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New Books List: 532 titles


  • Richard Bach

    The story of Stormy Ferret traces her turbulent mission from Seattle to Salinas flying her FDC-4 SkyFreighter through the roughest flight in the history of airway Victor 23, during which she survives by sheer determination, through the intervention o...



  • Julian Stockwin

    With Kydd, Julian Stockwin introduced us to a young wig-maker from Guildford who was kidnapped and pressed into duty with the tempestuous crew of the Duke William battle ship. Now, Thomas Paine Kydd is back -- with a vengeance -- in the latest instal...



  • David Poyer

    With blistering action sequences and incredibly detailed military insight, Black Storm takes the reader along with the most covert Special Ops group straight to Saddam Hussein's stronghold, through harrowing instances of close-quarters combat, and in...



  • Clive Cussler; Paul Kemprecos

    In Serpent and Blue Gold, Cussler introduced a hero for the new millennium in Kurt Austin, the leader of NUMA's Special Assignments Team. In previous encounters, Austin and his colleague Joe Zavala have battled eco-extortionists and mad empire builde...




  • Don Pendleton

    The ultra-covert arm of the Justice Department known as Stony Man is America's last and best hope when crisis strikes. A team of brilliant computer specialists and strategists and a field force of bathe-hardened commandos make rapid deployment respon...



  • Charles W. Sasser

    The enemy has struck with no warning, destroying a U.S. fighting ship and taking Americans hostage. There are lives to be saved and a terrorist threat that must be diffused -- permanently -- so the men of Delta Force are on the move. America's first ...



  • Richard Bach

    Follows the tale of Bethany Ferret, a kit from humble beginnings who joined the Ferret Rescue Service and rose to command the rescue boat Resolute before embarking on adventures to rescue animals aboard distressed human ships....



  • Michael Punke

    Already sold to Warner Bros. for a major motion picture, this riveting novel of the frontier evokes such classics as Jack London's "To Build a Fire" and A. B. Guthrie's The Big Sky. Michael Punke's The Revenant tells a story of nearly unimaginab...



  • Carolyn Keene

    NANCY'S LOOKING FOR THE TRICKSTER WHO'S SPOILING ALL THE FUN! Nancy, Bess, and George are having a blast at the River Heights Carnival, sampling yummy snacks and trying to win prizes. Most of all, the girls can't wait for their favorite local singin...



  • Nancy Fairbanks

    Forty-something homemaker Carolyn Blue is through with cooking and cleaning. She's finally decided to throw in the dishtowel -- and take on a dream job as food writer. Now her plate is filled with exotic locales, delectable foods, and even a dash of ...



  • Dorothy Cannell

    Reluctant best pals Ellie and Mrs. Malloy masquerade as detectives--can they find the killer before they kill each other? Ever since Mrs. Malloy started moonlighting in a detective's office her employer, Ellie Haskell, has grudgingly missed the ca...



  • Tim Myers

    Tucked away in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains is the charming Hatteras West Inn and Lighthouse. Innkeeper Alex Winston watches over the cozy getaway and guests count on him to take care of everything from basic repairs to breakfast. But la...



  • Peter King

    For six generations, the Belvedere family dominated the culinary landscape of New Orleans, a city that boasts what is perhaps the most vibrant, exciting, and authentic cuisine in America. But each generation relinquished control of the family restaur...



  • Jesse McCann / Jesse Leon McCann

    Scooby-Doo is an 'Ameri-canine' icon, the most beloved cartoon pooch of the past three generations. The snack-sniffing sleuth and his pals are in the midst of a huge popularity boom.



    It's a robot ruckus!

    Scooby and the gang are ...



  • Roberta Isleib

    Hole in one...or one in a hole? Cassandra Burdette used to carry clubs on the PGA tour -- now she's swinging them at the Qualifying School for the LPGA Tour. The competition is fierce, but the standout so far is Kaitlin Rupert -- whose talent and ...



  • Nancy Baker Jacobs

    A GOOD LOOKING CORPSE Hollywood Star reporter Quinn Collins thinks she's seen it all--covering the oddball beat that is Tinsel Town--until she stumbles onto the body of gorgeous Shane King, a notoriously incompetent "baby mogul" producer, dead in ...



  • Laura Levine

    Steamy personals ads. Daring declarations of love. Writer-for-hire Jaine Austen has penned them all. But when one of the love connections she made is broken up by murder, Jaine finds herself freelancing free-of-charge--and uncovering more than she ba...



  • Philip R. Craig

    THE ART OF MURDER Violent crime is a rarity on the tranquil shores of Martha's Vineyard, which is why ex-cop J.W. Jackson turned in his Boston badge to retire to the idyllic isle. And that's what makes a six-month-old murder so troubling to the pe...



  • Robert Farrell Smith

    At age 29, Tartan Jones has seen little of the world outside of Utah â€" and nothing by way of an eternal mate. Frustrated, and still single, Tartan makes a desperate bid to change his life and luck by accepting the first transfer that comes along at...



  • Robert Wise

    Sam Sloan is dead. But when his wife, Vera, receives the report of his plane going down, she flies to the site and finds no evidence of a crash. Unable to put the puzzle together, Vera and her daughter, Cara, struggle to accept the reality of Sam's d...



  • Jan Karon

    IN THIS MOUNTAIN finds Father Time and Cynthia again living in Mitford, following their stint on Whitecap Island a few years ago. Newly retired, Father Tim realises he dislikes change. Bored sitting at home trying to write a book of essays, while Cyn...



  • Sandra Byrd

    In a fun, interactive format, Sandra Byrd presents a balanced approach to personal care. With sections like "More Than a Mirror," "Face the Facts," and "Tress Distress," Sandra offers personal care ideas, nutrition and health pointers, recipes for na...




  • George MacDonald

    Tells the story of "Wee Sir Gibbie of the Highlands," a seemingly destitute orphan whose life communicates truth and goodness despite his inability to speak, and the story of Gibbie's best friend, Donal Grant....



