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New Books List: 539 titles

  • Burning Desire

    Relentless Aaron

    Dante Garrett learned the handyman trade from watching his late grandfather and his father hard at work. Painting, carpentry, and plumbing were among his talents, to the point that he became one of the most wanted men in Park Chester--but not without...

  • Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #2.10

    Nick Abadzis

    The Doctor, Gabby and Cindy land in New Orleans at the dawn of the Jazz Age, tracking down the source of the Nocturnes, twisted memetic creatures who ride music and use it as a weapon. Can the TARDIS team change the Nocturnes' tune before they inf...

  • Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #2.12

    Nick Abadzis

    ANUBIS is back, and the Doctor, Gabby and Cindy are nowhere near ready for what this ancient being is about to throw at them! With the universe fraying at the seams, Anubis propels the TARDIS team on a trip into the deep, deep past. when the law...

  • Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #2.13

    Nick Abadzis

    Tested by Anubis at the far reaches of the universe. is he following in the genocidal footsteps of his father? Reality invaded by the old, angry gods of Primeval Time! The Doctor, Gabby and Cindy have their work cut out for them, as the endgame...

  • Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor - Volume 5: Arena of Fear

    Nick Abadzis

    The Tenth Doctor's star-crossed epic continues, as allies become enemies in an interstellar arena! Plus â€" the Doctor, Gabby and Cindy face off against the terror of the Wishing Well Witch: Gabby and Cindy's first trip to the UK turns deadly in a sm...

  • Mycroft #1

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Anna Waterhouse

    Basketball legend, novelist, and superstar polymath Kareem Abdul-Jabbar brings his take on Sherlock Holmes' older brother to comics at last! An all-new adventure set in the world of the bestselling Mycroft novel, The Apocalypse Handbook sees the d...

  • Australian Boss: Diamond Ring

    Jennie Adams

    Ever since Fiona Donner breezed into Brent MacKay's office with her sunny smile, bouncy enthusiasm and infectious laughter she's turned his ordered world topsy-turvy. The attraction zings between them, and Brent believes that Fiona may be the woma...

  • Negima!? Neo, Volume 4

    Ken Akamatsu

    HERE COMES TROUBLE!
     
    Negi Springfield is a true prodigy: not only is he a teacher at age ten, he's also a powerful magician! Negi's in charge of a bevy of beautiful girl students, which is a challenge even for a wizard. But Negi's job gets ev...

  • Sweet Deception

    Rochelle Alers

    Law professor Myles Eaton knows a lot can happen in ten years. A decade ago, Philadelphia's finest bachelor was a hotshot attorney engaged to a woman he swore he'd love forever -- until she left him to marry a powerful politician. The only thing more...

  • My Baby Sister Is a Preemie

    Diana M. Amadeo

    It's pretty scary to see a new sibling wrapped in a glass box instead of a soft blanket. In this gentle story about a baby who arrives too soon, Sarah can see that Mommy and Daddy are worried, and that tiny Amy is sick. But her parents help her to se...

  • Invisible Lines

    Mary Amato

    If there’s one thing I’m good at it’s making people laugh because when I’m standing up I’m what you call a stand-up comedian, and when I’m sitting down, I’m just plain funny. 
     
    Trevor is just plain funny, and he’s lucky he i...

  • The Legacy

    Diane Amos

    June 1887. Jeremiah Dalton arrives in Lowdown, Texas, to claim his inheritance and discovers that his father's will has conditions attached. He has six months to learn the ranching business or lose everything -- and he must rely on the help of for...

  • Hot Boss, Boardroom Mistress

    Natalie Anderson

    Sparks in the boardroom...and the bedroom! Pampered princess Amanda Winchester is like an itch that Jared James can't scratch. But the tables have now turned -- Jared is successful, Amanda has nothing and he is her new boss. It's payback time -- and...

  • Veil of Shadows

    Jennifer Armintrout

    With the immortal denizens of the subterranean Lightworld and Darkworld societies locked in battle, the heiress to the Faery throne is exiled to the Human realm above. Accompanied to the Upworld by her mother's trusted advisor, Cerridwen is bound for...

  • Murder for Christ's Mass

    Maureen Ash

    After eight years of captivity in the Holy Land, Templar Bascot de Marins finally escaped. Injured in both body and soul, he is on a sojourn at Lincoln castle, where the coming holidays hold the promise of hope and long life -- but not for everyone.....

  • Scorched

    Sharon Ashwood

    Welcome to the Castle. The price of admission is your soul. Ex-detective Conall Macmillan has always had a taste for bad girls, but his last lover really took the cake -- and his humanity. Now half demon, Mac has lost his friends, his family, and hi...

  • Somewhere Towards the End

    Diana Athill

    Winner of the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography and a New York Times bestseller: a prize-winning, critically acclaimed memoir on life and aging ―“An honest joy to read†(Alice Munro).

    Hailed as “a virtuoso exer...

  • The Losers' Club

    Kate Austin

  • Time Castaways

    James Axler

    In the nuke-altered America of the twenty-first century, time conspires against survival, especially for a legendary group of warriors led by Ryan Cawdor. Born and bred in Deathlands, Ryan dares to unlock the secrets buried deep in the wreckage of a ...

  • Azumanga Daioh

    Kiyohiko Azuma

    The best high school stories are simultaneously funny, warm, and endearing - but most importantly, the characters come alive on the page. Get to know the girls who set a new standard for the high school experience!Sakaki - strong and silent with a so...

  • Yotsuba&!, Volume 7

    Kiyohiko Azuma

    Mooooo...! MOOOO...! Cows are neato! It's fun pretending to be a cow! And milk comes from cows, so I bet they're real nice too. 'Cos milk is super-yummy, right?! Yotsuba thinks so! And milk comes in lotsa flavors, so cows must come in different flavo...

  • Isaac Babel's Selected Writings

    Isaac Babel

    This Norton Critical Edition is based on Peter Constantine’s incomparable translations, which are introduced and annotated by the renowned Babel scholar Gregory Freidin.

    Isaac Babel’s work has left an indelible mark on modern literature. T...

  • The Ever Breath

    Julianna Baggott

    Follow the secret passageway . . . and discover the magic! In a world where locust fairies flutter and firebreathers burst from snowbanks, two children are having the adventure of their lives. Truman and his twin sister, Camille, have just met the...

  • Getting Lucky

    Elaine Barbieri

    San Francisco, 1849 Gold. Adventure. Sin. There was only one way for a woman to earn a living on its wild streets -- pleasing the rough men driven there by lust for riches. The Walker Desperate. Defenseless. Desirable. After collapsing outside h...

  • Final Exam

    Maggie Barbieri

    St. Thomas, the small college north of New York City where Professor Alison Bergeron teaches, has had its share of scandals involving both its students and its staff, not to mention Alison herself, so when a resident director goes missing the adminis...

