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New Books List: 620 titles


  • Ben Aaronovitch

    Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too bad his superior plans to assign him to the Case Progression Unit, where the biggest threat he'll face is a paper cut. But Peter's prospects change in...



  • Thelma Adams

    Inside their picture-perfect homes, the residents of this quiet California suburb are not at all what they seem. Lance is a former weatherman, now a buff yogi, stay-athome dad, and manager of his daughter's Girl Scout troop's cookie distribution. ...



  • H.G. Adler

    A brilliant epic, Panorama is a portrait of a place and people soon to be destroyed, as seen through the eyes of young Josef Kramer. Told in ten distinct scenes, it begins in pastoral Word War I -- era Bohemia, where the boy passively witnesses the "...



  • Cecelia Ahern

    From the author of the New York Times bestseller P.S. I Love You comes an engrossing new novel . . . filled with family secrets, intrigue, and magic aplenty (Booklist). Born into the lap of luxury and comfortable in the here and now, spoiled, temp...



  • Victoria Alexander

    Widowed Julia, Lady Winterset, has inherited a book -- a very shocking book -- that every gentleman in London seems to want. For a charismatic businessman, it's a chance to build an empire. For a dashing novelist, it could guarantee fame. But to ...



  • Madelyn Alt

    Maggie O'Neill is the newest witch in Stony Mill, Indiana. The job requires a fair share of magic and sometimes brews up a perilous potion of mystery and murder... Maggie is back to work at her antiques shop, Enchantments, and her broken ankle...



  • Catherine Anderson

    CATHERINE ANDERSON WILL TOUCH YOUR EMOTIONS WITH THE NEXT CONTEMPORARY STORY IN HER HARRIGAN FAMILY SERIES. Mandy Pajeck had a tough childhood -- an abusive father, a mother who left, and a younger brother, Luke, who depended on her when she was j...



  • James Andrus

    A True Hunter Knows... Spring break in Jacksonville, Florida. Pretty girls are everywhere -- in the bars and dance clubs, on the beaches. None of them suspect the hot guy they're flirting with isn't what he seems. Because spring break is also hunt...



  • Anonymous

    The truth only fiction can tell. This is a novel about aspiration and delusion, set during the presidential election of 2012 and written by an anonymous author who has spent years observing politics and the fraught relationship between public imag...



  • Alex Archer

    In 1966, a group of battle-weary American GIs trekked through the Vietnamese jungle knowing each step could mean facing the enemy's guns. But instead of ambush, they stumbled upon a hidden treasure beyond their wildest dreams. It was a discovery that...



  • Lori Armstrong

    Former Black Ops army sniper Mercy Gunderson isn't adjusting well to the laid-back rhythm of civilian life on her family's ranch in South Dakota. To fill her time, Mercy accepts a temporary bartending gig at a local watering hole. Yet her attempts to...



  • Artist Arthur

    SOMETIMES BEING AN OUTSIDER IS THE BEST WAY TO FIT IN... Sasha Carrington has grown up feeling like an outsider, and her parents are too concerned with scaling the Lincoln, Connecticut, social ladder to even notice her. They'd be really horrified to...



  • Dawn Atkins

    What is this? The '60s? The era of protests, free love and communal living has passed. So when Christine Waters falls for one of the guests at her mother's commune, she wonders if she's stepped into a parallel universe. Sure, Dr. Marcus Bernard's ...



  • Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    Sarah Vida has given up everything for love. From a legendary family of vampire-hunting witches, Sarah was raised to never trust a vampire, to never let her guard down, and to avoid all tricky attachments of the heart. But now Sarah IS a vampire--cha...



  • James Axler

    BLACK DAWN The nuclear cataclysm that maimed America altered the rules of existence. The new reality guarantees a grim battle for survival, but the higher human instinct to exist in peace and good will lives on. Legends endure and Ryan Cawdor is a wa...



  • Nicole Baart

    "Do I have a child?" Julia DeSmit knew she would face the question eventually, but she didnā€™t expect it now. At twenty-four, she is finally content with the way her life has unfolded. A single mother to her son and young brother, she works at t...



