Books Published in November 2005

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Emma Collins has always believed that the world is divided into two kinds of people: those who love fruitcake and those who don't. She's firmly in the second category, so it's ironic that her first major assignment for the Puyallup, Washington, Exami...

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THE PERMANENT TEMPORARY... Blake Kemp was a man who knew his own mind and was as stubborn as the day is long in Jacobsville, Texas. As the town's leading lawyer, he had a reputation to uphold, and he didn't want the tender ministrations of...

• Nov-2005
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When passion is stronger than pride... Helen Shaw's relaxing vacation on the stunning island of Santos is ruined when she steps off the ferry and sees Greek tycoon Milos Stephanides. Years before they had a scorching affair, until, discovering...

• Dec-2005
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THE NOT-SO-PRINCESS DIARIES... The wedding of my dreams was only days away...until I discovered my fiance had a nasty habit of unfaithfulness. So to mend my wounded pride, I turned to the most eligible man I knew: my boss, Prince Rafiq of Lucia-Se...

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Somebody is murdering Hollywood's A-list. Her calling card: "You've got mail." On a family vacation, FBI agent Alex Cross is asked to investigate the shooting of a top actress...and an e-mail sent to the Los Angeles Times with shocking details about ...

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TEA, SYMPATHY. REVENGE. THE SISTERHOOD HAS THEIR OWN STYLE OF JUSTICE. The women of the Sisterhood know life isn't fair, but that doesn't mean they have to like it--or let it pass. Instead, these best friends share their joys, troubles, triumphs, ...

• Nov-2005
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Gator Fontenot of. the Special Forces paranormal squad can't refuse an urgent request to save the elusive Iris "Flame" Johnson, a victim of the same horrific experiments that warped Gator. Now unleashed, she's a red-haired weapon of unimaginable dest...

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Lance Montgomery, renowned relationship expert, has perfected the art of being a playa. His acclaimed workshops and bestselling books prove it. His most popular title, The Playa's Handbook, caused a major uproar among black women and men, and shot to...

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WHAT CHASE WESTMORELAND WANTED... Something sure looked tempting, and Chase knew it wasn't on his restaurant's menu. His new neighbor Jessica Claiborne was as deliciously enticing as the confections she created -- so enticing, Chase was finding it d...

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His Christmas angel... Christmas is coming, but for E.R. consultant Mac Sullivan it's just another day. Since losing his wife two years ago, he's thrown himself into work and has no interest in serious relationships. Enter nurse Louisa ...

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One man murdered. One more dug from his grave. Twelve others missing. This is no coincidence. Respected Washington, D.C., journalist January DeLena is positive the threads of each victim's disappearance are intertwined. But who's behind these hor...

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The world's most glamorous couple, Jennifer Warren and Matteo D'Arezzo, are on the red carpet at their latest premiere -- despite having just split up! Watching their steamy movie together sparks unstoppable passion and with life-changing consequenc...

• Nov-2005
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A DEADLY ACCIDENT The Christian Kids Theater group is devastated by a tragedy greater than any of them could've imagined. Now their director, Katy Hart, must find a way to walk the kids through their grief and give them a reason to believe again. Bu...

• Nov-2005
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Some brides make their dresses. But sometimes, the dress makes the bride.... By the flickering light of a kitchen fire, a modest servant girl creates the wedding gown of her dreams �" a glorious dress of ivory silk and delicate lace that she woul...

• Dec-2005
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HE WASN'T LOOKING FOR LOVE...OR ANYTHING ELSE EITHER! When Detective James Munro discovered a cameo necklace on a New York City street, he hoped only to return the keepsake to its rightful owner. He certainly didn't expect that owner to be so adorab...

• Nov-2005
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Venture into a world beyond the ordinary, where the dark passions and voracious appetites of vampires, werewolves, demons, and a few undaunted mortals combine to unleash a potent...HOT SPELL Here are lovers like you've never dared to imagine: eyes...

