Books Published in June 1997

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BEST REVIEWED BOOKS — JUNE 1997

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New Books List: 589 titles

  • Beware the Butcher Bird

    Lydia Adamson

    In the second novel in the Lucy Wayles series, the ornithusiast and her quirky cohort of bird-watchers witness the death of a famous field guide illustrator over a dinner in his honor and must nab a cagey criminal. Original....

  • Magic Money

    David A. Adler

    Something strange is happening at the mall! Can Herman "Houdini" Foster--a ten-year-old magician and near-genius--and his cousin, Janet crack the case? Young mystery mavens and aspiring magicians won't be able to put down this easy-to-read, hard-to-s...

  • Tangled June

    Neil Albert

    Philadelphia shamus Dave Garrett gets a chance to exercise his practiced sensitivity on himself when his office assistant, Lisa Wilson, digs far enough into his past to figure out that he's not who he thinks he is; certainly he's not his mother Barba...

  • It's a Breeze!

    Liza Alexander

  • Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror

    Steve Alten

    MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror is the book that launched New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten's franchise and inspired an international blockbuster starring Jason Statham.Seven years ago and seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, D...

  • Mother Nature

    Sarah Andrews

    GEOLOGIST EM HANSEN DIGS INTO GREED, DECEPTION, MURDER...AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS Looking to distract herself from the grief she feels over her father's recent death, geologist Em Hansen agrees to investigate the rocky murder of fellow geologis...

  • The Gaia Websters

    Kim Antieau

    In her quest to save her post-apocalyptic Arizona community from an epidemic, a woman with supernatural healing powers discovers that the only cure may lie in her shadowy past and the ghosts that prowl her dreams...

  • A Legacy of Vengeance

    John Armistead

    In an explosion of madness, the years of peace between the black and white communities of the Mississippi hill country are shattered. Four men--a preacher, a lawyer, an auto mechanic, and an insurance salesman--have been killed by someone who drives ...

  • Patrick Doyle is Full of Blarney

    Jennifer Armstrong

    In the first of Jennifer Armstrong's Fourth of July series of historical chapter books, it's 1915 and everyone is wild about baseball--especially nine-year-old Patrick, an Irish kid living in the tough Hell's Kitchen section of New York City. Patrick...

  • Drew and the Homeboy Question

    Robb Armstrong

    Drew wins a scholarship to Deerwood Hills, an exclusive, all-white school, and soon faces new challenges in dealing with his new environment as well as with his "homeboys" in his neighborhood. Simultaneous....

  • A Rage in Paradise

    Ralph Arnote

    A Rage in Paradise is a gritty look at America's last bastion of safety--the suburbs--where Mr. and Mrs. Joe Average raise their kids and lead lives of tranquility, far from the crime and depravities that the big cities breed these days.But are they ...

  • The Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories

    Michael Ashley

    Journey to an alternate world of mutant earthlings and aliens from the farthest reaches of the galaxy in this gripping collection by the boldest and most renowned authors in science fiction--Piers Anthony, Arthur C. Clarke, William Temple, Mike Ashle...

  • The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories

    Mike Ashley

    This exciting collection takes readers on a journey through the labyrinthine corridors of the imagination. Filled with magical spells, fire-breathing dragons, and intrepid heroes, these classics of children's literature include stories by such author...

  • Project Farcry

    Pauline Ashwell

  • Project Maldon

    Chris Atack

    With religious fanaticism on the rise and civilization crumbling, the world's only hope is Helen, Project Maldon's artificial intelligence, but the computer's increasingly unusual directives are triggering social unrest, murder, and civil war. Origin...

  • The Determined Virgin

    Elizabeth August

    FROM VIRGIN BRIDE TO VIRGIN WIFE? Newlyweds Garth and Hesper Lawton had agreed not to consummate their marriage of convenience. But as the groom fought his feelings and desire for his sweet, innocent bride, he grumpily realized she intended to rem...

  • Paul Auster's New York

    Paul Auster

  • Exile to Hell

    James Axler

    Two centuries after a nuclear holocaust had nearly destroyed America, banished warrior Kane joins forces with Brigid Baptiste, keeper of the archives, and Grant, a weapons specialist, to seek out the mysteries of the past and uncover clues to humanki...

  • The Tycoon's Tots

    Stella Bagwell

    When Houston oil tycoon Wyatt Sanders got the belated letter from his sister Belinda, telling him that she'd had twins that she couldn't raise because she was in prison, he was devastated. He further learned that she'd married a man old enough to be ...

  • Her Secret

    Jennifer Baker

  • His Secret

    Jennifer Baker

    In a romance told from the male point of view, Jake Barnes is delighted to have his girlfriend, Drew Blakely, home again after a year in England, but he soon discovers that he is falling in love with Drew's younger sister, Tina...

  • Selby Speaks

    Duncan Ball

  • Disney's Hercules

    Elizabeth Balzer

  • A Dedicated Scoundrel

    Anne Barbour

    The Seductive Mr. Smith Catherine Meade swiftly sensed she could not trust the stranger who rudely thrust himself into her home and into, her life. He was roughly dressed, but spoke in the accents of an aristocrat. He knew all there was to know of...

  • John Wayne

    Dan Barden

    In this immensely captivating and imaginative novel, perfectly set at the intersection of fact and fiction, Dan Barden superimposes the story of John Wayne on the story of the Bardens, a family very much like his own. Frank Barden, Wayne's contractor...

  • Bad Eye Blues

    Neal Barrett Jr.

    Dinner with gorgeous aeronautical engineer Claire de Mer holds the promise of heavenly bliss for Wiley Moss--until two manic mobsters toss him on a cross-country bus and shuffle him off to Idaho. Hey, no big deal. All Vinnie "Spuds" DeMarco wants fro...

  • Beside a Dreamswept Sea

    Victoria Barrett

    Welcome to the third book of The Seascape Trilogy, three mystical romance-mystery novels by bestselling author Vicki Hinze. New love isn't on the agenda for widower Bryce Richards, who comes to the peaceful Seascape Inn with his three children, hopin...

