Books Published in June 2009

• Jun-2009
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Secrets abound on a Texas ranch... As a teenager, Gracie worshipped her stepbrother Jason, a strong, silent cowboy who left home early to seek his fortune. Now the wealthy owner of Comanche Wells ranch, Jason has finally come back home and discovered...

• Jun-2009
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Can her heart trust his seductive touch? Or will their secrets burn them both? It was the chance of a lifetime... For Lady Rebecca Marshall, a whirlwind of excitement begins when she becomes a maid of honor at the court of Queen Victoria. But ...

• Jun-2009
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Claimed by the most powerful man in Sicily! Annie Leopardi has only her baby. But the most precious part of her life is now at risk! Falcon Leopardi has come to claim his late half brother's child--and no one refuses the dark-hearted tycoon! ...

• Jul-2009
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Sometimes the greatest risks bring the greatest rewards... Izzy has always been the fearless Titan sister. But when an oil rig blows up, leaving her barely able to see, her sisters find themselves as concerned by her emotional withdrawal as by the...

• Jun-2009
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In this spellbinding blend of suspense and human drama, Danielle Steel tells a powerful and unusual story of one woman's journey from darkness into light, as she fights to escape a mesmerizing sociopath who holds her in his thrall.... Top photogra...

• Jul-2009
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Not long ago, Scott Bryant would have described himself as an ordinary guy. But one act of heroism has changed his life forever--or at least until the apocalypse occurs. Because the end of the world is on its way. Suddenly and inexplicably possess...

• Jun-2009
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Explore the wilder side of New York Times bestselling authors Linda Lael Miller and JoAnn Ross in four steamy short stories . . . One Last Weekend College sweethearts Teague and Joanna Darby never imagined they’d end up on the brink of divorce...

• Jun-2009
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Seven-year-old Autumn Backman has a gift: She can communicate telepathically with others. Not everyone, mind you, but with a select few with whom she shares a special kinship. When Autumn and her mother, Joanna, take her father's ashes to be buried i...

• Jun-2009
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Attorney Mackenzie “Mac” Standfield swore off love when her heart was shattered into a million pieces. But there's one man who has managed to tempt her beyond reason--rodeo star Luke Madaris. Although five years have passed, Mac discovers when sh...

• Jun-2009
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A Spanish billionaire with pirate blood in his veins... The grandeur of Penvarnon House in Cornwall is where Rhianna Carlow spent her lonely childhood as the housekeeper's unwanted niece. Now she's a guest returning for a wedding at Penvar...

• Jun-2009
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In this domestic thriller short story by a #1 New York Times�"bestselling author, a grieving mother plots revenge for her son. When a five-year-old boy is found dead and presumed thrown from a window, his mother must live with the loss, reminded ...

• Jun-2009
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A young mother, blond and pretty, vanishes from her South Boston home, leaving behind only one witness -- her four-year-old daughter -- and one suspect -- her handsome, secretive husband. From the moment Detective Sergeant D. D. Warren arrives at th...

• Jun-2009
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She Saves His Life... For Chloe Wherlocke, it all begins with a vision -- a glimpse into the future that foretells a terrible plot against Lord Julian Kenwood and his newborn son. Chloe's psychic gift allows her to save the child from certain de...

• Jun-2009
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Mistress to the billionaire doctor... Six months of bliss with gorgeous, high-flying pediatric surgeon Nikos Mariakos leaves children's nurse Ella head over heels in love...until Nikos unexpectedly ends the relationship. Later that same day, Ell...

• Jun-2009
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Ten all-new stories that celebrate our animal friends, by bestselling and award-winning authors.From Seeing Eye dogs to the cat who cuddles in your lap, animals are there for us in more ways than we can count. Helping us get through the day with a wa...

• Jun-2009
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Will the price of fame be worth the cost? Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison have completed their first independent film. They have done the impossible -- made a movie with a message that could touch hearts around the world. And Hollywood is buzzing wit...

• Jun-2009
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In this spinoff to the New York Times�"bestselling Goosebumps series, a brother and sister go to a theme park on a rescue mission and become trapped there. When siblings Lizzie and Luke discover a bunch of kids are trapped in Horrorland, they he...

