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  • Bird of Prey

    Don Pendleton

    COMMAND CENTER At Stony Man Farm in Virginia. world trouble spots are monitored around the clock. And when watch-and-wait tactics aren't enough, the -- elite field teams go behind the lines -- and beyond the law. PREEMPTIVE STRIKE After a ...

  • Cliff Dive: Mountain Biking -- To the Extreme

    Sigmund Brouwer

  • Disaster in the Yukon

    Jerry B. Jenkins

    Join Chad and his family as they face grave challenges and exciting adventure in Disaster in the Yukon, book 3 in the AirQuest Adventures series!

    When a blizzard cuts off communication and supplies to a small community in Northern Alaska, Ch...

  • The Lost World

    Michael Crichton

    It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public. ...

  • My Other Life

    Paul Theroux

    In the Washington Post Book World, Sven Birkerts called this exuberant novel "a complex and gripping work of invention and confession . . . I understood again how the prose of a true writer can bring us to a world beyond." The book spans almost thirt...

  • Rippin': Snowboarding -- To the Extreme

    Sigmund Brouwer

  • Someone is Following Pip Ramsey

    Ron Roy

    Illustrated in black-and-white. Strange things start happening to Pip Ramsey after he buys an old Russian doll at a yard sale. First, there's a peculiar phone call. Then his backpack disappears, and the toys in his room are rearranged. Pip is sure he...

  • Terror in Branco Grande

    Jerry B. Jenkins

    Join Chad and his family as they face grave challenges and exciting adventure in Terror in Branco Grande, book 2 in the AirQuest Adventures series!

    Misled by a request to transport “relief supplies” to a new South American country, Dad i...

  • Bleeding Maize and Blue

    Susan Holtzer

    Death in the End Zone In football-obsessed Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan President's Weekend is the biggest event of the season. And this year, computer consultant Anneke Haagen is swept up in the festivities--her boyfriend, police lieuten...

  • The Body in the Transept

    Jeanne M. Dams

    IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS-- EXCEPT FOR THE DEAD BODY Dorothy Martin is an inquisitive American widow who has relocated to Sherebury, a small college town outside of London, after the death of her beloved husband. Although it's difficult to get in...

  • Campus Exposures

    Carolyn Keene

    Eileen O'Connor wonders whether a date with football player Emmet Lehman will improve her otherwise uneventful social life, while Nancy searches for clues behind a three-decade-old mystery surrounding the campus film festival...

  • Cave Trap

    Franklin W. Dixon

    CHAMBERS OF DEATH Frank and Joe are headed out on a Kentucky spelunking expedition -- exploring caves, that is. But on this particular descent, something stinks to high heaven. Joe stumbles onto an uncharted subcavern, and suddenly the entire expedi...

  • Chestnut Mare, Beware

    Jody Jaffe

    The official version says that former beauty queen Josane Ashmore died after being trampled by her unruly chestnut mare. Her mother declares it was murder. Yet when Charlotte reporters Natalie Gold and Henry Goode go to Virginia to prove it, they fin...

  • Country Comes to Town

    Toni L.P. Kelner

    With her husband off in England, snowbound Laura Fleming is looking forward to spending a quiet weekend alone, until a wicked winter squall sweeps the Boston police to her front door. The body of her old college boyfriend, computer programmer Philip ...

  • The Dead Hollywood Mom's Society

    Lindsay Maracotta

    Family values have hit Hollywood with a vengeance: superstar supermoms carpooling the kids in Range Rovers ... shark agents breastfeeding their babies during power lunch at Spago... God help us, everyone. Animated filmmaker Lucy Freers feels l...

  • Death of a Healing Woman

    Allana Martin

    BORDERLINES Texas border country. A place of desolate beauty, ancient mystery and modern danger. Presidio County is home to Texana Jones, owner of a trading post, and her husband, the local vet. Still reeling from the murder of two close friends, ra...

  • Distant Blood

    Jeff Abbott

    Blood runs cold--especially in this family. Thanks to a newfound connection with his natural father, librarian Jordan Poteet is suddenly a member of a rich Texas dynasty. But a series of poison-pen letters warns Jordan to stay away from the family...

  • Dying to Fly Fish

    David Leitz

    DYING TO FLY FISH Loon, Vermont's Whitefork Lodge is a favorite among avid fly fishermen. In fact, the pristine setting has attracted so much word of mouth that a slick advertising agency in Los Angeles makes Max an offer he can't refuse to shoot ...

  • The Fox Hunt Mystery

    Carolyn Keene

    Nancy’s friend Laura Passano has invited her down to Maryland to enjoy a horseback riding holiday. The weather is wonderful, the pastures peaceful, the trip a real treat. There’s only one catch: Someone’s out to sabotage the Passano family stab...

  • The Funny Face Fight

    Carolyn Keene

    A FUNNY FACE IS NO JOKE! The race is on for president of Nancy's class, and three kids are in the running: Vicki Wolf, Jessie Shapiro, and Mike Minelli. But taking sides seems to mean making enemies, and now someone's playing dirty. Who put the...

  • Gray Matter

    Shirley Kennett

    A celebrated pianist has been found dead, decapitated by a sharp instrument, possibly a meat cleaver. His head is still missing. For psychologist and single mother PJ Gray, starting life over in a new city, and veteran homicide cop Leo Schultz, it...

  • Held Accountable

    Karen Hanson Stuyck

    For ten years, Liz James has worked-as public relations officer for the Houston Mental Health Center. Now she has her work cut out for her--as someone targets clinic employees for murder... As a therapist, Gina was trained to recognize the signs o...

  • Ho-Ho Homicide

    Corinne Holt Sawyer

    When Birdy Benton turns up dead under the Camden-sur-Mer Christmas tree, members of the posh California retirement community are shocked by this unexpected holiday event. Despite their sadness, resident sleuths Angela and Caledonia see it as a golden...

  • Just the Fax, Ma'Am // Death Comes to Suburbia

    Leslie O'Kane

    DRAWN & QUARTERED When Molly Masters, cartoonist and mother of two, discovers the only risque drawing she's ever done published in a porn magazine, she's livid. Especially since Preston Saunders, husband of her arch rival, Stephanie, not only stol...

