“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. |
 | DYLAN C.H. Admirand 978-1402258077 January 2012, Sourcebooks THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULDN'T TAME... Dylan Garahan might be an old hand at lassoing fillies, but one night at the Lucky Star club, and he ends up wrapping his rope around someone that even his formidable strength can't tame. She's wily and beautiful... and she's his new boss. Dylan's had his heart broken before, but even an honest cowpoke has to wrestle with temptation... UNTIL HE GOT HIS LASSO AROUND HER... Ronnie DelVecchio might be fresh off the bus from New Jersey, but she's a hard-edged businesswoman and has had her fill of men she can't trust -- although she might consider getting off her high horse for that big, handsome rancher with a Texas drawl. THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULDN'T TAME... Dylan Garahan might be an old hand at lassoing fillies, but one night at the Lucky Star club, and he ends up wrapping his rope around someone that even his formidable strength can't tame. She's wily and beautiful... and she's his new boss. Dylan's had his heart broken before, but even an honest cowpoke has to wrestle with temptation... UNTIL HE GOT HIS LASSO AROUND HER... Ronnie DelVecchio might be fresh off the bus from New Jersey, but she's a hard-edged businesswoman and has had her fill of men she can't trust -- although she might consider getting off her high horse for that big, handsome rancher with a Texas drawl. |
 | 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. |
 | THE WINTER OF THE IRON BOW William F. Higbie 9780985243104 April 15, 2012, Christopher Matthews Publishing The story takes place in 1796 on the windswept Northern Plains. It is a coming-of-age story that takes place over the year in the life of a teen-aged member of the Cheyenne tribe. Bull Calf‘s needs are those of any adolescent male: he wants to have friends, to be accepted as a grown man, to seek adventure and aches to find true love with a girl, Pretty Day Walking. As Bull Calf leaves his childhood behind, to begin his new life as a warrior, his people are also emerging from the Stone Age in their own coming-of-age story, hurtling along on an unavoidable course with European technology. The introduction of firearms (“iron bowstrings”) leads to an intertribal arms race and war for survival with their enemies, the Absorkas. Having completed his vision quest, and now known by his man-name, Otters Circling, he must prove himself as a warrior, survive the warrior’s path and return to the girl who has stolen his heart. This deeply researched novel is excellent for readers of all ages from 9 to 99. |
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 . . . |
 | WILD POINT ISLAND Kate Lutter 1937254259 May 2012 Crescent Moon Press Banished from Wild Point Island as a child, Ella Pattenson, a half human-half revenant, has managed to hide her true identity as a descendent of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Thought to have perished, the settlers survived but were transformed into revenants--immortal beings who live forever as long as they remain on the island. Now Ella must return to the place of her birth to rescue her father from imprisonment and a soon to be unspeakable death. Her only hope is to trust a seductive revenant who seems to have ties to the corrupt High Council. Simon Viccars is sexy and like no man she's ever met. But he's been trapped on the island for 400 years and is willing to do almost anything for his freedom. With the forces of the island conspiring against her, Ella must risk her father, her heart, and her life on love. |
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". |
 | NIGHT OF THE COUGAR Caridad Pineiro ISBN Not Available June 2012, Nocturne Cravings Reporter Jamie Morrison got the scoop of a lifetime when she snagged a meeting with bestselling author Galen Hawke, but their rendezvous didn't end with an interview. Their immediate attraction led to a wicked night together and a plan to meet again—until an accident left Galen changed forever…. Now, one year later, Jamie is sent to interview Galen once more. When a snowstorm strands them together in his remote mountain lodge, they are both eager to explore their reawakened passion. But will Jamie stay by Galen's side when she discovers what he's become? |
 | 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… |
August 2012
 | MIDNIGHT EXPOSURE Melinda Leigh 1612184758 August 2012, Montlake Romance Point, click, die. When two hikers disappear, their hometown in Maine blames the blinding storms. But the truth is far more sinister. Unaware of the danger, tabloid photographer Jayne Sullivan follows an anonymous tip to find the most reclusive sculptor in the art world. Instead, she finds sexy handyman Reed Kimball—and a small town full of fatal secrets. Five years ago, Reed buried his homicide detective career along with his wife. But when a hiker is found dead, the local police chief asks Reed for help. Why was a Celtic coin found under the body? And where is the second hiker? Avoiding the media, Reed doesn’t need a murder, a missing person, or a nosey photographer. Then Jayne is attacked, and her courage is his undoing. Reed must risk everything to protect her and find a cunning killer. |
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 |
 | HIGH SCANDAL D.C. Stone 978-1-77130-138-1 September 26, 2012 Evernight Publishing Tristan White begins to think his professional and loyal secretary, Isabelle, is up to something. Her disappearing acts around the office leads him to think she could even be acting as a spy for competitors. Isabelle has a secret, one she has kept in the closet—literally—for years. Tristan’s suspicions catch up with him and after following Isabelle, he not only uncovers what secret she’s been hiding, but also begins to see his secretary in a new light. Can Isabelle break out of the box and see herself as Tristan does? Or will their professional relationship cause lines to be drawn? |
November 2012
 | KISSED BY A VAMPIRE Caridad Pineiro ISBN 978-0373885589 November 2012, Nocturne Two thousand year old vampire elder Stacia is tired of all the human wanna-bes in New York City. Determined to get away from the love fest and sink her teeth into something tasty, Stacia heads to Miami, only to find that it's much harder to avoid love than she thinks. Especially when she meets sexy DEA Agent Alex Garcia. |
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. |
 | SHE CAN TELL Melinda Leigh 1612185657 December 2012, Montlake Romance When a terrible accident abruptly ends her riding career, Rachel Parker returns to Pennsylvania to rebuild her family’s horse farm. But her welcome home is anything but warm. Her sister’s abusive husband and a violent vandal threaten Rachel’s new business and her life. Someone is systematically trying to destroy her. Someone who knows private things about her. Someone who’s been watching her. Now Rachel must face the fact that the sins of her carefully hidden past have returned to haunt her… Police Chief Mike O’Connell never had trouble drawing the line between his personal life and his job—until he met Rachel Parker. Mike’s investigation uncovers a shocking number of secrets and suspects. But the stalker’s escalating violence convinces him he doesn’t have much time to sort through it all. Whoever is watching Rachel wants her dead. Mike and Rachel race to untangle a web of deceit and lies that stretches two decades into the past—before her stalker strikes again. |