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  • The Best American Short Stories 1997

    Houghton Mifflin Company

    The best-selling story anthology includes both old and new talent, including Tobias Wolff, Donald Hall, Robert Stone, Cynthia Ozick, and Junot Diaz, and features works divided into such categories as "Perceived Social Values." Simultaneous....

  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1997

    Houghton Mifflin Company

    For many years, some of the most vital, creative, and exciting fiction published in America has been in the field of mystery, crime, and suspense. Now Robert B. Parker and Otto Penzler - both Edgar winners - have assembled the best that 1996 had to o...

  • Merry Christmas, Geraldine

    Holly Keller

    Its Christmas, and Geraldine (Geraldines Baby Brother and Geraldine First) wants to get a big tree. All the way up to the ceiling, she declares. Mama does not agree. Nor does little brother Willie, who must help carry it home. But Geraldine will not ...

  • Snowball

    Nina Crews

    The weather report says "Snow." Yet there is no sign of it on Monday, or on Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday. But oh, when it comes, it is as thick and white and wonderful (and perfect for snowballs) as the exuberant young narrator dreamed. Young fan...

  • Alex and the Cat

    Helen V. Griffith

  • One Small Lost Sheep

    Claudia Mills

  • When Bear Stole the Chinook

    Harriet Peck Taylor

    A colorfully illustrated story from the Siksika Indians follows a boy and his friends--Owl, Coyote, Weasel, Prairie Chicken, and Magpie--as they set out to find out how winter becomes spring and why bears hibernate....

  • Caught in the Act

    Kate Cann

  • Bloodstone

    David Gemmell

    “David Gemmell tells a tale of very real adventure, the stuff of true epic fantasy.” -- R. A. Salvatore, New York Times bestselling authorTwenty years have passed since Jon Shannow, the legendary Jerusalem Man, cracked open the gate of time and b...

  • The New Year's Eve Murder

    Lee Harris

    The party’s over . . . On December 30th, Susan Stark was dropped off in front of her parents’ house. She hasn't been heard from since. Not a good scenario, especially in New York.Former nun (now crime investigator) Christine Bennett fears th...

  • Six Haunted Hairdos

    Gregory Maguire

    In this sequel to Seven Spiders Spinning, the rivalry between the boys and girls in Miss Earth's class takes a ghostly turn when the girls transform themselves into the Six Haunted Hairdos, but the whole class will have to cast aside their ri...

  • Daisies Are Forever

    Sydell Voeller

    Daisies are Forever, is an environmental contemporary romance published by Books We Love.April Heatherton, history teacher and volunteer firefighter, is determined to protect the land she holds dear, particularly the grave of an unknown pioneer woman...

  • Shadow Walk

    Jane Waterhouse

    After one of her friends is mysteriously murdered, a true-crime writer who had sworn never to pen another book becomes determined to locate a man from her hometown of Spring Lake, New Jersey, who, in 1970, one by one shot his mother, wife, and childr...

  • Stay!: Keeper's Story

    Lois Lowry

    Born between a board fence and a set of trash cans, the hero of this absorbing novel by Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry is a lowly stray dog. Abandoned at an early age by his mother and separated from his siblings, he faces every challenge with his nose ...

  • George and Martha

    Maurice Sendak

    A full-color picture book brings together all thirty-five adventures of George and Martha, two hippopotami and best friends who have taught children, in humorous fashion, about the value of friendship for a quarter of a century....

  • Snow Dance

    Lezlie Evans

    Bright, childlike watercolors capture the joy of the season's first snowfall, as two young children revel in the long-hoped-for, freshly fallen snow, until exhaustion sends them home to a cup of cocoa by the fire....

  • When Did We Lose Harriet?

    Patricia Sprinkle

    A teenage girl has been missing from her Montgomery, Alabama, home for six weeks. She may be a runaway, a crime victim, or both. What's amazing is other people's lack of concern. Just one person cares that she's gone: a spunky amateur sleuth on the s...

  • Remembering You

    Penelope J. Stokes

    In this moving conclusion to the Faith on the Home Front series, Owen Slaughter returns from the battlefields of Europe to Eden, Mississippi, to keep a promise made to the dying Charlie Coltrain. Charlie's sister, Willie, is overjoyed that Owen is al...

  • Lili The Brave

    Jennifer Armstrong

    It is 1870 and Lili Alesund lives with her family in Vinhaven, Norway, a beautiful town on the edge of the sea. She is called Lili the Brave because she has never been afraid of anything. But Lili has never had to leave Norway before or travel to Ame...

  • Christmas Paper Chains: A Complete Kit

    Stewart Walton

    Christmas angels and Santas are easy to make with the latest collections of stencils, patterned papers, and instructions. Fun facts about holiday customs add to the joy of making both simple paper chains and more advanced projects, from games and gre...

  • Princess Florella

    Kirsten Hall

  • Queen Mab

    Cynthia Eng

  • Annabelle's Wish

    Michael Stuart

  • Annabelle's Wish

    Amy Bauman

  • Twilight Comes Twice

    Ralph Fletcher

  • The Legend of the Candy Cane

    Lori Walburg

    With over 500,000 copies sold, The Legend of the Candy Cane is an endearing and timeless Christmas story that doesn’t lose sight of the true meaning of the holidays. This edition of the holiday classic by Lori Walberg features vibrant illustrations...

  • Wake up Charlie Dragon

    Brenda Smith

  • Billy's Sunflower

    Nicola Moon

    This story has very short and simple text, with bright supporting illustrations, helping the beginner reader to follow the story. It is part of a series created especially for children who are just beginning to read for themselves....

  • Plain Jack

    K.M. Peyton

    This story has very short and simple text, with bright supporting illustrations, helping the beginner reader to follow the story. It is part of a series created especially for children who are just beginning to read for themselves....

  • The Literature of the American South

    William L. Andrews

    For nearly four centuries, the American South has been home to a vital literary tradition.The Literature of the American South reconsiders southern writing from its seventeenth-century origins to its flourishing present. Featuring the works of eighty...

