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  • Seems Like You're Ready

    Relentless Aaron

    Sixteen-year-old Angel is a rising vocal star, blessed with a voice that can hold its own with the biggest names in the industry. With a surprise platinum single burning up the charts, Angel's career is about to soar...even if her love life seems per...

  • The Bridesmaid

    Hailey Abbott

    After years of watching couples come to blows over ice sculptures, Abby wants no part of the family business. She'd rather spend weekends kicking a soccer ball or antagonizing Noah, the cute son of a famous pastry chef -- not doing the Electric Slide...

  • Alex And Marty Run Wild

    Marcie Aboff

    From DreamWorks, the studio behind the megahit SHREK 2, a movie that proves that it's a jungle out there!

    Marty and Alex are best friends but even they don't always see eye-to-eye. Alex loves being the star of the zoo, but Marty wants somethin...

  • The Garden of Eden

    Eve Adams

    As touching as it is humorous, The Garden of Eden is a parable for our time with a powerful and ultimately redemptive ending that speaks to oft underappreciated virtues such as loyalty (sticking with those you love even when they screw up royally), t...

  • Changer of Days

    Alma Alexander

    The child Anghara Kir Hama was forced to flee the kingdom she rightfully ruled, escaping the murderous wrath of her brother, the usurper, who would see her dead to secure the throne. But her years spent in a strange desert land -- honing the miraculo...

  • Last Resort

    Hannah Alexander

    It was a story to put Hidewaway, Missouri, in the national headlines... A Missing Child: Clarissa Cooper, twelve, vanishes near her home -- abducted, evidence suggests, by someone close to her. A Woman in Crisis: Noelle Cooper races back to her...

  • When We Meet Again

    Victoria Alexander

    Pamela is a mystery Alexei is determined to solve ... Prince Alexei of Avalonia is a master at the art of seduction, but when a mysterious young woman he meets at a masked ball spends the night in his bed, he finds he is touched in ways he cannot ...

  • Natives and Exotics

    Jane Alison

    In the manner of W. G. Sebald's The Emigrants, Natives and Exotics follows three characters, linked by blood and legacy, as they wander a world scarred by colonialism.

    Transplanted halfway around the globe in 1970, nine-year-old Alice, the c...

  • Zorro

    Isabel Allende

    A child of two worlds—the son of an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner and a Shoshone warrior woman—young Diego de la Vega cannot silently bear the brutal injustices visited upon the helpless in late-eighteenth-century ...

  • The Trench

    Steve Alten

    Master of suspense Steve Alten always takes readers to the edge with his non-stop, adrenaline-charged novels. Just in time for the movie, this new edition of his New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to MEG shows just how deep fear can run ...

  • The Lake, the River & the Other Lake

    Steve Amick

    The resort town of Weneshkeen, nestled along Michigan’s Gold Coast, has become a complex melting pot: townies and old timers mix with ritzy summer folk, migrant cherry pickers, wily river guides, and a few Ojibwe Indians. As the summer blooms, thes...

  • The ORC's Treasure

    Kevin J. Anderson

    In the tradition of Lord of the Rings and The Sword of Shannara, Gree is a workaday Orc without many aspirations, as greedy and nasty as they come. But soon, after he and his fellow orcs lay siege to a human castle, Gree comes upon a hidden treasure,...

  • The Birthday Dinner

    Donna Andrews
    in

    CLAUDIA BISHOP AND DEAN JAMES invite you to dine in. There's murder on the menu... Main Course: Sixteen short stories Side Dishes: Sixteen all -- new recipes and author interviews Sink your teeth into these delicacies from today's masters of ...

  • Hissy Fit

    Mary Kay Andrews

    In Mary Kay Andrews's bestselling third novel, a no-good lowdown, lying, cheating varmint of an ex-fiance gets the comeuppance he so richly deserves. This is a dishy and outrageous story that Mary Kay's readers will love. The night before her we...

  • The Interview Room

    Roderick Anscombe

    Working in a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane, psychiatrist Paul Lucas confronts the darkest and most frightening side of humanity. But he has never interviewed a patient like Craig Cavanaugh. The scion of a wealthy and influential f...

  • Batteries Required

    Jennifer Apodaca

    If only life came with operating instructions. Samantha Shaw's dating service, Heart Mates, is barely paying the bills, and her up-and-down relationship with private investigator Gabe Pulizzi isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of her knack for roman...

  • Kitten's Big Adventure

    Mie Araki

    When kitten spies a butterfly, she boldly sets off on an adventure away from Mama's side. She creeps, leaps, crouches, and crawls until she finally has that butterfly cornered. Or does she? Poor kitten is in for a few big surprises. Lucky for her, Ma...

  • Maps for Lost Lovers

    Nadeem Aslam

    WINNER OF THE KIRIYAMA PRIZE • If Gabriel García Márquez had chosen to write about Pakistani immigrants in England, he might have produced a novel as beautiful and devastating as Maps for Lost Lovers. Jugnu and Chanda have disappeared. ...

  • Realms of the Dragon II

    Philip Athans
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    Realms rise and fall, human lives tick by like seconds on a clock, and the dragons watch from on high. But when the mighty wyrms lose their minds, when they succumb to their basest, most violent impulses, time stands still. And that just happens t...

  • Children of the Serpent

    James Axler

    THE DRAGON AWAKENS The nine hybrid barons--mysterious oligarchs who ruled the fortified cities that emerged after Armageddon--are no more. Gone, not by the civil war fought by a courageous band of exiles, but trapped in a web of evil 4000 years in t...

  • The Dog with No Name

    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! When Andi, Tristan, and Natalie find a badly injured Labrador in a ditch by a busy street, they are horrified. H...

  • Sanctuary

    Robin Wayne Bailey

  • A Taste of Cockroach

    Allan Baillie

  • Luck of the Devil

    Emily Baker

    Her Secret Lover Wastrel, gambler, and ne'er-d-well...handsome Garrett Lynch has a wicked reputation and every woman knows it. Can it be possible that he is also the man known only as The Green Dragon, secretly fighting for Ireland against rampant E...

  • Fashion Victim

    Sam Baker

    Who would leave a highly respected, hard-won position as an investigative journalist at one of London's top newspapers for a job at a fashion rag? That's the question on everyone's mind when Annie Anderson announces she's making the move. True, the l...

  • Cows Going Past

    Bruce Balan

  • Texas Triumph

    Elaine Barbieri

    Buck Star was a handsome cad with a love-'em-and-leave-'em attitude that had broken more than one heart. But when he lost his head over a conniving beauty young enough to be his own daughter, he jeopardized all he valued, even the lives of his own ch...

