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  • The Washingtonienne

    Jessica Cutler

    The Capitol Hill aide who scandalized Washington, D.C., with her blog has now written a sharp, steamy, utterly unrepentant novel set against the backdrop of the nation's capitol.

    When Jacqueline Turner's fiancÉ gives her two days to move out ...

  • New X-Men Vol. 5: Assault on Weapon Plus

    Grant Morrison

    Collects New X-Men #139-145. More secrets of the world's deadliest mutant are exposed! Wolverine, Cyclops and the enigmatic mutant known as Fantomex travel to the other side of the world and beyond in search of the keys to their pasts. However, what ...

  • X-Men: Firestar

    Tom Defalco

    Before the Avengers, before the New Warriors, mutandom's fiery favorite almost had a vocation in villainy thanks to the teacher from Hellfire, the White Queen! Can she find her way to heroism before things get too hot? Guest-starring the New Mutants!...

  • Not So Snow White

    Donna Kauffman

    Can a down-on-her-luck princess really have it all? A whisper away from thirty, gorgeous Tess Hamilton has been the tennis world's top titleholder and celebrity since she won her first championship at fifteen. Now the headline-making party girl is...

  • Mindswap

    Robert Sheckley

    In the future, interstellar travel to alien worlds will be too expensive for most ordinary people. It certainly is for Marvin, a college student who wants to take a really good vacation. And so he signs up for what he can afford, a mindswap, in which...

  • Timedancers

    Steve Cash

    Outwardly indistinguishable from human beings, but with abilities no human can claim, the Meq search for their lost history and face a mysterious prophesied reckoning. . . . It has been thirty-eight years since Zianno -- known as Z -- turned twelv...

  • Three Times a Charm

    Jean Stone

    Thanks to a high-profile wedding extravaganza for a media mogul, the wedding-planning business created by four longtime friends is really taking off. Not surprisingly, each of the friends is handling success in her own special way -- and one is about...

  • Deadman's Bluff

    James Swain

    A blind poker player named Skip DeMarco is scamming the world's largest poker tournament in Las Vegas, and cheating-expert Tony Valentine and his son, Gerry, have been hired to find out how. DeMarco is tied to some dangerously desperate characters wh...

  • The First Betrayal

    Patricia Bray

    SOMETIMES THE MAGIC INSIDE US ISN'T MEANT TO BE DISCOVERED.... Orphan, exile, priest, Josan has been posted to a lighthouse on the farthest edge of the kingdom. As a member of the collegium, he once dreamed of making a real contribution to the Learn...

  • Suffering Fools

    Ed Gaffney

    Attorneys Zack Wilson and Terry Tallach -- friends, partners, and complete opposites -- have perfected the recipe for legal disaster. Begin with a fool for a client -- a man who can't even testify convincingly to his own name, much less to an alibi. ...

  • Fever Dreams

    Nicole Jordan

    Once again Nicole Jordan thrills and enchants with this fabulously seductive Regency romance, the next installment in the Paradise series. She is the woman of his dreams . . . and he will pay any price to possess her. From the moment he met t...

  • The Wedding Trap

    Tracy Anne Warren

    From ugly duckling to beautiful swan Eliza Hammond has always been quiet and reserved -- hardly the best qualities for finding the man of her dreams and living happily ever after. A new heiress, Eliza is financially secure, courtesy of her aunt's ...

  • Black Powder War

    Naomi Novik

    After their fateful adventure in China, Capt. Will Laurence of His Majesty's Aerial Corps and his extraordinary dragon, Temeraire, are waylaid by a mysterious envoy bearing urgent new orders from Britain. Three valuable dragon eggs have been purchase...

  • Don of the Dead

    Casey Daniels

    She sees dead people Beautiful, smart, and chic, Pepper Martin never had to work a day in her life -- until her surgeon daddy was convicted of fraud, her wealthy fiance took a powder, and the family fortune ran bone dry. Suddenly desperate, t...

  • She's No Princess

    Laura Lee Guhrke

    A Royal Pain... The illegitimate daughter of a prince and a notorious courtesan, Lucia has been confined to schools and convents for most of her life. But that hasn't stopped her from causing one scandal after another. Exasperated, her royal ...

  • Her Officer and Gentleman

    Karen Hawkins

    No ordinary highwayman... A mere whisper of the name "Gentleman James" sends chills throughout the ton (and thrills the ladies who have heard rumors of his amorous exploits). But the dashing brigand never dreamed that the passing of the f...

  • How to Seduce a Bride

    Edith Layton

    How does one seduce a bride? Step One: Lay bare her mysteries... Daisy Tanner has taken the ton by storm and Leland Grant, Viscount Haye, wants to know everything about this ravishing, secretive woman who is tempting his friend into marriage....

  • Sinful Pleasures

    Mary Reed McCall

    A Noble Knight... Once, Lady Alissende de Montague and Sir Damien de Ashby were passionate, secret lovers -- until the day Alissende had to turn her back on him, shattering both their hearts and changing their lives forever. Knowing he would neve...

  • Mergers & Matrimony

    Allison Leigh

    To: Helen Hanson From: Richard Warren Re: Almost Through! It's been an exhausting battle, but we're almost done with the merger between Hanson Media and the Japanese powerhouse TAKA Corporation. And we couldn't have done it without your business...

  • His Royal Love-Child

    Lucy Monroe

    The prince and his pregnant mistress... Danette Michaels knew that when she became Principe Marcello Scorsolini's secret mistress there would be no marriage, no future and no public acknowledgment. At the time it was enough. But Danette can...

  • Her Cinderella Heart

    Ruth Scofield

    Shy schoolteacher Cassie Manning had never been in love. After literally stumbling over new parishioner Peter Scott at New Beginnings Church, Cassie was certain God had answered her prayers! Handsome, worldly and a man of faith, Peter seemed to be ev...

  • The Rogue Report

    Barbara Dawson Smith

    Dear Reader, I have a secret. Several, in fact... Most people know me only as the headmistress of a charity school. Having a son but no husband has made me a social outcast, which is no great inconvenience since I despise Society, especially th...

  • Dalton's Undoing

    Raeanne Thayne

    He was known as a major player who'd left a swath of broken hearts across the Teton Valley. Yet when single mother Jenny Boyer saw the tenderness in Seth Dalton's eyes when he looked at her children -- not to mention her -- it was impossible for her ...

