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New Books List: 535 titles

  • Jungleland

    Sharon Zukowski

    Manhattan P.I. Blaine Stewart wakes to find a dead body on her doorstep. The police believe it's a mugging gone bad, but Blaine knows otherwise. The dead man, a Wall Street stockbroker named George Walden, was on his way to hire her. And now it seems...

  • The Great Book of Amber

    Roger Zelazny

    “A storyteller without peer. He created worlds as colorful and exotic and memorable as any our genre has ever seen.”  -- George R.R. Martin

    One of the most revered names in sf and fantasy, the incomparable Roger Zelazny was honored with...

  • Jade Solitaire

    Timothy Zahn
    in

    Written by some of today's leading science fiction writers, these tales sweep us into a world where the only laws are cunning, force, and power -- and only the bravest, craziest, and deadliest dare to tread. Here mercs and smugglers, gangsters and wa...

  • What Child Is This?

    Karen Young

    LUKE JAMISON: DEDICATED DOCTOR AND RELUCTANT SUBSTITUTE DAD Dr. Luke Jamison would do anything to help his patients -- anything but get emotionally attached. He tried that once, and it nearly destroyed him. Now his boss, the very determined D...

  • Magic Spells

    Christy Yorke

    Seven years is a long time to stay away from home. But when Jane Gregory left Pendleton, Vermont, she was running from a life gone wrong. Now she's returning to town with her young son--and Pendleton will never be the same again. Jane never wanted...

  • Cook's Family

    Laurence Yep

    What do you do when your world is falling apart? Robin Lee can't stand her parents' constant fighting, so she's glad to spend time with her grandmother in Chinatown. They've befriended a lonely cook and pretend to be his long-lost family. At Cook's r...

  • Grand Conspiracy

    Janny Wurts

    On the world of Athera, two half-brothers gifted of Light and Shadow defeated the Mistwraith. But its revenge left them cursed to life-long enmity, stirring war and deadly intrigue.,, Arithon s'Ffalenn, Master of Shadow, trained mage and masterbar...

  • The Badlands

    Susan Wright

    Located dangerously near the Cardassian border, the unstable region of space known as the Badlands has long been a hazard to interstellar navigation, characterized by violent plasma storms and other even stranger phenomena. Many starships have faced ...

  • The Badlands Book Two of Two

    Susan Wright

    Located perilously near the Cardassian border, the turbulent region of space known as the Badlands has been an interstellar hazard to navigation for at least two generations. Many starships have been lost amidst its violent plasma storms, but the tru...

  • His Brother's Wife

    Lenora Worth

    SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME Widowed young, deep in debt, lacking even children to cherish, Lily felt lower than her precious Texas bayous. Until her late husband's brother--her long-ago love--came back to town, vowing to watch over her always.... ...

  • The Innocent Mistress

    Sara Wood

    Ready for battle. Locran Hunter returned to find the woman he loved had succumbed to her desire for betterment, married to his brother, and now inherited half of his family's home. Locran's impulse was to buy out Kathleen O'Hara and se...

  • Christmas Homecoming

    Jean Wilson

    Though deserted by her husband years ago, Isabella Jordon inherits his entire estate when he dies-saving her, her daughter, and a rag-tag family of orphans from the street. Blessed with a home for the holidays, they pack up thier belongings to begin ...

  • Each Precious Hour

    Gayle Wilson

    It had been three months, three weeks and four days since they'd made love... and made the baby that Robin McCord now carried. Back in New York, she could no longer avoid Jared Donovan...not when he was the only man who could keep her baby -- thei...

  • The Husband Hunt

    Bess Willingham

    Would she marry for love or for money? Her mission was to wed... The disillusioned Lucinda Partridge knew there was only one reason for a woman to marry--money. About to lose all of hers, the desperate opera singer realized she must quickly find ...

  • Wife for Hire

    Cathy Williams

    Marriage on his agenda! Nicholas Knight was a formidably powerful and attractive man, and he had a very tempting proposal for Rebecca Ryan: he wanted to move her into his luxury home, to share his life... and his bed? Rebecca had known and fant...

  • Stealth Bomber

    Barnaby Williams

    When an American nuclear submarine goes missing, the super powers move inexorably towards mutual annihilation. The Americans try to retaliate and plan a raid deep in the heart of the Soviet Union. Suddenly it comes to light that a third party is tryi...

  • Barney

    Stephen White (2)

  • Barney's Magical Picnic

    Stephen White (2)

  • Cold Case

    Stephen White

    It was a cold case…The unsolved double murder of two teenage girls. They vanished on a crisp autumn night more than decade ago. Their mutilated bodies were found the following spring beneath the melting snow of the Colorado Rockies. Now--at the req...

  • Death of a Red Mandarin

    Christopher West

    When the body of a Chinese official is found dead in Hong Kong's harbor, his wrists handcuffed behind his back, Inspector Wang Anzhuang is sent to investigate. What he finds is a link that connects the dead man to Triad smugglers and a black market i...

  • Jenny's Star

    Patricia Werner

    SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL SCROOGE... As the devoted director of the Cherry Valley Retirement Home, Jenny Knight will do anything to make her elderly residents happy. But pretending to be joyful this Christmas season is turning out to be more difficult than...

  • A Family for Christmas

    Kate Welsh

    THE CHILDREN OF HIS HEART Trenton Osborne knew that his beloved wife, Maggie, was made for raising little ones. But Trent secretly, desperately, feared failing at fatherhood. So even with Christmas coming and ten years of marriage at stake, he had...

