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Passage on the Titanic by Anita Stansfield

Ella Brown grew up in one of London’s privileged homes, with all the comforts and luxuries that money can buy. But when tragedy strikes her family, Ella is forced from a life of safety and abundance to one of scarcity and fear.

Clinging to survival on the filthy streets of the city, she’s betrayed by her only friend and left desperate and alone. When Ella arrives at the hospital in a life-threatening state, she needs an angel of mercy, and one soon arrives: Irene Corbett, an American midwife who has come to London for advanced medical training at the great sacrifice of her family.

Irene soothes Ella’s physical and emotional pains, helps her back on her feet, and joins her on a voyage to America aboard the ship Titanic—where epic disaster awaits the two friends. Deeply shaken by the catastrophe, Ella finds comfort and healing in the care of rescue crewman Jonathan Moreau and his loving family. But will the dark weight of Ella’s past destroy her delicate hopes for the future?

Bestselling author Anita Stansfield delivers a powerful story of compassion, hope, and survival set against a backdrop of the greatest tragedy of the early twentieth century.

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Title: Passage on the Titanic

Author: Anita Stansfield

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: February, 2012

ISBN: 978-1-60861-856-9

Size: 128 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Historical Romance

Royal Secrets by Traci Hunter Abramson

It’s been three years since the tragic Christmas Eve when CIA agent Alora DeSanto returned from a doctor’s appointment to find her husband dead and her Paris home destroyed by a terrorist firebomb. Still mourning her heavy loss, she seeks a new life for herself and her two young sons by accepting a job offer from her friend and fellow agent, Janessa Rogers, who is engaged to Prince Garrett of Meridia.

As Janessa’s personal assistant, Alora takes up residence in the royal chateau in Bellamo, where Prince Stefano is recovering from a possible assassination attempt and reeling from some life-shattering news of his own. As their paths repeatedly cross, Alora and Stefano are surprised by a budding attraction that draws them together in friendship. But as their hesitant affection evolves into romance, royal secrets plunge them into plots of espionage and blackmail that threaten all they hold dear, including each other. And as enemies arise to crush the Meridia monarchy, Alora must confront the fears that destroyed her past before they destroy her future.

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Title: Royal Secrets

Author: Traci Hunter Abramson

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: February 2012

ISBN: 978-1608618682

Size: 304 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Persuasion: A Latter-Day Tale by Rebecca Jamison

When Anne broke off her engagement seven years ago, she thought she’d never see Neil Wentworth again. But when Neil’s brother buys the house she grew up in, it seems fate has other plans in store. Anne is unprepared for the roller coaster of emotions that come when Neil returns and starts dating her younger friend.

Convinced that Neil could no longer have strong feelings for her, Anne pushes away all thoughts of the past. But when the handsome man she’s been dating decides he can’t live without her, Anne must come to terms with her past.

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Title: Persuasion: A Latter-Day Tale

Author: Rebecca Jamison

Publisher: Bonneville/Cedar Fort

Release Date: February 7, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599559476

Size: 240 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romance

A Bride for the Island Prince by Rebecca Winters

Prince Alexius of Hellenica will do anything to help his four-year-old daughter learn to speak—which is why the intensely reserved and private royal finds himself opening up to bubbly children’s speech therapist Dottie Richards. Dottie is a breath of fresh air in the palace, and motherless Zoe blossoms in her care—as does the reluctant attraction Alex feels toward his new employee!

Behind her cheerful smiles Dottie guards her own heart fiercely, but it’s never been in so much danger as from this cool prince with his dark, molten eyes.…

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Title: A Bride for the Island Prince

Author: Rebecca Winters

Publisher: Harlequin

Release Date: February 7, 2012

ISBN: 978-0373177875

Size: 192 pages, 4×6, mass market paperback

Genre: Romance

Midnight In Austenland by Shannon Hale

When Charlotte Kinder treats herself to a two-week vacation at Austenland, she happily leaves behind her ex-husband and his delightful new wife, her ever-grateful children, and all the rest of her real life in America. She dons a bonnet and stays at a country manor house that provides an immersive Austen experience, complete with gentleman actors who cater to the guests’ Austen fantasies.

