I didn't know there were so many Christmas romance books.
Here are some new for 2006. Do you know others?
CONTEMPORARY
Once Upon a Christmas anthology Harlequin Superromance, ISBN: 0373713800, featuring:
"All the Christmases To Come" by Anna Adams: Single dad Andrew Durham had resigned himself to losing Rachel Ford. After all, she wants more kids, and he doesn't. But the minute he finds out his second child is coming, he goes after Rachel...
"The Night Before Christmas" by Melinda Curtis: Simon Castle's on his way to a make-or-break meeting unseasonably scheduled for December 25--until the gorgeous redhead subbing for his limo driver take him on a detour....
"Just Like the Ones We Used To Know" by Brenda Novak: Angela Forrester is determined her foster child will get the one thing she wants for Christmas: to meet her real father--even though he doesn't know he has a little girl.
Keeping Christmas by B.J. Daniels, Montana Mystique, Harlequin Intrigue, ISBN: 0373229534
Ten years ago Dixie Bonner was the favorite wild child of a powerful Texas oilman. But after uncovering a dark family secret that cast suspicion on everyone close to her, she took off for a new life and never looked back. Chance Walker was the cool-eyed cowboy hired to bring her home by Christmas. But after catching her, he couldn't decide if she was a blackmailer or a victim. Was he tempted to protect her because she told the truth--or was he falling for her? Holed up in a remote Montana cabin with the bad guys closing in, two stubborn souls needed to trust each other if they hoped to survive the season.
Dashing Through the Mall featuring "Assignment Humbug" by Darlene Gardner, Harlequin, ISBN: 037383733X
TV reporter Merry Deluca's "'tis the season to be greedy" story is about to get complicated--her new cameraman is recently ex-fianc Patrick MacFarland! And he's got a whole new angle for her story....
Kids By Christmas by Janice Kay Johnson, Lost...But Not Forgotten, Harlequin Superromance, ISBN: 0373713835
Adopting one child is challenge enough for a single woman like Suzanne Chauvin. Now that she has the chance to adopt a brother and sister who shouldn't be separated, she has to keep her life as simple as possible. Which means she doesn't have time for an added complication in the form of her neighbor Tom Stefanec. Tom knows too much about Suzanne's pastand she knows nothing about his.
Snowbound Reunion by Barbara McMahon, Harlequin Romance, ISBN: 0373039212
Watching the snowflakes fall and make everything look perfect, Cath Morgan knows she's made the right decision to spend Christmas alone, far away from the city and her husband, Jake. For six years Cath has dreamed of more from her marriage--a husband who isn't off globe-trotting around the world and a home ringing with children's laughter. Only Jake isn't about to let his wife go so easily. He has one Christmas to show how much he loves her--to share the secrets that have kept him away. They just need this one chance to make their marriage beautiful again....
Christmas in Hawthorne Bay by Kathleen O'Brien, A Little Secret, Harlequin Superromance, ISBN: 0373713827
Mayor Nora Carson knows that council's plan to bulldoze the Killian family's mansion won't just stir up bad blood--it will attract the last person on earth she wants to see: Jack Killian. Run out of town when they were high school sweethearts, the big city lawyer is back to protect his turf--but what he'll find is Nora's eleven-year-old secret. Her worst nightmare is that he'll put two and two together and start asking questions. But there's no way she can tell him how she came to be a single mother. Or why her son has the Killians' blue eyes and curly black hair....
Merry Christmas, Babies by Tara Taylor Quinn, Harlequin Superromance, ISBN: 0373713819
She wanted a familybut four babies at once? Business hotshot Elise Richardson is successful, beautiful, singleand her biological clock is clanging like a church bell. So independent Elise takes matters into her own hands and now she's pregnant--with quadruplets! Her business partner and best friend, Joe Bennett, can't believe she's going to be a mom--times four! There's no way he's ready for the chaos of parenthood. Being one of seven children has taught him that much. But now that Elise's doctor says she shouldn't be home alone, Joe's ready to move in. Strictly as a friend, of course. At least until Christmas
Maverick Christmas by Joanna Wayne, Harlequin Intrigue, ISBN: 0373229550
Josh Mcain, sexy Montana rancher and single father from Gentleman's Club, is back by popular demand. His biggest problem is corralling his two boisterous sons--until he runs into a fugitive from justice who turns his heart and his household upside down. There's suspense, danger, laughter-and maybe a few tears. But most of all, there's love and family and happy-ever-after when you have a Maverick Christmas.
A Colby Christmas by Debra Webb, Colby Agency, Harlequin Intrigue, ISBN: 0373229518
Golden boy Brad Gibson never expected his climb up the corporate ladder would involve dodging bullets. But after he discovered corruption at a leading financial firm, someone wanted his head. Even worse, he feared he was about to lose an exciting opportunity to join the Colby Agency.
Now on Christmas Eve he was locked inside a skyscraper equipped with a state-of-the-art security system alongside Colby receptionist Elaine Younger, a doe-eyed beauty not to be underestimated. But with four masked men intent on bringing the agency to its knees, it was going to be a long night of gunfire and dangling mistletoe before Christmas dawned on the most dangerous couple in Chicago.
HISTORICAL
Mistletoe Kisses. anthology featuring "A Twelfth Night Tale" by Diane Gaston, Harlequin Historical, ISBN: 0373294239
"A Twelfth Night Tale" by RITA award-winning author, Diane Gaston, in the Regency Christmas Anthology: One impulsive night of love changed Elizabeth's life forever. Now, ten years later, Elizabeth and Zachary meet again. Will their second Twelfth Night together see their happiness reborn?
