New Releases by Jill Barnett

L''amore cambia ogni cosa Lady Sofia Beatrice Rosalynde Anne Therese Howard ha avuto tanti pretendenti quanti sono i suoi nomi ma li ha rifiutati tutti quanti, senza distinzioni. E con grande costernazione del suo tutore, re Edoardo I, nonostante la sua cospicua dote nessuno sembra più interessato a lei. Il suo cuore, un tempo ferito dal giovane quanto arrogante cavaliere Tobin de Clare, si è tramutato in una fortezza di ghiaccio. Ora sir Tobin si è rifatto vivo per rimediare al proprio comportamento, più che mai determinato a riconquistare il cuore della bella e orgogliosa Sofia.

Grazie alle sue abilità di diplomatico, Roger FitzAlan è stato inviato dal re al confine col Galles per erigere una fortezza. Giunto sul luogo, rimane vittima di un''imboscata e viene salvato da una misteriosa giovane donna. Scacciata dagli abitanti del villaggio, che la credono una strega, Teleri vive da lungo tempo da sola nella foresta.

Da molto tempo la splendida lady Clio di Camrose, fanciulla indomita e intraprendente, sta aspettando di conoscere il suo promesso sposo, il valoroso cavaliere Merrick de Beaucourt. Quando Merrick fa finalmente ritorno in patria, trova Clio alle rese con l''ultima delle sue straordinarie idee: la ricerca della ricetta segreta di una birra dai poteri magici.

Previously titled Fall From Grace, this classic Jill Barnett love and laughter novella is set in the Highlands of Scotland, where the Clan McNish has been raided and left starving by their bitter rivals, the McNabs. As granddaughter to the clan chieftain, Grace McNish decides it is her duty to capture and ransom a vile McNab. But she and her clan of misfits mistakenly capture the wrong man, Colin Campbell, Earl of Argyll and Lord of the Isles, who is on his way to decide the fate of the two warring clans. For fans of Julie Garwood and Jude Deveraux.

From New York Times bestselling author Jill Barnett comes a charming tale of a fair English maiden and the brave knight who falls for her. Desperate to flee a forced marriage to England''s most fearsome knight, Lady Linnet of Ardenwood hires the dangerous mercenary, William de Ros to help her escape to a convent. Unbeknowst to her, deRos is in truth the new Baron Warbrooke, who by agreement with Linnet''s protective grandfather, has only a single week to woo and win her. For readers of Julie Garwood and Jude Deveraux.

A marriage of convenience...A clash of wills...An uncompromising love! Adelaide Amanda Pinkney was glad to bid Chicago farewell. After the bustle and crowds of the growing city, the news that her aunt and uncle had left her their California farm was like a dream come true. But Addie''s idyll was shattered the moment she reached California, and learned there was another claim on her land. Montana Creed was tall, headstrong elemental...as much a part of the rich and rugged California terrain, as the fields and valleys that dotted its majestic landscape. As a boy, Montana had watched his father slaughtered, his land stolen -- and he had vowed that, one day be would fulfill his father''s dream. Addie soon discovered that Montana''s stubborn streak ran as deep as her own...and that his seductive smile was almost impossible to resist. As his reluctant bride, she came to cherish Montana''s tender, passionate caresses. But she knew that one day he''d have to face the demons of his past -- or lose the bright and loving promise of their future!

In the aftermath of a fatal car crash, Laurel grows up in a single-parent home and Cale and Jud Banning are raised by their grandfather, a situation that culminates years later in the Banning brothers'' heated rivalry for Laurel''s affections.

When loved ones leave you, it''s time to change your life... A poignant and uplifting story for fans of Amanda Prowse. Recently-widowed March Cantrell must deal with her beloved husband''s death while trying to escape the constant interference from her well meaning grown-up children. All her children that is, apart from Molly. March discovers that the new man she''s dating, Spider Olsen, is 23 years older than her daughter - and believes the relationship is doomed to failure. However, any attempt to talk to Molly only drives them further apart. Meanwhile, March''s sons are fighting for control of the family business. In order to heal the growing rifts between them all, the family decides to spend Christmas at their mountain home in Lake Tahoe. Whilst skiing one day, March finds herself stranded with a young man called Rio and is surprised to discover that she is attracted to him. A few weeks after the holidays, March returns to the mountains. One lonely night, whilst dining alone, March is joined by Rio. What starts as a one-night stand becomes something much more. Her children think March has lost her mind. However, somewhere in this tangled chaos, in the betrayal and competition and the innocence of new love, is the answer for all the Cantrells.

Things couldn''t be going better for Troy White. The Atlanta Falcons'' football genius is at the top of his game, helping the team get to the playoffs. Agents and lawyers are knocking on his door with big-money offers for the upcoming season. And his own football team has just won the Georgia State Championship! Troy''s celebrating with his friends at linebacker Seth Halloway''s mansion when another lawyer comes knocking—and he says, "I think I''m your father." In that instant, Troy''s life is changed. Powerfully charged from start to finish, this is an amazing portrayal of Troy''s struggle to make his lifetime dreams of being with his father come true. Filled with page-turning excitement as a high-stakes deal increases the clash of family tension, The Big Time is an unforgettable experience.

In New York City in the late 1800s, a beautiful but clumsy angel turns a lonely man''s life around.... In medieval Scotland, the intrigues of a Christmas Mass imperil two Highland lovers....In Regency London, a world-weary lord receives an outrageous proposal....And in modern-day Colorado, a clever twelve-year-old plays matchmaker for his bighearted but impractical mother.

The story of those living in the shadow of Russia''s giant industrial project of the 1930''s. The bare steppes of the Urals were transformed into a blast-furnace complex, and a city was raised out of the ground. With excerpts from Joris Iven''s 1932 film''Song of the heroes'' about the building up of the Soviet Union, which used Magnitogorsk to show how the ''new world'' and the ''new man'' were being forged.

A group of determined men and women--scientist Kitty Kincaid, U.S. Army major J.R. Cassidy, pilot Charlotte Morrison, small-town Texan Red Walker, and Royal Air Force ace George "Skip" Inskip--finds adventure and passion against the backdrop of World War II.

The beauty of the Scottish Highlands forms the backdrop for a collection of love stories by Jude Devereaux, Jill Barnett, and other romance authors.

Winning a stubborn lady turns into the battle of his life for a powerful knight. Lady Sofia Howard has sworn never to marry, after her young heart was broken by an arrogant young squire. She''s spurned every suitor to the dismay of her guardian, King Edward I, who finds that even increasing her dower prize will not lure men to offer for the defiant but lonely Sofia. So the king takes matters into his own hands and betroths Sofia to Sir Tobin de Clare, the man who once broke her heart. Passion explodes, and Sofia''s tattered pride demands that Sir Tobin surrender his heart. A battle of wills ensues that makes war seem tame, when nothing will stop this ruthless warrior from winning his lady. In a classic Barnett battle of will and wit, a knight and his lady find that love at first sight is dangerous at best and never, ever easy. Wicked has all the pageantry of Medieval England, liberally laced with poignancy and humor.