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New Books List: 528 titles



  • Ellery Adams

    Olivia Limoges and the Bayside Book Writers are excited about Oyster Bay's newest resident: bestselling novelist Nick Plumley, who come to work on his next book, but finds himself caught in a deadly ending... The arrival of Nick Plumley has sent s...



  • Lara Adrian

    For fans who have been been waiting to devour Darker After Midnight, as well as new readers tempted by the seductive thrills of her Midnight Breed novels, New York Times bestselling author Lara Adrian offers up a tantalizing appetizer in A Taste of M...



  • Hannah Alexander

    After sabotage strikes the Vance Rescue Mission, volunteer Sean Torrance tries to guarantee the mission a safe Christmas. But can Sean protect Tess Vance when the sabotage becomes poisonous -- with Tess as the target?...



  • E.J. Altbacker

    IT’S A SHARK-EAT-SHARK WORLD . . . Everywhere Gray and Barkley swim, fish are whispering of a growing threat . . . of a shark named Finnivus who will eat anything -- or anyone -- and won’t stop until he has seized control of the entire ocean. F...



  • Sarah M. Anderson

    A Man Worth Fighting For Attorney Rosebud Donnelly has a case to win. And she never lets anyone see her sweat. But her first meeting with Dan Armstrong doesn't go according to script. No one warned her that the COO of the company she's fighting woul...



  • Jones Andy

    44 of the funniest, stinkiest, most EXPLOSIVE fart jokes and poems ever! Ages: 6+ Q: What do you get if you mix a fart with dessert? A: Smelly jelly! Q: Why are farts so poor? A: Because they only have one scent! A collection of the funniest, stinkie...



  • Zoe Archer

    A Handsome Devil 1762. James Sherbourne, Earl of Whitney, is a gambling man. Not for the money. But for the thrill, the danger -- and the company: Whit has become one of the infamous Hellraisers, losing himself in the chase for adventure and pleas...



  • Ashley & JaQuavis

    The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars worth of cocaine every year, and The Cartel controls eighty percent of it. The Diamond family is a force to be reckoned with, but all hell breaks loose when they lose their leader. The most ruthless gan...



  • Phillipa Ashley

    Just when she thinks she knows where she's going...Carrie lets her best friend talk her into a scenic European road trip as the perfect getaway from a nasty breakup. Unexpectedly along for the ride is the gorgeous Matt Landor, MD, who sorely tests Ca...



  • Sidney Ayers

    Serah SanGermano runs a successful catering company in a Midwestern town. After she inadvertently helped her friend unleash a legion of demons, she's been trying to hide her own newly discovered powers. Matthias Ambrose, a mysterious demon mercenary ...



  • Kiyohiko Azuma

    Ohhhhh! Yotsuba's back! Today, Yotsuba was drawing Jumbo, okay? That's Daddy's REALLY, REALLY BIG friend. He's real nice and I guess a big baby. But he's too big to draw in Yotsuba's sketchbook! So Yotsuba drew Jumbo on the street in front of our ...



  • Kiyohiko Azuma

    YOTSUBA heeeeeere! Guess what, guess what!? Yotsuba is going to a flower store with Fuuka! Yotsuba's gonna give flowers to everybody in the whole, wide world, even the police lady with her whistle that goes - PI! PI! PIPI! PI! PIPUUUUUUUU!!...



  • Kiyohiko Azuma

    Yotsuba met a robot at Ena's house! Betcha haven't met one ever! It was THIIIIIS big - but not bigger than Jumbo or anything - and it ate money! Yotsuba's never met anyone who ate money before! Maybe it gets more powers with more money!? Yotsuba s...



  • Kiyohiko Azuma

    Yotsuba's getting a biiiiike, Yotsuba's getting a biiiiiike!! Didja know the wheels of a bike go round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and roun - oh, Yotsuba's getting d...



  • 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...