  • Lamb to the Slaughter

    Jennifer Rowe

    His was a homecoming watched round the world -- but was he an innocent victim or a coldhearted killer?
     
    After serving five years for the murder of his wife, Trevor Lamb was a free man . . . thanks to idealistic lawyer Jude Dilanchion, whose...

  • The Main Corpse

    Diane Mott Davidson

    A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY For caterer Goldy Schulz, who's been worrying about her cash flow, the chance to work for a high-powered company like Prospect Financial Partners seems like a dream come true. But it turns out to be murder...in every sense o...

  • Mourning Gloria

    Joyce Christmas

    LOOK WHO'S BACK IN TOWN. . .
    None other than notorious Gloria Gilpin Forsythe Anton--with a fresh face-lift, a new husband, and plans for a major social comeback. But Gloria is riding for a fall--a fatal one--down the back stairs of an old East Si...

  • Quaker Testimony

    Irene Allen

    A SIMPLE LIFE...A DEADLY INTERRUPTION Widow Elizabeth Elliot leads a modest life. As Clerk of the local Quaker meeting, she not only handles the congregation's daily activities, but also is their moral and inspirational leader. So when murder ...

  • Rain Dance

    Skye Kathleen Moody

    Venus, who'd been in Asia for a few years, enjoys traveling to exotic places. What she does not enjoy, at the age of twenty-nine, is the prospect of returning to the home of her mother, Lady Bella Winsome-Diamond, a film legend with British royal anc...

  • Unholy Angels

    Kate Gallison

    HEAVEN CAN WAIT The bike trail through Fishersville was usually peaceful. Mother Lavinia Grey of Saint Bede's Episcopal Church enjoyed cycling along it...until she pedaled onto a brutal crime scene. Shot to death was the town's most hated man--the...

  • Christmas Dream

    Tracie Peterson
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    Newlyweds Mark and Rita Williams are looking forward to their first Christmas together when an Alaskan blizzard grounds them in the Juneau airport. Unable to reach their home outside Tok, the couple's holiday dream appears shattered. But dreams come ...

  • The Chronicles of the Door

    Gene Edwards

  • Close Your Eyes

    Robin Jones Gunn

  • Dakota Destiny

    Lauraine Snelling
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    Since childhood they have been together and now the war to end all wars -- World War I -- has cruelly torn them apart. But when Mary Moen receives the letter informing her that Will Dunfey is missing in action, presumed dead, she presumes nothing of ...

  • Diamonds

    Shari MacDonald

    After Casey Foster inherits a minor league team, she quickly discovers that baseball isn't all fun and games. Before long, Casey is juggling crazy promotional events, major league expectations, and the egos of players like Tucker Boyd, a pitcher who ...

  • Freedom Run

    Paul McCusker

    Jack and Matt use the Imagination Station to travel back in time again to the pre-Civil War South, where they plan to carry out their promise to help two slaves escape through the Underground Railroad....

  • Hero Tales: Volume 1

    Dave Jackson

    A book designed to help foster Christian values and character qualities in families and elementary-age children presents a short biography and three anecdotes each for fifteen different Christian heroes. IP. ...

  • Mountain Biking to the Extreme

    Sigmund Brouwer

    Blake Coffey knows the mountain trails better than anyone. He practices harder than anyone. And nobody can pull the stunts he does. So winning the Summit Race seems to be a sure thing.until he finds a backpack of hundred-dollar bills along the tra...

  • The Mystery of the Copycat Clown

    Elspeth Campbell Murphy

  • Mystery of the Honeybees' Secret

    Elspeth Campbell Murphy

  • The Mystery of the Silly Goose

    Elspeth Campbell Murphy

  • Out of the Blue

    Lauraine Snelling

    An unexpected phone call from the biological father DJ Randall has never met leaves her reeling. Why, after fourteen years of silence, is this stranger named Bradley Atwood suddenly interested in getting to know her? And how will this affect DJ's rel...

  • An Ozark Christmas Angel

    Veda Boyd Jones
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    When country singer Anita Jane Wells fakes an illness to bring her friend to Branson, Missouri, for Christmas, she has the best intentions. Lyndsay shouldn't spend another holiday alone. Posing as Anita's "doctor," handsome Will Hamilton arrives at t...

  • Promise Me the Dawn

    Amanda MacLean

    Set in turn-of-the-century San Francisco and Monterey, Promise Me the Dawn weaves the tender love story of spirited, dark-haired English beauty Molly Quinn and Shane MacAlister, an immigrant who came to America to flee his family's titles, wealth, an...

  • Snowboarding to the Extreme

    Sigmund Brouwer

  • This Little Pig

    Janette Oke

    "Daddy says your brother, Hawkins, is going to be bigger and maybe I should choose him for my project, but I like you, Hiram. You're cuter."

    I didn't know what she meant, but I liked the idea of her choosing me. The soft hands rubbed my sides and ...

  • The Wakefield Dynasty

    Gilbert Morris

  • Winterlude

    Colleen L. Reece
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    A single out-of-place snowflake in San Diego lures Ariel Dixon home to Ketchikan, Alaska, despite her wealthy fianc's protests. When she encounters slim, handsome Jean Thoreau, a childhood friend presumed dead, a swift rush of events changes the cou...

  • After Hours

    Sandra Field

    Wife wanted! Quentin Ramsey was fed up with relationships and empty promises. And then he had seen Marcia Barnes across a crowded room and realized she was the woman he'd been waiting for all his life. But Marcia was more Ms. Workaholic th...

  • Against All Odds

    Gwynne Forster

    The Past Could Destroy Their Love... Struggling to keep her headhunting company afloat, Manhattan executive Melissa Grant has no time for love. Then Adam Roundtree walks into her life. But the charismatic businessman is no ordinary client--he's the ...

  • All For Love

    Raynetta Manees

    Divorced Detroit businesswoman Angela Delaney never dreams that her trip to Atlanta could get so personal...until international singing sensation Darryl Bridges collides with Angela in her hotel lobby. It isn't the first time the impossibly handsome ...

