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Shiloh Walker - Hunter's Rise (2012)
(A book 14 in the Hunters World series)


His past is a mystery, even to him--a werewolf with memories so lost in a fog that even the Hunter's healers cannot help him. Two hundred years ago,Toronto awakened on an unfamiliar street, naked and alone. Dogged by the unanswered questions of his enigmatic existence, he fears he will never find the missing pieces of the puzzle that is his life.

The vampire Sylvia is no Hunter. She's a take-no-prisoner mercenary that just barely skates this side of what the Hunters consider acceptable. She has no use for them, their laws, their rules. All she wants is to hunt her quarry, and make a lot of money. Her newest prey is a killer as devious as he is slippery. But her newest complication is of a more intimate sort: A blonde, blue-eyed werewolf who interferes with her plans in so many exquisite ways.

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Kate Noble - If I Fall (2012)


Every great romance comes with a risk...

After a duke's betrayal, the resilient Sarah Forrester
reinvents herself as the Golden Lady: society's leading light, the
beautiful and witty life of the party. It's all a façade of course-one
that protects her from another intimate disloyalty. When her old friend,
Lieutenant Jackson Fletcher, returns to London, he is
determined to rediscover the true and trusting Sarah he once knew. It'll
take more than a kiss and a promise. It might even call for an innocent
and necessary deception.


Then Jackson is enlisted to help capture the lead
suspect in a murder-- a man who happens to be Sarah's most ardent suitor.
Jack must continue the deception, and weathering this newest and
gravest betrayal will be Sarah's ultimate test. But as Jack's passion
for her grows, he must also reveal his own secrets. And as the killer
turns his attention to his pursuers, more than love and trust is put at
risk.

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Kate Noble - The Dress of the Season (e-book)
(The book 3.5 in the Blue Raven series)


Harris Dane, Viscount Osterley, orders a very fine and scandalously
cut dress to be made for a certain lady he wishes to woo.
While with the dress designer, he also orders a pair of gloves
to be sent to his ward, Miss Felicity Grove, to wish her well
for the new Season. But when Felicity accidentally receives
the dress, along with Osterley's affectionate note,
it sets into motion a tale of scandalous misunderstandings
and love in the last place you look.

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Elizabeth Lane - The Lawman's Vow (2012)


Lawman Flynn O'Rourke swore he'd bring his sister's killer to justice. So when suspect Aaron Cragun is identified, Flynn will do anything, even rent a boat and sail to Cragun's remote home himself, to find him. But Flynn doesn't anticipate the storm that wrecks his boat, the injury that erases his memory.or the beautiful woman who rescues him.

Sweet Sylvie is lovely and kind - and Aaron Cragun's daughter. As Flynn's memory returns, will the lawman keep his vow or allow himself to fall for the one woman forbidden to him?

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Karen Ranney - A Scottish Love (2011)


Shona Imrie should have agreed to Gordon MacDermond's proposal of marriage seven years ago - before he went off to war and returned a national hero - but the proud Scottish lass would accept no man's charity. The dashing soldier would never truly share her love and the passion that left her weak and breathless - or so she believed - so instead she gave herself to another. Now she faces disgrace, poverty, and a life spent alone for her steadfast refusal to follow her heart.

Honored with a baronetcy for his courage under fire, Gordon has everything he could ever want - except for the one thing he most fervently desires: the headstrong beauty he foolishly let slip through his fingers. Conquering Shona's stubborn pride, however, will prove his most difficult battle - though it is the one for which he is most willing to risk his life, his heart, and his soul.

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Kaki Warner - Colorado Dawn (2012)
(The second book in the Runaway Brides series)


After only three letters and one visit during her six-year marriage to a Scottish Cavalry Officer, Maddie Wallace decides to build a life without him. Accepting an assignment from a London periodical to photograph the West from a female perspective, she sails from England, determined to build a new life as an independent woman.

After injury ends his military career, Angus Wallace returns home to find his wife gone, his family decimated by fever, and himself next in line to an earldom. His new mission is clear--find his wife and sire heirs. His search takes him across an ocean and half a continent, but he finally tracks her to Heartbreak Creek, Colorado. There his biggest challenge awaits--to convince his headstrong wife to return home as his viscountess.

