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New Books List: 733 titles


  • Geri Guillaume
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    Four of today's hottest romance writers invite you to come home for the holidays, where the spicy smells from the kitchen, the warm embrace of family, and the gifts of Kwanzaa are just the beginning of a magical season filled with true love and sensu...



  • Francis Ray
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    Four of today's hottest romance writers invite you to come home for the holidays, where the spicy smells from the kitchen, the warm embrace of family, and the gifts of Kwanzaa are just the beginning of a magical season filled with true love and sensu...



  • Monica Jackson
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    Four of today's hottest romance writers invite you to come home for the holidays, where the spicy smells from the kitchen, the warm embrace of family, and the gifts of Kwanzaa are just the beginning of a magical season filled with true love and sensu...



  • Beverly Jenkins
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    Four of today's hottest romance writers invite you to come home for the holidays, where the spicy smells from the kitchen, the warm embrace of family, and the gifts of Kwanzaa are just the beginning of a magical season filled with true love and sensu...



  • Clive Barker

    A journey beyond imagination is about to unfold. . . . It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold. When the answer co...



  • Anne Lamott

    The New York Times Bestseller from the beloved author of Bird by Bird, Hallelujah Anyway, and Almost EverythingMattie Ryder is marvelously neurotic, well-intentioned, funny, religious, sarcastic, tender, angry, and broke. Her life at the moment is a ...



  • Diane Smith

    Diane Smith's acclaimed novels feature strong heroines, memorable characters, surprising revelations from the natural sciences, and an original perspective on the American West. Set in 1876, right after the Battle of Little Big Horn, her new novel te...



  • William Trevor

    The Gault family leads a life of privilege in early 1920s Ireland, but the threat of violence leads the parents of nine-year-old Lucy to leave Ireland for England, her mother's home. Lucy cannot bear the thought of leaving Lahardane, their country ho...



  • Joe Buff

    Reactionary enemy regimes have brutally taken command in South Africa and Germany. U.S. and European shipping lanes are suddenly under attack. World War is at hand -- and for the ruthless Berlin -- Boer Axis, the devastating weapons of choice will be...



  • David Hagberg

    From the USA Today bestselling author of Joshua's HammerThe President of the United States has appointed Kirk McGarvey interim director of the CIA while his nomination winds its way through Congressional hearings. But what should have been the culmin...



  • Philana Marie Boles

    Shawni Baldwin has everything she has ever closed her eyes and wished for. She can wrap her arms around a devoted and very sexy fiancé, Bo Delaney, an entertainment attorney. She is living a glamorous life as a successful, jet-setting fashion mo...



  • Jane Graves

    YOU CAN RUN FROM THE PAST... When private investigator Valerie Parker tails a cheating wife late one night, it's business as usual--until the woman is murdered and the man she's with becomes the prime suspect. Val gets an even bigger shock when she ...



  • Chris Petit

    Willi Schmidt's actions in World War II were an enigma. He worked for U Intelligence out of Switzerland, cut black-market deals on the side, and rescued scores of Jews from death. Either way, Schmidt drifted in the murky waters between saint and sinn...



  • Richard Hoyt

    ON NOVEMBER 14. 1947, General Douglas MacArthur met in private with Emperor Hirohito. They spoke for ninety minutes. To this day, there is not official record of what was discussed…. Over five decades ago, MacArthur permitted General Yamashita Tom...



  • Al Lacy; Joanna Lacy

    What better opportunity to put a bullet in Dan Tyler's heart than being his trusted wife? Murder is Jenny Linden's motive in answering the former prison guard's ad for a mail order bride. She's ready to avenge her father's death in a Confederate pris...



  • Karen Palmer

    "Writ[ten] with skill and courage . . . Palmer does the big scenes as perfectly as the small ones." -- Chicago Tribune

    "Mysterious and compelling." -- Publishers Weekly

    "A colorful portrayal of border life, written with steady-handed c...



