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New Books List: 589 titles



  • James Axler

    AFTER SKYDARK In the nuclear-storm devastated Deathlands warrior survivalist of the twenty-second century leads the relentless fight to reclaim a lost world. STONE GUARDIANS Barely escaping from a marauding gang, Ryan Cawdor and his band of post...



  • Lowell Cauffiel

    On the day before Thanksgiving, a madman rains terror on an airportLaurel Kring sits in his garage, blaring John Coltrane as he writes his manifesto. When he has every word in place, he returns to his living room, wraps his arms around his wife, and ...



  • Mack Maloney

    Aboard the Zon space shuttle where he hopes to capture arch-criminal Viktor Robotov, Wingman Hawk Hunter fears time is running out when war breaks out on the planet below and a comet zooms into the atmosphere. Original....



  • Keith Douglass

    During an attack on a terrorist group in Port Sudan, Lieutenant Blake Murdock and his SEAL team uncover three million dollars in counterfeit currency. When officials link the money to an economic terrorism plot on the U.S. currency system, there is o...



  • Don Pendleton

    TAKE NO PRISONERS As the President's extralegal arm, Stony Man never draws a job that the U.S. armed forces could do just as well. The dedicated cybernetics experts and crack field commandos take on the black operations, the covert hit-and-run missi...



  • Gilbert Morris; Lynn Morris

    In San Francisco, Cheney—with the support of Shiloh—fights with the hospital staff of St. Francis for the fair treatment of their city’s “undesirables.” Then catastrophe strikes, and she discovers that none of her medica...



  • Louis L'Amour

    FIGHTERS IN THE SKY They're freelance pilots and full-time troubleshooters for democracy. They're men like Steven Cowan, Mike Thorne, and Turk Madden who face danger every day of their lives and fight like tigers for what they believe in. With the...



  • Gilbert Morris; Aaron McCarver

    A New Historical Fiction Series From an Exciting New Team!When Aaron McCarver met Gilbert Morris at the CBA convention in 1991, he never dreamed that those initial discussions would ultimately lead to his conceiving a historical fiction series that h...



  • Bernard Cornwell

    RICHARD SHARPE AND THE SIEGE OF SERINGAPATAM, 1799 The year is 1799, and Richard Sharpe is just beginning his military career. An inexperienced young private in His Majesty's service, Sharpe becomes part of an expedition to India to push the ruthl...



  • Tony Fennelly

    Gossip columnist and former topless dancer Margo Fortier tries to break into hard news by launching her own investigation into the brutal murder of the "Mystic Delphine," a New Orleans television psychic...



  • Deborah Adams

    "A series rich in provocative themes and artful plots."

    *Joan Hess



    THE TOWN FLORIST WILL SOON BE PUSHING UP DAISIES.



    For Meredith Bradley *Jesus Creek's most successful businesswoman *life has been no bed of rose...



  • Mary Daheim

    THE ALPINE ADVOCATE SCOOPS A MURDER Emma Lord, the Advocate's editor, finds the body in the facial room of Stella's Styling Salon--anonymous under a mud pack, throat slashed. The victim turns out to be the sister-in-law of Sheriff Dodge's girlf...



  • Terris McMahan Grimes

    FAMILY SECRETS THAT LEAD TO MURDER Her mother said there'd be days like this, but today's shock of her life is the red-haired stranger who moved into her mother's Sacramento home, claiming to be her father's "love child." Being an African-American...



  • Kathy Hogan Trocheck

    MURDER GETS A GREEN LIGHT When Jackleen Canaday's newly bought dream machine--an '88 Corvette T-top--turns out to be a lemon, senior sleuth Truman Kicklighter comes to her aid. As they head for the dealership, they're spoiling for a fight but they...



  • Paula Gosling

    When a fish-nibbled corpse floats up into a fisherman’s ice hole in the frozen wastes of Blackwater Bay one morning, the shock is enough to shake Jess Gibbons out of an idle reverie on the gloomy state of her life. And as soon as Sheriff Matt Gabri...



  • John Logue

    DOUBLE BOGEY Barry Vinson could pulverize his tee shots and dazzle with his short game. But when it came to personality, the brilliant young American was strictly a duffer-until someone took him off the course. Vinson was found in the historic ...



  • William X. Kienzle

    "This nineteenth Father Koesler mystery is packed with Kienzle's signature twists and turns, but is different from the previous mysteries. In this story, Father Koesler takes a vacation from his parish and the sleuthing is carried on by his replaceme...



  • Carolyn Keene

    Returning to Wilder, Bess realizes that her life will never be the same again, while George faces having to drop out of school unless Nancy can find out where her tuition money went, and Jonathan confesses his love for Stephanie. Original....



  • Sherry Lewis

    Cutler, Colorado, may be a small town, but it certainly isn't boring. Even for someone who's lived there 73 years, like Fred Vickery. "Helping" with police business has become his favorite pastime. And as long as human nature stays the same, there wi...



  • Antonia Fraser

    When the wayward lady Imogen Swain summons journalist Jemima Shore to her home, Jemima once again finds herself in the thick of love affairs--old and new--intrigue, and betrayal. For the colorful Lady Imogen kept diaries documenting her passionate af...



  • Sally Wright

    INTRODUCING ACADEMIC SLEUTH BEN REESE A college professor dead under mysterious circumstances. A secretary who hates the victim with lethal ferocity. A vengeful former student. To university archivist Ben Reese, the sudden death of his old friend ...



