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  • Class Dis-Mythed

    Robert Asprin; Jodi Lynn Nye

    SCHOOL DAZE It's the biggest myth in the universe--that the Kland magician known as the Great Skeeve is really great. Though he's become an inter-dimensional legend, Skeeve couldn't have done it without a lot of luck and a little help from his fri...

  • Pencil Play 2

    Teri Witkowski

  • The Felicity Script Book

    Tamara England

  • The Night I Got Lucky

    Laura Caldwell

    When Billy Rendell suddenly gets everything she wants, it turns out to be the last thing she needs... A long-awaited promotion. Freedom from emotional baggage. A newly -- ahem -- amorous husband. What's wrong with this picture? Well...everything....

  • Feet First

    Leanne Banks

    IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SHOES! Designing footwear is Jenny Prillaman's life, so getting the plum assignment to create a socialite's wedding shoes is a dream come true. Dealing with the heiress is another story. So is staying away from her dreamy new boss...

  • The Masquerade

    Brenda Joyce

    On the evening of her first masquerade, shy Elizabeth Anne Fitzgerald is stunned by Tyrell de Warenne's whispered suggestion of a midnight rendezvous in the gardens. Lizzie has secretly worshiped the unattainable lord for years. When fortune takes a ...

  • Paths Not Taken

    Simon R. Green

    I’m John Taylor. I was born in the Nightside, that square mile in the hidden center of London where it is always the hour of the wolf, where gods and monsters walk side by side and where every dark question ever asked can be answered -- for a price...

  • Have Glass Slippers, Will Travel

    Lisa Cach

    Single twentysomething seeks Prince Charming. Those without royal castles need not apply. Inspired by a famous talk show host to "live her best life," out-of-work tech writer Katy Orville flies off to London to find the man of her dreams. But in...

  • Down These Mean Streets

    Keith R.A. Decandido

    As Triple X, a brand-new designer drug with devastating side effects, sweeps through the streets of New York, high school science teacher Peter Parker--and his alter ego Spider-Man--begins to suspect the drug may have originated with one of his most ...

  • 50 Harbor Street

    Debbie Macomber

    Corrie McAfee 50 Harbor Street Cedar Cove, Washington Dear Reader, Considering that I'm married to Cedar Cove's private investigator, you might think I enjoy mysteries. But I don't -- especially when they involve us! Roy's been receiving anon...

  • The Hunt Ball

    Rita Mae Brown

    In The Hunt Ball, the latest novel in this popular series, all the ingredients Brown's readers love are abundantly present: richness of character and landscape, the thrill of the hunt, and the chill of violence. The trouble begins at Custis Hall, ...

  • Reckless

    Shannon Drake

    When Kat Adair plunges into the waves to rescue a drowning man, it is just the beginning of an odyssey that will sweep the fisherman's daughter into danger and desire. Convinced she is in love with the man she saved, Egyptologist David Turnberry, she...

  • Spell of the Highlander

    Karen Marie Moning

    It's taken him eleven centuries to find the right woman. He's not about to lose her now. Jessi St. James has got to get a life. Too many hours studying ancient artifacts has given the archaeology student a bad case of sex on the brain. So she fig...

  • Without a Word

    Carol Lea Benjamin

    A woman vanished -- without a word and without a trace -- five years ago. The daughter she left behind hasn't spoken since. And now the troubled young girl stands accused of a shocking and brutal crime. The distraught stranger at the Washington Squa...

  • Slow Burn

    Julie Garwood

    An unpretentious beauty who radiates kindness, Kate MacKenna doesn't have a bad bone in her body--or an enemy in the world. So why are bombs igniting everywhere she goes? The first explosion brings her face-to-face with a handsome Charleston police d...

  • The Meaningful Universe

    Nancy Ellen Abrams

  • The Water Mirror

    Kai Meyer

    IN VENICE, MAGIC IS NOT UNUSUAL. Merle is apprenticed to a magic mirror maker, and Serafin--a boy who was once a master thief--works f weaver of magic cloth. Merle and Serafin are used to the mermaids who live in the canals of the city and to the gua...

  • Fifty Degrees Below

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Bestselling, award-winning, author Kim Stanley Robinson continues his groundbreaking trilogy of eco-thrillers -- and propels us deeper into the awesome whirlwind of climatic change. Set in our nation's capital, here is a chillingly realistic tale of ...

  • Straight into Darkness

    Faye Kellerman

    LUSTMORD: The joy of murder. The terrifying concept seems apt for the slaying of a young society wife dumped in the vast English Garden in 1929 Munich. Homicide inspector Axel Berg is horrified by the crime and disturbed by the artful arrangement ...

  • Frisco Foxes

    Dirk Fletcher

    While escorting the dies for the U.S. twenty-dollar gold piece to the U. S. Mint, Spur is sidetracked by a voluptuous blonde bombshell, a group of outlaws who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the molds, and a corrupt secret service agent. O...

  • The Treasure of Jericho Mountain

    Cameron Judd

    While searching for the million dollars that has been stashed in the deserted mining shafts of Jericho Mountain, drifter Jeremy Prine encounters a posse of gun-happy outlaws who are determined to relieve him of the treasure. Original....

  • King Kong

    Edgar Wallace

    The giant prehistoric gorilla King Kong is one of the most recognized images in our culture. So great is the mighty Kong's hold on the popular imagination that his story -- a gripping yarn of man versus nature, coupled with a fantastical update of th...

  • If the Shoe Fits

    Stephanie Rowe

    BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN IS THE RIGHT PAIR OF SHOES Run hard. Run fast. Just don't try to run in heels. Especially if your name is Paris Jackson and you're fashion-impaired. Designer labels and stilettos aren't exactly Paris's thing. Give...

  • Blackstone and the Fire Bug

    Sally Spencer

    Rivalling Anne Perry, the fourth in the Victorian series by the author of the much-loved Sally Spencer DCI Woodend books If the Fire Bug's true purpose is to make the government hand over one hundred thousand pounds, why does he seem so reluctant to ...

