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New Books List: 620 titles

  • Deadly Contest

    Don Pendleton

    CLEAN SWEEP The island of New Amsterdam is fast becoming a major drug depot, money laundry and haven for criminals -- the effort of a Colombia-Cuba alliance. Elections are approaching, and the cartel wants its man in power. The opposition badly...

  • Escape from Fire Mountain

    Gary Paulsen

    Thirteen-year-old Nikki Roberts tries to help two children trapped by a forest fire but finds her efforts blocked by poachers who want her to become one of the fire's victims....

  • Killpoint

    Don Pendleton

    DEADLY SHADOWS Violent global chaos has erupted, and Bolan is fighting it head-on. Sudden death is rocking the free world as old-guard KGB moles are reactivated to carry out assassinations -- among those targeted are the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ...

  • Carriage of Justice

    Gerald Hammond

    In the Scottish Highlands, foxes are a gamekeeper's worst enemy. Except, of course, for poachers. At first Deborah Fellowes and her Uncle Ronnie think they've caught the villain, but it soon emerges that they're on the trail of someone far more sinis...

  • Cat Who Blew the Whistle

    Lilian Jackson Braun

    Floyd Trevelyan's historic steam locomotive, newly restored, is the newest attraction in Moose County. But the excitement is eclipsed by shock when Trevelyan disappears ... along with millions of investors' dollars. Puzzled and suspicious, Qwill's tr...

  • The Clue in the Diary

    Carolyn Keene

    Nancy and her friends, George and Bess, are returning from a country carnival when they witness the explosion and burning of a beautiful country mansion. Fearing its occupants may be trapped in the blazing building, they rush to the rescue -- and une...

  • Death at the Table

    Janet Laurence

    FINAL COURSE The table is set, the wine is breathing, and television viewers are invited to delight in Darina Lisle's next episode of her top-rated food series, "Table for Four." Death was not on the menu until Darina's charming costar, Australian...

  • Death of a Postmodernist

    Janice Steinberg

    At the Capelli Foundation for Postmodern Art, visitors expected the unexpected. One exhibit featured a hall of mirrors that trapped helpless viewers inside. Another artist was preparing an avant-garde performance piece -- which might or might not inv...

  • The Eagle Catcher

    Margaret Coel

    On the windswept plains of Wyoming's Wind River Reservation, Arapahos have gathered for the Ethete powwow. It is a sacred time to reaffirm the balance and harmony in life. But these feelings of unity quickly give way to fear when tribal chairman Harv...

  • Fire Horse

    Bill Shoemaker

    Straight from the Winners Circle, the greatest jockey of all time draws on his vast experiences on and off the track to spin this suspenseful mystery starring jockey-turned-sleuth Coley Killebrew. . . .
    It all starts when Johnny Rousseau, Coley's ...

  • Heart of Ice

    Carolyn Keene

    For Nancy and Ned, a week alone together in Washington State is a dream come true. But at the last moment, their vacation plans take a chilling turn. The owners of the Alpine Adventures guide service have been victimized by a campaign of terror, and ...

  • Heir Condition

    Tierney McClellan

    After mysteriously inheriting a small fortune from a murdered Louisville businessman whom she had never even met, divorce+7e Schyler Ridgway suddenly finds herself the prime suspect in his killing. Original....

  • Illegal Procedure

    Franklin W. Dixon

    The Hardys go under cover to investigate the death of the San Diego Sharks' star player when the owner suspects foul play, but the boys must come up with a few tricks of their own--or face sudden death. Original....

  • An Imperfect Spy

    Amanda Cross

    While guest-teaching a semester at Schuyler Law School, Kate Fansler gets to know an extraordinary secretary named Harriet, who patterns her life after John le Carre's character George Smiley. Harriet reveals that Schuyler has some serious skeletons ...

  • King of the Mountain

    M.K. Wren

    When conservative millionaire A. C. King hosts his annual house party at his spacious mountain lodge, he has no idea it will be the last family reunion.

    Yet the mellow autumn air is tension-filled with the presence of A. C.'s beautiful second ...

  • The Man Who Cancelled Himself

    David Handler

    Hired by fallen television star Lyle Hudnut, whose career was shattered by scandal, writer Stewart Hoag reluctantly begins penning the actor's memoirs and learns a deadly truth about a network's secret practices. Reprint....

  • Murder on the Rocks

    L.V. Slyke

    A STIFF SHOT OF MURDER--NEAT When a red-hot joint called "Barmy's" turned ice cold, a bartender named Bally was left with some good memories, some bad debts ... and a solid reputation as a guy who can get things done. Curiosity may have killed ...

  • The Odd Job

    Charlotte MacLeod

    DODGING AN ARTFUL KILLER While her art detective husband, Max Bittersohn, chases Watteaus in Argentina, Sarah Kelling lunches with the feuding eccentrics of the Wilkins private museum. Then feisty administrator--and talented art forger--Dolores Ta...

  • Pitchfork Hollow

    Dean Feldmeyer

    IT SURE TURNED INTO ONE HELL OF A DAY OFF... though it started deliciously, with a mouthwatering heart-attack breakfast courtesy of May June Hall, the wife of the constable here in sleepy Baird, Kentucky. While I preach only to thirty or so people...

  • Rotten Apples

    Natasha Cooper

    Death...and taxes Willow King, civil servant, and Cressida Woodruffe, author of sweeping romances, are one and the same. But it is the former who's called into play when she is asked to probe the case of Fiona Fydgett, a famous art historian whose ta...

  • The Trouble With Going Home

    Camilla T. Crespi

    Simona Griffo expects chaos as usual from her eccentric family during her visit to her native Rome, but when she witnesses the murder of an American art student, her trip is off to an ominous start. And when the murder weapon turns out to belong to a...

  • Trunk Show

    Alison Glen

    Amateur sleuth Charlotte Sams gets involved with murder when the elephant keeper at the Columbus Zoo is found dead just before Charlotte is scheduled to meet him and soon finds herself trapped in the zoo with a human predator...

  • Vanishing Act

    Thomas Perry

    Jane Whitefield is a Native American guide who leads people out of the wilderness--not the tree-filled variety but the kind created by enemies who want you dead. She is in the one-woman business of helping the desperate disappear. Thanks to her membe...

