Alison: 1980 books

Brooke Bailey might be thirty-one years old but she still believes in Santa Claus. And since she won't be going home for her favorite holiday this year, she's determined to include the residents of her small apartment house in her celebration—even those who aren't fans of the jolly red-suited guy...

He's driven her wild since high school. Now it's time to strap in for the ride of her life. Cardin Worth needs a favor from the famous Corley Motors crew chief Trey "Whip" Davis, her former crush. Problem is, his family and hers are bitter rivals with secrets that go back to Prohibition....

Jack Montgomery is out of his element. The former covert ops hero now works as a missing persons investigator. Problem with his current case is that the trail's decided to go cold just as he hits sizzling New Orleans. To top it off, some psychic is making wild claims—and newspaper headlines—about...

These days, PI Logan Burke does a lot of grunt work by choice. So when he's offered a surveillance case tied to industrial espionage, he's not too sure... until he sees the zeroes on the check. All he has to do to earn them is watch Hannah Evans and find out how she's leaking valuable research secrets. Simple...

She's determined to lose her ice queen image once and for all... A relaxing vacation with the winner of the GIRL GEAR scavenger hunt becomes more than CEO Sydney Ford bargained for when Ray Coffey—the boy to whom she gave her virginity—claims the prize. Now she and her co-workers are stuck...

He agrees to fly her cargo out of the jungle... until he learns what it is. J. Jackson Briggs's Smithson Group gig wasn't supposed to be dangerous, but the woman who drugs him then knocks him out, then drugs him again certainly is. She also may or may not be a nun. She's definitely a lying,...

He'd seen her, he'd wanted her, and he'd done what life had taught him to do: He'd ponied up the bucks and bought her. Claire's an expert on image—at least when it comes to her corporate clients. But her family's every move had her working to fit in instead of discovering her true self. Even...

Relentlessly hounded by the media since her bitter and very public divorce, Miranda Kelly has retreated to the sanctuary of her hometown. There, in addition to opening a flower shop, she has taken a second job as a lounge singer in the Inn at Snow Falls' Club Crimson... and done so under an appropriate...

"… the heat generated by Chloe and Eric kind of takes the mind off anyone else's problems. Chocolate and whipped cream are involved. Need I say more?" — ARomanceReview.com Her fantasy is less about football and more about Cary Grant... Chloe Zuniga, veep of GIRL GEAR's...

Milla Page needs a date—three dates, actually—for work. She reviews restaurants and clubs for a hot dating website but can hardly judge the up-close-and-personal potential of a place if she goes it alone. Rather than call on one of her usual suspects when her plans fall through, she dips into...

Psychologist Dr. Tess Autrey would much rather spend a weekend interviewing the hands on the Triple RC Ranch for a newspaper article on buckle bunnies than endure another of her matchmaking society mother's setups. And it doesn't hurt a bit that the ranch owner is Wyatt Crowe, a wickedly sexy...

I am Thrift and I want to leave this place, and see the far ends of the universe, and never spend another moment in stasis ever again. Take my hand and bring me with you... On a lost planet in the depths of space, goddess-sisters Beauty, Glory and Thrift split their time between stasis and...

A chilling Gothic **mystery from the bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club hit The Cold Season, p**erfect for fans of Susan Hill, The Coffin Path and The Silent Companions - where superstition and myth bleed into real life with tragic consequences. 'The twist is brilliant' Daily Mail 'Intriguing...

In Port au Prince, Haiti, the police roam the streets and no one is safe. Fignolé, a musician and political radical, is missing. His sisters Joyeuse and Angelique search for their young brother amid the colorful bustle, urban deprivation, and political tension of the city; when they eventually locate...