New Releases from SFA Authors

Mr. and Mrs. Quinn request the honor of your presence to read… Three intertwined short stories that are connected by one surprising wedding. The characters and their stories are sure to captivate your heart. The ebook contains the lead story, The Substitute Bride, as well as The Best Man’s Secret and The Wedding Planner’s Apprentice. You’re invited to… be delightfully entertained!

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The Substitute Bride

Hosting a glitzy wedding is nerve-racking enough, but when glamorous Megan Quinn cons her twin sister Kellie into a carrying out an awkward plan, it’s anyone’s guess who will end up in the groom’s arms on his wedding night.

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The Best Man’s Secret

Jeff Tanner’s back in town for his cousin’s wedding to his childhood friend, Megan Quinn. But things just don’t seem right, and Jeff wants to get to the bottom of it. The only problem is—the wedding ceremony has already started!

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The Wedding Planner’s Apprentice

Babysitting a wedding cake should be a simple task for Emma Moore, skilled apprentice at Ana’s Fantasy Weddings, to complete and get on to her special date. But nothing at this wedding goes as planned and the assignment—and Emma—abruptly spiral out of control.

Author: Victoria M. Johnson
Publisher: Victoria M. Johnson, Smashwords
ISBN: 978-1-4657-5987-0
Release Date: Feb 6, 2012

Joshua Brandon, a legendary and powerful rogue dark angel, meets a human woman whose soul he cannot take, and finds something he has not experienced before: love. At the same time, a new director comes to power in the Underworld, who asks for a test of Josh’s loyalty by delivering this very woman to him.

Melanie Worthington is back among the living, after reeling from the suicide of a close friend. She has no idea she is to become the pawn between two powerful dark angels, one who would command her as his personal concubine, and the other who would set her free.

Will their love survive the battle between the two dark angels, or will Joshua risk his own immortal life to protect the woman he loves?

Author: Sharon Hamilton
Publisher: AL Publishing
Release Date: December 16, 2011

Anne caught her husband cheating with the Maid of Honor before their wedding cake was cut. She decided to take her planned and paid for honeymoon in Tuscany, alone. On the evening of what was to be her wedding night, she gets bitten by a female vampire.

Marcus Monteleone has waited three hundred years to find his fated female, only to discover her dying in his arms. He saves Anne’s life by turning her, and then works to gain her trust, to cope with being a newly-formed golden vampire.

But when Anne finds out Marcus has not been completely truthful about his past, she vows to live as a human, and shuns the vampire world. Alone and unprotected, she falls prey to the very villainess who took her human soul, and who now takes the only man she’s ever loved.

Which lover will have to make the ultimate sacrifice to save the other before they both are lost?

Author: Sharon Hamilton
Publisher: AL Publishing
Release Date: December 26, 2011

Ever since Evie’s photojournalist dad died, paralyzing anxiety prevents her from picking up a camera. If Evie can’t pull it together soon, she’ll lose her position as Yearbook Photo Editor, and risk academic failure. Even worse, Evie’s supposed best friend, Parvani, wants Evie’s help with a love spell directed at Evie’s secret crush, Jordan. Despite a falling out, Evie never forgot Jordan. Now they are lab partners and the chemistry sparks between them. But Parvani wants Jordan for herself, and she possesses a brimstone-hissing spell book. Soon the moon will be in the optimum phase for a binding love spell. To save Jordan, Evie must join forces with Salem, the school Goth. The clock is ticking. Can Evie get her mojo back in time to check this spell?

Author: Ariella Moon
Publisher: Astraea Press
ISBN: ASIN:B0071B6500
Release Date: January 24, 2012

Twenty-two-year-old Emma Keane has a secret friend. He’s powerful, mysterious, and devastatingly handsome. In her dreams, anyway.

In real life, he’s an enigma. Maybe just a teensie jealous. Definitely overbearing. He’s also a voice only she can hear.

So who or what is he? He won’t say. But if she wants to be free, to be normal, Emma will have to trek to the jungles once ruled by the Mayans and find the forgotten ruin holding the answers.

However, the ruthless deity she’s about to unknowingly unleash on the modern world might not be so easily extracted from her life. Bottom line, he’s got enemies, and now, so does she.

Author: Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Publisher: Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, Smashwords

ISBN: 978-1-4657-9575-5

Release Date: January 15, 2012

Introducing the Wish Series From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Barbara Freethy. A SECRET WISH is the first book in a series of stories revolving around wishes that will be released in 2012.

Three women, three birthdays and one unforgettable night that will change their lives forever.

One night in San Francisco, three women make a birthday wish believing it can’t possibly come true. Liz is turning thirty. A successful nurse, she has a good career, but no man to share her life. All her friends are married, and she’s alone, still trying to outrun a tragedy from her past. Then she meets a handsome stranger.

Angela, a member of a large, loving Italian family, is facing thirty-five with no baby in the nursery. Eight years of infertility treatments have put a strain on her marriage. Will she have to choose between her husband and having a child? When she is mugged by an unexpected assailant, her life takes a new turn.

Carole, a corporate wife, is staring down forty candles. Having grown up poor, she worked hard to get ahead, but when her kids bail on her birthday, and she discovers her husband with another woman, she realizes that she may have nothing at all. She goes back to where it all began, the mother she left behind, and the man whose heart she once broke.

Author: Barbara Freethy

Publisher: Barbara Freethy

ISBN: 9780983651789

Release Date: 01-10-2012

The first book in the Gentleman’s Daughter Series

Regency England: rakes and radicals, poets and patriots, the hardy and the hedonistic. What is a gentleman’s daughter to do in these changing and challenging times? She will skirmish for love, ever polite, though sometimes her white kid gloves must come off.

Cecilia Wilcox’s frustrating and unsettling encounter with a handsome stranger is soon pushed from her thoughts by the appearance of her first love, the rakish, elegant best friend of her older brother. Disapproving of her daughter’s choice, her domineering mother takes her to London to find a husband. She introduces Cecilia to a charming rogue and the stranger, whose commanding and inscrutable presence both disturbs and captivates her. Amidst London balls and country house parties, Cecilia must wade through false assumptions, betrayals, and revenge to reclaim the man she loves.

