Samhain New In Print May 2008

He crossed dimensions to claim her as his queen–but her reign may destroy his world.

Adrienne Backett wants two simple little things this spring break: rest and relaxation. After nearly four years of slaving away for her college education, she deserves a holiday. What she gets is pulled into another dimension by a man who claims she’s his rightful queen.

Malik, King of Ulan, has until his birthday to find his bride or he must forfeit his throne. When a spell reveals her location, he will do anything, even cross dimensions, to claim her as his own.

As if fending off a lusty king isn’t enough of a headache, Adrienne finds herself a pawn in a rival monarch’s plot to bring Malik’s world to its knees. But is the real danger being stuck in the middle of a power struggle between rival kingdoms? Or the damage Malik could do to her heart?

Warning: this title contains adult language, talking animals, violence, and scenes of near rape.

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A Sidhe warrior in exile. A young man with powers he’s only beginning to understand. In their hands, the fate of two worlds.

Braeden Shay, a warrior of the Sidhe, has spent those same twenty years watching Joey from a distance, waiting for Joey’s heritage to make itself known. When the time is ripe, Braeden steps in to protect Joey from those trying to kill him, and to help him deal with the changes turning his life inside out.

During the days that follow, as Braeden teaches Joey to harness and control his newfound power over the natural world, Joey finds himself falling for the gentle, patient Braeden. Braeden, who has watched over Joey for most of his life, is already deeply in love with him. When the forces targeting Joey for death catch up with them, it will take all their magic–and the power of their love for each other–to survive, and to save both their worlds.

Warning, this title contains the following: explicit male/male sex, graphic language, violence, and inappropriate use of plants.

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Can anything really change in 24 hours? Can everything?

Everything in Jack Major’s life is going according to plan. He’s rich, powerful, and about to marry Boston’s most successful attorney. There’s just one problem: he can’t seem to forget his first love, the one who left him in college after a whirlwind trip to Vegas with a secret she couldn’t trust him to keep.

When Maggie and Jack meet up at a high-profile charity ball, past collides with present and the sparks fly. But is it too late for a first love to ignite again? And if Maggie reveals the reason she left Jack all those years ago, will he be able to forgive her?

A single night in Boston takes Maggie and Jack from the glittering lights of the ballroom to the windswept city streets and back through the years to relive old memories. Will morning light bring new hope for their future together? Or are some secrets too deep to ever truly overcome?

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She stands for everything he despises. Only, the minute they meet, she becomes everything he desires.

Since her father’s sudden death six months ago, Cassandra Van Winter has been trying to conceal her family’s millions of dollars of debt. She can’t afford to let anyone near enough to discover the charade she’s maintaining. At first, the discovery of a multi-million-dollar necklace seemed like the answer to her prayers, but that was before the “accidents” started.

Now, she takes one look at the six feet of muscle her mother’s hired to protect her, and curses her body for coming back to life. As the “accidents” increase and danger comes closer, Reilly gets closer too. Before long it’s not just her life in danger, but her heart.

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Will Clay’s lack of loving words bring back painful memories of Bobbie’s childhood or can she put her fears aside and finally find love with her California Cowboy?

Sparks fly when sassy and independent Bobbie Carlington meets her new boss for the first time. Used to answering only to herself, Bobbie quickly learns that things don’t quite work out that way on the Lazy B.

When Clay takes Bobbie’s virginity his old-fashioned ways demand he marry her. Will his lack of loving words bring back painful memories of her childhood or can Bobbie put her fears aside and finally find love with her California Cowboy?

Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, spanking & anal play.

This book is a re-release.

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What if you’re in love – but you can’t make love?

Miranda and Daniel, Earl and Countess of Rosington are deeply in love. However, Miranda contacted a severe fever in childbirth, leaving her with a high risk of dying should she conceive again. Daniel can’t bear the thought of losing his wife and treats her like a porcelain doll, not a real woman.

Distraught, Miranda turns to her brother in law Orlando for advice. Together they concoct a plan that will bring Daniel to his senses, and soon Daniel finds himself on the losing end of a wager. Miranda and Daniel must pose as a simple innkeeper and his wife, working together to save a failing business.

Forced into sharing a bed, searing desire threatens to ruin Daniel’s good intentions. Daniel will have to overcome his fear of his wife dying, and Miranda must overcome her inhibitions, to seduce Daniel.

Can Daniel and Miranda give in to their love and save their marriage? Find out by reading the first book in the new Triple Countess series from Lynne Connolly!

Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex

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She’s human, he’s not, but together Leith and J’Qhir struggle to survive on an alien world, defeat interstellar treachery from a mutual enemy, and confront their growing attraction.

This title has been previously published, but Samhain is thrilled to have it now!

Warning: Graphic sex between a human woman and an alien male who is anatomically different from human men!

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Krista knew that coming home would be the hardest thing she’d ever done, but she never imagined she’d find forgiveness, love and someone who’s out to kill her.

