Summer Brides--an anthology

"The Borrowed Bride" by Susan Wiggs
"Bridge to Dreams" by Sheryl Woods
"Sister of the Bride" by Susan Mallery

August 2010

When Katie McCormick finds out that her sister is marrying her ex, she finally agrees to a setup for the big day. To her surprise, Jackson is a catch. But when wedding catastrophe ensues, will their sparks fizzle or ignite into flames?

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Almost Perfect
HQN -- Book 2 Fools Gold series
July 2010

Back in high school, Liz Sutton was the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Then she'd stolen the heart of the most popular boy in town, and their secret romance helped her through the worst of times. Until Ethan Hendrix betrayed her and everything they'd ever meant to each other. Devastated and pregnant, Liz left Fool's Gold, California—forever, she thought….

Now Liz must return to town and face the man who doesn't know of their son's existence. And this time she won't have the option of making a quick getaway. Ethan and Liz can't deny their passionate attraction, even after all these years. But will their desire be enough to spark a second chance at love?

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Reviews for Almost Perfect

“[A]n emotional story with a beautiful happy ending! Another must read By Susan Mallery.” – Good Choice Reading

“An emotional journey of rekindling love and finding a new life in a town she thought she’d left behind…Susan Mallery has penned a charming tale with ALMOST PERFECT that I found hard to put down, and I can’t wait to return to Fool’s Gold for more.” – Romance Reviews Today

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Chasing Perfect
HQN -- Book 1 Fools Gold series
May 2010

Welcome to Fool’s Gold, California, a charming community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. There’s lots to do and plenty of people to meet, especially women. Because there’s just one tiny problem in Fool’s Gold: the men don’t seem to stick around. Maybe it’s the lure of big-city life, or maybe it’s plain old bad luck, but regardless of the reason, the problem has to be fixed, fast. And Charity Jones may be just the city planner to do it.

Charity’s nomadic childhood has left her itching to settle down, and she immediately falls in love with all the storybook town has to offer — everything, that is, except its sexiest and most famous resident, former world-class cyclist Josh Golden. With her long list of romantic disasters, she’s not about to take a chance on another bad boy, even if everyone else thinks he’s perfect just the way he is. But maybe that’s just what he needs — someone who knows the value of his flaws. Someone who knows that he’s just chasing perfect.

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Reviews for Chasing Perfect

“The book brims with quick-witted, good-natured characters … their romance grows poignantly and with chemistry to spare.” – Publishers Weekly

“Warm, funny, and sexy, this lighthearted yet touching page-turner is a satisfying, rewarding read and the ‘perfect’ beginning for Mallery's Fool's Gold series.” – Library Journal

“Consistently dazzling, Mallery is sure to delight.” – RT Book Reviews

“A thoughtful and funny small town romance.” – Buried by Books

“An enjoyable, easy read about friendships, small town support, and falling in love.” – This Blonde Reads

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The Seductive One
Book Three of The Marcelli Sisters of Pleasure Road
April 2010

The final novel of Mallery's Marcelli Sisters trilogy features Brenna, the only sister who dreams of running the family's California winery. But taking the helm is more than she bargained for and she soon seeks solace from Nic Giovanni--her family's nemesis. Original.

The Sparkling One
Book One of The Marcelli Sisters of Pleasure Road
February 2010

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For the Marcelli sisters of California wine country, the season is ripe for romance!

A party planner extraordinaire, Katie Marcelli loves her big, boisterous family -- even when their chronic matchmaking drives her crazy! In the Marcelli household, fine wine and good food are as celebrated as true love, so when her eighteen-year-old sister announces her engagement, Katie promises her the perfect wedding. There's only one hitch: the father of the groom, Zach Stryker, who is adamantly opposed to his son marrying so young. Now, despite her instant attraction to the handsome, arrogant attorney, Katie must approach with caution: Zach, who hired Katie for a major fund-raiser, holds the fate of her business in his hands -- and how can she trust a man who is willing to break her sister's heart? It will take a passionate battle of wills to determine if wedding bells will ring for a Marcelli bride, and to unlock the deepest desires -- for family, love, and home -- inside a strong-willed man's heart.

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Reviews for The Sparkling One

“A sparkling gem, indeed! … THE SPARKLING ONE kicks off a terrific trilogy.” – Romantic Times

“Smart, sexy entertainment!” – Christina Dodd

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Tempting
The Buchanans - Book Four
February 2010

After three romantic flame-outs in a year and a restaurant career going nowhere, Dani Buchanan needs a fresh start. She goes looking for her biological father, but never expects to find a senator running for president. As his long-lost 'love child, ' Dani could seriously derail the election-- something his handsome campaign manager Alex Canfield isn't going to let happen. Dani isn't about to let Alex run her life, no matter how tempting she finds him--and Alex isn't going to allow Dani to melt his cynicism, no matter how close he has to get. The last thing either of them wants is love, especially with scandals brewing and family trouble on the way. But Dani and Alex are forced to trust each other, and when trust turns to passion, the potential for disaster is only a tabloid scandal away.

