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A Dose of Murder
Avon, Oct 2004, 6.99, 320 pp. ISBN: 0060731656 While she is trying to get a sick boy's mouth open, Pauline Sokol concludes she just does not want to remain a nurse any longer. After twelve years she is burned out. Her gay roommate Miles gets her a job at an insurance agency as a fraud claims investigator. Her first case is to prove that Tina Macaluso, receiving injury compensation, never injured her back on the job. Pauline knows nothing abo...
Heaven on Earth
This is the story of a woman who needed the solitude of the ocean to think, the warmth of the sun to soothe her confusion, and the speed of pushing a motorboat to its limit to face the toughest decision of her life. Captain Maddy Harrington needed peace of mind to decide if she should continue her lifelong dream of being an air force officer. But what she got was a man washed up on shore. A man, a gorgeous man--who didn't even know his name. Will Maddy...
Jeanie in a Bottle
JEANIE IN A BOTTLE: Jeanie Merriday says she's a genie. Before Harrison Rainford can send her packing, his life is turned upside down—and, although she's partly the cause, she's also the only one that can straighten it out... Travel along with Jeanie and Harrison to enchanting New Orleans on a magical, often times humorous, ride that you'll never forget. ...
Makeshift Family
A reclusive pilot's seclusion in his wilderness cabin is interrupted by a novice mother and her twin babies. Lani Cabot knows the situation is only temporary, but she is drawn to the enigmatic Nick. For a wonderful, brief time, she has a makeshift family - a family she could otherwise never have. What would she do to make it last?...

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The Prince's Bride
In this romantic comedy, a prince travels across the world to interrupt his ex-lovers wedding--and to claim her for his bride. Despite the fact that she's carrying his child, she knows a commoner such as herself cannot marry a royal or his country will suffer. Read how love wins out as her life and heart are thrown into turmoil when he remains in America set on making her--the prince's bride....
Time Suspended
This is the story of Mason Dupre who has resigned himself to never being loved. Silver Whitney comes along to write a book about the Dupre family history and falls under a spell--the spell of graceful, ante-bellum Rosewood Plantation. But it is the spell cast long ago over Mason Dupre that prevents Silver from writing the book she has traveled hundreds of miles to complete. Mardi Gras, the interference of a ghost, and the heavy New Orleans air swirl arou...