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New Books List: 654 titles


  • 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. ...



  • Dav Pilkey

    Just when they thought they were out, it pulls them back in! Our heroes beat the Bionic Booger Boy, but they forgot about those rascally Robo-Boogers. Join George, Harold, Mr. Krupp, Melvin Sneedly, and Sulu the Bionic Hamster on an adventure that wi...



  • Don Pendleton

    Dead End A shoot-out at London's Heathrow Airport finds Mack Bolan on a trail of blood that leads him to the hart of Soho and a turf war brewing among the city's most dangerous elements. With the Triads, Mafia, local mobs and vice racketeers all r...



  • Don Pendleton

    America's most powerful and covert counterterrorist group, Stony Man, rises to the challenge that comes with defending world peace and freedom. But now this elitecorps of brilliant cyber warrior and crack field commandoes is facing a crisis that th...



  • 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 ...



  • Duncan Harding

    The Second thrilling book in the X-Craft series It is almost by accident that the Americans capture the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on 7 March 1945. It certainly isn't part of the Allied masterplan, and Field Marshal Montgomery, who has long been pl...



  • Charles Ryan

    During World War II, the Mohawkers, an elite band of Army warriors, are sent on their first mission to the African coast where they must fight against French Foreign Legionnaires and a deadly Luftwaffe captain to destroy a battery of railroad-mounted...



  • Daniel Buckman

    Daniel Buckman has been praised for his stunning prose and sharp, riveting portrayals of the lives of American veterans in the wake of this country's twentieth-century wars. Morning Dark is the story of three generations of men from Watega County, Il...



  • Warren Murphy; Richard Sapir

    Not So Jolly Roger . . . Complete with skull and crossbones fluttering in the wind, "Captain" Thomas Kidd is the new scourge of the Caribbean, raiding unsuspecting pleasure craft and pursuing the great piratical tradition of looting, pillaging and...



  • Andrew M. Greeley

    The irrepressible Bishop Blackwood Ryan returns as his Cardinal dispatches Blackie to The University on the South Side of Chicago to investigate a baffling locked-room mystery. Someone has assassinated a Russian Orthodox monk in his office at the Div...



  • John Morgan Wilson

    At thirty-two, Benjamin Justice was one of Los Angeles best known journalists. He had the respect and envy of his colleagues, the admiration of his employers and the ear of the city's population. Until he won the Pulitzer Prize for one of his feature...



  • Robert Eversz

    Paroled for a crime she doesn't regret committing, Nina Zero is an ex-con trying to lay low in Los Angeles, a city where not being famous is worse than being dead. She isn't looking for a fight or, for that matter, a friend. But in Burning Garbo -- R...



  • Nero Blanc

    FIVE CROSSWORDS INCLUDED--ANSWERS IN THE BACK! "At last," raves puzzle editor Charles Preston of USA Today, "puzzle fans have their revenge...super sleuthing and solving for puzzle lovers." Now, the irrepressible crossword editor ...



  • Ann Ripley

    When Louise Eldridge covers the spring plant sale of the venerable Bethesda Garden Club for her television show, she finds blue-blooded traditions, deeply rooted resentments--and fertile ground for murder... Louise comes to the Bethesda Garden Clu...



  • Diana Killian

    Can a love of dead poets save her from following in their footsteps? While visiting her favorite poets' old haunts in England's Lake District, Grace Hollister, an American schoolteacher and literary scholar, stumbles upon the body of Peter Fox fac...



  • Deborah Morgan

    Antiques picker and ex-FBI agent Jeff Talbot figured he was about to make a killing when Nathan Rose offered him all the antiques in his newly deceased aunt's house dirt cheap. What Jeff hadn't bargained for, however, was the bloodstain beneath one o...



  • Shelley Freydont

    This Christmas, former dancer Lindy Haggerty leaves her toe shoes behind to hit the glitzy International Ballroom Competition in Atlantic City, where it takes two to tango--but only one to kill... Lindy and company barely have time to unpack befor...



  • 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 ...



  • Jesse McCann / Jesse Leon McCann

    SCOOBY-DOO is an 'Ameri-canine' icon, the most beloved cartoon pooch of the past 3 generations. This book is one of two tie-ins to the latest in WB's hit series of home videos.

    Scooby-Doo and the gang are traveling through Mexico in the Myster...



  • Jenny Markas

    SCOOBY-DOO is an 'Ameri-canine' icon, the most beloved cartoon pooch of the past 3 generations. This book is one of two tie-ins to the latest in WB's hit series of home videos.

    The kids from Mystery, Inc. are heading south of the border for a ...



  • Carolyn Keene

    It’s the week before Thanksgiving in River Heights -- time for turkey! But this year it looks less like turkey time and more like turkey trouble! When new girl Riley MacArthur brings a real live turkey in for show-and-tell, Nancy’s class is excit...



  • 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...



  • Patricia Sprinkle

    MacLaren Yarbrough has her plate full -- in addition to having a lively extended family, she's county magistrate and co-owner of the local plant nursery. But amateur sleuthing may be her true calling.... Years ago, a dark cloud moved over the smal...



  • Vonette Bright; Nancy Moser

    Evelyn is not so sure she likes the new dynamics of Peerbaugh Place. Even though it had been hard adapting to strangers living in her home, she and the other women (from The Sister Circle) had found a calm cove of sisterhood. Now Evelyn is starting o...