  • Kiyohiko Azuma

    The ranch wasn't fun, huh? But maybe festivals will be less funner?! (Yotsuba's playing opposites, ha-ha!) Yotsuba got uninvited to Fuuka's school for a culr...a clart...a cultural festival! And she didn't promise Yotsuba there wouldn't be CAKE! Yots...



  • Kiyohiko Azuma

    Beep-beep-beep! Yotsuba here, and riiiight on schedule! Every day is a fun day, and today's gonna be even funner than the rest. We're busy, busy, busy! We should write down a schedule so we don't forget what we gotta do...like go to the bathroom! ...



  • Kiyohiko Azuma

    Yotsuba loooooves playing games! When Daddy's the counter at hide-and-seek, he can never find Yotsuba, 'cause I'm such a good hider! And when we go to the park, Yotsuba's the bestest at swing-tag-shoe-races. Daddy says Yotsuba's just making up the...



  • Neal Baer; Jonathan Greene

    Haunted by a disturbing childhood incident, Dr. Claire Waters is drawn to those "untreatable" patients who seem to have no conscience or fear. In a holding cell at Rikers Island, where the young forensic psychiatrist meets with a dangerous inmate who...



  • Sandra Balzo

    There's a chill in the Wisconsin air, and it's a shot in the arm -- a triple espresso shot -- to Uncommon Grounds, the Brookhills coffeehouse owned by Maggy Thorsen and real estate maven Sarah Kingston. Their new autumn drink is a huge success. B...




  • Lou Beach

    Within this collection of miniature stories, entire worlds take shape -- some like our own, some hallucinatory fairylands--populated by heartsick cowboys, random criminals, lovers and drifters. In a dazzling narrative constellation, Beach’s charact...



  • Matthew Beard

    In the shadows between the living world and the land of the dead, the night's terrors lurk... For as long as anyone can remember, the mountain village of Haven has been under the protection of an ancient warlock known as the Old Stargazer. But af...



  • Pamela Beason

    Meet wildlife biologist and writer Summer "Sam" Westin, whose dream of saving the cougars is complicated when a boy vanishes from a campground in Utah... A child has gone missing, and Sam Westin knows it's her fault. She nudged the boy down a dark...



  • Veronica Bennett

    1700, london: a city so crowded and unregulated that anyone, should they so desire, could slip away - disappear down a back street and become someone else. After the death of her father, seventeen-year-old aurora eversedge is left without a dowry and...



  • Emma Carlson Berne

    Hannah can't wait to sneak off for a romantic weekend with her boyfriend, Colin. He's leaving for college soon, and Hannah wants their trip to the lake house to be one they'll never forget. But once Hannah and Colin get there, things start to seem...



  • Kristin Billerbeck
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    When a group of friends devise a plan to turn Smitten, Vermont, into the country’s premier romantic getaway, Julia finds her own true love along the way.With the local lumber mill closing, residents wonder if their town can stay afloat. T...



  • Daniel Black

    A novel of self-discovery, family bonds and the healing of one small southern town Twelve Gates to the City is the much-anticipated sequel to Black's acclaimed debut, They Tell Me of a Home. In this novel, Sister assumes the voice of the narrator,...



  • Malorie Blackman

    A singing ant, a silly wolf and a mighty mouse are just some of the characters in this mini collection of everyone's favourite fables. After all, it's never too late to learn a new moral or two! This story is a magic bean. It may not look much lik...



  • Juliet Blackwell

    THERE'S NO ROOM AT THE INN WHEN IT'S FULL OF GHOSTS. General contractor Melanie Turner's latest restoration is a historic Queen Anne Victorian in San Francisco's Cow Hollow neighborhood. Trouble is, she'll have to work around the owners, the Daley...



  • Johnny D. Boggs

    Bass Reeves was a man of color and a deputy United States marshal. For thirteen years he was sided by Dave Adams, also a deputy marshal, and a white man. Bennie Reeves was Bass Reeves s son and a barber, a good one, before he shot down his unarmed ...