  • Secret Warriors, Volume 1: Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing

    Brian Michael Bendis

    Collects Secret Warriors (2009) #1-6. Nick Fury and his new band of young heroes uncover the darkest secret in the history of the Marvel Universe! A secret that sends the Secret Warriors tumbling into an underworld of rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, super...

  • Dark Avengers, Volume 1: Assemble

    Brian Michael Bendis

    THE DARK REIGN IS HERE! Who are the Dark Avengers? Who is the Iron Patriot? The answers will shock you! From the fan favorite creative team of Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato Jr. Collects Dark Avengers (2009) #1-6....

  • Sparkling Steps

    Sue Bentley

    Olivia is nervous about going to a new ballet school. It turns out she's better than most of the girls in her class! When her classmates start acting jealous, Olivia doesn't know what to do. Luckily she finds a lovable blue-gray kitten and things sta...

  • The Paris Vendetta

    Steve Berry

    Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone wakes to find an intruder in his Copenhagen bookshop: an American Secret Service agent with assassins on his heels. Narrowly surviving a ferocious firefight, the two journey to the secluded estate of ...

  • Double Booked

    Elizabeth Bevarly
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    What could be more fun than a game between friends -- or lovers? In these four sexy stories of mixed-up couples and mistaken identities, it's not about winning but how much you like to play. Includes a brand-new novella featuring Hart Winston, who...

  • Lost in Paradise

    Mary Blayney
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    In Mary Blayney's Lost in Paradise, a man locked in an island fortress finds hope for freedom in an enigmatic nurse....

  • Murder Has a Sweet Tooth

    Miranda Bliss

    Annie Capshaw has found that the way to a man's heart is through his cooking class. But just as she and her best friend, Eve, are planning Annie's big day with Jim, her former cooking instructor turned boss, murder takes the cake -- make that the wed...

  • Between Here and Here

    Amy Bloom

    A unique offer for fans of Amy Bloom, bestselling author of Away...sample just one piece from her stunning new collection of interconnected short stories. Available at this special price for a limited time only.Love, in its many forms and complexitie...

  • Dustin Grubbs: One-Man Show

    John J. Bonk

    Dustin is a drama geek--and proud of it. Though he's at least half-nerd, and full of insecurities, he doesn't melt in the face of conflict--like when the sixth grade play he's assistant-directing and starring in, The Castle of the Crooked Crowns, see...

  • Renaissance

    Oliver Bowden

    "I WILL SEEK VENGEANCE UPON THOSE WHO BETRAYED MY FAMILY. I AM EZIO AUDITORE DA FIRENZE. I AM AN ASSASSIN..." Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, a young man embarks upon an epic quest for vengeance. To eradicate corruption and restore his fam...

  • Jake Helps Out

    Crystal Bowman

    Jake is excited about going to the beach with Mother, Father, and his little sister, Kelly. He wants to help out so they can be on their way. After spilling the milk, breaking a plate, and sloshing pickle juice in the picnic basket, he finally goes t...

  • Jake Plays Ball

    Crystal Bowman

    Jake’s friend Jason comes over to play with Jake and wants to play baseball. After Jason hits the ball several times, Jake wants a turn to bat. Jake keeps striking out, so Jason gets frustrated and goes home. Jake is discouraged at his inability to...

  • Otter and Owl Say I'm Sorry

    Crystal Bowman

    Owl has a big idea that ends in disaster, and he’s worried that his friendship with Otter is ruined -- just like he ruined Otter’s scooter. But the friends learn about friendship and forgiveness in this level two story....

  • Kerka's Book

    Jan Bozarth

    Kerka Laine is not one to sit around and let things happen to her. She knows that she's destined to start training as a fairy godmother. She just hates waiting for the training to begin! When her dreams take her to Aventurine, the place where human g...

  • Then Comes Baby

    Helen Brenna

    Wish it. See it. Make it happen. Bestselling horror novelist Jamis Quinn hasn't written a word since Natalie Steeger moved in next door. Mirabelle Island has been his peaceful refuge for the past four years. Now he can't concentrate. Not with that s...

  • The Poisoning in the Pub

    Simon Brett

    Welcome to Fethering! Carole and Jude spring into amateur detective action when their favourite pub is targeted by a killer in this quirky, cozy, British village mystery. Jude and Carole get more than they bargained for when a lunchtime meal in thei...

  • Dark Hunter

    Andy Briggs

    When a mysterious benefactor springs him from Diablo Island penitentiary, Jake Hunter is back on the run, trying to locate the man who wiped out his family’s memories of him and dodging the efforts of the hero Chameleon to track him down. Unfortuna...

  • Virus Attack

    Andy Briggs

    The villain Basilisk is back, and his nefarious plan to infiltrate Hero.com and take it offline has worked -- leaving Toby, Pete, Lorna, and Emily as the only Downloaders left on the planet! It’s up to the four friends to stop Basilisk before his c...

  • A Storm of Passion

    Terri Brisbin

    In the first of a breathtaking trilogy set against the stark beauty of medieval Scotland, one man discovers a surprising past, a remarkable gift -- and a terrible destiny... Once, Connor believed that his ability to see the future would grant him ...

  • The Wrangler

    Pamela Britton

    If Wished Were Horses... Time's running out for Samantha Davies. If it's the last thing she does before losing her sight completely, she has got to find out whether Montana's wild, Baer Mountain mustangs are real or simply the stuff of bedtime sto...

  • Dawn

    Kevin Brooks

    Magical realism and gritty mystery meet in Brooks's provocative dissection of family, friendship, and faith. "A tense psychological thriller...hard-hitting."--Publishers WeeklyDawn Bundy lives in a cave. In her head. Where's she's been hiding for tw...

  • A Lady Like Sarah

    Margaret Brownley

    SHE'S AN OUTLAW. HE'S A PREACHER. BOTH ARE IN NEED OF A MIRACLE. Sarah Prescott has never known a respectable life. Just a hardscrabble childhood and brothers who taught her to shoot first and ask questions later. Justin Wells left Boston in disgra...

  • If Looks Could Chill

    Nina Bruhns

    A KICK-ASS YANKEE COP AND HER SPECIAL-OPS CAJUN GUIDE Mysterious deaths stalk the bayou. No-nonsense Louisiana State trooper Tara Reeves reluctantly enlists the aid of Marc Lafayette, a too-sexy-for-his-own-good Cajun heartbreaker, to guide her on ...

  • Bone Chamber

    Robin Burcell

    “A very talented writer†(Lee Child), who is “smart, tough, and right on the mark†(Catherine Coulter), and “among the best writers of crime fiction†(Jan Burke), Anthony Award-winning author Robin Burcell broadens her canvas with The Bon...