  • Get a Clue

    Jill Shalvis

    And you think you've had a bad day? City girl Breanne Mooreland gets left at the altar, takes the flight from hell to her honeymoon--alone--loses her luggage, and ends up snowed in at a Sierra mountains lodge run by the kookiest staff this side of...

  • Circle of the Moon

    Barbara Hambly

    Returning to the wondrous world of Sisters of the Raven, Barbara Hambly presents a suspenseful and adventurous new novel. Now the survival of the Yellow City depends on a fledgling group of women who must develop their own magic abilities-before the ...

  • Blind Trust

    Leslie Esdaile Banks

    From the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean to Philadelphia's halls of power, this suspenseful sequel to Betrayal of the Trust follows gutsy Laura Caldwell, a financial genius and brilliant beauty who is ready to put a dangerous chapter in her life behind h...

  • Never Say Never

    Dwayne Joseph

    Tired of their current relationships with arrogant, selfish men who are not worthy of their attention, three women--Ressa, Carmen, and Erica--risk everything to follow their dreams and find the perfect man. Original....

  • Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens, Volume 3

    Bruce Bethke

    This pair of robot mysteries, enhanced with a pair of essays by Asimov himself, reflects the colorful world of thinking robots, subterranean Earth dwellers and witty repartee that characterized the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning landscape of the belov...

  • Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens, Volume 1

    Stephen Leigh

    A man without memory, tied by blood to a city of robots. At his side, a mysterious woman whose life and memory he saved, whose love he has won for a second time. His name is Derec; hers is Ariel. And their story has only begun to be told. . ....

  • Sacred Sons

    Linda Hudson-Smith

    Four mothers--Simone, Sinclair, Hannah, and Glenda--and employees at Los Angeles Memorial Hospital band together to overcome the hardships of dealing with their selfish and disrespectful sons. Original....

  • Marry Your Baby Daddy

    Maryann Reid

    When their unassuming Grandma June dies, Giovanna, Keyah, and Fatima are shocked to learn she had saved a small fortune and has left three million dollars to them, her granddaughters. But there's a catch: each sister must marry the father of her chil...

  • Tuscan Termination

    Margaret Moore

    View to a Kill Murder simply doesn't happen in the lovely Tuscan hill town of Borgo San Cristoforo, not even to unpleasant, unscrupulous real estate agents like Ettore Fagiolo. Found floating facedown in a swimming pool, the gossip is that Ettore wa...

  • Sainted Murder

    Jo A. Hiestand

    Winter's chill hits the Derbyshire uplands hard, but the busy preparations for December's annual St. Nicholas festival are in full swing in the village of Bramwell. The celebration is marked by baking bread for the poor and the elderly, but w...

  • Wonderboy

    Fiona Gibson

    Ghastly new home. Potentially adulterous husband.... Not quite the fresh start in the country she was promised. A fixer-upper in the sticks was the last place city girl Ro Skews expected to live. But her husband, Marcus, wants it -- and all the...

  • The Funeral Planner

    Lynn Isenberg

    An initial investment is all she needs.... The stereotype is "starving artist" not "starving entrepreneur." However, business-school grad Maddy Banks lives in her office, works 24/7 and hasn't shopped in so long that her closet has official histo...

  • The Witch's Guide to Life

    Theresa Alan
    in

    Sure, you can turn Mr. Oh-So-Wrong into a toad, but finding Mr. Right isn't any easier for a witch. And choosing between conjuring up a new pair of Manolos and working on another love spell can be tough. After all, fabulous heels don't forget to call...

  • Ginny Blue's Boyfriends

    Nancy Kelly

    The Truth Is In The Ex-Files L.A. film production manager Ginny Blue has had quite a few--exes, that is. And the latest one--Nate the Nearly Normal--was next on her list to dump, until she walked into the apartment they shared to find him moving out...

  • Kiss of the Vampire

    Hannah Howell
    in

    The Scottish highlands echo with legends of great battles, brave heroes--and, hidden deep in the swirling mists, creatures that belong to the night. In this sensual new collection, meet three vampires whose highland blood drums fierce and hot in thei...

  • The Incredible Misadventures of Boo and the Boy Blunder

    Maryjanice Davidson
    in

    They're sexy. They're smart. And they aren't afraid of a little danger--not even when it comes to matters of the heart... Four of today's hottest authors present a quartet of stories about bold women who take no prisoners--either in a fight or in ...

  • Painkillers

    Jacey Ford
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    They're sexy. They're smart. And they aren't afraid of a little danger--not even when it comes to matters of the heart... Four of today's hottest authors present a quartet of stories about bold women who take no prisoners--either in a fight or in ...

  • Warfem

    Angela Knight
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    They're sexy. They're smart. And they aren't afraid of a little danger--not even when it comes to matters of the heart... Four of today's hottest authors present a quartet of stories about bold women who take no prisoners--either in a fight or in ...

  • His Eternal Bride

    Adrienne Basso
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    The Scottish highlands echo with legends of great battles, brave heroes -- and, hidden deep in the swirling mists, creatures that belong to the night. In this sensual new collection, meet three vampires whose highland blood drums fierce and hot in th...

  • To Tame the Beast

    Deborah Raleigh
    in

    The Scottish highlands echo with legends of great battles, brave heroes--and, hidden deep in the swirling mists, creatures that belong to the night. In this sensual new collection, meet three vampires whose highland blood drums fierce and hot in thei...

  • In Sheep's Clothing

    Susan May Warren

    On the run from the murderer of her best friends, missionary Gracie Benson is all alone in Siberia. What she doesn't know is that she has in her possession a medical secret that will save millions of lives -- or cost hers. Trying to keep her alive is...

  • The Trouble with Witchcraft

    Holly Chamberlin
    in

    Sure, you can turn Mr. Oh-So-Wrong into a toad, but finding Mr. Right isn't any easier for a witch. And choosing between conjuring up a new pair of Manolos and working on another love spell can be tough. After all, fabulous heels don't forget to call...

