The HBS Author's Spotlight SHOWCASES Joan Reeves' New Book: Deceptively Yours.
Joan is a NY Times & USA Today best-selling author of Contemporary Romance.
Deceptively Yours
Author: Joan Reeves
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A passionate, steamy Romantic Suspense novel about a woman and a man who are destined to be together, set against the island paradise of Last Chance Beach where Love finds you when you least expect it.
Tatiana was twelve when her mother died, leaving her alone in the world. Her cousin took her in. What seemed like an act of kindness was a scheme to use her artistic talent to cheat wealthy men who were least likely to display art they thought had been obtained illegally.
For six years, her life offered nothing but fear and danger—then she met a man who changed that. He gave her love, passion, and hope for a future together.
In an act of breathtaking courage, she defied her cousin. He responded with a vicious attack. A chance meeting with an elderly man saved her and gave her a second chance at life. He helped her disappear, leaving her nightmare world behind—but also leaving behind the man she loved.
Ten years later, Tatiana has done everything she could to repay her benefactor, to prove she’s worthy of the care and fatherly love he’s given her, and to become a better person. But she’s never forgotten the man who taught her the meaning of love and desire.
Destiny hands her a second chance at love when she meets him again, but she resists the love he offers. She’s not the girl he fell in love with. She never was. She can’t undo the deceptions and the lies nor the secrets she’s kept—and continues to keep.
Declan knows a devastating secret lies at the heart of Tatiana’s refusal to give their relationship a chance. Patiently, he waits for her to tell him the truth about what happened ten years ago. His patience ends when he suspects she’s in danger, and he rushes to discover the truth about her disappearance. Will Tatiana find the courage to reveal her secrets to Declan? Will he still love Tatiana when the truth is revealed?
Author Genre: Romance, Chick Lit, Nonfiction
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Author Description: Joan Reeves is a New York Times and a USA Today bestselling author of Contemporary Romance. Her novels--Keeping Romance Alive...One Sexy Book at a Time--have been published in a half dozen languages, and her ebooks are available at most ebook sellers with audio book and print editions also available.
When not writing romance--or nonfiction to share what she has learned in life--Joan divides her time between the hustle and bustle of Houston and a house in the Texas Hill Country. At their country house, Joan and her hero, her husband, sit on the porch at night, look up at the star-studded sky, and listen to the coyotes howl.
Joan lives the philosophy that is the premise of all of her romance novels: "It's never too late to live happily ever after."
Author's Book List
April Fool Proposition - A Moment in Time Book 5
Matchmaker gone wild! That's the label that should be plastered on the forehead of her friend's mom, romance author Lorelei Lorelle aka Margaret Smith. Unfortunately, Brenna O'Reilly is late to realize that she's part of a romance plot using real people rather than fictional characters.
Brenna is the middle button—that's what her grandmother who raised her and her older sister and younger brother—called her. Her sister was the wild child; her brother is the smart, happy-go-lucky player. Brenna is the responsible one who takes care of everyone.
In her quest to fulfill that role, she's given up every part of herself and become the even-tempered, responsible young woman on whom everyone depends.
She doesn't realize she's put her personal life on hold. When her friend's mom tells Brenna her sister Maura won't commit to the man she loves because she's afraid Brenna will be alone, she plants the seed of an idea for Brenna to pretend to have a lover of her own, and that Dr. Travis Larsen is the perfect man to play the part of her pretend lover.
Brenna doesn't realize until too late that her friend's mom, a noted romance author, has set her up! What will Brenna do when she learns the woman has her own agenda for throwing Brenna and Travis together? Will Travis settle for being a pretend lover? Will Brenna cut loose and yield to her own desires?
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Every Little Lie
Sometimes you win. Sometimes you learn a lesson. Usually the hard way.
This time the lesson was all about closure, and Elizabeth Stoneham knew with every brain cell she possessed that the lesson was going to be another hard one.
Elizabeth returns to Houston to carry out her legal responsibilities as the executrix of her mother’s estate. She’d left home nearly ten years ago. In all those years, she’d not visited or called her mother, and her mother had reciprocated—as if they had a silent mutual understanding to leave each other in peace. Peace? She’d found none in her self-imposed exile in Dallas.
After all this time, why had her mother…lured her back? That’s what naming her as executrix was. A lure. Bait for the trap. Since Elizabeth had followed in her adored father’s footsteps and become a lawyer, her mother knew she wouldn’t ignore a legal responsibility.
Perhaps her mother had mellowed as she’d grown older? Did she seek closure from the grave? No. Closure was a myth woven from hope and longing. There would be no closure, but maybe she’d be able to solve the biggest mystery of her life—why her mother had hated her.
