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Storm Glass (Glass, Bk 1) by Maria V. Snyder
As a glass maker and a magician-in-training, Opal Cowen understands trial by fire. Now it's time to test her mettle. Someone has sabotaged the Stormdancer clan's glass orbs, killing their most powerful magicians. The Stormdancers -- particularly the mysterious and mercurial Kade -- require... more
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Friday Night Bites (Chicagoland Vampires, Bk 2) by Chloe Neill
Vampires in Chicago! You'd think headlines like that would have provoked the fine citizens of the Windy City to take up arms against us blood-sucking fiends. Instead, ten months later, we're enjoying a celebrity status reserved for the Hollywood elite -- fending off paparazzi, who are... more
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Spider's Bite (Elemental Assassin, Bk 1) by Jennifer Estep
My name is Gin, and I kill people. They call me the Spider. I'm the most feared assassin in the South -- when I'm not busy at the Pork Pit cooking up the best barbecue in Ashland. As a Stone elemental, I can hear everything from the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet to the... more
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Stormwalker (Stormwalker, Bk 1) by Allyson James
WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES, PASSION IGNITES...
Janet Begay is a Stormwalker, capable of wielding the raw elemental power of nature, a power that threatens to overwhelm her. Only her lover, Mick, is able to calm the storm within her -- even as their passion reaches unimaginable heights of... more
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Pray for Dawn (Dark Days, Bk 4) by Jocelynn Drake
Pray for salvation… Pray for daylight…
Murder has pulled Mira out of the shadows and back into the living world…
As the fire-wielding enforcer of the Nightwalker Coven wrestles with the mind-destroying ghosts of her dark past, the slaying of a senator’s... more
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Atlantis Redeemed (Warriors of Poseidon, Bk 5) by Alyssa Day
Poseidon’s warriors have learned that the battle to protect humanity produces unexpected enemies--and alliances. But none more unexpected than the bond between a cursed Atlantean warrior and a woman whose sight surpasses any lie… A warrior with no emotion … Doomed by Poseidon... more
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Destined For An Early Grave (Night Huntress, Bk 4) by Jeaniene Frost
Since half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her undead lover Bones met six years ago, they've fought against the rogue undead, battled a vengeful Master vampire, and pledged their devotion with a blood bond. Now it's time for a vacation. But their hopes for a perfect Paris holiday are dashed when Cat... more
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Tainted (Blood Lily Chronicles, Bk 1) by Julie Kenner
Lily Carlyle has lied, cheated, and stolen her way through life. But in death, she'll really get to be bad. When her little sister is brutalized, a vengeful Lily determines to exact her own justice. She succeeds at the cost of her own life, but as she lies dying, she is given a second... more
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Demonkeepers (Nightkeepers, Bk 4) by Jessica Andersen
According to Mayan doomsday prophecy, 12/21/12 marks the end of the world in a global cataclysm that can only be prevented by the Nightkeepers, magical warriors enlisted to fight the rise of the underworld demons. To fulfill the final prophecy the Nightkeepers must find their mates, but when... more
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Sea Glass (Glass, Bk 2) by Maria V. Snyder
Student glass magician Opal Cowan's newfound ability to steal a magician's powers makes her too powerful. Ordered to house arrest by the Council, Opal dares defy them, traveling to the Moon Clan's lands in search of Ulrick, the man she thinks she loves. Thinks because she is sure... more
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Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Bk 7) by J. R. Ward
As the vampire warriors defend their race against their slayers, one male's loyalty to the Black Dagger Brotherhood will be tested -- and his dangerous mixed blood revealed....
Rehvenge has always kept his distance from the Brotherhood -- even though his sister is married to a member, for... more
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the 100th human by Chris Fenwick
December 2012 - The final day of the 5000 year old Mayan calendar nears. The world is in turmoil - as wars and international tensions continue. People everywhere seem lost in the complications of day to day struggles - poverty - misfortune - anger and greed. A small team of scientists have... more
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206 Bones (Temperance Brennan, Bk 12) by Kathy Reichs
There are 206 bones in the human body. Forensic anthropologists know them intimately, can read in them stories of brief or long lives and use them to reconstruct every kind of violent end. 206 Bones opens with Tempe regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small,... more
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2nd Chance (Women's Murder Club, Bk 2) by James Patterson
A brutal madman sprays bullets into a crowd of children leaving a San Francisco church. Miraculously-or was it intentionally - only one person dies. Then an elderly black woman is hung. Police homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer senses a connection and together with medical examiner Claire,... more
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3 Brides for 3 Bad Boys by Lucy Monroe
Say "I Do"... to everything...
They're not the marrying kind -- more the Do-NOT-Take-Home-to-Mom kind. But these three brothers are about to meet the tempting women who have what it takes to tame their inner bad boys....
