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  • The Christie Curse

    Victoria Abbott

    In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared -- making headlines across the world -- only to show up eleven days later at a spa under an assumed name. During those eleven days, did she have time to write a play? Jordan Kelly needs a new job and a new pla...

  • Deep Cover

    Traci Hunter Abramson

    Twenty-eight-year-old Kelsey Weber is one of the CIA’s finest undercover agents. After two years under deep cover in Salman Nassar’s desert compound, she’s unearthed vital information on the volatile Middle Eastern extremist sect. When her a...

  • Fun in the Sun

    Amy Ackelsberg

    Strawberry Shortcake and her friends are berry excited to spend a day at the beach! Everyone except Lemon Blossom, that is. The other girls don't know it, but Lemon is afraid to swim in the ocean! When Strawberry discovers Lemon's fear, she does her ...

  • Relentless

    Cherry Adair

    Sexual tension accelerates the race to unravel a complicated puzzle in the latest romantic thriller from the New York Times bestselling "mistress of adrenaline" (Booklist). AN ANCIENT LEGACY Luck the gods are mu smiling on Isis Magee. How else ca...

  • Peach Pies and Alibis

    Ellery Adams

    Ellery Adams serves up a mystery that’s a real peach... Ella Mae LeFaye’s Charmed Pie Shoppe is wildly popular in Havenwood, Georgia -- which is not surprising since Ella Mae can lace her baked goods with enchantments. The shop’s extraordina...

  • Infatuate

    Aimee Agresti

    Haven Terra is still recovering from an internship that brought her literally to the brink of hell when a trip to New Orleans leads to more trouble. There, while taking part in a student volunteer program, Haven and her friends Dante and Lance run ac...

  • Agave Kiss

    Ann Aguirre

    Chance was gone; he’d sacrificed himself so Shannon and I could escape Sheol. We’d raised him on Shan’s spirit radio, which meant his soul wasn’t wholly destroyed by the demon gate…. Once Corine Solomon only had the touch -- the ability ...

  • Starring Jules (As Herself)

    Beth Levine Ain

    Lights! Camera! Action! A hilarious chapter book debut from a fabulous new talent! Things to Know About Me by Jules Bloom 1. I am a scrambled-eggs-and-chocolate-milk type person. 2. I have an audition for a TV commercial (which would be great ...

  • The Liars' Gospel

    Naomi Alderman

    An award-winning writer re-imagines the life of Jesus, from the points of view of four people closest to him before his death. This is the story of Yehoshuah, who wandered Roman-occupied Judea giving sermons and healing the sick. Now, a year afte...

  • Ghoulish Song

    William Alexander

    A brave girl flees a ghoul while trying to save her town in this lively, fast-paced companion to National Book Award winner Goblin Secrets. Kaile lives in Zombay, an astonishing city where goblins walk the streets and witches work their charms and...

  • Humble Heart

    Amy Meyer Allen

    Humble Heart: A Book of Virtues is a collection of nine delightful stories from illustrator and author Amy Meyer Allen based on her popular Humble Bumbles characters. The Humble Bumbles were first introduced in Amy’s Humble Bumbles Baby Journal, on...

  • The Grecian Princess

    N.C. Allen

    The sun burns brightly over the ancient isle of Greece as former Pinkerton spy Isabelle Webb returns for her most rousing adventure yet. Legend has it that the location of a fantastic treasure is revealed only when three mystical jewels are united. I...

  • Little Cowgirl on His Doorstep

    Donna Alward

    Little cowgirl makes three For Avery Spencer, the sight of rugged, sullen and dangerously sexy Callum Shepard is enough to set her pulse racing. Too bad she's only on his ranch to tell him that her adorable baby niece is his daughter! Reclus...

  • Goofy at Bat

    Susan Amerikaner

    It's baseball season, and Goofy can't wait to try out for the team. If only he knew how to play baseball Join in the fun as Goofy's friends teach him how to bat, run the bases, and catch in this rhyming level 1 reader. ...

  • What the Family Needed

    Steven Amsterdam

    In this incandescent novel, a family’s superpowers bestow not instant salvation but the miracle of accepting who they are. “Okay, tell me which you want,” Alek asks his cousin at the outset of What the Family Needed. “To be able to fly or ...

  • Evie's Bombshell

    Amy Andrews

    Welcome to the world of Sydney Harbor Hospital (or SHH…for short -- because secrets never stay hidden for long!) Their relationship is hospital legend… Without uttering a word, Evie Lockheart knew it was over. And the only way she could eve...

  • In Search of Goliathus Hercules

    Jennifer Angus

    This is the fantastic story of Henri Bell, a near-orphan who in 1890 is sent to live with his ancient great-aunt and her extensive button collection. One rainy afternoon, Henri strikes up a conversation with a friendly fly on the windowsill and disco...

  • Staff of Judea

    Alex Archer

    The Staff of Aaron…the sword of Joan of Arc. After decoding an ancient scroll -- one that purports to pinpont the treasure of the Jewish Temple, lost for two thousand years -- archaeologist Annja Creed agrees to lead the party to recover the fin...

  • High Risk

    Vivian Arend

    LIFELINE: an elite search-and-rescue squad based out of Banff, Alberta. Specializing in high-risk rescue missions, this team goes wherever the job takes them… Rebecca James was once revered for her devil-may-care attitude and backcountry surviva...

  • Being Henry David

    Cal Armistead

    Seventeen-year-old "Hank" has found himself at Penn Station in New York City with no memory of anything --who he is, where he came from, why he's running away. His only possession is a worn copy of Walden, by Henry David Thoreau. And so he becomes He...

  • Adrian Glynde

    Martin Armstrong

    Adrian Glynde is a thirteen year old boy who has lost his father in WWI and has a troubled relationship with his mother. He struggles with loneliness, complicated family ties and the difficult reality around him as he attempts to grow up and figure o...

  • The Nightmare Affair

    Mindee Arnett

    Sixteen-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she’s a criminal. No, she’s a Nightmare. Literally. Being the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in the shadow o...

  • The Outrageous Belle Marchmain

    Lucy Ashford

    A marriage most inconvenient! Agreeing to a fake betrothal should suit both society dressmaker Belle Marchmain and landowner Adam Davenant fittingly -- clearing Belle's debts and keeping Adam's husband-hunters at bay. Even if blue-blooded Belle, w...

  • Immortal Protector

    Claire Ashgrove

    After the brutal murder of his seraph, Iain Donnelly's salvation is eternally lost. Damned to become a dark knight of Azazel, he can no longer embrace his immortal purpose as a Templar Knight. When the archangels send him on Sabbatical to find his fa...