  • A Child of Her Own

    Beverly Barton

    HE HAD THE ONE THING SHE WANTED .... Lori Lee Guy had always longed to be someone's mommy--and she had never imagined wild and wicked Rick Warrick as anyone's daddy. But here she was, childless. And here he was, still sinfully sexy ...and single-h...

  • Alison's Puppy

    Marion Dane Bauer

    Regardless of what her family says, Alison is absolutely sure she wants a puppy for her birthday and reminds them over and over that is all she wants, but when her Grandpa brings her his gift, Alison decides that she is absolutely sure that all she e...

  • A Death in Victory

    Gregory Bean

    Appearing in his third Wyoming mystery, Sheriff Starbranch is drawn into a murder investigation to try and clear the name of his best friend and finds himself untangling a web of criminal activity that puts him in the path of Junior Stone, a hardened...

  • Stop Being Mean to Yourself

    Melody Beattie

    Travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic don't have to keep you stuck--neither physically nor spiritually. This book invites us to encounter the world through the eyes of an amazing author, and explore the even larger realm of love and ...

  • At Gehenna's Door

    Peter Beere

    Lost and cold, Caroline and her friends stumble upon an old house hidden in the mists on the moor. It is called Gehenna - place of torment. It doesn't look very inviting, and Franklin, the owner, is the stuff of nightmares. But it's not as though Geh...

  • Biggie and the Mangled Mortician

    Nancy Bell

    BIGGIE IS BACK... Fresh from her acclaimed debut in Biggie and the Poisoned Politician, Lone Star state grandma Biggie Weatherford is set to unravel another down-home mystery. ...AND MURDER TAKES CENTER STAGE This time out, as her twelve-year-ol...

  • The Power of Women

    Guy Bellamy

    Sam Dawson and Tim Bonner dream of becoming millionaires, but cannot put their plans into action, or even hold down nine-to-five jobs. Their wives have had enough. With the support of several other wives, they rouse enough energy to move mountains, s...

  • Daddy by Default

    Nikki Benjamin

    THE SECRET Gabriel Serrano had spent years trying to recover from the sins of the past. He lived quietly, raising his son, Brian -- until a mysterious woman appeared on his doorstep. Suddenly history came tumbling back -- and threatened to bury Ga...

  • Sunset Forever

    Cherie Bennett

    In the conclusion of the Sunset Island series, Carrie, Emma, Sam, and the rest of their friends face the end of a fun-filled and eventful summer as they prepare to pursue their individual dreams and goals, forever changed by their summer on Sunset Is...

  • Trash

    Cherie Bennett; Jeff Gottesfeld

    Chelsea Jennings can't believe she's involved with this out-of-control show. She is just so...well, ordinary! A valedictorian from Tennessee who spent her free time working retail is now surrounded by stylish, well-traveled, sophisticated people...Ho...

  • Love, Lies, Video

    Cherie Bennett; Jeff Gottesfeld

    Karma Kushner has always felt different -- even in her own family. This self-made stockbroker genius and fashionista was adopted from Korea by two granola munching, ex-hippie parents. And she is so over being categorized as "the cute Asian girl"... N...

  • Till the End of Time

    Patti Berg

    Tired of the endless sell-outs, Elizabeth Fitzgerald kisses L.A. goodbye to follow her dream to the American heartland. But how was she to know that old hotel she purchased sight unseen in Sapphire, Montana, was not only a crumbling ruin...but was ha...

  • The Wrath of Poseidon

    John Gregory Betancourt

    When Poseidon, the god of the seas, threatens to destroy Troy with a terrible sea creature, Hercules shows up on the scene, determined to slay the creature and save the beautiful Princess Almacea. Original....

  • An Ideal Marriage?

    Helen Bianchin

    The trophy wife When Gabbi married Benedict Nicols, it was the wedding of the decade, uniting two prominent, wealthy families. To the outside world, it seemed the perfect match. No one would guess Gabbi's secret heartache: that she loved her h...

  • Wild Serenade

    Lisa Bingham

    Although she hasn't a whit of experience, Patience Pedigue is sure she can be a good governess. She knows Latin, is very neat, and is extremely proper. When she arrives at Miss Bodrill's School for Young Ladies, she feels ready to meet her ...

  • Runner-Up Bride

    Lisa Bingham

    The Fiancee Test How does the bride-to-be react to: - the gift of a very-well-endowed fertility god? - the fact that the groom's best man is a FEMALE? - the stripper at the bridal shower? This is what adventurous, unconventional Riley Pa...

  • Loving Mariah

    Beverly Bird

    FAMILY FOUND After years of desperate searching, Adam Wallace had finally discovered his kidnapped son living in the Pennsylvania Dutch heartland. But before Adam could reclaim his child, he had to prove his worth to lovely schoolteacher Mariah Fi...

  • Intrigue at the Rafter B Ranch

    Stephen A. Bly

    Cody, Feather, Jeremiah, and Larry have other reasons for calling their 3-on-3 summer basketball league team The Lewis and Clark Squad. But considering the crazy situations they get into, they might as well have named themselves after the famous adve...

  • The Game of Love

    Carol Bogolin

    THREE STRIKES AND YOU'RE IN LOVE... Robin Holkowski had a lot to prove -- that she could still be a woman and a top player on the formerly all-male Alabama Satellites baseball team. The Satellites were just a step below the major leagues, and Rob...

  • Terminal Velocity

    Blanche Mccrary Boyd

    "In 1970 I realized that the Sixties were passing me by. I had never even smoked a joint, or slept with anyone besides my husband. A year later I had left Nicky, changed my name from Ellen to Rain, and moved to a radical lesbian commune in California...

  • Power of a Woman

    Barbara Taylor Bradford

    No Matter How Much a Woman Has, There's Always too Much to Lose Stephanie Jardine is at the apex of her career and life running the American branch of Jardine's, the prestigious Crown Jewellers of London. A young widow, she has three grown sons ...

