{"id":15266,"date":"2015-01-27T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=15266"},"modified":"2015-01-27T07:00:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T12:00:44","slug":"contemporary-releases-week-beginning-january-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/27\/contemporary-releases-week-beginning-january-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Releases Week Beginning January 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Betrayed\u00a0by \u00a0Melody Anne<\/a><\/strong>
\nRelease Date:\u00a0January\u00a026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Byron Knight\u2019s world isn\u2019t what most would consider perfect, but he is satisfied with the way his life is going. There are only two people in this world whom he loves \u2014 his brothers, Blake and Tyler Knight. <\/span><\/p>\n

A woman is now threatening the carefully balanced beam the brothers have been holding on to, and her name is McKenzie Beaumont. Before she had entered the life of his brother Blake, no one, male or female, had ever come between the three men, but McKenzie and her twisted business has interfered for the last time in the Knight brothers\u2019 lives, and she is about to feel Byron\u2019s wrath. <\/span><\/p>\n

McKenzie Beaumont hasn\u2019t always been so closed off, so cold, or what the world sees as cold, but she\u2019s learned the hard way that men are never to be trusted. If she stays ahead of the game, protects the women she employs, then the women \u2014 herself included \u2014 are the true winners, even if the men think they have all the control. <\/span><\/p>\n

Who will prevail in this battle of the sexes? Who has the most to lose? Find out in the third installment of the Forbidden series by NYT best-selling author Melody Anne. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Other books in the Forbidden<\/span><\/em>\u00a0series:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"beautiful-redemption\"<\/p>\n

Beautiful Redemption\u00a0by \u00a0Jamie McGuire<\/a><\/strong>
\nRelease Date:\u00a0January\u00a027<\/strong><\/p>\n

If A Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever. But what if he didn’t love you, first? <\/span><\/p>\n

No-nonsense Liis Lindy is an agent of the FBI. Deciding she is married only to her job, she breaks off her engagement and transfers from Chicago to the field office in San Diego. She loves her desk. She is committed to her laptop. She dreams of promotions and shaking hands with the director after cracking an impossible case. <\/span><\/p>\n

Special Agent in Charge Thomas Maddox is arrogant, unforgiving, and ruthless. He is tasked with putting away some of the world\u2019s toughest criminals, and he is one of the best the Bureau has to offer. Though, as many lives as he\u2019s saved, there is one that is beyond his reach. Younger brother Travis is faced with prison time for his involvement in a basement fire that killed dozens of college students, and the media want a conviction. Travis\u2019s only savior is his unusual tie to the mob. In a deal that will spare his brother, Thomas has agreed to recruit Travis into the FBI. <\/span><\/p>\n

Liis is stubborn, defiant, and yet somehow softens Thomas\u2019s rough edges, making her the perfect agent to accompany him to the ceremony. Posing as a couple, they must travel to Travis & Abby\u2019s beach vow renewal and give him the news, but when the pretending ends, she finds herself wondering if they were pretending at all. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the second installment of the Maddox Brothers books, experience firsthand the mysterious world of the elusive Thomas Maddox, and how good love can be when you\u2019re not the first, but the last. <\/span><\/p>\n

First\u00a0book in the Maddox Brothers<\/em><\/span>\u00a0series:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"beautiful-oblivion\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Cartel\u00a0by \u00a0Lili St. Germain<\/a><\/strong>
\nRelease Date:\u00a0January\u00a026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first full length Gypsy Brothers novel.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

How much is a life worth?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Mariana Rodriguez is the eldest daughter of a Colombian drug lord. Growing up in Villanueva, Colombia, she has never wanted for anything. Private schools, a lavish lifestyle, and the safety of the Cartel that her father works for.<\/span><\/p>\n

