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New Books List: 576 titles

  • A Bride at Last

    Carolyne Aarsen

    CLINT FLETCHER WAS BACK... Still handsome and headstrong. He moved into his uncle's old house and took over the local newspaper. Yet nobody knew the true reason he'd returned--to finally claim the woman he loved.... Long ago, Clint had ...

  • The Wedding Vow

    Laura Abbot

    What have you resolved to do by the year 2000? Allison Sinclair wrote the words "By the Year 2000: Marriage!" in her planner, but she didn't know details like "who" or "when." She did know "why," though -- for love. She wanted the same kind of ...

  • Stiff News

    Catherine Aird

    Almstone Manor is a fine old Tudor manor in Calleshire, England, set aside years ago as rest home for members of a military regiment--the Fearnshires--and their families. Since most are in poor health during their time at Almstone Manor--as Gertrude...

  • Jez Alboroughs Wheres My Teddy? and It's the Bear!

    Jez Alborough

  • Mara

    Isabella Alden
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    Now you can curl up and enjoy three of Grace Livingston Hill's most moving novels in one, easy-to-hold treasure. The valuable addition of Mara by Grace's beloved aunt, Isabella Alden, makes your collection complete. From the dream of Aunt Crete's Ema...

  • The Book of Three

    Lloyd Alexander

    Taran dreams of adventure, but nothing exciting ever happens to an Assistant Pig-Keeper -- until his pig runs away. A chase through the woods leads Taran far from home and into great danger, for evil prowls the land of Prydain. With a collection of s...

  • Eternal Sea

    Alice Alfonsi

    According to Egyptian legend, if two lovers place locks of their hair in a cat-shaped urn at midnight on the eve of the new year, their souls will be bound together for eternity.... On her deathbed, Jenny Smithton's last request is for her fia...

  • Sister of the Sky

    Margaret Allan

    Out hunting rabbit, Green Eyes Blue is kidnapped by a merciless father-and-son team, traders from the distant city of Tollan. In trying to escape her captors, Green Eyes badly injures the father and permanently disfigures the son with an enchanted ja...

  • Murder in Hawaii

    Steve Allen

    LIGHTS, CAMERA...MURDER! Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows can't refuse the offer that's just landed in their laps: guest-starring on the hit new detective series, Hawaiian Wave. Even better, they'll get to act opposite their friend Billy Markham, TV'...

  • Another Life

    Donna Anders

    Gifted author Donna Anders is a master of psychological suspense--Ann Rule called her last novel, The Flower Mon, "as terrifying as a footstep next to your bed at midnight." Now Anders takes us on a roller-coaster ride of steadily increasing thrills,...

  • Murder With Peacocks

    Donna Andrews

    THREE WEDDINGS...AND A MURDER So far Meg Langslow's summer is not going swimmingly. Down in her small Virginia hometown, she's maid of honor at the nuptials of three loved ones--each of whom has dumped the planning in her capable hands. One bride ...

  • Olivia

    V.C. Andrews

    OLIVIA ALWAYS KNEW HER YOUNGER SISTER WOULD GET INTO TROUBLE. BUT SHE NEVER REALIZED THE UNDERCURRENTS OF DISASTER WOULD GROW TO A RAGING FLOOD.... Olivia was always the sensible one. The responsible sister. She took after their father, a man as c...

  • The Suspicion

    K.A. Applegate

    We can't tell you who we are. Or where we live. It's too risky, and we've got to be careful. Really careful. So we don't trust anyone. Because if they find us ... well, we just won't let them find us. The thing you should know is that everyone is in...

  • Meltdown

    Chris Archer

    In the final book of this middle grade sci-fi series, superpowered teens are on the verge of saving Earth from a mutant race when one of them disappears.   Toni Douglas feels like she’s losing her mind. But maybe that’s to be expected when y...

  • Surfers Result

    Neil Arksey

  • Schoolin'

    Robb Armstrong

    One-on-One with Dad.

    Patrick's got a major game coming up with the hyper-tough Sky Walkers. There's going to be a huge crowd, and all the Bulldogs are inviting their families...except Patrick.

    Ever since Patrick's mom passed ...

  • The Radiant Seas

    Catherine Asaro

    Living in exile on a deserted planet, Sauscony and Jaibriol, each the heir to an interstellar empire, become entangled in the machinations of the Skolian Empire. Interstellar war erupts and Jaibriol is snatched away to be the unwilling ruler of the H...

  • The Avengers and the Thunderbolts

    Pierce Askegren

    The Avengers' greatest foes, the Masters of Evil, were gathered by Baron Zemo to pose as heroes under the name of the Thunderbolts to win the world's trust in order to eventually rule it. After the Thunderbolts were exposed, several members of the te...

  • Is That You, Lizzy Lou?

    Lauren Attinello

    Lizzy Lou and her pal Mo the Mouse play a whimsical rhyming game of dress-up that carries them from one make-believe role to the next. Watch kids' own imaginations take off when they see how easy and fun it is to be an astronaut, a circus star, a tap...

  • The Anniversary and Other Stories

    Louis Auchincloss

    From a New York Times�"bestselling author: A collection of short fiction “reminiscent of the work of Henry James and Edith Wharton” (Library Journal).   Crisscrossing a tumultuous century, these stories evoke lives both blessed and cursed b...

  • Crucible of Time

    James Axler

    In the years following the nuclear devastation of America, life favors those who maintain their fighting edge in the lawless wastelands, but Ryan Cawdor and his warrior wayfarers find that new laws of survival have emerged. Original....

  • Expecting Joy

    Janene Wosley Baadsgaard

  • Cub in the Cupboard

    Ben M. Baglio

    All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. When Mandy...

  • Ginger, Nutmeg and Clove

    Ben M. Baglio

    Bracken the Bradmans' cat, has given birth to nine adorable kittens. Nine very different personalities each need very special homes. Can the Brandmans be sure they've found the right owners? Red haired Ginger is fearless-will he settle in with Am...

  • Varsity Blues

    Jon Baker

    In a small town in Texas, where the whole community revolves around the success of the high school football team, backup quarterback Jonathan Moxon finds himself the center of attention when the starter is injured, and is determined to finish his sen...

