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New Books List: 707 titles


  • S.D. Perry

    BEFORE THE MANSION. BEFORE THE DISASTER. EVIL IS BORN. Sent to investigate a series of grisly murders in Raccoon City, S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team scrambles into action. On the way to the scene, Bravo's helicopter crashes. Although everyone survives, ...



  • Cecily von Ziegesar

    Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my fiends and I live in gorgeous apartments, go to exclusive private schools, and make Manhattan our own personal playground. It might look hard to be this fabulous, but for us it's as easy as sleepin...



  • 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...



  • Lauren Henderson
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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...




  • CLAMP

    Kimihiro Watanuki is haunted by spiritsâ€"and the only way to escape his curse is to become the indentured servant of the mysterious witch, YĂ»ko Ichihara. But when his beloved, beautiful Himawari-chan, asks him for a favor, he and his eternal rival,...



  • Evelyn Rogers
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    Snow falls, but this is no ordinary white Christmas. There's no festive cheer, no carolers, no mistletoe. Three women are running for their lives: a college student home on break, the wife of a murdered DEA agent, a Denver widow. They're frightened a...



  • Melisa Michaels

    Melisa Michaels' newest novel, World-Walker, is a tale of alternate realities, love, and the possible destruction of the universe. The creation of Central, with its corps of trained world-walkers, signaled the beginning of the end of the Ages of Chao...



  • 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. ...



  • Darick Robertson

    Wolverine must delve deep into his enigmatic past when a mysterious mutant known only as the NAtive returns to his life. But who is she, and is she friend or foe? And why might she hold the key to unlock the secrets of Wolverine's past? Guest-starrin...



  • Nora Roberts
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    A full moon is in the sky--and love is in the air... ...in this all-new collection of short stories from "four of America's most beloved romance authors" (Publishers Weekly) New York Times bestselling authors Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, Ruth Ryan ...



  • David Lubar

    Short, if the ancient maps were correct, I’d face my sworn enemy. Soon, I’d discover whether the sword of Calandra was a magical weapon capable of defeating an army, or a worthless piece of iron I’d been tricked into buying. Not much longer, I ...



  • Natalie R. Collins

    Decades ago, young Allison Jensen and her best friend Cindy were separated in the woods. Cindy disappeared forever. Allison survived amid a web of small-town secrets and lies that greeted every anguished question she asked about that fateful afternoo...



  • John Passarella

    She came to life on Halloween. She cast a wicked spell upon the residents of Windale, Massachusetts. And then she was destroyed...but Elizabeth Wither, the leader of an ill-fated coven of witches, still haunts the one human powerful enough to dispel ...




  • India Edghill

    This is the tale of Bilqis, the Queen of Sheba, who rules the spice lands and bows before the will of the Goddess.This is the tale of Solomon, the King of Israel and Judea, who built the golden temple to Yahweh in Jerusalem. Once he prayed that he mi...



  • Candace Camp

    Despite its graceful beauty, Winterset remains shrouded in the mystery of its dark psat... Ever since Anna Holcombe inexplicably refused his proposal, Reed Moreland has been unable to set foot in the home that was the backdrop to their romance -- ...



  • Molly Bull

    In 1888, Colorado was a dangerous place for a girl on the run. But Honor McCall had to take her chances to escape from her cruel, drunken uncle and start a new life. She never imagined that she'd be rescued by a handsome young minister, or find a pla...



  • Carol O'Connell

    It seems cut and dried at first: Apparently a burglar has been caught in the act and killed by a scissors-wielding homeowner. Except that the dead man was a hired killer, not a burglar. And the homeowner is the most famous missing child in NYPD histo...



  • 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...



  • Ruth Axtell Morren

    All her life, Geneva Patterson had known what it was to be an outcast in Haven's End, a little town on the harsh Maine seacoast. Plain, awkward, thought to be unmarriageable, she endured the cruel taunts of the townspeople in solitude. But then she e...



  • Francine Craft

    Nightclub owner Clea Wilde has never forgotten surgeon Robert Redding, her ex-fiance' and her one and only love. Although she is now dating an R&B record mogul, her thoughts still turn to Robert and what might have been - if only his socialite mother...