  • All That Remains

    Robert L. Wise

    After 43 years of separation, David Richards is reunited with his birth mother, who tells him for the first time of his Jewish heritage. The news astonishes David, who was raised a Christian, and prompts a journey that takes him into the crossfire of...

  • The Baronet's Song

    George MacDonald

  • The Early Reader's Bible

    V. Gilbert Beers

  • Jake

    Katharine Murray

    In an allegorical tale told through the eyes of an angry adolescent, the death of a gentle man causes the inhabitants of a small town in England to rally together and fight back against the random violence perpetuated by a group of violent thugs...

  • Maggie's Secret Longing

    Eric Wiggin

  • Miriam

    Kjersti Hoff Baez

  • The Saints' and Angels' Song

    John Fischer

    After the death of his best friend, Ben, Jonathan Liebermann is forced to face his grief when a series of strange occurrences and appearances lead him to believe celestial beings are helping him to face the world again...

  • With an Everlasting Love

    Kay Arthur

    With its all-new cover, Kay Arthur’s captivating novel of love and trust is sure to attract readers. With an Everlasting Love (over 400,000 copies in print), a delightful, spellbinding love story with an intriguing twist, wil...

  • Abiding Love

    Elizabeth Murphy
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    After her young husband's death, Dr. Brenda Rafferty seems poised to fulfill her lifelong dream of opening a pharmacy that operates on Christian values. But within twenty-four hours she meets two men and a little boy who threaten her well-laid plans....

  • Absolute Truths

    Susan Howatch

    It is 1965, and Charles Ashworth has attained the plum position of biship of Starbridge, an honor that keeps him in a heady whirl of activity that would exhaust the most seasonal corporate executive. With the invaluable support of his minions and his...

  • The Adventurer

    Diana Whitney

    Devon Monroe had finally come home, home to a haunting memory that made him want to keep running. Home to a woman who made him want to stand still and stare into her eyes. For there was something about Jessica Newcomb that made him forget about his o...

  • Angel at Risk

    Leann Harris

    LOVE AND LIES Concern about her aunt's disappearance led Angeline Fitzgerald to the family home she'd always longed to visit. But in the tiny Louisiana town, the sultry summer air pulsed with an undercurrent of evil.... There, amidst ol...

  • The Best Bride

    Susan Mallery

    With his sexy Stetson and X-rated grin, was Sheriff Travis Haynes Glenwood's leading lady-killer or Elizabeth Abbot and her daughter's knight in shining armour? Finally pulling her life back together, Elizabeth couldn't afford more heartbreak. Still,...

  • Best Friends

    Lynda Trent

    The relationship between two women, Chelsea Cavin and Karen Baker, best friends since childhood, is threatened by their mutual love for handsome, dynamic Ryan Morgan....

  • The Best of Friends

    Joanna Trollope

    Gina and Laurence had been the best of friends ever since they were teens - but never in love. Gina married Fergus Bedford, an antique dealer who bought the sophisticated and elegant High Place for them to live in. Laurence married Hilary, a down-to-...

  • Between the Memory and the Moment

    Susannah Hayden
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    Living and working at the youth camp owned by Dillon Graves, Jenna seems happy. After all, she's hopelessly in love with the much-older Dillon, and he genuinely appreciates her work. Sill Jenna feels compelled to move on. But to what? What does Go...

  • Branigan's Break

    Leslie Davis Guccione

    SINGLE DAD... DOUBLE TROUBLE Sean Branigan was a struggling single father, trying to understand the minds--and hearts--of his two teenage daughters. No easy task, since he grew up with five brothers and no sisters! All things considered, though, h...

  • A Bride to Be

    Kristin Morgan

    Here comes the groom... Drew Naquin had always kept his distance from beautiful Brianna Stansbury. But that was about to change. Thanks to her grandfather's will, they had to get married. They didn't plan on staying married, but Drew had no complain...

  • Buffalo McCloud

    Cassie Miles

    Sexy dreamer... Buffalo rancher Russel McCloud was searching for the legacy of his Indian ancestors, but he was still missing one big piece of the puzzle - an Indian goddess! So, when a persnickety lady lawyer arrived, McCloud decided she just mig...

  • A Burning Passion

    Cathy Williams

    For the sake of their child... Marie Stephens had been young and naive when she'd first met charismatic Holden Greystone -- and had fallen head over heels in love. But their whirlwind romance had soon turned sour and Marie had walked out, vowi...

  • Call Me Mom

    Sherry Lewis

    ABBY DRAKE. Being an instant mother was hard enough. But she'd certainly never planned to live in Pine Cove, Washington, a town so small, it didn't even appear on the map. She'd never expected to live in hiding, either, or to tell so many lies. But s...

  • Callie's Challenge

    Veda Boyd Jones
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    Callie and Morgan Rutherford's courtship and marriage is a dream come true. They have everything two people could ever hope to attain...in short, life is good. Everything turns upside-down, however, when a freak accident sends Morgan to the hospit...

  • A Change of Heart

    Mary Hawkins
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    When Laura Well's father is unable to accompany her on a much-anticipated cruise, Graham Kirkland, an acqaintance, agrees to chaperon Laura and her bubbly friend Kathi. Although Laura has trusted noone since her mother's death, as Kathi and Graham...

  • A Child's Promise

    Deborah Bedford / Debbi Bedford

    Marrying the ex-marine who knows her only through her letters, Lisa Jo anticipates a rocky time when Johnny discovers that she is not the woman he thinks she is, and Johnny finds himself fighting for a future he never knew he wanted. Reissue....

  • A Christmas Cowboy

    Suzannah Davis

    All I Want For Christmas… Mac Mahoney was in deep trouble. The hard-nosed reporter had foolishly gotten snowed in with his ex-girlfriend Marisa Rourke. Now they had to ignore the sizzle that still flared between them. And to make matters worse, ...

  • Couples

    Kathryn Jensen

    Four people--Amanda, Robert, Caroline, and Frank--deal with a world of lost innocence, rebellion, and revolution that spans three turbulent decades of world history. By the author of Sing to Me, Saigon. Original....

