Kay Duffield's fiancee is about to leave the country, and her own duty with the WAAF is imminent when she becomes a bride. The precious few days she spends with her new husband are quickly forgotten once she starts work as a balloon operator, trained...
A collection of thirty myths and legends from many different cultures around the world includes those of ancient Greece, Scandinavia, Japan, India, Uganda, and the Great Plains Indians. BOMC, QPB, and Doubleday....
The only thing that mattered to Nora Jamieson was the Colorado ranch her parents had built with love and laughter - and now that her mother was dead, there was nothing to stop Nora's unscrupulous stepfather, Judge Cunningham, from taking it away from...
Rand is on the run with Min, and in Cairhien, Cadsuane is trying to figure out where he is headed. Rand's destination is, in fact, one she has never considered. Mazrim Taim, leader of the Black lbwer, is revealed to be a liar. But what is he up to? ...
What lengths would someone go to bury a secret? What lengths would someone go to uncover one? Henry Mathews, a young, ambitious associate at one of the top law firms in Chicago, is a man on the move. As lethal in a courtroom as a shark in an aquarium...
Modern girl meets a boy of 1796 over a stone wall in Vermont. The novel is about love and sacrifice, growth and maturity, time and timelessness. It is a lyrical and richly colored story about real people who ask difficult questions: Who is God?...
As Johnny Church and Kyra Damon pursue Leticia Dreams the Truth Hardin for her eyes, which they need in order to achieve immortality, Dan Cody heads for Scorpion Flats, Arizona, toward an encounter that could become the ultimate showdown between the ...
When asked by their young, various animal parents describe the world from their own perspective--as does a father to his young son--in a lyrical and visually stunning meditation on the earth and its creatures....
She appeared one day out of nowhere. Beautiful, refined, and elusive, she seems totally enthralled with the isolated isle of Trelay. But her employer, Gabriel MacFeagh, Viscount Dunevin, can't help wondering who Nell Harte really is--and why she is w...
Dark Days Gone Forever Star Dreamer had sent much of her life in darkness. In those moments, she'd seen powerful things, yet many times had cursed her fate. Why had the Great Spirit given her the sight, an ability to see things that couldn't be ch...
Cortez, Colorado, present day. Someone was looting the ancient Anasazi ruins at Black Mesa-and it was Kurt Richards's job to stop them. Of course, most of the damage had been done a century before, when settlers first discovered the ruins. But there ...
Visit heroic beacons along the shores of Florida, Oregon, Massachusetts, Texas, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, where their light keepers work tirelessly and long for love. Immerse yourself in the beauty and danger of lighthouse history as six roma...
Race to the altar! Zeke Buchanan had swept Marianne off her feet, and their two-year marriage had been perfect -- until recently.... Their physical passion was as strong as ever, but was Zeke starting to regret their impulsive wedding? The beau...
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE... With any luck, massage therapist Grace Lighthorse is about to get funding for a cherished project: supplying sick children with security blankets. But her benefactor insists that she first work with brilliant scientist Dr. D...
A legendary king becomes a sorcerer’s puppet in this novel of art and artifice from the author of The Glass Magician. “This book is a gem.” -- Tor.com When artist’s apprentice Hail Rosamer replicates a coin bearing the visage of the l...
Visit heroic beacons along the shores of Florida, Oregon, Massachusetts, Texas, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, where their light keepers work tirelessly and long for love. Immerse yourself in the beauty and danger of lighthouse history as six roma...
THE MOST FABULOUS PRIZE... Her mother died for it. Later came the terrible accident that took so much of her own body and soul. Desperate to set right a tragic past and fulfill her mother's legacy, archaeologist Veronica Coleridge sets out in search...
In 2270, archaeologist Prudence Odingo returns to Earth with news of a bizarre discovery of hundreds of ancient wheeled artifacts beneath the icy surface of Callisto, the eighth moon of Jupiter. The "wheelers" come to life just as several of Jupiter'...
They were privileged people, cultured and German to the core, a family that had been in Germany three hundred years. But that couldn't save them from Hitler. Some met death in concentration camps, some committed suicide, others escaped only to find t...
After his young daughter is killed during a bank robbery, Septemus Ryan is out of his mind with grief. Her voice haunts him from the grave, urging him to seek justice above the law.In August 1898, James Hogan cel...
Wall Street, 1929 -- Sharlotte Ashford and her invalid sister have nowhere to turn. Their wealth and prestige have been lost in the Crash, and their father has mysteriously disappeared after heading west to rebuild the family fortune. As the cold, sn...
Innocent socialite Laurel Worthington had only met handsome tycoon Brett Matthews once before -- at their wedding! Then, a wager had meant a one-night marriage. Swept away by the romantic fantasy, Laurel had willingly surrendered her virginity to her...
An updated new edition of the official, all-encompassing companion book to the popular hit television series includes exclusive cast and production interviews, cast profiles, annotated episode listings, never-before-seen photographs, a day-on-the-set...
