âFor me Alison Kentâs name on a book means that I am guaranteed to have a story that is realistic, entertaining, compelling and sexy as all get-out.â
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âAlison Kent has created in her giRL-gEAR series a believable, modern world where men and women behave just a little bit naughtier than they do in real life.â
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âAn outstanding tale of passion, sensuality and a dark fascination, Ms. Kentâs romance turns up the heat.â
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âAlison Kent delivers a knockout read.â
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âAlison Kent mesmerizes us with a compelling love story brimming with scorching sensuality and abiding love.â
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Dear Reader,
I am a pop culture junkie. Not an addict, mind you. Or overly obsessive. I do love hearing who has landed plum movie roles, finding out what television series are canceled or renewed, seeing unexpected guest stars show up on network TV, etc. But I donât wait for news on celebrity Starbucks sightings, or even care much about the love lives of the stars. Still, I know thatâs not the case with everyone.
Funnily enough, I created the character of Caleb McGregorâaka Max Savageâlong before stalkarazzi shows were as popular as they now are, but Iâm glad I waited until the age of You Tube and TMZ to write his romance with Miranda Kelly, aka Candy Cane. Having one of them dreading the impending bombardment of the media and making the other one an expert at doing the bombarding made the story great fun to write.
I hope you get a kick out of Caleb and Miranda as they kiss and tell, kiss and donât tell, then donât kiss and tell some more! You can e-mail me at [email protected] to let me know if you do. Stop by my blog at www.alisonkent.com/blog to visit with other readers and lovers of Harlequin Blaze, and to win all sorts of books and fun prizes. Iâll see you again in March 2009, when Iâll be hitting the track for Blazeâs 0â60 miniseries.
All my best,
Alison Kent
TORONTO ⢠NEW YORK ⢠LONDON
AMSTERDAM ⢠PARIS ⢠SYDNEY ⢠HAMBURG STOCKHOLM ⢠ATHENS ⢠TOKYO ⢠MILAN ⢠MADRID PRAGUE ⢠WARSAW ⢠BUDAPEST ⢠AUCKLAND
Alison Kent is the author of five sexy books for Harlequin Temptation, including Call Me, which she sold live on CBS 48 Hours, several steamy books for Harlequin Blaze, including The Sweetest Taboo and Kiss & Makeup, both Waldenbooks bestsellers, a number of sizzling books for Kensington Brava, including the Smithson Group series, as well as a handful of fun and sassy stories for other imprints. She is also the author of The Complete Idiotâs Guide to Writing Erotic Romance. Alison lives in a Houston, Texas, suburb with her own romance hero.
HARLEQUIN BLAZE
24âALL TIED UP
32âNO STRINGS ATTACHED
40âBOUND TO HAPPEN
68âTHE SWEETEST TABOO
99âSTRIPTEASE
107âWICKED GAMES
120âINDISCREET
197âKISS & MAKEUP
213âRED LETTER NIGHTS
âLuv U Madlyâ
225âGOES DOWN EASY
287âINFATUATION
To Walt, for TMZ
To Brenda, for Dumbledore
To Helen Kay, for making sure I stayed sane
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Aprilâ¦
âAN APPELLATE RULING has paved the way for a retrial in the case of Baltimore businessman E. Marshall Gordon. The CEO of EMG Enterprises was the fifth member of the board of directors to face charges of conspiracy to commit fraud related to EMGâs off-the-book partnerships. More on that in our national news segment after the break.
âAnd coming up in our celebrity beat, we have the latest from Max Savage on Colorado congressman Teddy Eagletonâs recent divorce from his wife of twelve years, and his romantic connection to Ravyn Black, the lead singer of the chart-topping emo band Evermoreââ
âEnough, already.â Corinne Sparks reached to flip off the small television set she kept in the back room at Under the Mistletoe, almost knocking over a glass vase of hyacinths and lilies as she did.
Miranda Kelly, Corinneâs employer and owner of the flower shop in the resort town of Mistletoe, Colorado, had been seconds from doing the same thing. Neither one of them enjoyed seeing pieces of their lives on the news, and to be mentioned that way, one on top of the otherâfirst her ex-husband, then Corinneâs estranged daughterâwas too much.
âTell me about it.â Miranda had been intent on using the quiet spring day for bookkeeping, but the specter of her past impinging on her present allowed room for little else in her head. âI left Baltimore so I wouldnât have to be bombarded by the mediaâs obsession with everything related to Marshall. I sure donât want to think about him while Iâm paying bills.â
Frowning, Corinne resituated two of the lilies that had slipped in the close call. âI thought you left because the SOB couldnât keep his zipper zipped.â