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  • Aftershock

    Don Pendleton

    SHOCK WAVE Mack Bolan is in Turkey to recover millions in stolen medical and relief supplies earmarked for displaced refugees in the civil-war-torn region. Racing to reclaim the cache before a violent insurgent group sells everything on the black...

  • Battlecraft

    Jack Terral

    They are America's ultimate weapon in the war on terror. On the sea, in the air, or over land, they go where no one else will go, and do what no one else can do... Under the direction of their mysterious leader, Husan, the terrorist group known as...

  • Bayonet Skies

    John F. Mullins

    1975: With the Vietnam War drawing to a close, Captain James Carmichael begins a new life far from the front lines, in Bad Tölz, Germany. Married to a beautiful Russian emigre and awaiting his first child, Carmichael should be content training the 10...

  • Death in the Sky

    Alan Savage

    The second instalment in the thrilling RAF series, continuing the saga of the Bayley family Following the surrender of France in 1940, Nazi Germany begins to plan the invasion of Great Britain ? for which it needs complete air superiority. Thus the L...

  • Grunt Air

    John R. Taylor

    "Grunt Air will raise awareness about the many missing POWs, some who are still missing..." Doug Alberts, Pilot, quoted from The Lakewood People "John R. Taylor had me sitting on the edge of my seat a few times, laughing and crying. He is an amazing ...

  • Lords Of The Deep

    James Axler

    APOTHEOSIS OF MALICE The web of treachery, secrecy and manipulation spun by humanity's enslavers to snare mankind in relentless submission has begun to unravel -- ripped apart by rebels pledged to free Earth from unearthly domination. Renegades by th...

  • The Mummy with No Name

    Geronimo Stilton

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

  • Raptor Force

    Bill Yenne

    When there was nowhere else to turn, President Tom Livingstone called his old friend General Buck Peighton, and from the shadows, Peighton called on the Raptor Force. . . .***Why can't somebody stop them! The woman screamed, breaking into tears as sh...

  • Sensor Sweep

    Don Pendleton

    As the free world stands united against the ruthless onslaught of global terrorism, a covert, action-ready force known only to the President operates behind the scenes, on red alert. A crack cybernetics team works tirelessly assessing and fielding in...

  • Antiques Roadkill

    Barbara Allan

    Determined to make a new start in her quaint hometown on the banks of the Mississippi, Brandy Borne never dreams she'll become the prime suspect in a murder case... Moving back in with her eccentric, larger-than-life mother, Brandy Borne finds sma...

  • Bones of the Barbary Coast

    Daniel Hecht

    Bert Marchetti, an old family friend of Cree's and an SFPD homicide inspector, has asked Cree to help investigate a human skeleton recently unearthed in the foundation of a fine Victorian home-apparently the bones of a victim of the 1906 earthqua...

  • The Cinco de Mayo Murder

    Lee Harris

    MAYDAY! When Christine Bennett is invited on a sightseeing trip to Arizona, she jumps at the chance for a little adventure. But the excursion reminds her of a former high school classmate, Heinz Gruner, who died twenty years earlier on Cinco de Ma...

  • Murder of a Real Bad Boy

    Denise Swanson

    Still recovering from breaking up with her boyfriend and alienating half the people in town, Skye Denison has sworn off men--but she hires sexy contractor Beau Hamilton to renovate the old house she inherited. After all, who can ignore his qualificat...

  • The Orchid Thief

    Carolyn Keene

    This New York Times bestselling girl detective has one hot summer ahead!Nancy, Bess, and George are off to Key Largo, Florida for a week of sun, swimming and exploring the fabulous coral reef that stretches along the Florida keys. They've been invite...

  • Pony Problems

    Carolyn Keene

    This pony knows quite a few tricks! A new petting zoo has opened in River Heights. Nancy, George, and Bess can't wait to check it out -- the zoo has the cutest shetland pony named Buttons. And it looks like the Clue Crew won't have to wait very long ...

  • A Pour Way to Dye

    Tim Myers

    Benjamin Perkins is carrying a full load--keeping his family specialty soap store afloat and his quirky clan from making waves. But he's just landed in a tub of trouble over a slippery thing called murder... A STAINED REPUTATION Benjamin Perkin...

  • The Stabbing In The Stables

    Simon Brett

    Carole Seddon accompanies Jude to Long Bamber Stables so her friend can apply her healing touch to a lame horse, only to stumble upon the body of a man beyond medical help -- alternative or otherwise. The victim, former equestrian champion Walter Fle...

  • The Trouble With Witches

    Shirley Damsgaard

    Ophelia has always considered her psychic abilities an imposition, except for those times she's been able to put her paranormal talents to good use-like when a friend asks her to help find a missing teenager. Unfortunately it means she and Abby, her ...

  • Apples of Gold

    Lisa Samson

    “Once upon a time, many years ago, when true love walked hand in hand with kisses and promises, and decisions were made to last forever, two girls received a summons to appear before the governor.…†So begins the story of two sisters in a long-...

  • Fishers of Men

    Gerald N. Lund

    In an ancient land in a time foretold by prophets, a babe was born beneath a shining star. Thirty years later, Jesus of Nazareth began teaching a message of hope, peace, and love. He claimed to be the Son of God, and his words - and his life - would ...

  • The Wind Harp

    B.J. Hoff

    B.J. Hoff's unforgettable characters from A Distant Music reunite for an even more gripping, dramatic episode in The Mountain Song Legacy.When Maggie MacAuley returns to the small coal town of her childhood, she has no intention of staying. Her life ...

  • The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Caught

    Neta Jackson

    For the Yada prayer sisters, getting' caight up in troubles isn't the problem, it's how to get free. Only weeks ago, we Yadas toughened our prayer knees when one of our own was the victim of a vicious, racial attack. Now it seems each household is...

  • 24 Hours

    Kay David

  • Back In The Bachelor's Arms

    Victoria Pade

    A HOMECOMING TO REMEMBER Chloe Carmichael hadn't set foot in Northbridge, Montana, for years. Fourteen years, to be exact, since her parents had forced her from everything she knew and loved: Her childhood home. Her best friend. And the l...

  • Beach Baby

    Joan Kilby

    What does it take to become a family? Nina Kennerly has a full life, but she's always regretted giving her daughter up for adoption and losing Reid Robertson, her first love. Now her grown daughter has found her -- with her own baby girl in tow! -- ...

  • Bedded For Revenge

    Sharon Kendrick

    An Italian billionaire businessman... Years ago, Cesare di Arcangelo's pride had been wounded. Now Sorcha Whittaker's company needed his expertise--he would bed her, and then dump her... all for revenge! With a plan for vengeance! Sorcha...

  • Been There, Done That

    Carol Snow

    A laugh-out-loud, warmhearted debut about a woman reliving her youth (and not just the good parts). Plenty of thirtysomething women would be thrilled to look like a teenager. But journalist Kathy Hopkins wishes she could be taken a little more se...

