Books Published in February 1989

New Books List: 369 titles

  • Zen in the Art of Painting

    Lindsay Badenoch

    This historical novel set in Dark Age Britain, before Christianity held sway, tells of Fryth, the daughter of the village priestess who one day will inherit the magic and mysteries of her mother's craft and who falls in love with an outcast....

  • The Year of Silence

    Madison Smartt Bell

    The National Book Award–finalist movingly examines the lives of a group of New Yorkers deeply affected by one woman’s troubled life—and death.   Marian is haunted by an unspoken past reflected in the choices she makes. Whether ...

  • Wonderland Avenue

    Danny Sugerman

    At the age of thirteen, Danny Sugerman- the already wayward product of Beverley Hills wealth and privilege- went to his first Doors concert. He never looked back. He became Jim Morrison's protégé and- still in his teens- manager of the Doors and...

  • Wizard's Bane

    Rick Cook

    What do you get when a computer geek crosses a wizard? Answer: A very angry wizard--and a computer geek in a lot of trouble. Spells are a lot like computer programs: they're both formulas, recipes for getting things done. And they both can be bu...

  • The Witch in Room Six

    Edith Battles

    Sean Wilkerson's fifth-grade year dramatically improves once he accepts the help of Cheryl Suzanne Endor, whom Sean believes is an apprentice witch, but on Cheryl's eleventh birthday she must choose between being a witch or just being Sean's friend...

  • The Wisemann Originals

    Ron Goulart

  • The Wind in the East

    Pamela Pope

  • The Wimp and the Jock

    John Ibbitson

    Football season is looming ahead and, much to his surprise and dismay, the unathletic Randy finds himself--with the unsolicited help of his friends--spending his summer vacation training for team tryouts...

  • White Mountain Murders

    Steve Sherman

  • When Winter Ends

    Carol Gregor

    It was a no-win situation for Sarah Out of loyalty to her kindly employers, Sarah agreed to leave her administrative job with Newski in London to take on a job as temporary chalet girl at their small ski resort in France. For some reason, the o...

  • When Morning Comes Again

    June Masters Bacher

    Courtney Desmond reluctantly took on her new role as mistress of Mansion-in-the-Wild. Somehow she knew that the end of an era had come-and things were destined to change. But she and Clint were unprepared for the challenges to come: the kidnapping of...

  • Wayfaring Stranger

    Jackie Black

    A BEAUTIFUL, DETERMINED AMERICAN WOMAN A desperate search for truth drove Anne Gatewood to grab the first plane to Peru. The American embassy had wired that her sister, Linda, had been killed in an auto accident, but Linda's last letter hinted at a ...

  • Wave Mechanics

    Diana Cobbold

  • Watch

    Rick Bass

    These quirky, brilliant stories launched Rick Bass on his literary career.

    Set in the South and West, they pursue themes of friendship, loyalty, and freedom, of escape, where valiant holdouts refuse to grow up, or to grow old....

  • Warbringer

    Mark Smith

  • The War Chest

    Porter Hill

    The Bombay Marines are the East India Company's private fighting ships, defending India's coast and naval trading routes. Captain Adam Horne is the commander of history's first naval commandos and a hero in the mould of Hornblower, Alexander ...

  • Visions from the Sea

    Robyn Tallis

  • A Vision of the Hunter

    John Tempest

    Passionate, exciting, filled with tenderness and violence, love and lust, here is the story of an ancient people...and of the foundling whose vision would change the destiny of his foster tribe forever. His name was Finn, and his life was transforme...

  • Video Kill

    Joanne Fluke

    LIGHTS...CAMERA With painstaking care, he "casts" his victims, each woman resembling an Alfred Hitchcock star, each killing echoing six of the legendary director's films. The only clue he leaves behind is a gruesome video of his handiwork. But the...

  • Vettius and His Friends

    David Drake

    For centuries Rome ruled the most diverse grouping of races and cultures ever under a single dominion. But sorcerous powers as black as Time itself gather barbarians to shatter Roman peace. Vettius, a soldier as ruthless as his age demands and Dama, ...

  • Vengeance of Orion

    Ben Bova

    Fresh from a space battle, Orion finds himself thrust back in time to confront gods in the ancient world, to Greece where he must prevent the Greek army from destroying the citadel of Troy, to Jericho to bring down the walls, to Egypt... If he fails,...

  • Under the Eye of the Clock

    Christopher Nolan

  • Uncle Dad

    C.W. Smith

  • U.S. Acres

    Jim Davis

  • Two to Tango

    Barbara J. Mumma

  • Two by Two: The Untold Story

    Kathryn Hewitt

  • Twin Trouble

    Susan Saunders

    A new baby in the family compounds Sara's already shaky problem of identity as a twin in a growing family, and her town's 150th anniversary celebration further complicates things as her fifth grade club competes with a rival club to win the most priz...

