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New Books List: 535 titles

  • The Great Ice Battle

    Tony Abbott

    A hidden door. A magical staircase. Discover the world of Droon! Brrr! Jaffa City is under a spell of ice and snow. Even Galen the wizard is frozen solid! Eric, Julie, Neal, and Princess Keeah have to figure out a way to break Lord Sparr's curse. Bu...

  • Esther

    Henry Adams

    The new church of St. John's, on Fifth Avenue, was thronged the morning of the last Sunday of October, in the year 1880. Sitting in the gallery, beneath the unfinished frescoes, and looking down the nave, one caught an effect of autumn gardens, a sug...

  • Happy Thanksgiving

    David A. Adler

  • All or Nothing

    Elizabeth Adler

    Lithe, leggy attorney and law professor Marla Cwitowitz is dying for some excitement in her life - that is, other than being the girlfriend of Al Giraud, private detective, sexy soul mate, and all-around best friend. So when she sees the potential fo...

  • Giant Baby

    Allan Ahlberg

    A breezy and entertaining tale set in the days when school desks had inkwells features a renowned, but slightly nutty, doctor, a kidnapping, some notorious criminals, a lonely girl, and an extremely humongous baby....

  • The New Sweet Style

    Vassily Aksyonov

    Few writers enjoy the kind of international praise and prestige that Russian émigré novelist Vassily Aksyonov has earned for his previ-ous books. In his latest and most surprising novel, The New Sweet Style, Alexander Korbach--a singer/composer/pla...

  • Wedding Bells and Mistletoe

    Trisha Alexander

    THOSE CALLAHAN EYES... Years ago two innocent young Texans stole one night of fire and wonder in each other's arms. But they'd betrayed a beloved friend to do so, and remorse drove Keith Callahan clear to Alaska, drove Susan into matrimo...

  • The Wedding Bargain

    Victoria Alexander

    SHE WANTED TO MARRY A HERO Maximillian Wells, the Earl of Trent, couldn't believe his ears -- or his eyes. Before him stood beautiful, unattainable Pandora Effington, the ton's most scandalous beauty. Max believed the fiery heiress would m...

  • Murder on the Lusitania

    Conrad Allen

    Murder Travels First Class.. In 1907, the world applauds as the Cunard Line launches a history-making ship. The magnificent Lusitania, hoping to capture the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing from Liverpool to New York, attracts both the beautif...

  • Grow up, Amy

    Kate Andrews

  • Face Facts, Sky

    Kate Andrews

  • Into the Garden

    V.C. Andrews

    THEY BEGAN AS STRANGERS--FOUR TEENAGE GIRLS WITH NOTHING IN COMMON BUT THEIR MISERABLE CHILDHOODS. SOON, THEY WOULD REALIZE THAT THEIR SECRET PASTS HAD BOUND THEM TOGETHER FOREVER.... Misty, Star, Jade, and Cat first came together in Dr. Marlowe's...

  • Lighter Shade of Brown

    Vicki Andrews

    Handling the most explosive case of her career, Danithia Gilberts finds herself representing Patricia Griffin, a victim of clinical testing. As the case moves to trial, she is targeted for sabotage. Enter security officer Alex Powers. Amidst the peri...

  • I'll Remember You

    Barbara Ankrum

    A DANGEROUS GAME... He stumbled into her steadfast life with no name, no memories and nothing but trouble etched into every inch of his well-muscled body. The bullet lodged in his shoulder told Tess Gordon somebody wanted him dead. She just wan...

  • Tough Choices

    Nancy Antle

  • The Proposal

    K.A. Applegate

    We can't tell you who we are. Or where we live. It's too risky, and we've got to be careful. Really careful. So we don't trust anyone. Because they find us ... well we just won't let them find us. The thing you should know is that everyone is in r...

  • Kate Finds Love

    Katherine Applegate

    Kate fins love with Jake--the guy she's wanted for so long. At last they're together, and Kate intends to make sure nothing ever separates them again. But Jake's got a problem. Somehow he's got to persuade Kate to stay away from him--or pay a high pr...

  • The Last One Home

    Annette Appollo

    Years after graduating from high school in her small Pennsylvania coalmining town, Gia returns home to care for her dying uncle, sparking a reunion with three other friends that forces all of them to come to terms with old conflicts and feelings. A f...

  • Blame It on the Baby

    Jennifer Archer
    in

    Tory Beecham-Todd gains a closer understanding of her husband, and he of her, when they switch places, literally. He has a baby kicking him from the inside out and she has five o'clock shadow. But it will take the miracle of a new life for them to re...

  • The Veiled Web

    Catherine Asaro

    WEB OF DECEIT Ballerina Lucia del Mar has two great passions: dance, which consumes most of her waking hours, and the World Wide Web, which brings the outside world into her tightly regimented life. Lucia's two passions collide when a White House pe...

  • Heart and Home

    Cassandra Austin

    Men Were Just Plain Inconvenient! Jane Sparks had a business to run, and no citified doctor filled with Wild West fantasies was going to distract her. Even one as warm and handsome as Dr. Adam Hart, the only man who ever tempted her into nightly dr...

  • Armageddon Axis

    James Axler

    ALIEN SPECTER Though the devastation of the nukecaust has long passed, the unseen force that rules the earth's grim destiny watches over the polarized world of garrisoned cities and lawless Outlands. Once an enforcer of the New Order, Kane is a reneg...

  • Magic by Daylight

    Lynn Bailey

    He's the only one who can put an end to the strife that's destroying the faery kingdom of May Mell. But his mission involves a mortal woman with a yearning heart--and a newly awakened passion will inspire him to risk his life for love... Beautiful...