  • Back Where She Belongs

    Dawn Atkins

    Sometimes you can go home again As the black sheep of her family, Tara Wharton has done her best to stay away. That is until a car accident has a tragic impact on her family. Now she's back in town and looking for answers. And her quest reuni...

  • Promises to Keep

    Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    The compendium of creations (SingleEarth, the Bruja guilds, the Midnight empire) intertwine in an exciting, unsettling plot featuring happenings both accidental and deliberate that will forever change the alternate landscape inhabited by vampires, Tr...

  • Look What I Can Do!

    Author Unknown

    Things get easier every day. Just watch what I can do today! This affirming story celebrates how baby animals in the forest accomplish goals, whether it's a baby bear finding food, a young spider spinning a web, or a small bird flying from the nest f...

  • Chrono Spasm

    James Axler

    SURVIVAL INSTINCT Remnants of humanity have managed to regroup after a global nuclear showdown that decimated the planet. But life in Deathlands is a far cry from actual living. And the survivors must believe they'll find something better, because s...

  • Another, Vol. 1

    Yukito Ayatsuji

    In the spring of 1998, Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to Yomiyama North Middle School. In class, he develops a sense of unease as he notices that the people around him act like they're walking on eggshells, and students and teachers alike seem frighten...

  • Daddy's House

    Azarel

    A life filled with fast money and violence lands twenty three year old Candice Holmes in a witness protection program designed to keep witnesses safe. When Candice finds out that no one is capable of saving her from the wrath of the ruthless family s...

  • Play with Blue

    Bonnie Bader

    Blue is an alien. When his spaceship lands in a backyard on Earth, he is determined to make friends with the boys and girls that live there. But first he will have to show that he is friendly. Who will play with Blue?...

  • Legacy of the Clockwork Key

    Kristin Bailey

    A teen girl unravels the mysteries of a secret society and their most dangerous invention in this adventure-swept romance set in Victorian London. When a fire consumes Meg’s home, killing her parents and destroying both her fortune and her futur...

  • Tainted Mountain

    Shannon Baker

    A fast-paced mix of eco-terrorists, native spirituality, and murder All Nora Abbott wants to do is make enough snow to save her ski resort from the drought that is ravishing Northern Arizona. But now her husband has been murdered; angry protestors...

  • Day of Doom

    David Baldacci

    THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE It started with a kidnapping. A shadowy organization known only as the Vespers snatched seven members of the Cahill family and demanded a series of bizarre ransoms from around the world. Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his ...

  • The Guilty One

    Lisa Ballantyne

    Moving and suspenseful, Lisa Ballantyne’s The Guilty One is a psychological thriller about the darkness in each of us. It explores how we are all tied to our pasts, and what it means to be guilty. Solicitor Daniel Hunter is called to defend 11-y...

  • Hold Fast

    Blue Balliett

    From NYT bestselling author Blue Balliett, the story of a girl who falls into Chicago's shelter system, and from there must solve the mystery of her father's strange disappearance. Where is Early's father? He's not the kind of father who would dis...

  • Deadly Virtues

    Jo Bannister

    The town of Norbold, England is famous for its low crime rate, thanks to the zero-tolerance policy of Chief Superintendent John Fountain. And Norbold's newest police recruit, Hazel Best, is happy to help keep it that way. But numbers never tell the w...

  • I Represent Sean Rosen

    Jeff Baron

    Sean Rosen knows what he wants. A ten-million dollar deal with a big Hollywood studio. The only problem is, he doesn't know a single person in show business. He and his mom (a nurse) and his dad (a plumber) live far away from Los Angeles or New York....

  • Real Vampires Know Hips Happen

    Gerry Bartlett

    Even though full-figured vampire Glory St. Clair knows a kilt won’t do her hips any favors, she’s willing to travel to Scotland and beyond for Jeremiah Campbell, her hunky on-again, off-again lover. Glory is thrilled when their reunion is a welco...

  • Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose

    Susan Campbell Bartoletti

    Newbery Honor author Susan Campbell Bartoletti brings the story of a young girl caught up in a web of murder, lies, and the Great Fire of Chicago to bold life. In the spring of 1871, fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose learns that her parents have been...

  • Poisoned

    Beverly Barton
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    Prepare for heart-racing suspense in this original collection by thirty of the hottest bestselling authors and new voices writing romance suspense today. Bodyguards, vigilantes, stalkers, serial killers, women (and men ) in jeopardy, cops, thieves, P...

  • Love Calling

    Janet Lee Barton

    SAM IS A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES It's been years since Emma Chapman has seen Samuel Tucker. Ever since Sam left the orphanage where the two grew up and never looked back. Emma has moved on, too, working as a telephone operator and attending local suff...

  • Surfacing

    Nora Raleigh Baskin

    A lyrical and deeply moving portrait of grief, blame, and forgiveness, and of finding the courage to confront your ghosts -- one truth at a time. As soon as she was under, Maggie heard the quiet, though every sound was amplified in her ears and ...

  • Romeo & Juliet...And Jane

    Elizabeth Bass
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    When veterinarian Jane Canfield’s first love, Roy McGillum, returns to town, memories of their high school performance as Romeo and Juliet -- and their real-life romance -- come rushing back. And when Roy shows up at Jane’s window, she’ll have ...

  • Through the Skylight

    Ian Baucom

    Two tantalizing tales, magically intertwined, cross cultures and span centuries as three kids set out to save the lives of three others -- who just happen to live in the Middle Ages! A stone lion roars.... A sleek black cat speaks.... A faun...

  • Shattered Pillars

    Elizabeth Bear

    The Shattered Pillars is the second book of Bear’s The Eternal Sky trilogy and the sequel to Range of Ghosts. Set in a world drawn from our own great Asian Steppes, this saga of magic, politics and war sets Re-Temur, the exiled heir to the great Kh...

  • Halo: Silentium

    Greg Bear

    In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood--a horrifying shape-changing parasite--has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. Too little...

  • A Shot of Sultry

    Macy Beckett

    Welcome to Sultry Springs, Texas: where home can be the perfect place for a fresh start. For West Coast filmmaker Bobbi Gallagher, going back to Sultry Springs is a last resort. But with her career in tatters, a documentary set in her hometown mig...

  • The Ultra Violets

    Sophie Bell

    Meet four best friends. They’re not super…yet. IRIS: Visionary, artist, leader--the glitter-glue that holds the group together. CHERI: A girly-girl on platform roller-skates who's never met a rescue puppy she didn’t immediately-and-madly...

  • Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis - Volume 5

    Brian Michael Bendis

    Collects Avengers #31-34, New Avengers Annual #1 & Avengers Annual #1. Wonder Man doesn't think that the Avengers are helping the world, and he's willing to do whatever is needed to stop them. Including bringing in his own team… the Revengers!...