  • The Dallancy Bequest

    Tessa Barclay

    The compelling new romantic novel from one of Britain's best-loved storytellers When genealogist Laura Wainwright receives an enquiry from a Canadian named Neil Crandel, her curiosity is aroused ?{ not least by a piece of lace bought in the nineteent...

  • The Graveyard Position

    Robert Barnard

    Meet the Cantelos of Leeds, England. To call the Cantelos dysfunctional is actually a wild understatement. But is one of them also a killer? Clarissa Cantelo, a skilled clairvoyant, apparently thought so. Believing that her sixteen-year-old nephe...

  • Solo

    Emily Barr

    Emily Barr's feisty new heroine charms both sides of the Atlantic while facing the demons from her past EVIE SILVERMAN appears to have it all. A semi-celebrity in the British tabloids, she's known as much for her fabulous sense of style as for her r...

  • Sophie's Last Stand

    Nancy Bartholomew

    SHE'S NOT GONNA TAKE IT! Sophie Mazaratti moved far away to escape the mess her sleazy ex left behind. But he's found her bolt-hole -- and so have his worst enemies, the mob. What's more, they think she's working with him -- and so does the FBI. N...

  • Making Amends

    Janet Lee Barton

    John Harper arrives in Roswell to settle his Uncle Douglas's estate and finds he is not welcome. His name brings fear and loathing to the townspeople. Yet, from his correspondence, his uncle lauded himself as a champion of the New Mexico Territory. ...

  • Follow Me

    Mary Beth Bass

    Claire Islington has everything. Only a selfish fool would complain or want more. And yet Claire does. For seven years, she's been haunted by desire. That's how long it's been since she allowed herself to chase her dream. Then, it almost killed her. ...

  • The Diezmo

    Rick Bass

    This novel of young men seeking glory in the Republic of Texas is “a surprisingly absorbing rendition of a terrible episode in American history” (The Oregonian).The Diezmo tells the incredible story of the Mier Expedition, one of the most absurd ...

  • Tears of the Dragon

    Holly Baxter

    "Realistic characters, natural dialogue, well-integrated historical detail and a surprise twist ending mark this as superior mystery fare." -- Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewTo think of Chicago in the 1930s is to conjure up pictures of the Chicago O...

  • GulliverZone

    Stephen Baxter

    Welcome to the infinite worlds of The Web
    February 7, 2027, is World Peace Day. All over the world, celebrations are in full swing. There's even free access to the Web today--a chance to sample the infinite worlds and endless possibilities of v...

  • Moving Mars

    Greg Bear


    She is a daughter of one of Mars's oldest, most conservative Binding Multiples--the extended family syndicates that colonized the red planet. But Casseia Majumdar has a dream of an independent Mars, born in the student protests of 2171. During th...

  • Follies

    Ann Beattie

    From four time O. Henry Award"winning author Ann Beattie, a compellingly tender, acute, and revelatory collection of stories.Ann Beattie's Follies is a superb novella and collection of stories about adult children, aging parents, and the chance enc...

  • Powers, Volume 8: Legends

    Brian Michael Bendis

    Homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim investigate murders specific to super hero cases. And with all super heroes declared illegal, a Powers crime wave has hit the city, and hit it hard! Age 17 and up....

  • Daredevil, Volume 11: Golden Age

    Brian Michael Bendis

    Follow Matt Murdock through a story that literally spans the entire history of the Marvel Universe! Who was the Kingpin before the Kingpin, and what was his relationship to Matt?Collects Daredevil #66-70....

  • The Flip Side Of Forever

    David Benz

    The Flip Side of Forever is a story that explores human nature and mental illness. Set in 1961, it is the story of Hamilton "Ham" Springs, a man who is by all outward appearances an ordinary guy. But on the inside, Ham is anything but normal-he's a w...

  • Captain Arsenio: Inventions and (Mis)adventures in Flight

    Pablo Bernasconi

  • The Third Secret

    Steve Berry

    Papal secretary Father Colin Michener is concerned for the Pope. Night after restless night, something coaxes Pope Clement XV to the Vatican's private archive--something concerning the revelations of Fatima. When the Pope sends Michener on a mysterio...

  • With This Ring, I'm Confused

    Kristin Billerbeck

    She's got the rock, so when does happily ever after kick in? At long last, Ashley Stockingdale--patent attorney, fashionista, and homeowner--can finally add "fiancee" to her spirited resume. That means the next four months will be a dizzying and d...

  • Waiting for Gateau

    Claudia Bishop
    in

    CLAUDIA BISHOP AND DEAN JAMES invite you to dine in. There's murder on the menu... Main Course: Sixteen short stories Side Dishes: Sixteen all -- new recipes and author interviews Sink your teeth into these delicacies from today's masters of ...

  • Tanner's Virgin

    Lawrence Block

    The CIA, the FBI, the KGB, Interpol -- not one of the world's premier intelligence organizations knows quite what to make of Evan Michael Tanner. Is he a spy, a mercenary, a footloose adventurer, or simply a screwball sucker for hopeless causes? (A...

  • Those Who Save Us

    Jenna Blum

    FOR FIFTY YEARS, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole ...

  • Memories of a Dirt Road Town

    Stephen A. Bly

    A fifth-grade school teacher in southern Illinois, Develyn Worrell's nightmare begins one summer when she discovers her husband's infidelity. She divorces him without ever telling her twenty-one-year-old daughter why. Although Devvy has a heart chang...

  • Dangerous Ground

    Larry Bond

    The US submarine Memphis should have been mothballed decades ago. Instead, she is charged with one last, secret mission: to locate leaking containers of Russian nuclear fuel on the floor of the Arctic Ocean. More than just an environmental nightmare,...

  • When Harry Hit the Hamptons

    Cathy Bouchard; Mara Goodman-Davies

  • Mercury

    Ben Bova

    The planet closest to our Sun, Mercury is a rocky, barren, heat-scorched world. But there are those who hope to find wealth in its desolation. Saito Yamagata thinks Mercury's position makes it an ideal place to generate power to propel starships int...

  • The Proof of the Pudding (Novella)

    Rhys Bowen
    in

    CLAUDIA BISHOP AND DEAN JAMES invite you to dine in. There's murder on the menu... Main Course: Sixteen short stories Side Dishes: Sixteen all -- new recipes and author interviews Sink your teeth into these delicacies from today's masters of ...