  • Amanda Bonilla

    In the shadows of the night, Darian has lived alone for almost a century. Made and abandoned by her former love, Darian is the last of her kind-an immortal Shaede who can slip into darkness as easily as breathing. With no one else to rely on, she has...



  • Ali Brandon

    Darla Pettistone left Texas for New York after unexpectedly inheriting her great-aunt Dee's Brooklyn bookstore. She didn't know that the store's mascot -- Hamlet, an oversize black cat with a personality to match -- was also part of the deal. And he ...



  • Henrietta Branford

    The much-loved tale of how a brother and sister seek to escape the clutches of an evil witch and her enchanted house. But the witch is hungry and she's not willing to let them go that easily.... This story is a magic bean. It may not look much lik...



  • Marilyn Brant

    On her thirtieth birthday, Gwendolyn Reese receives an unexpected present from her widowed Aunt Bea: a grand tour of Europe in the company of Bea's Sudoku and Mah-jongg Club. The prospect isn't entirely appealing. But when the gift she is expecting -...



  • Barbara Bretton

    In the latest novel from the USA Today bestselling author, raising a baby is hard, but raising one with magical powers is even harder... Sugar Maple, Vermont, knitting store owner Chloe Hobbs couldn't be happier about her pregnancy. But with the a...



  • Connie Brockway

    Determined to prove her worth as a budding archeologist, Ginesse Braxton vows to solve one of the world's greatest mysteries -- to find the location of the lost city of Zerzura. Unfortunately, no man dares take the risk of escorting the resolute ...



  • Meljean Brook

    All new stories of punishing extremes and unbearable pleasure... With historical, contemporary, and futuristic backdrops, this outrageously diverse collection of original stories explores every conceivable variation of BDSM erotica-from knitting c...



  • Helen Brooks

    The night before Christmas... On Christmas Eve, Melody James leaves the hospital to start life anew without her charismatic, powerful husband, Zeke. The injuries that ended her dancing career -- and her marriage -- may have healed, but her heart i...



  • John Broome

    As Green Lantern Hal Jordan becomes a true master of his power ring, his adventures grow in scale and action. Green Lantern faces off against some of his most classic and deadliest foes, including Sinestro, Star Sapphire, Sonar, The Shark and The Tat...



  • Marcia Brown

    Shadow lives in the forest... It goes forth at night to prowl around the fires. It even likes to mingle with the dancers... Shadow... It waves with the grasses, curls up at the foot of trees... But in the African experience Shadow is much...



  • Megan E. Bryant

    When Phineas and Ferb's father shows them how to use a new snow cone machine, the boys are inspired with their next big idea: they'll make winter in the middle of summer! Soon, their backyard is a snowy "swinter" wonderland with all their friends ski...



  • Benjamin Buchholz

    After 13 years in America, Abu Saheeh has returned to his native Iraq, a nation transformed by the American military presence. Alone in a new city, he has exactly what he wants: freedom from his past. Then he meets Layla, a whimsical fourteen-year-ol...



  • Heather Burch

    Mace and Raven are given a mission to stop a catastrophic event. With his halfling abilities still untapped, Vine is allowed to join the mission, but only as a spectator. The clock is ticking and the tragedy is proving difficult to stop. Will Vine be...



  • Kurt Busiek

    Astro City is a shining metropolis where super heroes patrol the skies. But tin the early 1970s, in the wake of a global catastrophe, two brothers, one good and one evil, must deal with family secrets and social upheaval, involving heroes from Jack-I...



  • Wendy Byrne

    Disgusted by a family legacy filled with lowlifes and degenerates, Detective Isabella Sanchez shields herself from the world. But when she finds her convict father dead at her apartment, with former love interest Landry Taylor by her side, she can no...



