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The Dark Lighthouse [MultiFormat]
by Jane Toombs
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 Both love and danger confront P. I. Lisa Womack on the Northern California coast as she searches for her dead father's past. She's attracted to the man living in the Keeper's cottage at the lighthouse, but why does Mark Trenton seem to know her, when she's never met him before? And how can she trust him when she knows he's hiding secrets? As their relationship heats up, Lisa becomes convinced someone is trying to stop her from learning anything about her father's past. Who? Mark has told her he ... more info>> 2008
Words: 51064 - Reading Time: 145-204 min.
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A Most Unsuitable Bride [MultiFormat]
by Jane Toombs
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Deirdre Darrington's widowed father marries unexpectedly. Deirdre accepts her new family, only to be crushed when she discovers the man of her heart, Clive Shadbourne, is engaged to Phoebe, the elder of her stepsisters. After Clive goes off to war still unwed, the Darrington family is invited to Harmon Hall, where all three young women meet Edward Fox, who will one day be Lord Harmon. A notorious rake, Edward sets his sights on both Deirdre and Phoebe--not for marriage but for dalliance. But wha... more info>> 2006
Words: 60790 - Reading Time: 173-243 min.
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Hurdy-Gurdy Girl [MultiFormat]
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Orphaned and alone, Merribeth Winston searches for her missing older sister. But is she also searching for love? If so, worldly gambler Brent O'Neal will never be her choice--no matter how wonderful his kisses make her feel. As for Brent, he's vowed never to marry and knows better than to trifle with a naive minister's daughter who thinks a man who gambles belongs to the devil. But Merribeth's innocent response to his kiss starts a fever in his blood that only possessing her forever can cure... 2002
Words: 95506 - Reading Time: 272-382 min.
Category: Romance
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Alien Encounters [MultiFormat]
by Ashley Ladd & Joy Nash & Jane Toombs
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In this quartet of novellas, four women discover love they never hoped to find, with a lover from beyond the stars.... Stolen Brides by Ashley Ladd: Boeing 747 pilot Kat Craven knows she's in deep trouble when two terrorists barge into her cockpit. When she's sucked into a vortex, she only wishes they were terrorists. No Navy Seals or Green Beret will come to her rescue ... across the galaxy, 400 years into the future. Dream Guardian by Joy Nash: Jewel's new neighbor claims he's a fugitive from ... more info>> 2003
Words: 86000 - Reading Time: 245-344 min.
Category: Erotica
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Nightingale Man [MultiFormat]
by Jane Toombs
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During WWI, Luke is recruited by the British Secret Service from the American pilots flying with the French Air Force. He's told his mission is to rescue Nurse Edith Cavell, captured by the Boche, imprisoned in German-occupied Belgium and doomed to be shot as a spy. All too soon his mission becomes a challenge to stay alive. Who's double-crossing him? Can it be the English gal he's falling in love with? Or is it the spy-master back in England who's set him up as the fall guy? He's always been lu... more info>> 2002 Dream Realm Award Finalist, EPPIE Award Finalist
Words: 86380 - Reading Time: 246-345 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller
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Night of the Owl [MultiFormat]
by Jane Toombs
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Red-haired Sara Henderson knows about the serial killer who, on foggy nights, stalks and kills redheads. Fog, thick, gray and silent often shrouds San Diego evenings--and fog is the killer's friend. Trying to resume her life after an unpleasant divorce, Sara tries to ignore her gathering tension, but when she begins to get eerie phone calls, she becomes wary of the two men who are interested in her. Is one the killer? The disabled boy she befriends could tell her--if he could speak--about the da... more info>> 2004
Words: 82729 - Reading Time: 236-330 min.
Category: Romance
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High Risk [MultiFormat]
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Who has the stolen money? Taken from the thief by a killer, sneaked away from him, then lost in the Sierras, where is it now? Convinced the three women have it, he and his men pursue them as they flee through the mountains during a violent storm. He will stop at nothing to regain what he's convinced belongs to him alone. Can one woman and one man stand against the deadly determination of this killer? 2005
Words: 60660 - Reading Time: 173-242 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller
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A Beguiling Intrigue [MultiFormat]
by Jane Toombs
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Justine Riggs expects to despise Quentin Fletcher when she, disguised as a male jockey, challenges him to a race set up by Lord Alton, a so-called friend of his. She's ahead, winning, when she sees runaway horses dragging a carriage. At the risk of her life, she veers off course and halts the panicked carriage horses. Saving Mrs. Baldwin's life drastically changes Justine's future... Both being stubborn, Justine's and Quentin's stormy relationship seems doomed to fail until Lord Alton reveals hi... more info>> 2006 Fallen Angel Reviews Recommended Read
Words: 62484 - Reading Time: 178-249 min.