  • Pamela Griffin

    This anthology contains three original historical novellas set in the late 1800s, each revolving around the discovery of love at Christmastime and a significant Christmas homecoming.

    A Place to Call Home: The daughter of wealthy high-society paren...



  • Dandi Daley Mackall

    This new trilogy from three best-selling authors explores the differing perspectives of three high school seniors on the events and choices leading up to the death of a classmate, Sammy. All feel a measure of guilt for their role in the loss of their...



  • Melody Carlson

    This new trilogy from three best-selling authors explores the differing perspectives of three high school seniors on the events and choices leading up to the death of a classmate, Sammy. All feel a measure of guilt for their role in the loss of their...



  • Karen Kingsbury; Gary Smalley

    WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET LUKE BAXTER'S ATTENTION? A Shattered Relationship LUKE, golden boy and the Baxter family's only son, has walked away from everything that mattered most to him: his faith, his family, and Reagan, his only love. Devastated ...



  • Sigmund Brouwer

    This new trilogy from three best-selling authors explores the differing perspectives of three high school seniors on the events and choices leading up to the death of a classmate, Sammy. All feel a measure of guilt for their role in the loss of their...



  • Jim Kraus

    WHAT'S LOST IS FOUND. WHAT'S HIDDEN IS UNFOLDED. WHAT'S BROKEN IS MADE WHOLE... through the power of God's redeeming love. Set in a multiethnic neighborhood in Chicago is the compelling story of a woman who discovers the reality of God's unfailing g...



  • Loree Lough

    TRUST IS NO ACCIDENT... Lily London had been crushed when Max Sheridan left town to marry someone else. Years later, her heart leaped when he returned to Amarillo, Texas, to take over his mother's diner. Now that she was old enough to do more than...



  • Marion Lennox

    She wanted more than a green card.... Michael Lord, gruff head of security at Maitland Maternity, had a hard time hanging on to secretaries. But even though he was "difficult," he was also a man who couldn't ignore a damsel in distress. When immig...



  • Kate Hoffmann

    July 19, 1983... The Kinards, the Richardses and the Webbers--Seattle's Kennedys. Their "compound"--elegant Forrester Square...until the fateful night that tore these families apart. Twenty years later... Their children were reunited. Repressed ...



  • Janelle Denison
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    When sexy pediatrician Matthew Carlton plays Santa, pulling Faith Roberts on his lap, he has no idea what's on her Christmas wish list...or how much he'll enjoy fulfilling every bit of it......



  • Janette Rallison

    When your chance for getting into college and your date for the prom are all on the line… Sixteen-year-old Samantha Taylor is used to having things go her way. She's head cheerleader and has all the right friends and a steady stream of boyfriends....



  • Sarah Mlynowski

    When Sunny Langstein decides to pack up her Florida life and move in with her boyfriend in Manhattan, her big sister isn't thrilled. What modern-day twenty-four-year-old leaves her promising career, fabulous friends and perfect underground parking sp...



  • Pamela Bauer

    The bridesmaid is pregnant.... The stuffy air in the church and her queasy stomach are a bad combination, especially since Krystal Graham is trying to hide her condition -- particularly from Garret Donovan, the groomsman assigned to escort her dow...



  • Joyce Livingston

    Jackie Reid left her old life behind to start fresh in Alaska, where she tells her friends she's a widow. But when her ex-husband, Sam Mulvaney, shows up, Jackie realizes her simple life is about to become very complicated. Sam left Jackie sevente...



  • Donna Kauffman
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    It's been ten years since Suzanna York left Jace Morgan. Now, as fate reunites them during a holiday snowstorm, they'll have plenty of time to discover that distance only sharpens certain hungers......



  • Robin Allen

    Stunning fashion model Tangi Ellington has it all -youth, beauty, fame, and enough money to last a lifetime. She even has a sweet disposition. Yet something special-or more specifically, someone special -is missing. Until she meets compelling Distric...



  • Lucy Monroe

    When Greek billionaire Dimitri Petronides is forced to give up Xandra Fortune, his beautiful mistress, he's certain she won't be too distraught. For all the intense passion they've shared, she's never let him into her heart, and such ...



  • Lois Richer

    A thriving medical practice and three rambunctious daughters have Joshua Darling looking heavenward for help. The harried widower's prayers are answered when a young surgeon accepts a temporary position in his small-town practice. Soon the lady docto...



  • Alison Kent
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    Thomas "Blue" Miller never expected to see Jessie Buchanan on his Christmas Tree farm again. But now that she's here, he's ready to show her exactly what she's been missing......



  • Anne Marie Winston

    13 YEARS, 1 MONTH, 4 DAYS... Reese Barone counted the days since he'd last seen Celia. He'd sailed around the world and still couldn't erase the memory of making love to her in the summer sun, planning their future. Then false rumors and a blowou...



  • Renee Roszel

    Trisha August is determined to be independent and will do anything -- well, almost anything -- for enough money to set up her own business. She can't believe her luck when hotshot Lassiter Dragan promises to give her a loan.... But there's...



