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  • The Ox of the Wonderful Horns: And Other African Folktales

    Ashley Bryan

    Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan presents five African folktales in this delightful, boldly illustrated picture book.A trickster spider has his careful plan backfire, a frog and elephant team up to woo pretty girls, a calm tortoise outwit...

  • One Gaping Wide-Mouthed Hopping Frog

    Leslie Tryon

  • Your Dad Was Just Like You

    Dolores Johnson

  • Outside and Inside Trees

    Sandra Markle

  • Annie Flies the Birthday Bike

    Crescent Dragonwagon

  • Song for the Ancient Forest

    Nancy Luenn

    As Raven the Trickster sings a song warning humankind about the death of the ancient forest--threatened with destruction by greedy logging concerns--no one listens or heeds his warning, except for one small girl....

  • One Wild Weekend

    Beth Cruise

    Relieved to get away from big problems he is having at Bayside High, Zack joins the rest of the gang for a weekend in the mountains, but three gorgeous Italian guys and a sudden snowstorm cause unexpected excitement....

  • Kite Flier

    Dennis Haseley

  • Hoofbeats: The Story of a Thoroughbred

    Cynthia McFarland

  • Blue Claws

    Walter Lyon Krudop

  • Muwin and the Magic Hare

    Susan Hand Shetterly

    Mahtoqehs, the Great Magical Hare of the Woods, leads Muwin the bear on a fantastical chase through the forest as the hare is transformed into a hunter, a herb woman, an old chief, and a boy who all entertain Muwin with traditional Passamaquoddy tale...

  • My Wicked Stepmother

    Norman Leach

  • Whales and Other Creatures of the Sea

    Joyce Milton

    Illus. in full color. In this exciting ocean tour, discover how a squid gets its dinner, what marine animal collects old shoes, and other fascinating facts about the anatomy, life cycle, and habits of sea creatures.  ...

  • Baseball Card Crazy

    Trish Kennedy

    Frustrated by his father's forgetfulness about what happened to his old baseball card collection, Oliver O'Malley, a serious collector, searches his father's boyhood home from top to bottom and finds a new understanding of his family roots....

  • Pots and Pans

    Anne Rockwell

  • Andrew's Amazing Monsters

    Kathryn Berlan

    This colorful picture book pays tribute to the beauty of imagination when a young boy’s monster drawings come to life and throw him a party. When Andrew’s love for monsters grows so big he begins to draw them on his shirts and sheets, his...

  • The Boy Who Stopped Time

    Anthony Taber

  • Bunnies and Bears

    Suzy-Jane Tanner

  • Oink Oink

    Arthur Geisert

  • Little Eagle Lots of Owls

    Jim Edmiston

    When Little Eagle Lots of Owls receives a strange gift from his grandfather, an elderly chief, he does not know what to make of it, until the sun goes down, night falls, and his mysterious living gift begins to reveal itself....

  • Visit to the Big House

    Oliver Butterworth

  • Square Beak

    Chyng Feng Sun

  • AN ENEMY CALLED AVERAGE

    John Mason

  • Krauts!

    Bill Buford

  • Winter Prey

    John Sandford

    The Iceman crept up to the house on the edge of the lake. He killed the father first. Then the mother and child. And when his work was done, he set the house on fire... Lucas Davenport had tracked killers in cities across America. But the woods of...

  • Tilly and the Rhinoceros

    Sheila White Samton

  • Monster Mama

    Liz Rosenberg

    Despite the fact that his beloved Mama is a monster, Patrick Edward adores her, until, one day, when Patrick Edward is attacked by three bullies, he discovers that he might be more like his mother than he had thought....

  • The World of Brambly Hedge

    Jill Barklem

  • Supermoo

    Babette Cole

  • The Biggest Mouth in Baseball

    Kate McMullan

  • The Bully Brothers Trick the Tooth Fairy

    Mike Thaler

    When the Bully Brothers, Bubba and Bumpo, discover that the Tooth Fairy exchanges money for loose teeth, they embark on a campaign of stealing other children's teeth and even an old lady's dentures. Original....