  • Keeping You Close

    Celya Bowers

    Hidden Secrets Kasmira "Mira" Benton was raised by a single mother who did the best she could with what she had. She never revealed that Mira's father is Paulo Riaz, a notorious drug lord who's wanted by the DEA. Now a parent herself, Mira would lik...

  • Out of Range

    C.J. Box

    A good friend and fellow game warden has killed himself, and Joe Pickett's been chosen to temporarily run his district. But Jackson, Wyoming, is a far cry from Joe's hometown of Saddlestring--and it doesn't help that now Joe feels compelled to invest...

  • Three-Day Road

    Joseph Boyden

    Set in Canada and the battlefields of France and Belgium, Three-Day Road is a mesmerizing novel told through the eyes of Niska -- a Canadian Oji-Cree woman living off the land who is the last of a line of healers and diviners -- and her nephew Xavier...

  • Dangerous Depths

    Kathy Brandt

    FIRE AND WATER I'd come to the British Virgin Islands to escape. As a police diver and underwater investigator, I figured tropical waters and an island paradise beat murky, polluted city lakes any day. When I left Denver, my former partner in homi...

  • Rebel Gun

    Lyle Brandt

    The Civil War is over. The American West is on the mend, but turmoil still brews south of the border. And one mans search for peace finds him the subject of a Mexican manhunt. Matthew Price is weary of the trail. He's tired of living by the gun--t...

  • The Business of Strangers

    Kylie Brant

    She didn't know her name, didn't know her nationality. The newly manufactured "Rianna Kingsley" only knew that her martial-arts skills and weaponry and assassination techniques went far beyond the average person's.... The men who'd tried to assass...

  • Mercy

    Jean Brashear

    THE TRUTH COULD SAVE HER... OR DESTROY HER Twenty years ago, Lucas Walker was seventeen, in love with Tansy Gerard -- and framed for the murder of Tansy's twin brother. Lucas's part-Cherokee heritage, "bad seed" reputation and desperate need to pr...

  • Divided City

    Theresa Breslin

    A young man lies bleeding in the street. It could be any street, in any city. But it's not. It's Glasgow. And it's May - the marching season. The Orange Walks have begun. Graham doesn't want to be involved. He just wants to play football with his new...

  • The Duchess's Next Husband

    Terri Brisbin

    TIME WAS RUNNING OUT FOR THE DUCHESS OF WINDMERE... All Miranda Warfield had ever wanted was to be a wife to a man, not a title, but her marriage to Adrian, Duke of Windmere, had been merely a polite ton alliance for years. Now, miraculously, the ...

  • Can't Get Enough

    Connie Briscoe

    The memorable men and women of P.G. County are back in Connie Briscoe’s wickedly funny and deliciously daring novel of romance and betrayal, dangerous choices and seductive second chances.Barbara Bentley, the grand dame of Prince George's Count...

  • Shakespeare's Secret

    Elise Broach

    When Hero starts sixth grade at a new school, she's less concerned about the literary origins of her Shakespearean name than about the teasing she's sure to suffer because of it. So she has the same name as a girl in a play by a dusty old author. Her...

  • What the No-Good Baby Is Good For

    Elise Broach

    Having reached his limit with the loud, troublesome baby in the house, John tells his mother that it is time to make some changes and suggests that it is time for the baby to go back from where it came, in an amusing tale of sibling rivalry....

  • Mr. Emerson's Wife

    Amy Belding Brown

    In this novel about Ralph Waldo Emerson's wife, Lidian, Amy Belding Brown examines the emotional landscape of love and marriage. Living in the shadow of one of the most famous men of her time, Lidian becomes deeply disappointed by marriage, but consi...

  • Sing for Your Supper

    Don Bruns
    in

    CLAUDIA BISHOP AND DEAN JAMES invite you to dine in. There's murder on the menu... Main Course: Sixteen short stories Side Dishes: Sixteen all -- new recipes and author interviews Sink your teeth into these delicacies from today's masters of ...

  • Last Call for Blackford Oakes

    William F. Buckley Jr.

    The brilliant CIA agent goes up against infamous Soviet spy Kim Philby in this “lively, entertaining” Cold War thriller (Publishers Weekly).  Blackford “Blackie” Oakes is the greatest spy in American history, but he’s no longer allowed...

  • Love The Sinner

    Lynn Bulock

    I, Gracie Lee Harris, being of (mostly) sound mind and (slightly chubby) body, do hereby declare I had nothing to do with the murder of my two-timing, con man husband. But I know three women who could have killed Dennis: his devoted but delusional mo...

  • Bangkok Tattoo

    John Burdett

    Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep of the Royal Thai Police returns in his riveting and smokily atmospheric new thriller. A farang -- a foreigner -- has been murdered, his body horribly mutilated, at the Bangkok brothel co-owned by Sonchai's mother an...

  • Last Call

    Morgan Burke

    the party room. On Manhattan's Upper East Side. Everybody's fabulous. No one gets carded. Then someone dies. The Prep School Killer is dead. Finally Kirsten can go on and leave the nightmare of her best friend Sam's murder behind her. Kirsten's at N...

  • The Thor Conspiracy

    Larry Burkett

    It begins in the 1960s-an unimaginable series of political machinations leading to one act of greed and destruction after another, until in the twenty-first century, the world faces a single, global dictator. Behind the takeover is an odd, yet fright...

  • Worlds Apart

    Laura J. Burns

    Things are not going as Ephram had planned. When he arrives in Los Angeles with Amy and Bright, it seems clear that there is no way Amy is going to spend the next four years at UCLA. The traffic, the Sunset Strip, the perfectly tanned and impossibly ...

  • North

    Frederick Busch

    Combining the pace of a detective story with the bold prose of a master storyteller, North is both an adventure and a pilgrimage. Alone and haunted by memories of his dead wife and child, Jack -- who prowled the backwaters of Girls -- returns to upst...

  • Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear: A Traditional Rhyme

    Timothy Bush

    One day Teddy Bear leans out of his boy's knapsack to pick a tempting flower. Buthe leans too far ... and finds himself on the ground, lost and alone.

    What will Teddy Bear see? Who will he meet? And will he be able to find his way home?

    ...

  • Dead Beat

    Jim Butcher

    Paranormal investigations are Harry 'Dresden's business, and Chicago is his beat as he tries to bring law and order to a world of wizards and monsters that exists alongside everyday life. And though most inhabitants of the Windy City don't believe in...

  • Queen of the Depths

    Richard Lee Byers
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea. That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. The spiritual heart of Faern beats in time with a hundred gods, and for each, a thousand s...

