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  • Dream Soul

    Laurence Yep

    Will the Lees celebrate Christmas?

    Everyone else in their small town in West Virginia is getting ready for Christmas, but Joan's parents won't let her and her siblings celebrate: Christmas is not Chinese. Then their father f...

  • Aces

    Bill Yenne

    A collection of true-life stories captures the triumphs, courage, and accomplishments of World War II aviators on both sides of the conflict, including American David McCampbell, Germany's Erich "Bubi" Hartmann, and Britain's James Edgar Johnson. Ori...

  • Come Twilight

    Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

    Beginning in the 600s, Spain's old blood rituals of animal sacrifice were replaced by the new gods of Christianity and Islam, who demanded no less obedience and allegiance. Saint-Germain becomes trapped in this cauldron of blood, fear, and faith w...

  • An American Outrage

    G.K. Wuori

  • Inside Pass

    Kent Wright; Don Keith

    The pedal meets the metal in Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing--the thrilling series that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.Inside Pass by Kent Wr...

  • A New Beginning

    Courtni Wright

    A Midnight Kiss A successful corporate executive, Virginia Summers is finally enjoying the fruits of her hard work. The company New Year's Eve party promises to be the usual celebration of the year's accomplishments--until John Robinson, Senior Vice...

  • The Wish Master

    Betty Ren Wright

    Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for . . . “An adventure story with a hint of the supernatural . . . full of action and suspense” (School Library Journal). Most years Corby likes summer vacation, but not now. He...

  • Care and Feeding of a Grinch

    Bonnie Worth

    Meet the Grinch's best friend--Max, the mangy mutt who has his paws full keeping his master in line.

    Now, for the first time, Max reveals his side of the famous Christmas story, giving readers a rousing, rhyming dog's-eye view of the Grinch an...

  • Marrying a Delacourt

    Sherryl Woods

    THE RELUCTANT DADDY Once upon a time, Michael Delacourt's tempting kisses had sent Grace Foster's heartbeat ricocheting. Now, here she was on an isolated Texas ranch with the only man she'd ever loved...the man she could never marry. So, when a ti...

  • Jubal's Wish

    Audrey Wood

    After planning a picnic for his friends who are all too busy, grumpy, or depressed to attend, Jubal Bullfrog wishes for happiness for his animal friends and finds that sometimes wishes come true in unexpected ways....

  • Rancher's Proposition

    Anne Marie Winston

    Rancher Cal McCall needed to resist his alluring new housekeeper to shield his battered heart. But when her troubled past returned to haunt her, Cal offered her protection...in the form of a convenient proposal. Lyn knew that a marriage license wa...

  • Almost Strangers

    Delsa Winer

    How two women seek and embrace freedom is at the heart of Delsa Winer's stunning first novel "At fort, Ursula Korfield Gant believes she is independent of the usual pleasure people seek and connections they covet. She lives alone, although th...

  • Maire

    Linda Windsor

    IN AN AGE OF DARKNESS COMES A FLAME THAT WILL CHANGE THE ISLE OF ERIN AND HER PEOPLE FOREVER... Ireland. During the Fifth Century. An ancient land of timeless mystery where -- in the age of patron saints -- the spark of Christianity spreads like w...

  • Open in Nine Months

    Leanna Wilson

    Special delivery! After a passionate fling with Sam McCall -- a footloose cowboy she never expected to see again -- Joy Chase was preparing for single motherhood. She wouldn't marry out of obligation. She wouldn't settle for anything less than lov...

  • How I Survived the Oregon Trail

    Laura Wilson

    The pioneer life, seen through one boy s eyes. The Oregon Trail was full of danger & discomfort. The covered wagons were so bumpy that most pioneers preferred to walk, & hundreds died of cholera on the 2,000-mile journey. Still, thousands of men, wom...

  • A Little Death

    Laura Wilson

    Nominated for the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award. They lie, three elderly recluses shot to death, in a musty 1950s London town house crammed with hoarded belongings. When the death scene yields no clues, the police...

  • All the Rage

    F. Paul Wilson

    an you imagine a new chemical compound, a non-addictive designer drug that heightens your assertiveness, opens the door to your primal self, giving you an edge wherever you compete? Whether on the street or the football field, in a classroom or a boa...

  • What Did I Look like when I Was a Baby?

    Jeanne Willis

    A young boy and a series of animals learn that as babies, they looked like little versions of their mothers and fathers, but a young bullfrog is horrified when he is shown a photograph of himself as a tadpole....

  • Miracle and Other Christmas Stories

    Connie Willis

    The winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Connie Willis capture the timeless essence of generosity and goodwill in this magical collection if Christmas stories.  These eight tales-two of which have never before been published-boldly re...

  • The Quick and the Dead

    Joy Williams

    PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • From one of our most heralded writers comes the “poetic, disturbing, yet very funny” (The Washington Post Book World) life-and-death adventures of three misfit teenagers in the American desert.One of The Atla...

  • The Horizontal Instrument

    Christopher Wilkins

  • On Top of Concord Hill

    Maria D. Wilkes

    Spirit of the Western Frontier Meet Caroline Quiner, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother. Caroline and her family are getting settled in their new little house deep in the big woods of Concord, Wisconsin. There...

  • The Deepest Water

    Kate Wilhelm

    When Jud Connors, a successful writer, is found murdered in his isolated cabin in the woods of Oregon, his daughter Abby's world starts to fall apart. Who wanted her father dead and why? More puzzling is how anyone could have gotten to the cabin unde...

  • The Mistress

    Susan Wiggs

    October 8, 1871 - One small spark ignites the entire city of Chicago, sending its residents into panic. But amid the chaos, a case of mistaken identity leads to an unexpected new love. As the historic fire ignites across town, Kathleen O'Leary fin...

  • Leomon's Challenge

    John Whitman

    The adventure continues! In this latest novelization of the popular television series, Digimon: Digital Monsters, the weather on File Island, where seven children have been stranded along with their friendly Digimon protectors, is beginning to grow c...

  • A Dream of Wolves

    Michael C. White

    From the author of the critically acclaimed novels A Brother's Blood and The Blind Side of the Heart comes a brilliant tale of a decent man's struggle to choose between his past and his future, between the woman he once loved and the woman he now lov...

