Joanne Rock Books In Order

Baby Bonanza (By:Maureen Child)

Twins? The startling revelation that his affair with Jenna Baker had produced two little boys was almost impossible to grasp. Tycoon Nick Falco had never considered himself the settling down type, yet now that fatherhood had been thrust upon him, he was determined to give his sons his name. But their mother wasn’t about to let him back into her life at least not without those three little words Nick had never, ever said.

Primal Instincts (By:Jill Monroe)

Who are they to argue with biology?
Subject A, photojournalist Ian Cole, is sent to ghostwrite a book on sex in various cultures. Instead of finding a white haired professor, he is greeted by Subject B, anthropologist Ava Simms, wearing only a teeny loincloth and body paint…
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Observations…

Sexual energy between subjects increases exponentially. Note the male’s quickened breathing and barely restrained urge to do lusty and inappropriate things.

The female, in turn, decides to demonstrate her extensive knowledge of seduction, play and ritual…
claiming it’s ‘research.’ The results? Neither Subject A nor B want the study to end…
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Baby, It’s Cold Outside (By:Cathy Yardley)

Wanted: Hot holiday fling with an out of towner sort of
Is jet setting, supermodel bedding hottie Colin Reeves actually home for the holidays? That’s the rumor this Christmas. And now he’s desperate for something only wholesome Emily Stanfield can provide: a room at her inn. But Emily’s tired of her choir girl rep. Sex ravenous and determined, she’s facing a tantalizing dilemma: can she entice Colin to some holiday cheer under the sheets and trust him to secrecy after the deal is done? Because one slip and everybody will be gossiping about Tall Pine’s poster girl having the delicious Colin. Unless, of course, one steamy night turns into something even these folks couldn’t predict…

Does She Dare? (By:Tawny Weber)

Her reputation as the Do It girl is taking on a whole new meaning…
Petite powerhouse Isabel Santos is utterly unafraid to take what she wants…
at least in her career. In her love life, not so much. So Isabel creates the Man Plan, a wicked wish list of sexual fantasies.

What a time for Isabel’s teenage super-crush to roll back into town–bad boy Dante Luciano still figures in her hottest daydreams and is very willing to help cross items off her naughty list. But in the wild tangle of their bodies, can their hearts escape unscathed?

Getting Lucky

Sports agent Dexter Brantley used to be the luckiest guy on the planet. But between the house fires, car wreck and half his clients dumping him, ‘Dex the Hex’ is a wreck himself. Worse, there’s a rumor floating about a family curse. If he weren’t so paranoid, he would swear someone is out to get him!
It’s time to take action. Ordinarily Dex would never spend the weekend with a paranormal hunter even the very hot Lara Wyland but he’s desperate. Still, with one sexually charged moment, Dex doesn’t have to be psychic to know he’s about to get lucky. Again and again…

From Russia, with Love (By:Ingrid Weaver)

Successful fashion designer Marina Artamova is determined to reunite her small family. Her orphaned nephew has vanished into the Russian welfare system, and her mission is his rescue. After months of searching, Marina locates Stefan but not before he’s adopted by David Anderson, an American teacher. She books passage on Alexandra’s Dream, the cruise ship David has chosen as a treat for the uncharacteristically reserved boy before taking him to the U.S. Marina is single minded in her quest to gain custody of Stefan, despite the romantic ambience of the cruise ship and her undeniable attraction to David. Marina and David have no idea that the boy’s silence hides a secret about his parents’ deaths and that the man responsible will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.

Scent of a Woman

Danielle Chevalier has a taste for the finer things in life, especially the lush, exotic scents she creates at her fragrance business. Under pressure from her brother to sell the small outfit, Danielle is thrilled when she’s invited to an exclusive conference aboard the cruise ship Alexandra’s Dream. There she hopes to gain contacts necessary to rally her business and avoid the devastation of a takeover. But Danielle’s dreams have a harsh run in with reality when she meets Adam Burns, a representative from a major U.S. competitor who is determined to outmaneuver her in negotiations. Fighting off the advances of a competing fragrance company is hard enough, but resisting her attraction to Adam may prove to be the real battle and mixing business with pleasure may just cost her both.

Breaking All The Rules (By:Marisa Carroll)

Alexandra’s dream swayed gently at her moorings in the harbor at Monte Carlo. Nearly encircling the cruise ship, the lights of the harbor and, higher yet, those of the city, sparkled against the dark mass of hills that guarded the famed principality of Monaco. ‘It really is like a fairy tale world, isn’t it? I’m glad our ship is too big to dock on the quay. The view from here is breathtaking, don’t you think?’ ‘Gorgeous,’ Lola agreed with her sister, Bonnie.

