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Long Road Home

What does it take to be a cowboy? 

Wyatt Locke believes in second chances. Sure, meeting his half brother last year was a complete disaster-but blood is blood, right? Now Wyatt is returning to the Last Chance Ranch to try to make peace with a family he hardly knows.... 

Then he comes across beautician Olivia Sedgewick stranded on the side of the road. 

As it turns out, most of the Chance clan is away for the weekend, and Olivia proves to be a very delicious and sexy distraction. But as his brother's return draws closer, Wyatt has to decide. Can he leave this cowboy life-and Olivia-behind? Or would the ranch be the setting of Wyatt's last stand? 

Sons of Chance

Reviewer: DebraTaylor
Review: May 3, 2012
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Western, Harlequin Blaze
I enjoyed this book very much. This was the first time that I have read this authors work and I chose this book because I love the contemporary cowboy genre. I also took into account the fact that it was part of a series. I usually prefer series books because I need to become invested in the characters. Long Road Home is the story of Wyatt Locke and Olivia Sedgewicke. Wyatt is the half-brother to Jack Chan


Werewolf in Seattle

The last think Colin McDowell wants is to inherit his Aunt Geraldine's mansion in the San Juan islands off the coast of Washington. AS the pack leader of the Trevelyans in Scotland, he had little time to travel halfway around the world to take care of his inheritance.

But the trip takes a pleasant turn when he meets Luna Reynaud, the young secretary his aunt hired shortly before she died. He isn't sure which surprises him more-Luna's clever plan for turning the mansion into a resort of the fact that she's drop-dead gorgeous. Both intrigue him-until he learns that Luna is only a half-breed. There's no way a pack leader can mate with a woman who's partly human...or is there?



Merry Christmas, Baby

Who will you find under your Christmas tree?

A cowboy?

Ranch hand Tucker Rankin isn't crazy about the holidays.until a wintry night before Christmas, when Lacey Evans shows him how much fun it is to be nestled all snug in her bed..

A wealthy New Yorker?

Stockbroker Jared Martin needs to get away, and Alaska's the perfect place to unwind. Especially once actress Theodora "Teddy" Monroe gets him to loosen his tie-and take it all off!

Or maybe even a man in uniform?

Soldier Silas Davenport is on Christmas leave. But when he arrives at his parents' home, no one is there.except for the irresistible Delphie Moreau. And she's one gift he won't be exchanging!

Reviewer: Sheryl
Review: Dec 20, 2011
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Anthologies, Harlequin Blaze, Seasonal / Holiday
I really enjoyed this book. It's an anthology of Christmas stories, all very different and all very good! The first story follows Lacey and Tucker, two people who went to high school together and who accidentally run into each other again during a blizzard. Stranded in Lacey's cabin, they try to make amends with their past while making way for each other in their future. I really liked this couple even though

Werewolf in Greenwich Village

A fun and sexy tale of were-love from New York Times bestselling author Vicki Lewis ThompsonQuentin Wallace has it all. He's got money in the bank from his lucrative job as a Manhattan contractor, and he runs with the big dogs of his were pack. But when he meets and falls for Nadia—who's soon to be named the leader of New York's Henderson pack—he knows he's in over his head. Nadia belongs to a rarefied world; Quentin would sooner be seen in torn jeans than in an Armani suit. But when Nadia's new position is threatened by a rebel were, Quentin has a chance to prove his worthiness and his love—and show her the alpha-male inside.


Cowboys Like Us

Real cowboys aren't born. They're made…

Logan Carswell has just kissed his professional baseball career goodbye. Goodbye dreams, career and future. For now, though, he's working at the Last Chance Ranch and the town saloon, where sexy bartender Caro Davis is definitely taking his mind off his troubles…

Caro's days have been so hectic, she's forgotten all about the finer aspects of life. Like men. And sex. And really smokin'–hot sex with men like Logan. But when their two worlds collide—and boy, do they ever collide—they both realize that once the gear is off, a cowboy is still a cowboy!

Reviewer: Diana Coyle
Review: Aug 2, 2011
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Harlequin Blaze
Ex-professional baseball player Logan Carswell has had to end his career too soon because of a knee injury he sustained. Since he really wasn't planning on leaving the game any time soon before the accident happened, he seems to be having a hard time accepting the fact that his career is really over. While heading to Wyoming to attend a friend's wedding, he meets up with bartender Caro Davis when he goes fo

Reviewer: Melinda
Review: Dec 7, 2011
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Harlequin Blaze
Logan Carswell has lived the fast life for years. As an ex-baseball player he has seen many women try to get his attention, but something about Caro Davis grabs his attention and holds on. Here is one woman who is not impressed by his career or charm. Now that he is your average guy he is determined to make a good career come to light. The Last Chance Ranch is the only place where he feels normal and down-to-

Werewolf in the North Woods

Abby Maddox's grandfather insists he has seen Bigfoot in the woods behind his Portland, Oregon home. Now Grandpa Earl's wealthy neighbors have flown in a big-deal anthropology professor to discredit his story and make him the laughingstock of town. Abby suspects the nasty neighbors have ulterior motives, so she's determined to send the snooty professor packing.

