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Title: Merari |
| Author: Mari Atherton | |
| Genre: Science Fiction | |
| ISBN: 1-934041-03-3 | |
Marianthia....A beautiful planet with an incredible, living technology.
If traveling salesman Aviv Gerbo can just get this technology to the rest of the galaxy, he will be rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he is an alien and....
Aliens are not permitted on Marianthia.
But Aviv is unable to leave. He is stranded on the planet when a giant, telepathic fungus eats his spaceship. Hunted by the brutish Secures, he is rescued by Merari, who was born into the Surrogate class. However, Merari does not meet the physical specifications for that class. She is a deviant and...
Deviants are not permitted on Marianthia.
And now both Merari and Aviv are hunted by the Secures. They escape to Unity, a hidden community on the far side of the planet, but when terrorists launch an attack against the Surrogate class Merari must make a frightful decision. Should she stay in safety with the man she loves? Or should she return with the information that will save her class, knowing that if she returns she faces a certain, horrible death?
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Title: The Dreamer's Way |
| Author: Mari Atherton | |
| Genre: Science Fiction | |
| ISBN: 193404105X | |
Flita is alone in a hostile world. Abandoned by her mother, betrayed by her
stepmother and her best friend, and sentenced to death, she is now trapped
in the poisonous air outside the safe boundaries of the Protectorate. If
the air doesn't kill her, the hideously deformed monsters that dwell Outside
will. Her only hope is to find the Dreamer's Way that will lead her to the
Golden City and safety. But the monsters have already attacked and wrapped
their deadly tendrils around her. Even if she knew the location of the Dreamer's
Way, she has no way to get there or does she?
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Title: The Dead Detective |
| Author: Lorene Robbins | |
| Genre: Mystery | |
| ISBN: 1-934041-04-1 | |
CJ Thomas wishes she had never heard of Budge Dirkwood. It's not the fact that
she stumbled over his dead body when she went to meet him for the first time,
and it's not the fact that the victim's obnoxious rich cousin seems intent
on having her arrested for the murder. It's not even the fact that the victim
was a somewhat flaky pawnbroker who dabbled in the I Ching and believed in
all the paranormal phenomena that CJ's rational mind automatically rejects.
No, the problem is that the ghost of the victim won't leave her alone.
CJ can't explain it, and isn't quite sure she believes it, but the ghost of Budge Dirkwood has popped into her life, and it seems the only way she can get rid of him is to help him solve his murder. With his help, she investigates all the possible suspects ranging from teen-aged gang members to the rich and powerful members of Highland Park society, checking out some wife beaters and Elvis impersonators in between. Will she find the killer and succeed in getting this ghost out of her life? Or will she be stuck with the ghost of a pawnbroker for the rest of her life?
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Title: Love's Challenge |
| Author: Sondra Quinn | |
| Genre: Contemporary Romance | |
| ISBN: 1-934041-06-8 | |
A man would have to be crazy to want to take on a woman with five kids. At least
that's what Adria Sinclair's fiancé tells her when her brother dies
unexpectedly, leaving her custody of his five sons. Adria sells her Porsche,
trades her apartment for a four-bedroom house, and decides that her days of
romance are over.
If only she could convince Bryce Hathaway of this. He insists on pursuing her even though she lets him know quite plainly that a romance between them is absolutely out of the question. However, his searing kisses threaten to ignite the passion that lies beneath Adria's responsible exterior, and she finally issues him a tantalizing challenge. She invites him to come and live in her house with her and the boys for one week. Bryce accepts the challenge with alacrity. Will he be able to prove to Adria that a romance between them is possible? Or will he find that becoming an instant dad to five young boys is more than he bargained for?
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Title: Love Under Suspicion |
| Author: Sondra Quinn | |
| Genre: Romantic Suspense | |
| ISBN: 1-934041-02-5 | |
SHE THINKS HE'S MARRIED. HE THINKS SHE'S A CROOK
Freight pilot Abby Tarleton's life has suddenly become very complicated. Her black sheep stepbrother is camped on a couch in her living room, her phone rings constantly with wrong numbers from strangers demanding that she cut or increase their orders of who knows what, and to top it all off, she can't keep her eyes off her ruggedly handsome, and very married, next door neighbor and tenant, Sloane Jameson.
Sloane is encountering a few complications of his own. An undercover narcotics agent, he and his partner Connie are on assignment, posing as a married couple. Their job is to find evidence that will link Abby to her ex-husband's drug ring. At first Sloane thinks the assignment will be a cinch, especially when he witnesses what he thinks is a huge pay off between Abby and a known drug dealer. What he doesn't bargain for is his own feelings for Abby. How can he possibly complete his investigation when he has fallen in love with the chief suspect?
