Penelope Thornton-McClure is still busy dealing with the
publicity from a murder the previous year, while co-owning
a bookstore and dealing with authors hawking their latest
tell-all poison pens. She's also raising her son alone
while avoiding the machinations of her late husband's
snooty family Read more...
In Gerard's second book in The Bodyguards series, suspense
sizzles on every page. The action starts immediately when
Eve Garrett, the second E. in E.D.E.N., an elite family
bodyguard organization, gets a call for help from rich-girl-
gone-bad, Tiffany Clayborne.
From the moment Eve Read more...
Life as a roving band of players is difficult. Life as a
roving band of lord's players assigned to do some careful
sleuthing is even harder. Because of his past exploits as a
solver of mysteries and a minder of everyone's business,
the player Joliffe, as well as Read more...
Her first shocking encounter with Trey Deverill is still on
her mind, despite her recent betrothal, and Antonia
Deverill is surprised into making close note of his dire
comments. Despite his roguish looks and not always
aboveboard behavior, Trey is still accepted into her sphere
of the ton's fancy Read more...
Previously falsely debunked lawyer Kendra Ballantyne has
jumped through all the hoops to regain her law license
except one -- the ethics exam. A full-time pet-sitting job
has helped keep her from financial rough spots, while
continuously landing her in suspicious legal hot water
through no fault of her Read more...
Priests are being murdered in New York. The investigation
uncovers other crimes the Catholic Church would much rather
prefer to let rest in peace. Instead, high-end officials go
for the jugular, portraying the investigators as "Catholic-
bashers" while letting the true criminal go free. Captain
Tony Flynn, a Catholic Read more...
Having the summer off can be difficult for someone in the
educational system, where one often needs to take jobs
during the summer months as supplementary income. So finds
Skye Denison, as she runs through difficult jobs all
summer. One of the most torturous is helping her uncle
coordinate the Read more...
In Kearney's previous book, THE CHALLENGE, readers met the
computer with a human personality of gold, Dora. In THE
DARE, Dora is just as mischievous as ever and even more
bent on her goal of having intimate relations with the
handsome Zical.
On her mission, Dora "grows" a body Read more...
Working as an insurance fraud investigator shouldn't
necessarily be dangerous or emotionally risky, but when
former nurse Pauline Sokol's wacky uncle gets into the mix,
everything gets turned upside down and sideways. Even worse
than dressing like an old lady to get the inside goods on
possible fraud Read more...
This is an amazing book. Mia Snow, an Alien Investigation
and Removal Agent, is a legalized killer of aliens. At her
most recent murder scene, she narrows the suspect field to
the Arcadians, a dangerous race gifted with strong mental
powers. Almost immediately, Mia is up to her neck in Read more...
As a favor to a friend, Abby Cooper, professional psychic
intuitive, agrees to quickly learn to read tarot cards for
a wedding whose guests are more than they seem. Of course,
the night of this wedding is on the same night as her long-
awaited homecoming with her FBI agent Read more...
Hiding her traits as a witch is increasingly difficult for
Isobel MacDonell because her desire to help others in the
village sometimes overrides her instincts for protection.
Her friend, Ceri, implies and outright states that Isobel
has characteristics and hidden gifts she's not yet found.
But Isobel feels she Read more...
When Morgan Tyler became co-executive producer for the
daytime soap Love of My Life, she didn't realize how
seriously she should have taken the advice that the job was
a catch-all for everything from assisting her partner's
attempts to avoid his father, to mentally juggling a Read more...
Despite going to group therapy to grow a backbone, Cynthia
Fishbein has a problem being anything other than the "nice"
girl. This all changes when a devious colleague at her
advertising agency schemes to steal her idea and make Cyn
look the fool. With visions of the movie "Working Girl Read more...
Determined to be an independent woman, Jillian Kincaid has
never let her father influence her career as a television
journalist, even after she receives multiple death threats.
However, after her father hires bodyguard Nolan Garrett to
scare her into taking his help, Jillian has no other
recourse but to accept Read more...
Despite assurances of a position in her hometown, ex-
prosecutor Mary Crow is deflated to discover that her easy
return is not going to be so easy. After pulling up roots
and moving back, she learns the position she was promised
is no longer open. Reuniting with her heart's Read more...
An excellent story, THE SIREN OF SOLACE GLEN packs enough
exposition into the first chapter that readers unfamiliar
with Solace Glen may find themselves holding their heads
with dismay. However, James does a wonderful job of making
newcomers feel comfortable with the various twists and
turns of daily life as Read more...
After the death of her husband, Andre, Annie Harlowe
doesn't know whether her secret vice is causing more harm
than good - she pays for his cell phone and calls it
occasionally, so she can hear his voice on the recorded
message. In financial desperation, she begins working for a Read more...
Vicky Gilpin
Dr. Vicky Gilpin teaches Composition,
Literature, and other courses at Cerro
Gordo High School, Millikin University,
and Richland Community College. She
recently took the course Vampires in
Literature and Film through Harvard
University Extension School and teaches
an English 101 course with the theme of
vampires. When she's not teaching,
reading, writing, and taking courses,
she spends time with her husband and
their six animals.
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