  • Lady of Avalon

    Marion Zimmer Bradley

    Journey to a time before King Arthur in this prequel to The Mists of Avalon -- a spellbinding story of three remarkable women who alter the fortunes of Roman Britain as they fight to reclaim the magic and traditions of a once glorious past.   Ca...

  • Free Range Lanning

    Max Brand

  • Glory Seekers

    Rebecca Brandewyne

    On a sultry midsummer's night, while a full moon bathed the hazy Gulf Coast, a riptide was forming...pulling all caught in its path into the fury of the foaming sea. The noble Hampton family, with its legacy of sin and scandal, suffers the ultima...

  • His Touch

    Lee Brandon

    REAP THE WILD DESIRE New Yorker Megan Ashwood had come home to her roots. .. back to the farm where her mother was raised. Her dreams of happiness had died with her husband's fatal accident; her hopes now lay in the green fields of Virginia where ...

  • Healing Hearts

    Leslie Brannen

    Though Maddy Sullivan wasn't a medical doctor, her herbal remedies and bedside manner made her invaluable to the people--and animals--of Little Falls, Missouri. But her notorious temper, as fiery as the mass of red curls upon her head, scared most me...

  • The Gamblers

    Matt Braun

    They towered over the frontier: men like Hickok, Custer, Cody, and Earp. From Tombstone to Abilene, on a sprawling, rugged frontier, they forged a life by their cunning and courage. And between these gambling men--some who lost and some who won--was ...

  • Stand-In Groom

    Suzanne Brockmann

    He was tall, dark and just dangerous enough to be a woman's dream come true... Did heroes always come this big and sexy? Chelsea Spencer wondered as Johnny Anziano tackled the muggers who'd stolen her purse! She wasn't used to being rescued, at le...

  • Second Marriage

    Helen Brooks

    The second Mrs. Bellini Claire would make some man the perfect wife--everyone said so. But after being jilted by her fiance, she wasn't sure she believed in love anymore. Until she saw her best friend reunited with the husband she thought she&...

  • Husband By Contract

    Helen Brooks

    The jealous husband! For Donato Vittoria, marriage was a lifetime commitment. He'd chosen Grace as his bride, and he would cherish her forever. Or so Grace had believed.... Until she'd discovered Donato's betrayal--with Maria, a bea...

  • Pharaoh's Tomb

    Sigmund Brouwer

    In a future world divided into the privileged Technocrats and the poor Plebots, Mok is taken from the slums of Old Newyork by the Committee to be part of an experiment in which the first test of his faith comes in ancient Egypt...

  • Knight's Honor

    Sigmund Brouwer

  • Roar in the Night

    Brian Brown

  • Fatal Terrain

    Dale Brown

    The People's Republic of China has launched a terrifying attack against Taiwan. Cold. Swift. Deadly. The U.S. isn't willing to stand by and watch, but when they come to Taiwan's aid, they're dealt an unexpected blow from Chinese forces. It looks like...

  • Fat Tuesday

    Sandra Brown

    It's the day of sin, when sexuality explodes on the streets and no one is who they seem. For a cop turned outlaw, and for a beautiful woman held captive in a loveless marriage, New Orleans's Mardi Gras will offer them their last chance for freedom--a...

  • Summer Horse

    Bonnie Bryant

    In the first of two companion mystery novels, the girls of The Saddle Club go to one of their favorite places--Moose Hill Summer Camp. This time they're staying for an entire month!Right away, the girls start to wonder if their dream summer won't be ...

  • Summer Rider

    Bonnie Bryant

    In the second of two companion mystery novels, the action at Moose Hill Summer Camp continues. The Saddle Club girls are happy when Lisa gets moved into the same cabin as Stevie and Carole. They're thrilled that Stevie and her boyfriend aren't arguin...

  • Margin of Error

    Edna Buchanan

    In Margin of Error, Britt Montero--the tough-as-nails police beat reporter--finds herself attached to a major Hollywood star about to film an action movie in Miami. The character he portrays brings him into the newsroom, and into Britt's life, to res...

  • Women at War

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    A collection of original military science-fiction stories written by women ranges from the horrors of contemporary Bosnia, to high-tech peacekeepers in the distant future, to female mercenaries seeking war. Reprint....

  • Beloved Heart

    Mallory Burgess

    Tired of being confined by propriety to lady-like subjects, artist Callie Wingate, the daughter of an Oxford professor, finds new inspiration in the wilderness of Scotland and passion in the arms of a mysterious stranger. n a medieval land of pom...

  • State of the Union

    David Callahan

    Lt. Zachary Turzin, former Special Forces commando and a decorated veteran of the Gulf War, has just accepted a top-level position inside the Pentagon. But he faces his most dangerous battle when he uncovers shocking evidence of a shadow government w...

  • Isabella's Rake

    June Calvin

    An Improper Passion Isabella Eardley's only passion was for painting -- to the dismay and despair of her noble father and mother. Instead of seeking to make her mark in the marriage mart as every proper young lady should, the only mark Isabell...

  • Early in the Morning

    Stella Cameron
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    A frustrated librarian is determined to drive her scholarly fiance wild with desire before the wedding, but she may need some heavenly help to ignite the passion of a man afraid of being burned....

  • Dear Stranger

    Stella Cameron

    The Curious Innocent The last thing Lily Adler wanted to do was marry a man just for the sake of convention. Yet she wasn't completely immune to the charms of the opposite sex. With scholarly intentions, Lily set out to study the "male mysteries."...

  • Arabian Challenge

    Joanna Campbell

    Will Cindy win her biggest race as a jockey? For as long as she can remember, Cindy McLean has longed to ride a Thoroughbred in a world-class race. And now that she's sixteen, Cindy's dream is finally coming true. She'll ride Wonder's Champion, th...

  • Nazareth Hill

    Ramsey Campbell

    The emotional turmoil of a teenage girl's adolescence is matched by her father's midlife crisis, and it becomes clear that this battle is only one stage in a centuries-old war between authority and rebellion, innocence and suspicion. Reprint....

