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New Books List: 570 titles

  • Afternoon on the Amazon

    Mary Pope Osborne

    Vampire bats and killer ants? That's what Jack and Annie are about to run into when the Magic Tree House whisks them away to the Amazon River. It's not long before they get hopelessly lost. Will they be able to find their way back to the tree hous...

  • The Last Lieutenant

    John J. Gobbell

    OUTNUMBERED Under an unstoppable barrage of artillery, brilliant U.S. cryptographers crack the Japanese top-secret code, revealing their chilling plans for a doomsday attack on Midway Island. OUTGUNNED The Navy's high command responds quickly, m...

  • Omega Game

    Don Pendleton

    BOMBS AWAY Mack Bolan's worst nightmare is now a reality: the Mob is going nuclear. At the helm is Don Luigi Calo, whose burgeoning global syndicate, the Star, has branched out beyond routine Mafia trafficking to infringe on international diplomac...

  • Raptor Red

    Robert T. Bakker

    A pair of fierce but beautiful eyes look out from the undergrowth of conifers.  She is an intelligent killer...

    So begins one of the most extraordinary novels you will ever read.  The time is 120 million years ago, the place is the plains ...

  • Stinger

    Don Pendleton

    America's finest tactical neutralization arm, Stony Man is the Presidents wild card in the deadly game of global terrorism. Acting both within and beyond the law, these dedicated combat and techno warriors operate on one principle: terrorists must pa...

  • Bird in a Cage

    Lee Martin

    To celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Harry and Deb Ralston go out to dinner at the Bird Cage, a restaurant in downtown Fort Worth. Its fancy dinners are complemented by a floor show featuring a young woman on a flying trapeze, remindi...

  • Dance of the Mongoose

    T.J. Phillips

    Journeys into the private world of Joseph Wilder, a struggling novelist whose approach to criminal evil is strictly literary, until a trip to the Virgin Islands becomes his first case as a real-life detective. Reprint....

  • Dolly Is Dead

    J.S. Borthwick

    EVERYBODY LOVES DOLLY BEAUGARD... At least that's what Maine college professor and amateur sleuth Sarah Deane always thought. But when Dolly's bloated body washes ashore on the same spot as the drunken Gattling brothers the day before, the police ...

  • Dr. Nightingale Goes the Distance

    Lydia Adamson

    ON A HIGH HORSE ... FOR MURDER Intending to forget about her sick cats and ailing cows for one night, Deirdre "Didi" Nightingale, DVM., is all dressed up for a champagne-sipping pre-race gala at a posh thoroughbred farm. She never expects death to...

  • A Far and Deadly Cry

    Teri Holbrook

    BURIED SECRETS The crime scene showed that a cunning mind and a passionate hatred lay behind the killing of Lisa Stillwell. But New Scotland Yard would not have been called to this remote Hampshire village if the baby-sitter's employer hadn't been...

  • Hidden Meanings

    Carolyn Keene

    Nancy checks into a luxury hotel where danger comes free of charge. While Nancy investigates threats against Italian-born student Gina Fiorellao, Gina targets Ned Nickerson for romance. Nancy uncovers secret ambitions and sinister desires that could ...

  • In Murder We Trust

    Eleanor Hyde

    LYDIA MILLER WANTED TO SAVE A LIFE, BUT NOW SHE MAY LOSE HER OWN .... A holiday weekend in the Hamptons turns into a date with disaster when fashion magazine editor Lydia Miller discovers her millionaire host dead in his swimming pool. But a tragi...

  • In the Dead of Summer

    Gillian Roberts

    Mellow old Philadelphia, where life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have flourished for centuries, now has a new claim to fame. The City of Brotherly Love has been proclaimed number one in the nation ... for hostility. English teacher Amanda P...

  • Mommy and the Murder

    Nancy Goldstone

    DIAPERS, DIVORCE...AND MURDER After leaving her hectic Wall Street career and surviving the breakup of her marriage, Elizabeth Halperin is eager to begin again in the solitude of the Berkshires, with her eleven-month-old daughter, Emily. The last ...

  • The Riddle in the Rare Book

    Carolyn Keene

    When a series of rare-book thefts strikes the Bloom’s Bookstore & Coffeehouse in River Heights, Nancy Drew finds her only clue in the handwriting of a dead woman....

  • Sting in the Tail

    Gerald Hammond

    The latest mystery in the John Cunningham series finds the amateur sleuth sniffing out trouble at the plush Three Oaks Kennel, where a cheerful springer spaniel is mysteriously wounded and an investigation uncovers fraud and murder....

  • Target for Terror

    Carolyn Keene

    Nancy travels to the small island nation of Philonesia to help the president's daughter, a promising violinist, escape a series of kidnapping attempts, while the Hardy boys infiltrate an animal rights group at San Francisco University. Original....

  • These Bones Were Made for Dancin'

    Annette Meyers

    Leslie Wetzon is dusting off her tap shoes for a good cause: a benefit revival of the landmark Broadway musical Combinations. Using her headhunting smarts, she tracks down the original cast from eighteen years ago -- all except for Terri Matthews, wh...

  • Under the Beetle's Cellar

    Mary Willis Walker

    SHEER TERROR CAN BEGIN IN THE MOST UNLIKELY PLACE.... DEEP BENEATH THE TEXAS FLATLANDS, A SCHOOL BUS HAS BEEN BURIED BY A MADMAN. INSIDE THE BUS, ELEVEN HOSTAGES ARE ALIVE--FOR NOW--BUT THE STRANGE KILLING COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN. ABOVEGROUND, WHIL...

