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New Books List: 515 titles

  • The Color Of Family

    Patricia Jones

    A proud, strong African-American wife and mother, Antonia Racine Jackson raised two admirable children in Baltimore -- all the while taking silent note of a boy growing into manhood in a vastly different world. Reared in the bosom of wealth and privi...

  • Courting Disaster

    Joanne Pence

    MURDER MOST ENGAGING Normally dilettante chef and freelance food writer Angie Amalfi would rather be deep-fried than let her control-freak mother plan the party celebrating Angie's engagement to San Francisco homicide detective Paavo Smith. But th...

  • Must Have Been The Moonlight

    Melody Thomas

    To want him was madness ... Far from home was the last place Brianna Donally ever imagined she'd find the one man she'd desire above all others. When Major Michael Fallon, the dangerously seductive British officer, rescues the bold beauty from certa...

  • Death Is Forever

    Elizabeth Lowell

    Dear Reader, Sometimes, if you're very lucky, you can go home again. An earlier version of this book was titled The Diamond Tiger and came out in 1993 under the name Ann Maxwell. When my present publisher offered me the opportunity of going back t...

  • My Own Private Hero // In Love with the Viscount

    Julianne MacLean

    Could this love nonsense really be worth the trouble? To Adele Wilson the answer is clear: of course not! She has seen her two sisters dragged through scandal and heartbreak (not to mention every ballroom in London) to find the husbands of thei...

  • A Perfect Groom

    Samantha James

    Perfection is in the eye of the beholder ... Proud of his reputation as a rogue, Justin Sterling intends to be the first to bed "The Unattainable" -- the Season's most luscious debutante -- and win the wager that's the talk of the ton. However, he...

  • Her Scandalous Affair

    Candice Hern

    "And so you must find the Mallory Heart and bring it home at once. No matter what it takes." After this decree from his grandmother, Richard, Viscount Mallory, goes in search of the long-lost family heirloom. Imagine his surprise when he s...

  • Blood Enemy

    Greg Cox

    BEFORE UNDERWORLD, THE WAR RAGED ON.... For untold centuries, a secret conflict has been waged between two immortal rivals: The vampires -- ageless aristocrats with a sensual appetite for blood and luxury. Among their ranks are the Death Deal...

  • The Staggerford Murders

    Jon Hassler

    Filled with his trademark humor and warmth, Jon Hassler’s The Staggerford Murders and The Life and Death of Nancy Clancy’s Nephew offer a welcome return to the town that has captivated readers for years.In The Staggerford...

  • To Collar a Killer

    Lee Charles Kelley

    DON'T FETCH THE REAPER One of Maine kennel owner Jack Field's favorite pastimes is spending quality time with a fun-loving pooch -- which is why he's playing fetch with a corgi named Tipper instead of mingling at a July 4th shindig. But when Tippe...

  • The News from Paraguay

    Lily Tuck

    “Brimming with rich descriptions of a beautiful country….The News From Paraguay evolves from a quirky, elegant tale of an unconventional love affair into a sweeping epic.” --  Fort Worth Star-TelegramLily Tuck’s impressive novel offers ...

  • How I Became Stupid

    Martin Page

    Ignorance is bliss, or so hopes Antoine, the lead character in Martin Page's stinging satire, How I Became Stupid -- a modern day Candide with a Darwin Award like sensibility. A twenty-five-year-old Aramaic scholar, Antoine has had it with being bril...

  • Dress up Batty

    William Wegman

    Battina is a glamorous diva. Will you help her get ready for her very busy social schedule? This incredibly chock-full novelty book includes: -A lentincular cover -Over 40 stickers of dresses and accessories -Lift-the-flaps -Oversize pop-ups -A refle...

  • Elektra: The Junior Novel

    Stephen D. Sullivan

    Driven by the rage she has felt ever since her mother's untimely death, Elektra has become the world's most dangerous assassin. After her wise mystical-arts mentor sends her away for her bad attitude, Elektra must take any assignments she can find...

