New Releases 15 Jan

Red Rose™ Publishing

~ January 15, 2009 ~ New Releases

GEORGIE'S BEAU by Shara Azod Erotic Romance: Historical/Period, Interracial/Multicultural ISBN: 978-1-60435-283-2 Buy Now Read Excerpt Will society be able to accept the love that is no holds barred ? Georgie had always been on the outside looking in. As the bastard daughter of the man who ran the local juke joint, there was little hope of a respectable life in store for her. Especially after she caught the eye of Beau Dupuis, son the richest man in all of South Georgia. All he could offer her is a nice house hidden away on his family's plantation, but Georgie yearned for more. Beau had never had to wanted for a thing. He got what he wanted, and what he wanted was Georgie Willard. Beau would break all the rules, defy all of society just to be with her. Little did they both know what the fickle hands of fate had in store. Through war and strife, Beau would have to fight to keep Georgie's love.

AUCTIONED BRIDE by Victoria Chapman Erotic Romance: Contemporary ISBN: 978-1-60435-281-8 Buy Now Read Excerpt Who will win the battle and who is going to win the war? When Kathy Adams finds herself alone in a deserted building during a hurricane, the last thing she expects is to run into a stranger in the dark. He turns out to be a Peruvian billionaire who takes one look at her in the glare of his flashlight, and decides to add her to his collection of pretty toys. He offers her a dream job on his private island in the Caribbean, and their seduction dance begins. He is handsome, arrogant, and thinks that every woman has a price. And she's a girl who won't be bought. She wants the real thing—she wants love. Paul Andros doesn't know the meaning of the word. Kathy is falling for him against her better judgment, every instinct telling her to run. She'd never met his type of man before. Exciting, volatile and always in control. He uses sex as a weapon to leave her weak at the knees. After one of their many fights, he bids for her at a charity auction, and pays three million dollars to teach her a lesson. The farm girl from Iowa, and the Inca King from Peru wage their final battle on their wedding night and find love and passion strong enough to bridge their differences. Can hate turn to love? Find out if the Auctioned Bride…

DANGEROUS OBSESSIONS by Blake Deveraux Erotic Romance: Contemporary, GLBT (m/m), BDSM ISBN: 978-1-60435-280-1 Buy Now Read Excerpt What can bring a strong career Marine to his knees? Daniel Deveraux is a man of action. He doesn't allow his life to be complicated by anything or anyone. He left the Marines after deciding that the don't-ask-don't-tell policy was more than he could abide. He returned home in search of a simple life, one devoid of the insanity he'd endured in Iraq. Love for him was a distant dream. Brandon Matthews is an exceptional man, both in body and in mind. His magnetic personality and exceptional good looks were an impenetrable wall behind which this damaged man safely hid. His journey found him working days as a carpenter, and nights as "eye candy" at a local gay bar. The two men find themselves on a tumultuous journey of emotional and sexual revelation that threatens to destroy them both. The intense sexual relationship binds them in a way neither one expects. The question remains—will the deep sexual bond bring the two men together in a deep and enduring love? Or will it destroy them?

ROPING A RUNAWAY WIFE by Honey Jans Erotic Romance: Contemporary ISBN: 978-1-60435-279-5 Buy Now Read Excerpt Sarah Halliday returns to Wyoming to save the reputation of the man she left behind. She offers the sexy cowboy a deal—she'll pretend to come back to him until the talk dies down, then she'll be on her way. Rafe Halliday plans to rope his runaway bride to him with bonds of love and sex. He thinks he's cooked up the perfect scheme to get Sarah back where he wants her—in his bed permanently. He isn't above telling a few white lies to achieve his objective.

SAMBURU HILLS by Jennifer Mueller Mainstream Romance: Historical/Period ISBN: 978-1-60435-251-1 Buy Now Read Excerpt When Celeste Reed steps off the boat in the fledgling colony of Kenya, East Africa she finds out the man that she was to marry doesn't even care to get to know her let alone listen to a word she says. Life is miserable and then he has the nerve to die leaving her to run an estate without any money. It seems he spent all he had to impress the colony and she was just part of the package. Africa is unforgiving to the weak, but it can be the people that you least expect that make it. And then there's Edward.

LUST OF A VAMPIRE by Belita Renn Erotic Romance: Paranormal (Vampire) ISBN: 978-1-60435-223-8 Buy now Read Excerpt Can the devil and the angel be one and the same? Selean was dying from a form of Cancer so she commits suicide. As she is dying and angel arrives to take her away. Only this angel turns out to be Raggar Vaul, a vampire that seems inclined to torture her. Then he claimed her as his own since he saved her life. He loves her with an unexpected passion that she is happy to enjoy, still she is his prisoner. While adjusting to living in his castle, he never warns her therefore she is unprepared for the encounters with an evil that is determined to kill her when it attacks. Will she survive or will the evil take over all?

