One Day at a Time
by Danielle Steel
Published 2009 by Delacorte Press

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780385340298

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REVIEW: Booklist Reviews

Steel does not depart from her typical formula in this latest offering, which centers on the life of Coco Barrington, a young and beautiful daughter of privilege. Much to her domineering mother's shock, Coco rejects her family's wealthy L.A. lifestyle. She chooses, instead, to pursue a semi-hippie existence in an artsy Northern California beach town. While house-sitting for her movie-producer sister, Jane, she strikes up a friendship with Jane's houseguest, Leslie Baxter, an impossibly handsome and witty British actor. Not surprisingly, Leslie and Coco begin to fall in love, and after overcoming a series of difficulties, they appear to be headed for "happily ever after." In addition, by the end, Coco has become closer to both her mother and sister. Fairly brief and lighthearted; nonetheless, Steel's fans will enjoy.

Black Hills
by Nora Roberts
Published 2009 by Putnam Adult

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780399155819

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Heart of Courage
by Kat Martin
Published 2009 by Mira Books

Mass Market Paperbound, English. ISBN: 9780778326090

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Lindsey Graham is unusual among women in London in 1944. She is an heiress and the editor of a newspaper. She enjoys the small freedoms she can take while her parents travel the continent. Thor Draugr works at the paper his brother's wife owns, trying to make his fortune in a land so different from his rural, Nordic home. Thor and Lindsey are acutely aware of each other and deal with it in an antagonistic manner until Lindsey's brother is questioned about the serial murders of prostitutes. Lindsey is determined to find the real killer, and Thor can't turn down his sister-in-law s request to watch out for her. They come to admire each other, but so many obstacles are in their way. Martin's romantic and intriguing romance-mystery is a fitting end to the engaging Heart trilogy.

Talk Me Down
by Victoria Dahl
Published 2009 by Harlequin Books

Mass Market Paperbound, English. ISBN: 9780373773565

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Historical romance author Dahl delivers a fun, feisty and relentlessly sexy adventure in her first contemporary. Beautiful Molly Jennings, secretly an erotica author, returns to her hometown of Tumble Creek, Colo., and finds her desire for handsome police chief Ben Lawson hasn't waned during her 10-year absence. Ben can't deny the chemistry, but he fears gossip and vows to remain hands-off until Molly explains just how she earns a living. Snoopy questions from a journalist, stalker-like behavior from Molly's ex and a series of disconcerting incidents lead Ben to decide that Molly's safety is paramount, even if that means very personally protecting her.  Dahl smartly wraps up a winning tale full of endearing oddballs, light mystery and plenty of innuendo and passion.

Ecstasy
by Jacquelyn Frank
Published 2009 by Zebra

Mass Market Paperbound, English. ISBN: 9780821780701

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Bestseller Frank's intensely emotional and sensual series debut expands the universe of her Nightwalkers series to include the light-shunning Shadowdwellers. Trace, a Shadowdweller vizier, almost dies in a sword fight with an assassin. Human healer Ashla Townsend, whose New York attitude is tempered by fear of persecution over her gifts, saves Trace by drawing his injuries into herself. As their mutual attraction develops, Trace realizes they're Sainted, destined to be mates for life, but cultural differences and the assassination plot threaten their burgeoning relationship. This romantic and strongly sexual story between complicated characters is made even richer by an intriguing secondary cast and efficient world-building that's familiar without being lazy.

Love with the Perfect Scoundrel
by Sophia Nash
Published 2009 by Avon Books

Mass Market Paperbound, English. ISBN: 9780061493287

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After two disastrous engagements in which both her fiancés jilted her for other women, Grace Sheffield tried to reinvent herself socially and failed miserably. This left Grace no other choice (or so she thought) but to flee London and the gossip-fueled ton. Grace's journey to a quiet new life of social obscurity in Scotland ends quickly, though, when an unexpected blizzard and a carriage accident leave her stranded in the Yorkshire countryside. Fortunately, Grace is rescued by Michael Rainer, a former blacksmith who had recently inherited a nearby farm. Stranded at Michael s farm, Grace not only discovers new skills she never knew she had, but she also finds herself slowly and irrevocably falling in love with Michael. Nash deftly infuses the superbly crafted, deliciously sensual romance between Grace and Michael with a generous soupçon of subtle wit, and her latest historical Regency series is an exquisitely emotional, perfectly satisfying romance. 

Welcome to Serenity
by Sherryl Woods
Published 2008 by Mira Books

Mass Market Paperbound, English. ISBN: 9780778325895

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Jeanette and Tom are opposites in some ways, but alike in many more, including an intense avoidance of Christmas and all its pageantry. But Tom, the new town manager, and Jeanette, spa services manager for one of its major attractions, are both chivvied into cooperating on Serenity's committee to plan the annual Christmas festival, and their initial sexual attraction rapidly deepens into a more meaningful relationship. Woods updates her readers on the continuing antics of the Sweet Magnolias in her heartwarming contemporary romance, paving the way for even more stories set in this charming South Carolina town only a short drive from Charleston.

Highland Warrior
by Monica McCarty
Published 2009 by Ballantine Books

Mass Market Paperbound, English. ISBN: 9780345503381

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A marriage between Caitrina Lamont and Jamie Campbell might be good politics, but the last thing Caitrina wants is to marry the brutally rigid, infamous "Highland Enforcer," especially after his brother slaughters her clan and destroys her home. But neither can deny the electricity that sizzles between them, or the storms they must weather and the love that grows once they are wed. Sexy, full of action, and realistically violent, this story of 17th-century Scotland touches on issues of family loyalty and duty and expertly kicks off McCarty's Clan Campbell trilogy.