  • The Christmas Bride

    Elizabeth White
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    Another great historical Christmas anthology from HeartQuest featuring Catherine Palmer, Elizabeth White, and Peggy Stoks. Each new story by these favorite authors celebrates faith, love, and the joy of Christmas. Each story is followed by ...

  • Christmas in My Soul

    Joe L. Wheeler

    Presents seven holiday stories that describe the legend of Saint Nicholas and how he became a symbol of generosity and giving, the magic of Christmas past, holiday traditions, and gifts of love and comfort....

  • Star Trek: Aliens and Artifacts

    Michael Westmore

    An illustrated, behind-the-scenes study of the innovative makeup, design, fashion, and gadgetry used on Star Trek features dozens of rare photographs, sketches, and designs, along with information on how the special effects experts create the...

  • Race To Danger

    Tracey West

    Up, Up, and Away! The Pokémon hot air balloon race is on. And the prize is a rare Dratini. Windy could have won -- but Team Rocket took the wind out of her sails! Can Ash and his Pokémon help Windy blow off the competition? Between hail storms,...

  • The Third Messiah

    Christopher West

    Anzhuang Wang, a detective in the Beijing police department, starts investigating a cult - the New Church of the Heavenly Kingdom - when his sister-in-law "Julie" gets involved with the group. The church has ties that lead back to the 19th century Ta...

  • Emperor's New Groove

    Daniel Weizmann

    Emperor Kuzko's evil advisor, Yzma, turns him into a llama and steals the throne, so Kuzko must depend on a peasant called Pacha to help him return to the city, outwit Yzma, and become human, and an emperor, again....

  • Emperors New Groove Junior Novel

    Daniel Weizmann

    Emperor Kuzko's evil advisor, Yzma, turns him into a llama and steals the throne, so Kuzko must depend on a peasant called Pacha to help him return to the city, outwit Yzma, and become human, and an emperor, again....

  • William Wegman's The Night Before Christmas

    William Wegman

  • Worthy of Marriage

    Anne Weale

    Grey Calderwood was furious to discover that his mother had employed Lucia Graham -- the woman he believed had defrauded him.... Lucia knew she'd wronged Grey, but she had been desperate to help her father. Now that they'd been thrown toge...

  • A Thanksgiving to Remember

    Margaret Watson

    A killer is on the loose... A man with no memory stands accused... One nurse puts her life on the line... No one knew who "Tom Flynt" was. But Tina White, the nurse tending to the amnesiac patient, was certain of one thing. His warm brown ...

  • The Shattered Peace

    Jude Watson

    The planets Rutan and Senali are on the brink of war due to a traditional exchange of firstborn children at the age of seven, and Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are in a race to stop the impending bloodshed....

  • NIGHT OF THE KRAIT

    Shashi Warrier

  • Crazy Jacob

    Jim Ware

    Andrew's father seems to go crazy and the villagers think that he is possessed, so eleven-year-old Andrew turns to the local conjurers for help, and when they fail, Andrew decides that Jesus is his only hope....

  • In The Days of The Angels

    Walter Wangerin Jr.

    "In the perfect center of all my circles and of all the spheres of all the world--is Jesus. Here! Come and see! Can you see the tiny baby born? Can you see the Infant King? Can you recognize in him Immanuel? Now you are seeing Christmas."

    And ...

  • My Two Hands, My Two Feet

    Rick Walton

  • The King's Peace

    Jo Walton

    Sulien ap Gwien was seventeen when the Jarnish raiders came. Had she been armed when they found her, she could have taken them all. As it was, it took six of them to subdue her. She will never forgive them. Thus begins her story--a story that will...

  • Abby - Quest for Treasure

    Pamela Walls

    When Rassmassen, a mean neighbor, threatens to take over the family ranch, Abby Kendall decides it's up to her to save it. She and best friend, Luke, must follow a pirate's mysterious map to hidden treasure. Sail with Abby and Luke to Lanai, a des...

  • Coyote Autumn

    Bill Wallace

    "YOU CAN'T KEEP A COYOTE! THEY'RE WILD...." Brad has always wanted a dog, so when he catches the little coyote, he decides to keep it. He couldn't have a dog when his family lived in a Chicago apartment, but now that they've moved to rural Oklahoma ...

  • Running Wild

    Bill Wallace

    BASEBALL FEVER! It's not so bad living a dog's life. Unless you're a cat. Most times, hanging out with Rotten Willy (the huge dog on the cover) was cool. We played chase, talked, and chowed down on spaghetti and meatballs at Luigi's restaurant. Eve...

  • Alice Falling

    William Wall

    All her life Alice has had to fight to survive. As a child she was sexually abused by the family priest; later she struggled to cope with the death of her sister. But when she marries the wealthy and dangerous Paddy Lynch, she discovers the darkness ...

  • The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart

    Alice Walker

    "These are the stories that came to me to be told after the close of a magical marriage to an extraordinary man that ended in a less-than-magical divorce. I found myself unmoored, unmated, ungrounded in a way that challenged everything I'd ever thoug...

  • Suncatchers

    Jamie Langston Turner

    A Harm Undone, A Wound Healed People have always fascinated sociologist Perry Warren, yet his most personal interaction--that with his wife and young son--is in shambles. Will his son be raised fatherless, just as he was? Hoping distance will offe...

  • Wild and Sweet

    Elizabeth Turner

    DARK AND DANGEROUS In 1814, as war rages between Great Britain and the United States, English beauty Gillian Stafford finds herself traveling to a remote British stronghold in the wilds of northern Michigan. But though she faces myriad dangers and g...

  • The Hill Bachelors

    William Trevor

    William Trevor's Last Stories is forthcoming from Viking.

    His first collection since the bestselling After Rain, William Trevor's The Hill Bachelors is a heartbreaking book about men and women and their missed opportunities: four people live...

  • Millionaire Takes a Bride

    Pamela Toth

    The Stolen Bride: Beautiful, innocent Sarah Daniels The Brooding Tycoon: Ryan Noble wasn't about to let his woman marry another man! The Wedding That Never Was: So what happened when Ryan Noble stole the wrong redhead from right out of her own ...

