POUND OF FLESH In the hostile new world of postnuclear America, there are many ways to die, but few are clean or quick. Long ago Ryan Cawdor and his band threw in their lot together--to do or die trying. It was a pact sealed in blood, one of sel, ...
IRON FIST Mack Bolan ifnds himself in a brutal war with a deadly international cartel that has been operating in secret for years. A terrorist group armed with nerve gas from one of America's largest bioweapons caches has set the stage for an endg...
Who is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing tales of adventure. Here in New Mouse City, the capital of Mouse Island, my books are all bestsellers! My stories are full of fun -- tastier than Swiss cheese and t...
Team Spy Gear begin to lead credence to the existence of a Loch Ness monster due to the enormous thing lurking in the Carrolton Reservoir, but they soon learn it is Viper's evil plan involving dark matter, a spaceship, and a threat to humanity....
AVENUE OF ATTACK The disappearance of a tourist in Amsterdam is attributed to a rise in kidnappings of Westerners by terrorists. But those inside U.S. Intelligence know better. The hostage is a top American nuclear expert. When the scientist's...
Here comes the bride! Suburban supersleuth Jane Jeffry and her detective beau Mel VanDyne have finally decided to tie the knot. While Jane's planning the wedding of her dreams -- with no overbearing mother-in-law to steamroll the entire event ...
Imogen Quycollege nurse at St. Agathas College, Cambridge Universityis inquisitive by nature. So her interest is piqued when a research fellow plummets to his death from a beautiful old tower in mysterious circumstances, especially when an undergradu...
In this twelfth intricate and enchanting novel, the crafty feline trio faces perhaps their most feared enemy: two of their closest human friends are kidnapped and may not live to see freedom. Molena Point, California, nestled quietly on the Pacif...
A diligent Dewey decimalist, Miss Wilhelmina Zukas believes in doing everything by the book. And if that means keeping the library open during the most blinding blizzard Bellehaven has ever experienced, so be it! But something more sinister than big ...
Nora Blackbird has made the society pages yet again. The impoverished Philadelphia heiress has agreed to wed Mick Abruzzo, son of New Jersey's most notorious mobster. Now Nora has to help him survive the Blackbird Curse: Every time a Blackbird sister...
As a clinical psychologist and author of an online advice column, Dr. Rebecca Butterman is supposed to help people resolve their internal conflicts--not stir up her own. But when trouble strikes very close to home, Rebecca's investigative instincts m...
Christine Goff's bestselling Birdwatcher's Mystery series has shown readers that birding is delightful for everyone--but that a few cuckoos consider murder among its more exotic attractions. In her latest novel, a proposed land deal becomes grounds f...
When New Kassel, Missouri's, infamous old Kendall home goes up for sale, local historical-society president Torie O'Shea hopes to turn it into a textile museum honoring the exquisite quilts of Glory Kendall. Adding to Torie's fascination, Kendall Hou...
Brooklyn girl Lili Marino moved to the tiny village of Walden Corners, New York, to find a place where she could pursue her craft: taking gourds from the garden and transforming them into birdhouses, bowls, and beautiful works of art. She never expec...
80 years ago: The wealthy Krupps family loses a diamond necklace at the bottom of Whiskey Lake and, shortly thereafter, their entire staff is fired, their home is closed up, and Mr. Krupps vanishes without a trace.... Today: A newspaper contest t...
Instead of a proper second honeymoon, the newly remarried Harry and Fair Haristeen leave cozy Crozet, Virginia, for Shelbyville, Kentucky, site of the famous saddlebred horse show. There they'll visit dear friends Joan Hamilton and Larry Hodge and en...
The First Book in the Claire Hanover Mystery Series
An Agatha Award Finalist for Best First Novel
Feeling neglected by her workaholic husband, forty-something gift basket designer Claire Hanover joins an aerobics class at the urging ...
IS A VET DETECTIVE ANY MATCH FOR A KILLER THIS COLD-BLOODED? Surf's up . . . and so are the stakes when veterinarian and amateur sleuth Jessica Popper escapes to the land of hula, hibiscus, and geckos for a professional conference. The last time s...
North Carolina professor and forensic historian Simon Shaw is stunned to find the bludgeoned body of his close friend, archaeologist David Morgan, slumped over his computer. Moreover, Shaw is convinced his colleague's death is linked to a 14,000-year...
As the Vineyard Manager at Malveaux Estates, Nikki Sands knows a lot about wine pairings, but she has a harder time making matches in her own life. Is it finally time to give up her crush on her boss, Derek Malveaux, and commit to winemaker Andres? W...
Gourmet Girl Chloe Carter's dream boyfriend, Josh Driscoll, is prepping for the opening of Simmer, Boston's soon-to-be hottest new restaurant -- which means her love life is being put on the back burner. Josh is too busy to be her own personal naked ...
Is it possible to find unconditional love in a world of expectations? Professor Joseph Barnes is attractive, intelligent, and successful -- beloved by both his students and fellow university faculty. Despite her professional reservations, Alexis, ...
Kate was raised in the Holy Divine Church -- it influenced everything from her homeschooling to her handmade clothes. But ever since her unbelieving father’s death last year, she has suspected that there’s more to life than memorizing scripture. ...
