Time to pimp another "Fave" of mine. I discovered Laura Griffin through ROOB as I had the pleasure and honor to review the two books of her previous series, The Glass Sisters: THREAD OF FEAR and WHISPER OF WARNING . I immediately fell in love with Griffin's writing which is not overly romantic or sensual but the suspense is exquisite and more than makes up for the lack of smut!

I am so happy that she has a new series coming out and the first book is around the corner. This new series, the Tracers series, starts of with UNTRACEABLE and that book features a hero who was a secondary character in both THREAD OF FEAR and WHISPER OF WARNING and a heroine who first appeard in WHISPER OF WARNING as a secondary character. They both made an impression on me and I was thrilled to find out they were going to be the first main couple of the new series.

My copy of UNTRACEABLE, which comes out next week, was pre-ordered months ago and I hope it's fall on my doormat soon. No need to tell you that I am diving into it the moment it does!

Be careful what you look for…you might find it.

Private investigator Alexandra Lovell uses computer skills and cunning to help clients drop off the radar and begin new lives in safety. Melanie Bess, desperate to escape her abusive husband, was one of those clients. But when Melanie vanishes for real, Alex fears the worst and sets out to discover what happened. Using every resource she can get her hands on—including an elite team of forensic scientists known as the Tracers, and a jaded, sexy detective who’s helped her before--Alex embarks on a mission to uncover the truth, one clue at a time.

Homicide cop Nathan Devereaux wants to believe that Alex’s hunch about Melanie’s murder is wrong, but his instincts—and their visceral attraction—won’t let him walk away. As a grim picture of what really happened begins to emerge, he realizes this investigation runs deeper than they ever imagined. And each step nearer the truth puts Alex in danger of being the next to disappear. . . .

Release date: November 24, 2009
Laura Griffin's Website

If you've been keeping track of my blog and reviews it won't be a surprise that Lorelei James is one of my favorite authors! And she has a new fix for my addiction coming up soon. Unfortunately I have been side-tracked lately, both by some newly discovered authors and by my life outside the reading realm, but I know that the moment this ebook is available at My Bookstore and More, I will be hitting that buy/download button so hard and fast, my computer won't know what hit it.

I really can't wait for this story. I've met both Keely and Jack in previous books and this is going to be one explosive firecracker of a book. But before that I still have a novella (on Quinn & Libby) and Rough Riders book 7 (Cam's story) to devour!!

I leave you with some info and with the advice that if you like em scorching hot AND heartwrenching, you'd better hop on Lorelei James' Rough Rider train without any delay!!

ALL JACKED UP
...Pulling off the ultimate con... if they can keep from pulling off their clothes.

Keely McKay knows Jack—and Jack Donohue is a certified pain in her Wranglers. The lone girl in the prolific McKay family, Keely needs another man giving her orders like she needs a hole in her boot. What she does need is a restoration specialist so she can open her physical therapy clinic—and prove she’s left her wild-child days behind. That means dealing with buttoned-down, uptight Jack.

Jack is this close to securing a career make-or-break project, until he learns his lack of marital status puts him out of contention. When the notoriously hot-tempered and hot-bodied Keely begs him for help, he proposes a crazy idea. He’ll oversee her project—if she acts the part of his loving fiancée.

Their sizzling lust makes it all too easy to go from butting heads to knocking boots—but outside the bedroom they’re as mismatched as ever. The McKays remind Jack of the humble upbringing he left behind, and cowgirl Keely feels she doesn’t measure up to Jack’s big-city lifestyle.

When the dust settles, Jack and Keely must face the fact they’re not fooling anyone but themselves—or they’ll risk losing the real deal.

Warning: this book contains one hot-blooded cowgirl and one cool-headed businessman in a stripped-down, revved-up game of sexual truth or dare.

Click HERE for an excerpt!

Series: Rough Riders (book 8)
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Publisher: Samhain Publishing (eBook)
Genre: Erotic Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 978-1-60504-684-6

My reviews of the previous books:
1. Long Hard Ride
2. Rode Hard, Put Up Wet
3. Cowgirl Up and Ride
4. Tied Up, Tied Down
5. Rough, Raw and Ready
6. Branded as Trouble

Click HERE to visit Lorelei’s website

Welcome to a New Feature on the Blog.

Although new isn't the right word because this feature runs around the entire blogosphere, only with different titles and content. I have adapted it to my own liking and availability of time to invest in my blog and hope to have a post in this feature regularly. But this (as with the Wednesday Winner feature) is again not a weekly feature since I don't always have the time to keep it coming weekly. The posts in BREAKING NEWS SUNDAY will be posts surrounding news in romanceland I find worthy of mentioning and this could be about authors, publishers, book releases, book covers, newly discovered series and other blogs and bloggers.