  • A Thousand Never Evers

    Shana Burg

    IN KUCKACHOO, MISSISSIPPI, 1963, Addie Ann Pickett worships her brother Elias and follows in his footsteps by attending the black junior high school. But when her careless act leads to her brother's disappearance and possible murder, Addie Ann, Mama,...

  • Little White Lies

    Jessica Burkhart

    A LITTLE WHITE LIE NEVER HURT ANYONE...RIGHT? Sasha is with Eric. Callie is with Jacob. And Callie and Sasha are finally BFFs again. Life is as perfect as it's ever been at Canterwood. So when Sasha learns of a secret that could destroy all o...

  • Dying Scream

    Mary Burton

    No One Will Find You An aspiring artist. A high-school senior. A stripper. Three women who seemed to have nothing in common except their sudden disappearance. But one man knew them all. Wealthy, privileged Craig Thornton even claimed to love them....

  • First Lord's Fury

    Jim Butcher

    Now the people of Alera -- who use their unique bonds with the elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal for protection -- must face the ultimate conflict... For Gaius Octavian, life has been one long struggle. Battling ancient foes, fo...

  • Tender to His Touch

    Adrianne Byrd

    Hollington Homecoming Queen Beverly Turner is pulling out all the stops for her ten-year reunion. The trendy designer's first order of business is to let loose and have some fun. And her wish just might come true when she meets Lucius Gray. The hunky...

  • The Sacred Blood

    Michael J. Byrnes

    The bones were just the beginning . . . When American geneticist Charlotte Hennesey examined what she believed were the remains of Jesus, the Vatican buried her discovery. But the DNA Charlotte extracted from the sacred bones and injected into her o...

  • When Winter Comes

    Barbara Cameron
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    It's been too long since Rebecca has done what she loves--put on her skates and fly across the ice. Five years have passed since a winter accident took her twin Lizzie and left Rebecca heartbroken. And Ben has waited for her all that time. At last sh...

  • Blue Knight, White Cross

    Colin Campbell

    A gripping thriller from a former policeman - The Blue Knights are ‘Black & Decker’, aka Steve Decker and Dave Black: 'the blunt instrument of modern day policing'. White Cross is the rough Yorkshire estate where they are set upon by a pave...

  • Hidden Empire

    Orson Scott Card

    The war of words between right and left collapsed into a shooting war, and raged between the high-technology weapons on each side, devastating cities and overrunning the countryside. At the close of Empire, political scientist and government advis...

  • Luck of the Draw

    Anthony J. Cardieri

    When Detective Deke Durgess finds himself at the scene of a brutal murder in Lower Manhattan, he has no idea that it's just the beginning of the most prolific murder spree in New York City history, one where entire families will be wiped out by a vic...

  • The Charm Stone

    Lillian Stewart Carl

    Magic, Mystery…and Murder In the heart of historic Williamsburg, secrets, conspiracy and a sudden death greet travel journalist Jean Fairbairn. Visiting with her Scottish beau, ex-DCI Alasdair Cameron, she's digging into a story surrounding a pa...

  • Bridgewater, Texas

    Carla Cassidy

    A ROSE IN LOVE -- AND DEATH When Sheriff Matt Buchanan discovers FBI profiler Jenna Taylor snooping around his crime scene, he isn't pleased. The last thing he needs is the FBI meddling. But Jenna is determined to find her best friend's murderer, an...

  • Happenstance Found

    P.W. Catanese

    Master storyteller P.W. Catanese begins the Books of Umber trilogy with Happenstance Found -- now available in paperback -- when twelve-year-old Happenstance awakens in a cave with no memory of who he is or how he came to be there. Lord Umber and his...

  • Murder on the Cliffs

    Joanna Challis

    The storm led me to Padthaway. I could never resist the allure of dark swirling clouds, windswept leaves sweeping down cobbled lanes or a view of the sea stirring up its defiant nature. The sea possessed a power all of its own and this part of Cor...

  • The Woman in the Case

    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

    Ranging from absurd, humorous sketches to psychological pieces and tragic stories, this eclectic selection of works demonstrates Anton Chekhov’s mastery of genre writing. Although varying in tone and purpose, these ta...

  • Eggs Benedict Arnold

    Laura Childs

    The author of the Scrapbooking and Tea Shop mysteries cooks up another delicious mystery featuring friendship, murder, and one spectacular breakfast after another. Suzanne, Toni, and Petra lost their husbands but found independence -- and, in each ot...

  • Basketball Sparkplug

    Matt Christopher

    Kim's teammates tease him about singing in the church choir, but they change their tune when the choir helps the Arrows become Small Fry Basketball Champions....

  • Front Court Hex

    Matt Christopher

    Star of the previous year's basketball team, Jerry can't do anything right in the new season, but refuses to believe his new friend who, claiming to be a warlock, predicts Jerry's play won't improve until he changes his slovenly habits....

  • On the Court with... Lisa Leslie

    Matt Christopher

    Since signing with the Los Angeles Sparks in 1997, Lisa Leslie has impressed WNBA fans with her shooting, rebounding, and blocking abilities. But her notable achievements go further back. In the 1996 Olympic Games, she scored 29 points in the gold me...

  • Lucky Seven: Sports Stories

    Matt Christopher

    A collection of sport related stories by Matt Christopher....

  • California Connection 2

    Chunichi

    Jewel used to be content with being a ride or die chick, playing Bonnie while the men in her life played Clyde. But now she realizes that it was her connections and street smarts that helped her man, Calico, rise to the top, and Jewel wants to be the...

  • Taken by the Pirate Tycoon

    Daphne Clair

    Jase Moore is determined to shake Samantha Magnussen's touch-me-not facade. Could this ice princess really be out to steal his sister's new husband? This pirate tycoon will distract her -- the only way he knows how! Why does this provocati...

  • Genext: United

    Chris Claremont

    The newest generation of X-Men returns! In a world where the years passed in real-time for the X-Men since their foundation, the newest crop of students at Xavier's are the children and grandchildren of the heroes we know. But with all the trouble Be...

  • Bandit Queen

    Jane Candia Coleman

    Overnight, she became a media sensation. Pearl Hart, "the Bandit Queen." The first woman sentenced to the infamous Yuma Penitentiary. To the newspapers, she was nothing more than a sassy firebrand who held up a stagecoach in daring fashion. They didn...

  • Postscript from Pemberley

    Rebecca Ann Collins

    Young Darcy Gardiner has fallen for Kate O'Hare, a newcomer to Pemberley whose beauty and intellect fascinate him. Kate is more interested in discussing the merits of Darwin's The Origin of Species than the latest fashion in gowns. Her unladylike ...

