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New Books List: 660 titles

  • Night Watch

    Sergei Lukyanenko

    OTHERS, THEY WALK AMONG US, OBSERVING. Set in contemporary Moscow, where shape shifters, vampires, and street-sorcerers linger in the shadows, Night Watch is the first book of the hyper-imaginative fantasy trilogy from bestselling Russian author Serg...

  • In the Midst of It All

    Shonda Cheekes

    Shonda Cheeke's provocative follow-up to the critically acclaimed Another Man's Wife welcomes readers back into the world of Yani, Alex Chance, and the ever-popular Asia Fenton as they strive to stay strong in the face of tough choices, unexpected co...

  • Shattered Images

    Marcia King-Gamble

    Desiree Alexander has never been happier. A popular teacher at a prestigious prep school in Baltimore, she's sure the position of dean is hers for the taking. But before the final decision is made, a shocking secret from Desiree's past comes back to ...

  • Double Cross

    Tim Powers

  • Possibilities

    Debra White Smith

    IF YOU'RE A JANE AUSTEN FAN, YOU'LL LOVE THE COLORFUL CHARACTERS AND FASCINATING RELATIONSHIPS IN DEBRA WHITE SMITH'S DELIGHTFUL, CONTEMPORARY NOVEL BASED ON AUSTEN'S PERSUASION "A yardman?" Landon's thin eyebrows arched. "You want to marry a yard...

  • Seventy Times Seven

    Brandt Dodson

    The next fastâ€"paced suspense novel in the Colton Parker Mystery series, from Brandt Dodson, author of Original Sin.

    Lester Cheek had everything a man could want. A beautiful home, thriving business and money to burn. But he was alone -- ...

  • Master of the Hall

    Veronica Heley

    Eden Hall, the ancient English stately home, has brought Araminta 'Minty' Sands more joy---and heartache--- than she could ever have imagined. She's worked hard to keep it open to the public; but, exhausted from looking after the twins, Minty has no ...

  • Evasions

    Melanie M. Jeschke

    From the links of St. Andrews, Scotland, to the blitz of London in World War II, RAF pilot Eric MacKenzie embarks on a dark journey of the soul as he battles the Nazis, personal loss, and bitterness. Evading the bombing raids and her own distressi...

  • Tonight, Somewhere in New York

    Francis M. Nevins Jr.

  • A Promise for Ellie

    Lauraine Snelling

    Bestselling Author Lauraine Snelling Returns to Her Beloved Red River Valley.... Unforgettable stories of the next generation ELLIE WOLD CAN'T WAIT TO GRADUATE. She and Andrew Bjorklund have been waiting to get married since...well, since forever, ...

  • The Further Adventures of Beowulf

    Brian M. Thomsen

    The saga of Beowulf, the timeless warrior hero, is the earliest adventure chronicle from the English-speaking world, and one that still captivates audiences worldwide. But The Further Tales of Beowulf reveals that the story, as it's handed down to us...

  • Shadowed By Wings

    Janine Cross

    The Dragon Temple Saga continues as Zarq Darquel embarks on a trial by fire, defying Dragon Temple scripture by undergoing the rigorous training of an apprentice dragonmaster, while desperately searching for the doctrine that allows women permission ...

  • In the Company of Ogres

    A. Lee Martinez

    For someone who's immortal, Never Dead Ned manages to die with alarming frequency--he just has the annoying habit of rising from the grave. But this soldier might be better dead than face his latest assignment. Ogre Company is the legion's dump...

  • Strange New Worlds 9

    Dean Wesley Smith

    Strange New Worlds 9 celebrates the 40th anniversary of Star Trek by featuring stories that span the entire universe! Each of these unique stories is based on original Star Trek®, Star Trek: The Next Generation®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, Star Tre...

  • The Knowland Retribution

    Richard Greener

    With tainted meat the weapon and corporate greed the motive, The Knowland Retribution is an extremely topical suspense-revenge thriller. Walter Sherman, a/k/a the Locator, is a tracker who honed his skills in Vietnam. The colorful cast of characters ...

  • The Wedding Party

    Whitney Lyles
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    Say "I do" to these four romantic stories about matrimonially-challenged women that demonstrate how one of the best days of your life can go so wrong -- and still be sexy, hilarious, and deliciously right… To go down the aisle or not to go dow...

  • High Stakes

    Erin McCarthy

    From the USA Today bestselling author, a vampire-meets-girl story set in the city that never sleeps-except during daylight. He's a bloodsucking freak of nature. But, unlike other politicians, Ethan Carrick is actually a nice guy. Not to mention a...

  • Ask For It

    Sylvia Day

    England, 1770. Beneath the silk and lace of London society lies a secret, elite organization of spies. Protecting the Crown from its enemies is hazardous; but for Marcus Ashford, protecting his heart from an unyielding passion is the far greater peri...

  • The Jump Off

    Doug Dixon

    In Doug Dixon's hip, sexy novel, a dedicated player is about to discover that the free and easy lifestyle can wind up being anything but... Charming, successful engineer Troy Sanders likes his relationships short, hot, and hassle-free. Until one da...

  • When You Dance with the Devil

    Gwynne Forster

    After the death of her bitter and demanding mother, Sara Jolene Tilman finds herself alone in the world for the very first time--and ready for a fresh start. Leaving behind the pain and isolation of her former life, Sara becomes Jolene, and moves int...

  • Rise of the Phoenix

    Kenneth Whetsone

  • Postcards from Last Summer

    Roz Bailey

    Smart, perceptive, and deliciously funny, Roz Bailey's novels are impossible to put down. In Postcards From Last Summer, she follows the lives and loves of three girlfriends as they reconnect in the Hamptons each summer for cold margaritas, hot hooku...

  • Viva Las Bad Boys

    Helenkay Dimon

    Welcome to Vegas's hottest spot--the Berkley Hotel and Casino--where a trio of bad boys are more than happy to put the "sin" in Sin City... Jackpot Jack McAllister is looking to get lucky on his vacation, and the jilted bride sitting at the slot...

  • When Someone Loves You

    Susan Johnson

    It was common gossip that "Duff" D'Abernon, Marquis of Darley, had returned from Waterloo a changed man. Gone was the reckless youth and in his place was a sullen recluse more interested in tending his horses than attending balls. But now the Marquis...

  • Cast In Courtlight

    Michelle Sagara

    NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED... In Elantra, a job well done is rewarded with a more dangerous task. And so, after defeating a dark evil, Kaylin must enter a place of deceit and treachery. A world where silk and jewels hide deadly secrets.... Ka...

  • Body Movers

    Stephanie Bond

    Okay, so Carlotta Wren's life hasn't turned out as she'd planned. She didn't plan for her parents to skip bail for a white-collar crime, leaving her to raise her younger brother. She didn't plan on having the silver spoon ripped out of her mouth and ...

