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  • Gabriel Club

    Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya

    Set in 1970s Budapest, this novel tells the story of a group of artists who form an underground collective dedicated to opposing the repressive Communist regime. The club disbands when the founder mysteriously disappears, but are reunited 17 years la...

  • Screaming Across the Sky

    Brian Daley

    Galactic war was simple . . . win or die Arrival on the ominous planet of Aquamarine was a splashdown into danger and death for Periapt high priestess Dextra Haven and her ragtag force of scientists and Ext warriors. Yet Dextra was undeterred, cer...

  • Foolproof

    Dianne G. Pugh

    The violent death of a dear friend spells trouble for comfortable investment counselor Iris when the woman's husband and business partner, Kip, turns up at the top of the suspect list and the only witness to the crime is his five-year-old daughter. R...

  • Conspiracy

    J. Robert King
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  • Slocum and the Texas Rose

    Jake Logan

    Slocum finds a rose that isn't as sweet as she looks.Slocum isn't the type to walk from a lady in trouble. But when he has to fight a band of buffalo hunters, it seems defending this little Rose is going to be a thorny affair......

  • Wind River

    Gary McCarthy

    Fleeing the brutal polygamist she had been forced to marry, Rebecca and her sister, Katie, who dreams of establishing a sprawling ranch of her own, fight for freedom and survival in Utah's mountain wilderness. Original....

  • Alaskan Gold

    Robert Reese

    In the wake of the 1886 Alaskan gold rush, New Orleans gentleman Clay Macon journeys to the rough frontier territory of Alaska in search of the fabled gold fortune his father left behind, only to discover some terrible secrets instead...

  • Kansas Carnage

    Jon Sharpe

    With the aid of a Pawnee Indian beauty, Skye Fargo attempts to head off an all-out war between a gang of outlaws disguised as U.S. cavalrymen preying on Indian women and the Plains tribes hell-bent on revenge. Original....

  • Criminal Kin

    J.R. Roberts

    THE FAMILY HAT GUNS TOGETHER...RUNS TOGETHER! The little girl who shot Sheriff Frank Dobbs couldn't have been more than ten. But what do you expect from a kid whose mother, father, brother, and sister are across the street robbing the bank? It loo...

  • Taos Death Cry

    Dodge Tyler

    Daniel Boone rides into New Mexico to protect a man who once saved his life, when he finds himself in danger when the Spanish begin to set the Indian tribes against the fur-trappers of Taos. Original....

  • Montana Red

    Ralph Cotton

    Arizona lawman Sam Burrack's draw and determination are sorely tested by Montana Red Hollis, a cunning and brutal killer who holds sway over the badlands, and Gentleman Joe Sharpe, a small-time gambler masquerading as a lawman. Original....

  • Longarm and the Whiskey Creek Widow

    Tabor Evans

    Longarm must decide whether to keep trailing a trio of bank robbers or stay in the enticing clutches a the wily widow who wants him to take the place of her late husband, Whisky Creek's last marshal. Original....

  • Mexican Standoff

    B.J. Lanagan

    During the Civil War, they sought justice outside of the law, paying back every Yankee raid with one of their own. No man could stop them. No woman could resist them. And no Yankee stood a chance when Win and Joe Coulter rode into town.   Normal...

  • The Daughter

    Jasmine Cresswell

    Fifteen-year-old Maggie is convicted of her mother's murder. Maggie's guilty of many things.... But not of that. Seven years later she escapes from prison. Maggie Slade's been on the run for seven years now. Seven years of dead-end ...

  • The Eleventh Hour

    Lynn Erickson

    Jack Devlin is a man on death row, convicted of murdering his socialite wife. Eve Marchand is the public defender who believes that the evidence against him is all too-cut-and-dried. When Jack escapes and contacts Eve, she's forced to make a decision...

  • The Improper Governess

    Carola Dunn

    A MYSTERIOUS MISS... From the stage of the Royal Coburg Theatre, Lissa Findlay saw Lord Ashe watching her. She knew the notorious rake was looking for a mistress, and though circumstances had forced her to become an actress to survive -- a definite ...

  • If I Can't Have You

    Patti Berg

    Sometimes a fantasy... From the first moment she saw him on the screen, Adriana Howard has adored Trevor Montgomery, the dashing playboy movie star from the '30s who vanished mysteriously in a cloud of suspicion and innuendo. Becomes reality. ...

  • A Royal Connection

    Margaret Summerville

    Foreign Affairs Lady Selena Paget possessed the rank, fortune, and figure to be a prize in the Marriage Mart, but alas, the gentlemen of the ton bored her senseless. Only the Earl of Heathfield attracted her -- a man of mystery, a reputed seducer,...

  • The Artful Heir

    Martha Kirkland

    A Scandalous Predicament With her renowned father ill, Miss Sarah Sterling traveled to Donmore Hall by herself to clean and restore the priceless paintings left to the new heir, Matthew Donaldson. It was simply scandalous for a young lady to be un...

  • The Best Man

    Maggie Osborne

    I leave all my worldly goods to my worthless daughters, but they got to earn it. If you three want an acre of my ranch, you got to drive a herd of longhorns to Abilene, Kansas. If you fail, then my fourth and worst wife, Lola, gets everything. May th...

  • The Notorious Mrs. Carlton

    Martha Kirkland
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    Celebrate the blossoming of a mother's love for her children and a man's devotion to the woman who cares for his family in these exquisite tales by three highly acclaimed Regency author... Hoping to make a good marriage for her beautiful s...

  • The Virtues of Patience

    Carol Quinto
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    Celebrate the blossoming of a mother's love for her children and a man's devotion to the woman who cares for his family in these exquisite tales by three highly acclaimed Regency authors... Hoping to make a good marriage for her beautiful ...

  • Murder Comes to Mind

    Joan Smith

    The members of the Berkeley Brigade, London's most aristocratic and stylish foursome, find themselves once more enmeshed in mystery and romance.... Though Lady Corinne deCoventry and dashing Lord Luten are now officially engaged, their wedding is ...

  • Cool Shade

    Theresa Weir

    SHE KNEW TROUBLE WHEN SHE SAW IT -- BUT NEVER HAD IT LOOKED SO GOOD. Jobless, flat-broke, and anxious for a change of scenery, disc jockey Maddie Smith decides to visit her flaky, estranged sister in Nebraska. But she finds that after a brief en...

  • The Vow

    Linda Lael Miller

    After twelve years, the headstrong Annabel McKeige is back in the frontier town of Parable, Nevada. Back to face the husband she left behind ...the son she never saw grow to manhood ...and the home where her heart broke when she lost a beloved daught...

  • Angel in My Arms

    Colleen Faulkner

    Seven years ago, Celeste Kennedy had believed her fiance when he promised to love and take care of her forever. Instead, he had been cruel and deceitful, and Celeste refused to marry him -- even if it meant disobeying her father. Thrown out of her ho...

