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New Books List: 626 titles


  • Jeff Abbott

    The international bestseller returns with his most ambitious, multidimensional, and tightly crafted thriller yet, a breakout achievement featuring his hallmark blend of ordinary people in extraordinary danger. Already an international sensation, w...



  • Cherry Adair
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    When Dr. Elizabeth Goodall is kidnapped and held captive in the African jungle, her only hope for rescue is counterterrorist operative Sam Pelton. But to escape from a brutal warlord, they must confront a powerful attraction that could prove more tre...



  • Elizabeth Adler

    It was just one of those Malibu nights, dark as a velvet shroud, creamy waves crashing onto the shore, breeze soft as a kitten's breath.... But when Private Investigator to the stars, Mac Reilly, hears the sound of a woman's scream over the crashi...



  • Catherine Aird

    The dramatic theft of an 18th Century painting is discovered just moments before the old manor house from which it was stolen -- and is uniquely depicted in the background of the portrait -- is set on fire. Making matters more grisly even is the pi...



  • Rosemary Aitken

    Apprentice seamstresses Maud and Belinda find their days are full of fiddly alterations and difficult customers. But life changes dramatically for the girls in Penzance when the First World War rears its head. Belinda suddenly finds and enjoys a new ...



  • Trish Albright

    Alexandra Stafford always considered herself an adventurous sort. Escaping slave traders -- no problem. Captaining a ship on storm-tossed seas -- piece of cake. But putting on a gown and attending a ball for the creme de la creme of London Society --...



  • Rochelle Alers

    Meet the Whitfields of New York Tessa, Faith and Simone Whitfield know all about coordinating other people's weddings, and not so much about arranging their own love lives. But in the space of one unforgettable year, all three will meet intriguing...



  • Carrie Alexander

    He claims he's not a hero... Why can't everybody just leave him alone? All Sean Rafferty wants is solitude to recover from a gunshot wound. That's why he's here on Maine's isolated Osprey Island: to heal and move on. But how can he face going back...



  • Elizabeth Alexander

    PUMPKIN PIE IS FINE, you see, but a jack-o’-lantern is what I’ll be! Little Pumpkin is singing his favorite song when a squirrel tells him that he’ll never be picked for Halloween because he’s still green. Little Pumpkin is heartbroken -- unt...



  • Rahsaan Ali

    After his father, the biggest crack supplier in Queens, and mother are executed gangland style by rivals, Carmello's younger brother and sister want to know what he is going to do to avenge their deaths. Original....



  • Susan Andersen

    Jane thinks nothing can make her lose her cool But the princess of propriety blows a gasket the night she meets the contractor restoring the Wolcott mansion. Devlin Kavanagh's rugged sex appeal may buckle her knees, but the man is out of control! ...



  • Kevin J. Anderson

    Galactic empires clash, elemental beings devastate whole planetary systems, and the factions of humanity are pitted against each other. Heroes rise and enemies make their last stands in the climax of an epic tale seven years in the making. The Saga o...



  • Donna Andrews

    BABYSITTING IS FOR THE BIRDS When her old friend Karen drops by with her two-year-old son, Meg Langslow reluctantly agrees to mind him for a few hours. The next morning, when Karen is still MIA, Meg retraces her friends footsteps and starts to suspe...



  • Shari Anton

    She was wild, willful, and most certainly a princess. But now she's the king's ward, and Nicole de Leon's future is no longer her own. Bound by duty and honor, she awaits an arranged marriage...until a handsome warrior appears to spirit her away. Nic...



  • Alex Archer

    The stranger could be insane. Or he just might be our salvation. Archaeologist Annja Creed is more than curious when a decrepit, ancient--looking man visits her, claiming the end of the world is near. The stranger spins wild tales and speaks as if...



  • A.C. Arthur

    The ex--marine spoke with confidence and steely determination, but all Renny Bennett saw in his new bodyguard was a petite, doe--eyed nymph. Sabrina Dedune's feisty, take--no--prisoners attitude proved she took her job seriously. But suddenly the gor...



  • Catherine Asaro

    For centuries the women of Aronsdale have lived freely among the green and misted valleys. Creatures of exotic beauty and sensuality, they possess powerful skills of enchantment...and young Allegro is no different. But her life--and Aronsdale's indep...



  • Monk Ashland

    From a village made of hot-air balloons to a subterranean battle arena, two young people struggle to discover who and what they are -- and how to use the astonishing powers they share. High over China, twelve-year-old Mei arrives at the Sky Villag...



  • Elizabeth Ashtree

    He can't afford to lose... Trial attorney Simon Montgomery rarely loses a case. But when an eleven-year-old girl stands accused of murder, the courtroom superstar faces his toughest challenge. The child's social worker, Jayda Kavanagh, thi...



  • Robert Asprin; Jodi Lynn Nye

    GET SKEEVED!

    Skeeve the Magnificent, magician to kings and King of Magicians, Businessman and Problem-Solver Extraordinaire, has come out of retirement. And he?s set up shop in the Bazaar, right on the home turf of his old company, M.Y.T.H. In...



  • Brod Bagert

    A kid's-eye view of school, crammed with enough funny to fill a big yellow bus!Snappy and hilarious in true Brod Bagert style, these goofy poems are united by their kid authenticity and quirky school themes. From a computer virus that one kid claims ...



  • Stella Bagwell

    Shoulders as broad and strong as Texas That was Lucita Sanchez's first thought as Deputy Ripp McCleod rescued her from a crash. Here was a man that a woman could count on. One who wouldn't betray his wife and leave her with a son to raise ...



  • David Baldacci

    In this sequel to "Fries Alive!," Freddy Funkhauser discovers the lab of long-lost scientist Silas Finklebean, along with instructions on how to build a time machine. With Finklebean's help, Freddie is determined to prove himself to bully Adam Spanke...



  • Michelle Baldini; Lynn Biederman

    THE SMART THING Is to Prepare for the Unexpected. So reads the fortune cookie fortune that Amanda receives at the beginning of her family's vacation to Florida. Amanda knows all about preparing for the unexpected--her mother, whom she calls The Capt...



  • Patrick Balester

    When Greg Parnell returns to Great Bridge, Virginia, he's hoping for a little quiet time after an adrenaline-packed undercover operation with the Fish and Wildlife Department. He is quickly disappointed when a dead body turns up floating in the Great...