  • The Hireling's Tale

    Jo Bannister

    MARKED FOR MURDER Detective Inspector Frank Shapiro and his two chief investigators, Liz Graham and Cal Donovan, probe a mysterious conspiracy, which may rob Castlemere of more than one of their finest. A young prostitute is found dead on a boat in ...

  • Sabrina's Guide to the Universe

    Patricia Barnes-Svarney

  • Apostrophes and Apocalypses

    John Barnes

    Before novels like Mother of Storms, A Million Open Doors, Finity, and Earth Made of Glass, John Barnes was known for quirky, powerful short stories, many published by SF magazines in the late 1980s. Now the best of them are finally collected--along ...

  • A Christmas Bouquet: Amy's Gift

    Suzanne Barrett

    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......

  • Sweet Sensations

    Adrienne Basso

    SUGAR AND SPICE... Lauren Stuart hasn't spent years perfecting her craft as a pastry chef only to let a stranger steal one of her prized recipes. Writing the definitive dessert cookbook is more than enough to keep Lauren busy, without investigating ...

  • Hungry Plants

    Mary Batten

    This book offers readers a bug’s-eye view into the strange and fascinating world of carnivorous plants. From the “jaws” of the Venus flytrap to the pretty sundew plant whose delicate tentacles entrap its prey, the unique anatomy and behaviors o...

  • Saving Christmas

    Pamela Bauer

    Only thirty days till Christmas... Sara Richards had one month to save the sleepy hamlet of Christmas, Minnesota, from extinction and one month to save herself from Joe Gibson. The man who'd fueled her schoolgirl fantasies was home for the hol...

  • Road to Balumnia

    James Baylock

  • Love Him Forever

    Cherie Bennett

    When Colleen Belmont explores her past lives under hypnosis, one thing is clear.On her eighteenth birthday-whether as a middle-class English girl swept up in the horrors of WWII or as a southern belle in the midst of civil war-Colleen is faced with a...

  • Condition Critical

    Cherie Bennett

    The S.C.R.U.B.S. teens are devastated when a terrible accident leaves one of their friends in a coma, but only Summer knows the truth about the victim, and must convince the others to take her seriously before another tragedy occurs...

  • Stranger in the Mirror

    Cherie Bennett; Jeff Gottesfeld

    How would you like to be drop-dead gorgeous?

    Fifteen-year-old Callie Bailey just wants to be beautiful, like her model-sister Laurel. Only her best friend Addison knows her terrible secret: she has the world's biggest crush on Laurel's...

  • The Starlight Wish

    Janice Bennett

    Regency readers were first introduced to Xanthe -- an irrepressible fairy godmother and friend to young hearts -- in THE CANDLELIGHT WISH. Now she's back to play matchmaker for another unlikely couple. All she needs to commence her spells is the ...

  • Dark Justice

    William Bernhardt

    Suffering from courtroom burnout, attorney Ben Kincaid heads to the picturesque Pacific Northwest for some much-needed R and R. But Ben's blissful getaway becomes a busman's holiday in the small town of Magic Valley, where a pitched battle between th...

  • The Wise Virgin: A Novella

    Jo Beverley
    in

    A lord from a rival clan steals the wrong holiday bride for his brother, and discovers his own true love in the witty and wise captive maiden!...

  • The Seduction Season

    Helen Bianchin
    in

    MORE THAN JUST KISSES UNDER THE MISTLETOE... Instead of a Christmas break lazing in the Queensland sun, it seems Anique's aunt has arranged for her to spend her holiday preparing meals for an infuriating, sexy Frenchman. So Anique cooks up her rev...

  • It Had to Be You

    Beverly Bird

    THEY WERE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER Gabriel Marsden was on a quest for the truth, and he didn't want anyone's help. This tall, dark, enigmatic man was used to living his life alone in the shadows. But then Shawna Collies fell into his arms--and she ref...

  • The Monkey Link

    Andrei Bitov

    In the waning years of the Empire, a poet traverses Russia, from the Baltics to the capital, to the shores of the Black Sea. Along the way, he discusses man's place in the scheme of things with, among others, a very sober scientist and a very drun...

  • Death of the Mallory Queen

    Lawrence Block
    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...

  • Turbulent Times

    Andrea Boeshaar
    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 ...

  • An Undaunted Faith

    Andrea Boeshaar

    Bethany is only seventeen years old, but she has already had her heart broken twice. When Pastor Luke McCabe begins paying extra attention to her, Bethany takes his fine-sounding words with a grain of salt. She's heard sweet talk before. This time...

  • Forget Me Not

    Susan Bowden

    What terrible secrets are hidden in Lisa Cooper's torrent of dreams? For years the thirty-one-year-old artist has been plagued by the same inexplicable fears. Fears that have stolen her nights since she was a little girl. Fears that have intensified ...

  • No More Mess!

    Ann Braybrooks

  • Drowning Ice Cube and Other Stories

    Jon L. Breen

  • A Kind and Decent Man

    Mary Brendan

    Mrs. Victoria Hart, recently widowed, suddenly found herself impoverished. Her only hope of financial aid was David, Viscount Courtenay -- the man who'd loved and cherished her before abandoning her seven years previously. Suggesting a marriage o...

  • The Day We Met

    Barbara Bretton

    Maggy O'Brien's ex-husband is getting remarried. Her daughter has dyed her hair purple. And for her thirty-fifth birthday, her sisters have arranged a weekend getaway -- complete with makeover and limo. It's all Maggy can do to hold on to...