  • Birthday Girls

    Jean Stone

    Once they were childhood friends who celebrated birthdays together, sharing laughter and tears and heartfelt dreams. Then they lost touch. Yet now, on the brink of turning fifty, one of them is desperate enough to contact the others--looking for more...

  • Celia's Grand Passion

    Lynn Kerstan

    EVEN OUTRIGHT REJECTION WOULDN'T STOP HER FROM PURSUING HER GRAND PASSION.... No man in London could match Lord Kendal's cool elegance nor rival his skills as a diplomat. His icy calm was as notorious as his untouchable heart. And few women had an...

  • Cherish

    Crystal Wilson-Harris

    Managing her grandparents restaurant in North Carolina after a car accident claims the lives of her family, Corinthia Justice tries to rebuild her life and meets race-car driver Brad Marshall, who implores her to sponsor him, and as their passion gro...

  • The Pirate Lord

    Sabrina Jeffries

    A Splendid Opportunity A shipload of women--theirs for the taking! Pirate captain Gideon Horn couldn't be more delighted. His men are tired of wandering the high seas and want to settle down with wives on the uncharted island paradise they've discov...

  • The Rogue and the Heather

    Christine Dorsey

    The entwined fates of a renegade Scottish beauty and a handsome British rogue come full circle. In the mists of a bygone age, even the dark shadow of war cannot destroy a love destined to outlast time.... Death and duty had called him home, but a...

  • The Unlikely Angel

    Nadine Miller

    A Generous Heart The daughter of a wealthy merchant, Tess Thornhill devoted her life to the orphans of London's slums--many of whom were the by-blows of society's rakes and their conquests. Considered an old maid at five-and-twenty, she had no use...

  • Lonely Hearts

    Annie Kimberlin

    SPECIAL DELIVERY Maybe it was fate; maybe it was a poodle. Sylvie Taylor drifted out of the sky and into Ray's arms like some kind of auburn-haired sprite. Actually she fell off the roof. And she didn't really land in his arms, she fell on top of...

  • Magic

    Kimberly Cates

    It may be just a fairy tale, but Mary Fallon Delaney cherishes the fable of Ciaran of the Mist, the legendary guardian said to keep watch over Ireland. And Fallon's homeland could use his otherworldly help: English troops, searching for an escaped cr...

  • Mystic Memories

    Susan Leslie Liepitz

    Long Beach, 1998. When a little boy disappears on a field trip aboard the historic brig Mystic, psychic P.I. Cara Edwards knows she is the only one who can find him. As she retraces his steps on the ship, she is struck with a vision. A vision that le...

  • Stolen Hearts

    Sharon Pisacreta

    A FATEFUL FALL After colliding with a man as splendid as a god, Mattie Crawford felt her wrist and her heart go limp. Dazed by the pain, she let the concerned gentleman help her to a doctor. Soon, as drugged by laudanum as she was by Lord Cameron'...

  • The Very Thought of You

    Lynn Kurland

    Alexander Smith had found success in the world of corporate takeovers--but not happiness. That had always escaped him...along with true love. Then, at the MacLeod Keep in Scotland, he found a pirate map that miraculously answered his yearnings--with ...

  • Jewel

    Jean Innes

    Lost in a wager between her stepfather an the archaeologist Captain Ross Kilamarron, Stephanie Buchan is forced to marry the charismatic adventurer. Now, she must accompany him on an excursion to Arabia - and the oasis empire of a desert prince. As S...

  • Obsession

    Gwynne Forster

    When Selena Sutton moves from Wall Street to a little Texas town, she finds trouble in Prince Cooper, a spoiled playboy whose advances she fights off. Wanting to make amends for his older brother's behavior, Magnus Cooper shows Selena a tenderness th...

  • Only With You

    Libby Sydes

    It began as a marriage of convenience, and it ended in all-consuming love.... ONLY LOVE An impulsive kiss behind the schoolhouse and Jennifer Delaney's reputation was shot! Now she was about to lose her job and her beloved ranch--until a tall, ...

  • Public Affair

    Margie Walker

    After her father dies in a plane crash, Marlena Lord runs for his congressional seat and enters the corrupt world of politics, where she meets and falls for devastatingly handsome Miles Chase, until she uncovers dark secrets about Miles and her fathe...

  • Willow

    Norah Hess

    RUNAWAY PASSION When Willow Ames left El Paso to meet her new employer, she never expected he would be the arrogant, darkly handsome cowboy who's propositioned her just the night before. As virile and dangerous as the flashy black stallion he ...

  • The King's Pleasure

    Shannon Drake

    SWEEPING FROM SCOTLAND's UNTAMED HIGHLANDS TO THE TOWER OF LONDON AND WAR-TORN FRANCE... TWO PEOPLE DESTINED TO LOVE IN A DIVIDED LAND. Danielle D'Aville was the ward of Edward III, sworn to obey the King's order to marry her enemy Adrien MacLachl...

  • The Last Hellion

    Loretta Chase

    She Needed to be Tamed She was a breathtaking firebrand, and Vere Mallory, the notorious Duke of Ainswood, had never seen anything quite like her. Although he thought he was rescuing Lydia Grenville from the clutches of a renowned wastrel, he quick...

  • The Last Viking

    Sandra Hill

    He was six feet, four inches of pure, unadulterated male. He wore nothing but a leather tunic, spoke in an ancient tongue, and he was standing in Professor Meredith Foster's living room. The medieval historian told herself he was part of a practi...

  • Sweet Dreams

    Jean Wilson

    Saving Pace Lansing from the hangman's noose for a second time by announcing their engagement, Mercy Goodacre is determined to melt his icy reserve and turn their marriage into one of passion and love. Pleasant Valley, Kansas 1875 Virtuous, ch...

  • Texas Glory

    Lorraine Heath

    SHE WAS GIVEN TO A STRANGER Cordelia McQueen was a virtual prisoner in her father's house. Until everything changed when she was shamelessly traded in a battle for land and water rights, and thrust into an unfamiliar world as the bride of Dallas...

  • White Roses

    Janet Nickoles

    WHITE ROSES.. Planted at the scene of every crime, the fragrant flowers were the trademark of a devious criminal. A jewel thief was stalking London, and Lord Nicholas Grey was certain the thief was his cousin and his enemy-Lord Edward Turner. Dete...

  • The Matchmaking Ghost

    Janice Bennett

    A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE The last time Captain Anthony, Lord Lambeth, had seen Calpurnia Rycroft, she was little more than a mouselike chit. Now, she had become a lovely young woman who, if she were not penniless, would've had her choice of sui...

  • Makeshift Mama

    Dorothea Donley
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    Celebrate the blossoming of a mother's love for her children and a man's devotion to the woman who cares for his family in these exquisite tales by three highly acclaimed Regency authors... Hoping to make a good marriage for her beautiful ...