  • Twilight's Key

    Christine Robb

    MYSTERIOUS LOVE As the stage rumbled on through winding canyons and sandstone hills, Heather Loring had the strangest sensation. Bound to Twilight Mesa to write an article on long-vanished cliff dwellers, she could sense the past approaching. She ...

  • Tristan and the Hispanics

    Jose Yglesias

    When an upper-crust and self-conscious Yale freshman is sent to Florida to settle the estate of his Hispanic grandfather, he expects to do business quickly but finds himself deeply enmeshed in his history and in selfdiscovery...

  • Trillion Dollar Trick

    Bennett A. Williams

  • The Trench Soldier

    Barry Sadler

    Casca Longinus. Curst by Christ on Golgotha. Condemned to outlive the ages and wander the globe a constant soldier. Forever fighting, surviving, waiting for Him to return. World War I. It was mankind's first taste of modern warfare. And before it ...

  • Tree By Leaf

    Cynthia Voigt

    It's not fair that Clothilde's father has returned from World War I so disfigured that he retreats to the boathouse as a recluse. It's not fair that her brother has abandoned the family to live with his rich grandfather in Boston. It's not fair that ...

  • Touring Nam

    Martin H. Greenberg

    By compiling letters, memoirs, stories, and historic accounts of such authors as Philip Caputo, Asa Baber, Tim O'Brien, and others, the editors offers an in-depth look at the war and the men who fought it...

  • To Stay Forever

    Jessica Steele

    To Stay Forever She book the first to flight to Greece. Kendra's response was prompt after an appeal for help from her cousin Faye, who was married and living in Athens. Fortunately, she found Faye's marital problems were not insurmountab...

  • Texas Hell Country

    Jon Sharpe

  • Terry's Universe

    Beth Meacham

    This collection of all new short fiction by thirteen of today's top science fiction writers represents a memorial to the late Terry Carr and includes contributions by Ursulia K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, and Robert Silverberg, among others...

  • The Terrell Brand

    E.Z. Woods

  • The Tender Tyrant

    Victoria Glenn

    STRICTLY BUSINESS Jennifer Ramsey had to find a husband fast: terms of her father's will demanded she marry -- and what better choice was there than her father's business partner, Seth Garrison? After all, Seth was a trustworthy, straitlac...

  • Tender Savage // Beloved Warrior

    Phoebe Conn

    TOO FAST TO STOP When innocent Erica Hansen fled to Minnesota to escape the Civil War's horrors, she had no idea she was stepping right into the middle of an Indian uprising. And until a painted, whooping brave swept her onto his stallion, she never...

  • Teamwork

    Francine Pascal

  • Team Spirit

    Paul Nichols

    Things are looking up for the Tigers when their lackluster football team is boosted by talented tight end Pete Reiser, but when he quits without explanation, there is frantic effort to get him back in the game...

  • Tangled Dreams

    Julie Tetel

    Dangerous Temptation Amid the gracious suites of Maddox Hall, golden-haired Marianna Lowth gave herself in marriage to the ruggedly attractive Lord Anthony Maddox. It was a marriage of freedom. The newly titled lord needed. a wife to oversee his e...

  • The Survivor

    Fritz Joachim Raddatz

  • The Surface of the Earth

    Reynolds Price

    Published in 1975, The Surface of Earth is the monumental narrative that charts the slow, inextricable twining of the Mayfield and Kendal families. Set in the plain of North Carolina and the coast and hills of Virginia from 1903 to 1944, it chronicle...

  • Superted's Dream

    Mike Young

  • Summer's Promise

    Bay Matthews

    A year after losing her teenage daughter, Joanna Morgan knew that both her husband and son were drifting away from her ... or was it she who was drifting away from them? Grief was a cold, numbing fog, and she was lost in it, unsure how to find her wa...

  • The Struggle

    Jerry Ahern

    IF CIVILIZATION WERE DESTROYED TODAY -- WOULD JOHN THOMAS ROURKE BE ABLE TO SURVIVE…? In the post-apocalyptic world, consumed by World War III, right and wrong, virtue and vice have skewed their meanings. Old animosities remain; new and deadly all...

  • Stranger at the Wedding

    Joan Mary Hart

    PRIDE AND PASSION Debra McLeod planned to hold her head up high and attend her ex-fiance's wedding, even though celebrating was the last thing on her mind. But what she hadn't counted on was meeting Clint Rasmussen, a dashing, rakish stranger. Cli...

  • The Story of My Wife

    Milan Fust

  • Star

    Danielle Steel

    Young, innocent and strikingly beautiful Crystal Wyatt was an outcast, envied and resented by all but her devoted father, with whom she shared a dep love for their remote California ranch. When her father dies, Crystal is alone and unprotected. Devas...

  • Stacy Says Goodbye

    Patricia Reilly Giff

    "Don't look," Mrs. Zachary said. "I want it to be a surprise." Stacy's thrilled to see the class's baby pictures go up on the bulletin board -- until Twana spoils the day by saying Stacy's picture looks like a hippopotamus. Now Mrs. Zachary says sh...

