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New Books List: 515 titles

  • Amazona

    Chris Achilleos

    Chris Achilleo's science fiction/fantasy artwork ranges from his acclaimed Doctor Who and Star Trek covers to the erotic pin-ups that made him famous. In Amazona, Achilleos brings together previously uncollected and unseen artwork....

  • Sleeper

    Paul Adam

    Rainaldi was a violin-maker and when he was discovered slumped over his workbench, murdered with one of his own chisels, both the police and his friends are at a loss to discover a motive. Then it comes to light that Rainaldi had believed he was on t...

  • Santa Unwrapped

    Theresa Alan
    in

    Feeling the chill of winter? Then grab a glass of egg nog, take a seat by the yule log, and warm yourself heart and soul with these four captivating tales of passion that make mistletoe seem so unnecessary... When Aimee Lachaussee offers to drive...

  • Handbags and Gladrags

    Maggie Alderson

    Emily Pointer, stylist for Chic magazine, has a rule about fashion: never wear anything older than six months...unless it's so old you can pass it off as vintage. And never, ever fall in love, unless it's for a killer pair of Manolos. With a witt...

  • Love Lessons

    Rochelle Alers
    in

    Tyrell Hardcastle is knocked off his feet when he meets a local high school teacher. Now all he has to do is overcome her objections to him being the "younger man"....

  • The Burning of Rachel Hayes

    Doug Allyn

    An Edgar Award-winning Author

    After a stint in jail which cost him his wife and career, Dr. David Westbrook takes his battered Jeep, a one-eyed cat, and his troubled past to northern Michigan to start over. He plans to open a small country clinic ...

  • Darwin's Wink

    Alison Anderson

    "A love story, a war story, an ecological adventure, a biological poem, and a treatise on the fragility of life--Darwin's Wink has it all. The writing is so incantory that it almost floats off the page. In Fran, Alison Anderson has created a strong, ...

  • The Last Treasure

    Janet S. Anderson

    For thirteen-year-old Ellsworth, family has always been just him and his dad. That’s all Ellsworth thought he wanted. But then the dreams start. Dreams of houses surrounding a beautiful green square. Suddenly a letter arrives, inviting Ellsworth to...

  • Cold Spell

    Donna Andrews
    in

    Investigations of a Different Kind Conjured from the minds of today's most innovative authors, Powers of Detection features a dozen tales of mystery and fantasy, set in worlds where sleuths may wield wands instead of firearms--and criminals may be...

  • Industrial Magic

    Kelley Armstrong

    Meet the smart, sexy -- supernatural -- women of the otherworld. This is not your mother's coven... Kelley Armstrong returns with the eagerly awaited follow-up to Dime Store Magic. Paige Winterbourne, a headstrong young woman haunted by a dark leg...

  • The Boy Who Chased Seagulls

    Michael Armstrong
    in

    Investigations of a Different Kind Conjured from the minds of today's most innovative authors, Powers of Detection features a dozen tales of mystery and fantasy, set in worlds where sleuths may wield wands instead of firearms--and criminals may be...

  • Born of the Night

    Amanda Ashley
    in

    When Lady Shanara Montiori is taken hostage, she learns that the rumors about her captor are true. Lord Reyes is afflicted with the dark curse of the werewolf. Still, Shanara can't fight the attraction they both feel. Will their love break the curse-...

  • Auggie Wren's Christmas Story

    Paul Auster

    A timeless, utterly charming Christmas fable, beautifully illustrated and destined to become a classicWhen Paul Auster was asked by The New York Times to write a Christmas story for the Op-Ed page, the result, "Auggie Wren's Christmas Story," led to ...

  • A Light to My Path

    Lynn Austin / Lynn N. Austin

    SHACKLED in a world where authority is not questioned, Where the will is BATTERED as surely as the body, Hope will not be DENIED. But BROKEN chains bring daunting choices: The way of revenge or the way of the SPIRIT. This is Kitty Goodman's...

  • Uluru Destiny

    James Axler

    OMNIPOTENT FORBEARANCE The bid for supreme power in a postnuclear world grows increasingly uncertain as the weakened hybrid barons struggle to protect their territories from a mysterious Imperator who remains a force to be reckoned with. The quest f...

  • Please Do Feed The Cat

    Marian Babson

    Author Lorinda Lucas returns from a book tour of the United States to find that Roscoe, the cat who lives next door, is in alarming shape. Hoping that whatever has hit poor Roscoe will not be caught by her two cats, Had-I and But-Known, she learns fr...

  • The Empire of the Stars

    Alison Baird

    THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE Proclaimed the long-prophesied ruler of the Celestial Empire, Princess Ailia escapes her enemies and flees to the world of Arainia, where she joins her trusted companions Damion, Jomar, and Lorelyn. But as Ailia strives to c...

  • Once Upon a Curse

    E.D. Baker

    Many years before Princess Emma's time, an any fairy cast a curse on her ancestor, Princess Hazel. The fairy decreed that Hazel and all her female descendants, upon reaching their sixteenth birthdays, could not touch a flower, or else all their youth...

  • Prometheus Road

    Bruce Balfour

    Bruce Balfour, national bestselling author of The Forge of Mars and The Dig/ta/ Dead, transports readers to a future Earth--and a virtual reality hell... Tom has always lived in the shadow of Nova Olympus--a mountain that marks where the gods cast...

  • Color Me Wicked

    Nina Bangs
    in

    Amanda Harcourt had one scorching night of incredible sex with Conleth Maguire on a Galveston, Texas, beach ten years ago. Then she’d left Con for a career in New York City. She’s back in Galveston now as the interior designer for the weird and w...

  • Make it Last Forever

    L.A. Banks
    in

    An innocent mistake forces the beautiful Tara onto a mission to save herself from the dark fate that awaits her. Salvation comes in the form of a seductive biker with a heart of gold. But will surrendering to their ripe attraction unleash a danger ev...

