FICTION · LOVE
Cathy Yardley
For more than a week after I came back from Japan, I would find myself collapsing several times a day.
— from Turning Japanese, 2006
Most acclaimed
Baby, it's cold outside
Searching for You Can a determined woman executive and a playboy billionaire survive being stranded together in a snowstorm? Jennifer Probst depicts an encounter almost too hot to handle... It's a Wonderful Tangled Christmas Carol Drew and Kate play an encore to Tangled in this sexy take on a "Christmas Carol" by Emma Chase. When a Christmas Eve argument condemns Drew to a troubled night, three dream women teach him that no gift could be more tantalizing than Kate... Saving Grace With Kristen Proby, ski slopes are quite delightful. Grace Douglas is sure she'll never learn to ski, but instructor Jacob Baxter could teach her lessons of a different kind... Safe in His Arms Can a southern California transplant survive Montana's deep snows? Melody Anne, author of the bestselling Andersons series, melts the icy drifts completely away with the heat between sexy Hawk Winchester and brand-new teacher Natalie Duncan... Rekindle the Flame What could be hotter than a firefighter? Kate Meader shows how, as Beck Rivera and heiress-turned-tattoo-artist Lucy Cochrane discover, nothing ignites holiday flames like rekindling a lost love...
Exotic Summer Nights
Biting the Apple- Jo Leigh - Aspiring journalist Trish Avalon has just won a fantasy wedding in Manhattan. But there's a small Trish isn't engaged. She decides to convince her high school sweetheart to be her groom - just for the week! Sweeter than Wine - Cathy Yardley - Hedonistic playboy Chad McFee was ready to sell the winery he'd inherited, until winemaker Lelia Fairmont hands him a challenge he can't resist. And he'll show her - as soon as his muscles stop aching. Back to You - Sarah Mayberry - In Sydney a woman comes face-to-face with the man she swore would never hurt her again. But when they agree to an intense, no-strings fling, she wonders if she's gotten in way over her head...and her heart! Forgotten Lover - Emilie Rose - In Atlanta a woman lies in a hospital bed after a serious accident. But when the hospital calls her emergency contact - her ex-lover - she's horrified she doesn't remember him? Worse still, she might be falling for him...again! Trouble in Paradise - Jill Marie Landis - Carrie Evans is in Hawaii for a dream getaway wedding - with rain, a missing dress and absent guests. Is there enough Hawaiian magic to turn these nightmarish nuptials into the best day of her life?
Girls' Night Out
Contents: • Introduction (Girls' Night Out: Twenty-Nine Female Vampire Stories) • (1997) • essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz 1 • The Insufficient Answer • (1951) • novelette by Robert Aickman 46 • Mrs. Amworth • (1922) • shortstory by E. F. Benson 60 • The Scent of Vinegar • (1994) • novelette by Robert Bloch 88 • Good Lady Ducayne • (1896) • novelette by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 114 • Sometimes Salvation • (1995) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan 131 • The Brotherhood of Blood • (1932) • novelette by Hugh B. Cave 152 • A Mystery of the Campagna • (1886) • novelette by Anne Crawford 183 • For the Blood Is the Life • (1905) • shortstory by F. Marion Crawford 198 • I Vant to Be Alone • (1995) • shortstory by Barbara D'Amato [as by Barb D'Amato ] 205 • Nellie Foster • (1933) • shortstory by August Derleth 211 • Madeleine • (1995) • shortstory by Barbara Hambly 228 • Ken's Mystery • (1883) • novelette by Julian Hawthorne 249 • Revelations in Black • (1933) • novelette by Carl Jacobi 271 • The First Time • (1990) • shortstory by K. W. Jeter 285 • Girl's Night Out • (1995) • shortstory by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg 300 • Night Laughter • (1986) • shortstory by Ellen Kushner 304 • La Dame • (1995) • shortstory by Tanith Lee 316 • The Girl with the Hungry Eyes • (1949) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber 331 • Dress of White Silk • (1951) • shortstory by Richard Matheson 336 • Shambleau • [Northwest Smith] • (1933) • novelette by C. L. Moore 365 • My Dear Emily • (1962) • shortstory by Joanna Russ 387 • American Gothic • (1987) • shortstory by Ray Russell 402 • The Pearls of the Vampire Queen • [Nifft] • (1977) • novelette by Michael Shea 436 • The End of the Story • [Averoigne] • (1930) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith 453 • The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady • (1988) • novelette by Brian Stableford 475 • The Last Grave of Lill Warren • [John Thunstone] • (1951) • novelette by Manly Wade Wellman 496 • Luella Miller • (1902) • shortstory by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman [as by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman ] 509 • ...To Feel Another's Woe • (1989) • shortstory by Chet Williamson 523 • The Canal • (1927) • shortstory by Everil Worrell