Early Ink Book Previews

The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:20:50 -0500

The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes
by Anne Stuart, Jennifer Crusie and Eileen Dreyer
in stores June 26

For years, the three orphaned Fortune sisters, each endowed with a different magical ability, have been on the run from their evil aunt. Aunt Xan, up to old tricks, uses a spell to send each girl her one true love—but if the sisters fall for these paramours, Xan will get her hands on their powers. What Xan doesn't count on is that the girls are wise to the plot and determined to beat their aunt at her own game.

preview the book »

Rises The Night

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:40:55 -0500

Rises The Night
by Colleen Gleason
in stores June 5

In Italy, a powerful vampire is amassing the power to control the souls of the dead. Lady Victoria Gardella de Lacy-a vampire slayer for just over a year-races across Europe to stop what could be the most deadly army the Gardellas have ever faced. She is accompanied by Sebastian Vioget, a man as tempting as he is untrustworthy. But when Victoria discovers that she has been betrayed by one of her most trusted allies, the truth will challenge all her powers as a Venator-and as a woman.

preview the book »

Your Mouth Drives Me Crazy

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:37:21 -0500

Your Mouth Drives Me Crazy
by HelenKay Dimon
in stores June 26

Annie Parks came to Hawaii to gather information and settle a score, not spend time handcuffed to a sexy stranger's bed. Kauai Police Chief Kane Travers is not a vacation kind of guy. So it figures that when Internal Affairs suspended him, he'd end up rescuing a sarcastic, dishonest, extremely hot redhead who is clearly hiding something. Amnesia? Yeah, right.

preview the book »

Mystic Guardian

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:18:22 -0500

Mystic Guardian
by Patricia Rice
in stores July 3

Off the coast of France lies the sun-kissed isle of Aelynn. Guarded by Trystan l'Enforcer, its people use magical abilities to protect a sacred chalice. An ambitious Trystan intends to marry for convenience, but when a sultry beauty washes up on his shore, she stirs in him a carnal hunger-and his plans take a confounding turn. Now he must work with her to recover Aelynn's most sacred object before chaotic forces can lead to devastating destruction.

preview the book »

Desperate Duchesses

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:51:17 -0500

Desperate Duchesses
by Eloisa James
in stores May 29

A marquess's sheltered only daughter, Lady Roberta St. Giles falls in love with a man she glimpses across a crowded ballroom: a duke, a game player of consummate skill, a notorious rakehell who shows no interest in marriage—until he lays eyes on Roberta. Yet the Earl of Gryffyn knows too well that the price required to gain a coronet is often too high. Damon Reeve, the earl, is determined to protect the exquisite Roberta from chasing after the wrong destiny. Can Damon entice her into a high-stakes game of his own, even if his heart is likely to be lost in the venture?

preview the book »

Frenemies

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:00:09 -0500

Frenemies
by Megan Crane
in stores June 20

From the author of the wildly funny smart novels Everyone Else's Girl and English as a Second Language comes a heartwarming tale of how a young woman deals with her friends becoming "frenemies" while her seemingly perfect life goes awry.

preview the book »

Cut to the Bone

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 08:23:09 -0500

Cut to the Bone
by Shane Gericke
in stores June 5

As the electric chair draws near for a baby killer, a steel-eyed killing machine known as the Executioner draws sharp blades across innocent throats. A dozen souls are gone, yet the monster wants more. Police detectives Martin Benedetti and Emily Thompson have just seven days to hunt and destroy before he slices apart his next victims: Marty and Emily.

preview the book »

An Unladylike Offer

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:20:24 -0500

An Unladylike Offer
by Christine Merrill
in stores August 1

Miss Esme Canville hatches a daring plan to escape a tyrannical father and a forced marriage: she’ll run away from home and into the arms of her notorious neighbor, Captain St John Radwell, and become his mistress. St. John is struggling to restore his tarnished reputation and in no mood to involve himself in Esme’s wild scheme. But fate has other plans.

preview the book »

White Heat

Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

White Heat
by Cherry Adair
in stores July 10

Crisscrossing Europe, Max and Emily piece together the shocking clues to an insidious international terrorism plot. With no turning back, and no one to trust but each other, they put their lives on the line and their true feelings to the test... and get ready to take the heat.

preview the book »

It's Not About the Accent

Sat, 26 May 2007 16:34:16 -0500

It's Not About the Accent
by Caridad Ferrer
in stores August 21

Sporting a new name and an exotic new Latina flair, she’s ready for her college debut. But is the luscious Carolina really better than plain-Jane Caroline?