  • Prince Charming

    Robin Wells

    THE TUGBOAT CAPTAIN Desperate for a short-order cook, Cole Dumanski hired a penniless socialite, only to discover she couldn't boil water. Still, the prim and proper Josephine Evans had no trouble raising his body temperature. But while she aimed to...

  • Galaxy Quest

    Ellen Weiss

    For years, the intrepid crew of the NSEA Protector valiantly entertained millions of television viewers with their voyages through space. Now the crew is on another adventure-bravely touring the sci-fi convention circuit and making guest appearance a...

  • The Annotated Chronicles

    Margaret Weis
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    The novels that introduced the Dragonlance line, collected in an annotated paperback.

    This annotated version of Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning contains extensive notes by New York Times bests...

  • Primary Target

    Joe Weber

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    ""Primary Target is a chilling scenario of global warfare. The suspense never stops.""—W.E.B. Griffin

    “Weber weaves a frighteningly real story of international terrorism in America in his newest thriller.”—Publisher...

  • Lauren

    Shannon Waverly

    Circle of Friends -- May the circle be unbroken. CHRISTMAS. A TIME FOR FIRST LOVE... AND SECOND CHANCES. As a girl, Lauren DeStefano fell in love with Cameron Hathaway -- the golden boy of Harmony, Massachusetts. A rich man's son. The inn...

  • The Defenders of the Dead

    Jude Watson

    Peace over anger. Honor over hate. Strength over fear. The Defenders of the Dead live in the past while they destroy the future. They face a revolt of the Young -- a band of rebels led by two teenagers, Cerasi and Nield. Thirteen-year-old Ob...

  • Kwanzaa Kupendi

    Margie Walker
    in

    In "Kwanzaa Kupendi" by Margie Walker, Michelle Craig lets Simon Stevenson help her plan a Kwanzaa celebration, and finds her holiday blues replaced by a newfound joy to last a lifetime....

  • Constantine's Revenge

    Kate Walker

    His plan was to make her his mistress... When Constantine Kiriazis reappeared after two years, Grace thought he'd finally forgiven her for her lack of trust in him - and for canceling their wedding. Certainly Constantine's desire for her h...

  • Where She Went

    Kate Walbert

    “Incisive, eerie, sensual, and threatening.” -- The Village Voice
     
    The linked stories in Kate Walbert’s debut collection Where She Went examine the very contemporary predicament of a family without geographic roots. The first half of ...

  • Star-Crossed Lovers

    Zena Valentine

    LOVERS' REUNION Once upon a time, Jessica Caldwell and Kale Noble had had dreamed of marrying and making beautiful babies. But that was before a tragedy ripped their tightly knit families apart. Suddenly their teenage love turned forbidden, and se...

  • Letters to Timothy

    Pamela Kaye Tracy
    in

    Introducing four brand-new novellas in modern settings that reflect on the anticipation of entering a new year--new calendar, new goals to accomplish, and a new chance at love. Rejoice in the transformation of a young woman in Remaking Meridith by Ca...

  • Christmas Witness

    Aimee Thurlo

    A PROTECTOR FOR HER CHILD... Mother-to-be Annie Sandusky witnessed a killer fleeing the scene of a crime. Now the murderer was after her. And only the victim's son, Jake Black Raven, was man enough to protect her.... Tall and proud, Jake Black ...

  • Robin's Secret Valentine

    Kiki Thorpe

    In a lift-the-flap book and a counting book rolled into one, Kermit's nephew, Robin, has a secret admirer, and she's showering him with gifts for Valentine's Day, including ten balloons, nine flowers, and eight crayons. Original....

  • Bringing Up Baby New Year

    Vicki Lewis Thompson

    It's a wonderful life... Bachelor Joe Northwood had it made. He came home every night to find the pillows fluffed, his sheets drawn back.. .and his libido in overdrive, courtesy of his sexy housekeeper. As the New Year approached, Joe's only resol...

  • Prickly Pear

    Ronda Thompson

    Camile hadn't earned the name Prickly Pear for nothing. Everyone knew that Camile could rope her way out of Hell itself. Now, Cam knew that her father was looking for a new foreman for their ranch - and she was sure she knew where to find one. Dad...

  • Imagine... a Million Littens for Elmo

    Emily Thompson

  • Mountain Nightmare

    David Thompson

    Frontiersmen are drawn to the wilderness of the Rockies by the quest for freedom, but in exchange for this precious liberty they must endure a life of constant danger. Nate King and his family have faced every vicious predator in the mountains, both ...

  • Future Eden

    Colin Thompson

  • In the Event of My Death

    Carlene Thompson

    CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE . They had been six teenage girls in Wheeling, West Virginia. Full of mischief. Acting wild. Having good times. And getting into trouble. They called themselves the Six of Hearts. Then one night things went too far. ...

  • Someone Like You

    Jacquelin Thomas

  • The Man, the Ring, the Wedding

    Patricia Thayer

    TAMING THE TYCOON Just when Angelina Covelli was about to pitch her hopes of a "forever man" into the whistling wind, along came the dreamiest bachelor. John Rossi was gorgeous, sophisticated, wealthy -- and just passing through town. Which put th...

  • A Cowboy Kind of Daddy

    Cathy Gillen Thacker

    Get ready for some fast-and-loose matchmaking from The McCabes of Texas John and Lilah McCabe have four of the sexiest sons Laramie, Texas, has ever seen--but no grandbabies! Now they're fixin' to get a whole passel of 'em. Cattle rancher Travi...

  • Wyoming Wildcat

    Myrna Temte

    HE'D HAVE TO BE BRAVE TO TAKE ON HER BROTHERS Grace McBride Kramer knew two kinds of men -- those who stayed and those who left. Trouble was, the men who stayed were her brothers, her self-appointed protectors! But now Travis Sullivan was ba...

