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  • Tasha Alexander

    At her friend Ivy's behest, Emily reluctantly agrees to attend a party at the sprawling English country estate of Lord Fortescue, a man she finds as odious as he is powerful. But if Emily is expecting Lord Fortescue to be the greatest of her problems...



  • Francesca Lia Block

    What shall we do, all of us? All of us passionate girls who fear crushing the boys we love with our mouths like caverns of teeth, our mushrooming brains, our watermelon hearts?...



  • Meg Cabot

    Big mouth. Big heart. Big wedding. Big problems. It's the wedding of the century! Things are looking up at last for Lizzie Nichols. She has a career she loves in the field of her choice (wedding gown restoration), and the love of her life, J...



  • A.E. Cannon

    Ordinary, boring Ed works a loser summer job at Reel Life Movies, where he doesn't even have his own name tag. He's stuck with "Sergio." Ed's only consolations are his two best friends. Shelving DVDs isn't so mind-numbingly dull with Scout cracking j...



  • Catherine Clark

    It was a zoo the day I left. All I remember is pulling out of the driveway. I thought I was going to crumble into a hundred pieces. I looked at Grant. He looked at me. Mom hit reverse. It all seemed so tragic, like I was hipping off to wa...



  • Deborah Crombie

    A lifetime ago, Erika Rosenthal and her late husband, David, fled to England to escape the Nazis -- which is all Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Gemma James truly knows about her secretive friend's past. But Erika needs Gemma's help now. A family h...



  • Suzanne Enoch

    A Notorious Gentleman . . . Sullivan Waring wants only two things: his rightful inheritance, and revenge against the man who stole it from him. By day, Sullivan is the most respected horse breeder in England; by night, he plunders the ton's most ...



  • Bill Folman

    A presidential candidate behind in the polls concocts an outrageous scandal to improve his chances in this hilarious political satire in the spirit of Primary Colors Senator Ben Phillips is the perfect man for the presidency. If only he weren't s...



  • Kathryn Fox

    Homicide detective Kate Farrer took a four-month leave from the force when the stress of the job threatened to crush her. Now she's back, at a crime scene as brutal as any she's ever witnessed. The charred corpse of a young woman, burned beyond recog...



  • Terri Garey

    GHOSTS, SPIRITS, PHANTOMS, SPOOKS. CALL THEM WHAT YOU LIKE, BUT DON'T CALL THEM TOO LOUDLY -- THEY MIGHT HEAR YOU. A brush with death and a brief trip to the hereafter left vintage clothing store owner Nicki Styx an unwilling ghoulfriend to the dead...



  • Anna Godbersen

    TRUE LOVE. FALSE FRIENDS. SCANDALOUS GOSSIP. WELCOME BACK TO MANHATTAN, 1899. As rumors fly about the untimely demise of New York's brightest star, Elizabeth Holland, all eyes are on those closest to the dearly departed: her sister, Diana, the fami...



  • Daphne Grab

    Matisse Osgood is a New York City girl through and through. She buys her clothes at Andy's Cheapies, watches indie films at the Angelika, and wouldn't be caught dead on a hayride. But when her father gets sick and Matisse's parents decide to leave Ma...



  • Michael Grant

    In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears. GONE. Except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not one single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television....



  • Kathryn Miller Haines

    It's tough shooting for stardom when there's a war on. But Rosie's got enough pluck for two: she's willing to stumble around in a Broadway dance chorus that she has no right to be a part of, in a musical that's got "flop" written all over it. And all...



  • Suzanne Harper

    Italy . . . Shakespeare . . . but no romance? Kate Sanderson inherited her good sense from her mother, a disciplined law professor, and her admiration for the Bard from her father, a passionate Shakespeare scholar. When she gets dumped, out of th...



  • Rachel Hawthorne

    To Do: + Investigate the French Quarter + Buy new hammer + Stop worrying that hard hat is going to ruin my hair + Stop thinking about ex-boyfriend. No guys this summer! + Find some cool jazz clubs to visit later + Get psychic readings with Jenna an...



