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New Books List: 647 titles


  • Robin Wasserman

    FOUND: One girl, age 13. Unconscious. Unharmed. Unclaimed. Unidentified. LOST: Everything. JD is on the run, searching for answers about her past...and about the strange and dangerous abilities she's beginning to discover she has. She knows she can...



  • W.E.B. Griffin

    Critics and fans alike welcomed the return of the Men at War series with The Saboteurs. Now Canidy, Fulmar, and colleagues in the Office of Strategic Services face an even greater task-to convince Hitler and the Axis powers that the invasion of the E...



  • Don Pendleton

    BLOOD SACRIFICE Guatemalan rebels have discovered a new way to finance a campaign of terror. They are looting rare Mayan artifacts and selling them for millions. The location of the jungle tomb is a secret to all but the rebel army, which has tapp...



  • P.W. Storm

    The client is the CIA, as a beautiful, seductive Company agent enlists the help of Mad Dog and his men. The assignment is Uzbekistan, where an America-hating warlord plans to assassinate the country's newly elected, U.S.-supported president. But the ...



  • Don Pendleton

    CRITICAL INTERCEPTION Mack Bolan is directed to use any means necessary to defuse a crisis that puts the United States in the hot seat. Iran's hardliners are pushing an extremist agenda, defying U.N. rulings and amassing an arsenal with bio and nu...



  • Hailey Lind

    Since she went legit, Annie Kincaid's been applying her genius for fine-art forgery to her own faux-finishing business in San Francisco. She hasn't seen the inside of a jail cell since she was seventeen, although sometimes it takes all of her arts--f...



  • Lori Avocato

    IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A PLANE! IT'S PAULINE! Normally, insurance fraud investigator Pauline Sokol likes to keep her feet firmly on the ground. But her latest undercover assignment has the aero-phobic ex-nurse flying high--as she takes off to ground a ...



  • Kaye Morgan

    Maiden's Bay is a small, scenic town on the Oregon coast where citizens get their number fix thanks to Liza Kelly--sudoku maven with the Oregon Daily. Her challenging puzzles sharpen the mind, and her deductive skills unravel even the most enigmatic ...




  • Ellen Byerrum

    Home of the helmet hairdo and congressional comb-over, Washington, D.C., is a hotbed of fashion faux pas. If anyone should know, its "Crimes of Fashion" columnist Lacey Smithsonian. She dishes out advice to the scandal-scorched and clothing-clueless,...



  • Siobhan Ciminera

    Who better than Puppy Scooby-Doo to teach little ones all about how to care for their own puppy? With tips for brushing, playing, feeding, and more, children will love this fun nonfiction book narrated by the world’s cutest pup -- Puppy Scooby-Doo....



  • Phillip Depoy

    Having grown up in the rural mountains of Appalachia, folklorist and academician Fever Devilin understands that secrets, especially among mountain folk, never die--they just get buried deeper. No truer than with his own strange heritage, now exposed ...



  • Philip Gulley

    It is hard to believe that it's Sam Gardner's sixth year as pastor of Harmony Friends Meeting. He never thought he'd last this long. But when circumstances come up that cause him to take a leave of absence from his post, the real question arises: wil...



  • CeCe Winans

    Becoming the princess God intended you to be has a lot to do with discovering -- who you are as His daughter and who you can be as a sister to those who walk beside you. Award-winning singer CeCe Winans has a heart for God and a heart for you and yo...



  • Tracey Victoria Bateman / Tracey Bateman

    When thirty-something Tabby Brockman has the opportunity to reclaim her role as a killed-off character on the nation's #1 daytime soap opera, she figures this must be God's reward. But back on the set, she's faced with the same hateful head writer wh...



  • Cheryl Crouch

    Chosen Girls is a dynamic new series that communicates a message of empowerment and hope to Christian youth who want to live out their faith. These courageous and compelling girls stand for their beliefs and encourage others to do the same. When thei...



  • Dave Jackson

    "He came to pay a debt He didn't owe because I owed a debt I couldn't pay." Murderer. It's a word few people ever expect to apply to them. But for fourteen-year-old Ray, it's suddenly a reality. Provoked by a gang leader into the random shooting of a...




