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You won't find any ratings here. Just reviews!   Some of  the editor's favorite reads written by  RNBC forum members. A full synopsis and reviews of these novels and others appear on Amazon.com & Barnes and Noble.

 
Just The Thought Of You
Loure Bussey

A past hurt has caused novelist Diamond Tate to do hurtful things that do not make her proud. She is now determined to turn her life around and be happy. But that is easier said than done. As she travels on a cruise to a writer's conference in St. Thomas with Mathew Everhart she is full of hope. Mathew who is years older clearly worships Diamond. She thinks that she has found happiness until she meets the woman who will bring her world crashing down as her past catches up with her and destroys any chance of a future with Mathew. Then Diamond meets high powered entertainment attorney Jake Dupree at the conference and finds that she is offered a second chance at real love.

Spellbound
Deirdre Savoy
 
Deirdre Savoy's first novel SPELLBOUND is wonderful. It takes us to a place many of us only dream of - the beautiful, insular island community of Martha's Vineyard. This is the love story of Ariel and Jarad. Ariel Windsor is enjoying her life as one of New York's beautiful, successful and very much single psychologists. Talented and handsome film-maker Jarad Naughton is a male version of Ariel. He too is very much single and happy to be that way. When these two meet on a ferry to Martha's Vineyard sparks fly....
 

His 1-800 WIFE  
Shirley Hailstock
 
Catherine Carson has decided on plan to get her mother and her very married sister off of her case about not being married. She places a personal ad, 1-800-WIFE, in the local newspaper. She will find a man with the right credentials, get married for six months and then get a divorce. She is sure that there is some man out there who feels the same as she does about marriage and will agree to go along with her scheme. As she listens to her voice mail on her special telephone line, she is surprised to hear a man call her by name in a teasing manner. He knows her! The voice is very familiar, yet she can't place it because of the slight European accent. When Catherine attends ...

Through The Fire
Donna Hill   
      
Through The Fire by Donna Hiill is the journey of two people finding their way back to love. Musician Quinten Parker can't come to terms with his wife's death. His heart won't let him touch his piano, compose or find love. Tragedy seems to follow Quinten. He never knew his father, his mother left him and his sister to look after themselves when they were teenagers. When his sister is killed Quinten feels that he should have been able to prevent her death. Rae Lindsay has used her music to escape life and love ever since her husband and five year old daughter were killed three years ago. Quinten and Rae are kindred souls, they want to love again but don't know how and are afraid to tempt fate. When they meet, they are surprised by the ...
 

A Touch Away
Kim Louise
 
Kim Louise's second novel 'A Touch Away' is a good read. Sonji Stevens has waited 15 long years to return to college to get her degree. She knew that returning to school at such a late age might bring headaches and obstacles. But she never expected that one seemingly immovable obstacle would be her tough take no prisoners English professor. Sonji panics when she finds out that she cannot get out of the professors class, but she is determined not to let this set her back. Handsome professor Grayson Gilmore ...
 

Rendezvous With Fate
Jeanne Sumerix
 
When Leela Taylor goes back to College 19 years later to finish her education she has no idea that she will run smack into her past. Leela's mom has recently died of cancer, her heartbroken dad has committed suicide. Leela is devastated and throughly shaken by these two tragic events but realizes that she must stay focused for her teenaged son Alex. As Leela and her best friend Jan take the only remaining seats in the classroom she finds herself looking into blue eyes which are the image of her sons eyes. Her professor is none other than her old love Jack, who is Alex's father. Leela is shaken but no more so than Professor John 'Jack' Whitman...
 
 

For Your Love
Janice Sims
 
Author Janice Sims has written a beautiful sequel to 'A Second Chance At Love.' Dr. Solange DuPree and Rupert Giles continue to have a difficult time coming together. However, this time we are given some insight to what makes Rupert such a driven man. Solange's mother finally tells her daughter why she has never spoken of her homeland Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After spending time with Rupert in Ethiopia, Solange realizes how deeply she loves him. She feels she must leave Rupert before she disappoints him or he rejects her once he discovers her secret. She will leave him to spare pain to both of them. But she is kidnapped before she can ...
 
 

Trust In Me 
Alice Wootson
 
Alice Wootson has written a heart warming love story about learning to trust and starting over. Linda Durand, middleclass, educated, ex-convict. Linda made a foolish mistake through misguided love and paid for it by spending more than three years of her young life behind bars. Now she has a chance to start over, if that's possible. Her public defender has found a place for her to live and has set up a job interview for her at a neighborhood community center. Linda knows that she can do the job but must prove it to the center's owner who does not trust her. Not because she has been in prison, he...
 

Island Interlude
Linda Hudson-Smith

Sambrea Sinclair has her hands full managing De La Brise. She has been plagued with financial problems that came with the inheritance of her father's small yachting company . She has also discovered that someone with power and money is trying to take over De La Brise. When she meets 'drop-dead' gorgeous Craig Caldwell who literally sweeps her away with his passion she has no clue that he is the person trying to take over her company. Sambrea and Craig have a whirlwind romance which is complicated by the sudden appearance of her mother. It is further complicated by the fact that Craig may have reason's other than love for romancing Sambrea ...

Tell Me Something Good
Lynn Emery

Lyrissa Rideau's two aunts have always believed that now deceased members of the very wealthy Creole St. Denis family stole a painting from their family years ago. Through years of listening to her aunts discuss the painting and the thieving St. Denis family, Lyrissa is certain that the story is true. The painting is now valuable both financially and figuratively. The aunts hope that repossession of the painting will also elevate their social standing to where it once was before the family was duped by the St. Denis'. Georgina St. Denis along with her grandson Noel, have hired the Taylor Gallery to pull the family art together and appraise the entire collection. As assistant to gallery owner Shelton Taylor, Lyrissa is in the perfect position ...
 

Mirror Image
Shirley Hailstock
 
We have all seen them, the celebrity look-a-likes. Aurora Alexander looks just like talk show goddess Marsha Chambers. Aurora agreed to appear on the Chambers Show because she must pay the expenses for her mother's nursing home care. This is a decision she soon regrets, not only does Marsha Chambers take an instant dislike to Aurora, someone is trying to ... her because they think that she really is Chambers.Aurora says yes to Duncan West the show's producer when he asks her to help him find out who wants to harm Marsha. She soon finds herself saying yes to other things. Duncan is a warm, caring and sensitive man who finds...

Awakening Mercy
Angela Benson
 
As CeCe Williams heads out to meet the director of Genesis House community center she is prepared to let him know that he had cost her to lose a much needed real estate commission by missing their first meeting. However, she is not prepared for Nate Richardson's immediate meaningful apology and she is definately not prepared for a smile that erased any ill will torwards the man who will be her boss for the next couple of months. CeCe finds herself becoming more involved with Nate and the goings on at Genesis House. Nate admits to himself that he wants CeCe and her young son to remain in his life. But..
 

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