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New Books List: 492 titles


  • Don Pendleton

    IRON FIST A raid on Korean gang activity in California takes a dangerous turn into a world crisis, when Mack Bolan uncovers intelligence involving North Korea's nuclear weapons program. A group of high-level defectors from the Project Kanggye Nucl...



  • Iain Lawrence

    As Tom Tin nears Australia, where he's to serve a lengthy sentence for a murder he didn't commit, he and his fellow convict, Midgely, plot their escape. No matter that the ship carrying them and the other juvenile criminals is captained by Tom's fath...




  • Clive Cussler; Jack Du Brul

    Joan Cabrillo and his motley crew aboard the clandestine spy ship Oregon have made a very comfortable and very dangerous irking working for high-powered Western interests. But their newest clients have come from the east -- the Far East -- to ask for...



  • H. Jay Riker

    The world changed forever on a September morning in 2001, as a fiendish enemy's war on America took a devastating toll. But out of the suffering and horror was born unparalleled courage and selflessness -- and the unwavering commitment of the nation'...



  • Robert Gandt

    Now Gandt's heroic fighter pilot Brick Maxwell is on a mission of international intrigue that leads to a personal war.... When a routine American--Israeli military exercise goes wrong, Brick Maxwell's wingman is shot down and taken prisoner by a P...



  • David Michaels

    As part of a top-secret initiative called Third Echelon, National Security Agency special operative Sam Fisher has been given license to spy, steal, destroy, and assassinate to protect America. And he does......



  • S.M. Gunn

    A New World Order has created a new kind of threat -- and a new breed of SEAL must emerge to prevent the Apocalypse. Thunder in the East Borders have been redrawn, old enemies have fallen, and new ones have arisen from the ashes to threaten ci...



  • Don Pendleton

    FLESH AND BLOOD A flesh-eating bacterium has been test-run in Canada, proving it to be a biological weapon of genocidal proportions. Mack Bolan's hard probe has him seeking the experiment's financiers, but the enemy is elusive and the Executioner...



  • Cecelia Tishy

    Boston detective Reggie Cutter may be psychic but her abilities don't help her when she’s struck by a hit-and-run driver. Nor the next day when she makes two horrifying discoveries: her upstairs tenant gruesomely murdered in his room...and bizarre ...



  • Carolyn Keene

    So I was sitting with Ned in a lecture, and then bam, Ned's in a three-piece suit, and I'm in a city hall meeting on how to get through the beginning of the Great Depression. As in the Depression, in the 1930s. What's more, there's a thief to track ...



  • Andrew M. Greeley

    "Blackwood, there's trouble in the old neighborhood! Murder in the sanctuary of the Church!"The church in question is St. Lucy's, a humble edifice at the heart of a venerable Chicago neighborhood now suffering the throes of gentrification. St. Lucy's...



  • Sarah Andrews

    YOU NEVER MISS YOUR WATER--TILL YOUR TIME RUNS OUT.... For Em Hansen, things couldn't be better professionally and personally. She's got a full-time gig with the Utah Geological Survey; she's the go-to forensic geologist for state law enforcement...



  • Leann Sweeney

    Texas heiress Abby Rose has everything a gal could want. But as a new PI specializing in adoption, she's more focused on what money can't buy -- like answers in a case of a baby abandoned years ago. ... Superstar college athlete Will Knight was o...



  • Donna Andrews

    After a hit-and-run leaves Eddie, a young techie, in the hospital, his grandmother hires Turing's PI friend Tim to look closely at Eddie's business, which he runs out of their computer-filled basement. So while Turing tries to break into the computer...



  • Maddy Hunter

    Dead in the Water For travel escort Emily Andrew and her fellow Iowans, aloha means "hello" to all the sun, surf, and scrumptious cuisine their Hawaiian cruise has to offer. But for Professor Dorian Smoker, a renowned expert on the legendary Cap...



  • Michele Scott

    Nikki Sands was like every other aspiring actress -- waiting tables between jobs. But Nikki had taken serving wines to heart. She knew enough to impress Napa Valley's golden boy, Derek Malveaux, who offered her a job at his vineyard. And though Nikki...



  • Leslie Meier

    After the annual parade of Christmas presents in Tinker's Cove has ended, Lucy Stone and her daughter Elizabeth are ready to ring in the new year in style. Elizabeth has won mother/daughter winter makeovers in Manhattan from Jolie magazine! But the a...



  • Joyce Krieg

    When Shauna J. Bogart's former intern is shot to death in the city park, the grandmother of the suspect, another young man, asks Shauna J. for help. The young man tried to run from the murder scene and was shot and seriously wounded by the police....



  • Jane Langton

      "A lost church?" said Homer Kelly. "How could a church get itself lost? You mean it just pointed its steeple at the horizon and took off?"

    His wife sucked her pencil. "I know it sounds strange." Strange or not, Homer and Mary are soon enga...



  • Max Lucado

    A touching story of a young boy who befriends a Christmas angel.  Only a young boy can hear the song of Alabaster, the little angel on the Christmas tree.  This delightful sotry of a boy and a gap-toothed cherub teaches the value and wonder...



  • Karen Kingsbury

    A DEADLY ACCIDENT The Christian Kids Theater group is devastated by a tragedy greater than any of them could've imagined. Now their director, Katy Hart, must find a way to walk the kids through their grief and give them a reason to believe again. Bu...



  • Roland Merullo

    Herman "Hank" Fins-Winston was a pro golfer destined for greatness. Now he lives in a condominium on the thirteenth fairway of one of heaven's glorious courses -- a fact he finds surprising and amusing, since for one reason or another, a fair perce...



  • Dave Jackson; Neta Jackson

    These inspiring true tales and beautiful illustrations make up two powerful treasuries, each featuring forty-five stories from influential Christian heroes' lives. Excitement and adventure allow elementary-age children to learn valuable lessons of vi...



  • Dave Jackson; Neta Jackson

    These inspiring true tales and beautiful illustrations make up two powerful treasuries, each featuring forty-five stories from influential Christian heroes' lives. Excitement and adventure allow elementary-age children to learn valuable lessons of vi...