  • Pam Bachorz

    A young girl thirsts for love and freedom, but at what cost? Ruby dreams of escaping the Congregation. Escape from slaver Darwin West and his cruel Overseers. Escape from the backbreaking work of gathering Water. Escape from living as if it is st...



  • Gillian Bagwell

    From London's slums to its bawdy playhouses, The Darling Strumpet transports the reader to the tumultuous world of seventeenth-century England, charting the meteoric rise of the dazzling Nell Gwynn, who captivates the heart of King Charles II --...



  • Donna Ball

    When a dashing French poet swept forty-something workaholic Sara Graves off her feet, she did something completely unexpected: She married him. Then three weeks later he died, leaving her a house she can't afford to keep in a country she's never been...



  • Burl Barer

    She Offered Her Body. . .Jimmy Joste was a powerhouse in the oil and gas industry, but he was a weakling when it came to his gorgeous, athletic, longtime lover, Rhonda Glover. Addicted to her sexual prowess and madly in love, Joste gave her homes, ca...



  • Randi Barrow

    In post WWII Russia, one boy dares to save an entire race of outlawed dogs -- the German shepherd! World War II has just ended when thirteen-year-old Mikhail finds a dying man and his German shepherd, Zasha, in the woods. It's dangerous -- som...



  • Adrienne Basso

    A LITTLE BIT UNEXPECTED... Eleanor Collins knows that her beautiful younger sister will have wealthy, powerful men falling at her feet in her first London season. But Eleanor is surprised to discover that one man's attentions are utterly focused on h...



  • Quentin Bates

    A body is found floating in the harbor of a rural Icelandic fishing village. Was it an accident, or something more sinister? Itā€™s up to Officer Gunnhildur, a sardonic female cop, to find out. Her investigation uncovers a web of corruption connecte...



  • Charles Baxter

    EVER SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF The Harmony of the World in 1984, Charles Baxter has slowly gained a reputation as one of America's finest short-story writers. Each subsequent collection -- Through the Safety Net, A Relative Stranger, and Believers -- ...



  • Elizabeth Bear

    This direct sequel to Elizabeth Bears highly acclaimed All the Windwracked Stars picks up the story some fifty years after Muire went into the sea and became the new Bearer of Burdens. Beautiful Cathoair, now an immortal warrior angel, has been ca...



  • Greg Bear

    Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting is a young rebellious Forerunner. He is a Manipular, untried--yet to become part of the adult Forerunner society, where vast knowledge and duty waits. He comes from a family of Builders, the Forerunnersā€™ highest an...



  • Hilari Bell

    In the year 2098 America isn't so different from the USA of today. But, in a post-9/11 security-obssessed world, "secured" doesn't just refer to borders between countries, it also refer to borders between states. Teenagers still think they know every...



  • Tahar Ben Jelloun

    Award-winning, internationally bestselling author Tahar Ben Jelloun's new novel is the story of an immigrant named Mohammed who has spent forty years in France and is about to retire. Taking stock of his life- his devotion to Islam and to his assimil...



  • Brian Michael Bendis

    Following hot on the heels of the first-ever Powers hardcover, it's a hardcover collection of the entire second year of Powers in chronological order These epic Powers stories are presented in order of publication - remastered, redesigned and reform...



  • Jennie Bentley

    Avery Baker was once a New York textile designer, but inheriting her aunt's old Maine cottage has led her down a new career path -- home renovation. Finding a property's hidden potential has rewards and challenges -- especially when a mystery surface...



  • Jim Benton

    Something strange is happening at Mackerel Middle School. Jamie can suddenly and inexplicably understand the weirdest and most mysterious creatures around: boys. And there's only one logical explanation--superpowers....



  • Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    Young readers will enjoy this five-book collection that is a part of the Living Lightsā"¢ series of Berenstain Bears books. Children will learn biblical values, as well as how to be respectful and kind to others. Included in the timeless collection y...