  • A Matter of Time

    Terri Brisbin

    Present Day, Scotland. A thoroughly modern man with a very busy schedule, Dr. Douglas MacKendimen has no patience for his family's legacy of time travel. But during a vacation at his beloved ancestral home in Dunnedin, he steps into the past -- a...

  • Bodyguard

    Suzanne Brockmann

    YOU CAN LOOK... Threatened by underworld boss Michael Trotta, Alessandra Lamont is nearly blown to pieces in a mob hit. The last thing she wants is to put what's left of her life into the hands of the sexy, loose-cannon federal agent who seems to ...

  • Undercover Princess

    Suzanne Brockmann

    "THE NAMES WIND, KATHY WIND...." With those words, Princess Katherine Wyndham went from sensible sister to secret agent. Her mission: to locate her brother--the long-lost crown prince. Her cover: nanny for handsome tycoon Trey Sutherland. Cari...

  • The Wayward Heart

    Betty Brooks

    A WOMAN LOST IN THE PAST One minute she was headed for a vacation out west. The next, Anne Faraday was swept up by the force of a twister and tossed back in time to 1851 Wyoming. Wandering dazed through the land of blue skies and sagebrush, she's re...

  • Every Move She Makes

    Robin Burcell

    Gruesome slasher murders are spreading terror in San Francisco. The pressure is on the police force to track down the killer before another young woman is found, throat cut, body abandoned. Homicide Inspector Kate Gillespie is picked to lead the sear...

  • Gathering Shadows

    Kathy Burdette
    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...

  • Familiar Christmas

    Caroline Burnes

    Fear Familiar: Join the coolest feline detective to ever take on mystery, mayhem and matchmaking! Kidnapped by a sexy Santa! Sylvie West had stopped believing in Christmas miracles. Then the sexiest Santa she'd ever seen took her captive -- a...

  • Conflict of Interest

    Laurie Burns
    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...

  • An Improper Proposal

    Patricia Cabot

    A Stormy Heart Adventurous, outspoken, Payton Dixon has two passionate dreams... a clipper ship of her own and the love of Captain Connor Drake. But both seem impossibly out of reach, since her beloved captain is about to marry another, and worse,...

  • A Highland Christmas

    Christine Cameron
    in

    Cassandra MacIntrye has no love for the English who killed her family and conquered her beloved country. Yet, for the sake of the clan she leads, she must obey the English king's order and marry Baron Drake. Over the twelve days of Christmas, she...

  • Down to the Wire

    Joanna Campbell

    Wonder's Star has returned to Whitebrook Farm, and Christina Reese is thrilled to have him home again. But if Star doesn't win one of his first two races, Townsend Acres will take him back forever.

    Christina isn't a jockey yet -- the thought of ...

  • Swept Away

    Marsha Canham

    When a woman who's ready for love meets a dangerous, passionate man, she can easily get Swept Away... Bestselling, award-winning author Marsha Canham's breathtaking new novel transports readers to Regency England as a young woman rescues a...

  • Highland Flame

    Joyce Carlow

    In HIGHLAND FIRE, Joyce Carlow gave us the stirring tale of highland beauty Edana McLean. Now in HIGHLAND FLAME, the second book of this series set in eighteenth-century Scotland, she weaves the story of Edana's identical twin sister, Aileena Cam...

  • My False Heart

    Liz Carlyle

    When Elliot Armstrong, the dissolute marquis of Rannoch, pursues a spiteful mistress into the wilds of Essex to sever their relationship, he is surprised to find himself hopelessly lost -- in more ways than one. Inexplicably drawn to a warmly lit hou...

  • The House on Olive Street

    Robyn Carr

    Elly, Sable, Barbara Ann and Beth. They have been drawn together by the sudden death of their friend Gabby -- and the favor she has asked of them. For these four women, whose own lives have become unhappy works of fiction, a summer sorting through Ga...

  • Family Man

    Carol Carson

    WANTED FAMILY MAN. MUST LOVE CHILDREN. PAYMENT NEGOTIABLE. Rider Magrane knew what "wanted" meant; he'd spent time running from the law. Those days were over now, and he'd come back to Drover to make amends. But the man he's wronged was no longer...

  • Invisible Death

    Lin Carter

    Doubleday, 1975, first edition hardcover with dustjacket. This is the second in the "Zarkon" series of pulp adventure novels modeled after "Doc Savage." Other novels in the series are: "The Nemesis of Evil" (1975); "The Volcano Ogre" (1976); "The Ear...

  • The Nemesis of Evil

    Lin Carter

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  • The Winter Queen

    Devin Cary

    The King Is Dead The northern kingdom of Albor is in mourning. The realm's benevolent ruler has fallen victim to a fatal accident. Under his reign, Albor has known peace and prosperity, and all the denizens fear that time has come to an end. The kin...

  • Hutt and Seek

    Chris Cassidy; Tish Pahl
    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...

  • Simple Tricks

    Chris Cassidy; Tish Pahl
    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...

  • Lily Fair

    Kimberly Cates

    Caitlin of the Lilies was born to a terrible prophecy -- one day she would destroy Crom the Ever Truthful, the revered Irish chieftain. For his own protection, Crom sends her to be raised in a far-off convent. Knowing nothing of her destiny, Caitlin ...

  • The Sea Is Full of Stars

    Jack L. Chalker

    After three passengers--Ming, Ari, and Angel--embark on elite starship journey into the Realm, they unwittingly become ensnared in one man's bloodthirsty vendetta that will alter their very beings. That man is Jeremiah Wong Kincaid. He vows to destro...