  • Red Thread

    Ed Young

    Anxiously searching for a wife, Wei Gu encounters a mysterious old man who tells him that red thread will reveal his future wife and points out a small child who will, one day, become his wife, in a distinctively illustrated tale....

  • Elephants' Graveyard

    Karin McQuillan

    Recovering from a bad marriage and a worse divorce, American expatriate Jazz Jasper happily ekes out a living running safari tours and advocating for animal rights. But the Kenyan life of another American, wealthy Emmet Laird, head of the Save the El...

  • Bear and Bunny Grow Tomatoes

    Bruce Koscielniak

  • Twelfth Night

    Leon Garfield

  • The Tempest

    Leon Garfield

  • The Tiny, Tiny Boy and the Big, Big Cow

    Nancy Van Laan

  • The Alpine Betrayal

    Mary Daheim

    BAD NEWS IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE ALPINE ADVOCATE Five years after her hasty departure from Alpine, Dani Marsh, now a Hollywood star, returns home for location shooting in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains... .At the annual Alpine Loggerama, Cody...

  • Trade-in Mother

    Marisabina Russo

  • Nettie's Gift

    Susan Tews

    In a secret place in the woods--where the remains of her grandmother's childhood house still stand--Sarah, a lonely little girl, uses her imagination to find a new friend, Nettie, a little girl who is actually her grandmother as a child....

  • Bernard on His Own

    Syd Hoff

    Despite his parents' warnings, Bernard, an inquisitive young bear cub, sets out to explore the world around him, climbing to the top of a tall tree, getting honey from a bee hive, and venturing into a deep, dark cave....

  • Thousand Yards of Sea

    Laura Cecil

    "Seven poems and six stories that present fanciful aspects of life on or beneath the waves are gathered together here. Edward Lear, Eleanor Farjeon, Jack Prelutsky, and Margaret Mahy are among those included....The friendly, lighthearted qualities of...

  • Whaling Days

    Carol Carrick

  • Happy Easter Day!

    Wendy Watson

    A family prepares for a traditional American Easter by making hot cross buns, getting new clothes, and decorating eggs. On the holiday, they hunt for baskets, go to church, have dinner, and play games. Songs and poems are interspersed throughout the ...

  • Claude Has a Picnic

    Dick Gackenbach

  • Moompa, Toby, and Bomp

    Anna Grossnickle Hines

  • Sophie and Sammy's Library Sleepover

    Judith Caseley

    Sophie loved to read books, and Sammy loved to throw them. And so the night of the library sleepover, Sophie went and Sammy stayed home.

    And what a night it was! Everyone -- even Mrs. Terry the librarian -- was wearing pajamas or nightgowns....

  • Kitchens

    Chris C. Madden

  • The Man Who Dreamt of Lobsters

    Michael Collins

  • Australian Literature

    Phyllis F. Edelson

    Spanning more than a century, Australian Literature crystallizes a spirit, style, and ethos found nowhere else in world literature. These captivating selections in Australian Literature come from major voices, both famous and lesser known, and encomp...

  • The Sign Painter's Dream

    Roger Roth

  • Nickel Buys a Rhyme

    Alan Benjamin

    For daytime, all the time, here is a lively introduction to the joys of poetry. These spirited verses will make young children want to laugh, reflect, and dream. Karen Lee Schmidt's whimsical illustrations are the perfect complement to this collectio...

  • My Rebellious Heart

    Samantha James

    LADY'S VENGEANCE Determined to avenge her father's death, fiery Princess Shana lures Thorne de Wilde, Earl of Weston, into the forest to have him killed. But face to face with the earl's devilish good looks, Shana is compelled to spare his life and ...

  • Monkey Sonatas

    Orson Scott Card

    A collection of science fiction and fantasy tales by the acclaimed author offers readers ten excursions into the realm of the fantastic and the mythic. Orson Scott Card's Monkey Sonatas: Fables and Fantasies is part of the Maps in a Mirrors series of...