  • Carol Berg

    In a royal city beset by hauntings, plagues of birds, and strange sinkholes that swallow light and buildings, whispers of necromancy swirl about the queen's volatile sorcerer. Scholarly, reclusive Anne de Vernase rejoices that she lacks magical ta...



  • Lara Bergen

    Sophie Miller has tried out all sorts of titles for herself: Sophie the Awesome, Sophie the Hero, Sophie the Chatterbox....Will Sophie the Zillionaire be the one that sticks? She sure hopes so! When Sophie finds fifty dollars on the sidewalk, it ...



  • Lara Bergen
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    When a new art-talent fairy name Scarlett arrives, Bess thinks she needs to teach her a thing or two. But in the end it might be Bess who has something to learn!...




  • Jenna Black

    On top of spending most of her time in a bunkerlike safe house and having her dates hijacked by a formidable Fae bodyguard, Faeriewalker Dana Hathaway is in for some more bad news: the Erlking and his pack of murderous minions known as the Wild Hunt ...



  • Jessica Anya Blau

    They say you can never really go home again. Adult siblings Anna, Portia, and Emery are about to discover just how true that is. ...



  • Karina Bliss

    He won't take "absolutely not" for an answer! If Jocelyn Swann weren't so furious, she'd probably laugh. Her best friend, Dan Jansen, has launched a campaign worthy of his Special Forces training to arrange their wedding, from music and minister to ...



  • Darcey Bonnette

    She holds the key to a kingdom's future! When young Mary Howard receives the news that she will be leaving her home for the grand court of King Henry VIII, to attend his mistress Anne Boleyn, she is ecstatic. Everything Anne touches seems to turn to ...



  • Lo Bosworth

    Reality TV personality Lauren "Lo" Bosworth has witnessed her fair share of bad dating and has experienced some herself. As a star on two reality shows, she is no stranger to drama and what comes along with it. Now she is offering her advice gleaned ...



  • Paula Brackston

    In the spring of 1628, the Witchfinder of Wessex finds himself a true Witch. As Bess Hawksmith watches her mother swing from the Hanging Tree she knows that only one man can save her from the same fate: the Warlock Gideon Masters. Secluded at his cot...



  • Chris Bradford

    After being shipwrecked in Japan, adopted, and taught the Way of the Warrior at samurai school, Jack is ready to embark on the next chapter of his training: the Way of the Sword. His lessons involve fighting blindfolded, using a b-o staff, and findin...



  • Peter Brandvold

    Lou Prophet is accompanying the vile outlaw Blanco Metalious back to Nugget Town to see him hang. Then Sam "Man Killin" Metalious enters the picture, determined to free his son. No way is that going to happen under Prophet's watch....



  • Herbie Brennan

    When you're the daughter of faerie royalty - born and raised in a faerie palace, with a kingdom's worth of magic at your fingertips - what kind of place could possibly seem exotic? The human world, of course! And that's exactly where Princess Melia i...



  • V. Briceland

    Petro Divetri -- younger brother to famed sorceress Risa Divetri -- wants to be left alone. His status as one of the seven ruling families in Cassaforte has saddled him with unwanted attention from bullies as well as those seeking favors. When Pet...



  • Patricia Briggs

    Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there was something different about her, and not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up and beg. Mercy is a shapeshifter, a talent she inherited from her long-gone father. She's never known any other...



  • Eleanor Brown

    A major new talent tackles the complicated terrain of sisters, the power of books, and the places we decide to call home. There is no problem that a library card can't solve. The Andreas family is one of readers. Their father, a renowned Shakes...



  • Renae Brumbaugh

    Kate and Elizabeth connect in San Antonio, Texas, and participate in mission activities and performances at the Fiesta Noche Del Rio on the Riverwalk. During one of their presentations, a tourist boat runs amok and wrecks into the performance platfor...



  • Simone Bryant

    At prestigious Pace Academy, the Pacesetters make the rules. But in the world outside, being rich and popular doesn't always get you what you want.ā€¦ Starr has ambition, charisma and -- thanks to her father's record company -- all the connections...



