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     HISTORICAL                                                    THE DUKE AND I BK#1 $12.95 REISSUE
                                                                   JULIA QUINN
     THE ARRANGEMENT $23.95 TRADE P/BACK                           The Bridgertons series. In the ballrooms and draw-
                                                                   ing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From
     SYLVIA DAY, MINERVA SPENCER, KRISTIN VAYDEN
     Mischief and the Marquess by Sylvia Day: Availa-              their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to
     ble for the first time since 2007! Justin, the Marquess       address an earl and curtsey before a prince--while
     of Fontaine, and Lady Sophie Milton-Riley, are com-           other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally
     pletely ill-suited to one another. But they will have to      understood. A proper duke should be imperious and
     prove it in order to end to their mothers' insistence         aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amia-
     that they should marry. Yet the more they attempt to          ble...but not too amiable. Daphne Bridgerton has
     demonstrate how wrong their union would be, the               always failed at the latter. The fourth of eight siblings
     more surprisingly, irresistibly right things feel . . . The   in her close-knit family, she has formed friendships
     Duke's Treasure by Minerva Spencer: First time in             with the most eligible young men in London. Every-
     print! Plain, prickly Josephine Loman has loved               one likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. But no
     Beaumont Halliwell, the Fifth Duke of Wroxton, since          one truly desires her. She is simply too deuced hon-
     the first time she saw him. But the most beautiful            est for that, too unwilling to play the romantic games
     man she's ever met had eyes only for Jo's erstwhile           that captivate gentlemen. Amiability is not a charac-
     friend, who betrayed Beau's trust by marrying his             teristic shared by Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings.
     brother. Beau hasn't been home in years, but when             Recently returned to England from abroad, he in-
     his brother dies in an accident, he must marry to             tends to shun both marriage and society--just as his
     save the impoverished dukedom. And Jo is the over-            callous father shunned Simon throughout his painful
     looked heiress who will turn his world upside down . .        childhood. Yet an encounter with his best friend's
     The Inconvenient Countess by Kristin Vayden:                  sister offers another option. If Daphne agrees to a
     First time in print! As the eldest in a poverty-stricken      fake courtship, Simon can deter the mamas who pa-
     family of daughters, Miss Diana Katherine Lambson's           rade their daughters before him. Daphne, meanwhile,
     only option is a marriage of convenience. Her only            will see her prospects and her reputation soar. The
     prospect is a rogue with a miserable reputation. Her          plan works like a charm--at first. But amid the glitter-
     only true desire: freedom. And that is exactly what           ing, gossipy, cut-throat world of London's elite, there
     Charles Brook, Earl of Barrington, is willing to offer, in    is only one certainty: Love ignores every rule...
     return for the respectability their union will give him.      THE DUKE’S REFUGE BK#1 $22.95 TRADE P/BACK
     He will even provide Diana with a contract. But does          LORRI DUDLEY
     she dare entrust her future to a scoundrel? Does she          Leeward Islands series. When love comes in a
     dare not to?                                                  tempest, who knew it would wear pink? Georgia Len-
     THE DUCHESS DECEPTION BK#3 $10.95                             nox has traded in her boyish ways for pink gowns
                                                                   and a coy smile to capture the eye of the Earl of
     CAT SEBASTIAN (288 PAGES)
     Regency Impostors series. Bk#1 Unmasked by the                Claremont. However, on the day she's convinced the
     Marquess. When Amelia Allenby escaped a stifling              earl will propose, Georgia is shipped off to the Lee-
     London ballroom for the quiet solitude of the Derby-          ward Islands to care for her ailing father. But when
     shire countryside, the very last thing she wanted was         she arrives on Nevis, the last thing she expects is to
     an extremely large, if--she grudgingly admits--               learn that her abrupt departure was not at her father's
     passably attractive man disturbing her daily walks.           bidding but that of the infuriating, yet captivating,
     Lecturing the surveyor about property rights doesn't          island schoolmaster. And now her plans may well be
     work and, somehow, he has soon charmed his way                shipwrecked. Harrison Wells is haunted by the mem-
     into lemon cakes, long walks, and dangerously heady           ories of his deceased wife and hunted by the subse-
     kisses. The very last place Sydney wished to be was           quent women who aspire to be the next Duchess of
     in the shadow of the ruins of Pelham Hall, the inherit-       Linton. Desiring anonymity, he finds sanctuary in the
     ed property that stole everything from him. But as he         Leeward island of Nevis. He's willing to sacrifice his
     awaits his old friend, the Duke of Hereford, he finds         ducal title for a schoolmaster's life and the solace the
     himself increasingly captivated by the maddeningly            island provides. That is until unrest finds its way to
     lovely and exceptionally odd Amelia. He quickly finds         Nevis in a storm of pink chiffon--Miss Georgia Len-
     that keeping his ownership of Pelham Hall a secret is         nox. As Georgia and Harrison's aspirations break
     as impossible as keeping himself from falling in love         apart like a ship cast upon the rocks, a new love sur-
     with her. But when the Duke of Hereford arrives, Syd-         faces, but secrets and circumstances drag them into
     ney's ruse is revealed and what started out as a deli-        rough waters. Can they surrender their hearts to a
     cate deception has become a love too powerful to              love that defies their expectations?
