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Dear Reader,
Happy Thanksgiving! There is a lot to be thankful this month, including the incredible list of titles out this month from Berkley Jove. Kick off the month with CREATION IN DEATH from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, writing as J.D. Robb. A murderous enemy resurfaces with deadly intentions and Lieutenant Eve Dallas is put to the test. Can Eve and Roarke finally capture the killer and close this unsolved case... before Eve becomes the next victim?
J.D. Robb is also featured this month in DEAD OF NIGHT where she is joined by three incredible authors Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Mary Kay McComas. This fabulous new anthology features four fantastic new tales that readers won't want to miss.
USA Today bestselling author Alyssa Day returns this months with ATLANTIS AWAKENING, the second in her Warriors of Poseidon series. Journey to Atlantis, where Ven is Atlantis's strongestand sexiestwarrior. Will a beautiful witch be the first to conquer this powerful fighter? To find out more, read Alyssa's letter to readers.
Get DOWN AND DIRTY this month with the latest from USA Today bestselling author Sandra Hill. Find out what happens when a chiseled Navy SEAL tough-guy like Zachary Floyd meets up with an alluring 11th Century Norsewoman. She's just escaped from a nunnery and his expert training may be just what she needs. Don't miss Sandra's special letter to readers.
Also out this month Allyson James brings us her fabulous new novel THE BLACK DRAGON. When Saba Watanabe is attacked, she has no choice but to turn to Malcolmwho once claimed her as a love slave. He may be a powerful black dragon but it is Saba who must realize her powers in order to save them both. To find out more, read our Q & A with Allyson James.
Jennifer Estep returns this month with HOT MAMA. Fashion designer by day and fiery crime fighter by night, Fiona Fine is looking for love. But how is a girl supposed to find time to date a sexy playboy like Johnny Belluci when there are ubervillains to defeat? If you'd like to find out which superhero you're most like, take the quiz on Jennifer's website www.jenniferestep.com.
Don't miss THE FORTUNE HUNTER by Jasmine Haynes. All Faith Castle wants is a husband and family... until she meets Connor Kingston and thinks of a few darker desires. Connor is practical, and proposes marriage as a way to both advance his career and fulfill her desires. Somewhere in between marriage and consummating a no-holds barred sex life, they discover love.
Romance, fantasy and enchantment abound in ELEMENTAL MAGIC, a fantastic new collection featuring novellas by Sharon Shinn, USA Today bestselling author Rebecca York, award-winning Carol Berg, and Jean Johnson. "Air" features a breathless retelling of the Cinderella story. "Fire" heats things up with a parallel dimension with werewolves and love-slaves. "Water" offers a fantasy universe of magic, demons, and dangerous passion. And finally, "Earth" serves up a world of delight.
If you're looking to curl up with some historical romance, Amanda Grange, the acclaimed author of Mr. Knightley's Diary, brings you LORD DEVERILL'S SECRET. Just the touch of Lord Deverill's hand makes Cassandra Paxton's pulse quicken. But will she find out too late that the dashingly handsome earl has a deep dark secret?
Another fabulous novel out this month that readers won't be able to put down is Nicole Byrd's latest, A LADY BETRAYED. Viscount Adrian Carter never imagined that his efforts to aid an unconscious lady he discovers in the rain would scandalize them both. With her reputation ruined, Madeline has no choice but to accept his marriage proposalnot knowing that his secrets could ruin both their lives.
For our young adult readers, QUEEN GEEKS IN LOVE is the second book from Laura Preble and young adult fans everywhere won't want to miss what happens when the girls from the Queen Geek Social Club fall in love.
Another fantastic YA series returns this month with Debra Garfinkle's THE BAND: FINDING LOVE. The newest book in this hip series puts the band on tour, where Tracie, Mark, and Sienna know that Amber Road could finally score a record dealthat is if their love lives don't mess it up.
Looking for a little Heat this month? Then don't miss NAUTI NIGHTS the second book in bestselling author Lora Leigh's sexy Nauti trilogy. The Mackay cousins have dangerously erotic reputations, but "Dawg" Mackay is a sexy marine with only one woman on his mind. Will sparks fly when Dawg finally manages to get his hands on the lovely Crista?