  • Elizabeth Buchan

    Tom and Annie's kids have grown up, the mortgage is do-able, and they're about to get a gorgeous new, state-of-the-art French stove. Life is good- or so it seems. Beneath the veneer of professional success and domestic security, their marriage is cru...



  • Alexandra Bullen

    Adopted as a baby and shuffled from home to home, Hazel Hayes has never truly belonged anywhere--and has always yearned to know the truth about where she comes from. So when she receives three stunning dresses--each with the power to grant one wish--...



  • Anita Richmond Bunkley

    When Kacey Parker leaves her hectic, big-city life for small-town Texas, the ambitious swimwear designer doesn't expect to go overboard for her new boss. Sensual and sensitive, Leon Archer is a man few women can resist. Ignoring the rumors swirling a...



  • Jessica Burkhart

    This is the final book of the Canterwood Crest books starring Sasha Silver. Though the series will continue, there will be a new main character to narrate the series! ...



  • Mary Burton

    NO PITY Each skeleton is flawless -- gleaming white and perfectly preserved, a testament to his skill. Every scrap of flesh has been removed to reveal the glistening bone beneath. And the collection is growing... NO COMPASSION When bleached human bo...



  • Kurt Busiek

    Collects Marvels: Eye of the Camera #1-6. News photographer Phil Sheldon's back, with the man-on-the-street's perspective on the big events of the Marvel Universe, from the Avengers, the all-new X-Men and the Secret Wars to Dracula and the Werewolf ...



  • Drusilla Campbell

    One Family At A TimeLana Porter had it all--a happy marriage and two wonderful teenage daughters--until the fateful night tragedy struck, shattering her once idyllic life. Picking up the pieces hasn't been easy, as she has struggled to be a good moth...



  • Orson Scott Card

    Danny North knew from early childhood that his family was different, and that he was different from them. While his cousins were learning how to create the things that commoners called fairies, ghosts, golems, trolls, werewolves, and other such mira...



  • Mike Carey

    They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but if you ask Castor he'll tell you there's quite a bit of arrogance and reckless stupidity lining the streets as well. And he should know. There's only so many times you can play both sides a...



  • Patrick Carman

    In the 21st century landscape of bits and bytes, everyone leaves a digital footprint ... even the most advanced cyber criminals. And that's where the Trackers come in. Four tech-savvy kids armed with high-tech video cameras and esoteric coding skills...



  • Carol K. Carr

    In the red-light district of London, India Black is in the business of selling passion her clientele will never forget. But when it comes to selling secrets, India's price cannot be paid by any man... In the winter of 1876, the beautiful young madam...



  • Robyn Carr

    SOMETIMES LOVE TAKES ROOT IN UNEXPECTED PLACES -- IF YOUā€™LL ONLY LET IT GROW Colin Riordan came to Virgin River to recuperate from a horrific helicopter crash, the scars of which he bears inside and out. His family is wonderfully supportive, but i...



  • Joan Carris

    In the funniest episode yet of the Bed & Biscuit series, the animals take on an evil chicken named Malicia. Can they convince Grampa that she's up to no good before it's too late?...



  • P.C. Cast; Kristin Cast

    My love, speak to me. Tell me everything. Neferet went to Kalona, kneeling before him, stroking the soft, dark wings that unfurled loosely around the immortal. What would you have me say? He didn't meet her eyes. Zoey lives. Neferet's voice was...



  • Michelle Celmer

    There's something about Sydney For a guy who's always kept his life commitment-free, Daniel Valeniza is suddenly tangled. A new house and becoming guardian to an infant is more than this cop can juggle. Fortunately help appears in the form of his ne...



  • Sarwat Chadda

    BILLI IS IS BACK, and it seems like the Unholy just can't take a hint. Still reeling from the death of her best friend, Kay, Billi is thrust back into action when the Templars are called to investigate werewolf activity. But these werewolves are l...



