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New Books List: 651 titles

  • Yum! A Tale of Two Cookies: This One 'N That One

    Jane Seymour

    It is hard for This One and That One to go to bed when their Mom and Dad are up to all sorts of fun baking cookies to take night fishing, and the twins wonder if Mom's basket of goodies contains any treats for them too. Reprint....

  • You Belong to Me

    Jennifer Greene

    "DID YOU EVER PLAN TO TELL ME ABOUT OUR BABY?" Something about his pint-size patient seemed uncannily familiar to pediatrician Blake Remmington. And something in Serena Dovesong's hauntingly dark eyes proved more conclusively than a blood test tha...

  • The Wrong Stuff

    Warren Murphy; Richard Sapir

    KILL, CRUSH, DESTROY... A mechanical killer space spider goes on the rampage in Florida. This, however, is no simple angry arachnid robbing armored cars and supermarkets. It's the adopted new brainchild of the reality-challenged head of NASA and h...

  • The World Tree

    Sarah Isidore

    The Goddess Awakens Revered in secret for centuries, the Egyptian cat-goddess Bast is known to but a few in these faraway European lands. And now, as the purging armies of Christianity sweep across Gaul intent on destroying every vestige of a paga...

  • The World of Shannara

    Terry Brooks

    The beloved Shannara series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks is universally acclaimed as a towering achievement, an unquestioned masterpiece in fantasy literature. Now, for the first time, all the wonders of Shannara have been gat...

  • The World Below

    Sue Miller

    From the author of While I Was Gone, a stunning new novel that showcases Sue Miller's singular gift for exposing the nerves that lie hidden in marriages and families, and the hopes and regrets that lie buried in the hearts of women.

    Maine, 191...

  • Working Overtime

    Raye Morgan

    AFTER HOURS As the devoted single mother of two rambunctious boys -- and as the best darn paralegal in town -- Chareen Wolf knew all about hard work. But she'd never before had a job so demanding that she and her boss actually had to live together -...

  • The Woman for Dusty Conrad

    Tori Carrington

    SHE WAS HIS WIFE -- THE ONLY WOMAN HE HAD EVER LOVED.... Yet tragedy had torn Dusty Conrad from her loving arms. Now Dusty was back, and everyone in the small town of Old Orchard thought he'd come to stay. To be the man Jolie Conrad still loved....

  • The Wolf Pit

    Marly Youmans

    A powerful, intimate look at the Civil War on the home and battle fronts, The Wolf Pit is Marly Youmans's third and most accomplished novel. In it Robin, a young Confederate soldier and witness to the horrors of war, clings to what gives him strength...

  • With Hostile Intent

    Robert Gandt

    Meet the fighter jocks who fly the F/A-18 Super Hornets of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan--in a novel of supersonic air combat so powerfully real, it could only have been written by a former Navy pilot. The Gulf War has been over for ten y...

  • Wishes and Dreams

    American Greetings

  • Winter Rose

    Nora Roberts
    in

    Love blossoms like the luscious petals of spring's very first rose... On a remote island cursed with eternal winter, a young queen heals a wounded soldier--and warms her heart with the joys of true love......

  • Winter Fire

    Lynne Hayworth

    On the bloody battlefield of Culloden, the mighty Scottish clans risked everything--and like their kinsmen, the Maclean family was destroyed. Torn apart by betrayal, the three brothers Maclean will learn the price of vengeance...and sweet freedom in ...

  • The Winter Child

    Wendy Froud

  • Winter Baby

    Kathleen O'Brien

    Sarah Lennox had her life arranged down to the minute -- but that was before she discovered she was pregnant and that her fiance was a jerk. Not sure what to do next, she heads to Firefly Glen, the quiet little town that was once a haven for her. ...

  • Wing on a Flea

    Ed Emberley

    Originally published 40 years ago, this book uses vivid illustrations and simple rhyming text by a noted author/illustrator to introduce the concept of shapes and sizes to curious young readers as he suggests how they can view the world in a new and ...

  • Windtalkers

    Max Allan Collins

    During the invasion of Sai-pan near the end of World War II, Marine Joe Enders is given the task of protecting Navajo radioman Ben Yahzee, called a codetalker, or killing him if he falls into enemy Japanese hands....

  • Wildflowers

    Robin Jones Gunn

    When Genevieve Ahrens moves into the charming community of Glenbrooke, she revives the downtown area by purchasing the Wallflower Restaurant and making it a town favorite. But Gena's heart needs some renovation of its own when her daughter marries an...

  • The Wildest Shore

    Lisa Cach

    WILD Teasing the female passengers about the perils of the open sea was great fun, but once Horatio Merivale opened his mouth to laugh at danger, he wished he’d kept it shut. A storm dragged the Coventry under, and it was all the East India Compan...

  • Wild Thornberrys' Holiday Joke Book

    Holly Kowitt

    'Tis the Season to Be Jolly! Where do kangaroos get their Christmas gifts? At the hopping mall. What Chanukah toy do you play with in the desert? The dry-del. Why did Eliza tell jokes at the penguin party? She wanted to break the ice!...

  • Wild Cats & Colleens

    Morag Prunty

    "Irish-American billionaire seeks bright, beautiful, independent, but, above all, Irish wife. Please send photo and three-hundred-word essay about yourself to P.D. Box NY 14786. Looking for genuine love. No timewasting money-grabbers please." Laur...

  • Wife by Deception

    Donna Sterling

    Now you see me -- now you don't When her flashy, adventurous, identical twin is killed in a car crash, Tallahassee college professor Kate Jones is left with her twin's infant daughter. Kate knows almost nothing about the little girl's father -- ...

  • Who's So Scary?

    RH/Disney

    Children can pet Sulley’s fur and feel Randall’s scaly skin in this Touch-and-Feel book. With a tactile element on every spread, the smallest fans can reach out and touch their favorite stars of Monsters, Inc.!...

  • Whitefeather's Woman

    Deborah Hale

    ONLY THE STRONG COULD THRIVE IN BIG SKY COUNTRY -- Jane Harris, on the run from an embattled life back East, hoped merely to survive. Still, everything in this breathtaking territory was so overwhelming -- including John Whitefeather, a blue-eyed Ch...