  • The Divine Romance

    Gene Edwards

    A breathtakingly beautiful saga spanning from eternity to eternity, presented from the view of angels. Experience creation, the crucifixion, and the resurrection from this unique viewpoint, and gain a better understanding of the majestic love of God....

  • Where to Look for a Dinosaur

    Bernard Most

    Using clever illustrations depicting dinosaurs doing human activities, the author explores the types of dinosaurs found on all seven continents and provides information about their anatomy, habits, and habitats....

  • For Every Child, a Better World

    Louise Gikow

    The familiar character of Kermit the Frog teaches young readers about the plight of young children who lack the basic human necessities and the efforts of the United Nations to provide such essentials as housing, water, food, and medical aid....

  • Yesterday's Echoes

    Penny Jordan

    HE KNEW HER DARK SECRETS... Tragedy had befallen Rosie when she was a vulnerable sixteen-year-old, and the worst thing about the experience was being caught by Jake Lucas, who clearly thought Rosie was a tramp. Since then Rosie had resolutely ...

  • No Escaping Love

    Sharon Kendrick

    Mr. Irresistible! "My previous assistant committed the error of falling in love with me." Shauna Wilde informed unbearable and arrogant Max Ryder that she did not have intention of committing the same error! And she managed to keep her ...

  • Yesterday's Passion

    Catherine O'Connor

    A Family Man? Ten years ago, Lauren had been devastated by Riccardo Valdi's brutal rejection of her. The arrogant Italian had left her alone and pregnant, with no means of supporting herself. Luckily Lauren was a survivor -- for her baby daughte...

  • The Spanish Connection

    Kay Thorpe

    Sweet persuasion Lauren's visit to Calahorra was purely to introduce her twins to the relatives they had never met. But Rafael de Quiros wanted his dead brother's sons to be raised in Spain, surrounded by their magnificent legacy. And h...

  • Who Will Be My Pet?

    Stan Tusan

  • In the Country of the Great King

    Ardythe Ashley

    While the unearthly light of the Agincourt comet illumines the nighttime sky, a Native American woman disappears into the heart of the Arizona desert, longing to reunite with her ancient Zuni heritage . . . a hard-bitten New York City writer contempl...

  • The Birthday Cake

    Ron Van der Meer

  • My Summer Vacation

    Sumiko Davies

  • The Children of Abraham

    Marek Halter

  • Regards from the Dead

    Kenize Mourad

  • The Children of Lir

    Sheila Macgill-Callahan; Sheila Callahan

  • Jackdaw

    Ann Cartwright

  • Distant Star

    Barbara Bickmore

    China in 1923 was a far cry from the exotic land Chloe Cavanaugh envisioned; but Chloe was married to the Chicago Times' most famous correspondent, and this squalid, teeming land was her new home.

    Yet the winds of change were blowing the sleep...

  • The Stolen Gods

    Jake Page

    A powerfully built wildlife sculptor, Mo Bowdre is also blind--but that doesn't stop him from pursuing the truth when a major dealer in Native American art is murdered. In the wreckage of the dead man's elegant gallery, several curious drawings and a...

  • Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

    Haruki Murakami

    Hyperkinetic and relentlessly inventive, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is Haruki Murakami’s deep dive into the very nature of consciousness.

    Across two parallel narratives, Murakami draws readers into a mind-bending univers...

  • The Sweet-Shop Owner

    Graham Swift

    The Sweet-Shop Owner is set during a single June day in the life of an outwardly unremarkable man whose inner world proves to be exceptionally resonant. As he tends to his customers, Willy Chapman, the sweet-shop owner, confronts the specters of his ...

  • The Shipping News

    Annie Proulx

    At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just desserts. He retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, w...

  • The Sub

    P.J. Petersen

    James and Ray switch seats so that their substitute teacher thinks that James is Ray and vice versa, but when Ray fails a math quiz and James gets credit for the "F" grade, the trick stops being so funny....

  • Force Option

    Dan Matthews

    Follows the adventures of a secret three-man strike team armed with top-line weapons and combat gear who must locate, thwart, and destroy the menace posed by international drug conspiracies. Original....