Four pastors' wives. All desperate for something. Is it possible that their desperation will lead to hope? Mimi, Lisa, Jennifer, and Felicia all live in the fishbowl of Red River, Ohio. Everyone expects something from them. Gourmet casseroles. ...
A Breath From Tragedy, a Whisper from Glory For Patrick Nolan, every climb tells a story. And now maybe it's his own .... He's right at the rim, staring over the cliff's knife edge and wondering how things went wrong so quickly. It all started after ...
Kathleen McKenzie's displaced life with relatives on a farm in Ohio took a lot of getting used to. But nothing could prepare her for the long, dry summer. Like the withering crops, Kathleen's faith, too, is beginning to wane as she wonders if she'll ...
Kathleen's Blazing Battle continues the story of an enthusiastic and determined twelve-year-old girl growing up at the dawn of the 1930s. Winter has melted into a scorching summer and Kathleen finds herself fighting to help save the family farm from ...
How do you know if your life is falling apart...or finally coming together? Libby Hawthorne lives with good intentions. She believes that everything important--love and faith and life--will come together as soon as she receives the promotion she was...
This engaging, modern -- day parable invites readers to experience an upbeat and balanced life. Readers will find important keys to discovering what truly matters most, strengthening relationships, and establishing healthy priorities. Frazzled fro...
The American short story master Flannery O'Connor's haunting first novel of faith, false prophets, and redemptive wisdom.Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentieth-century literature. It is the sto...
THE PAPARAZZI PRINCE The beauty of Italy's Amalfi Coast made Regina Tomei throw caution to the wind-- and spend the night in the arms of a gorgeous stranger. Except Nico Romano is actually a prince-- heir to a monarchy, destined to marry a woman of ...
Love In Bloom After a car accident, Ashley Adams came home to Serenity Bay to heal her broken body--and her broken spirit. Her former teen crush, Michael Masters, was the last person she expected to see in town...and he was even handsomer than she r...
To love, honor...and possess! Leon Aristides believes in money, power and family. So when his sister dies, leaving a son, he acts quickly and ruthlessly. He finds the woman who has guardianship of his nephew and insists she marry him! Helen kno...
In his power -- and out of control! Impossible, infuriating-and irresistible! Kristian Koumantaros is the most difficult patient Elizabeth's ever met. The arrogant Greek billionaire likes being in control, and isn't adjusting to being te...
Perfect housekeeper... Rhiannon Fairfax believes everything should be calm and orderly. And she's made a career out of ensuring that other people's lives are perfect. Convenient wife... Then billionaire Lee Richardson hires her. Stormy, ...
The husband she always wanted -- the marriage they knew they could have... Cade and Melanie--high school prom king and queen--the golden couple! Twenty years on, the reunion's looming, and Melanie Matthews must let the world know that the dream ...
High heels and high earnings -- or barefoot and beloved? Alice Gunning thinks she has a perfect life. She loves her job and her swanky city apartment, and she's about to get engaged. Until one day her boyfriend leaves her, she's fired -- a...
To wed and bed--that was the billionaire's proposal... Damien Wynter was as handsome and arrogant as sin. Heiress Charlotte didn't need his dark, primitive sensuality in her life, until the man she'd planned to marry disappointed her, ...
"Every woman is for sale. The trick is to get the currency right." Greek billionaire Damon Latousakis is claiming a mistress--the same woman he exiled from his life four years ago. Charlotte Woodruff has never forgotten her heartbreak when Damon w...
Seduced for revenge, bedded for pleasure! Six months ago Brazilian tycoon Caleb Cameron thought he'd uncovered Maggie Holland's plot to ruin him--using seduction! But Maggie was being manipulated by her stepfather. She'd fallen in love with Caleb-...
City doctor...island bride GP Ethan Walker arrives on the remote Scottish island of Glenmore to spend one summer--and one summer only--as a locum at the island's surgery. Practice nurse beautiful Kyla MacNeil is the heart of the island's c...
Wife wanted! Love not required... Cattle rancher Rory Compton isn't looking for love-- but he is looking for a wife. He wants a partner who will settle down with him in the Outback, a practical, down-to-earth woman who won't be seduced by ...
Award-winning author Kathryn Shay delivers a powerful novel about two people whose deniable passion for each other pushes them to take the chances of a lifetime... Close to the top...Secret Service Agent C.J. Ludzecky has been on the job for only ...
Historical Romance: Suddenly fatherless, seventeen-year-old Laurel Rivers falls in love with the author of an anonymous song. Prudie Burke is a headstrong twenty-year-old who is wooed by a Chinese/American restaurant heir with fortune cookies. Eighte...
LEAVING AN IMPERFECT PAST... Monica Gardner is starting over. The brokenhearted St. Louis native has nothing left at home any longer: her future is being an ER doctor at a New Orleans hospital. Her first day makes for a bumpy start as she continuall...
"I'm yours. And you're mine." Eve Swango and Tommy Baca belong to each other. Always have. Always will. It's been years since Eve followed Tommy into the wild, subterranean depths of a New Mexico cave. Years since she reali...
The sheikh needs a queen, and she must be pure... As Sheikh of Kharastan, Malik has no time for distractions. But when Sorrel, an Englishwoman in his care, wants to explore the pleasures of the West, Malik decides he will be the one to teach her t...