  • Marine Under the Mistletoe

    Maureen Child

    THE VIRGIN... Sweet and sassy Marie Santini learned long ago that the men around Camp Pendleton just didn't see the local tomboy as date material -- even if there was a passionate heart beating beating beneath her cute overalls. So why was devasta...

  • Baby 2000

    Judy Christenberry

    "I'll be the daddy..." After he saved her life, hard-headed cowboy Matt McIntyre became the personal caretaker of Dr. Elizabeth Lee and her unborn child. For she might soon deliver the winner of Bison City, Wyoming's millennium baby contest. But a...

  • The Truthsayer's Apprentice

    Deborah Christian

    The Truthsayer's robe is his cloak of office, said to have once belonged to the frost giants of a faraway land, and divination is never done without it. When brutal trespassers steal the seer's robe from his mountain alcove, his young apprentice, Dal...

  • Ronin

    Nick Christian

  • Steal Away

    Katharine Clark

    Rachel Stark is about to live every parent's nightmare: Her nine-year-old son, David, is snatched off the street in broad daylight with no apparent motive and only one clue--his red bicycle lying on the side of the road. Now, already under the strain...

  • The Heart Answers

    Colleen Coble

    With her beautiful face and glorious red hair, Jessica never met a single man she couln't wrap around her little finger. To her amazement, however, Clay Cole seems immune to her charms. In fact, he sees straight through them, and Jessica is furious. ...

  • Permed to Death

    Nancy J. Cohen

    Meet Marla Shore, a Florida beauty salon owner with a knack for creating dazzling 'dos -- and solving mysteries... Marla was already having a bad hair day, but when one of her clients dies while getting a perm in her salon, her day just can't get an...

  • Into the Maelstrom

    Loren L. Coleman

    IN THE TRADITION OF THE BATTLETECH SERIES, ASPECT PRESENTS AN ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE BASED ON THE UNIVERSE OF VOR, THE THRILLING NEW MINIATURE-BASED GAME. NO EXIT The world's two superpowers are at war--when suddenly even nuclear annihilation b...

  • An Unlikely Father

    Lynn Collum

    AN UNASSUMING HEIRESS There was no question that Miss Emily Collins would agree to accompany Lord Carson's three motherless children from India to their uncle's estate near Bath. An orphan herself, Emily knew what it meant to be abandoned to the mer...

  • Terror of Two-Face

    Suzan Colon

  • Void Moon

    Michael Connelly

    In L.A. Cassie Black is another beautiful woman in a Porsche: except Cassie just did six years in prison and still has "outlaw juice" flowing in her veins. Now Cassie is returning to her old profession, taking down a money man in Vegas. But the perfe...

  • Cuba

    Stephen Coonts

    Stephen Coonts' bestselling novels take readers into the heart of harrowing, pulse-pounding action, whether on land, on sea, or in the air. Now, this master of full-tilt, blockbuster suspense turns to a lush setting 90 miles from U.S. soil. In Cuba, ...

  • Fruitcakes & Other Leftovers

    Lori Copeland

    For Beth David, her greatest Christmas wish was to be free of her responsibilities - and it came true when she won the lottery. Now that she was rich, she could be sure that her eccentric aunt was looked after while she traveled the world and did wha...

  • Red Mercury

    A. Craig Copetas

  • Bastion of Faith

    Bruce R. Cordell

    Presented in a format like its predecessors, Den of Thieves and College of Wizardry, this accessory presents an entire temple of priests that a DM can drop into any campaign with a minimum of effort. Included in this product are new priest spells and...

  • The Court

    William J. Coughlin

    THE CASES Nine Supreme Court judges will soon decide four history-making cases. Eight of them will split along party lines four to four. The ninth judge, holding the swing vote, will tip the scales of justice. He's a good man, a fine man, and, unkno...

  • Remaking Meridith

    Carol Cox
    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...

  • Everlasting Love

    Carol Cox

    A three-in-one collection of historical romance. Amidst the trials and hardships of life, three courageous women learn to take God at His word and trust Him completely for their every need. Meet Judith, Key and Meredeth as they find everlast...

  • Plunder

    Chet Cunningham

    They are the elite of the elite. Handpicked by a reclusive billionaire/patriot from among the top members of the CIA, the FBI, the Navy SEALS, Britain's M1-6; and, Israel's Mossad, they are the most talented--and dangerous--fighting force ever assemb...

  • Atlantis Found

    Clive Cussler

    An Antarctic whaler stumbles across an aged wreck--her frozen crew guarding a priceless treasure. A team of anthropologists is buried under a mountain by a deliberate explosion. A ship that should have died fifty-six years ago reappears, and al...

  • The Ruby Raven

    Michael Dahl

    Finnegan''s uncle receives an invitation to be a finalist in an international mystery writers'' award competition. Since the author must be present to accept the prize, that means exotic Saharan travel for Finn and Uncle Stoppard. The competition win...

  • Angel in the Dark

    Catherine Dain

    Mariana Morgan, unraveled by her husband's "random" murder and the loss of her job, turns to the psychic world, not so much to find her husband's murderer as to regain some order in her life. She joins a meditation group, consults a psychic channeler...

  • Nell the Naughty Kitten

    Jenny Dale

    Everyone loves kittens! Fluffy and fun, purry and huggable, what could be more perfect than a kitten? Most kittens are naughty -- but not as naughty as Nell! She can't stop making mischief on the farm where she lives. She plays with the piglets, dist...

  • The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

    Peter Dally

    Combining his knowledge as a doctor and a lifelong fascination with Virginia Woolf's life and work, eminent psychiatrist Peter Dally offers a haunting and compelling look at the depression that tormented Virginia Woolf throughout her adult years, in ...