  • Spring Bamboo: A Collection of Contemporary Chinese Short Stories

    Jeanne Tai

  • A Spell of Deceit

    Laurie Goodman

    Trusting Lies Chris hated Roamers. It was Roamer sorcery that had cursed the land and started the feud with his people, the Homesteaders, and it was the Roamers' fault that Chris' parents were dead. Arron, a Roamer, hated Homesteaders. It was the ...

  • Spark Fire

    Tony Phillips

  • Space Folk

    Poul Anderson

  • South of the Border

    John Byrne Cooke

    Butch Cassidy combines forces with a silent movie company in 1919 to take a trek to the Mexican deserts, where they encounter a bloody revolution and create the ultimate romance of the Wild West--which includes the famed Pancho Villa...

  • The Snake Tattoo

    Linda Barnes

    Carlotta Carlyle, ex-cop, struggling private eye, and 6'1" of long tall redhead, takes any case that walks through the door. This time the door opens twice. First in is her old partner, Lieutenant Mooney of the Boston police, unfairly charged with br...

  • Smugglers Notch

    Joseph Koenig

    For Larry St. Germain, an ambitious sheriff's lieutenant in a sleepy Vermont county, there isn't all that much to do. Mostly he marks time waiting to take over as commanding officer and dreams of future glory. But when the teenage daughter of the ...

  • Smart House

    Kate Wilhelm

    Former N.Y. arson investigator and retired cop Charles Meiklejohn and his wife, Constance Leidl, a psychologist, return in a taut, high-tech mystery abounding with ingenuity. The ultimate dream of child prodigy Gary Elringer, the founder of Bellringe...

  • Sleeping in Flame

    Jonathan Carroll

    “Jonathan Carroll is a cult waiting to be born, a novelist of rare and terrifying power.” -- Pat Conroy
     
    Ricocheting between Vienna and Los Angeles, between the worlds of desires and dreams, Sleeping in Flame is a hypnotic literary nove...

  • Sky Pirate

    Laura Pender

    Her best reporter had been found--dead on the docks Rachel Morgan felt personally responsible when her business reporter turned up dead on the Puget Sound wharves. Police insisted it was a mugging gone awry. But Rachel suspected something more sin...

  • Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction

    Ellen Datlow

  • Sins for Father Knox

    Josef Skvorecky

    “Ten more mystery stories by the gifted Czech novelist. . . . Offbeat. . . . tongue-in-cheek entertainment for aficionados of classic puzzlers in the Ellery Queen tradition―especially those who’ll also appreciate Skvorecky’s darkish, edgy ...

  • A Simple "I Do"

    Joanna Gilpin

    Her feelings were not negotiable Once upon a time Gail Sheridan might have given in to man's demands. But not anymore. Her decorating business had taken off, and with it her self-confidence. This was one old-fashioned girl who was liberated an...

  • Silverado

    Hank Mitchum

    Riding high on the box seat looking out over the broad backs of a six-horse team, stage driver Mike Wakefield was keeping an eye out for bushwackers in the lawless mining camps north of San Francisco. He wasn't looking for the beautiful Chinese girl ...

  • The Silver Land

    Nancy Harding

    She was the beauty who fired men's dreams-the shing heart of a legendary age. Daughter of a peaceful Celtic clan, Melangell fell captive to Nechlan, the firece warrior-king. The green-eyed beauty was his destined bride-and his fate, according to anc...

  • Side by Side

    Muriel Jensen

    United forever... That's what Janessa Knight and Clay Barrister proclaimed as fanciful children. It was a bond they vowed would never be broken... But childhood dreams could not anticipate adult realities. When Janessa became involved in ...

  • The Shinglo

    Alex Kane

    It started in Vietnam. Deep in the steaming jungles of war, a hidden, sacred cave offered refuge to a handful of desperate American soldiers. It was their only chance for survival. And the horror of that moment, that hideous underground hell, would h...

  • Shadow Tiger

    Barry Taylor

  • Seven of Swords

    Carole Nelson Douglas

  • Secrets Not Meant to Be Kept

    Gloria D. Miklowitz

  • Second Chance

    Francine Pascal

    Just like everyone else... Quiet, determined Kristin Thompson knows exactly what she wants from life. Since she was little, she has had one goal - to become a world-class tennis player. Now all she has to do is win one more tournament and she'll qu...

  • Sebastian And the Secret of the Skewered Skier

    Mary Blount Christian

  • The Sea Sword

    Adrienne Martine-Barnes

  • The Scholar's Daughter

    April Kihlstrom

    A LEARNER IN LOVE Miss Calista Standish had been taught by her scholarly father to exercise her mental powers to their fullest--but never had she faced so difficult a problem as Mr. John Witton. How could a country Miss like Calista possibly at...

  • The Schemes of Dragons

    Dave Smeds

    Volume Two of The War of the DragonsThe dragon's wings have spread at last, giving him dominion of the skies as well as the seas. His armies have grown. His cadre of sorcerers is unmatched. It seems that nothing can stop the creature from founding hi...