  • Renee B. Horowitz

    The fifty-something pharmacy manager at the Food Go in Scottsdale, Arizona, Ruthie Kantor Morris enjoys nothing better than dishing dirt with her waitress friend Denise. But sometimes the gossip turns grim... DEATH IN MEASURED DOSES Harry Stokes ...



  • Simon Brett

    Things are going suspiciously well for Charles Paris. He's moved back in with his wife, Frances, and although he's not yet a permanent fixture in her bed, he has hopes. What's more, he's got a proper part in a proper play: Sir Toby Belch in a festiva...



  • Carolyn Keene

    SOMEBODY'S NOT PLAYING FAIR!Nancy, Bess, and George are going skiing. But the whole weekend is getting crazy. First some bratty boys play catch with Bess's hat. Then George's lucky necklace disappears!Not only that, but someone's getting very pushy o...



  • Elizabeth Daniels Squire

    After a lively family reunion, Peaches stumbles on some deadly secrets--starting with the news that her cousin's daughter, Kim, is missing, and her mother is convinced she's dead. Peaches is supposed to be promoting her book, How to Survive Without a...






  • Sigmund Brouwer

    Scuba diving--there's a lot more to worry about than sharks! "I can't breathe!!!" Ian Hill spends his Florida summers helping his uncle run a dive shop. But just when he thinks it's going to be another boring summer hehind the counter, Ian hears that...



  • Sigmund Brouwer

    Skydiving--one mistake, and you fall like a piano.until, SPLAT! You're a blob of jam. Jeff Nichols works at a local flight school--just to pay for his skydiving. Then he hears of a plan to put his biggest rival into a 'chute roll, which he knows n...



  • Jayne Addison

    SISTER OF THE BRIDE Joy Mackey is determined to see that her sister gets married without a hitch. But nothing is going smoothly -- and real trouble strikes when the bride's former fiance pops up. Joy is positive that dashing Nick Tremain plans...



  • Irene Brand
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    God must have a reason for sending Hester to Afterglow. As a freelance writer, Hester's six month assignment is to record the one-hundred-year history of a picturesque Appalachian town called Afterglow nestled in a deep valley. But in doing so, so...



  • Bette Ford

    Falling in love with photojournalist Ray Coleman, her brother's best friend, Amber follows his travels and prays for his safety, until he returns home injured, but their budding romance is tested by a shocking crime. Original....



  • Neesa Hart

    THE WEDDING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN They'd almost made it to the altar, but fate and family had forced Elise and Wil apart. The lovers had not seen each other in ten years...until fate once more intervened. Suddenly, they were face-to-face -- ea...



  • Andrea Boeshaar
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Annie Fetherton is at her wit's end. Annie was widowed five years ago and left to raise her two sons alone. Now her son Stephen is heading down the wrong road-one that may lead to prison or worse, death. Her younger son Josh may follow his brother...



  • Jennifer Greene

    SINGLE MOM SEEKING EXCITEMENT Being as straitlaced as a saint was getting Gwen Stanford absolutely nowhere. just once she wanted to be positively wicked! So when Spense McKenna gave her a steamy kiss, she decided it was time to shake that good-gir...



  • Sabrina Johnson

    And may the best man win.... Darcy Blair an authority on fantasy weddings? The last time Josh Cartwright had seen Darcy, she'd been a beautiful bride, he'd been a handsome best man ... and the groom hadn't shown up! Still, Josh would have used ...



  • Gloria Clover
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Brianna is a woman on the run. Fleeing from her past, she has spent years on the rodeo circuit, and now she wants to go home. But how can she find the courage to face the past when she can't even face her own guilt? Good Samaritan, Alaska Steele, ...



  • JoAnn Ross
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    Shiloh Beauregard meets the man of her dreams on New Year's night, and with help from some matchmaking cherubs, a cozy twosome becomes a threesome....



  • Lass Small

    MR. JANUARY Bryan Willard: Head hunk at the Coffeepot Inn His dream date: The lovely Lily...his new boss His problem: He's in over his head! Nothing much ever happened 'round here till Lily came along. I was happy enough running the Coffeepot...



  • Judy Christenberry

    The Cowboy Was Hog Tied! One minute there were no women on the Randall ranch and the next Brett Randall ws in knots over two! Brett chose his rightful place behind two of his married brothers, but when he snuck back home to share his news, he g...



  • Tracie Peterson
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Twenty-four-year-old Leslie Heyward eagerly looks to the future. But her dreams are shattered when a drunk driver crashed into her parents' car killing them instantly. Now she is responsible for her five-year-old brother, Travis, and the family's cof...



  • Lisa Bingham

    New Year's Resolution #1: Find a Fiance! With a disastrous blind date left on her doorstep, Dana Shaw had no one with whom to ring in the New Year. Then fate stepped in, in the form of an inherited ticket to a New Year's Eve bachelor auction. ...



  • Chris Paling
    • / Contemporary Romance
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  • Marty Crisp
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Destiny, Arizona, holds too many memories of Jessie Stewart's life as an orphan. But more than that, Destiny holds Sutton McAllister, her "foster" brother and the man she always wanted but never thought she could have. Now adjusted to the fast pac...



  • Freda Chrisman
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Julie needs faith to endure her broken life. Vice-principal of an exclusive Kansas City girl's school, Julie Richmond is fiercely independent. But she is the stabilizing influence for her younger sisters, Lisa and Colleen, in their broken and hurt...



  • Rebecca Daniels

    ROOM FOR ONE MORE A fiercely protective single dad, cowboy Colt Wyatt was shaken to his spurs. His pint-size daughter suddenly had another hero to worship! It was Casey the carpenter this, Casey the carpenter that. Just what was with this carpente...