  • Courting Valerie

    Linda Markowiak

    Jay Westcott -- the name spelled heartbreak Twelve years ago Jay Westcott had broken Valerie Brettinger's heart when he left Amsden, Ohio and the girl who loved him--to seek his fortune in the big city. Now he was back. The highly respected b...

  • Dancing in the Darkness

    Janelle Burnham
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    Everything seems to be going great for Leslie Carlson and Dylan Stoddard: They're engaged, happy, and seemingly on the right path to fulfill their dreams. But the dreams begin to unravel when Dylan takes a job at the mill. With the combined pressu...

  • Dangerous Discovery

    Laura Martin

    "You're the most infuriating, unpredictable woman I've ever had the misfortune to meet!" And with those devastating words Hunter Deveraux made his opinion of Estelle all too clear. She did her best to stay out of his way after that, even though sh...

  • Devoted

    Francine Craft

    Amid the sultry heat of the Louisiana bayou, Valerie Thomas and Delano Carter treasured every moment of their secret love. But they were both too young, and knew it couldn't last. Yet even after they went their divided ways, Val couldn't forget the t...

  • Dishonourable Seduction

    Angela Wells

    "Every woman does have her price ..." Steel Anastasi's cynicism appalled Ginny -- but she knew she couldn't walk away from his offer. It was up to her to ensure that the company survived, even if that meant interference from the h...

  • Distant Love

    Ann Bell
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    When a fiery tragedy strikes the close-knit community of Rocky Bluff, Montana, residents once again come together. At the center of the "support team" is Edith Dutton, who, with her husband, Roy, has shown family, friends, and strangers the strength ...

  • Doc Holiday

    Debra Dixon

    "Help me make some Christmas memories...." Drew Haywood needed an enchantress to help give his son a holiday to remember -- and no one did Christmas better than Taylor Bishop! She could transform a house into a home that sparkled with tin...

  • Embraced by Love

    Suzanne Brockmann

    Josie Taylor and Cooper McBride are the quintessential New York married couple. Attractive and ambitious, they have successful fast-track careers, a satisfying level of intimacy in their private lives, and a love that seems to grow stronger every day...

  • Expectant Bachelor

    Sandra Steffen

    STRATEGY: Seduction It was shocking but true. Demure schoolteacher Gina Jenson planned to seduce--and abandon--Taylor Harris, the most desirable bachelor in town. Donning a slinky red dress, letting her hair down, she tantalized Taylor, savoring the...

  • Eyewitness

    Kathleen Creighton

    SHADOW OF DOUBT A random encounter, a face in the crowd, had led Detective Doug MacDougal to the woman he'd been seeking for so long -- barely one step ahead of a ruthless killer. And keeping both her and himself alive meant cultivating the fr...

  • Faith, Hope and Marriage

    Emma Goldrick

    Nobody's girl? 'I'm not your girl! I'm not anybody's girl!' As far as Faith Latimore was concerned, that was the way she wanted to stay! Why, then, did Lady Sunny seem so determined to throw her together with Harry Hols...

  • Farther Along the Road

    Susannah Hayden
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    On the threshold of adult life, Julie Covington is filled with confusion and self-doubt. She knows that marriage to Dennis, a union that is wholeheartedly embraced by her family, would provide a safe and secure future for her. But deep within her ...

  • Flickering Flames

    Connie Loraine
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    To Nurse Nancy Galbraith and Dr. Damon Barton of Seattle's Shepherd of Love Hospital, the miracles of physical healing are a daily occurrence. The scars of their past lives, however, are almost beyond repair. Can Nancy ever learn to forgive the da...

  • Flying High

    Phyllis A. Humphrey
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    When Kelly Marsh's job forces her into contact with Steven Barry, the dark, arrogant skydiver, Kelly is immediately skeptical. How will she be able to work with a man involved in such a dangerous and frivolous sport, not to mention someone who is ver...

  • For Always

    Bette Ford

    High school counselor Heather Gregory is ready and willing to fight uphill battles with her students. She knows what’s right and is prepared to stand up for what she believes in. When powerful Detroit attorney Quinn Montgomery comes into her offi...

  • Games Lovers Play

    Rosemary Carter

    Breakfast at Tiffany's! Andrew Donaldson had been a close friend as well as an employer and had chosen to leave his entire estate in Zimbabwe to Tiffany. His reasons for doing so were a secret, which he had begged Tiffany to keep, and she had ...

  • Healing Love

    Ann Bell
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    In just a few days, Angie Quinata, will graduate with honors as a beautician from Guam Community college and then she has an excellent chance for a prize job at the top salon in town. Not to mention she's dating the most eligible bachelor on the isla...

  • The Heart Won't Lie

    Margot Dalton

    WHEN RUTH LOVED HIM, NOTHING ELSE MATTERED The Double C was awash in preparations for a Valentine's Day wedding, but Tyler took no joy in the proceedings. He and his wife might as well be on different planets. The wedding diverted her from her pai...

  • Heart's Refuge

    Quinn Wilder
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    She was bad luck personified Caroline Pickford--Fame magazine had named her one of the twenty most intriguing women in the world. Mainly because Elroy Pickford, probably the richest man in Canada, had once ended confirmed bachelorhood at the age o...

  • Heartthrob

    Betty J. Schuler

  • The Heat of Passion

    Lynne Graham

    Untouched... Six years ago, Jessica Amory made the worst mistake of her life. The prospect of being Carlo Saracini's mistress was just too hot for her to handle, so she opted for the safety of marriage to Simon instead. Now Jessica is a wid...

  • Her Sister's Baby

    Janice Kay Johnson

    Colleen Deering. She'll do anything for her sister, Sheila. And if her gift takes up nine months of her life and entails morning sickness and stretch marks, well, what are sisters for? Because what Sheila wants -- more than anything in this worl...

  • Hollow Vows

    Alexandra Scott

    "The honeymoon's over!" "It's not as if we married for the usual reasons!" Briony protested as Finn Lawrence carried her off on honeymoon.... But, at first, their marriage seemed to have a chance. Then everything started to...