  • Snow in July

    Heather Barbieri

    “A stark and powerful portrait of a family flawed by addiction and betrayal; a family redeemed by love. Heather Barbieri writes with raw honesty and true compassion. This is a novel that stays with you well beyond the last page.” -- Binnie Kirshe...

  • Gaudeamus

    John Barnes

    Shatter the line between fiction and fantasy...The life of an award-winning novelist probably bears more resemblance to "normal" than most fans would want to believe. But every once in awhile, strange things are bound to erupt around those most equip...

  • Snowed In

    Christina Bartolomeo

    No job. No heat. The wrong shoes. The wrong clothes. Discover if true love can be far behind. Imagine having always lived in Washington, D.C., and suddenly being stuck in Portland, Maine, for a year. With the pipes freezing---inside the house. And a ...

  • Worth Dying For

    Beverly Barton

    Sometimes love is stronger than death... Security agent Dante Moran can't afford the luxury of love -- in his line of work, emotions can get you killed. Besides, he's never recovered from the pain of losing his high school sweetheart to a serial r...

  • Everlasting Hope

    Tracey Victoria Bateman / Tracey Bateman

    HOW CAN HOPE BE RESTORED? Now widowed after a loveless marriage, young Hope Parker wants to save her son from self-destruction. Oregon seems like a perfect place for their future, yet the wagon trains won't take single women along. For Andy Riley, ...

  • Exultant

    Stephen Baxter

    For more than twenty thousand years, humans have been at war with the alien race of Xeelee. Faced with certain death, a young pilot, Pirius, disobeys orders and travels into the future. Upon his return, Pirius is court-martialed and sentenced to pena...

  • Ages in Chaos

    Stephen Baxter

    "This book, then, is the story of how a farmer's son from Scotland learned to peer into the deepest abysses of time. It is a drama of personality, landscape and ideas, of an intellectual revolution that shaped our world--and of a man whose vision, ro...

  • The Deadly Dance

    M.C. Beaton

    SHE'S OUTCLASSED, OUTMATCHED, AND OUTGUNNED Infuriated that her holiday was ruined by a mugging, Agatha Raisin decides to open up her own detective agency. The romance-minded sleuth is thrilled by visions of handsome fellow gumshoes and headline-m...

  • The Stone That the Builder Refused

    Madison Smartt Bell

    The Stone that the Builder Refused is the final volume of Madison Smartt Bell’s masterful trilogy about the Haitian Revolution"the first successful slave revolution in history"which begins with All Souls' Rising (a finalist for the National Boo...

  • Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 11: Carnage

    Brian Michael Bendis

    Collects Ultimate Spider-Man 60-65. One of the most ruthless villains in the history of the Marvel Universe, the fan-favorite Carnage, gets the Ultimate treatment! And though young Peter Parker has proven himself time and time again on the field of b...

  • The Pulse, Volume 1: Thin Air

    Brian Michael Bendis

    It's an inside look at the Marvel Universe's most notorious newspaper, the Daily Bugle! Former super hero and current private investigator Jessica Jones has just been offered a new job: a position with the Bugle's new super-hero section, The Pulse! J...

  • Dead As a Scone

    Ron Benrey; Janet Benrey

    When Dame Elspeth falls over dead, presumably poisoned by a suspect creme brulee, can two pretentious prima donnas work together to solve this classically English crime--or will they end up victims of a tainted high tea themselves?...

  • The Dating Resolution

    Hannah Bernard

    After a series of failed relationships, Hailey's made a New Year's resolution: No dating, no flirting, no men -- for an entire year! So what happens when you get six months into your no-dating year and then you meet temptation himself? Jordan Halifax...

  • The Last Noel: The Three Wise Women

    Linda Berry
    in

    Ogeechee Georgia police officer Trudy Roundtree is pulled into the investigation of a body found in the straw of a nativity scene parade float. Trudy finds an unlikely clue buried in the mystery of a decades-old unsolved murder--and with those keepin...

  • The Year Is '42

    Nella Bielski

    Wehrmacht officer Karl Bazinger is living the high life in Occupied Paris. But with his glamorous dinner companions and his open disdain for the Nazis, he begins to attract the attention of the SS. He is drawn into further trouble when he receives a ...

  • The Price

    Anne Bishop
    in

    Investigations of a Different Kind Conjured from the minds of today's most innovative authors, Powers of Detection features a dozen tales of mystery and fantasy, set in worlds where sleuths may wield wands instead of firearms--and criminals may be...

  • The Etched City

    K.J. Bishop

    “Combine equal parts of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series and Chine Miéville’s Perdido Street Station, throw in a dash of Aubrey BeardsleyandJ.K. Huysmans, and you’ll get some idea of this disturbing, decadent first novel.” -- Publishers We...

  • Maybe This Christmas

    Jane Blackwood
    in

    Feeling the chill of winter? Then grab a glass of egg nog, take a seat by the yule log, and warm yourself heart and soul with these four captivating tales of passion that make mistletoe seem so unnecessary... Laura Randall thinks life has passed ...

  • Wrapped Up In Crosswords

    Nero Blanc

    Holiday jitters abound this season when crossword editor Belle Graham and her PI partner Rosco Polycrates must catch a criminal to restore peace on earth ... Rosco's search for Belle's Christmas present may finally be over. Or at least that's wha...

  • Tangled Up in Daydreams

    Rebecca Bloom

    Sweet, funny L.A. hipster Molly has a blossoming new business and a supportive family. When she and Liam, a talented up-and-coming musician, meet, their attraction is instant, their connection unparalleled. But when Liam's recreational dabbling in th...

  • This Place in the Snow

    Rebecca Bond (1)

  • Campaign for Love

    Celya Bowers

    STUBBORN HEARTS Fired from her high-profile job as an advertising director, Randa Stone joins a rival company as an assistant to top executive Justin Brewster. Justin is chauvinistic, irritating and way too attractive for Randa's peace of mind. Whe...