If you missed the passion of ETERNITY or INFINITY by New York Times' bestselling author Maggie Shayne then ETERNAL LOVE is for you. These sensual paranormal romances are together for the first time in one volume. In ETERNITY, the beautiful Raven St. James has found her beloved savior Duncan in the body of a man with no memory of their past. But as she reawakens his memory, the evil that tore them apart finds them again. In INFINITY, Nicodemus Lachlan, betrayed by the golden-haired Arianna, has lain in the Scottish highlands for centuries until she returns to rekindle their love. Soon however, a dark power once again threatens their love.
Finally, be sure to pick up CLANDESTINE by bestselling author Julia Ross, available now for the first time in mass market paperback.
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This Month at Berkley Jove
November Releases from Berkley Jove
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CREATION IN DEATH
J.D. Robb
NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas keeps the streets of a near-future New York City safe in this extraordinary series. But even she makes mistakes, and is haunted by those she couldn't saveand the killers she couldn't capture. When the body of a young brunette is found in East River Park, artfully positioned and marked by signs of prolonged and painful torture, Eve is catapulted back to a case nine years earlier. The city was on edge from a killing spree that took the lives of four women in fifteen days, courtesy of a man the media tagged "The Groom"because he put silver rings on the fingers of his victims.
When it turns out that the young brunette was employed by Eve's billionaire husband, Roarke, she brings him in on the casea move that proves fitting when it becomes chillingly clear that the killer has made his attack personal. The victim was washed in products from a store Roarke owns, and laid out on a sheet his company manufactures.
With the Groom's monstrous return, Eve is determined to finish him once and for all. Familiar with his methods, Eve knows that he has already grabbed his next victim. Time is running out on another woman's life.
And chances are he's working up to the biggest challenge of his illustrious careerabducting a woman who will test his skills and who promises to give him days and days of pleasure before she dies: Eve.
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DEAD OF NIGHT
J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan, Mary Kay McComas
Nora Roberts, writing as J.D. Robb, puts futuristic lieutenant Eve Dallas in a supernatural showdown with a most seductive criminal: a vampire.
An ancient coin whisks an American woman and a modern-day earl into the pastand into each other's armsin a stirring tale from Mary Blayney.
When a city girl visits a Scottish castle in Ruth Ryan Langan's story, she is thrust into a timeless romance with a mighty Highland laird.
And Mary Kay McComas gives an unhappy wife a magic-carpet ride into an alternate reality to show her the grass isn't always greener.
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ETERNAL LOVE
Maggie Shayne
Two passionate paranormal romances in one volume from the New York Times bestselling author.
In Eternity, readers will savor the story of Raven St. James, whose unearthly beauty brought accusations of witchcraftand a sentence of death. Luckily Duncan, the town minister, saved her life. But Raven could not save him. Now, after three centuries, Raven has found Duncan in the body of a man who has no memory of their past. As Duncan slowly reawakens, they are once more endangered by the evil that tore them apart. (originally published in December 1998)
Infinity tells the enthralling tale of Nicodemus Lachlan, who lay dormant in the Scottish Highlands for five centuries after his one love betrayed him. The only thing he remembers is Arianna, the golden-haired lass who touched his souland her treachery, which cost him his life. But when Arianna finds a way to bring back her love, the dark power that reunited the two threatens all they hold dear. (originally published in October 1999)
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ATLANTIS AWAKENING
Alyssa Day
To rescue the world from an overwhelming evil, Poseidon's warriors have risen from Atlantis. Chief among them is Ven, serving as the King's Vengeance by birthright and by battle challenge. None can conquer himexcept perhaps for one human female.
(The Warriors of Poseidon #2)
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DOWN AND DIRTY
Sandra Hill
Punished for an indiscretion, Navy SEAL and all-around tough guy Zachary Floyd is forced to head a new SEAL-like program for women. There he meets an alluring Norsewoman, who's escaped a nunnery, her father, and the eleventh century altogether.

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ELEMENTAL MAGIC
Sharon Shinn, Rebecca York, Carol Berg, Jean Johnson
Four all-new stories of romance, fantasy, and natural enchantment.
From wizards to weathermen, many know the powers of the four elements-natural forces that can direct the fates, change destiny, and unite lovers in the most unexpected ways. Now, those magical elements-air, fire, water, and earth-come together in perfect balance, and a perfectly unique romance anthology, from four charmed authors.
In Air find romance in a breathless retelling of the Cinderella fable from award-winning Sharon Shinn, "an amazing writing talent"(Best Reviews).
In Fire blazes adventure in a parallel dimension of werewolves and love-slaves from USA Today bestselling Rebecca York, "a true master" (Rave Reviews).
In Water resides fantasy and a remarkable universe of magic, demons, and dangerous passion from "thoroughly original" (Starburst) award-winner Carol Berg.
