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Could it be Sandra Brown? Another Loveswept alum (like Hoag)who moved to Romantic Suspense, several set in New Orleans.

Well, there’s Meryl Sawyer’s “Closer Than She Thinks” where the heroine returns to the NO art scene to do costume jewelry.  But she’s coming from “self-imposed exile in Italy.” There’s another one I’m thinking of too where the heroine does, ahem, erotic sculptures, but I can’t remember the title or author (I was mixing it up with the MS book).

Hmm, how about Linda Howard’s Now You See Her?  I don’t know if it’s set in New Orleans, though.

It could be Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon.  Sunshine was a street artist.  But Melissa didn’t mention anything about Vampires.

Now You See Her is set in New York.  The New Orleans book from Linda Howard is Kill and Tell, SB Sarah and SB Candy’s most favoritest book, EVAH.  The never flagging condom one. 

Jeezy, I’m sure I’ve read this.  She’s a street grifter artist. . .  Arrgh, I thought it was a Karen Rose, but it doesn’t seem to be. 

My New Year’s Resolution is to find flat surfaces currently buried under books, so I’ll keep looking.  I decided to get an early start on the New Year.

Perhaps Erica Spindler, maybe Forbidden Fruit?

Have a lovely day! :-)

I second Erica Spindler. I haven’t read her books, but sahe herself is an ex-artist and lives in New Orleans, so one of her books might have similar themes. In an article there’s mention of a book with a lead character “Pogo” who’s an artist, but I can’t find what book that is.

Here’s a link to the interview:
http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-spindler-erica.asp

Is there any chance it could have been a Sillohuette Bombshell book? Or an Intrigue?

I know that it was not a series romance.

The medium that the main character worked in was oil.

The time frame was contemporary.

Thanks for the help!

Could it be Lucky’s Lady?

It’s a Tami Hoag, only the hero is the artist, not the heroine. He lives in a shack in the middle of the bayou, and the heroine is Shelley or Shelby and is the twin sister of the hero’s former love(who broke his heart and damaged him forever).

At the end,after much ado and attempted murder, the hero makes it big on the art scene with his paintings of the swamps and such.

I thought it might be Lucky’s Lady, as well…

It could also be Heaven Loves a Hero by Nikki Holiday. But she didn’t mention angels. It’s also not really suspense.

The book I was thinking of was Sharon Sala, Out of the Dark.  The heroine is a street artist in NO.  She escaped from a cult and wound up on the streets.  Finds her biological father and I think the head of the cult is the guy who comes after her.  It is a Mira book, but a stand alone and not a category.  Hope it’s the right one.

The first book that came to my mind was Shirl Henke’s Bouquet.  It’s only set in NO for a short time though.  Marti, the heroine and a shy wallflower, runs a vineyard with her father but is secretly an artist.  Then the ranch hand, hero with a secret past, gives her his manmeat, and she’s a changed woman.  She eventually moves to NO and becomes an artist but returns to napa valley.  Hilarity and suspense ensue.