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REVIEWS BY SANDY HUSEBY
By Ruth Wind HarperTorch, $6.99 ISBN 0061030120
By Johanna Lindsay William Morrow, $24 ISBN 038097536X
unabridged cassette, Brilliance Audio, $29.95
abridged cassette, Nova Audio Books, $17.95
By Carla Neggers Mira, $6.50 ISBN 1551665824
Cassette, Dh Audio, $9.99
By Joan Wolf HarperCollins, $23 ISBN 0060192399
By Susan Andersen Avon, $6.50 ISBN 0380807122 Sandy Huseby writes and reviews from her homes in North Dakota and Minnesota. She is online at SHuseby@aol.com.
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Music biographer Ellie Connor searches for the secrets of blues singer Mabel Beauvais's hidden life in Ruth Wind's In the Midnight Rain. Her quest brings her into the life of Blue Reynard, who sings a bittersweet lifesong, and leads to the discovery of her ownsweet, sad family history. Wind's writing is as smoky and sensuous as dark Southern nights haunted by secrets and midnight rain.
Raised by his Scottish grandfather, Duncan MacLeish is stunned to learn he also has an English grandfather who has life-changing plans for Duncan in Johanna Lindsay's new historical romance, The Heir. At first, Duncan rejects the trappings of English aristocracy, especially an arranged marriage to Ophelia. When he meets Sabrina, whose family scandal makes her a totally unacceptable bride, Duncan is even more determined to control his own destiny -- and hers. A charming winner!
When Lucy Swift's life is tormented by a stalker, the last person she wants to tell is her late husband's powerful father, Senator Jack Swift. Instead, she turns to the man her husband told her to contact in Carla Neggers's romantic thriller, The Waterfall. Sebastian Redwing is compelled to protect the widow he's secretly loved for years. But is she in more danger from the secret enemy who hates her . . . or Sebastian, whose love may not be enough to keep them both alive? These pages don't just turn; they spin with the best of them.
In Medieval England, an arranged marriage can be deadly, as Hugh de Leon learns in Joan Wolf's new historical mystery, The Poisoned Serpent. Hugh's friend Bernard is the prime suspect in the murder of Lord Gilbert de Beaute, whose daughter, Elizabeth, is pledged to be Hugh's bride. A marriage neither wants. Hugh's secret pledge to marry Cristen is tempered by the loyalty, which compels him to expose de Beaute's true killer. Wolf crafts a tale of passion that is as intricately woven and attuned to fine detail as a lush medieval tapestry.
Nine years is not too long to get over a broken heart, is it? Security consultant Daisy Parker and her former lover Nick Coltrane put those nine years -- and their stubborn hearts -- to the test in the sprightly romantic comedy Baby, Don't Go by Susan Andersen. Will Daisy keep the bad guys from doing in Nick before the photographer can fix his lady's heart? Andersen develops the zingy joy of rediscovering lost love just right, baby!