  • Wifey

    Kiki Swinson

    Essence bestselling author KiKi Swinson offers up a scandalous street lit tale--and shows that no one else stands a chance when wifey runs the hustle. From the looks of things, Kira's got it all. She owns a profitable hair salon and is livin' the ...

  • 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...

  • Love Chronicles

    Lissa Manley

    She got under his skin... And besides, Dr. Connor Forbes didn't want a partner. Even if Sunny Williams was the most beautiful blonde he'd ever seen, the uptight physician knew Sunny's crazy New Age ideas -- and her irresistible lips -- would only wre...

  • Secret Defender

    Debbi Rawlins

    AN HEIRESS TO PROTECT Luke Boudreau was a man unlike any other and he would stop at nothing to keep Sydney Wainwright safe -- even if it meant kidnapping the headstrong heiress. Only, the tough-as-nails investigator never anticipated that a daring...

  • Child of Her Heart

    Cheryl St. John

    After enduring so much tragedy, Meredith Malone celebrated her latest triumph -- delivery of a healthy baby girl! Meredith's dreams of motherhood had finally come true despite the fact that little Anna happened to be a different race than her mommy. ...

  • The Witness

    Linda Style

    She had vowed never to return to Houston's crime-riddled East End. But Detective Crista Santiago's promotion to the Chicano Squad has put her right back in the violence of the barrio. Determined to transfer out as fast as possible, Crista first has t...

  • When He Was Bad...

    Jane Sullivan

    She plays by the rules... Psychologist Sara Davenport wrote the book on bad boys. Literally. When her publicist arranges for her to speak on Nick Chandler's radio show, Sara quickly refuses. But going head-to-head with the famous bad boy would be gre...

  • Shocking The Senator

    Leanne Banks

    SECRET LOVE CHILD Nicola Granville was an independent woman. But it was as Abe Danforth's campaign manager that she achieved ultimate success -- and ultimate pleasure. For months her affair with the aspiring senator was conducted in secret, their ...

  • The M.D.'s Surprise Family

    Marie Ferrarella

    Dr. Peter Sullivan might be the only one who could save Raven Songbird's little brother, but who was going to ease the widowed neurosurgeon's secret sorrow? Raven figured she was more than up for the job. The barefoot, black-haired beauty was a he...

  • Along Came Zoe

    Janice MacDonald

    Zoe McCann doesn't care much for doctors Especially eminent neurosurgeons who are too busy to attend to their patients. Like Dr. Phillip Barry, who wasn't available the night Jenny, the daughter of Zoe's best friend, was brought to the E.R. So ...

  • Never Naughty Enough

    Jill Monroe

    Being naughty can be very, very nice... She's the perfect executive assistant -- or at least she was until she agreed to be put under hypnosis at a party. Overnight, the very proper Annabelle Scott turned into a terrible tease. Now she doesn't "do" ...

  • Montana Wife

    Jillian Hart

    Man and wife -- facing the rigors of high country ranching. That was the simple, solid ideal that Daniel Lindsay willingly offered Rayna Ludgrin. But she'd lived a grand passion, he knew, and he could promise only a quiet, steady brand of love...! ...

  • Catching Calhoun

    Tina Leonard

    "You Haven't Dated a Real Cowboy Till You've Been a Jefferson's Girl." The only good things she'd ever gotten from a cowboy were her daughter and her son. And rodeo gypsy Olivia Spinlove had vowed she'd never again let an elusive, sexy cowboy corr...

  • Protecting Holly

    Lynn Bulock

    IT'S A WHITE CHRISTMAS...AND DANGER IS EVERYWHERE! Spending Christmas Eve with her handsome boss in a cabin while a stalker threatens is not the way Holly Vance had planned to celebrate this year -- she'd been counting on dinner with her extended fa...