  • Allie's basketball dream

    Barbara E Barber

    Allie's always been hooked on basketball, but the boys she knows won't play with her. On the verge of giving up, Allie has one last go at it--and she makes the basket! Inspired by her persistence, her friends all want to join in. Full color....

  • Eagle

    Elaine Barbieri

    The Cheyenne leader known as Gold Eagle walks the plains determined to defend his adopted people from the Army's injustice. Yet his chiseled warrior's visage and his immense strength belie his wounded heart. Living among his enemy in disguise, he f...

  • A bicycle for Rosaura

    Daniel Barbot

  • Pride of Lions

    Suzanne Barclay

    A BLOOD FEUD HAD RULED HER LANDS FOR MORE YEARS THAN ANYONE COULD REMEMBER And Allisun Murry, chieftain of her clan, would not rest until her murdered kin were avenged. Yet the sight of Hunter Carmichael as he rode from the midst of her enemies g...

  • Jane and the Genius of the Place

    Stephanie Barron

    In the waning days of summer, Jane Austen is off to the Canterbury Races, where the rich and fashionable gamble away their fortunes. It is an atmosphere ripe for scandal -- but even Jane is unprepared for the shocking drama that unfolds. A flamboyant...

  • A Taste for Love

    Donna Bell

    A Gentleman Chef Risking scandal in the ton Quentin Leith, Earl of Middlehurst, dares to go into business as a chef and restauranteur -- disguised as a Mr. Brown. Immediately, the creme de la creme of society declares him the premier chef and Les Tr...

  • Barney and BJ Go to the Zoo

    Mark Bernthal

  • Death of a Downsizer

    Carole Berry

    The new novel featuring Bonnie Indermill -- a single, thirty-something Manhattanite with a wide range of job skills and a surprising knack for solving crimes "Dorfmeyer the Downsizer" has the employees of the Richards & Goode Corporation t...

  • Coyote Helps Out: A Mexican Tale

    Adrienne Betz

  • Fulton County Blues

    Ruth Birmingham

    Her personal life might be a mess. She might have trouble standing up to her meddling mother. But as lead detective at Atlanta's Peachtree Investigations, hard-nosed, fast-talking PI Sunny Childs is always capable of cracking a case... When Sunny ...

  • McQuaid's Justice

    Carly Bishop

    Easy to love, hard to forget. The McQuaids Brothers by blood, lawmen by choice; the West was always in their soul. Up against the toughest cases -- and the strongest passions -- they live by THE COWBOY CODE FBI agent by trade, rancher at hear...

  • She Shall Bring Forth a Son

    Susan Easton Black

  • Sins of the Fathers

    John Blackthorn

    In an era when embassies, army bases, and entire skyscrapers are blasted into rubble in an apocalyptic instant, this tense story of vengeance run amok is an introduction to the twenty-first century and is as newsworthy as it is nerve rattling. A soph...

  • Food

    Wiley Blevins

  • The Gold of Exodus

    Howard Blum

    Mount Sinai. For many, it is the most sacred place on Earth -- the site where God descended to give Moses the Ten Commandments. Yet for centuries, mankind has not known its exact location. In this heart-pounding true story, award-winning journalist a...

  • The Curse of Dunbar's Gold

    Johnny D. Boggs

  • The Terminus Experiment

    Jonathan E. Bond

    A NEW STRAIN OF VAMPIRE In the violence-ridden city of Seattle, a secret conspiracy arises to spread a plague of vampirism. They now prowl the night, but plan to take their nightmare into the light of day. Soon no one will be safe.... Warren St...

  • The Poet and the Paragon

    Rita Boucher

    A Paragon of Virtue Romance left Rebecca Creighton's life when she was jilted at the altar ten years ago. Now, at the ripe age of seven-and-twenty -- and seriously lacking in feminine wiles -- she devotes her life to writing popular penny tracts exp...

  • The Shadow Matrix

    Marion Zimmer Bradley

    THE ACES OF CHAOS Margaret Alton, rightful heir to the Alton Domain, has been making a desperate effort to control her newfound laran powers and to understand the obscure, potent, and frightening nature of her unique shadow matrix. However Margare...

  • The Lady and the Dragon

    Shelley Bradley

    A RUNAWAY HEIRESS Eighteen-year-old Lady Christina Delafield was as bold as she was beautiful. When her overbearing grandfather threatened to tame her in a Swiss finishing school, Christina stowed away on the first ship leaving London harbor, det...

  • To Love and Honor

    Irene Brand

    LOVE IS PATIENT... With her warmth and grace, Violet Conley easily captured the heart of her neighbor Roger Gibson. Yet, the handsome law officer believed she'd always think of him as merely a friend. LOVE BEARS ALL THINGS... Suddenly Violet fac...

  • High Stakes

    Rebecca Brandewyne

    WHEN WINNING IS EVERYTHING... LOSING CAN BE DEADLY. After years of questions, Angelina Marlowe was finally starting to uncover her family's secret. Her birth parents were dead, murdered by a ruthless consortium of powerful men, and the couple who'd ...

  • The Cat Who Saw Stars

    Lilian Jackson Braun

    UFOs in Mooseville? Rumors abound that a missing backpacker has been abducted and it looks like Jim Qwilleran's sedate summer may be interrupted by an investigation--with the help of his own little aliens, Koko and Yum Yum. And when the backpacker's ...

  • Hunny, Funny, Sunny Day

    Ann Braybrooks

  • Very Best Friends

    Ann Braybrooks

  • I See My Bellybutton

    Patricia Brennan

  • Kobe Bryant

    Richard J. Brenner

    Meet Kobe Bryant, the youngest player ever to start an NBA All-Star game. Exciting photos and clear, dramatic text make this easy-reading biography perfect for the very youngest fans.Meet Kobe Bryant, the youngest player ever to start an NBA All-Star...

  • Michael Jordan

    Richard J. Brenner

    An illustrated biography of basketball's "Air" Jordan highlights his rise to superstardom which includes two Olympic gold medals and his participation in six NBA championships for his team, the Chicago Bulls. Original. 25,000 first printing....