  • Lorraine Heath

    "I've always been of the opinion that a woman would be far more satisfied lying in bed with a devil than with a saint." -- Lady Cathy Mabry They call him the Devil Earl--a scoundrel and accused murderer who grew up on the violent London streets. ...



  • Erin Hunter

    Hear the stories of the great warriors as they've never been told before! Cats of the Clans is chock-full of visual treats and captivating details, including full-color illustrations and in-depth biographies of important cats--from fierce Clan leader...



  • Eloisa James

    A Mischievous Charade . . . Harriet, Duchess of Berrow, is tired of her title and the responsibilities that come along with it. Enough with proper tea parties and elegant balls; what Harriet really wants is to attend an outrageous soiree where sh...



  • Diana Wynne Jones

    In this sequel to the international bestseller Howl’s Moving Castle, bookish Charmain finds herself smack in the middle of magical court intrigues . . . and dealing with the dashing Wizard Howl.When Charmain Baker agreed to look after her great-unc...



  • Beth Kephart

    Rosie and her mother coexist in the same house as near strangers. Since Rosie's father abandoned them years ago, her mother has accomplished her own disappearing act, spending more time with her boss than with Rosie. Now faced with losing her grandfa...



  • Josh Kilmer-Purcell

    From the critically acclaimed author of I Am Not Myself These Days comes the very odd adventures of a starry-eyed young man from the Midwest seeking fame and fortune in the flamboyant surreality of New York, Los Angeles . . . and everywhere in betwee...



  • Jennifer Anne Kogler

    Fern communicates with her dog, blisters from just moments in the sun, and has correctly predicted the daily weather for more than two years. Even so, she's always seemed to be a normal twelve-year-old girl . . . until one day when Fern closes her ey...



  • Wendy Lichtman

    Eighth grade, like algebra, has become pretty complicated for Tess. For one thing, there are the patterns she's noticing everywhere -- like how charming-on-the-outside Richard keeps playing scary pranks on her, and how annoying copycat Lynn always ha...



  • Elizabeth Lowell

    Jill Breck was just doing her job as a river guide when she saved the life of the son of two of St. Kilda Consulting's premier operators. But when a string of ominous events--including a mysterious fire that kills her great-aunt and a furor in the We...



  • Phillip Margolin

    When private detective Dana Cutler is hired to follow college student Charlotte Walsh, she never imagines the trail will lead to the White House. But the morning after Walsh's clandestine meeting with Christopher Farrington, President of the United S...



  • Steve Martini

    New York Times bestselling master of suspense Steve Martini returns, ensnaring defense attorney Paul Madriani in a web of terror and death being spun in the shadows of America’s most sacred and secretive institution--the Supreme Court. A writer ...



  • Neil McMahon

    Dead Silver begins with a distraught call to Hugh Davoren from the daughter of a famous professor when she finds a wooden box containing disturbing photos and an earring that belonged to her stepmother, murdered after protesting the opening of a silv...



  • Ben Mikaelsen

    In the wilderness, Cole found peace. But this isn't the great outdoors. it's high school. At fifteen, Cole Matthews faced a prison sentence for slamming another student's head against a sidewalk. To avoid prison, he volunteered for Native American...



  • Selena Montgomery

    Independent, stunning, and smart, Kell Jameson has the life she's always dreamed about. A partner at a tony Atlanta law firm that represents famous--if guilty--clients, she's far from her days as a lonely orphan in rural Georgia. But one frantic phon...



  • Tamar Myers

    Business isn't booming for antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake Washburn. A local rug store is luring away her customers with its rock-bottom prices. Eager to check out the competition, Abby is delighted to find a priceless Persian amid the cut-rate ca...