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Sizzling
The Buchanans - Book Three
February 2010

Reid Buchanan was always a fan favorite on the baseball diamond. But between the sheets? A spiteful article about the former pitcher and current playboy questions his talent in the bedroom. And the newspaper's just the first bad news. Reid's grandmother Gloria's broken hip means she needs constant care-but Reid hired Nurses 1 and 2 for their bedside manner withhim.So for Number 3 he chooses Lori Johnson, the first candidate who seems immune to his brand of charm.Lori's never wasted her time with amoebas like Reid Buchanan. So why are her well-fortified defenses starting to crumble under the force of his sexy smile-and the kindness he shows her at every turn? There's only one explanation for the feelings flaring between them-chemistry. Chemistry so hot, it's sizzling!

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Irresistible
The Buchanans - Book Two
February 2010

Walker Buchanan returns from his stint in the marines to run the family business, but is distracted by single mom Eden Towers. Despite their attraction, both are wary about a relationship. But they soon learn love can happen when it's needed the most.

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Delicious
The Buchanans - Book One
February 2010

Cal Buchanan needs a top-flight chef to take over his failing Seattle restaurant, The Waterfront. He can afford to hire the best in town-the only problem is that the best happens to be his ex-wife, Penny Jackson.Penny really needs this opportunity, but she doesn't need the distraction of working with her ex. She's sworn off romance-she's even having a baby on her own. But before she knows it, the heat is onhellip;and the attraction between her and Cal moves from a low simmer to a full boil!The rest should be easy as pie, but a secret from Cal's past could spoil everything. Maybe it's true that too many cooks spoil the broth-or maybe two is enough to make it irresistible.

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Reviews for Delicious

“This book was absolutely DELICIOUS and highly recommended for a super tasty read!” – C2KS Kwips and Kritiques

 

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Hot on Her Heels
HQN -- Book 4 Lone Star Sisters
November 2009

Dana Birch vowed never to put herself at the mercy of a powerful man. She became a deputy so that she could take care of herself, and protect those she loved. Especially her best friends, the Titan sisters.

Twenty years ago, Garth Duncan swore revenge on Jed Titan for abandoning Garth and his mother. Now he's back to fulfill that promise, even if Jed s daughters get caught in the crosshairs. All that stands between him and his goal is Dana, her gun, and a growing passion that can t be denied...

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Reviews for Hot on Her Heels

“When they spar, it's a refreshing battle between two equal and fast-thinking minds…this glimpse into glitzy Texas high society and the dark underbelly of business is a thoroughly enjoyable read.” – Publishers Weekly

“Mallery fits moments of extreme passion into a suspenseful story of family and deceit in the fourth installment in her captivating Titan series.” – Booklist

“A must read for fans of the series!” – Eye on Romance

4.5 stars TOP PICK! “The final chapter in Mallery’s series featuring the Titan sisters wraps up in splendid style as the bonds of family are tested to the max. As demonstrated in this compelling story, family doesn’t have to share blood, just emotions. Filled with emotional drama, devastating treachery and the power of love, this finale will delight fans.” – Romantic Times

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Straight From The Hip
Book three in the Lone Star Sisters series from HQN
July 2009

STRAIGHT FROM THE HIP hit the NYT list at #7!

Sometimes the greatest risks bring the greatest rewards…

Izzy has always been the fearless Titan sister.  But when an oil rig blows up, leaving her barely able to see, her sisters find themselves as concerned by her emotional withdrawal as by the possibility that the explosion was no accident.  Are the mind games their long-lost brother Garth has been playing turning physical?  Or is someone else out to get them?

When her sisters enroll her in a survivor training camp, Izzy is not happy.  Though Nick, her instructor, is determined that she won’t be left in the dark.  In more ways than one.  But if he tells her the terrible truth behind why he’s helping her, he’ll probably never see her again.  Unless they’re both willing to take the biggest risk of all.

“Romance novels don’t get much better than Mallery’s expert blend of emotional nuance, humor and superb storytelling.”
~Booklist on Accidentally Yours

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Reviews for Straight From The Hip

“One of the Top 10 Romance Novels of 2009!” – Booklist

“…my heart opened up and fell in love.” – Coffee Time Romance

“A truly lovely romance.” – The Romance Readers Connection

“Susan Mallery has delivered a wonderfully exhilarating story!” – Manic Readers

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Lip Service
HQN -- Book 2 Lone Star Sisters
June 2009

Who wants to marry my daughter?