  • Me Vs. Me

    Sarah Mlynowski

    Gabby Wolf has pretty much, almost definitely (this close!) come to a decision: She's trading in Phoenix (nice but uneventful life with boyfriend) for Manhattan (dream job as producer for highly successful news show). Then Cam swoops in and gives her...

  • Dawn In My Heart

    Ruth Axtell Morren

    Called home to Regency London after his brother's death, Tertius Pembroke, Earl of Skylar, must marry quickly and produce an heir. Lady Gillian Edwards seems the ideal bride: young, beautiful and innocent. But Sky is no ideal husband, having returned...

  • Georgia On Her Mind

    Rachel Hauck

    How do you emcee your class reunion when your life is a Tilt-a-Whirl? Until 10:30 a.m., Monday, February 6, Macy Moore was Miss Most Likely To Succeed, a corporate executive on the fast track, with a marriage-material boyfriend and a cool city con...

  • Ain't Nothin' Down About It

    P.R. Hawkins

    When David and Val meet Mel, they hardly expect their marriage and outlook on life, love and sex to change completely. But the enigmatic, sexy Mel has something neither have ever imagined - something utterly tempting and completely irresistible....

  • Sex in the Hood 2

    White Chocolate

    When her world of wealth and privilege is shattered by her father's death, pampered princess Victoria is forced to live with her grandmother in one of Detroit's toughest neighborhoods, where she takes up with Duke Johnson, the leader of a gang, and t...

  • Phule's Errand

    Robert Asprin

    From a New York Times bestseller, a commander in charge of a legion of misfit troops must track down his missing butler in this sci-fi comedy.   Phule is without a doubt the only captain in the Space Legion with his own butler, but Beeker has s...

  • The Bishop's Daughter

    Wanda E. Brunstetter

    The Amish bishop's daughter is off limits to an outsider like Jimmy... Even though Jimmy Scott's typical American upbringing isn't as far removed from the Amish as it may appear. After his mother dies from cancer, Jimmy learns he was not his parents...

  • Learning To Hula

    Lisa Childs

    Everyone in town thinks Holly DeJong has handled her husband's death well, including her. Until the day she spots a cupcake display at Smiley's General Store and lets loose. Holly's husband is dead...because he cheated on her. He didn't have just one...

  • A Play of Knaves

    Margaret Frazer

    In the pages of Margaret Frazer's national bestselling Dame Frevisse series, the player Joliffe has assumed many roles on stage, to the delight of those he entertains. Now, in the company of a troupe of traveling performers, he finds himself cast in ...

  • Against Gravity

    Gary Gibson

    Live long enough, and this could be your future... It is the late 21st century, and it is a very different world. Meet Kendrick Gallmon, survivor of The Maze, a secret research facility where thousands of political prisoners became unwilling guine...

  • A Man Called Trent

    Louis L'Amour

    Louis L'Amour is one of the most popular, beloved and honored of all American authors. For many readers, his novels and stories have become the very definition of the Old West. Collected here are two of L'Amour's classic novellas, both featuring enig...

  • The Grey Man

    Andy McNab

    "A STUNNING ACTION THRILLER FROM A REAL-LIFE HERO. Kevin Dodds leads a dull, uneventful life. He has a steady job at the bank, a nice house and car. His wife goes to Bingo on a Saturday night, but he usually stays in to save money. But Kevin has spen...

  • What Goes With Blood Red, Anyway?

    Stevi Mittman

    Last year I, Teddi Bayer Gallo, nearly killed my husband. This year he's nearly my ex. Last year money grew on trees. This year if my three delicious children and I don't eat, my new interior decorating business might survive. Last year I'd never see...

  • Heartbreaker

    Diana Palmer

    J. B. Hammock played by his own rules, and rule number one was never settle down. He treated his women well, but with a no-strings detachment they all accepted. But sweet Tellie Maddox hovered about like a gossamer butterfly, always trying to take ca...

  • Butterfly Soup

    Nancy Pinard

    Rose Forrester was too old to be lying on her car's front seat spying on her first love. She even had a husband and a teenage daughter waiting for her at home. But Rob MacIntyre's return had just turned her world upside down. Seventeen years ago he'd...

  • The Redemption

    M.L. Tyndall / MaryLu Tyndall

    Lady Charlisse Bristol sets off on a voyage in search of a father she never knew, only to find herself shipwrecked on a desert island. Near starvation, she is rescued by a band of pirates and their fiercely handsome leader, Edmund Merrick. Will Charl...

  • Captive Moon

    C.T. Adams; Cathy Clamp

    World-class entertainer and Sazi councilmember, Antoine Monier has taken his big cats all over the world without any trouble--until his latest trip to Stuttgart, where one of his tigers is stolen and killed. To Antoine's surprise, the German police h...

  • Second Genesis

    Jeffrey Anderson

    SURVIVAL IS AN INSTINCT. In a private compound deep in the jungles of the Amazon rain forest, a team of scientists, expert in stem cell engineering, is playing God. With unnerving success. Among them, young biologist Jamie Kendrick is grappling with...

  • One Forbidden Evening

    Jo Goodman

    In USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman's sizzling new tale of wicked desire and daring liaisons, the most unlikely couple embarks on an adventure fraught with danger -- and a passion too powerful to deny... As a masked ball reaches its fe...

  • What a Fool Believes

    Carmen Green

    Forgive And Forget... Pretty TV weatherperson Tia Amberson has gone from being as sweet as a summer's day to a category five hurricane. Her longtime boyfriend dumped her on Valentine's Day, and to add insult to injury, she's been placed under arrest...

  • Midnight Moon

    Lori Handeland

    Under the midnight moon... Cassandra thought she had the perfect life until she suffered a devastating tragedy. Now she has a new identity as Priestess Cassandra, owner of a New Orleans voodoo shop, and a new purpose. A research trip for a paranorma...

  • Always Mine

    Sophia Johnson

    A TIMELESS LOVE The great Lord Damron is no more than a shadowy, powerful presence in the ruins of Blackthorn Castle. But the compelling gaze of his portrait draws Lydia Hunter to stand before him -- and fall through time to become his beloved Lady ...

  • Choices Men Make

    Dwayne Joseph

    Have you ever wondered about the choices men make and why they make them? Julie Reed wondered when Vic, her husband of six months, walked out on her for no apparent reason. Now he's happily in the arms of another woman. Roy Burges thought he'd made t...

  • Camelot's Destiny

    Cynthia Breeding

    Britain, Fifth Century A.D.--a time of Pagan magic and Christian piety, a place of mystery, treachery and dark enchantment. Here the legend of Camelot was born, and with it, bold passions and forbidden desire... Young, lovely, and willful, Gwenhwyf...

  • Nothing to Lose

    S.K. McClafferty

    Final Moves Twelve years ago, the brutal murders of the Call family rocked the sleepy town of Nazareth, New Mexico--and a copycat killer has just struck again. Another family. Same M.O. Same house where Deke Call grew up, the only person to survive ...

