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                                                               pleasure and vice. His scandalous ways have all but
    HISTORICAL                                                 emptied his coffers . . . until a wealthy mentor leaves
                                                               him a sizeable fortune. The only stipulation? He must
    ANY GROOM WILL DO BK#1 $13.95
                                                               marry within one month to inherit the money. Kit
    CHARIS MICHAELS
                                                               needs a bride and the bold, mysterious Miss Tamsyn
    Brides of Belgravia series. Lady Willow Hunnicut
                                                               Pearce seems perfect. Husband hunting isn't Tam-
    has always dreamed of living in London. With design
                                                               syn's top priority--she's in London to sell her new
    talent and aspirations grander than London's finest
                                                               shipment of illicit goods--but she's desperate for
    houses, she knows an unmarried heiress will never
                                                               funds to keep her smuggling operation afloat. When
    be allowed to live in the capital alone. But a married
                                                               a handsome earl offers to wed her and send her back
    woman may come and go as she pleases. With a
                                                               to Cornwall with a hefty allowance, Tamsyn agrees.
    little imagination, a lot of courage, and one carefully
                                                               After all, her secrets could land her in prison and an
    worded advertisement, Willow concocts a plan to get
                                                               attentive, love-struck spouse could destroy every-
    everything she wants... even if she must take a hus-
                                                               thing. But when an unexpected proviso in the will
    band in exchange. Lord Brent Caulder, the Earl of
                                                               grants Tamsyn control of the inheritance, their ar-
    Cassin, is destitute, his Yorkshire castle is crumbling,
                                                               rangement becomes anything but convenient. Now,
    and his tenants are without work. He has an ingen-
                                                               Kit's counting on his countess to make his wildest
    ious scheme that's a surefire moneymaker--if only
                                                               dreams a reality and he plans to convince her, one
    someone would invest. When he discovers an adver-
                                                               pleasurable seduction at a time.
    tisement seeking adventurers to fund, he is deter-
    mined to claim the money. But his world is turned          THE HELLION BK#1 $19.95 TRADE P/BACK
    upside down when the investor turns out to be a            CHRISTI CALDWELL
    flame-haired heiress. The deal is simple: In return for    Wicked Wallflowers series. Adair Thorne has just
    marrying Willow, Cassin will receive her substantial       watched his gaming-hell dream disappear into a
    dowry--and nothing else. All she asks is that after the    blaze of fire and ash, and he's certain that his com-
    wedding, each go their separate ways. But for all her      petitors, the Killorans, are behind it. His fury and pas-
    careful preparation, the one thing Willow couldn't         sion burn even hotter when he meets Cleopatra Kil-
    have planned is the way she feels about Cassin... or       loran, a tart-mouthed vixen who mocks him at every
    the desire that threatens to enflame them both.            turn. If she were anyone else but the enemy, she'd
                                                               ignite a desire in him that would be impossible to
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                                                               control. No one can make Cleopatra do anything.
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                                                               That said, she'll do whatever it takes to protect her
    SUSANNA CRAIG                                              siblings―even if that means being sponsored by
    Rogues and Rebels series. They call him Lord Ash,          their rivals for a season in order to land a noble hus-
    for his desires burn hot and leave devastation in their    band. But she will not allow her head to be turned by
    wake. But Gabriel Finch, Marquess of Ashborough,           the infuriating and darkly handsome Adair Thorne.
    knows the fortune he's made at the card table won't        There's only one thing that threatens the rules of the
    be enough to save his family estate. For that he           game: Cleopatra's secret. It could unravel the fami-
    needs a bride with a sterling reputation to distract       lies' tenuous truce and shatter the unpredictably sin-
    from his tarnished past, a woman who'll be proof           ful romance mounting between the hellion...and a
    against the fires of his dark passion. Fate deals him      scoundrel who could pass for the devil himself
    the perfect lady. So why can't Gabriel keep his eyes
    from wandering to her outspoken, infuriatingly inde-       HIS WICKED CHARM BK#6 $13.95
    pendent Irish cousin? Camellia Burke came to Lon-          CANDACE CAMP
    don as her aunt's companion, and she's brought a           Mad Morelands series. Bk#1 Mesmerized. She's
    secret with her: she's written a scandalous novel.         too prim ….. Lilah Holcutt dislikes Constantine Mo-
    Now, her publisher demands that she make her fic-          reland from the moment she meets him. He may be
    tional villain more realistic. Who better than the noto-   handsome, but he's frivolous, rash, impulsive and,
    rious Lord Ash as a model? Though Cami feels duty-         worst of all, a flirt. Now that Con's twin brother has
    bound to prevent her cousin from making a disas-           married Lilah's best friend, she's seeing way more of
    trous match, she never meant to gamble her own             Con than she'd like. And when Con's sisters are inex-
    heart away. But when she's called home, Ash fol-           plicably kidnapped, Lilah's own curiosity and stub-
    lows. And though they're surrounded by the flames of       bornness get the better of her, and she finds herself
    Rebellion, the sparks between them may be the most         swept into Con's investigation. He's indifferent to
    dangerous of all …..                                       propriety ….. Con knows that Lilah hates him--he just
                                                               wishes she weren't so devastatingly beautiful, that he
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                                                               weren't so attracted to her. Especially since they're
    EVA LEIGH                                                  working closely together to solve the kidnapping, an
    London Underground series. Bk#1 From Duke Till             adventure that leads them to Lilah's peculiar child-
    Dawn. For a shameless libertine and a wily smuggler        hood home, Barrow House, which sits atop an an-
    in the London Underground, marriage is more than           cient fen and features an eerie maze on its grounds.
    convenience--it's strategy . . .Christopher "Kit" El-      They'll have to join together to conquer a sinister
    lingsworth, war veteran and newly minted Earl of           force ….. The more Con and Lilah uncover, the more
    Blakemere, buries his demons under every sort of
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they're convinced that the answers lie buried deep              MARRY IN SCANDAL BK#2 $13.95
within Barrow House--answers to a mystery darker                ANNE GRACIE
than either of them could ever have realized.                   Marriage of Convenience series. Bk#1 Marry in
LADY IN WAITING BK#1 $13.95                                     Haste. Shy young heiress, Lady Lily Rutherford, is in
MARIE TREMAYNE                                                  no hurry to marry. She dreams of true love and a real
Reluctant Brides series. She wants to escape her                courtship. But when disaster strikes, she finds herself
present . . . When Clara Mayfield helps her sister              facing a scandal-forced marriage to her rescuer, Ed-
elope, she's prepared for the scandal to seal her fate          ward Galbraith, a well known rake. Despite his repu-
as a spinster. What she doesn't expect is to find her-          tation Lily is drawn to the handsome Galbraith. In the
self engaged to the vile Baron Rutherford as a means            gamble of her life, she agrees to marry him, hoping to
of salvaging her family's reputation. Determined not to         turn a convenient marriage into a love match. As heir
be chained to a man she loathes, Clara slips out of             to a title, Galbraith knows he must wed, so a conven-
Essex and sheds her identity: she becomes Helen,                ient marriage suits him perfectly. But there is a dark-
maid at the Earl of Ashworth's country estate. After            ness in his past, and secrets he refuses to share with
all, below stairs is the last place anyone would think          his tender-hearted young bride. All Lily's efforts to get
to look for an heiress . . . He wants to forget his past .      close to him fall on stony ground, and in desperation
. . William, Lord Ashworth, is attempting to rebuild his        she retreats to his childhood home--the place he's
life after the devastating accident that claimed the            avoided for nearly a decade. Must Lily reconcile her-
lives of his entire family, save his beloved sister and         self to a marriage without love? Or will Galbraith real-
niece. Haunted by memories of what was and deter-               ize that this warm-hearted, loving girl is the key to
mined to live up to the title he never expected to in-          healing the wounds of his past--and his heart?
