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Drop-Dead Blonde
by Victoria Laurie, Nancy Martin, Denise Swanson, Elaine Viets
"Wonderful novellas featuring blonde mystery heroines."
Posted January 14, 2005
Four of today's top mystery authors write wonderful spin-
offs to their popular series featuring blonde heroines.
SLAY BELLES by Nancy Martin - Nora Blackbird
witnesses an ugly argument in Haymaker's department store
and the next day, Popo, Haymaker's eccentric personal
shopper is found dead. With her sister, Libby, and her Read more...
Hunter's Moon
by Lori Handeland
"Second book in werewolf series is fast-paced and action-packed."
Posted January 14, 2005
Leigh Tyler was a kindergarten teacher in Topeka, Kansas.
Now she hunts werewolves for a living, thanks to an ex-
lover who killed her family and boyfriend to become an evil
superhuman werewolf -- a Weendigo.
Crow Valley, Wisconsin, is open-hunting season for
werewolves, and Leigh is blasting them to Read more...
At Her Service
by Shari Anton
"Captivating Medieval romance."
Posted January 10, 2005
The plague has taken its toll on Lynwood Manor, cutting
down two of Lady Joanna's children and her cruel husband.
Now, left to run the keep and village, she struggles to
find an answer to her current dilemma. Three ruthless
rogues strike from out of nowhere and steal the hard-earned Read more...
Husband and Lover
by Lynn Erickson
"Intiguing murder mystery."
Posted November 17, 2004
Twelve years ago, Samantha Innes was brutally murdered and
her young lover convicted of the crime.
Living peacefully in Aspen, Colorado, with her orthopedic
surgeon husband, Dr. Thomas Innes, Julia Innes is as happy
as a lark working as a low-profile lawyer for the D.A. That
is until the confession Read more...
The Improper Wife
by Diane Perkins
"Emotional romance with brilliant characters."
Posted October 18, 2004
John Grayson continues to have nightmares of his pregnant
wife being blown to smithereens on the battlefield. Now
living in a state of perpetual drunkenness, he answers the
door of his shabby London apartment to find a young woman
in the throes of childbirth. She asks if this is the Read more...
Blue Moon
by Lori Handeland
"Fantastic, fast-paced werewolf romance."
Posted September 20, 2004
For small-town cop Jessie McQuade, life is all about what
she can see, feel and hear. She's no dummy; she doesn't
believe in all the woo-woo superstitions of the local
inhabitants and she certainly doesn't subscribe to any
Native American legends. That is until a local school
teacher hits a Read more...
Something Naughty, Something Nice
by Kimberly Raye
"Sexy sequel to KISS ME ONCE, KISS ME TWICE."
Posted September 20, 2004
Xandra Farrel, CEO and owner of Wild Woman Inc, a sex toy
company, sits in her office testing her latest invention,
the King Kong Ultra Deluxe Number Five vibrator and
discovers she has sprouted a gray hair! Yes, down there.
Life is just not fair for this single, talented woman. Read more...
The Red Diary
by Toni Blake
"Sexy story with great characters."
Posted August 16, 2004
Lauren Ash is tired of the smarmy guys who waste their time
on rote pickup lines at the parties she and friend Carolyn
frequent. As Lauren walks out of another boring Clearwater
Beach bash, she vows it will be her last. She heads home
and picks up her little red Read more...
A Man In A Kilt
by Sandy Blair
"One of the best paranormal historical romances I've read!"
Posted August 16, 2004
Katherine MacDougall Pudding receives news she's inherited
Castle Blackstone in Scotland, so she packs up and leaves
her New York City life for life as the laird of Blackstone
and the MacDougall holdings. What she discovers in Scotland
is a grungy, rundown castle in need of endless repairs and
no Read more...
The Barbarian
by Judith E. French
"Vivid historical details highlight this great sequel to THE CONQUEROR."
Posted July 10, 2004
Roxanne awakes from a drug-induced coma with no memory of
Kayan, the man she loves, or her dead husband, Alexander
the Great, or the child taken from her after he was born.
Convinced he's able to make the beautiful princess fall in
love with him, Ptolemy, the king of Egypt Read more...
