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Victoria Ryan tasted sweet freedom-and love-in Boston, far from the cast-iron code of behavior that shackles women in Alta California. Now she has come home to find nothing has changed-that she is to be married against her wishes by her father's decree. And she will share a hidden fortune with anyone who helps her escape. Rugged and rough, Nick Kincade carefully guards his secrets as he lives by his own law. Yet the cold-as-steel ex-Texas Ranger is willing to escort the bewitching, headstrong lady back East. For the past has already linked Victoria's destiny with his. And anything can happen on the hard, twisting trail-especially for two strong courageous hearts who are irresistibly drawn to adventure...and to the searing, white-hot flame of perilous desire. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50  Headstrong but sheltered, Raine Wimbourne longs for adventure—and when her ailing father reveals a closely guarded secret, she seizes her chance. Disguised as England's most notorious highwayman, Raine vows to uphold her father's legacy as champion of the poor. Then a midnight encounter with the powerful Philippe Gautier shows her the price of protecting her family's honor— Philippe Gautier has a mission of his own—and the beautiful impostor he's delivering to justice may hold the key to saving his brother's life. He will stop at nothing to keep Raine close. But as they travel from the town houses of London to the streets of France, can he convince his untamed captive to risk it all on the promise of passion? Cover Price $6.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Psychologist Doctor Kate Stonewall, current advice queen of the radio waves, thinks she knows everything about how to pick the frogs from the princes. And while Jeff Hardin, her rival from the radio station, may think she's cute, she knows he's just a frog in tennis shoes. He may boost her heart rate whenever he gets near, but she's not wasting her time on a sports-addicted goof whose idea of success is hosting a talk show called "Jock Talk." Bad enough she has to deal with Jeff at the station, but when he moves in next door, well, it's enough to make a shrink want to call herself for advice. Jeff is all for being neighborly, but with Mr. Perfect sweeping Kate off her feet, it doesn't look like Jeff is going to be able to get to first base with her. Maybe Kate still has something to learn about life, love and... the stock market? Cover Price $6.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Quinn Gallagher has reluctantly come to Castlelough. He's cynical, bitter and disillusioned. But the magic of the west coast is about to change him. He's never met anyone like Nora Fitzpatrick. Despite all of life's hardships, the young widow still has a generous heart. Quinn can't help himself. He falls in love. But life has taught Quinn never to trust in anything... especially a happy ending. Cover Price $5.99 Charlotte Arkendale knew all there was to know about men. After all, she'd made a career out of steering marriage-minded women away from untrustworthy members of the opposite sex. Yet nothing could have prepared her for Baxter St. Ives--an arresting stranger too daring, too determined, too dangerous to be her new man-of-affairs. Still, perhaps he was the perfect person to help Charlotte investigate the recent murder of one of her clients. So she gave him a chance, never realizing that Baxter, a gifted scientist, would soon conduct a risky exploration into the alchemy of desire, with Charlotte as his subject. But even as he sets out to seduce Charlotte, a twisted killer lies in wait, ready to part the lovers... or see them joined together forever--in death. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Very Good Your Price $3.00 Miss Sophie Beckett is the illegitimate daughter of the earl of Penwood. Raised in his home, Sophie has a tolerable existence until the earl marries, when her life takes a distinct turn for the worse. Sophie's new stepmother hates her, and when the earl passes away, she relegates Sophie to the role of servant. Sophie's days are pure drudgery, until one night her fellow servants conspire to help her attend a masquerade ball. Her life changes irrevocably when she meets handsome Benedict Bridgerton and falls head over heels in love. Benedict is equally smitten, but when the clock strikes midnight his beautiful mystery lady runs from him, leaving only her glove in his hand. He searches London for her, but she seems to have vanished. What Benedict doesn't know is that Sophie's stepmother has discovered her outing and thrown Sophie out of their London townhouse. Sophie leaves London, and it isn't until three years later that Benedict and Sophie's paths cross once again, when he saves her from the unwanted attentions of a drunken lord. Sophie recognizes Benedict immediately, but much to her dismay, he doesn't know her in her maid's dress. Soon, however, Benedict falls in love with Sophie all over again. Believing her to be a servant, he cannot conceive of a way to make her his, as she adamantly refuses to become his mistress. Both struggle with their feelings for each other, their unwillingness to compromise their principles, and the seemingly insurmountable wall separating a member of the nobility and a servant. To add to their difficulties, Sophie's vindictive stepmother discovers her presence in London and sets out to make her life even more miserable. It will take the combined force of the large Bridgerton family to help these two stubborn people realize a happy future together. Cover Price $7.99 Meet Californian Téa Caruso... her mother drives her crazy, her sisters give "advice." She has a family just like any other, except for one tiny difference... Her grandfather isn't just in the mob... he is the mob! And no one knows this better than Johnny Magee. The Caruso family destroyed his dad. Now, it's payback time -- and he's going to need an unsuspecting insider... one who won't realize what he's really after. Téa loves her family but hates what they do. She's tried to stay far away from her notorious relatives, making a legit name for herself as an interior designer. But her grandfather Cosimo's gala 80th birthday is coming up. Every mobbed-up member of the family from San Francisco to Sarasota will be there -- and it's time for Téa to face the family or face the consequences. Intent on using Téa for revenge, Johnny hires her to redo his home, but then she makes him "offers" he can't refuse. Soon he's falling in love with the enemy and when all the secrets are revealed, what will Téa do... and even worse, what will her family? Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Sara has forged priceless paintings, but she's had the most honorable of motives--revenge. It's a pity the same can't be said for Noah Lancaster, a man who claims to be an authority on art. Now they're after the same prize. She's looking for the heist of a lifetime. He's about to steal the heart of a thief. Cover Price $5.50 Condition Good Your Price $1.25 To make her commitment-phobic boyfriend jealous, Shelby Barrett sends herself flowers-and signs the card with a name she made up: David Jones. But she never thought she'd meet the real David Jones-or that she'd find him so completely compelling. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Divorced parents Liana Robeson and Cullen Lewellyn are forced together once again when their son, 14-year-old Matthew Lewellyn, runs away from home. Their search takes them from San Francisco to Australia, as a multigenerational saga of strife between two families unfolds. At its crux is the Pearl of Great Price, a marble-sized perfect pearl. Many flashbacks reveal the desperate actions of those who have tried to possess the pearl (beginning when, in the early 1900s, Archer Lewellyn murdered his partner, Tom Robeson, rather than share the wealth). Presently, someone seeking revenge is after Matthew. Cover Price $5.