herit, William doesn't have time for love. What he              MY LADY'S CHOOSING: AN INTERACTIVE ROMANCE
needs is a noble and accomplished wife, one who can             NOVEL $22.95 TRADE P/BACK
further the Ashworth line and keep the family name              KITTY CURRAN, LARISSA ZAGERIS
untarnished . . . Together, can they find the perfect           The romance novel that lets you pick your path, follow
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falling for Helen, a woman who doesn't even exist.              eenth-century society, courtship season has begun,
The question is, if she reveals the truth about her             and your future is at hand. Will you flip forward fetch-
identity, can she trust the broken William to forgive           ingly to find love with the bantering baronet Sir Bene-
her lie and stand by her side when scandal--and the             dict Granville? Or turn the page to true love with the
baron--inevitably follow her to his door?                       hardworking, horse-loving highlander Captain Angus
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                                                                read on recklessly and take to the Continent as the
Brethren series.Society's most wicked rake meets
                                                                "traveling companion" of the spirited and adventure-
his match in the clever Lady Chloe Edgerton! And
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nothing will ever be the same! She doesn't believe in
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marriage.... The cruelty of men is something Lady
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better her life and forget the past, men always seem
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to wed her to a proper gentleman, Chloe finally has             THE SECRET OF FLIRTING BK#5 $13.95
enough...but one misstep lands her in the arms of the           SABRINA JEFFRIES
most notorious rake in London. The Marquess of Ten-             Sinful Suitors series. Bk#1 The Art of Sinning. The
nyson doesn't believe in love.... Leopold Dunlop is a           moment spymaster Baron Fulkham meets the stun-
ruthless, coldhearted rake... a reputation he has culti-        ning Princess Aurore of Chanay, he's positive her
vated. As a member of The Brethren, a secret spy                royal persona is a ruse and that she's actually
network, he's committed his life to serving the Crown,          Monique Servais, the mysterious actress he met three
but his rakish reputation threatens to overshadow that          years before in Dieppe. But as he pursues his suspi-
service. When he's caught in a compromising position            cions, he uncovers a plot of attempted assassination
with Chloe, it could be the last nail in the coffin of his      and betrayal that could very well destroy his career,
career unless he's willing to enter into a marriage of          expose his own secrets...and ruin the woman he's
convenience. A necessary arrangement... A loveless              rapidly coming to love.
match from the start, it soon becomes something
more. As Chloe and Leo endeavor to continue with
the plans for their lives prior to their marriage, Leo
finds himself not so immune to his wife - or to the
prospect of losing her.
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    HISTORICAL                                                 CONTEMPORARY
    TO WOO A WICKED WIDOW BK#1 $12.95                          THE BEST MAN BK#2 $19.95 TRADE P/BACK
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    Widow’s Club series. The war years are behind              Alpha Men series. Bk#1 The Wing Man. It has all
    them. The future is before them. And one by one, the       the makings of a picture-perfect wedding, except for
    widows of Lyttlefield Park are getting restless . . .      one detail that could have used a little more plan-
    Lady Charlotte Cavendish is still the spirited girl who    ning... Hulking ex-rugby player Spencer Carlisle has
    tried to elope in the name of love. That dream was         crushed on Daffodil McGregor since high school. On
    thwarted by her father who trapped her into a love-        the field he knew the moves. Off, he was a clueless
    less, passionless marriage. But now widowed, Char-         clod who never gained an advantage. Rejected and
    lotte is free to reenter the giddy world of the ton--and   rebuffed, his infatuation finally cooled--like ice. Now,
    pursue her desires. For hardly your typical widow,         it's impossible not to feel the chill--since he's the best
    she remains innocent to the pleasures of the flesh.        man and she's the maid of honor at their siblings'
    Yet her life is finally her own, and she intends to        wedding. For the sake of harmony, they're calling a
    keep it that way . . . Nash, the twelfth Earl of           truce. Daff has her reasons for being a cynic when it
    Wrotham, is beguiled by Charlotte at first sight--and      comes to romance. And twice as many for not letting
    the feeling is mutual. When he receives her intriguing     on that she finds Spencer attractive--although she'd
    invitation to a house party, the marriage-minded lord      rather gnaw off her thumb than admit it. Still, there's
    plans to further their acquaintance. But even he can-      more to the sweet and sexy lug than meets the eye.
    not sway her aversion to matrimony, and only with          Maybe he is the one who can heal her emotional
    great restraint does he resist her most tempting offer.    scars. Maybe he'll give her a second chance. Be-
    For unbeknownst to Charlotte, the misadventures of         cause Spencer could be Daff's own best man--if it's
    the past are revisiting them both, and bedding her         not too late to come to terms with the past.
    could cost him everything--or give him everything he
                                                               THE BRIDE NEXT DOOR BK#4 $13.95
    ever wanted . . .
                                                               HOPE RAMSAY
    WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DUKE MAKES BK#1 $13.95                 Chapel of Love series. Bk#1 A Christmas Bride.
    LENORA BELL                                                Love arrives when we least expect it. Courtney Wal-
    School for Dukes series. Wanted: Governess for             lace loves her job as a wedding planner, but she's
    Duke's unruly children .... Edgar Rochester, Duke of       almost given up on her own happily-ever-after. She
    Banksford, is one of the wealthiest, most powerful         certainly doesn't it expect to find it with Matthew
    men in England, but when it comes to raising twins         Lyndon, the hotshot lawyer she overhears taking a
    alone, he knows he needs help. The only problem is         bet to seduce her. She's not amused by the chal-
    the children have terrorized half the governesses in       lenge, but she decides to play along--after all, what
    London. Until the clever, bold, and far-too-enticing       better way to beat him at his own game? Matt never
    Miss Mari Perkins arrives. Mari knows how to wrap          intended to take the bet seriously. And moving next
    even the most rebellious children around her finger.       door wasn't part of his strategy to win-it was just a
    But their demanding, wickedly handsome father? He          happy coincidence-but the more he gets to know
    won't be quite so easy to control. And there's some-       Courtney, the more intrigued he becomes. When fun
    thing else she can't seem to command. Her heart.           and games turn into something real, will these two
    The foolish thing beats so wildly every time Edgar is      decide they're in it to win it?
    near. As his employee, Mari is strictly off-limits. But
                                                               CHANGING THE RULES BK#3 $13.95
    what if she's the one breaking all his rules? In the
                                                               ERIN KERN
    game of governess versus duke, how can Edgar
                                                               Champion Valley series. Bk#1 Winner Takes All.
    maintain his defences when the only thing he wants
                                                               Cameron Shaw knows exactly what he's doing when
    to do is let the tempting beauty win . . .?