  • Scandalous Desires

    Diana Stainforth

  • Savage Revenge

    Theresa (1) Scott

    UNBEARABLE BONDAGE...UNBRIDLED PASSION...UNFETTERED LOVE... A fiery Indian beauty, Haina would accept no man as her master, not even the virile warrior who had made her his captive. For years their families had been fierce enemies, and now Chance ha...

  • Savage Heat

    Nan Ryan

    SHE WAS THE GENERAL'S GOLDEN-HAIRED DAUGHTER. Recklessly she danced the night away. Newly arrived at the Denver cavalry post, she was the darling of the regiment... until a shadow fell across her path -- a raven-haired man who made her blood run hot...

  • Savage Dreams

    Veronica Blake

    Savannah belle Regina Atwood couldn't wait to rejoin her father at Fort Bowie Arizona Territory. The more remote from civilization she got the more the innocent miss tried to focus on the reunion but powerful sensuous dreams she barely understood bec...

  • San Antonio

    Sara Orwig

    SAN ANTONIO, the untamed territory of Texas, where acres of wilderness were up for grabs and fortunes were waiting for every man who had fought for Texas. SAN ANTONIO, where Luke Danby, growing up in this land of peril and promise, was driven by a...

  • Rituals

    Robert Nordan

  • Rim of Fire

    Gar Wilson

  • The Right Suitor

    Rebecca Ashley

    HOW COULD SHE WED AN ENGLISHMAN? SHE KNEW LITTLE OF THE ENGLISH AND EVEN LESS OF MEN! As much as Priscilla Springton longed to remain in India, her parents insisted on a proper English marriage. They'd even picked the groom! Priscilla, however, wa...

  • Ride for Vengeance

    J.R. Roberts

    The six bank robbers had taken more than gold from the vault. They took the sheriff's life...and left Rick Hartman a bloody, beaten mess. Now, the Gunsmith's friend is lying unconscious with a slug in his chest. The doc says it is a coma, and all the...

  • The Rialto Affair

    Jan Mathews

    Two years ago, Dr. Amanda Pearson gave hotshot criminal lawyer Tyler Marshall more than just the professional testimony he needed to win the biggest case the town of Rialto had ever seen. Amanda had given Tyler herself, too. And then he was gone. She...

  • Rhapsody in Bloom

    Mona Van Wieren

    A HIDDEN TREASURE... was what New York art exporter Kane Powell found in small-town gardener jenny McCarthy. Kane was sure that with his advice and guidance, jenny could develop her green thumb further. So he contracted her to landscape his estate...

  • Revenge of the Damned

    Allan Cole; Chris Bunch

    THE GREAT ESCAPE Sten had fully expected to die in a blaze of glory, taking his Emperor's greatest foe with him. Instead he was a slave laborer in a P.O.W. camp deep in the heart of enemy territory. But sitting out the action had never been Ste...

  • Revenge of Ho-Tai

    Dorothy Hoobler; Thomas Hoobler

  • Return to Honor

    Doug Beason

    Five thousand miles from the U.S., the president of the United States is facing death. In one hour, an American force will strike back -- with the most daring rescue mission ever! The RDF -- Marine Corps Rapid Deployment Force -- can strike anywher...

  • Rent-a-Star

    Susan Saunders

  • Renegade Heart

    Madeline Baker

    A WANTED MAN AN INNOCENT WOMAN A WANTON LOVE When beautiful Rachel Halloran took Logan Tyree into her home, he was unconscious, a renegade Indian with a bullet wound in his side and a price on his head. To Rachel he was nothing but trouble, a ma...

  • Remembrance of Swings Past

    Ron Luciano

  • Remember Tomorrow

    Pamela Hatton

    "I swore I'd make you pay, Cassie." Powerful, arrogant Ross Tyler had become a bitter man. Now fighting against painful injuries and the conviction that Cassie had deserted him after the car crash, he was determined to settle old score...

  • The Reluctant Ghost

    Sheila Rosalynd Allen

    In his lifetime, Harry was a rogue and a rake. Now he's a ghost -- visible only to those in love. He roams the halls of Steadford Abbey, atoning for his romantic sins by helping others find romance sometimes, with the most unexpected -- and charm...

  • Red Devil

    David Saperstein

    Russia is in the grip of a bizarre evil. One which transcends politics and borders. RED DEVIL A man who never lived. His name is Valarian. For years he stalked the bleak corridors of the Kremlin, slowly and patiently weaving his web of terror. ...

  • Red Branch

    Morgan Llywelyn

    In a land ruled by war and love and strange enchantments, Cuchulain -- torn between gentleness and violence, haunted by the croakings of a sinister raven -- fights for his honor and his homeland and discovers too late the trap that the gods have set ...

  • The Reckoning

    Joleen Daniels

    Laura Wright was haunted by her past -- a rugged Texas cowboy, a night of unequaled passion and a love that wouldn't die. Seven years ago she'd turned down Cal Sinclair's proposal, and he'd wedded her sister on the rebound. But n...