  • Hank Hanegraaff

    Now tweens and teens can also experience the power of praying Jesus' way! This 30-day prayer journal based on Hank Hanegraaff's The Prayer of Jesus, which has sold over 250,000 books, teaches foundational principles of prayer-but with fun, easy-to-un...



  • Athol Dickson

    After 25 years, the man Ruth and Kate helped lock away is released from prison, thrusting them into a horrible nightmare. Suddenly a series of bizarre crimes hits Ruth's Jewish community in New Orleans, reigniting the flames of age-old hatred. A page...



  • Caroline Anderson

    The price of seduction Annie has been coping as a registrar and as a new single mom, but only just.Then she meets Max in the hospital corridor, after more than a year, and discovers he's her new boss. Now her senses and her emotions are comple...



  • Jennifer Blake
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    Jennifer Blake, Heather Graham and Diana Palmer, well-loved voices of romance fiction, bring you three new stories of sultry Southern romance. With a Southern Touch will renew your faith in the power of love. An eighth-generation Louisianian, Jenn...



  • Dawn Atkins

    Renata Rose is supposed to help couples find happily-ever-after...not make them crash on the rocks of love! But she's lost her belief in marriage, jeopardizing her job hosting a TV relationship show. Enter too-charming, too-sexy co-anchor Hawk Hunter...



  • Metsy Hingle

    "AM I JUST A PIECE OF...BEEFCAKE?" All-business exec Justin Connelly hated participating in a barbaric bachelor auction. But the cause was good, so in his black tux he swaggered down the runway, and the bids piled up. Until finally he was going, g...



  • Darlene Gardner

    Lane Brooks and Clay Crawford know competition! As rival newspaper reporters, they live to scoop one another. Now they're rivals for a prestigious job at a hot new magazine, and things are really heating up. But onlookers wonder: could their huffy lo...




  • Bradford Morrow

    Learning the true identity of her birth father, a Vietnam veteran who disappeared into Laos before she was born, Ariel Rankin, pregnant by a man who wants nothing to do with parenthood, heads west in search of her father and journeys through New Mexi...



  • Emily Dalton

    One Hard-Luck Baby Had the Whole Town Abuzz... When Liam McAllister, Lord Roderick, returned from England after 20 years, he landed on Dr. Allie Lockwood's doorstep -- with an abandoned baby boy! The townfolk knew the score: the playboy aristocrat...



  • Jackie Merritt

    THE ONE WHO GOT A WAY...? Texas millionaire Keith Owens loved his bachelor ways -- until elegant and sophisticated Andrea O'Rourke came back to town. Years ago the sparks between them had nearly seared them both -- but Andrea had left, swearing to...



  • Candice Poarch

    After suffering a heartbreaking loss, soft-spoken teacher Crystal Dupree is determined to end her marriage to Richard, who seems to love his work more than he loves her. Even when he persuades her to give their union three more months, she's convinc...



  • Kasey Michaels

    ...And Baby Makes Three? It seemed like a great idea at the time. Jetting off to Las Vegas to marry All-Star Phillies catcher Tim Trehan, the high-school crush she couldn't forget, was hands-down the most spontaneous thing Suzanna Trent had ever d...



  • Wendy Rosnau

    He could go head to head with the devil. But fortunately that wasn't going to be necessary. Because detective Jackson Ward, the New Orleans P.D.'s loose cannon -- otherwise known as the chief's biggest pain in the butt this side of the Cabildo -- was...



  • Debbie Macomber

    The friendship between Jillian Lawton and Lesley Adamski begins in the postwar era of the 1950s. As they grow up, their circumstances, their choices -- and their mistakes -- take them in virtually opposite directions. Lesley gets pregnant and marries...



  • Susan Elizabeth Phillips

    She's Dr. Isabel Favor, America's diva of self-help. He's Ren Gage, Hollywood's favorite bad guy. Sometimes you just know that God has a sense of humor. She's lost her money to an unscrupulous accountant, her fiancé to a ...



  • Leigh Michaels

    A marriage of convenience is hardly the most romantic proposal Eve has ever received! But family circumstances, and Eve's conviction that she'll never fall in love again anyway, persuade her to say "I do" to a man she barely knows.......



  • Annette Broadrick

    IN LOVE WITH HER BOSS Undistracted by love, brawny construction boss Brad Phillips had worked his way up from street kid to millionaire. Of course, Rachel Wood, his invaluable assistant, had believed in -- and secretly loved -- Brad from the begin...



  • Adele Lang

    After weasel-eyed tax inspectors question her work-related claims, Katya Livingston is forced to keep a financial diary. As well as documenting the cruel and parsimonious ways of her ad agency boss, Katya waxes lyrical about putting up with loser fri...



  • Linda Conrad

    THE STRANGER IN HER ARMS More than a year had passed since FBI agent Carley Mills's partner disappeared without a trace. Then, just when she'd almost given up hope, she found him, working as a cowboy on a Texas ranch. But, incredibly, he had no me...



  • Anne McAllister

    "Let Celie get away? No, sir! That;s why cowboys invented lassos!" -- Jace Tucker, wife wrangler Rodeo heartthrob Jace Tucker fell for Celie O'Meara the day they met. But she was his buddy's girl. Then his buddy jilted Celie -- an...



  • Lynne Graham

    To be, or not to be... his mistress! When Leone Andracchi offers to help Misty Carlton out of financial difficulty, she knows there must be a catch. There is -- the ruthless and sexy Sicilian tycoon needs her to pose temporarily as his mistress! ...



  • Barbara Hart

    Her secret: he's a father After a whirlwind romance in New York, Dr. Helen Blackburn is pregnant with orthopedic surgeon Andrew Henderson's child! Only, Andrew has left the city to go to Chicago for some months on urgent, private business and can'...