  • Becky Melby; Cathy Wienke
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    After once experiencing true transparency with a man, even if only in letters, Paige Stern is determined that living single is better than settling for anything less. But just as she thinks she has found her future in the eyes of three-year-old An...



  • Tracy South

    Claire Morgan -- femme fatale? Alec Mason had a hard time imagining Claire as a hot babe, until he began masquerading as her fiance. And fighting off her potential suitors! He and Claire were supposed to be working together to get the inside st...



  • Jill Stengl
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Darlene Althorp idolizes Jake Edgewood, an air force lieutenant and "older" man, but he treats her like a child. She loves the attention Rick showers upon her at college, but he can't compare to Jake's maturity. She is looking for independence...and ...



  • Suzanne Brockmann

    ALL HE COULD SEE WERE CLOSED DOORS... Frisco Francisco's leg--and career--were shot, and he had every intention of wallowing in self-pity. But there were two complications with his plan: his five-year-old niece, whose sudden presence in his life a...



  • Jane Orcutt
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    After the death of her husband-a stay-at-home dad and househusand-Henrietta "Henry" Steelman finds herself in a contemporary dilemma. A career woman, she's a self-professed klutz at running a household! After yet another dinner is ruined, she signs u...



  • Sharon Kendrick

    It was time to even the score! Geraint Howell-Williams was sure Lola Hennessy had used her womanly charms to make sure of her inheritance--an exclusive house--by seducing another man, someone she barely knew. Lola was beautiful, so getting clos...



  • Colleen L. Reece
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    As nurse Nancy Galbraith becomes Dr. Damon Barton's wife in the brightness of a sun-glorified stained-glass window, Damon's love dims the searing memories of the flames that etched permanent scars on her body and spirit. Six months later, their idyll...



  • Christine Scott

    GROOM ON THE LOOSE Dr. Greg Lawton was a man used to getting what he wanted. So when his would-be bride left him high and dry, he was mad...really mad. BRIDESMAID ON THE WARPATH Cassie Andrews couldn't believe it--Mr. Blond and Perfect actually...



  • Kristin Morgan

    PARDON ME, BUT THERE'S A NAKED MAN IN MY BED... Joelle Ames had planned her vacation meticulously, but waking up with sexy tourist Gabriel Lafleur-and no memory of the night before--wasn't on the itinerary! Why, she hardly knew him, even though he...



  • Maris Soule

    SHANNON POWELL IS LOOKING FOR LOVE--IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES Or at least that's what my chauffeur, Clint Dawson, says I'm doing. Personally, I don't think I'm looking for love at all--I merely said I wanted love letters to read in my old age. The f...



  • Cynthia Powell

    He looked unstoppable, unconquerable, a law unto himself.... Cade Jackson had a face too hard to be handsome, Martinique Duval decided, and a smile just lethal enough to make a good girl want to be bad! Tracking his quarry had led the tough bount...



  • Heather Allison

    She had the wedding dress all she needed was the man! Rose Franklin is fed up with kissing frogs -- she wants to marry Prince Charming.... And then she finds Duncan Burke's personal organizer and realizes that she's met the perfect man -- ...



  • Nora Roberts

    Nora Roberts presents the second novel in a dramatic new trilogy. Margo, Kate, and Laura were brought up like sisters amidst the peerless grandeur of Templeton House. But it was Kate who soon discovered that her past was haunted by the darkest of sec...



  • Maggie Shayne

    THE STRANGER The man had come to Jane Fortune from out of nowhere. He couldn't explain who he was, but Jane's young son could. The little boy insisted Zach was his imaginary daddy come to life, the father he'd always wanted. And even Jane couldn't d...



  • Emma Darcy

    Surprise father! Nina in a maternity hospital? Jack Gulliver was in shock! This was the woman who had walked out on him eight months ago. Eight months! Could she have had his baby? He still missed and wanted Nina -- with a passion -- and now wa...



  • Francine Pascal

    Jessica Wakefield and Lila Fowler are headed for the Big Apple! They're psyched for a week of Broadway shows, superstretch limos, major shopping...and New York guys. Jessica's fun begins the moment she steps on the plane and finds she's sitting next ...



  • Kristine Rolofson

    Riding, loping and Ranching are part of cowboy life. Diapers, Pacifiers and Baby Bottles are not! Champion rodeo rider Will Cody is back at the Silver Valley ranch to sell his inheritance. Family life, staying in any one place for too long, jus...



  • Myrna Temte

    KELLY, GET YOUR GUN! Deputy U.S. Marshal Steve Anderson wasn't all that handsome, Kelly Jaynes told herself, but... all right, the man was so magnetic, he made her toes curl up in her boots. So what was a Montana cowgirl to do? He was a lawman...



  • Laurie Paige

    BOY WANTS MOM... Little Jonathan Macklin knew there was something special about Carly Lightfoot. Not only did she have pretty hair, she wasn't afraid of horses or frogs. She could also get his dad mad faster than any other woman around - and then ...



  • Jane Donnelly

    Love thy neighbor? Things had a way of happening around Robin Johnson. She always seemed to be in the middle of some scrape or another! She could understand why the cool, discerning lawyer Marc Hammond should have reservations about hiring Robin ...



  • Sharon De Vita

    THE LONE RANGER NEEDS A PARTNER Renegade Texas Ranger Cody Kincaid returned to Silver Creek to make peace with his birthright--and to capture his father's murderer. Someone wanted his land--and Savannah Duncan, his father's tenant, was in jeopardy...



  • Pamela Macaluso

    THE LONELIEST COWBOY... When Clint Slade stopped by the Rocking W Coffee Shop for a much-needed caffeine rush, he found himself suffering a testosterone rush instead. Surely the beauty before him was new in town--'cuz he'd never forget those baby ...