Author: Reina M. Williams

Publisher: Kindle/Create Space

ISBN: B0061Y1JY6(kindle)/978-1468050301

Release Date: 12/8/11 (Kindle), 1/12/12 (Create Space)

An Irish lass. An English lord.
A love that overcomes all boundaries. 

August Grayson has secretly dreamt of the girl living on his family’s Irish estate since childhoods spent together in Killarney. Now a proper Lord of the British Empire, he knows that Maeve could never be more than just a distant fantasy. Still, if only…

Maeve O’Connor owns nothing in this world but her good name, which proves just enough to win a proposal for a marriage of convenience to a good, Irish lad. Until the wedding, however, she’s in dire straits. Rent on the cottage she and her father share is due, but there simply isn’t the money to pay. Driven to desperation, Maeve hopes Lord Grayson, her childhood-chum-turned-dashing-English-rogue, will prove lenient when she comes seeking clemency.

The temptation presented proves too much, and August offers Maeve a compromise: should she permit him twice as long on each succeeding visit to do whatever he wishes in pursuit of his pleasure, he will consider her rent paid. Starting with a mere five seconds, pulses soon out race the ticking clock, as August’s desires become Maeve’s own. Passion blinds them to the challenges closing in on both the Irish and English fronts, threatening to destroy the love they’ve discovered.

Working to bridge that which divides them, tempting fate with each stolen kiss, and torn between desire and obligation, Maeve and August must strive to overcome all and find a love by any measure…

Author: Killian McRae

Publisher: Tulipe Noire

ISBN: 9780983979708

Release Date: 11/8/2011

Alice Martin discovers herself in a quaint English shop. Iconic historical figures appear no sooner than she thinks of them; they come and go, offering advice. She learns she can change definitive moments in her life, to correct mistakes she made in the two most important relationships in her life: her first love, Quinn Radcliffe, a sensitive classical musician destined for the concert halls of the world; and Donovan Trist, a charming archaeologist with New England blue-blood and expensive scotch in his veins. Each has a hold on Alice that she doesn’t want to lose – but she must make a decision.

Throughout her journey, Alice is linked to one man and love by a melody; the luminous and evocative Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. As she moves towards finding happiness, Alice knows one thing is for certain – this is not a trip to Wonderland, but deep into her heart and soul.

Author: Ellen L. Ekstrom

Publisher: ireadiwrite Publishing LLC

Release Date: October 30, 2011

A widow with two small children, Amelia Beiler is struggling to make ends meet. She is running her late husband’s business, but it’s not what she was raised to do, which is run a home. When she gets an offer for the business from Eli Fischer, she’s only too relieved to consider it—especially when it looks like Eli’s interest might include more than just the shop. But when she begins to experience strange physical symptoms and is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, it’s difficult not to question God’s will. If she pursues the treatment she believes in, she risks going under the bann. But how can she allow Eli to court her when she can’t promise him a future?

Author: Adina Senft

Publisher: FaithWords

ISBN: 978-0892968541

Release Date: September 2011

Claire, A young guardian angel, haunted by memories of her human past, is sent to save the soul of a Brazilian-born painter who wants to take his life.

Daniel has been tormented by a powerful and seductive dark angel and his sexy female accomplice.

In helping Daniel, Claire discovers he is also the man she was created to love. But will their passion ignite the flames of their own destruction, or can she bear immortal separation to keep him safe?

Author: Sharon Hamilton
Publisher: AL Publishing
Release Date: June 12, 2011

TEMPT THE DARKNESS Strong-willed and independent, Paisley Nichols is used to taking care of herself. But when an insane mage begins tracking her every move and threatening her at every turn, she has no choice but to put her life in the hands of a demon.

RISK THE PASSION Burned by betrayal, demon assassin Iskander won’t get too close to anyone. He spends his days serving his warlord and his nights indulging in carnal pleasures . . . and that’s exactly how he likes it. But when a mage wages a wrenching psychic assault on his beautiful tenant Paisley, Iskander must defend her. Under his protection, she will be drawn irresistibly into his life and learn about her own mysterious powers. And not a moment too soon. The mage haunting her isn’t acting alone-and he won’t rest until he destroys both Paisley and Iskander.

Author: Carolyn Jewel

Publisher: Grand Central, Forever

ISBN: 978-0446563871

Release Date: June 2011

Katie Johnson may make her living consulting with new moms on the latest greatest baby gadgets no parent should be without, or which mommy meet-ups are the most socially desirable, or whether melon truly is the new black, but the success of her marriage to her husband, Alex, depends on controlling her own urges toward motherhood.

He refuses to do more than what he calls keeping an open mind, but when he gives her reason to doubt he means even that, Katie throws herself into helping her most clueless client of all: Seth Harris, a high tech entrepreneur who must raise Sadie, his newborn daughter, as a single parent after the tragic death of his wife in childbirth. As he navigates the bittersweet journey from mourning husband and reticent father to loving dad, Katie realizes that life, love, and families are precious gifts . . . ones that can’t always be planned.

For more on this and other books by Josie Brown, go to her website: www.JosieBrown.com

Author: Josie Brown

Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Gallery Books

ISBN: 9781439197127

Release Date: April 5, 2011

At the time in my life when I thought my love life was over, I traveled to Italy and was seduced by a younger man. What should only have been a one-night-stand continues much to the indignation of my grown children and friends.From Lucca to San Francisco and back to Lucca our romance sizzles with excitement and drama.

My memoir, Taking a Chance on Love, has been published on Amazon.com/kindle and BarnesandNobel.com/nook

Author: Jacqueline Harmon Butler

Publisher: Amazon.com/Kindle Barnesand Nobel.com/Nook

Release Date: 3-17-11

Depend on a man? Never! Emily McAllister wants nothing more than to control her own life, but when a vision of her best friend’s murder grips her, Emily’s forced to put her trust in the straight-laced sergeant responsible for closing the case. The police believe the drowning was accidental but Emily, haunted by dreams of the killer, knows better.Police sergeant Mark Thurgood is interested in facts, not premonitions, and he’s tried to steer clear of the ocean since rescuing two lives from its icy clutches. When danger threatens the free-spirited Emily, he’s determined to stay by her side. It isn’t until Emily finally begins to trust Mark that she realizes her reaction to him may be more than physical attraction. But when a detail emerges from the murky veil of her dreams she questions if the man she’s fallen for is actually a killer.

