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Holiday temptation Getting Naughty by Avril Tremayne High-flying lawyer Teague has always been way out of free-spirited Frankie’s league, but she’s never hidden her desire to break down all of Teague’s barriers and corrupt him entirely! When he accepts her proposal of a naughty-but-nice fling, she’s as surprised as he is. But will their hot two weeks be enough to quench a desire that’s been burning for ten long years? Driving Him Wild by Zara Cox Graciela’s reputation precedes her: she's rich, entitled and far too beautiful, exactly like the woman who broke Jensen’s heart. But on a snowy Alaskan photoshoot, he starts to see past first impressions. After Graciela sends away her entourage in favour of an intimate shoot, a vicious blizzard catches the pair unprepared. Alone and forced to retreat to their cabin, will temptation get the better of them? Double Dare You by Cara Lockwood When a sexy little game of ‘dare’ turns straitlaced Allie into a recklessly sexy version of herself, Liam can't resist his friend. In this game, there are no strings. But with every dare, Allie is slipping down a dangerous slope. Because while Beck might be playing for a little wicked fun, Allie might just be playing for keeps…

A seductive adventure Teach Me by Caitlin Crews Socialite Erika Vanderburg has finally gained access to Berlin's most exclusive sex club. She’s here for one person: Dorian Alexander, who wants her complete surrender. But can a stubborn socialite submit to the one man she's always wanted…and risk unleashing her true self? Pursued by the Desert Prince by Dani Collins To ensure his sister’s successful marriage, Kasim, Crown Prince of Zhamair, must stop Angelique Sauveterre’s alleged affair with his future brother-in-law. But when Angelique denies any involvement Kasim can’t resist the chance to make the feisty beauty his! They couldn’t be from two more different worlds, but can he give her more than just passion? Masquerade by Cara Lockwood Heiress Asha Patel crashed a masquerade ball without knowing the party was exclusively for members only. And the moment she sees gorgeous French host, Mathis Durand, she wants membership more than anything. But Mathis has something else in mind… Is Asha willing to pay the dangerously high price?

Neat-freak Lauren Crandell has always had everything in order - except her love life. Since her divorce things have been a little rocky in that area. But as a wedding consultant she gets to see many happy couples walk down the aisle into matrimonial bliss. Will she ever experience that again? In her search for an answer, Lauren becomes the unwitting star of a series of madcap adventures involving a demanding boss, psychotic clients, her troublesome cat, neurotic friends - and the firefighter that shows up to save the day. Love, lust, and a satirical look at wedding pageantry come together in this novel set in Austin, Texas, which celebrates the best and worst about the much-anticipated Big Day.

She's been handed her walking papers. Jane McGregor has just been laid off from her job designing pink slips for an office supply company. The irony is not lost on her. She's a twenty-eight-year-old art major whose last major career accomplishment was being propositioned by the company vice president. Desperate to maintain her freedom from her oddball parents, tyrannical older brother, and slacker ex-boyfriend, Jane starts sending out resumes. So what if some of them aren't exactly, well, true. She's taking the future in stride. When Jane's dad, a staunchly conservative believer in the corporate dream, loses his job, and her mom goes to work for a trendy dot com, Jane discovers that the family she's taken for granted is unraveling. After a fellow lay-off victim hatches a plot to seek revenge on the office supply company, Jane must choose between living in the past and seeking out a new future. To her surprise, that future might involve a most unlikely partner in crime -- handsome, funny Kyle Burton -- and maybe, just maybe, a new job, too.

