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Fresh Pick | GENTLEMEN PREFER SUCCUBI by Jill Myles
Fresh Pick / February 12, 2010

The Succubus Diaries #1 January 2010On Sale: December 29, 2009Featuring: Jackie Brighton384 pages ISBN: 1416572821EAN: 9781416572824Mass Market Paperback$7.99 Romance Paranormal Buy at Amazon.com Gentlemen Prefer Succubiby Jill Myles The first of two fun and sexy paranormal romances featuring a succubus, a vampire, and a fallen angel. Who knew an angel could get a girl in so much devilish trouble? Jackie Brighton woke up in a dumpster this morning, and her day has only gotten weirder. Her breasts grew overnight, her sex drive is insatiable, and apparently she had her first one-night stand ever . . . with a fallen angel. Of course, she only remembers gorgeous Noah’s enormous, er, package. And their steamy shower sex. Hmm . . . and the dark stranger whose bite transformed her into an immortal siren with a seductive Itch. With help from Noah and fellow succubus Remy Summore, Jackie adapts to her new  lifestyle—until she accidentally strikes a deal that sends her lover into the deadly clutches of the vampire queen and lands Jackie, Remy, and the queen’s wickedly hot right-hand man into the middle of a fierce battle for an ancient halo. But how’s a girl supposed to save the world when the…

Fresh Pick | GUARDIAN by Claire Delacroix
Fresh Pick / February 11, 2010

Angels #2 October 2009On Sale: September 29, 2009Featuring: Rafe Gerritson; Delilah Desjardins368 pages ISBN: 0765359502EAN: 9780765359506Paperback$6.99 Fantasy Urban, Romance Paranormal Buy at Amazon.com Guardianby Claire Delacroix The Eyes of the Republic are everywhere. The victim of what she believes is a malicious kidnapping, seer Delilah Desjardins quickly realizes that her abductor is on a mission to save her from assassins. Rafe, a fallen angel, must ensure that Delilah, blessed with the gift of foresight, reaches her true calling as an oracle for the Republic – and if his divine calling results in a more earthly relationship between the two of them, well, he doesn’t mind that at all. Drawn to Rafe, but fearing the loss of her gifts should she surrender to his charms, Delilah knows she has to leave him. But fleeing his guardianship sets the assassins on her trail again. As Rafe races to save Delilah, he knows he isn’t just saving her for the good of the Republic, for the angels, or for the future – he’s saving her for himself. The Eyes of the Republic may be everywhere, but then so are Angels. Excerpt She was being watched. The woman known only as Twenty-three felt her…

Fresh Pick | ARCHANGEL’S KISS by Nalini Singh
Fresh Pick / February 10, 2010

Guild Hunter #2 February 2010On Sale: February 2, 2010Featuring: Elena Deveraux; Raphael352 pages ISBN: 0425233367EAN: 9780425233368Paperback$7.99 Romance Paranormal Buy at Amazon.com Archangel’s Kissby Nalini Singh New York Times bestselling author of Angels’ Blood Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux wakes from a year-long coma to find that she has become an angel-and that her lover, the stunningly dangerous archangel Raphael, likes having her under his control. But almost immediately, Raphael must ready Elena for a flight to Beijing, to attend a ball thrown by the archangel Lijuan. Ancient and without conscience, Lijuan’s power lies with the dead. And she has organized the most perfect and most vicious of welcomes for Elena… The Guild series continues with a completely unique and perfectly detailed story and characters. Excerpt Elena gripped the balcony railing and stared down at the gorge that fell away with jagged promise beneath. From here, the rocks looked like sharp teeth, ready to bite and tear and rip. She tightened her hold as the icy wind threatened to tumble her into their unforgiving jaws. “A year ago,” she murmured, “I didn’t know the Refuge existed, and today, here I stand.” A sprawling city of marble and glass spread out in every…

