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Enter the darkly seductive world that exists within Nocturne Bites with tales woven by some of the most spellbinding authors: Lisa Renee Jones, Olivia Gates, Linda O. Johnston, Barbara J. Hancock, Caridad Piñeiro and Lydia Parks. Let them take you on a thrilling ride where you'll catch a glimpse of sensuous, sexy men who share their wildest desires in ways you thought only existed in dreams….

Werewolves, vampires and shape shifters…oh my! Don't be afraid to wake them. They've been waiting for you….
 

Contains Claws of the Lynx by Linda O. Johnston:

Nella and Alec had once shared a steamy relationship with the promise of a long-term commitment--unil Alec saw her transform into a lynx. Hurt that Alec couldn’t accept that she is a shapeshifter, Nella moved on...and joined the Alpha Force, a military organization of people with paranormal abilities.

Years later, Alpha Force’s secrecy is being threatened by an out-of-control journalist. Charged with retrieving the information that could expose the Alpha Force, Nella is forced to team up with the last person she expects...Alec! Once reunited, Nella and Alec soon discover that their attraction is as strong as ever...but can Alec ever learn to accept Nella for who she is?

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Silhouette Nocturne
October 2009

ISBN 978-0-373-25094-3

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Back to Life

From the second she reaches for his hand, Skye Rydell feels compelled to save the SWAT officer from the brink of death.  Skye senses Trevor has something more to accomplish in life.  Something disquieting.  Important.  Something involving her.  Skye makes a split-second decision and, with her choice to use her Valkyrie powers to bring Trevor back to life, everything changes.  For her act causes her to accidentally impart her deadly powers to Trevor... And now, with a murderer hot on their heels, Trevor must grapple with his new gift, his fierce desire for Skye--and a monumental decision that will put all that he holds most dear on the line!

"Back to Life is a crafty tale, where the unseen paranormal element packs a powerful punch.  Ms. Johnston gives readers a strong romantic suspense with life or death situations, and adds a sizzling dose of chemistry to heat up the pages.  Back to Life is a fast-moving and entertaining read that I’d recommend to readers who love a good paranormal romance within a light police procedural." -- Darque Reviews

"Fans of paranormal romantic suspense thrillers will enjoy this engaging police procedural due to the actions and reluctant reactions of the lead couple towards one another. In fact Skye’s mixed feelings of wanting Trevor and avoiding him make the tale fun to read as she comes across so human in spite of her Valkyrie powers. BACK TO LIFE is a well written romantic thriller." -- Harriet Klausner, Genre Go Round Reviews

"The character development in this is some of the best I've seen in a Silhouette Nocturne; Trevor especially emerges as a complex man: a good man, but whose sense of justice veers toward over-zealousness, even when it's well-intentioned. Skye, with her more judicious use of her talent, balances him out; she's the perfect guide for him as he adjusts to his new abilities. Author Linda O. Johnston brings to this book the same level of realism she showed in her previous book, Alpha Wolf (Silhouette Nocturne): she presents her Valkyries as realistically as she portrayed the shapeshifters in her earlier book, and for a moment, you can believe that maybe, just maybe there are people out there who actually have the ability to call the dying back to life or ease them into the afterlife..." -- Renee Mulhare, Amazon.com

"Johnston offers a novel idea for a story, and there's great chemistry between Skye and Trevor. Plus, Skye's reluctance to get involved with Trevor is nicely depicted." -- Alexandra Kay, RT Book Reviews

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Silhouette Nocturne
June 2009

ISBN 978-0-373-61813-2

Nella and Alec had once shared a steamy relationship with the promise of a long-term commitment--unil Alec saw her transform into a lynx. Hurt that Alec couldn’t accept that she is a shapeshifter, Nella moved on...and joined the Alpha Force, a military organization of people with paranormal abilities.

Years later, Alpha Force’s secrecy is being threatened by an out-of-control journalist. Charged with retrieving the information that could expose the Alpha Force, Nella is forced to team up with the last person she expects...Alec! Once reunited, Nella and Alec soon discover that their attraction is as strong as ever...but can Alec ever learn to accept Nella for who she is?

