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Romance Stars 2006
October 28, 2008
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2006
- Edge of Fear
Author: Adair, Cherry
Publisher: Ballantine $ 6.99 ISBN: 0345485211 Date: 2006
PW
Taking readers to the very edge, the "New York Times" bestselling author of Hot Ice delivers the second book in her thrilling romantic suspense trilogy that began with Edge of Danger.
Updated 7.24.06 - Simply Love
Author: Balogh, Mary
Publisher: Delacorte $ 22 ISBN: 038533883x Date: 2006LJ
The "New York Times" bestselling author of Simply Unforgettable returns to the elegance and sensuality of Regency England as she continues the enthralling story of four remarkable women--friends and teachers at Miss Martin's School for Girls.
Updated 7.11.06 - Too Great a Temptation
Author: Benedict, Alexandra
Publisher: Avon $ 5.99 ISBN: 0060847948 Date: 2006PW
In her second novel, Benedict pens a sensuous and forbidden romance between aduke and a sassy female pirate.
Updated 9.13.06 - Ricochet
Author: Brown, Sandra
Publisher: Simon & Schuster $ 25.95 ISBN: 0743289331 Date: 2006PW
Ricochet's plot twists -- as only Sandra Brown can write them -- and palpable suspense combine to create this gripping thriller, in which a decent cop's worst enemy may be his own conscience, and trusting the wrong person could mean the difference between life and death.
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Updated 6.20.06 - Three Little Secrets
Author: Carlyle, Liz
Publisher: Pocket $ 6.99 ISBN: 0743496124 Date: 2006Booklist
The sensational conclusion to Carlyle's irresistible Regency-era trilogy--begun in One Little Sin and Two Little Lies--is the sensuous story of two star-crossed souls who share a secret or two.
Updated 4.10.06 - Three Little Secrets
Author: Carlyle, Liz
Publisher: Pocket $ 6.99 ISBN: 0743496124 Date: 2006Booklist
The sensational conclusion to Carlyle's irresistible Regency-era trilogy--begun in One Little Sin and Two Little Lies--is the sensuous story of two star-crossed souls who share a secret or two.
Updated 4.10.06 - Lord Perfect
Author: Chase, Loretta
Publisher: Berkley $ 7.99 ISBN: 0425208885 Date: 2006LJ
From "one of the finest romance writers of all time" (Julia Quinn) comes an all-new romance. Benedict, the Earl of Hargate, has always been in control--until Bathsheba Wingate enters his life and pulls him into a dangerous rescue mission.
Updated 2.14.06 - Touch of Evil
Author: Clamb, Cathy & C.T. Adams
Publisher: Tor $ 6.99 ISBN: 0765354004 Date: 2006Booklist
The authors of Hunter's Moon begin a new paranormal series. It's been six years since Kate Reilly's lover turned her over to the vampire parasites who call themselves the Thrall. Now Katie is next in line to be the Thrall Queen--and each day might be her last as a human.
Updated 2.16.06 - Love Walked In
Author: De Los Santos, Marisa
Publisher: Dutton $ 23.95 ISBN: 0525949178 Date: 2006Kirkus
A tribute to classic film and true romance, this is the story of a 31-year-old cafe manager and an 11-year-old searching for her father, and the unexpected ways in which their lives are forever changed by chance.
Suggested Reading: Latino/Latina Stars
Updated 12.27.05 - Trouble in High Heels
Author: Dodd, Christina
Publisher: Signet $ 7.99 ISBN: 0451219120 Date: 2006Booklist
When she discovers her fianc has left for Vegas to marry someone else, Brandi Michaels spends a sultry night with a gorgeous Italian named Roberto for revenge. Brandi soon becomes the target of a killer, and somehow her new lover is more of a stranger than she thought.
