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New Releases
SHANNON DRAKE
November 2007
THE LAST NOEL
Heather Graham
MIRA Books Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-778-32525-3 | ISBN-10:0-778-32525-3
Audio CD | Audio Cassette
It's Christmas Eve, and all is neither calm nor bright
With a storm paralyzing New England, the O'Boyle household becomes prey to a pair of brutal escaped killers desperate to find refuge.
Skyler O'Boyle is convinced the only way they can live through the night is by playing a daring psychological game to throw the convicts off their guard. Threatened by a pair of Smith & Wessons, she has to pray that the rest of the family will play along, buying them time. Her one hope for rescue is that the men are unaware that her daughter, Kat, has escaped into the blizzard. But as the wind and snow continue to rage with all the vehemence of a maddened banshee, her prayers that Kat can somehow find help seem fragile indeed.
When Kat stumbles on a third felon, half-frozen and delirious, her shock deepens, because she recognizes Craig Devon immediately. What is the onetime love of her life doing back in town -- and in such company? With the threat of death hanging over the O'Boyles, Craig is desperate to unload a vital secret that could change their destiny. But can he trust Kat with the truth? Because one false move and everything he's sacrificed will shatter -- and this could be everyone's final Christmas alive.
October 2007
THE SEANCE
Heather Graham
MIRA BOOKS
ISBN 0-7783-2430-3
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
OF HAUNTED AND GHOST WALK COMES
A NEW SPINE-TINGLING STORY
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
A channel for the dead—a warning to the living
A chill falls over Christina Hardy’s housewarming party when
talk turns to a recent murder that has all the hallmarks of the
so-called “Interstate-Killer” murders from fifteen years before.
To lighten the mood, the guests drag out an old Ouija board
for a little spooky fun…and that’s when things become truly
terrifying.
Summoned by the Ouija board, the restless spirit of
Beau Kidd, the lead detective—and chief suspect—on the
original case, seeks Christina’s help: the latest killings aren’t
copycat crimes, and he wants his name cleared. Back in the
real world, cop-turned-writer Jett Braden is skeptical of
Christina’s ghostly encounters, but his police sources confirm
all the intimate details of the case—her otherworldly source
is reliable, and the body count is growing.
The spirits are right. The Interstate Killer is still out there,
and Christina’s life is hanging in the balance between this
world and the next.
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BLOOD RED
Until death do us part . . .
July 2007 | MIRA Books Mass Market | ISBN-10: 0-7783-2486-9
ISBN-13:978-0-7783-2486-7
 What better place than The Big Easy for a wild bachelorette weekend?
When a fortune-teller shows bridesmaid Lauren Crow an omen of her gruesome death, she and her friends laugh it off as cheesy theatrics—until women begin disappearing in the night.
Even as the streets become more dangerous, Lauren finds herself lusting after a man who is himself dangerous—and quite possibly crazy. Mark Davidson prowls the city by night armed with crosses and holy water, in search of vampires, whose existence, he insists, is real. He is as irresistibly drawn to Lauren as she is to him, and not only because she's the image of his murdered fiancée. But Mark's frightening obsession with finding his lover's killer merely hides a bitter vendetta that cuts deeper than grief over a lost love.
As Lauren wrestles with desire and disbelief, sinister shadows lenghten over New Orleans, threatening her friends and foretelling a battle that may spell the end of the city's uneasy truce between the living and the undead.
THE DEAD ROOM
There are secrets only the dead can tell . . .
April 2007 | MIRA Books Hardcover Original| ISBN-10: 0-7783-2430-0
Also available: Audio CD| Audio Cassette| MP3 CD
 She talks to dead people . . .
A year ago, archaeologist Leslie MacIntyre
barely survived the explosion that took
the life of her fi ancé, Matt Connolly. In the
long months since, she’s slowly come to
terms not only with her loss but with her
unsettling new ability to communicate
with ghosts, a dubious “gift” received in the wake of her own brush with death.
Now she’s returned to lower
Manhattan’s historic Hastings House,
site of the explosion, to conquer her
fears and investigate a newly discovered
burial ground. In this place restless spirits
hold the secrets not only of past injustice
but of a very real and very contemporary
conspiracy with deadly designs on the
city’s women—including Leslie herself.
