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  • A Bitter Peace

    Michael Peterson

    Presidential envoy Bradley Marshall tackles a doomed mission to achieve peace with honor in Vietnam despite the odds that are against him, in a suspenseful story about a man's conscience and personal redemption. Reprint....

  • Keepers of the Sun

    James Axler

    Jumping through a secret gateway from their pre-nuclear world, Ryan Cawdor and his survivalist group find themselves in a fallen nation that is shadowed by samurai rulers that threaten Cawdor's world. Original....

  • Riding Shotgun

    Rita Mae Brown

    In a delightful contemporary farce with a riotous twist, Rita Mae Brown welcomes you to Virginia's horse country, where a fox hunt is about to lead a 1990s woman, Cig Blackwood, into a 1690s adventure of the heart. Infidelity, single motherhood, fami...

  • Satan's Thrust

    Don Pendleton

    The nation's elite extralegal arm remains ready for action in the covert gray area between diplomatic pressure and military intervention. Only word from the President sanctions Stony Man's deployment in a crisis. But when the Commander-In-Chief is ou...

  • Task Force Blue

    Richard Marcinko; John Weisman

    Richard Marcinko's #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography, Rogue Warrior, brought SpecWar combat out in the open. But only fiction could tell the whole, unrestricted story, in two more explosive New York Times bestsellers--Rogue Warrior: Red Cel...

  • Tiger's Tail

    Gus Lee

    A career officer who trained at West Point. The number-one son of a hardworking Chinese family. A soldier still tormented by his tour of duty in Vietnam. Jackson Kan is a man caught in the middle of clashing worlds. Now Kan is bound for Asia once aga...

  • The Body in the Bog

    Katherine Hall Page

    A DEADLY ENVIRONMENT When Faith Fairchild finds her husband Tom embracing nursery school teacher Lora Deane, she's alarmed, if only for an instant. The Reverend Thomas Fairchild has never been known for philandering, so Faith waits for the explana...

  • Cyberkiss

    Sally Chapman

    MURDER ON-LINE One look at Bernie Kowolsky told Julie Blake that he was a computer geek. He also looked scared to death. Bernie arrives at Julie's computer investigations office with a tale of kinky cybersex turned lethal--with promises to love......

  • Dark Horse

    Bill Shoemaker

    World-famous jockey-turned-mystery-writer Bill Shoemaker is back in the winner's circle with his newest racing mystery that begins and ends with the Triple Crown, the most famous and lucrative trio of races in the Thoroughbred business... . At the...

  • Death at Buckingham Palace

    C.C. Benison

    MURDER MOST ROYAL... Jane Bee came to Europe for adventure, only to end up with the job of a lifetime: housemaid at Buckingham Palace. Now her greatest challenge is removing gum from State Room carpets--until she comes across a nasty accident righ...

  • False Friends

    Carolyn Keene

    Hoping to secure her qualification for the track and field team, George trains for an upcoming race, while Dawn joins the peace-promoting REACH group and Nancy wonders if REACH has an entirely different agenda...

  • Firestorm

    Nevada Barr

    An insatiable, unstoppable beast, the wildfire called Jackknife has already devoured 17,000 acres of California's Lassen Volcanic National Park. A devastating force of nature, it has brought out the very best--and worst--in those sworn to defeat it. ...

  • The Girl Who Ran Off With Daddy

    David Handler

    The dandified ghostwriter Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag appears in his seventh mystery when his mentor and friend, a septuagenarian, becomes involved in a sensational affair with his stepdaughter that leads to murder. Reprint....

  • The Girl Who Remembered Snow

    Charles Mathes

    DISAPPEARING ACT A professional magician, Emma Passant knows the hand is quicker than the eye. But how much of her own life has been an illusion? Her grandfather is murdered, and soon afterward a friend is killed by the same gun. So when her brawn...

  • Grand Slam

    Susan Moody

    While taking part in a high-stakes bridge game, Cassie Swann stumbles upon the body of Lady Portia Wickham and sets out to investigate the killing, but drawing clues like cards, she is soon holding a murderous hand. Reprint....

  • A Hidden Cause of Murder

    C.F. Roe

    Horrified when her partner is murdered, Dr. Jean Montrose believes that one of the victim's addict clients is responsible, but police inspector Douglas Niven believes that Jean herself is the killer. Original....

  • Let's Get Criminal

    Lev Raphael

    A tale of intrigue in academia involving homosexuals. It begins when a new man arrives at a university and obtains tenure despite lack of qualifications. When he is murdered, suspicion falls on a writer-in-residence on whom the man once did the dirty...

  • Moment of Truth

    Franklin W. Dixon

    Attending a friend's bullfighting demonstration while on vacation at South Padre Island, the Hardy brothers are horrified when the triumphant matador is kidnapped by his rich uncle's greedy enemies. Original....

  • Murder Mile High

    Lora Roberts

    SPECIAL DELIVERY For the first time in years, struggling freelance writer Liz Sullivan is headed home to Denver to visit her estranged family. No sooner does she arrive than her former husband's dead body is delivered to her father's front porch w...

  • Nice Girls Finish Last

    Sparkle Hayter

    At thirty-seven, with one failed marriage and several lousy dates behind her, Robin Hudson is working on a new attitude--a Positive Mental Attitude. Sure, she's still toiling away in the tabloidesque Special Reports unit at the All News Network for h...

  • The Passover Murder

    Lee Harris

    FINAL QUESTIONS Until someone killed her, the only mystery about adorable Iris Grodnik was why she had never married. But for sixteen years, her strange disappearance and murder during a Passover seder have remained a troubling piece of family his...

  • The Pen Pal Puzzle

    Carolyn Keene

    When Nancy’s English postage stamps disappear before she can display the on her pen pal poster for Parents’ Night, she has to discover who has taken them, and why....

  • A Question of Guilt

    Carolyn Keene

    AMERICA'S TOP TEEN DETECTIVES TEAM UP TO FIND THE BOTTOM LINE IN A MURDEROUS FINANCIAL DISPUTE. NANCY DREW and her father, Carson, have come to Philadelphia to attend a meeting of the Vidocq Society, a group dedicated to the investigation of unsolve...

