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The Man Within: Feline Breeds 2

Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her harsh, unyielding father, Lily Owens has shaped her entire life around one devastating, blurred memory--the afternoon her mother was killed, when Lily was four. Since then, her only real companion has been the fierce-hearted, and sometimes just fierce, black woman Rosaleen, who acts as her "stand-in mother."When Rosaleen insults three of the deepest racists in... (more)

The Secret Baby Bargain (Modern Romance S.)

The Secret Baby Bargain (Modern Romance S.)

by Melanie Milburne

Jake Marriot had always been clear about the terms of his relationships—no marriage, no babies. So when Ashleigh Forrester found out she was pregnant with his child, she ran! But Jake's back. The billionaire has returned to convince Ashleigh that she belongs in his bed. But when he meets her little boy, the resemblance is too obvious to ignore. Jake no longer wants her as his mistress…but he'll buy her as his... (more)

Kate Martinelli: Book 5

The Art of Detection

by Laurie R. King

In this thrilling new crime novel that ingeniously bridges Laurie R. King’s Edgar and Creasey Awards—winning Kate Martinelli series and her bestselling series starring Mary Russell, San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli crosses paths with Sherlock Holmes–in a spellbinding dual mystery that could come only from the “intelligent, witty, and complex” mind of New York Times bestselling author Laurie R.... (more)

The Dante Club

by Matthew Pearl

The New York Times Bestseller Boston, 1865. A series of murders, all of them inspired by scenes in Dante’s Inferno . Only an elite group of America’s first Dante scholars—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, and J. T. Fields—can solve the mystery. With the police baffled, more lives endangered, and Dante’s literary future at stake, the Dante Club must shed its sheltered... (more)

Adam Dalgliesh: Book 13

The Lighthouse

An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery

by P. D. James

A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling series of murders. Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful haven for the elite. But when one of its distinguished visitors is found hanging from the island’s famous lighthouse in what appears to have been a murder, the peace is shattered. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to handle the sensitive case, but at... (more)

Master Of Pleasure (Zebra Historical Romance)

Master Of Pleasure (Zebra Historical Romance)

by Jessica Trapp

He haunted her dreams. She haunted his nightmares. She betrayed him at the altar and her father sold him into slavery. Kidnapping her was only the beginning of his revenge.

The First Time

by Joy Fielding

Joy Fielding expands the scope of her storytelling as never before in this exquisitely moving New York Times bestseller -- a richly textured love story of astonishing emotional force. THE FIRST TIME After sixteen years of marriage, Mattie Hart discovers that her husband, Jake -- a high-profile Chicago attorney -- is involved in yet another love affair. But a far greater crisis descends upon the Hart family... (more)

Christmas Stalkings

by Charlotte MacLeod, Martin H. Greenberg

1989's Mistletoe Mysteries, a collection of all-new Yuletide mystery stories written by today's top practitioners of the cozy mystery, was a runaway success with critics and fans. Now bestselling novelist Charlotte MacLeod returns to her editor's seat with Christmas Stalkings.

Luck Runs Out (Peter Shandy Mysteries)

by Charlotte MacLeod

The Gladstone Bag: A Sarah Kelling Mystery

The Gladstone Bag: A Sarah Kelling Mystery

by Charlotte MacLeod

Sarah Kelling's Aunt Emma leaps at the chance to stay at her old friend Adelaide's summer place, enjoying a quiet time repairing some stage jewelry while keeping an eye on the artists and writers who'll be occupying Adelaide's six guest cottages. On the ferry, Emma's Gladstone bag is temporarily stolen. Could someone have mistaken those junk jewels for real diamonds? She meets her guests-to-be who inform her... (more)

Undercover Marriage (Intrigue)

by Amy J. Fetzer

Ian Fleming

by Andrew Lycett

Fleming was not James Bond, but even before his death in 1964 the character Fleming created had taken on a life of his own in books, films, and myth. Well educated, from a wealthy, upper-crust family, Fleming was a desk-bound naval intelligence officer, mediocre stock broker, and newspaper correspondent before writing Casino Royale at age 44, the same year he married and fathered a son. Thirteen more Bond books... (more)

Only Mine

by Elizabeth Lowell

Whether she's creating incomparable love stories of passion and redemption or breathtaking tales of romantic suspense, there is simply no finer storyteller at work today than the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Elizabeth Lowell The bastard son of a viscount and a Cheyenne shaman's daughter, Wolfe Lonetree agrees to rescue the pampered Lady Jessica from an unwanted impending wedding -- but only if she will... (more)

Comanche Moon

by Catherine Anderson

Orphaned after her parents were killed by Comanches, Loretta Simpson still lives in terror that the warriors will return, her fear so powerful, she is no longer able to speak a word. Hunter of the Wolf believes that Loretta is a woman of ancient prophecy whom he must honor. But Loretta can only see him as the enemy who has kidnapped her, and she refuses to succumb to his control—or his touch. Despite the... (more)

Something the Cat Dragged in (Peter Shandy Mysteries)

Something the Cat Dragged in (Peter Shandy Mysteries)

by Charlotte MacLeod

Born in Sin: A MacAllisters Novel

by Kinley MacGregor

Though few can equal her skill with the sword, Caledonia MacNeely fights an unfamiliar shiver when she is offered in marriage to the infamous "Lord Sin." Though Callie fears this mysterious, unreachable stranger -- less for the dark whispers that damn him than for the heat of his touch -- she is under the order of the English king. And with the fate of her troubled clan hanging in the balance, she has little... (more)

The Dead Man's Knock

by John Dickson Carr

Bullets for Macbeth (Hilary Quayle Mysteries)

Bullets for Macbeth (Hilary Quayle Mysteries)

by Marvin Kaye

Hilary Quayle and her assistant, Gene, are asked to take on the publicity for an extravagant production of Macbeth to premiere at Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum. Hilary had known the director many years ago in summer stock. Events proceed as usual in the theatrical world -- a world fraught with the hectic, the impassioned, the absolute certainty that nothing will be ready by opening night, and the absolute... (more)

Rosehaven

by Catherine Coulter

This fast-paced medieval romance not only offers Catherine Coulter's trademark thrilling romance, but features characters from her new bestseller.

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by Lora Leigh

by Sue Monk Kidd

by Melanie Milburne

by Laurie R. King

by Matthew Pearl

An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery

by P. D. James

by Jessica Trapp

by Joy Fielding

by Charlotte MacLeod, Martin H. Greenberg

by Charlotte MacLeod

by Charlotte MacLeod

by Amy J. Fetzer

by Andrew Lycett

by Elizabeth Lowell

by Catherine Anderson

by Charlotte MacLeod

by Kinley MacGregor

by John Dickson Carr

by Marvin Kaye

by Catherine Coulter