Books Published in December 2004

• Jan-2005
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Blair Mallory lives the good life. She's pretty, confident, and the owner of a thriving up-scale fitness center. But in the shadow of success, a troubled member of the club develops a strange fixation on Blair, imitating her style and dress. Matters ...

• Dec-2004
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For the Wittgenstein family, the summer of 1915 was a time of both prosperity and unease, as the guns of war sound in the distance. But for eldest daughter Beata, it was a time of awakening. By glimmering Lake Geneva, the quiet Jewish beauty met a yo...

• Dec-2004
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WOMEN CALLED HIM THE PERFECT STORM Women called him the perfect storm. Because he could sweet-talk any woman into his bed, and regularly did so. Firefighter Storm Westmoreland used lovemaking the way other men used a long, hot shower -- to blow of...

• Dec-2004
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Sicilian billionaire Rafael Monteleone is determined to salvage his marriage. Nina doesn't want a Christmas reconciliation, but Rafael is very persuasive. How long will it be before they are back in their marriage bed making up for lost time?...

• Dec-2004
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The best man and the nurse! The moment gorgeous Dr. Oliver Hunter sees Helen Forrester at his sister's wedding he falls head over heels. Trouble is, Helen is nursing a broken heart and is about as against men and marriage as you can be.... ...

• Dec-2004
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The Prince's mistress -- by royal command! It was like a scene out of a movie! Who was this fit, handsome guy, who rescued Gabriella Scott from a sticky situation and made incredible love to her all night? He was Nicolo Louis Fantone Caccia...

• Dec-2004
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It's been three years since the terrorist attacks on New York City, but FDNY widow Jamie Bryan keeps waking up to the aching pain of that one Tuesday morning, the morning of September 11, 2001. Determined to find meaning in her grief, Jamie pours he...

• Dec-2004
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She's carrying the Greek tycoon's baby! Mia Fredrickson has no idea what possessed her to share the bed of a complete stranger. Her handsome lover turns out to be Greek tycoon Nikolos Karedes, and when he discovers Mia's secret -- she&...

• Dec-2004
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GET ME TAE A NUNNERY! It wasn't her first choice, for Seonaid Dunbar had, like her brother, been trained as a Scottish warrior at her father's knee; but fleeing to an abbey was clearly preferable to whacking on Blake Sherwell with her swor...

• Dec-2004
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Shoot A Mountain Man In The Back... On the frontier, a man's word is his bond, and only fast guns and good friends can save your life. So when Smoke Jensen trusts his gravely injured comrade to the care of a small town doctor, the last thing he expe...

• Dec-2004
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From the national bestselling author of White Heat comes a sizzling new romance about the heart, passion, and bravery of firefighters--and the women who ignite in them the heat of desire.... After San Diego firefighter Jake Rawlins is injured in a...

• Jan-2005
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When you're the oldest daughter, you don't get to have any fun! Witty, orphaned Tess Essex faces her duty: marry well and marry quickly, so she can arrange matches for her three sisters -- beautiful Annabel, romantic Imogen and practical ...

• Dec-2004
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Dare she sleep with the boss? Jessie was thrilled to be offered a job at a top Sydney advertising agency. But her heart sank when she saw the boss -- because she'd met Kane Marshall before.... However, Kane hired Jessie there and then; he ...

• Dec-2004
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Unwillingly facing a month's leave from the Navy SEALs, Cosmo Richter offers his- services to Troubleshooters Incorporated, a private-sector security firm. Richter's first case, surrounding a Hollywood film by the maverick movie producer Jane Mercede...

• Dec-2004
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SHE'D FOLLOW ORDERS �" HER WAY Her orders were clear -- recover the legendary, powerful crystal star totem from a dangerous criminal and return it to the Eastern Cherokee nation. And Chief Warrant Officer Vickey Mabrey would obey -- even though i...

• Dec-2004
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Her best friend's killer was dead, and so was Kayla Ryan's best lead to find her friend's missing child. But the determined police lieutenant didn't have it in her to give up. Now she would join forces with a secretive detective to find the people wh...