  • Until the End of Time

    Polly Whitney

    IN DYING COLOR Roller-blading duo Ike and Abby return, still divorced and still working together. Ike is the gorgeous producer of "Morning Watch," Abby is the director. And in between their constant verbal sparring they have another mystery to sol...

  • Wrong Side of the Law

    Franklin W. Dixon

    Witnessing a bank robbery, Frank and Joe are baffled by the masked gang's near-perfect heists, and when Vanessa offers a surprising source of information, the Hardy boys must protect her from the gang. Original....

  • Antiques

    Sharon Gillenwater

    Deeply wounded by the infidelity of his late wife, widower Grant Adams for years stuck to his vow to avoid all women-concentrating on his quest to regain the family land his father once lost. But when bright, bubbly antiques dealer Dawn Carson enters...

  • Cara and the Terrible Teeners

    Elaine L. Schulte

  • Frog Power

    Beverly Lewis

    Can Stacy Master Her Fear Of Frogs In Time For Easter?It's the annual Pet Day at school, and Stacy Henry isn't very happy! Jason Birchall has brought his new bullfrog, Croaker. He's sitting on the desk behind Stacy's, breathing on her hair!Stacy hate...

  • Keeper of the Harvest

    Lance Wubbels

  • The Mystery of Case D. Luc

    Beverly Lewis

    Dunkum's new basketball has been signed by his hero, David Robinson. Now Dunkum spends all his time playing with the ball. He's much too busy for his Cul-de-sac friends.When the ball disappears, Dunkum finds a secret code. Someone with a weird name h...

  • No Grown-ups Allowed

    Beverly Lewis

    Jason Birchall can't wait for Valentine's Day. His parents are going away for the weekend, and Grandma is coming! Jason has big plans. Will he be able to sneak some of his mother's yummy valentine chocolates? Can he trick Grandma into allowing him to...

  • One Small Miracle

    Lance Wubbels

  • Sarah's Dilemma

    Judy Baer

    As they gather material on how handicapped people are treated for the student-run television news show at their high school, Sarah's friends gain insight into the difficulties she faces being confined to a wheelchair...

  • Silent Thief

    Judy Baer

    Strange symptoms dizziness, clumsiness, confusion have been plaguing Lexi Leighton's mother for weeks. Sometimes it appears as if her mom is drunk! Tripping over her feet, dropping food on the floor, wearing sunglasses inside the house what is go...

  • Spring Fever

    Ginny Williams

  • The Vienna Passage

    David Porter

    Toby Burgate falls in love in Vienna at the turn of the century and, as appreciation for the art and music of the city sweeps over him, learns that not all is beautiful and that the pervasive antisemitism he observes is terribly wrong...

  • Apache Springs

    Lynn Erickson

    The lawman was captured by another man's wife! Two high-profile guests die under suspicious circumstances at the Zimmermans' resort in Apache Springs, Arizona. Deputy U.S. Marshal Jed Mallory comes home to investigate, only to find that his old fl...

  • Aspen

    Lynn Erickson

    RULED BY WEALTH, FUELED BY PASSION Matt Connelly--A charismatic, scandal-ridden senator who'll do anything to protect his family. Lee Connelly--Matt's gracious wife, who deals with the clan the only way she can--through the numbing effects of a...

  • At Midnight

    Jennifer Baker

    A contemporary retelling of "Cinderella" finds high school junior Ella at the mercy of a rich and cold-hearted stepmother after the death of her father, until intervention by a fairy godmother helps her discover true love. Original....

  • At the Midnight Hour

    Alicia Scott

    A CHILD'S KEEPER Elizabeth Guiness had her work cut out for her. Her precocious young charge quoted morbid statistics twenty-four hours a day, desperately seeking just one ounce of his father's affection. But brilliant scientist Richard Keaton see...

  • August Magic

    Katherine Applegate

    Summer Smith is soaking up the rays of the hot August sun in the Florida Keys. But this summer's about more than just hanging out at the beach. It's a time to fall in love, and Summer's sure she's met the guy of her dreams...only which one is he? A...

  • Baby Talk

    Julianna Morris

    When Cassandra met Jake... She knew he was trouble. Her solo baby-making plans just couldn't include the carefree bachelor. Besides, Jake had way too much sizzle for a daddy candidate. So why couldn't she stop daydreaming about babies who had Jake...

  • The Bachelor Party

    Paula Detmer Riggs

    THE LAST BACHELOR Sheriff Ford Maguire had no time for romance. Keeping the peace in Clover, South Carolina, kept him busy, while reminding him that most people weren't to be trusted. Then single mom Sophie Reynolds came to town, testing Ford's no...

  • The Best Man

    Phoebe Gallant

    ONE WOMAN -- Sometimes, a woman has to risk being daring and outrageous. For Esty Foster, that means getting out of her rut. Her job and her long-time relationship are going nowhere, her daughter has grown up... even her own mother has fallen in lo...

  • A Bittersweet Promise

    Grace Green

    After her fiance's betrayal, Jonquil made a promise -- never to fall in love again! But when Slade Alexander starts taking more than a casual interest in her, she's intrigued. The man is an enigma. Wealth and success have made him tough, yet ...

  • Born in Ice

    Nora Roberts

    When the harsh storms of winter descended upon western Ireland the locals stayed indoors--and visitors stayed away. Brianna Concannon's bed-and-breakfast became a cold and empty place. But that was fine with Brianna. She enjoyed the peace and quiet, ...

