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A ball is a career of transforming photography into a new art underway filled with the cream of society, including form, she knows her current work is what's paying one Lady Elizabeth Hummingford. Captivated by her the bills. After shooting crime scene photos of a fa- vitality and sparkle, he's shocked to learn she's all mous actress, the latest victim of the murderer the but engaged to his brother! It's a loveless, convenient press has dubbed the ""Dagger Killer,"" Vivian notic- match, but how can Josh persuade her she's chosen es eerie similarities to the crime scenes of previous the wrong brother when he's set to return abroad? victims--details that only another photographer would THE GAMES LOVERS PLAY BK#9 $29.95 have noticed--details that put Vivian at the top of the TRADE P/BACK killer's target list. Nick Sundridge has always been able to "see" things that others don't, coping with STEPHANIE LAURENS Cynster Next Generation series. Bk#1 By Winter’s disturbing dreams and visions. 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Stephen was smitten the in- criminal world, but Addy's sunny nature stant his sister introduced him to Abigail, a woman draws him to the light. However, as long- with the dignity and determination of a duchess and awaited passions stir, so do Hazard's the courage of a lioness. When she accepts his professional instincts... Could she unwit- courtship of convenience, he also discovers she tingly be the very person he's been sent kisses like his most intimate wish come true. For to unmask? Abigail, their arrangement is a sham to escape her ROGUE WARRIOR BKS#1&2 $16.95 REISSUE dangerous enemies. For Stephen, it's his one chance to share a lifetime with the lady of his MARGARET MALLORY All the King’s Men series. Knight of Desire: His dreams--if only he can convince her his love is real. surcoat still bloody from battle, William FitzAlan THE LAST BOOKSHOP IN LONDON $23.95 comes to claim the strategic borderlands granted to TRADE P/BACK him by the king. 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He strikes a bargain: after one ing left on the shelf. At a society ball, she is improba- performance, the lady must return to her father's bly asked to dance by charismatic Mr. Lucas Dark- castle and marry one of three gentlemen whom he wood. When she discovers it was all for a wager-- deems acceptable. Not including him, of course. he'll win a prize if he can turn her into marriage mate- rial--Hazel plans to get her own back! She'll frighten COMING IN MAY: Lucas into thinking she really does expect that pro- Heiress in Red Silk—Madeline Hunter posal-- from him! 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CONTEMPORARY sleepy Yorkshire Falls where women fall over them- selves to hook a Chandler man. But Roman only wants the one woman who got away. Charlotte Bron- ALMOST PARADISE $14.95 REISSUE son is back home to put down roots and get her lin- DEBBIE MACOMBER, LEE TOBIN MCCLAIN gerie business off the ground. She's not interested in Almost Paradise by Debbie Macomber: Summer her past or a man that chose to chase breaking news camp director Jeff Roarke has a strict policy against stories to the far corners of the earth over her. No romance in the workplace--even if his office is in the matter how good they used to be or how combustible forest. Jeff runs a prestigious program and has no their chemistry still burns. It's up to Roman to con- tolerance for anything that will distract the camp- vince Charlotte he's a changed man and here to ers...or the counsellors. But when Sherry White joins stay. the team, Jeff finds it difficult to follow his own rules. 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But the single mother is running from Pacific she'll be able to calm the storm inside. Coffee something in her past. And as he begins wishing the shop owner Zach Garrett has found his niche after a little family could be his, Finn must convince her to traumatic loss--and he has no plans to change the trust him with her secret. life he's created. Nor does he want to get involved with his reticent new neighbor, whose past is shroud- AT HOME IN STONE CREEK AND THE RANCHER’S WILD SECRET $14.95 REISSUE ed in mystery. But when Katherine and Zach are recruited to help rehab a home for foster children, LINDA LAEL MILLER, MAISEY YATES sparks fly. As their lives begin to intersect, might they At Home in Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller: It's find more common ground than they expected . . . hard for Ashley O'Ballivan not to feel a little lonely. and discover that, with love, all things are possible? After all, everyone in her family is marrying and hav- ing babies--except her. 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Autumn takes her kids home for the Secret by Maisey Yates: Emerson Maxfield is the summer to the charming beachside town where she perfect pawn for rancher Holden McCall's purposes. was raised. She seeks comfort working alongside She's engaged to a man solely to win her father's her mother and aunt at their bookshop, only to learn approval, and the sheltered beauty never steps out that her daughter is facing a huge life change and of line. Until one encounter changes everything. Now her mother has been hiding a terrible secret for this good girl must marry Holden to protect her family years. And when she runs into the boy who stole her --or their desire could spell downfall for them all... heart in high school, old feelings start to bubble up THE BACHELOR BK#1 $26.95 again. Is she free to love him, or should she hold out TRADE P/BACK REISSUE hope for her husband's return? She can only trust her heart...and hope it won't lead her astray. CARLY PHILLIPS Chandler Brothers trilogy. 