  • Victoria Chancellor

    Note to Self: A steer is not a pet... I, Greg Rafferty, must not be of sound mind anymore. Why else would I bid on -- and win! -- little Jennifer Jacks's prizewinning bull, um, steer? It could have something to do with her doesn't-look-old-enough-...



  • Niqui Stanhope

    Marcel Templeton is determined never to fall for Mr. Wrong again. And no man is going to sweep her off her feet without meeting a few requirements first...Even if that means changing the rules of the dating game. Then the oh-so-fine Ian Michaels saun...



  • 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...



  • Alison Roberts

    Danger...deception...desire! Emergency physician Neil Fletcher didn't expect to see Kelly Drummond ever again, let alone attend an Urban Search and Rescue course with her. She abandoned him at the worst time of his life -- and he's never been able...



  • Sara Wood

    Millionaire Blake Bellamie's just discovered he's not the legitimate heir to Cranford, the grand estate that is everything to him. Nicole Vaseux is the rightful owner. The attraction between her and Blake is instant and so begins a passion...



  • Karen Sandler

    COMING HOME TO A COWBOY? Rugged rancher Tom Jarret would move mountains for his precious daughter. But sometimes a father's love just wasn't enough. Miraculously, wandering soul Andrea Larson found a way to reach his troubled little girl, ...



  • Kathleen Eagle
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    Meredith Woodward had emptied her nest. She didn't need a scruffy rodeo cowboy moving into her home -- or her world. But Ryder Red Hawk was a man prepared to face his past and discover his future -- with her....



  • Emilie Rose

    TEXAS MILLIONAIRE One lucky bachelor was about to inherit millions! And not just any bachelor -- but the chivalrous cowboy Leanna Jensen had coveted ever since she'd read about his boyhood escapades in his illegitimate daddy's old love letters. An...



  • Irene Hannon

    CROSSROADS After uprooting her teenage son from their small town to the big city, single mom Tess Lockwood discovers that Bruce has fallen in with a gang of troublemakers at school and she finds herself paying a visit to the principal's office. But ...



  • Candace Irvin

    DANGER...DUTY...DESIRE Lieutenant Anna Shale had taken on enough dangerous assignments to know how to play the game -- and win. But when she was asked to investigate her own criminal cousin, Anna's ability to remain impartial was put to the test. An...



  • 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 ...



  • Carla Cassidy

    BONDED BY FATE After coming home and finding her father unconscious and her mother mysteriously missing, homicide cop Savannah Tallfeather teamed up with the one person she knew she could trust. Riley Frazier had faced a similar situation nearly t...



  • Alison Roberts

    E.R. Professionals: Dr. Joe Petersen & Dr. Felicity Munroe Felicity Munroe couldn't wait to put the arrogant new neurosurgeon, Joe Petersen, in his place. First he'd thought she was just a bystander at an accident scene, then he mistook her for a ...



  • Linda Hudson-Smith
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    Linda Hudson-Smith brings back favorite characters Ashleigh Ayers and football star Austin Carrington in a tender story of thwarted desire and new beginnings. Ashleigh and Austin's happiness is threatened when Austin's beautiful ex-fiancee hatches a ...



  • Caroline Anderson

    When GP Katharine Crawford walks out of the shower in her hotel room and into the arms of the husband she hasn't seen in five years, the love and passion they once shared is instantly rekindled. Now sure of Kate's love, Dr. Oliver Crawford is dete...



  • Carly Alexander

    First She Wanted Naughty... Madison Greenwood's first post-college Christmas is more Sex and the City than It's a Wonderful Life. Sure, she does the home-for-the-holidays thing, but with her cynical gay pal Leo tagging along, her mom confessing to a...



  • Kate Cann

    Easy Money Rich is sick of being broke. He can never afford new clothes and has to scrounge off his mates in the pub. The girl he fancies won't look at him twice, and he's pretty sure that life is passing him by. But soon fortune decides to smi...



  • Gail Gaymer Martin
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    THE HARVEST -- BRINGING A MESSAGE OF LOVE AND FAITH Widow Tess Britton came to the country for peace -- certainly not for a romance with her handsome next-door neighbor, Ryan Walsh. But when he urged her to heal her relationship with God and to ...



  • Cynthia Rutledge
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    THE HARVEST -- BRINGING A MESSAGE OF LOVE AND FAITH Nurse Grace Comstock needed a date for Thanksgiving -- fast! When she prayed for a handsome prince, suddenly Mr. Charming himself, Dr. Nick Tucci, appeared to escort her! At the feast, Nick con...



  • 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...



  • Lori Foster
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    What Booker Dean wants for Christmas isn't under the tree, it's right next door. Frances Kennedy is everything Booker desires...and the gift he has planned for her involves a lot of delicious unwrapping......



  • Jamie Denton

    When it's this hot, someone's bound to get burned! To say Emily Dugan's life has been a blur is an understatement. She's lost her job, her boyfriend is in love with someone else and he's kicked her out of their apartment. Ready to recoup, she's he...



  • Virginia Kantra

    Subject: Marcus Evans, man or mercenary? Family History: United States Navy SEAL; possibly one of the Extraordinary Five. Deepest Secret: He's been programmed to kill the woman he's sworn to protect. The brilliant and beautiful ambassador to...