RAND
After tragedy struck six years ago,... more
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The 8th Confession (Women's Murder Club, Bk 8) by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
Someone is killing the richest people in the city -- and the Women's Murder Club will pay a high price for hunting him. At the party of the year, San Francisco's most glamorous couple is targeted by a killer - and it's the perfect murder. While Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates... more
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About Schmidt by Louis Begley
Proud, traditional, and impeccably organized, Albert Schmidt is a button-down lawyer of the old school.??But now, after years of carefulmanagement, his life is slowly unraveling.??His beloved wife has recently died.??He stumbles--or is he being pushed?--into early retirement.??And his daughter,... more
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Absolute Friends by John le Carre
An absolutely triumphant bestsellereverywhere hailed as the masterpiece toward which John le Carr has been building since the fall of communism. This epic tale of loyalty and betrayal spans the lives of two friends from the riot-torn West Berlin of the 1960s to the grimy looking-glass of Cold... more
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Acheron (Dark-Hunter, Bk 16) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
HE WAS MADE HUMAN IN ORDER TO ESCAPE DEATH.
Eleven thousand years ago, a god was born. Cursed into the body of a human, Acheron spent a lifetime of shame. But the strongest steel is forged form the fires of hell. . .
BUT IN DEATH HE WAS REBORN A GOD . . .
Acheron's human... more
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Acts of Violets (Flower Shop Mystery, Bk 5) by Kate Collins
During the annual Pickle Fest, Abby's boyfriend Marco inexplicably disappears for a day. When he returns, he's the main suspect in the death of a clown. It seems the cops have found Snuggles pushing up water-spurting daisies -- and Marco was the last person seen leaving Snuggles's... more
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The Adept (Adept, Bk 1) by Deborah Turner Harris & Katherine Kurtz
More than a doctor, More than a detective...
He is Sir Adam Sinclair: nobelman, physician, scholar -- and Adept. A man of learning and power, he practices ancient arts unknown to the twentieth century. He has had many names, lived many lives, but his mission remains the same: to protect the... more
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Adventures In Time and Space (Star Trek: All) by Mary P. Taylor
Stardate 1999. To commemorate twenty years of thrilling Star Trek novels, Pocket Books is proud to present a one-of-a-kind tribute volume highlighting the most unforgettable moments from a generation of bold explorations by some of the most imaginative science fiction authors of our time! ... more
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After Armageddon (There Will Be War, Vol 9) by J. E. Pournelle
It's a perilous new world out there, following the Final Trump. Mutants and mendicants prowl the ruins. Strange new powers arise to challenge the huddled survivors for dominion over the broken land. Underground amidst their hoarded goods, survivalists scheme to bring back the dead past, while,... more
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The Ages of Chaos (Daw Book Collectors) by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Set during the lawless Ages of Chaos, when the ruling families of the Seven Domains of Darkover ruthlessly inbred their psychic offspring to gain powerful and fearsome talents, two young women are born with "wild" psychic gifts. These stories, one tragic and one triumphant, combine to give the... more
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Aisling (Indigo, Book 8) by Louise Cooper
A half century ago a young princess named Anghara opened the door of a dark tower and unwittingly released seven demons. To atone for the evil she'd loosed into the world, she forsook her mortality, took the name of Indigo, and set out on a harrowing quest to vanquish their poer. Six demons she... more
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Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me and Other Trials of My Queer Life by Michael Thomas Ford
Nobody is better at capturing the ups and downs of queer life than Michael Thomas Ford, author of the popular "My Queer Life" syndicated column. This original collection takes on everything from show tunes and Martha Stewart to the perils of dating and the son of God himself, all some of the... more
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Alias (Athena Force, Bk 2) (Silhouette Bombshell, No 6) by Amy J. Fetzer & Amy J....
Athena Force: They were the best, the brightest, the strongest -- women who shared a bond like no other.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO DARCY STEELE?
In high school, she was everyone's best friend. But times had changed for Darcy Steele. These days she was a single mother... more
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Alien Taste (Ukiah Oregon, Bk 1) by Wen Spencer
Living with wolves as a child gave tracker Ukiah Oregon a heightened sense of smell and taste. Or so he thought -- until he crossed paths with a criminal gang known as the Pack. Now, Ukiah is about to discover just how much he has in common with the Pack: a bond of blood, brotherhood...and destiny.
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, Bk 1) by Caleb Carr
The year is 1896, the place, New York City. On a cold March night New York Times reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend and former Harvard classmate Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist, or "alienist." On the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge, they view... more
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All American Girl by Meg Cabot
TOP TEN REASONSSamantha MadisonIS IN DEEP TROUBLE10. Her big sister is the most popular girl in school9. Her little sister is a certified genius8. She's in love with her big sister's boyfriend7. She got caught selling celebrity portraits in school6. And now she's being forced to take art... more
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All or Nothing by Elizabeth Adler
Lithe, leggy attorney and law professor Marla Cwitowitz is dying for some excitement in her life -- that is, other than being the girlfriend of Al Giraud, private detective, sexy soul mate, and all-around best friend. So when she sees the potential for a crime-solving spree, she jumps at... more
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All That Remains (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 3) by Patricia Cornwell
In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president's newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend, Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is short.... more
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All The Pretty Girls (Taylor Jackson, Bk 1) by J. T. Ellison
When a local girl falls prey to a sadistic serial killer, Nashville Homicide Lieutenant Taylor Jackson and her lover, FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin, find themselves in a joint investigation pursuing a vicious murderer. The Southern Strangler is slaughtering his way through the Southeast, leaving... more
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All the Tea in China (Rollicking Regency, Bk 1) by Jane Orcutt
The good young Englishwoman knows that her destiny depends upon a good marriage match. But Isabella Goodrich is not your typical good young Englishwoman. After an encounter with those less fortunate than she, witty and fun-loving Isabella makes a shocking decision. Against everyone's advice and... more
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All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson
William Gibson, who predicted the Internet with Neuromancer, takes us into the millennium with a brilliant new novel about the moments in history when futures are born."Gibson remains, like Raymond Chandler, an intoxicating stylist."--The New York Times Book ReviewAll Tomorrow's Parties is the... more
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Alternate Realities: Port Eternity / Voyager in Night / Wave Without a Shore by C. J....
