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Joan Hohl
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Joan Hohl (82) lived in eastern Pennsylvania.
June 13, 1935 – June 16, 2017
Survived by her husband, two children and two grandchildren.
At 40, she began writing, and three years later she published her first novel “Come Home to Love” by Paula Roberts.
She is considered by many in the business a trailblazer in sensuous romance writing, having been one of the first, if not the first, author to write male point of view in category romance novels.
Full Series List in Order
Big Bad Wolfe
1 - Wolfe Waiting (Sep-1993)2 - Wolfe Watching (Jul-1994)
3 - Wolfe Wanting (Oct-1994)
4 - Wolfe Wedding (Jan-1996)
5 - Wolfe Winter (Dec-1998)
6 - Wolfe Wonder (Jan-2004)
Branson
1 - The Gentleman Insists (Feb-1989)2 - Handsome Devil (Dec-1990)
Jonas Thorne
1 - Thorne's Way (Oct-1982)2 - Thorne's Wife (Jul-1989)
Related Books
1 - A Taste for Rich Things (Jan-1985)2 - The Scent of Lilacs (Aug-1985)
The Sharps & Friends
1 - Texas Gold (Jul-1986)2 - California Copper (Oct-1986)
3 - Nevada Silver (Jan-1987)
4 - Lady Ice (May-1987)
5 - One Tough Hombre (Aug-1987)
6 - Falcon's Flight (Nov-1987)
Windows
1 - Window on Yesterday (Nov-1988)2 - Window on Today (Jan-1989)
3 - Window on Tomorrow (Mar-1989)
Multi-Author Series List
Gifts From a Billionaire
The M.D.'s Mistress (Sep-2008)Man of the Month
2 - The Gentleman Insists (Feb-1989)24 - Handsome Devil (Dec-1990)
44 - Convenient Husband (Aug-1992)
49 - Lyon's Cub (Jan-1993)
67 - Wolfe Watching (Jul-1994)
85 - Wolfe Wedding (Jan-1996)
102 - A Memorable Man (Jun-1997)
143 - The Dakota Man (Oct-2000)
Rich, Rugged Ranchers
3 - Beguiling the Boss (Mar-2013)Book List in Order: 56 titles
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Thorne's Way
- Oct-1982
- / Contemporary Romance
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Valerie Jordan felt that her own life had ended with the death of her fiance, but she was wrong. Life -- and love -- beckoned to her once more in the person of Jonas Thorne. A man of moods, of bewildering arrogance and stunning tenderness, he mad...
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Moments Harsh, Moments Gentle
- Feb-1984
- / Contemporary Romance
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Men Made In America (reissues) - 30
Men Made in America 2 (reissues) - 30
Silhouette Intimate Moments - 35
Silhouette Sensation - 86
With a throw of love's dice she staked her heart. Amidst the glamour and flash of Atlantic City's casino row, Nacia Barnes gambled with her future. Jared Ranklin was a builder and a man used to taking charge, but when he tried to take charge of N...
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A Taste for Rich Things
- Jan-1985
- / Contemporary Romance
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RICH MEN, RICHER MEN ... Charlott Marks cultivated her playgirl reputation with a vengeance. How could she ever let those contemptible society types learn that she wasn't like them, that she was actually the mysterious Max Charles, famous and resp...
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Someone Waiting
- May-1985
- / Contemporary Romance
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THE SUBJECT WAS MARRIAGE. Stacy Ernshaw went to Montana too interview a "professional housewife," Sandi Case, for Women First magazine. A few days with the Case family proved to Stacy that true love can create a perfect marriage. But a perfe...
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The Scent of Lilacs
- Aug-1985
- / Contemporary Romance
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ON THE HUNT... The moment Jake met Gayle he decided that she would fit into his plans perfectly. Having set out to acquire a suitable mother for his daughters, he had no idea that he would come to desire Gayle's naive sensuality and alluring f...
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A Much Needed Holiday
- Dec-1985
- / Contemporary Romance
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A CHRISTMAS ANGEL For Kate Warren, Christmas was a time of indifferent parents and empty feelings. So when she saw the beautiful child lost among the holiday shoppers, she vowed to give the neglectful parent a piece of her mind. But she was unp...
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Texas Gold
- Jul-1986
- / Contemporary Romance
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LONE STAR LOVE West Texas was everything fashion model Barbara Holcomb had expected: hot, barren and wholly uninviting. If it hadn't been for the pleading letter from her Aunt Ellie, she would never have left the comfort of New York. But then she ...
