Вручение июль 2000 г.

Страна: США Место проведения: г. Нью-Йорк, штат Нью-Йорк Дата проведения: июль 2000 г.

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Isolde Martyn 0.0
The Maiden and the Unicorn is the winner of the 1999 Romantic Book of the Year Award from Romance Writers of Australia and was nominated for the Romance Writers of America's Best 1st Novel and Romantic Times Best Historical Novel awards.

In this lavish epic, Isolde Martyn enriches history with an exquisite love story, vividly bringing to life a medieval world of deadly intrigue and passion, in which one woman has the power to alter the fate of a nation--if she doesn't lose her heart.

The year is 1470 and the legendary Wars of the Roses threatens to tear England apart. In the middle of the conflict is a most unlikely heroine. For Margery, the beautiful and spirited ward of Warwick the Kingmaker, freedom is the only prize worth having. But it is a prize that could cost her her life.

Sent to France on a mission for King Edward IV, she finds herself the target of a man who may be one of the king's most dangerous enemies. Sir Richard Huddleston is bold, enigmatic, and devastatingly handsome. He is used to getting what he wants, and he wants Margery to be his wife. But what else does he want? Margery suspects that Richard has abandoned the king and the house of York and is conspiring with the rebel queen and the traitorous house of Lancaster.

Caught between her role as a spy and a fierce passion that neither she nor Richard can deny, Margery finds her heart exposed to the ultimate danger: falling in love. Yet she cannot admit her real mission to Richard. For if she stays true to her noble cause, she'll save many men...and lose the one that matters most.

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Энн Макалистер 0.0
MEN of the YEAR
MAN of the MONTH

"I'm no stardust cowboy!

—Riley Stratton, rough-edged Wyoming cowboy

Riley knew he wasn't any kid's imaginary hero, capable of making dreams come true. His own dreams had bitten the dust so long ago, he couldn't even remember them. But he had to do the honorable thing by Dori Malone and her son -- his newly discovered nephew, Jake. Next thing he knew, they were sharing his ranch!

Worse, Dori was making herself indispensible. She understood computers. She cooked meals, washed dishes. She even folded his underwear! Worst of all, she made Riley wish, made him ache, made him dream -- of things not even Jake's stardust cowboy could make come true.

Some men are made for lovin' -- and you'll love our MAN OF THE MONTH!

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Патриция Райан 5.0
Мужественный Грэм Фокс настроен весьма решительно — он окажет неоценимую услугу знатному барону и в награду получит в жены его дочь. С богатым поместьем в придачу. И все бы хорошо, но Грэм не предполагал, что на его пути встретится прекрасная Джоанна. Очарованный ее умом и красотой, он разрывается между страстью и своими честолюбивыми планами... Сможет ли он пожертвовать блестящим будущим ради любви?..

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Джудит Айвори 3.5
Кто мог взяться за сложнейшее дело – в короткий срок превратить «грубого дикаря» Мика Тремора в благовоспитанного, безупречного джентльмена? Только эксцентричная леди Эдвина Боллаш, всем известная старая дева лондонского света! Что должно было выйти из такого партнерства? На первый взгляд – ничего хорошего!
Не сразу, далеко не сразу удалось Эдвине разглядеть в вульгарном простолюдине истинного аристократа и настоящего мужчину – сильного, благородного, бесстрашного. Не сразу и Мик увидел в «унылой» учительнице нежную, страстную, прелестную женщину. Не сразу осознали эти двое, что связаны не жесткими условиями договора, но огненными узами ЛЮБВИ...

Романтический саспенс - длинный

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Гейл Уилсон 0.0
Her life depended on a stranger…

On the morning of her wedding, Tyler Stewart looked out the wrong window and witnessed a murder. Running for her life, she opened Lucas Hawkins's door—and found her true heart's desire.

But Lucas—his identity destroyed by the government he'd served—was a man with nothing. Yet something about his cool blue eyes and unreadably handsome face told Tyler that his secrets were as haunting as her own—and infinitely more dangerous….

When both their secrets eventually caught up with them, only Lucas's skills could keep them alive. But would the truth of who and what he was drive Tyler away?

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Жанетт Бейкер 0.0
Wealthy Jillian Fitzgerald and destitute Frankie Maguire grew up together in northern Ireland. The widening chasm of their class differences could not daunt their dreams of someday marrying, until fate cruelly rips them apart. Nell Fitzgerald, a tragic Irish princess from the Middle Ages, calls to the torn couple from the past and proves that neither prison bars nor the hands of time can stop the true power of love.

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Дженнифер Дрю, Кристин Гэбриел 0.0
The first novel in this duet, "Annie Get Your Groom," concerns a single man hounded by a matchmaking father. When he makes a deal for a woman to become his fiancee-from-hell, little does he know he'll want to become her husband. In "Taming Luke," a woman tries to transform a wild man into a CEO, but he fights her every step of the way and makes her fall in love with him.

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Nancy Butler 0.0
A young lady finds herself caught in a mystery of murder, as she accompanies the frightened young girl, a witness to the crime, and her guardian, a nobleman renowned for his notorious behavior, to a nearby castle. After arriving at the noble gent's estate, the three think themselves safe from the killer, who may be on their trail. But as the scandalous incident brings the young woman and the nobleman together, she finds that it is her heart that's in danger.

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Сюзанна Брокманн 3.5
Она словно обречена была стать жертвой чужой жестокости... Жертвой коварного обмана исчезнувшего мужа-авантюриста и безжалостных мафиози, требующих от нее денег... Она оказалась на волосок от гибели, помощи ждать не от кого. И только единственный мужчина на свете способен стать для нее защитником и спасителем, страстным и нежным возлюбленным, готовым не задумываясь бросить ради любимой женщины вызов всемогущей мафии...