Port Eternity
Their names were Lancelot, Elaine, Percivale, Gawain, Modred, Lynette and Vivien, but they were not characters from legend. They were made people, clone servants designed to suit the fancy of their opulent owner, the Lady Dela Kirn. And they worked aboard the Maid, an... more
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Alvin Journeyman (Alvin Maker, Bk 4) by Orson Scott Card
Alvin is a Maker, the first to be born in a century.
Now a grown man and a journeyman smith, Alvin has returned to his family in the town of Vigor Church. He will share in their isolation, work as a blacksmith, and try to teach anyone who wishes to learn the knack of being a Maker. For... more
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Always Cheat by Leslie Davis
Always Cheat is an expose' of Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura. Author Davis' evidence shows that Ventura: Fixed the 1998 Minnesota primary election. Fixed the investigation that followed. Violated state laws numerous times. Davis' research describes how Ventura: Lied about being a Navy... more
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The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage -- and its consequences, spanning three generations.
They seemed like the perfect couple -- young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue... more
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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, Bk 28) by Terry Pratchett
One rat, popping up here and there, squeaking loudly, and taking a bath in the cream, could be a plague all by himself. After a few days of this, it was amazing how glad people were to see the kid with his magical rat pipe. And they were amazing when the rats followed hint out of... more
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The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) by Philip Pullman
In the astonishing finale to the His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra and Will are in unspeakable danger. With help from Iorek Byrnison the armored bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a dank and gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone. All the while, Dr. Mary Malone... more
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Ambrosia and the Coral Sun by Sherri L. Board
An illusory underwater fantasy written for young adults and all adventurous, ocean-loving souls, Ambrosia and the Coral Sun tells a story in which man and nature collide, where nature in the Pacific Ocean begins to fights back against man's inability to stop its pollution. The author is an... more
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America is My Neighborhood by Willard Scott & Daniel Paisner
The warm, folksy, funny weatherman who is welcomed into over six million American homes each morning on "The Today Show" turns his attention to people, his greatest love. Scott gives a heartwarming collection of portraits from his many trips out of the TV studio. 50 photos.
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American Owned Love by Robert Boswell
Robert Boswell has a gift for writing people into flagrant, discomfiting existence--as with the incorrigible Dulcie of his acclaimed novel of 1993, Mystery Ride.Now he conjures up Gay Schaefer, a sultry truck dispatcher who is determined to ignore small-town conventions and possess her life--to... more
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An American Sin by Frederick Su
In this novel about an Asian American and Vietnam, the author brings to literature the male perspective of growing up Asian in mainstream American society. From the racism he experienced as a youth in Nevada to the sin he committed in Vietnam, David Wong was driven by a need to fit in. This... more
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Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was Anansi, a trickster god, the spirit of rebellion able to overturn the social order, create wealth out of thin air, and baffle the devil. And he never knew... more
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Ancestral Truths by Sara Maitland
As the book opens, Clara Kerslake has just returned to her home in Scotland from Zimbabwe, where she went with her egotistical lover David. She has been found there alone on a mountainside, her right hand mangled; incoherent, she tells her rescuers that she has killed David, yet later has no... more
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Ancient Enemy (Arna, Bk 1) by Christopher Rowley
Young watermot Thru Gillo left behind the life of a farmer and became a student of the Assenzi, a race of scholars. Among them, he learned the history of his race and of how Man the Cruel destroyed the world before disappearing into the mists of time and legend.
