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Kobo &
iTunes (both available to Canadians),
Amazon (not available to Canadians), and possibly price-matched elsewhere:
A Killing Tide by P. J. Alderman, 1st in their Columbia River series of f/m contemporary romantic suspense thrillers, this installment involving firefighters and originally out from Dorchester's Love Spell imprint in 2006.
Kaz Jorgensen is used to fear--the anxiety of negotiating treacherous currents as she captains her family's fishing trawlers, the terrifying nightmares of the day she almost lost her life on the river. But now a man is dead, an arsonist has set the Anna Marie ablaze, and her brother is missing.
Michael Chapman knows how to take the heat--as the new fire chief of Astoria, Oregon, he's dealt with more than his share. No way can he afford to get involved with the sister of a suspect. But the scorching attraction between him and Kaz burns out of control, and when someone takes a shot at her, his protective instincts kick in. Whatever happens, he can't allow another woman to die because of him.
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Amazon:
The Trouble with Lucy by Carol Marinelli, which actually looks a lot more like a chick-lit revenge comedy or at least the setup to a torrid f/f love affair than a possible f/m contemporary romance. Anyway, Marinelli is a long-time Harlequin/Mills & Boon author from whom we've gotten a bunch of official publisher promo freebies in the past, so I figure some of you might be fans who might be interested in her women's fiction novel, if that's what it turns out to be.
Twelve years ago Lucy stole Gloria’s husband.
When he dies, in the most embarrassing of circumstances, the ex-wife and the widow are forced to face not just the other but also their demons. His death somehow frees Gloria and her life finally starts to come together, just as Lucy’s falls apart.
As Lucy’s life spectacularly unravels it is in full view of her nemesis. Gloria is the only one who could possibly understand what Lucy is going through—she was married to the cheating, sex-addicted bastard after all. What goes around comes around and surely Lucy deserves every moment of her come-uppance? She feels no sympathy or pity for Lucy.
At first…