  • Single White Witch

    Carly Alexander
    in

    Sure, you can turn Mr. Oh-So-Wrong into a toad, but finding Mr. Right isn't any easier for a witch. And choosing between conjuring up a new pair of Manolos and working on another love spell can be tough. After all, fabulous heels don't forget to call...

  • Fangs for the Memories

    Kathy Love

    OH, BROTHER! There are Christmas mornings and then there are Christmas mornings like this one: watching my brother, Rhys, swagger through our New York City apartment...smiling. We are talking about Rhys, the detached, surly and annoying; the man wh...

  • Dogs of Truth

    Kit Reed

    The Dogs of Truth contains 17 new or previously uncollected short stories. Included are "High Rise High," about a student revolt at the ultimate "secure" high school; "Focus Group," where a star-struck fan dictates the fate of soap opera characters ...

  • Really Unusual Bad Boys

    Maryjanice Davidson

    THEY'RE JUST THE SEXY BOYS NEXT DOOR. IF NEXT DOOR IS A WEIRD, WEIRD PLACE. Meet Damon, Maltese, and Shakar--three noble brothers from an enchanted kingdom where wooing and pleasuring is practically a royal commandment. They're hot. Irresistible. ...

  • How To Kill A Rock Star

    Tiffanie Debartolo

    "Funny, tender, edgy. I wanted the love story to go on forever." -- Joan Johnston, bestselling author of No Longer a StrangerWritten in the wonderfully honest, edgy, and hilarious voice she perfected in God-Shaped Hole, Tiffanie DeBartolo shines in a...

  • The Presence

    Bill Myers

    The first subjects exposed to The Presence went insane. Now a far more terrifying experiment is about to begin... A diverse group of unusual characters is airlifted to a remote mountain lodge. Here they hope to participate in a seance connecting them...

  • The Maverick

    Lori Copeland

    Book three in the popular Men of the Saddle series by beloved author Lori Copeland. Six years ago, Susanne McCord tricked Cass Claxton into marrying her in a shotgun wedding. They haven't seen each other since that day, but when they cross paths agai...

  • In Stone's Clasp

    Christie Golden

    Flame Dancer Kevla of Arukan seeks the missing elements -- Stone and Sea, Wind and Soul -- that must join to preserve their world from destruction. Sensing that the Stone Dancer, the master of Earth magic, would be found in the icy north, she and her...

  • The Bride Wore a .44

    Maggie Shayne
    in

    They're sexy. They're smart. And they aren't afraid of a little danger--not even when it comes to matters of the heart... Four of today's hottest authors present a quartet of stories about bold women who take no prisoners--either in a fight or in ...

  • My 15 Minutes

    Sara Faith Alterman

    10:00 A.M. Julie Jorlamo is your run-of-the-mill, all-American girl living and waitressing in L.A. and trying to compete with the armloads of blonde, silicone- enhanced, would-be starlets for a little attention. 10:25 A.M. Julie Jorlamo has just...

  • Asimov's Aurora

    Mark W. Tiedmann

    The Third Law of Robotics states that a robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. After the diplomatic failures of the Spacer mission on Earth, Ambassador Ariel Burgess and robot...

  • Asimov's Chimera

    Mark W. Tiedmann

    Coren Lanra is the head of security for DyNan Manual Industries. A former Special Service agent, he's never cared for bureaucracy, piracy, or deception. Lanra's troubles begin when Nyom Looms, daughter of DyNan president Rega Looms, is murdered durin...

  • Sagebrush Christmas

    Birdie L. Etchison

    Following a desperate letter from her sister, Jessida Wilcox travels from her cozy home in Kansas to Pell's Valley, Oregon, where she is surrounded by sagebrush, bitter winds, and blizzards-and heartbreak as she finds Abby dead and her baby orphaned....

  • Sweet Charity

    Janice Thompson

    A vivacious, undisciplined two year old named Charity has Shauna Alexander seriously questioning her calling as a child care provider. The toddler seems to thrive on wreaking havoc wherever she goes. Pastor Kent Chapman's heart is still raw from losi...

  • Duel Love

    Barbara Youree

    Proud Albret Maseo believes honor must precede love. Although he loves Anabella Biliverti with all his heart, his peasant status spurs him to earn the affection of this noble-blooded lady. Caught up in a peasant revolt, Albret knows he must release A...

  • Asimov's Mirage

    Mark W. Tiedmann

    The First Law of Robotics states that a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human to come to harm. At a crucial conference uniting the Spacers, the Settlers, and representatives of Earth, Senator Clar Eliton of Earth and ...

  • The Man in the Shadows

    Ingrid Weaver
    in

    Private investigator Erika Balogh is obsessed with a dead man. NYPD detective Sloan Morrissey has been missing for a year, but Erika is sure she's spotted his powerful form stalking the dark streets...sure she's inhaled his scent in her bedroom. Is s...

  • A Midsummer Night's Murder

    Julie Miller
    in

    When English professor Hannah Greene is recruited to accompany a university group on an extreme-adventure wilderness hike, she just prays she'll survive the trek through the mountains. Especially when one by one, people start dying. In order to stay ...

  • The Farmer's Wife

    Rachel Moore

    Poppy Lovering is feeling somewhat frustrated with life as a farmer's wife in a remote corner of Cornwall. Spending her days baking bread or mucking out pigs under the watchful eye of her overbearing mother-in-law is hardly the glamorous life she had...

  • The Piano Factory

    Jonathan Davies

    Jimmy Reilly has always protested his innocence, and Jeremy Scott, his lawyer, has always believed him. He's convinced that the case against Reilly will collapse, that he'll leave court as a free man. But there's a loophole in the law, and Reilly fal...

  • Pelican Bay

    Charlotte Douglas

    Witty and irreverent homicide detective Maggie Skerritt liked her quiet, sleepy workdays. Violence in Pelican Bay, Florida, was rarely an issue, and Maggie certainly wasn't itching for the tide to change. Maintaining a professional distance had al...

  • Life Happens

    Sandra Steffen

    Well, everyone is hiding something -- but Mya Donohue's secret is knocking on the front door, in no uncertain terms. Mya is about to answer to the daughter she'd given birth to nineteen years ago, and Elle has news for her biological mother. Mya is n...

