Toni Anderson was born and raised in the UK, and now lives in the harsh, but beautiful Canadian prairies.
Formerly a marine and fish biologist, she (unfortunately) lives about as far from the ocean as physically possible. In an effort to recapture her love affair with the sea, she writes dark, contemporary, Romantic Suspense stories set in the beautiful, ancient, cobbled streets of Scotland, where she lived for many years. Crumbling sea walls and windswept beaches provide the backdrop for tangled romance and treacherous murder.
When she’s not writing, or traveling the world, she’s out walking, cycling and generally looking for plot ideas about how to kill people without the law catching up with her. Nothing like murder to get the brain working and nothing like true love to nourish the soul.

Visit Toni at her blog and Facebook. Or follow her on Twitter.

Out of Tears by Toni Anderson

Detective Inspector Nick Archer has a dark past and hides a terrible secret.  He’s spent the last decade putting Britain’s most notorious criminals behind bars, but hasn’t forgot the vow he made to the wife he lost to infidelity and murder.

American marine biology profession Dr. Susie Cooper has just started her dream job and wants to settle down.  Unfortunately, she’s attracted to men like Nick Archer, whose idea of commitment is staying the whole night.

For the first time in decades Nick’s actually falling for someone, the only problem is he’s using Susie to get closer to the man he believes murdered his first wife.  Another student is murdered outside the marine lab and Nick thinks he’s got a chance to nail his wife’s killer.

Betrayal and madness put Susie in danger and a tangled web closes around her until she finds herself fighting for her life.  Nick has to put aside preconceived ideas and prejudice if he is to figure out exactly who is threatening to destroy the woman he loves.

Coming in 2010 from Carina Press

Author of over thirty popular books and novellas in paranormal, historical, and contemporary romance, Cindy Spencer Pape is an avid reader of romance, fantasy, mystery, and even more romance. According to The Romance Studio, her plots are “full of twist and turns that keep the reader poised at the edge of their seat.” Joyfully Reviewed said, her “colorful characters and plot building surprises kept me spellbound,” and Romantic Times Magazine says her “characters are appealing, and passionate sex leads to a satisfying romance.”

Cindy firmly believes in happily-ever-after. Married for more than twenty years to her own, sometimes-kilted hero, she lives in southern Michigan with him and two teenage sons, along with an ever-changing menagerie of pets. Cindy has been, among other things, a banker, a teacher, and an elected politician, but mostly an environmental educator, though now she is lucky enough to write full-time. Her degrees in zoology and animal behavior almost help her comprehend the three male humans who share her household. For more about Cindy and her books, you can find her on her website, www.cindyspencerpape.com or her blog, www.cindyspencerpape.blogspot.com

Motor City Fae by Cindy Spencer Pape
Coming from Carina Press in 2010. Read an unedited excerpt below!

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The story goes like this – A few years ago, Lauren Dane decided to quit her job and stay home with her brand new second child. As a result, she had lots of conversations in a sing-song voice but no real outlet for adult thoughts and words. While on bed-rest with her pregnancy with the tiny monster, Lauren had plenty of down time so her husband brought home a second hand laptop and she decided to “give that writing thing a serious go.”

Lauren had no idea how fabulously wonderful it would feel to actually make a go of her writing and she’s thankful every day people actually want to read what she writes! She’s well aware of her good fortune and loves every moment of it, even when she has to edit and put Barbie’s dresses back on over and over again. She still hasn’t managed to figure out how to shut out the sound of the Backyardigans so she can write a love scene, though.

Visit Lauren at her website or follow her on Twitter.

Goddess with a Blade by Lauren Dane

Armed with a blessed blade and blood from a goddess, Rowan Summerwaite’s got a divine mission. Embodying a Vampire’s worst nightmare is a big job, but someone’s got to do it. Her employer, The Hunter Corporation, has assigned her to hold the Vampire population in Las Vegas to the letter of law laid out in their treaty.

Rowan is no ordinary Hunter, she was raised as a foster-daughter to the First, the oldest known Vampire and the leader of their kind. The Vampires fear and loathe her and she finds it rather helpful and amusing to use that to keep them in line.

Sadly, they’re not always in line and she has to be the one to put them back into place. Freshly returned from nearly a year of dealing with the fall-out of her execution of the prior Scion in Las Vegas (all cleared now, honest!), Rowan is given evidence of a Vampire not only breaking the treaty by killing humans, but the killings bear the distinct marks of a serial killer.

But there’s a new Scion in Las Vegas and Clive Stewart presents a bigger threat to Rowan than she’d imagined. And one more delicious and forbidden than she can resist…

Coming in 2010 from Carina Press!

You can visit Ann at her website.

Untitled Contemporary Romance by Ann Bruce

When Manhattan magnate Dean Maxwell sees Parker Quinn at a charity auction – and rescues her from her annoying ex –he is instantly attracted the magazine editor. The attraction is mutual – until Parker hears his name and does a complete one-eighty.

Never one to give up easily, Dean sets out to seduce Parker, taking her to fancy dinners and a trip to a luxurious Caribbean island. Parker can’t resist his charms for long and begins to see a different side of Dean. But despite their passion, Parker still harbors serious doubts about his intentions. And she has a very good reason for thinking Dean is nothing more than a cad….

Coming in 2010 from Carina Press.

Born in California, raised in the Midwest, Carrie Lofty met her husband in England—the best souvenir! She earned her BA in English and history, and then her master’s in history from with a thesis on the impact of Old West legends on society. Since happily abandoning academia in favor of make-believe, she’s been devoted to raised two precocious daughters and writing romance. She also manages Unusual Historicals (http://unusualhistoricals.blogspot.com), the multi-author blog she founded in 2006 to celebrate romances set in unusual times and places.

Carrie’s romances have been praised as “inventive” (Dear Author), “shattering” (Nights & Weekends), and “intelligent” (Smart Bitches). With Ann Aguirre, she also co-writes hot’n’dirty apocalyptic paranormal romances as Ellen Connor. Visit Carrie at her websites or follow her on Twitter.

Song of Seduction by Carrie Lofty

Salzburg, Austria 1804

After claiming his late mentor’s symphony for himself, Dutch composer Arie De Voss became wildly famous across Europe. But the undue praise twists his conscience. Arie’s fear of discovery poisons any attempt to write a redemptive masterpiece, until the adoration of his newest student inspires him.

Hoping a quiet life will diminish the scandal of her birth, widowed violin prodigy Mathilda Heidel hides her musical gifts. But a chance introduction to Arie De Voss, the composer she’s idolized for years, dares her to heed the lure of the stage. In the face of public scrutiny and Arie’s fraud, can she sustain her new identity and salvage their love? And how will Arie choose between Mathilda, his career, and the truth?

Coming in 2010 from Carina Press.

Read chapter one at Carrie’s website.