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BAD agent Sydney Westbrook must find the perfect sniper for a risky counter-terrorism mission. J.D. Steele, a military sniper whose attitude problem landed him in prison, seems a good candidate. But as they're dragged into a secret world of freelance...

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Years ago, Texas Ranger Jacob Dalton bailed an orphaned girl named Nell out of trouble more times than he could count. But now the kid he once called "Two Bits" has grown into a beautiful young woman -- and is in more trouble than ever before...

• Dec-2005
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The RULES OF MARRIAGE...according to Miss Annabel Essex A husband must be: RICH. Make that very rich. She's had enough of leaky roofs and thread-worn clothing. ENGLISH. London is the center of the civilized world, and Annabel has a pas...

• Nov-2005
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The most special Christmas gift of all... After a head-on collision with another vehicle, Eden Kouros is overjoyed that her unborn baby has survived. But Aristide, her husband, has suffered a partial loss of memory. Eden's heart is torn in ...

• Nov-2005
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Atlanta Police Department Bulletin All police officers should be aware that the recent increase in crime activity that is running rampant through the city of Atlanta, Georgia, is quickly destroying the holiday spirit of our citizens. As sworn office...

• Nov-2005
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He wants her back--but on his terms! By agreeing to a meeting with Xavier Knightly, her handsome ex-husband, Carli Gresham realizes that the passion is still there. Three months later, she has some shocking news for him! But Xavier isn't consid...

• Nov-2005
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The Irish are hardheaded so Elspeth Hamilton doesn't like them. The Mexicans are hotheaded so likewise, she doesn't think much of them either. Since Rebels burned her family home, killing both her parents in the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania fire, it st...

• Nov-2005
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Nessa Dahl always had the good sense to steer clear of trouble. Then Jeremiah MacNaught showed up in New Orleans, determined to get to the bottom of a string of bank robberies by two women wearing Mardi Gras masks. Little does Nessa realize that the ...

• Nov-2005
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I see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it. Odd Thomas never asked for his special ability. He's just an ordinary guy trying to live a quiet life in the small desert town of Pico Mundo. Yet he feels an obligation to do right by his ...

• Dec-2005
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Seven marriageable daughters. . .And Lord Zachary Griffin is just the man to help them. After all, what could be more tantalizing than teaching the beautiful Witfeld sisters all the special ways of driving a man into submission -- and marriage? A...

• Nov-2005
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SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING �" AND KILL ANYONE �" TO KEEP THEIR SECRETS LOCKED AWAY. Michael "River" Corbett -- Confined in the state mental hospital and heavily drugged since the death of his wife, River cannot remember what truly happened the...

• Nov-2005
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Stranded with her sexy ex...it's deja vu all over again Even in a place called Shangri-La, shacking up with her gorgeous ex-fiance wasn't career-driven Darcie Reed's idea of fun. But thanks to her crazy uncle's will, she has to live with Cameron Pie...

• Nov-2005
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In an isolated land where the lure of the "Moontide" leads to shipwrecks, a woman is torn between obeying her father or her king. When she chooses to follow a Fool, she discovers magic she'd never expected...at a price that might be too high.......

• Nov-2005
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BEAUTY AND THE BOUNTY HUNTER He'd fallen into enemy hands. Now, battle-scarred bounty hunter Bryce Martin and his comrades were imprisoned in dungeonlike torture chambers on wind-whipped Devil's Fork Island. He was at the mercy of the barbaric mil...

• Dec-2005
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Sold in Monte Carlo: a beautiful English baroness! Samantha van Bergen has been wagered and won by the highest bidder: dark and sexy Italian, Cristiano Bartolo. Did he buy her to bed her? Innocent Sam is scared Cristiano will seduce her! But she...

• Nov-2005
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The greatest story ever told; the rise and fall of civilizations, empires, kings, despots, prophets and disciples; tales of love, betrayal, revenge, war, and disaster, the most fundamental and eternal myths and fables of Judeo-Christian society; the ...

