Books Published in December 2016

• Dec-2016
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As the hunt for the Star of Ice leads the six guardians to Ireland, Doyle, the immortal, must face his tragic past. Three centuries ago, he closed off his heart, yet his warrior spirit is still drawn to the wild. And there’s no one more familiar wi...

• Jan-2017
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The Wyoming men are back! In their quest for true love on the range, are these ranchers bold enough to open their hearts to the women under their protection? Ren Colter may own an enormous ranch in Wyoming, but he scorns his wealth. He's closed h...

• Jan-2017
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Will she surrender to the stranger at Orchid Cay? For Lily Fielding, the small, safe Caribbean island is all she's ever known. But the appearance of an intriguing newcomer is about to change everything for this unworldly vicar's daughter,...

• Jan-2017
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Some secrets are too hot to handle in this classic tale from Linda Lael Miller, previously published as Deadly Deceptions After years spent trying to remember her past, Mojo Sheepshanks just wants to put it behind her. She's finally got the life s...

• Jan-2017
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#1 New York Times bestselling author STEPHANIE LAURENSdelivers the thrilling conclusion to her acclaimed series THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET, a passionate Regency-era drama where intrigue and danger play out on the high seas and in exotic tropical jungles...

• Jan-2017
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The menacing woods of Grizzly Falls, Montana, are not for the faint of heart. But for some, they’re the perfect setting for partying and pranks. They don’t know there’s a rapt audience amid the tangled trees, a killer with a different kind of g...

• Dec-2016
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FBI Profiler Pierce Quincy and Officer Rainie Conner return in a baffling cold case in this short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner.A young woman is found strangled in the stairwell of a college library, only her sneak...

• Jan-2017
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"You will be my wife…" Esther Abbott was backpacking across Europe when she was approached about being a surrogate. Desperately in need of the money, Esther agreed. But when the deal falls apart, she's left pregnant and alone, with no one to tu...

• Jan-2017
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“The bell rings at midnight, as death requires it.” -- Irish proverb In Ulster, Northern Ireland, a petty criminal kills a woman in a drunken car crash. Her sons swear revenge. In London, Sean Dillon and his colleagues in the “...

• Dec-2016
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A reclusive, haunted Dr. Frankenstein and his assistant are visited by a strange, persistent stranger in this haunting short story by R.L. Stine. It's a dark and stormy night, and the new, unnamed assistant to the penniless Dr. Victor Frankenstei...

• Jan-2017
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Beloved authors Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, and Stefanie Sloane deliver the stories of four friends from Madame Rochambeaux’s Gentle School for Girls who find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lu...

• Dec-2016
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WRANGLIN' WITH THE RANCHER? Cassidy McCullough can't remember a time when rancher Will Laredo wasn't a huge (albeit handsome) pain in her backside. In this small Texan town, their bickering is almost legendary. When they rescue a baby during a fl...

• Jan-2017
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She'd stopped believing in happy endings… Widowed TV reporter Ellie King had given up on looking for heroes ever since her beloved husband was killed in a robbery gone wrong. Because she could have used one then, but there was no one around -- ...

• Jan-2017
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For the sake of the son he never knew, Preacher goes on the warpath. Long ago, the legendary trapper known as Preacher took shelter with the Absaroka, and fell in love with a girl called Bird in the Tree. Twenty years later, he rescues a woman and...

• Dec-2016
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Making her Christmas dream come true… Paramedic Holly Jacobs knows that her night of scorching passion with Dr. Daniel Chandler meant more than just lust. And she'll fix the hospital staff's Secret Santa to prove it! Playboy doc Dan...

• Dec-2016
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THEY CALL HIM THE DUKE OF MURDER... The gossips whisper that the new Duke of Murdoch is a brute, a murderer, and even worse--a Scot. They say he should never be trusted alone with a woman. But Megan Windham sees in Hamish something different, some...

