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New Books List: 707 titles


  • Don Pendleton

    The most sophisticated covert agency in the world, Stony Man stands on the front lines of America's defense. Cybernetics wizards are the brains behind the muscle of the elite in-field commando forces of Able Team and Phoenix Force. Now, Stony Man sta...



  • Patrick O'Brian

    To the delight of millions of Patrick O'Brian fans, here is the final, partial installment of the Aubrey-Maturin series, for the first time in paperback.Blue at the Mizzen (novel #20) ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news, in Chile, of his elevatio...



  • Warren Murphy; Richard Sapir

    With a couple of techno-geniuses and a corrupt politician wreaking havoc on the House of Sinanju, Remo, with the help of Chiun and CURE, must stop a maniacal father-son team of inventors who have created an undergound civilization filled with Mole Pe...



  • John F. Mullins

    Special Forces veteran John F. Mullins continues his series of men at war with a story of explosive action and unrelenting drama -- from the home front to the front lines.... When Lieutenant James "No-Middle-Initial" Carmichael is wounded in the ...



  • Emma Harrison

    Ephram Brown can't seem to focus on anything. School is getting intense and his grades are suffering, but there's only one thing on his mind, and that's Madison. She's his sister's baby-sitter and four years his senior, but ever since Ephram kissed h...



  • Geronimo Stilton

    WHO IS GERONIMO STILTON? That's me! I run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing adventure stories. Here in New Mouse City, the capital of Mouse Island, my books are all bestsellers! My stories are funny, fa-mouse-ly funny. They are whisker-lic...



  • Don Pendleton

    Mack Bolan's takedown of a brutal African warlord reveals a more sinister plot. Someone has locked sights on Bolan, gunning for the warrior in a determined bid to put him down fast. Shifting gears, Bolan hunts the hunters as the trail leads him to Ar...



  • Gerald Hammond

    The illegitimate child of a regimental sergeant major and a NAAFI manageress, Hallelujah Brown named after her Jamaican grandmother grows up with the army, and so develops an intimate understanding of its ways, as well as a very thick skin. Meanwhile...



  • Geronimo Stilton

    Who is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing tales of adventure. Here in New Mouse City, the capital of Mouse Island, my books are all bestsellers! My stories are full of fun -- tastier than Swiss cheese and t...



  • Mark K. Roberts

    SOMETIMES VICTORY COMES DOWN TO JUST ONE MAN... ...and in the days before the Second Gulf War, that man is Chemical Ali--the notorious head of Saddam Hussein's chemical and biological weapons programs. For this high-risk assignment, seven combined s...



  • Elizabeth Starr Hill

    A rivalry, a rescueBig-mouth Elliott, who has recently arrived from a city up north, considers Ben a "backwoods boy" and looks down his nose at folks in their rural Florida town. To make matters worse, Elliott is the one who gets the dog that Ben's n...



  • David Handler

    The legendary ninety-four-year-old Ada Geiger was one of the twentieth century's most illustrious, controversia,l and remarkable cultural figures--- the only person, living or dead, who had been a colleague of both Amelia Earhart and the Rolling Ston...



  • Virginia Swift

    Wyoming college professor, after-hours musician, and sometimes-sleuth "Mustang" Sally Alder never really got over her youthful infatuation with the legendary singer Thomas "Stone" Jackson. So how can she resist when the icon appears before her in the...



  • Leslie Caine

    A PERFECT DESIGN...FOR MURDER It was a great opportunity, a beautiful day, and a perfect setting: home designer Erin Gilbert was headed to a lovely Crestview, Colorado, neighborhood to engage in a friendly little design contest with her nearest an...




  • Diane Mott Davidson

    Caterer supreme Goldy Schulz has more on her plate than she can handle. Her ultra-charming, ultra-wealthy, and seriously psychopathic ex-husband, Dr. John Richard Korman (aka "the Jerk"), is free now that the governor of Colorado has commuted...



  • Elaine Viets

    Once on the fast track to success, Helen Hawthorne is going nowhere faster. Forced to trade in her chic life for a shabby one, she's now on the run, jumping from city to city and dead-end job to dead-end job, trying to stay one step ahead of her past...



  • Deborah Morgan

    COLLECTOR JEFF TALBOT IS BACK IN A NEW MYSTERY INVESTIGATING THE LINK BETWEEN A BIZARRE MASS MURDER AND THE MYSTERIOUS GHOSTS OF HIS FAMILY'S PAST. Months after antiques picker and ex-FBI agent Jeff Talbot's beloved 1948 Chevy woodie was wrecked-...



  • Jane Isenberg

    BYE-BYE BIRDIE-LOVER She fell in love in her fifties, but busy New Jersey community college professor Bel Barrett can barely find time to plan her upcoming wedding to her sweetie Sol -- or to read urgently needed e-mail messages on bladder control...



  • John Morgan Wilson

    Benjamin Justice used to be one of Los Angeles's most respected journalists, but a scandal over invented sources cost him the Pulitzer, his job and his reputation. With his life in ruins, he's spent much of the past decade slowly piecing it back toge...



  • Alina Adams

    Figure skating is a cutthroat world. Just ask Rebecca "Bex" Levy, up-and-coming figure-skating researcher for the 24/7 network. She's seen her share of meltdowns, bitter rivalries, and hot-headed ice princesses--so no one has to draw Bex a Figure Eig...



  • Carolyn Keene

    Bess, George, and I volunteered to go to Costa Rica for some R&R: rest and research. See, Corcovado Ecologica, a popular resort and preserve, isn't only a beautiful getaway; it's also a great place to study three species of monkeys. Or so we thou...



  • Diana Killian

    As Halloween comes to the English village of Innisdale all manner of trickery leads to intrigue and mortal danger.... American schoolteacher and literary scholar Grace Hollister has extended her stay in the Lake District to do research and act as ...



  • Max Lucado

    Spiritual beings populate the stories of Scripture. Angels singing. Demons infecting. Heavenly hosts fighting . . . Ignore the armies of God and Satan and you ignore the heart of Scripture. Ever since the snake tempted Eve in Eden, we've known: there...



