Books by Kristine Grayson		1. "Utterly Charming"
		2. "Thoroughly Kissed"
		3. "Completely Smitten"
		4. "Simply Irresistible"

"Utterly Charming" Zebra Books, February 2000 Reviewed on 3/14/01
		Ten years ago as a struggling attorney, Nora Barr accepted work from the strangest pair of clients she'd ever run across: a tall handsome stranger calling himself Aethelstan Blackstone and his sidekick, Sancho Panza, who wanted Nora to hide a comatose woman named Emma (contained in a glass case) for 10 years. The coma, actually the result of a spell cast 1000 years ago by a witch named Ealhswith. The spell was triggered by a kiss from Blackstone. Since then, Blackstone and Ealhswith have been battling for custody of Emma's body. To break the curse, Emma must stay out of Ealhswith's custody for 10 years. The duo asks Nora to hide Emma, until she is awakened and Blackstone will get his true love back. Even with all she saw, Nora had trouble believing any of it is real, but goes through with her side of the bargain. Now 10 years later, Emma is set free and Nora has to figure out what to do with a young girl born in the Dark Ages. Then there's her impossible attraction to a wizard long ago promised to another. And don't forget about the wrath of one very angry witch.

"Thoroughly Kissed" Zebra Books, March 2001 Reviewed on 3/14/01
		Emma Lost can still remeber the day she woke up in the back of a VW van after her famous thousand years' snooze - the one that inspired the Sleeping Beauty myth. Emma knows it's no fairy tale - she's the real Sleeping Beauty, trying to hide her magical powers and swearing off kissing strange men for the rest of her life. Of course, most men follow her around like lovesick puppies... except for Michael Found, her mind-numbingly gorgeaus boss. It seems that the rational, logical Mr. Found doesn't believe her theories about such things as Fates and faires and magic, and he's determined to expose her as a fraud. But Emma knows for sure that magic truly does exsist, and she's going to give Michael a lesson he''ll never forget - even if it means breaking her vow of not kissing men. Because after one look at his perfect lips, all Emma can think is, "What's another thousand years...?"

"Completely Smitten" Zebra Books, May 2002 Reviewed on 1/14/03
		Allow me to introduce myself: My name is Andrew Vari, and I'm short (very short), and not exactly handsome. Actually, that's only partly true. My real name is Darius, and if you caught a glimpse of my true form, you might just swoon. It was my arrogance about my looks and magical powers that got me into this fix. I'm living under a curse the Fates placed upon me two millennia ago. My penance is unite a thousand pairs of soulmates - however long it takes. Here's where things get complicated: You see, I just met the most amazing woman. Her name is Ariel Summers, and she's smart, beautiful, athletic... and very mortal. I should know - I saved her life. but the whole thing happened when I was looking way easier on the eyes. I thought she'd never track me down once I was back in my Andrew Vari "disguise," but she did, and now - like it or not - she's in my life. The problem is, I do like it - and it looks as if she's falling for me, too... warts and all. I'm so close to completing my mission - but finding a "true love" for Qriel is my last assignment, this job may never get done.

"Simply Irresistible" Zebra Books, January 2003 Reviewed on 10/25/03
		My name's Vivian Kinneally, and Ican't believe this is happening to me. I just moved here to Portalnd, Oregon, to take over a business left to me by my favorite aunt - nothing earth-shattering... or so you'd think, right? I've always been a little bit psychic - but my powers never hinted at what was to caome when I let three gorgeous, terrified women into my home at 6:45 this morning. As The Fates woul have it (did I mention these supermodel lookalikes are The Fates?) my life was about to change forever. It seems they're temporarily powerless, and need my help to escape a mysterious enemy. Knowing I can't do it alone, they've sent me in search of one Dexter Grant. And now that I've found him... wow. We're talking Superman, here - hold the tights, cape, and big red "S". I've always been an independent kind of gal, but something about this guy makes me want to let him fly me to Paris - and I'm pretty sure he wouldn't need a plane to do it.
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Books by Lynn Hanna		1. "The Starry Child"
		2. "Circle of Time"

"The Starry Child" Onyx, October 1998 Reviewed on 11/10/98
		Rainey Neilson was worried about her daughter. Since the tragic death of her father, eight- year-old Sasha hadn't spoken a word. And sometimes, especially during bad thunderstorms, her behavior was strange and unexplainable. Rainey tried everything, medical doctors, child psychologists, and speech therapists, but no one can break through to Sasha. While watching an old home movie, Emma, Rainey's neighbor and best friend, recognizes that Sasha was speaking Gaelic. Desperate to keep Sasha out of the hands of Dr. Evanston, who wants to destroy Sasha and put her in a mental hospital, Rainey sought out Matt MacInnes, a linguist at Stanford. Once Matt gains Sasha's trust, she opens up her secret world to him, leading them to believe that Sasha's the reincarnation of a long-ago Scottish queen. They decide that they must travel to Scotland in order to fulfill their destinies. And Rainey must learn that love is timeless and to always believe in the unbelievable.

