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  • Skies of Fire

    Zoe Archer

    Captain Christopher Redmond has just one weakness: the alluring spy who loved and left him years before . . . when he was still just a man. Now he's superhuman -- a Man O' War, made as part of the British Navy's weapons program -- and his responsibil...

  • The Calling

    Kelley Armstrong

    Maya Delaney's paw-print birthmark is the mark of what she truly is -- a skin-walker. She can run faster, climb higher, and see better than nearly everyone else. Experiencing intense connections with the animals that roam the woods outside her home, ...

  • Angel of the Dark

    Tilly Bagshawe

    BASED ON NOTES SIDNEY SHELDON LEFT BEHIND, COMES A THRILLING TALE OF MURDER, LIES, AND LUST LAPD Detective Danny McGuire could never forget the face of Angela lakes and the nightmare she endured -- raped, beaten, and tied to the murdered body of h...

  • Cinderella Smith: The More the Merrier

    Stephanie Barden

    Vexylent. V-E-X-Y-L-E-N-T. Vexylent. Okay, okay, "vexylent" isn't a real word! Cinderella Smith made it up as a combination of "very" and "excellent." But Cinderella and Erin are hard at work learning to spell real words, because whoever wins fi...

  • Madonna and Corpse

    Jefferson Bass

    Renowned bone detective Bill Brockton and his intrepid assistant, Miranda, are about to get immersed in murder and intrigue in Avignon, France, home of the popes for most of the fourteenth century. But first, in this artful prequel to The Inquisitor'...

  • The Berenstain Bears and Mama for Mayor!

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    Make your way to the ballot box --- Mama is running for mayor! There are lots of improvements to be made in Bear Country, and Mama has a plan. She's going to fix the roads, pick up the trash, and replace the broken streetlights. But will she promi...

  • The Berenstain Bears at the Aquarium

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    t's the Berenstain Bears' first trip to the aquarium, and the cubs can't wait to see their favorite sea creatures. Brother Bear wants to find the whales first, but Sister is already on the hunt for a dazzling dolphin. Learn about fish, penguins, se...

  • The Fireman Who Loved Me

    Jennifer Bernard

    Fearless, smoking hot, and single: meet the Bachelor Firemen of San Gabriel. These firemen might be heroes, but it's their bad luck in love that makes them legendary. News producer Melissa McGuire and Fire Captain Harry Brody couldn't be more differ...

  • The Nightworld

    Jack Blaine

    Scraping by in classes, hanging out with his best friend Charlie, and trying to get a date with Lara Hanover, the prettiest girl in school -- that was Nick Robbins' life. Survival was the last thing on his mind. Then, a strange cloud appeared o...

  • Waiting for Sunrise

    William Boyd

    Vienna, 1913. Lysander Rief, a young English actor in town seeking psychotherapy for a troubling ailment of a sexual nature, becomes caught up in a feverish affair with a beautiful, enigmatic woman. When she goes to the police to press charges of rap...

  • Storybound

    Marissa Burt

    When Una Fairchild stumbles upon a mysterious book buried deep in the basement of her school library, she thinks nothing of opening the cover and diving in. But instead of paging through a regular novel, Una suddenly finds herself Written In to the l...

  • Eve of Destruction

    Patrick Carman

    Will Besting and the other teens whose phobias were "cured" at Fort Eden have been summoned back by Mrs. Goring. Her dying wish is to see them together one last time. Or is it? Ensnared in a dangerous, ever-deepening mystery, Will must lead his fr...

  • A Land More Kind Than Home

    Wiley Cash

    A stunning debut reminiscent of the beloved novels of John Hart and Tom Franklin, A Land More Kind Than Home is a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small western North Carolina town For a...

  • The Selection

    Kiera Cass

    For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of g...

  • Fame Game

    Lauren Conrad

    In Hollywood, fame can be found on every corner and behind any door. You just have to know where to look for it. Nineteen-year-old Madison Parker made a name for herself as best frenemy of nice-girl-next-door Jane Roberts on the hot reality show L.A....

  • Grimalkin the Witch Assassin

    Joseph Delaney

    "I'm coming for you, and nothing living or dead can stop me." One witch is the most feared, the most ruthless, and the most deadly of all the witches in the county. If she hunts for you, she will find you. If you have crossed her, you don't stand ...

  • The Last Echo

    Kimberly Derting

    Violet kept her morbid ability to sense dead bodies a secret from everyone except her family and her childhood-best-friend-turned-boyfriend, Jay Heaton. That is until forensic psychologist Sara Priest discovered Violet's talent and invited her to use...

  • Simon Says Die

    Lena Diaz

    Madison McKinley knows someone is stalking her. The police tell her she's imagining things, and they're too busy trying to find the "Simon Says" killer to investigate. But day by day, hour by hour, Madison's terror grows stronger, and not even the re...

  • Mia and the Daisy Dance

    Robin Farley

    Mia's dance class is putting on their first show! The dancers will perform their own special parts, and Mia can't wait to practice. The dance is going to be perfect! But when Mia's friend Anna leaves class early without learning her part, Mia begins ...

  • A Warrior's Promise

    Donna Fletcher

    It has been prophesied that four men, raised as brothers, will bring Scotland back to glory. The third one will first endure a lesson in humility -- and passion. Charlotte is as brave as any Highland warrior, but she can't rescue her father al...

  • I, Iago

    Nicole Galland

    From Nicole Galland, acclaimed author of The Fool's Tale, comes a marvelous evocation of a distant time and place . . . and a breathtaking reexamination of one of literature's classic villains From earliest childhood, the precocious boy called Iag...

  • Riley Mack and the Other Known Troublemakers

    Chris Grabenstein

    What do you get when you add up 1 middle-school bully 2 bank robbers 57 dogs in peril 4,000 missing dollars and 5 daring troublemakers led by the one and only Riley Mack? 1 crazy caper! In this merry, mischievous romp, master storytel...

  • Fear

    Michael Grant

    It's been one year since all the adults disappeared. Gone. Despite the hunger and the lies, even despite the plague, the kids of Perdido Beach are determined to survive. Creeping into the tenuous new world they've built, though, is perhaps the wor...

  • Masque of the Red Death

    Bethany Griffin

    EVERYTHING IS IN RUINS. A devastating plague has decimated the population, and those who are left live in fear of catching it as the city crumbles around them. So what does Araby Worth have to live for? Nights in the Debauchery Club, beautif...

