for Lutishia Lovely and A Preacher's Passion</strong>"The scintillating brew of sex, faith and sharp humor will have Lovely's fans breathless for more."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em></p><p>"Lutishia Lovely brought Passion to church and set it on fire!!!"--Pat G'Orge-Walker, <em>Essence</em>® bestselling author</p><p>"Filled with drama, consequences, double-standards and plenty of life lessons to go around."--Naleighna Kai, author of <em>She Touched My Soul</em></p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>In Lutishia Lovely's page-turning new novel, a scandalized church congregation enlists a new leader to heal the fallout of their fallen pastor—but they may be out of the frying pan and into the fire…</p><p>Still reeling from the disgrace their former pastor left in his wake, members of Gospel Truth Church need someone who can restore order. Enter Reverend Doctor Pastor Bishop Overseer Mister Stanley Obadiah Meshach Brook, Jr., who quickly sets up a code of ethics so strict even Jesus might not pass muster! When the new rules send much of the flock fleeing, Reverend Doctor O turns to Reverend Stanley Lee and his wife, Passion, to lead a revival. </p><p>But the church isn't the only thing that needs reviving—so does Stanley's libido. Passion was celibate for five years before marrying, and is not happy that her husband's lackluster wedding night performance has become the rule, not the exception. Desperate to make her marriage work, Passion turns to Reverend Doctor O's wife, Maxine, for advice. But Maxine is busy trying to clean out the skeletons in her own marital closet—because even the holiest have secrets…</p><p>"The scintillating brew of sex, faith and sharp humor will have Lovely's fans breathless for more."—<em>Publishers Weekly</em> on <em>A Preacher's Passion</em></p><p>"Vibrant characters, artful storytelling, and an original voice make Lutishia Lovely worth every moment." —Donna Hill </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>International assassin Gideon spilled blood for the first time when he was seven years old, with a single shot to the head of a man who was attempting to kill the woman Gideon had known as his mother. The victim was none other than his own father, a man of unspeakable evil. This pivotal event shaped Gideon throughout his life, made him who he is, one of the fiercest, most feared hired guns in the world.  </p><p>And one of the most hunted.   </p><p>After nearly losing his life in Antigua during a mission that went terribly wrong, Gideon trusts no one. But when a former lover and grifter, Arizona, resurfaces in need of his skills, she reminds him he was indebted to a man who had once saved his life: the son of the legendary con-man Scamz. Gideon is forced to take on an assignment which will lead him to Argentina in pursuit of a briefcase containing one part of a larger puzzle. The "package" contains material that another group of assassins - the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - will kill to obtain and protect. One of the leaders of the Four Horsemen has a connection to Gideon that neither man is aware of -- a connection that will be exposed when they meet face-to-face and gun-to-gun. Each member of The Four Horsemen is a world-class killer, each with a dark and dangerous past, and nothing will stop that team of renegades from completing their mission.   </p><p>As Gideon struggles to keep promises and uncover information about his past, he finds himself at the center of the ultimate double-cross and he is forced to do what he must to protect himself and those closest to him. Set amidst the exotic and vibrant streets of Miami and Buenos Aires, <em>Resurrecting Midnight</em> is an action-filled, pulse- pounding thriller from bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p><strong>Eric Jerome Dickey</strong> is the author of sixteen novels, eleven of which have been <em>New York Times</em> bestsellers. Also the author of a six-issue miniseries of comic books for Marvel featuring the X-Men's Storm, Dickey lives on the road. </p></div>


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<div><p class="description">An "Off The Moon" related short. Deanna finds she's more than willing to bend a bit for what she wants most.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 187 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">Applies relevant economic theory to develop a framework of analysis and techniques that business managers can use in deciding how to allocate a firm’s scarce resources to achieve its objectives. Uses economic analysis to support business strategy decisions that promote competitiveness in an environment of changing domestic and international market conditions, government regulations, trade policies, and resource availability. Systematically analyzes how global economic integration affects the production, input sourcing, and pricing decisions of firms operating in different market structures.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 3688 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><h3>Amazon.com Review</h3><p><em>A Cavern of Black Ice</em> opens J.V. Jones's Sword of Shadows trilogy. (Her first novel was <em>The Baker's Boy</em>.) The story is set in a land divided among small warring clans of hunters and more sophisticated southern cities whose lords covet the clan territories.</p><p>Young clansman Raif has a touch of "old blood" magic that guides his arrows to the heart. Bad times come when a hunting party that includes his father and clan chief is wiped out by a supernaturally aided attack, and Raif's open suspicion of the brutal new leader eventually drives him into exile. Meanwhile, Iss, overlord of Spire Vanis city, keeps a chained-up sorcerer whose powers he channels by revolting means, and has unexplained but shuddersome plans for his "foster daughter" Ash--herself an unwilling focus of dread forces. Raif and Ash find themselves fleeing together through wintry, hostile clanlands, pursued by Iss's vilest henchmen, seeking the dubious goal of the Cavern of Black Ice. </p><p>What lifts this tale far above routine quest fantasy is Jones's deft characterization, relentless intensity, and unsparing depiction of pain and slow-healing injury. She has a flair for memorably horrid images. Here a sorcerer gloats over one of his nastier tricks: "A man could not fight when his corneas were snapped from his eyes like badges from a chest."</p><p>This hefty volume is over 800 pages long, but the narrative grips hard once it's gained momentum, and the pages turn increasingly fast. Strong meat. Next comes book two, <em>A Fortress of Grey Ice</em>. <em>--David Langford, Amazon.co.uk</em></p><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The first volume of Jones's (The Barbed Coil, etc.) new trilogy is set in a sub-arctic land so vividly realized that it contributes notably to the book's suspense and emotional impactAeven as it almost overpowers its characters. Ashd March, the adopted daughter of a nobleman; Raif and Dray Sevrance, two accomplished archers; and Angus Lok, a once formidable warrior, are becoming increasingly aware, through alarming signsAa camp of murdered men, a recurring nightmare of ice and blood, an ominous call to armsAof a magical evil coming their way. The destinies of these four, particularly of Ash and Raif, become progressively entwined, even entangled, as the novel lumbers toward its inconclusive ending. Throughout, Jones skillfully mixes bits borrowed from history, folklore, religion (her shamans are particularly well done) and other fantasy works, but her attention to these details and her determination to introduce every element of her trilogy at once slow the pacing and sometimes create more confusion than clarity. Nonetheless, Jones has a real gift for evocative description, and the novel will satisfy most saga lovers. Agent, Russ Galen. <br>Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Meghan Chase used to be an ordinary girl...until she discovered that she is really a feBook: Adobe eBooky princess. After escaping from the clutches of the deadly Iron fey, Meghan must follow through on her promise to return to the equally dangerous Winter Court with her forbidden love, Prince Ash. But first, Meghan has one request: that they visit Puck—Meghan's best friend and servant of her father, King Oberon—who was gravely injured defending Meghan from the Iron Fey.</p><p class="description">Yet Meghan and Ash's detour does not go unnoticed. They have caught the attention of an ancient, powerful hunter—a foe that even Ash may not be able to defeat...."An eBook exclusive story from Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey series."</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 793 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Samantha Patterson wedding is the wedding of the year. She hires the top cake designer and florist in the business. It's no secret that they both have creative differences, but by the end they pull off some of the most beautiful weddings. Could it be love sparks that are finally happening between them or their usual creative bumping in to each other to get a wedding done to move on to the next?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 196 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">Agent Jonas Dreyer has been working night and day to intercept valuable memory chips before they are delivered into the wrong hands. A happily confirmed bachelor with good reason, he never expects for the woman who is struck by his suspect in a wild foot chase to be the one, his mate.</p><p class="description">Neither do they expect her to be targeted as the only person who may know where the vanished chips may be.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 156 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">She owns a coffee and poetry shoppe, he's a musician and artist. Stopping in for coffee one day, they meet and sparks begin to fly from the first cup and their gaze. She asks him if he would play some songs on poetry Friday. He's modest and introverted like most artist, but through his music he is an open book ready to be read. Can she get him to open up to her?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Vivian could live without most of her famous playwright husband, Joel. However, she can't live without his finger. Find out why Vivian's so crazy about Joel's masterful appendage in this quirky, often hilarious short story from Andrew Berg</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 170 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">A haughty society woman is given a riding lesson she will never forget!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Quitting a secretarial job shouldn't be this difficult. For Judith, all she has to do is turn in her resignation letter and she'll be free. Only thing is, Dustin, her boss has better plans for her. Will she accept them?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/25/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 99 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">A world without phone sex? Could it happen? Join Alessia and Will for a humorous, yet very thought-provoking look at this engaging exchange between lovers that suffers a few bleeps.</p><p class="description">Publisher's note: While you are (obviously) welcome to purchase this ebook through Amazon, please be aware that it's available FREE through other venues. It would be free here as well, but the Kindle upload interface would not allow entry of a price lower than $0.99 Please visit the Purple Prosaic website at www.purpleprosaic.com for more information. Thank you!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/25/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 191 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Kelly is getting married in three days. Her girl friends want to throw her a bachelorette party. Kelly has confided in her best friend Mellisa that she wants a "no strings attached one night stand" before she gets married because Roger is the only other guy she has been with. She makes arrangements with Austin to make her last night of freedom one to remember.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">I never knew the depths of love until she came into my life and bonded hers to mine on our wedding day. Our journey together is a celebration of a love and happiness that is sealed by two people and confirmed by devotion.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Valentine's Day in Dareville finds the Briscoes and Garristons sharing a cozy evening with a romantic dinner and a box of chocolates for dessert. This is no ordinary Whitman's Sampler, they soon find as each little nibble inspires different cravings altogether. Sex is like a box of chocolates...so many varieties, and all of them delicious!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 114 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p><strong>The Bad Widow</strong></p> <p><em>Barbara Elsborg</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Rose Thorne doesn’t want much. She’d like a man to love and for village idiots to stop claiming she’s a witch. Just because she does a little magic doesn’t mean they need to burn her at the stake. It takes ages to get the smell of smoke out of her hair. On her way home after foraging for mushrooms, she’s assaulted by two local lechers. Her rescuer appears out of the mist—a tall, dark, handsome stranger with a mouth-watering body. Finally something in her miserable life is going right. Furthermore, her savior turns out to be mute, so he can’t ruin things by saying something stupid.</p> <p> </p> <p>Can life get any better?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Kelly Morgan takes her best friend Vince on a vacation to the City of Sin to recover from the breakup of his marriage. But sin, lust and alcohol don’t mix, especially when you’re sharing a room with a sexy, hard-muscled bodybuilder. One who dances part-time and has moves Kelly can only wonder about. One who shows a vast amount of tanned, smooth skin as he wanders around the motel room in briefs…and nothing else.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 286 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">Randall thinks Lindsay Taylor is sexy as hell, but she stays clear because he’s the boss’ son. When Lindsay is in a car accident, Randy throws all his rules out the window to be at her side. They share a heated kiss, but for the weeks she’s on temporary leave Lindsay ignores his calls. Now that it’s her first day back at work, he plans to convince her they’re meant to be together. When he finally gets her alone, he shows her all the physical pleasures she’s been missing out on, heating up the bedroom to scorching levels.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 330 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p><strong>Danu, The Return</strong></p> <p><em>Sally Painter</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>Part of The Hussies series.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>Danu has one weakness—hot, sexy dragon-hunter Ragna. As leader of the Hussy Warrior Hunters, she reaped eternity with him in the Netherworld—until now.</p> <p> </p> <p>Destiny calls Danu back to Earth—alone. Torn between her sacred duty and her lover, Danu agonizes over losing Ragna forever. Strong, fearless Ragna makes her mindless with desire, and each time he touches her, Danu melts. Ragna is powerless to stop her from being ripped from his arms. His last words ring in her ears… He’ll find a way to return to her.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Desire in the Dark</strong></p> <p><em>Naima Simone</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Alise has been in love with Mac since she moved to New Eden, Washington. Unfortunately, the sexy attorney considers her a friend…and not one “with benefits”. Just as Alise decides unrequited love is for fools and poets, a freak thunderstorm plummets the town into darkness and traps her with the man who has starred in her every erotic fantasy for the past year. A blackout. Wine. A gorgeous man. Anything could happen.</p> <p> </p> <p><i>Note: Readers first met Alise and Mac in Ms. Simone’s</i> Sweet Ultimatum<i>.</i><i></i></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Eland</strong></p> <p><em>Allyson James</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Like many Bor Nargan women, Jeanne has never had sex. The planet publically shuns intercourse, branding women as wicked for even talking about sexual urges. Then a man unlike any she’s ever seen stumbles through her door—literally. Even his disheveled appearance doesn’t stop her from wanting to strip bare and place her body in his talented hands.</p> <p> </p> <p>Created solely for pleasure, Eland is a level-three Shareem. Rough, edgy, commanding. Oh, the things he could teach Jeanne…if he can stay alive long enough.</p> <p> </p> <p><i>Publisher’s Note: Sexy and sensual? Or down and dirty? If you enjoyed this tantalizing taste, the Tales of the Shareem series has a level of pleasure just for you.</i></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN">For Dani, it’s being bold and brazen enough to have sex before an audience. The thrill of performing empowers her. The idea of others being titillated by witnessing her intimate gratification excites her. Mikael has given her an extravagant present, a trip to </span>Pigalle<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN">—<city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Paris</place></city>’ notorious red light district—where they will satisfy her wildest fantasy and perhaps discover a few new ones along the way.</span></font></font></p><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font><p></p>