  • A Diamond for Kate

    Moyra Tarling

    Dr. Marsh Diamond had just offered Kate Turner almost everything she'd ever wanted. And although the nurse's memories of one fateful summer urged her to act otherwise, Kate couldn't deny her heart's desire. So she agreed to move out to his ranch temp...

  • From The Ashes

    Kathleen Suzanne

  • Whitehorse

    Katherine Sutcliffe

    Love Never Ends Childhood sweethearts Leah Starr and Johnny Whitehorse had nothing in common. She was a senator's daughter. He was the proud grandson of an Apache medicine man and the local "bad boy." But their passion made the rest of the world s...

  • When All Through the Night...

    Tracy Sumner
    in

    Katherine Peters thought she knew everything there was to know about Tanner Barkley. He was a newspaper man and he was the handsome scoundrel who had broken her heart. His arrival in the small South Carolina town of Edgemont was enough to spoil her C...

  • That Loving Touch

    Ashley Summers

    She was pregnant...and he offered shelter from the darkest of nights. In the midst of a snowstorm expectant mother Carrie Loving found herself on the doorstep of CEO Sam Holt. And although Sam seemed to good to be true, his offered warmth was guarded...

  • Dance Magic

    Todd Strasser

  • Y2K-9: The Dog Who Saved the World

    Todd Strasser

    In a chat room, nobody knows you’re a dog. :-) Byte's been trained to do a tough job -- he sniffs out computer bugs on missions too dangerous for humans. But lately he's just been killing time, chatting with geeks on-line. Then Byte receives an...

  • One Christmas Night: Ian's Gift

    Lyn Stone
    in

    Two lonesly hearts find themselves the objects of an intrecate matchmaking plan in Lyn Stone's Ian's Gift....

  • A Midnight Clear

    Katherine Stone

    For him. love was a nightmare Haunted by memories of a Christmas Eve inferno, trauma surgeon Jace Colton guards his solitude as fiercely and as passionately as he tends to the desperately ill who need his care. For her, it was an awakening J...

  • Earth Geeks Must Die!

    R.L. Stine

    I click the remote from channel to channel. On a fishing show, two men in a motorboat are pulling a strange two-headed fish from the water. On a game show, contestants are receiving jolts of electricity. I click again, and we see a news program. "...

  • A New Hope

    Sara Bonnett Stein

  • A Christmas to Treasure

    Sandra Steffen
    in

    A daddy is all two children want for Christmas. And the handsome man upstairs may be just the hero their mommy needs!...

  • Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight

    Ken Steacy

  • R2-D2 and C-3po: Droid Duo

    Ken Steacy

  • Star Wars Princess Leia, Rebel Leader

    Ken Steacy

  • The Dime Museum Murders

    Daniel Stashower

    In 1897, New York City teems with hustlers and freshly made millionaires, fine artists and con artists, criminals and immigrants. Among them is a rabbi's son who calls himself Houdini. He is struggling to make it in the brutal entertainment business ...

  • Let's Discover Golden

    Books Staff

    Fun and easy early-learning activities make these books perfect for young children getting ready for school. Big, simple pictures featuring fun scenes and favorite characters make learning even more exciting....

  • Nooses Give

    Dana Stabenow
    in

    Follow Tony Hillerman's Jim Chee as he investigates rumors of witchcraft in the steamy Southwest. Join Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan when she looks into a suspicious house fire in Baltimore. Compare the detecting tactics of Maxine O'Callaghan's pione...

  • Zachary's Virgin

    Catherine Spencer

    Virgin...or temptress? Zachary Alexander was accustomed to beautiful women at his luxury winter resort, but the stunning Claire Durocher took his breath away! Was she looking for a temporary lover? Zach was tempted to oblige her.... In fact, Cl...

  • Two Turtledoves

    Flora Speer
    in

    TWELVE DAYS In the Year of' Our Lord, 1155, Menton Castle was the same as any other: It had nobles and minstrels, knights and servants. Yet from the great hall to the scullery there were signs that the house was in an uproar. This Yuletide season wa...

  • Frisky Business

    Tracy South

    All work and no play... Laura Everett was serious, ambitious and nursing an embarrassing crush on office hunk Kyle Sanders. Kyle was charming, laid-back and inexplicably attracted to Laura. Their continuous fighting, however, got them shipped out ...

  • Hook

    C.J. Songer

    Ex-cop-turned-P.I. Meg Gillis offers to stand in for her partner by serving papers to the abusive husband of a woman he knows, but trouble ensues and Meg finds herself on the run. By the author of Bait. Reprint....

  • The Mos Eisley Cantina: A More Wretched Hive

    Margaret Snyder

  • The Love Lesson

    Sheridon Smythe

    Wealthy Englishman and new arrival Cameron Hawke is creating a stir around town, but attempts to learn anything about his past--especially by the lovely teacher of his children, Polly Sutherland--turn up nothing concrete. When wealthy Englishman C...

  • Going Places

    Jessie Smith

  • The Secret War

    Doris Buchanan Smith

  • Goddess of the Mountain Harvest

    Brenda Gates Smith

    Set in prehistoric times, this novel of barbarians and goddesses visits a peaceful farming village where nomadic horsemen threaten from the north and the town must choose between two powerful women to represent them to the Great Goddess of the Earth....

  • Secret Valentine

    Jerry Smath

  • The Faces of Sappho

    John Sligo

  • 2000 Kisses

    Christina Skye

    A year 2000 computer glitch got her $1 million and a cowboy--and the wildest adventure of her life . . . P.R. whiz Tess O'Mara is burned out. She's looking for a change. Something wild and crazy. The year 2000 has arrived. And that's when the trou...