  • Legacy of the Dead

    Charles Todd

    The weathered remains found on a Scottish mountainside may be those of Eleanor Gray, but the imperious Lady Maude Gray, Eleanor's mother, will have to be handled delicately. This is not the only ground that Inspector Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard mus...

  • A Costume for Bear

    Kiki Thorpe

    It's Halloween and there's so much to do at the Big Blue House! Before he can go trick-or-treating, Bear needs to find a costume to wear. But nothing looks quite right -- that is, until Bear's friends put their heads together and come up with the per...

  • Rugrats in Paris Movie Storybook

    Kiki Thorpe

  • Terry and the Pirates

    Julian F. Thompson

    When Terry's mom (with only the best intentions) says it's time for her darling daughter to head to boarding school, Terry (with only the best intentions) knows it's time to take a hike. The hike she takes is as a stowaway on a yacht, which is sw...

  • Mescalito

    Hunter S. Thompson

    Capturing the essence of Hunter S. Thompson’s “Gonzo” style, short story Mescalito details his dark and miserably comic first mescaline drug trip. First published in Songs of the Doomed, Mescalito suggests the nascent ideas and energy of Thomps...

  • Love's Miracle

    Jacquelin Thomas

  • Danzig Passage

    Bodie Thoene; Brock Thoene

    Opening in 1936, the Zion Covenant series tells the courageous and compelling stories of those who risk everything to stand against the growing tide of Nazi terrorism that is sweeping through central Europe under the dangerous and deceitful guise of ...

  • Jerusalem Interlude

    Bodie Thoene; Brock Thoene

    Opening in 1936, the Zion Covenant series tells the courageous and compelling stories of those who risk everything to stand against the growing tide of Nazi terrorism that is sweeping through central Europe under the dangerous and deceitful guise of ...

  • Thunder from Jerusalem

    Bodie Thoene; Brock Thoene

    Early on the morning of May 19, 1948, the long siege of Jerusalem's Old City is lifted as patriot soldiers break through the Zion Gate. But the celebration is short-lived-a long battle ensues. Moshe Sachar, a professor and strategist for the Haganah ...

  • Warsaw Requiem

    Bodie Thoene; Brock Thoene

    Opening in 1936, the Zion Covenant series tells the courageous and compelling stories of those who risk everything to stand against the growing tide of Nazi terrorism that is sweeping through central Europe under the dangerous and deceitful guise of ...

  • The Return of the Joker

    Michael Teitelbaum

    The new Batman, Terry McGinnis, has to face the original Joker who, having been thought dead and gone for many years, returns to Gotham City to cause great problems with his evil doings once again. Original....

  • Soul's Desire

    Simona Taylor

    Injured while fleeing false arrest by Detective Cole Wyatt, Zhara Thorne accepts a guilt-ridden Cole's offer to recuperate in his home, only to find herself falling in love with her handsome host, a single father. ...

  • Cold Front

    Kathleen Taylor

    Death is a Party Pooper Waitress Tory Bauer is good at dishing out food and dishing out gossip. Now it's her steamy secrets that are being dished out all over town. But it's New Years Eve in tiny Delphi, South Dakota, one of the few fun dates on the...

  • Blood of My Blood

    Karen E. Taylor

    Our fascination with vampires seems never to die. -- The TV shows "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", as well as their book spin-offs, continue to be hits. -- Laurell Hamilton's Anita Black, Vampire Hunter is a very successful series. Now, t...

  • Secrets of the Stone

    Harriet Peck Taylor

    Coyote and Badger are friends. They hunt together in the desert of the American Southwest. When they spot Jackrabbit, they take off at once, just as hungry animals have done since the world began. Pursuing Jackrabbit, Coyote and Badger come upon an a...

  • A Dream Come True!

    Donna Taylor

    Chuckie is excited. He's found the mom of his dreams -- and she's a princess in Reptarland! But how can Chuckie tell her that she's the one for him and his dad? As seen in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, with the help of the other babies -- and even...

  • Scar Tissue

    William G. Tapply

    Brady Coyne is an attorney with a select clientele and a small practice - he handles mostly the boring paperwork such as deeds, wills, and divorces and leaves the more exciting aspects of the legal profession to others. A call from Jacob Gold, an ol...

  • Doin' Dirty

    Howard Swindle

    A year ago, Dallas Homicide Detective Jeb Quinlin went through an alcohol rehab program that was rather more intense than usual, as he double-timed his treatment with tracking a serial killer on an AA agenda. Now, sober and taking things one day at a...

  • Tides of Love

    Tracy Sumner

    A SPURNED WOMAN Elle Beaumont has learned life's lessons the hard way--by foolishly exposing her youthful heart to love, only to have it broken when her true love fled Pilot Island, North Carolina. Now Noah Garrett is back, rekindling dreams she'd...

  • Milly and Tilly: The Story of a Town Mouse and a Country Mouse

    Kate Summers

    Although Milly, the country mouse, and Tilly, the city mouse, enjoy visiting with each other, they both prefer being in their own surroundings as each feel out of place when removed from what they know best. Reprint....

  • Death of a Pooh-Bah

    Karen Sturges

    Phoebe Mullins's love of music took her around the world with her conductor husband, and more recently helped her solve a murder in an opera colony. Now her musical passion may prove instrumental in solving the case of another slain singer...if it do...

  • Wild Thing

    Anne Stuart

    They needed no words between them... The man had no identity, no past, and the mind of a genius packaged in rippling muscles and sun-seared skin. It was Dr. Elizabeth Holden's job to uncover the mystery of this man, who seemed to speak only the la...

  • Show Us the Way

    Whitley Strieber
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  • The Geezers

    Peter Straub
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  • Help! I'm Trapped in a Vampire's Body

    Todd Strasser

    At first it seems that there will be no bad effects when the intelligence transfer equipment malfunctions near Vlad, the night-shift custodian, until the night of Jake's Halloween party, when Jake turns into a vampire....

  • The Second Escape of Arthur Cooper

    Cynthia M. Stowe

    In 1822, on Nantucket Island, runaway slave Arthur Cooper and his family are protected from slave catchers by the Folgers, a family of Quakers, in a fictional account of an historical event as told through the eyes of Phebe Folger....

