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  • The Spy's Kiss

    Nita Abrams

    A HIDDEN AGENDA Serena Allen has taken refuge at her uncle's country house ever since a scandalous seduction left her reputation in tatters. But her aunt has never given up hope of making a match for her and is delighted when the handsome, ari...

  • Playing for Keeps

    Cherry Adair
    in

    A woman's daring and bravery has earned her a death warrant from vengeful adversaries. Her ex-husband is the only man who can save her. If she lets him get close enough. But can he win back her trust in time to save her life?...

  • It's a Baby, Andy Russell

    David A. Adler

    While Andy Russell's parents are at the hospital with his newborn baby brother, Andy is having big problems at home. His strange aunt Janet has come to babysit, and she's on a mission to rid the house of germs in preparation for the baby. Andy is con...

  • Bones and the Cupcake Mystery

    David A. Adler

    Detective Jeffrey Bones is always ready to help when a mystery strikes. This time, there is a missing cupcake at school. Armed with a code breaker, walkie-talkie, and clever jokes, Jeffrey Bones sets out to solve this sweet mystery!...

  • The Calling

    Cecelia Ahern
    in

    You thought you'd heard the whole story? They painted the town green in the acclaimed international bestseller Irish Girls About Town. Now Irish Girls Are Back In Town ...and their unique charm resonates throughout this high-spirited gathering of ...

  • Negima! Volume 5

    Ken Akamatsu

    A KISS IS NOT JUST A KISS

    When ten-year-old prodigy Negi Springfield graduated from university with a degree in magic, he never imagined he would soon be teaching English to a bevy of gorgeous high school girls. Now Negi’s old friend Chamo, ...

  • The Turkish Gambit

    Boris Akunin

    It is 1877, and war has broken out between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. In the treacherous atmosphere of a Russian field army, former diplomat and detective extraordinaire Erast Fandorin stumbles upon his most confounding case. Its difficulties are...

  • One Way Out

    Michele Albert

    ONE HEATED RIVALRY... Sexy renegade treasure hunter Cassie Ashton and hunky by-the-book paleontologist Alex Martinelli are sworn enemies. She thinks he's a snooty Ph.D. with a womanizing streak (and denies his dangerously rugged appeal). He think...

  • Dead Man's Bones

    Susan Wittig Albert

    Now, a dead man's bones are uncovered--and Texas ex-lawyer and herbalist China Bayles must dig into a pair of murders separated by time but connected by motive ... When China's teenage son finds some skeletal remains during a local cave dig--remai...

  • Rules of Engagement

    Bruce Alexander

    When Lord Lammermoor plunges to his death from Westminster Bridge before a dozen witnesses, his death is ruled a suicide. But his fatal leap coincides with the arrival of Dr. Goldsworthy--a student of the famous Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer and his researc...

  • Florence Nightingale

    Carol Alexander

  • Nehrus and the Gandhis

    Tariq Ali

    The Nehrus are a dynasty without precedent in the modern world; nowhere else and at no other time in recent history has a single family wielded such enduring and pervasive power over the country and the electorate they serve. From Jawaharlal Nehru to...

  • Payback

    Harper Allen

    UNBREAKABLE Highly trained assassin Dawn O'Shaugnessey was hard to kill -- but the superhealing powers she'd been born with had become almost a curse. Dawn had learned the horrifying truth behind her origins from the women of Athena Academy, and s...

  • Forest of the Pygmies

    Isabel Allende

    Alexander Cold knows all too well his grandmother Kate is never far from an adventure. When International Geographic commissions her to write an article about the first elephant-led safaris in Africa, they head -- with Nadia Santos and the magazine's...

  • Covert M.D.

    Jessica Andersen

    SHE COULD TRUST HIM WITH HER LIFE...BUT NOT WITH HER HEART Something sinister was taking place in the shadowy basement of Boston General Hospital -- and Dr. Nadia French was determined to stop it. A transplant specialist, Nia French was called in ...

  • Prom

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    A Cinderella Story Ashley Hannigan doesn't care about the prom, but she's the exception. It's pretty much the only good thing that happens in her urban Philadelphia high school, and everyone plans to make the most of it -- especially Ash's best frie...

  • The Bridegroom's Bargain

    Sylvia Andrew

    "Till death us do part." A solemn wedding vow, and one Lord Deverell's young bride most ardently wishes to bring about -- sooner rather than later! Only minutes after the wedding ceremony Alexandra is brandishing a pistol, accusing her...

  • Midas

    Russell Andrews

    New York's Hamptons are the summer playground for Wall Street big shots, Hollywood starlets, and all species of glitterati in between. But when a Middle Eastern man rigged with explosives walks into a chic restaurant and blows himself up, all that gl...

  • Child of Darkness

    V.C. Andrews

    She grew up in the shadows of lies. Now the past will come to light. As a child, she was Baby Celeste, the one thing that kept her mother in touch with reality. But now her mother is in an institution, and sixteen-year-old Celeste Atwell is alon...

  • The Federation of Humanity

    Christopher Anvil

    Vaughan Roberts and his two companions had been trapped on a crime-ridden, chaotic planet until they bamboozled the population with a gigantic hoax--which brought them to the attention of the Interstellar Patrol, who were looking for a few good con m...

  • Fast Boys

    Jennifer Apodaca
    in

    Doesn't it just figure? You meet the guy of your dreams. There's enough electricity to start a wild fire. And then there's a murder to put a crimp in your plans. But not necessarily... Tess Collins can't believe she managed to get caught up in a s...

  • Maximum Justice

    Devan Aptekar

    Welcome back to Gotham City! Scholastic is thrilled to announce a new line of tie-in books based on the new animated series THE BATMAN on the Kids' WB!

    The first BATMAN chapter book -- based on two episodes from the new animated TV show! Also ...

  • Specky Magee & the Boots of Glory

    Felice Arena

  • The Millionaire's Marriage Claim

    Lindsay Armstrong

    Wanted: wife and mother... First he took her hostage, and then he asked her to marry him! Jo Lucas's captor is none other than Gavin Hastings IV, millionaire homestead owner, who's suffering from a case of mistaken identity. Somehow the ar...

  • Into Thin Air

    Elizabeth Ashtree

    "I don't know what happened to the body.: Captain Kelsey O'Roark has stumbled across a corpse -- at least, that's what she thought she saw before someone hit her over the head. When she comes to, there is no body. Having no other choice, she re...

  • The Exploits and Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy

    Elizabeth Aston

    The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy takes readers back into the imagined family of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Their musical daughter Alethea makes a disastrous marriage to a man whose charming manners conceal an unpleasant nature. Fl...

