Books Published in October 2003

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SECRET AGENT LAWMAN Ever since DEA agent Alexander Cobb had given Jodie Clayburn a Texas-size brush-off, they'd been sworn enemies. But eight years later, an undercover operation brought them back together again. This cynical Long, Tall Texan coul...

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Since moving to Austin to ease the pain of tragic mistakes, Paris Gibson has led a life of virtual isolation, coming alive only at night when she hosts her popular radio show. Then one listener--who identifies himself as "Valentino"--tells Paris that...

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A ring in her stocking? When Patrick McGrath offers to take Ellie to her company's Christmas party, she reluctantly accepts. If nothing else, she can show the world -- and her cheating ex-boyfriend -- that she's not nursing a broken heart....

• Nov-2003
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For the Marcelli sisters of California wine country, the season is ripe for romance! Of all the Marcelli sisters, the one who dreams of running the family's winery is Brenna -- and she's about to get her chance. But taking the helm at Marcelli Wi...

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A Family Christmas brings together a couple estranged since just after their arranged marriage the year before, and gives them the perfect chance to start over....

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When a tragic family accident reunites Shannon Gilbraith with Luca Salvatore, she isn't prepared for the searing attraction that still flames between them. Luca urges Shannon to marry him, but she knows he isn't motivated by love. For the ...

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When a prominent conservative politician is killed inside his lakeside cabin, authorities have no suspect in sight. And two more deaths--seemingly isolated incidents, achieved by very different means--might be linked to the same murderer. With the he...

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E.R. Professionals: Dr. Zach Jordan & Dr. Keely Thompson The last time Dr. Zach Jordan had seen Keely Thompson, she'd been a typical teenager -- with a massive teenage crush on him. Now she was a fully qualified doctor, a beautiful young woman...

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In the darkness of her memory terror lurks Street artist Jade remembers little of her childhood except for the time she spent under the ruthless control of a cult leader, a time marked by terrible abuse and suffering. For the fifteen years since s...

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What Booker Dean wants for Christmas isn't under the tree, it's right next door. Frances Kennedy is everything Booker desires...and the gift he has planned for her involves a lot of delicious unwrapping......

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Jordan Wright had already talked to God about getting his wish, and so far nothing had happened. But a letter would definitely get His attention. He began to write: "Dear God, my daddy died wen his heart stopped beating. My friend's daddy plays baseb...

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The dragonarmies conquer all the land, leaving destruction in their wake. The once-proud nations of Ansalon have been divided for so long that none can stand and oppose the Dark Queen's minions. But now, a desperate band of Companions have one cha...

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A HAUNTED REALMS The dragon minions of Takhisis, Queen of Darkness, have returned. As the land is torn apart by war, the Companions must go their separate ways. Rumors of the legendary dragon orbs send some of the friends to the distant Icewall, whil...

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FAILURE WASN'T AN OPTION The Honorable Brenton Montgomery would break every rule to recover his kidnapped little girl. But he wasn't prepared to clash with the one woman he'd secretly loved for years, Detective Callie Cavanaugh, whose job it was t...

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When Frank Morgan sets up camp in a lush valley in Montana, the last thing he expects to see is fires lighting up the night sky as fields, farms and homes are torched by so-called “range detectives” working for two powerful ranchers. For the ranc...

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Banished from his Outback home, Brock Tyson had left Koomera Crossing without a backward glance. But Shelley Logan was secretly in love with him and has never forgotten their one stolen kiss.... Now Brock has returned to claim his rightful and con...

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The secure world that Rachel Wellers has carefully constructed is crumbling around her. Her sweet twelve-year-old daughter is turning into a sullen teenager before her eyes. The injuries she's just sustained in a hit-and-run accident are jeopardizing...

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THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT... Agatha Raisin, snug and warm in her Carsely cottage, has that same old feeling--boredom--until a report of a haunted house sends her and handsome new neighbor Paul Chatterton to investigate. Suddenly, middle-ag...

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When Greek billionaire Dimitri Petronides is forced to give up Xandra Fortune, his beautiful mistress, he's certain she won't be too distraught. For all the intense passion they've shared, she's never let him into her heart, and such ...

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BONDED BY FATE After coming home and finding her father unconscious and her mother mysteriously missing, homicide cop Savannah Tallfeather teamed up with the one person she knew she could trust. Riley Frazier had faced a similar situation nearly t...

• Oct-2003
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The Birth Place gave her sanctuary Hope Tanner escaped from her polygamous community in Superior, Utah, ten years ago -- pregnant and alone. She ended up at The Birth Place in Enchantment, New Mexico, where Lydia Kane, the clinic's founder, handle...

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SHE WAS CARRYING HIS BABY...AND RUNNING FOR HER LIFE Bounty hunter Olivia "Scout" Jackson was no stranger to danger -- but being pregnant changed everything. And wanting, trusting, kissing Pierce Maxwell was risking more than she dared. She couldn...

• Oct-2003
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The Sicilian will make her surrender When it comes to women, Stefano Lucchesi thinks he's known them all. But Fallon O'Connell is beautiful and wealthy in her own right and appears to need no one. Stefano's determined to have her, body...

• Oct-2003
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Willow Gail Dulan didn't like Rafe Pierce when he read her father's will. She sure didn't like him when he tried to talk Hank Gibson out of letting her and her four newly-found sisters travel to California with the wagon train of mail-order brides. <...

• Oct-2003
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Broken Road series presents an inspiring story about a man who has to rediscover his priorities after finding money and fame.   Robert Harlan has three loves in life: his wife, his daught...