  • Wishful Thinking

    Peggy Stoks
    in

    Another great historical Christmas anthology from HeartQuest featuring Catherine Palmer, Elizabeth White, and Peggy Stoks. Each new story by these favorite authors celebrates faith, love, and the joy of Christmas. Each story is followed by ...

  • Don't Forget Me!

    R.L. Stine

    You hold in you hand the key to a shadow world of shivers and screams. Take a step away from the safe, comfortable world you know. Unlock the door to terror. There's always room for one more in...THE NIGHTMARE ROOM. Danielle Warner was only pretendi...

  • Locker 13

    R.L. Stine

    Say hi to Luke. Today is not his lucky day. It's the first day of school, and he just got his locker assignment -- locker 13. Lucky 13? No. Not for Luke. He has just opened the door to The Nightmare Room....

  • The Man Behind the Badge

    Dawn Stewardson

    The prime suspect Celeste Langley discovers to her shock that she's the NYPD's prime suspect in her brother's murder. A cop she can count on Detective Travis Quinn isn't convinced of her guilt. One thing he does know -- Celeste is a woman with a...

  • Intimate Stranger

    Donna Sterling

    She could never tell him... Jennifer was breaking all the rules by getting intimately involved with Trev Montgomery. But he was so handsome, so sexy...and he'd been her husband for one brief shining moment seven years ago. She fooled herself that ...

  • Last Chance Ranch // Educating Abbie

    Cynthia Sterling

    A tomboy rancher. An English aristocrat. Made for each other? Travel back to the dusty Texas panhandle of the 1880s,where the three sons of an English earl find their fortunes -- and the women of their dreams. HE'D TEACH HER TO BE A LADY....

  • Haunted

    Ellen Steiber

    Lauren Kyte was always a good employee, dedicated to her job and faithful to her employer. But ever since her boss's death, Lauren's been a different person. Someone--or something--is shadowing her, an unseen force that swiftly and brutally murders a...

  • Escape from Heart

    Lynette Stark

    Heart Colony, founded as a Mennonite community striving to be close to God and nature, becomes a place of fear, denial, and injustice under the cruel and evil direction of a new leader, Hezekiel Whittenstone. Sarah Ruth Heart wants one simple thing-t...

  • The Emperors New Clothes: An All-Star Illustrated Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale

    Starbright Foundation

    Now available in a deluxe, affordable paperback and compact disc package comes the hip, hilarious retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's beloved fairy tale reimagined by an all-star cast. Each celebrity has created a character with a uniquely recogni...

  • The Clue of The Left Handed Envelope

    George Edward Stanley

    WHO SENT AMBER LEE AN ANONYMOUS LETTER? Everyone loves the new teacher, Mr. Merlin. Mr. Merlin used to be a spy, and he knows all about secret codes and the strange and gross ways the police solve mysteries. Now there's a mystery in their very ow...

  • The Puzzle of the Pretty Pink Handkerchief

    George Edward Stanley

    WHO'S BEEN HANGING OUT IN TODD'S TREE HOUSE? Todd's ears are so clogged up he can't hear, but he doesn't want to miss school. His teacher, the ex-spy Mr. Merlin, is sure to have secret codes for the class to figure out and a new mystery for them to ...

  • One Christmas Wish: Christmas Wishes

    Judith Stacy
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    On the brink of losing her job, a young woman strikes a deal with a handsome carpenter who is desperate to know what his daughter wants for Christmas....

  • Monster in the Maze

    Stephanie Spinner

  • Little Lit

    Art Spiegelman

    A treasure and a treasury!

    Innovative cartoonist and renowned children's book artists from around the world have gathered to bring you the magic of fairy tales through the wonder of comics. The stories range from old favo...

  • The Acquired Bride

    Teresa Southwick

    The Storkville Scoop "From the Stork's Mouth..." Storkville is all abuzz about the shotgun vows of tycoon Quentin McCormack. The CEO's latest acquisition is a single mother of triplets! Quentin and his blushing new bride Dana Hewitt have been s...

  • Sisters of the Confederacy

    Lauraine Snelling

    Unforgettable Courage and Romance From Lauraine SnellingWarming countless hearts and bringing history to life, Lauraine Snelling's Sisters of the Confederacy is an exciting tale of courage, adventure, and romance. After finding her expected safe have...

  • Marry In Haste

    Karen Rose Smith

    THE MARRIAGE One unbelievable night had left brooding bachelor Reed Fortune in one helluva compromising position -- in bed with another man's fiancee! And in the morning light he learned that the beautiful stranger was his wife. Mallory Prescott -...

  • Two of a Kind

    Elise Smith

    Regina Sutherland is a woman with a past -- namely about five hundred years of English literature. Teaching poetry at Idlewild College is the auburn-haired professor's grand passion. If only she could find a man to rival the wild, romantic heroes of ...

  • Emerald Mystery

    Dean Wesley Smith

    Death is an ugly business, and no one knows that better than the amazing Spider-Man. In a city like New York--crammed to the rafters with thugs, pugs, and superpowered losers--the chilling embrace of the Grim Reaper comes with the territory. Death...

  • Brown Sugar Babies

    Charles R. Smith Jr.

    Bubbling brown sugarbubbles Baby's belly.Syrupy sweet sticky centershakes like a bowl of jelly.Oooh, baby! This board book is sweet enough to eat. Infants, toddlers, and their older siblings will drool as they rejoice in the beauty of brown babies. H...

  • Jenny

    Bobbi Smith

    Young, and unsure if theirs is a love match or a marriage to unite two cattle ranches, Jenny Sullivan leaves Cole Randall at the altar and heads East. Two years later, devastated by her father's death, Jenny returns to the Lazy S for good. No longer ...

  • Bear's Dream

    Janet Slingsby

    It is Teddy Bear's bedtime, but not matter how hard he tries, he just cannot fall asleep. He decides to read about some of his wild relatives, and suddenly he finds himself salmon-fishing with grizzlies then dries out in the company of some koala co...

  • The Circus Lunicus

    Marilyn Singer

    Solomom Yanish uncovers his family ties to a celestial circus in this quirky middle grade novel.