Fresh Pick | HUSH, HUSH by Becca Fitzpatrick
Fresh Pick / February 9, 2010

January 2010On Sale: January 5, 2010Featuring: Nora Grey352 pages ISBN: 1416989412EAN: 9781416989417Paperback$15.99 Young Adult Paranormal, Young Adult Buy at Amazon.com Hush, Hushby Becca Fitzpatrick In Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush sixteen-year old Nora finds forbidden love. For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She’s never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch came along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment. But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora’s not sure who to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is, and to know more about her than her closest friends. She can’t decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel. For Nora is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen – and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost her life. Excerpt Loire Valley,…

Fresh Pick | ECSTASY UNVEILED by Larissa Ione
Fresh Pick / February 8, 2010

Demonica #4 February 2010On Sale: February 1, 2010Featuring: Lore; Idess384 pages ISBN: 0446556823EAN: 9780446556828Mass Market Paperback$6.99 Romance Paranormal Buy at Amazon.com Ecstasy Unveiledby Larissa Ione DEMON ENSLAVEDLore is a Seminus half-breed demon who has been forced to act as his dark master’s assassin. Now to earn his freedom and save his sister’s life, he must complete one last kill. Powerful and ruthless, he’ll stop at nothing to carry out this deadly mission. AN ANGEL TEMPTEDIdess is an earthbound angel with a wild side, sworn to protect the human Lore is targeting. She’s determined to thwart her wickedly handsome adversary by any means necessary-even if that means risking her vow of eternal chastity. But what begins as a simple seduction soon turns into a passion that leaves both angel and demon craving complete surrender. Torn between duty and desire, Lore and Idess must join forces as they battle their attraction for each other. Because an enemy from the past is rising again-one hellbent on vengeance and unthinkable destruction. Excerpt What. The. Fuck. Lore stood like a dope, knee-deep in snow in the middle of some godforsaken forest, cradling his would-be killer to his chest and wondering how everything had gone to…

Fresh Pick | COVET by J. R. Ward
Fresh Pick / February 7, 2010

Fallen Angels #1 October 2009On Sale: September 29, 2009Featuring: Jim Heron; Vincent Di Pietro496 pages ISBN: 0451228219EAN: 9780451228215Paperback$7.99 Romance Paranormal Buy at Amazon.com Covetby J. R. Ward Redemption isn’t a word Jim Heron knows much about—his specialty, both personally and professionally, is revenge, and to him, sin is all relative. But everything changes when he becomes a fallen angel and is charged with saving the souls of seven people from the seven deadly sins. His weapon: the power of love. His enemy: the darkest of evil. And failure is not an option. Vincent Di Pietro has surrendered himself to his business—until fate intervenes in the form of a tough-talking, Harley-riding, self-professed savior, and a woman who will make him question his destiny. With an ancient evil ready to claim him, Vin has to work with a fallen angel not only to win his beloved over…but to redeem his very soul. Excerpt “She wants you.” Jim Heron lifted his eyes from his Budweiser. Across the crowded, dim club, past bodies that were clad in black and hung with chains, through the thick air of sex and desperation, he saw the she in question. A woman in a blue dress stood beneath…

Fresh Pick | HILL COUNTRY HERO by Ann DeFee
Fresh Pick / February 6, 2010

February 2010On Sale: February 1, 2010Featuring: Jake Culpepper; CiCi Hurst224 pages ISBN: 0373753004EAN: 9780373753000Mass Market Paperback$4.99 Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Hill Country Hero by Ann DeFee Only desperate, try-anything-once CiCi Hurst would agree to take the job of mascot for her daddy’s football team. But the recently dumped Hill Country heiress doesn’t expect to be tackled to the ground by six feet five inches of flat-out gorgeous male…. Jake Culpepper is every woman’s dream. Too bad the pro-football star is exactly the type CiCi’s vowed to avoid. It’s a no-brainer: no more low-down, cheating athletes! So why is she getting the feeling Jake’s different? Jake can’t believe he just decked the boss’s daughter! Now he’s paying the price by working for CiCi at her family’s camp for underprivileged kids. He didn’t plan on playing the hero. Or falling so hard for her. He just hopes CiCi feels the same way. Or he’ll be the loneliest hero in the Lone Star State! Excerpt It was official. Collier Channing “CiCi” Hurst (formerly Tank-ersley) was slowly but surely losing her mind. And what was her first clue? Could it be that she was seriously thinking about asking Daddy for a job? CiCi…