  • Olivia Parker

    To Snare a Bride . . . To Gabriel Devine, Duke of Wolverest, the bonds of marriage are nothing more than shackles. But if he's to remain a lifelong bachelor, that leaves only his younger brother to carry on the family name. Inviting the ton's most ...



  • Michelle Paver

    “Fast-paced and exciting adventure that will enthrall every reader.” -- Erin Hunter, author of the New York Times bestselling Warriors series

    Readers who love the Spirit Animals series will devour the fourth book in Michelle Paver’s b...



  • Jenna Petersen

    Lesson #1: Every man loves a mystery. A scandalous siren called "Ria" has electrified the ton. Every gentleman in London desires her; every woman envies her. And they are all desperate to know the secrets of the tantalizing, seductively b...



  • Stefan Petrucha; Thomas Pendleton

    Tonight's tale . . . The Roid Patrol regularly menaces Jonathan Barnes in the halls. Mr. Weaver's sarcasm makes English class unbearable. If it weren't for his best friend, David, and his crush, Emma, Jonathan would go insane. But now he thin...



  • Sarah Prineas

    Never steal froma wizard! Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and stole the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But for some reason he did not. Astonished and intrigued, Nevery agrees ...



  • Judson Roberts

    Halfdan Hroriksson is on the hunt. Determined to find and fight his brother's killer, Halfdan knows he must first gain experience as a Viking warrior. He's been lucky so far. He gained passage on a ship and is quietly learning the strategies of w...



  • Kimberla Lawson Roby

    Kennedi Mason thinks she's the luckiest woman on earth. She loves her job, she has a wonderful best friend, and she's been married for ten years to her soul mate. There's nothing she can think of that could make her life any better. Then one fate...



  • Jonathan Santlofer

    Jonathan Santlofer once again combines his extraordinary talents as both a writer and an artist in this second chilling thriller featuring NYPD forensic sketch artist Nate Rodriguez. Though plagued by the death of his father years ago, Rodriguez has ...



  • Ellen Schreiber

    It's tough for love-struck Raven to imagine what's keeping her nocturnal boyfriend from returning to Dullsville. So there's only one thing to do--find Alexander. Along the way, Raven can't resist the spot where she feels most at home, the Coffin Club...



  • Isabel Sharpe

    Ann Redding has taken every lousy thing life has thrown at her and handled it very well, thank you very much. All she wants is to get her life back on track...but that won't happen till she makes her worried family and friends back off by spending tw...



  • Maya Snow

    I see you blink with surprise. A girl? you are thinking. Surely a girl cannot be asamurai. But you are wrong.Kimi dreams of being a great samurai warrior, but she and her sister, Hana, are young ladies of ancient Japan, daughters of the Jito of the p...



  • Amy Sohn

    From the team who brought you Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell comes this must-have companion to the movie millions have been waiting for. This sleek hardcover volume gives reader exclusive entree into the world of Sex and the City: The Movie. In ...



  • Stephanie S. Tolan

    Charley knows a lot about pain. She endures it when she walks on her newly shattered leg, she sees it when her father buries himself in an eighty-hour work week, and she runs from it when she sees photographs her mother took before her death. Then on...



  • Nicola Upson

    March 1934. Revered mystery writer Josephine Tey is traveling from Scotland to London for the final week of her celebrated play Richard of Bordeaux. But joy turns to horror when her arrival coincides with the murder of a young woman she had befriende...



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    Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form bo...



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    Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form bo...



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    Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form bo...



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    Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form bo...



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    Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form bo...



  • Linda Winstead Jones
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    Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form bo...



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    Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form bo...



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    Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form bo...



  • Cheyenne McCray
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    Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form bo...



  • Lilith Saintcrow
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    Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form bo...



  • Susan Sizemore
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    Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form bo...



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    Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form bo...



  • Carolyne Aarsen

    Arrogant Ethan Westerveld could scream that from the barn roof if he wanted. But half the place was now Hannah Kristoferson's. Not that she wanted one inch of the farm that reminded her of the only father she'd ever known--and his heartbreaking betra...



