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It Happened at the Fair: A Novel
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Deeanne Gist
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Howard Books; Original edition (2013, Apr 30th).
Pages: 432
Gambling everything—including the family farm—Cullen McNamara travels to the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair with his most recent invention. But the noise in the fair’s Machinery Hall makes it impossible to communicate with potential buyers. In an act of desperation, he hires Della Wentworth, a teacher of the deaf, to tutor him in the art of lip-reading. The young teacher is reluctant to participate, and Cullen has trouble keeping his mind on his lessons while intently watching her lips. Like the newly invented Ferris wheel, he is caught in a whirl between his girl back home, his dreams as an inventor, and his unexpected attraction to his new tutor. Can he keep his feet on the ground, or will he be carried away? . more
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Undone (The Amoveo Legend)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Sara Humphreys
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca (2013, May 7th).
Pages: 288
The Amoveo are shapeshifting animal clans who live secretly among humans and must find their pre-destined soul mates while avoiding the enemy that seeks to destroy them all. Party girl Marianna Coltari is an unmated pureblood Amoveo who wants nothing to do with the ongoing war that took her father's life and continues to consume her brother Dante's. But when she is targeted by one of the clans, she has little choice but to run and hide in a cabin with Pete Castro, a retired cop from her brother's security firm. There, Pete and Marianna explore an intensifying attraction between them until danger is at the door and there's no escape. more
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Taking Chances
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Molly McAdams
Format: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (2013, Apr 16th).
Pages: 464
Her first year away is turning out to be nearly perfect, but one weekend of giving in to heated passion will change everythingEighteen-year-old Harper has grown up under the thumb of her career marine father. Ready to live life her own way and to experience things she's only ever heard of from the jarheads in her father's unit, she's on her way to college at San Diego State University.Thanks to her new roommate, Harper is introduced to a world of parties, gorgeous guys, family, and emotions. She finds herself being torn in two as she quickly falls in love with both her new boyfriend, Brandon, and her roommate's brother, Chase. Despite their dangerous looks and histories, both men adore Harper and would do anything for her, including taking a step back if it would mean she'd be happy. more
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Black Friday (A Maggie O'Dell Novel)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Alex Kava
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Mira (2010, Aug 1st).
Pages: 400
On the busiest shopping day of the year, a group of idealistic college students believe they’re about to carry out an elaborate media stunt at the largest mall in America. They think the equipment in their backpacks will disrupt stores’ computer systems, causing delays and chaos, disrupting capitalism, if only for a moment.What they don’t realize is that instead of jamming devices, their backpacks contain explosives. And they’re about to become unwitting suicide bombers.FBI profiler Maggie O’Dell must put her own political troubles aside to work with Nick Morrelli and figure out who’s behind this terrorist plot-a massacre that’s all the more frightening when a tip reveals that Maggie’s brother is one of the doomed protestors. more
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Down and Out in Beverly Heels
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Kathryn Leigh Scott
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Montlake Romance (2013, Mar 26th).
Pages: 330
From brunch in Bel Air to homeless in Hollywood… Former actress Meg Barnes used to have it all: tony Beverly Hills address, Amex Black card, Manolos for every day of the month. Not to mention a career as a popular TV detective that made her glittering life possible. But her lifestyle of the rich and famous has turned into a reality show for d-listed starlets. Lost in her Louboutins, she has one man to thank: her con man of a husband. Handsome FBI agent Jack Mitchell knows a suspect when he sees one—even if she’s as beautiful and gutsy as Meg. Meg’s ex “made off” with half of Hollywood’s wealth in an epic real estate scam. And Jack thinks Meg may have been involved. Determined to prove her innocence Meg teams up with her quirky, movie-mad best friend to track down her fugitive husband and exact justice. more
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All Jacked Up (Rough Riders)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Lorelei James
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Samhain Publishing (2010, Oct 19th).
Pages: 280
Pulling off the ultimate con…if they can keep from pulling off their clothes. Rough Riders, Book 8 Keely McKay knows Jack—and Jack Donohue is a certified pain in her Wranglers. The lone girl in the prolific McKay family, Keely needs another man giving her orders like she needs a hole in her boot. What she does need is a restoration specialist so she can open her physical therapy clinic—and prove she’s left her wild-child days behind. That means dealing with buttoned-down, uptight Jack. Jack is this close to securing a career make-or-break project, until he learns his lack of marital status puts him out of contention. When the notoriously hot-tempered and hot-bodied Keely begs him for help, he proposes a crazy idea. more
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Against the Edge (The Raines of Wind Canyon)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Kat Martin
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harlequin MIRA (2013, Apr 30th).
Pages: 400
A child he's never met. A danger he's never known.That he's a father is news former navy SEAL Ben Slocum was not expecting. But once the initial shock wears off for the confirmed bachelor, he takes in the rest of what social worker Claire Chastain tells him: that his son is missing, abducted by a man who wants revenge against Claire and Sam's dead mother. And that Ben is now the child's only hope.As Ben and Claire band together to track the two down, their concern for Sam draws them closer, each fighting feelings there's no time to explore. Because when their search takes them too close to Sam's abductor and his cohorts, the danger hits home—the son he's desperate to save, the woman he's desperate to love…. more
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What a Lady Needs
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Kasey Michaels
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harlequin HQN (2013, Apr 30th).
Pages: 352
From USA TODAY bestselling author Kasey Michaels comes the second book in her captivating series about the Redgraves—four siblings celebrated for their legacy of scandal and seduction…Lady Katherine Redgrave has one mission—to find her deceased father's journals, which may hold the key to a traitorous conspiracy that puts Kate's family in danger. Kate vows to let no obstacle stand in her way…but when she meets Simon Ravenbill, Marquis of Singleton, her attention is diverted as the sinfully handsome nobleman tempts her beyond reason.Simon has a mission of his own: to uncover the truth about the secret society he believes murdered his brother. All he needs is to get to the Redgrave journals before Kate does. The solution is simple—he'll romance the fiery beauty in hopes of distracting her from her quest, all while covertly searching for the diaries himself. more
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Nautier and Wilder
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Lora Leigh
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Trade (2011, Dec 6th).
Pages: 352
First there was Nauti and Wild. Now, New York Times bestselling authors Lora Leigh and Jaci Burton go one step further. Can you take it? #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh returns to the relentlessly scorching backdrop of her Nauti Boys series with an all-new novella of a man—bad to the bone—and the one woman who knew he was trouble. That’s why she couldn’t let him go. New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton once again blisters the asphalt with an all-new novella in her Wild Riders series. A hot biker craves a life of passion and danger—and finds it with the woman he’s sworn to protect. more
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Her Highness and the Bodyguard (Harlequin Special Edition)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Christine Rimmer
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harlequin; Special edition (2013, Mar 19th).
Pages: 224
Calabrettis marry for duty—but bravo—Calabrettis marry for loveMARRY FOR LOVEMarcus is the best man Rhia's ever known, and she's never gotten over their breakup. Now, he's practically strapped to her side. It's like a dream come true…or a nightmare. Because Marcus is as stubborn as ever: she's a Bravo-Calabretti, he's a lowly security guard, and they can never be equals. Ever.Then a breathless night that should have brought closure brings something else: a baby. Marcus insists that no child of his will grow up without its own mother and father. Well, Rhia has her own requirement: her child will be raised on love, not the dry bread of obligation. And Marcus has made it abundantly clear that his duty to Montedoro comes before everything—especially his own desires. more
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