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Golden-haired Sabella Rios knew that she was the rightful owner of the Lindo Vista ranch in the lush cattle country of Southern California. But her legacy had been stolen by the father of handsome Burt Burnett, who now ruled the vast domain. Sabella vowed she would seduce Burt and marry him-even though he was pledged to another. Sabella succeeded beyond her dreams. She became mistress of Lindo Vista, pleased that she had had her way with a strong, proud man. But there was one thing she had not counted on. In Burt's caressing arms, in his bed, her cold calculations turned into flames of passion as she fell deeply in love with this man, this enemy of her family. Now Sabella could only hope that Burt wouldn't discover the lies she had told him... she could only hope that he would love her enough to forgive her... Cover Price $5.50 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Born and raised on an island off the shores of South Carolina, Aurora Jenkins isn’t about to let her home’s rural beauty and delicate ecology fall victim to over-development. Her life takes an unexpected turn, though, when she meets Clay McCloud. No one has ever affected her so deeply. But their views on the island’s future don’t mesh, and Aurora will have to win him to her side if she is to have any chance of protecting her home... because she knows it’s already too late to protect her heart. Clay McCloud was hiding out on the serene little island, enjoying some richly deserved down time. He wasn’t looking for a fight or trouble or even a knockout redhead—but that is exactly what he got with Aurora, a woman who is all contradiction: part business mogul and part goddess. Her beauty and the attraction he feels for her are undeniable. And though he has certain rules about women like Aurora, leave it to a bad boy like Clay to decide that rules are meant to be broken.... Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Jane Porter left the apple orchards of rural Twin Rivers, Rhode Island, years ago, fleeing memories that could tear two families apart. Now she has been unexpectedly drawn home to her mother and only sister. Dylan Chadwick has come back, too, shedding the steely exterior he wore as a federal agent in order to follow in the footsteps of his apple-farming father and forget the life he once lived. Amid this landscape of loss and renewal, a haunting story of converging lives, small-town secrets—and the magical sway of unexpected miracles—unfolds. Deeply moving and richly told, Dance with Me explores emotional connections at their very core, with keen insights into the lives of mothers and daughters, sisters and lovers that will resonate long after the final page is turned. At five and twenty, Prudence Merryweather knew very well tht risks a woman took by visiting a gentleman in the dead of night. But bearding the notorious Earl of Angelstone in his den was the only way to stop him from engaging her hot-headed brother in a duel. And that was why she found herself ushered into Sebastian's frobidding presence at three int the morning--and thoroughly kissed before dawn. She was a country-bred innocent--and an intriguing experience for a man who dwelt more in the shadows than in the sunshine. Yet as her boldness drew Prue into one dangerous episode after another, Sebastian found himself torn between a raging hunger to possess her and a driving need to protect her. And the reckless beauty would soon need all the protection she could get... Cover Price $5.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Desire -- savage, untamed and undeniable -- bound tempestuous Virginia Brandon to Steve Morgan,her magnificent, dangerous soldier of fortune. And in the blistering heat Of revolution's flames, they swore tolove for an eternity and beyond. Now explosive events have shattered their turbulent union -- tearing Steve and Ginny apart and casting them upon fateful tides flowing toward separate perils and faraway secret affairs. But no great distance, no sensuous betrayal, notreacherous intrigue of warrior or king can extinguish the brilliant of their majestic love. For their passion is on their destiny -- and it will blaze anew with a white -- hot intensity when their bodies at last entwine once more. Cover Price $5.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 "I've a feeling you'll soon rue this day...." These were the fateful words Sarah Markham's father uttered after she threw herself between the convict lashed to the ship's mast and the captain's whip. Transported to Australia for crimes against the Crown, Dominic Gallagher had been labeled a troublemaker. No humor lightened his handsome face; everything about him looked dark, deliberate, and dangerous. But independent, feisty Sarah couldn't bear to see any man flogged to death. Instead she insisted her father buy this young Irish rebel and bring him back to their ranch. Soon a forbidden passion began to blossom between the indentured man and his mistress in this lush, primitive land. A twist of fate swept them together amid betrayal and intrigue as a man faced risking everything for freedom and a woman faced risking everything for love. Cover Price $6.50 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Olympia Wingfield, alone and vaguely raising three lively young nephews, is glad to hire on as tutor one Jared Ryder--who's not about to reveal that he's a viscount. Jared impresses the intellectual ``spinster'' of 25: ``From his long wind-whipped black hair and velvet eyepatch to the dagger he wore...he was an awe- inspiring sight.'' Jared's real mission is to purchase a secret diary purported to point to a West Indian treasure--a diary that the studious Olympia is deciphering, unaware of its import--but, meanwhile, as part of the household, he disciplines the soon-to-be- devoted boys (and their dogs); runs villains to ground; carries on his own shipping business on the sly; and soon, of course, becomes smitten with Olympia. Cover Price $5.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.00 In a world where dreams come to life, her heart found a daring passion... Rose Carney... Across the new frontier, she ran Carney's Circus with an unsinkable spirit that was part of her show-business heritage. The world of fun-loving performers was her home, and no one could take that away from her--not even the arrogant stranger who was determined to run the show. Michael Wharton... His high-society family had financed the troupe, and he'd come west to close down this unprofitable business. He never dreamed he would fall for this daring--and stubborn--Irish beauty. The sparks of desire soon flared into a fiery and tempestuous love. Amidst a colorful whirlwind of excitment and adventure, their bold passion would be hard to tame... Cover Price $4.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.00 Joss San Pietro was raised a gentleman but was cruelly betrayed. Held captive and enslaved, the proud man's fate now rests in the gentle hands of an extraordinary lady -- Lilah Remy, a beautiful pampered daughter of privilege. For a strange destiny has cast them together on tempestuous seas, and shipwrecked and alone they must courageously face desperate trials and dangerous truths -- and a bold, forbidden love that can only blossom in paradise. Cover Price $7.99 Before turning eighteen Leah Givens had run away from her hometown of Jamison South Carolina to marry to her high school sweetheart, Bill Johnson. But then her father hunted her down and threatened to have Bill arrested for statutory rape if she didn't leave him immediately. Unaware of her father's secret tactics to keep them apart, Leah wondered why her husband had never answered her letters. And now after thirteen long years, Bill is back. But are Leah and Bill strong enough to heal the scars from years of separation, and build a love that will last forever? Cover Price $4.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.00 As if a head for business and a nose for trouble aren’t enough to distinguish fiercely independent Lavinia Lake from the other women of London’s fashionable Claremont Lane, there is one more feature to set her apart. Lavinia is also well versed in the practice of mesmerism, an extraordinary gift that far surpasses mere charm and physical appeal. Nobody knows this better than the usually coolheaded Tobias March, who seems to have fallen hopelessly under her spell. Fortunately for all, however, Lavinia uses her powers for good. And ever since a tragedy involving one of her subjects, she has even retired them in favor of her work with Lake and March, a joint venture providing “discreet private inquiries for individuals of quality.” Celeste Hudson, the stunningly beautiful young wife of a family friend and fellow mesmerist, would surely count herself among such individuals--were she still alive, that is. While mythology’s Medusa could turn men to stone, lovely Celeste was more accustomed to turning them to jelly. In fact, unbeknownst to her husband, Howard, the ambitious Celeste was planning to use her talents to forge a new future in Society--one that would not include him. Sadly, her plans were cut short when she was murdered. Only a gentleman’s cravat wound around her lovely neck remained for evidence--small compensation for the strange and priceless bracelet that may have been snatched from her wrist as she drew her last breath. Cover Price $7.50 Condition Good Your Price $1.50  Erin O'Halloran has witnessed the atrocities of war firsthand. But when she travels to Western Ireland to attempt to save a dying friend and mentor, she faces her greatest challenge yet. And when she happens to meet the love of her life, matters become unexpectedly complicated. After spending years capturing war's horrors in his camera lens, photojournalist Michael Joyce escapes to his Irish family's farm, yearning to shut out the world. But fate has other plans for him -- including unbidden feelings for Dr. O'Halloran and the unexpected rewards of fatherhood. Surrounded by Ireland's magic, Erin and Michael begin to see nightmares replaced by dreams. But it will take more than one miracle before they discover the answers to their deepest questions... the ones they had never dared ask. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 After her seemingly idyllic marriage turns out to be a pretty illusion, Savannah Townsend returns to her hometown of Coldwater Cove, Washington. Determined to live life on her own terms, she takes on the task of restoring the local Far Harbor lighthouse and making it the cozy inn she had always dreamed of. But she hasn't anticipated opposition from the lighthouse's owner, her grandmother's disturbing memory losses, or the problems of an emotionally wounded teenage girl. Most of all, she hasn't planned on having feelings for Daniel OHalloran, a caring and passionate man from her past. As affection moves to attraction and then to something far deeper, Savannah learns that in life nothing worth having comes easily. She also discovers that some dreams really are forever. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 The healing that goes on at a big city hospital and the sex and scandal in the lives of the men and women who run it. Cover Price $5.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Claire Banning fulfilled every debutante's dream when she married a rich nobleman. Soon, however, the celebrated beauty realizes she wed a dissolute wastrel. Bitterly hurt and desperately lonely, Claire vows nonetheless to take her expected place in society. Then on a journey home to her husband's estate on the coast of Sussex, she is abducted, and her life -- and her heart -- are changed forever. Hugh Battancourt -- a dark and dangerous nobleman who long ago turned his back on the ton and now leads a life secretly dedicated to his country's service -- is determined not to be swayed by his prisoner's beauty as they share a cabin on a ship bound for France. Lives depend on his retrieving from her a letter full of secrets she intends to turn over to the enemy. But even as Claire and Hugh engage in a battle of wits and wills, captor and captive find themselves drawn irresistibly to each other. Is it possible, Claire wonders, that she could discover the true meaning of love that has eluded her with this handsome stranger? One who will lay his life on the line in order to protect her from someone who is intent on placing Claire in the path of danger? Cover Price $7.99 Lady Catherine Aldley was en route to London when pirates attacked her ship. Just in time, Captain Jonathan Hale rescued her from his own men, sweeping her into his arms, staking his claim on the pampered daughter of England's ambassador to Portugal. All Catherine had were her wits and the will to beat her captor at his own game. His searing kisses kindled unfamiliar passions, but she vowed to make him her prisoner of desire.... He was a legendary pirate, daring, triumphant, free. Jonathan Hale never took captives and always escaped--until he saw the headstrong beauty he couldn't leave behind. She was fire and ice, a lady outraged, a tigress in his arms. Cathy refused to be treated like chattel, yet yielded to his sensual invasion as she conquered his body and soul. She made loving truly dangerous, exposing his deepest fears--and his mutinous heart.... Cover Price $6.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Gareth St. Clair is in a bind. His father, who detests him, is determined to beggar the St. Clair estates and ruin his inheritance. Gareth's sole bequest is an old family diary, which may or may not contain the secrets of his past... and the key to his future. The problem is—it's written in Italian, of which Gareth speaks not a word. All the ton agreed: there was no one quite like Hyacinth Bridgerton. She's fiendishly smart, devilishly outspoken, and according to Gareth, probably best in small doses. But there's something about her—something charming and vexing—that grabs him and won't quite let go... Or don't. But rest assured, he's spinning in his grave when Gareth and Hyacinth cross paths at the annual—and annually discordant—Smythe-Smith musicale. To Hyacinth, Gareth's every word seems a dare, and she offers to translate his diary, even though her Italian is slightly less than perfect. But as they delve into the mysterious text, they discover that the answers they seek lie not in the diary, but in each other... and that there is nothing as simple—or as complicated—as a single, perfect kiss. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Very Good Your Price $3.00 He wanted to make her his own and treasure her forever! Cover Price $3.75 Condition Good Your Price $1.00 Julie Roseman has known since childhood that she's supposed to loathe, despise, and distrust all Cacciamanis (though she's never known exactly why). And the Cacciamanis feel exactly the same way about the Rosemans. So Julie's more than a little surprised when she runs into Romeo Cacciamani and they get to talking- and a romantic relationship begins to bloom. After a few secret meetings and late-night rendezvous, Julie and Romeo are convinced it's love. But when their families find out, it's war.... Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 In the exclusive world of horse racing, Alec MacKenna is known as a hardheaded trainer who cares more for an animal's welfare than the financial bottom line. After a public altercation with a callous owner leaves his career on the brink of ruin, Alec's only chance for redemption is Legends Lake, a thoroughbred with Triple Crown potential and a dangerous problem that could end both of their careers. Alec escorts the colt from the bluegrass hills of Kentucky to the emerald pastures of Ireland to meet the woman who bred him, in hopes that she may have the answers that will save them. Kate O'Sullivan is happy to see her beloved horse come home, even under such disturbing circumstances. In spite of the irascible Yank who came with him, she has the feeling that something in her life is about to change forever. As Alec and Kate work to unravel the mystery of Legends Lake, they discover their shared concern for the troubled racehorse could turn into something extraordinary for each other. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 In nineteenth-century England, tutor Concordia Glade senses that her four young charges are in danger, and she leads them away from Aldwick Castle to London. During her journey she meets the mysterious Ambrose Wells, and he and Concordia fall in love as they begin investigating the mysterious benefactor who originally placed the orphaned girls. Eager to pay back the betrayers that had him banished from England, Gray de Valence finds his plans threatened by an unpredictable and volatile Juliana Welles. She will do her best to thwart him. Yet, when a cunning enemy puts their lives in peril, Gray will have to choose between his perfect revenge and the passion of a lifetime--Juliana. Cover Price $5.50 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 To explore every forbidden wish and desire... A once-in-a-lifetime love affair - that's what beautiful widowed Chris Nicholson and dangerously attractive Major Greg Reynolds agree to. After years of loneliness, Chris has given up hope on her fantasies of the perfect husband, but she does want the memories of one incredible love affair to warm her in the years ahead. Then she can settle down with a man who will make a good father for her little girl. The last thing in the world Greg wants is commitment or a family. He does, however, desire, need, fantasize about Chris. But once is never enough... Cover Price $4.