  • Tracie Peterson

    Born into affluence, Mia Stanley is a winsome socialite with a knack for matchmaking. She's also a writer for magazine, much to the disdain of her family--and their society friends. A proper young lady of her social standing isn't meant to labor in s...



  • Jennifer O'Neill

    Real life, with its greatest hurts and grandest dreams, is the basis for CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, JUST OFF MAIN, a deeply engaging faith-centered fiction series for real women from all walks of life written by actress Jennifer O'Neill.

    Book three, A Spr...



  • Siri Mitchell

    Though Stars and Stripes reporter Allie O'Connor has lived in Japan for two years, she still feels like a foreigner. As her best friend prepares to move away, she prays for a new friend. Just a friend. Soon after this prayer she runs into Eric Lar...



  • Bret Lott

    In C.S. Lewis's classic The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Lucy asks if Aslan the lion is safe. It is quickly clarified that Aslan is not safe...but he is good. That concept serves as the foundation for this collection of short stories. While writ...



  • Wanda E. Brunstetter

    School's Out! And so is Rachel, with trouble following close on her barefooted heels! Nine-year-old Rachel Yoder is a delightfully high-spirited Amish girl who finds plenty of trouble amid the rolling hills of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. When she...



  • Kay Arthur

    Bestselling author Kay Arthur and dynamic Bible teacher Janna Arndt offer a great new inductive Bible study for kids. You're a Brave Man, Daniel! lets kids join Max, Molly, and Sam (the great detective beagle) as they produce an exciting television s...



  • Donna Hill

    A reluctant member of the first wives' club--her husband left her for a woman half her age--Elizabeth Lewis had sworn off men. Then sexy contractor Ron Powers charmed his way into her life--and into her bed. With Ron, Elizabeth finally learned what i...



  • Shannon McKenna

    The first collection of the super-sexy, beautifully written stories that put Shannon McKenna in the forefront of hot romance! Shannon McKenna writes blazing hot heroes and her readers know it. Men who are hard and handsome. Potent and protective....



  • Kate Welsh

    FROG FOR A HOUSEMATE...PRINCE FOR A HUSBAND? Feisty tomboy Samantha Hopewell wasn't the marrying kind--and neither was her handsome new housemate, Italian speedboat driver Niccol Verdini. But when the sexy, oh-so- charming playboy was nearly kille...



  • Jessica Bird

    SEAN O'BANYON HAS GOT IT BAD FOR LIZZIE BOND. AND THAT'S NOT GOOD . . . Take-no-prisoners deal-maker Sean O'Banyon (aka SOB) ate Wall Street financiers for lunch. So why was he losing sleep over a fresh-scrubbed nurse in old jeans and a too-big T-...



  • Miranda Lee

    One night of shame...endless nights of pleasure Jordan has struggled to forget Gino Bortelli, the arrogant, sexy Italian with whom she had an affair ten years before. Things had ended abruptly, but Jordan still craved Gino's touch. No man yet ...



  • Jennifer Lewis

    "IF YOU'RE HAVING MY CHILD, YOU WILL MARRY ME." Powerful oil tycoon Elan Al Mansur never wanted Sara Daly as his new assistant. Her lush curves and alluring scent would only prove a distraction to what mattered most to him: business. But one night...



  • Anne McAllister

    Tycoon seeks wife for one week's employment... In order to secure a contract, Spence Tyack needed a wife for a week. A wife he could show in public, and bed in private. But who could fill the position? Certainly not his buttoned-down, efficien...



  • Susan Fox

    The rancher's convenient wife Fay Sheridan is facing the bleakest moment of her life. As a fierce storm surges around her, one man plucks her from despair and into safety: Chase Rafferty. Rugged rancher Chase knows there is a fun-loving yo...



  • Bette Ford

    Funny, sexy, and hot, ex-NBA star Ralph Prescott is Vanessa Grant's dream lover. He's also a notorious, no-good player -- the wrong kind of man for a woman with big responsibilities. But at a mutual friend's lavish wedding, passion and curiosity get ...



  • Sandra Kitt

    Lights, camera, ATTRACTION... SAVANNAH SHELTON knows the City of Angels breaks hearts more often than it fulfills dreams. Her late father spent fruitless years trying to make it big as an actor. Among his possessions, Savannah finds papers that hi...