  • Nina Bangs

    THE ELEVEN--an alliance of ultimate predators. Primal, lethal, irresistible. THE PROPHECY--an ancient Mayan prediction that the world will end on 12-21-12. THE PREY--where can you hide from pure evil? Kelly Maloy opens her car door to much more...



  • Christa Banister

    Sydney Alexander has found the man of her dreams and has permanently retired her serial-dating status. But soon Sydney finds her well-intentioned meddling causing cupid chaos with friends and family. She’s even on the verge of losing her dream job ...



  • L.A. Banks

    In the newest Vampire Huntress novel from national bestselling author, L. A. Banks, more than vampires are coming out to play. . . The Dark Realms are taking cover after an angel onslaught from On High. The Anti-Christ has been injured and the fou...



  • Sebastian Barry

    As a young woman, Roseanne McNulty was one of the most beautiful and beguiling girls in County Sligo, Ireland. Now, as her hundredth year draws near, she is a patient at Roscommon Regional Mental Hospital, and she decides to record the events of her ...



  • Guy Bass



  • Guy Bass

    Gormy is fed up with everyone telling him he isn't monstrous enough yet. Why won't anyone give him a chance? And with a mysterious creature wreaking havoc all through the house, Gormy is going to need to be more than scary!...



  • Dale E. Basye

    When Milton and Marlo Fauster die in a marshmallow-bear explosion, they get sent straight to Heck, an otherworldly reform school. Milton can understand why his kleptomaniac sister is here, but Milton is -- or was -- a model citizen. Has a mistake bee...



  • Brett Battles

    A freelance operative and professional "cleaner," Jonathan Quinn knows better than to get emotionally involved in any of his jobs. But Quinn's latest job is different. A friend has been murdered. A woman has gone missing. And for Jonathan Quinn, this...



  • Sydney Bauer

    Christina Haynes, daughter of one of the most powerful senators in the country, drowns during a tragic accident with friends off Cape Ann, Massachusetts. To her father, it’s no accident. He wants vengeance. Someone’s got to pay. And Boston attorn...



  • Lluis-Anton Baulenas

    This story, among many other things, is about two men who are gone from the world but are still very much mine. Their deaths occurred after the fighting stopped, but the war still got them in the end. This story is also about keeping promises. ...



  • Elizabeth Bear

    In the iron world, Elizabeth reigns over England, while her sister sovereign, Morgan, rules the Faerie realm. Bound together by magic, their monarchies draw strength from each other, sustaining their regimes. But within the inner circles of royalty a...



  • Babs Bell

    Suddenly my car won't go!

    Sputter, Sputter, Sput!

    What's the matter? I don't know!

    Sputter, Sputter, Sput!

    Riding in the car can be lots of fun -- going fast and far, uphill and downhill, zooming all over town. But sudden...



  • Cathleen Davitt Bell

    Michael Kimmel is an average eighth grader who's too short to be good at basketball and too unmotivated to care about school. When the grandfather he barely knows suddenly dies, Michael can't understand why his dad seems so detached. But when the gho...



  • C.A. Belmond

    Belmond?s much-beloved debut novel, A Rather Lovely Inheritance was "a rare gem" (Romance Reviews Today) and ?An entertaining yarn with family drama and intrigue aplenty.?(Booklist). Now, in the eagerly anticipated sequel, A Rather Curious Engagement...



  • Christopher L. Bennett

    The Starship Rhea has discovered a cluster of carbon planets that seems to be the source of the quantum energies rippling through a section of space. A landing party finds unusual life-forms inhabiting one of the planets. One officer, Lieutenant T'Ry...



  • Ron Benrey; Janet Benrey

    A killer tries to make the hurricane that blew through Glory, North Carolina, look like the bad guy. But Storm Channel cameraman Sean Miller knows the body buried under the rubble wasn't the victim of a fallen church steeple. Feisty secretary Ann Tra...



  • Lara Bergen

     No one throws a better tea party than the fairies of Pixie Hollow!  Join Tinker Bell and her friends as they set about preparing for the perfect fairy tea party. All of Pixie Hollow pitches in: from the garden-talent fairies to the baking-talent...



  • Elizabeth Bevarly

    WHEN DAMAGE CONTROL GETS OUT OF CONTROL Publicist Marnie Roberts knows bad days--and today is the worst. A ruined suit, a broken heel... and her client just shot a man. Even worse: the victim is the father of a man Marnie knows a little too well.......



  • ReShonda Tate Billingsley

    The irony of a divorce-court judge getting divorced herself is not lost on Vanessa Colton-Kirk. After all, she's seen everything in her notorious Houston courtroom, where she's presided over the breakup of countless unhappy and disillusioned couples....



  • Diana Birchall

    Mrs. Elton goes farther! Crossing the Atlantic Ocean with her caro sposo and children, she enjoys high comedic adventures in Boston and New York society, makes a sobering visit to a Southern slave state, and sojourns among the Comanche Indians. It...



  • J.M.C. Blair

    Throughout Camelot, he is whispered to be a magician, a sorcerer, a wizard. But Merlin is merely a scholar, a practitioner of medicine, and King Arthur's trusted advisor. Though he possesses no otherworldly abilities, his keen intellect grants him ce...



  • Francesca Lia Block

    Meet Tweetie Sweet Pea and Peachy Pie, Jacaranda and Rave and Desiree...Meet Lady Ivory and Alabaster Dutchess, who interview their favorite rock star, Nick Agate, only to discover the magic and power in themselves. Meet Tuck Budd, who is happy livin...



  • Lawrence Block

    Keller's a hit man. For years now he's had places to go and people to kill. But enough is enough. He's got money in the bank and just one last job standing between him and retirement. So he carries it out with his usual professionalism, and he he...



  • Josie Bloss

    All band, all the time. That's how trumpet goddess Ellie Snow has made it to senior year. No drama, no dating. Just keeping lock-step within the safe precision of the Winslow Marching Band. She's a fierce section leader now, and so over the heart-cru...



  • Gwyneth Bolton

    Police detective Jason Hightower is flooded with memories when Penny Keys comes home to New Jersey. After fifteen years, he still wants to understand why she loved, lied to and left him. And he needs to know before she disappears from his life again....