  • Social Suicide // Killer Looks

    Gemma Halliday

    Twittercide: the killing of one human being by another while the victim is in the act of tweeting. Call me crazy, but I figured writing for the Herbert Hoover High Homepage would be a pretty sweet gig. Pad the resume for college applications, get ...

  • Junonia

    Kevin Henkes

    Returning to the beach cottage -- a cottage named Scallop -- where she has always celebrated her birthday is a special occasion for Alice Rice. Who will see the first dolphin this time? The first pelican? What will have changed? Stayed the same? A...

  • Kiss of Pride

    Sandra Hill

    Some men are too bad to be true . . . Is he really a Viking with a vampire's bite? An angel with the body of a thunder god? A lone wolf with love on his mind? Alexandra Kelly, his prey, thinks Vikar Sigurdsson is either flat-out crazy or he's tryi...

  • After the Flood

    Erin Hunter

    Leafstar is struggling to keep SkyClan united in the wake of the flood that destroyed their camp, but her Clanmates are scared of what might happen next. Meanwhile, Sol continues to demand that Leafstar make him a warrior, but Leafstar isn't sure tha...

  • The Last Hope

    Erin Hunter

    The end of the stars draws near. Three must become four to battle the darkness that lasts forever. . . . After countless moons of treachery, Tigerstar's Dark Forest apprentices are ready to lay siege upon the warrior Clans. As Jayfeather, Dovewing...

  • Tollins 2: Dynamite Tales

    Conn Iggulden

    We return to Chorleywood, home of the Tollins, tiny creatures with wings who aren't fairies and are about as fragile as a brick wall. In three thrilling stories, they will face the trials of theater, radio technology, and . . . armed invasion. Luckil...

  • A Wish and a Prayer

    Beverly Jenkins

    Anyone worried that living in a small town could be boring certainly hasn't lived in Henry Adams, Kansas. From the wealthy divorce who saved this historic town founded by freed slaves to the romantic entanglements that have set tongues wagging and h...

  • Fire over Swallowhaven

    Allan Jones

    Two of the six legendary crowns may have been found, but Trundle's quest is far from over. With bloodthirsty pirates right on their heels, the mild-mannered lamplighter and his friends -- courageous Princess Esmeralda and Jack the bard -- journey onw...

  • Glimmer

    Phoebe Kitanidis

    When Marshall King and Elyse Alton suddenly wake up tangled in each other's arms with zero memory of how they got there or even who they are, it's the start of a long journey through their separate pasts and shared future. Terrified by their amnes...

  • Capitol Murder

    Phillip Margolin

    Private investigator Dana Cutler and attorney Brad Miller have overcome more than a few daunting challenges and powerful enemies to see justice done. Against tremendous odds, they successfully unmasked an American president's involvement in a chain o...

  • Lyon's Bride

    Cathy Maxwell

    "When a Chattan male falls in love, strike his heart with fire from above..." They call him Lord Lyon, proud, determined -- and cursed. He is in need of a bride, but if he falls in love, he dies. His fervent hope is that by marrying -- and havin...

  • Thumped

    Megan McCafferty

    It's been thirty-five weeks since twin sisters Harmony and Melody went their separate ways. Since then, their story has become irresistible to legions of girls: twins separated at birth and living different lives, each due to deliver sets of twins . ...

  • Sacre Bleu

    Christopher Moore

    It is the color of the Virgin Mary's cloak, a dazzling pigment desired by artists, an exquisite hue infused with danger, adventure, and perhaps even the supernatural. It is . . . Sacre Bleu In July 1890, Vincent van Gogh went into a cornfield a...

  • All the Right Stuff

    Walter Dean Myers

    Who's on top of the social food chain? How do you get ahead? Who makes the rules? Who needs to follow them? Paul DuPree is working at a soup kitchen in Harlem the summer his father dies, just trying to get by. But Elijah, the soup man, won't stop ...

  • Unraveling

    Elizabeth Norris

    Two days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed -- as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Except the next thing she knows, she's opening her ...

  • Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth

    Jane O'Connor

    Nancy Clancy has everything she needs to be a super sleuth (that's a fancy word for detective): She has a glamorous magnifying glass complete with rhinestones, a totally professional pink trench coat, and a sleuthing partner with awesome code-breakin...

  • Bring Me Your Huddled Misfits

    Liza Palmer

    What really goes on behind those perfect white picket fences? In Frances's mind, beautiful, successful, ecstatically married Emma Dunham is the height of female perfection. Frances, recently dumped with spectacular drama by her boyfriend, aspires ...

  • More Like Her

    Liza Palmer

    A brilliant, hilarious, and touching story from the author of "Conversations with the Fat Girl", Liza Palmer's "More Like Her" is smart, funny, though-provoking women's fiction in the vein of Emily Giffin, Marian Keyes, Meg Cabot, and Jane Green. "Mo...

  • The Summer of the Gypsy Moths

    Sara Pennypacker

    Stella loves living with Great-aunt Louise in her big old house near the water on Cape Cod for many reasons, but mostly because Louise likes routine as much as she does, something Stella appreciates since her mom is, well, kind of unreliable. So whil...

  • The Cove

    Ron Rash

    The New York Times bestselling author of Serena returns to Appalachia, this time at the height of World War I, with the story of a blazing but doomed love affair caught in the turmoil of a nation at war Deep in the rugged Appalachians of North Car...

  • Under a Vampire Moon

    Lynsay Sands

    When Vampires Go On Vacation... Escaping a horrible marriage, Carolyn Connor has no desire to think about men -- a vow she's determined to keep while on vacation in St. Lucia. She'll take the Caribbean sun and sea and plenty of tropical drinks with ...

  • The First Warm Evening of the Year

    Jamie M. Saul

    "The first time I saw Marian Ballantine she looked like a burst of bittersweet among the winter branches . . ." And so begins a tale of love lost and found, the rekindling of a passion for life that two people discover with each other, and the com...

  • Wicked Road to Hell

    Juliana Stone

    With the legions of the underworld gathering and chaos close at hand, Sorcerer Declan O'Hara's deadly skills will be tested. But nothing will sway him from his duty... Rescued from eternal darkness, vampire Ana DeLacrux owes her life to a mysterious...

  • The Shoemaker's Wife

    Adriana Trigiani

    The majestic and haunting beauty of the Italian Alps is the setting of the first meeting of Enza, a practical beauty, and Ciro, a strapping mountain boy, who meet as teenagers, despite growing up in villages just a few miles apart. At the turn of the...

  • Reptile Rampage

    Katharine Turner

    A Gotham City hospital is being terrorized by Killer Croc, and it's up to Batman to save the day! Can the Caped Crusader clean the city sewers of this rotten reptile?...

