Review: Scent of a Woman by Joanne Rock

Title: Scent Of A Woman
Series: Mediterranean Nights
Author: Joanne Rock
Read copy: eBook
Published: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426803400
ISBN-13: 9781426803406

Danielle Chevalier has a taste for the finer things in life, especially the lush, exotic scents she creates at her fragrance business. Under pressure from her brother to sell the small outfit, Danielle is thrilled when she's invited to an exclusive conference aboard the cruise ship Alexandra's Dream. There she hopes to gain contacts necessary to rally her business and avoid the devastation of a takeover. But Danielle's dreams have a harsh run-in with reality when she meets Adam Burns, a representative from a major U.S. competitor who is determined to outmaneuver her in negotiations.

Fighting off the advances of a competing fragrance company is hard enough, but resisting her attraction to Adam may prove to be the real battle—and mixing business with pleasure may just cost her both.

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Review: From Russia, With Love by Ingrid Weaver

Title: From Russia, With Love
Series: Mediterranean Nights
Author: Ingrid Weaver
Read copy: eBook
Published: June 1, 2007
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426802234
ISBN-13: 9781426802232

Successful fashion designer Marina Artamova is determined to reunite her small family. Her orphaned nephew has vanished into the Russian welfare system, and her mission is his rescue.

After months of searching, Marina locates Stefan—but not before he's adopted by David Anderson, an American teacher. She books passage on Alexandra's Dream, the cruise ship David has chosen as a treat for the uncharacteristically reserved boy before taking him to the U.S. Marina is single-minded in her quest to gain custody of Stefan, despite the romantic ambience of the cruise ship and her undeniable attraction to David.

Marina and David have no idea that the boy's silence hides a secret about his parents' deaths...and that the man responsible will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.

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Review: Smoke And Mirrors by Jenna Mills

Title: Smoke And Mirrors
Author: Jenna Mills

Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: December 19, 2003
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 0373272162
ISBN-13: 9780373272167

Undercover police officer Cassidy Blake's top priority was to infiltrate mercenary millionaire Derek Mansfield's life—and expose him. Cass expected to find a ruthless criminal; instead she found a darkly magnetic man whose bone-melting intensity blurred the line between her duty and her own desires.

Derek Mansfield had returned to Chicago to settle a score, not to become entangled in a seductive game of cat and mouse with intriguing Cass. But the secrets in her eyes and her searing kisses had made him hungry for more than revenge.

Could either of them risk their hearts in this perilous game of smoke and mirrors?

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Review: Once A Cowboy by Linda Warren

Title: Once a Cowboy
Author: Linda Warren

Read copy: eBook
Published: February 1, 2007
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426830580
ISBN-13: 9781426830587

Brodie Hayes is a former rodeo star, now a rancher—a cowboy, through and through. But when he finds out some shocking news about the circumstances of his birth, he begins to question his identity. Luckily, private investigator Alexandra Donovan is there to help him find the truth about who he is. Along the way, he discovers that even a man who thought he'd be alone for the rest of his life can fall in love.

For Brodie, love was something you did once—and for always. But is Alex the type of woman who can take on a stubborn man like him? Because there's one thing about him that will never change, no matter what they find out about his past—once a cowboy, always a cowboy.

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Review: Eden's Shadow by Jenna Ryan

Title: Eden's Shadow
Author: Jenna Ryan

Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: December 1, 2004
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373228163
ISBN-13: 9780373228164

Like a specter, Detective Armand LaMorte moved with the shadows, stealthy and secretive, and was an expert tracker. Crescent City criminals didn't have a chance when he was on their trail—and no woman had a chance of resisting his native-born allure...

Eden Bennett was no exception. In her darkest hours, Armand offered her strength and safety while a decades-old mystery threatened to destroy what was left of her family. Ensconced in Armand's cloak of security, she knew no danger. But a killer was closing in...on them both.

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Review: Ghosts and Roses by Kelley St. John

Title: Ghosts And Roses
Series: The Sexth Sense
Author: Kelley St. John
Read copy: eBook
Published: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426802633
ISBN-13: 9781426802638

When a spirit from beyond begs Gage Vicknair to rescue a stranger named Makayla, he never expects that stranger to be the same sensuous woman he’s been enjoying so thoroughly in his nightly fantasies. But Makayla is very real—and she’s living a nightmare.

A vengeful murderer is determined to get her. And Gage is equally determined to save her.

Because the only way he and Makayla can have the love they’ve dreamed of is if they’re still around to live it...

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Review: Holiday Spirit by Cathryn Fox

Title: Holiday Spirit
Author: Cathryn Fox

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Published: December 8, 2008
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
ISBN: 0987855999 (Smashwords edition)
ISBN-13: 9780987855992 (Smashwords edition)

What’s a girl to do when she finds herself held captive inside a bedroom – with the man she’s been lusting after for months – by a voyeuristic spirit on Christmas Eve?

Give it what it wants, of course.

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