  • Force of Nature

    Kristina Cook

    With him, she could be unstoppable... They might call her a force of nature, but becoming a national NASCAR driver took guts and hard work. And Shelly Green's race is only beginning. She needs a sponsor -- someone who believes in her. But stylish, s...

  • His Magic Touch

    Cynthia Cooke

    Eight years ago, demon hunter Trent Drouillard left his family to keep them safe -- but a demon still found them. He must protect his daughter...but first he has to convince Sera, his ex and mother of his child, to let him back into their lives. And ...

  • The Disciple

    Stephen Coonts

    A DEVASTATING AGENDA Iran is much closer to having operational nuclear weapons than the CIA believes and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has a plan. With twelve nuclear warheads mounted on twelve missiles, he will make Iran a martyr nation -- and...

  • Saved and Single

    Sheila Copeland

    In a sizzling tale of secrets, faith, and love, a group of L.A. friends learn the true meaning of being single, saved -- and scandalous... Tiffany is used to planning Los Angeles' biggest, glitziest weddings, but her own love life is pretty nonexi...

  • His Christmas Bride

    Dana Corbit

    A Blank Christmas List? The only gift Dylan Warren used to want was Jenna Scott's love. But his former childhood best friend broke his heart. Now, their matchmaking mothers insist the Warren and Scott clans celebrate the holiday together. Suddenly h...

  • ICarly

    Nicole Corse

  • Her Patchwork Family

    Lyn Cote

    Christmas is for families... And Felicity Gabriel intends to build a family right away When she inherits a mansion, she decides to turn it into a home for orphans. But her first charges test her resolve. One child is a thief, suspicious of her kin...

  • What's Happening to the Rain Forests?

    Richard D. Covey

  • Divorced, Desperate and Deceived

    Christie Craig

    Of the Divorced, Desperate and Delicious club, Kathy Callahan is the last surviving member. Oh, her two friends haven't died or anything. They just gave up their vows of chastity. They went for hot sex with hot cops and got happy second marriages -- ...

  • Fear Came to Town

    Doug Crandell

    It's a town where the streets are named Candy Cane Road and December Drive. The Christmas holiday spirit lives all year around. It's also where Jerry Scott Heidler was raised. And where-in December 1997-he brutally slaughtered his former foster famil...

  • The Innocent's Surrender

    Sara Craven

    His price: her undoing Natasha Kirby had long been saddened by her family's feud with the Mandrakis men...now she's caught in its savage cross fire. The family business has fallen into the hands of merciless tycoon Alex Mandrakis. Summoned...

  • A Catered Birthday Party

    Isis Crawford

    When sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons sign on to cater a prize pooch's birthday bash, they think they're ready for anything. But they haven't bargained for a killer with a bone to pick ... A Little Taste of Heaven catering certainly knows how to f...

  • Pure Princess, Bartered Bride

    Caitlin Crews

    Bartered, betrothed and bedded! As quiet and dangerous as a jungle cat, achieving the impossible is one of Luc Garnier's defining characteristics. Princess Gabrielle is invaluable -- a pearl beyond price. Yet Luc has defied the odds, and a ...

  • Dixie Noir

    Kirk Curnutt

    After ten years in prison, all that disgraced former Alabama football star Ennis Skinner wants is to make amends. Earning forgiveness isn't easy in Montgomery, however -- a city still haunted by its complicated legacy as the birthplace of both the Ci...

  • Earth Enchanted

    Brynna Curry

    Elemental Magic, #1 When telepath meets ex-cop, will it be death or diamonds. Writer Liv Corrigan has the worst luck with men -- her telepathy tends to make them run for the hills. When she meets widower and ex-cop Jack Roarke, she decides to k...

  • Christmas Peril: Merry Mayhem

    Margaret Daley

    Christmas bells ring with danger in these suspenseful holiday stories When single mom Annie Coleman unexpectedly arrives in Christmas, Oklahoma, police chief Caleb Jackson suspects she's hiding secrets. He'll be watching her closely. And his prote...

  • Flame Seeker

    Kay Danella

    A sensuous new fantasy from the author of Dreamwalker. The eldest daughter of her clan, Alithia must secure her family's livelihood by retrieving an ancient relic in the fabled mountain realm. But she cannot make the journey alone. Alithia must ta...

  • Glitter

    Babygirl Daniels

    Asia Smith walks through life with a silver spoon in her mouth, thanks to her father, how spares no expense when it comes to his baby girl. But when he dies tragically, her extravagant lifestyle is brought down a notch. She struggles to adjust to her...

  • Thicker Than Blood

    C.J. Darlington

    Christy Williams finally has her life on track. She's putting her past behind her and working hard to build a career as an antiquarian book buyer. But things begin to unravel when a stolen Hemingway first edition is found in her possession, framing h...

  • Silver Birch, Blood Moon

    Ellen Datlow

    Collects contemporary adaptations of traditional fairy tales by such authors as Harvey Jacobs, Nancy Kress, Michael Cadnum, Nalo Hopkinson, Wendy Wheeler, Susan Wade, Tanith Lee, Patricia McKillip, and Richard William Asplund...

  • Hidden Fire

    Jo Davis

    THE SCORCHING-HOT FIREMEN OF STATION FIVE ARE KNOWN FOR CRANKING UP THE HEAT. SEXY ROGUE JULIAN SALVATORE IS NO EXCEPTION. He's earned his reputation as a ladies' man, but chasing women has also been a way to outrun a terrible secret from his past. ...

  • The Sheriff's Surrender

    Susan Page Davis

    A Murder in Fergus, Idaho, has the Townswomen Scared Gert Dooley can shoot the tail feathers off a jay at a hundred yards from years of test-firing the guns her brother repairs. But long after giving up on marriage, she yearns for rancher Ethan Ch...

  • Fire and Ice

    Susan Page Davis

    ROBYN IS AT THE END OF HER ROPE. Robyn Holland loves her work raising and training sled dogs for her family's business, Holland Kennel, in rugged Alaska. But when her grandfather has an accident, the resulting hospital bills put a strain on the fami...

  • Muse and Reverie

    Charles de Lint

    Muse and Reverie is an all-new collection of short fiction in Charles de Lint's Newford universe--the fifth such collection since 1993, and the first since 2002. Previous collections are Dreams Underfoot, The Ivory and the Horn, the World Fantasy Awa...

  • Heart of the Witch

    Alicia Dean

    There is a monster on the loose, a serial killer murdering young women near Oklahoma City. On each corpse he writes his name in blood: THE TIN MAN But while the villain claims to be heartless, he's not beyond making a mistake. This time he left hi...