  • Bertrice Small

    Rosamund Bolton is the heiress to the manor of Friarsgate on the wild Cumbrian border between England and Scotland. More than a splendid inheritance, Friarsgate will chart the fate of the orphaned beauty widowed at a precious young age. It will take ...



  • Joanna Scott

    A vividly imagined novel from award-winning Joanna Scott. In the mid-1950s, an American family travels to an island off the coast of Italy to make a fortune in gemstones....



  • David Manuel

    As a monk, Brother Bartholomew can usually be found tending his garden -- and his soul -- at Cape Cod's Faith Abbey. Until destiny sends him to Bermuda, where he encounters trouble in paradise. A car rolls off the cliffs into the night sea, carryi...



  • Donna Hill

    You'll find out soon enough. So I may as well say it now. I slept with my best friend's husband. I want to tell my side... Just hear me out... -- from An Ordinary Woman A beautiful and accomplished photographer Asha and Lisa have been friends ever s...



  • Sarah Mlynowski

    Allison can't wait for Jodine and Emma to move in to her apartment -- until she realizes having roommates means living in a fishbowl:You are never alone.When one small, slightly accidental fire leads to one big repair bill, all efforts to avoid each ...




  • Michael Flynn

    IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST One minute the two space Hab astronauts were scoop-diving the atmosphere, the next they'd been shot down over the North Dakota Glacier and were the object of a massive manhunt by the United States government. That govern...



  • Robert M. Price

    When H. P. Lovecraft first introduced his macabre universe in the pages of Weird Tales magazine, the response was electrifying. Gifted writers -- among them his closest peers -- added sinister new elements to the fear-drenched landscape. Here are som...



  • Judith Reeves-Stevens; Garfield Reeves-Stevens

    The Dominion War is over. The Federation is at peace. What better time for two legendary starship captains to set aside the demands of duty and simply take some well-deserved time off? But when James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard arrive on Bajor to...



  • Umberto Eco

    A self-confessed liar spins a fascinating tale of his life in this “comic and brilliantly baffling†historical novel by the author of The Name of the Rose (The Guardian, UK).  Constantinople, 1204. The Byzantine capital is under siege by the...



  • Nicole Jordan

    Having watched her mother languish away for a lost love, Raven Kendrick vows never to surrender her heart. But when her life erupts in scandal, she is forced to accept a marriage proposal from the wickedly sensuous owner of London's most notoriou...



  • Douglas Clegg

    Harrow is haunted, they say. The mansion is a place of tragedy and nightmares, evil and insanity. First it was a madman's fortress; then it became a school. Now it lies empty. But an obsessed woman and a ghost hunter want to bring the house back to l...



  • Susan Grant

    A beautiful co-pilot faces a terrible choice when her plane is hijacked on a late-night flight over the Pacific. Can she trust the dark-eyed stranger who has seized both her plane and her heart?...



  • Maria Greene

    ...All Is Bright Lucas Chandler, Earl of Lyons, has lived like a hermit in his Grosvenor Square mansion since his wife's death, yet it's more than grief he feels -- it's betrayal. His beloved daughter Annie is quite possibly not his at ...



  • Cindy Holby

    It all started with a dream -- a dream of fertile acres, swift stallions, strong sons and beautiful daughters. For a poor Scottish immigrant with a gift of talking to horses, it all began with love. A DARING ESCAPE From the moment he set eyes on...



  • Alice Holden
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    Dinah Monroe will do anything to keep four orphans and their guardian from being turned out before Christmas -- even if it means inviting their landlord, the impossible Justin Sinclair, to a cookie-baking celebration in the hopes of changing his mind...




  • Jillian Hunter

    Catriona Grant is desperate. Fleeing a forced marriage in Scotland, she arrives on the doorstep of Rutleigh Hall seeking shelter as a distant relation, only to find that Knight Dennison, the Viscount Rutleigh, may be worse than the man she fled. True...