  • Dragon Throne

    Michael Cadnum

    Edmund and Herbert, newly made knights, return to England expecting to revel in the pleasure of being home. Instead, scheming Prince John has a new task for the weary Crusaders; they are to escort two young women on a pilgrimage to Rome, a journey th...

  • More Bitter Than Death

    Dana Cameron

    In an historic, if isolated, New England hotel, some of the most respected names in archaeology are coming together to celebrate the work of Julius Garrison, a legend in the field. It's a conference Emma Fielding is determined to attend -- braving a ...

  • Heartwood

    Barbara Campbell

    THE BATTLE OF THE TREE-LORDS Year after year, the tribe of the Oak had observed the Midwinter ritual. And though the past season had proved especially unkind, with plague claiming far too many of them, still they would not fail to gather for the b...

  • Calamity Jinx

    Joanna Campbell

    Life at Tall Oaks is great for Allie, but she's watching her friends Melanie and Kevin struggle with Jinx, the talented Thoroughbred colt they want to run in the Kentucky Derby.

    If Allie could just pinpoint the cause of Jinx's misbehavior,...

  • Biscuit's Fourth of July

    Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    Biscuit celebrates America's birthday. There's a parade and fireworks to watch, and lots of treats to share with friends and family. Unfold the flaps to see what surprises are in store this Fourth of July.

    ...

  • Acts of Faith

    Philip Caputo

    Philip Caputo’s tragic and epically ambitious new novel is set in Sudan, where war is a permanent condition. Into this desolate theater come aid workers, missionaries, and mercenaries of conscience whose courage and idealism sometimes coexist with ...

  • A Little Secret Between Friends

    C.J. Carmichael

    It's amazing how one decision could change your life Back in law school Sally Stowe and Colin Foster argued in and out of class. One night, after a study session in the library, Colin offered to drive Sally home. They ended up in his dorm room makin...

  • I Do, Don't I?

    Tori Carrington
    in

    Efi Panayotopoulou is about to marry her childhood sweetheart Nick Constantino. Everything should be perfect. But their families seem hell-bent on turning the wedding into a farce -- or Greek tragedy. And Efi is about a baklava flake away from runnin...

  • Color Line

    Lizette Carter

  • Moonstruck

    Dianne Castell
    in

    Meet three people with a little something special whose love lives are about to turn wild, crazy, sensual, and oh-so-hot. Blame it on the moon? Sure. But who's complaining, anyway... For years, Julia Simon has had the worst luck, married to a man...

  • Death Watch

    Jack Cavanaugh; Jerry Kuiper

    You have been selected for death stop precisely forty-eight hours from the time of this transmission You will die stop This is an official death watch notice stop Rookie news reporter Sydney St, James found the first Death Watch notice in a vehicle...

  • Exile

    Grace Cavendish

    There’s a new arrival -- a mysterious and exotic young princess -- at Court and Lady Grace can’t believe how many rumours there are about her already. The exiled Banoo Yasmine from Sharakand is a beautiful girl with a pet panther and, everyone be...

  • Bedroom Secrets

    Michelle Celmer

    UNLOCKING HIS SECRETS Playboy Tyler Douglas loved everything about women -- how they looked, the way they smelled, how they felt and tasted.... But after a recent embarrassing encounter, he was afraid to have anything to do with them. Until Tina D...

  • Future on Ice

    Andy Chambers

    A widely varied, immensely enjoyable, and historically important anthology, Future on Ice is a showcase for the hottest stories by the coolest SF writers of the 1980s. Complete with a preface, introduction, and story notes by Card himself, here ar...

  • Happy Birthday, SpongeBob!

    J-P Chanda

    Today is Spongebob's Birthday! But where are all the balloons, the cake, and his gifts? This enhanced edition contains audio narration....

  • Mambo Peligroso

    Patricia Chao

    When Catalina Ortiz Midori walks into a shabby New York dance studio for her first mambo class, she has no idea her life is about to change. A Japanese-Cuban immigrant who has lost touch with her Cuban roots, Catalina is mesmerized by the one-eye...

  • The Dangerous Protector

    Janet Chapman

    Janet Chapman returns to the breathtaking Maine coast in the second novel featuring two passionate sisters...and the men who have what it takes to love them. Willow Foster is committed to protecting Maine's precious coastline. She's equally commi...

  • Bad Dog and the Curse of the President's Knee

    Martin Chatterton

    Bad Dog escapes the pound ... and ends up in the White House. Is this a step in the right direction?

    Bad Dog has three days left in the pound . . . until he's whisked away by the Secret Service. The most powerful man in the world needs a new f...

  • The Transformation

    Catherine Chidgey

    From the writer described as “the most fabulous New Zealand writer alive” (Listener NZ) comes a masterful novel, with the power of Patrick Suskind’s Perfume.

    Tampa Bay, Florida, in 1898 is a frontier, where the progress of the modern wor...

  • Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent

    Lauren Child

    Boy genius Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent-H for short- is the answer to his rich parents' prayers. He is their dear companion, their fiercest board game adversary, and their frequent guest at parties. But this prodigy's parents don't share his kn...

  • The Tempting Mrs. Reilly

    Maureen Child

    HOME WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS TERRITORY OF ALL FOR THIS MARINE... Brian Reilly was a man on edge. It had been two long weeks since he and his brothers had made a "no sex for ninety days" bet before Tina Coretti Reilly turned up on his doorstep. And ...

  • Chamomile Mourning

    Laura Childs

    Charleston, South Carolina, is alive with music, dancing, and the arts as the Spoleto festival gets underway. But Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning feels far from festive when the inaugural Poet's Tea is forced into one of the Heritage Soc...

  • The Spirit of Washington

    Meg Chittenden
    in

    CLAUDIA BISHOP AND DEAN JAMES invite you to dine in. There's murder on the menu... Main Course: Sixteen short stories Side Dishes: Sixteen all -- new recipes and author interviews Sink your teeth into these delicacies from today's masters of ...

  • Peach Heaven

    Yangsook Choi

    “What is the best thing about where you live? Share something unusual about it.”I smiled as I wrote “Peaches.”The peaches grown in Bucheon are the best in all of South Korea, and a rare treat for a young Yangsook. She dreams of a peach orchar...

  • BMX Racer

    Matt Christopher

  • Breakdowns

    Scott Ciencin

    A TURNING POINT FOR THE STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS! After the catastrophic events of Wildfire, the S.C.E. crew of the U.S.S. da Vinci is in disarray. Half of the ship's complement were killed at Galvan VI, and the survivors must put their lives b...

