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  • Peter Prince

    It is 1721 and young Adam Hanaway, devastated by his father's sudden death, leaves England to seek his fortune in Lisbon, where his uncle is a successful merchant. But almost nothing turns out as Adam planned. His family's welcome is cool, and Adam's...



  • Charlotte Lewis Brown

    After the age of the dinosaurs, strange and powerful mammals ruled the earth. . . . Paleontologist Charlotte Lewis Brown’s easy-to-read and fascinating descriptions of these ancient animals are brought to life in Phil Wilson’s detailed illus...



  • 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...



  • 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...



  • 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....



  • Piers Anthony
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    When the Good Magician Humfrey's son Hugo suddenly vanishes, his disappearance sets in motion a series of madcap misadventures that send a collection of colorful characters on a perilous pair of parallel quests. Among them are Debra, a pretty young g...



  • Robin Jarvis

    The year is 1664 when young Will Godwin comes to London. In order to survive, he becomes an assistant to a wicked alchemist, Elias Theophratus Spittle. On an errand one freezing night, Will finds a mother cat and her three kittens, and brings the fam...



  • 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...



  • Edward P. Jones

    In fourteen sweeping and sublime stories, five of which have been published in The New Yorker, the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Known World shows that his grasp of the human condition is firmer than ever Returning to the c...



  • 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...



  • 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 ...



  • Mary Man-Kong

    Barbie® can't wait to go to the big gala tonight -- but first she needs the perfect dress, the most glamorous make-up, and some sparkly jewelry! Pull the tabs, turn the wheel, and lift the flaps to help give Barbie® an amazing makeover in this delu...



  • Marissa Moss

    "Did you hear the rumor making the rounds? A Note from the Author Amelia! ""Everything you always wanted to know about gossip -- it''s the hottest rumor around!"" -- Me, Amelia ...the one about Amelia and her guide?




  • Richard Grant

    In 1929, at a youth summit in the Weimar Republic, a group of young Americans meet on a remote mountaintop. Their shifting alliances, rivalries and sexual intrigues foreshadow the turmoil and violence that will soon engulf Europe. Fifteen years l...



  • Michael Kilian

    The new Harrison Raines American Civil War mystery - Soon after starting to investigate the murder of a Presbyterian minister, Raines finds himself drawn into the battle of Antietam. Then follows a succession of murders of young Shepherdstown women w...



  • Barbara Allan

    Determined to make a new start in her quaint hometown on the banks of the Mississippi, Brandy Borne never dreams she'll become the prime suspect in a murder case... Moving back in with her eccentric, larger-than-life mother, Brandy Borne finds sma...



  • Lisa Samson

    “Once upon a time, many years ago, when true love walked hand in hand with kisses and promises, and decisions were made to last forever, two girls received a summons to appear before the governor.…” So begins the story of two sisters in a long-...



  • Cady Kalian

    Maggie Mars used to be a journalist on the East Coast, but now she's come to LaLa Land to make a name for herself as a screenwriter... and maybe live her fantasy of someday meeting Jack Nicholson. When Maggie's dear mentor Roger, the Executive Di...



  • Sophia James

    She was his means of revenge... Lady Madeleine Randwick was his hostage, and a way to get under her brother's skin. As a player in the murky game of borderland politics, Alexander Ullyot, Laird of Ashblane, should have had no compunction about using...



  • 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...



  • 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...



  • Susan Ring

    The Little Einsteins, equipped with their camera, go on a journey through Australia, viewing some of its unusual animals and exploring its rainforests and the Great Barrier Reef, with a slideviewer for young readers to view pictures of what they saw....



  • Alix Ohlin

    In their various locales--from Montreal (where a prosthetic leg casts a furious spell on its beholders) to New Mexico (where a Soviet-era exchange student redefines home for his hosts)--the characters in Babylon are coming to terms with life's epipha...



  • 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...