  • Reckless

    Sherryl Woods

    SHE CAN SMELL A DETECTIVE A MILE AWAY. Amanda Roberts is a natural, a New York-bred ace reporter who got stuck doing boring stories for a rural Georgia newspaper, like covering a cooking demonstration by the world-famous Chef Maurice. But when the ...

  • Rebel's Desire

    Robin Leanne Wiete

    Her heart pounded and her breath grew shallow as his lips possessed hers. A rush of excitement, terror, and longing seemed to burst inside her. There was no escape.... Beautiful Sarina Chapman knew that Braden Welford was the last man in the world...

  • A Rebel in Time

    Harry Harrison

    Can history be changed?Can the South still win the War Between the States?Colonel McCulloch thinks so...and his gold, his gun, and some very special blueprints stand behind him to help him prove it.Sargeant Harmon is a black man who hopes not...and o...

  • Razor's Edge

    Robert W. Walker

  • Rainbow Fire

    Emilie Richards

    AT THE RAINBOW'S END. Far below the dusty Australian outback lay a buried treasure that burned with crystal fire and awakened lust in the hearts of men: opal. And it was there, in the dark tunnels of the Rainbow Fire mine, that Kelsey Donovan was ...

  • Rain Man

    Lenore Fleischer

  • Raiders

    Barry Myers

  • Proteus Unbound

    Charles Sheffield

    Behrooz Wolf lost his job with the Bureau of Form Control when his great love Mary left him. The solar system''s expert on form control sat hooked to a dream machine to escape his lonely and hallucination-filled reality. Then the form control mach...

  • Promises

    Pamela Wallace

    Amid the glamour and opulence of Edwardian high society, they found the promise of a lifetime. Destined to Love Cruel fate had cast Belinda Sutton from riches to rags. But nothing had prepared her innocent heart for the mysterious American whos...

  • The Problem of Virtue

    M. David Pohlman

  • Private Renaissance

    Maria Bellonci

  • Prisoner of Passion

    Jean Haught

    PRINCE CHARMING Virginia Branson was tired of being a slave to her father's drunken tirades. After leaving their home in Texas, he had practically wasted all of the profits from their small business on whiskey and gambling - and Virginia had all to...

  • Prison Planet

    William C. Dietz

    Convicted of a crime he did not commit, Jonathan Renn is sentenced to life in the Swamp, a prison-planet death row in a distant galaxy. Renn only has two choices: Escape the Swamp or die in the process. Defending himself from attacks by deadly, na...

  • A Prey to Murder

    Ann Cleeves

    Eleanor Masefield could be very difficult to handle, but murdering her seemed a bit extreme.... It was Eleanor Masefield's own idea to sponsor an Open Day at her beautiful Gorse Hill Hotel -- a celebration designed to raise funds for the protectio...

  • Poopsie Pomeranz, Pick Up Your Feet

    Patricia Reilly Giff

    Poopsie Pomerantz is sure that ballet lessons will make her slim and graceful. But her friend Tracy Matson makes fun of Poopsie's efforts, saying there's no hope for chubby Poopsie. Tracy is surprised when Poopsie announces she's getting the starring...

  • The Polka Dot Nude

    Joan Smith

    DANGER. DECEIT. AND DEATH... For biographer Audrey Dane, it was the chance of a lifetime. The legendary Hollywood star, Rosalie Hart, had selected Audrey personally to write the memoirs of her dazzling life and career. A visit to the great lady's ...

  • Polar Bear Cubs

    Downs Matthews

  • The Player of Games

    Iain M. Banks

    The Culture -- a human/machine symbiotic society -- has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels ...

  • A Pirate at Heart

    Marcy Gray

    HE WAS IRRESISTIBLE.... When Gabriella Michaelson met the wildly attractive pirate at the Halloween party, naturally she knew he wasn't actually Long John Silver. But the struggling sculptress never suspected him to be the roguish rascal he r...

  • Pet Day Surprise

    Megan Stine

    Jeffrey's friend Ben brings his garter snake to school for a report, and the class likes it so much that their teacher agrees to have a  “pet day,” when all the children can bring their pets to class. The only problem is that Jeffrey doesn't...

  • Perchance to Dream

    Kathleen Korbel

    TO SLEEP . . . Nightmares. They'd tormented Jason Mitchell ever since the night his partner had been killed, so he'd fled to the only place he knew to regain peace of mind--his isolated cabin. But, unknown to him, he was being watched by the most ...

  • Paxos Tiger

    Ted Simon

  • Passion's Prisoner

    Casey Stuart

    When Cassandra Lansing put on men's clothing and entered the Rawlings saloon she didn't expect to lose anything -- in fact she was sure that she would win back her prized horse Rapscallion.... Josh Rawlings though that a little gambling was just what...