  • The Cold Moon

    Jeffery Deaver

    On a freezing December night, with a full moon hovering in the black sky over New York City, two people are brutally murdered -- the death scenes marked by eerie, matching calling cards: moon-faced clocks inves-tigators fear ticked away the victims' ...

  • The Husband

    Dean Koontz

    We have your wife. You can get her back for two million cash. On an ordinary afternoon, an ordinary man, a gardener of modest means, gets a phone call out of his worst nightmare. The caller is dead serious. He doesn't care that Mitch can't raise that...

  • What Goes Around

    Parry Brown

    THE SISTER HAD IT ALL -- UNTIL KARMA CAME TO TOWN. A successful businesswoman, Catherine Hawkins has lived an enviable life of luxury, thanks to an ambition that has made her stop at nothing -- including abandoning her own twin daughters when they...

  • The Last Anniversary

    Liane Moriarty

    Sophie Honeywell always wondered if Thomas Gordon was the one she let get away. He was the perfect boyfriend, but on the day he was to propose, she broke his heart. A year later he married his travel agent, while Sophie has been mortifyingly single e...

  • BreakupBabe

    Rebecca Agiewich

    Blog: an online diary. My Blog: How I got over the worst, most humiliating breakup in web-recorded history -- and became stronger, smarter, and better off without the biggest Loser on the face of the earth. Life is sweet for Rachel. She's livin...

  • Gucci Gucci Coo

    Sue Margolis

    Ruby (still single at thirty-two) Silverman has made a name for herself at Les Sprogs, her exclusive baby boutique where trust-fund mothers swaddle their infants in the hottest designer wear. But all those bumps and babes can't prepare Ruby for the b...

  • The Secrets of Boys

    Hailey Abbott

    Eric: Loves surfing, has killer abs, an even better smile, and a heart of gold. Joe: A sarcastic goofball who gives great advice, which no one ever takes. Zach: Sophisticated college boy, wise in the ways of French painting as well as other F...

  • The Book of Bright Ideas

    Sandra Kring

    Family. Friendship. Sisterhood. Secrets. For two young girls, an incredible journey is about to begin... Wisconsin, 1961. Evelyn “Button” Peters is nine the summer Winnalee and her fiery-spirited older sister, Freeda, blow into her small town --...

  • 5 Minutes and 42 Seconds

    T.J. Williams

    Cameisha Douglass has it all -- a sprawling home in a posh neighborhood, a fancy car, three healthy children, and a husband, Fashad, who is devoted to her. Her biggest worry is catching her daytime soap operas before the kids come home from school an...

  • Savannah by the Sea

    Denise Hildreth / Denise Hildreth Jones

    First, I had to lie to my boss. (Sort of.) Then my parents had a fight. (They never fight.) The pint-sized lapdog that is treated better than I am has thrown up. (Twice.) This vacation hasn't even started...and I'm ready to go home. No one in her ...

  • Ms. Todd Is Odd!

    Dan Gutman

    Something weird is going on! Ms. Todd is subbing, and A.J. and his friends are sure she kidnapped Miss Daisy so she could take over her job. They're going to have to do the detective work to get the goods on her. But it won't be easy! Ms. Todd is th...

  • The Hero Revealed

    William Boniface

    YIKES! Professor Brain-Drain is on the loose! This supervillain menaces the fine supercitizens of Superopolis, concocting evil-genius schemes and draining everyone's brainpower! (And in this town, there's not a whole lot of that to begin with.) N...

  • Summer Is Summer

    Phillis Gershator

    School is out and it's the perfect time to explore the magic of summer!

    What is summer? For so many children summer is lemonade and salty air, baseball and ice cream, fireflies and starry nights, and much, much more. Join four friends as they...

  • Far-Out Phil

    N.B. Grace

    When Phil gets invited to the party of the year, he must decide if he will stay at home and celebrate Unification Day, a holiday that celebrates world peace, with his family or go out with his friends....

  • Have Courage, Hazel Green!

    Odo Hirsch

    Early in the morning, Hazel Green sees a man shouting at a caretaker, Mr. Egozian. She can hardly believe the awful things he is saying! Hazel comes up with a plan to teach him a lesson and help Mr. Egozian―but when her plan backfires, Hazel fin...

  • Oscar's Party

    Etsuko Watanabe

    Who can resist a birthday party? There are presents to wrap, balloons to blow up, and don't forget the ingredients for the cake. Before long, it's time to celebrate! With more than twenty flaps to open plus wheels to turn, young readers will love ...

  • Long Live the King

    Lyn Tornabene

  • Complete Stephen King Universe

    Stanley Wiater

    The myriad worlds and universes King has created are, in reality, one world, one universe. Here is the guide to that universe.
    The Complete Stephen King Universe is the only definitive reference work that examines all of Stephen King's novels,...

  • xxxHolic, Volume 7

    CLAMP

    KimihIro Watanuki has a wish on layaway with Yûko Ishikawa, the sultry time-space witch who can grant anyone’s deepest desire . . . for a price! Still, working like a slave in Yûko’s shop hasn’t dampened Kimihiro’s enthusiasm for his cute c...

  • Negima! Volume 10

    Ken Akamatsu

    TIME AGAIN

    The sprawling, activity-packed, three-day Mahora Academy Festival is underway. Overwhelmed and exhausted by his schedule, Negi falls asleep and almost loses an entire day. But thanks to Chao Lingshen’s amazing, pocket-size inventi...

  • Basilisk 1: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls

    Masaki Segawa

    THE BATTLE BEGINS

    The Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has ...

  • Es, Volume 1

    Fuyumi Soryo

    MIND CONTROL

    Ryousuke Akiba calls himself ES, a code name taken from a mysterious scientific experiment. Ryousuke will live to be at least two centuries old and possesses strange mental powers: He can enter people’s minds, discover their dar...

  • Gacha Gacha, Volume 4

    Hiroyuki Tamakoshi

    THE ORIGINAL FOUR

    After struggling to deal with Kurara’s many personalities, from the sex-crazed Arisa to the innocent Alice, Kouhei must now face his greatest challenge. The Original 4 are the most fearsome personalities hiding within Kurar...

  • School Rumble, Volume 2

    Jin Kobayashi

    DOWN BUT NOT OUT!

    Harima Kenji has never lost a fight, but his love for the clueless Tsukamoto Tenma is proving to be his greatest challenge. After catching his cherished Tenma-chan and an unexpected rival in a lunchtime tryst, Kenji spirals i...