Author: Kristin Miller

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press

ISBN: 1-60154-906-7

Release Date: 2/2/11

Subject: Max St. James, U.S. Army Sergeant First Class

Current Status: On leave after a year in Afghanistan.

Mission: Take some R & R. Check up on a buddy’s little sister.

Obstacle: Sophia Castillo. Independent, stubborn…

and hot enough to make him forget she’s anybody’s “little sister”!

Max may be off duty, but he still has one last job to do. He’s promised to look in on—but not fool around with!—his best friend’s kid sister. Only once he meets Sophia, all thought of keeping his hands to himself go out the window.

Sophia, however, has different ideas. A recent widow, the last thing she needs is another man telling her what to do. Even if that gorgeous man leaves her drooling in a puddle of lust….

It’s a battle of wills. Who will end up on top? Max breaks every rule in the book to keep Sophia in his bed. After all, all’s fair in love and war. And Max is counting on life with Sophia being a little bit of both.

Uniformly Hot!

Author: Tawny Weber

Publisher: Harlequin Blaze

ISBN: 978-0-373-79596-3

Release Date: February 2011

Revenge. It’s all Grayson Spencer wants. Christophe dit Menart, a human with dark magical powers, destroyed the life she loved. She wants the pleasure of killing him, no matter the cost to her. If not for Durian, a dangerously sexy demon fiend charged with keeping Christophe alive, she would have succeeded, too. Now, she’s certain all hope is gone. But he has a plan and an offer she can’t resist…

Durian has spent his life as a trained and sanctioned assassin. His duty: to enforce the laws against demons harming humans. He’s always prided himself on staying out of the fray, carrying out his orders and honoring his fealty to his warlord, but never getting attached. Never until Grayson, a spunky and determined woman clearly gifted with magic herself. He convinces her to swear fealty to him so he can protect her and teach her to use her magic to taste the revenge she so desperately wants.

They’re soon bound together in a forbidden desire–a dangerous passion that calls into question Durian’s oath of loyalty to his warlord. When he refuses to return her to Christophe, his disobedience threatens to inflame the tumultuous war between demons and the magekind. Can they–and their love–survive?

Author: Carolyn Jewel

Publisher: Grand Central, Forever

ISBN: 978-0446563864

Release Date: 1/3/2011

AUTHOR: Shirley Marks
PUBLISHER: Avalon Books
ISBN: 978-0-8034-7796-4
RELEASE DATE:: December 24, 2010

Lady Augusta Worth, eldest daughter of the Duke of Faraday, will not settle of anything less than love.  When she arrives in London late in the Season she has hopes of making a match.  She has already attracted a long list of potential suitors, all of whom have noteworthy prospects. To help in making the difficult decision, she invites them all to a Country House party just after the Season’s end.

But before any future husband of Lady Augusta’s can approach her for her hand, he must also gain the approval of her family . . .   And that may prove to be more difficult than expected, as one by one, whether self-implicated, aided by another, or by sheer circumstance, each of her suitors discredit themselves.  It will take a true Gentleman of Worth to capture Lady Augusta’s heart.

Visit Shirley at: www.ShirleyMarks.com

Sunni Marquette has always been a little different. There’s the whole super-strength thing, for a start, which comes in useful for keeping guys from getting too close. Except that lately, Sunni keeps encountering people who are similarly “gifted”. Like Jacob Eddington, the mysterious man who seems to appear every time Sunni is in trouble. And her best friend Isabel’s new fiancée, Richard Lazarus, who’s as sinister as Jacob is attractive. Not that Sunni intends to interfere—until she learns that Richard is a vampire who’s made a centuries-long career of marrying wealthy women and then killing them for their inheritance.

Sunni is convinced Jacob is a vampire, too, and that he’s her only chance of saving Isabel. With his help, she’ll discover powers she never knew she possessed, an enemy who’s closer than she could have ever guessed, and the kind of love that’s worth staking everything on—if she can just stay alive long enough to enjoy it…

Author: Clare Willis

Publisher: Kensington

ISBN: 978-1-4201-0872-9

Release Date: 12/07/2010

Every Courtesan has a price…and a secret.

Jasmine Haynes completes her Courtesan trilogy with three sensuous stories that prove one good night can last a lifetime…

In “The Only Way Out,” Mac Dawson is determined to look after his widowed sister-in-law…who just happens to lead a secret life as a courtesan. He can’t stop her, but with a little help from Madam Isabel, he’ll make sure her secret is safe.But can he find a way to make sure he’s the only man to share her bed?

Cleo thought her luck with men had finally changed, but when she discovers that Walker Randall is a paid courtesan, she feels doomed to always meet “The Wrong Kind of Man.” Will Walker change his lifestyle…or simply teach Cleo how right a courtesan can be?

Isabel, Madam of Courtesans, has seen it all…but she never thought she’d see Royce again. He was the love of her life, and now he wants to be with her, hot and happily ever after. Can he handle knowing that Isabel is not only a madam, but a courtesan herself—or are there really “No Second Chances?”

Author: Jasmine Haynes

Publisher: Berkley Heat

ISBN: 978-0425237021

Release Date: 12/7/10

in the anthology Finding the Way and other tales of Valdemar

In March 1987, a young author from Oklahoma published her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. This modest book about a magical land called Valdemar was the beginning of a fantasy masterwork series that would span decades and include more than two dozen titles.

Now readers can take a journey to the world of Valdemar—with authors including Tanya Huff, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Fiona Patton, and SFA-RWA’s own Elisabeth Waters—each adding their own special touches.

Author: Elisabeth Waters

Publisher: DAW Books

ISBN: 0756406331

Release Date: December 7, 2010

They’re going to have a hot, hot Christmas…

The weather outside might be frightful—but the Cole sisters are indulging in something quite delightful…

Rita Mae Cole and Tyler Ramsey hail from feuding families. Be together? Impossible. But the incredible sex between them says otherwise….

