Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Review: Trusting a Stranger by Kerry Connor

Title: Trusting a Stranger
Author: Kerry Connor

Read copy: eBook
Published: November 1, 2009
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426843194
ISBN-13: 9781426843198

Luke Hubbard never claimed to have a soft spot for damsels in distress. But the moment he set eyes on Karina Fedorova, a mysterious beauty with assassins on her trail, turning her away was impossible. And a marriage of convenience the only way he could guarantee her safety.

Keeping one step ahead of the men who thought Karina's secrets were worth dying for, Luke found himself forgetting their nuptials were just an act. Because the way his blood stirred around this stranger couldn't be faked, and her vulnerability simply made him want to carry her to their marital bed and claim her as his own. However, keeping his libido in check was crucial to Karina's survival...and the only way to prevent Luke from repeating the tragic mistakes of his past.


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Monday, October 12, 2009

Review: Blackout at Christmas by Beth Cornelison, Sharron McClellan, Jennifer Morey

Title: Blackout at Christmas
Author: Beth Cornelison, Sharron McClellan, Jennifer Morey

Read copy: eBook
Published: November 1, 2009
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1426843127
ISBN-13: 9781426843129

During a Christmas Eve blizzard in Seattle, three couples find themselves in a citywide blackout...
When their car skids off the road, the best man and bridesmaid are snowbound. While struggling to stay warm, they spend long hours getting to know each other in the most intimate ways....

Stranded with the Bridesmaid by Beth Cornelison
When their car skids off the road, the best man and bridesmaid are snowbound. While struggling to stay warm, they spend long hours getting to know each other in the most intimate ways....

Santa Under Cover by Sharron McClellan
On a trip to see Santa at the mall, the lights go out and a child goes missing. To stay alive, this couple must outsmart the Christmas bandits holding them hostage.

Kiss Me on Christmas by Jennifer Morey
Stuck at a coffee shop during the blackout, a man and a woman must share a hotel room for the night. Will this pair of opposites discover what they've been missing?


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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Review: Bodyguard Under the Mistletoe by Cassie Miles

Title: Bodyguard Under the Mistletoe
Series: Christmas at the Carlisles
Author: Cassie Miles
Read copy: eBook
Published: November 1, 2009
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426843208
ISBN-13: 9781426843204

Bodyguard Jesse Longbridge had been shot while trying to stop a kidnapping at the Carlisle Ranch. He swore he'd track the enemy to the ends of the earth. And his path led him to Fiona Grant's door.

The young widow only had one thing on her Christmas list: keeping her daughter safe from the chaos of the investigation next door. So when a body was discovered on her property, Fiona jumped at Jesse's offer to stay for the holidays. He had a stoic face, but honest, caring eyes. And no matter how she ached to feel his toned and chiseled arms around her, she needed the protection that only a man like Jesse could provide....


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Saturday, October 10, 2009

Review: Zero Control by Lori Wilde

Title: Zero Control
Author: Lori Wilde

Read copy: eBook
Published: November 1, 2009
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426842678
ISBN-13: 9781426842672

Live it up—literary style! Guests are whisked away to Great Britain for two weeks of luxury adventure, history and plenty of naughty possibilities! Whether it's an illicit tower tryst, a romantic boat ride or even some hot dungeon action, your pleasure is our concern....

But both executive assistant Roxie Stanley and undercover security agent Dougal Lockhart have their own motives for this vacation. Except that sex—mind-meltingly great sex—is the only thing either can think about. It's forbidden. It's tantalizingly irresistible. And they're losing control...over and over and over!


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Friday, October 9, 2009

Review: Below Deck by Dorien Kelly

Title: Below Deck
Series: Mediterranean Nights
Author: Dorien Kelly
Read copy: eBook
Published: November 1, 2007
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426808518
ISBN-13: 9781426808517

Not everything is aboveboard...

When Mei Lin Wang met young radical social activist Wei Chan she knew it was fate. She didn't know that less than three years later she would be left widowed with a newborn son after a suspicious illness claimed Wei's life.

Now, still convinced of their shared destiny, Lin is determined to avenge Wei and continue his work, but she must also protect her son from those responsible for her husband's death.

For months Lin has secreted her son below deck on the cruise ship Alexandra's Dream, under cover of her job. It's turned into a game of hide-and-seek with the ship's security officer, Gideon Dayan, whose interest is piqued by the mystery that surrounds her.

But through his attraction, Gideon sees his own haunted past when he looks at Lin...and she can't let her past go. Will they finally be able to face the future...together?

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Review: Revenge of the Second Son by Sara Orwig

Title: Revenge Of The Second Son
Author: Sara Orwig

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Published: October 1, 2006
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1552546535
ISBN-13: 9781552546536

Millionaire Nick Ransome was just the type of man heiress Julia Holcomb had been warned to avoid. And when she found out he was after her family's company, she knew their mutual attraction was destined for disaster. Yet Nick's seductive ways had her agreeing to a weekend getaway...then a passionate affair.

For Julia, there was no place for business in the bedroom. And for Nick, love—like business—was an all-or-nothing proposition. Would she be the object of Nick's revenge once he learned she would never give him what he really wanted?


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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Review: An Affair to Remember by Karen Kendall

Title: An Affair To Remember
Series: Mediterranean Nights
Author: Karen Kendall
Read copy: eBook
Published: October 1, 2007
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426807104
ISBN-13: 9781426807107

Of all the ships on the Med, she had to sail on his?

As captain of the cruise ship Alexandra's Dream, Nikolas Pappas is used to navigating his way through rough waters. But he hasn't been able to steer his heart in the right direction since the day he ran out on the only woman he has ever truly loved. The daughter of a shipping tycoon, Helena Stamos lived a life of power and privilege back then, and Nikolas knew a lowly deckhand had no future with a woman like her.

Now, after fifteen years of heartbreak and regret—as suddenly as he had left her—Nick is back in Helena's life. While the years have passed and they have both moved on with their lives, the pull of their mutual attraction hasn't weakened. But even if they can see beyond their past and resolve their incompatible lifestyles—Nick left her once. What's to stop him from leaving her again?

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