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NO SEX NECESSARY by Jane Beckenham ISBN: 978-1-60435-926-8 Buy Now Read Excerpt Wife wanted - no sex necessary is the perfect job for Tara Palmer while for commitment-phobe Cole Charteris, the word marriage isn’t in his vocabulary. Until he meets Tara, the woman who answers an advertisement to pose as his fiancée. But playing a loving couple when there’s only blackmail doesn’t make for love everlasting…unless one of the rules of employment changes!

WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE by Pat Cromwell ISBN: 978-1-60435-946-6 Buy Now Read Excerpt Will she be his baby’s momma or will she just leave him loving her? Chris is jaded. Finally free from an abusive relationship, she has adopted a love-them-and-leave-attitude when it comes to men. The last thing she wants is to get involved emotionally with Kenneth, however she has no qualms pursuing a no strings attached relationship. After all, he’s drop dead gorgeous, with sexy deep blue eyes, and a personality that is off the charts charming. Kenneth, however, has other plans. His quest is to mend a broken heart and make all her dreams come true. The minute he saw Chris, he made his intentions clear that he wanted more than a casual affair. A straight shooter, Kenneth pursues Chris with a sometimes comical edge, but always with a determination to overcome their biggest obstacle – Chris’s steadfast refusal to believe that love at first sight is real and that he is serious when he says he loves her and is the man of her dreams. But how do you convince someone, who has been hurt in the past, that the flame he’s carrying for you now is meant to give warmth and not to burn? Will he succeed at convincing her that when dreams come true nothing will be left of yesterday’s pain?

CHAMBERLAIN'S KNIGHT by Skyler Grey ISBN: 978-1-60435-941-1 Buy Now Read Excerpt Chamberlain DeLaura finds herself taking a long awaited vacation and soon gets caught up in a white squall with the sail boat she’d rented. It’s not long before she realizes that she’s been transported into another time. Caleb Blackthorn of Blackthorn castle finds a strangely beautiful woman running wild across his land and after capturing her, claims her for himself. Can two people from different times find a love neither knew existed or will Veonna, an evil sorceress divide them forever?

KISS AT BLARNEY CASTLE by Leah Leonard ISBN: 978-1-60435-939-8 Buy Now Read Excerpt Why is it that when you think you have it all figured out something always changes? Beautiful redhead Laura Malone didn’t know much about her ancestral heritage, except what her grandmother told her growing up. To her surprise, her grandmother left her a special gift in her will that included an unexpected trip to Ireland to carry out her last wishes by following a trail that told the story of the love between her and Laura’s grandfather fifty years earlier. What Laura didn’t expect was the real gift, John Ennis, who she would meet on the way and how following the path of her ancestors would lead her to find her own true love at last. Is the gift more that she can handle or will it be just what Laura needed in her life?

THE OTHER HALF OF YOUR HEART by Janis Susan May ISBN: 978-1-60435-924-4 Buy Now Read Excerpt Trying to escape into the night, Cara is not sure which of the men chasing her is the hero and which the villain. Will she find out before it is too late? Cara Waters thinks she's the luckiest woman in the world. Hunky ex-football player Buck Tarrant has swept her off her feet. After promising her a trip to New Orleans, he suddenly took her to Mexico instead. While there Cara is disturbed to see fellow coworker Dave Burkhart following them - the same man who had been stalking her back home. Cara is terrified when Dave abducts her and bewildered when he accuses her of being a criminal. She is protesting her innocence when, before Buck can come and rescue her from Dave, both of them are found by real criminals—a dope grower and his private army. Cara and Dave barely escape as they run for their lives through the forbidding, dangerous Mexican jungle. Perhaps more dangerous is that they have to trust each other and forge an uneasy bond until they can return to civilization. As they flee Cara realizes nothing is as it seems. She must fight for her life without really knowing why. Who is her enemy? Who will help her or even believe her?

CASSIE'S SHEIKH by Linda Sole ISBN: 978-1-60435-943-5 Buy Now Read Excerpt Will the preconceived notions and stereotypes keep them apart or do opposites really attract? Kasim has heard about a writer he thinks writes for a filthy rag, as he calls magazines that do personal stories. When he discovers that the daughter of the trainer his uncle is intending to use for his horses at Newmarket is that writer, he is scornful. Cassie tries to persuade him she is fit to take over as a temporary trainer when her father needs time off for illness, but she isn't prepared for the love/hate relationship between them. Can she convince Kasim that she isn't what he thinks – and can they overcome the differences between them?