  • Clifford's Valentine Bag of Fun

    Norman Bridwell

    A kit for making twenty-six Valentine's Day cards and envelopes, which feature Clifford the Big Red Dog, includes stickers, a red marker, a mini storybook, an activity book, and a reusable vinyl bag. Original....

  • Subtle

    Bruce Brooks

  • The Baby Secret

    Helen Brooks

    Wedding night baby! It had been a dream wedding--followed by a night of unforgettable passion. Then Victoria discovered that her new husband, the man she adored, had betrayed her--after only one day of marriage! She packed her bags and left .... ...

  • Scarlet Thunder

    Sigmund Brouwer

    Trenton Hiser is trying to walk in the footsteps of his uncle, Mike Hiser, a successful Hollywood director. During Trenton's summer vacation, he goes with his uncle to film the inside story of Scarlet Thunder, a top-level stock-car racing team. A...

  • Dreaming Southern

    Linda Bruckheimer

    A #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller in hardcover! Lila Mae Wooten is leaving her home in Kentucky and, with her four children, is driving to meet her husband in California, where they aim to pursue the American Dream and escape a few bil...

  • Changing Leads

    Bonnie Bryant

    Tensions are high between Stevie and Scott, who has never forgiven Stevie for the car accident that injured his sister, and now that Stevie's boyfriend, Phil, and Scott are hanging together, something's got to give. Original....

  • Stevie: The Inside Story

    Bonnie Bryant

    Stevie Lake is in big trouble. She's failing classes and has to pull up her grades or it's summer school and no riding. She has one last chance to redeem herself: Write a report explaining why she hasn't done her schoolwork -- and make the explanatio...

  • Uncle from Another Planet

    Paul Buchanan

  • The Demon King

    Chris Bunch

    The thrilling second novel in the epic Seer King trilogy!Ten years ago, General Damastes pledged eternal loyalty to the wizard Tenedos when the seer sought to realize his vision of a peaceful, unified Numantia. Yet -- even though Tenedos became the S...

  • Market Day

    Eve Bunting

    Market Day...is the best day of the month, if you ask Tess. There are pigs, chickens, and sheep to see, gob stoppers and cherry lips to eat, a lace-stealing goat to watch, and more. Baba-Ali is swallowing the swords, Nuts, the organ grinder's monkey,...

  • Love So True

    Loure Bussey

    When Janelle Sims is in need of financial assistance to launch her boutique, she turns for help to wealthy entrepreneur Aaron Deverreau, a man with whom she is passionately in love but cannot trust, and as she starts to believe in him, lies from his ...

  • World so Different

    Sarah Butrymowicz

  • Portrait of My Heart

    Patricia Cabot

    They parted in disgrace... Years ago, in one explosive instant, childhood rivalry turned into wild passion for Jeremy, handsome young Duke of Rawlings, and Maggie Herbert, the object of his affections. Unfortunately, the ensuing scandal found them...

  • Nobody Does it Better

    Elizabeth Cage

    Jo: "She'll warm you hear and melt your brain ... unforgettable!" Caylin: "A thrill-a-minute joyride from start to finish ... total excitement!" Theresa: ****... riveting and poetic ... a true original!" The Spy Girls are rocking Seattle clear o...

  • The Darkest Knight

    Gayle Callen

    A MYSTERIOUS RESCUER Trained as a knight, yet sworn to the monastery, Reynold Welles had always lived by a strict code of honor. Yet the night he rescues beautiful Lady Katherine Berkeley from a treasonous kidnapper and an arranged marriage, he is...

  • Wild Highland Rose

    Christine Cameron

    A Woman Warrior Rebecca was only fifteen when she first laid eyes on Edward, son of the powerful MacCleary clan chieftain. Side by side, they learned to wield a sword and spar with one another, sparking a bold passion. But when the murder of Edward&...

  • Cassidy's Secret

    Joanna Campbell

    Will Cassidy tell the truth, even if it means losing her horse?

    Cassidy Smith is worried. Her filly, Lady T, is running against a champion racehorse, Pizzazz. Cassidy's family needs the prize money desperately. Without it, t...

  • Pale Moon Rider

    Marsha Canham

    "IT WAS A FINE NIGHT FOR TREACHERY, DARK WITH A PALE MOON RISING..." Like a wraith he appeared in the Coventry night, the notorious highwayman called Captain Starlight. Renee d'Anton watched, breathless, as the cloaked figure commanded...

  • All That Glitters

    Viveca Carlysle

    Dangerous Dream Shocked by the murder of her estranged sister Stephanie, Leigh Barrington can't believe she has inherited a huge share of her Cassiopeia Salons. Although Stephanie owned the wildly successful chain of exclusive beauty parlors, the bu...

  • Constant Craving

    Tori Carrington

    A HUNGER THAT COULDN'T BE SATISFIED.... Adam Grayson, undercover FBI agent extraordinaire, had never hated an assignment so much -- or wanted a woman so badly. His new "supervisor," gorgeous Eva Burgess had quickly become a prominent p...

  • Pride

    Lorene Cary

    Four women, lifelong friends, are turning 40--and what a year it is.Roz, the perfectly controlled (and controlling) politician's wife, is trying to keep her family together as she recovers from breast cancer and her husband runs for the biggest elect...

  • A Father's Love

    Carla Cassidy

    A BABY ON HIS DOORSTEP After the initial shock wore off, confirmed bachelor Riley Kincaid loved his role of instant daddy. If only he could forget the strange circumstances that had united him and his mystery baby. A WOMAN IN HIS LIFE When Riley...

  • Code Name: Cowboy

    Carla Cassidy

    HER NAME WASN'T REALLY ALICE .... And she couldn't tell Cameron Gallagher the real reason why she and her daughter had come to his isolated ranch. Nor could she reveal that his probing midnight gaze made her tremble ...with desire. Came...

  • Coal Bones

    Karen Rose Cercone

    To bring up the rock that fueled the nation, coal miners worked themselves to the bone, rarely glimpsing the light of day. It was a dangerous job. They could be crushed, suffocated - or slowly poisoned by the very air they breathed. But the unide...