  • The Dance: Claude & Liza

    Elizabeth Skurnick
    in

    How will the night end? Everyone at Riverside High is talking about the winter dance. Who will go together ... and who will leave together? Who will find love? Whose dreams will come true? It's the moment they've all waited for. And for three coup...

  • The Unexpected Guest

    Deborah Simmons
    in

    The head of the mighty de Burgh family finds his quiet reserve shattered by the seductive young widow who stays at his keep for the twelve days of Christmas!...

  • Fortune's Rocks

    Anita Shreve

    Everywhere hailed for its emotional intensity and unflagging narrative momentum, this magnificent novel transports us to the turn of the twentieth century, to the world of a prominent Boston family summering on the New Hampshire coast, and to the soc...

  • Star Wars Chewbacca the Wookiee

    Sandra H. Shin

  • Star Wars Han Solo, Rebel Hero

    Sandra H. Shin

  • Blood Contact

    David Sherman; Dan Cragg

    Through three centuries of interstellar travel, intelligent alien life-forms had never been encountered... until now. When a scientific team exploring an obscure planet fails to make its regular communications check, the Marines of third platoon a...

  • Major

    Rick Shelley

    Lon Nolan has risen through the ranks of the DMC like none before him, consistently showing his courage under fire--and making his mark as a leader of men. Now, with a growing family of his own, Lon has begun to grasp the higher responsibility that c...

  • The Outlaw Bride

    Maggie Shayne

    TIME AFTER TIME... Esmeralda Montoya would never understand the strange magic that had saved her from certain death in the Old West. All she knew was that she had been swept through time, into a world unlike any she had ever imagined -- and into ...

  • The Man Who Loved Christmas

    Kathryn Shay

    AMERICA'S BRAVEST -- Courageous. Heroic. Strong. They're the men and women who risk their lives to save others. They're America's firefighters... they're America's Bravest. Opposites Attract: Firefighter Dylan O'Rourke loves the holidays. Eve...

  • Pecos Belle Brigade

    Jon Sharpe

  • The Dance: Mason & Erin

    Kieran Scott
    in

    How will the night end? Everyone at Riverside High is talking about the winter dance. Who will go together ... and who will leave together? Who will find love? Whose dreams will come true? It's the moment they've all waited for. And for three coup...

  • A Bride for Christmas

    Alexandra Scott

    A Christmas proposal... Gorgeous Zachary McGuire's last words to Abbi Gervais five years ago had been that he would be back as soon as he could and that nothing would keep them apart. That was the last she had seen of him, until recently, when...

  • At Arm's Length

    Gail Sattler

    Molly McNeil has been named personal assistant to Ken Quinlan, the future vice president of Quinlan Enterprises. Her first "official" act is to fall, knocking Ken down a stairwell and breaking his arm. Ken is reserved and businesslike, while Molly...

  • Three French Hens

    Lynsay Sands
    in

    TWELVE DAYS In the Year of' Our Lord, 1155, Menton Castle was the same as any other: It had nobles and minstrels, knights and servants. Yet from the great hall to the scullery there were signs that the house was in an uproar. This Yuletide seaso...

  • Elmo's New Puppy

    Samuels

  • Writers on Comics Scriptwriting

    Mark Salisbury

    The biggest names in comics scriptwriting talk candidly and frankly about their profession, their approach to writing and the comics industry as a whole.

    Through a series of interviews, these luminaries in the comics field reveal the mechanic...

  • Remember Me

    Sharon Sala

    HE COULDN'T FORGET Clay LeGrand's heart shattered the day his wife, Frankie, disappeared. Had she run away? Been kidnapped? Or had she simply left him for another man? Two years later, he's still asking the same burning Questions when he comes hom...

  • Star Trek Anthology

    Kevin Ryan

  • The Stroke of Midnight

    Jenna Ryan

    Secrets and late nights were as much a part of the man as his badge and black leather Detective Riker was six feet tall with a lithe body and dark eyes that gave new meaning to the word seductive. He was an intriguing package, concealing something b...

  • Treasures of the Heart

    Tina Runge

    When Amanda agreed to buy Amishman Josiah Miller's family quilt, she had no idea it would turn out to be worth a fortune. In fact, the pattern was a disguise for a treasure map As the two search for hidden riches, they discover the priceless treasure...

  • Something Wicked

    Jennifer Rowe

    On the rambling country manse of Haven, Senior Detective Tessa Vance hopes to find a little piece of heaven. But instead she finds herself immersed in hell.

    A famous pop star lies dead in a toolshed, presumably from a suicide. The three angeli...

  • Terms of Engagement

    Kathryn Ross

    An engagement of convenience Frazer McClarran had barely blinked when, in order to avoid reconciliation with her ex-husband, Emma had nonchalantly introduced him as her fiance. But he had his own terms: that news of their "engagement" was ...

  • In Your Arms

    Rosemary Rogers

    Orphaned by a tragic accident, sixteen-year-old Amalie Courtland set sail from America for a new life in England with her godmother. What she didn't expect to find was Lady Winford's handsome rogue of a grandson, Robert Holt Braxton, Earl of Deverell...

  • An Antidote for Avarice

    Caroline Roe

    In medieval Spain, the blind Jewish physician Isaac of Girona is revered for his skill as a healer. But it's Isaac's uncanny sense for what is flair and what is foul that proves to be the remedy in times of trouble... Girona, Spain, 1354. His Exce...

  • Movements

    Richard Rodriguez

  • Good-bye, Arnold

    P.K. Roche

  • Ever After

    Nora Roberts
    in

    Wearing an ancient star pendant, an enchanting woman journeys to an otherworldly land -- and introduces a skeptical stranger to the magical powers of love......