  • Bending To The Bachelor's Will

    Emilie Rose

    FOR SALE: BACHELOR #23 One unbelievably desirable banker. Kisses could melt the U.S. mint. Short-term loans only. Former debutante Holly Prescott had shunned her wealth and its trappings for a simpler life. But a foolhardy promise to "buy a bachel...

  • The Bishop's Daughter

    Wanda E. Brunstetter

    The Amish bishop's daughter is off limits to an outsider like Jimmy... Even though Jimmy Scott's typical American upbringing isn't as far removed from the Amish as it may appear. After his mother dies from cancer, Jimmy learns he was not his parents...

  • Blame It On Texas

    Cathy Gillen Thacker

    Lewis McCabe fell for Lexie Remington long ago. But as a shy and awkward teenager he thought he had no chance with her. Now he's a successful business owner and ready to romance Lexie, who's back in their hometown of Laramie, Texas. However, Lexie, a...

  • The Bought-And-Paid-For Wife

    Bronwyn Jameson

    SOME WOMEN WOULD DO ALMOST ANYTHING FOR WEALTH... The last person widow Vanessa Thorpe expected on her doorstep was Tristan Thorpe -- her deceased husband's estranged son. Tristan stood between her and the inheritance she desperately needed. Despi...

  • Bride at Bay Hospital

    Meredith Webber

    When Sam Agostini left the Bay thirteen years ago he had a reputation as a bad boy--and he left nurse Megan Anstey brokenhearted. Now he's back, still devastatingly handsome, still undeniably charming and a highly respected doctor. But as Sam fights ...

  • Brides Gone Wild

    Cathie Linz
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    Four all-new stories that show there's no place like a wedding to catch the perfect man.

    To go down the aisle or not to go down the aisle. Is that even a question? Well, it depends on whether you're the bride or just a bridesmaid-for the fif...

  • Bringing Baby Home

    Debra Salonen

    Liz's prophecy: A man of darkness. A child of light. You'll be able to only save one. Right from the start, Liz knew there was something David Baines wasn't telling her. But by the time the truth came out, it was too late. She'd pl...

  • Bunking Down With The Boss

    Charlene Sands

    THE POWERFUL STRANGER She should have been satisfied with her new hire, for horse rancher Caroline Portman desperately needed the help. But something about Sam Beaumont made her wonder if there was more to him than the wandering wrangler persona. ...

  • Butterfly Soup

    Nancy Pinard

    Rose Forrester was too old to be lying on her car's front seat spying on her first love. She even had a husband and a teenage daughter waiting for her at home. But Rob MacIntyre's return had just turned her world upside down. Seventeen years ago he'd...

  • By Her Side

    Kathryn Springer

    The Davis Landing Observer Page 5 THE GOSSIP GURU ...is back with more news. Seems intrepid reporter Felicity Simmons, at rival newspaper The Davis Landing Dispatch, is being threatened by someone who is not happy with her articles. Your faithful...

  • Caroline's Journal

    Katherine Stone

    The passion of a woman, a mother, a wife... For more than six years Seattle architect Caroline Wynn and her attorney husband, Jeffrey, have been trying to have a baby. Now, finally, Caroline is pregnant. Both Caroline and Jeffrey are thrilled. And...

  • Coming Home To The Cowboy

    Patricia Thayer

    New York advertising executive Rebecca Valentine is now facing her biggest challenge -- her biological clock. In an effort to get her life sorted out, Rebecca travels to a tranquil ranch in Wyoming.... Charming, easygoing Mitchell Tucker isn't at ...

  • Cross My Heart

    Carly Phillips

    SHE'S GONE FROM RICHES TO RAGS -- AND BACK AGAIN! Lacey Kincaid is a classic New York success story. As the owner of Odd Jobs, she's gone from rags to riches...sort of. Because Lacey's harboring a secret -- she was born Lillian Dumont, and spent...

  • Cyber Cinderella

    Christina Hopkinson

    Izobel Brannigan is an ordinary girl, working a good but dull public relations job, and with a lousy--but slightly less dull--boyfriend. Out of boredom, she decides to Google herself and finds an entire Web site devoted to her, describing a fun, exci...

  • Dark Roots and Cowboy Boots

    LuAnn McLane

    NOT JUST ANOTHER SMALL-TOWN BABE... Teetering on the Tennessee border, Hootertown, Kentucky, suits beautician Jamie Lee Carter just fine. She's the kind of gal who prefers longneck beers to cosmos, bare feet to high heels, and Daisy Dukes to Prada,...

  • Deadly Memories

    Susan Vaughan

    WAS SHE HIS PLEASURE OR...POISON? During her Italian vacation, Sophie Rinaldi accepted a family friend's hospitality and her stay was more than pleasant -- until she overheard her host making plans to sell weapons to terrorists. Now her life was i...

  • Dollar Daze

    Karin Gillespie

    Moons and Junes are the flavors of the month for the Bottom Dollar Girls, whose sudden fondness for wooing and cooing has them in a Dollar Daze. From the night of the Sweetheart Dance, love begins blooming all over Cayboo Creek. Though every rose mus...

  • Dreaming of You

    Francis Ray

    LURING A MAN INTO LOVE Successful Santa Fe hotelier, Faith McBride has loved Brandon Grayson since she was a wallflower in high school and he was her big brother's best friend. Now hard-bodied Brandon is running a trendy restaurant a stone's throw f...

  • Emergency Baby

    Alison Roberts

    As part of the specialist emergency response team, paramedic Samantha Moore has always been one of the boys, but now her biological clock has kicked in and she wants a baby--fast. Samantha begins her search for the perfect father...and discovers h...

  • Everything She Wants

    Beth Killian

    In the second book of Beth Killian's juicy 310 series, Hollywood newcomer Eva Cordes starts to unravel her family's dark secrets -- and creates some scandals of her own. Aspiring actress Eva feels like she's finally on her way to the big time -- she...

  • Expecting Thunder's Baby

    Sheri Whitefeather

    THE UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY Years after tragedy had torn them apart, Carrie Lipton was suddenly face-to-face with Thunder Trueno...and as attracted to him as ever. Thunder wanted her out of his system, a few weeks to defuse the passion between them. ...

  • Falling for Dallas

    Carolynn Carey

    Beth Ann Stanfield truly believes she's not a dream girl. She's a young widow with a son to raise, a huge medical debt to pay, and a monstrosity of a house that gobbles up all her extra cash. When sophisticated, educated, and wealthy Dallas Vance mov...

  • Family At Stake

    Molly O'Keefe

    His daughter's secrets Since becoming a single father, Mac Edwards has struggled to keep his small family together. But now his custody of his twelve-year-old daughter is threatened by the secrets she's keeping. His last hope In a bitter twist, th...