When the Outcasts stumble upon a young boy, the only survivor of a brutal massacre, they set out to find the youngster a home, unaware that the killers are on the trail, determined to silence the only witness to their crime. Original....
A Living Legend... Pinkerton agent Cord Caldwell had sworn to uphold the law -- not to hold on to his boss' wildcat of a daughter. And even though pretty Wren Bradley was more dangerous than a band of outlaws, his job was to keep the vixen out of ...
From a small Southwestern town, a strange epidemic spreads across the country, characterized by a series of strange deaths and by a reanimation of the dead who appears to be drawn by a bizarre compulsion toward an unknown destination, as investigator...
SLOW, SWEET SEDUCTION Hell-bent on revenge, navy SEAL Curt Powers set out to find the person who had stolen his heritage. But when innocent beauty Lily O'Malley turned out to be the object of his search, Curt disregarded his careful strategy and t...
"After a little while, Vera began to feel hungry. She could tell it was dinner time by the way the sun looked in the sky. She wondered if her family was missing her now.
After making straight As on her first report card, proud little Vera h...
With Uther, Jack Whyte, author of the richly praised Camulod Chronicles, has given us a portrait of Uther Pendragon, Merlyn's shadow--his boyhood companion and closest friend. And the man who would sire the King of the Britons. From the trials of ...
There is a place that shouldn’t exist. But does. And there are creatures that shouldn’t exist. But do. Welcome to a land where all of your dreams and nightmares are very real -- and often deadly. Welcome to EVERWORLD. There are some things that ...
In Victorian England, Dr. Courtine is invited to spend the days before Christmas with Austin, a friend from his youth, in the Cathedral Close of Thurchester. Courtine hopes to research an unsolved mystery at the cathedral library, but when Austin cap...
Mary Lou Mackey loses her best friend and confidante when her mother succumbs to illness. Grief and pain place a wall between Mary Lou and her father. Her first love rides off into the sunset, as cowboys are bent to do. And a host of caring relatives...
The denizens of Ankh-Morpork fancy they've seen just about everything. But then comes the Ankh-Morpork Times, struggling scribe William de Worde's upper-crust, newsletter turned Discworld's first paper of record. An ethical joulnalist, de Worde ha...
Pearl Harbor has been attacked--again. America has two lines of defense: Seal Team Seven... and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen. There's trouble in paradise. The Chinese army has invaded the Hawaiian Islands and infiltrated the Navy's master communi...
A shady-looking man wanders into the Pittsburgh office of a renowned plastic surgeon and asks for a new face. Hours later, he’s murdered … and the surgeon is nowhere to be found. Now, Assistant D.A. Tory Welch and Dr. Jack Merlin suspect the doct...
From the Nobel Prize-winning author of My Century and The Tin Drum, a novel of broad historical proportions set in Berlin during the years of German reunification.
Two old men roam through Berlin observing life in the former German Democratic ...
Meet Billy Chaka, ace reporter for Cleveland's hottest-selling Asian teen magazine. He's brash, savvy, and prone to hair-trigger fits of karate. Billy's in Tokyo to cover the 19-and-Under Handicapped Martial Arts Championship and meet up with his f...
Some women are meant to wed! Quinn McBride insisted that the man Harrie Summer had been casually dating was a blackmailer! Harrie had no choice but to spend time -- too much time -- with the arrogant Quinn, who was determined to stop the blackm...
A NASTY STEW Between her latest "sure-fire" foray into the food industry--video restaurant reviews--and her concern over boyfriend Homicide Inspector Paavo Smith's depressed state, Angie Amalfi's plate is full to overflowing. Paavo has never come ...
PAWS FOR CAT-ASTROPHC... Eleven-year-old Robin wants to join a popular gang at school. They'll accept him, though only if he kidnaps the prize-winning cat of old Mrs. Nordling first. But when Robin sneaks into the Nordlings' house in the dark o...
Visit heroic beacons along the shores of Florida, Oregon, Massachusetts, Texas, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, where their light keepers work tirelessly and long for love. Immerse yourself in the beauty and danger of lighthouse history as six roma...
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO... Katie Calhoun can run a car dealership all by herself, thank you. She doesn't need any help from her boss's know-it-all nephew. And Jace Donner seems to think he's perfect--although he might just be right. But Katie's not im...
THE FIRST TIME I MET HIM HE CHANGED MY LIFE... How did I get over my crush on Nick? Cold turkey. Okay, I had no choice. He kept disappearing on me. So what did he have to offer anyway? Mystery? Adventure? A sexy grin and killer sense of humor? I hav...
When diplomacy has failed and military intervention is deemed inappropriate, our leaders sometimes take THE THIRD OPTION Mitch Rapp, the CIA's most lethal and efficient counterterrorism operative, is putting into play a meticulous plan to take...
The first kiss...was a peck on Brooke Watson's cheek following a proposal from Texas's most eligible bachelor, Matt Cutter. Though uninterested in a temporary "marriage," Brooke couldn't refuse when Matt promised funding for her favorite charity. ...