Updated 6.28.06 - Don't Look Now
Author: Enoch, Suzanne
Publisher: Avon $ 6.99 ISBN: 0060593644 Date: 2006Booklist
In this follow-up to the "USA Today" bestselling author's phenomenal Flirting with Danger, former thief Samantha Jellicoe and British billionaire Rick Addison are thrown into a murder investigation when the first client of Sam's security business is killed.
Updated 1.21.06 - Billionaires Prefer Blondes
Author: Enoch, Suzanne
Publisher: Avon $ 6.99 ISBN: 0060875224 Date: 2006Booklist
Samantha Jellicoe and Richard Addison are explosive as they battle determined thieves and ghosts from the past in another exciting tale from "USA Today" bestselling author Enoch.
Updated 10.2.06 - Jude's Law
Author: Foster, Lori
Publisher: Zebra $ 6.99 ISBN: 0821778021 Date: 2006Booklist
The "New York Times" bestselling author of Perfect for the Beach, Bad Boys to Go, and Say No to Joe? returns with her latest exciting novel featuring Jude Jamison, a former Hollywood bad boy who's now looking for love. "A Lori Foster book is like a glass of good champagne--sexy and sparkling!"--Jayne Ann Krentz
Updated 2.16.06 - In the Thrill of the Night
Author: Hern, Candice
Publisher: Signet $ 6.99 ISBN: 0451217845 Date: 2006LJ
An award-winning author kicks off a new series featuring the Merry Widows, a secret society of respectable ladies with some scandalous ideas. "A delicious and irresistible concoction, one part simple friendships, one part wicked delights, and all parts wonderful!'--Connie Brockway.
Updated 2.14.06 - Just One of Those Flings
Author: Hern, Candace
Publisher: Signet $ 6.99 ISBN: 0451219201 Date: 2006LJ
Following In the Thrill of the Night, this entry in Hern's Merry Widows series finds Beatrice, Lady Somerfield, too busy overseeing her own daughters and niece to take a lover for herself. Until one night at a ball a masked stranger makes her realize the delights she's been missing.
Updated 8.10.06 - Rough and Ready
Author: Hill, Sandra
Publisher: Berkley $ 7.99 ISBN: 0425213021 Date: 2006Booklist
Lt. Torolf Magnusson and his team of Navy SEALs travel back in time to the 11th-century on a search-and-destroy mission, but they land in the middle of a sanctuary filled with Norse women. Their plans are put on hold, much to the distress of Hilda, the head of the sanctuary. At first resistant to Torolf's pursuits, she soon succumbs to his passionate advances.
Updated 11.16.06 - Rough and Ready
Author: Hill, Sandra
Publisher: Berkley $ 7.99 ISBN: 0425213021 Date: 2006Booklist
Lt. Torolf Magnusson and his team of Navy SEALs travel back in time to the 11th-century on a search-and-destroy mission, but they land in the middle of a sanctuary filled with Norse women. Their plans are put on hold, much to the distress of Hilda, the head of the sanctuary. At first resistant to Torolf's pursuits, she soon succumbs to his passionate advances.
Updated 11.16.06 - Make Me A Match
Author: Holquist, Diana
Publisher: Warner $ 6.50 ISBN: 0446617970 Date: 2006Booklist
In this charming debut romance, cardiologist Cecelia Burns's psychic sister Amy has the ability to see the name of a person's true love. Even though Amy swore never to tell Cecelia the name destined for her, she breaks her vow when she realizes the man is dying and only Cecelia can save him.
Suggested Reading: Debuts
Updated 9.18.06 - Taming of the Duke
Author: James, Eloisa
Publisher: Avon $ 6.99 ISBN: 0060781580 Date: 2006BooklistLJ
Imogen, Lady Maitland, has decided to dance on the wild side, but she's still under the watchful eye of her former guardian, the Duke of Mayne. Is it annoyance Imogen feels toward the duke, or something far more perplexing and uncomfortable?
