~ Releases 2008 ~

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Below is a list of the releases for 2008 and their ratings by our reviewers.  A click on the book title will take you to the official review written by a ROMANCE IN COLOR reviewer.  Reviews and ratings from 1994 - 2007 are also available.
ISBN JULY 2008 PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
0-37383-102-1 THE SWEETEST TEMPTATION - Rochelle Alers Harlequin Kimani/Arabesque    
0-37386-073-0 GUARDING HIS BODY - A. C. Arthur Harlequin Kimani/Romance    
0-31236-875-5 THE SHADOWS - L. A. Banks St. Martin's Press    
0-37386-075-7 PROTECT AND SERVE - Gwyneth Bolton Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4+ Keren
1-41652-167-4 CAN I GET A WITNESS? - ReShonda Tate Billingsley Simon & Schuster    
0-37383-105-6 FORGET-ME-NOT - Adrianne Byrd Harlequin Kimani/Romance    
1-58571-327-9 THINGS FORBIDDEN - Miriam Diabb Genesis/Indigo 4 Marguerite
0-37383-094-7 DIRTY JERSEY - Phillip Thomas Duck Harlequin Kimani/TRU    
0-37386-074-9 POWER PLAY - Dara Girard Harlequin Kimani/Romance    
0-37386-072-2 JUST DESERTS - Brenda Jackson Harlequin Kimani/Romance    
1-60043-056-2 J-POP LOVE SONG - Shiree McCarver Parker Publishing    
1-58571-321-X LOVE'S SECRETS - Yolandé McVey Genesis/Indigo 4 Marguerite
0-06137-603-5 RECKLESS - Selena Montgomery Harper Collins/Avon    
1-60043-047-3 TRUST IN LOVE - Vashti Ann Reed Parker Publishing    
0-75822-029-4 A RARE GROOVE - Sophia Shaw Kensington Dafina/Romance    
ISBN JUNE 2008 2008 PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
0-37383-052-1 LONG TIME COMING - Rochelle Alers Harlequin Kimani/Arabesque 4 Susan
0-37386-071-4 DESTINED TO MEET - Devon Vaughn Archer Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4 Marguerite
0-75821-722-6 SHOW AND TELL - Niobia Bryant Kensington Dafina/Fiction 4 Dianthia
1-58571-325-2 BLISS INC. - Chamein Canton Genesis Press/Indigo 4+ Marguerite
0-75821-330-1 BETTER THAN - Leslie Esdaile Kensington Dafina/Romance 4+ Dianthia
1-58571-319-8 LOOKING FOR LILY - Africa Fine Genesis Press/Indigo 2 Marguerite
0-37383-103-X OBSESSION - Gwynne Forster Harlequin Kimani/Romance - -
0-37386-068-4 THE PERFECT MAN - Carla Fredd Harlequin Kimani/Romance - -
0-37386-070-6 WRONG DRESS, RIGHT GUY - Shirley Hailstock Harlequin Kimani/Romance - -
0-37376-874-5 COLE'S RED-HOT PURSUIT - Brenda Jackson Silhouette/Desire 4+ Marguerite
1-60043-037-6 SILENCED - Nicole Kurtz Parker Publishing 2 Tomeka
0-37383-093-9 THE PACT - Monica McKayhan Harlequin Kimani/Romance - -
0-37386-069-2 TAME A WILD STALLION - Deborah Fletcher Mello Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4 Marguerite
1-41655-252-9 TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE - Victoria Christopher Murray Simon & Schuster/Touchstone 4+ Tricia
0-84396-058-2 RELEASE ME - Farrah Rochon Leisure Books/Romance 4+  Susan
141655-145-X DIVINE MATCH-UP - Jacquelin Thomas Simon & Schuster - -
1-60043-038-4 SOLDIER BOYS - Various Authors Parker Publishing - -
ISBN MAY 2008 PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
0-37383-100-5 CONTROVERSY - Adrianne Byrd Harlequin Kimani/Arabesque - -
1-60043-032-5 THE CRITIC - Dyanne Davis Parker Publishing/ZORA - -
0-37386-065-X THIS TIME FOR GOOD - Carmen Green  Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4 Marguerite
0-75821-67206 ONCE UPON A PROJECT - Bettye Griffin Kensington Dafina/Fiction 4 Dianthia
0-75821-734-X STRONGHOLDS - Vanessa Davis Griggs Kensington Dafina/Christian 4+ Tricia
0-37383-101-3 CHARADE - Donna Hill Harlequin Kimani/Arabesque - -
0-37386-066-8 INDISCRIMINANT ATTRACTION - Linda Hudson-Smith Harlequin Kimani/Romance - -
0-37386-064-1 IRRESISTIBLE FORCES - Brenda Jackson Harlequin Kimani/Romance - -
1-58571-318-X SOUTHERN FRIED STANDARDS - S. R. Maddox Genesis/Love Spectrum 3+ Marguerite
1-58571-317-1 DREAM RUNNER - Gail McFarland Genesis/Indigo 4+ Marguerite