Theodore forgets the Dispatcher's advice, and goes a bit too far on his first mission outside the Big Harbor. It's pretty scary out on the open ocean. When he finally finds his way back home, Theodore really does feel like giving the coast a hug....
THEIR LITTLE BOY WAS PROOF... Every time Holly Dillon looked at her dear son, Ian, she could see his father, Jim, looking back at her through his clear hazel eyes. But Jim hadn't been a part of their lives since Ian was a baby, and that was the wa...
He left home a boy. Returned a man. And rode out again a renegade...At the Bonnet Ranch they thought Johnny Anthem had died on the Mexican border. But then Anthem came home, escaped from the living hell of a Mexican prison, and returned to find the w...
This read-aloud tale with pull-the-tabs and lift-the-flap pages provides preschoolers with an interactive Christmas book as the little teddy bears select the perfect tree, hang the ornaments, and celebrate the traditions of the holiday....
DANGEROUS DESTINY For generations, the bold Celae have lived in exile, banished from their enchanted Isle of Celi by the Somber Riders, whose leader, a dark sorcerer, cast an evil spell no trespasser can survive. But a glorious legend promises victor...
May 31, 1883, 3:55 p.m. Twenty thousand men, women, and children, their faces shining in the late afternoon sun, are strolling the Eighth Wonder of the World. The Brooklyn Bridge is open just a week, its promenade a magnet for the teeming masses of...
Discover Biblical truth and have fun at the same time! We take a nursery rhyme or short story, and take out a few necessary nouns, verbs, or adjectives. Then you replace them with your own nouns, verbs, or adjectives-randomly selected. It all adds up...
A generous and remarkable young prince, together with his loyal and brave servant, find more adventure than they bargained for in The Suicide Club, Robert Louis Stevenson's engrossing trilogy of short stories about a bizarre club for people with a st...
The roadsign could have read, "Just another American town." In this novel, a cross between Thorton Wilder's Our Town and C. S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters, Elva McAllaster paints the spiritual portrait of a small American town. Strettam may seem like a...
Joe learns his safety rules but gets a bit confused. Does this mean he can't ask the name of the puppy he meets in the street? Does this mean he can't be polite back when strangers are friendly? There's one amusing blunder after another as slowly but...
FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES Jacob Burns is a loving husband, devoted father, and work-at-home writer. And he's about to be saddled with a whole new profession--campaign manager. Jacob's old college roomie, Will "With a name like this..." Shmuckler, is ...
The Stones Cry Out is the story of an amateur geologist and bookseller who is collapsing under the burden of his own history. Tsuyoshi Manase learned his first geology lesson from a dying soldier in a cave at the end of World War II. The soldier, a c...
'Twas Midsummer Night -- when magic held sway... and Sofia Ahlgren dreamed of a deliverer to safeguard her from a blackhearted lord. Then, through the bonfires appeared Kayne the Unknown, who vowed to protect her, even at the cost of his very soul...
In this colorful, fully-illustrated beginning reader, Darth Maul has been given a mission. The time has come for him to put his Sith skills to the test. He must track down a Jedi Master and his apprentice. Maul lives nothing better than a good cha...
Colonial beauty Diana Fairbourne sailed to London to find a titled husband--and succeeded brilliantly with her betrothal to the wealthy Marquis of Roxby. But as her wedding day nears, Diana discovers troubling proof that her groom doesn't love her--o...
A classic from the original queen of mystery: Agatha Christie....
THE MISSION: TRANSFORM PLAIN JANE TO FEMME FATALE Going undercover in a powerful criminal's organization was Texas Confidential agent Rafe Alvarez's specialty, but he'd never had a partner before. And never one like Kendra Kincaide. He'd transform...
Space Dog must rescue Green Moon and Pink Arkle from the sticky web that the Spindlers have woven from all the smoke and bad smells that come from long tubes attached to every building on a planet called Earth....
The fate of a captive wizard depends on his lovely daughter - and the intentions of a spellcast adventurer who dreams of a priceless treasure, and a love that could be the greatest reward of all......
SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.... With her drunken father and ramshackle life, there were no white knights for girls like her. Yet when Reed Hardisty, the richest boy in town, came courting, young Sophie Delaney dared to dream...and gave her all. T...
A heartrending tale of love and repression, recently discovered.
An unforgettable tale of love and repression, appearing in book form for the first time. Beautifully produced and hauntingly illustrated, this unknown work by Iris Murdoch (191...
Young readers will delight in the antics of a little girl getting dressed to play on a snowy day, in an easy-to-read tale which includes six pages of educational activities and game cards to help kids build vocabulary. Original....
After buying legislators and bullying senators, tobacco baron Bartholomew Simons is about to watch his billion-dollar glory days go up in smoke. A savvy Florida governor is pulling for a law that'll bring the CEO to his knees--until Simons fights bac...