  • Eden's Shadow

    Jenna Ryan

    KISSES AND CURSES MADE FOR BEWITCHING BEDFELLOWS Like a specter, Detective Armand LaMorte moved with the shadows, stealthy and secretive, and was an expert tracker. Crescent City criminals didn't have a chance when he was on their trail -- and no ...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Lord of Seduction

    Nicole Jordan

    No woman could tame him . . . until he met his match. With his reckless charm and lust for danger, Viscount Thorne is one of England's most elusive bachelors -- and member of a secret league of protectors known as the Guardians. To thwart his ...

  • Foxfire Bride

    Maggie Osborne

    Fox is a woman as feisty as they come. Once the most sought-after scout west of the Rockies, she led folks through wild, unexplored terrain -- until a gunshot wound ended her guiding career. She's living a calmer life when a handsome stranger app...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Yoda: Dark Rendezvous

    Sean Stewart

    As the Clone Wars rage, Jedi Master Yoda must once again face one of his greatest adversaries: Count Dooku. . . . The savage Clone Wars have forced the Republic to the edge of collapse. During the height of the battle, on Jedi Knight escapes the c...

  • 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...

  • Cake, Cake, Cake, Pie

    Sally Kahler Phillips

    Who wants some cake and pie? A hungry boy does! But when he sits down to enjoy these delicious desserts, he discovers his cat and his dogs have other plans. Will he ever get to satisfy his sweet tooth? This very simple reader has punchy text, appeali...

  • Mobil Suit Gundam Seed(Gundam Seed Series, Vol. 3)

    Masatsugu Iwase

    WHEN THE PAST CATCHES UP

    The battle carrier Archangel finally made it to Earth, but its descent took the crew directly into the African desert, controlled by the enemy, the Zaft Empire. Now, if the crew have any hope of reaching the Federation...

  • This Place in the Snow

    Rebecca Bond (1)

  • While You Were Out

    Judith Irvin Kuns

  • Falling Awake

    Jayne Ann Krentz

    As a dream interpreter at the Belvedere Center for Sleep Research, Isabel Wright has never lacked attention from the opposite sex. Of course that's because they're hoping she'll shed a little light on their dreams. Lately, however, she's been pining ...

  • 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...

  • Abduction!

    Peg Kehret

    DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS... When Matt leaves his kindergarten class for a quick trip to the bathroom, he never imagines what will happen next. He suddenly finds himself in a stranger's car traveling to an unfamiliar place. But who is this man, and is...

  • 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...

  • Out Of My Head // Unknown

    Didier van Cauwelaert

    Martin Harris returns home after spending three days in a coma, to find that his wife doesn't recognize him and another man is living in his house under his name. The impostor shares all of Martin's memories, experiences, and knowledge down to the la...

  • Marvel Age Spider-Man, Volume 4: The Goblin Strikes Digest

    Marvel Book Group

  • Mary Jane, Volume 1: Circle of Friends Digest

    Marvel Book Group

  • 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...

  • Wolves Eat Dogs

    Martin Cruz Smith

    In his groundbreaking Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith created an iconic detective of contemporary fiction. Quietly subversive, brilliantly analytical, and haunted by melancholy, Arkady Renko survived, barely, the journey from the Soviet Union to the N...

  • Elsie's Paper Doll Collection

    Zondervan Publishing

    Elsie Dinsmore, the beloved nineteenth-century fictional role model, comes to life in this exquisite paper doll collection. Featuring the Elsie paper doll and a complete sixteen-page set of tabbed, interchangeable, historically-based costumes and acc...

  • The Art of The Lord of the Rings

    Gary Russell

    A dual-edition full-color book for the millions of fans who have taken The Lord of the Rings to heart through the celebrated film trilogy. Many of the images included in this volume, depicting pivotal scenes and characters, were previously emba...

  • Wanted Man: The Lost Story of an American Outlaw

    Tamsin Spargo

    One September night in 1892 the Wild West went east. A masked man boarded the American Express Special train as it sped through New York State and single-handedly stole a fortune. His name was Oliver Curtis Perry, and he instantly became the count...

  • 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...