    Solly heard a noise coming from his closet. This time it wasn't a rattling. It was a small, spongy noise, like a balloon bobbing. Cautiously he op...

  • I Believe in Water

    Marilyn Singer

    An anthology of stories for teenagers explores the topics of religion, belief, and spirituality by award-winning authors, including M. E. Kerr, Kyoko Mori, Jacqueline Woodson, and Virginia Euwer Wolff....

  • Off Keck Road

    Mona Simpson

    In this flawless novella, Mona Simpson turns her powers of observation toward characters who, unlike Ann and Adele August in her bestselling Anywhere but Here, choose to stay rather than go. As a high school student in Green Bay, Bea Maxwell raised m...

  • Noel's Christmas

    Donna Simpson
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    When her carriage breaks down outside of Bath, Lady Ann Beecharn-Brooke, famously reserved d beauty of the ton, has no choice but to take refuge at the home of strangers. But it isn't long before she finds Russetshire Manor's five-year-old lady of th...

  • Rugrats: Bestest Stories Ever!

    Simon Spotlight

  • This Magic Moment

    Lynda Simmons

    COULD A FOOTLOOSE WANDERER... Reid Ferguson was the most fascinating man Viki had ever known. But she'd packed his bags after eight years of happy marriage. With two small children to raise, Viki knew she could no longer live with a free-wheeling cha...

  • My Lord De Burgh

    Deborah Simmons

    He Was Like A Young God, Tall and Blessed With Startling Beauty. But Stephen DeBurgh appeared all too human to Brigid L'Estrange. Self-indulgent and too impressed with himself, the rakish knight seemed unworthy of his noble heritage. And yet...AND...

  • Kissing Kate

    Helen Shelton

    At cross-purposes...... Anesthetist Kate Lamb is aware that she is overworked, and agrees too easily when asked to do more, but she loves her work. Out of real concern for Kate, colleague Mark Summers persuades her to go away for the weekend with hi...

  • The A'Rak

    Michael Shea

    PROSPEROUS HAGIA'S VAULTS BRIMMED WITH GOLD. HER WAREHOUSES BULGED WITH THE GOODS OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS. SHE HAD THE SPIDER-GOD TO THANK FOR HER PROSPERITY. But beneath Hagia's ancient bargain with the A'Rak lay the direst danger. Th...

  • Who Do You Love?: Two Hearts

    Maggie Shayne

    TWO COUPLES FORCED TO FACE THE TRUTH...OR RISK LOSING EACH OTHER FOREVER Good fortune smiled on lawman Jack McCain when he wooed and wed beautiful heiress Grace Phelps. But both had secrets yet to be revealed, secrets that could change their marri...

  • Wyoming War Cry

    Jon Sharpe

    When Skye Fargo rescues a telegraph crew from vicious cutthroats, he discovers that the outlaws that he had killed had belonged to Tuck Garson's gang and that Garson has sworn revenge on the gunfighter who had killed his men. Original....

  • Out of the Blue

    Jill Shalvis

    HE'D GET MORE THAN A MINT ON HIS PILLOW! For Hannah Novak, running a bed-and-breakfast with her two best friends was adventure enough. But they didn't feel that way. They wanted to devote the summer to serious manhunting -- loser cleans toilets! F...

  • The Marquis' Kiss

    Regina Scott

    He stole her heart...and gave her his love. A PARAGON WITH A SECRET Thomas, the decorous Marquis de Guis, is considered the catch of the season. Only he knows that two of his brides-to-be have cried off when he sealed the bargain with a kiss. Now...

  • The Hungry Sky

    Justin Scott
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  • See You Later, Gladiator

    Jon Scieszka

    Joe, Sam, and Fred are wrestling around in Joe's room. Isn't that how stuff always happens? One minute the guys are slamming each other with their favorite wrestling moves. The next minute The Book has transported them back to ancient Rome to face a ...

  • A Man and a Woman

    Robin Schone
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    Hoping to experience once again the intimacies shared with a man, widowed Megan Branwell engages in a charade with Connor Treffrey that will take them both on a breathless journey of indescribable pleasure....

  • Santa Needs Help!

    Richard Scarry

    When Santa breaks the runners on his sleigh, Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Fixit, and Hilda must help him fix it to get him back on his way quickly so that he can complete his deliveries in time. Original. TV tie-in....

  • Last Seen in Massilia

    Steven Saylor

    In the city of Massilia (modern-day Marseille), on the coast of Southern Gaul, Gordianus the Finder's beloved son Meto has disappeared--branded as a traitor to Caesar and apparently dead. Consumed with grief, Gordianus arrives in the city in the mids...

  • Always

    Deirdre Savoy

  • The Christmas Gift

    Jeanne Savery

    Love is the most cherished gift of all... In this season of joy...of sleigh rides and waltzes, roaring fires and kissing boughs...a man and a woman find the true spirit of love. THE WIDOW... Patricia Hayden's enjoyable solitude at Merwin H...

  • Mistletoe Kisses

    Jeanne Savery
    in

    Between her indifferent relatives and an overbearing suitor, Grace Cheviot sadly concludes that this will be the worst Christmas she's ever had. But when her tabby Purrrnew's antics result in handsome soldier Morgan St. Austell giving Grace an unexpe...

  • Angels We Have Heard on High

    Amy Elizabeth Saunders
    in

    A Recipe for an Unforgettable Christmas of Love & Laughter Serves: Everyone Holly berries; 1 pair of enchanted spectacles; 4 couples; 8 lonely hearts; 1 fairy godmother; 1 miracle; Elves Take four heroines, created by some of Romance's hottest author...

  • My Name Is Mike

    Gail Sattler

    All his life, Mike, has been spoiled and self-indulgent. Suddenly, his personal world comes crashing dwon around him when he is arrested for a drunk-driving accident. As a condition of his probation he must attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings under ...

  • All the Names

    Jose Saramago

    Senhor Jose is a low-grade clerk in the city's Central Registry, where the living and the dead share the same shelf space. A middle-aged bachelor, he has no interest in anything beyond the certificates of birth, marriage, divorce, and death that are ...