  • Walt Larimore

    Welcome to Bryson City, a small town tucked away in a fold of North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains. The scenery is breathtaking, the home cooking can’t be beat, the Maroon Devils football team is the pride of the town, and you won’t find better ste...



  • Liz Maverick

    She'd go to the ends of the earth to find love. When life throws you a lemon, make frozen lemonade Clarissa Schneckberg wasn't ready to leave her Silicon Valley job, get dumped by her longtime boyfriend, and move back in with her parents. She's...



  • Charlotte Douglas

    Home Is Where the Heart(Ache) Is... Six years ago she left Pleasant Valley to follow a dream...and now she's back, knee-deep in a nightmare. With her parents' marriage on the rocks, her grandmother at her wit's end and the man she once loved -- and ...



  • Stella Bagwell

    COMING HOME For three months, Lonnie Corteen had been on the trail of Katherine McBride. But when a very pretty, very pregnant female answered the door, the Texas sheriff feared that telling her about the family she'd never known would send her in...



  • Maureen Johnson

    The Bermudez Triangle is: Nina Bermudez, who TiVos every episode of Trading Spaces because watching people rip down bad decorations soothes her. Avery Dekker, who worships Jack Black but has learned to play Billy Joel's "Piano Man" by heart jus...



  • Marcia Evanick

    Seasons Greetings from Misty Harbor, Maine! The snowy coastal village is as pretty as a postcard, decked out for the holidays in its winter finery. It's the ideal place to celebrate a picture-perfect Christmas, as its hometown warmth melts the coldes...



  • Linda Conrad

    STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED... Rescuing a stranded mother and baby from a raging blizzard hadn't been a part of Lance White Eagle Steele's plans. He'd wanted to be home in Montana for Christmas Eve, but he couldn't abandon Marcy Griffin. His pla...



  • Melissa McClone

    Wanted: A strong, silent and sensible man for farm work (Billionaires and playboys need not apply) Especially if your name is Henry Davenport and you flirted with me in the diner the other day. I am a twenty-something waitress with three siblin...



  • Pamela Griffin
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    The perfect ingredients for tasty reading, these four stories follow the culinary adventures--and misadventures--of a cooking instructor and three of her students who want to stir up a little romance....



  • Wanda E. Brunstetter
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    The perfect ingredients for tasty reading, these four stories follow the culinary adventures--and misadventures--of a cooking instructor and three of her students who want to stir up a little romance....



  • Fiona Hood-Stewart

    Victor Santander: an arrogant Brazilian billionaire. Araminta Dampierre: a gentle English rose. Victor is determined to have Araminta in his bed but only for pleasure; he will never again allow a woman to get close to him. He will bring out Ara...



  • Susan Fox

    Corrie Davis has never had a real date. She's been too busy trying to run her ranch single-handedly and thinks she knows more about money (as in not having any!) than men. But now the two sexy Merrick brothers -- the richest men in the county -- ...



  • Alison Kent

    Meet the men of the Smithson Group--five spies whose best work is done in the field and between the sheets. Smart, built, trained to do everything well--and that's everything--they're the guys you want on your side of the bed. Go deep under cover? No...



  • Judith Arnold

    Alana Ross needs a candle, too, one to fit her late grandmother's antique menorah. Not just any candle will do. For Alana's first Hanukkah open house in Crescent Cove, everything has to be perfect. Maybe that'll make her feel more at home in her new ...



  • Maggie Shayne

    Dori Stewart's six-figure Manhattan job has vanished, and her lover and friends have vanished with it. She's scraping by as a waitress and awaiting the day she can return to New York in triumph. Maybe a ritual on the winter solstice can renew her wav...



  • Anne Stuart

    Angela McKenna is back in Crescent Cove after a painful divorce. As if that isn't enough, she discovers that her secret teenage crush is also back in town, hiding from the world. Her Christmas could use brightening up. Maybe if she bought a special c...



  • Julie Hogan

    PROJECT PARTNER...OR PASSIONATE PLAYMATE? Daisy Kincaid had finally given up. Her gorgeous playboy boss was never going to reciprocate her feelings and turn her secret crush into a real-time love affair, leaving her no choice but to quit. Now Alec...



  • Debra Salonen

    Dear Santa: I need a new mommy and daddy. God took mine to heaven, and they can't come back. Ally and Jake are taking care of me now. Can you please make them stay forever? That's all I want for Christmas. Thank you. Caleb. Allison Jeffries would...



  • Diana Palmer

    CHRISTMAS BRIDE With his imposing stature and notorious reputation, Marcus Carrera instilled fear in friends and foes alike. However, there was one woman who could see beyond the casino tycoon's formidable veneer to the gruffly tender man inside. ...



  • Elizabeth Frank

    Twenty-five years in the making, a first novel that has already been compared to The Sun Also Rises and The Last Tycoon, Cheat and Charmer is certain to be one of the most admired literary debuts of the season. Written by Pulitzer Prize -- winning bi...



  • Sherry Lewis

    Did Angel run away? Or was she taken? Detective Lucy Montalvo's job in the juvenile division of Missing Persons at the Houston Police Department may not be the easiest job in the world -- but what's more rewarding than reuniting a missing child with...



  • Janice Thompson

    Jessica Chapman has her happy ending planned out. Does it really matter that she and her fiance don't agree on every little detail? Or even on some big ones - like her passion for music and the theater. Jessica plans to become Nathan Fisher's wife an...



  • Linda Warren

    This Christmas Will Be Different! Eight years ago Marisa Preston fell in love, but her plans to marry rodeo star Colter Kincaid were thwarted by her controlling parents. Now, unexpectedly, she's found Colter again -- and his adorable seven-year-ol...



  • Melissa James

    Lucy Miles was outraged when a sexy playboy claimed her precious jackpot -- a beautiful vacation home. It was a sweepstakes slipup. The company had accidentally issued two winning tickets. Now she'd have to share her beach bungalow -- until the real ...



  • Carole Mortimer

    She'll be his wife by Christmas! When Gideon Webber first meets Molly Barton he wants her more than badly! But his hopes are dashed when he becomes convinced that she is another man's mistress.... Three years later, it's Christmasti...



  • Saralee Rosenberg

    Of course the future is a mystery. But the past? This is nuts! Talk about ruin-your-day flights. I'm headed to Florida, when the elderly man seated next to me collapses on my tray table. I swear, if I'd known this was his final boarding call, I wo...