  • The Temptation

    Alisa Valdes

    His touch was electric. His eyes were magnetic. His lips were a temptation. . . . But was he real? Shane is near death after crashing her car on a long stretch of empty highway in rural New Mexico when she is miraculously saved by a myste...

  • Dirt

    David Vann

    The year is 1985, and twenty-two-year-old Galen lives with his emotionally dependent mother in a secluded old house surrounded by a walnut orchard in a suburb of Sacramento. He doesn't know who his father is, his abusive grandfather is dead, and his ...

  • Charlotte's Web

    E.B. White

    SOME PIG These are the words in Charlotte's web, high in the barn. Her spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, as well as the feelings of a little girl named Fern . . . who loves Wilbur, too. Their love has been shared by mill...

  • Sourballs

    Allan Woodrow

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  • Pink-a-Rama

    Victoria Kann

    Pick up this pack of Pinkalicious with its very own handle! This pinkerrific reading set features five favorite Pinkalicious I Can Read stories to whisk you off on journey after journey. This set includes: School Rules! Pink around the Rink P...

  • Going Ape

    Laurie Sutton

    The Gotham City Zoo has gone bananas! With Gorilla Grodd on the loose, Batman and Superman must join forces to put an end to the monkey business and save Gotham City....

  • PunisherMax: Homeless

    Jason Aaron

    The Punisher is at his lowest point. Homeless, penniless, gun-less. But none of this changes the fact that he's got his sights aimed squarely on the most powerful man in the country: the Kingpin of Crime. Fearing for his life and paranoid, the Kingpi...

  • PunisherMax: Frank

    Jason Aaron

    His final confrontation with Bullseye left Frank Castle wounded and reeling in more ways than one. Now confined to a prison hospital bed, Frank must begin the long painful process of healing - not just his broken body, but also his horribly scarred s...

  • Wolverine: Goodbye, Chinatown

    Jason Aaron

    Collects Wolverine #17-20. Just when he thought he was out, Chinatown pulled him back in! Wolverine's been to Hell and back - literally - and now he's ready for a fresh start. But before he can move on, he'll need to take care of some old business -...

  • The Battle Begins

    Tony Abbott

    There's something lurking under Owen's school. . . . Owen Brown is your average fourth grader. Or he was, until his best friend, Dana, disappeared. Right in front of his face. Through the floor of the school. Owen's average life has turned upsi...

  • When Monsters Escape

    Tony Abbott

    The underworld is in our world now. . . . Owen, Jon, and Sydney managed to rescue Dana from the underworld. But if they don't fulfill their end of the bargain with Hades, she might be headed back -- forever. As if that wasn't bad enough, some v...

  • New Mutants Vol. 4: Unfinished Business

    Dan Abnett

    Collects New Mutants #25-28. Cyclops is sick of unfinished business coming back to haunt the X-Men, so he's tasking the New Mutants to finish it. Their first mission: Find X-Man. Nate Grey returned in Dark X-Men, but ended up in the hands of Norman O...

  • White Horse

    Alex Adams

    The world has ended, but her journey has just begun. Thirty-year-old Zoe leads an ordinary life until the end of the world arrives. She is cleaning cages and floors at Pope Pharmaceuticals when the president of the United States announces that hum...

  • Devil's Punch

    Ann Aguirre

    The power swelled inside me, burning, hurting, but I let it center me. Pain means I'm still here, fighting. I envisioned it swelling in my hand in a seething rush, gathering, gathering, and then I sent it out on my resolve like a dark and winged thin...

  • Interlock

    Gary Alexander

    Butch Hightower, long-lost older brother of stand-up comic Buster, has many talents. Video poker was never one of them. A few years back, Butch took a position with a security patrol . . . the plan being that he would settle his debt to some no-ne...

  • Into the Abyss

    E.J. Altbacker

    GET READY FOR AN EPIC UNDERWATER SHOWDOWN! Gray and his alliance of peaceful shivers -- Riptide, Coral, and AnzyAnxy -- have beaten the bloodthirsty emperor Finnivus and his vicious Indi Shiver armada to smithereens, sending them swimming as fast as...

  • The Monster Hunters

    Stefano Ambrosio

    The Wizards of Mickey are back for their eighth amazing adventure, which is jam-packed with cool comic book style art. The team is up against a terrible monster. Will they defeat it before it's too late?...

  • Tron: Legacy

    Stefano Ambrosio

  • Witches at War

    Stefano Ambrosio

    Powerful sorcerers have convened for The Great Tournament, a magical contest of skill and power. Mickey, Sorcerer of Miceland, is hoping for victory--and a valuable prize. But will he be able to overcome the dark forces to win? Join the exciting adve...

  • The Iron Dragon

    Stefano Ambrosio

    Join the magic and the adventure of Wizards of Mickey in their seventh adventure--jamp-packed wth great comic book style art. This time, the gang is up against a gang of evil Robot Warlocks! Will the Wizards of Mickey team save the day?...

  • Magic Unchained

    Jessica Andersen

    Cara Liu is determined to unite the forces under her leadership but when Nightkeeper Sven enters the scene, Cara has trouble separating her duty to her people from her desire for her ex-lover. Their secret affair will not only jeopardize a tenuous al...

  • Leaning Into the Curves

    Nancy Anderson; Carroll H. Morris

  • Fake Mustache

    Tom Angleberger

    Award-winning author Tom Angleberger flexes his comic muscle in this hairy adventure story with twists at every turn. Regular kid Lenny Flem Jr. is the only one standing between his evil-genius best friend -- Casper, a master of disguise and hypno...

  • Danger at Every Turn

    Devon Vaughn Archer

    DANGER AT EVERY TURN is an urban suspense thriller novel When retired FBI forensic psychologist Spencer Berry and his dog break up a scuffle between gang members, in the process of chasing one with a gun, they end up discovering the nude remains of a...

  • Master of Deceit

    Marc Aronson

    A fascinating and timely biography of J. Edgar Hoover from a Sibert Medalist. "King, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what it is. . . . You better take it before your filthy, abnormal, fraudulent self is bared to the nation." Dr. ...

  • A Killing Winter

    Wayne Arthurson

    Leo Desroches, a half-Cree, half -- French-Canadian reporter in Edmonton, returns in A Killing Winter, the sequel to Wayne Arthurson's lauded debut murder mystery Fall from Grace. Undercover as a homeless man, Leo's got his hands full both on the job...