  • Tony Abbott

    A HIDDEN DOOR. A MAGICAL STAIRCASE. DISCOVER THE WORLD OF DROON! The home of Khan, king of the Lumpies, has been ransacked! A treacherous band of thieves, the Rat-faced Snitchers of Zoop, has stolen a mysterious treasure that the Lumpies had vow...



  • Anna Adams

    Welcome to Honesty: Where people care and love changes everything. IT'S THE FAMILY SHE'S BEEN SEARCHING FOR Daphne Soder has come to Honesty, Virginia, to find the twin sister she was separated from at adoption. And it's here in this unlikely sma...



  • Jeanne Adams

    Sizzling seduction and hair-raising suspense combine in Jeanne Adams's gripping new novel about a woman whose past returns--with a vengeance... Nowhere To Hide Dana Markham is up against a cold-blooded killer who knows her all too well: Donovan...



  • Charles Addams

    At the time of his death, Charles Addams was working on this project, a cookbook with never-before-seen artwork and never before tasted and very macabre recipes -- published here for the first time, along with some classic Addams cartoons about food ...



  • David A. Adler

    Aunt Molly is in town. Cam Jansen and her best friend, Eric, are at the airport to greet her. They find Aunt Molly, but her favorite high heels are missing! Did she leave them in Peru, or China, or behind a trash can? Will gumshoe Cam find Aunt Molly...



  • C.H. Admirand

    Pearl Lloyd would do anything to keep her ranch and protect her girls. When Davidson Smythe shows up on her doorstep claiming to have bought her ranch, she shoots first and asks questions second. Davidson Smythe wants to start over, leaving Boston ...



  • Kouko Agawa

    • Orphaned and alone in the world, Yuki is taken in by Masumi and Gai's family. Masumi is sweet and gentlemanly, and Gai is cool and brusque... but what's this!? Gai and Masumi are two celebrity brothers and it looks like they both have feelin...



  • David Aikman

    Richard Ireton is a Hong Kong-based foreign correspondent for an American weekly news magazine. When he is sent to Guangdong, the Chinese province adjacent to Hong Kong, to investigate the disappearance of Chuck McHale, a missing American, he discove...



  • Ken Akamatsu

    TELL ME A SECRET

    Now that the Mahora Festival is finally over, everyone’s ready for some peace and quiet. But the school is in an uproar after Misora impersonates a priest . . . and convinces her fellow students to spill their deepest secret...



  • Uwem Akpan

    Uwem Akpan's stunning stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately. The eight-year-old narrator of "An Ex-Mas Feast" needs only enough money to buy books a...



  • Theresa Alan

    Two months shy of walking down the aisle, Amy Harrington can't imagine why she's suddenly having fantasies about other men. Sure, her sex life has become, well, routine, and she's never felt more confused about her future. Is this what saying "I do" ...



  • Rochelle Alers

    Meet the Whitfields of New York Tessa, Faith and Simone Whitfield know all about coordinating other people's weddings, and not so much about arranging their own love lives. But in the space of one unforgettable year, all three will meet intriguing...



  • Tamera Alexander

    Elizabeth Westbrook, daughter of a decorated Union commander, travels to Timber Ridge, Colorado Territory, in the heart of the Maroon Bells, determined to photograph their beauty and the newly discovered cliff dwellings. Establishing her career as a ...



  • American Girl Books

    Girls can create paper doll fashions for Kit! This set features paper fabrics, stencil sheets, accessory stickers, reusable sticky dots to hold clothing in place, and a Kit paper doll. The design book offers step-by-step instructions to make paper do...



  • Jessica Andersen

    The end of time looms, and Mayan demons have surfaced from the underworld to trigger an apocalypse. But as the final day approaches, the descendants of ancient warrior-priests prepare to fight back.... As a Miami narcotics detective, Leah Daniels ...