  • Werewolves in Their Youth

    Michael Chabon

    The author of Wonder Boys returns with a powerful and wonderfully written collection of stories, Werewolves in Their Youth. Caught at moments of change, Chabon's men and women, children and husbands and wives, all face small but momentous decisions. ...

  • Island Bride

    Linda Chaikin / Linda Lee Chaikin

    Betrayed by family, sustained by love, strengthened by faith... The courageous Nicklas Valentin is pulling off the masquerade of the century. As a decorated knight of Spain and the son of a powerful Spanish viceroy, he commands the respect of Spanis...

  • Tales from Well World, No. 2

    Jack L. Chalker

  • Twilight, Texas

    Ginger Chambers

    Welcome back to West Texas--home of the Parkers! There's nothing and nobody Karen Latham loathes more than the Parkers. Seven years ago, she was left at the altar by one. If she never sees another, it'll be too soon. Even when she inherits an anti...

  • Citizen Sidel

    Jerome Charyn

    The Big Guy is running for the White House. Or rather, his self-aggrandizing sometimes partner baseball czar J. Michael Storm is running for president, and taking the mayor of New York along - not for the ride, but for the muscle. Isaac is all muscle...

  • The Last Dance

    Sandra Chastain

    Could the woman whose voice had been his lifeline find sanctuary in his arms? Lincoln McAllister rarely left his secret mountain compound, Shangri-la, until twin temptations finally did the trick: a friend's wedding and a chance to meet Sterlin...

  • Note Found in a Bottle

    Susan Cheever

    Born into a world ruled and defined by the cocktail hour, in which the solution to any problem could be found in a dry martini or another glass of wine, Susan Cheever led a life both charmed and damned. She and her father, the celebrated writer John ...

  • Treetops

    Susan Cheever

    In this compelling companion volume to her acclaimed memoir Home Before Dark, Susan Cheever once again gives readers a revealing look into her famous family, whose secrets and eccentricities parallel their genius and successes. Set against the backdr...

  • It's Your Bed, Fred!

    Janelle Cherrington

    It's bedtime, and Fred is just not ready to go to bed. Instead, he takes off on a wild ride of the imagination. His trusty bed turns into a tree house, a cave, a rocket, and a pirate ship.  By the time Fred's adventures are over, he's ready to sett...

  • Fortress of Owls

    C.J. Cherryh

    "I DREAMED OF OWL. THAT MEANS WIZARDRY IS NEAR." Tristen is a weapon in an ancient war between wizardry and sorcery. He is a summoning and a shaping, brought to life by a wizard. And his sword is a weapon as well. Its keen blade, marked Illusion o...

  • Tripwire

    Lee Child

    Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is in Key West enjoying a sort of lazy anonymity when a stranger shows up looking for him. The man has a lot of questions--too many. Hours later, he's dead. And Reacher is forced to follow the man's cold trail back ...

  • Lila Says

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  • Marry Me, Kate

    Judy Christenberry

    Kate O'Connor is desperately trying to revive her late father's luck at The Lucky Charm diner by converting it into a catering business. Only one problem stands in the way of her dreams: money. Desperate, she appeals to wealthy socialite businessman ...

  • A Perfect Match

    Judy Christenberry
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    New York computer whiz Alison Carter has no intention of repeatingher mother's mistakes. Mom's failed marriages to men with whom she had nothin in common had convinced Alison to search for a man who;s her astrological match. So what's she doing in ve...

  • I Love You, Blue Kangaroo!

    Emma Chichester Clark

    Young readers will love this endearing story of sibling rivalry, loyalty, and lasting love.

    Every night when Lily goes to sleep, she says, "I love you, Blue Kangaroo!"  And Blue Kangaroo cuddles up close to Lily and sleeps the whole night th...

  • The Boss and the Beauty

    Donna Clayton

    MEMO To: The Single Women in the Office From: Cindy Cooper, Former Ugly Duckling Re: My Plan To Marry My Boss As you know, I have been in love with Kyle Prentice, my boss, for several years. And not once has that handsome executive glanced my wa...

  • Springs Memory

    Colleen Coble

    A nostalgic look at spring times past, and the joy of love discovered. 'Spring's Memory' is the latest collection of historical inspirational novellas from Barbour Publishing. Includes the stories 'A Valentine for Prudence' by Darlene Mindrup, 'Set S...

  • A Rugged Ranchin' Dad

    Kia Cochrane

    FOREVER A FATHER When single dad Stone Tyler first met the beautiful and free-spirited Dahlia nine years ago, he was a rough-edged cowboy with no intention of getting married--ever. But it wasn't long before he was asking for Dahlia's hand, certai...

  • Dangerous Kiss

    Jackie Collins

    The seductively beautiful, street-smart, and powerful Lucky Santangelo, star of four of Jackie Collins's previous international bestsellers -- Chances, Lucky, Lady Boss, and Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge -- returns in Dangerous Kiss.In Chances, Lucky gre...

  • The Spy's Bride

    Lynn Collum

    SHE RAN FROM A SUITOR... Victoria Woodley is a lady happier on her horse than at her stitchery. But she is also a "catch" because of the fortune coming to her on her twenty-first birthday. Now her greedy guardian intends to force her into...

  • Whiskey River

    Ralph Compton

    THE SUNDOWN RIDERS They were desperate times ... and the Sundown Riders were desperate men. Mercenaries who rode the high boxes of freight wagons across a treacherous wilderness. The Civil War was over, but the fight was just beginning for these fea...

  • The Deadwood Trail

    Ralph Compton

    They had beaten the harsh odds of the frontier. But for the two powerful ranchers, the most formidable trail lay ahead. There had never been a trail drive like this before...The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maveri...

  • Wild Legacy

    Phoebe Conn

    For Belle Barclay, a dream comes true when Falcon, her beloved distant cousin, returns home from the Virginia Militia. His passionate welcome leads her to the brink of surrender -- until she realizes he's had too much drink for his declarations o...