  • Chocolate Covered Forbidden Fruit

    Trista Russell

    Thalia, a 25-year-old wild girl gone good, moves back to her old neighborhood after a failed engagement and manages to catch the eye of the town's most wanted man -- the incredibly sexy, single, devoted, and charismatic Reverend Isaac. Not only is th...

  • A Cop's Life

    Randy Sutton

    A COP'S LIFE... is about a midnight call that brings you to a grandmother battered to death in her bed while three punks go running and laughing through the night.... A COP'S LIFE... is about the man in the Ninja outfit who absorbs a full maga...

  • Nerds Like It Hot

    Vicki Lewis Thompson

    She's unleashed her inner vixen... Hollywood makeup artist Gillian McCormick wouldn't normally be caught dead on a cruise aimed at single geeks. But as the sole witness to a murder, hiding out may be her only chance at staying alive. With P.I. Lex M...

  • Hook Up

    Pat Tucker

    When Yvette, Carmen, and Vicki go to Frankie Brown, the owner of The Hook Up, a customized dating service where anything can be purchased for a price, their lives are filled with incredible sex, hot drama, and unimaginable pleasure. Original....

  • In the Midst of Passion

    Altonya Washington

    A Passionate Encounter Statuesque and supermodel-gorgeous, Topaz Emerson has always chosen thrills over safety, the offbeat over the ordinary. Instead of choosing a law career like her parents, she opens her own auto repair garage. And when she meet...

  • Strip Search

    Shelley Bradley

    If the Feds want to nail a Mafia kingpin, they need a slick trap to catch him. Enter Mark Sullivan, built for the job - to go undercover as a male stripper in the mobster's Vegas club. The perk? The club's owner. Sure, she's got some unsavory connect...

  • Bloodstone

    Barbara Campbell

    New trouble lies ahead for Darak and Griane, now the Memory-Keeper and Healer of their tribe. Keirith, the eldest of their three children, has been apprenticed to the Tree-Father but is dismissed when his master learns that he has been riding the spi...

  • The Chocolate Bridal Bash

    Joanna Carl

    SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHIING ASKEW Caught up in a whirl of champagne and china patterns, bride-to-be Lee McKinney has butted heads with her future mother-in-law over every detail of the wedding bash. The last thing she needs is trouble with her own m...

  • The Magic Toybox

    Denise Little

    13 all-new tales about the magic of childhood. In this exciting short story collection, toys come to life through the love and belief of the children who play with them. Thirteen authors take up the challenge of filling readers' fantastical toybo...

  • Longarm and the Sweetheart Vendetta

    Tabor Evans

    They’ve kidnapped the wrong woman -- Longarm’s!Deputy Marshal Custis Long is bringing an accused murderer to Colorado for a fair trial, when he hears tell of a gang of savage killers on the loose. But it’s not Federal business, so Longarm mosey...

  • Fast Track

    Edward Gorman / Ed Gorman

    Ordered to protect a valuable thoroughbred entering a horse race offering the biggest purse in history, Secret Service Agent Dev Mallory must save his partner's life when she is kidnapped by a high-stakes player who is determined to beat the odds. Or...

  • Just One of Those Flings

    Candice Hern

    The Merry Widows are thought to be among the finest ladies of society. Though secretly, their thoughts are quite unrefined. With the comforts of wealth to replace the absence of their husbands, the Merry Widows need not trouble themselves wit...

  • An Unmentionable Murder

    Kate Kingsbury

    MEET ELIZABETH HARTLEIGH COMPTON. SHE'S THE HOUSE-RICH, MONEY-POOR KEEPER OF THE MANOR--AND KEEPER OF THE PEACE... In WWII England, the quiet village of Sitting Marsh is faced with food rations and fear for loved ones. But Elizabeth Hartleigh Comp...

  • The God in the Moon

    Richard A. Knaak
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    As a favored son in one of the high families of Aquilonia, Nermesa Klandes wanted for nothing -- except glory won by his own hand. Defying his family and casting aside the opulence he was born into, Nermesa joins the Aquilonian army so that he might ...

  • The Mournful Teddy

    John J. Lamb

    Retired San Francisco cop Brad Lyon is settling into a quieter life with his wife, Ashleigh, in Virginia's mountain country, where they collect and create teddy bears. But even here, stuff happens... The Sound and the Furry The day is here -- ...

  • Slocum and the Border War

    Jake Logan

    Slocum’s caught in the middle of a rancher’s rumble…  When an American and a Mexican rancher square off over some border-hopping cattle, they hire gunslingers to settle the dispute. And Slocum finds himself up against his sometime friend a...

  • WebMage

    Kelly McCullough

    Even magic has to keep up with the times. Ravirn is not your average computer geek. A child of the Fates-- literally-- he's a hacker extraordinaire who can zero in on the fatal flaw in any program. Now that twenty-first-century magic has gone digit...

  • Dark Roots and Cowboy Boots

    LuAnn McLane

    NOT JUST ANOTHER SMALL-TOWN BABE... Teetering on the Tennessee border, Hootertown, Kentucky, suits beautician Jamie Lee Carter just fine. She's the kind of gal who prefers longneck beers to cosmos, bare feet to high heels, and Daisy Dukes to Prada,...

  • A Pour Way to Dye

    Tim Myers

    Benjamin Perkins is carrying a full load--keeping his family specialty soap store afloat and his quirky clan from making waves. But he's just landed in a tub of trouble over a slippery thing called murder... A STAINED REPUTATION Benjamin Perkin...

  • The Imposter

    J.R. Roberts

    When an imposter, masquerading as Clint Adams, is hired to help a wealthy Englishman settle a score with his Irish neighbor, the real Clint Adams and genuine Gunsmith steps into the middle of the feud and sets everyone straight. Original....

  • Dead Man's Bounty

    Jon Sharpe

    Skye Fargo must help two beautiful sisters give their father, a legendary train robber and shootist who has a price on his head alive or dead, a proper burial, while eluding a gang of outlaws who are determined to trade the body for cold hard cash. O...

  • The Alien Sea

    Lucien Soulban
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    The great poison of the World Gash spreads through the oceans of Krynn, killing all in its path. Led by Apoletta of the Dargonesti and Utharne of the Dimernesti, the two great aquatic races of sea elves convene a Conclave to address the mysterious, u...

  • Murder of a Real Bad Boy

    Denise Swanson

    Still recovering from breaking up with her boyfriend and alienating half the people in town, Skye Denison has sworn off men--but she hires sexy contractor Beau Hamilton to renovate the old house she inherited. After all, who can ignore his qualificat...

  • Raptor Force

    Bill Yenne

    When there was nowhere else to turn, President Tom Livingstone called his old friend General Buck Peighton, and from the shadows, Peighton called on the Raptor Force. . . .***Why can't somebody stop them! The woman screamed, breaking into tears as sh...