• Dec-2004
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Her mother always said if you couldn't be rich you'd better be lucky! When Lucky Caldwell was ten, her mother, Red -- the best-known hooker in Dundee, Idaho -- married Morris Caldwell, a wealthy and much older man. It didn't last, of course, but M...

• Dec-2004
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The bride-to-be... Penniless Savannah knows that to help her sick little sister she has to win big at the casino. The groom... But Sean O'Connell always plays to win... The indecent proposal... Virgin Savannah is no match for Sean and s...

• Dec-2004
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Jimmy Tock comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves it. As a violent storm rages outside the hospital, Rudy Tock spends long hours walking the corridors between the expectant fathers' waiting room and his dying father's bedside. ...

• Dec-2004
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She has a boy's name and a man's job, but beneath the flannel shirt of this "lumberjane" beats the heart of a fiery and passionate woman. With her step-brother plotting to overthrow her and the company's future hanging in the bala...

• Jan-2005
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Young ladies just want to have fun... Unfortunately Eleanor Griffin has three strapping brothers to frighten away any beau they deem unsuitable. She knows she's expected to marry eventually -- probably to some staid, crusty old lord -- but unt...

• Dec-2004
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She's a beauty... When Kay Sherwood steps into Mitchell Grey's office he's so fiercely attracted to her fiery good looks he insists that she join him for dinner. Can she tame the beast? But up until now Mitchell has indulged only in no-strings affai...

• Dec-2004
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W.E.B. Griffin launches an all-new series of action-packed military novels set against the backdrop of the modern war against terror... When a Boeing 727 is violently hijacked from Angola and flown to parts unknown, the security agencies of the Unit...

• Dec-2004
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It is dusk on July 17, 1996. A man and a woman who are married--but not to each other--make love on a Long Island beach as a video camera records their pleasure... and something more. Out over the ocean, TWA Flight 800 suddenly explodes with 230 vict...

• Jan-2005
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By day, Sidonie Saint-Godard is a quietly elegant young widow who teaches deportment to the unpolished daughters of London's nouveau riche. By night, she is someone altogether different.... The notorious Black Angel -- so called for her lusci...

• Dec-2004
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Lizzie Palmer is forced to spend Christmas with ruthless billionaire Kemal Volkan. Even though Lizzie has never experienced passion like this, she's determined to escape. But Kemal has other plans for Lizzie....

• Jan-2005
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FEEL THE TOUCH OF DARKNESS... Follow a vampire hunter who can be as deadly as her prey. Meet a down-home southern girl who's found out, much to her chagrin, that vampires are her type. Feel the euphoria of fear in the shadow of a reluctant Queen o...

• Dec-2004
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Sometimes our darkest memories hold the key to our dearest hopes... She was their closest friend, or so they thought--until years later, when her secrets send them on a perilous search for the truth about who she really was... and why she died... ...

• Dec-2004
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Who is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing tales of adventure. Here in New Mouse City, the capital of Mouse Island, my books are all bestsellers! My stories are full of fun -- tastier than Swiss cheese and t...

• Dec-2004
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A trio of brand-new stories about three women who meet -- and become friends -- while stranded at the airport, en route to a holiday getaway where love is in store! Annette Broadrick introduces Kayla Parker, who can hardly believe that her best fr...

• Dec-2004
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MOTHER BY DAY, AGENT BY NIGHT Sasha Sterling had been one of the best covert agents in the field, until she discovered how lethal the price could be. With a son to raise and her marriage on the rocks, there was no room for the kind of clandestine ...

• Dec-2004
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WHEN TWO HEARTS COLLIDE... Worldly tycoon Dane Rutherford was accustomed to handling billion-dollar negotiations, though one small-town girl had just gotten the better of him. He'd come to Lucius, Montana, with only one goal in mind -- revenge. Bu...

• Dec-2004
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When Polly, Beth, Carolyn, and Julia meet in a hot tub at the spa, the find a common thread of experience: toxic relatives. What's there to be done about undermining, meddling, scheming in-laws? These amazing women decide to fight fire with fire, and...