  • Suzanne Weyn

    Kayla has resisted getting the bar code tattoo, even though it's meant forfeiting a "normal" life. Without the tattoo, she's an exile. But she can't stay an exile for long.... For reasons she doesn't completely understand -- but will soon discov...



  • Daniela Burr

    Genevieve and her eleven sisters live in a kingdom full of dance and laughter, but all that changes when their greedy aunt Rowena moves in. Rowena is supposed to teach the sisters manners, but instead she strips all the joy from the castle. And worst...



  • Tennant Redbank

    Princess Barbie and her sisters dance the night away in a magical, musical adventure in Barbie in the Twelve Dancing Princesses! Barbie and her princess sisters love to dance and sing, but thier evil Aunt Rowena doesn't believe it's proper princess b...



  • Masaki Segawa

    LOVE AND DEATH

    The bloody battle to rule Japan has begun: The Iga and the Kouga clans are locked in a fight to the death. Driven by a centuries-old hatred, each clan will do anything to annihilate the other. The Kouga clan is engaging in a lit...



  • Jack Terral

    They are America's ultimate weapon in the war on terror. On the sea, in the air, or over land, they go where no one else will go, and do what no one else can do... Under the direction of their mysterious leader, Husan, the terrorist group known as...



  • John F. Mullins

    1975: With the Vietnam War drawing to a close, Captain James Carmichael begins a new life far from the front lines, in Bad Tlz, Germany. Married to a beautiful Russian emigre and awaiting his first child, Carmichael should be content training the 10...



  • 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! -- ...



  • 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...



  • Sharon Kendrick

    An Italian billionaire businessman... Years ago, Cesare di Arcangelo's pride had been wounded. Now Sorcha Whittaker's company needed his expertise--he would bed her, and then dump her... all for revenge! With a plan for vengeance! Sorcha...



  • Irvine Welsh

    "A family saga, a revenge fantasy, a Twilight Zone-esque parable, and, most importantly, a very fun read."  -- Entertainment Weekly This story of two men locked in a war of wills that threatens their very existence is vintage Irvine Welsh. Troub...



  • Carol Snow

    A laugh-out-loud, warmhearted debut about a woman reliving her youth (and not just the good parts). Plenty of thirtysomething women would be thrilled to look like a teenager. But journalist Kathy Hopkins wishes she could be taken a little more se...



  • Lisa Tawn Bergren

    The year is 1339, and a secret a half millennium old is on the brink of being exposed. Centuries ago, Paul's letters became part of the foundation of the Christian canon. Only a few know of another letter, potentially written by Paul. Kept secret ...



  • 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...



  • Kit Whitfield

    It is a world much like our own, with one deadly difference: ninety-nine percent of the population is lycanthropic. When the full moon rises, humans transform into lunes, bloodthirsty beasts who cannot be reasoned with or tamed. Those few born unable...



  • Lilian Moore

    A fun fright-fest for any time of the year There's always something lurking in the spooky-but-fun urban world of these poems. Maybe it's a lost dragon (a wizard's loving pet--please return if found!) or a twelve-toed creature, or perhaps it's a mons...



  • Elizabeth Winthrop

    A perfect book for any holiday with a parade Harvey was excited when the mayor appointed him parade chairman. He loved parades. Fred did not.
    Fred doesn't want to be in the parade--not in the beginning, not in the middle,and not in the end. Not ...



  • Kerry Hardie

    Ellen McKinnon's clairvoyant experiences damage her mental and physical health. She must face and assimilate an unwanted but unavoidable family secret, experiencing a revelation that turns her life around in this insightful look at the rift between m...



  • 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...




  • Les Savage Jr.

    One look at the breathtaking wild stallion robbed Del Rockwall of all common sense. The odds of capturing the majestic beast were about a thousand to one, he figured. And if he missed, he'd probably spook the rest of the herd and never see them again...



  • 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...