  • Somebody Else's Child

    Terris McMahan Grimes

    Learning about a murder and kidnapping in her elderly mother's hometown, amateur sleuth Theresa Galloway is forced to agree when her mother insists that she has a better chance of solving the crime than the police do. Original....

  • Whatever Happened to Jennifer Steele?

    Jean Ruryk

    Recognizing a sickly bag lady as her daughter's childhood friend and a once-promising soap opera actress, sixtyish Cat Wilde takes in the bedraggled Jennifer and tries to help the young woman recover her lost memories...

  • The Book of God

    Walter Wangerin Jr.

    Experience the Bible as a singular, powerful story and prepare to be swept away by Scripture as never before! Wangerin's "Bible storybook for adults" features brilliant settings, dramatized scenes, and added dialogue -- all gleaned from extensive res...

  • Chase the Dream

    Constance Colson

    Four young people entered the world of high school rodeo, never foreseeing that their paths would diverge and come together again. In Chasing the Dream, the four friends find their way through complicated lives to discover the rewards of professional...

  • Point Man Devotional

    Steve Farrar

    Building upon the crucial topics addressed in Steve Farrar's best-selling Point Man, Farrar's new Point Man Devotional walks men through the Scriptures, asking the question: What does God say about these subjects that are so critical to men? This eas...

  • The Rebel

    Grace Johnson

  • Setting the Pace

    Lauraine Snelling

    When Lindy Randall announces her engagement to Robert Crowder, DJ is floored. How can her mother even consider taking on a husband and twin boys when she is only now beginning to get along with the family she has? DJ turns to her training at Briones...

  • Almost Married

    Carol Grace

    WANNA-BE MOM Laurie Clayton wanted a family of her own, so two weeks alone with a baby sounded perfect. But when the tot turned into a holy terror, stranding them in romantic Niagara Falls, Laurie found herself playing house with a sexy stranger in ...

  • Alone in a Crowd

    Georgia Bockoven

    Love's Sweet Harmony Once the legendary Cole Webster reached the top of the country music charts he stayed there, thanks to his talent and his father's expert management. But when a near-fatal motorcycle accident temporarily alters his appearance,...

  • The Beauty, the Beast and the Baby

    Dixie Browning

    MR. MARCH The Beast: Gus Wydowski, a brooding bachelor with a weakness for beautiful women--but not for bouncing babies! The Beauty: Mariah Brady didn't need a man who knew nothing about babies--especially when she was juggling a newborn! T...

  • Belle Saint Marie

    Kay Moser

    Kay Moser is a native of historic Nacogdoches, Texas, deep in the piney woods of east Texas. Her childhood days were spent "playing make believe" under the magnolia trees or "putting on plays" utilizing the wide front verandah as a stage. Story telli...

  • Beyond the Fire

    Amanda Wheeler

    Ambition would never be enough for her
    Smart and ambitious, Nina Lewis was hurdling obstacles not only as a law student at Berkeley in the early '70s but as a black woman during a time of tremendous change, opportunity, and unrest. Though an inner...

  • Bringing Up Baby

    Charlotte Douglas

    Would they form an instant family? Devon Clarke, author of the popular column "Bringing Up Baby," was America's best-loved baby expert. That's why two fans bequeathed her a tiny tyke named Amanda. How were they to know that Devon w...

  • Broken Promises, Shattered Dreams

    Francine Pascal

    Where do we go from here? Billie Winkler and Steven Wakefield are having a baby! But Steven's joy quickly turns to misery when Billie tells him that marriage is not the only option. Will this mean the end of Billie and Steven? Now that she owns her...

  • Buchanan's Baby

    Pamela Toth

    OH, BABY! They say you never forget your first love, and Donovan Buchanan was more unforgettable than most. The rough-and-ready cowboy had left a trail of broken hearts along the road to success...and he'd left perky waitress Bobbie McBride with j...

  • Choices

    Maria Corley

    Feeling lonely and vulnerable with her husband, a rising young singer, away for months at a time, Chaney faces a tempting choice when she encounters Taurique, her former high-school sweetheart, after many years of separation. Original....

  • Clanton's Woman

    Patricia Knoll

    Kisses at high noon! Tombstone, Arizona. The smoky Western town had a rich history: it was here that Wyatt Earp had finally faced down the notorious Clanton gang. But now Jack Clanton was back! With his tough features shaded by his cowboy hat ...

  • The Colorado Countess

    Stephanie Howard

    A blue-blooded bachelor! The last thing Carrie Dunn had expected when she arrived in the glamorous dukedom of San Rinaldo was to meet a real-life Prince Charming. A small-town American girl, she had been swept off her feet by the charismatic Coun...

  • Commitments

    Susan Worth

    HE DID EXACTLY AS HE PLEASED, AND HE PLEASED HE...FOR now Charlie "I'll try anything for a year" Whitman. Fleet of mouth, fast of foot and a brilliant copywriter, he was committed to only one thing-no commitments. Cassie "Play by the rules" Arm...

  • A Conard County Reckoning

    Rachel Lee

    Janet Tate was through being the victim, but something about the stranger she's discovered hiding in the mountains tugged at her wounded heart, demanding that she learn his secrets. All his life, Abel Pierce had lived with the memory of his fathe...

  • The Cupid Conspiracy

    Ruth Jean Dale

    CUPID, COLORADO This is ranch country, cowboy country--a land of high mountains and swift, cold rivers, of deer, elk and bear. The first Cameron came to Colorado more than a hundred years ago, and Camerons have owned and worked the Straight Arrow ...

  • Dangerous

    Lee Magner

    A TOWN WITHOUT PITY Seemed as if Clare Brown was the only person in Crawfordsville who'd ever seen any good in Case Malloy. She'd wanted that wrong-side-of-the-tracks rebel more than any good girl should ever want anything. And yet she'd never had...

  • Dangerous Ground

    Alison Kelly

    Give a girl a bad name! Know as the Risque cosmetics girl, Jacqui Raynor is now finding offers of modeling work hard to come by. So when Patric Flanagan offers her a lucrative contract, she's forced to accept... Suddenly she's on a dangerous ...