  • Excalibur, Volume 1: Forging the Sword

    Aaron Lopresti

    The island of Genosha was once a thriving nation of mutants, built from the ground up by Magneto, Master of Magnetism. Then, an apocalyptic attack killed every man, woman and child - reducing an entire society to rubble within hours. Now, Professor X...

  • Night Visions

    Thomas Fahy

    An insomniac is drawn into a waking nightmare of ritual murder that reaches back to 18th century Europe in this atmospheric thriller.Samantha Ranvali can’t sleep. Haunted by nightmares and the memory of a man who attacked her years ago, she seeks a...

  • I Am Charlotte Simmons

    Tom Wolfe

    Dupont University--the Olympian halls of learning housing the cream of America's youth, the roseate Gothic spires and manicured lawns suffused with tradition . . . Or so it appears to beautiful, brilliant Charlotte Simmons, a sheltered freshman from ...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Augustus

    John Edward Williams

    A brilliant and beautifully written novel in the tradition of Robert Graves’ I, Claudius, Augustus is a sweeping narrative that brings vividly to life a compelling cast of historical figures through their letters, dispatches, and memoirs.

    A...

  • 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,...

  • 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! ...

  • Storm Chaser!

    Cecile Schoberle

    In simple language just right for beginning readers, an action-packed story catches the excitement as storm trackers risk their lives to learn about the weather in order to keep us safe from the ravages of gale force winds or the blizzard of the cent...

  • 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...

  • Fat Albert: Hey, Hey, Hey!

    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?

    When Fat Albert is ...

  • Fat Albert: The Movie Novel

    Mike Milligan

    Follows the misadventures of a group of adolescent boys growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood, focusing on a boy called Fat Albert and his friends, Rudy, Mushmouth, Bill, Dumb Donald, Russell, and Weird Harold. Original....

  • 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 Italian's Virgin Bride

    Trish Morey

    Opal Clemenger's facing bankruptcy, and the only man who can rescue her is ruthless tycoon Domenic Silvagni. Domenic's filthy rich, and he thinks money can purchase him anything--including a wife. So he agrees to help Opal, but only if s...

  • 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 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 Doctor's Christmas Bride

    Sarah Morgan

    Consultant doctor Bryony Hunter is determined to fulfill her little girl's wish -- a daddy for Christmas. She is certain there must be someone out there who can answer the call, but time is running out. Jack Rothwell is a wonderful doctor in a...

  • The Dreaming Game

    Philip Kunhardt

    The award-winning author of My Father's House pays tribute to the extraordinary life of his mother, Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt, a renowned Lincoln scholar, the author of the best-selling Pat the Bunny, and an inveterate observer of life...

  • 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 ...

  • Friends for Never

    Nancy Krulik

    Katie and Suzanne have been best friends for ever. But now Suzanne’s become a total snob! Katie has had enough, and declares that she and Suzanne are now friends for never! Then Katie turns into Suzanne at a very important moment -- just as Suzanne...

  • Trimoni Twins and the Changing Coin

    Pam Smallcomb

    Beezel and Mimi Trimoni are eleven-year-old twins and magicians. They love doing tricks, but what they love even more is ka-poofing: real magic that allows them to change people and animals into other animals. Only they have this gift, through the...

  • Voyages of Captain Cook

    Nicholas Thomas

    Cook's great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations to grow up independently of the rest of the world. But equally for the Polynesians and M...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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"....

  • 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....

  • The Playa's Handbook

    Brenda Jackson

    There's not a whole lot happening in Gary, Indiana. That is, until nationally renowned relationship expert Lance Montgomery bursts on to the scene. Twice divorced, Montgomery is now on a mission to perfect the art of being single. His tantalizing boo...

  • Why Not?

    Shari Low

    SHE SHOULD HAVE LOOKED BEFORE SHE LEAPT. The man Jess has fallen in lust with is not only married, he's her boss. He's also famous -- a high-ranking government official who is all business by day, and all-out kinky by night. And when his photo -- hi...