  • King Con

    Stephen J. Cannell

    King Con vs. The Don Raised in a world of flimflams, come-ons and con-jobs, Beano Bates has done so well he's earned a spot on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. But his lucky streak vanishes after a card game in which he scams a cool eighty grand fr...

  • Starfleet Academy

    Diane Carey

  • The Fine Art of Loving

    Ruth Carr

  • Stolen Bride

    Sally Carr

    Bride on the run... Standing in front of the altar, bouquet in hand, Cara Gambini realized she didn't love Luca Finzi and certainly didn't want to marry him. Fortunately for her, a charming, all-American hero. Finn Cormac, walked into ...

  • Megan

    Marisa Carroll

    A golden wedding usually means a family celebration. But the Hardaway sisters drifted apart years ago. And each has her own reason for not wanting any part of a family reunion. As plans for the party proceed, tensions mount, until it even begins ...

  • Soft Beats My Heart

    Aleesha Carter

    As his wife Coral lay dying, Solon Turner promised he would never love anyone but her. Three years later, he still believes a promise is a promise, despite the attentions of his son's very attractive school counselor, Miss Sadie Burke. Solon doesnt' ...

  • Rhode Island Red

    Charlotte Carter

    A New York Times Best Crime Novel of the YearThe first book in the Nanette Hayes Mystery series introduces us to jazz-loving, street busker Nanette, whose love life leads her into some very hot water.Nan’s day is not off to a good start. Her on-aga...

  • A Big Trip for the Morrisons

    Penny Carter

    The finicky Morrison family embarks on a whirlwind trip around the globe, yet only the youngest member of the clan, little Albert, appreciates the wonders of Russia, Egypt, China, and other faraway places....

  • Disney's Hercules: The Heart of a Hero

    Michael Caughill

    Megara can't help falling in love with Hercules. Their tale of love and adventure comes alive with exciting character voices and entertaining activities. Stripped of his godhood as a baby, Hercules must prove himself a hero to return to his true home...

  • Steel Ashes

    Karen Rose Cercone

    In 1905 Pittsburgh, the burning of a run-down tenement--and the resultant deaths of two poor immigrants--barely made the evening papers. But there were two courageous figures who refused to let these murders go unsolved. One was Milo Kachigan, a dete...

  • Puppy Love

    Ginger Chambers

    Puppy love was a thing of the past. Now Roger wanted the real thing. A May/December romance is out of the question for Gracie Lawson. Apart from the age thing, she's not looking to settle down with anyone; she's just starting to spread her...

  • You Are Spider-Man VS. the Incredible Hulk

    Richie Chevat

  • X-Men: From the Ashes

    Chris Claremont

    Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #168-176. Is the Phoenix rising again? Chris Claremont and Paul Smith's classic UNCANNY X-MEN arc puts the team through major changes - and a test of faith! It's the start of a beautiful friendship between Kitty Pryde an...

  • Drum Warning

    Jo Clayton; Kevin Andrew Murphy

    The author of the best-selling Diadem series presents the first novel in a series involving two worlds that magically conjoin once in each a generation and the good and evil wizards who move between them. Reprint....

  • Music Time, Any Time

    Andrew Clements

  • Queen of the May

    Denee Cody

    IN A TIME OF TREACHEROUS RULERS AND INTREPID OUTLAWS... She lives among the outlaws of Sherwood forest, a beauty as ethereal and fathomless as the Wildwood itself. Yet not even her faithful friends Robyn and Marian can shield Giselle from the hars...

  • Student Exchange

    M.T. Coffin

    James becomes convinced that something odd is going on at Westview Elementary School, wondering why Marilyn, a new girl, is wearing a strange pendant, and sets out to investigate when a classmate disappears and a mysterious boy turns up wearing the s...

  • Hollywood Dinosaur

    Daniel Cohen

    Two hundred and fifty million years ago, dinosaurs first appeared on earth. Eighty years ago, they began starring in movies. From The Lost World movie of 1925 to The Lost World, sequel to Jurassic Park, of 1997, readers meet these famous dinosaurs up...

  • Wizard of the Winds

    Allan Cole

    Enter the intriguing realm of a provocative new fantasy series inspired by The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam! Kng of kings, lord over men and demons alike. Only one ruler had ever held that title, and now Iraj Protarus, an orphaned prince exiled to a s...

  • Desert Manhunt

    Judd Cole

    When Big Tree, a knife-throwing Comanche, kills his beloved wife, Honey Eater, while trying to murder him, Touch the Sky sets out to bring his enemy to justice, embarking on a vengeful quest that only he or Big Tree will survive. Original....

  • Binding Force

    Loren L. Coleman

    BLOOD, STEEL, AND HONOR Aris Sung is a rising young star in House Hiritsu, noblest of the Warrior Houses that have sworn allegiance to the Capellan Confederation. The Sarna Supremacy, a newly formed power in the Chaos March, is giving the Confeder...

  • A Touch of Love

    Phoebe Conn

    THROUGH A WOMAN'S EYES... Though her bestselling motivational books had helped thousands of people achieve their personal best, Aubrey Glenn never claimed to possess psychic powers. Until ex-rodeo rider Jesse Barrett insisted that she use her intuit...

  • 82nd Airborne

    Jack Conner

  • Marvel/DC Crossover Classics, Volume 1

    Gerry Conway

    DC Comics and Marvel Comics join forces and let their legendary charaters interact and work together in a series featuring such familiar favorites as Batman, the Silver Surfer, Captain America, and Superman....

  • Man's Best Friend

    Nina Coombs

    Jenny Carruthers hadn’t expected to adopt a furry pet like Fido. But Fido had plans for her, and when Brad Ferris, handsome photographer, came into her life, Fido realized that Brad was perfect for his human. If only Jenny would realize it… But h...

  • Home Again, Home Again

    Susan Rogers Cooper

    WHAT HAPPENED TO WILLIS? E. J. and Willis Pugh aren't one of the more ordinary married couples in Black Cat Ridge, Texas. E. J. writes romance novels, Willis washes the dishes. Willis works on the cars, E. J. solves local homicides. But the latest...