  • Out with the Old, in with the New

    Nancy Robards Thompson

    "Ask your husband what he's been doing all those nights he claimed to be at the hospital...." The aforementioned suggestion would never be welcomed by any woman who'd been married for the better (well, mostly) part of twenty years. But for Kate He...

  • My Backwards Life

    Cindi Myers

    "In high school, I could drive backwards better than anyone. And I've been going about living in reverse ever since. While other women were going to college, finding careers, marrying and having babies, I dropped out of college, had a baby, got marri...

  • East Wind Storm

    Alexander M. Grace

  • TRUE

    Michael Cordy

    How can a drug that makes people fall madly in love be a bad thing?So thinks Professor Bacci when he inadvertently unlocks the biochemical key to falling in love, and develops a drug capable of creating emotions indistinguishable from the real thing....

  • The Paradox Syndrome

    Ken Hodgson

    Laura Masterson been fascinated by the Spanish Flu epidemic that killed over fifty million people. Recovering a specimen of the virus could lead to a vaccine that might cure or prevent all infections. The dry climate of Paradox, NM could have preserv...

  • Holiday Hope

    Wanda E. Brunstetter

    One beautiful, hand-tied patchwork quilt is the common thread linking hearts and renewing lives in these two charming Christmas novellas. In the first story, the quilt is lovingly created by a dying woman. In the second story, the quilt is passed on ...

  • Strawberry Angel

    Pamela Griffin
    in

    One unique handcrafted angel brings joy to others in two charming novellas penned by a talented team of authors. In the first story, the angel is created. In the second, the angel is passed on to soften hardened hearts. This special Christmas collect...

  • Texas Christmas Grooms

    Pamela Griffin

    Mayhem ensues at Christmas when meddlesome matchmakers try to gift-wrap romance in the small town of Cut Corners. In Texas Christmas Grooms, the beauty of the Lone Star State serves as a backdrop for two historical romance novellas where don't-tie-me...

  • Texas Christmas Brides

    Cathy Marie Hake

    Mayhem ensues when Peony Potter and Lacey Mather arrive in Cut Corners and find themselves the hapless (but not helpless) victims of matchmaking schemes. No matter what foul plots are afoot, these ladies have minds of their own. How far will the medd...

  • A Time for Angels

    Sandie Petit

    Hand-crafting Christmas angels and giving them away as gifts sets love in motion for two couples, making the holiday even more special. This unique collection, A Time for Angels, includes two wonderfully written novellas, as well as patterns for read...

  • Patchwork Christmas

    Colleen Reece; Renee DeMarco

    An Heirloom Quilt Mends Tattered Hearts A retired schoolteacher, Olivia Forester wants to leave one last legacy for two of her students and rewrites a portion of her will. Then an old patchwork quilt arrives on the doorsteps of two couples just wh...

  • Fooling Around

    Linda Turner
    in

    Before inheriting half a detective agency, Josie London's only adventures came courtesy of her favorite books. Now, suddenly she was donning disguises and teaming up with her new partner, Wiley Valentine, to trail a mobster -- a man who'd use any mea...

  • Expectant Father

    Melinda Curtis

    What not to expect when you're expecting... Becca Thomas is thrilled to be pregnant, even though it means bringing up her baby alone. At thirty-eight, this may be her last chance to have a child. And she doesn't expect to see Aiden Rodas again -- ...

  • The Ramirez Bride

    Emma Darcy

    Fame, fortune, fast cars -- and any woman he wants! But the past has caught up with Nick Ramirez, and now he's forced to abandon his reckless pursuit of personal pleasure -- if he wants to meet his long-lost brothers. Monogamy, marriage -- ...

  • Exposure

    Dee Davis

    The men and women of Last Chance, Inc. are back in another heart-stopping tale! British special agent Nigel Ferris has devoted his life to avoiding relationships -- until he's called upon to help foil a terrorist plot, and comes face-to-face with ...

  • Double Play

    Penelope Neri

    When he met her online, she was a woman living in daily fear of her husband's chilling, systematic abuse. But she had a plan, a place to go, and someone to go with. That was her last message before signing off forever. Elizabeth Harper vanishe...

  • Big Girls Don't Cry // Finding You

    Brenda Novak

    Sometimes Mr. Right couldn't be more wrong... Thanks to a devastating revelation about her husband, Reenie Holbrook's once-perfect marriage is over. For eleven years she had the life she wanted -- and now it's gone. Sometimes Mr. Wrong couldn't ...

  • The Golden Girl

    Erica Orloff

    The It Girls: They're rich, fabulous...and dangerously underestimated. It Girl: Madison Taylor-Pruitt Mission: Infiltrate a multimillion-dollar company to spy on the CEO and suspected killer -- her father! The whistleblower who died before s...

  • Point of Betrayal

    Don Pendleton

    IMMEDIATE THREAT The former director of the CIA is assassinated in broad daylight on the streets of Pakistan, the opening act of a disaster show for America and the world. It's the kind of conspiracy that can only happen when madmen and conspirat...

  • Blizzard of Lead

    Joseph A. West

    Recovering from a shoot-out on the trail, which left him with a broken leg, Marshal Matt Dillon must go up against a gang of bank robbers, who, during a bad blizzard, take several townspeople hostage, forcing Matt to take some serious action. Origina...

  • Harbor Nights

    Marcia Evanick

    There is a fishing village on the coast of Maine steeped in the traditions of home and family. Yet Misty Harbor is always willing to give anyone with an open heart a second chance... Twenty-four year old Norah Stevens is looking to start over after...

  • The Measure of a Man

    Marie Ferrarella

    WHERE ARE THEY NOW? KEEPING TRACK OF NOTABLE ALUMNI Jane Jackson This quiet girl has battled loneliness since a car accident left her an orphan and an unhappy marriage left her alone with a small child. Now a devoted single mom and assistant to ever...

