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New Books List: 654 titles

  • Queen of Christmas

    Mary Engelbreit

    Ann Estelle is very busy working on The List. The Queen of Christmas knows there's nothing more important! How else can she get all the things she really wants?

    As the Christmas countdown moves along, there's so much for the Queen to do!...

  • Harvard Yard

    William Martin

    Picking up where his runaway bestseller Back Bay left off, William Martin returns to Boston to bring the history of HarvardUniversity vividly to life. There are many Harvard legends. One of the oldest is the tale of how John Harvard's parents were br...

  • Holding Down the Ranch

    Jake Logan

    Slocum says adios to one rotten ranchero…Tate McMahon owns just about every last inch of the town of Bedrock. And he’s fixin’ on buying up the few remaining bits before too long -- including one right fine piece of land called the S Bar J, owne...

  • The Seductive One

    Susan Mallery

    For the Marcelli sisters of California wine country, the season is ripe for romance! Of all the Marcelli sisters, the one who dreams of running the family's winery is Brenna -- and she's about to get her chance. But taking the helm at Marcelli Wi...

  • Two Cooks A-Killing

    Joanne Pence

    Homicide for the Holidays Nothing could drag chef Angie Amalfi away from San Francisco and her beloved policeman fiance Paavo Smith--except for a job preparing the banquet her all-time favorite soap opera characters will consume during an upcoming...

  • One Kiss from You

    Christina Dodd

    A bold woman known as the "duchess of Magnus" was wagered -- and won -- in a card game. But the woman who arrived was her shy, quiet cousin Eleanor. Eleanor de Lacy must have been mad to agree to exchange identities with her stronger-will...

  • Body of Evidence

    Max Allan Collins

    Early one quiet Monday morning, in an empty executive office, assistant Janice Denard begins to prepare for another ordinary day - but instead discovers evidence of horrific crimes, shocking photographs left abandoned in a printer. Now, with the hel...

  • Tales from Earthsea

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    "In this stellar collection...Ursula K. Le Guin makes a triumphant return to the magic-drenched world of Earthsea."* Featuring the award-winning author's new Earthsea novella, two original stories, and two classic tales, as well as new maps and a spe...

  • Winter Fire

    Jo Beverley

    Genova Smith is a resourceful woman, but the Marquess of Ashart is a challenge even for her. Especially when she finds herself in the precarious position of accompanying him to the home of Lord Rothgar, his cousin and mortal enemy. Even more distress...

  • Blood Canticle

    Anne Rice

    Fiery, fierce, and erotic, Blood Canticle marks the triumphant culmination of Anne Rice’s bestselling Vampire Chronicles, as Lestat tells his astounding tale of the pleasures and tortures that lie between death’s shadow and immortality. . . .
    ...

  • A Family Christmas

    Mary Balogh
    in

    A Family Christmas brings together a couple estranged since just after their arranged marriage the year before, and gives them the perfect chance to start over....

  • Love

    Toni Morrison

    From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner -- a spellbinding symphony of passion and hatred, power and perversity, color and class that spans three generations of Black women in a fading beach town.“A marvelous work, which enlarges our conception not on...

  • A Christmas Story

    Jean Shepherd

    A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana -- the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film and the live musical on Fox. The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christ...

  • The Christmas Blessing

    Donna VanLiere

    Adapted to a film available on streaming and home video, The Christmas Blessing is the heartwarming sequel to the beloved New York Times bestseller, The Christmas Shoes. From NewSong's smash-hit #1 single, to the blockbuster CBS television movie, to...

  • Bad Girlz

    Shannon Holmes

    The bestselling author of B-More Careful, Shannon Holmes, delivers Bad Girlz, another wild adventure into the streets. The setting this time is the Badlands, one of the toughest and poorest communities in Philadelphia. Bad Girlz takes you into the m...

  • Nights with Uncle Remus

    Joel Chandler Harris

    For more than a hundred years, the tales of Joel Chandler Harris have entertained and influenced both readers and writers. Nights with Uncle Remus gathers seventy-one of Harris's most popular narratives, featuring African American trickster tales, et...

  • Andrew Lost in the Whale

    J.C. Greenburg

    After escaping an underwater volcano, Andrew, Judy, and Thudd drive their submersible vehicle, the Water Bug, right down a whale’s throat!This is the second in a four-book set that will take the kids on a tour of undersea phenomena, from the Great ...

  • Thomas and Toby

    Rev. W. Awdry

  • My Best Friend Is out of This World

    Sarah Albee

  • The Sloths Get a Pet

    Maribeth Boelts

    The Sloth family falls in love with the sleepy puppy at the pet store, but when they bring him home, they are surprised to find out he's a bundle of energy and not at all what they imagined. Simultaneous....