  • Behind Palace Doors

    Jules Bennett

    "I have a proposition for you." Their marriage has all the makings of a great romantic movie: a beautiful Mediterranean setting, a handsome prince and fantastic sex. Too bad it's not real. When Prince Stefan Alexander weds Victoria Dane, the agre...

  • The Look

    Sophia Bennett

    Can she be a supermodel and a super-sister? She finds her answer in just one look. Two sisters, both beautiful in different ways: Fifteen-year-old Ted has got "The Look." That's what the scout for the modeling agency tells her, and she can't belie...

  • Strike Three, You're Dead

    Josh Berk

    Lenny Norbeck is a die-hard baseball lover. Unfortunately, he's no player himself (according to him, he's "the worst there ever was.") But he'd make a heck of an announcer. He gets a lot of practice sitting with his best friends, Mike and Other Mike,...

  • Winner Bakes All

    Sheryl Berk; Carrie Berk

    Meet Sadie. When she's not mixing it up on the basketball court, she's mixing the perfect batter with her friends in the cupcake club. Sadie's definitely no stranger to competition, but the oven mitts are off when the club is chosen to appear on B...

  • Traps

    MacKenzie Bezos

    In this tautly woven tour de force, the paths of four very different women intersect, briefly but significantly, in ways that will change each of them forever. MacKenzie Bezos's "Traps" is a propulsive exploration of the snares we build for ourselves...

  • Donnybrook

    Frank Bill

    The raw and as-insane-as-anticipated first novel from Frank Bill, author of Crimes in Southern Indiana The Donnybrook is a three-day bare-knuckle tournament held on a thousand-acre plot out in the sticks of southern Indiana. Twenty fighters. One w...

  • The Chalice

    Nancy Bilyeau

    In the midst of England's Reformation, a young novice will risk everything to defy the most powerful men of her era. In 1538, England's bloody power struggle between crown and cross threatens to tear the country apart. Novice Joanna Stafford has t...

  • Written In Red

    Anne Bishop

    No one creates realms like New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop. Now in a thrilling new fantasy series, enter a world inhabited by the Others, unearthly entities -- vampires and shape-shifters among them -- who rule the Earth and whose prey ...

  • Fete Worse Than Death

    Claudia Bishop

    Sisters Meg and Sarah Quilliam make sure guests feel right at home when they visit the Inn at Hemlock Falls. Located in upstate New York, Hemlock Falls is a small town renowned for its scenic beauty -- and scenes of crime . . . Disaster strikes a...

  • Murder Below Montparnasse

    Cara Black

    A long-lost Modigliani portrait, a grieving brother's blood vendetta, a Soviet secret that's been buried for 80 years--Parisian private investigator Aimee Leduc's current case is her most exciting one yet. When Aimee's long-term partner and best f...

  • Truth-Stained Lies

    Terri Blackstock

    Cathy Cramer is a former lawyer and investigative blogger who writes commentary on local homicides. When she finds a threatening note warning her that she's about to experience the same kind of judgment and speculation that she dishes out in her blog...

  • Cephalox the Cyber Squid

    Adam Blade

    Max's home, the floating city of Aquora, is attacked by Cephelox the Cyber Squid and his father is carried away by the Robobeast. Max and his robodog, Rivet, set off on a rescue mission. Along the way, they meet Lia, a princess of an ancient race of ...

  • Kraya the Blood Shark

    Adam Blade

    Max and Lia's underwater adventure concludes in this thrilling series by Beast Quest author, Adam Blade! Max and Lia have tracked the evil Professor to his lair in the Black Caves. Neither of them are ready for what awaits them there. Kraya the Bl...

  • Manak the Manta Ray

    Adam Blade

    Max and Lia's underwater adventure continues in this thrilling series by Beast Quest author Adam Blade! Max is determined to track down the evil Professor even if that means journeying into the deadly Forest of Souls. Lia knows this is a dangerous...

  • Hello, Mommy ZooBorns!

    Andrew Bleiman

    This irresistibly endearing book of baby animal photos celebrates the bond between mother and child. What could be cuter than baby animals? Baby animals snuggling with their mamas! This adorable Level 1 Ready-to-Read story stars the lovable ZooBor...

  • A City Tossed and Broken

    Judy Blundell

    From National Book Award-winning author Judy Blundell, a thrilling account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. When Minnie Bonner's father disappears after losing the Bonners' Philadelphia tavern, the wealthy gentleman Edward Sump, led by his...

  • 12 Days of New York

    Tonya Bolden

    When a group of students wins a trip to New York City, accompanied by their teacher, they aren’t sure where to start. Soon enough, they’re roaming the city, from the Statue of Liberty to Times Square, from Chinatown to Central Park, in order to d...

  • Crave the Darkness

    Amanda Bonilla

    Nothing comes easy for Darian. Her heightened powers make her indispensable to the Shaede Nation, but dangerous missions have driven her lover, Tyler, to his breaking point. Darian must salvage their bond, but a new assignment to protect Anya -- a fe...

  • Paging the Dead

    Brynn Bonner

    Piecing together the evidence . . . Genealogist Sophreena McClure is an expert at unearthing other people’s secrets. Using old documents and photographs, Soph and her business partner, Esme Sabatier -- also a gifted medium -- trace family histor...

  • Demons!

    Baen Books

    Fantastic tales of devilish delights.A collection of fourteen fantastic and frightening tales from such renowned writers as Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, and Jack Vance, featuring worlds inhabited by darkness, wicked devils, dark tords, playful imps,...

  • Magicats II

    Baen Books

    More fun-filled feline fantasies!These graceful creatures have long been admired . . . and feared. Their eyes seem full of a knowledge beyond that of man; their steps, stealthy and silent, bring them to unknown places. Now Dann and Dozois present the...

  • Magicats I

    Baen Books

    Eighteen fabulous feline fantasies!?Space-Time for Springers? by Fritz Leiber?The Game of Rat and Dragon? by Cordwainer Smith?The Cat from Hell? by Stephen King?Out of Place? by Pamela Sargent?Schr?dinger's Cat? by Ursula K. Le Guin?Groucho? by Ron G...

  • Unicorns II

    Baen Books

    Fascinating, ferocious, forever free???twelve tales of fantasy's most magical creatures!A collection of twelve tales of fantasy featuring the legendary unicorn includes the work of Michael Bishop, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Patricia C. Wrede, Jane Yolen, a...

  • Unicorns I

    Baen Books

    Sixteen magical tales about the most wondrous of all creatures.A collection of tales of fantasy featuring the legendary unicorn.The Spoor of the Unicorn by Avram DavidsonThe Silken-Swift by Theodore SturgeonEudoric's Unicorn by L. Sprague de CampThe ...