  • Jessica Andersen

    WOULD THEY GET THEIR OWN TRIP DOWN THE AISLE OR WOULD DEATH DO THEM PART? It had been two years since she'd last come face-to-face with Luke Freeman--and the heartache small-town doctor Roxanne Peters vividly recalled. Bringing in the medical expe...



  • Kevin J. Anderson; Rebecca Moesta

    The thrilling conclusion to Kevin Anderson and Rebecca Moesta's Crystal Door's trilogy finds cousins Gwen and Vic and their three friends forging the magical Ring of Might and defending all of the worlds beyond the crystal doors in their final battle...



  • Natalie Anderson

    One night of hot loving... Gorgeous millionaire Rhys Maitland is tired of women throwing themselves at him just because his name denotes success. On meeting Sienna, Rhys hides the truth and insists they share one night only.... ...will have them bot...



  • Taylor Anderson

    ANOTHER WORLD, ANOTHER WAR... Pressed into service in World War II, USS Walker -- a Great War-era destroyer -- finds itself in full retreat from pursuit b Japanese battleships. Its captain Lieutenant Commander Matthew Patrick Reddy, heads Walker int...



  • Beth Andrews

    She claims she has to make things right... It's nothing but trouble for Jack Martin, chief of police, when Kelsey Reagan blows into town. Her ex-con brother just became the prime suspect in a murder, and this "reformed" bad girl vows to prove he's...



  • Devon Vaughn Archer

    Courtney Hudson didn't date, didn't go barhopping and definitely didn't do one-night stands. But when she decided to bust loose for one night, who would have guessed the beautiful young widow would end up in the bed of a sexy, brown-skinned brother f...



  • Jennifer Armintrout

    I have reached my breaking point. And now I will not, cannot be stopped. With the Soul Eater on the verge of god status, it's time for me to take a final stand, even if it means losing everything I love. Even if it means losing my life. I've got p...



  • James Axler

    BLACK FLAME Reborn primeval in the fires of thermonuclear hell, America'saftermath is one of manifest evil, savage endurance and lingeringhope. Traversing the lawless continent on a journey withoutdestination, Ryan Cawdor seeks humanity in an inhuman...



  • Hyekyung Baek

    Everything seems peaceful...until Seung-Suh's old friend comes along and crashes his birthday party! Mi-Ha finds out that Seung-Suh dropped out of school because of this particular friend, Eun-Yang. Since that incident, their paths have never crossed...



  • Judy Baer

    I, Molly Cassidy, am a pregnant woman's dream -- and one man's nightmare! From the moment we met, obstetrician Clay Reynolds scorned my profession as a birthing coach. His scathing remarks left me crying on the shoulder of my potbellied pig, Ger...



  • Carol Baicker-McKee

    Mimi knows exactly what she likes: her stuffed bunny, her pet roly-poly bug (named Frank), eating bananas that are cut just-so…and forks. Young readers can spend a day with Mimi as she goes to preschool, plays with friends, and spends time with ...



  • Kathleen Baird-Murray

    Small-town reporter Kate Miller has never been a fashion do--until now. Kate Miller is no beauty expert. The rookie reporter from small-town England can't walk properly in a pair of heels and doesn't know the first thing about waxing. But then she...



  • David Bajo

    Metaphysical literary suspense from a compelling new voice in fiction For most of his adult life--through two marriages and countless travels--the mathematician Philip Mazyrk has carried on a love affair with Irma Arcuri. Now Irma has vanished an...



  • Jennifer Banash

    From the top, you can see everything...except yourself. When Casey McCloy steps into the elegant Bramford building, she's overwhelmed. Fresh from the Midwest, she's moved to New York's Upper East Side to live with her grandmother and attend the pr...



  • Catherine Banner

    Ten years have passed in war-torn Malonia since the king and queen were murdered and the throne usurped by Lucien and his rebel troops. The people believe the prince has been exiled to a far-away land, saved by a prophecy that threatened those who wo...