  • Lost and Found

    Margaret Snyder

    Hide-and-Seek with their dragon friends is fun until Emmy decides that she and Max should hide in the Forest of Darkness. Now they’re lost and can’t wait to be found! This is an exciting story that reassures young readers and at the same time tea...

  • Pretty Princess Poems

    Golden Books

    Pretty Cinderella
    Has dainty little feet.
    Just the sort of princess
    A prince would love to meet!

    Original poems about Snow White, Ariel, Belle, Cinderella, and other Disney Princesses are featured in this delightful padded board book...

  • The Boat of Dreams

    Richard Preston

    In 1969, William Foster, Sr., a thirty-three-year-old army reserve soldier, is lost in action in Vietnam. He leaves behind his beloved wife, Sarah Ann; a six-year-old daughter, Lila; and a thirteen-year-old son, Will, Jr. They live in a trailer on th...

  • The Private Life of the Cat Who

    Lilian Jackson Braun

    What could be more purrfect for fans of the Cat Who series than an intimate look at the private lives of those extraordinary Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum--the most unlikely, most unusual, most delightful team in detective fiction! In this charming ...

  • Collective Hindsight, Book 1

    Aaron Rosenberg

    STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS The da Vinci comes across a strange runaway vessel that is giving off tremendous amounts of dangerous energy. However, the ship is not as strange as they think, as they've encountered it once before... During the Domini...

  • Miss Polly Has a Dolly

    Pamela Duncan Edwards

  • The Artful Alphabet

    Martina Jirankova-Limbrick

    Sure to charm children and collectors alike, this artful alphabet book promises a new discovery each time one opens its whimsy-filled pages.

    "A" is for the amazing abundance of art in this addictive alphabet book! Fine artist Martina Jirankova...

  • The Lady and the Lion

    Jacqueline K. Ogburn

    An epic novel of love, courage, and honor follows a young woman, who, after facing a ferocious lion to save her father, discovers that the lion is actually a kind prince under the spell of an evil enchantress, and as love blossoms between them, she m...

  • Secrets and Surprises

    Emma Thompson

  • The Adventures of Pinocchio

    Helen Rossendale

    Introducing a whole new generation of readers to this timeless classic, an inventive giftbook edition transforms the story of a wooden puppet, who desperately wants to be a real boy, into a hilarious adventure....

  • Captain America, Volume 3: Ice

    Chuck Austen

    For decades World War 2 super-soldier Captain America lay in frozen suspended-animation, encased in ice, until he was revived in the modern world to again take his post of protector of the Red, White and Blue. But when a mysterious package arrives at...

  • Incredible Hulk, Volume 5: Hide in Plain Sight

    Bruce Jones

    For years Crusher Creel has terrorized the world with his ability to absorb the properties of anything he touches. Now, after being locked away in a secret underground prison, the Absorbing Man has gained the new ability to jump in and out of people'...

  • Red, White, and Blue Murder

    Bill Crider

    Sheriff Dan Rhodes has half a mind to shoot the next person who asks if it's hot enough for him, what with the near hundred-degree heat and a months-old drought. He's also a bit warm under the collar over an ambitious local reporter's allegations of ...

  • Skyfall

    Catherine Asaro

    THE BIRTH OF AN EMPIRE Skyfallgoes back to the beginning, to the rebirth of Skolia, showing how a chance meeting on a backwater planet forges a vast interstellar empire. Eldrinson, a provincial ruler on a primitive planet, is plagued by inner demo...

  • The Babes in the Wood

    Ruth Rendell

    With floods threatening both the town of Kingsmarkham and his own home and no end to the rain in sight, Chief Inspector Wexford already has his hands full when he learns that two local teenagers have gone missing along with their sitter, Joanna Troy....

  • Mr. Timothy

    Louis Bayard

    It's the Christmas season, and Mr. Timothy Cratchit, not the pious child the world thought he was, has just buried his father. He's also struggling to bury his past as a cripple and shed his financial ties to his benevolent "Uncle" Ebenezer by los...

  • The Spirit of Covington

    Joan Medlicott

    If you're meeting the Ladies of Covington for the first time, prepare to fall in love with Hannah, Grace, and Amelia -- three warm, strong, and wonderful sixty-something women who are so real, they'll soon become dear friends. If you've visited Covin...

  • Babylon Rising

    Tim LaHaye; Greg Dinallo

    A BOLD NEW HERO ARISES.... He is a much-needed hero for our times... man of surprising courage, Michael Murphy is an expert on Biblical prophecy and an archaeologist who fearlessly hunts down ancient artifacts in the face of the greatest danger. ...

  • The Living End

    Lisa Samson

    One Last Goodbye. One Last Adventure.Pearly Laurel is devastated by the death of her beloved husband of thirty-five years. The two had always said they couldn’t live without one another, and Pearly has no desire to even try. Then, in the midst of h...

  • The Colossus of New York

    Colson Whitehead

    In a dazzlingly original work of nonfiction, the two time Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys recreates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. Here is a literary love so...