  • Sword And Sorceress XXI

    Marion Zimmer Bradley
    in

    Featuring contributions by Diana L. Paxson, Rosemary Edghill, and Leslie Fish, among others, a powerful collection of original stories introduces a heroic cast of brave, strong-willed, and fiercely independant female characters, including a girl who ...

  • Hawks and Eagles

    Max Brand

  • Chasing The Devil

    James Brant

    While investigating the attempted murder of scientist Nicolai Tarsove, homicide detective Harry Dymes exposes an international conspiracy, involving the FBI, the Chinese Triad, and the Russian mob, to unleash biological warfare on the world. Original...

  • The Game Show Bride

    Jackie Braun

    Single mom Kelli Walters works on the shop floor and wants a chance at a better life, even if that means participating in a reality TV game show. She has to swap lives -- and jobs -- with one of the "suits" at work, vice president Samuel Maxwell! Yes...

  • The Wages of Sin

    Matt Braun

    With outlaws wrecking havoc left and right, a cow town in Texas is on the brink of becoming a ghost town. That's when it's time to call in Chicago-based Pinkerton agent Ash Tallman and his partner Vivian Valentine. Going undercover as a handsome, cha...

  • The Last Noel: Sanity Clause

    Steve Brewer
    in

    When a panicked elf finds Santa's dead body at a local mall, private investigator Bubba Mabry is in the hot seat. Merry tidings of greed, betrayal and Grinch-like deviousness soon follow as a grumbling Bubba hunts for a yuletide killer in a tale of m...

  • The Siren Queen

    Fiona Buckley

    The year is 1569. Happily married and enjoying the life domestic, Ursula has her mind on family matters, not court treachery, as she begins to plan a betrothal for her young daughter Meg. When the powerful Duke of Norfolk extends an invitation fo...

  • Crache

    Mark Budz

    It’s a post-everything world, so how could everything possibly go wrong?When the ecotecture starts to degrade on the asteroid of Mymercia"killing a workgroup on the surface"Fola Hanani miraculously survives. A former missionary, she’s hacked...

  • A Kind of Redemption

    John P. Buentello
    in

    Featuring contributions by Diana L. Paxson, Rosemary Edghill, and Leslie Fish, among others, a powerful collection of original stories introduces a heroic cast of brave, strong-willed, and fiercely independant female characters, including a girl who ...

  • Orphanage

    Robert Buettner

    When earth needs heroes, whom will we call to valor? When mankind's enemy is beyond our worst imagination, who will be our champions? Will we pick the brightest and the toughest? Or the ones with nothing left to lose? WAR IS AN ORPHANAGE Mankind'...

  • The Bowen Bride

    Nicole Burnham

    Five Steps to Happily Ever After... (by Katie Schmidt, chronically unmarried bridal shop owner) 1) Find down-to-earth divorced dad Jared Porter standing in your shop, looking like a bull in a china shop. 2) Try to ignore the sizzle in the ai...

  • Bullet Blues

    Bob Burton

    Bounty hunter Dev Shannon doesn't go looking for trouble. It's usually there when he wakes up in the morning... The Good This time, Shannon had his work cut out for him when the wife of an old friend disappears, and his buddy ends up facing a mu...

  • The Kindness of a Rogue

    Nancy Butler

    The Mysterious Stranger The last two governesses disappeared without a trace. Miss Sara Cobb has accepted a position as governess at Tregallion House in remote Cornwall. But while traveling to her new home by coach, the former schoolteacher rec...

  • A Bad Day To Die

    J. Lee Butts

    Lucius Dodge, now a renowned and feared Texas Ranger, revisits his life before he fought side-by-side with Deputy U.S. Marshal Hayden Tilden when he exacted his own brand of justice, without a badge, on the hired killers responsible for murdering his...

  • The Year of Living Famously

    Laura Caldwell

    Clothing designer Kyra Felis has never been one to worship celebrities -- she'd rather read a good book or make a blouse out of an old tablecloth. She marries Hollywood up-and-comer Declan McKenna for love, with no inkling of how his newfound notorie...

  • Justice In Big Springs

    Tom Calhoun

    When Slocum gets a job as a cowpoke, he takes on the rancher's beautiful, buxom niece, as well. But there's trouble brewing with a rival cattle boss and a corrupt lawman--whose tin star is going to make a nice target for the man who never misses....

  • Tattoo for a Slave

    Hortense Calisher

    A "tattoo" is a bugle call, a summoning that lingers in the ear. Although Hortense Calisher's family eventually migrated north to New York City, the echoes of their days as a slave-owning Jewish family in the South still resonate with this acclaimed ...

  • Now You See Him

    Stella Cameron

    Two years ago Ellie Byron was the only witness to the brutal murder of a young woman. Charles Penn, a hard-eyed man with a history of violence, was convicted of the crime. Now he's escaped - and another woman is dead. Ellie fears she may be next a...

  • Kaitlin's Wild Ride

    Joanna Campbell

    DON'T MISS THE EXCITING ADVENTURES OF A NEW GENERATION OF THOROUGHBRED HORSES AND RIDERS AT WHITEBROOK FARM! Kaitlin is happy to have found such a great boyfriend, but can their romance really last? Like her hero, Parker Townsend, Kaitlin Boyce...

  • Banewreaker

    Jacqueline Carey

    IF ALL THAT IS GOOD THINKS YOU'RE EVIL...ARE YOU? Once upon a time, the Seven Shapers dwelled in accord and Shaped the world to their will. But Satoris, the youngest among them, was deemed too generous in his gifts to the race of Men, and so began...

  • A Rake's Redemption

    Susannah Carleton

    COULD HE BE TAMED? Theo Middleford, the Viscount Dunnley, is an unabashed rake -- and quite a good one, as the ladies he entertains would attest. But his lifestyle is becoming somewhat dangerous -- as proven when he finds himself leaping two stories...

  • Loosing My Espanish

    H.G. Carrillo

    A heartbreaking, funny, and brilliantly inventive novel with “a narrator who erupts and disrupts the pavements of the Cuban-American experience by showing us that the most accurate, if not truthful, fact comes from the memory of the impassioned hea...