CONTEMPORARY
Once Upon a Christmas anthology Harlequin Superromance, ISBN: 0373713800, featuring:
"All the Christmases To Come" by Anna Adams: Single dad Andrew Durham had resigned himself to losing Rachel Ford. After all, she wants more kids, and he doesn't. But the minute he finds out his second child is coming, he goes after Rachel...
"The Night Before Christmas" by Melinda Curtis: Simon Castle's on his way to a make-or-break meeting unseasonably scheduled for December 25--until the gorgeous redhead subbing for his limo driver take him on a detour....
"Just Like the Ones We Used To Know" by Brenda Novak: Angela Forrester is determined her foster child will get the one thing she wants for Christmas: to meet her real father--even though he doesn't know he has a little girl.
Keeping Christmas by B.J. Daniels, Montana Mystique, Harlequin Intrigue, ISBN: 0373229534
Ten years ago Dixie Bonner was the favorite wild child of a powerful Texas oilman. But after uncovering a dark family secret that cast suspicion on everyone close to her, she took off for a new life and never looked back. Chance Walker was the cool-eyed cowboy hired to bring her home by Christmas. But after catching her, he couldn't decide if she was a blackmailer or a victim. Was he tempted to protect her because she told the truth--or was he falling for her? Holed up in a remote Montana cabin with the bad guys closing in, two stubborn souls needed to trust each other if they hoped to survive the season.
Dashing Through the Mall featuring "Assignment Humbug" by Darlene Gardner, Harlequin, ISBN: 037383733X
TV reporter Merry Deluca's "'tis the season to be greedy" story is about to get complicated--her new cameraman is recently ex-fianc Patrick MacFarland! And he's got a whole new angle for her story....
Kids By Christmas by Janice Kay Johnson, Lost...But Not Forgotten, Harlequin Superromance, ISBN: 0373713835
Adopting one child is challenge enough for a single woman like Suzanne Chauvin. Now that she has the chance to adopt a brother and sister who shouldn't be separated, she has to keep her life as simple as possible. Which means she doesn't have time for an added complication in the form of her neighbor Tom Stefanec. Tom knows too much about Suzanne's pastand she knows nothing about his.
Snowbound Reunion by Barbara McMahon, Harlequin Romance, ISBN: 0373039212
Watching the snowflakes fall and make everything look perfect, Cath Morgan knows she's made the right decision to spend Christmas alone, far away from the city and her husband, Jake. For six years Cath has dreamed of more from her marriage--a husband who isn't off globe-trotting around the world and a home ringing with children's laughter. Only Jake isn't about to let his wife go so easily. He has one Christmas to show how much he loves her--to share the secrets that have kept him away. They just need this one chance to make their marriage beautiful again....
Christmas in Hawthorne Bay by Kathleen O'Brien, A Little Secret, Harlequin Superromance, ISBN: 0373713827
Mayor Nora Carson knows that council's plan to bulldoze the Killian family's mansion won't just stir up bad blood--it will attract the last person on earth she wants to see: Jack Killian. Run out of town when they were high school sweethearts, the big city lawyer is back to protect his turf--but what he'll find is Nora's eleven-year-old secret. Her worst nightmare is that he'll put two and two together and start asking questions. But there's no way she can tell him how she came to be a single mother. Or why her son has the Killians' blue eyes and curly black hair....
Merry Christmas, Babies by Tara Taylor Quinn, Harlequin Superromance, ISBN: 0373713819
She wanted a familybut four babies at once? Business hotshot Elise Richardson is successful, beautiful, singleand her biological clock is clanging like a church bell. So independent Elise takes matters into her own hands and now she's pregnant--with quadruplets! Her business partner and best friend, Joe Bennett, can't believe she's going to be a mom--times four! There's no way he's ready for the chaos of parenthood. Being one of seven children has taught him that much. But now that Elise's doctor says she shouldn't be home alone, Joe's ready to move in. Strictly as a friend, of course. At least until Christmas
Maverick Christmas by Joanna Wayne, Harlequin Intrigue, ISBN: 0373229550
Josh Mcain, sexy Montana rancher and single father from Gentleman's Club, is back by popular demand. His biggest problem is corralling his two boisterous sons--until he runs into a fugitive from justice who turns his heart and his household upside down. There's suspense, danger, laughter-and maybe a few tears. But most of all, there's love and family and happy-ever-after when you have a Maverick Christmas.
A Colby Christmas by Debra Webb, Colby Agency, Harlequin Intrigue, ISBN: 0373229518
Golden boy Brad Gibson never expected his climb up the corporate ladder would involve dodging bullets. But after he discovered corruption at a leading financial firm, someone wanted his head. Even worse, he feared he was about to lose an exciting opportunity to join the Colby Agency.
Now on Christmas Eve he was locked inside a skyscraper equipped with a state-of-the-art security system alongside Colby receptionist Elaine Younger, a doe-eyed beauty not to be underestimated. But with four masked men intent on bringing the agency to its knees, it was going to be a long night of gunfire and dangling mistletoe before Christmas dawned on the most dangerous couple in Chicago.
HISTORICAL
Mistletoe Kisses. anthology featuring "A Twelfth Night Tale" by Diane Gaston, Harlequin Historical, ISBN: 0373294239
"A Twelfth Night Tale" by RITA award-winning author, Diane Gaston, in the Regency Christmas Anthology: One impulsive night of love changed Elizabeth's life forever. Now, ten years later, Elizabeth and Zachary meet again. Will their second Twelfth Night together see their happiness reborn?





