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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The second volume in the epic Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.</p><p class="description">Thomas Covenant found himself once again summoned to the Land. The Council of Lords needed him to move against Foul the Despiser who held the Illearth Stone, ancient source of evil power. But although Thomas Covenant held the legendary ring, he didn't know how to use its strength, and risked losing everything....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6627 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery begin their search for the One Tree that is to be the salvation of the Land. Only he could find the answer and forge a new Staff of Law—but fate decreed that the journey was to be long, the quest arduous, and quite possibly a failure....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6915 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>" A trilogy of remarkable scope and sophistication." LOS ANGELES TIMESTwice before Thomas Covenant had been summoned to the strange other-world where magic worked. Twice before he had been forced to join with the Lords of Revelstone in their war against Lord Foul, the ancient enemy of the Land. Now he was back. This time the Lords of Revelstone were desperate. Without hope, Covenant set out to confront the might of the enemy, as Lord Foul grew more powerful with every defeat for the Land....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6229 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>ant knew that despite his failure on the Isle of The One Tree, he had to return to the Land and fight. After a long and arduous journey, fighting all the way, he readies himself for the final showdown with Lord Foul, the Despiser, and begins to understand things he had only just wondered about before....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 8551 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Mythmakers and world builders of the first order, the Eddingses spin tales that make imaginations soar. Readers have thrilled to The Belgariad and The Malloreon, magic-filled masterworks chronicling the timeless conflict between good and evil. But with those sagas brought to their triumphant conclusions, fans were left hungry for more. Now at last the wait is over. With The Redemption of Althalus, the Eddingses have created their first-ever stand-alone epic fantasy . . .It would be sheer folly to try to conceal the true nature of Althalus, for his flaws are the stuff of legend. He is, as all men know, a thief, a liar, an occasional murderer, an outrageous braggart, and a man devoid of even the slightest hint of honor.</p><p class="description">Yet of all the men in the world, it is Althalus, unrepentant rogue and scoundrel, who will become the champion of humanity in its desperate struggle against the forces of an ancient god determined to return the universe to nothingness. On his way to steal The Book from the House at the End of the World, Althalus is confronted by a cat—a cat with eyes like emeralds, the voice of a woman, and the powers of a goddess. She is Dweia, sister to The Gods and a greater thief even than Althalus. She must be: for in no time at all, she has stolen his heart. And more. She has stolen time itself. For when Althalus leaves the House at the End of the World, much wiser but not a day older than when he'd first entered it, thousands of years have gone by.</p><p class="description">But Dweia is not the only one able to manipulate time. Her evil brother shares the power, and while Dweia has been teaching Althalus the secrets of The Book, the ancient God has been using the dark magic of his own Book to rewrite history. Yet all is not lost. But only if Althalus, still a thief at heart, can bring together a ragtag group of men, women, and children with no reason to trust him or each other. Boldly written and brilliantly imagined, The Redemption of Althalus is an epic fantasy to be savored in the reading and returned to again and again for the wisdom, excitement, and humor that only the Eddingses can provide.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 10364 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Join David and Leigh Eddings on a fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of the extensive background materials they compiled before beginning the masterpiece of epic fantasy unforgettably set down in The Belgariad and The Malloreon and their two companion volumes, Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress.</p><p class="description">Our tour stretches from the wealthy Empire of Tolnedra to the remote Isle of the Winds, from the mysterious mountains of Ulgoland to the forbidding reaches of darkest Mallorea. Along the way, you will meet old friends and enemies alike. Rare volumes will be opened to your eyes. Sacred holy books in which you may read the secrets of the Gods themselves and of their prophets. Scholarly histories of the rise and fall of empires from the Imperial Library at Tol Honeth. The profound mysteries of the Malloreon Gospels. THE RIVAN CODEX will enrich your understanding of all that has gone before . . . and whet your appetite for more spectacular adventures from this talented team.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5063 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>en of Elenia, has been poisoned. A deep enchantment sustains her life, but it will end soon. Then Sparhawk, Knight of the Queen's Champion, learns where to get to cure for the poison. He and his companions set forth on a dangerous quest to find the antidote before the queen should perish and the peace ends....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4843 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Finally the knight Sparhawk had come to possess Bhellion, the legendary jewel of magic. With it, he frees Queen Ehalana from the crystalline cocoon that preserves her life, but Bhellion carries dangers of its own. And now Sparkhawk is being stalked by a dark lurking menace that is only the beginning of his troubles....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 7381 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The Tamuli. The New York Times Bestseller!</p><p class="description">Years ago, the Child-Goddess Aphrael had hidden Bhelliom, the Stone of Power, at the bottom of the sea. Yet now it is needed again to stop a malign force from spreading evil and destruction across the lands. Sparhawk, Queen's champion, sets out to retrieve the Stone. But others seek the gem for their own diabolical ends. Most fearsome of these are the Shining Ones, whose mere touch melts human flesh from bone. Now Sparhawk finds himself stalked by these creatures out of myth . . . whose touch is all too real.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6757 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Bestselling authors David and Leigh Eddings welcome readers back to the time before The Belgariad and The Malloreon series. Join them as they chronicle that fateful conflict between two mortally opposed Destinies, in a monumental war of men and kings and Gods. When the world was young and Gods still walked among their mortal children, a headstrong orphan boy set out to explore the world. Thus began the extraordinary adventures that would mold that youthful vagabond into a man, and the man into the finely honed instrument of Prophecy known to all the world as Belgarath the Sorcerer. Then came the dark day when the Dark God Torak split the world asunder, and the God Aldur and his disciples began their monumental labor to set Destiny aright. Foremost among their number was Belgarath. His ceaseless devotion was foredoomed to cost him that which he held most dear—even as his loyal service would extend through echoing centuries of loss, of struggle, and of ultimate triumph. The age-old war was ended at last, and Destiny once again rolled on in its proper course. Only a single person remained to tell of the near-forgotten times when Gods still walked the lands, giving comfort and counsel to their mortal children. Only one man alive could speak with certain knowledge of how the Dark God Torak stole the Orb of Aldur and broke the very world apart, consigning the Gods themselves to the hell of war, along with hapless humanity. Only one individual was left who could relate the whole, fearsome story. That lone witness to history was known to all the world. He was called the Ancient One, the Old Wolf - Belgarath the Sorcerer. And he had been a part of that history from the beginning. Here, then, is his tale in full: the story of the strife that split the world asunder and of how the God Aldur and his chosen disciples would toil to set Destiny aright - a monumental undertaking fated to span the eons. Foremost in the chronicles of that labor would be Belgarath. His ceaseless devotion was foredoomed to cost him the very thing he held most dear - and his loyal service would extend on, through the echoing centuries of loss, of struggle, and of ultimate triumph.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 11602 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>END OF THE QUEST It had all begun with the theft of the Orb that had so long protected the West from the evil God Torak. Before that, Garion had been a simple farm boy. Afterward, he discovered that his aunt was really the Sorceress Polgara and his grandfather was Belgarath, the Eternal Man. Then, on the long quest to recover the Orb, Garion found to his dismay that he, too, was a sorcerer. Now, at last, the Orb was regained and the quest was nearing its end. Of course, the questors still had to escape from this crumbling enemy fortress and flee across a desert filled with Murgo soldiers searching for them, while Grolim Hierarchs strove to destroy them with dark magic. Then, somehow, they must manage to be in Riva with the Orb by Erastide. After that, however, Garion was sure that his part in these great events would be finished. But the Prophecy still held future surprises for Garion—and for the little princess Ce'Nedra. This continues the magnificent epic of The Belgariad, begun in Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, and Magician's Gambit—a fantasy set against a background of the war of men, Kings, and Gods that had spanned seven thousand years—a novel of fate, strange lands, and a prophecy that must be fulfilled!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5104 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>urous sequel to THE MALLOREAN, David Eddings tells the story of King Garion's abducted infant son and his efforts to save him. Unfortunately, he and his friends are detained by the friendly, but determined Zakath, who refuses to let them leave. As a horde of demons ravage the Cities and a plague lets loose its terrors, Garion has little time left to reach his destination, or the kidnapper wins by default.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5346 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>ed Queen Ehlana's realm. When an ambasador from the far-off Tamul Empire begged for help, Sparhawk, Ehlana's champion and Prince Consort, was the Emperor's last hope. For surely the knight who had killed the evil God Azash could prevail against the terror in Tamul. But waiting for him was a glittering court seething with corruption, treachery—and the greatest danger Sparhawk would ever face!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6575 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>''洗Come, Belgarion, Child of Light. I await thee in the City of Night . . .' A confrontation that has been prophesied for thousands of years is racing towards a conclusion. For as Garion comes into his heritage as the Rivan King, Overlord of the West, and takes up the Orb of Aldur to protect the land, Torak awakes and his evil hordes of Murgo soldiers and Grolim priests march in his name. While the princess Ce'Nedra mobilises the forces of the free lands to repel the invaders, Garion heads for his duel with Torak - a duel upon which the fate of the whole world depends...</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4959 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>A sequel to THE BELGARIAD, Garion has slain the evil God Torak, and fulfilled the prophecy. But suddenly another prophecy is foretold. Again a great evil is brewing in the East. And again Garion finds himself caught between two ancient Prophecies, with the fate of the world resting on him....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5747 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>e Orb of the God Aldur, Garion and Ce'Nedrea begin a great quest to rescue their kidnapped child. Making their way through the foul swamps of Nyisssa, then into the lands of the Murgos, they must ultimately face a horrible danger—to themselves and all mankind....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5987 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Selected as a 2003 Popular Paperback for Young Adults by the Young Adult Library Services Association Long ago, so the storyteller claimed, the evil God Torak sought dominion over all and drove the world to war. Now the one talisman keeping this sinister force from seizing power has been disturbedand no one will be safe. . . . Raised on a quiet farm by his Aunt Pol, Garion spends his days lounging in his aunt's warm kitchen and playing in the surrounding fields with his friends. He has never believed in magic, despite the presence of a cloaked, shadowless stranger who has haunted him from a distance for years. But one afternoon, the wise storyteller Wolf appears and urges Garion and his aunt to leave the farm that very night. Without understanding why, Garion is whisked away from the only home he has ever knownand thrown into dark and unfamiliar lands. Thus begins an extraordinary quest to stop a reawakened evil from devouring all that is good. It is a journey that will lead Garion to discover his heritage and his future. For the magic that once seemed impossible to Garion is now his destiny. The first exciting adventure in David Eddings's The Belgariad Pawn of Prophecyis the newest addition to the Del Rey Imagine program, which offers the best in fantasy and science fiction for readers twelve and up.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 3698 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>She soars above a world of warriors, kings, and priests. The daughter of Belgarath and the shape-shifter Poledra, she has fought wars, plotted palace coups, and worked her powerful magic for three thousand years. Now, Polgara looks back at her magnificent life, in this fitting crown jewel to the saga that is the Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorean cycles. Her hair streaked white by her father's first touch, her mind guided by a mother she will not see again for centuries, Polgara begins life in her Uncle Beldin's tower, and in the prehistorical, magical Tree that stands in the middle of the Vale. There, she first learns the reaches of her powers. There she assumes the bird shapes that will serve her on her adventures. And there she starts on the path toward her destiny as Duchess of Erat, shepherdess of the cause of good, adversary of Torak the One-Eyed Dragon God, and guardian of the world's last, best hope: the heir to the Rivan throne.</p><p class="description">Here is the legendary life story of a woman of wit, passion, and complex emotions, a woman born of two majestic parents who could not have been more unlike one another. Ordained to make peace and make war, to gain love and lose love, Polgara lives out her family's rich prophecy in the ceaseless struggle between the Light and the Dark.</p><p class="description">Polgara is the epic culmination of a magnificent saga, and a fitting farewell to a world which, once experienced, will never be forgotten.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 10713 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>"BELGARIAD is exactly the kind of fantasy I like. It has magic, adventure, humor, mystery, and a certain delightful human insight."PIERS ANTHONYThe master Sorcerer Belgarath and his daughter Polgara the arch-Sorceress were on the trail of the Orb, seeking to regain its saving power before the final disaster prophesized by the legends. And with them went Garion, a simple farm boy only months before, but now the focus of the struggle. He had never believed in sorcery and wanted no part of it. Yet with every league they traveled, the power grew in him, forcing him to acts of wizardry he could not accept.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4521 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Now in the final stages of their quest for his son, Garion and his companions travel to Kell to consult the only undamaged copy of the Malloreon Gospels. For centuries the Seers have guarded this book from the Grolims and even had their wizards put a curse of blindness on any Grolim who tried to enter Kell.</p><p class="description">So, as proclaimed in Guardians of the West, Belgarion the Godslayer sets out with those who must join him: the Eternal Man, the Guide, the Man with Two Lives, the Bearer of the Orb and the Silent Man, and the rest of his companions to The Place Which Is No More to make the final choice - darkness or light.</p><p class="description">But Zandramas the Sorceress will not be outdone. Though she may not enter Kell she still has young Geran and should she reach the final meeting place with him, then Garion must slay his son or the world will be no more.</p><p class="description">THUS ENDS THE EPIC STORY OF THE MALLOREON</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5755 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>As the bestselling THE Mallorean series contnues, Garion is pursuing Zandramas, in the form of a great dragon flying over them, across the known world. With the forces of evil threatening on both sides, Garion still had to get to the Place Which Is No More, as the Seeress of Kell had warned, but they had no idea where that might be....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4975 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>ndion Knight, and Queen's Champion have returned to Elenia after ten years of exile, only to find young Queen Ehlanda trapped in a block of ensorcelled crystal. As Sparhawk sets out to find a cure for Ehlana, he discovers that only he can defeat the evil plots that threaten her rule....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5318 (100%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>WAR TO THE DEATHThe Pandion Knight Sparhawk had bested the massed forces of the God Cyrgon upon the field of battle. But victory turned to ashes when the foul God's minions kidnapped Sparhawk's wife, the beautiful Queen Ehlana. Sparhawk must surrender Bhelliom, the awesome jewel of power—or Ehlana would die. But Cyrgon's lackeys had misjudged their foe. Sparhawk fought on, and none of his companions flinched from the awesome struggle, though each must vanquish forces of evil from Tamuli's dark past, and from fetid places beyond human ken.</p><p class="description">Still, the full magnitude of their peril was yet to be revealed...Cyrgon had dared the unthinkable: He had called forth Kleal, Bhelliom's opposite, to rend the very world asunder. Thus, as it had ever been decreed, would Bhelliom and Kleal contend for the fate of this world—even as the man Sparhawk must finally face the God Cyrgon, in mortal combat and alone...</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6903 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Descending into darkness, about to be overwhelmed by evil, those people still free are powerless to stop the coming dawn of a savage new world, while Richard faces the guilt of knowing that he must let it happen. Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he lovesÃ'¦and has lost. Join Richard and Kahlan in the concluding novel of one of the most remarkable and memorable journeys ever written. It started with one rule, and will end with the rule of all rules, the rule unwritten, the rule unspoken since the dawn of history. When next the sun rises, the world will be forever changed.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 9762 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>A milestone of storytelling set in the world of The Sword of Truth, Debt of Bones is the story of young Abby's struggle to win the aid of the wizard Zedd Zorander, the most important man alive.</p><p class="description">Abby is trapped, not only between both sides of the war, but in a mortal conflict between two powerful men. For Zedd, who commands power most men can only imagine, granting Abby's request would mean forsaking his sacred duty. With the storm of the final battle about to break, both Abby and Zedd are caught in a desperate fight to save the life of a child...but neither can escape the shadow of an ancient betrayal.</p><p class="description">With time running out, their only choice may be a debt of bones. The world-for Zedd, for Abby, for everyone-will never again be the same.</p><p class="description">Discover why millions of readers the world over have elevated Terry Goodkind to the ranks of legend.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 1034 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Terry Goodkind author of the enormously popular Sword of Truth novels, has forged perhaps his best novel yet, pitting Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell against threats to the freedom of the world that will take them to opposite ends of the world to defeat the forces of chaos and anarchy.</p><p class="description">Emperor Jagang is rising once again in the Old World and Richard must face him, on his own turf. Richard heads into the Old World with Cara, the Mord-Sith, while his beloved Kahlan remains behind. Unwilling to heed an ancient prophecy, Kahlan raises an army and goes into battle against forces threatening armed insurrection in the Midlands.</p><p class="description">Separated and fighting for their lives, Richard and Kahlan will be tested to the utmost.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 14087 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, Richard Cypher encounters a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, in his forest sanctuary. She seeks his help...and more. His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence. In their darkest hour, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sworda "to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed...or that their time has run out. This is the beginning. One book. One rule. Witness the birth of a legend. a oeWonderfully creative, seamless, and stirring.a a" Kirkus Review</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 10469 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>On the day she awoke remembering nothing but her name, Kahlan Amnell became the most dangerous woman alive. For everyone else, that was the day that the world began to end. As her husband, Richard, desperately searches for his beloved, whom only he remembers, he knows that if she doesn't soon discover who she really is, she will unwittingly become the instrument that will unleash annihilation. But Kahlan learns that if she ever were to unlock the truth of her lost identity, then evil itself would finally possess her, body and soul. If she is to survive in a murky world of deception and betrayal, where life is not only cheap but fleeting, Kahlan must find out why she is such a central figure in the war-torn world swirling around her. What she uncovers are secrets darker than she could ever have imagined.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 9952 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Richard Rahl has traveled far from his roots as a simple woods guide. Emperor of the D'Haran Empire, war wizard, the Seeker of Truth—none of these roles mean as much to him as his newest: husband to his beloved Kahlan Amnell, Mother Confessor of the Midlands. But their wedding day is the key that unlocks a spell sealed away long ago in a faraway country. Now a deadly power pours forth that threatens to turn the world into a lifeless waste. Separated from the Sword of Truth and stripped of their magic, Richard and Kahlan must journey across the Midlands to discover a dark secret from the past and a trap that could tear them apart forever. For their fate has become inextricably entwined with that of the Midlands—and there's no place so dangerous as a world without magic...</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 12531 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>An Epic of Awesome Power Kahlan has at last gained the one goal she had always thought was beyond her grasp .... love. Against all odds, the ancient bonds of secret oaths, and the dark talents of men long dead, Richard has won her heart. Amid sudden and disastrous events, Richard's life is called due to satisfy those treacherous oaths. To save his life, Kahlan must forsake Richard's love and cast him into the chains of slavery, knowing there could be no sin worse than such a betrayal. Richard is determined to unlock the secrets bound in the magic of ancient oaths and to again be free. Kahlan, alone with the terrible truth of what she has done, must set about altering the course of a world thrown into war. But even that may be easier than ever winning back the heart of the only man she will ever love.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 17681 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>On the red moon will come the firestorm...Wielding the Sword of Truth, Richard Rahl has battled death itself and come to the defense of the D'Haran people. But now the power-mad Emperor Jagang confronts Richard with a swift and inexorable foe: a mystical plague cutting a deadly swath across the land and slaying thousands of innocent victims.</p><p class="description">To quench the inferno, he must seek remedy in the wind...To fight it Richard and his beloved Kahlan Amnell will risk everything to uncover the source of the terrible plague-the magic sealed away for three millennia in the Temple of the Winds.</p><p class="description">Lightning will find him on that path...But when prophecy throws the shadow of betrayal across their mission and threatens to destroy them, Richard must accept the Truth and find a way to pay the price the winds demand...or he and his world will perish.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 12024 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Sequel to the New York Times bestselling Faith of the Fallen New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind has created his most lavish adventure yet. Tormented her entire life by inhuman voices, a young woman named Lauren seeks to end her intolerable agony. She at last discovers a way to silence the voices. For everyone else, the torment is about to begin. With winter descending and the paralyzing dread of an army of annihilation occupying their homeland, Richard Rahl and his wife Kahlan must venture deep into a strange and desolate land. Their quest turns to terror when they find themselves the helpless prey of a tireless hunter. Meanwhile, Lauren finds herself drawn into the center of a struggle for conquest and revenge. Worse yet, she finds her will seized by forces more abhorrent than anything she ever envisioned. Only then does she come to realize that the voices were real. Staggered by loss and increasingly isolated, Richard and Kahlan must stop the relentless, unearthly threat which has come out of the darkest night of the human soul. To do so, Richard will be called upon to face the demons stalking among the Pillars of Creation. Discover breathtaking adventure and true nobility of spirit. Find out why millions of readers the world over have elevated Terry Goodkind to the ranks of legend.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4828 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Basis for the television series Legend of the Seeker, launching in Fall 2008!Millions of readers the world over have been held spellbound by this valiant tale vividly told.</p><p class="description">Now, enter Terry Goodkind's world, the world of the Sword of Truth.</p><p class="description">In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher's forest sanctuary seeking help ... and more. His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence.</p><p class="description">In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword— to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed ... or that their time has run out.</p><p class="description">This is the beginning. One book. One Rule. Witness the birth of a legend.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 12224 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>An evil wind blows through Midkemia. Dark legions have risen up to crush the Kingdom of the Isles and enslave it to dire magics. The final battle between Order and Chaos is abotu to begin in the ruins of the city called Sethanon.</p><p class="description">Now Pug, the master magician sometimes known as Milamber, must undertake an awesome and perilous quest to the dawn of time to grapple with an ancient and terrible Enemy for the fate of a thousand worlds.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6258 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Magic and murder engulf the realm of Kelewan.  Fierce warlords ignite a bitter blood feud to enslave the empire of Tsuranuanni.  While in the opulent Imperial courts, assassins and spy-master plot cunning and devious intrigues against the rightful heir.  Now Mara, a young, untested Ruling lady, is called upon to lead her people in a heroic struggle for survival.  But first she must rally an army of rebel warriors, form a pact with the alien cho-ja, and marry the son of a hated enemy.  Only then can Mara face her most dangerous foe of all--in his own impregnable stronghold.  An epic tale of adventure and intrigue.  Daughter of the Empire is fantasy of the highest order by two of the most talented writers in the field today.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Phil Hastings was a lucky man-he had money, a growing reputation as a screenwriter, a happy, loving family with three kids, and he'd just moved into the house of his dreams in rural of magic-and about to be altered irrevocably by a magic more real than any he dared imagine. For with the Magic came the Bad Thing, and the Faerie, and then the cool. . .and the resurrection of a primordial war with a forgotten people-a war that not only the Hastings but the whole human race could lose."A contemporary novel of masterful horror replete with magic, fantasy, and more than a little stylish eroticism."— "The Washington Post. " "Feist writes skillfully and his imagination is prolific."— "Rave Reviews." "" "Absorbing, though-provoking, and thoroughly magical. Feist's skillfully crafted prose illuminates many of the darker sides of fairy stories. . .Try it as a bedtime story. . .but only on nights when you can take some time getting to sleep."— "The West Coast Review Of Books ."</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6555 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The dread plot to destroy the Empire of Great Kesh has failed. The Conclave of Shadows has ended the murderous Nighthawk brotherhood's horrific reign of terror and death. But the mad sorcerer, Leso Varen, has fled, taking refuge among the most powerful men and women on Kelewan—a world now threatened, along with Midkemia, by hordes of the most vicious warriors in the known universe. The great sorcerer Pug knows of no power that will vanquish these invaders. And now he, brave Magnus and Nakor, and a disturbing young stranger named Bek must venture into the poisonous heart of the Dasati realm—the most terrible place they have ever encountered—in a valiant, impossible attempt to turn the tides against the encroaching doom that would swallow their world.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4881 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The vile sorcerer Sidi plans to strike the kingdom a fatal blow, setting the murderous pirate Bear upon the high seas in pursuit of the vessel that is transporting Midkemia's most holy object; the Tear of the Gods. From this miraculous stone all magic power is believed to flow. And if the Tear becomes the mage's trinket, the future will hold only terror, death and unending night. For Squire James, Lieutenant William, and the able magician Jazhara, the race is on to rescue the remarkable artifact. For all manner of dark creatures are gathering with one unspeakable purpose: to breed the chaos that will hasten the destruction of Squire James and his brave companions . . . and bring about the total corruption of the Tear of the Gods.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4663 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>It is 9 years on from the aftermath of Sethanon and deadly forces are stirring on the horizon. The bringer of the latest grim tidings is Gorath, a moredhel (dark elf). At the root of all the unrest lie the mysterious machinations of a group of magicians known as The Six.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6060 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Adapted from the novel by New York Times best-selling author Raymond E. Feist, Magician: Apprentice is an exhilarating ride through a rich fantasy world that is hailed by fans and critics alike as "second only to The Lord of the Rings." The journey from Crydee to Krondor is wrought with peril, and an ambush by the dark elves known as the Moredhel has decimated Duke Borric's company of men. With the help of the Dwarven Chief Dolgan, what remains of the party must travel through the mines of Mac Mordian Cadal to find a new path to their destination. But the mines are anything but safe, and Tomas will discover something in them that will change his own path forever! Collects Magician Apprentice #7-12.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6661 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>He held the fate of two worlds in his hands... Once he was an orphan called Pug, apprenticed to a sorcerer of the enchanted land of Midkemia.. Then he was captured and enslaved by the Tsurani, a strange, warlike race of invaders from another world. There, in the exotic Empire of Kelewan, he earned a new name—"Milamber," He learned to tame the unnimagined powers that lay withing him. And he took his place in an ancient struggle against an evil Enemy older than time itself.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6199 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The world on the other side of the rift:  Kelewan, a land seething with political intrigue and deadly conspiracies.  Following the opulent panoply of Daughter Of The Empire and the dazzling pageantry of Servant Of The Empire comes the resounding conclusion to the Empire trilogy.Besieged by spies and rival houses, stalked by a secret and merciless brotherhood of assassins, the brilliant Lady Mara of the Acoma faces the most deadly challenge she has ever known.  The fearsome Black Robes see Mara as the ultimate threat to their ancient power.  In search of allies who will join her against them, Mara must travel beyond civilization's borders and even into the hives of the alien cho-ja.  As those near and dear to her fall victim to many enemies, Mara cries out for vengeance.  Drawing on all of her courage and guile she prepares to fight her greatest battle of all--for her life, her home, and the Empire itself.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>This Author’s Preferred Edition of Raymond E. Feist’s bestselling coming-of-age saga celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of its publication. Feist introduces a new generation of readers to his riveting novel of adventure and intrigue, revised and updated as he always meant it to be written. It is a work that explores strength and weakness, hope and fear, and what it means to be a man—in a kingdom where peace is the most precious commodity of all.</p><p class="description">If there were two more impetuous and carefree men in the Kingdom of the Isles, they had yet to be found. Twins Borric and Erland wore that mantle proudly, much to the chagrin of their father, Prince Arutha of Krondor. But their blissful youth has come to an end. Their uncle, the King, has produced no male children. Bypassing himself, Arutha names Borric, the eldest twin by seconds, the Royal Heir. As his brother, Erland will have his own great responsibilities to shoulder. To drive home their future roles, Arutha sends them as ambassadors to Kesh, the most feared nation in the world. Borric and Erland will be presented to the Queen of Kesh—the single most powerful ruler in the known world—at her Seventy-fifth Jubilee Anniversary. But they have not even left Krondor when an assassination attempt on Borric is thwarted. Aware that he is being provoked into war, Arutha does not rise to the bait. His sons’ journey will not be deterred, for nothing less than peace is riding on it. Yet there is to be no peace for the young princes. When their traveling party is ambushed, Borric disappears and is presumed dead—sending Erland into spirals of rage and grief as he is forced to navigate alone the court intrigues at Kesh. But unbeknownst to anyone, Borric lives and has escaped his captors. In a strange land, with a price on his head, Borric must use all his wits and stamina to find his way back to his brother. On separate paths, the two men—one a fugitive and one a future king—make their journey toward maturity, honor, and duty. For every step they take could sway the fragile peace of the land, as those who crave war rally against them—and become ever more daring.</p><p class="description">From the Hardcover edition.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5454 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>A loyal soldier and a wealthy merchant have served bravely in the flames of an enduring war that is ravaging their land. But swords, bows, wits and courage will no longer be enough to defeat the scourge that is descending upon their home. For a foul and terrible thing has escaped from a world already devoured to feed on one consumed by chaos—an insatiable nightmare creature of dark and murderous nature which seeks to own and corrupt the very source of life itselfThe final conflict is joined, pitting serpent against man and magician against demon. For those who battle in the cause of good, there will be victory . . . or there will be doom for all.</p><p class="description">There can be no other outcome.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 8013 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Surviving the wrath of the fearsome Sauur—a hideous race of invading serpents—noble Erik and cunning Roo have delivered a timely warning to the rulers of the Midkemian Empire, and are now free to pursue their separate destinies. Erik chooses the army—and the continuing war against Midkemia's dread enemies. Roo lusts for wealth and power—rising high and fast in theworld of trade. But with luxury comes carelessness and a vulnerability to the desires of the flesh. And a beautiful seductress with her ruthless machinations threatens to destroy everything Roo has built and become—summoning catastrophe into his future . . . and terror into his world.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6159 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Second in Feist &amp; Wurts' wonderful epic trilogy ' one of the most successful fantasy collaborations of all timeTHE EMPIRE TRILOGY: BOOK IINobody knows how to play the Game of the Council better than Mara of the Acoma. But when you're surrounded by deadly rivals intent on toppling you at every turn, you need to be the best simply to survive'Ś</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>A dread darkness is descending upon a great land called Midkemia—a powerful and malevolent race of monsters that has slipped through a hole in the dimensions. And two unlikely young heroes—a bastard heir denied his birthright and an irrepressible scoundrel with a penchant for thievery—must take up arms in the struggle to protect their besieged world...two friends chosen by Destiny to stand at the fore of the battle that is to come against the gargantuan reptile army of the terrible Emerald Queen.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6700 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The demon is no more.</p><p class="description">The enemy has been routed. But all is not well...Winter's icy grasp is loosening on the world. The Emerald Queen's vanquished army has its broken back to the Bitter Sea. And treachery is its only recourse. A lackey has declared himself Lord of the defeated, amassing the still fearsome remnants of a ruthless fighting force together for one final assault on a weakened, vulnerable realm. For the warriors who remained steadfast against terrible numbers, for the courageous souls who barely survived a devastating onslaught upon their homeland, the time to rebuild and renew has not yet come. The war is not over in Midkemia. And Jimmy and Dash—two young noble brothers who stand at the center of a gathering storm—are impelled to action that could secure a tenuous peace...or turn triumph into catastrophe. The demon is no more. The enemy has been routed. But all is not well...</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6514 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>A poisoned bolt has struck down the Princess Anita on the day of her wedding to Prince Arutha of Krondor. To save his beloved, Arutha sets out in search of the mytics herb called Silverthorn that only grows in the dark and forbidding land of the Spellweavers. Accompanied by a mercenary, a minstrel, and a clever young thief, he wil confront an ancient evil and do battle with the dark powers that threaten the enchanted realm of Midkemia.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4962 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Evil has come to a distant land high among the snow-capped mountains of Midkemia, as an exterminating army wearing the colors of the Duke of Olasko razes village after village, slaughtering men, women, and children without mercy. And when the carnage is done, only one survivor remains: a young boy named Kieli. A youth no longer, there is now but one road for him to travel: the path of vengeance. And he will not be alone. Under the tutelage of the rescuers who discovered him, Kieli will be molded into a sure and pitiless weapon. And he will accept the destiny that has been chosen for him ... as Talon of the Silver Hawk. But the prey he so earnestly stalks is hunting him as well. And Talon must swear allegiance to a shadowy cause that already binds his mysterious benefactors — or his mission, his honor, and his life will be lost forever.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5313 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Long recovered from the ravages of the Riftwar, the land and the people of the Kingdom of the Isles thrive on the bounty of good times. Nicholas, youngest son of Prince Arutha of Krondor is intelligent and gifted, but vastly inexperienced in worldly matters. In hopes of hardening him, his father sends him and his squire, Harry, to live at rustic Castle Crydee to learn of life beyond the halls of privilege. Thus begins the most harrowing experience of their young lives. Within weeks of Nicholas's arrival, Crydee is viciously attacked by assailants unknown. The result: murder, massive destruction, and the abduction of two young noblewomen, friends to the prince. And Crydee isn't the only town that's been hit - towns up and down the coast have suffered the same merciless devastation. From out of the wreckage two facts become clear. The raiders have come from the distant Sunset Islands, home to pirates of every stripe - and possibly even farther away than that. But more significant, these are no ordinary pirates: their mission is connected to dark magical forces that have threatened the Kingdom before. As brother to the future king, Nicholas feels compelled to follow the abductors and rescue those taken from Crydee - but the threat he ultimately faces is one that places the fate of all of his people in his inexperienced lands.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 9543 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The celebrated New York Times bestselling master of fantasy returns with the thrilling conclusion to his enthralling, explosive Darkwar Saga . . .   Wrath of a Mad God Book three of The Darkwar Saga   "At this very moment, a dome of black energy is being expanded in a vale in the far north. This is not merely an invasion, but the beginning of a colonization, a process that will end with the complete annihilation of every life-form on this world."   The Darkwar rages upon Midkemia and Kelewan, bringing bleak days of destruction and despair. To save the future of both worlds, the powerful sorcerer Pug and select members of the secretive Conclave of Shadows must journey deep into the dangerous realm of the bloodthirsty Dasati, there to carry out an audacious mission that has little, if any, chance of succeeding.   