Christie Ridgway, Author . Avon $5.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-380-81896-9
Set in the imaginary town of Hot Water, Calif., Ridgway's newest contemporary romance (after First Comes Love)
puts a sexy spin on an old romance cliché—the marriage of convenience. Near strangers Honor Witherspoon and hunky computer
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Christie Ridgway, Author . Avon $6.99 (374p) ISBN 978-0-06-076348-0
Being the eldest granddaughter of SoCal's biggest crime boss isn't as glamorous as it's cracked up to be. Ever since her father disappeared, presumed murdered, when she was 12, Téa Caruso has kept as far from her crooked family as
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Christie Ridgway, Author . Berkley $7.99 (293p) ISBN 978-0-425-22193-8
Ridgeway's frothy latest (after Bachelor Boss
) combines Malibu beachnik appeal with trendy knitting Zen. Malibu & Ewe is a knit shop run by Cassandra Riley. There, hip knitters gather every Tuesday for Knitter's Night. Nikki Carmichael is new...
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Christie Ridgway, Berkley Sensation, $7.99 mass market (304p) ISBN 978-0-425-23917-9
This character- and plot-heavy sequel to June 2010's Crush on You delivers a very sexy hero, a frustratingly stubborn heroine who doth protest way too much, and a messy tangle of voices and story threads. Tomboy Stephania "Stevie" Baci avoids...
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Christie Ridgway, Author Avon Books $7.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-380-81255-4
A blind astronaut and a 27-year-old virgin come together in this sweet but steamy romance set on a beautiful California island. Sexy Yeager Gates is slated to pilot the career-capping Millennium project when a freak accident throws his life off...
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Christie Ridgway, Author Avon Books $7.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-380-81256-1
Set in the heart of Hollywood, Ridgway's latest contemporary romance (after Wish You Were Here) captures the zeitgeist of a culture ruled by bright lights and scandal. Rory Kincaid, who hails from a decadent family of actors, is intent on being...
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Christie Ridgway. Berkley Sensation, $7.99 mass market (304p) ISBN 978-0-425-24210-0
Concluding the Baci women trilogy (after Then He Kissed Me), Ridgway weaves a passion-filled but middling yarn centered on Giuliana "Jules" Baci, the oldest Baci sister. After a decade away from her hometown and her family's winery, Jules returns...
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Christie Ridgway. HQN, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-373-77740-2
Prolific author Ridgway (Can't Hurry Love) begins a new series with a beach-worthy seaside contemporary. After editor Jane Pearson makes a professional and personal break with a bestselling author, she's determined to succeed with her next client....
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Christie Ridgway. HQN, $7.99 mass market (416p) ISBN 978-0-373-77745-7
Ridgway’s emotional and powerful second beach-themed contemporary (after Beach House No. 9) is exemplary in its slow exploration of desire. Col. Samuel Parker, dying in battle, made combat medic Vance Smith promise that he’d take Samuel’s daughter,...
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Christie Ridgway. HQN, $7.99 mass market (380p) ISBN 978-0-373-77715-0
The third of Ridgway’s California beach contemporaries (after Bungalow Nights) is a placidly prosaic friends-to-lovers tale. After a harrowing kidnapping in Afghanistan, war photographer Gage Lowell returns to the beach of his childhood for some...
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Christie Ridgway. HQN, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-373-77832-4
Ridgway’s latest contemporary has its moments of poignancy interwoven with a commonplace plot. Poppy Walker is determined to create a special retreat in the mountains, despite skepticism from her brother and sisters. When handsome stranger Ryan...
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Christie Ridgway. HQN, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-373-78911-5
Set in fictitious Blue Arrow Lake, Calif., Ridgway’s feeble fable is so convoluted with indecision and unexplained behavior that readers will find it difficult to connect to the characters. Mackenzie Walker has a successful cleaning business and a...
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Deirdre Martin, Christie Ridgway, and Laura Florand. Kensington/Brava, $14 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-7582-7288-1
In this mostly appealing three-story contemporary romance anthology, seductive heroes and determined heroines risk everything to make love work. In Martin’s middling “Early Bird Special,” Dana, haughty, overworked, and full of mood swings, is not...
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