Anybody But Him (14 page)

Claire Baxter writes contemporary romantic fiction of all lengths. Her short stories have been published in commercial women's magazines around the world, while her novels have been translated into twenty languages. They have also been in the final rounds of the Romance Writers of Australia's Romantic Book of the Year Award, the Booksellers' Best Awards, the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards, and the Cata Romance Reviewers' Choice Awards.

Claire grew up in Warwickshire, England, but has called Australia home for more than twenty years. Before following her passion to write full-time, she was an award-winning corporate communications manager. Claire considers herself lucky to live near one of Adelaide's beautiful metropolitan beaches, where she loves to walk and think up stories.

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Opposites attract in this funny, touching and deliciously romantic novel as hippie Dee meets millionaire businessman Ethan – and her calm world is turned upside down …

 

Dee Nichols is a free-spirited yoga teacher, albeit a broke one. But she's not interested in money or possessions or thinking too far into the future. After surviving a terrible car accident, she's just happy to be breathing.

 

Then Dee meets Ethan Roxburgh at a Christmas party. As the head of Roxburgh Holdings, and a regular in the social pages, he's the opposite of what Dee wants in her life. Until a job modelling yoga in a TV commercial turns Dee into an overnight celebrity …

 

Thrust into a whole new world of business and PR (as well as high-heels and plunging necklines) Dee is out of her comfort zone and suddenly Ethan is perfect – as a mentor. Or would be, if she wasn't so damn attracted to him. After all, he'd never look twice at a short, accident-prone yoga instructor with market-stall couture …

 

Then Ethan does look twice – and life gets sweet and sexy as hell.

 

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When one little white lie turns into a red-blooded reality!

 

What do you do when your best friend is the serial match-maker from Hell?

 

Single girl Kate Dreson knows that her friend, Lisa, is not going to leave her alone unless she tells her that she is happily dating someone. Who knew that one little white lie could so blatantly backfire?

 

The imaginary boyfriend she described to her friend so lovingly suddenly walks into her life and starts making himself comfortable in it.

 

Trapped by her lie, poor Kate is powerless to stop him. But the real question is, does she really want to?

 

A hilarious rom com novella from Loretta Hill (author of bestselling
The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots
).

 

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The people of Kaya die in pairs. When one lover dies, the other does too. So it has been for thousands of years – until Ava.

 

For although her bondmate, Avery, has been murdered and Ava's soul has been torn in two, she is the only one who has ever been strong enough to cling to life. Vowing revenge upon the barbarian queen of Pirenti, Ava's plan is interrupted when she is captured by the deadly prince of her enemies.

 

Prince Ambrose has been brought up to kill and hate. But when he takes charge of a strangely captivating Kayan prisoner and is forced to survive with her on a dangerous island, he must reconsider all he holds true …

 

In a violent country like Pirenti, where emotion is scorned as a weakness, can he find the strength to fight for the person he loves … even when she's his vengeful enemy?

 

Avery
is a sweeping, romantic fantasy novel about loss and identity, and finding the courage to love against all odds.

 

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Captivation
is an intoxicating ghost story … True love never dies.

 

After Juliette lost her beloved husband Danny, she closed herself off from the world, tormented by her grief.

 

But now, just as she is finally preparing to move on, she senses he has returned. Is he trying to come back to her?

 

How can Juliette say no to the man she loves more than life itself? And why would she want to when Danny's methods of persuasion have her weak at the knees …

 

Yet there is always a price to pay. And when their passionate love starts to turn sinister, will she find the strength to finally let him go for ever?

 

The first paranormal addition to the Random Romance series, written by the author of
Free-Falling
and
Paper Chains.

 

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