In Midkemia, young warriors Tad and Zane, and their fellow soldiers, protect the Kingdom from raiders. And Pug's beloved wife, Miranda, finds herself a prisoner of the Dasati and, even more ominously, of Pug's nemesis, the evil sorcerer Leso Varen.   Salvation may come from a friend thought long dead, an unlikely ally whose remarkable powers will be sorely needed in the momentous battle to come . . . a final, fevered onslaught against the most malevolent agents of evil ever known.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6651 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>An Epic of Two WorldsIn a world as rich and real as our own, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell stand against the ancient forces which besiege the New World— forces so terrible that when last they threatened, they could only be withstood by sealing off the Old World from whence they came. Now the barrier has been breached, and the New World is again beset by their evil power.</p><p class="description">War and treachery plague the world, and only Richard and Kahlan can save it from an armageddon of unimaginable savagery and destruction.</p><p class="description">Terry Goodkind, author of the brilliant bestsellers Wizard's First Rule and Stone of Tears, has created his most masterful epic yet, a sumptuous feast of magic and excitement replete with the wonders of his unique fantasy vision. An Epic of Two WorldsIn a world as rich and real as our own, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell stand against the ancient forces which besiege the New World— forces so terrible that when last they threatened, they could only be withstood by sealing off the Old World from whence they came. Now the barrier has been breached, and the New World is again beset by their evil power.</p><p class="description">War and treachery plague the world, and only Richard and Kahlan can save it from an armageddon of unimaginable savagery and destruction.</p><p class="description">Terry Goodkind, author of the brilliant bestsellers Wizard's First Rule and Stone of Tears, has created his most masterful epic yet, a sumptuous feast of magic and excitement replete with the wonders of his unique fantasy vision.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 9948 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Since the debut of Robert Jordan's internationally bestselling series in 1990, The Wheel of Time has transported readers to a world so strikingly real, so rich in detail and complexity, it seems to rise from memory rather than a printed page. This essential companion to The Wheel of Time is for the millions interested in the history and the background of this incredible series-never-before-told legends, previously unknown peoples and lands, exotic beasts, and portents of what may come to pass. With more than seventy new full-color paintings that include stunning new world maps, portraits of the central characters, landscapes, objects of Power, and national flags, this comprehensive guide is indispensable to any Robert Jordan fan</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>National best-selling fantasy legend Mercedes Lackey created a vivid, dynamic fusion of the Upper and Lower Kingdoms of ancient Egypt with the most exciting, authentic and believable portrayal of dragons ever imagined. In the second novel in Mercedes Lackey's richly-conceived Dragon Jousters series, the dragonrider Vetch escapes to Alta, the subjugated land of his birth. There, he hopes to teach his people to raise and train dragons-and build an army that will liberate his homeland.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Lackey's first major stand-alone novel set in Valdemar tells the legend of Lavan Firestorm, a young man blessed—and cursed—with a special talent for starting fires. His legend has haunted the darkest corners of Valdemar, yet the truth has never been told.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6057 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Granddaughter of the sorceress Kethry, daughter of a noble house, Kerowyn had been forced to run the family keep since her mother's untimely death. Yet now at last her brother was preparing to wed, and when his bride became the lady of the keep, Kerowyn could return to her true enjoyments - training horses and hunting. But all Kerowyn's hopes and plans were shattered when her anscestral home was attacked, her father slain, her brother wounded, and his fiancee kidnapped. Drive by desperation and the knowledge that a scorcerer had led the journey which would prove but he first step on the road to the fulfillment of her destiny.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>02 Two masters of epic fantasy have combined in this brilliant collaboration to create a rousing tale of the sort that becomes an instant favorite. This is the story of Shana, a halfbreed born of the forbidden union of an Elvenlord father and a human mother. Her exiled mother dead, she was rescued and raised by dragons, a proud, ancient race who existed unbeknownst to elven or humankind. From birth, Shana was the embodiment of the Prophecy that the all-powerful Elvenlords feared. Her destiny is the enthralling adventure of a lifetime. Two masters of epic fantasy have combined in this brilliant collaboration to create a rousing tale of the sort that becomes an instant favorite. This is the story of Shana, a halfbreed born of the forbidden union of an Elvenlord father and a human mother. Her exiled mother dead, she was rescued and raised by dragons, a proud, ancient race who existed unbeknownst to elven or humankind. From birth, Shana was the embodiment of the Prophecy that the all-powerful Elvenlords feared. Her destiny is the enthralling adventure of a lifetime.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 7770 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>In the sequel to The Elvenbane, chaos sweeps through the magical realm after Shana, an upstart halfblood known as the Elvenbane, and her ragtag band of outcasts, half-bloods, human slaves, and dragons challenges the power of the cruel Elvenlords. Reissue.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5362 (100%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>National best-selling fantasy author Mercedes Lackey creates a vivid, dynamic fusion of the cultures of ancient Egypt and legendary Atlantis with the most exciting and believable portrayal of dragons ever imagined. The first book in this thrilling new series introduces us to a young slave who dreams of becoming a jouster-one of the few warriors who can actually ride a flying dragon. And so, in secret, he begins to raise his own dragon...</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Chronicles the story of the most powerful Herald-Mage ever born, tracing his growth from youthful arrogance to a position of power and maturity in the kingdom of Valdemar</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  2/13/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5533 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br><b>Location 3092 • Bookmark</b><br><br><b>Location 3257 • Bookmark</b><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>With King Randale stricken by a mysterious illness and the powerful Herald-Mage Vanyel at the end of his strength, a neighboring kingdom is threatened by a magical holocaust</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>This exciting new anthology includes a new novella featuring Mercedes Lackey's most popular heroines, Tarma (one of the sword-sworn and most feared of all warriors) and Kethry (who wields magic and weapons for the greater good), whose fates are suddenly bound together in blood by the powers that control their destinies. Also included in the unique volume is the complete collection of Lackey's short stories about these two brave sisters as they answer the call of their destinies with sword and sorcery!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4774 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Evil had cast its shadow over the kingdom of Rethwellan. When Idra, leader of the Sunhawks mercenaries, failed to return from a journey to her home, Tarma and Kethry, warrior and mage, set out in search of their vanished leader.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6839 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Apprenticed to a venerable wizard when his hunter and trapper parents disappear into the forest never to be seen again, Darian is strong-willed and difficult—much to the dismay of his kindly master. But a sudden twist of fate will change his life forever, when the ransacking of his village forces him to flee into the great mystical forest. It is here in the dark forest that he meets his destiny, as the terrifying and mysterious Hawkpeople lead him on the path to maturity. Now they must lead the assault on his besieged home in a desperate attempt to save his people from certain death!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4858 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>From these two legendary fantasy authors comes the third and final volume in a powerful saga of war and magic, life and love. Darian has opened his heart to a beautiful young healer when he learns that his parents are still alive and trapped behind enemy borders.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5537 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>THE HEALING POWER OF MAGICIt has been four years since the orphan boy Darian sought sanctuary with the mysterious Tayledras Hawkbrothers when his village of Errold's Grove was sacked and burned by barbarians.</p><p class="description">Born a Valdemaran, but now steeped in the mystical ways of the Tayledras, it has become Darian's dream to be their emissary — forging an alliance and providing a diplomatic link with his own people.</p><p class="description">Back in Errold's Grove, a young woman, Keisha Alder, has taken over the job formerly held by Darian's old teacher, Wizard Justyn. With no formal education, working with only the natural instincts of her inborn Healing Gift, she has devoted herself to the care of the people of her now bustling community. Yet with the heightened empathy of her Gift, and the inability to shield herself because of her lack of training, it is becoming harder and harder for Keisha to bear the strains of everyday life.</p><p class="description">But when Darian returns to Errold's Grove with a small contingent of Hawkbrothers to warn the townsfolk,that another tribe of barbarians is approaching their village and advises them to evacuate their homes, Keisha refuses to flee. As a Healer she knows she will be needed if there is blooshed, and her Gift dictates that she stay, even if it puts her life in jeopardy. Yet how can one small band of Hawkbrothers and two Valdemaran teenagers with partially trained Gifts stand against the destructive might of a barbarian horde?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6192 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Jennifer Talldeer is Osage and Cherokee, granddaughter of a powerful Medicine Man. She walks a difficult path: contrary to tribal custom, she is learning a warrior's magics. A freelance private investigator, Jennifer spends hours tracking down stolen Indian artifacts.</p><p class="description">The construction of a new shopping mall uncovers fragments of human bone, revealing possible desecration of an ancient burial ground. the sabotage of construction equipment implicated Native American activists—particularly Jennifer's old flame, who is more attractive, and more dangerous, than ever. Worst of all, the grave of Jennifer's legendary medicine Man ancestor has been destroyed, his tools of power scattered, and a great evil freed to walk the land.</p><p class="description">Jennifer must stand against the darkness. If she wavers even for an instant, she will be annihilated, and the world will fall into oblivion. Jennifer Talldeer is Osage and Cherokee, granddaughter of a powerful Medicine Man. She walks a difficult path: contrary to tribal custom, she is learning a warrior's magics. A freelance private investigator, Jennifer spends hours tracking down stolen Indian artifacts.</p><p class="description">The construction of a new shopping mall uncovers fragments of human bone, revealing possible desecration of an ancient burial ground. the sabotage of construction equipment implicated Native American activists—particularly Jennifer's old flame, who is more attractive, and more dangerous, than ever. Worst of all, the grave of Jennifer's legendary medicine Man ancestor has been destroyed, his tools of power scattered, and a great evil freed to walk the land.</p><p class="description">Jennifer must stand against the darkness. If she wavers even for an instant, she will be annihilated, and the world will fall into oblivion.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5333 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The destruction of the ancient magical source of the mage storms by the combined forces of Valdemar and Karse has alleviated great peril to all the kingdoms of the West. But its annihilation is not without a heavy price, for it has permanently altered the laws of magic throughout the land. Can the kingdoms of the West gather their forces to learn a new system of magic in time to counter a devastating assault from the Eastern Empire--the most powerful enemy they have ever faced?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The threat of war from the powerful Eastern Empire has forced the kingdom of Valdemar into an uneasy coalition with its ancient enemy, the neighboring kingdom of Karse. But as mysterious mage storms threaten all the kingdoms of the West, even these combined magical resources may be enough. For unless the source of these storms can be found and destroyed, their entire world may perish in a final holocaust. The sequel to Storm Warning.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>A fantastic odyssey into the magical prehistory of the world of Valdemar—when Valdemar is as yet unformed—follows the perilous quest of the gryphon Skandranon Rashkae as he braves the dark spells and evil forces of Ma'ar. Reprint.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5733 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>San Francisco, 1905: Rosalind, a medieval scholar, is hired by Jason, a powerful sorcerer. His equally powerful enemy offers to restore her family fortune if she will betray Jason. And then the earthquake strikes.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5488 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>In the tradition of her acclaimed fairy-tale-inspired novel, The Serpent's Shadow, best-selling author Mercedes Lackey re-imagines Sleeping Beauty-as a dark and enchanting Edwardian fantasy.  Marina is the cherished daughter of the wealthy Roeswood family, practioners of Elemental Magic. But evil portents have warned her parents that Marina will be killed before her eighteenth birthday-by the hand of her own aunt.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5853 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Tarma witnessed her clan's murder and, swearing vengeance, became a master warrior. Kethry fled her forced "marriage" and became an adept—pledging her power to the greatest good. When Kethry obtains a magical sword which draws her to others in need, the two vow to avenge the wrongs done to womanhood.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 7069 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Living most of her 25 years in her native India, Maya Witherspoon is the daughter of a prominent British physician and a Brahmin woman of the highest caste—and a doctor herself. Maya's mother was a former priestess of the magic fueled by the powerful pantheon of Indian gods. When her parents are murdered, Maya flees to Edwardian London where she must master her own magic.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5224 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>A dozen years of peace have passed in the city of White Gryphon, and the residents have trained a new elite guard force—the Silver Gryphons. Blade and Tad, the offspring of Skandranon the Black Gryphon and Amberdrake the Healer, have completed training and accepted their first assignment—one that will take them to a dark tropical rain forest to face a nameless terror which even their fathers could never have envisioned.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4158 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The second in the Mage Wars series and the sequel to The Black Gryphon, this book begins 10 years after the magical Cataclysm that destroyed the stronghold mage, Urtho's people have founded a secure new city called White Gryphon. Secure, at least, until envoys of the mysterious Black Kings appear.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4575 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Princess Elspeth journeys to the Vale of the Tayledras Clan to seek Mage training among the powerful Hawkbrother Adepts, only to find that she and renegade adept Darkwind must confront the malevolent magic of Ancar of Hardorn. Reprint.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Lackey, who has enchanted readers since the publication of her first novel, Arrows of the Queen in 1987, scores another hit with the paperback release of the first book in an exciting new series. High magic had been lost to Valdemar when he gave his life to save his kingdom from destruction by the dark sorceries. Now it falls to Elspeth Herald, heir to the throne, to take up the challenge and seek a mentor who will awaken her mage abilities.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Book Three of The Mage Winds trilogy. No longer the willful novice of Winds of Fate, Princess Herald Elspeth has completed her magical training. She returns to her homeland with her beloved partner Darkwind. Will they be strong enough to confront the magical evil which is threatening their land?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>How far can a hero fall?</p><p class="description">Far enough to lose his soul?</p><p class="description">Dhamon Grimwulf, once a Hero of the Heart, has sunk into a bitter life of crime and squalor. Now, as the great dragon overlords of the Fifth Age coldly plot to strengthen their rule and to destroy their enemies, he must somehow find the will to redeem himself. But perhaps it is too late.</p><p class="description">Downfall marks the return of Dhamon and other characters from author Jean Rabe's bestselling Dragons of a New Age trilogy.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4794 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>A classic adventure from the creator of Drizzt! High in the Snowflake Mountains sits the Edificant Library, a place of scholarly study for priests, bards, and others. Now from the hidden vaults beneath the library a devastating curse is unleashed, and a young cleric must battle the terrifying creatures set loose by a malevolent, consuming essence that's been released, before his own brethren turn against him. Cadderly must put his studies to the test and enter the catacombs far below to save his brothers and himself.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 3759 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>ExileHostile in ways that a surface-dweller could never know, the tunnel-mazes of the Underdark challenge all who tread there. Among these souls are Drizzt Do'Urden and his magical cat, Guenhwyvar.</p><p class="description">Exiled from his drow homeland, Drizzt must fight for a new home in the boundless labyrinth. Meanwhile, he must watch for signs of pursuit — for the dark elves are not a forgiving race.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 3871 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>In this sequel to The Sword of Bedwyr, the Crimson Shadow must rouse the peasants and fierce tribes of Eriador to fight the demonic Wizard-King Greensparrow's bloodthirsty warriors and save their beloved city of Caer MacDonald.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4767 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Forced to end his carefree life aboard the Sea Sprite by a cryptic poem and a miscast spell, Drizzt and his companions journey from the Sword Coast to the Shining Mountains, where the renegade dark elf and friends forge new alliances, renew old friendships, and battle an evil that seeks to destroy them and their loved ones. Reprint.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4232 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>With each kill, I grow wiser, and with added wisdom, I grow stronger. Powerful assassin Artemis Entreri tightens his grip on the streets of Calimport, driven by the power of his hidden drow supporters. But his sponsor Jarlaxle grows ever more ambitious, and Entreri struggles to remain cautious and in control. Soon, the power of the malevolent Crystal Shard grows greater than them both, threatening to draw them into a vast web of treachery from which there will be no escape.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4443 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>This slip-covered gift set contains the four New York Times best-selling titles that make up the Legacy of the Drow series: The Legacy, Starless Night, Siege of Darkness, and Passage to Dawn. Each of these titles center around R.A. Salvatore's signature dark elf character.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4368 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>This three-book set is perfect for collectors and an ideal gift for readers unfamiliar with the Forgotten Realms setting. The Dark Elf Trilogy—Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn—are enclosed in a hard-sided slipcover case featuring the cover art from the series.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4059 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>An oath sworn in friendship takes Drizzt Do'urden on a quest like no other - to find the legendary Mithril Hall, birthplace of Bruenor Battlehammer and his dwarven ancestors! But even as Drizzt searches for the key to Bruenor's past, he is forced to confront his own tragic history all over again...</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The prequel series to "The Ghost King" comes to an explosive end! Cadderly journeys home to the Edificant Library, hoping to rebuild his shattered life—but the chaos curse has one last surprise in store for him. Failure means the loss of his beloved Danica, success might usher in a new era for the followers of Denier.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 3115 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Drizzt Do'Urden has settled in the windswept towns of Icewind Dale. There, he encounters a young barbarian named Wulfgar, captured in a raid and made the ward of a grizzled dwarf name Bruenor. With Drizzt's help, Wulfgar will grow from a feral child to a man with the heart of a dwarf, the instincts of a savage, and the soul of a hero. But it will take even more than that to defeat the demonic power of Crenshininbon, the fabled Crystal Shard.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4494 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Adapting R.A. Salvatore's acclaimed novel! The feared assassin Artemis Entreri has kidnapped Regis! But the Halfling has some very formidable allies - Drizzt Do'urden and Wulfgar! The companions from Icewind Dale will find themselves battling pirates on the famed Sword Coast, braving the deserts of Calimshan, and fighting otherworldly creatures - all in the name of friendship!</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 3850 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>"Let the damned drow come!"All about me I saw excitement, in the dwarves, in Catti-brie, even in Regis, the halfling known more for preparing lunch and nap than for war. I felt it, too. That tingling anticipation, that camaraderie that had me and all the others patting each other on the back, offering praises for the simplest of additions to the common defense, and raising our voices together in cheer whenever good news was announced. What was it? It was more than shared fear, more than giving thanks for what we had while realizing that it might soon be stolen away. I didn't understand it then, in that time of frenzy, in that euphoria of frantic preparations. Now, looking back, it is an easy thing to recognize.</p><p class="description">It was hope.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4057 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>When the vile Crystal Shard once again reveals itself, Drizzt must race against his most formidable enemies in hopes of destroying it before it finds the one being that can help it enslave the world: a dark elf named Jarlaxle. Winner of the Origins Award for best game-related novel of 1998,The Silent Blademarked the return of Drizzt to the wind-swept tundra of the Forgotten Realms world. This deluxe reissue features a new Todd Lockwood cover and an introduction fromThe New York Timesbest-selling author Philip Athans, who has served as Salvatore's editor for almost a decade, starting with the original release of this book.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4254 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Give the gift of Drizzt!</p><p class="description">Drizzt delivers the hated crystal shard to the scholar-priest Cadderly who Drizzt hopes will finally be able to destroy it–but instead it winds up in the hands of Jarlaxle, the last person who should ever possess so powerful an artifact. Then Wulfgar, mentally shattered by years of torture in the hellish Abyss, falls low in the streets of Calimport–so low the great warhammer Aegis-fang is stolen from him. And in the final novel, the companions are reunited in a quest for Aegis-fang, and peace for their barbarian friend.</p><p class="description">This new slipcase edition collects the final three volumes in the thirteen-book Legend of Drizzt®: The Silent Blade, The Spine of the World, and Sea of Swords.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4441 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>For 20 years Eriador has suffered under the evil power of the Wizard King Greensparrow. Luthien Bedwyr is too young and privileged to truly understand the situation—until the night a close friend is murdered by the king's thugs. In anger, Luthien flees home, teaming up with Oliver deBurrows and the wizard Brind 'Amour in a rebellion against the overlords.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 3383 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Drizzt at his scimitar-slashing best!</p><p class="description">When Drizzt believes that his friends have been killed, trampled under the feet of a rampaging horde of orcs, the Hunter takes over and the already dangerous dark elf goes feral. Alone in the wilderness against an enemy that outnumbers him thousands to one, the lone drow is the most dangerous being in the unforgiving mountains of the frigid North. But is he as dangerous to himself, as he is to the orcs in his sights?</p><p class="description">This deluxe gift set includes the books The Thousand Orcs, The Lone Drow, and The Two Swords.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4617 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Born without magic, Joram was one of the Dead, denied the throne of Merilon. For years, he lived  among outlaws, surviving by wit and  sleight-of-hand. Now, wielding the powerful, magic absorbing  Darksword, Joram retums to the enchanted Kingdom that  once was his home to win revenge and claim his  birthright. Here he will test Bishop Vanya and his  fierce army of Duuk-tsarith in a battle unlike any  their world has known. Joined by the scholarly catalyst Saryon, the young mage Mosiah, and the  trickster Simkin, Jorma confronts the shattering  secret of his past and discovers the ancient prophecy  that puts the fate of the world in his hands—the hands that forged the Darksword.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6262 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The start of a new epic trilogy set in the world of Dragonlance. The War of Souls The people of Krynn have known war in past ages. Some are still alive who remember the triumph of good at the conclusion of the War of the Lance. Still more remember the devastation of the Chaos War, which ended the Fourth Age of the world. But now a new war is about to begin, more terrible than any have known. This war is one for the very heart and soul of the world itself. Forty years have passed since the devastating Chaos War, when the gods departed Krynn. Cruel and powerful dragons have seized control of Ansalon, dividing the continent among them and demanding tribute from the people they have enslaved. Heroes of the past have gone to their well-deserved rest. Now new heroes take their place to continue the battle against evil. Change — for good or for ill — comes to the world. A violent magical storm sweeps over Ansalon, bringing flood and fire, death and destruction. Out of the tumult rises a strange, mystic young woman. Her destiny is bound up with that of Krynn. For she alone knows the truth about the future, a future strangely and inextricably tied to the terrifying mystery in Krynn's past.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 7711 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>As the War of Souls continues, the shield over the elven kingdom of Silvanesti falls. Mina leads her forces triumphantly into that conquered nation, only to face danger from friends and foes alike. Meanwhile, Goldmoon follows the river of the dead, which threatens to engulf them all. "Dragons of a Lost Star" expands on the War of Souls saga and forms the point around which subsequent novels will revolve.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 7114 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The flames of war devour Ansalon. The army of dead souls marches toward conquest, led by the mystical warrior Mina, who serves the powerful One God.</p><p class="description">A small band of heroes, driven to desperate measures, leads the fight against overwhelming odds.</p><p class="description">Two unlikely protagonists emerge. One is a dragon overlord who will not easily relinquish her rule. The other is an irrepressible kender who has been on a strange and remarkable journey that will end in startling and unforeseen fashion.</p><p class="description">The stirring climax of the War of Souls.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6440 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Primed for a battle between good and evil, Raistlin, the corrupt mage, returns to the Dragonlance series, along with a new generation of characters, the inheritors of the fabled Heroes of the Lance. Reissue.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 12485 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>/Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman In the enchanted realm of Merilon, magic is life. Born without magical abilities, Joram is left for dead but grows to manhood with the help of his constant vigilance and sleight-of-hand skills. When he meets the scholarly catalyst Saryon, the two join forces, attempting to forge the powerful magic-absorbing Darksword and ov</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6024 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>It is twenty years since the once-magical land of Thimhallan was shattered by the forging of the Darksword.  The survivors of that catastrophe now live on Earth, bereft of magic and hope, forbidden to return home.</p><p class="description">Only Joram remains behind on the world ravaged by his Darksword.  Although the magic weapon has been destroyed—and with it, Joram's power—rumors have risen that Joram has forged a second Darksword.</p><p class="description">Now, as a merciless alien race threatens Earth with annihilation, Earth's desperate leaders look to Joram as their only hope.  But even as his old friend Saryon begins the perilous journey to seek his aid, the embittered Joram has his own plans for the weapon.</p><p class="description">And Joram is not the only one.  Soon a new menace looms, foreshadowing betrayal, enslavement, and death to humans and Thimhallans alike.</p><p class="description">Returning to one of their best-loved fantasy series, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman bring alive a sweeping tale of intrigue and magic.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4185 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The last title in the second Dragonlance novel trilogy, now available for the first time in hardcover.</p><p class="description">The third and last title in the second Dragonlance novel trilogy will be released for the first time ever in a trade hardcover edition. Featuring the stunning art and design that graced the cover of the paperback edition, the new version of this series is a follow-up to the release of the Dragonlance novels Chronicles trilogy in hardcover in 2003. It also continues the planned release of all core Weis &amp; Hickman titles in trade hardcover, allowing fans and collectors alike the chance to obtain the entire set.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 3955 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>War can get a fellow killed.</p><p class="description">The fearless draconians of the War of the Lance have retired from the field of battle to a pleasant valley in the Kharolis Mountains. Well, it would be pleasant, if it weren't for some dwarves, whose irritating feuding prevents the draconians from realizing their greatest hope — the ability to continue their doomed race.</p><p class="description">When the dwarves discover a map leading to a fortune buried in the dwarven kingdom of Thorbardin, the draconians are swept up in a feverish race for treasure. Little do both sides realize that they are part of the strange and terrible destiny descending upon Krynn during the Summer of Flame.</p><p class="description">A desinty that includes the children of Chaos . . . the fire dragons!</p><p class="description">The Doom Brigade is the first installment in The Chaos War series, stories set during the war of the Dragons of Summer Flame, the New York Times best-selling novel co-authored by Margaret Weis.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 991 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Khardan, Zohra, and the wizard Mathew attempt an impossible journey across the vast desert, the Sun's Anvil, to face in combat their mortal enemies, led by Khardan's brother, Achmed</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>/Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman Joram and his wife, Gwendolyn, return from beyond the Border to reclaim their rightful place in Merilon. Rejoined by Saryon, Mosiah and Simkin, Joram must confront the evil sorcerer, Menju, and his army of Technologists in a final apocalyptic battle to fulfill the ancient prophecy of the Darksword—to either save the world</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5262 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The second title in the second Dragonlance novel trilogy, now available for the first time in hardcover.</p><p class="description">The second title in the second Dragonlance novel trilogy is now being released for the first time ever in a trade hardcover edition. Featuring the stunning art and design that graced the cover of the paperback edition, the new version of this series is a follow-up to the release of the Dragonlance novels Chronicles trilogy in hardcover in 2003. It also continues the planned release of all of the core Weis &amp; Hickman titles in trade hardcover, allowing fans and collectors alike the chance to obtain the entire set in hardcover. The second title in the second Dragonlance novel trilogy, now available for the first time in hardcover.</p><p class="description">The second title in the second Dragonlance novel trilogy is now being released for the first time ever in a trade hardcover edition. Featuring the stunning art and design that graced the cover of the paperback edition, the new version of this series is a follow-up to the release of the Dragonlance novels Chronicles trilogy in hardcover in 2003. It also continues the planned release of all of the core Weis &amp; Hickman titles in trade hardcover, allowing fans and collectors alike the chance to obtain the entire set in hardcover.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5475 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Since time began, twenty Gods have ruled the  universe. Though each god possessed different  abilities, each was all-powerful within his realm. Now  one of the Gods has upset the balance of power,  leaving the others scrambling for control in the new  order... Here is the epic tale of  the Great War of the Gods--and the proud people  upon whom the fate of the world depends. When the  God of the desert, Akhran the Wanderer, declares  that two clans must band together despite their  centuries-old rivalry, their first response is  outrage. But they are a devout people and so reluctantly  bow to his bidding. Enemies from  birth, the headstrong Prince Khardan and impetuous  Princess Zohra must unite in marriage to stop  Quar, the God of Reality, Greed, and Law, from  enslaving their people. But can Khardan  and Zohra keep from betraying each other? Can  their two peoples maintain their fragile alliance  until the long-awaited flowering of the legendary Rose of the Prophet? Against the powerful legions of the evil Amir, Khardan and Zohra  fight to save the desert people--a fight  unexpectedly joined by an exiled wizard named Matthew and  the mysterious powers of his alien land.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Preeminent storytellers Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman have redefined epic fantasy. Since the publication of their Dragonlance series, millions of readers have enjoyed their imaginative world-building, rich characterization, and intricate storylines. Now these bestsellingauthors bring their talents to one of the most innovative fantasy creations ever in Dragon Wing, the first volume in The Death Gate Cycle.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6502 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Dragons from the distant past gather to engulf the world of Krynn in war.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6139 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Finally armed with dragonlances, a group of heroes, composed of a knight, barbarian, dwarf, and half-elf, face a deadly showdown with the evil dragons and Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5382 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>When dragons invade the land, a small band of heroes, including a knight, barbarian, dwarf, and half-elf, begin the search for the magical Dragon Orb and Dragonlance.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5740 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>On steamy Pryan, never-ending sunlight and plentiful rain have created a jungle so vast that humans and elves dwell high in the trees and only dwarves live anywhere near the ground. From the treetops the aristocratic elves sell weapons to the other races, whose incessant warfare sends a steady steam of profits and essential resources skyward. Now, generations of dissent and race hatred will not heal — not even under the threat of annihilation at the hands of legendary Titans. Armed with little more than their wits and prophecy, an elf, a human, and a dwarf must unite to try to save the world from destruction.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5530 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Abarrach, the Realm of stone. Here, on a barren  world of underground caverns built around a core of  molten lava, the lesser races — humans, elves,  and dwarves — seem to have all died off. Here, too,  what may well be the last remnants of the once  powerful Sartan still struggle to survive. For Haplo  and Alfred — enemies by heritage, traveling  companions by necessity — Abarrach may reveal more than  either dares to discover about the history of  Sartan... and the future of all their descendants.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5719 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>eath Gate universe. Haplo, targeted for death by two assassins, and Alfred enter the terrifying Labyrinth, a prison maze guarded by fearsome creatures. Meanwhile, the Lord of the Nexus raises an army from the dead to attack the Tytans.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6542 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>After the four worlds Alfred has at last found  his people on Chelstra, the realm of sea. But his  travels have taught him to be cautious... and  Alfred soon realizes his caution is justified, even  among his own kind. The one person Alfred can trust  is, strangely, Haplo the Patryn. But Haplo's lord  has decreed all Sartan to be the enemy, and Haplo  dares not go against his lord. Now the companions  have arrived in a land where humans, elves, and  dwarves have learned to live in peace. Unaware of an  even greater threat to all the realms, it is  Sartan and Patryn who will disrupt this alliance of the  lesser races in their struggle to gain control of  all four worlds. Only Alfred and Haplo realize  that they have a much older — and more powerful —  enemy than each other...</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5927 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>With the publication of their first fantasy novel, New York Times bestselling authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman were an instant success. Seven years later, there are nearly ten million copies of their novels in print around the world. Their most ambitious project to date, the Death Gate novels showcase the lively imagination of this innovative duo. The first four volumes in the seven-book cycle each introduced a distinct and fully developed world with its individual story, each written in a different voice. In the final three volumes, an age-old battle to control all of the realms rages anew as Sartan and Patryn - powerful races who once believed they were gods - rediscover their old hatred of one another...and that they have an even more terrifying enemy in common. Haplo the Patryn has been ordered by the Lord of the Nexus to explore the elemental realms - Arianus, Realm of Sky; Pryan, Realm of Fire; Abarrach, Realm of Stone: Chelestra, Realm of Sea - and to instigate chaos where he can. Though Haplo discovered his archnemesis Alfred the Sartan early on, the two were drawn to one another and came to travel together more often as time passed. Side by side, they found small bits of forgotten information that help them understand the long-ago Sundering of their universe into four realms. But now Alfred has been imprisoned in the deadly Labyrinth, the very same Labyrinth from which Haplo once escaped. Haplo himself and the human child Bane have been sent once again to Arianus to further their master's work. Chaos seems everywhere, a perfect setup for the Lord of the Nexus. Still, Haplo is troubled. Amidst the maelstrom of Arianus, all is not as it should be. Bane is too eager toprove his loyalty to his lord...perhaps at Haplo's expense. Somehow, the assassin Hugh the Hand has been resurrected - and he has a job to complete. But, most important, the evil force Haplo and Alfred discovered on Arianus has escaped. Haplo must decide whether to obey the Lord of t</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 7134 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The Seventh Gate is the thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. In this tale of treachery, power, and heroism, Alfred, Haplo, and Marit embark on a journey of death and discovery as they seek to enter the dreaded Seventh Gate. Encountering enemies both old and new, they unleash a magic no power can control, damning themselves to an apocalypse of unimagined proportion in a final struggle between good and evil.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4059 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Treachery threatens the Dominion of Annagar as two power-hungry men—a skilled general and a sorcerer—seek to overthrow the clan of Leonne, whose control over the magic of the Sun Sword has kept the peace. Original.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 12717 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>This third novel in the spellbinding fantasy series takes readers to the opening moves in a series of momentous wars involving the powerful Shining Court. The Court's demons create magical masks for the Festival of the Moon containing a menacing trap. Will the Court triumph . . . or will humankind have one last chance to defeat the demon's Lord?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 13593 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>After treacherous powers within the Dominion slaughter the ruling clan and seize the crown, Valedan, the sole surviving heir of a neighboring empire, sets out to claim the crown and head off a war that could free the Lord of Night. Original.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 12466 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>

