Coming in 2010
MARCH 2010
The Hot Zone series by Debra Cowan wraps up this month with THE FORBIDDEN BRIDE, the sixth book in the mini-series. Five years ago, Fire Marshal Nate Houston stopped Detective Robin Daly’s wedding cold. Now they’re forced to work together to find a serial arsonist-murderer and Robin must find the killer without killing Nate in the process.
In THE ROYAL AFFAIR by Gail Barrett (the conclusion of the Crusaders trilogy), Maya Chaudry is the leader of an underground network that rescues women being trafficked through the Himalayas. But when an evil despot begins kidnapping her girls to get at Maya — and the medallion she has worn since birth — she’s forced to flee town with her ex-lover, undercover operative Deven Kapur. Maya and Deven embark on a thrilling chase through the Himalayas determined to outwit their deadly enemies and discover the secret of the mysterious medallion — which also holds the key to their pasts.
REYN’S REDEMPTION by Beth Cornelison (Samhain Publishing). When fireman Reyn Erikson returns to the Louisiana town that branded him a killer, he encounters two flashpoints: his grandmother’s plea to investigate his mother’s death. And sexy Olivia Crenshaw. As Reyn and Olivia search for answers, they fight a sizzling attraction— and a killer who’s come out of hiding….
APRIL 2010
SECRETIVE STRANGER, April, 2010….the first book in an exciting new trilogy by Jennifer Greene about three sisters with a common traumatic past—and three men who challenge what they believe about life and love.
Sophie Campbell has chosen to live an ultra safe, protected life, working as a translator in Foggy Bottom—until her flat mate ends up naked and dead in the foyer. Enter Cord Pruitt, the dead man’s brother…sort of. The one thing Sophie can’t stand is lies, yet she’s falling for Cord, even knowing he isn’t telling her the whole truth.
Bestselling SRS author Nina Bruhns continues with the exciting conclusion of her Berkley romantic thriller trilogy, A KISS TO KILL.
MAY 2010
MEMORY OF MURDER by Kathleen Creighton. When successful businesswoman and divorcee Lindsey Merrill’s mother, Susan, develops Alzheimer’s and begins to have memories of horrific events in her past, Susan promises she will take her mother’s story to the police. Veteran San Diego homicide detective Alan Cameron is only too happy to have an intriguing cold case to look into. But neither are prepared for what lies in store for them as they uncover secrets buried for more than forty years, and in the process discover something they never thought they’d have—a second chance at love. This latest installment in THE TAKEN miniseries, resolves the mystery of Holt Kincaid’s (KINCAID’S DANGEROUS GAME)tragic past, and the inexplicable disappearance of his parents when he was just five years old.
In MELTDOWN by Gail Barrett, nuclear scientist Zoe Wilkinson only has hours left to rescue her famous grandfather and stop a deadly terrorist attack. Running into ex-love Cooper Kennedy just as the clock starts seriously ticking is a complication she doesn’t need. Their old attraction is more potent than ever — and it just might be their greatest threat…
July 2010
With HER SHEIK PROTECTOR, Linda Conrad begins The Desert Sons, a new miniseries of three Bedouin brothers who find themselves in the middle of a covert war with their family’s ancient enemies. The Desert Sons trilogy takes the Kadir family on an unexpected journey of discovery as the danger builds. Before they can fully understand their enemy, the entire world is at risk!
Texan Rylie Anne Hunt is on a mission. Track down those responsible for the explosion that killed her father. Her first stop is to find Darin Kadir, the eldest son of her father’s business partner. But when she finds him, Rylie finds much more than she bargained for. An ancient feud. A complicated covert war. And a man who not only saves her life but becomes her worst nightmare—a man to die for!
AUGUST 2010
Linda Conrad’s COVERT AGENT’S VIRGIN AFFAIR is the second book in the Coltons of Montana six-author miniseries. In it, FBI agent, Jake Pierson, is undercover in Honey Creek, Montana, trying to gather information. It shouldn’t be too hard squeezing that information out of a woman if he pretends to fall in love. But then things get complicated, and his assignment becomes the most difficult of his life.
Mary Walsh is twenty-nine and just lost a hundred pounds. Her life is finally on the verge of a new beginning. She wants it all; a new job, a new place to live and a man who will love her. But it’s that last one that might end up costing her everything!
SEPTEMBER 2010
MESMERIZING STRANGER, by Jennifer Greene. Cate Campbell is the wild, adventurous sister, who makes a living as an ‘adventure chef’ anywhere around the world. On an Alaskan yacht, though, she finds more than she bargains for when a guest is murdered—from ingredients in her galley!—and Harm Connolly seems to think she doesn’t know what real risk is…until they come together.
OCTOBER 2010
THE BRIDE’S BODYGUARD by Beth Cornelison, the next installment in the Bancroft Brides miniseries. When armed gunmen open fire at Paige Bancroft’s wedding, critically wounding her groom when he wouldn’t turn over a mysterious “bead”, best man and former Navy SEAL Jake McCall hustles the bride to safety. But until Jake and Paige can determine what the gunmen were after, Jake must keep Paige safely hidden from the terrorists. While in hiding with Jake, Paige deals with not only her groom’s betrayal, but also a sizzling attraction to her brooding protector.
NOVEMBER 2010
In book five of the Colton’s Montana series by Beth Cornelison, private investigator Peter Walsh has his hands full investigating the unanswered questions surrounding his father’s mysterious death. His life takes another unexpected turn when his son starts having trouble at school,and Peter falls hard for his son’s teacher. But teacher Lisa Navarre knows her painful history stands in the way of any future with Peter.
DECEMBER 2010
IRRESISTABLE STRANGER by Jennifer Greene. Lily Campbell returns home to Pecan Valley, Georgia, against her sisters’ wishes, to dive into the family past. From the minute she arrives, a plague of fires start in town, all connected impossibly to her…and the only one who seems to believe in her innocence is Griff Branchard, a womanizing scoundrel if ever there was one. Or so he’d like people to believe…
COMING IN 2010, PUB DATE TBA
WHIRLWIND REUNION, book 6 in the mini-series, will also be out from Harlequin Historicals in 2010. Infamous ladies’ man Matt Baldwin wants nothing to do with the woman who rejected his marriage proposal and left him eight years ago to become a doctor. But when he’s severely beaten, that woman, Dr. Annalise Fine, is the only person who can save his life and help him find his attackers.