There’s someone, though, who wants Krista gone even more than Matt, and the two are forced to work together to find out who so Krista can make her dream come true. Along the way, Matt discovers a woman with passion, confidence and unyielding determination. Krista finds a man who is able to put aside everything he’s believed for fifteen years and look beyond the scars the past left behind into a heart that is at last ready for love.

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A woman who’s spent her life traveling the world only wants a place to call home. A man tired of his mundane existence craves a life of adventure. Together they discover that love is the greatest voyage.

Thomas Hadley, Viscount Ridgewood, or “Ridge” as he is better known, is a restless spirit who longs for adventure. When he comes across the journal of a famed explorer, he believes he has the key to finding the lost city of Pagoria, only he needs India Ashton’s help to decipher it, and she’s unwilling to delve back into a life she’s forsaken.

A letter from the father she believed dead forces India to make a difficult decision. In order to save her father, she must abandon her sanctuary and join forces with the viscount, a man she feels too much of a kinship with, and a man she must betray if she is to be successful in her quest.

Within the journal lies the unbelievable. Proof that the city still lives, a civilization still thrives within its walls, and it has a connection to the viscount he never imagined.

Together, India and Ridge unlock the pieces of the puzzle and embark on a journey that will change their lives forever. India’s betrayal threatens the growing bond between them, and in the end, India must choose between the man she loves, a city as old as time itself, and the security she craves.

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Her best mate Cal is gorgeous and…well… gay. Then reveals himself to be more than a mild, unassuming computer geek and she is no longer sure exactly who is telling the truth or who to trust.

Is anyone in her life what they seem to be?

Add to the romantic confusion, twelve pairs of rubber boots, two elderly spaniels, a pregnant sister and the unexpected contents of a matchbox and you get a funny, touching story of a woman in search of revenge and getting what she needs, rather than what she thinks she wants.

Warning, this title contains the following: graphic language.

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He found her handcuffed to his bed. Can they unchain her memories in time to save her life?

When Jake O’Malley finds spitfire Allie handcuffed to his bed, accused of breaking and entering, his first thought is that his dreams have been served up to him on a platter. Then he realizes she’s not acting when she says she doesn’t remember the past year, nor her own mother’s death.

As Jake eases Allie past her grief, her journey to reclaim her memories entwines with an exploration into the world of BDSM. Just as their psychological duel to dominate heats up, they make another, more chilling discovery.

There’s a reason Allie lost her memory–someone wants her dead.

Warnings: This book has a to-die-for, want-him-to-take-me-home-and-sex-me-up hero. Hero has hot, kinky, explicit sex with the heroine, which may induce jealousy. Spanking and light bondage are involved so have a cold beverage, a fan and a significant other nearby.

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Can a free-spirited woman teach an uptight professor what he needs to know about love and faith–outside the classroom?

Adam couldn’t agree more. The son of an alcoholic, Adam desires stability and security for his children. An undisciplined, too attractive woman who wears tie-dye T-shirts is not his idea of the model nanny. His children disagree. They have prayed for someone exactly like Meagan and aren’t above giving God a helping hand in getting her.

In less than twenty-four hours, Meagan turns Adam’s neatly ordered world upside down. While the children love it, Adam questions the wisdom of his decision to hire Meagan, even temporarily. So–why is the knowledge that she’ll be there when he comes home so enticing?

Living in the same house isn’t easy for Meagan and Adam as they grapple with a growing attraction and a different way of looking at life. Yet their very differences are the things that draw them together. Can the free-spirited Meagan teach the uptight professor something new about his faith while he leads her to discover something new about unconditional love?

Warning: Christian religious content.

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Banished and disowned for saving a stranger’s life…

Kitt Covington has sworn off Almack’s and marriage. Why attend one when he has no interest in the other? Guilt, however, is a powerful motivator. Knowing he caused Pamela to be thrown out of her home, he proposes a sham betrothal between them to ease his conscience.

Kitt’s offer is tempting and Pamela agrees, with the caveat that the betrothal will disappear at the end of the season. But not only is Pamela refused vouchers to Almack’s, her family is scheming to destroy her to protect a secret she doesn’t realize she knows. When the twenty-year-old web of lies and deceit begins to unravel, will Pamela and Kitt discover that Almack’s isn’t really that important after all?

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A star quarterback has one weekend to reclaim the woman who sacked his heart. Or get her out of his system once and for all.

After Tory disappeared five years ago without a word of explanation, Gabe Matheson never expected–or wanted–to see her again. But with the entire city watching, and his career on the line, how could he refuse?

When they’re thrown together in a situation that forces them to bare their souls, their secrets–and a few other things as well–Tory and Gabe quickly realize that fate might have given them the last thing they wanted. But it could be exactly what they needed.

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Sleeping with the enemy was never so magical.