<h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>To prove his claim to a throne stolen from his family, Valedan kai di'Leonne seeks to win the contest known as the King's Challenge. As forces of magic and politics array themselves against Valedan, he finds unexpected allies in unlikely places. This sequel to The Broken Crown (NAL, 1997) delivers a lushly complex tale of dynastic intrigue and martial prowess that should appeal to fans of panoramic fantasy.<br>Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>The uneasy peace within the Dominion's borders was shattered when treacherous forces seized the crown by slaughtering all members of the ruling Clan Leonne. Now, in a neighboring empire, the sole surviving heir to the throne, a young man never destined to rule, must prove his worthiness to claim the crown, even as his family's murderers and their sinister demonic allies plot his doom. </p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The wars of light and shadow  With the appalling destruction of the Vastmark warhost, recoil and grief reshapes the balance of power in the Five Kingdoms. Two half brothers, cursed by a Mistwraith to a lifelong enmity, are set into violent conflict: Lysaer, Prince of the Light. Arithon, Master of Shadow. And there are those between who will stop at nothing to fulfill secret desires and consolidate their own power. With faction set against faction, heart set against heart, and spells of high mastery engaged to cast down the ancient mysteries, the moves made by hunters and fugitive alike will remake the course of world destiny.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 9645 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The half-brothers Arithon, Master of Shadow, and Lysaer, Lord of Light, have defeated the Mistwraith and dispersed the fogs that smothered Athera's skies. But their victory comes at a high price: the Mistwraith has set them at odds under a powerful curse of vengeance. The two princes are locked in deadly enmity, with the fates of nations and the balance of the world's mystical powers entangled in their feud. Arithon, forced out of hiding, finds himself hounded by Lysaer and his mighty army. He must take to his natural element—the seas—in order to evade pursuit and steal the initiative. However, his efforts are impeded by outside magical factions, not to mention a drunken prophet sent to safeguard his life, but who seems determined to wreck his cause by misadventure.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 14450 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">Tricked once more by his wily half-brother, Lysaer, Lord of Light, arrives at the tiny harbor town of Merior to find that Arithon's ship yards have been abandoned and meticulously destroyed, and that the Master of Shadow has disappeared as if into thin air. Meanwhile Arithon and the Mad Prophet Dakar are traveling on foot through the treacherous Kelhorn Mountains towards the Vastmark clans, there to raise further support for his cause. But raising a warhost is a costly business. Is it mere coincidence that Princess Talith—Lysaer's beautiful, headstrong wife—is taken captive and held for a vast ransom by a master brigand? The forces of light and shadow circle and feint, drawing ever closer to a huge conflict. And in the background the Fellowship of Seven Sorcerers and the Koriani Enchantresses watch and plan, and wait.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 7564 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Unexpectedly homeless for the festive season and exhausted from transforming the penthouse of the hotel where she works into a dazzling winter wonderland, chambermaid Evie Anderson secretly sleeps over. Woken by an outrageously sensual kiss, Evie feels her body come alive…until she realizes her seducer is Rio Zacarelli, her dangerously attractive new boss! This Christmas, it's imperative that Rio's reputation appear spotless—but innocently enticing Evie is a temptation he can't resist! Their scorching chemistry leads to twelve nights of endless pleasure. But will it last once the decorations come down?</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 2715 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>All Atlantis seeks the Jewel of Dunamis, which legend claims can overcome any enemy. Grayson James, human agent of the ultrasecret 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 once he meets this precious gem, destroying her is the last thing on his mind….Jewel, part goddess, part prophet, needs Gray's help to win her freedom. Gray needs her wisdom to navigate monster-ridden Atlantis. But need blossoms into passionate love as they battle demons, dragons and vampires—and fight for a future that seems impossible….</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><div><h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; "><em>A Lords of the Underworld tale</em></span></h3><p>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 temptation….m.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>He is the guardian of hell, more monster than man. She is the goddess of oppression, more angel than woman. Together they will enter the flames to battle a dangerous horde of demon lords — and discover a passion unlike any other.... Don't miss this sizzling prequel to Gena Showalter's breathtaking new paranormal series, The Lords of the Underworld! Though they carry an eternal curse, the Lords of the Underworld are irresistibly seductive — and unimaginably powerful....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 737 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>In The Mirror of Her Dreams, the dazzling first volume of Mordant’s Need, New York Times bestselling author Stephen R. Donaldson introduced us to the richly imagined world of Mordant, where mirrors are magical portals into places of beauty and terror. Now, with A Man Rides Through, Donaldson brings the story of Terisa Morgan to an unforgettable conclusion. . . .Aided by the powerful magic of Vagel, the evil Arch-Imager, the merciless armies are marching against the kingdom of Mordant. In its hour of greatest need, two unlikely champions emerge. One is Geraden, whose inability to master the simplest skills of Imagery has made him a laughingstock. The other is Terisa Morgan, transferred to Mordant from a Manhattan apartment by Geraden’s faulty magic. Together, Geraden and Terisa discover undreamed-of talents within themselves—talents that make them more than a match for any Imager . . . including Vagel himself.Unfortunately, those talents also mark them for death. Branded as traitors, they are forced to flee the castle for their lives. Now, all but defenseless in a war-torn countryside ravaged by the vilest horrors Imagery can spawn, Geraden and Terisa must put aside past failures and find the courage to embrace their powers—and their love—before Vagel can spring his final trap.</p></div>