0-75621-978-4 LONG HOT NIGHTS - Candice Poarch Kensington Dafina/Romance 4 Dianthia
1-60043-050-3 SIMPLY WICKED - Lisa G. Riley Parker Publishing/Noire Passion -4+ Marguerite
0-06124-660-3 THE WOMEN WHO RAISED ME - Victoria Rowell Amistad Press 4++ Marguerite
0-37386-132-3 SECRETS OF A SINNER - Yolanda Tonette Sanders Harlequin Kimani/New Spirit - -
0-37386-067-6 HER KIND OF MAN - Pamela Yaye Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4 Keren
ISBN APRIL 2008 PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
0-31294-911-1 BAD BLOOD - L. A. Banks St. Martin's Press - -
1-60043-035-X UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENTS - Marcia Colette Parker Publishing/ISIS 3+ La-Tessa
1-60043-036-8 FROM DUSK TO DAWN - Naombi Davis Parker Publishing/Noire Passion 4 Marguerite
0-37386-060-9 DRIVE ME WILD - Gwynne Forster Harlequin Kimani/Romance - -
0-31235-933-0 HER LITTLE BLACK BOOK - Brenda Jackson St. Martin's Press 4 Dianthia
0-75821-980-6 LIKE NEVER BEFORE - Sylvia Lett Kensington Dafina/Inspirational - -
0-37383-070-X SWEET LIKE HONEY - Kim Louise Harlequin Kimani/Arabesque 4+  Susan
0-37386-063-3 NO ONE BUT YOU - Michelle Monkou Harlequin Kimani/Romance 3+ Marguerite
0-37383-091-2 HE SAID, SHE SAID - Celeste O. Norfleet & Jennifer Norfleet Harlequin Kimani/TRU B Joseph
0-37386-061-7 MODEL PERFECT PASSION - Melanie Schuster Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4 Marguerite
0-37386-062-5 DEAR RITA - Simona Taylor Harlequin Kimani/Romance - -
1-58571-274-4 WHEN A MAN LOVE A WOMAN - LaConnie Taylor-Jones Genesis/Indigo 4 Marguerite
1-58571-300-7 CHOICES - Tammy Williams Genesis/Indigo 4 Marguerite
0-37383-024-6 THIS FAR BY FAITH - Various Authors Harlequin Kimani/New Spirit - -
ISBN MARCH 2008 PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
0-37383-122-6 AFTER HOURS - Rochelle Alers Harlequin Kimani/Sepia 2 Marguerite
1-58571-272-8 UNDYING LOVE - Renee Alexis Genesis/Indigo 2 Marguerite
0-37386-056-0 Two Grooms and a Wedding - Adrianne Byrd Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4  Keren
0-97858-900-9 BUSINESS UNUSUAL - Linda F. Beed On Assignment 4 Marguerite
0-37383-097-1 16 ISN'T ALWAYS SWEET - Cassandra Carter Harlequin Kimani/TRU A Jourdan
0-37386-057-9 Designed for Passion - Francine Craft Harlequin Kimani/Romance -4 Anamaria
0-37383-119-6 THE KNEES OF GULLAH ISLAND - Dwight Fryer Harlequin Kimani/Sepia - -
0-75821-298-4 SUDDENLY SINGLE - Carmen Green Kensington Dafina/Romance - -
1-59983-057-4 DOUBLE PLATINUM - Sheila Goss Urban Books 4 Dianthia
1-58571-273-6 BLAME IT ON PARADISE - Chrystal Hubbard Genesis/Indigo 4 Marguerite
0-37383-056-4 ONE SPECIAL MOMENT - Brenda Jackson (Reissue) Harlequin Kimani/Arabesque 5 Jeanette
0-37383-111-0 WHEN LOVES CALLS - Celeste Norfleet Harlequin Kimani/Arabesque 4 Susan
0-37386-058-7 The Foreigner's Caress - Kim Shaw Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4 Keren
1-60043-025-2 VAMPIRE OF GOD - Javan Shepard Parker Publishing/ISIS 4 La-Tessa
0-37386-059-5 A Risky Affair - Maureen Smith Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4+ Keren
0-45122-310-1 JEZEBEL - Jacquelin Thomas Penguin/NAL 4 Wayne
0-97997-577-8 A SPECIAL SUMMER - Victoria Wells Express Yourself Publishing 4+ Dianthia
1-60043-034-1 THE LOTUS BLOSSOM CHRONICLES - J. Cassidy & S. Harlow Parker Publishing/Lotus Blossom 3+ La-Tessa
ISBN FEBRUARY 2008 PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
0-37383-123-4 HE'S SAVED...BUT IS HE FOR REAL? - Kimberley Brooks Harlequin Kimani/New Spirit - -
1-41655-194-8 MURDER, MAYHEM AND A FINE MAN - Claudia M. Burney Simon & Schuster/Howard Books 5 La-Tessa
0-97928-239-X PRICELESS - Ann Clay Priority Books Publications 4 Reba
0-37386-053-6 The Playboy's Proposition - Angie Daniels Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4+ Keren
0-75821-936-9 IF YOU WERE MINE - J.S. Hawley Kensington Dafina/Romance 4 Dianthia