Or have they... more
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Ancient Shores (Ancient Shores, Bk 1) by Jack McDevitt
It turned up in a North Dakota wheat field: a triangle, like a shark's fin, sticking up from the black loam. Tom Lasker did what any farmer would have done. He dug it up. And discovered a boat, made of a fiberglass-like material with an utterly impossible atomic number. What it was doing... more
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And the Waters Turned to Blood by Rodney Barker
A deadly aquatic organism threatens to unleash a devastating plague in the coastal waters of the U.S. In the fishing grounds off North Carolina, the evidence mounts. Yet health department officials are unable to identify the cause -- until a young scientist, Dr. JoAnn Burkholder, dedicates... more
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
First there were ten -- a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to... more
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Angel of Mercy (Mercy Hollings, Bk 2) by Toni Andrews
Last month I killed a man? and now I'm afraid what I might do next
As a hypnotherapist with a special talent, I'm very good at getting people to overcome their problems. My own problem, however, is that my talent comes from a dark place. If I tell you to do something, trust me: you will do... more
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Angel Time (Songs of the Seraphim, Bk 1) by Anne Rice
Into O'Dare?s nightmarish world of lone and lethal missions comes a mysterious stranger, a seraph, who offers him a chance to save rather than destroy lives. O'Dare, who long ago dreamt of being a priest but instead came to embody danger and violence, seizes his chance. Now he is carried... more
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Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, Bk 1) by Nalini Singh
FIRST BOOK IN THE GUILD HUNTER SERIES
Nalini Singh introduces readers to a dark new world of beauty and bloodlust, where lethal, beautiful archangels hold sway over immortals and mortals both, with the Guild Hunters caught in between, tasked with retrieving those vampires who break contracts... more
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Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
From her sensational sleeper hit Patty Jane's House of Curl to her heartwarming novel Welcome to the Great Mysterious, Landvik has won the hearts of readers everywhere. Now she returns to her beloved, eccentric stomping ground of small-town Minnesota where a most eclectic, and engaging group of... more
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned--a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that... more
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Anne Frank Remembered : The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family by...
This memoir reveals the writer to be a woman of great courage, who determinedly pursued a course of action founded upon deep humanitarian convictions despite great personal danger. Gies was the trusted employee to whom Otto Frank turned when his family was forced into hiding in their attempt to... more
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Anne Rice Trivia Book by Katherine Ramsland
You've read the novels, the companion books, and every interview with the author ever printed. You've lost yourself in the hypnotic, sensual, dreamlike atmosphere that she creates in everything she writes. Now you can find out just how much you really know about the realm of Rice in a book that... more
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Anthem by Ayn Rand
This provocative book is "an anthem sung in praise of man's ego" from the legendary author Ayn Rand
Anthem has long been hailed as one of Ayn Rand's classic novels, and a clear predecessor to her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. In Anthem, Rand examines a frightening... more
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Antipodes (International Women's Crime) by Maria-Antonia Oliver
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Anybody Out There? (Walsh Family, Bk 4) by Marian Keyes
Anna Walsh is officially a wreck. Physically broken and emotionally shattered, she lies on her parents' Dublin sofa with only one thing on her mind: getting back to New York. New York means her best friends, The Most Fabulous Job In The World and above all, it means her husband,... more
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The Apostle (Scot Horvath, Bk 8) by Brad Thor
A new administration and a new approach to dealing with America's enemies have left covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath without a job. But when American doctor Julia Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, the terms of her ransom leave the president with only one course of... more
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Aramaya (Mage Heart, Bk 3) by Jane Routley
In search of her missing niece Dally, Dion arrives in luxurious Akieva, the glorious and corrupt capitol of decadent Aramaya. Here, at the dazzling court of the handsome young emperor, Dion discovers her niece trapped in the web of necromancy and deceit hiding within the magnificent Winter... more
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Archangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse
First the LINK-an interactive, implanted computer-transformed society. Then came the angels-cybernetic manifestations that claimed to be working God's will... But former cop Deidre McMannus has had her LINK implant removed-for a crime she didn't commit. And she has never believed in the... more
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Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, Bk 2) by Nalini Singh
A dark new world where lethal, beautiful archangels hold sway over immortals and mortals both, with the Guild Hunters caught in between, tasked with retrieving those vampires who break contracts with their angelic masters.
The second book continues Elena and Raphael's story.
Vampire... more
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The Archon Conspiracy by Dave Hunt
David's novel describes likely events involving psychic research performed by the US government, and the discovery a race of hostile extra-dimensional beings waiting for us to "invite them across"
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Arms-Commander (Saga of Recluce, Bk 16) by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
Arms-Commander takes place ten years after the end of The Chaos Balance and tells the story of the legendary Saryn. The keep of Westwind, in the cold mountainous heights called the Roof of the World, is facing attack by the adjoining land of Gallos. Arthanos, son and heir to the ailing Prefect... more
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The Arrival (Gene Roddenberry's Earth--Final Conflict) by Fred Saberhagen
Jonathan Doors. A man at the head of the world's largest corporation, Doors International. A man of wealth and power, with the resources to change the world. A man whose life is about to change forever.In the early days of the twenty-first century, The Earth stands still to hear the message: "We... more
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Arrow's Flight (Heralds of Valdemar, Bk 2) by Mercedes Lackey
Long ago - so long ago that the details of the conflict are lost and only the merest legends remain - the world of Velgarth was wracked by sorcerous wars. The population was decimated. The land quickly turned to wilderness and was given over to the forest and the magically-engendered creatures... more
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Bk 1) by Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl is a one of the greatest criminal minds the world has ever seen. He is heir to the Fowl family empire -- a centuries old clan of international underworld figures and con artists. He is arguably the most cunning Fowl of all. He is also twelve years old.