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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>With The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen R. Donaldson changed the face of fantasy fiction forever. In The Mirror of Her Dreams, the astonishing first novel in the two-volume Mordant’s Need series, Donaldson shows us a world of wondrous beauty and seductive illusion, where mirrors hold the deadliest of magics and nothing is what it seems. . . .The daughter of rich but neglectful parents, Terisa Morgan lives alone in a New York City apartment, a young woman who has grown to doubt her own existence. Surrounded by the flat reassurance of mirrors, she leads an unfulfilled life—until the night a strange man named Geraden comes crashing through one of her mirrors, on a quest to find a champion to save his kingdom of Mordant from a pervasive evil that threatens the land. Terisa is no champion. She wields neither magic nor power. And yet, much to her own surprise, when Geraden begs her to come back with him, she agrees.Now, in a culture where women are little more than the playthings of powerful men, in a castle honeycombed with secret passages and clever traps, in a kingdom threatened from without and within by enemies able to appear and vanish out of thin air, Terisa must become more than the pale reflection of a person. For the way back to Earth is closed to her. And the enemies of Mordant will stop at nothing to see her dead.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>perial Princess of Tolnedra, had joined a dangerous mission to recover the stolen Orb that supposedly protected the West from the evil God Torak. And somehow, she found herself feeling quite tender for Garion, the innocent farm boy, who would be forced into the strange tower in the center of all evil to retrieve the Orb by himself.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4075 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><div><p>A collection of the various prophecies and viewings connected to the Wheel of Time.</p><p>~~</p><p>http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Prophecies</p></div>