  • Heaven's Touch

    Jillian Hart

    Special forces soldier Ben McKaslin returned home with a bum leg, a bad attitude and his career in tatters. Then, in one defining moment, an emergency had him leaping instinctively to the rescue -- and locking eyes with the captivating woman he'd lef...

  • Love's Potion

    Monica Jackson

    Be Careful What You Wish For... Jasmine Flynn, CPA, never imagined that the old perfume bottle she'd picked up in a junk store would change her life. But when the djinni (not genie, if you please) appears and Jasmine takes one look at the most hands...

  • Once Upon a King

    Holly Jacobs

    Will a Fast Getaway Lead to Forever? Prince Antonio Michael Paul Mickovich Dillonetti blew in and out of our beloved Perry Square at record speed three months ago. We all thought he'd come to visit his sweet sister, Parker, but instead he was spot...

  • Undercover Nanny

    Wendy Warren

    MARY POPPINS -- P.I.? Private investigator D.J. Holden lived by the one rule she learned from her boss and foster father: Never go undercover. But when she discovered that his agency was in trouble, she accepted a job to investigate Maxwell Loto...

  • Security Measures

    Joanna Wayne

    He would break all the rules to protect his daughter... APB DADDY! Beautiful, widowed, a single mother -- Janice Stevens had been given a new identity, if not a new lease on life, when she testified against a mob killer. For fifteen years she&#...

  • Fear the Fever

    Nancy Weber

    Once you catch it, there is no cure... It comes upon you suddenly: the sensation of needles on your skin, a rise in body temperature, and the chill of a cold sweat. You can't stop the desire. You can't hold back the pain. And you can't save your so...

  • Oksana // Ever in My Heart

    Susan K. Downs; Susan May Warren

    The fate of generations of Anton Klassen's heirs for years to come rests in the decisions he makes amidst revolutionary battles to love and protect one woman. But not even his promise to love can make Oksana feel safe with the secrets she harbors- se...

  • Fire in the Hole

    Richard S. Wheeler

    In Skeleton Gulch, Brave Men Disappear... ...where widows are turned into whores, and suckers end up dead in rat-infested alleys. Dink Drago's specialty is getting rid of vermin, and now the Rocky Mountain Detective Agency has sent him to Skeleton G...

  • Gun Theory

    Daniel Way

    Everyone who's laid eyes on Harvey is dead. That's because Harvey is a hired killer whose victims never see him until it's too late. Through years of practice, Harvey's appearance and demeanor have become so devoid of humanity that he has become invi...

  • Dear Penelope

    Sharon Ihle

    Dear Penelope, My intended left me for another woman after I traveled to a strange town to marry him. Is leaving him without certain parts of his anatomy letting him off too easy? -- Signed, Angry in Emancipation, Wyoming Dear Angry in Emancip...

  • Cruel Winter

    Anthony Izzo

    Lock the doors. Close the windows. And prepare yourself for the heart-stopping debut of Anthony Izzo, a new master of horror who will chill you to the bone... Jack Harding and his friends feel sorry for the new kid in town. His name is Ronnie Winte...

  • Strictly Confidential Attraction

    Brenda Jackson

    "I need you, Alli." -- Mark Hartman, desperate new dad Did Mark mean what Alison Lind hoped? Was her boss declaring his passion for her? Did he really feel the same way she secretly felt for him? Apparently not. Turned out that what Alison wa...

  • The Master

    Melanie Jackson

    Long ago the hobgoblin Qasim was turned to darkness, was made a master of evil. His newest plot is a sacrifice of unspeakable horror that will mean full-fledged war between all species. There exists hope to fight back. Nicholas Anthony, an ER doctor,...

  • Waltz with a Vampire

    Maggie MacKeever

    Emily Dinwiddie's Reasons To Seek Out Count Revay-Czobar 1. I suspect he is a vampire. Who better to help me solve the mystery of my father's murder, especially when my dear papa would have been thrilled to learn such creatures really do exist? His ...

  • Manitou Blood

    Graham Masterton

    A bizarre epidemic is sweeping New York City. Doctors can only watch as victims fall prey to a very unusual blood disorder. They become unable to eat solid food, are extremely sensitive to daylight--and they have an irresistible need to drink human b...

  • Intuition

    Dianne Mayhew

  • The Convenient Bride

    Teresa McCarthy

    A Dangerous Liaison Facing financial ruin, Lord Clayton Clearbrook inherits his uncle's fortune with the stipulation that he must marry within three weeks--an opportunity he dare not refuse. Not many weddings in the ton are based on love, after al...

  • Queen of the Universe

    Barbara Plum

    He's Crazy About Her... Easygoing cop Finn Bishop is gaga about his fiance Kelsy Chandler. He can't wait to be a doting husband to her and devoted dad to her five-year-old son. To him, Kelsy is a goddess, the Queen of the Universe. If only he could ...

  • Some Like It Wicked

    Deborah Raleigh

    In this sizzling tale of irresistible temptation, when business mixes with pleasure, the product is wickedly delightful... A canny, successful businesswoman, Miss Jane Middleton goes to London in search of a husband--only to find herself virtually ...

  • Keepers

    Gary A. Braunbeck

    Everything changed for Gil Stewart on the day he saw the old man die. Gil had witnessed the bizarre accident on the highway and stopped to help. The old man couldn't be saved, but just before he died he clutched Gil's shirt and whispered a warning: "...

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    Libby Fischer Hellmann

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    Janelle Denison

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  • Beyond The Rules

    Doranna Durgin

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  • Home Again

    Joan Elliott Pickart

    Before Joey, his culinary repertoire was comprised of bad scrambled eggs, his spare bedrooms gathered dust and the master bedroom seemed destined to remain mistress-less. But when his nephew became his 24/7 responsibility literally overnight, Mark Ch...

  • A Perfect Gem

    Melynda Beth Skinner

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  • Bullseye

    Jessica Andersen

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    Peggy Moreland

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    Don Pendleton

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  • Whispers and Lies

    Diane Pershing

    A MAN WAS POINTING A GUN AT HER ...and he was her father. A man Lou McAndrews hadn't even known existed until a few days ago; a man whose political clout gave him enough incentive to make her disappear. With the shattering discovery that her whole...