  • Black Harvest

    James Axler

    GRIM AWAKENING Shockwaves of atomic destruction turned 22nd-century America into a hellzone, but in the ruins the human spirit remains unconquerable. Daily survival depends on raw courage and a deadly aim, and with his warrior band Ryan Cawdor roams...

  • Matthew's Truck

    Katherine Ayres

    Come along for the ride as Matthew's truck navigates treacherous terrain -- then parks for the night in its own special spot beside Matthew's pillow.

    VROOM! Matthew's truck likes to go places! It ZOOMS up hills and tumbles down cliffs, again...

  • The Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers

    Joe Babcock

    Like many gay sixteen-year-olds, Erick Taylor dreams of being a star. The problem is that he’s unpopular and stuck in Catholic school, and his parents, in their own desperate search for sainthood, fail to see that their son is on a path toward self...

  • Husky In A Hut

    Ben M. Baglio

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

  • Looking for Lola

    Ben M. Baglio

    Lost pets are in luck with Andi, Tristan, and Natalie on the case. Orchard Park's premier pet detective team is always hot on the trail! The Pet Finders CIub is called to duty again when a prize-winning Russian Blue cat, who’s expecting kittens, d...

  • Every Inch a Cowboy

    Madeline Baker

    SHE'D NEVER TRUST A MAN AGAIN... All Dana Westlake wanted was to be left alone to mend her broken heart. Then one stormy night, a wounded cowboy appeared on her doorstep. And though Dana tried to protect her emotions while she nursed Chay Lone Elk...

  • The Highwayman Came Waltzing

    Kathleen Baldwin
    in

    When Elizabeth Claegburn learns that her childhood sweetheart Lord Ryerton will be investigating a string of robberies in the village, she doesn't expect a shared waltz to rekindle their attachment. As romantic as the dance was, she knows she cannot ...

  • Cut from the Same Cloth

    Kathleen Baldwin

    MIRROR, MIRROR... Finding a husband is never easy, and Elizabeth Hampton has nothing but her beauty to recommend her. Elizabeth's flair for fashion has attracted the ton's esteem, though the insufferable Lord St. Cleve is soon showing up h...

  • Too Late for Angels

    Mignon F. Ballard

    DIVINE INTERVENTION Lucy Nan Pilgrim has lived her entire life in Stone's Throw, South Carolina, a place where nothing much happens, not even trouble. So when something bad does happen, everybody remembers -- like the time a little girl disappeared ...

  • The Homesteader

    Jack Ballas

    Texas Ranger Trey Bonner will stop at nothing to put an end to the violent acts being committed against settlers and goes undercover to draw out the culprit, but gets more than he bargained for when he must go up against a ruthless cattle baron with ...

  • Night Bites

    Nina Bangs

    Cindy Harper had an ice-cream flavor for every emotion. Vanilla caramel fudge eased the stress of dealing with her weird and wacky guests at the Woo Woo Inn. But no sweet treat from her freezer was smooth, creamy, or tempting enough to cool down her ...

  • Jane and His Lordship's Legacy

    Stephanie Barron

    Taking up a new residence at Chawton Cottage in Hampshire, Jane Austen finds herself heir to an extraordinary bequest: a Bengal chest filled with the late Lord Harold Trowbridge's most intimate personal papers. From these, Jane is expected to write a...

  • Skin Deep

    Catherine Barry

    Filled with her characteristic bend of humour and pathos, Catherine Barry introduces us to Finn, a young woman struggling to come to terms with growing up and her need to feel more feminine. Finn has felt unhappy with her chest size since she was a g...

  • Death Splits a Hair

    Nancy Bell

    When Joe Junior McBride, the beloved barber of Post Oak, Texas, is brutally murdered, friend and loyal customer Judge Jackson Crain is as disturbed by the news as everybody else. Especially since his own teenage daughter, Patty, is close friends with...

  • The Sunborn

    Gregory Benford

    Their historic mission to Mars made Julia and Viktor the most famous astronauts of all time. Now, decades later, they are ordered by the Consortium to Pluto, where they will rendezvous with another star- ship led by the brilliant, arrogant Captain Sh...

  • Lessons in Seduction

    Sara Bennett

    "When you have his attention, then you must put it to good use..." Madame Aphrodite What is prim and proper Miss Vivianna Greentree to do when her precious haven for orphans is threatened? She has no choice but to turn to the owner of the propert...

  • Fran That Time Forgot

    Jim Benton

    Goosebumps and Bill Nye the Science Guy fans, meet Franny!Franny K. Stein didn’t think the time would ever come when someone would realize what the K in her name stood for. And she REALLY didn’t think that same someone would say her middle name i...

  • Dolls of Danger

    Lara Bergen

  • Magic by the Book

    Nina Bernstein

    Neither Anne nor Emily remembered choosing the book at the library, but when as they read it, the boundary between their world and the one described in the book disappears. Suddenly they are in Sherwood Forest, where they join Robin Hood's band. The ...

  • Horrorscape

    John Gregory Betancourt

    The first in a two-volume set, this collection of dark fantasy and horror tales by some of the genre's leading masters features Robert Bloch's "The Chaney Legacy," "Soft Monkey" by Harlan Ellison, "The Troll" by Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub's "The Ghos...

  • The Newlyweds

    Elizabeth Bevarly

    Follow the investigation by a "husband and wife" team as true crime turns to true love.... Known more for her work ethic than for her romantic history, FBI agent Bridget Logan landed an assignment that involved issues too close to home -- and a "h...

  • Legacy of Masks

    Sallie Bissell

    This killer is so evil, he wears the most deceptive face of all.... Legacy of Masks Ex-prosecutor Mary Crow didn't expect a hero's welcome when she returned home to Pisgah County, North Carolina. But what she did expect was the job she'd been ...

  • Breaker's Reef

    Terri Blackstock

    Murder and mystery continue in Book Four of the Cape Refuge series A famous mystery writer has just moved to Cape Refuge when a teenage girl is found murdered. Sheila Caruso"ex-con, mother to Sadie and Caleb, and resident of Hanover House"is work...

  • Little White Lies

    Emma Blair

    For sixteen-year-old Lizzie McDougall, life in the Glasgow tenements comes as a culture shock after her sheltered upbringing in the Highlands. But for her father, who has just lost his job in the tiny town of Tomintoul, Glasgow offers employment. Her...

  • Salt City Blues

    Barbara Block

    A Robin Light thriller
    Three weeks before Christmas, times are even harder than usual in Syracuse, New York. The sensible thing would be to declare bankruptcy and close down her exotic-pet store. Instead, Robin is working in a bar two nights a we...

  • All the Flowers Are Dying

    Lawrence Block

    Scudder, a complex character who has grown and aged in real time, confronts the implacable challenge of mortality. But he must also tackle a determined, relentless, and icily inhuman adversary, perhaps the most unforgettable villain Block has ever cr...