Artemis' interest in... more
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Arthurian Romances by Chretien De Troyes & D. D. R. Owen (Translator)
Chretien de Troyes did not invent the Arthurian legend: he gave it a sophisticated form, establishing it as a major branch of European literature. This lively edition of Chretien's romances includes "Perceval," the first Grail story, as well as his lays "Erec and Enide,"... more
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As for Me and My House (New Canadian Library) by Sinclair Ross
“It’s an immense night out there, wheeling and windy. The lights on the street and in the houses against the black wetness, little unilluminating glints that might be painted on it. The town seems huddled together, cowering on a high tiny perch, afraid to move lest it topple into the... more
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Assassins by Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman
Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking achievements in musical theatre attain a new level of audacity and accomplishment in his latest creation, Assassins. Evoking a fraternity of Presidential assassins and would-be assassins across a hundred years of our history (including John Wilkes... more
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At Grave's End (Night Huntress, Bk 3) by Jeaniene Frost
SOME THINGS WON'T STAY BURIED... AT GRAVE'S END
It should be the best time of half-vampire Cat Crawfield's life. With her undead lover Bones at her side, she's successfully protected mortals from the rogue undead. But though Cat's worn disguise after disguise to keep her true identity a... more
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Atlantis Awakening (Warriors of Poseidon, Bk 2) by Alyssa Day
To rescue the world from an overwhelming evil, Poseidon's warriors have risen from the Atlantis. Chief among them is Ven, serving as the King's Vengeance by birthright and by battle challenge. None can conquer him - except perhaps for one human female... The warrior... Ven's mind is... more
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The Atlantis Revelation (Atlantis, Bk 3) by Thomas Greanias
Beneath the city of God,
A centuries-old secret awaits.
And every power on earth wants it.
The adventure begins with the wreckage of a sunken Nazi submarine and a shocking legacy of Hitler's quest for Atlantis. Archaeologist Conrad Yeats discovers in the ruins of the Third Reich... more
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Atlantis Unleashed (Warriors of Poseidon, Bk 3) by Alyssa Day
Poseidon's warriors swore eleven thousand years ago to save humanity from those who stalked the night. Now two souls -- immortal and human -- are all that stand between justice and the eternal darkness: a warrior prince and the beautiful archaeologist he's been sworn to protect. This is... more
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Atlantis Unmasked (Warriors of Poseidon, Bk 4) by Alyssa Day
A warrior scarred...Alexios survived two years of unspeakable torture at the hands of a vampire goddess. Now he’s been ordered to team up with a beautiful warrior and take on the most dangerous mission of his life: to retrieve the Vampire’s Bane. Without it, Atlantis can’t... more
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Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan
Follows emotionally stunted, mentally ill Audrey Lucas as she moves into the Breviary, which seems the perfect Manhattan home for an up-and-coming architect. Rent is cheap; the building's Chaotic Naturalism architecture is rare and intriguing; and it lets Audrey get away from her troubled... more
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The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson
Another Calvin and Hobbes compilation of comic strips, from Yukon Ho! and Wierdos From Another Planet!
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The Awakening by Kate Chopin
"She grew daring and reckless. Overestimating her strength. She wanted to swim far out. Where no woman had swum before."
The Awakening was particularly controversial upon publication in 1899. Although the novel was never technically banned, it was censored. Chopin's novel... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Baby of the Family (Harvest Book) by Tina McElroy Ansa
An evocative, delicately comic story of a girl’s coming of age. From the moment of her birth in a rural black hospital in Georgia, Lena McPherson is recognized as a special child, with the power to see ghosts and predict the future. Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times.
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Babycakes by Armistead Maupin
"An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco."--New York Times Book Review When an ordinary househusband and his ambitious wife decide to start a family, they discover there's more to making a baby then meets the eye. Help arrives in the form of a grieving gay neighbor, a visiting... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Babycakes (Tales of the City Series V. 4) by Armistead Maupin
When an ordinary househusband and his ambitious wife decide to start a family, they discover there's more to making a baby then meets the eye. Help arrives in the form of a grieving gay neighbor, a visiting monarch, and the dashing young lieutenant who defects from her yacht. Bittersweet and... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Backstreets: Springsteen, the Man and His Music by Charles R. Cross
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Bad Blood (Crimson Moon, Bk 1) by L. A. Banks
Sasha Trudeau knows all about working beneath the shadows, back-alley deals, and things that go bump in the night. she also knows that the world is unaware of the existence of the paranormal -- and that the government would like to keep it that way.