  • Whispers of Goodbye

    Karen White

    I need you. I am so afraid As soon as she reads the words, Catherine sets off for Louisiana to help her sister. Upon entering the moss-draped woods surrounding the house, Cat finds herself immersed in a mystery as murky as the mighty Mississippi ...

  • Where I'm Bound

    Allen B. Ballard

    When Joe Duckett flees his life as a slave to join the Northern Army as a cavalry scout, he becomes more than a free man -- he becomes a hero. Duckett and his regiment of black soldiers roam Mississippi, freeing slaves and keeping vital waterways ope...

  • Where Did Bunny Go?

    Nancy Tafuri

  • When the Lights Went Out

    Judy Christenberry

    To: Jen, Lauren, Julia, Maggie From: Sharon Davies Date: 10/01 RE: Due Date: 7 months! Remember my dream man? The one I met when trapped in the elevator? Well, he's back -- and he's our new client! The moment I heard his voice, I knew J...

  • What Pete Ate from A to Z

    Maira Kalman

    Is there anything Pete won't eat? Poppy Wise's sweet but unruly dog starts with Nico's accordion and works his way through the alphabet, making a nuisance of himself by leaving nothing untouched, not even glue sticks or Uncle Norman's underpants. Des...

  • What Is Mr. Winkle?

    Lara Jo Regan

    A cat in a dog suit? A hamster with a perm? A mythological unicorn herder? An alien? People all over the world have their theories about Mr. Winkle. With hilarious and adorable color photographs and captions, photographer Lara Jo Regan takes readers ...

  • The Wexford Carol

    Emma Jensen
    in

    Give the gift of love this holiday season with this special collection of Christmas stories from five beloved and bestselling Regency authors. Each tale touches on the "spirit" of the season and conjures a little mistletoe magic to bring lovers toget...

  • A Western Family Christmas: Season of Bounty

    Mary McBride
    in

    A Civil War doctor turned ne'er-do-well gambler finds love and redemption in the unlikely arms of a beautiful widowed shopkeeper....

  • A Western Family Christmas: Cowboy Scrooge

    Liz Ireland
    in

    Take one jilted mail-order bride. Add three bratty orphans. Throw in a cantankerous cowboy. Result? A Texas-size family Christmas!...

  • A Western Family Christmas: Christmas Eve

    Millie Criswell
    in

    A handsome drifter and a lonely spinster rediscover the joys of the season when they are snowbound during the holidays....

  • West of the Sun

    Edgar Pangborn

    On earth it was 2056 A.D. but on the red-green planet it was THE YEAR ONE. There were only six human beings, alone against the deadly forces of a strange and distant planet....

  • Welcome to the River of Grass

    Jane Yolen

  • Welcome to Monstropolis

    RH/Disney

    Fans of Monsters, Inc. will love lifting all the flaps as they search for Boo, Mike, Sulley, and other characters from the hit movie. Plus, there are cool stickers included that can be applied to the pages of the book again and again!...

  • The Wedding Wager

    Cathy Maxwell

    Headstrong Mary Gates longs to once again make the family stables the finest in England -- so she bids on the famous Spender stud. The only way to pay for the beast is to marry, but her only prospect in the village is her equally headstrong neighbor ...

  • The Wedding Party

    Robyn Carr

    Charlene Dugan started her day as usual -- single. Then, all in the space of a few hours: - Her daughter announced she doesn't want to "end up like her" - Her absentminded mother got lost in a parking lot - Her ex-husband accused her of being af...

  • Wedding Night Revenge

    Mary Brendan

    Rachel Meredith is beautiful, witty, an heiress -- and single! She's turned down every offer of marriage and jilted the most eligible bachelor, handsome Major Connor Flinte. When her father loses her family home in a game of cards, Rachel is f...

  • We Were There

    Eve Bunting

    On a winter night long ago, a baby boy was born in a stable with only the animals to witness his arrival. But it wasn’t just the cows and donkeys and soft little lambs who were present. Smaller, less loved creatures were there, too: the snake, the ...

  • The Watermark

    Travis Thrasher

    Fans of The Promise Remains will love this contemporary redemption story from up-and-coming author Travis Thrasher. When Sheridan is offered a second chance at life, he struggles to release his past and embrace the future....

  • The Very Comely Countess

    Miranda Jarrett

    When the Duchess of Harborough offers Harriet Treene a chance to model for one of her alluring paintings, Harriet accepts. Beautiful, witty, and bold, Harriet is a lowborn orange-seller in St. James Park. Can this diamond-in-the-rough be polished eno...

  • Valley of the Lost

    Emily Rodda

    Deltora is a land of monsters and magic… Lief, Barda, and Jasmine have almost reached their goal. Six gems gleam in the Belt of Deltora. Now the last one must be found before Deltora can be freed from the evil Shadow Lord. The companions have fac...

  • Under the Kissing Bough

    Shannon Donnelly

    A KISS WAS ONLY THE FIRST GIFT Shy Eleanor Glover is astounded when wickedly handsome Geoffrey Westerly, Lord Staines, asks for her hand. Yet he makes it plain that he wants nothing more than a sensible wife--and a Christmas Eve wedding to please ...

  • Under the Eagle

    Simon Scarrow

    In this first book of a new historical fiction series, a crack Roman legion invades Britain in this brazen tale of military adventure, political intrigue and heroism

    It is the year 42 AD, and Centurion Macro, battle-scarred and fearless, is ...

  • Under Suspicion

    Rachel Lee

    It's a night of triumph for museum curator Anna Lundgren, the opening of her first exhibition. But the acclaim quickly ends when a guard is murdered in the theft of a supposedly cursed jade dagger--and suspicion falls on Anna. Determined to prove her...

  • Unafraid

    Francine Rivers

    Tamar Rahab Ruth Bathsheba Mary Five women whom God chose. Each was faced with extraordinary-- even scandalous--challenges. Each took great personal risk to fulfill her calling. Each was destined to play a key role in the lineage of Jesus Ch...

  • 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...

  • Two Coffins for Slocum

    Jake Logan

    In the mining town of Bonanza to take his chances with the miners at the gambling table, Slocum suddenly finds himself caught between the two wealthiest men in town, old rivals who are embroiled in a fierce feud over a mahogany coffin. Original....