That is, until she sees just how hot he is.

Roarke Wallace can't risk news of Bigfoot sightings drawings tourists to the woods. After all, he has a local Were pack to protect--which includes Earl's nosy neighbors. When he encounters Abby, the fiery red-head gets under his fur and sparks fly, arousing the suspicions of the desperate Weres. Can Roarke track Bigfoot, protect Abby, and save his fellow wolves from the spotlight? 

Reviewer: Angibabi4
Review: Sep 27, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Werewolves
Abby comes to Portland to stand by her grandfather's claim that Bigfoot exists. Roarke comes to debunk the claim and ruin what's left of Abby's grandfather's reputation. They meet in a clash of wills during a conference where Roarke is the speaker. Abby discovers something about Roarke that gives her the leverage she needs to join him on his expedition in the wilderness on Grandpa Earl's property. Can she kee

Cowboy Up

"Never fall in love with a cowboy." These words were drilled into Emily Sterling's head since her parents divorced over twenty years ago. But now Emily has returned to her father's ranch… only to find herself face-to-face with jawdroppingly hot rancher Clay Whitaker.

Clay is the resident stud expert at the Last Chance Ranch and isn't so keen on "spoiled" city slickers…until Emily arrives. Now he's showing Emily just what a ranch—and a cowboy—has to offer. And luckily for him, it's an offer Emily can't refuse…

Reviewer: Diana Coyle
Review: Jul 1, 2011
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Western, Harlequin Blaze
Emily Sterling has grown up thinking and believing that ranch life is full of long days of backbreaking work and it's just not for everyone, especially her. Or at least that's what she thinks since she's been brainwashed by her mother for the past twenty years that her mom and dad have been divorced. So Emily feels that everything having to do with her father, Emmett, along with his ranch, is not her cup of t

Should've Been a Cowboy

Party organizer Tyler O'Connelli is on the fast track to her dream career. She's so close she can almost taste it. But when she returns to her family and sees her one-night stand, Alex Keller, all done up in his cowboy gear, her self-control is stretched to the breaking point….

They're worlds apart. She's a busy career girl, and Alex is a cowboy. But while getting together might not bode well for anything long-term, it more than makes up for it in sheer hot chemistry! Problem is, this is one wrangler she might want to get tied down—and tied up—to…indefinitely!

Reviewer: Diana Coyle
Review: Jun 3, 2011
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Western, Harlequin Blaze
Tyler Connelli is on the fast track of training for her dream career of being a cruise-director. She couldn't be any happier. Or could she? Ten months ago, Tyler met Alex Keller while at her sister's wedding at Chance Ranch. They had one hot fling together that night in the hayloft and then went their separate ways. Now, Tyler decides to return to Chance Ranch to visit her very pregnant sister and surprisin

Reviewer: Melinda
Review: Jul 22, 2011
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Western, Harlequin Blaze
Tyler Connelli is a woman who has so much going for her. It's been months since she came back to her hometown and a for good reason. She left her heart to a man who just wanted a one night stand. The thing is that Alex Keller is not the cowboy of her dreams. Instead he's a city-slicker pretending to be a cowboy which just confuses her in every way. The passion she feels for him is something she can't explain

Reviewer: Melinda
Review: Feb 28, 2012
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Western, Harlequin Blaze
Tyler Connelli is a woman who has so much going for her. It’s been months since she came back to her hometown and for good reason. She left her heart to a man who just wanted a one night stand. The thing is that Alex Keller is not the cowboy of her dreams. Instead he’s a city-slicker pretending to be a cowboy which just confuses her in every way. The passion she feels for him is something she can’t explain bu

A Werewolf in Manhattan

Emma Gavin writes about werewolves, but that doesn't mean she believes in them-not until a pack of real-life New York weres decide to investigate the striking accuracy of her "fiction".

When Aiden Wallace, son and heir of the pack leader, tries to sniff out Emma's potential informant, he discovers something even more dangerous- an undeniable attraction to her.