  • Nanotech

    Baen Books

    Ten mind-blowing tales from the cutting edge of technology???Imagine a technology that can change the structure and function of your own body...or that can devour an entire country. This is nanotechnology--the creation of self-replicating machines wi...

  • Future Crimes

    Baen Books

    Crime and Punishment???21st century style.An anthology of classic and critically acclaimed stories about the felonies and offenses law enforcement authorities will face in a future that's closer than we realize. High-tech identity theft that carries ...

  • Immortals

    Baen Books

    Spinning from the upcoming epic 3-D film Immortals from visionary director Tarsem Singh (The Fall, The Cell) and starring Mickey Rourke and Henry Cavill comes Immortals: Gods and Heroes, a stunning, two-sided hardcover featuring ALL-NEW tales of Gree...

  • Dinosaurs II

    Baen Books

    Eleven earthshaking tales of the most fearsome creatures of all timeEleven tales of primeval fantasy bring readers to the world of dinosaurs with the works of such notable writers as Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, ...

  • Armageddons

    Baen Books

    It's the end of the world???but not as we know it. . . As the new millennium approaches, speculations about Earth's destruction abound. This collection presents twelve world-ending scenarios that are all too frightening -- and all too real. Fermi and...

  • Sea Serpents!

    Baen Books

    Ten thrilling tales of the marvelous monsters of the deepHere, in one thrilling volume, are 12 tales of the creatures who rule the bottom of the sea, featuring today's finest science fiction and fantasy authors. Their legends live on, portrayed by su...

  • Invaders!

    Baen Books

    Science fiction tales of aliens who are not so nice to us humans???and sometimes downright murderous.Includes stories by:Octavia E. ButlerDamon KnightR. A. LaffertyNeal Barrett, Jr.James Tiptree, Jr.Howard WaldropPat CadiganWilliam TennPhilip K. Dick...

  • Beyond Flesh

    Baen Books

    Consider the possibilities when the mind and body are things of the past.These cutting-edge techno-tales by Poul Anderson, Greg Egan, Michael Swanwick, and other masters explore the infinite ways that new technology will free humankind from the bound...

  • I Dare You Not to Yawn

    Helene Boudreau

    Just try to resist this comical -- and infectious -- cautionary fable that will have even bedtime-avoiders gladly snuggling up for a nightly challenge. A yawn can land you in your pj’s and under the covers before you can blink and say "Baa b...

  • The Family Way

    Rhys Bowen

    In New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen's latest Molly Murphy mystery, Molly is drawn into a dangerous kidnapping case. Molly Murphy--now Molly Sullivan--is a year into her marriage, expecting her first child, and confined to the life of a...

  • Breaking Point

    C.J. Box

    Breaking Point, however, takes Joe Pickett into uncharted territory. The question is: What will he do when he gets there? It was always good to see Butch Roberson, Joe thought -- a hardworking, upright local business owner whose daughter was frien...

  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time

    Frank Cottrell Boyce

    Everyone’s favorite flying car shifts into another dimension as the intrepid Tooting family zooms back and forth through time. When the Tootings return to Zobrowski Terrace at the end of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, they find that "home"...

  • Inside Outside Book

    Lizi Boyd

    What is happening outside today? Peek through the window to find out. What is happening inside? Peek again! Whimsical die-cuts throughout lead to charming and surprising reveals with every turn of the page. Filled with fun details (can you find the t...

  • The Wisdom of Hair

    Kim Boykin

    "The problem with cutting your own hair is that once you start, you just keep cutting, trying to fix it, and the truth is, some things can never be fixed. The day of my daddy's funeral, I cut my bangs until they were the length of those little paintb...

  • Assaulted Pretzel

    Laura Bradford

    Claire Weatherly found the simple life she always wanted when she opened a gift shop in Heavenly, Pennsylvania -- a small town in the heart of Amish country. But when murder disrupts her Heavenly home, it’s up to Claire and Detective Jakob Fisher t...

  • Buffet for Unwelcome Guests

    Christianna Brand

    Five courses of delectable depravity from mystery’s master chef Playing Othello is hard on any actor, but for the great James Dragon, the role is toxic. During the play’s run, he must reenact the horrible crime that took his own wife’s life....

  • The Honey Harlot

    Christianna Brand

    One woman has the answer to history’s strangest maritime mystery Though history would remember her as the Marie Celeste, the ship’s name was Mary Celeste. She was a brig -- square-rigged, a hundred feet long, large enough for a crew of nine, a...

  • What Dread Hand?

    Christianna Brand

    Fifteen perfectly constructed tales of death both well-planned and chaotic Mr. de Silva begins the day sipping his coffee, reading the Times, and trying to decide how to murder his wife. After two years of marriage, he’s simply fed up, and has d...

  • Brand X

    Christianna Brand

    Eighteen short stories -- chilling, lovely, and sad -- from a modern master of the form For days she has been terrified that the phone will ring. Whenever she picks it up, the voice is there -- breathing, cursing at her, terrifying her with words ...

  • Red Hawk's Trail

    Max Brand

    With a reputation for being a troublemaking gunfighter‚ John Sherburn ends up in Amityville‚ Texas‚ where to his surprise an immediate friendship develops with Peter Gresham‚ the most successful businessman in Amityville. Gresham has only ...

  • Reckless

    Allison Brennan

    Two suspicious hikers … An unmarked grave … A missing child … FBI trainee Lucy Kincaid's spontaneous weekend camping trip with her boyfriend, P.I. Sean Rogan, turns into a deadly nightmare when they come across two hikers looking for t...

  • Frost Burned

    Patricia Briggs

    Mercy Thompson’s life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Adam Hauptman -- the charismatic Alpha of the local werewolf pack -- has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy...

  • Unremembered

    Jessica Brody

    When Freedom Airlines flight 121 went down over the Pacific Ocean, no one ever expected to find survivors. Which is why the sixteen-year-old girl discovered floating among the wreckage -- alive -- is making headlines across the globe. Even more st...

  • Bloodfire Quest

    Terry Brooks

    The adventure that started in Wards of Faerie takes a thrilling new turn, in the second novel of New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks’s brand-new trilogy -- The Dark Legacy of Shannara! The quest for the long-lost Elfstones has drawn ...

  • Deep Betrayal

    Anne Greenwood Brown

    Once you dive into Deep Betrayal, the sequel to Lies Beneath, you won't come up for air! It's been thirty days, two hours, and seventeen minutes since Calder left Lily standing on the shores of Lake Superior. Not that she's counting. And when Cald...