  • The Duke's Perfect Wife

    Jennifer Ashley

    Lady Eleanor Ramsay is the only one who knows the truth about Hart Mackenzie. Once his fiancee, she is the sole woman to whom he could ever pour out his heart. Hart has it all -- a dukedom, wealth, power, influence, whatever he desires. Every woma...

  • A Dance of Death

    Manna Bahadur

    Three stories one of a demi-god, a Swamiji on trial for murdering his followers, the other, of a young law graduate, racked by nightmares and Fits, and that of a judge whose entire family is threatened because he is presiding on the Swami s case come...

  • The Deathly Portent

    Elizabeth Bailey

    Her charm and cajolery may fool the unwary. Unscrupulous and cunning, as dauntless as she is resolute, the incomparable "Lady Fan" is as ruthless as the killer she is tracking in... A violent murder has left the village of Witherley aghast. The l...

  • The Innocent

    David Baldacci

    America has enemies -- ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target. But Will Robie may have...

  • Head Shot

    Burl Barer

    A Storm Of ViolencePaul St. Pierre was an alcoholic driven by an urge to kill all the time. He bullied his younger brother, Chris, into committing unspeakable acts. His childhood friend, Andrew Webb, took drugs, talked to skulls, and dreamed about ea...

  • Losers in Space

    John Barnes

    It is the year 2129 . . . and fame is all that matters Susan and her friends are celebutantes. Their lives are powered by media awareness, fed by engineered meals, and underscored by cynicism. Everyone has a rating; the more viewers who ID you, th...

  • Chloe and the Lion

    Mac Barnett

    Meet Chloe: Every week, she collects loose change so she can buy tickets to ride the merry-go-round. But one fateful day, she gets lost in the woods on her way home, and a large dragon leaps out from-"Wait! It's supposed to be a lion," says Mac Barne...

  • Race Against Time

    Christy Barritt

    Were it not for her cop neighbor, widowed mother Madison Jacobs would be dead. Thankfully, Detective Brody Philips interrupts an attempt on her life in the nick of time. But the would-be killer hasn't given up, and each tick of the clock brings the m...

  • Real Vampires Hate Skinny Jeans

    Gerry Bartlett

    Someone is eating for two... Full-figured vampire Glory St. Clair thinks things are finally going her way. She's no longer possessed by a demon, the legions of hell aren't on her tail, and her love life is heating up since she managed to reconnect...

  • The Eye of the Chained God

    Don Bassingthwaite

    In the aftermath of the plague demons' attack on Fallcrest, Roghar's inspiring optimism has played a significant role in the rebuilding of the town. Albanon, meanwhile, has not recovered so well. Tormented by his experiences and his near-transformati...

  • Dark River

    Mary Jane Beaufrand

    When Ronnie moves from the city to a small town in rural Oregon, she feels secluded from everything and everyone -- except for Karen, a young girl whom she babysits. So when she discovers Karen's lifeless body in the river, Ronnie is compelled to unc...

  • Drop Dead Chocolate

    Jessica Beck

    The whole town of April Springs is stirring over the upcoming mayoral election. Suzanne Hart's mother, for one, is dead-set on replacing the current mayor...and what better way for Momma to drum up support than by luring in voters with Suzanne's drop...

  • The Traitors

    Tom Becker

    Adam Wilson is kidnapped and taken to the Dial after betraying his best friend. The Dial is a twilight world where teenage traitors are forced to atone for their treachery. It's a terrible place, ruled over by a cruel despot, where every day is a str...

  • Blackjack

    Tom Becker

    The final spine-tingling visit to the secret London borough of Darkside... Jonathan's mother is alive. Jonathan is shocked when he finds out his mother has been locked away in Darkside's most infamous madhouse, The Bedlam, for years - and he's determ...

  • The Amazing Spider-man Vs. Green Goblin

    Steve Behling

    Peter Parker was like any other average high school student until he was bitten by a radioactive spider, turning him into the amazing Spider-Man. Now, learn the startling history behind Spidey's arch nemesis--the Green Goblin! Then witness the epic b...

  • 50% Off Murder

    Josie Belle

    Everyone loves a good deal, especially the Good Buy Girls, a group of coupon-clipping discount divas who scour the circulars and plan their attacks on stores as if they were generals plotting their war strategies. Maggie Gerber -- one of the found...

  • Out of the Shadows

    L.K. Below

    The Order, #2 Her deepest secrets are about to be exposed. . . Two weeks have passed since Lori accidentally killed Terrence. Torn apart by guilt of her sin, she retreats to a bar in a weak attempt to forget what she's done. . .at least for...

  • Goldfish

    Brian Michael Bendis

    A modern noir tale of sin, revenge, and redemption, written and illustrated by Brian Michael Bendis, the New York Times bestselling, Peabody and multi-Eisner award-winning co-creator of Miles Morales, Naomi, Jessica Jones, and POWERS!After years...

  • Lies & Omens

    Lyn Benedict

    Sylvie Lightner is a P.I. specializing in the unusual -- in a world where magic is real, and Hell is just around the corner. After escaping secret government cells and destroying a Miami landmark, Sylvie's trying to lay low -- something that gets...

  • Forgotten History

    Christopher L. Bennett

    The agents of the Department of Temporal Investigations are assigned to look into an anomaly that has appeared deep in Federation territory. It's difficult to get clear readings, but a mysterious inactive vessel lies at the heart of the anomaly, one ...

  • Summoning the Night

    Jenn Bennett

    MAGICAL TRICKS. DEMONIC TREATS. After narrowly escaping her fate as a sacrificial scapegoat, Arcadia Bell is back to normal. Or at least as ordinary as life can be for a renegade magician and owner of a tiki bar that caters to Earthbound demons. S...

  • Honey Hunt Helpers

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    The Good Deed Scouts are a group of bear cubs who are committed to doing a good deed each and every day. Scouts Brother, Sister, Cousin Fred and Lizzy set forth in each story to find a good deed to do. Each book begins with a Bible verse about the im...

  • God Bless Our Home

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    The Bear Family seems to be outgrowing the tree house. But God has blessed them with happy memories in their home, and no one really wants to move. Can they find a way to stay? ...

  • The Wombles

    Elisabeth Beresford

    A beautifully illustrated gift edition complete with an audio CD containing three specially selected Wombles stories, read by Bernard Cribbins. The Wombles is the first in the Wombles series of books and introduces many of the favourite Womble charac...

  • The Invisible Womble

    Elisabeth Beresford

    Classic and much loved characters brought back into print with a fresh new cover look and inside illustrations to celebrate over 40 years of the Wombles Orinoco is perhaps the Womble who needs the most encouragement to go out on the daily sortie ...

