“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
January 2012
 | AMAZON HEAT Melinda Leigh & Rayna Vause 9781426893025 January 2012, Carina Press 2 years ago… Driven by grief to find a cure for cancer, Elizabeth DeMarco left Logan Spencer to accept a position on a research expedition to the Amazon rainforest. Kidnapped by guerrillas, she was saved by a secret all-female civilization, the last of the ancient Amazons. But Elizabeth discovers she’s traded one form of captivity for another. Today… Logan never stopped searching for Elizabeth. While consulting in the remote Brazilian interior near where she was kidnapped, Logan suffers what should be a fatal fall. Near death, he’s collected by the Amazons and magically healed. Elizabeth is the first person he sees as he wakes. But there’s no time for a joyful reunion. The Amazons’ mystical medicine is rapidly changing Logan. They want his DNA and plan to take it—and then kill him. Logan and Elizabeth must escape before dawn or Logan—and their second chance at happiness—is doomed. |
 | DEATH BY KILLER MOP DOLL Lois Winston 9780738725857 January 2012, Midnight Ink Overdue bills and constant mother vs. mother-in-law battles at home are bad enough. But crafts editor Anastasia Pollack's stress level is maxed out when she and her fellow American Woman editors get roped into unpaid gigs for a revamped morning TV show. Before the glue is dry on Anastasia's mop dolls, morning TV turns crime drama when the studio is trashed and the producer is murdered. Former co-hosts Vince and Monica—sleazy D-list celebrities—stand out among a lengthy lineup of suspects, all furious over the show's new format. And Anastasia has no clue her snooping has landed her directly in the killer's unforgiving spotlight. |
 | MAD DOG AND THE ARCHANGEL Kat Henry ISBN Not Available January 2012, The Wild Rose Press Rafael Archangeli comes back home to Summerville to bury an old friend, collect his inheritance, and then return to the only life he knows--conning wealthy women out of their money. In Rafe's world, money not only equals success, it goes a long way to obliterate the stigma of his past. Grace Dunavan, former nun turned community activist, gave up worldly goods a long time ago with no regrets. But she's never known a man with the raw appeal of the Scourge of Summerville: Rafael Archangeli. Their first meeting is like an errant strike of lightning, fierce and stunning in intensity, and takes both by surprise. Has Grace turned Rafe into a changed man? Or is he using his inheritance to pull off the biggest scam of his life? |
 | PUNISHMENT AND MERCY Cris Anson 978-14199-64770 January 1, 2012, Ellora\'s Cave A wanton young widow in 1694 Massachusetts Bay Colony is flogged in public for sexual congress outside matrimony. Her irate father forces her to marry a dominating blacksmith. But the blacksmith's apprentice falls in love with her. Two men loving one woman. How will she find her heart's desire? |
February 2012
 | BROOKSIDE DAISY M. Kate Quinn 978-1-61217-009-1 February 24, 2012 The Wild Rose Press It’s a pack of lies that turns Daisy Cameron’s life upside down, but it’s the truth that changes everything forever. |
 | NOCTURNAL WHISPERS Caridad Pineiro 9781459221437 Nocturne Cravings, February 2012 For over a century, Lord Alec Wright has been condemned to wander the Earth searching for a mummy he stole from an Egyptian tomb. Cursed to see all his loved ones die, he also must endure the spirit that tortures him with unrelenting arousal every night until he atones for his crime. After years of searching, Alec has finally found what he seeks—but museum curator Kate Morton stands his way. The mummy’s spirit is affecting her as well, driving her wild with desire. It is the perfect opportunity for Alec to seduce Kate and obtain the artifact. But in his quest to end his torment, will Alec wind up losing his heart? |
 | SACRED FIRES Catherine Greenfeder ISBN Not Available February 2012, Secret Cravings Publishing Soul mates reunite to solve murder mysteries involving an Aztec revival cult in Mexico. Sacred Fires paints a story of greed, betrayal, revenge, and love. |
 | THE LAST CAHILL COWBOY Jenna Kernan ISBN Not Available February 2012, Harlequin Historical CHANCE CAHILL: MOST-WANTED BACHELOR OR TORTURED RENEGADE? Bounty hunter Chance Cahill blows into town like a tumbleweed, a rootless drifter with danger written all over him. For this man doesn't care whether he lives of dies. It's what makes him so fearless and so deadly. Ellie Jenkins, plain as brown paper, is determined to marry for love. It's only when she coves face-to-face with childhood friend Chance that she realize what she's been waiting for. But then Ellie sees the empty look behind his eyes, and she knows that to win this cowboy's heart will take a risk so big it may destroy them both... Cahill Cowboys Texas's Finest |