  • See Isabelle Run

    Elizabeth Bloom

    A cross between Jennifer Weiner and Lisa Scottoline, this novel follows a jilted bride uncovering sinister secrets at a multimedia empire.Isabelle Leonard made headlines when she danced on the tables at what would have been her wedding reception- if ...

  • New Beginnings

    Bloomsbury

    In an unprecedented publishing move, the world's leading writers are coming together to publish the first chapters of their new, unpublished work in a single volume entitled NEW BEGINNINGS. All proceeds of this unique venture will be going to Save...

  • How to be Famous

    Alison Bond

    Three very different women--Lynsey, a young Englishwoman working at the CMG Talent Agency; Melanie, the star of a hit TV series; and Serena, a beautiful and ruthless woman who will do anything to achieve success--pursue fame, fortune, and passion in ...

  • The Hidden Pool

    Ruskin Bond

    Ruskin Bond's first novel for children in a whole new look! Laurie, an English boy in a small hill town in India, strikes up an unlikely friendship with Anil, the son of a local cloth merchant, and Kamal, an orphan who sells buttons and shoelaces but...

  • The Phantom Bandit

    Frank Bonham

    Complies some of the author's greatest stories in this exciting anthology that captures the action, adventure, and unforgettable characters of the Old West, from a former army captain on the trail of the con-artist who framed him, to a map-maker forc...

  • In Like Flynn

    Rhys Bowen

    A woman private eye in a man's world, Molly Murphy is having a hard time succeeding as a New York shamus. That's why she agrees to go undercover for the NYPD to expose a pair of spiritualist sisters as con artists even though the offer comes from pol...

  • Black Tiger

    Robert Brace

    He knows his weapons. He knows his women. And most importantly, he knows when to duck... It was pure luck that Lysander Dalton got up to use the bathroom seconds before someone shot his bed full of bullets. An ex-special ops Marine, Dalton knows ...

  • Seal Island

    Kate Brallier

    Cecil Hargrave lives in a cramped apartment in New York City, hates her job, and has no close friends. She yearns for something more, but what? When Cecil inherits a beachfront house and a thriving business on picturesque Seal Island in Maine, sh...

  • Touching Midnight

    Fiona Brand

    Deep within her soul Lady Victoria Quinton Mallory knows she has a gift. Since childhood she has dreamed of a sacred, long-lost past, of ancient mysteries and buried passion that will reawaken with a vengeance. Growing up at the mission in Valle Del ...

  • Trouble's Messenger

    Max Brand

    Peter Messenger was made for trouble. He was specially trained in the art of death, even though he'd never killed anyone. But his skills with his hands, a gun, or a knife were undeniable. And there was only one person he planned to use them on: Summe...

  • The Wake

    Una Brankin
    in

    You thought you'd heard the whole story? They painted the town green in the acclaimed international bestseller Irish Girls About Town. Now Irish Girls Are Back In Town ...and their unique charm resonates throughout this high-spirited gathering of ...

  • Lethal Lies

    Laurie Breton

    Chelsea Logan never gets the chance to file the story that would have shocked the blue-collar town of Serenity, Maine, to its core. Her death is ruled a suicide, but her cousin Faith Pelletier knows Chelsea better than that. Faith returns to their ho...

  • The Poet of Tolstoy Park

    Sonny Brewer

    “The more you transform your life from the material to the spiritual domain, the less you become afraid of death.” Leo Tolstoy spoke these words, and they became Henry Stuart’s raison d’etre. The Poet of Tolstoy Park is the unforgettable nove...

  • Wish I Weren't Here

    Sandra D. Bricker

    Drew Nolan is the antithesis of everything that Victoria Townsend holds dear. The suntanned Floridian's sickeningly healthy and relaxed view of life contradicts her chain-smoking, business-suited, take out-ordering New York existence in every way. No...

  • The Bachelor // Loving Diana

    Kate Bridges

    SHE'D WON HERSELF A MOUNTIE But Diana Campbell knew even a brief relationship with Officer Mitch Reid, her bachelor auction "prize," could lead only to disaster for her family -- and heartbreak for herself. For she wanted this marvel of a man not ...

  • A Place to Belong

    Vonette Bright; Nancy Moser

    In this fourth book in the Sister Circle series, Evelyn discovers the true purpose of Peerbaugh Place. A Place to Belong also holds a surprise that will shock readers and bring the series to a dramatic and satisfying close....

  • Dangerous Curves

    Pamela Britton

    Special Agent Cece Blackwell is smart, savvy and knows her way around a race car. Heading up a team to investigate the murder of a NASCAR driver is right up her alley. The only problem is NASCAR star Blain Sanders, the man who requested her. Blain...

  • Love Under New Management

    Nathasha Brooks-Harris
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    Gifted singer Valerie Freeman gave up on love--and music--after a shady producer stole her heart and her songs. But when she hears the gospel choir at Red Oaks, she can't stop herself from joining in. Choir Director Norman Grant knows Valerie's his d...

  • March

    Geraldine Brooks

    As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year of the Civil War, one man leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held belief...

  • Candy

    Kevin Brooks

    LOVE IS DANGEROUS Joe is a kid from the right side of the tracks who cares about his music and not much else -- until he falls for a girl named Candy. It starts as an attraction, a crush ... and then turns into something more like an obsession. Joe...

  • Empire's Daughter

    Simon Brown

    The New Land The Kevleren family rules the Empire of Hamilay through their singular ability to access the--Sefid--the realm of magic--through Wielding by sacrifice. The greater the sacrifice--a prized possession, a favorite pet, even the friend an...

  • Dragon Day

    Stan Brown
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    Things Fall Apart Shocked by the tragic outcome of the battle with Asvoria, the companions go their separate ways. Sindri enrolls in a legendary school of magic, while Catriona meets a dashing young cleric who helps her make peace with her failure...

  • Her Fifth Husband?

    Dixie Browning

    TEMPTATION COMES KNOCKING! I didn't care how many sizzling fantasies the mysterious man on my doorstep sparked. Whatever Jake Smith was offering, I didn't need it, didn't want it -- knew better than to even think about it! Besides, if there's one th...

  • The Magdalen Martyrs

    Ken Bruen

    Jack Taylor is walking the delicate edge of a sobriety he doesn't trust when his phone rings. He's in debt to a Galway tough named Bill Cassell, what the locals call a "hard man." Bill did Jack a big favor a while back; the trouble is, he never lets ...

  • The Storekeeper's Daughter

    Wanda E. Brunstetter

    Time appears to stand still in Naomi Fisher's Pennsylvania Amish community .... But she's running out of time to correct a terrible mistake. Naomi was content with her life... ...until her mother died in an accident. ...until her somber father n...

