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	THIRTEEN WEST by Jane Toombs (*Books We Love)* Coming January 2012 You won't believe your eyes... Order

	TAKEN IN by Jane Toombs (*Champagne Books*) Gail Sarandon flees New York City after seeing the murder of a man she knows--with both the hit man and Jason Tregarth, a Special Agent following her trail. Jason finds her first, but the hit man arrives before he can get her to safety. Gail with him, Jason manages to elude the hit man, only to crash on a lonely mountain road, totaling the car. He's injured, but Gail’s able to get him to the only shelter around--Dagon House. She believes they're safe, but she's wrong... Order Read Excerpt

	THE CHRISTMAS CATALYST by Jane Toombs (Red Rose Publishing) What can a ten-year-old girl do to improve this Christmas when her father will never be with them for Christmas again? Christmas without him seems bleak, so she tries to befriend a homeless mutt, which her mother won’t let her keep. Then when she takes her grandmother to meet the man who moved into the cabin in the woods behind them, she finds he has adopted the dog which makes her happy. But why does her grandmother sort of adopt the man, inviting him for Christmas Dinner? Order Read Excerpt

	MOON POOL by Jane Toombs and Janet Lane Walters *(Zumaya Publications*) In the center of the maze at an Adirondack resort lies a spring-fed pool. Legend says that if you look into the serene depths under a full moon, you’ll see the face of your true love. In this collection of four novellas, the magic of the Moon Pool touches the lives of eight people for whom love seems to be a dream that can never be reality. Order Read Excerpt

	COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING PARANORMAL NOVELS *(Dragon Moon Press*) Written by a collection of well-known authors for new authors, The Complete Guide to Writing Paranormal Novels: Volume 1 covers a wide range of topics necessary for building your first paranormal novel. Dropped Eyes and Unattached Tentacles: Common & Uncommon Writing Errors - Chapter by Jane Toombs. Order Read Excerpt

	Golden Chances by Jane Toombs (*Books We Love)* A fast-moving, dramatic California saga about the people--Spanish, Anglo, Mexican and Indian who struggled, fought, made mistakes, loved and survived to build the foundations of the Golden State. Please click the link for details and ordering information.

	THE TURQUOISE DRAGON by Jane Toombs (*Devine Destinies)* Cozz: A dragon who fears becoming an outcast lays a wrong color egg. It's not in her nature to destroy it. Is that alien machine outside her cave her answer? Earth: What happens when a young woman born to die and an impossible beast fall in love? Order

	WATCHER AT THE DOOR by Jane Toombs (Red Rose Publishing) Sarah Volek is called home by a terrible tragedy—both her parents perished when their house in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula burned. Ivor, Sarah’s young brother was away at boy scout camp the night of the fire and is now her responsibility,. They’re spending the summer at their folks’ cabin in the woods while Sarah considers what to do.. . Order

	SHADOW ON THE FLOOR by Jane Toombs (Red Rose Publishing) Ghosts from the long-ago past haunt the old Barker House, one locked away, the other only a shadow on the floor of one room. Old Charles Barker, occupying the house, runs an ad for a live-in house aide. Natasha Wycoff, using the alias Natalie West while she flees from an abusive husband, answers the ad. The old man watches her avoid stepping on the shadow, and decides she’s the right person. When his nephew, lawyer Devlin Longridge, who comes to check on his uncle every day, meets her, he’s not so sure.. Instincts honed from his time as a special ops officer make him wonder why this good-looking young women has taken a low-paying job in an isolated old house.. She’s wary of Dev. Despite this, unwanted attraction flares between them. Meanwhile, the ex-husband, determined to locate and kill her, is tracing her flight. Only the ghosts, one a victim, the other a killer, are aware the explosion of violence to come will liberate them.… Order

	TWO HEARTS AND A CROW by Jane Toombs (*Devine Destinies)* Ravens are common in Alaska—crows are rare. Especially a disabled talking crow like Iago. Women who hold out for marriage are rare in Alaska, but the heroine persists. Men who want no part of marriage are common in Alaska, and the hero is one. What happens when these three form a triangle? Order

	FLYING HIGH by Jane Toombs (*Devine Destinies)* A barnstorming pilot fresh from WWI and a young woman who is trying to find her place in Al Capone’s Chicago. A bootlegger’s daughter and a wealthy devil-may-care good-time-Charlie. A devious French pilot and a wealthy, but innocent gal. In the midst of parties with illegal booze, where everyone kicks up their heels to the Charleston, will any of them find happiness? Only if they pay attention to what the Ouiji Board tells them and manage to outwit the dangerous bootleggers hunting them down. Order