April 2012
 | CLEAR AS DAY Babette James ISBN 978-1-61217-035-0 April 4, 2012 The Wild Rose Press What’s a girl to do when her summer lover wants forever? Haunted by dark memories of her parents’ volatile marriage, artist Kay Browning keeps her heart locked behind a free-spirit facade and contents herself with the comfortable affair she has every summer with easygoing photographer Nate Quinn. The only trouble with her plan? This summer Nate’s come to Lake Mohave to claim the lover he can’t let go. He’s done with the endless traveling and settling for temporary homes and temporary loves. Kay’s always been more than just a vacation fling, and now he must convince this woman, who sees love as a course to certain heartbreak, to take that leap of faith and learn how safe love with the right man can be. |
 | THE VAMPIRE'S CONSORT Caridad Pineiro ISBN Not Available April 2012, Nocturne Cravings Vampire Adrian offered Eliza a choice nearly one hundred years earlier: Die of tuberculosis or become his consort and attend to his vampire needs. Eliza chose life, but there was one thing she did not expect: that she would fall in love with Adrian. Eliza has been dating John for several months, but she realizes that it's unfair for her to continue with the relationship when her heart belongs to Adrian. But she also knows that she cannot spend eternity pining for her vampire boss. Eliza's birthday is coming up and she plans on asking for a very special gift: Her freedom so she can leave Adrian and try to have a normal life. To her surprise, Adrian gives her that gift before she even asks for it, but he also arranges for something unexpected: a sexy night with John with Adrian watching. Things get wickedly sexy and a threesome ensues between Eliza, John and Adrian, but John understands that Eliza's heart belongs to Adrian. In the end, a happily ever after ensues for Adrian and Eliza. |
May 2012
 | THE CLAIMED Caridad Pineiro 0446584606 May 2012, Forever Romance Grand Central Publishing Victoria Johnson loves her life. She’s her own boss in a quaint beachside town, and has great friends who keep her grounded. If only they knew who she really is: an heiress to an ancient race who possesses astonishing superhuman powers. It’s Victoria’s duty to restore her clan of Light Hunters to their former glory by choosing the perfect mate. In Christopher Sombrosa, she just may have found him. Strong, smart, and successful, Christopher exudes a powerful energy. Their connection is sensual, irresistible-and forbidden. A member of the Shadow Hunter clan, Christopher has defied his own father to lead his people away from affliction and violence. Yet he cannot ignore his duty to carry on his ancient bloodline. Stunningly beautiful and brimming with an erotic life force, Victoria is everything Christopher ever hoped for in a mate . . . but as a Light Hunter, she’s his mortal enemy. Together, they could unite their warring tribes. But murderous factions on both sides don’t want peace-and they’ll stop at nothing to keep light and darkness apart forever . . . |
June 2012
 | BEACH COLORS Shelley Noble (aka Shelley Freydont) 978-0062103086 June 12, 2012, William Morrow While Margaux Sullivan was presenting her highly praised M Atelier collection at New York City's Fashion Week, her husband of thirteen years cleaned out their bank account and disappeared. A week later the bank foreclosed on her apartment and business. Suddenly broke, betrayed, and humiliated, Margaux returns home to the small, coastal town of Crescent Cove, CT, where she once knew love, joy and family, three things she's lost on her climb to fame. BEACH COLORS is a story about broken dreams and new beginnings and the power of love to transform what we might have been into what we can become. |
 | GHOST OF A CHANCE Caridad Pineiro 9780762442690 June 2012, Running Press Books A true crime writer is invited to a mansion to help solve the mystery of a decades old murder and disappearance during the heydey of Prohibition along the Jersey Shore. What she doesn't expect is the appearance of a ghost and her attraction to her sexy "employer". |