0-37383-088-2

 A MATTER OF ATTITUDE - Hayden Harlequin Kimani/TRU - -
0-37386-052-8

Sex And Lies - Donna Hill

 Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4 Jennifer
0-37386-052-8 Sex And Lies - Donna Hill (Review #2) Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4 Keren
1-58571-271-X DAWN'S HARBOR - Kimberley Hunte Genesis/Love Spectrum 3 Marguerite
0-37383-055-6 ETERNALLY YOURS - Brenda Jackson Harlequin Kimani/Arabesque - -
0-37376-850-8 TAMING CLINT WESTMORELAND - Brenda Jackson Silhouette/Desire - -
1-60043-051-1 PERILOUS PASSIONS - Katherine Jones Parker Publishing/Noire Passion 4 Keren
0-37386-054-4 To Love A Stallion - Deborah Fletcher Mello Harlequin Kimani/Romance - -
0-75821-867-2 WEARING MY HALO TILTED - Stephanie Perry Moore Kensington Dafina/Fiction 2 Marguerite
0-31294-817-4 NOT EVEN IF YOU BEGGED - Francis Ray St. Martin's Press 4+ Dianthia
1-58571-270-0 STOLEN MEMORIES - Michele Sudler Genesis/Indigo 4+ Marguerite
0-37386-055-2 Playing For Keeps - Yahrah St. John Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4 Anamaria

0-75821-578-9

 SOMETHING ON THE SIDE - Carl Weber Kensington Dafina/Fiction 4+ Dianthia
1-60043-029-5 WHAT WHITE BOYZ WANT - Various Authors Parker Publishing/Noire Passion 4+ Marguerite
ISBN JANUARY 2008 PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
0-37386-049-8 LILAH'S LIST - Robyn Amos Harlequin Kimani/Romance - -
1-60162-953-2 SUDDENLY SINGLE - Shana Burton Urban Books/Christian 4 Tricia
0-37386-048-X SUITE EMBRACE - Anita Bunkley Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4 Marguerite
1-58571-269-8 NEVER SAY NEVER - Michele Cameron Genesis/Indigo 3 Marguerite
0-37386-051-X SWEETER THAN REVENGE - Ann Christopher Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4 Keren
1-41653-167-X GOTTA KEEP ON TRYIN' - Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant Simon & Schuster/Touchstone - -
1-58571-268-X WHERE I WANT TO BE - Maryam Diaab Genesis/Indigo 3 Marguerite
1-41653-752-X DESPERATE HOODWIVES - M. Mink & D.Diamond Simon & Schuster/Touchstone 4+  Tomeka
0-37386-050-1 TAMING MARIELLA - Dara Girard Harlequin Kimani/Romance 4 Keren
0-37378-598-4 HAPPILY EVER AFTER - Marilynn Griffith Harlequin/Steeple Hill Cafe - -
0-75821-351-4 ON MY TERMS -  Shirley Hailstock Kensington Dafina/Romance 4 Dianthia
1-60043-024-4  TANGLED WEBS - T.T. Henderson Parker Publishing/ZORA 3+ Marguerite
0-37383-021-1 ON THE LINE - Donna Hill Harlequin Kimani/Sepia - -
0-3738-3051-3 WHISPERED PROMISES - Brenda Jackson Harlequin Kimani/Arabesque - -
0-37383-118-8 HOOK, LINE AND SINKER - Marcia King-Gamble Harlequin Kimani/Sepia - -
1-60162-950-8 DANCE INTO DESTINY - Sherri Lewis Urban Books/Christian 4 Tricia
1-60043-028-7 GETTING LUCKY WITH LUCIANO - Kelley Nyrae Parker Publishing/Noire Passion 3+ La-Tessa
0-77832-551-2 SINGLE MAMA DRAMA - Kayla Perrin Harlequin/Mira 3</