  • Margot Dalton
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    Lonnie James plans to become pregnant by midnight on New Year's. But what happens after the masked ball...when her secret paramour thinks he got someone else pregnant?...



  • Terry Essig

    DO YOU TAKE THIS DADDY? What luck! The sexiest man had just strolled past Rachel Gatlin's window. Newly single, Rachel was all set to welcome her handsome new neighbor -- and see if he had any plans for the rest of his life. But was that a ba...



  • Eva Rutland

    The perfect career move -- marriage! Scot Harding was stunned when Lisa turned down a dream promotion -- to get married! He was amazed not only because Lisa was a talented career woman -- but also because she didn't even have a particular hus...



  • Lindsay Armstrong

    Georgia on his mind. Georgia Newnham was astonished! She didn't know whether to call in blackmail, kidnapping or coercion, but, whatever it was, she found herself agreeing to go to Sydney with journalist William Brady. The journey was certainly e...



  • Lori Herter

    What woman could resist? An all-expense-paid vacation? Sharing a house with a sexy hunk? Prim-and-proper Penelope Grey should have said no. A woman like her didn't have affairs. And a bachelor like Craig Derring wasn't the marrying kind. What ma...



  • Wanda E. Brunstetter
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Miriam Stolzfus is a young Amish woman living in the rolling hills of modern day Pennsylvania. She was once filled with wonderful dreams for a future with a man she adored...a man who decided to marry someone else. Now, Miriam is known in her communi...



  • Anne Stuart
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    Kelly Malone wants commitment and stability. She needs a good father for her baby...but will she find him in a rough-and-tumble rancher?...



  • Marjorie Lewty

    Very good friends... Getting a fledgling wedding video business off the ground just when people were buying their own camcorders was not easy, so Anne Grey was pleased to stand in for a friend recording an interview in Cornwall with crime writer Fr...



  • Brittany Young

    SECRET BRIDE, SECRET BABY... Kate and Carly Fairfax were the spitting image of each other...but there the similarities ended. And no one sensed their differences as acutely as Gabriel Trent, Carly's mysterious, brooding fiance, a man who regarded...



  • Lauralee Bliss

    Dorrie Shelton has planned a vacation in the beautiful White Mountains hoping to rekindle a relationship with her sister Gail. Dorrie loves the peaceful landscape while Gail would rather be almost anywhere else. Can Dorrie humble her own desires long...



  • Jo Ann Algermissen

    TEMPTATION WEARS A TOOL BELT Texan Moly Winsome was through with macho males. Never again would she attempt to trade her work boots for dainty Cinderella slippers. Instead, she'd stand tall -- six feet tall -- in a man's world. And she'...



  • Debra White Smith
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Allissa is ready for a vacation from her successful dentistry practice, and she has chosen her beautiful new home as the perfect spot. Well-stocked with painting and cleaning supplies, she is ready to work, but she can't seem to pull herself away fro...



  • Lyn Ellis

    'Twas the Night Before New Year's... And all through the house, everybody was celebrating...except Gina Tarantino. Ringing in the New Year only made her realize how lonely she was. But at the stroke of midnight, she found herself in a passionate e...



  • Linda Varner

    Recipe for a Happy New Year 1 Bachelor pilot 1 Young widow 1 Memory of a midnight kiss 1 Oversize house 6 Assorted relatives Passion, hope and love as desired In oversize house, toss together pilot and widow. Fold in memory of passi...



  • Margot Early

    Day Sutter doesn't consider herself adventerous. She's kind and creative, yes. She has a great sense of style. And she's a competent businesswoman, running Rapid Riggers, the Colorado river-rafting company she co-owns with Nick Colter. In fact, D...



  • Gina Wilkins / Gina Ferris / Gina Ferris Wilkins

    Opposites attract Andrew Colton Tyler III needed a life. He had a stuffy job, an overbearing family and more social obligations than any sane person would commit to. What's worse, it looked as if the New Year was going to be the same. Then at the ...



  • Melanie Panagiotopoulos
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Wealthy ship owner Paul Andrakos, one of the famed Golden Greeks, has come to San Francisco from Athens in search of his godmother's niece. But when at last he finds the captivating Kristen King, he is not relieved as much as confused. Paul Andrakos ...



  • Ingrid Weaver

    She met Mr. Right. ON THE WAY TO A WEDDING...THEIR PLANE CRASHED! Lauren Abbot would have perished had it not been for handsome lawman Nick Strada. Though everyone claimed Nick had died in the crash, Lauren knew better. That hardheaded, sexy ...



  • Ashley Summers

    JUST A FLING... Katy Lawrence wasn't the kind of woman who could have a meaningless affair. But her broken heart needed a distraction. And sexy Thomas Logan was there for the taking. He was mighty persuasive and wouldn't take no for an answer. ...



  • Angela Winters

    Ghostwriting a book for celebrated architect Tim Neil, editor Connor Jackson meets him in the fashionable ski resort of Aspen, but her professional relationship with the icy man is challenged by her strong attraction to him. Original....



  • Leigh Michaels

    THEIR PERFECT DIVORCE WAS FALLING APART! Valentine's Day, the most romantic day of the year. It should have been the first wedding anniversary of Synnamon and Conner Welles -- instead, it was the day their divorce would be finalized! The arra...



  • Jacqueline Diamond

    Whose bed was she sleeping in! The setup: To her horror, magazine editor Belle Martens discovered it wasn't all a bad joke when she woke up naked next to an equally naked rival editor, Darryl Horak. Why, she loathed the arrogant male chauvinist--a...