Despite her resolve, staying at her mother’s house brings back all the memories she’d worked so hard to smother. In a moment of weakness, she allows herself to be swept away by her mother’s captivating new neighbor. She wants the mindlessness of passion to banish the pain—at least for a little while.
The only problem with that kind of temporary solution is that a woman can become ensnared if she’s not careful.
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THE KEY TO KRISTINA
Her father never gave her anything but a hard time—until he died and left Kristina a key. But a key to what?
A suspicious death. An inheritance. A mysterious ally. A shifty lawyer. A mystery. A key and a clue. A romance. A Quest that may be the adventure of a lifetime. None of that is what Kristina Rivera expects when she arrives for her appointment with a Houston lawyer. She thinks she's there to gather her father's possessions because he's probably been sent to jail again.
Instead, she meets Wyatt Morgan who’s also there at the lawyer’s request. She’s stunned when Morgan introduces himself as the Executor of her father’s estate. Shocked by this revelation, Kristina is grief-stricken, confused, and angry. Her father didn't have two nickels to rub together. Why would he write a will? Life has taught Kristina to initially distrust everyone and every situation, and this situation is beyond her comprehension.
With the aid of Wyatt Morgan, a man whose business seems to be fighting lost causes, Kristina undertakes The Quest, designed by her father, to find his hidden treasure. More than her legacy will be revealed, and danger stalks her every mile of her journey as she tries to discover what The Key To Kristina means.
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Liam's Wild Irish Rose - A Moment in Time Book 4
Maura O'Reilly doesn't want a relationship--she just wants Liam Harper. But Liam wants more than sex. Just the thought of being tied to one man makes her anxious. She tries to resist him--she really does, but every time she sees him, her resolve and good intentions melted away. How can she cut him loose?
Of all the women in the world, Liam Harper had to fall for the one who seems to have no interest in him. At least no interest outside of the bedroom. A lot of men would think that was the perfect relationship--hot sex with a beautiful woman who had no interest in a relationship.
Unfortunately, Liam wasn't one of those men. He wanted Maura, and he wanted more than sex. He wanted all of her. Could he have the luck of the Irish on St. Patrick's Day and finally get Maura to commit to him?
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Second Chance Bride - All Brides Are Beautiful Book 2
He was the only man she wanted—and the one man she could never have.
She left town at eighteen, wanting to leave behind all the pain and heartbreak. She reinvented herself as wealthy, successful Constance Quinn. The only problem is there's no room for love or relationships in her rigidly controlled existence. Now older and wiser and having made peace with her stepdaughter, she's determined to find the part of herself that got lost in her transformation.
"A blonde with curves in all the right places." That's what Alex Martinez thinks when he meets Constance. When they touch, something hot and urgent passes between them. Their attraction is mutual. Their desire is palpable.
Although Constance cannot resist a kiss from Alex, she knows she's playing with fire because he might discover her secret.
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April Fool Bride - All Brides Are Beautiful Book 1
Is it a marriage of convenience or something more?
Oil heiress Madeline Quinn needs a husband by the time she turns twenty-five in order to claim her full inheritance. Mad Maddie, as the tabloids christened her, has learned the hard way that men only see dollar signs when they look at her.
Maddie decides a marriage of convenience is the only answer. She turns to the one man in the world she can trust, her housekeeper’s son who always treated her like a little sister when they were growing up—until one disastrous night when she acted impetuously.
Jake Becker hasn’t seen Maddie since the night she tried to seduce him. Why should he help the woman who changed the course of his life? Simple. Revenge.
Or is it something else? Something that sizzles like steam heat between Maddie and Jake that neither can resist!?
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Dead Heat - Outlaw Ridge, Texas Book 2
She ran to the only man who had the skills to save her.
Sabrina Snow knew she was going to get herself killed if she didn’t get help. Someone was after her, and he wasn't going to stop. She ran to the only man she trusted...the only man who had the skills to save her. Too bad he probably hated her.
But she owed him the truth even though she'd wanted to keep the knowledge from him. What if she were killed? John needed to know where to look. If he'd hated her before, what would he feel once he learned the depth of her deception?
Navy SEAL John Galloway doesn't trust Sabrina. She lies for a living so how can he? So what's he supposed to do when she shows up in the last place he ever expected to see her?
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Blame It On Chocolate - A Moment in Time Romance Book 3
In this funny short story romance, A Moment in Time is all it takes for Love to be Revealed.
Chloe Elliot was the good girl. She’d never been a hell-raiser. Never gotten drunk, used drugs, smoked pot, or slept around. She didn’t even curse! Since her dad was the son of a minister and the oft-elected mayor, and her mom was the elementary school principal, she'd had no choice but to live a life above reproach. Truthfully, it really hadn’t been that difficult.