  • Can't Get Next to You

    Niobia Bryant

    BUSINESS TAKES A BACKSEAT... Gabrielle "Gabby" Dutton is in love with her boss, but he doesn't have a clue. Although she lives in his guest house, Max has kept their relationship strictly professional, choosing to entertain a parade of gorgeous mode...

  • Everything She Thought She Wanted

    Elizabeth Buchan

    It is the summer of 1959 when forty-two-year-old Barbara Beeching, a married mother of two grown-up children, meets Alexander Liberty. Adored by her family and admired by her friends, Barbara never imagined that an unexpected, tender, and surprisingl...

  • For Pete's Sake

    Geri Buckley

    Southern belle Pietra "Pete" Lang vows to pull off the town of Langtown's Fourth of July festivities, despite the death of her beloved grandmother, but two things stand in her way--celebrity divorce attorney Dan Benedict and a dead body. Original....

  • Death On Grave Street

    Barbara Burgess

    Tyrone Trotman takes early retirement from the homicide and special investigation unit of the Detroit Police Force to accept the position of Police Chief in the small town of Port Ottawa on the shores of Lake Huron. Having lost his wife in a drive-by...

  • Familiar Texas

    Caroline Burnes

    FAMILIAR TROUBLE Hank Dalton couldn't resist a damsel in distress -- and beautiful city-slicker-turned-rancher Stephanie Chisholm certainly fit the bill. She'd come home to Pecos, Texas, to settle her aunt and uncle's ranch estate, but when she le...

  • High Stakes Passion

    Juliet Burns

    A LONESOME COWBOY Reporter Audrey Tyson had come looking for Mark "Lone Cowboy" Malone -- the squarejawed, melt-your-heart hero that had haunted her dreams for a decade. Only, the heartthrob with the sexy smile that had once made her go weak in the ...

  • Abigail's Story

    Ann Burton

    The Bible is filled with women of faith, bravery; and cunning. Here is one woman's tale -- as it might have happened.... Abigail of Carmel hopes against hope that someday she'll marry for love and have children --but her family needs her at home, ...

  • Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne - Volume 4

    John Byrne

    Not since the days of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the trailblazers of the Marvel Universe, had someone so perfectly captured the intense mood, cosmic style and classic sense of adventure of Marvel's first family of super heroes. Writer/artist John Byrne...

  • If You're Happy and You Know It!

    Jane Cabrera

    Sing, stomp, and clap along - if you're happy, let it show!

    Get the youngest listeners moving, clapping, and flapping in this brightly colored board book, perfect for small hands, full of joyful jungle animals. Nod along with groovy giraffe, f...

  • Showdown In Austin

    Tom Calhoun

    This Law doesn't get broken.

    J.T. Law swore he'd never return to his home state of Missouri. But when his childhood sweetheart is in danger, nothing will stop him from riding to the rescue--even a mad-dog killer who wants him dead....

  • Testing Miss Toogood

    Stella Cameron

    Fleur Toogood is beautiful, opinionated and has a disastrous inclination to speak her mind. And she refuses to marry without love. But as the most eligible of Reverend Toogood's five daughters, she has been charged with making a brilliant match that ...

  • Wild Horses

    Bethany Campbell

    Not even wild horses... Nothing could make Michele Nightingale betray the only family she's ever known. So when Adam Duran shows up -- an uninvited stranger bearing bad news -- at the Circle T, she wants nothing to do with him. But he insists on s...

  • Allie's Legacy

    Joanna Campbell

    This 13 year old equestrian series is still running strong as it publishes it's 70th title!

    When Allie came to Whisperwood and was adopted by Cindy no once expected her long"lost relatives to come and find her. But when they do, Allie mu...

  • The Overnight

    Ramsey Campbell


    The bookstore's shelves are put in order every night, but every morning, books are found lying all over the floor, many damp and damaged beyond repair. The store's computers keep acting up, and even when the machines are off, they seem to glow wi...

  • Slave to Fashion

    Rebecca Campbell

    Fashion college has taught Katie Castle everything she ever needed to know: how to smoke cigarettes and drink, how to flirt with gay men and straight women, how to get into clubs without paying. Possessed of a sharp eye and a stiletto tongue, Katie t...

  • Shadow of the Giant

    Orson Scott Card

    Julian Delphiki grew up being called Bean, because he was so very small as a child. But within that tiny body was a mental giant. He was the smallest and youngest student at the Battle School, but he became Ender Wiggins's right hand. Since then h...

  • A Woman of Virtue

    Liz Carlyle

    From the grandeur of regency Mayfair to the dark danger of London's East End, be swept away with a powerful story of love born against all odds, as an honorable young widow stands fast against the cynical rogue who seems determined to consume her...

  • Serpent Girl

    Matthew Carnahan

    “The guys who were supposed to be my crew, my pals, my posse, had left me for dead, after I had gone above and beyond for them, after I had sussed out the perfect score, after I had done my homework, after I had overcome their stupidity, after I ha...

  • Grandma's General Store : The Ark

    Dorothy Carter

    Faith, courage, and an indomitable grandmother

    When Prince and Pearl's father loses his job at the sawmill, he and their mother head north to make a better life for themselves and their children. They leave Prince and Pearl in Florida helping ...

  • Embracing Darkness

    Margaret L. Carter

    Caring about her beyond a basic need to keep her safe, he could not. Maxwell Tremayne never should have touched her, kissed her, tasted her. It was foolish -- dangerous -- for a vampire to get involved with a human, let alone a flesh-and-blood spitfi...

  • A Mother's Vow

    K.N. Casper

    There is corruption in the Houston Police Department And because she is chief of police, that makes it Catherine Tanner's problem. So when evidence turns up to indicate that her husband might not have died of natural causes, she has to go outside ...

  • The Perfect Family

    Carla Cassidy

    If he can't have her, no one can... In just one perfect moment... It's been a difficult winter, but for the first time since her husband's death Marissa feels a new strength. Business at the gift shop is good, her two young children are slowly ad...

  • A New Lu

    Laura Castoro

    "What was I thinking? Sex for the very last time. That's what." Five-O magazine lifestyle columnist Lu Nichols has led an ordinary life. Marriage. Career. Two kids. Now she's turning fifty, and the wear is showing. The kids are grown. The ink ...

  • Chasing Galahad

    Molly Charles

    Zephronia has lost at love and given up on happily-ever-afters. But she has not abandoned her dream of finding Galahad - a rare carousel sea horse at the heart of her plan for a children's park in Portland, Oregon. Unexpectedly, her quest takes her h...

  • Mr. Impossible

    Loretta Chase

    Impossible Rupert Carsington, fourth son of the Earl of Hargate, is his aristocratic family's favorite disaster. He is irresistibly handsome, shockingly masculine, and irretrievably reckless, and wherever he goes, trouble follows. Still, Rupert&...

