A tale of combat, sex and alienation. Gage Roberts is a man adrift, in the Navy, in graduate school, in his jobs as a journalist, and in his efforts at love.

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I laughed out loud in several placesÂ…This is one of those ‘feel good’ stories with a lot of comic relief. — Romance Reviews Today, November 2001

Can a young lady allow her beloved sister to be sacrificed on the marriage altar? Emily Smithfield cannot. So when her mother announces that a marriage has been arranged between Emily’s older sister Lydia and Lord Wesleigh, a man the sisters have never met, Emily offers to marry the gentleman in her sister’s stead. Emily’s act of selflessness leaves Lydia free to marry the man she loves and Emily the bride of a handsome young marquess. Not a bad bargain at all!Lord Wesleigh, who knows nothing of Emily’s matchmaking scheme, arrives in the small village where the Smithfields reside disguised as a curate, in an attempt to observe his betrothed anonymously. When Lord Wesleigh finds himself more attracted to Emily than her sister, the rules of the game change. Can he make Emily fall in love w (more…)

After landing an internship at a top music magazine in New York, aspiring rock journalist Ethan Ames thinks his career is set. Instead, Ethan finds himself in California with a girlfriend to whom he can’t relate and a newspaper job he despises. So when he stumbles upon the love of his life in the pages of a discarded hardcore magazine, Ethan drops everything to find her, and with the help of a star reporter, finds out something about himself. Funny and poignant, Gingham Blindfold is the story of what happens when an obsession over how life should be gets in the way of how life really is.

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Burke Black wanted something he could live with, but ended up finding someone he could live for. Book 1 of Jamesville. Dani O’Rourke has had the responsibility of raising her two brothers, Patrick and Shamus, since the death of their parents. As sole owner and operator of O’Rourke Cleaning Services, she is no stranger too hard work, but she is a beginner when it comes to men.   Burke is a very rich and successful businessman whose brush with death has made him question his priorities. He-s traveled to Jamesville for peace and quiet while he plans the rest of his life.   Their lives collide when Burke accuses her of breaking into his cabin to steal from him. Their attraction to each other is immediate, and after a series of misunderstandings he finds himself caught up in the lives of Dani and her brothers.   But can this gentle, giving woman get a man as hard and cynical as Burke to believe in the power of love? Or will Burke leave town without ever discovering the (more…)

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Albright paints the Oklahoma lifestyle beautifully. Her characters so fully developed, they feel like old friends by the end. — Sara Weiss, Cozies, Capers & Crimes: A newsletter for booklovers

Reporter Viv Powers confronts the challenge of her life when her love, Charley, is accused of murder and will do nothing to defend himself — not even declare his innocence to her. A firm believer in logic and facts, Viv learns to face the trials of faith as she pursues the truth of what happened, who did the murder — and why Charley isn’t talking.

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Award winning Crimespree Magazine issue29Cover Story – CJ Box interviewedthis is an all text version of the magazine, while there are no photos or art, the content is the same as the actual magazine.A Chinese Affair by Ayo OnatadeSweet Home Chicago by Sam ReavesThrillerfest: A Killer Convention by Shirley KennettFiction: Family Man by Hilary DavidsonCover Story: CJ BOX By Ruth JordanLinda Fairstein Interview By Jon JordanOn The Road: Love Is MurderFiction: Pigeons by Kat RichardsonInterview with Andrew GrantInterview with Barry EislerA Quickie with Brian WiprudReed Farrel ColemanDialogue with Declan by Declan BurkeCraig’s Joint by Craig McDonaldSpencer-Fleming for Hire by Julia Spencer-FlemingSunshine and Crime by Michael ListerIn Character by Sandra RuttanEye On HollywoodDVD ReviewsCrime and Idiocy from Jen JordanFiction: Safe Word by Mike MacLeanBuzz BinBook ReviewsCrimespree On ComicsCooking With Crimespree by Laura Benedict

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