  • Blue-Ribbon Jalapeno Society Jubilee // What Happens in Texas // The Sisters Cafe

    Carolyn Brown

    You Are Cordially Invited...Come early, eat until your buttons pop, and dance until you drop! Miss Clawdy's Café has won the Jubilee blue ribbon every year since the dawn of time. This year, town matron Violet Prescott is going after that ribbon ...

  • Tito Puente, Mambo King

    Monica Brown

    Meet Tito Puente--the King of Mambo. Tum Tica From musical prodigy on the streets of Harlem to five-time Grammy Award winner, Tito's life was full of rhythm. Drums and claves, saxophones and tambourines were all part of the fun. Tac Tic M...

  • A Bloom in Winter

    T.J. Brown

    The highly anticipated second installment in the Summerset Abbey series, which picks up just after the climatic conclusion of book one. After Prudence’s desperate marriage and move to Devonshire, sisters Rowena and Victoria fear they have lost t...

  • My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood

    Tameka Fryer Brown

    What color is your mood? On a really good day, Jamie feels purple like the first bite of a juicy cold plum. And with a crayon in his hand, Jamie eases into a green feeling like a dragon dancing through a jungle made of green jello. But wh...

  • The Silence of Winter

    Wanda E. Brunstetter

    Join Meredith and Luke Stoltzfus, an Amish couple who are faced with the greatest challenge of their young lives. In The Silence of Winter, part two of The Discovery--A Lancaster County Saga, Meredith anxiously waits to hear that Luke has arrived saf...

  • Undertown

    Melvin Bukiet

    In this fast-paced adventure story, Timothy and Jessamyn are towed through the streets of Manhattan riding in Timothy’s family’s sailboat, on their way to the Long Island shore, when the boat comes unhitched from its truck. The teens “sail” b...

  • The Scourge

    Roberto Calas

    God has forsaken this land. A mysterious plague descends upon 14th century England, ravaging the country and trapping the souls of the afflicted in eternal madness. The feudal hierarchy--and even the church itself-- slowly crumbles as the dead ris...

  • The Things She Says

    Kat Cantrell

    Her Knight in a Shining Yellow Ferrari One wrong turn on a Texas highway and heartthrob director Kristian Demetrious is breaking his first rule: don't get involved. Beautiful, sassy VJ Lewis needs his help-and a ride to Dallas. Kris wants to give...

  • The Gate Thief

    Orson Scott Card

    In this sequel to The Lost Gate, bestselling author Orson Scott Card continues his fantastic tale of the Mages of Westil who live in exile on Earth. Here on Earth, Danny North is still in high school, yet he holds in his heart and mind all the sto...

  • Strand of Deception

    Robin Caroll

    When Gina Ford, the daughter of a prominent Tennessee politician, goes missing from the University of Memphis a week after another girl was murdered on the same campus, police call in the FBI. Nick Hagar, married to his job as Special Agent in Charge...

  • The Shape Stealer

    Lee Carroll

    Jewelry designer Garet James is the Watchtower--the last in a long line of powerful women sworn to protect the world from evil. Although she had once defeated evil in New York City, her pursuit of her true love, the 400-year-old vampire Will Hughes, ...

  • A Kiss Before Midnight

    Mary Carter
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    Rebecca Ryan has never forgotten the magical night she spent in New Orleans with musician Grant Dodge. Now twenty years later, Rebecca is reunited with Grant. Their attraction is as electric as ever -- and they have more to catch up on than either im...

  • Dying Bad

    Maureen Carter

    Detective Inspector Sarah Quinn and her team are not having a good week. A series of horrifying, vicious street attacks have left the police baffled, with no leads to follow.Random acts of mindless violence? Or is there more to it than that? Meanwhil...

  • The Prince

    Kiera Cass

    Before thirty-five girls were chosen to compete in the Selection . . . Before Aspen broke America's heart . . . There was another girl in Prince Maxon's life. . . ....

  • Power of Silence

    Carlos Castaneda

    Millions of readers worldwide have treasured the visionary brilliance of Carlos Castaneda, who first explore the world of the Yaqui Indian sorcerer in The Teachings of don Juan. Now, at last, don Juan returns in The Power of Silence -- wise, infuriat...

  • The Wolf's Surrender

    Kendra Leigh Castle

    AT MIA'S MERCY... As the leader of the Blackpaw werewolf pack, Nick Jenner had spent years protecting his people from dark outside forces. When the victim of a feral drifter turns up on Blackpaw territory, he thinks nothing of bringing her home wh...

  • Venom!

    Nachie Castro

    When the evil scientist Norman Osborne gets a sample of Spider-Man's DNA, he uses it to create a supercharged life form: Venom! When Harry Osborn's throws a house party for his friends, Venom decides to drop by uninvited. Will Spider-Man and his Supe...

  • The Afterlife of Emerson Tang

    Paula Champa

    A beloved car becomes a piece of us -- a way back into our histories or forward into our destinies. For Emerson Tang, the only son of a prominent New England family, that car is a 1954 Beacon. A collector -- of art and experience -- Emerson keeps his...

  • Everafter

    Elizabeth Chandler

    The sweeping saga of Ivy and Tristan comes to a breathtaking conclusion in this final book of the all-new arc in the New York Times bestselling Kissed by an Angel series. It seems the odds are forever against Ivy and her fallen angel. Tristan is s...

  • The Heart of a Hero

    Janet Chapman

    New York Times bestselling author Janet Chapman welcomes her fans back to Spellbound Falls, where no one is immune to the magical powers of love… Originally from the ancient mythical island of Atlantis, Nicholas has spent the last year deep in ...

  • Fat Angie

    E.E. Charlton-Trujillo

    Her sister was captured in Iraq, she’s the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to count instead of eat. Can a daring new girl in her life really change anything? Angie is broken -- by her can’t-be-bothered mother, b...

  • Deadline

    Simon Cheshire

    When Sam and Karen's mum is dragged away by heavily armed police, their whole lives change. With no clues apart from a cryptic message screamed out as she leaves, the kids suddenly find themselves embroiled in a high-adrenalin race against time to st...

  • Sweet Tea Revenge

    Laura Childs

    In the latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Agony of the Leaves, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning may always be a bridesmaid, never a bride, but this groom is never going to make it to the altar… Theodosia Brown...

  • The Princess Predicament

    Lisa Childs

    PASSION, PERIL AND A PRINCESS IN HIDING Forced into hiding after a threat to her life, Princess Gabriella St. Pierre must protect both herself and her unborn child. Working at an orphanage, the princess tries to suppress memories of a passionate ...

  • Play Ball!

    Matt Christopher

    Eleven-year-old cousins who are closer than most brothers, catcher Liam McCarthy and pitcher Carter Jones grew up playing baseball together. Now, their team is on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League Baseball World...