Sick and tired of her life in small town Ohio—completely boring with a side of dull—college-bound Caroline Darcy is determined to start fresh... as a new person. And that means following in the footsteps of her late Nana Ellie—her witty and vibrant Cuban great- grandmother with a glamorous, well-traveled past. Donning a seriously caliente new wardrobe and a vivacious personality to match, she becomes Carolina, a half-Cuban aspiring actress, ready for adventure.

preview the book »

A Distant Magic

Wed, 23 May 2007 21:44:50 -0500

A Distant Magic
by Mary Jo Putney
in stores July 17

Third in Mary Jo Putney's Guardian series, A Distant Magic features Jean Macrae, the fierce veteran of Culloden who appeared in the earlier Guardian novels. Jean is enjoying a pleasant journey to Marseilles to visit friends—until she is kidnapped by a dangerous pirate captain.

Betrayed into slavery by Jean's father, Nikolai Gregorio has sworn blood vengeance on the whole family. But Jean is his match, and together they forge an alliance to fight slavery. Aided by Adia, an African sorceress, they travel through time to protect the fragile beginnings of the abolitionist movement—and together they forge a love that changes them both forever.

preview the book »

Agnes and the Hitman

Wed, 23 May 2007 17:13:20 -0500

Agnes and the Hitman
by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
in stores August 21

Agnes Crandall, a food columnist better known as Cranky Agnes, is getting ready for the big society wedding that's going to be held in her back yard when a guy with a gun breaks into her kitchen and tries to kidnap her dog. Agnes accidentally kills him. Shortly after that, a guy with a gun (Shane, just Shane) breaks into her bedroom and tells her he's there to protect her. Good thing, too, because then things go really badly and it's pretty much Agnes and Shane against the world, at least the part of it that's armed and coming for Agnes.

preview the book »

The Secret To Seduction

Mon, 21 May 2007 23:43:52 -0500

The Secret To Seduction
by Julie Anne Long
in stores May 1

Rhys, clever, methodical man that he is, has laid a series of careful traps for Sabrina Fairleigh for days. At last he's lured the practical (or so she thinks) vicar's daugther to his statue gallery using a legend as bait: the statue of Persephone allegedly comes to life when the midnight light of a full moon touches her. But both Rhys and Sabrina are in for a major surprise, and it may or may not actually involve a statue.

preview the book »

Shoe Addicts Anonymous

Sat, 19 May 2007 01:47:42 -0500

Shoe Addicts Anonymous
by Beth Harbison
in stores June 12

Four different women. One common shoe size. And a shared lust for fabulous footwear. In this sparkling novel, the wife of a controlling politician, a debt-ridden eBay addict, an agoraphobic phone sex operator, and a nanny for the family from hell (who barely knows a sole from a heel but who will do anything to get out of the house) meet Tuesday nights to trade shoes, and, in the process, form friendships that will help them each triumph over their problems—from secret pasts to blackmail, bankruptcy, and dating.

preview the book »

High Noon

Wed, 16 May 2007 08:36:56 -0500

High Noon
by Nora Roberts
in stores July 10

Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara found her calling at an early age when an unstable man broke into her family's home, trapping and terrorizing them for hours. Now she's Savannah's top hostage negotiator, defusing powderkeg situations with a talent for knowing when to give in-and when to jump in and take action. It's satisfying work-and sometimes those skills come in handy at home dealing with her agoraphobic mother, still traumatized by the break-in after all these years, and her precocious seven-year-old, Carly.

It's exactly that heady combination of steely courage and sensitivity that first attracts Duncan Swift to Phoebe. After observing her coax one of his employees down from a roof ledge, he is committed to keeping this intriguing, take-charge woman in his life. She's used to working solo, but Phoebe's discovering that no amount of negotiation can keep Duncan at arm's length.

And when she's grabbed by a man who throws a hood over her head and brutally assaults her-in her own precinct house-Phoebe can't help but be deeply shaken. Then threatening messages show up on her doorstep, and she's not just alarmed but frustrated. How do you go face-to-face with an opponent who refuses to look you in the eye?

Now, with Duncan backing her up every step of the way, she must establish contact with the faceless tormentor who is determined to make her a hostage to fear . . . before she becomes the final showdown.

preview the book »