  • Hot November

    Ann Charlton

    Fighting fire with fire He is Boss Mackenzie, bush fire fighter. She is Emma Spencer....suspected arsonist. For a brushfire to start three things have to be present--fuel, heat and oxygen. Two of the conditions could exist for a long, long...

  • House of Dreams

    Leigh Michaels

    It was a clash of wills--who would win? Jaymie cherished her friend Gretta's mansion and had had a vision for its restoration. It needed to be loved just like Jaymie--and she longed to see it filled once more with laughter, a family, children....

  • How to Marry a Millionaire

    Charlotte Maclay

    POOR MISS PRIM! With his mouth-watering muscles and his myriad millions, world-class bachelor Curt Creighton had fabulous females forever swooning at his feet. Yet his famous aqua eyes feasted on painfully proper law clerk Kathryn Prim, as if peel...

  • Husband: Some Assembly Required

    Marie Ferrarella

    IT TAKES AVERY SPECIAL MAN TO WIN THAT SPECIAL WOMAN! A silver tongue. A killer smile. Spectacular muscles. Handsome Murphy Pendleton had all the right parts to make any number of women swoon. But injured in an act of heroism, he suddenly craved...

  • Ideal Dad

    Elizabeth August

    FATHER KNOWS BEST Murdock Parnell had come to the lake house looking for solitude. Instead, he found a ready-made-family. Pretty Irene Galvin and her son, Jeremy, filled his days with sunshine--and helped him forget painful memories. And when Jer...

  • Interrupted Honeymoon

    Modean Moon

    SHE WAS STILL HIS WIFE After years of searching, Zack Gordon had finally found Barbara. But she was a stranger now--a gaunt shadow of the vibrant woman he had married. This Barbara had been scarred forever by her cruel kidnapper, and she had a chi...

  • It Started With a Kiss

    Mary Lyons

    Millionaires prefer blondes! It was certainly the case for Luke Cunningham. The American tycoon had seen Angelica Lonsdale in a crowded street and followed her, mesmerized by her long blonde hair. He would stop at nothing until he had her! But ...

  • Jen's Pride and Joy

    Neva Coyle

    Jen's life was neatly arranged, her future carefully planned--then one winter morning, everything changed. Women and teenaged girls will enjoy this story that combines a deftly written romance story line with lessons on love and forgiveness--in spiri...

  • Llama Land

    Vera Lee Wiggins
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    Arriving intentionally unannounced, Fritzi has succeeded in disrupting the lives of her mother, her daughter Teddy, and Teddy's new husband Brand. Gram Marland's llama ranch is thriving and an imminent merger with Brand's ranchland is being herald...

  • Lonely Millionaire

    Carol Grace

    Dear Mr. Lonely... Personal ads weren't exactly Mandy Clayton's style. But one ad in particular was irresistible and now she was falling for a man she'd never met.... Seeking A Bride... Adam Gray was not interested in mail-order romance. But he'...

  • Love's Tender Gift

    Elizabeth Murphy
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    Val Packard is bright, perceptive, and a courageous defender of the faith...in the grad school classroom where she is a student, that is. Outside, however, she is plagued by an increasing fascination with Joel Bennigan, the handsome assistant pastor ...

  • The Man Who Changed Everything

    Elizabeth Sites

    Why This Man? He swept into town like a storm - and turned Clary Cameron's world upside down. He aroused her sense of adventure, and awaken her desires. Ross Nicholas swept into Clary Cameron's world and turned it upside down. Ross wasn't the husban...

  • A Matter of Security

    Kay Cornelius
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    Her career on the rise, Leslie Christopher accepts a new, high-level position with a top NASA agency. Confident that she is preppared to handle the rigors of competition, Leslie nonetheless fears she may be in over her head. Her fears are not unfo...

  • Memory Lapse

    Kathleen O'Brien

    DO YOU HAVE A SECRET FANTASY? Drew Townsend does. And in his secret fantasy Laura Nolan returns. Three years ago, she ran away, leaving her engagement ring and a useless little note. Laura had told him to get on with his life, meet other women an...

  • Miracle Baby

    Shawna Delacorte

    WOMEN AND CHILDREN Rance Coulter was leery of both. Who could blame him? Thanks to a scheming female, his life had once nearly been ruined. And as for kids -- well, after what he had been through, Rance wouldn't be ready for fatherhood for a lon...

  • Miss Charlotte Surrenders

    Cathy Gillen Thacker

    He wanted one sweet taste... Brett Forrest had stepped right into the pages of Gone With The Wind. When a feisty Southern belle caught his eye, he felt every bit as wicked as scoundrel Rhett Butler. Beguiling and insufferable, Miss Charlotte ...

  • Mocking Bird's Song

    Janet Gortsema
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    Sturdy, dependable Martha Hollins has always done exactly what's expected of her. But when she accepts a position as an interpretive guide at the National Seashore intstallation on Cape Cod, "Muffie" deepsixes her former dull lifestyle. When her v...

  • Mom for a Week

    Liz Ireland

    Welcome To Motherhood... Linda Potter knew nothing about kids. But her rambunctious five-year-old twin nephews and their baby sister were about to give her a crash course in Motherhood 101. Welcome To Chaos! In the middle of this madness, in wal...

  • Mountain Man

    Yvonne Lehman
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    Meera Briskin is determined to find out for herself whether the Maxwells are the unmitigated rogues she has been taught to hate. The long-standing feud between the two families that began three generations ago-the result of a chestnut tree blight bro...

  • Never Too Late

    Martha Schroeder

    Ginny McDougall likes her New York apartment and her job as secretary, paralegal, and "mother hen" to young hotshot Manhattan lawyer Dennis Havilland. So when her boss's father comes to town to open a new law practice, she's pleased ...

  • New Year's Eve

    Beth Henderson

    Christopher Meyers had the perfect New Year's resolution for his mom.... The precocious six-year-old knew Mallory felt lonesome. And Chris missed having a dad. So he'd gone ahead and picked out who he thought would be the perfect holiday date for...

  • No Ties

    Rosemary Gibson

    "Inconvenient! Is that how you regard William, too?" Until now, Cassie's life had been independent and carefree, so she was relieved that the secretarial job she'd taken on to help out her aunt Kate was only temporary-after all, c...

