Books Published in December 2005

• Dec-2005
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Three women meet at a crossroads in their lives, each searching for new ways to grow - and find in each other the courage to take chances and embrace the future. With the undying support of her friends, Hayley and her new daughter have laid down r...

• Jan-2006
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Desert prince Shahir bin Harith al Assad has three simple rules: never sleep with a virgin, never get involved with an employee and never get married.... But rules are made to be broken! Kirsten Ross is innocent and penniless, and Shahir can't...

• Dec-2005
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Marriage: Millionaire banker Marcus Canning has decided it's time to become a father -- and a husband.... Penniless: Lucy is facing crippling debts alone -- having kicked out her cheating, stealing ex-husband, Nick.... Wedded: Lucy knows sh...

• Jan-2006
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To: Jack Hanson From: David Hanson Subject: Bringing you up to speed I know you resent being called away from your law firm at a time like this, but believe me, Jack -- your late father knew you were the only man who could save his business. You...

• Jan-2006
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New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux uncovers the passions and scandals that take a small town by storm when two cousins switch lives. Ariel and Sara never imagined their high-spirited attempt to step into each other's shoes would caus...

• Dec-2005
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They were the best of friends and the most daunting of bachelors: Charlie Harrington, a charming, handsome philanthropist; Adam Weiss, a forty-something celebrity lawyer; and Gray Hawk, a gifted artist with a knack for attracting troubled relationshi...

• Dec-2005
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The photograph was a warning. He'd found them again. Now she has no choice but to go ... Grace Archer hoped this day would never come. She'd taken her little daughter, Frankie, and started a new life at a remote Alabama horse farm. But the man st...

• Jan-2006
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This sexy novella, previously released in Mr. Satisfaction and Some Like It Hot, is now available as a standalone by New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson!Successful financial adviser Cathleen McAlister has worked hard to achieve what she ...

• Dec-2005
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When it comes to relationships, E.R. consultant Josh Sullivan is very happily single, and despite the attempts of the beautiful women he dates, he intends to stay that way. Single mom Dr. Kat O'Brien would usually be completely off-limits to him,...

• Dec-2005
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OPPOSITES ATTRACT, BUT THEY DON'T LAST At least that's what improper Southern belle Maggie Forsythe thinks after being unceremoniously dumped two weeks before getting hitched to a man even her mother approves of. Maggie has never given two figs wh...

• Dec-2005
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Sometimes hope for the future is found in the ashes of yesterday. Shane Galanter--a man ready to put down roots after years of searching. But is he making the right choice? Or is there a woman somewhere who even now remembers--as does he-- those l...

• Dec-2005
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JENNIFER ECCH IS SO TOUGH... * She's at Rotten School on an Wrestling scholarship! * Bernie Bridges calls her Nightmare Girl. But she'll do anything to get him to be her boyfriend. * That's why she joined the all-boys football team. With Jennifer...

• Dec-2005
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Smoke Jensen was once the fastest draw in the West. He was also tired of taking on every tinhorn upstart out to make a reputation. So Jensen hung up his .45s for good. Or so he thought... WHEN A WAR NEVER DIES, A SOLDIER NEVER RESTS. In the bush c...

• Jan-2006
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It's a predator eat predator world for the Were-Hunters. Danger haunts any given day. There is no one to trust. No one to love. Not if they want to live... An orphan with no clan that will claim him, Wren Tigarian grew to adulthood under the close...

• Jan-2006
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When Penny Sue Paine got Lucky, everyone was in an uproar. Because Lucky was the sweet-faced dog who had inherited the Paine millions! Now somebody wanted Lucky dead. So Penny Sue hired herself a tall, well-muscled hunk of a bodyguard.... When Vic...

• Dec-2005
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HER CHOO'S WERE MEANT FOR WALKING... Mia Appleby has it all. Just ask her. A fab career in marketing with a salary that keeps her in her favorite designers and a condo in the Los Angeles hills... everything she dreamed of as a little girl gazing out...