  • Roxanne St. Claire

    A PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS Miami millionaire Parker Garrison had dated his way through most every eligible woman in the city. So when he needed a last-minute escort he turned to his ever efficient assistant. Who knew unpretentious Anna Cross would ...



  • Jennifer Taylor

    The Italian's newfound family Arriving in beautiful Sardinia to take up her new position as junior registrar, Dr. Kelly Carlyon is horrified to find her new boss is Luca Ferrero, the brooding Italian who once broke her heart. But the hands...



  • Linda Ford

    Holly Hope surrounds herself with romance, even at work. Her cafe, J?ava Moi, is a haven for people in love. She simply adores special moments, thoughtful gestures - all the charm of romantic love. Steele Davis, on the other hand, lives up to his nam...



  • Kimberly Van Meter

    One night is all it takes One night of loosened inhibitions and Natalie Simmons's world has come completely unraveled. It must have been the experience of the white-water rafting. Or maybe it was the result of being dumped and on the rebound. Eith...



  • Whitney Lyles

    In the latest from the author of Always the Bridesmaid, Cate and Ethan are happily married at last-but it looks like the honeymoon is over. Cate Padgett is no longer a permanent bridesmaid. Having found a love of her own with Ethan, she's enjoyin...



  • Kathryn Springer

    To: Rachel From: Andrew Re: I've met the most fascinating single mom... Everyone thinks I'm this high-living playboy.... I wish I could reveal my real mission in life: rescuing missing children. Though right now, helping Miranda Jones is my top prio...



  • Suzanne Macpherson

    The Awful Truth about Emily Ruth Lucas Griffin has come to Port Gamble for one purpose: to get the Griffin family summer home out of the clutches of his evil ex-wife, Emily Ruth Griffin. But before he can blink twice, she drops dead in the lo...



  • Leslie Kelly / Leslie A. Kelly
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    A little con Investigator Lucy Bell is looking for a runaway groom. Fortunately, the almost-best-man (who's tastier than a double chocolate cheesecake) likely knows where he is. All Lucy needs is a little deception--and a whole lot of hot 'n' sw...



  • Anne Mather

    The marriage was over... but what about their baby? Five years ago, Jane's marriage to Demetri Souvakis ended. Devastated and betrayed, she left him and started a new life. Now Demetri needs an heir and demands a divorce. But they have one las...



  • Lucy Ann Peters

    She Said Gillian Wilcox came back to scenic Rocky Falls, Maine, to take over the family business--and things are humming along fine until developer Jack Turner walks into her life, planning to take over the town and her sawmill. So he actually seems...



  • Merrillee Whren

    Father Knows Best Raising daughters wasn't easy for a single dad, especially when one daughter was a troubled teen with questionable friends. So Grady Reynolds moved his family to small- town Pinecrest, Washington, hoping for a fresh start. Instead ...



  • Katherine Garbera

    HOSTILE TAKEOVER Flatly refused a promotion by her tycoon father, heiress Tempest Lambert offered her services to his worst enemy. But was it the job she wanted, or just her new boss, the devastatingly handsome Gavin Renard? He'd made millions ...



  • Mary J. Forbes

    FROM DONOR...TO DAD It was a call that changed Will Rubens's life. The rugged Alaskan bush pilot had just learned he was his nephew's biological father. And the bearer of this shocking piece of news was a remarkable, irresistibly attractiv...



  • Mary Anne Wilson

    A Modern-Day Pirate Picks the Wrong Woman to Plunder Covering for her father while he takes a much-needed vacation, Dr. Morgan Kelly thinks she's ready for anything--until she has to play nursemaid to Ethan Grace. Even though the handsome develope...



  • Jane Graves

    SHE HAS CAVIAR DREAMS ON A SPAM BUDGET Trophy wife Darcy McDaniel has just discovered that, thanks to her embezzling husband, her posh, upper-class life is gone for good. Now she's trading her suburban palace for a trailer park and her weekly salon ...



  • Gail Gaymer Martin

    Escape to beautiful Beaver Island could be the answer to Marsha Sullivan's need for a fresh start. Since her husband's death four years ago, Marsha had lost her way, but on Beaver Island, she had good memories to help guide her. Running into Jeff, he...