  • Janet Chapman

    The steamy second book in Janet Chapman's dazzling Midnight Bay series seduces readers with an enticing tale of a fiery independent woman and an irresistible immortal warrior with a dragon's courageous heart. Maddy Kimble has no time for a suitor ...



  • Maureen Child

    Baby...Ready or Not He'd certainly never set eyes on -- much less gone to bed with -- Tula Barrons. That he would have remembered. Yet businessman Simon Bradley agreed to let Tula and her infant cousin -- a child she claimed was his -- stay in his ...



  • Cara Chow

    Frances, a Chinese-American student at an academically competitive school in San Francisco, has always had it drilled into her to be obedient to her mother and to be a straight-A student so that she can go to Med school. But is being a doctor what s...



  • Michael Christie

    Longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller PrizeCritically lauded, The Beggarā€™s Garden is a brilliantly surefooted, strikingly original collection of nine linked short stories that will delight as well as disturb. The stories follow a diverse group ...



  • Paul Christopher

    In Rome, the assassination of the Pope on Christmas Day sets off a massive investigation that stretches across the globe. But behind the veil of Rex Deus-the Templar cabal that silently wields power in the twenty-first century-the plot has only just ...



  • Blaize Clement

    In the sixth installment of the wildly popular Dixie Hemingway mystery series, Dixie is caring for the cat of a prickly old man whose granddaughter shows up with baby in tow. Dixie desperately tries to save this young woman and her infant from murder...



  • Andrew Clements

    THE KEEPERS OF THE SCHOOL ARE BACK, and Ben and Jill must face some scary facts. In just twenty-four days, a wrecking ball will smash two hundred years of history. They know things are hidden all around their school, things that could stop the new am...



  • Wendy Clinch

    Heavy snow is falling on Spruce Peak when Stacey Curtis returns in her second skiing mystery. Hollywood has-been Harper Stone arrives in Stacey's little Vermont town to shoot a mouthwash commercial, and he's far from happy about it. When the actor tu...



  • C.C. Coburn

    First Chance At Family. Second Chance at Love? Colorado rancher Luke O'Malley is shocked to hear that he has a teenage son living in New York City...and even more shocked to learn that his son is in trouble. Luke had a brief romance with Megan Montg...



  • Yvonne Collins

    Zahra, Kali, and Syd would never have met if their parents' marriages hadn't fallen apart. But when the three girls collide in group counseling, they discover they have something else in common: they've each been triple-timed by the same nefarious ...



  • Mara Conlon

    There's an Ice Cream Fair in Chuggington and it's up to Wilson to deliver the cars with all the new flavors! This Level 1 reader is trainstastic for children learning to read! All aboard!...



  • Mary Connealy

    Mandy McClellen Grey, has become the focus of a feud thanks to her husband, who made this mess and then died. Far from home, Mandy, the best little rifle woman in the west, has resigned herself to a lonely life under siege rather than call for help a...



  • Lexi Connor

    Beatrix is the witch to watch. Beatrix (B for short) loves her new magic lessons. But when the circus comes to town, along with a "witch" named Enchantress Le Fay, B is put to the test. B is sure Le Fay isn't a real witch, but when she puts a hex ...



  • Eileen Cook

    Hailey Kendrick always does exactly what's expected of her. She has the right friends, dates the perfect boy, gets good grades, and follows all the rules. But one night, Hailey risks everything by breaking a very big rule in a very public way...and w...



  • Ilene Cooper

    Every kid loves soccer, right? Not Bobby. He'd rather play with his beagle puppy, Lucy. But when Bobby's friend Shawn begs him to join up, Bobby finds himself stuck on a soccer team with a stern coach and several kids who have a knack for the sport....



  • Rose Cooper

    Gossip from the Girls' Room fills readers in on all there is to learn about middle school life at Middlebrooke, where Sofia has her very own blog and discusses all the juicy gossip that comes out of the Girls' room; read along to find out just what h...