                                                               it comes to coaching high school boys on the football
    COMING IN MAY:                                             field, but caring for a six-year-old girl is a whole dif-
    Someone to Care—Mary Balogh                                ferent ballgame. When a gorgeous, highly opinionat-
    A Duke Like No Other—Valerie Bowman                        ed woman shows up with his niece in tow and claims
    A Devil of a Duke—Madeline Hunter                          he's Piper's new guardian, Cameron's first response
    The Designs of Lord Randolph Cavanaugh—                    is "hell no." But he can't abandon a little girl who just
    Stephanie Laurens
                                                               lost her mother.... Audrey Bennett wasn't planning to
    The Other Lady Vanishes—Amanda Quick (h/cover)
                                                               stick around town, but Piper's gruff, way-too-good-
    Lady Rogue—Theresa Romain
                                                               looking-for-his-own-ego uncle clearly needs help.
    The Luck of the Bride—Janna MacGregor
                                                               The longer she stays-watching Cameron teach Piper
                                                               to make pancakes and tie her sparkly pink shoelaces
                                                               -the harder it is to leave. Especially when he stops
                                                               arguing and gives Audrey the most toe-curling kiss of
                                                               her life. But just as she thinks he might be the one, a
                                                               secret he's been keeping threatens to tear apart their
                                                               happy little family.
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CLAIM ME, COWBOY BK#6 $11.95                                  finally surrender control to claim this blazing pas-
MAISEY YATES                                                  sion?
Copper Ridge series. Bk#1 Take Me, Cowboy.                    FEARLESS IN TEXAS BK#4 $13.95
Wanted: fake fiancée for a wealthy rancher. Benefits:         KARI LYNN DELL
all your dreams come true…. #1 Rule: don't fall in            Texas Rodeo series. Bk#1 Reckless in Texas. Look
love The woman on his doorstep is brash, independ-            out, world! There's a new cowboy in town. After her
ent and holding a baby! His father won't approve,             life comes crashing down, Melanie Brookman is de-
which makes her perfect for Joshua                            termined to claw her way back up again--and this
Grayson's scheme. He'll pretend                               time, she won't make the same mistakes twice. So
he's marrying unsuitable Danielle                             when her friend sends Wyatt Darrington to help,
Kelly to keep his father from med-                            Melanie keeps him at arm's length. He's exactly the
dling. He won't be tempted to touch                           sort of trouble she doesn't need. Wyatt has the per-
her, to claim her...or to fall in love.                       fect distraction for Melanie: rescue his failing bar.
DEVIL'S CUT BK#3 $13.95                                       She reluctantly agrees and together they hit the road.
P/BACK RELEASE                                                As they spend more time with one another, undenia-
J R WARD                                                      ble attraction grows. But Wyatt knows that if she ever
Bourbon Kings series. Bk#1 The Bourbon Kings. At              found out his closely guarded secret, any chance at
first, the death of William Baldwine, the head of the         happily ever after would be left in the dust…
Bradford family, was ruled a suicide. But then his            FROM YOUR HEART BK#4 $13.95
eldest son and sworn enemy, Edward, came forward              SHANNYN SCHROEDER
and confessed to what was, in fact, a murder. Now in          For You Love series. Bk#1 Under Your Skin.
police custody, Edward mourns not the disintegration          SOMETHING OLD?. . . Kathy "Play it Safe" Hen-
of his family or his loss of freedom . . . but the woman      dricks isn't used to taking risks, or fighting for what
he left behind. His love, Sutton Smythe, is the only          she wants. But as Maid of Honor in her best friend's
person he has ever truly cared about, but as she is           wedding, Kathy will do anything to make sure it all
the CEO of the Bradford Bourbon Company's biggest             goes smooth as bridal silk. She didn't plan on the
competitor, any relationship between them is impos-           Best Man being Kevin O'Malley, the hotter-than-
sible. And then there's the reality of the jail time that     flames, can't-commit bad boy who broke her heart
Edward is facing. Lane Baldwine was supposed to               five years ago. SOMETHING NEW . . . Kevin has
remain in his role of playboy, forever in his big broth-      never forgotten Kathy, the sweet, sexy brunette who
er Edward's shadow. Instead he has become the                 ghosted him just when he was starting to think he
new head of the family and the company. Convinced             was ready for something more. Kathy was different
that Edward is covering for someone else, Lane and            from the other girls Kevin dated, and five years later
his true love, Lizzie King, go on the trail of a killer--     it's truer than ever. Only now he senses a new
only to discover a secret that is as devastating as it is     strength in the shy girl who left him hanging all those
game-changing. As Lane rushes to discover the                 years ago. And this time, he's not going to let her get
truth, and Sutton finds herself irresistibly drawn to         away . . .Sometimes first love needs a second
Edward in spite of his circumstances, the lives of            chance...
everyone at Easterly will never be the same again.
For some, this is good; for others, it could be a trage-      HERO’S RETURN BK#5 $13.95
dy beyond imagining. Only one thing is for certain:           BJ DANIELS
Love survives all things. Even murder.                        Cahill Ranch series. Bk#1 Renegade’s Pride. The
                                                              prodigal Cahill is back--and ready to confess Tucker
FAST BURN BK#4 $13.95                                         Cahill disappeared from Gilt Edge, Montana, hoping
LORI FOSTER                                                   to escape a secret that has haunted him for nineteen
Body Armor series. Bk#1 Under Pressure. The mo-               years. Then, when a young woman's remains are
ment Brand Berry meets beautiful, driven Sahara               found in the creek near his family's ranch, he has no
Silver, the connection between them is electric. It's         choice but to face his demons. The truth that sent
also something he can't pursue. Sahara wants him,             him running years ago could take away his freedom
sure--to join Body Armor, where his MMA skills, size          now. Kate Rothschild came to town looking for
and cocky attitude make him perfect for her elite             vengeance--and Tucker Cahill. What she finds is a
crew of bodyguards. For Sahara, the agency always             tortured and irresistible man who's more than meets
comes first, and Brand needs more. Yet when she's             the eye. Caught up in the past, they are drawn deep-
kidnapped by men searching for her missing brother,           er into a twisted game that's not over yet. And the
he doesn't hesitate. Somewhere along the way, flirt-          consequences could prove fatal for them both…
ing with Brand for the sake of business turned very           (Note: Bk#4 Cowboy’s Redemption due out 17th Apr)
personal. Despite his refusal to join Body Armor, it's
Brand who steps up when Sahara needs him most.
Now there's no more time for games, and no point
denying the hunger they both feel. They'll escape
together or not at all. But if they survive, can Sahara
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                                                               Rachel knows she's falling hard for the laid-back pret-
   CONTEMPORARY                                                ty-boy Russian she's discovered has a relentlessly
                                                               steel spine when it comes to her. And she can't resist.