  • Vicki Lewis Thompson

    HE WAS THE BEST MAN... It should have been simple. But when Kate Cooper offered to pick up Harry Armstrong, the best man at her sister's upcoming wedding, at the airport, she never dreamed what she was getting into. How could she have guessed that Ha...



  • Elizabeth Harbison

    For Grace Bowes, going home again felt like facing disaster. While the town wondered how the golden girl had wound up a struggling single mom, Grace had to find a job -- fast! Worse, her first interview ever was with none other than Luke Stewart, the...



  • Michelle Reid

    Tempted to make her his bride? Millionaire Ethan Hayes considered Eve Herakleides to be a spoilt little rich girl hell-bent on bringing men to their knees. But when she was senselessly attacked, Ethan offered to pose as her fiance to calm her elde...




  • Rebecca O'Connor

    With the whir of her camera shutter blending with the sound of her heart beating, Brooke focused on her most enigmatic subject to date. Marshall Anthony stood as regal and proud as the beautiful peregrine on his arm and his amazing green eyes seemed ...



  • Karen White

    You Know That Saying About How Sometimes You're The Windshield And Sometimes You're The Bug? It's true. Take me, for example. I shook the Georgia dust from my feet fifteen years ago, vowing never to leave Manhattan. I traded sweet tea for Chardonn...



  • Carole Mortimer

    Joanne Delaney will do anything to protect her beloved daughter from a custody claim including marrying for convenience! Only she receives two unexpected proposals one from handsome stranger Nick Mason and another from wealthy businessman David Banni...



  • Patricia Gaffney

    Anna has studiously avoided her aunt Rose -- the woman she once loved more than anyone else in the world -- ever since the night Rose betrayed Anna and her mother, Rose's own fatally ill sister. In the sixteen years that have passed, Anna has built a...



  • Gwendolen Gross

    A young woman resisting the demands of her dependent family seeks escape in an increasingly dangerous outdoor adventure.When Hannah Blue joins the Adventurer's Club, she pictures campfires and star-filled nights. And she imagines a temporary respite ...



  • Cara Colter

    Holly Lamb considers herself the proverbial plain Jane. She's always hidden behind her intelligence and business instincts -- definitely a plus for her career. Her boss, Blake Fallon, absolutely loves her...for her mind. But working with Blake makes ...



  • Marcella Sanders

    Jay Lee's dream job has finally come true--she's on her way to Africa to do cultural research on African marriages. The pay is excellent, the landscape is breathtaking --and so is her supervisor, Trent Prescott. But when she discovers that he's fro...



  • Jacqueline Diamond

    The last thing Dr. Nancy Verano wants to do for the summer is be a nanny in Texas! When she finds herself on Max Richter's musty ranch with a bunch of cowboys, she knows there's no turning back. Besides, how hard can it be to take care of a c...



  • Darcy Maguire

    Meg has fought hard for her independence, so she's stunned to find herself staring at a gorgeous stranger one day, wondering if there's more to life than a successful career. She's even more surprised to realize she's looking at her own husband! J...



  • Carol Wood

    Conflict by day -- passion by night When Dr. Abbie Scott returns home to England from her glamorous career in the United States she discovers a sexy stranger living in her house! And whether she likes it or not, Dr. Caspar Darke -- her new partner! ...



  • Sara Craven

    Miles Hunter had lived life on the edge. When he proposed marriage to Chessie, she knew it couldn't be because he loved her. They were practically strangers! He simply needed a social hostess and someone to look after his beautiful home. Chess...



  • Karen V. Siplin

    Twenty-nine-year-old New York City film professor Casey Beck is at a crossroads. Employed but unfulfilled, she sees her professional aspirations slipping away. And the personal life she thought was finally coming together almost fell apart when she d...



  • Sharon Swan

    "It's time you took a lover." Take a lover? Seduce her mysterious new neighbor? Tess Cameron laughed aloud at her best friend's suggestion. Then she met Jordan Trask, aforementioned neighbor. Suddenly Tess began to wonder how a homebody, single-mo...



  • Emma Darcy

    Emma Darcy's compelling Australian saga reaches a climax with a passionate marriage negotiation.... Matteo King is the last unmarried grandson of the King dynasty -- and determined to stay that way! When a writer is hired to explore his family...



  • Wanda E. Brunstetter

    Is it wrong to hope for the impossible? Rachel Beachy wants something she can't have - her sister's boyfriend. Silas Swartley has been in love with Anna since they were children, and Rachel has desired Silas nearly as long. Like Job from the ...



  • Pamela Kaye Tracy
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    How many times will Shelby Tate, editor of Agape Today magazine, place an ad for a "Write to the Heart" columnist? Not just anyone will do. The magazine's owner requires the person to be single - after all, who better to advise the unmarried? But kee...



  • Kayla Perrin

    A Broken Dream Travel consultant Tara Montgomery has plotted out her ideal future, complete with white picket fence and two-point-five perfect children, and of course, her longtime beau Harris Seeman. But when Harris relocates to a distant city an...



  • Linda Winstead Jones

    The brutally handsome stranger in the black leather jacket wasn't exactly the kind of man Jayne Barrington encountered in her world of wealth and privilege. But that scarcely mattered now, because he'd just dragged her into his world -- at gunpoint! ...



  • Marie Ferrarella

    FBI Special Agent Lydia Wakefield had thought there was no room in her life for the opposite sex. Then she walked into Blair Memorial's emergency room with a bullet in her arm -- and encountered the most compelling man she'd ever met. Lukas Graywo...



  • Mindy Neff

    The Only Daughter Let Nick Grayson teach you the ropes around the office, her family said, and even feisty Jessica Coleman could not deny her duty -- especially since one day she would inherit the family business. But still shamed by her teenage i...



  • John Richards

    She struck like an earthquake. Walter lifted his eyes from his desk and experienced a tremor that snapped his pencil in two. The cause is no ordinary force of nature. It's Luna, a fascinating enigma. Just one look transforms mild-mannered Walter into...