  • The Bride Price

    Ginna Gray

    NOT THE MARRYING KIND... Hell would freeze before a mere female brought proud Wyatt Sommersby to his knees. The macho millionaire always got what he wanted -- and then moved on. But Maggie Muldoon proved immune to Wyatt's money, and indifferen...

  • The Bridesmaid

    Leah Laiman

    Oscar-winning movie star Melinda Myles has left Hollywood behind to wed the charismatic rebel leader Diego Roca in San Domenico. But her husband's newly acquired lust for power is stirring up trouble in paradise--and threatens to shatter their marria...

  • Call It Paradise

    Mary Jane Lloyd

    Molly and Porter Drummond: the ideal engaged couple. Never was a man so suitable. So eminently acceptable. So...appropriate. Molly feels a lot of tenderness for Porter; she thinks it might even be love. But...no fireworks. Then two surprising and ...

  • Catch Me If You Can

    Victoria Leigh

    Just because she didn't know it didn't means she wasn't his.... Intrigued by Abigail Roberts's mysterious invitation, Tanner Flynn faced the woman who was his fiercest rival -- and vowed to explore the heat that still sparked between them! He'd a...

  • Counterfeit Husband

    Linda Randall Wisdom

    TO DO: - Get a haricut - Cancel appointments - Hire husband? It was the only way Chloe Sumner could protect herself from a lecherous business rival on a luxury cruise. But what "husband" could Chloe trust to spend every day -- and every night -...

  • The Cowboy and the Cossack

    Merline Lovelace

    THE RELUCTANT RULER Alexandra Jordan was hardly thrilled to be appointed leader of her late grandfather's ancient Russian tribe, but she had to help her people, who were long on troubles and short on everything else, especially weapons -- and men!...

  • Cowboy for Hire

    Dorsey Kelley

    Cowboy Wanted: For Bent Murray, winning the world rodeo championship had happened in another lifetime--one he wanted to forget. But sassy cowgirl Kate Monahan forced him to recall his glorious past--and other pleasures he'd long since set aside .....

  • Cowboys Don't Quit

    Anne McAllister

    ROUND 'EM UP, COWBOY! Lu Tanner wasn't afraid of looking danger rip in the eye. He'd wrestled his way through his share of ornery situations, and he'd never run from anything--or anyone--in his life! Except once.... Jillian Cran...

  • Crime of Passion

    Lynne Graham

    Her crime was to have loved him... "You go to pieces when I touch you.." However hard she tried, Georgie Morrison couldn't deny how physically attractive she found Rafael Bernaza. But four years ago he had devastated her emotions ...

  • Done Driftin'

    Janis Flores

    The Dunleavy Legacy Octavia Whitworth Dunleavy - formidable matriarch of the family - wants to hand over once-renowned Dunleavy Farm to her three grandchildren. Will they accept her offer? And will they be able to overcome old fueds and betrayals ...

  • A Family of Her Own

    Ellen Tanner Marsh

    A sweet little girl, all alone in the world, had been entrusted to Jussy Waring's care, and she was determined to shelter her from any more heartache. But Jussy hadn't counted on the big-city stranger who came to small-town South Carolina to take awa...

  • Fantasy Wife

    Julie Kistler

    He'd been blacklisted by baby-sitters everywhere Single dad Alex Thornhill could manage multimillion-dollar deals, but he couldn't manage his own children ... nor could anyone else! What his two little girls needed most was a mommy. What Alex need...

  • Fever Pitch

    Elizabeth Neff Walker

    Neurologist Dr. Nan LeBaron and emergency room chief Dr. Steven P. Winstead, are fighting for their medical lives. They are co-defendents in a malpractice suit after their best efforts failed to save a patient's life. But even as the drama of their l...

  • Fire Beneath the Ice

    Helen Brooks

    He wanted passion, not commitment! Lydia's new boss was a powerfully charismatic man. But Lydia dared not surrender to the dangerously sweet attraction she felt toward Wolf Strade.... He might be icy cool on the outside, but he was all fire an...

  • For All Time

    Angela Benson

    When their happy dreams are challenged by the unexpected loss of a job, newlyweds Joshua and Gloria Martin find themselves confronting unexpected stresses that threaten to break up their happy marriage. Original....

  • Francesca

    Sally Wentworth

    Poor little rich girl.... Francesca Brodey had the best of everything: beauty, clothes, even men! But, however much she had, it didn't alter how empty she felt inside. She wanted a man who could love her for what she was, not what she possesse...

  • Gillian

    Laurel Oke Logan

  • Happily Ever After

    Eileen Hehl

    Cappie Rourke is looking forward to her summer job at Storybook Amusement Park until she meets John Yung. Like Cappie, John is Korean-American, but that's the only thing they have in common. John is serious and studious, and he thinks fun-loving Capp...

  • A Haunting Obsession

    Miranda Lee

    Hidden Powers Why did Jordan Vine-Hall make Bonnie Merrick lose her cool? Jordan exuded the sort of arrogance that Bonnie detested, but surely that should shave stopped her from being drawn to him so strongly! After being widowed, Bonnie had ta...

  • Heart of the Hunter

    BJ James

    AGENT: JEB TANNER MISSION: TO PROTECT A LADY Jeb was used to tough assignments, but this latest would be the biggest challenge of his career. The prey: a ruthless murderer--and his ex-best friend. The bait: pretty Nicole Callison--the killer's si...

  • Hunted

    Jo Leigh

    Becky McCullough: Once she'd shared her bed, her children, her world, with Mike. Though their marriage had ended, she'd never stopped caring about him .... Mike McCullough- He'd thought the worst was over when Becky walked out. Now his family was ...