  • Panda Club's Tree House

    Michael Berenstain

  • Overland Escape

    Lee Roddy

  • Our Daily Walk

    F.B. Meyer

  • Orion's Sword

    Reginald Bretnor

  • Original Ray's

    John Captiva

  • Only Forever

    Linda Lael Miller

    LET THE BUYER BEWARE Nick DeAngelo was home with the flu, but he started feeling better the moment he switched on the TV shopping channel and saw Vanessa Lawrence. The charming hostess offered a wealth of intriguing items - her heArt, however, was...

  • One Whiff of Scandal

    Judith Arnold

    Can love survive scandal? Sex, money and power -- for weeks, Griffin had been investigating what promised to be the worst scandal ever to hit the sleepy Rhode Island communities. Then Granby Record reporter Jill Bergland stumbled onto the story. S...

  • One Sultry Summer

    Laura Leone

    SILENT PARTNER What would a hotshot architect like Race Bennett want with a kennel? That was what Vicky Wood needed to know when she discovered her late business partner had given half his property to his illegitimate son. Her dream had been almos...

  • On Wings of Angels

    Aimee Duvall

  • On the Trail of Four

    Max Brand

  • On the Seas of Destiny

    Ru Emerson

    In this, the third tale of the Nedao people, Nisana the AEldra of the cat-kind narrates her experience among the beleaguered humans. She wishes that there were others left to speak of such a story, yet she is the only witness able to tell of it. Shar...

  • On the Edge

    Peter Lovesey

    Soon after World War II, two former co-workers in the operations room of a Royal Air Force Squadron meet in the street. Their lives have diverged dramatically but each wants to get rid of her husband. And so a mutual assistance pact is made....

  • On Ice

    T.J. MacGregor

    She was beautiful. Blond. And bloody. McCleary doesn't know who she is. And he can't remember who he is.
    When the maid walked into the motel room, she found Mike McCleary sacked out on one bed and a dead woman on the other. To the police, the priv...

  • Old Negatives

    Alasdair Gray

    Alasdair Gray's fiction is about modern states of love, faith, language and politics. The verses in Old Negatives deal with the same things, omitting politics. They have been written at different times since 1952 and are arranged chronologically to s...

  • Nul's Quest

    Brad Strickland

  • Now and Then, Amen

    Jon Cleary

    A nun is found murdered on the steps of the Quality Couch, Sydney's most expensive house of ill repute. She was Sister Mary Magdalene, an idealistic young woman who previously had worked at a mission in Nicaragua. Detective Inspector Scobie Malone, t...

  • A Notorious Woman

    Malcolm MacDonald

    Johanna Rosewarne flees her aunt, her uncle, and her poverty when she meets a young doctor intended for her cousin, but she becomes confused by her feelings after she meets the independent Hal Penrose...

  • Not Without Love

    Roberta Leigh

    Maybe she wasn't cut out to deceive Unbeknownst to Reese Denton, a powerful engineering magnate, Julia Winterton had been hired as his bodyguard. His friends thought he needed protection from his enemies. Julia, a beautiful ex-model tired...

  • Norby Down to Earth

    Janet Asimov

  • No, No, Charlie Rascal

    Lorna Kent

  • No Right or Wrong

    Katherine Granger

    Anne Emerson's campaign to build a modern library sparked heated controversy in rustic Chadfield. Handsome traditionalist Stephen Hunter proved the key opponent to outspoken Anne's cause -- until his sudden, scorching kiss left her literally ...

  • No Other Place

    Jack Gould

  • Ninth Life

    Don Matheson

  • The Ninth Issue

    Dallin Malmgren

  • Night Flame

    Catherine Hart

    CHEYENNE CAPTIVE She was stunningly beautiful -- her hair a vivid blaze of red, her eyes the burning blue of a fire's heart -- and from the moment he saw her, Night Hawk knew she must be his. She was his Flame, and the desire to possess her soft b...

  • Night Fire

    Catherine Coulter

    ONLY HIS BURNING LOVE COULD SAVE HER Trapped into a loveless marriage, Arielle Leslie knew a life of shame and degradation. Even after the death of her brutal husband, she was unable to free herself from the shackles of humiliation. Only Burke Dru...

  • A Nice Surprise for Father Rabbit

    Brian Mangas

  • New Moon

    Midori Snyder

    Oran is simmering with tension... Two hung red years ago, the Fire Queen destroyed her rival queens of Earth, Air, and Water in the fateful Burning and took power over the land. No child with a trace of the elemental magic was allowed to live. Yea...

  • Never Let Go

    Deborah Smith

    Confusion, fury, and disbelief filled Rucker McClure's soul when he saw his wife across the airport waiting room. A year ago his beloved Dinah had vanished without a trace, but he'd never stopped looking for her, never given up hope, until now, when ...

  • Nebraska

    George Whitmore

    Twelve-year-old Craig McMullen is left with only one leg after a car accident. The long months of recuperation become almost unbearable until his Uncle Wayne comes home. Soon Craig and Uncle Wayne are into grandiose schemes that lead to a disaster--a...