  • Fate and Ms. Fortune

    Saralee Rosenberg

    When destiny called, she pressed 1 for more options With the name Robyn Fortune, shouldn't luck be a sure thing? Instead, black clouds love me. All I did was show up at a family bar mitzvah and cue lightning . . . this huge storm blew in. My ...

  • Finding Nick

    Janis Reams Hudson

    THE RELUCTANT HERO Injured New York firefighter Nick Carlucci had long ago retreated to quiet Tribute, Texas, determined to escape his demons. He was done with remembering -- and feeling. And then beautiful reporter Shannon Malloy hunted him down ...

  • The Firefighter's Fiance

    Kate Hardy

    Kelsey Watson's life seems to be ticking along just fine. She loves her firefighting job, she's happily single and she has a wonderful (and gorgeous) friend, colleague and housemate in paramedic Matt Fraser. Then Matt notices that a fierce fire i...

  • First Friends

    Marcia Willett

    Cass and Kate meet at school--and are firm friends for the rest of their lives. Both marry naval officers, but Cass's infidelity has far-reaching consequences for her children--and Kate's. Many of the characters in First Friends (published in the UK ...

  • Georgia On Her Mind

    Rachel Hauck

    How do you emcee your class reunion when your life is a Tilt-a-Whirl? Until 10:30 a.m., Monday, February 6, Macy Moore was Miss Most Likely To Succeed, a corporate executive on the fast track, with a marriage-material boyfriend and a cool city con...

  • Having The Frenchman's Baby

    Rebecca Winters

    Rachel Valentine is the wine buyer for the Valentine family's exclusive Bella Lucia restaurants, and her relationship with master winemaker Luc Chartier should be strictly business.... Romanced by the beautiful Alsace vineyards, and seduced by...

  • Heartbreaker

    Diana Palmer

    J. B. Hammock played by his own rules, and rule number one was never settle down. He treated his women well, but with a no-strings detachment they all accepted. But sweet Tellie Maddox hovered about like a gossamer butterfly, always trying to take ca...

  • Heaven Can't Wait

    Pamela Clare
    in

    A sexy romp featuring characters from USA Today bestselling author Pamela Clare's I-Team series. Lissy Charteris and Will Fraser are two weeks away from getting married when Lissy suggests they put a bit of traditional romance into their lives by giv...

  • Her Better Half

    C.J. Carmichael

    Lauren Holloway: The mother of twin daughters, this cashmere-and-pearls housewife has always been careful to do the "right" things in life. Erin Karmeli: Clad in tight jeans and low-cut tops, she's a vodka-swilling, straight-shooting single mother...

  • Her Hero?

    Rhonda Nelson
    in

    Her high-school sweetheart, Jackson Harper, was always hot, but not exactly ambitious. So prestigious clothing supplier Carley Deluna's hopes soar when Jackson tells her he's moved up in the world. "I'm a used-car salesman now," he says. Oh....

  • Here Comes Trouble

    Leslie Kelly / Leslie A. Kelly

    Former air force pilot Max Taylor has gained something of a reputation with the high-society ladies he shuttles around on his charter airline service. And the rumor mill has been out of control since he's become a chapter in the tell-all book written...

  • The Hometown Hero Returns

    Julianna Morris

    When Luke McCade returns to Divine after a long absence, Nicki Johansson realizes that she may have lost the bad clothes and haircut, but it's hard to shake an old crush. Especially when she's never forgotten the first kiss he gave her. Nicki doesn't...

  • The Horseman

    Margaret Way

    But Cecile is not completely convinced he's the right man for her -- even though the rest of her family approves. And when she meets Raul Montalvan -- a mysterious Argentinian -- she knows she has to break the engagement. Not that she really expe...

  • How to Be Popular

    Meg Cabot

    Do you want to be popular? Everyone wants to be popular-or at least, Stephanie Landry does. Steph's been the least popular girl in her class since a certain cherry Super Big Gulp catastrophe five years earlier. Does being popular matter? ...

  • Hysterical Blondeness

    Suzanne Macpherson

    Do blondes really have more fun? In Suzanne Macpherson's delightful new novel, one woman is about to find out the truth about life, love, and hair color . . . Patricia Stillwell went to sleep a brunette and woke up blonde! That experimental we...

  • Ian's Ultimate Gamble

    Brenda Jackson

    WINNER TAKES ALL Casino owner Ian Westmoreland thought he had seen the last of Brooke Chamberlain, until she checked into his resort claiming to need a little R & R. Brooke had betrayed him years before, and Ian was willing to bet there was more t...

  • In His Eyes

    Gail Gaymer Martin

    Her young love for Connor Faraday had left her heartbroken. Although home designer Ellene Bordini had moved on, she'd never felt drawn to any other man -- and never recovered from Connor's betrayal. Now, a decade later, Connor was back in her life......

  • An Innocent Man

    Deirdre Savoy

    Francesca Hairston, known as "Frankie" to her friends at the prestigious women's college where she works, is set to testify at the trial of a handyman accused of committing a series of violent crimes around campus. Because the accused doesn't resembl...

  • Just For Kicks

    Susan Andersen

    Las Vegas showgirl Carly Jacobsen keeps finding out the hard way that her idea of fun differs radically from that of her neighbor Wolfgang Jones. Sure, he looks incredible, and he seems to have a thing for her legs, but the man's a robot. So what'...

  • The Ladies' Man

    Susan Mallery

    She'd resolved to "act more sophisticated" and "get out more." But the rumpled bedding, the coffee brewed by other hands and The Note reminded Rachel Harper that she'd done something completely out of character. She'd brought a man home from a bar. ...

  • Learning To Hula

    Lisa Childs

    Everyone in town thinks Holly DeJong has handled her husband's death well, including her. Until the day she spots a cupcake display at Smiley's General Store and lets loose. Holly's husband is dead...because he cheated on her. He didn't have just one...

  • A Little Change Of Plans

    Jen Safrey

    HUSABND...IN A HURRY! Entrepreneur Molly Jackson had always been a success, the type of woman who could achieve anything once she put her mind to it. Then a one-night stand left her pregnant--right before the biggest job interview of her life. ...

  • Love Becomes Her

    Donna Hill

    Fate has one last zinger in store for Barbara Allen. His name is Michael Stevens, he is a basketball millionaire, he's little more than half her age and he wants to spend the night! Does Barbara dare throw convention to the wind and enjoy her very...

  • Love in High Gear

    Charlotte Roy

    Born with looks, class and enough money to move mountains, Tallulah Quincy Pettifore is the kind of woman all others are born to envy. Wife of a political and social powerhouse and mother of a wonderful son, she seems to have everything... that is, u...

