Mary Balogh, Simply Unforgettable. Fiction
A rakish aristocrat and a prim schoolteacher with a secret past are stranded together at an inn during a snowstorm.
Sequels: Simply Love; Simply Magic; Simply Perfect
Sandra Brown, Texas Lucky. Fiction
A man suspected of setting fire to his family business must track down a woman he had a one-night stand with for an alibi.
Sequels: Texas Chase; Texas Sage
Nicola Cornick, The Confessions of a Duchess. Paperback Romance
A jilted man gets revenge by reinstating a medieval tax requiring the ladies of a village to give him half their fortunes unless they are married.
Brides of Fortune: The Scandals of an Innocent; The Undoing of a Lady
Tessa Dare, One Dance with a Duke. Paperback Romance
A lady demands a dance with a duke in order to ask him to forgive her wastrel brother’s gambling debt.
Stud Club: Twice Tempted by a Rogue; Three Nights with a Scoundrel
Jude Deveraux, Lavender Morning. Fiction
The daughter of a southern debutante and a handy-man is estranged from her family and inherits a mansion full of secrets from an elderly neighbor.
Edilean series: Days of Gold; Scarlet Nights; Scent of Jasmine; Heartwishes
Elaine Fox, Guys and Dogs. Paperback Romance
Trying to reunite a stray dog with its owner, a small-town vet ends up on the doorstep of a software mogul who doesn’t like dogs.
Sequels: Beware of Doug; Hello Doggy; Bedtime for Bonsai
Cindy Gerard, Show No Mercy. Paperback Romance
A journalist returns to Buenos Aires where she had once been kidnapped and encounters the man who rescued her.
Black Ops: Take No Prisoners; Whisper No Lies; Feel the Heat; Risk No Secrets; With No Remorse; Last Man Standing
Elizabeth Hoyt, Wicked Intentions. Paperback Romance
A lady who needs funds for her orphanage agrees to guide a lord through the neighboring slums to find the person who murdered his mistress.
Maiden Lane: Notorious Pleasures; Scandalous Desires; Thief of Shadows
Sabrina Jeffries, Never Seduce a Scoundrel. Paperback Romance
A lady pursued by fortune hunters is enticed by a brash American but suspects he has a hidden motive for wooing her.
School for Heiresses: Only a Duke Will Do; Beware a Scot’s Revenge; Let Sleeping Rogues Lie; Don’t Bargain with the Devil; Wed Him before You Bed Him
Sophie Jordan, Sins of a Wicked Duke. Paperback Romance
An orphaned lady seeking employment disguises herself as a footman in the household of a notoriously decadent duke.
Penwich School for Virtuous Girls: In Scandal They Wed; Wicked Nights with a Lover
Donna Kauffman, Sugar Rush. Fiction
Leaving the gossip of New York behind, a chef opens a cupcake bakery on a Georgia island but finds her past catching up to her when her former boss wants to use her shop on his TV show.
Cupcake Club: Sweet Stuff; Babycakes
Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night. Paperback Romance
An impoverished heiress tries to trap a wealthy aristocrat into marriage but is pursued by a self-made businessman.
Sequels: It Happened One Autumn; The Devil in Winter; Scandal in Spring; A Wallflower Christmas
Erin McCarthy, Flat-Out Sexy. Fiction
After the death of her husband in a stock car accident, a woman is reluctant to get involved with another driver.
Sequels: Hard and Fast; Hot Finish; The Chase; Slow Ride; Jacked Up
Linda Lael Miller, Logan. Paperback Romance
Logan Creed returns home to restore his family’s neglected ranch and discovers a single mother with two sons living there.
Montana Creeds: Dylan; Tyler; A Creed Country Christmas
Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to be You. Fiction & Paperback Romance
A woman who inherits the Chicago Stars football team butts heads with the head coach.
Sequels: Heaven Texas; Nobody’s Baby but Mine; Dream a Little Dream; This Heart of Mine; Match Me If You Can; Natural Born Charmer
Christy Reece, Sweet Justice. Paperback Romance
While tracking down women kidnapped by a cult leader, a former FBI agent runs into the man who was forced to break her heart when he was working a case undercover.
Sequels: Sweet Revenge; Sweet Reward
Nora Roberts, The Next Always. Fiction
An architect refurbishing a small-town inn gets a second chance with the woman he loved in high school who’s now a widow with three kids.
Inn BoonsBoro: The Last Boyfriend; The Perfect Hope
Roxanne St. Claire, Kill Me Twice. Paperback Romance
A bodyguard sent to protect a newscaster who’s being stalked discovers that his client has traded places with her twin who’s a private investigator.
Bullet Catchers: Thrill Me to Death; Take Me Tonight; First You Run; Then You Hide; Now You Die; Hunt Her Down; Make Her Pay
Jill Shalvis, Instant Attraction. Fiction
An accountant who survived a devastating accident takes a job with a wilderness adventure company and meets a snowboarder who sustained a career-ending injury.
Wilder Adventures: Instant Gratification; Instant Temptation
Nalini Singh, Angels’ Blood. Paperback Romance
A vampire hunter is hired by the Archangel Raphael to track an archangel who’s gone bad.
Guild Hunter: Archangel’s Kiss; Archangel’s Consort; Archangel’s Blade; Archangel’s Storm
Karin Tabke, Master of Surrender. Paperback Romance
A Norman knight seizes the estate of a Saxon lady and plans to claim her as well.
Sequels: Master of Torment; Master of Craving
J.R. Ward, Dark Lover. Paperback Romance
A purebred vampire must help the half-breed daughter of a dead colleague through her transition.
Black Dagger Brotherhood: Lover Eternal; Lover Awakened; Lover Revealed; Lover Unbound; Lover Enshrined; Lover Avenged; Lover Mine; Lover Unleashed; Lover Reborn
Susan Wiggs, The Hostage. Paperback Romance
After defying her father's attempts to arrange a marriage and escaping from the Chicago Fire which destroyed her home, an heiress finds herself held hostage by an angry and attractive captor.
Chicago Fire trilogy: The Mistress; The Firebrand
Lori Wilde, The Sweetheart’s Knitting Club. Paperback Romance
A woman with a chance to marry a solid, upright man can’t forget her rebellious high school love, despite the advice of her knitting club friends.
Twilight Texas: The True Love Quilting Club; The First Love Cookie Club; The Welcome Home Garden Club
Lauren Willig, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation. Fiction
A modern-day woman researching espionage in the Napoleonic era uncovers letters describing an affair between a British spy and a lady of French descent who was raised in England.
Sequels: Masque of the Black Tulip; Deception of the Emerald Ring; Seduction of the Crimson Rose; Temptation of the Night Jasmine; Betrayal of the Blood Lily; Mischief of the Mistletoe; The Orchid Affair; Garden Intrigue
Sherryl Woods, The Inn at Eagle Point. Paperback Romance
A single mother returns home to Chesapeake Shores to help her sister save her inn from foreclosure and learns that the man in charge of the loan is her ex-boyfriend.
Chesapeake Shores: Flowers on Main; Harbor Lights; Chesapeake Shores Christmas; Driftwood Cottage; Moonlight Cove; Beach Lane; O'Brien Family Christmas; Summer Garden