  • Now's the Time

    Kate Hanford

    Landing a fabulous part in a TV mini-series was just the thing Faythe McBain needed to jump-start her career after twenty years. Not that she hadn't kept in practice: she deserved an Academy Award for acting the loving wife while her high-powered...

  • A Nuisance

    Lass Small

    MR. JANUARY Name: Stefan Szyszko (Pronounced "Cisco"), confirmed bachelor. Allergic To: Horses...and marriage-minded women. His Ex-Girlfriend: Carrie Pierce. A long-legged filly just lookin' for love. For Stefan, footloose and fancy-free was ...

  • Oh, Susannah

    Leigh Riker

    THIS WAS NO HONKY-TONK AFFAIR When her best friend is killed in a freak accident, socialite Susannah Whittaker is devastated by the loss. But grief gives way to anger when she confides her suspicions of foul play to Clary's brother Cody. It seems ...

  • On Wings of Song

    Brenda Knight Graham
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    Connie Jensen can't wait to turn her first graders into enthusiastic readers. Her principal, Maury Donovan, in no uncertain terms let Connie know that there is no place for her innovative teaching methods. Yet despite his stern, gruff manner, he h...

  • Outlaw Lovers

    Pat Warren

    Man Most Wanted Nick Dean needed a hideout--and fast. An attempt on his life forced him to seek shelter, and like a beckoning angel, Sara Lewis took him in. But once she offered Nick her passion, he knew all the rules had changed. Now he wasn't th...

  • P.S. I Love You

    Valerie Parv

    Dear Mr. Branden, I'm sure you receive thousands of letters, but this one is different, so please, please read on.... How Penny wished her young niece had never written that desperate plea! For, with a cruel twist of fate, it brought Reid Bra...

  • Partner For Love

    Jessica Hart

    She was here to stay -- whether he like it or not! Darcy discovered that the remote outback ranch she'd inherited came complete with a hostile partner -- Cooper Anderson. It seemed he'd go to any lengths to get back his family home -- even...

  • Passing Through Midnight

    Mary Kay McComas

    Her hand over his heart branded him for always.... All women were mysteries, Gil Howlett believed, but he had to discover what had driven Doric Devries into hiding in his hometown! Dorie wondered if deep sorrow ever healed, but Gil's tenderness s...

  • Peril in Paradise

    Diana Mars

    A HALF-NAKED MAN!? One minute Clementine Cahill was taking a stroll; the next she was running after a half-clad hunk with a body that just didn't quit! As a P .I., Clemmie had a knack for chasing trouble, but the handsome hunk was more dangerous t...

  • A Physical Affair

    Lynsey Stevens

    Seducing Keira... Keira had been working for dynamic Eden Cassidy's company for five years. It was the job of a lifetime until Eden had virtually accused her of playing with his nephew's feelings! Obviously, he didn't consider her g...

  • A Place for Love

    Mary Louise Colln
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    When Dr. Emily Richards returns to her hometown to set up her medical practice, she is burdened with guilt. The town has pooled its resources to set up an impressive clinic for her, but Emily has plans to leave after a two-year commitment to join her...

  • A Question of Justice

    Rachel Lee

    GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT Garrett Hancock: He wasn't usually on the side of the defense--but he was always on the side of the truth. Sandy Keller: She couldn't stand by as an innocent man was sent to prison. As Texas Ranger Garrett Hancoc...

  • The Quiet Heart

    Rae Simons
    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    Thrilled at the opportunity to work near Liam, the love of her life, Dorrie Carpenter has accepted a teaching position in a school for troubled children in upstate New Youk. In time, however, Dorrie finds herself in more and more diffuculty. Not o...

  • Ragdoll

    Kelly R. Stevens

    Until the night of her high school graduation Rebecca Wesbrook seemed like most intelligent, likable teenager. She had trouble pleasing her mother, but then she was becoming an independent woman. Until the night of her high school graduation. W...

  • The Reluctant Hunk

    Lorna Michaels

    "I WANT THAT MAN." And Ariel Foster wanted scientist Jeff McBride for just one thing--to do a series on hurricanes for her TV station. She knew every woman in Corpus Christi would tune in to watch the drop-dead gorgeous man. Convincing Jeff to ...

  • A Ring and a Promise

    Andrea Edwards

    Montana cowboy Jake MacNeill knew that only the land lasted, while love was as reliable as a grinning rattlesnake. Heck, prairie fires were easier to handle than a woman. So why was he heeding an eerie siren call from the city, seeking a lady with an...

  • Rings on Her Fingers

    Susan Connell

    He had enough charm to make an angel tumble.... She sure filled her Christmas stockings, Steve Stratton decided upon seeing the long-legged brunette dressed as a holiday elf! Gwen Mansfield felt her heart racing when the gorgeous architect invite...

  • The Road Home

    Susannah Hayden
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Julie has finished her studies, broken her engagement to Dennis, her college sweetheart, and relocated to her grandmother's childhood home in Seabridge, Maine...all in an effort to become the artist she longs to be. Plagued with self-doubt about h...

  • Search for Yesterday

    Mary Hawkins
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Hilda Garrett has watched the man she loved marry someone else. Then her father died. Now she's discovered that her father wasn't her birth father after all. While she manages her family's sprawling farm in Australia, Hilda is determined to discov...

  • Seasons of Love

    Shirley Eskapa

    FROM THE STREETS OF ROME, TO THE ELEGANT SUITES OF FIFTH AVENUE... CECILIA: She rose from a world of poverty and shame and found suffering and love in the arms of three men. But only one man knows the terrible secret she has carried with her all ...

  • Sharing Sam

    Katherine Applegate

    How can you take the guy your best friend loves . . . when your best friend’s going to die? Alison Chapman has always believed she’d fall in love hard. And she does -- with Sam Cody, a new guy with a gorgeous face and brooding eyes, a guy whoâ...

  • Show Business Kills

    Iris Rainer Dart

    Soap opera star Jan is nearing fifty and considering a face-lift. Ellen fought her way to the top of a Hollywood studio only to face menopause jokes from her male colleagues. Rose, a screenwriter, is finding it tough to pitch stories to executives yo...