By night Matt visits her in dreams,
warning her and offering clues to the
truth, while by day she finds herself
helped by—and attracted to—
his fl esh-and-blood cousin Joe.
Torn by
her feelings for both men, caught
between the worlds of the living and
the dead, Leslie struggles against the
encroaching danger that threatens to
overcome her. As she is drawn closer
to the darkness at the heart of
Hastings House, she must ultimately
face the power of an evil mind, alone
in a place where not even the men she
loves can save her.
THE ISLAND
The dark side of paradise
March 2007 | MIRA Books Mass Market | ISBN 0-7783-2424-9
Also: March 2006 Hardcover Original | Library Binding | Audio CD
 A slice of paradise in the turquoise waters of southern Florida, the island is a lush, breathtaking sanctuary. Few can resist its allure, or its primitive beauty—but fewer still know its secrets.
On a weekend vacation with her brother and niece, Beth Anderson is unnerved when a stroll on the beach reveals what appears to be a skull, and instantly recalls the retired couple who disappeared off the island's coast a few months earlier. As a stranger approaches, Beth panics and covers the evidence. But when she later returns to the beach, the skull is gone.
With only her niece as a witness, there is no proof of foul play for Beth to bring to the authorities. To her brother, the missing skull is just a good story to tell at an island bonfire and campout that night. The tale is heard by an eager group of vacationers—including charismatic Keith Henson, the stranger from the beach. Everyone dismisses the events as the product of an overactive imagination, but when Beth hears someone outside her tent, she instinctively knows her fears are justified.
Determined to find solid evidence to bring to the police, Beth digs deeper into the mystery of the skull—and everywhere she goes, Keith Henson seems to appear. He claims to be keeping an eye on her safety, but Beth senses other motives. Then a body washes ashore, and Beth begins to think she needs more help than she bargained for. Because investigating is a dangerous game, and someone wants to stop Beth from playing.
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KISS OF DARKNESS
Evil hides in many forms . . .
September 2006 | Mass Market Original
MIRA Books; ISBN: 0-7783-2343-9
A kiss of darkness
A kiss of death
The woods have always been full of whispers in Transylvania, of terrors that go back centuries to the legendary Vlad Dracul himself. Ignoring their professor's grave warning -- beware those who would prey upon the innocent -- several visintg students travel into the forest . . . and disappear. Now their professor, Bryan McAllister, believes that a dark cult is at work -- and that their next gathering will happen in America.
When psychologist Jessica Fraser is approached by Bryan for her assistance, she is hesitant. Something about Bryan unnerves Jessica deeply, yet she cannot ignore the incredible pull she feels toward him. Now, as reluctant allies, they unite to seek the truth. The search takes them from the forested mountains to dimly lit clubs in New Orleans' French Quarter, where perversion goes beyond sexual to life-threatening.
And everywhere, whispering on the wind, is the dreaded word . . . vampyr.
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THE VISION
Something sinister lies beneath the surface . . .
July 2006 | Mass Market Original
MIRA Books; ISBN: 0-7783-2321-8
The gift of sight comes at a dangerous price.
When Deep Down Salvage begins the hunt for the Marie Josephine, it seems like any other dive . . . until Genevieve Wallace sees the vision of a dead woman in the water, her vacant eyes boring into Genevieve's very soul.
Terrified and confused by what she saw, Genevieve is haunted by the memory, but no one—including her diving partner Thor Thompson—believes her. When a dead woman washes up on shore, everyone assumes that is Genevieve's "vision," but Genevieve knows the truth: the dead woman's clothing is not the ghost she saw but another victim of the same brutal killer.
Sensing that the threat of death is coming closer, she and Thor are forced to acknowledge that some things can't be explained, but simply are. Somehow they have to link a violent past with a present-day mystery or risk losing themselves in an abyss of terror.
"Graham's rich, balanced thriller sizzles with equal parts suspense, romance and the paranormal—all of it nail-biting." —Publishers Weekly
"Graham delivers a beguiling blend of ripping good mystery, hot romance and a blood-chilling ghost story." — Romantic Times BOOKreviews
March 2006
First Time in Paperback!
MIRA Books | Mass Market Paperback
March 2006 | ISBN 0-7783-2277-7
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IT WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS ROLE OF HER CAREER . . . AND POSSIBLY THE LAST.