  • The Fairy Godmother

    Lynsay Sands
    in

    A Recipe for an Unforgettable Christmas of Love & Laughter Serves: Everyone Holly berries; 1 pair of enchanted spectacles; 4 couples; 8 lonely hearts; 1 fairy godmother; 1 miracle; Elves Take four heroines, created by some of Romance's hottest au...

  • The Devil's Code

    John Sandford

    When Kidd - artist, computer whiz, and professional criminal - learns of a colleague's murder, he doesn't buy the official story: that a jittery security guard caught the hacker raiding the files of a high-tech Texas corporation. It's not what his fr...

  • Servant of the Shard

    R.A. Salvatore
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    With each kill, I grow wiser, and with added wisdom, I grow stronger. Powerful assassin Artemis Entroi tightens his grip on the streets of Calimport, driven by the power his hidden drow supporters. Brut his sponsor Jarlaxle grows more ambitious, a...

  • Home Remedies: A Handbook of Herbal Cures for Common Ailments

    T.V. Sairam

    Discover the clinic in your kitchen Even before Charaka compiled the Samhita, his treatise on Ayurveda, in the second century B.C., women and men were using herbs from their kitchens, fields and forests to alleviate pain and cure sickness. But with t...

  • Ali and Nino

    Kurban Said

    From the author of The Girl from the Golden Horn, a novel of the enduring love between childhood friends divided by war & their separate cultures.First published in Vienna in 1937, this classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to&...

  • Poppleton Has Fun

    Cynthia Rylant

    From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant and acclaimed illustrator Mark Teague comes Poppleton, a posh and persnickety pig who always has a good time with his friends!You can read with Acorn! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's...

  • Esperanza Rising

    Pam Munoz Ryan

    RICHES TO RAGS.... Esperanza believed her life would be wonderful forever. She would always live on her family's ranch in Mexico. She would always have fancy dresses and a beautiful home filled with servants. Papa and Abuelita would always be with h...

  • The House at Briar Lake

    Roxanne Rustand

    Michael Wells loved his elderly aunt and he loved the house at Briar Lake. So when life in the city became intolerable, he accepted his aunt's offer to relocate his law practice and move into her home temporarily. The last thing he expected was to fi...

  • Coercion

    Douglas Rushkoff

    Noted media pundit and author of Playing the Future Douglas Rushkoff gives a devastating critique of the influence techniques behind our culture of rampant consumerism. With a skilled analysis of how experts in the fields of marketing, advertising, ...

  • The Beauty Book

    Nancy Rue

    Learn with Lily and her friends just what it means to be beautiful in God’s eyes -- inside and out!In a society so focused on the idea that external beauty reigns supreme, it can be difficult for young girls to figure out what “true” beauty is ...

  • Lily Robbins, M.D. (Medical Dabbler)

    Nancy Rue

    It’s Dr. Lily to the rescue! After witnessing a car accident and helping a little boy who was hurt, Lily is on a mission to become a "great healer" or healthcare professional, and no one's going to stop her. Lily starts watching medical shows on T...

  • Emerald // The Marquess's Scottish Bride // How to Undress a Marquess

    Lauren Royal

    It was chance.... Jason Chase is on a headlong mission to bring a scoundrel to justice when he smacks headfirst into a hapless Scottish lad--who happens to be a lovely lass. Though she claims she's headed to London on family business, Jason's conv...

  • Stranger in a Small Town

    Ann Roth

    To an outsider, which Clint Strong was, Flatville seemed like any other small town. It had its busybodies, its local scandals...and an unassuming boardinghouse for stranded journeymen like him. But Alison O'Hara, mistress of the manor, was like no wo...

  • Bride by Deception

    Kathryn Ross

    Set up for marriage? Callum had agreed, reluctantly, to employ Zoe Bernard as a favor to her father. He hadn't looked at a woman since the loss of his wife, yet Zoe awoke all of his long-buried responses. Eventually, they fell into bed and ...

  • A Cure for Gravity

    Arthur Rosenfeld

    Mercury Gant climbs aboard his vintage motorcycle and leaves behind his entire life. So, his journey begins taking him from one coast to the other and from the ghost of a woman without a conscience into the arms of a little girl with his eyes.Umbert...

  • Caught in a Bind

    Gayle Roper

    People don’t just vanish into thin air. Yet that’s what’s happened to Tom Whatley, the husband of Merry Kramer’s co-worker at The News. And in his place? A strange corpse lies in the Whatleys’ garage. As if a missing person/murder case wer...

  • All for Newborn Baby

    Phyllis Root

  • Foggy Friday

    Phyllis Root

    PreS-Gr 1-It's a foggy morning at Bonnie Bumble's farm. The rooster has lost his cock-a-doodle-doo and as a result, -no one could get up. Even the flowers stayed in their beds. Inside the barn, the pig, the cow, and the chicks try to crow but to no a...

  • Meow Monday

    Phyllis Root

    Fans of TURNOVER TUESDAY and ONE WINDY WEDNESDAY will be overjoyed to see Bonnie Bumble in action again. In MEOW MONDAY, the young farmer's pussy willows have burst into bloom, and they're raising quite a ruckus! How will Bonnie stop all the meowing?...

  • Blame It on Cowboys

    Kristine Rolofson

    Entertaining the spinster aunt of his buddy's flighty fiancee is a chore for Jake Johnson. Except "Aunty" -- Elizabeth Comstock -- is actually a 30-year-old knockout with long chestnut hair...and a body that would stop a stampede! Who could blame the...

  • Mr. Wroe's Virgins

    Jane Rogers

    A nineteenth century prophet claims seven young women for his own in this “engaging, serious and gleefully ironic novel” based on true events (The New York Times Book Review).  A New York Times Notable Book   In the 1820s, Prophet John ...

  • Fire

    Alan Rodgers

    In the wake of a devastating nuclear conflagration, a small group of men and women journeys to the heartland of America and becomes caught up in the ultimate confrontation between the powers of good and evil...

  • Past Reason Hated

    Peter Robinson

    A picturesque Yorkshire village is dressed in its finest for the upcoming Noel. But one of its residents will not be celebrating this holiday. Chief Inspector Alan Banks knows that secrecy can sometimes prove fatal'and secrets were the driving for...