  • Lynn Kiele Bonasia

    Thirty-nine-year-old Rose is content with her safe life: both her job writing manuals for appliances and her long-term boyfriend are reasonably satisfying. But when Mr. Almost Right betrays her, Rose decides there has to be more to it than writing su...



  • Joe Bonomo

    Selected for the 2007 National Poetry Series by Naomi Shihab Nye The prose poems in Installations invite the reader to encounter, in one extraordinary afternoon, a series of twenty art installations where something fantastic, perhaps improbable, occu...



  • Joanna Bourne / Joanna Watkins Bourne

    London, 1811 A DARING BEAUTY, SHE WAS INFAMOUS FOR TAKING CHANCES... Raised as a poor but cunning pickpocket, Jess Whitby may have grown into a wealthy young woman, but now she must once again rely on her guile. Her father's been wrongly accu...



  • Ben Bova

    Ben Bova, best-selling and award-winning author of the "Grand Tour" and "Asteroid Wars" series, takes a sardonic look at the humorous possibilities of future technology. The Starcrossed: Bill Oxnard, a young technological genius, had perfected true...



  • Rhys Bowen

    It's 1930s London, and Lady Georgiana -- thirty-fourth in line to the throne -- has a lot on her plate, but little in her cupboards, in this national bestseller... Baked beans and boiled eggs. That's what my houseguest, the Bavarian princess, will h...




  • Lyle Brandt

    Gambler Jack Slade must return home to Lawton, Oklahoma, when his brother Jim dies under mysterious circumstances and finds himself drawn to Jim's fiancée while walking a fine line between justice and revenge when he discovers the truth. Original....



  • Jean Brashear

    "Please let me have my Bella back." James Parker won't give up on his wife, Bella. Not after everything they've been through together. What started as an unlikely marriage between a blue blood and a rebel blossomed like the gardens...



  • Gary Braver

    Someone is killing the most alluring women of Boston. Someone whose keen eye for beauty masks a twisted mind. Someone who insinuates himself into his victims' lives and leaves them with nothing but an elegant black stocking knotted around their necks...



  • Kevin Brooks

    A smart, tense murder mystery twined with an emotional exploration of the ways love, sex, class, and celebrity can forever change--or end--friendships.

    Thoughtful Pete, tough Pauly, twins Eric and Nicole, strange Raymond: As kids they were tig...



  • Carolyn Brown

    After a divorce from her want-to-be actor husband, Stelle Brannon came home to Sulphur, OK, to run Brannon Inn, a bed, breakfast and supper boarding house established by her late grandmother. She'd thought the Inn would be a white elephant when she i...



  • Elizabeth Brundage

    A psychological thriller of secrets, dark motives, and an adoption buried in the past At the center of Elizabeth Brundage?s new novel lies an adoption under stressed and tragic circumstances. Willa, brought up in elegant prosperity, is now a stud...



  • Wanda E. Brunstetter

    Lose yourself in Holmes County, where romance, suspense, mystery, and faith-filled Amish ways rule the day! Martha Hostettler is concerned about the continuous attacks being made on her Amish family. With a definite motive and a myriad of methods, Lu...



  • Steven Brust

    Fresh from the collapse of his marriage, and with the criminal Jhereg organization out to eliminate him, Vlad decides to hide out among his relatives in faraway Fenario. All he knows about them is that their family name is Merss and that they live in...



  • Lynn Bulock

    PIECING TOGETHER A CRIME, BONE BY BONE... Forensic specialist Kyra Elliott faces the challenge of her career. From scattered skeletal remains she must identify a serial killer who's gotten away with murder, and his young victims. Help comes in the t...



  • T. Davis Bunn / Davis Bunn

    Wayne, scarred physically and emotionally, has a background in special-ops he's trying to forget. But he gets his arm twisted into helping a quirky group of seniors who've been scammed out of their retirement. Breaching the con man's high-security is...



  • James Lee Burke

    Trouble follows Dave Robicheaux. James Lee Burke's new novel, Swan Peak, finds Detective Robicheaux far from his New Iberia roots, attempting to relax in the untouched wilderness of rural Montana. He, his wife, and his buddy Clete Purcell have ret...



  • Claudia Mair Burney

    She just wants a home, a hootie, and some kickin' boots. Does she realy have to fight the devil to get them? After the creep who's married to her friend Kiki tries to assault her, Emme Vaughn finds herself in an all-night Walgreens at 3 a.m. w...



  • Shirlee Busbee

    Set against the breathtaking cliffs of England's Cornwall Coast during the Regency era, New York Times bestselling author Shirlee Busbee delivers a sumptuous novel of an unexpected fortune, secrets, and the magic of love... Love Hides In The ...



  • Ellen Byerrum

    Home of the helmet hairdo and congressional comb-over, Washington, D.C., is a hotbed of fashion faux pas. If anyone should know, it's "Crimes of Fashion" columnist Lacey Smithsonian. She dishes out advice to the scandal-scorched and clothing-clueless...



  • Chelsea Cain

    Portland detective Archie Sheridan, the former head of the Beauty Killer Task Force, hunted Gretchen Lowell for years before she kidnapped him, tortured him, and then let him go. Now that she is behind bars, Archie is finally piecing his life back to...



  • Emilio Calderon

    A beautiful librarian pursued by the Nazis must protect a mysterious document said to be penned by God's own handEmilio Calderón is a true master of the historical novel, able to infuse a specific time and place with clarion detail and an aura of ma...



  • Frank Cammuso

    In this funny new series from Eisner Award nominee Frank Cammuso, the Arthurian legend is reborn--in a funny, average-joe, middle-school boy and his pals.Artie King just wants to ease into life at Camelot Middle School. He's got new lunch buddies, Pe...



  • Jack Campbell

    Legendary war hero Captain “Black Jack” Geary fights to stay ahead of his enemies in the fourth novel in Jack Campbell’s New York Times bestselling military science fiction series. Deep within Syndicate World space, the Alliance fleet conti...



  • Debbie Carbin

    Rachel Covington is twenty-five, sexy, single, and smug. Her life is a glorious whirl of looking fabulous and toying with gorgeous men. So it's obvious to everyone that she and the hottest guy in her office, Nick Maxwell, are destined to hook up--but...