	HALLOW HOUSE, Part Two by Jane Toombs (*Books We Love)* A house built for love and cursed with death. Two children, one will live, one will die. Magic potions and secret rooms. Is there a curse or does evil reside with innocence. What is the real secret of Hallow House? Order

	HALLOW HOUSE by Jane Toombs (*Books We Love)* A house built for love and cursed with death. Two children, one will live, one will die. Magic potions and secret rooms. Is there a curse or does evil reside with innocence. What is the real secret of Hallow House? Order

	UNWANTED by Jane Toombs (*Eternal Press*) Unwanted: In the world into which redhead Ella with her green eyes falls, red-haired green-eyed women are killed on sight as witches... Red-haired, green-eyed Ella Mack is lucky enough to cheat death when her car skids off a Nevada cliff. She falls into the Underworld, but lands in a country where red-headed women with green eyes are considered witches and killed on sight. How can she stay alive in a strange land where she doesn't even speak the language? Order Read Excerpt

	TEN PAST MIDNIGHT by Jane Toombs (*Books We Love)* Six stories and three poems on the dark side of paranormal. Everything from ghouls to the heart-eating Egyptian beast who decides one's fate. Even the touches of romance are definitely different. But what traveler can expect the norm when on the wrong side of midnight? Ten past midnight All’s not well Every road goes right To hell... Order Read Excerpt

	DRAGON'S STONE by Jane Toombs (*Devine Destinies)* Centuries ago, Merlin stole forbidden magic from the immortal black dragon to try to save King Arthur. To prevent the dragon from exterminating mankind in retaliation, Merlin set wards that forced the dragon into the depths of a mountain cave in Wales. But wards fail with time. To prevent the dragon from escaping, one of Merlin's blood and another of dragon's blood, plus a third, must reset the wards as they weaken. When the last of Merlin's blood and the last of dragon's blood left Wales for America, the evil within the dragon came, too. He is now tethered in the depths of an abandoned copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. But the wards are failing and those who must reset them aren't aware of their duty. If this evil isn't contained chaos will be let loose. And time is running out. Order Read Excerpt

	UNWISE: Book 1 in the Underworld Series by Jane Toombs (*Eternal Press*) A fairy tale about an innocent princess who believes what happens to her is a romantic dream. She has no idea the dream was a reality with consequences that will threaten her very life. How can she save herself and those she loves? Order Read Excerpt

	LADY LUCK by Jane Toombs (*Champagne Books*) What does a P.I. in search of a man who triggers illegal payoffs from slot machines, and a staid gal who’s a CPA, traveling on the gambling cruise ship as a bridge partner for an elderly aunt have in common? Maybe nothing until an uninvited Wheel of Fortune Tarot card enters the scene and alters all their lives. Order Read Excerpt

	DRAGON'S DIAMOND by Jane Toombs (*Devine Destinies)* A man regains consciousness lying naked on an isolated beach. He remembers only his first name. He doesn't recognize his surroundings, nor recall who he is. More dangerous, he doesn't know what he is--or that the fate of mankind rests on his remembering… Order Read Excerpt

	DRAGON'S PEARL by Jane Toombs (*Devine Destinies)* Centuries ago, Merlin stole forbidden magic from the immortal black dragon to try to save King Arthur. To prevent the dragon from exterminating mankind in retaliation, Merlin set wards that forced the dragon into the depths of a mountain cave in Wales. But wards fail with time. To prevent the dragon from escaping, one of Merlin's blood and another of dragon's blood, plus a third, must reset the wards as they weaken. When the last of Merlin's blood and the last of dragon's blood left Wales for America, the evil within the dragon came, too. He is now tethered in the depths of an abandoned copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. But the wards are failing and those who must reset them aren't aware of their duty. If this evil isn't contained chaos will be let loose. And time is running out… Order Read Excerpt

	FORSWORN, BOOK 4 IN THE TEMPLE OF TIME SERIES by Jane Toombs (*New Concepts Publishing)* Petra has loved Renz long before he became a Blood Taker with fangs. She knows they have a long and perilous journey ahead of them to the Dismal Tower, but will they be able to find a cure before he is taken away from her forever? Order