  • Cairene Dawn

    Jay Caselberg
    in

    Investigations of a Different Kind Conjured from the minds of today's most innovative authors, Powers of Detection features a dozen tales of mystery and fantasy, set in worlds where sleuths may wield wands instead of firearms--and criminals may be...

  • The Final Solution

    Michael Chabon

    In The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, prose magician Michael Chabon conjured the golden age of comic books, interwining history, legend and story-telling verve. In The Final Solution, he has condensed his boundless vision to create a short,...

  • Territorial Rough Rider

    Tim Champlin

    Peter Ormond just wanted to help herd some wild mustangs, but as a result of fleeing an attack by bushwhackers, Peter and his friends escape via a military train and end up joining Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Reprint....

  • I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass

    Paul Charles

    When Peter O'Browne, managing director of Camden Town Records disappears, a fire ravages his north London home and his credit card is used in Dorset, DI Christy Kennedy is called in to investigate. As well as investigating a possible murder, the DI ...

  • The Insiders

    David Charters

    In this remarkable debut collection of short stories, David Charters reveals the secretive world of international bankers, brokers, and business executives with an insider's acuity. Sharp suits, fast cars, lavish expense accounts, and exclusive clubs...

  • Bound for Murder

    Laura Childs

    From Laura Childs, author of the popular Tea Shop Mysteries, comes scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand, who delights her customers with the sophisticated looks she achieves with their scrapbooks. But when a fiance winds up dead before the "I...

  • The Other Side of Desire

    Paula Christian

    Features two classic novels--Amanda, in which a writer of lesbian fiction decides to help a burgeoning young author get published, and The Other Side of Desire, in which a lonely housewife finds unexpected love with a free-spirited wo...

  • A Midsummer Night's Scream

    Jill Churchill

    HARK! 'TIS MURDER! Suburban homemaker Jane Jeffry has a new interest -- the theater! -- even though her involvement only consists of tasting food that will be fed to the actors. Her friend Shelley's tired of the caterers she chooses for he...

  • Death in Danzig

    Stefan Chwin

    Germans flee the besieged city of Danzig in 1945. Poles driven out of eastern regions controlled by the Russians move into the homes hastily abandoned by their previous inhabitants. In an area of the city graced with beech trees and a stately cathedr...

  • The Christmas Thief

    Mary Higgins Clark; Carol Higgins

    The folks who picked a beautiful eighty-foot blue spruce from Stowe, Vermont, to be Rockefeller Center's famous Christmas tree don't have a clue that Packy Noonan, a scam artist just released from prison, hid priceless diamonds in it more than twelve...

  • Sheltie and the Snow Pony

    Peter Clover

    SHELTIE -- the little pony with a big heart! The last thing that Emma and Sheltie expect to find during their ride on the snowy fields is a very thin pony, tethered and left to fend for himself. All alone in the cold weather, the pony is suffering...

  • Let Me Be Your Hero

    Elaine Coffman

    Claire Lennox, Countess of Errick and Mains, is a powerful woman in a man's world. Her slender beauty belies the strong shoulders upon which she carries much responsibility, guarding her clan against greed, betrayal and treachery. Confident and coura...

  • Mum's The Word

    Kate Collins

    I don't meddle, honest! But can I help it if my nose for injustice is as keen as my green thumb? Now, I, Abby Knight, law school dropout, am the proud new owner of Bloomers, my hometown flower shop. I'm devoted to making my business grow--but I'm no ...

  • Two for the Money

    Max Allan Collins

    To wipe the slate clean with an old enemy, professional thief Nolan agrees to pull one last bank heist -- but when he's double-crossed, he'll stop at nothing to get back what's his. Fortunately, Nolan has a couple of things going for him: an uncanny ...

  • Angelina Showdown

    Kent Conwell

    When Clay Morgan and his sidekick Twitch Mabry rode out of Texas for Kansas City to pick up Clay's orphaned nephew and niece, they planned to make the return trip in the debatable comfort of a stagecoach.

    They had no idea their return journey wou...

  • Unlaced

    Kristina Cook

    Wanted: A Biddable Bride Henry Ashton, the Marquess of Mandeville, knows precisely what he needs in a wife: a docile, conventional female from a wealthy, powerful family to further his political aspirations. Certainly a gentleman of his stature can ...

  • The Actor's Guide to Adultery

    Rick Copp

    They say bad news comes in threes. Jarrod Jarvis is about to test that theory. Bad news item #1. Former child actor (and constant comeback candidate) Jarrod Jarvis fails to convince the California parole board not to release Wendell Butterworth, ...

  • Follow Me Home

    Jerri Corgiat

    Serving eggs at the local diner is not where Alcea O'Malley Addams expected to wind up. But a divorce from her cheating husband wore out her bank account and her self-esteem. Now Alcea finds her plate full of problems: foreclosure on her house, a fou...

  • The Last Noel: Deep and Crisp

    Mat Coward
    in

    DCI Don Packham and DC Frank Mitchell investigate the murder of a man who belonged to an odd anti-Christmas club: dedicated to ignoring all the cheesy gifts, carols and yuletide silliness. But did their idea of fun include murder by tree-branch whack...

  • The Wealthy Man's Waitress

    Maggie Cox

    His waitress mistress! Piers Redfield, billionaire businessman, is the ultimate predator -- in the boardroom and the bedroom -- and he's way out of Emma's league. But when Emma bravely stands up for a friend, Piers knows he has to have ...

  • Full Pursuit

    Jasmine Cresswell

    DEEP IN RURAL IDAHO, A BRIGADE OF MILITANT WHITE SUPREMACISTS CALLING THEMSELVES THE SOLDIERS OF JORDAN IS PREPARING TO LAUNCH A DESPERATE STRUGGLE THAT THREATENS TO FOREVER ALTER THE NATION'S BALANCE OF POWER. When the country's ultrasecret Unit...