 | ONE GOOD FRIEND DESERVES ANOTHER Lisa Verge Higgins 978-1455500307 June 5, 2012 Grand Central Publishing Dhara, Kelly, Marta and Wendy have been the closest of friends since college, so close, that after a series of romantic disasters, they bond together to create rules of relationships meant to keep their hearts safe. Those rules seemed to have worked, until Marta discovers that her hot boyfriend is married, Kelly begins a risky new relationship, Wendy inches closer to a pre-marital infidelity, and, most shocking of all, Indian-American Dhara suddenly agrees to an arranged marriage. As old relationships crumble and dangerous new ones emerge, each women must decide how much she’d risk—for love, for happiness, and most importantly, for each another. |
 | WINDMASTER LEGACY Helen B. Henderson June 5, 2012 / Burst Books Newly handfasted to the dark-haired archmage Lord Dal, Ellspeth and her husband escort his mother on a final journey to her ancestral lands. Their plans change when mercenaries under the control of a rogue mage attack. Dal's mother is severely wounded and Ellspeth is captured. Her sole hope for escape is Nobyn, an untrained wizard going through the throes of awakening magic. However, Nobyn is Bashim's apprentice and under the mage's total control. |
July 2012
 | GODDESS IN THE MIDDLE Stephanie Julian 9781402251535 July 2012 Sourcebooks Amity, the Goddess of Health, works as a medical aesthetist, using her remaing goddess powers to help people heal their spirits. Her profession soon brings two masculine Etruscan werewolves, Remy and Rom, into her life. The two werewolves have been searching for a woman powerful enough to handle both of them, but they've never met a woman strong enough...until they meet Amity. Toegether they must use the power generated by their love to kill a vicious demon and keep him locked away forever, or risk losing everything. |
 | IN THE BARRISTER'S BED Tina Gabrielle 978-1-4201-2275-6 July 2012/ Kensington Books A bastard by birth, James Devlin lives on his own terms—until a twist of fate reveals that he is the true Duke of Blackwood. Though the brooding bachelor swears to hold on to his freedom, he does intend to take back his childhood home. But once at Wyndmoor Manor, he discovers an arresting adversary in Bella Sinclair. Her hot-blooded claim to his home is amusing…and arousing. Which is why he isn’t leaving until he takes possession of everything—starting with the bewitching Bella… Bella is furious when the Duke barges into her home, declaring it rightfully his! The willful widow is not about to give up her haven without a fight, no matter how determined the Duke is—or how sensual the battlefield. But once she’s sharing a house with the beguiling barrister, she is in danger of losing everything—one deep, slow kiss at a time… |
September 2012
 | FOUL PLAY AT THE FAIR Shelley Freydont ISBN Not Available September 2012, Berkley Prime Crime New York City event planner Liv Montgomery is burned out, sick of the bridezillas, the mad men, the desperate housewives, the anything but sweet sixteens. So the job of event organizer in the small, rural town of Celebration Bay, sounds like a little piece of heaven. With the success of the Harvest on the Bay Festival, life is sweet, all apple crisp and homemade jams, cider donuts and pumpkin pies. But things hit a sour note when an itinerant entertainer is found dead, pinioned by an antique apple press. Motives pile up higher than a bushel of apples and Liv must navigate her way through a maze of secrets, lies and Yankee taciturnity to find the killer before the Harvest on the Bay Festival heads for Foul Play at the Fair. Link Category: 172 |
November 2012
December 2012
 | MOUNTAIN JEWEL Tracey Lyons ISBN Not Available Coming in 2012 A dangerous love, any way you cut it. After four years at a conventional Boston boarding school, Hannah Jackson is perfectly content to live a quiet existence at her grandparents’ Adirondack homestead. However, her peaceful existence is soon shattered by the arrival of the formidable Chase Malone, a representative of Tyler Mining. Though the year is 1880, nineteen-year-old Hannah isn’t afraid to speak her mind. Garnet mining would ruin North Creek, the life blood of her sanctuary. Carrying her stubborn resolve with her like a shield of armor, Hannah vows to keep that from happening. From the moment Chase and Hannah clash, more than simple conflict ignites. He is a man with secrets—a U.S. Customs agent on an undercover mission to prove Tyler is passing cheap garnets off as priceless rubies. In the raven-haired beauty he finds a fearlessness to match his own—and an intelligence behind those sapphire eyes that sees too much. Soon they are both entering the world of gem smuggling—and encountering danger from which their love may not save them. |