  • Second Fire

    Robert Charles Wilson

  • The Resurrection Man

    Charlotte MacLeod

    Renowned art detective Max Bittersohn (who also happens to be the beloved husband of Boston socialite Sarah Kelling) is enjoying a summer stroll when he's accosted by Countess Lydia Ouspenska. That vintage vamp and faithful forger of Byzantine bibelo...

  • Sideshow

    Sheri S. Tepper

    On the planet of Elsewhere, the Council had always enforced the governing of each province in the manner the people had chosen, so long as each respected its neighbors' local customs--and so long as the people remained within their homelands. Generat...

  • Card Sharks

    George R.R. Martin

    Someone is trying to kill all the jokers--nothing less than genocide will do. For decades they have been the secret shadow players on the global scene, the puppet masters hidden behind the curtains, patient, cunning, moving inch by inch toward their ...

  • Shattered Echoes

    Barbara Shapiro

    THE UNINVITED In the wake of a bizarre and devastating personal tragedy, Lindsey Kern has come to an elegant old town house in Boston to forget...and to begin her life over. But Lindsey Kern is not alone. Someone prowls her apartment at nigh...

  • All Fall Down

    Carlene Thompson

    RING AROUND THE ROSY, A POCKET FULL OF POSEY... The first body is discovered in the woods--the savagely mutilated corpse of a local girl, despoiling the natural beauty of the West Virginia countryside. ASHES, ASHES... Wealthy Blaine Avery has al...

  • An Earthly Crown

    Kate Elliott

    CONFRONTATION OF CONQUERORS In jARAN, Kate Elliott introduced us to the planet Rhui, an interdicted, low-technology, human-populated world, and to the nomadic jaran tribes, a people on the brink of uniting under one charismatic warlord, Ilya Bakht...

  • Chicago Six-Guns

    Jon Sharpe

  • Montana Mayhem

    Jon Sharpe

    Skye Fargo, the Trailsman, finds himself over his head in trouble, after he rescues a gorgeous hellion, Agatha Jennings, and her fiendish family from members of Snake Haddock's army of killer outlaws. Original....

  • Vision Quest

    Judd Cole

    Raised by white men, Indian Touch the Sky does not fit into either community, but he is determined to try to fit in with the Cheyenne and sets out into the wilderness to prove himself worthy. Original....

  • Lone Star and the Brutus Gang

    Wesley Ellis

    Jessie must rescue Ki from a death-row frame-up!Jessie and Ki head for the rough and tumble town of Haley to exact revenge for the murder of Jessie's father, but when Ki is thrown into jail for murder, Jessie must take on the entire town in order to ...

  • Border War

    Hank Edwards (1)

    Clay Torn is in the border town of Eagle Pass, when vicious Garza Santiago's outlaw army plunders and pillages the city of its gold and guns and rides off with Judge Torn's closet friend, Meg Slaughter. Torn rides through the burning town--set to tak...

  • The Hard Pursued

    Norman A. Fox

  • Longarm and the Nevada Swindle

    Tabor Evans

    HELL HATH NO FURY... Wherever Longarm goes, his luck is bad. On the train to Nevada, three low-down varmints try to bushwhack him. And when he tries to look up a friend in Virginia City, he finds out the man's in prison for robbery. Turns out that i...

  • River's End

    Bill Gulick

  • Blue Feather and Other Stories

    Zane Grey

    A collection of three classic Grey stories of the West features the tale of a tribal war between two Indian nations, a man accused of a crime he did not commit, and an eerie night in a haunted cabin. Reprint....

  • Passion's Bold Fire

    Rosalyn Alsobrook

    SUSPICIOUS DESIRE Private investigator Shawn Madden, alias Shawn Larsen, knew right off that there was something odd about this barmaid. It wasn't only that Catherine couldn't keep drink orders straight. She just didn't seem to belong ...