  • Sara Craven

    Laine waited for her handsome new husband, Daniel Flynn, to come to her on their wedding night--knowing that their marriage was a sham. Daniel didn't love her--he was just fulfilling a promise he'd made to take care of her.... So Laine fle...



  • Jennie Adams

    An Italian single father, a motherless child... Bella Gable never wanted to see rich, handsome Luchino Montichelli ever again! They had a brief romance in Italy when she was young and naive, but when Bella discovered Luc had betrayed her, it broke h...



  • Susanne James

    The boss's practical proposal... Cryssie knows Jed Hunter's type--ruthless, wealthy and used to women falling at his feet. But when Jed offers her a job, she has to accept: she has her sister and nephew to support. Working with Jed is e...



  • Abby Green

    His revenge was simple: she would be his bride... When Greek shipping magnate Alexandros Kouros wed Kallie Demarchis, media photos showed them madly in love. But behind the happy scenes lay a different story.... Love had nothing to do with it; ...



  • Lisa Plumley

    With no skills besides scoring the perfect stilettos, maxing out her credit card, and partying till dawn, Marisol Winston is about to get a lesson in the real world--and in love... After years of perfecting her party-girl image, Marisol wants to op...



  • Elizabeth Blackwell

    This is my last hope, because I am desperate. Desperately in love with you and desperate to understand what happened. So begins the passionate letter Cassie Armstrong finds hidden among her grandmother's quilting supplies. It's signed with the mys...



  • Wendy Markham

    Why they say you can't go home again: - The old diner serves sushi. - The stay-at-home moms drive Hummers. - The only house you can afford is haunted. - Your new neighbor is your unrequited high-school crush. And he's still hot. Fed up with her moo...



  • Christine Rimmer

    THE THUNDER CANYON NUGGET There's a reason Grant Clifton's one of the most eligible bachelors in Thunder Canyon: This rancher turned business whiz makes women melt like Montana snow on a hot summer day! And this mover and shaker's many charms aren...



  • Donna Alward

    Secrets are hard to keep in a small town... But Grace Lundquist is determined to hide her pain. Hardworking and always cheerful, she's the town's sweetheart. Everybody loves her.... Grace knows that one man isn't fooled. When Mike Gardner looks ...



  • Elizabeth Bevarly

    Millionaire of the Month: Matthias Barton Source of Fortune: The family business Source of consternation: His personal assistant His dependable assistant of five years had done the unthinkable: she had rendered Matthias speechless. She was takin...



  • Diana Hamilton

    She's carrying his baby--so she will be his bride! Italian billionaire Francesco Mastroianni was captivated by Anna. But their passionate affair was cut short when Anna's father attempted to blackmail Francesco into marrying her. Seven mon...



  • Linda Goodnight

    To: Ashley From: Samantha Re: Sis, I've seen him again! Remember the handsome missionary I met during the modeling shoot? Well, his name's Eric Pellegrino--he's the new assistant director at the adoption agency here in Chestnut Grove! He's...



  • Sophia Shaw

    A Seductive Dream Becomes... Hard-working Cadence Carter can't believe her dreams are finally coming true. With her artistic career finally taking off, she moves to sunny Orlando, Florida. Once there, things really begin to heat up when she meets ru...



  • Barbara Hannay

    The black sheep's proposal Returning from a charity cycle ride through the Himalayas, Simone is determined to finally deal with the dreadful secret she's kept, and move on with her life. Until the diary into which she poured her troubled h...



  • Angela Winters

    With four grown children and a multimillion-dollar empire, Janet Chase has been the perfect partner to her husband Steven, Founder and CEO of Chase Beauty. But her well-ordered world seems to be falling apart... Daughter-in-law Kimberly Chase has...



  • Stef Ann Holm

    Restaurant critic Kate Larson's review of a local rib joint hasn't gone over too well with some of its firefighter regulars. And now one of them--a very handsome hoseman--is determined to prove she's got it all wrong....

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  • Wayne Jordan

    Barbados sugar plantation owner Shayne Knight fantasizes about escaping into the arms of a beautiful stranger--and lovely, sensual travel agent Carla Thompson is the answer to his secret desires. When he's called away suddenly, he vows to return to t...



  • Nina Malkin

    New York City, here she comes! Babylon Edison is headed for a summer gig at Orange, the most fabulous magazine around. She and her fellow editors will be planning stories, running photo shoots, interviewing the hottest stars, and scoping out the cool...



