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THE DEMON NEXT DOOR: MORTEZA
by Kate Austin writing as Josée Renard
Cobblestone Press
July 2010
What happens when a single night changes everything? Morteza can’t see Ellie and Eli. It’s too dangerous – the Lord of the Demons could find him at any time. He lives on his memories, masturbation and trying to figure out how to avoid detection.
Eli pretends his life wasn’t changed by the experience. Except for one minor glitch – he hasn’t had an orgasm since.
Ellie, like Morteza, knows they belong together and masturbates to images of that single night together. Her concern is Eli, her best friend forever. Will he ever admit that the three of them belong together?
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THE CHEF
by Kate Austin writing as Josée Renard
Cobblestone Press
April 2010
Known to everyone as Chef, John wants nothing more than to be called his real name, to stop being responsible for everyone and everything around him. He wants to become the man who used to travel the world in search of - and finding - adventures.
Sara wants to rid herself of Ms. Prim and Proper schoolteacher and is desperate to release the feminine power hidden inside. And how better to do that than to seduce John? When John meets Sara, the schoolteacher heats up the chef until the explosion consumes them.
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THE DEMON
Cobblestone Press
November 2009
Morteza’s never been happy as a demon but as soon as he discovered the internet and human beings, his life changed. He’s enjoyed what he learned about this new world but now he wants to take it one step further. He’s read the sexual fantasies and seen the videos, now he’s going to try it for himself.
Ellie and Eli want to use their sensual skills and play together.
When the three of them meet, it turns out to be one very hot night.
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THE DEMON NEXT DOOR: ALI
What happens when a demon moves in next door?
Ali was once lord of the demons and as mean and nasty as a demon could be, when a little accident changed everything. Now he’s stuck living in a whole different world and doing something no demon has ever done—falling in love with the woman next door.
Maryalice’s past is returning to haunt her. Her disastrous prom date has returned, after 20 years, to finish what he started. She just hopes that Ali, her sweet and shy neighbor, can muster up some nastiness to help her deal with her past.
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THE NUN
Cobblestone Press
September 2009
Welcome to the Pleasure Club, where fantasy becomes
reality.
Jake Drummond, trapped in an obsession he’d lived with since a teenager, is desperate to move on. So he asks Professor Geoffrey Jones to hook him up with The Pleasure Club. After all, the obsession was Geoffrey’s fault.
Jan grew up in the free, warm and loving world of a commune; now she’s out in the real world and needs to master the art of living with people who had different childhoods than her. The Pleasure Club might be just what she needs.
When obsession meets desire, their world is set on fire.
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THE NYMPH
Cobblestone Press
August 2009
Welcome to the Pleasure Club, where fantasy becomes
reality.
Professor Geoffrey Jones, noted Marlowe scholar,
knows everything about pleasuring a nymph but nothing
about real women. So he asks The Pleasure Club to
find him a nymph so he can test his fantasy skills
before he takes them out into the real world.
Calliope has wanted Geoffrey for years and when
The Pleasure Club comes to the university looking
for an expert in nymphs, they end up in her office.
She's going to do whatever it takes to make sure
that Professor Geoffrey Jones never forgets their
night together.
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DREAMER
Harlequin Spice Briefs
December 2008
He had spoiled her for all other men. It would
be a laughable cliché if it weren't so tragically
true. But the mindblowing sex Miri had experienced
in her brief encounter with Jack had invaded her
dreams and filled her with unquenchable longing.
And she'd lost her orgasm! Nothing she did could
bring it back.
Her desperate need had driven her to reckless sexual
adventures with dangerous liaisons. But they all
seemed unbearably tedious compared to that singular
electrifying experience...and the tormentingly delicious
dreams that allowed her to relive it again and again.
Her friend Heather had once told her to be careful
what she wish for—she just might get it. How
ironic that her one wish—that her night with
Jack would never end—had come true...but only
in her dreams.