Category: Romance
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Dangerous Medicine [MultiFormat]
by Jane Toombs
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When a red-haired nurse comes to work at California's Harper Hills Hospital, fireworks erupt. Nurse Lynn Holley, attempting to make a new start, believes she's left her past behind her in Boston. And she intends to have nothing to do with men--especially doctors! Dr. Nick Dow, however, does his best to change Lynn's mind about men, never dreaming that when her past catches up with her, his plans for seduction will throw them both into deadly peril... Though it's not her fault, Lynn's arrival in ... more info>> 2006
Words: 113352 - Reading Time: 323-453 min.
Category: Romance
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Snow Flower [MultiFormat]
by Jane Toombs
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When Kegan Kendall, an English aristocrat in 1812 America, rescues an Indian Maiden held captive by the Sioux, he has no idea his life is forever changed. Snow Flower, a respected Mide shaman among the Anishinabe, has vowed never to wed a white man. But Kegan's rescue changes her mind--and her life. When Kegan fails to return to Snow Flower, she sails to Regency England, determined to find the man she regards as her husband, only to find he's to wed another... [Genres: Romance / Historical Roman... more info>> 2007
Words: 110031 - Reading Time: 314-440 min.
Category: Romance
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Ladies of the Lakes [MultiFormat]
by Jane Toombs
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Fiery-haired Octavia travels far from the drawing rooms of her native England to the new United States' Lake Ontario. Stranded by the war of 1812, she's surprised to find herself drawn to the wildness of a Seneca warrior? Silver Grass, Octavia's daughter, fleeing from the white men's attacks on her people in New York States, finds refuge near Lake Superior with the Chippewa. Her heart dark toward all whites, how can she admit to any attraction when blacksmith and copper miner Olav Johanson court... more info>> 2007
Words: 127175 - Reading Time: 363-508 min.
Category: Romance
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Moondark [MultiFormat]
by Jane Toombs
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Andrea Sullivan receives a French Tarot card in the mail with a cryptic message that sends her hurrying from her home in Michigan to Gatineau Park in Canadas's Quebec Province. She expects to meet her best friend there, but instead finds Yvonne, her friend's ten-year-old daughter who tells her both parents are dead and begs for help. Though Andrea would do anything to help Yvonne, she doesn't expect to encounter Fletcher Doyle, an ex-cop searching for the girl in the park, nor to see a greenish ... more info>> 2007
Words: 82406 - Reading Time: 235-329 min.
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Forlorn [Temple of Time Book 3] [MultiFormat]
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Forced to flee or die, Wilda discovers the only way to stay alive is to venture to a place no sane person would go ... into the forbidden Temple of Time. But there she discovers more than safety ... she finds another world ... and love.... Rating: Contains mild violence and sexual content. 2005
Words: 36632 - Reading Time: 104-146 min.
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Dance of the Cedar Cat [MultiFormat]
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When the moon is full, Sussie Sironen struggles with a wild impulse to dash out and dance naked under its silvery rays. When, unexpectedly, something out there calls to her to join him in dancing, her fear drives her to enact a Finnish rite with a cedar cat that temporarily kills the desire. What waits in the moonlight? And what will happen if her yearning grows too strong to resist? 2008
Words: 12297 - Reading Time: 35-49 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Lord Devlin's Dilemma [MultiFormat]
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Miss Jane Sterling, an American, has come to live in the property she inherited--Lyon Hall. With the hall, she also inherited the King's Cloak, which she appreciates as an antique, but has no idea of its hidden value. Lord Devlin, however, knows exactly what this ancient cloak can reveal and is on a mission from the crown to obtain it. He arrives at Lyon Hall at night, claiming his carriage has lost a wheel. Jane has no choice but to invite him to spend the night. At first she believes the hands... more info>> 2007
Words: 62389 - Reading Time: 178-249 min.
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Improper Alliance [MultiFormat]
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Spinster Celeste Prescott has no use for rakes. The Earl of Campion has no time for straight-laced young ladies. Fate throws these two unlikely-to-suit the other into a situation where both are striving to keep a love-struck young lady and a lovesick prince apart. Just when they think they may have prevented any chance of the prince and his love ever getting together, Celeste and the Earl find themselves mired in the quicksand of overwhelming mutual attraction. Impossible! Surely sense and sensi... more info>> 2006
Words: 60759 - Reading Time: 173-243 min.