     ignore. Will they let a lifetime of hurt come between         HER SCANDALOUS PURSUIT BK#7 $13.95
     them or can these two lost souls find love and peace          CANDACE CAMP
     in each other?                                                Mad Morelands series. Bk#1 Mesmerized. Thisbe
                                                                   Moreland is used to men not taking her seriously. As
                                                                   a scientist, she's accustomed to being the only wom-
                                                                   an at lectures and meetings, her presence met with
February 2020 - Fantasy Mystery Historical Suspense Romantica Paranormal Contemporary - Intrigue Romance
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scorn and derision. So it comes as a pleasant sur-             NEVER KISS A DUKE BK#1 $13.95
prise when she sits next to a handsome young man               MEGAN FRAMPTON
who is actually interested in having a conversation            Hazards of Dukes series. A disinherited duke and
about science. Desmond Harrison cannot believe his             a former lady are courting much more than business
good fortune when he sits next to Thisbe--she's in-            in the first novel in Megan Frampton's newest titillat-
telligent and incredibly beautiful. He longs to see her        ing series. Everything he had ever known was a
again--but he's ashamed of his low birth. Not to               lie… Sebastian, Duke of Hasford, has a title, wealth,
mention his employment with the infamous Profes-               privilege, and plenty of rakish charm. Until he dis-
sor Gordon, a formerly respected scientist who                 covers the only thing that truly belongs to him is his
turned to spiritualism and is now deeply scorned.              charm. An accident of birth has turned him into plain
When Professor Gordon demands that Desmond                     Mr. de Silva. Now, Sebastian is flummoxed as to
recover an artifact for him--an ancient object reputed         what to do with his life--until he stumbles into a gam-
to have terrible power, known as the Eye of Annie              bling den owned by Miss Ivy, a most fascinating
Blue--Desmond realizes that only Thisbe holds the              young lady, who hires him on the spot. Working with
key. Desmond must choose between his love for                  a boss has never seemed so enticing. Everything
Thisbe and his loyalty to his mentor...but humanity's          tells her he's a risk she has to take… Two years
very future will depend on his choice.                         ago, Ivy gambled everything that was precious to
HUNTING FOR A HIGHLANDER BK#8 $13.95                           her--and won. Now the owner of London's most intri-
LYNSAY SANDS                                                   guing gambling house, Ivy is competent, assured,
Highland Brides series. Bk#1 An English Bride in               and measured. Until she meets Mr. de Silva, who
Scotland. Four Buchanan brothers have found their              stirs feelings she didn't realize she had. Can she
brides...only three more to go …. Lady Dwyn Innes              keep her composure around her newest employee?
feels utterly out of place among the eligible women            They vow to keep their partnership strictly business,
who've descended on Buchanan Keep, vying for the               but just one kiss makes them realize that with each
attention of the last unmarried brothers. She isn't            passing day--and night--there's nothing as tempting
long-legged and slender like her sisters, or flirtatious       as what is forbidden...
and wily like other lasses. Since her betrothed died,          A RELUCTANT BRIDE BK#1 $21.95 TRADE P/BACK
Dwyn has resigned herself to becoming an old maid.             JESS MICHAELS
Yet a chance encounter with a stranger in the or-              Shelley Sisters series. When Jasper Kincaid, the
chard awakens her to a new world of sensation and              Earl of Harcourt, offered to marry one of the infa-
possibility… After weeks away, Geordie Buchanan                mous Shelley triplets, he was doing it for the dowry
returns to find his home swarming with potential               to refill his depleted coffers, not for anything so silly
brides, thanks to his loving but interfering family. But       as love. But when he realizes it is Thomasina Shel-
one lass in particular draws his attention from the            ley masquerading as his fiancée at their final en-
moment he spies her climbing a tree. Lady Dwyn is              gagement ball, not his true intended, a desire for her
not nearly as plain as she thinks. Her lush figure and         that he has been ignoring sparks. And when it be-
eager kisses delight him, as does her honesty. But             comes clear her sister has run away with another,
the real test lies ahead: eliminating a hidden enemy,          an opportunity arises for a marriage with a much
so that he and Dwyn can seal their Highland passion            deeper connection. Thomasina's feelings for Jasper
with a vow.                                                    have never been appropriate and she doubted the
THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE’S SECRET BK#3 $13.95                      prudence of pretending to be his even for just one
LINDA BRODAY                                                   night. Once she's caught, everything escalates so
Outlaw Mail Order Brides series. Bk#1 The Out-                 quickly. Suddenly she's going to marry this stern,
law’s Mail Order Bride. When the West was wild and             fascinating man who is not particularly pleased at
man's law favored the few, these extraordinary                 her perfidy. Add to that her worry about where her
women could be found...in the heart of an outlaw.              wayward sister has gone and it's a recipe for both
When three young children show up on outlaw Tait               passion...and disaster. As the two slowly grow clos-
Trinity's doorstep, he knows he can't help them--a             er, Jasper realizes his former fiancée's disappear-
wanted man has no business raising kids. And yet               ance may have more to do with his own past than he
he can't bring himself to turn them away. At a loss,           originally realized. And the longer he keeps that from
he sends for the mail order bride he'd been writing            Thomasina, the more painful it will be when the truth
to, hoping the demure dressmaker will be the an-               comes out. Can they let each other close enough to
swer to his prayers. Melanie Dunbar is nothing like            fight together against the dangers right around the
the bride Tait was expecting. She's rough and tum-             corner? And will they survive to meet the future they
ble...and hiding an ulterior motive. Dangerous men             could have if they do?
have taken her sister hostage, and if Melanie wants
to see her alive, she'll have to betray her new hus-
                                                                **Occasionally the first title in a series is
band. There's only one problem--the more time she
spends with Tait, the more she comes to care for
                                                                not shown because the first, and even some
him. Yet as the noose begins to tighten, Melanie will
                                                                subsequent books, particularly in a long
have to make a terrible choice: save her sister...or            series, are no longer readily available.**
the man she loves.