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.00 Get Ready for... The Time of Your Life! Teresa Phelps has heard of being crazy in love. But Charles Everett seems just plain mad. Her handsome kidnapper unnerves her with his charm and flabbergasts her with his accusations. He acts under the misguided belief that she holds the key to finding buried treasure. But all Tess feels she can unearth is one oddball after another. While Charles= actions resemble those of a lunatic, his body arouses thoughts of a lover. And while Charles helps to fend off her dastardly and dangerous pursuers, Tess wonders if he has her best interests at heartCor is she just a pawn in his quest for riches? As the madcap misadventures ensue, Tess strives to dig up the truth. Who is the enigmatic Englishman? What is he after? And most important, in the hunt for hidden riches is the ultimate prize true love? Cover Price $5.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 L.A. homicide detective Regan Hart's life is turned upside down with the discovery that she was adopted. Following a trail left in her birth mother's journal, she lands in Louisiana's Blue Bayou, where she's determined not to let Nate Callahan, the town's handsome, sweet-talking mayor, distract her from her search. Nate Callahan loves women -- and they've always loved him right back. No-nonsense Regan couldn't be more different from his usual type, but as they spend time together, unlocking the puzzles of Regan's past, neither can deny the attraction sizzling between them -- and both come to realize that family bonds are forged not through blood ties, but through choices of the heart. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 A lot has happened to Mara Simon since she was a teenager. And although on the inside she’s still the sweet, sensitive girl she was back then, the face she shows the world is that of a beautiful, high-powered Hollywood producer with a movie to make and a schedule to keep. She can’t let the fact that Tim McCloud, her first and only love, has turned up on her set rattle her. With so much riding on the success of this film, all she can do is ignore the way his presence makes her rethink everything she thought she wanted out of life and turns her steely façade to jelly. Tim McCloud didn’t even recognize her when she walked into his office. The girl he knew had been replaced with a sizzling bombshell. Underneath the paint and glitter Tim sees that the girl he used to love has become a woman with an incredible mind and a loving heart. Their goals are wildly different but he can’t ignore the fact that her presence makes him rethink everything he thought he wanted out of life. Now, to win her back, he must show her the difference between Hollywood artifice and real happiness.... Cover Price $6.99 Condition Very Good Your Price $3.00 Smooth, sensual, fantastic skin that begged to be tasted -- Josephine Farrington had just re-invented it. The new plastic was great for making lifelike toys, but she had a better idea: making a man. Tired of the pushy jerks that courted her, Josie could now design the bronze-skinned, hard-muscled exterior of a robo-hunk that could fulfill all her deepest fantasies. And she knew just the man to build the body. Matthew Taylor had never had trouble erecting anything, and the handsome scientist knew that Josie's robot was something he could create. But the beautiful biochemist deserved better than the cold devotion of a machine; she needed the fiery embrace of a real man. In an instant, Matt knew his course: by day he vowed to build her model of masculine perfection -- by night he swore to be it. Cover Price $5.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Imogen Waterstone has always prided herself on being a thoroughly independent young woman, but now she needs a man of implacable will and nerves of iron. That's why she invited Matthias Marshall, infamous Earl of Colchester, to her home in Upper Strickland. Who better than the legendary explorer to help her lay the perfect trap? Her scheme is simple, really: She plans to let it be known that when she inherited her uncle's collection of antiquities, she also inherited a map to a fabulous ancient treasure. She's sure that her enemy would risk financial ruin in pursuit of the mythical artifact. And to make doubly sure the scoundrel took the bait, she wants Colchester to pretend that he's out to seduce Imogene so that he, too, could get his hands on her map. Yet in all of her plotting, Imogene never anticipates Colchester's violent reaction to her request or her own electrifying reaction to him. Neither does she expect that a malevolent threat would emerge from the labyrinth of London--sinister enough to endanger her and Colchester's lives. Cover Price $6.50 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 After a year of grand adventures touring the classical ruins of Italy and Greece, Iphiginia Bright returned to England to discover that the real excitement was at home. It seems that her Aunt Zoe has fallen victim to a sinister blackmailer and only Iphiginia can hope to stop the culprit before he can do more harm. Her plan is inspired: Imitating history's most legendary beauties--Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Aphrodite--the former schoolmistress will remake herself, and descend upon London Society as the dazzling mistress of Marcus Valerius Cloud, the infamous Earl of Masters. Rumors hint that the Earl has disappeared at the blackmailer's hands, and by posing as his unknown mistress, Iphiginia is convinced she can ferret out the villain. Overnight, Iphiginia is transformed into a vision with a host of eager admirers, including one she does not expect -- the Earl of Masters himself, who strides into a shimmering ballroom one evening to cooly reclaim his "mistress". He is everything they say he is... arrogant, attractive, devastatingly seductive, and Iphiginia can't help but be enthralled. But when Marcus agrees to play along with her charade, she doesn't know that the determined earl has plans of his own: to tease and tempt her, until the beautiful deceiver becomes more than his mistress in name only. Cover Price $4.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 An innocent Mississippi wildflower in the early bloom of womanhood, headstrong Jessie Lindsay will do anything to thwart the charming, enigmatic fortune hunter who has come to wed her widowed stepmother. But there is far more to Stuart Edwards than Jessie first imagines. And in the heat of a blistering Southern summer, the handsome riverboat gambler will awaken feelings she has never known—and share with her his dangerous secrets—as reckless, undeniable desire propels them both toward scandal, possible ruin... and impossible love. Cover Price $4.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 In the late 1980s, Zoe Clifford goes to York searching for information about her great grandmother's family and encounters a cousin, Stephen Elliott. Drawn together romantically, the two share a compulsion to sort out the puzzles emerging from records, letters, and a diary. Cover Price $5.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Amelia Willoughby has been engaged to the Duke of Wyndham for as long as she can remember. Literally. A mere six months old when the contracts were signed, she has spent the rest of her life waiting. And waiting. And waiting... for Thomas Cavendish, the oh-so-lofty duke, to finally get around to marrying her. But as she watches him from afar, she has a sneaking suspicion that he never thinks about her at all... It's true. He doesn't. Thomas rather likes having a fiancée—all the better to keep the husband-hunters at bay—and he does intend to marry her... eventually. But just when he begins to realize that his bride might be something more than convenient, Thomas's world is rocked by the arrival of his long-lost cousin, who may or may not be the true Duke of Wyndham. And if Thomas is not the duke, then he's not engaged to Amelia. Which is the cruelest joke of all, because this arrogant and illustrious duke has made the mistake of falling in love... with his own fiancée! Cover Price $7.99 To many of the residents of Osuma, Washington, the name Michael Sullivan means loathing. Fifteen years ago, he ran a red light, plowed into a school bus, and killed two students and the driver. Although he insisted the bus driver ran the light, Michael was convicted and served time. After his release his adopted father J.T. told him to leave town. An angry Michael never looked back. Over the years, using the name Hazard, Michael built up a powerful hauling business, North Star Trucks, located in Phoenix. When his dad's company teeters on bankruptcy, he buys the firm to convert it into a northwest trucking firm. However, he is forced to take charge of the transition when his friend chosen to run the show is severely injured in a car wreck. In Osuma, Michael meets his young niece and nephew and the ex-wife of his brother. As the little girl hooks him, he and Brina Sullivan fall in love, but one of the three dead people from his accident is her brother. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Set in antebellum Louisiana, this historical romance follows the fortunes of Mary McAlister, raised in a convent in Pennsylvania. When Mary's father dies, leaving his fortune to his unscrupulous second wife, 16-year-old Mary sets out for New Orleans to find her real mother's family. The naive girl soon falls into the clutches of New Orleans' most infamous madam. Mary escapes the brothel, virtue intact, but not before she is seen there by Valmont Saint-Brevin, a handsome Creole aristocrat. As Mary wanders the strange city, her path crosses that of her Aunt Celeste who, hoping to retain the inheritance left by Mary's mother, hides her identity from her niece. Mary perseveres through poverty, drudgery, a sham marriage and subsequent rape, voodoo and a yellow fever epidemic, the mesmerizing Saint-Brevin toying with her heart all the while. Cover Price $5.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 An exciting and passionate contemporary romance about novelist Clara Winston, a woman who creates strong heroes and hopes to meet one someday. But after members of the KGB appear at her door thinking that she knows CIA agent Jack McCain (who has the same nickname as one of her fictional heroes), she finds herself on the run with Jack--and her life really turns into an adventure. Cover Price $4.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Wild Lord Jack, who's seen much of the world, has wanderlust to spare. Miss Anne Marsh knows only the peace of the countryside. But during a swashbuckling caper that brings their two worlds together, unexpected sparks begin to fly. Cover Price $6.99 Condition New Your Price $3.50 Adrian Quinn spent four years in prison for a crime he did not do although all the evidence pointed otherwise. The attorney needs to clear his name not only for his own sake, but also for that of his family, especially his mother. With his employer Tony Nicholls dead in a plane crash in South America, Adrian targets his boss' ex-wife Faith, a stuck-up SOB as his best source to prove he was only a naive fool. Committing a probation violation by leaving North Carolina for Knoxville, Adrian is shocked by what he sees of Faith, a person he has branded in his mind as having all of Tony's wealth. Instead, he finds a hard working shop owner who volunteers her time to a local shelter. As he becomes better acquainted with her, he realizes she too was an ingenuous dupe of Tony. They begin to fall in love even as they investigate what happened to Tony's books and money. However, an unknown enemy wants the truth to remain buried in a bank vault and will kill to insure that occurs. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 After all, this year brought Hannah Davis nothing but the memory of her wandering fiancé marrying someone else behind her back. Now, sitting alone at a bar in Coronado, California, on December 31, she decides to do something radical... and lets a brooding good-looker take her to bed. But when a hysterical woman bursts into their room much too early on New Year's Day, Hannah realizes this guy's more complicated than she thought... Ex-Secret Service Agent Tanner Hart screwed up, big-time! Hoping to temporarily boot some of the ghosts from his life, he hooked up with this sexy stranger for a hot one-night stand—only to discover she's the woman he's agreed to protect... from men just like him! But a new year is a time for fresh beginnings. Despite the danger, the hoopla, and the hangovers, if Hannah's brave enough to risk her heart again—and Tanner's wise enough to realize he deserves it—maybe this one will be different. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Very Good Your Price $3.00 Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton believes in true love. And he is convinced that when he finds the woman of his dreams, he will know in an instant that she is the one. And that is exactly what happened. Except... She wasn’t the one. In fact, the ravishing Miss Hermione Watson is in love with another. But her best friend, the ever-practical Lady Lucinda Abernathy, wants to save Hermione from a disastrous alliance, so she offers to help Gregory win her over. But in the process, Lucy falls in love. With Gregory! Except... Lucy is engaged. And her uncle is not inclined to let her back out of the betrothal, even once Gregory comes to his senses and realizes that it is Lucy, with her sharp wit and sunny smile, who makes his heart sing. And now, on the way to the wedding, Gregory must risk everything to ensure that when it comes time to kiss the bride, he is the only man standing at the altar... Cover Price $7.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.75 Lily Stewart is busy planning the summer Highland Games at her family's Great Smoky Mountain resort. So the last thing she needs is some arrogant, demanding Scotsman -- no matter how sexy -- arriving to film the annual festival. It's bad enough that he's constantly interrupting her days -- but even worse that he's tempting her to rev up her nights with a Highland fling. Filmmaker Ian MacDougall MacKenzie is actually there to steal back the Brooch of Lorn, which has gone back and forth between the Stewarts and the MacDougalls ever since it was ripped from Robert the Bruce's tartan in 1306. But when Ian realizes Lily has stolen his heart, he wonders whether love can prevail once she discovers he's been deceiving her all along.... Cover Price $4.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.00 A famous model, Jade turned her back on love for the promise of wealth and success... until a dark secret from her past unlocked a passion too powerful to deny. Cover Price $4.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.00 Before trust, before love, there are .... Promises to Keep. Cover Price $5.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Alison Sterling, the beautiful, brilliant, and blonde reporter for a major Washington daily is having a secret love affair with the very adorable, very accomplished, very married bureau chief of a national newsweekly, Desmond Shaw. Shaw is having another affair with Sadie Grey, the sexy Southern belle wife of the Vice President. And Sadie Grey is having the time of her life. Cover Price $4.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 A fragile peace has come to the country in the aftermath of the Civil War, but tensions remain strong in the hearts and souls of those who fought for their land . . . and for love. For the beautiful, strong-willed Cameron Campbell, the war had one shining spot: dashing Captain Jackson Logan. Though separated by duty for nearly four years, Jackson has come home at last. Cameron, however, has a few plans of her own. This headstrong young woman -- who's unwilling to do any man's bidding -- is determined to return to Elmwood, her family's Mississippi plantation, and reclaim her heritage, stolen by the ravages of war. A Union spy and decorated war hero, Jackson's legendary air of command served him well as a leader of men. But now he is forced to reckon with a wife as stubborn and willful as he -- and the unexpected return of a woman from his past who has come to claim his love. While his passion is fierce for his beautiful wife, a dark menace forces him into a last crucial mission for his country, and Jackson knows he must also make a final stand for the woman he loves. Cover Price $7.50 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Caroline Shaw had been a rag doll of a girl in golden Palm Beach until she created a business, Romance, Inc. For Caroline, it was a dream come true--until the forces of the past made it a nightmare, threatening her happiness, her son, and her chance to love again. Cover Price $5.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend's brother for... well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret... and fears she doesn't know him at all. Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of everyone's preoccupation with the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can't seem to publish an edition without mentioning him in the first paragraph. But when Colin returns to London from a trop aboard he discovers notyhing in his life is quite the same -- especially Penelope Featherington! The girl haunting his dreams. But when he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide... is she his biggest threat -- or his promise of a happy ending? Cover Price $7.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Despite her privileged life in the sultry paradise of Martinique, the beautiful and daring Sapphire Fabergine will never be satisfied until she claims the honor and legitimacy that has been denied her. Sapphire sails to London to confront the aristocratic family who had disowned her before she was even born -- only to find that her father is dead and that his title has passed to Blake Thixton, an attractive yet loathsome distant American cousin. Convinced Sapphire is determined to bring about his ruin, Blake kidnaps her and sails back to America, where he presents her with a choice: become his mistress or serve him as a maid in his waterfront mansion. Without means in this unfamiliar land, Sapphire is trapped. But she will not compromise her quest for honor so easily -- not even for the man she has come to desire. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 In 1876, Virginia "Ginny" Morgan tries to reconcile with her spouse Steve after a long separation caused by her being incapacitated due to an illness. Although she loves her spouse and would like to start over with him, Ginny desperately needs to hold and hug their two children, Franco and Laura who had been left behind in Mexico and then sent on to France to stay with an aunt. Steve also loves Ginny, but has doubts about their relationship. Still, he agrees to try to over come the past and look to the future as a family. Even her children question what took her so long to return to them while her spouse doubts he will ever trust her again. Still, she works at healing the relationships with her husband and children. When Steve is forced to return to Mexico on business, Ginny accompanies him because she refuses any long-term separation like they always did in the past. However, neither one knows that the return to Mexico may prove too powerful for this pair to remain a family. Cover Price $7.50 Condition Good Your Price $1.75 Contains full lenght versions of both Seduction and Surrender. Cover Price $12.95 Condition Good Your Price $3.00 From the moment the stranger burst into her antiquities shop in Rome, Lavinia Lake knew he was nothing but trouble. He said he was in pursuit of a killer. He swore he was only trying to save her. Yet Lavinia was convinced that Mr. Tobias March was bent instead on destroying her. When the self-described spy hustled her all the way back to England, Lavinia vowed she would find a way to repay him in full. She never dreamed that Mr. March had in fact been telling the truth, that he had been hired to track down a powerful villain. And just as his investigation was heating up, he found it complicated by the most ungovernable, exasperating–and slightly shady–woman he had ever met. Lavinia most certainly never dreamed they would meet again, forced into partnership under shocking circumstances–or that their fiery disputes would spark a sizzling desire as overwhelming as the danger they faced.... Cover Price $7.50 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Eleanor Archebold is desperate to keep her family estate from falling into the hands of Cromwell's Englishmen--desperate enough to accept the offer of a young English Baron who agrees to give her money for the land in exchange for a night spent with him. Yet she never suspects that the baron himself is after her land, and she certainly doesn't expect that, after their night of searing passion he will own her heart as well. Cover Price $5.99 Condition Very Good Your Price $3.00 Timona Calverson’s adventures as she traipsed across continents with her fossil-hunting father might have formed the blueprint for the Perils of Pauline. Now the sensible Timona has had her fill of her perilous life of adventure, yet she is uncertain where she can settle happily. Her family is wealthy and related to aristocracy, but a Season in London showed her that she will not fit in society. She is forced into one more escapade when she is kidnapped in New York. After she escapes unharmed, she is knocked unconscious, and then rescued by Michael McCann, a recent Irish immigrant and New York City police officer. When she wakes in his flat, Timona is physically and emotionally stirred by a man for the first time. She hopes to stay with the generous and strong Mick. But first she must convince him they belong together. And she must elude would-be kidnappers intent on destroying her plans for her future with Mick. Cover Price $3.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 He was every girl's romantic dream: the handsome, brooding hero that Charmiane de Viollet had longed for, the man who would sweep her away from the endless tedium of life among the impoverished aristocrats who had lost their fortunes in the shadow of the guillotine. He was Adam Bouchard, a colonel in the cavalry, a favorite of Emperor Napoleon, In one reckless night of passion, Charmaine gave herself to him, body and soul. But morning's harsh light can dull even the brightest dream. When the night was over would Charmaine wake to find...a stranger in her arms? Cover Price $4.50 Condition Good Your Price $1.00 Las Vegas is about escape. But the teenage runaways who end up there too often find a world far worse than the one they left behind. A world of prostitution, of danger and fear. One of these runaways is Autumn Stevens, whose half sister, Francesca Witting, comes to Vegas to search for her. Las Vegas is about illusions. Francesca meets Luke Everson, ex-marine and head of security for the luxurious Bonaparte Hotel. But Luke doesn't know whether his relationship with her is real or as illusory as everything else in this neon city. He's not even sure it matters. He's consumed by work -- investigating a scam in the hotel's casino. He's also trying to adopt a child, because he wants a family without the "claustrophobia" of marriage. Las Vegas is about connections. Francesca eventually tracks down her sister -- and learns that there's an unexpected connection, an unknown connection, between Autumn and Luke. Las Vegas is about dreaming big. And despite everything, finding love with Luke is the biggest dream Francesca has. Cover Price $6.50 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Weary of a bounty hunter's rugged existence, Charlie Durange agrees to an arranged marriage with headstrong Kate Maloney, a spirited woman determined not to be tamed. Cover Price $4.50 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Dr. Summer Laurence knows the horror of addiction from the wrong side. But after life-changing therapy, she becomes a drug counselor, hoping to help young kids before they get into trouble. When Summer's dear friend Dottie offers her an old house to convert into a counseling facility, Summer jumps at the chance to make her Phoenix Ranch dream come true. There's only one problem: Dottie's suspicious nephew, Brody Hollister, the local chief of police. Brody despises drug users and thinks counseling is useless for most of them. But there is something about Summer he can't ignore. Her smile touches a place in his heart that was damaged on a terrible night years ago. He no longer believes in second chances, least of all for himself. Yet when he's in Summer's arms, he is tempted by possibilities. . . . Cover Price $5.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Love, passion, and the world of medicine combine in a trio of complete romantic novels--JoAnn Ross's Love Thy Neighbor, Under the Knife by Tess Gerritsen, and Jacqueline Diamond's An Unexpected Man. Cover Price $5.50 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 As the mighty ocean liner sank to its watery grave, two strangers boldly savored their final moments by making passionate love. Matching the raging hurrican outside with her own white-hot abandon, Countess Madeline Cavendish willingly surrendered herself to this devilish handsome Creole rogue - never dreaming of a fate worse than death. Never dreaming she would survive. Now, amidst, the glitter of New Orleans society, reunited with her oh-so-proper fiance, Madeline tries to forget the lover who awoke her to temptation. But trying to forget a man like Armand de Chevalier is impossible. Especially since he, too, survived and is seizing every oppurtunity to remind her of their shared desire. Cover Price $6.50 Condition Very Good Your Price $3.00 These four historical romance novellas are connected to each other through the gossip column of society matron Lady Whistledown, in which all of the protagonists appear. Selections include "One True Love" by Suzanne Enoch, "Two Hearts" by Karen Hawkins, "A Dozen Kisses" by Mia Ryan, and "Thirty-Six Valentines" by Julia Quinn. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Elenora Lodge is in quite a fix. Her stepfather lost her farm and all of her possessions in a mining venture, and her fiance dumps her faster than the proverbial hot potato. But Elenora is practical and pragmatic. So when Arthur Lancaster, earl of St. Merryn, offers her a position as a paid companion, she accepts. St. Merryn is in a bit of a fix himself. His favorite uncle has been murdered, and he's sworn vengeance on the killer, a mad alchemist intent on perfecting the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Unfortunately, St. Merryn's fiancee has also dumped him, and his renewed status as one of London's most eligible bachelors is interfering with his quest for justice, hence his paying Elenora to pose as his new fiancee. Cover Price $7.99 Condition Very Good Your Price $3.00 The boy who left to fight for the Confederate army twenty years ago had been a trusting fool. He had trusted the girl who promised to wait for him. He had trusted the friend who betrayed him. Now he has come home to Alabama to avenge what they stole from him: his heart, his soul, his world. Laurette Howard, too, lost her innocence in the cruelest of ways -- with news that the boy she loved had died in the war. After a loveless marriage, she contented herself with caring for the sick, knowing her own heart could not be healed. Then Sutton Vane arrived in Mobile, shattering her composure, releasing the wanton, passionate woman that had been locked away. She surrendered totally to a passion so scandalous, it could only be destiny . . . But was it a passion calculated to destroy her . . . Or to deliver the sweet promise of a love that refused to die? Cover Price $6.50 2 March 1810... Today, I fell in love. At the age of ten, Miranda Cheever showed no signs of Great Beauty. And even at ten, Miranda learned to accept the expectations society held for her—until the afternoon when Nigel Bevelstoke, the handsome and dashing Viscount Turner, solemnly kissed her hand and promised her that one day she would grow into herself, that one day she would be as beautiful as she already was smart. And even at ten, Miranda knew she would love him forever. But the years that followed were as cruel to Turner as they were kind to Miranda. She is as intriguing as the viscount boldly predicted on that memorable day—while he is a lonely, bitter man, crushed by a devastating loss. But Miranda has never forgotten the truth she set down on paper all those years earlier—and she will not allow the love that is her destiny to slip lightly through her fingers... Cover Price $7.99 Condition Very Good Your Price $3.00 Ellen Cornelius knows exactly what Mister Corey is: an unscrupulous swindler... a man without morals who will fleece her foolish aunt out of her fortune. But as the group travels west in search of the fountain of youth, Ellen is both repelled and beguiled by his dark, compelling sexuality. Her only protection is to hide behind her prim, patronizing manner and her acid tongue. Cover Price $6.50 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 A public scandal. A private torment. A love that changed everything-- Ronnie Honneker is the senator's wife. When she fell for the dashing politician, the stars in her eyes kept her from seeing his flaws. And when she discovered his constant need for other women, it was already too late. Now all the glamour of politics can't make up for Ronnie's loneliness--or her husband's affairs. Especially the one that explodes into a media sex scandal. Pursued by reporters, Ronnie reluctantly lets handsome political strategist Tom Quinlan clean up the mess. She agrees to publicly stand by her man until after the next election. Privately, she is in turmoil, and falling passionately in love--with Tom. As Ronnie and Tom seek shelter in each other, suddenly the unexpected happens. The senator's violent death thrusts Ronnie into the spotlight--as the leading suspect in his murder. Now only one thing can prove Ronnie's innocence: the whole shocking truth. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Heiress to a tea plantation in Ceylon, Celia arrives in London and takes as her escort an American rogue determined to resist his yearnings for the exquisite temptress. Cover Price $6.50 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 When a powerful hypnotist succumbs to the charms of a talented crystal worker, both of their futures are threatened. Cover Price $9.99 Condition Very Good Your Price $3.00 Orphan Emily Fox may be London's most skilled lady pickpocket, but she is certain her grandest scheme will also be her last. For when she finds the treasure hidden on Valin North's spectacular estate, she'll be rich enough to give her beloved siblings everything they could ever want... and she'll never have to scheme for her supper again. Disguised as a flirtatious debutante entering the social scene, Emmie slips into North's circle--and is instantly captivated by the powerfully sensual nobleman. Suddenly, stealing from North seems like more than mere deception. It seems like a betrayal of the heart. Valin North knows he must marry to produce an heir, but every woman he meets provokes his disdain. Except one--an unusual, charming debutante whose social status unfortunately makes her more suited to be his mistress than his spouse. Yet in spite of familial pressure to make a more appropriate match, North defiantly pursues the bewitching woman... even though his affections are shadowed by the mysterious inconsistencies of his lady's past. With suspicions aroused, North is forced to wonder: Has this beguiling beauty made off with his heart--or something more? Cover Price $5.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 But this time the gossip columnists have it wrong. Anthony Bridgerton hasn't just decided to marry--he's even chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intended's older sister, Kate Sheffield--the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kate's the woman haunting his increasingly erotic dreams... Contrary to popular belief, Kate is quite sure that reformed rakes to not make the best husbands--and Anthony Bridgerton is the most wicked rogue of them all. Kate's determined to protect her sister--but she fears her own heart is vulnerable. And when Anthony's lips touch hers, she's suddenly afraid she might not be able to resist the reprehensible rake herself... Cover Price $6.99 After Honor Witherspoon is rescued from her kidnappers, all she wants is to live in Hot Water, a small town that symbolises safety. Her billionaire father, Warren, wants to ensure his daughter is definitely secure. Going to outrageous lengths to keep her guarded, Warren demands something extreme of his daughter: she must marry Bram Bennett, a recluse living behind the locked gates in a home nicknamed ‘The Fortress.’ Bram lost his wife eight years ago to a random carjacking-gone-bad, and he can’t seem to get over his loss. Still deeply attached to her memory, he rarely exits his house. When Warren threatens to destroy the high-tech security company Bram recently sold him – the company that’s the economic foundation of Hot Water – if Bram doesn’t marry Warren’s daughter, Bram reluctantly accepts a new person into his home. But with Honor now residing in his ‘fortress’, Bram finds it extremely difficult to uphold his tight security, ward off unwanted intruders, and fight off his sexual attraction to his beautiful wife. Cover Price $5.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Lady Isabella St. Just is shocked to learn the identity of the daring champion who comes to her aid -- for the man who rescues her from desperate felons is none other than Alec Tyron, the notorious king of London's underworld. Now she is beholden to an outlaw who is respected and feared throughout the city and stunned by her own intense desire for this dark man of mystery. Fate has united these strangers from opposite lives -- the beautiful aristocrat and the brazen criminal outlaw. And now that the flame has been lit, no power on Earth will quench the fire of their passion... or destroy a love that society cannot allow. Cover Price $5.