To kick things off this week's post features some covers that caught my attention. One of them actually made my heart go pitty-patter. And people who know me, can attest to the fact that that is a very rare ocassion. Can you guess which one?
"Enough with the talking and show me the covers!" I hear you say. Okay, here they come:

First up is the cover of Lara Adrian's next Midnight Breed installment which will be released Jauary 5th, 2010. Even though the previous installment, ASHES OF MIDNIGHT was a bit disappointing for me, I am looking forward to the next book in this series, as it remains one of my favorite vampire paranormal series.

IN A FROZEN WILDERNESS STEEPED IN DARKNESS, THE LINES BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, LOVER AND ENEMY, ARE NEVER BLACK OR WHITE BUT DRAWN IN SHADES OF MIDNIGHT . . .


Something inhuman is stalking the frigid Alaskan wilds, leaving unspeakable carnage in its wake. For bush pilot Alexandra Maguire, the killings stir memories of a horrific event she witnessed as a child and evoke in her the inexplicable sense of otherness she has long felt but never fully understood . . . until a darkly seductive stranger with secrets of his own enters her world.


Sent from Boston on a mission to investigate the savage attacks and stop the slaughter, vampire warrior Kade has his own reasons for returning to the frigid, forbidding place of his birth. Haunted by a secret shame, Kade soon realizes the stunning truth of the threat he faces--a threat that will jeopardize the fragile bond he has formed with the courageous, determined young woman who arouses his deepest passions and most primal hungers. But in bringing Alex into his world of blood and darkness, Kade must confront both his own personal demons and the even greater evil that could destroy all he holds dear. . . .

Next is the cover is the first book of the new Monica McCarty series, coming in the Spring of 2010. Some info on the series from Monica's Website:

The Highland Guard Series

What’s sexier than a man in a kilt? How about Special Ops in kilts.

Monica’s next series will marry her love for strapping, sexy Highland warriors with her other love for navy SEALs and black ops. Think Suzanne Brockmann meets Braveheart.

Where the legend of the Highlander began... Journey back to the time of Braveheart, when Scotland was fighting to free itself from English tyranny, and Robert the Bruce was fighting for a crown. To defeat the superior forces of the heavy mounted English knights, Bruce knows he needs a new kind of warrior. He looks to the barbarian lands, to the most feared warriors in Christendom, to the ultimate guerilla fighter . . . to the Highlander.

Scouring the darkest corners of the Highlands and Western Isles, Bruce handpicks ten warriors with “superhero” skills to form a secret elite fighting force like the world has never seen. They are the ultimate “Special Forces,” the best of the best, chosen for their superior skills and brought together into one elite fighting force known as the HIGHLAND GUARD. They are: the swordsman team leader, the seafarer/swimmer, the scout, the extraction expert, the explosives expert, the hand-to-hand combat specialist, the tracker, the sharpshooter, the climber/outdoorsman, and the spy.

Vowing death before surrender, Bruce’s band of shadow warriors will stop at nothing but freedom from English rule. But in the midst of war, political turmoil, and treachery, these invincible warriors will face the one thing they can’t defeat: love, and the remarkable women who claim their hearts.

Book #1: The Chief
slated for release March 23, 2010

Book #2: The Hawk
slated for release August 31, 2010

Book #3: The Ranger
slated for release December 29, 2010

Please note: all dates are tentative and subject to change.










Okay, when you're all done wiping away the drool. I have another great cover for you. Via Twitter I've stumbled over a lot of new to me authors in the contemporary genre. One of them is Julie James. I bought her first two books just on Twitter buzz and I hope to dive into them very soon. And recently Julie revealed the cover her third book which is also coming out in Spring 2010 (releasedate is March 2nd):

FATE HAS THROWN TWO SWORN ENEMIES…


Of all the hotel rooms rented by all the adulterous politicians in Chicago, female Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron Lynde had to choose the one next to 1308, where some hot-and-heavy lovemaking ends in bloodshed. And of all the FBI agents in Illinois, it had to be Special Agent Jack Pallas who gets assigned to this high-profile homicide. The same Jack Pallas who still blames Cameron for a botched crackdown three years ago—and nearly ruining his career…


…INTO EACH OTHER’S ARMS
Work with Cameron Lynde? Are they kidding? Maybe, Jack thinks, this is some kind of welcome-back prank after his stint away from Chicago. But it’s no joke: the pair is going to have to put their rocky past behind them and focus on the case at hand. That is, if they can cut back on the razor-sharp jibes—and smother the flame of their sizzling-hot sexual tension…