Author: Tawny Weber

Publisher: Harlequin Blaze

ISBN: 978-0-373-79583-3

Release Date: December 2010

Women of Strength and Courage…

For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a grand generation of popular and acclaimed writers including Mercedes Lackey, Jennifer Roberson, and a host of others. Authors who have appeared within the pages of Sword and Sorceress represent the full spectrum of some of the brightest talent working today­from C.J. Cherryh, Charles de Lint, and Emma Bull… to Deborah J. Ross, Diana L. Paxson, Steven Brust, and Laurell K. Hamilton.

We are proud to continue the classic and vibrant feminist tradition with this twenty-fifth volume of new magical adventures edited by Elisabeth Waters, secretary and co-editor to Mrs. Bradley.

Here are twenty original stories of remarkable women of power, swashbuckling and magic, spells and duels, arcane sorcery and fabled heroism, written by familiar word-weavers of excitement and adventure, and bright newcomers who are sure to become favorites.

Enter a wondrous universe…

Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword and Sorceress

Volume 25 includes stories by Dave Smeds, Amy Griswold, Michael H. Payne, Michael Spence, Elisabeth Waters, Deborah J. Ross, Catherine Soto, Pauline J. Alama, L. M. Townsend-Crow, K. D. Wentworth, Helen E. Davis, Robin Wayne Bailey, Steve Chapman, Steven Brust, Kate Coombs, Jonathan Moeller, Lauren K. Moody, Josepha Sherman, Barbara Tarbox, Jonathan Shipley, and Susan Wolven.

Author: Elisabeth Waters

Publisher: Norilana Books

ISBN: 1607620812

Release Date: November 15, 2010

Two very different yet enticing men, one very big choice…

Grant Tyler is sophisticated, intelligent, controlled, and a highly successful CEO of a Fortune 500. He’s Rena Lancaster’s perfect match, same background, same career path, they speak each other’s language. In bed, he makes her see stars. But then there’s Karl Kristiansen. Every bit as virile, masculine and intelligent as Grant, he’s her contractor, earthy, hands work-roughened, body tough, and powerful. And he takes Rena’s senses by storm.

When Grant decides he wants Rena exclusively, he forces a decision on her. And it’s Karl who comes up with the perfect test for choosing between them, make love with them both at the same time, and see who does the best job.

When their sexual play becomes a true ménage, with Grant and Karl each trying to top the other, willing to do anything Reba asks, even touch each other, the three of them together are like spontaneous combustion. Now that she’s had a taste of the real thing, how can Rena choose between these two perfect men when they both give her different things she craves?

Author: Jasmine Haynes

Publisher: Loose-Id

ISBN: 978-1607378372

Release Date: Aug 2010

In her novel Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives, Josie Brown explores the perceptions and deceptions affecting two marriages.

The Harpers, Lyssa and Ted, are firmly entrenched in the tony Silicon Valley town of Paradise Heights, California, unlike DeeDee and Harry Wilder, who are admired by all, but politely aloof to their neighbors. When word gets out that DeeDee has walked out on Harry and their two children, Lyssa’s friends ramp up the gossip surrounding the couple, ignoring their own personal issues: infertility, infidelity, and eating disorders.

At least one of the rumors is true: to hold on to his children and his home, Harry, once a workaholic, realigns his life and becomes a stay-at-home dad. Touched by his efforts at trial-by-error single parenting, Lyssa befriends him, never realizing the effect their relationship will have on her close-knit circle of friends—or its explosive impact on her own marriage.

“Josie Brown writes with all the secrets, sex, money and scandal of an OK! Magazine cover…Truly entertaining reading.” – Jackie Collins

For more information, visit Josie’s website: www.JosieBrown.com

Author: Josie Brown

Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Downtown Press

ISBN: 978-1439173176

Release Date: June 1, 2010

With Courtesans you get more than you pay for…

Jasmine Haynes jacks up the sexual tension with the Courtesans who help men and women devise steamy plans to seduce and ravage the loves of their lives…

In “Three’s a Crowd,” a couple’s steamy ménage à trois fantasy seems destined to tear their marriage apart. So husband Seth plans to fulfill Courtney’s every desire—by giving her his undivided attention. Now all he needs is a little bedroom help from the ever-inventive Courtesans.

She knows it’s unethical, but CEO Devon Parker’s whole body burns for CFO Hunter Nash. So she consults the Courtesans, who figure that sleeping with a “Stand In” should suffice. A perfect plan, but for one thing: the real Hunter’s watching.

In “Surrender to Me,” when Haley’s husband dies in the arms of another woman, she can hardly forgive his business partner, Simon, for keeping the infidelity a secret. For Simon, there is no forgiveness to be had.Until he forms a plan with the Courtesans. And in it, Haley might just lose her inhibitions—and her heart.

Author: Jasmine Haynes

Publisher: Berkley Heat

ISBN: 978-0425234174

Release Date: 5/4/2010

A naughty little story with a bit of bondage and a very good spanking!

Natalie Beaumonde’s life turns upside down the day she walks in on her boyfriend, Van, playing submissive to a beautiful dominatrix.Not only has she been betrayed, but Natalie loses her belief in herself as a desirable woman.When she starts making mistakes at work, her career being the one thing she’s always excelled at, she’s in danger of losing her self-worth and her job.

Lincoln Masters isn’t like most bosses.Instead of issuing a reprimand, he decides his sexy executive assistant needs a good spanking, something he’s been dying to deliver for almost a year.And afterward, he hatches a plan to help Natalie rebuild her self-confidence and show her wandering man the error of his ways; become the sexy dominatrix her boyfriend is looking for.Being a Master himself, Lincoln’s the perfect dom to help her execute the delectable punishment.

Lincoln’s terms for helping her?He wants a piece of Natalie, too.Suddenly, Natalie finds herself with a growing fascination for her boss and all the exciting, deliciously naughty things he can do for her.When Van’s punishment is complete, can she go back to being just Mr. Masters’ assistant?