  • Imitation Bride

    Christine Scott

    Hired Bride... Single mom Lacey Keegan had received some odd assignments through her personal errand service, but Michael Damian's request was downright outrageous. The man actually expected her to pose as his bride-to-be! Still, he was her best cli...

  • An Improbable Wife

    Sally Carleen

    THE RIGHT MAN? Emily James was delighted with her new apartment, until she discovered her landlord was the grumpiest, most conservative, sexiest man in town! Whenever Carson Thayer 'discussed' her impulsive ways, all Emily could think about was how ...

  • Jessica the Genius

    Francine Pascal

    Todd Wilkins is driving Elizabeth Wakefield crazy. Now that college basketball scouts are showering Elizabeth's boyfriend with flattery and attention, he thinks he's hot stuff. He even tells Elizabeth she's lucky to have him! When Todd's head gets to...

  • Just a Kiss Away

    Jacqueline Marten

    Just a Kiss Away is the story of orphaned Katie Coffee. At the age of twelve, she leaves Florida, and discovers a very different way of life in Pennsylvania Amish country. As Katie grows older, she begins to yearn for something beyond the boundarie...

  • Kathy

    Marcia Mitchell

  • The Last Chance Ranch

    Ruth Wind

    A WOUNDED SOUL For years Tanya had dreamed of the day she'd be free, and able to be with the young son for whom she'd sacrificed everything. Antonio was her baby, her entire reason for living... A PASSIONATE HEART Ramon had known that somed...

  • The Last Hero

    Alyssa Dean

    LAST OF THE TOUGH GUYS Wade Brillings: U.S. Navy. Hero with a capital H. Extremely practical. Wade found women a pleasant, occasional distraction. Until he met -- Cassandra Lloyd: Beautiful but completely impractical. Why, he was surprised she ...

  • Listen Up, Lover

    Lori Herter

    Confirmed bachelor mistakes: 1) Rather than act like a gentleman during your bizarre introduction to a woman, make a terrible first impression. 2 ) Told to apologize, pay her a visit, and instead, make confirmed bachelor mistake #3. 3 ) Tell...

  • The Love Trap

    Emma Richmond

    Jenna had one thing in mind when she went to Spain -- to recuperate from her accident. She wasn't looking for excitement, or romance. But fate had chosen otherwise. Next door was a famous writer -- Bay Rawson -- who was insecure enough to feel th...

  • Lovers and Strangers

    Candace Schuler

    IT WAS LUST AT FIRST SIGHT Cynical reporter and ladies' man Jack Shannon is back. Bachelor Arms was his home - until his brother's tragic and mysterious suicide. Now Jack's returned to find some answers...and maybe assuage his guilt. Having a drin...

  • Loving Mollie

    Jeane Renick

    A SONG OF LOVE PLAYS FOREVER Stranded overnight in an airport, Mollie McDeere is astonished to encounter world-famous musician Gray Walker. They were lovers as teenagers until Gray's sudden disappearance eighteen years ago--a wound in Mollie's hea...

  • MacDougall's Darling

    Emilie Richards

    TO LOVE AND PROTECT Fiona Sinclair had come home to face the demons of her past. And when Andrew MacDougall offered the shelter of his arms, she was ready to face her future. This compelling man made her long for more than protection. Now she want...

  • Man Overboard

    Karen Leabo

    WHAT PAIGE DID ON HER VACATION... Prim and proper Paige Stovall knew that Harrison Powell was after something ...and it certainly wasn't her body! After all, Paige was just a small-town gal on a big-time vacation, not the type that a debonair, car...

  • The Man Who Broke Hearts

    Stephanie Howard

    The rake's revenge? They had worked together before, but then it was Justin who had taken Tina's love, casually tossed it aside and moved on to his next conquest. Now she was back in his employ, and Justin was treating her as if she were g...

  • Naughty by Night

    Tiffany White

    DO YOU HAVE A SECRET FANTASY? Ashleigh Frost does. She'd always been a good girl: pleasing others, marrying the man her parents thought was the right choice, letting her husband protect her. Well, look where that had gotten her. Divorced and broke...

  • Nobody's Child

    Pat Warren

    WHOSE CHILD AM I? All her life, adoptee Liza Parker had tried to answer that question. But when she located the sleepy community of Pine Bluff, it looked as if the key to her identity was suddenly within reach. And then everyone in town stopped ta...

  • On Equal Terms

    Catherine O'Connor

    An adult desire... Sebastian Ferrari had accused Kate of being a spoiled, selfish child and his harsh words had made her angry. Why couldn't her stepbrother accept that she'd grown up and changed? Her feelings for him were certainly differ...

  • Pagan's Paradise

    Susan Connell

    She ached to get into trouble with him -- just once.... Jack Stratford was hold-your-breath handsome, a blue-eyed rogue who knew everyone in San Rafael, but photographer Joanna McCall refused to believe his warning that she was in danger -- except...

  • Peacekeeper

    Marisa Carroll

    NICK APOSTALIS -- OUR FOURTH STRONG MAN MAJOR NICK APOSTALIS REPRESENTED EVERYTHING SHE'D CAST OUT OF HER LIFE He was used to danger. He was a risk taker, a man who put hi life on the line for a cause. Kara Hartman had been widowed by on such...

  • The Rancher and the Redhead

    Suzannah Davis

    OF BACHELORS AND BABIES What was rancher Sam Preston to do when he found himself saddled with an infant? Holler for his best pal, of course. A single gal like Roni Daniels might not have first-hand experience raising kids, but at least she was a w...