  • Diana Hamilton

    He wanted to possess her! Cesare Andriotti was powerful, rich, sexy -- and always got what he wanted. Beautiful Bianca Jay was no exception, and though she hadn't been easy to win, he had finally made her his mistress. But Cesare realized h...



  • Hayley Gardner

    Griff Ledoux had always swept her off her feet. And he did it again, just as Tessa Blake was getting ready to walk down the aisle. He threw her over his shoulder, wedding gown and all, and carried her right out of the church -- and demanded to know w...



  • Vivienne Wallington

    It was betrayal of the worst kind. Her husband. His wife. A clandestine affair that had torn apart their families and left them to pick up the pieces -- after a tragic accident revealed the scandalous truth. Widow and widower. Neither wanted anyth...



  • Cathy Yardley

    Ever moved to a city you didn't know, for a guy who wasn't worth it...all because you thought you were in love? Sarah Walker has. She's just moved to L.A. and changed her whole life in anticipation of cohabitation with her fiance, Benjamin. But...



  • Janis Reams Hudson

    Sheriff Dane Powell stumbled upon sassy Stacey Landers snooping around private property. And the stunning trespasser wouldn't divulge what she was doing on Wilder land. Dane's big dilemma was whether to arrest the beauty -- or kiss the living dayligh...



  • Raye Morgan

    BUSINESS AS USUAL Carter James simply could not conduct business without Amy Pendleton. So when his indispensable -- utterly alluring -- associate quit to play temporary mommy to her sister's brood, the take-charge tycoon decided that if he couldn't...



  • Judith Arnold

    Welcome to Bloom's, where food is love and everybody loves food. The Blooms have run the family deli for generations, and Grandma Ida isn't about to let a culinary mishap change that. So when her son, the president, meets an untimely demise, the i...



  • Gail Gaymer Martin

    TWO WORLDS, ONE LOVE He'd been alone too long. She'd never been alone. But Jemma Dupre and Philip Somerville knew that their fates were forever intertwined. Yet Jemma wasn't sure of her feelings for Philip. After her past heartache, she wanted ...



  • Jean C. Gordon

    The last place Mandy Harris would choose to spend her summer is Whitmore Mills, a sleepy village in the Adirondack Mountains. She far prefers city life. But the village needs a director for its summer recreation program, and the deal is too good t...



  • Maureen Child

    DANGER AND DESIRE IN THE DESERT When a marine rescue mission went awry, Staff Sergeant Travis Hawks realized he was in for the fight of his life. He and Lisa Chambers -- the uppity heiress he was trying to save -- were stranded and forced to race ...



  • Aisha Ford
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    How many times will Shelby Tate, editor of Agape Today magazine, place an ad for a "Write to the Heart" columnist? Not just anyone will do. The magazine's owner requires the person to be single - after all, who better to advise the unmarried? But kee...



  • Marisa Mackle

    Set in Dublin, a sparkling romantic comedy in the bestselling tradition of Marian Keyes, Jenny Colgan and Cathy Kelly. Having just celebrated her thirtieth birthday, Anna Allstone is feeling high and dry on the shelf. Even worse, she has to face the ...



  • Irene Hannon

    FROM HEAVEN TO HELL... Three years ago, married father Scott Mitchell had everything a man could want. Then, in a blinding instant, a fateful error in judgment shattered his perfect world. Yet through the long years in prison, Scott found his faith ...



  • Cheryl St. John

    Boy-next-door Nick Sinclair had grown up into a hunk extraordinaire -- that was Ryanne Whitaker's first shock on reencountering her sexy, single-dad neighbor. The second was that she was facing this broad-shouldered Mr. Gorgeous across the barrel of ...



  • Heather Graham
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    Jennifer Blake, Heather Graham and Diana Palmer, well-loved voices of romance fiction, bring you three new stories of sultry Southern romance. With a Southern Touch will renew your faith in the power of love. An eighth-generation Louisianian, Jenn...



  • Patricia Haley

    For eighteen years, Karen and Johnny Clark have been blessed with an enviable lifestyle, three bright children and the "perfect" marriage. But over the years, their idyllic relationship has slowly begun to unravel. And when Karen experiences a seriou...



  • Roxanne Rustand

    It takes a special kind of person When Special Agent Zach Forrester's terrified sister drops her three-year-old daughter into his life, Zach swears he'll do whatever it takes to protect the little girl. So the moment someone threatens to harm the ch...



  • Sonia Icilyn

    British fashion designer Eve Hamilton is determined to get justice for her beloved brother's death. And she thinks she knows who's responsible...attractive Professor Theophilus de Cordova. On the pretense of sponsoring a fundraiser, she decides to ...



  • Kathryn Shay

    They'd grown up at Serenity House -- a group home for girls. Now they're coming together for the first time as adults. Childhood friends who'd shared difficult times, who'd shared hopes and fears, laughter and tears -- and perhaps most important of a...



  • Susan Mallery

    SHE WAS ALL KINDS OF WRONG FOR ROYALTY... When it came to kingdoms, impulsive, up-from-the-streets Cleo Wilson was no Cinderella. Why, mere months ago she'd done the unthinkable: fallen for arrogant, irresistible Prince Sadik -- and come up pr...



  • Cathie Linz

    From the desk of Luc Dumont Head of Security St. Michel June 2002 Day 60 The missing heir has been found! The dowager queen and the royal council are overjoyed -- I, however, feel there must be some mistake. Learning that I, a presumed commoner,...



  • Robyn Donald

    Passion and the Prince... Prince Luka of Dacia is a man with a lot to lose if his secret leaks out too early. He trusts nothing and no one, least of all his unexpected desire for Alexa Mytton. She might be beautiful, but she's dangerous -- and...



  • Stephanie Gertler

    When Grace Hammond Barnett's parents die suddenly, she is bequeathed a lakeside house she never knew existed. Leaving her city life behind, she travels to the house for refuge-and meets a man who helps her unravel a devastating secret buried in her p...