  • Ice Palace

    Ted Rand

    Every year a glittering palace made from blocks of ice rises several stories above the wintry landscape of Saranac Lake, New York. The workers who build the palace, which is the centerpiece of the annual winter carnival, come from the village and fro...

  • Bittersweet

    Drew Lamm

    Taylor has always thought of herself as an artist, never lacking ideas or creative energy. But when her beloved Grams, who has raised her from infancy, suffers a stroke, Taylor’s world is shaken. People she thought she knew suddenly assume confusin...

  • The Impostor

    Celeste Bradley

    RULE #2: NEVER LET YOURSELF BE SEDUCED. He is a member of the Liar's Club, an elite group of renegade spies who work in the service of the Crown. His missions are difficult, dangerous, and undercover, requiring him to study his subject very, ver...

  • Up In A Heaval

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

    A Spot of TroubleAn innocent piece of Mundane Snail Mail has provoked the dreaded Demon Jupiter to hurl his Red Spot at the magical land of Xanth. As the dire Dot draws closer, the unwelcome ordeal of saving the enchanted realm falls to Umlaut, an un...

  • Home for Christmas

    Louise Ladd

    Will it be Chris's best Christmas ever ... or the worst? It's Christmas at the Double Diamond Dude Ranch. And this year should be the best Christmas ever. Chris's mom is coming home! Ever since her parents separated and her mother resumed her sing...

  • White Midnight

    Dia Calhoun

    Companion to Firegold, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults

    Rose Chandler, a fifteen-year-old bondgirl who lives on Greengarden Orchard, fears everything: the dark, the moon, other people, and the Dalriadas from the Red Mountains who are at war w...

  • A Fine Line

    Kathy Herman

    Baxter residents fear upheaval when a regional tire plant announces it's coming to Baxter. Rumor says mayor Charlie Kirby's signature on the deal was influenced by an affair with the tire company's corporate attorney - who dies suddenly after the agr...

  • Secrets, Lies & Alibis

    Patricia Rushford; Harrison James

    A headline murder. A rookie investigator. A race against the clock -- and against the past. With his newly minted detective badge, “Mac” McAllister reports for his first assignment with the Oregon State Police: a particularly gruesome homici...

  • The Ropemaker

    Peter Dickinson

    Tilja has grown up in the peaceful Valley, which is protected from the fearsome Empire by an enchanted forest. But the forest’s power has begun to fade and the Valley is in danger. Tilja is the youngest of four brave souls who venture into the Empi...

  • Theodora's Wedding

    Penny Culliford

    I've actually done it! I've kept up my diary for over a year. I may not have grown very much spiritually, nor have I been hailed as the next British supermodel, but I have gained a fiance, even if he is football mad. And to cap it ail, I weigh hal...

  • Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House

    M.C. Beaton

    THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT... Agatha Raisin, snug and warm in her Carsely cottage, has that same old feeling--boredom--until a report of a haunted house sends her and handsome new neighbor Paul Chatterton to investigate. Suddenly, middle-ag...

  • Acceleration

    Graham McNamee

    It’s a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority’s Lost and Found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. And between Jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endl...

  • Dr. Franklin's Island

    Ann Halam

    Semi, Miranda, and Arnie are part of a group of 50 British Young Conservationists on their way to a wildlife conservation station deep in the rain forests of Ecuador. After a terrifying mid-air disaster and subsequent crash, these three are the sole ...

  • Balance of Power

    Richard North Patterson

    An epic story that moves with force, passion, and authority, Balance of Power begins when President Kerry Kilcannon and television journalist Lara Costello at last decide to marry. But the momentous occasion is followed by an unspeakable tragedy--a m...

  • Iceland's Bell

    Halldor Laxness

    From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: At the close of the 17th century, Iceland is an oppressed Danish colony, suffering under extreme poverty, famine, and plague. A farmer and accused cord-thief named Jon Hreggvidsson makes a bawdy joke about the D...

  • The Favorite Game

    Leonard Cohen

    In this unforgettable novel, Leonard Cohen boldly etches the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Breavman, only son of an old Jewish family in Montreal. Life for Breavman is made up of dazzling colour " a series of motion pictures fed through a hig...

  • In Revere, in Those Days

    Roland Merullo

    In this richly evocative novel--the moving story of one boy's coming of age--acclaimed author Roland Merullo will make you nostalgic for a small Massachusetts city called Revere even if you've never been there. Providing a window into an unspoiled Am...

  • Forest of Secrets

    Erin Hunter

    FIRE ALONE CAN SAVE OUR CLAN... Tensions are still high among the warrior Clans that roam the forest, and as allegiances shift, it becomes harder than ever to know whom to trust. Fireheart is determined to find out the truth about the mysteriou...

