Books Published in December 2001

• Dec-2001
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Ripley Todd just wants to live a quiet, peaceful kind of life. Her job as a sheriff's deputy keeps her busy and happy, and she has no trouble finding men when she wants them--which, lately, isn't all that often. She's perfectly content, except for on...

• Dec-2001
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The city girl and the country gentleman When elegant city girl Maggie Russell is caught in a flood, rugged Finn Gordon comes to her rescue. He takes her to his isolated farmhouse, laughs at her impractical designer clothes -- and sets about removi...

• Dec-2001
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WHAT'S THE SECRET TO EVERLASTING LOVE? Taylor McGuire, a hardworking single mom with a Ph.D. in psychology, believes that compatibility is the key to a successful marriage. Bestselling relationship guru Jonathan Kirby believes it's sexual chemist...

• Dec-2001
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THE LONE WOLF OF WHITEHORN Detective Mark Kincaid was worn to the bone after his years on New York's tough city streets. Upon his return to Whitehorn, all he wanted was peace and quiet -- not some sweet, adorable do-gooder messing up the sanctity ...

• Dec-2001
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When Professor James Forsyth meets Philomena Selby it's love at first sight. But Philly knows James has a fiancée and that she can't hope to match such a glamorous woman. But James sees Philly's inner beauty, and he's determined to convince her...

• Dec-2001
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What would you do if you were kissed by the handsome stranger you'd ever seen? And what if that man was one of the notorious Cynsters? When a handsome man literally fell at her feet while she was walking through a moonlit convent courtyard, H...

• Dec-2001
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She trusted her husband and got burned. Now she's playing with fire and daring To Trust A Stranger Suspicion burned within Julie Carlson -- the heartbreaking, infuriating suspicion that her husband, a wealthy and powerful contractor, was havi...

• Dec-2001
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Marriage on trial... For months, Katrina has tried to forget she's still married to Nicos Kasoulis! As newlyweds, they were bonded by desire. Then Katrina became convinced her powerful, sexy, property tycoon husband was having an affair.... ...

• Dec-2001
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All The World's A Stage -- but What If The Play Doesn't Go As Planned? Four talented girls from vastly different pasts share a dream of stardom: Cinnamon, the edgy actress; Ice, the phenomenal vocalist; Rose, the beautiful dancer; and Honey, the fir...

• Dec-2001
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SHE HAD NO MEMORY AND NO PAST A year ago Holly Barrows had raced through a raging snowstorm -- convinced someone was trying to kill her -- into the arms of Slade Rawlins. She'd appeared before him like a beautiful apparition in the dark of night. Bu...

• Dec-2001
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Drama and passion … in the E.R.! Consultant Samuel Donovan is not best pleased. A film crew have arrived at Melbourne Central to do a twenty-four-hour documentary on emergency department. As if the cameras aren’t disruptive enough, Erin Casey ...

• Dec-2001
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A secret mistress, a secret revenge! It's been the most shocking moment of Luke Freeman's life. He's discovered that his late father, Lionel had a mistress! The information Luke receives about the identity of this secret lover leads hi...

• Dec-2001
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The unforgettable Dr Carlyle... Dr. Phoebe Miller was settling in well to her new practice - until senior partner Dr. Connor Carlyle returned from his holiday and sparks began to fly between them! The tension wasn't just professional: it was ...

• Dec-2001
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AGATHA RAISIN HAS FINALLY MARRIED THE MAN OF HER DREAMS, BUT NOW HER LIFE IS NOTHING SHORT OF A NIGHTMARE... The honeymoon is most definitely over for Agatha Raisin and her new husband, James Lacey. It's only been a short time since their wedding-...

• Dec-2001
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Dimitrios Pandakis has vowed that, unlike his older brother, he will never be trapped into marriage. And this millionaire businessman has been so true to his word that -- despite his reputation as a heartbreaker -- he has yet to take a woman to bed! ...

• Dec-2001
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In a dusty trailer park on the far edge of the California dream, Michelina Bellsong contemplates the choices she has made. At twenty-eight, she wants to change the direction of her troubled life but can’t find her way -- until a new family settles ...