  • Tara Taylor Quinn

    LostHis bride. She’d turned tail and run minutes before her father was about to pronounce them man and wife. What demons were pursuing the girl Max Santana had waited eleven years to marry?FoundHer flesh and blood. Rachel Blair thought she’d fina...



  • Cathy Williams

    Millionaire businessman Riccardo Fabbrini was furious that his child had been kept a secret from him! He blamed his daughter's guardian -- the very pretty Julia Nash. And he intended to use seduction as his revenge! After all, no woman had immuni...



  • Janet Tronstad

    MONEY CAN'T BUY EVERYTHING... Tiny Dry Creek, Montana, was the last place on earth personal chef Jenny Black would come to find a husband -- and a wealthy playboy was the last man on earth she'd find appealing. But when her employer's son caught h...



  • Birdie L. Etchison

    Life moves in circles. Aaron Walker watched his sister slowly die, then spent years running from the pain he felt. Now he finds himself working in a Maine lobster pound, feeling a strange desire to settle down. There's something about the job...t...



  • Christine Flynn

    Accomplished Admiral Harrison Monteque deemed lady-in-waiting Gwendolyn Corbin an ice maiden. Until the two worked closely to search for a missing prince and her warmth began to melt his hard-edged heart. However, the eye-catching admiral feared that...



  • Valerie Parv

    PRINCESS'S SECRET PASSION REVEALED! Tamiri princess caught with a handsome commoner -- or is he? Princess Nadia Kamal was preparing to marry the man her father had chosen. Then mysterious Gage Weston appeared. The bold so-called diplomat forc...



  • Annette Mahon

    Luana Young is the new wedding consultant at the posh Kukui Wana'ao Resort, a dream job. Or is it? One of her first clients is Jake Lawrence, a handsome, personable man who wants her to plan a wedding for a couple whose identities he refuses to revea...



  • Jule McBride

    A MATCHMAKING MOM WILL SECRETLY TURN HER THREE BIG APPLE BACHELORS INTO MILLIONAIRES -- BUT ONLY IF THEY MARRY! Bachelor #2, Officer Rex Steele, is supposed to be on vacation. Instead, he's working undercover investigating a case close to his heart....



  • Rebecca Winters

    She can't remember her husband -- or her son "You're my mom!" That's what 13-year-old Brett Corbitt blurts out when he sees the woman who calls herself Martha Walters. His mother, Susan Corbitt, is presumed dead, although her body was never found, a...



  • Lori Handeland

    Disappointed, disheartened, and burned-out, Gabriel Klein has had it with working in big cities. He hopes the small town of Pleasant Ridge, Tennessee, will bring him peace of mind. Isabelle Ash is a successful model, but she's always wanted more. ...



  • Nancy Warren

    Annie Parker doesn't believe in taking life too seriously; she is, after all, a clown by profession. Her motto is "Have fun, make 'em laugh, and move on." That applies to her love life, too. So why does superserious ex-Mountie and bachelor "dad" Mark...



  • Amy J. Fetzer

    Once they'd shared an unforgettable encounter, but Ciara Caldwell had disappeared into the night, leaving Bryce Ashland with no clue to her identity. He still remembered his mystery woman's face, but now Bryce was a bachelor dad who didn't have time ...



  • Linda Style

    Nicole Weston is shocked to encounter the man she loved -- and left -- 10 years ago. Ex-cowboy Cameron Colter appears at her classroom door because his son, Michael, is one of her students. Michael's only recently become part of his life, and being a...



  • Candace Camp

    For temporarily-relocated-from-Dallas hotshot defense attorney Lisa Mendoza, a year working for the public defender's office in tiny Angel Eye, Texas, was just a slight detour off the path she'd mapped out for her life. Then she ran smack-dab into ha...




  • Christine Rimmer

    LSCC MEMBER: Millionaire rancher Flynt Carson Brooding, sexy, tough outer shell-hard nut to crack SOCIAL STATUS: Handsome young widower METHOD OF SEDUCTION: This elite member's guarded demeanor draws women like honey! Eligible bachelor Fl...



  • Danielle Steel

    As Diana Morrison laid the table for six at her elegant Central Park apartment, there was no warning of what was to come. Spending New Year's Eve together was a sacred tradition for Diana, her husband of thirty-two years, Eric, and their best friends...



  • Hailey North

    SHOULD SHE CUT AND RUN... Being left at the altar once was enough for high-powered, workaholic exec Stacey St. Cyr. Stacey's supposed to be on vacation at a posh spa. Instead she's stuck in Doolittle, Arkansas-population next-to-nothing -- watching ...



  • Debrah Morris

    Ellin Bennett had a daughter to raise, a career to save, and a newspaper to run. Rescuing a stranded Santa Claus from the roadside was not on her To-Do list. Worse yet, "Santa" was none other than sexy Jack Madden, schoolteacher and part-time writer ...



  • Debbi Rawlins

    She Needed a Place to Call Home Beth Anderson was pregnant and had nowhere to turn -- until handsome, and much older, lawyer David Matthews offered her a warm place to stay for the night, no strings attached. But a well-meaning matchmaker saw the ...



  • Francine Pascal

    I want Conner back. He says he wants me back. But "they" say people like us shouldn't date each other. And I'm starting to wonder if "they" might be right....



  • Terry McDermid

    Tessa Montgomery has known Like Hunter since she was five years old. Back then, he treated her as the pesky friend of his little sister and didn't have much to do with her. Now, he seems to be around all the time. He accepts the co-chair of the first...



  • Jackie Braun

    Cam Foley was mad -- scratch that -- he was furious. The last thing the widowed father wanted was a dating service pestering him. True Love, Inc. owner Maddie Daniels never intended to infuriate the sexy single dad. But the irresistibly gorgeous C...