  • The Wandering Wombles

    Elisabeth Beresford

    The Wombles live in a beautifully snug, well-ordered and cosy burrow underneath Wimbledon Common - the perfect base from which to sort and recycle all the rubbish that unthinking humans constantly drop. But the Wombles' peaceful and harmonious existe...

  • Peace, Love & Cupcakes

    Sheryl Berk; Carrie Berk

    Meet Kylie Carson. She's a fourth grader with a big problem. How will she make friends at her new school? Should she tell her classmates she loves monster movies? Forget it. Play the part of a turnip in the school play? Disaster! Then Kylie comes ...

  • The Lonely Book

    Kate Bernheimer

    When a wonderful new book arrives at the library, at first it is loved by all, checked out constantly, and rarely spends a night on the library shelf. But over time it grows old and worn, and the children lose interest in its story. The book is sent ...

  • On the Verge of I Do

    Heidi Betts

    It's hard for events planner Kara Kincaid to be planning her sister's wedding to the man Kara's had a crush on since childhood. Even harder when said sister calls the whole thing off. Hardest still is when the jilted groom shows Kara some very person...

  • Kaltenburg

    Marcel Beyer

    Hermann Funk first meets Kaltenburg when still a child in Posen in the 1930s. Hermann's father, a botanist, and Kaltenburg are close friends, but a rift occurs. In 1945, fleeing the war, the Funks perish in the Dresden bombing, and Hermann finds his ...

  • Jack Patel's Dubai Dreams

    P.G. Bhaskar

    All these bangers have gone and simbly put us in trouble. I blinked. Bangers? All those foreign bangers, you know, he said. Recession, sub- prime, liquidity crunch. All bloody bakwaas. Making a fool of us. I remained silent. I hoped he would...

  • HHhH

    Laurent Binet

    HHhH: "Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich", or "Himmler's brain is called Heydrich". The most dangerous man in Hitler's cabinet, Reinhard Heydrich was known as the "Butcher of Prague." He was feared by all and loathed by most. With his cold Aryan features...

  • Angels of Vengeance

    John Birmingham

    When an inexplicable wave of energy slammed into North America, millions died. In the rest of the world, wars erupted, borders vanished, and the powerful lost their grip on power. Against this backdrop, with a conflicted U.S. president struggling to ...

  • Dread on Arrival

    Claudia Bishop

    HEMLOCK FALLS IS ON THE MAP. With quaint shops and a world-famous cooking school, it has become a destination for upscale tourists and shoppers. But death is an unwelcome attraction ... THE HOST OF the television show Your Ancestor's Attic and th...

  • Black Heart

    Holly Black

    Cassel Sharpe knows he's been used as an assassin, but he's trying to put all that behind him. He's trying to be good, even though he grew up in a family of con artists and cheating comes as easily as breathing to him. He's trying to do the right thi...

  • Deadly Descendant

    Jenna Black

    An ancient evil is unleashed in the modern world -- unless one fearless P.I. can hunt it down. . . . Nikki Glass, Immortal Huntress, returns in this new novel in the acclaimed series by Jenna Black. As a living descendant of Artemis the Huntress,...

  • Callum

    Malorie Blackman

    A powerful short story featuring Sephy and Callum, stars of the original dystopian bestseller, Noughts and Crosses. First released exclusively for World Book Day 2012. ...

  • Blaze the Ice Dragon

    Adam Blade

    Tom must battle the most dangerous Ghost Beasts yet! The volcano at Stonewin is frozen over and the lands are blasted with a deadly cold. This is the work of Blaze the Ice Dragon, sent by wicked Wizard Malvel to thwart Tom's quest to save his fath...

  • Central Park

    Andrew Blauner

    Central Park is perhaps the most well-trod and familiar green space in the county. It is both a refuge from the city and Manhattan's very heart; a respite from the urban grind and a hive of activity all its own. 843 carefully planned acres allow ...

  • For the Love of a Child

    Monica L. Blume

    The journey of adoption is never easy, but it is one of love and growth that can be powerfully redemptive. Adoption transforms the pain felt by all involved as they experience the ways God works in the lives of so many people through one tiny child....

  • Above

    Leah Bobet

    Matthew has loved Ariel from the moment he found her in the tunnels, her bee's wings falling away. They live in Safe, an underground refuge for those fleeing the city Above--like Whisper, who speaks to ghosts, and Jack Flash, who can shoot lightnin...

  • Susanna's Seven Husbands

    Ruskin Bond

    That Black Widow spider always reminds me of Susanna, my lifelong friend and neighbour . . . As I was never her husband, I have survived to tell this story. Since his childhood, Arun has secretly been in love with Susanna, his dangerously alluring ne...

  • Armored

    Baen Books

    Armor up for a metal-pounding explosion of action, adventure and amazing speculation by topnotch writers-including Nebula-award winner Jack McDevitt, Sean Williams, Dan Abnett, Simon Green, and Jack Campbell-on a future warrior that might very wel...

  • DoubleDuck #4

    Marco Bosco

    When a top-secret list falls into the wrong hands, will DoubleDuck be able to save the day before it's too late? Join the gang on this fourth fantastic adventure--bursting with cool comic book style art!...

  • Ties That Bind

    Marie Bostwick

    In her compelling, beautifully crafted novel, New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick celebrates friendships old and new -- and the unlikely threads that sometimes lead us exactly where we need to be... Christmas is fast approaching, and ...

  • Prophet

    Jennifer Bosworth

    Some men are born monsters . . . others are made so. In “Prophet,” Rance Ridley, the teenage son of a cult leader, lives on an isolated compound, disconnected from modern civilization. There is no running water. No electricity. And no law bu...

  • Requiem for an Outlaw

    Terrell L. Bowers

    Latigo Dykes, known as the Gentleman Bandit, never robbed a lady and always left a man enough to get by. With a dogged deputy U.S. marshal on his trail, Latigo knows his days are numbered. He has only one wish before he ends up dead or in prison: to ...

  • A Breathless Bride

    Fiona Brand

    No Room for Negotiation After becoming the reluctant owner of the company that had cost him his fiancee, Constantine Atraeus wants more. Controlling Ambrosi Pearls would not be complete without enticing Sienna Ambrosi back into his bed. His ex-lov...

  • .45-Caliber Crossfire

    Peter Brandvold

    Fugitive Cuno Massey is recruited to hunt down a gang of gunrunners who stole a wagon of weapons, intending to sell them to a Mexican general waging war against Yaqui Indians. To even the odds, Cuno forms an alliance with a Yaqui queen as savage as s...

  • Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe

    Nathan Bransford

    Presidential campaigns are all fun and games until someone threatens to blow up your home planet When Jacob Wonderbar receives a message that he's been nominated for President of the Universe, he, Sarah Daisy, and Dexter immediately return to spac...

  • On His Honor

    Jean Brashear

    Detective JD Cameron is on to something big. He's got evidence of a human-trafficking ring operating here in Austin, Texas. And he's targeted one guy as his way into the ring. But how can JD get close enough without alerting the suspect? T...

  • The Pretend Proposal

    Jackie Braun

    Thomas Waverly, successful CEO and serial dater, is anything but a pushover. But what's a man to do when pinned by the wistful, trembling eyes of his "frail" grandmother, uttering the words "Before I die..."? Emotional blackmail at its most effective...

  • Silenced

    Allison Brennan

    Lucy Kincaid is back--with a vengeance. A Washington Sex Scandal It has been seven years since Lucy was attacked--and almost killed--by an online predator. Today, she is well on her way toward a new life. While waiting to begin her training at ...

  • Whispers of the Stones

    Vickie Britton; Loretta Jackson

    Sheriff Jeff McQuede finds 'Bartering Bill' Garr murdered at his rural antique store. Only one item is missing -- a rare artifact believed to be the Pedro Mummy. First discovered in a cave in Wyoming, the Pedro Mummy was reported missing in the 1950s...

  • Grow Up

    Ben Brooks

    In this bawdy, raucous, and unabashedly frank novel, youth is certainly not wasted on the young Hailed as "one of the most hilarious and well-observed accounts of teenage debauchery you are ever likely to read" by the trendsetting British lifestyl...

  • Supergirl Mixtapes

    Meagan Brothers

    After years of boredom in her rural South Carolina town, Maria is thrilled when her father finally allows her to visit her estranged artist mother in New York City. She's ready for adventure, and she soon finds herself immersed in a world of rock mus...

  • Memo for a Saner World

    Bob Brown

  • One Hot Cowboy Wedding

    Carolyn Brown

    A marriage made in Vegas... Hunky cowboy Ace Riley wasn't planning on settling down, but his family had other plans for him...The only way to save his hide, and his playboy lifestyle, is to discreetly marry his best friend, Jasmine King. Can't ...

  • In Shining Whatever

    Carolyn Brown

    Hart Ducaine was the love of Kate Miller's life, but he hadn't been interested in a long-term relationship with her fifteen years before. So why should she trust him now? There is no way he will ever be her knight in shining . . . she can't remember ...

  • The Double Tenth

    George Brown

    Malaya, 1952 - The War of the Running Dogs. They shot the Chinese courier and took the documents he was carrying. Then they cut off his hands and rolled him into a shallow grave. Another act of barbary in a savage jungle war, another dead Commu...

  • Pinpoint

    George Brown

    France 1961. Operation Ponctuelle: the name given to top level assassinations of Gaullist Ministers. Two men lie in wait in a basement garage underneath the Boulevard St. Germain for the Minister of Special Affairs, their aim to kidnap their target a...

  • The Big Cat Nap

    Rita Mae Brown

    To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the beloved Mrs. Murphy mystery series, Rita Mae Brown and her intrepid feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with a charming claw-biting tale starring Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen. Of course prowling fait...

  • Sunny

    Tracy Brown

    On the surface, it appears that Sunny has got it all -- looks, money, a beautiful home, a healthy daughter, and friends who love her. But Sunny has a secret -- something she hasn't even told her best friend. The truth is Sunny is unhappy. She still m...

  • Lucky Bastard

    S.G. Browne

    Meet Nick Monday: a private detective who's more Columbo than Sam Spade, more Magnum P.I. than Philip Marlowe. As San Francisco's infamous luck poacher, Nick doesn't know whether his ability to swipe other people's fortunes with a simple handshake is...

  • Shattered Heroes

    Ed Brubaker

    In the aftermath of Fear Itself, Captain America, Thor and Iron Man have all been changed by the dramatic event. as each deals with the shocking alterations to their lives, can they rise to the occasion and remain Earth's Mightiest heroes?

    ...

  • Alligator Lake

    Lynne Bryant

    For the past decade, Colorado has been Avery's home--the place where she found refuge as a pregnant teenager, full of anger and shame, and the place where she chose to practice nursing and raise her mixed-race daughter, Celi. Now an invitation to her...

  • The Council of Mirrors

    Michael Buckley

    THE END IS HERE! Sabrina, Daphne, and the rest of the Grimms -- except for Granny Relda, whose body has been hijacked by the Master -- fight for the freedom of Ferryport Landing in the series' grand finale. As war rips the town apart, Sabrina cons...

  • Renegade Magic

    Stephanie Burgis

    Nowhere in England is safe from the mischief and magic of Kat Stephenson: Her eldest sister has finally wed, but when a scandalous accusation threatens the marriage prospects of Kat's second sister, Angeline, Stepmama swiftly whisks the family away t...

  • The Mother

    Alafair Burke
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    When a different kind of justice is needed -- swift, effective, and personal -- a new type of avenger must take action. Vengeance features new stories by bestselling crime writers including Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and Karin Slaugh...

  • Enemy Mine

    Marcella Burnard

    A thrilling, all-new adventure set in a spectacular galaxy of war, love, and survival at any cost… It was a priority-two alert for beautiful Commander Cashel Khaleize: a contract put out on the life of Xiao Zhong. Professionally, Xiao was the Ca...

  • Tarzan of the Apes

    Edgar Rice Burroughs

    Deep in the heart of the Congo .. . a small baby is adopted by Kala, fierce anthropoid ape of the tribe of Kerchak. Here, protected by his savage foster mother, Tarzan (for so she named him) learned the secrets of jungle life--how to talk with all a...

  • Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus

    Kurt Busiek

    Join acclaimed tale-spinner Kurt Busiek as he weaves an intricate web of "lost" stories from Peter Parker's earliest days as the Amazing Spider-Man! Swing along with Spidey during a series of untold gems in which he encounters the likes of the Human ...

  • Brides of the West: Josie's Wedding Dress

    Victoria Bylin

    Desperate for someone to help her save her ranch, Josie Bright makes a deal with Ty Donner. Now the man who'd left her waiting at the altar is making her hope for things she had long stopped wishing for....