  • Return to Sender

    Rebecca Winters

    "Dear Mrs. Brown..." So the letter began and Sarah read on, only to wonder why a Mr. Jonah Sinclair was writing to tell her of his imminent arrival in Denver! But she realized it was too late to do anything about this mail mix-up when a se...

  • Scarlet Woman

    Barbara Faith

    Growing up on the wrong side of the tracks and then marrying the son of the wealthiest man in town had made Holly Moran the center of gossip. So she'd left home. But even now, years later, returning for a visit as a widow, Holly was stirring up m...

  • Second Chance at Marriage

    Pamela Dalton

    For better, or worse... It had been a long time since Dina Paxton had shared her home with a man, but now she knew almost everything about her brazenly male housemate, Gabriel Randolph...including what he wore to bed! The young widow had resigned ...

  • Shadowed Past

    Pamela Hatton

    The forgotten marriage... Despite his insistence, Clare tried to convince Jake Kincade that she didn't know him! But how could she avoid him when she desperately needed his help to uncover the secrets of her shadowed past? Jake obviously didn't...

  • Shipboard Wedding

    Francine Pascal

    Spring break is here, and the Sweet Valley University gang is in for six nights and seven days of sun, fun, and romance -- on a college students-only Caribbean cruise! Overboard! Jessica Wakefield has a plan. She's going to reenact her first thrill...

  • Somebody's Baby

    Charlotte Vale Allen

    She was somebody's baby, but whose? A woman's entire life is turned upside down by her mother's deathbed confession: Snow Devane was stolen as an infant and is someone else's child. At thirty-one. Snow believes she has everything she wants--a s...

  • Tempting Jake

    Molly Liholm

    HE WAS A TEMPTING SIGHT Jake Collins: Six feet two inches of raw male animal. Bedroom eyes. Gorgeous smile. So what was he doing driving a bus full of rowdy senior citizens? Tour guide Nora Stevens had her suspicions about her latest Merry Trav...

  • The Texan

    Janice Kaiser

    Brady Coleman: Rough-and-tumble Texas Cowboy. Ladies man. Lone star lover. Nothing and no one would stand in the way of avenging his sister's death. Jane Stewart: Baby doctor. Beautiful. Classy. Successful -- except when it comes to love. The...

  • Texas Temptation

    Barbara McCauley

    FORBIDDEN LOVE Tormented by haunting memories, Stone denied himself happiness. But when sultry Annie Baily unexpectedly came back to town, he desperately wanted to believe in forgiveness. Because his brother's ex-fiancee was everything he wanted, ...

  • Tides of Love

    Jennifer Taylor

    Marcus Cole was convinced that Eden was his brother-in-law's mistress. And she couldn't tell him the truth -- that he had mistaken her for her sister -- not when he was threatening to take the story to the papers! Eden found Marcus's dark...

  • Tonight and Forever

    Brenda Jackson

    Meet the sexy Madaris men and the women who tame them… Don’t miss a single reader-beloved story in this unforgettable collection from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson!Tonight and ForeverAfter her marriage ends in bitter divorce, L...

  • Too Damn Rich

    Judith Gould

    Sex, money, and a high-class auction house form the center of Gould's latest glitzy look at intrigues among the wealthy....

  • Too Many Grooms

    Kay Wilding

    Here comes the groom... When daredevil Hunter Townsend was told he was dying, he did the honorable thing--and jilted Susan Willingham so she wouldn't have to witness his demise. Trouble was, two years later Hunter felt downright healthy. And when ...

  • True Lies

    Ingrid Weaver

    WHO WAS EMMA CASSIDY? That was what Detective Bruce Prentice had come to the Maine woods to find out. But the more he learned about her, the less he understood. All he knew was, those flights across the Canadian border in her private plane simply ...

  • Up Close and Personal

    Diane Pershing

    He loved her rough and tender .... A master at getting others to reveal their secrets, Evan Stone never let a woman get close enough to touch the scars that marked his soul. But when teacher Chris McConnell dared confess the sorrows that haunted h...

  • Wanted: Perfect Partner

    Debbie Macomber

    Single mom Meg Remington and her teenage daughter begin a conversation. Daughter says nervously: "Uh, Mom, maybe this would be a good time to tell you about Steve." Meg says absently: "Who?" Daughter says quickly: "Umm, Steve--your date for ...

  • The West Virginian

    Sharon Brondos

    FAMILY COMES FIRST Charismatic frontiersman Jacob Barr has made a life for himself and his twelve-year-old daughter deep in the forests of West Virginia. But his success has brought him enemies, and now his home, Jacob's Well--the unique community...

  • What She Did on Her Summer Vacation

    Tracy Sinclair

    ROYAL SINGLE DAD! So this was England! American tourist Melanie Warren was enchanted, even by the rain. Until a ferocious downpour left her stranded - and at the mercy of David Crandall, the wickedly sexy seventh Viscount of Castlebury. Still,...

  • Wild Hunger

    Charlotte Lamb

    You can never too rich, or too thin... When Gerard Findlay looked at Keira, he saw a tall, willowy beauty who took his breath away .. . . When Keira looked at herself in the mirror, she saw an unattractive girl who wasn't quite thin enough ...

  • Wild in the Night

    Patt Bucheister

    He'd recognize her scent in a roomful of women.... She expected he'd be grateful that his office was no longer an impossible mess, but instead Paul Forge told efficiency expert Coral Bentley that he wanted all his junk back exactly where he'd left ...