  • A Bond With Death

    Bill Crider

    Sally's husband has been dead for eight years; his remote ancestor, the witch Sarah Good, died on the scaffold in Salem more than four hundred years ago. Yet the president of Sally's college is afraid the story will reflect on the institution. Sa...

  • Body Language

    Millie Criswell

    Some languages need no interpretation... Ellie Peters has a great apartment, a cool job as a UN interpreter, and a terrific dog. Now all she needs is the right guy to share it with and life will be perfect. But everything she's worked for is threa...

  • The Sorensen 4 Incident

    Gary Crookes

    Divisions erupt in the newly formed Unified Government over the costs of continuing with the colonization of other planets, a situation complicated when communications fail on the Sorensen 4 mining colony under suspicious circumstances, and the counc...

  • The Generals of October

    John T. Cullen

    A constitutional crisis sparks a coup of the United States by renegade military officers. Set in the near future, a series of crises cause the United States to hold a Second Constitutional Convention to rewrite the U.S. Constitution to take into a...

  • The Family Man

    Melinda Curtis

    Part-time caregiver Thea Gayle is left to care for two young girls who've been abandoned by their father. She turns to the man who is the only family the twins have -- their uncle, Logan McCall. But is Logan -- a wildland firefighter who is never hom...

  • Murder In Silverplate

    Don D'Ammassa

    Vicki Sanders, recently promoted Quality Control Manager at Standard Silver, reports to work one day only to discover the Production Manager murdered. A few days later, the company president is found dead. Detective Walter Henderson, Vicki's father, ...

  • The Last Noel: Finding Charity

    Catherine Dain
    in

    Hollywood actress turned therapist Faith Cassidy discovers that the disappearance of a young prostitute named Charity and the murder of Faith's good friend Tori are connected in ominous ways. She's soon on the trail of a killer, grimly aware that her...

  • Pistol Grip

    Kit Dalton

    When Morgan arrives in the town of Rifle, Colorado, he falls victim to a brazen beauty who gets him in hot water with a notorious gunman, while an enemy from his past gets too close for comfort. Original....

  • Golden Age of DC Comics: 365 Days

    Les Daniels

    A lavishly illustrated volume of large-format photography features original comic book artwork that depicts DC Comics's most significant characters and artists, in a tribute that showcases both pop-culture favorites and lesser-known classics, complem...

  • Caring For His Babies

    Lilian Darcy

    When Keelan Hunter's half-sister died in childbirth leaving twin premature babies, he was the obvious person to step in and become their new father. After all, he was a consultant pediatrician. But he needed help -- so he hired a nurse, Jessica Russe...

  • A Kiss of Spice

    Andrea DaRif

    The glitter and glamour of London Society holds little appeal for the reclusive Viscount Davenport. But when he receives an urgent call to the family estate, little does he know he is about to be drawn into a deadly mystery that will force him to con...

  • Silent Cathedrals

    Sandra Dark

    As a child, a summer at Camp Reliant in the rugged hills of West Virginia changed Kate O'Riley's life. Now, yearning for kids of her own, Kate has returned to the camp as a group counselor, hoping to make a difference in the lives of children...

  • The World is Too Darned Big

    Maryjanice Davidson
    in

    Play nice? Play fair? Not on your life. But with these bad boys and their expensive toys, it's so much more fun to play dirty... The name's Dyson. Benjamin Dyson. Genius engineering geek by day....and unfortunately, genius engineering geek by nig...

  • The Fixer Upper

    Maryjanice Davidson
    in

    Together for the first time, four devilishly entertaining novellas by the New York Times bestselling author prove that there’s not only life after death, but desire too…

    The Fixer-Upper
    Cathy’s new home is handso...

  • The Blue Girl

    Charles de Lint

    World Fantasy Award winner Charles de Lint weaves a spellbinding contemporary fantasy that will leave you breathless.

    When Imogene, her mother, and her brother move to Newford, she decides to reinvent herself -- this time she won't go looking ...

  • Wildfire

    Keith R.A. Decandido

    Whenever there's a need to fix, repair, or salvage, Starfleet calls in the crack S.C.E. team on the U.S.S. da Vinci. Under the command of Captain David Gold and Commander Sonya Gomez, the S.C.E. solves the unsolvable, from finding a Starfleet vessel ...

  • The Vagabonds

    Nicholas Delbanco

    Born and raised in Saratoga Springs, New York, the three Saperstone siblings have drifted apart and lead very separate lives. On Cape Cod, Joanna manages a B&B and a teenage daughter, feeling vulnerable and alone. In Ann Arbor, Claire flirts with bec...

  • The Captive

    Genell Dellin

    PASSION'S CAPTIVE The powerful sensuality of Creed Sixkiller makes Raney's heart race ... the same as it did three years ago when he proposed to her. But she refused him then, for her family was too finely bred to allow her to marry an Indian. Now...

  • Negotiating Love

    Roni Denholtz

    Valerie McFadden, a third grade teacher, is committed to working on the teachers' negotiations team to improve salaries and working conditions for her fellow teachers. When she meets Douglas Cooper, the handsome owner of Family Tire Center, they both...

  • Slow Hands

    Janelle Denison
    in

  • Always

    Jude Deveraux

    Darci has never given up searching for her kidnapped husband, Adam Montgomery. But her quest has taken her deeper into the world of psychic phenomena than she ever dreamed -- or dared to go. When the FBI enlists her help in locating the missing fathe...

  • For Those Who Fell

    William C. Dietz

    War is a way of life... After the battleship that served as its capital is destroyed, the Confederacy prepares to establish a new headquarters on the snowy, windswept planet of Algeron--birthplace of General Bill Booly, who is put in charge of the m...

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    Michael DiMercurio

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  • Disney's Kim Possible: Extreme - Book #10: Chapter Book

    Disney Book Group

    What a mess. First Kim’s best friend, Ron Stoppable, starts writing for the school paper. No big, right? But then he starts digging for dirt-and finds it. Adrena-Lynn, the big TV star known for her “ extreme” adventures, is nothing but a fak...