  • Stephen J. Cannell

    In the last novel by acclaimed producer and New York Times bestselling author Stephen J. Cannell, LAPD detective Shane Scully and his partner Sumner Hitchens investigate a crime with ties to the sometimes violent world of reality TV Lita Mendez wa...



  • Aimee Carson

    Cutter Thompson -- Miami's hottest ex-race car driver -- believes that action always speaks louder than words. Participating in a celebrity dating competition, where his every text is analyzed to death, is his worst nightmare! Divorcee Jessica Wil...



  • Joanna Challis

    Young Daphne du Maurier must defend a friend who has been accused of murder in the next installment in the beguiling mystery series that readers of Rebecca will love. It's the summer of 1927 and aspiring novelist Daphne du Maurier is headed to Cor...



  • Allison Chase

    When their childhood friend Queen Victoria seeks their help in investigations requiring the utmost discretion, the Sutherland sisters become... HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVANTS Holly Sutherland has always been the reckless sister, the one most lik...



  • Gennifer Choldenko

    As Valentine's Day gets closer, Jackson has a hard time keeping his crush on Cami a secret. His chocolate hearts end up next to her lunch and he can't hide his red face when the huge Valentine he made for her lands on her desk. Cooper thinks Jackson ...



  • Chunichi

    Chunichi’s California Connection 3 is a pulse-pounding tale that finds Jewel with a bun in the oven and a federal case pending against her!?Jewel climbed up the heap to become queen of the streets, diva of all divas. But now that she’s expecting ...



  • CLAMP

    As the seeds of love begin to bloom in her heart, Kobato's attentions are diverted from giving solace to strangers and filling up her magic bottle in order to finally earn her mysterious wish! Now it seems all Kobato has eyes for is the dour Fujimoto...



  • CLAMP

    Includes special extras after the story!

    Watanuki’s vow to the witch Yûko, who has disappeared, leaves him in charge of the shop where wishes must be granted to those who meet the price. Enter a deranged customer who is determined to captur...



  • Tom Clancy

    Though his father had been reluctant to become a heroic field operative, Jack Ryan, Jr., wants nothing more... LOCKED ON Princely training with Special Forces, Jack Junior is honing his combat skills to continue his work within The Campus, limn...



  • Chris Claremont

    Collects Uncanny X-Men #138-143. Re-live the legendary first journey into the dystopian future of 2013 - where Sentinels stalk the Earth, and the X-Men are humanity's only hope...until they die! Also featuring the first appearance of Alpha Flight and...



  • Chris Claremont

    Chris Claremont and John Byrne take the helm of MARVEL TEAM-UP - and deliver some of the most entertaining, edge-of-your-seat pairings yet! Featuring Spider-Man, the Human Torch, Ms. Marvel, Iron Fist, Captain Britain, Thor, Power Man, Havok and more...



  • Colleen Coble
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    Every second, several thousand people somewhere in the world are celebrating a birthday. What better way to celebrate that special day than with this charming little gift book. Chris Shea fans and newcomers alike will be pleased to add this treasure ...



  • Molly Cochran

    When her widowed father dumps 16-year-old Katy Jessevar in a boarding school in Whitfield, Massachusetts, she has no idea that fate has just opened the door to both her future and her past. Nearly everyone in Whitfield is a witch, as is Katy herself,...



  • Nancy A. Collins

    Located on Manhattan's Lower East Side, Golgotham has been the city's supernatural ghetto for centuries. Populated by countless creatures from myth and legend, the neighborhood's most prominent citizens are the Kymera, a race of witches who maintain ...



  • Ying Chang Compestine

    A Chinese-American boy gains a new understanding of his Chinese grandfather in this celebratory story of family, martial arts, and the Chinese New Year. Vinson is very excited when his grandfather comes from China for a visit. When Grandpa practic...