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<div><p><strong>Hunting Evander</strong></p> <p><em>Kim Knox</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Narda is on a hunt.</p> <p> </p> <p>Her target, Doran Van Evander, has holed up on a mining planet. But her hunt won’t be simple or easy. Planet Lisala-7 is in the grip of a festival, one they’ve made compulsory. Five days of licensed debauchery and now, with her body on fire from the touch of strangers, Narda must find her target before her time runs out. Failing is not an option. But in this game, who is the hunter and who is the prey?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Dru Summers can never wait until Christmas morning to open her presents. So when her husband Ryan puts a new one underneath the tree on Christmas Eve, she can’t help but sneak downstairs to take a peek while he’s sleeping. When Ryan catches her in the act, he decides the best way to deal with her behavior is to give her that spanking she so richly deserves. To her surprise, it turns out to be the best Christmas present of her life!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 204 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p><strong>First Taste</strong></p> <p><em>Paisley Smith</em></p> <p> </p> <p>It’s Natalie’s ten-year high school reunion and she’s reluctantly joined the planning committee. Things start to look up, though, when she finds that Haley Moore is on the committee—and she’s even more gorgeous than Natalie remembered.</p> <p> </p> <p>Ten years before, Natalie and Haley had experimented sexually together, but when high school ended, they went their separate ways. Their unexpected reunion finds them ready to make up for lost time, both in bed and out.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Haunted by the Past</strong></p> <p><em>Riley Ashford</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Twila spent the best summer of her teenage years at Miller’s Lake. She never forgot the night she saw the ghostly Bride drift across the water, or the reason she’d been inside the rickety old row boat—her first real crush, Kyle Danport.</p> <p> </p> <p>Ten years later, Twila decides Miller’s Lake is the perfect place for emotional convalescence. She figures the boy and the ghost are long gone, but it seems neither of ’em left. Both want something from her—the Bride, to solve a fifty-year-old mystery, and Kyle, to finish what they’d started on that long ago starlit night…</p> <p> </p> <p><i>Publisher Note:  This story was previously published elsewhere under the title</i> Haunted by You.<i></i></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Trace, a movie stuntman, will do anything—anything at all—for his best friend’s widow. He sets out to give Allie what she asked for, a vacation at the House of a Thousand Pleasures, complete with a very lifelike robot who is going to make her wildest sexual dreams come true.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Allie soon learns the robot is really Trace. He’s on a mission—to make Allie love him enough to overlook the fact he’s in the same business that killed her husband, and take him on for more than a few days of pure sexual pleasure.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 338 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p><strong>Interlude in Pearl</strong></p> <p><em>Emily Ryan-Davis</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Sequel to <i>All the Trees in Pearl</i> and <i>All the Women in Pearl.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>Twin Mountains Ranch foreman Mickey Lowe can’t sit through one more night of newlywed relations without losing his mind. Packing up his frustration and yearning, he delivers himself to Pearl spinster Emma Morgan with the intent to inspire some lusty cries of his own.</p> <p> </p> <p>When the cowboy comes knocking at Emma’s door late in the night, she believes she knows what he wants and she is ready for him in an instant…until she discovers what he’s really after.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Larkspur</strong></p> <p><em>Anny Cook</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>A stand-alone dragon story in the world of the Flowers of Camelot series.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>There’s nothing worse than a horny dragon in search of his mate. Rajah, second-in-command to Percival the Wise, is winging over the northern seas when he spies the lissome Larkspur fleeing, with pirates in hot pursuit.</p> <p> </p> <p>Larkspur has dreamed about mating with a fabulous dragon of Chrystal Isle. When Rajah snatches her to the safety of his arms at the last possible moment, carrying her off to his lair, it leads to hours of hot lovemaking as he practices his most seductive wiles on his chosen mate.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="Chapter" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua">His Voice, His Command</font></font></strong></span></p><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></strong><p></p>
<p class="ChapterSubtitle" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Vonna Harper</font></font></em></span></p><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></em><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">A door closes behind Rina, trapping her in a sensual world. A powerful and imposing man orders her to surrender everything to him. Heart hammering and body crying out for sex, she begins to obey the male she calls Sir. With the loss of each piece of clothing, she sinks deeper into sensation. A part of her wants to flee, to return to order and reason, but how can she think, let alone act, when his hands freely roam her captured body?</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">As for Sir, he won’t accept anything less than total obedience from his sex slave.</font></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Hot for the Reunion</strong></p> <p><em>Ann Jacobs</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>Introducing the Gridiron Lovers series.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>Twenty years ago Cal Tate played hard on and off the high-school football field he’s now trying to renovate. The former quarterback’s memories of hot times under the bleachers are still there, and it doesn’t take long for his libido to kick in when he gets up close and personal with his assistant on the project. </p> <p> </p> <p>Melanie Anthony once lusted after Cal from afar, but in those days a girl’s reputation was everything. Times have changed, and now Melanie’s ready to be “bad” and sample every inch of Cal in the flesh.</p> <p> </p> <p>Mutual lust runs so hot it overwhelms them both and overshadows the reunion that first brought them together.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="Chapter" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua">Hot Moon Rising</font></font></strong></span></p><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></strong><p></p>
<p class="ChapterSubtitle" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Desiree Holt</font></font></em></span></p><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></em><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Line of Sight</i>, Charlie Aquino had trouble believing his partner, Jesse Farrell, fell in love with a shapeshifter. Now he’s drawn to one himself, Liane Cosa, a woman who makes his blood boil, his body hard, and erotic images scream in his brain. One hot night, beneath a full moon, they finally come together, indulging themselves in an orgy of unbridled lust where anything goes. But what will happen when the moon finally sets and daylight creeps up on them?<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"></span></font></font></p><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font><p></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Kayla’s Birthday Present</strong></p> <p><em>Ashlyn Chase</em></p> <p>Kayla’s best friend Marcus returned from Kuwait just in time to celebrate her fortieth birthday. She never expected to cry about it or let him comfort her with sex, but that’s what happened.</p> <p>The next day Marcus confessed the feelings he’d had for her all along and then gave her the best lovemaking of her life. After spending her week-long “staycation” in bed with Marcus, can Kayla let him leave when he’s transferred to Alaska? She won’t go with him. The career she worked so hard to build is something she loves too.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="Chapter" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua">Master’s Thief<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"></span></font></font></strong></p><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></strong><p></p>
<p class="ChapterSubtitle" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Nicole Austin</font></font></em></span></p><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></em><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">A mere servant’s daughter, Jamillah is forbidden to love Prince Zahir. They’ve been kept apart since their childhood bond was discovered. Painfully aware of the consequences, Jamillah shamefully resorts to stealing to ensure her survival. When she is caught in the act, it’s Prince Zahir’s duty to administer punishment for her crime.</font></font></span></p><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Zahir will not take his pretty desert rose’s hands. He will take all of her—master his naughty sex slave, thief of his heart.</font></font></span></p><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font><p></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Maui Heat</strong></p> <p><em>Ari Thatcher</em></p> <p> </p> <p>It’s the final night of her summer job on Maui. Her last chance to see him alone. Maggie plans to make it a night she’ll never forget—one of amazingly hot sex with her coworker Gabe.</p> <p> </p> <p>Gabe wishes he’d said something sooner, taken their friendship to the next level. He’s more than willing to slip away with Maggie for a private farewell. But he’s the one all the other summer workers turn to when the party gets too wild, and this is definitely the wildest party of the summer. Is the island big enough for them to escape their meddling friends and release the passion burning inside them?</p> <p> </p> <p><i>You can catch up with Gabe and Maggie when they meet again fifteen years later, in</i> Maui Rekindled.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Nocked for a Loop</strong></p> <p><em>Sam Cheever</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>Set in the same world as </i>Nocked Over<i>.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>When Cupid Christian Kairos sees the lush, beautiful goddess Arion on Olympus, he’s drawn to her like a bee to pollen. Her reaction to him suggests she feels the same. So when they find themselves alone together, it doesn’t take long for them to pollinate. Christian decides he <i>has</i> to have her for his own. Unfortunately she’s been promised to another.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<p class="ChapterSubtitle" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Sally Painter</font></font></em></span></p><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></em><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Alexia was in trouble the moment Haden Tate kissed her. The months trying to gain access to him had been worth it. His passion overwhelms her and Alexia’s plans come undone in a moment of lust. Desire burns her to her toes and her resolve to remain unemotional about the handsome man and his secret sex club melts under his possession.</font></font></span></p><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Haden is hiding more than a private voyeur club within the walls of his <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Savannah</place></city> nightclub. He’s protecting a darker secret and if this sexy bombshell reporter doesn’t stop teasing him, he may just reveal the naked truth to her.</font></font></span></p><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font><p></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Outlaw Lovers Dossier</strong></p> <p><em>Jan Springer</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Dossier is a scorching peek into a future world where most of the female population has been killed by the X-virus. Where women struggle with searing sexual arousal, submissiveness or naughty fantasies as well as coping with the Claiming Law, where females have no rights and are sexually claimable by groups of men.</p> <p> </p> <p>Immerse yourself in exclusive intimate interviews with four of the sexy Outlaw brothers. Learn about the women they crave, about their books, an informative glossary, a succulent chocolate cake recipe and much more in this handbook on the popular series.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Peak Energy</strong></p> <p><em>Afton Locke</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Astrophysicist Dr. Jay Walters needs to find enough energy to launch and control a spaceship for Planet Chromefield’s new space program. When sexy Lorna, the object of his fantasies, seduces him one day at lunch, he discovers what may be the greatest source of sexual energy between her shapely legs. His hunch is proven correct when he tests her energy during a private experiment. But when he instructs her to get as horny as she possibly can, she needs a little help from the doctor.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Zadie’s negative attitude leads to the loss of her boyfriend, job and flat. Now she’s determined to be a yes  girl. Yes, she’d love to flat sit while the owner is away, but one look at the mess and she wishes she’d said no.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">No is the last thing Tristan expects to hear when he proposes in front of his girlfriend’s family. Humiliated, he hides out in his brother’s empty flat without asking because he really doesn’t want to hear another no.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">What he needs is a woman who’ll say yes…yes…yes… Could that be Zadie?</p><p class="description">Zadie’s negative attitude leads to the loss of her boyfriend, job and flat. Now she’s determined to be a yes girl. Yes, she’d love to flat sit while the owner is away, but one look at the mess and she wishes she’d said no.</p><p class="description">No is the last thing Tristan expects to hear when he proposes in front of his girlfriend’s family. Humiliated, he hides out in his brother’s empty flat without asking because he really doesn’t want to hear another no.</p><p class="description">What he needs is a woman who’ll say yes…yes…yes… Could that be Zadie?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 399 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p><strong>Scoring</strong></p> <p><em>Mari Carr</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Never accuse Coach Tony Peterson of being a quitter, on the gridiron or in his personal life. For a year, his attempts to date Lowell High’s hot little choral director have failed. Melanie Ward is convinced that touchdowns and tempos don’t mix, despite Tony’s irresistible charm. When Tony finally wrangles a date, he schools Mel in blazing explorations of the physical kind. But for Tony, the night isn’t just about scoring—he’s playing for keeps.</p> <p> </p> <p><i>Meet other sexy Lowell staffers in </i>Retreat<i> and </i>Covert Lessons<i>.</i></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Reaper’s Justice</strong></p> <p><em>Charlotte Boyett-Compo</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>Reaper’s Justice is set in the world of the WesternWind series, but can be read as a standalone story.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>Kasid Jaborn never thought he would find his soul mate. He had given up hope of ever knowing the gentleness of a woman’s hand upon his body. Locked down behind the steel doors of the Reaper compound, Kasid runs into the one woman destined to be his. In the sweltering heat of the closed building where the Citadel’s air-conditioning has failed and tempers are beginning to flare red-hot, Kasid and his ladylove start their own raging inferno.