  • Deputy Daddy

    Carla Cassidy

    WHO SHOULD RAISE THE TWINS "Me, their godfather Just because I'm a mars doesn't mean 1 can't warm up formula or read bedtime stories. Besides, I love those two little rascals--and love doesn't come so easily to me." --Beau Randolf "Me, their g...

  • Dust Devil

    Rebecca Brandewyne

    Years ago, their friendship had been private -- known only to themselves. Intense, passionate, dangerously good-looking Renzo Cassavettes wouldn't have fit in Sarah Kincaid's world. But one sultry summer afternoon, while the honeysuckle bloom...

  • Falling for Him

    Debbie Macomber

    Hard Luck, Alaska -- a town that needs women! Location: 50 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 150 -- mostly men -- but growing! Because the O'Halloran brothers, who run a bush-plane charter service called Midnight Sons, are headin...

  • Falling for Lucas

    Francine Pascal

    Enjoying a skiing vacation, Jessica and Lila fight for the attentions of the same cute ski instructor, while Elizabeth fears for the life of her boyfriend Todd, who has been caught in an avalanche. Original....

  • Family First

    Marcia Evanick

    Sexy as sin, and twice as hot... James Stonewall Carson didn't look like a grade-school teacher, Emmy Lou McNally decided, with his muscled body and shoulders broad enough to carry the world. But when he teased her in his deep, seductive voice, sh...

  • A Father for Always

    Sandra Steffen

    To keep his rich in-laws from taking away his little girl, Fabulous Father Jace McCall decided to: One: Find a woman willing to pose as his fiancee. The hitch? Every gal in town was spoken for--except Garret Fletcher. But who'd believe they were i...

  • Finding You

    Carla Neggers

    Vermont newspaper editor Cozie Hawthorne was shocked at the money she made when her book of Yankee cracker-barrel wisdom hit the bestseller lists. That didn't mean she was ready to buy a dress that cost more than her rusted Jeep. She prided herself o...

  • For Love of Her Child

    Tracy Sinclair

    A MOTHER'S LOVE... Erica Barclay's goal was to keep her son, Nicky, safe from the people who threatened their small family. Nicky was her entire world, the very air she breathed. She certainly didn't have time for sexy strangers she stumbled over ...

  • The Groom Wore Blue Suede Shoes

    Jessica Travis

    A MARRIAGE MADE IN MEMPHIS Single mom Erin Weller just wanted a normal life. But ever since she'd rescued Travor Steele from a crowd of screaming women, her life was anything but! Travor's good looks did more than set her pulse racing. Everyone--inc...

  • The Heart of Devin MacKade

    Nora Roberts

    HE WAS THE ONLY MacKADE WHO MOVED SLOW Sheriff Devin MacKade had always had his eye on Cassie Connor Dolin. Twelve years of trying to watch over her and her children. Twelve years of being the dependable friend, of seeing his beauty married to a...

  • Heartless Stranger

    Elizabeth Duke

    Sandra knew about the tragedy that had claimed the lives of those dearest to Trent Corbin. But although her compassionate heart ached for him, she could never forget that he was her father's enemy... Yet, as an unexpected guest in his home, Sandr...

  • High Energy

    Dara Joy
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    Physics. Zanita Masterson knew nothing about the subject, and cared little to learn--until a reporting job led her to one Tyberius Augustus Evans. The rogue scientist was six feet of piercing blue eyes, rock-hard muscles and maverick ideas, and the n...

  • Homecoming

    Sally Tyler Hayes

    WHO WAS SHE...REALLY? Did a beautiful woman's mysterious past hold the key to D.A. Jack MacAlister's latest case? He was certain it did--and he needed A.J.'s testimony to send a ruthless kidnapper to prison. But she couldn't remember what Jack nee...

  • Husband in a Hurry

    Muriel Jensen

    "Would you marry me and give my children a father?" Nell Fairfield -- she has four good reasons to acquire a husband in a hurry. Their names are Joey, Gracie, Gib and Jerica - four young children Nell 'inherits' just before losing her job and bein...

  • Husband: Optional

    Marie Ferrarella

    MISTAKEN PATERNITY? Jackson Cain refused to believe Joshua wasn't his. Mallory Flannigan's "claim" of an absentee lover had way too many holes, and anyway, her baby boy looked an awful lot like him. Besides, Jackson couldn't imagine Mallory with a...

  • Infamous

    Joan Collins

    A novel of romance and suspense introduces a wildly popular Hollywood soap opera actress who falls for Mr. Wrong, yet somehow manages to overcome those who would destroy her, personally and professionally. Reprint....

  • Infernal Affairs

    Jane Heller

    WHEN A WOMAN DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S GOTTEN HERSELF INTO, THERE COULD BE THE DEVIL TO PAY WHEN SHE FINDS OUT... A real estate agent in South Florida's discreetly posh Banyon Beach, Barbara is down on her luck, up several dress sizes, drowning hers...

  • Instant Mommy

    Annette Broadrick

    A COWBOY AND A BABY... Horses and cattle were one thing, but when it came to baby bottles and diapers, widowed rancher Deke Crandall was a real greenhorn. He didn't want to raise his baby daughter alone, but what was a cowboy to do? NEED A WI...

  • It Happened One Week

    JoAnn Ross

    AMANDA'S ROMANCE RESUME First Love: Ten years ago, Amanda fell madly in love with Dane, the most handsome man she'd ever seen. They kissed till dawn, whispered sweet nothings about forever. Then suddenly it was over.... Present Love: In the mid...

  • Ivy Secrets

    Jean Stone

    THEY LIVED A LIE.... They met within the ivied walls of one of New England's most prestigious colleges: Three girls from vastly different backgrounds who became roommates, soulmates, and best friends. But fifteen years later, it's not the bonds of...

  • Just a Memory Away

    Helen R. Myers

    HE'D LOST HIS MEMORY He appeared in the darkness like a dream--except that in Francesca Jones's dreams sexy strangers weren't naked and suffering from amnesia! Frankie couldn't resist a man in need, and this man needed her more than she knew. "...