  • Rae Simons
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    After loving Ryan Webster since she was a child, Becca Flinders has at last accepted that he is not God's will for her life. From now on, she decides, she will say yes to whatever God sends into her life, and she will stop longing for what she can no...



  • Carole Buck

    FIT TO BE TIED -- UP! Lucy Falco couldn't believe her luck. First, her former husband, Christopher Banks, waylaid her at the office on New Year's Eve -- asking for another chance. Then, before she could turn him down flat, a trio of inept th...



  • Cheryl Biggs

    THE WAY HE GENTLED HORSE ...HIS STRONG, COMFORTING ARMS ...THE PASSION THAT BURNED BETWEEN THEM... Laci James could never forget Brant Garrison, especially since she had only to look at her son--their son--to be reminded of the man she'd loved....



  • Nikki Rivers

    "He wants me?" With ice blue eyes, silver-streaked hair and a diamond-studded ear, Edmund Winters was one magnificent male. And Ann Madison had only one question for him-why was he interested in her? Eddy was a man of the world, with expensive ta...



  • Valerie Parv

    Norah Kelsey had been duped. Duped into marrying a prince -- His Royal Highness Prince Philippe Rasada, no less! There were, of course, worse things in life than marrying a prince -- unless you didn't love him. And Norah was quite sure she didn&#...



  • Ruth Jean Dale

    Her five-year-old secret... On a holiday of a lifetime, youthful Jenny Wolf had pretended to be sophisticated beyond her actual experience and had fallen madly in love with a man beyond her wildest dreams. But the dream had ended abruptly and Jenn...



  • Alison Kelly

    Breaking all the rules Since Ryan Talbot had become Kirrily Cosgrove's self-appointed guardian angel, he'd been determined to make her live life by his rules: Rule 1: Never date any man Ryan didn't approve of. Rule 2: Find a resp...



  • Morgan Hayes

    Stevie Falcioni: She walked in on a murder and escaped with her life--but not her vision. If she regains her sight, she can identify the man who killed her friend and attacked her. If she regains her sight, she can see--for the first time--the face o...



  • Shelby Lewis



  • Day Leclaire

    Ella Montague was invited to a wedding -- her own! The inspiration behind the Cinderella Ball was simple -- come single, leave wed. By midnight perfect strangers could find themselves married ... as if by magic! When Ella Montague's Princ...



  • Bobby Hutchinson

    St. Joe's Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, is where bodies are healed and hearts are sometimes broken. Dr. Alexandra Ross loves her job in the hectic emergency department. But she also loves her Mountie husband, Sergeant Cameron Ross....



  • LaVyrle Spencer

    Eighteen years ago, young Tess McPhail left her tiny hometown of Wintergreen, Missouri, population 1,713. She headed for Nashville--and never looked back. Now one of country music's brightest lights, "Mac" McPhail is a millionaire many ti...



  • Nancy Lavo
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Just hours before her first date with Edward Winters, a millionaire at the pinnacle of Oklahoma's elite society, Abigail's life long friend Jarred Worth, suddenly appears with his small town philosophy of God and fulfillment-and his disarming dimples...



  • Katie Fforde

    "YOU'RE NOT DOING VERY MUCH AT THE MOMENT, DARLING. I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU'D CARE TO HOUSE-SIT FOR A WHILE?" Thus begins the irresistible story of two fixer-uppers--an old house a woman--and their efforts to recapture their true luster. When Hefty...



  • Angela Devine

    The bride was pretending... To help his sister out of a tricky situation Laura Madison had agreed to step into her shoes to view the house her fiance's uncle had bought as a wedding gift. It should have been easy. But Uncle James had ideas of ...



  • Marcia Evanick

    He made a tomboy on a motorcycle feel like a gorgeous enchantress... He'd expected a gray-haired house sitter who played bingo when she wasn't baking cookies or dusting, but instead Matt Stone returned unannounced to discover a golden-haired nymph s...



  • Beverly Barton

    ME? MARRY YOU? It took just one brief touch of Adam Wyatt's lips to Blythe Elliott's mouth to ignite a fire so hot neither could deny it. And now, thanks to that one reckless night of passion, Blythe has an unplanned surprise for Adam...and ...



  • Catherine Bach
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Since her husband's death in the line of duty, Jenna Carlson no longer dreams of being a wife and a mother. Choosing instead a quiet life of focusing on her laboratory career, she can't believe she's become Jason Daly's prime suspect in the thefts at...



  • Helen Conrad (1)

    A new baby doctor has come to Tyler to start a practice and raise some kids of his own. But first he needs a wife. A nice old-fashioned girl. A stubborn tenant in his newly inherited home refuses to vacate his property, messing up his well-laid pl...



  • Cameron Dokey

    Dean Smith is at the top of Natalie Taylors crush list. Tall and intelligent, with a bit of a stubborn streak, Deans an ideal Taurus...and horoscope junkie Natalie’s perfect Valentine. After one magical night--one amazing kiss under the stars--Nata...



  • Vera Lee Wiggins
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Perri has four growing boys who need a father-and, Lord knows, she needs a husband. But Perri knows that Mitch won't be able to handle the chaos of living in such a bustling household. To Mitch, such a sacrifice would grow old faster than her boys! ...



  • Steve Papuchis
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Why do so many people object to this condominium complex being built? Ann wonders. After all, it would be built by a reputable firm and would be good for Key West's economy. Only when she meets scuba diver and treasure hunter Nick Carmichael does ...