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Seychelles Sunset</strong></p> <p><em>Lynne Connolly</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>Part of the Cougar Challenge series and a sequel to</i> Beauty of Sunset<i>.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>John and Edie are in a rut. At a loss for how to recapture their magic, they decide on a holiday in the Seychelles to talk and recuperate from their busy lives. When Edie arrives, she finds herself alone, and wonders if John is really committed to their affair. When John arrives he has surprising news for Edie, but first, he needs her in his bed. But is this one last time or does he have more in mind?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Spirit Lifter</strong></p> <p><em>Debra Glass</em></p> <p> </p> <p>After his girlfriend leaves him, Reed Severin is depressed, unwilling to lose his heart again…until he rescues a beautiful woman from the massive Tennessee River. Despite whispers of danger, Reed loses himself in Cora’s willing body, exploring erotic passion unlike anything he’s ever known—until Cora inexplicably vanishes.</p> <p> </p> <p>Reed soon discovers his newfound lover is a ghost, an ethereal beauty who’s seeking justice for her untimely death. And perhaps one last taste of the pleasures of the flesh.</p> <p> </p> <p><i>Meet Reed’s spirit-ensnaring stepsisters and more sexy ghosts from the south in the Phantom Lovers books—</i>Gatekeeper<i>, </i>Shadowkeeper<i> and </i>Watchkeeper<i>.</i></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">I was having a fabulous extended gap year in Oz. Sun, sea, sand and seriously hot surfers rolling in on every wave. Mmm, what could possibly be better?</p><p class="description">But then I was taken…taken against my will. Stolen like a prized object. I was tied up, held for ransom. I didn’t know if I would survive, if I would walk away alive. And then, to top it all off, I was tortured in the sweetest, most delicious, most sensual way imaginable.</p><p class="description">That was when I realized my fun down under had only just begun.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 278 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">“I want to taste you.” His voice seduced her. His body, costumed in a linen kilt and a mask of the ancient Egyptian lion-headed god of the massacre, made her body burn.</font></font></span></p><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">It was inappropriate, unprofessional, but when he spoke, “I’m not a gentle lover. I’ll take you fast. I’ll take you hard, and I won’t stop until we’ve both come,” Diana willingly took the plunge into decadence, forgetting where they were and who she was.</font></font></span></p><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font><p></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<p class="ChapterSubtitle" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Cyna Kade</font></font></em></span></p><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></em><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.75in"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">Kortal, Darinthian Ambassador to Earth, immediately recognizes Tessa as his fated companion. Coming from a planet inhabited by powerful men who sexually enslave women, and aroused and dominant by nature, Kortal sees no reason to delay the linking ritual. He’s waited too long to find this woman.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">Overwhelmed by Kortal’s aggressive sexuality, Tessa doesn’t stand a chance against him or his Darinthian magic.</font></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="Chapter" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua">Thrill of the Hunt</font></font></strong></span></p><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></strong><p></p>
<p class="ChapterSubtitle" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Nathalie Gray</font></font></em></span></p><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></em><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">She wakes in a cell, darkness her only garment. Spec-ops soldier Clara Steel knows the price of capture behind enemy lines. And she is not alone. There is a man with her, one who fires her senses. His voice is velvet. His wicked words an electric current on her skin. They thrill and stir, stimulate and shock. Each decadent threat fills her mind’s eye with images of raw abandon. He is a professional, he assures her, sent to break her. And when he begins, Clara’s world becomes a feverish voyage into surrender and ecstasy.</font></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Cat’s last task in the Extreme Challenge is to give a lap dance to a stranger. Simple—until she landed on Grant Evanston’s lap. Now she’s a pulsating wreck each time she rubs against him. The new challenge is to not have an orgasm in front of everyone.</p><p class="description">Grant needs a woman to accept his true gargoyle form before sunrise or he’ll be imprisoned in stone for another twenty years. His extreme challenge just became to not rip the scant costume from the curvaceous Cat. The sexy redhead has set him on fire and there’s only one way this teasing lap dance can end.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 366 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Discovering Sofia</p><p class="description">Sofia has struggled with insecurities since her ex-husband’s infidelity—until she meets a hitchhiker. A muscular, sexy younger man with a beautiful ass. Impulsively, she pulls her car to the side of the road and gives the scrumptious hunk a ride.</p><p class="description">Jake’s an adventurous charmer who lets Sofia know exactly how desirable she is—proving it with his skillful hands before she even stops the car. Sofia realizes she might have found a solution to her battered self-esteem, if she has the nerve to take what Jake’s offering—a ride of the more carnal variety.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 213 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><div><p><strong>The After Party</strong></p> <p><em>Wynter Daniels</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Victoria meets a handsome stranger at a relative’s wedding. When he asks her out for a drink after, she invites him to her place. After a steamy encounter, they discover they have more than their profession and their love of cats in common. Their paths have crossed before. But will that connection end what they’ve just begun?</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p><strong>Acquired Taste</strong></p> <p><em>Shayla Kersten</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>Sequel to</i> <i>Icing on the Cake.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>Jeff knows Ollie is the best thing to happen to him since the invention of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Too bad Jeff’s determined to screw things up. If the thought of walking away after three months hurts this much, Jeff knows he’d never survive when things eventually did end.</p> <p> </p> <p>Ollie refuses to let Jeff go without mixing up a batch of hot sex—his way. While bondage might be an acquired taste, Jeff’s never given it a chance. Now Ollie plans to shake and bake Jeff’s world—before kicking him to the curb.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p><strong>After the Ceremony</strong></p> <p><em>Tielle St. Clare</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>Part of the Wolf’s Heritage series.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>The fun begins. After the ceremony.</p> <p> </p> <p>For Zach, Taylor and Mikhel’s wedding is a bittersweet event. He’s thrilled for his lovers but feels left out. Still, he’s going to do everything in his power so they can have the perfect wedding night. Just the two of them. But Taylor and Mik have other plans. Their perfect wedding night involves Zach and the wicked, wicked things they do together.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p><strong>Let’s Get Naked</strong></p> <p><em>Marianne LaCroix</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Maddie is a thirty-nine-year-old divorcee forced to start over again with her sex life. She resorts to an online romance with a man while fantasizing about her much younger next-door neighbor, Ryan. When her online friend suggests they meet, the last person Maddie expects is the very man she’s been lusting after. Ryan’s plotted her seduction for months—and now it’s time for them both to live out a few sexual fantasies.</p></div><br><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p><strong>Sporting Wood</strong></p> <p><em>Cindy Spencer Pape</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>Part of the Immortal Cravings series.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>What happens when a werewolf and a dryad meet in the forest at night? For Cooper and Kyla, the result is smoldering-hot passion beyond anything they’ve ever known.</p> <p> </p> <p>Even though there’s no real future for a botany professor and a nymph who lives in a tree, Coop keeps returning, night after night, for the steamiest sex of his life. When their fiery passion turns to love, it seems hopeless, unless a determined Kyla can find a way to keep her man.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Powerhouse attorney Liza Woodward knows a little something about losing control and it’s been her life’s mission never to do it again, especially when it comes to small-town lawyer Tyler Blackwell.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Ty takes one look at the woman he’s always loved and knows it’s way past time he seduced away the control she wears like a suit of armor. It will take a steady hand, a bit of dominance, and a little breath of magic from a Christmas Elf to win this sassy Texas woman.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 1254 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Val knows all her husband’s moves—and that’s their problem. After five years of marriage they’ve fallen into a rut. Sex with Gary has become…mundane. She still loves him and knows he loves her, but are they still in love?</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Gary also knows they need a change. Maybe add a little kink to their sex life? Maybe Valerie tied to the bed—his to play with and command? Valerie discovers a whole new side of her husband as they peel away the “ordinary” and realize just how hot their love still is.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 403 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p><strong>Changing Perspective</strong></p> <p><em>Marilu Mann</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>Part of the Lusting Wild series.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>Nolan wants nothing to do with Shilah. No matter how hot the other man makes him, Shilah runs with shifters responsible for the death of Nolan’s lover.</p> <p> </p> <p>Shilah drifts through life and has drifted to New Orleans. He doesn’t do commitment, but he’d definitely like to <i>do</i> his new boss. After their first bout of scorching sex, Shilah’s thinking of sticking around, but he’ll have to change both his perspective and Nolan’s.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">When three of Santa’s elves were ordered to provide happily ever afters for the Woodward sisters, they promised themselves a celebration if they were successful. Sharing a motel room during their assignment created a whole new level of sexual awareness among them, where boundaries were breaking down mentally day by day. With arousal at its peak after they all succeed, they decide to indulge in a sexual game of Truth or Dare, which will give a whole new slant to their friendship and allow them to explore their darkest fantasies—maybe even love</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 568 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="Chapter" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua">Playing Hardball</font></font></strong></span></p><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></strong><p></p>
<p class="ChapterSubtitle" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Madison Hayes</font></font></em></span></p><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></em><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">This story revisits the characters from Miss September, a book from the Calendar Girls series.</font></font></span></i></p><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></i><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">A furious Renny shows up at the ball field after Colt’s game and slaps her wedding band into his hand before stalking away. His brothers, Bolt and Cord, are there to help tie her to the wire fence at the back of the dugout. Once they’re alone, Colt puts his all into showing his headstrong wife just who her sweet little ass belongs to.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 1.75in"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">But despite the hot sex, Renny still doubts her husband’s love. Until Bolt steps in to clear the air and help Renny get payback.</font></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="Chapter" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua">Saturday Night Fever</font></font></strong></span></p><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></strong><p></p>
<p class="ChapterSubtitle" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Ciana Stone</font></font></em></span></p><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></em><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">Fantasy. I’d dreamed of being the woman I read about in romance novels—the heroine who meets the drop-dead-gorgeous alpha male who wants nothing more than to satisfy my every sexual fantasy. I never thought it would happen.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">But here I am, spending one night with a total stranger in a private room of a sex club, celebrating my freedom from a passionless marriage. My fantasy is about to begin. And you know what they say about fantasy. It’s never what you imagine.</font></p>
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<div><p><strong>Sin Eater</strong></p> <p><em>Evangeline Anderson</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Lena is a rare and valued Sin Eater whose function in life is to transform pain and need to pleasure. Dedicated to the service of the god-king Karn the Insatiable, she has spent the last year training in the erotic arts. There’s just one problem—Lena has fallen in love with her teacher. The tall, muscular man with wintry gray eyes pushes her limits, constantly testing her.</p> <p> </p> <p>Struggling with her feelings during her final erotic test, Lena wonders how she can leave her beloved teacher and give her heart to a man she’s never met to fulfill her destiny as a Sin Eater.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="Chapter" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua">Skin Magic</font></font></strong></span></p><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></strong><p></p>