  • Susan Rogers Cooper

    Someone is stalking romance novelist E.J. Pugh's 14-year-old adopted daughter, Bessie. When she was a child, Bessie's entire family was murdered . . . so who is this person claiming to be her dead brother Aldon? ...



  • Maggie Cox

    The scars he bears are the only visible reminder of the life Eduardo de Souza left behind in Brazil. He prefers to live in solitude. He doesn't want anybody's pity. However, when Eduardo sees innocent, pretty Marianne Lockwood literally singing fo...



  • Robert Crais

    But when Joe Pike does return, it is to a case that will rock him to his core. Five years ago, Dru Rayne and her uncle fled from Louisiana to Los Angeles after Hurricane Katrina hit, but now they face a different kind of danger. A neighborhood pro...



  • Dale Cramer

    Inspired by Actual Events! "I would do a great many things for you." Even at sixteen, Jake's handsome features hold the calm certainty and patient confidence of a man, and Rachel Bender knows -- Jake Weaver is the one. Rachel will grow into a s...



  • Barbara D'Amato

    Blue Eriksen is a famous forensic archaeologist based at Northwestern University. She and her team are traveling the globe, testing mummies to research the use of hallucinogens in the development of ancient religions. Armed with evidence from ancien...



  • Michael Dahl

    During a routine test flight above the deserts of the Southwest, ace pilot HAL JORDAN has a too-close-for-comfort encounter with a UFO. His jet takes a nosedive, but before HAL bites the dust, a gigantic green hand appears, grabs the aircraft, and pr...



  • Michael Dahl

    HAL JORDAN of Earth is recruited to join an intergalactic law enforcement squadron known as the GREEN LANTERNS. He is summoned to their headquarters on the planet Oa, which lies at the center of the universe. Unknown to HAL, or any of his new alien p...



  • Kalli Dakos

    For every student whoā€™s ever worried about spending a lifetime in the third grade and for every teacher whoā€™s faced a class where nobody remembered to bring milk money, these thirty-eight poems capture the excitement, challenge, heartbreak, and w...



  • Catherine Daly

    For two weeks, Pixie Hollow has been in a terrible dry spell. Everyone is frazzled, especially Rani and the other the water-talent fairies. When the dry spell finally ends, Queen Clarion decides it's time for a treat--a fairy treasure hunt! But on th...



  • Peter David

    Collects X-Factor #204-206 & Nation X: X-Factor. You're Bolivar Trask, the reanimated leader of the Mutant Response Division. Your mission: Kill every member of X-Factor. How to accomplish that without collateral damage? Easy: hire the team for w...



  • Bryan Davis

    Jason and Koren travel to the mysterious Northlands to find help in their quest to free the human slaves from their dragon masters. Meanwhile, Jason's friend Elyssa marches straight into the heart of the dragon kingdom in an attempt to free the slave...



  • Lindsey Davis

    "As the girl came running up the steps, I decided she was wearing far too many clothes..." So, in 1989, readers were introduced to Marcus Didius Falco, the Roman informer, as he stood on the steps of the Temple of Saturn, looking out across the For...



  • Sylvia Day

    Wealth has its dangers... There are disadvantages to being an heiress, as Eliza Martin knows well. Fortune hunters flock to her, acquaintances lie and pander, and lately, someone is engineering "accidents" to propel her to the altar. But Eliza wil...



  • Tom Defalco

    Seth, the Egyptian God of Death, has set his sights on Asgard, and he won't stop until he's exterminated the entire race! It's an all-out war between the gods, with Seth pulling out all the stops and winning! But is it possible? Is Odin still alive? ...



  • Hannah Dennison

    When the body of a woman is found in a shallow stream, aspiring investigative journalist Vicky Hill suspects there's a connection between the murder and the strong of recent silver thefts plaguing the small town of Gipping-on-Plym. And since both her...



  • Julia DeVillers; Jennifer Roy

    Identical twin sisters Payton and Emma Mills have ā€œtraded facesā€ and created ā€œtwin-dentical chaosā€ at school and at home. But you havenā€™t seen anything yet. Payton and Emma are off to ā€œtwin-vadeā€ New York City! Paytonā€™s drama club pla...



