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Bait and Switch
by Larry Brooks
"Spine tingling whodunit."
Posted June 4, 2004
If there's anything Wolfgang Schmitt truly knows about,
it's sarcasm, i.e., the art of being a wise-ass. He
certainly has no clue about love, for the one woman he was
ready to go the extra marital mile for, Tracy Ericson,
dumped him in the worst way. That, coupled with a Read more...
To Weave a Web of Magic
by Claire Delacroix, Lynn Kurland, Patricia McKillip, Sharon Shinn
"Magical, enchanting, intriguing collection."
Posted June 12, 2004
To weave a web of magic in storytelling takes skill,
inspiration and unusual subjects. The four ladies in this
romantic fantasy anthology have managed to do just that.
With magical words and intriguing storylines, these modern-
day muses deftly weave four very different tales - stories
of love, loss and reclamation Read more...
On Fire's Wings
by Christie Golden
"Splendid tale of exotic magic and human courage."
Posted June 12, 2004
Kevla Bai-sha, whose surname means "female without father,"
knows only hardship and hunger as the daughter of Keishla,
one of the halaans (prostitutes) in Arukan. Every day, she
stands under the fiery sky and "calls" for visitors to
sample Keishla's many talents. However, one such day she
finds herself confronted Read more...
Jane's Warlord
by Angela Knight
"Fast, fun, sexy paranormal romance."
Posted May 13, 2004
Jane Colby works hard as the editor-in-chief of The
Tayanita Tribune, the newspaper she inherited from her
abusive father. Hard work and emotionally insecure baggage
leave her with no time for personal relationships, so the
only place Jane finds her daily dose of romance is within
the covers of paperback Read more...
Death With an Ocean View
by Nora Charles
"Zany first book in new series featuring a senior citizen sleuth."
Posted May 14, 2004
Kate Kennedy is not your average sleuth. Widowed at 60,
she's stuck in Palmetto, Florida, in a condo she bought
with her late husband, Charlie. With no way to go back to
living in New York, she decides to make the Ocean Vista
condo her home, even though it reminds Read more...
Love: Undercover
by Hailey North
"Fresh, amusing and sexy contemporary romance."
Posted May 14, 2004
Books instead of men. That's what librarian Jenifer Janey
Wright tells herself is the better choice. After a failed
marriage with a jerk of a guy, she's picked up the broken
pieces and moved on with her life and her children. What
better place could there be to take her Read more...
Silver's Edge
by Anne Kelleher
"Fantasy epic of grand proportions!"
Posted May 14, 2004
Silver, like a double-edged sword, is both protector and
destroyer in the Otherworld of the Sidhe. Time usually
doesn't run parallel in the land of Faerie and the land of
Man. However, the time is fast approaching when both of the
worlds will have the veil between them open at Read more...
Breakfast at Stephanie's
by Sue Margolis
"British wit and whimsy adds fun to this sexy romp."
Posted May 14, 2004
New Year's Day is traditionally a time for making changes,
but for Stephanie Glassman it has a whole other meaning
when Santa sees fit to drop not one, but two, men from her
past down her chimney at the same time. Literally falling
for Albert Rossi, a Hollywood stuntman, she Read more...
Star Spangled Murder
by Leslie Meier
"Quirky characters bring small-town politics to life."
Posted May 14, 2004
A dog is a man's best friend, or is he? Lucy Stone is
beginning to have second thoughts on that subject as the
family canine, Kudo, keeps escaping the confines of his
cage. To make matters worse, he's got her "in the doghouse"
with her next-door neighbor, Prudence Pratt. It Read more...
Going Topless
by Megan McAndrew
"Emotional, beautifully written book about sibling rivalries."
Posted May 14, 2004
Sibling rivalry makes its way to the Mediterranean island
of Santerre when two sets of stepsisters, raised together,
reunite at the family home for their father's memorial
tribute. Each of them carries secrets, and each has a
different memory of a father none of them ever really
knew.