  • Bad Dog and That Hollywood Hoohah

    Martin Chatterton

    Look out world, here comes BAD DOG -- a rollicking comic canine who, in this first installment, takes Hollywood by storm....

    He's the baddest dog in town. A 100% high-steppin', bone-crunchin', cat-chasin' pooch with one small problemo: he has...

  • Bad Dog And Those Crazee Martians

    Martin Chatterton

    Look out world -- not ours, but Mars -- here comes BAD DOG, a rollicking comic canine who just might end up being the first dog on the red planet....

    Bad Dog's back in the pound, on Death Row ... unless a Big Cheese from the Outer Space Explor...

  • The Scepter's Return

    Dan Chernenko

    After centuries of failing to reclaim the Scepter of Mercy, their only protection from the fallen god known as the Banished One, two kings must put aside their differences on a common quest to accomplish the task, in the sequel to The Bastard Kin...

  • Society-Page Seduction

    Maureen Child

    Millionaire Simon Pearce's bride-to-be left him standing at the altar and wedding planner Megan Ashton was dumbfounded when she was asked to fill in. Literally. Be Simon's bride. For a year. For business reasons only. Her shock soon gave way to reaso...

  • The Substitute Sister

    Lisa Childs

    GHOSTLY WHISPERS Rocking chairs moving to and fro in the night...and an inherited house straight out of the eeriest of ghost stories. These were the things Sasha Michaelson found when she arrived on Sunset Island to collect the body of her identic...

  • Dino Dung: The Scoop on Fossil Feces

    Karen Chin

    World-famous “Dung Detective” Dr. Karen Chin explains how coprolites (a.k.a. fossil feces) tell stories that bones cannot tell themselves -- like which plants and animals lived together in the ancient past. And who was eating whom. And how waste ...

  • Rachel's Cowboy

    Judy Christenberry

    They had nothing in common. Except one night... That magical night was everything model Rachel Barlow had ever hoped for. But in the morning, J. D. Stanley was gone, and he'd taken her heart with him. Rachel knew she'd never see him again...until...

  • Ride the Fire

    Pamela Clare

    There was only one rule on the frontier -- survival. So when a wounded, buckskin-clad stranger appeared at the door of her isolated cabin, Elspeth Stewart felt no qualms about disarming him and then tying him to her bed. Newly widowed and expecting h...

  • Burned

    Carol Higgins Clark

    Regan Reilly is vacationing at the Waikiki Waters Playground and Resort, spending one last girls' weekend with her best gal pal before she ties the knot with Jack "no relation" Reilly. But the fun is suddenly interrupted when the body of Dorinda Dawe...

  • Inhumans, Volume 1: Culture Shock Digest

    Matthew Clark

    They're just ordinary exchange students from a far-off land, here to learn about our culture - except their home is a mysterious city on the moon and they each possess fabulous, exotic abilities and appearances. The product of experiments on humanity...

  • Sunstorm

    Arthur C. Clarke; Stephen Baxter

    Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth called Mir, a jigsaw-puzzle world made up of la...

  • Naptime for Slippers

    Andrew Clements

    Unhappy about having to take his afternoon nap, a precocious pup decides to take the few minutes he has to gather up some necessary naptime items, including Laura's cap, Daddy's work gloves, and Edward's shoe, before settling down for his required re...

  • Three Men and a Body

    Nancy J. Cohen
    in

    Doesn't it just figure? You meet the guy of your dreams. There's enough electricity to start a wild fire. And then there's a murder to put a crimp in your plans. But not necessarily... Reality show contestant Heather Payne's assignment is simple: ...

  • Shrimp

    Rachel Cohn

    If Cyd Charisse knows one thing, it's that Shrimp is her true love. Shrimp, the hottest pint-size surfer-artist in San Francisco. That boy (as her mother called him), who was the primary cause of Cyd being grounded to Alcatraz, formerly known as her ...

  • Prey

    Stephen Cole

    Kate Folan comes from a family of werewolves. She'll only become fully 'wolf herself when she mates with a male werewolf. But she vows that will never happen. The last thing she wants is to give in to her evil heritage.Then she meets Tom Anderson. To...

  • Hogtied

    Lynn A. Coleman

    Urias must save his sister, even if it means marrying the daughter of the man who holds his sister's bond. But something doesn't add up in Urias's mind when it comes to his new wife, Prudence. Prudence Greene cares deeply for Urias's sister Kate. ...

  • Do You Remember the First Time? // The Boy I Loved Before

    Jenny Colgan

    While attending her best friend Sashy's wedding, Flora Scurrison realizes that this monotonous, nine-to-five, cookie-cutter life is exactly what's in store for her. While it might be okay for Sashy, it's certainly not what she envisioned for herself ...

  • Dead of Night

    Brandilyn Collins

    All words fell away. I pushed myself off the path, noticing for the first time the signs of earlier passage -- the matted earth, broken twigs. And I knew. My mouth turned cottony. I licked my lips, took three halting steps. My maddening, visual brain...

  • Building a Bad Boy

    Colleen Collins

    When Kimberly Logan makes men over to find their mates, she knows the type of guy women want. However, Nigel Durand, an all-around beautiful hunk of man, might be her toughest client yet. He's got the droolworthy look, but his nice-guy personality an...

  • Slay It with Flowers

    Kate Collins

    Me, Abby Knight, an entrepreneur! Who would have guessed when I flunked out of law school a year ago that I'd be standing here today in front of Bloomers, my very own flower shop? Even though I may be penniless, I am soundly devoted to my new profess...

  • This Child Is Mine

    Mildred Colvin

    A blood test that should have brought comfort brings confusion and pain instead. Now, Beth Murdock must face the truth - Stevie, the little girl she has raised as her own for almost two years, isn't hers. Jonathon McDuff doesn't know what to make ...

  • Sympathy Between Humans

    Jodi Compton

    On the streets of Minneapolis, Sarah has worked everything from vice to missing persons. But six months after the death of a small-town criminal in rural Minnesota, Sarah is still protecting the identity of a killer. And now a zealous D.A.'s investig...

  • Flesh and Blood

    Marita Conlon-McKenna
    in

    You thought you'd heard the whole story? They painted the town green in the acclaimed international bestseller Irish Girls About Town. Now Irish Girls Are Back In Town ...and their unique charm resonates throughout this high-spirited gathering of ...

  • Murder in Vegas

    Michael Connelly

    In Murder in Vegas, the International Association of Crime Writers and New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly have gathered twenty-two crime and mystery stories about the ultimate playground and what can happen behind the glitz and glamou...