  • Max Allan Collins

    Alex Scott is an ace special government agent who loves his job and his country. Kelly Robinson is a boxing superstar who loves the limelight, the ladies ... and himself. No two men could be less alike -- but now they're going to have to work togethe...



  • Peter Brandvold

    Ex-Confederate-turned-bounty-hunter Lou Prophet finds himself the target of a posse out for blood after a confrontation with a young hothead who turns out to be the son of prominent cattleman Gerard Loomis and seeks refuge at the home of female ranch...



  • Brenda K. Jernigan

    The Greatest Gifts... Lady Noelle has no intention of marrying just to save her family's castle. She feels nothing for Sir Gavin, the man who will become her husband on Christmas Day. Then she spies Camelot's newest knight, the notorious Sir...



  • Deborah Morgan

    Antiques picker and ex-FBI agent Jeff Talbot's good friend and fishing buddy, Bill Rhodes, has a collection of fly fishing lures that any collector would kill for. But when someone actually does just that, Jeff must use all his skills to catch his fr...



  • Donna Ball
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    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...



  • Leslie O'Kane

    Everybody agrees that talented mom Patty Birch is the perfect president to lead the Carlton Central School PTA to new accomplishments. Under her steady stewardship, the organization verges on winning a prestigious award. Her skills, however, are sore...



  • Linda Broday

    UNDER A STARRY TEXAS SKY Duel McClain was no knight in shining armor -- he was a drifter who prided himself on having no responsibilities. But a poker game thrust him into the role of father to an abandoned baby, and then a condemned woman stumble...



  • Linda Cook

    He Would Sacrifice Her Trust... After three long years fighting for his king, Henry Plantagenet, the time has come for Gideon de Macon to return home to the raven-haired wife whose face has haunted his every dream. But their reunion will not be a jo...



  • Dee Sterling
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    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...



  • Michael DiMercurio

    One ship could revolutionize submarine warfare as we know it: the USS Snarc. A robotic combat sub carrying no crew, the Snarc has proven unbeatable in sea trials. And now it has fallen into the hands of an unseen enemy.   The Snarc’s first cas...



  • Carmen Green
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    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...



  • Sharon Sala
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    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...



  • Don Pendleton

    America's defense system faces a deathblow from hidden enemies. For the dedicated warriors of Stony Man, the rules of engagement are straight and to the point: total deniability. Only the President of the United States can deploy the top-secret te...



  • Don Pendleton

    BLOOD BROTHERS Mack Bolan and Galen Starke fought side by side as Special Forces soldiers against a common enemy in the jungles of Southeast Asia. But now Starke has evolved into a demented prophet of doom -- a madman with an army of mercenaries, ...



  • Rebecca Hagan Lee

    The third book in the Marquess of Templeston's Heirs Series begins... When Kit Ramsey goes in search of his destiny, traveling to Inismorn, Ireland to claim an inheritance. Kit doesn't expect his castle, his new title, or his desti...



  • Patricia Waddell

    THE HEART OF A GUARDIAN The only female sovereign in the galaxy, Lady Zara was descended from a long line of powerful women--women with the ability to telepathically sense people's emotions. It was a gift that felt more like a curse as she faced t...



  • Kylie Adams
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    The only way single, successful career woman Audra Jarecki can face a Christmas homecoming--and the pitying eyes of her family--is with a gorgeous boyfriend on her arm. Hiring hunky Colby Douglas may be the worst mistake of Audra's life...or the answ...



  • Jenna Mindel

    Secrets of the Heart Dashing, gallant Captain Winston Jeffries has no taste for the ton. He'd much prefer a military post in India to the pleasures of Almack's. But his latest mission of seeking out traitors to the Crown involves feigning to court...



  • J.R. Roberts

    In Easterly, Indiana, Clint Adams, the Gunsmith, takes on a bloodthirsty posse calling themselves The Doomsday Riders, a gang responsible for the destruction of at least a dozen small towns. Original....