Playing Marla Valentine, the malicious, man-hating advice diva on a popular daytime soap, actress Kelly Trent has garnered wealth, fame—and more than her fair share of hate mail. She doesn't believe anyone would confuse her with Marla, but when an accident on set hits too close for the producers' comfort, Kelly's character is unceremoniously put on hiatus.
Confused, angry and more than a little hurt, Kelly reluctantly agrees to appear in a music video. Besides, the time away from filming on the secluded island in the Florida Keys might be just the thing to put her job—and her life—in perspective. But with two left feet, Kelly only hopes sexy dance instructor Doug O'Casey can work miracles...
A former Miami cop, Doug still has a lawman's instinct for trouble. The murder of several top advice therapists, along with some deadly threats made against Kelly by a deranged fan, tell Doug that Kelly is in danger. And after two more nearly fatal "accidents," he's almost got her convinced. Now, as an obsessed killer closes in, Doug realizes that someone close to Kelly wants more than her character killed off the show—someone wants her stone-cold dead. But that someone hasn't counted on the fact that for Doug, the job has gotten personal.
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New Releases!
November 2007
Love is the most tempting betrayal of all . . .
THE QUEEN'S LADY
Shannon Drake
HGN BOOKS
ISBN-13: 978-0-373-77231-5 | ISBN-10:0-373-77231-9
She desired him above all others . . .
Would he now be her executioner?
Lady Gwyneth Macleod has staked her fortune and her reputation to help Mary, Queen of Scots take her rightful place on the throne. But her struggle to guide the reckless, defiant queen has put her at perilous odds with Rowan Graham, a laird dangerously accomplished in both passion and affairs of state. And the more Gwyneth challenges his intentions, the less he can resist the desire igniting between them. Now, with her country in turmoil and treachery shadowing her every step, will Gwyneth's last daring gamble lead her to the ultimate betrayal or a destiny greater than she could ever imagine?
DECEMBER 2006
BEGUILED
Shannon Drake
HQN BOOKS
Mass Market Paperback
ISBN 0-373-77131-2
In the cobbled streets where Jack the Ripper roamed, a killer, a woman
and a daring highwayman clash . . .
Inflammatory articles against the crown have divided the populace of London. Worse, they have inspired a diabolical killer to exact his own brand of justice. Fear grips the city, and radical journalists live in terror, all except one. The writer known only as "A. Anonymous" appears safe -- or so Ally Grayson determinedly hopes.
But secret identities are not so uncommon during these treacherous times. Ally is convinced the masked highwayman who unwittingly inflamed her anger and passions one moonlit night is none other than Sir Mark Farrow, the devilishly handsome, infuriatingly intriguing gentleman to whom she is now unexpectedly betrothed. Soon dangerous games, daring deceptions and wicked seductions close ever tighter in a ring of murder, intrigue and unquenchable desire . . .
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"Graham's deft characterization . . . keeps interest in the book's romance, as well as its suspense, high."
— Publishers Weekly on The Presence
On Sale April 2006
First Time in Paperback!
HGN Books | ISBN 0-373-77130-4
When Kat Adair plunges into the waves to rescue a drowning man, it is just the beginning of an odyssey that will sweep the fisherman's daughter on an adventure of danger and desire. Convinced she is in love with the man she saved, Egyptologist David Turnberry, she plots a bout of "amnesia" that enables her to linger among the highborn, hoping to win David's heart away from his betrothed! The only problem is Hunter MacDonald, rugged archaeologist, bold adventurer, a man who is wise to her little charade—and determined to protect his best friend.
Undaunted, Kat stows away on the ship carrying David and Hunter's expedition party to the land of the Pharaoh. Scandal ensues, and Hunter vows the only way to protect his friend and keep this confounding woman out of trouble is to make her his wife. Inevitably, in the sultry heat of the desert, passions ignite. But as the secrets of the ancient tombs are revealed, terrible danger unfolds. Is it a legendary curse, or pure human evil? Plunged into terror, Kat must trust the one man willing to risk everything to save her from doom.
 Wicked and Reckless: The time period is Victorian, and they're based on that era, and fairy tales, the first being Snow White from the Step Mother's point of view, then Beauty and the Beast, and then Little Mermaid. There will definitely be one more in the Victorian period.
"A deft mix of history, romance and suspense..."
— Publishers Weekly on When We Touch
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