  • January Rides the Wind

    Charlotte F. Otten

  • My Autobiography

    Kevin Keegan

    From growing up in Doncaster through to his part in the resurgence of football in the North East, Kevin Keegan has often been in the media spotlight, but has revealed little of what motivates him or what he's really like. This autobiography seeks to ...

  • Yon Ill Wind

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

    This Xanth villain is full of hot air. “Anthony’s unflagging sparkle, verve and wordplay spin everyday trials of Mundane life into storytelling gold” (Publishers Weekly).   A fickle flux in the fabric of space has allowed a horrendous hurr...

  • Second Time Around // Woke Up Dead

    Tina Wainscott

    "I never got a chance to tell Sam I love him!" These are young Jennie Carmichael's dying thoughts. A tragic accident is ending her life -- and she's never told her boss, private eye Sam Magee, how much she loves him. She was too timid -- why would...

  • The Secret of the Lost Kingdom

    Michael Bolton

    An award-winning singer and songwriter pens his first children's title in this charming story of a king's son who, disgusted with the greed that power can bring, leaves his father to travel the kingdom as a commoner....

  • The Bride Wore Red

    Robbie C. Sethi


    These thirteen linked stories are framed by the experiences of Sally, an American doctor and Deshi, her Indian husband, whose two cousins follow his example and refect their arranged marriages for American brides.

    ...

  • Medieval in LA

    Jim Paul

    Jim Paul muses on Western philosophy and the medieval mind as he makes his way through a harried weekend in Los Angeles yielding a delightful humorous book Bloomsbury Review whose every sentence bursts with information gorgeously put New Yorker...

  • Grace, the Pirate

    Kathryn Lasky

  • The Sun Girl and the Moon Boy

    Yangsook Choi

    "A long time ago in Korea, there was not enough light.It was before the sun and the moon had been created." So begins one of the most treasured folktales of Korea. Reminiscent of Little Red Riding Hood, this ancient tale reveals how a hungry tiger tr...

  • Alison's Fierce & Ugly Halloween

    Marion Dane Bauer

  • Joshua T. Bates in Trouble Again

    Susan Shreve

    Joshua T. Bates is back in a brand-new story that fills in the time between The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates and Joshua T. Bates Takes Charge. After flunking third grade and repeating a semester, Joshua has finally been promoted to fourth grade. But m...

  • Breakfast at the Liberty Diner

    Daniel Kirk

  • The Adventures of Midnight Son

    Denise Lewis Patrick

    "There ain't no words right enough to explain feelin' free."

    On a dark Texas night in 1863 Midnight Son escapes from the plantation where he has lived all his life. In constant fear of bounty hunters, he hides in trees during the day and tra...

  • The Lion and the Mouse

    Carol Jones

  • Christmas Classics From the Modern Library

    Modern Library

    This little treasury of Christmas favorites from the Modern Library is our selection of stories, songs, carols, poems, and more to gladden the heart for the festive season. It is ideal to be dipped into for reading aloud--perhaps around a Christmas t...

  • Johnny Germ Head

    James Quigley

    Filled with laugh-out-loud scenes at school and summer camp, this offbeat comedy presents the story of Johnny Jarvis, a young boy completely obsessed with germs, whose fear of infection takes over his life and earns him the nickname Johnny Germ Head....

  • The Gashlycrumb Tinies

    Edward Gorey

  • Ring Game

    Pete Hautman

    Directed by a family friend who wants him to investigate his daughter's fiance, ex-cop Joe Crow finds himself caught in the middle of a conflict between the would-be groom and the man's murderous cult. Reprint....

  • Star Wars Han Solo: At Stars' End

    Archie Goodwin

    Collects Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars' End (1980) #1-3. Adapting Brian Daley's classic novel! For fans of the film -- fans of all ages -- this is one worth waiting for. Searching the galaxy for a rogue shipbuilder to repair the Millenium Fa...

  • The Last Time I Wore a Dress

    Daphne Scholinski

    Placed in a mental hospital at age fifteen after being diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder, an author shares her harrowing ordeal in the hopes that other teenagers will not suffer as she did due to a lack of understanding of sexual orientation. 4...

  • Tanya and the Magic Wardrobe

    Patricia Lee Gauch

  • Will's Mammoth

    Rafe Martin

  • Arnie the Brave

    Valeri Gorbachev

    Designed to set children on the path to independent reading, the story of Arnie, a little mouse who wants to be a sailor, is told in a rebus style and is accompanied by twenty-four flash cards. Original....

  • Snug Bug's Play Day

    Cathy East Dubowski

    Human-sized household items become a fun-filled bug-sized playground for Snug Bug and his friends, in an easy-to-read tale that teaches young readers about the importance of sharing and taking turns. Simultaneous....

  • Little Skaters

    Ann Morris

  • The Rat Pack

    Lara Rice Bergen

  • Dragon Scales and Willow Leaves

    Terryl Givens

  • I Can't Believe I Have to Do This

    Jan Alford

  • Violin

    Anne Rice

    In the grand manner of Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice's new novel moves across time and the continents, from nineteenth-century Vienna to a St. Charles Greek Revival mansion in present-day New Orleans to dazzling capitals of the modern-day wor...

  • Control

    Everett Owens

    Mulder and Scully are in pursuit of a mysterious and powerful man who calls himself ‘Pusher.' Mulder thinks the man is a bizarre homicidal maniac who's able to convince his victims to kill themselves. But when Pusher learns that the FBI is on to hi...

  • The Neglectful Guardian

    Anne Ashley

    SARAH PEMNINGTON HAD BEEN IGNORED FOR LONG ENOUGH ! Sarah had waited years for the absent Marcus Ravenhurst to make an appearance and check up on his ward. But life under the care of her cousin had finally become intolerable. So much so that she h...

  • The Winter Bride

    Lynne Graham

    From mistress... Angie Brown loved Leo Demetrios but his desire for her was brief and meaningless. After all, he was heir to a Greek shipping fortune and she was just the butler's daughter. And mother... For over two years Angie has kept se...

  • Outback Bride

    Jessica Hart

    "Are you going to marry me -- yes or no?" Matthew Standish--or Mal to his friends--arrived back into Copper's life with a marriage proposal that sounded just about as romantic as sheepshearing! But then, the situation required practica...

