
Romance Reader at Heart announces the following new and upcoming releases from Bantam Dell. Read what we think about these books in our Novel Thoughts and Ponderings Review webpages!
Coming January 2009:
"VEIL OF MIDNIGHT" by Lara Adrian HISTORICAL ISBN: 9780440244493
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BOUND BY BLOOD, ADDICTED TO DANGER, THEY'LL ENTER TH E DARKEST—AND MOST EROTIC—PLACE OF ALL.
A warrior trained in bullets and blades, Renata cannot be bested by any man—vampire or mortal. But her most powerful weapon is her extraordinary psychic ability—a gift both rare and deadly. Now a stranger threatens her hard-won independence—a golden-haired vampire who lures her into a realm of darkness... and pleasure beyond imagining.
Adrenaline junkie Nikolai dispenses his own justice to enemies of the Breed—and his latest quarry is a ruthless assassin. But when Renata loses a loved one to a brutal kidnapping, she needs Niko's help—and he knows he cannot refuse her. For as the two join forces, as desire fans the flames of a deeper hunger, Renata's life is suddenly under siege by a man who offers the exquisite pleasure of a blood bond—and a passion that could save or doom them both forever....
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Coming February 2009:
"MEN OF THE OTHERWORLD" by Kelley Armstrong PARANORMAL ISBN: 9780553807097
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NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN THIS COLLECTION OF FOUR TALES KELLEY ARMSTRONG GIVES CENTER STAGE TO THE MEN WHO LOVE THESE SEXY, SUPERNATURAL WOMEN—THE MEN WHO LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HUMANITY ...THE WILD SIDE.
As a curious six-year-old, Clayton didn't resist the bite—he asked for it. But surviving as a lone child-werewolf was more than he could manage—until Jeremy came along, taught him how to straddle the human-werewolf worlds ...and introduced him to the Pack. So begins this tantalizing volume featuring three of the most intriguing members of the American Pack—a hierarchical founding family where bloodlines mean everything and each day presents a new, thrilling, and often deadly challenge. For as Clayton grows from a wild child to a clever teen who tests his mentor at every turn, he must learn not only to control his animal instincts but to navigate Pack politics—including showing his brutal archnemesis who the real Alpha is....
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"SEXILE" by Lisa Lawrence EROTIC ISBN: 9780385342339
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There's a voyeur in each of us—
and Teresa Knight is no exception
Somebody’s shadowing Teresa Knight, watching the part-time investigator’s every move. And she’s about to find out why: tapped for an undercover assignment that takes her into the steamy world of erotic films, Teresa lands a job at Silky Pictures—and within weeks she’s directing the action, conjuring her own wildest fantasies onto film. But her employer is dabbling in something far beyond hard-core porn. And when the case culminates in murder, Teresa is at the center of the storm.
Framed for a crime she didn’t commit, Teresa’s on the run from Paris to Rio…and soon she’s playing hardball with the boys from Brazil while tangling with crime lords, terrorists, and one sexually adventurous clandestine agent. As she moves closer to the truth—and deeper into the erotic throes of her own unbridled sensuality—she’s following a trail that leads to the highest reaches of international government. Unable to trust anyone, caught in a tangled web of obsession and eroticism, suddenly she’s both hunter and prey in a deadly conspiracy that’s taking sex and power to a whole new level.…
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"THE SINS OF LORD EASTERBROOK" by Madeline Hunter HISTORICAL ISBN: 9780440243960
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Only a desperate mission could bring Leona Montgomery face-to-face with the scoundrel whose dangerous sensuality once sent her fleeing from his arms. But she has underestimated Christian, Marquess of Easterbrook. As irresistible as ever, his past swathed in mystery, Christian has his own plans for the woman he has waited seven years to claim. Yet once desire reignites, bringing a dangerous secret into the open, Leona will find herself bound to the seductive nobleman in ways she could never have imagined. Seven years have changed nothing: this man can tempt her to ruin with just one touch. With Leona’s reputation and hopes for her family’s salvation in tatters, she must follow the only course left to her…even as each step brings her closer to a shattering truth and a passion she can no longer live without.…
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"CRASH INTO ME" by Jill Sorenson SUSPENSE ISBN: 9780553592016
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One streetwise undercover agent will do whatever it takes to catch her man....
Ben Fortune may have gone into virtual seclusion after his wife's murder, but he was still the world's most famous surfer, known as much for his good looks as for his skill on the board. He's also a suspect in a series of brutal murders. FBI Special Agent Sonora "Sonny" Vasquez has been sent undercover to the elite beach community of La Jolla to make friends with Fortune. With her fierce beauty and take-no-prisoners attitude, she's more than equipped for the job. But all too soon she and Ben have collided in an affair that is both intense and irresistible. Could this sensual, wounded man really be a killer? And could falling in love blind Sonny to the greatest danger of all?
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