  • The Butterfly Moon

    Amber Dana

    The local residents were convinced that the recluse on Lily Pad Lake was a jilted lover, or possibly a fugitive. Tom Grant's nearest neighbors were an older couple who lived across the lake. When their daughter Natalie, a beautiful young lawyer from ...

  • Star Wars: The Greatest Battles

    Michael Dana

  • Code Name: Santa

    Kayla Daniels

    THE SPY... Government agent Nick Ryan wanted nothing to do with Christmas-or family. But one glimpse of Juliet ignited an unfamiliar desire to belong. For the woman who'd been his brother's secret wife was a beauty-and so was her daughter. WHO LO...

  • A Royal Engagement

    Olga Daniels

    Charged to fetch Lady Margaret Thurton home from a nunnery, Sir Richard de Heigham never expects to find himself completely captivated with the beautiful heiress. Suddenly thrust into a new life, the innocent Meg is dazzled by the charming young knig...

  • No Disintegrations, Please

    Paul Danner
    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...

  • The Last Hand

    Paul Danner
    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...

  • Bride of His Choice

    Emma Darcy

    A marriage of convenience Five sisters...and Richard Seymour has to marry one to gain control of the Durant financial empire. Made to feel the ugly duckling by her glamorous family, and totally rejected by her father, Leigh Durant is stunned wh...

  • Beginnings

    Peggy Darty
    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...

  • Rivers' Run

    Stephanie J. Davenport

  • The Long Night of Centauri Prime

    Peter David

    Bombed to the brink of oblivion, the planet Centauri Prime is starting the slow and painful process of rebuilding, under the watchful eye of Emperor Londo Mollari. But Londo is in turn being watched--and manipulated--by the conquest-hungry Drakh. The...

  • Bride 2000

    Trisha David

    Sophie Connell's minister grandfather was due to conduct his 2000th wedding -- the last one before he retired -- on the first day of the year 2000. Then Bryn Jasper persuaded the happy couple to get married at his Great Barrier Reef resort -- in ...

  • Starlight, Starbright

    Saranne Dawson

    A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WHO LONGS FOR ADVENTURE IS WHISKED AWAY TO A STRANGE AND FASCINATING NEW LAND BY A HANDSOME STARSHIP CAPTAIN. SERENA HAD ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS: Insatiable in her quest for knowledge and voracious in her appetite for adventure. No ...

  • Kitten's Year

    Nancy Raines Day

    Peeking, pawing, and pouncing, a curious kitten spends its first year exploring the sights, sounds, and smells of the world around it.

    The simple text and exquisite, detailed illustrations in this beautiful ...

  • The Ares Alliance

    Keith R.A. Decandido
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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  • Foreign Bodies

    Stephen Dedman

    When Mike Galloway, a regular sort of guy for San Francisco, 2014, descends into the nightmare world of poverty and joblessness, he finds he must face more than starvation and homelessness. He's now at the mercy of a deadly world of political intrigu...

  • The Song of Six Birds

    Rene Deetlefs

    Wishing to make beautiful music with the flute that was given to her by her mother, young Lindiwe captures the songs of six different birds in her flute and shares the irresistible tune with the people of her African village....

  • A Star to Sail By

    Susan Delaney

    Still distraught over the death of her husband, Peggy Millwright finds a delirious man lying on the beach outside her Jersey Shore home who claims to be a nineteenth-century sailor and rediscovers passions through his innocent eyes. Original....

  • Christmas Fantasy

    Janelle Denison

    FANTASY REQUISITION To: Austin McBride. Owner of Fantasy for Hire Client: Gorgeous Teddy Spencer. She's never bought a date before, but she plans to get her money's worth... Assignment: To be Teddy's lover...for one night. ...

  • Beyond the High Road

    Troy Denning
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    The seer Alaundo prophesied that seven scourges would sweep Cormyr way in ruin. For centuries the royal family has stood watch against that day and devoted their lives to the protection of the realm. But in a time when their ancient guardians slum...

  • Miss Zukas in Death's Shadow

    Jo Dereske

    BOOKED FOR TROUBLE With an audit going on at Bellehaven's Public Library, it couldn't be a worse time for librarian Helma Zukas to be serving a sentence of fifty hours of community service. But Miss Zukas stubbornly refused to pay what she thought...

  • The Price of Onions

    Ashok V. Desai

  • Night Moves

    Thea Devine

    BACK WHERE SHE BELONGED? Truck McKelvey had been able to make Carrie Spencer melt with just a touch, and make her heart burst with love with just a smile. And still she'd dumped him...brutally. She'd been determined that no man would stand...

  • Mistletoe Daddy

    Jacqueline Diamond

    What child is this? All Marnie Afton had ever wanted was Tom Jake's strong arms around her, and his children at her breast. But Tom had grown up in a loveless family, and his unwillingness to have children finally tore them apart. Now Tom was...

  • Beyond Forever

    Debra Dier

    THROUGH THE MISTS OF TIME 1999. He appeared to her out of the swirling fog on the cliff's edge, a ghostly figure who seemed somehow larger than life. Dark, handsome, blatantly male, he radiated the kind of confidence that led men into battle and wom...

  • Drifter

    William C. Dietz

    An interplanetary smuggler gets caught up with revolutionaries in this action-packed novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Legion of the Damned. Even smuggling has rules. The first is: Don’t get caught. Meet Pik Lando, a con a...

  • Toy Story 2

    Disney Book Group

    Oh, no! Woody has been kidnapped by a toy collector! Buzz races to the rescue, but Woodyâ,"s not sure
    he wants to leave. Should he stay and enjoy a life of fame, or return to Andy, the boy who really loves
    him? The blockbuster film Toy S...

