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Judith McWilliams

A SWEEPING HISTORICAL SAGA - Well, not exactly. Still, for Elspeth Fielding, helping James Murdoch research his eighteenth century novel by living "in period" was a journalist's dream come true, for it gave her an inside look at the wildly successful, frustratingly reclusive writer. Not to mention all that time in the wilds with a devastatingly attractive male. James Murdoch was through with women - or so he thought. Elspeth's humor and enthusiasm throughout the project destroyed his concentration, and soon their old-fashioned arrangement turned into a very modern-day love affair!

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Dorothy Samuels

Marcy Mallowitz has just been dumped -- big time! When she incorrectly answers her orthodontist boyfriend's $1.75 million Lifeline question on the top-rated television quiz show So You Want to Be Filthy Rich!, he ends their preengagement in front of twenty million people.Thrust reluctantly into the national spotlight, America's newest sweetheart is now being courted by Oprah and hounded by the paparazzi. And soon everyone -- everyone -- knows her name, if only as the punch line to a Letterman Top Ten list. Wise, sparkling, and funny, Filthy Rich is a hilarious exploration of instant celebrity, as well as a delightful romp through one woman's startlingly and unexpectedly public life.

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Melissa Bank

After following the advice from a manual called "How to Meet and Marry Mr Right", Jane learns that in love there is neither pattern nor promise. This is a funny collection of connected stories and a portrait of Jane, a woman manoeuvring her way through love, sex and relationships.

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Katharine Ashe

SHE'D NEVER FORGOTTEN HIM ... Miss Octavia Pierce is witty, well off, and shockingly unwed. Still, she is far too successful in society to remain on the shelf forever, and her family has hopes that Octavia will finally make the perfect match. What they do not know is that years earlier Octavia was scandalously tempted by the one man capable of sweeping her off her feet --- the man now known as the Marquess of Doreé. A third son, never meant to inherit, Lord Ben Doreé has abandoned his past and grown accustomed to his illustrious new position of wealth and power. But he has never forgotten Octavia, and now she desperately needs his help in a most dangerous, clandestine matter. Although she claims she has put the memories of the passion they shared behind her, Ben is determined to once again have her in his arms --- and in his bed.