London Underground worker Mal Thomas is staying in Porthkennack to recover from a traumatic experience. Getting more bad news from home is the last straw — until big, blond museum curator Jory Roscarrock steps up to offer some comfort.As a doctor of English literature, Jory should be in a prestigious post at a top university. But a youthful indiscretion led him to abandon academia to come back to his hometown, Porthkennack, and the controlling family he's never really felt a part of. He's delighted to find a kindred spirit in Mal.But Jory's family hurt Mal's best friend deeply, and while Jory is desperate to repair the damage, his own mistakes threaten to keep him and Mal apart. Meanwhile, Mal is torn between his feelings for Jory and his duty to his friend — and his fears that a failed relationship could be more than his shattered confidence can take. Jory must convince Mal it's worth risking everything for their love.

A Balls to the Wall Romance Though only twenty-six, single father Theodore Walters lives with his head in the clouds and his feet firmly planted in reality. At the center of his life is Andy, his seven-year-old son, with whom he shares no DNA, though nobody—including his religious-fanatic in-laws—knows that, and Theodore will do anything to keep them from finding out. Theodore works hard to get his PhD and the tenure and salary that might follow to make a better life for Andy—but the head of his department thinks his dissertation on Jane Austen and romance novels is frivolous. Theodore’s carefully planned life goes off the rails when he walks into a popular Laguna Beach bar and meets the bartender, “Snake” Erasmo, a pierced and tattooed biker who sends Theodore’s imagination—and libido—soaring. Snake has even more secrets than Theodore and couldn’t be a less “appropriate” match, but he might be the only guy with the skills to show Theodore that happily ever after is for real.

Ex-con Dakota is struggling with his attraction to Jayden, the attorney working to clear his name. Jayden must determine how Dakota fits into his life before they can move from friends to lovers.

The Blood Books are now available in Blood Ties" TV tie-in editions.Vicki Nelson has received the call that no daughter ever wants to receive—that her mother has died. Marjory Nelson's coworkers at the Queen's University Life Science Department told her that she suffered a heart attack, and that they'd be waiting for Vicki to arrive in Kingston to make the funeral arrangements. But what begins as a personal tragedy turns into the most terrifying case of Vicki's career, when her mother's body disappears mysteriously from the funeral home. Someone at the University is determined to learn the secret of life after death...and they've decided to make Vicki's mother part of their horrifying experiments."

In Tanya Huff's delightful new follow-up to her acclaimed bestsellers, Summon the Keeper The Second Summoning a force from the Otherside threatens to break through to our world and destroy the balance between Light and Darkness. Unless, of course, the Keepers Claire and Diana-two sisters who are able to reweave the possibilities of time and space-can prevent a permanent rift between worlds...at the local shopping mall.

Maybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth -- Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast and former Guiness Book record holder as the world's shortest woman. All of 31 inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where -- as she says -- "you can die of encouragement." Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and bat mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star. As clear-eyed as it is charming, Maybe the Moon is a modern parable about the mythology of the movies and the toll it exacts from it participants on both sides of the screen.

First, there was the devastating holocaust that gutted Seattle's Marine World and made extensive renovations to that facility necessary.Then, Janine decided to advantage of her unscheduled hiatus to join the staff researching and monitoring the renewed volcanic activity on Mt. St. Helens.Even more heat flared when Janine suddenly developed a romantic relationship with the handsome and brilliant geologist, Chad Samuels.But when the mountain explodes, seemingly bent upon the annihilation of everyone and everything within striking distance, only a heart on fire can save her love!

Can California dreamer and real-life Disneyland prince Drew and down-to-earth Cooper move beyond their opposite outlooks to start a romance as sweet as a sundae with rainbow sprinkles?

Ex-soldier Lenora is determined to escape an alien slave colony no matter what the cost.  Her disobedience angers her male alien overseers, who are trying to breed humans so they can intermarry with them.  Lenora, and willful women like her, are sent to the Bride Games.  If they win they will be granted their freedom.  If they lose they must accept marriage to an alien nobleman.   Alien Viceroy Lysanter wants no part of these hideous games.  Their lack of females caused them to wage a brutal war with Earth that ended horribly for both races.  He knows the humans despise his kind, and that females are particularly fearful.  When the games organizer offers him a slave named Lenora as a bride he’s initially repulsed by the idea.  Then he realizes that her military programming has left her with an irrational fear of his kind that causes her to take dangerous risks.  Lenora has suffered in her desperation to escape them.  Perhaps, if he can convince her to accept him, he can give her a better life?  Lysanter becomes determined to court Lenora throughout the games with the goal of persuading her to forfeit.   A riveting erotic one-shot novella by the author of Alien’s Bride!

At Attention By Annabeth Albert Lieutenant Apollo Floros can ace tactical training missions, but being a single dad to his twin daughters is more than he can handle. He needs live-in help, and he’s lucky a friend’s younger brother needs a place to stay. He’s surprised to see Dylan all grown up with a college degree…and a college athlete’s body. Apollo’s widowed heart may still be broken, but Dylan has his blood heating up. It’s been eight years since the teenage Dylan followed Apollo around like a lovesick puppy, and it’s time he showed Lieutenant Hard-to-Please that he’s all man now—an adult who’s fully capable of choosing responsibility over lust. He can handle Apollo’s muscular sex appeal, but Apollo the caring father? Dylan can’t afford to fall for that guy. He’s determined to hold out for someone who’s able to love him back, not someone who only sees him as a kid brother. Apollo is shocked by the intensity of his attraction to Dylan. Maybe some no-strings summer fun will bring this former SEAL back to life. But the combination of scorching desire and warm affection is more than he’d expected, and the emotion between them scares him senseless. No fling lasts forever, and Apollo will need to decide what’s more important—his past or his future—if he wants to keep Dylan in his life. Book Two of the Out of Uniform series This book is approximately 73,000 words One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise! Find out more at CarinaPress.com/RomancePromise Carina Press acknowledges the editorial services of Deborah Nemeth

Victory is close but still out of reach for the men fighting to keep atomic secrets from the Nazis. Death is biding his time, there's a traitor among them, and sacrifices will have to be made.

Critically acclaimed by reviewers across the country, Aoibheann Sweeney's beautifully written debut novel is a story of the profound human need for intimacy. For Miranda, the adolescence spent in her fog-shrouded Maine home has been stark and isolated - alone with her troubled father, a man consumed with his work translating Ovid's Metamorphoses, her mother mysteriously gone from their lives. Now, having graduated from high school, Miranda's father arranges for her to stay with old friends in Manhattan, and she embarks on a journey that will open up her father's past - and her own world - in ways she cannot begin to imagine.