  • Stephanie Bond

    ONE WOMAN IS FURIOUS Tallie Blankenship is a small town girl out to make her mark onManhattan's publishing scene, even at the expense of a personal life. She's thrilled to be working with a high-profile mystery writer, until sleazy superagent Jerry ...



  • 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...



  • Michael Grant Jaffe

    Recently divorced and tired of his work in coastal North Carolina, weather forecaster Lucas Prouty finds his life and a new relationship irrevocably altered when he becomes a lone meteorologist covering an enormous hurricane, during which he is washe...



  • Anthony Powell

    Unsavory artists, titled boobs, and charlatans with an affinity for Freud -- such are the oddballs whose antics animate the early novels of the late British master Anthony Powell. A genius of social satire delivered with a very dry wit, Powell builds...



  • Wendy Markham
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    Welcome to Sundae’s, a retro diner that serves up the best dessert in all of Manhattan -- and where three women find the right man to share it with....   In “What You Wish For,” Delaney Maguire’s wedding date is set. With her happily eve...



  • Tina Wainscott

    WHAT SHE DOES KNOW CAN HURT HER. On the brink of falling for a man she met on the Internet, Dr. Rita Brooks naively assumes Brian LaPorte is everything he says he is...and all that she's hoped for. But before she can come face to face with him, Rita...



  • Sue Shanahan

    What I Believe is a touching account of some of our most cherished beliefs about life, love, hope and friendship. It appeals both to adults and children and provides an opportunity for them to share these important beliefs. How do we share our belief...



  • Sandra Hill

    What do you get when you cross a Viking with a Navy SEAL? A warrior with the fierce instincts of the past and the rigorous training of America's most elite fighting corps? A totally buff hero-in-the-making who hasn't had a woman in roughly a thousand...



  • Marianne Willman
    in

    A full moon is in the sky--and love is in the air... ...in this all-new collection of short stories from "four of America's most beloved romance authors" (Publishers Weekly) New York Times bestselling authors Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, Ruth Ryan ...



  • Marcia T. Jones; Debbie Dadey

    A funny and spooky adventure -- perfect for election season! -- in the bestselling and beloved series about a town where the grown-ups are more than a little weird.

    Presidential candidate Mr. Youngblood is stopping in Bailey City on his campai...



  • Peter Rubie

    One of the few survivors of a sneak attack on his bleak, poverty-stricken homeworld of Carescria, Wilf Brim is given the opportunity to attend the academy, taking on his first assignment as Sublieutenant Wilf Ansor Brim, Helmsman of the I.F.S. Tr...



  • Jenny Miglis

    The Rugrats are off to a tree farm to find the perfect Christmas tree! But when Angelica sees a sign for Santa's Workshop, she convinces the babies to join her on a holiday adventure they'll never forget!...



  • Lynna Banning

    Extra! Extra! Mail-Order Brides Compete To See Who Can Deliver! That should be the headline in the Gazette, Lolly Mayfield swore. Here she'd gotten up the gumption to answer an ad, only to find herself competing for bride status against two other ...



  • 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, ...



  • Charles Mercer

    Throughout the centuries Alexander the Great has fascinated all manner of men all over the world. Handsome, youthful, he conquered the entire known world, then suddenly died at the age of thirty-two. Alexander the Great is an extraordinary book that ...



  • Joan Druett

    The year is 1838, and after more than ten years in the planning, the famous United States Exploring Expedition is set to launch into uncharted waters from the coast of Virginia. A convoy of seven ships filled with astronomers, mapmakers, naturalists,...



  • Carol Cox
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    Love Illuminates Mysterious Shadows Romance is blossoming, and lives are on the verge of exciting changes -- but these four women are also threatened by suspicion, mystery, and danger. Laurel Masters's only friend at her estranged grandmother's...



  • Ha Jin

    Ha Jin’s masterful new novel casts a searchlight into a forgotten corner of modern history, the experience of Chinese soldiers held in U.S. POW camps during the Korean War. In 1951 Yu Yuan, a scholarly and self-effacing clerical officer in Mao’s ...