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    Kate Donovan

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    Sierra Donovan

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    Mike Doogan
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    Keith Douglass

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    Roddy Doyle

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    David Drake

    Garric or-Reise was born the son of an innkeeper in Barca's Hamlet on the Isle of Haft, but through valor and determination became first a prince and then the Regent and successor to the feeble Valence III, King of the Isles. But the Kingdom is weak,...

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    Michele Dunaway

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    Phil Dunlap

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    Wanda L. Dyson

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    Rosemary Edghill
    in

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    Ruth Dudley Edwards

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    Susan Edwards

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    John R. Erickson

    Bored and tired with working the ranch during the long hot summer, Riley and Coy are excited when their friend Aaron Kaplan comes for a visit and begins to teach them about archeology and the great finds they may be able to find beneath their feet on...

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    Victor Erofeyev

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  • Sparking His Interest

    Wendy Etherington

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    Janet Evanovich

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  • Can You Count Ten Toes?: Count to 10 in 10 Different Languages

    Lezlie Evans

    In this dynamic counting book you can learn to count in ten different languages: Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Russian, Hindi, Hebrew, and even Zulu! Amaze your teachers, impress your friends, and prepare yourself for world tra...

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    Tabor Evans

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    Michel Faber

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  • Night Visions

    Thomas Fahy

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    Nancy Fairbanks

    Forty-something homemaker Carolyn Blue is through with cooking and cleaning. She's finally decided to throw in the dishtowel--and take on a dream job as food writer. Now her plate is filled with exotic locales, delectable foods, and even a dash of cr...

  • Treason Keep

    Jennifer Fallon

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  • Heartbreak Bronco

    Terri Farley

    For the Phantom, there is only one girl. For Sam, there is only one horse.

    When a hard"luck horse named Jinx comes to River Bend, everyone thinks he's a curse. Samantha knows he's not, but he is unruly, skittish, and the fastest horse she...

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    Ron Faust

    Dan Shaw hopes to be a lawyer some day--if he can only stay out of prison long enough to pass the bar. Neither is likely when he agrees to help a hotshot Florida attorney track down a slick con man whose swindled a consortium of well-to-do Paradise K...

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    Christine Feehan
    in

    When Cole Steele, a womanizer rumored to have killed his father, meets Maia Armstrong, a veterinarian rumored to practice magic, the sparks that fly could melt all the snow on his Wyoming ranch. And when an injured horse brings them together, Cole ca...

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    Marie Ferrarella

    SHE DIDN'T DATE COPS. HE DIDN'T DATE. Heck, the reclusive officer hardly spoke to anyone other than his faithful K-9 companion. So what harm could come from Patience Cavanaugh letting the haunted rebel protect her from a dangerous stalker? She mig...

  • Buried Stuff

    Sharon Fiffer

    THE WORLD'S LARGEST GARAGE SALE... MURDER INCLUDED Antiques picker Jane Wheel is going home, back to Kankakee, Illinois. In this little town that time forgot, a farmer friend of Jane's parents has dug up some mysterious old bones and relics. Jane ...

  • Fat Albert: Gonna Have a Good Time!

    Acton Figueroa

    Meet Fat Albert and his friends: Rudy, Old Weird Harold, Bucky, Mushmouth, Dumb Donald, and Bill. Fat Albert and the boys are going to a party with their new friend Doris! But Doris thinks a trip to the mall is in order first. An average afternoon...

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    Acton Figueroa

    Doris is having trouble making friends at school. When Fat Albert and the boys hear her crying, they climb right out of her TV set and into her living room! Can Fat Albert get Doris to finally start believing in herself?

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  • Multiple Choice

    Leslie Fish
    in

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    Fannie Flagg

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  • Over the Edge

    Michael Fleeman

    ***Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.***He Called It A Tragic Accident.On a May evening in 1998, the idyllic marriage of wealthy Lake Tahoe couple Peter and Rinette Bergna ended in a crush of metal...

  • Whiteout

    Ken Follett

    A lab technician bleeding from the eyes. Twelve missing samples of a deadly virus. Toni Gallo, the security director of a Scottish medical research firm, knows she has problems, but she has no idea of the nightmare to come. As a Christmas Eve bliz...

  • An Everlasting Love

    Bette Ford

    Brynne Armstrong knew she would love Devin Prescott until the day she died -- a hot, sweet, over-the-moon kind of love that comes once and stays for a lifetime. But she walked out of his life, without a warning or a word, driven by a dark secret she ...

  • The Hand of Kahless

    John M. Ford

    The fiercest battles and proudest warriors throughout Klingon history are said to reflect the honor and glory of the race's first emperor, Kahless the Unforgettable. But history is not always truthful. And for both the Klingon Empire and the United F...

  • Crime Time No.41

    Barry Forshaw

  • Shocking Lucy

    Suzanne Forster
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  • Santa Assignment

    Delores Fossen

    AN UNLIKELY UNION She was hiding from a stalker -- and from Brayden O'Malley, the man who blamed her for his wife's death. But when Brayden asked for the incredible, Ashley Palmer couldn't refuse: He wanted her to give him a child, so his toddler ...

  • A Treasury of Christmas Songs

    Dan Fox

    Celebrate Christmas with a song!

    A Christmas songbook illustrated with spectacular
    art from the Metropolitan Museum

    A Treasury of Christmas Songs pairs twenty-five well-loved holiday classics with exquisite art from the collection ...

  • Secondhand Smoke

    Patty Friedmann

    Having driven her grown children far from home, cynical widow Jerusha scoffs at their choices in life and finds herself becoming unexpectedly attached to her ten-year-old next-door neighbor, the son of an equally dysfunctional mother. Reprint....

  • Turn the Other Chick

    Esther Friesner

    THOSE RAMBUNCTIOUS CHICKS IN CHAINMAIL ARE BACK--AND BOTH THEIR WIT AND THEIR SWORDS ARE AS SHARP AS EVER! One good turn deserves another and those unpredictable amazons are in action again, swords sharpened, chainmail polished, and makeup in ...