An Affair to Remember (By:)

Of all the ships on the Med, she had to sail on his? As captain of the cruise ship Alexandra’s Dream, Nikolas Pappas is used to navigating his way through rough waters. But he hasn’t been able to steer his heart in the right direction since the day he ran out on the only woman he has ever truly loved. The daughter of a shipping tycoon, Helena Stamos lived a life of power and privilege back then, and Nikolas knew a lowly deckhand had no future with a woman like her. Now, after fifteen years of heartbreak and regret as suddenly as he had left her Nick is back in Helena’s life. While the years have passed and they have both moved on with their lives, the pull of their mutual attraction hasn’t weakened. But even if they can see beyond their past and resolve their incompatible lifestyles Nick left her once. What’s to stop him from leaving her again?

Below Deck (By:Dorien Kelly)

Not everything is aboveboard…
When Mei Lin Wang met young radical social activist Wei Chan she knew it was fate. She didn’t know that less than three years later she would be left widowed with a newborn son after a suspicious illness claimed Wei’s life.

Now, still convinced of their shared destiny, Lin is determined to avenge Wei and continue his work, but she must also protect her son from those responsible for her husband’s death.

For months Lin has secreted her son below deck on the cruise ship Alexandra’s Dream, under cover of her job. It’s turned into a game of hide and seek with the ship’s security officer, Gideon Dayan, whose interest is piqued by the mystery that surrounds her.

But through his attraction, Gideon sees his own haunted past when he looks at Lin…
and she can’t let her past go. Will they finally be able to face the future…
together?

A Perfect Marriage? (By:Cindi Myers)

Is there such a thing as a perfect marriage? After almost twenty years with her husband, Charles, Katherine Stamos finds herself at sea. What has happened to the closeness and passion she and Charles once shared? Her father suggests the perfect solution: a cruise aboard Alexandra’s Dream an opportunity to escape their everyday lives and reconnect with one another.

Once aboard ship, it’s still hard to leave their work behind. And much of what Katherine most wants to hear remains unsaid. She begins to think it is perhaps foolish to want to relive the heady feeling of first love. Maybe those emotions are only for the young.

And then she meets June and Albert, an elderly couple who after decades of marriage still find magic and excitement in everything they do together. Their example makes Katherine wonder if it is possible for the love she shares with Charles to be perfect, even if she and Charles are not…

Below Deck (By:Dorien Kelly)

Not everything is aboveboard…
When Mei Lin Wang met young radical social activist Wei Chan she knew it was fate. She didn’t know that less than three years later she would be left widowed with a newborn son after a suspicious illness claimed Wei’s life.

Now, still convinced of their shared destiny, Lin is determined to avenge Wei and continue his work, but she must also protect her son from those responsible for her husband’s death.

For months Lin has secreted her son below deck on the cruise ship Alexandra’s Dream, under cover of her job. It’s turned into a game of hide and seek with the ship’s security officer, Gideon Dayan, whose interest is piqued by the mystery that surrounds her.

But through his attraction, Gideon sees his own haunted past when he looks at Lin…
and she can’t let her past go. Will they finally be able to face the future…
together?

Cabin Fever (By:)

Sometimes you need someone to teach you the things you already know…
Becky Montgomery’s husband was a real catch. And when he died two years ago, she buried her emotions and her needs with him, and buried herself in her job. Sailing aboard the cruise ship Alexandra’s Dream for a weeklong vacation with her two children and a painfully exacting mother in law, Becky figures a Christmas holiday doesn’t seem like the time to start dipping her toes into the sea of love. But when she finds a pendant that’s supposed to bring her luck and meets Dylan Langstaff, the ship’s charismatic diving instructor she may be ready to take the plunge. Dylan has charmed a lot of women in his time working aboard Alexandra’s Dream, but there’s something different about Becky. It’s changing the way he wants to live…
just the way something about him is changing the way she wants to love…
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Island Heat (By:Sarah Mayberry)

It’s been eight years since Tory Sanderson has seen Ben Cooper eight years since she found out he seduced her to win a bet with some classmates at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America, and eight years since she got her revenge…
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After fulfilling her dream of publishing a cookbook of island recipes, Tory is thrilled when she’s invited on a Caribbean cruise as a guest lecturer. But excitement turns to anxiety when she finds out that Ben, who is now a celebrated restaurateur, will join her as the guest chef.

Ben accepted the guest chef gig in order to enjoy a week of Tory sweating it out in the kitchen. But once the heat starts to climb, getting even turns out to be the last thing on his mind. In fact, picturing a future with Tory in his kitchen might add just the right amount of spice to his life…
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Don’t Look Back

Men are a risky proposition. It’s a lesson NYPD detective Donata Casale learned the hard way. But she’s moved beyond her disreputable history and is climbing the ranks at her precinct. That is, until this case which threatens to resurrect her past lands on her desk. Suddenly she’s paired with the man who once arrested her: the dangerously sexy P.I. Sean Beringer. Donata knows Sean’s rebellious ways brought an end to his career as a cop. But his methods are still more than effective at getting her motor revved high. Despite her best intentions, they’re soon burning up the sheets together. With all that steamy action between them, can she distract him long enough to solve this case?

