A DARK LOVE 
Avon/HarperCollins worldwide release in September 2009 "Romantic comedy author Carroll brings tight prose and excellent pacing to her tense first thriller.....Suspense fans who like a touch of romance will find this a winner." Starred Review
Publishers Weekly July 13, 2009 In an isolated cabin atop a mountain wilderness, handsome ex-football star Ken Kincaid fights for his life in the hands of world-renowned psychotherapist Dr. Porter Moross, whose genius has turned to evil.Caroline Hughes is a naïve college coed when she meets her future husband, Dr. Porter Moross, a renowned psychoanalyst with exotic looks and sophisticated tastes, who promises her a life of wealth and security. 
Their courtship is emotional and brief, followed by a move to a landmark home in Washington, D.C.'s historic Georgetown. Once there, Caroline discovers her new husband has dark, controlling side. The townhouse quickly becomes her prison, and she loses touch with the outside world as Porter begins to dominate her physically, mentally and sexually.Caroline believes Porter when he swears he'll kill her if she leaves. As her situation becomes more desperate, Caroline devises a plan for escape. She walks away from her life with Porter while taking the dog for his morning walk in the novel's opening scene. She and Pippin make their way to Colorado, where Caroline takes on a new identity as a housekeeper on a ranch outside Storm Pass, where people are laid back and believe in 'live and let live.' Caroline's plan to keep her business to herself is shaken to the core when she meets Ken Kincaid, a local fishing guide and former pro football player whose easygoing charm and heart-stopping good looks are impossible to resist. And yet Caroline knows her safety and even her life - - and Ken's as well - - depend on her ability to keep a secret. Meanwhile, Porter spends every waking minute tracking his young bride with the help of private investigators. He is determined to find Caroline and convince her, once and for all, that her life belongs only to him... The story reaches its climax in the vast windswept wilderness that stretches into eternity above the town called Storm Pass... "Carroll is a strong writer whose ability to construct a scene and weave a tale rivals the best in the business..." Romantic Times Book Review
October 2009 RIPTIDE A HarperCollins worldwide release in Autumn 2009 
She couldn't shake the feeling that snakes were slithering around her bare feet. She ran, leaving the relative shelter of the dunes behind, emerging onto the open expanse that was the strand.RIPTIDE is a novel of psychological intrigue set in New York’s sizzling summer community of the Hamptons, where a wealthy young widow is about to be named a 'person of interest’ in the drowning death of her husband. Christina Cardiff, whose stay in rehab has been cut short, discovers she must fight to regain custody of her son while struggling to maintain her newfound sobriety and find a way through the cloud of intrigue surrounding her husband’s shocking death. In the novel’s chilling twists, Christina pieces together the secrets of her husband’s final weeks and days, and the role played in their marriage by her dark and mysterious lover, Danny Cisco. The answers threaten her future, her sanity and even her life . . . COMING WORLDWIDE SOON TO A BOOKSTORE NEAR YOU.  THE TRUE MATCH ISBN 0803498839 April 2008 Avalon Books Ruby Lattingly is back, blonder than blonde and badder than bad, determined to shed five pounds and the "Jilted Bride" moniker she was given by the NYC tabloids after being dumped at the altar. Ruby's got her game face on and is host of a new reality talk show that helps couples patch things up when their relationships hit the skids. The problem is, Ruby gives bad advice. She receives tutoring in the Guy Point of View from the show's macho cameraman, Charles Begley Hutchinson III, better known as Hutch, on sabbatical from Iraq for the network news division while his shrapnel wounds heal. Sparks fly as the Cowboy Cameraman and the diva from New York's Upper East Side clash over how to counsel the show's couples in crisis. But Hutch is hiding his own real-life Crime of the Heart, a deep dark secret from his own past, that comes back to haunt him in full living color. Both Ruby and Hutch must face their own commitment phobias - and each other's - while the cameras roll. Available at your local library or through Amazon.com.  THE WRITE MATCH ISBN 0803497741 June 2006 Avalon Books "The book is heavy on love and a powerful, instant connection between two people...." Kim North Shine,
Detroit Free Press, October 1, 2006 "...THE WRITE MATCH is engaging from the first page. Though the story must flow quickly due to the shorter length of the novel, the characters grab the reader's heart from the get go. Margaret Carroll makes her debut on the romance scene with THE WRITE MATCH. It is a stellar beginning to her career. I can't wait to see what else is hiding in her mind!" "...Cute and funny, this timely tale touches the romantic streak in us all." Maria Hatton
Booklist, June 1 & 15, 2006 Avalon's debut chick-lit romance tells the tender story of first love set against the exciting backdrop of Manhattan. Kit McCabe's fear of commitment runs so deep she's not even aware she has it. The very thought of marriage is enough to give her a bad case of the sniffles, which is a real job hazard because she is Associate Editor of a prestigious bridal magazine. She stocks up on tissues when she lands her first big cover story writing about a high-profile wedding. Things are going well until she meets the groom-to-be, hunky Mark Dawson III. Once Mark meets Kit, he knows in a New York minute that he is about to marry the wrong woman. Kit McCabe is everything he's ever wanted in a wife. But Mark's bride-to-be will lose a lot if he backs out now, with their wedding less than two weeks away. Not to mention that Dawson men always keep their promises. Kit and Mark are thrown together round the clock as the Big Day approaches. They each struggle to sort through their feelings and make the right choice. The story comes to a tender, funny conclusion on a rainy spring day in NYC. Available at your local library or through Amazon.com. Copies of THE TRUE MATCH and THE WRITE MATCH are available at your local library, by ordering at your favorite bookstore, or from Amazon.com, and Barnes&Noble.com. Find an independent bookstore at Booksense.com. |