2010 Releases

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

January

NO MATTER WHY REV ME TWICE
by Adele DuBois
ISBN 9781419931499
Ellora’s Cave

Trust and stability became empty words the day motherless, sixteen-year-old Carrie Norwell’s brothers were murdered and her father’s heart gave out at the scene. Five years later, her barricaded heart remains virtually impenetrable to anyone willing to get close and offer what she wants more than anything: a loving family of her own. That’s exactly what Billy Jay Eldridge wants to offer the right girl. Operating on a heart and spirit rivaled only by his looks, he’s two years out of college, managing a store and on his way up the corporate ladder. Still, he toys daily with nobler–yet dangerous–career aspirations. Then shy, quiet Carrie joins his crew. Intrigued by her haunted eyes, he sets out to know her better, unaware his life’s calling will be the greatest obstacle to getting her to accept from him what she wants and needs most.
PUNISHMENT AND MERCY
by Cris Anson
Ellora’s Cave

Widowed Mercy Walcott is too horny for the repressive Massachusetts Bay Colony of 1694, so when she gets flogged in the village square for sexual congress outside matrimony, her father forces her to marry the blacksmith, Seth Burroughs. Strong, virile, dominant and insatiable, Seth tames her. Up to a point. The young acolyte, Adam Putnam, falls hard for the delectable beauty he’s forced to subdue while the Reverend doles out her punishment. Watching her bare ass getting redder and her delectable thighs wetter, he experiences his first orgasm under his churchly robes—in full view of the citizenry. Mercy remembers the feel of him as she squirmed away from the whip and against his sinewy body. She inveigles Seth to indenture him as an apprentice. Adam is torn between his carnal desire for the woman he’s coming to love and his innate scruples. How can he withstand temptation when Seth encourages his wife to make love to Adam? And how can Adam look his friend in the eye after he does?
OBSESSED BY WILDFIRE OBSESSED BY WILDFIRE
by Autumn Jordon
ISBN Not Available
Wild Rose Press

Isabelle Trinidad is her own woman. She vows no man will rope her into the humdrum life of a housewife and take away her dreams of becoming the National Barrel Champion like her father had done to her mother. Her mind is set, until a handsome Yankee comes to town and upsets all her dreams. Arson brings State Fire Marshal Warner Keyson to Wayback, but a wildfire of a woman stops him in his tracks. Intrigued by Issy’s fire, he contrives ways to keep her close while conducting his investigation. What they create, which neither of them bargained for, is the blaze of a lifetime.
FALLING FOR THE TEACHER FALLING FOR THE TEACHER
by Tracy Kelleher
ISBN 978-0-373-78358-8
Harlequin (Super Romance)

Getting shot in a robbery shattered more than Katarina Zemanova’s knee. Once an up-and-coming executive she’s realizing that recuperating her confidence, and her trust in people, is a lot harder than she expected. Teaching night school in a sleepy town seems like a good first step. George Benjamin Brown is no star student. He’s a recovering cynic with a new-found teenage son, Matt, and trust issues of his own. Matt sneaks off to enroll in Katarina’s class, and Ben storms in to teach him a lesson, but is instead captured by Katarina. It’s the start of a learning experience neither of them ever saw coming. This novel is the first installment in Tracy’s Adult Education series for Harlequin Super Romance.
DEAD AIR DEAD AIR
by Mary Kennedy
ISBN: 0451228774
Penguin Obsidian

Psychologist Maggie Walsh left her clinical practice in Manhattan and moved to sunny Cypress Grove, Florida, to host a talk radio show. When one of her guests turns up dead, Maggie’s new roommate, Lark, is the prime suspect. Maggie has to prove Lark innocent while dealing with a killer who needs more than just therapy. Frasier meets Murder She Wrote in this entertaining new series by a real life psychologist.
TIMELESS TIMELESS
by Blaise KilGallen
ISBN 978-1-935048-54-1
Class Act Books

Harassed by an employer, Suzanne Thibold picks up a pre-read paperback to de-stress and is whisked to 1870 Dry Wells, Texas, inhabited by rank cowboys and town folks. She almost adjusts to the conditions when she learns Oscar Needham bought her as a Mail Order Bride. A bronco-buster hired by the S-bar-M Ranch, Cady Dillon comforts Suzanne after she is frightened by a shooting fracas below her hotel room. A burst of adrenaline has them making love. Cady knows she’s too good for him. He deserts her and heads for the California gold fields. Suanne awakens in her hotel room, but in the year 2010, still in Dry Wells. She is hired by the town’s current banker. Inhabitants she meets seem very familiar. When she gets a flat tire in a mall, Suzanne’s former lover’s great-grandson fixes it for her. They agree to meet at Dry Wells’ Summer Rodeo. Cady (William) Dillon stands Suzanne up, but then appears at her condo after midnight to explain why. ill she forgive him? What do you think?
DAMNED AND DESIRED DAMNED AND DESIRED
by Kathy Kulig
ISBN 9781419924699
Ellora’s Cave