  • Tamela Hancock Murray
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    The perfect ingredients for tasty reading, these four stories follow the culinary adventures--and misadventures--of a cooking instructor and three of her students who want to stir up a little romance....



  • Birdie L. Etchison
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    The perfect ingredients for tasty reading, these four stories follow the culinary adventures--and misadventures--of a cooking instructor and three of her students who want to stir up a little romance....



  • Sharon De Vita

    "Mama, Michael doesn't got any kids 'cuz he doesn't got a wife, so I told him maybe you could be his wife. What do you think?" Angela DiRosa couldn't believe her six-year-old daughter, Emma, had asked a perfect stranger if he wanted a wife. True, ...



  • Laurie Paige

    Sparks sizzled from the moment beautiful computer whiz Roni Dalton laid eyes on Adam Smith. But a year after their initial meeting, one torrid night of passion together left them with more than they bargained for: a marriage license! Feeling honor...



  • Lucy Clark

    When family practitioner Logan Hargraves is called out to an unconscious patient, he's amazed to see medical researcher Dr. Charlotte Summerfield. Why is the beautiful American alone in the Outback? Did she come to see him, after their electric first...



  • Meredith Webber

    Dr. Cassie Carew can't believe the mysterious letters are significant. But the police take them seriously enough to bring in surgeon-turned-criminologist Dr. Henry McCall to protect her. And, worst of all, he's posing as her lover! Over a few hect...



  • J.D. Mason

    Everyone knew that Eula May had lost her mind over loving a married man. It was what drove her to kill herself and leave her only daughter, Roberta, in the care of the local midwife. So it was no wonder that Roberta became obsessed with Charles Harri...



  • Beverly Jenkins

    The beautiful daughter of a prominent Michigan doctor, Narice has never strayed anywhere near the wrong side of the law. Then her father is brutally murdered -- and suddenly federal agents are swarming around her like flies, making accusations about ...



  • Carly Alexander

    Christmas. It is the time for going into debt, neuroses-gone-wild, dates from hell, spiked eggnog and maybe even a miracle. And for three women on the verge of what seems like holiday disaster, it might just be the season to toast the best times of t...



  • Laura Iding

    Past feelings are reawakened for critical-care nurse Serena Mitchell when her ex-fiance, Detective Grant Sullivan, is brought into the trauma room. Serena broke off their engagement when he refused to quit his dangerous job, and now her fears have be...



  • Courtni Wright

    Shopkeeper Brandi Owens has worked next door to Sam Carlson for years, exchanging little more than pleasant hellos with the handsome businessman. When her matchmaking best friend Mia suggests they tear down the wall between their shops to make one b...



  • Karen Templeton

    COULD HE TAKE A CHANCE ON LOVE? He could handle raising his orphaned little brother. He could handle his demanding career. But what Joe Salazar couldn't handle was this quirky little town where people actually cared. People like Taylor McIntyr...



  • Fern Michaels

    Right before Thanksgiving, a freak tornado drops down into the town of Larkspur in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains and destroys the house where matriarch and candy magnate Loretta Cisco has lived for fifty years. Thanks for nothing, Mother Nature!...



  • Carrie Alexander

    Welcome to Alouette, Michigan. It's not the end of the earth, but you can see it from here. After a long absence, Rose Robbin is back in Alouette, primarily to help out her impossible-to-please mother, but also to keep tabs on the child she wasn't...



  • Dana Corbit
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    Finding an infant in the church nativity scene was a Christmas surprise for Allison Hensley! The social worker took the baby when no foster family could be found. But working with cynical detective Brock Chandler to find the unknown parents awakened ...



  • Irene Brand
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    Newly engaged Wendy Kenworth and Evan Kessler's relationship is tested when Evan must leave college to manage the family farm. City-girl Wendy can't understand her fiance's sudden need to work the land, but getting stranded at the Kesslers' for Chris...




  • Barbara McMahon

    Susannah Chapman is finally free -- after spending eight years in prison for a murder she didn't commit. But circumstances have the most unlikely person attempting to right the past wrong -- Jared Walker, the assistant district attorney who helped pu...



  • Natasha Oakley

    Lucy Grayford is devastated when she discovers that her daughter is not actually hers -- six years ago there was a baby mix-up. Then she meets single dad Dominic Grayling and they discover they now have each other's biological child. She can't bea...



  • Anne Mather

    Tempting... Oliver Ferreira desired Grace more than any woman he'd ever known. However, he couldn't take what wasn't his.... Teasing... Grace worked for Oliver's brother, Tom; in fact, rumor had it that she was Tom's mistress...



  • Linda Ford

    Having seen the devastation of broken promises firsthand, Laureen Baker determines never to break a child's heart. She loves her job at Barnabas Home, a refuge for orphaned boys. Pete Long also knows devastation -- specifically, the havoc wreake...



  • Carolyn Zane

    Georgia couldn't believe it! She'd been guilted into escorting her childhood neighbor around the town's big reunion. Yes, Carter was now grown up, but to Georgia, he'd always be nerdy Cootie Biggles. Yet when Georgia was threatened, who should swoop ...



  • Pamela Browning

    Can She Overcome the Fear Factor? Gina Angelini never wants to see Josh Corbett again, and everyone knows why. Two years ago he romanced her in front of millions of TV viewers -- then surprised the world by picking another contestant to share his li...



  • Evelyn Vaughn

    SOMEONE SHOULD TELL MY ENEMIES THAT FLATTERY WILL GET THEM NOWHERE Mysterious strangers, warnings at sword point, threats of bodily harm...all this effort to make me leave Egypt has made me more determined than ever to find the legendary Isis Cup ...



  • Suzanne McMinn

    HIS WIFE WAS ALIVE, BUT SHE DIDN'T REMEMBER HIM Nor did Leah Bradshaw -- now Wells -- remember the divorce papers she'd been carrying that night eighteen months ago when her car had plunged into the river and her body had disappeared. Now Roman had...



  • Nicola Marsh

    Society heiress Samantha Piper is sick of being treated like the baby of the family. She wants her independence and she knows how to get it -- by becoming Dylan Harmon's new secretary! Sam's tycoon boss is blown away -- and not just by her secreta...