  • Murder Most Frothy

    Cleo Coyle

    Endless Summer, Bottomless Cups Clare Cosi's new friend, millionaire David Mintzer, has an offer no New York barista could turn down: an all-expenses-paid summer away from the sticky city. At his Hamptons mansion, she'll relax, soak up the sun, an...

  • Home Before Midnight

    Virginia Kantra

    USA Today bestselling author Virginia Kantra delivers a haunting novel of suspense and passion, in which the sins of the past are never forgiven--and murder is never forgotten... Years ago, Bailey Wells left behind her small-town North Carolina ro...

  • The Lady's Code

    Samantha Saxon

    The author of The Lady Lies and The Lady Killer delivers a riveting new novel of the bold choice a passionate woman makes as the Napoleonic Wars rage on... After her reputation is ruined by a vengeful enemy of her disreputable father, Lady Juliet ...

  • The Book of True Desires

    Betina Krahn

    Cordelia O'Keefe has struck a deal with her crusty tycoon of a grandfather to fund an expedition that will make her name as an explorer. But first, he requires she prove herself by locating three Mayan stone carvings and something known as "the Gift ...

  • Red Shark

    Peter Sasgen

    A United Nations-brokered detente between North and South Korea is about to make history when two powerful bombs rock Midtown Manhattan, killing the warring nations' representatives as well as innocent bystanders. A renegade North Korean general is b...

  • Riptide

    Donn Cortez

    The Miami Dade Crime Lab is called in to examine the body of a young woman who has washed ashore on an island in Florida Bay. Lieutenant Horatio Caine is quick to identify the probable murder weapon: a shark dart used by the navy as part of an experi...

  • Burning Dreams

    Margaret Wander Bonanno

    Before James T. Kirk, another captain stood on the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise, spearheading its mission of exploration into the uncharted reaches of the galaxy. He was a man driven to perfection, a brooding soul whose haunted eyes reflected the ...

  • Your Bed or Mine?

    Candy Halliday

    The Housewives Fantasy Club Is Now in Session Every Saturday night, best friends and neighbors Zada, Jen, Tish, and Alicia heat up their quaint little cul-de-sac of Owl's Roost Road with the infamous Housewives Fantasy Club. Everyone has a secret fan...

  • Lady's Choice

    Amanda Scott

    An abducted bride, her fearless younger sister, the lost Templar treasure, and an intrepid hero whose victory could mean losing the love of his life... LADY'S CHOICE Lady Sorcha Macleod is certain that the man her sister Adela loves, the dashing...

  • A Deadly Yarn

    Maggie Sefton

    Kelly Flynn's finally feeling at home in Fort Connor, Colorado--especially when she's with her knitting buddies at House of Lambspun. But her friend Allison is ready to leave town--until someone cancels her trip, permanently... Kelly and Megan cou...

  • Powder Keg

    Edward Gorman / Ed Gorman

    It only takes one spark . . . A new "Robin Hood" is riding the range -- a hero bank robber who's handing over the spoils to poor farmers and needy townsfolk. But the bandit's using powerful explosives in his endeavors -- and military investigator...

  • The God Machine

    Thomas E. Sniegoski

    Hellboy, a bloodred, cloven-hoofed demon raised by the United States government, is a top field agent for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. He questions the unknown -- then beats it into submission. Religious artifacts from every...

  • A Whisper in the Dark

    Linda Castillo

    Until now, no one has suspected the truth about down-to-earth bookseller Julia Wainwright. But the arrival of six threatening letters indicates someone has discovered her secret -- and wants her to pay for her sins... Ever since he accidentally kill...

  • Love In The Lineup

    Deborah Fletcher Mello

    Roshawn Bradsher finds that a midlife change is exactly what she needs after her divorce. Amicable with her ex-husband and peacefully co-parenting, Roshawn decides that a complete change of scene is required to ignite passion in her life. When Angel ...

  • When You Were Mine

    Adrianne Byrd

    Screenwriter Joey Adams is sure her boyfriend -- plastic surgeon Laurence Benson -- is about to propose. But when he confesses that he has fallen in love with a leggy, silicone-stuffed model-actress, Joey is devastated. The worst part is having to ex...

  • Love in High Gear

    Charlotte Roy

    Born with looks, class and enough money to move mountains, Tallulah Quincy Pettifore is the kind of woman all others are born to envy. Wife of a political and social powerhouse and mother of a wonderful son, she seems to have everything... that is, u...

  • Aftershock

    Don Pendleton

    SHOCK WAVE Mack Bolan is in Turkey to recover millions in stolen medical and relief supplies earmarked for displaced refugees in the civil-war-torn region. Racing to reclaim the cache before a violent insurgent group sells everything on the black...

  • Sensor Sweep

    Don Pendleton

    As the free world stands united against the ruthless onslaught of global terrorism, a covert, action-ready force known only to the President operates behind the scenes, on red alert. A crack cybernetics team works tirelessly assessing and fielding in...

  • The Last Quarry

    Max Allan Collins

    The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry long ago disappeared into a well-earned retirement. But now a media magnate has lured the restless hitman into tackling one last lucrative assignment. The target is an unlikely one: Why, Quarry wonders...

  • A Temporary Arrangement

    Roxanne Rustand

    Much more than she bargained for... All Abby Cahill wanted was a quiet summer job in the beautiful Wisconsin woods. But the hospital where she's filling in turns out to be overcrowded, understaffed and decidedly stretched for cash. And as if she d...

  • Beach Baby

    Joan Kilby

    What does it take to become a family? Nina Kennerly has a full life, but she's always regretted giving her daughter up for adoption and losing Reid Robertson, her first love. Now her grown daughter has found her -- with her own baby girl in tow! -- ...

  • Beautiful Beast

    Dani Sinclair

    INSIDE THE LAIR OF THE BEAST Breaking in to the home of the man suspected of killing her father was reckless. But Cassy Richards had to confront Lieutenant Gabriel Lowe and learn the truth. She found a man with the aura of a predator -- and the sc...

  • Blame It On Texas

    Cathy Gillen Thacker

    Lewis McCabe fell for Lexie Remington long ago. But as a shy and awkward teenager he thought he had no chance with her. Now he's a successful business owner and ready to romance Lexie, who's back in their hometown of Laramie, Texas. However, Lexie, a...

  • Bridal Op

    Dana Marton

    THEY WERE A KIDNAPPED HEIRESS'S LAST CHANCE... As a Confidential agent, Isabelle Rush's assignment included tracking down and rescuing a kidnapped heiress in South America -- not encouraging the attention of her infuriatingly gorgeous and highly s...

  • Bringing Baby Home

    Debra Salonen

    Liz's prophecy: A man of darkness. A child of light. You'll be able to only save one. Right from the start, Liz knew there was something David Baines wasn't telling her. But by the time the truth came out, it was too late. She'd pl...

  • Dakota Meltdown

    Elle James

    24/7 For investigator Brenna Jensen, snowy Riverton, North Dakota, was the ideal home -- until it became the target of a serial killer. Not even FBI hotshot Nick Tarver could keep her from trailing the maniac who taunted her, shadowed her every mo...