  • The Perfect Match?

    Penny Jordan

    The Crightons have position, power and elegance ...and a past scandal to haunt them. The dark, brooding Guy Cooke just had to be the ideal man. Chrissie was entranced and, the wonder of it was, Guy appeared to be equally mesmerized by her! It see...

  • Barbie: Scavenger Hunt

    Mary Packard

  • Barbie Soccer Coach

    Barbara Slate

  • Christmas We Moved to the Barn

    Cooper Edens

    Taffy’s all set for a warm and cozy Christmas with her family, but then she’s notified on Christmas Eve that they’ve got to move out of their house by midnight. Don’t worry! Taffy, her two daughters, and their twelve animals -- an unusual and...

  • Trojan Horse: A First Act Play Book

    Holly Jones

  • 20,000 Leagues under the Sea

    Anni Matsick

    Trapped aboard a fantastic submarine with a mad sea captain, a French professor and his companions come face to face with exotic ocean creatures and strange, forbidden sights hidden from the world above. This is the classic deep sea adventure from th...

  • The Silent Cry

    Anne Perry

    Deep in London's dangerous slums, Victorians transacted their most secret and shameful business. For a price, a man could procure whatever he wanted, but it happened now and then that the price he paid was his life. Now, in sunless Water Lane, res...

  • Lifted Up by Angels

    Lurlene McDaniel

    In this sequel to the bestselling Until Angels Close My Eyes, Ethan is now at the age at which a young Amish man is allowed to experience the non-Amish lifestyle before committing to the adults' rules.  In this inspirational story that intertwin...

  • Nate the Great and the Crunchy Christmas

    Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

    Spread some Christmas cheer with Nate the Great in this holiday adventure! Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre, perfect for the Common Core. Kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteri...

  • Where's Waldo Now?

    Martin Handford

    And now a second classic Waldo adventure gets the deluxe 25th anniversary treatment! Prepare to find: A striking new jacketed cover An original poster on the underside of the jacket A spot-the-difference game between the jacket and the self-cov...

  • Big Brother, Little Brother

    Penny Dale

    Big Brother always knows how to cheer up Little Brother, but when Little Brother takes Big Brother's favorite toy, Big Brother begins to cry, leaving Little Brother to save the day for the first time, in a real-life situational story....

  • Katy Cat and Beaky Boos Play Set

    Lucy Cousins

    Offering children an irresistible invitation to come and play with Katy Cat and her little friend Beaky Boo, magnetic cloth press-ons, and loads of pop-out objects, this bright and sturdy play set will be the focus of enchanting fun....

  • Young Arthur

    Robert D. San Souci

    To protect his life, Arthur, son of King Uther, was hidden from the court when still a baby. Growing up in Sir Ector's household, Arthur knew nothing of his noble birth. Then one day at a tournament, he forgot to bring a sword for his brother, Kay. L...

  • Queenie, One of the Family

    Bob Graham

    Queenie, a hen rescued from drowning by Caitlin's father, decides to return the favor by walking from the farm to Caitlin's house every morning to lay an egg in the dog's bed, and when the dog lays down on Queenie's eggs, something interesting happen...

  • Tea Party For Two

    Michelle Poploff

    Calling all girls! You're invited to a special tea party with best friends Kim and Amy. Time: Right now. Place: Kim's backyard. Too bad Amy doesn't like tea. But with a few adjustments--and some big surprises--a tea party for two becomes a fun-filled...

  • Bad Start for Santa Claus

    Sarah Hayes

  • Just One

    Sam McBratney

  • The Christmas Story

    Dawn Apperley

    Now even very young children can celebrate Christmas with their own Nativity set! They simply punch out all of the pieces included with this book and put them together--without scissors, tape, or glue! Then they can listen to the beloved story of Chr...

  • A Year Full of Stories

    Georgie Adams

    Each day of the year becomes special in this one-of-a-kind treasury!

    The whole world of childhood is contained in this big, bold, boisterous treasury.  On January 1, read a story about the new year.  On February 14, how about a Valentine t...

  • Hansel and Gretel

    Jane Ray

    A retelling of one of the oldest and most treasured folktales in the world follows two brave children, who, armed with only their cleverness and goodness, save themselves from their wicked stepmother and an evil witch....

  • Christmas Mouse

    Vivian French

  • Who's The Man?

    Hank Herman

    A basketball team is supposed to win, right? Star center Will Hopwood is totally annoyed when the Branford Bulls' coaches keep putting the second-stringers in the game. When Will tells the coaches to stick with the starters, they order him to butt ou...

  • Follow the Leader

    Vicki Winslow

    When Amanda's Southern school district is integrated in 1971, her family is all for it. Amanda's nervous about what sixth grade will bring, but with her best friend Jackie at her side, she's ready for anything. After all, they'll be pioneers--making ...

  • New Dawn on Rocky Ridge

    Roger Lea MacBride

    Meet Rose Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, and the last of the Little House girls. Rose and her family are still living in the little town of Mansfield, where they are doing their best to get back on their feet and return to Rocky Ridge Fa...

  • The World of William Joyce Scrapbook

    William Joyce

    Packed with a year's worth of holiday photographs, hilarious anecdotes, early sketches, snippets of future projects, and more, this book takes readers on a leisurely ramble through the mischievous landscape of a critically acclaimed author-illustrato...

  • The Simpsons

    Matt Groening

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    It''s hard to believe that the Simpsons have been around for more than a decade. Today, The Simpsons is the longest-running animated series of all time (dethroning The Flintstones in February 1997), and an intrinsic part of pop culture.

    Th...

  • Charity

    Len Deighton

    FOR BERNARD SAMSON, THE END IS NEAR. In the concluding volume of Len Deighton's superb trilogy that began with Faith and Hope, Bernard Samson continues to peel away the mystery surrounding the cold-blooded murder of his sister-in-law, Tessa, on th...

  • Geniuses of Crack

    Jeff Gomez

    From the author of Our Noise, an engaging and touching tale about the misadventures of a Virginia-based rock band Bottlecap that’s “an intricate and richly detailed study in twentysomething generational manners and mores that’s almost encyclope...