  • Swear to Howdy

    Wendelin Van Draanen

    "Rusty, I swear to howdy, if you tell a soul..." Joey shouldn't worry. Rusty Cooper knows that a friend never spills a secret. And Joey Banks is the best friend Rusty has ever had. Heck, the boy's a walkin' adventure. Besides, if their parents knew ...

  • Giggle-Wiggle Wake-Up

    Nancy White Carlstrom

    Swirl in, twirl in
    Monday morning sunshine
    T i n y S h i n y
    Wakes a sleepyhead.

    It’s morning! Time for Sam to get ready for school. After a sniffy-whiffy eat-up and a splashy-flashy wash-up, Sammy’s off into the busy-whizzy wild...

  • The Worry Website

    Jacqueline Wilson

    A wonderful collection of linked short stories from this enormously popular and bestselling author.Is anything bothering you? Problems in school or at home? Don’t know what to do or where to turn? With Mr. Speed at the head of the class, help is on...

  • Mystery of the Batwoman

    Louise Simonson

    Exhibiting serious disregard for human life, a mysterious Batwoman swoops from the sky and destroys a truck transporting a shipment of illegal, high-tech weapons. But before Batman and Robin can catch her, she escapes into the night.

    Who is th...

  • Reginald

    Jeff Newman

    This is the story of a cow named Reginald who lives in the jungle. (Actually, he is a bull, but no one in the jungle can tell the two apart.) Because Reginald is different, his neighbors are anything but welcoming. They include an irritable old frog,...

  • Nirvana's Children

    Ranulfo

    Unable to handle any more disappointment in his life, fifteen-year-old Napoleon takes to the streets where he meets an unforgettable cast of characters, including a ruthless gang leader and the mysterious Mr. Bones, and learns that, in order to survi...

  • Winnie & Ernst

    Gina Freschet

    Four funny, easy-to-read stories about best friends Winnie (a possum) and Ernst (an otter) are best friends who can weather any predicament together. These charming, screwball stories have the pair looking desperately for the gift Winnie has gotte...

  • Cat in the Hat Movie

    Jesse McCann / Jesse Leon McCann

  • Capital Crimes

    Stuart Woods

    When a prominent conservative politician is killed inside his lakeside cabin, authorities have no suspect in sight. And two more deaths--seemingly isolated incidents, achieved by very different means--might be linked to the same murderer. With the he...

  • The Price of Murder

    Bruce Alexander

    When the body of a young girl is pulled from the Thames, blind magistrate Sir John Fielding's investigation leads his protege, Jeremy Proctor, into the notorious Seven Dials section of London. There the sordid inclinations of both the working class a...

  • Cam Jansen and the Tennis Trophy Mystery

    David A. Adler

    Mr. Day's prized tennis trophy had been safely locked in his cabinet. Now it's gone! "I keep the office door and the cabinet doors locked. How could anyone have taken it?" Mr. Day asks. Eric thinks he can solve the case. Cam knows she can. Can you?...

  • Shakespeare's Spy

    Gary Blackwood

    "You will come into a fortune..." But what the Fortune-Teller doesn't tell Widge, the orphan-boy-turned-actor in Will Shakespeare's company, is who is stealing from the company. Things are disappearing mysteriously, and it looks like an inside job....

  • To Catch a Clownosaurus

    Lawrence David

  • "Eat!" Cried Little Pig

    Jonathan London

    Little Pig loves food. He loves to squish it and squash it and wear it in his hair. He slurps it and slops it and gets it everywhere. Toddlers and their tolerant parents will relate to the decadent delight Little Pig takes in eating. The spirited rhy...

  • Kogi's Mysterious Journey

    Elizabeth Partridge

    Unable to capture the true spirit of nature in his paintings, Kogi finds his life forever changed when he is transformed into a golden fish and discovers the powerful secret of all life, helping him to become the artist he is meant to be....

  • I'll Never Share You, Blackboard Bear

    Martha Alexander

    With a spare narrative and inviting watercolors, Martha Alexander tells a charming new tale of a boy and his beloved Blackboard Bear - who has some creative ideas about sharing.

    Share? Why? But you’re mine!

    When the other children wa...

  • Cinderlily

    David Ellwand

    Where have all the flowers gone? They’re dancing up a storm in this whimsical, wondrous rendition of a well-known fairy tale, created by the one and only David Ellwand.

    For hours beneath the velvet sky they dance without a care,
    Until th...

  • Little Owl and the Star

    Mary Murphy

    With bold, eye-catching graphics, glittering foil, and a gentle text, Mary Murphy retells an age-old Christmas story for the youngest of children.

    It was a silent night.
    I sat in my tree,
    with a waiting feeling.

    On a silent night,...

  • Room in the Heart

    Sonia Levitin

    Told from various perspectives, a powerful novel revisits the Nazi occupation of Copenhagen as Julie, along with her family, places her faith in Niels, a member of the Danish resistance who has learned of a Nazi plot to imprison all of Copenhagen's J...

  • Build Your Own Haunted Mansion

    Disney Book Group

    One of the most popular Disney theme park attractions comes to life in this spook-tacular new storybook format. Kids will love reading the ghostly story, then punching out the walls of the mansion and assembling it with the nifty nuts, bolts, and wre...

  • The Paper Princess Finds Her Way

    Elisa Kleven

    When the little girl who created her grows up and moves away, leaving her behind, the Paper Princess embarks on a perilous journey to a summery land where she finds a new little girl to love, who loves her in return, in this magical sequel to The...

  • Hello, World

    Michael Foreman

    Renowned artist Michael Foreman invites small children to explore the world and its wonders. And what better way to do so than with friends?

    As the day begins, Teddy and Baby set out to discover the wide world around them. New friends join wit...

  • Rising Tide

    Jean Thesman

    Set in San Francisco in 1908, the sequel to A Sea So Far finds Kate Keely and her friend Ellen renting a small shop to sell beautiful handmade Irish linens and dresses, but in order to run a successful business, they must overcome many challe...

  • One

    Vladimir Radunsky

    Saddled with nine green siblings, a little armadillo, the only one in his family who is pink, revels in being different as he sets out to be the best he can be, in a wacky picture book that features eye-catching illustrations....

  • The Very Best Doll

    Julia Noonan

    Enchanting illustrations and lilting text combine to present the story of a little girl who, even though she receives a fancy new doll for her birthday, finds comfort in her favorite old doll, which is perfect for hugging and cuddling!...

  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears: A Country Storybook

    Pam Tillis

    Complete with an audio CD of some of today's most popular country songs, this tale tells of a rambunctious Goldilocks who, having had the run of the cabin, gets an important lesson in manners from the owners upon their return....

  • Loony Little

    Dianna Hutts Aston

    A wry, simple story with luminous illustrations offers a delightful twist on the traditional Chicken Little fable - and an important message about our environment.

    Great top of the world! The polar icecap is melting!

    When a drop of wate...

  • Elf and the City

    Leslie Goldman

    Buddy Hobbs, who was adopted by elves and raised at the North Pole, travels to New York City at Christmastime to meet his biological father, never realizing that life in the city is not quite what he expects it to be....

  • Country Storybook: Emperor's New Clothes

    Vince Gill

    Complete with an audio CD with songs sung by famous country singer Vince Gill, a classic tale is given a twist as a fancy dressing CEO demands a one-of-a-kind outfit and gets even more than he intended when his two closest advisors become too fearful...

  • Elf: A Junior Novel

    Ellen Weiss

  • Karate Girl

    Mary Leary

    Grrrrrlpower!

    After a bullying incident at school, Mary Leary’s young heroine joins a karate class. But karate, she learns, is not simply a method of self-defense. It also helps develop confidence and concentration. "To be sure enough of one...

  • Elf: Buddy's Little S

    Buddy Hobbs

    Fans of the film ELF will love Buddy's Little (S)ELF Help book -- a little paperback instruction book full of elfisms! Chock full of hilarious sayings and advice from Buddy the Elf, this book is the perfect stocking stuffer or holiday gift....

  • The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003

    Houghton Mifflin Company

    Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, the very best pieces are selected by an editor who is widely recognized as a leading ...

  • Line of Duty

    Terri Blackstock

    At the request of her many fans -- Terri Blackstock revisits the heroic cast of characters in this fifth book in her best-selling Newpointe 911 series In Line of Duty, a bomb explodes at the Icon International building in New Orleans while lawyer Jil...

  • The Girl from the Coast

    Pramoedya Ananta Toer

    Pramoedya's The Girl from the Coast tells the story of a beautiful young woman from a fishing village who finds herself in an arranged marriage with a wealthy aristocrat. Forced to leave her parents and home behind, she moves to the city to become th...

  • The World According to Mister Rogers

    Fred Rogers

    A timeless collection of wisdom on love, friendship, respect, individuality, and honesty from the beloved PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.There are few personalities who evoke such universal feelings of warmth as Fred Rogers. An enduring prese...

  • Until You

    Bertrice Small

    Rosamund Bolton is determined finally to live her own life. She has claimed her inheritance, rejected her latest suitor-- and decided to travel to the court of her dear friend, Queen Margaret of Scotland. It is against this lavish and unpredictable b...

  • Men in Kilts

    Katie MacAlister

    She crossed the pond and lost her heart... What do they wear under those things? So far, Kathie Williams has made a good showing as the only American at a mystery writers' conference in Manchester-- what with that falling asleep in public thing...

  • A Little Mischief

    Amelia Grey

    A little disgrace... Isabella Winslowe's Wallflower Society is less a statement of the ladies' dire prospects for marriage than a pleasant get-together for tea. Still, Daniel, Earl of Colebrooke is outraged that his marriageable sister, Gr...