  • Sorority Scandal

    Francine Pascal

    While Jessica tries to find a way back into the prestigious Theta sorority, Lila Fowler and her nemesis Bruce Patman are stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains and Elizabeth enlists the help of Professor Martin to get her sister out of trouble. Orig...

  • Spellbound

    Adrienne Staff

    "Trust me, and open your heart...." He saw her first in the shadows, and sensed the pretty artist somehow held the key to his secrets--but when Edward Rockford entered Jamie Payton's loft, he was stunned to discover that her painting revealed wha...

  • Storm Haven

    Marion Lennox

    Could Nikki's home be a haven for Luke? As a general practitioner to Eurong on the Queensland coast, Dr. Nikki Russell deliberately led a quiet life with small daughter Amy. Needing three weeks to review for an exam, she took on a locum to all...

  • The Surrender of Nora

    Maura Seger

    Treachery in Belle Haven... DEADLY INHERITANCE The conclusion of the Belle Haven Saga Delighted by the lovely seventeenth-century home that was her family legacy, Nora Delaney innocently journeyed to Belle Haven, Connecticut, and promptly fo...

  • Sweet Desire

    Rosemary Badger

    "I'm no gold digger!" Catherine believed she couldn't possibly be anyone's idea of a gold digger, until she discovered that was exactly how Mike Donahue saw her. It hadn't helped that her mother had invited Catherine to vis...

  • Sweet Sinner

    Diana Hamilton

    MEMO Private & Confidential To: Mr. Cade From: Zoe Kilgerran, your employee I find this difficult to say and don't know where to start, so I'll take a deep breath and begin! I'm afraid you've formed the worst possible imp...

  • Tender Mercy

    Elizabeth Murphy
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Before her marriage to minister Joel Bennigan, Val had beed seduced by the promises of a frightening religious cult. Now these deranged minds want her back, and they'll stop at nothing. Kidnapped and then imprisoned in a dank basement, Val is give...

  • There's Always Tomorrow

    Brenda Bancroft
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Kristin Allen takes her well-meaning client's meddling in her private life lightly. Unitl, that is, she becomes the winner of an all-expense paid trip for two to the Circle K dude ranch in South Dakota. After Kristin has worked so hard to hide the sc...

  • Too Late for Regrets

    Liza Hadley
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    She was right back where she'd started Cathy hadn't wanted to return to Italy, but when another feature writer for Cuisine for Cooks broke her leg, Cathy had to take her place covering the new cookery course in Florence. But nothing could have pre...

  • True Colors

    Doris Mortman

    Isabelle de Luna is an ethereal figure as alluring and haunting as her paintings. Her talent will make her legendary. But neither fame nor love can protect her from a killer waiting for her to remember the long-ago night she watched him murder her mo...

  • Undercover Baby

    Gina Wilkins / Gina Ferris / Gina Ferris Wilkins

    UNDERCOVER DADDY Detective Dallas Sanders had taken part in some unusual undercover operations, but cracking the baby-smuggling ring was the toughest. Especially since it meant playing the part of an unwed, pregnant woman -- complete with baby ha...

  • Unwanted Wedding

    Penny Jordan

    "I'd be better off in the personal columns advertising for a husband...." Rosy Wyndham -- had to be married within the next three months or face the consequences. Guard Jamieson -- was successful, sexy--and single. With no other can...

  • The Way Home

    Dallas Schulze

    NOW HE'D KISSED HER. AND EVERYTHING WAS CHANGED. She was the waif he'd befriended when she was only four years old... the beautiful blue-eyed ten-year-old he'd taken for a dizzying ride in his plane... the dazzling seventeen-year-old stranger who ...

  • Wild Wings, Wild Heart

    Elizabeth Lane

    Kelly Ryan was used to calling the shots, but when brash businessman Jake Drummond insisted on taking off in inclement weather, the beautiful bush pilot was forced to comply. And when the little plane crash-landed in the Alaska wilderness, Kelly and ...

  • The Winning Heart

    Norma Jean Lutz
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    After her grandfather's death, Kassier reluctantly keeps her promise to him and leaves Wyoming, hoping to rebuild her relationship with her older sister. But life in Virginia with Glorence is a stifling contrast to the wide open spaces if Kassie's fo...

  • The World's Last Bachelor

    Pamela Browning

    NAME: Deke Washburn AGE: 32 STATUS: S.T.U.D. #4 OCCUPATION: Self-made Millionaire To his friends, Deke Washburn was the world's last bachelor-to single women, an impossible catch. But the playboy millionaire had just met his match .... Beaut...

  • Prancing Tiger

    Philip Singerman

    "A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE OF SEX AND VIOLENCE THAT CAREENS ALONG AT TREMENDOUS SPEED."
    --St. Petersburg Times
    It's a setup pure, and simple. Somebody did a professional job of making it look like a reckless young man raped and killed a beautiful b...

  • Oath of Swords

    David Weber

    Whom the Gods Would Recruit, They First Tick Off Our Hero: The Unlikely Paladin Bahzell Bahnakson of the Horse Stealer Hradani is no knight in shining armor. He's a hradani, a race known for their uncontrollable rages, bloodthirsty tendencies, an...

  • Stone of Tears

    Terry Goodkind

    Using his emerging arcane talents and the power of the Sword of Truth which only he can wield, Richard faces the ultimate evil, the dread Keeper of the Underworld, who has freed the spirit of Richard's nemesis, Darken Rahl, Unless Richard can control...

  • Arthur, King

    Dennis Lee Anderson

    THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE AGES Great kings have great enemies, and Arthur's is his bastard son Mordred, who has stolen the sword Excalibur. Worse, he has stolen Merlin's Book, and used it to flee to the far future. All of Camelot is at risk, un...

  • Becoming Human

    Valerie J. Freireich

    The clone of a traitor, sub-human spy probe August is catapulted into the midst of an interplanetary war as the planet Neuland is threatened with alien annihilation and August himself confronts his dream of becoming fully human. Original....