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                                                               la. Since seeing her at a ball when she was a young
   HISTORICAL                                                  debutante, he's never forgotten her. Now that fate
                                                               has reunited them, Edward's determined to make her
   ROYAL BRIDESMAIDS $13.95 REISSUE
                                                               his leading lady--in every way. But the only thing they
   STEPHANIE LAURENS, GAELEN FOLEY, LORETTA
                                                               see eye to eye on is their intense passion for each
   CHASE
                                                               other. And it just may take a massive misunderstand-
   In this original anthology New York Times bestselling
                                                               ing for their love to get on the same precious page . .
   authors Stephanie Laurens Gaelen Foley and Loretta
   Chase tell us what it really takes to get the bride to      TEMPTATION’S DARLING $15.95 P/BACK RELEASE
   the royal altar. In Stephanie Laurens's A Return            JOHANNA LINDSEY
   Engagement Lady Nell Daughtry has her hands full            Threatened by powerful enemies, William Blackburn,
   getting her reluctant bride sister safely married to the    Earl of Ketterham, lives in exile in the Scottish High-
   Prince of Lautenberg and matters only get worse             lands with his daughter Vanessa. When she comes
   when she learns she's been paired with Robert               of age, William urges her to return to her mother in
   Knightley her ex-fiancé in the wedding party. The           England to make her society debut. Raised with all
   Imposter Bride is Gaelen Foley's story about Lady           the advantages and freedom a boy would have,
   Minerva who must make sure that her country's prin-         Vanessa doubts she can fit into the world of ball
   cess weds Prince Tor What can she do when the               gowns, parties, and high society. Nonetheless, she
   bride bolts? Since the prince has never set eyes on         agrees to return to England, determined to end the
   his betrothed she'll have to marry the prince herself.      vendetta against her father, never imagining the high
   Loretta Chase's contribution Lord Lovedon's Du-             price she will have to pay. Lord Montgomery Town-
   el tells the tale of Chloe Sharp—when she overhears         send enjoys living on the edge, courting danger as
   the Earl of Lovedon say that her sister's royal mar-        he fixes potentially scandalous problems for the
   riage is a match made in money the firebrand steps          Prince Regent. While hiding out at the home of the
   outside of Regency protocol and challenges him to a         Countess of Ketterham, Monty watches a disaster-in-
   duel - for love and honor.                                  the-making as his hostess tries to prepare her es-
                                                               tranged daughter for a match with the pompous son
   SCOT UNDER THE COVERS BK#2 $13.95
                                                               of a powerful family. Puzzled as to why the fiercely
   SUZANNE ENOCH
                                                               independent Vanessa submits to being turned into a
   Wild Wicked Highlanders series. Bk#1 It’s Getting
                                                               puppet and offered up to the arrogant rogue, Monty
   Scot in Here. Devilishly handsome Highlander Aden
                                                               nonetheless steps in to make her dreams come true.
   MacTaggert knows next to nothing about the ways of
                                                               But no good deed goes unpunished and soon he
   the ton, but he most certainly knows his way around
                                                               faces more pressing problems, including the tempta-
   gaming halls and womens' hearts. Still, Aden is not
                                                               tion to upend Vanessa's wedding plans so he can
   sure how he'll manage to find a Sassenach bride in
                                                               marry her himself.
   time to save his family's inheritance. When his al-
   most sister-in-law Miranda comes to him for assis-          COMING IN MARCH:
   tance, he proposes a partnership: She will help him         An Inconvenient Duke—Anna Harrington
   navigate London society and he'll teach her every-          Every Bit a Rogue—Adrienne Basso
   thing about wagering...and winning back her free-
                                                               For the Sake of a Scottish Rake—Anna Bradley
   dom. The beautiful, clever lass intrigues Aden--but is
   she playing her own game, or are the sparks be-             The Mistletoe Mistress—Madison Michaels
   tween them real? He is accustomed to risking his            Promised—Leah Garriott
   pocket. But betting on Miranda's love is a game he
                                                               Chasing Cassandra—Lisa Kleypas
   can't afford to lose. . .
                                                               The Bachelor—Sabrina Jeffries
   SEDUCE ME WITH SAPPHIRES BK#2 $13.95
   JANE FEATHER                                                Engaged to the Earl—Lisa Berne
   London Jewels trilogy. Bk#1 Tempt Me With Dia-              His Secret Mistress—Cathy Maxwell
   monds. Three childhood friends dare to defy the             Tightrope—Amanda Quick (small p/b release)
   rules of London--and love …. A FLAWED CUT . . .
   The Honorable Miss Fenella Grantley has a secret:
   she's been taking drama classes and longs to be an
   actress. Ladies of her standing don't appear on
   stage, but Fenella has never been one for society's
   rules. She's quite excited to take on the challenge of
   reading the leading role in a new play--until she
   meets the playwright. Toeing the line between infuri-
   ating and irresistible, his first impression leaves a lot
   to be desired . . . OR A RARE FIND? Edward
   Tremayne, illegitimate son of the Earl of Pendleton,
   scorned the ton years ago, making his own way in
   the world, and pursuing his literary gifts on the side.
   The only thing he misses from his old world is Fenel-
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CONTEMPORARY                                                   COLD NOSE, WARM HEART BK#1 $13.95
                                                               MARA WELLS
ALMOST JUST FRIENDS BK#4 $25.95                                Fur Haven Dog Park series. All Caleb Donovan
                                                               has to do to redeem his family name is take a run-
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                                                               down Miami Beach apartment building and turn it
JILL SHALVIS
                                                               into luxury condos. Easy, right? Unfortunately, that
Wildstone series. Bk#1 Lost and Found Sisters.