  • Tunnel Vision

    Keith Lowe

    Andy's obsession with the London Underground is interfering with his life. On the eve of his wedding, he makes a drunken bet that challenges him to travel through every single Tube station in just one day. Only by completing the entire map will Andy ...

  • The Truth about Tate

    Marilyn Pappano

    A loyal son, loving brother and doting single dad, rugged rancher Tate Rawlins was as honest as an Oklahoma day was long. But when Alabama reporter Natalie Grant began investigating his family's secrets, Tate grudgingly adopted deception to protect h...

  • The True Crime Files of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Stephen Hines

    Incorporating recently rediscovered original source material relating to two actual true crime cases, this intriguing study recounts two actual criminal investigations--"The Case of George Ernest Thompson Edalji" and "The Case of Oscar Slater"--in wh...

  • Troublemaker

    Francine Pascal

    Jessica would never do anything to hurt Tia or betray Jeremy. But she can’t deny it anymoreâ€"something’s happening between her and Tia’s boyfriend.

    And the worst part is, he’s not just Tia’s boyfriend.

    He’s Jeremy’s best ...

  • Trick or Treat?

    Jenny Dale

    It's Halloween and King Street Kennels seems to be haunted! Dogs switch mysteriously from pen to pen, objects move by themselves, and Neil spots a strange shape in the night. But the kennel has another visitor, too- Trick, a bold and bright aband...

  • Treat Her Right

    Lori Foster

    MAYBE OPPOSITES ATTRACT... Paramedic Zack Grange was in the market for a wife, but not just any wife. He wanted the perfect role model for his little girl. When Wynn Lane moved in next door, he could state exactly what he didn't want in a wife. No b...

  • Treason

    David Nevin

    America has entered her most trying time. Three powerful men collide in a tale of treason that put the very future of the nation and its democracy at stake. Aaron Burr shatters the trust he enjoys from the American people by attempting to steal th...

  • Travels

    Jerry J. Davis

    In a near future United States where the subliminal power of television has been boosted to irresistible levels, Dodd Corely is a man increasingly at odds with the world. His live-in girlfriend, Sheila, is addicted to the popular Travels television s...

  • Too Many Teddies

    Ellen Reymes

    "I love you beary much!" What luck! Michelle finds a website that's giving away free teddy bears. And she quickly orders a whole bunch for her and her classmates. But Michelle soon learns that luck had nothing to do with it. The teddies weren't reall...

  • Too Many Cooks

    Molly O'Keefe

    A recipe for disaster? Rugged Montana cowboy Ethan Cook and straitlaced, L.A. social worker Cecelia Brady are far from made for each other. But Cecelia is on a mission to save inner-city kids, and Morning Glory ranch is the perfect setup. What Ethan...

  • To Perish in Penzance

    Jeanne M. Dams

    LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER While Dorothy Martin loves nearly everything about England--especially her new husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt--she could do without September's incessant rain. The lure of the sunshine of Cornwall's pictu...

  • To and Fro: Fast and Slow

    Durga Bernhard

    An energetic picture book captures the rhythms of a young girl as she goes back and forth between her mother's country home and her father's city apartment and realizes that even though her parents are no longer together, both homes are filled with l...

  • Tiger Trouble!

    Diane Goode

  • The Three Little Kittens

    Anna Alter


    A charming retelling of the beloved nursery rhyme about three little kittens in search of their mittens.

    The three little kittens
    lost their mittens
    and they began to cry . . .

    Young children have enjoyed and recited this belo...

  • Three Days Off

    Susie Morgenstern

    William's truthful but impolite answer in class gets him suspended for three days where he takes the time to look around at the hard working world of his north Paris community and then quickly comes to realize that an education is the key to a comfor...

  • Three Cheers for Pooh

    Brian Sibley

    Celebrating Pooh's 75th anniversary, a colorfully illustrated book with photographs, newspaper reports, illustrations, and more provides readers with a comprehensive history on Winnie-the-Pooh and the rest of his friends from the Hundred-Acre Wood....

  • This Time Forever

    Janice Sims

    Brought Back Together... In the sleepy town of Damascus, Florida, Chief of Police Kerry Everett's Marine training doesn't often get put to the test. Then a man is found viciously murdered near the city limits, and Kerry must call in the FBI to help ...

  • This Rock

    Robert Morgan

    From the author of Gap Creek-an international best-seller and winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award-comes the gripping story of two brothers struggling against each other and the confines of their mountain world in 1920s Appalachia. The Po...

  • The Third Witch

    Rebecca Reisert

    In this stirring debut novel, Rebecca Reisert enters the world of Shakespeare's Macbeth, in which a young woman's search for vengeance plunges her into a legendary tale of deceit, murder, and retribution.... I have made my life an arrow, and His h...

  • Third Grade Ghouls

    Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna

    Disappointed when his friend Lamont's mother makes him a silly Halloween costume, especially since Lamont always has the best costumes, Gordie is determined to find another costume--one that will be the most frightening and terrifying costume ever....

  • The Thief-Taker

    T.F. Banks

    June 1815. When Henry Morton is called to the scene at Portman House in Claridge Square, the Bow Street constable finds a man dead in a hackney coach -- ostensibly of asphyxiation. He was Halbert Glendinning, a gentleman of unsullied character. Then ...

  • The Fire Within

    Kathryn Shay

    Courage Under Fire Dr. Reed Macauley has spent years helping firefighters deal with their problems and the stress of their jobs. He has the utmost respect for these courageous men and women. But Reed -- a former firefighter himself -- questions hi...

  • Thanksgiving

    Deborah Schecter

    A Bountiful Collection of Ready-to-Use Activities, Games, Easy Art Projects, Poems, Mini-Books, and More!Includes a Pocket Chart Poetry Poster!Help children make a personal connection with this harvest holiday and learn about its history! Teac...

  • The Texan's Tiny Secret

    Peggy Moreland

    COWBOY PRINCE CHARMING One stolen kiss from hellcat Suzy Crane sent rancher-governor Gil Riley's good intentions skipping straight down the road to San Antone. Their passion was explosive -- and so was news of baby-on-the-way! The cattleman vowed ...