  • Dame Fortune // A Dandy in Disguise

    Meredith Bond

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  • The Tracker

    Mary Burton

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  • The Beautiful Ones

    Adrianne Byrd

  • Crimes of Passion

    Ramsey Campbell

    Some crimes go beyond the laws of nature... There is a line most people do not dare to cross; an unseen border between reason and passion, logic and lust. But for some, this boundary is merely a doorway into a realm of unbridled passions and uncontr...

  • Operation: Midnight Tango

    Linda Castillo

    HOSTAGE TO LOVE Taking gorgeous corrections officer Emily Monroe as his hostage, undercover CIA agent Zack Devlin was trying to escape with his life. But when he helped himself to Emily's full red lips and her body melted into Zack's hard edges, s...

  • The Tycoon's Marriage Bid

    Allison Leigh

    Self-sufficient Nikki Day didn't know what to think when she awoke to find herself in a strange hospital staring at the man who was unknowingly responsible for her current "situation." And even though she'd tried -- apparently unsuccessfully -- to pu...

  • Downtown Debutante

    Kara Lennox

    Diamond in the Rough Brenna Thompson's dreams of making it big in the world of jewelry design come to a screeching halt when her ex-fiance takes off with the precious gemstones she's been working on. Enter FBI agent Heath Packer, who claims he's t...

  • The Sheriff Wins A Wife

    Jill Limber

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  • Die Before Nightfall

    Shirlee McCoy

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  • Noah And The Stork

    Penny McCusker

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  • Prince Baby

    Susan Meier

    Subject: Don't panic about the baby! To: ty.bryant@bryantdevelopment.com From: seth.bryant@bryantdevelopment.com Yes, the rumor that Princess Lucy Santos of Xavier Island went into labor moments after showing up on my doorstep is true. Fortu...

  • Death Is a Bargain

    Nora Charles

    Once a snowbird, now full-time resident and sometime sleuth, Kate Kennedy "is a stylish and sophisticated Miss Marple, seeking justice in sunny South Florida instead of a rainy English Village, and meeting the most delightfully eccentric suspects in ...

  • Peek-A-Boo Baby

    Delores Fossen

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  • Independence Day

    Amy Frazier

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  • One Night to Be Sinful

    Samantha Garver

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  • Waiting for the Rainbow

    Dana George

    The summer she turned thirteen, Charlotte Lange began to understand her feelings for Braedan Egan. His strong arms mean comfort, though he knows none himself. Everything about Braedan makes Charlotte's passion a dam waiting to burst. But a greater pe...

  • Born Under The Lone Star

    Darlene Graham

    I promise you, my little one, I'll do everything I can to see that your life is safe and happy. Even if that means giving you up... Markie McBride has kept a secret locked in her heart -- and in her long-lost diary -- for eighteen years. And when ...

  • The Angel and the Warrior

    Karen Kay

    Many centuries ago, a village killed the children of the Thunder god. For their crime, the Creator banished them to live a half existence in the land of shadows, neither dead nor alive. But once a generation, a brave is given the opportunity to save ...

  • She's Got the Look

    Leslie Kelly / Leslie A. Kelly

    Finding true love can be murder... Newly divorced and back in her hometown, Melody Tanner is ready to change her life for the better. Her girlfriends think it's the perfect time to revisit the lists they came up with as a joke at Melody's bachelor...

  • Wicked and Wonderful

    Valerie King

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  • The Sixth Shotgun

    Louis L'Amour

    No writer is associated more closely with the American West than Louis L'Amour. Collected here are two of his most exciting works, in their original forms. The title story, a tale of stagecoach robbery and frontier justice, is finally available in it...

  • The Other Side Of Paradise

    Laurie Paige

    What self-proclaimed loner and rootless orphan Mary McHale couldn't anticipate, when she arrived at Towbridge Ranch for the winter, were the feelings her new surroundings stirred deep within her...a mysterious deja vu unlike anything the relentlessly...

  • The Laird's Lady

    Joanne Rock

    When Malcolm McNair sees the ethereal beauty on the battlements, wielding her crossbow, he swears he's been bewitched by a powerful fairy queen. But Rosalind of Beaumont is definitely all woman, a lady of fierce determination, ready to do all it take...

  • Perfect Assassin

    Wendy Rosnau

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  • A Fool for You

    Melanie Schuster

    Dr. John Flores has had an amazing year, to say the least. In a few short months, he moved from LA to Ann Arbor, Michigan to take a professorship at the University of Michigan, found out that he was adopted, discovered that his friend of several year...

  • Heart of the Dragon

    Gena Showalter

    Their forbidden love would either bring their worlds together -- or tear them both apart... Searching for her missing brother, Grace Carlyle never dreamed she would discover a secret world populated by mythological monsters -- or find herself facing...

  • Return To Stony Ridge

    Dani Sinclair

    A CHILD IN JEOPARDY It wasn't every day that P.I. Teri Johnson pulled a gun on a man in his own home, but she was desperate. Her sister was in a coma and her missing nephew was in grave danger. She had to find the little boy before he was lost for...

  • A Heartbeat Away

    Maureen Smith

    DEA investigator Samille Broussard has been tasked to look into a series of mysterious illnesses targeting affluent Washington, D.C. teenagers. Her involvement in the high-profile case could take her career to the next level and help her make a name ...

  • The Savior

    Faye Snowden

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  • The Ravencliff Bride

    Dawn Thompson

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  • Apache Nights

    Sheri Whitefeather

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  • Dead of Winter

    Stuart M. Kaminsky

    Detective Mac Taylor is a dedicated and driven crime-scene investigator who believes that everything is connected and everyone has a story. He and his partner, Detective Stella Bonasera, lead a team of experts through the gritty and kinetic world of ...

  • Wanted: One Sexy Night

    Judi McCoy

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  • Lost on the Darkside

    David Silva

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  • Love Me or Leave Me

    Gwynne Forster

    Love Me or Leave MeEngineer Drake Harrington has spent years living in the shadow of his older brothers. His extraordinary good looks have earned him a reputation as a ladies' man, but Drake's real goal is to make his mark in the family business. Whe...