                                                               would also turn the local dog park into a parking lot
Piper Manning's about as tough as they come, she's
                                                               and the neighbors aren't having it. Caleb is faced
had to be. She raised her siblings and they've thank-
                                                               with outright revolt, led by smart, beautiful building
fully flown the coop. All she has to do is finish fixing
                                                               manager Riley Carson and her poodle, LouLou. For
up the lake house her grandparents left her, sell it,
                                                               Caleb, this project should have been a slam dunk.
and then she's free. When a massive storm hits, she
                                                               But even more challenging than the neighborhood
runs into a tall, dark and brooding stranger, Camden
                                                               resistance is the mutual attraction between him and
Reid. There's a spark there, one that shocks her.
                                                               Riley. It would be so much easier just to stay ene-
Surprising her further, her sister and brother return,
                                                               mies. Can Riley and her canine sidekick convince
each of them holding their own secrets. The smart
                                                               Caleb that what's best for business isn't always best
move would be for Piper to ignore them all but Cam
                                                               for the heart?
unleashes emotions deep inside of her that she can't
deny, making her yearn for something she doesn't               COUNTRY STRONG BK#1 $15.95
understand. And her siblings...well, they need each            LINDA LAEL MILLER
other. Only when the secrets come out, it changes              Painted Pony Creek series. For the men of Painted
everything Piper thinks she knows about her family,            Pony Creek, it's never too late for a second
herself...and Cam. Can she find a way to outrun the            chance... Cord Hollister is a true cowboy at heart. As
demons? The answer is closer than she thinks …                 a man who has devoted his life to training horses
                                                               under the big skies of Montana, he thrives on the
BAITING HIM BK#2 $19.95 TRADE P/BACK
                                                               stability of ranch life. But when a girl arrives in Paint-
AURORA ROSE REYNOLDS
                                                               ed Pony Creek with a shocking secret, Cord's order-
How To Catch an Alpha series. Bk#1 Catching
                                                               ly life is upended. She's the spitting image of the first
Him. Chrissie doesn't have time for guys, hot or oth-
                                                               woman who broke his heart--a woman he hasn't
erwise; most days, she barely has time to sleep.
                                                               seen in years--and he'll do whatever he can to help
With a thriving bakery that demands her attention
                                                               her. He just can't do it alone... Shallie Fletcher left
and plenty of proof that relationships aren't worth the
                                                               heartbreak where it belongs--in the past. And she's
trouble, she's content to go it alone. Too bad she's
                                                               done everything she can to reinvent herself and
unwittingly baited Mr. Tall, Dark, and Way Too Gor-
                                                               move on. But when an opportunity arises to partner
geous--and he's just waiting for a chance to bite.
                                                               with a therapeutic riding program for kids, Shallie
Gaston is used to getting what he wants, but he also
                                                               can't resist seeking out Cord for lessons. Back in
knows nothing good ever comes easy. From the
                                                               school, he was the crush she couldn't forget, even
moment he meets Chrissie, he realizes that this
                                                               though he only had eyes for her best friend. Seeing
woman who makes him laugh, smells like cupcakes,
                                                               him now floods her with memories...and fills her with
and looks like a tasty snack is going to be his great-
                                                               hope. Could the one who got away be the one who
est challenge. And if he's lucky, she'll be his biggest
                                                               stays?
reward. But someone else wants to catch Gaston at
all costs--even if it means endangering the lives of           COWBOY COURAGE BK#6 $13.95
the people he loves. Somehow Gaston must thwart                CAROLYN BROWN
danger and convince Chrissie that he's the perfect             Longhorn Canyon series. Bk#1 Cowboy Bold. Af-
catch.                                                         ter spending years traveling the world with the mili-
                                                               tary, Rose O'Malley is ready for a change. Heading
BIG SKY SECRETS BK#6 $15.95 REISSUE
                                                               back to Texas to hold down the fort at her aunt's bed
LINDA LAEL MILLER
                                                               -and-breakfast will give Rose just the break she
Parable, Montana series. Bk#1 Big Sky Country.
                                                               needs. But while she may speak seven languages,
Self-made millionaire Landry Sutton heads to Hang-
                                                               she can't repair a leaky sink to save her life. When
man Bend's Ranch to sell his land to his brother,
                                                               Hudson Baker strides in like a hero and effortlessly
Zane. Though he's got cowboy in his blood, Landry
                                                               figures out the fix, Rose can't help wondering if the
plans to return to city life before the dust even set-
                                                               boy she once crushed on as a kid could now be her
tles on his boots. Of course, he didn't count on fall-
                                                               saving grace. Hud has always been rock-solid and
ing for Big Sky Country...or Ria Manning. Ria is
                                                               dependable-a quintessential cowboy to his core. But
starting to settle into country life herself...until she
                                                               the moment Rose steps back into his life, his world
has a close encounter of the terrifying kind with a
                                                               is turned upside down by meddling family, a rescued
buffalo. Turns out the peeping monster belongs to
                                                               baby, and one highly mischievous cat. Now he'll
the cowboy next door--and he has her running even
                                                               have to decide if it's time to throw caution to the
more scared than his bison. She wants a home
                                                               wind and do whatever it takes to convince Rose that
where the buffalo don't roam, and the men don't
                                                               by her side is exactly where he wants to stay. In-
either. Could Landry's homecoming be her heart's
                                                               cludes the bonus novella, Wildflower Ranch!
undoing?