  • Anyone But You

    Jennifer Crusie

    THE LAST THING NINA NEEDED WAS FRED... She was beginning life fresh -- new job, new apartment. No husband. All she wanted was a puppy. A happy, perky puppy. Instead she got Fred. Part basset, part beagle, part manic-depressive. Nina loved ...

  • Aunt Lucy's Lover

    Miranda Lee

    A dark desire... When, Jessica wondered, was she ever going to learn that men lied when it came to sex and money? Why, she'd almost fallen for Sebastian Slade's smooth story that he'd wanted nothing more than friendship from her aunt L...

  • Babies by the Busload

    Raye Morgan

    WHO'S THAT HANDSOME SINGLE DAD? J. J. Jensen couldn't believe her eyes! Her ex-boss, Jack Remington, had just moved in next door... and somehow this confirmed bachelor was now juggling three bouncing babies. The Jack she remembered wasn't soft and...

  • Bachelor Cop

    Gayle Kaye

    AWARD OF DISTINCTION presented to Officer Whit Tanner, midnight rescuer of lost children and missing mutts, for being the last single guy in the precinct, and intending to stay that way .... CITATION OF SEDUCTION presented to Jill Harper, di...

  • Backfire

    Metsy Hingle

    CHASE McALLISTER'S TO-DO LIST... 1. Fulfill a vow to wreak revenge on the man who destroyed your life by taking over his business-even though it rightfully belongs to your rival's passionate daughter. 2. Maneuver sexy siren Madeline Charbonnet ...

  • Beauty and the Bodyguard

    Merline Lovelace

    Meet the Fortunes--a family whose legacy is greater than riches. Because where there's a will...there's a wedding! THE PROTECTOR Someone was stalking million-dollar cover girl Allie Fortune--and ex-mercenary Rafe Stone had been hired to protect h...

  • The Black Sheep's Bride

    Christine Flynn

    A MARRYING WOMAN A wife and mother - that's all Annie Kendall had ever wanted to be. Life hadn't turned out quite the way she'd planned...but then Jett Whitaker charged into her life. True, he awakened in her passions she'd thought were gone - but...

  • Blue Italian

    Rita Ciresi

    Rosa comes from a working-class Italian neighborhood of narrow houses with chipped Madonnas in the front yards. Gary grew up with blue swimming pools and overdone bar mitzvahs. Rosa's a social worker who read Freud at Southern Connecticut State Colle...

  • Bringing Benjy Home

    Kylie Brant

    MISSING: BENJY GARRISON, AGE TWO Trey Garrison was a security consultant, a man of action, a man who trusted his heart to no one--except his sister and her little boy, Benjy. Now Benjy had been kidnapped, and Trey was desperate. Jaida West was ...

  • Broken Spurs

    BJ James

    The Broken Spur was Steve Cody's dream -- the only one he had left after a rogue bronc ended his rodeo career forever. But if he wanted to keep his ranch, he was going to have to fight for it -- against a powerful man who wanted his land, and a w...

  • Chasing Baby

    Pam McCutcheon

    It started like any other day... Off-duty undercover cop Cole McKenzie was dealing with the Saturday single dad routine. Then suddenly, a sexy wild redhead appeared, screaming that someone had taken her baby! Would it turn into the love of a li...

  • Chesapeake Song

    Brena Lane Richardson

    Set against the backdrop of rural Maryland, CHESAPEAKE SONG tells the unforgettable story of three indomitable African-American women... Tamra and Charles Lane have known they were meant for each other ever since they were kids. But past hurts and...

  • Code Name: Daddy

    Marilyn Tracy

    SECRET AGENT, SECRET LONGINGS... The world believed FBI Agent Alec MacLain was dead -- and that was the way he wanted it. Two years ago his life should have ended when the woman he loved had been ripped from his powerless grasp. Now Cait and their d...

  • The Constant Heart

    Trisha Alexander

    They came from different worlds. She was a Texas beauty who'd known privilege and luxury all her life. He was a photojournalist who'd spent a lonely childhood in foster homes, battling for his very survival. Yet from the moment Amy Carpenter and Sam ...

  • A Cowboy Is Forever

    Shirley Larson

    A COWBOY BY ANY OTHER NAME... Luke Steadman was back--long and lanky and looking every bit the cowboy he once was. But with the feud still raging between the Malones and the Steadmans, his return only made Charlotte Malone's life tougher. Now she ...

  • The Cowboy Wants a Wife!

    Susan Fox

    Zoe courts a cowboy! She drives a Porsche, he drives a pickup.... She's a Hollywood socialite, he's a tough, rugged rancher who despises glitz and glamour and wouldn't be seen dead in a tuxedo! Zoe and John Dalton Hayes are worlds a...

  • Daddy of the House

    Diana Whitney

    DADDY COME HOME We used to be one big family until Mom and Dad got divorced. Dad works all the time and that makes Mom mad. But he came for a visit and broke his ankle. Now he has to stay home and take care of us kids while Mom works. It's really fu...

  • Daniel

    Tracy Hughes

    Remember the Galloway women Mariah, Jo, Tess and Eden? For all the readers who loved Calloway Corners -- welcome back! And if you haven't been there yet, join us! Daniel. He'd never forgotten her. Eighteen years ago his father had killed...

  • Dear Lonely in L.A. ...

    Jacqueline Diamond

    Dear Lonely in L.A.--You'll always have a place in my heart--but I am not ready to meet you .... DG Dear Lady Love--Meet me at the Top Hat restaurant on July 4 at 11:00 p.m. You won't be disappointed .... RW Dana Grant couldn't possibly meet he...

  • Dear Mr. Right

    Jennifer Drew

    It was a single girl's worst nightmare. It was bad enough when Amy's old high school nemesis, Joe Malone, showed up at the newspaper and horned in on her job. Her boss seemed to think Amy's advice column needed a male point of view...b...

  • Destiny Strikes Twice

    Maris Soule

    He was the man she'd been looking for all her life .... Effie Sanders returned to the lake to pack up her grandmother's house and the memories of summers spent tagging along with her sister Bernadette . . . and Parker Morgan. With his blue eyes an...