  • Tomoko Hayakawa

    MAKEOVER OF THE CENTURY
    It’s a gorgeous, spacious mansion, and four handsome, fifteen-year-old friends are allowed to live in it for free! There’s only one conditionâ€"that within three years the guys must transform the owner’s wallflower ni...



  • Daniella Brodsky
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    Three young women searching for love in the big city come together at the finest spot in Manhattan to find the perfect ice cream sundae where they share their problems, enjoy their friendship, and commiserate about their romantic ups and downs, but t...



  • 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 ...



  • Melissa Senate
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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...



  • Steven Pressfield

    I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. So begins Alexander’s extraordinary confession on the eve of his greatest crisis of leadership. By turns heroic and calculating, compassionate and utterly merciless, Alexander recounts wit...



  • Philippa Gregory

    In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen. One woman hears the tidings with utter dread. She is Amy Dudley, wife of Sir Robert, and she knows that Elizabeth's ambitious leap to the t...



  • 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 ...



  • John Updike

    A delightful, witty, passionate novel that follows its hero from the Depression era to the early twenty-first century -- from a master of American letters and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the acclaimed Rabbit series.John Updike’s twenty-fir...



  • 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 ...



  • Daniel Way

    Collects Venom (2003) #6-13. Venom sets his sights on a tasty little snack hanging out in the northern regions of Canada: a short, hairy Canadian guy with a bad temper…the X-Men’s Wolverine! Two of the deadliest and most relentless forces in the ...



  • Meredith Blevins

    The indomitable Annie Szabo has lost too many friends and loved ones, so the death of Margo Spanger hits hard. Margo, Annie's neighbor, was a cultural icon with money and fame. Maybe too much. She used one of her projects, a New Age circus, to fund a...



  • Amy Kaye

    WHERE IS SHE NOW? It's hard to believe that it's been just 12 months since uber-cutie Rhiannon Melissa Taylor was covergirl of the moment. Don't you remember? The adorable star of the hit sitcom Who's My Daddy broke all magazine-publishing records w...



  • Amanda McCabe
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    A once-handsome naval captain has vowed never to show his scarred face again. But when, Upon a Midnight Clear, he encounters a Jamaican beauty rumored to be a witch, something stronger than her potions will draw him to her.......



  • Joshua Braff

    Jacob doesn’t mean to disappoint his father, but he can't help thinking the most unthinkable (and very funny) thoughts about public-school humiliation, Hebrew-school disinclination, and in-home sex education (with the live-in nanny!). If only his m...



  • Annette Blair

    A Merry Gentleman Rocking a cradle is no diversion for a rogue--but the new earl of Blackburne has no choice. Ashford Blackburne cannot clear his debts or save his family's estates unless he comes into his inheritance, and his grandfather's will mak...



  • 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...



  • Alan B. Hollingsworth

    Chipper DeHart and court jester Peachy Waterman, Jr. leave the dry-boned village of El Viento, Oklahoma, to start life anew as college freshmen and fraternity brothers. It's 1967, and while the world is turning topsy-turvy, the twosome seeks refuge w...



  • Lisa Harris
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    Discover a cowboy's heart in these stories of love at Christmastime. Pinkerton detective Cole Ramsey has been hired to investigate a rancher suspected of sabotaging his neighbors' property. But Cole's investigation may be compromised when he falls...



  • 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.....



  • Karla Kuskin

    Winter is hereand it's time to put on your gloves and mittens and scarf and hat and...

    Only award-winning poet Karla Kuskin and illustrator Fumi Kosaka could make bundling up for the snow so much fun!

    ...



  • Lynda Curnyn
    in

    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...



  • 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...



  • Allison Lane
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    In The Ultimate Magic, a governess has caught the eye of a sworn bachelor, a man above her station. And at the Yuletide ball, it's clear that she is the one who needs a chaperone.......



  • Sarah Mlynowski
    in

    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...