  • xxxHolic, Volume 5

    CLAMP

    Kimihiro Watanuki is the indentured servant of Yûko, the beautiful but completely unpredictable Space-Time Witch. He must work at her bizarre wish-granting shop until he can pay off his own wish: to be free of the spirits that haunt him. Yûko’s l...

  • The Abandoned

    Douglas Clegg

    There is a dark and isolated mansion, boarded-up and avoided, on a hill just beyond the town of Watch Point in New York's Hudson Valley. It has been abandoned too long and fallen into disrepair. It is called Harrow and it does not like to be ignored....

  • Rodeo Ron and His Milkshake Cows

    Rowan Clifford

    The little town of Cavity is no place for Rodeo Ron and his multicolored milkshake cows.

    Not a soul in Cavity will drink milk. They'll only drink extra-fizzy, extra-sweet sodas from Frothy and Fruity's. Which would explain everyone's uncontrol...

  • Monkey Business

    Shirley Climo

  • Tropical Kiss

    Jan Coffey

    A summer in Aruba, on the beach, in the sun-what else could a girl want? A summer romance, of course! Imagine spending your entire summer vacation on the beautiful Islands of Aruba. Who could ask for anything more? Well, for Morgan Callahan, spend...

  • The Crimson Talisman

    Adrian Cole
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    A world torn by generations of war . . . Erethindel, the fabled Crimson Talisman. Long sought by the forces of darkness. Long guarded in secret by one family. But now the secret has been revealed, and only one young man can keep it safe. As...

  • If You Dare

    Kresley Cole

    With If You Dare, Cole introduces a thrilling new romance trilogy featuring fierce Scottish brothers with dangerous lives, dark desires, and a deadly curse. Can he exact revenge? High in the Pyrenees, a band of mercenaries led by Courtland MacCarri...

  • Resurrection

    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. T...

  • Blood of Wolves

    Loren L. Coleman
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    In the bleak northlands, Grimnir, the living god of the plundering Vanir, is leading his hordes across Cimmeria. Tales of Grimnir's fury spread as refugees scatter throughout the land to escape his wrath.

    In the village of Gaud, the young warr...

  • Introducing Vivien Leigh Reid: Daughter of the Diva

    Yvonne Collins; Sandy Rideout

    Leigh can think of a million ways she'd rather spend a summer besides visiting her movie-star mother, Annika. But her dad insists the two need some "mother/daughter bonding time" and packs fifteen-year-old Leigh off to Ireland, where she'll become he...

  • In the Night, on Lanvale Street

    Jane Leslie Conly


    I'm afraid, but I can't call Mom or Dad, 'cause Jerry might wake up. If I try to tell Shannon, she puts a pillow over her head, 'cause she doesn't like to talk about Mr. Healy. She says remembering him makes her sad.
    "Charlie," he whispers.

  • The Closers

    Michael Connelly

    He walked away from the job three years ago. But Harry Bosch cannot resist the call to join the elite Open/Unsolved Unit. His mission: solve murders whose investigations were flawed, stalled, or abandoned to L.A.'s tides of crime. With some people op...

  • Escape to Sanctuary

    M.J. Conner

    Life in New York has grown too dangerous. So when faced with only two options - a life in a brothel or becoming a mail-order bride, Emily Foster chooses the latter and moves to Sanctuary, Montana. She'll have six months to make her decision. Surely s...

  • The Last Train to Memphis

    Elsa Cook

  • Whispering Nickel Idols

    Glen Cook

    Garrett's having a pretty good morning until he finds a strange child named Penny Dreadful poking around his house. Before he can figure out what the mysterious urchin wants, he's hired to investigate how an old underworld boss ended up in a coma--le...

  • Dreams of Steel

    Glen Cook

    Croaker has fallen and, following the Company's disastrous defeat at Dejagore, Lady is one of the few survivors--determined to avenge the Company and herself against the Shadowmasters, no matter, what the cost. But in assembling a new fighting for...

  • Unveiled

    Kristina Cook

    She Didn't Want Marriage Determinedly unwed, Jane Rosemoor has turned away countless suitors because she is secretly fearful of the mysterious malady that afflicts the married women of her family. But when she crosses paths with the sinfully han...

  • So Lyrical

    Trish Cook

    Your mom was a groupie in the 1980s. Therefore, your long-lost dad must be: a) a rock star of epic proportions b) a has-been of epic proportions c) none of the above Rock and roll brought her into this world.... Trace lives smack in the middle...

  • Thirty-three Swoons

    Martha Cooley

    - "The Archivist, Martha Cooley's first novel, was a national bestseller and a "New York Times Notable Book.- With the assurance, complexity, and depth of a work by Bulgakov, DeLillo, or Poe, Martha Cooley's extraordinary second novel is further evid...

  • Emily

    Jilly Cooper

    ull of irresistible romance and laugh-out-loud moments, this is perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Marian Keyes, Dolly Alderton and Jane Fallon.-----------------------------------If Emily hadn't gone to Annie Richmond's party, she would never have met t...

  • A Feather In The Rain

    Alex Cord

    Jesse Burrell's passion for life was extinguished the day his son died. Years later, it was rekindled by an internationally famous model, her own heart shattered by the death of her brother. Noted Western movie actor Alex Cord bares his soul in this ...

  • A Shadow on the Sun

    Francis Cottam

    First published in 2006, this is the story of Polish war exile Julia Smollen who has escaped the horrors of Nazi labour camp to forge a new life in California with her daughter, Natasha.

    It's an exciting time to be in America. With Sin...

  • Goa

    Maria Couto

  • How to Be a Pirate

    Cressida Cowell

    SKULLION COLOR: Black and purple NASTY BITS: Vicious teeth and claws THREAT TO VIKINGS: Watch out or it will eat you! The savage Skullion can't see, hear, or fly, but its keen sense of smell can easily sniff out a Viking snack. And it's not a daint...

  • Two of a Kind?

    Greg Cox

    Taking orders again from Arvin Sloane is enough for agent Sydney Bristow's life to feel turned upside down. But when an old adversary resurfaces and begs specifically for her help, Sydney is forced to confront ever-changing alliances -- and the distu...

  • The Italian's Pregnancy Proposal

    Maggie Cox

    From store assistant to society bride... When tall, dark, rich and gorgeous Dante di Andrea made love to her, Bliss knew she couldn't keep him in her life. But then he discovered she was pregnant! Dante was furious! No child of his would be br...