  • Missing Continents

    Ariel Dorfman

  • The Cat and the Queen of Hearts

    Carole Nelson Douglas

  • Isaac Asimov's Solar System

    Gardner Dozois

  • The Sport of the Gods

    Paul Laurence Dunbar

    A landmark in African-American literature, this powerful turn-of-the-century novel was among the first realistic depictions of ghetto life and language. Written by a renowned poet, essayist, and lecturer who was the son of former slaves, its fictiona...

  • Lucky Man

    Tony Dunbar

    It's a city of sin. And murder's only one of them. New Orleans Attorney Tubby Dubonnet is getting tired of his slow-moving, indolent city--with all its dirt and dancing, its colorful characters and corruption. For Tubby, a change of scenery might ...

  • A Kiss and a Kitten

    Carola Dunn
    in

    Injured war hero Damian Perrincourt never expected his homecoming would be turned topsy-turvey by an impish kitten! But Pirate has an uncanny sense of mayhem -- or is it being in the right place at the right time? For without his newfound friendship ...

  • There Is a Season

    Margot Early

    The Midwives: Home to Alaska. To her ex-husband. Her family. And the babies waiting to be born.... Midwife Francesca Walcott has plenty of good reasons to stay away from Alaska. Her ex-husband, Charlie Marcus, for one. Her family, for ano...

  • Killing Me Softly

    Marjorie Eccles

  • Attack of the Robot

    Joe Edkin

  • Teranesia

    Greg Egan

    Welcome to Teranesia, the island of butterflies, where evolution has stopped making sense. Prabir Suresh and his younger sister, Madhusree, live in a remote paradise called Teranesia, where their biologist parents are studying an unexplained genet...

  • The Last Peep

    Janet Evanovich
    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...

  • Nuremberg Raid

    John Evans

    On the night of 30-31 March 1944, R.A.F. Bomber Command took off on what should have been a routine "maximum effort" raid an Nuremberg. It turned into a major disaster, with Bomber Command suffering its heaviest loss of the war: of the 779 bombers ta...

  • Longarm in the Valley of Sin

    Tabor Evans

    CLEAN LIVING, DIRTY DYING Longarm felt good, damn good. Until Marshal Vail got orders to send him to a Colorado spa -- and it ain't for a facial. Turns out the elite retreat is owned by a big-shot doctor, and the U.S. Justice Department wants Cust...

  • Ring of Destiny

    Jane S. Fancher

    In the third volume of Jane S. Fancher's acclaimed series, three telepathically linked brothers must unite their powers to face an enemy that could destroy them all. The magic behind the rings which power their city may be their only hope--in an epic...

  • Secrets

    Nuruddin Farah

    “With Secrets, Nuruddin Farah solidifies his reputation as one of the world’s great writers.” -- Ishmael ReedSet against the backdrop of the civil war in Somalia, this stunningly ambitious novel was a Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Fiction ...

  • Jim Morrison's Adventures in the Afterlife

    Mick Farren

    Part devil, part angel, the specter of Jim Morrison has haunted America's consciousness since his premature death in 1971. His spirit seemed dark, and the graphic despair of his Lizard King persona reigned supreme in his lifetime, but Jim Morrison di...

  • The Girl at the Lion d'or

    Sebastian Faulks

    "Beautifully written and--extraordinarily moving."--The Sunday Times (London)From the author of the international bestseller Birdsong, comes a haunting historical novel of passion, loss, and courage set in France between the two world wars. This Vint...

  • The Baby Beneath the Mistletoe

    Marie Ferrarella

    A chubby-cheeked baby whose adorable rosebud smile could melt even Tony Marino's stone-cold heart. And even if her co-worker was a pain, natural-born nurturer Michelle Rozanski couldn't just leave Tony to face instant fatherhood alone. Not when brood...

  • Jared's Love-Child

    Sandra Field

    Hers for a night? It was at her mother's wedding that Devon met the rude, arrogant and irritatingly sexy Jared Holt. Powerless to ignore his sizzling charisma, within a few hours Devon was sharing a reckless night with him.... Sleeping with a ...

  • Cheyenne Moon

    Carol Finch

    Disguised as a man, Kat Diamond flees from her step father's murderous goons with a fortune in heirloom jewels. With fate on her side, her path crosses Judd Lassiter's -- a notorious bounty hunter she desperately wants to hire. When Kat offer...

  • Cowboy Up!

    Mike Flanagan

    LIFE CAN BE A WILD RIDE....SOMETIMES ALL YOU CAN DO IS JUST KEEP HANGING ON. THE OLD BULL Ex-rodeo champ Jack Lomas is a stubborn old rancher of the ornery sort. He does things only one way... his. A lifetime of hard work and regret has taught him s...

  • Where Do Kisses Come From?

    Maria Fleming

    Show your little ones what makes them so kissable with this adorable Little Golden Book. There are so many kinds of kisses, little one. I-missed-you kisses . . . thank-you kisses . . . feel-better kisses . . . and kisses just because. This del...

  • A Brand X Murder

    Don Flynn

    It isn't Brand Name celebrity news when New York Daily Press reporter Fitz's pal who plays piano at Elaine's is murdered......until Ed Fitzgerald digs into it. As usual he drives his City Editor, Ironhead Matthews, crazy, this time because he has bee...

  • Men of War

    William R. Forstchen

    WHAT PRICE FREEDOM? It has been over a decade since Andrew Keane's Union regiment was mysteriously pulled away from the Civil War and marooned in time on a hostile alien planet. But now it appears as if everything the Lost Regiment has fought and ...