  • Temptation

    Victoria Christopher Murray

    Kyla and Jefferson Blake count their 16 years together as a wonderful blessing from God. Their marriage is passionate, their daughter is a joy, Jefferson's medial career is prospering and they have loyal friends. Kyla knows her newly divorced and li...

  • The Doubleday Book of Princess Stories

    Geraldine McCaughrean

    A collection of stories about princesses. Princess High-and-Mighty vows only to marry a man she cannot see or hear, a lonely princess makes herself some friends out of gingerbread, a Japanese princess falls from the moon, and a mermaid princess falls...

  • Night In Eden

    Candice Proctor

    Bryony Wentworth's life is shattered when she is unjustly accused and sentenced to indentured servitude in New South Wales. Broken in body - but not in spirit - she fights for light, and for her life, wanting no part of the man who would save her, Ca...

  • The List

    Steve Martini

    Steve Martini turns his talents on the seductive world of entertainment, where a lawyer-turned-novelist has concocted the ultimate scheme to outwit the biggest players in New York and Hollywood. Nothing will stop her rise to the top. And nothing will...

  • Halloween Rain

    Christopher Golden; Nancy Holder

    As long as there have been vampires, there has been the Slayer. One girl in the all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers. Around Sunnydale, they say a scarecrow saturated wit...

  • Brian Boru

    Morgan Llywelyn

    One thousand years ago, during the Viking Age, an extraordinary young man was born in Ireland. His people, plagued by warfare, were weary not only from the Vikings' brutal raids along the coast, but also from the continuous warring among local chieft...

  • Slocum and the Comanche Rescue

    Jake Logan

    Slocum is sent to rescue Myra McChristian from her Comanche captors but ends up rescuing two women and must return them to their families, if he does not make a mess of whole situation in the process. Original....

  • Lady on the Run

    J.R. Roberts

    Beautiful, spirited, and good with a gun, Jill Church seems like a woman out of every man's dreams. But knowing her is turning out to be Clint Adams's real-life nightmare. There's a price on the lady's lovely head, and gunmen are coming from miles ar...

  • Blood Rage

    David Thompson

    No pioneer knew the wilderness like the legendary Davy Crockett. His curiosity and wanderlust always kept him exploring, seeking new lands and new adventure. But sometimes his curiosity led Davy and his old friend Flavius into more trouble than they ...

  • Longarm and the Lady Faire

    Tabor Evans

    ALL'S FAIRE IN LOVE AND WAR Janet Faire was Longarm's first love. So sweet. So gentle. So loving. She was the last person Longarm figured on seeing in a one-horse Colorado town. But before she and Longarm have a chance to make up for lost time, some...

  • Pecos Death

    Jon Sharpe

    Skye Fargo must decide whether the gorgeous Ivy Cambridge is really an innocent, wealthy woman who needs protection from the desperadoes of New Mexico, or a seductive schemer with a hidden agenda of ambition and greed. Original....

  • Wild Masquerade

    Lisa Bingham

    Though the most sensible of the Pegigrue sisters, Constance has long harbored a romantic dream of working in the theater. But she never expected that a string of disasters would leave her stranded in New York -- and in debt to scandalously successful...

  • Here's Lookin' at You

    Marcia Evanick

    Of all the women in all the world, she walked into his dreams .... Morgan De Witt lead postponed his own happiness to ensure his sister's joy, but now that he was ready to take a bride, he didn't know where to look! Years ago a teenage Maddie Andr...

  • To Love a Stranger

    Connie Mason

    MARRIAGE ON THE RUN Wild and rowdy Pierce Delaney and his two brothers are notorious throughout Dry Gulch, Montana, for attracting all sorts of trouble. Now a misunderstanding has left Pierce with a bullet in his back, forcing him to take refuge in ...

  • Mayhem & Miranda

    Carola Dunn

    There was an old woman...with a matchmaking plan that could turn a lady's life upside down! "Sir, you are no gentleman," were Miranda Carmichael's first words to Peter Daviot -- after he had the audacity to kiss her. Indeed, Peter ...

  • Midnight Blue

    Monica Jackson

    What will prevail... As campaign director of a family-owned cosmetics company, Jessica Sanders is a young woman on the way up. Her road turns rocky when she suddenly finds herself in the middle of a dynastic war. On one side is Tom Jordan, the compa...

  • Highland Secrets

    Amanda Scott

    Proud Highlander Diana Maclean refused to yield to the English king... or to any member of her family's enemy: the treacherous Clan Campbell. Instead, determined to free her imprisoned mother, she steals into a castle dungeon right under the nose of ...

  • Annie's Hero // By Magic Born

    Maggie Shayne

    WHEN A LOVE DIES Sweethearts since childhood, Annie and Richard shared an unparalleled love filled with tenderness, passion and joy. Until the tragic day Richard vanished --- presumed dead after a terrible car accident --- leaving his adoring wife p...

  • The Wager

    Rexanne Becnel
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    Louisiana: the enigmatic bayou, the moss-draped river trees, the ghostly city of New Orleans, a setting for devilish intrigue and dangerous love. Four talented authors who make their homes in this mysterious state conjure tales of three desperate wom...

  • Saving Sirena

    Susan Krinard
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    The way to a man's heart? Some say kindness, some say food, some say flirting, or being good. But when mortal ways miss the mark, casting spells can conjure up sparks... Save cat, get witch: When a rescued black cat turns into a beautiful, ever-so...

  • The Haunting of Sarah

    Anne Logan
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    Louisiana: the enigmatic bayou, the moss-draped river trees, the ghostly city of New Orleans, a setting for devilish intrigue and dangerous love. Four talented authors who make their homes in this mysterious state conjure tales of three desperate wom...

  • Mountain Bride

    Susan Sawyer

    The Dissolute .Nobleman Banished for his reckless ways, Lord. John Winslow embarks for the New World, and the colony of "Second Sons." With nothing but his tide and his wits, the handsome, arrogant Englishman must make a fresh beginning, and his f...