• Jan-2017
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Something to hold on to . . . Not so long ago, Reese Lockhart was commanding a company of Marines. Now his life is spiraling out of control. The Bar C ranch outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming may be his last chance to save himself . . . Shaylene Cra...

• Jan-2017
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The Granger siblings thought they'd left their ranching days behind, until fate sends them home to Wrangler's Creek, Texas -- and into the passionate arms of those they'd least expect… It's some run of bad luck when Sophie Granger loses her bus...

• Dec-2016
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When a snowstorm pummels the western half of the country, three couples find once off-limits love just in time for Christmas. At sixteen, Abigail gave Dex the gift of a lifetime, but the cost of it was more than he ever knew. Now she’s back in ...

• Dec-2016
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He’s known as the Storyteller -- and all his tales end in merciless death.Detective Bobbie Gentry’s hunt for a heinous serial killer is interrupted when the sadistic Storyteller finds her first. Captured on Christmas Eve and held in a cabin deep ...

• Dec-2016
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Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for him...

• Dec-2016
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The complete classic horror series, now available in a single deluxe volume. Murdered again and again, one girl always comes back for more...Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can sedu...

• Dec-2016
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J. R. Ward returns with an all-new tale of paranormal passion in the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. The Black Dagger Brotherhood continues to train the best of the best to join them in the deadly battle against the Lessening Society. Among...

• Dec-2016
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UNDERCOVER GUARDIAN Days before Christmas, CIA agent Amber Starke is on the run with her murdered best friend's special-needs son. And they're next on his criminal father's hit list. Amber failed her undercover mission to bring down her friend's ...

• Dec-2016
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An upstairs-downstairs affair for Christmas… Single mom Joy Curran needs this temporary holiday housekeeping job working for a reclusive billionaire. But her sexy, aloof boss pulls at Joy's heartstrings -- and her long-denied desires -- in unexp...

• Jan-2017
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From #1 New York Times-bestselling author W. E. B. Griffin comes the dramatic third novel in the Clandestine Operations series about the Cold War, the fledgling Central Intelligence Agency -- and a new breed of warrior. January 1946: Two WACs lea...

• Dec-2016
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When a lawyer discovers the possible existence of a lost, secret second novel from America's favorite writer, all hell breaks loose.For years, Frederick Lowell has quietly managed the estate of the revered novelist Edward Goodwin. Though the author o...

• Dec-2016
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In a breathtaking blend of scientific intrigue and historical mystery, #1 New York Times bestselling mastermind, James Rollins, reveals an ancient threat hidden within the pages of the Bible, one that threatens the modern world If the biblical pla...

• Jan-2017
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Wicked intrigue unfolds as an unlikely marriage leads to a path of risky desire in the lush, green Scottish Highlands Born into riches and groomed in English luxury, Margot Armstrong didn't belong in a Scottish chieftain's devil-may-care world. T...

• Dec-2016
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Twenty-four authors ride with Mercedes Lackey to her magical land of Valdemar, adding their own unique voices to the Heralds, Bards, Healers, and other heroes of this beloved fantasy realm. The Heralds of Valdemar are the kingdom’s ancient order...

• Jan-2017
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Held captive… When Georgia Nielson is asked to be the surrogate for an enigmatic tycoon, she can't afford to say no. Before she realizes that she's struck a deal with the devil, she's trapped on his isolated Greek island, with no es...

• Dec-2016
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Be proud of Life’s battle scars, it means you were stronger than whatever hurt you, and you didn't die -- and Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter and U.S. Marshal will be the first to show you hers in this sweet and sexy story of celebration and connection...

• Jan-2017
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My detective friend Hercule Poirat and I were headed to India. A Bollywood star we're friends with had received a valuable ruby and wanted us to help her protect it... which meant that I ended up acting in the movie she was filming! Rancid ricotta --...

• Jan-2017
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Beloved authors Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, and Stefanie Sloane deliver the stories of four friends from Madame Rochambeaux’s Gentle School for Girls who find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lu...