She’s a demon, he’s a shapeshifting leopard. From their first meeting in the Sedona desert, passion ignites and trouble begins. Sex this wicked and good can only lead to disaster. When immortals from an alternate dimension try to free their exiled world, Brad is caught in the middle of a battle that could destroy not only him, but the land he loves. If Sakari chooses to save him, she stands to lose everything, unless…
BOUND BY BLOOD BOUND BY BLOOD
by Erika Sands
ISBN 9781601547637
Wild Rose Press

His gaze haunts her like no other. Her beauty leaves him speechless. One caress, one kiss, one taste of the enigmatic Ariel and a maelstrom engulfs D’Nar. One touch of the dark, virile vampyr and her secret passion ignites—a forbidden craving to be taken and overcome by this superior race. Before long, they are bound not only by her blood and his need for it, but by her humanity as their desire swells in time to the desert wind that whirls around them. When Ariel agrees to become D’Nar’s concubine, she has no idea their mutual attraction will explode into a fury of ecstasy. But can this irresistible passion survive the growing distrust between human and vampyr? Can it survive an ancient evil bent on revenge? And knowing all the odds stacked against them, could it ever blossom into love? In order for their world to survive, Ariel and D’Nar learn that desire alone will not carry them to the end of their quest. Only when they trust each other enough to love unconditionally can they save their civilization—and themselves.
COUGAR BY THE TAIL COUGAR BY THE TAIL
by J. Hali Steele
ISBN 978-1-60521-389-7
Changeling Press

Trent Dallion was screwed. Much older than him, the wily little cougar had him by the balls—and he couldn’t get loose. She’d thanked him for killing her brother. Did she mean it? Or was she playing a game of cat and mouse, waiting for revenge. Peri Montana tasted her destiny in the blood of the jaguar who took her diseased brother’s life. Mountain born and bred, she wanted nothing to do with the desert cat that possessed more vampyre abilities than she was comfortable with. Could she return to the hot desert nights without literally losing her tail?

February

CATCH OF A LIFETIME
by Judi Fennell
ISBN 9781402224287
Sourcebooks

She’s on a mission to save the planet… Mermaid Angel Tritone has been researching humans from afar, hoping to find a way to convince them to stop polluting. When she jumps into a boat to escape a shark attack, it’s her chance to pursue her mission, but she has to keep her identity a total secret…When he finds out what she really is, they’re both in mortal danger… For Logan Hardington, finding a beautiful woman on his boat is surely not a problem—until he discovers she’s a mermaid, and suddenly his life is on the line…
BOUND TO BE MINE BOUND TO BE MINE
by Tess Lamont
ISBN Not available
Wild Rose Press

Stripping had not just been profitable for Lisa Emery; it had given her the power, the control, to be the woman she wanted to be. She’d had a stimulating job and the perfect man at home—her master. Together, they were exploring the darker side of passion, and both seemed to bloom with the knowledge. Why then had he suddenly disappeared just when things were going so well? And why now was he back? Ben Johnson knew the “life” he and Lisa were living had been wrong…just knew it. Something that felt that good couldn’t be right. According to his therapist, “only by atoning for your wrongs could you really grow and change as a person.” Why then, after so many months apart, did he still need to dominate Lisa, to bend her to his will and give in to his baser instincts?
THE FIEND OF WHITE BUCK HALL
by Penelope Marzec
New Concepts Publishing

They say Thomas Hillyer, a wizard, is in league with the Devil and that the white buck roaming his estate hypnotizes people and steals their souls. Molly is a fugitive, wanted for a crime she did not commit. Seeing a want ad for a secretary in a sleepy town, she sets off for White Buck Hall but ignores the warning about the albino stag who lurks in the woods. When she meets him on the forest path, her life is forever changed.
'The Bewitched Cowboy THE BEWITCHED COWBOY
by Tess Quinn
Wild Rose Press

The last thing Matt expected his twin to tell him was that he had to marry the woman of his parents’ choice or suffer the loss of his powers. Destiny, a PhD and successful parapsychology writer, certainly did not expect her mother to tell her that she would die if she didn’t get married to a man chosen for her at infancy. The collision of two hard-headed, anti-marriage witches makes Destiny and Matt’s first encounter explosive. Now, they have to figure out a way to get along for the two weeks they can’t be separated without doing the one thing that could change their fate forever…falling in love.
CLAWLESS
by J. Hali Steele
ISBN Not Available
Eirelander Publishing

An act of kindness can change your life–forever. Griffin Hayes knew what Jenna Sahara was and he didn’t care. So what if she was a member of the Kind? She took his breath away. And his passion for her knew no bounds. A vampyre infected lioness from the Sovereign Kind, Jenna has never been so drawn to any man more than the mortal Griffin. And he’s fated to be her true mate. Consumed by sadness because she is different, Jenna is determined to have Griffin in her life no matter what. First she’ll have to save him from her family who holds the power of life and death over him.
RHYTHM OF LOVE
by J. Hali Steele
ISBN 9781419924330
Eirelander Publishing