  • The Ghost of Goliad

    J.R. Roberts

    REMEMBER THE ALAMO? Beautiful Elizabeth Vargas may dress like a man, but to Clint Adams she's all woman. Her charms aren't the only reason he agrees to meet her father, Don Carlos, though. How can he pass up an opportunity to speak to a man who might...

  • A View of the River

    Kathleen Eagle

    If you look closely enough, you can find love everywhere. A descendant of a courageous band of Ojibwe, Birch Trueblood is now a local shaman doing a booming business with the New Age believers and tourists. With a young daughter to care for, he ma...

  • Orphan's Destiny

    Robert Buettner

    The battle of Ganymede taught Jason Wander about the devastation of war. After seeing the deaths of his troops, as well as his lover, the battle-scarred soldier is ready for peace. At twenty-five, General Jason Wander has fought and won man's only...

  • Dragonfly

    Frederic S. Durbin

    Bad things were starting to happen again in Uncle Henry's basement. People were moving around down there... And that wasn't the half of it. As Hallowe'en approaches, ,young Bridget Anne ("Dragonfly," to her friends) begins hearing strange thing...

  • Longarm and the Scarlet Rider

    Tabor Evans

    Longarm catches hell in the Canadian badlands!   There’s trouble in the north. Young women are disappearing from Montana territory, and Custis Long is going over the border to find them. Since he has no official authority outside the U.S....

  • The Blood Red Sea

    Ron Faust

    Dan Shaw has been practicing law only four months and he's already burned-out. Add the fact that he's just lost his girlfriend and the cops are scouring his dubious past, and it's no wonder Shaw decides to set sail for the summer. But even alone in t...

  • Confirmed Kill

    Michael Z. Williamson

    The sniper must face many enemies ... sometimes it's someone on his side Army Rangers Kyle Monroe and Wade Curtis are the best at what they do: eliminating their nation's enemies from a distance with one well-placed bullet to the head. When Inte...

  • Scion of the Serpent

    J. Steven York
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    Anok Wati, a young warrior of the streets, strikes a pact with an ancient and forbidden god who gives him a seemingly impossible task. To unravel the mysteries of the past and avenge his father's death, Anok must join the sinister cult of the snake-g...

  • Revenge Gifts

    Cindy Cruciger

    TARA COLE SPECIALIZES IN REVENGE In fact, she's an expert. Lace pillows filled with cat hair--for your least-favorite, most allergic relative; boxer shorts that set off metal detectors--for your cheating spouse; and her best seller at Revenge Gift...

  • The Killing Machine

    Edward Gorman / Ed Gorman

    When Noah Ford became an investigator for the Army, his loyalty was unbreakable. But when his family becomes involved in one of his investigations, justice may have to be forsaken for revenge. A military investigator and federal agent, Noah Ford i...

  • Lady Dearing's Masquerade

    Elena Greene

    Hearts in hiding She became the ton's most notorious widow after kissing a costumed stranger at a masquerade, her reputation destroyed overnight in a swirl of spiteful rumor. Shunned by polite society and unable to forget years of a desperately un...

  • First Love

    Julie Kenner

    You are cordially invited to share in the joy of The Bridesmaid Chronicles.... Take one bride. Add three bridesmaids. And you get four sexy and sassy tales of modern-day romance. From first glance to "I do," this wedding party is learning about lo...

  • The California Camel Corps

    Jon Sharpe

    Those are some mighty funny-lookin’ horses…Skye Fargo’s been in the saddle long enough to know that if it has hooves, he can rope it, break it, and ride it. But even he has his hands full when the U.S. Army hires him to lead a caravan of camels...

  • To The Castle

    Joan Wolf

    Twelfth-century Normandy -- as a fierce battle for the crown erupts, a powerful knight and his innocent bride will discover their destinies are passionately entwined.... Just weeks away from taking her holy vows, Nell de Bonvile learns of her e...

  • Solomon vs. Lord

    Paul Levine

    Steve Solomon is the sharpest lawyer ever to barely graduate from Key West School of Law. Victoria Lord is fresh from Yale, toiling for an ambitious D.A. and soon to be married. And Katrina Barksdale is a sexy former figure skater charged with killin...

  • The Last Victim

    Kevin O'Brien

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  • Night of the Comancheros

    Lauren Paine

    Ann Carruthers has no idea what searching for her brother in the wild New Mexico Territory will mean. But what else can a girl, even an English girl not much past twenty, do when her brother vanishes? How can she know that bandits, Indians, and viole...

  • Someone to Believe In

    Kathryn Shay

    She has the face of an angel. But Bailey O'Neil goes where other angels fear to tread: the roughest neighborhoods of New York City. With a heart as big as the city itself, Bailey--known to some as the Street Angel--works to keep teens away from drugs...

  • Chasing Fire

    Michelle M. Welch

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  • Death at a Premium

    Valerie Wolzien

    DEATH ASSURANCE After signing a lucrative deal to remodel Bride's Bed and Breakfast, island contractor Josie Pigeon thinks her summer is set. And with her upcoming nuptials to Sam Richardson, she's definitely in the marriage mood -- that is, until...

  • A Lady's Guide to Rakes

    Kathryn Caskie

    ONCE A RAKE, ALWAYS A RAKE! Gentle Reader, always remember that-and pray that I, Meredith Merriweather, heed my own warning. For I find myself caught in a scheme to prove that the notorious "former" scoundrel Lord Lansing, Alexander Lamont, is jus...

  • Out of the Night

    Robin T. Popp

    OUT OF THE DARKNESS Lanie Weber isn't afraid of danger. As a volunteer firefighter, this seemingly mild-mannered librarian has faced life-or-death situations before-and survived. But she has no idea what's waiting for her in the dark Amazon jungle...