  • Day the Dinosaurs Died

    Charlotte Lewis Brown

    The dinosaurs were the biggest, most powerful animals that ever walked the earth. Now they are all gone, extinct.

    Bold illustrations and a dramatic text re"create the devastation sixty"five million years ago when a giant asteroid slamm...

  • Comics Creators on X-Men

    Tom Defalco

    This text looks at the mighty mutants in 'X-Men' comics, including interviews with original co-creator Stan Lee, fan-favourite Chris Claremont, & artists Joe Madueira and Alan Davis. It containing sketches, script pages & background information on th...

  • Ethics: Twelve Lectures

    David Wiggins

    Almost everyone has wondered at some time or another why morality requires what it appears to require and how, if at all, it speaks to us. In Ethics: Twelve Lectures on the Philosophy of Morality, David Wiggins surveys the answers most commonly propo...

  • Where The River Flows

    Irene Brand

    In one night, Edward Moody lost his young wife and Rose Thurston became a surrogate mother to a sickly infant. Ten years later, Rose must face the man who's selfish actions gave her a family, and Edward must come to terms with the consequences of his...

  • Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 15: Silver Sable

    Brian Michael Bendis

    Collects Ultimate Spider-Man #86-90 & Annual #1. The head of Roxxon Oil sics the world's greatest mercenary, Silver Sable, on Spider-Man to learn why the web-spinner has targeted Roxxon on his nightly patrols. How violently Ms. Sable wants to ha...

  • Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

    Lyah Beth Leflore

    Last Night a DJ Saved My Life takes readers behind the velvet rope and inside A-list nightlife. At thirty-five, Destiny Day is at the top of her game. Having escaped her hardscrabble beginnings in the small Midwestern town she calls "East Boogie, Ill...

  • The Hazards of Hunting a Duke

    Julia London

    A sexy, wildly romantic and emotionally charged new trilogy in which three aristocratic young ladies, upon discovering they are destitute, resort to desperate means to keep up appearances...and find the husbands of their dreams. When the young la...

  • Queen of Blades

    Aaron Rosenberg

    Former marshal-turned-rebel Jim Raynor has broken away from the power-crazed Emperor Arcturus Mengsk. Enraged over Mengsk's betrayal of the powerful telepath, Sarah Kerrigan, to the ravenous Zerg, Raynor has lost all faith in his fellow humanity. ...

  • Impulse

    JoAnn Ross

    Hazard, Wyoming, is a quiet mountain town where there's snow on the ground from October until June, the wind blows all the time, and nothing much ever happens. But that's all about to change. Because, just when the wind suddenly stops, a killer comes...

  • Don't I Know You?

    Karen Shepard

    In 1976 in New York City, Gina Engel was murdered in her front hall. The police believed the victim had known her attacker. But they had few suspects, and as time went on, the case remained unsolved. Yet the suspicions of those who knew Gina both int...

  • Rash

    Pete Hautman

    Consumption of alcohol: Illegal. Football and other "violent" sports: Illegal. Ownership of guns, chain saws, and/or large dogs: Illegal. Body piercings, tattoos: Illegal. It's late in the twenty-first century, and the United Safer States of America ...

  • Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

    Rachel Cohn; David Levithan

    It all starts when Nick asks Norah to be his girlfriend for five minutes. He only needs five minutes to avoid his ex-girlfriend, who's just walked in to his band's show. With a new guy. And then, with one kiss, Nick and Norah are off on an adventure ...

  • Tale of Two Summers

    Brian Sloan

    08:06 p.m. Saturday 07.29.06You are in L-O-V-E. Notice how I have no hesitation spelling it. At all. Reason? That was just the wildest entry you've posted! Ever....You are so seeing the world through the eyes of L-O-V-E.A ten-year best friendship is ...

  • Sun-Kissed

    Melissa de la Cruz

    Sometimes when the sun shines, it scorches. Third time's the charm as Mara, Eliza, and Jacqui head back to the Hamptons. This summer the au pairs are doing it right: in style, in step, and "in" everywhere. Mara has the VIP hookup at all the new ...

  • The Girl I Wanted to Be

    Sarah Grace McCandless

    As a lowly freshman named for "The King," Presley Moran walks high school corridors paved with the stuff of family legend. Her cousin Barry, a senior heartthrob and brainy varsity letterman, insists that looking good on paper is the key to success. B...

  • Last Voyage of the Valentina

    Santa Montefiore

    Set in London during the swinging sixties and Italy’s Amalfi coast after Word War II, The Last Voyage of the Valentina is an epic romance with a dark uncercurrent of suspense from an author the Daily Mail (UK) has declared “is the new Rosamunde P...

  • The Monk Downstairs

    Tim Farrington

    Rebecca Martin is a single mother with an apartment to rent and a sense that she has used up her illusions. "I had the romantic thing with my first husband, thank you very much, she tells a hapless suitor. I'm thirty-eight years old, and I've got a d...

  • Beach Babe

    Jennifer L. Holm

    Meet Babymouse--the spunky mouse beloved by young readers for more than a decade! It’s summer time and Babymouse is going to the beach to surf and relax. But will sharks ruin her vacation? This groundbreaking young graphic novel series, full o...

  • Fireworks at the FBI

    Ron Roy

    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season!  In the sixth book of the Capital Mysteries -- an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous ...

  • I Love Tools!

    Philemon Sturges

    Tools can cut things apart . . .

    . . . or put them back together again.

    You can use tools to make almost anything!

    From the clamps that hold down the wood for the very first cut through the paintbrush that adds the finishing tou...

  • Happiness Comes from the Heart

    Holly Hobbie

    Joyful

    is the smile that beams.

    Happy

    is the heart that dreams.

    In these lovely verses about happiness and joy, Holly Hobbie shows us that true happiness is all around. This cheerful collection of sentiments reminds us that j...

  • Friendship Grows Like a Garden

    Holly Hobbie

    Friendships grow like gardens

    with tender, loving care,

    blooming in bright colors

    of happiness everywhere.

    In these heartwarming verses about friendship and joy, Holly Hobbie's values of love and optimism come to life. This t...

  • Don't Be a Chicken!

    Melissa Lagonegro

    Life can never be simple for Chicken Little -- trouble always seems to fall on him. But he’ll never give up, even when challenged by bullies and aliens. This simple Step 1 reader shows that if you believe in yourself, you can overcome anything -- e...