	NIGHTINGALE MAN by Jane Toombs (Champagne Books) Also Available in Large Print from Ulverscroft. During World War I, Luke is recruited by the British Secret Service from the American pilots flying with the French Air Force. He's told his mission is to rescue Nurse Edith Cavell, captured by the Boche, imprisoned in German-occupied Belgium and doomed to be shot as a spy. All too soon his mission becomes a challenge to stay alive. Who's double-crossing him? Can it be the English gal he's falling in love with? Order Order Large Print Version

	nULL AND VOID by Jane Toombs *(Red Rose Publishing*) Two ten-year-old girls, Ari and Mandy vanish. One is found so traumatized she can't remember what happened or who she is. A barrette in her hair with a name on it identifies her as Ari. An uncle and aunt arrive and take her away from Null House. Her memory never returns. Twenty years later Mandy's grandmother invites her back to help identify a woman claiming to be the long lost Mandy. Ari's never told anyone about the child's voice in her head that whispers to her at night. She doesn't want to go, but the voice tells that she must because now it's time… Order Read Excerpt

	OncE an outcast by Jane Toombs *(Champagne Books*) When beautiful half-gypsy Jehenna Scovia is thrust aboard an orphan train by a man employed by her father, she knows she’s an outcast. Nathan Cohen, hired by her father to find her and bring her home, believes she’s a runaway. She’s good at eluding him, but he’s even better at finding her. Each time they connect, the spark between them scares them both. What will happen when it bursts into flame? Order Read Excerpt

	CREOLE BETRAYAL by Jane Toombs (*Amber Quill Press*) In the early 1800s, Jurissa Campbell Winterton, pressured into marriage to a man she scarcely knows, sails with him from Boston toward New Orleans. Since her husband, Philip, double her age and fond of alcohol, is ill and can’t tolerate her presence, Jurissa spends much of her time alone on deck. There, she meets a dashing Creole gentleman, Leon du Motier, who’s entranced by her beauty and pays romantic court to her. The result is they both fall madly in love. Order Read Excerpt

	LOVE MEDICINE by Jane Toombs (*Amber Quill Press*) Bramwell Sumner, a hot-shot Philadelphia lawyer, travels into the Minnesota Territory to intervene when he believes a con woman is tricking his wealthy stepbrother, Ronald, into marriage. Upon his arrival, however, Bramwell discovers that Ronald has already left his residence, and he fears he is too late. Fueled by indignation and determined to stop the wedding at all costs, he hunts down Ronald’s supposed fiancée, Jennara Gray, an attractive and determined frontier doctor. Order Read Excerpt

	SWEET HAWK OF LOVE by Jane Toombs (*Freya's Bower)* Aldis leads a lonely life, trusting no man and sure she is right in her restricted life plan. Coleman is a free soul, tending to ride roughshod over obstacles. When love comes calling, how can she learn to fly free? And how can he learn to rein in? Order Read Excerpt

	MISCHIEVOUS MUSIC DUET by Jane Toombs (*Amber Quill Press*) Two complete Regency Romances in a single volume. A Mischievous Matchmaker - Wade Mathias, third Earl of Kendrick, and Elnora Precott, a parson’s daughter, meet at a sordid baby farm, each there to retrieve a baby girl neither has ever seen. When, from three almost identical babies, they both pick the same infant, the stage is set for conflict and chaos. And when they wind up reluctantly cooperating to take all three children, the stage is also set for mischief and magic. Music Of The Heart - Juliet Grant meets Malcolm Rothwell, Lord Talland, at the Valentine Ball, and though he’s about to leave for the war, he promises to meet her at the ball the following year. But Malcolm breaks his vow. Once he returns from the war, he holes up at Hart’s Hall, refusing to see anyone, let alone attend social events in order to meet with his beloved Juliet. It takes his well-meaning but devious Aunt Elaine and a dulcimer to make the ancient rhyme of Hart’s Hall come true and reunite the heartbroken lovers. But will her plan succeed? Order Read Excerpt 5 Heart Sweetheart from The Romance Studio

	NORTH OF NONESUCH by Jane Toombs (*Whiskey Creek Press)* North Of Nonesuch--a magical place in the wilds of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where the real world can be invaded by strange occurrences. From shifters to djinns to vampires, to ghosts, anything may happen here. Danger, suspense and love happens to all who live in or enter this wonderful world. Order Read Excerpt