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Unfortunately, the from one assignment to another since his one love boy's mother just happens to be Deep River's mayor died, Sam isn't sure he's the right fit for Honey and the most challenging woman Damon's ever met. Creek. But as Piper knows, this is a place chock-full Astrid James is mayor of Deep River and she in- of surprises. And if she can keep her town--and her tends to do right by the town and her son. The last heart--from going completely off the rails, there may thing she needs is an arrogant outsider coming in, be a sweet, unexpected future in store. no matter how attractive he is. But there's more to Damon than his charm, just as there's more to Astrid CATCH MY HEART BKS#1&2 $16.95 REISSUE than the no-nonsense mayor she appears to be. NORA ROBERTS Soon the two of them are in deeper than the Deep Stanislaki series. Taming Natasha: Single father River itself. 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Unfortunately, having a child at her age instant, Sydney forces herself to deny her feelings comes with lots of complications, not the least of for Mikhail. But working together proves to be a which is the absence of a serious relationship in her challenge, particularly when Mikhail's persistent life. Handling so many divorces has left her skeptical smoldering kisses seem to be winning her over... about love, but Helen's not the type of woman to wait around for fate to step in. Taking charge of her THE COUNTRY GUESTHOUSE BK#5 $16.95 own destiny puts her at odds with her two best SMALL P/BACK RELEASE friends and sets sparks flying with a man who claims ROBYN CARR he doesn't want a family, and nothing turns out like Sullivan’s Crossing series. Bk#1 What We Find. she planned. When Hannah Russell suddenly becomes guardian to a five-year-old, she's terrified she's not up to the FOREVER FRIENDS BK#1 $15.95 challenge. 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her new boss who couldn't possibly be interested in a they sit across from each other, executive assistants middle-aged mom . . . After a baking marathon nearly to co-CEOs of a publishing company. Lucy can't un- turns into a three-alarm fire, Renee comes to the res- derstand Joshua's joyless, uptight, meticulous ap- cue of her new neighbor, Sadie-offering comfort, com- proach to his job. Joshua is clearly baffled by Lucy's petence, and a killer pie recipe. As she hatches a plan overly bright clothes, quirkiness, and Pollyanna atti- to open a bakery with Sadie and summons the cour- tude. Now that they're up for the same promotion, age to explore her attraction to Dr. Dan, is it possible their battle of wills has come to a head and Lucy re- Renee may finally have the life she's always dreamed fuses to back down when their latest game could cost of? her her dream job. . . . 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That kind of But the girls came from different worlds, and their forever love isn't in the picture anyway for a restless, paths diverged when Emma went to an elite college aspiring artist like Taylor. Her sights are set beyond and Sophie worked her way through state school. the horizon of Cape May and Sunshine Bridal. The After a decade they've reconnected, both in a time of oceanfront hometown is part of Pierce's heart--just need. Emma has been struggling with depression like Taylor is. And it breaks at the thought of her leav- since her college years, and she's lost herself under ing. As her closest friend since high school, he sup- the suffocating influence of her controlling and manip- ports her desires, even if she must follow them away ulative mother. Sophie, under pressure to prepare for from Cape May. 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His injured leg isn't half as painful as his THE HATING GAME $16.95 SMALL P/BACK RELEASE guilt from the tragedy he's trying to forget. Yet some- SALLY THORNE how, helping feisty, tenderhearted Meredith care for Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. her menagerie is making him question his career-first Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And they priorities. Here in this quirky small town another future have no problems displaying their feelings through a is coming into view, but can he change his life, and series of ritualistic passive-aggressive maneuvers as open his heart, to claim it? INTRIGUE APRIL 2021 CATALOGUE

CONTEMPORARY up, and if that weren't bad enough, his buddies' beautiful and far-too-chipper younger sister won't stop flitting into his life, trying to sprinkle happy dust A LOVE LIKE THIS $16.95 2IN1 REISSUE everywhere she goes. As a cancer survivor, Jules DIANA PALMER Steele knows better than to count on seeing tomor- White Sand, Wild Sea: Reporter Nikki Blake came to row. She doesn't take a single moment for granted, the Bahamas to relax and forget the disaster that had and she isn't about to let a man who used to be left her life in ruins. But her peaceful getaway is inter- charming and full of life waste the future he's been rupted by an alluring stranger, businessman Calla- blessed with. She's determined to get through to him, way Steel. Mysterious Cal beguiles innocent Nikki, even if it takes a few steamy kisses… but as passion blazes, she's unsure if their island fling can become a forever love. 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Refusing to be broken, a devastated Grace most forgotten how a man could suffocate from the makes the bold decision to go to Paris alone. warmth and caring community in which he'd grown Audrey, a young woman from London, has left be- INTRIGUE APRIL 2021 CATALOGUE