  • Dreams of Ecstasy

    Francine Craft

    Art gallery owner Catlin Coster is still grieving for her late husband and baby son - the last thing she needs is to discover that some of her husband's valuable paintings have been stolen. The only bright spot in her life is the reappearance of her ...

  • Vineyard Prey

    Philip R. Craig

    Ex-cop, chef, and dedicated angler J.W. Jackson would do anything for his old 'Nam buddy and fishing companion Joe Begay. But when Joe asks to be smuggled back onto the Vineyard in secret, J.W. knows there's big trouble brewing. After his tour of dut...

  • Secret Agent Sam

    Kathleen Creighton

    TROUBLE BECOMES HIM... Reporter Cory Pearson's penchant for working in war zones had gotten him into hot water before, but this was uncharted territory, even for him. Because the pilot assigned to fly him into danger was none other than Samantha Bau...

  • Final Justice

    Jasmine Cresswell

    As an operative with the covert government group Unit One, Melody Beecham has made her share of enemies. Her would-be assassin could be any number of criminals she's put behind bars. But when the evidence points to someone who has no knowledge of her...

  • The Naming

    Alison Croggon

    MAERAD IS A SLAVE IN A DESPERATE and unforgiving settlement, taken there as a child after her family is destroyed in war. She is unaware that she possesses a powerful gift, one that marks her as a member of the School of Pellinor. It is only when she...

  • Heart of the Raven

    Susan Crosby

    HE WAS LIKE A RAVEN. DARK, MYSTERIOUS AND UNTAMABLE Heath Raven had secluded himself away from the world for years, but his self-imposed isolation had not stopped him from fathering a child. Desperate to locate the missing newborn, he hired privat...

  • The Right Madness

    James Crumley

    James Crumley is one of the most influential crime writers of the post-Chandler era, and his raw, subversive novels have earned him living legend status. He first introduced readers to C. W. Sughrue ("‘Shoog’ as in sugar. And ‘rue’ as in rue ...

  • Let It Rain Coffee

    Angie Cruz

    With her first novel, Angie Cruz established herself as a dazzling new voice in Latin-American fiction. Junot Diaz called her "a revelation" and The Boston Globe compared her writing to that of Gabriel García Márquez. Now, with humor, passion, and ...

  • Whores on the Hill

    Colleen Curran

    The girls of Sacred Heart Holy Angels eye the good dancers at the all-ages club Metropolis. They waste afternoons at the mall, check out parties on the lake, burn through candid, casual sex.Everybody calls them the Whores on the Hill, but they don't ...

  • Diana Lively is Falling Down

    Sheila Curran

    LIKE THE LEGENDARY LONDON BRIDGE, DIANA LIVELY HAS BEEN TRANSPLANTED FROM ENGLAND TO THE ARIZONA DESERT. ALSO, SHE SEEMS TO BE FALLING DOWN... Trained as an architect, top in her class, Diana now makes dollhouses. Widowed while still young and bea...

  • The Jaguar and the Wolf

    Leah Cutter

    As the people rise and fall, so shall the gods.... The great Viking warrior Tyrthbrand wears the mark of his god, Tyr--an arrangement that renders him almost invincible, but leaves him feeling somewhat like a pet dog. And when he kills a fellow wa...

  • Migration

    Julie E. Czerneda

    Senior co-administrator of the Norcoast Salmon Research Facility, Dr. Mackenzie Connor was a biologist who studied the spawning habits of salmon. Then, last season, just as she and Dr. Emily Mamani were starting their research, they were interrupted ...

  • The Fire Within

    Chris D'Lacey

    Does David believe in the power of dragons? When David moves in with Liz and her eleven-year-old daughter, Lucy, he discovers a collection of clay dragons that may -- or may not -- come to life. David's own special dragon inspires him to write a sto...

  • Pushing Up Daisies

    Jamise L. Dames

    After hitting it big with Momma's Baby, Daddy's Maybe, national bestselling author Jamise L. Dames is back with another hip, sensual, and compelling novel. A Tragic Past... Daisy Parker's boyfriend has strayed one too many times and she's no longer...

  • Dark Fete

    Jeanne M. Dams
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    Dark Fete Dorothy Martin never expected the local church fund-raiser to turn deadly, but when a local woman is poisoned by strawberry jam made by Dorothy's neighbor and best friend, Jane Langland, Dorothy uses her delicious brownies and her sleuth...

  • The Poet's Funeral

    John M. Daniel

    At the annual convention of the American Booksellers Association Convention, everything goes wrong. Julia Child's cooking demonstration in the Random House aisle blows up and catches fire. A top New York editor catches a pie in the face. Invitations ...

  • Ambushed!

    B.J. Daniels

    COWBOY SHERIFF IN COMMAND Despite his previously unblemished reputation, for years, cowboy sheriff Cash McCall had been the prime suspect in his fiancee's disappearance and presumed murder. So when a woman claiming to be her showed up in his office,...

  • The Italian's Stolen Bride

    Emma Darcy

    Marriage -- for possession...or passion? Luciano Peretti may still be the handsome and hot-blooded man she fell for six years ago, but now Skye wants nothing to do with him! She can't forget Luc's rejection of her then, or how she refuse...

  • The Doctor's Fire Rescue

    Lilian Darcy

    The Italian millionaire medic was back in her life! After successfully avoiding pharmaceutical millionaire Niccolo Conti for the entire conference, Dr. Alison Lane got on a tour bus to find the last seat was next to the tall, dark Italian. The las...

  • Born To Be Wild

    Erica David

    From DreamWorks, the studio behind the megahit SHREK 2, a movie that proves that it's a jungle out there!

    Marty the zebra has lived in the zoo his entire life, but staring at a mural of a grass-covered plain isn't enough anymore. So he escapes...

  • Happy to Be Girls

    Sarah Davies

    Do you know a great girl? A wild girl, a free girl? A happy as can be girl? As this fresh, funny take on girl power attests, being a girl is all about being whoever you want to be. A girl can be athletic or artistic, thoughtful or silly or bold. An...

  • Sex, Murder and A Double Latte

    Kyra Davis

    When a mystery writer cries bloody murder, everyone blames her overactive imagination... Thriller scribe Sophie Katz is as hard-boiled as a woman who drinks Grande Caramel Brownie Frappuccinos can be. So Sophie knows it's not paranoia or post-div...

  • Who Needs Boys

    Stephie Davis

    Determined to snag a mature, college boy for the summer, Allie Morrison instead finds herself attracted to the boy with whom she is partnered at work, who seems to hate her for no apparent reason. Original....