Everyone at Pembrook Park is playing a role, but increasingly, Charlotte isn’t sure where roles end and reality begins. And as the parlor games turn a little bit menacing, she finds she needs more than a good corset to keep herself safe. Is the brooding Mr. Mallery as sinister as he seems? What is Miss Gardenside’s mysterious ailment? Was that an actual dead body in the secret attic room? And-perhaps of the most lasting importance-could the stirrings in Charlotte’s heart be a sign of real-life love?

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Title: Midnight In Austenland

Author: Shannon Hale

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Release Date: January 31, 2012

ISBN: 978-1608196258

Size: 288 pages, hardcover

Genre: Romance

Series: Austenland (book 1)

Sweet 21 Birthday Ball by J Adams

When Italian pastry chef, Marcello Giannini took the train to visit his parents, he could never have guess how much this one trip would change the course of his life.

Dominique Jensen has only loved one man her entire life, and she has been unable to open her heart to another. Discouraged, she wonders if the dreams and wishes she has fostered for so long will ever come true.

But how long is too long to wait for love?

Title: Sweet 21 Birthday Ball

Author: J Adams

Publisher: Jewel of the West

Release Date: January 31, 2012

Size: eBook; novelette

Genre: Romance

Alaina Claiborne by MK McClintock

How far would you go to avenge your family and save the one you love?

In 19th century England, Alaina Claiborne had a loving family, a cherished friend, and devoted servants. She spent her days riding across the grassy hills of the English countryside, joyful and at peace. Then tragedy strikes in the worst possible way and her world is forever changed, childhood gone and a new course set. Searching for a killer is her is only focus, that is until she meets Tristan.

Tristan Sheffield is a man of many talents, among them searching out those who don’t want to be found. His past is filled with secrets and deeds he would rather leave deeply buried. However, when his life is unexpectedly entwined with Alaina’s, he soon discovers they share more than a mutual desire to catch a murderer.

On their hunt for a man driven by greed, Tristan and Alaina find that love is the greatest weapon against evil and they’ll stop at nothing to survive.

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Title: Alaina Claiborne

Author: MK McClintock

Publisher: Trappers Peak Publishing

Release Date: January 22, 2012

ISBN: 978-1469931104

Size: 304 pages, 5.5×8.5, paperback

Genre: Historical Romance/Mystery

For Love of Angel by J Adams

Angel Hughes was only a year old when her parents were killed in an airplane crash while traveling from England to the United States for a vacation. Her mother’s aunt moved into their flat and raised Angel, showering her with all the love she could. But despite the love Angel felt for her aunt, she still missed her parents.

In time, the little girl grew into a beautiful and accomplished young woman with a musical talent that everyone declared was a gift. One day Angel meets a young man from the United States who completely captures her heart.

Wanting Angel to be a part of his life, Mitchell Greenland convinces her to attend college in his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina. Little does Angel know how her decision to move to the states will affect her life, nor could she ever guess the joys and pains that await her.

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Title: For Love of Angel

Author: J Adams

Publisher: Jewel of the West

Release Date: January 26, 2012

ASIN: B00727UCKM

Size: 63 pages, ebook

Genre: Romance

*This book may be too short to be eligible for a Whitney Award ??

Lovers In Enemy Territory by Rebecca Winters

Coastal Commander Jeffrey Norwood and his squadrons are fighting the war against the Nazis in the skies over the Pyrenees mountains.

Sister Catherine is doing her part for England helping take care of shell-shocked children.

Little Michael Norwood has lost his mother during the London bombings. When he becomes seriously ill, these two people are at his bedside, and thus begins one of the great love stories of the war.

Will she leave the sisterhood to marry him? All seems lost when she’s sent to Spain where the Nazi’s are hunting for her. Worse, the Commander’s plane goes down during a violent thunder storm, presumably to his death. Miguel, the Basque doctor, has pledged to help the RAF, but he doesn’t count on falling in love with Sister Catherine.