• Jan-2017
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Vows never broken… He was the man she never wanted to see again… Exclusive matchmaker Elizabeth Young cannot believe it when Xander Trakas storms back into her life, announcing that their disastrous marriage was never annulled! His was th...

• Jan-2017
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"Houston, we have a hot-astronaut problem…" Survival expert and control freak Jessie Odell has faced the most hazardous environments on earth. Training astronauts should be a cakewalk. Nope. Enter candidate Hemi "Thor" Barrett and his hot, ripp...

• Dec-2016
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Little Beach Street Bakery and The Bookshop on the Corner comes a delightful holiday tale full of sweetness, love, heartbreak, and happiness -- perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Elin Hilderbrand.Ros...

• Jan-2017
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A Soldier's Promise Three years ago Daron McKay made a vow to his dying army buddy: watch over his wife, protect his child. But he never imagined he'd fall in love with mom and baby. Now as Emma Shaw barely hangs on to her ranch and her daughter ...

• Jan-2017
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This firefighter is five-alarm hot! For Braden Zimmer, leading his team of Hotshot firefighters isn't just about being the best -- it's about sensing when a fire is coming. And a scorcher is definitely on its way. Maybe it's from the dangerous ar...

• Dec-2016
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THE HERO’S HOMECOMING Owen Loughman is a highly-decorated Navy SEAL who has a thirst for action. But there’s one thing he hasn’t been able to forget: his high school sweetheart, Natalie. After more than a decade away, Owen has returned home ...

• Dec-2016
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After a cryptic note appears in the playground at Josie Callahan's daycare center, rookie K-9 officer Dalton West vows to protect Josie and the kids she loves -- especially his daughter, Maisy. And with a stalker closing in, the widower and his four-...

• Jan-2017
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From Cowboy to Father Figure Rancher Nick McGarrett wants to help orphaned ten-year-old Corey Phillips, the brother of his late comrade. But he's not fit to be a father -- not with his troubled past. Thankfully, the child finds a home at the Lone...

• Jan-2017
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Beloved authors Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, and Stefanie Sloane deliver the stories of four friends from Madame Rochambeaux’s Gentle School for Girls who find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lu...

• Dec-2016
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Two thieves get their hearts stolen in this fast-paced caper A real-life Robin Hood, Lisette Malone recovers stolen property and returns it to the rightful owner…even if that's herself! To get back a priceless statue that belonged to her late ...

• Jan-2017
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Five brave military heroes have survived the hell of a Taliban prison to return home -- and take on civilian missions no one else can. They’re the men of ARES Security. Highly skilled, intimidating, invincible, and one by one, tested again and agai...

• Dec-2016
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When single dad Sean Murray returns from a war zone and discovers someone is following him, he turns to his old friend K-9 officer Zoe Trent for help. But as the threat escalates, can Zoe and her police dog find whoever is menacing Sean and his son�...

• Dec-2016
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Samantha Chase crafts a tender, hopeful, familyâ�,�•centered romance. Entertainment reporter Savannah Daly is completely unfazed by pretty-boy rock stars. She's just here to get her interview and ...

• Dec-2016
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The Texas Bounty series heats up as a female bounty hunter goes toe-to-toe with the tantalizing biker who never stopped loving her.   Nora Sutcliffe enjoys having tough guys at her mercy -- preferably in handcuffs. The best fugitive recovery age...

• Dec-2016
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A small town doctor is snowbound with a handsome rancher in this holiday romance novella from a New York Times�"bestselling author.Silent Night, Snowy Night . . .Colin Malloy enjoys spending Christmas with his family at the Malloy ranch. But this ho...

• Jan-2017
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ATTACK ON AMERICA The first target is Dallas, Texas. A deadly nerve gas called New Archangel is unleashed upon the City of Angels, claiming innocent lives, spreading nationwide panic, and fueling global fears of another attack. In the icy reaches...