  • Jerry B. Jenkins

    Storyteller Jerry B. Jenkins and biblical artist Ron DiCianni transport you to the hardscrabble Middle East of the first century where you eavesdrop on interaction between a father and a son so profound that it will forever change how you view the In...



  • Jan Karon

    Father Tim takes on a new challenge in this inspirational installment in the beloved Mitford series by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bathed in Prayer.  Father Tim Kavanagh has been asked to “come up higher” more than ...



  • Orson Scott Card

    Rachel and Leah is book three in New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card's Women of Genesis series -- a unique reimagining of the biblical tale.Tracing their lives from childhood to maturity, Card shows how the women of Genesis change each...



  • Lenora Worth
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    Going home to her grandmother's Louisiana plantation for the holidays was socialite Elise Melancon's plan, but her grandmother's request comes as a shock -- she wants Elise to "reform" a handsome man so he can date another woman! The mixed-up start t...



  • Wanda E. Brunstetter

    Growing up with her impatient, disinterested aunt and five older brothers, Allison Troyer is more comfortable playing ball than keeping house. Now, the nineteen-year-old tomboy must learn to run an Amish household. But a future of domestic bliss is h...



  • K.N. Casper

    Nobody said it would be easy But Kayla Price hadn't expected it would be this hard to begin a new life with her daughter in the Texas Hill Country town of Homestead. She's excited to join the innovative Home Free program, take ownership of a parce...



  • Melanie Milburne

    He wants her back--but on his terms! By agreeing to a meeting with Xavier Knightly, her handsome ex-husband, Carli Gresham realizes that the passion is still there. Three months later, she has some shocking news for him! But Xavier isn't consid...



  • Debra Salonen

    The prophecy: You will marry a prince -- but you will have to save him first. Las Vegas restaurateur Grace Radonovic is more than a little surprised when her late father's friend proposes marriage. Wanting to be true to her father's memo...



  • Cheryl Reavis

    I am illegitimate. But this was never a problem for me -- it was just me and my mother against the world. Mother never told me much about her past, and after a couple of unanswered questions in childhood, I stopped asking. Now, Mother is sick, and sh...



  • Deirdre Savoy

    Danger Surrounds Her... A nurse in the tough South Bronx, pretty Dana Molloy has always sacrificed her happiness to care for others. Now, on the eve of a much-deserved vacation, a drive-by shooting leaves her wounded and a teenager dead. When offic...



  • Gina Wilkins / Gina Ferris / Gina Ferris Wilkins

    B. J. Samples believed tracking down her uncle's most enigmatic -- and devastatingly handsome -- foster son would be the most difficult part of her P.I. assignment. But it was nothing compared to her job after she found him: pretending to be his blus...



  • Diana Palmer

    THE PERMANENT TEMPORARY... Blake Kemp was a man who knew his own mind and was as stubborn as the day is long in Jacobsville, Texas. As the town's leading lawyer, he had a reputation to uphold, and he didn't want the tender ministrations of...



  • Pamela Browning

    St. Nick Says He Can't Deliver. But the Ex-Marine in the Santa Suit Just Might! Money is tight for single mom Beth McCormick, so she compensates for what she can't give five-year-old Mitchell materially in other -- but maybe not so wise -- ways. L...



  • Caren Lissner
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    Like everyone else in the world, Carrie Pilby used to make a lot of resolutions she didn't keep. But this New Year's it's going to be different. She's going to be different. Really. The twenty-year-old genius is determined to be less geeky and more s...



  • Brenda Jackson

    WHAT CHASE WESTMORELAND WANTED... Something sure looked tempting, and Chase knew it wasn't on his restaurant's menu. His new neighbor Jessica Claiborne was as deliciously enticing as the confections she created -- so enticing, Chase was finding it d...



  • Kathleen Long

    Chances Are... Cherry Harte is ready to set the world on fire--figuratively, of course. Unfortunately, people tend to underestimate a girl whose insane family attracts loan sharks and bail bondsmen the way some people attract money. So when Cherry w...



  • Gill Sanderson

    Dr. Tom Ramsey is enchanted by the clinic's new midwife. A striking young woman, with deep and soulful eyes, she is rekindling emotions Tom thought he'd never feel again. But midwife Maria Wyatt is haunted by memories -- memories that come floodin...



  • Barbara Hannay

    HE'S DISCOVERED HE'S A FATHER... Happy with his life as a wealthy bachelor, Hugh Strickland is stunned to discover he has a daughter! And -- although he wants to bring his daughter, Ivy, home -- he's absolutely terrified. Hugh hardly knows Jo Berry,...



  • Leah Vale
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    Lori Beth Whittaker comes home looking for tradition -- and discovers that for the first time ever, the Hooper Creek Christmas festival has been cancelled. She's determined the festival will go on, but one man stands in her way -- Jackson Hooper, her...



  • Tina Leonard
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    To save his parents' ranch from falling into the wrong hands, Sam Johnston must marry. A quickie wedding to Lily Bartholomew brings more than he bargained for -- including some shocking news about his new in-laws. But the biggest shock of all is that...



  • Linda Warren
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    Mariel Todd-Crandall and Grayson Crandall love their daughter, but since their divorce, it's hard to find time to spend with Chloe. But Chloe's sick of being ignored, and she knows her parents still love each other. So this Christmas she has a specia...



  • Shelley Galloway

    From Sneakers to Stilettos Most people don't see past Brooke Anne Kressler's Jovial Janitors sweatshirt and old sneakers. But when Morgan Carmichael finds himself suddenly dateless the night before his company's Christmas ball, he asks the woman w...



  • Brenda Harlen

    PROTECTOR...OR LOVER? Private investigator Michael Courtland had promised to watch over Shannon Vaughn, the target of a vengeful enemy. But the moment Michael saw her, he knew protecting her would be more than just duty. And when escaping certain ...