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Love is Murder
by Linda Palmer
"Fast-paced, humorous debut in a new mystery series."
Posted May 14, 2004
Morgan Tyler's life resembles the soap opera she gleefully
scripts as head writer of Love of My Life.
Finding true love at 19, Morgan married a world renowned
photographer and traveled the wilds of Africa at his side.
Deliriously in love, it all came to an abrupt end when Read more...
Pipsqueak
by Brian M. Wiprud
"Fresh, inventive, wild and crazy mystery."
Posted May 14, 2004
Suppose you could come face to face with an icon from your
childhood, something that could bring back all those
cherished childhood memories? Garth Carson, madcap
taxidermist extraordinaire, never expected it could happen
to him, even though he grew up everyday wishing he could
own Pipsqueak, the quirky TV show Read more...
Tattoo Blues
by Michael McClelland
"Outrageously funny with quirky characters."
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted March 10, 2004
Welcome to Cedar Key, Florida, the perfect setting for a
new group of crazy, enigmatic characters. Meet Pimlico
Phil, the whispered genius of tattoo artists, who gets his
inspiration from some tattered Chinese restaurant menus.
Then there's the rich runaway, Desiree Dean, who believes
the symbol tattooed on her left Read more...
A Brush with Love
by Jo Barrett
"Beautiful romance and a moving story of pursuing your dreams."
Posted May 14, 2004
Ruth Moore is a woman whose dreams are as paralyzed as her
body. After losing her job and being hit by a car, she
finds herself in a wheelchair with no hope for recovery.
Trapped in her house with a mother who's anything but
caring, Ruth is rescued from boredom Read more...
Berried Alive
by Kate Kingsbury
"Delightful whodunit in the cozy Manor House mystery series."
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted March 10, 2004
Lady Elizabeth Hertleigh Compton and the quaint village of
Sitting Marsh are back in fine form with Kingsbury's latest
mystery set in an England torn asunder by the machinations
of World War II.
Lady Elizabeth, and the Manor House, are host to some
officers of the United States Army/Air Read more...
Putt To Death
by Roberta Isleib
"Fun-filled, enlightening sports mystery."
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted March 10, 2004
Caddy turned LPGA pro Cassie Burdette wants nothing more
than to play golf. So, when she fails to make the original
tour cut, she jumps at the chance to be the touring pro at
the posh Stony Creek Country Club. Not only does she get
free room and board, she Read more...
Summer of the Big Bachi
by Naomi Hirahara
"Intriguing mystery full of subcultural richness."
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted March 10, 2004
Mas Arai appears to be just another Japanese-American
gardener, plying his trade in Pasadena, California. With
his wife deceased and his daughter living her life
elsewhere, he works hard and alone, day after day.
Painstakingly, he continues to build his idea of the
American dream, even as his clientele base Read more...
The Fifth Internationale
by Jack King
"Debut novel is riveting ride through international politics."
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted March 10, 2004
Temperamental, feisty FBI agent Stan Penski is the legat
(legal attaché) to the American Embassy in Warsaw. Working
with him in Poland is Robert Sito, an officer of the Polish
Secret Service, one of the first Polish officers to study
organized crime fighting techniques at Quantico. Stan and
Robert, like Read more...
Mina
by Jonatha Ceely
"This debut novel is a beautifully written and inspiring historical."
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted March 10, 2004
In an attic full of disposable treasures and lost memories,
a young woman uncovers a locked wooden box. Letters wait to
tell their treasured tales, inside a cocoon of yellowed
cloth, bound by a fancy green ribbon and a small golden
ring. Thus, the reader is drawn along into this Read more...
Celeste
by V.c. Andrews
"Gothic horror leaves reading feeling disquieted."
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted March 10, 2004
Celeste and her twin brother, Nobel, grow up in their
mother's ancestral house with the ghosts of their
ancestors. Or at least that's what the beautiful and
haunted Sarah raises them to believe. With their father
there to balance out all the strangeness surrounding them,
life is full of simple Read more...
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