BAD BLOOD
As a highly trained... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, Bk 11) by Lee Child
From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night. In Chicago, a woman learns that an elite team of ex-army investigators is being hunted down one by one.... And on the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher -soldier, cop, hero- is pulled... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Here is Stephen King's most gripping and unforgettable novel -- a tale of grief and lost love's enduring bonds, of haunting secrets of the past, and of an innocent child caught in a terrible crossfire.Four years after the sudden death of his wife, forty-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Baker's Boy (Book of Words, Bk 1) by J. V. Jones
An ancient prophecy, court intrigue, and a world war directed by magical means are the basis for this three-book series set in the world of the Four Kingdoms. It stars Jack, a young man of unknown parentage whose magical talents will be either his salvation or his bane; the highborn young woman... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman
Dear Gram and Grampop,Please do not address yours truly as California anymore, California Morning Whipple being a foolish name for a duck much less a girl. I call myself Lucy now. I cannot hate California and be California. I know you will understand.California doesn't suit Lucy Whipple -- not... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz by Manuel Ramos
This debut novel in the acclaimed Luis Montez series introduced a hero unique in detective fiction: a world-weary middle-aged lawyer steeped in the politics, history, and culture of the golden age of Chicano activism.Twenty years ago, a gang attacked four Chicano student activists and shot down... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Banewreaker (The Sundering, Bk 1) by Jacqueline Carey
Once, the Seven Shapers dwelled in accord. First-born among them was Haomane, Lord-of-Thought and with his brother and sister gods, the Seven drew upon of the power of the Souma, claimed a race of beings for their own and began Shaping the world to their will.
But Haomane saw the ways of this... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Barsoom Project (Dream Park, Bk 2) by Larry Niven & Steven Barnes
Welcome to Dream Park -- an amusement park where nothing is what it seems -- except murder.
Welcome to the state-of-the-art amusement park of the future. Dream Park -- where nothing is what it seems. Except for the double agents. And the live ammunition...
Dream Park -- a futuristic... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Battle Blades: A Professional'S Guide To Combat/Fighting Knives by Greg Walker
SF veteran Greg Walker takes the guesswork out of combat blades in this thorough evaluation of daggers, switchblades, utilities, bowies and hideouts. He examines legendary blades from Randall, Gerber and Al Mar, as well as the latest from up-and-coming makers. Includes selection, carry, use,... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Battle of Corrin (Legends of Dune, Book 3) by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anders...
Following their internationally bestselling novels Dune: The Butlerian Jihad and Dune: The Machine Crusade, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson forge a final tumultuous finish to their prequels to Frank Herbert's Dune.It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of The Machine Crusade.... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Battle Royale (Battle Royale) by Koushun Takami
Battle Royale, a high-octane thriller about senseless youth violence, is one of Japan's best-selling - and most controversial - novels. As part of a ruthless program by the totalitarian government, ninth-grade students are taken to a small isolated island with a map, food, and various weapons.... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Bazil Broketail by Christopher Rowley
Aided by a hideous new terror of unbelievable cruelty known only as The Doom, the Dark Masters of Padmasa kidnap Princess Besita, the heir to the throne of Marneri, and it is up to Bazil to save her.
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Be Mine Forever (Forever Vampires, Bk 3) by Rosemary Laurey
JUST FOR THE THRALL OF IT...
Six months ago Angela Ryan woke up from a mysterious attack with no memory, no ID and no idea why what had once been girlish about her suddenly seemed...ghoulish. Being rescued by a clan of vampires is strange enough, but nothing compared to the fact that one of... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Be Still My Vampire Heart (Love at Stake, Bk 3) by Kerrelyn Sparks
Emma Watson has made it her mission to get revenge on the monsters who killed her parents. As a member of the CIA's Stake?Out team, Emma's got no time to distinguish between good vamps and bad. They're all bloodthirsty murderers and she will not rest until they're defeated.
When Angus... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Beach Road by James Patterson & Peter de Jonge
Welcome to Beach Road
Tom Dunleavy has a one-man law firm in legendary East Hampton. But his job barely keeps him in paper clips. His principal clients make a living serving the rich. The billionaires and megacelebrities swarming the beaches already have lawyers on their... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Bear Daughter by Judith Berman & Judith Berman
When a twelve-year-old wakes up as a human girl-instead of a bear-one cloudy morning, she embarks on a thrilling journey through both mortal and immortal worlds...to mend her past, face her fears, and save all of the realms in which she treads.
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Bear Went Over the Mountain by William Kotzwinkle
William Kotzwinkle, the esteemed author of The Fan Man and E.T.: The Extraterrestrial, is in top comic form in this outrageous and uproarious parable featring Hal Jam?a big black bear who finds a manuscript under a tree in the Maine woods, dons a suit and a tie, and heads off to the big city to... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Bedrock by Lisa Alther
Clea Shawn has enjoyed marriage, motherhood, love affairs with both sexes; and she's traveled the world. Now she has come to the seemingly idyllic New England town of Roches Ridge, Vermont, looking for respite from the hungers of the heart and the lightning storms of the senses. What she... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Beauty's Punishment (Sleeping Beauty, Bk 2) by A. N. Roquelaure & Anne Rice
This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice's elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Can God's Love Save Anyone? Bestselling author Francine Rivers skillfully retells the biblical love story of Gomer and Hosea in a tale set against the exciting backdrop of the California Gold Rush. The heroine, Angel, is a young woman who was sold into prostitution as a child. Michael... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Fang (Maximum Ride, Bk 6) by James Patterson
Being a kid with wings--constantly on the run--has never been easy, and Max and her flock are getting tenser than ever. First, on a trip to Africa, they meet a mysterious billionaire whose intense scrutiny of the flock makes her fear the worst. Then, a cryptic message from a young girl arrives,... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Prey (Shifters, Bk 4) by Rachel Vincent
SOMETIMES PLAYING CAT AND MOUSE IS NO GAME...