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    CONTEMPORARY                                              A FAVOR FOR A FAVOR BK#2 $19.95 TRADE P/BACK
                                                              HELENA HUNTING
    COWBOY TOUGH BK#2 $24.95 TRADE P/BACK                     All In series. Bk#1 A Lie for a Lie. When I joined
                                                              Seattle's NHL expansion team, I thought it was the
    STACY FINZ
    Dry Creek Ranch series. Bk#1 Cowboy Up. Buried            start of something great. But nothing ever goes the
    treasure... buried feelings...all about to surface…       way you expect. Take my introduction to my new
    Anthropologist Allison Pinckney is stunned when she       neighbor. She came rolling in on the hot mess ex-
    inherits the key to a seventeenth century pirate ci-      press at midnight, making a racket while she tried to
    pher that makes her the target of two brutal arms         get into my team captain's apartment. Did I mention
    dealers. Now, to save those she loves, she must           that he's married to a woman who definitely was not
    solve the cipher. With this perilous mission growing      her? Imagine my surprise when I end up with an inju-
    ever more dangerous, she reluctantly seeks help           ry that has me out of the game for weeks, and she's
    from ex-Green Beret Zack Tremaine, the one man            the one to offer to help me. I should probably add
    she's been avoiding. Because if she gives into her        that she's not the captain's mistress. She's his sexy,
    long-buried feelings for him, it could cost them their    pastel-haired younger sister. So we come up with an
    lives. Zack Tremaine is haunted by regrets. Years         arrangement: she rehabs me so that I can get back
    ago, he betrayed his men and lost the only woman          on the ice sooner, and she can add a professional
    he ever loved. Now that his men are caught in a           athlete that isn't her brother to her client list. Seems
    fierce rivalry between two deadly enemies, his only       simple enough. As long as I can keep my hands to
    hope is to team up with Allison. She holds the secret     myself and my hormones in check.
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    save his men and redeem his honor. Even if she            SMALL P/BACK RELEASE
    breaks his heart...again.                                 JANET DAILEY
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    VICKI LEWIS THOMPSON                                      some folks in small-town Georgia, Hart's Hollow farm
    McGavin Brothers series. Bk#1 A Cowboy’s                  has seen better days. But for the Hart family matri-
    Strength. Small town. Big secret. What could go           arch, it's a home worth fighting for . . . From the mo-
    wrong? When Air Force vet Aaron Donahue lands a           ment Kristen Daniels arrives at Hart's Hollow, the
    dream job in Eagles Nest he doesn't have love on his      place speaks to her soul. So when seventy-three-
    mind. Then Caitlin Dempsey pops on his radar and          year-old Emmy Hart asks Kristen to help return the
    he can think of nothing else. But his                     farm to its former glory, Kristen accepts--despite her
    chances of successfully wooing her                        fears about getting involved with Emmy--or the two
    take a nose dive. Against all odds,                       kids in Emmy's care. Then there's the matter of Em-
    he shares his name, both first and                        my's ruggedly handsome grandson, who stirs feel-
    last, with her cheating ex. If only he                    ings Kristen believed were long gone . . . When Mitch
    could start fresh with a different                        Hart left home at age eighteen, he thought he'd
    name…                                                     kicked the red dust off his boots forever. But he's
                                                              haunted by his violent upbringing and the loss of the
    DROP DEAD GORGEOUS BK#1 $25.95                            sister he couldn't save. Now he's determined to see
    TRADE P/BACK REISSUE                                      his orphaned niece and nephew settled in a better
    JENNIFER SKULLY (AKA JASMINE HAYNES)                      life. Emmy's ideas about saving the farm only con-
    Mystery of Love series. She's kooky, she's drop           vince Mitch that his grandmother is as crazy as eve-
    dead gorgeous, and she's never been in love. More         ryone in town suspects. Everyone except the beauty
    than anything in the whole wide world, Madison            helping her sow the land. Something about Kristen's
    O'Donnell wants to fall in love before she dies. And      spirit has Mitch sticking around--and wondering if
    she's convinced that fateful event might just take        he's gone a little crazy himself. Because suddenly
    place before her next birthday. So when she gets a        he's hoping he might just find happiness in the very
    wrong number from a stranger who sounds totally           place he left behind . . .
    delicious, she knows it's providence knocking on her
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    door.He's older, he's bald, and he's an accountant.
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    Madison is...more. And more than anything, T. Larry       Tree. Welcome to Bell Cove, North Carolina. …. The
    needs to protect Madison...from herself. So when          famous bells in this small Outer Banks town are ring-
    she gets the kooky idea that the anonymous man on         ing a hero's welcome when a former army captain
    the other end of a wrong number could be The One,         returns home... After being held prisoner for three
    there's only one way to save Madison. T. Larry must       years in an Afghan prison, Jake Dawson is finally
    put all his skills to proving The One she's desperately   going home--except everyone, including his wife and
    looking for...is him. Oh, and he probably needs to        young sons, believed he was dead. Jake has
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    birthday too.                                             where he belongs. Sally has changed, too. Her mar-
                                                              riage to Jacob was on shaky ground even before his
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last deployment, but he's still every inch the hot,           for her elderly grandfather, but she's running out of
headstrong man she loves, despite his wounds, both            options--and hope. The last thing she has time for is
visible and invisible. Seeing him with their three boys       Marcus and his flirting, sexy as he might be. But eve-
makes her want to fight for this unexpected second            ry time Emma thinks she's reached the end of her
chance. As summer winds down, all of the wacky                rope, Marcus is there to lend a hand. Maybe there's
folks in Bell Cove, which is awash with yellow ribbons        more to the handsome playboy after all...
and American flags, are aiming for a Labor Day Love
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stop the adoption. How could he give away his own             better to teach her about rebellion than her older
flesh and blood? For twelve years, Jude has kept his          brother's bad-boy best friend? Brady's plans did not
secret. Until Paige Wheeler comes home to Horse-              include being forced to work the family homestead for
shoe, regretting the decision that changed both their         a year--and yet, here he is. And, to make matters
lives. But is it too late for forgiveness? Brady: The         worse, his best friend's innocent little sister is making
Rebel Rancher by Patricia Thayer: Brady Randell               a menace of herself in the most grown-up, tempting
has always been a rebel. Injured out of the air force,        ways. When Amanda begs Brady to teach her about
he's a dark presence on the family ranch. Then Lind-          men, he knows he should refuse. But could Brady's
sey Stafford's arrival changes all that. Somehow              greatest temptation be his salvation?