<p class="ChapterSubtitle" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Kim Knox</font></font></em></span></p><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></em><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">As a new emperor ascends the throne, the city of the Rhodoi is about to run with blood. Larissa has to escape. Her only way out is to accept a bargain made with Xander, a beautiful stranger who practices mysterious spirit magic. She knows the deal could cost her a piece of her soul, but the magician’s spirits want something else. Something she never expected. They want her body, her untouched flesh…for Xander’s own pleasure.<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"></span></font></font></p><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font><p></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Spirit’s Release</strong></p> <p><em>Téa Trelawny</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Sex generates enough energy for ghosts to manifest. That’s Dera’s theory, and the sultry ghost hunter wants to test it with her sexy ex-boss.</p> <p> </p> <p>Alec repressed his hunger for Dera when she worked for him, but three years later she wants to use his body for paranormal research…and use it hard. If raw sex can save his new business from the ghost that threatens it, it’s all in the name of science, right? The fact that his partner will be delicious Dera only makes the experiment more enticing. But will the ghost cooperate…or get in the way?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Maddie Woodward is in a pickle. The last person she expects to see when she returns to the family ranch for one last Christmas is her former lover, Zach Brennan. He’s hotter as he ever was, all male and determined to get her naked. She’s just as determined to show him she’s over him—until she ends up in his bed, enjoying the wildest sex of her life. A night of uncontrolled, erotic sex shows her that Zach is far from out of her life. Now if she can just get him to help her convince her sisters not to sell the ranch…</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 1334 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">Hoping to get back in Santa’s good graces, Sparkle the elf takes on a difficult assignment—arrange a merry Christmas for photojournalist Jenna Woodward. Jenna has just lost her parents, her job, and her cheating “fiancé”.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Rancher Mitch Sterling doesn’t want his face on a book, but he does want Jenna back in his life. He offers a deal—he’ll sign off, if she agrees to be at his mercy for one day. Jenna left him once because she was afraid of his Dominant lifestyle. Now, with help from a magical snowstorm, Mitch has twenty-four hours of tempestuous passion to convince her that she’ll love being his sub.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 1097 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p><strong>Who Knew</strong></p> <p><em>Amarinda Jones</em></p> <p> </p> <p>The last thing on Bridie Clare’s mind was sex when she banged off a furious e-mail to head office. James Harper was stunned then amused after reading her angry words. Who was this woman? But soon a heated verbal exchange becomes something more. Anger becomes lust—then desperate longing to meet and touch a lover.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><strong>Yuletide Enchantment</strong></p> <p><em>Cindy Spencer Pape</em></p> <p> </p> <p>The company Christmas party goes awry in an erotic way when quiet accountant Shelby Carter is magically whisked into a miniature Victorian village with the boss’s gorgeous son, Noel Holiday. Noel has always honored the policy against fraternization, but when he’s trapped for several days with sweet, sexy Shelby, he decides it’s time to start breaking the rules.</p> <p> </p> <p>While exploring the enchanted surroundings, they delve into their deepest fantasies, even acting out scenes from a collection of erotic Victorian postcards. After all, what’s Christmas without a little magic and a whole lot of sexy fun?</p> <p> </p> <p>Though Shelby’s crazy about Noel, she’s sure he’ll forget all about her once their interlude is over. But Noel has fallen head over snow boots in love with Shelby. Now he just has to convince her that holiday wishes can come true, and his devotion will last beyond their <i>Yuletide Enchantment</i>.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p><strong>Tasting Devilish Delights</strong></p> <p><em>Tara Nina</em></p> <p> </p> <p>When Antonio promises an anniversary present she’ll never forget, Livia’s imagination takes flight. Blindfolded, she awaits their next erotic adventure with high expectations. When her eyes are uncovered, she discovers a world of toys and adventure as she stands in the middle of Devilish Delights, a sex toyshop.</p> <p> </p> <p>He knows she loves having sex in public. She knows he loves hot, sexy lingerie. The store sets the perfect setting to fulfill both their fantasies. The dressing room will never be the same after Livia and Antonio taste devilish delights in the form of an erotic anniversary escapade.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p><strong>Mating Bonds</strong></p> <p><em>Nina Pierce</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>Part of the Shifting Bonds series.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>Danger threatens at every turn in Lonesome Forks. Just for one night, Jayda, Zane and Cole want to put the politics of warring shifters aside and enjoy the carnal pleasures of their mated triad.</p> <p> </p> <p>Tempted into shifting and lured into the Montana forest by pride leader Zane Brodan, polymorphic shifter Jayda Kynslan can’t resist her cougar mate’s seduction. And when wolf leader Cole Takoda joins the fun, what’s a gal to do but give herself over to her animal urges and enjoy the lustful temptations offered by both her mates.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p><strong>Undone by the Undead</strong></p> <p><em>Isabelle Drake</em></p> <p> </p> <p>The Boston Public Library is lonely in the middle of a snow storm, but Hayden isn’t going anywhere until he gets what he wants—information he can use for a tabloid newspaper article he’s writing. A book on zombie sex rituals promises exactly what he needs to please his boss, who’s convinced the undead are roaming the streets.</p> <p> </p> <p>Hayden’s been buried in research for so long, he can’t resist the urgent, sexual advances of the smudgy-eyed girl in tattered tights who climbs in through the library window. But is she human, something conjured by his imagination…or a zombie in need of human flesh?</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p><strong>Lightning Strikes Twice</strong></p> <p><em>Shelley Munro</em></p> <p> </p> <p><i>Part of the Middlemarch Mates series.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>Lisa Jordan lost her husband two years ago and now it’s time to start living again. At the Middlemarch singles’ ball, she’s attracted to a sexy shifter, but his identity is a shock. Years ago she used to babysit him and now she feels like a dirty old woman.</p> <p> </p> <p>Sam Mitchell has harbored a crush on Lisa for years and is eager to stake his claim. A few dances turns into a one-night stand full of exciting, satisfying sex. Sam wants more but first he’ll need to persuade Lisa to his way of thinking.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Ten victims, each with pale skin and long dark hair. All have been slashed across the throat, the same red lipstick smeared across their lips.</p><p>In the mid-1980s the Snow White Killer terrorized the streets of Nashville, Tennessee. Then suddenly the murders stopped. A letter from the killer to the police stated that his work was done.</p><p>Now four more bodies are found, marked with his fatal signature. The residents of Nashville fear a madman has returned, decades later, to finish his sick fairy tale. Homicide Lieutenant Taylor Jackson believes the killings are the work of a copycat killer who's even more terrifying. For this monster is meticulously honing his craft as he mimics famous serial murders…proving that the past is not to be forgotten. </p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.</p><p class="description">Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time. THE WHEEL OF TIME Book One:The Eye of the World Book Two:The Great Hunt Book Three:The Dragon Reborn Book Four:The Shadow Rising Book Five:The Fires of Heaven Book Six:Lord of Chaos Book Seven:A Crown of Swords Book Eight:The Path of Daggers Book Nine:Winter's Heart Book Ten:Crossroads of Twilight</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS. SOME ARE JUST TOO HARD TO TELL—-BUT TOO HOT TO KEEP. . .It's been fifteen years since the Bennetts were all in one place, at one time, and now at a total blowout of a reunion four special cousins' hidden desires and long-kept secrets will challenge their bond, test their courage, and change their hearts forever. . .Taye is a hair stylist with big ambitions. She's trusted the wrong men in the past and now she determined to land the right one, no matter who stands in her way.</p><p class="description">Michael is a widowed airline pilot struggling to manage his teenage daughter, but turbulence comes when a new passion enters his life.</p><p class="description">Alexia was the chubby little girl who has turned into a sexy superstar who seems to have it all. . .except the one thing she's always wanted to make her life complete: a child. Now she has the perfect man in mind to be the father of her child. . .without his knowledge.</p><p class="description">Rae'jean is the pretty young doctor engaged to be married, but happiness still eludes her because her past is shrouded in mystery. And before she can say "I do" she must come home to finally learn the truth. EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS. SOME ARE JUST TOO HARD TO TELL—-BUT TOO HOT TO KEEP. . .It's been fifteen years since the Bennetts were all in one place, at one time, and now at a total blowout of a reunion four special cousins' hidden desires and long-kept secrets will challenge their bond, test their courage, and change their hearts forever. . .Taye is a hair stylist with big ambitions. She's trusted the wrong men in the past and now she determined to land the right one, no matter who stands in her way.</p><p class="description">Michael is a widowed airline pilot struggling to manage his teenage daughter, but turbulence comes when a new passion enters his life.</p><p class="description">Alexia was the chubby little girl who has turned into a sexy superstar who seems to have it all. . .except the one thing she's always wanted to make her life complete: a child. Now she has the perfect man in mind to be the father of her child. . .without his knowledge.</p><p class="description">Rae'jean is the pretty young doctor engaged to be married, but happiness still eludes her because her past is shrouded in mystery. And before she can say "I do" she must come home to finally learn the truth.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Washington, D.C., activist Samantha Montgomery faces the controversy of a lifetime when she agrees to help handsome civil rights attorney Chad Rushmore take on a landmark police-brutality case. Not only does their sudden, fiery attraction endanger the already troubled lawsuit, but it puts Samantha at heartbreaking odds with her attorney sister, Simone. With both family and a cause at stake, Samantha must walk a dangerous line between passion and loyalty, duty and desire…to discover the most fulfilling love of all.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<p>With African, French, Arabic and Amerindian influences, the food and culture of Haiti are fascinating subjects to explore. From the days of slavery to present times, traditional Haitian cuisine has relied upon staples like root vegetables, pork, fish, and flavor enhancers like Pikliz (picklese, or hot pepper vinegar) and Zepis (ground spices). This cookbook offers over 100 traditional Haitian recipes, including traditional holiday foods and the author's favorite drinks and desserts. Information on Haiti's history, holidays and celebrations, necessary food staples, and cooking methods will guide the home chef on a culinary adventure to this beautiful island. Recipe titles are given in English, Creole, and French.</p>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Devastated by her young nephew's death, Molly McCreight rejects God's presence in her life. But when a sudden storm brings her together with UPS driver Ethan Hunter, Molly learns the power of love and how healing it can be. Original.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/25/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 2959 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p>Part of The Hussies series<br><br>Sara's life is filled with mysteries. Why did her parents abandon her as a baby? What's behind the baffling blackouts she suffers and the frightening images she creates while she's out? Who is the strange woman claiming to hold the answers, and why does she keep calling Sara a Hussy?<br><br>Morgan's got a few mysteries of his own. What was his father going to give him on the day he died — the gift he said would change Morgan's life? Who is this bewitching woman who keeps passing out and creating pictures of his past and future — and why was she sent to save his life?<br><br>All they both know from the moment they meet is that the bond between them is stronger — and more passionate — than anything either has ever known. And that fate has brought them together for a very important reason. If only they knew what it was.<br></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><div><h3>When a local girl falls prey to a sadistic serial killer, Nashville Homicide 
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themselves in a joint investigation pursuing a vicious murderer. The Southern 
Strangler is slaughtering his way through the Southeast, leaving a gruesome 
memento at each crime scene—the prior victim's severed hand. <br><br>Ambitious 
TV reporter Whitney Connolly is certain the Southern Strangler is her ticket out 
of Nashville; she's got a scoop that could break the case. She has no idea how 
close to this story she really is—or what it will cost her.As the killer spirals 
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Talia, Herald to the Queen of Valdemar, travels to a neighboring realm to investigate a prince's proposal to marry the Queen's heir, but discovers an evil plot to destroy Valdemar.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Set in the medieval fantasy kingdom of Valdemar, this unique and exciting novel continues the story of Talia. Having mastered the powers necessary to a guardian of the kingdom, she faces the final preparation for her initiation as adviser and protector of the Queen.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  2/13/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4559 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Talia, a runaway Holdgirl, is chosen to become a trainee herald in the queen's elite guard and to care for young Princess Elspeth, heir to the throne. The sequels are Arrow's Flight (1987) and Arrow's Fall (1988). The author's Last Herald Mage series (Magic's Pawn, 1989; Magic's Price, 1990; and Magic's Promise, 1990), and her Mage Winds trilogy (Winds of Fate, 1991; Winds of Change, 1992; and Winds of Fury, 1993) are set in the same world. The Black Gryphon (1994), written by Lackey and Larry Dixon, is set in Valdemar 1,000 years earlier. Storm Warning (1994) is the first book in the author's Mage Storms trilogy, also set in Valdemar. Annotation. Talia, a young runaway, is made a herald at the royal court after she rescues one of the legendary Companions. When she uncovers a plot to seize the throne, Talia must use her empathic powers to save the queen. Talia, a trainee Herald, must use her untried psychic and empathic powers to protect the Queen of Valdemar and her child from a deadly conspiracy that threatens to destroy the kingdom.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Cookies and bars for every sweet tooth! Try Great Pumpkin Cookies, Gran's White Chocolate &amp; Cranberry Cookies or Peanut Butter Blossoms!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Eccentric spinster sisters Elf and Ally cannot keep their noses out of the way when someone, anyone, needs help or comfort. Elf, with her sharp mind, and Ally, with her soft heart, will arrive as quickly as horses can get them there.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 293 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p>Hamburgers, hot dogs, and barbecue ribs.Sounds like the perfect all-American cookout--unless you're a vegetarian. With more people adopting a mainly vegetarian diet, the choices might seem limited for all those great outdoor parties. Whether it's a barbecue or a picnic in the park, it's time to get creative with meatless summer meals! Inside are mouthwatering recipes such as:</p><ul><li>     Grilled Seitan with Apple Salsa </li> <li>     Creole Slaw </li> <li>     Grilled Eggplant Panini </li> <li>     Halloumi Skewers with Parsley &amp; Lemon Salsa </li> <li>     Barley Burgers on Rye BreadForget boring Boca burgers and bland pasta salad! This book shows you how to make delicious, unique, and fresh vegetarian meals so you'll never miss the burgers and dogs again! </li></ul></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>In the tenth book of he Wheel of Time from the New York Times #1 bestselling author Robert Jordan, the world and the characters stand at a crossroads, and the world approaches twilight, when the power of the Shadow grows stronger.</p><p class="description">Fleeing from Ebou Dar with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, whom he is fated to marry, Mat Cauthon learns that he can neither keep her nor let her go, not in safety for either of them, for both the Shadow and the might of the Seanchan Empire are in deadly pursuit.</p><p class="description">Perrin Aybara seeks to free his wife, Faile, a captive of the Shaido, but his only hope may be an alliance with the enemy. Can he remain true to his friend Rand and to himself? For his love of Faile, Perrin is willing to sell his soul.</p><p class="description">At Tar Valon, Egwene al'Vere, the young Amyrlin of the rebel Aes Sedai, lays siege to the heart of Aes Sedai power, but she must win quickly, with as little bloodshed as possible, for unless the Aes Sedai are reunited, only the male Asha'man will remain to defend the world against the Dark One, and nothing can hold the Asha'man themselves back from total power except the Aes Sedai and a unified White Tower.</p><p class="description">In Andor, Elayne Trakland fights for the Lion Throne that is hers by right, but enemies and Darkfriends surround her, plotting her destruction. If she fails, Andor may fall to the Shadow, and the Dragon Reborn with it.