The TALON Force takes on a new group of terrorists, a South African extremist group determined to build an all-white Rhodesia for themselves, who unleash a deadly virus on cattle herds in Japan, England, and the United States, threatening the entire ...
Lynn Powell uses a magical needle to create extraordinary quilts that bring comfort, solace, and healing to those in need, until a dark secret from her past threatens to destroy her, unless her new love, Grant Major, the brother of her boarder, can s...
In 1885, unhappy living with her aunt and uncle in Pittsburgh, Valentine Harper disguises herself as a boy and runs away to Colorado determined to find her father who has gone there in search of gold....
The motto of Clan Gunn had ne'er rung more true for Jamie Gunn than when first he drew the Lady Gilliane de Verrill into his arms. Aye, he knew then the bone-deep truth of it. She was for him...and no other! Lady Gilliane had escaped being wed to...
Charlotte Damaris Eaton should be thrilled. After all, both her mother and almost husband-to-be, Winslow, keep telling her what a catch he is, and how lucky she is. But her almost marriage is missing ingredient -- love. So, Charlotte calls off t...
Once his mistress...now his bride! After three long years Gianni D'Angelo has found Milly Henner! However, Milly doesn't remember Gianni, or what she was to him. All she knows is that she was found after a hit-and-run accident, pregnant an...
Follow four high school heroines- Kerri, Jessica, Erin and Maya- during the most exciting time of their lives. There's love, friendship, and huge life decisions ahead. It's all about to happen- just as they're turning seventeen.
It's time for a new project at Horse Wise. Everyone is being paired with a younger rider to learn all about competing in a horse show--everyone except Carole Hanson, that is. Carole's going to be the judge, and Veronica diAngelo doesn't th...
The stories from bedtime fairy tales are not just for children. Enjoy inspirational romance woven around beloved fairy tale themes in contemporary settings from authors Irene B. Brand, Lynn Coleman, Yvonne Lehman, and Gail Gaymer Martin....
Ambitious editorial assistant Rosie Myers is finally getting her big break. When the writer of a Real Men column runs away with a stripper, Rosie is given the assignment. There's only one catch -- she has to write like a guy. No problem...until she s...
Hidden Passion A fiercely independent businesswoman, Delcia Adams has worked long and hard to turn her North Carolina island campground into a successful vacation spot. But when a hurricane causes major damage to it, she has no choice but to hire ne...
Even if it takes an eternity, he will make amends.... Angel has long since learned that earthquakes are usually not benign incidents, so when Doyle has a vision involving a seismic shift, everyone's guard goes up. Further investigation leads Angel...
"You're dead. You don't belong here." Susannah just traveled a gazillion miles from New York to California in order to live with a bunch of stupid boys (her new stepbrothers). She hasn't even unpacked yet, she's made her mother practically cry alrea...
EREVIS CALE The loyal servant of the Uskevren family, has a terrible secret. Now, when a ruthless evil is unleashed on Selgaunt, the butler's ties to the underworld may have put the Uskevren in jeopardy. Erevis must finally prove his loyalty -- to ...
Gabriel, Lydia, Alex, and Hollis are four totally different teenagers who were thrown together by accident. Or maybe they were destined to meet, for they all share emotions that unite them -- loneliness, frustration,
and anger. Apart they are ord...
A man dead for twenty years is found behind a wall in the renovated Parliament Building of newly independent Scotland. A tramp jumps off of a bridge and leaves behind a suitcase full of cash. And Roddy Grieve, a political candidate and the favorite s...
SINGLE FEMALE SEEKING SINGEL MALE FOR GOOD TIME... When lawyer Greg Healey answered a singles ad for his brother, he never expected to fall head over heels in love with the woman himself! Only, sexy, sassy Lana Martina hadn't placed that particula...
From the journal of Sam Burgess: Me and the richest, snobbiest girl at SVU? No way. 1. She has a boyfriend 2. I'm sorta seeing someone (key word: sorta!) So why can't I get Lila Fowler off my mind?...
Their lives spared and nerves shattered in a harrowing robbery, fiercely independent widow, Kate Middleton and her young son are rescued by Luke Hickson, a ruggedly handsome police captain still reeling from a calamity of his own. Neither Kate nor L...
If Bob had given Beth an engagement ring instead of a bottle of perfume, she would have been planning a wedding instead of traveling to Washington D.C., to write the "Ask Auntie" column. And she certainly would not have to deal with Ross Rossiter, an...
MYSTERY WOMAN WITH WEDDING GOWN ZOOMS INTO TOWN... Bachelor banker Seth Spencer was last seen closing his door after big-city gal Jenna Robinson entered. One eyewitness says not even the brisk autumn breeze could cool the heat between those two! But...
Featuring the most intriguing sleuth to come along since Sherlock Holmes, and a supporting cast whose loyalty and intelligence are matched only by their humor and quick reaction times, the Mycroft Holmes novels appeal to new readers and to fans of al...