  • Burn

    Bill Ransom

    From the New York Timesâ€"bestselling co-author of The Jesus Incident, this “fascinating†genetic engineering thriller has “plenty of flare†(Publishers Weekly).   The vivid and gritty sequel to Bill Ransom’s ViraVax  Burn takes t...

  • Clock Strikes Sword

    Ian Hammell

    The Firozians with their magical swords and the Gnomons with their power over time must set aside their own war when a foreign power attacks the island and join spells and swords to defend themselves against a new enemy. Original....

  • Dagger's Point

    Anne Logston

    Jaellyn's mixed heritage gives her powerful magic, but a portion of her soul is missing, and she must risk her life to save her future, confronting bloodthirsty dragons and hideous shape shifters as she searches for her father. Original....

  • The Dragons of the Rhine

    Diana L. Paxson

    Throughout the long winter, the Wolf and the Raven shared the warmth of their hearts and bodies. And when the time came for parting, the noble Wolf swore he would soon return for his beloved... The Dragons of the Rhine welcomed Sigfrid Sigmundson ...

  • The Eagle & the Nightingales

    Mercedes Lackey

    LET THE KING BE KING! Why is the High King of the Human kingdoms not doing his job--and thereby allowing the Church to fill the power vacuum in the human lands of Alanda? This is a matter of some concern to Nightingale and her friends: the Church ...

  • Frostwing

    Richard A. Knaak

    Confronting a phantom gargoyle who has been stealing his identity throughout eternity, Grigori Nicolau finds additional challenges in a band of deadly hunters, a bound man, a woman who is haunted by dreams, and a sorcerer's plot. Original....

  • Keeper of Cats

    Elizabeth Boyer

    VILE EXILE! When Jutta's mother sent her to tiny, windswept Bardhol to stay with their ancient female relations, she hinted slyly that those crafty crones might be hiding a fortune... But all Jutta found was boredom, toil--and cats! Her grandmo...

  • Lone Star

    Steve Perry

    Responding to a summons by a desperate local leader, Cinch Carston journeys to the jungle planet Mtizito in order to round up a gang of terrorists and discovers an unexpected web of corruption that targets the Stellar Ranger himself. Original....

  • Man, Myth and Magic

    Richard Cavendish

  • Mind-Surfer

    Mark Leon

    Coping with a dead-end job and a lackluster romance, computer programmer Lew Slack finds his world turned upside down when a mysterious stranger hands him a crystal, a woman he has never met claims to be his lover, and his cat disappears. Original....

  • Murder at the Galactic Writers' Society

    Janet Asimov

    When a meeting of the Galactic Writers' Society is threatened by a series of embarrassing, potentially deadly incidents, it is up to Arda, an android undercover agent, to solve the mystery and find the culprits before the crimes undermine interstella...

  • The Order War

    L.E. Modesitt Jr.

    L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Order War continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one of the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy.The deadly White Wizards of Fairhaven, wielding the forces of chaos, threaten the ancient m...

  • Red Planet Run

    Dana Stabenow

    Star’s twins have made the Asteroid Belt too hot to hold them and Charlie keeps trying to get Star laid, so when Star is offered a commission to survey the fabled ruins of Cydonia on Mars she jumps at the chance....

  • Six Myths of Our Time

    Marina Warner

    Is Jurassic Park a work of covert misogynist propaganda? Does romanticizing childhood lead to abusing children? What secret correspondence links Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to video games and Shakespeare's Caliban to Hannibal Lecter? in what ways do ...

  • The Stone Garden

    Mary Rosenblum

    Discovery of the mysterious asteroids called Stones had quickly spawned a new breed of artists: "sculptors" who shaped the Stones into vivid collages of sensation and emotion by layering human experiences into them one by one. Although asteroid-bel...

  • The Stone Movers

    Patricia Mullen

    Challenging an Old Faith alliance among the Human, Dwarf, Elf, Peskie, and Ogre tribes of Morbihan, the dread Tyrant of Moer and his New Faith devotees conspire to make Humans the dominant species by destroying the other tribes. ...

  • Superheroes

    John Varley

    A science fiction superhero anthology features Alan Dean Foster's "Earth Spirit," Roger Zelazny's "Hugh Glass," Lawrence Watt-Evans's "Captain Cosmos," Michael A. Stackpole's "Revenant," and John Varley's "Bolshoiman." Reprint....

  • They Fly at Ciron

    Samuel R. Delany

    As this novel begins, the peaceful village of Çiron faces conquest and domination by the army of Myetra, as led by a cruel prince. The Myetrans subdue Çiron, killing many and enslaving the rest.

    But Rahm escapes -- and then befriends one of ...

  • This Is the Dreaming: Australian Aboriginal Legends

    Jean A. Ellis

  • Time Raider

    R.L. Stine

    Challenging readers to partake in a time-travel adventure with an amazing time machine, the author of the Goosebumps series provides twenty possible endings to a journey that begins with a push of a button. Reissue....

  • The Wizard at Home

    Rick Shelley

    One sorcerer rises against evil -- with the powers of a goddess within him. Second in the Seven Towers series from the author of The Wizard at Mecq.The ruins of Mecq still smolder in the English countryside, and in the ashes, the wizard Silvas mourns...

  • Xanadu 3

    Jane Yolen

    Award-winning editor Jane Yolen presents 34 tales of fantasy and delight in this third volume of her original anthology series, Xanadu. The contributors include prize-winning poet Marvin Bell, Ruth Berman, Jo Clayton, Christine Crow, Nancy Etchemendy...

  • 92 Queens Road

    Dianne Case

    Growing up surrounded by loving family members, including her mother, a fussing grandmother, a fun-loving uncle, and free-spirited Delores, a young girl struggles with the realization that her skin color causes outsiders to treat her differently....

  • Air

    Steck-Vaughn Company

  • All The Days And Nights

    William Maxwell

    From the American Book Award-winning author of Ancestors and Time Will Darken comes a masterful collection of stories, spanning more than 50 years--a tour of a world that engages readers entirely, and whose characters command the deepest loyalty and ...