And in Earth discover the ultimate in profound pleasure from Jean Johnson, "a fresh new voice in fantasy romance" (Robin D. Owens).
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A LADY BETRAYED
Nicole Byrd
Seeking shelter from the night rain, Adrian Carter, Viscount Weller, comes across a deserted gazeboand an unconscious woman. He would never want to compromise such graceful beauty, but when a search party finds Miss Applegate in his arms, they assume the worst...
Madeline Applegate had always planned to stay home to care for her invalid father, so a marriage proposal from a handsome stranger turns her life upside down. But what choice does she have? Now the pair must weather a storm of secrets from Adrian's past that could destroy them both...

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HOT MAMA
Jennifer Estep
She can melt steel and men's hearts ...
By day, Fiona Fine is a successful couture designer, catering to the high society players of Bigtime, New York. By night, she's Fiera, a member of the heroic Fearless Five who can create and manipulate fire with her bare hands.
Fiona's personal life, though, isn't so hot. She still misses her fiance, who was killed by ubervillains a year ago. Still, men admire Fiona's smoking assets, and she decides to get back in the dating gameespecially after she meets Johnny Bulluci. But this notorious playboy has plenty of secrets to go along with his sexy smile. And, with two new ubervillains in town who are intent on raising hell, Fiona's love life might just crash and burn.

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THE CIPHER
Diana Pharaoh Francis
Distant member of the royal Rampling family, Lucy Trenton's ability to detect majick has embroiled her in a dangerous intrigue that threatens her very life. Her only hope lies in her most persistent suitor, ship captain Marten Thorpe, but Lucy isn't sure she can trust him...
(A Novel of Crosspointe #1)
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THE BAND: FINDING LOVE
Debra Garfinkle
They have a hit song. Now it's time for a road tour...The latest book in the edgy teen series that comes with a free song download!
It's summer break and Amber Road is touring. Fans love them, and their music is strong, but their emotions are fragile.
Tracie is worried. She's finally able to let go of her ex-boyfriend Carter and be happy for him and Sienna. Will she ever find love for herself?
Mark is confused. The band has a shot at the big time. So why is his girlfriend Lily, Amber Road's lead singer, acting so secretive and mysterious? Is she cheating on him?
Sienna is thrilled. At last Carter is her boyfriend and she's performing better than ever. But can she handle making the band and a new relationship work?
Tracie, Mark, and Sienna know that Amber Road has a real chance to score a record dealas long as their love lives don't trip them up...again.
(The Band #3)
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LORD DEVERILL'S SECRET
Amanda Grange
A delightful tale of romance and intrigue from the acclaimed author of Mr. Knightley's Diary.
Arriving in Brighton, Cassandra Paxton had one important taskto uncover the meaning of a letter she'd found amidst her late brother's belongings. She knew of only one man who could help her: Lord Deverill, who just happened to be the most eligible bachelor in all of Brighton.
But what she didn't realizeuntil it was too latewas that the handsome earl had a secret of his own. One that might prevent him from telling her the truthand one that made a marriage between them impossible. Which was most unfortunate, considering the way his gentle touch made Cassandra's pulse quicken.
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THE FORTUNE HUNTER
Jasmine Haynes
A proposition that's anything but businesslike...
If she wants to realize her lifelong dream of having children, heiress Faith Castle had better find a husbandpronto. But there are two roadblocks on her road to happiness: she knows no eligible men, and she's not exactly Miss California.
Then she meets Connor Kingston. He's yummy. He's available. And he thinks she's sexy...
But he's also honest. After a kiss that leaves them hot and bothered, Connor offers to marry Faith, but purely as a career move. It's far from romantic, but it's as good an offer as she's going to get. Each has a caveat, though. She requires his fidelityand he wants a no-holds-barred sex life.
From their wedding night on, they get more and more adventuresomeand Faith starts feeling different about herself and her body. And somewhere in the midst of ecstasy, they come to know the most foreign, exciting aphrodisiac of alllove...
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THE BLACK DRAGON
Allyson James
Scorching new romance from the author of Dragon Heat.
When Saba Watanabe is attacked by white dragons in human form on the streets of San Francisco, the only man she can turn to for help is the dangerously seductive Malcolm, a black dragon who once made Saba his love slave. But it's Saba who must use her rising powers to save Malcolmand all of his kind.

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NAUTI NIGHTS
Lora Leigh
Second in a hot and naughty trilogy from the author of Nauti Boy.