  • Amazon Fever

    Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

    Jeff’s Uncle Roy runs a museum and is always zooming off to strange places. Now Uncle Roy is taking Jeff with him to the steamy Amazon jungle. Maybe they’ll track down crocodiles or poisonous snakes or jaguars for Uncle Roy’s museum. Wrong! On ...

  • Who Took the Cake?

    Zoey Zucker

  • Yellow, Volume 4

    Makoto Tateno

    • The curtains for the shocking final stage will now be drawn!! Just when their love for wach other was finally realized, Gou and Taki's relationship is torn apart by the killer Sandfish. It's now time to come to terms with Taki's dark past...

  • My Best Friend Is Jasmine

    Lisa Ann Marsoli

    Jenna and her younger brother and sister are hungry and living on the streets in Agrabah -- that is, until Jenna becomes best friends with Princess Jasmine! Find out how this streetwise little girl gets invited to live in a princess’s palace in thi...

  • My Best Friend Is Cinderella

    Lisa Ann Marsoli

    Little Emma is awestruck when Cinderella shows up at her school and tells the girls she’s going to throw a party for them at the castle. Emma can hardly wait! In fact, she’s so excited that she sneaks into the castle to get an early peek. The lit...

  • My Best Friend Is Belle

    Lisa Ann Marsoli

    A young baker named Claire wishes she were as creative as Princess Belle and the other townspeople. After hilariously disastrous attempts at dress design and poetry, Belle helps Claire realize that her talents lie much closer to home. Find out where ...

  • A Whale of a Tale!

    Bonnie Worth

    Onboard a vessel that would make Jacques Cousteau green with envy, the Cat and Co. take to the high seas in search of whales, dolphins, and porpoises—those aquatic mammals known as cetaceans. While learning how cetaceans stay warm without hair,...

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - The Movie Storybook

    Catherine McCafferty

    Ahoy, mates! Everyone’s favorite pirates are back in full-color in the Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest: The Movie Storybook. Follow along as Jack Sparrow and his crew face a new threat on the high seas in this exciting adaptation of ...

  • The Chase Is on

    Tennant Redbank

    Readers would rather walk the plank than miss out on these two amazing 8x8 retellings of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Each book will retell a different portion of the story and will provide kids with action-packed scenes from the fil...

  • Helen Keller

    David A. Adler

    Gr 1-3-Adler has adapted the information in A Picture Book of Helen Keller (Holiday, 1990) into this offering for beginning readers. Youngsters will gain a sense of Keller's frustration as a child, her determination as a student, and her hard work...

  • Snatched

    Pete Hautman

    From award-winning author Pete Hautman and Mary Logue comes a lively mystery series. When high school student Alicia Camden suddenly disappears, the small town of Bloodwater is in shock. And it’s up to Roni Delicata, reporter for the school newspap...

  • Be Nice to Mice

    Nancy Krulik

    Katie can’t wait for the school science fair. But when she hears that a sixth-grader named Selena is using her pet mice as part of a science experiment, Katie does her best to put a stop to it. When she turns into Selena on the day of the fair, she...

  • Happy Kid!

    Gail Gauthier

    All cynical Kyle wants is to get through the seventh grade unnoticed, but a self-help book from his well-meaning mother changes all that. Magically, the book seems to know all about him. And it wants him to improve his life.Not only is he friendless,...

  • America's Victories

    Larry Schweikart

    In America's Victories, Professor Larry Schweikart restores the truth about our amazing military heritage. Just as he did in his acclaimed previous book, A Patriot's History of the United States, Professor Schweikart cuts through the distortions pas...

  • The Unexpectedly Bad Hair of Barcelona Smith

    Keith Graves

  • Heron and Turtle

    Valeri Gorbachev

  • Bobby the Bold

    Donna Jo Napoli

  • Lull-a-bye Little One

    Dianne Ochiltree

  • All The Way

    Andy Behrens

  • Gakky Two-Feet

    Micky Dolenz

  • Glasses (Who Needs 'Em?)

    Lane Smith

  • Dog's Birthday

    Emma Dodd

    With each present Dog opens at his birthday, different textures are revealed, such as a fluffy blanket and shiny dinner bowl, in a colorful novelty touch-and-feel book by the creator of Dog's Colorful Day....

  • Ultimate X-Men / Fantastic Four

    Mike Carey

    Cerebro has been stolen - and the trail points directly at the government's premier think tank, the Baxter Building! The X-Men aren't happy about it - and the Baxter Building's most famous residents, the Fantastic Four, aren't happy about an angry te...

  • Wolverine Classic, Volume 3

    Peter David

    "I'm the best there is at what I do... Nobody's better at gettin' into trouble than me." The first of Peter David's occasionally seen and always entertaining Wolverine arcs, "The Gehenna Affair" sets Logan, Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman) and their frien...

  • Hulk Visionaries: Peter David - Volume 3

    Peter David

    The gray Hulk's life as a Las Vegas legbreaker is broken into by a circle of cyborgs, with Spider-Man in the middle! Next up is a triple threat by Doctor Doom, the Thing and... the green Hulk?! Follow the Hulk from casino conclaves to interdimensiona...

  • Essential Classic X-Men - Volume 2

    Roy Thomas

    Enemies both infamous and obscure abound in another archive of the X-Men's early adventures! Mainstay malefactors like Magneto and the Juggernaut are joined by the thunderous threat of Factor Three! Plus: the first appearances of Banshee and Polaris!...

  • X-Men 3: The Last Stand

    Chris Claremont

    TAKE A STAND. The world has acquired a lethal new weapon against X-gene mutants, whose superhuman powers separate them -- for better, for worse, forever -- from ordinary mortals. Now, for the first time, mutants have a choice: retain their godlike...

  • Violette Between

    Alison Strobel

    "A beautifully wrought tale full of characters that live and breathe. This surprising story from Strobel, a bold and engaging storyteller, left me sighing with pleasure and wanting more. She's not to be missed." -- CLAUDIA MAIR BURNEY...

  • Tristan's Gap

    Nancy Rue

    She thought they had the perfect family... For eighteen years Serena Soltanis has poured herself into her family, making every effort to please her husband and to protect her daughters from the evils of the world. Respected and admired for her obv...

  • Widdershins

    Charles de Lint

    Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell. Since they were introduced in the first Newford story, "Timeskip," back in 1989, their friends and readers alike have been waiting for them to realize what everybody else already knows: that they belong together....

  • The Hard Way

    Lee Child

    Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot, electric New York City night, watching a man cross the street to a parked Mercedes and drive it away. The car contained one million dollars in ransom money because Edward Lane, the man ...