Scooby-Doo and his friends from Mystery, Inc. have been especially good this year. So as a special treat, Santa's invited them to visit him at the North Pole! Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Velma, and Daphne can't wait to meet the one and only Santa Claus. Bu...
In Montana, Brooke has sworn off love. And so has the sheriff she's forced to call in after she rescues an abandoned child, who has never even heard of Christmas. Instant mom, instant dad, and instant romance for Sarah's First Christmas...
Working under cover as a jolly department-store Santa is no holiday for Detective Sam Stevenson! He's supposed to be investigating a large-scale theft ring, but instead he's spending more time checking out his gorgeous assistant elf, Edie Preston. Th...
'TIS THE SEASON--FOR PASSION.. . The holidays have never been hotter, as four of today's finest romance authors hang up the mistletoe and bring unwitting couples together in the most deliciously sinful ways! So sit back and unwrap four fabulously ...
When an ice storm cripples their hometown and puts all its residents in danger, the Callahans turn to their incredible dog, Santa Paws, for help. By the author of
Disaster strikes when Bessie and Joey's plan to make money during the "Weekend of the Whales" festival fails when Bessie sprains her ankle, the cooks become sick from spoiled potato salad, and it pours all weekend....
Manhattan attorney Victoria Kensington is deeply alarmed when she runs into her sister, Audrey, in Central Park - clad in a hospital gown and fleeing from unknown pursuers. As Audrey collapses at her feet, warning about danger, Victoria rushes for he...
A malevolent pool. A diabolical cult. A horrific plan. A dracolich and his sorcerous queen have seized control of the Mythal, the ancient magic that once protected the war-ravaged elven capital. Once the elven ruin is completely in their thra...
From the author of Babe: The Gallant Pig comes a charming ghost story about a lonely boy who meets the real Alice in Wonderland--two years after she died!
She was an intruder to him at first. After all, the Roundhill is Evan's secret place-...
In this heart-pounding new thriller, Detective Alex Cross pursues the most brilliant killer he's ever confronted, a mysterious criminal who calls himself the Mastermind. In a series of crimes that has stunned Washington, D.C., bank robbers have been ...
The stories from bedtime fairy tales are not just for children. Enjoy inspirational romance woven around beloved fairy tale themes in contemporary settings from authors Irene B. Brand, Lynn Coleman, Yvonne Lehman, and Gail Gaymer Martin....
Amid the untamed forests and moss-strewn swamps of Louisiana Territory, the daughters of an Acadian exile discover danger...and desire. HEARTS DIVIDED Warm, vibrant, and exceedingly lovely, Rose Gallant vowed to keep alive her family's dreams...
I'm completely crazy about Antonio, my Italian boyfriend. He's incredibly cute, smart, sweet ... he's everything I've ever wanted. So what's the problem? He hates American girls. And he has no idea that I am one . . . . Year Abroad Trilogy: Three...
SEDUCTION IS ... A DARING ROGUE Dear Reader, The pistol in my face made it prudent to give up my money and valuables, though my fiancee protested the loss of her pearls. The highwayman made good his escape, but there was something amiss in his ...
After a young boy finds a rocking horse in the attic, the horse becomes part of his dreams every night--each time more terrifying--as their fight against a fiery storm becomes the analogy for the boy's serious illness....
Two Texan ex-cons, Ray Bob and Eddie, have just killed a convenience store clerk over a penny. Now, with a pack of cigarettes, a stolen Caddy, and no plan, the two must think fast-and move faster, in this novel with "a lyric voice that sings itself r...
Yipes! Devimon has broken up File Island and the Digidestined are each trapped on a different mini-island, drifting in the ocean! Sounds pretty creepy, huh? Not when you've got a fierce digi-volving Digimon as your perso...
The ever resourceful Captain Mackenzie Calhoun abruptly finds himself at a loss--marooned on the primitive outback world of Yakaba after his ship, Excalibur, is destroyed by deadly sabotage. He is separated from his loyal first officer, Shelby, who h...
SHE HAD A LOT TO LEARN... Paige Cassidy is on a major self-improvement kick. Divorced from a man who swore she could do nothing right, Paige is making it her business to learn how to be a woman ...in every sense. And sexy, restless Jack Mission is...
The Animorphs have to make the most important decision they've ever faced: Do they continue to fight the Yeerks in secret, or is it time to let everyone know there's a resistance? That the Animorphs exist and Earth does stand a small chance against t...
I stroked the satin wood in delight and confusion. Why should Uncle Stephen send it to me? The Remember Box was Aunt Kate's private place, the one we were sternly forbidden to open. Suddenly I was reluctant, even fearful -- a modern Pandora, about to...
High-interest stories make reading fun! This story has been tested for vocabulary and sentence length to help you make the right choice! A letter from an education specialist gives you valuable advice on how to read to your child and how to listen to...
New York City, 1789. As a spirited new nation prepares to inaugurate its first President, and powerful men such as Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington himself play out dramas of politics, passion, and rivalry, a proud woman surrende...
