Author: Debra Lee BrownTitle: Ice Maiden
Description:
When Scottish chieftain and sole shipwreck survivor George Grant awoke on the ice-crusted shore of a strange land, he knew his mission: return home in time to wed the dainty bride his king had chosen.
But that was before he met his captor, a giant, blue-eyed Viking hellion whose price for freedom was a temporary marriage -- to her!
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Rika was as cold and hard as the hammered metal covering her wrists. Yet the blush of her cheeks belied her frosty facade. She needed the seasoned warrior to secure her bride price, for it would buy her brother's prison release and free her from an abusive fiance. How could she know that George's fiery passion would melt her frozen heart?
Author: Dee LloydTitle: Mine [Modern Romance]
Description:
Cadie Haywood arrives at the Nighthawk Lake property she inherited, desperate for solitude.
Marc Banachek, however, her grandfather's unfriendly - if gorgeous - tenant, insists she honor his lease. He and his huge ungainly puppy, Lurch, refuse to leave the guest cabin.
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Ironically, Pop, who had prospected all over North America, discovered gold on his own land just before he died. Cadie won't sell the property even though ugly warnings escalate to attempts on her life.
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The last thing Cadie wants is a protector or lover. But Marc, the hard-bitten ex-cop turned crime-writer with his unshakable integrity and deeply buried vulnerability, proves irresistible. Although Marc tries to keep his distance, he falls hard for Cadie's zest for life and feisty nature. Yet will he be able to protect her from a would-be killer with a lust for gold?
Title: Midnight Legacy [Modern Romance]
Series: Midnight Book III
Description:
How high a price would you pay to belong?
Tara Sellers has an identity problem. Having grown up in countless foster homes, she scratches out a living as a paparazzi photographer. Until she discovers shes the illegitimate daughter of one of the richest men in the world. Suddenly, everything she thought she knew about herself is a lie.
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Dr. Perry Chase has a proximity problem. His friendship with the Remingtons has long defined him, but when they ask him to help steer their newfound sister to seeing things their way, he cant let himself get too close to his very attractive prey. But he cant seem to make himself get far enough away, either. By day, they bicker, but by night their private lessons turn to passion.
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Unclear who she is and who she wants to be, Tara must decide how much shes willing to give up for the chance to have a real family of her own.
Title: Daddy Devastating [Modern Romance]
Description:
For FBI special agent Russ Gentry, Julia Howell is nothing but trouble.
First the Texas heiress blunders into his undercover operation to bring down a black-market kidnapping ring. Then she turns his life upside down with a single photograph.
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Russ's connection with the beautiful baby girl in the photo is instant and absolute...and Julia finds herself falling for this man who stepped up when most would have turned and run. As bullets fly and their passion grows, Julia is convinced this devastatingly handsome protector will play an important role in an innocent baby's future. And in hers.
Title: Fearless [Romantic Suspense]
Description: [From Fictiondbl]
DEA agent Rodrigo Ramirez is sent undercover to Gloryanne Barnes's stepbrother's farm in Jacobsville, Texas, where he's looking to bust a new and vicious drug cartel. Gloryanne is smart, savvy and fiercely independent, but her job has put her in danger from the same criminal Rodrigo is investigating. She's drawn to the enigmatic new farmhand, Rodrigo, a man who is much more than he seems.
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Confused and bitter about love, driven by his dangerous job, Rodrigo's not sure if his reckless offer of marriage to the oh-so-tempting Gloryanne is just a means to completing his mission -- or something more. But as Gloryanne's bittersweet miracle and Rodrigo's double life collide, they must face the truth about each other, and decide if there's a chance for the future they both secretly desire.
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Quick Note: Heroine also walks with a limp.
Author: Diana PalmerTitle: King's Ransom [Modern Romance]
Series: King Book II
Description:
Battling bride.
Who was the stranger living in Brianna Scott's apartment? Ahmed ben Rashid claimed to be a foreign diplomat in need of a hiding place. And though Brianna needed Ahmed's generosity to take care of her brother, she wasn't about to play housemaid to some overbearing sheikh!