  • The Pig Man

    Les Roberts
    in

    Follow Tony Hillerman's Jim Chee as he investigates rumors of witchcraft in the steamy Southwest. Join Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan when she looks into a suspicious house fire in Baltimore. Compare the detecting tactics of Maxine O'Callaghan's pione...

  • Hope Happens

    Laura Peyton Roberts

    Everybody knows that cars and alcohol don?t mix. But someone in Clearwater Crossing decides to get behind the wheel after having a few drinks, and the results are tragic. One heart-wrenching accident will change the members of Eight Prime forever as ...

  • The Man from Peculiar

    J.R. Roberts

    DIVINE JUSTICE Passing through Peculiar, Missouri, the Gunsmith recognizes the kindly town reverend as J. D. Land -- a legendary gunslinger who disappeared without a trace ten years earlier. It turns out that Land heard "the Call," and transformed...

  • Perfect Timing

    Alison Roberts

    When surgeon Jack Armstrong heard his father was dying, he felt obliged to return home to New Zealand. Taken on as a locum at the local hospital, he met nurse/manager Amanda Morrison, and at first they clashed over everything! Their mutual delight in...

  • The Confused Stork

    Eugenia Riley
    in

    In his dotage, the disoriented bird has delivered Emma Fairchild's baby to the wrong time. And when the concerned mother travels to Victorian England, she finds her precious package in the arms of a dashing earl....

  • A Family Affair

    Barbara Riefe

  • My Lady Nightingale

    Evelyn Richardson

    Music and Mischief Mademoiselle Isobel de Montargis had a passionate soul, a strong will, and a proud determination to be more than the music tutor to the dashing Lord Christian Hatherleigh's niece and nephew. Her dream was to become an actrice de...

  • White Knight

    Jaclyn Reding

    Lady Grace Ledys was sure her marriage to the handsome Christian Wycliffe, Marquiss Knighton, would fulfill all her hopes of love. But her innocent dreams are dashed when her husband proves cold and indifferent -- and harbors strange secrets. For ...

  • Christmas, Texas Style

    Kimberly Raye

    All ex-rodeo cowboy Trace Honeycutt wanted for Christmas was to be left alone. He'd fallen off the wedding wagon once and had no intention of getting hitched again. All Winnie Becker wanted for Christmas was a chance to start over - without a man to ...

  • A Little Bit of Magic

    Kimberly Raye
    in

    Abracadabra, three winks and a kiss is all it takes to transform a baby doll into a real life bundle of joy. But as the infant tests out her lungs, Samantha Skye realizes it won't be so easy to placate the newborn. Luckily her handsome neighbor knows...

  • Endless Search

    David Ray

    David Ray’s soul search, recounted in this powerful illustrated memoir, is a Dickensian tale -- encompassing a childhood in an orphanage, an endless series of abusive "uncles,” and an adolescence haunted by a sadistic guardian, followed by a ...

  • First Cases

    Robert J. Randisi
    in

    Follow Tony Hillerman's Jim Chee as he investigates rumors of witchcraft in the steamy Southwest. Join Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan when she looks into a suspicious house fire in Baltimore. Compare the detecting tactics of Maxine O'Callaghan's pione...

  • The Sixth Phase

    Robert J. Randisi

    A small slipup on the part of detective Nick Turner, a twisted serial killer, and some dogged police work reveal the mysterious motives behind a series of seemingly unrelated murders. Previously published as The Turner Journals. Reprint....

  • Sing with Me: My Name Is Ernie

    Tish Rabe

  • Day of the Sepulchral Night

    Jean Rabe
    in

    Written by some of today’s leading science fiction writers, these tales sweep us into a world where the only laws are cunning, force, and power -- and only the bravest, craziest, and deadliest dare to tread. Here mercs and smugglers, gangsters and...

  • Dark Dancer

    Frederic Prokosch

  • Just Kids

    Rutledge Hill Press

  • Her Dagger Before Me

    Talmadge Powell
    in

    Follow Tony Hillerman's Jim Chee as he investigates rumors of witchcraft in the steamy Southwest. Join Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan when she looks into a suspicious house fire in Baltimore. Compare the detecting tactics of Maxine O'Callaghan's pione...

  • Peter Cottontail Is on His Way

    Andrea Posner-Sanchez

  • The Seducer

    Margaret Evans Porter

    No Woman could Marry Him. He was one of London's most notorious rakes-a man so skilled at seduction that no woman had ever told him no.or led him to the altar. When Kerron Cashin is suddenly called to his country home, the local misses admire him ...

  • Storm Tide

    Marge Piercy

    A washed-up minor league pitcher gets more than he bargained for when his affair with an older woman draws him into a tangled web of deceit and scandal   When Cape Cod high school star pitcher David Greene left home, everyone in his small beach ...

  • Three Women

    Marge Piercy

    There is a place where your worst fears meet fresh opportunities...and new chances to know love. Suzanne Blume has known success and disappointment in equal measure. A respected lawyer who survived two marriages and put two children through college,...

  • A Partridge in a Pear Tree

    Stobie Piel
    in

    TWELVE DAYS In the Year of' Our Lord, 1155, Menton Castle was the same as any other: It had nobles and minstrels, knights and servants. Yet from the great hall to the scullery there were signs that the house was in an uproar. This Yuletide season wa...

  • War

    S.D. Perry

    HumanturnedPredator Machiko Noguchi finds her loyalties confounded when she stumbles upon a trio of humans who are stranded on a planet seeded with Alien eggs, and Predators who intend to hunt the hatchlings, and anything else at moves. Original....