Skye Titan’s wealthy father thinks he can still dictate his daughter’s choice in men.  Now widowed and a single mother, Skye isn’t the yes-girl she once was.  Especially since the love of her life is back in Texas after eight long years.  He won’t like the answers to the questions he’s asking.  About why she left him at the altar.  And about her eight-year-old daughter.

Former Navy SEAL Mitch Cassidy comes home to find nearly everything different.  His wounds from battle have changed the way people treat him.  His cattle ranch is suddenly organic.  But time hasn’t touched his desire for Skye—or the sting of her betrayal.  Forget lip service.  He’s asking that luscious mouth of hers to reveal the truth.  But will Mitch be able to put the past aside to help Skye get out from under her father’s thumb… and help himself recover from a broken heart?

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Reviews for Lip Service

“Delightful!” – Coffee Time Romance

“Fast paced writing and compelling characters… a story that will hold your interest and is guaranteed to have you sneaking in a few chapters whenever you get a few minutes.” – Romance Reviews Today

“5 stars. Fantastic!” – Auntee, Good Reads

“An amazing cast of characters and an extremely powerful and potent love story as only Susan Mallery can write!” – Marilyn’s Romance Reviews

“I absolutely love sitting down with a Mallery novel.” – The Romance Readers Connection

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Under Her Skin
HQN -- Book 1 Lone Star Sisters
May 2009

Heiress engaged to marry playboy!

Lexi Titan can just see the headlines.  All of Titanville, Texas, will be buzzing, and wondering why.  Not that she has any other choice.  Faced with exactly thirty days to come up with two million dollars in cold, hard cash, she is out of options.  Marry Cruz Rodrigues or lose everything—the day spa she built herself, her tyrant of a father’s respect.  And the long-standing competition with her sisters for the family business.

The proposal is cold and hard.  Cruz has money, success, smoldering good looks—everything but the blue blood needed to become a true member of Texas society.  If Lexi agrees to be his fiancée for six months, lending him her famous father’s last name and his snobbish connections, he’ll hand her a check on the spot.  And in six months they’ll go their separate ways.

But neither one is prepared for their long-ago shared passion to throw a wrench into what would seem to be the perfect deal…

Even Texas isn’t big enough for this family.

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Reviews for Under Her Skin

“I absolutely loved everything about Under Her Skin!” – Auntee, Good Reads

“A fabulous novel with a sexy plot and characters that are great fun to read about. “ – The Romance Readers Connection

“Amazing – full of passion, family secrets and very emotional.” – Pink Hearts Society Reviews

“Susan Mallery has delivered a fun and exciting beginning to what I believe is going to be one great new series.” – Manic Readers

Wild Hearts (Kindle Edition)
HQN -- Prequel to the Lone Star Sisters
April 2009

Who can tame the wildest man in Titanville?

Zeke Titan has a reputation for breaking hearts, but the townspeople of Titanville can't deny all the good he's done for them. So they turn the other cheek as he seduces one schoolteacher after another. Until Alethea Harbaugh comes to town.

The new teacher brings with her a passion for women's rights that invigorates the ladies of Titanville, and instills fear in the men. Zeke is intent on seducing her, if only to send her running, ruined, from the town so that things can return to normal. But Zeke just might have met his match...in more ways than one!

MEET THE MAN WHO STARTED A LEGACY IN WILD HEARTS...AND THEN READ SUSAN MALLERY-S PRESENT-DAY TITAN STORIES, BEGINNING IN MAY 2009 WITH UNDER HER SKIN.

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Sunset Bay
Pocket Books
March 2009

What if you got another chance at the life that got away?

L.A. accountant Megan Greene has a successful job, a handsome cardiologist fiancé, and a doting father. Surely they make up for her estranged sister and hypochondriac mother...and a niggling sense that something, somewhere, got lost along the way. But then Megan's life falls spectacularly apart. Faced with the knowledge that neither her father nor her fiancé are the men she thought they were, she is loath to trust Travis -- the high school boyfriend who never quite left her heart. But his reappearance stirs dreams she once reluctantly packed away, and forces her to confront her relationship with her sister -- a bond that has been strained to the limit but has never quite broken. And amid the turmoil lies the promise of a future Megan never expected -- one that may turn out to contain everything she really needs....

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Reviews for Sunset Bay

“A very satisfying read!” – Romance Novel TV

“A trip worth taking.” – The Romance Reader

“A perfect 10! SUNSET BAY is a MUST READ” – Romance Reviews Today

“Susan Mallery is one of my all time favorites.” – Randi Romance Reader

“Poignant, evocative and affirming.” – Romance Reader at Heart

“I was personally blown away and cried my heart out!” – Pink Heart Society Reviews

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Falling For Gracie reissue
January 2009

First comes love, then comes marriage. . .