  • The Quillan Games

    D.J. MacHale

    Let the Games Begin.... Quillan is a territory on the verge of destruction. The people have lost control of their own future and must struggle simply to survive. The only chance they have of finding a better life is by playing the Quillan Games. H...

  • Nasty Girls

    Erick S. Gray

    Camille, Jade, and Shy are best friends and have always had each other's backs. Jade and Shy's boyfriends, Roscoe and James, are partners in a lucrative drug business, but one night they get caught up in a shoot-out that goes horribly wrong. Shy's m...

  • The Coast of Akron

    Adrienne Miller

    "At last, The Coast of Akron! Adrienne Miller is one of the wittiest and most humane writers we have, bringing to mind at once Dorothy Parker, Mary McCarthy, and M.F.K. Fisher." -Dave EggersAdrienne Miller, in her dazzlingly ambitious and hilarious ...

  • Never Call Retreat

    William R. Forstchen; Newt Gingrich

    After his great victories at Gettysburg and Union Mills, General Robert E. Lee's attempt to bring the war to a final conclusion by attacking Washington, D.C., fails. However, in securing Washington, the remnants of the valiant Union Army of the Potom...

  • The Foundling: And Other Tales Of Prydain

    Lloyd Alexander

    A companion book to The Chronicles of Prydain, this collection of short stories revisits beloved characters and reveals more about the history of the magical land of Prydain.Here, readers will find Dallben, destined to be an enchanter; Angharad, a pr...

  • Quarry

    Susan Cummins Miller

    With crimes of passion striking the quiet University of Del Rio campus, geologist Frankie MacFarlane is enmeshed in the case of a fragile psyche pushed to the edge... Just as Frankie arranges her doctoral dissertation's long-awaited defense, a polic...

  • Echoes of Coventry

    Richard C. White

    WHAT'S PAST A special six-part S.C.E. event that flashes back to previous adventures of the S.C.E. crew from the 23rd century to the height of the Dominion War, with special guests from all across the Star Trek universe! 2375: Before he joined the ...

  • The Women In Cages

    Vilas Sarang

  • Swashbuckling Fantasy: 10 Thrilling Tales of Magical Adventure

    Simon & Schuster

    SWASHBUCKLING FANTASY features excerpts from 10 series by bestselling and critically acclaimed authors such as Margaret Petersen Haddix, author of the Shadow Children series, D.J. MacHale, author of the Pendragon series, Scott Westerfeld, author of U...

  • Planet Mars

    Seymour Simon

    SeeMore Readers are designed for every young reader. Large, bright pictures instantly engage readers in the subject. Exciting yet simple text provides the information that kids, parents, and teachers want from key facts to fascinating trivia. Each Re...

  • Emergency Vehicles

    Seymour Simon

    SeeMore Readers are designed for every young reader. Large, bright pictures instantly engage readers in the subject. Exciting yet simple text provides the information that kids, parents, and teachers want from key facts to fascinating trivia. Each Re...

  • The Summer King

    O.R. Melling

    On the anniversary of her twin sister's mysterious death. Laurel returns to Ireland in search of answers. What drew her quiet. bookish sister up onto that mountain ledge? And what clues does Honor's journal offer. with its scribblings about a "roly-p...

  • Lord of the Shadows

    Darren Shan

    Darren Shan is going home -- to old ghosts and new nightmares. Enemies await. Scores must be settled. Destiny looks certain to destroy him, and the world is doomed to fall to the Ruler of the Night. . . . Author Darren Shan's vivid detail and origina...

  • Defenders: Indefensible

    Keith Giffen; J.M. DeMatteis

    Wong possessed by Nightmare! Dormammu and Umar in unholy alliance! The Hulk and the Sub-Mariner at each other's throats! The Silver Surfer... uh... surfing. Can Doctor Strange reunite the Defenders and save Reality As We Know It? Only the Ancient One...

  • My Pop Pop and Me

    Irene Smalls

  • Daddy Goes to Work

    Jabari Asim

  • Time Warped

    Kol

    Princess Natasha travels back in time to assure that the election which has brought her father, King Carl, to power, actually turns out successfully--without the interference of Lubek, her evil uncle....

  • Cloning Around

    Kol

  • What If?: Mirror Mirror

    Daniel Way

    What if... Captain America fought in the Civil War? What if... the Fantastic Four were Cosmonauts? What if... Daredevil lived in feudal Japan? What if... Namor grew up on land? Hacking into the internet of an adjacent reality, teenager Hector Espejo ...

  • Decimation: X-Men - The Day After

    Chris Claremont

    It was the worst day in X-Men history. Now it's the day after. The House of M is over, but the effects will be felt for the rest of their lives. How do the X-Men pick up the pieces in a world that has completely changed? Plus: Something's amiss at th...

  • New X-Men: Childhood's End - Volume 1

    Craig Kyle

    Red-hot X-23 writers Craig Kyle and Chris Yost, and rising star Mark Brooks (Ultimate Spider-Man Annual, Amazing Fantasy), take New X-Men in a bold new direction. Spinning directly out of House of M, the New X-Men deal with the changed world. Will X-...

  • Skrull Kill Krew

    Marvel Book Group

  • Mason's Marriage

    Tina Leonard

    The Ride of His Life...Four Years Late Mimi Cannady had no regrets. Spending that night with the cowboy had been the right thing to do -- their beautiful daughter was living proof. And since the word commitment used to make Mason Jefferson buck like...

  • Killing Me Softly

    Jenna Mills

    ONE WOMAN'S MEMORIES...BEHIND ANOTHER WOMAN'S FACE When investigative reporter Savannah Trahan disappeared and was presumed dead, police immediately arrested Cain Robichaud, Savannah's boyfriend and a New Orleans police officer. Without sufficient...

  • That Old Feeling

    Cara Colter

    Of all the favors her beloved father could ask, helping Clint McPherson was the only one Brandy King wanted to refuse. Of course, her dad didn't know his right-hand man had once rebuffed her kiss. Well, that was then. This was... No different. Som...

  • Made-To-Order Wife

    Judith McWilliams

    THE PROPER WAY TO FIND A WIFE... Making a billion dollars was something Max Sheridan could do with one hand tied behind his back. But learning which fork to use? When to open a door? Those were skills he needed in order to win a high-society wife....

  • Something's Gotta Give

    Teresa Southwick

    The whole thing was rigged! What else would you expect from lawyers and a judge with family connections? Former detective Sam Owen Brimstone was not looking for work, but now he was stuck with it and had to admit that in this case, the body he was as...