• Dec-2001
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FIRST COME BABIES... Top-secret military maneuvers were routine to Gunnery Sergeant Sam Pearce, but babies were another matter -- especially when he'd just taken on twins! Up to his elbows in diapers, Sam couldn't refuse any offers of help -- even...

• Dec-2001
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Once upon a time there was a young debutante of means who dreamed of marrying a prince. So she traveled to London to become... As a poor but proud young lady, Jocelyn Shelton had but one dream: to marry a prince and bring comfort to herself and he...

• Dec-2001
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HER HOMETOWN HERO He was the boy from the wrong side of the tracks, but that hadn't stopped Wade Armstrong from wanting Edie Brand while they were in high school. Now she was back in town, and Wade felt compelled to keep her safe -- even if it mea...

• Dec-2001
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Day is approaching. They don't know where or when, but the Germans know it'll be soon, and for Felicity “Flick” Clariet, the stakes have never been higher. A senior agent in the ranks of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) responsible for sab...

• Dec-2001
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THE MISSION: BABY-SIT AN HEIRESS Rescue a spoiled heiress who'd gotten herself kidnapped? Agent Vincent Romeo did it single-handed. But instead of the society cream puff Vincent expected, this female seemed to think she was the agent in charge! Wh...

• Dec-2001
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The hot-blooded groom! Knowing that the powerful Verdi family can easily take her baby son away if they wish, Portia Makepeace has no choice but to go with Lucenzo Verdi to his home in Italy. He obviously thinks she is a gold digger, but to her ho...

• Dec-2001
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Stranded with a devastatingly handsome stranger, Lydia Ashton decides to throw caution to the wind and spend a luxurious and passionate three days and nights in his arms. Soon she discovers that her charming stranger is the proud son of a sheikh, hei...

• Dec-2001
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Don Sebastian Santiago's fiancee may have publicly betrayed him at the town's Christmas celebrations -- but that doesn't mean his wedding is off. He blames his fiancee's tutor, Maggie, for what has happened -- so it's Maggie who will be his stand-in ...

• Dec-2001
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Celia St. Remy Sinclair has harbored a dark obsession since the tender age of 12: to bring about the downfall of Lord Northington, the man responsible for her mother's death. Now an elegant and self-possessed beauty of 22, she leaves America for Lond...

• Dec-2001
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"I'M BACK! Let's get married." -- Charlie Seeks Elk, urban Native American turned Montana cowboy Three years ago, in a war zone on the other side of the world, Charlie had loved Cait Blasingame. Still, home and family weren't ...

• Dec-2001
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A Second Chance Benedict Nesbitt, the Seventh Duke of Knaresborough, has resigned himself to a life of solitude. The woman he'd loved for years just married one of his best friends. And so, in the noble tradition of resignation, he is heading back...

• Dec-2001
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The War is over, won by Ender Wiggin and his team of brilliant child-warriors. The enemy is destroyed, the human race is saved. Ender himself refuses to return to the planet, but his crew has gone home to their families, scattered across the globe. T...

• Dec-2001
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Born into a time and place where a woman speaks her mind at her peril, and reared as a motherless child by a doting father, Rebekah grew up to be a stunning, headstrong beauty. She was chosen by God for a special destiny. For Rebekah must leave he...

• Dec-2001
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UNWED HEORESS EXPECTING TRIPLETS! Austin, Texas But the identity of the father is hush-hush. Although expectant mother Briana McCallum has fiercely guarded her secret, rumor has it that she had met someone on a trip out of town almost eight month...

• Dec-2001
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A baby...just around the corner Phyllis Langford is everybody's friend and nobody's lover. Until she succumbs to the unexpected temptation of Matt Sheffield -- and soon after, discovers she's pregnant. Matt's a loner, a man who hides from the p...

• Dec-2001
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Haunted by tragedy and scandal, Thea Garrett guards her wounded heart by playing the role of notorious outcast for all it is worth, never giving a second thought to love. Then London's loveliest, wealthiest social pariah meets the cynical, handso...