  • Nocturnes

    John Connolly

    In his first collection of short fiction, New York Times bestselling author John Connolly offers a selection of dark, daring, and utterly haunting tales. Here are lost lovers and missing children, predatory demons, and vengeful ghosts. In "The New Da...

  • The Waterless Sea

    Kate Constable

    Calwyn and her friends have come to the distant Empire of Merithuros to rescue two children who have the magical gift of chantment. But the quest to save the children becomes a struggle for their lives, as it uncovers long-hidden secrets of the man C...

  • Bowie's Silver

    Kent Conwell

    Luck had never been much inclined to perch on Judd Cameron's shoulder, so he wasn't surprised when his life took on all the ups and downs of hanging tight in the saddle on the back of a bucking bronc.

    All of a sudden he finds himself smack-dab in...

  • Shiver

    Cynthia Cooke

    SPINE-TINGLING SENSATIONS... Detective Riley MacIntyre had long ago stopped being anyone's protector. Until a scared Devra Morgan needed his help. But the beautiful blonde's dependence only went so far. Were her secrets the key to the grisly murder ...

  • Pride Runs Deep

    R. Cameron Cooke

    “A great submarine story, on a par with The Hunt for Red October.” -- Nelson DeMille   Shattered by surprise attack, the U.S. rebuilds its fleet at Pearl Harbor. And the badly damaged Submarine Division Seven holds the line against the Japan...

  • The Lost Daughter of Pigeon Hollow // A Man to Believe In

    Inglath Cooper

    Willa Addison doesn't believe in fairy tales She's too busy running her mother's diner and raising her wild teenage sister. She doesn't like to dwell on the dreams she once had, dreams she put on hold. Then Owen Miller walks into her diner and cha...

  • The Drifter

    Lori Copeland

    This is the story of Beau Claxton, a cowboy who finds himself obliged to a young widow after she saves him from near death on the prairie. Beau and Charity face the difficulties of life on the prairie and ultimately find joy and hope.

    Belov...

  • Mother of Prevention

    Lori Copeland

    Moving to San Francisco offers Kate Madison a fresh start -- just what Kate and her two daughters need after her firefighter husband's tragic death. A move out of Oklahoma City's tornado zone and snakes and...wait. Earthquakes? San Francisco has eart...

  • Standing in the Shadows of Love

    Nina Corbett

    Currently single, Ashley Taylor is determined to have a baby, whether she finds Mr. Right or not, much to the chagrin of her family, while her best friend Maya finally breaks off her long-term relationship with her controlling boyfriend and revels in...

  • After Berlin

    Martin Corrick

    When Charles Beevor teaches Elizabeth, the daughter of the family's butler, to fly his gypsy moth, neither character knows that their shared passion for flying will lead them both to war and, eventually, to love. Elizabeth spends World War II as a fe...

  • Killing Plain

    Ralph Cotton

    In Killing Plain, Ralph Cotton displays the striking combination of gritty authenticity and lyrical beauty that has earned widespread critical acclaim.Ranger Sam Burrack has never had a partner before, but Hadley Jones has more than proven his mettle...

  • His Live-In Mistress

    Maggie Cox

    At his bidding... and in his bed? Adrian Jacobs needs a live-in housekeeper. But pretty, cheerful Liadan Willow is not what he has in mind. She's far too young and pretty to be at his beck and call... and to put up with his dark, brooding mome...

  • Blood Father

    Peter Craig

    From the highly praised author of Hot Plastic, a gripping, suspenseful novel about a young woman being chased by her violent past, and the flawed father forced to come to the rescue. It's been three years since Lydia Carson ran away from her privileg...

  • Promises to Keep

    Susan Crandall

    Molly Boudreau has the career she always wanted: She's a doctor at last. Yet there's a hole in her life. She yearns for a soul-stirring connection-and her prayers are answered in a way she could never have predicted... A pregnant girl shows up at Mol...

  • Urban Legends

    Thomas J. Craughwell

    A fascinating, creepy, frightening, disgusting, and hilarious collection of some of the world's most popular and enduring tall tales.With themes that run the gamut from funny to sick, risqué to informative, and frightening to disgusting, Urban Lege...

  • Pig on the Titanic

    Gary Crew

    A pig on a passenger liner?Impossible!No! No! It's me ...Maxixe, the music box pig!Everyone knows the story of the night the great ship Titanic sank. But few know the story of Maxixe, one of the unsung heroes of that night, and how this small musical...

  • The Tale of the Swamp Rat

    Carter Crocker; Carrie A. Snyder

    Ossie is the runt of his litter, and so shy that he's never spoken a word! When he's wounded and left orphaned by a snake attack, it looks like the end. But Ossie finds an unexpected friend: Uncle Will, the old gator who is a legend in the swamp. Sur...

  • Yesterday's Magic

    Jacquie D'Alessandro
    in

    The Hope Chest -- a glossy wooden box, inlaid with an image of a dark-haired woman, its mysteries sealed tight for generations. Or were they? Past The reclusive Maxwell Wolford, Earl of Dorsey, acquires the box -- only to discover that the beauti...

  • California Crossfire

    Kit Dalton

    While helping the Union Pacific railroad find eight hundred missing land grant deeds, Lee Morgan finds himself the target of a killer when a bomb ends up in his hotel room, forcing him into the arms of a very willing brunette and placing him at the m...

  • The Inquest

    Stephen Dando-Collins

    During the reign of Vespasian, after Rome crushes the Jewish revolt, Roman Questor Julius Varro is sent to Jerusalem to investigate the claims of the fast-growing Nazarene sect that a Jew had risen from the dead after being crucified and sets out to ...

  • Cruel and Unusual Intuition

    Claire Daniels

    When an offensive energy healer falls victim to her revolutionary "aura-maker," Cally Lazar and other New Age seekers, drawing upon positive energy, must discover who wanted the late doctor dead. Original....

  • Nebula Awards Showcase 2005

    Jack Dann

    In an annual tradition, the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America present the Nebula Awards to honor the authors of the year's most astounding fiction-compelling stories that widen the imaginative boundaries of the genre. Incl...

  • Ten Little Idiots

    Maryjanice Davidson
    in

    Doesn't it just figure? You meet the guy of your dreams. There's enough electricity to start a wild fire. And then there's a murder to put a crimp in your plans. But not necessarily... "It was Professor Tanten who did it, in the ballroom, with a m...

  • Season of the Snake

    Claire Davis

    The new novel by the award-winning author of Winter RangeWhen tragedy leaves her life in shambles, Nance flees her Wisconsin hometown and its reminders of grief, creating a new life in the West. She is a scientist, specializing in rattlesnakes and at...

  • Endgame

    Dee Davis

    Their next move could mean life or death... FBI criminal profiler Madison Harper understands dangerous minds.Tough, tenacious, with nerves of steel, she's the best of the best. So is her new partner, Gabriel Rourke, a crack CIA operative who likes...