  • Linda Goodnight

    From the desk of Emily Winters Bachelor #2: Grant Lawson Title: General Counsel Problem No. 1: How to get the brooding lawyer to love again Problem No. 2: How to help Ariana in PR get custody of her unborn twins How about merging both proble...



  • Hannah Alexander

    As an E.R. doctor, Cheyenne Allison is used to handling emergencies on a daily basis -- until her own sister codes on the trauma bed. Devastated, Cheyenne retreats to an isolated farm in Hideaway, Missouri. But peace and solitude are in short supply ...



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  • Lilian Darcy

    A spark of attraction has just ignited between GP Pete Croft and midwife Emma Burns. Given the chance, their passion would set ablaze. But Pete's ex-wife is ill and his young twin daughters need him most right now. Even if it breaks her heart, Emma m...



  • Kirstin Hill

    LOVE IS IN THE AIR Reporter Nathan Taylor hears the news first--and word is that Baltimore listeners can't get enough of late-night DJ "Sondra Lane." Everyone's tuning in to the radio lady with the sensationally sexy voice, though her true identit...



  • Caron Todd

    When Elizabeth Robb left Three Creeks, she never expected to return Even after all these years she's not ready to face her painful past, and only a request from her elderly grandmother could bring her back to town. She hopes her arrival will escap...



  • Deanna Kizis

    Are the men you date: A. Commitment-phobic? B. Impossible to read? C. Borderline insane? D. All of the above? If any of these answers apply, you have to read... HOW TO MEET CUTE BOYS Twenty-seven-year-old Benjamina Franklin (and you thou...



  • Loure Bussey

    Things are looking up for Simi Mitchell. After years as a struggling screenwriter and the recent pain of a bitter divorce, she's finally hit pay dirt-a major studio has bought her screenplay for a feature film. As if that weren't enough, the man who'...



  • Lucy Gordon

    He's come to find her -- because he wants a baby... The man Becky Hanley nearly married has just walked back into her life! It's been years, but Italian Luca Montese is just as desirable as ever.... The attraction is overwhelming and she can't res...



  • Amanda Stevens
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    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 ...



  • Francine Craft
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    Kisses and Mistletoe could be in store in Francine Craft's sensual and heartwarming story. Nick Redmond is the sexy lead singer of a rising band. When he and single mother Janet Smith meet, it's lust at first sight. But can the chemistry and unique c...




  • Pat Pritchard

    'Tis The Season... After learning to read and cipher (with the help of her dear friends at the Luminary Society) and saving up some money, Josie Turner is ready to start a new life. But when she ends up on the wrong side of the law through no fault...



  • Cindy Dees

    The tall, dark and deadly Special Forces officer was everything Kimberly Stanton hated. But when she was abducted and dragged deep into the South American jungle, she came to understand the comfort a woman could take in having a man like him at her s...



  • Lindsay Faith Rech

    Everyone thinks Diana Christopher is losing it. Considering she's just driven her car into the front window of Davey's Cafe, they might be on to something. All Diana wants is to be normal -- but life for this thirty-two-year-old waitress is anythi...



  • Karen Kingsbury

    Jordan Wright had already talked to God about getting his wish, and so far nothing had happened. But a letter would definitely get His attention. He began to write: "Dear God, my daddy died wen his heart stopped beating. My friend's daddy plays baseb...



  • Dixie Kane

    BEING NAUGHTY... For heiress Cecily Culpepper, wedding bells and jingle bells tend to ring in lousy tidings. Ever since her scheming husband skipped town after their Christmas Day nuptials, she's drowned her Yuletide sorrows in headline-making misad...



  • Diana Palmer

    SECRET AGENT LAWMAN Ever since DEA agent Alexander Cobb had given Jodie Clayburn a Texas-size brush-off, they'd been sworn enemies. But eight years later, an undercover operation brought them back together again. This cynical Long, Tall Texan coul...



  • Doris Rangel

    To: Grammie From: Marlie Re: I'm falling for two men -- sort of! Gram, Something strange has happened on my summer vacation -- there are two Caid Matthews in my life! One Caid -- the one only I can see and hear -- is romantic and sexy, with ...



  • Christine Rimmer

    "When next I see this medallion, it will be around the neck of my betrothed." With those words, originally uttered by his father, Prince Eric Greyfell dismissed Brit Thorson's theory about the mysterious medallion she thought she was given for luc...



  • Loreth Anne White

    Hannah McGuire's resort-town life had been quiet, happy and safe. Until her best friend was murdered and the investigation forced her into a partnership with Dr. Rex Logan -- the man she'd loved, lost and been hiding from for six years. Rex had pu...



  • 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...



  • Viqui Litman

    Melissa Warringale arrives in Sydonia, Texas, following the break-up of her marriage, thinking she can escape her sorrows by helping the town plan a substitute for its annual peach festival, but an old crush and a visit from her ex may upset her appl...



  • Kara Lennox

    The Millionaire Meets His Match... Forced to take a vacation, Boston's hottest bachelor and biggest workaholic traveled to sleepy Cottonwood, Texas. All Hudson Stack wanted was a little R and R, but then he met his all-too-alluring neighbor Amanda G...



