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Dark secrets are revealed when Dr. Patrick Falconer realizes that his life depends on a blood transfusion from his estranged brother Jesse in Thief of Hearts by Katherine Stone. Only Dr. Caitlin Taylor can unite them, and she'll resort to any deceit . . . even if it means falling under the spell of Jesse, an erotic thriller writer. From Caitlin's Los Angeles hospital to Jesse's Hawaiian compound, Katherine Stone delivers pulse-pounding romance against the backdrop of cold medical reality.

    Thief of Hearts
    By Katherine Stone
    Warner, $23
    ISBN 0446521817


Author Catherine Coulter has no trouble shifting from fast-paced suspense to sparkling Regency historicals, as she demonstrates in her newest, Mad Jack. The ragamuffin valet, Mad Jack, captivates Grayson St. Cyre from the moment she rides off on his prized horse. Coulter's unwitting -- and witty -- matchmakers are great-aunts Mathilda and Maude, and she serves up this pair like M&Ms, to be devoured in one sitting.

    Mad Jack
    By Catherine Coulter
    Jove, $7.50
    ISBN 0515124206


In Heather Graham's Civil War saga Glory, the author pits lover against lover. Graham is in a class of her own for Southern historical writing, and she's in top form as her witchy Rhiannon Tremaine practices her spells and skills on rebel medic Julian McKenzie.

    Glory
    By Heather Graham
    Topaz, $6.99
    ISBN 0451408489


Proper Bostonian milliner Emily Potter inherits a Denver bordello, and a mystery, from her father in A Case for Romance by Katie Rose. There are many puzzles to be solved, including a murder and the enigmatic Reverend Thomas Hall, who just might be more sinner than saint. Emily's determined to get to the bottom of it all in this heated, sparkling Old West tale.

    A Case for Romance
    By Katie Rose
    Bantam, $5.99
    ISBN 0553577727


Debut author Darlene Scalera will convince you that a genie in a crockpot is better than a predetermined groom any day in the delightful series romance A Man for Megan. Master #2000 becomes the love beyond lifetime in this sprightly romance.

    A Man for Megan
    By Darlene Scalera
    Harlequin American, $3.99
    ISBN 0373167628



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