<div><p>Various prophecies related to WoT.</p><p><br></p><p>~~</p><p><br></p><p></p><p>The Wheel of Time Prophecies - The Wheel of Time - - 00 - (Rie)</p><p>- Bookmark Loc. 80 | Added on Thursday, January 01, 1970, 02:43 AM</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>==========</p><p>The Wheel of Time Prophecies - The Wheel of Time - - 00 - (Rie)</p><p>- Bookmark Loc. 165 | Added on Thursday, January 01, 1970, 02:45 AM</p><p><br></p><p>==========</p><p>The Wheel of Time Prophecies - The Wheel of Time - - 00 - (Rie)</p><p>- Bookmark Loc. 171 | Added on Thursday, January 01, 1970, 02:48 AM</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>==========</p><p>The Wheel of Time Prophecies - The Wheel of Time - - 00 - (Rie)</p><p>- Bookmark Loc. 200 | Added on Thursday, January 01, 1970, 02:52 AM</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>==========</p><p>The Wheel of Time Prophecies - The Wheel of Time - - 00 - (Rie)</p><p>- Bookmark Loc. 650 | Added on Thursday, January 01, 1970, 03:01 AM</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>==========</p><p>The Wheel of Time Prophecies - The Wheel of Time - - 00 - (Rie)</p><p>- Bookmark Loc. 1039 | Added on Thursday, January 01, 1970, 03:09 AM</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>==========</p><p>The Wheel of Time Prophecies - The Wheel of Time - - 00 - (Rie)</p><p>- Bookmark Loc. 1061 | Added on Thursday, January 01, 1970, 03:09 AM</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>==========</p><p>The Wheel of Time Prophecies - The Wheel of Time - - 00 - (Rie)</p><p>- Bookmark Loc. 1066 | Added on Thursday, January 01, 1970, 03:10 AM</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>==========</p><p>The Wheel of Time Prophecies - The Wheel of Time - - 00 - (Rie)</p><p>- Bookmark Loc. 1080 | Added on Thursday, January 01, 1970, 03:13 AM</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>==========</p><p>The Wheel of Time Prophecies - The Wheel of Time - - 00 - (Rie)</p><p>- Bookmark Loc. 1094 | Added on Thursday, January 01, 1970, 03:17 AM</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>==========</p><p>The Wheel of Time Prophecies - The Wheel of Time - - 00 - (Rie)</p><p>- Bookmark Loc. 1104 | Added on Thursday, January 01, 1970, 03:18 AM</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>==========</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Just once, mild-mannered Jane Kurtz wished she had the nerve to go for what she wants. And she really wants her neighbor, bad boy Perry Brewer. But he's totally out of her league.until she wins the lottery and decides, once and for all, to change her life. So she heads out to Vegas for the ultimate bad-girl makeover! Poor sexy Perry won't know what hit him.</p><p class="description">The woman's driving him crazy! Perry's been trying to get Jane's attention for days, with no luck. Now she's all alone in Vegas and, well, somebody's got to look after her. What's a decent guy to do? But after he sees Jane in all her new naughtiness, there's no way he's going to be able to stop at just looking....</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 2124 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>With Wizard's First Rule and seven subsequent masterpieces, Terry Goodkind has thrilled readers worldwide with the unique sweep of his storytelling. Now Goodkind returns with a new novel of Richard and Kahlan, the beginning of a sequence of three novels that will bring their epic story to its culmination.</p><p class="description">After being gravely injured in battle, Richard awakes to discover Kahlan missing. To his disbelief, no one remembers the woman he is frantically trying to find. Worse, no one believes that she really exists, or that he was ever married. Alone as never before, he must find the woman he loves more than life itself....if she is even still alive. If she was ever even real.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 9303 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>