  • Patricia Knoll

    Needed: one morn ! Arians and Jacob were twins, just three weeks old and adorable. But they no longer had a mother. Carrie McCoy knew plenty about babies, but it seemed that she didn't know much about men--she'd been jilted on the morni...



  • Sara Craven

    Must be able to handle children and one particular Italian male... Giulio Falcone needed a willing woman, and Lucy was in his debt...and his house! Only, his interest in her was as much practical as sexual--he needed a nanny to look after his sist...



  • Julie Ellis

    Heartbroken by the events of World War II, Munich-born Vera Mueller flees to the United States and discovers her strong will to survive, and her subsequent challenges include her marriage to a soldier and motherhood in the 1960s. Original....



  • Kristen Robinette

    He was rough denim to her cool silk .... Jesse McCain stepped onto her land without asking, a bold buccaneer who knew the stormy-eyed lady wouldn't deny him a chance to dig up her property -- and her post! Targeted by a grin full of promises, Laur...



  • Kayla Daniels

    Elise Grant Had A Secret In dusty Tumbleweed, Arizona, a single mom and her daughter wouldn't draw much attention -- or so Elise hoped. But she hadn't bargained on a chance encounter with the sexy and single local sheriff. Cole Hardesty&#...



  • Daphne Clair

    Family Legacies -- Crocodile Tears Enter the House of DeWilde Since the turn of the century, the elegant and fashionable DeWilde stores have helped brides around the world realize the fantasy of their "special day." The store: DeWil...



  • Tracie Peterson
    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Cheryl Fairfield's life has been shattered. Poor choices made by Cheryl and her late father have left her in the middle of a drug enforcement investigation. Not fully recovered from the loss of her father, fiance, and unborn child, Cheryl has no o...



  • Barbara Delinsky

    HOW HIGH A PRICE MUST A WOMAN PAY FOR SUCCESS? Everything Claire Raphael has she's earned. On her own. The hard way. She built her part-time business up from nothing and made it successful through her imagination, creativity, and hard work. Sh...



  • W.E.B. Griffin

    It is April 1943 in Argentina, where World War II rages in clandestine battles both sides deny - but neither side can afford to lose. Where a Nazi plot to overthrow the government in Buenos Aires may change the face of the war. And where three Americ...



  • Daniel Silva

    Catherine Blake: beautiful widow of a war hero, London hospital volunteer, Nazi spy. Her mission, under direct orders from Hitler: uncover the Allied plans for D-Day and seal the German victory. Alfred Vicary: fumbling history professor, Churchill...



  • Terence Green / Terence M. Green

    Mitch Helwig is a renegade on the street with some heavy-duty hi-tech weaponry and a not quite sane determination to get revenge--even if he has to go beyond death to do it. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights ...



  • Caroline B. Cooney

    Imagine changing centuries -- and making things worse, not better, on both sides of time. Imagine being involved in two love triangles in two different centuries. Imagine discovering that, no matter which direction you travel in time, you must aban...



  • Doranna Durgin

    Returning to Camolen, where she struggles with her dual existence as a were-horse, Jess tries to come to terms with her feelings for her Rider and must confront the evil intentions of someone who is changing animals into humans. Original....



  • Walter Jon Williams

    Plasm: the shimmering substance that powers a world civilization Atah worked for the Plasm Authority, metering the shimmering substance that powered the world cite, until she fell in love with Constantine, the rebel Metropolitan lighting a war to ...



  • Rosemary Edghill

    THE ULTIMATE TREASURE HUNT In the World of Iron, known to mere mortals as Earth, Holly Kendall, EMT, psychiatric nurse, and SCA warrior, has just arrived at Helicon, ready for a weekend away from the mundane world. But no one has warned Holly just...



  • Ashley McConnell

    When Jazen returns to Mirlacca to help fend off an imminent Demon War, the Guild of Exorcists is dismayed at the changes in his personality and discover that the demon of Eberly has taken over his body. Original....



  • Eric Nylund

    THE ULTIMATE CONTEST Germain is more than one man: a top-level corporate assassin in a cutthroat universe...the tormented guardian of his victims' souls...a powerful muse capable of casting spells both mundane and miraculous. In a Golden City c...



  • Brett Davis

    When a possible cure for lycanthropy is announced, investigators Durban and Savik are distraught when the effort's chief researcher and her assistant are murdered, an event that places suspicion on the cause's foremost supporter. Original....



  • Ru Emerson

    Xena, once in love with conquest and destruction, now fights for the side of good. Though constantly haunted by her wicked past, Xena courageously battles mortals, gods, demigods, and monsters, and heroically protects the downtrodden, from the, force...



  • Alan Dean Foster

    New York Times"bestselling author Alan Dean Foster’s Jed the Dead is a comedic science fiction buddy road trip of interstellar proportions.   En route from Texas to the West Coast, Ross Ed Hager has an encounter of the most unusual...



  • P.N. Elrod; Nigel Bennett

    Centuries after serving the king of England as his vampire protector, Richard, now a highly paid anti-terrorist consultant to the Canadian government, is drawn into a deadly race to save his creator, the Lady Ardis, and with her all humanity....



  • Anne Kelleher Bush

    In a battle-scarred future America of seduction and sorcery, a final prophecy unfolds .. . A SECRET LEGACY WILL BAIT THE TRAP. A TWISTED FATE WILL SPRING IT. PRINCE RODERIC RIDENAU: Charged with the preservation of the old order, he must overc...



  • Gardner Dozois

    While humanity has been telling fantastic stories for millennia, fantasy fiction has only come into its own as a genre in the latter half of the twentieth century, as the works of such writers as J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert E. Howard have found a wide ...