Author: Jasmine Haynes

Publisher: Loose-Id

ISBN: 978-1607375678

Release Date: April 2010

AUTHOR: Jasmine Haynes
PUBLISHER: Berkley Heat
RELEASE DATE:: February 2, 2010

Seduction is a cinch in these four sizzling stories from the hot authors of Unlaced. And that’s not just talk. These women deliver…

Jaci Burton breaks the rule about mixing business with pleasure…Jasmine Haynes explores the lust of a former supermodel who needs to finally fulfill a no-holds-barred sexual fantasy…Joey W. Hill reveals the erotic bond between a master and the beautiful submissive who stole his heart…And Denise Rossetti goes beyond the limits of desire when she pairs a battle-scarred veteran of love and war with a woman who’s just as fearless and twice as dangerous.

www.jasminehaynes.com

AUTHOR: Allison Brennan
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
RELEASE DATE: February 1, 2010

Haunted by chilling memories of demonic possession and murder, Moira O’Donnell has spent seven years hunting down her mother, Fiona, whose command of black magic has granted her unprecedented control of the underworld. Now Moira’s global search has led her to a small California town that’s about to become hell on earth.

Tormented by his own terrifying past and driven by powers he can’t explain, ex-seminarian Rafe Cooper joins Moira’s dangerous quest. But Fiona is one devilish step ahead. Hungry for greater power, eternal youth, and stunning beauty, the sorceress is unleashing upon the mortal world the living incarnations of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Together with a demonologist, a tough female sheriff, and a pair of star-crossed teenagers, Moira and Rafe are humanity’s last chance to snatch salvation from the howling jaws of damnation.

AUTHOR: Veronica Wolff
PUBLISHER: Berkley
RELEASE DATE: February 1, 2010

A seventeenth-century Scotsman avenges the death of his greatest love and becomes a notorious pirate for twenty years. When the past and present become entangled, he wonders if it could be his haunted heart that is adrift.

AUTHOR: Marie Tuhart
PUBLISHER: The Wild Rose Press, Wilder Catalogue
RELEASE DATE: January 22, 2010

Bad boy businessman Joe Bradshaw has achieved almost everything he’s wanted in life, but his strait-laced colleague Victoria Collins is proving an elusive challenge. A steamy encounter in the elevator begins a wild journey of sensual discovery. Joe’s determined to break through Vicki’s barriers to reveal the redhot woman hiding inside. But Vicki is stalked by her past–her ex-fiancé will stop at nothing to get her back. Falling in love and keeping Vicki safe could be the biggest challenges of Joe’s life.

AUTHOR: Kate Moore
PUBLISHER: Berkley Sensation
RELEASE DATE: January 5, 2010

To Tempt a Saint begins the Sons of Sin trilogy, the tale of three brothers whose mother is a famous London courtesan. In book one, Xander, knighted for saving the Prince, but still unaccepted in London society must marry the first willing heiress he finds to fund the search for his missing brother. Blue-blooded orphan Cleo Spencer must marry to get access to her inheritance and free herself from her unscrupulous uncle’s control of her life. Their convenient marriage is thwarted by a most inconvenient love.

www.katemoore.com

AUTHOR: Amanda Scott
PUBLISHER: Grand Central
RELEASE DATE: January 1, 2010

Flaxen-haired and beautiful, Lady Mairi Dunwythie is heiress apparent to the wealthy nobleman blocking Clan Maxwell’s attempt to control much of southwest Scotland. Her first meeting with handsome Robert Maxwell ignites an attraction that is immediate, intense, and almost irresistible—until she learns he is asking her father to submit to the Maxwells’ demands.

Rob is a warrior, a man of action. So when Mairi’s father stands defiant, Rob daringly abducts Mairi. As clan tensions mount, passion escalates between Rob and Mairi, tempting them beyond reason.. Soon the two lovers must choose between loyalty and love … before the eruption of all-out clan war.

AUTHOR: Shelley Adina
PUBLISHER: Hachette FaithWords
RELEASE DATE: January 1, 2010

The girls of Spencer Academy are ready to take on life after high school … if they can make it through their last term!

Lissa Mansfield has come a long way since transferring to Spencer Academy two years ago. She’s made a great group of friends in Gillian, Carly, Mac, and Shani. She’s strengthened and grown her relationship with God. She’s even gotten over the Callum McCloud “incident” from her first term. Now she’s set to graduate and experience college life!

But with the girls about to separate and head in different directions, Lissa is faced with some of her biggest challenges yet. Her archenemy, Vanessa Talbot, has a shocking secret?one that could destroy her reputation forever. Can Lissa act on God’s prompting and reach out to her foe when Vanessa needs a friend the most? And with college on the horizon, will Lissa and Kaz finally come to terms with their feelings for each other? High school may be ending, but the excitement has just begun!

AUTHOR: Susan Crosby
PUBLISHER: Silhouette Special Edition
RELEASE DATE: January 1, 2010

YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN…

Newly minted father Donovan McCoy had to give it a try -he owed it to the little boy who now called him “Daddy.” So the photojournalist had to say goodbye to his life on the road and learn to find joy a little closer to home. Perhaps with the girl, now woman, who, despite all his travels, he’d never been able to forget?

OR CAN YOU?

Beauty-queen-turned-attorney Laura Bannister had never really left. But she’d long abandoned the hope of attaining her real definition of home -a man she loved and children of her very own. Yet here was Donovan and his precious child, making her wonder if happily-ever-after could still be in the cards, for all of them….

AUTHOR: Tawny Weber
PUBLISHER: Harlequin Blaze
RELEASE DATE: January 1, 2010

…in Blazing Bedtime Stories {Volume III}

Fan favorites Tori Carrington and Tawny Weber invite you to indulge in two tales of love, adventure… and really hot sex!

Reporter Sebastian Lane knows he’s tangled with the wrong woman when she puts a curse on him to lose his sexual mojo! It’s going to take a real woman to save him. Luckily, Jordan Olliver has a weakness for Sebastian, warts and all….

AUTHOR: Clare Willis
PUBLISHER: Zebra
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2009

Is it more than just a one-bite stand?

Angie McCaffrey has endured her share of liquid lunches and boardroom schmoozefests to win new advertising clients. But her latest account—a cosmetics line for wannabe vampires—involves some unusual customer research at San Francisco’s hippest private nightclub. The “undead” patrons are about as genuine as Macabre Factor’s press-on fangs, but one thing is very real—the skin-tingling connection Angie feels with her clients’ mysterious friend, Eric Taylor.