Cara Lockwood became a bestselling author with her debut novel I DO (BUT I DON'T) - now a TV movie-and kept the momentum going with PINK SLIP PARTY. Now she's back and better than ever with a delightfully offbeat tale about big fat weddings, the burdens of love, and the clash of cultures. Jen Nakamura Taylor has always felt like a fish out of water. With her dark, exotic, and hard-to-place looks, she got used to standing out in the small Southern town where she grew up. Her whole life has been a balancing act between her Japanese-American mother's family and her father's decidedly offbeat white Southern clan. Now, living hundreds of miles away from Dixieland in Chicago, she juggles an often demeaning job at a local news station with the relationship she shares with Richard, her commitment-phobic boyfriend. But her already odd and rather stressful life is further upset when word comes that her mother is getting remarried and wants Jen to come home for the wedding - a grand affair that promises to put Scarlett O'Hara to shame. All too aware of the circus she's about to walk into, Jen prepares for the worst - and finds instead all the proof she needs to understand just how lucky she really is. Full of delightful surprises and plenty of colourful, quirky characters, DIXIELAND SUSHI is an irresistible read from an author who gets better with every book.

Out with the old, in with the new, and on with the party! Maybe it's just another midnight...or maybe there really is magic in the air when December 31st becomes January 1st, and confetti kisses and champagne toasts kick off a new year, a new romance, a new look, a new attitude. Celebrate the start of something new with In One Year and Out the Other...a sparkling collection of all new stories by today's rising fiction stars: Cara Lockwood puts self-improvement to the test with 528 resolutions -- not least of which is "Do not sleep with married men" -- in "Resolved: A New Year's Resolution List"...Pamela Redmond Satran instructs a single mom in the fine art of partying like the boys (have lots of sex, don't worry that you're too fat) in "How to Start the New Year Like a Guy"...Diane Stingley shows a twentysomething why there's more to life than waiting by the phone for a New Year's date in "Expecting a Call"...Megan McAndrew seizes the day -- or just a very special one-night stand -- for a single food stylist hungering for more in "The Future of Sex"...and more great tales from Kathleen O'Reilly, Beth Kendrick, Eileen Rendahl, Tracy McArdle and Libby Street.

Fifteen-year-old Mia is not exactly thrilled when she gets the news that her parents are shipping her off to boarding school. It's not like she did anything that bad - all she did was wreck her dad's car and max out her step mum’s credit cards. So, off she goes, from Chicago to Bard Academy, an exclusive prep school that treats troubled teenagers with a healthy dose of higher learning and old-fashioned discipline. But all is not what it seems at this educational institute, and Mia and her classmates soon discover that the teachers are actually ghosts, stuck in limbo, some of them famous authors who died before their time, including Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, and Charlotte Bronte. And what's even more disturbing is that not all the ghosts have good intentions. Mia and her friends must stop one evil instructor's plan to bring down the school - and the entire student body with it.

Miranda is back for her second semester at Bard. She's got the ghost faculty in her debt, a new boyfriend (Ryan Kent), and even an A in English. But just when she thinks everything is finally starting to go her way, faculty start disappearing and Headmaster Bronte begins to suspect that Miranda is involved. To make matters worse, Miranda discovers new and disturbing rumors about her new boyfriend, speculating that he may have caused his ex-girlfriend's death. Are the rumors true? Or are they just planted by a jealous Parker Rodham (the school Queen Bee and Bully)? Miranda has to solve the mystery of her boyfriend's ex and try to save the faculty, all while trying to pass her spring finals.

The third book in the Bard Academy series, which centres around teens at a boarding school where the teachers are ghosts of literary heroes. This book picks up where THE SCARLET LETTERMAN left off. Home for the summer, Miranda is blamed when her sister Lindsay takes a bad turn to get attention from her neglectful parents and is sent off to Bard Academy for her freshman year. Miranda not only has to deal with the embarrassment of having a geeky younger sister trailing her around while she tries to fit in at her junior year at Bard, she also has to figure out how to keep the mysteries of the school a secret from her nosey sis. To make matters worse, Miranda's nemesis Parker takes an unusual interest in Lindsay, and takes her under her wing for a “make-over”converting her sister to a Parker clone.

A collection of essays from some of today's hottest writers reflecting on how Judy Blume's novels affected their childhoods. From puberty to first loves to divorce, Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume follows the journeys of twenty four women whose life experiences we can all relate to.