  • Sherri's Perfect Day

    Zoe Cooper

    Sherri and her fiance+a7 Marc know exactly what kind of wedding they want--a simple, fun ceremony at the beach--but their two sets of parents have their own ideas about the "perfect" wedding, creative notions that soon turn into the "War of the Mothe...

  • The Maze

    Catherine Coulter

    Dear Reader, Remember Dillon Savich from The Cove? He's back and he's now the head of the FBI's Criminal Apprehension Unit (CAU), where Dillon has developed predictive analogue programs to aid in the capture of serial killers. Enter Lacey Sherl...

  • The Venture

    Jeff Cox

    Downsized by upper management, Michael DiGabriel finds himself out of a job and sets out to start his own company, overcoming obstacles ranging from poor cash flow and competition to marital strain to make a success of his new endeavor...

  • A Deadly Vineyard Holiday

    Philip R. Craig

    HELL TO THE CHIEF At first, the girl J. W. Jackson encounters strolling alone along South Beach seems like your typical teenager. But there's nothing typical about young Cricket Callahan, the spirited only daughter of the vacationing President of ...

  • Einstein's Bridge

    John Cramer

    In a newborn twenty-first century, tunnels through space-time have connected our planet with hitherto unimagined alternate universes. After many years, the genius minds working at the SSC project have reached out into the vast cosmos to achieve their...

  • Little Sea Pony

    Helen Cresswell

    When Molly's father, a fisherman, brings home a tiny pony from the sea, Molly is sure that the creature must be magic. Pure white, with hooves of gold, the pony is too special to keep in captivity, but the townspeople -- believing that the pony will ...

  • The Paradise Snare

    A.C. Crispin

    Before the Star Wars' movies, before the titanic battles that freed the galaxy from the iron grip of the Empire, here is the never-before-told story of the young Han Solo. In Book One of this exciting new trilogy, the famed rogue, con man, smuggler, ...

  • Shoot

    Jay Cronley

    Joe hires Tish, a beautiful hitwoman, to kill his wife Carolyn, and Carolyn hires hitman Danny to kill her husband Joe, but when neither of Joe or Carolyn are home the night of the designated killings, it seems like the two killers may find true love...

  • Lyon's Gift // Meghan

    Tanya Anne Crosby

    LYON'S PRIDE Piers de Montgomerie, known as "Lyon" for his fierceness in combat, accepts the challenge of the Scottish king, agreeing to quell a troublesome highland feud and to accept the disputed lands as payment But his battle skills are no mat...

  • The Baby Blizzard

    Caroline Cross

    THE GRUMP AND THE SPECIAL DELIVERY His motto was Don't Get Involved. So why had rancher Jack Sheridan helped a stranger deliver her baby during the worst blizzard in history? Now the newborn had him wrapped around her little finger. And her be...

  • So Hard to Forget

    Evelyn A. Crowe

    MAXIMILLIAN WARNER. TOUGH. CYNICAL. SUCCESSFUL. A partner in one of the country's top security and private investigation companies. Recently, Max has done something totally uncharacteristic. He's fallen in love with a client's daughter. S...

  • Leaning into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West

    Nancy Curtis

  • The Country Life

    Rachel Cusk

    A New York Times Notable Book of the YearWinner of the Somerset Maugham AwardThe Country Life, Rachel Cusk’s third novel, is a rich and subtle story about embarrassment, awkwardness, and being alone; about families, or the lack of them; and about l...

  • Guys and Dolls

    Natalie E. Daise

  • Zucchini Out West

    Barbara Dana

    Zucchini is Billy's pet and his best friend. When biologists at the ASPCA think that Zucchini is a rare black-footed ferret, Billy is in a quandary. He loves animals and does everything he can to help the ecology, but realizes that he can't keep an e...

  • Moonglow

    Peggy Darty

    AS A REPORTER, TRACY TRIED TO STAY DETACHED. BUT THIS STORY WOULD CHANGE HER LIFE FOREVER… TRACY KOSELL When Tracy goes to Atlanta, it isn’t to cover the Olympic Games. Instead, she’s there to report on the kidnapping of well-known social...

  • Silverthorne

    Wayne Davis

    Remaining neutral in the blood feud between the Howells and the Holloways, doctor Tal Silverthorne realizes that he will no longer be considered impartial when Rachel Howell begins flirting with him. Original....

  • The Bohemian Murders

    Dianne Day

    Forced to leave San Francisco after the devastating earthquake of 1906, Fremont (née Caroline) Jones follows her heart to the bohemian beach community of Carmel-by-the-Sea.  She is eager to be reunited with her elusive suitor, retired spym...

  • Man for the Morning

    Carole Dean

    LOVE IN ANY LANGUAGE Visiting Paris was a dream come true for single mother Lynn McDonald -- even if she was sightseeing all alone in the most romantic city in the world. After all, she was only there to experience the culture and the art. But w...

  • A Boy Named Phyllis

    Frank DeCaro

  • Time on My Hands

    Peter Delacorte

    While in Paris, Gabriel Prince, a somewhat jaded but charming writer of high-end travel guides, is offered the chance of a lifetime -- a trip through time. There's only one hitch: the left-wing owner of the time machine, quantum physicist Jasper Hudn...

  • Spider-Man Legends: Kraven's Last Hunt

    J.M. DeMatteis

    Collects Web of Spider-Man (1985) #31-32; Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #293-294; Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #131-132. DeMatteis and Zeck craft the ultimate tale of revenge in the latest in our series of graphic novels handpicked by ...

  • Firestorm

    Gene DeWeese

    Becoming the new apprentice to the Habitat Partner of Forest is very important to young Albert, but it seems like it will take forever. While doing another dull, jungle plant life survey with his Plateosarurus partner, Hightop, they hear disturbing n...

  • Texas Wildcat

    Adrienne DeWolfe

    Zack Rawlins didn't become the youngest president of the Bandera County Cattlemen's Association by backing down from a challenge. So when beautiful but hot-tempered sheepherder Bailey McShane barged into the cattlemen's saloon and accused them of ste...