  • Family At Stake

    Molly O'Keefe

    His daughter's secrets Since becoming a single father, Mac Edwards has struggled to keep his small family together. But now his custody of his twelve-year-old daughter is threatened by the secrets she's keeping. His last hope In a bitter twist, th...

  • Having The Frenchman's Baby

    Rebecca Winters

    Rachel Valentine is the wine buyer for the Valentine family's exclusive Bella Lucia restaurants, and her relationship with master winemaker Luc Chartier should be strictly business.... Romanced by the beautiful Alsace vineyards, and seduced by...

  • Love-Slave To The Sheikh

    Miranda Lee

    At the Sheikh's command... Sheikh Bandar bin Saeed al Serkel had lived life in the fast lane. But now this oil-rich billionaire was facing a roadblock: he had a brain tumor. There was a fifty-fifty chance Bandar would recover. With weeks to...

  • Remember Texas

    Eve Gaddy

    Coincidence...or fate? Ava Vincent hightailed it out of Texas more than twenty years ago, vowing never to return. Too many bad memories. Too many people she'd abandoned and let down. So she's shocked to find her new job has brought her to the very t...

  • Saying Yes To The Boss

    Jackie Braun

    Regina Bellini doesn't believe in love at first sight. After all, she knows firsthand that thinking with your heart can only lead to trouble. But then Regina is forced to work for the one man who makes her heart stand still -- Dane Conlan. And the...

  • Shoulda Been A Cowboy

    Charlotte Douglas

    B and B owner Caroline Tuttle has dreamed of moving out west and marrying a cowboy ever since she saw her first horse. But with her recent inheritance of Blackberry Farm, Caroline's future seems bleak...until she meets her sexy, secretive tenant, Eth...

  • The Hidden Heir

    Debra Webb

    AN HEIR AND A FORTUNE...JUST THE CASE FOR THE COLBY AGENCY Ashley Orrick would protect her son at all costs. But escaping her all-powerful ex, whose infinite resources seemed almost impossible to elude, was one thing -- shaking Victoria Colby-Camp...

  • The Horseman

    Margaret Way

    But Cecile is not completely convinced he's the right man for her -- even though the rest of her family approves. And when she meets Raul Montalvan -- a mysterious Argentinian -- she knows she has to break the engagement. Not that she really expe...

  • The Marriage Campaign

    Michele Dunaway

    Campaign fund-raiser Lisa Meyer has worked hard to be her own boss and will let nothing -- especially romance -- interfere with her success. Then fate places sexy Mark Smith back in her path and sparks begin to fly. But if she lets herself fall for M...

  • The Unknown Woman

    Laurie Paige

    They were supposed to be tourists, not detectives There's a dead woman in Matt Anderson's hotel room and he has no idea how she got there. When Kerry Johnston appears from next door to help, both she and Matt recognize the woman as a local waitres...

  • Undeniable Proof

    B.J. Daniels

    SECRETS KEPT CAN ONLY BE TROUBLE... Though Cape Diablo had a reputation for being cursed, Willa St. Clare -- the only eyewitness to a murder investigation -- found the remote island the perfect place to disappear. Only, she never realized she was ...

  • Vow To Protect

    Ann Voss Peterson

    BLACK TIE REQUIRED The wedding invitation sent to Cordell Turner had looked innocent enough. But the person who had sent it, notorious serial killer Dryden Kane, was anything but. With the calculating murderer on the loose, Cord was headed for a m...

  • Wanted!

    Pam Crooks

    Tough, rugged and a dead-eye shot -- Ross Santana is the kind of man a woman wants at her side...and in her bed. Respectable, refined, her town's virtuous bank-teller -- Lark Renault hides a dark secret. Their new passion heals old wounds, but ...

  • Here Comes Trouble

    Leslie Kelly / Leslie A. Kelly

    Former air force pilot Max Taylor has gained something of a reputation with the high-society ladies he shuttles around on his charter airline service. And the rumor mill has been out of control since he's become a chapter in the tell-all book written...

  • Hers To Desire

    Margaret Moore

    From the moment they met, Lady Beatrice yearned for the cynical Sir Ranulf. But as the daughter of a traitorous nobleman, she was tainted -- marriage was nigh impossible. With little hope of securing the man of her dreams for a lifetime, perhaps the ...

  • Last Kiss Goodbye

    Rita Herron

    There was no turning back Fearful yet determined, Ivy Stanton returns to the small Appalachian town she left fifteen years ago...the night her parents were murdered. But in coming home to Kudzu Hollow, she discovers she is not alone in her search ...

  • Your Planet or Mine?

    Susan Grant

    With outrageously false accusations piling up against her famous political family and an ex-fiance in hot water determined to take her down with him, the last thing Jana Jasper needs is more trouble -- especially man trouble. But when she heads to th...

  • Dead Man's Money

    Ken Hodgson

    Catching A Murderous Monster Ain't Going To Be Cheap. . . In Oklahoma Indian Territory just over the Kansas line, settlers are losing their heads. Literally, that is. Decapitated bodies are turning up and businessman Cyrus Warwick, who's aiming to ...

  • A Lover's Pretense

    Altonya Washington

    The pain of lost love has shaped Tykira Lowery, and despite the challenges of starting life anew, her savvy business skills and warm spirit guarantee her entrepreneurial success. Now, coming face to face with Quaysar Ramsey each day was overwhelming ...

  • An Innocent Man

    Deirdre Savoy

    Francesca Hairston, known as "Frankie" to her friends at the prestigious women's college where she works, is set to testify at the trial of a handyman accused of committing a series of violent crimes around campus. Because the accused doesn't resembl...

  • Love Becomes Her

    Donna Hill

    Fate has one last zinger in store for Barbara Allen. His name is Michael Stevens, he is a basketball millionaire, he's little more than half her age and he wants to spend the night! Does Barbara dare throw convention to the wind and enjoy her very...

  • Someone To Love

    Karen White-Owens

    The course of true love never runs according to plan, at least not for Shae Weitherspoon whose love life is in need of critical care. As a nurse practitioner her focus is always on others, especially patients and clinic staff. When drop-dead gorgeous...

  • All for Love

    Gail McFarland

    Whatever made her think she could leave well enough alone?Rachel Solomon is an unmarried woman - over 30. Everywhere she looks, family and friends are busily rounding up every single man they can find in an effort to secure a happy future...

  • Hawk's Passion

    Elaine Barbieri

    THEIRS WAS A TALE OF TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH Four children abandoned in an orphanage. Two missing parents. One man whose hatred had divided a family, whose duplicity ended in murder, inextricably weaving all their lives together in a web of lies that on...

  • Love Is Blind

    Lynsay Sands

    THERE'S MANY A SLIP . . . He'd been warned that Lady Clarissa Crambray was dangerous. Stomping on toes and burning piffles, the chestnut-haired beauty was clearly a force with which to be reckoned. But for Adrian Montfort, Earl of Mowbray, veteran o...