  • Merry Magpie

    Sandra Heath
    in

    Sandra Heath's "Merry Magpie"--a bird as noisy as he is nosy--has a bad habit of screeching uncomely secrets, turning his masters against each other. But Christmas has a way of warming hearts, even those of the feathered persuasion......

  • The House of Gaian

    Anne Bishop

    It began as a witch-hunt. But the Master Inquisitor's plans to eliminate all traces of female power in the world have expanded to crushing the Sylvalan barons who oppose him--and to destroying the wellspring of magic in the Mother's Hills. Faced w...

  • Swimming with the Dead

    Kathy Brandt

    THE CRIME SCENE: UNDERWATER THE CLUES: BELOW THE SURFACE I'm Hannah Sampson. I head the Dive and Recovery Team of Denver's homicide division--underwater investigation of crime scenes and evidence retrieval. When you dive, equipment can fail, reas...

  • Inheritance

    Simon Brown

    A Kingdom Divided Together, the four Keys of Power give the ruler of Grenda Lear absolute authority. But on her deathbed Queen Usharna divides the keys, and thus the power that augments the throne, among her four children, giving the Key of the Sc...

  • Wyrmhole

    Jay Caselberg

    Meet Jack Stein, Psychic Investigator.... hIs specialty: Drawing CLUES FROM DREAMS AND PSYCHIC impressions. Not a line of work that brings a lot of respect. His stomping ground: The Locality, a crowded, quasi-organic, self-feeding "urban enviro...

  • Following Yonder Star

    Emma Jensen
    in

    The memory of one kiss from an elfin girl is enough to warm an Irish sailor for many chilly nights. Now home for Christmas, he'll do whatever it takes to get his love--now prim and staid--under the mistletoe, in Emma Jensen's "Following Yonder Star."...

  • Let Nothing You Dismay

    Carla Kelly
    in

    A confirmed bachelor cannot forgive himself for a long-ago sin--that is, until his niece's governess teaches him a thing or two about Christmas in Carla Kelly's "Let Nothing You Dismay."...

  • Best Wishes

    Edith Layton
    in

    In Edith Layton's "Best Wishes", a pair of newlyweds discover--during their first quarrel over Christmas plans-- that making up is indeed the best part....

  • The Lucky Coin

    Barbara Metzger
    in

    A down-at-the-heels benefactor finds that a single penny-- his last--is worth more than riches when it brings him face- to-face with a breathtakingly beautiful Christmas angel, in "The Lucky Coin" by Barbara Metzger....

  • The Dare

    Elda Minger

    Being the maid of honor comes with many responsibilities. But usually, they don't include spying or stripping... It seems like an odd request--even to a modern girl like Alyssa. Her best friend, Mindy, wants to trust her groom-to-be, but the only ...

  • Emily's Beau

    Allison Lane

    He Stole Her Heart Jacob Winters, Earl of Hawthorne, is in no position to act as guardian to a spoiled nineteen-year-old girl. As a notorious member of London's most charming trio of rakes, Jacob decides it's best to foist his new charge onto his ...

  • The Vatican Connection

    James Brant

    A MAN IS KILLED ON A BEACH IN SPAIN. MISSING ARE HIS LAPTOP AND A SECRET DOCUMENT. THE LAPTOP CONTAINS MILITARY SOFTWARE THAT COULD CHANGE THE FACE OF WAR. THE DOCUMENT, CALLED THE PROFESSIO, CONTAINS A DECLARATION THAT COULD DESTROY THE CATHOLIC ...

  • Golden Buddha

    Clive Cussler; Craig Dirgo

    Now, Clive Cussler presents his most-intriguing high-seas action hero: the enigmatic captain of the Oregon, Juan Cabrillo. Only Cabrillo could convert the interior of a nondescript lumber hauler into a state-of-the-art spy ship--and only he could ...

  • Letter from Home

    Carolyn Hart / Carolyn G. Hart

    A letter received by the now elderly newshound extraordinaire returns her physically, mentally and emotionally to her past and to her hometown in northeastern Oklahoma. As the pages of the letter unfold, so does the story of Gretchen's summer of 1944...

  • Havana

    Stephen Hunter

    Outgunning all others in the arena of razor-edged action and sheer guts, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Hunter plunges Earl Swagger deep into a steamy underworld of power, politics, and blood.... Cuba, 1953: The island is on fire. The Ma...