  • Ingrid Weaver

    Subject: Anthony Caldwell, lone wolf Family History: His Gypsy mother left him a legacy and a promise. Deepest Secret: He can harness and control the energy around him. With his unique power and handsome, brooding strength, Anthony was on a co...



  • Dorien Kelly

    Wanted -- her very own four-leaf clover Annie Rutherford wants to be as successful as the rest of her overachieving family, but she draws the line at her boss's latest brainstorm. Not that her hard-earned MBA doesn't qualify her to launch an Iri...



  • Monica Jackson

    The Magic of Love A storm is blowing through the quiet rural Georgia life of strong, voluptuous, dark-skinned Bless Sanderson. She has never the beauty of her family, and her gift of "second sight" has been more a curse than a blessing. In fact, a...



  • Sara Wood

    She will be his willing wife... Miranda still loves her estranged husband, Count Dante Severini, and she would do anything to be with him and their son. But Dante clearly hates her -- treating her like an unfaithful gold digger... Much as it pa...



  • Stephanie Rowe
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    Things left to pick up: -- A gift for Mom (Flannel nightgown? Too boring. Lingerie? Ugh!) -- Amnesia so I forget what happened at the Holiday party last night -- A job I love, or at least one that doesn't drive me insane -- Someone else to pay off m...



  • Robyn Harding

    Kerry Spence is unfulfilled by her soulless career in advertising, disappointed by her dysfunctional relationship, and horrified by the ever-increasing size of her ass. Ever since her gorgeous, self-absorbed boyfriend Sam demoted her to late night ho...



  • Lindsay Faith Rech

    From fast friends to fast girls... For shy, awkward Stella Gold, the only good thing to come out of junior high gym class was her friendship with Emily Martin, the effortlessly cool rebel. Emily is now a trendy New York fashion designer with a pen...



  • Vicki Lewis Thompson

    TV talk-show host Meg Delaney needs a surefire way to boost ratings. Her solution? To introduce her viewers to "The Hottest Cowboy in the West" -- once she finds him, that is. Luckily, after one trip to the Circle W Ranch, Meg finds her man...because...



  • Naomi Neale
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    Things left to pick up: • A gift for Mom (Flannel nightgown? Too boring. Lingerie? Ugh!) • Amnesia so I forget what happened at the Holiday party last night • A job I love, or at least one that doesn't drive me insane • Someone else to pay off ...



  • Annette Blair

    Is she a good witch or a bad witch? With a flip of her raven black hair, a flash of her topaz eyes, and a shake of a stick, rumored witch Melody Seabright has cast a spell on single dad Logan Kilgarven. What else can explain what's happening to him?...



  • Claire LaZebnik
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    A STAR-STUDDED STORY COLLECTION FEATURING AMERICA'S RED-HOT WOMEN WRITERS They're taking liberties--and pursuing happiness on their own terms! Jennifer Weiner (In Her Shoes) learns "The Truth About Nigel"--and the trouble with falling for an in...



  • Nancy Warren
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    When perky Chicago weather girl Marisa Langley gets stuck in the cold with her survivalist cameraman, Rob Sheridon, she can't begin to forecast just how steamy it can get between the two of them......



  • Courtney Litz

    Lena Sharpe wants her life to be the fabulous kind that movies are made of. She works in television, so she's familiar with the heroine, the hook and when to break for commercial. The problem is, she's always telling other people's stories. When will...



  • Valerie Parv

    Journalist Jo Francis suspected that someone was out to sabotage her survival assignment. She enlisted Blake Stirton's aid. She quickly tired of his me-Tarzan-you-Jo attitude, but she doubted she'd ever weary of the desire he stirred within h...



  • Lyn Cote

    Her best friend's husband had vanished... And Constance Oberlin was determined to find him. The police weren't doing enough to find the missing construction worker, so the feisty lawyer decided to try to solve the case herself...with a few prayers th...



  • Heather Swain

    She's finally seeing the fruits of her labors. Chef Ellie "Lemon" Manelli's hip East Village bistro is suddenly all the rage; Lemon and her staff of wildly talented friends plucked from New York City's finest eateries can barely keep pace. Good thin...



  • Kristine Rolofson

    There's nowhere to hide... Not in tiny Nowhere, Texas, new home to widow Addie Larson and her twin boys...and another baby on the way. One night she'd turned to a handsome cowboy for comfort and passion. Who'd have thought she'd end up pregnant? ...



  • Wendy Warren

    Elaine Lowry is a divorcee with a plan: to have a baby on her own. Why shouldn't she have the child she always dreamed of -- the child her ex-husband is now having with his new wife! As if it's not enough that he's taken the house and, with it, her s...



  • Michelle Monkou

    Washington, D.C. journalist Amber Delaney needs a change of scene. She's sick of her sleazy tabloid job, and her attempts at the newest courtship craze--speed dating--have been disastrous. So when she's sent to Texas to cover a career-making expose, ...



  • Donna Kauffman
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    The one thing brand-new yacht captain Burke Morgan didn't need is a last minute replacement cook who also suffers from motion sickness. But once he sees luscious Kamala Apolo, he's got a perfect idea for getting her body in sync with the rhythm of th...



  • Elissa Ambrose

    After a brazen midnight encounter with a handsome stranger, shy Linda Mailer returned to her quiet life working for Walter Parks. Until she learned she was expecting a baby. And that her mystery lover -- the baby's father -- was Detective Tyler Carlt...



  • Christine Rimmer

    "TATE BRAVO... I'M PREGNANT..." Mayor Molly O'Dare had sworn she would never end up like her granny or her mother before her: pregnant and unmarried. Yet here she was expecting Tate Bravo's baby. The very man who thought her town was his town.......



  • Janelle Denison
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    For Cinderella, the fun ended at midnight. But for these women, that's just when things start heating up... USA Today bestselling author Janelle Denison sets the stage for seduction when a young woman throws caution to the wind and responds to an ...



  • Melanie Schuster

    CHRISTMAS WISHES... Angelique Deveraux stopped believing in holiday magic a long time ago. But this year, she gets an unexpected gift--the promise of a new relationship with Adonis "Donnie" Cochran. For the first time, Angelique is spending Christma...