Carter Gates, amateur Latin ballroom dancer, is ready to make a move on his sexy new assistant. Bree’s scent intoxicates him, and her lithe body makes it hard to keep his hands to himself. But Carter owns the company and has one rule—hands off the staff. His body isn’t listening. Bree’s no better off. She has a taste for her new boss, one she can’t quench. Hiding the fact she’s best friends with his partner, and a dancer herself, she slips into a revealing outfit and his arms…just for one night of sexy, hot competition and a highly erotic tango that gives new meaning to “going up in flames”. Bree’s friend has other ideas—she wants to keep Carter for herself. However, after spending a passionate evening in Carter’s arms, and his bed, Bree wants more. And she’s determined to get it.

April

HUNTED
by Anna Leonard
ISBN 978-0373618330
Silhouette Nocturne

Beth Havelock always felt the pull of the ocean, tied to her Nantucket home even as she yearned for something new, something exciting. But when a handsome stranger washes up in a storm, she is cautious; her own immediate attraction to him frightens her. She knows nothing about him…except that he is hiding something. As seal-kin—a shapeshifter—Dylan Meredith was happy with his own kind. But the beautiful Nantucketer drew him from his rocky home to live among humans…and risk discovery for the chance at love. Neither can deny that the passion growing between them is real. But as Beth wrestles with her feelings—and uncovers her own mysterious origins—danger lurks. Dylan is being hunted, and now Beth is a target, too….
TOO HOT FOR A RAKE TOO HOT FOR A RAKE
by Pearl Wolf
ISBN-10: 1420104810
ISBN-13: 978-1420104813
Kensington Publishing

Her scandalous seduction… Hoping to pull off a brazen seduction, Lady Helena Fairchild sneaks into her betrothed’s bed—only to realize too late that she is lying next to a notorious rake. Even worse, her fiancé stumbles upon them and calls off their wedding. To avoid scandal, Helena’s family sends her away to the country. But when she steps into her coach, her escort is none other than the stranger who laid next to her that night…
Was anything but an accident… Lord Desmond Bannington has no intention of changing his ways until he receives news that he is now the Marquis of Waverley. Returning to England to claim his title, Desmond vows to abandon his reckless habits. But for the memory of the lovely Lady Helena Fairchild undressed in his bed. Intrigued by her boldness, and yearning to know her innermost secrets, Desmond can’t help a temptation beyond all reason…

May

Try Just Once More TRY JUST ONCE MORE
by Kat Henry Doran
ISBN 1-60154-703X
Wild Rose Press

This contemporary romantic suspense is set in the Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York State. After she is cleared of homicide charges, and Maggie McGuire retreats to her childhood home to regroup and begin traveling the rocky road to sobriety. Now, after three years, her past rises up to bite her in the butt; this time it’s aimed directly at her precious children. The new chief of police who won’t leave things alone, continually picks at her, trying to find all the puzzle pieces. She once trusted a cop and lived to regret it. No stranger to personal treachery or betrayal, Chief Mike Brandt will have to set aside personal biases in order to protect the McGuire family―and convince Maggie to try just once more.
FIREBRAND FIREBRAND
by P.K. Eden
ISBN To be Announced
E-Wings Press

Amber Drake is the only person who can save three worlds from annihilation.
Only she doesn’t know it yet. When the Garden fell at the beginning of time, the First One divided what was left into three: Humans – administered by the descendents of the Adam and Eve
The Fae – watched over and protected by those who came from the Angel of the Garden
Trolls – ruled by those who evolved from the Snake who tempted. Each world was given a sword to protect those who would come and hope for the future in the form of a prophecy that foretold the coming of one born of all three bloodlines who could bring peace and harmony to all worlds and restore the Garden to glory. But the tribred’s birth also initiates a series of events that start the Arpeggio Clock to begin the countdown to Armageddon and not everyone wants the clock to stop.
Tupelo Honey TUPELO HONEY
by Tina Gallagher
ISBN Not Available
Phaze Books

When Tim cheated on Cassie and broke her naive heart, she left him without looking back. Fifteen years later Tim is back in her life and has made it clear he still has the hots for Cassie. She tries to stay strong, but it’s hard to resist a hottie hockey player who has love on his mind, especially when she still has feelings for him.

June

REEL MURDER REEL MURDER
by Mary Kennedy
ISBN To be Announced
Penguin Obsidian

Maggie visits a movie set and finds danger, romance, a dead body and fifteen minutes of fame.
To Ruin The Duke by Debra Mullins
Avon Books
ISBN 9780061577857
A disreputable duke: All of London is abuzz with the shocking exploits of Thornton Matherton, Duke of Wyldehaven, a man as sinful and wild as his name. He plays fast and loose with money, drink, and women. Or does he? An impostor has tarnished Thornton’s good name, and the real duke will not rest until he has proven his virtue.
A righteous lady: Abandoned by her aristocratic father when she was a child, Miranda Fontaine despises the nobility. Despite her distrust, she visits the Duke of Wyldehaven on an urgent mission. Determined to keep a deathbed promise, Miranda will do whatever it takes to pin down the notorious duke . . . even if it means seducing him herself.
Passion’s ruin: Desperate to escape the web of deceit and clear his name, Thomas cannot bear the distraction of Miranda’s supple skin and alluring eyes. Her beauty will be his undoing . . . and her bed will be the site of his most wicked ruin . . .