  • The Wilde Bunch

    Barbara Boswell

    MR. AUGUST Wilde Man: Rancher Mac Wilde desperately needed a woman's help. Not-so-wild Woman: Kara Kirby could be a wonderful wife, but would she agree to Mac's marriage proposal? Mac knew Kara hadn't come to Montana to find a husband! But ...

  • The Women in Joe Sullivan's Life

    Marie Ferrarella

    From single, without children, to... Women? Sexy bachelor Joe Sullivan considered himself an expert. But little girls? What Joe didn't know about children would fill volumes. Yet suddenly the beleaguered uncle had three rambunctious nieces to raise. ...

  • Brandy & Bullets

    Jessica Fletcher; Donald Bain

    MURDER BY THE BOOK Cozy Cabot Cove, Maine, has a country luncheonette, but not much high culture. Mystery author Jessica Fletcher is the only writer in residence, but the renovation of the local Worrell mansion into an art colony may bring scores ...

  • Mint Julep Murder

    Carolyn Hart / Carolyn G. Hart

    FIVE FAMOUS AUTHORS... Annie Laurance Darling, owner of the Death on Demand bookstore, usually loves the Dixie Book Festival. But this year, against her better judgment, she's acting as author liaison to the five writers chosen to receive the covete...

  • Brothers No More

    William F. Buckley Jr.

    Bestselling author William F. Buckley, Jr., offers a terrific new novel -- in the gloriously gripping tradition of Howard Fast, Irwin Shaw, and Jeffery Archer -- of men and women caught between the force of history and the power of their ow...

  • 1945

    William R. Forstchen; Newt Gingrich

    The year is 1945. In Europe, the Third Reich reigns triumphant. The Soviet Union is a fragment of its former self, and Britain has accepted a dictated armistice. In the Pacific, after a brief, sharp war with Japan, America is the only significant mil...

  • Ancient Enchantresses: Fantasy Anthology

    Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch

    A collection of tales highlights the adventures of famous and infamous enchantresses and includes the works of such authors as Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, Harry Turtledove, Andre Norton, and Tanith Lee. Original....

  • And Ladies of the Club

    Elizabeth Moon
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Armor-Ella

    Holly Lisle
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Armor/Amore

    David Vierling
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Belgarath the Sorcerer

    David Eddings

    Bestselling authors David and Leigh Eddings welcome readers back to the time before The Belgariad and The Malloreon series. Join them as they chronicle that fateful conflict between two mortally opposed Destinies, in a monumental war of men and kings...

  • Beyond Ragnarok

    Mickey Zucker Reichert

    THEY'VE SURVIVED THE END OF THEIR UNIVERSE.... But now, nearly three hundred years after the time of Ragnarok--the death battle of the gods--humankind faces a new and potentially fat trial. The balance between Law and Chaos has long been maintaine...

  • Blood Calls to Blood

    Elisabeth Waters
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Bra Melting

    Janni Lee Simner
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • A Breach in the Watershed

    Douglas Niles

    AND THE. PURE WATER SHALL RUN FOUL... For centuries, the pristine lands of the Watershed were at peace: Dalethica, the land of life; Faerine, the realm of magic; and Duloth-Trol. land of death and decay, where the Darkwater flows. But now, the Wat...

  • Career Day

    Margaret Ball
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Cloud Castles

    Michael Scott Rohan

    The Spiral: where past and present meet, where myth and legend infiltrate the mundane world, where Hy Brasil and Babylon are but a short voyage away - via the cloud archipelagos...You can't always find it - but it can always find you.And when it find...

  • Dragonslayer's Return

    R.A. Salvatore

    THE FINAL BATTLE It's been four years since Gary Leger slew a dragon and returned home from Faerie. And almost half a year since his father died. Ever since that fateful day, he's been aching to take his wife, Diane, leave Earth behind, and go bac...

  • Exchange Program

    Susan Shwartz
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Farenheit 666

    Andrew Harman

    Everybody needs a holiday, and demons are no exception. There may be an important election going on in the hellish city of Mortropolis, but most minds are on forthcoming breaks -- maybe possession of a teenage nymphomaniac for a fortnight, or canoein...

  • Fifth Quarter

    Tanya Huff

    THE SONG OF DEATH Bannon and Vree, brother and sister, they are assassins of the highest caliber who have long plied their trade for the Havalkeen army. But all their skill and experience cannot save them from a magic-sprung trap that will see the...

  • Ghostlight

    Marion Zimmer Bradley

    What is the Truth? Truth Blackburn's father thought he knew what it was. Thorne Blackburn and his followers settled at Shadow's Gate, a magnificent old house in upstate New York, and sought the Truth about life through ritual and magic. One night,...

  • Goddess for a Day

    Harry Turtledove
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • The Growling

    Jody Lynn Nye
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Grunts!: A Fantasy With Attitude

    Mary Gentle

    WHAT IS AN ORC? An orc is a fire plug of a fighting machine made of muscle, hide, talon and tusk, with a villainous disposition and a mean sense of humor. And, of course, an orc is a poor dumb grunt--the much abused foot soldier of the Evil Horde of...

  • The Guardswoman

    Lawrence Watt-Evans
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • The Hidden City

    David Eddings

    WAR TO THE DEATH The Pandion Knight Sparhawk had bested the massed forces of the God Cyrgon upon the field of battle. But victory turned to ashes when the foul God's minions kidnapped Sparhawk's wife, the beautiful Queen Ehlana. Sparhawk must surr...