  • Kiss of Death

    Josie Litton

  • Shadows All Around Her

    Catherine Mulvany

    ONE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. ONE MYSTICAL CLUE. When Caitlin O'Shaughnessy's stepfather -- world-renowned Medieval English professor Magnus Armstrong -- is abducted in Scotland, she jets across the Atlantic to help find him. Her only clue: a ...

  • J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars

    Arthur Byron Cover

    Twenty years after a comet strikes the Earth near Pederson, Illinois, gifting 113 yet-to-be-born children with extraordinary super powers, the Specials, feared by normal humans because of their power, have dispersed across the globe, only to reunite ...

  • Gift of Evil

    Nancy Weber

    New York is scary for lots of parents, but it wasn't fears about terrorist attacks or strangers on the subway that impelled single mother Jill Everts off to the suburbs. She had to get Daisy away from the other kids in her playgroup. Darling kiuds...

  • One BAD Night

    Sherrilyn Kenyon
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    Now, three novellas about BAD agents are collected in one steamy volume! In the all-new "One BAD Night" the bureau believes that agent Jason Banks has sold them out. Agent Samantha Winslow has never particularly cared for Jason, whom she reluctan...

  • Beyond the Rapture

    Beverly Clark

  • Shadowqueen

    Debbie Federici; Susan Vaught

    The Shadowmaster has been defeated and the witch sanctuaries are safe for now. But the effort has cost Jazz her life. Trapped in Talamadden, the land of the dead, the former Queen of the Witches is lost in a dark limbo until a spirit guide revives...

  • The Scout

    Will Henry

    Will Henry remains one of the most widely recognized and honored novelists ever to write about the American West. As demonstrated by the three novellas in this brilliant collection, throughout his career he was able to create exciting, authentic tale...

  • Blood Lust

    J.M. Jeffries

    Mignon du Plessis has many secrets. Among them, she is a vampire, a hunter of the Pledged to The Order of Romulus, only Mignon executes her own. For over two centuries, her mission has been keeping humanity safe from the darkness. New Orleans Detecti...

  • The Return of the Dog Team

    William W. Johnstone

    In his electrifying novel of combat, The Last of the Dog Team, William W. Johnstone introduced a hero for our times--Terry Kovack. In war, the enemy feared him. In peace, men admired him and women wanted him... Following in the footsteps of his gra...

  • Circle of the Dead

    David Lawrence

    The man died of a broken heart. Literally. But what broke his heart was a sharp object shoved hard between his ribs. When they found him he was sitting in a circle with three other corpses in a London apartment. That's when Detective Stella Mooney go...

  • The Backwoods

    Edward Lee

    More than memories await Patricia when she returns to the quiet backwoods town where she grew up. A woman strangled half to death and buried alive. Children who scampered off to play, never to return. Men and women strung up and butchered for sport. ...

  • Revenge in Exile

    Scott McCauley

    With crime lords openly challenging the Mexican government for control of the country, and an exiled former Mexican president plotting his return to power, Mexico City is a ticking time bomb--and one that an ambitious US National Security Adviser can...

  • The Reckoning

    Sarah Pinborough

    They were children then, in that magical summer so long ago when Robert, Carrie-Anne, and Jason first met Gina. It was a summer of fun, of friendship, and of discoveries--including the discovery of Gina's strange abilities. But it all ended in a mome...

  • Sea Switch

    Linda Joy Singleton

    Cassie's family is on a beach clean-up expedition in Oregon, and this time Cassie's best friend Rosalie has joined them. The two girls are ecstatic about the vacation and Cassie feels ready to tell Rosalie about her bizarre adventures . . . until Ros...

  • Shark Tank

    Tom O'Neill

    When some Camden, New Jersey drug dealers get blown away by a smooth operator who's impersonating a cop, the case falls to two bleary-eyed, wise-cracking police vets, Detective Sergeant Joe Macuzak and his long-time partner, George Whitcomb. But befo...

  • Royal Seduction

    Donna Clayton

    On her visit to Portland's popular Healthy Living Clinic, royal beauty Catherine Von Husden wanted oh-so-serious Dr. Riley Jacobs to notice her. But the good doctor was all business and didn't give her the attention she so craved. Nevertheless Prince...

  • A Summer Sentence

    Carolynn Carey

    Megan Marsh was just passing through McCray County, Tennessee on her way to a career in Chicago, but after a run-in with an overzealous deputy involving a bee, a slap, a speeding ticket, and a heap of misunderstanding, she finds herself suddenly imme...

  • Glynette's Corporal

    Gena Cline

    To honor her father's dying wish, Glynette, a beautiful, talented young woman from the East, marries Anniston McCrae, an ambitious army captain who intends to make a name for himself in the West.

    She solemnly resolves to love Captain McCrae and b...

  • Bluebonnet Spring

    Amanda Harte

    It can't be a coincidence that the band is playing "Stranger in Paradise," not when that's exactly how Rebecca Barton would describe herself.

    No matter how beautiful the Hawaiian honeymoon resort is, it's no place for a widow with two children an...

  • Love Handles

    Holly Jacobs

    WLVH radio station lives by the motto "WLVH, Lovehandles, where love is more than just a song." They proved it over the summer when two contestants, Mary and Ethan, ended up falling in love and planning to marry.

    Peter "Punch" O'Brien can think of...

  • Before The Last Lap

    Joyce Lavene; Jim Lavene

    This time the mystery for Sheriff Sharyn Howard and her Diamond Springs deputies hits a little bit closer to home. After a speeding boat flies up over the pier and onto the street, the sheriff's department investigates. They become personally involve...

  • Massacre Mountain

    Jack Lewis

    On his way to his next assignment in Fort Wingate, New Mexico Territory, contract cavalry scout Steve Bard is surrounded by a group of Indians. With his horse already exhausted and nowhere to go, he sets the prairie on fire in order to get away befor...

  • Making Over Maggie

    Tracey J. Lyons

    Maggie Monroe has always been independent, headstrong, and capable of handling just about anything. So when her aunt, Margaret, hires Samuel Clay to `assist' Maggie in the opening of a dance hall, Maggie is not amused.

    The dance hall was her proj...