  • The Reckoning

    Christie Ridgway

    "Emmett, danger is the way you live your life. But that's not my life." -- Linda Faraday, survivor After ten stolen years in a coma, hanging on to life by strands of uncertainty, Linda Faraday is finally awake. All she knows is she used to be an ...

  • Dissension

    Cory Herndon
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    STREETS OF WAR The streets of Ravnica run red with blood. Guild fights guild and horrifying monsters ravage the city, destroying all who stand in their way. But as Ravnica crumbles, a method emerges from the madness, and -it becomes clear that...

  • Second Sight

    Amanda Quick

    Venetia Milton's memories of a romantic night with Gabriel Jones--an alchemist's descendant--are shattered soon thereafter by news of his death. Adopting the guise of his respectable widow, she embarks on a new career as a fashionable photographer in...

  • The Bookwoman's Last Fling

    John Dunning

    When wealthy horse trainer H. R. Geiger dies, Denver bookman Cliff Janeway encounters the legacy of the man's wife, Candice, a true bookwoman who left behind an assortment of rare first-edition children's books. Sent to assess the collection, Janeway...

  • Angelmonster

    Veronica Bennett

    "Captures all the bliss and folly of Mary Shelley’s disastrous surrender to love, and the sorrowful steps by which she became the author of FRANKENSTEIN." -- NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

    In 1814, poet Percy Shelley enters the life of young M...

  • The Frog Prince

    Gillian McKnight

    When Alexis and Helene, vowing never to fight over the same boy, arrive in Paris to stay with Helene's estranged father and his new wife, the girls, while immersed in high fashion, break their promise when they meet gorgeous Daniel D'Artois. Original...

  • Specials

    Scott Westerfeld

    Special Circumstances TALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE A RUMOR, but now she's one of them. A Special. A superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid. But maybe being perfectly programmed with strength and focus...

  • The Unfinished Novel and Other Stories

    Valerie Martin

    From the Orange Prize-winning author of Property comes a vital and heartbreaking collection of short stories that turns an unflinching eye upon artists -- driven and blocked, desired and detested, infamous and sublime -- as they struggle beneath the ...

  • Pretty Birds

    Scott Simon

    The universally respected NPR journalist and bestselling memoirist Scott Simon makes a dazzling fiction debut. In Pretty Birds, Simon creates an intense, startling, and tragicomic portrait of a classic character"a young woman in the besieged city o...

  • Hit the Road

    Caroline B. Cooney

    Brit has had her driver's license only 11 days when her parents drop her off to stay at her grandmother's house for two weeks while they go on vacation. Little do they know Brit is headed for a three-state road trip with Nannie to pick up her college...

  • Detective Camp

    Ron Roy

    Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are off to summer camp! And this isn't just any camp . . . it's a camp for detectives. The kids can't wait to spend a whole week following clues and learning about the science of crime solving. Soon the counselors have all t...

  • Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride

    Kate DiCamillo

    Mr. Watson and Mrs. Watson have a pig named Mercy. Every Saturday, Mercy and Mr. Watson go for a ride in Mr. Watson's convertible. But one Saturday, things take a surprising turn. And a certain someone ends up behind the wheel....

  • Nobody's Perfect

    Marlee Matlin; Doug Cooney

    Megan has spent forever planning her positively purple birthday sleepover. She's even made glittery purple invitations for every girl in her class. Then a new girl, Alexis Powell, joins their class. Alexis seems perfect: She's smart, pretty, and rule...

  • Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!

    Frances O'Roark Dowell

    HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PHINEAS L. MACGUIRE, BOY-SCIENTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE, AKA MAC: 1. He's allergic to purple, telephone calls, and girls, and can prove it. 2. He's probably the world's expert on mold, including which has the highest s...

  • Fergus Crane

    Paul Stewart; Chris Riddell

    Fergus Crane has an almost ordinary life -- attending school on the ship Betty Jeanne and helping his mother in the bakery. But then a winged mechanical horse appears and whisks Fergus off to meet his long-lost uncle. Not only that, he finds out that...

  • SpongeBob Rocks!

    Kelli Chipponeri

    SpongeBob SquarePants, Sandy, and Patrick have started a band, and no one can get enough of their new song, "Jumping Jellyfish"! But what happens when their instruments mysteriously disappear? Can the band think fast enough to save their big ...

  • Good-bye, Chunky Rice

    Craig Thompson

    This here be the first ever “graphical novel book” by Craig Thompson. It was winnning a Harvey Award, no less. It documentates the once upon a time in our fishing village town and a short turtle lad name of Chunky, last name Rice.

    Mister C...

  • Shark and Lobster's Amazing Undersea Adventure

    Joel Stewart

    A silly shark and lobster are in a panic to ward off a land-bound menace in this comical ode to the power of suggestion, the joys of teamwork, and the fun to be found in a narrow escape.

    Out in the sea, Shark told his friend Lobster one day: "...

  • Once upon a Tide

    Tony Mitton

    Down by the seashore
    Bess and I
    stood on the sand
    and looked at the sky.

    Tony Mitton and Selina Young have stitched together a charming seafaring adventure for young children in this bedtime treasure....

  • Play Ball with Me

    Lynn Reiser

    A kitten, being picked up from preschool by his parent, asks, “What will we play today? Let’s play a ballgame!” This book with sturdy cardstock pages and clever die-cuts is made for active youngsters who long to play grown-up games. Though they...

  • Pretty as a Princess

    Suzy Capozzi

    The Precious Moments" Princesses are here! And this adorable hardcover storybook is a great way to remind every little princess they are adored! Featuring sweet, simple text and the unmistakable artwork of Samuel Butcher, this unique book also has ...

  • Harry And Dinosaurs And The Bucketful Of Stories

    Ian Whybrow

    A collection of all the classic stories about Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs! Everyone has their favourite Harry story and here they all are in this roaringly good collection! This superb collection features Harry and the Snow King, Harry and t...

  • A Different Kind of Heat

    Antonio Pagliarulo

    Luz Cordero is on fire. She’s burning up with rage. She was there the night her brother got killed. She saw the cop pull the trigger. She tried to do something positive about it by going to protests, but all her anger got her into trouble. Now Luz ...