  • Running North

    Ann Mariah Cook

    What happens when a woman and her husband move their family from New Hampshire to Alaska to train a team of purebred Siberian Huskies for the world's toughest dogsled race, the Yukon Quest? They endure thousands of miles of lonely training in the Yuk...

  • A Crooked Little House

    Susan Rogers Cooper

    A HOUSE OF CARDS -- A PACK OF LIES Her husband, Willis, calls her a "danger junkie." But suburban Texas mom and romance writer E.J. Pugh believes that the truth is something that must always be pursued no matter perilous the path that leads to i...

  • Southern Cross

    Patricia Cornwell

    Richmond, Virginia, is a city rich in Southern history, yet overrun by such modern-day problems as drug trafficking and escalating juvenile crime. Former Charlotte police chief Judy Hammer is brought in to clean up the police force--the most difficul...

  • Don't Do That Kitty Kilroy!

    Cressida Cowell

  • Classical Music

    Joy Cowley

    Delia and Bea were never close as sisters. When Delia comes home from New York for their father's funeral, there is an opportunity to spend some time with Bea, but they both recall grievances and hurts, and neither is prepared to confront their needs...

  • Out of the Darkness

    DiAnna Crawford; Rachel Bryant Druten

    Mary Clark McKenzie, newly wed and filled with hope, comes to South Africa with her young husband to seek their fortune. Almost at once he abandons her. Penniless, alone, and pregnant, she is thrust into the chaos of greed and sin that envelops the g...

  • On Bended Knee // Seana

    Tanya Anne Crosby

    In her dreams, a hearth and a husband... With hair shiny black as a moonless night and luscious green eyes as luminescent as a cat's, Seana has been whispered to be a child of the brownies. But not even a little spritely magic can help her claim ...

  • Feeding the Ghosts

    Fred D'Aguiar

    Inspired by a true story, this suspenseful and deeply moving novel chronicles an incident of courage and rebellion that took place aboard a disease-riddled slave ship returning from Africa. It was called Zong, and when disease threatens to infect all...

  • The Alpine Kindred

    Mary Daheim

    MURDER IS RELATIVE The brutal stabbing of local philanthropist Einar Rasmussen Jr. outrages folk in the old logging town of Alpine. But, strangely, editor Emma Lord of The Alpine Advocate can scarcely pry a word out of the victim's reclusive relat...

  • Spot the Sporty Puppy

    Jenny Dale

    Everyone loves puppies! Bouncy and cute, furry and huggable, what could be more perfect than a puppy? Speedy Spot can't understand why he's not allowed to join in the races at Matt's school Field Day. During the jump rope race no one notices a little...

  • Gus the Greedy Puppy

    Jenny Dale

  • Lenny the Lazy Puppy

    Jenny Dale

    Everyone loves puppies! Bouncy and cute, furry and huggable, what could be more perfect than a puppy? Lenny is such a lazy puppy. Why should he run around when he can snooze in the sun? But when Lauren loses her birthday money, Lenny knows he ...

  • Home Improvement

    Barbara Daly

    Life as she knew it was over... Losing her ex-husband was painless -- except for the legal fees -- but the apartment...! Sunny O'Brien, the original Cosmo girl, moving to a cabin in Vermont? Not likely! She'd pack up the dog, head out i...

  • The Marriage Decider

    Emma Darcy

    MARRIED TO THE BOSS? For two years Amy Taylor had managed to keep her sexy boss at arm's length. But one emotionally charged morning in the office had irrevocably changed all that. Seeing Jake Carter, determined bachelor, with his sister'...

  • Marrying Mattie

    Victoria Dark

    A PRIM AND PROPER WIDOW After the death of her husband, Mattie Idyll bravely tried to forge a new life out west for herself and her son. But in Medicine Springs, Texas, her sewing skills didn't bring in enough money to put food on the table. She...

  • Hung Jury

    Rankin Davis

    Dr. Jennifer Fox stands trial for the murder of a renowned scientist. A guilty verdict is inevitable...until the Prime Minister receives a message that a terrorist organization is holding his brother, and they will release him on only one condition--...

  • The Mother-In-Law Diaries

    Carol Dawson

    Much to the surprise of his mother, Lulu Penfield's first-born son has gotten married. It's not that she minds; she's fairly sure that he's made a good choice. What's really eating at her is the realization that she is about to become--gasp--a mother...

  • Understanding of Jenner Ransfi

    Imogen de la Bere

  • Moonlight & Vines

    Charles de Lint

    Familiar to Charles de Lint's ever-growing audience as the setting of the novels Memory & Dream, Trader, and Someplace To Be Flying, Newford is the quintessential North American city, tough and streetwise on the surface and rich with hidden mag...

  • Pizza That Time Forgot

    Matthew DeAndrea

  • Lake News

    Barbara Delinsky

    After an unscrupulous reporter falsely accuses Boston lounge singer Lily Blake of having an affair with a newly appointed Cardinal, she's hounded by the press, fired from her job, and robbed of all public freedom. The humiliation and violation of pri...

  • Night Letters

    Robert Dessaix

    For twenty nights in a hotel room in Venice, a traveler, recently diagnosed with an incurable illness, writes a letter home to a friend. He describes the kaleidoscopic journey he has just made across northern Italy from Switzerland, while reflecting ...

  • My Last Days As Roy Rogers

    Pat Cunningham Devoto

    In an Alabama town in the early 1950s during the last polio summer before the Salk vaccine, ten-year-old Tabitha "Tab" Rutland is about to have the time of her life. Although movie theaters and pools have been closed to stem the epidemic, Tab, a tomb...

  • Fool

    Frederick G. Dillen

    Barnaby Griswold makes a terrific living from foolishness. A New York investments player who does his research eating and drinking, a joyously well-to-do man with absurd instincts for the next deal, Barnaby senses possibility even in two Oklahoma ca...

  • Piranha Firing Point

    Michael DiMercurio

    When Communist reactionaries launch an attack on six Japanese submarines as a prelude to all-out war, Vice Admiral Michael Pacino finds himself at the helm of a top-secret Navy submarine that could be the Free World's last best hope. Original....