• Jan-2005
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Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Welcome to the insane and rar...

• Dec-2004
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One glimpse of a dusty boot and a muscular, jean-clad leg, and nurse Becka Washburn knew trouble had entered the emergency room. Up close, rodeo rider Jett Garret was even more handsome...and more dangerous to her fragile heart. So she stitched him u...

• Dec-2004
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Where peril and passion await... Wild child Madison Westcott detests convention and has no desire to marry. Thumbing her nose at London society, she deliberately turns her coming-out ball into a spectacle by unveiling a scandalous self-portrait. T...

• Dec-2004
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MEET SASSY, BRAVE AND BEAUTIFUL DELLA MARTIN: "Why on earth did I agree to this crazy plan? This multimillionaire Jack Bullen had a proposal for me: to pose as his girlfriend so he could avoid an unwanted marriage. I said yes -- it was a whole lo...

• Dec-2004
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Emily Pelosi has been trying to get her revenge on sexy Italian millionaire Tristano Ferre for five years. But now the tables have turned and Tristano is not letting Emily go until he gets all that he's owed....

• Dec-2004
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When Italian businessman Luigi Costanzo discovers that Megan, his beautiful estranged wife, is also the mother of his child, he is incensed! How dare she keep his daughter from him? Now he will do anything in his power to reclaim his wife and child. ...

• Dec-2004
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E.R. consultant Tom Whittaker is Sister Fliss Ryman's perfect man: tall, dark and not shy of commitment. With four children to bring up alone, Tom is the most committed man she knows, and he has no intention of taking on more. Nevertheless, he has fe...

• Dec-2004
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Two women in labor... A delivery ward chaos... A mix-up during a blackout... For three years, single mother Jillian Kendall had raised her daughter, Abby, and built a secure and loving home. But her happiness was threatened by Chase Remmingt...

• Dec-2004
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Peta O'Shannassy and Marcus had a wonderful whirlwind wedding -- but their vows are a sham: it's a marriage of convenience! Now billionaire Marcus Benson is showering his bride with gifts and offering a life of luxury. Surely that would be a dream co...

• Dec-2004
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Playing host at his country estate, Major Anthony Lyndhurst is making his return to Society, which has shunned him for four years. Rumor and speculation still surround the mysterious disappearance of his young bride. As family, friends and servant...

• Dec-2004
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In the twenty-first century, Earth is teeming with hostile aliens known as the Race. With geopolitical relationships boldly shifting into unheard-of alliances and mankind's technology advancing at a dangerously accelerated pace, a few daring American...

• Dec-2004
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Japanese Zeros appear in the skies over Hawaii and descend upon Pearl Harbor in a devastating attack that cripples the U.S. Navy fleet and airfields. One after another, the islands are conquered and occupied by the Empire of the Sun. In the hands of ...

• Dec-2004
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With their park view and their old-fashioned detail, the Victorian houses on San Francisco's Steiner Street were highly valuable. With their wooden construction, they were also highly vulnerable. So when Paul Hanover's multimillion dollar home went u...

• Dec-2004
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A trio of brand-new stories about three women who meet -- and become friends -- while stranded at the airport, en route to a holiday getaway where love is in store! Annette Broadrick introduces Kayla Parker, who can hardly believe that her best fr...

• Dec-2004
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A trio of brand-new stories about three women who meet -- and become friends -- while stranded at the airport, en route to a holiday getaway where love is in store! Annette Broadrick introduces Kayla Parker, who can hardly believe that her best fr...

• Dec-2004
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Beautiful Jessica Parks spent years under the watchful eye of her hard-hearted father, Walter, never able to trust anyone. But he was about to go on trial, leaving her free to rescue her mother from the Swiss asylum she'd been banished to long ago. ...

• Dec-2004
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The robotic Mach and the human Bane are the only contact between the technological world of Photon and the fantastical world of Phaze. So the Adverse Adepts devise a scheme to control the duo by kidnapping their lovers....