Just One Look

Spending her days practically naked with gorgeous men should be easy. But for body double Tabitha Everheart it’s a poor imitation of the real thing. Thanks to her short lived disastrous marriage, she’s an independent woman. Then a bullet shatters her apartment window and she’s forced to admit she needs protection. Especially if it comes in the form of sexy cop Warren Vitalis, who takes his body guarding duties very seriously. Nights of mind blowing sex with Warren stir urges Tabitha thought had been forever tamped down. This passionate man is arousing not only her libido, but her emotions as well. What they have together is hot and very temporary. At least that’s what she tells herself

Girl’s Guide to Hunting & Kissing

When Summer Farnsworth goes hunting for the perfect man to have a little fling with, Jackson Taggart is not who she had in mind. There’s not a rebel bone or a tattoo under those too starched shirts, or so she thinks. But whoever said opposites attract must know something. Because after a few long, steamy kisses, Summer has discovered a big attraction to the button down type.

Her Final Fling

Mixing business with pleasure…
The last thing Christine Chandler expects when she takes this job is to be distracted by jet setting Vito Cesare. She should be focused on the landscaping that could make her company a success. Instead, her gaze constantly strays to Vito’s hot bod. And by the sizzling looks he sends her way, he’s thinking the exact same thing. Can she give into this particular temptation and walk away unscathed? Spending time with Christine is doing crazy things to Vito’s libido. Yet every time he makes a seductive move, she slips away…
until he proposes a fling. No hassle, no strings, just a lot of adult fun. But after just a few steamy kisses, he’s breaking those rules and feeling much more than heat for her. Looks like he has to convince her that this will be Her Final Fling!

Silk Confessions

He’s armed, she’s dangerous…
As a hot shot detective, Wes Shaw thinks he’s seen it all until he meets the luscious Tempest Boucher. She’s a blend of artistic sensuality and no nonsense practicality that he can’t resist. Too bad he suspects one of her companies as being a front for an illegal sex ring…
and possibly murder. Now he has to wonder if his pursuit of her is for the sake of the case or for something very personal. Tempest has always lived by the rules. So to find herself the subject of an intense investigation by one sexy cop has sparked all kinds of rebellious impulses in her. Soon, his interrogations lead to intimate confessions across the sheets…
and even hotter explorations! West Side Confidential Secrets and seduction are off the record.

His Wicked Ways

NYPD Police Report Re: Messina Case 1900 HRS: Subject Alec Messina going by the name of Al Perez no priors under either detained by Detective Vanessa Torres. Subject alleged to have embezzled funds. Charges possible pending investigation. 2100 HRS: Subject and Officer en route to Subject’s place of residence to examine evidence when assailed by two men DUI. Shots fired; Subject and Officer sustain non life threatening injuries. All points bulletin out on perps. Subject claims incident proof someone s out to silence him. 2300 HRS: Subject debriefed at length at his place of residence, during which time Officer deems him to be impressively armed and very dangerous. Subject ready to deal. Will expose his highly secret activities…
but only if Detective Torres agrees to extended undercover ops with him! West Side Confidential Secrets and seduction are off the record.

Learning Curves

Graduate student Madeline Watson can’t believe the university rejected her human mating rituals study, hinting a good girl like her can’t handle the racy subject. Okay, so maybe she has a few gaps in her mating knowlege. But she’s changing that by propositioning the campus bad boy Cal Turner. With his expert instruction, she’ll learn the finer points of desire…
and how much fun it is being bad. Mechanic turned teacher Cal has to shake a reputation that’s been a lifetime in the making. Which means he can’t risk a public fling with Maddy…
and he can’t refuse her oh so tempting offer. But he could give her private lessons just the two of them studying the art of seduction. Until their passionate sessions overheat the classroom and Cal’s left wondering who really is the teacher.

My Lady’s Favor

No man would own her…
Elysia Rougemont swore, though she knew the vow to be mere fancy for a noblewoman such as herself. Now although Fate had spared her one unwanted union, she found herself bound to Conon St. Simeon by virtue of his valor, his chivalry and the secret stirrings of passion all consuming! Conon St. Simeon, knight of legendary prowess, would pledge his heart and soul and strong sword arm to Elysia, Countess of Vannes, an independent beauty cloaked in secrets if she could accept a man with mysteries of his own. For she was a woman like no other…
and he wanted no other but her!

