Books Published in April 2005

• Apr-2005
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WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE. Do not put this book down. I'm dead serious -- your life could depend on it. I'm risking everything by telling you -- but you need to know. -- Max Her full name is Maximum Ride. And the girl can fly. MAX'S MISSIONS: â�,��...

• Apr-2005
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New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh invites us into an intoxicating world--a select academy for young ladies--and introduces two unlikely lovers: a truly marvelous heroine, music teacher Frances Allard, and the man who seduces her with a pa...

• Apr-2005
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In Fern Michaels's extraordinary, inspiring "New York Times" bestseller, an overweight woman sets out to improve her life by losing fifty-five pounds -- and ends up changing much more than her dress size! Rosie Gardener fell under the spell of hands...

• Apr-2005
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A PROMISE MADE Investigative reporter Christy Madaris doesn't want to complicate her life with romance. She made that mistake once when she believed Alex Maxwell's promise to marry her. True, Alex made that promise when Christy was just a teenager. ...

• Apr-2005
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The fun-and action-begins with what Stone believes will be a quiet dinner with his ex-partner, Dino, but they are interrupted by Billy Bob, a filthy rich, smooth-talkin' Texan, who strolls in and parks himself at their table. He's in town "to make mo...

• May-2005
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Rose Cottage Romance �" It's the Law! Hotshot attorney Ashley D'Angelo had taken refuge at her grandmother's tranquil home after a terrible case made her reevaluate everything -- even her successful career. Still, no matter what her sisters thoug...

• Apr-2005
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A gifted teacher, Lily Robinson adores her students, but fiercely guards her independent lifestyle. Deep inside, she is afraid of loving too deeply for fear of getting hurt. Only her best friend, Crystal, has ever been able to get close. Now an unthi...

• Apr-2005
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She's classy and pure -- the perfect royal bride! Crown Prince Gianferro Cacciatore, heir to the throne of Mardivino, needs a wife. His father, the King, is dying. The pressure is on Gianferro to find a wife. Young and innocent Miss Milli...

• Apr-2005
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Twelve months ago their marriage was perfect.... Then billionaire Tyler Benedict returns home to find his bed empty and Lianne Marshall, his wife, gone! Now Tyler will do anything to get his bride back! Tyler hires Lianne to be his personal law...

• Apr-2005
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YOU NEVER MEANT TO KILL HIM... One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight--and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he's an ex-con who takes nothing for granted. His wife, Olivia, is pregnant, and the two of them are closing ...

• Apr-2005
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“Mind Your Own Business...Or Else...” For reporter Hope Sinclair, writing about the recovery of a sunken Spanish treasure off Pleasure Island should be her big chance. But Hope can't help feeling that she's been hand-picked for this job for all ...

• May-2005
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From R.L. Stine, master horror author of the Goosebumps series and the Fear Street trilogy -- now streaming on Netflix -- comes another spooky tale!Max’s parents are planning to sell their house and move the family far, far away. But Max can’t ...

• Apr-2005
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Courage Bay, California... a community founded on bravery. Now meet the town's new generation of heroes -- the men and women of Courage Bay Emergency Services. Bold enough to risk their lives -- and their hearts. Fearless enough to face any emerge...

• May-2005
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For all their obvious differences, medical resident Kate Spencer and recently freed-though-wrongly-imprisoned Hunter Bradshaw had one big thing in common: both of them had holes in their past they were sure could never be fixed. So when Kate, nee Cha...

• May-2005
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On the exciting set of America's favorite TV soap, it is Reese Bringhurst's last day. She has to act out one last scene with the costar she's fallen in love with. But it's a leap year and love is in the air! Will Reese decide she's going to risk all ...

• Apr-2005
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A year ago, Dominique had been facing the hardest battle of her life -- it had been a question of life or death. Everything had suffered -- but most of all her marriage. Now, after a year away, she's fit, healthy and happy again -- but the fig...

