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Feb-2-2010

Love, Exciting and New

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, so what better time to escape into a romance novel? Here are a few new titles that will help you tap your inner Cupid:

mocA Matter of Class by Mary Balogh

He’s rich but doesn’t have a title; she’s the daughter of an earl but has been disgraced by scandal. Their parents can think of only one solution: send them down the altar. Marriages of convenience are a familiar plot device, but Balogh’s breezy Regency romance takes that time-worn trope and gives it a surprising twist. For more suggestions, take our BookMatch survey! For more suggestions, take our BookMatch survey! For more suggestions, take our BookMatch survey!

cdThe Cinderella Deal by Jennifer Crusie

The tale of a couple who pretend they are engaged to further their careers, this newly reissued Cruisie opposites-attract novel is a perfect light read for a cold February afternoon. The plot is more straightforward than in the author’s later books, but still offers glimpses of her signature humor and quirky characters. For more suggestions, take our BookMatch survey! For more suggestions, take our BookMatch survey! For more suggestions, take our BookMatch survey!

ajkArchangel’s Kiss by Nalini Singh

Singh is an up-and-coming star in the paranormal romance world. Archangel’s Kiss is the latest book in her Guild Hunter series (the first was Angels’ Blood), which features a world of full of archangels, vampires and mortals caught in between. Fans of Patricia Briggs and Kelley Armstrong should add Singh to their must-read list.For more suggestions, take our BookMatch survey! For more suggestions, take our BookMatch survey! For more suggestions, take our BookMatch survey!

index.aspxCold River by Carla Neggers

Reading Carla Neggers’ books is akin to watching an episode of your favorite TV crime drama —fast-paced, intense and with touches of gallows humor. Here, sparks fly in a small Vermont town when a café owner tries to help a man trying to solve his father’s murder. r more suggestions, take our BookMatch survey! For more suggestions, take our Bo

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  1. Sharon said,

    I recently listened to A Matter of Class and enjoyed it very much. It is short and sweet.

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