  • A Bitter Legacy

    Jean Davidson

    SECRETS IN THE SHADOWS Summoned to England after her hated grandfather's death, Victoria Hunter was eager to claim her inheritance. Her hopes were dashed, however, when she learned the legacy consisted of her family's ancestral mansion, bu...

  • My Lady Notorious

    Jo Beverley

    LOVE'S DANGEROUS ADVENTURE Desperate to help her widowed sister and baby escape a deadly pursuer, Lady Chastity Ware dresses as a highwayman and captures the first coach to travel down the road. Coming face-to-face with its occupant, the arrog...

  • The Duke's Easter Lady

    Irene Loyd Black

    Outraged that a distant cousin was about to inherit her estate, Lady Emma Winslow began seeking a new place to live. Then her late brother's closest friend, the Duke of Attlebery, invited her to stay with him while she conducted her search. All u...

  • Apache's Desire

    Karen A. Bale

    ONLY IN HIS ARMS Was she never to find peace and contentment? Silverhaired Aissa Gerard had survived capture, loneliness, and the burning of her family's ranch. Now she was home again, with her Indian lover beside her. Still, danger seemed to lurk...

  • The Desirable Duchess

    Marion Chesney

    ALTHOUGH SHE MARRIED WITHOUT LOVE, ALICE MAY YET DISCOVER SOMETHING ABOUT ROMANCE... Lovely Alice Lacey was a true Incomparable, and her marriage to the Duke of Ferrant was the event of the Season. Few realized, however, that she was secretly in l...

  • Scandalous

    Pamela Caldwell

    HE VOWED NOT TO MARRY... Were it not for his sister Portia, rumored to have fallen in with a fortune hunter, George Tate, Earl of Sefton, would never have agreed to attend his godmother Eugenia's house party. These affairs were so tiresome -- ho...

  • Desire

    Phoebe Conn

    HOT SPANISH NIGHTS In Madrid to attend the marriage of the Spanish Infanta to the Duke of Montpesier, sheltered Michelle Minoux was thrilled by the city's air of romance and celebration. Then she met a dark and mysterious gypsy guitar player--a ha...

  • Susannah's Secret

    Judy Christenberry

    SHE CAME INTO HIS HOME -- AND INTO HIS HEART... Nicholas Danvers wanted an experienced governess -- not a timid slip of a girl like Susannah Brown. To complicate matters further, the auburn-haired beauty arrived on his doorstep with an infant in t...

  • Three Wishes

    Jaymi Cristol

    Lauren couldn't believe her luck when her aunt's million-dollar estate turned out to include a magic lamp...complete with genie! If she played her three wishes right, she'd get all the money and security she'd ever wanted. But from the security she'd...

  • Surrender the Dream

    Debra Dier

    A proper Victorian lady is taught a lesson in love by a roguish Texan. THE ICE PRINCESS Jilted long ago by her fiance, Victoria Granger dedicated her life to helping San Francisco's less fortunate -- until her father threatened to disinherit her ...

  • Tempest Waters

    Nancy Gideon

    JOELLE The tomboyish daughter of a successful timber company owner, she preferred to be respected for the swing of her ax, not the curve of her figure. MARSHALL He wanted to buy Lyle Parry's company, but found himself at odds with Parry'...

  • Oklahoma Angel

    Phoebe Fitzjames

    SHE WANTED TO LEAVE Charity Caine was the only surviving member of the crazy Caine clan, a family of outlaws, bank robbers, and horse thieves. She was no outlaw, though. Come spring, she was going to settle in town among civilized folks. But the...

  • Courtesan

    Diane Haeger

    DIANE DE POITIERS: Her fear hidden behind her radiant beauty, Diane walked regally into the court where the King of France and his noblemen were gathered. After five years of exile, she had returned to face the whispers about her past. She never exp...

  • A Delicate Balance

    Roberta Gellis

    THE SOCIALITE An heiress posing as a hired companion, Linda wanted a taste of what real life was like, but she got more than she bargained for when she accompanied her wealthy employer to the Greek island of Corfu. THE INVALID Suffering from a ...