  • Robb Forman Dew

    After teaching and raising her family for most of her life, Agnes Scofield realizes that she is truly weary of the routine her life has become. But how, at 51, can she establish an identity apart from what has so long defined her? Often eloquent, ...



  • Dan DeWeese

    A novel about fatherhood, marriage . . . and bank robbery. On the morning of his daughter Miranda's wedding, Paul learns that the bank he manages has been robbed--apparently by the same man who robbed it twenty-five years before. As if that weren'...



  • Todd Dezago

    The most popular series that's called SUPER HERO SQUAD rolls on! Marvel at how kooky characters carouse carousels while canning courageous cartwheeling cubs! (that makes no sense). Join CAPTAIN AMERICA, IRON MAN, THE MIGHTY THOR, and the whole Squadd...



  • Helenkay Dimon

    BEFORE THE RECOVERY PROJECT WAS EVEN UP AND RUNNING, ITS FIRST CASE EXPLODED ON THE SCENE Agent Holden Price didn't have to go far to find his next case -- it crashed right into his living room! Not only had the beautiful blonde lost control of her ...



  • Disney Book Group

    Princess Aurora plans a special surprise for Prince Phillip at a royal ball....



  • Disney Book Group

    Read along with Disney! It's King Triton's birthday, and Sebastian has planned a very special performance in his honor! Ariel will sing while the orchestra plays a brand new tune. But when a young mermaid named Coral plays her instrument poorly at re...



  • Disney Book Group

    Aladdin and the Genie throw a magical surprise party for Jasmine....




  • Disney Book Group

    Read along with Disney! Pumbaa might be the clumsiest warthog in the jungle, but he is the best friend a meerkat and lion cub could ask for. Follow along with word-for-word narration as Simba and Timon learn to appreciate their favorite disaster....



  • Disney Book Group

    Timeless favorites--with a Disney twist! The magical world of Mother Goose comes to life starring popular Disney characters, as in this tale of Daisy and her Goldilocks....




  • L. Divine

    Jayd Jackson hopes her magical Mama has a spell to chase all her cares away... Jayd needs time to recoup from her dramatic school year, but time is the one thing she doesn't have. She's said yes to becoming a debutante, and now she has to deal wit...



  • Franklin W. Dixon

    The third book of the Blair-witch-like abduction trilogy. Frank has been discovered at long last and may posess key answers to questions that will solve the mystery of the LOST abductions once and for all. ...



  • Tim Dorsey

    Serge Storms, that loveable thermonuclear vigilante and one-stop-Florida-trivia-shop, has been leaving corpses strewn across the Sunshine State for more than a decade. The authorities--especially one tenacious state agent--have begun to notice the ex...



  • Kristina Douglas

    Kristina Douglas's sexy new series introduces a realm of fallen angels and ruthless demons, where an eternal rebellion is brewing ... and one unsuspecting woman can change the fate of the Fallen forever. SHE WAS JUST AN ORDINARY MORTAL . . . "You'r...



  • Stephanie Draven

    When Chloe Karras sings, she knows that no one can resist her sensual allure -- except for the sexy naval officer seemingly immune to her voice. But Captain Alex Shore is just the man she wants to take home after her performance -- until he tells her...



  • Stephanie Dray

    Heiress of one empire and prisoner of another, it is up to the daughter of Cleopatra to save her brothers and reclaim what is rightfully hers... To Isis worshippers, Princess Selene and her twin brother Helios embody the divine celestial pair who ...



  • Vicky Dreiling

    Tristan, the Duke of Shelbourne is a man with a mission: find a wife he can tolerate as long as they both shall live. Love is not necessary -- nor desired. But how to choose among a dizzying array of wealthy-yet-witless candidates? Hire London's ...



  • Alice Duncan

    It's early October 1923, and three interesting things are going on in the generally dull town of Rosedale, New Mexico: the fall cattle drive, the fall rodeo, and a tent revival. Annabelle Blue is excited about the first two events. The last one might...