At nineteen, she’s got her entire life mapped out, and what a good life it’s going to be: graduate from college, move to America with the love of her life, and finally be free from the stifling grip of the Cartel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only, her father messes up. A shipment of cocaine – a very large, very valuable shipment – is seized by the authorities whilst under his care and he becomes liable for the debt. Half a million dollars’ worth of cocaine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Half a million dollars he does not have.<\/span><\/p>\n

But he has a daughter, a very smart one, a daughter who would give up her very existence and offer herself as payment for her father’s sins, to ensure her family survives.
\nBut falling in love with the man who owned her isn’t part of the plan …<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"surrender\"<\/p>\n

Surrender\u00a0by \u00a0Violetta Rand<\/a><\/strong>
\nRelease Date:\u00a0January\u00a027<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fans of Abbi Glines will adore Violetta Rand\u2019s novels about strong-willed women who must fight to survive\u2014and the men who love them. Welcome to the Devil\u2019s Den, a Texas strip club where the air is heavy with desire . . . and sometimes dreams come true.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Ever since her mother kicked her out, twenty-year-old Robyn Gonzalez has been working the poles at the Devil\u2019s Den, saving up to finish college and travel the world. With only her wits and her gorgeous body to rely on, Robyn has learned to be independent\u2014fiercely independent. She\u2019s never been tempted to let a man distract her from her dreams . . . until she meets the dead-sexy Garrick Dempsey.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The club\u2019s new head of security, Garrick had walked away from a career as a mechanical engineer to return to his roots in Corpus Christi. He hadn\u2019t planned on getting to know someone like Robyn, with her sinfully sweet combination of vulnerability and strength, at the Devil\u2019s Den. She acts tough, but only because she\u2019s been hurt. Soon Garrick knows he will do anything to win Robyn\u2019s trust. And if that means surrendering to the red-hot chemistry between them, all the better.<\/p>\n

This is the first book in the Devil’s Den<\/span><\/em>\u00a0series.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Playing Dirty\u00a0by\u00a0HelenKay Dimon<\/a><\/strong>
\nRelease Date:\u00a0January\u00a027<\/strong><\/p>\n

As an elite Alliance agent\u2014the joint undercover operation of MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service, and the CIA\u2014Ford Decker lives for the adrenaline. But when he befriends sexy property manager Shay Alexander in hopes of finding her cousin, a known national security threat, Ford crosses the line, getting to know her better . . . in bed.<\/span><\/p>\n

After being burned by her last relationship, Shay wants to take things slow. Yet she can’t keep her hands off the drop-dead gorgeous hottie who’s moved into her apartment building. So when Ford’s identity as an undercover agent is exposed, his betrayal cuts deep. Shay never wants to see him again, but Ford can’t let her go, not when her life is still in danger. He will sacrifice everything to protect her, then be prepared to walk away from the only woman he’s ever loved, even if it breaks him.<\/span><\/p>\n

First book in the\u00a0Bad Boys Undercover<\/span><\/em>\u00a0series:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"running-hot\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Hot Ice\u00a0by \u00a0Lynn Raye Harris<\/a><\/strong>
\nRelease Date:\u00a0January\u00a027<\/strong><\/p>\n

When fire and ice collide, you get steam\u2026<\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

Grace Campbell leads a privileged life. The daughter of a United States senator, she moves within the social circles of the rich and famous. But Grace is also a scientist, and when someone learns she possesses the knowledge necessary to create a new super virus capable of destroying entire nations, she becomes a target for terror groups and foreign governments alike. <\/span><\/p>\n

Garrett \u201cIceman\u201d Spencer didn\u2019t join the Army\u2019s elite Hostile Operations Team to babysit a spoiled rich girl, but when his superiors insist on assigning him to a senator\u2019s daughter as her security detail, he has no choice but to comply. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a shock to find that beneath the glasses and serious scowl, Grace Campbell burns hot. And Garrett, who\u2019s been burned before, suddenly wants to immerse himself in the flames. <\/span><\/p>\n

Keeping Grace alive\u2014and keeping his hands off her\u2014is a full-time job for this HOT soldier. Failure is not an option\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n