  • Kathie DeNosky

    The Chivalrous Cowboy: Morgan Wakefield His Profile: Protective, proud and passionate His soft spot: Single moms-to-be Morgan didn't know a thing about delivering babies, but when he came across a stranded woman in labor, he knew he was her only...



  • Karen Rose Smith

    She was in love with her sexy, much older boss.... He was tall, dark and a hunk -- typical reasons why Jed Sawyer was the talk of the town. And Nurse Brianne Barrington was the latest victim of his lethal charm. But while Brianne had a bad case of "m...



  • 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 ...



  • Kathleen Eagle

    To everyone who sees her, Cassandra Westbrook exudes a cool beauty and an aloofness borne of wealth and privilege. A connoisseur of exquisite objects, she collects whatever catches her eye. While attending an auction, her interest is captivated by a ...



  • Nancy Warren
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    Co-workers Daniel and Tara couldn't hate each other more. So when they end up as Secret Santa partners, it's a perfect chance for revenge and a dare that just may ignite the steamiest night of their lives......



  • Sarah Morgan

    E.R. Professionals: Dr. Zach Jordan & Dr. Keely Thompson The last time Dr. Zach Jordan had seen Keely Thompson, she'd been a typical teenager -- with a massive teenage crush on him. Now she was a fully qualified doctor, a beautiful young woman...



  • Stephanie Doyle

    There's only you... Of, and you, too... Corinne Weatherby believes everyone on this planet has one true love. Just one. Okay, so the one she's picked is a shallow, inconsiderate womanizer -- nothing a good breakup scene can't fix. Corinne comes f...



  • David Guterson

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From  the award-winning, bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars comes an emotionally charged, provocative novel about what happens when a fifteen-year-old pill-popping runaway receives a visitation from the Vi...



  • Margaret Way

    Banished from his Outback home, Brock Tyson had left Koomera Crossing without a backward glance. But Shelley Logan was secretly in love with him and has never forgotten their one stolen kiss.... Now Brock has returned to claim his rightful and con...



  • Crystal Wilson-Harris

    Spirited Jakarta Raven was never one to back down from scandal-or trouble. Her determination to clear her sister of unjust charges puts her up against brilliant New Orleansdistrict attorney and senatorial candidate Zane Reeves... and a sensual attra...



  • Richard Paul Evans

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Broken Road series presents an inspiring story about a man who has to rediscover his priorities after finding money and fame.   Robert Harlan has three loves in life: his wife, his daught...



  • Karen Templeton

    Single mother Joanna Swan had already married one man with a Peter Pan complex, and one was her limit. So now she is determined that romance is for dreamers -- and she is one woman with her feet firmly planted on the ground. Even if she does design c...



  • Lois Faye Dyer

    ONE PASSIONATE NIGHT... For the first time in her life, shy secretary Allison Baker threw caution to the wind. No sooner did she enter the party than suave attorney Jorge Perez whispered sweet compliments in her ear. Breathless, Allison was captivat...



  • Linda Randall Wisdom

    Three... Three years ago, Nora Summers and Mark Walker had been sweethearts, but circumstances had driven them apart. Nora wasn't ready to risk her heart again with a man as footloose and charming as Mark. Two... Yet now Nora had indulged in a n...



  • Jasmine Cresswell
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    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 ...



  • Janelle Denison

    Decadence has never been so good... Kayla Thomas is counting on her latest idea to clinch the success of her bakery -- aphrodisiac chocolates! But first she needs an unsuspecting test subject to ensure the candy is as stimulating as she hopes. So ...



  • Marie Ferrarella

    FAILURE WASN'T AN OPTION The Honorable Brenton Montgomery would break every rule to recover his kidnapped little girl. But he wasn't prepared to clash with the one woman he'd secretly loved for years, Detective Callie Cavanaugh, whose job it was t...



  • Jodi O'Donnell

    THEY CAME FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS To the residents of Rumor, Montana, Ash McDonough was nothing but trouble. It didn't matter that ten years had passed since he'd last set foot in town. Nothing could redeem him -- not even the fact that he'd rescued...



  • Curtiss Ann Matlock

    Christmas has come to Valentine, Oklahoma, and everybody's got a special wish.... For thirteen-year-old Corrine, it's really about keeping what she has: a happy life with her aunt Marilee and Papa Tate; her beloved horses; and an almost boyfriend,...



  • Lynn Michaels

    Act One: Girl Leaves Boy Lindsay West may have the face of a Hollywood starlet, but the demanding life of a teen celebrity never suited her. So nearly twenty years ago, she left her hit TV show and returned to her hometown of Belle Coeur, Missouri. ...



  • Dawn Atkins

    Roommates are off-limits...aren't they? Ariel Adams hates everything about the beach. So when circumstances force her to move into a small beach house, she's convinced life can't get worse. It can. The house isn't empty. Inside, sports gear, dirty...



  • Michelle Reid

    When a tragic family accident reunites Shannon Gilbraith with Luca Salvatore, she isn't prepared for the searing attraction that still flames between them. Luca urges Shannon to marry him, but she knows he isn't motivated by love. For the ...



  • Brenda Novak

    The Birth Place gave her sanctuary Hope Tanner escaped from her polygamous community in Superior, Utah, ten years ago -- pregnant and alone. She ended up at The Birth Place in Enchantment, New Mexico, where Lydia Kane, the clinic's founder, handle...