  • Irresistible Attraction

    Brenda Jackson
    in

    Sydney Corbain never forgot her explosive encounter with Tyrone Hardcastle at her brother's wedding. So when she runs into him in New York City on business, they both see this as an opportunity to explore their undenaible attraction....

  • Blind Date

    Francis Ray
    in

    Ayanna Hardcastle pretends that she is dating wealthy businessman Tanner Rafferty, in order to get her matchmaking friend off her back. But, she never imagined that Tanner Rafferty would show up to collect on that claim!...

  • Red Moon Rising

    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...

  • 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-...

  • Winter Born

    Sherrilyn Kenyon
    in

    Two enemy Were-Panthers discover that fate has destined they become lovers. Pandora must learn to trust Dante's foreign nature. But as she slowly succumbs to the truest passion she has ever known, dark forces have already set out to reclaim her......

  • The Power of Two

    Patti O'Shea

    FIVE WOMEN. ONE GOAL: FREEDOM Cai Randolph The U.C.E.: In the 21st and 22nd centuries, the United States changed and grew. Now the United Colonies of Earth dominate the globe. But a mysterious voice is broadcasting treason, inciting revolution ...

  • 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 Pirate Prince

    Connie Mason

    VIRGIN TREASURE She is a jewel among women, brighter than the moon and stars. Her lips are lush and pink, made for kissing . . . and more erotic purposes. She's a pirate's prize, yet he cannot so much as touch her. VIRGIN TROUBLE Destin...

  • 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 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • Pied Piper

    Debbie Viguie

    PIED PIPER

    They come to you for guidance,

    protection --

    Innocents, facing nameless evil.

    It is up to you to save their laughter --

    Watch over them, protect them from

    danger and peril.

    At first ...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • Wild Card

    Jerome Preisler

    PARADISE ISLAND When an anonymous E-mail alerts UpLink International's operatives to suspicious activity on an exclusive island resort, Pete Nimec goes undercover to investigate. Located off the coast of Trinidad, Rayos del Sol is not just a pl...

  • Hidden Instincts

    Lisa Renee Jones

    Lindsey Paxton was once the number one defense attorney in New York. She fought for those who were innocent, but charged. Her instincts were her lifeline, never failing her, as they guided her in her choices of who to defend. Or so she thought. Until...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • Shadowmarch

    Tad Williams

    The first Marchlands kingdom, Southmarch (commonly called “Shadowmarch”), lies directly on the edge of the mysterious Shadowline, a shroud of endless mist that marks the entrance to the realm of the fairy-folk, the Qar. Crossing the Shadowline is...

  • Metro Girl

    Janet Evanovich

    "Wild" Bill Barnaby's dropped off the face of the earth and big sister Alex heads for Miami, Bill's last known sighting, on a harrowing hunt to save her brother ... and maybe the world. Truth is, Alex has been bailing her brother out of trouble since...

  • Hawks and Eagles

    Max Brand

  • 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....

  • 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, ...

  • 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 ...

  • Tales of the Slayer, Volume 4

    Simon Spotlight

    "I can't be...just a person, I can't be helpless like that...." -- Buffy, "Helpless" At eighteen, each Slayer must face a terrifying trial: the Tento di Cruciamentum. This time-honored, albeit cruel, rite of passage forces each Watcher to dra...

  • A Redbird Christmas

    Fannie Flagg

    After a startling diagnosis from his doctor, Oswald T. Campbell leaves behind the cold and damp of the oncoming Chicago winter to spend what he believes will be his last Christmas in the warm and welcoming town of Lost River, Alabama. There he meets ...

  • The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard

    Elmore Leonard

    A stellar collection of short fiction that spans the beloved master’s writing career

    The legendary New York Times bestselling author returns with another stellar collection of Western short fiction. In these classic tales that span more t...

  • Castles of Steel

    Robert K. Massie

    In a work of extraordinary narrative power, filled with brilliant personalities and vivid scenes of dramatic action, Robert K. Massie, the Pulitzer Prize"winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Dreadnought, elevates to its ...