  • Ellen Connor

    It's been twelve years since the Change, and Penelope Sheehan is one of the few still practicing magic for the good of humanity in this dark, dangerous world. But she needs the help of a shapeshifter named Tru, whom she knew when he was a troubled bo...



  • Robert Conroy

    Only days after Normandy, Hitler is taken out of the equation and Heinrich Himmler, brutal head of the SS, assumes control of the Reich. On the Allied side, there is confusion. Should attempts be made to negotiate with the new government or should un...



  • Deborah Cooke

    Zo Sorensson yearns to come into her powers as the only female dragon shifter. But being part of two worlds is more complicated than she expected. It's bad enough that she's the target of the Mages's plan to eliminate all shifters-but she also has t...



  • Hugh Cornwell

    Botanical writer James Thornberry's life is irrevocably changed when he meets up-and-coming artist, Katherine Gaunt. Falling madly in love with her, he begins to collect her paintings secretly and obsessively, until his relationship with them and wit...



  • Patricia Cornwell

    Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly k...



  • Colin Cotterill

    Dr. Siri might finally be allowed to retire (again). Although he loves his two morgue assistants, he's tired of being Laos's national coroner, a job he never wanted in the first place. Plus, he's pushing eighty, and wants to spend some time with his ...



  • Ralph Cotton

    SHE'S PUT NINE MEN IN BOOT HILL.... In her guise as "Danny Duggin," Danielle Strange has spent the past two years hunting down the outlaws who murdered her father. Reunited with her brothers, the twins Tim and Jed, she plans to take her war across t...




  • Stacey Coverstone

    While grieving the loss of her parents and two failed love relationships, city girl Shay Brennan is drawn to the Black Hills of South Dakota and finds herself the owner of a historic 1885 saloon. But, she soon realizes she s not alone in the Buckho...



  • Cheri J. Crane

    Sabrina's had it up to here with being constantly compared to her older sister, Kate. It seems everyone is always warning her to learn from Kate's experiences. Sabrina doesn't drink or smoke or even cuss and her friends are good LDS girls that she ha...



  • Cheri J. Crane

     As Randy's family gathered around him at the airport, Kate stood quietly in the background, content to watch. An envelope in her jacket pocket caught her attention. Puzzled, she pulled it out. Realizing that it was Mike's last letter, from h...



  • Cheri J. Crane

    After years of living in her sisters Kate's shadow, Sabrina Erickson is excited for a fresh start at a new high school, until her life takes a sudden, dramatic turn. Sabrina's friend Bev Henderson also has a battle on her hands. The gospel has giv...



  • Nancy L Cratty

    She closed her eyes and remembered that cold December night many years ago. Every detail played in her mind. Even the scents and chill of the night were vivid in her memory. And the silhouette. That horrible silhouette that haunted her thoughts and d...



  • Andrea Cremer

    Ansel’s world is falling apart. The Nightshade pack led by his parents has been violently destroyed. His sister, Calla, abandoned her little brother, leaving him to answer for her crimes. And the Haldis pack that would have been his future is irrep...



  • Gillian Cross

    When a princess is sent away to begin a new life, little does she know what lies in store . . . Discover how this heroine, cruelly tricked by her evil maid, struggles to prove her innocence to the handsome prince she is destined to marry. This sto...



  • Julie Cross

    The year is 2009. Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, throws lots of parties, is interested in a girl he can’t have, and oh yeah, he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies--nothing changes ...



  • Tania Crosse

    It is 1887, and times are lean. When West Country farm labourer Emmanuel Ladycott and his dairymaid daughter, Tresca, lose their jobs, they head for Tavistock, where Emmanuel hopes to join the hundreds of navvies working on the new railway line. Tres...



  • Jordan Dane

    The choices I had made led to the moment when fate took over. I would learn a lesson I wasn't prepared for. And Death would be my willing teacher. Five years ago Abbey Chandler cheated Death. She survived a horrific car accident, but her lucky ...