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California Copper
- Oct-1986
- / Contemporary Romance
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CALIFORNIA BEACH BOY? How else did one describe a magnificent, golden-bronzed resident of the California coast? Singer Aubrey Mason didn't know, and she didn't care to find out--until she gazed into Zackery Sharp's dark eyes. Zack was no boy. H...
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Nevada Silver
- Jan-1987
- / Contemporary Romance
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BROTHER-OR LOVER? Another brother was the last thing Kit Aimsley needed. She already had two, and they were almost more than she could handle. What Kit thought she needed was a lover--Logan McKittrick. But old habits are hard to break, and Logan h...
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One Tough Hombre
- Aug-1987
- / Contemporary Romance
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TWO OF A KIND The moment Nicole Vanzant saw Josh Barnet, she wanted him--pure and simple. But Nicole's reaction to the whipcord-lean hombre could hardly be termed "pure." And a relationship certainly wouldn't be simple. Nicole was a New York model...
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Falcon's Flight
- Nov-1987
- / Contemporary Romance
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A GAMBLE FOR LOVE Leslie Fairfield came to Atlantic City to enjoy herself. Her fantasy started at Falcon's Flight -- the ideal playground for indulging her every wish. Everything was fine until the devastatingly handsome owner captured her int...
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Forever Spring
- Mar-1988
- / Contemporary Romance
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Now was the winter of discontent for Paul Vanzant. His children were grown, the wife he'd once loved -- but who'd bitterly betrayed him -- was gone. He felt rudderless on a chillingly cold sea... Then he met Karen Mitchell -- a woman in th...
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Grand Illusion
- Jun-1988
- / Contemporary Romance
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The time Dawn Kingsley and Bryce Stone spent in the majestic Grand Canyon had been the stuff of dreams and illusions--not the normal interaction of everyday life. But Dawn soon found that her love for Bryce had the power to turn the ordinary into the...
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Window on Yesterday
- Nov-1988
- / Contemporary Romance
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Her mind ablaze with thoughts of handsome historian Sean Halloran, Alycia Matlock drives to colonial Williamsburg, oblivious to the furious rainstorm around her. A shared love of history, an uncanny sense of being kindred souls, Alycia can think of n...
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Window on Today
- Jan-1989
- / Contemporary Romance
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With her new art gallery a hit and her two best friends in town to celebrate, Karla Janowitz couldn't be happier. The absolute last thing she needs in her life is a man to complicate it. Then accomplished artist Jared Cradowg shows up -- gorgeous, de...
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The Gentleman Insists
- Feb-1989
- / Contemporary Romance
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MR. FEBRUARY... Who? Hank Branson What? One lean, rugged, devastating male. With? An uncontrollable desire for Laura Seaton. Why? She was the most irresistible female ever to sizzle a man's senses! Hank couldn't believe it! Five minutes wi...
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Window on Tomorrow
- Mar-1989
- / Paranormal Romance
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When Andrea Trask sets eyes on her new earth-studies professor, she knows he's perfect, the man of her dreams -- literally. In fact, Andrea has to pinch herself to make sure she's not dreaming. Handsome Paul Hellka and her fantasy are one and the sam...
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Thorne's Wife
- Jul-1989
- / Contemporary Romance
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Jonas Thorne - 2
Born In The USA (reissues) - 38
Mills & Boon Special Edition - 537
Silhouette Special Edition - 537
Valerie Thorne loved her husband with passionate devotion. When they'd first met, Jonas's bewildering moods and stunning tenderness had breathed new life into her. Now, three years later, Valerie felt a deep desire to be his partner and his equal in ...
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Christmas Stranger
- Dec-1989
- / Paranormal Romance
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CHRISTMAS EVE 1889 Shots rang out along with the peal of church bells. U.S. Marshal Matthew Hawk fell wounded onto the snow -- not ready to die. He'd just determined to make himself a better life, find a wife, maybe start a family. But Matt ha...
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Handsome Devil
- Dec-1990
- / Contemporary Romance
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Branson - 2
Man of the Month - 24
Men at Work (reissues) - 16
Mills & Boon Desire - 612
Silhouette Desire - 612
Mr. December Who? Luke Branson - the most sinfully seductive devil ever to tempt mortal woman. Where? The stark, sun-scorched mountains fo West Texas. With? A fiery passion for heavenly Selena McInnes. Why? He'd finally met his match! ...
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Convenient Husband
- Aug-1992
- / Contemporary Romance
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MR. AUGUST Convenient Husband: Jasper "Main" Chance -- over six feet of lean, muscled trouble -- who had a few things a certain beautiful, broke farm girl desperately needed... Disgruntled Wife: Stacy Hunsberger -- a woman with a ranch ...