  • Ursa

    Jenn Reese
    in

    WITH SPELL AND BLADE... They roam through fantasy landscapes -- women who wield a sword in their sisters' defense or work magic passed down through generations. They are the many heroines of Sword and Sorceress -- brave women who have adopted the da...

  • 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 ...

  • Child's Play

    Esther Friesner
    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 ...

  • Dawn and Dusk

    Dana Kramer-Rolls
    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 ...

  • Favor of the Goddess

    Lynn Morgan Rosser
    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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Kazhe's Blade

    Terry McGarry
    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 ...

  • Kin

    Naomi Kritzer
    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 ...

  • Lostland

    Rosemary Edghill
    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 ...

  • Love Potion #8 1/2

    Marilyn A. Racette
    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 ...

  • Multiple Choice

    Leslie Fish
    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 ...

  • Necessity and the Mother

    Lee Martindale
    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 ...

  • Oulu

    Aimee Kratts
    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 ...

  • Parri's Blade

    Cynthia McQuillin
    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 ...

  • Plowshares

    Rebecca Maines
    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 ...

  • Red Caramae

    Kit Wesler
    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 ...

  • Rose in Winter

    Marie M. Loughin
    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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Step by Step

    Catherine Soto
    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 ...

  • Sun Thief

    K.A. Laity
    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 ...

  • Sword and Sorceress

    Jennifer G. Tifft
    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 ...

  • The Skin Trade

    Heather Rose Jones
    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 ...

  • The Woman's Place

    Susan Urbanek Linville
    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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Puppy Mudge Finds a Friend

    Cynthia Rylant

    Playtime, Mudge! No one loves to play more than Henry''s puppy, Mudge. And when Fluffy the cat joins Mudge for a play date, the games are just beginning. From running to hiding to climbing galore, these two just might prove that cats and dogs reall...

  • The Mystery of the Stolen Statue

    George Edward Stanley

    Mr. Merlin’s Third Graders are known as the Third Grade Detectives -- with some hints from secret code clues and help from Mr. Merlin’s friend, the police scientist Dr. Smiley, they help solve cases. Perfect for fans of the Hardy Boys! The Third-...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Hostile Takeover

    S. Andrew Swann

    Now in an omnibus edition, the Hostile Takeover trilogy introduces a planet where the only laws are those of self-preservation and profit.Bakunin is a world with a law unto itself -- the only human-colonized planet that has consistently refused to jo...

  • Christmas in My Heart

    Catherine Palmer
    in

    When Claire Ross visited her reclusive aunt Flossie upon moving back home, she never expected her gift of a holiday wreath to come sailing after her as she left. Nor did she suspect her aunt of harboring past secrets...and present mischief. But the g...

  • 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...

  • Guilty Pleasures

    Karen Kelley
    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... Computer entrepreneur Alex Cannedy loves women--the way they move, talk, smell...and other things. He'd love to get t...

  • I'll Be Home

    Rachel Lee
    in

    Seth Hardin is devoted to his career as a navy SEAL, but his ex-wife couldn't handle the pressure of life with a military man. Now he figures he was just meant to be alone...until he stumbles upon Maria Hoskins, stranded in the middle of a Christmas ...

  • The Wingman's Angel

    Catherine Mann
    in

    There's just one thing keeping air force officers Joshua and Alicia Rosen from finalizing their divorce -- the Arctic survival course they have to pass together. But when they find themselves chased across the frozen tundra by armed pursuers, even th...

  • 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...

  • A Red Polka Dot in a World Full of Plaid

    Varian Johnson

  • 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...

  • Double Vision

    Randall Ingermanson

    A start-up software company is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, and treachery is afoot from a rival firm. In a last-minute maneuver, the CEO hires researcher Rachel Meyers to employ a Manhattan Project approach to the development of a radical new...