<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>“How much of this blood is his?” “Most of it, I’m afraid,” a second woman said as they both rushed along beside him. As Richard fought to focus his mind on his need to remain conscious, the breathless voices sounded to him as if they were coming from some great dim distance. He wasn’t sure who they were. He knew that he knew them, but right then it just didn’t seem to matter. The crushing pain in the left side of his chest and his need for air had him at the ragged edge of panic. It was all he could do to try to pull each crucial breath. Even so, he had a bigger worry. Richard struggled to put voice to his burning concern, but he couldn’t form the words, couldn’t get out any more than a gasping moan. He clutched the arm of the woman beside him, desperate to get them to stop, to get them to listen. She misunderstood and instead urged the men carrying him to hurry, even though they already panted with the effort of bearing him over the rocky ground in the deep shade among the towering pines. They tried to be as gentle as possible, but they never dared to slow. Not far off, a rooster crowed in the still air, as if this were an ordinary morning like any other. Richard observed the storm of activity swirling around him with an odd sense of detachment. Only the pain seemed real. He remembered hearing it once said that when you died, no matter how many people were with you, you died alone. That's how he felt now - alone. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>One of the most popular writers of fantasy today, Terry Goodkind divides his time between Maine and Nevada. </p></div></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Nell Ruthven thought she'd missed her chance to be a mom when, at age nineteen, she was forced to give up her baby for adoption. Now Nell's discovered she has a tiny grandson in need of care. And her teenage sweetheart, cattleman Jacob Tucker, is in town.... </p><p>At thirty-nine, this couple never thought they'd be parents, let alone grandparents! They never even thought they'd see each other again. But taking care of baby Sam gives them a second chance maybe even a second chance to fall in love....</p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The second in a series of recovers of classic Dragonlance novel tales.</p><p class="description">This attractive new re-release of Stormblade showcases a new look for the Heroes series. Each title in the series will reflect the new series design and feature entirely new cover art.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5199 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The first book in one of the most remarkable epic fantasies ever written, the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever. He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself. Yet he was tempted to believe, to fight for the Land, to be the reincarnation of its greatest hero.... THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER Book One: LORD FOUL'S BANE Book Two: THE ILLEARTH WAR Book Three: THE POWER THAT PRESERVES From the Paperback edition.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6091 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Four thousand years have passed since Covenant first freed the Land from the devastating grip of Lord Foul and his minions. But he is back, and Convenant, armed with his stunning white gold magic, must battle the evil forces and his own despair....THE SECOND CHRONICLE OF THOMAS COVENANTBook OneTHE WOUNDED LANDBook TwoTHE ONE TREEBook ThreeWHITE GOLD WIELDER</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 6966 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><h3>From Booklist</h3><p>The second Sword of Shadows novel brings back Raif Severance and Ash March, who are becoming one of the more compelling couples in modern high fantasy. Their quest is rather like Tolkien's Frodo's in that it is intended to rid Ash of the power she possesses before it destroys the world, her, or both. Raif and Ash are escorted by the Sull Far riders, despite whom she disappears, leaving Raif torn between the compelling, legitimate desire to rescue her from what he is sure are kidnappers and the need to complete his own mission to find the fortress of the title. He opts for the latter, then has to defend the gap in the Blindwall, through which a gruesome array of evil forces mean to break, without knowing how Ash is faring or whether she has been transformed at the Heart of the Sull into something he may not recognize. An excellent example of the kind of fantasy in which much of the emotional impact depends on the protagonist couple's relationship. <em>Roland Green</em><br><em>Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved</em></p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>"Wonderful . . . J.V. Jones is a striking writer." So says Robert Jordan, the author of The Wheel of Time epic fantasy series. And Jones lives up to that praise in the highly charged epic adventure of Ash March and Raif Sevrance, two outcasts whose fates are entwined by fate and by need, in the cold, dark world that threatens to be torn asunder by a war to end all wars. They are but two of many who fight the dreaded Endlords, but both Ash and Raif are special in unique ways that isolate them, yet which also enable them to perform heroic acts that might save their world.  </p><p>Raif, wrongly accused and cut off from his clan by the treachery of their new headsman, has a talent for killing that is part of his curse and his burden. But he bears another burden of greater weight. Ash is a sacred warrior to the Sull, an ancient race whose numbers have declined.Raised as a foundling, she never knew her true heritage, she must learn to accept the terrible gifts of her heritage.  </p><p>But as Ash learns more of her greater fate, Raif's task looms dark and desperate, for he must journey through the nightmare realm of the Want, a place where even the Sull now fear to tread. For deep within the Want is the Fortress of Grey Ice, and there he must heal the breach in the Blindwall that already threatens the world. Should he fail, not even Ash's powers can save them...  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Review</h3><p>"Fabulous . . . a trilogy which is sure to take readers everywhere by storm." --_SFX_ on the Sword of Shadows series</p><p>"Her tale is unique and intriguing, and its atmosphere unwaveringly compelling." --_Publishers Weekly <em>on</em> A Fortress of Grey Ice_  </p><p>"Peopled with great characters . . . guaranteed to send chills through the bones." --_Dallas__ Morning News_ on <em>A Cavern of Black Ice</em><br> _ _<br>"J.V. Jones strings out the suspense right up until the very last word." --_Des Moines__ Sunday Register_ on <em>A Cavern of Black Ice</em>  </p><p>"Tough, incisive, character-driven fantasy." --_Locus _on_ A Cavern of Black Ice<br>_ <br>"Jones's skillful storytelling creates an atmosphere of rising tension and dark foreboding...A solid choice for fantasy collections." --_Library Journal_ on _A Cavern of Black Ice___  </p><p>"Imaginative and vivid." --_Kirkus_ on _A Cavern of Black Ice_</p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Master storyteller J. V. Jones (called "a striking writer" by Robert Jordan) weaves an unforgettable tale of ambition, betrayal, and the indomitable strength of the human spirit. This epic fantasy of enormous scope, set on a world peopled by <br>fascinating, compelling characters, is a sharply observed saga of a cold, splintered world on the brink. </p><p>A thousand years ago, war shook the land. Now, chaos has erupted. Clans vie for dominance; dangerous, arrogant clan chiefs urge their followers into frenzied battles, killing each other and plotting the defeat of their rivals despite those among them who seek unity. But for all the vicious contention among the clans, a darker threat comes from Spire Vanis, a city with a black heart of evil, whose rulers have long sought to control the clanholds. In the midst of the chaos, a few extraordinary people wrestle with personal demons: A born killer with only love and loyalty in his heart; a young woman whose mystical destiny is shrouded in her unknown past; a young man betrayed by his own brother; and a clanswoman who would do anything to save her folk. Each alone seeks only survival, but together they hold the keys to a world's salvation. </p></div>