Private investigator Finn Calder would sooner take a Lancaster witch out to dinner than work another cheating spouse case. Considering the long standing feud between their two families, that’s saying a lot. But when gorgeous Bree Jacobs works her way into the middle of his case with one memorable lap dance, Finn starts to think things are finally looking up.

The last man Bree Lancaster Jacobs expected to be attracted to was a cocky P.I. with his share of family secrets. Not even an age-old rivalry can stop her heart from pounding whenever Finn gets too close. As they work to solve a murder they both have a vested interest in, Bree knows she’s in real danger of losing her heart to a man who could never love her.

Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex and graphic language.

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Love is the last thing a lone woman in the West should believe in, but the heart doesn’t always listen to good sense.

When Sloan McAlister finds Brianna walking the docks to pay down a bank note, she grabs his attention. The docks aren’t meant for her caliber of woman. Yet the West is ruled by one thing, the need to survive. Sloan soon finds himself right in the middle of a claim-jumping family that considers Brianna easy prey while her father’s out of the picture.

His better judgment says to walk away. But after one stolen kiss, Sloan refuses to do anything of the sort. If she’s going warm any man’s bed, Brianna will marry him. However, Brianna wants more than his strong arm to back up her father’s property. It’s his love or nothing.

Warning, this title is a Historical western, but still steamy with a good taste of sultry.

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Werewolf hunter Simon Conner is so close to achieving his goal–or so he thinks. Little does he know that the werewolf he left for dead has awakened to avenge himself and the disappearance of his mate.

Werewolf hunter, Simon Conner, thinks he has finally won. After a successful raid upon a safe haven for psychics, vampires and werewolves, he has come closer to his final goal than ever before. Rose Sullivan, a werewolf, is the key to unleashing his terrible plot and she is finally within his grasp.

Having witnessed Simon’s terrible anger upon her mate in the raid, Rose believes him dead and has lost all hope. At the mercy of her captors, Rose learns the secret of Simon’s plans. Horrified, she realizes her only chance of freedom is to put her trust into human hands.

Jason Barnett, a half-blood werewolf, awakens to find his mate gone, in the clutches of the very man that left him for dead. Enraged, he vows to find Rose and destroy Simon once and for all. On his journey of revenge, he encounters fellow werewolves, banded together in their fight for survival and together they uncover more about Simon than they ever wanted to know.

Warning, this title contains the following: graphic language, explicit violence, including murder and sex explained in contemporary language.

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A summer storm is brewing…

Liaisons in Jubilee by Jamie Craig
Faced with a choice–her seasonal summer fling with Caleb, or her job–Katie tells herself she’ll indulge in one last night with him before breaking it off. But sometimes the truth is the greatest aphrodisiac.

Second Wind by Dee S. Knight
With one look the beautiful, Boston-bred lawyer, and cocky cowboy Rafe loses all focus. A city girl like Cathy will never fit into his life, but a weekend in Dallas? Yes, ma’am, she’ll do just fine. But when she grabs hold of his heart, all he wants is to grab onto his hottest fantasy and hold on tight.

Hunk of Burnin’ Love by Veronica Wilde
Vanessa’s lonely summer erupts into hot, toe-curling sex when she meets two very different Elvis impersonators on the same night. But giving in to simple lust gets complicated when she discovers the real Elvis may have hoaxed his death.

Warning: Explicit sex, graphic language, spanking, bondage

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Passion as dazzling as a mirage–and hot enough to melt sand!

La Mirage by Jennifer Colgan
Stranded by engine trouble in the middle of the desert, Savanna and Ben stumble upon a mysteriously beautiful resort. Is this place–and their newfound passion–real? Or only a trick of the summer heat?

Fijian Fling by Sami Lee
Sophie has come to her favorite island to re-evaluate her life. There she meets enigmatic and lethally sexy Nick. Their fling could turn into something more, but the secrets he keeps could be a deal-breaker.

Beyond The Tears by Michelle Cary
Cassie, a widower, is in Key West for a week to escape her lingering grief, not to bed hop. But her private session of self-pleasuring in a Jacuzzi had a witness–Chase, the hottest stud at the hotel.

Warning: Explicit sex, graphic language, violence

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Get it while it’s hot…

Custom Ride by K.A. Mitchell
A stint in the military left Ryan with a bitter memory of life in the closet. Jeff, a mechanic, has too much to lose if his private life goes public. The heat of their attraction boils over on a stormy summer night, but satisfying that need only makes them both crave more.

Catching A Buzz by Ally Blue
A straight-laced business student and an indie boy with a thing for extremely personal electronics spend one wild night of mind-melting sex together. Can this ride turn into a trip to last forever?

Nut Cream by Jade Buchanan
Toby, who’s coming into his mating phase, is about to find out what happens to bad little wolves, in the best possible way. Cliff is more than ready to mark the man he has always wanted as his mate–with a little help from a bottle of nut cream.

Explicit sex, graphic language, hot nekkid man love, inappropriate use of personal electronic devices, and gratuitous disco dancing

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