Books Published in January 2000

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HE WAS HER SECRET DESIRE: Sweet, gentle schoolteacher Natalie Brock's life changed forever when handsome rancher Mack Killain branded her with his masterful kisses and gave her a tantalizing taste of true passion. Ever since that first sensual awake...

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A LONG, TALL TEXAN *FINALLY* MEETS HIS MATCH...? He was rich, powerful and every woman's fantasy. Although many had tried to lasso Jacobsville's sought-after bachelor, none had managed to catch Matt Caldwell's eye. However, mysterious Leslie Mur...

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RUGGED RANCHER Sparks flew the moment Kasie Mayfield arrived at Gil Callister's sprawling Montana ranch to temporarily care for his two adorable daughters. Yet never in her wildest dreams did the innocent young woman imagine that her formidable ne...

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Can one passionate night mean a marriage? Luc Sarrazin's marriage to Star Rouseel was hasty and brief. They separated almost immediately and Star disappeared, but Luc never filed for divorce. Eighteen months later, Luc tracks Star down -- f...

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Engaged--but he hadn't proposed! Griffin Sinclair had announced that he and Dora Baxter were going to get married. This was a complete shock to Dora--he hadn't even asked her! Griffin had created the fictitious engagement to avoid his m...

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MOMMY, M.D....? After a devastating heartbreak, Dr. Kelly Hall had given up all hope of family and happiness. Then single father Tanner Malone breached her lonely existence with a magnetic virility that was hard to resist. His charming smiles an...

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Executive Elizabeth Cabot knows when to cut her losses--and she runs her personal life the same way. So when she learns that Jack Fairfax has deceived her, she's determined to end their romantic relationship. But breaking up their business deal is tr...

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They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the lisght... The stranger silently summons her from across the continents, across the seas. He whispers of eternal torment, of endless hunger...of dark, dangerous des...

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Dear Reader: You met Heatherington in The Sherbrooke Bride and Helen Mayberry in Mad Jack. Now the two get together to track down a mystical treasure that Helen calls King Edward's Lamp. Helen is a big girl -- only two inches shorter than Heath...

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SHINING STAR Stunningly successful actress Diamond Swain needs a peaceful place to hide out from the news-hungry press, a place like Whispering Pines. And yet from the moment she arrives at the remote Texas ranch, Diamond finds herself at odds with ...

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HAPPY NEW YEAR... BABY! When single, independent-minded mother-to-be Trish Delacourt went into labor on the side of a snowy road, she swallowed her pride and flagged down the nearest passing motorist. What she hoped for: a Good Samaritan. What she...

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The countdown has begun. Three marriage-minded women have set their sights on becoming brides. And they're following Prominence magazine's surefire list of ways to meet the grooms of their dreams. How to hook a husband when time is of the essence: Pr...

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SMALL-TOWN TROUBLE All Detective Judd Hanna was looking for was a few days of peace and solitude, away from the dark shadows of big-city crime. But in a little town in the Wyoming high country, he found something more, much more -- a woman who mad...

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When a whisper of silk and the promise of lace is deliciously...Sinful Surrender to your fantasies. Submit to the pleasures of cool satin caressing warm flesh. Succumb to the arousing touch of lace, exposing every private need. Yield to the tender...

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In 1845, Carolyn goes to work for the magician for whom her mother worked when she died in the Chamber of Fear, and Carolyn finds herself torn between entering the chamber for her mother's sake and fleeing its dangers...

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They knew cheating would be risky. But they never thought it could be deadly. When Shelli and her friends cheat on their college placement test, they think they have just secured their future. Until Shelli's best friend, Jennifer, threatens to turn ...

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When Jan mixes up a formula in science lab that brings creatures back to life, her friend Dawn uses it when they accidentally kill another girl, only to discover that while Cindy is once more alive, she has changed for the worse and seeks revenge...

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When Jason Sloves finds a threatening note in front of the old mirror his parents bought at a garage sale, he thinks it was written by his older sister, but then he sees something moving inside the mirror...

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HAS THE DEVASTATING DUKE FINALLY FOUND A BRIDE? All the society papers say so. But, only the Duke of Hastings and "his "intended" know the truth. For the irresistible Simon Basset has hatched a plan to keep himself free from all those ...

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The countdown has begun. Three marriage-minded women have set their sights on becoming brides. And they're following Prominence magazine's surefire list of ways to meet the grooms of their dreams. How to hook a husband when time is of the essence: Pr...

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THE FAMILY YOU'RE BORN TO... Gentlehearted Marta Jensen had come to the Alaskan wilderness to find herself, not to get involved with a bachelor dad in way over his head. So why had she agreed to care for Ike LeBlanc's orphaned niece? Because Mar...

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Twenty years ago, a darkness rose up out of the blistering heat of the Arizona desert and descended upon the Walker family of Tucson. A personified evil, a serial killer named Andrew Carlisle, brought blood and terror into their world, nearly murderi...