  • Carly Phillips
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    For Cinderella, the fun ended at midnight. But for these women, that's just when things start heating up... New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips reunites two long-ago lovers for a bittersweet holiday reunion. But what will it take for ...



  • Jacquie D'Alessandro
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    For Cinderella, the fun ended at midnight. But for these women, that's just when things start heating up... USA Today bestselling author Jacquie D'Alessandro turns a professional relationship into a pleasurable pastime when two business partners f...



  • Lynne Graham

    Can she be... mistress to her husband? Convinced that Lucca Saracino, her billionaire Italian husband, had been having an affair, Vivien left him -- even though she was pregnant. Now Vivien has discovered that Lucca might not be guilty. She'...



  • Sarah Mlynowski

    MB is for a M aster's in B usiness degree. Supposedly. It's also for: Multiple Bed-hopping Definitely Kimmy 's favorite subject. And who cares if her conquests are already taken? If only business school offered a minor in boyfriend embezzlement...



  • Eric Jerome Dickey

    With all the humor, passion, and soul his fans have come to expect, New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey has written a novel with enough spice to warm even the coldest winter nights.... “Just in time for the holidays...a very funny ...



  • Kristin Gabriel

    Subjects: Mia Maldonado, Nate Cafferty Experiment: To study the effects of sleeping with a stranger Observations: Vital signs of both subjects are off the charts -- and they aren't doing any sleeping! When Mia agrees to take her friend's place i...



  • Tanya Michaels

    For a person convinced second best simply won't do, all of a sudden Jocelyn "Joss" McBride can't seem to win. Not in the battles with her snippy Siamese or skirmishes with the fire-breathing dragon who's her mother. Or even more annoying, losing adve...



  • Raeanne Thayne

    Crime expert Wyatt McKinnon has built his career by turning high-profile cases into bestsellers. His most recent project -- investigating the murders that landed a detective on death row -- has reunited him with Taylor Bradshaw, the inmate's fiercely...



  • Sonia Icilyn

    Latisha Fenshaw is fed up with romance since discovering that her long-term boyfriend has been deceiving her. To make up for Latisha's broken heart, he's given her the house they shared, but it's not helping - especially when Latisha discovers that t...



  • Emma Darcy

    Billionaire Johnny Ellis inherits a share of Gundamurra, the beloved Outback station of his youth -- and all of Megan Maguire's hostility. Megan resents Johnny's magnetic masculinity -- Gundamurra should be hers alone. Shocked when their m...



  • Kim Shaw

    Maya Wilkins is the first African-American attorney at a prestigious New York City firm. When she meets Victor, a songwriter and student who currently works as the mailroom supervisor, their attraction is instant, even though Maya has reservations ab...



  • Kim Green

    Four strong women from different walks of life in Australia, London and San Francisco, they've all come to the breathtakingly beautiful isle of Corfu seeking the same thing -- refuge. Between marriage woes, dead-end careers, and demanding families, t...



  • Kay David

    In a heart-stopping moment she'd never stop reliving, Risa Taylor lost everything -- her partner, her friends, her career and her self-confidence. The family she was never close to has taken a step back and there's nowhere else to turn. Things can't ...



  • Betsy Burke

    Miranda Lyme, mezzo-soprano, is in love with the infamous -- and, okay, technically married -- conductor-composer Kurt Hancock. So what if he lives in London, and she...doesn't. Their secret rendezvous are more than enough -- for now. Besides, Mir...



  • Cynthia Cooke

    His ex was being held hostage by a killer. But CIA agent Peter Vance has to protect the cover he's painstakingly constructed during their years apart -- drug-cartel leader Baltasar Escalante believes Peter is a dealer. Planning Emily's escape is the ...



  • Stef Ann Holm

    The California coastal town is named for its romantic beauty and spectacular moon. People here know that when a ping moon appears, something unexpected happens. . . When single mom Lauren Jessup sees a picture of Bella Luna on a postcard, a strang...



  • Karen Rose Smith

    On the surface, Brian and Carrie Summers had a fairy-tale marriage, but a crisis threatened their otherwise peaceful union. Carrie had never revealed the dark secrets of her past that caused her infertility, and so, exploring the prospects put a stra...



  • Lucy Monroe

    The Sicilian's pregnant wife... It was a year since their tempestuous affair had ended. So why was he back? Elisa trusted Salvatore di Vitale as far as she could throw him. And, as the wealthy Sicilian was over six feet tall, that wasn't v...



  • Barbara Plum

    DOUBLE THE PLEASURE CEO Ben McDonald is doing his best to raise his little daughter Molly after the untimely death of his wife. Buttoned-down Ben doesn't have time to fool around--but he just got his black socks knocked off by a woman in white: Dr. ...



  • Lois Faye Dyer

    Deciding to focus on her thriving business as a wedding planner, Emily Parks had given up her dream of finding the perfect man. Yet when handsome Prince Lazhar Eban asked Emily to plan his royal wedding, she accepted, never guessing that she was the ...



  • Margaret Allison

    THE LAST SEDUCTION If Meredith Cartwright's chilly reception was any indication, then her "Ice Princess" reputation had been earned. Of course, Josh Adams had never experienced Meredith behind closed boardroom doors...yet...but he knew she was unf...



  • Alesia Holliday
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    Things left to pick up: • A gift for Mom (Flannel nightgown? Too boring. Lingerie? Ugh!) • Amnesia so I forget what happened at the Holiday party last night • A job I love, or at least one that doesn't drive me insane • Someone else to pay off ...



  • Lori Wilde

    Falling in love was not an option for Dr. Tyler Fresno. Certainly not with the mysterious Jane Doe who had been rushed into his emergency room. He'd felt an instant connection to the beautiful woman, and he wanted to help her. But being her knight in...



  • Kate Welsh

    Walking away from Travis Vance years ago was tough...asking for his help now is even more difficult. U.S. Air Force Major Patricia Streeter needs her former college sweetheart's help in a secret internal investigation of suspected wrongdoings at her ...



  • Loreth Anne White

    Wounded government agent Scott Armstrong hated his newest assignment -- baby-sitting beautiful scientist Dr. Skye Van Rijn. He missed the excitement of working in the field, his only salvation from the tragedy that haunted his dreams. But the mission...