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Silver Thunder
- Sep-1992
- / Historical Romance
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NO MAN COULD TAME HER REBELLIOUS SOUL... She was as wild as the rugged Wyoming Territory of her birth, all woman, primal and exciting, a platinum-haired enchantress who dressed and rode like a man. No one had ever threatened Jessica Randall's indepe...
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Footsteps in the Snow
- Nov-1992
- / Historical Romance
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A Christmas Eve miracle transports a sad and beautiful innkeeper two hundred years into the past -- to discover the glorious ecstasy of true and timeless love in the arms of a dashing colonial spy....
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Lyon's Cub
- Jan-1993
- / Contemporary Romance
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MR. JANUARY Name: Lyon Cantrell Species: Man -- sensual, powerfully built, dangerous. Magnificent. Native Habitat: Prowling the mountains of Cantrell, Pennsylvania. Prey: Mouth-watering, edible-looking, but venomous Elizabeth Ware. Years ago...
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Wolfe Waiting
- Sep-1993
- / Contemporary Romance
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THE FIRST BIG BAD WOLFE BROTHER Rookie cop Jake Wolfe would have to huff and puff to break down Sarah Cumming's door. The sexy professor with the big brown eyes was scared, and Jake found it mighty suspicious that she didn't seem to feel safer in ...
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Holiday Homecoming
- Nov-1993
- / Contemporary Romance
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Years ago, Diana had been desperately in love with her handsome stepbrother, but their one night of passion had torn apart their family, and Matt had been cast out of their lives. Now the man she'd never stopped loving was coming home for Christmas.....
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Shadow's Kiss
- Feb-1994
- / Paranormal Romance
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WHEN A WOMAN WITH A PAST... When Darcy Flynn left Philadelphia for Denver, the last thing she expected to find was a man. Yet before she could decide what to do with her new life, Darcy found herself face to face with a dark, handsome ghost who urge...
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Turquoise Yesterdays
- Jul-1994
- / Paranormal Romance
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A perilous fall carries botanist Laura Brand back 100 years -- and into the arms of a ruggedly handsome Nevada prospector...who will risk his mine and his life to stake his claim to a love far more precious than gold....
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Wolfe Watching
- Jul-1994
- / Contemporary Romance
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BIG BAD WOLFE: Undercover cop Eric Wolfe's binoculars steamed up every time he watched suspect Tina Kranas. SHADY LITTLE LADY: With a two-bit hood for an ex-husband and drug-dealing neighbors, Tina was probably as guilty as she looked. E...
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Wolfe Wanting
- Oct-1994
- / Contemporary Romance
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THE THIRD BIG BAD WOLFE BROTHER Megan Delaney thought she'd sleep easier with Sgt. Royce Wolfe right in the next room, all six feet five inches of him sprawled on her sofa. But after what she'd been through, a good night's sleep would be a long t...
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Compromises
- Apr-1995
- / Contemporary Romance
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A WAR OF WILLS... Frisco Styer never surrenders. And now that her father has woefully mismanaged the family business, it's up to her to save them both...by stopping the ruthless takeover bid of Lucas MacCanna... A BATTLE OF DESIRE... Lucas cares...
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Wolfe Wedding
- Jan-1996
- / Contemporary Romance
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MR. JANUARY Wolfe Wedding: Whoa! It's not me, Cameron Wolfe, FBI agent known as the "Lone Wolfe," who's getting hitched. I'm not the marrying kind. It's my brother--the youngest of four who's tying the knot. Cameron's Date?: To unwind before t...
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Another Spring
- 1996
- / Contemporary Romance
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ALL WOMEN HAVE DREAMS ... Lovely Elizabeth Leninger is the perfect Philadelphia society wife and mother. Until she suddenly finds herself widowed -- harboring secret dreams of a career of her own and the kind of sensual fulfillment she has only fant...
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Gone Fishing
- Jul-1996
- / Contemporary Romance
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Brilliant in the boardroom and bedroom, he's entry-level at instant daddyhood in bestselling author Joan Hohl's dramatic story, Gone Fishing....
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A Memorable Man
- Jun-1997
- / Contemporary Romance
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MR. JUNE The Memorable Man: Adam Grainger had never met the beautiful woman named Sunny until now, yet she claimed they knew each other intimately. The woman he forgot: Strong, tough men from Wyoming didn't forget women they'd been inv...
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Ever After
- Aug-1997
- / Contemporary Romance
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WHEN PRINCE CHARMING FINALLY COMES ALONG... Born and raised in a small Pennsylvania town, Cyndi Swoyer wouldn't give up on her dreams. But she never expected her prince to finally arrive ...in a late-model Buick! His name was Bennett Ganster, he was...