  • Shadow Vengeance

    Wendy Haley

    Determined to find her birth mother in order to save her own child's life, Maris journeys from small towns to seedy roadhouses, all the while followed by a killer who is determined to end her quest. When she learns she's adopted, tragically widow...

  • Lady Barbara's Dilemma

    Marjorie Farrell

    What Did the Lady Want? Lady Barbara Stanley had the perfect husband-to-be in Lord Peter Rushcliffe, the handsome, charming, wealthy, considerate, and loving Marquess of Wardour. She had the perfect platonic friend in Sir David Treves, whose go...

  • Fortune's Mistress

    Judith E. French

    Chains of iron bind them together in the shadow of the gallows -- an earthy, flame-haired beauty branded as a witch...and a condemned privateer, the dashing illegitimate son of King Charles II. Yet Lacy Bennett and James Black are not destined to di...

  • Surrender My Heart

    Lois Greiman

    DECEPTIONS AND DESIRE Shocked to overhear a scoundrel offering to sell his own sister, Southern gentleman Justin Stearns pays the rogue $700 to rescue the innocent waif. But the "abused urchin" turns out to be very much a woman -- a sultry...

  • Southern Rapture

    Boni Heck

    Dominique Chandler was horrified when her father's death left her and Belle Terre plantation in the charge of Evon Forest. She was sure the dashing rogue had stolen her inheritance, and would now take every liberty with her. Determined to escape him,...

  • The Falcon's Secret

    Laura Hastings

    A Missing Masterpiece It was a stolen Raphael, looted during World War II and unseen for nearly half a century. Then the package arrived bearing an old magazine photograph of the painting and a letter from a dead man...thus setting the wheels of ter...

  • A Brilliant Alliance

    Elizabeth Jackson

    Between Two Fires Two very different men sparked two very different emotions in Miss Caroline Wentworth. Caroline burned with anger at the arrogant Mr. Robert Neville. This fabulously rich gentleman might be the Catch of the Season, but he als...

  • Out of the Past

    Shirl Jensen

    SPIRIT LOST Still reeling from a bitter divorce, Debbie Dillon comes to the scenic Texas college town to start over. Yet from the moment she moves into the old Muller house, she is haunted by the restless spirit of Kate Muller, a beautiful young w...

  • A Spirited Affair

    Lynn Kerstan

    AN INDEPENDENT MINX Pompous and arrogant did not begin to do justice to the Earl of Coltrane! Jillian Lamb bad traveled all the way to London to see her guardian and determine why her heretofore regular allowance bad suddenly stopped arriving, and n...

  • The Heart's Legacy

    Barbara Keller

    A WOMAN FOR HER TIME Celine Morand, a titled beauty raised in the dazzling splendor of Napoleon's court, lived a glittering life of luxury. Her marriage to handsome Henri Morand seemed blessed, but Celine harbored a secret sorrow, one that threate...

  • Untamed

    Elizabeth Lowell

    UNVANQUISHED Returning from the Crusades, unbowed and triumphant, the noble knight, Dominic le Sabre, comes to Scotland to claim his reward--the beautiful Saxon bride promised to him by the conqueror King. UNTARNISHED The well-beloved daught...

  • The Brighton Burglar

    Dawn Aldridge Poore

    When it comes to unsolved crimes and unmatched hearts, Miss Roxanne Sydney is on the case! When Miss Sydney's late father leaves her with a debt ridden estate and three younger sisters to marry off, the unsinkable Roxanne decides to keep her family ...

  • Love and Glory

    Joyce Myrus

    WILD SOUTHERN BEAUTY When her fiance broke their betrothal, southern belle Susannah Butler secretly relished her regained freedom. But Naval Lt. Terry Armstrong, a disturbingly handsome stranger, apparently believed a woman needed a man in times o...

  • A Tender Magic

    Linda Madl

    THE HEIRESS An archer's bow clutched in her delicate hands, Leandra of Lyonesse paced the castle's battlements. With her kingdom besieged by brigands, she had accepted the proposal of a powerful, older earl who could protect her homeland. But youn...