  • Darlene Gardner

    Clay Dillon is everyone's hero -- especially to his family. So when his kid sister needs a kidney, he tracks down Jenna Wright. Jenna's the only one who can help, but to gain her trust he has to lie. Jenna believes Clay can be everything...



  • Jessica Hart

    Meredith West Likes: coffee shops, nice shoes, London Dislikes: spiders, the Outback, Hal Granger! Hal Granger Dislikes: cool, unflappable, distracting city girls Likes: one city girl in particular... Meredith's been forced to take a job on...



  • Sandra Hill

    DEEP... As project manager for Jinx Inc.'s underground hunt for pearls, it's ex-Amish Navy SEAL Caleb Peachy's job to keep his PhDiva consultant in check. It ain't easy: archaeologist extraordinaire "Crazy" Claire Cassidy is annoyingly clever, exoti...



  • Allie Pleiter

    Opening a Christian coffeehouse in Seattle-- that was my dream. I wanted to call it Maggie Black's Higher Grounds. So when banker William Grey III denied my loan, I was crushed. But then Mr. Grey (who's a tea drinker--figures!) explained that i...



  • Alison Roberts

    Eligible bachelor doctor seeks wife. It may not be entirely true, but Dr. Ryan Fisher has a reputation for being a bit of a playboy. His charm wins over the patients and the female staff--all except one woman. The one he really wants. Dr. Hann...



  • Crystal Green

    FROM BILLIONAIRE BACHELOR...TO DEDICATED DADDY? Wild child and wealthy heir Lucas Chandler used to dance with starlets and socialites -- until he had to dance at his own wedding! New York society was stunned when the former playboy announced his s...



  • Emilie Rose

    ENGAGING THE PRINCE American Madeline Spencer arrived in glitzy Monaco with dreams of a vacation fling. Dangerously attractive and maddeningly mysterious Damon Rossi filled the bill. Their nights of soaring passion left Madeline breathless--and cr...



  • Margaret Way

    Needed: a mother for the cattle baron's daughter... Marissa Devlin has vowed to protect her orphaned half brother--even if it means becoming governess to the daughter of dark, brooding Holt McMaster. Marissa soon feels like a mother to Holt...



  • Cathy Gillen Thacker

    She'll Run the Ranch--and Her Life -- Her Way! Rebecca Carrigan is determined to run an alpaca ranch in the middle of Texas cattle country, and succeed on her own! What she doesn't count on is constant interference from Trevor McCabe, the bossy ...



  • Nicole Foster

    Julene Santiago couldn't understand why Rafe Garrett had let her leave all those years ago. Sure, no one believed that the rough-and-tumble rancher could measure up to the beautiful, brainy Jule. Certainly not Jule's father nor Rafe's adpotive ...



  • Marie Ferrarella

    I, Philippe Zabelle (wealthy software designer, callous playboy, totally un-handy man), do hereby hire contractor Janice Diane Wyatt to renovate my home (but not make significant changes in my life, like making me fall for her, a single mom). I ...



  • Stephanie Bond
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    A little con Investigator Lucy Bell is looking for a runaway groom. Fortunately, the almost-best-man (who's tastier than a double chocolate cheesecake) likely knows where he is. All Lucy needs is a little deception--and a whole lot of hot 'n' sw...



  • Yvonne Lindsay

    HE'D MAKE HER PAY Lana Whittaker had been clueless about her husband's affair. Until his tragic death-- leaving his mistress clinging to life, their unborn child's future hanging in the balance. And the most shocking: Lana was left penniless, home...



  • Tara Taylor Quinn

    Sara Calhoun has a perfectly orchestrated life. Until she opens her door one morning to come face-to-face with Ryan, the son she'd loved--and given up for adoption twenty-one years ago. Sara's memory of the night Ryan was conceived is virtually nonex...



  • Joanne Rock

    Danielle Chevalier has a taste for the finer things in life, especially the lush, exotic scents she creates at her fragrance business. Under pressure from her brother to sell the small outfit, Danielle is thrilled when she's invited to an exclusive c...



  • Heidi Betts
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    A little con Investigator Lucy Bell is looking for a runaway groom. Fortunately, the almost-best-man (who's tastier than a double chocolate cheesecake) likely knows where he is. All Lucy needs is a little deception--and a whole lot of hot 'n' sw...