  • Tested by Fire

    Kathy Herman

    When a bizarre houseboat explosion rocks the close-knit community of Baxter, firefighters, friends, and neighbors stand powerless as the McConnells' blazing hull sinks to the bottom of Heron Lake. Grief turns to outrage as new evidence proves there w...

  • Tenebrea's Hope

    Roxann Dawson; Daniel Graham

    Andrea Flores has become one of the most valued agents of the Tenebrea, the elite fighting force of the star-spanning Alliance. Following the destruction of the Clone Welfare Institute run by the Cor Ordinate, Andrea is sent on a vital mission alongs...

  • Ten Ways to Win Her Man

    Beverly Bird

    She was the hotshot CEO of a multimillion-dollar company. But when it came to Maxwell Padgett, Danielle Harrington was lost. Though he was too arrogant, he was also too darn hot -- to let get away! What she needed to win this man was a plan.... Ma...

  • The Temple of Gold

    William Goldman

    Acclaimed for such Academy Award -- winning screenplays as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and such thrillers as Marathon Man, not to mention the bestselling classic The Princess Bride, William Goldman stands as one of the most beloved writers in ...

  • Telling Time

    Hallie Marshall

  • Tears in a Bottle

    Sylvia Bambola

    Becky Taylor, a young woman burdened by great expectations, is lying on a cold recovery table in an abortion clinic when she hears a man's voice, then gunshots. She holds her breath and lies perfectly still behind the curtain. When the gunman is fini...

  • Tar Pit

    Tor Seidler

    Everybody needs a friend...

    Edward Small might not be very good at schoolwork or at baseball or be very popular, but he has a truly amazing best friend: an enormous Allosaurus named Alexander who obeys Edward's every command and can crunch Edward's...

  • The Taming of Jackson Cade

    BJ James

    "I'm stubborn, opinionated and unreasonable. No one knows better that I that Jackosn Cade is the original immovable object." -- Jackson Cade, horse breeder and firebrand From the moment Jackson Cade laid eyes on Haley Garrett, he'd known she was ...

  • Tales from the White Elephant Saloon

    J.R. Roberts

    Clint Adams gets involved, when unscrupulous private detective and extortionish Jim Courtright tries to make his buddy, Luke Short, the owner of the White Elephant Saloon, pay for protection. Original....

  • Take a Thief

    Mercedes Lackey

    TO CATCH A THIEF Skif was an orphan. For as long as he could remember he had worked as a drudge in his Uncle Londer's dreary inn_: in the slums of Haven. Sleeping on a pile of rags under, the stairs, wakened before dawn to do the lowliest and filt...

  • The Sword Maiden

    Susan King

    THE HEAT OF BATTLE... When tragedy strips Eva MacArthur of her of her heritage and leaves her clan dispossessed, she is desperate to be rid of her power-hungry betrothed and reclaim her island fortress. But to succeed, Eva must turn to the only man ...

  • Swell Foop

    Piers Anthony
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    A MATTER OF GRAVITY Someone-or some thing-has kidnapped the dreaded Demon Earth. If he isn't found, the very fabric of our world will unravel, removing the Earth's gravitational field, and, incidentally, that of the magical land of Xanth as well! ...

  • The Surgeon's Secret

    Lucy Clark

    A forbidden desire... Dr. Alex Page wasn't quite sure how to handle gorgeous live wire Jordanne McElroy. The beautiful researcher was everything he had ever wanted in a woman, but he knew he couldn't risk getting involved. Jordanne, however, w...

  • Surf's Up

    Terry Collins

    Otto Rocket finds the monster waves of a huge storm too tempting to pass up. But is he in over his head? Then in a second story, Otto¹s asked to be on the cover of a magazine. No problem, right? Wrong -- again!...

  • Sullivan

    Linda Devlin

    Their friendship forged during the bloody battles of the War Between the States, they are men with nothing left but their honor. When one calls, the others answer -- and this time they will gather in the tiny town of Rock Creek, Texas, where their br...

  • Substitute Father

    Bonnie K. Winn

    Three orphaned children were definitely not on his shopping list! Luke Duncan never would have believed that going grocery shopping would lead to becoming foster father to three orphans. But no matter how he met them, it was clear that Brian, Hann...

  • Sub Rosa

    Ralph M. McInerny

  • Stranger in Her Bed

    Suzanne Forster
    in

    Once on the cutting edge of her profession, software designer Kerry Houston is now a shut-in, terrified of the outside world. She works from home, and one day encounters the man of her fantasies--in a video game! What will she do when her sexy dream ...

  • A Stormy Night on Noah's Ark

    Patricia Hooper

    As the winds howl and the ark rocks heavily on the waves, the fearful animals aboard fight and moan and complain and groan, leaving it up to the sparrow, mouse, and spider to put the fears of the mightiest creatures to rest so that all can get some s...

  • Storm Maker's Tipi

    Paul Goble

  • A Step Beyond

    C.K. Anderson

    2021. Four years after the first manned mission to Mars ends in tragic failure, a joint U.S.-Russian mission blasts off in two ships, each crew equally determined to set foot...

  • Steamboat Annie and the 1000-Pound Catfish

    Catherine Wright

    Ernie, the troublesome, thousand-pound catfish, and his partner are back in the waters near the town of Pleasant and are causing a real ruckus in the community, so it's up to Steamboat Annie to take on the task of making Pleasant pleasant once again....

  • Stars & Stripes In Peril

    Harry Harrison

    In the midst of Civil War, a stunned North and South join forces to combat a sudden attack of British troops. Though the Americans are victorious, three years later a new threat emerges. Her Majesty's Army is massing for a possible attack through Tex...

  • Starring Lucille

    Kathryn Lasky

    Lucille the Pig, introduced in Lucille’s Snowsuit, is back and it’s her birthday. She gets to open one present early: a tutu, crown, and ballet shoes from her grandparents. Lucille spends all the days before her birthday rehearsing for a performa...

  • The Star-Spangled Secret

    K.M. Kimball

  • Stable Rat and Other Christmas Poems

    Julia Cunningham

    What a gathering it was! There were the quiet ox, the clucking hen, a cow, six sheep, a horse, and other animals. But no one looked at the stable rat--except the baby, who not only looked but loved.

    In these startlingly powerful poems, Julia...