  • Mama Said

    Wendy Byrne

    Down on her luck blues singer, Gabriella Santos, escapes her over- protective family, along with a series of bad relationships, for a gig in Chicago. She is determined to prove she can stand on her own two stiletto-clad feet and make a fresh start. B...

  • The Story of Us

    Deb Caletti

    Cricket's on a self-imposed break from her longtime boyfriend -- but she's picked a bad week to sort out her love life. For one thing, her mother's romance is taking center stage: After jilting two previous fiancs, her mom is finally marrying Dan Ja...

  • Belles

    Jen Calonita

    Fifteen-year-old Isabelle Scott loves her life by the boardwalk on the supposed wrong side of the tracks in North Carolina. But when tragedy strikes, a social worker sends her to live with a long-lost uncle and his preppy privileged family. Isabelle ...

  • Trauma Plan

    Candace Calvert

    Sidelined by injuries from a vicious assault, chaplain Riley Hale is determined to return to her former duties as an ER nurse. But how can she show she's competent when the hospital won't let her attempt even simple tasks? Determined to prove herself...

  • Dancing at the Chance

    DeAnna Cameron

    New York City in 1907 is a kingdom of endless possibilities for anyone who dares to dream. The Gilded Age has ended, and immigrants fill the bustling streets. The glamour of Broadway lures those who desire the limelight-but only a few are fortunate e...

  • Scandals

    Sasha Campbell

    Learning to trust can be the hardest lesson of all... Newly divorced single mom Monica Houston needs to find a job. When her best friend suggests she answer an ad seeking exotic dancers, they both laugh. But with no work in sight, it's no joke. So...

  • Poison Most Vial

    Benedict Carey

    Murder in the lab! The famous forensic scientist Dr. Ramachandran is stone-cold dead, and Ruby Rose's father is the prime suspect. It's one more reason for Ruby to hate the Gardens, the funky urban neighborhood to which she has been transplanted. Wis...

  • X-Men Legacy: Lost Legions

    Mike Carey

    The X-Men have escaped the "Age of X" and returned to Utopia - unaware that something sinister followed them back. Upon discovering that this new evil has been loosed into the world, Rogue and Magneto round up a team to hunt it down. but is this motl...

  • Eric Carle String-Alongs

    Eric Carle

    Based on classic wooden stringing beads, these mini board books introduce toddlers to "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", as well as to shapes, numbers, and colors. Includes 10 mini die-cut string-along books, and one string to tie them all together. ...

  • Blooded

    Amanda Carlson

    It's not easy being a girl. It's even harder when you're the only girl in a family of werewolves. But it's next to impossible when your very existence spells out the doom of your race... Meet Jessica McClain -- she just became part of the pack. In...

  • Sunrise Point

    Robyn Carr

    TOM CAVANAUGH MAY THINK HE WANTS A TRADITIONAL WOMAN, BUT IN VIRGIN RIVER, THE GREATEST TRADITION IS FALLING IN LOVE UNEXPECTEDLY... Former marine Tom Cavanaugh has come home to Virgin River, ready to take over his family's apple orchard and settle ...

  • The Gingerbread House

    Nell Carson

    After a tumultuous past, Greta Kendall has focused mainly on her bridal shop, located on the first floor of her beloved Queen Anne Victorian near Aspen. For two years she's fought to save her house from Stephanie Harwood of Harwood Development, who i...

  • The Two

    Will Carver

    They Kill Without Mercy. Disappear Without Trace. They are The Two. And now the stakes are raised once more for Detective January David. 5 lie dead, brutally murdered - the first taken on the night of Halloween and as autumn bleeds into win...

  • The Klipfish Code

    Mary Casanova

    The year is 1942, and Norway is under Nazi occupation. Despite her grandfather's warnings, twelve-year-old Marit has decided to take action. Through her eyes, readers experience the untold story of Norwegians' resistance and their response to the arr...

  • Reap What You Sew

    Elizabeth Lynn Casey

    Is movie madness enough to drive one of the members of South Carolina's Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle to cold-blooded murder? Tori Sinclair has found a sense of home with the Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle. During their get-t...

  • Mickey Mouse and the Secret of the Black Whale

    Casty

    Legend has it that a mysterious, magical creature lurking in the water. Join Mickey and Goofy on a magical adventure that's packed with great comic book style art....

  • Oracle of Shadows and Light

    Lucy Cavendish

    This charismatic set of forty-five oracle cards and an in-depth guidebook provides teens with the power to change their lives. Seeking both to empower and entertain, bestselling Australian author Lucy Cavendish joins forces with world-renowned fan...

  • The Good Father

    Diane Chamberlain

    A beloved daughter. A devastating choice. And now there's no going back. Four years ago, nineteen-year-old Travis Brown made a choice: to raise his newborn daughter on his own. While most of his friends were out partying and meeting girls, Travis ...

  • Dying to Know You

    Aidan Chambers

    In Dying to Know You, award-winning author Aidan Chambers has created an indelible portrait of a young man discovering his own voice in the world, and has constructed a love story that is as much about the mind as it is the heart. In this contempo...

  • A Killer Read

    Erika Chase

    No one thought much of the stranger who stopped by the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers meeting. But when he's killed moments later, Lizzie Turner finds herself in the midst of a dangerous murder mystery . . . Reading specialist and mystery book lov...

  • Crash Landing

    Max Chase

    In Crash Landing, Peri and Diesel locate Selene, but while trying to escape the cross-fire of two alien enemies, they get sucked into a mysterious planet’s atmosphere. They survive the crash-landing, only to face the planet’s natives . . . who ar...

  • Space Wars!

    Max Chase

    In Space Wars!, the crew encounters the monstrous Extractor-an object that destroys planets-and it's on its way to obliterate Xion. Now the Star Fighters must help save the aliens who just tried to kill them if they ever wish to return to the Milky W...

  • Lethal Combat

    Max Chase

    In Lethal Combat, the Star Fighters have been captured again by their enemies, the Xions, who give them three options: 1) Be ejected into space in a pod that orbits Xion forever, 2) Twenty years of hard labor in the mines, or 3) Fight the deadly Xio-...

  • The Hollywood I Remember

    Lee Child
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    When a different kind of justice is needed---swift, effective, and personal---a new type of avenger must take action. VENGEANCE features new stories by bestselling crime writers including Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and Karin Slaughte...

  • Baby Breakout

    Lisa Childs

    FOR THREE YEARS HE DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD A DAUGHTER... Jedidiah Kleyn had been convicted because Erica Towsley hadn't come forward. So the night he escaped from prison, it was with one thing in mind -- find Erica and make her clear his name. But the mo...

  • Get Dressed!