  • Tony Dungy; Lauren Dungy

    You Can Be a Friend is the first title in Tony and Lauren Dungyā€™s series of childrenā€™s books which feature inspirational stories that remind kids of the importance of family, friends, and self-confidence. In this story, Jade has been planning...



  • Barbara Dunlop

    Fork Over Half His Fortune? There was no way multimillionaire Zach Harper would split his inheritance with a stranger. Even if she was his wife. What had supposedly been a prank Vegas wedding to Kaitlin Saville was very real. And now, according to ...



  • Lynette Eason

    A MOTHER'S WORST NIGHTMARE Her daughter is the most important person in Lacey Gibson's world. So when the girl disappears, Lacey will do anything to find her. Even track down a man she hasn't seen in sixteen years -- U.S. Marshall Mason Stone, the f...



  • Wessel Ebersohn

    Abigail Bukula was fifteen when her parents were killed in a massacre of anti-apartheid activists by white security forces. A young soldier spoke up in her defense, and she was spared. Now she's a lawyer with a promising career in the new government,...



  • Cynthia Eden

    SHE WANTS REVENGE... Six months after her lover died in an arsonist's blaze, firefighter Lora Spade calls in the FBI's elite Serial Services Division to track the elusive killer. When Special Agent Kenton Lake is lured into a violent inferno, Lora pu...



  • Kim Edwards

    With revelations that prove as captivating as the deceptions at the heart of her bestselling phenomenon The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards now gives us the story of a woman's homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to...



  • Peggy Ehrhart

    Maxximum Blues has a solid foothold in the Manhattan blues scene, but Maxx Maxwell (real name: Elizabeth) knows a CD will make the band irresistible to festival organizers. Prowling Rooster Records is her label of choice, but when the CD is nearly f...



  • Cara Elliott

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  • Sherri Wood Emmons

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  • Elizabeth Eulberg

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  • Anna J. Evans

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  • Tabor Evans

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  • Siobhan Fallon

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  • Diane Fanning

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  • Juliette Fay

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  • Judi Fennell

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  • Melanie Fennell

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  • Marie Ferrarella

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  • Sharon Fiffer

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  • Jean Fischer

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  • Linda Ford

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  • Delores Fossen

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  • Susan Fox (1)

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  • Matt Fraction

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  • Matt Fraction

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  • Barbara Freethy

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  • Gregory Funaro

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  • Red Garnier

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  • Lisa Genova

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  • Patricia Reilly Giff

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  • Laura Anne Gilman

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  • Debi Gliori

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  • Elizabeth Goddard

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  • Isabelle Goddard

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  • Lee Goldberg

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  • Tod Goldberg

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  • Susan Goldstein

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  • Howard Gordon

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  • Lucy Gordon

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  • Robyn Grady

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  • Barry Grant

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  • Ava Gray

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  • Jordan Gray

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  • Henry Green

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  • Simon R. Green

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  • Elly Griffiths

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  • Grosset & Dunlap

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  • Heather Gudenkauf

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  • Laura Lee Guhrke

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  • Maurissa Guibord

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  • Sophie Gunn

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  • Dan Gutman

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  • Jess Haines

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  • Deborah Hale

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  • Parnell Hall

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  • Barbara Hambly

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  • Jenny Han

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  • Cynthia Hand

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  • Barbara Hannay

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  • Cathy Hapka / Catherine Hapka

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  • Cathy Hapka / Catherine Hapka

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  • Paige Harbison

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  • Kate Hardy

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  • Charise Mericle Harper

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  • Harry Harrison

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  • Meagan Hatfield

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  • Rachel Hauck; Sara Evans

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  • Pete Hautman

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  • Steven F. Havill

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  • Rachel Heath

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  • Peter Helton

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  • Barb Hendee; J.C. Hendee

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  • Lisa Hendrix

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  • Rita Herron

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  • Jonathan Hickman

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  • Susan Higginbotham

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  • Jack Higgins

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  • David E. Hilton

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