Reviewer: Sherylyn
Review: Dec 6, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Emma Gavin was happy with her life. She had a successful writing career and she was able to make money doing something she loved to do. Who cared that she wrote books that were pure fiction, they helped her make a living and pay her bills. .....Well, as it turns out her "fictional" books have turned out to not be so fictional after all. Who knew werewolves were real, or that the way she imagined th

Claimed!

Following a dream brought Josie Keller to Shoshone, Wyoming. Following her heart brought her plenty of great sex with good-time cowboy Jack Chance! She was head over heels for him… until he left her.

Stay with one woman? Not a chance! Then why does Jack miss Josie like crazy? Had their relationship been more than just incredible sex?

Little do Josie and Jack know that a plan's afoot to get them back in the saddle…together. And once there, it's not long before they're burning up the bedsheets again!

But the past is never far away. Before it catches up with them, Jack has to decide if he's going to stake his claim on Josie, or lose her forever….

Reviewer: Diana Coyle
Review: Aug 2, 2010
Genre(s): Contemporary, Western, Harlequin Blaze
Bar owner, Josie Keller’s life was good because her business was doing well and she was in love with cowboy Jack Chance. But things took a drastic turn for her almost one year ago when Jack abruptly left her and gave her no explanation as to why his sudden about face. She picked up the pieces to her broken heart and moved on.   Now, one year later, business is still doing well, although she has n

Ambushed!

Morgan O'Connelli hated the restless lifestyle she'd had as a child. All she wants now is to create a real home in small-town Wyoming. So first she hangs up her real-estate agent shingle...then she promptly borrows the horse of the hottest cowboy in town!

Cutting-horse champion Gabe Chance is blown away by the feisty redhead who unexpectedly lands right in his bed...and, soon enough, his heart! Morgan's perfect for him in every way. Until he realizes that while she's turned out to be everything he never knew he wanted, he's got everything someone in her profession has ever wanted...his family's ranch.

And that's a legacy he's just not willing to give up--not even for the sexiest woman he's ever fallen for.... 

Reviewer: Diana Coyle
Review: Jul 1, 2010
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Harlequin Blaze
Poor Morgan O’Connelli grew up never feeling like any specific place was her home. Now, as an adult, she makes certain that she’s going to have a solid home in one place and plant some roots there. Returning back to her small town in Wyoming seems exactly what she needs. So after getting her real estate license she starts her own business there. No one or nothing is going to sidetrack her now. &n

Wanted!
Photographer Dominique Jeffries has come to Wyoming to find herself--her creative self, her sexual self. After escaping the engagement from hell, she's dying to break loose and live a little. And seducing a shirtless, sweaty cowhand looks like just the place to start....
 
Nick Chance isn't exactly a cowhand but, hey, he'll be whatever the lady wants! Only he soon realizes that this is more than just a quick roll in the hay. There's something about Dominique that calls to him, something about her that completes him.
 
There's only one problem. Dominique wants a fling, not another relationship.
 
Little does she guess how easily she'll be "persuaded" to take a Chance--again and again and again!
Reviewer: Diana Coyle
Review: Jun 1, 2010
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Harlequin Blaze
After escaping from the engagement from hell, photographer Dominique Jeffries goes to Wyoming for a vacation to find herself again. She wants to relax and maybe even break loose from her normal self to live a bit on the edge. When she arrives at Last Chance Ranch she stumbles upon this gorgeous, sweaty ranch hand working in one of the fields. Not being able to resist the temptation, she takes plenty of pictu

Cupid Cats
From New York Times bestselling authors Katie Macalister, Vicki Lewis Thompson and National bestselling author Connie Brockway: 
 
Stories full of magic, love-and cats. 
 
This one-of-a-kind-all-original anthology features stories by three bestselling superstar authors starring the mysterious, mischievous, and magical matchmaking felines of the Cupid Cats Animal Shelter, who assist their owners in finding romance and true love.
Reviewer: ELF
Review: Jun 7, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Anthologies
Cupid Cats is a trilogy of novellas that feature three very different felines associated with special shelters that cater to cats in different cities.  Trademark irreverant Katie McAlister characters in Unleashed enliven the tale of Jacintha, a Fish & Wildlife officer who investigates a call that turns out to be a blue-eyed jaguar who is a Moravian named Avery.  This vampire with a soul run

Chick With a Charm

From the New York Times bestselling author of Blonde with a Wand--another charming tale of love and witchcraft

Lily Revere is free-spirited and fun-loving-two dangerous qualities in a witch. Lily needs a date for her sister Anica's engagement party, and she's determined to bring hot Griffin Taylor. But the jaded divorce lawyer claims his job has warned him off romance. Slipping a love elixir into Griffin's drink may not be the noble thing to do-but it sure works! There's just one problem: Are Griffin's feelings the result of some truly good witchcraft-or could he really be in love?