Updated 4.20.06 - Pleasure for Pleasure
Author: James, Eloisa
Publisher: Avon $ 6.99 ISBN: 0060781920 Date: 2006Booklist
The "New York Times" bestselling author of The Taming of the Duke concludes her series featuring the four Essex sisters who find love in Regency England. Witty, unconventional Josie Essex does what no proper young lady should do--she challenges fate.
Updated 12.1.06 - Fashionably Late
Author: Kendrick, Beth
Publisher: Downtown $ 13 ISBN: 074349959x Date: 2006Booklist
This sexy, entertaining novel takes readers on a youthful adventure in the big city, as the heroine, Becca Davis searches for herself--and the right man.
Updated 11.14.05 - Dangerous Temptation
Author: Korbel, Kathleen
Publisher: Silhoutte $ 5.25 ISBN: 0373617496 Date: 2006LJ
To anthropologist Zeke Kendall, the idea that the heir to the Fairy throne had been watching him, falling in love with him, for years was laughable. Then he met Nuala and lost his heart to her dangerous beauty.
Eldest daughter of the Fairy Queen, Nuala must marry among her own kind to keep the line pure, but her heart has long been possessed by the handsome mortal. Now she will do anything--even align herself with humankind against the terrifying power of her own people--to make him hers.
Updated 10.18.06 - What Price Love?
Author: Laurens, Stephanie
Publisher: Morrow $ 22.95 ISBN: 0060840846 Date: 2006LJ
The internationally bestselling author continues her extraordinary success with this lushly romantic new tale featuring the wildly poplar Cynsters.
Updated 4.18.06 - Once a Thief
Author: Ledbetter, Suzann
Publisher: Mira $ 6.99 ISBN: 0778323005 Date: 2006Booklist
Ramey Burke gets a surprise when her elderly uncles, sent to prison years ago for bank robbery, decide to stay with her after their release. But when one of their old jail buddies is found dead in front of Ramey's house, sexy detective Mike Constantine begins sniffing around.
Updated 5.4.06 - The Lawman Said I Do
Author: Leigh, Ana
Publisher: Pocket Star $ 6.99 ISBN: 0743469968 Date: 2006Booklist
"New York Times" bestselling author Leigh continues her exciting series with this second book about the sexy Fraser brothers in the Old West. When Colt Fraser successfully fights off a gang of outlaws from his stagecoach, he's made deputy in a small town. But things get even more interesting when he meets the sheriff's daughter.
Updated 12.5.05 - Good Girls Do
Author: Linz, Cathie
Publisher: Berkley $ 7.99 ISBN: 0425208486 Date: 2006Booklist
Julia Wright couldn't be more content with her job at the local library in picturesque Serenity Falls--until her wacky mother, petty-thief sister, and little niece decide to crash. Her troubles really stack up when a new guy roars into town on his Harley.
Updated 11.14.05 - Bad Girls Don't
Author: Linz, Cathie
Publisher: Berkley $ 7.99 ISBN: 042521284x Date: 2006Booklist
It took less than two seconds for Sheriff Nathan Thornton to peg sexy Sky Wright as trouble. Whatever the reason, the woman was belly-dancing her way into his thoughts. Now, if only she'd belly-dance into his bedroom.
Updated 11.1.06 - Shadow Touch
Author: Liu, Marjorie M.
Publisher: Love Spell $ 6.99 ISBN: 0505526301 Date: 2006PWBooklist
The second release in Marjorie Liu's Paranormal Romance series featuring the Dirk & Steele Detective Agency. When Artur Loginov awakens imprisoned by a rival group of psychics and supermen, he must use his powers to escape and find true love." A striking paranormal romance.--"Publishers Weekly".
Suggested Reading: Cross Genres
Updated 12.2.05 - Delicious
Author: Mallery, Susan
Publisher: Harlequin $ 6.99 ISBN: 0373770561 Date: 2006Booklist
"USA Today" bestselling author Mallery serves up a steamy romance between a Seattle chef and her former husband, who offers her the chance to make a name for herself if she helps him get his flagship restaurant back on track. Times have changed, but the passion between them still sizzles.