  • What Goes Around

    Laura Peyton Roberts

    Nicole is tired of doing backflips to stay in good graces--and she's not the only one. It was only a matter of time before someone gave Court a dose of her own medicine . . . but did it have to be on prom night?

    Jesse can't believe he was foo...

  • Safetown

    J.R. Roberts

    When an epidemic sweeps through the region, leaving many dead in its wake, Clint Adams finds himself stranded, quarantined in the town of Safetown, with inhabitants who will do anything they can to break out. Original....

  • Wanted: Clint Adams

    J.R. Roberts

    SOMEONE'S GUNNING FOR THE GUNSMITH Ambushed by an unknown assailant, Clint Adams shoots him down in self-defense. Among his would-be killer's possessions, he finds a wanted poster for a $2,500 reward -- bearing his name and likeness... and the words...

  • Men of Honor

    David Robbins

    The novelization of the forthcoming film chronicles the remarkable achievements and distinguished career of the Carl Brashear, the first African-American Master Chief Navy Diver. Original. (A Twentieth-Century Fox film, written by Scott Marshall Smit...

  • Unashamed

    Francine Rivers

    Christy Award winner!

    The story of Rahab, book two in the popular Lineage of Grace series by the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and A Voice in the Wind

    She was a woman with a past to whom God gave a future.
    ...

  • Destination: Love

    Reyna Rios

    CONQUEST No way is clothing buyer Tess Romero going to let her arrogant co-worker Logan Wilde snatch a major Argentinian account from under her nose! Determined to prove herself to Logan and their macho boss, she sets out with Logan for remote Patag...

  • A Hymn Before Battle

    John Ringo

    WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE... With the Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceful and friendly races of the Galactic Federation offer their resources to help the backward Terrans -- for a price: Humanity now has three worlds to defend. ...

  • The Education of Mary: A Little Miss of Color: 1832

    Ann Rinaldi

    Believing it is hypocritical to do good things for the wrong reasons, thirteen-year-old Mary Harris is suspicious of her older sister's fight to become the first African-American in an all-white school, and when things turn ugly, Mary finds her own c...

  • The Staircase

    Ann Rinaldi

    How could Lizzy Enders's father abandon her at a girls school run by nuns? She's surrounded by Catholics--but she's Methodist! Shunned by the other boarders, Lizzy befriends a wandering carpenter named José, who with just three tools--and unflagging...

  • His Answered Prayer

    Lois Richer

    Blair Delaney thought she had found the love of her lifetime in Gabriel Sloan. When he called things quits just before their wedding, it was as if he had walked away with her soul. But a part of Gabe had stayed with her...in the baby he didn't know s...

  • The Way I Feel Today

    Kitty Richards

  • Merrick

    Anne Rice

    In this mesmerizing new novel, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of myth and magic, as she weaves together two of her most compelling worlds--those of the Vampire Chronicles and the Mayfair Witc...

  • Take Me Home

    RH/Disney

  • Brooms Are for Flying!

    Michael Rex

    A funny, interactive Halloween story for preschoolers.

    Bones are for shaking.
    Capes are for sneaking.
    Mouths are for moaning.
    Tummies are for treating.

    One Halloween, a little witch joins a group of young trick-or-treaters, an...

  • The Spanish Husband

    Michelle Reid

    To love, honor and...betray? Seven years ago Caroline Newbury had fallen in love -- and into bed -- with Luiz Vazquez. Thinking he'd betrayed her, she'd fled to England hoping never to see him again. Now, because her father owes money to L...

  • One for Sorrow

    Mary Reed; Eric Mayer

    In Byzantium, the capital of the 6th century Roman Empire, annual games are held to celebrate the founding of the city. Several courtiers, obliged by office to attend, idly watch the chariot races and the bear baiting from the imperial box. Suddenly ...

  • Two for Joy

    Mary Reed; Eric Mayer

    Winner, the Glyph Award - Best MysteryHonorable Mention, Glyph Best Book Award list IPPY Best Mystery Award finalistJohn the Eunuch, Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor Justinian, is skilled at keeping his footing on the treacherous slopes of court intri...

  • Her Mysterious Stranger

    Debbi Rawlins

    WAS NICK TRAVIS WHAT HE CLAIMED TO BE? With his scars, gun, and lethal charm, Nick Travis was like no lawyer missing persons expert Taryn Scott had ever met. Instinct told her to beware -- but when he challenged her to find his missing client, she...

  • Murder at Witches Bluff

    Silver Ravenwolf

    Renowned author Silver RavenWolf unites puzzling mystery, shocking horror and real magick in this adult-themed novel, creating a page-turning delight. As the nights of the year get longer, this is an ideal book to read curled up in front of a fire, o...

  • After the Kiss

    Karen Ranney

    THE PROMISE OF A SINGLE KISS... Margaret Esterly is desperate - and desperation can lead to shocking behavior! Beautiful and gently-bred, she was the essence of prim, proper English womanhood - until fate widowed her and thrust her into the povert...

  • The Black Book

    Ian Rankin

    Five years ago, a mysterious fire burned Edinburgh's seedy Central Hotel to ashes. Long-forgotten and unsolved, the case reappears when a charred body--with a bullet in its head--is found amongst the ruins. Inspector John Rebus knows that his superio...

  • Grinch and Bear It

    Random House

    Everyone knows how the Grinch stole Christmas, but few really know the Grinch himself. Here, in a collection excerpted from the Universal Studios film adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss story, are quotes directly from the supreme green meany, as wel...

  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas!: Ornament Punch and Play Book

    Random House

    Grinchify Christmas and your Christmas tree! This very merry punch-out book offers eight easy-to-assemble Christmas ornaments featuring characters and decorations from the movieDr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Hang them on your holiday tree...

  • Who's Who in Who-Ville?

    Random House

  • The Wizard's Treasure

    Irene Radford

    SPELL-TRAPPED Journeymen magicians Marcus and Robb have been sent on a quest by Senior Magician Jaylor to find the missing dragons of Coronnan and bring them back to the kingdom. But their quest leads to a far different discovery, an ancient treas...

  • Santa's New Suit

    Laura Rader

  • All I Want for Christmas

    Sheila Rabe

    Adorned with twinkling lights and plastic reindeer, glowing with good old-fashioned Christmas cheer, and swarming with eager merrymakers, Susan Carpenter's house is truly a sight to behold--but one that Angel Falls's resident Scrooge absolutely loath...