Reviewer: Sherylyn
Review: Jan 11, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Griffin is in for the time of his life. He thinks he has a great life, being a lawyer and being able to hang out with his friends and have no commitments. He is attracted to Lily but she is just a barmaid and he doesn't believe in a relationship that is not headed for marriage so he denies that attraction. Then Lily throws him a curve ball and now he is crazy for her, almost quite literally, he can't get enou

Blond With A Wand

From the Wild & Hexy imagination of a New York Times bestselling author

Sexy witch Anica Revere has one rule: never under any circumstances get involved with a man before telling him she's a witch. Still, what's one silly rule? Especially when the guy in question is as cute as Jasper Danes. But when Anica and Jasper have a spat, she breaks an ever bigger rule of witchcraft and turns him into a cat. Bad news for him. Worse for her...

 

Reviewer: Sherylyn
Review: Jan 11, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Anica is just an ordinary witch who owns a coffee shop and has a pretty normal life. She has never used her magic to harm as it is against the witches code until one fateful night when she gets upset at her boyfriend for lying to her and in a fit of anger pulls out her wand.   Now you need to hang on for the ride of your life. Anica did a bad thing to another human with her wand and now she has lost he

Better Naughty Than Nice

Meet St. Nick's delightfully devilish brother, Damon Claus. He's about to prove to three unsuspecting couples that being naughty is much, much nicer…

No Mistletoe Required by Vicki Lewis Thompson

With Damon's sneaky help, Hayden Manchester and Riley Kinnard rekindle a long-running, very creative rivalry…that leaves them fighting over who's on top!

Her Secret Santa by Jill Shalvis

Workaholic Ally Dauer runs the local toy drive. Only when she discovers some very adult toys, firefighter Eddie Weston convinces her that the best gifts are meant to be shared….

Snug in His Bed by Rhonda Nelson

Viv Foster hates Christmas. Hank Bailey owns a Christmas tree farm. What could they possibly have in common? Sizzling sexual chemistry and, thanks to Damon, the opportunity to act on it. After all, it's the season of miracles…

Reviewer: Diana Coyle
Review: Dec 1, 2009
Genre(s): Contemporary, Harlequin Blaze
Damon Claus, the younger brother to Santa, grew up thumbing his nose at family tradition and enjoyed wrecking havoc during the busiest season of the year. It seems while Santa is committed to one cause, Damon, being the bad seed of the family, is committed to a totally opposite cause. He just loves to make people miserable. He misbehaved so badly as a child to seek out attention from everyone that he seemed t

Casual Hex

Gwen Dubois lives in Indiana, but her heart is in France with Marc Chevalier. Now he’s come to Big Knob to show Gwen the real meaning of amour and coax her back to Paris. But stiff competition is coming from another part of the world—if not exactly this world. Prince Leo of the Atwood fairy kingdom has his own plans for Gwen.

As Marc and Leo battle for Gwen’s affections, Big Knob’s resident matchmaking witch and wizard move in to help true love triumph in the best way they know how: with a little magic. But when the rivalry puts Gwen in danger, the men in her life are asked to prove their love in ways no one could have imagined.

Reviewer: Roxanne
Review: Jan 4, 2009
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
In the third sexy hex book, flower shop owner Gwen Dubois is about to go from plain Jane to sex kitten extraordinaire. Stranger things have happened in Big Knob, Indiana. You just never know what happen when the resident match making couple, who happen to be a witch and wizard, decide to get soul mates together.   Dorcas and Ambrose, resident witch and wizard, love to help soul mates get together. It i

Wild and Hexy

Nerdy computer whiz Jeremy Dunstan has wanted Annie Winston since high school, but back then, he lacked the courage to woo her. Now fate has given him a second chance; Annie is returning to Big Knob for her younger sister's wedding, and Jeremy's the best man. Unfortunately, coming face to face with the woman of his dreams still has the power to turn his genius brain to mush. Perhaps what he really needs is a touch of magic.

 

Reviewer: Roxanne
Review: Jul 10, 2008
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Vicki Lewis Thompson’s fun and s(h)exy book, Wild and Hexy, finds matchmaking couple witch and wizard, Dorcas and Ambrose Lowell, at it again in Big Knob Indiana. The second Hex series book has them trying to pair up nerdy Jeremy Dunstan, owner of the internet café Click or Treat, and golden girl Annie Winston. Annie has just returned to town for her sister’s wedding and Jeremy can’t

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