  • The Education of Jake Flynn

    Leandra Logan

    TEACH ME TONIGHT For Jake Flynn, the Jordan sisters were a dream come true: sexy, sassy Charmaine for... well, you know, and sensible, practical schoolteacher Nadine to help mother his daughter. His return to the tiny town of Cherry Creek, Geor...

  • Five's a Crowd

    Kasey Michaels

    FOR HOLDEN MASTERS, ONE WAS ENOUGH So having Taylor Angel constantly underfoot was more than any happy-to-be single man could bear. But if he wanted to get his career back on track he'd need Taylor's medical expertise. Only Ms. Know-It-All was dri...

  • For the Thrill of It!

    Patricia Ryan

    Isn't there some sort of limit on thrills? Clay Granger thrived on life in the fast lane. He wasn't afraid to take on his friend Izzy's "problem." Besides, a temporary wife was just what he needed; matchmakers were making his life miserable. Iz...

  • A Guilty Affair

    Diana Hamilton

    He belonged to another woman! Even as the champagne flowed at her engagement party, Bess realized she was promising herself to the wrong man... Her fiance was kind, loving. Bess had even looked forward to becoming the perfect wife. Until Luke V...

  • His Sleeping Partner

    Elizabeth Oldfield

    In the heat of the night... Ellen had come to Rio looking for adventure, and she'd found it! Jader de Sa Moreira was very much a Latin lover -- demanding and undeniably sensual. He didn't believe in longterm relationships, only short-term ...

  • I Do? I Don't?

    Christine Scott

    ONE BRIDE, TWO GROOMS. Niki Adams had finally gotten her life together. She was about to be married to a handsome doctor who treated her like gold. Everything was going great -- until Jack Sinclair came home, declaring that he was the one she should...

  • The Ideal Choice

    Caroline Anderson

    Dr. Tricia Page arrived at the small rural clinic to cover her friend Linsey's maternity leave. But, after a disastrous first encounter with Dr. Rhys Williams and his three children, Tricia had more than a suspicion that Linsey was matchmaking. S...

  • Indiscreet

    Peggy Webb

    One look at him made women bare their secrets .... Bolton Gray Wolf appeared every inch the savage when he arrived to interview Virginia Haven, but the moment she rode up on a white Arabian stallion, challenge glittering in her eyes, he knew he wo...

  • Licensed To Sin

    Faye Hughes

    He made her an offer she couldn't refuse... In a voice so sensual it made her toes curl, Nick Valdez invited her to confess her secrets -- and Jane Steele feared her cover had been blown! When the handsome gambler suggested they join forces...

  • The Man Next Door

    Ellen James

    Michael Turner is the man next door and he's got problems! He's an ex-cop turned P.I., who's pretending to be a writer. His partner -- normally the most rational of women -- is pretending she's pregnant. His eleven-year-ol...

  • The Man Who Would Be Daddy

    Marie Ferrarella

    TWENTY POUNDS OF PERFECTION The moment Malcolm Evans laid eyes on tiny Robin Winslow, he was hooked. An enchantress in pink cotton rompers, she brought back feelings Malcolm woe have sworn he'd buried for good. AND A MOMMY TO MATCH Christa W...

  • Married...With Twins!

    Jennifer Mikels

    CONGRATULATIONS, IT'S A GIRL...AND ANOTHER GIRL! Days away from divorce, Valerie and Lucas Kincaid received startling news: they were going to become parents. Gaining custody of orphaned twins would have been cause for celebration... Trouble was, ...

  • Marrying the Boss!

    Leigh Michaels

    He'd been offered the deal of a lifetime... But Keir Saunders needed something extra to really impress his prospective business partners. He needed the perfect business accessory--a wife! And who better than his office manager, Jessica? ...

  • Meant to Marry

    Robyn Donald

    Meant to marry -- divided by scandal Anet Carruthers had always kept her past firmly where it belonged, until she met Lucas Tremaine! Lucas Tremaine, a writer of considerable prowess, was in pursuit of Anet's past--for therein lay an unreso...

  • Michael's Baby

    Cathie Linz

    A BABY ON THE DOORSTEP? When businessman Michael Janos hired Brett Munro, no one knew child care would become part of her duties! Still, when Brett discovered an adorable infant left in the doorway, she knew she was right for that part of her job....

  • Michael's House

    Pat Warren

    HE HAD A WAY WITH KIDS That was what Fallon McKenzie kept hearing about Michael Redfield. So when she needed to find her missing sister, all roads led to Michael's House. But the more she saw of him, the more confused she became. Who was this weal...

  • Midnight Confessions

    Karen Leabo

    SHE HAD A PRICE ON HER HEAD... Jean Montgomery had finally found a place where no one knew her name. A place where she -- and her daughter -- could live in peace. And then a mysterious stranger swaggered into her life. AND HE WAS READY TO COLLECT...

  • Midnight Train from Georgia

    Glenda Sanders

    The Right Train When Erica O'Leary learns that her grandmother needs her, she immediately boards a train to Baltimore. She never expects to find herself surrounded by a rowdy group of Irish-American attorneys, continuing their St. Patrick's Day part...

  • Montana Passion

    Jackie Merritt

    A MARRIAGE MADE IN MONTANA? The wedding march was playing, but Serena Fanon wasn't listening. The minute she'd returned home to Big Sky Country, Montana's best-lookin', heart-stoppin', most infuriating man--Travis Holden--was in hot pursuit of her...

  • Most Eligible Dad

    Karen Rose Smith

    "I didn't know she was pregnant when I left!" Dr. Gavin Bradley was back for one reason: Jessie Windsor. The bachelor had never forgotten his first love, or the night of passion they'd shared. But it seemed Jessie had forgotten to tell him about o...

  • No More Secrets

    Catherine George

    Friend -- or husband? It seemed to everyone in Pennington that Ben Fletcher had met his match in Kate Harker and was ready to settle down. But Kate didn't see it that way at all. Though Ben was tall and handsome, she was determined not to fa...