   HOW THE COWBOY WAS WON BK#6 $13.95
   LORI WILDE                                                  LONE RIDER BK#5 $13.95
   Cupid, Texas series. Bk#1 Love at First Sight. Be-          LINDSAY MCKENNA
   loved town of Cupid, Texas, where wedding fever is in       Wind River Valley series. Bk#1 Wind River Wran-
   the air . . . and two best friends discover that some-      gler. As a combat photographer in Afghanistan, Tara
   times the perfect match is standing right in front of       Dalton saw things she won't ever forget, as much as
   you . . . Ember Alzate is a fantastic matchmaker with       she would like to. And after returning Stateside, she
   one big problem: she can't find the perfect mate for        can't fight her way past the PTSD that's haunted her
   herself! Alzate family legend says that when she kiss-      ever since. Desperate to make a change, she joins
   es "the One" she'll hear a mysterious humming in her        her old friend Shay at the Bar C Ranch, where a
   head. Well, Ember's kissed a lot of guys and she's          group of ex-military vets are putting their lives back
   never heard a thing. Now, instead of searching for          together one step at a time--including one strong,
   herself, she vows to find her best friend, Ranger           gentle bear of a man who makes her feel safer than
   Lockhart, a bride. It's clear this smart, sexy man just     she has in years. Harper Sutton fell farther than he
   needs to meet the right gal. Ranger's returned home         ever imagined after his tour of duty as a medic was
   to Cupid with marriage on his mind, but he's not inter-     up, and he's not proud of it. But at the Bar C, he's
   ested in the parade of women Ember pushes under             doing work that means something, and he's training to
   his nose. His thoughts keep returning to his best           be a professional paramedic. That's enough to con-
   friend--with her combustible combination of curves          centrate on, until Tara comes to share his place at the
   and sass. No one compares to Ember, but what's it           ranch. The shadows in her eyes are darker than
   going to take to convince her she's the woman for           simply memories of war, and every moment he
   him?                                                        spends with her opens up parts of himself he'd
                                                               thought long dead. But as Tara's troubled past threat-
   IN THE EYE OF THE STORM AND CATERING TO THE
                                                               ens the present, it will take trust in each other to fight
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   SAMANTHA CHASE
   Dealing with your boss is never easy...falling in love      LONG TALL COWBOY CHRISTMAS BK#2 $13.95
   with him is even harder. Eye of the Storm: Holly            CAROLYN BROWN
   Abrams can't believe her demanding...and unbelieva-         Happy, Texas series. Bk#1 Toughest Cowboy in
   bly sexy...boss, Stephen Ballinger, called her to pick      Texas. Nash Lamont is a man about as solitary as
   him up at 2 A.M. in the middle of a tropical storm. To      they come. That's exactly why ranch life in middle-of-
   make matters worse, the storm is too dangerous for          nowhere Happy, Texas suits him. So what the heck is
   her to make the trek home. Forced to stay at his place      he doing letting a beautiful widow and her three ram-
   to wait it out, their relationship quickly turns passion-   bunctious children temporarily move in? Before he
   ate...but will it last past the thunder and lightning?      knows it, they're stringing Christmas lights and deco-
   Catering to the CEO: Millionaire CEO Adam Law-              rating the tree... and he's having the time of his life.
   rence knows how to get what he wants--in business           But after everything he's been through, Nash knows
   and in the bedroom. So when caterer Cassie Jacobs           this kind of happiness doesn't last. Kasey Dawson
   dares to best him on a deal, Adam vows revenge. But         thought she'd never get over the death of her hus-
   when they get life-changing news that could bind            band. Nash, with his strong hands and infinite pa-
   them together for years to come, Adam may have no           tience, is stirring something she hasn't felt in a long
   choice but to change his ways...and open his heart."        time. Kasey knows the sexy cowboy isn't telling her
                                                               everything about this past, though. And she refuses to
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                                                               risk heartbreak all over again. But her kids have a
   LAUREN DANE
                                                               plan of their own: Nothing will keep them from having
   Whiskey Sharp series. Bk#1 Unraveled. Vicktor Or-
                                                               a real family again-even if it takes a little help from
   lov took one look at the wary gaze and slow-to-trust
                                                               Santa himself.
   personality of the deliciously sexy and fascinating
   Rachel Dolan and knew he wanted more than just a            A MOTHER'S LOVE $13.95 2IN1 REISSUE
   casual friendship. But as a natural protector, he also      NORA ROBERTS
   knew bossiness and overprotective maneuvering               Dual Image: Soap-opera star Ariel Kirkwood has got
   would push her away. He'll use every tool in his easy-      her hands full. Playing Booth DeWitt's cruel ex-wife in
   going arsenal to convince her to take a chance on           his semi-autobiographical film is the chance of a life-
   them. Rachel's flourishing new career as a tattoo art-      time. Not only that, she's secretly in the middle of a
   ist has brought color back into a life previously dam-      custody battle for her brother's son. The last thing she
   aged by violence. She knows she can trust Vic - it's        has time for is a complicated relationship with a
   herself she's not sure of. She doesn't want to be           moody screenwriter, yet Ariel can't get sexy Booth out
   caged or controlled, protected so much she has no           of her mind. Ever since his very public breakup with
   ability to make her own choices. When Vic finally           his ex-wife, Booth has had serious trust issues. All the
   drops all pretences of "just friends" and focuses all his   same, he can't help it when Ariel makes her way into
   careful affection and irresistible seduction on her,        his life--and into his heart. The Best Mistake: Ex-
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model Zoe Fleming is now a hardworking single mom            SIT, STAY, LOVE BK#2 $13.95
--and she wouldn't have it any other way. That being         DEBBIE BURNS
said, she needs a tenant to share household expens-          Rescue Me series. Bk#1 A New Leash on Love.
es. What she gets is confirmed bachelor J. Cooper            These dogs aren't the only ones in need of rescue ....
McKinnon. Coop has no intentions of settling down            For devoted no-kill shelter worker Kelsey Sutton,
anytime soon, but when he meets Zoe's son, Kee-              rehabbing a group of rescue dogs is a welcome chal-
nan, he can't help but bond with the young boy--and          lenge. Working with a sexy ex-military dog handler
fall for his independent mother. But Zoe has zero            who needs some TLC himself? That's a different sto-
room in her life for a man! Either this was a recipe for     ry. Kurt Crawford keeps his heart
disaster or the best mistake she's ever made.                locked away from everyone. Well, eve-
THE RIVER HOUSE BK#8 $13.95                                  ryone except the dogs who need his
CARLA NEGGERS                                                help...and always have his back. But
Swift River Valley series. Bk#1 Secrets of the Lost          as Kurt gets to know the compassion-
Summer. Felicity MacGregor loves organizing social           ate, beautiful woman he's been as-
events for others but her own personal life is a differ-     signed to work with, he can't help but
ent story. After a brief but failed attempt at a career      feel a little puppy love...
as a financial analyst, she returned to Knights Bridge       STAY WITH ME BK#1 $13.95
where she enjoys running a thriving party-planning           JULES BENNETT
business. Then Felicity's life gets a shake-up when          Return to Haven series. Small-town Haven, Geor-
her childhood friend Gabriel Flanagan returns unex-          gia, is home to generations of families, plenty of
pectedly to their tiny hometown. Now a high-flying           Southern charm, and an airport that's seen better
businessman, Gabe always vowed to get out of                 days. But as three friends are about to discover, love
Knights Bridge, but he is back for the local entrepre-       gives everything wings . . . At eighteen, Olivia Daniels
neurial boot camp Felicity's been hired to organize.         left Haven behind and never looked back. Doggedly
Together again, they'll finally have to face each other-     climbing the corporate ladder, she's finally nearing
-and their complicated past. Gabe and Felicity soon          the top when her father dies--leaving her part-owner
realize their reunion is stirring up long-buried emo-        of the run-down airport that was his first love. It's a
tions. While Gabe has big plans for his future, Felicity     complication Olivia intends to wrap up quickly--buying
is discovering that hers doesn't depend on fate--she         out her co-owner and selling the land. Good thing her
must choose what's right for her. But if they can find a     childhood best friends are with her for moral support.
bridge between their diverging paths, they may just          Because one look at her new partner is proof that her
discover that their enduring connection is what mat-         tidy plan has hit turbulence . . . Jackson Morgan
ters most.                                                   practically grew up in Haven's airport, and no one
THE SCHEMER BK#3 $13.95                                      could have been a better mentor than Olivia's dad.