  • Patricia Kay

    THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL Sabrina March's safe little life had one cornerstone -- her dad. Then he died in her arms. Sabrina was devastated, but she knew in her heart that someday she would find a man like her father and live happily ever after. So...



  • 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...



  • Ruth Wind
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    Sunny Kendricks's luck had run out. With no money, no car and no home, she was sure she'd hit rock bottom. But Michael Chasing Horse was prepared for life's storms and ready to offer refuge...in his arms....



  • Stella Bagwell

    FIVE YEARS TOO LATE.... She should have been mine, Victoria Ketchum thought as she cradled Jess Hasting's daughter. Instead, Victoria had turned from Jess, and he'd married another. Now a widowed single father, the lean, rugged deputy sheriff coul...



  • 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...



  • Michelle Monkou
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    When her husband died, Jennifer Stone made a vow to herself and her young daughter. Keep faith and keep going--no matter what. So far she has kept her promise. But eight-year-old Patti wants a new daddy, and her birthday prayer is answered by firefig...



  • Jane Porter

    Sophie knew she could never give in to her overwhelming attraction to South American millionaire Alonso Galvan. So she agreed to a loveless marriage to a man who left her with a pile of gambling debts. But Alonso has never renounced his vow that, one...



  • 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...



  • Kristen Heitzmann

    Kristen Heitzmann's characters leap from the page with a balance of strength and fragility as they face anguish from the past. Jill and Morgan, once high school sweethearts, had loved and lost--each other and the baby whom Jill gave up at birth. Year...



  • Jill Shalvis

    The secure world that Rachel Wellers has carefully constructed is crumbling around her. Her sweet twelve-year-old daughter is turning into a sullen teenager before her eyes. The injuries she's just sustained in a hit-and-run accident are jeopardizing...



  • Cindy Gerard

    HE WAS HEARTBREAK WAITING TO HAPPEN... Her best friend's wedding was not the place for a seduction. But Nate McGrory's potent blend of masculinity, charm and sensuality made Rachael Matthews want to run for cover -- or straight into his arms. Giv...



  • Kimberly Llewellyn

    After inheriting her parents' ailing cranberry bogs, Sally Johnson must come home to save Misty Meadows. But can she succeed when she discovers that some mysterious Wall Street hotshot has arrived with opposing plans for the bogs? To make matters wor...



  • Tina Leonard

    She Was Very, Very Good! Running from relationships was a surefire way to get caught in the marriage trap -- and ragged on by his brothers. But no matter what those rascals said, Tex Jefferson wasn't afraid of intimacy -- or good girls. And to pro...



  • 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...



  • Marcia King-Gamble

    Liza Hamilton left her upstate New York hometown to chase her dreams in New York City. But her success as a supermodel was shortlived when she was mugged in Central Park and her face slashed. The once-perfect face that made her a fortune now does not...



  • Leslie Kelly / Leslie A. Kelly

    His trick... After spending more than a year overseas doing research, true crime writer Jared Winchester is dying for some excitement. So when he receives an invitation to a party his first night back -- an in-character Halloween party, at that -- h...



  • Susan Donovan
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    Being stood up on Christmas Eve is bad enough, but now Valerie's furnace is broken, too. Good thing that sexy repairman is available to raise the temperature dramatically......



  • Patricia Scanlan

    Oliver Flynn's wedding is the social event of the year, and the creme de la creme of Kilronan are happy to boast of being invited.Noreen, his new wife, has finally outclassed her two sisters, who think they are better than her in every way. Not any ...



  • Kristin Billerbeck

    Emily Jensen has always longed for marriage and a family of her own. She has her ideals - or at least those imposed by her mother - of how the right man will look and act. But life doesn't always work the way it should. Darin Black was blessed to ...



  • Stef Ann Holm

    As a deputy in Majestic, Colorado, Lanie Prescott doesn't see enough action issuing parking tickets, so she decides to accept a law-enforcement job elsewhere. On the night of her going-away party, the job offer is postponed, and Lanie is stuck in her...



  • Jessica Matthews

    Practice nurse and single mom Claire Westin is more interested in treating her patients than celebrating Christmas -- it brings back memories too painful to remember. But her gorgeous boss, Alex Ridgeway, senior physician at the Pleasant Valley pract...



  • Valerie Parv

    SHE WAS A VIRGIN Kirsten Bond was a mother by virtue of adopting her late sister's child. No one knew Jeffrey wasn't really hers and she vowed never to reveal that his father was actually Rowe Sevrin, Viscount Aragon. But then she was assign...



  • Marilyn Tracy

    A CHILD WAS MISSING Pampered, pretty Leeza Nelson had reluctantly agreed to watch over her friends' orphanage ranch in New Mexico. So when one of the children ran away, it was up to her to find him. But journeying into the wilderness with dark, br...



  • 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...



  • Victor McGlothin

    When a corporate diva Janeen Hampton-Gilliam meets the kind of dream man that'll make most women want to trade theirs in, her struggling marriage with a philandering husband gets even harder to maintain. Throw in trouble at work and a novel that tell...



  • Judith Bowen

    When Eva Haines first comes to remote (and supposedly deserted) Liberty Island, she has the uncanny feeling that someone's watching her -- and she's right. A small wild-looking child with a huge black dog has been following her around. Eva, who's spe...