The playboy doctor's bride! Dr. Conor Anderson was immediately intrigued by Dr. Kate Fisher--her dark, soulful eyes made him want to get closer. As guarded as Kate was, she couldn't hide that she was a passionate woman. But it was only a matter of...
Love under the Mediterranean sun Nurse Katie Carlyon has come to start a new life in the Cypriot sunshine--but on arrival she realises she has been let down by the man she has come to marry. While helping to save a tourist's life at the airpor...
Historical Romance: Suddenly fatherless, seventeen-year-old Laurel Rivers falls in love with the author of an anonymous song. Prudie Burke is a headstrong twenty-year-old who is wooed by a Chinese/American restaurant heir with fortune cookies. Eighte...
New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice takes readers on an emotional journey into the tender, unmapped territory that lies between mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, in a mesmerizing new novel that reaches into the past to find the key t...
Blackmailed by her conniving ex-husband, senator's daughter Tess Kendrick went from America's sweetheart to--that awful woman-- how could she?' Coming back to Camelot, Virginia, Tess was older and certainly wiser than when she'd left--and was in need...
Rescuer and protector When paramedic Tom Gardiner rescues single mom Emma White and her little son, he doesn't realize that by saving their lives, he's changed his own life forever. Husband and father? He thought he never wanted a family, but wi...
Laurel Woodall dreams of having a baby. But she can't let herself fall in love and will never again let a man in her life.-- Without a husband or a lover Caleb Manes thinks Laurel is his future. When he hears she wants to have a baby on her ...
HERE COMES THE BRIDE ...BUT SHE'S Fit to Be Tied It's the Happiest Day of Her Life, but as Jen moves toward the altar, she feels more like a sacrifice than a bride. What's borrowed is her courage, and what's blue? Oh, that would be her berry-sta...
When Flora Stanza's uncle dies unexpectedly, leaving her a 51 percent share in the family antiques business, it gives her the perfect chance to leave her glamorous but less than happy London life for the quieter life of the country. Unfortunately, he...
PAYBACK...OR PLEASURE? Their wedded bliss had been short-lived, but Eliza Fortune never forgot those breathless nights of passion with Reese Parker. When a shattering betrayal detonated the union, the heartbroken heiress hid her secret marriage to...
In Bad Boys in Kilts, USA Today bestselling author Donna Kauffman introduced the divinely sexy Chisholm brothers. Now, get ready for oldest brother Dylan, a man whose duty to his heritage will not be upended by anything--or anyone. But passion has a ...
Falling in love isn't part of his plan... Gina Hudson is in Athens to settle an old score, not fall into bed with her enemy's right-hand man. But she's underestimated the power of Mikos Christopoulos. No-strings sex is what Mikos expects. But s...
Dr. Jeris Waldron would rather help children than worry about hair and makeup. Widowed from a demeaning husband, she overcame her insecurities by pursuing a career in child psychology. With a new practice and a new role as children's director at chur...
He promised to love her forever... Lucy McTavish has loved Daniel Brown since they were children, and he returned her feelings from the very first. His home, a farm in the English countryside, was a refuge from her unhappy childhood, his heart a s...
Her knight in the E.R. China Seabury needs a host for her latest charity event to raise awareness of the dangers of teen driving--something that is very close to her heart. It looks as if she's going to have to grit her teeth and ask for help f...
Falling for her boss...and his family! Working as a nanny for the rather gruff, yet extremely good-looking Luke Armstrong's spirited daughter seems like just the challenge Gaby Michaels needs to kick-start her new life! Arriving at the Old...
Twins--And A Baby On The Way! Pepper Forrester has been keeping a secret--make that two secrets--for years. When the love of her life, Luke McGarrett, took off after high school not knowing she was pregnant, she didn't bother to track him down. he...
Wanted: one contract bride! Alexis Grayson is good at looking after herself--she's been doing it all her life. So what if she's alone and pregnant? She'll cope! But gorgeous cowboy Connor Madsen seems determined to take care of her. And Alexis can...
The runaway returns... Twelve years after her sudden departure, Majella Goldworth has returned, much to Flynn's amazement. She's nothing like the girl he once knew. While he's stayed in the country town of Parragulla as the local docto...
He Was Looking For Forever... Priscilla Garner isn't looking for romance. she's more interested in being accepted as the only female firefighter at Station 59. But when she needs a date--platonic, of course--to her cousin's wedding, she turns to R...
Knight wanted. Must have shiny armor and own horse, preferably white. When it comes to romance, are magic, fireworks, and a dashing knight in shining Armani really too much to ask? Apparently so, since Kate Hetherington has yet to find an appropri...
When a broken arm forces Dr. Eric Mitchell to hire temporary help, the veterinarian who arrives on his doorstep takes him by surprise. Physically, Alison Truesdale seems too fragile. Emotionally, her smile never quite reaches her eyes-- especiall...
Pierce Grayson is a marked man: if his mother, Ruth, has her way, his carefree single days will soon be over. But Pierce isn't going down without a fight. He's ready to take action against his mama's matchmaking...but what he's completely unprepared ...
A Dirty Little Secret? Sex therapist Dr. Simone Beaupre is living large. Her popular dating-and-advice column, 'Just About Sex,' has made her the toast of Cincinnati. And that's not all. Her column is about to go national. A 'phat' syndication de...
