Penguin Putnam Promos

Romance Reader at Heart in conjunction with Penguin Putnam announces the following new and upcoming releases. Read what we think about these books in our Novel Thoughts and Ponderings Review webpages!

Coming April 2008:

"EMBRACE THE NIGHT" by Karen Chance ISBN: 0451461991
(ROC)

Recently named the world's chief clairvoyant, Cassandra Palmer still has a thorn in her side. As long as Cassie and a certain master vampire-the sizzling-hot Mircea-are magically bound to each other, her life will never be her own .

The spell that binds them can only be broken with an incantation found in the Codex Merlini, an ancient grimoire. The Codex's location has been lost in the present day, so Cassie will have to seek it out in the only place it can still be found-the past.

But Cassie soon realizes the Codex has been lost for a reason. The book is rumored to contain some seriously dangerous spells, and retrieving it may help Cassie to deal with Mircea, but it could also endanger the world.

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"DEMON'S FIRE" by Emma Holly ISBN: 9780425220542
(BERKLEY SENSATION)

Escaping the routine life her family mapped out for her, Beth joins an archeological dig with her long-time friend, Charles. For such adventures, the desert city of Bhamjran is perfect—especially when it comes to exploring forbidden appetites like Charles's shameful desire for a Yamish demon. And as he and Beth are about to learn, some Yama find humans equally irresistible.

Once a sexual captive, Prince Pahndir now exploits his talents as proprietor of the most infamous and successful brothel in Bhamjran. Not content with simply selling fantasy to others, he's long dreamed of finding his own erotic fulfillment. He believes these two young humans may hold the key to answering his secret demon needs. Soon Beth and Charles are ushered into a passionate triangle that redefines the limits of pleasure—and unexpectedly challenges the meaning of love.

"FAST & LOOSE " by Elizabeth Bevarly ISBN: 9780425220856
(BERKLEY SENSATION)

Thoroughbred trainer Cole Early hopes to make his charmed life even sweeter with a win at the Kentucky Derby. But first, the hotshot media sensation needs a place to stay. With all of Louisville booked for Derby week, he snaps up the snug little bungalow his agent miraculously finds.

Strapped for cash, glass artist Lulu Flannery has agreed to rent out her house for the Derby, but she is immediately overcome by second thoughts. What if her houseguest is someone like that rowdy "King Cole" person she sees partying on TV every night and in the society pages every day—and who seems to keep popping up in all the same places as her? A guy like that could wreak havoc on a girl's feng shui. '

But it isn't Lulu's feng shui that Cole is interested in. Especially after he discovers she's the mysterious woman whose house is filled with indulgences to please all five senses—and then some. What's a guy gotta do to ignite passion in the self-possessed Miss Flannery?

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"LA VIDA VAMPIRE" by Nancy Haddock ISBN: 9780425219959 (BERKLEY)

Sometimes being a vampire isn't all it's cracked up to be...

Take it from me, Francesca Marinelli. I was trapped underground for more than two hundred years and unearthed during the renovation of a Victorian mansion in historic St. Augustine. Being something of a tourist attraction myself, I'm well suited for a job as a ghost tour guide. A vampire telling ghost stories. Is that a kick or what? Hey, I'm 227 years old. I want to learn things, do things, see things! With enough sunblock, I can have a new lease on afterlife. But...

Getting used to being a vampire in the twenty-first century is tough. First, everything I learned about men is a little dated. Then a woman from my tour group turns up dead. Naturally the police think I'm responsible, and it's not so easy to prove I didn't do it. To top it all off, a crazed vigilante squad called the Covenant is out to get me. Between the dead bodies, the stalkers, and my seriously nonexistent love life, I'm starting to think it was easier being a vampire when I was undead and buried.

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"TWISTED CREEK" by Jodi Thomas ISBN: 9780425220818 (BERKLEY)

Bad luck's been biting at Allie Daniel's heels all her life, so when she inherits a tiny cafe in a small Texas lake community she is sure there must be a catch. But Allie brings her grandmother along, and the cafe gives Nana a chance to do what she loves best—cook. As Allie settles in and tries to make the best of what surely must be a mistake in an old man's will, the people of the lake drop by. Lonely folk discover there's always a table available, with down-home food to warm the soul. An old maid, a shy young man, and a drifter who races the moon across the lake slowly become the family Allie never had. When trouble comes, Allie finds she's not alone anymore—and that sometimes, the only cure for bad luck is the courage to love.

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"ENTICING THE EARL" by Nicole Byrd ISBN: 9780425220979 (BERKLEY SENSATION)

Selfless widow Lauryn Applegate Harris is determined to retrieve the deed to her beloved father-in-law's estate—lost during one of his drunken gambling spells—even if it means offering herself as a courtesan to the Earl of Sutton, who now owns the land. No one need know Lauryn's other motive: secretly, she's always longed to dabble, just a little, in sin!

The handsome earl is frankly amused. Clearly this winsome and delicate lady has no experience with such wicked behavior. Yet drawn by her beauty and thinking to teach her a lesson, he agrees. But after a few weeks of pleasure, it's the earl who finds he has the most to learn, as an outrageous proposal turns into a delightfully amorous tryst with possibilities no one could have predicted. But can love grow from such shocking—and duplicitous—beginnings?

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"UNLAWFUL CONTACT " by Pamela Clare ISBN: 9780425217627 (BERKLEY SENSATION)

Journalist Sophie Alton is investigating the disappearance of a young mother named Megan, recently paroled and now running from the law with her baby daughter. Sophie's search leads her to Megan's brother, Marc, a convicted killer—and the man she shared an unforgettable night with twelve years ago.

Condemned to life in prison, Marc uses Sophie to escape so he can find his sister and protect her from the monster who's pursuing her. Sophie knows she should fear Marc. But the heat and hunger of his touch still lingers in her mind—and her body—after all this time.

Together they will follow a dangerous trail, as people on both sides of the law do everything they can to keep Sophie and Marc from finding Megan—and a shocking truth about the past.

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"DAGGER-STAR" by Elizabeth Vaughn ISBN: 9780425220610 (BERKLEY SENSATION)

She is a mercenary trained to the ways of war and the blade—nothing more. A woman known only as Red Gloves has come to the land of Palins in search of work. What she finds, however, is the torched fields and razed farms of a land defiled.

If you see her without the gloves, run... This is all Josiah knows about the mysterious woman—until he catches a glimpse of the dagger-star birthmark, a sign that she is destined to free his people from a ruthless usurper's reign of terror.

But she is more dangerous when following her heart... Red doesn't believe in gods. Nevertheless, she finds herself drawn into the rebellion—not by the prophecy or the chance to win the throne, but by the pain of untold loss in Josiah's eyes...

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