Until Hunter Cole returned to his home town.
That was the beginning of Chloe's fall from good girl status. There was just something about the man that addled her brain and created havoc in her body.
Hunter Cole reckoned he had the best of all possible worlds. He'd played for the NFL, and even though two back surgeries had ended that career, he was lucky enough to follow in his dad's footsteps and work the family ranch and also follow his granddad's path and be the sheriff in his west Texas town. Life was perfect.
Until he dropped by the library to say hello to his best friend's little sister.
Chloe wasn't so little any more. In fact, just looking at her made his common sense evaporate. She affected him like no other woman--and he'd had women throwing themselves at him since he was a high school quarterback! If he made a move on her, her brother would nail his hide to the wall. There was only one thing he could do, but did he really want to do that? The thought of it made his bachelor heart shudder with alarm.
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LuvU4Ever - A Moment in Time Romance Book 1
A Moment in Time is all it takes for Love to be revealed.
LuvU4Ever. That's what was engraved on the gold heart David gave Noelle when he proposed. David and Noelle have been married 10 years.
He promised to love her forever? So what happened?
"I told you to never call me at home."
Can nine little words destroy love?
This year as Christmas approaches, Noelle faces the biggest decision of her life. Will she choose payback? Will she choose love? Or will she just walk away?
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Last Christmas - Small Town Texas Romance Book 1
Have you ever had your heart broken and didn't know why it happened? Then this romance novella about love at first sight, heartbreak, revenge, redemption, and second chances is for you!
Last Christmas Annabelle gave Rick her heart. He stomped on it. This Christmas, Rick's going to pay!
A year ago, Annabelle fell in love at first sight with a mysterious stranger. After a week of unforgettable passion, he walked out of her life. A year of heartache, accompanied by the dirty tricks life can serve up, finds Annabelle back in her hometown, determined to forget the man who still haunts her dreams.
Who should walk into her grandmother’s Christmas party? Why the man who seduced her, lied to her, and betrayed her! He has a new name and a new identity, but his effect on her is as old as time.
Rick Lassiter wants to woo Annabelle back to him. Unfortunately, he has two big problems: he can't explain the past and the sweet-tempered, passionate woman he fell in love with has a will as strong as his and a desire to make him pay for breaking her heart.
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Heat Lightning - Outlaw Ridge, Texas Book 1
Secrets, lies, passion. What Tessa doesn't remember may mean the death of her.
Her husband found her, claimed her, rescued her. David’s touch makes Tessa throb. Desire flashes between them like heat lightning on a summer night. Her body knows David, but when she looks at him, he is a stranger to her. Not a flicker of memory is left of him or their life together since she awakened from a coma.
Amnesia has left her with nothing but questions. Who is she? Why does David seem to hate her even as he pulls her into his arms? What is he hiding? How can she trust him when her gut says, Trust no one?
As her love for David grows, so does her feeling of foreboding--as if something awful is watching and waiting.
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Cinderella Blue - San Antone Two-Step Book 2
Love means never having to say, "You're under arrest."
Detective Andrea Luft--Andie to her friends--loves to say those three little words. Especially to bad guys who SO deserve it. Andie is undercover to catch the thief stealing designer wedding gowns from San Antonio bridal boutiques. She's about to make an arrest when Detective Bruce Benton barges onto the scene. The suspect escapes, and, as a reward for this screw-up, Benton and Andie are paired together as partners to close the case.
These two commitment-phobic cops have nothing in common except their tendency to annoy each other–unless you count the desire sizzling between them. But a cop romance just isn't in the cards for them. At a cop shop, a workplace romance can cause you to make careless mistakes that can be hazardous to your health--and your career!
Too bad because Benton realizes feisty, smart-mouthed Andie is the woman he's been waiting for. He just doesn't know how to convince her of that.
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Nobody's Cinderella - San Antone Two-Step Book 1
She wished on a star. Uh oh! She should have been careful what she wished for!
Review for this sexy romantic comedy: "I love Ms. Reeves' heroines. There is a little bit of them in all of us and that endears them to us even more. Just enough conflict, steam, misunderstandings, and humor."
Darcy Benton is the oldest cliche in the world—a woman in love with her boss. Other than that, she's no-nonsense, practical, mature, and sober. She's just the kind of woman Chase Whitaker wants as head of accounting for his company. She's definitely not the kind of woman he wants in his bed.
Enter Darcy's meddling, matchmaking best friend who has a plan to transform Darcy into a hottie designed to attract Chase's interest. All it takes? A couple of little lies. And that pesky wish on a star.
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Post Created by: James Moushon
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As always, James, your features are greatly appreciated and filled with wonderful news. Looking forward to this book, as well as the entire line of Last Chance Beach books.
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