July

EVIL’S WITNESS EVIL’S WITNESS
by Autumn Jordon
ISBN Not Available
Wild Rose Press

Elementary school nurse Stephanie Boyd’s ordinary world changes forever when she and her children witness a blood bath. To escape the wrath of the Russian Mafia, she has no choice but to help the FBI uncover the mafia’s mole inside the U.S. Treasury. While on the run with the handsome agent who is willing to die for them, Stephanie learns the meaning of self-sacrifice and love. Agent John Dolton’s only break in solving the case that cost him everything is a couple of kids and a beautiful widow. But keeping them safe seems impossible when their every move is foreseen by their enemy. Within weeks, Stephanie and her children soften the loner’s heart and John allows himself to let go of his all-consuming sorrow. This time John vows not to fail to protect the family he comes to love.

Noble Heart NOBLE HEART
by Linda J. Parisi
ISBN 9781601547347
The Wild Rose Press

The Ancient One isn’t finished with the Nobility, not by a long shot. Elena Kyrinova senses he’s after Tara and her unborn child and seeks out Alexi Valentin. He needs her help to save them and she needs his help to save her people from extinction. They strike a bargain. If Elena’s successful, Alexi will make her pregnant. But Nicholai tries to kill the Ancient One and falls into a coma leaving Alexi the Head of the House of Valentin. Alexi finds himself torn by duty and a promise, all the while knowing the Nobility is on the brink of destruction. Can he honor both? Can he stop the in-fighting between the Houses long enough to get them realize the One real threat they face? Can he find the courage within himself to become the father of a new race? Can Elena learn that being different really is beautiful and that she doesn’t have to hide inside what she is? Together, Elena and Alexi learn that even a playboy who plays at being a magician, and a healer who believes she’s damaged, can learn to accept who they are and that love can truly overcome all obstacles.

SUMMER IRIS SUMMER IRIS
by M. Kate Quinn
ISBN To Be Announced
Wild Rose Press

Summer Iris is a funny, poignant romance that takes a stunted middle-aged woman, transplants her to a cottage by the sea for a summer and cultivates her into her true self. I hope you will love Iris. She’s me, she’s you, she’s every woman we know.

WHAT SHE NEEDS
by Cris Anson
ISBN 9781419928949
Ellora’s Cave

When debut erotic romance author Delia needs to research BDSM, a former Dom offers to teach her some basics. She gets more than she bargained for when Kurt adds his business partner to her instruction. But an innocent misstep brings Delia’s world crashing down around her. Can she trust Kurt with her heart…and her life?

THE RAGE OF INNOCENCE
by Trudy Doyle
ISBN 978160777350
Ravenous Romance

Society erupts in scandal when the Countess Alena Oleski returns to New York after many years abroad to seek a divorce. With her powerful family, the Maginots, firmly against such a drastic action, they enlist Neville Archland, attorney and fiancé of Alena’s cousin, April, to convince her otherwise. Yet the more Neville comes to know the jaded Countess, the more he falls in love with her, challenging all the strictures of his privileged, insular world. But Alena has her own dark secrets to contend with, namely a past that continues to haunt her, and the obsessive hold her husband, the fiery Count Julien Oleski, has yet to relinquish.

In a sensual retelling of Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence, The Rage of Innocence explores the influences of love, lust and loss behind Neville and Alena’s clandestine affair, set against the glittering backdrop of Gilded Age New York City, and the shadowy recesses of the human heart.

August

A GIFT FROM HOME A GIFT FROM HOME
by C.H. Admirand
ISBN Not Available
Five Star Expressions

John Reilly is expecting a package from home, something light as a feather and twice as sweet. Little does he realize the package isn’t the baked goods he’s been dreaming of but a grown-up version of the thirteen-year-old girl who used to follow him everywhere. When John Reilly doesn’t return to County Cork, Ireland, Jessi Fahy boards a ship and tracks him down. She arrives in Emerson, Colorado, hot, tired, and dusty, but he doesn’t recognize her. Five and a half years of waiting in vain, combined with a horrendous voyage and the realization that John doesn’t remember her, have Jessi fisting her hand and testing Mrs. Reilly’s secret weapon. With a wicked right cross, big John Reilly goes down like a stone. In Book 4 of C. H. Admirand’s Irish Western Series, the temporarily disbanded Committee for the Betterment of Emerson is at it again! This time they accuse Jessi Fahy of setting fire to Peterson’s Stable, injuring Mr. Peterson, brawling in public and ruining the good name of the Flahertys’ foreman, John Reilly.
THE UNEXPECTED SON
by Shobhan Bantwal
ISBN 0758232039
Kensington Publishing