  • An Affair of Inconvenience

    Anne Perry
    in

    Follow Tony Hillerman's Jim Chee as he investigates rumors of witchcraft in the steamy Southwest. Join Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan when she looks into a suspicious house fire in Baltimore. Compare the detecting tactics of Maxine O'Callaghan's pione...

  • Theros Ironfeld

    Don Perrin
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    A young boy stood on the dock of his fishing village and watched the minotaur war barge approach. It would change his life from a lad who would have grown to follow in the footsteps of his father, to the greatest weapons-smith in the history of Krynn...

  • Death Line

    Don Pendleton

    SHOW OF FORCE Mexico is in chaos, with the government under siege by revolutionaries and drug smugglers rampant along the borders. Mack Bolan's probe to discover who's behind the terror, assassinations and narcotics traffic turns hard when the Exe...

  • Vengeance

    Don Pendleton

    DOGS OF WAR Algeria is a hotbed of death squads and terrorism, claiming thousands of lives each year as Libyan and Iranian-backed dissident armies murder and maim with abandon. When a CIA contract agent falls victim to the bloodlust. Mack Bolan en...

  • Nightmare

    David Pelham

  • The Lights Go on Again

    Kit Pearson

    For five years Gavin and his sister Norah have lived in Canada as "war guests." But now, as 1945 approaches, the war is finally ending, and Gavin and Norah will soon be going back to England. Norah, who's fifteen, is eager to see her parents again, b...

  • The Millionaire's Proposition

    Natalie Patrick

    WILL YOU... When down-on-her-luck Becky Taylor was pursued by millionaire Clark Winstead, she thought her prince had finally arrived. But Becky blinked at Clark's offer. Clark wanted a mistress and child--but not a wife! Well, Becky refused to be se...

  • Run

    Francine Pascal

    Sam is gone. No. Not just gone. Someone's taken him. Kidnapped him to get to me. And I only have three hours to find him... Or Sam is going to die. All because of me. NO RULES. NO LIMITS. NO FEAR....

  • I Am Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man on December 1, 1955, she made history. Her brave act sparked the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott and brought the civil rights movement to national attention. In simple, lively langua...

  • Things in Corners

    Ruth Park

  • Junie B. Jones And The Mushy Gushy Valentime

    Barbara Park

    It’s a mushy gushy mystery! Hurray! February 14 -- Valentime's Day, as Junie B. calls it -- is just around the corner. Junie B. can't wait to see all the valentines she'll get. But she never expected a big, mushy card from a secret admirer! Who ...

  • Paper Rose

    Diana Palmer

    HER LOVE FOR HIM WAS LIKE A PAPER ROSE, WHICH LONGED FOR THE MAGIC TO MAKE IT REAL... Compellingly handsome Tate Winthrop once boldly came to Cecily Blake's rescue. Her devotion to him knew no bounds, but since the fiercely proud Native American ...

  • Where Heroes Sleep

    DeWanna Pace

    When it comes to matters of the heart, you can always trust your friends... Where Heroes Sleep Thanks to her best friend Rose's generosity, Kenzy was able to fulfill her dream of becoming an architect. And when Kenzy returns home to build the orpha...

  • Regeneration

    Everett Owens

    Head Hunting

    When Leonard Betts's body disappears from the morgue after being decapitated in a violent accident, Special Agents Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate the situation. Mulder has a theory that Leonard h...

  • Death Wore the Emperor's New Clothes

    Orland Outland

    If Poirot preferred pUmps... If' Cagney craved cosmetics... If Nick and Nora both wore nylons... ...they'd still be no match for Doan McCandler and Binky Van de Kamp! With money pouring in from their successful detective agency, San Francisco's ...

  • Galahad in Blue Jeans

    Sara Orwig

    RANCHER TO THE RESCUE Rough-edged cowboy Matt Whitewolf knew that being a husband - or a father - just wasn't his style. But when he came across a little girl and her very pregnant mother stranded in the midst of a raging storm, instinct took over...

  • Getting Away With It

    Walter K. Olson

  • Once and Forever

    Constance O'Day-Flannery

    Something inexplicable has led Maggie Whitaker to the sixteenth century. Always a woman who has tried to do the right thing and live up to expectations, Maggie is beginning to learn the joy of following her own heart--even if it leads her across cent...

  • A Change of Clients

    Maxine O'Callaghan
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    Follow Tony Hillerman's Jim Chee as he investigates rumors of witchcraft in the steamy Southwest. Join Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan when she looks into a suspicious house fire in Baltimore. Compare the detecting tactics of Maxine O'Callaghan's pione...

  • Eleven Pipers Piping

    Constance O'Banyon
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    TWELVE DAYS In the Year of' Our Lord, 1155, Menton Castle was the same as any other: It had nobles and minstrels, knights and servants. Yet from the great hall to the scullery there were signs that the house was in an uproar. This Yuletide season wa...

  • Of Noble Birth

    Brenda Novak

    HE WAS A MAN WHO TOOK WHAT HE WANTED. AND HE WANTED HER. To escape her cruel stepfather, seamstress Alexandra Cogsworth envisioned sailing far from England . . . though not as a captive aboard a pirate's ship. Pirate Captain Nathaniel Kent's s...

  • One Christmas Night: A Wife for Christmas

    Jacqueline Navin
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    A noble knight uncovers the secrets of a lady who is disguised as his servant in Jacqueline Navin's A Wife For Christmas....

  • The River of Souls

    Yvonne Navarro

  • Town Called Malgudi

    R.K. Narayan

    In a writing career spanning seven decades, R.K. Narayan enthralled and entertained generations of readers with his deftly etched characters, his uniquely stylized language and his wry sense of humour. A storyteller par excellence, Narayan's greatest...