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    Esther Friesner
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  • Interruptions

    Susan Froetschel

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  • Shadows of War

    Robert Gandt

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  • The Prison

    R. Patrick Gates

    Human Crime Inhuman Punishment The East Gardener Correctional Institute, better known as "The Hill" in the Massachusetts town that surrounds it, wasn't always a prison. It was once an asylum for the mentally ill, where therapies were thinly veiled...

  • Strange Bedfellows

    Jeff Gelb; Michael Garrett

    Capturing the sensual side of horror, this spinetingling and electrifying collection of tales takes readers into a realm of darkness where anything can happen, from a stripper who performs for an insatiable client from hell to the last man alive in a...

  • The Windmill

    Stephanie Gertler

    Olivia and Carl's perfect life with their children and jobs as professors at Belvedere College in picturesque Willow, Massachusetts, begins to unravel when Carl, a seemingly stable and dependable man, vanishes without a trace, leaving behind only a c...

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    Laura Anne Gilman
    in

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    Christie Golden

    Captain Chakotay is ready to prove himself as the new commanding officer of the Starship Voyager -- but skeptics back at Starfleet Command are watching him closely for any sign that he will revert to his renegade Maquis ways. His first mission as cap...

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    John Goodger

    "Gambling fans will relish the behind-the-scenes look at Vegas [with] a solid action-movie finale." - Publishers WeeklyDruperman, the head of a confidential cooperative of the most powerful casinos in Las Vegas, has received a videotape threatening v...

  • Debt of Bones

    Terry Goodkind

    A TALE OF THE POWER OF LOVE AND COURAGE IN A WORLD DESPERATE FOR BOTH A milestone of storytelling set in the world of The Sword of Truth, Debt of Bones is the story of young Abby's struggle to win the aid of the wizard Zedd Zorander, the most import...

  • Rich Man, Poor Bride

    Linda Goodnight

    Dearest Godmother, I've almost perfected playing matchmaker, but for my next headstrong couple I need your advice! A rich, sexy Latino doctor sounds like every woman's dream, right? Well, not for the Jane-of-all-trades on my hotel staff. Ruthie...

  • Reflex

    Steven Gould

    Davy has always been alone. He believes that he's the only person in the world who can teleport. But what if he isn't? A mysterious group of people has taken Davy captive. They don't want to hire him, and they don't have any hope of appealing to h...

  • The Famous Flower of Serving Men

    Deborah Grabien

    Certainly some of the events are real---or, to be more accurate, they are partly hidden in a genuine English ballad that was composed and sung centuries ago. Just as the song in Grabien's well-received first novel in this unusual series, The Weaver a...

  • Midnight Satin

    Laurie Grant

    NEW BEGINNINGS After his harrowing experience as a captain in the Confederate Army, Jake Taylor returned to his family's cotton plantation in Texas determined to move on with his life. But as much as he wanted to leave the turmoil behind, trouble fo...

  • To Love a Princess

    Patricia Grasso

    An illegitimate daughter of the Russian Czar, Amber Kazanov knows time is running out. Her stunning beauty has made her prey to nefarious schemers, and she flees to England to find a husband before her uncle can sell her to the highest bidder. Here s...

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    Andrew M. Greeley

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    Carmen Green

    Love Her. . .Or Lose Her Ambassador Justin Crawford is torn between two lovers--his wife, and his work. Cheryl Crawford has always been in her husband's corner, supportive and patient. But the night Justin allows yet another state dinner to come bet...

  • The Nightside, Needless To Say

    Simon R. Green
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  • Time Wars

    Martin H. Greenberg

    How would ancient Vikings react to a gun-wielding giant with flaming red hair? What would a modern cop do in a feudal world where gunpowder was considered a benediction of God? What if Scipio Africanus never lived to challenge, or kill, Hannibal a...

  • Andrew Lost in Time

    J.C. Greenburg

    The evil Dr. Kron-Tox has kidnapped Uncle Al and whisked him away in his time machine! Luckily, Andrew has a time machine of his own. But like most of Andrew’s inventions, the Time-a-Tron doesn’t work quite right. It tumbles Andrew, Judy, and Thu...

  • Run Fast, My Love

    Pamela Griffin

    Assuming the false identity of "Terri Ross" to flee her past, Taryn Rutherford becomes a maid at the Pinecrest estate. The delightful Carr family captures her heart, though, and thoughts of escape begin to fade. Dan Carr is runnning, too-from the ...

  • Mistress of the Night

    Dave Gross
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear, and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses. There is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses. The spiritual heart of Faern beats in...

  • Operation Black Snow

    S.M. Gunn

    In the hours before Operation Desert Storm begins, a bold, submarine-launched raid by SEALs of the Naval Special Materials Detachment captures a suspicious Iraqi transport ship destined for a small island off the coast of Kuwait. On board is a missil...

  • Ms. Hannah is Bananas!

    Dan Gutman

    Something weird is going on! Ms. Hannah wears dresses made out of potholders and collects garbage instead of throwing it out. Plus she's making A.J. be partners with smelly Andrea. This is the worst art class ever! ...

  • Heroic Adventures of Hercules Amsterdam

    Melissa Glenn Haber

    Due to his small size, ten-year-old Hercules is able to sneak into the world of the mice behind his bedroom walls and soon is common sight to its residents, but when Hercules learns of an invasion of the rats, the mice will not heed his warnings and ...

  • Bear Called Sunday

    Alex Hacke

    "When I was a little boy I had a little, silent bear called Sunday..."
    So begins a story in which a boy and his bear are inseparable. They do everything together, from morning till night. But one morning the boy wonders why Sunday never gives h...

  • The Genius of Alexander the Great

    N.G.L. Hammond

    In what respects was Alexander 'Great'? It is an exciting task forthe historian to answer that question, and in this fascinating study Nicholas Hammondundertakes it with enthusiasm. His thorough acquaintance with theancient sources enables him to jud...