Still, there are a few problems with this hot new romance. 1) Eric is rumored to have dated Angie’s scheming boss, Lucy. 2) Lucy, missing for days, just turned up dead and bloodless. And, oh yeah, 3) Angie has suddenly developed a teeny aversion to sunlight. Is Eric a real vampire, a killer, or both? Angie’s got a lot riding on the answer—her life, her heart, and maybe even her soul…

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AUTHOR: Elisabeth Waters
PUBLISHER: Penguin
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2009

In Changing the World: All New Tales of Valdemar, edited by Mercedes Lackey. In March 1987, a young author from Oklahoma published her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. This modest book about a magical land called Vademar was the beginning of a fantasy masterpiece that would span decades and include more than two dozen titles. Now sixteen of today’s hottest fantasy authors—including Tanya Huff, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Fiona Patton, Judith Tarr, and Elisabeth Waters—visit the world of Valdemar, adding their own special touches.

AUTHOR: Jenny Andersen
PUBLISHER: The Wild Rose Press
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2009

Luke Stone has spent ten years in prison for someone else’s crime. The last thing he wants when he gets out is to return to the town whose people falsely accused him, but a man with no possessions, no home, and no future has little choice.

Hannah Bluefield has loved Luke all her life, but he doesn’t know it. She knows he’s innocent, and his parole is a godsend. Luke needs a job. Her struggling ranch needs a strong back. And Hannah needs to know if she’ll ever mean as much to him as he does to her.

Luke wants desperately to leave Stone’s Crossing, but he can’t resist his attraction to Hannah. Can he put aside his past and let himself care for her, or will the pull of freedom be too much?

AUTHOR: Shirley Marks
PUBLISHER: Avalon Historical Romance
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2009

Even though she missed her London Season debut, Lady Eugenia Abbott’s dreams of attending exciting parties and meeting dashing young gentlemen comes true. She travels with her aunt to the seaside city of Brighton for post-Season gaiety. Lady Eugenia becomes a social success, makes the acquaintance of a handful of new close friends, and befriends an eccentric Austrian musician. She even catches the attention of an elusive duke whose curious behavior causes her to question his intentions. In her pursuit of the duke, Lady Eugenia stumbles onto a deadly plot which places her life and that of the man she loves in danger. Given time, Eugenia can forgive the duplicity, but it’s quite another thing to forget the betrayal of her heart.

AUTHOR: edited by Elisabeth Waters
PUBLISHER: Norilana Books
RELEASE DATE: November 15, 2009

Authors who have appeared within the pages of Sword and Sorceress represent the full spectrum of some of the brightest talent working today. We are proud to continue the classic and vibrant feminist tradition with this twenty-fourth volume of new magical adventures edited by Elisabeth Waters, secretary and co-editor to Mrs. Bradley.

Here are seventeen original stories of remarkable women of power, swashbuckling and magic, spells and duels, arcane sorcery and fabled heroism, written by familiar word-weavers of excitement and adventure, and bright newcomers who are sure to become favorites. This volume includes stories by Deborah J. Ross,Helen E. Davis, Elisabeth Waters & Michael Spence, Brenta Blevins, K.D. Wentworth, Teresa Howard, Catherine Soto, Josepha Sherman, Cate McBride, Cynthia Ward, Jonathan Moeller, Dave Smeds, Therese Arkenberg, Michael H. Payne, Annclaire Livoti, Julia H.West, and Melissa Mead.

AUTHOR: Rachelle Chase
PUBLISHER: Kensington Publishing
RELEASE DATE: November 2009

Brave, bold, and dangerously sexy, firefighters are every woman’s fantasy. Meet three hot heroes who take scorching desire to a whole new level…

The Firefighter Wears Prada by Rachelle Chase
When fashion designer Delta Ballantyne asks firefighter Evan Marshall to model her sexy line of men’s underwear, she can’t stop the sizzling fantasies running through her mind, beginning with sophisticated foreplay…and ending with the ultimate climax…

Too Hot to Handle by Susan Lyons
Executive Jade Rousseau needs to find a fake fiancé to parade around her company’s social events. When her friends bid on red-hot firefighter Quinn O’Malley at a benefit auction, Jade knows the man has to be hers – and she can’t wait to feel the passion…

Playing With Fire by Jodi Lynn Copeland
Ever since Erica Donelson’s ex-husband left her, his former best buddy, firefighter Lincoln Gabriel, has been there for her. But before long, their warm friendship heats up to a burning lust that won’t be denied…

AUTHOR: Jasmine Haynes
PUBLISHER: Berkley Heat
RELEASE DATE: November 1, 2009

RT Top Pick!

Enter the exclusive agency called Courtesans and find a glitzy, sensual world of powerful people and the
courtesans they’ll pay anything to have.

Meet Marianna Whitney, Dominique Lowe, and Noelle St. James—three ordinary women who discover that becoming modern-day courtesans can help them satisfy their clients’ most extraordinary fantasies, as well as their own. Transformed into mistresses of the night, these three women discover that sometimes fulfilling your deepest desire can be the most dangerous to your heart…

AUTHOR: Veronica Wolff
PUBLISHER: Berkley
RELEASE DATE: November 1, 2009

He was her one true love. He just lived in another century.

An online dating service may have pronounced Felicity “unmatchable” but she’s determined—and destined— to find her perfect mate. All it takes is a mystical deck of Tarot cards to put her dreams to the test.

Light a candle. Choose a card. And old Scotland is only a wish away…

Scarred by betrayal, Will Rollo lives to defend the monarchy against traitors … and he rides alone. The last thing he needs to contend with is a lovestruck woman. So when Felicity appears, spirited by magic, Rollo’s determined to crush all tender feelings for her. But as passion binds them in a dark era, where witchcraft is punishable by death, Rollo must make a daring choice: send Felicity back to her own time, or endanger both their lives….

AUTHOR: Bella Andre
PUBLISHER: Dell
RELEASE DATE: October 27, 2009

Sam MacKenzie is a wildland firefighter with few peers. He’s utterly fearless – there’s no one waiting for him at home, no reason not to risk it all. Out of the blue, the only woman he’s ever loved – the same one who ground his heart to dust ten years ago – shows up begging him for help. Dianna’s sister is in big trouble somewhere in the rugged Colorado Rockies, and he’s the only person Dianna knows with the skills to track her sister down.