  • Wolverine

    David Thompson

    In the harsh wilderness of the Rocky Mountains, every day presents a new challenge. Nate King and his family have survived by overcoming those challenges, one by one. But in the new valley that is their home, they face perils they've never before kno...

  • Eternal Nights

    Patti O'Shea

    Capt. Kendall Thomas has been plagued by dreams of blood, dreams so horrifying they leave her trembling in the night. Kendall has good reason to be afraid. She's discovered thieves are stealing artifacts from the alien city on Jarved Nine, and the sm...

  • The Grail King

    Joy Nash

    The Sacred Isle All who dwell in Avalon possess the powers of the Old Ones. But only some are keepers of the Light. One among them has dared to call upon the Deep Magic, conjuring up a dark storm that bodes ill for the people of Britannia.... Ow...

  • The Phantom of the Bathtub

    Eugenia Riley

    HAUNTED? Why ever would her new house be haunted? It's just a hangman's house. All Viveca Stanhope needs to complete the spooky scene is a few black spiders and cobwebs. Instead she gets a phantom. In her bathtub. A ghost who insists on whispering...

  • Spying in High Heels

    Gemma Halliday

    L.A. shoe designer Maddie Springer lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles upon the work of a brutal killer, her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. And things only get worse when her boyfrien...

  • Dead Silence

    Brenda Novak

    There's a body buried behind a Mississippi farmhouse Grace Montgomery knows who it is, and she knows why it happened. She was only thirteen the night it all went wrong. And now, like then, she has no choice but to keep her mouth shut. Grace lef...

  • His Lordship's Desire

    Joan Wolf

    A good soldier never surrenders -- except in the name of love Napoleon's troops stand defeated and Wellington's Spanish campaign is over. Now a dedicated British soldier enters a very different kind of war: a battle for the woman he loves... Th...

  • Just For Kicks

    Susan Andersen

    Las Vegas showgirl Carly Jacobsen keeps finding out the hard way that her idea of fun differs radically from that of her neighbor Wolfgang Jones. Sure, he looks incredible, and he seems to have a thing for her legs, but the man's a robot. So what'...

  • Summer At Willow Lake

    Susan Wiggs

    Real estate expert Olivia Bellamy reluctantly trades a trendy Manhattan summer for her family's old resort camp in the Catskills, where her primary task will be renovating the bungalow colongy for her grandparents, who want one last summer together f...

  • Back In The Bachelor's Arms

    Victoria Pade

    A HOMECOMING TO REMEMBER Chloe Carmichael hadn't set foot in Northbridge, Montana, for years. Fourteen years, to be exact, since her parents had forced her from everything she knew and loved: Her childhood home. Her best friend. And the l...

  • Bending To The Bachelor's Will

    Emilie Rose

    FOR SALE: BACHELOR #23 One unbelievably desirable banker. Kisses could melt the U.S. mint. Short-term loans only. Former debutante Holly Prescott had shunned her wealth and its trappings for a simpler life. But a foolhardy promise to "buy a bachel...

  • Bunking Down With The Boss

    Charlene Sands

    THE POWERFUL STRANGER She should have been satisfied with her new hire, for horse rancher Caroline Portman desperately needed the help. But something about Sam Beaumont made her wonder if there was more to him than the wandering wrangler persona. ...

  • Comeback

    Doranna Durgin

    ATHENA ALUM SELENA SHAW JONES'S MOTTO: NEVER LET HIM SEE YOUR FEAR Her intervention in a hostage crisis had made her an instant hero. But Selena Shaw Jones still had nightmares. Now the CIA had approached her for another do-or-die mission -- to lo...

  • Deadly Memories

    Susan Vaughan

    WAS SHE HIS PLEASURE OR...POISON? During her Italian vacation, Sophie Rinaldi accepted a family friend's hospitality and her stay was more than pleasant -- until she overheard her host making plans to sell weapons to terrorists. Now her life was i...

  • Detour

    Sylvie Kurtz

    P.I. SIERRA MARTINDALE COULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS. BUT LIFE THREW HER ONE HELL OF A CURVE. Her fearless pursuit of the truth made P.I. Sierra Martindale unstoppable -- right up to the day she collapsed in the midst of a dangerous ...

  • Expecting Thunder's Baby

    Sheri Whitefeather

    THE UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY Years after tragedy had torn them apart, Carrie Lipton was suddenly face-to-face with Thunder Trueno...and as attracted to him as ever. Thunder wanted her out of his system, a few weeks to defuse the passion between them. ...

  • Finding Nick

    Janis Reams Hudson

    THE RELUCTANT HERO Injured New York firefighter Nick Carlucci had long ago retreated to quiet Tribute, Texas, determined to escape his demons. He was done with remembering -- and feeling. And then beautiful reporter Shannon Malloy hunted him down ...

  • Marriage Terms

    Barbara Dunlop

    THERE WERE RULES COUPLES LIVED BY... Rule #1: Ex-husbands weren't supposed to still entice their ex-wives. Millionaire businessman Daniel Elliott affected his ex-wife, Amanda, as if they were still the couple whose unbridled passions -- and une...

  • More Than a Mission

    Caridad Pineiro

    BEAUTY IS A KILLER... She'd murdered the heir to the throne, and now the assassin was firmly in undercover agent Aidan Spaulding's sights. With her regal looks, Elizabeth Moore looked more like a princess than a prince killer. But for Aidan, it wa...

  • Somebody's Hero

    Marilyn Pappano

    Romance writer Jayne Miller was determined to make a new life for herself and her daughter, far from the heartache she'd left behind. She arrived in a late-winter storm -- only to collide with a snow-dusted stranger. Her neighbor Tyler Lewis seeme...

  • The Bought-And-Paid-For Wife

    Bronwyn Jameson

    SOME WOMEN WOULD DO ALMOST ANYTHING FOR WEALTH... The last person widow Vanessa Thorpe expected on her doorstep was Tristan Thorpe -- her deceased husband's estranged son. Tristan stood between her and the inheritance she desperately needed. Despi...

  • The Perfect Wife

    Judy Duarte

    Until her divorce was finalized. She'd been trying to figure out how her carefully planned out life had gone off track -- and then she met a wonderful man. Only, Bo Conway was everything wealthy Carly wasn't looking for: A regular guy. A ...

  • The Prodigal M.D. Returns

    Marie Ferrarella

    It's not going to stay cold up here in Alaska for too much longer...not with sizzling hot doctor Ben Kerrigan back in town. The best-looking man the town of Hades has ever seen isn't just toiling in the town's only medical clinic; I hear he's also do...

  • Trace Of Doubt

    Erica Orloff

    HER GIFT FOR WORKING A CRIME SCENE PUT HER IN A SERIAL KILLER'S SIGHTS Criminalist Billie Quinn lived and breathed the evidence. People lied. But DNA never let her down. Or could it? For the case that put her fight for justice in the media spot...