  • Love In The Lineup

    Deborah Fletcher Mello

    Roshawn Bradsher finds that a midlife change is exactly what she needs after her divorce. Amicable with her ex-husband and peacefully co-parenting, Roshawn decides that a complete change of scene is required to ignite passion in her life. When Angel ...

  • Love-Slave To The Sheikh

    Miranda Lee

    At the Sheikh's command... Sheikh Bandar bin Saeed al Serkel had lived life in the fast lane. But now this oil-rich billionaire was facing a roadblock: he had a brain tumor. There was a fifty-fifty chance Bandar would recover. With weeks to...

  • A Lover's Pretense

    Altonya Washington

    The pain of lost love has shaped Tykira Lowery, and despite the challenges of starting life anew, her savvy business skills and warm spirit guarantee her entrepreneurial success. Now, coming face to face with Quaysar Ramsey each day was overwhelming ...

  • Lucky's Woman

    Linda Winstead Jones

    SHE SAW A KILLER IN HER DREAMS... Annie Lockhart's colorful exterior concealed a serious psychic ability. And if her latest visions were true, a serial killer was preying on couples deeply in love. She had been burned by her talents before, so ins...

  • Major Crush

    Jennifer Echols

    Marching to the beat of a different drum... Tired of the beauty-pagean circuit, Virginia Sauter tosses her tiara, pierces her nose, and auditions for the most unlikely of roles -- drum major of the high school marching band. Virginia wins...

  • A Man Of Honor

    Linda Barrett

    Heather Marshall is fearless. But to Officer Dave McCoy, the social worker's fearlessness spells trouble. And he can't understand why she's so afraid to trust her safety -- and her heart -- to a cop. Heather's dad was a cop -- one with problems...

  • The Marriage Campaign

    Michele Dunaway

    Campaign fund-raiser Lisa Meyer has worked hard to be her own boss and will let nothing -- especially romance -- interfere with her success. Then fate places sexy Mark Smith back in her path and sparks begin to fly. But if she lets herself fall for M...

  • Marriage Terms

    Barbara Dunlop

    THERE WERE RULES COUPLES LIVED BY... Rule #1: Ex-husbands weren't supposed to still entice their ex-wives. Millionaire businessman Daniel Elliott affected his ex-wife, Amanda, as if they were still the couple whose unbridled passions -- and une...

  • Me Vs. Me

    Sarah Mlynowski

    Gabby Wolf has pretty much, almost definitely (this close!) come to a decision: She's trading in Phoenix (nice but uneventful life with boyfriend) for Manhattan (dream job as producer for highly successful news show). Then Cam swoops in and gives her...

  • The Merry Widow's Diary

    Susan Crosby

    Saturday, September 22 1. Get a dog cat. 2. Get a man. 3. Get adventurous (go skinny-dipping!) 4. Get a life! She'd been the pampered and protected wife. Now she was a widow with both daughters off at college and she was suddenly d...

  • Mistress

    Anita Nair

    Christopher Stewart, a handsome, young scholar from the U.S. travels to India to interview a famous musician named Koman. Christopher spends a lot of time with Koman and his beautiful, unhappy niece Radha. Radha is blessed with a husband who adores h...

  • Mistress For a Weekend

    Susan Napier

    From mouse to mistress... Nora Lang needs the most dangerous man she can find! Enter tycoon Blake MacLeod. He normally prefers sophisticated blondes that don't require too much of his brainpower. But Nora's a challenge...the perfect opportunity...

  • More Than a Mission

    Caridad Pineiro

    BEAUTY IS A KILLER... She'd murdered the heir to the throne, and now the assassin was firmly in undercover agent Aidan Spaulding's sights. With her regal looks, Elizabeth Moore looked more like a princess than a prince killer. But for Aidan, it wa...

  • Nanny And The Beast

    Donna Clayton

    Sophia Stanton has worked too hard building a thriving nanny-placement service to risk it and try juggling career and family. But when single dad Michael Taylor fires three of her nannies in quick succession, Sophia decides to confront the Beast (tha...

  • Nerds Like It Hot

    Vicki Lewis Thompson

    She's unleashed her inner vixen... Hollywood makeup artist Gillian McCormick wouldn't normally be caught dead on a cruise aimed at single geeks. But as the sole witness to a murder, hiding out may be her only chance at staying alive. With P.I. Lex M...

  • No Place Like Home

    Debra Clopton

    When her ancient RV caught fire, candy maker Dottie Hart was stranded in Mule Hollow. So much for her promise to help her brother with his women's shelter. She would never make it to California now! Help arrived in the nick of time, in the shape o...

  • The Perfect Wife

    Judy Duarte

    Until her divorce was finalized. She'd been trying to figure out how her carefully planned out life had gone off track -- and then she met a wonderful man. Only, Bo Conway was everything wealthy Carly wasn't looking for: A regular guy. A ...

  • Possibilities

    Debra White Smith

    IF YOU'RE A JANE AUSTEN FAN, YOU'LL LOVE THE COLORFUL CHARACTERS AND FASCINATING RELATIONSHIPS IN DEBRA WHITE SMITH'S DELIGHTFUL, CONTEMPORARY NOVEL BASED ON AUSTEN'S PERSUASION "A yardman?" Landon's thin eyebrows arched. "You want to marry a yard...

  • The Prodigal M.D. Returns

    Marie Ferrarella

    It's not going to stay cold up here in Alaska for too much longer...not with sizzling hot doctor Ben Kerrigan back in town. The best-looking man the town of Hades has ever seen isn't just toiling in the town's only medical clinic; I hear he's also do...

  • Purchased By The Billionaire

    Helen Bianchin

    Purchased for his pleasure... Kayla removed Spanish billionaire Duardo Alvarez's wedding ring after just seventy-two hours of marriage. But now desperate circumstances have forced Kayla to beg her ex-husband for help. Duardo's price is ...

  • The Ranieri Bride

    Michelle Reid

    Bedded for revenge When Enrico Ranieri discovers that Freya has hidden the existence of his son, he demands her hand in marriage. Enrico won't give Freya his heart, but he will give her his special brand of bedroom pleasure.... Wedded for pas...

  • The Rebel King

    Kathleen Creighton

    Paris is the perfect haven for a runaway prince. Until a black-garbed figure trailing a tantalizing perfume steals into Nikolas Donovan's hotel room. And something about his sensual assailant is hauntingly familiar.... Attack first and ask questio...

  • Remember Texas

    Eve Gaddy

    Coincidence...or fate? Ava Vincent hightailed it out of Texas more than twenty years ago, vowing never to return. Too many bad memories. Too many people she'd abandoned and let down. So she's shocked to find her new job has brought her to the very t...

  • The Right Brother

    Patricia McLinn

    SOMETHING TO PROVE... Everyone thinks life has been easy for pretty, popular Jennifer Truesdale. In reality, it's been anything but--especially since her no-good ex-husband left her in dire financial straits with a child to raise. She'll show them a...