  • Forever After

    Catherine Anderson

    THE PROTECTOR From the moment Heath Masters lays eyes on Meredith Kenyon, he knows there's something mysterious in this pretty woman's past. True, she seems like a good mother to her little daughter, but as local sheriff Heath has seen his share o...

  • Heart's Whisper

    Rebecca Sinclair

    HEART'S AWAKENING Moyra Elliott had retreated to her childhood home, the once-glorious Castle Wyndehaghen, to mourn the death of her father; when a wounded stranger appeared at her gates. Though she wished only to be alone with her memories, she c...

  • Her Secret Guardian

    Linda Needham

    A SUDDEN MARRIAGE The stranger is huge--dark and forbidding. But to honor a deathbed promise to her foster father, Kailey Hewett must marry Simon de Marchand, the king's sheriff, an intimidating mystery of a man. As they ride away from her home and ...

  • Remembrance

    Marcia King-Gamble

    WHEN FAME TURNED DANGEROUS... As a successful radio talk show host, beautiful Charlie Canfield was used to enthusiastic -- and harmless -- fan mail. But now someone has crossed the line of devotee into the frightening realm of obsession, and Cha...

  • Scent of Lilacs

    Jane Bonander

    The sweet fragrance evoked the possibilities of love... When Lexy Tate dreamed of practicing medicine, she hadn't imagined setting up her practice in an abandoned brothel, or delivering a calf in a ramshackle barn. But as one of the first woman do...

  • Sherry's Comet

    Juliette Leigh

    In the midst of mayhem...she found marriage! A LOVELY MISS, A DASHING HEIR...AND A COLD-BLOODED MURDERER! Miss Anika "Niki" Owen, the beautiful, dark-haired stepdaughter of Lord Larch, could not believe her strange fortune. No sooner had she li...

  • Shotgun Groom

    Sandra Chastain

    A TENNESSEE BELLE WITH HER SIGHTS AIMED... Lily Towns was determined to marry Matt Logan, even if she had to use her shotgun to get him to the altar. She'd been a skinny little girl when she first boldly proposed. Matt had laughed and refused her, t...

  • Snow Raven

    Patricia McAllister

    Return to a time of passion and daring that sweeps from the windswept Highlands to the intrigues of England's Tudor. SHE WAS A PAWN OF TWO POWERFUL MEN... Embittered after his beloved wife's death at the hands of his hated enemy--Sir Jaspar Wic...

  • Nobody's Darling // My Sweet Darling

    Teresa Medeiros

    Dear Reader, I never enjoyed being a wanted man until the day Miss Esmerelda Fine marched into the Tumbleweed Saloon and pointed her derringer straight at my heart. Who would have guessed some duke's granddaughter---an awfully pretty one at that--...

  • Empty Cradle

    Karen Harper

    IN A CLINIC OF SHADOWS AND SECRETS, A VULNERABLE WOMAN BECOMES EASY PREY Determined to conceive the baby she and her late husband so passionately, wanted, TV anchorwoman Alexis McCall turns to a fertility clinic for help. Located in scenic New Mex...

  • Evidence of Guilt

    Jonnie Jacobs

    When Lisa Cornell and her five-year-old daughter are killed, Wes Harding, a former classmate of Kali's, becomes the prime suspect. Kali agrees to assist her long--time legal mentor on the case but is stunned when Harding refuses to help his own defen...

  • Tiger's Palette

    Jacqueline Fiedler

    A ZOO FULL OF CAGEY CREATURES AM SKETCHY CLUES With a habit of looking everywhere except where she's going, thirty-one-year-old wildlife artist Caroline Canfield knows one thing for sure: accidents have a way of finding her. So after her free-spir...

  • Manjinn Moon

    Denise Vitola

    A female werewolf in a nightmarish Earth of the future, Marshall Ty Merrick goes after an assassin with strange powers who has rendered District One defenseless against a violent hurricane and kidnapped the man she loves. Original....

  • From the Ashes

    William W. Johnstone

    Ben Raines, the valiant hero of the Ashes series, details the important aspects of the Tri-States doctrine and provides his thoughts on the IRA, the IRS, racism, welfare, the justice system, the military, and other topics prevalent in society today. ...

  • Rebels and Hostiles

    Don Pendleton

    STRIKING DISTANCE Bolan's soft probe into rumors of foreign involvement in the American militia movement takes him to Idaho, and undercover in the Brotherhood of Patriots. What he discovers is a dead-serious agenda and a plot to destabilize the g...

  • Jackal Hunt

    Don Pendleton

    HOSTILE TAKEOVER An international consortium of the biggest players in organized crime has invested vast amounts of laundered money in the arms and weapons industry. But the U.S. President's global arms control initiative is jeopardizing the syndi...

  • Mercury Rising

    Ryne Douglas Pearson

    When Simon Lynch, a sixteen-year-old computer wizard, breaks a government code, the National Security Agency sends a beautiful terrorist after him, with only FBI Special Agent Art Jefferson to save him...

  • Avatar

    Donald Beman

  • The Willing Spirit

    Piers Anthony

    Spirituality, fantasy, and mythology merge in this “lighthearted, agreeably diverting yarn, duly respectful of India’s cultures and customs” (Kirkus Reviews). Hari, a remarkably well-set-up young lad, has spent his entire life in a ...

  • The Eagle and the Sword

    A.A. Attanasio

    While training Arthor, the Eagle of Thor, to lead the Celts in victory, Merlin realizes that his pupil is a naive and bloodthirsty boy who revels in killing, and Merlin must race against time to find the sword of goodness and light to release Arthor ...

  • Prophet's Power

    Dean Wesley Smith

    PROPHET'S POWER: Haute, the lowly Na Pali slave who would soon be called the Prophet, had fled to safety in the desolate hill country. There he found the hidden wreckage of an ancient spacecraft, and even more important, found the artificial intellig...

  • Pindharee

    Joel Richards

  • Barrenlands

    Doranna Durgin

    When his sovereign and best friend is murdered in his absence, Ehren, the First of the King's Guard, discovers that a high-level traitor is at work but finds himself in the position of having to protect the enemy. Original....

  • Commitment Hour

    James Alan Gardner

    In the twenty-fifth century, Tober Cove is a wonderful place to be. With most of Earth's population long since departed for other planets, and with them the technology that makes such a journey possible, life here is simple and serene -- especially f...

  • Hard Crash

    Ryan Hughes

    Set on a planet in a Bermuda Triangle-like section of space, "Unreal" presents readers with a gripping story line set in a fully immersive world dominated by alien technology and medieval fantasy. "Unreal" is set to become the biggest PC game phenome...

  • A Point of Honor

    Dorothy J. Heydt

    SIR MARY DE COURCY Sir Mary de Courcy is the current knightly Champion of the Winchester Lists--a world-renowned player in the VR game of Chivalry. As Mary Craven, she had been in graduate school working for her MBA when she won the grand prize in...