The first book by Paul Kidd in the exciting new shared-world series, "Tales of the Mornmist", created by Lynn Abbey (creator of "Thieves' World") and Ed Greenwood (creator of TSR's "Forgotten Realms" series), "The Rats of Acomar" tells of the bleak, ...
ARIA FOR MURDER A dazzling new production of Carmen is set to open in Chicago, an event destined to drag opera kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century. More "musical extravaganza" than magnum opus, it still retains classic opera's scan...
HER DADDY SAID THE DARBYS WERE DIRT.... But to young Katie Fitzgerald, the sun rose and set on rugged Jack Darby. Jack was her childhood hero, her secret teen beau. But he hadn't loved her enough to leave their feuding families behind, and blinding ...
The Rake Has Found A Bride... When Juliet Smythe-Clyde is forced to spend several nights in the devastatingly handsome Duke of Brabourne's house -- unchaperoned -- her reputation is in tatters. And despite his cynical nature, Brabourne can'...
OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER FOR HUNK NUMBER 22 I, the undersigned, agree that Ryan Chandler is to be mine for only one (1) day. According to auction rules, Ryan can expect to: 1. Provide tall handyman services. 2. Become respectable role model for my ...
Arguably the world's greatest consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes' deductive reasoning was an object lesson in meticulous observation shot with cunning wit. Now, everyone from the most dedicated Baker Street Irregular to the casual admirer can bene...
A Hidden Door. A Magical Staircase. Discover the World of Droon! Zoom! lt seems like all of Droon is competing in the Quest! And Princess Keeah wants to win the prize, since it might break the magic spell on her mother. But some people aren't playin...
San Francisco. Los Angeles. Tokyo. Anchorage. These four cities have all been walloped by major earthquakes. One city was hit back in 1906, another as recently as 1994. No matter when a big earthquake hits, it brings with it mass destruction. This en...
Hooters, Hatters, and menacing evil Even in a mystical world where centuries ago animals were magically changed into humans, the land of Makasar is considered strange. Its two major religions are Hatters and Hooters. During the day, Hatters, weari...
'TIS THE SEASON--FOR PASSION.. . The holidays have never been hotter, as four of today's finest romance authors hang up the mistletoe and bring unwitting couples together in the most deliciously sinful ways! So sit back and unwrap four fabulously ...
Barbara Kingsolver's fifth novel is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. It weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives amid the mountains and ...
Hostage Hearts It's Christmastime in London, but all is not merry for a former sea captain called MacHeath. Down to his last few shillings, he's nipping away the cold in a pub when he overhears a group of ruffians planning a kidnapping. Th...
Days before Christmas, a storm sweeps a small Colorado town.... Shocking secrets are revealed. Couples are united. Families and futures are made. A wealthy rancher delivers the baby of the vulnerable beauty he has always loved, in a captivating story...
In this feminist-inspired fantasy, a rejected wife starts seeing birds everywhere, including the sleek, cobalt-blue parakeet staring back at her in the mirror After being dumped by her husband of twenty-seven years, losing her house, and sellin...
Was marriage on his mind? Val Seymour appeared to be the ruthless rogue, yet he was also charming, intelligent and... sensitive. Lucille almost believed that Val wasn't just looking to make another notch on his bedpost, but was the kind of man...
The planes are faster, the engines are bigger, the guns are deadlier, and the women are more beautiful... The year is 1937. The collapse of the old United States has made highways and railroads useless. Airlanes are all that connect the fractured ...
DEADLY AWAKENING When robotics expert Megan O'Flannery is offered the chance to direct MindSim's cutting-edge program to develop a self-aware android, it's the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project is trouble plagued-the third prototype "kill...
The wonderful tale of a little boy outsmarting the enemy to save a friend, based on Sergey Prokofiev's symphony, and beautifully illustrated by the well-known Russian artist, Vladimir Vagin.
On vacation at his grandfather's, Peter wants to do ...
Petite but impulsive Brooke goes haywire when a careless heartbreaker gets her kid sister pregnant, then up and disappears. No way will the playboy evade his responsibility, even if Brooke has to kidnap him and force him to be a father. Trouble is, B...
Despite their differences, Tyler Corbett assumed Kara Shepherd was a fine woman...for somebody else. He had no intention of falling for her, despite a vast local conspiracy. But how could the strapping cowboy avoid Kara when she popped up everywhere ...
Left bankrupt after her billionaire father's sudden death, Alexandra Haywood returns to Shelby County, Kentucky -- that bit of Southern splendor known as Paradise County--to sell the family's magnificent horse farm. Part of her mission is to fire Joe...
In this powerful and gritty first novel, Steve Yarbrough takes us into the deep-South world of Ned Rose, who works nights checking the oxygen levels in fish-farm ponds and does all the dirty work his wealthy boss requires. He silently shares the fami...
