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Highlander (Moning): Book 1
Beyond the Highland Mist
by Karen Marie Moning
He would sell his warrior soul to possess her. . . . An alluring laird... He was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart—until a vengeful fairy tumbled Adrienne de Simone out of modern-day Seattle and into medieval Scotland. Captive in a century not her own, entirely too bold, too... (more)
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The Spenser Novels: Book 37
The Professional
by Robert B. Parker
A knock on SpenserÂ’s office door can only mean one thing: a new case. This time the visitor is a local lawyer with an interesting story. Elizabeth Shaw specializes in wills and trusts at the Boston law firm of Shaw & Cartwright, and over the years sheÂ’s developed a friendship with wives of very wealthy men. However, these rich wives have a mutual secret: theyÂ’ve all had an affair with a man named Gary... (more)
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The Spenser Novels: Book 34
Hundred-Dollar Baby
by Robert B. Parker
A client from a decades-old case reaches out to Boston PI Spenser-but can he rescue troubled April Kyle once more? Longtime Spenser fans will remember that once upon a time, though not so long ago, there was a girl named April Kyle-a beautiful teenage runaway who turned to prostitution to escape her terrible family life. The book was 1982's Ceremony , and, thanks to Spenser, April escaped Boston's "Combat... (more)
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The Spenser Novels: Book 14
Pale Kings and Princes
by Robert B. Parker
In this crime story, the Boston private eye Spenser is hired to determine whether a reporter was killed by dope dealers or by an irate husband."Like Philip Marlowe, Spenser is a man of honor in a dishonorable world. When he says he will do something, it is done. The dialogues zings, and there is plenty of action... but it is the moral element that sets them above most detective fiction." -- Newsweek (more)
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Darkness Chosen: Book 2
Touch of Darkness
by Christina Dodd
Handsome, powerful Rurik Wilder battles darkness--the darkness without and the darkness within. He possesses the power to transform himself into a fierce bird of prey, and that gift has caused death and destruction. At last he is offered the chance to redeem himself and break the evil pact that has held his family in thrall for centuries. Only one woman stands in his way--Tasya Hunnicutt, a writer determined to... (more)
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Ladyhawke
by Joan D. Vinge
Ladyhawke is a historical romance novel written by Joan D. Vinge. It was made into a movie with the same title, in 1985, which was nominated for 2 Oscars, won a Saturn award for Best Costumes and Best Fantasy Film and a Golden Reel award for best sound editing and had 4 more nominations.
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The Spenser Novels: Book 26
Hush Money
by Robert B. Parker
Spenser has his hands full when he takes on two cases at once. In the first, a high-minded university might be hiding a killer within a swamp of political correctness. And in the other, Spenser comes to the aid of a stalking victim, only to find himself the unwilling object of the woman's dangerous affection. "One of the great series in the history of the American detective story!"-- The New York Times ... (more)
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The Spenser Novels: Book 24
Small Vices
by Robert B. Parker
Ellis Alves is no angel. But his lawyer says he was framed for the murder of college student Melissa Henderson...and asks Spenser for help. From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich-kid, tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justice may die with him... * A New York Times bestseller *... (more)
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The Spenser Novels: Book 35
Now and Then
by Robert B. Parker
When a simple case turns into a treacherous and politically charged investigation, Spenser faces his most difficult challenge yet-keeping his cool while his beloved Susan Silverman is in danger. Spenser knows something's amiss the moment Dennis Doherty walks into his office. The guy's aggressive yet wary, in the way men frightened for their marriages always are. So when Doherty asks Spenser to investigate his... (more)
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The Professional (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)
by Robert B. Parker
A knock on Spenser's office door can only mean one thing: a new case. This time the visitor is a local lawyer with an interesting story. Elizabeth Shaw specializes in wills and trusts at the Boston law firm of Shaw & Cartwright, and over the years she's developed a friendship with wives of very wealthy men. However, these rich wives have a mutual secret: they've all had an affair with a man named Gary... (more)
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The Spenser Novels: Book 28
Potshot
by Robert B. Parker
The town of Potshot, Arizona, is under siege by a band of murderous marauders, and the law is helpless to stop them. But now there's a new gun in town-Boston P.I. Spenser-and he's gathered a posse of the best and baddest to back him up. "Parker still finds clever ways to invigorate his Spenser series." ( Entertainment Weekly )
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The Spenser Novels: Book 25
Sudden Mischief
by Robert B. Parker
Spenser's back. And Susan's ex is quaking in his boots... Susan Silverman's ex doesn't call himself "Silverman" anymore--he's changed his name to "Sterling." And that's not the only thing that's phony about him. A do-gooding charity fundraiser, he's been accused of sexual harassment by no less than four different women. And not long after Spenser starts investigating, Sterling is wanted for a bigger charge:... (more)
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The Spenser Novels: Book 30
Back Story
by Robert B. Parker
In Robert B. Parker's most popular series, an unsolved thirty-year-old-murder draws the victim's daughter out of the shadows for overdue justice--and lures Spenser into his own past, old crimes, and dangerous lives.
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The Spenser Novels: Book 17
Stardust
by Robert B. Parker
Spencer is assigned to protect a TV star in a mission that takes him to murder and beyond. 2 cassettes.
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The Spenser Novels: Book 32
Cold Service
by Robert B. Parker
When his buddy Hawk is beaten within an inch of his life, Spenser infiltrates a ruthless mob in the name of friendship--and revenge.
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The Genesis of Shannara: Book 1
Armageddon's Children
by Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks is one of a handful of writers whose work defines modern fantasy fiction. His twenty-three international bestsellers have ranged from the beloved Shannara series to stories that tread a much darker path. Armageddon’s Children is a new creation–the perfect opportunity for readers unfamiliar with Brooks’s previous work to experience an author at the height of his considerable storytelling powers. It is... (more)
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The Malory Family: Book 3
Gentle Rogue
by Johanna Lindsey
Her heart trampled and torn, innocent Georgina Anderson was desperate to return home to America. Leaving her sorrows on England's shores, she defiantly boarded the "gentleman's ship" Maiden Anne disguised as a cabin boy--never dreaming she'd be forced into intimate servitude to the irrepressible rake Captain James Malory.A handsome ex-pirate, the black sheep of a proud and tempestuous family, Malory... (more)
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The Unwanted
by John Saul
The perennially bestselling author of a legion of occult thrillers tells the story of 16-year-old Cassie, who learns that the dark secret of her birth has also left her a legacy of strange powers. Original.
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West Wind: Poems and Prose Poems
by Mary Oliver
The New York Times has called Oliver's poems "thoroughly convincing - as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring." In this stunning collection of forty poems she writes of nature and love, of the way they transform over time. And the way they remain constant. To quote Library Journal: "From the chaos of the world, her poems distill what it means to be human and what is worthwhile... (more)
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The Spenser Novels: Book 15
Crimson Joy
by Robert B. Parker
They call him the "Red Rose Killer" because he leaves one on the body of each woman he kills. But then the madman's eyes turn to Susan Silverman, and Spenser is on the case. For when Susan's life is in danger, Spenser becomes a hard-fisted, unstoppable locomotive--determined to bring the criminal to justice no matter what the odds!((Dell--Fiction)

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