  • Hello, Darkness

    Sandra Brown

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    Greg Cox

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    Dusty Richards

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    J.M. Coetzee

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    P.N. Elrod

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    Brian M. Thomsen

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    Harrison Gradwell Slater

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    Julie Murphy

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    Sara Pinto

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    Al Lacy; Joanna Lacy

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  • Juliet Dove, Queen of Love

    Bruce Coville

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    E.D. Baker

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    John Kulka

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    Sally Gardner

  • Captain America, Volume 1: The New Deal

    John Ney Rieber

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  • A Company of Three

    Varley O'Connor

    When Robert, Patrick, and Irene met in New York, they were all determined to become actors, and it felt as if the city--indeed, the world--could be their oyster. Robert was the good-looking, ambitious one. Patrick was tall, ungainly, but naturally dr...

  • For Christmas, for Always

    Caroline Anderson

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  • The Wedding Wish

    Ally Blake

    "I'm getting married! Now I just need a fiance!" Party planner Holly Denison decides that if she is ever going to have the leading role in her own wedding party, she has to take matters into her own hands! Surely her best friends can fix her u...

  • The Billionaire's Pregnant Mistress

    Lucy Monroe

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  • The White Lights Roar

    Tim Champlin

    It is 1916 in Arizona along the border with Mexico. Below the border there is a revolution in progress. Pancho Villa and his army are intent on seizing power. In Arizona thousands of Krag rifles have disappeared. In fact, the entire train on which th...

  • The Wild Bunch

    Dane Coolidge

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  • Code Word Kim

    Irene Trimble

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  • The Tristan Betrayal

    Robert Ludlum

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  • House of War

    Judith Tarr

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    Alice Thompson

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  • These Tangled Threads

    Tracie Peterson; Judith Miller

    Raised in an atmosphere of equality, Daughtie Winfield is outspoken in her support for the rights of others, from the mill girls threatening a strike over pitiful working conditions to the immigrants living on the other side of town. So she is unprep...

  • Ghosts of Boyfriends Past

    Carly Alexander

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  • Consuming Fire

    Kathleen Morgan

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  • The Defender

    Bill Mesce Jr.

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  • The Great Husband Hunt

    Laurie Graham

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    Nancy Kilpatrick

  • Secrets on the Wind

    Stephanie Grace Whitson

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  • The Still of Night

    Kristen Heitzmann

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  • Something Might Happen

    Julie Myerson

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  • Hideaway

    Hannah Alexander

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  • Adrenaline

    John B. Olson

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  • How to Meet Cute Boys

    Deanna Kizis

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  • Recipes For Easy Living // Christmas Comes to Valentine

    Curtiss Ann Matlock

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    Sarah Mlynowski

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  • Losing It

    Lindsay Faith Rech

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  • Bangers

    Gary Phillips

    On the streets of L.A., the most dangerous person can be a cop. Us against them. That's the law of the cop world. Out on the mean streets of L.A., the only defense is to be more ruthless than your opponent. You gotta bang with the best of the roug...

  • This Way Home

    Marcia King-Gamble

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  • Death at the Spring Plant Sale

    Ann Ripley

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  • The Ideal Husband

    Shari Anton

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  • Room... But Not Bored!

    Dawn Atkins

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    Warren Murphy; Richard Sapir

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  • Fearless

    Doranna Durgin

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    Karin Lowachee

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  • Sanctuary

    Brenda Novak

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    Jodi O'Donnell

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  • The Marriage Casket

    Deborah Morgan

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  • Half a Mind to Murder

    Paula Paul

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  • Dangerous Encounter

    Don Pendleton

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  • Shattered

    Olga Bicos

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  • Return of the Damned

    T.H. Lain

    An ancient, jeweled bottle, a missing lover, mysterious black-clad invaders, and a warrior haunted by grief collide in the wilderness and on the battlefield. Driven by rumors that his beloved Naull may have survived her abduction to the Plane of Fire...

  • Dirty Fire

    Earl Merkel

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  • Empty Hand

    J.R. Roberts

    When he saves Motega, a lone Indian warrior, from a ruthless gang of self-appointed bounty hunters, Clint Adams agrees to help him rescue his Chinese master, who is an indentured servant to a dangerous businessman who has a vast array of hired killer...

  • No More Lies

    Susan Squires

    Dr. Holland Banks is head of the Century Psychiatric Hospital and president of the Schizophrenia Research Foundation...but is she going insane? The rest of the world seems to be. There's a sniper on the loose, she's being stalked, her father is condu...

  • Emily's Christmas Wish

    Sharon Stancavage

    A NAUGHTY SCHEME... For Nigel Manning, Earl of Stratford, this Christmas promises to be less than merry. His scapegrace brother, Roger, pawned a family heirloom with reputed mysterious powers. And, as had luck would have it, the pendant's new owner ...

  • The Viscount & the Virgin

    Valerie Parv

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  • A Yuletide Treasure

    Cynthia Pratt

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  • A Lawman for Christmas

    Pat Pritchard

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  • My Lord Eternity

    Debbie Raleigh

    While the ton dances and gossips, another kind of society altogether claims the London night as its own. By the light of the moon, three noble vampires entrusted with the protection of their kind will discover that human desire is far from lost to th...