  • Brenda Mott

    His last chance, her only hope Seven years ago Lucas Blaylock let his dark family history cost him a future with Miranda Ward. Now the independent Montana cowgirl needs him to help find her missing sister. This time Lucas won't let Miranda down. T...



  • Lori Foster

    With his perfectly chiseled, lava-hot body, Simon Evans, an ex-fighter, also has a perfect life -- great job, great girl, and more than enough dough. All that changes, though, when he catches his girlfriend cheating. To shake things up, Simon goes fu...



  • Carol Marinelli

    A mother for his son. Dedicated consultant and devoted single dad Hamish Adams is the heartthrob of the emergency room. Hamish's life is a nonstop juggling act. Between caring for his young son and managing his demanding job, Hamish has no tim...



  • Pamela Browning

    The wrong twin, And the right one... Only Rick McCullough knows the real reason he married Martine Barrineau instead of her twin, Trista. Best friends since the age of nine, the three were inseparable. But it was Trista with whom he'd always ...



  • Janet Dailey

    Life in Glory, Wyoming, population fifty-one, isn't exactly exciting. The dusty old town isn't even on the map. And for rancher Luke McCallister, that's just fine. Broken by tragedy, the stoic cowboy spends his time at his Ten Bar Ranch o...



  • Chantelle Shaw

    Revenge, passion and an arranged marriage... Duke Javier Herrera needs a wife in order to inherit his family's banking business. In Grace Beresford, whose father swindled Javier out of millions, Javier can take revenge and a convenient wife. A...



  • C.J. Carmichael

    Who says history can't repeat itself? Few people can say they're starring in a real-life version of Romeo and Juliet. And single mom Leigh certainly doesn't want to play the role of disapproving mother. But when her daughter runs off t...



  • Jennifer Greene
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    Crazy for the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" ever since she was a carefree teen, a successful attorney decides to visit the song's namesake Caribbean island. Too bad her assistant books her a ticket to Kokomo, Indiana, instead... where there's no beach, but a ...



  • Stevi Mittman
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    In this lighthearted mystery, a decorator remodeling her family's beach house discovers her mother's lost love letters... to a Mafia don!...



  • Olivia Gates

    Her boss and husband. Walking away from her husband, surgeon Roque Aguiar Da Costa, was the hardest thing Jewel Johanssen had ever done. After the loss of their baby and her subsequent infertility, Jewel was too hurt to see the truth--that Roque l...



  • Rachel Gibson

    Maddie Dupree isn't in Truly, Idaho, looking for a husband, a boyfriend, or anything in between. Maddie is determined to uncover the untold story about the town's sordid past--her past. As a child, Maddie lost everything, and now she's back at the...



  • Victoria Chancellor

    Can An Old-Fashioned Cowboy... The minute Raven York sets foot in Brody's Crossing, Texas, she knows there's been a mistake. Expecting to find a heritage garden to restore, she lands instead on the doorstep of the town's hottest cowboy, who's fighti...



  • Susan Mallery

    Nothing's hotter than a disaster in the making... After three romantic flame-outs in a year and a restaurant career going nowhere, Dani Buchanan needs a fresh start. She goes looking for her biological father, but never expects to find a senator r...



  • Tanya Michaels

    Here Comes Trouble! People who knew Treble James called her Trouble. Although she'd returned to Joyous, Tennessee, to help her sister through a rough pregnancy, the townsfolk expected their former wild child to get bored and run back to Atlanta lo...



  • Molly O'Keefe

    Their attraction can't stay covert forever Special agent Maggie Fitzgerald has her mission. Go deep undercover as reclusive journalist Caleb Gomez's cleaning woman. Then swipe his intel on infamous crime lord Benny Delgado. Unfortunately Caleb ...



  • Angela Weaver

    Department of Justice operative Miranda Tyler has her hands full. The maternally-challenged beauty has been drafted to hide the daughter of a witness in a high-profile, murder case. The assignment means returning to her Georgia hometown and seeking h...



  • Kathleen Y'Barbo

    As executive chef at Austin's exclusive Bentley Crown Hotel, Bliss Denison thought she had it all. Then an accident changed her life and she found she really had - not much of anything. She returns home to Latagnier, Louisiana, hoping to rest and ree...