  • One Hundred and One Folktales from India

    Eunice De Souza

  • Every Time I Talk to Liston

    Brian De Vido

    Aging Amos "Scrap Iron" Fletcher has finally made it to Vegas, only to lose his first big-league fight and be falsely accused of selling secrets to his sparring partner's opponent. So he heads back to Trenton and hooks up with TNT, a reckless but ...

  • What Goes Around Comes Around

    Daisy De Villeneuve

    Bridget Jones and Carrie Bradshaw move over! Chick lit meets Mean Girls meets hipster graphic novel in this compelling, gossipy package by fashion world maven and celebrated artist Daisy de Villeneuve. Fresh on the (high) heels of her first book, He ...

  • CI: Team Red

    David DeBatto; Pete Nelson

    As the raiding party quickly deployed to cover, DeLuca crouched low beside the Humvee. Two MPs rushed to where the translator had fallen, and then one made a cursory slashing gesture to signal what everybody already knew-the young man was dead. A tea...

  • Target

    Cindy Dees

    SHE'S GOT 24 HOURS Someone was trying to assassinate the president of the United States, and only army intelligence captain Diana Lockworth had the ability to stop them -- if she could convince the authorities she wasn't a crackpot. It didn't help t...

  • The Sedgwick Curse

    Shawna Delacorte

    THE CHILLING TRUTH To learn the truth behind her great-grandmother's past -- and the curse that still surrounded both her family and the old woman's tiny country village -- Taylor MacKenzie made her way to England. But from the moment she arrived at...

  • Heat Sync

    Wes Demott

    Henry (HT) Thompson is a soldier eager to make his way into Special Operations, the best place, he feels, for a man with his skills to make a difference. When a covert military force known as Jaspers recruits him from the Navy SEALs, HT knows he's fo...

  • Meet the Parents

    Janelle Denison
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    Like all dutiful Hawaiian daughters, Leila Malekala is expected to marry a Hawaiian groom handpicked by her parents. But guess what, Mom and Dad? Leila has wedding plans of her own. The groom is California bad boy Jason Crofton...and the bride is pre...

  • Aprons on a Clothesline

    Traci DePree

    Book Three in the Lake Emily seriesIn Lake Emily, life’s greatest battles are won by the power of friendship Virginia Morgan is used to helping others"it’s who she is. A wife. A mother. A grandmother. A friend. But when Virginia suffers a debil...

  • Love Is All Around

    Lori Devoti

    Dream A Little Dream Patsy Lee Clark knows a few things for sure. One: she's way too personally fabulous for a little town like Daisy Creek. Two: ringing up groceries at the local BiggeeMart isn't going to get her anywhere. Three: the situation is...

  • Llama Llama Red Pajama

    Anna Dewdney

    Llama, Llama red pajama waiting, waiting for his mama. Mama isn't coming yet. Baby Llama starts to fret. In this infectious rhyming read-aloud, Baby Llama turns bedtime into an all-out llama drama! Tucked into bed by his mama, Baby Llam...

  • Where the Wildflowers Bloom

    Nick Dichario
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    CLAUDIA BISHOP AND DEAN JAMES invite you to dine in. There's murder on the menu... Main Course: Sixteen short stories Side Dishes: Sixteen all -- new recipes and author interviews Sink your teeth into these delicacies from today's masters of ...

  • Genevieve

    Eric Jerome Dickey

    Learn exactly why Eric Jerome Dickey was renowned for his novels starring “bold, smart women oozing sexuality and vulnerability” (The Atlantic) in this New York Times bestseller.Genevieve is brilliant and beautiful. Her husband has a thriving car...

  • Everybody Didn't Like Sara Lee

    Denise Dietz
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    Everybody Didn’t Like Sara Lee When the body of Sara Lee is found in the Dumpster behind Uncle Vinnie's Gourmet Italian Restaurant, where she worked nights, patrons wonder who would want to harm the feisty and talented Barbara Streisand wanna-be...

  • Raven's So Gold Guide to Life

    Disney Book Group

  • Baby Einstein

    Disney Book Group

  • Hello, Sun!

    Dayle Ann Dodds

    Unsure of what to expect every time she opens her door, a young girl can't seem to figure out what to wear as the weather changes so abruptly each and every time she and her cat attempt to venture outside, in an amusing picture book about some very u...

  • Plunder of the Sun

    David Dodge

    ON THE TRAIL OF THE LOST TREASURE OF THE INCAS -- WITH EVERY FORTUNE HUNTER IN SOUTH AMERICA CLOSING IN! Al Colby should never have agreed to smuggle the package from Chile to Peru. Now one man's dead, two beautiful women have betrayed him, and a co...

  • Take My Breath Away

    Tina Donahue

    Rock My World As a former Marine-turned-Hollywood director, Cole Ryder's faced many challenges, but none like this. To research his latest film, he's spending three full days (and nights) in a lush, tropical paradise with sensual survival expert Ari...

  • Johnny Mad Dog

    Emmanuel Dongala

    Life During Wartime, As Seen Through the Eyes of Two Congolese Teenagers Set amid the chaos of West Africa's civil wars, Emmanuel Dongala's striking novel tells the story of two teenagers growing up while rival ethnic groups fight for control of thei...

  • Cafe con Leche

    Marcos Donnelly
    in

    CLAUDIA BISHOP AND DEAN JAMES invite you to dine in. There's murder on the menu... Main Course: Sixteen short stories Side Dishes: Sixteen all -- new recipes and author interviews Sink your teeth into these delicacies from today's masters of ...

  • Parallel Lies

    Kate Donovan

    Five years ago, Sabrina Sullivan and her sister took on new identities after their CIA agent father was killed by an assassin sworn to wipe out their family. Now her sister has been kidnapped. And Sabrina is coming out of hiding to find her. H...

  • Grandpa Loves

    Rebecca Kai Dotlich

    While spending a special afternoon together, Grandpa answers his grandson’s question by telling him that his favorite things to do are all the things they do together, including playing baseball, ice skating, and walking through the park....

  • Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit

    Carole Nelson Douglas

    Ace freelance PR woman and amateur detective Temple Barr is 30-going-on-19 when she agrees to do homicide lieutenant Carmen Molina a big favor and go undercover as a contestant at Teen Idol, a TV reality show. The lieutenant is worried because someo...

  • License to Koi

    Carole Nelson Douglas
    in

    CLAUDIA BISHOP AND DEAN JAMES invite you to dine in. There's murder on the menu... Main Course: Sixteen short stories Side Dishes: Sixteen all -- new recipes and author interviews Sink your teeth into these delicacies from today's mas...