  • One-Man Woman

    Carole Mortimer

    It didn't add up! Ellie was only interested in one-to-one relationships, so, as rakishly handsome as he was, Daniel Thackery wasn't her kind of man. But she had to keep him talking: he certainly seemed to be up to no good and--even more im...

  • Rebel in Disguise

    Lucy Gordon

    Love me, love my dog! Until the moment Gil Wakeham casually strolled into her office, Jane had enjoyed being the youngest branch manager at Kell's Bank. But when Gil asked her to share his carefree existence with him, it was goodbye to stuffy ...

  • The Right Husband

    Kay Gregory

    The right man at the wrong time! All her life, Kerry had attracted trouble -- and Declan always seemed to be around to rescue her! He'd been her unofficial guardian...but Kerry had never dreamed she'd end up almost marrying him. Almost, but n...

  • Rogues and Ranchers

    Annette Broadrick

    WHO CAN RESIST A TEXAN...OR A CALLAWAY? They were known as the mighty Callaways... three irresistible brothers whose Texas charm got them whatever -- and whomever -- they wanted. Now they looked to the next generation to carry on the family tradi...

  • Seasons of the Heart

    Alexandra Thorne

    The only daughter of a notorious Texas senator, Peaches Morgan-Strand looks every inch the pampered Southern belle she is. But as the owner of a magazine and the single mother of two, she is a no-nonsense businesswoman determined to make it on her ow...

  • Second-Time Lucky

    Marcia Evanick

    Nothing felt as good as his brand of temptation .... He arrived without warning to claim a place in her life, but Luke Callahan reminded Dayna too much of the heartbreak she'd endured during her marriage to his brother! Luke wanted to help rai...

  • Seduced

    Amanda Browning

    An expert seduction... Megan Terrell had followed Lucas Canfield's progress over the years in the business pages...and the scandal sheets. In her opinion, Lucas's reputation was wildly exaggerated -- there was no way she'd fall for the...

  • Southern Comforts

    JoAnn Ross

    Welcome to Raintree, Georgia -- steamy capital of sin, scandal and murder. To her fans, Roxanne Scarbrough is the Genteel Southern Queen of good taste -- she's built an empire around the how-to's of gracious living. To her critics--and there many-...

  • Strong, Silent Cowboy

    Leanna Wilson

    COWBOYS ARE TROUBLE.... Kirk Manning was at home in a saddle, at a rodeo or on a ranch. But when it came to speaking his heart, well, this rugged cowboy was a greenhorn! So he asked lovely Shannon Montgomery for help.... COWBOYS ARE DANGEROUS.......

  • Sunsets

    Constance O'Day-Flannery

    When One Door Closed... Eve Cameron hit rock bottom when she lost her son to a tragic death... and her marriage crumbled right afterward. Ruthann Bucknum knew things couldn't get worse when, having walked out on her husband seven months earlier, s...

  • Tallchief's Bride

    Cait London

    MR. SEPTEMBER Calum Tallchief: A sexy, half-Sioux loner who wants a wife-and there's only one way to recognize her. The Ring: The lost heirloom's legend says: when a Tallchief [;aces the ring on the right woman's finger, he'll capture true love...

  • Temporary Family

    Sally Tyler Hayes

    FOR THE SAKE OE THE CHILD Laura Sandoval loved young, orphaned Rico as if he were her own son. But she knew the boy needed much more than a mother's loving arms. For the once-cheerful child was now refusing to speak, afraid of something--someone--...

  • The Texan Takes a Wife

    Kristine Rolofson

    TEXAS MEN MAGAZINE PRESENTS: Bachelor of the Month--Ben Bradley This sexy rancher is six foot two, lean and muscular. He loves his land, horses and women-although not necessarily in that order. Ben doesn't want or need a wife, so when his ma...

  • Texas Standoff

    Ruth Alana Smith

    Cheyenne Moon Ranch in the Texas Hill Country The Cowgirl and the City Slicker She's all Texas spunk and sass. Her love is the land -- her father's legacy. Nothing else can catch her eye until he washes in on a Texas flash flood. He's t...

  • To Love a Thief

    Margaret St. George

    Glitz -- Glamour -- Theft - Romance Enter the House of DeWilde Since the turn of the century, the elegant and fashionable DeWilde stores have helped brides around the world realize the fantasy of their "special day." The store: DeWildes, M...

  • Unexpected Son

    Marisa Carroll

    A compelling stranger comes looking for the family he never knew and some meaning to his chaotic life. A lonely young preacher, newly widowed, befriends him, risking Tyler's disapproval and her place at the head of the pulpit. An explosive ...

  • When a Man Loves a Woman

    Bonnie K. Winn

    What if ...she'd said yes? Hotshot attorney Barbara Callister kept her feelings as tightly buttoned as her power suits. But ever since she took a case against the devastatingly handsome Kenneth Gerrard, she found herself thinking of Billy Duncan, ...

  • Whispered Promises

    Brenda Jackson

    Even a once-in-a-lifetime love... When Halston Parker calls his daughter Caitlin to his deathbed, she's shocked to discover that her ex-husband, Dex Madaris, has been summoned as well. It's been four years since Caitlin felt the heat of Dex's touch,...

  • Who Do You Love?

    Janet Quin-Harkin

    Kirsten Hayes won't let anything get in the way of her Olympic dreams...not even gorgeous new ice skating partner, Kai Bergstrom. Intense and arrogant, Kai is just a loud mouthed hockey hunk to Kirsten. But, on the ice, everything is different. When ...

  • A Willful Marriage

    Peggy Moreland

    A HALF-WILLING GROOM Brett Sinclair didn't want the ancestral home his grandfather had left him. Problem was, he couldn't just forfeit it, either. The only solution was marriage--to Gayla Matthews. So Brett said "I do," never expecting his new bride...

  • You're What?!

    Anne Eames

    "I'M WHAT?!" All Michelle Purdue wanted was a baby. And now she was pregnant--but she had no idea who the father was! Could it be Dr. Kevin Singleton, the handsome stranger she'd had an unexpected one-week fling with? Or was it a mystery man from ...