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    Lori Handeland
    in

    Novelist Maya Alexander's peace is shattered when she is stalked by a Navaho skinwalker who has taken on the guise of a wolf. Her only hope is the mysterious Clay Philips. In his arms, she seeks protection-but as the red moon rises, no one is safe fr...

  • Night Cage

    Andrew Harper

    As wildfires burn out of control in Southern California, Trey Campbell and Officer Jane Laymon must capture two sadistic killers who, after having escaped into the underground tunnels beneath Darden State Hospital, have taken a hostage to a room of u...

  • Offspring

    Steven Harper

    When Bellerophon, a beautiful forest planet rife with psychics known as the Silent, comes under attack by its political enemies, Kendi Weaver, along with a small group of the Silent, must save the Dream from being destroyed. Original....

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    Charlaine Harris
    in

    Investigations of a Different Kind Conjured from the minds of today's most innovative authors, Powers of Detection features a dozen tales of mystery and fantasy, set in worlds where sleuths may wield wands instead of firearms--and criminals may be...

  • Sweet Justice

    Shirley Harrison

    Aislyn St. Clair is a beautiful, single-minded career woman who never considered marriage... until now. Real estate broker Eric Morgan has swept her off hr feet. But learning that Eric's brother was involved with her recently murdered best friend cou...

  • Christmas Eve Marriage

    Jessica Hart

    The only thing Thea's looking for on her vacation on the Greek island of Crete is a little R and R -- she certainly doesn't expect to find herself roped in to being Rhys Kingsford's pretend fiancee! It definitely isn't relaxing being ...

  • Laughing at the Thunder

    Amanda Harte

    The last thing Martha Wentworth York needs is more change in her life. She's already lost her husband to what the politicians are calling "The War to End All Wars." If that weren't enough, her brother and sisters have gone to France as part of the wa...

  • Red Palms

    Cara Haycak

    When 14-year-old Benita’s Papa is wiped out by the Depression, he moves the family from Guayaquil, Ecuador, to the primitive island of Puna with a wild scheme to start a coconut plantation. Benita moves from a grand house to camping out in a shack ...

  • The Pacific and Other Stories

    Mark Helprin

    A dazzling collection of short stories by Mark Helprin, bestselling author of Winter's Tale, which is now a major motion picture starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, William Hurt, and Jennifer ConnellyThe Pacific an...

  • A Woman of the World

    Genie Chipps Henderson

    The stirring saga of one woman's indomitable spirit--and the passion that drove her to succeed in a world dominated by men... From the time she was a young girl, Kate Goodfellow let nothing stand in the way of her dreams--not those who were threat...

  • The Man from Falcon Ridge

    Rita Herron

    Escaping a nightmarish past, Hailey Hitchcock fled to a remote Victorian homestead...and fell into the arms of an avenging stranger. Old ghosts echoed through Tin City's "hatchet house," reviving memories of the bloodbath that had taken place within ...

  • The Winter Oak

    James A. Hetley

    In the sequel to The Summer Country, Maureen Pierce has come to terms with her magical heritage and decided to remain in the enchanted land with her new love, Pendragon warrior Brian Albion, but first she must once again take on the sorceress...

  • Journey's End

    Dorothy J. Heydt
    in

    Featuring contributions by Diana L. Paxson, Rosemary Edghill, and Leslie Fish, among others, a powerful collection of original stories introduces a heroic cast of brave, strong-willed, and fiercely independant female characters, including a girl who ...

  • Lady in Waiting

    Donna Hill
    in

    Noah Hardcastle is engaged to beautiful Tara Mitchell. However, their relationship is threatened when Noah's first love Rachel, returns to D.C. to prove to him that he is all she ever really wanted....

  • Skeleton Man

    Tony Hillerman

    Former Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn comes out of retirement to help investigate what seems to be a trading post robbery. A simple-minded kid nailed for the crime is the cousin of an old colleague of Sergeant Jim Chee. He needs help an...

  • Spell of the Sparrow

    Jim C. Hines
    in

    Featuring contributions by Diana L. Paxson, Rosemary Edghill, and Leslie Fish, among others, a powerful collection of original stories introduces a heroic cast of brave, strong-willed, and fiercely independant female characters, including a girl who ...

  • Deadline

    Metsy Hingle

    Washington television reporter Tess Abbott is the best in the business, always getting the story and the truth. When the race for governor heats up in her home state of Mississippi, Tess jumps at the chance to cover it. Among the dozens of media c...

  • An Ideal Match

    Victoria Hinshaw

    A BUDDING ROMANCE... Elizabeth Drayton, a young widow just out of mourning, wants nothing more than to enjoy her independence and a quiet life alone. Remarrying is out of the question--but her devoted friends and interfering relations do not agree. ...

  • Bartlett and the Forest of Plenty

    Odo Hirsch

    The third book in the Bartlett series follows our regular cast of characters-Bartlett, Jacques le Grand, and their young apprentice Gozo-on what may be their strangest adventure yet. Plunging into a wild, unexplored jungle, they discover a forgott...

  • Spirited

    Nancy Holder

    War. Rage. Magic. Love. In May 1756 war is formally declared between the British and the French. During this highly dangerous time, Isabella Sevens is travelling with her father to the British stronghold Fort William Henry. In the forest, Wusamequi...

  • Salt Roads

    Nalo Hopkinson

    From the SFWA Grand Master, a“sexy, disturbing, touching, wildly comic . . . tour de force” that blends fantasy, women’s history, and slavery (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).   In 1804, shortly before the Caribbean island o...

  • Never Kiss And Tell

    Tracie Howard

    Successful Manhattan psychotherapist Brooke Parrish falls for Taylor Hudson, a handsome, ambitious ivestment banker with a prestigious New York firm who is trapped in a loveless marriage, but the situation is complicated when Taylor's wife, Kiernan M...