What happens when a woman who’s realized her dreams wakes up to a shocking truth? A mysterious letter turns Vinita Patil’s contented American life upside down. It tells an impossible story: she has a grown son in India whose life may depend on her…
CONSEQUENCES Consequences… The Champion Chronicles: Book Two
by M. Flagg
ISBN 1-60154-777-3
ISBN 13 9781601547774
The Wild Rose Press

There are always consequences to face on the road to redemption. Rescued from Hell on earth, a centuries-old mystically enhanced vampire rests in his mortal lover’s arms. Poison seeps through his nervous system. In the beautiful seaport of Portofino, Italy, the beast within is removed by mystical healers. Love of Alana, his Guardian, and concern for Lukas, his human son, spurs him to agree to this unprecedented occurrence. Michael Malone’s existence is changed yet again. As Michael’s eyes open, confused and terrified, the vampire only recalls humanity lost in 1690…and his journey begins. It is an unknown path. Alana’s worry deepens. Lukas Malone faces his worst fears. A brave Servant of Souls forces him to face undead life with courage. But a new threat looms. And The Document of Atonement awaits his compliance. Memories shatter him. He asks for death, but instead, deliverance emerges… and redemption waits, only a heartbeat away.
“Shifting Sea,” Morwenna’s story,
by Virginia Kantra
in the anthology BURNING UP
with Angela Knight, Nalini Singh,
and Meljean Brook
ISBN 9780425235959
DEVILISH NIGHTS
by Tara Nina
Ellora’s Cave

An older woman with a secret sexual addiction meets a younger man with the desire to play. Can he be taught? Torn by their age difference, Shelley Dupree takes a chance on a one-night stand, but gets more than she bargains for in her young stud. Jack O’Malley’s enticed by a woman who’s vibrating silver balls land on the floor at his feet along with an array of sex toy paraphernalia. Finally, a woman with a desire to experience more than vanilla flavored sex. This woman fit the criteria of perfect dating material. Now if he could just convince her. Age was a number that didn’t matter. Great sex ruled and he intended to teach Shelley the true meaning of orgasmic fun and sexual playtime. When a complication arises in connection to a trial they’re both apart of, Shelley is abducted. Jack must choose…justice for a bootlegger or the perfect woman’s survival.
CITRINE
by Kathye Quick
Avalon

Cools excess anger–given to Ali. The last one left, Ali is determined not to let Grandmother’s Ring get her. But first she has to go to her new nephew’s baptism and face the whole family, including Trent and his new fiancée, Linda. No way is she going to be in that wedding. One was enough. As everyone coos over the baby, Ali pastes on her best face and accepts the teasing of her brother and sister about the last holdout. When she retreats to the backyard to escape them, she finds another deserter, Jake Daultry, Nick’s cousin. Jake, a Blackhawk helicopter pilot, joined the family festivities on his way home to enjoy a thirty-day leave. Ali, a self-proclaimed peace activist like her mother, and Jake, a red-white-and-blue soldier, clash in a contest of wills that culminates in a kiss on the front porch. Shaken by her sudden reaction to Jake, Ali leaves. Later that day she finds Jake waiting outside her townhouse to apologize. For the rest of his leave, each tries to get the other to see the other side of war and peace as the attraction between them becomes enough to melt any cold war. As Jake gets ready to return to his unit, Ali discovers he’s taking her heart along with him. Can the peace activist and the solider find some neutral territory in order to follow their hearts or will Ali and Jake just have to settle for some combat wounds that may never heal?
GEORGIE ON HIS MIND
By Jennifer Shirk
ISBN: 978-0803477827
Publisher: Avalon Books

Georgie Mayer has no boyfriend and rarely goes out. In short, she needs a life. Living with her brother doesn’t exactly help matters. Since she’s graduated college and returned back home, her brother’s over protectiveness has been in overdrive, and she hasn’t been able to have any fun, or at the very least get a date. So what’s a poor particularly attractive girl to do in a situation like this? The only thing she can do: find him a woman-er, distract him. He’ll thank her for it in the end. That is, if his best friend Walt Somers would stop interfering with her plans. Back in town to help run his uncle’s business, the handsome pharmacist has made no secret that he doesn’t approve of what she’s trying to do. Unfortunately, having Walt hanging around does strange things to her mind, and suddenly she can’t help but take a healthy interest in him. But how can Georgie entertain thoughts of the two of them together when Walt still treats her like his best friend’s little sister?