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Title: The Kitchen Witch |
| Author: Annette Blair | |
| Genre: Romantic Comedy | |
| ISBN: 0425198812 | |
When Salem, Massachusetts TV Producer, Logan Kilgarven, needs a sitter, his
mysterious new downstairs neighbor comes highly recommended. But when Melody
Seabright opens her star-studded door, Logan knows she's just the kind of woman
who can knock him back on his bad-boy ass.
With showmanship, magic spells, sex appeal, and a dynamite concept--THE KITCHEN WITCH--the culinary challenged siren cons her way into hosting her own cooking show. Logan's boss is charmed, his son is in love, and Logan is in lust. Maybe she really is a witch....
Amid cooking disasters and cooking lessons, hot sexual encounters, and fighting the heat--in and out of the kitchen--Logan learns to see beyond the wacky witch to the woman beneath, while Melody is surprised to find herself worthy of love. When Salem, Massachusetts TV Producer, Logan Kilgarven, needs a sitter, his mysterious new downstairs neighbor comes highly recommended. But when Melody Seabright opens her star-studded door, Logan knows she's just the kind of woman who can knock him back on his bad-boy ass.
With showmanship, magic spells, sex appeal, and a dynamite concept--THE KITCHEN WITCH--the culinary challenged siren cons her way into hosting her own cooking show. Logan's boss is charmed, his son is in love, and Logan is in lust. Maybe she really is a witch....
Amid cooking disasters and cooking lessons, hot sexual encounters, and fighting the heat--in and out of the kitchen--Logan learns to see beyond the wacky witch to the woman beneath, while Melody is surprised to find herself worthy of love.
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Title: Bayou Rhapsody |
| Author: Sarah Storme | |
| Genre: Romance | |
| ISBN: 1590803426 | |
Book Two in the Hearts of Marshall's Bayou series.
Mahalia Strickler is ready to see the world. Modern all the way, she drinks and smokes, loves to dance, and has fought for the right to vote. When she returns home to Marshall's Bayou in 1920, she does not intend to stay long.
The Methodist Church has unfairly exiled Daniel Griffin to southwest Louisiana. Still, he'll serve his sentence and use the time to search for his lost faith. The church in Marshall's Bayou is small, but it's his and there's work to do.
The town knows Mae and Daniel have nothing in common. She's the wildest girl in the marsh, and he's the preacher. It doesn't take long, however, for the two of them to realize that everyone else is wrong. Still, Mae knows her reputation will ruin Daniel's career. No matter what her heart says, she must leave.
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Title: Earthly Possession |
| Author: Erin Aislinn | |
| Genre: Erotic Romance | |
| ISBN: 9781419908873 | |
Kheyra Baal escapes to Earth to avoid an arranged marriage on planet Dattar,
where female vampires are the dominant sex. Just once in her life, she wants
to experience real passion with a real alpha. She has five days before the
Dattaran posse tracks her down, and she is determined to couple with a mortal
man. Instead, she trespasses on the hunting ground of Deacon Quincy, another
vampire. Vampires are not supposed to exist on Earth. They are certainly not
supposed to be alphas who demand ultimate submission. Deacon Quincy, however,
doubts Kheyra's intentions. She'll have to risk her heart and her life to convince
him she's worth keeping.
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Title: The Dollmaker |
| Author: Amanda Stevens | |
| Genre: Thriller | |
| ISBN: 0778324281 | |
Set against the turbulent Louisiana Gulf Coast, THE DOLLMAKER is the story
of a twisted obsession and a mother's desperate quest to learn the fate of
her missing child.
Seven years ago, Claire Doucett's daughter vanished without a trace. A clue has finally surfaced: a doll that looks exactly like her beloved Ruby, right down to a birthmark painted on one porcelain arm. Claire's search will lead her from a quaint collectibles shop in the French Quarter to the murky Louisiana bayou country and the shadowy home of an eccentric doll maker whose "portrait" dolls resemble missing children.
The sinister world of Amanda Stevens will feed the dark side of your soul...and
leave you hungry for more.
--New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd
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Title: Mortals All |
| Author: Bruce Golden | |
| Genre: Science Fiction | |
| ISBN: 1-58939-232-9 | |
In the future world of MORTALS ALL the fight for civil rights takes on new meaning
when the creation of artificial humans leads to a caste of non-people. A loner
who is an expert on lust but a novice when it comes to love, falls for a naive
but beautiful androne. He teaches her what it means to be human, but can't
give her what she really wants--her freedom.
Asimov's Science Fiction called MORTALS ALL a "fine blend of social satire, irreverent anti-establishmentarianism, and pseudo-hardboiled narration," adding "Golden writes with zest and good pacing."