Nominated for the 2000 James Tiptree Jr. Memorial AwardIn as gray, industro-technical future of protective shackles and slowed ideas, Jayne wants to be respectable and conform. But conformity means accepting a limited destiny and the hollow ent...
As master of a prestigious hunt club, Jane Arnold, known as Sister, is the most revered citizen in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountain town where a rigid code of social conduct and deep-seated tradition carries more weight than money. Nearing seventy, S...
In Australia, a news reporter meets up with her estranged husband, and discovers that she'd been tricked into leaving him for all the wrong reasons. So, for the sake of their daughter, they agree to spend some time together during Outback Christm...
They're three women with one thing in common...Our Husband.
When they found out about his cheating heart, they wanted to get even. But how even?
Fate has just thrown a curveball at the women in Raymond Carmichael's life-- all three of t...
Tony Pellar, a man of former style and fading beauty, has fled to the subway tunnels beneath New York. There he makes an even more perilous interior journey convinced the key to his sanity lies in retracing the events of his North Carolina childhood....
A BARTERED BRIDE When it came to marriage, Olivia Parker knew better than to expect a love match, but she couldn't hide her outrage when her father bartered her to Brandon Wilde, Earl of Marlborough. Her father's money would satisfy Wilde...
Sheriff Ben Stillman thought he'd finished dispensing hard justice in the town of Clantick in the Montana Territory. Then a courtesan and her latest client were found dead with their throats slit, and the citizenry demanded immediate action. With a r...
After spending sixteen years in prison for a crime of the heart, Shiro Kikutani is released into a world he no longer recognizes. He must readjust to the bright and vigorous stimulus of Tokyo while fending off his own dark memories. In a spare yet po...
On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House is Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke's evocative, moving, often fantastic, short novel about one man's conflict with himself and his journey toward resolution. During one night shift, an unnamed, middle-aged pharm...
Ruinous Rumors While in Exeter, the Earl of Rockhurst is distracted by a most provocative young woman. Initially touched by her affection for the little girl in her care, he changes his mind after witnessing a distasteful scene between the "la...
A Notorious Mission Ruthless, heartless and deadly, Cobra is one of the British government's most powerful weapons. He can strike fear into the hearts of men with a mere glance--and women have been known to swoon at his feet. For Cobra is more tha...
On a mission to stop his enemy, Blight, from stealing a deadly chemical compound, Batman stumbles upon a community of outcast youths living in the tunnels beneath Gotham City. The kids show Batman a shortcut to the chemical factory. After foiling Bli...
When hot chocolate meets vanilla shake, sparks immediately fly. Yvonne Mitchelson owns a small string of lingerie boutiques. Lately her designs have been lackluster, but her partners have the answer: There's nothing like a love affair to spark creati...
A compelling novel based on the high-stakes biotech industry and the science behind Viagra from the internationally known “Father of the Pill.”
The fourth installment of Carl Djerassi’s pioneering “science-in-fiction” tetralogy t...
Kate and her partner, Al Hawkin, are called to a scene of carefully executed murder: the victim is a muscular man, handcuffed and strangled, a stun gun's faint burn on his chest and candy in his pocket. The likeliest person to want him dead, his ofte...
'TIS THE SEASON -- FOR PASSION... The holidays have never been hotter, as four of today's finest romance authors hang up the mistletoe and bring unwitting couples together in the most deliciously sinful ways! So sit back and unwrap four fa...
HE WAS CALLED NIGHT WIND. Solitary and steadfast, Shane Night Wind lived by his Comanche heritage -- though some said he hid behind it. Locked deep in his heart were dreams he'd never dare divulge...until a woman big with child challenged the lone...
CINDERELLA FOR A WEEKEND When Eleanor Graham's gorgeous boss asks her to be his date for a weekend at his father's estate, she's completely astounded. Wealthy, sophisticated, Joshua Barton is completely out of her league. There's no way a man li...
Georgia Hansen can fly. All the women in her family can. They fly at night, when the world sleeps, for no one must discover their secret. Georgia will soon turn 16 and make her first solo flight, taking up her birthright with a special ceremony to ma...
Gotham City in the 21st century. Bruce Wayne, now in his 70s, has hung up his cape for good. Enter Terry McGinnis, teen rebel. Terry stumbles upon the reclusive billionaire's secret, and Wayne agrees to train the fearless youth for a life of crime fi...
David Collins comes back from the War with new ideas about the old established certainties of class and culture. As the austerity of the forties gives way to the boom of the fifties, he grasps his opportunities and within a decade has left his drawin...
Provides readers of all ages with an illustrated collection of Irish myths and legends, including "The Birth of Cuchulain" and "Oisin in the Land of Youth." By the illustrator of
THE NAKED GOD is the breathtaking climax to the acclaimed saga of The Reality Dysfunction and The Neutronium Alchemist, as nano-augmented Adamists, genetically engineered Edenists, and ancient alien races confront a terror that transcends space and t...
