Book Reviews
“The Seduction of His Wife” by Janet Chapman (contemporary, Pocket, June 2006, $7.99, 368pp)
Series: The Loggers, book 1
Summary: He set out to seduce her for all the wrong reasons -- but found himself falling in love with her for all the right ones.
Alex Knight is dead -- or so everyone thinks. A widowed logger baron with a risk-taking streak, he took on a South American engineering project and was reported dead after a rebel attack. So when he turns up back in Maine very much alive, his grieving family is shocked. But the biggest shock is Alex's, when he discovers he's now married -- to a woman he's never met.
“Second Chance at Forever” by Heather Lire (contemporary, Desert Breeze, February 2013, $4.99, 94pp)
Series: Holiday Vermont, book one
Summary: When Morgan Sanderson left her grandparent’s anniversary party, she had no idea how much the previous week would impact her life. Four years later she’s living a content life, teaching literature and being the best mom she can be, even if she knows something is missing. That thing being the one person she can’t forgive and yet can’t get over.
“One Good Earl Deserves a Lover” by Sarah MacLean (historical, Avon, February 2013, $7.99, 384pp)

Series: The Rule of Scoundrels, book 2
Summary: Lady Philippa Marbury is . . . odd
“When in Paris” by Beverley Kendall (new adult, self-published, January 2013, $2.99, 270pp)
Series: Language of Love, book 1
Summary: College freshman Olivia Montgomery is thrilled at the chance to start over, escape the rumors that plagued her in high school. And she can finally put her juvenile crush, Zachary Pearson, where he belongs--in her past. Then her unrequited love strolls into her French class, shattering Olivia's newfound peace, and the feelings she'd thought buried for good come rushing back. Now she can't shake her unwanted attraction to the one guy who can twist her stomach into knots with just a smile...but has never given her the time of day.
“Killing Time” by Cindy Gerard (romantic suspense, Pocket, January 2013, $7.99, 416pp)
Series: One-Eyed Jacks, book 1
Summary: “We can do this easy,” she whispered close to his ear as he groaned in agony, “or it can go real hard on you.”
Well, of course he wasn’t going to go easy.
“The Scoundrel Takes a Bride” by Stefanie Sloane (historical, Ballantine, January 2013, $7.99, 336pp)
Series: Regency Rogues, book 5
Summary: A notorious scoundrel, the right Honorable Nicholas Bourne has spent years in the East Indies amassing a fortune through questionable means. Still, his loyalty to his older brother, Langdon, and his childhood friends remains true and trusted. But when Lady Sophia Southwell, the woman promised to Nicholas’s brother, seeks his help on a dangerous mission, he is troubled—and torn. Unable to dissuade her from her quest to find a killer, he vows to keep her safe. This makes his mission the hardest test of his wits, honor, and skill. For Sophia is the secret love of his life.
“Covert Seduction” by Callie Croix (erotic, Carina, January 2013, $4.99, 129pp)
Summary: Navy SEAL Reid Galvin is back from hell and eager to find comfort in Becca Anderson's arms. He knows he hurt her when he cut contact during his deployment, so when his call interrupts her date with another man, he has only himself to blame. But he can't forget what she means to him—or the sexy email she sent him—and he won't miss this chance to claim her as his own.
It's been weeks since Becca heard from the man she thought she was involved with. So when Reid wants to take up where they left off as if nothing happened, she refuses. Then he rescues her from a first date gone very wrong, and she realizes she's not quite ready to let him go.
“At His Majesty’s Request” by Maisey Yates (contemporary, Harlequin Presents, January 2013, $4.99, 192pp)

Summary: Marry the jaded prince and receive a title, a small island, a castle and a tiara.
Matchmaker extraordinaire Jessica Carter arranges marriages that work. And that is exactly what Prince Drakos is looking for. The last thing he needs is someone as unsuitable as her…but none of the beautiful socialites paraded before him excite Stavros as Jessica does.
“Fall Into You” by Roni Loren (erotic, Berkley, January 2013, $15.00, 336pp)

Series: A Loving on the Edge Novel, book 3
Summary: He'll do anything for you. But you'd better say please.
“Nauti Temptress” by Lora Leigh (erotic, Berkley, November 2013, $15.00, 336pp)
Series: Book 1, The Nauti Girls
Summary: Five years later, Eve Mackay, the eldest sister, has graduated from college and settled in to life as a Mackay in Pulaski County, Kentucky. She works hard as a cocktail waitress and helps out at the bed-and-breakfast that Dawg bought for her mother. If she keeps herself busy enough, maybe she’ll be able to stay away from the man she promised Dawg she wouldn’t date, the man who has awakened her most ravenous fantasies…
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