  • VIP Lounge

    Ed Decter

    Chloe Gamble is the hottest thing in Hollywood. But it's only pretty from the outside. Travis was supposed to have Chloe's back. But the spotlight of fame is very seductive. Nika's the secret behind Chloe's success. But she's got an agenda of h...

  • The Soldier's Secret Daughter

    Cindy Dees

    "I hated you, but I still wanted you." Dashing spy Jagger Holtz lived in a world of danger. Not even a sweet brown-eyed siren alone on New Year's Eve could be trusted, especially when he had to bring down her employer. Somehow Emily Grainger broke t...

  • Valentine Surprise

    Corinne Demas

    It's only a week until Valentine's Day, and Lily wants to make the perfect heart-shaped valentine for Mommy. But every time she cuts out a heart, it's either too pointy, too round, or too skinny. As the days go by, Lily tries again and again, and ...

  • Awakening His Lady

    Kathrynn Dennis

    King John's summons to war in France may have taken Sir Thomas Addecker away from his beloved Lady Meriom before they could wed, but not before they shared one passionate night together on the eve of his departure. The memory of that love and desire ...

  • Expose!

    Hannah Dennison

    It's snail-racing season in the small town of Gipping-on-Plym. And obituary writer Vicky Hill is racing, too -- to solve a mysterious death... When an early-morning call wakes Vicky from the arms of her dream man, reality had better be worth it -- a...

  • Posh and Prejudice

    Grace Dent

    The divine Shiraz Bailey Wood is back in this hilarious sequel to Diva Without a Cause to enlighten us with her signature brand of madcap humor on her demented, glorious life in the gritty suburbs of London. When sixteen-year-old Shiraz Bailey Wood's...

  • The Dark Divine

    Bree Despain

    Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared -- the night she found her brother Jude collapsed on the porch, covered in his own blood -- but she has no idea what a truly monstr...

  • Trading Faces

    Julia DeVillers; Jennifer Roy

    “Hello? Earth to Payton?†Emma said. “I was thinking about how many millions of times we're going to get the question. You just know we are.†She was right. I knew exactly what she meant by “the question.†Which one are you? On the fi...

  • Raiders' Ransom

    Emily Diamand

    A DROWNING WORLD, A MISSING GIRL, A MAGICAL JEWEL, AND PIRATES! In flooded future England, poor Lilly is out fishing with her trusty seacat when greedy raiders pillage the town -- and kidnap the Prime Minister's daughter. Her village blamed, Lilly v...

  • Puttering About in a Small Land

    Philip K. Dick

    When Roger and Virginia Lindhal enroll their son Gregg in Mrs. Alt's Los Padres Valley School in the mountains of Southern California, their marriage is already in deep trouble. Then the Lindhals meet Chic and Liz Bonner, whose two sons also board...

  • Disney's Treasury of Children's Classics

    Disney Book Group

  • Beast with 1000 Eyes

    Laura Dower

    Funny and totally gross! Stella Min never gets scared. In fact, she?s pretty certain that she is the bravest one in the Monster Squad. But lately she can?t shake the feeling that she?s being watched?all the time! Soon she?s seeing floating eyeballs e...

  • Seducing the Heiress

    Olivia Drake

    SHE VOWED TO RESIST HIM Her wealth and beauty have made Miss Portia Crompton the catch of the season. Secretly determined to wed the maharajah's son she left behind in India, Portia ignores the money-hungry bucks who ply her with bouquets and bonbons...

  • Souvenirs of Murder

    Margaret Duffy

    The brand-new Patrick Gillard and Ingrid Langley mystery - Ingrid Langley isnt pleased when her husband and working partner, Patrick Gillard, late of MI5 and now with the Serious Organized Crime Agency, is sent on assignment days after the birth of t...

  • Too Much Money

    Dominick Dunne

    A satisfying, mischievous, and compulsively readable tale--Dunne's final work--"Too Much Money" is peppered with thinly veiled fictions that keep readers guessing about the real-world villains and intrigues that lie beneath its chapters....

  • Delilah

    India Edghill

    Given to the temple of Atargatis as a child, Delilah is raised to be a priestess to the Five Cities that rule Canaan. With her beloved friend Aylah, Delilah grows up under the watchful eyes of high priestess Derceto, who sees the devout young prieste...

  • Assassin's Creed: Locus #1

    Ian Edginton

    Brand new story set in the stunning world of Assassin's Creed: Syndicate! Dive into the sordid underworld of Victorian London, and the memories of New Yorker, Tommy Greyling, as he teams up with Evie Frye and Henry Green to search for a Piece of Eden...

  • Assassin's Creed: Locus #3

    Ian Edginton

    The streets of Victorian London are a much darker place than the avenues of new York... as Pinkerton agent Tommy Greyling is finding out! Hot on the tail of a murderer, it seems there's more to this mystery than meets the eye. Luckily for Tommy, he's...

  • Dancing for the Hangman

    Martin Edwards

    While this fictional recreation of one of the early 20th century’s most notorious crimes ranks among Edwards’s best work, it has the misfortune to follow two superior books on the subject: Erik Larson’s nonfiction Thunderstruck ...

  • A Marriageable Miss

    Dorothy Elbury

    When Miss Helena Wheatley's wealthy father decides she should marry nobility, only her ingenuity keeps her from being trapped in an unwelcome marriage! But with her father suddenly falling ill, she is forced to turn to one of her prospective suitors ...

  • Man in the Moon

    Dotti Enderle

    Janine is prepared for a sticky, boring summer on her family's land in the middle of nowhere. Far from town and with only her ailing brother Ricky for company, Janine spends half her time stuck inside with him, wishing that their mother would let the...

  • Johnny Red #7

    Garth Ennis

    As Johnny and the Falcons attempt to clear their tracks and make good their escape, a rogue German fighter wing threatens to shred their plans to ribbons! And as the flak gets heavy, Johnny discovers a secret that could shake the Russian state to...

  • Johnny Red #8

    Garth Ennis

    Johnny and the surviving members of his beloved Falcon Squadron face execution â€" not at the hands of the hated Nazis, but by their own side, as the Soviet secret police prepare to eliminate all knowledge of the ghastly secret hatched by Stalin and ...

  • Alone

    Loren D. Estleman

    The second wacky comedic murder romp for Hollywood film detective Valentino Valentino wants to keep The Oracle, his beloved run-down movie palace, from being condemned before it even reopens, but murder keeps intruding into his otherwise quiet lif...

  • One Summer in Santa Fe

    Molly Evans

    People say that Dr. Taylor Jenkins is the best there is. Devoted to his patients, he has given his life to the hospital. But any free time he has is spent searching out his latest high-adrenaline adventure -- and successfully shielding his heart! ...

  • Longarm and the Arizona Assassin

    Tabor Evans

    When a beautiful Indian woman drops into Deputy Marshal Custis Long's arms with a bullet hole in her head, he vows to find her murderer, no matter where he has to go-or who he has to shoot....