  • Clockwork Princess

    Cassandra Clare

    If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it? The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose. Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment. Danger closes in around the Shadowhunters in the final installment of th...

  • Swimming at Night

    Lucy Clarke

    People go traveling for two reasons: because they are searching for something, or they are running from something. Katie’s world is shattered by the news that her headstrong and bohemian younger sister, Mia, has been found dead at the bottom of ...

  • Just for Me

    Beverly Cleary

    Do you ever feel like you have to share everything? Whether it's a bedroom with a sibling or a seat on the bus, there never seems to be anything that's just yours. Ramona Quimby knows this better than anyone else! If you're like her, then look no ...

  • Deep Down

    Deborah Coates

    Now that she's solved her sister's murder, Hallie Michaels has left the army and isn't sure what to do next. Her relationship with deputy Boyd Davies is tentative, there's still distance between her and her father, and she needs a job. The good news ...

  • Six Years

    Harlan Coben

    In Six Years, a masterpiece of modern suspense, Harlan Coben explores the depth and passion of lost love...and the secrets and lies at its heart. Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Si...

  • Uh-oh, Baby!

    Nancy Coffelt

    The adorable Rudy is back and busy finding a gift for Mom in this charming companion to Catch That Baby! Little Rudy is determined to give Mom the best present ever -- but nothing seems to be working! His monstrous block tower topples, the floral ...

  • Pretty Girl-13

    Liz Coley

    Pretty girl 13 when she went missing lost to her family to her friends to the world found but still missing her self In Liz Coley's alarming and fascinating psychological mystery, sixteen-year-old Angie Chapman must piece together the sto...

  • The Next Right Thing

    Colleen Collins

    The next right thing is the only choice Cammie Copello gets results -- even if it means stretching the rules. That's what makes her a great private investigator. It's also what caused the little breach between her and attorney Marc Hamil...

  • Nose

    James Conaway

    In a gorgeous wine valley in northern California, the economic downturn has put a number of dreams on hold. But not so for wine critic Clyde Craven-Jones, a man whose ego nearly surpasses his substantial girth. During a routine tasting in advance of ...

  • Swept Away

    Mary Connealy

    Swept away when her wagon train attempts a difficult river crossing, Ruthy MacNeil isn't all that upset at being separated from the family who raised her. All they've ever done is work her to the bone. She prayed for a chance to get away, and then ca...

  • Death In The Dilstillery

    Kent Conwell

    Tony Boudreaux needed a rest. So when his lady friend, Janice, insists he escort her to the annual reception at the Chalk Hills Distillery, he immediately refuses. Her aunt, Beatrice Morrison, is the CEO of Chalk Hills and is anxious to host a lavish...

  • Wicked Lies

    Karina Cooper

    In this Dark Mission novella, Jonas Stone emerges from the shadows into his own story, and finally allows himself to have the same shot at love he's provided his friends. Jonas Stone has been given his first independent operation: rescue the insur...

  • Heidi Heckelbeck Is Ready to Dance!

    Wanda Coven

    Heidi bravely enters her school’s talent show, but finds she is in need of some enchanted assistance! It’s time for the Brewster Elementary Talent Show, but Heidi Heckelbeck doesn’t want to perform because she thinks she has no talent. Then ...

  • His Hidden American Beauty

    Connie Cox

    Making Annalise smile… Cruise ship doctor Annalise Walcott travels from port to port with no ties to anyone -- relationships cause nothing but heartache. So when Greek god Niko Christopoulos catches her eye she's determined to steer clear! Dy...

  • Speak No Evil

    Tanya Anne Crosby

    Lifting the veil of secrecy on a grand Southern family in decline, New York Times bestselling author Tanya Anne Crosby explores the lives of Caroline, Augusta, and Savannah Aldridge, three sisters who share a dark past and an uncertain future... C...

  • The Crooked Branch

    Jeanine Cummins

    From the national bestselling and highly acclaimed author of The Outside Boy comes the deeply moving story of two mothers -- witty, self-deprecating Majella, who is shocked by her entry into motherhood in modern-day New York, and her ancestor, tough ...

  • The Striker

    Clive Cussler; Justin Scott

    Detective Isaac Bell returns in the remarkable new adventure in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. It is 1902, and a bright, inexperienced young man named Isaac Bell, only two years out of his apprenticeship at the Van Dorn Detective Agency...

  • A Turn of Light

    Julie E. Czerneda

    The village of Marrowdell is an isolated pioneer community, but it is also the place where two worlds overlap, and at the turn of light- sunset- the world of magic known as Verge can briefly be seen. Jenn Nalynn belongs to both Verge and Marrowdel...

  • Strong Enough to Love

    Victoria Dahl

    Photographer Eve Hill was completely comfortable being single. Or at the very least, she was completely resigned to it. There was only one man who made every nerve in her body and brain light up when he walked into a room. But Brian Stewart had alway...

  • Wave Goodbye

    Lila Dare

    St. Elizabeth, Georgia, offers charm, Southern hospitality -- and the occasional murder. This time, when a new hair salon tries to steal business, it’s someone’s life that gets cut short… Violetta’s salon is up in arms. Business is dead. S...

  • Queen Victoria's Book of Spells

    Ellen Datlow

    “Gaslamp Fantasy,” or historical fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike. A number of wonderful fantasy novels, including Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Strange and Mr No...

  • X-Factor - Volume 18: Breaking Points

    Peter David

    Collects X-Factor (2005) #241-245. The story arc that will change the face of X-Factor forever! As a rejected Strong Guy does the unthinkable, two characters whom you never thought would come face-to-face are finally reunited. Discovering a long-buri...

  • Evil in All Its Disguises

    Hilary Davidson

    When travel writer Lily Moore joins a group of journalists for an all-expenses-paid press junket to Acapulco, she expects sun, sand, and margaritas. Instead, she finds that the Mexican city, once the playground of Hollywood stars, is a place of faded...

  • You and I, Me and You

    Maryjanice Davidson

    The final book in Davidson's laugh-out-loud trilogy featuring an unconventional FBI agent who finds love in the most unexpected places Candice (and her sisters) has moved in with Patrick and everything is more than she could have ever dreamed. Exc...

  • Undead and Underwater

    Maryjanice Davidson

    New York Times bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson “continues to put her own unique spin on paranormal romance” (Fallen Angel Reviews), and in this all-new anthology, she’s three times as outrageous as ever before… Undead and Underwate...

  • Garfield Minus Garfield

    Jim Davis

    It’s Garfield -- as you’ve never seen him! Come savor the existential adventures of Jon Arbuckle in Garfield Minus Garfield. Based on the phenomenon ignited by Dan Walsh’s hilarious and wildly popular webcomic (beloved by The New York Times an...