  • Rapture's Betrayal

    Candace McCarthy

    SHE LEARNED OF LOVE IN A TIME OF WAR When patriotic Kirsten Van Atta found a Continental soldier lying wounded in the woodland path, near her New Jersey colony home, she knew she must do what she could for the Revolutionary cause and nurse him back ...

  • Savage Passion

    Wanda Owen

    SHE'D ALWAYS BE HIS LOVE Forced to choose between two men who adored her, lovely Gillian Browne left her Indian suitor behind and sailed to Ireland with a dashing sea captain. Now--barely twenty and a widow-Gillian yearned only for her Arizona hom...

  • Once an Angel

    Teresa Medeiros

    SLEEPING BEAUTY The last thing Justin Connor expected to find washed, up on the wild shores of New. Zealand was a young woman asleep on the sand, curled like a child beneath the moonlight. Though fiercely protective of the haven he had found on this...

  • Evermore

    Modean Moon

    THE LEGACY The Oklahoma mansion had been built by a man mourning his beloved. It was a beautiful monument to their devotion, and for Elizabeth Richards, it would be a wonderful place to begin again after her grandmother's death. But when she arrived...

  • Sweet Bargain

    Kate Moore

    AN OUTRAGEOUS PROPOSAL Poor Bel Shaw. Her carefree days of family fun and fishing must come to an end. It is her duty to assure the future prosperity of her large and close-knit family by making a good marriage. To add to her gloom, she is chased ...

  • Lady of Lochabar

    Jeanette Ramirez

    WARRING PASSIONS Seven-year-old Margaret MacDonald of Lochabar watched in horror as the raging fires o insurrection destroyed her family, her home and her heritage. Through the blood and flames appeared Simon Campbell, the legendary soldier and en...

  • Tempting Fate

    Carla Neggers

    Dani Pembroke had lost her mother long ago--but the mysterious circumstances of her disappearance still kept the people of Saratoga whispering. Now, successful and fiercely independent, Dani wanted to forget the past and concentrate on running her bu...

  • Lifetime Investment

    Dana Ransom

    A PROFITABLE PARTNERSHIP When she married handsome hotel heir Wyatt Marston, Bethany thought all her dreams had come true. Helping her husband run his family's elegant Denver resort made them true partners in every way. But lately, Wyatt had changed...

  • The Eagle and the Rose

    Diane Gates Robinson

    GOLDEN ENGLISH ROSE Widowed after an arranged marriage, and homesick for her native England in the faraway Spanish colony of St. Augustine, Florida, dazzlingly lovely Serena Marston had only a fortune-teller's promise of true love and precious tre...

  • Strings of Fortune

    Karen Rhodes

    A SPECIAL LEGACY Attractive businesswoman Elizabeth Mason thought her family's antique marionettes had only sentimental value. Miraculously, they turned out to be priceless heirlooms, and gave Elizabeth the confidence to fulfill her most ambitious...

  • Shelter from the Storm

    Patricia Rice

    WHEN LOVE WON'T BE DENIED Laura Kincaid had loved Cash Wycliffe, the tenant farmer's headstrong son, since childhood - even though she knew he was the last man on earth to want. A ruggedly handsome gambler and shameless womanizer, he was everythin...

  • The Wild Rose

    Rebecca Ward

    RENDERING MISS ST. HELM SOCIALLY ACCEPATBLE WOULD BE A HERCULEAN CHALLENGE. Rosamund St. Helm was wild to a fault, having been raised in the wilderness of Canada, consorting with--good heavens!--shopkeepers and fur traders. Her frank speech, her a...

  • Tender Trust

    Gloria Dale Skinner

    FOBIDDEN FRUIT Her father's tragic death left Anna Dudley to manage the family tavern all alone. She needed business, so although there was a war on, she housed all travellers, regardless of their sympathies. That included the new minister who had j...

  • Celebrity Status

    Deanna Talcott

    LUCKY STAR Struggling waitress Kelsy Williams was more than ready for some luck in her life. But the feisty redhead never dreamed shed be selected as the exclusive model for a bestselling product's mammoth advertising campaign. And she sure didn't...