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A Deceptive Bequest [MultiFormat]
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In the country, Ashley Douglas sees a young man overturn his boat. She can swim, and, believing he is drowning, leaps in to save him. She's mortified however, when he winds up pulling her to safety. She discovers he's Lord Damon and worse, not only does he call her Miss Blake, but dares to kiss her. She arrives home drenched, and finds even more upsetting news. The Duke of Roxton has informed her foster parents that he wishes Ashley to become his young daughter's governess, and Ashley is terrifi... more info>> 2008
Words: 64900 - Reading Time: 185-259 min.
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Love's Savage Sister [MultiFormat]
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Two sisters must decipher the difference between lust and true love... When Rosalind travels from New York to the Michigan wilderness to find her father, she encounters a hated Rebel and struggles against her instant attraction to him. And once she arrives at her destination, she's shocked to discover she also has a half sister named Cosy, not only the same age, but part Chippewa--"a savage", in Rosalind's opinion. To make matters worse, when the Rebel, using an entirely different name and hired... more info>> 2008
Words: 105803 - Reading Time: 302-423 min.
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Beltane Fire [MultiFormat]
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On a dusky beach, Beltane fires flickering in the night, Damara and Shoner are strangers swept into a fairy tale time. There Shoner is a sea god and Damara a flower goddess, fated by the Old Ones to mate for spring renewal. They rebel against their constraints, but by defying the will of the gods, can they survive? Rating: Contains sexual content. 2005
Words: 7934 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
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Whiskey Shots Volume 9 [MultiFormat]
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The WHISKEY SHOTS short stories series continues with two fantasy stories from EPPIE AWARD winning author Jane Toombs. "Blood Calls To Blood": Maire Nigend, forty plus and flat broke, can't believe her luck when she inherits a remote family estate--complete with lake. She's aware nobody gets something for nothing. Still, all she's required to do is, on Midsummer's Eve, build a bonfire on the shore of Lake Grendel and carry out a simple ceremony. No problem. Or is it? "Moon Changers": In Californ... more info>> 2007
Words: 14929 - Reading Time: 42-59 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Seacliff House [MultiFormat]
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Esma Drake, fresh from the orphanage, arrives at Seacliff House to care for sickly five-year-old Alisette. Esma soon finds the household uneasy. The child's father, and captain of Sea Dragon, Stephen Nicolai, is years overdue at port, and, to Esma's distress, the child's mother ignores the little girl. Then Stephen returns--with amnesia, recognizing no one. When he at first mistakes Esma for his wife, the terror that soon engulfs Seacliff House begins. 2006
Words: 90040 - Reading Time: 257-360 min.
Category: Historical Fiction
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Becoming Your Own Critique Partner [MultiFormat]
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An indispensable guide to self-editing, written by two veteran writers who share more than 63 years of experience in the art of polishing a manuscript. For the beginner, it is both a reference book and a tutorial, painlessly teaching the craft of writing along with the art of writing. For the more experienced, it offers a checklist for ensuring the final draft is as well-honed as possible. 2006 EPPIE Award Winner
Words: 53525 - Reading Time: 152-214 min.
Category: General Nonfiction
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Temple of Serpents [MultiFormat]
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At Harper Hills Hospital, evil stalks the corridors ... When Dr. Halona Moore joins the staff of the California hospital as its pediatric resident, she is unaware that a vicious baby killer is watching her every move. But Harris Macklin, a disillusioned cop, becomes very much aware of Halona's danger, as well as the murderer's connection to a mysterious and eerie temple. Will Harris be able to nail the culprit before Halona becomes the next in a string of victims, or will she be left all alone t... more info>> 2006
Words: 90248 - Reading Time: 257-360 min.
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Millennium Magic: Magical Tales for a New Century [MultiFormat]
by Roberta Gellis & Jane Toombs & Jackie Kramer
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Possibilities abound when strangers meet and fall under the exciting spell of a new year's eve, but when it's the change of a new century as well as a new millennium, the possibilities are boundless. Finding true love brings fulfillment to lonely lives, bridges the limits of time and space, and even brings happiness to a ghost. In a glance. In a heartbeat. At the stroke of midnight. Anything can happen when Millennium Magic fills the air! 2000 Sapphire Award Finalist, Sapphire Award Winner
Words: 55756 - Reading Time: 159-223 min.
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Racing with the Moon [MultiFormat]
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Vella Frazier has no idea the gift of a wolf belt will change her life--but will it be for better or worse? When she meets Guy St. Simon, she's plunged into such strange and confusing circumstances she can't decided what and who to believe. How can it be true that shapeshifters actually exist? Desperate to save her hafling daughter, Vella must learn to trust Guy, frightening though that is. The idea of loving him, though, is even more scary. 2003
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