Christi Barth

 ~ for passion that blooms on every page
 

Sneak Peek of Carolina Heat!

Annabelle felt the warm touch of his lips on the inside of her wrist while transfixed by his hot stare.  An unexpected tingle started low in her stomach and spread in all directions.  For a brief moment, her other senses deserted her.  The world shrank to the mere inch of skin his tongue caressed.  She dragged in a ragged breath.  "You have definitely made an impression."
"You're truly stunning when you're off-balance," Mark murmured against her arm.  "Don't get me wrong - I think you're lovely, regardless.  But when something jostles your ever-present control, your face softens.  Your eyes widen and turn the color of cypress trees."  He pressed one last kiss in the middle of her palm and placed her hand back on the table.


Several different emotions warred within her.  Disbelief, amusement, and mistrust were all there, but mostly overshadowed by a powerful surge of pure lust.  She was reluctant to admit how long it had been since her libido kicked in like this.  Sensible or not, she was grateful to Mark for awakening it.

 
Surprised at the steadiness of her hand, she picked up her coffee cup and saluted him.  "You just earned your fair city another thousand words.  It's guaranteed to be the feature article.  You'll have twice as many tourists here after the November issue hits the stands."

 

Mark smiled, and gestured for her to lean closer.  He put a hand up to her ear and whispered, "What would it take to inspire you to write a book?"
CAROLINA HEAT
Put a workaholic Yankee together with an amiable Southerner and watch the sparks fly! Annabelle travels to Charleston, where she stumbles across the trail of a long-buried Civil War mystery.   Along the way she finds steamy passion, steadfast friends, mortal danger, and the love of her life.

Well-known journalist Annabelle Carlyle is stunned by the personal twist of her latest assignment:  her best friend Vanessa is missing.  Annabelle goes undercover in the Old South to search for answers.  Full of thick accents and a way of life rooted in the past, Charleston is as foreign and strange a place as any Annabelle's visited.  And before she finds a single clue, she runs into a sexy man she can't shake. 
 
Tall, dark and charming, Mark Dering is happy to show the gorgeous Yankee his hometown.  He's captivated by the quick witted, quick tempered redhead.  But when they're shot at, he realizes she's far more than just another tourist.  Soon they're knee deep in a mystery that goes all the way back to the Civil War.  For once Annabelle is in over her head.  Desperate to find Vanessa, she reluctantly accepts Mark's help.  It isn't long before romance blooms right alongside the magnolias. 

The stakes grow higher when a body is discovered.  Someone is willing to kill to keep a century old Confederate secret hidden.  With her best friend missing and a killer on the loose, it's the worst possible moment for Mark to try and unlock Annabelle's heart. Or is love exactly what her life's been missing?

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