Something in the Water by Jule McBride
When I started reading this book, I was surprised. The first half of opening chapter features a larger than normal set of secondary characters, and neither the hero nor the heroine was present. The rest of the chapter introduced some other characters, but again it wasn’t clear how they would fit into the rest of the story. As I continued to read the story, things slowly began to clear up and somewhere around chapter four or five, everything clicked into place. By the middle of the book it dawned on me – this book wasn’t a Blaze, but rather a short single title book. When viewed as a Blaze, I’d have to give this book rather low marks, but when viewed as a single title, it was pretty good. So I’ll go with the single title classification and wait for next single title style Blaze.
Details: Blaze #226, January 2006
Bottom line: A very good book
The sequel to The Kitchen Witch, explores the life of Kira Fitzgerald after she’s dumped her cheating fiancé. She meets hockey star, Jason Pickering Goddard, who has been sidelined with an injury. His grandmother cons him into taking over the role of Director of Special Events for the Pickering Foundation where he runs into Kira. Together they capitalize on Jason’s popularity as the winner of the Worlds Best Kisser reality TV show to raise money for an orphanage.
Lucy Fitzhenry developed a new type of chocolate that tastes better than any other chocolate in the world. After sampling some of the first batch with the president of the company, Nick Bernard, they celebrate a bit too hard leaving Lucy with a big problem – she’s pregnant. Nick’s brother made a similar mistake years ago and their grandfather forced him out of the family business. Even though Lucy has had a crush on Nick for years, she assumes full responsibility for the baby to prevent Nick’s grandfather from firing him, while trying to keep Nick as arms length when he tries to be part of Lucy’s life.
What do you do if your life is one long blond moment? If your name is Tressa Jayne Turner aka Calamity Jayne, you end up on a deserted road with a dead body in the trunk of your car of course. When you show the authorities the car and they find the trunk empty, they simply won’t believe you – not even the hot Rick Townsend, aka Ranger Rick – so you’ll just have to find the body yourself. But Tressa ends up digging herself deeper into the mystery and dragging Ranger Rick along with her. But dragging a hunk along has lots of advantages, especially as it relates to Tressa’s love life. 
Sarah Dearly just had the worst blind date of her life. It began when her date gave her a nip on the neck. Soon Sarah woke up in a grave covered with fresh dirt. But, perhaps the worst of all was learning that her date turned her into vampire, from a group of vampire hunters intent on killing her. Fortunately, Thierry de Bennicoeur, a 600 year old vampire, took pity on Sarah and helped her survive the transition from human to vampire. What follows is a merry romp through Toronto, while Sarah learns to deal with being a vampire, along with dodging a group of vampire hunters intent on killing every vampire in town and avoiding Quinn – a reluctant vampire hunter – now vampire – who's fallen in love with her. 
When you’re under doctor’s orders to find a way to relax, what do you do? If you’re ad executive, Allison Robbins, you learn how to surf. You’ll need to buy a surfboard, a wet suit, plus you’ll need a hunk to teach you. Fortunately, Sean Gilroy qualifies big time. Of course you really should drop all those bad habits that landed you under doctor’s care in the first place, but Allison never does things by halves and gives herself just six weeks to learn how to surf, so she’ll be relaxed in time for her big presentation. 
Samantha Jellicoe is perhaps the best jewel thief in the world. Well perhaps was the best jewel thief, as she’s retired in this book. Partnered with her lover, billionaire Rick Addison, Samantha attempts to go straight and open her own security consulting business. But she immediately runs into problems as her first client is killed before she meets with him. Determined to track down the killer, Samantha falls back on some of the skills she used in her previous life to find the real killer. Meanwhile, Rick's ex-wife does everything in her power to get back together with Rick and for him to dump Samantha. 
Nick O’Malley bet his friends he could go 30 days without women. No sex, no kissing, nothing. Meanwhile, Serena Riggs from the Boston PD decided to go undercover to trap ‘Slick Nick’ Malone. A tip leads her to a hotel where Nick O’Malley is staying on day 29 of his bet. Pretending to be a prostitute, Serena mistakes Nick O’Malley for Nick Malone, which is the common thread of all the books in The Wrong Bed series. Serena’s problems double when she realizes that she has the wrong Nick.
The first book in the White Star series describes how two young lovers met 2,500 years ago and how their love was sealed forever by a falling star. In the present, the White Star representing their love was taken from an amateur thief, who originally stole it as part of a larger jewelry collection.
The second title in Samantha’s HotWires focuses on Sarah Jessup, who was forced to take a break from investing computer crimes for the police. Visiting a small bread and breakfast on Maryland’s Eastern Shore she runs into another cop, Logan Sullivan, who’s also nominally on vacation. Logan tracked his partner who disappeared in this area, through pornographic pictures posted on the Internet. Logan and Sarah actively try to conceal their jobs from each other, but eventually their attraction brings them together as they work to solve the mystery behind Logan's missing partner.