  • I Dream of Murder

    Catherine Dexter

    Ten years after witnessing a murder, fourteen-year-old Jere Robison has a chance encounter with a strange man who makes him remember what happened, and he is helped in his investigation by attractive classmate Avery....

  • Innocent Blood

    Christopher Dickey

    He is the perfect terrorist.He's an all-American boy.Kurt Kurtovic is someone you might know -- and ought to fear.Kurt was a U.S. Army Ranger. Born and raised in Kansas, he was trained to kill for -- what? Once he might have said "for God and country...

  • The Sunken Road

    Garry Disher

    Anna's life is both theme and content of this novel. From her early years to her old age, each chapter reworks this theme. Anna's life has the flavour of melodrama but there are also truths about the nature of regret, the impact of mortality, the wor...

  • I Made Herc a Hero by Phil

    Walt Disney

    Hercules's friend, coach, mentor, and sidekick, Phil explains how he transformed Hercules from klutzy boy into hero material and helped him escape the evil wiles of Megara and Hades, in a humorous chapter book based on the new Disney animated film. O...

  • Hercules-Zero to Hero

    Walt Disney

    Relates the adventures of Hercules as he battles beasts and helps people in trouble. The reader can press the indicated spot on each page to answer questions, play activities, and hear characters speak....

  • Let's Go to the Vet

    Walt Disney

  • Let's Go to the Fire Station

    Walt Disney

  • Disney's Hercules: The Hero

    Walt Disney

    Hercules is transformed from bumbling mortal to ancient Greek hero as he takes on a host of evil villains, in a brightly illustrated, rhyming storybook that also features peel-off Hercules stickers. Movie tie-in....

  • The Church of Dead Girls

    Stephen Dobyns

    For decades, the faded, rural upstate New York village has lain dormant - until it is startlingly stirred to life when, one by one, three young girls vanish... Nightmares are turned into horrifying reality when their corpses are found, brutally mu...

  • Tiger, Tiger

    Robyn Donald

    Not only opposites attract! When Lecia first spotted Keane Paget, his presence burned like a shining beacon. He was handsome, certainly, and profoundly male, but the face that stared back at her was otherwise her own! Lecia was stunned...hypnot...

  • A Single Season

    Dorothea Donley

    A country Beauty becomes The Talk of the Town The daughter of an improverished country parson, Carolina Weldon keeps order among her younger siblings with a kind and generous spirit, and enjoys the simple pleasures of family life that no amount of m...

  • Arctic Fire

    Keith Douglass

    INVASION ALASKA The Cold War may be over, but in the Bering Sea, it's far from quiet on America's Western front. A Russian splinter group has captured the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. Rear Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder and Carrier ...

  • Undiscovered Hero

    Stephanie Doyle

    JUSTICE AND HONOR... These words made up Zach Montgomery's world. As an undercover DEA agent, he spent his life fighting wrong with right. But in one fateful moment he made a decision that would haunt him forever. FAITH AND HOPE... Teacher ...

  • To Dream in the City of Sorrows

    Kathryn M. Drennan

    THEY CALLED THEM THE FIRST. LINE OF DEFENSE. THEY CALLED THEM RANGERS. Ambassador to the alien world of Minbar, former Babylon 5 commander, Jeffrey Sinclair, is one of the first to learn the truth about the Shadows, the ancient race pursuing the des...

  • Speed 2: Cruise Control

    Cathy East Dubowski

    To Annie Porter, cruise control means finally being able to relax again on the highway. Little does she know, it also means terror on the high seas. It's sink or swim when a vengeful madman takes Annie, her boyfriend Alex, and hundreds of other innoc...

  • My Soul to Keep

    Tananarive Due

    "An eerie epic. I loved this novel." -- Stephen KingThe award-winning master of horror, acclaimed author, screenwriter, and scholar Tananarive Due’s classic African Immortals series starts with an electrifying piece of dark fantasy, My Soul to Keep...

  • Taming a Husband

    Elizabeth Duke

    The Australians: He's big, he's brash, he's brazen... he's Australian! Rebellious, bold and... a father! LEXIE has craved love and security since her unhappy childhood. She thought she'd found both when Jake Thorn took he...

  • Wild Dream

    Alice Duncan

    A hopeless romantic, Addie Blewitt dreams of southern heroes and brave knights as she works her farm and cares for her spinster aunt Ivy, but when Charley Wilde, a dashing artisan/thief spends time on her farm, he falls head over heels for innocent A...

  • Spy Sub

    Roger C. Dunham

    Spy Sub is the acclaimed story of the secret mission by the USS Viperfish to find a lost Soviet submarine armed with nuclear missiles in the great depths of the Pacific Ocean. This mission is still classified by the U.S. Department of Defense, nearly...

  • Talking to the Dead

    Helen Dunmore

    Praised by critics on both sides of the Atlantic for its elegant and sensuous prose, "Talking to the Dead" tells the story of two sisters whose lives are bound by the hidden and surprising truth about the long-ago death of their infant brother....

  • Love of Fat Men

    Helen Dunmore

    In this collection of short stories, the author takes the reader into a sensuous world of endless winters and midnight sun. As far apart as Finland, the Austrian Tyrol, and upstate New York, these stories come alive to the touch of estrangement, misu...

  • Operation: Baby

    Suzanne Dye

    BUNDLE OF JOY Lexie Barrett's plan of finding the right man to father her child isn't inconceivable. After all, she has only one minor condition: he has to be as handsome and intelligent as her ex-boyfriend Cameron Reed. And when Cameron himsel...

  • The Night Remembers

    Kathleen Eagle

    When Angela Prescott fled halfway across the country to escape her heartbreaking past, she expected to stand on her own, never dreaming she'd find a safe haven in the strong arms of a man like Jesse Brown Wolf. He helped her, protected her...and his ...