• Jun-2009
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Prepare for edge-of-your-seat suspense in this Thriller Short. Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009), edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler. In this compelling Thriller Short from bestselling author R.L. Stine, a ma...

• Jul-2009
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A Devilish Duke on a Quest for Pleasure... Frannie Darling was once a child of London's roughest streets, surrounded by petty thieves, pickpockets, and worse. But though she survived this harsh upbringing to become a woman of incomparable beau...

• Jul-2009
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Rumors and Gossip . . . The lifeblood of London When Olivia Bevelstoke is told that her new neighbor may have killed his fiancee, she doesn't believe it for a second, but, still, how can she help spying on him, just to be sure? So she stakes out a...

• Jun-2009
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Unbuckle your belt and pull up a chair. It's the spiciest, sauciest, most rib-sticking Plum yet... RECIPE FOR DISASTER Celebrity chef Stanley Chipotle comes to Trenton to participate in a barbecue cook-off and loses his head -- literally. THROW IN ...

• Jun-2009
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THE TOWN OF WHITEHORSE CAN STILL CLAIM THREE ELIGIBLE CORBETT MEN, BUT NOT FOR LONG... Dalton Corbett's secret past had finally caught up with him and taken residence above Whitehorse's knit shop--owned by the unsuspecting and sweet Georgia Michaels...

• Jun-2009
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THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER RETURNS Seeing Brody Hayes again was like seeing a ghost. But, Irena Yovich noted with relief, the resemblance he bore to his late playboy brother--Irena's philandering ex-boyfriend--was purely physical. Still, she knew she'd b...

• Jun-2009
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Once a hotshot in the newsroom, crime reporter Jack McEvoy is now about to be laid off at the Los Angeles Times. Deciding to use his final work days to write the definitive murder story of his career, he focuses on Alonzo Winslow, an imprisoned sixte...

• Jun-2009
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Bought for a million dollars... When Zarios D'Amilo meets Emma Hayes again, she is no longer the awkward teenager who tried to kiss him, but a beautiful, confident woman. Now he wants her! Claimed for convenience... To claim his inheritance,...

• Jul-2009
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Ben Benedict is tortured by nightmares... Society bachelor and former army sniper Ben Benedict moves between two worlds--from high-society Washington to the mean city streets, from tuxedos to Glocks. His powerful Virginia family wants him out of h...

• Jun-2009
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Prepare for edge-of-your-seat suspense in this Thriller Short.Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.In this Thriller Short, bestselling author Joan Johnston thrusts headlong into a batt...

• Jun-2009
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He wanted her -- by any means! Kathryn thought she knew Hugh Parkinson, a charming, rakish playboy who was used to women being served to him on a plate. In his eyes she was just his utterly efficient, slightly uptight assistant. Until she nearl...

• Jun-2009
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MISSION: IRRESISTIBLE Super spy Mykola Chernichenko comes from a family of geniuses, and though he's no idiot himself, he'd rather be where the action is than analyze it to death. That's why his vacation has just been cut short by a call to get two ...

• Jun-2009
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Brianna Waverly had barely escaped death once. So she had little choice but to accept the protection of former navy SEAL Troy Sinclair. Spirited away to a tiny cabin, her safe house was as far removed from her heiress lifestyle as she could imagine. ...

• Jun-2009
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The last of his line, Vance Rossiter lives by a powerful code of honor. That's why the Yosemite chief ranger is troubled by a tragedy that happened on his watch--one he should have prevented. The arrival of Rachel Darrow only adds salt to the wound. ...

• Jun-2009
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William Johnstone's towering Mountain Man and The Last Gunfighter series are epics of the frontier. Now, with J.A. Johnstone, he has created Sidewinders, a wild, rollicking ride alongside two hardheaded cowboys with a knack for staying on the wrong s...

• Jun-2009
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With the stunning sixth novel in her New York Times bestselling series, Sabrina Jeffries delivers a dazzling finale imbued with surprising revelations for headmistress Charlotte Harris and the young ladies of The School for Heiresses. At eighteen,...