Working together on their quest to find Dianna’s sister, they soon realize there’s a killer on the loose and his true target isn’t Dianna’s sister…it’s Dianna herself. Using his extreme outdoor skills, Sam needs to track down the killer, before he loses the woman he loves forever.
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AUTHOR: Brenda Novak
PUBLISHER: Book #6 of The Last Stand series Mira
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2009

Unraveling the truth behind the murder of his ex-wife and son, Sebastian Costas has followed a lead to Sacramento. The evidence suggests a murder-suicide, but something he heard the week before the killings won’t allow him to accept that. He believes her second husband—a cop —killed her and the boy, then faked his own death. But proving it isn’t easy. He finally gets the break he needs when Jane Burke, an investigator with The Last Stand, calls him in connection with a separate crime that could lead him straight to the murderer. Once the wife of a serial killer, Jane has spent the past five years rebuilding her life and fighting violence. The last thing she wants to do is fall in love again. But once she meets Sebastian, she’s determined to take that risk. She finally has a chance at happiness—if they can stop a murderer before he stops them.

AUTHOR: Anne Marsh
PUBLISHER: Dorchester
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2009

No matter how they try to flee, the virgins who enter the twisting tunnels of the Guardians are destined to be caught. Actually, most don’t try too hard. The stories of warriors who can take on Cat form, of lovers who can make a woman scream with pleasure, are just too enticing.

But Miu is no virgin, and she’s joined the Hunt with her own agenda. After she steals the moonstone necklace she’s been sent for, she has no intention of becoming some Cat’s tasty morsel. Too late she discovers these kitties have some deliciously kinky habits, and the dark hunter on her trail isn’t about to let impudent thievery go without punishment of the most exquisite kind.

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AUTHOR: Brenda Novak
PUBLISHER: The Last Stand series Mira
RELEASE DATE: September 1, 2009

When Air Force Captain Luke Trussell opens his door one Sunday morning, he’s shocked to find the police—and even more shocked when they charge him with rape. He knows he made a mistake in judgment the night before, but he certainly didn’t force his attentions on the woman who’s been stalking him for months. Problem is … Kalyna Harter has the bruises—and the DNA evidence—to make her claim convincing. Determined to isolate Luke, Kalyna goes to victims’ rights advocate Ava Bixby of The Last Stand, hoping Ava will help put Luke behind bars. But Ava soon realizes she’s defending the wrong victim. Problem is … switching her support to Luke could be dangerous—especially when she falls for him. Because Kalyna won’t tolerate losing the man she wants to anyone. Least of all Ava …

AUTHOR: Kate Perry
PUBLISHER: Grand Central
RELEASE DATE: September 1, 2009

Carrie Woods just can’t resist temptation. To solve an ancient mystery, she “borrows” a precious, legend-cursed scroll from a Chinese monastery. But with the scroll comes danger: bizarre powers, life-threatening accidents, and, most frightening of all, one sexy Guardian’s icy-hot gaze.

Maximillian Prescott is all too happy to strip this innocent-eyed thief of her secrets and the scroll, yet he’s determined to fight the undeniable attraction pulling them together. But Max isn’t Carrie’s only pursuer, and there’s just one way to keep the scroll safe. This adventurous blonde and brooding Guardian must dare to join forces and bare their souls to each other . . . before their enemies take not only the scroll but Carrie’s life.

AUTHOR: Shelley Adina
PUBLISHER: Hachette FaithWords
RELEASE DATE: September 1, 2009

Finals week is approaching, and Lady Lindsay (Mac) MacPhail is still undecided on where to spend the holidays. Normally she’d go home to Scotland, but spending two weeks alone in the castle with her dad isn’t as appealing as it used to be. So she invites Carly, Lissa, Gillian, and Shani to join her! Mac is determined to make this the best Christmas ever. She decides to organize the traditional Hogmanay dance for New Year’s Eve. If she can get her mother involved, maybe her parents will finally get back together. But when Mac and the girls arrive in Scotland, they are faced with bad news: The castle is falling part and Mac’s parents are struggling financially. Not only that, but Shani is in trouble with Prince Rashid’s royal family. Can the girls find a way to celebrate the holidays, get Mac’s parents back together, save the castle, and rescue Shani … and will Mac believe it’s all part of God’s plan?

AUTHOR: Susan Crosby
PUBLISHER: Silhouette Special Edition
RELEASE DATE: September 1, 2009

First comes baby …

Keri Overton thought her one night of passion with Jake McCoy would be her only memory of him—until she discovered she was pregnant with his child. Fortunately, a safe haven beckoned: Jake’s hometown of Chance City. Too bad he was out of town. Permanently, it seemed.

Then comes marriage … and love? But imagine her surprise at a surprise baby-shower guest: the child’s father! And everyone expected these “soul mates” to marry, so marry they did. Could their in-name-only union possibly turn into the real thing?

AUTHOR: Tawny Weber
PUBLISHER: Harlequin Blaze
RELEASE DATE: September 1, 2009

Hello, hot blast from the past!

Zoe Gaston needs to unmask a mystery man for work. She also must survive her dreaded high school reunion—and the costume party that opens it. So Zoe, once voted Girl Most Likely to Die a Virgin, comes dressed as a leather-clad dominatrix … whip and all! Her scandalous costume catches a secret lover. He seems so deliciously familiar under his disguise … He’s gotta be her long-ago crush. But Zoe is shocked to discover the sexy body she’s been so thoroughly enjoying belongs to Dexter Drake—her oldest friend! And he’s hiding something bigger than just his identity …

Dressed to thrill. The best part of dressing up is taking it off!

AUTHOR: Pamela Fryer
PUBLISHER: Samhain
RELEASE DATE: August 25, 2009

In a single phone call, Lily Brent’s entire life—past and future—becomes foggy with confusion and danger. Her estranged sister is dead, and the body is lacking one definitive mark: a surgery scar from the kidney Lily thought she’d donated to her sister long ago.

There’s more than a mystery on her hands. There’s a niece she never knew she had, and a madman on her trail who’s hell-bent on getting the child back.