  • Robber's Wine

    Ellen Hart

    THE DEAD OF SUMMER

    The first of the dead is wealthy Belle Dumont, who vanished from her home in the Minnesota woods only hours before she was to reveal startling news to her three grown children. The kids and Belle's lover deny any knowledge o...

  • Exposure

    R.J. Pineiro

    Pamela Sasser leads the quiet life of a professor at Louisiana State University, until her research uncovers a bug in the Perseus computer chip, which sits at the heart of thousands of commercial and military systems--from nuclear reactors to fighter...

  • Anvil of the Sun

    Anne Lesley Groell

    SHADOW WARRIORS Born to an aristocratic family, Jenifleur boasts a lady's breeding and education. But the soaring heart that pumps her blue blood yearns for more dangerous pursuits, and her life's passion has always been to follow in her aunt Vera...

  • The Bear Went over the Mountain

    William Kotzwinkle

    Once upon a time in rural Maine, a big black bear found a briefcase under a tree. Hoping for food, he dragged it into the woods, only to find that all it held was the manuscript of a novel. He couldn’t eat it, but he did read it, and decided it was...

  • Beyond the Burning Time

    Kathryn Lasky

    When young Betty Parris contracts a mysterious ailment that spreads to other girls in her Puritan village of Salem, Betty and her family must confront the deadly superstitions that will change their lives. Reprint....

  • Blood Imperial

    Pamela Belle

    The vicious and depraved Emperor Ba'alekkt is dead. For the surviving members of the Toktel'yan Imperial family, the future looks uncertain. A huge army stands idle and prone to revolt: an emperor must be found. But as the family contest the succ...

  • The Cockatrice Boys

    Joan Aiken

    What does a cockatrice enjoy most for dinner? Anyone it can find. So the alarmed inhabitants of England discover when a plague of monsters -- known as cockatrices -- invade their country and begin gobbling them up. They must be stopped! A plucky b...

  • Darkenheight

    Douglas Niles

    THE MAN OF THREE WATERS., ...stands with his courageous companions -- both human and Faerine -- victors in one skirmish of a war not truly begun. For they have witnessed the power of the Darkblood, the evil liquid that has breached the Watershed. Th...

  • The Demons in the Green

    Tom Deitz

    BETWEEN LAND AND WATER, BETWEEN REALITY AND PHANTASM, ONLY THE POWER OF BLOOD AND FIRE CAN SAVE THE FUTURE The eerie death of a holy man is drawing the world's leaders to a magical Mexican city-- while predators from another reality plot the ulti...

  • The Devil & Dan Cooley

    Holly Lisle

    Meeting an ambitious and upwardly mobile devil named Puck, radio disk jockey Dan agrees to help the devil become a gentleman if Puck will help boost his ratings, but Dan's subsequent promotion involves an unsuspected catch. Original....

  • Devil's Tower

    Mark Sumner

    The turning point of the Civil War had come when the bodies got up at Shiloh. Dangerous magic had risen on a flood of blood and violence, and it swept across the land, washing away all but the strong and the lucky. Unnatural powers had been loosed, a...

  • The Encounter

    K.A. Applegate

    When Tobias, Jake, Rachel, Marco, and Cassie were given the ability to morph, they were also given one very important warning: Never stay in a morph for more than two hours. It seemed a small price to pay, since the kids know that humans everywhere a...

  • Eye of the Serpent

    Robert N. Charrette

    THE ORB TALISMAN Since the Timespell set them free, Yan Tanafres and Teletha have wandered far, seeking the lost city and secrets of the Dark Ones. But now Yan's quest is interrupted by war, for the land of Kolvin is besieged. The beastlike bregil...

  • The Fall of Sirius

    Wil McCarthy

    Awakened from a two-thousand-year cryostatis, Malyene Andreivne struggles to come to terms with the changes in her home world, which include the previously unthinkable union race of half-human and half-Waister beings. Original....

  • Flower Fairies Bracelet Book

    Cicely Mary Barker

  • Giant Giants and Magic Mermaids

    Cristina Mesturini

  • Godmother Night

    Rachel Pollack

    Almost a set of short stories, this novel breaks into discrete episodes, centered on identity, love, and death. Jaqe has no identity until she meets Laurie, introduced and named by Mother Night; in that moment, she knows herself, and that she loves L...

  • The Golden Key

    Melanie Rawn; Jennifer Roberson

    IN MAGIC'S IMAGE -- In the duchy of Tira Virte fine art is prized above all things, both for its beauty and as a binding legal record of everything from marriages and births to treaties and inheritances. And although the Grand Duke is aware that the...

  • Golden Tales

    Lulu Delacre

  • Hobby

    Jane Yolen

    "MY NAME IS HAWK." YOUNG MERLIN IS HAUNTED BY HIS DREAMS -- VISIONS THAT FORETELL FIRE, DEATH, AND DESTRUCTION. CALLING HIMSELF HAWK, HE FALLS INTO A BAND OF TRAVELING PERFORMERS. THEY RENAME HIM HOBBY AND TRY TO HARNESS HIS TALENT FOR SEEING THE ...

  • Humpty Dumpty: An Oval

    Damon Knight

    DAMON KNIGHT is one of America's originals, a visionary iconoclast in the line of Twain, Bierce, Vonnegut, or Philip K. Dick. Now, with Humpty Dumpty, he offers an extraordinary capstone to his remarkable career, a meditation, by turns caustic and te...

  • The Legacy of Gird

    Elizabeth Moon

    Looking to her liberator, Gird, who enabled her to become the finest paladin her world had ever known, Paksennarrion learns the story of Luap, Gird's sworn follower and the king's illegitimate son. Original....

  • Little Sister

    Kara Dalkey

    Her family has been destroyed. It is her task to restore their honor. LIke other noble girls in the Japanese imperial court, Mitsuko lives behind screens of modesty, hiding her face behind her kimono sleeves. But when her village is attacked, ...

  • The Loneliest Magician

    Irene Radford

    Forbidden to use the dragon magic that is their only defense against their enemies, the people of Commune place their hopes in the hands of untested young magician Yaakke, who can discover his true identity from the dragons. Original....