  • The Dream Mistress

    Jenny Diski

    After she abandons her daughter, a mother enters a convent, only to quit and become homeless. Years later the daughter runs into her as a bag lady, lying unconscious in the street. A British novel by the author of Skating to Antarctica....

  • The Mission

    Robert Doherty

    Now we know what the government hid there. It's time we found out why.... Hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest is a place shrouded in mystery. It is called The Mission. And in nearby villages people are screaming in pain as they die from a vir...

  • Florida Roadkill

    Tim Dorsey

    Local trivia buff Serge loves inflicting pain. Drug-addled Coleman, his partner in crime, loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with righ dead men's money. Then there's Sean and David, who love fishin...

  • Chain of Command

    Keith Douglass

    NUCLEAR NAM The missile came out of nowhere. Obliterating an E-2 aircraft and killing four Navy aviators. The U.S. thought Vietnam was at peace. They thought wrong... Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder has just set foot in Vietnam. There are hints th...

  • Beans on Toast

    Paul Dowling

  • The Good New Stuff: Adventure Sf in the Grand Tradition

    Gardner Dozois

    Once the mainstay of science fiction, adventure stories fell out of favor during the 1960s and early 1970s. But in recent years, science fiction writers have spun out galaxy-spanning adventures as imaginative and wonderful as any of yesteryear''s ...

  • The Good New Stuff

    Gardner Dozois

    Throwback science fiction stories that evoke the wild old pulp days from George R.R. Martin, Walter Jon Williams, Janet Kagan, John Varley, and others.Once the mainstay of science fiction, adventure stories fell out of favor during the 1960s and earl...

  • Blaze of Desire

    Kathleen Drymon

    After she witnessed her guardian commit a brutal murder, Shannon Stone flees in terror through the dark streets of St. Louis. Fate leads her to the safety of a brothel and to a dying woman named Honey Belle. As the poor woman takes her last breath, a...

  • The King of Cats

    Cathy East Dubowski

    Having sneaked into a museum's Egyptian exhibit to revel in the idolatry of cats in ancient times, feline sidekick Salem reads a challenging riddle inscribed on a vase that promises bad luck until it is solved. Original....

  • Miss Viola and Uncle Ed Lee

    Alice Faye Duncan

    Miss Viola lives in a little lavender house with bright white shutters and a white picket fence. Uncle Ed Lee lives in a little red house with hanging black shutters and a leaning mailbox. Miss Viola is neat as a pin. Uncle Ed Lee is junky as a pack ...

  • The Doctor

    Patricia Duncker

    So begins The Doctor, a provocative, illuminating novel based on a true story about a brilliant female physician who is compelled to live as a man under the name James Miranda Barry. Patricia Duncker traces Barry's incredible life over the course of ...

  • Wintering

    William Durbin

    Pierre, the 14-year-old hero of The Broken Blade, spends a winter with the North West Company in the wilderness of French Canada. The canoe-men build a camp beside an Ojibwa village, and Pierre learns the deep-winter survival skills and secrets of th...

  • 48 Shades of Brown

    Nick Earls

    Australian teenager Dan Bancroft has a choice to make: go to Geneva with his parents for a year, or move into a house with his bass-playing aunt Jacq and her friend Naomi. He chooses Jacq's place, and his life will never be the same....

  • Starships

    David Eckelberry

    Create detailed starships, improve your hero's skills, and enjoy new methods of explosive battle with the ALTERNITY game rules for starships, faster-than-light travel, space tactics, boarding, and starship combat....

  • The Sword Cabinet

    Robert Edric

  • Past Crimes

    Martin Edwards

    Following the first two CWA anthologies from Severn House, Perfectly Criminal, whose story Herbert in Motion by lan Rankin won the 1996 CWA Short Story Dagger, and Whydunit?: Perfectly Criminal II, whose story On the Psychiatrist's Couch by Reginald ...

  • Honk Honk!

    Pamela Duncan Edwards

    Entranced by ballet, Mimi the swan sneaks into the Opera House for a performance of Swan Lake and becomes the first prima ballerina of her kind, reaching the heights of fame, in a humorous tale by the author of Dinorella. ...

  • Publish and Be Murdered

    Ruth Dudley Edwards

    Robert Amiss, lapsed civil servant, is approached by Lord Papworth, owner of the Wrangler, to step in as business manager for the august journal and do something about its steady drain on his lordship's finances. The magazine's editor, Willie Lambie ...

  • White Wolf

    Susan Edwards

    HEART'S DISGUISE Jessica Jones knew that the trip to Oregon would be hard, but she would not let her brothers leave her behind, despite White Wolfs rule against single women on his wagon train. Dressed as a boy to carry on a ruse that fooled no on...

  • Saviors

    Paul Eggers

    A powerful novel of war is laced with humor in this story of two Americans living in a Vietnamese refugee camp on the coast of Malaysia and fomenting a rebellion that has surprising results. A first novel....

  • Murder Can Singe Your Old Flame

    Selma Eichler

    Desiree Shapiro is a big woman, in both body and heart. And it's her big heart that gets her into this mess--investigating the suspicious death of her ex-boyfriend's new wife. Bruce Simon had been a louse when they were dating...but no matter how ...

  • Grover Learns to Read

    Dan Elliott

    Grover loves having his mommy read to him. So when he starts learning how to read in school, he begins to worry. He wants to be able to read, but what if his mommy doesn't read to him anymore? A charming story that offers simple reassurances to child...

  • RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

    Trey Ellis

    Through the Self-Help Glass -- Very Darkly Meet Ashton Robinson, a dashing playboy whose suave charm, worldly pretensions, and ecstatic seminars have made him one of the most successful motivational speakers in the country. After an encounte...

  • Settler's Law

    D.H. Eraldi

    Known as "The Boy Outlaw," Sett Foster returns home to the Montana Territory to settle the score with the gunslingers who murdered his family and who are now searching for the gold said to be hidden on his homestead. Original....