    Seymour Chwast

    Seymour Chwast celebrates the daily routine of getting dressed in this fittingly whimsical and satisfyingly unique novelty book. Unlike more traditional books on this topic that deal with the how of getting dressed, Get Dressed! instead tackles the w...

  • X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga

    Chris Claremont

    Gathered together by Professor Charles Xavier to protect a world that fears and hates them, the X-Men had fought many battles, been on adventures that spanned galaxies, grappled enemies of limitless might, but none of this could prepare them for the ...

  • Gypped

    Carol Higgins Clark

    When Regan Reilly returned to the West Coast, where she began her career as a PI, she never imagined that her unsuccessful appearance on a game show seven years earlier would throw her trip totally off course! REGAN REILLY is in Los Angeles with h...

  • If I'm Dead

    Marcia Clark

    It started with a haunting image: a Ford Explorer, iridescent in the moonlight and alone on a desolate stretch of beach. Its owner, Melissa Gibbons, has gone missing. Her husband says she flew the coop. But Los Angeles Deputy DA Rachel Knight is conv...

  • The Lost Years

    Mary Higgins Clark

    In The Lost Years, Mary Higgins Clark, America's Queen of Suspense, has written her most astonishing novel to date. At its center is a discovery that, if authenticated, may be the most revered document in human history -- "the holiest of the holy" --...

  • Four Clues for Rani

    Judith Clarke

    For two weeks, Pixie Hollow has been in a terrible dry spell. Everyone is frazzled, especially Rani and the other the water-talent fairies. When the dry spell finally ends, Queen Clarion decides it's time for a treat -- a fairy treasure hunt! But on ...

  • Ninety Days

    Bill Clegg

  • Would I Lie To You?

    Francesca Clementis

    Lauren Connor doesn't usually tell lies. But when she meets Chris Fallon at a party hosted by her best friend Stella, somewhere between running out of small talk and agreeing to a date, she ends up telling a few inconsequential fibs to make herself s...

  • A Reckless Heart

    Amy Clipston

    Slipping. Lydia Bontrager's youngest sister is frighteningly ill, and as a good Amish daughter, it falls to Lydia to care for her siblings and keep the household running, in addition to working as a teacher's assistant and helping part time at her gr...

  • The Wicked and the Just

    J. Anderson Coats

    Cecily's father has ruined her life. He's moving them to occupied Wales, where the king needs good strong Englishmen to keep down the vicious Welshmen. At least Cecily will finally be the lady of the house. Gwenhwyfar knows all about that house. O...

  • Triple Play

    Max Allan Collins

    Since his introduction in 1983’s True Detective, Chicago-based private eye Nathan Heller has handily earned his spot alongside American crime-fiction greats Phillip Marlowe, Archie Goodwin, and Mike Hammer. Now the classic gumshoe is back in this c...

  • Being Sixteen

    Allyson Braithwaite Condie

    The night of my sixteenth birthday, I didn’t even bother to make a wish when I blew out the candles on the cake. It was my sixteenth birthday, after all. My wishes had already come true. When you turn sixteen, you can start dating. And driving. And...

  • A Fine Mist of Blood

    Michael Connelly
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    When a different kind of justice is needed -- swift, effective, and personal -- a new type of avenger must take action. Vengeance features new stories by bestselling crime writers including Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and Karin Slaugh...

  • Mr. Darcy Forever

    Victoria Connelly

    Sisters are forever... Sarah and Mia Castle are closer than best friends and share just about everything, including a deep and abiding love for all things relating to Jane Austen. Their annual trip to the Jane Austen Festival in Bath is a highligh...

  • Lessons After Dark

    Isabel Cooper

    A woman with an unspeakable past Olivia Brightmore didn't know what to expect when she took a position to teach at Englefiend School, an academy for "gifted" children. But it wasn't having to rescue a young girl who levitated to the ceiling. Or ba...

  • Leverage

    Mike Cooper
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    When a different kind of justice is needed -- swift, effective, and personal -- a new type of avenger must take action. Vengeance features new stories by bestselling crime writers including Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and Karin Slaugh...

  • Husband and Wives

    Susan Rogers Cooper

    When Mary Hudson is discovered on her kitchen floor, bludgeoned to death with a meat tenderizer, Sheriff Milt Kovak of Prophesy County, Oklahoma, and his psychiatrist wife Dr Jean McDonnell are drawn into a murder investigation that is as intriguing ...

  • 13 Hangmen

    Art Corriveau

    "Some people won't believe any of this story. You might be one of them. But every single word is true. Tony DiMarco does catch a murderer, solve a mystery, and find a treasure -- all in the first few days after he moves, unexpectedly, to 13 Hangmen's...

  • Midnight Rider

    Ralph Cotton

    A DISHONEST LIVING Avrial "Rock" Rochenbach is a former Pinkerton detective who has found that the wrong side of the law pays better. But he may be in over his head when a thief named Andrew Grolin offers him fifty thousand dollars to help rob a U...

  • Kill Me Softly

    Sarah Cross

    Mirabelle's past is shrouded in secrecy, from her parents' tragic deaths to her guardians' half-truths about why she can't return to her birthplace, Beau Rivage. Desperate to see the town, Mira runs away a week before her sixteenth birthday -- and di...

  • Starfish

    James Crowley

    Lionel barely remembers the old days, before he and his sister, Beatrice, came to the boarding school on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. His life is peaceful, as long as he follows the rules. So he can't understand why Beatrice won't: why she refus...

  • In the Words of Nelson Mandela

    Jenny Crwys-Williams

    Packed in beautiful silver tins, Penguin's stylish series of postcard collections features content from some of Penguin Books SA's most timeless publications. Each tin contains 20 postcards - to mail to friends or to keep....

  • True Sisters

    Sandra Dallas

    In a novel based on true events, New York Times bestselling author Sandra Dallas delivers the story of four women---seeking the promise of salvation and prosperity in a new land---who come together on a harrowing journey. In 1856, Mormon converts,...

  • The Wolf Who Loved Me

    Lydia Dare

    Regency England Has Gone to the Wolves! Lady Madeline Hayburn Has Money Problems... Specifically, she has so much of it that she's dogged by fortune hunters, including her bewilderingly attractive, penniless neighbor, with his wild nature and u...

  • By Battersea Bridge

    Janet Davey

    A luminous, startlingly beautiful novel about the complications of family relationships by an acclaimed novelist drawing comparisons with Ali Smith, Tessa Hadley, and Anne Enright Anita Mostyn feels the need to take a vacation from her life. As a ...