Amidst statehood struggles, claim jumping, and railroad disputes their passionate battle rages...until word comes that Angus has become the earl. Now they must decide between a life in the mountains of Colorado, or in the glittering ballrooms of London...and between duty and desire.

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Mia Marlowe - How To Distract a Duchess (2012)


Artemisia Dalrymple Pelham-Smythe doesn’t give two figs for the town’s opinions on propriety. She wants to be taken seriously as an artist, so the widowed Duchess of Southwycke is painting the entire Roman pantheon in glorious nudes. The man who arrived to pose for her is far too muscular and virile to fit her vision of a cherubic Cupid, so she’ll simply turn him into Mars.

Trevelyn Deveridge never expected to pose naked to serve Queen and country, but the trail of the elusive Mr. Beddington leads right to the door of the duchess. Unless Trev retrieves Beddington’s key, a whole string of operatives in India are in danger of discovery. Since he’s convinced Her Grace can point him in the right direction, he's left with little choice but to play along with her artistic endeavors.

Besides, when a lady asks a gentleman to disrobe, how can he refuse?

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Kelley Armstrong - The Calling (2012)
(The second book in the Darkness Rising series)


Maya Delaney's paw-print birthmark is the mark of what she truly is--a skin-walker. She can run faster, climb higher, and see better than nearly everyone else. Experiencing intense connections with the animals that roam the woods outside her home, Maya knows it's only a matter of time before she's able to Shift and become one of them. And she believes there may be others in her small town with surprising talents.

Now, Maya and her friends have been forced to flee from their homes during a forest fire they suspect was deliberately set. Then they're kidnapped, and after a chilling helicopter crash, they find themselves in the Vancouver Island wilderness with nothing but their extraordinary abilities to help them get back home.

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Tamara Lejeune - The Pleasure of Bedding a Baroness (2011)


Refinement is everything in the drawing rooms of the ton. But behind closed doors, a world of scandalous passion awaits. . .

A Gentleman Without Scruples

Patience Waverly has no time for uppity English aristocrats—and no desire to become one. But when Patience and her twin, Prudence, arrive in London from Philadelphia to claim an inheritance, she discovers that she is now a Baroness. Prudence, meanwhile, is determined to marry into a title of her own. She sets her cap at Max Purefoy, the future Duke of Sunderland—and, to Patience's dismay, the most seductive scoundrel she has ever met. . .

A Desire Without Limits

Max has little interest in frivolous Prudence, but the outspoken, outrageously attractive Baroness intrigues him. When Prudence's plan to entrap Max almost ruins him, he seeks amends from Patience. She must become his wife. And he will settle for nothing less than making their union one of unrelenting, unending pleasure. . .

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Judith James - The King's Courtesan (2011)


Her body is the battleground

Sensuous, beautiful and determined, Hope Matthews is a favored mistress of the king. Her many charms have helped her rise from the gutter to the king's bed. But with the new queen's impending arrival, her nights in the royal chamber - and her hopes for security - will swiftly come to an end.

His honor a distant memory

Haunted by his past, hardened by the recent civil war, Captain Robert Nichols lives only for revenge. When told he must marry the king's courtesan to provide a cover for their affair, he's faced with a new low. Both are pawns of a great man, but married to their dreams of independence, their clash is inevitable. Can these two wounded souls realize the answer to all their dreams might lie in each other's arms?

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Nora Roberts - The Witness (2012)


Daughter of a controlling mother, Elizabeth finally let loose one night, drinking at a nightclub and allowing a strange man's seductive Russian accent lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive. The events that followed changed her life forever.

Twelve years later, the woman known as Abigail Lowery lives on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. A freelance programmer, she designs sophisticated security systems - and supplements her own security with a fierce dog and an assortment of firearms. She keeps to herself, saying little, revealing nothing. But Abigail's reserve only intrigues police chief Brooks Gleason. Her logical mind, her secretive nature, and her unromantic viewpoints leave him fascinated but frustrated. He suspects that Abigail needs protection from something - and that her elaborate defenses hide a story that must be revealed.

With a quirky, unforgettable heroine and a pulse-pounding plotline, Nora Roberts presents a riveting new read that cements her place as today's most reliably entertaining thriller author - and will leave people hungering for more.