"The intriguing paranormal aspects of CLAWS OF THE LYNX give this romance a fascinating plus entertaining premise.  A part of the Alpha Force series, this Silhouette Nocturne BITES release offers readers a quick yet interesting look at one of the female members of the secretive military group. Linda O. Johnston entwines a dangerous mission with an attraction assumed forever buried, and the result is a compelling love story.  The concept behind her Alpha Force team is original, and this Nocturne BITES eBook by Linda O. Johnston adds another significant installment to the storyline. If one has read ALPHA WOLF, a print Silhouette Nocturne release, then the heroine of CLAWS OF THE LYNX has been met.  CLAWS OF THE LYNX is about second chances at love, and how the supernatural might possibly affect this world in a positive way." -- Amelia Richard, Cataromance

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Silhouette Nocturne Bites
January 2009

ISBN 978-1-426-82718-1

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Alpha Wolf

When Dr. Melanie Harding starts practicing veterinary medicine in a small town, she has no intention of buying into the area's absurd werewolf legends, and is angry when she has to save the life of an ordinary dog shot with a silver bullet.  But the dog's handsome, secretive--and really hot--owner, Major Drew Connell, soon convinces her of the existence of supernatural attraction.  He is one sexy shapeshifter.  But it's not the mysterious experiments being conducted by Drew and others at a nearby army base that provoked the resurgence of werewolf tales.  If not shapeshifters, then who is attacking both animals and people?

"For her first Silhouette Nocturne book, Linda O. Johnston takes an imaginative look at the werewolf world and creates an entertaining and convincing story. With engaging characters and its original plot, ALPHA WOLF is captivating during every intriguing scene.  The novel approach to shape-shifters and how they live in the world of humans is inventive, and I certainly hope we get to read more about the many likable individuals featured in the book. ALPHA WOLF has mysteries, romance and thrilling supernatural aspects, and they combine to tell an enthralling love story." -- Amelia Richard, Cataromance

"Melanie makes this werewolf romance a fun read...sub-genre fans will enjoy the story of the vet and the vet falling in love." - Harriet Klausner, Genre-Go-Round reviews

"Johnston manages to include shapeshifting humans and make them seem believable..." -- Alexandra Kay, RT BookClub

"I liked the general premise because it wasn't the same as many of the other werewolf stories I've read recently. ...this book is worth reading." -- Romance Book Scene

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Silhouette Nocturne #56
January 2009

ISBN 978-0-373-61803-3

The Ballad of Jack O'Dair

Jessie Jerome, a lovely, creative folksinger, seeks the answer to her lifelong quest. She is sent back to the days of the Klondike Gold Rush to learn the ending of the song about the legendary Jack O'Dair. She meets Jack, who is every bit as heroic as the ballad led her to believe. But can love prevail over a natural disaster to keep them together?

"...readers [will] be immediate caught up in the action, colorful backdrop, and the cleverness of the plotline.  Enjoy suspending your disbelief and relish this delightful tale." --Romantic Times ****

"...a clever tale that showcases the story telling talents of Linda O. Johnston.  With this astute tale, romance readers will sing the Ballad of Linda O. Johnston." --Harriet Klausner for Painted Rock Reviews

"Linda O. Johnston has created a fine folk myth in The Ballad of Jack O'Dair.  Imaginative and clever, this book is a true page turner." --Affaire de Coeur ****1/2

"Ms. Johnston brings the ghost town of Dyea alive with colorful characters and descriptive words...  This book will add spice to a boring day." --Rendezvous

"Linda O Johnston's writing style always reminds me of a Suzanne Vega song. Her prose...is always compelling enough to keep me reading.  I find the entire premise compelling, and Jack O'Dair... what's his hotline?" -- Mrs. Giggles

"Linda O'Johnston brings a legend of a hero to life by opening the doors to the past. You'll want to wrap yourself up with a cozy blanket and sip steaming hot tea every time Jessie and Jack walk through town." -- Denise Fletcher, Gotta Write Network

Love Spell Timeswept
October 2000

ISBN 0-505-52404-X

Third Place Winner
Rising Star Contest
Best Paranormal

Orange Rose Contest
Finalist
Best Paranormal/Time Travel

Once a Cavalier

A twentieth century doctor, Larryn Maeller, meets the handsome, tormented ghost of a seventeenth century doctor, Thomas Northby, Duke of Seldrake, who had pledged his life to saving children from the Great Plague in London. Their dogs, both Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, lead Larryn into the past, where she must keep Thomas from becoming a tortured ghost... while learning that love transcends the centuries.