Play? Right. My Pride is under fire from all sides, my father's authority is in question, and my lover is in exile. Which means I haven't laid eyes on Marc's gorgeous face in months. And with a new mother and an I-know-everything... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Dance with the Devil (Dark-Hunter, Bk 4) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Zarek's Point of View:
Dark-Hunter: A soulless guardian who stands between mankind and those who would see mankind destroyed. Yeah, right. The only part of that Code of Honor I got was eternity and solitude.
Insanity: A condition many say I suffer from after being alone for so long. But I... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Sins of the Night (Dark-Hunter, Bk 8) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
In the realm of the Dark-Hunters there is a code of honor that even immortal bad boys must follow:
Harm no human. Drink no blood. Never fall in love.
But every now and again a Dark-Hunter thinks himself above the Code. That's when I'm summoned. Who am I? I'm the one thing... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Seize the Night (Dark-Hunter, Bk 7) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Valerius isn't a popular Dark-Hunter-he's a Roman, which means that the largely Greek Hunters have a major grudge against him and his civilization for superceding them. To make things worse, he's very conscious of his aristocratic background and breeding. So it serves him right when he runs into... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Devil May Cry (Dark-Hunter, Bk 13) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sin, an ancient Sumerian god, was one of the most powerful among his pantheon -- until the night Artemis robbed him of his godhood and left him one step from death...
For millennia, the ex-god turned Dark-Hunter Sin has sought to regain his powers and take revenge on Artemis. But now he... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Fantasy Lover (Dark-Hunter, Bk 1) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dear Reader,
Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a love-slave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day.
As a love-slave, I knew everything about... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Night Play (Dark-Hunter, Bk 6) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Bride McTierney has had it with men. They're cheap, self-centered, and never love her for who she is. But though she prides herself on being independent, deep down she still yearns for a knight in shining armor.
She just never expected her knight in shining armor to have a shiny coat of... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
One Silent Night (Dark-Hunter, Bk 17) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
IN THE WORLD OF THE DARK-HUNTERS, ALL HELL'S BREAKING LOOSE -- STRYKER HAS SENT WORD AND IS GATHERING HIS FORCES.
While the world carries on unawares, Stryker, who leads an army of demons and vampires, is plotting an all out onslaught against his enemies -- which, unfortunately for us,... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Dark Side of the Moon (Dark-Hunter, Bk 10) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Susan Michaels was the hottest reporter on the Beltway Beat until she walked into a setup that ruined her reputation. Now she's working for a small Seattle paper, penning stories about killer moths and alien babies, convinced that her life couldn?t get any worse...
That was before an idea for... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, Bk 2) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dear Reader:
Have you ever wanted to know what it's like to be immortal? To journey through the night stalking the evil that preys on humans? To have unlimited wealth, unlimited power? That is my existence, and it is dark and dangerous. I play hero to thousands, but am known to none. And I... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Kiss of the Night (Dark-Hunter, Bk 5) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Wulf is an ancient Viking warrior with a useful but extremely aggravating power-amnesia. No one who meets him in person can remember him 5 minutes later. It makes it easy to have one-night stands, but hard to have a meaningful relationship, and without true love he can never regain his soul.... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter, Bk 3) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dear Reader,
Life is great for me. I have my chicory coffee, my warm beignets, and my best friend on the cell phone. Once the sun goes down, I am the baddest thing prowling the night: I command the elements, and I know no fear. For centuries, I've protected the innocent and watched over the... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Unleash the Night (Dark-Hunter, Bk 9) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Unleash the forbidden...
Unleash the hunger...
UNLEASH THE NIGHT
It's a predator-eat-predator world for the Were-Hunters. Danger haunts any given day. There is no one to trust. No one to love. Not if they want to live....
An orphan with no clan that will claim... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Bad Moon Rising (Dark-Hunter, Bk 19) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
BROTHERS UNITED
Fang Kattalakis isn't just a wolf. He is the brother of two of the most powerful members of the Omegrion: the ruling council that enforces the laws of the Were-Hunters. When war erupts among the lycanthropes, sides must be chosen. Enemies must... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
No Mercy (Dark-Hunter, Bk 19) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Live fast, fight hard and if you have to die then take as many of your enemies with you as you can. That is the Amazon credo and it was one Samia lived and died by. Now in contemporary New Orleans, the immortal Amazon warrior is about to learn that theres a worse evil coming to slaughter mankind... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
A Deep Kiss of Winter: Untouchable / Tempt Me Eternally by Gena Showalter & Kresl...
Under the cover of wintry dark shadows, passion's magic ignites a fire too hot to touch -- and too wicked to die...
DEEP KISS OF WINTER: Two never before published paranormal stories to delight the senses and tantalize the imagination!
UNTOUCHABLE by Kresley Cole (Immortals After... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Heart of Darkness: The Darkest Angel / Love Me to Death / Lady of the Nile by Maggie ...