  • The Language of Love

    Alexis Page

    If he only knew...Leanna Van Haver is living two different lives. To gorgeous Miguel Sarmiento, she’s a traditional Filipino girl. But in reality, dark, exotic Leanna has grown up with her mom and step-dad in, a household that's as American as appl...

  • The Last Groom on Earth

    Kristin James

    HERE COMES THE GROOM? So what if everyone thought Bryce Richard would make the perfect husband? Angela Hewitt had fought enough childhood battles with him to know better. But when her sexy nemesis came to her rescue, she suddenly felt like a damse...

  • Lover Under Cover

    Justine Davis

    Trinity Street West: Where danger lies around every corner -- and the biggest danger of all is falling in love. In a world of shadows... BENEATH THE SURFACE... Running away had never been Caitlin Murphy's style, especially when a child'...

  • Man of His Word

    Miriam MacGregor

    Blake didn't know why April Lindsay had suddenly accepted a job in town but he was sure there had to be a man involved. And just how did six-year-old Tim fit into April's life? Blake sensed a mystery and he vowed to get to the bottom of it....

  • Married to the Man

    Judith Arnold

    WHAT IF YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE DIVORCED -- AND FOUND OUT YOU WERE STILL MARRIED TO THE MAN? If you're Jane Thayer, successful Boston Lawyer and highly organized person, you hightail it to New Orleans, where your ex-husband lives. Well, he's not...

  • Mother in the Making

    Ellen James

    The Blue Mesa Ranch, near Stillwell, New Mexico Hallie Claremont--She's the Blue Mesa's owner. Not that this is anything to brag about as far as Hallie's concerned. She inherited the place, and even she--who knows nothing about ranching--can tell ...

  • The Newlywed Game

    Bonnie K. Winn

    How would they score on the compatibility test? Brad Holbrook and Kara Lawrence made the perfect couple. The moment he saw them Erastus Jones knew they were meant for each other, and meant to be the new owners of his ostrich ranch. There was only ...

  • A Night to Remember

    Anne Weale

    An innocent proposal? Until now, Cassia Browning had lived rather a sheltered life with her father in Spain. However, she could still recognize a dangerous man when she met one, and Don Simón, Marqués de Mondragón was just that. Apart from bein...

  • Once a Wife

    Patricia Keelyn

    She'd run out on him When Sarah Colby was seventeen, she made the biggest mistake of her life. Her marriage to Reece Colby was in trouble, they were nearly destitute and their baby was sick. When Sarah's mother-in-law offered a solution, Sarah lis...

  • Once More With Feeling

    Cynthia Blair

    While planning her fifteenth wedding anniversary party, Laura Briggs turns on Donahue to discover her husband confessing his "secret life" to millions of TV viewers. By the first commercial break, Laura decides her marriage is over. Yet her life ...

  • The Only Man for Maggie

    Leigh Michaels

    He wanted her off his property... Maggie didn't want a man--she wanted her own apartment! But Karr Elliot had bought her beautiful home right from under Maggie's feet. ...And out of his life? But for someone who was determined to send Ma...

  • The Outlaw and the City Slicker

    Debbi Rawlins

    THE LADY... With her designer luggage and pink cowboy boots, Sunny Daye was hardly who Jesse would have picked to assist with his cattle drive. She had the body of a centerfold and the face of an angel but did she know anything about cattle and t...

  • Playing Daddy

    Lorraine Carroll

    ONCE A FATHER... When Cable McRay opened his home to singe mother Sara Nelson, he hadn't expected to play daddy to her three-year-old son. But beautiful Sara needed his help, and Cable couldn't deny this compelling woman anything. Even if ...

  • Priceless

    Mary Lynn Baxter

    A CHILD... Architect Leah Frazier had taken a great risk once -- when she went to extreme measures to conceive her child. She adored her son, Coty, yet it would take another daring move to turn her life around. Her husband, long an invalid, was dyin...

  • Private Matters

    Amberlina Wicker

  • The Quiet One

    Alicia Scott

    WANTED... Sheriff Cagney Guiness came back to Maddensfield for peace and quiet--and found himself right in the middle of a murder investigation. He also found his prime suspect, a woman who could help him escape his past--if only her past were free ...

  • The Rancher and His Unexpected Daughter

    Sherryl Woods

    Widower Harlan Adams had plenty of experience with children - male children. So when a rebellious teenaged girl stole his truck and went for a joyride, Harlan was baffled. Then he confronted her intriguing, sassy mother and was totally thrown for a l...

  • The Reformer

    Diana Whitney

    HEY, KIDDO-- I suppose you know I'm crazy about your mom. What man wouldn't be? Especially since she has such a great kid. But I want to talk to you man-to-man and tell you what my intentions are. Even though your mom is the most beautiful, wonder...

  • Relative Sins

    Anne Mather

    Whose baby? Sara Reed has a secret. Returning to her husband's family home after his death isn't easy for Sara. Her mother-in-law clearly despises her, but the person she most dreads seeing again is Alex. Her husband's brother, h...

  • Ridge: the Avenger

    Leanne Banks

    SHE WAS THE MARRYING KIND... Ridge Jackson's plan was simple: protect lovely Dara Seabrook and get revenge on her godfather at the same time. Ridge was professional; he knew the dangers of mixing business with pleasure. How then had the voluptuous...

  • The Rose Revived

    Katie Fforde

    Joining a team of housecleaners as a means of supporting themselves, recently unemployed May, single mother and hopeful artist Harriet, and star-seeking Sally find themselves in hotter water than they could have expected....

  • A Simple Texas Wedding

    Ruth Jean Dale

    "Friday's child is loving and giving." It began simply enough, when Trace Morgan hired Hope to organize his sister's engagement party. But when the bride-to-be asked Hope to plan the wedding as well, then things got complicated--Te...

  • Sister of the Bride

    Valerie Parv

    Deception...or desire? Terise O'Neill has a goal--revenge for her stepsister Clair's unhappy marriage. She needs to get close to Ryan Westmore, and a job in his home--as nanny to his and Clair's twin girls--provides her with the ideal ...

  • Sisters

    Penny Richards

    A SECRET BABY... Nineteen years ago, farmgirl Skye Herder was all chaste, forbidden temptation while her older sister was a ripe, willing female. A boy on the brink of manhood, Cash Benedict had to choose... Now, tormented by memories, compell...