AVERY FLYNN                                                  Flight is in Jackson's blood, but his roots are firmly
Harbor City series. Bk#1 The Negotiator. Tyler Ja-           planted, and there's no way he's giving up the airport-
cobson has a plan for everything--except how to han-         -not even for sassy, headstrong Olivia, his childhood
dle his completely annoying, utterly frustrating, and        crush. Coming to an agreement won't be easy, espe-
totally sexy upstairs neighbor. He couldn't care less if     cially when the attraction between them soars to new
Everly Ribinski thinks he's equally irritating--until he     heights every day. Love definitely wasn't on the itiner-
discovers she's the only one who can help him land a         ary, but is it enough to keep them together for a life-
business deal that will finally make him feel like he's      time trip? . . .
more than just a guy from the wrong side of the              COMING IN MAY:
tracks. Color him shocked when Everly refuses to             Disturbing His Peace—Tessa Bailey
help, insisting she should have run him over in the          Until There Was Us—Samantha Chase
parking garage when she had the chance. Harsh. But           Love Among the Treetops—Catherine Ferguson
possibly deserved. Tyler may have spent the last few
                                                             Lone Star Blues—Delores Fossen
months revelling in annoying the fiery gallery owner
                                                             The Only Thing—Marie Harte
with a dark past, but he's got secret leverage she
can't refuse. If only they could stop trying to one-up       Caught Up in a Cowboy—Jennie Marts
each other long enough to realize the pranks are             Welcome to Moonlight Harbor—Sheila Roberts
nothing more than foreplay. Of course, he figures it         Don’t Call Me Cupcake—Tara Sheets
out quicker. He's smart like that. Too bad Everly            The Chaser—Kylie Scott
wants nothing to do with him. Or does she? Wait.
What is she up to now? For a man who's always
scheming, the best-laid plans never felt so good fall-
ing apart…
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                                                                rapher, Joaquin has everything a single, straight guy
   MYSTERY & SUSPENSE                                           could want-except the right woman. When he meets
                                                                Mia while shooting a crime scene, he immediately
   ALMOST DEAD BK#2 $13.95 REISSUE
                                                                sees beyond her cold exterior to the vulnerable
   LISA JACKSON
                                                                woman beneath. Though the police consider her a
   San Francisco/Cahill Family series. Bk#1 If She
                                                                suspect, he's sure she's innocent. Someone is killing
   Only Knew. The first victim is pushed to her death.
                                                                soldiers-and trying to pin the blame on her. Unable
   The second suffers a fatal overdose. The third takes
                                                                to resist the pull between them, Joaquin stands by
   a bullet to the heart. Three down, more to go.
                                                                her, only to find himself snared in the killer's net as
   They're people who deserve to die. People who are
                                                                well. A twisted soul hungry for revenge...
   in the way. And when she's finished, there will be no
                                                                Mia can't help it when the heat between her and
   one left... Cissy Cahill's world is unravelling fast.
                                                                Joaquin melts away her preconceptions. As their
   One by one, members of her family are dying. Cis-
                                                                passion explodes, danger draws ever closer. When
   sy's certain she's being watched. Or is she losing
                                                                it becomes clear that Mia is the killer's true target,
   her mind? Lately she's heard footsteps when there's
                                                                she must trust Joaquin with a secret that could ruin
   no one around, smelled a woman's perfume, and
                                                                her ... or risk losing the love of a lifetime.
   noticed small, personal items missing from her
   house. Cissy's right to be afraid--but not for the rea-      DEADLY SECRET BK#2 $13.95
   son she thinks. The truth is much more terrifying...         TARA THOMAS
    Hidden in the shadows of the Cahill family's twisted        Sons of Broad series. Bk#1 Darkest Night. In the
   past is a shocking secret--a secret that will only be        sultry streets of Charleston, one family, ruled by its
   satisfied by blood. And Cissy must uncover the               powerful, take-no-prisoners sons, has risen to the
   deadly truth before it's too late, because fear is com-      top. But a merciless enemy is out to destroy
   ing home...with a vengeance...                               them...and everyone they hold close. As a lawyer
                                                                and aspiring Congresswoman, Bea likes to keep
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                                                                things professional. But she's hired to investigate
   TESS DIAMOND
                                                                past dark secrets embedded in the Benedict busi-
   O'Connor & Kincaid series. Bk#1 Dangerous
                                                                ness empire--and as secret wife to Knox Benedict,
   Games. An FBI agent teams up with the one woman
                                                                the job is about to become even more personal.
   who can offer the salvation he needs as they search
                                                                Knox is the moral backbone of the Benedict family,
   for a serial killer . . .As the head of an elite FBI unit,
                                                                but even a modern-day saint can have a mysterious
   Special Agent Paul Harrison seems to have every-
                                                                side. He's out to win back his estranged secret wife--
   thing figured out, but beneath the surface, an inter-
                                                                but getting close to her again could destroy them
   nal war is raging. When he returns to his rural
                                                                both. As Bea and Knox dig up the truth, Bea falls
   hometown for the first time in a few years, he's faced
                                                                deeper and deeper into danger. Someone close by
   with the memories that led to his losing the love of
                                                                is watching her--and waiting to kill. Can Knox save
   his life. Fifteen years ago, Abigail Winthrop's best
                                                                the woman he loves from the enemy out to destroy
   friend, and Paul's girlfriend, was murdered by the
                                                                them? And can their marriage survive the deadliest
   infamous serial killer Doctor X. Now an investigative
                                                                secret of all?
   journalist, she's determined to find the truth. But
   when Abigail discovers evidence that clears Doctor           DEATH BY DUMPLING BK#1 $13.95
   X, she realizes the real killer is still out there and is    VIVIEN CHIEN
   striking again when local young girls begin disap-           Noodle Shop Mystery. Welcome to the Ho-Lee
   pearing. Turning to Paul for help, Abigail joins forc-       Noodle House, where the Chinese food is to die for.