Or that was Gracie's plan, anyway, at the ripe old age of fourteen. She loved eighteen-year-old heartthrob Riley with a desperation that made her a town legend. Even now that she's all grown up, the locals in sleepy Los Lobos won't let her forget her youthful crush.

. . .but it's not as easy as it looks.

And how can she, when she's face-to-face with Riley at every turn? The onetime bad boy has come back to town seeking respectability-but the sparks that fly between them are anything but respectable! Gracie's determined to keep her distance, but when someone sets out to ruin both their reputations, the two discover that first love is sometimes better the second time around.

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Reviews for Falling For Gracie

“One of my all time favorite Romances... I fell for Gracie, and think that any reader of Romance should have this as a must read!” – Novel Reads

“Mallery's wit and wisdom are pitch-perfect as usual…. An RT Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee!” – Romantic Times Book Reviews

“Filled with humor, warmth and strong characters.” – Contemporary Romance Writers

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Sweet Trouble
Book 3 in the Bakery Sisters series from HQN
September 2008

Home, sweet home?

Jesse Keyes has done some serious growing up. With a steady job and a vibrant four-year-old son, she's in a far better place than when she left Seattle five years ago…pregnant and misunderstood by almost everyone in her life.

Now it’s time to go home and face her demons. But her sisters, Claire and Nicole, aren’t exactly impressed with the new and improved Jesse. And then there’s Matt, Gabe’s father, who makes it clear that he never wants to see her again despite the lust that still smolders between them.

Jesse doesn’t know if she can make up for all the mistakes of her past. But the promise of sweet nights with Matt might just give her the extra incentive she needs to make it worth the trouble…

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Reviews for Sweet Trouble

“A great conclusion to Mallery's [Bakery Sisters] trilogy!” – Romance Reader at Heart

“It’s official. Susan Mallery hit a triple with SWEET TROUBLE, the final book in her ‘Sweet’ trilogy.” – Queue My Review

“Sweet Trouble is a well written book about reestablishing relationships – family and romantic – as well as finding your way home.” – The Good, the Bad, and the Unread

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Sweet Spot
Book 2 in the Bakery Sisters series from HQN
August 2008

If only her life was more sinful than sweet…

“Responsibility” should be Nicole Keyes’s middle name.  After all, not many people would sacrifice their lives to run the family bakery and raise a younger sibling.  But with Nicole’s twin sister now blissfully married and her younger sis turning out more femme fatale than girl next door, superreliable Nicole is getting sick of putting everyone else’s needs first!

Enter Hawk.  The deliciously sexy former NFL player offers Nicole a taste of the freedom she craves.  Hawk may know the way, blindfolded, to her sweet spot, but Nicole’s not about to let him get close enough to break her heart.  Of course, she might not have a choice in the matter if Hawk’s past keeps getting in the way of their present…

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Reviews for Sweet Spot

“One of my favorites… I was genuinely sad when the book ended.” – All About Romance

“I strongly recommend Sweet Spot, especially to readers who like their family melodramas spiked with lots of laughter and hot romance.” – The Romance Reader

“Grade: A…All romance lovers should read this book.” – The Good, the Bad, and the Unread

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Sweet Talk
Book 1 in the Bakery Sisters series from HQN
June 24, 2008

Is there anything sweeter than a first love?

Don’t ask Claire Keyes.  The twenty-eight-year old piano prodigy has never had a regular boyfriend, much less a real romance.  Her music career has left little room for friends or family — which is just part of the reason she’s estranged from her two sisters.

But now Nicole is sick, and Jesse is AWOL.  Despite the fact that Claire can’t boil water, she’s determined to play caretaker.  Connecting with her sisters tops her to-do list….along with falling in love, or at least in lust, for the first time.

Ambitious?  Maybe.  But a girl’s gotta dream.  And ruggedly sexy Wyatt is a dream come true.  Although he keeps telling himself that he and Claire come from entirely different worlds, he lights up hotter than a bakery oven whenever Claire is near.  If this keeps up, she just might sweet-talk him into her bed….and her life.

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Reviews for Sweet Talk

“A sweet story with real characters and real situations…a really strong story.” – All About Romance Reviews

“Romantic, daring, and hopeful… Sweet Talk is definitely a winner.” – Single Titles

“A fun, emotional, and sexy read.” – Dear Author

“Warm and likable characters…This book is a must if you’re a fan of Ms. Mallery.” – The Good, the Bad, and the Unread