  • The Moon Runners

    Mary Lennox

    The lush time of ancient, epic Greece comes alive in this gripping novel of mythology, adventure, and romance. . . . In a time when the gods still walked the earth, a Macedonian king provoked by greed and jealousy prepares to conquer neighboring Thes...

  • Hanging by a Thread

    Karen Templeton

    You can take the girl out of Queens... Or can you? Because for five years, fashion assistant Ellie Levine was taking a halfhearted stab at it, commuting to Manhattan by day, trying desperately to keep secret her outerborough existence -- that acce...

  • A Bridge for Christmas

    Merline Lovelace
    in

    As commander of her combat engineering team, air force reservist Abby Trent has a job to do -- and Special Ops major Dan Maxwell seems determined to get in her way. But as they work together on a crucial bridge, Abby discovers there is a lot more to ...

  • Devices and Desires

    K.J. Parker

    When an engineer is sentenced to death for a petty transgression of guild law, he flees the city, leaving behind his wife and daughter. Forced into exile, he seeks a terrible vengeance -- one that will leave a trail of death and destruction in its wa...

  • The Fourteen-Million-Dollar Poodle

    Nancy Warren
    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... Labor dispute negotiator Vince Grange has a reputation for being a tough guy. Tough guys hammer out deals, drink beer...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Murder Is My Racquet

    Otto Penzler

    Murder is My Racquet is the most thrilling way to read about tennis, murder and intrigue. This collection of stories by famous mystery writers, including Ridley Pearson and Lawrence Block, deal with the prestige of the high-stakes race to become one ...

  • 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...

  • Justice Is a Two-Edged Sword

    Dana Stabenow
    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...

  • White Bikini Panties

    Kelly James-Enger

    When she catches her boyfriend with another woman, Trina Elders, arming herself with the self-confidence she never knew she had, transforms herself into an adventurous, irresistible woman with a penchant for thongs, push-up bras, and the wild life. O...

  • Kissing in Technicolor

    Jane Mendle

    From a wonderful new voice in women's fiction comes a debut novel, written with energy, wit and humour, about finding love in the pretentious, often comical, world of film school.

    Charlotte Frost, film student, is overdosed on ambition. Des...

  • Return of the Sorceress

    Tim Waggoner
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    Armed with new weapons and a newfound confidence, Nearra and her friends plan to confront the wizard Maddoc. But before they can reach Cairngorn Keep, a skeletal griffin kidnaps Nearra and delivers her directly into the wizard's hands. As Maddoc ...

  • Under the Gun

    Lyn Stone

    FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE... After escaping the bullet that killed his twin, Special Agent Will Griffin awakened from a six-day coma seconds before the assassin struck again. Now he's on the run with the one woman who'll stop at nothing to keep him aliv...

  • The Way to a Woman's Heart

    Carol Voss

    When widow Nan Kramer was forced to confront her son Justin's delinquency, she didn't know where to turn. Two years as a single mom had pushed her to her limits. But then an old friend arrived on her doorstep, offering a shoulder to cry on and much, ...

  • A Protected Witness

    Mallory Kane

    A FACE FROM THE PAST Because of the FBI, Allison Barnes lost her husband in an execution-style shooting that left her gravely wounded and with no memory of that night. Now, the Witness Security Program was her only recourse. But once the killer foun...

  • A Touch of Harry

    Susan Sizemore
    in

    When the injured wolf Dr. Marjorie Piper takes back to her kennel turns into a man, Marj is stunned, and keeps his subsequent escape a secret. The only thing more difficult to hide is the burning desire she feels for Harrison Blethyin, a stranger in ...

  • For Services Rendered

    Anne Marie Winston

    "I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT VIRGINITY PROBLEM FOR YOU." They'd worked together for years, but security expert Sam Deering never imagined what was beneath his plain-Jane employee's baggy clothing. Then, on the night of Delilah Smith's twenty-ninth birt...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Identity Crisis

    Kate Donovan

    Meet Melissa Daniels. This leggy redhead is strong, smart and seductive. And with a black belt in karate, she's not afraid of anything. Melissa is the alter ego of master of disguise Kristie Hennessy, who prefers steak dinners to stakeouts. As a p...