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 When Caroline Trent is kidnapped by Blake Ravenscroft, she doesn't even try to elude this dangerously handsome agent of the crown. After all, she's been running from unwanted marriage proposals. Yes, Blake believes she's a notorious spy named Carlotta De Leon, but for six weeks until her twenty-first birthday, when she'll gain control of her fortune, hiding out in the titillating company of a mysterious captor is awfully convenient -- and maybe just a little romantic, too. Blake Ravenscroft's mission is to bring "Carlotta" to justice, not to fall in love. His heart has been hardened by years of intrigue, but this little temptress proves oddly disarming and thoroughly kissable. And suddenly the unthinkable becomes possible -- that this mismatched Couple might be destined for love. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.75 Journalist Lisa Collins was fast discovering she was out of her element in a world of war. She had come to Africa to get a story. She got more than she bargained for--a dramatic rescue from terrorists by a masculine, rugged soldier of fortune named Sam Eastman, and feelings as primal as terror and desire. Shaken, yet safe in Sam's strong arms, Lisa Collins, intrepid and independent reporter, had shocked herself by begging to be loved. Lisa's only previous sexual experience had been in a tragic marriage devoid of desire. Now she had thrown herself at a man who ordered her around like a soldier and treated her like the kind of woman he believed she was, a tramp. She hated him. She fought him. And she admitted she had found what she had been starved for--the hard, fierce lovemaking of a man. But in the isolated African bush, safety was far away, danger was very near, and time was very short to convince a mistrustful, embittered mercenary to fight one last battle... for her heart. Cover Price $5.50 In Boston, Shannon McCormick is stunned that the "hotty", who just moved into the office next to her, has been given her secretary Isabel by the higher-ups because Blaine Hampton can bring in millions of dollars. Already angry with him, her friend Emma Jenson comes to the office, meets him, and invites the legal centerfold to join her and Shannon for drinks. Her sister is getting married to "Mr. Plastic Surgeon" and her mother wants her back with perfect Max. Meanwhile Shannon also likes the look and friendliness of twenty-six years old security guard Van Reinhart, who commiserates with her since she and Max broke up. However, he refuses to be a rebound alternate as he wants Shannon to want him security guard and all. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 After landing in gorgeous St. Lucia on business, Penelope Albright receives the shock of her life: She is accused of smuggling drugs. Then a sexy stranger appears claiming to be her husband, "kidnapping" her before trouble begins. Or so she thinks. Trouble and Charlie Smith have met. He needs a wife—temporarily—to help him keep a low profile while snooping into the mysterious disappearance of his partner. And like it or not, Penny is already involved. True, they mix like oil and water, but soon the lush setting and mounting danger put things in a very primal perspective. Like the island's legendary volcano that holds the key to a deadly scheme of greed and power, their desire is a force of nature all its own. . . Cover Price $5.99 While Queen Victoria grieves the loss of her beloved Albert and the members of Polite Society emulate her wearing mourning jewelry, physical research is the rage. When Adam Hardesty enters medium Elizabeth Delmont's home, he finds her dead, her skull crushed by a poker. She is wearing a wedding veil and brooch with a broken pocket watch nearby stopped at 12 o'clock. The next day Adam visits Caroline Fordyce who attended a séance at the victim's home just hours before the murder occurred. He asks Caroline if she took a diary that belonged to the medium because he does not want secrets about his past to come out. Caroline insists she does not have it and fears her secrets will become known. She persuades Adam to allow her to join him on his investigation. When a second medium is murdered, the broken watch left behind at the crime scene has Adam's name on it. Caroline provides Adam an alibi. As they continue to make inquiries, they become lovers and try to keep the other safe struggling with the case. Cover Price $7.99 Condition Good Your Price $2.00 Michael Stirling never begrudged his best friend and favorite cousin John, his earldom or wealth, in fact was quite content without the responsibilities or the title. John and Michael were the best of friends and would each have laid down their lives for one another and then John introduced Michael to his fiancé, Francesca Bridgerton, 36 hours before the nuptials and Michael fell irrevocably in love for the first time in his life. Thoroughly uneasy at coveting John's wife, Michael became a master at hiding and disguising his true feelings for Francesca even as the threesome became something of a unit. Two years into the marriage, John suddenly died leaving both Francesca and Michael totally devastated. But for Michael, the grief was pure torture, as he somehow got it into his mind that because of coveting his cousins wife during John's life time it was almost as if he had wished him gone so that he could pursue Francesca. Michael, could not comfort Francesca - his guilt over loving her during John's lifetime was so great he left England traveling to India. Francesca, could not believe that her best friend and confidante had left her when she needed his strength more than ever to share her grief, but it would be six years later before he returned home. Cover Price $6.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.50 Madeline Deveridge is aware of the whispers behind her back, the rumors that she dispatched her husband to the next world and concealed her crime. But she has a far more pressing problem than her reputation as the Wicked Widow. It's impossible to believe that her late husband is haunting her and her aunt, but something odd is happening, and Madeline doesn't dare take chances. Summoning the brilliant, reclusive Artemas Hunt, secret owner of London's favorite pleasure pavilions and master of arcane talents, she blackmails him into providing help. As soon as the bargain is struck, Artemas and Madeline find their arrangement complicated by searing desire, and the frightening recognition that the ghost poses a very real danger. Now they must plunge into a world of intrigue and ancient mysteries, where a calculating killer — and a tantalizing passion — will not be denied. Cover Price $7.50 Condition Good Your Price $1.75 Fiery-haired journalist Alanna Desmond would risk life and limb for an exclusive story, but when she's contacted by the elusive Indian protector Hunter, the opportunity exceeds her wildest fantasies. For Hunter--a reputed renegade and half-breed Navajo--is considered the most dangerous man in the western territories. He is also the most sensual, daring, and pleasure-giving man Alanna has ever met. And beneath her polished exterior lies an adventurous, intoxicating woman only fearless Hunter has the courage to unleash. But will Alanna deny her newspaper's reputation and her own heritage to report this shocking expose of the Navajos' plight? And will she submit to the forbidden and uncontrollable love that sets her soul afire? Cover Price $3.99 Condition Fair Your Price $0.50 Features Until Christmas by Francis Ray, Kwanzaa Angel by Shirley Hailstock, and 'Round Midnight by Donna Hill. Cover Price $4.99 Condition Good Your Price $1.00 Leo Drake, the "Mad Monk of Monkcrest," is notoriously eccentric and unquestionably reclusive. But he is also a noted antiquities expert, which is why Beatrice Poole has demanded his reluctant assistance. The freethinking authoress of "horrid novels," Beatrice is searching for the Forbidden Rings of Aphrodite, a mythic treasure she suspects played a role in her uncle's death. Beatrice finds Leo every bit as fascinating as one of the heroes in her novels--and she's convinced he's the only one who can help her. But after only five minutes in her company, Leo is sure he's never met a woman more infuriating... and more likely to rescue him from boredom. Yet the alliance may well prove to be the biggest mistake of their lives. For a villain lurks in London, waiting for the pair to unearth the Forbidden Rings--knowing that when they do, that day will be their last.... 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