  • Steeldriver

    Don Debrandt

    Half-man, half-machine, Jon Hundred faces the challenge of a lifetime when he agrees to compete with a computerized mining machine to tunnel through a titanic mountain in order to free the inhabitants of the planet, Pellay. Original....

  • Godheads

    Emily Devenport

    THE DEATHNET Frozen in stasis for one thousand years, Edna has no memory of who she was or where she came from. Her past has been erased as punishment for a long-forgotten crime. Now reborn--and reprogrammed she has been chosen to infiltrate the v...

  • The Whispers

    Dan Parkinson

    Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.—Edwin LimmerIt is a fateful day when Lucas Hawthorn awakes in his own home to find Edwin Limmer standing before him. Lucas first met old man Limmer back in 1952. Only now Limmer ...

  • Rogue Star

    Michael Flynn

    It is the early twenty-first century. There's a space station being built, and the first manned flight to the asteroids is in progress. The grand plan of Mariesa Van Huyten to give humanity a big push back into space, and in the process save the huma...

  • Oathblood

    Mercedes Lackey

    TARMA She was one of the Shin'a'in sword-sworn--the most elite of all warriors, and she had taken blood vengeance upon the brigands who massacred her people. KETHRY She fled her oppressive arranged marriage and became a powerful sorceress of the...

  • Clones

    Jack Dann

    Greg Egan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Pamela Sargent, Charles Sheffield, and five other prominent science-fiction writers narrate stories of cloning and its implications, temptations, and hazards, exploring the very meaning of identity and morality. Original...

  • Apacheria

    Jake Page

    In this riveting, action-packed alternate history, the Apaches forge their own bold nation and enter the World of racketeering and politics--all the while maintaining their traditional ways--as a new neighbor to a United States that will never be the...

  • Fool Me Twice

    Annie Jones
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    A delightful collection of three romantic comedies, Fools For Love celebrates love and the laughter it can bring into our lives. In "Here There Be Dragons!" by Karen Ball, retired teacher Kitty Katz decides to start her own pet-sitting business and f...

  • A Hopeful Heart

    Lois Richer

    LOVE'S GREATEST PRIZE Her dream was within her grasp. Melanie Stewart's contest award would allow her to continue the Lord's work. But Mitch Stewart claimed he had won the prize. And amidst all the confusion, Melanie discovered that the town was p...

  • Another Chance for Daddy

    Patricia Knoll

    When Clay Saunders finally realized that his adventurous lifestyle was no substitute for his ex-wife and son, it was too late. Rebecca was all set to marry the reliable new man in her life and Clay, she decided, would just have to accept that he had ...

  • Baby on His Doorstep

    Diana Whitney

    SPECIAL DELIVERY! The only thing executive Colby Sinclair worried about was business until his gurgling niece was abandoned on his doorstep. This bachelor didn't know the first thing about fatherhood... but he was determined to do right by this b...

  • Beguiled

    Susan Spencer Paul

    Lady Lillian Walford had the Look of Perfection. Yet a fateful flaw doomed her to a life of silence. And although Anthony Harbreas, the gallant Earl of Graydon, had showered her with his attention, Lillian knew she was fit to be no man's wife. So why...

  • Boot Scootin' Secret Baby

    Natalie Patrick

    BULL-RIDING EX?-HUSBAND... Alyssa Cartwright was still married to the sexiest cowboy on the rodeo circuit, though Jacob "Cub" Goodacre thought she'd had their marriage annulled. But while Cub assumed she was ending their marriage, Alyssa was giving ...

  • Caroline's Child

    Debbie Macomber

    Who's the father of Caroline's child? Everyone in Promise wants to know, but no one's ever asked -- or ever will. Maggie's five now, and Caroline Daniels has kept her silence all these years. It doesn't change how the people in this community feel ab...

  • Child of Mine

    Lynn Erickson

    Sometimes you have to turn to a cop -- even if he's your ex-husband! Lena Portillo's life shattered into a million pieces when her daughter was kidnapped. She couldn't stand by and do nothing. Hostage negotiator Mike Quinn couldn't stand by, ei...

  • Cinderella Bride

    Monica McLean

    FOR LOVE Carter King was determined to acquire an heir the same way he accumulated his wealth--with a shrewd business proposition. Marly Alcott topped the list of candidates to become his Cinderella bride; she adored children, needed money and appea...

  • Cowgirl in Pearls

    Jenna McKnight

    The Cowboy Catch Cook? Drive cattle? Share a bathroom? Princess Moira hadn't counted on any of it when she'd changed places with Chloe Marshall and found a job on Dutch Cordwin's dude ranch. She also hadn't counted on Dutch. The cowboy had a way...

  • Decidedly Married

    Carole Gift Page

    After nearly twenty years of marriage, Julie Ryan didn't want to admit that her marriage was in jeopardy. But when her husband, Michael, finally confessed that he felt emotionally distanced from her, she had no choice but to face the truth about hers...

  • Devil's Diamond

    Constance Laux

    Set along the fog-shadowed streets of Victorian London, Constance Laux:i latest historical romance pairs two lovers in an adventure filled with escalating danger and rising desire.... Hoping for news of her missing father, Lucy Barnstable admits a s...

  • Father: Unknown

    Tara Taylor Quinn

    Her name is Anna. And she's pregnant. That's all she knows, all the doctors can tell her. Anna was in an accident, and when she regains consciousness, she has no memory of who she is or where she came from. She has no idea who the father of her b...

  • Fudgeballs and Other Sweets

    Lori Copeland

    Princess, the poodle, had a perfectly glorious life, a dog's life in fact.... Until that annoying bulldog, Jake, moved in next door. Jenny McNeill had a perfectly glorious life, a life every successful woman might dream of, until that irritatin...

  • Heat of Passion

    Alice Orr

    SHE'D TRADED DANGEROUS DAYS... Phoenix Farraday never dreamed her image-enhancement business could lead to something sinister. Until she took on a very dangerous client. She fled to save herself - and suddenly found one sexy Slater McCain by her sid...

  • Her Prince Charming

    Nikki Rivers

    One man will change her life forever! Charlotte Riesling counted on predictability, her 9 to 5 life and her soup-for-one. But change was underfoot - and its name was Jacob. He'd scaled walls, tormented waiters and created scenes throughou...

  • Here Comes the ...Baby

    Pam McCutcheon

    Pregnant! ...and the residents of Bachelor Falls insisted mom-to-be Lana Talbot marry the man of their choosing. Local dictates depended on it! Then Blake Warner, the long-lost daddy-to-be, blew into town like a white knight and offered make L...

  • Hidden Treasure

    Cheryln Biggs

    They raced down bayou roads in hot pursuit, but was she the prize he wanted to win? Slade Morgan made a woman want to tease him until he gave her what she'd always desired, but Chelsea Reynolds figured her flirting skills wouldn't win any man, le...

