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Ayres, D.D. - Necessary Force
Male-Female romance Necessary Force by D.D. Ayres takes place in Washington DC. Georgie is a rising star in the field of photojournalism who has attracted a creepy stalker. She receives protection from a handsome FBI agent and his K-9 unit dog.

Copeland, Lori - The Healer´s Touch
Male-Female romance The Healer´s Touch by Lori Copeland is set in 1887 Missouri and features a farm girl shunned by the townsfolk because of her mother´s mental illness who takes in a U.S. Marshal with amnesia whom everyone mistakes for an outlaw.

Crane, Carolyn - Mind Games
Male-Female romance Mind Games by Carolyn Crane puts anxiety-prone Justine in a love-triangle between the mysterious Packard and the righteous Otto in a fast-paced, funny, paranormal romance set in an alternate-world Chicago terrorized by rogue telepaths.

Graves, Jane - Baby It´s You
Male-Female romance Baby It´s You by Jane Graves is a sprightly, funny opposites-attract romance set in small-town Texas with appealing characters in flighty, free-spirit Kari and gruff, protective Marc. The character nuances and interactions are especially good.

LaFevers, Robin - Grave Mercy
Male-Female romance Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers is set in medieval Brittany. Ismae, a seventeen year-old peasant girl turned assassin must pose as the mistress of principled knight Duvall in a secretive land of supernatural visions and imminent invasion by the hated French.

Layne, Lauren - Only With You
Male-Female romance Only With You by Lauren Layne is an excellent romantic comedy and opposites-attract romance about a hapless party girl and an aloof businessman. The story manages to be equally funny and heartfelt.

Lee, Adrienne - Delectable
Male-Female romance Delectable by Adrienne Lee left me with a believability question, but otherwise delivers a light and fast-paced plot about second chances and the perils of start-up businesses.

Malone, Mallery - Knock Out
Male-Female romance Knock Out by Mallery Malone is a short erotic fiction about a woman boxer and her long-lost love and trainer, which delivers on its sexual promise with a satisfying undercurrent of emotional closeness achieved by the two romantic leads.

Sandro, Angie - Dark Paradise
Male-Female romance romance Dark Paradise by Angie Sandro features 20 year-old Mala, a beautiful black Creole girl who finds the body of a white girl in the Louisiana bayou. To solve the murder mystery, she teams up with the girl´s handsome brother as her ancestral psychic powers begin to manifest.

Singh, Nalini - Slave to Sensation
In male-female paranormal romance Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh, a female telepath and a male leopard shapeshifter join forces to hunt down a highly-placed sociopath murdering young women. This is the first book in a lengthy series and a Must-Read!

Webb, Debra - Nameless
Male-Female romance Nameless by Debra Webb offers a top-notch suspense plot as a maverick male profiler and a cautious female FBI agent struggle with mutual mistrust and growing attraction.

Zane - The Other Side of the Pillow
This is a pleasant story of an attractive African American couple coming together, but it´s not a keeper for me because of the tight focus on two characters who seem subordinate to the story´s message of second chances.