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Becoming Bayley by Susan Auten

Bayley Albrecht’s dream is to play soccer on BYU’s South Field. When she is invited to soccer camp the summer before her senior year in high school, she just knows she’s one step closer to her dream. Things get even better when she meets Matt Macauley, the star of the men’s soccer team. When they decide to write each other while Matt is on his mission, Bayley figures her life can’t get any better. But it certainly can get worse . . .

After she receives a minor concussion from playing soccer, Bayley discovers she had a disease called alopecia which causes her to lose her hair. As Bayley struggles to deal with the reality of her baldness she finds herself having to make some tough decisions. Can she still play soccer? Does she even want to? More importantly, should she tell Matt? And will he still want her when she does?

Becoming Bayley is the story of one girl’s journey through self-discovery, of the definition of true love, and of the realization that as a daughter of God, she is of infinite worth.

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Title: Becoming Bailey

Author: Susan Auten

Publisher: Deseret Book

Release Date: May 9, 2012

ISBN: 978-1-60907-196-7

Size: 214 pages, eBook

Genre: Romance

The Wishing Garden by Anita Stansfield

After a tragic car accident claims the life of her husband and one of her adopted twin daughters, Mary Jane Cranford-Bewkes reluctantly moves in with her ailing father. A bigoted and ill-tempered man, he had removed Mary from his will years before when she adopted two Latina girls, and he is cruel to the granddaughter now living in his home. Nonetheless he grants Mary permission to restore her deceased mother’s long-neglected garden to its previous state of beauty.

Mary hires a gardener named Whit Eden, a man with Hispanic heritage and a troubled past who is now a faithful practicing Mormon. Although Whit is much younger than Mary, she finds herself increasingly drawn to him as they work side by side in the overgrown garden, and a surprising yet beautiful future together seems within reach. But when her father is assaulted with a weapon bearing Whit’s fingerprints, prejudice rears its ugly head and threatens to tear the couple apart.

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Title: The Wishing Garden

Author: Anita Stansfield

Publisher: Covenant Communication

Release Date: May 1, 2012

ISBN: 978-1621081203

Size: 227 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Beautiful Beast by Cindy C. Bennett

Calli is cursed by her beauty.

Though she knows it’s cruel, Calli agrees to accompany her friends to Monster House where it is rumored the beast howls at the moon each sunset. When she hears him for the first time, her heart is wrenched by the anguish she hears in the sound.

Facing trespassing charges for her folly, Calli is forced to move into Monster House where she is to befriend the beast. Using the bribery offered by his father to gain some desperately needed money for her father, Calli accepts his terms. Horrified but trapped by her circumstance, Calli steps inside the doors of the great house to face the unknown.

Alex is cursed by his beastliness.

Alex believes Calli has bribed her way into his home in order to get a look at the beast of Monster House, and is determined to hate her. He isn’t prepared as she batters down the hard walls of his soul with her kindness and humor.

Alex allows Calli into his inner sanctum, sharing with her the most private parts of his heart. But when he finds out the truth, will her love be enough to convince him of her true feelings, or will she lose him forever?

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Title: Beautiful Beast (Enchanted Fairytales, Book 1)

Author: Cindy C. Bennett

Publisher: Self

Release Date: April 24, 2012

ASIN: B007XCDR6C

Size: 94 pages, ebook

Genre: Contemporary Fairytale

All For You by Lynn Kurland

FALLING THROUGH TIME IS DANGEROUS…

Peaches Alexander is thrilled to receive an unexpected invitation to a weekend party given by the handsome, eligible Duke of Kenneworth. The only problem: Stephen de Piaget, a stuffy medieval studies scholar who seems determined to get in the way. Peaches has absolutely no desire to get involved with Stephen, until a quirk of Fate sends her hurtling through time…

UNLESS THERE’S SOMEONE TO CATCH YOU.

Stephen de Piaget has been leading a double life: respectable professor by day, knight-in-training during holidays and summer terms. When Peaches goes missing, Stephen knows he’s the only one that can rescue her from medieval peril. Little do they know that the greatest danger they’ll face won’t be the business end of a sword, but their own unruly hearts….