  • The Case of the Vanishing Fishhook

    John R. Erickson

    Hank’s day begins defending the ranch against a vicious one-eyed robot. After that exhausting morning, Hank supervises Little Alfred’s fishing trip. That routine expedition turns into a first-class crisis when Hank reels in more than he bargained...

  • Esperanza's Box of Saints

    Maria Amparo Escandon

    Esperanza's Box of Saints is a magical, humorous, and passion-filled odyssey about a beautiful young widow's search for her missing child -- a mission that takes her from a humble Mexican village to the rowdy brothels of Tijuana and a rarely seen sid...

  • Everything About Him

    Rita Clay Estrada

    SHE WANTED THE REAL THING, NOT THE RIGHT THING... As a counselor for pregnant teens, Elizabeth Gallagher was forever lecturing about responsibility and safe sex. But when dynamic, darkly handsome Ben Damati came into her life--and her bed--she was...

  • High Five

    Janet Evanovich

    In her fifth high-octane thriller, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum sets out to find her missing uncle - and along the way smacks slam-bang into: a dead body, a nasty bookie, her stun-gun-toting grandmother, two very sexy men, an angry little man who won...

  • Faraway Blue

    Max Evans

    First published in 1999, Faraway Blue is based on the real-life exploits of Sergeant Moses Williams, former slave, Civil War veteran, and Buffalo Soldier in the Ninth Cavalry Regiment. Included in Moses's story are four women and two men representing...

  • Longarm and the Colorado Counterfeiter

    Tabor Evans

    When it comes to busting bad bills, Longarm's giving this counterfeiter the strongarm!There's hell to pay for a mountain outlaw with a set of U.S. Treasury plates -- and a fortune in bum bucks won't be enough to cover the bill Longarm's come to deliv...

  • Longarm and the Danish Dames

    Tabor Evans

    Two suspected killers were on the loose, caught up in an illegal gunrunning scam. And no federal, state or local lawman could arrest them -- because the lily-livered cusses from Denmark had diplomatic immunity. But a hostile witness, who'd turned tai...

  • The Nobody

    Diane Farr

    Into the night she fled... A nobody. Caitlin Campbell had overheard Lady Elizabeth's words all too clearly. A portionless country girl, she'd felt hopelessly out of place at this elegant soiree, and the insult was enough to send her fleein...

  • A Valentine Wedding

    Jane Feather

    Dear Reader, In celebration of true love, here's a Valentine's Day treat--the tale of two star-crossed lovers who can't see that they're perfect for each other.... Lady Emma Beaumont and Lord Alasdair Chase were once inseparable childhood frien...

  • The Mistress of Lilliput

    Alison Fell

  • Destiny's Kiss

    Jo Ann Ferguson

    Lirienne Gautier was little more than a child when a masked nobleman stole an innocent kiss from her. Bound in service to a wealthy woman, she knew all she would ever have of Vicomte Philippe de Villeneuve was her dreams -- until he asked to wed her ...

  • The Law and Ginny Marlow

    Marie Ferrarella

    THE TEN-DAY SENTENCE... When city gal Ginny Marlow stormed into Serendipity, Montana, to bail out her little sister, she didn't expect to be sentenced herself -- to ten days on Sheriff Quint Cutler's ranch! Or that "doing time" with this laid-back l...

  • Getting to the Good Part

    Lolita Files

    Reesy Snowden & Misty Fine have been friends since childhood. Misty's work life is thriving & she has found Mr. Right at last. Although Reesy's trying to be happy for her friend, she is troubled by this intrusion into the one friendship that ...

  • Her Son's Wife

    Dorothy Canfield Fisher

  • The Border

    Marina Fitch

    Sixteen years after her Irish father and her sister passed over the border from Mexico into California, leaving her waiting at the crossing, Rosa dares another attempt and is badly injured, summoning a guardian spirit to her side...

  • Old Best Friend: Pepper Ann Too Cool To Be Twelve

    Ron Fontes

    Pepper Ann is very excited to hear that her old camp buddy Brenda is moving into her neighborhood. But when Brenda arrives, she is an uncool, pink, and perky geek! Pepper Ann soon learns that they have nothing in common anymore, and tries everything ...

  • Brave New World

    Matt Forbeck

    Brave New World is a brand-new roleplaying game suitable for experts and novices alike. In the game, you play a delta, a person with amazing powers and a reason to use them. The Brave New World rulebook comes complete with everything you need to know...

  • A Band of Brothers

    William R. Forstchen

    SOME BATTLES MUST BE WON--NO MATTER THE COST It has been more than ten years since Andrew Keane's Union regiment was mysteriously pulled away from the Civil War and marooned in time on a hostile alien planet. Now in a desperate winter campaign, th...

  • False Colors

    William R. Forstchen; Andrew Keith

    MORE WAR... A desperate attack on the Kilrathi homeworld had succeeded in destroying the entire planet, including the Emperor and his warlords. The surviving Kilrathi, on warships and on their colony worlds were hopelessly demoralized and had sued f...

  • Beyond Desire

    Gwynne Forster

    Amanda Ross is thrilled when she is appointed junior high school principal in Caution Point, N.C. But her promotion will only be a pipe dream if the board of education discovers that she's pregnant -- and single. She never expected her baby's father ...

  • Tantalizing

    Lori Foster

    IT WAS LUST AT FIRST SIGHT... Nick Harris and Josie Jackson weren't supposed to like each other! But instead of being turned off by Josie's sexy siren act, Nick was bowled over. He'd been prepared for a staid, responsible schoolmarm type. As for J...

  • Mad About the Major

    Roz Denny Fox

    Her heart's gone AWOL! Ever since Lieutenant Colonel Ryder McGrath broke Major Hope Evan's heart, she's devoted her life to the military. But now a strange mission has thrown Hope and Ryder together again. Something odd is going on at a disman...

  • Diary of a Young Girl

    Anne Frank

    Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic--a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occ...

  • Family by the Bunch

    Amy Frazier

    ONE+ONE+FIVE? He wanted a family of his own. But rancher Hank Whittaker figured he'd do it the old-fashioned way: find a woman to share his country life, then conceive their own bundle of joy in a most enjoyable manner. Yet somehow sweet-talking N...