• Dec-2005
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Her Christmas wish come true... Nurse Eden Hadley hopes for only two things this Christmas. More than anything she wishes that the little orphaned boy on the children's ward, who has stolen her heart, can have one real family Christmas before ...

• Dec-2005
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SURPRISE, SURPRISE The last woman business consultant Marcus Danvers expects to find at Kline Electronics is Veronica Richards. He's supposed to be rooting out a corporate spy, not rehashing an old love affair--with the woman who sold out the compan...

• Dec-2005
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Bethany's plan was to travel to Rome, find a gorgeous Italian, have a week long affair and return home reassured she was not the passionless prude her ex thought she was. When Andre, a luscious business tycoon, crosses her path, it seems her plan is ...

• Dec-2005
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When Sally Renshaw receives a solicitor's letter informing her of an unexpected legacy she is surprised, and not a little curious - especially when she is summoned to spend a weekend at Hazeldene Manor, along with five other beneficiaries of the will...

• Dec-2005
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An innocent blind date spins out of control when two young lovers find themselves locked in a deadly embrace, trying to outrun the dark impulses of a killer.......

• Dec-2005
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“Karen Rose writes hold-your-breath suspense” (Karen Robards) and in this breathtaking novella she’s at her seductive best as an unexpected reunion between two friends ignites the dangerous impulses in a secret enemy… Emma Townsend is asto...

• Dec-2005
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In the Navy, blood runs thicker than water... FBI criminal profiler Ellen Tanner transferred out of Washington, D.C., to escape the grief of losing a husband. But her new partner, San Diego navy JAG lieutenant Jim Cochran, is a challenge she never...

• Dec-2005
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WHO EVER HEARD OF A DEAF DETECTIVE? A year ago, my dream had seemed impossible. But I, Merri Walters, had used my lip-reading skill to bring down criminals and had scored a job with Metro Police. Earning my detective's badge took guts and nerve, w...

• Dec-2005
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MISTAKEN FOR A MISTRESS! Taye Trafford's roommate has run off, leaving Taye in a very awkward position. She needs someone to share her apartment -- and the bills -- fast! So when Magnus Ashthorpe turns up on her doorstep, Taye has no choice bu...

• Dec-2005
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Trauma surgeon Jack Colcannon has always had a difficult relationship with the adorable Dr. Becky Baxter. Their brief relationship ten years ago only adds to the complication of them working together. But when Becky becomes the target of terrifyin...

• Jan-2006
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Why stop at just one night -- when he can buy so many more...? Greek multimillionaire Luke Devetzi will do anything to get Jemma Barnes back in his bed for a night of blazing passion.... When Luke discovers that Jemma's father is in financi...

• Dec-2005
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Adelida Broussau took a big chance by saying she was Rueben Hamilton's new bride. But even a rat will stand up and fight when it's cornered and she was surely feeling the pinch of being pushed in the corner. Her sister, Maria, was dead. Her sorry, Ya...

• Jan-2006
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First, she imagined it. Then a killer made it real. Rowan Smith is living in a borrowed Malibu beach house while her bestselling novel is made into a Hollywood movie. A former FBI agent with a haunted past, Rowan thinks she has outrun her demons. ...

• Jan-2006
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In this exhilarating new novel of romance and intrigue, New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather tells the tale of an adventurous young woman and the hardened spy who is unexpectedly�"and most inconveniently�"captivated by her.... Independ...

• Jan-2006
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The heat is on in Palm Beach -- and Rick and Samantha are sizzling. Samantha Jellicoe is no ordinary thief. At least, not anymore. She promised her significant other, British billionaire Rick Addison, that she'd retire from her life of crime. ...

• Dec-2005
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Will one night of unforgettable pleasure lead to a lifetime of hatred and desire...? Rhianna has struggled against the odds to survive since that fateful night. But she knows that, one day soon, the secret she carries will cost her.... Sure en...

• Dec-2005
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Cases don't get much colder than that of Violet Sullivan, who disappeared from her rural California town in 1953, leaving behind an abusive husband and a seven-year-old named Daisy. But PI Kinsey Millhone has promised Daisy she'll try her best to loc...