  • Crystal Lacey Winslow
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    New Year's Eve is the time to make a naughty resolution, so shed your inhibitions and indulge in this sultry collection of escapades from four of the hottest writers around. A prim and proper young woman's wild side takes over after the man she's...



  • Tanya Michaels

    "There's no way I would have ever imagined swapping dating horror stories with my mother-in-law. But life is now officially very, very weird." In eleven short months Charlotte Smith has: A. Become a widow too soon B. Had her job transferred o...



  • Elizabeth Bevarly

    "You want us to pretend to be engaged. You're joking, right?" -- Lanie Meyers, Debutante Doesn't everyone want true love? No way. For sexy Miles Fortune, the youngest of the Fortune triplets, soul mates are for suckers. But when the playboy ranc...



  • Kate Austin

    Kate Austin makes a captivating debut in this luminous tale of an unconventional road trip... and one woman's metamorphosis. At forty-two and given to the occasional panic attack, Randy Roman is taking a leave of absence from her life. After twent...



  • Kei Swanson

    "Tetsuro Takamitsu, a Japanese drummer, has devoted his life to taiko drumming, sacrificing family for performing. McKenna Stafford, an African American doctor, has given her life to medicine, abandoning hope of marriage and children. Brought togethe...



  • Sonia Icilyn

    WHEN YOU FIND THAT SPECIAL LOVE... Jasmine Charlesworth suddenly flees New York after she discovers her boyfriend is nothing more than a thief. She seeks refuge at her grandmother's home in London and lands a job at a jazz club, partly owned by the...



  • Laurie Graff
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    If singles events planner Nicki Heller thought she was confused before about what she wants from her relationship, then a blow to the head certainly isn't helping matters.The doctors have assured her family that Nicki's on the mend. But for now? Well...



  • Melanie Murray
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    A country Christmas isn't exactly at the top of Emma Townsend's "Dear Santa" list this year. Flannels and work boots? No, thanks. She's a dignified Manhattanite now. So how did she end up back in the "winter wonderland" yet again? It's family traditi...



  • Brenda L. Thomas
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    New Year's Eve is the time to make a naughty resolution, so shed your inhibitions and indulge in this sultry collection of escapades from four of the hottest writers around. A shoot-out lands a respected doctor in the hospital with a bad case of ...



  • Lani Diane Rich

    Dumped by her boyfriend on Valentine's Day (oh, the irony!), Portia Fallon has developed an obsession with Jane Austen movies, Cheez Doodles, and chardonnay...and is four felines and a Reader's Digest subscription away from turning into a crazy cat l...




  • DiAnn Mills

    As if losing her job at Flash Communications wasn't bad enough, Alina Marlow's expert help has been promised to the last person she expected to see - her one-time fiance, Ryan Erikson. Her heart never let him go, but the secret that forced her to bre...



  • Ann Major

    Following a tragic plane crash, no one believed that Golden Spurs ranch heiress Mia Kemble could have survived. And no one is more surprised to find out she's been languishing in a Mexican prison than loner cowboy Shanghai Knight, Mia's former lover....



  • Lucy Monroe
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    The most special Christmas gift of all... After a head-on collision with another vehicle, Eden Kouros is overjoyed that her unborn baby has survived. But Aristide, her husband, has suffered a partial loss of memory. Eden's heart is torn in ...



  • Lisa Mondello


    The story of the Gentry Brothers continues...

    Book 4 of USA TODAY Bestselling Author Lisa Mondello's popular Western Contemporary Romance featuring those hot Texas Cowboys and the women who tame them in her popular romance series TE...



  • Betsy Burke

    Dinah Nichols, PR chick for Green World International, knows how to spin a story. She has to, otherwise how else would rescuing loons get the media attention it deserves? But a visit from Higher Management guru Ian Trutch means she'll have to put som...



  • Marie Ferrarella

    HE WASN'T LOOKING FOR LOVE...OR ANYTHING ELSE EITHER! When Detective James Munro discovered a cameo necklace on a New York City street, he hoped only to return the keepsake to its rightful owner. He certainly didn't expect that owner to be so adorab...



  • Sara Orwig

    "Hi, Stanger. I'm having your baby." -- Rose Windcroft, expectant mom Laying eyes on Tom Morgan again was the last thing Rose could have imagined. After all, her family's horse farm was a long way from the Houston conference where she and Tom had ...



  • Carol Grace

    THE SLEEPWALKING BEAUTY Outside after midnight, Max Monroe spotted a woman drifting across his yard -- still sound asleep! Though Max knew that despite his wealth he was a far cry from Prince Charming, he still wondered what would happen if he sto...



  • Mary Anne Wilson

    Point of No Return -- Or Starting Point? A bet brings Cain Stone -- or Stone Cold, as they call him in Las Vegas -- home for the holidays. But after a few days of skiing and reminiscing, he plans to leave Silver Creek and all its painful memories ...



  • Charlotte Douglas

    The holidays? -- Don't you just love 'em? Been overstressed at work? Ever wish the holidays would go on an extended vacation? Worried about finding the perfect gift? Or had unresolved conflicts with family that drive you up the wall? Detective ...



  • Fiona Hood-Stewart
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    When scandal threatens to engulf Hollywood sensation Victoria Woodward, Prince Rodolfo sweeps her off to his Mediterranean kingdom. But despite her dreams of a royal wedding, it seems Rodolfo's princess must be chosen for her blue blood, not her red-...



  • Carrie Weaver

    Most men have nine months to prepare to be a father. Not Beau Stanton. Still, he's determined to be a great dad to the fourteen-year-old problem child who shows up on his doorstep. And that means the end to his days as a footloose bachelor. That's no...



  • Frances Housden

    After a long day, overworked fashion designer Roxie Kincaid walked into the wrong apartment and suddenly had a gun at her head. A mistake that left her at the mercy of Mac McBride, a man she believed was at best a criminal -- at worst a terrorist neg...



  • Nancy Thayer

    The intrepid women of The Hot Flash Club are back for the holidays, soothing jingled nerves and stressed shoppers in their exclusive spa and celebrating the joys of the season. In her witty and delightfully wisecracking prose, Nancy Thayer tells a he...