  • The Bargain

    Jane Ashford

    It's more than ridiculous, it's damned embarrassing and inconvenient...for a scientist with his reputation to be called in to get rid of a ghost. But when the Prince Regent summons Lord Alan Gresham to London to solve the mystery of a hauntin...

  • Yesterday's Gold

    Bobby Hutchinson

    With her wedding to Mr. Right only two weeks away, Hannah Gilmore had more on her mind than traveling to a ghost town. Yet there she was, driving her widowed mother, an incontinent poodle, and a bossy nurse through a torrential downpour. And just whe...

  • Murder and Misdeeds

    Joan Smith

    Another mystery and, perhaps, another chance at love . . . Once again the indomitable Berkeley Brigade, a group of daring young aristocrats, returns to the scene of the crime--and to affairs of the heart. As the dashing Marquess of Luten and the beau...

  • Hawk's Lady

    Catherine Archibald

    Haughty young Kaylyn D'Arcy only wanted what was best for her little sister, Celia, when she traveled to the imposing fortress of Hawkhurst. For the brother of Hawkhurst's dark lord had wooed Celia, and Kayln was determined to make him do the honora...

  • No Regrets

    Pat Warren

    In a small town, a killer stalks ... Insurance investigator Ben Whalen has a tough job to do in the small town of Riverview on Michigan's upper peninsula. Looking into the deaths of two longtime friends insured for millions, he was a stranger to b...

  • The Secrets Within

    Emma Darcy

    A mother's lust for power... A daughter's desire for revenge. Eleanor Vandelier -- a woman of invincible strength and ruthless determination. She controls two of Australia's most prominent vineyards. Her family has been sacrificed in her lust for...

  • A London Season

    Patricia Bray

    A Country Miss With eight siblings and a bankrupt estate, Jane Segwick happily accepted her aunt's invitation to a London Season. Here was a chance to find a wealthy husband and get them out of the suds. But Jane's blunt country ways were considere...

  • A Marriage of Convenience

    Barbara Allister

    Between Two Fires Beautiful and spirited Jane Stanfield had made her choice between her two childhood friends, the dashing Lord Langston and the devoted Stephen Middleton. She had chosen to listen to Langston's impassioned proposal and turned ...

  • Foolish Fancy

    Dawn Lindsey

    The Irresistible Earl Miss Frances Dean, known to friends and family as Fancy, had very firm ideas about a woman's rightful place in the world. As far as she was concerned, a woman should be educated, independent, and never, ever bow to the ty...

  • Lord Wyland Takes a Wife

    Joy Reed

    Forsaking All Others... She had thought him an incorrigible wastrel, a man deserving of her contempt. Instead, Mary Grant found the new Lord Wyland to be fair, just--and handsome. He offered her everything she wanted to stay on at Wyland Manor to he...

  • Raspberry Island

    Willa Hix

    From the peaceful mountains of the Rockies to the Eastern windswept shores, there are small towns where gentle hearts can find a home -- and where true love is always right around the corner... Jenna Guildenbergh has known little excitement in her...

  • Winter Dreams

    Trana Mae Simmons

    Before she gets married, Laura wants to race her huskies across Alaska, and hires Sandy, in desperate need of a job, who accepts the position to train her dogs and realizes that she is his kindred spirit. Laura Goodman wants one last opportunity t...

  • Shadows of Camelot

    Quinn Taylor Evans

    He is the secret son of Merlin...separated from his true family by time and treachery, heir to a magic that belongs in a shining moment when the earth was good, green, and perfect, when there was a place called Camelot... Truan Monroe was raised a...

  • Crystal Memories

    Ginny Aiken

    Winona, Minnesota, 1997. Amelia Baldwin was thrilled to be costuming a vaudeville revival at a beautiful old theater. She loved clothing and homes and things from another time. But Amelia had no idea that she herself would soon become a part of the p...

  • The Nicest Guy in America

    Angela Benson

    THE DATING GAME When fun-loving Kimberla Washington, writer for a top women's magazine, is assigned a contest to find the perfect man, she isn't exactly thrilled. She knows from experience that he doesn't exist! But the man who wins the contest ju...

  • The Enchanting

    Sandra Davidson

    No man can resist her bewitching spell. But Lady Raena Caldwell has been raised among people who would never accept her special gifts. Taught to hide her sensual powers, she is suddenly called upon to captivate and wed Sir Valor Godwin in order to fu...

  • Long Ago and Far Away

    Marylyle Rogers

    In Ireland of 1127, the Fairy Kingdom is more than a beautiful tale to lovely young Hildie. It's the realm of Kieron, whom Hildie loves above all mortals. As a child she rambled at his side, listening with breathless wonder to his stories of magic an...

  • The Perfect Bride

    Eileen Putman

    Haunted by Love Amanda Fitzhugh was now far too levelheaded to be seduced by men's sweet promises or silken caresses. Handsome, heartless Lord Ramsey had once shattered her lofty notions of romance and brought her most firmly down to earth, where ...

  • The Reckoning

    Jeanette Baker

    WHEN LOVE DEMANDS AN ANSWER, WHEN THE HEART CANNOT BE DENIED, THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR...THE RECKONING Lady Alexandra Winthrop, the toast of London and beloved granddaughter of the Duke of Leicester, was an Indian captive. She had daringly ...

  • Beloved Captive

    Lauren Wilde

    Isabel trembled in fear when the Comanches raided her hacienda and stole her away. Held tightly by a young warrior astride his horse, she was terror-struck by what awaited her in the New Mexican desert...until she saw her abductor's face and a sh...

  • All Through the Night

    Connie Brockway

    A WOMAN COMPELLED In the glittering world of Regency England, Anne Wilder played a dangerous game. A widowed lady by day, by night she became a masked thief preying on society's elite. She roved high above London's black rooftops, compelled by pha...

  • Light My Fire

    Donna Kauffman

    He was 6' 7" of pure danger, in jeans, boots, and a reckless, knowing grin .... T. J. Delahaye rescued people for a living, but when he tumbled down a mountain to help Jenna King, he fell hard for the stubborn goddess whose strength and determinat...

