Review: Beyond A Highland Whisper

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Title: 

Beyond A Highland Whisper

Author: 

Maeve Greyson

Release Date:

February 18, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 73,000

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Author's Website:

http://www.maevegreyson.com/

Description:  

Can love prevail over the dark magic of a woman scorned?

The last time Latharn MacKay walked among his kinsman was in Scotland of 1410. Sensuous and charismatic, all the women wanted him, but none could capture his heart. Latharn's charm became his curse when a dark sorceress didn’t take rejection well. She snared his soul into a crystal globe until the one woman destined to be his love whispered his release. Now all Latharn has to do is find her and guide her to him without speaking a word.

One of the youngest archeologists in St Louis of 2010, Nessa credits one thing for this achievement: the recurring dream of a heart-stopping Highlander since the summer she turned eighteen years old. Little does she know, he's not some fantasy cooked up by her subconscious. He’s a trapped soul determined for Nessa to end his six centuries in hell.

Laura’s Review:

Review: A Beautiful Cage

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Title: 

A Beautiful Cage

Author: 

Alyson Reuben

Release Date:

September 2, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 96,000

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Author's Website:

http://www.alysonreuben.com

Description:  

A BEAUTIFUL CAGE: Wanted by the Gestapo, Rebecca Bloomberg is on the run for her life. Sheltering in the home of a reporter who writes absurd lies for a Nazi propaganda newspaper is hardly an ideal solution. Irresistibly drawn to the man, she dares not trust him, until she discovers his journalist position is a mask for involvement in an anti-Nazi resistance ring.

Gustav Von Furst has done all he can to perfect his mask. Neither his family nor his close friends know the truth. Hiding a Jewish girl is the most foolish risk, yet there is something about her that makes him want to protect her.

Eager to forget the outside world, Rebecca and Gustav are caught up in a private world of forbidden passion—until unexpected danger lands on their doorstep and they’re faced with a decision that will change everything. Will love demand a sacrifice too great to give?

Deniz’s Review:

Review: The Duke's Blackmailed Bride

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Title: 

The Duke's Blackmailed Bride

Author: 

Leigh D'Ansey

Release Date:

September 14, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 12,000

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Author's Website:

www.leighdansey.com

Description:  

In such dire straits she must bathe in the kitchen, Vanessa Fitzwilliam has just stepped into her bath when Ashton, the Duke of Northbridge steps across her threshold.

 

Hardened by the ravages of warfare, Northbridge is seeking an alliance that will provide him with descendants but make no demands on his emotions. The beautiful but scandalously experienced Vanessa seems a suitable choice.

 

With a handful of old retainers relying on her for support Vanessa is considering Northbridge's offer when he devastates her with one foul blow.

 

To fulfil his desires Northbridge is prepared to be ruthless, but can he bend Vanessa to his will or has the Duke met his match?

Deniz’s Review:

Review: A Broken Christmas

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Title: 

A Broken Christmas

Author: 

Claire Ashgrove

Release Date:

October 26, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 46,000

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The Wild Rose Press  

Author's Website:

www.claireashgrove.com

Description:  

The truest gifts are damaged ...  

Fourteen months ago, Aimee Garland had the perfect marriage—until her husband blindsided her with a divorce. Now, he’s home and she intends to get her answers. Yet the crippled man she confronts bears scars her years of nursing cannot heal and the secret he’s hiding is tearing him apart.

Delta Force operative Kyle Garland divorced his wife to protect her. His top-secret missions expose him to constant danger, but the threat to Aimee doesn’t come in the form of insurgents or bombs. Rather, his soul-deep love and dreams he silently nurtures are her greatest hazard. When a career-ending injury brings him home for Christmas, he must bury his feelings and hide the monster he’s become.

As she forces him to confront his demons, will the holiday shred the fragile bonds they share, or will the spirit of Christmas heal their broken hearts?

Joey’s Review:

Review: The Girl Most Likely

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Title:       

The Girl Most Likely                                      

Author: 

Jana Richards

Release Date:

November 30, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 39,000

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Author's Website:

www.janarichards.net

Description:  

Cara McLeod, the girl most likely to have the perfect marriage, is now divorced and, in her own words, “fat, frumpy, and over forty.” The thought of facing former classmates—and the ex-husband who dumped her—at her high school reunion terrifies her. Cajoled into attending by her kids and her best friend, Cara enlists help at the gym to lose weight and look great for the reunion. Personal Trainer Finn Cooper is more than willing to help—but does he have to be so to-die-for gorgeous?