  • In the Empire of Shadow

    Lawrence Watt-Evans

    A handful of ordinary Americans -- housewives, lawyers, interior decorators, and the like -- found themselves caught up in a transdimensional conflict, and transported from their homes to realms where magic worked, to desert planets and rebel worlds,...

  • Instead of Three Wishes

    Megan Whalen Turner

    A leprechaun is sighted in smallâ€"town New Hampshire. A city boy becomes a hero in prehistoric Sweden. An elf prince tries to reward a girl who wishes he'd just leave her alone. In these and other delightful stories, magical adventure appears in the...

  • The Iron Throne

    Simon Hawke

    Anuire. The Great Empire... It rose from the wreckage of gods-death, from the tumbled lands where the pantheon had died to stop one of its own from destroying the world. In the chaos after Deismaar, one man, Roele, founded an empire that would sp...

  • Lady of Steel

    Roger Zelazny
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Maureen Birnbaum in the MUD

    George Alec Effinger
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • The New Britomart

    Eluki Bes Shahar
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • The Old Grind

    Laura Frankos
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • On the Road of Silver

    Mark Bourne
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Quicksilver's Knight

    Christopher Stasheff

    SWORD AND SORCERY. SOME GUYS HAVE IT ALL... Geoffrey Gallowglass is a young man in demand--who must make a choice. Should he trust the beautiful, brave Quicksilver--a bandit who stole the land of a lord for herself? Or should he fall for the sultr...

  • Rider at the Gate

    C.J. Cherryh

    A forgotten colony lost on a planet of wild beauty and unimaginable danger. A people held together by a renegade band of outcast heroes, called to their destinies by alien dreams. A world of Riders and Nighthorses, their minds linked together on the ...

  • Shadow Moon

    George Lucas

    From two of the greatest imaginations of our time comes a magnificent novel of adventure and magic...SHADOW MOON: First in the Chronicles of the Shadow
    War.

    The genius of Star Wars(r) creator George Lucas and the vision of Chris Claremont, ...

  • Slow Funeral

    Rebecca Ore

    Running away from Bracken County and its corrupt magical practices after her parents are killed, Maude Fuller attempts to deny her witch destiny, until her beloved grandmother's impending death summons Maude back home. Reprint....

  • Spider-Man: Carnage in New York

    Dean Wesley Smith

    The Amazing Spider-Man must go head-to-head with his most dangerous enemy: the psychotic murderer known as Carnage! A vicious serial killer named Cletus Kasady has had his body chemistry altered by an alien creature. Now, Kasady can transform himself...

  • The Stone of War and the Nightingale's Egg

    Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Suitors Duel

    Douglas Niles

    The immortal game continues...with a deadly duel! Princess Danis Vanderthan is proud, beautiful, intelligent . . . and stubbornly independent. When her father the king announces a contest for noble suitors, Danis insists that her friend Holton Jak...

  • Teacher's Pet

    Josepha Sherman
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Virtual Death

    Shale Aaron

    Giving up her career as a near-death experience performer, celebrity Lydia Melmoth is unwilling to subject herself to another brush with death, until her mother's pressing need for money pushes Lydia into a comeback. Original....

  • The Way to a Man's Heart

    Esther Friesner
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Were-Wench

    S.M. Stirling
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Whoops!

    Nancy Springer
    in

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Wizard's Heir

    Daniel Hood

    UNHOLY ACTS Despite what people think, inheriting a wizard's familiar did not make Liam a wizard. But he is shaping up to be quite a detective. When his late friend Tarquin's magic artifacts are stolen, and then used to commit further crimes, Liam...

  • Yor's Revenge

    Roy V. Young

    Welcome back to Leiblein, where the redoubtable outrageous captains--Yor, Dword, and Trebormatch wits against Yor's ex-lover, the treacherous Lady Katherine Lee, and her deadly minions. Before they can recover Yor's stolen amulet, the petrified eye o...

  • American Knees

    Shawn Wong

    Coping with the usual challenges of love and relationships, divorced Chinese-American Raymond Ding and Japanese-Irish Aurora Crane are further challenged by age-old family traditions and the expectations of their own generation. Reprint. 15,000 first...

  • Angel by My Side

    Erin Flanagan

    Trying to overcome the loss of her best friend, young Amelia is amazed by a series of strange events that make her suspect that she is being helped by a guardian angel, and her thoughts are confirmed by the appearance of Lily. Original....

  • Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?

    Tana Hoban

  • Anonymity

    Susan Bergman

    In 1983, award-winning poet and essayist Susan Bergman lost her father to AIDS. This gripping memoir of her family's struggle to cope with the loss of a husband and father--and come to terms with the shocking revelation that he had been secretly gay-...

  • Ashleigh's Diary

    Joanna Campbell

    Discovering a diary that she kept as a girl while growing up on her parents' farm, champion rider Ashleigh Griffin relives memories of the horses she once loved, including a spirited colt stolen by horse thieves.

    ...

  • Australia Lane

    Janet Broomfield

  • The Baby-Sitters Club

    A.L. Singer

  • The Baby-Sitters Club: The Movie

    Ann M. Martin

  • Back-To-School Cool

    Devra Speregen

    Teaming up with handsome newcomer Justin, a Hollywood teen, for a class video, Stephanie becomes the envy of every girl in the class, until she is called upon to deliver an original rock song for their tape. Original....

  • Backstage Pass

    Erica Farber

  • Bad News Babysitting!