  • Linda Goodnight

    Since leaving her troubled past behind, Lindsey Mitchell relished living in the small Christian community of Winding Stair, Oklahoma. But as December approached, she knew she'd need help to run her tree farm. So she hired new arrival Jesse Slater. ...



  • Kate Welsh

    Headstrong Joy Fuller knew she could never marry Brian Peterson. A brilliant doctor, Brian always wanted a society wife, not a tomboyish pilot. That's what Joy told herself twelve years ago when their breakup left her brokenhearted. After years of av...



  • Mary Schramski

    I've never been close with my father... Even though I'm his only child. We were both held together by my mother, the warm, dancing flame attracting the quiet moths. Dad was always on the other side of the sun; I could never reach him. Now Mom's...



  • Karen White-Owens

    Can She Open Her Heart... Dedicated high school teacher Jordan Anderson chose her career because she wanted to make a difference in kids' lives. Now at thirty-eight, years of overcrowded classrooms, disinterested students and irate parents have ...



  • Gail Gaymer Martin

    SHELTERING ARMS After her car broke down, single mother Hannah Currey was relieved when a caring stranger helped her find refuge. But hotel manager Andrew Somerville was more than just a Good Samaritan. His kindness and gentle attention helped her b...



  • Adele Parks

    If the shoe fits... Here's what the Evergreen sisters have in common: jealousy. Eliza longs for the stability of Martha's picture-perfect marriage; Martha craves the spontaneity of Eliza's life with her sexy musician boyfriend. Now one of the siste...



  • Andrea Semple

    In this sharp and sexy new novel, Andrea Semple, one of fiction's freshest voices, takes a wickedly funny look at the ways we reinvent our lives, undoing ourselves along the way. British cosmetics counter girl Faith Wishart can make up anything, from...



  • Cathie Linz

    Had Cupid's arrow made a direct hit? How on earth had an intrepid U.S. Marine just gotten maneuvered into dating the librarian next door? Mark it down to a sense of duty but for Steve Kozlowski, meeting Chloe Johnson was like walking over a land m...



  • Sharon Kendrick
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    The world's most glamorous couple, Jennifer Warren and Matteo D'Arezzo, are on the red carpet at their latest premiere -- despite having just split up! Watching their steamy movie together sparks unstoppable passion and with life-changing consequenc...



  • Karen Templeton

    TWO WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL... It started when Cass's teenage son called his father to come to his stepfather's funeral. Which was how Blake found himself face-to-face with the woman who'd tripped up his heart eighteen years before. Onl...



  • Beverly Brandt

    Pop quiz -- Who are you really? On the most special day of your life, your wedding day, the cops bust in and wrongfully arrest you at the altar for money laundering and tax evasion. The only rings you leave the church with that day are the ones ma...



  • Liz Ireland
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    This Christmas, take some time out to indulge in these sweet, sexy stories from three of your favorite authors. Because while Santa may visit but once a year, romance is the gift that keeps on giving... For once, Holly is determined to fit into h...



  • Margaret Allison

    REVENGE IN THE BOARDROOM For years she had plotted her revenge, and now Lessa Lawrence was finally face-to-face with the man who'd stolen her father's legacy. Rick Parker was dark, driven -- and deadly handsome. But Lessa was a woman dedicated to ful...



  • Jessica Hart

    A CHRISTMAS WISH... For Sophie Beckwith, Christmas this year means having to face the ex who dumped her and then married her sister! Only one person can help -- her best friend Bram. A YULETIDE PROPOSAL... Bram Gill used to be engaged to Sophie...



  • Allison Leigh

    Maybe Laurel Runyan was crazy...at least that's what everyone seemed to think in Lucius, Montana, when she'd suffered a breakdown after her father supposedly murdered her mother. Now, after a twelve-year absence, she'd returned to bury her estranged ...



  • Maggie Price

    To: Lieutenant Joshua McCall Subject: Probationary Period Your reputation for bending the rules nearly cost you your badge, so we suggest you use your time off to think about how much being a cop means to you -- and to your family. This time, McC...



  • Lauraine Snelling
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    A romance blooms between Blythe Stensrude and Thane Davidson after their dogs tangle leashes in the park -- until Thane assumes guardianship of his three-year-old niece. Blythe is sure motherhood is not for her, but how can she refuse Thane's request...



  • Candy Halliday

    When Officer Anthony Petrocelli literally drops down off his horse and lands at Kate Anderson's feet to announce he's her destiny, Kate figures it's just another typical day in New York. Besides, no hunky Italian on a stallion talking about his grand...



  • Daaimah S. Poole
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    New Year's Eve is the time to make a naughty resolution, so shed your inhibitions and indulge in this sultry collection of escapades from four of the hottest writers around. A Philly girl's long-distance boyfriend never has time for her -- not ev...



  • Emily Carmichael

    SOMETIMES A WOMAN NEEDS MORE THAN A BEST FRIEND... Dog trainer Jane Connor has always preferred the company of canines, so when her kennel is destroyed in an Arizona wildfire, she finds her whole world in ashes. Jane managed to rescue all the animal...



  • Brenda Jackson

    Lance Montgomery, renowned relationship expert, has perfected the art of being a playa. His acclaimed workshops and bestselling books prove it. His most popular title, The Playa's Handbook, caused a major uproar among black women and men, and shot to...



  • Jennifer Taylor

    Dr. Michael Rafferty will do anything to convince nurse Natalie Palmer to bring her nursing talents back to the Worlds Together team. The longer he spends persuading her to return to their medical ranks, the more he wonders why he ever let this woman...



  • Sarah Morgan

    His Christmas angel... Christmas is coming, but for E.R. consultant Mac Sullivan it's just another day. Since losing his wife two years ago, he's thrown himself into work and has no interest in serious relationships. Enter nurse Louisa ...



  • C. Kelly Robinson

    Fast-rising record exec Tony Gooden has his priorities in line: making money and loving the single life. But his game is thrown off balance when he sees Serena Kincaid, the only woman he ever put himself on the line for....