  • Exposed

    Kyra Davis

    One passionate night with a stranger turned Kasie's world upside down, and just when she thought she was getting the hang of things, her fiance finds out... "You should sleep with a stranger"--those words whispered in her ear by her best friend be...

  • The Cats of Tanglewood Forest

    Charles de Lint

    The magic is all around you, if only you open your eyes.... Lillian Kindred spends her days exploring the Tanglewood Forest, a magical, rolling wilderness that she imagines to be full of fairies. The trouble is, Lillian has never seen a wisp of ma...

  • The Zoo Job

    Keith R.A. Decandido

    The rich and powerful take what they want. We steal it back for you. THE ZOO JOB Marney Brillinger is in trouble. The zoo that has been in her family for generations is failing, and when she makes a deal with a Malanian priest to loan her two...

  • Avenging Spider-Man: The Good, the Green and the Ugly

    Kelly Sue Deconnick

    Collects Avenging Spider-Man #7, 9-10 & 12-13. First, it's a night out on the town with Spider-Man and She-Hulk! Then, Spidey plummets into action with the all new Captain Marvel! Unfortunately, they're 50,000 feet up - and only one of them can ...

  • A Thousand Pardons

    Jonathan Dee

    For readers of Jonathan Franzen and Richard Russo, Jonathan Dee’s novels are masterful works of literary fiction. In this sharply observed tale of self-invention and public scandal, Dee raises a trenchant question: what do we really want when we as...

  • Nelly May Has Her Say

    Cynthia DeFelice

    Nelly May Nimble and her twelve brothers and sisters live with their parents in a tiny cottage in the Bottoms, where there's never enough food to feed so many hungry mouths. Nelly May decides that she is old enough to earn her keep and takes a job as...

  • A Nanny for the Cowboy

    Roxann Delaney

    Desperately Seeking A Sitter Who knew hiring a nanny could get so complicated? Rancher Luke Walker has been caring for his two-year-old son single-handedly ever since his wife walked out, and he sure could use some help. But when he thought to fi...

  • Me with You

    Kristy Dempsey

    Here is a special twosome. From tea time to game time, in singing or swinging, in the good times and even the grumpy ones, too, this granddaughter knows her grandpa loves her. Indeed they are a pair beyond compare. With simple rhymes and delightfully...

  • The Boxcar Children

    Shannon Eric Denton

    Henry, Jesse, Violet, and Benny Alden are brothers and sisters-and they're orphans. The only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. One night, during a storm, the children find an old red boxcar that keeps them warm and safe. They dec...

  • Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland

    Tomie DePaola

    The story of Patrick’s life, from his noble birth in Britain, to his being captured and taken to Ireland by a group of bandits, to the “dreams” that led him to convert the Irish people to the Christian faith. DePaola also retells several well-k...

  • Patterns of Love

    Frances Devine
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    On the one-year anniversary of their grandmother’s death, four cousins from a fractured family converge on beautiful Colorado Springs to fulfill the terms of her will. They will piece together a quilt -- and perhaps find a way to mend the hurt feel...

  • Llama Llama Birthday Party!

    Anna Dewdney

    Our brand-new sticker book is perfect for fans of Anna Dewdney's bestselling Llama Llama series The book, about Llama having a birthday bash with all his friends, features simple text and four pages of colorful stickers to add to each of the scenes, ...

  • The Baby Jackpot

    Jacqueline Diamond

    They Know Everything About Babies... So why is recently single Stacy Layne suddenly on the mommy fast track? As Safe Harbor Medical's first successful egg donor, she should have known better. That goes double (or should she say triple?) for Cole ...

  • The Fancy

    Monica Dickens

    Women from all walks of life have been thrown together by the War. Together they must toil for long hours in the aircraft factory whilst striving to navigate their disrupted lives. Overseeing their work is the kindly Edward Ledward, whose beloved rab...

  • The Secret of Happy Ever After

    Lucy Dillon

    ichelle doesn’t believe in fairy tales. She’s a hard-headed businesswoman, making a fresh start in a new town. And when she decides to take over a neglected book shop, she knows the perfect manager. For book-loving Anna, it’s a dream come tr...

  • No Turning Back

    Helenkay Dimon

    The Hanover brothers inherited some bad behavior from their con artist father. Now three strong women will make honest men out of them. After ten years in the Army and four overseas deployments, Declan Hanover is ready for life away from a militar...

  • The Death of Lyndon Wilder and the Consequences Thereof

    E A Dineley

    When governess Anna Arbuthnot arrives at Ridley Hall, she finds a house in deep mourning. Lyndon Wilder, oldest and most beloved son of Lord and Lady Charles has been killed in the Napoleonic Wars, leaving behind him a now orphaned daughter, Lottie a...

  • Iron Man: Greatest Battles

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  • Bambi's Hide and Seek

    Disney Book Group

    One lazy day, Bambi and Thumper decide to play hide-and-seek. Thumper hops off to hide and Bambi sets off to find him. Peeking behind bushes, in holes, up trees, and among flowers looking for Thumper, Bambi (and readers) discover other animal friends...

  • Venom!

    Disney Book Group

    When the evil scientist Norman Osborne gets a sample of Spider-Man's DNA, he uses it to create a supercharged life form: Venom! When Harry Osborn's throws a house party for his friends, Venom decides to drop by uninvited. Will Spider-Man and his S...

  • Bambi's Hide and Seek: A Disney Reader

    Disney Book Group

    One lazy day, Bambi and Thumper decide to play hide-and-seek. Thumper hops off to hide and Bambi sets off to find him. Peeking behind bushes, in holes, up trees, and among flowers looking for Thumper, Bambi (and readers) discover other animal friends...

  • Grandma and the Great Gourd

    Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

    Once upon a time, in a little village in India, there lived an old woman. Everyone in the village called her Grandma. One day, Grandma received a letter from her daughter, who lived on the other side of the jungle. "Please come and visit me," said th...

  • Oleander Girl

    Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

    From the bestselling author of "One Amazing Thing," a sweeping, suspenseful, atmospheric coming-of-age novel about a young woman who leaves India for America on a search that will transform her life. Beloved by critics and readers, Chitra Banerjee...

  • Lawful Interception

    Cory Doctorow

    An all-new tale of Marcus Yallow, the hero of the bestselling novels Little Brother and Homeland -- as he deals with the aftermath of a devastating Oakland earthquake, with the help of friends, hacker allies, and some very clever crowdsourced drones....

  • The Straw Men

    P.C. Doherty / Paul Doherty

    January, 1381. Guests of the Regent, John of Gaunt, Brother Athelstan and Sir John Cranston have been attending a mystery play performed by the Straw Men, Gaunt’s personal acting troupe, when the evening’s entertainment is rudely interrupted by t...