  • Leslie Kelly / Leslie A. Kelly

    SHE'D HEARD OF BROTHERLY LOVE... Window dresser Chloe Weston doesn't believe in lust at first sight -- until she catches her boss, Troy Langtree, reveling half-naked in a rainstorm. So when she finds herself alone, on a secluded beach, with the objec...



  • Rita Herron

    Marriage counselor Abigail Jensen faked it, and she is going to have to keep on faking it. She wrote the book on how to keep a relationship alive, and now the public is clamoring for more than her advice‹they want her to demonstrate her techniques! B...



  • Sherrie Krantz

    Meet Vivian . . .A small-town girl who conquers the Big City on her own terms . . . a sucker for happy endings with an attraction to all things fattening -- and a personality that oddly gets her in (and out of) trouble at lightning speed. This is her...



  • Terry Fowler
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    How many times will Shelby Tate, editor of Agape Today magazine, place an ad for a "Write to the Heart" columnist? Not just anyone will do. The magazine's owner requires the person to be single - after all, who better to advise the unmarried? But kee...



  • Elizabeth Daish

    Sparks fly under the Arabian sun . . . After a year out recovering from the violent death of her boyfriend, Dr Sarah Brackley has returned to the international oil industry to take part in a conference staged in the sweltering heat of the Middle East...



  • Catherine Mann

    Ex-Intelligence officer Jake Larson was on a top-secret mission and didn't need some "wife" tagging along. But feisty P.I. Allie St. James had followed Jake to the White Sands Resort on her own investigation, giving them the perfect cover...as loving...



  • Mark Mason

    Tim and Rob are 20-somethings who both fall madly in lust with an American who has to come to work in their office, the fabulously sexy Clare. In a drunken moment they devise the "Clare Jordan Five and Three Quarter Feet Handicap Stakes," wherein the...



  • Julie Elizabeth Leto / Julie Leto

    PICK A PLEASURE... Mystery author Devon Michaels is in a fix. Her publisher has offered her a lucrative contract, if she makes the jump to erotic thrillers. The problem: Devon's love scenes are...well, really bad. She's just never experienced sex wo...



  • Day Leclaire

    Watching her best friend walk up the aisle is the happiest day of Emma's life.... Or it would be if Gray Shaw wasn't sitting right next to her, insisting Emma is going to be married herself -- in two weeks -- to him! The only way to convin...



  • Peggy Nicholson

    Penniless wildcatter Miguel Heydt has come seeking his fortune -- oil -- on Suntop land. But the cranky old owner of the Colorado ranch will tolerate no mineral exploration on his spread, so Miguel hires on with the ranch's haying crew and explor...



  • Hazel Holt

    When a schoolteacher at a prestigious English prep school dies suddenly, Mrs. Malory gets shanghaied into being a substitute teacher. She's more than a little uneasy about facing a classroom full of know-it-all teenage girls. To her surprise, they ar...



  • Raymond Benson

    EAST MEETS WEST NILE In Tokyo, a fatal strain of West Nile virus has infected--and killed--the head of the world's largest genetic research company and his family. Whoever is behind the murders is far more dangerous than the average assassin--dang...



  • Francine Mathews

    WHO WAS JACK RODERICK? They called him the Legendary American: Trained by the OSS, Jack Roderick plummeted into Bangkok one rainy morning in 1945 and never left. He was feared and respected as a foreign spy, a business kingpin, and a trader in men's...



  • James W. Huston

    A small nation that bolsters the terrorist cause is flexing its military muscle in a far corner of the world. On a mission to the now-volatile Mediterranean, F/A-18 pilot Lieutenant Ed Stovic shoots down an Algerian MiG at the climax of a dramatic, h...



  • Emily Rodda

    Welcome to the Shadowlands -- the terrifying and mysterious domain of the evil Shadow Lord. He has gone there to refuel his dark sorcery, taking thousands of Deltoran hostages with him. They will become slaves to darkness . . . unless they are save...



  • Harry Turtledove

    The year is 1924. In the United States, the Socialist Party, led by Hosea Blackford, battles Calvin Coolidge to hold on to the', Powell House in Philadelphia. The Confederate States, victorious in the War of Secession but at last tasting defeat in th...



  • Doranna Durgin

    STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH Arlen of Anfeald is dead--or so his friends believe, for Camolen's Council of Wizards has been cut down in a treacherous ambush of twisted magic . . . and the only surviving witness is a palomino stallion named Ramb...



  • Douglas Niles

    In the realm of the Seven Circles, all creatures live in harmony within their own sphere. The noble centaurs live in the forests. The goblins and trolls lurk underground. And in the tranquil center the most evolved beings of all--the elves and the dr...



  • Emily Drake

    No one ever said having Magic would be easy.Summer is over but the attacks of the Dark Hand are not! Jason is back home, trying to navigate ordinary life and master his Magick. Worse, whenever the Magickers work their abilities, Chaos is unleashed al...



  • Barbara Hambly

    The novels of New York Times bestselling author Barbara Hambly have broken new ground in the realm of fantasy. With a sweeping cast of characters whose powers are both awesome and heartachingly limited, the Dragon series is built around the touching ...



  • Cate Tiernan

    Everything around me seems strange and dark. I am not who I thought I was. Danger is coming; I know this now. Everything I believed about my family is a lie. I can stop this. But I can't do it alone. How can I live with this knowledge? I need help...



  • David Herter

    David Herter's first novel, Ceres Storm, was recently published to widespread acclaim. "Distinctive and imaginative, Herter's tale moves to its own disconcerting logic: a debut of immense promise," said Kirkus Reviews. Now Herter moves from SF to con...



  • Pauline Alama

    It is a magical world on the verge of collapse. In the North the Troubles rage. Cities and kings are being annihilated; the very earth is in upheaval, waking even the dead from their graves. All notions of time and space, of day and night, of seasona...



  • Howard Pyle

    A lot of people wonder what's on the other side of the moon. Young David -- a dreamy young boy -- actually finds out. To get there, he has to walk on a shimmering moon-beam -- a rather daunting experience at first, but made easier with the help...