Dear Prince Charming
by Donna Kauffman
"Fast-paced, witty story with great characters."
Posted July 10, 2004
Valerie Wagner is poised to launch the new women's
magazine, Glass Slipper, for a trio of eccentric middle-
aged women owners, known affectionately as the godmothers.
Valerie lucks out by landing the elusive bestselling, self-
help author Prince Charming (aka Eric Jermaine) as her star
columnist. But the blond, excessively handsome Eric Read more...
The Damsel in This Dress
by Marianne Stillings
"Author's debut is a sexy, hilarious romp with the right touch of suspense."
Posted July 10, 2004
Betsy Tremaine's book reviews strike fear in the hearts of
authors, and none more so than handsome mystery writer Det.
Soldier McKennitt. Determined to find out what it is about
his books that Ms. Tremaine doesn't like, he begins an e-
mail dialog with her.
But poor Betsy gives the Read more...
The Cajun Cowboy
by Sandra Hill
"Another delightfully funny and sexy romance in Ms. Hill's Cajun series."
Posted May 12, 2004
Charmaine LeDeux, a four-time married ex-beauty queen, owes
a Cajun Mafia boss twice what she borrowed from him.
Problem is she doesn't have the cash right now to pay him
back and the interest accruing each day would have a banker
seeing gold. So rather than wait around and have Read more...
Charming the Shrew
by Laurin Wittig
"Intriguing Medieval romance."
Posted April 14, 2004
Catriona MacLeod, better known in the Highlands as the
Shrew of Assynt, refuses to marry Dogface MacDonell, a
pockmarked bully. So she sneaks out of the castle and heads
for her aunt's village. Her horse dumps her off in the
middle of a snow storm, and just when her plan Read more...
In The Kingdom of Mists
by Jane Jakeman
"Unconventional writing style make this an unusual mystery."
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 16, 2004
It's the early 20th century and Claude Monet sits on his
London apartment balcony painting the fog-shrouded city.
Below in the Thames, two women are fished from the murky
river both with the same stab wounds and other marks of
abuse.
Inspector Garrety is investigating and his one, slim Read more...
A Tale Of Two Vikings
by Sandra Hill
"Sexy Vikings are also funny in this hilarious must-read."
Posted April 14, 2004
Twins Toste and Vagn Ivarsson are preparing to do battle
with the Saxons of Britain when they walk into an ambush.
Each watches as the other falls under the sword.
Toste awakes to find himself in the tender care of a group
of worldly nuns. One nun in particular finds Read more...
The Magyar Venus
by Lyn Hamilton
"Thrilling mystery with lively characters."
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted March 10, 2004
She's 3" tall and over 25,000 years old. Or is she? That's
the question Lara McClintoch must answer. With the clues
and lies given to her by six old college chums, Lara
follows her instincts and unravels a shroud of mystery
surrounding the discovery of the Magyar Venus.
C. J. Read more...
Riding Lessons
by Sara Gruen
"Gritty, emotional, superb story."
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted March 10, 2004
Annemarie Zimmer was an equestrienne and Olympic contender
until she broke her neck in a jumping accident and awoke to
find her horse put to sleep. Heartbroken, she packed up and
left home for good.
Twenty years later, her life is spinning out of control
again and she returns Read more...
Bird of Prey
by Tom Grace
"Savvy characters and technical details in this thrilling suspense."
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 16, 2004
A Chinese spacecraft is shot out of the sky from space.
Then the American space shuttle, Liberty, is blown out of
the sky, killing the astronauts.
Nolan Kilkenny's girlfriend, Kelsey Newton, is aboard the
International Space Station when a man appears at the
window. He's the remarkable lone survivor Read more...
Pushing 30
by Whitney Gaskell
"Witty and hilarious chick-lit - not to be missed!"
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted September 23, 2003
Ellie Winters, the ultimate over-achiever and dependable
good girl with boring boyfriends and an equally boring job,
despairs she'll ever find the one true love of her life,
even though Washington, DC, is full of eligible men. Her
biological clock is booming like Big Ben with her 30th
birthday just Read more...
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