September

IMMORTAL SEA
By Virginia Kantra
ISBN: 0425237478

Publisher: Penguin Group

Dr. Elizabeth Rodriguez has a problem. Her fifteen-year-old son Zachary has a secret. And only the father he’s never known–ruthless Morgan of the finfolk–can answer the questions Zack has now.
Sixteen years ago, human Liz was a momentary indulgence for the finfolk lord. But in the woman she’s become, Morgan may finally have met his match.
SIZE MATTERS
by Stephanie Julian
9781419930294
Ellora’s Cave

Carrie Benton’s got the best job in the world working as a reporter for the Weekly News Journal. Chupacabra picnicking at the Jersey shore? Check. Aliens in the White House? Absolutely. Bigfoot stalking the forests of northern Pennsylvania? Well, okay… but Bigfoot is so Left Coast.
Tim Sattazahn can’t believe his luck. The six-foot redhead who crashed into his forest during a snowstorm is gorgeous, funny and hot for him. Everything would be perfect except for the fact that she’s looking for Bigfoot.
And, unfortunately for Tim, she’s found him…
DRAGON WITCH
by Kathy Kulig
ISBN 9781419929717
Ellora’s Cave

Jaida Chel is guardian to Kai, the last shapeshifting dragon on Somerled. But when Captain Brayden Stokes reenters her life, not only is Kai’s life at stake, but so is Jaida’s secure position in the colony. Unrestrained passion drive Jaida and Brayden into erotic encounters beyond their imagination, and Kai is the key. When secrets and betrayals are revealed, Brayden must risk everything for one last chance at love.
BOUND TO SURRENDER
by Tess Lamont
Wild Rose Press

Though single motherhood taught Christina Welch ruthless self-denial, in her heart she secretly craves a man who’ll drive her wild in bed. Now that her son is spending the summer with his father, she can’t keep her mind off the one man who haunts her dreams–her son’s baseball coach.

Bryce Walker lusts after the sexy librarian who never missed her son’s home games. Respect and caution held him back, but every time she peeks at him under her lashes, instinct tells him she needs what he has to offer.

When Bryce meets Christina by chance on her birthday, desire smolders hotter than the early summer heat wave. He buys her ice cream, but they both know only one thing will cool them down. As Bryce leads Christina into a world of sensual pain and pleasure, she discovers heights of emotion she never knew existed. She learns to trust Bryce with her body, but can she trust him with her heart? Summer doesn’t last forever…

NIGHT RANGER’S MOON
by Tara Nina
ISBN: 1-60154-800-1
The Wild Rose Press

Weylin Anthropos is a Lykoian with anger issues and a demon in his past that haunts his soul. He’s a Night Ranger, one of the elite protector’s of the Lykoian clans. Without the backing of the council, Weylin sets out to find his brother. The trail leads him to Mississippi and a village that many Lykoians would rather forget. Ghosts of the past linger on these hallowed grounds but are disturbed by an intruder…an enemy from his ancestry. One he must face and defeat if he is to survive and find his brother.
Long and lethal, a charcoal gray wolf from an unfamiliar clan interferes in his surveillance. Her presence toys with his mind, body, and soul. Where did she come from? How did she find him? And most of all, what did she want?

PULSE OF POWER
by Anne Elizabeth
ISBN: 978-1-60690-170-0
Dynamite Entertainment

A graduate of The Academy, an exclusive school for girls, Tia DeVere Stanton learned early that proper young ladies don’t curse. But knowing a curse or two would certainly come in handy, since Tia spends her days as a stockgirl at Vivant, the sentient supernatural store, and moonlights as a monster-hunting vigilante. But now Tia’s jobs – and her life – are about to get a lot more complicated. All of a sudden, she has strange new powers. The dangerously seductive stranger who keeps invading her dreams has just walked into her life. And a powerful enemy is about to strike her in the most unexpected and vulnerable of places. Her heart.

ONE BLOOD
by E.F. Watkins
ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-741-0 (Electronic)
ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-768-7 (Paperback)
Amber Quill Press LLC

Disgusted with his long, bloodthirsty existence, Jon Sharpay discovers a fresh challenge—the last living descendent of the arch-enemy who nearly destroyed him a century ago. He travels from New York City to Princeton University to hunt down Kat Van Braam, a curator at the university’s art museum.
But Sharpay is also being hunted, by two men: one determined to avenge the death of his pregnant young wife, the other a foreign agent out to recruit Sharpay’s paranormal skills for an international crime organization.
When Sharpay meets the brilliant and beautiful Kat, his plans for her expand beyond mere revenge. Kat is also drawn to “Dr. Sharpay,” the mysterious Eastern European scholar, until she learns his true nature and identity. She fights his enslavement of her will and vows to succeed where her ancestor failed—to keep this creature from ever harming anyone else.
But will Kat be undone by her own “sympathy for the Devil”?

HIS DAKOTA CAPTIVE
by Jenna Kernan
ISBN-10: 037329607X
ISBN-13: 978-0373296071
Harlequin Historicals

HE CAPTURED HER BODY…
Being a prisoner of the Sioux Indians has scarred Lucie West inside and out. Just when she’s starting to overcome the demons of her past, Sky Fox, a former captive himself, takes her hostage. Determined to escape, Lucie is equally determined to deny her attraction to the rugged outcast.