  • Becca's Baby

    Tara Taylor Quinn

    Come home to Shelter Valley -- where love lasts and families matter. Meet Will and Becca Parsons, who've lived in Shelter Valley, Arizona, all their lives. Shelter Valley means everything to them. Home. Family. Security. Love. Everything that matter...

  • The Amber Spyglass

    Philip Pullman

    The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy. Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord...

  • Firewall

    James Pruitt

    Popular driver Jack Kincade falls for a beautiful journalist who is writing a story on him and his stock car racing team, but his new love and his championship career are threatened by old rival B. J. Thornton, a reckless and ruthless driver out to e...

  • Dumbo Picture Book

    Matthew Price

  • Yo Yo Love

    Daaimah S. Poole

    “Fresh…and sassy, Poole captures the essence of Kayla, Nicki, and Yaz to a tee.”
    --RT Book Reviews

      Sassy and savvy Kayla Johnson is a serious college student at Philadelphia’s Temple University.  She’s also a fine-looking wo...

  • Here Comes Santa Claus

    Stobie Piel
    in

    A Recipe for an Unforgettable Christmas of Love & Laughter Serves: Everyone Holly berries; 1 pair of enchanted spectacles; 4 couples; 8 lonely hearts; 1 fairy godmother; 1 miracle; Elves Take four heroines, created by some of Romance's hottest author...

  • A Lady of Letters

    Andrea Pickens

    Words of Passion In high society circles, Lady Augusta Hadley is expected to act demure and look pretty for the wife- seeking lords of the ton. To express her political views without fear of being ostracized, she pens editorials under the name &#...

  • Baby: MacAllister-Made

    Joan Elliott Pickart

    HER BEST FRIEND'S BABY When she needed a strong shoulder, a sounding board, or a champion, he was the man for the job. The bond of friendship between Richard MacAllister and Brenda Henderson was unbreachable. Then they shared one night together. W...

  • An Ancient Strife

    Michael Phillips

    Young Parliament member Anthony Trentham continues his quest to learn about his Scottish heritage in order to decide his next political move. Through stories read and told to him, he discovers more about his ancestors and the history of Scotland. He ...

  • Breaking Point

    Steve Perry

    In the year 2010, computers are the new superpowers. Those who control them control the world. To enforce the Net Laws, Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency within the FBI: the Net Force. Reeling from a shattered personal life, N...

  • Nemesis

    S.D. Perry

    Zombies. Mutant animals. Bioengineered weapons and surgically enhanced monsters. Secret labs and widespread conspiracies. It seemed impossible, but Jill Valentine and her teammates among the S.T.A.R.S. had seen it all firsthand when the Umbrella Corp...

  • Slaves of Obsession

    Anne Perry

    The year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy man. His quiet dinner party seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride,...

  • Holiday of Love

    Kayla Perrin

    With her career as an artist finally taking off and her social life in full swing, Collette Jenkins is happier than ever--until just weeks before the holidays when a letter that's been lost in the mail arrives. Still reeling from the stunning news th...

  • Dragon Fire

    Don Pendleton

    A covert organization known only to the President. Stony Man operates in a shadow world where terror meets retribution. Battle-hardened commandos and cyber specialists form an elite team ready to strike when world peace is threatened. Stony Man's fig...

  • Skysniper

    Don Pendleton

    LETHAL EYE Unleashing a laser weapon prototype, unidentified terrorists have destroyed several American satellites in a daring move to put government officials and policy makers in a choke hold. Their demand: remove all American forces from Serbia...

  • Living the Gimmick

    Ben Peller

    From the time he was able to body slam a pillow, Michael dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler, vanquishing imaginary enemies and nagging self-doubt with every drop kick he landed. As his buddies hit the books, Michael got hit. When they left f...

  • A Piece of Cake

    David Pelham

    A band of mice bringing cake to a party must navigate their way past strangers who want to nibble, munch, and gobble up their prize in this romp of a pop-up adventure. A huge helping of food, a generous dollop of humor, an enormous measure of fiendis...

  • A Year Down Yonder

    Richard Peck

    A Newbery Medal WinnerRichard Peck's Newbery Medal-winning sequel to A Long Way from ChicagoMary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now sh...

  • Blue Ridge

    T.R. Pearson

    T. R. Pearson's seventh novel, two riveting stories unfold: one in the wilds of Virginia and one on the streets of Manhattan. Ray Tatum is the new deputy sheriff of Hogarth, Virginia, located in the middle of nowhere with "nothing too awful gaudy afo...

  • The Immaculate Deception

    Iain Pears

    For newlywed and Italian Art Theft Squad head Flavia di Stefano, the honeymoon is over when a painting, borrowed from the Louvre and en route to a celebratory exhibition, is stolen. Desperate to avoid public embarrassment--and to avoid paying a ranso...

  • Mirage

    Donald S. Passman

    When police question John Berger about the explosion that destroyed his office building, he recounts a vivid memory of playing in a chess tournament. However, there is no record of any such tournament and John quickly becomes a suspect....

  • Ghoul Trouble

    John Passarella

    Violent Vixen Something wicked has been preying on Sunnydale students -- and whatever it is, its methods are pretty gruesome. Buffy locates some human bones that have been picked clean, and knows that she's dealing with an unearthly evil. Some hel...

  • Secret Love Diaries: Jessica

    Francine Pascal

    From the journal of Jessica Wakefield: You'll never guess who I ran into today. He's even hotter than he was three years ago. And this time it's me he wants. Devon Whitelaw is finally mine all mine!...

  • So Not Me

    Francine Pascal

    I never wanted a boyfriend. I'm all about freedom, excitement, the unknown. I'm all about not getting hurt. But now I've screwed up big time. I've fallen for Jeremy Aames. Hard. And I have a feeling the not-getting-hurt thing is out the window....

  • In the Snow Forest

    Roy Parvin

    Montana, Wyoming, and the Trinity Alps of northern California are the landscapes of these elegant, rough-hewn narratives where people yearn for grace even as their chances are running out. "Roy Parvin has a sense of what people will do when they have...