Updated 2.16.06 - The Lovin' Kind
Author: Parra, Nancy J.
Publisher: Avalon $21.95 ISBN: 0803497768 Date: 2006Booklist
Updated 5.16.06 - Project Daddy
Author: Perry, Kate
Publisher: Zebra $ 3.99 ISBN: 082178028x Date: 2006Booklist
Commissioned to find the perfect man for her demanding boss, a determined woman recruits her handsome best friend and discovers he could be her own Mr. Right.
Updated 4.17.06 - Mad About Max
Author: Plumley, Lisa
Publisher: Zebra $ 6.50 ISBN: 0821776975 Date: 2006Booklist
Will appeal to fans of light romantic comedies by such authors as Susan Anderson, Rachel Gibson, Patti Berg, and Kasey Michaels.
Updated 5.16.06 - Second Sight
Author: Quick, Amanda
Publisher: Putnam $ 24.95 ISBN: 0399153527 Date: 2006LJ
The "New York Times" bestselling author of Lie by Moonlight and The Paid Companion takes readers into the simmering passions and paranormal secrets of the Victorian age.
Updated 4.18.06 - In Plain Sight
Author: Quinn, Tara Taylor
Publisher: Mira $ 6.99 ISBN: 0778323080 Date: 2006LJ
Chief Prosecutor Janet McNeil's terrifying nightmares keep her in a constant state of anxiety. Yet saving face is imperative now that she's prosecuting a white supremacist who wouldn't think twice about using his twisted followers to silence her.
Updated 10.18.06 - Valley of Silence
Author: Roberts, Nora
Publisher: Jove $ 7.99 ISBN: 0515141674 Date: 2006PW
The vampire trilogy written by Roberts, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author, comes full circle as the author forges together the passions and fates of a sorcerer, a witch, a warrior, a scholar, a shapeshifter, and a vampire who is all too human.
Updated 10.23.06 - Dance of the Gods
Author: Roberts, Nora
Publisher: Jove $ 7.99 ISBN:0515141666 Date: 2006LJ
In the second volume in Roberts' paranormal Circle Trilogy, the Circle of Six prepare to battle for their lives--and their hearts--against the one vampire determined to rule the earth.
Updated 8.29.06 - Date Me, Baby, One More Time
Author: Rowe, Stephanie
Publisher: Warner Forever $ 6.50 ISBN: 0446617660 Date: 2006Booklist
This delightful and witty paranormal romance debut features pretzel-eating dragons, cursed mathematicians, and a guardian of the Fountain of Youth in desperate need of a date.
Updated 4.10.06 - Enslave Me Gently
Author: Showalter, Gena
Publisher: Downtown $ 13 ISBN: 0743497503 Date: 2006Booklist
Two alien assassins ordered to destroy a group of slavers--other-worlders who are abducting humans and selling them on other planets--must learn to work together, and fight the white-hot blaze of desire that threatens to scorch them both.
Suggested Reading: Cross Genres
Updated 5.4.06 - Playing With Fire
Author: Showalter, Gena
Publisher: HQN $ 6.99 ISBN: 0373771290 Date: 2006Booklist
Average, ordinary Belle Jamison becomes the guinea pig for an experimental formula that allows her to control the elements, which should be cool but really isn't. Because sexy, cool government agent Rome Matthews has been ordered to hunt Belle down and neutralize her.
Suggested Reading: Romance
Updated 9.18.06 - Make Him Look Good
Author: Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa
Publisher: St Martins $ 22.95 ISBN: 0312349661 Date: 2006LJ
The bestselling author of The Dirty Girls Social Club--soon to be a Lifetime Television series--and Playing with Boys hits Miami in this exhilarating novel of six women and their distinct relationships with one very charismatic man.
Suggested Reading: Latino/Latina Stars
Updated 4.3.06
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