• Apr-2005
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On the other side of the world in the lair of a criminal mastermind waited one woman's destiny.... She was the cream of the Black Jaguar Squadron. Under her call sign "Wild Woman," Jessica Merrill had proven her air combat prowess with zero failed...

• Apr-2005
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Strictly business... When Melissa Lee agrees to work for millionaire banker Elliot Jay, she expects a professional relationship only. Elliot may be tantalizingly sexy -- and can show her a life beyond her wildest dreams -- but he's also a workah...

• Apr-2005
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Colly Gillingham is in a bind. Not only has she been evicted from her home, but she also needs a job -- and fast! So seeing an advert for a senior secretary at Livingstone Developments, Colly jumps at the chance.... The moment Silas Livingstone se...

• Apr-2005
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A MAN UNLIKE ANY OTHER... Dr. Dani Archer's orderly life had become complete chaos. First, her father mysteriously died, then a sexy stranger -- with no memory -- appeared on her doorstep.... Complicating matters, someone was trying to kill her. L...

• Apr-2005
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A Sicilian courtship: Fast and furious -- the sex was fantastic. But Briana O'Connell's explosive encounter with wealthy Sicilian Gianni Firelli was just for the moment, not a lifetime -- wasn't it? The Sicilian marriage: Formal and ...

• Apr-2005
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The blackmail marriage... Maddison's at Demetrius Papasakis's mercy, because of her brother's reckless behavior. But the last thing she expects is Demetrius's marriage demand, one she has to agree to. It takes every ounce of streng...

• Apr-2005
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Jeremy Marsh is a born skeptic and a science journalist who specializes in debunking the supernatural. When he hears about ghostly apparitions in a cemetery in Boone Creek, North Carolina, he leaves his beloved New York City for this small, rural tow...

• Apr-2005
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Ivy Cameo Johnson, an oil baroness from Houston, has wealth that draws men like flies to honey, yet she also possesses intelligence and an awkwardness that runs them off.

John William Dalhart, a Texas oil baron himself, out to prove his father an...

• Apr-2005
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In a riveting thriller from the #1 bestselling Queen of Suspense, a young woman is ensnared into returning to the childhood home she wanted to leave behind forever -- and where her hidden past emerges with a new and deadly twist. Ten-year-old Liza...

• Apr-2005
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In his New York Times bestselling novels Wilbur Smith has captured the drama of a vast continent. Now, in his most magnificent tale yet, he takes us back to 1884 and into the # dusty city of Khartoum, where an English family and besieged populace wai...

• Apr-2005
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After surviving a robbery, a bank teller realizes that love is all that matters and confesses her secret desire for a courageous cop....

• Apr-2005
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While investigating a reported crime, Detective A. J. Rodriguez discovered there wasn't a trace of any murder having been committed! But hearing-impaired heiress Claire Winthrop insisted she'd stumbled upon a slain employee in her father's high-rise ...

• Apr-2005
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Who is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing adventure stories. Here in New Mouse City, the capital of Mouse Island, my books are all bestsellers! My stories are funny, fa-mouse-ly funny. They are whisker-lick...

• Apr-2005
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THREE OF A KIND... Sierra Mendoza was nursing yet another broken heart when an unexpected distraction appeared at her door -- an abandoned baby who was truly the man of her dreams. But Child Services wouldn't consider the unmarried Sierra as a possi...

• Apr-2005
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Keeping her condition a secret while temporarily sharing her boss's home put Renee Wilson at a disadvantage. The sultry secretary desperately needed the job at Blackstone Farms. She couldn't afford to leave, but she didn't dare stay with widower Shel...

• May-2005
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He was a wanted man. But no one wanted him more than she did. Desperate to escape an arranged marriage, Olivia Sterling flees Chicago and heads west. She dreams of setting up her own seamstress shop in Henry Adams, a small all-Black town in Kans...

• Apr-2005
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THE EARL WAS KNOWN AS A BEAST Camille Montgomery is aware of the wicked man's reputation. But as an expert in antiquities, she also knows his family's Egyptian artifacts are the finest in England. The problem is, her wayward stepfather kno...