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SUMMER FEVER
Mira/Mills & Boon
June 2008
An anthology with Kate Austin,
Stephanie Bond, Leslie Kelly, Heidi Betts, and
Jennifer Greene.
Summertime Blues, by Kate Austin
Remember the absolute worst job you had as a teenager?
Now imagine having that job at forty. Ardella Simpson
is spending the summer doing a job she hates so
she can start working on landing the job she loves.
But this summer, for Ardella, there ain't no cure
for the summertime blues.
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SEEING IS BELIEVING
Harlequin NEXT
October 2007
There's a magic in life—But Ria Sterling
has yet to embrace it, because she considers her
ability to predict death from merely touching a
photograph a curse. She yearns to use her sight
to save just one life. On the other hand, tough-talking
detective Carrick Jones and his partner profess
not to care about saving anyone. But they do need
Ria's help in solving a case. Instead, she predicts
that Carrick's partner will die. Soon. And when
her vision proves true, Ria goes from psychic to
prime suspect…
The one thing she can't predict is her instant
attraction to Carrick, a man who doesn't believe
in the paranormal—only what his five senses
tell him. But when danger threatens, Ria finally
sees how to use her gift in a unique way. And to
show Carrick the inexplicable power of a love where
seeing really is believing…
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Seeing Is Believing
(4.5 TOP PICK) by Kate Austin, has it all—romance,
sexual tension, mystery, adventure and a strong
heroine. Ria Sterling has a psychic gift.
She can look at photographs of people and
know if they’re going to die within
a couple of days. She accepts her gift and
wants to prevent the deaths, but when she
correctly predicts the death of Detective
Carrick Jones’ partner, the nonbelieving
policeman thinks she murdered him. Ria, however,
has more amorous thoughts on her mind. She
sees a possible future with him, but she also
knows, on a psychic level, they are meant
to work together to save someone. But with
a killer after her, can Ria win Carrick’s
trust in time and unmask the murderer? This
is a page-turner from start to finish.
~ Romantic Times |
SUMMER DREAMS
Harlequin NEXT
July 2007
An anthology with Kate Austin, Stevi Mittman and
Jennifer Greene.
Summertime Blues, by Kate Austin
Remember the absolute worst job you had as a teenager?
Now imagine having that job at forty. Ardella Simpson
is spending the summer doing a job she hates so
she can start working on landing the job she loves.
But this summer, for Ardella, there ain't no cure
for the summertime blues. Read
an excerpt.
Who's That in the Itsy-Bitsy, Anyway? (Stevi
Mittman)
In this lighthearted mystery, a decorator remodeling
her family's beach house discovers her mother's
lost love letters…to a Mafia don!
Kokomo (Jennifer Greene)
Crazy for the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" ever
since she was a carefree teen, a successful attorney
decides to visit the song's namesake Caribbean island.
Too bad her assistant books her a ticket to Kokomo,
Indiana, instead…where there's no beach, but
a former flame is about to make waves.
A strong, thoroughly enjoyable anthology,
Summer Dreams (4.5)
is a well-balanced, wonderful collection.
Stevi Mittman continues with decorator Teddi
Bayer and her complicated personal life in
"Who's That in the Itsy-Bitsy, Anyway?"
Now she's asked to decorate the Hamptons cottage
of a man with secrets involving Teddi and
her mother. Kate Austin offers a beautifully
lyrical look at a life reclaimed in "Summertime
Blues." At 40, Ardella goes to work at
the Vancouver aquarium where she planned to
start in her 20s before life interrupted.
"Kokomo," by Jennifer Greene, is
emotional but with laugh-out-loud humor as
lawyer Jane Whitcomb finds her future in her
past when she heads for the Caribbean and
ends up somewhere else entirely.
~ Romantic Times |
LAST NIGHT AT THE HALFMOON
Harlequin NEXT
May 2007
Every important event in Aimee Anouk King’s
life has taken place at the Halfmoon Drive-In on
the Sunshine Coast. She was conceived there, had
– and did not enjoy – her first kiss
there. She met Brad at the drive-in and he proposed
to her in their parking space. And following in
her mother’s footsteps, her child too was
conceived there.