  • Sparking His Interest

    Wendy Etherington

    It's not police lieutenant Wes Kimball's imagination. Cara Hughes, the big-city arson investigator from Atlanta, is hot, hot, hot. She's slender, curvy -- and rumored to sleep with a six-inch switchblade under her pillow -- and Wes is forced to fight...

  • Alone in the Dark

    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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Hijacked Honeymoon

    Susan Kearney

    GRAB THE BRIDE AND RUN LIKE HELL Kidnapping Kendall Davis less than an hour before she said "I do" wasn't special operative Web Garfield's idea of a manly mission. But his assignment was clear: safeguard the bride-to-be until the threat against he...

  • A Mom for Christmas

    Joan Kilby

    Ski patroller Aidan Wilde has never felt very festive during this time of year. Not since his wife, Charmaine, plunged to her death off Whistler Mountain on Christmas Eve six years ago. His failure to save her had the whole town gossiping, but he'd b...

  • Wyoming Woman

    Elizabeth Lane

    Her passion was as boundless as the land she prized... She Hated Him On Sight Cattleman's daughter Rachel Tolliver believed that sheep ranchers like Luke Vincente had no business out on the open range. Yet despite his troubled past, he was an h...

  • Sins of a Tanner

    Peggy Moreland

    THE LAST OF THE GOOD GUYS? Years ago, Whit Tanner had taken Melissa Jacobs into his bed -- into his heart -- only to have her marry his best friend. Now the pretty widow was struggling to raise her son alone. And Whit was bound by Tanner honor not...

  • Wanted: One Father

    Penny Richards

    THE FAMILY PLAN? Ex-cop-turned-writer Max Murdock was at his wit's end. Taking care of his baby daughter while trying to meet the deadline for his latest novel had left him exhausted and overworked. What he needed more than anything was some peace a...

  • Terms of Surrender

    Shirley Rogers

    A PASSIONATE LEGACY The terms of the will were explicit: Tanya Winters and David Taylor were to live at Cotton Creek Plantation for one year or lose their inheritance. Cotton Creek was the only home Tanya had ever known. She'd come to the plant...

  • Unwrapping Mr. Wright

    Michele Dunaway

    The Wrong Mr. Right Keeps Showing Up! Lauren Brown has had it with being a "gal pal," and she's taking matters into her own hands. Slinky black lingerie and a complete makeover ought to wake up the apparently oblivious Jeff Wright to the fact that...

  • The 24 Days of Christmas

    Linda Lael Miller
    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... A matchbox advent calendar first brou...

  • 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...

  • The Twelve Frogs of Christmas

    Judi McCoy
    in

    An unexpected visitor is about to arrive with an unexpected gift ... Will it be something wonderful or woeful, rueful or romantic... or a little bit of everything? In the expert hands of four unsurpassed storytellers, "the season of giving" takes ...

  • The Thirteenth Santa

    Joanne Pence
    in

    An unexpected visitor is about to arrive with an unexpected gift ... Will it be something wonderful or woeful, rueful or romantic... or a little bit of everything? In the expert hands of four unsurpassed storytellers, "the season of giving" takes ...

  • The Two Marys

    Katherine Hall Page
    in

    An unexpected visitor is about to arrive with an unexpected gift ... Will it be something wonderful or woeful, rueful or romantic... or a little bit of everything? In the expert hands of four unsurpassed storytellers, "the season of giving" takes ...

  • Shotgun Ridge

    Mindy Neff

    Abbe Shea witnesses the mob hit of her fiance, and the killer's warning is clear: talk and he'll be back for her two-year-old daughter, Jolene. Abbe flees Las Vegas and makes her way to Shotgun Ridge, Montana...and to the safety of Grant Callahan's h...

  • 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...

  • 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....

  • 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...