  • Steve Hockensmith
    in

    This volume compiles 18 gripping stories about relationships from some of the top mystery writers working today, including Harlan Coben, P.J. Parrish, Lee Child, Ridley Pearson, R.L. Stine, Jim Fusilli, Jeff Abbott, Charles Todd, and Tom Savage.



  • Kylie Adams

    After a hot summer of partying in sexy South Beach, the fabulous five of the Miami Academy for Creative and Performing Arts are back in school but no less scandalous! You met them in Cruel Summer: Vanity, the gorgeous celebutante; Dante, the hip-ho...



  • Alisa Libby

    COUNTESS ERZEBET BIZECKA appears to have everything a young noblewoman in sixteenth-century Hungary -- or any woman anywhere, for that matter -- could want. She is rich and beautiful. She lives in an enormous castle, attended by dozens of servants. T...



  • Geraldine Evans

    Rafferty and Llewellyn are faced with an unholy puzzle of a case Lapsed Catholic DI Joe Rafferty isn?t best pleased when he learns their latest case is at the local Roman Catholic Convent, where a body was discovered in a shallow grave in the grounds...



  • Karen Traviss

    Civil war looms as the fledgling Galactic Alliance confronts a growing number of rebellious worlds--and the approaching war is tearing the Skywalker and Solo families apart. Han and Leia return to Han's homeworld, Corellia, the heart of the resistanc...



  • 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...



  • Karen Traviss

    BONUS: This original novella includes an excerpt from Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact and an interview with the author. On the surface, it seems like just another routine contract for Boba Fett and his Mandalorian comman...



  • 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 ...



  • 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...



  • J. Michael Straczynski

    The destinies of most people are defined early on. Then there are the others - the lost. Those whose numbers aren't in yet, who could go toward the light or toward the darkness - indeed, who could be tipped one direction or another. And everything st...



  • 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 ...



  • Avi

    From Avi, the 2003 Newbery Award-winning author of "Crispin: The Cross of Lead," comes the story of Thorston, an alchemist who works to concoct a potion that will enable him to live forever--and keep dying and rising from the dead as a result....



  • Catherine Coulter

    Dear Reader: Get yourself ready for Mary Lisa Beverly - a soap-opera phenom who's just won her third Daytime Emmy for her role as Sunday Cavendish on Born to Be Wild. She's fun and lovable and has lots of crazy friends, most of whom hang out at he...



  • 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...



  • Laura Kasischke

    They were seventeen, with perfect tans and perfect bodies. They planned on a joyride in a convertible on a hot summer day. They planned on skinny-dipping in a beautiful, secluded lake. They planned on making it back to camp before anyone noticed they...



  • Alexandra Moss

    A rare plant has been found on Azureblue, and Zenda’s teacher is keeping it in their classroom. One day Zenda arrives late to class and finds everyone frozen in time! Persuaja helps Zenda go back in time on the astral plane to search for the antido...



  • Karen McCombie

    So there I was, thinking that the last week of school would be mega-fun. OK, well, more fun than usual. Could I have been more wrong? Urm, no. I mean, next-door's barbecue degenerates into a sausage fight, I nearly have to call the RSPCA on Kyra, the...



  • 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...



  • Meredith Webber

    When Sam Agostini left the Bay thirteen years ago he had a reputation as a bad boy--and he left nurse Megan Anstey brokenhearted. Now he's back, still devastatingly handsome, still undeniably charming and a highly respected doctor. But as Sam fights ...



  • Cathie Linz
    in

    Four all-new stories that show there's no place like a wedding to catch the perfect man.

    To go down the aisle or not to go down the aisle. Is that even a question? Well, it depends on whether you're the bride or just a bridesmaid-for the fif...



  • Ben Fountain

    The well-meaning protagonists of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara are caught--to both disastrous and hilarious effect--in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. Ben Fountain's prize-winning debut speaks to the intimate conn...



  • 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...



  • Cynthia DeFelice

    September 1840 marks five months since twelve-year-old Nathan Fowler's life-threatening encounter with Weasel, the heartless man who stalked Nathan like a wild animal through the forest. Nathan hasn't been the same since, wary of every new pe...