  • Pagan Desires

    Veronica Ashley

    The Swan The daughter of a famous seer and a Byzantine military commander, Phaedra has made the swan her emblem as she creates potions rumored to drive men mad with desire. All the city knows of her elixirs, but few know her secret: she possesses ...

  • Firelight

    Linda Sandifer

    From the moment she saw the fiery red stallion on the cliffs near her reservation, Phoenix Shapell knew it was the supernatureal Fire Horse of her dreams. But while the spirited half Navajo beauty set out to tame the elusive animal, an angry flint-ha...

  • Chasing Rainbows

    Victoria Lynne

    SHE TRIED TO ESCAPE... The crowd cheered as the bandit was hanged--until his hat flew off, revealing the truth: the condemned man was a woman. But the noose was loose, the rope was frayed, and within seconds Outlaw Annie fell to the ground, rescued ...

  • The Devil's Bride

    Penelope Stratton

    'TWAS A MARRIAGE ALMOST MADE IN HEAVEN... Even before Lord Rupert Glennister arrives in Bath, he is the subject of dark and devilish rumors. But after he steals a kiss from the virtuous Calvina Bracewell, dreadful repercussions ensue. With nowhere...

  • Spellbound

    Jo Ann Ferguson
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    GOBLINS, GHOSTIES, AND A MAGICAL EVE TO FALL IN LOVE... The frost is on the pumpkins and the harvest moon shines bright when Halloween brings romance to the London townhouses and grand estates of Regency England. Now lords and ladies meet to make ...

  • The Soul of Indiscretion

    Karla Hocker
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    GOBLINS, GHOSTIES, AND A MAGICAL EVE TO FALL IN LOVE... The frost is on the pumpkins and the harvest moon shines bright when Halloween brings romance to the London townhouses and grand estates of Regency England. Now lords and ladies meet to make ...

  • Moonlight Masquerade

    Joy Reed
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    GOBLINS, GHOSTIES, AND A MAGICAL EVE TO FALL IN LOVE... The frost is on the pumpkins and the harvest moon shines bright when Halloween brings romance to the London townhouses and grand estates of Regency England. Now lords and ladies meet to make ...

  • Everything She Does Is Magick

    Maggie Shayne
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    The way to a man's heart? Some say kindness, some say food, some say flirting, or being good. But when mortal ways miss the mark, casting spells can conjure up sparks... When a trio of matchmaking witches chooses unsuspecting little Nathan McBride...

  • License to Thrill

    Stephanie Bancroft

    If his touch was as lethal as his smile, she was certain to swoon in his arms .... James Donovan's dossier might have read "Untouchable, unpredictable, and hard to hold," but when the handsome British agent faced the curator receiving the historic...

  • Scarlet Lady

    Sandra Chastain

    "If you win, the money's yours, but if I win, I get you ...." He ran his riverboat casino like the rogue he'd been named for, but Rhett Butler Montana wasn't prepared for the night a vision in crimson dared him to play her for everything he had! K...

  • Stray Hearts

    Annie Kimberlin

    Lovesick Melissa March was always more comfortable around her patients. As a busy veterinarian, she was used to wagging tails, sloppy kisses, and unconditional love. But when it came to men, she knew to trust her instincts anymore - they'd led he...

  • To Mend A Spell

    Lisa Higdon
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    The way to a man's heart? Some say kindness, some say food, some say flirting, or being good. But when mortal ways miss the mark, casting spells can conjure up sparks... When a young would-be witch carelessly places a curse on a handsome sea c...

  • A Spell of Mists and Roses

    Amy Elizabeth Saunders
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    The way to a man's heart? Some say kindness, some say food, some say flirting, or being good. But when mortal ways miss the mark, casting spells can conjure up sparks... Banished to a cursed castle, an arrogant nobleman seeks the help of a beautif...

  • Loving Spirits

    Lark Eden
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    A collection of spine-tingling, heartwarming romance treats sweetened with a touch of the paranormal includes the story of a skeptical reporter who investigates a New Orleans medium and imbibes a mystical love stronger than any potion. Original....

  • When Midnight Comes

    Lori Handeland
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    A collection of spine-tingling, heartwarming romance treats sweetened with a touch of the paranormal includes the story of a skeptical reporter who investigates a New Orleans medium and imbibes a mystical love stronger than any potion. Original....

  • The Shadow King

    Stobie Piel
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    A collection of spine-tingling, heartwarming romance treats sweetened with a touch of the paranormal includes the story of a skeptical reporter who investigates a New Orleans medium and imbibes a mystical love stronger than any potion. Original....

  • Cat Magic

    Lynda Trent
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    A collection of spine-tingling, heartwarming romance treats sweetened with a touch of the paranormal includes the story of a skeptical reporter who investigates a New Orleans medium and imbibes a mystical love stronger than any potion. Original....

  • Out of the Night

    Deborah Martin
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    Louisiana: the enigmatic bayou, the moss-draped river trees, the ghostly city of New Orleans, a setting for devilish intrigue and dangerous love. Four talented authors who make their homes in this mysterious state conjure tales of three desperate wom...

  • The Monk

    Meagan McKinney
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    Louisiana: the enigmatic bayou, the moss-draped river trees, the ghostly city of New Orleans, a setting for devilish intrigue and dangerous love. Four talented authors who make their homes in this mysterious state conjure tales of three desperate wom...

  • To Marry a British Lord

    Judith O'Brien

    Now, with her signature mix of love and laughter, Judith O'Brien crosses new boundaries by sending a lively belle from the war-torn South into the dazzling world of Victorian England's aristocracy--where she intends to wed, if not wisely, at least ve...

  • Heart of Alaska

    Kathleen Sage

    Innocence Lost... Bet Goldman has known Jesse Wheeler all her life. When she was a crippled child, he taught her to ride his stallion, Firestriker, giving her the strength to walk for the first time. When she was a young girl, they shared Christma...

  • Jade

    Norah Hess

    THE RANCHER Kane Roemer headed up into the Wyoming mountains hell-bent on fulfilling his heart's desire. There, amid the majestic peaks, the rugged horseman fell in love at first sight -- with a white stallion that had no equal anywhere in the West....

