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[Polin]

Alissa Johnson - Nearly a Lady (2011)



Lord Gideon Haverston wanted to right his family's wrongs. So when he promises young Winnefred Blythe the money that his stepmother had cheated her out of over the years, he expects to be greeted as a hero. But the situation is much more complicated than Gideon had expected-and the task of taming the untrusting Winnefred much more alluring.

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Grace Burrowes - The Soldier (2011)
(The second book in the Duke's Obsession series)



This Regency era battle of wits, wills, and the sexes features a wily duke determined to see the succession of his line secured. The duke can't force his sons to marry, but he can make their lives miserable until they do. Resisting his pressure, each gentleman holds out for true love.

The second book in the series features Devlin St. Just, the duke's oldest, but illegitimate, son. He arrives at his new estate weary in body and spirit only to find the previous owner's bastard daughter and her beautiful cousin are his responsibility and making his life almost unbearably complicated.

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Sally MacKenzie - The Naked King (2011)
(The seventh book in the Naked Nobility series)



Indiscretion Is Just The Beginning…

One night of slight overindulgence-oh, all right, he was drunk-and Stephen Parker-Roth finds he must betroth himself to prevent yet another scandal. But his "intended” is lovely, a redheaded beauty under her horrendous, unfashionable bonnet, and before long, he’s congratulating himself on compromising such an excellent candidate-and anticipating what other naughtiness they’ll get caught at before the wedding…

Lady Anne Marston has long since given up any thought of marriage. That is the price she pays for the mistakes of her past. But one little conversation with a handsome rogue should never have led to a sham engagement. Even if it did end in a rather shocking kiss...in broad daylight…on the front step of London’s premier gossip. Now, trapped between a secret and a lie, Anne must somehow disentangle herself from this charming, maddening man before the truth comes out-or her heart gives in…

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Christie Kelley - One Night Scandal (2011)
(The fifth book in the Spinsters Club series)



Born on the wrong side of the blanket, matchmaker Sophie Reynard understands the consequences of unbridled desire all too well. Despite the many highborn friends she has matched, falling in love with an aristocrat without a pedigree of her own would be an act of futility. But that doesn't stop her from succumbing to one evening of anonymous passion...Nicholas Tenbury, Marquess of Ancroft, knows nothing of Sophie's lineage. He knows only that the enchanting beauty captured his heart in one night and then fled, leaving no trace of her identity. But when he seeks answers from London's finest matchmaker, he finds none other than the woman herself - stubbornly refusing to acknowledge the attraction they share! Now the enamoured Marquess has no choice but to sway Sophie with seduction...

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Shiloh Walker - Hunter's Fall (2011)
(Book 13 in the Hunters World series)



Nessa lost her memory following a near-death experience. Dominic is a Hunter dealing with his own problems with memory and sanity. When the two are put together to battle the forces of darkness-while trying to restore what they've lost-their all-consuming passion becomes an even greater unknown.

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Allyson James - Shadow Walker (2011)
(The third book in the Stormwalker series)



Stormwalker Janet Begay returns home only to have the ground collapse beneath her-literally. After tumbling two hundred feet underground, Janet is rescued by her dragon boyfriend, Mick. But something dark touches Mick while in the sinkhole, and Janet might lose him forever unless she recruites the most unlikely of allies to stop the growing shadow.

[annita]

Hexed
by Ilona Andrews, Yasmine Galenorn, Allyson James and Jeanne C Stein



Four of the bestselling names in romance and fantasy come together in this collection of thrilling novellas featuring powerful women who know how to handle a hex or two.

[annita]

Karen Chance - Hunt the Moon
(The fifth book in the Cassie Palmer series)



Cassandra Palmer recently defeated a god, which you'd think would buy a girl a little time off. But it doesn't work that way when your job description is Pythia-the world's chief clairvoyant. Cassie is busier than ever, trying to learn about her power, preparing for her upcoming coronation, and figuring out her relationship with the enigmatic sexy master vampire, Mircea.

