Romance Writers of New Zealand Inc.
Book Reviews


A selection of romance book new releases...

Archangel's Kiss

Archangel's Kiss

New York Times bestselling author c returns to her world of angelic rulers, vampiric servants, and the woman thrust into their darkly seductive world…

Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux wakes from a year-long coma to find herself changed—an angel with wings the colors of midnight and dawn—but her fragile body needs time to heal before she can take flight. Her lover, the stunningly dangerous archangel Raphael, is used to being in control—even when it comes to the woman he considers his own. But Elena has never done well with authority...

They’ve barely begun to understand each other when Raphael receives an invitation to a ball from the archangel Lijuan. To refuse would be a sign of fatal weakness, so Raphael must ready Elena for the flight to Beijing—and to the nightmare that awaits them there. Ancient and without conscience, Lijuan holds a power that lies with the dead. And she has organized the most perfect and most vicious of welcomes for Elena...

 

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Claiming His Bought Bride

Rachel Bailey

Tycoon Damon Blakely had one year to produce a legitimate heir. Luckily he had a bride candidate in mind. Lily Grayson had been the perfect mistress...until she'd left him. And when he proposed his plan, Damon learned why. Lily was already expecting his baby.

The millionaire's shock and anger was quickly trounced by Lily's counteroffer. She would give their child his name...but theirs would be a paper marriage. Lily claimed Damon had no room in his heart for anything beyond business. The terms of his proposal left him little room to argue...until he could get Lily back into his bed.

 

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Animal Instincts

Shelley Munro
Vonna Harper
TJ Michaels

This eighth "Red Hot Classic" contains three stories of women who must let their animal instincts run wild to catch their lovers.

 

 

 

 

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Forgotten Mistress, Secret Love-Child

Annie West

He’s forgotten their past, but not her body…

A lavish masquerade ball is no place for plain-Jane receptionist Carys Wells. Used to being unnoticed by the glitterati, Carys feels vulnerable and exposed by the searing gaze of a dark masked man. Little does she know he's the man she ran from two years ago, whose wicked touch is about to become her undoing once more…

Alessandro Mattani cannot remember Carys, but his body does — intimately. And the red-blooded Italian is determined to claim all that he believes is his…

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The Magnate's Pregnancy Proposal

Sandra Hyatt

Chastity Stevens was carrying a Masters child...but not from the brother she thought. Though she'd received in vitro fertilization to carry her dying husband's child, she didn't realize it was his brother's sample she'd used.

Millionaire Gabe Masters had never cared for his brother's wife...or so he always told himself. When Chastity revealed she was pregnant by her late husband, Gabe knew the child was his. Now he would do whatever it took to claim the child she carried—their child—as his own.

 

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Defiant Mistress, Ruthless Millionaire

Yvonne Lindsay

Payback had fueled him for more than a decade. Yet now that his goal was within reach, Josh Tremont found himself wanting something even more. His new assistant, Callie Lee, was beautiful, sensual...and appeared to be totally innocent.

Though he'd won her away from the enemy... dare he trust her completely? Being bedded by a millionaire had not been on Callie's agenda...Josh Tremont was simply too impossible to resist. But she had to stop him from seeking vengeance. She'd gone into this knowing she'd betray her boss; she hadn't expected to deceive the man she'd come to love.

 

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The Virgin and His Majesty

Robyn Donald

Married for royal revenge Prince Gerd Crysander Gillan has long held a torch for beautiful Rosie Matthews. But three years ago that need turned to rage when he discovered that Rosies affections were apparently for his brother.

Now Gerd has taken the crown, and His Majesty needs a princess. The obvious candidate for marriage is Rosie a chance to take sweet revenge for the wound that has never healed. Only once he has his royal bride, he is astounded to find that she's still a virgin...

 

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Hot Boss, Boardroom Mistress

Natalie Anderson

Unfinished business...

Pampered princess Amanda Winchester was like an itch that Jared James couldn't scratch. But the tables have now turned: Jared is successful, Amanda has nothing, and he is her new boss. It's payback time - and bedding the delectable Amanda will be his reward!

Amanda hates that bad boy Jared has the upper hand, even if succumbing to his sensual demands will be sweet torture! But when Jared realises he's taken her virginity everything changes. Not content with one night, Jared is determined to make Amanda his mistress...