  • Homecoming

    Carolyne Aarsen

    THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS No way would Sheryl Kyle trust in men -- or heaven -- again. Her heart had been broken a hundred different ways, her once-sunny soul shadowed by unanswered prayers. Now she hid behind a cynical, citified shell, where neith...

  • Let Me Call You Sweetheart

    Nancy Gideon

    TROUBLE'S BACK IN TOWN He'd always been the wrong-side-of-the-tracks bad boy of Sweetheart, Iowa -- the kind a "nice" girl like Bess Carey wasn't supposed to want. But that hadn't kept her from loving him -- not even when h...

  • Lucky in Love

    Tracy Sinclair

    DAUGHTER KNOWS BEST Who was the parent, and who was the child? Michelle Lacey's mother had gone and attached herself to some mysterious "millionaire" who seemed all too interested in her family's financial affairs. Now it was up to ever-resourcef...

  • Malachite

    Ruth Langan

    From the wilds of Montana emerges one last Jewel, an unknown brother burning with hatred for his father's mighty legacy. Malachite--as wild as the devil stallion he has vowed to vanquish. But he cannot conquer the way his Comanche blood rages for gen...

  • Man Shy

    Catherine Mulvany

    In jeans and leather jacket he looked handsome as the devil -- and just as dangerous. . . . With his sexy mouth, silver-gray eyes, and drop-dead dazzling body, undercover cop Brody Hunter was perfect for the job Mallory Scott had in mind: playin...

  • Manhunting in Montana

    Vicki Lewis Thompson

    The chase Photographer Cleo Griffin was frustrated. She'd become famous for her calendar shots of sexy, sweaty, muscle-bound hunks--but she was taking more cold showers than she was photos! She needed a man! So, on her upcoming shoot in Montana, Cle...

  • Married in a Moment

    Jessica Steele

    It all happened so fast! Gideon Langford suggested to Ellena that, to gain guardianship of baby Violette, she should marry him. It took Ellena a few seconds to get over her shock - just one of many since Violette's parents went missing on vaca...

  • Master Touch

    Caragh O'Brien

    An expert in seduction, his tantalizing caresses claimed her body and soul... . With his every touch, he bewitched her and captivated her, but Milo Dansforth wanted more from Therese Carroll than a passionate interlude! The worldly art dealer need...

  • Maternity Bride

    Maureen Child

    The stick was blue..and positive! Any way she looked at it, Denise Torrance's well-ordered life was about to turn upside down...and all because of an unexpected night with the man of her dreams! But when that very man insisted they marry for ...

  • Montana

    Debbie Macomber

    MOVING TO MONTANA Her grandfather wants her to move home, and Molly thinks she just might. His ranch will be a good place for her sons to grow up, a place to escape big-city influences. Then she learns -- from a stranger named Sam Dakota -- that her...

  • My Lady's Desire

    Claire Delacroix

    She'd Only Herself to Offer, but Gabrielle de Perricault hoped 'twas enough to entice the courageous Yves de Sant-Roux to champion her cause. Though should he pledge his sword to her, a greater danger awaited, for this knight could easily breach the...

  • Nick's Child

    Tina Vasilos

    "You have a baby son..." As soon as Nick Marcopoulos heard the mysterious voice over the phone, he rushed to Tessa Lee's side to demand answers. If their passionate summer had resulted in a baby, why hadn't she told him? "...And Tessa needs you...

  • Nick's Long-Awaited Honeymoon

    Sandra Steffen

    Bachelor Gulch: In this little town no bachelor is safe from marriage! Wanted: Brides! This small South Dakota town needs women of marriageable age. And Silhouette Romance invites you to visit the handsome, extremely eligible men of: Bachelor Gulch...

  • Nine Months

    Beverly Barton

    A disaster filled night... A passionate encounter... A baby on the way... Paige Summers couldn't believe the handsome stranger she'd been stranded with was Jared Montgomery, her arrogant new boss! Now she was forced to work with the man she'd wa...

  • No Ordinary Man

    Suzanne Simmons

    A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE... Victoria is the sole heiress to a vast fortune. The darling of East Coast Society, Torey has grown up with all the advantages and privileges that wealth and social position can provide. Then danger and excitement enter her li...

  • Occupation: Millionaire

    Alexandra Sellers

    Tallia Venables was in a bit of a bind. The gorgeous scientist needed some big-time funding for her latest project. But beauty and brains? No one was willing to take her seriously. So, ever resourceful, she donned a brainiac disguise and set out to w...

  • Prim and Improper

    Liz Ireland

    Ty Saunders Was Nothing But a Big, Brawny Reprobate -- And, Oh, Lordy! How She Wanted Him! But that was impossible, Louise Livingston protested. She had her standards, after all...while he had a smile stolen from the devil himself. Still, she'd ...

  • Private Pleasures

    Janelle Denison

    She was so sexy! Grey Nichols wanted a lover, not a wife. But after he met beautiful Mariah Stevens, he couldn't get her out of his mind. Lucky for him, she wasn't out of his bed much, either! He was so captivated by her, he considered the unspeakabl...

  • Ransom My Heart

    Gayle Wilson

    SHE'D NEVER TOLD HIM... The night before he'd left town, Chase McCullar and Samantha Kincaid had finally shared a long-simmering passion. But Chase's brother's death had sent him on a mission that consumed him--leaving Samantha behind. For five lo...

  • Reluctant Wife

    Carla Cassidy

    FROM BOARDROOM...TO BEDROOM? Tyler Sinclair knew he hadn't seen the last of Samantha Dark. But what irritated him more than having to work together was that his new partner wasn't off-limits anymore--and suddenly, he was reconsidering his bachelor...

  • Reluctant Witness

    Linda Markowiak

    She was Amish, he was an outsider -- their love was strictly forbidden He was a stranger among them... Prosecutor Brent McCade understood that Sarah Yoder's Amish family and friends had her best interests at heart. But they were dead wrong whe...

  • Rent-A-Friend

    Valerie Kirkwood

    What are friends for? 1. Stealing your husband Sarina Mann had no friends. She just couldn't risk it. Not after her former best friend ran off with Sarina's husband on their wedding night! 2. Being there when you pay them Sarina took the saf...

  • Shotgun Groom

    Kristin Morgan

    PROPOSITION: BABY Beth Trahan was thirty-five, single...and in desperate need of the most perfect male to father her perfect baby. And she even knew exactly the right man--but did she have the nerve to enlist his help? Jack Kincaid had been her...

  • Smoke and Mirrors

    Lisa Arlt

    She couldn't fool everyone... Who would have thought that beneath her severe business suits and proper demeanor lawyer Caris Johnson wore sexy lingerie and indulged in romantic fantasies. Certainly not her clients and co-workers--the people on who...

  • Snow Baby

    Cathy Gillen Thacker

    A marriage of convenience? It had been a long time since single dad Edmund Fairfax had held a baby -- or woman for that matter. Now he wanted nothing more than to have Emily Bancroft and her child complete his family. And it seemed fate, in cahoot...