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Title: Lovers In Enemy Territory

Author: Rebecca Winters

Publisher: Self

Release Date: January 25, 2012

Size: eBook; approx 90,162 words

Genre: Romance

Scent of Betrayal by Rebecca Winters

Flashpoint is the lowest temperature at which a flammable liquid like essential jasmine oil will give off enough vapor to ignite when exposed to flame.

The two heads of the fabulous Ferrier perfuming family of Provence, France, fall in love with the same woman. She’s the unexpected essential oil, setting cousin against cousin in a triangle of explosive love that reaches flashpoint to change the chemistry of their lives.

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Title: Scent of Betrayal

Author: Rebecca Winters

Publisher: Self

Release Date: January 1, 2012

ISBN: 978-1-4658-9161-7

Size: eBook; approx 79,800 words

Genre: Romance

Old Maid of Honor by Heather Horrocks

Part-time clown Amelia White has a detailed list of traits and accomplishments that make for her perfect man and she won’t marry anyone lacking even one of them.

Perhaps that’s why she’s nearly thirty and still unmarried.

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride seems to apply to both her and her roommate, until Stacy announces her upcoming and unexpected wedding.

Now Amelia is feeling like an Old Maid of honor.

When she is introduced to Ben Adams and begins to spend time with him, she is delighted to check off all the items on her list and believes he might just be The One. As she falls in love, she learns she has assumed a great deal and Ben is not the man she thought he was. But, even so, could he prove to be the perfect man for her?

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Title: Old Maid of Honor

Author: Heather Horrocks

Publisher: Word Garden Press

Release Date: January 11, 2012

ISBN: X

Size: eBook; print version available soon

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Dangerous Favor by Joyce DiPastena

Her father has been accused of stealing from the king, an allegation that has reduced her family to poverty. She has one chance to find and marry a man who can help her prove her father’s innocence. Lord Therri, heir to a rich barony, has the wealth and connections Mathilde needs to delve into the mysteries of her father’s past. Furthermore, Therri embodies all her romantic dreams.

Etienne, the younger son of a disgraced family, has neither wealth nor connections, but is smitten with Mathilde at a glance. She finds the knight intriguing, but believes he is only out to seduce her. While she seeks for a way to win Therri’s attention, Etienne tricks her into granting him her favor, an embroidered white ribbon, for a tournament, setting in motion a dangerous chain reaction of events. Can Etienne save Mathilde from a nightmare from her past and prove himself the true hero of her dreams?

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Title: Dangerous Favor

Author: Joyce DiPastena

Publisher: Walnut Springs Press

Release Date: January 17, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599928067

Size: 372 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Historical Romance

Gallagher’s Pride by MK McClintock

Brenna Cameron travels from Scotland after losing someone she loves in search of family she didn’t know existed. Alone now in the world, Brenna makes an arduous journey, following the trail of discovery to Briarwood, Montana. Here she meets Ethan Gallagher, and the rest of the Gallagher clan. Only with their help is she able to discover lost family, heal old wounds and embark on a treacherous confrontation with a man who destroyed her family.

As head of the Gallagher clan, Ethan has more than enough to occupy his thoughts and time-he didn’t need the complication of Brenna Cameron and he certainly didn’t need the trouble that came with her. Ethan takes on the unwanted duty of self-appointed protector to the headstrong Scot, only to discover there is such a thing as second chances and more to life than revenge.

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Title: Gallagher’s Pride

Author: MK McClintock

Publisher: Trappers Peak Publishing

Release Date: January 2, 2012

ISBN: 978-1456346812

Size: 218 pages, 5.5×8.5, softcover

Genre: Historical Western Romance

Shear Luck by Heather Justesen

Chelsea Robison has never forgotten the older boy next door whom she crushed on as a teen, so when she runs into him at the restaurant he’s preparing to open, it’s a delightful shock. And learning he’s available again is more than a little tantalizing.

Vaughn Krenshaw had never seen his neighbor as more than a nice kid—but Chelsea had definitely grown up in the decade since they saw each other last. He’s attracted to the feisty red head, but still struggles over his wife’s death the previous year. And then there’s his five-year-old daughter, Molly, who really liked Chelsea—until she realized the woman was dating her dad.