  • R.A. Salvatore
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    DROW STALK THE SHADOWS. TROLLS INFEST THE MARSHES. ORCS RULE THE MOUNTAINS. AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT. Mithral Hall is under siege, Nesme is overrun, and even powerful Silverymoon braces for war. Throughout it all Drizzt has fought alone, but as the...



  • Edith Layton
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    A father hires a former soldier to keep his Two Dancing Daughters from creeping out to holiday festivities. But when the handsome hero meets his charges, he'll have to keep up his guard, lest he fall for the darker, more demure beauty.......



  • Jeffery Deaver

    New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver delivers an electrifying collection of sixteen award-winning stories that will widen your eyes and stretch your imagination. Diverse and provocative, Twisted showcases Deaver's amazing range and signa...



  • CLAMP

    CAN PURE DETERMINATION DEFEAT A MASTER MAGICIAN?
    Sakura is awake, but she remembers almost nothingâ€"certainly not Syaoran, who has sacrificed everything to help her. Accompanied by the happy-go-lucky Fai, the intense Kurogane, and the strikingly ...



  • Jennifer Weiner
    in

    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...



  • 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 ...



  • John Boswell

    Dear Reader:CONGRATULATIONS!You have just picked up the best book ever written, by the greatest person who ever lived, using the finest pen ever made, set down on the world's most luxurious legal pads. And the advice I have to share with you in Trump...



  • Jake Arnott

    “Funny, fast, witty, and brutal.” -- David Bowie

    Jake Arnott’s brilliant trilogy of criminal life in England forms a kind of Godfather-like history of Britain’s gangland, spanning 40 years. The first, The Long Firm (1999), caught ever...



  • Victoria Alexander
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    He was the first ... he was the best ... He was the one that got away! Now he's back ... but do you still want him? Every woman remembers that one special man who slipped through her fingers, leaving her not only asking the question "What hap...



  • Tamora Pierce

    The stage is set for revolution. Legends will rise in this dramatic New York Times and USA Today bestselling conclusion to Trickster’s Choice, the spy adventure from the fantasy author who is legend herself: Tamora Pie...



  • David Eddings; Leigh Eddings

    Flush from their narrow victory over the horrific Vlagh, Longbow and his companions are drawn to a pastoral territory in south Dhrall, confident that they will thwart the next assault by their inhuman foe. But on the border of the Wasteland, the Vlag...



  • Marco Polo

    His journey through the East began in 1271 -- when, still a teenager, he set out of Venice and found himself traversing the most exotic countries. His acceptance into the court of the great emperor Kublai Khan, and his service to the vast and dazzlin...



  • Mike Lupica

    FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME... Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court, but no one has a bigger love of the game, or a better sense of how to hit the open player with the perfect pass. Then the local travel team -- the same travel ...



  • Claudia Dain
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    Snow falls, but this is no ordinary white Christmas. There's no festive cheer, no carolers, no mistletoe. Three women are running for their lives: a college student home on break, the wife of a murdered DEA agent, a Denver widow. They're frightened a...



  • T.J. MacGregor

    TOTAL FEAR In the woods of North Carolina, a killer waits, ready to unleash a shocking plan of revenge. Soon the victims will understand what it is to be helpless and alone. They will wish for mercy, but there will be none. Because actions have cons...



  • 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...



  • Ken Derby

    Anthony Madison, a.k.a. Tony Baloney, can't get enough of the Late Show with David Letterman. He loves the Late Show and will stop at nothing to get himself on the program. But to get from Kansas City to New York City, he'll have to pull out al...



  • 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...



  • 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...



  • Jennifer L. Holm

    Life is good for James Edward Bristlefur.

    The sophisticated British secret agent cat is settling into his new home in New Jersey. He's become quite fond of his uncouth but loving new family. He's even gotten used to being called Mr. Stink. ...



  • Mercedes Lackey; James Mallory

    THE DEMON QUEEN ATTACKS! To his own surprise, young Kellen, once the disappointing son 1 of the great Mage who leads the City's Mage Council, has become a powerful Knight-Mage. Valued for his bravery and his skills as both wizard and warrior, Kell...



  • 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

    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...