  • St. Patrick's Bed

    Terence Green / Terence M. Green

    Terence M. Green's novels growing out of the history of his family in the last century, Shadow of Ashland and A Witness to Life, have won him much critical praise and a wide readership. Now, in St. Patrick's Bed, Green returns, at a point fifteen yea...

  • Squeak's Good Idea

    Max Eilenberg

    The author of COWBOY KID and the illustrator of OWL BABIES offer a gentle read-aloud about trying out one’s independence.

    Squeak has a good idea -- he’s going outside. But to be on the safe side, he’ll need just a few things -- like mitt...

  • Splat! The Tale of a Colorful Cat

    Jane Seymour

    Funny things happen when Dad's on his own with two small kittens--he finds that getting This One and That One dressed and fed can be messy jobs--and when he encourages them to be creative at playtime, the results are more than colorful. Reprint....

  • The Spirit Box

    J.R. Roberts

    During a trip to the violent town of Mission, Oregon, Clint Adams rescues a lovely Spiritualist from a gang of reckless robbers, putting most of them down without much of a struggle, but the vengeful outlaw leader is still free and now he is out to t...

  • Spin Cycle

    Sue Margolis

    Life lacks a certain spark for stand-up comedian and cleaner Rachel Katz whose husband left her for another man - but there are sparks a-plenty when the washing machine breaks down and a repair man called Matt arrives… and sends her life into a spi...

  • A Special Kind of Woman

    Caroline Anderson
    in

    When single mother Cait Cooper sees her daughter off to medical school, she feels now's the time to do all the things she's yearned to do. Enter Dr. Owen Douglas, who sets about giving Cait more fun than she's ever had...until their affair puts her r...

  • Special Interest

    Chris Benson

    Veronica Sutton came to Washington to do goodâ€"but she did even better. Tall, smart, beautiful, and Black, Veronica parlayed her brains, looks, and college activism into a top-notch, million-dollar consulting firm that greased the wheels of Washingt...

  • Special Assignment: Baby

    Debra Webb

    THE MISSION: DADDY -- TO A SECRET BABY? Court Brody knew his assignment to infiltrate a secret militia organization didn't allow for any mistakes. But the stakes became higher when he found himself faced with Sabrina Korbett -- his former flame ...

  • A Spanish Christmas

    Penny Jordan
    in

    When Meg Scott spends Christmas with Spanish aristocrat Don Christian Felipe Martinez, she is scornful of his family tradition that their men fall in love at first sight. Meg is thrilled by his passion, but stunned by his announcement that they'll be...

  • South of the Border (2)

    Jake Logan

  • Soultsunami

    Dr. Leonard Sweet

    Leonard Sweet--cultural historian, futurist, preacher, and preeminent thinker--firmly believes we live in a postmodern, pre-Christian society fraught with challenges, dangers, critical choices, and above all, tremendous potential for the church. The ...

  • Something Wild

    Shannon McKenna
    in

    It started out as a not-so-innocent flirtation, but Annie Simon can't resist the powerful man on the motorcycle...or his tantalizingly erotic promises. Long-haired and leather-clad, Jake Kerr is strong, sexy, and determined to give her the ultimate l...

  • Some Kind of Incredible

    Katherine Garbera

    THE NIGHT I DIDN'T JUST TAKE A MEMO... Nicholas Camden, my positively gorgeous boss, is a man who has occupied my dreams for nearly two years, a man who has never noticed me as a woman. Until the day we went from colleagues discussing a takeover to ...

  • Soggy Saturday

    Phyllis Root

    When the rain washes the blue right out of the sky, Bonnie Bumble and the inhabitants on her farm find themselves feeling a bit down, and Bonnie must find a way to make everything and everyone happy once again! Simultaneous....

  • Snow Comes to the Farm

    Nathaniel Tripp

  • The Sisters of Theta Phi Kappa

    Kayla Perrin

    Jessica, Ellie, Shereen, and Yolanda were the brightest stars of the Theta Phi Kappa Sorority at Howard University. Now, ten years later, they seem to have it all. Jessica is in the limelight, a TV personality whose star is on the rise. Ellie is a...

  • Silvercloak

    Dave Duncan

  • Silver Moons, Black Steel

    Tara K. Harper

    Dion--Healer and Wolfwalker--dared to try to unlock the secrets of aliens. Her courage was rewarded with their fury, and she was nearly destroyed. Now, desperate to put distance between herself and the fate that awaits her, Dion rages against the wol...

  • Silent Truths

    Susan Lewis

    When journalist Laurie Forbes turns up on Beth Ashby's doorstep, minutes after Beth's husband, political high-flier, Colin Ashby, has been arrested for murder, neither can even begin to guess the shocking and dangerous repercussions that have just be...

  • Silent Night

    Sandy Turner

    Because adults can't see Santa Claus, curious parents have no idea why their dog is barking so much on Christmas Eve, but when they find a small piece of red cloth the next morning, the adults are able to put it all together....

  • Sign of the Ox

    Megan Stine

  • The Sigma Protocol

    Robert Ludlum

    In Zurich, Switzerland, American investment banker Ben Hartman has arrived on holiday when he chances upon old friend Jimmy Cavanaugh-- a madman who's armed and programmed to assassinate. In a matter of minutes, six innocent bystanders-- and Cavanaug...

  • Shooter's Point

    Gary Phillips

    Las Vegas is pumped on the night the much-hyped heavy-weight title fight hits the Strip. With charismatic newcomer Joaquin Muhammed taking on popular champ Tyler Jeffries--and the added attraction of platinum-selling rapper King Diamond giving a warm...

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance

    Larry Millett

    As the city of Minneapolis prepares for a visit from President William McKinley, someone else prepares for murder. On the day before the visit, a union activist is found hanged, naked, outside a ruined mansion. A placard around his neck reads “...

  • Shepherd Boy's Christmas

    Mary Calhoun

    While searching for his lost sheep, Matthew discovers something special when he happens across a stable and finds a young couple with a new baby named Jesus amidst the sleeping animals, in an enchanting story filled with illuminating illustrations th...

  • The Shark God

    Rafe Martin

    Rafe Martin and David Shannon reunite in this folktale interpretation of a dramatic flood myth set amidst the unmatched beauty of the Hawaiian Islands.

