Review: Simply Sinful by Carly Phillips

Title: Simply Sinful
Series: Simply
Author: Carly Phillips
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Published: August 1, 2009
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426829108
ISBN-13: 9781426829109

Detective Kane McDermott might be fighting a bad case of burnout, but that doesn't mean he's taking things easy. His latest assignment is to investigate Kayla Luck, to discover if the etiquette school she runs for awkward businessmen is really some kind of escort service. It looks cut-and-dried...until he sets eyes on Kayla. She's smart, but she's also trusting to a fault--and the heat that flares up between them keeps getting in the way of Kane's best intentions. But if Kayla ever suspects his real motives, Kane will be the one who ends up getting burned....

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Review: Running Wild (anthology) by Sarah McCarty

Title: Running Wild
Author: Sarah McCarty

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Published: June 3, 2008
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
ISBN: 1436223148
ISBN-13: 9781436223140

Donovan must bring the Pack Alpha home and nothing more. But when he catches the sexy scent of Lisa Delaney, he's hers, body and soul-and ready to risk both on an erotic desire that will shatter all boundaries.

Kelon intends to return to his pack after helping Donovan, but he never counted on the voluptuous distraction of Robin Delaney. She's the one woman who can make him contemplate a choice no werewolf should have to make.

Wyatt can't afford to be attracted to the practical, completely human Heather Delaney. But she isn't a woman a man ignores-no matter what the cost.

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Review: The Royal Wedding Night by Day Leclaire

Title: The Royal Wedding Night
Series: Royals
Author: Day Leclaire
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Published: September 1, 2009
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426800177
ISBN-13: 9781426800177

With a secret agenda and an identity-obscuring veil, Miri Montgomery tricked His Royal Highness into marriage. Sources say Prince Brandt did not uncover her deception until after the royal wedding night…a night one palace insider claims was quite steamy! Could Miri be plotting against her husband to steal his throne? Would Brandt dare to demand an annulment? Or do the raven-haired beauty and the stoically sexy prince have a hidden history the nation knows nothing about?

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Review: Hot Boss, Wicked Nights by Anne Oliver

Title: Hot Boss, Wicked Nights
Series: Undressed by the Boss
Author: Anne Oliver
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Published: October 1, 2009
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426840918
ISBN-13: 9781426840913

Acting impulsively, Kate Fielding indulged in one night of steamy sex with a stranger—but her actions came back to haunt her when she discovered that her passionate lover was none other than her new boss, Damon Gillespie!

Mortified, Kate has to fly to Bali with Damon to a luxurious holiday resort for business. Kate wants to prove she can be utterly professional, but ten sultry nights with her bad-boy boss are going to test her resolution to the limit….

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Review: Public Marriage, Private Secrets by Helen Bianchin

Title: Public Marriage, Private Secrets
Author: Helen Bianchin

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Published: October 1, 2010
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426869797
ISBN-13: 9781426869792

Four years ago Gianna made a whirlwind marriage to the man she loved—

Raúl Velez-Saldaña was the father of her baby. But, tragically, her pregnancy didn't last and neither did their marriage. Discovering Raúl's infidelity, Gianna left.

But the Spaniard who stole her heart has returned!

As far as Raúl is concerned, his marriage to Gianna was simply postponed—now he wants his wife back! In public they are the perfect society couple; in private the secrets of their past still haunt them both and their desire is just as strong as ever...

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Review: Heiress in His Bed by Tamara Lejeune

Title: Heiress in His Bed
Author: Tamara Lejeune

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Published: July 1, 2009
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 1420110578
ISBN-13: 9781420110579

In polite society, the rules forbid young ladies to pursue their own passions and pleasures. But some rules are made to be broken...

A Desperate Charade...

To escape an unwanted marriage, Lady Viola Gambol flees to London and poses as a maid in a boarding house. Little does she know that the "boarding house" is actually a brothel—until the owner auctions Viola off to the highest bidder! Viola vows to fight off the auction's winner, Julian Devize—but her immense attraction to the scoundrel is making that very hard to do...

A Seductive Encounter...

Julian was hired to find missing heiress Viola Gambol, but first he must rescue his brother from a house of ill repute. When Julian sees the alluring maid being sold like a slave, he impulsively makes a bid to protect her honor. Julian has no idea that the woman he saved is the one he's been hired to find. But his honorable intentions take a scandalous turn as temptation leads to unrelenting pleasure...

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Review: Green-Eyed Envy by Kasey MacKenzie

Title: Green-Eyed Envy
Series: Shades of Fury
Author: Kasey MacKenzie
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Published: June 28, 2011
Publisher: ACE
ISBN: 1101529172
ISBN-13: 9781101529171

Jealousy can be a killer...

As a Fury, Marissa Holloway belongs to an Arcane race that has meted out justice since time immemorial. As Boston's chief magical investigator, it's her duty to solve any crimes committed by or against supernaturals.

Months have gone by since Riss discovered some unwelcome truths about her past—and managed to stop a supernatural war. Since then things have been quiet. Too quiet. But that all changes when the bodies of Bastai, shapeshifters also known as Cats, begin piling up in Boston's magical underbelly—even though the legendary shifters are supposed to have ninety-nine lives.

One common thread ties the victims together: all were old flames of FBI Agent Harper Cruz. And since Harper and Riss's lover Scott Murphy enjoyed a one-night stand before he and Riss reunited, the Fury has twice the incentive to crack the case wide open, before the killer's green-eyed gaze turns in Scott's direction.

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