I have owned Cavalier King Charles Spaniels for many years, and I am delighted to finally feature them in a book!

"Linda O. Johnston has gained a well-deserved reputation for exciting romance novels...  Ms. Johnston provides readers with a wonderfully picturesque tale that will leave historical and time travel romance aficionados seeking the author's other works."  -- Affaire de Coeur

"Another super story from an author who excels at time travel." --Rendezvous

"Ms. Johnston delivers an engaging tale of love, honor and betrayal set amid a London stricken by the Great Plague." --Romantic Times

"A touching romance that is steady rather than fast paced.  Set in one of my favourite eras it is one that fewer novels are set in than I would like.  I was delighted to find that I was not disappointed in Linda O Johnston’s interpretation of this era and I would hope that some day she will return to it with another novel." --LouisaBrown.net

"...a good, solid read.  Once A Cavalier is a refreshing change from the standard stuff in the market nowadays. It even tries to weave in some ghostly mythology instead of being just another Oops! She hits her head and get sent back in time! time travel." -- Mrs. Giggles

"King Charles’ court and its intrigues are interestingly depicted with just enough detail.  The spaniels are important to the action and add some humor.  The time travel element is not overdone with too many details of Larryn’s adjustment and because of this, more time is spent on the plot and the story moves at a good pace. The epilogue...is satisfying.   Readers who enjoy time travel stories and a setting that is a little unusual will probably enjoy Once a Cavalier". -- B. Kathy Leitle, The Romance Reader.

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Jove Time Passages
June 2000

ISBN 0-515-12847-3

"ONCE A CAVALIER is an entertaining time travel romance that will provide much pleasure to sub-genre fans. ...Linda O. Johnston [tells] an exciting story that paints a vivid picture of a bygone era. The lead characters are a dynamic duo whose need to help the young during the health crisis adds to their appeal. Ms. Johnson is a natural who makes reading fun." --Harriet Klausner, Under the Covers

"Once a Cavalier isn’t your ordinary romance or time travel tale. It’s a compassionate story of a life, loyalty, and perseverance. Ms. Johnston uses strong characters, a descriptively accurate historical past, and the reader’s curiosity to keep the reader involved. This one has plenty of everything to keep the pages turning passion, romance, danger, and intrigue; a wonderful experience in an entertaining read." --Brenda Weeaks, MyShelf.com

Winter Wonderland

Christmas is coming, and the streets are alive with the sounds of the season: "Silver Bells" and sleigh rides, jingle bells and carolers. Choruses of "Here Comes Santa Claus" float over the snow-covered landscape, bringing the joy of the holiday to revelers as they deck the halls and string the lights "Up on the Housetop." And when the songs of the season touch four charmed couples, melody turns to romance and harmony turns to passion. For these "Merry Gentlemen" and their lovely ladies will learn that with the love they have found, not even a spring thaw will cool their desire or destroy their winter wonderland.

"Up on the Housetop"
by Linda O. Johnston

In "Up on the Housetop," Carrie Ritenour, a lovely young widow, wants nothing more to do with men but yearns to adopt a baby. As Christmas approaches, Carrie finds the ideal situation, a pregnant teen who intends to give up her baby. But Carrie is stymied by the interference of the teen's handsome older brother, Sam DiGregorio. Carrie lobbies Sam, the mayor of their small town, to prove she is the right mother for the baby... and in the process finds love Up on the Housetop.

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Love Spell Anthology
"Up on the Housetop"
October 1999

ISBN 0-505-52339-6

"This anthology is a great read with four stories by four superb writers. Every story is full of life, love and hope. These four authors know how to pen a wonderful romantic story."
--Robin Peek, Under the Covers

Stranger on the Mountain

According to family legend passed along from her Native American ancestors, Dawn Perry can only find true love when mountain lions return to Central Pennsylvania. But the large cats have been extinct there for more than 100 years. Dawn scoffs at the legend... yet when a mountain lion unexpectedly appears, she can't help wondering if its presence has caused ruggedly handsome Jonah Campion to come into her life.

But, Dawn is a straight-laced lawyer determined to save the cougar from overeager hunters by placing it in the safety of her grandfather’s animal sanctuary. And Jonah is an ex-con who reveres freedom--his own, and the mountain lion’s--above all else.

Can the legend come true and bring them together? Or will the mountain lion’s unexpected presence, and their differences about how to save it, keep them apart?

