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Women's Fiction:

Auerbach, Miriam: Dirty Harriet, Harlequin NEXT 2006 - First in a new series of amateur sleuth novels featuring former Boca Raton princess Harriet Horowitz turned motorcycle maven/ Private Investigator that will tempt mystery lovers and motorcycle enthusiasts alike. Romantic Times Book Club Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award-winning author. Debut Author

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Auerbach, Miriam: Dirty Harriet Rides Again, Harlequin NEXT, 2007 - Why do all of 'Dirty' Harriet's PI cases lead back to the soul-sucking life she's left behind? Because where there's glitz, there's scandal, and a lunatic's killing off the only good people left in Boca Raton (the clergy). Once again, it's up to Dirty Harriet to make good in a town gone bad. Romantic Times Book Club Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award-winning author.

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Bartlett, Beverly: Princess Izzy and the E-Street Shuffle, 5 Spot, 2005 - When Isabella married into a royal family she thought she was getting the fairy tale and that she would one day be queen. But when she reaches out to an old friend -- a car mechanic who the prince does not care for -- her fairytale becomes a story of intrigue, scandal and, possibly, murder. Debut Author

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Bartlett, Beverly: Cover Girl Confidential, 5 Spot, 2006 - Married to her co-star, Addison McGhee looks like she might have it all. But when a jealous First Lady tries to get her deported, America's sweetheart suddenly remembers she's not even an American! Can she find a way to stay in the country? And is there any hope for love?

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Cook, Eileen: Unpredictable, Berkley, 2008 - Sophie isn't crazy, she just wants her guy back. She poses as a psychic to give his new girlfriend a fake reading designed to break them up.  Faking psychic powers turns out to be fun, but her readings do a lot more than she could have predicted. Debut Author

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Gardiner, Jenny: Sleeping with Ward Cleaver, Dorchester, 2008 - Claire Doolittle is overwhelmed with the responsibilities of being a wife and a mother.  Throw in an ex-fiance trying to woo Claire back and you have the ingredients for a mid-life crisis that threatens to plunge Claire's world into chaos. Awards: Winner, American Title III Contest; 2nd place, MMRWA Happily Ever After Contest.

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Horn, Ariel: Help Wanted, Desperately, Avon Books, 2004 - 7 months, 3 weeks, 2 days—that's how long Alexa has to establish an exciting career. At twenty-one, she's determined to gallop into "the Real World with a Real Job, a Real Life, and a Real Future." And moving in with her parents and commuting from New Jersey into Manhattan is not an option. Australian rights sold. Debut Author

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Roberts, Sheila: On Strike for Christmas, St. Martin's Press, 2007 - A small-town knitting group decides to strike. If their husbands and families want a nice holiday, they can do it themselves. The boycott takes on a life of its own when a reporter picks up the story and more women join.  It'll take serious holiday magic to revive both Christmas, and love. Debut Author

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Roberts, Sheila: Bikini Season, St. Martin's Press, 2008 - A great second novel from this talented author, about men, women, diets, cheating, and chocolate.

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Tyrrel, Diane: On the Edge of the Woods, Berkley Sensation, 2004 - It was a white elephant of a house - a turn-of-the-century rambling manor in the shadows of the Sierras.  Architect Stacy Addison knew that she had come home the moment she saw it. It needed work, but nothing would keep Stacy from this beautiful house on the edge of a fairy tale-like forest.

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Tyrrel, Diane: On Winding Road, Berkley Sensation, 2005 - Sarah, the new member of the house at the end of Winding Hill Road, is fascinated by her mysterious employer.  But she soon finds herself risking more than her heart. For the closer she gets to this man, the closer she gets to the threatening family secrets waiting to claim their next victim...

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Tyrrel, Diane: The Inn at Half Moon Bay, Berkley Sensation, 2006 - Following her dazzling contemporary interpretation of Victoria Holt with her first novel and Bronte with her second, Tyrrel’s third work is set on the California coastline as new innkeeper Kelly Redvers attempts to unravel a mystery, run a business, and field romantic advances.

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