As Chelsea starts to wonder if their love for each other will be enough to make things work, a specter from Vaughn’s past rises, making her question whether she really knew him at all.

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Title: Shear Luck

Author: Heather Justesen

Publisher: Jelly Bean Press

Release Date: January 11, 2012

Size: ebook; novella approx. 29,900 words

Genre: Romance

Of Grace and Chocolate by Krista Lynne Jensen

If someone told Jillian Parish moving on is easy, she would argue that it depends on what someone is leaving behind, and how much chocolate is available.

Jill has worked hard to build up a life far different than the one scarred by her mother’s alcohol abuse. She works at a busy publishing house, is writing the novel of a lifetime, and goes home alone every day to a little dog, a spotless apartment, and a piece of 70% cacao and sugar. But in one day, Jill’s phone is stolen, she is tackled by a childhood love who has no idea who she is, and finds her long-lost sister on her front doorstep. In two days, Jill’s carefully controlled world is turned upside-down. In three days, she wonders if chocolate will ever be enough again.

When Scott Gentry moves to the city of Portland, Oregon and spots Jillian at church, he learns her reputation as a lost cause. But something compels him to get Sister Parish’s attention, no matter how difficult that may prove. As Scott stumbles, crashes, and falls into Jill’s guarded world, he finds himself with more attention than he bargained for, and more willing to do anything he can for the woman who is not made of stone, but of strength.

Grace brings Jill and Scott together, but can grace erase the past, or save the abandoned hearts left in its wake?

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Title: Of Grace and Chocolate

Author: Krista Lynne Jensen

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: January 6, 2012

ISBN: 978–1-60861-865-1

Size: 208 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Romance

Friends & Foes by Sarah M. Eden

After five years of tracking and capturing spies on English soil, Philip Jonquil, Earl of Lampton, is in pursuit of his last quarry. But at a traveler’s inn, he encounters an unexpected and far more maddening foe: Sorrel Kendrick, a young lady who is strikingly pretty, shockingly outspoken, and entirely unimpressed with him.

Indeed, Sorrel cannot believe the nerve of this gentleman, who rudely accuses her of theft and insults her feminine dignity. Doubly annoyed when they both end up at a party hosted by mutual friends, Philip and Sorrel privately declare war on one another. But Philip’s tactics, which range from flirting to indifference, soon backfire as he finds himself reluctantly enjoying Sorrel’s company; and, much to her dismay, Sorrel finds Philip’s odd manner to be increasingly endearing.

In the midst of this waning war and growing attraction, Philip catches wind of the French spy he’s been tracking, and Sorrel inadvertently stumbles upona crucial piece of the puzzle, making her indispensable to the mission. But can two proud hearts negotiate a cease fire when cooperation matters most?

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Title: Friends & Foes

Author: Sarah M. Eden

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: January 6, 2012

ISBN: 978-1-60861-376-2

Size: 288 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Historical Romance

The SEAL’s Promise by Rebecca Winters

Private Investigator Chaz Roylance lives by a code of honor: always be the protector, always tell the truth and never get involved with a client. But from the moment he meets Lacey Pomeroy, the former navy SEAL knows he’s in deep. With death threats aimed at her and her three-year-old daughter, Lacey needs the P.I.’s protection…not romance.

Faking a whirlwind engagement to draw the stalker out only confuses their arrangement. How can Chaz resist such an intriguing woman and the red-haired angel who calls him her hero? Together, Chaz and Lacey set out to unmask the threat. But when an identity’s revealed, will their pretend family become real…or will the fantasy be torn apart?

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Title: The SEAL’s Promise

Author: Rebecca Winters

Publisher: Harlequin

Release Date: January 3, 2012

ISBN: 978-0373753918

Size: 224 pages, 4×6, mass market paperback

Genre: Romance

Secrets After Dark by Marie Higgins

Hannah Forester is determined to find her father’s killer, but is shocked to discover the one man who can help her is not completely human. Forced to work with the mysterious Morgan Thornton to break the curse that turns him into a wolf whenever he desires a woman, Hannah stumbles across dangerous secrets surrounding the manor and Morgan’s family. In search for the truth, Hannah finds not only her father’s killer, but also a hidden strength and the only man she could ever give her heart to.