  • The Runaway Mistress

    Sandra Marton

  • Satin Nights

    Karen E. Quinones Miller

    Regina Harris has been through it all, orphaned at 13 and forced to use street wits to survive. Now living in Harlem with her four-year-old daughter, she thinks her life has finally stabilized--but where there's Regina, there's always drama. She runs...

  • Saying Yes To The Boss

    Jackie Braun

    Regina Bellini doesn't believe in love at first sight. After all, she knows firsthand that thinking with your heart can only lead to trouble. But then Regina is forced to work for the one man who makes her heart stand still -- Dane Conlan. And the...

  • The Secret Baby Bargain

    Melanie Milburne

    Bought: the mother of his child! Jake Marriot had always been clear about the terms of his relationships-no marriage, no babies. So when Ashleigh Forrester found out she was pregnant with his child, she ran! But Jake's back. The billionaire has...

  • Shattered Images

    Marcia King-Gamble

    Desiree Alexander has never been happier. A popular teacher at a prestigious prep school in Baltimore, she's sure the position of dean is hers for the taking. But before the final decision is made, a shocking secret from Desiree's past comes back to ...

  • A Sheltering Heart

    Terri Reed

    When physician's assistant Gwen Yates arrived at the airport for her mission trip to Africa, she was shocked to find her boss had made her the new trip leader...and added his handsome son to the expedition. Worse, as executive director of Healing Mis...

  • Shoulda Been A Cowboy

    Charlotte Douglas

    B and B owner Caroline Tuttle has dreamed of moving out west and marrying a cowboy ever since she saw her first horse. But with her recent inheritance of Blackberry Farm, Caroline's future seems bleak...until she meets her sexy, secretive tenant, Eth...

  • The Sicilian Doctor's Proposal

    Sarah Morgan

    Dr. Alice Anderson doesn't believe in love--no matter how much the small community of Smugglers Cove tries to persuade her otherwise. That is until she meets the doctor she will be working with...the charming Sicilian, Dr. Giovanni Moretti. Gi...

  • So Caught Up in You

    Beverly Brandt
    in

    Four all-new stories that show there's no place like a wedding to catch the perfect man.

    To go down the aisle or not to go down the aisle. Is that even a question? Well, it depends on whether you're the bride or just a bridesmaid-for the fif...

  • Somebody's Hero

    Marilyn Pappano

    Romance writer Jayne Miller was determined to make a new life for herself and her daughter, far from the heartache she'd left behind. She arrived in a late-winter storm -- only to collide with a snow-dusted stranger. Her neighbor Tyler Lewis seeme...

  • Someone To Love

    Karen White-Owens

    The course of true love never runs according to plan, at least not for Shae Weitherspoon whose love life is in need of critical care. As a nurse practitioner her focus is always on others, especially patients and clinic staff. When drop-dead gorgeous...

  • Sophie's Sheikh

    Alexandra Sellers

  • Spin Control

    Holly O'Dell

    Kate Brown has the opportunity of a lifetime: If she successfully completes her next big project, she’ll be promoted to partner in her publicity firm -- one of the best in Manhattan. The only trouble? The “big project†is restoring the image...

  • The Spy Who Loved Her

    Marie Ferrarella

  • Strip Search

    Shelley Bradley

    If the Feds want to nail a Mafia kingpin, they need a slick trap to catch him. Enter Mark Sullivan, built for the job - to go undercover as a male stripper in the mobster's Vegas club. The perk? The club's owner. Sure, she's got some unsavory connect...

  • Suburban Secrets

    Donna Birdsell

    Grace Becker needed to get a life... And thanks to '80s night, one too many Flaming Togas and a game of Truth or Dare with her girlfriends, this woman who has let her Day-Timer rule her life has found excitement in spades. Rather than reveal the t...

  • Summer At Willow Lake

    Susan Wiggs

    Real estate expert Olivia Bellamy reluctantly trades a trendy Manhattan summer for her family's old resort camp in the Catskills, where her primary task will be renovating the bungalow colongy for her grandparents, who want one last summer together f...

  • Taken By The Tycoon

    Kathryn Ross

    Nicole's relationship with her handsome boss is not just business. She and Luke Santana work hard and play hard -- no complications, no strings attached, just perfect passion. But rules are made to be broken. Nicole wants more than Luke has promi...

  • A Temporary Arrangement

    Roxanne Rustand

    Much more than she bargained for... All Abby Cahill wanted was a quiet summer job in the beautiful Wisconsin woods. But the hospital where she's filling in turns out to be overcrowded, understaffed and decidedly stretched for cash. And as if she d...

  • That Wilder Boy

    Kim Vogel Sawyer

    Carrie Mays knows that to whom much is given much is required. That's why she has to figure out what to do with the large inheritance she's about to receive. She doesn't want people to look at her and see dollar signs; she just wants to be loved for ...

  • To Love Again

    Janet Lee Barton

    A year has passed since her husband, Brian, died, and Ronni Melrose is still discovering ways in which he betrayed her. Learning to forgive him is hard enough. Opening herself up to more hurt by loving another man is simply impossible, and she determ...

  • The Total Package

    Jennifer LaBrecque
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    Software genius Deke Foster wants marketing whiz Abby Carmichael to fix his image so he can bag a wife. He's adorable as is, but career-oriented Abby doesn't want a husband -- especially one with a pocket protector!...

  • Trouble in High Heels

    Christina Dodd

    When Brandi Michaels discovers her fiance hopping a flight to Vegas to marry his girlfriend, she pawns her engagement ring, buys herself a fabulous outfit and spends one sultry night in the arms of a gorgeous Italian stranger named Roberto Bartolini....

  • Tulle Little, Tulle Late

    Kimberly Llewellyn

    It's not bad enough her cousin's stealing her thunder. She's also stealing her dress. Who doesn't love a wedding? Nina Robertson sure doesn't, since the wedding in question is that of her hyper-competitive, catty cousin Celia. And Nina's own enga...

  • The Unknown Woman

    Laurie Paige

    They were supposed to be tourists, not detectives There's a dead woman in Matt Anderson's hotel room and he has no idea how she got there. When Kerry Johnston appears from next door to help, both she and Matt recognize the woman as a local waitres...

  • Viva Las Bad Boys

    Helenkay Dimon

    Welcome to Vegas's hottest spot--the Berkley Hotel and Casino--where a trio of bad boys are more than happy to put the "sin" in Sin City... Jackpot Jack McAllister is looking to get lucky on his vacation, and the jilted bride sitting at the slot...

  • Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly

    Robert Dalby

    An irresistible Southern charmer about small-town gossip, second-chance romance, strange weather, and ballroom dancing in the most unlikely places. Laurie Lepanto is on the horns of a dilemma. Her favorite market, the Piggly Wiggly, of Second Cre...