hind a heartache of her own when she arrives in STARS OVER ALASKA BK#4 $16.95 Paris. A job in a bookshop is her ticket to freedom, JENNIFER SNOW but with no money, and no knowledge of the French Wild River series. Bk#1 An Alaskan Christmas. The language, suddenly a summer spent wandering the Alaskan wilderness may be the best place to protect cobbled streets alone seems much more likely...until her client, but also where it's impossible to protect she meets Grace. As they live in neighboring apart- her heart. Needing a safe place to hide her latest ments above the bookshop, Grace can't believe how client, agent Leslie Sanders returns to her daring Audrey is. Audrey can't believe how cautious hometown of Wild River to wait out the search for newly single Grace is. They came to Paris to find the young Hollywood star's stalker. 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Jenna firefighters for almost ten years, but nothing about Owens wants one thing for her birthday this year: a his job rattles him as much as seeing Leslie again. fairy-tale ending of her own and a little relaxation at When Leslie left Wild River after Dawson's death, it a quaint California ranch. What she didn't want was had hurt to lose his two best friends in a matter of to get caught in a storm on her way to Meadow Val- weeks. Resisting his feelings for her when Dawson ley. Or to get stuck with a ridiculously hot, too- was alive was tough, but he's not sure he's strong charming-for-his-own-good cowboy--one who makes enough anymore to fight the attraction between Jenna reconsider her "I don't date younger guys" them, or to let this last chance at love slip away like rule. But a little vacation flirtation might be just what smoke through his fingers. she needs. Colt Morgan isn't interested in long-term SWEETSHOP OF DREAMS BK#1 $23.95 relationships. 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Now that Harper is better and the sisters are carefree attitude has always exasperated routine- living as roommates, Willa has realized her dream of queen Susannah, but soon Nate has her questioning running her own bakery and coffee shop, bringing her rule book...and if she should throw it away for her special brand of caretaking to the whole good. INTRIGUE APRIL 2021 CATALOGUE

CONTEMPORARY adds to Meryl's mounting pressure. Suddenly, ap- pearances are everything - and she will do whatever Oceanside community. Harper, on the other hand, is it takes to keep the wedding on track as money gets always on the go. Overcoming a terrible illness has tight, her mother starts acting nutty, and her own given her a new lease on life, and she does not in- thirty year marriage starts to unravel. In the weeks tend to waste it. When Harper announces her plan leading up to the nuptials, secrets are revealed, pas- to summit Mount Rainier, Willa fears she may be sions ignite, and surprising revelations show Meryl pushing herself too far. Harper, for her part, urges and her daughters the true meaning of love, mar- Willa to stop worrying and do something outside of riage and family. her comfort zone--like taking a chance on love with a WHEN A COWBOY LOVES A WOMAN BK#2 $15.95 handsome new customer. Sean O'Malley is as JENNIE MARTS charming as he is intriguing--a freelance photogra- Creedence Horse Rescue series. Bk#1 A Cowboy pher whose assignments take him to the ends of the State of Mind. Her perfectly controlled life falls apart earth. Soon Willa's falling for him in a way that is when a kitchen fire lands young widow Elle Brooks both exciting and terrifying. But life has taught Willa in the muscled arms of handsome rancher and vet- to hedge her bets, and she wonders whether the erinarian Brody Tate. The fire forces Elle to move in potential heartache is worth the risk. Life has more with her friend Bryn and her motley collection of res- challenges in store for them all. But both sisters will cue horses and other animals on the Heaven Can discover that even in the darkest moments, family is Wait Horse Rescue ranch, where she volunteers. everything Spending time with the hunky cowboy and his WARM NIGHTS IN MAGNOLIA BAY BK#1 $15.95 spunky 10-year-old daughter, Mandy, as they reha- BABETTE DE JONGH bilitate the beautiful horses, reminds Elle of all she Welcome to Magnolia Bay series. Abby Curtis has lost in a car crash years ago. She can't deny the made such a mess of her life that Rock Bottom is an feelings that being close to Brody is stirring in her. ambitious climb. With nowhere else to go, she lands As a widower himself, Brody puts all he has into on her Aunt Reva's doorstep at Buckaroo Barn, being a good dad for his spirited daughter. He hasn't home to a motley assortment of rescue animals. let women and romance even enter his mind, until Reva, a telepathic animal communicator, gives