Morgan Thornton is determined to protect Hannah from his family secrets, but he can’t stop wanting to hold her and become a man again instead of the beast the witch’s curse turned him into. Now the witch wants Hannah because of what she knows, and Morgan will do anything to save her, even if it means destroying the witch and condemning himself to live with the curse forever. Morgan discovers more than just the answers to his family’s secrets … he finds true love.

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Title: Secrets After Dark

Author: Marie Higgins

Publisher: Walnut Springs

Release Date: January 6, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599928050

Size: 265 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Paranormal Romantic Suspense

Family By Design by Heather Justesen

Tucker’s on his way to the biggest challenge of his life. Rena already has it all—except a family of her own. But neither one expected their friendship would take such a dramatic turn.

When Tucker becomes the guardian of his newly orphaned niece and nephew, he knows he can’t handle them alone, not when he might be shipped out with the Marines at any moment. Desperate, he turns to Rena for a major favor. His marriage proposal would give her everything she wants, but can she learn to live without the romance she’s always dreamed of?

As time, prayer, and a life-changing kiss work a little magic in her heart, Rena wonders if someone up there has a plan for her that’s better than anything she could’ve come up with on her own. And though it seems crazy at first, this could become her chance for a marriage that will last for eternity.

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Title: Family By Design

Author: Heather Justesen

Publisher: Sweetwater (CFI)

Release Date: January 3, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599559209

Size: 256 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Romance

Enduring Light by Carla Kelly

It’s a harsh world on the Double Tipi. Does a wife fit in?

Julia Darling is finally able to marry Paul Otto for eternity. But it’s a harsh world for a rancher in turn-of-the-century Wyoming, especially a Mormon rancher.

When alienation and threats begin, Julia must prove she’s her husband’s equal in strength and endurance as she learns to let go of scars on the outside and inside.

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Title: Enduring Light

Author: Carla Kelly

Publisher: Bonneville (CFI)

Release Date: January 3, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599559841

Size: 392 pages, 4.25×7, paperback

Genre: Historical Romance

Series: Borrowed Light

Tell Me No Lies by Rachel Ann Nunes

Title: Tell Me No Lies

Author: Rachel Ann Nunes

Publisher: Nunes Entertainment, LLC

Release Date: December 19, 2011

Size: eBook

Genre: Romantic Suspense

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Two days before her wedding, Tessa Crawford’s world crumbles, leaving her hurt and betrayed. Worse, if Tessa doesn’t marry and receive her trust fund, her younger sister will lose her house and the homeless girls she helps will have nowhere to go.

But Tessa can’t marry just anyone, can she?

Gage Braxton, the guy from next door, is willing to help her out, but rumors hint that he’s an ex-con. Tessa soon finds herself attracted to a man who has no intention of ever falling in love or of passing on his terrible legacy.

When Tessa stumbles across evidence that may be proof of Gage’s innocence, suspects begin to line up. Someone is willing to kill again to see that the truth remains buried, and if Tessa doesn’t hurry and solve the old murder, she will lose not only her chance at love but may become the murder’s next victim.

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The Kissing Tree by Prudence Bice

Title: The Kissing Tree

Author: Prudence Bice

Publisher: Sweetwater (CFI)

Release Date: December 8, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599559360

Size: 272 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Historical Romance

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After five long years, Georgiana McLaughlin returns to the only place she’s ever considered home—the same place she stole a kiss from Ridge Carson under the kissing tree. But now he’s a man, and reconciling their past is just the beginning.

Someone Else’s Fairytale by E.M. Tippetts

Title: Someone Else’s Fairytale

Author: E.M. Tippetts

Publisher: Self

Release Date: December 2011

Size: ebook

Genre: Women’s Fiction/Romance

Jason Vanderholt is the hottest actor under thirty with legions of screaming fans. Chloe Winters is a college student who hasn’t gotten around to watching most of his movies and doesn’t follow Hollywood gossip. When they meet by chance, he decides she’s the one, but it just isn’t her fairytale.

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