It all started with a red lace thong. Normally Kate is a twin set and pearls kind of girl who wouldn't be caught dead in such a thing. But that's exactly what happens when sudden chest pains leave her lying in a parking lot with her skirt hik...
She's Always Losing Her Heart... If the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, why is chef Abby Porter still sleeping alone? Yes, she likes getting paid to whip up goodies in a well-equipped kitchen, but she would love to get into a good rela...
Libby Cartwright hadn't planned on inheriting a yarn shop from her estranged mother. But that was before she found her favorite childhood stuffed animal amidst the dust and moldering yarn. And before she encountered a motley crew of locals determined...
This cowboy wants only one thing... Holly Bennett hadn't listened to her father, and his words came back to haunt her when the boy she idolized got her pregnant and left town. A decade has dulled the pain--until the cowboy who broke her heart move...
Welcome back to Erie, PA! The disc jockeys from WLVH radio station are emceeing at a local comedy club, Chuckles. They are out to prove to their audience and to themselves that WLVH, where love is more than just a song, still has the magic touch, no ...
Historical Romance: Suddenly fatherless, seventeen-year-old Laurel Rivers falls in love with the author of an anonymous song. Prudie Burke is a headstrong twenty-year-old who is wooed by a Chinese/American restaurant heir with fortune cookies. Eighte...
Deep down Fernando Ramsey longs for the kind of love his parents never shared--a love based on equality and respect. Sadly, he hasn't met the woman to make his secret yearning come true, until he meets Contessa Warren. Gorgeous and sexy, the Chicago ...
How do you make yourself needed by a man who only wants to be alone? Anna Nowell loves her job--living rent-free in a fabulous mansion for an absentee landlord has perks she'd never imagined. But when her boss returns, her dream job is in jeopardy...
They longed for a family... Con and Callie Lowell have the perfect marriage--or so it seems. In reality, years of failed IVF treatment have left them heartbroken and distant. Callie believes Con wants a woman who can give him a child, so decide...
A new generation of McKettrick men stake their claim to their land -- and the women they love... The only wide-open space Rance McKettrick wants to see in his future is his hometown in his rearview mirror. The down-to-earth ex-rancher is determi...
He was about to go to a war zone. He couldn't get involved with a woman now. She was in a battle for custody of her son. She couldn't risk a new romance. He was half Navajo; he embraced the spiritual wisdom of his ancestors. She knew noth...
Note to self: I'm in love with my boss! When I agreed to be Zach Swift's secretary, I was expecting demanding and high-flying -- not seriously gorgeous and generous! I usually don't like working in an office, because of how the acciden...
Handsome, ruthless attorney Jordan Logan had an amazing track record: he'd never lost a case. So when he agreed to do a favor for his sister and become a substitute lawyer at Advocate Aid, he thought it would be a piece of cake. What Jordan didn'...
Anna Carmichael is an accomplished garden historian, young, beautifuland already divorced.Work could make her feel like less of a failure at love, but the men she meets do nothing to simplify her life: Oliver Davenport, the charismatic, stylish grand...
Her acting career over before it began and her bank account drained, Lilah Owens returned to her tiny hometown of Kalamoose, North Dakota, with the one thing she did have, a big secret in the form of her eleven-year-old daughter. Not five minutes in ...
And Judge Kendra Rutherford is guilty of letting handsome architect Reid Maguire become a tempting distraction, and allowing his legal battle to become entirely too heated and personal. But after losing his reputation in a bitter courtroom fight ...
The Italian millionaire's love-child... When Kate met Hollywood producer Santino Rossi, she was swept away. He was unaware of her innocence, or of the baby they made that night. That sensuous evening is forever etched on Santino's mind-...
Just because we have a past, doesn't mean we can't have a future. You think that because we've known each other forever, because we've been friends, we can't be lovers. You are absolutely wrong. You think that if you push me away, find me anoth...
Historical Romance: Suddenly fatherless, seventeen-year-old Laurel Rivers falls in love with the author of an anonymous song. Prudie Burke is a headstrong twenty-year-old who is wooed by a Chinese/American restaurant heir with fortune cookies. Eighte...
Because of their baby... The last person Olivia expected to see when she returned to her hometown was her ruggedly handsome ex-husband. Joel Armstrong was the reason she'd stayed away so long. The breakup of their marriage had been swift, but ...
Determined never to have financial worries like her ministry-driven parents had when she was younger, Ravyn has her life goals set. With her new condo and a great job-the perfect stepping-stone in her nursing career-Ravyn is sure she'll never have to...
Her royal boss! Feisty redhead Prudence Winslow is down to her last cent and cynical about finding Mr. Right, so she has sworn off men--for a year! But then she meets Ryan Kaelan, and his delightful motherless children who need her nanny skill...
AFFAIR ROYALE The prince has a paramour! The country's very eligible Prince Lander was spotted dancing with a mysterious beauty at a recent ball. But who is the lovely Juliana Rose? Little is known about the enigmatic ingenue, causing rumors t...
When European royalty meets Australian Outback The throne of Alp d'Estella lies empty: Prince Regent Maxsim de Gautier travels to the Outback to find the next heir--eight-year-old orphan Marc. Max isn't expecting to be confronted by a feisty woman...
