Faking It by Jenny Crusie
Mural artist Tilda Goodnight is struggling to pay off the mortgage on the family art gallery and to keep the lid on her family secrets. Her life was complicated enough when all she had to deal with were her daydreaming mother, her split-personality sister and her cross-dressing brother-in-law, but when con-man, charmer and sex-on-legs Davy Dempsey enters her life things begin to get really out of control. Suddenly everyone is faking something. What will happen when all the secrets are out? Will Davy recover his $3 million? Will Tilda find her true artistic calling? Will her mother run off with a hit man? And what exactly is the difference between a man labelled a doughnut and one who deserves the title muffin? “Faking It” confirms that Jenny Crusie writes the wittiest, warmest, sexiest fiction around.
Killer Takes All by Erica Spindler
Stacy Killian was exposed to the horrors of crime as a member of the Dallas police force. After moving to New Orleans to pursue a quieter life, a friend’s murder plunges her back into the role that she fled. Doubting that Spencer Malone, an overconfident, rookie homicide detective, is up to the task, Stacy vows to track down the killer herself. The investigation draws them into the frightening world of White Rabbit, a fantasy roleplaying game that is as real a life and death.
A Dangerous Dress by Julia Holden
If there’s one dress that can make Jane Stuart think that anything was possible, it’s her late grandmother’s vintage 1920s Parisian dress. And when the dress becomes her ticket out of Kirland, Indiana, Jane takes her first tentative steps on her own reckless, passionate, and oh-so-dangerous adventure-to the fashion world of Paris, the celebrity scene in Manhattan, and beyond. But, as the dress takes her to dazzling new heights, one man will bring her back down to earth.
If there’s one dress that can make Jane Stuart think that anything was possible, it’s her late grandmother’s vintage 1920s Parisian dress. And when the dress becomes her ticket out of Kirland, Indiana, Jane takes her first tentative steps on her own reckless, passionate, and oh-so-dangerous adventure-to the fashion world of Paris, the celebrity scene in Manhattan, and beyond. But, as the dress takes her to dazzling new heights, one man will bring her back down to earth.
Orphaned and besieged, Princess Alesandra knows that only hasty marriage to an Englishman can protect her from the turmoil in her own land. Colin, the younger brother of the Marquess of Cainewood wants to claim her forever, and he is prepared to risk his life to do so.
A Dark Devotion by Clare Francis
Alex is a criminal lawyer practicing in London. An old friend whom she hasn’t seen for years calls upon her for help. His elegant wife, Grace, has disappeared. The police aren’t trying hard enough to find her. Alex goes to his aid and discovers that he had good reason for murdering the alluring but not so very lovable Grace.