SHE CAPTURED HIS HEART!
Sky needs Lucie’s help to save an innocent man from the hangman’s noose. Seeing past her scars to the brave beauty beneath, Sky is increasingly drawn to her. Can he endanger the woman he loves?

OUT OF THE DARK
by Kat Henry Doran
The Wild Rose Press

She’s Raisin’ Kane, committed to reporting the truth. No matter who it harms.
He’s Kieran Pollack, master at spinning the truth in favor of the criminal justice system and those who serve it.
Truth or fiction: Either could bring them both to their knees.

Those Who Wait
by Veronica Lynch
Decadent Publishing

Meghan Muldoon is at a cross-road. Newly married to a man who dotes on her, someone that she thought existed only in fiction, she struggles to balance the demands of her vocation as an advocate for victims of violence versus those of a newlywed.
On Valentine’s Day, a series of routine crises force Meg to reconsider staying with a profession that fulfills her both professionally and spiritually—or devoting the rest of her life to the one person who makes everything worthwhile.

October

A PERFECT SCANDAL
by Tina Gabrielle
ISBN: 978-1-4201-0849-1
Zebra / Kensington Publishing

A LADY SEEKING SCANDAL

Lady Isabel Cameron has little use for marriage and propriety. Her dream is to study art in Paris. But her father has engaged her to a waddling, bankrupt, domineering lord twice her age. When her childhood flame Marcus Hawksley reappears—handsome, single, and socially snubbed—Isabel devises the perfect escape. She will solicit Marcus’s assistance to destroy her reputation.

A MAN WITH NOTHING TO LOSE

Marcus has already felt the wrath of the ton, with his business as a stockbroker deemed unacceptable. But he is no despoiler of innocent ladies—until by chance, Isabel’s improper advance leaves her the only witness against a lie that could truly ruin him. Faced with her father’s demands for marriage, Isabel and Marcus agree to a wedding of convenience—and six months’ tenure living as supposed husband and wife. But as the heat between them grows, what seemed a pretense becomes deliciously real…

A Yuletide Wish: Poems and Stories for the Extended Holiday Season
Including “A Place at the Table” by Helene Henderson
ISBN 0986640646
Night Wolf Publications

Pumpkin pie, mistletoe, fireworks…happy holidays! Established authors from around the globe bring you a rich tapestry of family-friendly stories and poems to enliven your holiday gatherings. Are you ready for an easy evening with a cup of hot cocoa and a good-news, happy-ending set of stories? Night Wolf Publications’ “A Yuletide Wish” fits the bill with an uplifting offering that holds something for everyone in the family.
NIGHT PREY
by Tara Nina
ISBN: 9781419930966
Ellora’s Cave

With unwanted lands thrust upon him by King George III, Alessandro Pantera feels caged. His nightly ritual of pacing the castle walls in panther form leads him into a fight to save a beautiful woman from harm. The moment he first sees her, first touches her, a raw primal desire to claim her ignites within him. But a man such as he, the Black Knight, deserves no woman of his own.
Rescued from bandits after her secret, Rose Smythe lands in the arms of a male shapeshifter. As black panther and as man, he’s fierce and intimidating to all who cross his path. But not to Rose. His presence initiates her inner white panther’s need to mate and her heart is set on Alessandro.
A heated night of passion neither can resist bonds them as eternal mates. A macabre twist of fate places Alessandro in the battle of his life. Kill or be Killed in the fight to save his mate from the demon Mephistopheles the creator of the darkness within his soul—the Black Knight.
“THE SHERIFF’S HOUSEKEEPER BRIDE” in WESTERN WINTER WEDDING BELLS
by Jenna Kernan
ISBN-10: 0373296118
ISBN-13: 978-0373296118
Harlequin Historicals

When a lady’s companion finds herself facing prison over a crime she did not commit, her flight lands her in the household of a small town sheriff who has mistaken her for the housekeeper he is expecting to give his daughter a real old fashioned Christmas…but she can’t cook!

IN THE DEVIL’S ARMS
by Gianna Simone
ISBN: 978-1-60592-168-6
Noble Romance Publishing

Helene Gaudet is finally free of her past—a rage-filled ex-husband whose curse has left her unable to have children. Helene shares those past agonies with no one—certainly not with a Marchand. Her lonely life is upended when she encounters who she believes is her perfect Dom in an Internet chat room. To her shock, her Dom is none other than Devlin Marchand, the very person who handed her over to a dark sorcerer to be killed. Yet Devlin proves himself to be a loving Master, and lust and love grow with each tormenting, releasing, encounter. But guilt over his past betrayal is multiplied when he learns the curse that has dogged his lover for years comes from the trove of magic created by his very own family. Devlin fears all he has built with Helene will be destroyed. Can they overcome the past to have a future together?
A TASTE OF ROMANCE
by Roni Denholz
Avalon Books, October 2010
978-0-8034-7792-6

Will Nicole’s cooking show turn into a recipe for disaster? Or can she and Jeremy, her on air boyfriend, put aside their differences and savor a tasty romance?