• Dec-2005
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Assistant D.A. Kate Megason is about to prosecute the case of her career -- a senseless double homicide caught on video. But before she can bring it to trial, someone starts sending her terrifying messages. Someone who obviously knows Kate's deep, da...

• Dec-2005
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AGENT-PROTECTOR AND THEN SOME Special Agent Jake Vanderpol swore he'd buried all tender feelings for Leigh Michaels. Until he learned that the arms dealer she'd testified against six years ago had escaped. Suddenly the memories were back... memori...

• Dec-2005
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For the first time in one volume, the New York Times bestselling author presents three tales of paranormal romance. In "Everything She Does is Magick," a trio of matchmaking witches chooses unsuspecting little Nathan McBride as the perfect mate f...

• Dec-2005
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Wife Wanted Love not required or even desired. Or so Chicago cop Jimmy Corona thought when he returned to his Oklahoma hometown and ran smack into Kara Brand. All Jimmy wanted was to find a mother for his son, someone to keep little Tyler safe wh...

• Dec-2005
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As editor of Alpha, the ultimate men's magazine, B. J. Carlyle is out to prove to her father, the publisher, that she's got what it takes to become editor in chief -- even if it means swallowing her pride and getting her ex, Buck Bravo, for December'...

• Dec-2005
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When mystery author Maggie Kelly pops across the pond for a movie shoot--accompanied by her once-fictional, now all-too-real (not to mention sexy) hero, Alexandre, Viscount Saint Just--she's in for a jolly good time... We are not amused... Don...

• Dec-2005
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In March 1987, Mercedes Lackey, a young author from Oklahoma, published her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. No one could have envisioned that this modest book about a magical land called Valdemar would be the beginning of a fantasy masterwork serie...

• Dec-2005
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Louisiana men? Honey, talk about the Big Easy... Bad boy bayou movie star Gabe Broussard has come back to his Louisiana hometown for some peace, but things only heat up the minute he reunites with Emma Quinlan. With her lush body and hearty appeti...

• Dec-2005
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When waitress Rachel McKaslin reluctantly let Jake McCall move into the apartment above her family's diner, she never dreamed the handsome tech sergeant would be so charming. Soon into their joyful courtship, Jake surprised her by proposing. Now, Rac...

• Dec-2005
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When one night leads to total possession... Skye Marston is being blackmailed into marriage. But she'll have one night of passion first, with a man she'll never meet again.... Theo Antonakos isn't used to rejection. His passionate partner has s...

• Dec-2005
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NOT EVEN LOVE COULD STOP HER... 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 sail...

• Dec-2005
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Holiday Hijinks When "Santa" left three tiny tykes in his care, Riley McCabe assumed it was just a ruse instigated by fellow prankster Amanda Witherspoon. The good-natured M.D. administered much-deserved payback by daring the pretty nurse to say "...

• Dec-2005
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A virgin for the taking! Constantine Zagorakis has left poverty behind to become a billionaire known for his ruthless tactics.... Lisa Bond has defied her past, too; now she's independent and successful. Their deal: One week on Constanti...

• Jan-2006
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DARKNESS, AIR, WATER, AND SKY WILL COME TOGETHER...AND SHAKE THE FOREST TO ITS ROOTS. The young cats who set off on a quest many moons ago have returned with a chilling message: The Clans must move to a new home, or risk extermination. But the dan...

• Jan-2006
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HE'S HAD TO WAIT NINE YEARS TO SAY, "I LOVE YOU..." Annie Shaw thinks her boyfriend, Michael Harding, died in a brutal attack nine years ago. Little does she know that Michael has been forced to live undercover with an assumed identity.... Now ...

• Dec-2005
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To love, or not to love? That is the question for widower Leo Montgomery, a boat designer who'd do anything to make his little girl happy -- except let himself fall for her sweet-faced nanny. Even if that nanny is staying in the bedroom next door....

• Dec-2005
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When city gal Summer Maxwell came to visit her family's Texas small town, her car broke down nine miles from her destination. World-weary and lagging in her faith, Summer didn't think things could get worse...until a handsome stranger came to her res...