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Title: All For You

Author: Lynn Kurland

Publisher: Jove

Release Date: April 24, 2012

ISBN: 978-0515150650

Size: 320 pages, 4×6, softcover

Genre: Speculative Romance

Ninth Crossing: Discovery by Kate Gordon

When a woman says she loves a man more than her own life, it’s understood she’s speaking metaphorically. But then, she just might be serious.

Reagan Sullivan is a thoroughly modern woman. She’s thirty-one, an honors graduate of Yale, and a six year veteran of the Secret Service, sworn to protect the vice president of the United States—who happens to be a widower. A good looking widower. Despite these accolades—and distractions—Agent Sullivan is a no-nonsense woman in every respect.

Her younger sister, Heather, currently a Rhodes Scholar PhD. candidate and an Olympic rowing medalist, is also a product of the twenty-first century. Together they’re an unbeatable combination … and not bad on the eyes either.

When Reagan meets two Irish elves—one of whom kidnaps her from a ladies bathroom in Oslo, Norway—all bets are off. These elves are nothing like you imagine. Both are well over six feet and strikingly handsome. And both think Reagan is quite fetching herself. And they’re not guarding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but they do have a twinkle in their eyes and romance in their hearts.

If that wasn’t enough, when Reagan meets her fifth great grandmother, Eimile, born in Ireland in 1630 … and she turns out to be the current-day queen of the Western Realm … and she puts Reagan’s life in danger to save the kingdom … well, things get a little more airy-faerie.

But not everything is so calm in the Western Realm. A Civil War is brewing, the vice president of the United States is in danger, and Reagan has to come to grips with a discovery that changes her life forever. Humor and light-hearted romance, yes, but a serious story about corruption, power, and the length to which men—and women—will go to achieve their ends. Elf or human.

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Title: Ninth Crossing: Discovery

Author: Kate Gordon (Gordon Ryan and Kate Armitage)

Publisher: Pegusus Publishing

Release Date: April 13, 2012

ASIN: B0094XNPPG

Size: 184 pages, ebook

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Tanned, Toned and Totally Faking It by Whitney Boyd

Mikayla: Cute Canadian college girl turned world-famous, super- sexy pop-star practically overnight. And still figuring out if she belongs in this celebrity wonderland.

Jordan: The only genuine guy in all of L.A. Law student, and extremely attractive. Also happens to hate the Hollywood celebrity scene.

Matt: Stupid, lying, money-loving ex-boyfriend trying to get back into Mikayla’s life and ruin every hope she has with Jordan.

Kurt: Personal trainer, confidant and only true friend Mikayla has in her new life. Questionable fashion sense included.

Cheryl: Completely psychotic manager.

The next three months? Happily ever after with Jordan. Or social and career ruin with no hope of ever finding true love…

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Title: Tanned, Toned and Totally Faking It

Author: Whitney Boyd

Publisher: WiDo

Release Date: April 10, 2012

ISBN: 978-1937178123

Size: 236 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Romance

Emerald City by Alicia K. Leppert

Olivia Tate is a broken shell of a girl haunted by the tragic events that fill her past. She has closed herself off from the world, each day grasping at something—anything—to live for. Convinced there will never be a way out, she seeks solace in the depths of her medicine cabinet.

When she wakes up days later in the hospital she is introduced to Jude, the quiet stranger responsible for saving her life. She never could have guessed then that her mysterious rescuer would end up saving her life a second time, while simultaneously turning her world upside down.

A modern-day romance with a twist.

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Title: Emerald City

Author: Alicia K. Leppert

Publisher: Sweetwater/Cedar Fort

Release Date: April 10, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599558646

Size: 320 pages, hardcover

Genre: Paranormal Romance

The Marshal’s Prize by Rebecca Winters

Abandoned as a baby, federal marshal Mitchell Garret doesn’t know his family history, or even his given name. But he’s made an impressive identity for himself: hero, protector, Marine, and most recently, private investigator. Which is how he falls into Heidi Norris’s life. Someone’s been stealing secrets from Heidi’s family-owned doughnut dynasty, SweetSpuds, and she suspects it’s a relative.