  • J.J. Murray

    Peter Underhill was smitten by Ebony Mills the moment she joined his street hockey team--a coal-eyed, tomboy goddess, as dark and dazzling as he was pale and awkward. That she returned his affection was a boy's dream come true. But despite a bond tha...



  • Michelle Celmer

    A KEY EYEWITNESS HAD DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE... Special Agent Will Bishop had a mission to track down the one woman who could put a brutal killer in jail. After four years of hard work, he finally had a lead that took him to a Colorado retreat....



  • Lisa Wingate

    Big Lizard Bottoms-where getting hitched is a local industry-is not any place Lindsey Attwood, a play-it-safe paleontologist who's sworn off romance, ever expected to find herself. She's here posing as a horse psychology student to help recover dinos...



  • Laura Iding

    Her desire for a family…with the surgeon of her dreams Dr. Moriah Howe fell in love with Dr. Blake Powers during the heat of a Peruvian mission. But after one passionate night he broke her heart, shattering her dreams of a loving family. She thi...



  • Wallace Ford

    From the glitz and glamour to the power struggles and private dramas, this intriguing portrait of New York’s African-American elite uncovers all the secrets only an insider could reveal … Sture Jorgenson’s rise from a dishwasher to pa...



  • Tara Taylor Quinn

    There are good secrets -- and bad ones Leslie Sanderson's brother, Cal, is dead -- and he's left behind two children no one knew he had. She and Kip Webster, Cal's closest friend, "inherit" these secret kids. As they form their makeshift family, Le...



  • Deborah Bedford / Debbi Bedford

    As a boy growing up in the sixties, Sam Tibbits always treasured the summer vacations he spent at Piddock Beach, exploring the sand and sea as only boys can. It was here he first met Aubrey, a local girl who became his childhood confidante...and late...



  • Christie Ridgway

    The news that he was going to be a dad shocked the heck out of sexy executive Trent Crosby! Having had enough of deceptive women in his lifetime, he had his doubts about Rebecca Holley, the "mother" of his child. But when the beautiful nurse who'd ac...



  • Whitney Lyles

    All Elise wants is a normal roommate. One who doesn't, say, have constant sex on the squeaky top bunk--or leave just one chip in the tortilla bag... Elise thought starting her life over in San Diego would mean writing at the beach and rendezvousi...



  • Maryjanice Davidson

    In a world nearly identical to ours, the North won the Civil War, Ben and JLo got married, and everyone dresses well to attend the Grammys. Oh, and Russia never sold Alaska to the U.S. Instead, Alaska is a rough, beautiful country ruled by a famously...



  • Bronwyn Jameson

    HE NEEDED A WIFE. AND HE NEEDED HER TONIGHT, IF NOT SOONER. Enter Zara Lovett. His ex-fiancee's best friend. Her hair a spill of honeyed silk framing whiskey eyes. Zara, who'd strode into Alex Carlisle's life on killer legs and lit a power keg in ...



  • Laura Wright

    SHE WAS LIKE FORBIDDEN FRUIT That's what Grant Ashton thought of the beautiful single mom he had no business being involved with. For Anna Sheridan deserved a perfect life...one his family's history would never allow him to give her. As the eldest s...



  • Marta Perry
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    David is content with his laid-back life, and sees no reason to want anything more--until he finds his old friend Allison on the beach one winter afternoon and realizes what he's been missing. But the girl who once reminded him of a Christmas tree an...



  • Jennifer Coburn
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    This Christmas, take some time out to indulge in these sweet, sexy stories from three of your favorite authors. Because while Santa may visit but once a year, romance is the gift that keeps on giving... Falling in love with Reilly was easy for Sa...



  • Jen Safrey

    Saunders sound-off. Where are they now? Saunders University keeps track of its notable alumni. Cassidy Maxwell At Saunders, Cassidy had it all: brains, beauty and the attention of every man on campus -- including the secret crush who was also a ...



  • Joyce Lee Wong

    The stunning new talent, Joyce Lee Wong, delivers a poignant, lyrical novel about the experiences of a Chinese American teenage girl by a stunning new talent.In the successful style of David Levithan's The Realm of Possibility and Sonya Sones' What M...



  • Jackie Braun
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    Rumor has it former film star Colin McKinnon's got serious political ambition. No wonder he can't afford to be seen with infamous Tempest Herriman. Too bad he's been caught on CCTV in flagrante with the wild child!...



  • Susan Mallery

    THE NOT-SO-PRINCESS DIARIES... The wedding of my dreams was only days away...until I discovered my fiance had a nasty habit of unfaithfulness. So to mend my wounded pride, I turned to the most eligible man I knew: my boss, Prince Rafiq of Lucia-Se...



  • Anne Mather

    When passion is stronger than pride... Helen Shaw's relaxing vacation on the stunning island of Santos is ruined when she steps off the ferry and sees Greek tycoon Milos Stephanides. Years before they had a scorching affair, until, discovering...



  • Susan Meier

    Subject: OVER MY HEAD! From: cooper.bryant@bryantdevelopment.com To: ty.bryant@bryantdevelopment.com You know me too well to call me a hero, but I rescued two strangers from this deadly blizzard after spotting their vehicle in near white-out...




  • Yolonda Greggs

    While searching for her infant daughter, who was stolen from the hospital, Cai McIntyre, after a suspicious accident, suffers amnesia and ends up in the home of Christopher St. Clair and his nine-year-old daughter during a hurricane, placing all of t...



  • Suzanne Macpherson

    SWITCHED . . . Identical twins Jillian and Jana Lee haven't been close since college, when Jillian stole Jana Lee's boyfriend. But now, to save her sanity, workaholic businesswoman Jillian wants to switch places for a week with her not-so-happy-home...



  • Jane Porter

    Sold in Monte Carlo: a beautiful English baroness! Samantha van Bergen has been wagered and won by the highest bidder: dark and sexy Italian, Cristiano Bartolo. Did he buy her to bed her? Innocent Sam is scared Cristiano will seduce her! But she...



