The short contemporary books I wrote for my previous publisher, Harlequin, are getting a cover facelift and being reissued in Australia & New Zealand come
December.
This will be in ebook format, as they weren't previously all available in this region as ebooks.
Readers in the USA & Internationally: These are likely all already available in your region as ebooks. If not and you'd like them to be, leave a comment and I'll pass it on to the publisher.
Below are the new covers, with blurbs and links to excerpts. As I said with the previous reissue, I love these books and always will, but they were written at the start of my career, so just keep that in mind. I was going to title this post, Vintage Nalini but that makes me feel oooooold! I hope you enjoy the books if you decide to try them.
There is a more recent paranormal in amongst the reissues. That would be
Lord of the Abyss. No, I don't know why he is wearing a tie. I don't think ties exist in Micah's world and even if they did, he'd probably feed his to the hungry little dragon at the end. Just go with it. ;-)
LORD OF THE ABYSS
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Once upon a time…the Blood Sorcerer vanquished the kingdom of
Elden. To save their children, the queen scattered them to safety and
the king filled them with vengeance. Only a magical timepiece connects
the four royal heirs…and time is running out.…
As the dark Lord who condemns souls to damnation in the Abyss,
Micah is nothing but a feared monster wrapped in impenetrable black
armor. He has no idea he is the last heir of Elden, its last hope. Only
one woman knows—the daughter of his enemy.
Liliana is nothing like her father, the Blood Sorcerer who'd
cursed Micah. She sees past Micah’s armor to the prince inside. A prince
whose sinful touch she craves. But first she has to brave his dark,
dangerous lair and help him remember. Because they only have till
midnight to save Elden.
Note from Nalini: Micah and Lily are seriously adorable together. ADORABLE. Micah is a big, bad, dangerous hero who has somehow retained his innocence - and though this was part of a series written with three other authors,
Lord of the Abyss can be read on its own without problems.
DESERT WARRIOR
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The fabled desert kingdom of Zulheina was Tariq's birthright, and he
was a man who held tightly what belonged to him. And that meant he had
to reclaim a very special woman—the woman who had broken his heart years
before in New Zealand. And once he had lured her to this distant land,
he meant to keep his new bride here forever…
But Jasmine Coleridge was not as easily tamed as he had imagined.
Her beguiling blend of untouched innocence and dazzling sensuality
threatened, once again, to bring the haughty sheikh to his knees—and
made him wonder who was the true prisoner…
Note from Nalini: My very first published book! I think of this as my sheik fairytale romance.
AWAKEN TO PLEASURE
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The proposal was as unexpected as her feelings for the man whose dark
good looks rivaled an even darker past. Painful experience screamed
that Taylor Reid should run far and fast from Jackson Santorini. But
keeping custody of her brother meant becoming her former boss's bride.
And giving Jackson a baby.
Despite his powerful size and presence, Jackson had been wounded…
deeply… by a woman. Yet he'd protected her at a personal cost, if his
restrained ardor in deference to her virginal apprehension was one
indication. Suddenly, for Jackson's sake, Taylor wanted to replace pain
with pleasure. Only, she'd never imagined what sensations—and
secrets—she would awaken…
Note from Nalini: Jackson is a gorgeous caretaker alpha - a big, tough guy who's a sweetheart to the heroine.
AWAKEN THE SENSES
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He knew her every fantasy…
Charlotte Ashton had never belonged anywhere—until she met
worldly Alexandre Dupree. The winemaker was consulting at her family's
vineyard, and soon shy Charlotte was completely under his spell. He
seemed to know all her secret desires, all her dreams—as if he'd been
put on earth just for her pleasure.
Alexandre seduced Charlotte in all the ways she had fantasized
about. He'd read her secret journal and discovered the real
Charlotte—the sensual lover, the generous woman, the vulnerable virgin.
Was his crime so unforgivable when all he'd wanted was her love? Yet now
to maintain her trust, he would have to continue to lie…
Note from Nalini: This book was written as part of a 12 book continuity series. So 12 authors, 12 stories, with an interconnected backstory. The romance stands on its ows and there is a happy ever after in this book, but there are some backstory elements that connect to stories by the other 11 authors.
CRAVING BEAUTY
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Marc was dangerous to her in the way that only a strong, sexy male could be to a woman.
Even knowing that, she'd agreed to marry him. Hope blossomed in
Hira's heart. Perhaps she'd married a man with whom it might just be
worth building a life. Her mother had worried that he was scarred, but
the lines on his face did nothing to lessen his raw masculine appeal. If
anything, they gave him an even more dangerous male air, enticing the
feminine core of her to thoughts that shocked her.
What did a man's face matter anyway? She had no use for handsome men.
But for a man with a heart? For such a man…she might risk everything.
Note from Nalini: I really wanted to go back to Zulheil, my fairytale sheik kingdom from
Desert Warrior, and I kind of did that in this book. The heroine is from Zulheil and the hero from Louisiana - the first time I set a book in the state. As evidenced by
Angel's Wolf, it clearly became a lifelong love affair. :-)
SECRETS IN THE MARRIAGE BED
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Every marriage has its secrets.
They were reconciling. That was all Caleb Callaghan could focus on
when his estranged wife, Vicki, shared the news of her pregnancy. He was
determined that this time, the marriage would succeed, no matter what
it took.
But was Vicki’s price too high? She wanted more than his love and
support…she demanded honesty between them, starting with his secrets.
But there was something in Caleb’s past he could not—would not—share.
For the truth would only destroy them.
Note from Nalini: I wrote this because I wondered what would happen if the story began after the happy ever after - what if the perfect fairy tale had a few cracks?
BOUND BY MARRIAGE
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A Deal With The Devil...
How else to describe the pact Jessica Randall had made with
wealthy New Zealand rancher Gabe Dumont? In exchange for marriage and an
heir, he would save her family property. The agreement was calculating,
completely devoid of any tenderness, just like the man himself.
Their relationship was supposed to be a simple arrangement.
Instead, it was fraught with secrets and mistrust, jealousy and
ultimatums - emotions that wouldn't allow her to maintain the distance
she needed. Worse, the sizzling attraction between them made this
marriage of convenience decidedly inconvenient.
Note from Nalini: This will make you cry. It still makes me cry. It's angsty and angry and emotionally dark. So grab some tissues if you decide to read this one.
If you have any questions, let me know!!
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I emerge!! SHARDS OF HOPE is on its way to my editor. It's a *ahem* big book, but I should've expected that, given the fact it's the end of one story arc and the beginning of the next.
I'm so excited that Bastien's novella is out
next week!! It was so much fun going to back to the cats with this story
- they're so tactile and often so sinfully wicked (or maybe that's just
Bastien ;-) ). 
These two are doing really well at the moment. They've also made it onto Kirkus's Best Fiction Books of 2014. Go Ivy and Vasic!