    Ken Lipman

    Hoping to get Scott's attention at Nichole's party, Alex is crushed when she remembers that she has promised to babysit the nine-year-old sons of her father's boss, and her ensuing struggles threaten to expose her secret powers. Original....

  • Behind the Scenes of the Indian in the Cupboard

    Lynne Reid Banks

  • The Best Baby-Sitter Ever

    Richard Scarry

  • A birthday basket for Tia

    Mora Pat

  • Blueberry Train

    C.L.G. Martin

  • A Book of Opposites

    Walt Disney

    A book about opposites pits Percy, the pampered pug, against his mischievous nemesis, Meeko the Raccoon, as the rivals pair share ups and downs and ins and outs on the setting of the movie, Pocahontas. ...

  • Breach of Trust

    Preston Pairo

    Baltimore lawyer Harry Walsh has been protected by mobster Sam Giardino since Harry's father was killed by a bullet meant for Sam, but now Harry's police-officer brother is dead and Harry cannot figure out which side Sam is on...

  • Brigid the Bad

    Kathleen Leverich

  • Camping Out

    Richard Scarry

  • Candy Corn!: Scratch and Sniff Fun!

    Bea Sloboder

  • Carnival

    Vincent Courtney

  • Castle of Horror

    Don L. Wulffson

  • Cat-Dogs

    A. Finnis

    A collection of seven short tales includes the title story, in which a hybrid creature that is part dog and part cat seems to be the ideal household pet, until it is discovered that the animal likes to hunt people. Original....

  • Cattail Moon

    Jean Thesman

    Hearing a musical, enchanting voice coming to her from across the marshes, Julia rushes out and briefly glimpses a beautiful, white-clad figure and is drawn into the mystery of the unknown girl and a boy named Luke. Reprint....

  • Cave of Fear

    Don L. Wulffson

    While hiking in the mountains, the reader is lead into a mysterious cave full of gold, odd fauna, and human remains, and is presented with more than twenty possible ways out, in an interactive novel. Original....

  • Charlie and Tyler at the Seashore

    Helen Craig

  • Cherokee Dawn T

    S. Dellin Genell

    With her seventeen-year-old hormones running amok and propriety and good sense consequently abandoned, Lacey Longbaugh heads into the Oklahoma Territory of the 1860s and finds dangerous romance with part-Cherokee Ridge Chekote. A PASSION BEYOND HE...

  • Chickamauga and Chattanooga

    John Bowers

    Revisiting two Civil War battles that helped turn the tide to the North's favor, this rich, evocative history of Chickamauga and Chattanooga recalls the violence and valor shown on this important battlefield. Reprint....

  • Children of Rebecca

    Vivien Annis Bailey

  • A Christmas Gift

    Glendon Swarthout

    A youngster relates how his grandparents donated a valuable family heirloom, their melodeon, to the church in an unselfish act of giving one Christmas during the Depression when they had nothing to give each other...

  • Christmas Story

    Golden Books

  • Come Back, Amelia Bedelia

    Peggy Parish

    In this vibrant edition, newly recolored by the original illustrator, Amelia Bedelia's job search gets her into another ‘homonym hot seat because she does what she's told'literally. For example, she gets a job as a file clerk, only she takes out a ...

  • Conspicuous Consumption

    Stewart Von Allmen

    Pursuing anonymous existences as normal American teenagers, a group of individuals know as the ""Lost Pups"" is summoned by their Garou parents to fight the evil Wyrm, who has abducted the Garou champion. ...

  • The Cousin War

    Francine Pascal

    Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are psyched when  their favorite cousin, Robin, comes to visit. They  can't wait for Robin to meet their friends_and  maybe even find a date for the Girls-ask-boys dance  at Sweet Valley Middle School.

    ...

  • Creepy Kokey

    Sally Kindberg

    A hilarious picture book warns readers of a spooky place that no one dares to visit during the full moon, when creepy creatures get together for a dance, and an attached sound button plays a ghostly rendition of the "Hokey Pokey."...

  • Danger in D.C.

    Martin H. Greenberg

  • Dangerous Dr. Octopus

    Michael Teitelbaum

  • Dangerous Minds

    LouAnne Johnson

    She bullied, bluffed, and bribed her students into caring about school.

    And if that didn't work, the pretty, petite ex-marine told them she'd been trained to kill with her bare hands.

    They were called the class from Hell-thirty-four inn...

  • The Dark Son

    Denise Lang

  • The Diary of a Rapist

    Evan S. Connell

    This unnerving work is a contemplation of the middleâ€"class existence in a changing world, narrated by an unstable man held hostage by his deteriorating mental state.The story begins with the unhappy marriage of junior clerk Earl Summerfield to the ...

  • Disney's Pocahontas: Nature Guide: Woods and Wildlife

    Gina Ingoglia

  • Disney's Winnie the Pooh's Nightmare

    Dennis Durrell

    Letting his imagination run wild with such colorful and menacing creatures as jagulars, woozles, and heffalumps, Winnie the Pooh is in for a very scary nightmare and wakes up just in time to avoid getting eaten up....

  • The Dollhouse

    David Pierce

  • Don't Give up the Ghost: The Yearling Book of Original Ghost Stories

    David Gale

  • Double Dumped

    Betsy Haynes

  • E-Mail Mystery

    Erica Farber

  • Eight Classic Stories

    Golden Books

  • Enchanted

    Lucinda Edmonds

    At just 17, Madelaine Vincent is tipped as the most promising young ballerina of her generation. But in the bright and giddy world of 1980s London, when anything seems possible, Maddy's triumph suddenly turns to tragedy. Only courage will allow her t...