THE DARKEST ANGEL by Gena Showalter (A Lords of the Underworld tale)
An iron-willed demon assassin, the angel Lysander has never known lust -- until he meets Bianka. Spawned from the bloodline of Lucifer, the beautiful but deadly Harpy is determined to lead the pure-hearted Lysander into... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Ecstasy in Darkness (Alien Huntress, Bk 5) by Gena Showalter
Growing up poor on New Chicago’s meanest streets, Ava Sans had two options: be the predator, or be the prey. No contest. Now, working for Alien Investigation and Removal, she’s been ordered to capture the biggest, baddest warrior of all -- a vampire too beautiful to be real, with the... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Darkest Pleasure (Lords of the Underworld, Bk 3) by Gena Showalter
He can bear any pain but the thought of losing her...
Reyes is a man possessed. Bound by the demon of pain, he is forbidden to know pleasure. Yet he craves a mortal woman, Danika Ford, more than breath and will do anything to claim her--even defy the gods.
Danika is on the run. For months... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Darkest Whisper (Lords of the Underworld, Bk 4) by Gena Showalter
He is the keeper of Doubt and his entire world's about to be rocked.
Bound by the demon of doubt, Sabin unintentionally destroys even the most confident of lovers. So the immortal warrior spends his time on the battlefield instead of the bedroom, victory his only concern…until he... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Vampire's Bride (Atlantis, Bk 4) by Gena Showalter
He is Layel, king of the vampires, a master seducer no woman can deny. But since a rogue horde of dragons killed his beloved over two centuries ago, Layel has existed only for vengeance... until he meets Delilah.
Wary of love, the beautiful Amazon wants nothing to do with the tormented... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Darkest Passion (Lords of the Underworld, Bk 8) by Gena Showalter
Lords of the Underworld: Eternally cursed, irresistibly seductive, unimaginably powerful...
For weeks, the immortal warrior Aeron has sensed an invisible female presence. An angel -- demon-assassin -- has been sent to kill him. Or has she? Olivia claims she fell from the... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Darkest Lie (Lords of the Underworld, Bk 9) by Gena Showalter
Lords of the Underworld: Eternally cursed, irresistibly seductive, unimaginably powerful...
In this riveting new installment of "The Lords of the Underworld Series", Gideon, keeper of the Demon of Lies, fights to uncover the truth...
Forced to his knees in agony whenever he... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Into the Dark : The Darkest Fire / The Amazon's Curse / The Darkest Prison by Gena Sh...
Three otherworldly tales from the master of paranormal romance…and a brand-new Lords of the Underworld bonus guide!
THE DARKEST FIRE -- a Lords of the Underworld prequel
Geryon is the guardian of hell, more monster than man. Kadence is the goddess of Oppression, more angel... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Darkest Surrender (Lords of the Underworld, Bk 8) by Gena Showalter
The Lords of the Underworld return in this enthralling tale of an immortal warrior determined to win and the beautiful seductress he can't resist.
Possessed by the demon of Defeat, Strider cannot lose a challenge without suffering unimaginable pain. For him, nothing stands in the... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Darkest Night (Lords of the Underworld, Bk 1) by Gena Showalter
His powers -- Inhuman
His passion -- Beyond immortal . . .
All her life, Ashlyn Darrow has been tormented by voices from the past. To end the nightmare, she has come to Budapest seeking help from men rumored to have supernatural abilities, not knowing she'll be swept into the arms of... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
The Darkest Kiss (Lords of the Underworld, Bk 2) by Gena Showalter
Lords of the Underworld: Eternally cursed, irresistibly seductive, unimaginably powerful...
He is ultimate darkness and all-consuming desire...
SHE HAS TEMPTED MANY MEN... BUT NEVER FOUND HER EQUAL. UNTIL NOW.
Though she has lived for centuries, Anya, goddess of anarchy, has never... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Heart of the Dragon (Atlantis, Bk 1) by Gena Showalter
Grace Carlyle's world was about to change...
Deep in the jungle on the trail of her missing brother, Grace never expected to find a secret world populated by mythological monsters -- nor guarded by a sword-wielding being whose beauty put mortal men to shame.
Darius en Kragin belongs to a... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
Jewel of Atlantis (Atlantis, Bk 2) by Gena Showalter
All Atlantis seeks the Jewel of Dunamis, which legend claims can overcome any enemy. Grayson James, human agent of the ultra-secret Otherworld Bureau of Investigation, has orders to keep it from the wrong hands -- or destroy it. What he doesn't know is that Jewel is a woman, not a stone! But... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
@expectations by Kit Reed
@expectations is a fabulous work of women's fiction by a writer who has made a career of delving deep into women's hearts and finding the truth of their feelings and their lives. Reed's fiction has always examined the female and familial conditions with a sharp eye, a truthful insight, and a... more
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| Deborah A. (deborah1175) |
James Bond In Cold Fall by John Gardner
When a British-owned aircraft is destroyed at Dulles Airpot, killing the almost four hundred passengers on board, including his old lover, the Principessa Sukie Tempesta, James Bond embarks on a personal quest to find the fanatical terrorists responsible. Reprint."