But someone doesn't want Cassie to become Pythia, and is willing to go to any lengths to make sure the coronation ceremony never happens- including attacking her mother before Cassie is even born.

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Samantha James - The Sins of Viscount Sutherland (2011)
(The first book in the Lords of Sheffield Square series)



He is reckless, bold, dangerous . . .
Men envy him, women desire him . . .
And one woman wants her revenge.

Claire Ashcroft has good reason to despise Viscount Grayson Sutherland. A wildly unpredictable man with a frightening reputation, Sutherland is responsible for a death that deeply pains her. She'd kill him if she could. Instead, she'll employ her feminine wiles to make him pay. And once he's deeply, irreversibly in love with her, she'll shatter his vulnerable heart.
Her scheme works perfectly . . . too perfectly.

[Polin]

Jenna Petersen - Almost A Spinster (2011)
(An Omnibus of online novellas)



In "Her Every Desire"
Lady Jane asks her old friend Wesley to do a favor for her,
seduce the fiancé of the man she believes she loves.
Instead he proposes that they pretend to be engaged to make
the other man jealous and please Wesley's "dying" grandmother.
But what starts as a pretended engagement leads to true feelings.
And a choice that must be made that could change both their lives
forever.

In "A Scandal to Keep"
Felicity Ellis made a terrible decision that ruined her when she gave
her innocence to a scoundrel. But after his death, his younger brother
Gabriel inherits the title... and the sins of his brother and father.
Felicity cannot believe the two brothers could be so different,
but after they kiss, she finds herself entertaining more than just
Gabriel's offer to make amends with a marriage of convenience.

Finally, in "A Woman Scorned",
Madeline was humiliated and ruined after her engagement was broken.
Now she is in the country helping her aunt with a difficult pregnancy
when she is nearly run down by Nathan and his horse. He believes
she is a servant and Maddie lets him continue that misconception.
But they are from very different worlds, and by the time he realizes
her deception, it may be too late.

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Jenna Petersen - Rogue for a Night (2011)



Ronan "Rage" Riley first met Lucinda Stoneworth when she was the wife
of his best friend's brother and knew she was out of reach,
no matter how bewitching she was.
But now she's been a widow for two years and they find themselves
at the same country party. Attraction leads to a wicked affair,
but could a proper lady of the ton really find a happily ever after
with a former underground boxer?
Or will Society end their love forever?

[Polin]

Chicks Kick Butt (2011)
An anthology of stories edited by Rachel Caine and Kerrie Hughes



Chicks are awesome--and never more so than when they are kicking some serious vampire/werewolf/demon/monster butt.

Chicks Kick Butt is an anthology that features one of the best things about the urban fantasy genre: strong, independent, and intelligent heroines who are quite capable of solving their own problems and slaying their own dragons (or demons, as the case may be).

Edited by Kerrie Hughes and Rachel Caine, Chicks Kick Butt features original stories from thirteen authors, eleven of whom are New York Times bestsellers:
Cheyenne McCray, Elizabeth A Vaughan, Jenna Black, Karen Chance, L. A. Banks, Lilith Saintcrow, Nancy Holder, Rachel Caine, Rachel Vincent, Susan Krinard

[annita]

Melissa De La Cruz - Witches of the East
(The first book in the Witches of the East series)



From the author of the highly addictive and bestselling Blue Bloods series, with almost 3 million copies sold, comes a new novel, Melissa de la Cruz's first for adults, featuring a family of formidable and beguiling witches.

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Janet Evanovich - Smokin' Seventeen (2011)
(Book 17 in the Stephanie Plum series)



Where there's smoke there's fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum. The bail bonds office has burned to the ground, and bodies are turning up in the empty construction lot. To make matters worse, Stephanie is working out of a motor home she shares with a dancing bear, and Joe Morelli's old world grandmother has declared a vendetta against her. And just when Stephanie decides it might be time to choose between the two men in her life, Morelli and Ranger, a third man from Stephanie's past moves back to Trenton...

Break out a cold drink and slap on some sunscreen, this summer is sure to be a scorcher with Smokin' Seventeen.