November

REV ME TWICE
by Adele Dubois
ISBN: 9781419930591
Ellora’s Cave

Crystal is a bad, bad girl in the most delicious ways. She tries to be good and is tempted to commit to her Navy MP boyfriend, Tomas, but has no experience with an exclusive relationship or healthy family structure. She likes her life as a cable TV stripping weather girl and sex party host, and resists conforming to the traditional lifestyle Tomas craves. Without her weekly ménages and wild orgies, can she become the partner Tomas wants? When Crystal receives death threats, a media frenzy erupts. During a break-in, the threatening letters are stolen, erasing evidence that thwarts an arrest. Tomas sports Crystal away on his Harley to protect her, but a deadly crash changes everything. Faced with the choice between self-interest and self-sacrifice, Crystal must decide if she will embrace a new life with Tomas or walk away.

STRONGER THAN SIN STRONGER THAN SIN
by Caridad Pineiro
ISBN 978-0446543842
Forever from Grand Central Publishing

Dr. Liliana Carrera nearly lost her life to Wardwell scientists. She won’t let them harm other innocent victims, like her new patient, Jesse Bradford. The former pro athlete had the best hands in the NFL . . . until an injury forced him to undergo Wardwell’s experimental gene therapy. Now Jesse’s gorgeous body is superhuman-but his strength comes at a price. With Wardwell threatening his family, Jesse can’t tell Liliana all he knows. Yet he can’t resist her compassion . . . or her healing, erotic touch. As their passion flares, Jesse’s body becomes dangerous and volatile. For evil men are plotting to change the face of humanity-and will destroy whoever stands in their way.
ADDING HEAT
by Cris Anson
ISBN: 9781419930591
Ellora’s Cave

Encouraged by friends she met at RomantiCon, widowed landscape contractor Giselle Sheridan decides she’s finally ready to take the cougar challenge and find a younger man to have sex with. Except she’s too busy during planting season to go on the prowl. CPA Conlan Trowbridge is battling the IRS deadline for his clients, but when Giselle saunters into his office with a tax question, all he can think of is sex. She’s all luscious curves and smoldering brown eyes, and he doesn’t care if she’s a dozen years older, she’s a wet dream come true. Oh yeah, they’re both ready for some hot and heavy sex—in the tub, parking lots, their offices—anywhere and everywhere. But Giselle is afraid her age will bother Con, and her long-time foreman has designs on her, in more ways than one. When Giselle faces some hard decisions, will it all add up to her being able to keep the heat?

December

FAMILY BE MINE
by Tracy Kelleher
ISBN-13:978-0-373-71678-4
Publisher: Harlequin, Superromance

Successful physiotherapist and single mom-to-be Sarah Halverson is not one to take adversity lying down. But these days she’s having trouble getting up! Thirty weeks into her pregnancy, Sarah finds that her bouts of dizziness are spelling the end of her mobility — and her independence. She’s got to find an answer, preferably one that’s close to her office and has a car.

Devout bachelor Huntington Phox, owner of a geographically desirable mansion and a Porsche 911, is Sarah’s best bet. She could help him overcome a personal challenge of his own, and he could help her through the last tough weeks of her pregnancy. Perfect. Convenient, mutually beneficial and no strings. But the more they share, the more they wonder about exactly where the boundary between friends and *more* ends!

BOUND TO IGNITE
by Tess Lamont
ISBN Not Available
Wild Rose Press

Gillian Daniels keeps a secret buried deep in her heart: she craves an erotic spanking. When a friend’s wedding reunites her with the man who first ignited her fantasies, she can no longer deny her desire. Though Gillie has been friends with Eric since high school. She knows he’ll never settle down and she’d never be stupid enough to fall under his spell. She’s certain, however, that for one night, he’d be willing to make her darkest desires come true. Eric has wanted Gillian in his bed and in his life for longer than he cares to remember. But she throws him a hell of a curve ball: she wants him to spank her. The idea makes him hot and ready, but contrary to Gillie’s belief, he’s never been involved in that lifestyle before. Through the night, Gillie and Eric sink deep into the “game”and the bond between them strengthens. Eric never intended for this to be a one-night stand, but as he experiences Gillie’s willing submission, his “dom” instinct is roused and he’s even less willing to let her go. In the bright light of morning, will their bond be strong enough for Gillie to trust?

Additional 2010 Releases – Dates Coming Soon!

THE SAXON BRIDE THE SAXON BRIDE
by C.H. Admirand
ISBN To be Announced
DCL Publications

Description Coming Soon!
A SCOT'S HONOR A SCOT’S HONOR
by C.H. Admirand
ISBN To be Announced
DCL Publications

Description Coming Soon!
AMBUSH LUCK
by Helene Henderson
in the DREAMSPELL GODDESS Anthology
L&L Dreamspell

Information coming shortly!

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