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  • Luanne Rice

    Sister Bernadette Ignatius has returned to Ireland in the company of Tom Kelly to search for the past--and the son--they left behind. For it was here that these two long-ago lovers spent a season of magic before Bernadette's calling led her to a voca...



  • Melanie Schuster

    Funny and feisty true-crime writer Dakota Phillips has almost everything she wants. She's still looking for the perfect man: very tall, very educated and very cultured--all wrapped up in rich chocolate brown. So far, her insecurities about her genero...



  • Helenkay Dimon

    Her mouth should be a dangerous weapon. So should his--but for different reasons. Thrown together by chance--and a pair of handcuffs--they're about to make Hawaii even steamier... Never Let Me Go Annie Parks came to Hawaii to gather information...



  • Cleo Coyle

    In the world of high-octane coffee shops, asking for a decaf is a good way to get a hot jolt of scorn. But Clare Cosi, manager of the historic Village Blend, is determined to please all of her customers, even if it kills her... Get the Lead Out ...



  • Ann Purser

    She's mopped up Murder on Monday and sussed out Secrets on Saturday. Surely Sunday, of all days, should be crime free. But working-class mum, cleaner extraordinaire, and part-time sleuth Lois Meade is about to discover that not everyone believes in ...



  • Brett Battles

    Meet Jonathan Quinn: a freelance operative with a take-no-prisoners style and the heart of a loner. His job? Professional "cleaner." Nothing too violent, just disposing of bodies, doing a little cleanup if necessary. But in Brett Battles's electrifyi...



  • Greg Cox

    Earth's greatest protectors-Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman-have vanished. The cities of Metropolis and Gotham are overrun with criminal activity both on the streets and behind the closed doors of powerful corporations as villains take advantage o...



  • Oh!great

    LIFT OFF!

    Itsuki finally forms his own Air Treck team, but his roommate, legal guardian, and all-around hot babe, Rika, confiscates his Air Trecks and forbids him to ever skate again! Does she really just have Itsuki’s best interests at hear...



  • Tadashi Kawashima

    SUICIDE VIRUS

    A strange virus is making its way around the globe, causing its victims to commit suicide"and becoming a lethal pandemic in less than a week. Now a group of Tokyo teens who have survived the outbreak are wondering why they are ...



  • Camilla d'Errico

    WICKED WISH-CRAFT?

    Hana’s life as a loner"in school and at home"brightens only when she’s masquerading as someone else online or chilling with her imaginary BFF (Best Friend Forever), rock star Avril Lavigne. But Hana’s daily grind i...



  • Clare Bell

    Because she has shown her mastery of the red tongue, ratha now leads the Named. she oversees the Firekeepers--members of the clan with a special charge--and the rituals, herding, and governance; but she often wonders if the power of fire has corrupte...



  • Susan Sizemore

    They are the Enforcers. An elite group of vampires who must serve and protect their secret community--and uphold the...Laws of the Blood Selena Crawford is a Chicago homicide detective. She is also the unwilling companion of Istuan, chief of the ...



  • Joseph Delaney

    Now it's the dark's turn to be afraid The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts. But now there's some unfinished business to attend to in Priestown. Deep in the cataco...



  • Ellen Schreiber

    The most important night of the year is drawing near . . . but not without a little trouble from the Underworld Dullsville's newest night-faring intruder may be only a tween, but Raven knows that Valentine Maxwell, the younger sibling of two nefario...



  • John Twelve Hawks

    A SHATTERING VISION OF A SOCIETY WHERE BOTH HOPE AND FREEDOM ARE ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR. TWO BROTHERS born into a race of Travelers -- prophets able to journey to different realms of consciousness -- have just discovered that their long lost father may ...



  • Jennifer Roberson

    ALISANOS: THE DEEPWOOD -- a magical world that is home to demons, a thousand gods, and numerous other magical entities. But it is not just an environment. For the deepwood is sentient -- alive in a far different way than a normal forest. Even its m...



  • Donita K. Paul

    Three years of strife have passed since Kale and Bardon freed Paladin's knights. Now, fiery dragons scorch their beautiful countryside as an evil husband-and-wife wizard duo battle one another for supremacy. The people of Amara just want to be left a...