  • Elizabeth Harbison

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  • Eve Gaddy

    Dr. Lana McCoy moved to Aransas City, Texas, hoping to escape her past. But that fateful night in California keeps coming back to haunt her. Gabe Randolph loved running his charter fishing boat business. It meant he was outdoors, active and carefr...



  • Debbie Macomber

    Emma Collins has always believed that the world is divided into two kinds of people: those who love fruitcake and those who don't. She's firmly in the second category, so it's ironic that her first major assignment for the Puyallup, Washington, Exami...



  • Christina Dodd

    Nessa Dahl always had the good sense to steer clear of trouble. Then Jeremiah MacNaught showed up in New Orleans, determined to get to the bottom of a string of bank robberies by two women wearing Mardi Gras masks. Little does Nessa realize that the ...



  • Suzanne McMinn

    THEY'D SAVED HIS LIFE, BUT AT WHAT COST? When an accident left him near death, the PAX League saved Riley Tremaine's life...by transforming him into a terrorism-fighting superagent with a special gift for sight. To protect the future, Riley cut all ...



  • Dianne Castell

    Rory O'Fallon is surprised to discover a beautiful baby girl on his front porch. He knows the baby is his just as sure as he knows her mother must be in trouble to have left her. To find the love of his life, he's going to need help. It's time to cal...



  • Julie Ortolon

    Maddy, Christine, and Amy are thrilled that their old college suitemate has written the bestselling book How to Have a Perfect Life--until they realize she used them as examples of how women let fear screw up their lives. The worst part is...it's sor...



  • Lola Douglas

    Teen star Morgan Carter's mom is trying to kill her. At least, that's what Morgan thinks when she's sent to Ft.Wayne, Indiana after a near overdose outside LA's Viper Room. Morgan's going to recover out of the spotlight.Way out. She's given a majo...



  • Cynthia Thomason

    The cocky ex-Secret Service agent Jack Hogan is determined to point out the security risks in this eccentric little beach town. Mayor Claire Betancourt's town. Claire is just as determined to protect Heron Point and its free-spirited citizens -- ...



  • Jane Green
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    This Christmas, take some time out to indulge in these sweet, sexy stories from three of your favorite authors. Because while Santa may visit but once a year, romance is the gift that keeps on giving... VACATION by JANE GREEN If Sarah knew mov...



  • Wendy Coakley-Thompson

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    in

    New Year's Eve is the time to make a naughty resolution, so shed your inhibitions and indulge in this sultry collection of escapades from four of the hottest writers around. A sassy older woman tries to break off her steamy relationship with her ...



  • Kristin Hardy

    ONCE BURNED... If Sloane Hillyard's invention saved the life of one firefighter, it would be worth everything -- even if it was too late to save her own brother. But her biggest hurdle lay ahead: To convince sensual, skeptical Captain Nick Trask t...



  • Gemma Bruce

    LET'S GET LUCKY Catch and cuff a perp without batting a false eyelash? No problem for NYPD undercover cop Julie Excelsior. But her big mouth just got her demoted...seems that the department doesn't appreciate a whistle-blower. Well, Julie is too res...



  • Inglath Cooper

    She has the life most women dream of Too bad for Audrey Colby it's all a facade. Her seemingly devoted husband is really a monster. Their high-society "friends" protect his ugly secrets. The mansion they live in is just a gilded prison for her and...



  • Deborah Abela

    When it is discovered the Mr. Blue has discovered the location of the Top Secret Ceremony and plans to bring a dormant volcano back to life, Max Remy and her best friend, Linden, travel by Transporter Mark II to track him down in the hopes of stoppin...



  • Marc Bilgrey

    Al Breen is an unemployed New York actor who wants to spend a quiet summer on Cape Cod writing a play. But his plans are interrupted by a talking cat who zaps him into a medieval world where Al is mistaken for a brave warrior (hey, it could happen to...



  • Catherine Reid

    A “beautifully written” tribute to this tenacious and much-misunderstood creature of the wild (Bill McKibben).   When Catherine Reid returned to the Berkshires to live after decades away, she became fascinated by another recent arrival: the ...



  • Karen Haber

    Cory Lanus is a teen out of place. He doesn' t fit it. He doesn' t act right. There' s something off about him- or so his friend Jaz Andrews believes. Jaz is a typical teenage girl with too much schoolwork, grief at home, and a huge crush on the new ...



  • Ree Soesbee

    Elidor, the beloved elf thief, returns in this new trilogy to fight an undead king and the demons of his own past.
     

    Crown of Thieves continues a new series of Dragonlance fantasy adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up....



  • Greg Elliot

    Fascinated by the ancient treasures on display in the Greek Antiquities section of the museum where she temps as a museum tour guide, Paige begins to suspect that a strange stone egg recently added to the collection has evil qualities, a fear that is...



  • James A. Hetley

    Two magical families living in the town of Stonefort, Maine--the shape-shifting Morgans and the Haskell witches--must overcome their individual differences to help young Gary Morgan claim his heritage and his family's alliance with the magical Dragon...



  • Irene Radford

    Three brothers take shelter on a pretechnological world where dragons are worshiped as gods. When the off-world forces they have fled track them down, they must find a way to save the world they've made their own....



  • Harry Turtledove

    Six weeks ago, Imperial Japanese military forces conquered and occupied the Hawaiian Islands. A puppet king sits on Hawaii's throne, his strings controlled by the general of the invasion force. American POWs, malnourished and weak, are enslaved as ha...



  • P.W. Catanese

    When a stranger knocks on his door and promises to lead him to hidden treasure, twelve-year-old Rudi is skeptical. And he's even more suspicious when the stranger proclaims that the jewels belonged to the legendary Hansel. Sure, Rudi's heard stori...



  • Cate Tiernan

    After seventeen-year-old Thais Allard loses her widowed father in a tragic car accident, she is forced to leave the only home she’s ever known to live with a total stranger in New Orleans. New Orleans greets Thais with many secrets and mysteries, b...