Last three\u00a0books in the Hostile Operations Team<\/span><\/em>\u00a0series:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"dangerously-hot\"<\/a>\"hot-shot\"<\/a>\"hot-rebel\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"maximum-risk\"<\/p>\n

Maximum Risk\u00a0by \u00a0Ruth Cardello<\/strong>
\nRelease Date:\u00a0January\u00a027<\/strong><\/p>\n

Max Andrade: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rich, bold, unapologetic. He is a man who doesn\u2019t hear the word no\u2014until he meets Tara. In his obsession to have her, he\u2019ll offer her anything\u2014except his heart. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tara Holmes: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Outspoken, hardworking, levelheaded. She makes her living by exposing unfaithful spouses. She doesn\u2019t believe in love, especially not with a man who sees her as nothing more than a challenge. <\/span><\/p>\n

When Madison D\u2019Argenson hires Tara to uncover the truth about Aunt Patrice, Tara is pulled into Max\u2019s world. <\/span><\/p>\n

How far would you go to help a man who doesn\u2019t want to be helped? <\/span><\/p>\n

And how long would you give yourself over to the pleasure of his touch if you knew it would end as soon as he discovered your lie? <\/span><\/p>\n

Other books in the Forbidden<\/span><\/em>\u00a0series:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"come-away-with-me\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"home-to-me\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The first book, Come Away With Me<\/span> is Free! Click covers to purchase.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"inhiskeeping\"In His Keeping\u00a0by\u00a0Maya Banks<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Release Date:\u00a0January\u00a027<\/strong><\/p>\n

#1 Bestselling author Maya Banks continues her suspenseful and steamy Slow Burn series with this second book\u2014a twisting tale featuring a strong yet vulnerable heroine in danger and the sexy alpha hero who must save her.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Abandoned as a baby to a young wealthy couple and raised in a world of privilege, Arial has no hint of her past or who she belonged to. Her only link lies in the one thing that sets her apart from everyone else\u2014telekinetic powers. Protected by her adoptive parents and hidden from the public to keep her gift secret, Ari is raised in the lap of luxury, and isolation. That is, until someone begins threatening her life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beau Devereaux is no stranger to the strange. As the head of Deveraux Security, he\u2019s more than familiar with the realities of physic powers. So when a family friend approaches him about protecting his daughter, he\u2019s more than ready to jump on board. What Beau isn\u2019t prepared for is the extent of his attraction to his beautiful and powerful client. What began as a simple assignment, just another job, quickly turns personal as Beau discovers he\u2019ll do anything at all to protect Ari. Even if it costs him his life.<\/span><\/p>\n

First book in the\u00a0Slow Burn<\/span><\/em>\u00a0series:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Risking It All\u00a0by\u00a0Tessa Bailey<\/a><\/strong>
\nRelease Date:\u00a0January\u00a027<\/strong><\/p>\n

She\u2019s gone rogue.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Seraphina Newsom isn’t looking for vengeance\u2026she wants justice. Three years ago, Sera’s brother was ruthlessly gunned down by one of Brooklyn\u2019s most dangerous mob kingpins. The investigation has stalled out, deemed \u201ctoo dangerous\u201d by the police commissioner. So to track down the evidence she needs to take down her brother\u2019s killer, Sera turns in her hospital scrubs, joins the NYPD, and goes undercover. Unsanctioned. Alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u2019ll live to keep her safe.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

With his father behind bars, Bowen Driscol has reluctantly taken over his family\u2019s sprawling South Brooklyn crime operation. New York’s finest have other plans. By threatening the safety of his sister, they \u201cconvince\u201d Bowen to extricate a rogue cop who\u2019s in over her head. But when he meets Sera and feels that deep, damning shiver of desire course through him, Bowen knows there’s only one way to keep her safe without blowing either of their covers\u2026by claiming her as his own.<\/span><\/p>\n