    In a country whose ruler is cruel and whose people are hardened, two children remain warm-h...

  • Shade

    Calvin Miller

    A Poetic Novel From Calvin Miller

    Life is heating up as the June sun relentlessly beats down on the townspeople of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Relief from the sweltering heat becomes a quest and a challenge to all, and in more ways than one. Th...

  • September Song

    Andrew M. Greeley

    The enthralling third novel in the chronicle of the O'Malleys in the twentieth century.The fourth of the O'Malley chronicles is narrated by the ravishing Rosemarie, dedicated wife of our intrepid and trouble-prone hero, Chucky Cronin O'Malley. Destin...

  • Separation of Power

    Vince Flynn

    Newly appointed CIA director, Dr. Irene Kennedy, is the target of an inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end the American President's term. To make matters worse, Saddam Hussein is close to entering the nuclear arms race--something Israel has ...

  • Senseless

    Stona Fitch

    Kidnapped in Brussels by a group of international terrorists who accuse him of a terrible crime and demand justice, Eliot Gast learns that his imprisonment in a white room is being broadcasted on the Internet, and after cooperating with his captors, ...

  • Selected Tales

    Henry James

    Throughout his life, Henry James was drawn to the short story form for the freedom and variety it offered. The nineteen stories in this selection span James's career, from brief tales to longer works, all exploring his concerns with the old world and...

  • The Seeing Stone

    Kevin Crossley-Holland

    ONCE AND FUTURE. TWICE AND PAST. The year is 1199 and on the borders of England and Wales young Arthur de Caldicot waits impatiently to grow up and become a knight. One day his father's friend Merlin gives Arthur a shining black stone -- a seeing ...

  • The Seduction of Sara

    Karen Hawkins

    She Needed a Husband When the Earl of Bridgeton, England's most notorious rake, strides into the ballroom, Lady Sara Carrington immediately plans to lure him onto the terrace. The willful beauty's brothers want to marry her off to some stodgy old ...

  • Secrets in Silence

    Gayle Wilson
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    Filled with suspense, passion, and love, two complete novels in one volume includes Barbara Delinsky's Bronze Mystique, in which Sasha Blakes meets the man of her dreams in Doug Donohue when her motorcycle crashes into his sports car, but she...

  • The Secret Road

    Robert Nordan

    Laura leaves her strict parents' Georgia plantation to spend the summer with her Quaker aunt and uncle, discovers their home is a stop on the Underground Railroad, and hatches a dangerous plan to accompany a pregnant slave to her husband and freedom....

  • The Secret Princess Or How to Be a Little Princess

    Jan Lewis

    This bright novelty book with lift-the-flaps and pop-up illustrations tells the story of a young girl who wishes to become a princess and so goes in search of advice from Rapunzel, Cinderella, and others to begin the process of making her dream come ...

  • Secret of the Wolf

    Susan Krinard

    Amid the lush vineyards and majestic hills of the Napa Valley, hypnotist Johanna Schell has founded Der Hafen--a sanctuary for those who know the pain of being "different." For desperate, frightened people whose souls are lost to grief. For lonely, t...

  • A Second Legacy

    Caroline Harvey

    Now, the author takes us to the swinging London of the 1960s, where shy, unglamorous Alexia Langley feels out of place even in her own family -- and marries an ambitious young medical student in an attempt to find an identity. To a dilapidated Scotti...

  • Second Contact

    J.D. Austin

    Mankind is attempting to contact alien life. Unfortunately, they’re screening their calls.Dangling on the edge of the galaxy is Kivlan, a planet reputed to be a gracious and accommodating paradise. Even its name means tranquility -- but apparently ...

  • The Search for Magic

    Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    This is the first anthology to tie in to the bestselling War of Souls trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It contains 11 stories, written by well-known Dragonlance authors, that elaborate on the characters and locations from the War of Souls ...

  • Sea of Swords

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

    It is good to be home. It is good to hear the wind of Icewind Dale, to feel its invigorating bite, like some reminder that I am alive. Drizzt Do'Urden and his companions take to the road and sea in a search for their missing friend Wulfgar. Their on...

  • Screenscam

    Michael Bowen

    Rep Pennyworth faces the client from hell. She is Charlotte Buchanan, author of And Done to Others' Harm, a mystery of no particular merit. Charlotte contends the 1997 novel is the basis for the 1999 film Contemplation of Death. She wants to sue. Rep...

  • Scream Team

    RH/Disney

    Top scarer Sulley and his enthusiastic Scare Assistant Mike work at Monsters, Inc., the largest scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. The main power source of the monster world is the collected screams of human children, but all monsters believe...

  • The School of Beauty and Charm

    Melanie Sumner

    This is the story of the Peppers family of Counterpoint, Georgia. Henry and Florida Peppers are pertinacious Baptist parents whose dearest wishes are to keep their asthmatic son Roderick alive and their smart-ass daughter Louise from going to hell. L...

  • Scare School

    R.L. Stine

    There's something lurking in the halls of Wilton Middle School. Something with fur . . . and claws . . . and long, sharp teeth. Something absolutely terrifying.And it doesn't like new kids....

  • The Scandalous Summer of Sissy Leblanc

    Loraine Despres

    It’s okay for a woman to know her place. She just shouldn’t stay there. -- Rule Number 59, The Southern Belle's Handbook It's a steamy June afternoon in Louisiana, circa 1956, and Sissy LeBlanc is sitting on her front porch, wondering -- half s...

  • The Savages in Love and War

    Fred Mustard Stewart

    The Savages in Love and War is the next installment in this riveting historical saga of a powerful family whose lives are played out on the center stage of a new epoch, and whose passions and rivalries shape some of the most memorable events of the t...

  • Satisfy Me

    Lori Foster
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    When a sophisticated sex shop opens in their small town, Asia Michaels and her friends find themselves fascinated by its sensual possibilities. And now it's time for Truth or Dare...Asia is about to meet a man who holds the key to her fantasies--and ...

  • Santa's Snow Cat

    Sue Stainton

    On the magical eve before Christmas, Santa;s favorite cat falls from his sleigh high in the winter sky into the bustling world of New York below. As Snow Cat wanders the sparkling city, she encounters many "nearly" Santas, but not her beloved Sant...