  • Lynn Kurland

    In this sweeping, emotional love story, Lynn Kurland takes us back to the thirteenth century--and all the passion and magnificence of medieval England... Colin of Berkhamshire knows two things--the pleasures of warring and that brides do not want ...



  • Kim Louise
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  • Madeline Baker

    JOEY AND BLACKIE Some folks said they were just two kids who should never have met--a girl from the wrong side of town and a half-breed who was determined to make his mark on the world. Their families had fought on opposite sides at the Little Big...



  • Linda O'Brien

    WHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS... Katherine Rourke has just inherited the Ballyrourke Estate -- a beautiful, sprawling farm on the Irish countryside, complete with a mansion full of priceless antiques. Wondering why it had been kept a secret from her all ...



  • Julia Parks

    HIS REPUTATION WAS ABOMINABLE... After years as one of London's most notorious rakes, Alexander Havenhurst, Earl of Foxworth, has decided to settle down. He longs for the sort of storybook marriage his brother enjoys, but his reputation keeps most s...



  • Andrea Pickens

    Fire and Ice A gambler, womanizer, and all-around wastrel, Alexander Sheffield yearns for a rousing adventure to redeem himself. Heading off to the frozen Russian tundra to rescue a young cousin seems to be just the mission he needs. But his quest...



  • Lisa Plumley
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    Flirty Katie Moore is the ultimate good-time girl. Too bad she's held up at the office, helping nose-to-the grindstone architect Jack Brennan with a very special project: emergency babysitting for the boss's tiny daughter. Now, the party girl and the...



  • Debbie Raleigh
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    Amanda Worthington has no intention of marrying wealthy, annoyingly handsome Lord Barclay in order to cancel her selfish father's gambling debt. Her only hope is to delay the wedding long enough to sell her delicious jam cakes, repay the lord in ster...



  • Joy Reed
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    Ellen Roswell is far too sensible to believe her mother's tradition--that serving mince pie at Christmas brings good fortune--but she is happy to assist in the holiday shopping. While walking through her snowy village, Ellen finds a guinea on the str...



  • Martha Schroeder

    Every Christmas Wish... Pretty, spoiled Priscilla Harrowby has been taught that the only thing that matters is marrying a rich man, and the only way to snare one is to act the giggling simpleton...until she meets dashing American Nick Cannon. For th...



  • Donna Simpson

    They never imagined they'd meet again -- under the mistletoe... THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL Lady Elizabeth Bournard has decided that a spot of matchmaking would be a fitting and festive way to celebrate her eightieth birthday and the coming Yu...



  • Niqui Stanhope
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  • Suzanne Proulx

    DEATHLESS IN DENVER The reports of Jenna McLaren's demise were premature. Because Jenna -- nervous, well-appointed, and very much alive -- was sitting in risk manager Vicky Lucci's office, with a copy of her own death certificate. Now Vicky has to...



  • Jon Sharpe

    Skye Fargo tracks down a sexy swindler who’s racing for riches!Skye Fargo figures he’ll have no use for a sidearm hunting down Francesca Ponti -- the most gorgeous thief he’s ever laid eyes on. All he has to do is waylay the beautiful burglar a...



  • William W. Johnstone

    THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY The New York Times bestselling author William W. Johnstone delivers the powerful story of a lone man’s journey across the wild west -- among outlaws, adventurers, and brave men and women buildin...



  • Edith Layton
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    Have Yourself a Regency Christmas Spend the holidays in Regency England this Christmas, courtesy of five beloved and bestselling authors who deliver heartwarming tales that will make you feel as if you've just been kissed beneath the mistletoe. ...



  • Barbara Metzger
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    Have Yourself a Regency Christmas Spend the holidays in Regency England this Christmas, courtesy of five beloved and bestselling authors who deliver heartwarming tales that will make you feel as if you've just been kissed beneath the mistletoe. ...