  • Second-Chance Hero

    Justine Davis

    HE WAS BACK... Struggling single mom Grace O'Conner hadn't wanted Redstone security chief John Draven reentering her life and reminding her of the past. But she had no choice -- the project she was supervising was being sabotaged, and someone want...

  • First Prize: Marriage

    Jodi Dawson

    When Dixie Osborn entered a competition to win a secluded mountain lodge, she never expected her entry to come first! Dixie's thrilled -- she'll be able to help the troubled teenagers she works with. It's her dream come true -- but there's a catch......

  • The Compass Rose

    Gail Dayton

    The legends of the Godstruck were just that -- legends. Until, in an attempt to defend her people, Captain Kallista Varyl called on the One for aid and was granted abilities such as no one had seen in centuries. Now Kallista has been charged with ...

  • Enemy Territory

    Keith R.A. Decandido

    The Elabrej Hegemony For centuries, the Elabrej firmly believed that they were alone in the universe, and that no sentient life existed outside their home star system. But their beliefs are shattered when a controversial exploration vessel of their ...

  • Threat Level Black

    Jim DeFelice

    New York Times bestselling author Jim DeFelice's unconventional hero, FBI Special Agent Andy Fisher, returns in a chilling novel of international terror within our national borders. North Korean scientists have developed a new weapon -- the "E Bo...

  • Scare the Light Away

    Vicki Delany

    Secrets from the past… For thirty years Rebecca McKenzie has tried to forget her life in Hope River, the isolated rural town where she was raised. But when she travels home to attend her mother's funeral, she has to face her estranged family…a...

  • LBD: Live and Fabulous!

    Grace Dent

    The LBD have made it into the hottest concert around! Ronnie, Fleur, and Claude (Les Bambinos Dangereuses, or the LBD) think they're in for an ordinary, mind-numbing summer. That is, until salvation arrives, courtesy of rock god Spike Saunders -- ...

  • Under The Tycoon's Protection

    Anna DePalo

    "HELLO, PRINCESS." She was a grown woman and a successful prosecutor, yet Connor Rafferty's raffish greeting made Allison Whittaker feel like that privileged teen he'd hauled from a blue-collar bar years before. It seemed that her family had emplo...

  • At Least There'll Be Diamonds

    Martina Devlin
    in

    You thought you'd heard the whole story? They painted the town green in the acclaimed international bestseller Irish Girls About Town. Now Irish Girls Are Back In Town ...and their unique charm resonates throughout this high-spirited gathering of ...

  • Engines of Destiny

    Gene DeWeese

    THE MACHINE AGE After the apparent death of James T. Kirk on the U.S.S. Enterpris NCC-1701-B, Montgomery Scott decides to leave Starfleet. A chance encounter with a mysterious woman named Guinan leads him to hitch a ride on the U.S.S. Jenolen -- whi...

  • The Scourge of God

    William Dietrich

    The year is A.D. 449. Attila, ruler of the savage Huns, has become Europe's most powerful monarch and now is massing his forces to claim half of a crumbling Roman Empire. Under the guise of diplomacy, ambassadors have been sent to Attila's camp, secr...

  • The Power of Friendship

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  • Close to You

    Christina Dodd

    Who knows the truth about her family? Who wants to keep her past hidden forever? Caitlin Prescott was only a baby when her parents disappeared. Adopted by a wealthy Texas oil family, she became Kate Montgomery, and grew up with no memory of her p...

  • Ready Reference Handbook

    Jack Dodds

    With in-depth guidance in the grammar, style, and rhetoric of American academic English, The Ready Reference Handbook, Fourth Edition, suits a range of learners and learning styles, including traditional students and students whose primary language i...

  • Bodyguard of Lies

    Robert Doherty

    WHO GUARDS THE WORLD OF COVERT OPERATIONS? Enter the Cellar, a most secret spy organization hiding deep within the United States. Two women become inextricably involved in a dangerous web of lies, intrigue, and betrayal as they fight for their li...

  • The Blackmail Bargain

    Robyn Donald

    Blackmailed in the billionaire's bed! A gold-digging home-wrecker isn't Curt McIntosh's ideal woman. But it seems that's exactly what he's got with Peta Grey. For Curt there is only one way to stop her...blackmail! In realit...

  • Category Five

    Philip S. Donlay

    Best-Selling and Award-Winning AuthorWhen the only option is to maneuver a crippled plane into the calm eye of a category five hurricane In the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Helena is gathering strength, becoming the most powerful storm in recorded histo...

  • Deep Throat

    Claire Dowling
    in

    You thought you'd heard the whole story? They painted the town green in the acclaimed international bestseller "Irish Girls About Town." Now "Irish Girls Are Back In Town" ...and their unique charm resonates throughout this high-spirited gathering...

  • Marina // A Greater Love

    Susan K. Downs; Susan May Warren

    Where is the God who promised to protect the heirs of Anton? Marina Shubina believes God has abandoned her. She's widowed and pregnant-and Hitler's Third Reich has just invaded Russia. As a partisan, she's ready to give her life for the Motherland, b...

  • Calculated Risk

    Stephanie Doyle

    ANYTHING THEY CAN DO, SHE CAN DO...BETTER At the ripe old age of twenty, girl genius Sabrina Masters was booted from the CIA for "willful insubordination." Now, ten years later, they want her back for a mission only she has the brains to complete ...

  • Nurse in Recovery

    Dianne Drake

    E.R. charge nurse Anna Wells The beautiful blonde's life has been shattered by an accident. It will take someone very dedicated and very special to help her put the pieces together. Rehab doctor Mitch Durant Brilliant, but burned out, th...

  • Tell Me What It's Like to Be Big

    Joyce Dunbar

    Early one morning, Willa gets up and tries to make her own breakfast. But she's too small to reach anything. Luckily, her older brother, Willoughby, is there to help--and to tell her about the many things she'll be able to do all by herself once she'...

  • A Love Like That

    Natalie Dunbar
    in

    Wealthy and elegant, Dominique Winston has sworn off men since her ex-husband's infidelity. Then she meets gorgeous Blair Thomas at Red Oaks' Men's Day picnic. But Blair's leaving town in a few weeks--is their relationship a passing fling, or does lo...

  • The Fight In The Dog

    Wayne D. Dundee

    Private detective Joe Hannibal makes a welcome return to mystery fiction in The Fight in the Dog, his newest adventure by Wayne Dundee. When his reporter girlfriend, Jan Mosby, is viciously threatened in an attempt to keep her from investigating a wa...

  • The Sign of the Book

    John Dunning

    Denver bookman and ex-cop Cliff Janeway is enjoying the good life, buying and selling the books he adores as he ekes out a living in his store on seedy East Colfax. And it doesn't hurt that superstar lawyer Erin D'Angelo has joined him as a partner i...