  • Geri Guillaume

    THE SEASON OF CELEBRATION Independent and spirited fire investigator Davalyn Bowers knows that she and Cutter McCall are wrong for each other. He has always been her older brother's way-too-serious best friend and she was the pesky little girl alway...



  • K.N. Casper

    She's aiming for a promotion...and scores love instead Marlee Reid is up against some tough competition for her dream job of sports anchor on KNCS-TV in Coyote Springs, Texas. That news director Renn Davis has been critical of her work ever since ...



  • Carole Mortimer

    A ring in her stocking? When Patrick McGrath offers to take Ellie to her company's Christmas party, she reluctantly accepts. If nothing else, she can show the world -- and her cheating ex-boyfriend -- that she's not nursing a broken heart....



  • 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...



  • Jessica Fletcher; Donald Bain

    Everyone's favorite crimesolver takes a ride on the historic Whistler Northwind train through Canada...in this very special twentieth novel in the bestselling series. Celebrity mystery writer Jessica Fletcher has always loved Vancouver. So when he...



  • Nancy Krulik

    Working as one of Santa's elves in the mall, Sabrina unknowingly depletes the real Santa's toy supply giving away toys to unhappy little shoppers, and with only days to spare, she must come up with a plan to save Christmas....



  • Mary Hoffman

    When she purchases a tiny figurine of a winged horse, Georgia's life is greatly altered as this talisman has the power to take her back to different periods in time and away from the chaos in which she lives, such as the land of Remora where the exci...



  • Fred Saberhagen

    When the vampire Dickon and his human partner appear in the middle of the night frightened for their lives, the powerful vampire Matthew Maule offers them protection. They carry with them a small Egyptian statue of great value and many secrets. In...



  • Marianne Curley

    Isabel and Ethan are joined by Isabel''s brother Matt, who is still getting accustomed to life in the Guard. This time, they must find Arkarian, their ageless mentor, who has been kidnapped and sent to the underworld. Although Isabel and Ethan hav...



  • Ryk E. Spoor

    IN THE BATTLE AGAINST DARKNESS, THE BRIGHTEST WEAPON IS THE LIGHT OF REASON Jason Wood was just an information specialist-finding data for research, enhancing photos for the police, a nice, usually quiet profession whose only dangers came from an ...



  • 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 ...



  • Lawrence Watt-Evans

    After many years of peace in the Lands of Men, there came Dragon Weather: a wave of incredible heat, oppressive humidity, dark angry clouds . . . and dragons. Dragons with no remorse, no sympathy, no use for humans; dragons who destroyed an entire vi...



  • E.D. Baker

    When your grandmother is a cranky old witch, your intended prince is a jerk, and your kingdom is about to be invaded, "happily ever after" can be exasperating. But from the bottom of the fishbowl sea to the heights of the mountaintop Dragon Olympics...




  • Hilari Bell

    WHO WAS SORAHB? Stories are told of a hero who will come to Farsala's aid when the need is greatest. But for thousands of years the prosperous land of Farsala has felt no such need, as it has enjoyed the peace that comes from being both respected an...



  • Robert Devereaux

    Renowned fantasist T. E. Jameson writes his masterworks in a treehouse, carrying on what seems to be a one-way conversation with his muse. Cracked? Possibly. But rich eccentrics must have their foibles.

    Also rich in creative eccentricity is Ja...



  • Robin Hobb

    Assassin, spy, and Skillmaster, FitzChivalry Farseer has become firmly ensconced in the queen's court at Buckkeep. With Prince Dutiful, his mentor Chade, and the simpleminded yet strongly-Skilled Thick, Fitz strives to aid the prince on a quest that ...



  • 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...



  • Kij Johnson

    In her skillful debut novel, Kij Johnson took the classic Japanese myth of the fox who dared to become a woman to win true love and created The Fox Woman, a luminous, lyrical tale of love, desire, joy, and the nature of the soul.Set in the same unive...



  • Clare B. Dunkle

    The Hollow Kingdom, the first book in Clare Dunkle's acclaimed fantasy trilogy, will transport readers into a magical realm that Newbery Award winner Lloyd Alexander calls "as persuasive as it is remarkable." For thousands of years, young women have ...



  • 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...



  • Judith Tarr

    It is the dawn of the thirteenth century, and Richard the Lionheart has grown in strength and wisdom since he was crowned King of Jerusulem -- and dispatched the scheming sorcerer Sinan, who once endangered his very soul. But now the Old Man of the M...



  • Tony Abbott

    A Hidden Door. A Magical Staircase. Discover the World of Droon! Way up north in the ice caves of Droon lives a nasty, snowy beast. Krog has just woken up from a long nap, and boy, is he grouchy! Eric and his friends have to stop the monster from ca...



  • 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...



  • Bruce Coville

    CHAINS OF LOVE Juliet reached behind her neck to unfasten the chain. She couldn't locate the clasp. Exasperated, she went to the mirror and pulled the chain around, planning to unfasten it from the front. A cold chill rippled over her shou...



  • Jennifer Fallon

    Darkness threatens Ranadon again in the form of an eclipse. The Goddess wants to give the people of Ranadon a sign--and only Dirk Provin can interpret it. To do so, Dirk has systematically betrayed his one-time allies to join his most hated enemi...