  • Santa Fe Passage

    Jon R. Bauman

    IT WAS A LIFELINE AND A TRAIL OF DEATH In 1823, one long trail connected the backwater colony of Mexico with a booming America. Here, only the most daring, ambitious and lucky would survive--transporting goods at enormous risk and for bigger profit....

  • A Sheltering Heart

    Terri Reed

    When physician's assistant Gwen Yates arrived at the airport for her mission trip to Africa, she was shocked to find her boss had made her the new trip leader...and added his handsome son to the expedition. Worse, as executive director of Healing Mis...

  • By Her Side

    Kathryn Springer

    The Davis Landing Observer Page 5 THE GOSSIP GURU ...is back with more news. Seems intrepid reporter Felicity Simmons, at rival newspaper The Davis Landing Dispatch, is being threatened by someone who is not happy with her articles. Your faithful...

  • In His Eyes

    Gail Gaymer Martin

    Her young love for Connor Faraday had left her heartbroken. Although home designer Ellene Bordini had moved on, she'd never felt drawn to any other man -- and never recovered from Connor's betrayal. Now, a decade later, Connor was back in her life......

  • Secrets Of The Rose

    Lois Richer

    WHOM COULD SHE TRUST? With a happy marriage, a thriving business and a beautiful young daughter -- Shelby Kinkaid and her husband had the perfect life. Until he was killed in a mysterious accident. After that, Shelby's life revolved around litt...

  • Tangled Memories

    Marta Perry

    Finally meeting the wealthy family she'd never known should have given Corrie Grant the information about her father she'd craved all her life. But the Mannings of Savannah were a secretive and hostile bunch. All except Lucas Santee, her grandfather'...

  • To Thine Own Self Be True

    Judy Clemens

    Stella Crown rarely takes a break from managing her Pennsylvania dairy farm unless it's to take a spin on her Harley, but in the midst of the Christmas season she treats herself to a new tattoo. Halfway through the sitting at Wolf Ink, her tattoo art...

  • Lost Angel

    Mike Doogan

    Moses Wright founded the Christian commune of Rejoice. The rough-and-tumble interior of Alaska may seem a strange place for such a community, but for twenty years it has served as a beacon in the wilderness. Two decades later Moses granddaughter, Fai...

  • A Separate War and Other Stories

    Joe Haldeman

    Here are fifteen stories-never before collected- spanning 36 years of Joe Haldeman's award-winning writing...tales that tread upon familiar Haldeman territory, as well as explore the outer reaches of his phenomenal imagination. From the first sho...

  • The Harsh Cry of the Heron

    Lian Hearn

    A dazzling saga of warfare and sacrifice, passionate revenge, treacherous betrayal, and unconquerable love, The Harsh Cry of the Heron takes the storytelling achievement of Hearn's fantastic medieval Japanese world to startling new heights of drama a...

  • Sorcerer's Moon

    Julian May

    King Conrig Ironcrown's plan-to preserve his ruthless reign over High Blenholme Island by marrying his heir, Orion, to a barbarian princess-lie in ruins. The Salka are launching an audacious attack to seize the heart of High Blenholme, and King Conri...

  • Cross My Heart

    Carly Phillips

    SHE'S GONE FROM RICHES TO RAGS -- AND BACK AGAIN! Lacey Kincaid is a classic New York success story. As the owner of Odd Jobs, she's gone from rags to riches...sort of. Because Lacey's harboring a secret -- she was born Lillian Dumont, and spent...

  • The Copper Scroll

    Joel C. Rosenberg

    Another NYT bestseller
    Over 250,000 sold
    Rosenberg’s novels have an uncanny way of coming true.

    The Last Jihad put readers inside the cockpit of a hijacked jet, coming in on a kamikaze attack into an American city . . . but it was ...

  • Pressure

    Jeff Strand

    Alex is unwittingly drawn into a waking nightmare when he discovers that his best friend Darren, whom he met in boarding school, is murderously insane and wants Alex to join him on a blood-soaked rampage--and won't take no for an answer. Original....

  • The Grapple

    Harry Turtledove

    It is 1943, the third summer of the new war between the Confederate States of America and the United States, a war that will turn on the deeds of ordinary soldiers, extraordinary heroes, and a colorful cast of spies, politicians, rebels, and everyday...

  • The Second Perimeter

    Mike Lawson

    Joe DeMarco, a political gunslinger and trouble-shooter for John Mahoney, the conniving Speaker of the House, is asked to investigate what appears to be a minor case of fraud at a U.S. naval base. DeMarco discovers instead that an Asian espionage rin...

  • The Burry Man's Day

    Catriona McPherson

    Summer 1923, and as the village of Queensferry prepares for the annual Ferry Fair and the walk of the Burry Man, feelings are running high. With his pagan greenery, his lucky pennies and the nips of whisky he is treated to wherever he goes, the Burry...

  • Chaucer and the Doctor of Physic

    Philippa Morgan

    Poet and diplomat Geoffrey Chaucer, newly returned from a delicate mission to Florence on behalf of Edward III, is despatched to sort out a home-grown problem in the Devon seaport of Dartmouth. Geoffrey must leave his family in London and travel west...

  • When Somebody Loves You Back

    Mary B. Morrison

    With some high-profile legal trouble behind him and a promising NBA career ahead of him--plus his engagement to his spirited soul mate, the irrepressible Fancy Taylor--former playboy Darius Jones is back on top. But bad news soon threatens to take hi...

  • The Night Gardener

    George P. Pelecanos

    The haunting story of three copsone good, one bad, one brokenand the murder that reunites them in a showdown decades in the making. Gus Ramone is good police, a former Internal Affairs investigator now working homicide for the citys Violent Crime bra...

  • One Last Breath

    Stephen Booth

    Set in England's legendary Peak District, Stephen Booth's acclaimed mysteries tell tales of men and women under siege by both ordinary life and extraordinary crime. Now, in a stunning, fascinatingly intelligent novel, Booth's uneasy young policeman, ...

  • Evanly Bodies

    Rhys Bowen

    Detective Constable Evan Evans and his new bride, Bronwen, are settling into married life in their little cottage above the village of Llanfair when they meet the daughter of one of the village's newest families, a sixteen-year-old Pakistani girl nam...

  • Disco for the Departed

    Colin Cotterill

    Dr Siri Paiboun, reluctant national coroner of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos, is summoned to a remote location in the mountains of Huaphan Province, where for years the leaders of the current government had hidden out in caves, waiting to ...

  • Druid's Sword

    Sara Douglass

    1940. The skies above London are filled with German planes on nightly raids, a Blitz that brings a barrage of bombs that pound the city into rubble. Each morning Londoners face the night's handiwork and though they are presented with the possibility ...