Fresh Pick | TRUE LOVE AND OTHER DISASTERS by Rachel Gibson
Fresh Pick / February 5, 2010

May 2009On Sale: April 28, 2009368 pages ISBN: 0061579068EAN: 9780061579066Mass Market Paperback$7.99 Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com True Love And Other Disastersby Rachel Gibson Disaster Number One: Men Hard knocks and hunger taught Faith Duffy not to believe in love. Still, when she married her very wealthy—and very old—husband, she became the perfect wife. And then he went to that big bank in the sky, leaving Faith with lonely nights, a pile of money, and a total mess of a pro hockey team. Heck, Faith doesn’t even watch hockey! Disaster Number Two: Passion But most of America and half of Canada is watching Ty Savage. His lethal sex appeal and deadly right hook make him the favorite of fans. For most of Ty’s life, he’s dreamed of winning the Stanley Cup. The last thing he needs is a bimbo messing up his plans. Disaster Number Three: Love Faith loathes Ty on sight, but she can’t stop thinking about him all day . . . and night. Then a moment of temptation ends with Faith in Ty’s bed, and she begins to see there’s more to him than sex appeal. Ty discovers there’s far more to Faith than beauty and billions….

Fresh Pick | SLIDING HOME by Kate Angell
Fresh Pick / February 4, 2010

September 2009On Sale: August 25, 2009Featuring: Dayne Sheridan; Kason Rhodes336 pages ISBN: 0505528088EAN: 9780505528087Mass Market Paperback$7.99 Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Sliding Homeby Kate Angell The ultimate bad-boy baseball player finds a stranger in his shower and decides that no matter how sexy the interloper is, there’s no way she’s stealing home. Excerpt Who’d been sleeping in Kason Rhodes’s bed? The left fielder for the Richmond Rogues had returned from six weeks of spring training in Florida to find someone had moved into his mobile home. That person was presently in his shower. The bathroom door stood cracked and steam curled into the hallway. The peach scented shower gel cast the intruder as female. Kason took a moment and looked around his bedroom. Unmade bed, tossed brown comforter, rumpled beige cotton sheets, the imprint of her head on his pillow. Lady was an uninvited sleepover. A vintage Guns N Roses T-shirt, a pair of stonewashed jeans, a pale blue bra and panties lay across the foot of his bed. Black Converse sat on the floor. Kason’s jaw locked. Damn he hated Read More… Previous Picks Visit FreshFiction.com to learn more about books and authors.

Fresh Pick | LINE OF SCRIMMAGE by Marie Force
Fresh Pick / February 3, 2010

September 2008On Sale: September 1, 2008Featuring: Susannah Sanderson; Ryan Sanderson368 pagesISBN: 1402214243EAN: 9781402214240Paperback$6.99 Romance ContemporaryBuy at Amazon.com Line of Scrimmageby Marie Force In the Hail Mary play of a lifetime, an NFL quarterback has just 10 days to win back his wife, before she divorces him and marries someone else. He’s a football star, and he’ll do anything to win back his soon-to-be-ex wife. But her new fiancé will do anything to stop him … Rough and sexy Ryan Sanderson, Denver Mavericks quarterback, has just 10 days to convince Susannah to give him a second chance before their divorce is final. Too bad she’s already engaged to the boring but safe guy she dated in college before she met Ryan. Marriage to Ryan was a whirlwind of passion and energy that left her feeling exhausted. Tired of playing second fiddle to his team, wary of the women throwing themselves at her superstar husband, afraid of the hard hits he took on the field, Susannah decided that sometimes the thing you want the most is bad for you. Until Ryan comes back, determined to win her back, and willing to give up everything except her love … Quarterback in the Sack…