   es with him. As an undeniable attraction develops            . .The last place Lana Lee thought she would ever
   between them, they must heal deep wounds from                end up is back at her family's restaurant. But after a
   their past--and find a relentless psychopath who             brutal break-up and a dramatic workplace walk-out,
   could extinguish their hopes for a future together.          she figures that helping wait tables is her best option
                                                                for putting her life back together. Even if that means
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                                                                having to put up with her mother, who is dead-set on
   PAMELA CLARE
                                                                finding her a husband. Lana's love life soon be-
   I Team series. Secrets buried in the sand … Former
                                                                comes yesterday's news once the restaurant's prop-
   US Army Captain Mia Starr has built a new life for
                                                                erty manager, Mr. Feng, turns up dead--after a deliv-
   herself in Denver, far away from camel spiders and
                                                                ery of shrimp dumplings from Ho-Lee. But how could
   sand-and the terrible secrets of her first deployment
                                                                this have happened when everyone on staff knew
   to Iraq. She isn't looking for a relationship, especially
                                                                about Mr. Feng's severe, life-threatening shellfish
   not with an intrusive photojournalist. Joaquin
                                                                allergy? Now, with the whole restaurant under suspi-
   Ramirez might be sexy, but in her experience, pho-
                                                                cion for murder and the local media in a feeding
   tojournalists only want to make a buck off other peo-
                                                                frenzy--to say nothing of the gorgeous police detec-
   ple's suffering. Still, the universe must have a sick
                                                                tive who keeps turning up for take-out--it's up to La-
   sense of humor because it keeps throwing her to-
                                                                na to find out who is behind Feng's killer order. . .
   gether with Joaquin, making the desire she feels for
                                                                before her own number is up.
   him harder and harder to resist. An undeniable at-
   traction … As a Pulitzer Prize-winning news photog-
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FAT TUESDAY $16.95 REISSUE                                  SCU agents must brace themselves for a flood of
SANDRA BROWN                                                darkness unlike any the world has ever seen…
Burke Basile is a cop with nothing left to lose. Haunt-     I KNOW A SECRET BK#12 $16.95 P/BACK RELEASE
ed by his partner's death, his marriage and his career      TESS GERRITSEN
over, he focuses on his nemesis, Pinkie Duvall, a           Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles series. Bk#1 The Sur-
flamboyant attorney who helps killers evade justice.        geon. Two separate homicides, at different locations,
Burke's shocking revenge centers around kidnapping          with unrelated victims, have more in common than
Remy, the lawyer's trophy wife. But Burke hasn't            just being investigated by Boston PD detective Jane
planned on the electric attraction he'll feel for this      Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles. In both
desperate woman, who rose from the slums of New             cases, the bodies bear startling wounds, yet the actu-
Orleans to marry a man she can never love. Nor can          al cause of death is unknown. It's a doubly challeng-
he predict the fierce duel that will explode as the         ing case for the cop and the coroner to be taking on,
clock ticks toward midnight on Fat Tuesday when all         at a fraught time for both of them. As Jane struggles
masks will be stripped away--and Burke must con-            to save her mother from the crumbling marriage that
front his own terrifying secret.                            threatens to bury her, Maura grapples with the immi-
THE HEART OF A SEAL BK#1 $22.95 TRADE P/BACK                nent death of her own mother--infamous serial killer
DIXIE LEE BROWN (RELEASED APRIL 10TH)                       Amalthea Lank. While Jane tends to her mother,
Hearts of Valor series. Six months in a desert hell-        there's nothing Maura can do for Amalthea, except
hole taught Navy SEAL Luke Harding things he never          endure one final battle of wills with the woman whose
wanted to learn about life and death. Only tender           shadow has haunted her all her life. Though suc-
memories of the beautiful brunette he met a few             cumbing to cancer, Amalthea hasn't lost her taste for
weeks before his deployment helped get him through          manipulating her estranged daughter--this time by
the torturous days and nights. Back in the States           dangling a cryptic clue about the two bizarre murders
after a perilous rescue, physically and emotionally         Maura and Jane are desperately trying to solve. But
damaged, Luke's about to plunge into a new kind of          whatever the dying convict knows is only a piece of
war. In a seemingly bucolic Idaho town, Sally Duncan        the puzzle. Soon the investigation leads to a secre-
faces real-and unpredictable-danger. All Sally ever         tive young woman who survived a shocking abuse
wanted was a safe place to raise her nine-year-old          scandal, an independent horror film that may be root-
daughter. Her identity hidden behind a facade of se-        ed in reality, and a slew of martyred saints who died
crets and lies, can she trust Luke-a man she barely         cruel and unusual deaths. And just when Rizzoli and
knows-with the truth? Even as they give in to long-         Isles think they've cornered a devilish predator, the
denied passion, a killer with a personal vendetta is        long-buried past rears its head--and threatens to en-
setting an ambush that will leave them praying for a        gulf more innocent lives, including their own.
miracle and fighting for the future they may not live to    LETHAL LICORICE BK#2 $13.95
see.                                                        AMANDA FLOWERS
HOLD BACK THE DARK BK#6 $34.95 H/COVER                      Amish Candy Shop Mystery. Bk#1 Assaulted Cara-
KAY HOOPER                                                  mel. Too many sweets spoil the murder . . . Harvest,
Bishop: Special Crimes Unit series. Bk#1 Haven.             Ohio, is a long way from New York City, where Bailey
A town in the thrall of evil. A summons that can't be       King left a coveted job as a head chocolatier to take
ignored. The Chosen have been warned. Powerful              over Swissmen Sweets, her Amish grandparents'
psychics across the globe have gotten the same ee-          candy shop. Now, while caring for her recently wid-
rie and insistent message: Go to Prosperity. Because        owed grandmother, she plans to honor her grandfa-
in this small North Carolina mountain town, madness         ther's memory by entering the annual Amish Confec-
has taken hold...Trapped in a nightmare they can't          tionery Competition. But between lavender blueberry
escape, the residents of Prosperity are killing one         fudge and chocolate cherry ganache truffles, Bailey
another, waking up with no memory of the monstrous          may have bitten off more than she can chew when
acts they've committed--or the reasons why. Chief           the search for a missing pot-bellied pig turns up a
Deputy Katie Cole knows that whatever evil is afoot is      body suffering from sugar overload--the fatal kind . . .
beyond her expertise, and beyond the understanding          A candy maker from a neighboring town who wanted
of Sheriff Jackson Archer. They need help. The Spe-         Englischer Bailey disqualified for being an outsider,
cial Crimes Unit is called in for its spe-                  Josephine Weaver died from an allergy to an essen-
cific brand of investigation, to aid the                    tial licorice ingredient. The suspects include: Jose-
Chosen as well as the once-peaceful                         phine's niece, a young woman going through her
mountain town. It will take all the                         rumspringa, or running around time, and Bailey her-
agents' training, all their experience,                     self. Now it falls to Bailey, who's sweet on the local
and every extra sense they can call on                      sheriff's deputy, to clear their names and entice a
to get to the bottom of things in Pros-                     killer with a cast-iron stomach for cold-blooded mur-
perity. And as a sinister pattern begins                    der . . .
to emerge, even the most experienced and hardened

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                                                              tling, Daniel's brother-in-law confesses--while his
   MYSTERY & SUSPENSE                                         mother begs Rachel to prove his innocence. But why
                                                              would he give a false confession? Who is he trying
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                                                              to protect? As Rachel's search for answers over-
   IRIS JOHANSEN, ROY JOHANSEN
                                                              shadows her wedding plans, rumors swirl that she
   Kendra Michaels series. Bk#1 Close Your Eyes. A
                                                              might not show up at the altar--and that Daniel was-
   serial killer is on the loose in San Diego. With each
                                                              n't as upstanding as he seemed. While the list of
   murder, random and mystifying objects are left be-
                                                              people who wanted him dead grows, Rachel is
   hind. In this confusing array of evidence, only one
                                                              caught in the killer's crosshairs, and if she's not
   thing is clear: each case requires the skills of Kendra
                                                              careful, it may be more than her feet that turn cold . .