  • Tami Dane

    This mind-blowing new series introduces Sloan Skye, an ambitious intern at the FBI's paranormal unit, where the usual rules of crime fighting don't apply... Sloan has a sky-high IQ, a chaotic personal life, and a dream: to work for the FBI. Her go...



  • Katie Davies

    Joe has gone to live with his dad, leaving behind his beloved pet rabbit. Anna and Suzanne try to look after it for him, but when the rabbit becomes ill, they're convinced it's because it's missing Joe. Now Joe is sick too. The girls are certain that...



  • Zuri Day

    Zuri Day spins a captivating and sexy tale of taking charge, letting loose, and playing for keeps... With her curvaceous full figure and a mega-successful magazine career, Dominique Clark is finally large-and-in-charge of her life. The last thing ...



  • Kristen L. Depken

    In her latest direct-to-DVD movie, Barbie is a teacher's assistant at the prestigious Buckinghurst Princess Prep School. But when mean Princess Tessa wants to take over, Barbie and her princess friends must find a way to stop her! Girls 3-7 will love...



  • Anita Desai

    Award-winning, internationally acclaimed author Anita Desai ruminates on art and memory, illusion and disillusion, and the sharp divide between life's expectations and its realities in three perfectly etched novellas. Set in India in the not-too-dist...



  • Anita Desai

    Disappointed by his professional and social position, an entitled and officious junior civil servant imagines that his life will change when a mysterious old man promises to lead him to a museum filled with priceless treasures....



  • Anita Desai

    Distraught by her own lack of accomplishment -- especially in comparison to that of a childhood rival who has become a famous and successful publisher -- a middle-aged woman has the opportunity of a lifetime: to translate the work of an unknown liter...



  • Lucy Dillon

    Juliet's hiding from her feelings about the recent loss of Ben, the love of her life. If it weren't for having to walk Ben's loyal dog, Minton, she'd never leave their half-finished house. Then her mother asks her to take her elderly lab, Coco, along...



  • Disney Book Group

    One summer day, chipmunks Chip and Dale gather acorns for the winter ahead. But when they stumble upon a delicious new snack (a peanut!), they look around and see that they're near the zoo! Even better, people at the zoo are tossing peanuts to the an...



  • Disney Book Group

    To infinity and beyond! Woody, Buzz Lightyear, their pals, and a whole crew of new toys are along for the ride in this nonstop adventure. ...



  • Disney Book Group

    Join Mickey and his friends in a series of tales that will warm your heart this winter season! In this story, mean old Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by several ghosts urging him to be more generous and kind-hearted. Can Scrooge learn the true meaning o...



  • Disney Book Group

    Christmas is right around the corner, and Nemo is excited to throw a holiday party for all of his friends! The problem is, Nemo has so many friends from all over the ocean that delivering invitations will be tough. But that's not all: Nemo also has t...



  • Disney Book Group

    One winter evening, Anita and Roger haul a huge tree into their London home and begin hanging strings of small lights and tinsel garlands. The Dalmatian puppies look at one another, confused. The puppies soon learn that it is Christmas Eve! Pongo and...



  • Disney Book Group

    It's Christmas Eve, and Cinderella's wicked stepfamily has left her all alone with a list of chores to do while they're gone! Sad and lonely, Cinderella thinks about how she and her father used to decorate their home and give gifts to their friends. ...



  • Disney Book Group

    Woody, Buzz Lightyear, their pals, and a whole crew of new toys are along for the ride in this nonstop adventure. Readers can turn the pages at the sound of the chime and follow along with the word-for-word narration on the CD. With original characte...



  • Disney Book Group

    Read along with Disney! Meet all of the Muppet characters in this illustrated early reader. Walter dreams about meeting Kermit the Frog and the other Muppets on TV so he decides to get on a bus and move to Hollywood. Follow along on his adventures wi...