  • Forbid Them Not

    Michael Farris

    Two families find themselves on the brink of the unimaginable - removal of their children from their care - as the UN makes them the test case for the recently ratified Rights of the Child....

  • The Cavanaugh Code

    Marie Ferrarella

    "I only take yes for an answer." While searching for clues in a murder victim's apartment, Detective Taylor McIntyre stumbles upon an intruder. Thinking she's got her killer, Taylor handcuffs him to a railing. The next morning, she's shocked when sh...

  • 1635: The Tangled Web

    Eric Flint; Virginia DeMarce

    Though the Thirty Years Wars continues to ravage 17th century Europe, history as it once happened has been strongly deflected by the new force which is rapidly gathering power and influence: the United States of Europe, an alliance between Gustavu...

  • Wicked Intentions

    Kevin Flynn

  • Immortal

    V.K. Forrest

    For centuries, the Kahill vampire clan has lived quietly among the locals in the tranquil beachfront village of Clare Point. But Fin, a clan leader, is about to discover that even a small town can harbor a secret too dark to comprehend -- one that ma...

  • Hart & Soul

    Lori Foster
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    With a brand-new novella featuring Hart Winston, whose switch with his identically hot twin brother has landed him in some serious foul play, it's a safe bet that in the game of love no one is going to follow the rules....

  • Bryant & May on the Loose

    Christopher Fowler

    The Peculiar Crimes Unit is no more. After years of defying the odds and infuriating their embarrassed superiors, detectives Arthur Bryant and John May have at last crossed the line. This is the twenty-first century and not even their eccentric geniu...

  • A Play of Treachery

    Margaret Frazer

    In the pages of Margaret Frazer's national bestselling Dame Frevisse Mysteries, the player Joliffe has assumed many roles on stage, to the delight of those he entertains. Now, in the company of a troupe of traveling performers, he finds himself cast ...

  • A Place of His Own

    Kathleen Fuller
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    When Josiah left Paradise the first time, he didn't even say good-bye. Now he's back, ten years later, and he's changed. Why is he so distant and bitter? Where is the boy who used to be Amanda's best friend? Amanda is learning that there are things e...

  • The Dog Days of Laurie Summer

    Patricia Gaffney
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    In Patricia Gaffney's The Dog Days of Laurie Summer, a woman awakens to a familiar yet unsettling world....

  • Beautiful Creatures

    Kami Garcia; Margaret Stohl

    Some loves are meant to be... Others are cursed. Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the ...

  • The Faces in the Pool

    Jonathan Gash

    Lovejoy is released from jail on condition he join the elegant Laura Moon's speed-dating agency. A divorced millionairess, Lauraa proposes a temporary marriage of convenience to help her hunt down her former husband. Can Lovejoy do what is expected o...

  • Gallant Officer, Forbidden Lady

    Diane Gaston

    HE'S FOUGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY, NOW HE'S FIGHTING FOR HIS HEART! The battlefields of Badajoz are nothing compared to the cutting tongues of polite society, but Jack Vernon has never been very "polite." A canvas is this brooding artist's preferred compa...

  • Sand Castles

    Nancy Gotter Gates

    Retirement can bring life changes. Ginny McAllister finds herself living in a Sarasota condo her husband bought when she was convalescing from a broken knee, giving her no part in the decision. Adding to her low spirits is the recent discovery that L...

  • Committed

    Elizabeth Gilbert

  • Independence Day #3

    Victor Gischler

    Tensions arise aboard the sub as specimens are shipped back for study. Meanwhile, Adams and co. get to grips with their extraterrestrial armaments and discover the real motivation behind the alien crash…...

  • Mr. Monk in Trouble

    Lee Goldberg

    Welcome to the series of original mysteries starring Adrian Monk, the brilliant investigator who always knows when something's out of place.... Ever since a 1962 unsolved train robbery made it famous, people have flocked to the town of Trouble in Ca...

  • Her Prince's Secret Son

    Linda Goodnight

    His Majesty requests your company for banquets, ballroom dancing...and a little bombshell? Stepping into Prince Aleks's turreted castle is like going back in time. Five years ago he didn't tell Sara he was a prince, now he's wearing a ...

  • Accidentally Expecting!

    Lucy Gordon

    The baby that saved him... On a trip to Italy Ferne Edmunds is dazzled by lighthearted charmer Dante Rinucci. What she doesn't realize is that it's easy for Dante to live for the moment when every day could be his last.... But when Ferne discovers ...

  • Ticket to Ride

    Edward Gorman / Ed Gorman

    The turbulent sixties are roaring into small town Black River Falls, Iowa, bringing pop culture and bitter politics with them. Attorney and private investigator Sam McCain is part of the revolution, organizing an anti-war rally. It's a polarizing aff...

  • U is for Undertow

    Sue Grafton

    Looking solemn, Michael Sutton arrives in Kinsey Millhone's office with a story to tell. When he was six, he says, he wandered into the woods and saw two men digging a hole. They claimed they were pirates, looking for buried treasure. Now, all these ...

  • Murder by Artifact

    Barbara Graham

    WRAPPED UP IN MURDER It's not just the summer heat wave making Sheriff Tony Abernathy hot under the collar. He's got trouble every which way in his Tennessee town. But the murder of the mayor's wife, "Queen" Doreen Cashdollar, is particularly dis...

  • Black Ships

    Jo Graham

    In a time of war and doubt, Gull is an oracle. Daughter of a slave taken from fallen Troy, chosen at the age of seven to be the voice of the Lady of the Dead, she is destined to counsel kings. When nine black ships appear, captained by an exiled T...

  • Marrying the Marquis

    Patricia Grasso

    Daughter of a wealthy duke, Blaze Flambeau has no shortage of gentlemen vying for her hand in marriage -- yet all she desires is her independence. She'd much rather devote her energies to caring for her prized thoroughbred than to the fortune hunters...

  • City Fantastic

    Martin H. Greenberg

    Venture into Spells of the City, where a troll may be your toll collector on the George Washington Bridge...Harry the Book will be happy to place your best in a spellbinding alternative New York...a gargoyle finds himself left to a lonely rooftop exi...

  • Goodness and Mercy

    Vanessa Davis Griggs

    Gabrielle Mercedes has dreamed of being a dancer since she was a little girl. But when her life takes a very different turn, it's not the future she'd envisioned for herself. Feeling a void she can't fill, she finds the salvation she's been seeking i...

  • The Season

    The Urban Griot

    During the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, when there is an increase in crime, robbery and murder, Immanuel Ochugi, an African immigrant is accused of a crime he did not commit; Carlton Wright discovers that his live-in girlfriend has fall...