• Nov-2005
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In A Christmas Guest, Mariah Ellison, better known as the vinegar-tongued Grandmama from the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, makes a stunning appearance in a bracing story full of devious delight . . . and certain death. For Grandmama Ellison, Chr...

• Nov-2005
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SAINT... He was a miracle sent by God to save her. That was what Mariah's aged and ailing husband called the mysterious knight who had been brought unconscious to their doorstep. She had to agree that he was a maiden's dream, his naked body ...

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He came in search of a convenient bride... London's Ball of the Season is hardly the milieu for society black sheep Sebastian Reyne. But his younger sisters are in desperate need of care, and Sebastian is seeking a practical, down-to-earth wife. Wha...

• Nov-2005
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Growing up with her impatient, disinterested aunt and five older brothers, Allison Troyer is more comfortable playing ball than keeping house. Now, the nineteen-year-old tomboy must learn to run an Amish household. But a future of domestic bliss is h...

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Complications abound as love is encountered by four young schoolmarms in bygone days. In Schoolhouse Brides, one-room schoolhouses by the Lehigh Canal, on the prairies of Minnesota, amid the Blue Ridge Mountains, and in frontier Idaho are the setting...

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Maybe Laurel Runyan was crazy...at least that's what everyone seemed to think in Lucius, Montana, when she'd suffered a breakdown after her father supposedly murdered her mother. Now, after a twelve-year absence, she'd returned to bury her estranged ...

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The intrepid women of The Hot Flash Club are back for the holidays, soothing jingled nerves and stressed shoppers in their exclusive spa and celebrating the joys of the season. In her witty and delightfully wisecracking prose, Nancy Thayer tells a he...

• Nov-2005
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Alexander McCall Smith's many fans will be pleased with this latest installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series. Back are all our favorite denizens of a Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh. Bertie the immensely talented six year old is...

• Nov-2005
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Since leaving her troubled past behind, Lindsey Mitchell relished living in the small Christian community of Winding Stair, Oklahoma. But as December approached, she knew she'd need help to run her tree farm. So she hired new arrival Jesse Slater. ...

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A romance blooms between Blythe Stensrude and Thane Davidson after their dogs tangle leashes in the park -- until Thane assumes guardianship of his three-year-old niece. Blythe is sure motherhood is not for her, but how can she refuse Thane's request...

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Dakotah Treasures Book 4- Major Jeremiah McHenry is retiring from the army and returns to Medora to make a new life and find a wife. Will he be able to convince feisty newcomer Amethyst O'Shaunasy that he is the kind of man she's been looking for? Ja...

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Atlanta Police Department Bulletin All police officers should be aware that the recent increase in crime activity that is running rampant through the city of Atlanta, Georgia, is quickly destroying the holiday spirit of our citizens. As sworn office...

• Nov-2005
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A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling series of murders. Combe Island, off the Cornish coast, is a restful haven for the elite. But when one of its distinguished visitors is found hanging from ...

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Big Lizard Bottoms-where getting hitched is a local industry-is not any place Lindsey Attwood, a play-it-safe paleontologist who's sworn off romance, ever expected to find herself. She's here posing as a horse psychology student to help recover dinos...

• Nov-2005
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The news that he was going to be a dad shocked the heck out of sexy executive Trent Crosby! Having had enough of deceptive women in his lifetime, he had his doubts about Rebecca Holley, the "mother" of his child. But when the beautiful nurse who'd ac...

• Nov-2005
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"Hi, Stanger. I'm having your baby." -- Rose Windcroft, expectant mom Laying eyes on Tom Morgan again was the last thing Rose could have imagined. After all, her family's horse farm was a long way from the Houston conference where she and Tom had ...

• Nov-2005
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David is content with his laid-back life, and sees no reason to want anything more--until he finds his old friend Allison on the beach one winter afternoon and realizes what he's been missing. But the girl who once reminded him of a Christmas tree an...

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Stewart Dubinsky knew his father, David, had served in World War II, but had been told very little about his experiences. When he finds, after his father's death, a packet of wartime letters to a former fiancee and learns of David's court-martial, St...