  • Elaine Barbieri

    CRY OF THE WOLF In the darkness came an eerie howling only she could hear. And with it the knowledge that tragedy would soon follow. This time, Letty Wolf would obey the teachings of her Kiowa heritage and bring back to New York her three estranged ...



  • Elaine Barbieri

    Saloon owner Jake Scully knew his rough frontier town was no place for a delicate lady like Lacey Stewart. Once, he'd sheltered her from harm. Ten years later, Lacey was no longer a frightened girl, but a woman grown. She deserved a respectable man, ...



  • Gerry Bartlett

    After four hundred years, you'd think that by now I'd be able to know trouble when I smelled it... Blood. Type B. Human. Coming from the alley behind my shop. A female loan shark named Lucky had been attacked and left for dead. To save her, I, Glory...



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  • Jes Battis

    That's a dead vampire, I thought. My boss dragged me out of bed at two in the morning to see a dead vampire? I might be an Occult Special Investigator for Vancouver's Mystical Crime Lab, but a dead vampire is routine and no reason to disturb a person...



  • Natasha Bauman

    A remarkable woman's quest for real love, rare orchids, and true freedom. In 1890s Boston, young Ada Caswell Pryce is beginning to realize that she is not a good wife. Beautiful, strong-willed, and nostalgic for her days at university, Ada drinks ...



  • Stephen Baxter

    Now the bestselling author puts both of those attributes to work in a novel as frightening as it is plausible.... Four hostages are rescued from a group of religious extremists in Barcelona. After five years of being held captive together, they ma...



  • Elizabeth Beacon

    At seventeen, Miranda Braxton shocked the world by eloping with her brother's tutor. Now a wiser and widowed lady, she returns to Carnwood -- and finds herself engaged in a battle of wits with the new earl. Kit Alstone, Earl of Carnwood, grew ...



  • Paul Beatty

    The hip break-out novel from 2016 Man Booker Prize winning author, Paul Beatty, about a disaffected Los Angeles DJ who travels to post-Wall Berlin in search of his transatlantic doppelganger.Hailed by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times as o...



  • Tom Becker

    Mrs Elwood has been kidnapped. And Jonathan will do anything to get her back - even if this means breaking in to the home of one of Darkside's most sinister citizens. The plan's in place for a dangerous heist - but is this mission impossible from the...



  • Elizabeth Bevarly

    Is there any mission more dangerous than a hot one-night stand? In the world of international espionage, Lila Moreau is as tough as they come. But she's finally ready to trade in her secret double life for domestic bliss. That is, after she takes ...



  • Maxim Biller

    Following the appearance of two stories in The New Yorker, German author, playwright, and journalist Maxim Biller makes his English-language debut with a collection of remarkable and beautifully wrought short stories, Love Today. These twenty-seve...



  • Sarah Bird

    Blythe Young--a wannabe Texas princess, a heroine as plucky, driven, and desperate as Vanity Fair's Becky Sharp--is plummeting precipitously from up- to downstairs, banging her head on every step of the Austin social ladder as she falls. Not unlike t...



  • Jeanne Birdsall

    THE PENDERWICK SISTERS are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure But the adventure they get isn't quite what they had in mind. Mr. Penderwick's sister has decided it's time for him to start dating--and the girls know that can only mean one...



  • Claudia Bishop

    On their farm nestled in upstate Summersville, New York, veterinarian Austin McKenzie and his wife, Madeline, keep themselves busy looking after ailing farm animals and pets in poor health. But while they may be able to mend creatures great and small...




  • Benjamin Black

    John Glass's life in New York should be plenty comfortable. He's given up his career as a journalist to write an authorized biography of his father-in-law, communications magnate and former CIA agent Big Bill Mulholland. He works in a big office in M...



  • Chuck Black

    A dangerous new order threatens the mission of the Knights of Arrethtrae. Only loyalty to the King can bring victory! As the Knights of the Prince await His triumphant return, they are steadfast in their mission to take His story into the kingdom ...