Finn thinks Cara is perfect just the way she is. She’s everything he wants in a woman, except for one thing—she can’t get past the fact that he's eight years younger. To Finn, age and weight are just numbers. But can he convince Cara the numbers she worries about add up to only one thing for him—love?

Deniz’s Review:

Review: Soul Mate

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Title:
Soul Mate 
Author:
Catherine Bybee

Release Date:
August 17, 2011

Publisher:
The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:
approx. 17,000

Purchase Links:
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Author's Website:
http://www.catherinebybee.com/

Description:

Kari Pearce lives the life of a lone werewolf. No one knows of her affliction, not even her sister. When she hears of a missing child up in the Sequoias, Kari goes on the hunt to find the child and her abductor before tragedy can occur. Saving the child is easy, avoiding the FBI agent associated with the case is not.

Agent Nick Murdock knows he's seen Kari before, but damn if he can remember where. There's one thing he knows for sure. Kari Pearce, with her blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, is hiding something. And Nick is going to find out what.

Brandi’s Review:

Review: Flawless

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Title: 

Flawless

Author: 

Jana Richards

Release Date:

January 5, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 40,000

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The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

www.janarichards.net

Description:  

France, 1942.  The world is at war. The Nazis have stolen the infamous blue diamond, Le Coeur Bleu, intending to barter it for weapons that will destroy the Allies. Jewel thief Hunter Smith is given a choice; help the French Resistance steal back the diamond and avenge the death of his best friend, or stay locked up in an English prison. He chooses revenge.

Resistance fighter Madeleine Bertrand’s husband died when he was betrayed by Hunter Smith. How can she now pretend to be married to the arrogant American? How can she betray Jean Philippe’s memory by her passionate response to Hunter’s kisses? Neither is prepared for the maelstrom of attraction that erupts between them. To survive they must uncover the mysteries of the past and conquer the dangers of the present. But first Madeleine must decide if her loyalties lie with her dead husband and the Resistance or with the greatest love of her life.

Deniz’s Review:

Review: After Midnight

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Title: 

After Midnight

Author: 

Sarah Grimm

Release Date:

September 30, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 79,000

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Author's Website:

http://www.sarahgrimm.com/

Description:  

Thirteen years—that's how long Isabeau Montgomery has been living a lie. After an automobile accident took her mother's life, Izzy hid herself away, surviving the only way she knew how. Now she is happy in her carefully reconstructed life. That is until he walks through the door of her bar...

Black Phoenix singer/front man Noah Clark came to Long Island City with a goal—one that doesn’t include an instant, electric attraction to the dark-haired beauty behind the bar. Coaxing her into his bed won’t be easy, but he can’t get her pale, haunted eyes nor her skill on the piano out of his head.

Can Noah help Isabeau overcome the past? Or will her need to protect her secret force her back into hiding and destroy their chance at happiness?

Brandi’s Review:

Review: Brodie's Bride

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Title: 

Brodie's Bride 
Author: 

Amie Louellen 
Release Date:

June 2011 
Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press 
Word Count:

approx. 75,000 
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Author's Website:

http://www.amielouellen.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnhC1dKx_Xc

Description:  

Waking up next to a beautiful golden-haired stranger isn’t the worst thing that has ever happened to Brodie Harper, but staying in a fake marriage in order to gain a new construction contract could very well be.

Savanna Morgan just wanted a way out of an engagement to a man she didn’t love. Marrying Brodie seemed liked the perfect answer at the time. Less perfect the next morning when she finds herself disowned by her father and flat broke.  Now she must make it through the weekend. Monday they can get it all annulled and forget it ever happened.  

The real problem may be keeping their hands off each other until then.

Joey’s Review:

Review: Forever Freed

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Title: 

Forever Freed

Author: 

Laura Kaye

Release Date:

May 20, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 95,000

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Author's Website:

http://www.laurakayeauthor.com/

Description:  

A heart can break, even one that no longer beats.

I stalk my new neighbors, a single mother and her child, drawn by the irresistible scent of their joy and love. I crave their blood, starved for some healing respite from my ancient grief. Now to lure them into my grasp.