Before Mitch returns to the Marshals Service, he’ll take this one last case. Besides, going undercover will get Mitch closer to Heidi and her lovable son, Zack. Temporarily, that is. Mitch is ready to reclaim his life, and that means finding his real family…in Florida. Only for this P.I., what he really wants is in the last place he expects.

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Title: The Marshal’s Prize

Author: Rebecca Winters

Publisher: Harlequin

Release Date: April 3, 2012

ISBN: 978-0373754021

Size: 224 pages, 4×6.6, softcover

Genre: Contemporary Romance

My Lucky Stars by Michele Paige Holmes

High-powered, highly pampered Tara Mollagen couldn’t imagine a worse start to the holidays than boarding a crowded plane. A stolen wallet and lost suitcase later, she finds herself stranded in unfamiliar territory, Salt Lake City, after being rerouted to avoid a Colorado blizzard.

With her temper running as wild as her red curls, Tara realizes her only option out of town is with Benjamin Whitmore, her reluctant knight in shining armor, er, overalls. For being a nice guy, Ben is rewarded with one aggravating situation after another with sassy, spoiled Tara. While doing his best to bring her pride down a notch, he begins to see another side to her, and a side of himself he’s not overly fond of. When tension between them reaches a crescendo, he takes matters into his own hands and Tara into his arms.

Unable to forget her experience with Ben, Tara returns to Seattle and long-time friend Jane, who offers possibilities Tara had never even considered. But change is difficult, and she’s not so sure she has what it takes to make that leap of faith, or if she has the courage to leave her old life behind.

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Title: My Lucky Stars

Author: Michele Paige Holmes

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: April 2, 2012

ISBN: 978-1621080350

Size: 314 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Romance

Series: Counting Stars (book 1), All the Stars in Heaven (book 2)

The Sweetest Touch by Marie Higgins

Louisa wakes from a deep heavy fog, surrounded by strangers and horrified to discover she’s been the sole victim of a terrible buggy accident. Worse… she remembers nothing.

Trevor Worthington, Duke of Kenbridge, can’t trust women. Yet after nearly killing the amnesiac Louisa, he has little choice but to open his home to her. His heart softens to the straggly woman in beggars garb as he strives to help her regain her memory. As proof of Louisa’s scars, both physical and those lurking beneath the surface, come to light, Trevor finds himself more and more drawn to the mysterious woman. However he is hesitant to enter another nightmarish entanglement like his first marriage.

Louisa is all too happy to accept employment in the Duke’s household though it quickly becomes apparent she doesn’t fit in at all! For starters she speaks French and has no skills to speak of. Bits and pieces of conflicting memories flash through her mind, lending more confusion to the puzzle of her life. Fortunately the duke proves ever patient with her myriad of mistakes and Louisa finds herself falling in love with the kind, brooding man. As their budding relationship progresses from improper to scandalous Louisa’s memory begins to return. Dare she tell Trevor the horrible truths of her past? That she belongs to an evil man known only as Macgregor.

As the heartbreaking facts of Louisa’s past are exposed and decade old questions come to light, will the truth keep these lovers from happiness? Will Trevor be able to give love another chance? Or will Louisa’s sweet touch prove yet another forgotten memory…

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Title: The Sweetest Touch

Author: Marie Higgins

Publisher: Canyonland Press

Release Date: March 31, 2012

Size: eBook

Genre: Regency Romance

Brothers of Worthington Series: The Sweetest Kiss (book 1)

Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson

Marianne Daventry will do anything to escape the boredom of Bath and the amorous attentions of an unwanted suitor. So when an invitation arrives from her twin sister, Cecily, to join her at a sprawling country estate, she jumps at the chance. Thinking she’ll be able to relax and enjoy her beloved English countryside while her sister snags the handsome heir of Edenbrooke, Marianne finds that even the best laid plans can go awry.