  • Near the Edge

    Patt Bucheister

    When Joanna Kerr insisted in a honey-smoke voice that she didn't need protection, Alex Tanner drew closer, welcoming her resistance. There was little satisfaction in easy conquest, and something in her cool eyes tempted him to melt her ladylike f...

  • Nate the Great Stalks Stupidweed

    Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

    Join the world’s greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he solves the mystery of the missing plant! Perfect for beginning readers and the Common Core, this long-running chapter book series will encourage children to problem-solve with Nate, using l...

  • My Wicked Valentine

    Linda Vail

    They called her the Lady of the Lake. She was gorgeous, remote, ice-blond Dominique Saint Cloud, whose lavish estate dominated Lakeshore Drive--and whose slightest whim intrigued the wealthy, restless residents of Lake View Heights. Dom was throwi...

  • My Perfect Valentine

    Judy Baer

    Love in disguise... Carissa Stevens is devastated when her boyfriend of sixteen months, popular Glen Matlock, dumps her for a vivacious cheerleader - and right before the Valentine Masquerade. Shy Carissa believes she'll never have another boyfrie...

  • My Life on the Plains

    Ian Frazier

    With his distinctive blend of intrepidity and wide-eyed wonder, Frazier relates the tale of his 25,000-mile drive across the Great Plains states. In the tradition of Mark Twain's Roughing It , Great Plains is a heartfelt expedition through western Am...

  • A Murder Waiting to Happen

    L.A. Taylor

  • Murder Keeps a Secret

    Haughton Murphy

    Historian David Rowan is riding high. He's a Pulitzer Prize winner, a speech writer for a leading Presidential candidate, the lover of a glamorous TV anchorwoman, the biographer of a great Supreme Court justice. So it's big news when someone pitch...

  • Murder in the Oval Office

    Elliott Roosevelt

    MURDER IN THE OVAL OFFICE Who shot Alabama Congressman Winstead Colmer to death in the Oval Office of the White House? With all the windows and doors bolted from within, it appeared to be a suicide. But too many people around Capitol Hill were bre...

  • Murder in Paradise

    Ann Cleeves

    The honeymoon was over... and Jim and his English bride, Sarah, had come home to Kinness to settle down. But first there was to be one huge celebration for the newlyweds, with the whole island present. And before the party was over, there would be a...

  • Mousekin's Easter Basket

    Edna Miller

  • A Mother's Secret

    Carolyn Haddad

  • The Mother Murders

    Dale L. Gilbert

  • A Most Convenient Marriage

    Suzanne Carey

    BABY BOOM Widow Rachel Vanden Ross couldn't believe her ears. Marcus Davenport, one of the richest men in Europe had proposed to her! It should have been a scene out of a fairy tale, but there was a catch--Marcus only wanted a wife in order to hav...

  • More Than a Feeling

    Elaine K. Stirling

    HE COULDN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT HER Andonis Sotera was the kind of man a woman might encounter in a Moroccan cafe or on a luxury cruise ship. In short, he was the kind of man Karen Miller would never meet. And yet they fell in love. Suddenly the ci...

  • Moonshadow

    Susan Wiggs

    PASSION'S SURRENDER Brash, beautiful Jessica Darling preferred to forget what she'd done to survive her destitute childhood. Now, her shameful past safely behind her, she found contentment as the governess of two motherless children -- until their...

  • The Mirror Maze

    James P. Hogan

    bestselling author James P. Hogan presents a riveting, near-future, high-tech thriller about the rise to power of a third American political party—and the potentially lethal consequences of this rise when a nuclear warhead disappears.

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  • Metaconcert

    Julian May

    All over the world, the metapsychics are honing their skills, learning to stretch their incredible minds far beyond the ken of ordinary humans. Most are dedicated to the harmony of the human soul. But some have darker intentions...

    If the meta...

  • Menage

    Anthony Mancini

  • Men Like Rats

    Rob Chilson

  • Max Saves the Day

    Megan Stine

    Jeffrey Baker's got a problem, and his name is Robin Dessart. Robin, the new kid in Jeffrey's class, is a know-it-all and a bully. First, he gives all of Jeffrey's friends a hard time. Then he gives Jeffrey the chicken pox!Jeffrey knows that the only...

  • Max Onstage?

    Megan Stine

    Max, the ghost, has never appeared to anybody but Jeffrey, so no one else believes he exists. But strange things have been happening lately that only the presence of a ghost could explain, and Jeffrey's friend Kenny is beginning to think that Max jus...

  • Master of the Hunt

    Lee Magner

    THE MASTER OF HER HEART Deep in fox hunting country, Richard Faust was finally closing in on his prey. Years after his conniving stepmother had introduced herself, following his father's mysterious death, he still hoped to ensnare her with her ow...

  • Master of the Fist

    Bettany Hughes

  • Man from Colorado

    Louis Trimble

  • A Man Around the House

    Donna Carlisle

    HUSBAND FOR HIRE There were squirrels in the fireplace, dust balls in the hallways, and her cat refused to eat. To busy executive Kendra Phillips, Househusbands, Inc., sounded like the answer to all her problems -- a man at your service twenty-fou...