Abby he meets Elle. And now, this woman is all he thinks time to reinvent herself by leaving Abby in charge of about. Spending time with her is shaking up the the farm while she's away. Abby immerses herself in calm stasis he had worked so hard to achieve, but caring for the animals and running educational pro- he can't seem to stay away. Brody and Elle both grams to teach kids to appreciate and relate to them. know the pain of losing someone they loved, and Just when Abby is finally starting to feel like herself neither planned ever to let themselves fall in love again, a sexy new neighbor moves in next door, again. But fate has a way of stepping in, and what determined to find some peace and quiet, and chal- started with a small fire now burns hotter than either lenging Abby in ways she never expected. Can she one could have imagined. Can these two wounded convince her stubborn new neighbor to give the souls take a chance on each other and risk their noisy petting zoo next door … and her...a chance? hearts again? You'll fall in love right along with Abby as animals COMING IN MAY: and humans alike find unexpected ways to connect, Country Proud—Linda Lael Miller nurture each other, and thrive. A Cowboy Kind of Love—Donna Grant THE WEDDING SISTERS $16.95 An Invincible Summer—Mariah Stewart SMALL P/BACK RELEASE Must Love Cowboys—Carly Bloom JAMIE BRENNER Picnic in Someday Valley—Jodi Thomas Meryl Becker is living a mother's dream. The oldest A Place to Belong—RaeAnne Thayne of her three beautiful daughters, Meg, is engaged to Sunset on Moonlight Beach—Sheila Rob- a wonderful man from one of the country's most erts prominent families. Of course, Meryl wants to give A Wedding on Lilac Lane—Hope Ramsay Meg the perfect wedding. Who wouldn't? But when Coming Home to Seashell Harbor— her two younger daughters, Amy and Jo, also be- Miranda Liasson come engaged to celebrated bachelors, Meryl has to Heart on a Leash—Alanna Martin admit that three weddings is more than she and her husband, Hugh, can realistically afford. The solu- tion? A triple wedding! At first, it's a tough sell to the girls, and juggling three sets of future in-laws is a logistical nightmare. But when Hugh loses his teach- ing job, and Meryl's aging mother suddenly moves in with them, a triple wedding is the only way to get all three sisters down the aisle. When the grand plan becomes public, the onslaught of media attention INTRIGUE APRIL 2021 CATALOGUE

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It's not hard for Ann to be re- about the unidentified victims in the marshy death minded of the charismatic Elijah Weston, who served scene, but also about the aloof and beautiful photog- a decade in prison for arson--a crime that nearly cost rapher who seems to know more about his investiga- Ann her life. Elijah may have been exonerated, but tion than he does. As they begin to unravel the moti- the connection to these rage killings is impossible for vation of a merciless serial killer, Miranda and Joel Ann to ignore. One of the victims has been identified must race against the clock to make an arrest before as an obsessed Elijah groupie. Elijah has obses- the killer can find them first. sions, too. Ever since Ann returned to town, he can't take his eyes off her. And as a mother with a secret, K-9 COLD CASE BK#3 $12.95 she's the perfect victim for an infatuated psychopath. ELIZABETH HEITER The deeper Ann and Bryce's investigation goes, the K-9 Alaska series. 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She's asked her ner of the desperate cross-country journey from New trusted friend Braxton to help her train-all while trying England to Hawaii, simple doesn't mean easy. The to pretend she doesn't ache for him. Braxton was attraction between them might be bulletproof, but there for her during the darkest day of her life and their bodies are not. Will Chas and Gunner find what he's been there for her since...but only as a friend. In they've been craving? Or will the past, and the dan- fact, he seems more determined than ever to hold ger, push them over the top before they can fall in her at arm's length-until a deadly blizzard traps them love? in the mountains with a wanted killer hot on their trail. Now Tala once again finds her life in his hands as they face the lethal threats together.Now he's at his INTRIGUE APRIL 2021 CATALOGUE

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Stitch in Time series. Thorne Manor has always But a bigger threat has arrived on the been haunted...and it has always haunted Bronwyn reservation. One that wears flesh and Dale. As a young girl, Bronwyn could pass through a blood, and is intent on revenge. And time slip in her great-aunt's house, where she visited it'll kill anyone who gets in its way William Thorne, a boy her own age, born two centu- ries earlier. After a family tragedy, the house was MASTER OF STORMS BK#5 $24.95 TRADE P/BACK shuttered and Bronwyn was convinced that William BEC MCMASTER existed only in her imagination. Now, twenty years Legends of the Storm series. Bk#1 Heart of Fire. later Bronwyn inherits Thorne Manor. And when she The old eddas speak of dreki-fabled creatures who returns, William is waiting. William Thorne is no longer haunt the depths of Iceland's volcanoes and steal the boy she remembers. He's a difficult and tempestu- away fair maidens. 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