The Laird’s Lady

A Forbidden AttractionWhen Malcolm McNair sees the ethereal beauty on the battlements, wielding her crossbow, he swears he’s been bewitched by a powerful fairy queen. But Rosalind of Beaumont is definitely all woman, a lady of fierce determination, ready to do all it takes to safeguard her home from invasion. Never has Rosalind seen a warrior to equal Malcolm MacNair, and her resolve to hite her attraction to this burly Scot proves impossible. But she is English born a guarded truce is all she can hope for. Why, then, does Malcolm’s merest touch promise so much?

The Pleasure Trip

Men are from Mars…
Women cruise on Venus? She may be on a cruise liner, but lately Rita Frazer’s life looks more like a shabby dinghy. Working as a seamstress on a ship called the Venus, Rita hasn’t been feeling very goddesslike. More like a Swamp Thing with red hair and a mouthful of pins. When the ship hosts a fashion show, Rita figures she finally has a chance at being a designer until she finds herself on the runway, instead of her designs. But Rita’s found her muse. And he’s watching the fashion show. Harrison Masters is capable of making any woman drop sails, anchor and most of her clothes. And he might be successful with Rita, but she panics when her sister disappears. Now Rita’s little dinghy which was ready for an upgrade to full on Love Boat only moments ago is starting to leak. Bail water…
or bail out?

The Knight’s Courtship

The knave and the lady Quiet and studious, Lady Ivy Rutherford is content merely to observe the intrigues and scandals of Queen Eleanor’s glittering court. But then the Queen insists that Ivy would be the ideal mentor for notorious heartbreaker Roger Stancliff. Her duty? To transform the arrant knave into a courtly knight. A simple task for such a proper lady! But in the sultry castle grounds just who is educating whom? Chaste, courtly love seems much less appealing than losing herself in the passion of Roger’s arms…

Up Close and Personal

Posing as a live model in a sex class was bound to be hard but Rocco Easton will, uh, rise to the occasion. The seductive moves of sensuality guru Jessica Winslow are no match for Rocco’s SEAL training. He’ll expose her scam even if it means he gets a supercharged sex life out of the deal…
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But things get weird when his sultry sex maven turns out not to be the con artist he thinks, but the victim of identity theft. Gone are his plans for getting even. Now he’s in protector mode. Because the identity thief is getting braver, pretending to be Jessica everywhere. Including his bed!

The Knight’s Return

In dire need of a protector and escort, Irish princess Sorcha has no choice but to allow mercenary Hugh de Montagne to fulfill the role. Having been duped into marriage, then exiled in disgrace, Sorcha trusts no man. Yet something about the brooding warrior makes her yearn for his touch .

At the king’s behest, Hugh must thwart Sorcha’s enemies at all costs. He has no intention of taking a wife, but every day and every night he spends with the flame haired princess leads him closer to temptation .

A Knight Most Wicked

Baseborn Sir Tristan Carlisle had fought his way to a knighthood. On the threshold of gaining land and power, he would not be distracted from his ultimate goal. Until, deep in the Bohemian forest, he encountered a woman with unforgettable green eyes. He never expected to see her again but then the gypsy arrived at court as a lady in waiting. Convinced that she was an ambitious impostor, Tristan set out to seduce the truth from Arabella assuming he could resist the power of her charms…
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The Betrothal

You are cordially invited to The Betrothal Three couples. Three engagements. Three stories about finding your true love. The Claiming of Lady Joanna by Terri Brisbin Terrified by rumors about her intended’s wicked ways, Lady Joanna runs away from her wedding and seeks sanctuary in a church. Will the boldly handsome Lord Braden, the so called ‘Warlock of Wynwydd’ woo her into his arms or sweep her away to the altar? Highland Handfast by Joanne Rock Young widow Brenna Kirkpatrick calls upon old love Gavin Blackburn to rescue her kidnapped children. The brawny Highlander agrees if she’ll handfast with him for one year. Brenna plans to abstain from Gavin’s charms, but soon realizes how tempting he can be…
. A Marriage in Three Acts by Miranda Jarrett Act one: Lord Ross Howland engages a troupe of traveling players for a performance at his estate. Act two: The dashing earl becomes utterly enchanted by the beautiful young actress Cordelia Lyon. Act three: Will this star crossed couple find their own happy ending?

Bet Me

No Time to Lose They don’t call Vegas Sin City for nothing. And now that prime tourist season is around the corner, it’s time to kick some criminal butt. Enter three full throttle Vegas detectives, ready to eat their undercover assignments alive…
Clarissa Rivers can’t believe she’s got to play fake maid to weasel her way into some of the city’s dirtiest criminal activities. But pretend she’s hitched, too? Meanwhile, Kim Wong is all over her undercover sting operation at the Great Wall Casino. Only problem: an old boyfriend’s got intel on Kim’s secret royal past. And Dorian Byrne is posing as a high class call girl to take down a sex crimes ring. But what’s with her wild card FBI partner? High rolling scoundrels better watch their backs this weekend, because one wrong move and all bets are off…