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Maybe Tomorrow
- Dec-1998
- / Contemporary Romance
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WHEN AN ANGEL-FACED WOMAN... Leigh Evans is a hot young talent in the cutthroat world of interior design. With russet hair and turbulent green eyes, she's a magnet for any man, and yet she couldn't care less. Promising herself she'll never fall in l...
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Wolfe Winter
- Dec-1998
- / Contemporary Romance
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FAMILY FIRST Officer Matilda Wolfe had been destined to follow in her family's law enforcement footsteps, but she swore she wouldn't fall in love as easily as the rest of the Wolfe pack. Not this Christmas, not during this case...and not with this m...
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Never Say Never
- Oct-1999
- / General Fiction
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Two stories of two women who resolve never to lose their hearts ... and the two men who teach them the meaning of the words, "NEVER SAY NEVER ..." MORGAN WADE'S WOMAN Wealthy and beautiful Samantha Denning is an independent woman and determined t...
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The Gift of Joy
- Dec-1999
- / Contemporary Romance
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A bride was not what a Texas-Ranger-turned-rancher was expecting for the holidays. Will his quest for a home lead to love?...
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Carried Away: Ryan Objects
- Apr-2000
- / Contemporary Romance
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Wondering why his headstrong son had gotten hitched so quickly, Ryan Callahan sought out mother of the bride Lindsay Dawson and was soon battling for control of his own tough as nails heart!...
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Something Special
- Jul-2000
- / Contemporary Romance
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WHEN THREE INDEPENDENT WOMEN... Stranded at a remote ski lodge in a blinding blizzard, Jennifer Lengle seeks shelter and warmth, never expecting to find both in the arms of sophisticated, seductive stranger Adam Banner. But Adam isn't looking for a ...
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The Dakota Man
- Oct-2000
- / Contemporary Romance
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"I make my own rules, and everyone must live by them." -- Mitch Grainger, bold, brash businessman She called him an arrogant, overconfident ram hiding inside the trappings of civilized clothing. And Mitch would not have his startlingl...
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Irresistible
- Mar-2002
- / Romance
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n Texas Gold, Texas Ranger Thackery Sharp was on the prowl for cattle thieves--but once he met Barbara Holcomb, the stakes got much higher, In California Copper he knew her face as though in a dream--Zack Sharp vowed to find Aubrey Mason wherever she...
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Simply Wonderful
- Sep-2003
- / Romance
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They Were Fated To Meet... Like the predator he's named for, Wolf Renninger is a loner, used to taking what he wants in both business and pleasure. With his silver-gray eyes and lethal charm, the hotel mogul usually gets his way--except where Micki ...
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Someday Soon
- Oct-2004
- / Contemporary Romance
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When Three Very Different Roommates... Adorable, disorganized Alycia Matlock is a dedicated history major who keeps her nose buried too deeply in her books to notice the scores of men who would gladly make her theirs...until she meets handsome histo...
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A Man Apart
- Mar-2005
- / Contemporary Romance
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CERTAIN THINGS WILL SET ONE MAN APART FROM ALL OTHERS Justin Grainger lived life by his own rules and they did not include settling down. So while at his brother's wedding, when he met the sexy maid of honor, he had only seduction on his mind. Layin...
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Cutting Through
- Aug-2005
- / Contemporary Romance
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The sweet core of every life is surrounded by many protective layers. In other words: getting to the good stuff means cutting through the...! And for childhood friends Julia, Krissy and Laura, there's a lot to cut through! Each grew up with grandi...
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The M.D.'s Mistress
- Sep-2008
- / Contemporary Romance
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Such arrogance! Nurse Becca Jameson spent months side by side with Dr. Seth Andrews in a tiny, understaffed, under-funded African hospital. He was bossy, gorgeous, brilliant...and she'd fallen for him, hook, line and scalpel. Now back in Philadelphia...
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In the Arms of the Rancher
- Nov-2009
- / Contemporary Romance
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The Rancher Takes a Wife? He was only in town for a short spell -- long enough to lasso himself some female companionship before heading home for the holidays. Yet the minute rancher Hawk McKenna entered her restaurant, he knew Kate Muldoon was boun...
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Beguiling the Boss
- Mar-2013
- / Contemporary Romance
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From Secretary to Wife? Jennifer Dunning's boss has made her an offer too good to refuse. Or is it? Jen knew Marshall Grainger's reputation with women before she took the job. Disillusioned with love, she expected to be immune to the sexy rancher...
Award-Winning Books by Joan Hohl
1985 Golden Medallion -- Short Contemporary