  • Slow Hands

    Debra Dixon

    A hold-your-breath-handsome professor who taught her the pleasure of play... Sam Tucker wasn't the kind of man to wait for an invitation, not when his mission was to help Clare McGuire learn the joys of losing control! Convinced Sam wanted onl...

  • Spring Collection

    Judith Krantz

    PASSION... Three innocent beauties on the city of fashion and love... SCANDAL... It's the hottest thing that's ever happened to Loring Model Management. Three of its unknown models have been chosen to star in the debut spring collection o...

  • Sunrise Song

    Kathleen Eagle

    IN THE DARKNESS OF YESTERDAY'S SHADOWS SHINES A GOLDEN PROMISE FOR TOMORROW A mixed-blood Lakota Sioux, Zane Lone Bull spent long years fighting -- on a distant foreign battlefield and in his own country -- and has vowed to fight no more. Now a t...

  • Tender Captive

    Rosemary Carter

    Getting even. Fraser Donaldson believed Stephanie was to blame for Timothy's accident, and he was in no mood to listen to reason. Stephanie couldn't remember the details -- it had all happened so fast. Convinced that she had no choice, Stepha...

  • To Catch a Thief

    Debra Carroll

    TO CATCH A THIEF Luke Dalton: Tough, mysterious, incredibly sexy and charming. But why is he so intent on seducing -- Claire Sterling: Beautiful, vulnerable, determined. She's searching for her father -- not a handsome but dangerous lover...

  • Trail of Secrets

    Eileen Goudge

    Once, Ellie Nightingale has been an unwed teenage mother, adrift in New York City. Now, she is a renowned psychologist, married to a brilliant doctor--but unable to forget what had happened to her and her baby in that nightmare time. Once, sociali...

  • Under the Covers

    Linda Warren

    His make-your-own-rules grin should have been a warning ... He'd never been followed bit a woman so downright determined, Simon Faro noted with admiration--and more than a touch of curiosity! Detective Jo O'Neal was outrageously persistent in trac...

  • Untamed Lover

    Sharon Kendrick

    He'd returned to claim his wife! As young and reckless teenagers they had married in haste and separated just as quickly. Scarlett had put Liam Rouse behind her and moved on. Liam, too, had acquired a new sophistication, but underneath still b...

  • Wanted: Wife

    Stella Bagwell

    KEEP YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM, MISTER! Tall, dark, rich and powerful, Lucas Lowrimore was one of the most eligible bachelors in town. Usually, women just fell at his feet! So when he couldn't even sweet-talk his way out of a speeding ti...

  • The Warrior

    Fayrene Preston

    The danger that glowed in his eyes called her name .... Jonah Damaron exuded power like a force of nature, untamable and sensual in a way that awakened every nerve ending in Jolie Lanier's body! But she was playing a dangerous game, taking risks f...

  • The Wedding Assignment

    Cathryn Clare

    RAE-ANNE BLACKBURN IS GETTING MARRIED... She's always fantasized about the day she would walk down the aisle. In her dreams, her groom was Wiley Cotter. In real life, it's someone else. But she's going to live happily ever after--no matter what. ...

  • What Engagement Ring?!

    Martha Schroeder

    "The second my brother's four-carat diamond engagement ring was on your finger, you jilted him." - Jake Singleton, attorney. April Kennan had refused to even date Jake's sniveling brother -- let alone marry him! And now Jake insisted she return a rin...

  • What Matters Most

    Cynthia Victor

    They were childhood friends, so Lainey Wolfe's agreement to be legal guardian of Farrell Cole's children seemed no more than a natural promise--until the unthinkable happens: A terrible accident claims the lives of Farrell and her husband, and Lainey...

  • Zoe and the Best Man

    Carole Buck

    WANTED: BRIDAL BLISS Zoe Armitage was on the lookout for her pt husband. He had to be stable, sincere...anyone but thrill-seeking, smooth-talking Gabriel Flynn! Sure, they'd shared steamy kisses at their best friends' wedding, but Zoe had decided th...

  • Auntie Mayhem

    Mary Daheim

    Bad Manors Though lurching through London is ever so jolly, hostess on-holiday Judith McMonigle Flynn and her cantankerous cousin Renie are looking forward to an unharried weekend at a real English country manor. They find the estate taxing, howev...

  • First King of Shannara

    Terry Brooks

    The incomparable Terry Brooks takes us back to the beginning, in this spectacular prelude to the world's most beloved fantasy novels... THE SECOND WAR OF THE RACES Horrified by the misuse of Magic they had witnessed during the First War of the ...

  • Angel Kisses

    Cherie Bennett

    Leaving behind her otherworld boyfriend in order to perform intervention services, teen angel Melody is charged with helping transform spoiled rich girl Scarlett Whitmore into a nicer person. Original....

  • Castle Fantastic

    John DeChancie

    Sixteen short stories that take place within legendary castles include the writings of such popular authors as Roger Zelazny, Charles de Lint, Jane Yolen, David Bischoff, and Nancy Springer. Original....

  • City of Diamond

    Jane Emerson

    The newly appointed Protector of an intergalactic city-ship, Adrian Mercati is urged by his predecessor to strengthen his position by locating the Sawyer Crown, an alien artifact that will give him superiority over his enemies. Original....

  • Dance of Death

    P.N. Elrod

    In the sequel to Death and the Maiden, vampire Jonathan Barrett encounters an engaging four-year-old boy, the mortal son he never knew he had, but his enemies plot to use the child to destroy him. Original....

  • Game's End

    Sharon Green

    Their land devastated by enslaving enemies, noble King Bariden and Queen Chalaine begin the difficult task of restoring the kingdom, a task that is complicated when an evil spell causes them to distrust one another. Original....

  • Glory's War

    Alfred Coppel

    The second installment of the Goldenwing Cycle and the sequel to Glory continues the epic saga of the Wired Starmen aboard their orbiting space station, their refuge from an uninhabitable, hostile planet that once was Earth. Reprint....