  • One Leap Forward

    Donna Jo Napoli

    A new angel has to be brave. The Little Angel of Courage is ready for her wings. At least, she thinks she is. But is she brave enough to help Paul with his problem and earn the rest of her feathers? Paul likes to watch his sister's ballet class. Bu...

  • Bloody London

    Reggie Nadelson

    When the head of a Manhattan co-op is found beheaded, Artie Cohen begins an investigation that leads him from city to city, culminating in a look at the dark side of charities and a far-reaching conspiracy...

  • Estate of Mind

    Tamar Myers

    A FAUX VAN GOGH When North Carolina antique dealer Abigail Timberlake makes a bid of $150.99 on a truly awful copy of Van Gogh's The Starry Night, she's just trying to win Mama's approval by supporting the church auction. Hopefully, she'll make her ...

  • The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery

    Bruce Murphy

    Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie an...

  • Big Bird's Baby Book

    Michaela Muntean

    In a new, larger size, these colorful, collectible, and entertaining Jellybean Books are sure to appeal to preschoolers with their favorite Sesame Street characters and simple stories just right for growing minds....

  • Elmo Can...Taste! Touch! Smell! See! Hear!

    Michaela Muntean

    Toddlers will enjoy accompanying Elmo as he smells freshly cut grass, sees himself in the mirror, touches squishy finger paint, tastes a sardine-and-jelly sandwich, listens to lovely music, and much more. Charming illustrations add sweetness and humo...

  • Grover's Magic Carpet Ride: Imagine

    Michaela Muntean

  • I Want to Be a Veterinarian

    Michaela Muntean

  • A Christmas Bouquet: Silver Christmas

    Vella Munn

    Christmas is a magical time filled with mistletoe--and miracles. In this trio of cozy romances, three Bouquet authors introduce strong willed heroines who unexpectedly discover the most precious gift of all--love......

  • Never Again Once More

    Mary B. Morrison

    Do we choose love, or does love choose us? That's the question Jada Diamond Tanner can't seem to stop asking herself after ten years of marriage. She thought she'd chosen the right man in Lawrence Anderson, her steady, reliable husband and stepfath...

  • Esther

    Theresa Morin

  • We Love Harry Potter

    Sharon Moore

  • The Vagabond Knight

    Margaret Moore
    in

    Two wounded souls, a roguish mercenary and a stern beauty, teach each other how to live and love again during a yuletide blizzard......

  • Change of Command

    Elizabeth Moon

    THEIR UNIVERSE IS FALLING APART! Rejuvenants fear the backlash caused by bad drugs; they want to ensure that nothing interferes with their pursuit of long life--or the profit that comes from promising it to others. Neighbor states fear the aggress...

  • Rules of Engagement

    Elizabeth Moon

    NATURAL ALLIES ... Esmay Suiza and Brun Meager should be friends--they're both bright, brave, likable and adventurous. But true friendship doesn't run any smoother than true love. Brun thinks Esmay's a stuck-up prig, and Esmay thinks Brun's a spoi...

  • To Tame a Highland Warrior

    Karen Marie Moning

    Only her love could gentle his savage soul.... A WOMAN'S TENDER TOUCH He was born to a clan of warriors of supernatural strength, but Gavrael McIllioch abandoned his name and his Highland castle, determined to escape the dark fate of his ancest...

  • Dreamland's Lullaby

    Isidre Mones

  • Darksong Rising

    L.E. Modesitt Jr.

    Darksong Rising, the third book in New York Times bestselling author L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s epic fantasy series the Spellsong Cycle about a singer and music instructor at Iowa State University who gets far more than she expected when she is magically ...

  • Treasure Map

    Matt Mitter

  • New Beginnings

    DiAnn Mills
    in

    Experience a family saga that begins in 1860 when the painting of a homestead is first given to a young bride who leaves her beloved home of Laurelwood. Then follow the painting through a legacy of love that touches down in the years 1890, 1969, and ...

  • A Willing Wife

    Jackie Merritt

    The Fortunes of Texas: Membership in this family has its privileges ...and its price. But what a fortune can't buy, a true-bred Texas love is sure to bring! THE LONER He lived alone and liked it that way. And no one was going to convince Dallas...

  • Marrying Margot

    Barbara McMahon

    Marrying Margot Beaufort had been the happiest event of Rand Marstall's life, but when she lost their baby their marriage had fallen apart. So when Rand turned up five years later to see if they still had a chance together, Margot was stunned. Sh...

  • The Dream Maker

    Alison McLeay

    A tale of a young woman during the early nineteenth century chronicles how she falls in love with the mysterious Darius Elder, the man responsible for the court-martial of her father and the ruin of her family...

  • The Merry Widow

    Meagan McKinney

    THE BACHELOR... The way Rachel Howland saw it, Noel Magnus, wealthy publisher and New York's most eligible bachelor, had been seduced--by a legendary black opal and the lure of adventure. To conquer the Arctic, Magnus had traded Manhattan's elegan...

  • Until We Meet Again

    Christine McGuire

    "New York Times" bestselling author Christine McGuire packs her riveting legal thrillers with authentic details drawn from her career as a criminal prosecutor. Now McGuire, who "expertly builds suspense" "(Publishers Weekly), " brings back her savvy ...

  • Touchstone

    Dinah McCall

    Love Hurts Leaving her hometown of Mirage, Texas, is the hardest decision Rachel Austin has ever made. But after losing her parents, and then her family's home, staying would be too painful. Leaving, though, means saying goodbye to Houston Bookout...