  • The Mapmaker's War

    Ronlyn Domingue

    This will be the map of your heart, old woman. In an ancient time, in a faraway land, a young woman named Aoife is allowed a rare apprenticeship to become her kingdom’s mapmaker, tasked with charting the entire domain. Traveling beyond its borders,...

  • Let's Go, Hugo!

    Angela Dominguez

    Hugo is a dapper little bird who adores the Eiffel Tower -- or at least his view of it from down here. Hugo, you see, has never left the ground. So when he meets another bird, the determined Lulu, who invites him to fly with her to the top of the tow...

  • The Rise of Robin Hood

    Angus Donald

    Something is stirring in the heart of Sherwood. Two desperate young men undertake their first robbery in the tangled depths of a medieval forest. The first is a cut-throat charmer named Robert Odo; the second a gigantic, battle-hardened warrior c...

  • Astonished

    Beverly Donofrio

  • The Culling

    Steven dos Santos

    Who would you choose? Lucian “Lucky” Spark has been recruited for training by the totalitarian government known as the Establishment. According to Establishment rules, if a recruit fails any level of the violent training competitions, a family...

  • The Zombie at the Finish Line

    Bill Doyle

    Don't fall apart. Try to hold yourself together. This is no time to go to pieces. There's a zombie at the finish line! It's time for the Junior Monster League's track-and-field competition. Unfortunately, Patsy the Zombie just can't seem to hold h...

  • An Act of Persuasion

    Stephanie Doyle

    For all the wrong reasons? Anna Summers has always been more than Ben Tyler's assistant. She's even been more than his best friend. Too bad Ben didn't realize it until after she quit. Now that he's more like his old self after facing off against ...

  • Attack of the Giant Hamster

    Dr. Roach

    Funny, light-hearted monster stories that are perfect for young readers, brought to us by the esteemed Dr. Roach. Billy's new pet hamster is a huge disappointment. Despite his name, Hercules is perhaps the world's laziest rodent. He does nothing b...

  • Night of the Zombie Goldfish

    Dr. Roach

    Funny, light-hearted monster stories that are perfect for young readers, brought to us by the esteemed Dr. Roach. Judd Crank and his friend Zak are two ordinary boys, in an ordinary town, with some very ordinary goldfish. Judd never thought much a...

  • Panic

    Sharon M. Draper

    This gripping and chillingly realistic novel from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Draper shows that all it takes is one bad decision for everything to change. Diamond knows not to get into a car with a stranger. But what if the stranger ...

  • Mila 2.0

    Debra Driza

    Mila was living with her mother in a small Minnesota town when she discovered she was also living a lie. She was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was never supposed to remember the past--that she was built in a computer scie...

  • King of Space

    Jonny Duddle

    The universe is about to be conquered . . .by a six year old. Rex may look like an average six-year-old, living on his parents’ moog farm and going to mini intergalactic citizen school, but he knows he’s destined to become . . . the King of Sp...

  • Guard Duty

    Sharon Dunn

    "IF YOU TELL, YOU DIE." As a potential murder witness, rookie K-9 police officer Valerie Salgado is living with a death threat and caring for her young niece. And things get worse when FBI agent Trevor Lewis comes to Sagebrush, Texas. In exchange...

  • Take Me to Your BBQ

    Kathy Duval

    Aliens have landed on Willy’s farm, and they’re not leaving without a square dance and a square meal! So fire up that grill, lay on the barbeque sauce, and snatch up that fiddle. Told in verse, this rollicking story puts a twist on the typical en...

  • Room No. 10

    Ake Edwardson

    A YOUNG WOMAN IS DISCOVERED hanged in a room in a decrepit hotel, and Gothenburg’s Chief Inspector Erik Winter must try to figure out what happened. As Winter looks around, he realizes that he was in the same hotel room many years earlier, when it ...

  • The Lightning Dreamer

    Margarita Engle

    “I find it so easy to forget / that I’m just a girl who is expected / to live / without thoughts.” Opposing slavery in Cuba in the nineteenth century was dangerous. The most daring abolitionists were poets who veiled their work in metaphor. Of ...

  • The Gods of Heavenly Punishment

    Jennifer Cody Epstein

    A lush, exquisitely rendered meditation on war, The Gods of Heavenly Punishment tells the story of several families, American and Japanese, their loves and infidelities, their dreams and losses, and how they are all connected by one of the most devas...

  • Run, Hide

    Carol Ericson

    IF THEY EVER FIND YOU, RUN Those are the words Jenna Stark has lived by for three years. But now the stakes are much higher. Her child is in danger and only one man can keep them alive. The man who forced her into a life on the run: her husband. ...

  • The Five Acts of Diego Leon

    Alex Espinoza

    Acclaimed author Alex Espinoza, whose writing Lisa See has called “fresh, magical, beautiful, and evocative,” returns with a captivating, unforgettable novel set in Hollywood’s Golden Age, as a gifted and determined young man leaves Mexico -- a...

  • Book Club

    Loren D. Estleman

    Short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors. When a bibliophile is murdered, it takes a bookseller to solve the crime. Good Advice, New Mexico, is a sunny town with a gloomy bookshop. The store's eerie corridors are the province of Avery S...

  • Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality

    Elizabeth Eulberg

    A hilarious new novel from Elizabeth Eulberg about taking the wall out of the wallflower so she can bloom. Don't mess with a girl with a Great Personality. Everybody loves Lexi. She's popular, smart, funny...but she's never been one of those gi...

  • Safe From Harm

    Stephanie Jaye Evans

    In a new mystery featuring Texas minister Walker “Bear” Wells, a teen tragedy hits too close to home… The ominous text message Bear Wells received from his teenage daughter Jo simply said: “Come home.” The Texas minister never imagined h...

  • Bryony Bell's Star Turn

    Franzeska G. Ewart

    Christmas is coming and the Bell household is busier than ever. Fresh from recent success on Broadway, they now star in their own reality TV show, plus there's rehearsals for the school Nativity Play to perform and Bryony's got a secret plan to ensur...

  • Under the Spell of Bryony Bell

    Franzeska G. Ewart

    Bryony's back. Her family dreams of starring on Broadway but their first stop is the local Empress Theatre. Bryony, the only non-singing Bell, has to make do with befriending the has-been magician, Ken Undrum. The trouble begins when Ken and his whit...

  • Pandemonium

    Warren Fahy

    Deep beneath the Ural Mountains, in an underground city carved out by slave labor during the darkest hours of the Cold War, ancient caverns hold exotic and dangerous life-forms that have evolved in isolation for countless millennia. Cut off from the ...