WANTED: Attractive, discreet, twentysomething female to lure disillusioned clients back to matchmaking service. Good money. Dinners included. Lucy Ladelle has big dreams--bigger than the tiny island in Boston Harbor where she's lived her entire...
Lia Howard Pogue is flat broke and on the run. Her only hope for a new start is to rely on the kindness of strangers. One in particular--the rough and tough ex-Army Ranger who's all hard muscle and soft heart. Jake Robbin is more than ready to pu...
A new life--a new hope... When Dr. Gideon Merrill finds out Dr. Lorna Preston is coming to film his search-and-rescue operation in a storm-devastated Brazilian village, everything he's tried to forget comes flooding back. Their passionate affair, ...
Road To Romance A search for her roots brought midwife Fiona Flanagan to Pennsylvania Dutch country--and made her wonder whether she should turn back. The area's mixture of Amish and English culture confused her, and her first encounter with local...
Philly-native Keisha Reynolds is a smart, spunky, sexy campaign manager who is not easily intimidated by a challenge. But even Keisha knows when she's in over head after she agrees to help head the campaign of her old college professor Dr. Sydney Par...
THIS NANNY'S DIARY For Amy Logan, living with wildly attractive widower Dan Major for the past three years was a fantasy come true--even if it was only as nanny to his six-year-old daughter. But now Dan had just stunned her with a proposal every w...
THE HOMETOWN HERO RETURNS... And for Sarah Clay, that was the bad news-because Max Scalise had rejected her outright seven years ago. And now Max was back in Weaver, working as a sheriff and everywhere she turned. His slightest touch still cause...
Lady by day... Cleaner by night... Wife by the weekend...? Lady Gabriella March is the perfect domestic goddess -- at least, that's what her editor at Milady magazine thinks! In truth she's simply Ellie March, cleaner and aspiring writer, ...
Swept away by her boss! Ambitious orthopedic surgeon Lily Langley is delighted to be working with the prestigious Razak Khan. However, Lily is not prepared for the rush of sensual heat that sparks between them every time their fingers brush or the...
A father for her baby... Surprise is an understatement for Sheriff Reed Larkin when he finds out his childhood sweetheart has returned home. After all these years Paige Keenan's smile can still make his heart ache. But what's the secret he can see...
Possessed by his passion! Dark, proud and sinfully gorgeous, Guido Corsentino is determined to reclaim his wife! Outwardly, Amber is perfect and untouchable, but Guido knows the passionate woman inside. One kiss and he's certain she'll give him wh...
What single mother Nora Clark knows about style would fit on the head of a pin. Yet with her identical twin begging her to cover her job as a personal shopper, she wriggles into her sister's clothes and does what she has to do. But backtracki...
The perfect recipe for new beginnings... Dana Sue might run the best little restaurant in Serenity, but when you're feeding a small town of neighbors, busybodies and best friends, things can get a bit hot in the kitchen. Never mind that she...
She's The New Girl In Town Genevieve Slate never thought she'd return to small-town life. But she never expected that the man she loved would reject her, either. Now living in quaint Lane's End, Ohio, Gen's starting over. Her job a...
The Barbecue Isn't The Only Thing Heating Up! Marci Hamilton loves her hometown of Port Serenity, but life's been a little dull lately. So she enters a barbecue-sauce cook-off with her flamboyant sister, Sissy Aguirre. The events are held all over...
SHE'S FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS Liberty Jones has dreams and determination that will take her far away from Welcome, Texas---if she can keep her wild heart from ruling her mind. Hardy Cates sees Liberty as completely off-limits. His own ambi...
After a rough spring semester at Hadley Hall, Love Bukowski is ready for some sun on Martha's Vineyard. Running her Aunt Mable's cafe might not sound glamorous, but when she's working with her best friend, Arabella, anything can be fun. Plus, Mable's...
Confessions of Super Mom was the perfect remedy for overwhelmed mothers everywhere. Now, the super-powered suburban avenger who was turned into a superhero by a Horrible Swiffer Accident is busily fundraising for a brand-new stadium and planning a we...
She makes him feel like a superhero For all his success, Aidan Nikolas couldn't save his wife. And he couldn't save himself from what followed. But maybe he can save Beth Tully, her troubled son and her struggling business in one single bound. Bet...
Would the most precious gift of all save their marriage? Reese Newcastle and her husband, Duncan, used to be able to finish one another's sentences. Now, neither is sure what the other is even thinking. Years of trying for a baby has driven a wed...
Legend claims this antique Irish wedding veil can grant your heart's deepest desire. But be careful what you wish for... The moment Texas socialite Delaney Cartwright touches the veil, she knows she can't go through with her wedding. And it's not...
Millionaire of the Month: Nathan Barrister Source of Fortune: Hotel Empire Dominant Personality Trait: Always gets what he wants. When grumpy, rich and gorgeous Nathan Barrister arrives at the Lake Tahoe lodge, all he can think about is how soo...
She wants to design the perfect race car... Engineer Kristen McKenna loves to make things go fast. So when NASCAR team owner Matthew Knight offers her a job, Kristen's competitive spirit shifts into overdrive. But she has to struggle to keep her m...