</p><p class="description">Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn himself, has cleansed the Dark One's taint from the male half of the True Source, and everything has changed. Yet nothing has, for only men who can channel believe that saidin is clean again, and a man who can channel is still hated and feared-even one prophesied to save the world. Now, Rand must gamble again, with himself at stake, and he cannot be sure which of his allies are really enemies.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>He’s throwing a kink—or two—in her plans… A Jane Porter story. Last night Jane met the Master of her dreams… Tall, dark and very Spanish, Antonio Villareal is a lover unlike any Jane has ever known—undeniably sexy and more than willing to help her explore her submissive side. To find a master who’s a natural dominant is one thing. But kind and considerate, as well? She can hardly believe her good fortune. Antonio is well aware that Jane is determined to keep their sexual relationship temporary. But he has a different plan in mind. In the morning he introduces her to his best friend…</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 1474 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and go. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.</p><p class="description">Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>In this chronicle of the early history of Valdemar, a thirteen-year old orphan named Magpie escapes a life of slavery in the gem mines when he is chosen by one of the magical companion horses of Valdemar to be trained as a herald. Thrust into the center of a legend in the making, Magpie discovers talents he never knew he had-and witnesses the founding of the great Heralds' Collegium.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>In the tradition of Kimberla Lawson Roby's Curtis Black novels, Lovely delvesinto the scandalous exploits of church folk in her newest novel featuring the Kingdom Citizen's congregation.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5213 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p><em>The Oedipal Complex has never been so sexy…</em></p> <p>Alex Carradine can’t believe his father wants to come and visit his ski resort. Could it be that after so many stormy years, “slick Mitch” Carradine wants to offer an olive branch? Maybe the old man is mellowing, settling down with the new lover he’s bringing along.</p> <p>Then Alex realizes the acid truth. This is no warm family visit. His father’s new conquest is none other than the woman of Alex’s sexual fantasies, meant only to dangle tauntingly in front of his face. At least an unexpected blizzard has frozen his father out of the picture entirely.</p> <p>Angeline Kastakis was looking forward to taking the next step in her relationship with Mitch. Too late, she realizes she’s been led into a familial battle zone. Now it’s Christmas and she’s marooned in a blizzard with an insolent, gorgeous hunk of man whose blazing blue eyes tell her loud and clear he wants her in his bed. Preferably tied to it with a bow.</p> <p>There’s no escape in sight. But as Alex stirs her secret longing to be mastered by a man, escape is the last thing on her mind…</p> <p>Warning: This book contains scenes of sensual submission hot enough to make you sweat in a blizzard. </p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">This translation is rooted in the work that was done with the Revised Version (RV). In 1870, an invitation was extended to American religious leaders for scholars to work on the Revised Version project. A year later, 30 scholars were chosen by Phillip Schaff. These scholars began work in 1872. In 1901, The American Standard Version (ASV) was published. It has earned the reputation of being a rock solid translation of the original Hebrew and Greek texts. If you own a PDA or smartphone and you want greater Bible functionality visit www.olivetree.com.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 39272 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>A masked man with a burning secret is her only hope. A Heat series story. Aidan has only days to acquire a magic Globe to exchange for her brother's freedom. With the clock counting down, she turns to Warwick the Enforcer for help. As her lies pile up and the passion between them builds, Aidan tries to keep her mind on her mission and ignore the man who lights her fire. Warwick has spent his life preparing for revenge against the man who killed his parents and sentenced him to an existence behind a mask. But when Aidan calls in a debt he owes her, he cannot say no. The attraction he thought was one-sided explodes between them and he is shocked to find himself burning to possess her. One thing after another goes wrong-and Warwick discovers Aidan is working for his hated enemy. As things spiral into danger they could never have imagined, passion burns into a love that could destroy them both. This book has been previously published and has been revised and expanded from its original release. Warning: This book contains out-of-this-world sexual content!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  2/12/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 2742 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>"Spellbinding storyteller" (Rave Reviews) Mercedes Lackey continues her epic Valdemar series.   Magpie is a thirteen-year-old orphan chosen by one of the magical Companion horses of Valdemar and taken to the capital city, Haven, to be trained as a Herald. Like all Heralds, Magpie learns that he has a hidden Gift-the Gift of telepathy.  But life at the court is not without obstacles. When Mags is "recognized" by foreign secret operatives whose purpose is unknown, Mags himself comes under suspicion. Who are Magpie's parents-who is he, really? Can Mags solve the riddle of his parentage and his connection with the mysterious spies-and prove his loyalty-before the king and court banish him as a traitor?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<p>If you've got an iPad, you need to download this app! Veteran Tech Damon Brown shares his tips and tricks to help you make the most out of Apple's popular device. This Vook - a combination of video with written tips - provides an interactive and engaging way to learn everything from how to set up your new iPad to utilizing all the amazing iPad features to the fullest. If you've invested in the iPad, why not download this app today to see what you've been missing!</p>


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<div><div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Starred Review. Carefully orchestrated plot twists and engrossing characters combine in Ellison's explosive third Lt. Taylor Jackson investigation (after 2008's <em>14</em>). Nashville homicide investigator Taylor is called to the scene of a disturbing murder: beautiful, pregnant Corrine Wolff, brutally beaten in front of her young daughter. Signs point to Corinne's husband, Todd, but Taylor has her doubts. When she learns that the Wolffs were making and distributing amateur pornography, other investigators in her office turn up old X-rated footage of Taylor that could destroy her career and her engagement to FBI agent John Baldwin. Meanwhile, an old enemy of John's has resurfaced and is intent on revenge. The story moves at breakneck speed, seamlessly flowing from Taylor's world into John's until they intersect for electrifying results. Flawed yet identifiable characters and genuinely terrifying villains populate this impressive and arresting thriller. <em>(Jan.)</em> <br>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h3>Review</h3><p>Mystery fiction has a new name to watch. ----John Connolly, New York Times bestselling author  </p><p>Everything a great crime thriller should be. ----Allison Brennan, New York Times bestselling author, on All the Pretty Girls </p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p>An overview of all the Amazon Kindle features and how to use them. 4th Edition.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The Wheel of Time turns, and Robert Jordan gives us the eleventh volume of his extraordinary masterwork of fantasy. The dead are walking, men die impossible deaths, and it seems as though reality itself has become unstable: All are signs of the imminence of Tarmon Gai'don, the Last Battle, when Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, must confront the Dark One as humanity's only hope. But Rand dares not fight until he possesses all the surviving seals on the Dark One's prison and has dealt with the Seanchan, who threaten to overrun all nations this side of the Aryth Ocean and increasingly seem too entrenched to be fought off. But his attempt to make a truce with the Seanchan is shadowed by treachery that may cost him everything. Whatever the price, though, he must have that truce. And he faces other dangers. There are those among the Forsaken who will go to any length to see him dead—and the Black Ajah is at his side.... Unbeknownst to Rand, Perrin has made his own truce with the Seanchan. It is a deal made with the Dark One, in his eyes, but he will do whatever is needed to rescue his wife, Faile, and destroy the Shaido who captured her. Among the Shaido, Faile works to free herself while hiding a secret that might give her her freedom or cause her destruction. And at a town called Malden, the Two Rivers longbow will be matched against Shaido spears. Fleeing Ebou Dar through Seanchan-controlled Altara with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, Mat attempts to court the woman to whom he is half-married, knowing that she will complete that ceremony eventually. But Tuon coolly leads him on a merry chase as he learns that even a gift can have deep significance among the Seanchan Blood and what he thinks he knows of women is not enough to save him. For reasons of her own, which she will not reveal until a time of her choosing, she has pledged not to escape, but Mat still sweats whenever there are Seanchan soldiers near. Then he learns that Tuon herself is in deadly danger from those very soldiers. To get her to safety, he must do what he hates worse than work.... In Caemlyn, Elayne fights to gain the Lion Throne while trying to avert what seems a certain civil war should she win the crown.... In the White Tower, Egwene struggles to undermine the sisters loyal to Elaida from within.... The winds of time have become a storm, and things that everyone believes are fixed in place forever are changing before their eyes. Even the White Tower itself is no longer a place of safety. Now Rand, Perrin and Mat, Egwene and Elayne, Nynaeve and Lan, and even Loial, must ride those storm winds, or the Dark One will triumph.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>In this sequel to the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Fires of Heaven, we plunge again into Robert Jordan's extraordinarily rich, totally unforgettable world: On the slopes of Shayol Ghul, the Myrddraal swords are forged, and the sky is not the sky of this world; In Salidar the White Tower in exile prepares an embassy to Caemlyn, where Rand Al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, holds the throne—and where an unexpected visitor may change the world.... In Emond's Field, Perrin Goldeneyes, Lord of the Two Rivers, feels the pull of ta'veren to ta'veren and prepares to march.... Morgase of Caemlyn finds a most unexpected, and quite unwelcome, ally....And south lies Illian, where Sammael holds sway....</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Lovely, author of "Sex in the Sanctuary," delves into the scandalous exploits of church folk and revisits the lives of the Kingdom Citizens congregation first introduced in "Sex in the Sanctuary."</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4527 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">Larry Crane has been showing people from all walks of life how to achieve their fullest potential for over 30 years. Thousands of people have experienced success in every area of their life far beyond what they could have imagined by doing what Larry has shown them.<br>Larry Crane's Release Technique is simple and provable. It changes lives.<br>Larry is a renowned expert on success and love. The two go hand in hand. He shows you how to be successful and have abundance of everything by Loving Yourself.<br>For over 30 years Larry has been showing people what love really is, where to get love, and how to have love once you know where it is. For Larry, it's all about results. "It's not what you say, it's what you do," are words Larry often repeats. "Talking about love, talking about what love is, talking about how to be loving is not the answer," says Larry. "Actually doing it is the answer. Doing it, not talking about it."<br>This book shows you how to do it, how to Love Yourself and reap the rewards, financial, health, relationships, whatever your heart desires. You can have it all when you know how to Love Yourself. As Larry frequently says, "There are no impossible's." This book de-mystifies true love. This book is a manual of love from a man who has dedicated his life to showing people what love is, how to be living and how that translates to success in every area of your life.<br>"...a highly effective tool for attracting what you want out of life." Joe Vitae<br>"...a tool to make your life, your career, and your relationships better...and better." Tom Hopkins<br>"An enriching and enlightening experience. It provided new energy, spontaneity and fresh insights." Louis Ormont, Ph.D.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 1917 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p>Explosive and satisfying sex was the magnet that first brought Jeni and Randy Clark together in high school. It was also the bedrock of their perfect marriage a few years later when the two of them began to build their separate careers: Jeni as a real estate associate, Randy as a fireman trainee. Both believed their idyllic life would last forever--until an arsonist entered the picture and began setting what appeared to be random fires throughout their central Florida community. Randy, however, didn't believe the fires were random at all. In fact, he was soon convinced that the arsonist was after him! That's when their perfect marriage started to fall apart.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Something for every taste and a quick &amp; easy dinner to bring your family to the table! Try Old-Fashioned Mac &amp; Cheese, Ranchero Macaroni Bake and Zesty Slow-Cooker Mac &amp; Cheese!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">So many ways to prepare this affordable dinner! Mix it up...Slow-Cooker Burgundy Meatloaf, Meatloaf Burritos or Just Like Mom's Meatloaf!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p><em>Putting the past to rest has never been this much fun.</em></p> <p>Tara Walsh has come a long way from paying her dues in a smoky New Orleans club. Her albums sell millions, her tours sell out and she has a hit DVD. Her name is known around the world. Now she’s back home for a holiday charity concert—and to say a proper goodbye to the past. A past named Duncan Rousse.</p> <p>Five years ago, Duncan pushed Tara away for one reason: to force her to reach for the stars. She deserves the life she’s earned, even though it left him with a broken heart that’s never healed. Having her back in his arms only makes the pain worse, yet the last thing he can do is beg her to stay.</p> <p>One wild, passion-filled night in the sexy Cajun’s bed has Tara’s body singing with pleasure. But can they both get what they want this Christmas?</p> <p>Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, second chances, making up for lost time with a sexy Cajun, and Christmas wishes that might really come true.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">From classics like Fava Bean Puree, Yogurt with Honey, and Egyptian Whole-Wheat Pita Bread, to tempting Lamb-Filled Phyllo Triangles and Peanut, Coconut, and Raisin Baklava, "Nile Style" spans the range of the Egyptian kitchen with recipes that will appeal to every palate! It includes 23 full menus showcasing, 150 easy-to-follow recipes and much more.