   Michaels, a hired gun for the CIA and FBI. Kendra,
   who was blind for most of her life before a revolu-        PRETTY LITTLE KILLERS BK#1 $19.95
   tionary surgical procedure gave her sight, uses her        TRADE P/BACK
   acute powers of observation to solve some of the           RITA HERRON
   country's most complex crimes. And this one is no          Keepers series. Still haunted by his wife's murder--
   exception. When the FBI discovers that the left-           and stained by the blood of avenging it--FBI special
   behind objects are souvenirs of previous unsolved          agent Hatcher McGee can't believe he's being
   serial murder cases, Kendra is called in to help. The      teamed up with rookie agent Korine Davenport. She
   latest crimes feature "holdback" characteristics nev-      is his most guilty secret--the one-night stand who
   er disclosed to the public--meaning that one single        almost cost him everything. Korine has her own de-
   killer was behind the nation's most notorious un-          mons. As a child, she witnessed her father's murder,
   solved cases. . .and is back to challenge and taunt        and she's spent her life waiting for the killer's return.
   Kendra. As the body count rises, and a "dream              She and Hatcher are both looking for closure, but
   team" of profilers becomes the newest target, it's up      the disturbing case that draws them together could
   to Kendra to defeat a psychopath whose terrifying          be their last. When the mutilated body of a corrupt
   plan has been years in the making.                         Savannah judge surfaces, Hatcher and Korine find
                                                              themselves on the trail of a vigilante who is showing
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                                                              no mercy. Not for the predators who've gone free.
   LISA RENEE JONES
                                                              And not for anyone who gets in the way. As the body
   Lilah Love series. As an FBI profiler, it's Lilah
                                                              count rises, and as Hatcher's and Korine's own
   Love's job to think like a killer. And she is very good
                                                              pasts unfold, they must risk their lives tracking a
   at her job. When a series of murders surface--the
                                                              killer they've come to understand all too well ...
   victims all stripped naked and shot in the head--
   Lilah's instincts tell her it's the work of an assassin,   RUNNING THE RISK BK#2 $13.95
   not a serial killer. But when the case takes her back      LEA GRIFFITH
   to her hometown in the Hamptons and a mysterious           Endgame Ops series. Bk#1 Flash of Fury. Survival
   but unmistakable connection to her own life, all her       is crucial. Trust is optional. Love is unstoppable.
   assumptions are shaken to the core. Thrust into a          Jude Dagan's life as he knew it ended a year ago.
   troubled past she's tried to shut the door on, Lilah's     On a mission gone wrong, he was forced to watch
   back in the town where her father is mayor, her            as Ella Banning, the only woman he's ever loved,
   brother is police chief, and she has an intimate histo-    was killed. Or so he thought. Jude wasn't the only
   ry with the local crime lord's son, Kane Mendez. The       one who lost something on the day Ella was pre-
   two share a devastating secret, and only Kane un-          sumed dead. She sacrificed Endgame Ops, the love
   derstands Lilah's own darkest impulses. As more            of her life, and parts of herself she can never get
   corpses surface, so does a series of anonymous             back. Now she's determined to take down the
   notes to Lilah, threatening to expose her. Is the killer   world's most dangerous terrorist--even if it means
   someone in her own circle? And is she the next tar-        working for him. When Jude and Ella are reunited,
   get?                                                       they'll battle the lies Ella has been forced to tell...and
                                                              struggle to save a love that knows no bounds.
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   Amish Mystery. Bk#1 Plain Murder. When Rachel              SMALL P/BACK RELEASE
   Mast returned to Stone Mill, Pennsylvania, she un-         BRENDA NOVAK
   wittingly became a bridge between the closed Amish         Fairham Island series. Bk#1 The Secret Sister. The
   community and the Englisher police. Now, as she            rich and powerful Josephine Lazarow, matriarch of
   prepares for her wedding, she's drawn into an inves-       Fairham Island, is dead. The police say it's suicide,
   tigation that could end in a different ceremony--her       but Keith, her estranged son, doesn't believe it.
   funeral . . .Rachel didn't know Daniel Fisher well, but    Keith bears scars--both physical and emotional--
   it still comes as a shock when her fiance, a state         from his childhood, but he's worked hard to over-
   trooper, tells her that the young Amish man's death        come the past. After walking away from his mother
   may not have been a hunting accident. The police           and her controlling ways five years ago, he's built a
   believe he was murdered and they need Rachel's             new life in LA. He's also accumulated a fortune of
   help telling the family. But when she does, they don't     his own. But as soon as he learns of his mother's
   seem upset or even surprised. Even more unset-             death, he returns to Fairham. He feels he owes it to
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again--and he's determined to find his mother's killer.       COURTNEY EVAN TATE
Problem is...coming home to Fairham puts him back             Dr. Corinne Cabot is living the American dream.
in contact with Nancy Dellinger, the woman he hurt            She's a successful ER physician in Chicago who's
so badly when he left before. And digging that deep           married to a handsome husband. Together they live
into his mother's final days and hours entails a very         in a charming house in the suburbs. But appearances
real risk. Because the person who killed her could be         can be deceiving--and what no one can see is
someone he loves...                                           Corinne's dark past. Troubling gaps in her memory
THE SIXTH DAY BK#5 $35.95 HARDCOVER                           mean she recalls little about a haunting event in her
CATHERINE COULTER, JT ELLISON                                 life years ago that changed everything. She remem-
                                                              bers only being in the house the night two people
(RELEASED APR 10TH)
                                                              were found murdered. Her father was there, too. Now
Brit in the FBI series. Bk#1 The Final Cut. Special
                                                              her father is in prison; she hasn't been in contact in
agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine take
                                                              years. Repressing that terrifying memory has caused
on a ruthless mastermind in the fifth highly anticipat-
                                                              Corinne moments of paranoia and panic. Sometimes
ed thriller in A Brit in the FBI series. When several
                                                              she thinks she sees things that aren't there, hears
major political figures die mysteriously, officials de-
                                                              words that haven't been spoken. Or have they? She
clare the deaths are from natural causes. Then the
                                                              fears she may be losing her mind, unable to deter-
German Vice-Chancellor dies on the steps of 10
                                                              mine what's real and what's not. So when she senses
Downing Street, and a drone is spotted hovering over
                                                              her husband's growing distance, she thinks she's
the scene. The truth becomes clear--these high-
                                                              imagining things. She writes her suspicions off to
profile deaths are well-constructed assassinations,
                                                              fatigue, overwork, anything to explain what she can't
and the Covert Eyes team is tasked to investigate.
                                                              accept--that her life really isn't what it seems.