  • The Wedding Party

    Whitney Lyles
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    Say "I do" to these four romantic stories about matrimonially-challenged women that demonstrate how one of the best days of your life can go so wrong -- and still be sexy, hilarious, and deliciously right… To go down the aisle or not to go dow...

  • What a Fool Believes

    Carmen Green

    Forgive And Forget... Pretty TV weatherperson Tia Amberson has gone from being as sweet as a summer's day to a category five hurricane. Her longtime boyfriend dumped her on Valentine's Day, and to add insult to injury, she's been placed under arrest...

  • What Goes With Blood Red, Anyway?

    Stevi Mittman

    Last year I, Teddi Bayer Gallo, nearly killed my husband. This year he's nearly my ex. Last year money grew on trees. This year if my three delicious children and I don't eat, my new interior decorating business might survive. Last year I'd never see...

  • When Somebody Loves You Back

    Mary B. Morrison

    With some high-profile legal trouble behind him and a promising NBA career ahead of him--plus his engagement to his spirited soul mate, the irrepressible Fancy Taylor--former playboy Darius Jones is back on top. But bad news soon threatens to take hi...

  • When You Dance with the Devil

    Gwynne Forster

    After the death of her bitter and demanding mother, Sara Jolene Tilman finds herself alone in the world for the very first time--and ready for a fresh start. Leaving behind the pain and isolation of her former life, Sara becomes Jolene, and moves int...

  • When You Were Mine

    Adrianne Byrd

    Screenwriter Joey Adams is sure her boyfriend -- plastic surgeon Laurence Benson -- is about to propose. But when he confesses that he has fallen in love with a leggy, silicone-stuffed model-actress, Joey is devastated. The worst part is having to ex...

  • Why Moms Are Weird

    Pamela Ribon

    Belinda "Benny" Bernstein doesn't brag about her life in Los Angeles, but she is proud of her independence. She's got a job and a place to live, and she even goes out on dates now and again. But when Benny's mother and sister get into a car accident,...

  • With This Kiss

    Susan Meier

    The Capriottis and Fegans were more Hatfield and McCoy than Montague and Capulet. Still, there was that one night when chief of police Jericho Capriotti had spotted Rayne Fegan in a red dress -- a vision that still haunts him. Yet despite that one lo...

  • You Can Leave Your Hard Hat On

    Stephanie Bond
    in

    Successful architect Samantha Stone finds the tool belt and bulging muscles sexy, but her employee Teague Brownlee digs dirt for a living. If backhoes are his business, then his sweet backside is none of hers!...

  • Your Bed or Mine?

    Candy Halliday

    The Housewives Fantasy Club Is Now in Session Every Saturday night, best friends and neighbors Zada, Jen, Tish, and Alicia heat up their quaint little cul-de-sac of Owl's Roost Road with the infamous Housewives Fantasy Club. Everyone has a secret fan...

  • The Chocolate Bridal Bash

    Joanna Carl

    SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHIING ASKEW Caught up in a whirl of champagne and china patterns, bride-to-be Lee McKinney has butted heads with her future mother-in-law over every detail of the wedding bash. The last thing she needs is trouble with her own m...

  • A Deadly Yarn

    Maggie Sefton

    Kelly Flynn's finally feeling at home in Fort Connor, Colorado--especially when she's with her knitting buddies at House of Lambspun. But her friend Allison is ready to leave town--until someone cancels her trip, permanently... Kelly and Megan cou...

  • Murder Most Frothy

    Cleo Coyle

    Endless Summer, Bottomless Cups Clare Cosi's new friend, millionaire David Mintzer, has an offer no New York barista could turn down: an all-expenses-paid summer away from the sticky city. At his Hamptons mansion, she'll relax, soak up the sun, an...

  • No Nest for the Wicket

    Donna Andrews

    LINE YOUR DUCKS UP IN A ROW... The hilly terrain next to the old Sprocket house that Meg Langslow and her fiance, Michael, are refurbishing is the perfect location for an "extreme" croquet field--even the legs of cows and sheep are convenient extra ...

  • Saks and Violins

    Mary Daheim

    Slay That Funky Music Life has hit some sour notes as of late for B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn and her cousin Renie. Graphic design guru Renie's up to her eyebrows in debt after some seriously overzealous spending sprees. Meanwhile, Judith's g...

  • Secrets on Saturday

    Ann Purser

    She's mopped up Murder on Monday and flushed out Fear on Friday. But on Saturday, working-class mum and cleaner extraordinaire Lois Meade finds that part-time sleuths never catch a day off... Gossip thrives in the village of Long Farnden and Lois ...

  • Through the Darkness

    Marcia Talley

    Cancer survivor Hannah Ives looked Death in the eye . . . and walked away victorious. But the terror she once felt in its shadow pales before the ice-cold fear that now grips her heart in the wake of an unthinkable crime: the kidnapping of Hannah's i...

  • Alchemist's Cat

    Robin Jarvis

    The year is 1664 when young Will Godwin comes to London. In order to survive, he becomes an assistant to a wicked alchemist, Elias Theophratus Spittle. On an errand one freezing night, Will finds a mother cat and her three kittens, and brings the fam...

  • Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls

    Masaki Segawa

    LOVE AND DEATH

    The bloody battle to rule Japan has begun: The Iga and the Kouga clans are locked in a fight to the death. Driven by a centuries-old hatred, each clan will do anything to annihilate the other. The Kouga clan is engaging in a lit...

  • Benighted

    Kit Whitfield

    It is a world much like our own, with one deadly difference: ninety-nine percent of the population is lycanthropic. When the full moon rises, humans transform into lunes, bloodthirsty beasts who cannot be reasoned with or tamed. Those few born unable...

  • Bloodstone

    Barbara Campbell

    New trouble lies ahead for Darak and Griane, now the Memory-Keeper and Healer of their tribe. Keirith, the eldest of their three children, has been apprenticed to the Tree-Father but is dismissed when his master learns that he has been riding the spi...

  • Cast In Courtlight

    Michelle Sagara

    NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED... In Elantra, a job well done is rewarded with a more dangerous task. And so, after defeating a dark evil, Kaylin must enter a place of deceit and treachery. A world where silk and jewels hide deadly secrets.... Ka...

  • Cold Sleep

    Narise Konohara

  • A Cop's Life

    Randy Sutton

    A COP'S LIFE... is about a midnight call that brings you to a grandmother battered to death in her bed while three punks go running and laughing through the night.... A COP'S LIFE... is about the man in the Ninja outfit who absorbs a full maga...

  • Corby Flood

    Paul Stewart; Chris Riddell

    Corby Flood and her family are about to set sail on the rather ramshackle cruise ship, the S.S. Euphonia. Her boisterous brothers might not have noticed that anything is wrong, but Corby is highly observant and has a lot of time for note-taking and e...