  • Kiss Me Twice

    Geri Guillaume

    The last thing Bastien wants is to remain under his controlling uncle's thumb. But when the patriarch passes the family company reins to Bastien, the heir is determined to prove himself. Especially when Phaedra Burke-Carter enters the picture. The se...

  • Kidnapped!

    Mario Gully

    Collecting all five issues of the seafaring classic by Robert Louis Stevenson! Young David Balfour's parents are dead and he now wants to see the world. He learns that his father's brother, Ebenezer, may have killed his brother for the estate. It app...

  • Mrs. Rosey Posey and the Baby Bird

    Robin Jones Gunn

  • Mrs. Rosey Posey and the Hidden Treasure

    Robin Jones Gunn

    The children in Mrs. Rosey Posey's neighborhood are playing pirates. Mrs. Rosey Posey gives them a treasure map to follow. This imaginative book helps young readers discover what an invaluable treasure God's Word is....

  • The Disappeared

    M.R. Hall

    In the bestselling tradition of Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta, M. R. Hall's heroine Jenny Cooper makes her debut as a coroner with a detective's eye and a woman with a home life as complicated as her cases. In this brilliant debut, Jenny inves...

  • Divine Misdemeanors

    Laurell K. Hamilton

    You may know me best as Meredith Nic Essus, princess of faerie. Or perhaps as Merry Gentry, Los Angeles private eye. In the fey and mortal realms alike, my life is the stuff of royal intrigue and celebrity drama. Among my own, I have confronted horre...

  • Click to Play

    David Handler

    The Edgar Awardâ€"winning author of the Stewart Hoag mysteries delivers a “fast-paced, frantic, and head spinning†crime thriller (Booklist).   In the summer of 1972, the country was rocked by the Bagley Bunch murders -- a killing spree that...

  • The Texas Tycoon's Christmas Baby

    Brenda Harlen

    A STAR-CROSSED CHRISTMAS SURPRISE Their wealthy Texas families have been feuding for years over a legendary vanished diamond. But Penny McCord almost believed handsome executive Jason Foley wanted her for herself...until she found out the truth. Now...

  • The Na'vi Quest

    Benjamin Harper

    In the futuristic world of James Cameron's Avatar, a young man named Jake becomes part of an exploration team on the planet Pandora, inhabited by the exotic Na'vi. Scientists have created an avatar--a body that looks like a Na'vi but is operated by a...

  • Lustrum // Conspirata

    Robert Harris

    On the eve of Marcus Cicero's inauguration as consul of Rome, the grisly death of a boy sends ripples of fear through a city already wracked by civil unrest, crime, and debauchery of every kind. Felled by a hammer, his throat slit and his organs remo...

  • Writ in Stone

    Cora Harrison

    A Mystery of Medieval Ireland

    Christmas, 1510; the Burren, West coast of Ireland. Mara, Brehon of the Burren, has accepted the offer of marriage made by King Turlough Donn O'Brien, ruler of that tiny kingdom of stony land and terraced mountai...

  • Snow Queen

    Emma Harrison

    CHAMBERLAIN SKI RESORT AND SPA WELCOME TO THE 10TH ANNUAL SNOW QUEEN COMPETITION! I can't believe I got roped into this. SNOW PRIMNCESSES MUST ATTEND ALL PAGEANT REHEARSALS, WITH APPROPRIATE OUTFITS. Well, no matter what it takes, I'm going to wipe...

  • While They Slept

    Kathryn Harrison

    Early on an April morning, eighteen-year-old Billy Frank Gilley, Jr., killed his sleeping parents. Surprised in the act by his younger sister, Becky, he turned on her as well. Billy then climbed the stairs to the bedroom of his other sister, Jody, an...

  • Then Came the Evening

    Brian Hart

    Bandy Dorner, home from Vietnam, awakes with his car mired in a canal, his cabin reduced to ashes, and his pregnant wife preparing to leave town with her lover. Within moments, a cop lies bleeding on the road. Nearly two decades later, Bandy is relea...

  • The Soldier's Holiday Vow

    Jillian Hart

    A Ranger To The Rescue Trapped in a mine shaft with a little girl, September Stevens prays for someone to save them. When help arrives in the form of army ranger Mark Hawkins, the best friend of her late fiance, they both feel God's hand at work. To...

  • Plan B: Boyfriend

    Ellen Hartman

    Grace under pressure was Sarah's hallmark. Smashing antiques in her philandering ex-husband's brokerage firm lobby? Totally out of character. She's always been the one who coped. Who pleased. So how to explain tossing the valuables? And h...

  • Hearts at Stake

    Alyxandra Harvey

    A ROMANCE YOU CAN REALLY SINK YOUR TEETH INTO! Solange Drake always knew she was destined to become a vampire queen. And as the only female vampire ever born, not made, she is surrounded by danger on all sides -- from vampire suitors who want to j...

  • Hayate X Blade, Vol. 5

    Shizuru Hayashiya

    Love and War!Dean Amachi Hitsugi has lorded over the student body of Tenchi Academy with a unique mix of eccentric policies and scatterbrained benevolence, but all that could be coming to an end. Stoic Hoshikawa Kurea and her unruly partner, Tsuki...

  • My Own Worst Enemy

    Brandon Hebert

    Out of prison for a botched robbery, Jack lands a job as a strip club manager, falls in love with a dancer, and becomes a target of his ex-partner-in-crime's boss, who wants Jack out of the way before an arms deal closes....

  • Mistress by Mistake

    Susan Gee Heino

    A fabulous new voice in Regency romance, award-winning author Susan Gee Heino tells of a beautiful heiress and the lord who will be her undoing -- or her salvation... Dutiful and dashing Lord Dashford decides to ward off the marriage-minded ladies...

  • A Word to the Wise

    David Heinzmann

    David Heinzmann has covered crime for the Chicago Tribune for nearly a decade. He started his journalism career with the Associated Press in Baltimore and Atlanta and also worked at the Daily Southtown in Chicagoââ,¬â"¢s gritty south suburbs before ...

  • Horsewhipped

    Gabriella Herkert

  • His Secret Christmas Baby

    Rita Herron

    THIS CHRISTMAS HE RECEIVED THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL...AND TACKLED THE MOST CRUCIAL CASE OF HIS CAREER Investigator Derrick McKinney's quiet bachelor life was shattered when the son he just learned existed was abducted right out from under the watchf...

  • Where Armadillos Go to Die

    James Hime

    Sylvester Bradshaw owns the Bouree restaurant, home of the best catfish in Brenham, Texas. He's also known to be one of the most unpleasant residents of Brenham, and not just because he's stubborn, racist, and mean. Sylvester also happens to have inv...

