Carla Neggers is one of the reasons I enjoy anthologies. A hundred years ago when I started reading romance, I went on a quest to read the entire backlist of Jayne Anne Krentz. In that venture, I found an anthology called Everlasting Love. Both Linda Howard and Carla Neggers had novellas in the anthology. I loved them both - already loved Krentz and Linda Lael Miller, two other authors included in the anthology, and I picked up the fifth, Kasey Michaels. As a result of Everlasting Love I found/discovered new authors and became convinced anthologies provided a good opportunity to try new authors without investing a huge amount of time and money.

Why this book:
1. It’s a NYT bestseller and has been at the top of the bestselling romance book list on Bookscan for weeks.
2. She writes solid and believable romantic suspense. She’s sometimes a bit short on the romance part - which makes me grumble - but she’s someone I pick up knowing I’ll be entertained.
3. She’s one of those folks who wrote for Harlequin Temptation/Bantam Loveswept in the 80s. She’s had a steady rise in popularity and book sales without having her face plastered all over the place.
4. Her next book is a hardcover (The Widow, October 2006). If hardcover prices scare you, now is a good time to work on her backlist paperbacks.

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