  • Mallory and the Trouble with Twins

    Ann M. Martin

    Mallory knows she's a good baby-sitter. She's been looking after her seven younger brothers and sisters for years. So when Kristy offers her a steady job baby-sitting for the Arnold twins, Mal thinks it'll be easy money. The twins sure are cute in...

  • Mad Mad Monday

    Alvin Silverstein

  • The Lurker

    James V. Smith Jr.

    There is something horrible lurking in the shadows, watching and waiting for the right moment to attack . . . and only one woman can stop it. Reporter Laren Hodges knows she must find a way quickly -- before she is the next victim! ...

  • Loving Kindness

    Anne Roiphe

    From the acclaimed author of "Fruitful" comes a novel of the love between a mother and daughter. Annie Johnson has worked hard to raise her daughter, Andrea. She is shocked, therefore, when 22-year-old Andrea calls from Israel and announces that she ...

  • Love's Sweet Captive

    Blaine Anderson

    Lady Braetana is taken captive by Thorgunn, a Viking sea captain, and, although the Vikings had killed her mother, Lady Braetana can feel only desire for her attractive kidnapper. RAPTURE'S SLAVE -- As the limestone cliffs of her Glendonwyck van...

  • Love Is for the Dogs

    Pat Rhoads Mauser

  • Lost Love Found

    Bertrice Small

    To the ivory palaces and harems of the East comes the exquisite Valentina, driven by destiny, heritage...and passion. VALENTINA HAD BEEN ADMIRED, MARRIED, WIDOWED, YET HAD NEVER KNOWN LOVE.... ...Not even at the illustrious Court of Queen Eliza...

  • Longarm in a Desert Showdown

    Tabor Evans

    A DESERT HELL RUNS RED WITH BLOOD... Arizona's Sonora Desert is the closest thing to hell Longarm's ever seen. It's hot as a stove, and water is more precious than gold. But the Papago Indians and a few rugged ranchers manage to scratch out a livi...

  • Lone Star and the Medicine Lodge Shootout

    Wesley Ellis

    Jessie and Ki track down a crooked banker to save a town in the seventy-ninth Lone Star novel!They call them The Lone Star Legend: Jessica Starbuck -- a magnificent woman of the West, fighting for justice on America's frontier, and Ki -- the martial ...

  • The Lilith Factor

    Jean Paiva

  • Like Men Betrayed

    John Clifford Mortimer

    It is the tale of Christopher Kennet, a respected solicitor and a private man, who discovers his son's involvement in a mysterious and possibly illegal manipulation of the funds of a longtime client. As the deal unfolds, both father and son discover ...

  • Light Another Candle

    Judy Gill / Judy Griffith Gill

    Every time Sandy met Richard Gearing, he ended up soaking wet -- and it was all her fault! First she knocked the smoky-voiced professor with Greek god muscles into a parking lot puddle, then she drenched him in the stream that ran between their homes...

  • Life-Rails

    Scott Walker

  • Let's Play Ball!

    Jim Davis

  • Leo Africanus

    Amin Maalouf

    "I, Hasan the son of Muhammad the weigh-master, I, Jean-Leon de Medici, circumcised at the hand of a barber and baptized at the hand of a pope, I am now called the African, but I am not from Africa, nor from Europe, nor from Arabia. I am also called ...

  • Lauren's Sleepover Exchange

    Susan Saunders

    When nine youngsters from Walden Elementary come to Riverhurst for a week, it sounds like big fun ahead for the Sleepover Friends, but Kate, Lauren, and Stephanie find the newcomers bring their share of trouble, too....

  • Latin Jazz

    Virgil Suarez

  • Late at Night

    William Schoell

    BEDTIME STORY They had gathered for a weekend on notorious Lammerty Island, a harsh outcropping of rock off the coast of Maine with an unsavory reputation for repeated violence and bloodshed. But none of the assembled guests believed rumors of an ...

  • The Last War

    Martyn Godfrey

  • Last Man Out of Saigon

    Chris Mullin

  • Last Letters from Hav

    Jan Morris

    Visiting this imaginary place, somewhere on the Mediterranean coast, is Jan Morris, commissioned by an American magazine to write letters from Hav. Under her gaze, sometimes baffled, always sharp, Hav and its bizarre inhabitants spring to life in thi...

  • Land of the Infidel

    Robert Shea

  • Lady's Choice

    Linda Randall Wisdom

    Whoever called it midlife crisis? At forty Abby Townsend faced a dozen crises a day. Her son was leaving San Diego for law school--and refusing to leave Zach Randolph's daughter behind. Abby's daughter had discovered boys, clothes and credit cards...

  • The Lady Disguised

    Elizabeth Mansfield

    When the Honorable eight-year-old Stanley Farrington vanished, his sister Ada set out to find him. Disguising herself in boys' clothing, she started her perilous search in a nearby gypsy camp, ending it in the splendid drawing rooms of the London ton...