  • Someone to Watch Over Her

    Kelsey Roberts

    He was supposed to guard her body... not steal her heart Charly Delacroix didn't agree that she needed a keeper. So her father, Justin Delacroix, swore that handsome, protective Marshall Avery was only a personal trainer and his presence had nothi...

  • Stay...

    Allison Leigh

    WELCOME HOME, STRANGER After ten long years Jefferson Clay was back. But now he was a different man. Leaner. Mysterious. Pained. Something else had changed, too. The pint-sized tomboy who'd tagged along after him at his family's ranch had matured ...

  • Struck by Spring Fever!

    Kate Hoffmann

    Alaska. A place where men could be men ...and women were scarce! Sydney Winthrop wasn't one to back down from a challenge. Even if it meant spending a week in the Alaskan wilderness. Cold nights, bears, mosquitoes--she was ready for anything. Ever...

  • Taken by a Texan

    Lass Small

    TANGLIN' WITH A TEXAN Ranch hand Rip Morris had quite the reputation...although what he really knew about women wouldn't add up to a pile of hay. So who would have guessed a lovely socialite like Miss Lu Parsons had requested the pleasure of his c...

  • Taming the Tycoon

    Kathryn Taylor

    THE LAST UNATTAINABLE MAN Ian Bradford had it all: money, power, charisma and a parade of women who would love to snare him for their own. But the sexy entrepreneur was not about to succumb to any female--least of all Shannon Moore, feisty guardia...

  • The 6'2", 200 Lb. Challenge

    Vivian Leiber

    THE DETERMINED VIRGIN Mimi Pickford wanted her life to be more than serving up daily specials at the local diner. But the one man who could help her achieve her secret dream had suddenly dropped out of sight. Elusive hero Gibson St. James was kno...

  • The Bride Was a Rental

    Kelly Jamison

    "RENT-A-WHAT?" Well, a confirmed bachelor like Sam Weller can always use a little help around the house, right? Somebody to do the cooking and the cleaning and maybe even -- strictly to get his meddlesome mother to quit matchmaking -- pre...

  • The Bride's Second Thought

    Elizabeth August

    THE STRANGER AND THE VIRGIN Bride-to-be Ellen Reese was all set to wed "Mr Right." But second thoughts sent her off on a ride that would change her life. Who knew that Mother Nature's worst blizzard would strand her in a mountain cabin with a rugg...

  • The Cowboy and the Calendar Girl

    Nancy Martin

    100% PURE COWBOY? Ever since calendar publisher Carly Cortazzo had laid eyes on handsome Hank Fowler's photograph, she'd been dreaming about this rugged cowboy. So she finally headed out to the Black Hills of South Dakota to meet him. This tall, ...

  • The Magic Man

    Fayrene Preston

    A spellbinding sorcerer, he mesmerized her at first sight.... He had to be dreaming, Wyatt Damaron decided, when the beautiful woman appeared out of the mist, all grace and intriguing femininity in her silken clothes. But the golden fire in her e...

  • The Ice Man

    Brittany Young

    HE WAS THE ONE MAN SHE HAD NO BUSINESS WANTING But from the moment undercover investigator Kyra Courtland laid eyes on Jack Allessandro, she was consumed by a fierce and undeniable desire for the aloof, all-business ship-ping tycoon. If Jack wa...

  • The Irresistible Prince

    Lisa Kaye Laurel

    EVERY WOMAN WANTED TO MARRY THE PRINCE But Prince Lucas Hansson knew only one woman was fit to be his royal bride. If only he could find her. Enter Annah Lane. According to local legend, the pretty shopkeeper had an uncanny instinct for spottin...

  • The Long-Lost Heir

    Amanda Stevens

    A CHILD WAS STOLEN... Bradlee Fitzgerald was a little girl with a big crush, sworn to protect the little boy she adored, when Adam Kingsley disappeared. All these years later, she hasn't forgotten him, the feeling that the key to his disappearance ...

  • The Marriage Bargain

    Jennifer Mikels

    SIGNED... To whitewash his reputation and win custody of his son, rakish Brady McQueen needed a respectable wife. To save her cherished home, prim, love-shy Maggie Buchanan needed a husband. The bargain? An immediate wedding and a pretense of ins...

  • The Overnight Alibi

    Marilyn Pappano

    A STRANGER IN HIS BED Millionaire Mick Reilly was desperate to prove his innocence. But his only alibi was the mysterious red-haired beauty who'd disappeared after an unforgettable night of passion. Could his bedtime wanton possibly be Hannah Clar...

  • The Playboy Assignment

    Leigh Michaels

    Finding Mr. Right Kit, Susannah, Alison--Single, successful and not searching for husbands--but love finds them anyway! Persuading a millionaire to part with a fortune seemed like mission impossible. Even if it was in the public interest, it wa...

  • The Proposal

    Linda Turner

    HE HAD A WAY WITH WOMEN.... That was what everyone said about attorney Noah Baxter - and with one look into his wicked blue eyes, by-the-book judge Sadie Thompson knew that the rumors were true. SHE HAD HAD IT WITH MEN! Unlucky in love once, Sa...

  • The Rake

    Mary Jo Putney

    Rewrite of The Rake and the Reformer THE RAKE It was predicted that Reginald Davenport, disinherited and disgraced, would come to a violent end. But fate has given him one final chance to redeem himself, by taking his place as the rightful mast...

  • The Virgin and the Vagabond

    Elizabeth Bevarly

    AFTER YEARS OF WAITING FOR MR. RIGHT... Hometown girl Kirby Connaught was saving herself -- if not for marriage, then at least for the perfect man. Someone who was husband and father material. Someone who was clearly...not the arrogant and sexy,...

  • This Time for Keeps

    Kathleen Kane

    LOVE WAS THE DEATH OF HER Tracy Hill has lived eight lives--all of them disastrous--beginning in 1320 when her own knight in shining armor charged over her with his horse in the dark. Since then it has been one freak accident after another. Now, a...

  • Until There Was You

    Rebecca Winters

    Secrets and lies... Rickie Taylor has just learned a devastating secret about her family's wealth. It's tainted because of what her grandfather did. Not only that, he may still be alive--and in hiding. Jordan Browning, ex-Navy Seal, is keeping...

  • Wild Mustang Woman

    Lindsay McKenna

    THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY... She was his wild mustang woman. Sam McGuire had always admired Kate's free spirit -- though it was what ultimately took her away.... THE STEADY, STALWART ONE... He was the strong, silent cowboy of her dreams. The k...

  • With This Wedding Ring

    Trisha Alexander

    FOR THE SAKE OF HER CHILD... Beautiful young widow Emily Pierce had been in love once, only to find it all gone in the blink of an eye. So she was determined never to marry again -- until the safety of her unborn child was threatened. And then, w...