  • Tony DiTerlizzi; Holly Black

    Let the story of my niece and nephews be a warning. The more you know, the more danger you're in. And trust me, you don't want to meddle with the Little People. -- S.S. One thrilling adventure -- The Spiderwick Chronicles! Their world is closer tha...



  • Melanie Gideon

    A mysterious map of another world plunges two friends into the adventure of a lifetime"Suddenly the map darkened as if someone had dimmed the light. 'Did you see that?' whispered Billy. A fetid wind came barreling out of the window and sand whipped a...



  • Stan Lee

    The painstakingly restored classic tales that gave birth to the greatest saga of myth and adventure to ever grace the comic book page! The adventures of Thor! While on vacation, Dr. Donald Blake happened upon a secret chamber and inside it found a gn...



  • Gregory Maguire

    The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding ...



  • Philip Reeve

    LONDON IS HUNTING The great Traction City lumbers after a small town, eager to strip its prey of all assets and move on. Resources on the Great Hunting Ground that once was Europe are so limited that mobile cities must consume one another to survi...



  • Elaine Bergstrom

    In the first new novel about the Austra family of vampires in over ten years, two modern-day young lovers find that they must face a deadly enemy, in a dangerous land that both thought they had left behind......



  • 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...



  • 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...




  • Laura J. Burns
    in

    The Witching Hours Samhain: 10/31, or Halloween -- traditionally a time to reflect, a time of divination, and a time to honor the ancients. But Phoebe's plans to communicate with her ancestors are cut short when she's recruited to help reunite a s...



  • Jean Thesman

    Set in San Francisco in the early 1900s, orphaned Kate walks her way into the life of sickly Jolie as her maid and nurse, and soon the two become friends and head out on an adventure to Ireland where Kate must remain quiet about the secret she has be...



  • 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...



  • Tamora Pierce

    When you gamble with kingdoms, all bets are off. Legends are born in this thrilling and New York Times bestselling spy saga from the fantasy author who is legend herself: Tamora Pierce.Aly is from a family known for great deeds. She is the ...



  • P.N. Elrod

    Bloodlist  introduces Jack Fleming, an investigative journalist in Prohibition-era Chicago who got bitten by a vampire. In Lifeblood and Bloodcircle Jack hunted for the men who killed him, and for his long-lost love, Maureen. Now, the original ...



  • 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...



  • Steve Perry

    A New York Times Bestselling Author

    At first glance, Flint McClelland looks just like any other scruffy street performer. But the clear notes coming from his gleaming flute evoke emotions and memories in his audience like nothing else can. If his ...



  • Eoin Colfer

    MEG IS TOO GOOD FOR HELL AND TOO BAD FOR HEAVEN. Cast out of her own home after her mother's death, Meg is a drifter, a troublemaker. But after a botched attempt to rob an old man, Meg ends up in a very sticky situation. Her soul is up for grabs a...



  • Diane Duane

    Sometimes even wizards need a break. A little rest and relaxation -- that's what Nita expects when she and her partner-wizard Kit depart for a wizardly "cultural exchange" program that sends them halfway across the galaxy. But nothing about wizardr...



  • Patrick Jennings

    A family of werewolves faces the human evil of persecution in this tense and spellbinding novel from one of Scholastic Press' favorite authors.

    Laszlo Emberek is caught between two worlds: the bucolic life of a shepherd, tending his family's s...



  • C.J. Barry

    To continue her father's life's quest, Tru Van Dye had to leave the insular colony of Majj scientists where she was raised. She had to find Rayce Coburne. Yet the virtual-reality program she acquired to gird herself against the man's touch, his innue...




  • Laura Dower

    "The Powerpuff Girls" is Cartoon Network's highest-rated show among kids 2-11. It's a mega-hit! And now the Girls are flyin' in to stores just in time for the holidays with their first original video.

    The Powerpuff Girls' spoiled rival, Prince...



  • 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...



  • 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....



  • Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

    “A revealing, amusing book.” -- San Jose Mercury News

    “Naylor’s easy writing style keeps the story fresh. . . . A story of a likable man and his family, all of whom dearly miss the person who held them together.” -- USA Today



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  • Sara Pinto

    Starting with the simplest images-apples for A, bowls for B, cat for C-Sara Pinto has taken a magical leap in the concept of alphabet books. Each letter has a door, and behind each door the objects arrange and rearrange themselves so that with every ...



  • 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 Moran

    Hiding the secret about how she survived German-occupied Krakow during World War II, Anja enters a marriage of convenience with Axis soldier Walter and journeys with him to his family farm in the Italian Alps, where their growing relationship is test...



  • Lucy Jane Bledsoe

    Selected as the next child star for an on-line travel video, twelve-year-old Victoria is thrilled about her upcoming expedition to Antarctica, but things don't go as she had expected and she now must make the most of a bad situation that is sure to c...



  • Patrick Redmond

    Ronnie Sidney is a perfect child. The illegitimate son of a wartime romance, he gives his mother the unconditional love she so craves. In his mother's eyes Ronnie is faultless: a ray of sunshine in her grey life. But as cracks begin to creep into Ron...