  • Mike Carey

    Presents the adventures of Reed Richards, Sue Richards, Benjamin Grimm, and Johnny Storm, four humans who are granted super powers, as they deal with a mysterious and aggressive group of rival superheroes....



  • Melody Carlson

    Fifteen-year-old Maya Stark seems to have it all -- fame, fortune, a Beverly Hills lifestyle, and an eighties pop star dad who's making a comeback. But looks can be deceiving, and on the inside, Maya is miserable. Her parents are divorced, her dad is...



  • Nancy Carlson

    Henry loves show-and-tell, because he can tell the class about his neighbor's pet dinosaur, the snowman he built that's as big as his house, and the alien that landed in his yard. But when his classmates start asking questions - and call him a fibber...



  • Liz Carlyle

    In this sizzling third book in New York Times bestselling author Liz Carlyle's compelling historical trilogy, a cynical rake joins a sinister game of cards with dangerously seductive stakes. If he wins this hand... Shunning the glittering elite o...



  • Latrese N. Carter

    Jewel Winters, a 24-year-old single mother, has had her fair share of trials and tribulations. Since childhood, she's had to battle with her verbally abusive, alcoholic mother. Now, as a young adult, she's barely making ends meet, lacks self-esteem, ...



  • Stephen L. Carter

    Bestselling author Stephen L. Carter delivers a gripping political thriller set against the backdrop of Watergate, Vietnam, and the Nixon White House. Philmont Castle is a man who has it all: wealth, respect, and connections. He's the last person ...



  • Marlene Carvell

    A slacker student?s perspective changes when he gets his hands on his teacher?s journal. PJ Barnes is on the fast track to failing high school, and everyone is riding him about it?especially his English teacher, Mrs. Jordan. Then, somehow, her pe...



  • Kathryn Casey

    Profiler Sarah Armstrong knows what it's like to be in a sticky situation. As a single mother and one of the few female Rangers in Texas history, she has had to work twice as hard to rank among the best cops in the Lone Star State. But when megawealt...



  • Carol Cassella

    With the compassion of Jodi Picoult and the medical realism of Atul Gawande, Oxygen is a riveting new novel by a real-life anesthesiologist, an intimate story of relationships and family that collides with a high-stakes medical drama. Dr. Marie H...



  • Carla Cassidy

    Her shelter from the storm She'd been stranded by a snowstorm with nowhere to turn. But when all seemed lost, mom-on-the-run Janette Black saw the sign for Wild West Protective Services--and found Dalton West. The loner of the West clan had no...



  • Dakota Cassidy

    NINA ALWAYS LOVED THE NIGHTLIFE. Its a lousy first day on the job for dental assistant Nina Blackman when a patient, loopy from the anesthesia, bites her. At least he was cute. But for real drama she can't beat the next evening. Nina wakes up with ...



  • Ramona Cecil

    Susannah feels betrayed. Susannah Killion feels like God deserted her over four years ago when her husband was killed at war. Everything she's done since, she's done on her own. So what is God doing when He sends the surveyor for the dreaded railroad...



  • Paula Chase

    Mina Mooney is about to discover that when you're at the top, the only place to go is down... It's springtime in Del Rio Bay, and everyone's heading to the O.C. to catch the varsity cheer squad compete at the Extreme Nationals. Everyone's pumped,...



  • Maureen Child

    721 PARK AVENUE APARTMENT: 9B TENANT: Julia Prentice, pregnant society princess SCANDAL: Who's her baby's father? Manhattan millionaire Max Rolland didn't do relationships...until his one-night stand turned up pregnant. Blue-blooded Julia Prenti...



  • Jane McBride Choate

    Colorado Springs, a booming town in a new state, has come a long way. It boasts a school, a post office, and even a library. But rustling is stripping local ranchers of their livelihoods. The town council has brought Ford McKinnon, a sheriff with a r...



  • Xanna Eve Chown

    It's not an activity book . . . it's an interactivity book! Play along with Pablo and the rest of the Backyardigans gang as he talks, sings, and makes music thanks to incredible portable sound technology! It's the book you can play again and again wi...



  • Xanna Eve Chown

    It's not an activity book . . . it's an interactivity book! Join Dora on a sunny day as she talks, sings, and makes music thanks to incredible portable sound technology! It's the book you can play again and again with the talking pen!...



  • Xanna Eve Chown

    It's not an activity book . . . it's an interactivity book! Join Diego on a deep-sea diving adventure as he talks, sings, and makes music thanks to incredible portable sound technology! It's the book you can play again and again with the talking pen!...



  • Judy Christenberry

    "How Do You Feel About Marrying A Cowboy?" When Pete Ledbetter's granddad decided to find Pete a wife, the bachelor had no choice but to find a decoy bride--to--be. For help with his scheme, he looked no further than his family's Colorado dude ran...



  • Paul Christopher

    Archaeologist Finn Ryan stumbles upon a mystery dating back to the Spanish Inquisition -- and a secret with catastrophic implications for the present. In search of a Spanish galleon in the Caribbean, Finn Ryan and her partner, Lord Billy Pilgrim, fi...



  • CLAMP

    A DEADLY GAME OF CHESS!

    In the world of Infinity, Princess Sakura has become a Chess Master and the other travelers are her pieces. But the Mafia is running the game, and they don’t care if Sakura’s opponents break the rules or murder Saku...



  • Alys Clare

    'The latest in the Hawkenlye series... may be Clare's best yet' - Kirkus Starred Review A Hawkenlye medieval mystery Autumn 1196. A secretive stranger arrives at New Winnowlands, and Sir Josse d'Acquin guesses that he is a returning Crusader. Josse ...



  • Martin Clark

    Martin Clark's most remarkable novel yet is the gripping, complex story of a murder cover-up that wreaks widespread havoc even as it redefines the concept of justice--a relentlessly entertaining saga that delves deeply into matters at once ambiguous ...



  • Simon Clark

    Van Gogh paints works of transcendent genius, while in London a killer launches a reign of terror . . . - Nidabi is attacked by her master but is rescued just in time by Pastor Hux, a man who befriended Van Gogh many years ago. A decade later the men...