  • Jericho's Walls

    Karen Ball
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    A delightful collection of three romantic comedies, Fools For Love celebrates love and the laughter it can bring into our lives. In "Here There Be Dragons!" by Karen Ball, retired teacher Kitty Katz decides to start her own pet-sitting business and f...

  • Cat in the Piano

    Jennifer Brooks
    in

    A delightful collection of three romantic comedies, Fools For Love celebrates love and the laughter it can bring into our lives. In "Here There Be Dragons!" by Karen Ball, retired teacher Kitty Katz decides to start her own pet-sitting business and f...

  • The Seduction of Fiona Tallchief

    Cait London

    MR. APRIL A Palladin Man To Marry A Tallchief Woman? It was unthinkable! The two families were long-burning enemies! The Palladin: Joel--handsome, wealthy and powerful. A determined man with a passionate plan. The Tallchief: Fiona--beautifu...

  • Jack and Jillian's Wedding

    Jule McBride
    in

    Jack and Jill were on their way to wedded bliss. Then the groom's reaction to the bride's announcement that she was in a family way threw the planned nuptials into turmoil. Jill's feet inside those lovely beaded slippers were turning awfully cold, an...

  • Raining Violets

    Ruth Jean Dale
    in

    The way Carrie Duncan saw it, she had two choices, She could either marry Hank Brady as planned, or kill him. Unfortunately for him, cool logic prevailed, and she did neither, But now, four months later, thrown together with Carrie as attendants at H...

  • She's the One!

    Kate Hoffmann
    in

    Chase Donnelly had absolutely no intention of heeding his grandmother's prediction about the woman he'd marry. Though it was pretty strange that he encountered Natalie Hillyard the very next day. She fit the description to a T...but she was engaged t...

  • With This Ring

    Cay Cameron

    R.S.V.P -- WITH LOVE Hope McAllister's sexy ex is back in Houston--and handsome Pace Braxton has stayed single. Wonder of wonders, he's also unbelievably sorry that he ever let her go. But Hope doesn't believe him. His oil-industry empire had al...

  • Welcome to Paradise

    Ronda Thompson

    WALK ON THE WILD SIDE When wildlife photographer Haley Lamb extended an invitation to Professor John Jacobson, the world-famous expert on animal behavior, she was looking for a mate -- but not for herself. Haley's not hunting for anything but hel...

  • Love Thy Neighbor

    Debbie Cavanaugh

    HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS Local realtor Natalie Redding has houses to show, apartments to rent, and three lively children to raise by herself. Fortunately, her new tenant is used to the happy racket of rambunctious kids. Tall, dark Dennis Fisch...

  • Simple Pleasures

    Shirley Carroll

    READ ALL ABOUT IT.! Reporter Susan Wells has big ambitions, and her first assignment at a small town newspaper is just the beginning. Romance simply isn't part of her big plans -- until sexy photographer L. Steven Colson snaps her staff photo,...

  • Heart and Home

    Lily Stevens

    MEGHAN'S CHOICE Nate Sloan was a gorgeous, sexy man. So when Meghan Reilly runs into him backstage, she does what she has to: hands him a skimpy swim suit to change into and sends him out as one of the Twelve Hunks from Heaven at the charity auc...

  • The Heartbreaker

    Kim Whalen

    HANDLE WITH CARE As athletic director for the Parks Department, Lucki Stevenson spends most of her time coaching unruly teenagers instead of giving her heart a much-needed pep talk. And then Dr. Sam Kirk moves back to town, Lucki wants to forfeit...

  • Top Secret Affair

    Lorna Tedder

    SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME Nothing fazes Mallory Garrett -- until the pretty single mom is placed under house arrest for a crime she didn't commit! When a top secret government turns up in the day care center's recycled paper, her little daughter's...

  • The Bride Who Was Stolen in the Night

    Diana Palmer
    in

    Readers are invited to three very special weddings under the big country sky. So don't miss these three exciting new stories of love in the great outdoors by three masters of romance. The first to walk down the aisle is young Abby, whose plans to mar...

  • Bride, Baby and All

    Ann Major
    in

    Readers are invited to three very special weddings under the big country sky. So don't miss these three exciting new stories of love in the great outdoors by three masters of romance. The first to walk down the aisle is young Abby, whose plans to...

  • Cowgirl Bride

    Susan Mallery
    in

    Readers are invited to three very special weddings under the big country sky. So don't miss these three exciting new stories of love in the great outdoors by three masters of romance. The first to walk down the aisle is young Abby, whose plans to mar...

  • Table for Two

    Karen Sandler

    BREAKFAST IN BED Handsome CEO Jack Hanford wants Rachel Reeves to be his wife... in name only for a publicity stunt. And Rachel says yes! After all, she's just signed on as spokeswoman for the Hanford House of Pancakes family restaurant chain. ...

  • The Captain's Bride

    Lisa Tawn Bergren

    THEY TRAVELED TO AMERICA IN SEARCH OF FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY Leaving their home in Norway behind, Elsa and Peder Ramsted set out to carve a new life in a young country with their closest friends, including Kaatje Janssen, a woman seeking a new beg...

  • This Land, This Love

    Linda Sole

    Aden Sawle cares for only two things in life: his land, and lovely Rebecca Cottrel. But Rebecca's father has raised her to expect a better match than a poor Cambridgeshire farmer, so Aden distracts himself with another girl - until a shocking turn of...

  • Atlanta Graves

    Ruth Birmingham

    Meet Sonny Childs - the hard-nosed, sharp-tongued P.I. who is the lead detective at Peachtree Investigations. In Atlanta Graves, Sunny sets out of reclaim a stolen painting, she ends up with a dead body, unanswered questions - and a full-fledged kill...

  • The Lazarus Heart

    Poppy Z. Brite

    Sentenced to die for a crime he did not commit, S&M photographer Jared Poe must enter into the world of the dead to discover who murdered his lover, and as he ravages the dark streets of New Orleans to clear his name, he must come to terms with the p...

  • Edgewater

    April Christofferson

    HEARTLAND AMERICA COMES UNDER THE GUN IN THIS EXPLOSIVE THRILLER THAT PITS ONE WOMAN AGAINST A VIOLENT, ARMED MILITIA When law student Bailey Coleman steps in to save a condominium project from foreclosure, she doesn't realize that she's stumbled ...

  • System Crash

    Michael Coleman

    A blackmail threat has been posted on the Net. Is it a hoax? Or will famous theme-park rides really start to become death traps? As they head off on their theme-park vacation, Josh, Tamsyn, and Rob hope it's a hoax. But a frightening incident proves ...

  • The Alpine Journey

    Mary Daheim

    A JOURNEY OF TERROR Murder is news--even when editor-publisher Emma Lord is away from The Alpine Advocate. A picturesque Oregon seashore village may not be Emma's traditional beat, but when a sensational headline-grabbing murder occurs, she's on t...