  • Kathleen O'Brien

    There's a little sinner in the heart of every saint Everyone in Heyday loves Kieran McClintock. He is the golden boy, beloved son of the town's richest man, and he lives up to his saintly reputation. Only one person begs to differ. C...



  • Laura Marie Altom

    One Christmas Eve... On her way to a job assignment in Alaska, Whitney Foster gets into a small plane piloted by Colby Davis -- and the unexpected happens. The plane goes down during a storm. Not knowing if or when they're going to be rescued, Whi...



  • C.J. Carmichael

    A dozen roses...then you'll be mine Georgia Lamont, host of a late-night radio show in Seattle, is used to secret admirers. Her sultry voice gets lonely hearts through the night -- especially during the holiday season. But this note -- stuck to a ...



  • Jill Shalvis

    A man this hot is worth breaking all of her rules for... Rule # 1 -- No blind dates. Having suffered through one too many, there's no way Samantha O'Ryan will agree to a blind date. Until her best friend needs a favor, that is. Enter Jack Knig...



  • Susan Mallery

    "YOU'D BETTER GET MOVING, BIG GUY." Prince Jefri of Bahania had just been bested...by a woman! And not just any female, but Billie Van Horn, his gorgeous, take-no-prisoners flight instructor who was more than a match for this ultramasculine male. W...



  • Alexandra Sellers

    STRANDED WITH HER SHEIKH After learning she'd been betrayed by her fiance, Princess Noor skipped out on her own wedding and wound up stranded on a remote island with none other than the man she was trying to avoid. But her intended was nothing if ...



  • Carol Marinelli

    She will marry him, at his convenience... One night of tragedy brings Rico Mancini back into Catherine Masters's life. Now he's demanding that she be his bride.... And the bride price...? If Catherine says no, she gives up custody of her...



  • Lucy Monroe
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    Successful model Bella Jackson may look steamy on covers, but under them, she's a total novice. What she needs is someone who can make her feel the way she looks. And hunky Texan Jake Barton seems exactly what she needs in her Christmas stocking......



  • Linda Francis Lee

    She's sworn off bad boys. There's just one problem. . . . When life goes awry for wild and sexy Julia Boudreaux, she packs up her stiletto heels and swears off guys who spell nothing but trouble. And to keep her job in television, she decides to ...



  • Susanna Carr
    in

    Showing up naked in Tyler's bed has more to do with Karen's rotten luck and bad sense of direction than actual intent. But Tyler's sure she's right where she belongs, and he's got one Christmas snowstorm to prove it to her......



  • Joan Hohl
    in

    When Three Very Different Roommates... Adorable, disorganized Alycia Matlock is a dedicated history major who keeps her nose buried too deeply in her books to notice the scores of men who would gladly make her theirs...until she meets handsome histo...



  • Susan Mallery

    Sometimes even a city girl needs the comforts of home... Jill Strathern left town for the big city and never looked back -- until she returned home years later to run a small law practice. It turns out her childhood crush, Mac Kendrick, a burned-o...



  • Kimberly Raye

    SOMETIMES NAUGHTY To Xandra Farrel, men are only good for procreation and pleasure-and sometimes they even need help with that. As proprietor of erotic aid manufacturer Wild Women, Inc., she's ready to launch her best product just as soon as she t...



  • Kate Walker

    The convenient solution is to marry her! Ramon Dario desperately wants the Medrano Company. But the deal has an outrageous condition -- marriage to the notorious Estrella Medrano! Ramon won't be forced into anything, least of all a wedding with a sc...



  • Curtiss Ann Matlock

    Looking for real life. The scrawled graffiti on the bathroom wall was innocent enough, cliched even. But for Claire Wilder, it was a wake-up call: start searching for your roots and find the happiness you lost long ago. Divorced from her high school ...



  • Myrna MacKenzie

    Dearest Godmother, You said all I must do to regain my youth is play matchmaker for twenty-one couples. Well, it's harder than you made it sound! Luckily, I've only got six more to go. Take my latest attempt: ex-ugly-duckling Jackie Hammond and...



  • Lani Diane Rich

    Took a swing at lawyer Lost job Fell in love out of my league Can I start over? WHEN LIFE GETS A LITTLE STICKY... There should have been hazard warnings on the road to Wanda Lane's thirties. Her parents haven't spoken to her in years. Her ex-h...



  • Rebecca Winters

    Samantha Bretton was seventeen when she got pregnant. It was the most confusing time of her life, when outside pressures helped her to see that she was too young to raise a child and too young to get married to Nick Kincaid. When Nick took their b...



  • Rebecca Winters

    FALLING IN LOVE WITH AN ITALIAN ARISTOCRAT Greer Duchess and her sisters have inherited some money -- with a condition attached: they must use it to find husbands! They've never heard of anything so ridiculous -- so they've spent it on a h...



  • Rebecca Winters

    Falling in love with a mediterranean aristocrat... Olivia Duchess has found the man of her dreams and has decided to use The Husband Fund her father left her to make Luc de Falcon her groom. All she has to do is persuade him to fall in love with h...



  • Jamie Sobrato

    When researching her latest story puts her life in danger, freelance journalist Jenna Calvert decides she needs to get out of town. And the opportunity presents itself in the form of sexy Travis Roth. In exchange for two weeks in Carmel, she simply h...



  • Tori Carrington

    Fire chief Dan Egan pilots a helicopter with Dr. Natalie Giroux aboard to make an emergency airlift. A full-blown electrical storm hits. Lightning strikes the chopper. An emergency landing is their only hope.... The forced landing strands Dan Egan a...



  • Tracy Kelleher

    Lauren Jeffries needed a scoop, something that would get her her first serious newspaper story and away from writing obits. When she sort-of faked Harry Nord's obit, she never dreamed it'd get published, let alone that a hot guy would show up asking ...



  • Stephanie Rowe

    With her life in complete and utter disarray, Shannon McCormick, recently fired from her prestigious job, must get back on track and discover what she truly wants, despite her sister's impending nuptials to a wealthy plastic surgeon and a complicated...