  • Timothy Carter

    In his fourteen years, Vincent Drear has been sure of a few of things. First, the world is going to end. And until it does, he has two jobs: saving souls and protesting movies about boy wizards. But Vincent wonders if there's more to life than this. ...



  • Gail Dayton

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  • Carole Wilkinson

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  • Masatsugu Iwase

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  • George Bryan Polivka

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  • J.K. Rowling

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  • Morgan Howell

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  • Miyuki Kobayashi

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  • Simon Morden

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  • Neil Gaiman

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  • David Drake

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  • Fumi Yoshinaga

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  • Yuki Urushibara

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  • Raymond E. Feist; Joel Rosenberg

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  • Michael A. Stackpole

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  • Yugi Yamada

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  • Wayne Thomas Batson

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  • Kathryn Lasky

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  • Patricia Bray

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  • Robert E. Howard

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  • Sarah Mlynowski

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  • Emma Bull

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  • Elizabeth Haydon

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  • Sherryl Jordan

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  • Anne Mazer

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  • David Bilsborough

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  • Allan Cole

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  • Elizabeth Bear

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  • Jason Lethcoe

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  • Robin D. Owens

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  • Betool Khedairi

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  • Kathleen O'Dell

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  • Aoibheann Sweeney

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  • J.C. Greenburg

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  • Bali Rai

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  • Marcy Kelman

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  • Urban Books

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  • Alex Richards

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  • Ellen Sussman

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  • Susan Wilkowski

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  • Alastair J. Hatter

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  • Dan Andreasen

    Here is a delectable counting book that goes all the way to thirteen--a baker's dozen. Steaming German chocolate cakes, perfectly formed cherry pies, and gooey jelly rolls are just a few of the jolly baker's sweet treats.

    Preschoolers will enj...



  • Irini Spanidou

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  • Nicholas Christopher

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  • Stephanie Calmenson

    "For monkeys like us, Bananas will please. But for you, birthday mouse, Here's a big chunk of . . ."

    Birthday cake? Mud pie? No, it's cheese!

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  • TRUE Kelley

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  • S.A. Harazin

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  • Paul Meisel

    When it comes to basketball, the Porker twins, Brendan and Belinda, are at the top of their game. They shoot hoops every chance they get, they practice regularly, and at night they study televised pro games with their dad. He hopes that one day t...



  • Alexandra Enders

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  • Katherine Center

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  • Janet Morgan Stoeke

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  • Rae Meadows

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  • Torsten Krol

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  • Dan Danko; Tom Mason

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  • Carol Muske-Dukes

    Fresh out of graduate school, Holly Mattox is a young, newly married, and spirited poet who moves to New York City from Minnesota in the early 1970's. Hoping to share her passion for words and social justice, Holly is also determined to contribute to...



  • Robert Lohr

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  • Joanna Klink

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  • J.L. Powers

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  • Doug Stumpf

    Brazilian-born Gil shines the shoes of the richest, most powerful men on the face of the earth--Wall Street traders and execs, uninhibited as they are ruthless. To most of these money mandarins, shoeshine boys are usually invisible, as are Gil's frie...



  • Jamie Malanowski

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  • Ellen Datlow

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  • Staton Rabin

    Alexei Romanov, heir to the Russian throne, is in deadly danger. It¹s 1916, the struggling Russian people are tired of war and are blaming their Romanov rulers for it, and some are secretly plotting to murder the young heir and his family. But nobo...



  • Toni Morrison

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  • Michelle McGriff

    Loneliness consumes Portia Hamilton after the death of her father. In the depths of her despair she is drawn to a charismatic church where she developed a crush on her pastor, Julian Marcum. Julian Marcum is pompous, arrogant, and leads a secret life...



  • Patrice Hannon

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  • Will Weaver

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  • Jeanne Willis

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  • Paul Schmidtberger

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  • Caroline Jayne Church

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  • Julie Linker

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  • Disney Book Group

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  • Lurlene McDaniel
    in

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  • Jacqueline Ching

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  • Carrie Tiffany

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  • Christian Jungersen

    Four women -- intimate with the psychology of evil -- work together for a small nonprofit that disseminates information on genocide. When two of them receive death threats, they immediately believe the messages come from one of their recently pro...