  • Queen of All She Surveys

    Emma Holly
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    What can you feel in the dark? How far are you willing to go beyond it? Lora Leigh does it... in the lair of a strange breed, part man, part wolf, on the hunt for the woman he craves-and needs-to fulfill a hunger clawing at him from within Angela K...

  • Mrs. Malory and Any Man's Death

    Hazel Holt

    The village of Mere Barton would be a different place without local busybody Annie Roberts. Standing only five feet tall, the tireless retired nurse organizes and oversees all local activity with military precision. When Sheila Malory gets roped into...

  • Olivia Trains Her Cat

    Susan Hood

    Olivia wants her cat to be just as amazing as Francine's, who can perform incredible tricks on demand. But teaching a cat to perform isn't as easy as it looks, as Olivia soon finds out! Kids will love this charming ready-to-read story with rebus icon...

  • If He's Sinful

    Hannah Howell

    Secrecy and intrigue ignite dangerous passions in New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell's seductive new novel... It is whispered throughout London that the members of the Wherlocke family are possessed of certain unexplainable gifts. But L...

  • Let Darkness Come

    Angela Elwell Hunt

    A MAN LIES DEAD The murder trial promises to be the most sensational to hit Chicago in years. And attorney Briley Lester knows it could make--or break-- her career. The tabloid headlines are screaming that a long-mistreated society wife has killed he...

  • Shattered Peace

    Erin Hunter

    Ravenpaw has settled into life on the farm, away from the forest and Tigerstar's evil eye. He knows that leaving the warrior clans was the right choice, and he appreciates his quiet days and peaceful nights with his best friend, Barley. But when five...

  • Countdown in Cairo

    Noel Hynd

    Why won't the dead stay dead? Federal agent Alexandra LaDuca travels to Egypt to investigate the possible sighting of a former mentor, a CIA agent who everyone thought was dead. She is thrown into the deadliest game of double cross of her career ...

  • Only One Wish

    Mia Ikumi

    MAKE A WISHâ€"IF YOU DARE!

    It’s easy: Just send a text to a certain address and a dark angel will appear to grant you a wishâ€"but only one! You can wish for your crush to fall in love with you, for revenge against those who have wronged you...

  • Deus Ex: Children's Crusade Vol. 1

    Alex Irvine

    With society still reeling from the Aug Incident - the Illuminati orchestrated event which caused augmented individuals to mindlessly attack their 'natural' counterparts: anti-aug sentiment is at an all-time global high. Task Force 29 - an Interpo...

  • Deus Ex #5

    Alex Irvine

    As TF29 heads into the Glasshutte for a final confrontation with the pro-aug forces, two questions remain in Adam Jensen's mind: what will this mean for the future of augmentation and will the real conspirators ever come to light?...

  • The Recipe Club

    Andrea Israel; Nancy Garfinkel

    Lilly and Val are lifelong friends, united as much by their differences as by their similarities. Lilly, dramatic and confident, lives in the shadow of her beautiful, wayward mother and craves the attention of her distant, disapproving father. Val, s...

  • Full of Money

    Bill James

    Part social satire, part police procedural, Bill James returns with the stunning prequel to "Tip Top" In the drug-ridden Whitsun and Temperate housing estates a connection, once made, is only ever one thing: trouble.

    Trouble for the journalist ...

  • Mistletoe Magic

    Sophia James

    CORRECT BEHAVIOR -- OR WILD ABANDON? A paragon of virtue, Miss Lillian Davenport has an unrivaled reputation. So why has she offered to pay dangerous American, Lucas Clairmont, for a single kiss? Lucas refuses to be molded by society and often walk...

  • Trial by Fire

    J.A. Jance

    In the heat of the Arizona desert, a raging fire pushes temperatures to a deadly degree, and one woman is left to burn. Pulled naked and barely breathing from the fire, the victim has no idea who she is, let alone who would do this to her -- or why. ...

  • A Good Fall

    Ha Jin

    In his first book of stories since The Bridegroom was published in 2000 (Finely wrought . . . Every story here is cut like a stone.--Chicago Sun-Times), National Book Award-winning Ha Jin gives us a collection that delves into the experience of Chine...

  • A Mother's Secret

    Janice Kay Johnson

    I have a son Seems history has a nasty way of repeating itself for Daniel Kane. It's bad enough his mother harbored a secret about his heritage. Now his ex-girlfriend Rebecca Ballard is trying to do the same thing! Not on his watch. His son is going...

  • For Better or Worse

    Jennifer Johnson

    Her husband's death left a huge hole in Kelly Coyle's heart and a vacancy in the lives of her three daughters, too. So when Kelly's furnace broke down, God sent the perfect man for three jobs. Harold Smith knows it will be a challenge, but he can't w...

  • Howl Deadly

    Linda O. Johnston

    L.A. attorney and pet-sitter Kendra Ballantyne lives up to her "murder magnet" nickname when a sexy weekend in the San Bernardino Mountains turns deadly. And worst of all, she suspects that her beau knows more than he's telling... Kendra's steamy we...

  • Savagery of the Mountain Man

    William W. Johnstone

    WHERE THERE'S FIRE... THERE'S SMOKE.... Santa Clara, Colorado, is 24 hours by train from the land where Smoke Jensen found peace and prosperity on his Sugarloaf Ranch. But somehow, Smoke can't stay away from Santa Clara -- and from an evil cattle bar...

  • Village of the Ghost Bears

    Stan Jones

    Alaska State Trooper Nathan Active must figure out what connects a dead hunter on a remote Arctic lake with a year-old fatal plane crash in the Brooks Range and a fire that killed eight people....

  • The Wealthy Greek's Contract Wife

    Penny Jordan

    In his hand was a contract to prove she owed him thousands... Ilios Manos wasn't interested in Elizabeth Wareham's sob story. So what if she was broke and had nowhere to stay? He wanted his money back and his revenge, and he would exact hi...

  • Samurai Deeper Kyo 35/36

    Akimine Kamijyo

    THE END IS NIGH

    The stakes are higher than ever before, as the final two Elders emerge to prevent Kyo from reaching the former Crimson King. Even more dangerous is the return of Kyoshiro’s burning vengeance. Terrible secrets, hidden motivati...

  • Dynasty of Evil

    Drew Karpyshyn

    If the dark side's most powerful Master can capture the ultimate secret, the Sith will never die -- and neither will Darth Bane. Twenty years have passed since Darth Bane, reigning Dark Lord of the Sith, reinvented the ancient order devoted to the d...

  • Fortune's Fool

    Kathleen Karr

    A well-mapped medieval road trip.--The Bulletin Orphaned and left to make his own way in the world, Conrad the Good serves as court jester to a most unworthy master: Lord Otto the Witless, who rarely appreciates jesting and acrobatics and more oft...