  • Maryjanice Davidson
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    Dressed as a sidewalk Santa, undercover cop Corinne mistakes Tony Danielson for a purse snatcher. What Tony sees is a beautiful, lonely workaholic, and he'd love to take her out of disguise and help her slip into something a little more comfortable.....



  • Anna DeStefano

    Carrinne Wilmington vowed she'd never return to the Georgia hometown she fled as a pregnant teen. But now she has no choice. Carrinne's life depends on finding her father, a man she never knew...and the key to the transplant she needs. So she decides...



  • Rosemary Heim

    Undercover agent Frank Cabrini knew he was in trouble when he awoke to find himself staring into the cold barrel of a gun. The woman wielding the weapon changed identities as often as some women changed clothes. But whoever she was, Frank needed her ...



  • Jacquie D'Alessandro

    When a gorgeous stranger walks into the carnival tent where Riley Addison is telling fortunes, it's lust at first sight. So what else can she do but give him a glimpse of a possible future -- one that would be very good for both of them? After that, ...



  • Nancy Lavo

    When it came to reinventing a client's image, Maddie Sinclair knew just what to do. But when it came to her own remake, she didn't have a clue. Until photographer Dan Willis took one look at her and knew the most photogenic models in the world co...



  • Cynthia Thomason

    Louise Duncan has been passed over for a promotion because -- according to her boss -- she's too intimidating. A useful quality in court, he admits, but she scares her own clients. "Take some time off to work on your people skills" is his advice. ...



  • Erin McCarthy
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    Josh Black is so in love with his friend Cassidy that he writes her into his cartoon strip, making Cassidy think he's fallen for another woman. Can two confirmed "friends" unwrap their true feelings in time to share a night of unforgettable holiday p...



  • Parnell Hall

    Cora Felton, the eccentric Puzzle Lady, is up to her old tricks again. Along with her brainy niece Sherry, the unlikely crime-solving duo match wits with a killer hiding behind an Lately, the biggest mystery is how many candles to put on the cake ...



  • Monica Ferris

    Part-time sleuth and full-time owner of the needlework shop Crewel World, Betsy Devonshire often has a hand in anything crafty -- from knitting to solving crime. In this latest yarn in the "delightful" (Mystery Time) series, Betsy prepares for a chil...



  • Cleo Coyle

    Clare Cosi has coffee in her veins. That's why she jumped at the chance to return to New York City as manager of the historic Village Blend coffeehouse. And her new life is a pretty flavorful blend too -- with her daughter close by, her ex-husban...



  • Jessica Fletcher; Donald Bain

    CAPITOL CRIME Mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher can't believe her luck when she finds herself in Washington, D.C., to support a new literacy initiative. Not only does she get to spend a week helping with such an important cause, but ...



  • Peter Lerangis

    FIND THE TRUTH. It's been just two weeks since Andrew and Evie received the first message from their missing mother. Two weeks since they discovered the truth about her disappearance. And now the twins are living in a new city, going to a new school...



  • Patrick Larkin

    The Lazarus Movement, the dominant force in the ecoconscious, "anti-technology" protest movement, has sent rumblings down the halls of the world's intelligence agencies. Led by a mysterious, never-seen figure known only as Lazarus, this increasingly ...



  • Stephen R. Donaldson

    New York Times bestselling author Stephen R. Donaldson presents the first novel of the four-volume finale to the series that’s become a modern fantasy classic: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.Thomas Covenant lost everything. Abando...



  • P.B. Kerr

    The Adventure Begins With a Wish Meet John and Philippa Gaunt, twelve-year-old twins who one day discover themselves to be descended from a long line of djinn. All of a sudden, they have the power to grant wishes, travel to extraordinary places, and...



  • Jan Harold Brunvand

    An anthology of the most chilling urban legends of all time collected by the maestro himself.

    Urban legends are those strange, but seemingly credible tales that always happen to a friend of a friend. For the first time, Professor Jan Harold Br...



  • J.B. Stephens

    One year ago, a devastating plague called Strain 7 killed three quarters of the human race. Around the world, power systems failed and supply chains screeched to a halt. The surviving population of the United States has been relocated to the coasts; ...



  • Ari Berk

    The illustrator of the popular Pressed Fairy albums and the author of The Runes of Elfland share their collaborative "investigations" into the maleficent world of goblins, in a nonsensical volume that profiles common goblin traits and offers ...



  • Clare B. Dunkle

    For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from Hallow Hill, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have moved there with no idea of the land's dreadful heritage--until Marak decides to tell them himself. Marak is a powerful magician...



  • Harry Turtledove

    In a parallel-world 21st-century San Francisco where the Kaiser's Germany won World War One and went on to dominate the world, Paul Gomes and his father Lawrence are secret agents for our timeline, posing as traders from a foreign land. They run a st...




  • Erin Hunter

    FIRE ALONE CAN SAVE OUR CLAN... ThunderClan's darkest hour is upon them, as Tigerstar's quest for power plunges all the Clans into the most terrible danger any cat has ever faced. In order to save his Clan and his friends, Fireheart must uncover the...



  • Clive Barker

    Candy Quackenbush's adventures in the amazing world of the Abarat are getting more strange by the hour. Christopher Carrion, the Lord of Midnight, has sent his henchman to capture her. Why? she wonders. What would Carrion want with a girl from Minnes...



  • Richard A. Knaak

    THE BURNING LEGION HAS COME. Led by the mighty Archimonde, scores of demonic soldiers now march across the lands of Kalimdor, leaving a trail of death and devastation in their wake. At the heart of the fiery invasion stands the mystic Well of E...



  • Martin Booth

    Pip and her twin brother, Tim, awaken an alchemist's son from a centuries-long slumber when their family moves to an old English country estate, and he enlists them in the fight against an evil alchemist who seeks to create a homunculus....



  • Liz Kessler

    Join Emily Windsnap in another tail-biting, death-defying adventure in this sequel to The Tail of Emily Windsnap. All Emily Windsnap wants is to impress her best friend, Shona, and the other mermaids who live in the sea around Allpoints Island. But ...



  • Terryl Whitlatch

    A fantasy odyssey illustrated by an artist whose designs appeared in such films as Jumanji, Dragonheart, and Star Wars: Episode One introduces readers to the lemur-populated world of Kattakuk, where a courageous youngster is b...