• Dec-2001
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Wasn't it madness to marry his secretary to provide his baby daughter with a mother? Jane, Mark's secretary, didn't think so. She'd been secretly in love with Mark since she'd started working with him. But she wanted their marriage to be for love -- ...

• Dec-2001
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Roy Prescott is all alone in the world, living lies, making plans, meticulously going about his job. Prescott's job is to hunt people down . . . and then to kill them. Now he has been hired to find a monster�"a man who is as alone as he is, as smart...

• Dec-2001
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In a time of treachery and brutality, a courageous warrior will face the fires of battle as he journeys on the ultimate quest: the search for the Holy Grail 1347. Five years have passed since Thomas of Hookton began his quest for justice . . . and...

• Dec-2001
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"An unexpected opportunity will pass you by if you don't act on it." Keely Parker was tired of waiting for Michael Gordon, her housemate, to notice her, so being stranded with him during a freak ice storm presented surprisingly pleasant possibilitie...

• Dec-2001
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When Michael D'Alessandro discovers that three years ago his ex-wife gave birth and then had his baby adopted, his only desire is to find his son. Michael finds little Jeremy safe and utterly loved by his new mom, the lovely Camille. Soon pass...

• Dec-2001
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"Just know that, no matter what, I truly do love you." Those scribbled words and a Bible were all that remained of Logan when Eden awoke. Their romance had been born amid the ravages of war. Intense, passionate, and swift, love had struck ...

• Dec-2001
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A new President occupies the Oval Office and with that privilege comes America's best and most secret defense weapon: Stony Man. A first-class team of cybernetics and combat specialists, they're deployed under Presidential command when global crisis ...

• Dec-2001
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DEAD TO RIGHTS Colombian exiles living in the United States are being systematically assassinated, thereby raising the stakes in the ongoing war against human rights violations in countries savaged by narco-terrorism and civil war. As the routine ...

• Dec-2001
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A decade ago, good-girl Maggie Benson took a walk on the wild side with brooding bad boy Jack Riley. They'd generated enough chemistry to blow Destiny, Texas, to kingdom come. But an army-bound Jack had disappeared after a night of passion, leaving M...

• Dec-2001
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Preparing to travel west to begin a new life, Byler Crane has thought of everything. Everything, that is, except a wife. An impromptu ad placed in the local mercantile brings Maggie Malone--and a whole lot more than he bargained for--into his life...

• Dec-2001
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BOLD, RECKLESS -- AND TOO SEXY FOR HIS OWN GOOD Loner P.I. Sam Lassiter easily found the nanny who'd allegedly kidnapped her young charge. But Laurel Coleman was far from the dangerous, deceptive woman his client -- the boy's father -- had warned hi...

• Dec-2001
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With London under German attack, Margaret encounters an endearing Royal Air Force pilot whose beautiful garden sketches stir her soul. As the war rages, can love become A Flower Amidst the Ashes to refresh her heart....

• Dec-2001
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Winona Thornbury, with her Victorian dresses and her equally old-fashioned ideas about love, had definitely been born into the wrong century. No man had ever tempted her to give in to wanton desire, until she met a mysterious stranger who made her ac...

• Dec-2001
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A trio of romantic tales follow three reluctant brides--Anne Moore, who finds herself attracted to her childhood crush Jud Cammeron, even though she is engaged to someone else; Tina Merritt, who tries to deny her feelings for Dirk Tanger; and Tara Sc...

• Dec-2001
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"Someone in a hat may bring you luck...." Could this enchanting creature in the black beret really be Francesca Peyton, the ugly duckling that Spence Reid remembered from childhood returned as a graceful swan?...

• Dec-2001
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The Christmas child Nurse Anna Clemence didn't tell her new employers at the Winton medical office about her pregnancy, or how her baby was conceived. She really needed the job. She didn't tell handsome Dr. Ben Cole, either, but in his ef...

• Dec-2001
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London is the place to be in 1851. The crisp spring air is vibrant and alive with excitement in anticipation of the unveiling of the magnificent Crystal Palace. But can a star-crossed love finally bloom in the midst of the tumult? Mimi Marsh has ...