This unique love story is set in a future where economic and social changes have led to the creation of andrones, a sub-class of humans assigned to Earth's more menial tasks. Mary 79 goes rogue and, with her human lover's help, attempts to aid an underground group of drones. But standing in her way are the police, bounty hunting tracers, a senatorial candidate haunted by a dark secret, and her own evolving humanity. On top of everything else, someone is trying to kill her.
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Title: The Colonel's Tale |
| Author: S. H. Baker | |
| Genre: Mystery | |
| ISBN: 1554103002 | |
The third novel in the Dassas Cormier Mystery Series, set in southwest Louisiana
in the 1920s.
A much-anticipated Thanksgiving with his family is disrupted as Dassas Cormier must travel from Marshall's Bayou to Lake Charles to help his sister and her companion, a renowned author and adventurer whose tall tales don't sit right with Dassas. Colonel Jedidiah Gilmore is the only witness to a bank robbery and murder, but his testimony doesn't match the facts. When trouble follows them back to Marshall's Bayou, Dassas must decide if the Colonel's story is just another fabrication before the murderer claims another victim.
For more information on the series, visit Sarah Baker's website.
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Title: Old Town |
| Author: Bill Vernon | |
| Genre: Mystery | |
| ISBN: 1-59414-552-0 | |
Although Cliff Saunders has given up his fight against authorities in Shawnee
County, Ohio, finding friend Sam Burkhoffer murdered on the biketrail where
Cliff jogs throws Cliff right back into the struggle.
Proving his innocence to the Sheriff's Department becomes Cliff's new goal. But the deputies are partially right. Cliff is centrally involved. He just doesn't know it.
Cliff finds out the hard way, suffering attacks on himself and his family while the Sheriff's Department investigates only him. All Cliff can do is try to find the killer himself. A love affair gives him some solace, as does the help of friends.
Then, as Cliff nears the mental breaking point, the dead man, as if from the grave, provides a way for Cliff to succeed.
Cliff dares hope again: that his friend's killer may yet be found. And that
Cliff may yet be able to preserve the historically important site where the
great war chief Tecumseh lived.
PUBLICATION DATE: June 20, 2007
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Title: Snow Flower |
| Author: Jane Toombs | |
| Genre: Historical Romance | |
| ISBN: 1-59279-706-7 | |
When Snow Flower, a Chippewa Indian Mide medicine woman, is rescued from her
Sioux captors by Englishman Kegan Kendall, circumstances of the War of 1812
prevent him from returning her to her village on Lake Superior. Though she
doesn't trust white men, she falls in love with him and they marry in her
native fashion. The war separates them. Kegan's older brother is killed,
making him the heir, and he must return to London. He leaves a message for
her, which is deliberately never delivered. Snow Flower finds a way to sail
to London, determined to find the man she believes is her husband. Imagine
the trials and tribulations of an Indian maiden in Regency London as she
becomes the favorite of the town. Deep, bitter misunderstandings keep her
and Kendall apart until her Mide medicine shows her the path she must follow...
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Title: The Moving Water |
| Author: Sylvia Kelso | |
| Genre: Fantasy | |
| ISBN: 1594146063 | |
The great empire of Assharral is wealthy, peaceful and secure. Its ten provinces
stretch across desert, plains and mountains. Its rooftree shields eight different
races. Neighbours cannot breach its defences, rebels never disturb its peace.
And nobody in Assharral sings.
The Empress of Assharral dreams by her fountain. Moriana is powerful beyond question, beautiful beyond flaw, immortal beyond the threat of age. Under her hand rests the Well of Wisdom, wizardry's ultimate tool.
The water moves, but by the fountain, Time has stopped.
An empress need not concern herself with vagabonds. Even a vagabond who can steal the loyalty of her Imperial Guards, a vagabond who knows how she has enspelled Assharral. A vagabond wizard whose arts might match her power.
The power of the Well slows Time, twists minds, breaks bodies, levels mountains. It can destroy any wizard who dares defy it. Only one power can stand in its path.
A vagabond who dares look at an empress and laugh.
The Moving Water is a vividly realised high fantasy, set in the world of Rihannar that appeared in Everran's Bane, praised by reviewers for the depth of its world-building and its attractive characters. The characters have moved on, but the stakes are higher, the battles more epic, as love and magic contend not merely for an empire but for the dominion of human souls.
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Title: My Favorite Witch |
| Author: Annette Blair | |
| Genre: Contemporary Comedy | |
| ISBN: 0425207234 | |
After catching her jock-fiancee in bed with her sister, Kira Fitzgerald has
opted for a new start, working for charity at The Pickering Foundation. Imagine
her delight when she discovers that her new boss is also a jock. Imagine the
jock's delight when he discovers that his new coordinator is an honest to goddess
witch, of the spell-casting wand-twitching variety.
