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"Master and Commander raised almost dangerously high expectations, Post Captain triumphantly surpasses them...a brilliant book."—Mary Renault " We've beat them before and we'll beat them again. " In 1803 Napoleon smashes the Peace of Amiens, and Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., taking refuge in France from his creditors, is interned. He escapes from France, from debtor's Prison, from a possible mutiny, and pursues... (more)

The Awakening (A Vampire Huntress Legend)

Vampire Huntress Legend: Book 2

The Awakening (A Vampire Huntress Legend)

by L. A. Banks

A battle is brewing in the underworld, and at the center of it all is Damali Richards, spoken word artist and vampire huntress. But she is not just any huntress; she is the millennium Neteru, a woman so powerful that the vampire world is about to start a war-one that threatens to spread onto her streets-in order to possess her... Fallon Nuit, a rogue vampire who is one of the most powerful Damali has ever... (more)

The Hollows: Book 2

The Good, the Bad, and the Undead

by Kim Harrison

It's a tough life for witch Rachel Morgan, sexy, independent bounty hunter, prowling the darkest shadows of downtown Cincinnati for criminal creatures of the night. She can handle the leather-clad vamps and even tangle with a cunning demon or two. But a serial killer who feeds on the experts in the most dangerous kind of black magic is definitely pressing the limits. Confronting an ancient, implacable evil is... (more)

The Palace

by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

They say his palazzo is to be a magnificent work of art-a dazzling edifice to rival the most opulent in the city. Its owner is a stranger to Florence, a wealthy foreigner who dresses in black silk and practices the age-old secrets of alchemy. But the man who calls himself Francesco Ragoczy da San Germano conceals his own dark secrets that have exiled him to a life of blood-filled torment and eternal wandering. Yet... (more)

Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Book 2

Searching for Dragons

by Patricia C. Wrede

Expected by his advisors to take a princess as his bride, young King Mendanbar declines, until he meets Princess Cimorene, a young woman who once ran off with dragons in order to avoid an unwanted betrothal. Reprint. K. SLJ. AB.

Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe

by Sandra Gulland

Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe is the much-awaited sequel to Sandra Gulland's highly acclaimed first novel, The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. Beginning in Paris in 1796, the saga continues as Josephine awakens to her new life as Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte. Through her intimate diary entries and Napoleon's impassioned love letters, an astonishing portrait of an incredible woman emerges. Gulland... (more)

Highlander: Book 2

To Tame a Highland Warrior

by Karen Marie Moning

Only her love could gentle his savage soul-- He was born to a clan of warriors of supernatural strength, but Gavrael McIllioch abandoned his name and his Highland castle, determined to escape the dark fate of his ancestors. Hiding his identity from the relentless rival clan that hunted him, he called himself Grimm to protect the people he cared for, vowing never to acknowledge his love for ravishing Jillian St.... (more)

Dawn on a Distant Shore

by Sara Donati, Sara Donati

In an icy, untamed world of pristine beauty, a husband and wife are torn apart by fate but reunited forever by a love that can't be broken.... An unforgettable love comes alive in this masterful epic of passion, treachery, and adventure.... Award-winning author Sara Donati's debut novel, Into the Wilderness , was hailed as "one of those rare stories that let you breathe the air of another time" (Diana... (more)

People of the Fire

by W. Michael Gear

It is a time of fire. A small band of pioneers struggle valiantly to keep their ancestors' dreams alive in an unforgiving, drought-stricken land. Driven by the promise of an awesome vision, a heroic young dreamer and a fearless woman warrior unite to lead their people to a magnificent destiny. A towering epic filled with tragedy and triumph, courage and conflict, People of the Fire is the second compelling... (more)

Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters Trilogy (Paperback))

Sevenwaters Trilogy: Book 2

Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters Trilogy (Paperback))

by Juliet Marillier

Beautiful Sorcha is the courageous young woman who risked all to save her family from a wicked curse and whose love shattered generations of hate and bridged two cultures. It is from her sacrifice that Sorcha's brothers were brought home to their ancestral fortress Sevenwaters, and her life has known much joy. But not all the brothers were able to fully escape the spell that transformed them into swans, and it... (more)

Hallowed Ground

by Lori Armstrong

Grisly murders are rocking the small county of Bear Butte, where Julie Collins has spent the last few months learning the PI biz without the guidance of her best friend and business partner, Kevin Wells. Enter dangerous, charismatic entrepreneur Tony Martinez, who convinces Julie to take a case involving a missing Native American girl, the innocent pawn in her parents' child custody dispute. Although skeptical... (more)

The Millennium Trilogy: Book 2

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government. But he has no idea just how explosive the story will be until, on the eve of publication, the two investigating... (more)

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