  • Enterprise

    Michael Jan Friedman

    The gripping conclusion to the story of Jim Kirk's lost friend, the man who helped shape a Starfleet captain.... Captain Kirk has returned to Earth to attend the funeral of Gary Mitchell -- the man he was forced to kill. As he wonders what he can po...

  • The Buried Mirror

    Carlos Fuentes

    As the Los Angeles Times said: "Drawing expertly on five centuries of the cultural history of Europe and the Americas, Fuentes seeks to capture the spirit of the new, vibrant, and enduring civilization [in the New World] that began in Spain." Fuentes...

  • Invasion

    Diana G. Gallagher

  • The Siege

    Lewis Gannett

    When Islamic terrorists start blowing up targets in New York City, FBI agent Anthony Hubbard struggles to get to the bottom of the plot, as the President declares martial law, revoking constitutional rights...

  • Warriors

    J.J. Gardner

    When the Robinson family lands on a remote planet, they meet Movitar, a young boy on a quest to prove his manhood, who soon lures Will into a terrifying struggle for survival that threatens the lives of the entire Robinson clan. Original....

  • Cry Wolf

    Susan Gates

    Danny doesn't know what to think when his brother, Tid, tells him about Wolf. He said it was half-man, half wolf, with yellow eyes and silver teeth and you'd better be scared if you know what's good for you. Who is Wolf? Is it really out to get Danny...

  • Noah

    Patricia Lee Gauch

  • Scooby-Doo! and the Snow Monster

    James Gelsey

    When Scooby-Doo and the gang arrive at Big Pine Ski Lodge for a ski weekend, the slopes are empty. Rumors about a snow monster on the mountain are keeping people away. But jinkies! The rumors are true! It's a chillin' caper for Scooby-Doo!...

  • The Hawk Eternal

    David Gemmell

    While the warlike and merciless Aenir wreak havoc upon the territory outside the mountain stronghold of the clans, Sigarni, the Hawk Queen, arrives in a parallel version of her own universe through a gate in space and time. Taliesen, last of the gate...

  • The 34th Rule

    David R. George III

    For once, business is going well for Quark, not that anyone on Deep Space Nine�"� truly appreciates his genius for finding profit in the most unlikely of circumstances. Quark is even looking forward to making the deal of a lifetime -- when he suddenl...

  • Tiny and Bigman

    Phillis Gershator

    Opposites certainly do attract in this lively Caribbean tale of Miss Tiny and Mr. Bigman. A strong woman with a booming voice, Tiny is always eager to lend a hand. Chopping sugarcane, building a house, and digging a deep-water port, it's all the same...

  • Pigs

    Gail Gibbons

    Many people think pigs are smelly and dirty, They think pigs 'eat like pigs' and aren't very smart. That's because they don't know pigs! There are about 300 breeds of pigs. Here are many interesting facts about the smartest of all farm animals, ...

  • Truly Madly Yours

    Rachel Gibson

    WHERE THERE'S A WILL... When pretty hairdresser Delaney Shaw returned home to Truly, Idaho, for the reading of her stepfather's will, she planned on paying her respects and getting out of town. But it seems the will has some unexpected stipulations-...

  • My Fantasy Dream Date With...

    H.B. Gilmour

  • Worms

    John Goff

    Ronan Lynch wasn't looking for trouble when he came to the small town of Hilton Springs, Nevada. Of course, he hadn't counted on running into his old "friend" Texas Ranger Hank Ketchum. Or on being in a town on the verge of being overrun by Mojave ra...

  • Disney's Favorite Couples

    Golden Books

  • Animal Kingdom

    Golden Books

  • Out of the Madhouse

    Christopher Golden; Nancy Holder

    KNOCKIN' ON EVIL'S DOOR Werewolves. Trolls. Sea Monsters. Rain of toads. Skyquakes. Sunnydale is being besieged by dark forces. But even with Buffy providing her unique style of damage control while Giles is hospitalized out of town, it's more tha...

  • The Things We Do to Make It Home

    Beverly Gologorsky

    An emotionally charged story of passionate love, unfulfilled desire, and an American dream gone totally awry, Beverly Gologorsky's poignant, unadorned novel lays bare the destructive impact of the Vietnam War on the wives, lovers, and children of vet...

  • Thirteenth Night

    Alan Gordon

    In this stunning debut novel, set in the thirteenth-century duchy of Orsino on the Adriatic Coast, Alan Gordon draws on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night to conjure a mystery filled with enough passion, intrigue, danger, and shifting identities to Blight t...

  • The Day the Music Died

    Edward Gorman / Ed Gorman

    The morning of February 4, 1959, brought bad news for Sam McCain, rock and roll fan: His musical idol, Buddy Holly, had perished in a plane crash. But the day also brought bad news that hit closer to home in Sam's small Iowa town: A local couple was ...

  • Cat Crimes Through Time

    Edward Gorman / Ed Gorman

  • Cobra

    Paula Gosling

  • Granted: A Family for Baby

    Carol Grace

    BEST-KEPT WISHES: Three high school friends, three heart wishes made on prom night--three weddings to end all wedding! SHE HAD THE BABY... Now all Suzy wanted was a husband. But first, she had to quit working for the sexy town sheriff. How coul...

  • Spyder Web

    Tom Grace

    WEB OF DESTRUCTION Code name: Spyder. It has already been put in place, suckin U.S. corporation dry of its most important information. National security insiders know how dangerous Spyder can be--and that someone has to unravel its secrets... WEB...

  • The Hush of Dark Wings

    Charles L. Grant

    IS IT -PARANOIA, Black Oak Security is a crack team of private investigators led by brilliant, enigmatic Ethan Proctor. He is a careful man. Careful in what he says, careful in what he does. And very careful about which cases he takes. But when a le...

  • Meant for Each Other

    Ginna Gray

    HUSBAND OF HER DREAMS Dr. Mike McCall had a way with the children he cared for--and the women he charmed. And Dr. Leah Albright was no exception. When the handsome M.D. heroically saved her brother's life, Leah was swept into a whirlwind of emotio...