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job at the dive bar. Rena's also a diehard romantic,          soul of a writer. And Shannon--tall, athletic, strong--
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got that tall-brooding-and-handsome thing going big-          when she heads off to military college. As Zoe, Emily
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Axel knows he intimidates most people. He's been              their regular tea parties. And when the unthinkable
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desperate play..."I bet you a kiss you can't resist me."
                                                              Suzanne Quinlan has been through a lot lately, so
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                                                              nothing sounds better than a peaceful winter in her
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find a forever home …. Marcus Talbott is a soldier            on her. Zack values his independence above all else.
through and through, and he's not going to let an             But when he falls down his icy steps, he finds himself
injury keep him from his Army unit. Sure, his last mis-       with a serious leg injury and in need of round-the-
sion nearly broke his back, but that's nothing his posi-      clock care. The only person available to help is his
tive attitude and work ethic can't fix, right? In the         ex's best friend, Suzanne. It doesn't hurt that Su-
meantime, he's got a place on the board at the Big            zanne is far more attractive than he ever realized, but
Chance Dog Rescue, and flirting with his friend's sas-        he's never been one to settle, and he sure isn't going
sy sister, Emma, is a welcome distraction. Emma               to start now. As Suzanne and Zack grow closer, they
Stern is barely scraping by while working and caring
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   be able to commit this time, and will Suzanne be           believes that his chances for happiness are limited
   able to trust him? One thing is certain: come spring,      because he's going blind. But when he meets Karen
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   tious family and their fortune as a                        by Lee Tobin McClain: Former soldier Vito D'Ange-
   young adult and found his own path                         lo has come home with a foster son--and a secret
   to success. But even with the world                        that could devastate his comrade's lovely widow.
   at his fingertips, he realizes some-                       Lacey McPherson is Vito's childhood friend and the
   thing is missing, and knows exactly                        last person he wants to hurt. But as their friendship
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   hookups with Aubrey Stewart are no                         Lacey's trying to renovate her guesthouse and build
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   reason Eve is coming back. She's definitely not            in Kansas anymore! Cathy Thompson was hurt by
   ready to handle nosy neighbors, extensive renova-          the man she loved, a betrayal that sends her running
   tions, or the discovery that a certain heartbreaker        to a new teaching job and a brand-new life. Now
   still lives down the street... Police Chief Sawyer Col-    she's fallen in love with the grandeur of Alaska--and
   lins always does the right thing, even when it costs       is falling for a bush pilot named Grady Jones. Then
   him everything. Like Evie. He's spent the past ten         the single dad offers Cathy a proposal that, for him,
   years trying to forget her--to forget how right she felt   isn't about love. Being part of a family helps Cathy
   in his arms, to forget the pain in her eyes the day        forget her past, but a marriage of convenience isn't
   she left. The last thing he expects is to see her back     what she expected for her future. Will Grady see that
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   strong as ever. Sawyer knows this is his only chance       Dreams: Carly Grieves leaves Seattle for Anchor-
   to prove that his feelings have always been real...        age looking for a more adventurous life. She's ac-
   before Eve turns tail and leaves for good. Includes        cepted a job with a shipping company--a job that
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   beat husband left her brokenhearted and, well, just
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   on hold. Only one thing stands in her way now: a           by Lee McKenzie: Claire DeAngelo's dream of the
   smoking hot cowboy. Sam Callahan is too busy               perfect family seemed to be finally coming true, but
   trying to keep his new guest ranch afloat to spend         now she's getting a divorce. Her ex's behavior is
   any time on serious relationships-at least, that's         bordering on harassment, so it's lucky Claire runs
   what he tells himself. But when a gorgeous blonde          into her college buddy--now undercover cop--Luke
   shows up insisting she owns half his property, Sam         Devlin. As Luke's protective instincts take over, the
   quickly realizes he's got bigger problems than             attraction between old friends heats up. But then
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father of her son's new best friend. Vince may be                be deceiving. Because Maci is not like other college
irresistible, but he's got a lot to learn about parenting!       girls. She already knows her future is written and
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years ago, Cassidy Harte stood at the altar waiting              both have to redefine everything they thought they
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lips and an explanation she refuses to hear. Zach                and second chances . . . When former barrel racer
might not keep his vows, but Cassidy certainly does.             Cheyenne McCafferty left the circuit, she left her past
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life. Zach is used to being willfully misunderstood, but         farm, she's content rescuing and rehabbing horses,
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Isaiah Grayson wants the perfect wife--and who bet-              loved horse turns up on the auction block, Chey
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Cousins by chance, sisters by choice... After her cat            the clearer it is that the feelings of their youth aren't
toy empire goes up in flames, Sophie Lane returns to             so easily dismissed now that they're adults. In fact,
Blackberry Island, determined to rebuild. Until small-           the timing may be just right to make the dreams
town life reveals a big problem: she can't grow unless           they've shared under a firefly moon come true . . .
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much as she adores her husband and sons, she                     A Highlander in a Pickup—Laura Trentham
wants something for herself--a sweet little bakery just
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have to choose between her marriage and her                      Starlight Bridge—Debbie Mason
dreams. Like the mainland on the horizon, Heather's
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goals seem beyond her grasp. Every time she man-
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crisis. Can she break free, or will she be trapped in            Eternity Springs: Tucker—Emily March
this tiny life forever?