"Circle of Time" Onyx, September 1999 Reviewed on 11/9/99
		After a devastating storm downs his plane, Sasha Macinnes's father is found on the desolate, rocky coast of northern Scotland. The only survivor, he was washed ashore holding an ancient silver necklace. Now eighteen-year-old Sasha must unravel the mystery of the necklace - while fighting the growing attraction to her father's young teaching assistant, Kyle Maclennan. She learns that the necklace once belonged to an ancestor - a woman kidnapped from her Highland home, never to return. And to bring peace to her family, the necklace must be returned to a mystical waterfall in the Highlands, a journey that reveals a centuries-old connection between Sasha and Kyle - and a powerful present-day bond that she can no longer resist.
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Books by Nikki Holiday		1. "Heaven Comes Home"
		2. "Heaven Knows Best"

"Heaven Comes Home" Avon Books, September 1996 Reviewed on 3/27/98
		Quentin Grady and Mia Tortelli have been given a second chance at life by Mr. G. Their mission is to help Chelsea Jordan turn her life around. Growing up as a child star in Hollywood, Chelsea's debut into an adult film career was a porn film. Although she's doing legitimate work now, even Oscar caliber, her bad attitude and even worse behavior causes scandals at every turn. That's when Quentin and Mia come in, invisible to all but two people the they join forces with Chelsea's uncle. The plan is to get Chelsea to Arkansas and have her work for a month in the local chicken plant. In addition she has to go to church. For Mia that was a big part of the plan of changing Chelsea's life. Mia thought that Preacher Luke Miller was the man for Chelsea. As Chelsea and Luke fall in love, Quentin realizes that Mia is the one and only woman for him. But can Quentin and Mia pull off their mission or will fail and die for real. Only Mr. G. knows.

"Heaven Knows Best" Avon Books, March 1997 Reviewed on 3/27/98
		For Quentin and Mia this was supposed to the happiest day of their lives, their wedding day. But Quentin gets scared and stands Mia up. But not all's lost, Mr. G. steps in and makes a deal with Quentin if he and Mia can help A.G. Winston [Alex], he'll freeze the wedding so no one knows that Quentin was late. Problem was A.G. Winston was happy, CEO of a Fortune 500 company and about to marry a beautiful, successful woman. But Quentin and Mia learn that A.G. isn't as happy as he thinks he is. So the two kidnap A.G. and drop him off at the Dew Drop Inn, with a sign stating "will work for food". That's when Jemi meets Alex. As the two get to know each other, Alex learns that he's missed a lot in life and Jemi is the woman to teach him all he need to know. In the end Quentin and Mia also learn that true love will conquer all, even one's own fears.
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Books by Kay Hooper
1. "The Wizard of Seattle"		1. "Stealing Shadows"		1. "Touching Evil"
2. "Arts Magica"		2. "Hiding in the Shadows"		2. "Whisper of Evil"
1. "Once A Thief"		3. "Out of the Shadows"		3. "Sense of Evil" [HC '03]
2. "Always A Thief"

"The Wizard of Seattle" Bantam Books, June 1993 Reviewed on 3/25/00
		She looked like a ragged, storm-drenched urchin, but from the moment Serena Smyth appeared on his Seattle doorstop Richard Patrick merlin recognized the spark behind her green eyes, the wild talent barely held in check. And he knew he would help her learn to control her gift, despite a taboo so ancient that the reasons for existance had been forgotten. But her never suspected that in his rebellion he would risk all he had and all he was to feel none of kind had ever known. Serena had crossed a country to find him, guided by an instinct born of her determination to become a master wizard. She knew he could be her teacher - but she'd never expected the charismatic, seductive power that was Merlin's. Nor had she dremed of the fire he ignited in her body and soul, a flame that burned hotter than the talent she possessed but did not understand. Their love forbidden by an ancient law, Serena and Merlin will take a desperate gamble and travel to a long-lost world to change the history that threatens to seperate them. But they risk being torn apart forever, destroyed by a cursed land... and their own fierce passions.