  • Marlie's Mystery Man

    Doris Rangel

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  • The Marriage Medallion

    Christine Rimmer

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  • Double Duty

    Alison Roberts

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  • My Name Is Nell

    Laura Abbot

    Brady Logan never expected to find Nell Porter when he left California. He didn't even know he was looking for her. After the death of his wife and child, Brady Logan barely felt like living, never mind loving again. Meeting Nell has somehow made ...

  • Great Expectations

    Ginny Aiken
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  • Dr. Bodyguard

    Jessica Andersen

    PROTECTOR...LOVER She'd been a prodigy since birth, a woman for whom no puzzle was unsolvable. But when she was attacked in her very own research lab, brilliant, reserved Dr. Genie "Genius" Watson quickly discovered that this time she didn't have ...

  • The Ghost of Billy the Kid

    J.R. Roberts

    When the folks of White Oaks begin seeing Billy the Kid, who died several years earlier, around town, Clint Adams, a hired gun for a local storekeeper, doesn't believe in ghosts until he comes face-to-face with Billy who has a deadly message for him....

  • The Devil's Spark

    J.R. Roberts

    Arriving in the town of Gemmell, Idaho, Clint Adams must protect his old friend Peter Banks, who is working on a top-secret weapon prototype for the U.S. Army, from a ruthless gang of outlaws who are determined to steal this weapon for their boss - a...

  • Longarm and Maximilian's Gold

    Tabor Evans

    Longarm partners up with a French aristocrat in a race for lost treasure…Deputy Marshal Custis Long has no interest in putting up with the antics of an arrogant Frenchman. But though he’d like to tell the Marquis de Sant’ Cerre to take a flying...

  • Randall Renegade

    Judy Christenberry

    RANDALL HONOR demanded that Jim Randall help the only woman to break his heart. Patience Anderson's child's life was at stake -- so Jim swept back into her life, secreting her and her son high in the mountains to protect them from a dangerous enemy. ...

  • A 5th Avenue Christmas

    Tracy Cozzens

    They Meet Again... Meryl Carrington, the youngest of the five Carrington sisters, is her mother's darling--and her mother's despair. Matrimony? Meryl seems to have most unladylike plans to run the family railroad empire instead. Fortunately, her fat...

  • Private Eyes

    Jasmine Cresswell
    in

    A covert network of secret agents is Colorado's most lethal weapon -- and its only hope. Bound by love, loyalty and the law, these men and women are trained to handle the most clandestine and dangerous cases. As scandal and ruin threaten the state's ...

  • Staying Single

    Millie Criswell

    "Engaging men" are lining up for Francesca Morelli, thanks to her enterprising Italian mama. The very able and controlling Josephina has arranged three -- count 'em, three -- weddings so far for her 29-and-pushing-it daughter. Unfortunately, all thre...

  • Under Cover

    Maryjanice Davidson

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  • Having the Best Man's Baby

    Shawna Delacorte

    Fifteen years had passed since Ry Collier broke her teenage heart. Fifteen years during which the golden boy had amassed a fortune, making a name for the man. Fifteen years during which she'd blossomed into a woman bearing little resemblance to an aw...

  • A Stroke of Luck

    Andrea Pickens

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  • The Sicilian Surrender

    Sandra Marton

    The Sicilian will make her surrender When it comes to women, Stefano Lucchesi thinks he's known them all. But Fallon O'Connell is beautiful and wealthy in her own right and appears to need no one. Stefano's determined to have her, body...

  • Only a Name

    Debby Mayne
    in

    Come to the church in the wildwood. . .where the citizens of Hickory Hollow have worshiped for generations. In 1869, the preacher's daughter, Amanda Hodges, is drawn to mysterious newcomer Matt Campbell who helps to build the church. When Matt's croo...

  • The Twelfth Night Bride

    Kelly McClymer

    The lively Fenster clan is infamous for its tradition of very untraditional weddings, and youngest sister Kate is no exception. Amid the merry tidings of the Christmas season, she will suddenly find herself a bride whose gift is a husband with secret...

  • Heaven Sent

    Judi McCoy

    All He Wants For Christmas... As a cop, Nathan Baxter is sworn to protect and serve, but none of his training could help him save his wife's life. Now, the sexy widower has his hands full raising his adorable five-year-old daughter, Phoebe, and keep...

  • In The King's Service

    Margaret Moore

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  • On The Mend

    Sarah Morgan

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  • Longarm and the Dead Man's Tale

    Tabor Evans

    Longarm enlists a play-pretty in a game of play-deadly!Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long is out to recover fifty grand that the late Abner Prentiss hid away before being arrested -- in the company of hired gal-pal Cherry Poppin. Since Prentiss murdered...

  • Snake River Ruins

    Jon Sharpe

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  • The Syndicate

    Jon F. Merz

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