From a terrifying run-in with a highwayman to a seemingly harmless flirtation, Marianne finds herself embroiled in an unexpected adventure filled with enough romance and intrigue to keep her mind racing. Will Marianne be able to rein in her traitorous heart, or will a mysterious stranger sweep her off her feet? Fate had something other than a relaxing summer in mind when it sent Marianne to Edenbrooke.

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Title: Edenbrooke

Author: Julianne Donaldson

Publisher: Shadow Mountain

Release Date: March 27, 2012

ISBN: 978-1609089467

Size: 240 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Regency Romance

Woodrose Mountain by RaeAnne Thayne

Evie Blanchard was at the top of her field in the city of angels. But when an emotional year forces her to walk away from her job as a physical therapist, she moves from Los Angeles to Hope’s Crossing seeking a quieter life. So the last thing she needs is to get involved with the handsome, arrogant Brodie Thorne and his injured daughter, Taryn.

A self-made man and single dad, Brodie will do anything to get Taryn the rehabilitation she needs…even if it means convincing Evie to move in with them. And despite her vow to keep an emotional distance, Evie can’t help but be moved by Taryn’s spirit, or Brodie’s determination to win her help—and her heart. With laughter, courage and more than a little help from the kindhearted people of Hope’s Crossing, Taryn may get the healing she deserves—and Evie and Brodie might just find a love they never knew could exist.

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Title: Woodrose Mountain (Hope’s Crossing Book 2)

Author: RaeAnne Thayne

Publisher: Harlequin HQN

Release Date: March 27, 2012

ISBN: 978-0373776375

Size: 352 pages, 4 x 6.5, softcover

Genre: Romance

Hope’s Crossing Series: Blackberry Summer

A Cold Creek Reunion by RaeAnne Thayne

He was the one you called when you needed rescuing

But who was Taft Bowman going to call when he needed help? Because ten years ago Laura Pendleton, the love of his life, had left town without a word, then or since. Now she was back, with a new last nameand two adorable, high-needs little ones in tow. Well, Taft had been stupid enough to let her go once beforehe wasn’t about to make the same mistake again. He’d never stopped loving herand one look at those adorable little faces and he knew that he was meant to be with Laura and her kids forever. All he had to do was convince her that this time he was a man she could count on!

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Title: A Cold Creek Reunion

Author: RaeAnne Thayne

Publisher: Harlequin

Release Date: March 20, 2012

ISBN: 978-0373656615

Size: 288 pages, 4×6.6, softcover

Genre: Romance

Sylvia, Come Home by Tom Roulstone

In 1893 eighteen-year-old Mormon girl Sylvia Prescott elopes with Rex Boyd, a non-Mormon hired ranch-hand. After a brief wedding, they flee to boom town Butte, Montana.

Soon, Rex returns to his old vices of drinking and gambling. Sylvia regrets her rashness in running off with Rex, but resolves to stick with him.

She takes a job at the local mercantile, to help pay off Rex’s debts. There she meets the amoral Virgil Slade, who vows to steal her from Rex and make her the mistress of Slade House, his Gothic revival mansion he’s building.

In the meantime, Rose, a young Irish girl and half-sister of the local Catholic priest, befriends Sylvia and becomes fascinated with Mormonism.

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Title: Sylvia, Come Home

Author: Tom Roulstone

Publisher: Self

Release Date: March 20, 2012

ASIN: B007N86E2A

Size: 192 pages, ebook

Genre: Historical Romance

The Most Important Catch by Jaclyn M. Hawkes

Run or die!

She knew too much, and she’d seen too much. And the police refused to help. Knowing that she was to be the next scheduled death, Kelly Campbell hid under head to toe black leather and a tinted motorcycle helmet and ran for her life. When the weather turned cold, she turned south.

She ended up in North Carolina, home to one of the most famed and eligible NFL football stars in the whole league; only she didn’t know that. She thought he was a businessman. Not being a huge fan, all she knew was that he was incredibly attractive, kind, generous, and that she was safe with him.