  • Amanda McCabe
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    Have Yourself a Regency Christmas Spend the holidays in Regency England this Christmas, courtesy of five beloved and bestselling authors who deliver heartwarming tales that will make you feel as if you've just been kissed beneath the mistletoe. ...



  • Sandra Heath
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    Have Yourself a Regency Christmas Spend the holidays in Regency England this Christmas, courtesy of five beloved and bestselling authors who deliver heartwarming tales that will make you feel as if you've just been kissed beneath the mistletoe. ...



  • Carla Kelly
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    Have Yourself a Regency Christmas Spend the holidays in Regency England this Christmas, courtesy of five beloved and bestselling authors who deliver heartwarming tales that will make you feel as if you've just been kissed beneath the mistletoe. ...



  • Deborah Smith
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    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...



  • Sandra Chastain
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    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...



  • Debra Dixon
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    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...



  • Virginia Ellis
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    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...



  • Martha Shields
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    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...



  • Nancy Knight
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    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...



  • Carolyn McSparren
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    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...



  • Will Cade

    ONE TOUGH TOWN Matthew Fadden is a young man with a lot to live up to. His grandfather is the legendary Temple Fadden, a frontiersman nearly as famous as Davy Crockett and the subject of countless dime novels. But all Matthew's celebrated grandfat...



  • Tabor Evans

    The desert sun, two smoldering sisters, and a criminal packing heat sure can burn a fella!For years, a certain sleazy customs officer by the name Braddock has been turning a pretty penny on the Mexican border. Not by doing right by Uncle Sam, but by ...



  • Robert Gandt

    Now former Navy pilot Robert Gandt brings back his fighter pilot hero, Brick Maxwell, and the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan--for the biggest challenge of their careers.... A motor launch carrying the USS Ronald Reagan;' top brass ...



  • Claudia Dain

    HUSBAND #5 She was a wife most willing -- Four previous arranged marriages had taught Nicolaa the necessity of allowing a strange man access to her bed, her body. Now King Henry had gifted her with yet another new husband. Would he be overeager, u...



  • Elizabeth Doyle

    Every True Heart... Charlotte Bass may be a simple country girl, but she doesn't plan to have her heart broken twice by the same man. A Christmas ago, she'd fallen for the sophisticated city ways of Shaun Matheson, hoping to become his wife....



  • Shannon Drake

    EVERY NIGHTMARE HAS ITS BEGINNING In an ancient churchyard just outside Paris. archeologists uncover an ancient tomb certain they have stumbled onto the find of the century. But something goes very wrong as the tomb is opened. Something too frighten...



  • Marcia Evanick

    Welcome to Misty Harbor, Maine! Life is a little different here--slower, calmer, a bit less hectic than you may be used to. But don't worry, you'll fit right in. Just pour yourself some eggnog, curl up by the fire, and settle in for a long winter's n...



  • Darlene Gardner

    DOUBLE TROUBLE To catch a criminal and save his sibling's skin, Mitch agreed to switch places with his identical twin. As a cop, he felt comfortable with the undercover assignment. After all, he was trained to handle any number of hair-raising si...



  • Lynn Kerstan

    In every adventure, there must be passion.... Lady Jessica Carville wants nothing to do with men after having her heart betrayed. Despite society's disapproval, she has found fulfillment and success as a dealer of rare antiquities for Christie...



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  • Jake Logan

    They escaped their execution -- but there’s no escaping Slocum.Everyone in Sublette County wants to see Angus Dingo and Flatnose Nelson hanged -- everyone including John Slocum. Their brutal crimes warrant their deaths, but when their hour is up, t...



  • Warren Murphy; Richard Sapir

    There's some nasty sibling rivalry in the family assassination business . . . For Remo, Sinanju's Holiest tradition is "cash up front" But as his long road to the rank of Reigning Master of the venerable house of assassins nears its end, the Ti...