  • Greatheart

    Dixie Lee McKeone

    When gnolls attack a caravan of humans heading toward the Sielwode Forest, only young Cald Dasheft survives. Perhaps a worse fate awaits him, though. He is found by the dreaded Sielwode elves, who intend to slay him. They know that even a single huma...

  • The Hedge of Mist

    Patricia Kennealy-Morrison

    THE ULTIMATE LEGEND To all bards in spirit, the making of triads--things grouped in threes for poetic purpose--is the essence of the bardic art. In this volume of the Tales of Arthur, Taliesin Qlyndour, chief poet of the distant star-realm of Kelt...

  • The Itinerant Exorcist

    Ashley McConnell

    Jazen journeys to the village of Eberly to find a great healer, Davos, and bring him back to the capital city, but before he can persuade Davos to come with him, the healer is branded a demon and condemned to death. Original....

  • The Jigsaw Woman

    Kim Antieau

    Created from the bodies of three different women as a mistress for her evil doctor, Keelie sets out on a quest to find her true self and the earth's primordial truths, journeying to the paradise of the Amazons. Reprint....

  • Kicks

    Janet Fitch

    LAURIE THINKS CARLA IS THE LUCKIEST KID IN LOS ANGELES
    After all, Carla has parents who let her do anything she wants. Laurie's mother keeps her on a short leash, demanding that she keep the house clean, cook for her sick father, and stay out of t...

  • Ladylord

    Sasha Miller

    Lady Javere, nicknamed Javerri, is the favored child of Qai, Lord of Third Province. Though women are not allowed to rule, Javerri has been trained in all the skills of a Lord: she fights like a seasoned veteran, rides a horse like a man, and underst...

  • The Lord of the Horses

    Diana L. Paxson

    THE WOLF HAS BEEN DEVOURED BY THE DRAGON. THE RAVEN FLIES NO MORE. AND IN THE LAND OF THE HUN, A CONQUEROR WAITS TO REAP THE SPOILS OF VENGEANCE. A wronged lover's pain, the will of a god, and the faithlessness of royal friends destroyed the le...

  • Mad Amos

    Alan Dean Foster

    MOVE OVER, PAUL BUNYAN--MAKE WAY FOR MAD AMOS MALONE!

    Strange things lurk up in the mountains and out in the plains and deserts of the West, but few are as unique as the giant mountain man named Amos Malone, the man some call Mad Amos, though...

  • Masterminds of Falkenstein

    Debbie Notkin

    In the alternate Victorian world of New Europa, educated dragons, dwarf engineers, and evil steam lords scheme to enslave humanity. Tom Olam, ex-game designer turned ace secret agent after being spellnapped to this steampunk reality, finds his skills...

  • Mirror of Destiny

    Andre Norton

    The Industrial Monster has descended upon Varslaad, devouring all the arable land in its path. By royal decree, the displaced must venture into the treacherous woodland domain of a strange and secret race.

    The King's lottery...

  • Orca

    Steven Brust

    HAVE JHEREG, WILL TRAVEL Granted, walking around with two jhereg on your shoulders is not the best disguise for an ex-assassin wanted all over the Empire. But a young boy saved my life and now he needs my help. And Vlad Taltos always pays his debt...

  • The Rise and Fall of a Dragonking

    Lynn Abbey

    “I, Hamanu…†Hamanu the Innocent -- his parents killed by an invading party of trolls. Hamanu the Survivor -- enlists as a soldier, forging himself into the same heartless mercenary that killed his parents. Hamanu the Victorious -- powerful...

  • Timespell

    Robert N. Charrette

    FACING THE DARK TOWER The long apprenticeship was over. Yan was certified in the light magics, and warned to avoid the dark. He had won the right to wear his claviarm, the amulet that was the tool, weapon, and sign of every mage. But did he rea...

  • The Touch of Your Shadow, the Whisper of Your Name

    Neal Barrett Jr.

    Babylon 5, designed to be a place of peace in a troubled universe, has erupted into rioting as visiting cultures clash and passions explode.  Security chief Garibaldi must use all his skills to quell the violence between races.  But the troubles ...

  • The Two Georges

    Harry Turtledove; Richard Dreyfuss

    A precious and historic painting has been stolen by terrorists -- radical separatists who will stop at nothing to shatter the union. Colonel Thomas Bushell, the government's most fearless agent, is the only man who can stop them. But this is not o...

  • Winged Magic

    Mary H. Herbert

    Peace has come at last to the Dark Horse Clans, but when Kelene and Gabria are kidnapped by a Turic tribesman, the fragile truce is threatened. Mother and daughter must come up with a plan to foil the diabolical Fel Karak, who coerces them into teach...

  • The Wizardry Quested

    Rick Cook

    WIZ ZUMWALT ON THE INGREDIENTS OF THE PERFECT QUEST: GOOD COMPANIONS: "Malkin's a kleptomaniac adrenaline junkie, June's crazy, Danny's still kind of wild and the dwarf, Glandurg, is just plain dangerous." MAGIC WEAPONS: "The sword Blind Fury...

  • World Without End

    Molly Cochran; Warren Murphy

    Trapped in the turmoil and panic Atlantis's destruction is a modern-day man, Sam Smith. In the 1990s, he finds himself the target of an international network of conspirators bent on destroying anyone who has found a clue to the location of the lost c...

  • X-Men: Legionquest

    Scott Lobdell

    Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #318-321, X-Men (1991) #38-41, X-Men Unlimited (1993) #4-7, X-Men Annual (1992) #3, X-Factor (1986) #107-109, Cable (1993) #20. The epic story that ushered in the Age of Apocalypse! Legion’s once-shattered psyche is fi...

  • Against Gravity

    Lucy Ferriss

    Longing to escape her dreary Hudson River home, Gwyn Stickley finds the fabric of her life changing when her best friend becomes pregnant and a local storekeeper is accused of child molestation. 15,000 first printing....

  • Ahaiyute and the Cloud Eater

    Vladimir Hulpach

  • Alice in Lace

    Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

    Alice and Patrick are getting married! Well, sort of. It’s all part for her eighth grade health class. But, this is a piece of wedding cake compared to some of her friends’ assignments where they have to role play being pregnant or being caught s...