  • 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. ...



  • Black Artemis

    Struggling to overcome her own troubled past, a female bond agent is plunged into the modern-day graffiti subculture, where she must confront a dangerous and unexpected destiny. By the author of Picture Me Rollin'. Original. 25,000 first prin...



  • Bentley Little

    A college freshman finds herself stranded in Arizona with no place to stay and nowhere to run. Cabin fever closes in on an isolated park ranger, as two sinister beauties lurk in the desert outside his door. A California divorcee is starting a promisi...



  • 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 ...



  • 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...



  • 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...



  • 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...



  • 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...



  • Fabian Nicieza

    Collects Cable/Deadpool #25-29. Cable has forged a paradise haven that threatens to destabilize countless governments and religions. One man wants to find out what Cable's intentions are before it's too late. Plus: Cable sees the signs forming..can A...



  • Jenny Eclair

    Don't miss the unforgettable new novel from Jenny Eclair - INHERITANCE is out now___________'Viciously funny' Daily MailWelcome to one of the nicest streets in one of London's vilest boroughs: a determined middle-class oasis of skips and bay trees, w...



  • 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...



  • Judy Cumberbatch

    Sarah's grandfather gives her a seashell and promises that if she listens carefully, she will hear the sea inside. But Sarah is distracted by the bustling noise of her island community. Laundry flip-flaps in the wind, people haggle in the market, ...



  • 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...



  • Linda Johns

    Carmen’s Crystal Ball is the seventh title in a new series of adventures written specifically for tween girls. This fun series follows a group of friends who receive mysterious messages and win charms as they grow in confidence. The stories emphasi...



  • Katherine Stone

    The passion of a woman, a mother, a wife... For more than six years Seattle architect Caroline Wynn and her attorney husband, Jeffrey, have been trying to have a baby. Now, finally, Caroline is pregnant. Both Caroline and Jeffrey are thrilled. And...



  • 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...



  • 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...



  • Emma Harrison

    Learn to growl like a real Cheetah Girl with this pocket-sized dictionary of Cheetah-isms. With loads of cheetahlicious phrases from teen divas Galleria, Chanel, Aqua, and Dorinda, fans will soon be roaring for more....



  • Jim Fusilli
    in

    This volume compiles 18 gripping stories about relationships from some of the top mystery writers working today, including Harlan Coben, P.J. Parrish, Lee Child, Ridley Pearson, R.L. Stine, Jim Fusilli, Jeff Abbott, Charles Todd, and Tom Savage.



  • 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...



  • 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...



  • 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...



  • Lee Harris

    MAYDAY! When Christine Bennett is invited on a sightseeing trip to Arizona, she jumps at the chance for a little adventure. But the excursion reminds her of a former high school classmate, Heinz Gruner, who died twenty years earlier on Cinco de Ma...



  • David Almond

    Fourteen-year-old Davie and his best friend, Geordie, are altar boys at their local Catholic Church. They’re full of mischief, but that all changes when Stephen Rose comes to town. Father O’Mahoney thinks it would be a good idea for Davie and Geo...



  • Seth Margolis

    If its true that you are where you live, then cunning super-agent Lucinda Wells controls the destiny of New York high society. Embezzlement, forgery, dot-com buststhese are the scandals that pepper the lives of the financiers, entrepreneurs, socialit...



  • Gore Vidal

    Celebrated for more than fifty years as a world-renowned novelist, essayist, and political figure and commentator, Gore Vidal is less known for the exquisitely crafted short fiction he wrote as a young man. Like the work of Truman Capote and Tennesse...




  • Rick McMahan
    in

    This volume compiles 18 gripping stories about relationships from some of the top mystery writers working today, including Harlan Coben, P.J. Parrish, Lee Child, Ridley Pearson, R.L. Stine, Jim Fusilli, Jeff Abbott, Charles Todd, and Tom Savage.