• Jun-2009
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His diamond mistress As Alessandro Caretti made his ruthless climb to the top, his glamorous new world shut the door on ordinary Megan. Now a multi-millionaire tycoon, Alessandro is back -- and he wants the one thing his money can't buy: Megan...

• Jul-2009
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Wanted for her body -- and her baby! Aspiring jewelry designer Maria Santos, proud but poor, has come to Aristo to win a royal commission. Cold, calculating Prince Alexandros Karedes masterfully beds Maria, thinking she's only sleeping with hi...

• Jun-2009
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It begins with a phone message: Tell Sherry April called. And suddenly Joe Pickett's family is shaken to the core. April, Pickett's foster daughter, was murdered six years ago. His daughter Sherry starts to believe there's a chance that April is stil...

• Jun-2009
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For richer, for poorer Claire Winters was a society girl. Jack Murphy was born a roughneck. But at a time when women were expected to play by the rules, Claire was determined to break all of them... For better Rebecca Murphy was planning her gra...

• Jun-2009
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#1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz delivers a mesmerizing new thriller that explores the razor-thin line between the best and worst of human nature--and the anarchy simmering just beneath society's surface--as a likeable, su...

• Jun-2009
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Prepare for edge-of-your-seat suspense in this Thriller Short from the New York Times�"bestselling author -- edited by #1 worldwide bestseller Clive Cussler. In this chilling Thriller Short, bestselling author Carla Neggers reveals a life-and-dea...

• Jun-2009
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Seduction -- Hollywood Style No one ever denied Devlin Hudson. The COO of Hudson Pictures could have any woman he wanted, but what he wanted was a woman who made no demands. He'd thought Valerie Shelton was that woman. But his prim, proper wife had...

• Jun-2009
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"Astonishing" (New York Times Book Review) suspense master Jeffery Deaver brings back investigative agent Kathryn Dance (The Sleeping Doll) in a timely and chilling bestseller. Roadside crosses are appearing along the highways of the Monterey Penins...

• Jun-2009
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A secret spy ring is sent to unmask a terror network planning mass destruction in the New York Times�"bestselling author's compelling short thriller. Retired Colonel James J. Peterson is head of a covert -- and illegal -- intelligence-gathering o...

• Jul-2009
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SHE HAS A BODY MADE FOR TEMPTATION... AND A KISS TO DIE FOR. The war between otherworlders and humans changed Earth beyond recognition. It also saved Bride McKells's life. Before, the gorgeous vampire was a target for every fanatic with a stake a...

• Jul-2009
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Spunky English girl overcomes impossible odds and outsmarts heathen villains. That's the headline when Zoe Lexham returns to England. After twelve years in the exotic east, she's shockingly adept in the sensual arts. She knows everything a...

• Jun-2009
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When a passionate possession leads to pregnancy... Roark Navarre is ruthless and relentless. He wants beautiful Lia, and he will have her! When he discovers that she is a virgin, taking his prize becomes even sweeter. But the innocent's dark s...

• Jun-2009
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She yearned for A DREAM TO CALL HER OWN Lacy Gallatin, the youngest of the Gallatin sisters, is a woman with a mission: to find her father's killer. Haunted by the belief that she's failed him, Lacy is also battling a desire to have something more t...

• Jul-2009
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THE BEACH... A breathtakingly beautiful supermodel disappears from a swimsuit photo shoot at the most glamorous hotel in Hawaii. Only hours after she goes missing, Kim McDaniels's parents receive a terrifying phone call. Fearing the worst, they boar...

• Jun-2009
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FEUDING FAMILIES. SECRET LOVERS? Luke Bravo was stunned when Mercy Cabrera showed up in the middle of the night to treat his prize stud. The exotic girl he remembered had matured into a skilled vet--and a sultry, passionate woman he knew he should s...

• Jun-2009
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At Princeton University, a famed geneticist dies inside a biohazard lab. In Rome, a Vatican archae1ogist is found dead in St Peter's Basilica. In Africa, a U.S. senator's son is slain outside a Red Cross camp. Three murder victims on three continent...