  • Talking Rain

    Linda French

    When a Lost Civilization Speaks -- Finding the time to interview the last living speaker of the ancient Chinook language won't be easy for history professor Teodora Morelli. Teddy's hectic schedule includes teaching, researching and cheering on her...

  • Delilah Doolittle and the Motley Mutts

    Patricia Guiver

    Sunny Southern California seems an unlikely place for a British widow to call home. But pet detective Delilah Doolittle is probably i he least eccentric--if not the most civilized--of Surf City's resident population. With an astute Doberman pinscher ...

  • Revenge of the Cootie Girls

    Sparkle Hayter

    As the executive producer of Special Reports, Robin Hudson is feeling (relatively) settled. Okay, she's bored. But it's Halloween, and she has invited her innocent intern, Kathy, along on a Girls' Night Out--a semiregular frenzy of female bonding mea...

  • C.O.P. Out

    Nancy Herndon

    When the wife of a mayoral candidate is killed while participating in the Citizens on Patrol volunteer program, Texas detective Elena Jarvis tries to defend the young rookie cop with whom the victim was last seen...

  • Asking for the Moon

    Reginald Hill

    Many tales have been told by Reginald Hill about his renowned mid-Yorkshire detectives, Dalziel and Pascoe. But until now the long-anticipated story of the duo's first reluctant encounter has been withheld. Finally, here for the first time, "The Last...

  • Elements of a Kill

    Christopher Lane

    A Storm's Fury . . . Awakened out of a sound sleep, Police Detective Ray Attla is disgruntled when he's assigned to the investigation of a death at an isolated oil rig in the icy Alaskan wilderness. Especially since he's off duty, tucked away in a...

  • Mother May I

    Randye Lordon

    A bewildered 92-year-old nursing home patient must know why someone would murder her beloved granddaughter--a rising cartoonist--and why the police believe the killer is the victim's husband, prominent pediatrician Dr. Michael Callahan. As Sydney set...

  • East

    Billie Sue Mosiman

    The cosmopolitan East Coast - the seat of America's culture and creativity - also boasts a colorful legacy of crime, especially when crafted by the hands of the country's experts in mystery fiction. In this volume are stories by some of the most tale...

  • The Castle Murders

    Gary O'Callaghan

  • The Angel's Crime

    Preston Pairo

    Former Baltimore police officer Jimmy Griffin, whose career as a hunter of serial killers has cost him his family, is recalled from retirement when a homicidal high school student clashes with a computer preacher and self-appointed scourge of God. Or...

  • Defending the Truth

    Richard Parrish

    With America caught in a national crisis, attorney Joshua Rabb goes against public opinion to take the case of a Tucson professor accused of traitorous activities. As the truth and law collide, Rabb is swept into a maelstrom of lies. With everyone he...

  • Brunswick Gardens

    Anne Perry

    In London's affluent Brunswick Gardens, the battle over Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory of evolution intensifies as the respected Reverend Parmenter is boldly challenged by his beautiful assistant, Unity Bellwood--a "new woman" whose feminism a...

  • Death of a Political Plant

    Ann Ripley

    Ann Ripley's horticultural heroine, Louise Eldridge, enchanted mystery lovers of all varieties in Death of a Garden Pest and Mulch.  Now she returns in a witty new tale of muckraking, murder, and deeply buried--and very dangerous--secrets.&...

  • Weddings Are Murder

    Valerie Wolzien

    DEAD ON ARRIVAL Suburban housewife Susan Henshaw dips into the middle-age blues after hearing the news that her little girl, Chrissy, is getting married. To bolster her spirits, Susan plans to produce the wedding to end all weddings. Chrissy's ...

  • Freedom Lost

    James Axler

  • The Ruby Tear

    Rebecca Brand

    The Jewel was just another play, but the real ruby necklace was the subject of a 1,000-year-long curse on the playwright's family. Lovely Jessamyn, in love with playwright Nicolas Griffin, fights her way to the starring role, and no one can really te...

  • Attack on the Queen

    Richard P. Henrick

    It is the dawn of a new era of global cooperation. For the first time ever, the Premier of the People's Republic of China is joining the U.S. President and the world's top leaders for the G-7 summit aboard the majestic ocean liner the Queen Elizabeth...

  • Angle of Impact

    Bonnie MacDougal

    Philadelphia lawyer Dana Svenssen is on her way to a routine business meeting when her world detonates. The helicopter carrying her client collides with an airplane directly over the amusement park where Dana's two daughters are on a class trip. As f...

  • The Glory River

    Cameron Judd

    In the tradition of Louis L'Amour's Sackett series, the Underhill novels chronicle the dramatic saga of one man's life--a life that follows the days of the early American frontier, of the men and women who came together as friends, family, and enemie...

  • Once a Hero

    Elizabeth Moon

    TRUE GRIT Esmay Suiza wasn't a member of a great Navy family like the Serranos. She'd had to make her way on grit alone, which meant it wasn't likely she'd ever make admiral and "hoist her own flag." Well, that was fine with her: all Esmay wanted ...

  • The Queen of Darkness

    Miguel Conner

    After living in the shadows for centuries vampires have finally gained dominance over the Earth by instigating a nuclear holocaust that has blotted out the sun. Humans are now treated as animals, kept in concentration camp-like farms. Byron, the Moon...

  • The Neutronium Alchemist: Consolidation

    Peter F. Hamilton

    The Neutronium Alchemist continues the acclaimed, bestselling saga of The Reality Dysfunction, as nano-augmented Adamists, genetically engineered Edenists, and ancient alien races confront a terror that transcends space and time. PALACES OF THE PO...

  • These Our Revels

    Anne Hathaway-Nayne

    He has walked the night beat for centuries. He is one of the finest homicide detectives in Toronto. But Nick Knight wishes he could shed the curse of his true calling. The burn of the thirst. The thrill of the kill. The endless nights longing to be h...

  • Elvira: The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

    John Paragon

    Things turn ugly in Elvira's neighborhood when her young friend Brad becomes convinced that he is a werewolf and begins to act like it, forcing the black-beclad priestess of the night to save him from the neighbors. Original....

  • The Fortune Hunter

    Meagan McKinney

    Lavinia Murphy fled a brutal St. Louis orphanage with four younger "siblings" and learned a spiritualist's ways from the carnies and gypsies she met on the road to New York City. Transformed as the mysterious Countess Lovaenya, she has built a safe h...

  • The Bride Finder

    Susan Carroll

    Chosen by the Bride Finder, a man blessed with amazing insight, Madeline Breton has come to Cornwall to meet her new husband, the enigmatic Anatole St. Leger. But her dream of happiness soon diffuses in his overpowering shadow. Anatole knows only too...

  • The Primrose Convention

    Jo Bannister

    When newspaper advice columnist and amateur sleuth Rosie Holland volunteers to help Fiona Morris search for her missing brother who disappeared while birdwatching in the Hebrides, her no-nonsense approach to problems edges from unorthodox to dangerou...