  • The Power Broker

    Stephen Frey

    Christian Gillette, the dynamo chairman of a famous New York private equity firm, plans to open a new casino in Las Vegas and launch an NFL franchise. But the mob makes it clear that Christian will have to pay if he wants to play. To complicate matte...

  • Swords of Eveningstar

    Ed Greenwood

    Florin Falconland has always dreamed of adventure. When he saves the life of the king of Cormyr, his dream comes true! Unfortunately for Florin, he also manages to earn the enmity of some of Cormyr's most dangerous denizens. Florin and his friends, ...

  • Bones of the Barbary Coast

    Daniel Hecht

    Bert Marchetti, an old family friend of Cree's and an SFPD homicide inspector, has asked Cree to help investigate a human skeleton recently unearthed in the foundation of a fine Victorian home-apparently the bones of a victim of the 1906 earthqua...

  • Relentless

    Simon Kernick

    There is only one truth left in your world. They want you. And they want you dead -- the new stand-alone thriller by crime-writing's rising star. John Meron, a happily married father of two, who's never been in trouble, receives a phone call that ...

  • Dying Light

    Stuart MacBride

    With this follow-up to COLD GRANITE, deemed an "impressive debut" by Publishers Weekly, Stuart MacBride proves himself to be a rising star of crime fiction -- and this time, the action is more explosive than ever... A FALL FROM GRACE On the coast...

  • Resurrection

    Tucker Malarkey

    A lost past. A hidden Gospel. A shocking discovery. It's 1948, and British nurse Gemma Bastian travels to Cairo to close the affairs of her late father, staying at the home of David Lazar, her father's oldest friend, and his enigmatic sons. While...

  • Other Times Than Peace

    David Drake

    THEY MAY NOT BE FLAWLESS HEROES -- BUT THEY'LL GET THE JOB DONE In the past, the present, or the future, life is grim and often short for the few who protect the many, usually for little pay, less gratitude, and dim prospects of growing old. *A squ...

  • In the Dark of the Night

    John Saul

    For Chicago couple Dan and Merrill Brewster, a summer at Pinecrest, a rambling lakeside house, is an deal vacation, and for their kids, Eric and Marci, Pinecrest is the perfect place to spend some time exploring. Eric and his friends discover a curio...

  • The Assassins Gallery

    David L. Robbins

    New Year's Eve, 1945. The assassin steps out of the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of a raging nor'easter. Cool and efficient, she's a weapon of war superbly trained in the ancient arts of subterfuge and murder. And even though she's outnumbered, she's...

  • Snow Blind

    P.J. Tracy

    Already major bestselling authors in the UK, the brilliant creators of the Monkeewrench team and their law-abiding counterparts on the Minneapolis PD are setting a new standard for the modern thriller, combining brilliant plotting, razor-sharp dialog...

  • Shriek: An Afterword

    Jeff VanderMeer

    An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris--previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer's acclaimed City of Saints & Madmen--Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and ho...

  • Bye-Bye, Black Sheep

    Ayelet Waldman

    Their fledgling detective agency has spread its wings-and now Juliet and Al are finally flying high. They're used to seeing many people come through the doors of their garage-turned-office, seeking their help. But they're about to realize that they a...

  • Dragon's Fire

    Anne McCaffrey; Todd McCaffrey

    At Natalon's mining camp, Pellar embarks on a secret mission to discover whether the condemned criminals known as the Shunned are stealing coal. But the gifted tracker discovers that a far more treacherous plot is unfolding. A heartless thief named T...

  • Mask Market

    Andrew H. Vachss

    They meet in a no -- name diner. A shadowy man hands Burke a CD dossier of someone he wants found. Minutes later, as Burke watches from an alley, his client is gunned down by a professional hunter -- killer team. Burke slips away, unsure if he's been...

  • The Slow Moon

    Elizabeth Cox

    On an early spring night, Sophie and her boyfriend Crow slip away from a rowdy high school party and sneak off into the woods. But what is meant to be an idyllic, intimate evening turns into a nightmare. Sophie is attacked and refuses to speak; Crow ...

  • The Merlot Murders

    Ellen Crosby

    Leland Montgomery's death was deemed accidental, but when his daughter Lucie returns home from France, she finds the once-thriving family vineyard run down, collapsing under huge debt. Lucie's godfather warns her that Leland's demise may have been th...

  • Dollar Daze

    Karin Gillespie

    Moons and Junes are the flavors of the month for the Bottom Dollar Girls, whose sudden fondness for wooing and cooing has them in a Dollar Daze. From the night of the Sweetheart Dance, love begins blooming all over Cayboo Creek. Though every rose mus...

  • Farthing

    Jo Walton

    One summer weekend in 1949--but not our 1949--the well-connected "Farthing set", a group of upper-crust English families, enjoy a country retreat. Lucy is a minor daughter in one of those families; her parents were both leading figures in the group t...

  • Special Topics in Calamity Physics

    Marisha Pessl

    Special Topics in Calamity Physics is a darkly hilarious coming-of-age novel and a richly plotted suspense tale told through the distinctive voice of its heroine, Blue van Meer. After a childhood moving from one academic outpost to another with her f...

  • Deceit

    James Siegel

    It looks like just another car crash: a head-on collision on a lonely stretch of desert highway that leaves one driver dead. But Tom Valle, the local newspaperman assigned to the story, is damned good at spotting lies. And for Valle, once a star repo...

  • Wizard of the Crow

    Ngugi wa Thiong'o

    A landmark of postcolonial African literature, Wizard of the Crow is an ambitious, magisterial, comic novel from the acclaimed Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and critic. Set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria, Wizard of the Crow ...

  • The Messenger

    Daniel Silva

    Gabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, has been widely acclaimed as one of the most fascinating characters in the genre and now he is about to face the greatest challenge of his life. Allon is recovering from a grueling showdown with a Palestinian ...

  • Inda

    Sherwood Smith

    THE FATE OF THE SAECOND SON Indevan-Dal was the second son of the Prince of Choraed Elgaer. Tradition dictated that when his older brother Tanrid inherited the realm, Inda would be his brother's Shield Arm -- his military champion. Tanrid,'as heir, ...

  • Satin Nights

    Karen E. Quinones Miller

    Regina Harris has been through it all, orphaned at 13 and forced to use street wits to survive. Now living in Harlem with her four-year-old daughter, she thinks her life has finally stabilized--but where there's Regina, there's always drama. She runs...

  • The Stabbing In The Stables

    Simon Brett

    Carole Seddon accompanies Jude to Long Bamber Stables so her friend can apply her healing touch to a lame horse, only to stumble upon the body of a man beyond medical help -- alternative or otherwise. The victim, former equestrian champion Walter Fle...

  • Second Wave

    Anne McCaffrey; Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    It is difficult growing up in the shadow of heroes revered throughout the galaxy. But that is the lot of young Khorii-daughter of the legendary Acorna and her lifemate, Aari-who must now follow her own destiny through a fantastic universe of wonders ...