  • Rhiannon Lassiter

    The exhilarating final blast of the Hex trilogy, the laser-powered sci-fi thriller, by a talented young writer.The city is a dangerous place for Hexes. The security forces are on the alert for any sign of Hex activity-any sign of a mutant presence. T...



  • Mindy Klasky

    A KINGDOM IN RUIN No one can be sure how the fire started, but it ravaged the capital city of Morenia, leaving its resources in ruin and its people plagued, In the pursuit of aid and political strength, King Hal must seriously consider marrying th...



  • Ellen Datlow

    Drawing on the mythology of the Green Man and the power of nature, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, and others serve up “a tasty treat for fantasy fans” (Booklist).   There are some “genuine gems” in this “enticing collection” of fifteen sto...



  • N.M. Browne

    Two lives run in parallel. The life of a girl called Karen as she lies in a coma in hospital, and the life of a fox in an ancient and dark world. Those two lives are one and the same spirit. The girl trapped in the fox must uncover some deeply bur...



  • Sherryl Jordan

    The last of the great fire-breathing dragons has awakened. . . .Everyone thought all the dragons had been wiped out -- until a fierce flying beast appears and leaves the village of Doran in flames. There is only one survivor: Jude, an ordinary man wh...



  • Lisa Fiedler

    Sabrina's got the whiz-kid blues Since Sabrina's days are jam-packed with school, her job at the coffeehouse, and her newspaper internship, it's no surprise that her GPA starts to slip a little. But when Sabrina casts a spell to catch up, it works --...



  • Rebecca Lickiss

    In a whimsical, fantastical fairy tale, three adventurers--a prince in search of a bride, a restless young woman in search of adventure, and a recent graduate of Wizard School--find their true desires and destiny at a remote castle buried in thorns i...



  • Lynn Abbey

    "It is long after the days of Jubal, Shadowspawn, and their contemporaries, and there is barely more than a single survivor who remembers the city's full history. Molin Torch-holder, the survivor at hand, has assassins on his trail (some things never...



  • Pat Murphy

    The clash of prehistoric shamanic traditions with future technology makes for a gripping tale in this first novel by the Nebula Award-winning author.

    On a moonlit night thirty thousand years ago, a young Neanderthal boy dreamed a true dream. ...



  • Neal Shusterman

    In this conclusion to The Star Shards Chronicles, powerful and terrifying invaders have arrived from a parallel dimension, and only the Star Shards can prevent the destruction of the human race.Six children were conceived at the exact moment that the...



  • Julie E. Czerneda

    JASON AND SIRA-- he a human telepath and independent trader, she now Speaker for the Clan Council, as well as Jason's life partner--are trying to forge a life for themselves free of the demands of both the Clan and the Drapsk, a race determined to c...



  • Kara Dalkey

    Nia and Corwin have each fought their own battles. Now they are Joined together to face their most dangerous enemy yet: Ma'el, the evil Avatar. In order to defeat Ma'el, they must retrieve a magical sword from Atlantis. But after a treacherous journe...



  • Robin McKinley; Peter Dickinson

    Master storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson share tales of mysterious merfolk and magical humans, all with close ties to the element of water. From Pitiable Nasmith's miserable existence in a seaside town whose inhabitants are more intertw...



  • Tanith Lee

    Claidi, the witty diary writer who captivated readers in Wolf Tower and Wolf Star, is back to complete her trilogy and delight her loyal fans. Our intrepid heroine has finally returned home for a reunion with her fiancé, Argul. But someone has poiso...



  • Random House

    Elmo loves numbers! In fact, he has so much fun with 1, 2, 3 and many other numbers that he decided to write this cute little book about them (with just a little bit of help). He counts all kinds of thingsâ€"1 sun, 2 shoes, 3 candles on
    his birth...





  • Jose Carlos Somoza


    The English debut of one of Spain's most dazzling younger writers -- a postmodern murder mystery set in ancient Greece.

    In this brilliant, highly entertaining, and intriguing novel, Jose Carlos Somoza intertwines two darkly compelling ridd...



  • Gayla Amaral

    Farmer Barney has a dog and Bingo is his name. Oh! What fun Barney and friends have following Bingo on his romp through the farm. Barney's Sing-Along Stories brings a favorite tune to colorful life.

    Every dog has his day, and Bingo is having a...



  • Rick Walton

    A very small watchdog proves that size isn’t everything -- even when you’re up against a big bad robber.

    Bertie is a rather unusual watchdog. That’s because Bertie is, well, about the size of a watch. So when a horrible robber breaks in,...



  • Jeanette Ingold

    Three young people go after a wildfire, believing fire is something they can stop. IT IS SUMMER 1910 and the mountains are burning. Dozens of blazes dot the countryside, born of sparks thrown from trains, from campfires gone out of control, from li...



  • Mark Costello

    A scary, funny novel -- a riff on recent history and the American obsession with assassination.It's winter in New Hampshire, the economy is booming, the vice president is running for president, and his Secret Service people are very, very tense.Meet ...







  • Don Lasseter

    The horrifying true story of the brutal murder of one of Janet Leigh's "body doubles" in Psycho, and another murder a decade later -- committed by a real-life Norman Bates.On June 3, 1988, Myra Davis, 71, one of Janet Leigh's "body doubles" in Psycho...



  • Jean Harfenist

    Lillian Anderson is a strong-minded, backwoods-Minnesota girl, well-versed in the basics of survival. She can find air to breathe under a capsized boat, drive in a blizzard, or capture a wild duck. As part of a large struggling family, she tiptoes ...



  • Stephen A. Bly

    On the Oregon Trail in 1852, twelve-year-old Retta helps negotiate with a renegade Arapaho when he captures her new Shoshone friend, Shy Bear, and a girl from the wagon train, then she faces a wounded buffalo....