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Fondue pot, chafing dish, punch bowl, sauceboat, chili pot, soup tureen - and much more! The slow cooker is simply a must-have entertaining assistant. With these fabulous 300-plus recipes, you can offer your guests the kind of relaxed, welcoming, confident hospitality that comes from being able to prepare fresh, delicious food ahead of time. For casual entertaining: Slow Cooker Cassoulet, Gringo Chili for a Crowd, Devilishly Good Beef Short Ribs, Chicken Mole Enchilada Casserole For holiday entertaining: Slow-Steamed Artichokes; Candied Yams with Apples and Cranberries; Prosciutto, Parmesan, and Pine Nut Stuffing; Old-Fashioned Turkey Breast with Pan Gravy With cocktails: Champagne Fondue, Maple-Glazed Pecans, Plum Sauce Chicken Wings, Eggplant Caponata, Slow-Poached Pears with Warm Chocolate Sauce Praise for Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook ''These capable cooks wrest slow cooking from the back cup-board of uncertainty ... with a wide range of sound recipes and advice for every meal''— San Francisco Chronicle</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Havana is one of the oldest and most picturesque cities of the western hemisphere. It was a popular winter destination for North American tourists in the 1950s, and this cookbook recaptures the spirit of Old Havana-- Habana la vieja-- and its celebrated culinary traditions. Cuban cuisine, though derived from its mother country, Spain, has been modified and refined by locally available foods like pork, rice, corn, beans and sugar, and the requirements of a tropical climate. Fine Gulf Stream fish, crabs and lobsters, and an almost infinite variety of vegetables and luscious tropical fruits also have their places on the traditional Cuban table. This cookbook includes over 50 recipes, each in Spanish with side-by-side English translation-- all of them classic Cuban fare and old Havana specialties adapted for the North American kitchen. Among the recipes included are: Ajiaco (famous Cuban Stew), Boiled Pargo with Avocado Sauce, Lobster Havanaise, Tamal en Cazuela (Soft Tamal), Quimbombo (okra), Picadillo, Roast Suckling Pig, and Boniatillo (Sweet Potato Dulce), along with a whole chapter on famous Cuban cocktails and beverages.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><div>Product Description</div><div>On the night of her cousin's bachelorette party, Celia Henry meets the man of her dreams. Geologist Luke Gaines is smart, handsomeand pleasures her in ways she's only dreamed about. He's the perfect antidote to her sexual dry spell, even if they only have a one-night stand.</div><div><br></div><div>Six months later, however, Luke returnschanged. He's survived a cave exploration gone horribly wrongand learned the truth about the creatures hiding in the darkness. Now he hunts the monsters that torment him, finding solace only in Celia's bed and the explosive passion they still share. But will their love be enough to make Luke stay with Celia, or will his mission draw him away for good? </div></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">In OUTTA THE BAG, Clive Better—the better-than-best plumber in town—attends a speed dating event where—instead of attempting to score phone numbers—he recounts his recent run-in with a freaked-out cat and a sexy-but-psychotic woman that has left him confused, scratched up, and rather aroused.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 225 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Frustrated and tired, Gilly Solomon is carjacked and bonds with her captor over the course of weeks. Yet, even as their connection begins to foster trust, she must never forget he's still a man teetering on the edge--one who just might take her with him. Original.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The millionaire's babyKate had learned certain lessons as Drake Daniels's lover:Lesson number one: the price of loving Drake was not to love him.</p><p class="description">Lesson number two: never give him what he expected.</p><p class="description">Discovering she was pregnant certainly fulfilled lesson number two. Drake had made it clear commitment and children were not on his menu. Now Kate must break her news. But when she sees Drake, passion kicks in, begging to be indulged again...just once!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/27/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 2670 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass.What was, what will be, and what is,May let fall under the Shadow.Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.In the Prologue to Towers of Midnight, book thirteen of The Wheel of Time, Lan Mandragoran rides on toward death; Perrin Aybara, Lord Goldeneyes, has a disturbing dream; Galad leads the Whitecloaks into harm’s way; one who has left humanity behind creeps through the Blight; and the Blight border faces invasion.As with the previous four titles in The Wheel of Time series, this prologue from Robert Jordan’s Towers of Midnight, completed by Brandon Sanderson, is available for sale before the book’s official release date (November 2, 2010).</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Her darkest fantasies are about to come true…</p><p class="description">Jane’s weekend of mind-blowing sex is drawing to a close. Only one event remains—a masquerade ball. Her masters, Antonio and Santos, will be her escorts, but the party isn’t the only item on their agenda. They plan to show her what it really means to live the life of a prized submissive. </p><p class="description">After tasting the heady decadence of true sexual freedom, Jane wonders if she can ever go back to her everyday life—or if Beauty will, finally and permanently, be freed from her shell.</p><p class="description">Then there’s the issue of a former lover lurking in the wings…</p><p class="description">Warning: Graphic sex, spanking, public fondling, more spanking, the ménage of the century, even more spanking, cranky ex-lovers, bondage and the misuse of both a piano and pool table.</p><p class="description"></p><p class="description">Her darkest fantasies are about to come true…</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description"><em>Jane Porter Series, Book 3</em></p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Jane’s weekend of mind-blowing sex is drawing to a close. Only one event remains—a masquerade ball. Her masters, Antonio and Santos, will be her escorts, but the party isn’t the only item on their agenda. They plan to show her what it really means to live the life of a prized submissive. </p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">After tasting the heady decadence of true sexual freedom, Jane wonders if she can ever go back to her everyday life—or if Beauty will, finally and permanently, be freed from her shell.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Then there’s the issue of a former lover lurking in the wings…</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Warning: Graphic sex, spanking, public fondling, more spanking, the ménage of the century, even more spanking, cranky ex-lovers, bondage and the misuse of both a piano and pool table.</p><p class="description"></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 1853 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">Being bad never felt so good…</p><p class="description">After being jilted by her former master, Jane Porter looks to end her year-long celibacy by attending a bondage-themed event. Thanks to her ex-boyfriend’s stunning betrayal, she isn’t looking for happily-ever-after, just a master who’s willing to explore the depths of her passion and teach her what the BDSM lifestyle is all about.</p><p class="description">Antonio Villareal was a wanted man. Single, rich and good looking, he’s on the hunt for a submissive to share his world. The moment he sees Jane on the arm of another man, he wants to possess her body and soul. The only problem is; Jane makes it clear she isn’t a forever kind of girl. </p><p class="description">Can Antonio convince Jane to give him a chance?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 1344 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Vivian Montgomery has it all: a beautiful home, lovely children, and a pastor husband who makes her shout "Hallelujah"—and not just in church. There's no doubt Pastor Montgomery has a healthy appreciation for the Lord and for the pleasures of the flesh. If only Vivian's best friend, Tai, was so blessed. Tai's husband, King, is a pastor too, but he's already had two affairs and Tai suspects he's at it again. Now she's got a choice—threaten to shoot any would-be husband stealing floozy or listen for God's instruction. But Tai's husband isn't the only one breaking commandments. Whether married and playing around, or single and open for business, the members of Vivian and Tai's congregations are getting themselves into a whole lot of sizzling trouble...</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4812 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover humankind.</p><p class="description">In Tar Valon, Min sees portents of hideous doom. Will the White Tower itself be broken?</p><p class="description">In the Two Rivers, the Whitecloaks ride in pursuit of a man with golden eyes, and in pursuit of the Dragon Reborn.</p><p class="description">In Cantorin, among the Sea Folk, High Lady Suroth plans the return of the Seanchan armies to the mainland.</p><p class="description">In the Stone of Tear, the Lord Dragon considers his next move. It will be something no one expects, not the Black Ajah, not Tairen nobles, not Aes Sedai, not Egwene or Elayne or Nynaeve.</p><p class="description">Against the Shadow rising stands the Dragon Reborn.......</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>A rare chance to know Jesus as his first disciples knew him.  What would it be like to journey back to the first century and sit at the feet of Rabbi Jesus as one of his Jewish disciples? How would your understanding of the gospel have been shaped by the customs, beliefs, and traditions of the Jewish culture in which you lived?  Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus takes you on a fascinating tour of the Jewish world of Jesus, offering inspirational insights that can transform your faith. Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg paint powerful scenes from Jesus' ministry, immersing you in the prayers, feasts, history, culture, and customs that shaped Jesus and those who followed him.  You will hear the parables as they must have sounded to first-century Jews, powerful and surprising. You will join the conversations that were already going on among the rabbis of his day. You will watch with new understanding as the events of his life unfold. And you will emerge with new excitement about the roots of your own Christian faith.  Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus will change the way you read Scripture and deepen your understanding of the life of Jesus. It will also help you to adapt the rich prayers and customs you learn about to your own life, in ways that both respect and enrich your Christian faith.  By looking at the Jewishness of Jesus, Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg take you on a captivating journey into the heart of Judaism, one that is both balanced and insightful, helping you to better understand and appreciate your own faith.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4789 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>This is Maddy Turner's lucky day. The civilized society girl just bid on sexy rogue Jake Wallace at a charity bachelor auction—and won! But Maddy knows Jake's dirty little secret. And it should keep her from trying out her new boy toy. Too bad she can't stop herself from indulging in raw, quite uncivilized sex all the same….Jake Wallace is utterly bewitched by Maddy— and utterly bewildered. How can this tantalizing woman melt so rapturously under his ministrations one moment, then turn into a haughty queen the next? He's determined to get to the bottom of Maddy's agenda. One slow, delicious inch at a time…</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 3307 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">Rough Riders</p><p class="description">Keely McKay Donohue is enduring the longest wedding reception of her life: her own. The only saving grace is that Jack Donohue is finally hers. Usually her hunky man gives her everything she wants, so why is her groom denying her the one thing she wants right now?</p><p class="description">Jack thought his secretive wait-for-the-honeymoon plan was romantic, until he realizes he’s only put Keely in a fighting mood. If he wants to get back on his temperamental bride’s good side, he’d better find a way to sweep his cowgirl off her boots…fast.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 840 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Seraphina Mason returns to New Hampshire to face her past; what she doesn't expect is to have her past-heartbreaker Sheriff Jake Candellori-get snowed in at her house. Sera has come home to put her past behind her and move on with her life. She fully intends to forgive and forget the mess she made with her ex-lover when her empathic powers overwhelmed Jake during an intimate moment and he took off running. What she doesn't expect is to have the feelings she'd thought long gone come back with a vengeance. Sheriff Jake Candellori has regretted letting Sera out of his life every minute of the last two years. He completely overreacted when he felt her feelings wash over him during sex, but that didn't mean he had to run out like his pants were on fire. By the time he calmed down she was gone. When fate traps them together during a freak snowstorm-he has no intention of ever letting her go again .</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  2/12/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 850 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>National bestselling author L.A. Banks’s electrifying new paranormal series is set in a sizzling world where Dark and Light are trapped in an eternal struggle for the fate of mankind. </p><p>Celeste Jackson has fought all her life against a fog of hallucination and substance abuse, but it’s not until she meets her protector, Azrael, an angel who has left the safety of the Light, that she learns of the evil forces that have been trying to ruin her, and why. A fierce battle for control of the mortal realm is brewing, and only Celeste—with the help of the <em>Remnant, </em>her half-human, half-angel brethren—can stand in the way. Together, Celeste and Azrael must gather an army of sensitives to defeat the dark powers that have ruled humanity for centuries, but time is running out. If Azrael surrenders to his growing desire for Celeste, he risks being trapped among humanity forever. But the longer he stays, the harder she is to resist. To save the world, Celeste must draw on her own dark experiences with addiction to help Azrael overcome the one temptation that could possibly make him an eternal prisoner—his obsession with her. </p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p><strong>Sweet Ultimatum</strong></p> <p><em>Naima Simone</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Caitlin has returned home after a self-imposed exile. Haunted by the erotic memories of the man she once loved and abandoned, Caitlin is unprepared to come face-to-face with Selig and the hunger resurrected under his golden gaze. Even as her body craves his touch, she denies him, realizing her reasons for terminating their relationship so long ago are as valid now as they were then.</p> <p> </p> <p>Six years have passed since Selig left New Eden, Washington, disillusioned and bitter after Caitlin’s cold denial of him and his love. Now he’s returned, demanding retribution for her cruel rejection. The payment—her body.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Ellison's fourth Taylor Jackson thriller finds a serial killer murdering young women in both the United States and Europe. Such an international crime brings New Scotland Yard Detective/profiler James Memphis Highsmythe into the investigation, causing an unexpected hitch in homicide detective Jackson's romantic involvement with fianceÌüe FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin. But personal feelings or no, the trio must pool their resources to find the serial killer known as the Conductor in the United States and Il Macellaio across the Atlantic, before he can strike again. Joyce Bean is perfectly cast; her narration keeps the book moving at a steady pace and infuses the prose with just the right amount of menace and suspense. Her reading of the killer's chance encounter with a young woman destined to become his next victim is chilling. Even when the writing may be a little over the top at times, Bean's performance is down to the ground solid. A Mira paperback. <br>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h3>Review</h3><p>Everything a great crime thriller should be. --Allison Brennan on <em>All the Pretty Girls</em>  </p><p>Fusing gritty cop drama with dark psychological thriller, Ellison distinguishes herself with exceptional character development, consistently breakneck pacing and a sense of authenticity throughout. ----_Chicago Tribune_ on 14 </p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>I, Cronus, King of the Titans, powerful warrior god, defender of the people, hereby command you to read and enjoy this "Lords of the Underwold" guide. I am not mentioned nearly enough, but that is neither here nor there. What you "will" find in this guide includes: notes from those vile fools, the Hunters; interviews with the Lords of the Underworld, as organized by that irreverent whelp William the Ever Randy; a candid discussion about the Lords of the Underworld among their women; answers to questions readers have been dying to know; and an intimate look at my very own sacred scrolls. As I said, you will read and you will enjoy. That is your mission. Nay, your honor. Do not disappoint me. You will not like the results. Just ask Aeron, keeper of the demon of Wrath. Bad things tend to happen. "This Lords of the Underworld guide is also available in the anthology" Into the Dark.