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Laura Griffin - Twisted (2012)
(The fifth book in the Tracers series)


The fifth thrilling Tracers novel from bestselling author Laura Griffin features 'the perfect mix of suspense and romance that made Catherine Coulter, Iris Johansen, and Tami Hoag popular with both women and men' (Booklist).

Rookie detective Allison Doyle only has room in her life for one goal: to prove to everyone that she is every bit as capable as the men in her small-town Texas police department. But when a vicious murder sends shockwaves through her community, Allison finds herself at the epicenter of a bigger challenge than she ever imagined. Legendary FBI profiler Mark Wolfe arrives to consult on the case and puts forth a startling new theory - that the crime is not the handiwork of the police's prime suspect, but of an elusive psychopath Mark has been hunting for more than a decade.

Teaming up with Mark puts Allison's professional reputation - and her heart - in jeopardy, but she shoves these risks aside so she can tap into one of the FBI's best assets. With Mark's help, as well as the elite group of forensic scientists known as the Tracers, Allison uncovers the killer's true identity. Or does she? As the net tightens around a psychopath, Allison begins to wonder if she and Mark have trapped a killer or become ensnared themselves..

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Sara Ramsey - Scotsmen Prefer Blondes (2012)
(The second book in the Muses of Mayfair series)


She never wanted marriage...
When a friend is forced to consider a marriage of convenience,
Lady Amelia Staunton is determined to rescue her.
But her plans trap her in an illicit seduction, and Amelia must
marry him herself. Malcolm’s all-consuming kisses and devilish
humor might make up for her lost freedom, but she believes
he will force her to abandon the Gothic romances she yearns to write.
Since she can’t escape him, she must distract him from her secret...

He isn’t looking for love...
A powerful autocrat with a well-hidden rebellious streak,
Malcolm MacCabe doesn’t need another beautiful mistress –
he needs an obedient wife. Obedience is not one of Amelia’s
virtues. But he’s too enthralled by her wit and passion to let
her go – even if it means risking the political reputation
he is building to save his clan.

Their hearts can’t survive the scandal...
Despite their intentions, every wicked embrace binds them
together. But as their conflicting desires combust into
insatiable hunger and unavoidable ruin, they must decide
whether to pursue their personal destinies alone –
or fight for the love that could destroy them both.

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Delilah Marvelle - Forever and a Day (2011)
(The first book in the Rumor series)


Roderick Gideon Tremayne, the recently appointed Duke of Wentworth, never expected to find himself in New York City, tracking down a mysterious map important to his late mother. And he certainly never expected to be injured, only to wake up with no memory of who he is. But when he sees the fiery-haired beauty who's taken it upon herself to rescue him, suddenly his memory is the last thing on his mind.

Georgia Milton, the young head of New York's notorious Forty Thieves, feels responsible for the man who was trying to save her bag from a thief. But she's not prepared for the fierce passion he ignites within her. When his memory begins to return, her whole world is threatened, and Roderick must choose between the life he forgot and the life he never knew existed..

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Isabel Cooper - Lessons After Dark (2012)


A woman with an unspeakable past

Olivia Brightmore became a fake medium to support herself after
her husband died, but she never expected to discover real magic
as the school's newest teacher.
Olivia Brightmore didn't know what to expect when she took
a position to teach at Englefiend School, an academy for "gifted"
children. But it wasn't having to rescue a young girl who levitated
to the ceiling. Or battling a dark mystery in the surrounding
woods. And nothing could have prepared her for Dr. Gareth St. John...
Olivia tries to keep the handsome doctor at arm's length,
but she can't resist the urge to get under his skin.

A man with exceptional talent
For years, Gareth St. John put his supernatural talent for
healing in service to the British Army.
Now he's the doctor at a very unusual new school that helps
people with special "talents" learn how to hone their abilities.
He knew all about her history and scrutinized her every move
because of it. But there was more than suspicion lurking in those
luscious green eyes. Even with all the strange occurrences at
the school, the most unsettling of all is the attraction pulling
Olivia and Gareth together with a force that cannot be denied.

He's no proper gentleman, but she's No Honest Woman.