  • Githa Harihran

    Shiv Murthy is a meek, middle-aged professor of history at a college in New Delhi. When Meena, his twenty-four-year-old ward, breaks her leg, she calls on him for help, even though they barely know each other and even though Murthy’s wife is visiti...



  • 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...



  • Keith R.A. Decandido

    On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to ...



  • Lisa Samson

    Always the wedding coordinator, Lillie Bauer makes brides' dreams come true, but when it comes to her own love life, she's never the bride. Fifteen years after the mysterious disappearance of her childhood sweetheart, Ted, Lillie --bungee-jumper, b...



  • Electa Rome Parks

    From the bold, funny, and fresh new author of Loose Ends comes a straight-up novel about men and women, sex and betrayal, and playing the fool for love....



  • 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...



  • Sally Laity
    in

    In four interwoven novellas set in 1941, an American OSS officer enlists a mother and daughter in America and two of their relatives in Europe to carry out a clever plan. They sew dolls for the children of the war-torn continent...but add a life-savi...



  • Cristina Sumners

    The Reverend Kathryn Koerney is looking forward to guiding a group of her New Jersey parishioners through historical Oxford, England. She's also eager to visit her cousin, Richard, who works for a baronet at Datchworth Castle. But just before she dep...



  • Gail Gaymer Martin
    in

    Love Illuminates Mysterious Shadows Romance is blossoming, and lives are on the verge of exciting changes -- but these four women are also threatened by suspicion, mystery, and danger. Gerri Seward poses as a housekeeper at Emory Estates, hopin...



  • 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...




  • Shirl Henke

    THE BRIT Staid, starchy Sabrina Edgewater, teacher of deportment, first encountered her nemesis in a London dockside brawl that earned him the nickname of "Texas Viscount." Privately, she called him the "Texas Visigoth," never imagining that the lo...



  • Eileen Wilks

    National bestselling author Eileen Wilks has thrilled countless readers with her fresh and compelling stories. Now, she has created a bold new world where the magical and the mundane co-exist in an uneasy balance--a balance that is threatened by a co...



  • John Grandits

    An eleven-year-old boy named Robert voices typical -- and not so typical -- middle-grade concerns in this unique, memorable collection of hilarious poems. His musings cover the usual stuff, like pizza, homework, thank-you notes, and his annoying olde...



  • Rich Wallace

    Will Jared's temper keep him out of the game? Jared knows he's the best basketball player in school. He's got the talent, the touch, and the shots. With him at center, the Hudson City Hornets finally have a chance at making the playoffs. But Ja...



  • Richard Peck

    SCHOOLS OUT! School is the only thing standing between fifteen-year-old Russell Culver and his dream. Now that his teacher's hauled off and died, maybe Hominy Ridge School will be shut down for good and he can light out for the endless skies of the ...




  • Mick Foley

    Come one, come all, to Wrescal Lane.It's the bestest place to seeyour favorite WWE Superstarsas kids like you and me!First there's young Mick Foley,with missing teeth and dirty shirt.One look at him will tell youhe's not afraid of getting hurt!Kurt A...




  • Barbara O'Connor

    Who left the baby at the Rock of Ages Baptist Church?Randall Mackey has a secret. He knows who left the baby on the steps of the Rock of Ages Baptist Church. But he can't tell anyone, not even his best friend, Jaybird. And he certainly can't let Jayb...



  • Neal Stephenson

    England, 1714. London has long been home to a secret war between the brilliant, enigmatic Master of the Mint and closet alchemist, Isaac Newton, and his archnemesis, the insidious counterfeiter Jack the Coiner. Hostilities are suddenly moving to a ne...



  • 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 ...



  • Alyson Richman

    In this sweeping epic, true love transcends the brutality of war. Octavio Ribeiro loves truth, beauty, literature, and above all else, his wife Salomé. As a student in Chile, he courted her with the words of great poets, and she fell in love with hi...



  • Stan Lee

    It's the night before Christmas whensuddenly Santa's old nemesis, the evil Ice King, and his terrible ice trolls launch a surprise attack on the North Pole and capture Santa. But all is not lost -- the powerful Protector is on his way to save the ...