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Forced to his knees in agony whenever he speaks the truth, Gideon can recognize any lie—until he captures Scarlet, a demon-possessed immortal who claims to be his long-lost wife. He doesn't remember the beautiful female, much less wedding—or bedding—her. But he wants to…almost as much as he wants her.But Scarlet is keeper of Nightmares, too dangerous to roam free. A future with her might mean ultimate ruin. Especially as Gideon's enemies draw closer—and the truth threatens to destroy all he's come to love….</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:</p><p class="description">For weeks, the immortal warrior Aeron has sensed an invisible female presence. An angel—demon-assassin—has been sent to kill him. Or has she? Olivia claims she fell from the heavens, giving up immortality because she couldn't bear to harm him. But trusting—and falling for—Olivia will endanger them all. So how has this "mortal" with the huge blue eyes already unleashed Aeron's darkest passion?Now, with an enemy hot on his trail and his faithful demon companion determined to remove Olivia from his life, Aeron is trapped between duty and consuming desire. Worse still, a new executioner has been sent to do the job Olivia wouldn't….</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Passion and danger collide in this brand-new, eBook exclusive Lords of the Underworld adventure! Once, Atlas, the Titan god of Strength, was the Greek goddess Nike's slave. Now, he is her master. And soon these sworn enemies destined to destroy one another will be forced to risk everything for a chance at love..."One of the premier authors of paranormal romance." -- "New York Times" bestselling author Kresley Cole</p></div></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY: Avoiding intimate relationships because of a demon curse that causes him to destroy his lovers, Sabin unwillingly falls in love with fellow immortal Gwendolyn, with whom he battles mutual enemies to claim the power of Pandora's box. By the best-selling author of The Darkest Night. Original. 360,000 first printing.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The Dragon Reborn—the leader long prophesied who will save the world, but in the saving destroy it; the savior who will run mad and kill all those dearest to him—is on the run from his destiny.</p><p class="description">Able to touch the One Power, but unable to control it, and with no one to teach him how—for no man has done it in three thousand years—Rand al'Thor knows only that he must face the Dark One. But how?</p><p class="description">Winter has stopped the war-almost-yet men are dying, calling out for the Dragon. But where is he?</p><p class="description">Perrin Aybara is in pursuit with Moiraine Sedai, her Warder Lan, and the Loial the Ogier. Bedeviled by dreams, Perrin is grappling with another deadly problem—how is her to escape the loss of his own humanity.</p><p class="description">Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve are approaching Tar Valon, where Mat will be healed—if he lives until they arrive. But who will tell the Amyrlin their news—that the Black Ajah, long thought only a hideous rumor, is all too real? They cannot know that in Tar Valon far worse awaits...Ahead, for all of them, in the Heart of the Stone, lies the next great test of the Dragon reborn....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. "Jordan is able to take ... familiar elements and make them his own, in a powerful novel of wide and complex scope. Open religious and political conflicts add a gritty realism, while the cities and courts provide plenty of drama and splendor. Women have a stronger role than in Tolkien.... Each character in this large cast remains distinct.... Their adventures are varied, and exciting.... "The Eye of the World" stands alone as a fantasy epic."—"Locus" "Robert Jordan has created a fantasy world as tangible and credible as history. He has a fine eye for detail and a vivid sense of drama."—Morgan Llewelyn "Robert Jordan's "The Eye of the World" proves that there's still plenty of life in the ancient tradition of epic fantasy. Jordan has a powerful vision of good and evil— but what strikes me as most pleasurable about "The Eye of the World" is all the fascinating people moving through a rich and interesting world."—Orson Scott Card "Jordan's world is rich in detail and his plot is rich in incident. Impressive work, and highly recommended."—"ALA Booklist"</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle, looms. And mankind is not ready.</p><p class="description">The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn books, was chosen by Jordan’s editor—his wife, Harriet McDougal—to complete the final book. The scope and size of the volume was such that it could not be contained in a single book, and so Tor proudly presents The Gathering Storm as the first of three novels that will cover the outline left by Robert Jordan, chronicling Tarmon Gai'don and Rand al'Thor's final confrontatino with the Dark One. This short sequence will complete the struggle against the Shadow, bringing to a close a journey begun almost twenty years ago and marking the conclusion of the Wheel of Time, the preeminent fantasy epic of our era.</p><p class="description">In this epic novel, Robert Jordan’s international bestselling series begins its dramatic conclusion. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. As he attempts to halt the Seanchan encroachment northward—wishing he could form at least a temporary truce with the invaders—his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself.</p><p class="description">Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, is a captive of the White Tower and subject to the whims of their tyrannical leader. As days tick toward the Seanchan attack she knows is imminent, Egwene works to hold together the disparate factions of Aes Sedai while providing leadership in the face of increasing uncertainty and despair. Her fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai, and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower—and possibly the world itself.</p><p class="description">The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. For centuries, gleemen have told of The Great Hunt of the Horn. Now the Horn itself is found: the Horn of Valere long thought only legend, the Horn which will raise the dead heroes of the ages. And it is stolen. THE WHEEL OF TIME Book One: "The Eye of the World"Book Two: "The Great Hunt"Book Three: "The Dragon Reborn"Book Four: "The Shadow Rising"Book Five: "The Fires of Heaven"Book Six: "Lord of Chaos"Book Seven: "A Crown of Swords"Book Eight: "The Path of Daggers"Book Nine: "Winter's Heart"Book Ten: "Crossroads of Twilight"</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>It is Samhain—the Blood Harvest. Nonbelievers call it Hallowe'en. The night when eight Nashville teenagers are found dead, with occult symbols carved into their naked bodies. It's a ritual the killers believe was blessed by Death himself.</p><p>When children are victimized, emotions always run high, and this case has the public both outraged and terrified: a dangerous combination. Recently reinstated homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson knows she has to act quickly, but tread carefully.</p><p>Exploring the baffling culture of mysticism and witchcraft, Taylor is immersed in a darkness that threatens to unbalance the order of her world, and learns how unchecked wrath can push a killer to his limits. </p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The 365 meditations in this couples' devotional are arranged around 52 themes--one theme for each week of the year--such as affection, compassion, forgiveness, honor, leadership, mercy, respect, security, trust, and understanding. Scripture passages, real-life stories, prayers, and daily challenge questions give couples a dose of truth, encouragement, and direction to strengthen their marriages. Husbands and wives will learn to give and receive love in a whole new way.</p>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>From the dreaming spires of Oxford, Lewis Gillies drives north to seek a mythical creature in a misty glen in Scotland. Expecting little more than a weekend diversion, Lewis finds himself in a mystical place where two worlds meet, in the time-between-times—and in the heart of a battle between good and evil. The ancient Celts admitted no separation between this world and the Otherworld: the two were delicately interwoven, each dependent on the other. The Paradise War crosses the thin places between this world and that, as Lewis Gillies comes face-to-face with an ancient mystery—and a cosmic catastrophe in the making.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 7616 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>"Robert Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal."—The New York Times The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time. THE WHEEL OF TIME Book One: The Eye of the World Book Two: The Great Hunt Book Three: The Dragon Reborn Book Four: The Shadow Rising Book Five: The Fires of Heaven Book Six: Lord of Chaos Book Seven: A Crown of Swords Book Eight: The Path of Daggers Book Nine: Winter's Heart Book Ten: Crossroads of Twilight</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Transforming her parents' shop into a fashionable boutique, young widow Anjali Kapadia is brought to near-bankruptcy by fierce competitors and finds assistance and possible love from her uncle's mysterious London business partner. By the author of The Dowry Bride. Original.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5178 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:</p><div><div><div><div><p class="description">The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight.The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age.Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in Tel’aran’rhiod and find a way--at long last--to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever.</p><p class="description">~~</p><p class="description">Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The creatures beyond the stone gateways--the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn--have confused him, taunted him, and left him hanged, his memory stuffed with bits and pieces of other men’s lives. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost.</p><p class="description"><br></p><p class="description">~~</p><p class="description">This penultimate novel of Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling series--the second of three based on materials he left behind when he died in 2007--brings dramatic and compelling developments to many threads in the Pattern. The end draws near.Dovie’andi se tovya sagain. It’s time to toss the dice.</p><p class="description"><br></p><p class="description">~~</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">When Anne Parker yanks open her front door, she’s armed and ready to aim cold fury at her ex. Instead, she finds herself staring up at Pete Crenshaw, a man as disarming as he is dangerous to her battered defenses. A man whose touch sends her I-remember-sex hormones soaring into the red zone.</p><p class="description">Those hormones sure have picked a hell of a time to surge, though—with New Year’s around the corner and the ex suddenly making noises about worming his way back into her life. </p><p class="description">Pete’s been biding his time. More accurately, lying in wait for precisely the right moment to take their relationship from friends to lovers. He’s aware of Anne’s trust issues, but it’s time to make a move before she has a chance to do what she does best—overthink it.</p><p class="description">Her ex isn’t just back to make another play, though. He’s after secrets Pete and his partner hide under the cover of their garage business. Pete finds his heart caught between Anne’s safety and the secrets he’s sworn to keep—unless he can find a way to preserve both…</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Warning: This friends-to-lovers tale contains graphic and explicit episodes of mattress dancing, caveman sex, jeopardy (not the game show), Bad Words, Ninjas, ex-husbands and a happy ending.</p><p class="description"></p><p class="description">Hardwired for all kinds of action…</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description"><em>Take Me, Lover, Book 2</em></p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">When Anne Parker yanks open her front door, she’s armed and ready to aim cold fury at her ex. Instead, she finds herself staring up at Pete Crenshaw, a man as disarming as he is dangerous to her battered defenses. A man whose touch sends her I-remember-sex hormones soaring into the red zone.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Those hormones sure have picked a hell of a time to surge, though—with New Year’s around the corner and the ex suddenly making noises about worming his way back into her life. </p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Pete’s been biding his time. More accurately, lying in wait for precisely the right moment to take their relationship from friends to lovers. He’s aware of Anne’s trust issues, but it’s time to make a move before she has a chance to do what she does best—overthink it.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Her ex isn’t just back to make another play, though. He’s after secrets Pete and his partner hide under the cover of their garage business. Pete finds his heart caught between Anne’s safety and the secrets he’s sworn to keep—unless he can find a way to preserve both…</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Warning: This friends-to-lovers tale contains graphic and explicit episodes of mattress dancing, caveman sex, jeopardy (not the game show), Bad Words, Ninjas, ex-husbands and a happy ending. </p><p class="description"></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 1057 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">Demoted and tossed into the farthest reaches of the universe, Trooper Callie Justice finds herself surrounded by the Ventura’s crew of slackers, dimwits and delinquents. The depressing realization that her career is over, combined with her uncontrollable lust for the ship’s sexy captain, confirms it—she’s losing her mind.</p><p class="description">Captain Rafe Vantry led with his ego when he bet he could take the worst ship in the fleet and turn it around. But nothing on the Ventura works, least of all the crew—and the idea he’s going to lose seriously pisses him off. On top of that, the Relaxation Program has malfunctioned, matching him with an unknown woman for a night of anonymous sex. His strict sense of protocol forbids it, but the lure of losing himself in a woman’s body proves too great.</p><p class="description">As things heat up between Callie and Rafe in the cool, silent darkness of the Relaxation Chamber, everything around them falls apart. A supervirus is running rampant, and Rafe’s suspicions of sabotage grow stronger when Callie’s personnel files mysteriously disappear.</p><p class="description">When the veil is finally lifted, the glaring light of truth will reveal what is real—and what could destroy them all.</p><p class="description"></p><p class="description">Heat and need lie below the veil…</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description"><em>A Heat series story.</em></p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Demoted and tossed into the farthest reaches of the universe, Trooper Callie Justice finds herself surrounded by the Ventura’s crew of slackers, dimwits and delinquents. The depressing realization that her career is over, combined with her uncontrollable lust for the ship’s sexy captain, confirms it—she’s losing her mind.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Captain Rafe Vantry led with his ego when he bet he could take the worst ship in the fleet and turn it around. But nothing on the Ventura works, least of all the crew—and the idea he’s going to lose seriously pisses him off. On top of that, the Relaxation Program has malfunctioned, matching him with an unknown woman for a night of anonymous sex. His strict sense of protocol forbids it, but the lure of losing himself in a woman’s body proves too great.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">As things heat up between Callie and Rafe in the cool, silent darkness of the Relaxation Chamber, everything around them falls apart. A supervirus is running rampant, and Rafe’s suspicions of sabotage grow stronger when Callie’s personnel files mysteriously disappear.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">When the veil is finally lifted, the glaring light of truth will reveal what is real—and what could destroy them all.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">Warning. Hot sex, adult words, and lots of adventure in and out of the sack!</p><p class="description"></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 2201 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The ninth installment in Jordan's sprawling Wheel of Time saga is as 