But they surprise me. Little Olivia accepts me without fear or reservation--talking, smiling, offering innocent affection that tugs at my long-lost humanity. Her mother, Samantha, seeks me out when she should stay away, offering sweet friendship, and calling to the forgotten man within me. They lure me instead.

Ah, Dio, Lucien, run and spare them while you can... 

Brandi’s Review:

Review: Storm's Interlude

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Title: 

Storm's Interlude

Author: 

Vonnie Davis

Release Date:

July 15, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 88,000

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The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

http://www.vonniedavis.com

Description:  

Nurse Rachel Dennison comes to Texas determined to prepare her new patient for a second round of chemo. What she isn’t counting on is her patient’s twin brother, Storm Masterson.

 

Half Native American with the ability to have “vision dreams,” Storm dreams about Rachel for three nights before her arrival. Both are unprepared for the firestorm of emotions their first chance encounter ignites. Even so, Storm has two things Rachel won’t abide: a domineering personality and a fiancée.

 

Yet, ultimately, it is Rachel’s past—an abusive, maniacal ex-boyfriend—that threatens to keep them apart…and Storm’s dreams that bring them together again.

Brandi’s Review:

Review: Ellie's Song

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Title: 

Ellie's Song

Author: 

Ginger Hanson

Release Date:

January 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 68,000

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Author's Website:

www.gingerhanson.com

http://missmabeltalkstassanoxie.blogspot.com/

Description:  

Take one heroine and hero gripped in relationship limbo. Stir in a possible media scandal. Sprinkle lightly with a three-year-old child. Add one mother-in-law,a former boyfriend, a celebrity reporter hot for a story break and a Hollywood starlet. Knead above ingredients. Cover and let rise in a warm place. Bake for 31 chapters. Yield: Ellie’s Song, the story of shy folk artist Ellie Kellson who loves country singer Lane Walker, but abhors the media attention he needs to be a successful singing artist.

Joey’s Review:

Review: Secrets in the Sand

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Title: 

Secrets in the Sand

Author: 

Alana Lorens

Release Date:

April 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 58,000

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The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

http://alanalorens.com 

Description:  

After a run of bad relationships, Lily Pearl Evans has finally become an independent woman. In the New Mexico desert town of Chaparral, she works for herself in her own house,  she sets her own rules, and she's determined no man will hold her back again.

Gene Nicholas worked for more than a decade to achieve his dream to be a doctor. Wanting to share his gifts with those less fortunate, he leaves South Florida to volunteer for a tour with Doctors without Borders in Mexico.

When Gene provokes a showdown with the local Mexican drug cartel, he becomes a man with a price on his head. On the run, he ends up on Lily’s doorstep, a mystery man forced to conceal his past to protect them both. With the cartel’s dangerous web drawing tight around them, can Lily and Gene survive a druglord’s revenge?

Laura’s Review:

Review: Maybe This Time

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Title: 

Maybe This Time

Author: 

Jannine Gallant

Release Date:

May 11, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 29,000

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The Wild Rose Press

Author's Website:

http://www.janninegallant.com/

Description:  

Adam York attends his 25 year reunion hoping to see his old running pal, Chloe, and her absence hits him like a punch to the gut even though there’s no reason why it should. After all, they’d never been more than friends in high school. Still, he’d hoped maybe this time…

Chloe Lane walks off the set of Get Lei’d with her dignity in shreds but the armor around her heart firmly in place. After a series of disastrous dates spawned by her brush with reality TV, she swears off men altogether. Until she runs into her old buddy, Adam, on the course of the Lake Tahoe Marathon.

Attraction sizzles between them, unexpected and disconcerting, threatening their friendship with the promise of something more. While Chloe battles her fear of commitment, a man from her past lurks in the shadows. Will she risk her heart before it’s too late?

Deniz’s Review:

Review: Hearts in Darkness

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Title: 

Hearts in Darkness

Author: 

Laura Kaye

Release Date:

April 20, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 20,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

http://www.LauraKayeAuthor.com

Description:  

Makenna James thinks her day can't get any worse, until she finds herself stuck in a pitch-black elevator with a complete stranger. Distracted by a phone call and juggling too much stuff, the pin-striped accountant caught only a glimpse of a dragon tattoo on his hand before the lights went out.

Caden Grayson is amused when a redhead literally falls at his feet. His amusement turns to panic when the power fails. Despite his piercings, tats, and vicious scar, he's terrified of the dark and confined spaces. Now, he's trapped in his own worst nightmare.