Because the jock's grandmother is their boss, playing matchmaker, not only do they have to work together, they have no choice but to share living quarters as well. Thank the Goddess Kira knows a few magic curses to keep the sexy-as-hell jock from rattling her nerves.
Jason Pickering Goddard has uttered a few curses himself, without the magic, at his bum leg, the result of a car accident that ended his hockey career--temporarily, he hopes--and at his grandmother who's roped him into helping save The Pickering Foundation's school for boys. Jason knows the doctors are wrong, and it's just a matter of time before he's back on the ice. But the only ice he sees coming for the moment is from Kira Fitzgerald, his new Coordinator of Special Events.
Read an excerpt on Annette Blair's Website.
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Title: Beneath the Shadows |
| Authors: James A. Benson and Lee Ann Newton | |
| Genre: Fiction | |
| ISBN: 1-58385-076-7 | |
Searching for guidance in our changing world - a world at war - we need look
no further than the strong men and women who rose above the uncertainties and
challenges of the American Civil War. Their experiences soundly resonate with
the changing world we live in today.
That is where the prophetic story in Beneath the Shadows begins. Caleb and Lydia, both from Indiana, are distanced first by their prospective faiths then by the Civil War. Caleb answers Lincoln's call for volunteers, and Lydia flees an arranged marriage to become a nurse to those in need.
Unbeknownst to them, they are a vital link in the ancient Pangari Prophecy. They must rely on faith and promises made to survive the present death and chaos.
It will not be they, but their granddaughter, Mattie Wright, who will bring the prophecy to fulfillment. The Ancients take her back in time so that she may conceive wisdom from her grandparents' Civil War past, and bring it to fruition in the crazed world we live in today.
Historical fiction fans begin their journey in Beneath the Shadows as war rages, lives are lost, souls are tested and family secrets born and buried.
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Title: The Green Room |
| Author: Deborah Turrell Atkinson | |
| Genre: Mystery/suspense | |
| ISBN: 1-59058-198-9 | |
The Green Room, an October, 2005, Book Sense Notable:
Storm Kayama needs to build her clientele, so when surf promoter Marty Barstow's wife walks into her new law office, Storm agrees to represent her, although it looks like a bitter divorce situation. Storm feels for Stephanie, who seems lonely and frightened. When Stephanie's son Ben, a promising surfer, invites her to O'ahu's North Shore for a contest, Storm jumps at the chance. Not only will it be a thrill to observe the meet, but Storm will also have the opportunity to watch a distant cousin compete. Nahoa Pi'ilani has grown from a mischievous kid to a surfer of international renown, and he seems to have put the trouble that once brewed between their families behind him.
When a child delivers a package to Nahoa, the young surfer opens it. Inside the plain wrapper is an ancient Hawaiian weapon, a wooden club encircled with shark's teeth. Storm recognizes the lei o mano. It's a threat, a call to battle.
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Title: Scoundrel in Disguise |
| Author: Annette Blair | |
| Genre: Victorian Historical | |
| ISBN: 1594144834 | |
England, the Sussex Coast
Marcus adores Jade the minute he sees her; she despises him as fast.
Jade Smithfield's grandmother unwittingly sold a land option to the railroad before she died. Nevertheless, to keep a family secret and save the downtrodden women and children in her care, Jade is determined to stop the South Downs Railroad from laying track on her property.
To save his disabled brother's railroad, and the many families who will lose their living without it, Marcus Fitzalan applies for the job as Jade's man of affairs to conceal his investigation into the railroad accidents halting construction.
While Jade wreaks havoc on the railroad and leads Marcus on a merry chase, her new man of affairs teaches her a lesson contrary to everything she has learned since birth: Not all men are created equal, some of them are good.
A high-stakes battle only one of them can win.
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Title: Fringe Benefits |
| Author: F. M. Meredith | |
| Genre: Police Procedural | |
| ISBN: 09771601-9-X | |
In the third book of the Rocky Bluff P.D. series, Officer Cal Sylvester plans
the perfect murder. His plan changes the lives of his partner, his partner's
wife, his daughters, an unsuspecting runaway, and a violent rapist.
The Rocky Bluff P.D. series is about the officers and how the job affects their families and how their family lives affect the job.
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Title: Scrambled Eggs |
| Author: Boris Riskin | |
| Genre: Mystery-thriller | |
| ISBN: 1594142912 | |
Life gets scrambled fast after Jake Wanderman, Shakespeare maven extraordinaire,
decides to quit teaching. His wife leaves him. He gets involved with a
glamorous widow, a cache of stolen Faberge eggs, the Russian Mafia, KGB,
and the FBI. Forced to deal with all of them, along with suspicious deaths
and abductions, and a trip to Moscow, Jake must not only survive while
quoting appropriate lines from Shakespeare, but win his wife back at the
same time.
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