  • Hitched by Christmas

    Jule McBride

    Every Man Has His Price! Lost Springs Ranch was famous for turning young mavericks into good men. So word that the ranch was in financial trouble sent a herd of loyal bachelors stampeding back to Wyoming--to put themselves on the auction block! ...

  • Runaway

    Ed McBain

    A young black man is framed by the police for a murder he didn’t commit in this gritty New York crime story from the author of the 87th Precinct series.   Johnny Lane is outside the Apollo when he sees Luis, and rage floods his veins. Every to...

  • New MacHiavelli

    Alistair McAlpine

    For centuries Machiavelli's The Prince has inspired spirited debate. To some it is a political primer in ruthlessness. To others, it is a pragmatic treatise on the methods necessary to succeed in a world of treason, ambition, and ego. The New Machiav...

  • Incredible Ned: You Could See What He Said

    Bill Maynard

    At first Ned's special gift of being able to see what he says is fun and amusing, yet when Ned says the word "gorilla" and "baboon" in class and the room turns into a zoo, his classmates decide that his unique talent has gotten out of control. Reprin...

  • The Bannerman Solution

    John R. Maxim

    Paul Bannerman was once his nation's deadliest weapon -- a top covert operative heading up the most lethal group of contract agents and network specialists in all of Europe. Now Bannerman is a liability -- an unpredictable loose cannon that could irr...

  • Avalanche Soldier

    Susan R. Matthews

    When her brother runs away to embrace a new faith that is based on heresy, orthodox believer Salli sets out to find him, facing in the process experiences that will cause her to question all she believes...

  • A Fine Gentleman

    Laura Matthews

    A Time For Love... Lady Caroline Carruthers was enjoying her visit to the Hartville home. But one thing made her life at the estate complicated -- Lady Hartville was intent on convincing her son Richard that Caroline would be a perfect wife for h...

  • Irreconcilable Differences

    Lia Matera

  • The First Noel

    Felicia Mason
    in

    In "The First Noel" by Felicia Mason, Franklin Williams is determined to show Kia Simmons that the true wonder of the holiday lies in a love shining as bright as a Christmas tree star....

  • The Black Knight

    Connie Mason

    He rode into Chirk Castle on his pure black destrier. Clad in black from his gleaming helm to the tips of his toes, he was all battle-honed muscles and rippling tendons. In his stark black armor he looked lethal and sinister, every bit as dangerous a...

  • Hockey Hero

    Jean Marzollo

    When Hal moves to a new town and joins the soccer team, he quickly
    realizes that he is not the star athlete of the team and so must learn
    to adjust to being a good team player in order to get along with
    everyone....

  • A Miracle on Christmas Eve // The Millionaire's Snowbound Seduction

    Sandra Marton
    in

    MORE THAN JUST KISSES UNDER THE MISTLETOE... On the anniversary of Nick's divorce from Holly, he's taken a sentimental journey to spend Christmas in the hideaway where he and she honeymooned. Holly, wanting to come to terms with her past, has the ...

  • Critical Mass

    Steve Martini

    A burned-out public defender from L.A., Joselyn Cole has opted for a quieter life in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. Barely making ends meet, she is pleasantly surprised when entrepreneur Dean Belden shows up in her office--tempting her wit...

  • Last Stand

    Larry Jay Martin

  • Karen's Reindeer

    Ann M. Martin

    From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!...And if you ever saw ityou would even say it glowed!Karen has seen a reindeer in Stoneybrook! He could be one of Santa’s reind...

  • Karen's Runaway Turkey

    Ann M. Martin

    From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!The star of the show has escaped!Karen’s class has won a real, live turkey in a Thanksgiving contest! Of course they do not want...

  • Gun Justice

    Jason Manning

    "Texas" John Slaughter was a legendary figure of the Old West, indelibly etched into its history as one of the ear's greatest heros-a lawman and cattle rancher with bravery to burn and the smarts to come out on top, even when the odds were stacked ag...

  • The King's Wizard

    James Mallory

    A TIMELESS EPIC, A NEW CLASSIC FOR ALL AGES -- MERLINMab is the powerful Queen of Magic, but her cruel evil has turned the wizard Merlin into her implacable enemy. And Mab's sister, the Lady of the Lake, comes to Merlin's aid, giving him Excalibur. T...

  • A Montana Mavericks Christmas: Married in Whitehorn

    Susan Mallery

    Duty-bound to protect pregnant amnesiac Angela Sheppard, Deputy Sheriff Shane McBride swore he'd never give his heart. Yet, soon he hungered to call the attractive widow his own. Was it possible a wedding -- with baby! -- was due for Whitehorn's broo...

  • I Can't Wait until Christmas

    Linda Lee Maifair

  • The Rattlebang Picnic

    Margaret Mahy

    Granny McTavish's pizzas and pies were as tough as old boots, but that didn't stop the McTavishes from going on picnics. On a picnic near the hot springs on Mount Fogg, the volcano suddenly starts to erupt. The old rattlebang, their faithful car, has...

  • Expecting at Christmas

    Charlotte Maclay

    IN THE FAMILY WAY. When lovely Loretta Santana signed on as Griffin Jones's temporary butler, the wealthy playboy discovered he suddenly had a few unexpected problems. One: his petite new butler was a she. Two: she was pregnant. Three: she was eigh...

  • Smoke Screen

    Marianne MacDonald

    Trying to build her fledgling shop and keep her young son and cat fed, Dido Hoare, London's most intrepid antiquarian bookseller, needs some good luck. Her break comes when the aged and daunting Clare Templeton Forbes, the ex-lover of a celebrated Am...

  • The Class Trip

    Grace MacCarone