  • 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...



  • Patricia Thayer

    New York advertising executive Rebecca Valentine is now facing her biggest challenge -- her biological clock. In an effort to get her life sorted out, Rebecca travels to a tranquil ranch in Wyoming.... Charming, easygoing Mitchell Tucker isn't at ...



  • Anna Myers

    In Denver, Robin (a.ka. Bird) is in with the cool clique. They wear the same clothes, talk the same way, and pick on the same girls. But when her Mom hears about a cruel prank against a less popular girl, she isn't going to tolerate the Queen Bee beh...



  • Martin Davies

    The Conjurer’s Bird is a beautiful story in the spirit of Possession that is as exciting as The Club Dumas, inspired by one of the great puzzles of natural history: that of the Mysterious Bird of Ulieta. Seen only once, in 1774, by Captain Cook’s...



  • 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...



  • William Kent Krueger

    In well-crafted settings that are beautiful and unforgiving, with unforgettable characters and jaw-dropping surprises, William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor thrillers have drawn a flood of awards and praise. The latest in the series finds the sheriff ...



  • 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 ...



  • Neil Gaiman

    THE DAY AFTER THEY MOVED IN, CORALINE WENT EXPLORING.... In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors Thirteen of the doors open and close. The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until...



  • Paul Stewart; Chris Riddell

    Corby Flood and her family are about to set sail on the rather ramshackle cruise ship, the S.S. Euphonia. Her boisterous brothers might not have noticed that anything is wrong, but Corby is highly observant and has a lot of time for note-taking and e...



  • Dennis Lehane

    A small southern town gives birth to a dangerous man with a broken heart and a high-powered rifle. . . . A young girl, caught up in an inner-city gang war, crosses the line from victim to avenger. . . . An innocent man is hunted by government age...




  • Maura Moynihan

    Maura Moynihan's first novel, Covergirl, blends reality and fiction in a brilliant and exciting roman à clef that draws richly from the author's own adventures as a Warhol Girl and from her many years of working with Tibetan refugees in Asia. Meet V...



  • Kate Hurley

    Halloween is creeping up again -- be ready for it with Creepy Crafts for Boys and Ghouls! In this activity book, you’ll learn how to make spooky masks, ghostly party decorations, and even some deliciously chilling Halloween food. Filled with innova...



  • Robin Cook

    A partner in an exclusive concierge medical practice, Dr. Craig Bowman has reached an impressive level of success. But this idyllic situation comes to a grinding halt when he's served with a summons for medical negligence--and things get much, much w...



  • 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...



  • Eisa Nefertari Ulen

    This profound and intense debut novel is the story of a young African American woman from West Philadelphia who finds her path to a bright future in gentrified Brooklyn, New York, blocked when she can't let go of the love she lost. Crystelle has...



  • Siri Mitchell

    Siri Mitchell's insightful, funny chick-lit style shines in this story of putting up walls and tearing them down--all for love. Jackie Harrison, a computer administrator at the Air Force Academy, is a self-proclaimed geek who must share her cubic...



  • Christina Hopkinson

    Izobel Brannigan is an ordinary girl, working a good but dull public relations job, and with a lousy--but slightly less dull--boyfriend. Out of boredom, she decides to Google herself and finds an entire Web site devoted to her, describing a fun, exci...



  • Tom Savage
    in

    This volume compiles 18 gripping stories about relationships from some of the top mystery writers working today, including Harlan Coben, P.J. Parrish, Lee Child, Ridley Pearson, R.L. Stine, Jim Fusilli, Jeff Abbott, Charles Todd, and Tom Savage....



  • 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...



  • Suzanne Fisher Staples

    A Season of ChangeAlong the Virginia shoreline where their families have lived for generations, Buck and Tunes Smith defy tradition. Raised together like brother and sister, they are bound by surname, but not by skin color. And just as Buck has come ...



  • 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,...



  • 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...



  • Norman Green

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  • Jeff Abbott
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