  • All That Glitters

    Jean Ferris

    When sixteen-year-old Brian arrives for yet another awkward summer vacation with his divorced and seemingly indifferent dad, Leo, in the Florida Keys, he discovers that they've been invited to join a scuba-diving expedition to help an eccentric under...

  • Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit

    Paula Danziger

    AMBER BROWN is in deep trouble. No matter what she does, it isn't enough. Her room is a mess, her homework is late, and her mom is dating someone! What can Amber do? She has to get some credit for trying, right?...

  • And The Winner is ... Jessica Wakefield!

    Francine Pascal

    Winning a free trip to an amusement park by calling in to a radio station, seven-year-old Jessica brags to all of her friends but is stumped on how to claim the prize, which is restricted to kids aged thirteen and older. Original....

  • Andersonville

    Robert Vaughan

  • Answers to Lucky

    Howard Owen

    Driven by their father to become successful, twin brothers Tom Ed and Jack are torn apart when Jack contracts polio and is cruelly dismissed as useless by the family, and years later he vows to reestablish himself. Reprint....

  • Anthony, the Perfect Monster

    Angelo DeCesare

    Illustrated in full color. Anthony always does everything he's supposed to, from eating his spinach to wearing his raincoat--even when it's not raining! Then one day, Anthony cracks from the strain and, with one hiccup, becomes a horrible monster who...

  • Audrey Hepburn's Neck

    Alan Brown

    Offering a unique perspective and unusual insight into modern Japan and its wartime past, Audrey Hepburn's Neck is also a shrewd study of cross-cultural obsessions, and of erotic, romantic and familial love. The American author Alan Brown crosses bo...

  • The Aunt in Our House

    Angela Johnson

  • Baba

    Belle Yang

  • Baby Angels

    Jane Cowen-Fletcher

    Full-color, warm pastel illustrations and gentle rhymes present the possibility that guardian angels for babies, known as baby angels, watch, keep and protect the little ones from harm during those odd times when they stray from a watchful eye....

  • Bad Angel

    Helen Benedict

    Told in shifting first-person narratives, this compelling novel vividly evokes the the lives of the women and children in one of New York City's toughest barrios, showcasing a variety of memorable characters. "An authentic account of hardship and fai...

  • The Bat in the Boot

    Annie Cannon

  • The Battle of the Cheerleaders

    Francine Pascal

    Joining the girls' basketball team, the Boosters ask the boys' team to come cheer for them the way they cheer for the boys, and when the boys scoff at female athletics, the Boosters boycott the boys' games. Original....

  • Bear and Roly-Poly

    Elizabeth Winthrop

  • Best, Worst Day

    Bonnie B. Graves

  • Between Earth and Sky

    Karen Osborn

    Years ago, Abby Reynolds was given the letters written by her great-great-grandmother who traveled from Virginia to New Mexico in a covered wagon just after the Civil War. Now, at a crossroads in her life, Abby reads Abigail's letters and follows her...

  • Beware the Claw!

    R.A. Noonan

    All the children in Monsterville are thrilled by the snowstorm in Whiterock, except for Mamma Yeti, whose husband is traveling from Oregon and seems to be missing, with some Montana hunters in hot pursuit. Original....

  • Blood Relations

    Doug Murray

    Meeting at a New York club where vampire imitators become the victims of actual vampires, thrill-seeking vampire Val and fading vampire artist Mariana are aware of their instant mutual attraction but do not suspect that their meeting was arranged. Or...

  • Blood Relations

    Chris Lynch

    Finding acceptance within a circle of white friends, Mick, an African-American street teen, is violently ostracized by his bigoted older brother, Terry, who prefers to "wipe out" everything he does not like. Simultaneous....

  • Blowing My Top

    Kevin Ireland

  • Boquitas pintadas

    Manuel Puig

    Learning that he is dying of tuberculosis, self-styles ladies' man Juan Carlos is doted upon by the women in his life including his mother, sister, and two girlfriends, who fail to see that their own lives are crumbling in their adoration for Juan. R...

  • Boys are Even Worse than I Thought

    Patricia Hermes

    Staying with her cousin for a couple of months, Amelia devises a foolproof plan to keep her parents from getting divorced and reluctantly enlists the help of Jason, the cutest boy in school. Original....

  • The Boys from St. Petri

    Bjarne B. Reuter

    German soldiers have invaded St. Petri -- but Lars and his friends are fighting back.

    Lars is finally a member of the St. Petri group. Sworn to oppose the German occupation of Denmark, the boys steal German license plates, deface Nazi posters,...

  • The Butterfly Alphabet

    Kjell Bloch Sandved

  • Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Went Bumblebee

    Colin West

  • Carnival

    Mary-Claire Helldorfer / M.C. Helldorfer

    A simple, poetic text and bold, full-color artwork combine to bring to life the excitement, fun, and attractions of the local carnival, from riding the ferris wheel to shivering in the spook house to feasting on hot dogs....

  • Cat and Cat-Face

    Chyng-Feng Sun

    Despite their differences, an impulsive cat and a quiet flower become friends. The cat-face flower can't stand the late-night feline concerts that Cat enjoys, while Cat can't understand why Cat-Face goes to bed early. Cat and Cat-Face conveys a very ...

  • The China Garden

    Liz Berry

    Moving to the historical English estate of Ravensmere with her mother, seventeen-year-old Clare Meredith is unable to shake her feeling that the local residents already know her and begins to experience psychic visions....

  • The Chocolate Wolf

    Barbara Cohen

    Feeling outcast in a world of chocolate bunnies and ducks, a chocolate wolf realizes that his dream of being bought is more dangerous than he knew and runs away into the streets, where he must hide from unfavorable weather and other predators....

  • Come Sunday

    Bradford Morrow

    A densely layered journey into the dark heart of the American Dream that spans continents and centuries
    In Bradford Morrow’s debut novel, lightning-tongued mercenary Peter Krieger travels to Nicaragua to kidnap a man who may be a 480-year-old...

  • Copycat

    Laurie Maerov

    A female cop is trying to track down a vicious serial killer, and the only person who can help her is an ex-detective, confined to her home by agoraphobia. The two women have to reluctantly work together to find the killer before he strikes again....

