Josh January
Created by Jayne Ann Krentz

JOSH JANUARY is a rough-edged private eye who's getting a little tired of life kicking him around, when he's hired by. Maggie Gladstone, an attractive innkeeper who'd read far too many detective novels. It seems there've been some strange goings-on at Maggie's charming bed and breakfast -- just the sort of nothing case Josh needs at this point.

But things turn out to be a lot more complicated than Josh suspected -- and the biggest complication of all may be sexy, tawny-haired Maggie.

Yep, this is another romantic suspense novel from Harlequin, although this one's from their slightly more risqué Temptation line (# 377, to be exact) instead of the usual Intrigue imprint.

The extremely prolific Jayne Ann Krentz has written numerous romance novels, and frequently appears on the New York Times bestsellers' list, under both her own and her Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle pseudonyms. In fact, back in the eighties, under the Castle pen name, she wrote a series about Guinevere Jones, who owns a temporary employment agency, and her boyfriend Zach Justis, who runs a security/detective agency.

THE EVIDENCE

• "You're the most romantic thing that's ever happened to me," Maggie whispered from the bed.
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  Josh grinned, looking every inch the hero. "You mean that?"
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  "Yes."
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  I'm glad." He flipped off the wall switch, plunging the room into intimate shadow. The light from the fire bathed the bed in a soft golden glow.
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  Silhouetted in the firelight, Josh unfastened his jeans and peeled then off. His eyes never left Maggie's as he kicked off the briefs he wore underneath and walked to the bed.
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  Maggie gazed up at him, transfixed by the evidence of his arousal. He wants me, she thought. The knowledge filled her with sensual assurance and a glorious sense of her own power as a woman. She held back the covers invitingly.
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  "I only came to your room for a good-night kiss," Maggie murmured as Josh slid in beside her.
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  "It's going to be one hell of a kiss. . . ."
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  (from The Private Eye)

NOVELS

• The Private Eye (2001)..Buy this book

RELATED LINKS

• Lovers in a Dangerous Time: P.I. Romance Novels

Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.