  • John Barnes

    A mysterious foe wages a war of mutilation, annihilation, and extermination across a million alternate Earths, bent on the ultimate goal of enslaving the universe, with only the Crux Ops team, a Pittsburgh private eye, and a ten-year-old child standi...



  • Chris Claremont

    The momentous Ascension of Princess Elora Danan should have brought peace to the Thirteen Realms. Instead, an intense Shadow War rages, spearheaded by the evil Mohdri. He has dispatched his dread Black Rose commando assassins to capture Elora and her...



  • Deborah Chester

    For nine centuries the Emperor Kostimon has ruled the land. But this wondrous immortality stems from a bargain with the very source of evil itself--the Dark lord Beloth. Notit; as Kostimon's tenth and final lifetime begins, the shadow god is growing ...



  • Mercedes Lackey

    Filled with magic, intrigue, romance and adventure, Mercedes Lackey's world of Valdemar is one of the most popular domains in fantasy literature. Home to the Heralds and thier mysterious horselike Companions, the magical Tayledras Hawk-people, and of...



  • Ann M. Martin

    Trying to cheer up her twin, Anna, who has been diagnosed with scoliosis, Abby fears that the condition is driving them apart when Anna seems to not want Abby's help and begins to do things on her own....



  • Omar S. Castaneda

    Esperanza's Abuela, her grandmother, is unmatched in her skill in weaving traditional Mayan tapestries. She has shared her gift with her granddaughter, and now they plan to sell their goods at the market. However, the birthmark on Abuela's face may s...





  • Anita Brookner

    Standing on a railway platform in a Swiss resort town, sensibly clad in his Burberry raincoat and walking shoes, a man thinks he may be looking at the woman for whom he ruined his life many years earlier. Alan Sherwood, a quiet English solicitor, rem...



  • Cherie Bennett; Jeff Gottesfeld

    In one moment Nicole Burns's life changes forever. The sound of gunfire at an Anne Frank exhibit, the panic, the crowd, and Nicole is no longer Nicole. Whiplashed through time and space, she wakes to find herself a privileged Jewish girl living in Na...



  • Chris K. Soentpiet

    This vibrant, exuberant tour of New York City, illustrated in colorful, detailed watercolors, will delight children. A dark-haired girl and her mother walk through the streets and enjoy all of the fun the city has to offer on a summer day — stre...



  • Jamaica Kincaid

    From the recipient of the 2010 Clifton Fadiman Medal, an unforgettable novel of one woman's courageous coming-of-age Jamaica Kincaid's The Autobiography of My Mother is a story of love, fear, loss, and the forging of a character, an account of one w...



  • Patricia Polacco

    Babushka's doll was special. She had played with it only once, when she was a little girl like her high-spirited granddaughter, Natasha. Now Babushka is going to the store and it's Natasha's turn to take the little doll down from the high shelf. When...




  • Sook Nyul Choi

    There's always so much fuss over baby Kiju that Sunhi suspects her family doesn't have any interest in her anymore. Kiju is a sweet baby, but Sunhi can't help being jealous. Her grandmother understands just how Sunhi feels, and soon she and Sunhi h...



  • Bill Cosby

    Great stories about great kids, just like you! Little Bill and his friends want the new Space Explorers video game! But their parents won't buy it. How can Little Bill and his friends have fun without it? Written by America's most beloved comed...



  • Francine Pascal

    Steven Wakefield can't believe it: Beautiful, popular Jill Hale wants to go out with him! He knows that his girlfriend, Cathy Connors, will be heartbroken, but a guy's got to play the field. After all, he once had a killer crush on Jill, and going ou...



  • Joseph Skibell

    Joseph Skibell’s magical tale about the Holocaust -- a fable inspired by fact -- received unanimous nationwide acclaim when first published in 1997. At the center of A Blessing on the Moon is Chaim Skibelski. Death is merely the beginning of Chaim...



  • Diane Hoh

    In the wake of a terrible blizzard, Kate vows to help a homeless family that seeks refuge at the hospital despite Callie's protests, Abby fears for her wheelchair-bound boyfriend, and Sam risks his life to help someone. Original....



  • Robert Tine

    In Blood & Wine by Robert Tine, Alex Gates spends his days as a wine merchant catering to a wealthy clientele. But with his eye on more than just their business, he sets in motion a scheme involving one of his wealthiest customers--whose one-mill...



  • Robert Vaughan

    THE MEN SWARMED OUT OF THE NIGHT, BRANDISHING SWORDS OF BLOODY RIGHTEOUSNESS. WHEN THEY WERE DONE, INNOCENT LIVES WERE SHED, AND A NATION WAS ONE STEP CLOSER TO WAR... Blood on the Plains Between one man's mad dream and another's outla...



  • Arnon Grunberg

    Expelled from school and estranged from his father, a cynical young man wanders the streets of Amsterdam, spending his remaining funds on prostitutes and surviving on the strength of his wit and humor...



  • Francine Pascal

    A week of sun, fun, and parties--what could be more perfect? Having a boyfriend, thinks Ellen Riteman. She's the only Unicorn who doesn't have one. But she's lucky for two reasons. Curtis Bowman--the cutest boy ever--happens to be on board. And the U...





  • Eli Gottlieb

    Winner of the American Academy’s Rome Prize for Fiction and the McKitterick Prize, Eli Gottlieb’s tender, harrowing coming-of-age novel finally returns to print. Denny Graubart, child-narrator and “domestic surveillance expert,” is having som...



  • Bruce Coville

    In a collection of hair-raising tales guaranteed to haunt the imagination, a boy's ghost takes ever the body of a professional ball player, a monster-hunting librarian does some ghostbusting, and a sloppy boy is haunted by a ghost pig. Original....