"Stealing Shadows" Bantam Books, September 2000 Reviewed on 12/16/00
		Psychic Cassie Neill helps the L.A. police catch killers - until she makes a terrible mistake and an innocent child dies. Cassie flees to a small North Carolina town, hoping that a quiet life will silence the voices that invade her unwilling mind. But Cassie's abilities know few bounderies. And she's become certain - as no one else can be - that a murderer is stalking Ryan's Bluff. It's his fury that Cassie senses first, then his foul thoughts and preverse excitement. Yet she doesn't know who he is or where he will strike. The sheriff won't even listento her - until the first body is found exactly where and how she predicted. Now a suspect herself, she races desperately to unmask the killer in the only way she knows: by entering his twisted mind. Her every step is loaded with fear and uncertainty... because if he senses her within him, he'll trap her there, so deep she'll never find her way out.

"Hiding in the Shadows" Bantam Books, October 2000 Reviewed on 12/16/00
		Accident victim Faith Parker has done what her doctors feared she never would: awakened from the coma that held her prisoner for weeks. But she has no memory of the crash that nearly killed her - or the life that led up to it. Nor does she remember journalist Dinah Leighton, the steadfast friend who visited her in the hospital... unitl she disappeared without a trace. Now as Faith begins to regain her strength, she's shocked by intimate dreams of a man she doesn't recognize and tortures by visions of violence that feel painfully real. Something inexplicable ties her lost memories to Dinah's chilling fate. But even as Faith tries to understand the connection and reach out to save Dinah, death is stalking both women. And one of them will not escape its lethal grasp.

"Out of the Shadows" Bantam Books, November 2000 Reviewed on 12/16/00
		A picture-perfect Tennessee town has just become a monster's hunting ground. Two bodies are found tortured to death. A third person goes missing. What little evidence is left behind defies all explanation. Is the terror just beginning? Or have the good citizens of Gladstone harbored a dark secret for a long time? Sheriff Miranda Knight is determined to make her small town safe once more. And she does what she swore she would never do: involve FBI profiler Noah Bishop. He's the one man who knows about her unique abilities, and that knowledge almost destroyed her and her sister years ago. Now, as Bishop arrives with his team of agents, Miranda must learn to trust him and use her abilities once more. For they're about to go on the hunt for a killer whose madness has no bounds, a killer who knows exactly how to destroy Miranda: by preying on her sister.
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"Touching Evil" Bantam Books, September 2001 Reviewed on 11/18/02
		Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals - and then uses those horrifying recolllections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims' minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent... and she isn't telling. But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hop: the lone victim who might recover her sight. But they don't know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster - an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders. To stop the escalting terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point - even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds.

"Whisper of Evil" Bantam Books, July 2002 Reviewed on 11/18/02
		Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killer's savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community - yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder. Were their deaths the ultimate punishment for those secrets? Or something even more sinoster? Nell Gallagher has come home to Silence more than a decade after leavinfg one dark night with her own painful secrets. Forced now by family duty to return, she has also come home to settle with the past. But past and present tangle ina murderer's vicious attacks, and to find the answers she needs, Nell must call on the psychic skills that drove her away years before. She must risk her own life and sanity, and regain the trust of the man she left behind so long ago. For the killer she seeks is seeking her, watching her every move, preying upon her every vulnerability - and already so close she'll never see death coming.
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"Once A Thief" Bantam Books, October 2002 Reviewed on 11/18/02
		It had taken centuries for Max Bannister's family to aquire their treasures, and now he's been asked to risk his collection as bait for a master criminal. For his own reasons, Max allows a public exhibition, and to protect the family fortune he must rely on the skills of his half brother - a world-class security expert - and his smart and savvy exhibit director, Morgan West. But almost immediately, Morgan comes face-to-face with the mysterious Quinn, Interpol's most wanted thief for the past decade - and a man who makes it very clear he has his eye on the Bannister cellection. And if that's not enough, Morgan begins to realize that she's surrounded by secrets and lies, and that someone very close to Max is moving behind the scenes, intent on murder as well as robbery... someone whose ultimate plan threatens to ruin them all.

"Always a Thief" Bantam Books, June 2003 Reviewed on 10/25/03
		The priceless, rarely displayed Bannister collection is about to be exhibited - and the show'a director, Morgan West, can't ignore her growing unesiness. She's certain she hasn't seen the last of the infamous cat burglar Quinn. But she never expected him to turn up at her apartment one dark night in desperate need of her help - help she can't refuse. The mysterious master thier is playing a dangerous game, and it's a game that just might get him killed. With Morgan's help, Quinn sets a trap intended to catch someone more elusive... and more deadly... than a thief. But an unseen threat shadows him in the fog-shrouded San Francisco night, an unknown adversary more cunning than any he has yet encountered. Now, just when the stakes are higher than even Quinn can imagine, no one can be trusted - and everything's at risk.
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