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     Stillhouse Lake series. Bk#1 Stillhouse Lake.            ren Pennington is celebrating her junior year abroad
     She's investigating a cold case no one else could--      when an innocent flirtation and drink at Munich's
     by going places no else would dare. In spite of a        Hofbrauhaus ends with Lauren being kidnapped. In
     harrowing past still haunting her, Gwen Proctor is       a globe-spanning chase, from the beer halls of Ger-
     trying to move forward. Until a new assignment           many, to the tech gardens of California, to the sky-
     gives her purpose: the cold-case disappearance of a      scrapers of China, and finally the farmlands of Croa-
     young man in Tennessee. Three years missing, no          tia, Aidan Deveraux's covert team of military and spy
     clues. Just Ruth Landry, a tortured mother in limbo.     agency operatives crack high-tech security and com-
     Gwen understands what it's like to worry about your      plex human mystery with a dogged determination.
     children. Gwen's investigation unearths new sus-         Drawing in the Forensic Instincts team, the Zermatt
     pects...and victims. As she follows each sinister        Group will uncover the Chinese businessmen re-
     lead, the implications of the mystery grow more dis-     sponsible, find the traitors who are helping them,
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     vengeful. As personal vendettas collide with Gwen's      the End Game … When elite members of the mili-
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     loved Hat Shop duo Scarlett Parker and Vivian            connect the dots between the victims, they wonder if
     Tremont return to don their sleuthing caps and solve     there's a deeper cover-up at play. After Bailey is
     a murder that's death in show. London's most re-         targeted, it becomes clear that someone is willing to
     fined canines and their humans are gearing up for        kill to keep their dark secrets. With the stakes getting
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     and Betty Wentworth, favorite aunt to Scarlett's fian-   against the clock to determine whom they can really
     cé Harrison and proud owner of corgi front-runner        trust in this twisted conspiracy. As allies turn to ene-
     Freddy, knows that this could be their year with the     mies, the biggest secret yet to be uncovered could
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     the Victoria and Albert Islands, her father, Frank,      kidnapper won't be satisfied until she disappears for
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HARD JUSTICE BK#3 $22.95 TRADE P/BACK                           worked city dwellers. But when the broken body of
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Cobra Elite series. Bk#1 Hard Target. Elizabeth                 escarpment, he fears it wasn't an accident. Special
Shields has always craved adventure. That's why she             Agent Craig Frasier agrees to help his cousin Finn by
went to work for the CIA straight out of college. That's        investigating and, with psychologist Kieran Finnegan
probably also the reason she feels drawn to Quinn               at his side, heads to the island. As Craig and Kieran
McManus, a veteran of the British Special Air Ser-              delve into the history of the Douglas estate, they dis-
vice. The big Scotsman gives off a dangerous vibe               cover that the property comes complete with strange
that she can't resist. Yet, resist she must. She and            lore and a blood-soaked past. Something evil seems
Quinn both work for Cobra International Security,               to be lurking in the caverns that run beneath the
which has a strict policy against hook-ups between              stony ground. Is there something on the island that
employees, and she's too much of a professional to              someone is willing to kill to protect? Kieran and Craig
date a coworker. She and Quinn can never be more                take on a dangerous search for the truth, where one
than friends. But when his best buddy from the SAS              false step could send them plummeting to their
is found murdered on the streets of Glasgow, Eliza-             deaths, and one wrong turn could bring them face-to-
beth will do all she can to help Quinn cope with the            face with a killer.
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Elizabeth's special skills to help track down the killer.       her past... When Emma Hart witnesses her sister
He has no intention of getting physical with her. But           being kidnapped, the only person she can trust to
as their unofficial investigation heats up, so does the         keep her and her baby safe is army vet
attraction between them. Still, he refuses to surren-           turned security expert Sawyer Lance.
der. Because if they cross the line from friends to             He immediately offers his help but is
lovers, there will be no going back. But some battles           shocked to meet her young son--a boy
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KENDRA ELLIOT                                                   SANDRA BROWN
Columbia River series. Twenty years ago Emily                   FBI agent Drex Easton is driven by a single goal: to
Mills's father was murdered, and she found his body             outmaneuver the conman once known as Weston
hanging in the backyard. Her younger sister, Madi-              Graham. Over the years, Weston has assumed
son, claims she was asleep in her room. Her older               countless names and disguises, luring eight wealthy
sister, Tara, claims she was out with friends. The              women out of their fortunes before they disappeared
tragedy drove their mother to suicide and Tara to               without a trace. The only common trait among the
leave town forever. The killer was caught. The case             victims: a new man in their life who also vanished.
closed. Ever since, Emily and Madison have tried to             Drex is convinced that these women have been mur-
forget what happened that night--until an eerily simi-          dered, and that the man he knows as Weston Gra-
lar murder brings it all back. It also brings FBI special       ham is responsible. But each time Drex gets close to
agent Zander Wells to the Oregon logging town. As               catching him, Weston trades one persona for anoth-
eager as he is to solve the brutal double slaying, he           er. Now, for the first time in their long game of cat
is just as intrigued with the mystery of Emily's and her        and mouse, Drex has a suspect in sight. Attractive
sisters' past. When more blood is shed, Zander sus-             and charming, Jasper Ford is recently married to a
pects there's a secret buried in this town no one               successful businesswoman, Talia Shafer. Posing as
wants unearthed. Is it something Emily and Madison              a new neighbor, Drex attempts to get close to the
don't know? Or aren't telling? And Tara? Maybe Emi-             couple. This is Drex's one chance to outfox his cun-
ly can't bear to find her. Because when Tara disap-             ning nemesis before he murders again. But first he
peared, she took a secret of her own with her.                  must determine if the desirable Talia is a heartless
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TREASURE OR TREACHERY? Douglas Island sits                      What if the person you thought you knew best turns
off the coast of New York State, its imposing cliffs            out to be someone you never knew at all? Andrea
warning away visitors. Still, Finn Douglas has big              Oliver knows everything about her mother, Laura.