  • Under Siege

    Keith Douglass

    NO NEGOTIATION Lt. Cmdr. Blake Murdock is none too happy when he gets promoted to a position in the Pentagon, organizing a new Navy and Marine quick-strike force. Still, orders are orders, and he is forced to leave his SEAL Team comrades behind. ...

  • Darkwitch Rising

    Sara Douglass

    BRITAIN. AN ANCIENT LAND. Most think they know its history--but few know the truth. From the mists of time came Brutus, last of the Trojan kings, armed with hidden knowledge. He was captivated by the alluring sorceress Genvissa and together they ...

  • The Way to Glory

    David Drake

    NO GUTS, NO GLORY Lt. Daniel Leary has earned promotion, but politics have put him under an officer whose paranoia has already led him to execute men out of hand. Signals Officer Adele Mundy has repeatedly proved her loyalty as Cinnabar's most acc...

  • Here Comes the Bride

    Laura Drewry

    Beautiful Dreamer Six days on a stagecoach -- driven by the devil himself! What with the ruts and the potholes, Tess McKinley has been bumped, bruised, scraped and scratched until she's ready to scream -- and she hasn't had a wink of sleep. ...

  • Worth Fighting For

    Judy Duarte

    I CAN'T LOSE MY CHILD! Single mother Caitlin Rogers lived for just one thing: her little girl, Emily. So when her rights as a parent were threatened, Caitlin single-mindedly prepared to fight for her daughter by any means necessary. She just didn'...

  • By These Ten Bones

    Clare B. Dunkle

    There's hidden places all over this land-old, old places. Places with a chain for them to chain up the wolf when it's time.A bone-chilling tale of werewolves and love, set in medieval ScotlandA mysterious young man has come to a small Highland town. ...

  • The Loves Of the D-Girl

    Chris Dyer

    Trapped in a dead-end job developing screenplays for a has-been movie producer, Lizzie Hubbard's one-time ambitious dreams of Hollywood success have turned to dust, until she is given the chance of fixing a seemingly hopeless screenplay and takes up ...

  • Neat Line: Scribbling Through Mother Goose

    Pamela Duncan Edwards

    As a baby, a young scribble begins to draw. As a grown-up Neat Line, it discovers a special talent.

    Wriggling into a book of nursery rhymes, the Neat Line knows just how to help the troubled characters it meets, including a sleepy Little Boy...

  • The Smoke Room

    Earl Emerson

    Jason Gun, a risk-taking rookie firefighter who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, has found in his firehouse the family he never had as a child. Then, in one ill-fated turn of events, it all begins to go wrong. A bizarre accident brings a t...

  • One Sunday Morning

    Amy Ephron

    One Sunday morning four women at a bridge party in the elegant Gramercy Park Hotel see a beautiful young woman whom they all know leaving a nearby hotel with a man who is not her husband. The sight of twenty-year-old Lizzie Carswell with Billy Holmes...

  • Shaking Her Assets

    Robin Epstein; Renee Kaplan

    Upset over the loss of her editorial job thanks to outsourcing, and the loss of her boyfriend to her arch-rival, Rachel Chambers finds her life taking a bizarre turn when the art director at her temp job transforms her into a comic-book superhero cha...

  • The Case of the Tricky Trap

    John R. Erickson

    Someone has been stealing feed out of the feed shed, and Hank knows that it’s his job to do whatever he can to help nab the culprit. Slim sets a live-animal trap in the shed, and Hank checks it in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, the trap is...

  • Keepin' It Real

    Leslie Esdaile

    Love Boat New TV producer Natasha Ward has landed the reality show that can make--or break--her career. She's putting five beautiful women and five gorgeous guys on a luxurious chartered yacht. Each stop at a steamy Caribbean port includes a challen...

  • No Corners for the Devil

    Olive Etchells

  • Longarm and the Sidekick from Hell

    Tabor Evans

    Longarm would rather leave this greenhorn out to pasture…Custis Long is none too happy at work. No more than a kid, Buck T. Skane has waltzed into town like he owns the place. And his godfather, Billy Vail, hands the little snot a job on the spot -...

  • Brickhouse

    Rita Ewing

    Fitness superstar Nona Simms worked hard to make Brickhouse one of the hottest gyms in the city. Now corrupt city politics is coming uptown to Harlem, and Nona's dream is slated for the wrecking ball.Nona's a fighter, though, and she's gathering her ...

  • Kidnapped Colt

    Terri Farley

    The wildly popular series continues with more adventures of Samantha and her mustang, the Phantom Stallion!

    • Girls love horses! The appeal of horse stories spans generations.

    • Set in the modern"day Wild West, Phantom S...

  • Firebirds

    Nancy Farmer

    Firebirds is more than simply an anthology -- it is a celebration of wonderful writing. It gathers together sixteen original stories by some of today's finest writers of fantasy and science fiction. Together, they have won virtually every major prize...

  • The Pirate Meets The Queen

    Matt Faulkner

    As captain of her own crew of pirates raiding ships on the high seas, Granny O'Malley has become a legend in her time until the Queen of England gets word of her deeds and imprisons Granny's son--forcing the fierce pirate to accept a face-to-face mee...

  • Something Old, Something New

    Jo Ann Ferguson
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    Of all the situations in which Charlotte Longmuir imagined meeting rakish Lord Milbury again, saving a runaway kitten from his horse's path was not one of them. But Milbury's genuine concern for the creature leads Charlotte to believe that th...

  • From Bruised Fell

    Jane Finlay-Young

    When Gillian, the mother of two girls, disappears, she casts each of her daughters upon their own quite separate quests for survival, solace, and redemption. In the wake of her abandonment, the girls find their mother's absence as potent as her prese...

  • 1812: The Rivers of War

    Eric Flint

    In the War of 1812, U.S. troops are battling the British on the Canadian border even as a fierce fight is waged against the Creek followers of the Indian leader Tecumseh and his brother, known as The Prophet. In Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte's war has b...

  • Once in a Blue Moon

    Lori Foster
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    Meet three people with a little something special whose love lives are about to turn wild, crazy, sensual, and oh-so-hot. Blame it on the moon? Sure. But who's complaining, anyway... It's all because of that stupid blue moon. That's what Stan Tuc...

  • Delectable Mountains

    Earlene Fowler

    Benni Harper plays it by ear in this new novel in the national bestselling series, as she gets dragged into a musical mission of mercy in which murder hits a sour note... When the musical director of Benni's church is called away, Benni's gramma D...