  • Walter Jon Williams

    The Dread Empire of the Shaa is no more, following the death of the last oppressor. But freedom remains elusive for the myriad sentient races enslaved for ten centuries, as an even greater terror arises. The Naxids--a powerful insectoid species thems...



  • Monique de Varennes

    Young Martine is made from marzipan, and must never play in the sun, walk in the rain, or cry because she could melt, but when Martine's friend becomes sick, her tears melt away her sugary exterior to reveal the skin of a real girl....



  • Alan Parker

    During the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, seven-year-old Thomas Moran finds himself accidentally embarking on a career in pickpocketing. In the following years he becomes a master of his dubious craft and grows to manhood traveling from state to s...



  • DiAnna Crawford
    in

    In four interwoven novellas set in 1941, an American OSS officer enlists a mother and daughter in America and two of their relatives in Europe to carry out a clever plan. They sew dolls for the children of the war-torn continent...but add a life-savi...



  • 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...



  • Megan E. Bryant

    Strawberry Shortcake and her pals each have a special filly friend that need lots of love and care, such as brushing their long manes and tucking them in with their special blankets at the end of a fun day. Original....



  • Dee Davis
    in

    Snow falls, but this is no ordinary white Christmas. There's no festive cheer, no carolers, no mistletoe. Three women are running for their lives: a college student home on break, the wife of a murdered DEA agent, a Denver widow. They're frightened a...



  • Peter Kuper

    In a barren landscape, an empire is about to rise and an epic struggle is about to unfold. Sticks and Stones illuminates this earth-shaking tale without a single word. It is as elemental as hieroglyphics, a timeless story for all ages.

    In Stic...



  • Peter Brandvold

    This Prophet is riding to hell and back Bounty hunter Lou Prophet is escorting a Russian noblewoman through Arizona on the trail of her missing sister—and a buried treasure that is being sought by a gang of desperadoes....



  • Eva Ibbotson

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  • Michael Anthony Steele

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  • Alan Dean Foster

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  • Claire Matturro

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  • Jon Sharpe

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  • Debra Webb

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  • Gilbert Morris

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  • P.N. Elrod; Nigel Bennett

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  • Rex Pickett

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  • Carol Marinelli

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  • Susan Krinard

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  • Alexandra Sellers

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  • Susan Mallery

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  • Jean Marzollo

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  • Elaine Cunningham

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  • Michael Salazar

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  • Dana Marton

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  • David Weber

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  • Amulya Malladi

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  • Stephanie Kane

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  • David Milgrim

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  • Jill Shalvis

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  • Lisa Kleypas

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  • C.J. Carmichael

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  • Gilad Elbom

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  • Neal Shusterman

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  • Carolyn Keene

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  • James Hime

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  • Richard Wyler

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  • Anu Stohner

    Every year Santa's littlest helper makes wonderful presents for the children, bakes delicious cookies, and shines his sleigh...and every year the biggest helper tells him no, he can't go with the others to help Santa deliver presents. He's just to...




  • Nicholas Edwards

    Everyone's favorite canine hero, Santa Paws, is back in this sixth book in the series. And this time, he's got a mysterious new friend....

    Last Christmas in Oceanport?

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  • J. Fred Coots

    Experience the magic of a Steven Kellogg Christmas!

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  • Laura Marie Altom

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  • Wendelin Van Draanen

    Sammy's never been what you might call lucky. But finding a dead cat on her birthday? That ranks up there in her top-ten unluckiest moments. And not just because it was the ugliest dead thing she'd ever seen. No, it was more because of the chain of...



  • Dirk Fletcher

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    Omer, Abed and Piyu are roommates, foreigners all recently arrived in the United Stat...



  • Kathleen O'Brien

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  • Loreth Anne White

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  • Stephen R. Donaldson

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  • Catherine Mulvany

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  • Madeline Hunter

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  • Mary Pope Osborne

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  • Matt Christopher

    X's friends believe he can excel at any extreme sport, so when they want to check out the new climbing wall at the mall, he decides to hide his fear of heights rather than have them think him a coward....