  • Dana Corbit

    Single mother Serena Jacobs stopped praying for miracles when a year of battling her daughter's illness took its toll on her spirit. But even though Serena's faith was shattered, she turned to the church for solace -- and found a Harley-riding youth ...



  • Jo Ann Ferguson

    MURDER AMONG THE MARIGOLDS Lady Priscilla Flanders, widow of the local vicar, is at last ready to pack away her mourning clothes, gather up her children, and depart the peaceful -- yet perhaps too quiet -- village of Hempten-on-Heath for the bustl...



  • Samantha Connolly

    Manhattan shoe designer C. J. Mathews thinks she has it all. Great apartment, great career, great friends. Except what she really wants is a baby. No biggie. But her first choice for fatherhood is her best buddy, Jack Harding. Initially he's stunned ...



  • Linda Conrad

    TOO MANY SECRETS... The night before their wedding Reid Sorrels had disappeared without a trace, leaving Jill Bennett with the ultimate keepsake. Now, ten years later, Reid was back in town, and Jill held fast to the deception that was her only de...



  • Christine Lynxwiler
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    In Prairie Center, Kansas, all of Prairie County gathers After the Harvest for its first organized fair, and Judith Timmons hopes it's the last event she has to attend before moving back East. But a certain Rylan Gaines has taken a fancy to the berry...



  • Judy Christenberry
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    Army major Billy Colton falls for a beautiful -- and uninvited -- guest. But before he can convince her that he's a settle-down kind of guy, he must save her from masked intruders! SWAT team leader Kurt Hoffman is fatefully reunited with his ex-wi...



  • Lynn A. Coleman
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    In Prairie Center, Kansas, all of Prairie County gathers After the Harvest for its first organized fair, and Judith Timmons hopes it's the last event she has to attend before moving back East. But a certain Rylan Gaines has taken a fancy to the berry...



  • Ann Major

    For the first time in his life, Roque Blackstone heard the music of love when he caught Ritz Keller trespassing on his father's land -- spying on him as he swam naked in a sheltered pool underneath the live oaks. Despite their families' long-standing...



  • Merline Lovelace
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    e was the colonel's daughter, and he was the Special Operations pilot who would do anything for her. But once under deep cover as Danielle Flyn's husband, Jack Buchanan had to battle hard to keep hold of his heart!...



  • Karen Marie Moning

    Crisscrossing the continents and the centuries, here is a novel as gripping as it is sensual--an electrifying adventure that will leave you breathless.... I am Dageus MacKeltar, a man with one good conscience and thirteen bad ones, driven to sate ...



  • Genell Dellin

    Susanna Copeland needs help, and the man who is right for the job is in a Texas jail cell. But the future of her ranch is at stake, and notorious Cherokee Eagle Jack Sixkiller is the only one who can help drive her cattle north. The trouble is Jack h...



  • Jennifer Donnelly

    East London, 1888-a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whisperin...



  • Amy J. Fetzer

    One perfect night, the passion Navy SEAL Jack Singer had felt for Melanie Patterson had burst the seams of his restraint. But then he'd been called away on a top-secret assignment. Returning home fifteen months later, he was shocked to discover that ...



  • Barbara Gale

    DUTY... Dynamic lawyer Daniel Boylan was rich, powerful...and poised to become the next ambassador to France. His ambitions -- and responsibilities -- determined that he put others' wishes before his own...even love. HONOR... Katherine Harriman was ...



  • Katherine Garbera

    A SECOND CHANCE AT LOVE Wealthy Chicago attorney Seth Connelly told himself he'd married Lynn McCoy only to save her family ranch. The Sagebrush, Montana, spread had once been his salvation, though Lynn had been his nemesis. But the troublemaking ...



  • Cindy Gerard

    "I'm ready to reignite an old flame!" -- Cutter Reno, brazenly sexy rodeo champ When rugged lone wolf Cutter Reno breezed back into Sundown, Montana, his macho male pride demanded he reclaim the one li'l lady who'd ever truly mattered. All it too...