  • Ginjer L. Clarke

    Did you know that the luna moth only flutters around at night--or that is has a wingspan as wide as a bowl of soup? This reader is packed with interesting facts about all the creepy animals that we never get to see during the daytime, like the barn o...



  • Anna Cleary

    Overheard... Cate Summerfield never meant to eavesdrop. Now powerful Tom Russell must stop her from exposing details of an important deal. Overpowered... Overpowered... He'll keep Cate very close--seducing the beautiful blonde will be no hardshi...



  • Andrew Clements

    As two clever boys exploit a clerical oversight, each one discovers new perspectives on selfhood, friendship, and honesty.Identical twins Ray and Jay Grayson are moving to a new town. Again. But at least they’ll have each other’s company at their...



  • Jeffrey Cohen

    Comedy Can Be Dead Funny Elliot Freed couldn't be happier: His all-comedy movie theatre, Comedy Tonight, is newly refurbished; things with his ex-wife are looking up; he's even willing to screen his projectionist's film debut. But what really has El...



  • Tish Cohen

    Returning to school after a long absence with certainty that her unique skills as the go-to girl have been missed by all, Zoe is shocked to find another girl has taken on her important role and now must wonder where she will stand in the social mix w...



  • Lynn A. Coleman

    Everything Jess owns is at risk. When Jess Kearns runs over a kayak with her fishing boat and then saves the life of the vacationing kayaker, she little dreams he will threaten to sue her. But she soon learns that Krispin Black sees the world through...



  • Eoin Colfer

    AFTER DISAPPEARING FOR THREE YEARS, Artemis Fowl has returned to a life different from the one he had. Now he's a big brother, and spends his days teaching his twin siblings the important things in life, such as how to properly summon a waiter at a F...



  • Jan Colley

    Taken Over...By the Boss They had shared the most amazing night of passion. And billionaire tycoon Lewis Goode could not erase Madeline Holland from his mind. Lucky for him, a corporate acquisition had just made him her new boss. But Lewis kne...



  • Max Allan Collins

    The sequel to The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. Rick and Evelyn O’Connell answer a new call to adventure -- as an ancient evil rises to threaten the world.When dashing adventurer Alex O’Connell is tricked into awakening China’s ruthless Dragon ...



  • Nancy A. Collins

    When the sun goes down, New York's true elite all head to one place: Bathory Academy, where the young ladies of the finest vampire families are trained in shapeshifting and luring their prey. Bathory's reigning queen, Lilith Todd, is the daughter...



  • Yvonne Collins; Sandy Rideout

    Fifteen year old Luisa Perez is not going to win any awards for school spirit. In fact, she and her friends make it a point to avoid all activities considered "extracurricular." So when her English teacher volunteers her to be an anonymous columnist ...



  • Mary Connealy

    Let yourself be swept away by this fast-paced romance, featuring Grace Calhoun, an instructor of reading, writing, and arithmetic, who, in an attempt to escape the clutchs of a relentless pursuer, runs smack dab into even more trouble with the 6R's -...



  • Charlotte Connors

    Dolly Parton once said," If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one." In the bustling city of Atlanta, four very different ladies take her advice to heart and open a catering business that will cater to them--successful, inde...



  • Kent Conwell

    After a few harrowing months of stumbling through catacombs beneath a New Orleans cemetery, evading alligators at Bayou Teche, and dodging a band of fanatics searching for a crystal skull and torching rap clubs, Tony Boudreaux figures he deserves a r...



  • Gloria Cook

    The new Meryen saga set in Victorian Cornwall - Rachel Kivell cant wait to leave Meryen and elope with her married lover, but Doctor Lockley is not all he seems . . . Meanwhile, when the carriage Squire Nankerviss bankrupt cousin, Lady Helen Churchfi...




  • Natasha Cooper

    "I don't know how you've survived at the Bar this long," Anthony said to Trish. "Caring for your clients to the point of derangement is bad enough; but to start fretting over the opposition. . . . " In spite of the barristers' rule that any suitab...



  • Lori Copeland

    Willow Madison and her friends Copper and Audrey taught school in neighboring Texas towns until the Yankees rode in and burned them out. In the midst of fear and chaos, survivors banded together to fight for what remained of their homes. Then word re...



  • Dana Corbit

    The Black Sheep Returns All eyes are on Kyle Lancaster. Recently released from prison, he is greeted in town with unease. But not by everyone. Julia Sims is focused on his good heart, his hard work at the Hickory Ridge Community Church and their u...



  • Beth Cornelison

    A hero to fight for... Crisis counselor Ginny West confronted danger every day. But when a bomb blast trapped her in a burning building, she never thought she'd make it out alive. Just in time, Riley Sinclair rescued her from the deadly blaze. The...



  • Nicola Cornick

    Can innocent young widow Mari Osborne really be a murderess and the notorious leader of the Glory Girls highwaywomen? Wickedly handsome Nick Falconer would stake his life on it! He's been sent from London to the tranquil English village of Peacock O...



  • Catherine Coulter

    FBI Special Agent Jackson Crowne is flying his Cessna over the Appalachians, with a very important passenger: renowned psychiatrist Dr. Timothy MacLean; their destination is Washington, D.C. Upon their arrival, the FBI will protect the doctor--and as...



  • Dilly Court

    Dilly Court is a major talent in saga writing. Her new novel, The Constant Heart, set in turn-of-the-twentieth-century London, follows many previous bestsellers including Mermaids Singing and A Mother’s Courage.


    From the Hardcover editio...



  • Greg Cox

    It is 1926, and Harry Houdini is the most famous performer in the world. Audiences pack theaters to watch him perform his now-legendary death-defying acts. But despite his fame and fortune, Houdini is a man haunted by his past. Thirteen years ago, hi...



  • Susan Crosby

    BECAUSE "MARRIAGE" HAD ITS PRIVILEGES... Tycoon David Falcon needed a wife. Not someone to actually marry, but a superefficient, multitasking woman who'd keep his household humming along smoothly. Single mother Valerie Sinclair seemed the ideal ca...



  • Tania Crosse

    A gripping tale of love and self-sacrifice set on wild Dartmoor - 1875. Beautiful and compassionate, Rose Maddiford is devoted to only one man: her father. When tragedy strikes, it seems that the only path forward requires the greatest sacrifice from...