Now the Halfmoon Drive-In is closing and Aimee
feels like she’s losing the one thing that
holds her life together.
And there’s absolutely nothing she can do
about it.
To make matters worse, Brad has arrived back in
Halfmoon Bay after six years and he’s planning
to stay for the summer; TJ is worried about her
daughters and her no-count husband, and even more
worried about her father; Aimee’s father seems
to be losing his mind; Hayden’s hit the terrible
twos almost nine years late; and Aimee’s just
got a phone call requesting her biggest pottery
order ever.
Will she be able to live without the drive-in?
Will TJ’s family be okay? Will Hayden get
over the tantrums and return to being his regular
sweet boyself? Will her father regain his senses?
Will the kiln hold 372 of the damn cat plates? Will
the love of her life ruin it one more time?
Right now, Aimee can't even imagine an answer to
any of these questions but, this summer, she's going
to discover them all.
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In the excellent Last Night at the Halfmoon,
about change and the difficulties that come
with it, Kate Austin returns to the Sunshine
Coast north of Vancouver. Aimee Anouk King
has a wonderful 11 year-old son, the perfect
ex-husband, a successful career as a potter
and great parents. When she finds out the
Halfmoon Drive-In is closing, she’s
crushed. The most important events of her
life took place there. Now her son has become
difficult, her father has a secret, she has
a large order due and her ex-husband, about
whom she has ambiguous feelings, is coming
to stay for the summer. Was she deluding herself
about her perfect life? Woven into this fun,
compelling story are themes from the movies
Aimee has seen over the years.
~ Romantic Times |
HOLIDAY WISHES
Harlequin NEXT
December 2006
An anthology with Kate Austin,
Stevi Mittman and Mary
Schramski.
Three Special Women . . .
One Unforgettable Holiday
From balance sheets to blue plate specials, Heather
James has a lot to learn about running a restaurant.
But a well-informed business plan isn't enough to
prepare her for the holiday rush, or head chef Sam
Cappelletti. Is lasting love the bottom line in
If I Make It Through December? Read
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Teddi Bayer knows Christmas is hard, especially
when your family celebrates Chanukah. And it doesn't
get any easier when her mother June's plan to bring
the family together begins with getting run over
by a reindeer. Who says there's such a thing as
a headache-free holiday? And Who Needs June
in December, Anyway? Teddi doesn't, does she?
Growing up as a lonely child, Gwen Anderson always
dreamed of a Christmas pulled from the pages of
a Currier and Ives illustration. She's long since
given up on that dream. Until her mother realizes
that she didn't her daughter enough time as a child.
And she vows to now give Gwen The Perfect Christmas.
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THE GOSSIP QUEENS
Harlequin NEXT
November 2006
Each summer the tourists flood the Sunshine Coast,
and the chaos doesn't stop until Labor Day.
But in-between, at the back of the Way-Inn, best
friends, Rose, Mercedes and Doris – aka the
Gossip Queens – hold court. Everyone's business
is discussed, and good sense reigns. However, lately,
it's the Gossip Queens whose doings are the talk
of the town.
Rose has a husband that loves (and cooks) like
an angel, but she's thinking adoption. Doris wants
to give her granddaughter love and laughter, but
can't take the first step. And independent Mercedes
has been worrying about her daughter's love life
for so long, she forgot to have one herself.
This summer will be remembered forever as the year
the Gossip Queens became the hottest scoop. Love
always gives people something to talk about, right?