  • Paul Clayton

    When a rival tribe acquires guns from Spanish slavers, Calling Crow's own tribe is seriously threatened, and he considers approaching the English enemies of the Spaniards in the hopes of forging an alliance. Original....



  • Loui Bernieres

    Following THE TROUBLESOME OFFSPRING OF CARDINAL GUZMAN, a novel set on a Greek island in 1940 about the eternal triangle that develops between a doctor's daughter, her fisherman fiance and a young officer who is billeted in the doctor's house....



  • Patrick McCabe

    Patrick McCabe, whom the San Francisco Chronicle called "one of the most brilliant writers ever to come out of Ireland," presents another compelling novel of small-town Ireland that leaves its indelible mark on the canon of classic fiction. Carn is t...



  • Robin Ballard



  • Joanne Rocklin

    Dressed up and ready to attend a birthday party, Pauline is distraught to find that her hamster has chewed up the invitation, leaving the number 5 as the only clue to where the party is taking place. Original....



  • Tessa Krailing

    Sam, Jo, Matthew, and Katie have a very important petsitting job. They must protect Sophia, a beautiful, valuable, pedigreed cat, from a mysterious cat burglar. But just who is the cat burglar? Who really owns Sophia? The kids begin to wonder what's ...




  • Dolores Johnson

    STRENGTHENING THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY Each year on December 26, the African American holiday of Kwanzaa begins. What is the purpose of Kwanzaa? How did it get its start? Dolores Johnson's easy-to-follow guide gives detailed descriptions ...




  • Michael Dorris

    Ten years after his "dazzling" (San Francisco Chronicle), "unforgettable" (Newsday) bestselling debut novel, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, Michael Dorris returns to the family at the core of that work to write the rich score of the "full-blown, comple...



  • Suzann Ledbetter

    A beautiful spitfire whose skill at cards and guns has made her a legend in the West, Dianna Redieu finds herself drawn into a deadly gambit to uncover a secret army of Confederate sympathizers, dominated by a handsome renegade. Original....




  • David Malouf

    A new work of fiction by the author of Remembering Babylon. It is 1827, and, in a remote hut high on the plains of New South Wales, two strangers spend the night in talk. One, an illiterate Irishman, and ex-convict and bushranger, is to be hanged at ...





  • Immanuel Suttner

    A collection of interviews with prominent South African Jews who played key roles in the struggle against Apartheid. These include leaders of the African National Congress, Trade Union movement, South African Communist Party, and cultural figures lik...



  • Clive Barker

    Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. A gigantic, superlatively edited historical overview of horror fiction.” ―Chicago Sun-Times

    In The Dark Descent, hailed as one of the most important anthologies ever to examine horro...




  • Martyn Godfrey

    Garrett discovers that the mystery guest at his grandmother's bed-and-breakfast is young supermodel Leighla Livingston, who is trying to escape from mounting career pressures, he helps her steer clear of the danger that threatens to take her out of t...



  • William Boyd

    This new collection of eleven stories by the author of The Blue Afternoon takes readers back in time from a contemporary Hollywood film shoot to World War I in Vienna, introducing an unforgettable cast of characters. Artful, witty, moving, The Destin...




  • Thomas Mallon

    From a writer whose last book, Henry and Clara, prompted John Updike to declare Thomas Mallon one of the most interesting American novelists at work, comes a story that perfectly captures the delightful romance and wistful magic of our recent, and mo...




  • Steve Englehart




  • Tessa Krailing

    The Petsitters are taking care of Buster, the mad, chew-everything dog! But their minds are often elsewhere, thinking about Dillon, a sad, neglected little donkey last seen standing all alone in a field. When they find out that he's is going to be so...




  • Dan Greenburg

    Zack isn't thrilled about having to get a tooth pulled, but a trip to the orthodontist proves a lot hairier than he ever expected. Nice old Dr. Silver has been replaced by the fang- toothed Dr. Jekyll, a mouthwash-guzzling mad scientist whose secret ...



  • Marcia T. Jones; Debbie Dadey

    THERE ARE SOME PRETTY WEIRD GROWN-UPS LIVING IN BAILEY CITY. Jewel's Pizza Castle is the hottest new restaurant in town. But there are rumbles coming from the basement and loud noises emerging from the kitchen. A moody chef is blamed for all the comm...



  • G. Clifton Wisler

    Orion Howe, a fourteen-year old boy serving in the army as a drummer boy, receives the Medal of Honor for risking his life by running through a battlefield to tell General Sherman that his regiment is running out of ammunition....



  • Katy Hall

    What is the best game to play on Easter? Basketball!

    What is an Easter egg's favorite kind of book? A yolk book like this one!

    These egg-cellent Easter riddles are sure to make readers crack up. Inside, lift the flaps to find out the answer...



  • David Carkeet

    New York Times Notable Book: “The sorrows of Job [visit] a St. Louis nut salesman, with hilarious results . . . [A] wry updating of the biblical tragedy” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).   In this “astute, entertaining nove...





  • Charlotte Hardy

    Convinced that life offers more than she can find in her small Irish village, Brid Flynn is reluctant to marry local boy Garrett Doyle. He may be the most eligible bachelor in her village, but she is not sure she loves him. And his quiet, persistent ...



  • Leona Blair

    "Blair takes us behind the closed doors of the Victorian era" (Booklist) in this grand drama of passion and ambition.  Fascination unfolds aboard a sumptuous ocean liner bound for England, where three elegant women vie for the attention of magnetic...