  • A Marriage Made in Joeville

    Anne Eames

    SCANDALOUS COWBOY! When Ryder Malone announced his plans to marry an older, frail-looking brothel owner with a fatherless little boy, Savannah Smith knew something wasn't right in Joeville, Montana. The bride-to-be aside, how had a sexy loner--lon...

  • The Truth About Cowboys

    Margot Early

    The Kay Ranch near Alta Colorado Erin MacKenzie considers herself a candidate for the Dumped by Cowboys Hall of Fame. Especially since she was stood up by rodeo cowboy Abe Cockburn, the father of her baby daughter, Maeve. And then there's anot...

  • White Fire

    Cassie Edwards

    SHE WANTED ONLY ONE MAN... Reshelle Russell, beautiful daughter of an elite army commander, was called Flame. She was red-haired and fiery in temperament, and her burning desire was for White Fire, a proud Indian warrior she had known from childhood...

  • Murder in a Cathedral

    Ruth Dudley Edwards

    "This blithe series puts itself on the side of the angels by merrily, and staunchly, subverting every tenet of political correctness." -- The IndependentFor many years Westonbury Cathedral has been dominated by a clique of High Church gays, so when N...

  • Distress

    Greg Egan

    IT IS 2055. THE WORLD IS FAR BETTER -- AND INFINITELY WORSE. Investigative reporter Andrew Worth turns down a documentary on a mysterious new mental illness--"Distress" or acute clinical anxiety syndrome, for another assignment. He's on his way ...

  • Warning Shot

    Clive Egleton

    Special Agent Peter Ashton faces a new enemy when an explosion rips through the English Bookshop in Berlin, and he must square off against the female leader of an Islamic fundamentalist movement who will stop at nothing to keep him from the truth...

  • All God's Children

    Thomas Eidson

    When a petty thief breaks into a poor seamstress's house to evade his capture, she decides to safeguard him from a lynching posse, but now the entire town against her and a crooked gang is out to drive off her land. Reprint....

  • Destiny In Disguise

    Suzanne Elizabeth

    When plain twentieth-century librarian Jane Baker dies accidentally, her spirit guide attempts to send her back to earth. Unfortunately he bungles it and transports her to the Wild West of 1890 instead --- and straight into the arms of a dangerously ...

  • Nowhere to Hide

    James Elliott

    Jack Kirby must protect Nicole Bass--a beautiful and intelligent model turned call-girl--after she witnesses a murder, and together they are plunged into a world of murder, deceit, and passion. Reprint....

  • Susan's Special Christmas

    Mason Ellis

  • Act of Sacrifice

    Roger Elwood

    Lord Cyril Fothergill is a marked man. And as he travels home to his beloved England, signs of a sinister betrayal abound. The reason for such treachery? Alive and well, Cyril knows too much . . . but if he is killed, no one, especially the British p...

  • The Dead Horse Paint Company

    Earl Emerson

    It is the stuff of infamy - a tragic event talked to death for years, with no resolution or end in sight. The fire at Dead Horse Paint Company, a huge barn of a store, was a nightmare come true. Lives lost, lives wrecked, Staircase Fire Chief Mac Fon...

  • Father-Daughter Disaster!

    Clayton Emery

    Alex Mack is upset when her father volunteers to chaperone the upcoming Father-Daughter Dance, until some tough kids from school threaten to ruin the dance, and Alex is forced to use her special powers to set things straight. Original....

  • Dance to the Sun

    William Esrac

    The inhabitants of a mysterious Valley cut off from the rest of the world all possess special talents, especially Saulus, who has the ability to alter the genetic structure of any living thing, but things become difficult when the world discovers the...

  • Righthand Man

    Marianne Evans

    LOVE'S SWEET HARMONY TV talk show producer Kayla Matthews thought she was dreaming. It was midnight, and she was in a limo with British super rocker Chris Sodderland. Kayla had jumped at the offer to tour with his band as equipment manager in ex...

  • Longarm and the Backwoods Baroness

    Tabor Evans

    Sent to the Oregon timber country to settle a feud that threatens to ignite a vicious war between ranchers and the lumber industry, Longarm finds himself torn between two lovely women, one a widow who heads up the local lumber camp and the other, a p...

  • The Sesame Street Talent Show

    Joseph Ewers

    Welcome to the Sesame Street ® Talent Show! Watch as Elmo and Zoe perform daring tricycle stunts, laugh at Ernie and Bert's hilarious jokes, and hold your breath as Slimey the Worm executes his world-famous high-dive! Featuring the first and only Se...

  • Hercules: The Man, the Myth, the Hero

    Adele Faber

    Based on the Greek myth, here the legendary Greek hero Hercules recounts his daring adventures. Award-winning children`s book author Kathryn Lasky takes readers on a tour of Hercules` incredible life, from his prodigious infancy, through his twelv...

  • Likely to Die

    Linda Fairstein

    The real-life work of sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein brought "riveting authenticity" (Vanity Fair) to her bestselling debut novel, Final Jeopardy. Now Fairstein's fictional counterpart -- smart and savvy assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper -- retu...

  • Mummy Pancakes

    Erica Farber; J.R. Sansevere

    Featuring tattoos from the mysterious land of the pyramids and of the Howl family too, this new Critters of the Night(TM) adventure is guaranteed to leave its mark on you! When Cousin Moose Mummy is kidnapped by Queen Mummy, it's up to Axel and Groad...

  • Soon She Will Be Gone

    John Farris

    To the outward eye the billionaire Trevellian family appears to be the paradigm of culture and class. But when hot young artist Sharan Norbeth is taken under their wing, she discovers that family loyalties have become horribly twisted, and hidden evi...

  • Split Image

    Ron Faust

    A man brutally murders another in a peculiar hunting incident -- and then proceeds to assume his persona, his life, and his wife. When a petty argument with an arrogant stranger deep in a Wisconsin forest over who killed a deer escalates to murder, p...

  • The Amnesiac Bride

    Marie Ferrarella

    LADY IN THE DARK It was every woman's dream come true, waking up in an opulent bridal suite, a wedding ring on her finger and a magnificent male specimen by her side. But for Whitney Bradshaw it was more like a nightmare. She couldn't reme...