  • Druid's Sword

    Sara Douglass

    1940. The skies above London are filled with German planes on nightly raids, a Blitz that brings a barrage of bombs that pound the city into rubble. Each morning Londoners face the night's handiwork and though they are presented with the possibility ...

  • Dzur

    Steven Brust

    When you're a short-statured, short-lived human in an Empire of tall, long-lived Dragaerans, you've got to hold on to your wits. Long ago, I made a good living as a captain of the Jhereg, the noble house that runs the rackets in the Imperial city. B...

  • ES: Eternal Sabbath

    Fuyumi Soryo

    DANGEROUS THOUGHTS

    Mine Kujyou is a brilliant and beautiful scientist who has unlocked some of the darkest secrets of the human mind. But she’s about to discover the hard way what the mind is really capable of. Mine joins forces with Sakaki ...

  • Everlost

    Neal Shusterman

    Nick and Allie don't survive the car accident... ...but their souls don't exactly get where they're supposed to get either. Instead, they're caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, fi...

  • The Floating Island

    Elizabeth Haydon

    Long ago, in the Second Age of history, a young Nain explorer by the name of Ven Polypheme traveled much of the known and unknown world, recording his adventures. Recently discovered by archaeologists, a few fragments of his original journals are rep...

  • The Further Adventures of Beowulf

    Brian M. Thomsen

    The saga of Beowulf, the timeless warrior hero, is the earliest adventure chronicle from the English-speaking world, and one that still captivates audiences worldwide. But The Further Tales of Beowulf reveals that the story, as it's handed down to us...

  • Gacha Gacha, Volume 5

    Hiroyuki Tamakoshi

    COULD IT BE LOVE?

    Kurara finally confesses her love for Kouhei, but something’s not quite right. She looks like Kurara, she sounds like Kurara, she even punches like Kuraraâ€"but it seems too good to be true. Is this really Kurara, or could ...

  • Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost!

    Cornelia Funke

    Get scared silly! Dripping sticky slime wherever it goes, an Averagely Spooky Ghost is hiding out in Tom's cellar. Why? Because he's being haunted, too -- by a much bigger, way badder Incredibly Revolting Ghost. Confused? So is Tom! Good thing his ...

  • The Grapple

    Harry Turtledove

    It is 1943, the third summer of the new war between the Confederate States of America and the United States, a war that will turn on the deeds of ordinary soldiers, extraordinary heroes, and a colorful cast of spies, politicians, rebels, and everyday...

  • The Harsh Cry of the Heron

    Lian Hearn

    A dazzling saga of warfare and sacrifice, passionate revenge, treacherous betrayal, and unconquerable love, The Harsh Cry of the Heron takes the storytelling achievement of Hearn's fantastic medieval Japanese world to startling new heights of drama a...

  • The Heritage of Shannara Books One and Two

    Terry Brooks

    Here together for the first time in one volume are the first two books in Terry Brooks’ enthralling epic, The Heritage of Shannara.

    Since the death of the Druid Allanon, the Four Lands have changed profoundly, with magic strictly forbidden i...

  • In the Company of Ogres

    A. Lee Martinez

    For someone who's immortal, Never Dead Ned manages to die with alarming frequency--he just has the annoying habit of rising from the grave. But this soldier might be better dead than face his latest assignment. Ogre Company is the legion's dump...

  • Inda

    Sherwood Smith

    THE FATE OF THE SAECOND SON Indevan-Dal was the second son of the Prince of Choraed Elgaer. Tradition dictated that when his older brother Tanrid inherited the realm, Inda would be his brother's Shield Arm -- his military champion. Tanrid,'as heir, ...

  • Ingo

    Helen Dunmore

    A whisper on the tide Sapphire's father mysteriously vanishes into the waves off the Cornwall coast where her family has always lived. She misses him terribly, and she longs to hear his spellbinding tales about the Mer, who live in the underwater ki...

  • Light of the World

    Scott Ciencin

    From sea to sea to shining sea,

    I bade that she come back to me --

    Without her look, without her face,

    I bade I too would leave this place.

    The Charmed Ones couldn't be happier -- Phoebe and Piper's childhood friend Lyssa i...

  • The Magic Toybox

    Denise Little

    13 all-new tales about the magic of childhood. In this exciting short story collection, toys come to life through the love and belief of the children who play with them. Thirteen authors take up the challenge of filling readers' fantastical toybo...

  • My Haunted House

    Angie Sage

    THIS HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE Araminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell their house -- Araminta has to stop her! With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Si...

  • Negima! Volume 11

    Ken Akamatsu

    FOUR’S THE CHARM

    The first lo-o-o-o-o-ng day of the Mahora Academy Festival is finally coming to a close. Of course, Negi needed to repeat the day four times, courtesy of a bit of magic, in order to make it through his to-do list. And thanks...

  • Night Watch

    Sergei Lukyanenko

    OTHERS, THEY WALK AMONG US, OBSERVING. Set in contemporary Moscow, where shape shifters, vampires, and street-sorcerers linger in the shadows, Night Watch is the first book of the hyper-imaginative fantasy trilogy from bestselling Russian author Serg...

  • The Princetta

    Anne-Laure Bondoux

    PREPARE TO BE SWEPT AWAY Fifteen-year-old Princess Malva is about to be married off to a stranger of her father's choosing. But Malva wants nothing to do with an arranged marriage. On the eve of her wedding she stows away on a cargo ship with her m...

  • The Prophecy

    Hilari Bell

    Perryn is a hopeless prince. His drunken father scorns his love of books, the master of arms ridicules his swordplay, and someone in the castle may be trying to kill him! But Perryn's books are his best weapons to stop the dragon that is destroyin...

  • The Riddle

    Alison Croggon

    Maerad is a girl with a tragic past, but her powers grow stronger by the day. Now she and her mentor, Cadvan, hunted by both the Light and the Dark, must unravel the Riddle of the Treesong before their kingdom erupts in chaos. The quest leads Maerad ...

  • The Salem Witch Tryouts

    Kelly McClymer

    Prudence Stewart had it all at Beverly Hills High: straight A's, the cutest crush, and a sweet gig as captain of the cheerleading squad. Then poof! Mom and Dad announce they're moving to Salem, Massachusetts. Turns out, Pru comes from a long line of ...

  • School Rumble, Volume 3

    Jin Kobayashi

    HAVE A NICE DEITY!

    Love (in the form of Tsukamoto Tenma) betrayed Harima Kenji, but he has moved on in an effort to find himself. He’s become a fortune teller who can communicate with animals. Some even mistake him for a helpful deity who wa...

  • Shadowed By Wings

    Janine Cross

    The Dragon Temple Saga continues as Zarq Darquel embarks on a trial by fire, defying Dragon Temple scripture by undergoing the rigorous training of an apprentice dragonmaster, while desperately searching for the doctrine that allows women permission ...