  • Berlie Doherty

    The mischievous imps' magic mirror has frozen Kay's heart, turning him into a miserable prisoner of the Snow Queen. His best friend, Gerda, is racing barefoot across Lapland to save him - together they must find the secret of the universe and sing th...



  • Nick Drake

    King Tutankhamun has died without an heir, and his young widow, Queen Ankhesenamun, last of her dynasty, struggles to maintain power and order. To defeat her enemies, she has but one hope: to forge an alliance with the Hittites, a powerful, militant ...



  • Tony Dungy; Lauren Dungy

    When the Dungy family heads out to a football game, Mom and Dad tell all the kids, "Don't wander off!" but Jordan can't resist getting a closer look at the souvenir stand. But when he turns around to talk to his dad, he can't find his family! This bo...



  • Doranna Durgin

    From the moment she sees tiger shifter Scott O'Brien, Marlee Cerrosa can sense his aura of power, his alluring strength, and the gleam of something wild in his eyes. She also feels his returned interest in her -- until he learns she's a prisoner of t...



  • Dianne Duvall

    Dianne Duvall portrays a world of temptation, loyalty, and heartbreak...a world where danger and desire walk hand in hand... Ami isn't much for trusting strangers. She has a hard time trusting anyone. But she's no coward, and she's no pushover in ...



  • Nicholas Edwards

    Emily and her dog, Zack, have a special bond. But it's more than that -- they can read each other's minds. Even more surprising, Zack knows when people are in trouble. Now, Emily and Zack are able to use their powers to save lives, though Emily is en...



  • Robert Ellis

    Detective Lena Gamble knows how to handle the hottest cases--do it fast and keep her head down. Because if it all goes south, the department won't hesitate to make a scapegoat out of her. So when she gets called to the scene of a double murder at Clu...



  • Stephen Emond

    Every winter, straitlaced, Ivy League-bound Evan looks forward to a visit from Lucy, his childhood best friend who moved away after her parents' divorce. But when Lucy arrives this year, she's changed. The former "girl next door" now has choppy black...



  • Steve Englehart

    It's the greatest heroes on the left coast! Hawkeye! Mockingbird! Tigra! The Thing! Wonder Man! Iron Man! Hank Pym! Firebird! See these unlikely allies take on the quirky and deadly threats of Graviton, Headlok, the Griffin, Razorfist, Zzzax, Master ...



  • Elizabeth Essex

    An Unlikely Partnership and an Uncontrollable Desire... Naval Captain Hugh McAlden is accustomed to taking on deadly, high-stakes assignments -- and being rewarded handsomely for his success at them. But to accomplish his latest mission, he'll nee...



  • Lynne Ewing

    Meri, Sudi, and Dalila are three girls who live in Washington, D.C., but have little else in common. Or so they think. When an ancient magic is revealed, so are their true identities as Sisters of Isis. The Summoning After receiving an anonymou...



  • Steve Feasey

    Trey Laporte had been told he was the only one. It was a lie. But some secrets he would have been better off not knowing. Trey, the last hereditary werewolf, has found his pack -- and they're vicious, bloodthirsty, and truly wild. All Trey wants is...



  • Monica Ferris

    When an elderly homeless woman is found dead on the shore of Lake Minnetonka, she's wearing something that holds the key to her identity but also opens up a mystery. Embroidered on her blouse is her will, in which she bequeaths everything she owns to...



  • Ezra Fields-Meyer

    It s an E-mergency! The letter E took a tumble and the only way to get her back on her foot is for people to stop using her. But who can take her place? The other letters have to make a decision ASAP. Z is too sleepy and Y asks way too many questions...



  • Anne Fine

    This beloved fairy tale about the princesses who secretly dance their slippers into pieces each night is brought to life in this dazzling Little Golden Book from 1954. Breathtaking illustrations by the inimitable Sheilah Beckett have been digitally r...