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In a post-apocalyptic, dystopian America rebels fight to end an ongoing civil war and restore freedom -- from a USA Today�"bestselling author. Ben Rines and his patriot army have defeated many foes, from mutant night people to the blackshirted force...

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The countdown has begun. Three marriage-minded women have set their sights on becoming brides. And they're following Prominence magazine's surefire list of ways to meet the grooms of their dreams. How to hook a husband when time is of the essence: Pr...

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A MAN OF HONOR And honor was the only reason well-muscled former mercenary Aloysius Murdock agreed to be Catherine Price's bodyguard. For Murdock owed Catherine's father his life. But once Murdock laid eyes on his best friend's beautiful daughter, h...

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Sleeping with her boss! An unexpected encounter with Ben Arden had caused Rachel many sleepless nights. She couldn't get him out of her mind -- then she discovered he was her new boss! And this sexy, dynamic man clearly wanted to continue thei...

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He was older, jaded and far from the regal suitor his young charge deserved, but to protect the rebellious Princess Serena Wyndham's virtue, royal bodyguard Gabriel Morgan made her his bride...

Only, Gabe hadn't realized the impulsive, charmi...

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WHAT HE REMEMBERED His clothing size. WHAT HE DIDN'T REMEMBER Everything else. Navy SEAL Mitchell Shaw woke up one morning with no clue as to who he was. And the items hidden in his possession were no help -- an address, along with a .22 ...

• Jan-2000
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LEAN, MEAN -- AND ABOUT TO FALL IN LOVE! Rock-solid, hard-bitten and no stranger to danger, mercenary Shep Hunter was going to run his latest mission without interference from Dr. Maggie Harper, the woman who'd stubbornly walked away from him year...

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Her secret daughter! At seventeen, Angela Field had no choice but to give up her baby daughter, Natasha, for adoption.... Eight years later, Natasha's adoptive family has been tragically killed and the little girl has a new guardian, Nick C...

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Engaged to the boss? Yancie's new job as driver to business tycoon Thomson Wakefield is a challenge--he finds it difficult to conceal his irritation as she struggles with one mishap after another! Yet, Yancie knows her boss is a man with whom ...

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A battle of wills... Is it coincidence that Tyler Kincaid has arrived at the Baron family mansion just as patriarch Jonas Baron is deciding who should inherit? There's something about this arrogant stranger that makes Caitlin McCord's hack...

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SOMETIMES LOVE IS LIFE'S UNEXPECTED REWARD.... Against his will, Thunder Heart guided the Ponca tribe on a forced march from the Black Hills of South Dakota to a reservation in Missouri. Now, he must protect his people from whatever dangers await ...

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SHE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TRUST A DANGEROUS MAN WITH HER LIFE.... Practical Maggie Brown was the dutiful daughter, the good sister-and in trouble again because of her feckless family. But Ben Frazer held the answers to her problems. Maggie hired hi...

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Dear Reader, In my Brides Trilogy, three unconventional young women vow never to marry, only--one by one--to be overtaken by destiny. Scholarly Olivia is most certainly The Least Likely Bride-- One moment Lady Olivia Granville is strolling alon...

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It is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them. While Douglas MacArthur chomps at the bit, intent on surging across the 38th parallel, Brigadier General Fleming Pickering works despera...

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When a whisper of silk and the promise of lace is deliciously...Sinful Surrender to your fantasies. Submit to the pleasures of cool satin caressing warm flesh. Succumb to the arousing touch of lace, exposing every private need. Yield to the tender...

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When she agreed to the plan, Jillian never suspected her world would change so drastically.... Upon arriving in Pintan, Arizona, Jillian Danvers is confronted with the magnitude of the task before her: Though an exact reflection of her twin, Judit...

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Prescription: Marriage -- When three wedding-shy female physicians lose their hearts to three irresistible men, marriage may be just what the doctor ordered.... IN A FAMILY WAY... Pediatrician Veronica Powers could handle crying babies and ...

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When a controversial English professor is found shot to death, Tres Navarre--P.I. and Ph.D.--is the only local academic crazy enough to accept the emergency opening at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Police assure him they already have a susp...

• Jan-2000
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He wants her to be his wife! Nick Hunter had proposed to Skye Belmont believing her to be an independent career woman. When Skye admitted, three weeks before the wedding, that she longed for children, Nick was shocked! Faced with his reaction, Sky...

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“MY NAME IS ANITA BLAKE. I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET EDWARD... ‘Edward was a hit man. He specialized in monsters. Vampires, shape-shifters, anything and everything. There were people like me who did it legal, but Edward didn't sweat the legalities or...

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An ice-cold marriage of convenience was the only way for Logan McNally to keep his family's home. Even worse, the bride-to-be was Nicole Carrington, the daughter of the woman who'd stolen Logan's father from his family. The tempting young girl had be...

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Maggie Carpenter and her son, Spencer, are finally beginning to feel settled in their new community. Then one day Spencer discovers a runaway girl. Leah has been looking for her biological father and has come to a dead�"end in Pine Mountain. In t...