 

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The Doctor's Rebel Knight

Melanie Milburne

Her rebel with a heart of gold.

Emotionally and physically scarred, Dr Frances Nin has come to Pelican Bay in search of tranquility… but motorbike-riding local rebel Sergeant Jacob Hawke gets her pulse-rate spiking! One glimpse of the heat in Jacob’s icy blue eyes and Fran’s fragile heart starts to bloom…

Jacob knows that Fran questions her own medical ability, but the residents of Pelican Bay are in desperate need of a doctor and she would be perfect. This gorgeous cop must convince Fran that it’s not only the locals who want her to stay — he wants her by his side, to love, cherish and protect forever!

 

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Zane: The Wild One / Quade: The Irresistible One

Bronwyn Jameson

Zane: The Wild One

Everything Julia Goodwin had ever wanted was right here in the quiet little town of Plenty. At least, that was what she thought, until rebel Zane O'Sullivan came home…
Yet this wasn't the same bad boy who'd haunted a girl's dreams back in high school. This Zane O'Sullivan was very much a man, with a raw sensual power that tempted Julia's deepest desires. But what would become of their growing love when he learned about their child...?

Quade: The Irresistible One

Chantal Goodwin had always had an unsuspected weakness, a secret hunger, for one breathtaking man — and now that man was back in town. The merest glance from Cameron Quade still made her ache like the lovesick school girl she'd once been.

But Chantal was a woman now and what she wanted was a single shattering night of passion with this man. Though their encounter shook her to the core, she told herself she could still watch him walk away forever. But that was before she learned about the new life their night of passion had created….

 

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Her Suprise Hero

Abby Gaines

With scandal hot on her heels, acting attorney-general Cynthia Merritt has to get out of Atlanta. Except now she's sentenced to obscurity in Stonewall Hollow where everyone in the small town acts like Ethan Granger’s the law, not her!

Ethan’s outreach program for troubled teens is admirable, but she’s not about to sentence Ethan's own son to his care. She won’t bend the rules, not even for this sexy single dad. Damn him for making her want to stay in his small town forever….

 

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Romeo For Hire

Jane Beckenham

Scorching sex: definitely on the menu. Hold the love, please? Workaholic Carly Mason is caught between a rock and a hard place. The rock: an invitation for four days of sun and sand with her friends and their men.

The hard place: "Mr. Invisible", who lusts after her with delicious abandon, doesn't exist--Carly invented him to keep her friends off her back about her lack of a love life. Then she encounters a motorbike-riding Adonis whose image taunts her during the wee small hours. When fate drops him in her sights the next day, she grabs the opportunity to offer him a job. Pretend to be her Romeo, just for the duration of her getaway.

Exhausted from months negotiating his multi-million-dollar company's expansion, Marco Valente is more than tempted by Carly's outrageous proposal. If nothing else, it'll give him a temporary escape from his high-profile life--and his mother's serial-bride attitude. Once on the island, Carly realizes her well-meaning friends have tricked her into a "relaxing" vacation.

For the next four days and nights, it's just her and her hired Romeo. And a growing connection that definitely wasn't part of the contract? This book has been previously published. Warning: Contains two unbelievably stubborn people undergoing serious cell phone withdrawal, and seriously scorching sex on the beach. Not responsible for reader's failure to apply sunblock before reading.

 

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Competition Results
Strictly Single Results
1st – Iona Jones
2nd – Michelle de Rooy
3rd – Sharon Kelly

Finalists:
Soraya Nicholas
Susanna Rogers

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Member Successes
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Anna Campbell's historical romance Captive of Sin (Avon) made Publishers Weekly's list of the 100 Best Books of 2009.

On the USA Today bestseller list is Natalie Anderson’s - Ruthless Boss, Royal Mistress.
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Yvonne Eve Walus - Wild Thing hit the Erotic Romance Bestseller List
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Bronwen Evans Has had the call! She has signed with Melissa Jeglinski at the Knight Agency and secured a two book deal with Kensington Publishing for her Lord Of Wicked and Lord Of Danger. Huge congrats to Bronwen!!!
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Barbara Geris - 1st Place, 2009 Golden Rose Contest with Wanted Wife/Mother for Christmas
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