  • Michele Albert

    HOT ON HIS TRAIL Private Investigator Diana Belmaine always gets her man -- and her hunt for a brazen, clever thief leads the cool blonde straight to Dr. Jack Austin. A globetrotting adventurer and shoo-in for "America's Most Eligible Bachelor," J...



  • Dorien Kelly

    Rowan Lindsay is on a Boy Vacation. No men. She's been hurt in the past, and with two rambunctious five-year-olds to take care of, she just can't risk further heartbreak. But when her troublesome twins tackle hot neighbor Jake Albreight, Rowan questi...



  • Ruth Langan

    "Yale Conover lived for the thrill of the game. And though he was a man who scorned most of the laws made by men, he never actually considered himself an outlaw. He preferred to think he was a law unto himself." Now his own code of justice had b...



  • Rachel Lee
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    Marine Sergeant Joe Yates came home to Conard County ready to give up military life. Then spirited Diana Rutledge forced him to remember the stuff true heroes - and true love - are made of......



  • Marisa Carroll

    Welcome to Twin Oaks -- the new B and B in Cooper's Corner. Some come for pleasure, others for passion -- and one to set things straight... Check-in: Radio talk show host Emma Hart thought Twin Oaks was supposed to be a friendly inn, but fellow gu...



  • Carla Cassidy

    LSCC Member: Powerful, suave Sheik Omar Al Abdar Social Status: Has his eye on a particular woman on this side of the Atlantic Method of Seduction: Sheik Omar has any number of women at his disposal...ones who'd be more than willing to wed -...



  • Freda Chrisman
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    In Prairie Center, Kansas, all of Prairie County gathers After the Harvest for its first organized fair, and Judith Timmons hopes it's the last event she has to attend before moving back East. But a certain Rylan Gaines has taken a fancy to the berry...



  • Tamela Hancock Murray
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    In Prairie Center, Kansas, all of Prairie County gathers After the Harvest for its first organized fair, and Judith Timmons hopes it's the last event she has to attend before moving back East. But a certain Rylan Gaines has taken a fancy to the berry...



  • Lindsay McKenna
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    Reunited on a mission for Morgan Trayhern, lieutenants Niall Ward and brie Phillips found themselves stranded at sea -- with only each other to cling to. Would the power of love give them the strength to carry on until recue -- and beyond?...



  • Jenna Mills

    Victoria Blake had come to Bon Terre searching for answers, but she only found more questions. What had happened that night twenty-five years ago? Why was someone trying to scare her into leaving? And, most of all, what was she going to do about her ...



  • Patricia Rosemoor

    Ten years ago, a Gypsy cursed the sons of three who wrongly accused her boy, Carlo, of murder. Now they must find the real killer before death revisits the bayou. And only true love will break the evil spell they are under.... Wyatt A police dete...



  • Jill Shalvis

    First she's bumped from first class to coach, then she's robbed, gets soaked in a rainstorm and now is stranded on a ranch full of animals she's afraid of.... As far as days go, Princess Natalia Brunner has definitely had better ones! If not for the ...



  • Jill Shalvis

    Some people have no gratitude! When Princess Andrea Brunner saves Kyle Moore from a bad guy, she expects a little appreciation. Instead, the arrogant man insists that he saved her! Impossible! Annie has always been the rescuer. Nothing to do except i...



  • Kathryn Shay

    These days Darcy O'Malley hardly remembers the fun-loving, outrageous young woman she used to be. For the most part, she's content to be the responsible mother of two young daughters and the owner of the local day care. So when Hunter Sloan, Hyde Poi...



  • Susan Kearney

    Nothing would stop Nicholas Zared from taking his rightful place as King of Vashmira. Not a bloodthirsty assassin -- nor American spitfire Ericka Allen. Without the fiery beauty's acceptance of their long-arranged marriage, Nicholas would be denied t...



  • Jane Sullivan

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