  • Shriek: An Afterword

    Jeff VanderMeer

    An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris--previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer's acclaimed City of Saints & Madmen--Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and ho...

  • Sorcerer's Moon

    Julian May

    King Conrig Ironcrown's plan-to preserve his ruthless reign over High Blenholme Island by marrying his heir, Orion, to a barbarian princess-lie in ruins. The Salka are launching an audacious attack to seize the heart of High Blenholme, and King Conri...

  • The Sword In The Grotto

    Angie Sage

    THE PERFECT PRESENT FOR A GHOST Sir Horace is about to turn five hundred years old! Araminta and Wanda need to find him the perfect gift. Araminta finds an ancient sword in a grotto hidden under her haunted house -- and it should be a cinch to get i...

  • Swords of Eveningstar

    Ed Greenwood

    Florin Falconland has always dreamed of adventure. When he saves the life of the king of Cormyr, his dream comes true! Unfortunately for Florin, he also manages to earn the enmity of some of Cormyr's most dangerous denizens. Florin and his friends, ...

  • Troll Bridge

    Jane Yolen

    For sixteen-year-old harpist prodigy Moira, the annual Dairy Princess event in Vanderby is just another lame publicity op. Twelve girls have been selected to have their likenesses carved in butter and displayed on the Trollholm Bridge. Its a Vanderby...

  • Twilight

    Erin Hunter

    BEFORE THERE IS PEACE, BLOOD WILL SPILL BLOOD... New territory brings new troubles for the fierce cats of the warrior Clans. Dangers they have never faced before are lurking in the twilight shadows, and former allies are acting strangely hostile. ...

  • Urchin of the Riding Stars

    M.I. McAllister

    On a cold night, a night of riding stars, a newborn squirrel is found all by his lonesome on a distant beach, shivering, and close to death. His mother is nowhere to be found, so he is adopted and raised by a kind squirrel, in the land of Mistmantle....

  • WebMage

    Kelly McCullough

    Even magic has to keep up with the times. Ravirn is not your average computer geek. A child of the Fates-- literally-- he's a hacker extraordinaire who can zero in on the fatal flaw in any program. Now that twenty-first-century magic has gone digit...

  • White Time

    Margo Lanagan

    Ten brilliant stories to unsettle and intrigue from the astonishing Margo Lanagan, internationally acclaimed author of Black Juice. 'White Time is book of absolutely outstanding short stories . . . a collection of extraordinary richness and power t...

  • The Winter Knights

    Paul Stewart; Chris Riddell

    As she dangled precariously over the edge, she screamed, 'Save yourself, Quint!' High above the Edge, on an immense floating rock anchored by a giant chain, the city of Sanctaphrax is home to the Edgeworld's academics. At its heart is the famed Kn...

  • The Younger Gods

    David Eddings; Leigh Eddings

    In this thrilling conclusion to The Dreamers, the Vlagh prepares for one final, merciless attackone that will pit her forces against the might of both the Elder Gods and the Younger Gods. But all the painstaking preparations of these noble allies mig...

  • Adam Runaway

    Peter Prince

    It is 1721 and young Adam Hanaway, devastated by his father's sudden death, leaves England to seek his fortune in Lisbon, where his uncle is a successful merchant. But almost nothing turns out as Adam planned. His family's welcome is cool, and Adam's...

  • After the Dinosaurs: Mammoths and Fossil Mammals

    Charlotte Lewis Brown

    After the age of the dinosaurs, strange and powerful mammals ruled the earth. . . . Paleontologist Charlotte Lewis Brown’s easy-to-read and fascinating descriptions of these ancient animals are brought to life in Phil Wilson’s detailed illus...

  • Amazing Makeover

    Mary Man-Kong

    Barbie® can't wait to go to the big gala tonight -- but first she needs the perfect dress, the most glamorous make-up, and some sparkly jewelry! Pull the tabs, turn the wheel, and lift the flaps to help give Barbie® an amazing makeover in this delu...

  • Amelia's Guide to Gossip

    Marissa Moss

    "Did you hear the rumor making the rounds? A Note from the Author Amelia! ""Everything you always wanted to know about gossip -- it''s the hottest rumor around!"" -- Me, Amelia ...the one about Amelia and her guide?

  • Animal Bodies

    Julie Haydon

  • Australian Adventure

    Susan Ring

    The Little Einsteins, equipped with their camera, go on a journey through Australia, viewing some of its unusual animals and exploring its rainforests and the Great Barrier Reef, with a slideviewer for young readers to view pictures of what they saw....

  • Babylon and Other Stories

    Alix Ohlin

    In their various locales--from Montreal (where a prosthetic leg casts a furious spell on its beholders) to New Mexico (where a Soviet-era exchange student redefines home for his hosts)--the characters in Babylon are coming to terms with life's epipha...

  • Barbie In The 12 Dancing Princesses

    Daniela Burr

    Genevieve and her eleven sisters live in a kingdom full of dance and laughter, but all that changes when their greedy aunt Rowena moves in. Rowena is supposed to teach the sisters manners, but instead she strips all the joy from the castle. And worst...

  • Barbie in the Twelve Dancing Princesses

    Tennant Redbank

    Princess Barbie and her sisters dance the night away in a magical, musical adventure in Barbie in the Twelve Dancing Princesses! Barbie and her princess sisters love to dance and sing, but thier evil Aunt Rowena doesn't believe it's proper princess b...

  • Beware, Take Care

    Lilian Moore

    A fun fright-fest for any time of the year There's always something lurking in the spooky-but-fun urban world of these poems. Maybe it's a lost dragon (a wizard's loving pet--please return if found!) or a twelve-toed creature, or perhaps it's a mons...

  • The Biggest Parade

    Elizabeth Winthrop

    A perfect book for any holiday with a parade Harvey was excited when the mayor appointed him parade chairman. He loved parades. Fred did not.
    Fred doesn't want to be in the parade--not in the beginning, not in the middle,and not in the end. Not ...

  • The Bird Woman

    Kerry Hardie

    Ellen McKinnon's clairvoyant experiences damage her mental and physical health. She must face and assimilate an unwanted but unavoidable family secret, experiencing a revelation that turns her life around in this insightful look at the rift between m...

  • The Book Without Words

    Avi

    From Avi, the 2003 Newbery Award-winning author of "Crispin: The Cross of Lead," comes the story of Thorston, an alchemist who works to concoct a potion that will enable him to live forever--and keep dying and rising from the dead as a result....

  • Boys or Ballet?

    Alexandra Moss

    A rare plant has been found on Azureblue, and Zenda’s teacher is keeping it in their classroom. One day Zenda arrives late to class and finds everyone frozen in time! Persuaja helps Zenda go back in time on the astral plane to search for the antido...