  • Cowboy Country

    Ann Herbert Scott

  • Cowboys

    Lucille Recht Penner

  • Cranky Sun

    Jerry Kramsky

    Believing that their town clock controls the movements of the sun, the citizens of Underwind are shocked when the cantankerous Sun refuses to set at the end of one day, a dilemma that is solved by a small boy's ingenuity....

  • Crash

    Jerry Spinelli

    Everybody knows Crash Coogan, seventh-grade football sensation. He's been mowing down everything in his path since the time he could walk -- and Penn Webb, his dweeby, vegetable-eating neighbor, is his favorite target. After all, Webb's not just a ne...

  • Cross Creek

    Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

    Cross Creek is the warm and delightful memoir about the life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings -- author of The Yearling -- in the Florida backcountry.Originally published in 1942, Cross Creek has become a classic in modern American literature. For the mil...

  • Cry of the Benu Bird

    C. Shana Greger

  • The Crying for a Vision

    Walter Wangerin Jr.

    On a journey of self-discovery, Moves Walking, a Lakota orphan with unusual powers and an outcast of his tribe, finds his life intertwined with that of Fire Thunder, a fierce warrior who is leading his people down a dangerous and destructive path. Re...

  • Cuckoo's Child

    Suzanne Freeman

    Mia Veery wants her family to behave like the families she reads about. They would never include a mother who flies airplanes and trades one husband for another. Or older sisters who dress all in black and read French novels. Or a father who moves...

  • Dark at the Top of the Stairs

    Sam McBratney

    Three young mice, determined to find out if there truly is a monster living at the top of the cellar stairs, recruit one of their elders for guidance and go on an adventure to discover who, or what, really lives up there....

  • Dateline: Troy

    Paul Fleischman

  • David and Goliath

    Beatrice Schenk De Regniers

  • A Day at Damp Camp

    George Ella Lyon

  • Dear Annie

    Judith Caseley

    "My grandpa is my pen pal." Annie tells her class at show-and-tell one day. It's true. Annie and Grandpa have written each other letters since the day Annie was born. When Annie was a baby, her mother answered Grandpa's letters. When she got a lit...

  • Derek's Dog Days

    Nancy Lee Charlton

    Derek likes chasing the cat and gnawing on slippers. He likes burying his brother’s toys and shaking himself dry after his bath. Derek wants to be a dog forever. But when school starts, Derek discovers that little boy activities can be fun, too. â€...

  • Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name? : An Oneida Song of Spring

    Sandra De Coteau Orie

  • Doctor Kit

    Margo Lundell

  • Dog and Cat Shake a Leg

    Kate Spohn

    Best friends Dog and Cat will do anything to help each other out, from enjoying a peaceful evening at home to learning how to use their new rollerblades, in a collection of simple stories for beginning readers....

  • Don't Leave an Elephant to Go and Chase a Bird

    James Berry

    A rhythmically told, brilliantly illustrated tale from the award-winning author of Ajeemah and His Son. When Anancy Spiderman calls a morning greeting to the Skygod, a corncob appears in his hand. Can Anancy turn the corncob into something even bette...

  • Dragon Naps

    Lynne Bertrand

    Ordered to take a nap, two young dragons have difficulty obeying when they discover how many wonderful things there are to do, see, and count, in a tongue-in-cheek counting storybook that appeals to energetic children....

  • Dragon Tooth

    Cathryn Falwell

  • Dream Jar

    Bonnie Pryor

  • Dreamland

    Roni Schotter

  • Dust and Ashes

    Anatoli Naumovich Rybakov

    The epic sequel to the best-selling Children of the Arbat follows the experiences of a Soviet tank commander in World War II as he fights his way from Siberia to Stalingrad and onward to Berlin....

  • The Easter Bunny That Ate My Sister

    Dean Marney

    Here comes Peter Cottontail...yeah, right! Yup. It's happened again, and by now you should know that holidays are always a weird scene at Lizzie and Booker's house. But no one expected anything to happen at Easter. Or maybe it was just that they ...

  • Easy Does It: The Tale of Excitable Sam

    Margaret Hopkins

  • Eclipse

    Richard Hubert Francis Cox

    When a ruthless gang of Somali poachers begins a killing spree in Kenya, the Cawston settler family enlists the help of a beautiful American diplomat to preserve the endangered animals that roam freely on their farm....

  • Eggs Mark the Spot

    Mary Jane Auch / M.J. Auch

    In a companion volume to The Easter Egg Farm, Pauline, a hen that can lay an egg with an image of whatever she is looking at, becomes a heroine when her special talent provides the vital clues to a burglary....

  • Elijah Visible

    Thane Rosenbaum

    With the publication of Elijah Visible, Thane Rosenbaum emerged as a fresh and important new voice on the American literary scene, a young writer in the great Jewish storytelling tradition of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Isaac Babel. In this haunting de...

  • Elinor and Marianne

    Emma Tennant

    First published in 1996, this sequel to Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, written as an exchange of letters, Elinor and Marianne is the correspondence between the married Dashwood sisters â€" Mrs Brandon and Mrs Edward Ferrars. Passion, in the...

  • End of Alice

    A.M. Homes

    From the 2013 Orange Prizeâ€"winning author of May We Be Forgiven.Only a work of such searing, meticulously controlled brilliance could provoke such a wide range of visceral responses. Here is the incredible story of an imprisoned pedophile who is dr...

  • Fabulous Four Skunks

    David Fair

  • Facing the Music

    Margaret Willey

    Feeling like a new person after joining the music band, Crawl Space, Lisa Franklin hopes to get over the loss of her mother but fears that the other members of the band, who wanted a different sound, may not want her indefinitely....

  • Family for Sale

    Eth Clifford

    The youngest of five siblings, Sherm is tired of always being picked on and bossed around. With Mother away for two weeks, things get worse than ever. But enough is enough, and Sherm finally makes a declaration of independence that the whole family t...

  • Faraway

    J.B. Priestley

    When William Dursley finds his long-lost and ailing Uncle Baldwin on his doorstep one wintry night, his life is changed for ever. His uncle relates a story of an island in the South Pacific, filled with a precious uranium ore worth millions of pounds...