  • The All-American

    Peter Crowther; Stewart Von Allmen
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  • The Angels Sing

    Susan Evans McCloud

  • Antarctic Navigation

    Elizabeth Arthur

    'A classic heroic quest ... absolutely fresh and engrossing. Reading the book becomes a kind of quest itself, after which the world will never again look the same' San Francisco Chronicle 'A...

  • Arousing Anna

    Nina Sheridan

    Anna is a secretary at a South London University, and unhappily wed. While husband Paul is away on another business trip, her boss asks her to act as unofficial hostess to a visiting French lecturer, Dominic Gerard. During his stay, he teaches her al...

  • Asian-American Literature

    Shawn Wong

  • An Attic in Greece

    Austen Kark

  • Auld Lang What?

    Barbara Paul
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  • Autumn Tethers

    Tracy Knight
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  • Baby Ringmaster

    Thierry Dedieu
    • / General Fiction
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  • Back in Charge

    Mariah Greene

    This is the story of how Andrea, 29, leaves her boring lover, another manager in the design consultancy where they both work, and embarks on a passionate affair with a 19-year-old office boy. She also ensures that her vengeful ex-lover gets his comeu...

  • Bear and Mr. Bear

    Frances Thomas

    Reluctantly visiting the local town on the day a carnival arrives, grumpy recluse Mr. Bear is appalled when he sees a dancing bear abused by his trainer and finds an unlikely connection with a fellow living creature....

  • The Bear Went over the Mountain

    Maggie Swanson

  • The Berenstain Bears and the Showdown at Chainsaw Gap

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

  • The Best Town in the World

    Byrd Baylor

    A nostalgic view of the best town in the world, where dogs were smarter, chickens laid prettier brown eggs, wildflowers grew taller and thicker, and the people knew how to make the best chocolate cakes and toys in the world....

  • Beware the Ravens, Aunt Morbelia

    Joan Carris

    Todd Fearing and his best friend, Jeff, must protect an unwitting Aunt Morbelia during a trip to London and the Fearing estate, after a series of ominous events, sinister messages, and shady characters threatens the trio....

  • Bitterroot Landing

    Sheri Reynolds

    Moving in with the recently widowed deacon River Bill when he offers her a home, an orphaned Jael struggles with the voices that surround her, from those of her fellow incest support group members, to the words of the Virgin Mary. Reprint....

  • Black Night at Big Thunder Mountain

    Glenn Patterson

    In the centre of EuroDisney's Magic Kingdom, the night that the Croatian city of Vukovar falls, a German canteen assistant and a Northern Irish construction worker are held at gunpoint in the cavernous interior of Big Thunder Mountain. Their attacker...

  • Blubb And The Chocolate Treasure

    Mel Gilden

    The star pupil from a school for evil geniuses transports the gang back in time to find pirate treasure, but no one counts on Blubb the purple blob and his incredible abilities. From the author of Beverly Hills 90210. Original....

  • Born to Kill

    T.J. English

    The author of The Westies profiles the rise and fall of a violent street gang made up of young Vietnamese refugees, as seen through the eyes of Tinh Ngo, a gang member who eventually cooperated with authorities to destroy the gang. 15,000 fir...

  • Boxing Day

    Nick Hassam
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  • Boys at Work

    Gary Soto

  • Brer Rabbit's Adventures

    Rene Cloke

  • But Once A Year

    John Lutz
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  • Call Me Cathy

    Margaret Meacham

    The story of An-Ying, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, reveals the clash between two cultures as she dreams of college, career, and a blond musician named Joey--and her parents plan her marriage to a nice Chinese boy...

  • Call Me Ruth

    Marilyn Sachs

  • Can't Scare Me!

    Melissa Milich

    A rhythmic text and evocative illustrations spin a spellbinding tale in which Eugenia's father, whose ghost stories always scare their neighbor Mr. Haymon, creates a tale, with Eugenia's help, that cures Mr. Hayman of his fears....

  • Cargo Machines and What They Do

    Derek Radford

  • Carry Me Home

    John Delvecchio

    A sequel to The 13th Valley finds a band of veteran survivors of Vietnam attempting to return to their American homes, where they are given a hostile homecoming and form an allegiance to one another in the hill country of Pennsylvania. Reprin...

  • The Case of the Dude Ranch Rustlers

    Susan Saunders

    Investigating the disappearance of Annabelle and Brownie, their two favorite horses, Roxie Roper and Ross McArdle are unwilling to believe that one of their friends from the Double R Dude Ranch is a horse thief. Original....

  • Celestial Seasonings

    Helen Muir

    The story of one woman's various entanglements with a series of unsuitable men. Roz fall in love with a musical performer, Ivor Mostance. After he goes on tour, Roz discovers she's pregnant. She tries to get on with her life but the image of Ivor is ...

  • Cheap Lives

    Antony Sher

    Yusuf is on Death Row for murder. Adrian had a lucky escape years earlier when he survived Yusuf's murderous assault during an afternoon of casual sex. The story contrasts their different experiences of a divided pre-Mandela country during its attemp...

  • Chevrolet Saturdays

    Candy Dawson Boyd

    Last year, Joey was the best science student in Miss Alder's fourth-grade class. But last year, he didn't have to deal with a teacher who didn't like him, a class bully, or a new stepfather. Mr. johnson seems to be a good man, adn Joey's mother loves...

  • Children Are Civilians Too

    Heinrich Boll

    These twenty-six stories illustrate Heinrich Boll's finely nuanced storytelling at its best. In stunning portraits of ordinary people, Boll creates a rich tapestry of the dark years in postwar Germany. There are tales of soldiers on leave, listlessly...

  • Clifford's Book about Me by Me

    Scholastic Inc.

  • The Cold One

    Christopher Pike

    The Los Angeles police are investigating two strings of gruesome deaths. One killer has left several horribly mangled corpses; the other murderer kills his victims seemingly without touching them. The investigators have only a single set of fingerpri...

  • Cold Turkey

    Graham Masterton
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  • Concubine's Children

    Denise Chong

    Drawing on letters, photographs, and reminiscences, the granddaughter of a woman who came from China as the concubine of a traveler to the New World describes her discovery of the Chinese family left behind and her reunion with them. 15,000 first pri...