bountifully pregnant with plot threads as its predecessorsDand as 
bewilderingly esoteric for readers who have yet to commit its previous 
episodes to memory. Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, seems no nearer to 
fulfilling his destinyDto unite the embattled races of his domain 
against the Dark One than he was in The Path of Daggers. The 
warmongering Seanchan are pouring into Ebou Dar, setting refugees in 
flight and complex schemes in fidgety motion. Perrin Aybara is 
distracted from his mission to shepherd the prophet Masema to Rand when 
he pursues the rebel Aiel who have kidnaped his wife, Faile. The 
mystical sisterhood of the Aes Sedai remain divided between Elaida, 
pretender to the title of the White Tower, and Egwene al'Vere, ally to 
Elayne, Queen of Andor. Elayne, Rand's lover, barely escapes poisoning, 
and Rand himself, still smarting from the unhealed wound of an 
assassination attempt, shapeshifts through a variety of disguises to 
pass unnoticed in hostile territories. Jordan can always be counted to 
ground his dizzying intrigues in solid chunks of cultural detail, and he
 here rises to the occasion, with chapters as dense as Spenserian 
stanzas with symbols and rituals. Not all of his subplots tie together, 
and fewer than usual of his vast cast of characters make a memorable 
impact. Nevertheless, he manipulates the disorder of his narrative to 
credibly convey a sense of an embattled world on the verge of 
self-destruction, and he entertainingly juxtaposes the courtly civility 
of his villains with the precarious chaos they cause. Devotees 
accustomed to this ongoing epic's increasing lack of focus will no doubt
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<div><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>An arranged marriage between Prince Rohan of Stronghold and the "sunrunner" Sioned of Goddess Keep promises to bring a new kind of peace to a strife-torn land until the machinations of a self-serving High Prince plunge the world into war. Romance, intrigue, magic, and myth mingle freely in this first of a series that should appeal to readers of fantasy and epic romance. JC<br>Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>Review</h3><p>Melanie Rawn is good! (Anne McCaffrey) Does for fantasy what Frank Herbert did for science fiction in his classic novel <em>Dune</em>. (_Rave Reviews_) </p></div>


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<div><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>Trained from childhood in the arts of war, Alberich strives to walk a careful path between obedience to the priests of Vkandis Sunlord and fairness to the soldiers under his command and the people of his native land of Karse. His attempts to hide his heretical gift of precognition, however, earn him a sentence of death by fire, thwarted by a bold rescue seemingly engineered by his faithful white battle steed-in actuality one of the Companions of the Heralds of Valdemar. Lackey continues her popular Valdemar series with the story of Alberich, Weaponsmaster and Queen's Champion of a land he was taught to fear and hate, as he struggles to redefine the meaning of the honor he holds so dear while learning to accept the magic he once tried to conceal. Libraries should anticipate demand for this highly recommended fantasy.<br>Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>This stand-alone novel in the best-selling Valdemar series tells the story of Alberich...   </p><p>When Alberich took a stand for what he believed in-and defected-he was chosen by one of the magical Companion horses...to serve the queen of Valdemar. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>The realm of the Canderis is badly shaken when they learn that a neighboring land is home to the Resonants, a race of telepathic men and women who use their mind-altering abilities to transform innocent people into mindless slaves. Original. </p></div>


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<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Making love and not war is the theme of Lackey's entertaining high fantasy, the second in a trilogy (after 2002's Exile's Honor) within her long-running Valdemar series-not that love is any less of a battlefield. Alberich of Karse, the outsider Herald, must watch over the newly enthroned queen, Selenay, as he trains young Heralds by day and chases down treasonous plots in the alleys and shady locales of Haven by night. Along the way, his recruit in the arts of undercover work, Herald-Chronicler-Second Myste, provides him with her own ideas of work under covers. And his Companion, the intelligent, mind-linked equine Kantor, keeps Alberich honest with a sardonic sense of humor. The recently bereaved Selenay, too, faces her own challenge in the court of love, first from anxious councilors trying to arrange a royal marriage, then from the too-good-to-be-true Prince Karathanelan of Rethwellan. Will good triumph in the end? That answer will have to wait for the next book, as the master villain remains unknown. But it would take a poor gambler to bet against a set of characters so obviously beloved by their author, despite her inflicting a Germanic speech pattern on poor Alberich, who often sounds like Yoda. Long-time readers will appreciate learning more of favorite characters. Newcomers will definitely feel as though they have walked in on the middle of a gossipy conversation. <br>Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>From Booklist</h3><p>The sequel to <em>Exile's Honor</em> [BKL S 15 02] continues the adventures of Herald Alberich, former Karsite captain turned herald of Valdemar. After the Tedrel War, few, if any, doubt Alberich's loyalty to his adopted country, which is just as well, for the death of King Sendar during that war put his daughter Selenay, who had barely finished herald's training, on the throne of Valdemar. She had expected years of apprenticeship in ruling at her father's side, but she is now queen of a country that, while victorious, is weakened by the bloody war. Furthermore, her council and some of her heralds see her as too inexperienced and badly in need of a consort. Alberich is now the Collegium weapons master, a job that includes keeping track of Valdemar's enemies, internal and external. What with court intrigues, foreign envoys, and Selenay's grief, Alberich's duties are no less time-consuming than were his wartime responsibilities. A must for Valdemar fans. <em>Frieda Murray</em><br><em>Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved</em></p></div>


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<div><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>The telepathic bonding between pairs of human Seekers and catlike ghattis enables the Seekers Veritas to distinguish truth from falsehood, insuring that justice prevails on the world of Methuen. When a renegade Seeker/ghatti pair begins targeting Seekers for murder, a young woman finds her world's salvation locked in the recesses of her hidden past. Strong characterization and inventive world building highlight this series opener, making it a good choice for most fantasy collections.<br>Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Stranded on the world of Methuen for more than two hundred years, a colonizing expedition from Earth depends for their continued survival on the healing powers of the Eumedicos and the Seekers Veritas. Original. </p></div>


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<div><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>Sunrunner magic becomes a two-edged weapon as the new Lord of Goddess Keep courts the secret lore of the Star Scroll, and the High Prince seeks to keep malevolent sorceries from destroying his beleaguered lands. Rawn's lush world of princes and dragons, sun-born magic, and tangled politics comes to life in this romantic fantasy saga that belongs in most fantasy collections.<br>Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>It began with the discovery of The Star Scroll--the last repository of forgotten spells of sorcery. Now, as Andry, the new Sunrunner Lord of Goddess Keep, begins to master this potentially deadly knowledge and Pol, son of High Prince Rohan, seeks to touch the minds of dragons, their enemy is mobilizes to strike with forbidden lore and treachery. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>In Gayle Greeno's highly anticipated return to her most successful and beloved series, a new generation of human Seekers and their catlike ghatti companions journey to a dangerous wilderness--while in the tunnels beneath Marchmont's Capital a deadly piece of long-forgotten technology is about to be rediscovered....  </p><p>Praise for the <em>Ghatti</em> novels:  </p><p>"A brilliant fantasy series... No one will be able to resist the Ghatti."--_Rave Reviews_  </p><p>"A wonderful series...Greeno has created her own world of fascinating creatures. Readers of Mercedes Lackey or Terry Brooks will welcome this series."--_VOYA_  </p><p>"Riveting fantasy."-- <em>Bookwatch</em>  </p><p>"Remarkable...Greeno is a master of her craft...a marvelous creator..."--_Kliatt_  </p><h1>2 in Series</h1></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Drizzt Do'Urden, the honorable prince of a royal house in Menzoberranzan, must choose whether or not he can continue to live in his immoral homeland.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5554 (100%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>In the instant number one New York Times bestseller Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve Harvey gave millions of women around the globe insight into what men really think about love, intimacy, and commitment. In his new book he zeros in on what motivates men and provides tips on how women can use that knowledge to get more of what they need out of their relationships, whether it's more help around the house, more of the right kind of attention in the bedroom, more money in the joint bank account, or more truth when it comes to the hard questions, such as: Are you committed to building a future together? Does my success intimidate you? Have you cheated on me?   In Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man, Steve Harvey shares information on:   How to Get the Truth Out of Your Man Tired of answers that are deceptive? Harvey lays out a three-tier, CIA-style of questioning that will leave your man no choice but to cut to the chase and deliver the truth.   Dating Tips, Decade by Decade Whether you're in your twenties and just starting to date seriously, in your thirties and feeling the tick of the biological clock, or in your forties and beyond, Steve provides insight into what a man, in each decade of his life, is looking for in a mate.   How to Minimize Nagging and Maximize Harmony at Home He said he'd cut the lawn on Saturday, and you may have been within reason to think that that meant Saturday before ten in the evening, but exploding at him is only going to ruin the mood for everyone, which means no romance. Steve shows you how to talk to your man in a way that moves him to action and keeps the peace.   And there's much more, including Steve's candid answers to questions you've always wanted to ask men.   Drawing on a lifetime of experience and the feedback women have shared with him in reaction to Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Harvey offers wisdom on a wealth of topics relevant to both sexes today. He also gets more personal, sharing anecdotes from his own family history. Always direct, often funny, and incredibly perceptive, media personality, comedian, philanthropist, and (finally) happily married husband, Steve Harvey proves once again that he is the king of relationships.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 2991 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Marnie Tremont, writer of sophisticated adult movies, <br>gets more than she bargains for when she <br>buys the mansion of the late, silent film star, Alain Corey.    </p><p>After moving in, Marnie is visited by the handsome and<br>debonair ghost of the actor who would rather <br>pursue amorous delights of the flesh than <br>haunt her.  Marnie reluctantly accepts this <br>new spirit in her life; but when their desires heat up, <br>Marnie wants to help Alain find out more about <br>his untimely death.  Unfortunately, Alain fell<br>victim to a jealous husband's wrath, and Marnie finds <br>herself reliving those volatile events leading up to <br>the actor's murder.  Along the way, she <br>meets a bevy of movie stars from the <br>Golden Age of Hollywood.  Will Marnie separate herself<br>from their passionate lovemaking long enough to help Alain<br>free himself of his earthly shackles... or is the <br>randy ghost doomed to remain her house<br>guest forever?  </p><p>Warning:  Explicit Sex  </p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Lord Adam Trevor is in a hellish situation. About to be married to the woman of his dreams, he finds that due to a recent accident he is unable to actually consummate the union he has looked forward to for so long. The doctors tell him he will heal, but in the meantime, he does not want to admit to his bride-to-be that he is less than a man. If only his twin brother, Alex, a notorious rake with an appetite for beautiful women, will stand in for him, maybe his lovely wife will never have to know..</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">When Jana leaves Earth to get married, she discovers that her fiancé has kept a secret. On his planet, the groom isn’t the only one having sex with the bride. It’s the best man’s privilege too. And the best man is someone she knows. And fears.</p><p class="description"> </p><p class="description">The best man takes what he wants—and he wants Jana. In his bed, she embraces both males and her darkest desires. And she experiences how pleasurable the use of a riding crop can be when wielded by a dominant alien.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">The gripping tale of a legendary, century-old murder spree <br>***<br><br>A silent, simmering killer terrorized New England in1911. As a terrible heat wave killed more than 2,000 people, another silent killer began her own murderous spree. That year a reporter for the Hartford Courant noticed a sharp rise in the number of obituaries for residents of a rooming house in Windsor, Connecticut, and began to suspect who was responsible: Amy Archer-Gilligan, who’d opened the Archer Home for Elderly People and Chronic Invalids four years earlier. ?Sister Amy” would be accused of murdering both of her husbands and up to sixty-six of her patients with cocktails of lemonade and arsenic; her story inspired the Broadway hit Arsenic and Old Lace.<br><br>The Devil’s Rooming House is the first book about the life, times, and crimes of America’s most prolific female serial killer. In telling this fascinating story, M. William Phelps also paints a vivid portrait of early-twentieth-century New England.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 164 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>In this enchanting, erotic bedtime story, busybody gossip columnist Goldilocks, determined to unearth the secrets of three reclusive barons living together in a forest cottage, investigates their home in their absence. Surprised by their return, and fearful of being sued, she goes along with their assumption that she's been sent by another baron for their entertainment. Soon she is participating in a four-way sexual orgy that initiates her into a new world of intoxicating pleasures.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 179 (100%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The Fellowship of the Ring, part one of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterpiece, ﬁrst reached these shores on October 21, 1954, arriving, as C. S. Lewis proclaimed, "like lightning from a clear sky." Fifty years and nearly one hundred million American readers later comes a beautiful new one-volume collector's edition beﬁtting the stature of this crown jewel of our list. With a text fully corrected under the supervision of Christopher Tolkien to meet the author's exacting wishes, two large-format fold-out maps, a ribbon placemarker, gilded page edges, a color insert depicting Tolkien's own paintings of the Book of Mazarbul and exceptionally elegant and sturdy overall packaging housed within an attractive slipcase, this edition is the ﬁnest we've ever produced.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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