  • Gold as the Morning Sun

    Sylvia Halliday

    The Civil War is over, and the West is booming. Callie Southgate's father has brought his family to the rough-and-ready town of Dark Creek, where fortune beckons to those brave enough to follow...and where Callie's future has been bartered to...

  • Captain Jack's Woman

    Stephanie Laurens

    April 1811. They meet in a clash of swords, drenched in the moonlight of Britain's rugged eastern coast: Captain Jack, his handsome features etched in silver and shadow; his powerful physique compelling "Kit" Cranmer to surrender. He is her dream...

  • Ritual Sins

    Anne Stuart

    A WOUNDED WOMAN Rachel Connery is a woman with a mission--to destroy Luke Bardell, the charismatic man who seduced millions of dollars from her dying mother, thus robbing Rachel of her inheritance. Now Rachel wants revenge--and she's willing to e...

  • The Inscription

    Pam Binder

    UNDER THE MIST-SHROUDED WATERS OF A SCOTTISH LOCH, AN IMMORTAL WARRIOR FINDS THE WOMAN OF HIS DREAMS-AND A LOVE THAT DEFIES THE AGES. In a stunning debut novel, Pam Binder evokes the Highland mysteries of Loch Ness to create a shimmering love stor...

  • Perfidia

    Judith Rossner

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Mr. Goodbar -- the troubling story of a mother and daughter whose hostility and co-dependence may result in their deaths.In Perfidia, Maddy yearns desperately for the approval and love of her ...

  • Double Edge

    Dennis Etchison

    While working on a docudrama about Lizzie Bordon, Jenny Marlow's in-laws are inexplicably murdered, a black wreath is sent to her door, a channeler sees a frightening vision, and death begins to stalk the people in Jenny's life. Original....

  • Terror Spin

    Don Pendleton

    UNHOLY WAR A diehard extremist group, the Spear of Allah, has a grim record that includes death and destruction throughout Europe. But now they've brought their carnage to America, and have effectively thrown down the gauntlet. After heinous blood...

  • When Shadows Fall

    Brian Scott Smith

    Martin doesn't believe his aunt's sudden death was an accident, and he and his buddies are determined to find the truth. But when he starts sneaking around the house of his aunt's friends, he witnesses a blood-drenched satanic ritual with a young gir...

  • Quicker Than the Eye

    Ray Bradbury

    The internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer's skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut fro...

  • Alien Bounty

    William C. Dietz

    McCADE'S AN INTERSTELLAR BOUNTY HUNTER -- AND THIS TIME HIS QUEST IS THE HOLIEST RELIC IN THE GALAXY... For years only the thinnest barrier kept the II Ronnian Empire from launching full-scale war on mankind. Now that barrier is about to crumble: ...

  • The Wayward Knights

    Roland J. Green
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    The heroic conclusion to the tale of Sir Pirvan the Wayward! Despite his humble beginnings, Sir Pirvan has managed to ascend to the highest orders of the knights of Solamnia. Along the way, he has become known as the founder of an obscure group of...

  • The Seraphim Rising

    Elisabeth Devos

    HERALDS FROM THE MESSIAH OR HARBINGERS OF A DOOMED MILLENNIUM? Most of the world wanted to believe the six special visitors were the messengers of God. The Seraphim themselves said they had come to open the gateway to paradise. There were, however...

  • Caesar's Bicycle

    John Barnes

    In order to stop the alien Closers, who have waged war on a million alternate Earths, private eye Mark Strang gathers his assortment of weaponry and confronts a mysterious closing of the Timelines. Original....

  • Elf Magic

    Martin H. Greenberg

    A collection of eighteen original tales by such writers as Jane Yolen, John DeChancie, and Rosemary Edghill features elves both mischievous and malicious, sprightly and regal, humorous and tragic, who enmesh unwary mortals in magic. Original....

  • The Stranger

    Eric James Fullilove

    In a troubled future, the search for redemption may carry the stiffest price of all.

    A teenage boy is found dead in the Los Angeles city subway with no identity--no prints, no records, nothing on file--an unusual, fatal fugitive from the digit...

  • You Only Die Twice

    Ryan Hughes

    Lo Wang: The Shadow Warrior. The darkness made whole, the night made flesh. Master of all martial arts. Master of all explosive weapons. These talents are of little use to Lo Wang, trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed mountain. As his air and...

  • A Thousand Words for Stranger

    Julie E. Czerneda

    MIND-BLOCKED! Ambushed by unknown assailants, cut off from her escort, and on the run with no memory of who she was, what she was doing on the world known as Auord, or why she was driven by a compulsion to find a specific ship and head for an unkn...

  • Headhunters

    Mel Odom

    Jack Slater and his Shadowrunner team are hired to penetrate the high-tech security around a funeral home and retrieve the corpse of a double agent--a hot property that holds the key to an assassination. Original....

  • Retribution

    Bill McCay

    The survivors of the tragic war on Abydos stagger back to Earth through a smashed StarGate," through a storm of treachery, greed, defeat, and bitterness. Some are prisoners. Some are outcasts. All know the final war has yet to come. The titanic, p...

  • The Merro Tree

    Katie Waitman

    In the far reaches of our galaxy, the artist will face the ultimate censorship. Mikk of Vyzania, the galaxy's greatest performance master, commands stages on all the myriad worlds. His sublime, ethereal performances are unforgettable, drawing on t...

  • The Last Wizard

    Simon Hawke

    ARMIES OF THE DARK The Runestones' Avatars--Wyrdrune, Kira, Angelo, and Slade--are finally backed by the entire military in their war against the necromantic Dark Ones ... but it may be too little, and far too late. For on a dragon-infested pea...

  • The Mines of Behemoth

    Michael Shea

    Shipwrecked en route to their new job working in the perilous Costard sap mine, Nifft the Lean and his partner, Barnar Hammer-Hand, join forces with Bunt, who offers them a lucrative reward if they can bring him some of the precious fluid from the mi...