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<div><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>The peaceful reign of High Prince Rohan and his Sunrunner wife Sioned faces a serious challenge when the discovery of an ancient scroll and the machinations of Rohan's enemies threaten the life of his son, Pol. Forbidden magic, treachery in high places, and a strong current of romance form a lavish, tapestry-like background for this sequel to The Dragon Prince ( LJ 11/15/88). For most fantasy collections.-- JC<br>Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>Review</h3><p>Be warned-if you buy one, you will want to buy them all. -- <em>_</em>Kliatt_  </p><p>Impressive...Melanie Rawn is good! -- <em>Anne McCaffrey</em></p></div>

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As High Prince and Princess, Rohan and Sioned must keep both the peace and the secret of the dragons. But the legacy of their evil predecessor remains-and as their son Pol grows up, the kingdom splits in what may become a bloody battle for the crown.     To make things worse, a long-vanquished foe vows to destroy the Prince. The only hope of defeating their dark sorcery lies in reclaiming the knowledge so carefully concealed in the long-lost Star Scroll.

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As High Prince and Princess, Rohan and Sioned must keep both the peace and the secret of the dragons. But the legacy of their evil predecessor remains-and as their son Pol grows up, the kingdom splits in what may become a bloody battle for the crown.     To make things worse, a long-vanquished foe vows to destroy the Prince. The only hope of defeating their dark sorcery lies in reclaiming the knowledge so carefully concealed in the long-lost Star Scroll.

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As High Prince and Princess, Rohan and Sioned must keep both the peace and the secret of the dragons. But the legacy of their evil predecessor remains-and as their son Pol grows up, the kingdom splits in what may become a bloody battle for the crown.     To make things worse, a long-vanquished foe vows to destroy the Prince. The only hope of defeating their dark sorcery lies in reclaiming the knowledge so carefully concealed in the long-lost Star Scroll.


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>"A HOME FOR CHRISTMAS is a feel-good community tale in the best tradition of storytellers like Debbie Macomber." Romance Junkies Dr. Janice Thornton has been lonely for too long, especially at Christmas. But Angel Ridge, Tennessee, the one place that holds the key to what family should be, is offering her a chance at a new life. Could she find happiness by taking over her uncle's small town practice? Local contractor and carpenter Blake Ferguson comes from a big family. He'd like to fill his rambling old Victorian with one of his own. But there's one problem. He needs a wife! When Janice shows up at his house, Blake sets a course to win her, but soon finds she's built a wall around her heart this master carpenter finds difficult to dismantle. Can the magic of an Angel Ridge Christmas bring hearts home or will old hurts create an obstacle even the town's legendary angels can't overcome? </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Desire calls. Danger Lurks.<br>But...<em></em>  </p><p><em></em>When Destiny McCree wakes up beside a dead man on an Oregon beach, she knows only this: she has to keep moving, keep searching, and keep one step ahead of the forces that have been pursuing her from the heart of Scotland to this isolated spot. Why? The death of her lover has left her alone, with little memory of her past. A glimmering serpent-shaped ring is the one clue she has—and a bargaining chip in a most dangerous game.  </p><p>Enter Trae Wilson, a master thief with a sexy, knowing grin and a secret agenda of his own. Destiny and Trae both have powers far beyond the human—and both are running for their lives. Together they’re riding a tide of danger, magic, and lust…but with killers stalking their every move, they must use any means necessary, even each other, to survive—until the shocking secret of one woman’s destiny finally unravels.… </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Keri Arthur first started writing when she was twelve years old, and to date, she's finished fifteen novels. Her books have received many nominations and prizes, including making the final five in the Random House Australia George Turner Prize. She has also been nominated in the Best Contemporary Paranormal category of the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Awards, received a 'perfect 10' from Romance Reviews Today, as well as being nominated for Best Shapeshifter in PNR's PEARL Awards. She's a dessert and function cook by trade, and married to a wonderful man who not only supports her writing, but who also does the majority of the housework. They have one daughter, and live in Melbourne, Australia. </p></div>


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<div><p>2011 edition with never-before-published content and revisions!<br></p><hr><p>Alexis Ames has a life full of promise…but not all promises can be kept.<br></p><hr><p>1st Place - 2010 Royal Palm Literary Award - Fantasy (Published) by Florida Writers Association<br></p><p>"An exciting and fascinating fantasy of demons and angels, highly recommended" - Midwest Book Review<br></p><p>"Promise is a book bursting at the seams - with an ending that'll leave you wanting more." - L. Reeves, A Life Bound by Books<br></p><p>"...completely blown away by the writing, story line, and characters..." - Jessica, Total Bookaholic<br></p><p>"...definitely worth the time to pick up and enjoy..." - BittenByBooks.com<br></p><hr><p>When Alexis Ames is attacked by creatures that can’t be real, she decides it’s time she learns who she really is, with or without the help of her mother, who guards their family’s secrets closely. After meeting the inhumanly attractive, multi-talented Tristan Knight, however, Alexis retreats behind her façade of normalcy…until she discovers he’s not exactly normal either. Then their secrets begin to unravel.<br></p><p>Their union brings hope and promise to her family’s secret society, the Angels’ army, and to the future of mankind. But it also incites a dangerous pursuit by the enemy – Satan’s minions and Tristan’s creators. After all, Alexis and Tristan are a match made in Heaven and in Hell.<br></p><hr><p>"It had me up late at night to 'just read another chapter'" - Author Jessica Bell<br></p><p>"I would recommend this to anyone who has read Christine Feehan's Carpathian novels." - P.A. Fleming<br></p><p>Find the author at www.KristieCook.com. </p></div>


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<p>Nothing like he remembered...All it takes to be a super-hot lingerie designer is chutzpah and a healthy dose of talent. Right? So why is Bridget Weiss making ends meet selling custom bras and thongs to Chicago's triple-X dancers? And now Adam Hale, her brother's best friend, is in town and thinks she's a stripper, too! Maybe she'll just let him sweat over that mix-up...But everything he imaginedTruth is, Adam's been secretly lusting after sweet Bridget's bodacious curves for years. Just being near her is torture. But when she teases him with a private dance straight out of a VIP room, he's stunned by her bare heat. Tonight he'll follow her anywhere. Because tomorrow he's taking the lead....</p>


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<div><div><p>At thirty-two Dev is "mostly retired" from Raines Investigations, content to run operations from his sprawling Arizona home. But Dev has never been able to say no to a beautiful woman, so when Lark Delaney comes to him for help, the former U.S. Army Ranger from Wind Canyon gets back in the game.</p><p>Lark is sexy, successful and dedicated to tracking down the baby girl her sister gave up for adoption. It should be a straightforward case, but it's not long before Dev uncovers a shady adoption ring and worse—the child's parents have been murdered and the little girl has been taken.</p><p>As the case grows dangerous and Lark needs him more than ever, Dev can't ignore his growing attraction for her. He also can't trust his judgment with women or the emotions he's long-since buried. But there's a chance, if he gets this right and saves Lark's niece, that he'll end up saving himself, too.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Quietly attractive, sweet natured…and filthy rich, Bree Kincannon was just the bride ad exec Gavin Spencer had been looking for. And Bree's father had secretly offered him a cool million to take her off his hands. With the chance to start his own agency, it took the bachelor no time to turn the heiress into his loving wife.Yet it didn't take Bree long to discover the real reason behind Gavin's whirlwind courtship. And the bedroom door was slammed in his face…. Too late, he realized his feelings were very real. But could he convince his bought bride that his motives for marriage had changed?</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Queensland sheep station owner Jack Prescott wasn't ready to be a full-time father. He'd do his duty and care for his orphaned nephew, but he had no place in his battered heart for a baby…or for guardian Madison Tyler, the woman hell-bent on disrupting his life.Yet Jack couldn't ignore the attraction he felt for Madison. Their affair was fast and furious…and soon fraught with regret. The city girl's stay in the Outback was only temporary and Jack had a little boy to care for. How could they even consider bargaining for more time when neither was prepared for forever?</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Mr. April:Rodrigo Valderrama, billionaire Spanish surgeon.His Patient:The woman he's always wanted.His Problem:An explosive pregnancy secret.He'd rushed to her side the moment he'd learned of her accident. Whisking the recovering Cybele away to his palatial seafront estate, the wealthy doctor vowed to care for and protect the pregnant young widowhellip;and never let her know his true feelings. But he feared that even with all his brilliant skills, he might not be able to keep Cybele if she learned the truth about his role in her pregnancy.</p>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>After a former colleague from the U.S Department of Justice rants to Quinn Hallahan about death threats and conspiracies, he's later found dead of an apparent suicide. Feeling she owes it to him, Quinn investigates and teams up with a former federal agent to stop a deadly plot. Original.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<p>SUMMARY: Each and every one of us has the ability to effect change—to make our world a better place. The key is to begin in our own backyards, look at needs within our communities and then decide to do something about them. The dedicated women selected as this year's recipients of Harlequin's More Than Words award have changed lives, one good deed at a time. To celebrate their accomplishments, bestselling authors have written stories inspired by these real-life heroines. In this book, Pamela Morsi honors the work of Karen Thomson, Founder of Literature for All of Us. We hope More Than Words inspires you to get in touch with the real-life heroine living inside of you.</p>