To fight fear, they must both reach out and open up. With no preconceived notions based on looks to hold them back, they discover just how much they have in common. In the warming darkness, attraction grows and sparks fly, but will they feel the same when the lights come back on? 

 Deniz’s Review:

Review: Rafe's Redemption

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Title: 

Rafe's Redemption

Author: 

Jennifer Jakes

Release Date:

February 25, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 89,000

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Author's Website:

http://www.jenniferjakes.com

Description:  

He rode into town to buy supplies, not a woman.

 

For hunted recluse Rafe McBride, the raven-haired beauty on the auction block  is exactly what he doesn't need. A dependant woman will be another clue his vengeful stepbrother can use to find and kill him. But Rafe's conscience won't let him leave another innocent's virginity to the riff-raff bidding. He buys her, promising to return her to St. Louis untouched. He only prays the impending blizzard holds off before her sultry beauty breaks his willpower.

 

She wanted freedom, not a lover.

 

Whisked to the auction block by her devious, gambling cousin, and then sold into the arms of a gorgeous stranger, outspoken artist Maggie Monroe isn't about to go meekly. Especially when the rugged mountain man looks like sin and danger rolled into one. But a blizzard and temptation thrust them together, and Maggie yearns to explore her smoldering passion for Rafe.

 

But when the snow clears, will the danger and secrets that surround Rafe and Maggie tear them apart?

Babs' Review:

Review: A Taste of Seduction

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Title: 

A Taste of Seduction

Author: 

Mary Campisi

Release Date:

March 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 87,000

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Author's Website:

http://www.marycampisi.com/

Description:  

A young woman of noble blood, raised as a peasant girl...

An orphaned stable boy, now grown and the surrogate son of a powerful earl – the same earl who just so happens to be the young woman’s father...

Meriel and Anthony have nothing in common--she runs barefoot and talks to animals, he won’t loosen his cravat unless the bedroom door is firmly closed. Meriel believes in love, hope, and happily ever after. Anthony believes in keeping a safe distance from anything resembling an emotion. They have nothing in common but an undeniable, burning desire for one another they can’t ignore or understand, and an ailing "father" who will do anything to see them together. Unfortunately, there are others, cunning and manipulative, working behind the scenes. Others who will stop at nothing, willing even to kill, to keep them apart.

Brandi’s Review:

Review: Jezebel's Wish

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Title: 

Jezebel's Wish

Author: 

A.J. Nuest

Release Date:

April 15, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 81,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

http://ajbooks.blogspot.com/

Description:  

Haunted by nightmares, tormented by guilt, Jezebel came to Redemption Ranch to escape the past—except now she's stuck in the middle of nowhere with no redemption in sight. When her mother pushes her into riding lessons with local veterinarian Matthias Saunders, Jezebel balks. Sure, the doctor is gorgeous, but he’s completely obnoxious and knows how to push every one of her buttons.

Only her deep connection with The Reverend, a gentle stallion who guards her darkest secrets, has her agreeing to spend any more time with Dr. Saunders. Caring for the stallion is the first bright spot in her life in months, and if being around the horse means she has to deal with Matthias Saunders, then so be it. Surely a city girl like her can handle one country vet—even one with disturbing blue eyes. Can't she?

Babs' Review:

Review: A Man Like That

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Title: 

A Man Like That

Author: 

Alison Henderson

Release Date:

June 29, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 90,000

Purchase Links: 

The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

www.alisonhenderson.com

Description:  

Jessamine Randall, fearless crusader and champion of the downtrodden, is not a woman to be left waiting at the altar.  When her fiancé disappears hours before their wedding, the ever-resourceful Jessy hatches a plan to track him down and bring him back where he belongs.

Morgan Bingham knows he’s no good.  Never has been.  Never will be.  A former outlaw is no fit husband for the only daughter of the town judge, despite her misguided notions.  Besides, after ten long years away from home, it’s time to return to the hills and face his demons.

Ill-prepared, but armed with unshakeable certainty, Jessy follows Morgan to his family’s cabin deep in the Ozark Mountains where she’s sucked into a whirlpool of deep secrets and old hatreds.  While she struggles to bring light and hope into their dark lives, her greatest challenge is Morgan himself. Can she ever convince him he’s worthy of love?

Babs' Review: