Robyn Carr is known for her most interesting plots and down-home feel. Her latest, Redwood Bend, will be available in a couple weeks. Here’s a bit more information for you…

Book Details:

• Mira
• February 28, 2012
• ISBN-10: 0778313107

 Book Description:

Katie Malone and her twin boys’ trip along the beautiful mountain roads to Virgin River is stopped short by a tire as flat as her failed romance. To make matters worse, the rain has set in, the boys are hungry and Katie is having trouble putting on a spare. As she stands at the side of the road pondering her next move, she hears a distinct rumble. The sight of the sexy, leather-clad bikers who pull up beside her puts her imagination into overdrive.

Dylan Childress and his buddies are on the motorcycle trip of a lifetime. But the sight of a woman in distress stops them in their tracks. And while the guys are checking out her car, she and Dylan are checking out one another.

In one brief moment, the world tilts on its axis and any previous plans Katie and Dylan might have had for their futures are left at the side of the road.

Order your copy of Redwood Bend now!

Alexa Grace’s first release, Deadly Offerings, is receiving very positive reviews on Amazon. The cover isn’t bad either!

Book Description:

Anne Mason thinks she’ll be safe in the Midwest building a wind farm. She may be dead wrong. Someone is dumping bodies in her corn field and telling Anne they are gifts – for her! 

As the body count rises, Anne realizes a cold-blooded serial killer is patiently waiting and watching her every move – and he won’t stop until he ends her life. It is clear there are no limits to this killer’s thirst for revenge or how far he will go to get it.

After a nasty divorce, Anne Mason does not want to get romantically involved, especially with ex-husband’s attorney, Michael Brandt. 

The ruggedly handsome new County Prosecutor is the last person Anne can trust, but may offer her only chance at survival from a psychopathic killer. But will she survive the passion that rages between them?

Available now in ebook format. Download your copy of Deadly Offerings now!

The Devil and Miss Jones is Kate Walker’s 60th title!!!! Kate’s working title was approved and will be released in the US March 2012. Read more about this being her 60th book on Kate’s blog. If you’re buying online, you can pre-order the title. Here’s a bit more about the book…

About the book..

Martha Jones has never taken a risk in her whole life. Until the day she runs out on her wedding and succumbs to the magnetism of a man she has only just met! A man she knows only as Diablo.

Lone wolf Carlos Ortega won’t promise Miss Jones more than one searing-hot night. Yet Carlos is shocked by Martha’s sweet innocence. This runaway bride is a virgin, and it seems the repercussions of their sizzling encounter could last forever . . .

Coming soon to the UK and US:

Mills & Boon
ISBN: 0263890473
March 2, 2012
Buy from Amazon.co.uk

Harlequin Presents Extra
ISBN: 0373528620
April 3, 2012
Buy from Amazon.com

WRR Note:

I think the Presents covers are okay, but the circle is kind of getting a bit done. What I love about the UK covers is that the bottom is always something like a glamorous location. Which do you prefer?

Articles on this site are rare. Mostly you’ll find postings about romance books (new releases or new to us releases) and romance book reviews. But this year I’ve decided from time to time to post articles. I realized sometimes you need just a little more on a reading sites like these, so this is the first. It’s a new year and there are plenty of new reads. What are you reading plans this year? Do you have authors you just have to buy? I do. Too many sometimes.

First up for us here are Harlequin reads. Including:

Between Love and Duty by Janice Kay Johnson

A bit about the book…

There’s a right way, then there’s the wrong way

Nobody knows that better than police captain Duncan MacLachlan. He has served and protected for years without bending to a middle ground he doesn’t believe in. And he’s not about to change. Certainly not for stubborn—and sexy—court advocate Jane Brooks. Her shades-of-gray view of the world clashes with his black-and-white one.

Then a mission to save an at-risk teen has Jane’s life on the line. Now she and Duncan must join forces despite their differences—and the flaring attraction that’s too hot to ignore. It’s Duncan’s toughest challenge yet. Because keeping Jane safe is one thing…and keeping her out of his arms is another.

Buy your copy of Between Love and Duty now!

Once Upon a Valentine with Stephanie Bond, Leslie Kelly and Michelle Rowen

A bit about the book…

She had long, gorgeous hair

Summer Tomlinson always had a thing for Andrew Macmillan. Now that they’re business partners—as well as bed partners!—Summer wonders if letting her hair down will catch him for good….

He sought a sleeping beauty

Historian Ashlynn Scott is seeking the fabled castle of Sleeping Beauty. But with just one kiss, she finds herself tangled up—and tangled in the sheets!—with a rogue adventurer. She might never want to wake up!

She was being chased by every man

Ginger Redman wanted to be irresistible, so she made a wish on a magic cookie. And the baked treat delivers—sending her sexy best friend, Stephen Fox, right into her bed!

Buy your copy of Once Upon a Valentine now!

The Keeper by Rhonda Nelson

A bit about the book…

*CONFIDENTIAL*

Ranger Security Case File #1877

Name: Jackson Oak Martin, a man as strong and steady as his name implies.

Case: Tracking down a Butter Bandit

Agent note: This case is gonna sizzle…

On the surface, it seems like an almost ridiculous assignment. A thief has been breaking into pastry chef Mariette Levine’s shop. And the only thing taken? Organic butter. But one night, Mariette herself is attacked, and Ranger Security assigns agent Jackson Martin to guard their favorite chef—closely!

Unfortunately, the ultra-dishy Jackson also makes Mariette’s reserve melt faster than…er, butter. Which is bad. In a very, very good way.

Has Mariette discovered the recipe for delectable disaster, or is this tasty bodyguard someone she’ll need to keep on her menu for good?

Buy your copy of The Keeper now!

The Phoenix by Rhonda Nelson

A bit about the book…

*Confidential*

Ranger Security Employee file #153 Name: Jay Weatherford, aka the Phoenix

Specialty: Getting out of really hot situations…and creating new ones!

Subject (Jay Weatherford) was nicknamed "the Phoenix" after walking out of a burning building unscathed. He’s Ranger Security’s newest recruit, and assigned to Case File #8765—locating the heir to the Betterworth Chocolate fortune, Truffles (dog).

Working for the competition is Charlie Martin…and she has a grudge against Ranger Security. This could complicate the investigation. Getting under each other’s skin is one thing. Getting under each other—in the hot, sexy and naked way—is another!

The situation is heating up, and fast. Our man is fireproof.

Charlie Martin, however, is not….

Buy your copy of The Phoenix now!

It is hard to believe that 2012 is here already! This has been a crazy year for changes and adjustments, for catching up and falling behind, and for all the rest. I hope you and yours have a safe and happy holiday!

Product Details:

• Pocket Books
• January 2012
• ISBN-10: 1451642458
• ISBN-13: 9781451642452

Buy A Lady Never Surrenders now!

Book Description:

When the youngest Sharpe sister hatches a plan to gain marriage offers, the straight-laced Bow Street Runner Jackson Pinter knows he’ll do whatever it takes to ruin her scheme…

Lady Celia Sharpe hopes that if she can garner offers of marriage from several eligible gentlemen and show her grandmother she is capable of gaining a husband, she can convince Gran to rescind the marriage ultimatum for her. And if that plan doesn’t work, at least she’ll have a husband lined up. But Bow Street Runner Jackson Pinter seems determined to ruin her plans by disapproving of every suitor she asks him to investigate. It’s only when she and Jackson work together to solve her parents’ murders, plunging them both into danger, that she realizes why–because the only man he wants her to marry is himself!

Cindy Gerard’s Black Ops, Inc. books are awesome! If you haven’t read the other books in this series, check out these: The Men of Black Ops, Inc. (Volume I) and The Men of Black Ops, Inc. (Volume 2).

Product Details:

• Pocket Star
• January 2012
• ISBN-10: 1451606826
• ISBN-13: 9781451606829

Buy Last Man Standing now!

Book Description:

A deadly mission.

A thirst for revenge.

One headstrong alpha hero and one daring woman will settle the score.

LAST MAN STANDING

Special operative Joe Green has gone vigilante. His mission: avenge his Black Ops, Inc., brother’s death during a bloody ambush years ago in Sierra Leone. He refuses to drag the BOI team or his lover, Stephanie Tompkins, into the hunt for the man responsible, so when he finds himself beaten, starving, and alone after being falsely imprisoned for the murder of a Freetown priest, he knows he’s as good as dead. Joe meant to protect Stephanie when he walked out on their relationship, but he can’t stop her now from executing his escape. Breaking him out of prison is the easy part. After Joe’s explosive theory pans out and his cunning enemy emerges as the front runner for a high-level presidential appointment, he and Stephanie must race to derail the traitor’s conspiracy if they are to save their loved ones, the nation, and each other.