  • R.L. LaFevers

    "LaFevers sets up an effective fantasy realm, populated with likeable characters…. A good choice for readers not ready for Lloyd Alexander’s â€Prydian books, which features a similarly young and appealing hero." -- School Library Journal



  • Tony Abbott

    A Hidden Door. A Magical Staircase. Discover the World of Droon! Ko is back in power -- and nothing is safe! His beasts have found a lightning-powered submarine hidden in the secret Fortress of the Treasure Queen. Now Eric and his friends have to st...



  • Jim Butcher

    In this extraordinary new fantasy epic, USA Today bestselling author Jim Butcher leads readers into a world where the fate of the realm rests on the shoulders of a boy with no power to call his own... For a thousand years, the people of Alera have...



  • Stephen H. Steel

    Reos and his friend are ordinary farm laborers. Their future looks bleak when their employer is murdered and the land is to be sold off piecemeal. During a festivity, however, a traveler passes through his village and they meet. They are persuaded...



  • Tamara Siler Jones

    WHERE DOES THE FEVER OF ILLUSION STOP...AND THE COLD TRUTH BEGIN? This unique debut thriller combines forensics, fantasy, and edge-of-your-seat suspense like never before. In a world where sorcery illegal, someone is murdering young women in ways ...



  • Martin H. Greenberg

    A spinetingling collection of holiday mayhem and madness, from a Fourth of July fireworks display that goes horribly wrong to a Columbus Day voyage that changes the course of history, features contributions by David Niall Wilson, Julie E. Czerneda, R...



  • Madeline Howard

    More than a century ago, the cataclysmic struggle between the wizards and the mages ended in their mutual destruction -- leveling great cities and reducing grand palaces to dust. From the vast graveyard that remained, the Empress Ouriana rose up to p...



  • Dave Duncan

    Supremely skilled warriors, bonded by magic, their destiny is to serve without question... The realm's most feared swordsman, Sir Wolf has earned his name, the "King's Killer," well. Unlike many of his brother Blades, however, Wolf detests his swo...



  • Robert Silverberg

    Fantasy fans, rejoice! Seven years after writer and editor Robert Silverberg made publishing history with Legends, his acclaimed anthology of original short novels by some of the greatest writers in fantasy fiction, the long-awaited second volume is ...



  • Robert Silverberg

    Fantasy fans, rejoice! Seven years after writer and editor Robert Silverberg made publishing history with Legends, his acclaimed anthology of original short novels by some of the greatest writers in fantasy fiction, the long-awaited second volume is ...



  • Nalo Hopkinson

    A "[d]eeply satisfying" [The New York Times Book Review] story of a father who has committed an unbelievable crime and a daughter who must then fight to save her own life."Caribbean patois adorns this novel with graceful rhythms...Beneath it lie comp...



  • Mette Ivie Harrison

    A SISTER'S LOVE, THAT IS ALL MIRA WANTED. Abandoned by her parents, then apprenticed to a witch, Mira is captivated by the witch's other young apprentice, who adopts her as a sister. Mira would do anything for this beautiful girl--and that's just ...



  • Ken Akamatsu

    BLOOD FEUD WITH A VAMPIRE
    There is a vampire stalking the night! Normally ten-year-old teacher/magician Negi Springfield would have no problem dispatching such a villain, but this vampire has a magic-enhancing partnerâ€"and worse, the vampire is a...



  • Satomi Ikezawa

    HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES
    Yaya’s high school friends haven’t been very nice. They call her “Yaya the cry-ya! Yaya the misfi-ya!” But no matter how badly they act, Yaya is just too naïve and trusting to believe the worst of her friends. Har...



  • J.B. Stephens

    The secret community of Novo Mundum promised everything seven teens craved after the world they knew was destroyed by Strain 7, but they soon realize that Novo Mundum is far from perfect when they find that someone inside has the power to create an e...



  • Mercedes Lackey

    THE EVIL OF BLOOD-FUELED MAGIC Eleanor Robinson's life had shattered when Father volunteered for the Great War, leaving her alone with a woman he had just married. Then the letter had come that told of her father's death in the trenches and though...



  • Jenifer A. Ruth

    Alana Devlin is a stage magician performing in Las Vegas. What no one knows is that she doesn’t do magic tricks, but true magic. Alana has the ability to create real glamours, fairie illusions that can fool all the senses. But what she does on stag...



  • Herbie Brennan

    When Henry Atherton returned to his own life in the suburbs of London, he thought all was well in the Faerie Ream. His new friend Pyrgus, the crown prince of Faerie, was about to be coronated as Purple Emperor. But then Princess Holly Blue arrived on...



  • David Lee Stone

    Diek Wutspah is a normal shepard boy. That is until a dark, evil magic roots itself within him instilling him with the power to charm man and beast with his magic flute. When the ancient town of Illmoor is plagued by an infestation of giant rats, Die...



  • Carla Jablonski

    Timothy Hunter is just like any other thirteen-year-old boy in London . . . except for the tiny fact that he might be the most powerful magician of his time. The time has come for Tim to uncover the truth about himself, his parents, and his magic...



  • Judith Tarr

    National bestselling author Judith Tarr's House of War was hailed as a "beautifully researched, masterfully written fantasy" (Booklist). Now she tells the tale of a land in turmoil and a young man who would be king... For five hundred years the Sa...



  • Elaine Cunningham

    Gwen "Gigi" Gellman, a ten year veteran of the Providence, Rhode Island vice squad, finds herself unemployed after a routine bust turns into a bloodbath and she's made the scapegoat. Gigi is used to being on her own, though, and with the help of a DA...



  • P.N. Elrod; Nigel Bennett

    THE VAMPIRE WHO WAS ONCE A KNIGHT HAS DEFENDED THE HELPLESS FOR CENTURIES--BUT NOW HE MUST DEFEND ALL WHO LIVE! Vampire hero Richard Dun, once called Lancelot, is back in the latest book in this exciting, critically acclaimed fantasy series by awa...



  • Greg Bear

    Greg Bear has been called the "best working writer of science fiction" by The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. He has been awarded two Hugo and four Nebula Awards, and holds the distinction of being one of two authors to win a Nebula in ever...