  • Santa Visits the Big Blue House

    Kylie Foxx

    It's Christmas Eve! Bear and all his friends are very busy geting things ready until they start to worry and wonder if Santa will come. What can they do to make sure Santa stops by the Big Blue House this year? Find out in this heartwarming story...

  • Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

    Laura Blanken Merer

    You better watch out, You better not cry, Better not pout, I'm telling you why --Santa Claus is coming to town

    Now everyone's favorite Christmas carol is a Sing-Along Storybook Read the story, then press the button and sing along with the tune to...

  • Sam Samurai

    Jon Scieszka

    Do not move an inch. If we're where I think we are We are all dead meat. In their wildest dreams (or worst homework nightmares), Joe, Sam, and Fred never expected that their assignment to write Japanese haiku would land them face-to-face with an ...

  • A Safe Place Called Home

    Eileen Spinelli

  • Sacajawea

    Joyce Milton

    Learn about Sacajawea, the young Native American girl who guided Lewis and Clark on their historic expedition. Now available in Step into Reading, the premier leveled reader line. More than 200 years ago, explorers went on a cross-country expedition ...

  • Running Around

    Katherine Noll

  • The Rugrats' First Kwanzaa

    Stephanie Greene

    When Susie states that she doesn't think she is special enough to join in her family's Kwanzaa celebration, Aunt T and her Rugrat friends prove her wrong and convince her to take part in the family's holiday celebration....

  • The Royal Hunter

    Donna Kauffman

    She escaped every trap he set -- only to fall prey to his timeless seduction.... ROMANTIC PURSUIT As a child, animal rescue worker Talia Trahaern was enchanted by the bedtime stories her mother spun of castles and kings, but she thought they we...

  • The Roses of Glenross

    Ruth Ryan Langan
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    Love blossoms like the luscious petals of spring's very first rose... Sheltered in an abbey in war-torn Scotland, a lonely lass tends a haunted rose garden--while a heroic soldier basks in the pure glow of her love......

  • Rose's Journal: The Story of a Girl in the Great Depression

    Marissa Moss

    On January 1, 1935, Rose Samuels bids good riddance to a dry, desolate year and begins a new one. The severe drought has left the fields too dry for crops and the farms are all failing. Times are tough, but with hope, love, and determination, Rose an...

  • The Rose and the Sword

    Jill Gregory
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    Love blossoms like the luscious petals of spring's very first rose... An exiled princess's last hope for recovering her lost kingdom lies with the embittered prince she is pledged to marry--a man as impossible as he is irresistible......

  • Rome's Revenge

    Sara Craven

    For better, for worse -- for revenge... Rome d'Angelo could have his pick of women -- only, his fiancee had already been chosen for him, by his grandfather! A family feud meant Rome was being forced into a vengeful seduction: he must get engag...

  • A Rogue for Christmas

    Kate Huntington

    An Unwelcome Guest Lionel St. James's name was most definitely not on the guest list for the Blakelys' lavish Christmas Ball. But nonetheless, he arrives at their home that evening with one goal in mind: to catch one glimpse -- just one! -...

  • Rockbuster

    Gloria Skurzynski

    When tragedy and murder strikes his family, seventeen-year-old Tommy finds himself working in the mines where he comes to understand the dangerous barrier that exists between the mine owners and the union workers....

  • Rivka's First Thanksgiving

    Elsa Okon Rael

    As recent Jewish immigrants from Russia, Rivka is having a hard time trying to explain the importance of Thanksgiving to her family and so turns to a group of Rabbis in the hopes that they will give their blessings and then change her father's mind....

  • Rising Star

    Joanna Campbell

    Is Wonder‘s Star a hasâ€"been?

    No one thought Wonder‘s Star would get well again 埥veryone was certain he would never run another race. The racing press was calling him a hasâ€"been.

    But Christina Reese never gave up hope. Slow...

  • The Right Side of the Law

    Wendy Rosnau

    Kristen Harris was desperate to uncover the truth about who she had been before her memory was stolen from her. Her search had led her to the New Orleans waterfront and the most compelling -- and perhaps the most dangerous -- man she could ever have ...

  • Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos

    Donna Andrews

    Ornamental blacksmith Meg Langslow, her boyfriend Michael, and their extended families have dressed up in costume for a reenactment of the siege of Yorktown, complete with cannons and a crafts fair. Self-employed Meg fervently hopes her booth selling...

  • The Rehearsal

    Sarah Willis

    An engaging new novel about love, on-stage and offIn the spring of 1971, Will Bartlett, an ambitious director at a small resident theatre, has an idea: he will invite his cast of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men to his country farm for a month, giving the...

  • Redeeming Claire

    Cynthia Rutledge

    THE PASTOR'S WIFE Reverend Tony Karelli knew the Lord worked in mysterious ways, but this was ridiculous. Before he could correct his new congregation's mistaken assumption that he was engaged, an irrepressible old flame popped up, offering to pos...

  • Rebecca's Tale

    Sally Beauman

    April 1951. It is twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter. Twenty years since Manderley, the de Winter family's estate, was destroyed by fire. But Rebecca's tale is just beginning. Colonel...

  • Rat Boys

    Thom Eberhardt

    Best friends Summer and Marci are in a quandry when they tell obnoixious Jennifer that they have dates for the Spring fling. Unfortunately for them, this is not exactly true. The only way to recover from the ultimate humiliation of getting caught in ...

  • The Rake and the Wallflower

    Allison Lane

    Dangerous Gossip Among the ton, the young innocent Mary Seabrook is positively out of place. She'd rather go bird watching than go to the ball, and her embarrassing habit of speaking the truth gets her nothing but funny looks. If her peculiar ...

  • Rag and Bone Shop

    Robert Cormier

    Twelve-year old Jason is accused of the brutal murder of a young girl. Is he innocent or guilty? The shocked town calls on an interrogator with a stellar reputation: he always gets a confession. The confrontation between Jason and his interrogator fo...

  • Race to the Finish!

    Margaret Snyder

    Everyone in Dragon Land is excited about the big race, except Ord. He can’t do the rock-climbing obstacle -- it’s too hard! Ord wants to quit until Cassie reminds him that if he doesn’t run in the race, the entire team won’t be able to comp...