plans for his inheritance and the rambling manor                She knows Laura has spent nearly her whole life in
house that dominates the landscape. He has a vision             the small beachside town of Belle Isle, Georgia; she
to turn the island into a resort getaway for over-              knows Laura's never wanted anything more than to
INTRIGUE FEBRUARY 2020 CATALOGUE

                                                                the cult, men are given a young girl to marry in ex-
     MYSTERY & SUSPENSE                                         change for one of their own daughters. The FBI has
     lead a quiet, normal life in this conventional commu-      been monitoring the cult's activities, but Charlie and
     nity; she knows Laura's a kind and beloved speech          his assistant, Wyrick, aren't bound by the same rules
     pathologist who helps others; she knows Laura's            as the feds. They head to the mountains of West
     never kept a secret in her life. Andrea knows that         Virginia to infiltrate the cult's compound. The lives of
     Laura is everything she isn't--confident, settled, sure    children are at stake, and Charlie and Wyrick will risk
     of herself. Feeling listless, with no direction, Andrea,   everything to destroy the cult and its leader--no mat-
     unlike Laura, struggles to find her way. But Andrea's      ter the cost--because this case is personal.
     certainty is upended when a visit to the mall is shat-     SMOKESCREEN BK#46 $25.95
     tered by an act of horrifying violence that reveals a      TRADE P/BACK RELEASE
     completely different side of Laura--a cool woman           IRIS JOHANSEN (RELEASED 11TH FEB)
     who calmly faces down a murderer. It turns out that        Eve Duncan series. Bk#1 The Face of Deception.
     before Andrea's mother was Laura, she was some-            Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan journeys to Africa to
     one completely different. For nearly thirty years she's    help families torn apart by a violent attack deep in
     been hiding from the woman she once was, lying low         the jungle--but she may be putting herself in more
     in the hope that no one would ever find her. But now       danger than she knows. A journalist shows up on
     she's been exposed, and nothing will ever be the           Eve Duncan's doorstep with a plea for help. Jill Cas-
     same again. The assailant was a mentally troubled          sidy has just come from a small African village with a
     teenage scion of Georgia law enforcement royalty,          heart wrenching story: half the villagers--many of
     and now the police want answers about what really          them children--have been killed in a horrific attack by
     happened in those terrifying moments at the mall.          guerilla soldiers, the bodies burned beyond recogni-
     Though she's being scrutinized at every level of the       tion. Now, the families desperately need Eve's help
     criminal justice system and her innocence is on the        to get closure and begin to heal. But when Eve ar-
     line, Laura refuses to speak to anyone, including her      rives in the remote jungle, she begins to suspect that
     own daughter. She pushes Andrea away, insisting            Jill's plea may have been a cover story for a deeper,
     it's time for her to stand alone and make a life for       more sinister plot. Isolated and unsure who she can
     herself. To save her mother, Andrea embarks on a           trust, Eve finds herself stranded in an unstable coun-
     desperate journey following the bread crumb trail of       try where violence threatens to break out again at
     her mother's past. Andrea knows that if she can't          any moment and with only her own instincts to rely
     uncover the secrets hidden there, there may be no          on if she hopes to get home to her family alive . . . "
     future for her mother . . . or her.
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     FERN MICHAELS                                              Detective Kara Quinn, on leave from the LAPD, is on
     Resourceful and steadfast FBI agent Quinn Star has         an early morning jog in her hometown of Liberty Lake
     always relied on herself--how else could she have          when she comes upon the body of a young nurse.
     survived the boys club of the Bureau or navigated          The manner of death shows a pattern of highly con-
     the heartbreak of a thwarted affair with her boss?         trolled rage. Meanwhile in DC, FBI special agent
     Today, Quinn risks her life every day in the Secret        Mathias Costa is staffing his newly minted Mobile
     Service as she protects the First Lady of the United       Response Team. Word reaches Matt that the Liberty
     States. But unfortunately, she can't safeguard her         Lake murder fits the profile of the compulsive Triple
     from the ruthless advisors who are intent on hiding        Killer. It will be the first case for the MRT. This time
     the President's debilitating illness for their political   they have a chance to stop this zealous if elusive
     gain. Suspecting a conspiracy that places the fate of      killer before he strikes again. But only if they can
     the President, his wife--and the nation--on the line,      figure out who he is and where he is hiding before he
     Quinn whisks the First Lady out of the capital to her      disappears for another three years. The stakes are
     South Carolina home. But are they truly safe from          higher than ever before, because if they fail, one of
     whoever is pulling the strings in this lethal game?        their own will be next…
     And Quinn's fortitude is tested further when a myste-
     rious lover emerges from the shadows of the past…          TRAINED TO DEFEND BK#1 $12.95
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     SHARON SALA                                                run. Far away ..... and don't trust the police.” Framed
     Jigsaw Files series. Bk#1 The Missing Piece. When          for her boss's murder, Sarah Peterson is on the run--
     Charlie Dodge gets a phone call from a frantic wom-        with only her boss's loyal husky, Buzz, for protection.
     an stating her daughter has been kidnapped by her          To clear her name and keep her safe, she must rely
     ex-husband and taken into a cult called Fourth Di-         on her ex-fiancé, former detective Colton Hawk. The
     mension, he takes the case without hesitation. The         police aren't the only ones searching for Sarah and
     cult's rumored purpose is to gather men with psychic       the brave dog...the real killer is on the hunt, deter-
     abilities with the goal of breeding a race of people       mined to silence them for good.
     who have supernatural powers. Once accepted into
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