  • J.H. Blair

    A collection of erotic fiction with a Latin American flair showcases excerpts from the works of such acclaimed authors as Rudolf Anaya, Isabel Allende, Julia Alvarez, Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel Garcfa MĂźrquez, Junot Dfaz, Ana Castil...



  • Tom Lichtenheld

    AHOY MATEYS -- WELCOME TO CAMP BUCCANEER!

    The sign said learn to be a CARD-CARRYING PIRATE IN THREE WEEKS. Well, no one had to tell Marlon twice-she had only been dressing up as a pirate every Halloween since she could remember. And wha...



  • Melinda Haynes

    From the acclaimed author of Mother of Pearl comes the story of Chalktown, an eerily quiet village in George County, Mississippi, where folks communicate with one another solely through chalkboards hanging from their front porches. Sixteen-year-old H...



  • Alessandro Baricco

    The author of the international bestseller Silk now delivers a ravishing and wildly inventive novel about friendship, genius and its discontents, and the redemptive power of narrative. Somewhere in America lives a brilliant boy named Gould, an intell...



  • Gillian Bradshaw

    The might and power of Julius Caesar, the man who conquered the known world. The beauty of Cleopatra, the woman who conquered the conqueror. Together they could have forged an empire whose power had never been seen before. Tragically, it was not mean...



  • Phyllis Moore

    Warmhearted humor, quirky relationships, and playful turns of plot distinguish this charming story collection from Phyllis Moore. So do the somewhat frivolous, somewhat valiant, and mostly misguided women of Moore's fractured world. Beautifully writt...



  • John Ridley

    What do you want? "I want the Ed Sullivan Show." At the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, like a lot of black Americans, comedian Jackie Mann wanted to be somebody. And for him there was only one way to achieve that: to make it big. Make it, no ma...




  • Joanna Campbell

    Christina and Melanie are both heading for their first Kentucky Derby as jockeys. Can Ashleigh calm their nerves before the big race?

    Christina Reese is suffering from preâ€"Kentucky Derby stress. So is her cousin Melanie Graham. And thei...



  • Melissa Pritchard

    This wildly imaginative collection presents the misadventures of unlikely heroine Eleanor Stoddard as she tries to lead an exemplary life but finds that things just keep going awry. In the summer after sixth grade, she dreams of being as courageous ...



  • Sarah Heller

    An oversized collection features five exciting all-new adventure stories starring favorite Disney characters such as Aladdin, Tarzan, and Buzz Lightyear, with each story designed to be read in under five minutes--perfect for busy families....



  • Judy Hindley

    Get ready to join in a joyful rendition of neighs, clucks, oinks, baas -- and boos!

    Does a toddler like to make animal sounds? Yes! Then follow Judy Hindley’s multicultural crew of little ones to the farmyard, where they gleefully peek throu...



  • Ben M. Baglio

    With sales of more than 3 million books, this newest Animal Ark title will provide cozy reading for young animal lovers.One night, Mandy finds a distressed golden retriever tied up outside Animal Ark -- with no sign of her owner. The dog is expecting...



  • Anders C. Shafer

    When Peter Bruegel, a young painter from Antwerp, went on a journey to Rome in 1550 to study and see the art and ruins of Rome, he found himself facing unexpected dangers along the way that were later reflected in his work when he became known as the...




  • Random House

    Cookie Monster may eat just about anything, but he knows what’s good for you. To share his great love of food, Cookie has written his own little book (with just a little bit of help). In it, he shows us all his favorite healthy meals and snacks: fr...



  • Walter R. Brooks

    The delightful detective story about the beloved animal characters on Mr. Bean's farm, whose adventures have entertained so many children.

    Freddy the pig, stimulated by reading Sherlock Holmes, sets up in a business as a detective....



  • Kathy MacKel

    Troublemaker Nick Thorpe finds himself in a strange situation after he is suddenly thrown into the future and learns about an alien who is effecting the space-time continuum, in a space adventure from the author of Can of Worms. ...



  • Jeff Mariotte

    Five renegade teens with superpowers and their mentor, John Lynch, confront a new challenge when Caitlin's decision to leave the Gen13 team could leave the group fatally vulnerable to an attack by an enemy that knows all too much about their strength...



  • Shawne Johnson

    Follows the story of three African-American sisters and their witness to the chaos and optimism of the sixties, from would-be southern belle Violet, to ex-Black Panther and writer Lilly, to independent sculptor Rose. A first novel. Reader's Guide ava...




  • Flora McDonnell

    Flora McDonnell’s joyful new rendition of an old rhyming game will inspire many a rousing ride on a bouncing knee.

    Trrrit-trrrot! Rumpetta-trump! Bang! Bang! Boom! Boom! Flora McDonnell takes the traditional "This Is the Way the Ladies Ride"...



  • Irving Berlin

    This first illustrated picture book of Irving Berlin's classic song celebrates America and invites young readers -- and singers -- to experience all of her colorful glory, from the mountains to the prairies.

    Lyrics by America's most celebrat...



  • Kay Chorao

    Celebrate the beauty and wonder of summer by the bay.It is almost summer. The bay is calm, just brushed in the middle by an offshore wind. A family of swans glides by. Seagulls squawk and circle above the water-all but one gray.During one idyllic sum...



  • Craig Joseph Danner

    When Mary, a doctor still grieving over her husband, finds an abandoned mission hospital in the Indian Himalayas, she stops to care for a dying baby girl and becomes involved with a British traveler and his kidnapper and an abused young Indian woman....



  • Betty Paraskevas

    When a little dog named Joe happens upon Hoppy, a one-legged seagull, a special friendship is formed, and when Hoppy explains to Joe that he needs help getting south for the winter, Joe is happy to help him in any way he can. Reprint....




  • Piers Anthony

    Piers Anthony tells his own remarkable life story in this candid autobiography, a volume that is sure to intrigue and entertain his many fans-and infuriate his critics. The book begins with a review of the author's early years, revealing new and tell...