SOMETIMES KEEPING A SECRET Left for dead in a ditch by the side of the road, Trey Harper had no idea why he was in Granger, Montana, although it was clear someone wanted him out of the way. The smart thing would be to lie low until his memory re...
SHE'D TAKEN HIS SON FROM HIM...NOW HE'D DO THE SAME TO HER. An eye for an eye--that was Mason Knight's motto in the boardroom and the bedroom. And it certainly applied to gold-digging Helena Davies. The ravishing beauty had spent one unforgettable...
HOW COULD SHE DENY THIS MILLIONAIRE ANYTHING? Dashing. Devastating. Dangerous. David Reis exuded power with every move of his custom-suited body. he'd been the fantasy of Starr Cimino's teenage dreams--her first lover, her biggest heartbreak. And ...
The Diva Who Had Amnesia Singer Stevie Simms stumbles onto music mogul Damien Steele's doorstep, claiming she remembers nothing of her past--not even her name. Damien recognizes Stevie immediately. He can't resist her vulnerability or her charm, and...
Kate Bishop wanted--no, she needed--money, and fast. Her roof needed replacing. Her kids needed tuition. Her car was not long for this world. Her ex-husband was a cheap creep. Until one day her wildest fantasy came true--she won the lottery. She--and...
OK, I'll admit it: I, Abby Knight, actually love my hometown's corny annual Pickle Fest--and I've also been hoping the event will drum up business for my flower shop, Bloomers. But when the hired clown is found dead, the festivities screech to a halt...
Each spring, Charleston's upper crust opens their sprawling gardens to the public for the Spring Plantation Ramble, an occasion for flower shows, rare-plant auctions, and contagious spring fever. Although Theodosia Browning barely knows a Phalaen...
Readers raved about Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter, the fabulous first novel from bestselling author Blaize Clement. Now, everyone's favorite pet-sitting sleuth Dixie Hemingway is back with another riveting tail about the four-legged fight against c...
It promises to be a busy week for Hannah Swensen. Not only is she whipping up treats for the chamber of commerce booth at the fair; she's also judging the baking contest; acting as a magician's assistant for her business partner's husband; trying to ...
To the legendary clairvoyant Maestro Nostradamus, the future is forever in motion. But for young swordsman Alfeo Zeno, his apprentice and protector, the present is hard enough to contend with. His days are spent poring over astrology charts and makin...
Romance and fantasy collide in these enchanting stories featuring dragons -- and love -- in all their many forms. Four of today's most popular authors bring to life mythical creatures, otherworlds of yesterday and today, and the passionate meldin...
"ONCE UPON A TIME" IS TIMELESS Etienne de Brabant is brokenhearted. His wife has died in childbirth, leaving him alone with an infant daughter he cannot bear to name. But before he abandons her for king and court, he brings a second child to ...
Anne Bishop's novel Sebastian introduced readers to the realm of Ephemera, where bridges between magical landscapes transport you where you truly belong, rather than where you wish to go. Now the award-winning and national bestselling author continue...
This is the story of young Blak, an aspiring rapper who is blessed with the mystical gift of turning his rhymes into reality. Living in the Monarch Projects of Empire City, Blak must struggle to survive the violence and temptation of the streets -- n...
When Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder. Much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with odd markings. This is Clary's first meeting with the Darkhunters, warriors dedica...
Peter David, a creative force in television, and a bestselling author of comics and novels, has created a fantasy world sure to delight his legions of readers. The Damned Worldonce known simply as Earthhas become home to twelve races, each of which h...
Award-winning author Tim Lebbon takes fantasy to new heights in his thrilling new epic as unlikely allies struggle to keep the light of hope burning against a tide of unending darkness... Noreela teeters on the brink of annihilation, but at its cen...
Romance and fantasy collide in these enchanting stories featuring dragons-and love-in all their many forms. Four of today's most popular authors bring to life mythical creatures, otherworlds of yesterday and today, and the passionate melding of heart...
Romance and fantasy collide in these enchanting stories featuring dragons-and love-in all their many forms. Four of today's most popular authors bring to life mythical creatures, otherworlds of yesterday and today, and the passionate melding of heart...
Romance and fantasy collide in these enchanting stories featuring dragons-and love-in all their many forms. Four of today's most popular authors bring to life mythical creatures, otherworlds of yesterday and today, and the passionate melding of heart...
Many stories tell of damsels in distress who are rescued from the clutches of fire-breathing dragons by knights in shining armor and swept off to live happily ever after. Unfortunately, this is not one of those stories. True, when Creel's aunt sugg...
When Sindri Suncatcher's friends lie to him and the hunter who once vowed to imprison him now shows himself as a true friend, Sindri has difficult trusting and as he enters a mechanical maze, he must tackle his final lesson on trust....
The publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final Harry Potter novel, is probably the most eagerly anticipated event in the history of publishing. Even the smallest hints from author J. K. Rowling about what may happen t...
In the Five Hundred Kingdoms, never believe what your eyes tell you... The seventh daughter of the Sea King, Ekaterina is more than a pampered princess--she's also the family spy. Which makes her the perfect emissary to check out interesting happeni...
SO MUCH FOR “BLESS YOU!”
Every time Akira Hatsushiba sneezes, he transforms into Akira-chan, a sexy female version of himself. Androgyny may not be easy, but at least it helps him get closer to his true love, Yurika Sakuraba. When Akira an...