  • Sweet Savage Splendor

    Lauren Wilde

    A PUREBRED PLANTATION BELLE The wind blowing her tangled chestnut tresses, Felicia Edwards looked down from the rocky heights of the Appalachian trail. Once feted as the prettiest girl in the Carolinas, she was now an arrogant frontiersman's hostage...

  • Whispers in Time

    Becky Lee Weyrich

    Renowned psychic Carol Marlowe was in sultry New Orleans on police business. Until an enchanted midnight bayou ride sent her spiralling back through time into the body and soul of a Creole belle, and into the arms of her seductive renegade lover. Sud...

  • Silver Shadows

    Marianne Willman

    DISTANT HORIZONS Born to a white woman and a Cheyenne warrior chief, he grew to manhood on the thundering Colorado plains. But the winds of change brought sorrow to his people--and to the man called Grayson Howard. Heeding an inner call, he journe...

  • The Dark Opals of Harrow Island

    Beverly C. Warren

    "BE WARY OF HIM, MEGAN. BE WARY OF THEM ALL!" Shy Megan Cooper was bold enough to answer the advertisement for a secretary in a London newspaper, but no sooner had she arrived on remote Harrow Island than her courage began to falter. Lord Ambros...

  • Beneath a Harvest Moon

    Catherine Wyatt

    A CITY LADY Alexandra Merritt traded her chaotic city life for the tranquillity of her grandmother's farm in the British province of Upper Canada. She wanted to stay forever by the clear running streams and majestic alpine peaks. So when her handsom...

  • Shadow Walkers

    Nina Romberg

    A group of runaway children seeks shelter in an abandoned mental hospital, where they form a secret club to protect the innocent, but the possessed building tranforms the children into beasts, bringing out their darkest instincts. Original....

  • Blood Secrets

    Dale Ludwig

    When she turns thirty, Kirsten Walker inherits her mother's secret diary and begins to unlock some of the secrets of her elusive past, but a deranged serial killer recently released from prison holds the final answers. Original....

  • Crime Zone

    Jake Davis

  • War Mountain

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    Megan Marklin

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    Lee Grimes

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    Roger Zelazny; Robert Sheckley

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    Sharon Green

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    Steven Frankos

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    Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman

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    Douglas Niles
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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    Lawrence Watt-Evans

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    Simon R. Green

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    Jim Aikin

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    Elaine Bergstrom
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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    Allan Cole; Chris Bunch

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    Simon Hawke

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    Christopher Kubasik

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    Christopher Rowley

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    Carol Severance

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    Christopher Stasheff

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    Peter Albano

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    Susan Amarillas

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    Laurel Ames

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    Kat Adams

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  • Mother of the Groom

    Trisha Alexander

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    Elizabeth August

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    Suzanne Barclay

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    Marie Beaumont

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    Elizabeth Bevarly

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  • The Way It Should Have Been

    Georgia Bockoven

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    Rosanne Bittner

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  • Surprise, Surprise!

    Annette Broadrick
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  • Golden Girl

    Carla Cassidy

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  • Swamp Secrets

    Carla Cassidy

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  • Lightning Strikes Twice

    Lacey Dancer

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  • Found Father

    Justine Davis

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  • The Awakening

    Patricia Coughlin

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  • River Temptress

    Elaine Crawford

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  • Always a Fiancee

    Sheryl Danson

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  • An Impossible Dream

    Emma Darcy

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  • Deception and Desire

    Saranne Dawson

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  • Romance of the Rose

    Claire Delacroix

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  • The Substitute Bride

    Diana Delmore

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  • Rescued by Love

    Anne Marie Duquette

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  • The Last Real Man

    Rebecca Flanders

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  • Surrender, Baby

    Suzanne Forster

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  • Healing Touch

    Judy Gill / Judy Griffith Gill

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  • Hart's Law

    Theresa Gladden

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  • Double Black Diamond

    Laura Gordon

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  • The Pride of St. Charles Avenue

    Carole Halston

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