With the help of Dr. Isabella Marin, a young expert in
the enigmatic Voynich Manuscript and cryptophasia             THE ULTIMATUM BK#1 $22.95
(twin language), Nicholas and Michaela home in on             TRADE P/BACK RELEASE
Roman Ardelean, a wealthy cybersecurity genius and            KAREN ROBARDS
a descendant of fifteenth century Romanian Vlad the           Guardian series. Her past is shrouded in secrets--
Impaler--often romanticized as Dracula. Ardelean              but it has made her who she is today. Growing up,
believes the Voynich Manuscript will unlock the se-           Bianca St. Ives knew she was different from all her
cret to curing his severely ill twin brother's blood dis-     friends. Instead of playing hopscotch or combing her
order and is willing to murder anyone who gets in his         dolls' hair, she covertly studied martial arts with
way, including Nicholas and Michaela. Along with              sensei masters and dismantled explosives with spe-
MI5, the Covert Eyes team must race against the               cial-ops retirees. Her father prepped her well to carry
clock to find Ardelean before he unleashes a devas-           on the family business. Now she makes a living swin-
tating attack on London intended to destroy those he          ling con men out of money they stole. But her latest
believes betrayed him.                                        gig goes horribly wrong. Not only do two hundred
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TESSA HARRIS                                                  go missing, but her father is killed during the heist.
Constance Piper Mystery. London's East End,                   The thing is, the US government doesn't believe he's
1888: When darkness falls, terror begins . . . The            really dead. They'll stop at nothing to capture Richard
foggy streets of London's Whitechapel district have           St. Ives, a high-value target and someone who has
become a nocturnal hunting ground for Jack the Rip-           been on most-wanted lists all over the world for over
per, and no woman is safe. Flower girl Constance              two decades--and they mean to use Bianca as bait.
Piper is not immune to dread, but she is more preoc-          With only a fellow criminal for backup and her life on
cupied with her own strange experiences of late.              the line, it's up to Bianca to uncover the terrifying
Clairvoyants seem to be everywhere these days.                truth behind what really happened...and set it right,
Constance's mother has found comfort in contacting            before it's too late.
her late father in a seance. But are such powers real?        THE UNDERCOVER BILLIONAIRE BK#3 $13.95
And could Constance really be possessed of second             JACKIE ASHENDEN
sight? Following the latest grisly discovery, Con-            Tate Brothers series. Bk#1 The Dangerous Billion-
stance is contacted by a high-born lady of means              aire. The Tate Brothers were raised to protect what is
who fears the victim may be her missing sister. She           theirs...Navy SEAL Wolf Tate is on a mission of
implores Constance to use her clairvoyance to help            vengeance. He's willing to do whatever it takes to
solve the crime, which the press is calling "the White-       infiltrate the lair of his arms-dealing enemy--and res-
chapel Mystery," attributing the murder to the Ripper.        cue the mother he never knew. To do this, he'll need
As Constance becomes embroiled in intrigue far                more than his father's fortunes or his brothers-in-
more sinister than she could have imagined, assis-            arms. He must find a way to kidnap his enemy’s
tance comes in a startling manner that profoundly             daughter for leverage. There's just one problem: She
challenges her assumptions about the nature of reali-         is also one of Wolf's closest friends--and the only
ty. She'll need all the help she can get --because            woman he's ever loved...For years, Olivia de Santis
there may be more than one depraved killer out                has been waiting for Wolf to take her in his arms and
there . . .                                                   make her dreams come true. But she never imagined
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   take her as his hostage. Olivia knows she should             don't know how the story will end . . . After years of
   resist him--and stay loyal to her own family. But how        hard work honing his craft, Blake Edwards is now an
   can she deny the burning justice of Wolf's mission,          international bestselling author. But one thing he
   and the blazing desire in his eyes--even if giving into      never imagined was that his fictional world would
   the heat of the moment can put her in grave danger?          become all too real. When a stalker turns Blake's
                                                                latest book tour into a treacherous and nearly deadly
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   DEBRA SENNEFELDER                                            body assigned to keep an eye on him is someone he
   Food Blogger Mystery. Leaving behind a failed                never wants out of his sight . . . As a bodyguard for
   career as a magazine editor and an embarrassing              Vigilance, the private security agency in Blake's
   stint on a reality baking show, newly divorced life-         hometown of Arrowhead Bay, Samantha Quenel has
   style entrepreneur Hope Early thought things were            found the perfect outlet for her military experience.
   finally on the upswing--until she comes face-to-face         But her latest client is also a former high school
   with a murderer . . . Hope's schedule is already jam         flame, which might explain her willingness to protect
   packed with recipe testing and shameless plugs for           Blake at all costs-even if that means staying in the
   her food blog as she rushes off to attend a spring           same room with him, on the same bed, under the
   garden tour in the charming town of Jefferson, Con-          same torrid sheets . . .
   necticut. Unfortunately, it isn't the perfectly arranged
   potted plants that grab her attention--it's the bloody       THE WOMAN WHO COULDN'T SCREAM BK#4 $13.95
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   One of the tour guests committed murder, and all             CHRISTINA DODD
   eyes are on Hope's older sister, Claire Dixon--who,          Virtue Falls series. Bk#1 Virtue Falls. Merida Falcon
   at best, saw Peaches as a professional rival. And            is a trophy wife who seems to have it all...except she
   suspicions really heat up when another murder oc-            has no voice. On the death of her wealthy elderly
   curs the following night. Now, with two messy mur-           husband, Merida vanishes...and reappears in Virtue
   ders shaking Jefferson and all evidence pointing to          Falls with a new name, a new look, and a plot to take
   Claire, Hope must set aside her burgeoning brand to          revenge on the man who loved her, betrayed her,
   prove her sister's innocence. But the closer she gets        and walked away, leaving her silent and bound to an
   to the truth, the closer she gets to a killer intent on      old man's obsession. But a chance meeting with her
   making sure her life goes permanently out of style . .       former lover brings him on the hunt for her, and
   . Includes Recipes from Hope's Kitchen!                      meeting him face-to-face shakes her convictions. Will
                                                                she have time to discover the truth about the events
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   ALEXANDRA IVY                                                Falls is stalking women and slashing them...to death.
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                                                                As danger closes in, Merida has to wonder: Does the
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   hookers, runaways . . . no one would even notice
                                                                lence her forever?
   they'd disappeared if the killer didn't photograph their
   lifeless bodies, posed in the back of a semi-trailer.        COMING IN MAY:
   Exactly like the infamous Trucker murders. But this          Shattered—Allison Brennan (p/b release)
   isn't just a copycat. It's a vendetta. Carmen Jacobs         The Good Daughter—Karin Slaughter (p/b release)
   interviewed the world's most terrifying serial killers for   Murder in the Locked Library—Ellery Adams
   her bestselling book, The Heart of a Predator. The           Expiration Date—Devon Delaney
   police might not believe her, but she knows there's a        Dead Girl Running—Christina Dodd (h/cover)
   monster out there, paying homage to other murder-
                                                                Total Bravery—Piper J Drake
   ers. The only person who can predict where he'll
                                                                Her Last Word—Mary Burton
   strike next is Griffin Archer--a reclusive software mil-
   lionaire with ample reason not to help her. Carmen           I Am Justice—Diana Munoz Stewart
   has charmed her way past Griffin's defenses before.          Shattered Mirror—Iris Johansen
   He didn't intend to let it happen again. But with a          Dangerous Minds—Janet Evanovich p/b release)
   psycho sending her trophies of his kills, he has no
   choice but to get involved. The clues point to a killer
   obsessed with Carmen--someone who knows her
   work, her past, her secrets. Someone who won't be
   satisfied until he has made all her deepest fears
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