	THE FLAME by Jane Toombs (*Amber Quill Press*) Mary Vere, servant girl, is determined to become a lady and locate her missing father. When the chance arrives to make her dreams a reality, she leaves Alabama for California and gradually reinvents herself into the alluring and mysterious Monique Vandreuil. Available November 2008. Order Read Excerpt

	TRAITOR'S KISS by Jane Toombs (*Amber Quill Press*) Newly arrived in Devon, England, American Nara Winfield is furious when her secret love, Dan, turns out to be Rolfe Daniels, the person who will inherit Winfield Hall after her father dies. She’ll never forgive the dashing man for his masquerade—though his kisses are hard to forget. But is there a more direct heir to the estate than Rolfe? That possibility arrives by way of a man from Singapore. Her father immediately sets sail to find and claim his son by his first wife—who died in Singapore long ago, with their son supposedly dying with her. Order Read Excerpt

	LOVE'S SAVAGE SISTER by Jane Toombs (*Amber Quill Press*) When Rosalind travels from New York to the Michigan wilderness to find her father, she encounters a hated Rebel and struggles against her instant attraction to him. And once she arrives at her destination, she's shocked to discover she also has a half sister named Cosy, not only the same age, but part Chippewa—"a savage," in Rosalind's opinion. To make matters worse, when the Rebel, using an entirely different name and hired by Rosalind's father, also shows up in the wilderness, she finds she can no longer denounce him. Order Read Excerpt

	REBEL'S REVENGE by Jane Toombs (*Amber Quill Press*) Upon discovering her father, a Union doctor, is ill and imprisoned in Virginia's infamous Libby Prison, Barbara Thackery is determined to travel south from Ohio to bring him the medicine he needs. Her attempt to catch a train, however, results in her being hauled into a boxcar by Rebel prisoner Trevor Ishmael Sandoe, a Confederate officer who escaped from the stockade on Johnson Island, just offshore from her home. . Order Read Excerpt

	THE DARK LIGHTHOUSE by Jane Toombs *(Champagne Books*) Both love and danger confront P. I. Lisa Womack on the Northern California coast as she searches for her dead father’s past. She’s attracted to the man living in the Keeper’s cottage at the lighthouse, but why does Mark Trenton seem to know her, when she’s never met him before? And how can she trust him when she knows he’s hiding secrets? Order Read Excerpt

	A DECEPTIVE BEQUEST by Jane Toombs (*Amber Quill Press*) In the country, Ashley Douglas sees a young man overturn his boat. She can swim, and, believing he is drowning, leaps in to save him. She’s mortified, however, when he winds up pulling her to safety. She discovers he’s Lord Damon and, worse, not only does he call her Miss Blake, but dares to kiss her. She arrives home, drenched, and finds even more upsetting news. Order Read Excerpt

	DANCE OF THE CEDAR CAT by Jane Toombs (Eternal Press) When the moon is full, Sussie Sironen struggles with a wild impulse to dash out and dance naked under its silvery rays. When, unexpectedly, something out there calls to her to join him in dancing, her fear drives her to enact a Finnish rite with a cedar cat that temporarily kills the desire. What waits in the moonlight? And what will happen if her yearning grows too strong to resist? Order Read Excerpt

	moOnDARK by Jane Toombs (*Amber Quill Press*) Andrea Sullivan receives a French Tarot card in the mail with a cryptic message that sends her hurrying from her home in Michigan to Gatineau Park in Canada's Quebec Province. She expects to meet her best friend there, but instead finds Yvonne, her friend's ten-year-old daughter who tells her both parents are dead and begs for help. Order Read Excerpt

	temple of serpents by Jane Toombs (*Amber Quill Press*) When Dr. Halona Moore joins the staff of the California hospital as its pediatric resident, she is unaware that a vicious baby killer is watching her every move. But Harris Macklin, a disillusioned cop, becomes very much aware of Halona's danger, as well as the murderer's connection to a mysterious and eerie temple. Order Read Excerpt

	love's last stand by Jane Toombs (*Amber Quill Press*) At Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory, as General Custer gets ready to make his Last Stand, Nona Willard struggles with her own problems. Once she believed love was a pure emotion, not involving erotic feelings, the kind of love she feels for her sister's army officer husband. Devil-may-care journalist Spencer Quinlan, however, waits at the fort with another journalist to accompany Custer, and Spencer's attentions soon threaten Nona's belief. Order Read Excerpt

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