  • The Forever Man

    Carolyn Davidson

    Tate Montgomery Needed A New Life And Johanna Patterson was the kind of woman who could make him leave the past behind. But, how would he ever convince this reclusive spinster to open up her heart to him and his boys? It seemed to Johanna that ...

  • The Lawman's Legacy

    Phyllis Halldorson

    THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T MARRY Police chief Rick McBride knew right off the bat what kind of woman Jodi Hopkins was -- an earth mother, the type who would shower a man with love and want tons of kids. The kind of woman he had once wanted for himself...

  • The Kidnapped Bride

    Metsy Hingle

    SHANGHAIED FROM THE CHURCH? Slung over the broad shoulders of her ex-fiance as he kidnapped her from the church was not the way Lorelei Mason had envisioned her wedding day to her new fiance. Jack Storm had left her at the altar once; now he had ...

  • Clayton's Made-Over Mrs.

    Sandra Steffen

    THE BACHELOR: Rugged rancher and single dad Clayton Carson. This time around he was determined to marry a woman who couldn't manipulate his heartstrings. THE BRIDE: Diner owner Melody "Mel" McCully. She was danged tired of being overlooked by the ...

  • His Double, Her Trouble

    Donna Sterling

    Tonight's the Night Brianna Devon had romance in mind when she planned Evan Rowland's homecoming surprise--an intimate party for two. The surprise, however, was on Brianna. Too late she discovered she was in bed not with her high school sweetheart...

  • Spur-Of-The-Moment Marriage

    Cathy Gillen Thacker

    A Whiplash Wedding Montana Millionaire Max McKendrick had a hankering for arranging whirlwind romances for his heirs. As his attorney, Cisco Kidd had executed the old man's plans with the precision of a master matchmaker. But the cowboy counselor ...

  • Almost a Family

    Marilyn Tracy

    WANTED: THE PERFECT DAD The Smithton triplets had picked Texas Ranger Steve Kessler to marry their mom. But how could they bring a big-city lawman to a place like Almost? Write him about the "murder" in town! Widow Taylor Smithton was aghast at...

  • Holding on to Alex

    Margaret Way

    Beautiful, traitorous Alex Alexandra Ashton had idolized Scott McLaren when she had come to live on his family's Outback cattle station as a lonely, grief-stricken little girl. He had been so protective of her, so vital and achingly handsome, ...

  • Please Say "I Do"

    Karen Toller Whittenburg

    SHE'S DETERMINED TO MAKE IT THE WEDDING OF THE CENTURY. The Brewster wedding was to be the triumph of Hallie Berhardt's career. Never mind that the bride hadn't shown up and the groom couldn't be found. Never mind the hurricane warning. Or that t...

  • Mr. Wrong!

    Mary Anne Wilson

    Melanie Clark - is "setling down" and "growing up" - is starting to crave commitment - is learning to love "Mr. Perfect" Sam Harrison - doesn't ever want to - breaks out in hives at the thought - is definitely Mr. Wrong! It's been hard wo...

  • No Wife Required!

    Rebecca Winters

    She wanted a husband... Lacey West's biological clock wasn't so much ticking as sounding alarm bells. And then Max Jarvis moved in to her apartment block. Six feet two inches of prime bachelor--the perfect male, except for one thing... ...

  • Father and Child

    Rebecca York

    He found out he was a father... One glance at the doe-eyed girl in the photo melted the icy walls around Zeke Chambers's heart. Till then, he'd kept his past secret, his feelings hidden. But now he had to reach out -- for the help he needed to res...

  • Vengeance in Death

    J.D. Robb

    In a time when technology links the law and the lawless, predators and prey can be one and the same... He is an expert with the latest technology ... a madman with the mind of a genius and the heart of a killer. He quietly stalks his prey. Then h...

  • Wanted: Husband, Will Train

    Marie Ferrarella

    EVERY MAN HAS HIS PRICE...RIGHT? Her father's will was positively medieval! Blue blood Courtney Tamberlaine had to select a blue-collar spouse -- pronto -- or lose her huge inheritance. Luckily, right on the Tamberlaine estate was a raw, earth...

  • The Cowboy Who Broke the Mold

    Cathleen Galitz

    He Was Rough, Untamed...She Was Soft, Innocent An arrogant, blue-eyed, half Native American cowboy with an attitude who thought prim one-room schoolteacher Carrie Raben couldn't hack it in the wilds of Wyoming. Guess again, cowboy. Chaste Carrie ...

  • The Bachelor Next Door

    Katherine Garbera

    SINGLE MOM STUCK IN BATHTUB! Cass Gambrel groaned at the memory of Rafe Santini coming to the rescue! The infuriating man had freed her with a gleam in his eyes that said, "I'm interested ...but not in commitment." Well, Cass sure didn't need a ma...

  • The Lightkeeper

    Susan Wiggs

    Once, the sea took everything he loved... Jesse Morgan is a man hiding from the pain of his past, a man who has vowed never to give his heart again. Keeper of a remote lighthouse along a rocky and dangerous coast, he has locked himself away from e...

  • Just Jessie

    Lisette Belisle

    A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE The bride: Jessie Carlisle, twenty-three and never been kissed The groom: Bad boy Ben Harding The wedding: A sham...or was it? Ben knew that Jessie Carlisle would do anything to save her beloved Stone's End f...

  • Saving Susannah

    Beverly Bird

    A WOMAN... Widowed dad Joe Lapp needed help. A nanny for his children, a woman to soothe his soul. And when Kimberly Mancuso showed up on his doorstep, looking for her long-lost brothers, his prayers were answered.... A HOME... Kimberly's daught...

  • Angel with an Attitude

    Carly Bishop

    A five-hundred-year-old passion simmers on... As far as Angelo could figure, it must have been the sight of the orphaned baby that caused Isobel Avedon, his one true love, to turn irrevocably mortal. Isobel had always wanted a baby...his baby. ...

  • In the Arms of the Law

    Anne Marie Duquette

    The Silver Dollar Ranch, near Tombstone, Arizona Morgan Bodine takes pride in two things: being a rancher and being a lawman. He's part owner of the Silver Dollar Ranch; he's also Tombstone's acting sheriff. Jasentha Cliffwalker is proud of he...