Pleasant Garden, North Carolina, is rocked by the brutal murder of Patricia Blakley, whose body turns up in the burned-out ruin of her own home, a death that reveals the dark side of Ted Kimble, the son of a local preacher, whose own ...

From a distance, Isis seems to be a planet with many Earthlike qualities, but when traveling to it becomes possible, the planet turns out to be extremely toxic to humans. As Earth's own resources dwindle, a researcher is genetically e...

Searching for a proper, stable husband during her London season, Diana Sherwood believes that she has found a suitable match in Robert Welbourne, but soldier Alexander Devize, with whom she shared one night of reckless passion, has ot...

A greedy father. A beautiful daughter. A faceless noble. Without a word, Aloysius bargains away Angelique's future for a hefty bride-price, and no one, not even Angelique's beloved mother, can save her. Angelique is taken to a strang...

David Wong has updated the Lovecraft tradition and infused it with humor that rather than lessening the horror, increases it dramatically.  Every time I set the book down down, I was wary that something really was afoot, that there w...

The riveting follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The 5th Wave, hailed by Justin Cronin as "wildly entertaining." How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.Surviving the first...

Felix Gomez returned from the war in Iraq a changed man—once a soldier, now forever a vampire. So the undead underworld put his skills to work as a private detective, specializing in the sordid, the sexy, and the supernatural. ...

A spitfire wife of a recently slain mob boss was much more than FBI agent Dan Maddox had bargained for when he signed on to protect Carlotta Papparelli. After turning state's evidence, Carlie was at the top of the mob's hit list, and ...

Beth is willing to do almost anything to meet her dream man-including taking boxing lessons. She passes Harry's gym for weeks before mustering up the nerve to walk in and talk to the gorgeous owner. Once she does, sparks fly as well a...

Chesapeake Crimes 3 is the latest installment of the Agatha- and Anthony-Award-winning Chesapeake Crimes series. 'The Chesapeake Bay area is home to strong winds, joys, and fears, where you lock your doors at night in the cities an...

The best type of growing up involves getting down and dirty.Six Pack Ranch, Book 5Vicki Hansol made different choices than her less-than-reputable mom and sister, yet her fiery temper has left her branded with the same town-bad-girl l...

Old gods new betrayalsWith the immortal denizens of the subterranean Lightworld and Darkworld societies locked in battle, the heiress to the Faery throne is exiled to the human realm above. Accompanied to the Upworld by her mother s m...

Chip Block, the hero of Parts, is back, and still worried about falling apart based on the things he hears. This time he's made a list of all the strange, crazy things he's heard people say: 'I lost my head.' 'My nose is running.' ...

From sixteenth-century Britain to the far reaches of a futuristic outer space, a collection of short fiction explores the irresistible power of love in works by Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverley, Lois McMaster Bujold, Catherine Asaro, Jenni...

They'd given him a number and taken away his name. Taken his freedom, his home, his family. Everything that made life worth living. But they couldn't take hope . . . and she came to him looking like an angel with hair the color of sil...

Illustrated in full color. When Thomas the Tank Engine decides to bypass his usual stops and speed directly to the end of the line, havoc ensues. Thomas is in such a hurry that the passengers can't get on or off, and everything gets b...

A thrilling debut novel starring one of history's most famous and beloved courtesans. From London's slums to its bawdy playhouses, The Darling Strumpet transports the reader to the tumultuous world of seventeenth-century England, cha...

A vivid, personal account of the epic expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark describes their trek through the wilderness between the Missouri River and the Pacific coast and the natural wonders, perils, people, and places th...

In Nicholson Baker's novel, Emmett gets up every morning for 33 mornings--one for each match with which he lights the fire in the fireplace--and drinks his coffee, eats his breakfast, and writes his daily chapter about his life. In th...

There are times when a picture doesn't just say it all--it changes everything. Isabel Sterling isn't even aware she has been entered in the Sophisticated Women `Watch Your Dreams Come True' contest, so it comes as a complete surpri...

In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman--and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly through her pave au poivre, the steak'spi...

Almost a quarter of a century ago, acclaimed young writer Thea Janis disappeared. Although her body was never discovered, a man was convicted and incarcerated for the crime. However, 24 years later, someone is mailing portions of a ma...

Is a certain vet detective about to become an endangered species?IIt's been over a decade since Jessica Popper spoke to vet-school friend Erin Walsh. So when Erin calls out of the blue, Jess agrees to meet her. When Erin doesn't show,...

The 21st century was on the brink of nuclear confrontation when the 300 kilometer-long stone flashed out of nothingness and into Earth's orbit. NASA, NATO, and the UN sent explorers to the asteroid's surface...and discovered marvels a...

A scientist researching immortality falls under suspicion for two murders--one of the victims his twin brother. Meanwhile, a long-dormant Cold War chemical experiment to control human behavior is revived and may be tied into the death...

Assessing the contents of a lavish English estate, museum conservator Angela Lewis discovers a crate full of sealed pottery jars-one of which holds a parchment which describes the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth. For Angela, the ...

In the breathtaking new thriller from David Bell, bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Somebody I Used to Know, the fate of two missing teenage girls becomes a father's worst nightmare....   Just a year and a half after the ...

When Haitian slaveholders attempt to stage a mock slave rebellion to quell abolitionist sentiment, their supposed puppet Toussaint Louverture becomes a hero and turns an unruly mob into an organized revolt. Reprint. 12,500 first print...

Brother and Sister Bear want everything in sight, and they throw tantrums when they don't get what they want. Wisely Mama and Papa deal with this childhood malady by teaching the cubs about the family budget and the importance of appr...

Heiress Lucinda Hollander decides to get engaged -- to a man who thrusts a rock on her finger and promptly disappears -- leaving Lucinda to take the rap for a crime she didn't commit.Lucinda goes on the lam, and even though she's neve...