  • The Hobgoblin Proxy

    J.T. Petty

    At the behest of her friend Chaphesmeeso, Clem must help Kennethurchin, who was stolen from his cradle as a baby and replaced with a changeling, find and destroy the imposter so that he can become a hobgoblin, but the changeling, who is now nine-year...

  • Wizard's Return

    Dan Willis

    Find out if Nearra can reclaim her magic in the thrilling finale to the Trinistyr Trilogy.

    Wizard’s Return is the highly-anticipated follow-up to Wizard’s Betrayal, the second volume in the Trinistyr Trilogy. Set in the popular Dragonlance...

  • Just Like Sisters

    Angela Mcallister

    Nancy knows that she and her pen pal, Ally, are going to be as close as sisters. And from the moment Ally steps off the plane to visit, the two girls are inseparable. With Ally's endless energy and Nancy's boundless joy, even everyday activities like...

  • The Happiness of Kati

    Jane Vejjajiva

    Every morning Kati is woken by the clatter of Grandma's spatula and pan and every night she goes to bed wishing for her mother. Like the canal that flows past her door, Kati's life has a gentle rhythm. But beneath the peaceful surface runs an under...

  • X-Men Last Stand: Meet the X-Men

    Harry Lime

    Professor Xavier created his School for Gifted Youngsters for individuals with special powers. These students are the famous X-Men! Meet all your favorite X-Men characters and learn about their special powers as they fight to keep the human and mu...

  • X-Men The Last Stand: Rogue Finds a Home

    Harry Lime

  • Murder on the Rocks

    Karen MacInerney

    Trading Texas heat for Maine's tangy salt air, Natalie Barnes risked it all to buy the Gray Whale Inn, a quaint bed and breakfast on Cranberry Island. She adores whipping up her signature blueberry coffee cake and killer cranberry scones for her gues...

  • Sword Play

    Linda Joy Singleton

    "Help her," insists the spirit of Kip, the jock from her old school who died in a car accident. But his cryptic message is the last thing on Sabine's mind as she packs up to move back home. She's not happy about leavi...

  • Glad News of the Natural World

    T.R. Pearson

    The hilarious and heartbreaking sequel to T.R. Pearson’s beloved bestseller, A Short History of a Small Place.Twenty years ago, T. R. Pearson’s A Short History of a Small Place was hailed as “an absolute stunner” (Jonathan Yardley, The Washin...

  • The Sheikh's Disobedient Bride

    Jane Porter

    SHE MUST BE TAMED -- WILLING OR NOT... He's a warrior -- fierce, traditional and hardened by tragedy. Sheikh Tair lives by the strict rules of the desert. When he finds Tally has broken one of those sacred laws, endangering the safety of his...

  • Bought For the Marriage Bed

    Melanie Milburne

    An illicit affair... Nina Selbourne's been left holding the baby, now her evil twin--who attempted to trap a wealthy playboy by getting pregnant--has passed away. Vengeance--marriage! Marc Marcello wants his brother's child--but, he mistakes pri...

  • In Plain Sight

    C.J. Box

    Ranch owner and matriarch Opal Scarlett has vanished under suspicious circumstances during a bitter struggle between her sons for control of her million-dollar empire. Joe Pickett is convinced one of them must have done her in, and when he becomes th...

  • Christopher Killer

    Alane Ferguson

    As the daughter of a Colorado County coroner, seventeen-yearold Cameryn Mahoney is no stranger to death. in fact, she's always been fascinated by the science of it. so she's thrilled to finally get some hands-on experience in forensics working as her...

  • Scrambled Eggs at Midnight

    Brad Barkley

    Calliope (or Cal as she calls herself) wants nothing more than to stay put; to stop traveling cross-country with her mother, sleeping in a tent, and abandoning all belongings whenever they pull up stakes. Meanwhile, eliot misses the happy times he le...

  • When It Happens

    Susane Colasanti

    When you find something real, everything else falls into place.... Seniors in high school, Sara and Tobey couldn't be more different. She is focused on getting into her first-choice college; he wants to win Battle of the Bands. Sara's other goal i...

  • Dream-Maker's Magic

    Sharon Shinn

    Kellen’s mother has always insisted that her only child was born male, not female -- so Kellen has been raised as a boy. At school, she meets Gryffin, whose mind is as strong as his legs are damaged, and the two become friends and allies. A few yea...

  • Young Cam Jansen and the Spotted Cat Mystery

    David A. Adler

    It’s a rainy day when Cam and her classmates arrive at school. Meow! A cat with a spot on its tail is napping near the coat rack. How did a cat get in their classroom? Did it run away? Click! Read along as Cam solves this easy-to-read cat caper....

  • Blood on the River: James Town, 1607

    Elisa Carbone

    400 years ago, a boy fought to survive in James Town... Samuel Collier came from nothing. A street urchin, an orphan and, even a thief, he seems headed for a life in the alleys of London. So when he becomes the page of Captain John Smith and boards...

  • Hannah West in the Belltown Towers

    Linda Johns

    Hannah West is not your ordinary twelve-year-old. She's artistic, full of street smarts, and best of all, she's a budding detective. She and her mom are technically homeless, but thanks to a series of house-sitting jobs, they always have a place to s...

  • My Pony Jack at the Horse Show

    Cari Meister

    This Level 1 Easy-to-Read -- the third book in the My Pony Jack series -- features short, easy sentences, lots of visual clues, and a glossary of pony terms.Lacy and her pony, Jack, are competing in a horse show. Lacy gets Jack ready by braiding his ...

  • Do Dolphins Really Smile?

    Laura Driscoll

    How smart are dolphins? They re good at doing tricks, and they love fish But how much do we know about the ways dolphins communicate and relate to each other? In Do Dolphins Really Smile?, curious young readers will learn all the dolphin basics, as ...

  • Angelina and the Rag Doll

    Katharine Holabird

    Angelina is feeling very grown-up. Miss Lilly has asked her to help out in the beginners' ballet class. So Angelina gives away her babyish toys, including the little rag doll she's had since she was a tiny mouseling. But what happens when Angelina st...

  • Becky/The Restless Sea

    E.V. Thompson

    Combined for the first time are two enchanting stories from acclaimed novelist E. V. Thompson. In Becky, Ferg...

  • Pajama Light

    Gale Sypher Jacob

  • One, Two, Three Me

    Jeremy Fitzkee

    Did you ever notice that juice rhymes with moose? Or that pale rhymes with whale? Eye-catching, funky art and unexpected rhymes come together in this little book to show just how silly everyday words can be. Kids will crack up at the outrageous carto...

  • Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah

    Allan Sherman

    The illustrator of the Zack Files series presents an illustrated version of the song in which a young camper describes all of the horrors of Camp Granada and begs his parents to let him come home. Reprint....

  • Way Out West with Pirate Pete and Pirate Joe

    A.E. Cannon

  • Follow the Line

    Laura Ljungkvist

    Follow the line on a journey from the city to the country, from the sky to the ocean, from morning till night. Laura Ljungkvist uses her trademark continuous line style to create the perfect counting book for young children. Each scene contains quest...

  • The Legendary Adventures of Alexander the Great

    Richard Stoneman

    He was destined to rule the world ...A prince is born under a star of good fortune. It is prophesied that he will become the greatest king of all time. Alexander grows up to fulfil this destiny - powerful as a lion, skilled in the art of war and lead...

  • X-Men and Power Pack: The Power of X

    Marc Sumerak

    Power Pack returns... and this time they've brought some very special friends! Marvel's merry mutants team up with our super-powered siblings for more fun-filled all-ages adventures! Collects X-Men and Power Pack #1-4....

  • New Mutants Classic - Volume 1

    Chris Claremont

    Collects Marvel Graphic Novel #4, New Mutants #1-7 & Uncanny X-Men #167. Cannonball. Sunspot. Moonstar. Karma. Rahne. Teenagers, thrown together by the one thing they had in common -- the X-Factor in their genes that made them different, made the...

  • Fantastic Four Visionaries: George Perez - Volume 2

    George Perez

    One of the FF's top talent gives Mr. Fantastic a really new look... as the Molecule Man! Once the team deals with this ultimate infiltration, they still must face sorcery, Skrulls and super-powered statues! Plus: the power of Franklin Richards! G...

  • How to Survive in Antarctica

    Lucy Jane Bledsoe

    Gr 7 Up-Bledsoe combines memoir with survival tips and fun facts in this friendly, come-along book about her experiences in Antarctica. She builds a snow shelter and spends the night in it, observes wildlife, visits a number of research stations, ...

  • Rabbit Heart

    Colleen Hitchcock

    Nicollette Caron is every man's ideal mistress. Pity, then, that all of her lovers die trying to satisfy her insatiable appetite. Forced to flee town after town so that no one will discover her terrible secret, Nicollette is haunted by the ghosts of ...

  • Call of the Wolf

    Susan Krinard

    Two sensuous werewolf romances come together in an omnibus edition containing Secret of the Wolf, in which a tormented Quentin Forster, plagued by spells of amnesia, comes to hypnotist Johanna Schell for help, and To Catch a Wolf, in ...

  • Capturing Paris

    Katharine Davis

    After twenty five years of marriage, Annie and Wesley are living the type of elegant, sophisticated life in Paris that many Americans dream about. Their apartment in the Marais district is filled with wonderful food, accomplished friends, and good wi...

  • Tall, Dark & Dead

    Tate Hallaway

    The first Garnet Lacey novel in the delightful paranormal series by the author of The Vampire Princess of St. Paul novels!The line between magic and sanity is very thin.That’s part of why I, Garnet Lacey, quit cold turkey.Never touch the stuff. No ...

  • An American Haunting

    Brent Monahan

    Known throughout Tennessee as "Old Kate," the Bell Witch took up residence with John Bell's family in 1818. It was a cruel and noisy spirit, given to rapping and gnawing sounds before it found its voices. With these voices and its supernatural act...

  • Temptation

    Jeanie London
    in

    A magical painting, a mystical gateway... Legend has it that a heartbroken artist used magical paint to create thel beautiful "Midnight Magic"--and then stepped into the painting and was never seen again. Or so Sara Drimmon is told when she visits...

  • Second Chances

    Rebecca York
    in

    A magical painting, a mystical gateway... Legend has it that a heartbroken artist used magical paint to create thel beautiful "Midnight Magic"--and then stepped into the painting and was never seen again. Or so Sara Drimmon is told when she visits...

  • Mrs. Jeffries Appeals the Verdict

    Emily Brightwell

    GUILTY BYSTANDERS After a perfectly decent local woman is killed during a robbery, the Witherspoon household receives a surprising visit from a stranger named Blimpey Groggins. He claims his best buddy was convicted of the crime. He also claims th...

  • Resistance

    Daniel Kalla

    No treatment. No cure. No hope Once it seemed as though penicillin and other antibiotics had won humanity a lasting victory over harmful bacteria. But now hardier bugs, resistant to most common classes of antibiotics, are emerging -- with potentia...

  • Ulterior Motives

    Susan Kearney
    in

    A magical painting, a mystical gateway... Legend has it that a heartbroken artist used magical paint to create thel beautiful "Midnight Magic"--and then stepped into the painting and was never seen again. Or so Sara Drimmon is told when she visits...

  • The Dragon Quintet

    Tanith Lee

    Orson Scott Card's "In the Dragon's House" is a gothic yarn about the mysterious dragon that lives in the wiring of an old house, noticed by a young boy who shares its body in dreams and feels its true size and power. Mercedes Lackey's "Joust" tel...

  • Dodge City

    Matt Braun

    The cattle trail from Texas to Kansas was long, hot and dangerous. And by the time cowboys got there, they had the money and means to make a boomtown explode--and make Dodge City a great place to be a defense attorney...as long as you weren't looking...

  • Path of Blood

    Diana Pharaoh Francis

    Hailed by her peers as “promising” (David Coe),“talented” (Kristin Britain), and “masterful” (Carol Berg), Diana Pharaoh Francis crafted a unique magical world and one of fantasy’s most intriguing heroines in Path of Fate and Path of Ho...

  • Snipped in the Bud

    Kate Collins

    When I swapped the thorny problems of law school for the budding business of my flower store, Bloomers, I vowed that I, Abby Knight, wouldn't be caught dead visiting that hateful campus ever again. But sometimes a girl's got to face down her dragons....

  • Big Trouble

    Marianna Jameson

    Naomi Connor is the hottest computer security consultant in the field. She's all about breaching unbreachable defenses before hackers can, but her new assignment is a security audit for the company she nearly destroyed years ago as an illegal hacker....

  • Even Vampires Get the Blues

    Katie MacAlister

    Paen Scott is a Dark One: a vampire without a soul. And his mother is about to lose hers too if Paen can't repay a debt to a demon by finding a relic known as the Jilin God in five days. Half-elf Samantha Cosse may have gotten kicked out of the Or...