• Nov-2003
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A bold woman known as the "duchess of Magnus" was wagered -- and won -- in a card game. But the woman who arrived was her shy, quiet cousin Eleanor. Eleanor de Lacy must have been mad to agree to exchange identities with her stronger-will...

• Oct-2003
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All her life, Olivia Moreland has denied her clairvoyant abilities, working instead to disprove the mediums that flock to London. But when Stephen, Lord St. Leger, requests her help in investigating an alleged psychic, she can't ignore the ominou...

• Nov-2003
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Genova Smith is a resourceful woman, but the Marquess of Ashart is a challenge even for her. Especially when she finds herself in the precarious position of accompanying him to the home of Lord Rothgar, his cousin and mortal enemy. Even more distress...

• Oct-2003
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Love & Daring in Mayfair What was a proper English lady to do when a pirate moved next door? Add the newly titled viscount to her list of possible suitors? Take his wildly eccentric young daughter under her wing? Let the outlandish rogue kiss her ...

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Settling into her new life as a private forensic consultant, Kay Scarpetta agrees to investigate a cold-case in Louisiana--the baffling eight-year-old murder of a woman with a history of blackouts and violent outbursts. Then she receives news that ch...

• Oct-2003
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People in pain often do not understand the wounds they give others.... SO GO THE WORDS OF ESTELLA, whose years have given her a wisdom she longs to share. But her insights give little reassurance to Andy, whose torment seems to obliterate any cha...

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"When next I see this medallion, it will be around the neck of my betrothed." With those words, originally uttered by his father, Prince Eric Greyfell dismissed Brit Thorson's theory about the mysterious medallion she thought she was given for luc...

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Rosamund Bolton is determined finally to live her own life. She has claimed her inheritance, rejected her latest suitor-- and decided to travel to the court of her dear friend, Queen Margaret of Scotland. It is against this lavish and unpredictable b...

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CROSSROADS After uprooting her teenage son from their small town to the big city, single mom Tess Lockwood discovers that Bruce has fallen in with a gang of troublemakers at school and she finds herself paying a visit to the principal's office. But ...

• Oct-2003
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Sophie knew she could never give in to her overwhelming attraction to South American millionaire Alonso Galvan. So she agreed to a loveless marriage to a man who left her with a pile of gambling debts. But Alonso has never renounced his vow that, one...

• Oct-2003
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A collection of original tales of mystery, intrigue, and murder inspired by the life, times, and work of William Shakespeare features contributions by Jeffery Deaver, Carole Nelson Douglas, Robert Barnard, P.C. Doherty, and other notable writers. Rep...

• Oct-2003
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FIVE YEARS TOO LATE.... She should have been mine, Victoria Ketchum thought as she cradled Jess Hasting's daughter. Instead, Victoria had turned from Jess, and he'd married another. Now a widowed single father, the lean, rugged deputy sheriff coul...

• Oct-2003
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The tree-lined streets and mystical shops of Salem, Massachusetts resonate with a seductive and brutal history. New Orleans musician Megan O'Casey has returned to the home of her ancestors to perform, with her husband Finn, in a weeklong series of co...

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At the request of her many fans -- Terri Blackstock revisits the heroic cast of characters in this fifth book in her best-selling Newpointe 911 series In Line of Duty, a bomb explodes at the Icon International building in New Orleans while lawyer Jil...

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This new trilogy from three best-selling authors explores the differing perspectives of three high school seniors on the events and choices leading up to the death of a classmate, Sammy. All feel a measure of guilt for their role in the loss of their...

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Following the success of Susan's first HeartQuest release, Happily Ever After, her new novel will delight readers with its well-woven plot and heart-stirring romance. Anne Lundstrom yearns for a safe haven from her painful past. Former gang member No...

• Oct-2003
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From the desk of Emily Winters Bachelor #2: Grant Lawson Title: General Counsel Problem No. 1: How to get the brooding lawyer to love again Problem No. 2: How to help Ariana in PR get custody of her unborn twins How about merging both proble...

• Oct-2003
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He's come to find her -- because he wants a baby... The man Becky Hanley nearly married has just walked back into her life! It's been years, but Italian Luca Montese is just as desirable as ever.... The attraction is overwhelming and she can't res...

• Oct-2003
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Crown Prince Alessandro Bussoni Ferara needs to make a purely practical marriage,and he's found the perfect bride! Emily Weston agrees to the prince's proposal. But once Alessandro's wedding ring is on her finger, it's revealed tha...

• Oct-2003
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The Queene's Christmas draws readers into the magnificent realm of Elizabeth Tudor and the magic of her Court at Yuletide, circa 1564. But in the intoxicating sixth novel of Karen Harper's celebrated Elizabeth I series, the Twelve Days of Chr...

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No one writes romance like Jo Goodman, especially with her magnificent quartet featuring the irresistible men of the Compass Club. In her third installment she holds readers spellbound as Gabriel Whitney, known as East to his friends, enters the life...

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FIRE ALONE CAN SAVE OUR CLAN... Tensions are still high among the warrior Clans that roam the forest, and as allegiances shift, it becomes harder than ever to know whom to trust. Fireheart is determined to find out the truth about the mysteriou...

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When GP Katharine Crawford walks out of the shower in her hotel room and into the arms of the husband she hasn't seen in five years, the love and passion they once shared is instantly rekindled. Now sure of Kate's love, Dr. Oliver Crawford is dete...

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A confirmed bachelor cannot forgive himself for a long-ago sin--that is, until his niece's governess teaches him a thing or two about Christmas in Carla Kelly's “Let Nothing You Dismay.”...

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An epic story that moves with force, passion, and authority, Balance of Power begins when President Kerry Kilcannon and television journalist Lara Costello at last decide to marry. But the momentous occasion is followed by an unspeakable tragedy--a m...