Hayley's parents disappeared when she was a baby. Since then, she has been raised and homeschooled by her grandparents. Grandad is overworked and travels a lot; Grandma is much too strict and never lets her meet any children her own age. When Hayley ...
OTAKU LOVE
The Genshiken girls have been trying to spark a little romance between Kanji and Ogiue for months"and a Genshiken trip to a hot springs resort seems like the perfect opportunity. When Ogiue falls sick, Ohno assigns Kanji to take c...
A HUNGRY HOUSE
After a series of disappearances in an old mansion, the intrepid ghost hunters of Shibuya Psychic Research try to unearth the gruesome secret of this scary maze of rooms and passageways. The discovery that the house has a histor...
Thus says Cheveyo: mage, teacher, the first person in Thea's life to remain unimpressed by her lineage as Double Seventh, the seventh child of two seventh children. From birth, great things were expected of Thea, gradually replaced by puzzled disappo...
Soren and the Band are back. Coryn has retrieved the ember and it seems a golden age is dawning at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. But all that is golden is not necessarily good. Soren, Twilight, Gyfie, and Digger face their biggest challenge yet as the you...
WAR WITHOUT END
Shinn Asuka is the ZAFT Empire’s ace pilot. And it’s not just his elite combat skills that make him such a fearsome soldier. He has a burning hatred for the Earth Alliance, the Empire’s enemy in a long and terrible war. B...
Who hasn't dreamed of being an evil overlord?Today's finest fantasy authors have delivered fourteen tales that run the gamut from humorous to serious, fantasy to science fiction. Certain to appeal to role-playing gamers, fantasy lovers, and megaloman...
SACRED DUTY
Ninja Kagetora takes his job as Yuki’s martial arts instructor and bodyguard very seriously. So he must ignore his growing attraction to her or else risk dishonoring his entire ninja clan. Then Kagetora is challenged by another n...
U.S. Navy Pilot Lt. Alex MacNeil and his wife Lindsay have returned from their adventure in fourteenth century Scotland-and given birth to a son. But the magic realm is not through with them yet... The MacNeils' child has been kidnapped-presumabl...
On the fifth day, there was fear. Four of the seven Trustees have been defeated and their Keys taken, but for Arthur, the week is still getting worse. Suzy Blue and Fred Gold Numbers have been captured by the Piper, and his New Nithling army still c...
Packer Throme longs to bring prosperity back to his decaying fishing village by discovering the trade secrets of a notorious pirate who hunts the legendary Firefish and sells the rare meat. Armed with the love of the priest's daughter and a noble pur...
"ARE YOU A GIFTED CHILD LOOKING FOR SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES?" When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear reader, can test your wits right alongside them....
THERE ARE NO TALES LIKE MYTH-TOLD TALES It's a nightmare when master magician Skeeve and Aahz the Pervect fall into Dreamland... Massha gets married with something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blew...up. Bunny turns ...
Ten-year-old prodigy Negi Springfield has just graduated from magic academy and is sent to Japan to teach English at an all-girls school. But as Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of Negima! show, life is not so easy when Negi must face troublesome students, labyri...
Captured by slave traders in the inhospitable desert, Lazar fought his way to freedom, earning the coveted position of Spur of Percheron. Charged with protecting his adopted city from enemies on both sides of its walls, he has led a charmed life as c...
SAYONARA, YUU!
Mugi’s life has changed in ways he never could have imagined. A high school kid, Mugi now lives with Yuu, the girl of his dreams. It almost seems too good to be true . . . Then Yuu’s mother shows up unexpectedly. At first it...
When Silas Heap unSeals a forgotten room in the Palace, he releases the ghost of a Queen who lived five hundred years earlier. Queen Etheldredda is as awful in death as she was in life, and she's still up to no good. Her diabolical plan to give hers...
This truly gothic tale -- a “facsimile” of Weed’s journal found at Alnwick Castle, in England -- is not only a story of the battle between good and evil, but an educational parable of the curative and lethal properties of plants. Weed -- an orp...
Nathan Ward's unique ability to enter his dreams and parallel worlds has followed him into adolescence. With Nathan's growing maturity comes a deeper understanding of his mission; he must stop an insidious and pervasive evil. Queen Nefufar's dark pow...
The secret to protecting the civilized world from an ancient threat may lie in the pages of three books and it is up to master librarians of the past and present to secure this knowledge. Set in the years after Lord of the Libraries, young halfer Juh...
AMERICAN INVASION!
Harima Kenji has tried everything he can think of to attract his cute, but dim, classmate Tsukamoto Tenma. This time he’s grown his beard to enormous lengths. But one snip of the scissors by wealthy beauty Sawachika Eri ru...
ONE BOYS JOURNEY TO HELP HIS VILLAGE BECOMES A QUEST TO SAVE THE KINGDOM. Floods. Starvation. Fear. This is what awaits the people of Avantia's coast if Tom and Elenna cannot stop Sepron the Sea Serpent. The huge and terrifying beast lurks in eeri...
FORBIDDEN MAGIC, FORBIDDEN LOVE In the Kingdom of Lys, where magic is worked in the form of Jeweled glass, the Knights of the Rose and the Ladies of the Isle guard the world against an ancient enemy. Long ago, the Serpent was imprisoned by the Young...
WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?
Everybody at Seiyo Elementary thinks that stylish and super cool Amu has it all: But nobody knows the real Amu, a shy girl who wishes she had the courage to truly be herself. Changing Amu’s life is going to take more t...
In a world torn apart by hatred and fear, only the strongest will survive… Short, fast-paced, and priced to go, this futuristic thriller is Tom Holt at his most compulsively readable. "There was one lying in the road when I got there. She was dead....
It is 1758 and Matthieu Zela is fleeing Paris after witnessing the murder of his mother and his stepfather's execution. Matthieu's life is characterized by one extraordinary fact: before the eighteenth century ends, he discovers that his body has sto...
Once upon a time three cabritos (little goats) decide to go to a Mexican fiesta. But their mother is worried. She warns them about Chupacabra, the goat-sucker who lives beneath the bridge. And sure enough, as the goats cross the bridge, he jump...
Meta-humans, aliens, magical entities, or mortals driven by iron wills. Super heroes, renegades, or villains-out for justice, vengeance, or cash. Whether legendary, infamous, or little known, these extraordinary beings are the true champions of the.....
It's been over a year since fourteen-year-old Eddie 'Trash' Thalmeyer and his friends from Edgeview Alternative School found out about their special hidden talents. Trash can move things with his mind; Torchie is a fire-starter; Cheater reads minds; ...
In the year 2000 Melly and Anny Beth had reached the peak of old age and were ready to die. But when offered the chance to be young again by participating in a top-secret experiment called Project Turnabout, they agreed. Miraculously, the experiment ...
Eight months ago, during the depths of a snowy winter, Alaric and Naia Underwood switched realities. Then in June, as floodwaters surrounded their two versions of the house called Withern Rise, they met again, and tragedy struck. It's autumn now,...
A DATE WORSE THAN DEATH
Determined to turn goth loner Sunako into a real lady, and frustrated by their lack of progress, the guys persuade a reluctant Kyohei to take Sunako out on her first date. Now they just have to convince Sunako, who equa...
After he thwarted the Vermian ruler Odoursin's plans to wipe out humans on earth, Sam Palmer thought he could relax. But four years later, Sam and Skipper are called upon once again to help their friends in Aurobon fight Odoursin and what might be th...
Being sent to your room is one thing. But being sent to another country? Morgan's boyfriend dumped her on the last day of school-it seemed the only thing to do was to hack off her hair and dye the stubble orange. Unfortunately, Morgan's parents f...
Raised in the wild by intelligent, language-using wolves, in her teens Firekeeper was brought back to the lands of men, where her upbringing as a wolf helped her survive the deadly intrigues of human beings. One of the first things she learned was t...
He ne'er is crowned with immortality who fears to follow where airy voices lead. But Chloe wasn't hearing voices; she was having visions. Troops of bloodred Adonis flowers gone feral; a monument of dark granite that seemed more gargoyle than angel,...
Lara of Xy and her Warlord, Keir of the Cat, have been through much together. Lara abandoned her lands and people for love of him. She adopted his ways and learned of his tribe. Together they have faced plague and insurgency -- and despite these stru...
A comic chronicle of a year in the life in the college admissions cycle It's spring break of junior year and the college admissions hysteria is setting in. "AP" Harry (so named for the unprecedented number of advanced placement courses he has taken)...
East Breed's Pennsylvania, is the sort of blue-collar town that simmers with barely concealed prejudices. One Friday night, in the parking lot of a chain restaurant, a brutal fight breaks out between the privileged boys from St. Brendan's and a group...
Two Caldecott Honor recipients join to bring you the incredible journey of one man, as he recounts the story of his passage on the Underground Railroad to his granddaughter. His message is one of cheer, for although he and his family found troubles d...
The acclaimed author of The Cloud Atlas returns with a wondrous second novel. Set in a small beachfront Catholic high school, narrated by a beautifully complex heroine -- theology teacher Emily Hamilton -- All Saints is at once a mystery, a love stor...
This Roger Priddy alphabet board book, B is for Bear, is perfect for babies and toddlers. With touch and feel pages, fun photographs, and cute rhymes for babies and parents to enjoy together, this brilliant book of first words is sure to become a fam...
Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution after witnessing soldiers beat his father to the point of certain death, selling off his parents' jewelry to pay for passage to the United States. Now he finds himself running a groce...
With allowance money in hand, Langley Snail is excited about buying his father the perfect present for Father's Day, but when he finally arrives at the store and discovers it is closed, Langley worries about what he will be able to get his father in ...
On an eastbound North Carolina interstate highway, the mountains and her hometown far behind, Cassandra Moon realizes that she has not only broken the heart of the one man who's ever asked her to marry--on their wedding day, no less--but she's driven...
Charley Maplewood has never been one for parties -- that would require friends, which he doesn't have. But now that he's turning ten -- the big one-oh -- he decides to throw a birthday party for himself, complete with a "House of Horrors" theme and a...
When East End cabdriver Dave Rudman's wife takes from him his only son, Dave pens a gripping text--a compilation about everything from the environment, Arabs, and American tourists to sex, Prozac, and cabby lore--that captures all of his frustrations...