  • A Love Divine

    Alexandra Ripley

    Joseph of Arimathea is the man who gave his own tomb to the crucified Jesus of Nazareth. He is a mysterious figure about whom little is known. In the tradition of "The Robe" and "Ben Hur", Alexandra Ripley, the author who brought Margaret Mitchell's ...

  • Love Without End

    Cherie Bennett

    When Cisco's younger sister Shelby becomes increasingly depressed after her sibling's death, teen angel Nicole reluctantly chooses to help Shelby overcome the tragedy but fears Cisco will not approve of her methods. Original....

  • Pages of Pain

    Troy Denning

    SOME QUESTIONS ARE BETTER LEFT UNASKED... There is a void in my chest where once had a heart, and from this emptiness springs all the suffering in the Multiverse. At first, the Pains are like a kiss, hot and breathy and welcome. They reach out wit...

  • Passager

    Jane Yolen

    The legendary wizard’s early years are explored in this magical adventure by the acclaimed author of the Pit Dragon Chronicles. A boy is abandoned in the woods of medieval England. A year passes -- a year of terror and hunger, of sleeping in trees ...

  • The Price of Blood and Honor

    Elizabeth Willey

    A powerful fantasy novel in its own right, set in an expansive and complex fantasy universe, The Price of Blood and Honor brings to a grand climax the tale, begun in The Well-Favored Man and A Sorcerer and a Gentleman, of the kingdoms of Landuc, Noro...

  • Rock of Ages

    Walter Jon Williams

    After years of struggle, Drake Maijstral has been rated Number One Burglar by the Imperial Sporting Commission. Surely by now he deserves a vacation— and he fully intends to take one, on Earth. But valuable items keep disappearing, and it&#x...

  • The Sacrifice

    Ina Kramer

    In The Lioness, Thalionmel was forced to witness the murder of her parents and the destruction of her childhood home. Now, desolated, she departs for the imperial city of Neetha, where she finds consolation among the priests and priestesses in the Te...

  • Scotland the Brave

    Jennifer Roberson

    THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE... He is immortal. A Scottish warrior born four hundred years ago. He is not alone. For centuries he has fought others like himself. He can die only if a foe takes his head, capturing his life-force in an event known as the Qui...

  • The Spider's Test

    Dixie Lee McKeone

    Ambition and destiny drive one man to confront the insane lord of the Spiderfell. Richard Endier has no choice. For the sake of his people, he must meet the Spider on the creature's own ground in a battle of wit and deception. The future of a new kin...

  • Time Station London

    David Evans

    Sent to 1940 London at the height of the Second World War, Master Temporal Warden Steven Whitefeather disguises himself as a British intelligence agent in order to flush out a Nazi sympathizer from his own century. Original....

  • Trail of Darkness

    Darlene D. Bolesny

    Trail of Darkness is a historical fantasy of politics and intrigue set in a divided society under a stern inquisition, and under attack by creatures of darkness, written by the protege of Robert Asprin, bestselling author of the Thieves World and Myt...

  • Witchlight

    Marion Zimmer Bradley

    Marion Zimmer Bradley, one of the most beloved and praised fantasy storytellers of our time, has once again written a compelling and powerful novel with larger-than-life characters.Winter Musgrave's past is largely blank, her memories missing or tiss...

  • A Wizard in Peace

    Christopher Stasheff

    THE ROGUE WIZARD Under the nom de guerre of Gar Pike, renegade psychic wizard Magnus D'Armand travels the stars fighting injustice and oppression, like his father, Rod Gallowglass, the Warlock in Spite of Himself. But this time the Rogue Wizard ma...

  • Zel

    Donna Jo Napoli

    High in the mountains, Zel lives with her mother, who insists they have all they need -- for they have each other. Zel's life is peaceful and protected -- until a chance encounter changes everything. When she meets a beautiful young prince at the mar...

  • 101 Dalmatians: Oh, What a Day!

    Leigh Landrum

  • The 13 Nights of Halloween

    Rebecca Dickinson

    A rhyming Halloween story follows a shy goblin boy who gives his sweetheart a special present on each of the thirteen nights of Halloween, and eagle-eyed readers must find the presents hidden in the illustrations...

  • 24 Strange Little Animals

    Graham Percy

    After their bus breaks down on a deserted road, 24 strange little animals take shelter in the empty house at the top of the hill. While settling down for the night, they see spooky images that set them all to shivering. The house must be haunted!

  • AAAhh! School Lunch

    Molly Wigand

    The wacky monster trio is at it again as they play around with a group of humans' school lunches in an attempt to gross them out, but things do not go as planned and the result of their trick is far from what they had expected....

  • About Schmidt

    Louis Begley

    As he tries to make his life habitable again--after the devastating loss of his wife--retired lawyer Albert Schmidt finds the possibility of regeneration in a new love the old "Schmidtie" would never have dreamt of. Set in the Hamptons and Mahnattan,...

  • Ada's Pal

    George Ella Lyon

  • After

    Melvin Jules Bukiet

    As the remaining Jews are being freed from the concentration camps, three ex-prisoners--a logician, a saint, and a schemer--join together to take over the only industry in a crippled German town, the black market...

  • Aftershock

    John Vornholt

  • An Alcott Family Christmas

    Alexandra Wallner

    When a neighbor comes to the Alcott home on Christmas and tells them that his wife and child are sick, the Alcott family gathers together to do what they can to help the unfortunate family in their time of need in a true spirit of Christmas good will...

  • Amazon Diary

    Hudson Talbott

    The handwritten diary of a twelve-year-old boy offers readers a perspective on the Yanomami tribe that takes him in when his plane crashes, a story that follows such adventures as Alex's participation in the rescue of a kidnapped girl....

  • American Pie

    Michael Lee West

    The lives of the three McBroom sisters of Tallulah, Tennessee, were tangled before the eldest, Eleanor, discovered their mother hanging from the Venetian blinds—and the years have done little to comb out the knots. Now a drunken encounter with t...

