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Angel's peak
Robyn Carr.
Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, c2010.

Sean Riordan is stunned to see Franci Duncan, a woman he dated seriously several years ago.  He is visiting his brother's family and never expected to run into her in Northern California.  She is not happy to see him and brushes him off.  Sean left when Franci wanted to get serious and he was not ready.  What he doesn't know is that Franci was pregnant and his statements about not getting serious made her decide to have her child on her own. 

Robyn Carr continues her popular "Virgin River" series with this tale of a man who has to grow up and a woman who has to learn to trust him again.  Several of the regular characters from the town show up and Sean's mother, a long-time widow, has a chance at romance that sends her into a tailspin.

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Nice girls don't date dead men
Molly Harper.
New York : Pocket Star Books, 2009.
This second book of the series continues the story of Jane Jameson, former children's librarian, who was turned into a vampire to save her life after she was accidently shot by a drunken deer hunter.  In this episode, her relationship with Gabriel, her sire and new boyfriend, continues to grow, but he is being less than open about where and why he has been taking so many out-of-town business trips.  She is also dealing with the wedding of her best friend, Zeb, who is engaged to a werewolf.  Zeb is acting very strangely and his mother has made no secret of the fact that she would rather he marry Jane.  The humor and wit make this series one of the fun paranormals, so if you love romantic comedy, you will like this book.

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Acts of mercy
Mariah Stewart.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.

Sam DelVecchio is the newest hire for the private investigative firm, Mercy Street.  As Sam starts looking into the murder of a man who seems to have no enemies.  Fiona is a no-nonsense FBI agent who is investigating a couple of similar murders.  They quickly determine that the connection between the murders is Sam and something from his past. 

Another plotline in the book is the continuing search for the missing son of Mercy Street's founder, Robert.  In the previous book, the car that his missing wife and infant son had been riding in three years earlier is finally found in a deep ravine.  His wife's body is in the car, but evidence shows that his son may have been taken away from the crash by someone.  Small clues being to surface that may lead to Ian.

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A matter of class
Mary Balogh.
New York : Vanguard Press, c2010.
The son of a rich merchant and the daughter of an aristocrat are pushed into marriage by their parents.  Mary Balogh takes a standard historical romance setup and turns it into a delightful tale in this short book.  The twists and turns are surprising and put just the right touch to the ending.

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The moon looked down
Dorothy Garlock.
New York : Grand Central Pub., c2009.
Sophie is horrified when three hooded men set fire to her family's barn, beat her father, and knock her out all because the family came from Germany. The men accuse them of being Nazis and tell them to leave the area. Twenty-year-old Sophie wants to go to the police, but her father refuses both to leave and to report the crime.  Cole Abrose returns home to take a job teaching math at his old high school. He would rather join his brother in the service, but he was born with a club foot.  Instead, he returns home.  When he rescues Sophie from a confrontation with the three men from the fire, an attraction begins and he vows to keep her safe.  This WWII-era story is set in a fictious Illinois town on the Mississippi.

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The accidental lawman
Jill Marie Landis.
New York : Steeple Hill, c2009.
When a newcomer to the town of Glory, Texas trips a would-be bank robber, the citizens of the town convince him to be their temporary sheriff.  He left Missouri to try and find a new life as a newspaper writer/owner in a small town, but he agrees to help until a replacement is found.  Amelia was also in the bank during the incident.  She is stunned when she thinks she sees her younger brother outside of the bank with a gun pulled.  She is afraid he may be involved.  She and Hank form an unlikely couple in this Christian fiction romance set in the 1800s Texas.

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Sizzle : a novel
Julie Garwood.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Lyra, a film student who works on documentaries, is shocked to discover that someone is trying to kill her.  FBI agent Sam Kincaid agrees to help discover the truth and to protect her, but his interest in her is more than professional.

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