  • Quiet! You're Invisible

    Margaret Meacham

    With his mother expecting a baby and a bully living next door, fifth-grader Hoby Hobson has enough to worry about even before Zirc, a time-traveling boy who can sometimes be invisible, shows up in his backyard....

  • Quiet Time

    Stephanie Kane

    It's when you're too afraid to make a sound... Inside his picture-perfect home, Warren Scott runs a tight ship. He demands total respect from his family. He'll accept nothing less. The Scotts are quiet, they keep to themselves -- and to the ne...

  • Queen of the Demonweb Pits

    Paul Kidd

    For one man, fighting in the Greyhawk Wars wasn't hell. It was practice. The Justicar, a ruthless ranger with a haunted past, has dedicated his life to protecting the weak and punishing the guilty. But his past is about to catch up with him. ...

  • Pyramid Scheme

    Eric Flint; Dave Freer

    MUMMY DEAREST An alien pyramid has appeared on Earth, squatting in the middle of Chicago. It is growing, destroying the city as it does -- and nothing seems able to stop it, not even the US military. Somehow, the alien device is snatching people a...

  • Puzzled to Death

    Parnell Hall

    Miss Cora Felton, the eccentric amateur detective better known as the Puzzle Lady, likes nothing better than to solve a good mystery -- and this time she's got a killer on her hands. What isn't puzzling is why critics agree that "Cora is emerging as ...

  • Purrfectly Purrfect: Life at the Acatemy

    Patricia Lauber

    As any cat owner knows, cats are born purrfect. But cats are purrfectionists -- they wish to make sure they are purrfectly purrfect. And that is why they go to the Acatemy, where they learn geography (CATskill Mountains, ConnectiCAT), mewsic (Kitt...

  • The Purple Fingerprint

    Carolyn Keene

    Nancy gets the big picture from a really tiny clue! Nancy and her friends love Mr. Lizard's Funhouse -- it's their favorite TV show. But now Mr. Lizard is going to be replaced -- by a cooking show! Nancy gets the kids in school to sign a petition to...

  • The Puppet Master

    John Dalmas

    THE PRIVATE EYE HAD A MIND, OF HIS OWN! In an alternate time line, a breakthrough in basic physics has catapulted technology centuries ahead in only a few years. Everyday life has become very different, but crime always goes on, and criminals have...

  • Punisher: Circle of Blood

    Steven Grant

    Frank Castle watched his wife and children die in a hail of gunfire between rival criminal gangs. A large part of him died that day, but the Punisher was born. This book explores Frank's method of dealing with the criminal underworld, avoiding costum...

  • The Protector

    Dee Henderson

    An arsonist is at work. Firefighter Jack O'Malley is fearless when it comes to facing an inferno. But being a target doesn't sit well with him, especially when a serial arsonist is endangering his men. Civilians are being hurt. Cassie Ellis ...

  • Promises, Promises

    Shelley Cooper

    "HAVE A WILD, CRAZY AFFAIR." Of all the promises Gretchen Montgomery was asked to keep after her friend's death, this one posed a problem. Gretchen was not wild or crazy. She didn't even know any eligible men -- except her tenant, Dr. Marco Gariba...

  • The Promise

    Robin Allen

  • The Promise

    Jacqueline Rogers

    It’s Jamie and Matt’s first Christmas since Ma’s death, and Matt is doing his best to keep her traditions. He chides Pa into decorating the tree and reminds him of Ma’s story of the animals’ Christmas miracle -- their power to speak at mi...

  • Prey

    Scott Ciencin

    Author Michael Crichton created a blockbuster franchise with Jurassic Park, and these original digest novels continue the adventures for its millions of young fans!

    A band of teenagers armed with video cameras and what they think are “the ru...

  • Presents for Everyone!

    Lara Rice Bergen

    Little Bill is so excited when Alice the Great returns home from a Caribbean cruise and brings back gifts for the entire family, and youngsters can join in the fun as they lift the flaps to find out what the presents are! Original....

  • The Practical Heart

    Allan Gurganus

    A luminous quartet, five years in the writing, reveals even more fully the breathtaking range of "a storyteller in the grand tradition" (New York Times).Allan Gurganus's voice--by turn bawdy and serene, folkloric and profane--deepens as it soars into...

  • Power Games

    Penny Jordan

    Self-made millionaire Bram Soames is a powerful, charismatic businessman. But he's also a man torn by guilt over the scandalous relationship that produced his son. Jay Soames has always used his father's guilt to his advantage and has, for years, ...

  • Portrait in Sepia

    Isabel Allende

    Completing the trilogy that includes her bestselling novels Daughter of Fortune and The House of the Spirits, Portrait in Sepia is a stunning novel about memory and family secretsSet at the end of the nineteenth century, Portrait in Sepia is a richly...

  • The Popular One

    Elizabeth Skurnick

    From Ebony's journal: My identical twin sister and I are total opposites. Meaning, I'm way popular and she's so not. How is this possible? I'm friendly, flirty, and don't spend every second buried in a textbook. She's Miss Mathematics (and Miss Headb...

  • Poppleton in Winter

    Cynthia Rylant

    Revisit three wonderful stories from Newbery medalist Cynthia Rylant and award-winning illustrator Mark Teague--with new cover art and design!

    In this easy-to-read chapter book, Poppleton the pig charms young readers with his quirky adventures ...

  • Pooh's Perfect Presents

    RH/Disney

  • Plainclothes Naked

    Jerry Stahl

    In a wildly careening plot that can only be described as crack noir, two pipeheads accidentally steal a photo of George W. Bush's presidential package and decide to blackmail the Republican Party. Before the crack-crazed thieves can follow through, h...

  • A Place of Darkness

    Lauren Haney

    The Spirit Is Hungry Some transgressions may never be forgiven -- as Lieutenant Bak remains out of favor with the powers of Kemet. While in transit from his exile in Buhen to a new posting, the disgraced policeman stops at the capital in hopes of ...

  • A Place in the Hills

    Michelle Paver

  • A Place Called Home

    Judie Aitken

    Dear Reader, My Wyoming ranch was built on the land my ancestors pioneered, so it's more than my home -- it's my legacy. Unfortunately, hard times are forcing me to sell to a millionaire developer who's all business. His attorney Shaye...