Angela Knight says, "When I'm in the mood for steamy romance, I read Lora Leigh." So do readers who devoured the author's first novel in the Mackay Cousins trilogy, Nauti Boy. Now, in Nauti Nights, Leigh delivers an even hotter tale of a Kentucky marine who'll anything to get the woman he wants. Luckily for him, she wants it bad.
James "Dawg" Mackay has lusted after sweet Crista for years. Just as many as she's spent running from himand from a dangerous attraction. But for Crista, running isn't an option anymore because Dawg's got a plan to get her and keep her. It's kind of low-downbut completely hot.
(The Nauti Trilogy, Book 2)
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QUEEN GEEKS IN LOVE
Laura Preble
Last year, Shelby Chapelle and her friend Becca founded the Queen Geek Social Club, and set out to find others of their kind. This year, Becca has even bigger plans for the Queen Geeks. She thinks working on the club's website and planning Geekfest (a talent show of geek-tastic proportions) should be Shelby's number one priority.
Guys have always been strictly secondary to the goal of spreading geekiness to every corner of Green Pines High School...and then the world! But sophomore year heats up when Shelby is swept off her feet by the karaoke stylings of a guy named Fletcher. And then Becca and another Queen Geek fall for the same guy, which results in a cursed love triangleor a doomed love rhombus, if you count Shelby and Fletcher.
The going can get tough when Queek Geeks fall in love, but Shelby knows that being true to your inner geek is the most important thing.
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BEWARE FALSE PROFITS
Emilie Richards
There's no rest for the weary Aggie Sloan-Wilcox and her minister husband, who were praying for a relaxing weekend until a member of their flock went missing.
Joe Wagner, president of Emerald Springs's food bank, disappears, and Aggie discovers his secret lifeas a female impersonator. Meanwhile, the murder of the mayor's wife at the annual food bank fundraiser puts Joe on top of the suspect list. If Aggie doesn't get to the bottom of things fast, she'll be leading a choir singing the blues.
(Ministry is Murder #3)
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CLANDESTINE
Julia Ross
Originally published in Trade Paperback.
Guy Devoran, the handsome and charismatic nephew of a powerful duke, is Sarah Callaway's only hope for finding her missing cousin. But first she must get close enough to uncover the dark secret that he's hiding.
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READER AND RAELYNX
Sharon Shinn
In this novel of secret sorceries and forbidden desires, the mystic Cammon must put aside his personal feelings for Princess Amalie while he reads the souls of her suitors for any potential threats. But Cammon is unable to read Amalie, and he begins to suspect that she herself possesses magic powersa revelation which would put her life in danger, and throw the kingdom into chaos.
(A Novel of the Twelve Houses #4)
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Q & A with Allyson James
1) Your latest book THE BLACK DRAGON, available November 2007 from Berkley Sensation, takes place in the same world you created for DRAGON HEAT. What was the inspiration for this series?
The inspiration was kind of funny. I was staying in an apartment in Manhattan that had a second bedroom I wasn't using. The thought sprang into my head, "What if I opened the door and there was a dragon inside?" I spun out how the dragon could be there, why he was there, what would happen if a young woman who lives in the apartment found him, and what would happen if the dragon stepped through the door and became human. That inspiration became DRAGON HEAT. I moved the setting to San Francisco because I know that city well, and the series was born.
2) Why dragons? Are they something that has always interested you?
I grew up reading fantasy, which is chock-full of dragons. Dragons have always appealed to me because of their power and grace and sheer beauty. Plus, people have believed in dragons for thousands of yearsalmost all cultures have some form of dragon.
I lived in Asia for a while, and in China and Japan the dragon is a prevalent motif. Asian dragons are powerful but benevolent creatures, in contrast to dragons in Western culture, which are often portrayed as monsters. I wanted to bring some of the Asian myths into my books, and because San Francisco is so rich in Asian culture, it was a terrific place to do it. I also had fun bringing a few Japanese myths into THE BLACK DRAGON.
3) Malcolm is such a hot herothe ultimate bad boydid you know when you were writing DRAGON HEAT that he would be the hero of the next book in the series?
As soon as Malcolm walked onstage in DRAGON HEAT, I knew he had to have his own book. He was too interesting a character not to explore further, and he and Saba had such great chemistry together. Readers of DRAGON HEAT loved him, and I was happy to pen a story for him.
4) When you read romance novels, what about the paranormal genre are you drawn to?