  • Toni Blake
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    Twelve all-new stories of women's resilience, empowerment, and fulfillment, by bestselling and award-winning authors. In this engaging anthology of never-before-published stories, twelve authors are united by their unique visions of the female exp...



  • Johnny D. Boggs

    Daniel Killstraight is on his way back to the Comanche reservation after spending seven years learning the ways of whites at a special school back East. But he's met with a grisly homecoming: the hanging of his childhood friend Jimmy Comes Last for a...



  • Kevin Bolger

    SIR FARTSALOT is on a quest to defeat a villain most foul! SOMETHING STINKS IN THE KINGDOM OF ARMPIT. King Reginald the Not Very Realistic has had it up to here with his naughty son Prince Harry, whose pranks around the castle have earned him the ...



  • Frank Cottrell Boyce

    LIAM has always felt a bit like he's stuck between two worlds. This is primarily because he's a twelve-year-old kid who looks like he's about thirty. Sometimes it's not so bad, like when his new principal mistakes him for a teacher the first day of s...



  • Irene Brand

    Single Mother Doesn't Seek Love Raising a teenager kept widow Aimee Blake too busy for a relationship. Or so she said. Her daughter was trying--with all her rebellious might--to cut the apron strings. So Aimee took some "me time." She attended a sin...



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    The Jinxed Bride Talk about bad bridal juju. Carrie Evans is in Hawaii for a dream getaway wedding--with rain, a missing dress and absent guests. Is there enough Hawaiian magic to turn these nightmarish nuptials into the best day of her life? T...



  • Gary A. Braunbeck

    The small town of Cedar Hill is no stranger to tragedy and terror. Nearly two centuries ago, when the area was first settled, a gruesome mass murder baptized the town with blood. More recently there was the Great Fire, the notorious night the casket ...



  • Patricia Bray

    In one man, two souls fight for survival--and for mastery of an outlaw magic that could save a kingdom. It was a fate Josan once considered preferable to death. Cast by dark sorcery into the body of Emperor Lucius of Ikaria, the scholar-monk strug...



  • Marie Brennan

    England flourishes under the hand of its Virgin Queen: Elizabeth, Gloriana, last and most powerful of the Tudor monarchs. BUT A GREAT LIGHT CASTS A GREAT SHADOW. In hidden catacombs beneath London, a second Queen holds court: Invidiana, ruler of fa...



  • Patricia Briggs

    BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Hated and feared, magic was banished from the land. But now, freed from the spells of the wicked bloodmages, magic--both good and evil--returns. And Aren of Fallbrook feels her own power of sight strengthen and grow... Over...



  • Emily Brightwell

    NOT-SO-GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM Michael Provost lived a quiet life, yet this successful owner of a medical supply company was spotted floating facedown off the Chelsea Vestry Wharf. His servants adored him, and he had no greedy relatives or business...



  • Jessica Brody

    A beautiful L.A. woman goes undercover as a "fidelity inspector" to find out who's faithful and who's not in this dazzling commercial debut. Working under the code name Ashlyn, Jennifer Hunter is hired by suspicious wives and girlfriends to conduc...



  • Samantha Brooke

    Did you know that coral is actually a living creature? That the world?s most famous coral reef, the Great Barrier Reef, is so big that astronauts can see it from outer space? Kids will love learning fun facts about coral reefs, the beautiful fish who...



  • Helen Brooks

    As a lawyer, Zeke Russell is second to none; dynamic and driven, he always wins. So when his ex-fiancee Melody Taylor asks for his help, he takes his chance to settle an old score! Melody didn't think she would ever have to see Zeke again, but now...



  • Helen Brooks

    Seduction is on the agenda! As far as secretary Gina Leighton is concerned, billionaire businessman Harry Breedon has never shown more than a professional interest in her. Why should he? Plain and plump, Gina knows she's hardly trophy--wife materi...



  • Errol Broome

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