  • Cameron Cruise

    There are those among us whose mental capacity is so evolved that they are able to tap into abilities that are beyond this world. Often diagnosed as autistic, these medical marvels have led quiet lives, ignored by science. Until now. One by o...



  • Melinda Curtis

    They were just friends when they got married. Jill desperately needed a father for her unborn child, and Vince Patrizio wanted to give them both his name. And if Jill could ever learn to love him, he'd consider himself a fortunate man. Then Jill w...



  • Chris D'Lacey

    A new magic is stirring beneath the surface of the Earth. . . . Five years have passed since David Rain, now a bestselling author, disappeared mysteriously in the Arctic. And slowly the ice is changing, bears are starving, dragons are rising, the so...



  • Jenny Davidson

    A series of mysteries. An explosion of truths. The Explosionist: Someone sets off a bomb outside fifteen-year-old Sophie's boarding school, but no one can figure out who. The Medium: Soothsayers and seance leaders are regular guests at he...



  • Maryjanice Davidson

    Betsy thought entering the world of the undead was a big adjustment. Being a new bride isn't much easier. The blush has only been on for two months, and she has a lot to do; set up the new house, finish writing thank-you notes, and raise BabyJon, her...



  • Susan Page Davis

    JANE'S LIFE HAS BEEN ONE OF TRIAL. Orphaned at a young age, Jane was indentured as a housemaid. During an Indian raid, she was captured, carried off to Canada, and sold. Then her arranged, loveless marriage ended with the death of her abusive husban...



  • Keshia Dawn

    When Gracie's fiancé, Dillian, suddenly walks out of her life without any explanation and then cuts off all lines of communication, she is left devastated and confused. She agonizes over his disappearing act, feeling like she at least deserves to kn...



  • Diego De Silva

    A deeply dark and violent novel of existential despair, by one of Italy’s leading young writers.

    In an apartment in Italy, a man and a little girl are playing hide and seek. Indulgently he gives up the search, and she emerges from her hiding...



  • Barbara Delinsky

    ALL THAT GLITTERS... ALL THAT DECEIVES... From Boston to small-town Maine to New York, they shared love affairs, friendships, and betrayals... Hillary Cox -- A successful writer, she could not escape her obsession for one man, and all the pain...



  • Phillip Depoy

    When a deranged young man, toting a gun and claiming to be a hundred years old, shows up at Fever Devilin's Blue Ridge Mountain cabin, the introspective folklorist offers him a seat...before calling his buddy, the sheriff. But the vagrant vanishes be...




  • Johnny Diaz

    SCORE It's not just a name--it's a frame of mind. Nestled amid peach and candy-pink Art Deco buildings, Score is the hottest gay bar in Miami's South Beach. And for friends Ray Martinez, Ted Williams, and Brian Anderson, there's no better way ...



  • Kate DiCamillo

    Can Mercy Watson outwit . . . Animal Control? The porcine wonder’s on the lam in her latest tongue-in-snout adventure! Eugenia and Baby Lincoln may live next door to a pig, but that doesn’t stop them from living a gracious life. And the amiable ...



  • Helenkay Dimon

    What's better than a man who's good with his hands? Try a trio of hard-bodied hunks who'll be happy to flip your house, your heart...and anything else you have in mind... This Old House Architect Cole Carruthers's mission is simple--visit his com...



  • Disney Book Group

    The Little Einsteins are going pumpkin picking at the neighborhood farm, when Rocket spots a gigantic pumpkin on his Look and Listen Scope. We've got a mission! Join the team as the find their way through a corn maze and solve the scarecrows riddle t...



  • Franklin W. Dixon

    ATAC Briefing for Agents Frank and Joe Hardy MISSION: To stay undercover on the Deprivation House reality show and discover who's behind the continued "accidents" before someone else turns up dead. LOCATION: A huge villa in Beverly Hills, CA. P...



  • Julia Donaldson

    The little fish Tiddler comes late to school every day, but always with an elaborate excuse that charms his classmates -- and annoys his teacher One day, as he's thinking up his next story, a net sweeps him up and hauls him far away. How will Tiddle...



  • Felicia Donovan

    The ladies at the Black Widow Agency are back, bringing justice to wronged women like themselves, with their trademark blend of computer forensics, surveillance technology, and women's intuition. In this sexy sequel, Katie, Alexandria, Jane, and ...



  • Paige Winship Dooly

    Tabitha will not quit. Tabitha Augustine and her famous archaeologist father are on the verge of their greatest find. As they compete to discover the first dinosaur fossil in Utah, Tabitha is determined to win. But sabotages and threats quicklysend m...



  • Doug Dorst

    A fresh, imaginative debut novel about a young police officer in northern California struggling to keep the peace?and maintain a grip on reality?in a town where the dead outnumber the living. Colma, California, is the only incorporated city in Ame...



  • Dianne Drake

    Dante has never shied away from a challenge, but winning Catherine back will be the greatest he's ever faced... Dr. Catherine Brannon knows her cool reserve will be tested by her new patient, surgeon-turned-racing-driver Dante Baldassare--her ex-f...



  • Jerry S. Drake

    In the sequel to The Gunfighter's Apprentice, former gunfighter Tom Patterson and his wife Betty are drawn into a scheme of assassination and avarice in 1880s California. Patterson seeks to find and warn the proposed victim of a failed murder attempt...



  • John Drake

    A swashbuckling triumph of storytelling, Flint and Silver provides a thrilling ride back to the rich and wondrous world of Long John Silver and his fiendish nemesis Joseph Flint in this prequel to the beloved classic Treasure Island. John Silver h...



  • Rachel Druten

    Will Becca find her true love at home? After the death of her mother, Rebecca Hostettler is determined to become a doctor - no easy task for a woman in the late 1890s. Peter Chaloupek, taken in and raised by the Hostettlers since age ten, wants nothi...



  • Phillip Thomas Duck

    From zero to hero What's cool at Eric Posey's high school? A player's swagger, a baller's style, and game enough to catch every girl. Unfortunately, Eric is seriously uncool--unlike his popular sister, Kenya, who sings like an angel. But forget th...