  • Martha Wells

    Known for her lush, intricate worlds and complex characters, acclaimed author Martha Wells has delighted readers with her extraordinary fantasy novels of daring and wit. With The Wizard Hunters and The Ships of Air, she launched her most ambitious un...



  • Wm. Mark Simmons

    Two years ago Christopher Csejthe survived a blood transfusion with a vampire only to discover that he was infected with one of the two viruses that transform the living into the undead. Since then he has survived by his wits as men, monsters, and go...



  • Patricia A. McKillip

    A fantasist without equal, Patricia A. McKillip has created worlds of intricate beauty and unforgettably nuanced characters. For 25 years, she's drawn readers into her spell, spinning modern-day fables with a grace rarely seen.Now she presents a book...



  • Tanith Lee
    in

    Struggling under the curse of a dead comrade, Clirando, a warrior priestess unready to face the powers trapped within her, must face "The Heart of the Moon" to reveal what has been hidden.......



  • Tom De Haven

    Coming of age in rural 1930s America with X-ray vision, the power to stop bullets, and the ability to fly isn’t exactly every boy’s story. So just how did Clark Kent, a shy farmer’s son, grow up to be the Man of Steel? Follow young Clark’s wh...



  • Laura Resnick
    in

    A capo in the afterlife makes peace between the Big Guy and His only begotten son....



  • David Colbert

    After revealing the inspirations behind Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, David Colbert takes a tour of C.S. Lewis's Narnia-from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to The Last Battle-in this indispensable guide to the origins of the classic b...



  • Margaret Weis

    They were both the offspring of Dragon magic, one raised in court, the other in hiding....but the link that exists between them will not be broken by mere distance, and the duality of their origin will unlock new hope for a return to peace and safety...



  • J.R. Stampfl

    "The abandoned baby was wrapped in a hotel towel with a Wendy''s napkin attached.  ""Please take care of her.  We''ll be back,"" the napkin said.  Thus was christened Wendy Hilton.  Thirteen years she''s spent waiting for her pare...



  • Mercedes Lackey
    in

    In an isolated land where the lure of the "Moontide" leads to shipwrecks, a woman is torn between obeying her father or her king. When she chooses to follow a Fool, she discovers magic she'd never expected...at a price that might be too high.......



  • Tomoko Ninomiya

    MUSICAL DISSONANCE

    Student prodigy Shinichi Chiaki just can’t shake Nodame, no matter how hard he tries. Now he is forced to tutor her and Mine all night. So much for music being comforting!

    Then Shinichi gets a golden opportunity: th...



  • John C. Wright

    WHAT IF YOUR TEACHERS TOLD YOU EVERYTHING -- EXCEPT WHO YOU REALLY ARE? For Amelia and her friends, the strict English boarding school she lives in is all she has ever known. The sprawling estate, bordered by unknown territory on all four sides, is ...



  • George Asakura

    SIX TALES OF LOVE

    • When Araki finds an old fax machine, he starts corresponding with the only girl who can receive his letters. But there’s a twist!

    • A brother’s dying request: deliver a videotape to his girlfriend . . . someo...



  • Scott Westerfeld

    Gorgeous. Popular. Perfect. Perfectly wrong. TALLY HAS FINALLY BECOME PRETTY. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted. But beneath...



  • Anjali Banerjee

    Rani longs to be part of the Fashion Divas, the most popular girls in school. But when she follows the mystery message, she finds something she never expected: a true friend.
     

    Rani and the Fashion Divas is the fourth title in a new series...



  • Cecelia Holland

    “Expertly researched narrative abounds with fascinating lore . . . this flamboyant re-creation of the distant past . . . is another genre triumph.” -- Kirkus Reviews When Norse raiders slaughtered his family and abd...



  • Karen Hancock

    Legends of the Guardian King Book 3- Karen Hancock has created a beautiful and powerful fantasy series that continues to win new readers and remind them of who holds their hopes and victories in His hands. In Abramm's world, God is close to his follo...



  • Fiona Patton

    ANAVATAN, THE MAGICAL CITY OF THE GODS, rests on the shores of shining Gol-Beyaz, the Silver Lake. The city is surrounded by a nearly invisible wall of magic that protects all who dwell here from both the nomadic human invaders and the hungry spirits...



  • Cat Collins

    Jenna Wade is a cool, aloof, self-contained woman, definitely not the type to fall easily for any man. Yet, she finds herself doing just that when an injured stranger is admitted to the ICU where she works. Crossing her own social taboos and violatin...



  • Steven Erikson
    in

    Sixteen electrifying stories, centering around time travel and altered timelines, explore the profound impact of manipulating the past and the future, and feature contributions by Laura Resnick, Jody Lynn Nye, Liz Holliday, Dean Wesley Smith, and Dan...



  • Janine Cross

    Like her half-breed mother, young Zarq Darquel can't always hold her tongue. A lowly peasant on a large dragon estate, she goes unnoticed by the Temple of the Dragon--until she accidentally captures the attention of an eccentric and dangerous dragonm...



  • Terry McGarry

    The world must change. The magic-steeped realm of Eiden Myr has come under attack from the outerlands. A new power has arisen that may be the key to winning the war of the coast. Is it the light of salvation--or of delusion? To vanquish darkcra...



  • Ed Greenwood

    A trio of dragon tales for the holiday season…The Knight, Before Christmasby Jeff GrubbA family celebrates their midwinter holiday with the poetic telling of the tale a bold knight who confronts a dreaded dragon on Christmas Eve.The Christmas Drago...



  • Scott Lobdell

    Collects X-Men: Alpha, Generation Next #1, Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1 #1, X-Calibre #1, Gambit and the X-Ternals #1-2, Weapon X #1-2, Amazing X-Men #1-2, Factor X #1-2, X-Man #1. Apocalypse has conquered half of humankind and is ready to destroy them a...



  • Mark Mars

    Aeon Flux, a lethal, leather-clad spy, makes her perilous way through the intrigue, treachery, subterfuge, and perils of Bregna, a high-tech society controlled by her nemesis, Trevor Goodchild. Reissue. (A Paramount Pictures film, directed by Karyn K...