Or was she?

His brand of fame proved to be all but deadly, but his fame wasn’t nearly as lethal as his attraction. He kept her safe and protected. All except for her heart.

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Title: The Most Important Catch

Author: Jaclyn M. Hawkes

Publisher: Spirit Dance Books

Release Date: March 16, 2012

ISBN: 978-0985164805

Size: 318 pages, 5.5×8.5, softcover

Genre: Romance

Change of Heart by Roseanne Evans Wilkins

Christina Andrews is trying to put the pieces of her broken heart together. She accepts a generous offer from her aunt and uncle to accompany them to Israel to watch their infant son.

While watching her cousin, she finds herself face to face with the Japanese Mafia and becomes the only obstacle for them to execute a plan none can hope to survive.

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Title: Change of Heart

Author: Roseanne Evans Wilkins

Publisher: Self

Release Date: March 15, 2012

ISBN: 978-1460960257

Size: 216 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, softcover

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Dancing on Broken Glass by Ka Hancock

Lucy Houston and Mickey Chandler probably shouldn’t have fallen in love, let alone gotten married. They’re both plagued with faulty genes—he has bipolar disorder; she, a ravaging family history of breast cancer. But when their paths cross on the night of Lucy’s twenty-first birthday, sparks fly, and there’s no denying their chemistry.

Cautious every step of the way, they are determined to make their relationship work—and they put their commitment in writing. Mickey will take his medication. Lucy won’t blame him for what is beyond his control. He promises honesty. She promises patience. Like any marriage, there are good days and bad days—and some very bad days. In dealing with their unique challenges, they make the heartbreaking decision not to have children. But when Lucy shows up for a routine physical just shy of their eleventh anniversary, she gets an impossible surprise that changes everything. Everything. Suddenly, all their rules are thrown out the window, and the two of them must redefine what love really is.

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Title: Dancing On Broken Glass

Author: Ka Hancock

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Gallery Books

Release Date: March 13, 2012

ISBN: 978-1451637373

Size: 416 pages, 5×8, softcover

Genre: Romance

Twitterpated by Melanie Jacobson

Jessie Taylor is furious when her roommate secretly posts her picture on the dating website LDS Lookup — furious, that is, until she spends all night instant messaging Ben Bratton. Their first date is a smashing success (literally), but Ben’s overall awesomeness can’t save Jessie from having to deal with Craig, her competitive coworker.

Jessie spends long office hours finishing projects and putting out fires, but while her performance wows her boss, it only makes Ben skittish— after a failed engagement to an up-and-coming lawyer, he’s not about to pair up with someone who’s married to her job.

Will Jessie figure out how to be true to herself and take her big chance at love before it’s gone with a click of the mouse?

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Title: Twitterpated

Author: Melanie Jacobson

Publisher: Covenant Communications Inc.

Release Date: March 1, 2012

ISBN: 978-1608610655

Size: 304 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Contemporary Romance

The Heirs of Southbridge by Jennie Hansen

When tragedy strikes Southbridge plantation, young Clayton and his brother, Travis, are forced from the only home they’ve ever known. Fleeing the drunken rage of their grandfather, with bounty hunters and horse thieves thick on their trail, the boys and their father try to eke out a lonely life as fugitives and cowboys.

As Clayton nears adulthood, his greatest desire is for a strong and stable family, but his father’s death and his brother’s departure leave him more alone than ever. Seeking for roots, Clayton visits Southbridge en route to college and kneels on his mother’s grave, only to be accosted by a gun-wielding girl named Lucy, whose father will stop at nothing to make the plantation his own.

Can Clayton realize his deepest desires of marrying the woman he loves, having a family, and reclaiming the plantation that is his rightful heritage?

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Title: The Heirs of Southbridge

Author: Jennie Hansen

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: March, 2012

ISBN:

Size: 224 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Historical Romance

That Kind of Love by J Adams

Strong and fiercely independent, Evangeline Patton has never experienced love in any shape or form—not from her parents, or a man. She has overcome some major obstacles in her life, but at twenty-five she is still alone.