  • A Rocky Road

    Glen Ebisch

    When Susan Cantwell leaves her suburban teaching job and travels to Colorado to become a guide on a bus tour of the Rocky Mountains, she expects her life will be a little more exciting. What she does not expect is that a female passenger will die mys...

  • The Next Big Thing

    Johanna Edwards

    In this funny, poignant debut, a plus-size heroine becomes a reality TV show contestant and discovers she's already beautiful enough to be the next big thing.Kat Larson figured she had nothing to lose by becoming a contestant on the new reality show ...

  • McGillycuddy Could!

    Pamela Duncan Edwards

    Introducing a new kangaroo character"McGillycuddy! A young read"aloud from popular picture book author Pamela Duncan Edwards.

    McGillycuddy is new to the barnyard, and the other animals have never seen a kangaroo before. They try to fig...

  • Flirting With Danger

    Suzanne Enoch

    Playing With Fire Will Get A Girl BURNED... The Palm Beach job should have been a slam dunk for thief extraordinaire Samantha Jellicoe: relieve a British playboy millionaire of a priceless antiquity. But when an explosion throws her into the arms ...

  • Danger At The Zoo

    Kathleen Ernst

    Kit lands a summer job with her local newspaper. As she noses around the zoo gathering facts for a kid's column, Kit stumbles into some strange monkey business. Her reporter's instincts tell her that she's onto something worth investigating -- and sh...

  • Mountain Peril

    Tom Eslick

    Assisting search-and-rescue efforts to locate a boy who has gone missing on Mount Washington, high school science teacher Will Buchanan discovers the body of a murder victim and is drawn into a serial killer investigation at the side of his sheriff g...

  • Home To Family

    Ann Evans

    Family means everything... To Leslie Meadows, the warm, close-knit D'Angelo family is everything a family should be. Everything her own family wasn't. But the D'Angelos are facing difficult times, and when Dr. Matt D'Angelo comes home for Chris...

  • Bad Blood

    Geraldine Evans

    Detective Inspector Rafferty battles to set the world to rights
    Investigating the murder of wealthy widow Clara Mortimer, estranged from her family and living alone in an up-market sheltered apartment, Rafferty fears his own family estrangement. ...

  • Longarm and the Lost Patrol

    Tabor Evans

    Longarm answers the call of duty -- from Uncle Sam!The army sent out the cavalry -- but it never came back. Now it’s up to Longarm to track down sixteen men…   And he won’t be riding this mission alone -- whether he likes it or not. Harri...

  • Endless River

    Elizabeth Fackler

    When Nathan Wheeler is taken from school by a drifter posing as a policeman, his girlfriend Amy Sterling, her mother, and a retired homicide detective spend the night searching the mountains for him and following his attacker....

  • The Hostage

    Duncan Falconer

    * NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING DOMINIC COOPER - READ IT BEFORE YOU SEE IT! *THE ENEMY HAS A WEAPON. SO DO WE.Discover the hugely bestselling debut thriller by a former member of the elite Special Boat Services - the toughest men in the world - and his s...

  • The Flaming Luau of Death

    Jerrilyn Farmer

    Hula lessons! Passionfruit martinis! A dead body washing in on the warm island tides! Does Mad Bean know how to throw a luau, or what? Event planner to the stars Madeline Bean has thrown phenomenal parties for Hollywood heavyweights - so why n...

  • Because a Husband is Forever

    Marie Ferrarella

    When talk show host Dakota Delany agrees to allow bodyguard Ian Russell to shadow her for two weeks, she doesn't count on constantly battling the drop-dead-gorgeous man who monitors her every move. And she definitely doesn't expect the strong and sil...

  • Dakota Doxy

    Dirk Fletcher

    When a brutal attack renders him weak, poor, and without a memory, Spur McCoy, armed only with a note from a mysterious enemy, finds comfort in the arms of a gorgeous brunette who shows him that he hasn't forgotten everything. Original....

  • Peach Cobbler Murder

    Joanne Fluke

    With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a mouthwatering monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But when a rival store opens, tensions begin to bubble... As she sits in her nearly empty store on Groundhog Day, Hannah can only hope...

  • Secret Letter Writers

    Catherine Foley
    in

    You thought you'd heard the whole story? They painted the town green in the acclaimed international bestseller Irish Girls About Town. Now Irish Girls Are Back In Town ...and their unique charm resonates throughout this high-spirited gathering of ...

  • Marked for Death

    Matt Forbeck
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    Twelve Dragonmarks Sigils of immense magical power. Borne by scions of mighty Houses, used through the centuries to wield authority and shape wonders throughout Eberron. But there are only twelve marks. Until now. Matt Forbeck begins the ...

  • The Sword of Attila

    Michael Curtis Ford

    TWO MEN, TWO WORLDS, ONE MOMENT OF DESTINY... For centuries, Rome had ruled from Africa to the wilds of Britain. Now, from across a broad plain of waving grass, a new enemy had poured out of the East-to be led by a man whose goal was not just victor...

  • Silent Witness

    Rebecca Forster

    USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Forster's inimitable California defense attorney Josie Baylor-Bates returns to defend the man in her life from a murder charge, walking the fine line between lover and lawyer, trust and truth. Already under the...

  • Special of the Day

    Elaine Fox

    Appetizers... Steve Serrano One sexy bartender with a wicked grin and a knack for turning up the heat ... Roxanne Rayeaux Ex-swimsuit model turned pastry chef who knows the difference between sweet and spicy ... In the soup... Roxanne has h...

  • The Girlfriend Curse

    Valerie Frankel

    PEG'S GOT A GIFT. NOW HOW DOES SHE GET RID OF IT? It's uncanny! Within six months of breaking up with her, Peg Silver's ex-lovers always meet and marry the women of their dreams. Even worse than being the eternal bridesmaid, she's the last girlfri...

  • The Chairman

    Stephen Frey

    When the legendary founder of New York's premier equity firm meets an untimely end, thirty-six-year-old superstar Christian Gillette gets the top job. With power and prestige, however, come great risks. Gillette is not surprised to find that he now h...

  • South Beach

    Aimee Friedman

    Hot sand. Hot clubs. Hot guys. What more could two girls want? Try the same guy. HOLLY: Dream date or bad Fate? She wants true love--and a break from her strict parents. Perhaps a spring fling will do? ALEXA: Flirting with destiny or flirting ...

  • Ten Little New Yorkers

    Kinky Friedman

    Kinky Friedman has always proven himself to be a master of the offbeat and irreverent, and still manages to pull off a helluva whodunit in the process. Now the Kinkster may have met his match in this superbly crafted, fiendishly clever tale of a murd...