  • Don't Erase Me

    Carolyn Ferrell

    This remarkable debut collection introduces a wholly new original young voice to fiction by and about African Americans. Ferrell's remarkable stories show young people on the verge of being erased from society--but determined to endure. They are blac...

  • Lost Summer

    Elizabeth Feuer

  • Seducing Nell

    Sandra Field

    Male bait! Nell Vandermeer has never been in love, never been married, never... But coming to Canada forces her to reexamine her life. First she falls in love with the country, then she meets Kyle Marshall and falls...in lust with the man. Kyle...

  • The Seventh Heart

    Marina Fitch

    After her best friend, Melanie, vanishes during a series of major earthquakes that wreck San Francisco, Gillian finds herself threatened by mysterious forces that may originate from the power of the earth itself...

  • Hannah's Song

    Mara Fitzcharles

    MUSIC OF THE HEART When a storm stranded Hannah Chandler miles from the nearest town, the last thing she expected was a rescuer as handsome as Michael Devlin -- or a refuge so inviting: his cozy, romantic and very private beach house. But who wa...

  • Backstage with Miss Piggy

    Kate Foster

  • Pigs in Space

    Kate Foster

  • It Could Still Be a Desert

    Allan Fowler

  • Let's Talk about Tongues

    Allan Fowler

  • The Feathered Sombrero

    Norman A. Fox

    Accepting a handsome job offer at the profitable Rancho Del Diablo, former outlaw Rowdy Dow and Stumpy Grampis report for work and discover that their new employer has been killed and replaced by an imposter and his heavily armed henchmen. Reissue....

  • Redemption of the Silver Surfer

    Michael Jan Friedman

    In an exciting Marvel adventure, the Fantastic Four join forces with the Silver Surfer in order to help Blastaar fight the evil Prodigion, the destroyer of worlds, who is threatening the existence of the Negative Zone....

  • All the Days Were Summer

    Robert Funderburk

    Their idyllic way of life in the shady bayous is shattered when the mayor of Evangeline is assassinated. Dylan St. John and his wife have left behind the mean streets of Louisiana's capital city for a cypress cabin on the edge of the trackless Atcha...

  • An Island Picnic

    Sharon Gale

  • Showdown at the Mall

    Diana G. Gallagher

    The local shopping mall becomes the setting as Sabrina, a young teenage witch, discovers the benefits and difficulties of possessing magical powers, in a second novel based on the popular television series. Original. TV tie-in....

  • Hasty Retreat

    Kate Gallison

    NASTY HABITS Monks chanting at vespers...total silence between nine p.m. and morning...simple furnishings and cloistered walls--to Mother Lavinia Grey, it sounds like heaven. Actually, it's a monastery in upstate New York, just the place for Mothe...

  • The One-Week Wife

    Hayley Gardner

    Will You Be My Bride? Woman after woman--from frumpy hausfraus to miniskirt-and-fishnet-stockinged vamps--is traipsing through Gina Delaney's mysterious--and sexy--neighbor's house. What is that tight-lipped scowling new man in town up to? she won...

  • One Pink Rose

    Julie Garwood

    Travis Clayborne may be the youngest of the Clayborne brothers, but he's most definitely his own man. Unless it means saying no to his beloved Mama Rose. And that's why Travis is escorting young Bostonian Emily Finnegan to Golden Crest, Montana -- wh...

  • The Assessor

    Iain Gately

  • Kai: A Big Decision

    Sharon Gayle

    In the Yoruba village of Oyo in 1440, Kai has the opportunity of realizing her dream of becoming a sculptor, but at the price of separation from her life in Ife and the loss of her new-found closeness to her sister....

  • Murder Runs in the Family

    Anne George

    Mary Alice has spared nothing for her only daughter's wedding -- from seventy-five yards of bridal train to gourmet food for over three hundred guests and enough glittering elegance to make Mary Alice think about finding herself a fourth rich husband...

  • A Bride for Crimson Falls // Someone to Believe In

    Cindy Gerard

    WILLING GROOM? Colin Slater arrived in Crimson Falls wearing a stylish suit and carrying a Wall Street Journal, and quickly discovered that the only thing interesting in town was his new partner, Scarlett Morgan. Sharing the long, northern nights ma...

  • Behind The Couch

    Mordicai Gerstein

  • Blueprint for a Prophet

    Carl Gibeily

  • Swimmers, Take Your Marks!

    Janet E. Gill

    Living in a new town with her mother and stepfather, lonely Tammy is delighted when another new girl, Lora, asks her to join the summer swim team, but when Tammy discovers that Lora is a much better swimmer than she is, she fears that competition wil...

  • Fly 'N' Free

    Janet E. Gill

  • Out of the Sun

    Robert Goddard

    Although unaware of David Venning's existence, Harry Barnett begins an international search to help his long-lost comatose son after he learns that two other scientists from David's company have recently died due to mysterious causes....

  • Under the Sea; Color Surprise

    Golden Books

    Children of all ages will love filling in these stories with easy-peel stickers. Simply find the appropriate picture/word sticker and place it where it belongs within the text to create a delightful, easy-to-read story. As a read-to-activity for y...

  • Pooh Colors the World

    Golden Books

  • Flanders Point

    Jacquie Gordon

    A young girl at a Connecticut private school falls in love with her English teacher in this turbulent and tender first novel by the winner of the Yale University Willet Prize. Flanders Point is a spit of land on the Connecticut shore of Long Island S...

  • Contract Null & Void

    Joe Gores

    Their job is to bring back the goods--the cars, truck tires, and electric guitars bought but not paid for by the deadbeats of the world. But the repo men of Daniel Kearny Associates have their own problems. Boss man Dan Kearny has been bounced by his...

  • The Seeing Glass

    Jacquelin Gorman

    The author explain how she became blind due to a rare optic condition and isolated herself from others, reflecting on her life, her family, and, in particular, her autistic brother, who had been forcibly separated from the family and sent to live in ...