  • John Dufresne

    John Dufresne takes us to Requiem, Mass., heart of the Commonwealth, where Johnny's mom, Frances, is driving in the breakdown lane once again. She thinks Johnny and his little sister Audrey have been replaced by aliens; she's sure of it, and she's pr...



  • Doranna Durgin

    Steve Spaneas doesn't have a clue.Who'd have thought that the woman who stumbles her way into his gym, looking and acting so very much like a street person off her meds, is really a CIA case officer whose memory has been obliterated by experimental d...



  • M.M. Eboch

    Did you know that the man behind Hershey's chocolate used to work in an ice cream parlor? Or that he had to try over and over again to get his now-famous chocolate to taste as delicious as it does today? Milton Hershey's life wasn't always a bowl of ...



  • Peggy Ehrhart

    Blues-singer Maxx Maxwell is smart, talented, and gorgeous--at least since she had her nose fixed, went blonde, and bought a push-up bra. So what if she’s living in a scruffy apartment in Hackensack, New Jersey, and the waitress job she’s taken ...



  • Aaron Elkins

    Buried ceremoniously, high in a cave on the Rock of Gibraltar, lies the skeleton of a human woman, clutching the skeleton of a part-human, part-Neanderthal child. Fascinated, Professor Oliver jumps at the chance to visit the site. But two deaths, pos...



  • Ayana Ellis

    The perfect world Beatrice envisions is destroyed when her best friend, down-to-earth Toni, finds love with Kaseem, a successful investment banker whom Beatrice believes could help her maintain her high-flying lifestyle, and when one's disloyalty to ...



  • Loren D. Estleman

    Enter Valentino, a mild-mannered UCLA film archivist. In the surreal world of Hollywood filmdom, truth is often stranger than celluloid fiction. When Valentino buys a decrepit movie palace and uncovers a skeleton in the secret Prohibition basement, h...



  • Chris Evans

    We do not fear the flame, though it burns us, We do not fear the fire, though it consumes us, And we do not fear its light, Though it reveals the darkness of our souls, For therein lies our power. -- Blood Oath of the Iron Elves First in a st...



  • Tabor Evans

    The four sultry daughters of Howard Diamond have declared war on the citizens of Snakehead Gap, Colorado. But when Longarm goes undercover to stop them, the warm welcome he gets from the sisters isn?t shared by the gunmen they employ....



  • Chris Fabry

    Small towns have long memories, and the people of Dogwood, West Virginia, will never forgive Will Hatfield for what happened. Still he returns, intent on pursuing the only woman he has ever loved -- only to find there is far more standing in his way ...



  • Terri Farley

    Darby doesn't understand how her mother, who grew up on Wild Horse Island, ever could have left. Now that Ellen Carter has come back to the island to visit, Darby hopes her mom won't want to leave again.

    But Darby's grandfather and mother ca...



  • Greg Farshtey

    The heat is on . . .Separated from their fellow Toa, Tahu Nuva, Gali Nuva, and Onua Nuva enter a swamp to search for the Mask of Life. They must find it if they are to begin the process of awakening the Great Spirit Mata Nui. If they fail, death and ...



  • Cherie Feather

    Timeless Love. Erotic Seduction. Museum director Mandy Cooper has always been obsessed with nineteenth-century artist Catherine Burke -- and the artist's erotically charged relationship with Atacar, her enthralling American Indian lover. But Mandy's...



  • Marie Ferrarella

    A PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING ROMANCE Miranda Shaw's world shattered the instant her star pitcher father was accused of cheating--and her family was destroyed forever. Decades later, the last thing she needed was some sportswriter digging into their bu...



  • Lucy Finn

    Sometimes love needs a touch of magic.... Once voted the girl most likely to succeed, Hildy Caldwell is now in a big rut. She has let her world get very small: a fixer-upper house in rural Pennsylvania, two cats, and a ho-hum job. As for love? Nobod...



  • Steve Fisher

    THEY BACKED THE WORLD'S GREATEST GAMBLER TO BRING DOWN AN HONEST MAN Joe Martin ran the biggest independent casino on the Las Vegas strip--and the Syndicate wanted him out. So they brought in Bello, the most famous gambler in the world, to challen...



  • Eric Flint

    The online magazine, Jim Baen's Universe, now in its second successful year, and fans of science fiction and fantasy agree that it's the place on the internet to find great reading by both top-selling established writers and talented new arrivals. On...



  • Kate Forsyth

    Emilia Finch and her cousin Luka are gypsies. They live a strongly traditional life, rich with story, music, dance, and magic, governed by the laws of the clan and the ways of the road. To the repressive Puritanical government of 17th century E...



  • Delores Fossen

    SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL HEIRESS WITH AMNESIA, AND ONLY ONE TEXAS RANGER COULD KEEP HER SAFE...FROM EVERYONE BUT HIMSELF. It was just a day's work for Texas Ranger Egan Caldwell. Except this time, the victim of the crime was rich, beautiful heiress Carol...



  • Nicole Foster

    "DARLIN', I'M NOT THE SETTLIN' DOWN TYPE." Eliana Tamar knew nothing could ever come of her secret crush on Josh Garrett. The restless rancher's son was more interested in this bull-riding career than in getting married and raising a family. Until h...



  • Therese Fowler

    Blue Reynolds, celebrity talk show host and queen of daytime television, appears to have it all. But no one knows the secret she has harbored for the last twenty years -- a secret that could destroy her image, her reputation, and her career. A week i...



  • June Francis

    Driven from her home by accusations of witchcraft, Lady Anna Fenwick embarks on a dangerous quest. Her reluctant protector is darkly brooding Jack Milburn, a merchant venturer with a shadowed past. Jack exists only to exact his revenge on the man ...



  • Judith E. French

    Human monsters. They torture and terrify, then terminate innocent lives. For pleasure. And always there is a pattern, a signature that sets their crimes apart. Agent Jillian Maxwell is sure she's identified one of the worst ever. Twenty-three uns...



  • Tana French

    Six months after a particularly nasty case, Detective Cassie Maddox has transferred out of Dublin's Murder squad and has no plans to go back. That is, until an urgent telephone call summons her to a grisly crime scene. It's only when she sees the bo...