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Three women of different ages and situations
are living on Canada's Sunshine Coast in The
Gossip Queens, Kate Austin's book about
relationships. Mercedes Jones, who runs the
Sand Dollar Motel, has worried about daughter
Julie's love life for so long that she hasn't
been thinking about her own. Rose and her
husband own the Way-Inn, where she serves
as hostess and waitress. And Doris' daughter
has been in an accident that left her unable
to care for her baby, so Doris is her granddaughter's
full-time babysitter. The three of them have
taken care of the emotional and practical
needs of their small town for years, but now
each has her own problems to deal with. Told
in both first and third person, this is a
heartwarming and deeply emotional book that
is well worth sticking with past the somewhat
slow beginning.
~ Romantic Times |
AWAKENING
Harlequin NEXT
July 2006
Kate Austin gives new beginnings a wondrous
spin...in a novel that resonates deep within every
woman who longs for some midsummer magic in her
life.
Francesca Bond has been surviving her life much
more than she has ever really been living it. Late
one summer night, things take a terrifying spin
and she finds herself running in blind panic through
darkness and fog – straight into the welcoming
lights of a new world.
Is she dreaming? The colors, the smells, the kindness
of new friends Joshua and Marta…she doesn’t
know how far she’s run, but she is definitely
far from the reality of her own bleak existence.
Can she go home? Does she really want to?
The answers, Francesca discovers,
are wrapped in the secrets of a destiny as powerful
as her sweetest wishes.
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Fleeing from three strangers one dark and
rainy midsummer's eve, terrified Francesca
races through the streets and ends up drawn
to a brightly lighted yellow Victorian that
seems strangely out of place. She suddenly
realizes that it is the House that locals
have been whispering about, and once she enters
it, she will never be the same. Mystical and
mesmerizing, this magical story of a lonely,
frightened woman who finds healing, purpose,
and love in a place out of time is a gentle,
surreal fantasy romance that readers won't
soon forget. Austin (Dragonflies and Dinosaurs)
lives in Vancouver, BC.
~ Library Journal |
| Awakening...creates a dream-like
atmosphere from the first page that continues
to a thoroughly satisfactory ending. Francesca
Bond knows two primary emotions: fear and
the determination to accept no help. Exhausted
from working two marginal jobs, she is attacked
while walking home late at night and finds
herself at a mysterious house called Mystic
Hearts. Legend says a person enters and comes
out a year later, rested and healed. But for
Francesca, the ending will be different. Filled
with vividly felt emotion, a love of reading,
unexpected turns and wonderful, fresh characters,
this is a book readers won't be able to put
down.
~ Romantic Times |
THE SUNSHINE COAST NEWS
Harlequin NEXT
February 2006
Since when did life ever tell you where you
were going?
Josie Harris always drew comfort from the thought
that she lived a charmed life. Unexciting, perhaps,
but stable and predictable. In a rut? Josie counted
that as luck – at least one knew what would
happen next.
Then disaster struck. Her parents moved across
the country, she lost her job and, worst of all
– after more than forty years of marriage,
her father announced he was leaving her mother.
Some local hussy had lured him away! What kind of
senior community was this?
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Josie knew it was time to take charge. She had
to make her parents see sense. So she drove across
to the Sunshine Coast and was soon immersed in a
new job, new community...and most of all, a new
and totally unexpected love.
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guide
A lively, modern story of change, hope,
and fulfillment with cross-over appeal to
both the romance and women's fiction markets.
~ Library Journal |
DRAGONFLIES AND DINOSAURS
Harlequin NEXT
December 2005
Kate Austin makes a captivating debut in this
luminous tale of an unconventional road trip . .
. and one woman's metamorphosis.
At forty-two and given to the occasional panic
attack, Randy Roman is taking a leave of absence
from her life. After twenty years of working at
a bank – no husband, no kids – she's
hitting the road with her teenaged nephews Mickey
and Eric. With each passing mile of prairie, farmland,
and raspberry field, Randy feels the thrill of liberation.
Their destination is Cranberry Portage, a quaint
lakeside town her mother loved and Randy can barely
remember. But a surprise awaits them at journey's
end. Call it fate, karma, or the chance for renewal,
it will give Randy the courage to take a risk that
will change her life.
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to the interview Kate gave about this book.
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