WWR Note: Cindy Gerard’s books are very intriguing, often edge-of-your-seat, good romances. You’ll want to pick up this upcoming title!

Product Details:

• Pocket Books
• December 2011
• ISBN-10: 143917038X
• ISBN-13: 9781439170380

Buy Heir of Danger now!

Product Description:

A man too dangerous to live . . .

After seven years outrunning enemies, friends, and his own soul crushing memories, Brendan Douglas is risking everything on a desperate mission. He has vowed to thwart the evil mage Máelodor’s plans to unlock the past and reshape the future; unfortunately, the precious treasure that is his key to success lies with a woman Brendan jilted seven years before.

A woman determined to find a life of her own . . .

When her golden-eyed childhood hero abandoned her at the altar—disappearing in a storm of magic and mayhem, destruction, betrayal, and disaster—Elisabeth Fitzgerald struggled to put away her humiliation and loss. Finally, she has found a new fiancé and a comfortable future. Then, the one man she thought she would never see again appears—among her wedding guests. Brendan Douglas has returned.

An inescapable destiny . . .

It’s not just that Elisabeth is promised to another; Brendan knows he is drawing her into terrible danger. But he cannot resist the bewitching, brave, wholly unexpected woman his youthful nemesis has become. He promised to sacrifice everything, but is he willing to sacrifice Elisabeth?

Ms. Miller has a new McKettrick series book! Yea for us! I love all of these books. If you haven’t followed the series, don’t worry. You can pick up any of her books and follow the characters. Each book is stand alone, but the connection of the McKettrick name and a few of the characters that flow through the books (which you are usually introduced to in each book at least a little bit).

Buy Linda Lael Miller now!

Book Details:

• HQN Books
• December 27, 2011
• ISBN-10: 037377642X

Book Description:

A classic tale of a new generation of cowboys staking claims to their land—and the women they love…

Like his celebrated ancestors, who tamed the wilds of Arizona, Jesse McKettrick’s Indian Rock ties run deep. The Triple M Ranch is in his blood, along with the thrill of risk. But with his land at stake, this world-class poker player won’t be dealt into Cheyenne Bridges’s gamble—despite the temptation she brings.

Cheyenne grew up in Indian Rock and left its painful memories behind to become a self-made woman. Now her job is to convince Jesse to sell his property. Jesse’s not the kind of man Cheyenne could ever forget, but he’s too wild and dangerous for a woman committed to playing it safe. Yet sparks of attraction fly, tempting Cheyenne to lay it all on the line for the passion she sees in Jesse’s eyes.

Are you a big fan of Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark series? If so, you’ll be excited to find out the next thrilling installment is coming up in January 2012! Lothaire will reveal secrets of the Lore. Though the plot seems a bit done—mortal ‘soothes’ the tormented soul of an immortal on the brink of madness, revenge, etc.—Ms. Cole’s talent will certainly make this a unique read. Be sure to pre-order your copy today to get the best price!

Order Lothaire now!

Book Details:

• Simon & Schuster
• 1/10/12
• ISBN: 9781439136829

Book Description:

ALL FEAR THE ENEMY OF OLD

Driven by his insatiable need for revenge, Lothaire, the Lore’s most ruthless vampire, plots to seize the Horde’s crown. But bloodlust and torture have left him on the brink of madness—until he finds Elizabeth Peirce, the key to his victory. He captures the unique young mortal, intending to offer up her very soul in exchange for power, yet Elizabeth soothes his tormented mind and awakens within him emotions Lothaire believed he could no longer experience.

A DEADLY FORCE DWELLS WITHIN HER

Growing up in desperate poverty, Ellie Peirce yearned for a better life, never imagining she’d be convicted of murder—or that an evil immortal would abduct her from death row. But Lothaire is no savior, as he himself plans to sacrifice Ellie in one month’s time. And yet the vampire seems to ache for her touch, showering her with wealth and sexual pleasure. In a bid to save her soul, Ellie surrenders her body to the wicked vampire, while vowing to protect her heart.

CENTURIES OF COLD INDIFFERENCE SHATTERED

Elizabeth tempts Lothaire beyond reason, as only his fated mate could. As the month draws to a close, he must choose between a millennia-old blood vendetta and his irresistible prisoner. Will Lothaire succumb to the miseries of his past . . . or risk everything for a future with her?