Februaryâs menu
BARONESSA GELATI in Bostonâs North End
In addition to our regular flavors of Italian gelato, this month we are featuring:
A scrumptious taste of Italian-American beauty
Convent-bred Colleen Barone is full of sugar and spice and everything niceâ¦except for a naughty twelve-year obsession with the college sweetheart she would never forget.
A supersized serving of Irish charm
Self-made tycoon Gavin OâSullivan has overcome poverty, a tough neighborhood and a dysfunctional family, but can he ever fill the huge hole that Colleen Barone left in his heart?
An unexpected mix of flavors
The fortunes of the Barone family have been more sweet than bitter, leading many to doubt the validity of the familyâs Valentineâs Day curse. But when the introduction of their newest ice cream flavorâpassion fruitâis sabotaged on V-Day, the clan rallies to turn down the heat of bad publicity and salvage their companyâs reputation. Perhaps there is something to that curse after allâ¦.
Buon appetito!
Dear Reader,
Revel in the month with a special day devoted to L-O-V-E by enjoying six passionate, powerful and provocative romances from Silhouette Desire.
Learn the secret of the Barone familyâs Valentineâs Day curse, in Sleeping Beautyâs Billionaire (#1489) by Caroline Cross, the second of twelve titles in the continuity series DYNASTIES: THE BARONESâthe saga of an elite clan, caught in a web of danger, deceitâ¦and desire.
In Kiss Me, Cowboy! (#1490) by Maureen Child, a delicious baker feeds the desire of a marriage-wary rancher. And passion flares when a detective and a socialite undertake a crossâcountry quest, in That Blackhawk Bride (#1491), the most recent installment of Barbara McCauleyâs popular SECRETS! miniseries.
A no-nonsense vet captures the attention of a royal bent on seduction, in Charming the Prince (#1492), the newest âfiery taleâ by Laura Wright. In Meagan McKinneyâs latest MATCHED IN MONTANA title, Plain Jane & the Hotshot (#1493), a shy music teacher and a daredevil fireman make perfect harmony. And a California businessman finds himself longing for his girl Friday every day of the week, in At the Tycoonâs Command (#1494) by Shawna Delacorte.
Celebrate Valentineâs Day by reading all six of the steamy new love stories from Silhouette Desire this month.
Enjoy!
Joan Marlow Golan
Senior Editor, Silhouette Desire
Sleeping Beautyâs Billionaire
Caroline Cross
always loved to read, but it wasnât until she discovered romance that she felt compelled to write, fascinated by the chance to explore the positive power of love in peopleâs lives. She grew up in Yakima, Washington, the âApple Capital of the World,â attended the University of Puget Sound and now lives outside Seattle, where she (tries to) work at home despite the chaos created by two telephone-addicted teenage daughters and a husband with a fondness for home-improvement projects. Pleased to have recently been #1 on a national bestseller list, she was thrilled to win the 1999 Romance Writers of America RITA>® Award for Best Short Contemporary Novel and to have been called âone of the bestâ writers of romance today by Romantic Times. Caroline believes in writing from the heartâand having a good brainstorming partner. She loves hearing from readers and can be reached at P.O. Box 47375, Seattle, Washington 98146. Please include a SASE for reply.
Meet the Barones of Bostonâ
an elite clan caught in a web of danger, deceitâ¦and desire!
Whoâs Who in
SLEEPING BEAUTYâS BILLIONAIRE
Gavin OâSullivanâAs owner of a luxury hotel chain, he was used to handling megadeals, beautiful women and a jet-set lifestyle. But Gavin never got used to the heartbreak he suffered because of the supposed snobbery of a Barone beauty.
Colleen BaroneâSeven years as a nun and her work as a high school counselor couldnât erase the feelings Colleen still harbored for her college sweetheart. One look into his bedroom-brown eyes and she was again twentyâ¦and in love with Gavin.
Carlo and Moira BaroneâTheyâve always wanted only the best for their brood, but when it comes to matters of the heart, Mama and Papa Barone are still learning that âthe heart has reasons that Reason doesnât know.â
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
âHey, Colly, whatâs the matter? Whyâre you stopping?â
Colleen Barone only dimly registered her second cousin Matthewâs inquiries. The nine-year-oldâs voice seemed far away as, her feet rooted in place, she stared transfixed at the tall, black-haired man who had just entered the reception hall.
Gavin OâSullivan. Even among the throng of notable guests helping to celebrate her brother Nickâs weddingâand so far sheâd seen four U.S. senators, the current governor of Massachusetts and two of his predecessors, a bushel of Fortune 500 CEOs and a smattering of Hollywood movie starsâhe stood out. And while Colleen wished it was merely because of his chiseled good looks or the impeccable tailoring of his expensive black suit, she knew better. There was simply something about the aloof way he held himself, the serious line of his sensual mouth, the reserve in his coffee-colored eyes, that set him apart.