  • American Too

    Elisa Bartone

  • The Angel Knew Papa and the Dog

    Douglas Kaine McKelvey

    When a sudden flood rushes across the land, sweeping her father and her simple life away, a girl and her mule friend must face the flood alone, and just when it appears that the flood will overtake them, the girl encounters an angel who gives her the...

  • Angela's Aliens

    Janet Taylor Lisle

    When their best friend changes drastically, the Investigators suspect extraterrestrial trouble Georgina and Poco should not be climbing an apple tree in the dark. But Poco, who talks to animals, has recently developed a serious crush on a robin, a...

  • Animaniacs Get Dezanitized!

    Suzanne Lord

    This book is designed to provide teachers of history at KS 1 and 2 with an easy to use, accessible resource book to supplement their teaching. The puzzles are seen as a self-maintaining activity that encourage children to do their own research. Activ...

  • Animaniacs in Sir Yaksalot and the Dragon

    Matthew Lewis

  • Anthony Ant's Treasure Hunt

    Lorna Philpot

    Illustrated in full color. The amusing and amazing Anthony Ant swings back into action in this tantalizing tale of lost jewels and hidden treasure. After Anthony finds a treasure map under his bedroom floor, he embarks on an exciting journey to find ...

  • Armando's Great Big Surprise Gullah Gullah Island #5

    Maria Rosada

  • Around the Pond

    Lindsay Barrett George

    Cammy and William follow an old deer path around the pond in search of blueberries. But unexpectedly they find a lot more. Clue after clue tells them what kind of animal has been there before and left its trace behind. Share their adventure in thi...

  • Atlas of Literature

    Malcolm Bradbury

  • Aunt Isabel Makes Trouble

    Kate Duke

    A sequel to Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One finds young Penelope and her niece creating another incredible tale in which the fearless heroine, Lady Penelope, nearly misses the birthday of her beloved Prince Augustus....

  • B Is for Baby: An Alphabet of Verses

    Myra Cohn Livingston

    An alphabet book of babies incorporates various poems that capture their actions and reactions in alphabetical order, accompanied by intriguing full-color photographs of both boys and girls, of various ethnic backgrounds, that reveal babies' zest for...

  • Barn

    Debby Atwell

    Barn watches history unfold, from the Depression through the Vietnam War to the present day, dutifully serving its masters as a place for peace rallies and gatherings, a hobo camp, a site for business, a shelter for animals, and a symbol of the warmt...

  • Barney Through the Seasons

    Mark Bernthal

  • Bayard Rustin

    Jim Haskins

  • The Beastly Visits

    Mitra Modarressi

  • The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Sci-fi Pizza

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    Trouble in Bear Country? It's the Berenstain Bear Scouts to the rescue! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a pizza? Uh-oh. Looks like the evil Weasel McGreed has cooked up a new scheme to destroy the Bear Scouts. He's built a monstrous flying pizza a...

  • Bertie and Gertie Space Detectives

    Antje Von Stemm

    Follow Bertie and Gertie on their first case! Travel through the galaxy in search of their missing friend, and collect pieces to a colorful jigsaw puzzle that reveals the solution to the mystery. Fun pop ups and moving pieces make this much more than...

  • Big Bug Hunt

    Teresa Reed

    Miss Melody takes the children on a field trip where they discover many interesting bugs and then shows them--and young readers--how to make a poster so they will remember their very special day forever. Original....

  • Big Night

    Joseph Tropiano

    Set during the early 1950s, this story of love and linguini, purity and compromise--soon to be a major motion picture from MGM--takes a poignant and pointed look at Old World vs. New World values and provides a rueful assessment of the American Dr...

  • Big Squeak, Little Squeak

    Robert Kraus

  • Big Wind Coming!

    Karen English

    When Sarah and her family realize a hurricane is headed toward their farm, they board up the windows, collect their candles and flashlights, and wait, but Sarah begins to worry about her favorite doll....

  • Billy Dog's Bad Day

    Richard Scarry

  • Bimmi Finds a Cat

    Elisabeth Jane Stewart

  • Black Sky River

    Tres Seymour

  • Bogus

    Linda Sunshine

  • Bonjour, Lonnie

    Faith Ringgold

    The Love Bird visits the orphan Lonnie, who wants more than anything to find his family, and then transports him to 1920s Paris where Lonnie gets to meet his grandfather and eventually his African-American father and his Jewish mother...

  • Boo!

    Colin McNaughton

  • The Book Of Virtues

    William J. Bennett

    Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits as essentials of good character. In order for our children to develop such traits, we have to offer them examples of good and bad, right an...

  • Bookworm Buddies

    Judy Delton

    Join the Pee Wee Scouts for fun and adventure as they make friends and earn badges.Ready . . . Get set . . . Read!The Pee Wee Scouts are going to get library cards. And in addition to a Reading Badge, Mrs. Peters is going to give a prize to the scout...

  • Brass Ring

    Nancy Tafuri

  • Breakout!: Escape from Alcatraz

    Lori Haskins

    Illustrated in full color. Alcatraz, San Francisco's number one tourist attraction, played a pivotal role in American history from the 1930s through the 1960s housing some of the nation's most notorious criminals. Teachers can use this gripping true ...

  • Brother Wolf

    Harriet Peck Taylor

    Wolf is a friend to everyone, even Raccoon, who likes to tease him. Then one day Raccoon goes too far. He covers Wolf's eyes, so that Wolf does not know night from day.

    In his misery, Wolf calls out to the birds. Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Cardinal...

  • Brown Sunshine Of Sawdust Valley

    Marguerite Henry

    HORSES ARE MOLLY MOORE'S ONE TRUE LOVE. But when her father finally scrapes together some money, the best they can afford at an auction is an old, worn-out mare, which Molly will have to share with her father. The horse certainly won't be enough to ...

  • Bruno the Tailor

    Lars Klinting

    Young readers are introduced to the craft of tailoring as Bruno the Tailor sews his apron step-by-step, with close-up illustrations of the materials Bruno uses as well as helpful tips and a pattern sketch....

  • Bug in a Rug

    Joanna Cole

  • Bumples, Fumdidlers, and Jellybeans

    Arnold Spilka