A Wish For Nicholas

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Jackie Manning made her writing debut in 1995 with Embrace the Dawn, a Harlequin Historical, written under the pen name Jackie Summers. Now, she writes under her own name, beginning with A Wish for Nicholas, a 1998 release, which appeared for many months on Amazon s Harlequin Historical bestseller list.

Silver Hearts, a Western set in Nevada s silver mining days, was released in 1999, and Taming the Duke, an English Regency, will be published in 2001.

Prior to writing full-time, Jackie managed her own tax accounting agency with over 300 clients, many of whom she s recruited into devoted fans of the romance genre. Jackie lives in Maine with her husband, Tom, and their spoiled-rotten shih tzu and Aussie terrier. When she isn t writing, she s teaching creative writing, researching places for future books, and hanging out with writer pals.

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A MAN LIKE NO OTHER

When Liam O'Shea found a young beauty on the side of the road, battered and incoherent, his razor–sharp instincts honed by years of training as an undercover operative warned she was in trouble. honour demanded he offer his protection.

WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE MISSION!

The only witness to an unspeakable murder she couldn't remember, Sara Regis was in danger with her only hope for survival in Liam's strong arms. Now, as Liam and Sara joined forces to locate a killer, would their sudden alliance withstand the secrets she'd kept locked inside?","rating":"4.00","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":11791,"isbn13":"9781460854938","title":"Sudden Alliance","seo":"sudden-alliance","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460854938.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
Luke Savage Was Not A Marryin' Man.

The funny thing was Noelle Bellencourt just happened to come from a long line of folks with tricks up their sleeves. Certainly there was more to this Eastern miss than met the eye, for he suspected she had the power to transform his wandering ways!

Noelle Bellencourt had come West to find family and fulfilment and instead found herself stranded in the desert, arguing at rifle point with Luke Savage. But could this mysterious stranger truly be the one to make all her troubles disappear?","rating":"3.18","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":12001,"isbn13":"9781460857397","title":"Silver Hearts","seo":"silver-hearts","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460857397.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027050"},{"name":"Romance / General","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027000"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"

The stalker was getting closer...to the woman this man loved!

Protecting people was Mike Landis’s job. And this former military man now living in the urban jungle was good at it. But his new client was the last person on earth he wanted to see and the only woman who knew what was beneath his tough exterior. He could help her, but at what cost?

It was a game of cat and mouse, as a dangerous stalker was getting closer to Brianna Kent every day. Was it a colleague? Someone from her past? Mike and Brianna couldn’t deny their attraction for each other, but could they figure out who the stalker was and catch him before he caught them?

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There was comfort in her touch…

A kind of healing that brought peace and stirrings of love where Dalton Warfield never expected to find them – within himself! But could he truly surrender to the graciousness that was Alicia Spencer – when he was the Duke of Wexton and she outcast by the Ton?

Alicia Spencer's first foray into Society had brought about her reputation's ruin – all through the scheming of one dowager duchess. Now her healing talents with horses had bound her to a passionate bargain with her enemy's son – Dalton Warfield, a man who'd courted her gift yet captured her heart…!

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She Was Of The Land; He, Of The Sea

Still, Becky Forester sang her own kind of siren song of home, family and forever and Captain Nick Sinclair, though wedded to the ocean's adventure, found himself succumbing to its lure !

Newly knighted naval hero Nicholas Sinclair had taken command of her beloved Thornwood Hall, and Becky Forester vowed to end his interference. But the longer he stayed, the more the reason appeared to be the capture of her very heart and soul!","rating":"3.27","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":12567,"isbn13":"9781460863749","title":"A Wish For Nicholas","seo":"a-wish-for-nicholas","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460863749.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Romance / General","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027000"},{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC014000"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"

A man like no other…with an impossible mission!

When Liam O’Shea found a young beauty on the side of the road, battered and incoherent, his razor-sharp instincts — honed by years of training as an undercover operative — warned she was in trouble. Honour demanded he offer his protection.

The only witness to an unspeakable murder she couldn’t remember, Sara Regis was in danger — with her only hope for survival in Liam’s strong arms. Now, as Liam and Sara joined forces to locate a killer, would their sudden alliance withstand the secrets she’d kept locked inside?

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