• Apr-2005
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Lydia Dunmore is preparing to move from her country house to a retirement home in the city and has invited her four granddaughters to choose something to keep from her attic of long-forgotten treasures. Sheila seeks a doll she played with as a child,...

• Apr-2005
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In this latest, widely praised addition to the beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself faced with new challenges--and intriguing surprises. Precious is busier than usual at t...

• Apr-2005
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ENSNARED! Lily Masters has a gift for picking pockets and telling stories-skills that come in handy for surviving London's slums. She's proud of providing for herself and her lively young sister, Alice, and she's never been caught. Well, there's a...

• Apr-2005
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The news that he was going to be a dad shocked the heck out of sexy executive Trent Crosby! Having had enough of deceptive women in his lifetime, he had his doubts about Rebecca Holley, the "mother" of his child. But when the beautiful nurse who'd ac...

• Apr-2005
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Married for several years, a husband and wife who've drifted apart find the magic of spring breathing new life into their troubled relationship....

• Apr-2005
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The long hot Louisiana summer just got hotter for Rene LeDeux. He's burned out by D.C. politics and only wants to build his cabin in peace. But if his wacky, matchmaking great-aunt has her way, Bayou Black's prodigal son will be hitched before he can...

• Apr-2005
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The disaster. A tidal wave has swept across Petrel Island. Houses are destroyed, people injured, homeless...or worse. The rescuers. Dr. Grady Reece leads an Air-Sea Rescue team to help the isolated community...and finds dedicated doctor Morag Lacy...

• May-2005
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WORDS OF LOVE Catherine Dunnan is devastated when her beloved goes off to war -- and only his promise to write often can sustain her in her loneliness. And what letters they are, filled with heartfelt emotions that move her to respond in kind. But...

• Apr-2005
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JOURNEY OF THE HEART Freedom! After raising her three siblings, high school teacher Beth Coleman was finally, at thirty-eight, responsible for herself alone. With her nurturing nature, she'd loved caring for her family, but now she could travel, s...

• Apr-2005
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A DEADLY FIRST SEASON Captain Harry Cathcart and Lady Rose Summer have entered into an engagement of convenience -- convenient for Rose, who wants to avoid being sent to India with all the other failed debutantes. Despite her considerable good loo...

• Apr-2005
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THE FIRST DEADLY MISTAKE Ten years ago, former special agent Cleo North ignored her gut instinct -- and a young sergeant wound up brutally murdered. Finally she is in a position to find out what went wrong. Cleo is certain the official story -...

• Apr-2005
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HE'D HIRED THE WRONG WIDOW! Ranch hunk Hank Brownlee wanted only two things from his new housekeeper -- companionship for his grieving father and some stick-to-your-ribs country cooking. What he got was something altogether different. The "matron" ...

• Apr-2005
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GREAT LEADERS MAKE HISTORY-- BUT NOT HISTORY AS WE KNOW IT History shows that leadership is crucial in war, but there are other factors at work. What if history were given a twist or two, and great commanders on land and sea fought their greatest ...

• Apr-2005
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HE'S HER BOSS Though Eadie's business is slowly but surely going under, she relies on the extra cash she earns working for Hoyt Donovan. Only she has a secret: she's madly in love with him! THEN ONE DAY EVERYTHING CHANGES... Hoyt nar...

• May-2005
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Charlotte Nash is the most impulsive of the Nash sisters. Using her position as one of London's most popular and naughty debutantes, she assists English spies in conveying messages that will help them infiltrate Napoleon's inner circle -- and fulfill...

• May-2005
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Who was the handsome stranger who'd saved her life -- twice? That was what Claire Wilcox wanted to know, especially after she'd impulsively invited the man to stay at her shelter for runaways. She sensed there was more to handyman Nick Andrews tha...

• Apr-2005
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"Love 'em and leave 'em" was his specialty...and that made Jude Crenshaw the perfect man for this assignment. His blond, craggy good looks would make it easy for him to woo innocent, sweet Carina Patterson. The skilled secret agent kn...