An old lighthouse full of secrets ... TWINS JEN AND ZEKE have always known the lighthouse is haunted. Now they have proof. One night, a mysterious girl appears in a flash of lightning, then disappears into thin air. The Mystic Lighthouse Bed and Bre...
Come home to Shelter Valley... She's not who she says she is! Tory Evans is living her sister's life. Christine is dead, murdered by Tory's vengeful ex-husband, and now -- for her own survival -- Tory has taken on Christine's identity. Her name, he...
Say Happy Birthday to Maggie O'Connor. She's that shy, pretty girl standing outside the fortune-teller's tent. Maggie and her friends came to the carnival for fun. But Maggie won't be celebrating for long. The old woman who reads her palm will soon h...
The International Friendship Club is sponsoring a fun weekend -- but Nancy finds a melting pot of sabotage!For Nancy and her friends, Worldbeat Weekend at Emerson College is supposed to be a good time. Nancy gets to spend time with her boyfriend, Ned...
They are called floaters. Humans born and raised to withstand a zero gravity environment and work in space for the Corporations as little more than indentured servants. Ostracized by the prejudices of 'grounded" people, the floaters have created a cu...
The seventh Auguste Didier mystery.Late in 1901, Auguste Didier and his Russian bride Princess Tatiana are visiting the Yorkshire seat of the Tabor family for a banquet the King has promised to attend. Determined that tobacco will not sully her price...
It is 1943 and upon the eve of the Trident Conference-a highly classified council attended by FDR, Winston Churchill, and Dwight Eisenhower with the purpose of planning an invasion of Western Europe-the White House is aflutter with preparations and t...
Suburban mom Jane Jeffry and her equally green-thumbless best friend Shelley Nowack could kill plastic plants. But their scheme to improve themselves vegetatively dies on the vine when the celebrated botanist slated to teach a class at the local Comm...
A BONE TO PICK Eccentric Annabeth Gentry pretty much keeps to herself. Besides her recent inheritance-and the attention her bloodhound gets for digging up the body of a murdered thief--her life is, in fact, rather dull. So why does she think that ...
SHE MIXED BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE... All Allison Masters wants is to show her tyrannical father that she's tough enough to climb to the top of the family's business, a chain of luxury hotels. So she's devastated when he exiles her to J...
Ready for a baby! When Freddie confesses to her husband that after 10 years of marriage she's finally ready to be a mother, she thinks he'll be delighted! Hunter Cole has wanted a family for years -- but now he seems to be having doubts. Freddi...
PARTNERS IN CRIME Someone's been stealing designer wedding gowns worth thousands of dollars -- but catching the thief is all in a day's work for Sergeant Andie Luft. Her plan: stake out San Antonio's most expensive bridal boutique. Her disguise...
Miranda Mitchell wasn't looking for a hero. In fact, this eastern miss was well ahead of the bounty hunters until she saw handsome doctor Trey Gatlin coaxing his reluctant niece onto a departing train. But the man's tenderness tugged at her heart lik...
Librarian Jodie Freemont's New Year's resolution is to get a life! Plain, predictable Jodie is going to turn into a daring, free-spirited femme fatale. And she gets her chance when rugged bounty hunter Shane Sullivan comes to town. Shane's got a r...
Young Daisy expects to enjoy her first school holiday, but she forgets to tell her cat there is no school and poor Lupin waits at the usual time and place, but Daisy never shows up, in an engaging tale of mishaps and imagination with a happy ending....
A touching story about friendship and the preservation of memory.
"I bet it was sad for Miss Opal to watch her belongings leaving in the hands of neighbors and strangers, but I knew the auction was Miss Opal's own idea.
A rusty bl...
Losing Faith Young Samuel has the gift of healing. With just a touch of his hand, the crippled walk, the blind see, and even the most fatal of cancers are miraculously cured. But when one of his followers suddenly collapses and dies in the pulpi...
Why, that pretty diner waitress didn't know who he was, which was just dandy for Dakota Brubaker...of the filthy rich Texas Brubakers. Just as he'd been about to ask sassy Elizabeth out, she'd proposed to him. Something about pretendin...
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? Not him! Since he'd left the Air Force, Dean Kettering had been living the life of a lone wolf. Then one simple act put him in the middle of a media frenzy, earned him the title of "hero" and a million dollars in ...
MORE MEN OF MYSTERY: Men with secret identities and hidden agendas -- sworn to protect...and tamed by love. HE COULDN'T REMEMBER How could he forget a past as a hardened CIA agent -- or a partner as alluring as Paige Daniels? She could help hi...
Brother Bartholomew is joyfully immersed in his duties organizing the Feast of St. Francis when the news of a local woman's murder reaches him. For the second time, he is called upon to help Eastport's chief of police track down a killer. Last year, ...
The Ship has traveled the universe for longer than any of the near-immortal crew can recall, its true purpose and origins unknown. It is larger than many planets, housing thousands of alien races and just as many secrets.Now one of those secrets has...