All of that changes when Adagio St. John the third walks off a plane from Italy and into her life.

Evangeline and Adagio are both looking for love, but can she trust her heart to someone she will never see?

And can he look past her blindness and see into her heart?

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Title: That Kind of Love

Author: J Adams

Publisher: Jewel of the West

Release Date: February 29, 2012

ISBN: 978-0615609690

Size: 82 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, softcover

Genre: Romance

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

Highland Sorceror by Clover Autrey

Charity Greves has the gift of healing. So when a naked bleeding Highlander materializes out of the air into her kitchen, she does what any rational free-thinking herbalist under the same circumstances would do—she heals him.

She didn’t expect to be drawn back to the 13th Century where a dangerous whacked-out witch holds the handsome Highlander captive. Nor is she prepared to be drawn so strongly to him that she’ll do whatever it takes to save him.

Imprisoned by the witch, Toren Limont the High Sorcerer and Protector of the Faes’ magic, uses the last of his magical reserves to go forward in time and find a healer the witch doesn’t have any influence over. He merely seeks the small respite a healing can give him in order to continue to withstand the witch’s tortures long enough for his clan and siblings to flee. Until Charity falls with him through time as either his salvation or his entire clan’s downfall.

Title: Highland Sorceror

Author: Clover Autrey

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release Date: February 17, 2012

ISBN: 978-1470088200

Size: 182 pages, 5×8, softcover

Genre: Fantasy, Romance

Final Call by Rachel Ann Nunes

Sometimes what you can’t see means everything.

Autumn Rain is accustomed to using her ability to read imprints to solve seemingly unsolvable cases. Yet when she goes searching for the sister of a friend, she is embroiled in the make-believe world of live theater, where it’s difficult to tell reality from playacting and where everyone appears to have something to hide.Autumn must team up again with Detective Shannon Martin to learn the truth about and eight-year-old mystery that involves a new murder and more missing actors. Working so closely with the compelling detective further complicates their uncertain relationship and tests her loyalty to her once-boyfriend Jake Ryan.When her sister, Tawnia, becomes involved in the case, Autumn finds herself in a deadly struggle to save them both from facing their own final call.

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Title: Final Call (Book 4 in the Autumn Rain Series)

Author: Rachel Ann Nunes

Publisher: Shadow Mountain

Release Date: February 21, 2012

ISBN: 978-1609088996

Size: 262 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Autumn Rain Series:

Imperfectly Beautiful by Diony George

At 1:30 am, in New York City, Regan Wright is ripped out of a sound sleep with a jolt—her heart thuds in her ears and her face feels flushed. Straining to hear anything out of the ordinary, she fumbles to turn on the bedside lamp. Nothing seems out of place. Suddenly her stomach twists in knots—it’s her identical twin, Rebecca. Something is terribly wrong…

Though twins, Rebecca and Regan couldn’t be more different. One chose a high-profile career in fashion design, the other chose to be a wife and stay-at-home mom, but neither is truly happy and they must discover why. When a serial killer strikes nearby, and the victim looks eerily similar to the twins, they fear that one of them could be next.

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Title: Imperfectly Beautiful

Author: Diony George

Publisher: DG Books

Release Date: February 16, 2012

Size: eBook

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Prank Wars by Stephanie Fowers

All war. No love. Madeleine’s been hurt too many times in the dating scene to let Byron beat her in some huge prank war. They’ve had their deserters, their POWS, their casualties, but no one can risk losing the battle of the sexes.

Except now something strange is happening at the college…and it’s not just the students. Buried deep beneath the pranks is real danger, and the only other person who suspects is Byron. Should Mad join sides with him or does that mean forfeiting her heart to the enemy?

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Title: Prank Wars

Author: Stephanie Fowers

Publisher: Triad Media and Entertainment

Release Date: February 14, 2012

ISBN: 978-0615587097

Size: 354 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romantic Comedy