As I mentioned, I grew up reading fantasy; in fact, I used to read far more fantasy than I did romance. However, there was never enough romance in fantasy to please me, so I'm thrilled that fantasy and romance have recently been combined in paranormal romances. It's like the best of both worlds.
5) You have a novella in the upcoming romance anthology PRIVATE PLACES. Any sneak peaks you want to give us?
My story in the anthology is called "The Decidedly Devilish Duke," and for a complete change it's a historical (early Victorian). A young widow finds herself playing cards for her fate with the rake she refused to marry ten years before. They've both changed, but the sparks between them still fly thick and fast. They find that the time apart has only made their passion grow.
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SPOTLIGHT ON BERKLEY
ATLANTIS AWAKENING (by Alyssa Day)
Dear Reader,
A fierce Atlantean warrior known as the King’s Vengeance. A powerful and beautiful witch who has the ability to call forbidden magic. What would happen if I threw the two of them together in a quest for healing . . . and revenge?
ATLANTIS AWAKENING continues the saga of the Warriors of Poseidon. Ven, younger brother of High Prince Conlan, is tasked with acting as liaison to the magical contingent of the Pacific northwest coast of North America. But he is unprepared for the depth of fierce emotion that Erin Connors stirs in his dark and silent heart. She, in her turn, has no time for a relationship – or for being so intimately connected to a warrior she sees only as a partner in her quest for justice.
Neither of them wanted to fall in love.
Neither of them had a chance to fight it.
The Warriors of Poseidon are centuries-old Atlantean warriors on a quest to save humanity from the dark forces threatening to overwhelm us. The discovery of human women with ancient Atlantean Gifts thought lost for more than ten thousand years is a complication none of them were prepared to encounter. The quest for the lost jewels of Poseidon’s Trident must be their mission. Their priority. Their ultimate goal.
But love has other ideas. The life of a warrior has forced Ven to bury his emotions beneath lethal fighting skills and casual humor. Erin is a beautiful witch with a special affinity for gemstones, and a brutal past, who has deliberately kept herself apart from any close personal relationships in order to focus on revenge. When the two of them meet, life gets a lot more complicated and the heat they generate between them sizzles off the pages. But one thing is certain:
Dark forces should beware: Atlantis is awakening.
Thank you for making ATLANTIS RISING such a phenomenal success!! I hope you love ATLANTIS AWAKENING as much as I do. Welcome to my world of ancient civilization, contemporary romance, and mythological beings walking the sands of our shores. And please visit me at www.alyssaday.com for excerpts, sneak peeks, and a fabulous movie-style book trailer. Come on inthe water’s fine.
Hugs,
~Alyssa Day
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DOWN AND DIRTY (by Sandra Hill)
Dear Reader,
They're brave fighting men.
They belong to elite warrior groups.
They've got bodies to die for.
They have great senses of humor.
They are strong family men.
They love the water.
Women love them.
So, I've gotta be talking about some special forces military, right? Like Navy SEALs?
Well, that's only half right.
Those descriptions could very well fit Vikings, too.
And that's where my Viking Navy SEALs come from, as in my November release, DOWN AND DIRTY...and its prequel ROUGH AND READY.
I have personal reasons for wanting to write about Vikings, being able to trace my own family roots back to a tenth century Norse nobleman. However, my interest in Vikings and Navy SEALs goes beyond that.
One only has to read the recent news on Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy being awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his valiant actions in Afghanistan to be touched to the soul. This handsome, young man...not yet thirty...was fighting off fifty...yes, I said fifty...anti-coalition terrorists, even though he'd been shot in the back, in order to save his three teammates, only one of which survived. After the two-hour gunfight, thirty-five Taliban fighters were dead. He was a man to be admired, like all military men who sacrifice themselves for a greater good.
But I write humor.
A wise editor once told me that in the best book, the author makes the reader weep, as well as laugh. Poignancy mixed with humor. A great mix. That's what I hope will happen in DOWN AND DIRTY when the Navy SEAL Zachary Floyd, nicknamed Pretty Boy, is faced with not only Samir, a five-year-old half-Afghan son he never knew he had, better known as Sammy the Snotenough said!but also a thousand-year-old Viking warrior princess who wants to become a female Navy SEAL. And is so hot she makes his bones melt.
We made an incredible book video for this book which perfectly portrays my Navy SEAL...pretty, for sure...and his Dennis the Menace son. Check it out on my website at www.sandrahill.net.
As Zach would say: Hoo-yah!
~Sandra Hill
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