  • Vivian French

    The sorceress Lady Lamorna wants a skull-studded gown of deep black velvet but finds her treasure chest empty of gold. That doesn’t stop her from kidnapping, blackmailing, and using more than a little magic to get what she needs. Will all her best-...



  • C.S. Friedman

    At the end of her bestselling Coldfire trilogy, C.S. Friedman challenged readers to imagine what a world would be like if sorcery required the ultimate sacrifice...that of life itself. Now, in the Magister trilogy, she introduces us to a terrifying w...



  • Kairi Fujiyama

    DARK BETRAYAL

    Issa is a powerful warrior who is sworn to protect his city against Dracules"deadly, virus-infected monsters. But now someone is smuggling them into the city"and the culprit may be one of Issa’s colleagues. To capture the v...



  • Alice Fulton

    Set in Troy, New York, this linked collection follows a quirky and resilient family of women throughout the twentieth century. In 1908, Mamie Garrahan faces childbirth aided by her arsenic-eating sister-in-law Kitty, a nun who grows opium poppies,...



  • Kristin Gabriel

    Veterinarian Carter Phillips wants answers. The scandal surrounding his employer's prizewinning horse has left Carter unable to clear Quest Stables' name...or his own. But then Carter spies an exquisite painting of an unknown horse that could finally...



  • Michelle Gagnon

    On the trail of a serial killer, the path splits in two... FBI special agent Kelly Jones has worked on many disturbing cases in her career, but nothing like this. A mass grave site unearthed on the Appalachian Trail puts Kelly at the head of an in...



  • Yasmine Galenorn

    We're the D'Artigo sisters: savvy -- and sexy -- operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. But being half-human, half-Fae short-circuits our talents at all the wrong times. My sister Delilah shapeshifts into a tabby cat whenever she's stress...



  • Meg Gardiner

    A flamboyant fashion designer burns to death, clutching the body of his murdered lover.... A U.S. attorney launches her BMW off a highway overpass, killing herself and three others.... A football superstar jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge.... ...



  • Lisa Gardner

    Come into my parlor . . . For FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy it starts with a pregnant hooker. The story Delilah Rose tells Kimberly is too horrifying to be true. But prostitutes are disappearing, leaving behind no bodies and no explanations -- ...



  • Olivia Gates

    Seduced For A Kingdom! The future of Judar rests with Farah Beaumont, a foreigner who wants nothing to do with her heritage. And to secure his country's peace, prince Shehab Aal Masood must make her his bride--by any means necessary. Hiding ...



  • P.L. Gaus / Paul L. Gaus

    Book 6 of the Amish-Country Mysteries

    Enos Erb, an Amish man, claims that his brother,-benny,-a dwarf like himself- has been murdered. Upon investigation, links to a controversial genetics study examining the effects of inbreeding within the A...



  • Michael Genelin

    Jana Matinova entered the Czechoslovak police force as a young woman, married an actor, and became a mother. The regime destroyed her husband, their love for one another, and her daughter's respect for her. But she has never stopped being a seeker of...



  • Catherine George

    He'll make her his -- for business and pleasure! Alex Merrick is rich, handsome and one of the most successful property developers in the country. But to Sarah Carver the arrogant multimillionaire is her worst enemy: his business destroyed her...



  • Cindy Gerard
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    Assistant D.A. Elena Martinez never wanted to fall for police detective Seth King. When they are teamed up on a charity hike in the Grand Canyon, however, their chemistry sizzles under the desert sun. But a vengeful drug lord is determined not to let...



  • Brent Ghelfi

    An international cabal drives Volk back to blood-soaked Chechnya, where he confronts an old nemesis and reunites with his lost love in this gripping sequel to the acclaimed series debut The headquarters of an American oil company hemorrhages chemi...



  • Dara Girard

    Mary was a little lamb... Mary Reyland was fed up with being taken for granted, and ready to step on a few toes--while wearing a pair of sexy black fishnets to her next client meeting.... Till she discovered her inner vixen! Edmund Davis enj...



  • Victor Gischler

    Mortimer Tate was a recently divorced insurance salesman when he holed up in a cave on top of a mountain in Tennessee and rode out the end of the world. Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse begins nine years later, when he emerges into a bizarre landscape f...



  • Lee Goldberg

    Adrian Monk is on a roll -- solving murders as fast as they come, and not counting his Wheat Chex until they're in the bowl. But when his therapist leaves for a conference in Germany, Monk can't tie his shoes, forgets how to swallow, and loses track ...



  • Golden Books

    JUNIOR ASPARAGUS IS in a pickle! After he breaks his dad’s favorite bowling plate, a strange creature named Fib shows up and convinces him to lie about it. Junior is happy that his dad doesn’t punish him, but now Fib seems to be growing! Before l...



  • Christopher Golden

    SAMMI, TQ, CARYN, Letty, and Katsuko are floaters. None of them fits in with any particular group at Covington High School--except each other. One night, to cement their bond, the girls decide to get matching, unique tattoos. But when Sammi backs out...



  • Linda Goodnight

    Millionaire on her doorstep! Single mom Natalie juggles creating fantastic cakes for the Wedding Belles with raising her troublesome twins. But her hard--won independence means she won't be decorating her own cake anytime soon.... Cooper Sulliv...



  • Dolores Gordon-Smith

    It's the height of summer, 1923. At a ball in Sussex, former Royal Flying Corps pilot Jack Haldean investigates an apparent suicide, but everything is thrown into chaos when a group of Russian revolutionaries becomes involved in the affair. In a case...



  • Deborah Grabien

    The last thing the members of Hall of Fame rock & roll band Blacklight need to hear is that ruthless tabloid biographer Perry Dillon is planning a tell-all history of their group. The issue hits hardest for English ex-pat guitarist JP Kinkaid; with h...



  • Keir Graff

    For God and country or simply for God? The United States is holding an election, and control of the country may be determined by a single seat in the Buckle of the Bible Belt: Tulsa, Oklahoma ... In Tulsa, recovering methamphetamine addict Seth Steve...



  • Abby Green

    The Italian's forced mistress When Alicia turns up at Dante D'Aquanni's Italian villa claiming he's responsible for her sister's pregnancy, he's furious. He knows her type--and he'll make her pay! When it turns out D...