  • Against the Wind

    Gwynne Forster

    Leslie Collins, an African-American bank officer, is forced to flee her home town to escape a man who attempted to rape her. After three years in jail, he is seeking revenge. Leslie takes a job as a cook on the Saber Estate for Jordan Saber, a suc...

  • Raven's Bride

    Kathryn Fox

    TORN BY TRADITION Unaware that Cara Tarakanov is the daughter of a foreign fur trader his clan despises, Tlingit warrior Tall Dancer saves the beautiful white slave from death at the hands of her brutal master. With her settlement so far away, and a...

  • Radiance Descending

    Paula Fox

    Angry that his younger brother Jacob is clumsy and odd looking due to his Down's syndrome and jealous because of all the attention he receives, Paul can't see his goodness until a series of special happenings make him appreciate Jacob for who he is. ...

  • Child of Fire

    Jocelin Foxe

    Curse of the Wild Hunt

    Three goddesses cursed them-this immortal band of princes, knights and commoners from different places and times who must spend eternity paying for the wicked acts of their mortal lives. Now they form the Wild Hunt, condemned...

  • The Reeve's Tale

    Margaret Frazer

    As reeve of the small village of Prior Byfield. Simon Perryn must rule on many local disputes--a task he often shares with the steward of St. Frideswide's nunnery. But when the steward is accused of dishonesty and forced to step aside, the worldly Da...

  • Corduroy's Valentine Activity Book

    Don Freeman

    A special valentine activity book which features the lovable Corduroy and his friends includes eighteen pressout valentines, forty stickers, a story, pictures to color, puzzles, a Valentine's Day recipe, and more. Original....

  • Diagnosis Positive

    Jean T. Freeman

  • Morgan's Woman

    Judith E. French

    Proud, iron-willed Tennessee widow Tamsin MacGregor is wanted -- dead or alive -- for a crime she didn't commit. But out West the law is shoot first, ask questions later. So she's running for her life -- with notoriously handsome bounty hunte...

  • Steeped in Murder

    Linda French

    Tea and History... As far as untenured junior history professor Teodora Morelli is concerned, nobody waits with bated breath for a new, politically correct history of the infamous Confederate general George Pickett's adventures in the Northwest Indi...

  • No Higher Law

    Philip Friedman

    Prosecutor Ben Kaplan, New York chief of Major Crimes in the US Attorney's office, has always known exactly where his loyalties lie. But when his investigation of commercial fraud by a group of orthodox Jews uncovers a brilliantly counterfeited hund...

  • Staring at the Light

    Frances Fyfield

    London lawyer Sarah Fortune masks a numbed heart with a string of lame-dog clients and a retinue of eccentric lovers. Now she finds herself protecting Cannon Smith, a man whose worst enemy turns out to be his own beloved twin brother, Johnny. Long ag...

  • The Seventh Moon

    Marius Gabriel

    As World War II rages, Francine Lawrence and her small daughter, Ruth, wait in the fading splendor of Raffles Hotel in Singapore for Francine's British husband. But when he is delayed, Francine, half-Chinese and unwelcome there, is forced to begin a ...

  • A Feline Affair

    Mona Gedney
    in

    Determined that her kittens will have both the master and mistress of her choosing, nothing escapes the notice of cunning mama cat, Ginger. Half the time, Graham Livingstone is read to throttle the mischief-making orange feline who seems to have ado...

  • Lone Star Prince

    Cindy Gerard

    THE LOYAL PROTECTOR Gregory Hunt had always been the best -- whether he was handling the toughest legal cases in Texas or coming to the rescue of damsels in distress. Only, this particular damsel was one he had loved once before -- the regal Princ...

  • Mewtwo Strikes Back

    Golden Books

  • The Haunted Carnival

    Golden Books

  • Fire Down Below

    William Golding

    Introduced by Kate Mosse, lose yourself in an epic naval journey in the final novel in the Booker Prize-winning historical fiction Sea Trilogy by the author of Lord of the Flies.I think there has been death in my hands.On the last stretch of its epic...

  • The Paper Men

    William Golding

    Join an eccentric novelist on the run from his obsessive would-be biographer in this comic farce by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies.Why should I conceal the fact that I had found a full professor of Eng. Lit. rifling my dus...

  • Taming Jason

    Lucy Gordon

    A MAN TO CARE FOR... Elinor knew it would be difficult to stay calm and professional while nursing Jason Tenby back to health; he was used to calling the shots. Also, she couldn't forget the time years ago when Jason had kissed her passionate...

  • Mine!

    Jill Gorey

  • Graves' Retreat

    Edward Gorman / Ed Gorman

    Just when Les Graves finally earns a chance at a respectable life in Cedar Rapids, his brother T. Z. shows up in town with plans to rob the bank where Les works, and loyalty to his brother lands Les in jail. Reprint....

  • Every Move You Make

    Eileen Goudge

  • Love You to Death

    Eileen Goudge

  • Slow Burn

    Eileen Goudge

  • You Belong to Me

    Eileen Goudge

  • Sarah's Christmas

    Elizabeth Graham

    A SEASON TO HOPE... Lovely schoolteacher Sarah Calder was looking forward to sharing in Little Bethlehem's joyous holiday festivities, until she discovered Hunter Winslow had moved back to town. Seven years ago, Hunter had jilted her and married...

  • Riders in the Sky

    Charles L. Grant

    It is the time of the Millennium, of great battles between good and evil. The hoofbeats of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse herald the last days of Mankind. The four novels of the Millennium Quartet reveal the cataclysms that await mankind at t...