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In such close quarters it wasn't long before Brianna discovered Ahmed had the demeanor of a king. Yet the biggest surprise was "His Majesty's" demand that she become his bride. But Brianna wasn't walking down the aisle until her royal suitor learned a much-needed lesson in love.
Title: Regan's Pride [Modern Romance]
Series: Long Tall Texans Book II
Description:
Lone Star Sweethearts...
The last thing Ted Regan wanted was a lovestruck filly swooning over him! But Coreen Tarleton had fallen hard for the sexy, millionaire cowboy. Whenever Coreen was near, he could feel his restraint slipping...yet he couldn't admit the uncontrollable effect she had on him.
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Coreen sensed she'd made an impression on Ted's heart--but he pulled himself away from he loving arms. Now, years later, she was no longe the yielding young girl Ted had spurned. A tangled past threatened to keep these star-crossed lovers apart, but this Texan's pride would not get in their way again....
Author: Diana PalmerTitle: Lawless [Modern Romance]
Series: Long Tall Texans Book XXVI
Description:
Five years ago, Judd Dunn, a hard-edged Texas Ranger, put Christabel Gaines's father behind bars--where he belonged.
But Judd's involvement in Crissy's life was far from over. With their jointly owned ranch on the verge of bankruptcy, Judd wed her in name only, vowing to save their land, and vowing to ignore the sexual tension between them.
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Now, just when Judd decides to release Crissy from their sham of a marriage, he is blindsided by a bloodthirsty foe who is setting the stage for unspeakable evil by preying upon Judd's greatest weakness--his wife. No longer a starry-eyed schoolgirl, Crissy's a smart, fearless woman with unfulfilled desires. And she will do anything in the name of love--including taking a bullet for her husband.
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With their very lives at stake, Crissy and Judd must confront their darkest demons, their new rivals and their deepest desires--and face up to a mutual destiny they cannot outrun.
Title: Lawman [Modern Romance]
Series: Long Tall Texans Book XXXIV
Description:
When San Antonio FBI agent Garon Grier buys a ranch in Jacobsville, Texas, the strong, silent loner is hoping to mend some broken family fences.
He's not looking for love. Grace Carver grew up in this quiet Texas town, but because of her troubled youth, she's never married--hadn't even thought about it...until Garon.
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These unlikely allies are brought together by the most difficult case of Garon's career: hunting an escaped child predator whose former victims are all dead. All except one.
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Now a desperate lawman and the woman who is the lone survivor of a madman's twisted rampage have one chance to put the past to rest....
Title: Heart of Stone [Modern Romance]
Series: Long Tall Texans Book XXXVII
Description:
A businessman and a rancher, Boone Sinclair has it all--except for Keely Welsh.
The lovely beauty had always beguiled him...yet he was too experienced for her innocent charm.
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But when Keely's life is endangered by forces beyond her control, he has to protect her. Once Keely is under his roof, Boone is the ultimate Long, Tall Texan--reticent, noble, loyal and blessed with a Texas-size stubbornness! It's up to Keely to convince him that she's no longer a girl; she's a woman out to win his heart!
Author: Donna FletcherTitle: The Irish Devil
Description:
The Beauty and the Barbarian
Ireland in the Middle Ages-a land of both heavenly landscapes and hellish warfare. It is in this world that Lord Eric of Shankill is both feared and revered. His unstoppable rage on the battlefield has made him known as the "Irish devil." Little did he know that his greatest battle would be fought in his own heart...
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Faith, daughter of Lord Terra is a healer who lives on the edge of society. Shamed by a cruel act of injustice, cast out by her father, she is the last one anyone would choose for a wife...But when the "Irish devil" is given his choice of Lord Terra's daughters, he demands Faith's hand in marriage. Against all obstacles, they struggle to overcome the pain of their pasts and realized the passion which both have desired-and denied-for so long...