When a beautiful woman crashes her car into his remote mountain gas station, followed closely by a man with a silencer-equipped pistol, three years of inactive duty fall away as Miles Goodwin springs into action. He saves Lily and her golden child, but nothing can save him from the painful reminder of the family he lost. Retreating to his emotional coma, however, isn’t an option; they’re far from safe.

There’s something strange about a six-year-old girl who’s never eaten a hamburger or heard of Tinkerbell—and who seems to be the source of psychic phenomena so powerful, someone’s willing to kill to get her back.

AUTHOR: Alice Gaines
PUBLISHER: Red Sage
RELEASE DATE: 781603103503

Edward and Margaret Sinclair are very much in love and would be deliriously happy in their marriage except for one thing—as good Victorians, neither have had much experience with the marital act. As a result, sex is painful for Margaret and frustrating for Edward. They encounter a mysterious stranger named Trey who may be able to help them solve their problem. However,both husband and stranger will have to make love to Margaret if Edward is to learn how to touch his woman.

AUTHOR: Sophie Littlefield
PUBLISHER: St. Martin’s Minotaur
RELEASE DATE: August 1, 2009

Stella Hardesty dispatched her abusive husband with a wrench shortly before her fiftieth birthday. A few years later, she’s so busy delivering home-style justice on her days off, helping other women deal with their own abusive husbands and boyfriends, that she barely has time to run her sewing shop in her rural Missouri hometown. Some men need more convincing than others, but it’s usually nothing a little light bondage or old-fashioned whuppin’ can’t fix. Since Stella works outside of the law, she’s free to do whatever it takes to get the job done—as long as she keeps her distance from the handsome devil of a local sheriff, Goat Jones.

When young mother Chrissy Shaw asks Stella for help with her no-good husband, Roy Dean, it looks like an easy case. Until Roy Dean disappears with Chrissy’s two year-old son, Tucker. Stella quickly learns that Roy Dean was involved with some very scary men, as she tries to sort out who’s hiding information and who’s merely trying to kill her. It’s going to take a hell of a fight to get the little boy back home to his mama, but if anyone can do it, it’s Stella Hardesty.

AUTHOR: Beth Barany
PUBLISHER: Barany Publishing
RELEASE DATE: July 1, 2009

Do you have a book inside you that can’t find its way out? Are you having trouble even getting started on your book writing journey? The Writer’s Adventure Guide helps you step off into the unknown of a writing project and see it through to its destination—from the first exciting flash of an idea to that dark moment when you think you’ll never write a decent paragraph again. This guide gives you tips and tools for keeping an eye on your inner landscape so you can achieve your goal of writing a book. In 12 clear, organized steps, find out how you can:

• Build confidence in your writing instincts
• Forge a clear path from inspiration to completion
• Learn how to write the book while living your active life
• Delight in the creative adventure, both its ups and downs
• Complete your novel or nonfiction book

AUTHOR: Amanda Scott
PUBLISHER: Grand Central Forever
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2009

Jenny Easdale is ready to accept her fate. She’s agreed to marry a man she will never love—yet not before slipping away for one last adventure. Following a traveling minstrel troupe, she’s whisked into a world of intoxicating freedom. Then, all too soon, she finds herself in danger—from a vengeful political plot against Scotland and from the man who has come to take her home.

Duty bound to return with his brother’s wayward bride, Sir Hugh Douglas is not prepared for how her quick wit, courage, and laughing eyes touch his warrior heart. Now, as the merry minstrels play matchmaker and passion sparks between Hugh and Jenny, the conspiracy against Scotland builds … and threatens all they hold dear.

AUTHOR: Barbara Freethy
PUBLISHER: Pocket Star
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2009

In the California coastal town of Angel’s Bay, an old legend says that sometimes, when they’re needed, angels from an old shipwreck appear and good triumphs over evil…

Jenna Davies flees to the close-knit community of Angel’s Bay with a seven-year-old child, a dangerous secret, and a heart full of pain. She wants nothing more than to live a quiet life, but when she sees a teenager plunge off the pier, she doesn’t hesitate to dive in after her. But saving the desperate girl’s life thrusts Jenna into a spotlight she can ill afford. Suddenly everyone in town wants to know her story—a story that could cost her life.

Reid Tanner was a tough reporter until a shattering incident changed everything. Now all of his instincts are on alert. Who is Jenna, and what is she hiding? He wants answers, but his quest for the truth could put them all in danger. They say love is a miracle—but can it keep Jenna safe in his arms?

AUTHOR: Patricia Simpson
PUBLISHER: Lucky Publishing
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2009

Tara Lewis has always fought her battles alone. She’s transformed herself from a motherless waif into the youngest television host in history. But more than anything, Tara wants a family. When a colleague asks her to marry him, she agrees, confident she can make the marriage work.

En route to her fiance’s estate in Scotland, however, Tara’s car crashes into a hidden crypt, awakening a spellbound knight who insists she call off her wedding. All is not what it seems in her fiance’s family.

At first Tara ignores the ghostly knight. She doesn’t believe in spirits any more than she believes in true love. But when her life is threatened, the handsome knight proves to be her only ally in Scotland.

For the first time in her life, Tara has a champion at her side. And for the first time in her life she allows herself to listen to her heart—but has Tara found true love too late?

As a blind woman seen as a flawed commodity, Lady Lynnet is used to the idea that she’s unlovable. But her parents’ plan to force her into a loveless marriage is too much. Wandering, upset and lost in the cellars of the king’s castle, the darkness doesn’t frighten her, but the murder plot she overhears chills her to the bone. Worse, no one believes her, and the only one she can turn to is a Norman sheriff whose voice sounds disturbingly like one of the conspirators.

Basil, Sheriff of London, is battle-hardened, fiercely loyal—and torn apart. He’s falling in love with the Saxon beauty, and he longs to show her she is worthy of love despite her physical limitation.

But the very corruption she is helping him root out may implicate his own half brother. How can he turn his back on family—for an Anglo-Saxon woman?

Author Changes: JoAnn Smith Ainsworth

Publisher Changes: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.

ISBN Changes: 978-1-60504-277-0

Release Date Changes: 03/31/2009