  • Jane Finnis

    A fine summer in 100 AD and good government under Trajan Caesar promise well for the Roman settlers in the frontier province of Britannia. Aurelia Marcella runs a mansio on a busy road to York. June is always busy, but one day two unusual events ...



  • Jane Finnis

    Roman Britain in 91 AD is a troublesome part of the mighty Empire ruled by Domitian Caesar. Tension is especially high in the north, where Aurelia Marcella, a young innkeeper from Italy, runs the Oak Tree Mansion on the road to York. A string of sava...



  • Susan Floyd

    What happens when love can't lead to marriage? The last thing Phoebe Douglas ever expected when she came to the isolated dairy farm was that she'd learn to like it. Farms were dirty, and she wasn't the kind of woman who was interested in being mes...



  • Gwynne Forster

    Growing up, thirteen-year-old Cashmere Pierce was the light of her father Desmond's life. But when tragedy strikes, and Desmond is no longer able to take care of himself, the family falls apart. Soon orphaned, Cashmere and her self-destructive, promi...



  • Susan Fox (1)

    Merilee has planned her wedding to Matt since they were seven. Yet with the big day drawing near, she has serious cold feet. Her three sisters have found sexy new loves and she envies them the passion that has been lacking with Matt. Though Matt is s...



  • Margaret Frazer

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



  • Gary Friedrich

    The Marvel Masterworks are proud to present the continuing adventures of Colonel Nick Fury in the swingin' Sixties! The irascible Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s series was a truly innovative lightning-in-a-bottle merger of comics and the spy craze of the da...



  • David Gaider

    A mystical killer stalks the halls of the White Spire, the heart of templar power in the mighty Orlesian Empire. To prove his innocence, Rhys reluctantly embarks on a journey into the western wastelands that will not only reveal much more than he bar...



  • James Alan Gardner

    Award-winning science fiction author James Alan Gardner brings us Damon Runyon-esque tale of courteous guys, bulletproof dolls, and the fedora-clad spacemen that bring them together....



  • Alan Garner

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  • Diane Goode

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  • Jessica Gregson

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  • Joe Haldeman

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  • Deborah Hale

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  • Barbara Hambly

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  • Traci Harding

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  • Traci Harding

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  • Cora Harrison

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  • Jillian Hart

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  • Alyxandra Harvey

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  • Michele Hauf

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  • Gar Anthony Haywood

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  • Marianne Hering

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  • Kyle Higgins

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  • Joey W. Hill

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  • P.C. Hodgell

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  • Joan Holub; Suzanne Williams

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  • Crystal Hubbard

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  • Diann Hunt
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  • Denise Hunter

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  • Faith Hunter

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  • Stephen Hunter

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  • Sandra Hyatt

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  • Kathyrn Immonen

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  • Graham Ison

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  • Alexandra Ivy

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  • Ellie James

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  • Eloisa James

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  • P.D. James

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  • Paul Jenkins

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  • Alissa Johnson

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  • Janice Kay Johnson

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  • Susan Johnson

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  • William W. Johnstone

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  • J. Sydney Jones

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  • Rosemary Jones

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  • Cameron Judd

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  • Mavis Jukes

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  • Stephanie Julian

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  • Larry Karp

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  • Marguerite Kaye

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  • Robin Kaye

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  • Douglas Kennedy

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  • Fred Khumalo

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  • E.E. Knight

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  • Leslie Knope

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  • Clea Koff

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  • Ed Kovacs

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  • Jayne Ann Krentz

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  • Deryn Lake

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  • Joyce Lamb

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  • Helen Landalf

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  • Kathryn Lasky

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  • Joyce Lavene; Jim Lavene

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  • C.E. Lawrence

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  • Cooper Lawrence

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  • Darrien Lee

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  • SangEun Lee

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  • Stan Lee

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  • Jason Lethcoe

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  • Michael Z. Lewin

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  • Sherry Lewis

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  • Martin Limon

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  • Mary Lindsey

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