  • Lynne Hinton

    Alice is making her daughter dinner when her mother Olivia, who left her at a day care center when she was four-years-old, appears at her door. Although Alice has managed to navigate an unforgiving foster care system to build a good life for herself,...



  • Uzodinma Iweala

    Now a critically-acclaimed Netflix original film directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) and starring Idris Elba (Mandela, The Wire) the movie-tie in edition of the harrowing, utterly original debut novel by Uzodinma Iweala about the life of a chi...



  • Nancy J. Parra

    Amelia Morgan dreams of a handsome prince who would take one look at her and fall in love. Together they would find a dynasty of magnificent horses and live happily ever after. What she never counted on was her baby brother losing her beloved stallio...



  • Steve Wilson

    When the Nazis discover that Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt have set up a secret meeting, they set to destroy Churchill's convoy, and Captain George Hardy, the commander of the HMS Firedancer, and his crew must engage i...



  • Sandor Marai

    Another rediscovered masterpiece from the Hungarian novelist whose Embers became an international bestseller -- a sensuous, suspenseful, aphoristic novel about the world’s most notorious seducer and the encounter that changes him forever. In 1756 G...



  • Abigail Tabby

    As Elmo and Zoe take a walk in the city, they take note of the rhythm and beat of all the sounds they encounter. From the honking of a horn to the movement of traffic, from the the clang of machines to the wails of sirens, the city’s noise is like ...



  • Robert T. Bakker

    Dactyls. Flying Dragons. Pterodactylus. Whatever you call them, they are simply wonderful! Renowned paleontologist Dr. Robert T. Bakker explains how scientists observe fossils and living animals to determine how dactyls flew, walked, climbed, fed, an...



  • Eric Seltzer

    Making their own homemade ship, Doodle Dog and his devoted friend, King, decide to blast off into space and soon find themselves whizzing past stars, dodging space rocks, and meeting new and unique friends--all while attempting to find their way back...



  • Jane B. Mason; Sarah Hines Stephens

    Nickelodeon takes on the tween audience - with Zoey 101, starring Jamie Lynn Spears, l'il sister of "the Brit-ster!"


    Being the first group of girls at a formerly all-boys academy has its big ups-as in, boys, boys, everywhere! Choosing "th...



  • Lindan Lee Johnson

    One little girl, with the help of her sister, discovers The Secret for turning bad dreams into good ones. Original, quirky, and rich illustrations complement this sparkling story that deals with the very real problem of children’s nightmares. Disco...



  • Frank Nappi

    Frank Nappi is a school teacher on Long Island who, over the last several years, befriended aging World War II veterans in his community. As he heard their reminiscences he became absorbed in their stories of simple heroism--and of trying to recaptur...




  • David Seidman

    When BEN GRIMM left earth on an experimental space mission, he had no idea he would return to a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT life. He and the rest of the crew are exposed to COSMIC RAYS that result in MUTAGENIC CHANGES. Reed Richards becomes the elastic ...



  • David Gonzales

    From the creator of the HOMIES® comes a brand-new cast of characters!

    Ready or not, here come the Mijos -- and they're looking for some fun! Lil Dre, Spooky, and the rest of the kids from Oaktown are hoppin' a bus to San Francisco for a class...



  • Terri Farley

    The further adventures in the wildly popular series about Samantha and her mustang the Phantom.

    In Firefly, the Phantom's wild colt has been injured, and Sam must help him find a new home.

    ...



  • Nancy Raines Day

    This hilarious holiday book celebrates Christmas-Miami-style!It's Christmas time when a flamingo peers out of the tropical garden where he lives and notices downtown Miami; a city aglow in red and green lights and Christmas trees. Curious, he decides...



  • Christine Schutt

    In this elegiac and luminous novel, which John Ashbery called "an amazing achievement" and Mary Gordon dubbed "a wholly original endeavor," Christine Schutt gives voice to the feast of memory, the mystery of the mad and missing, and the power of word...



  • Jim Davis

    Is Your Cat Cowering Behind A Silly Name? Garfield Has The Answer!

    Muffin. Kitty. Snowball. All stupid names that no self-respecting cat would have—if it weren''t for the stupid human who gave it to him! Now Garfield has the definit...



  • Pamela Mayer

    Becky catches a cold and must stay home from kindergarten and her two grandmothers, Grandma Rosalie and Grandma Sophie cannot agree on how to take care of her until Becky helps them to cooperate using lessons she has learned in kindergarten....



  • Jeffrey Fisher

    This one-of-a-kind ode to haircuts tells the story of Radbert, who loves to cut hair. Everyone wants one of Radbert's famous haircuts, even the king. Radbert works hard to create the best haircut in the history of haircuts for him, but the king pr...



  • Meg Cabot

    A princess always knows how to celebrate the holidays. There's Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule, Chinese New Year, Saturnalia . . . to name just a few. Then there's gift giving, the royal Genovian Faberge Advent calendar, hot chocolate with marshmallows--o...



  • Lurlene McDaniel

    Pink Angels and best friends Holly, Raina, and Kathleen have been through a lot over the past year. The summer before their senior year promises to be busy but fun, as Holly and Raina return to their full-time volunteer jobs at the hospital and Kathl...



  • Laura Marie Altom
    in

    When Rachel's husband is presumed dead, she does what she thinks is best for her and her unborn child--she disappears. But her husband's best friend, Chance, promised to look after her, and he's determined to track her down. Now it's Christmas, a tim...




  • Vickie M. Stringer

    Imagine This is the sequel to Vickie Stringer's bestselling Let That Be the Reason, her stunning debut novel based on life as she knew it in the shocking underworld of the sex and drug trade.Vickie Stringer has gained a legion of fans for her portray...




  • Laura Restrepo

    In 1908, under orders to defend a tiny, isolated Pacific atoll from an improbable French invasion, Mexican captain Ramón Arnaud, his young bride, Alicia, and eleven soldiers and their families set sail for the so-called Isle of Passion. In this d...