  • My Century

    Gunter Grass

    In a work of great originality, Germany's most eminent writer examines the victories and terrors of the twentieth century, a period of astounding change for mankind. Great events and seemingly trivial occurrences, technical developments and scientifi...

  • Once a Rogue

    Megan Gray

    A DANGEROUS REBELLION Promised to a man she will never love, lovely Flora Buchanan flees the genteel poverty of her father's Edinburgh home and plunges into the confusion of the Jacobite rebellion. Rescued from her father's fury by a Highland soldie...

  • How I Fixed the Year 1000 Problem

    Dan Greenburg

    Forget about the Y2K problem! Zack's up to his ears in dragons and wizards when a computer glitch sends him hurtling back in time to the year 999--and a peculiar boys' school known as Dragon Slayers' Academy!...

  • Victorian Villainies

    Graham Greene

  • Virgin Earth

    Philippa Gregory

    In this enthralling, freestanding sequel to Earthly Joys, New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory combines a wealth of gardening knowledge with a haunting love story that spans two continents and two cultures, making Virgin Earth a tour de...

  • Capitol Scandal

    Sarah Gregory

    A TRIAL OF CAPITAL PROPORTIONS The charismatic son of a political icon, Texas Congressman Will John Benedict falls from grace when he is accused of murdering an office intern with whom he was having an affair. With the Benedict power and money beh...

  • Cauldron of Iniquity

    Anne Lesley Groell

    THE ASSASSINS' DESCENT -- INTO DECADENCE... They are known as the Cloak and Dagger. The rookie assassins Jenifleur and Thibault barely survived their first official mission. Now they're looking forward to a change of pace: protecting life--instead...

  • No Greater Gift

    Geri Guillaume

    NO GREATER PASSION When her mother Myra impulsively takes off with a cruise-ship Romeo, sensible Kira Dodd is stunned. Certain that Jimmy Jolivet is a womanizer of the worst sort, Kira heads for his Texas ranch, determined to bring Myra home for Chr...

  • Forever Free

    Joe Haldeman

    A veteran of The Forever War, William Mandella lives on the snow-covered planet set aside for his kind, supporting his family by ice-fishing and teaching physics. But now Mandella's life has become obsolete. The denizens of Earth have evolved into...

  • A Gentleman of Substance

    Deborah Hale

    A Secret Child... When Lucy Rushton's lover was killed in battle, she wed his brother, formidable viscount Drake Strickland, to protect her unborn child. The marriage tore her heart, yet after their vows were sealed, Lucy saw another side to her ste...

  • My Wicked Marquess

    Constance Hall

    A TIME FOR GIVING... Meagan Fenwick hasn't had a happy Christmas since the death of her parents. Any hopes of this season being different are dashed when her stepbrother Harold informs her that he's gambled away their estate -- and her hand ...

  • Twice Bitten

    Gerald Hammond

    A tale of a gun-dog trainer who discovers a dog-switching plot that leads to a mysterious death includes many memorable and hilarious characters, as well as plenty of inside information for dog lovers and gun connoisseurs....

  • Anna and the King

    Elizabeth Hand

    Arriving in Siam as governess to the King's royal children, the recently widowed Anna brings with her a fiercely independent spirit, a passion for justice, and a hidden loneliness.

    As Anna learns more about her exotic students and their prou...

  • The Wedding Arbor

    Valerie Hansen

    He gave her shelter... With a heart full of hope, Sara Stone took refuge in the serenity of the Ozarks. But she never counted on getting stranded in the middle of a raging storm. Like a godsend, brooding ex-cop Adam Callahan gallantly offered her...

  • Emma and the Earl

    Elizabeth Harbison

    Living out her own fairy tale.... American Emma Lawrence knew she was too ordinary to ever have a British aristocrat fall in love with her! But when she found herself locked in the Earl of Palliser's embrace, her heart couldn't help but hope. Now e...

  • Death by Surprise

    Carolyn Hart / Carolyn G. Hart

    K.C. Carlisle was among the first wave of women to wash through the nation's law schools and proud of it after five years of facing down the lady lawyer stereotype. She fights for lesbians, mistreated Indians, and against big business. Pat, an aging ...

  • Kissing Santa

    Jessica Hart

    Amanda had a mission: to convince Blair McAllister to sell his home to her company. In order to get close to him she took the job of live-in nanny to his boisterous three children. But her plan backfired. Although Blair was as grouchy as a bear with ...

  • D. L. Moody

    Bonnie Carman Harvey

  • Daddy Claus

    Robin Lee Hatcher

    THE CHRISTMAS CHARADE Joe: You could tell your grandfather the truth. Alicia: I can't. I only lied because he was so sick. He's from the old school -- marriage is for a lifetime. If he finds out the truth, he'll worry and fus...

  • Dragon Strike

    Humphrey Hawksley; Simon Holberton

  • Birdman

    Mo Hayder

    Some crimes shock. Some crimes horrify. And some defy the imagination. In her mesmerizing novel, Mo Hayder steers into a nightmarish world of victims and their victimizer.. . and of a cop crashing up against his own limits as a man. Detective Jack...

  • And Pray No One Eats You

    Gar Anthony Haywood
    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...

  • Sara's Gift

    Jill Henry
    in

    Passing through Moose Creek, Montana, Sara Mercer prays for a single glimpse of the infant girl she gave up for adoption four years before. Instead, she finds herself snowbound with little Mary and her widowed father, Sheriff Gabe Chapman. Sara never...

  • Chee's Witch

    Tony Hillerman
    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 Dance: Michael & Caroline

    Craig Hillman
    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...