“Skillful plotting, an intriguing legend, a compelling mountain lion... all wrapped around a wonderfully tender love story. Romance at its best!” - Sandra Hill

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Love Spell
March 1999

ISBN 0-505-52301-9

"Linda O. Johnston gives readers a tale of people learning to put aside prejudices and accept human imperfections. STRANGER ON THE MOUNTAIN works as a warm and loving drama." -- Romantic Times

Point in Time

As a successful Hollywood executive, Mariah was on the lookout for the perfect screenplay, and she thought she had it. With an old-fashioned setting and Thorn, a hero to die for, she knew it would make a great movie. Then a visit to a historical park sent Mariah back in time-to frontier Fort Pitt, where she was rescued by a very real Thorn. Now that she'd found him, she wondered if they were doomed for a tragic Hollywood ending-or if she'd discover that, in affairs of the heart, real life seldom follows a script.

Point in Time, my third romance for Love Spell, published January 1998, is a time travel romance that takes place in my favorite place, my hometown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

"Point in Time by Linda O. Johnston is a well written book. It has everything from suspense to steamy romance. The hero and heroine is well matched. Their supporting characters are humorous, loyal, and fit right in with the theme of the book. The entire range of human emotions are depicted in Point In Time. From the gentle first kiss of a would be lover to the demented mind of a killer, Linda O. Johnston leaves nothing out. I highly recommend this book to romance lovers."
--BooksHills.com

"This is an action-packed, emotionally gripping tale about a hero who needs rescuing and a dragon-fighting maiden. Readers will be well entertained as a family curse is unraveled, a betrayal is discovered and a duel is won, all amid warring Indians, lecherous raiders and trigger-happy soldiers. An adventurous read!" -- Maria C. Ferrer, RT Book Reviews

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Love Spell Timeswept
January 1998

ISBN 0-505-52244-6

The Glass Slipper

BY THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT, YOU MUST KISS THE HANDSOME PRINCE WHO WILL BRING YOU BLISS.

By no stretch of the imagination did Paige Conner consider herself a princess. She was far more interested in pursuing her research than in attending gala balls or dressing in frilly gowns. Then the feisty beauty's bumbling fairy godmother arranged for her to take a job that landed her in a small kingdom - and in the arms of a prince with more than dancing on his mind. Enchanted from the first, Paige longed to lose herself in her royal suitor's loving embrace. Yet she feared that their desire was a result of a seductive spell and not her own considerable charms. And Paige wouldn't agree to live passionately ever after until she had claimed the prince's heart with a magic all her own.

"Linda O. Johnston has written a winner!" - Romantic Times

"In the age of computers and hundred dollar sneakers, Linda O. Johnston provides an entertaining contemporary fairy tale romance.... readers will enjoy this highly recommended read." - Affaire de Coeur

"... a wonderful, make-believe tale filled with magic and romance...." - Rendezvous

"... a contemporary Fairy Tale filled with humor, romance and most of all the faith that Fairy Tales can come true!" - Romance Forever

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Love Spell Faery Tale
July 1996

ISBN 0-505-52111-3

The Glass Slipper was my retelling of the Cinderella story -- complete with a real, live fairy godmother! It was a July 1996 release, one of the Love Spell Faerie Tale series.

A Glimpse of Forever

The Seer

Her wagon stranded on the Spanish Trail, pioneer Abby Wynne searched the heavens for rain. Gifted with visionary powers, Abby sensed a man in another time gazing at the same night sky. But even she could not foresee that she would journey to the future and into the arms of her soul mate.

The Stargazer

Widower Mike Danziger had escaped the L.A. lights for the desert, but nothing prepared him for a beauty as radiant as the doe-eyed woman he found. His intellect couldn't accept her incredible story, but her warm kiss eased the longing in his heart.

A Glimpse of Forever

Caught between two eras bridged only by their love, Mike and Abby fought to stay together, even as the past beckoned Abby back to save those trapped on the trail. Was their passion a destiny written in the stars or only a fleeting glimpse of paradise?

"... a poignant and warm-hearted tale of soul mates reaching across time to fulfill their destined love." - Romantic Times

"... an impressive, steamy romantic adventure." - Rendezvous

"With more novels like this one, the O in Linda O. Johnston will surely stand for outstanding." - Affaire de Coeur

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Love Spell Timeswept
December 1995

ISBN 0-505-52070-2