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<div><p class="description">Delta Force agent Jase Crenshaw knew no one would be looking for him in the remote cabin. The solitude suited him fine. No prying family, no concerned colleagues...and no one to point a deserving finger of blame. His physical wounds would heal. His soul was another story.</p>
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<div><p class="description">She'd always been in love with her boss. Secretly. And it had almost killed Abby Morrison each time magnificent multimillionaire Cade Stone began dating another woman. And now...he wanted her to plan his wedding!</p>
<p class="description">Abby knew Cade was making a mistakemarrying for business reasons a woman equally uninterested in love. For too long she'd been the mousy little secretary. But now she refused to keep quiet. So she had one month to plan Cade's wedding? That gave her one month to change his mind.</p></div>


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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Falsely accused of stealing money from a local bank three years earlier, Kaitlin Wells, returning home to Twin Oaks, Mississippi, to clear her name, discovers that some powerful residents do not want the truth coming out, but the sexy new sheriff thinks otherwise. Original.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>He never imagined the incredible beauty would be a virgin! Yet just weeks after their roll in the hay, Stephanie Ryder was expecting his baby. Now millionaire Alec Creighton's once orderly world was slipping out of his control. Especially when her older brothers demanded that he propose to their sister. With the ceremony imminent, how would Alec wheel and deal his way out of ithellip;or should he? Knowing the delights his bride offered, would having her in his bed be a pleasure he could afford?</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Born into scandal, raised by royalty, Geoff Devonshire had always trod the straight and narrow. But the chance to finally claim his birthright had put him in the spotlight…and the path of Amelia Munroe. With a past steeped in gossip, she was absolutely the wrong woman to have on his arm—and the only woman he wanted in his bed. Yet once the paparazzi got a whiff of their hot and heavy romance, Geoff was faced with the ultimate decision. Turn his back on the chance to have all the power he'd ever craved…or forfeit the real prize.</p>


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<div><p>Eleven-year-old Tilly Martin is dragged from her suburban bedroom. Her mother, Cora, pleads for mercy but the kidnappers are clear: if they don't get their $5 million back in five days, Tilly dies. If anyone contacts police, Tilly dies.</p><p>Journalist Jack Gannon's estranged sister, Cora, disappeared without a trace decades ago. Now she is frantically reaching out to him for help. Cora tells him about the shameful mistakes she's made—but she guards the one secret that may be keeping her daughter alive.</p><p>A twenty-year-old assassin, haunted by the faces of the people he's executed, seeks absolution as he sets out to commit his last murders as a hired killer.</p><p>In the U.S. and Mexico, police and the press go flat out on Tilly's case. But as Gannon digs deeper into his anguished sister's past, the hours tick down on his niece's life and he faces losing a fragment of his rediscovered family forever.</p></div>


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<div><div><p>Lost in the frozen woods of New Hampshire, Penelope Chestnut discovers the wreckage of a small plane. An aviator herself, she sees clues to a conspiracy in the rusted-out remains.</p><p>Rumors of her discovery bring Wyatt Sinclair to Cold Spring, determined to put to rest a family scandal and learn what really happened to his legendary uncle, who had disappeared with his adventuress lover years earlier.</p><p>As Wyatt and Penelope investigate, old motives are uncovered and new ones created, including a growing attraction between the pair. But when an unknown enemy emerges with a violence rooted in desperation, uncovering the truth will be far less problematic than surviving it.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<p>SUMMARY: Leah Miller's peaceful life as a member of the Spring Township Amish church shatters when she's accused of theft from an Englisch home in which she works. Even if she is not charged, if the crime is never solved, she will live under the taint of the theft and may never be able to participate fully in her Amish community. Josiah King, friend of Leah's brother, is drawn into helping Leahand discovers the 'little sister' he'd always tolerated has grown into a strong, appealing woman.But what future can they have together if suspicion makes Leah an outcast? As they attempt to learn the facts behind the accusation, danger grows around them. It's only through their trust in each other and the support of a faithful Englisch friend that Leah and Josiah can find their way through a tangled, dangerous maze to the truth.An ebook exclusive novella from Marta Perry's The Brotherhood of the Raven series.</p>


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<div><p>Do not adjust your set. That really was Casey Greene being 
jilted by her fiancé on live TV! And that really was Memphis's most 
eligible bachelor who stepped in to marry her instead.</p><p>Millionaire
 businessman Adam Carmichael wanted only to help Casey save face. He 
isn't prepared for the news that their "fake" wedding is legal and 
binding.</p><p>While they secretly wait for an annulment, media and 
family scrutiny forces them to put on their best loving-couple act. 
Except by now, neither one is quite sure who's acting....</p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>He'd kept a promise to marry his best friend's widow. But even an obligatory marriage could not diminish the hunger vintner Tony Carlino still felt for Rena Montgomery. Foolishly, he'd walked away from her once beforehellip;and she had never forgiven him. As far as she was concerned, no one would be toasting this arrangement anytime soon.She had married Tony only for the safety his name-and money-would give her, her wineryhellip;and her unborn child. Never could she allow herself to reveal the desire she felt for her new husband. For their marriage was meant to be only about business. Neither dared speak one word about love.</p>


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<p class="description">Finally, after an intensive search Ash Williams had found his runaway mistress. Melody Trent couldn't even remember him, but Ash was determined to discover the truth. Had he fathered her child? And the only way to bring her to his home was to claim her as his fiancéeeven if she had no memory of him whatsoever. At Maddox Communications he could handle any crisis with icy calm. Even so, having Melody back in his lifeamnesia or nowould mean using all his resolve to keep his heart from ruling his head.</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>"I wish to God you were dead."Little did Ellie Chase know those would be the last words she ever spoke to her estranged mother. When Martha's body was found the next morning, all eyes were on Ellie… who couldn't remember what she'd done that night. So when Tommy Maricci—the man she refused to let herself love— came to her rescue, she couldn't say no.Tommy believed in his former girlfriend's innocence—no matter how damning the evidence against her was. She may have broken his heart, but he took her into his home for protection. Because if Ellie wasn't the killer, someone had set her up. And Tommy refused to let anyone hurt the woman he loved.</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The minute she walked into his life, he knew he had to have her. Ainsley Patterson was exactly the type of woman CEO Steven Devonshire desired. Business had brought them together, and they both had the same need to succeed. Why not tempt her with an offer she couldn't refuse?But Ainsley wouldn't be won so easily. Her buxom-bombshell exterior hid a major grudge-against the man who'd ignored the dowdy journalist she'd been. So if he wanted her, he'd have to give her the one thing he'd never given any woman-his heart.</p>


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<p class="description">New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr takes readers back to her beloved Virgin River country in this heartwarming tribute to Rhonda Clemons, founder of Zoë Institute and a winner of a Harlequin More Than Words award.<br>By discovering</p>


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<div><div><p>It's a hideous echo of a violent past. Across America, murders are being committed with all the twisted hallmarks of the Boston Strangler, the Zodiac Killer and Son of Sam. The media frenzy explodes and Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson knows instantly that The Pretender is back...and he's got helpers.</p><p>As The Pretender's disciples perpetrate their sick homages—stretching police and the FBI dangerously thin—Taylor tries desperately to prepare for their inevitable showdown. And she must do it alone. To be close to her is to be in mortal danger, and she won't risk losing anyone she loves. But the isolation, the self-doubt and the rising body count are taking their toll—she's beside herself and ready to snap.</p><p>The brilliant psychopath who both adores and despises her is drawing close. Close enough to touch....</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p><i>The Admiral's Bride</i></p><p>When six canisters of a lethal nerve agent are stolen from a military testing lab, Admiral Jake Robinson must recover the chemicals—by any means necessary. With Dr. Zoe Lange at his side he defies convention and decides to infiltrate the compound where religious fanatics have stored the deadly toxin. But Jake fears his instant attraction to Zoe might compromise the mission.</p><p><i>Identity: Unknown</i></p><p>Navy SEAL Mitchell Shaw woke up one morning with no clue as to who he was. The items hidden in his possession were no help: an address and a .22 caliber sidearm. But the address led him to the Lazy 8 Ranch—and its beautiful manager, Becca Keyes, who made him believe he might have a future. Even if he wasn't sure about his past.</p></div>


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<div><p class="description">Smart, sexy, and very, very conservative, Sebastian Daniels prides himself on always doing the right thing. So why didn't he know he had a child?</p>
<p class="description"><br>His Woman</p>
<p class="description"><br>Spunky Matty Lang has been hopelessly, secretly, in love with Sebastian for years. Now, thanks to little Elizabeth, it's not a secret any longer...</p>
<p class="description"><br>His Baby...?</p>
<p class="description"><br>Matty can't believe it--Sebastian's found a baby on his doorstep! And worse, now Sebastian thinks the little buckaroo is his. He's even thinking about marrying the child's absentee mother! There's only one thing to do--seduce Sebastian absolutely senseless! Because no baby girl is going to stop Matty from getting her man...</p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Keeper of the demon of Secrets, Amun can manipulate the darkest thoughts of anyone nearby. But when the immortal warrior is chained and isolated to protect those he loves, death is his only hope of release—until he meets Haidee, a fellow prisoner whose beauty and hidden vulnerability draw him into a reckless test of his loyalty….Haidee is a demon-assassin, raised to despise Amun's kind. Yet how can she hate the man whose touch sets her aflame? But to save him, she must give herself body and soul…and face the wrath of a powerful adversary sworn to destroy her.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>When Angelo Riccardi sought revenge Gwenna Hamilton added another, delicious dimension. Innocent and pretty, she had no chance when the Italian tycoon offered her the devil's bargain: pay for her father's freedom with her body. In her naiveté, Gwenna thought that Angelo would tire of her and her innocence very quickly. But he had more in mind than just one night…</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><strong>Mr. May:</strong> Jericho King, ex-marine, all business  </p><p><strong>The Promise:</strong> Look after a fallen comrade's sister  </p><p><strong>The Price:</strong> She wanted his baby!  </p><p>After a career of life-risking service, Jericho King desired only the solitude of his mountain lodge...and the occasional no-strings affair. But when Daisy Saxon arrived, his plans came to an end, for he'd once pledged his help if ever she was in need. Surely he could give her a job and a home, all without succumbing to his desires. But the lone wolf was in for a shock when he learned Daisy's true agenda was to get pregnant with King's baby!  </p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>There's a little yarn store in Seattle.It's owned by Lydia Hoffman, and it represents her dream of a new life free from cancer. A life that offers a chance at love…Lydia teaches knitting to beginners, and the first class is "How to Make a Baby Blanket." Three women join. Jacqueline Donovan wants to knit something for her grandchild as a gesture of reconciliation with her daughter-in-law. Carol Girard feels that the baby blanket is a message of hope as she makes a final attempt to conceive. And Alix Townsend is knitting her blanket for a court-ordered community service project.These four very different women, brought together by an age-old craft, make unexpected discoveries—about themselves and each other. Discoveries that lead to friendship and more…</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>I Now Pronounce Youhellip; Still Married!It had been a mistakehellip;at least for Jonah Landis's new bride. She'd left him the morning after their whirlwind wedding. And he'd never forgiven her. As quickly as they had once exchanged rings, Jonah filed for an annulment and vowed to put memories of Eloisa behind him.But a year later, due to a technicality, it seemed the millionaire was still a married man. Eloisa had lied about many things, and now he finally had the ammunition to unravel it all. If his "wife" wanted out of this marriage, she was going to give him the answers he still neededhellip; and the honeymoon he still cravedhellip;.</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>A fallen woman. A most wicked plan for redemption."Venice, 1740."Desperate, starving, Kathleen Strong makes her way to a job interview that promises a chance at proper employment...and maybe a bite to eat. Accused of "gross immorality," she's adrift after being dismissed from her governess position, despite being entirely innocent. That innocence is precisely what a mysterious group of debauched aristocrats finds so alluring about Miss Strong. When they propose a scandalous offer that she can't refuse...she can't refuse. But if the darkly gallant Alistair Rohan, a gentleman involved in all manner of wicked deeds himself, has anything to say about it, Kathleen can escape her disrepute in another way. Of course, the escape route looks very similar to the group's illicit proposition itself...</p>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Having failed to meet the perfect man, Grace Emerson decides to make one up in order to get family members off her back about being single. However, in the midst of dating Mr. Right, Grace meets Callahan O'Shea, who has more to offer than any imaginary boyfriend could. Original.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  2/12/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5303 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>How much sex is too much sex?That's what librarian Gabrielle Pope is wondering. Thanks to a chance encounter with sexy-as-sin Henry Wells, she's indulging in sensual acts she's never even dreamed of. And she's loving every minute of it... Unfortunately, Henry's not a local--he's only in town on a seven day business trip. So Gabrielle has to decide--does she go back to searching for Mr. Right, or give in and totally indulge with Mr. Right Now. Because if this is going to be the best sex of her life, she can't waste a single minute of it....</p>


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<p>"In this, I'm not the sheriff." If only his statement were true, Valerie Raines could have rested easy. But living in Gavin's home made her aware of her secret, vengeful motives for being in town, and she couldn't allow her attraction to the handsome sheriff to sway her from her purpose. But Gavin's not-so-subtle seduction soon exhausted Valerie's resolve until finally, she was in his bed. Now it was even more imperative that she keep her secrets because she knew her lawman lover would never forgive her betrayal. And not even the risk of losing Gavin could stop her from seeking the justice she craved.</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>"I'm not the kind of woman who dates the Jake Thornes of the world" —Christine Travers</p><p>She and Jake were polar opposites. Which was why his insistence that they date made no sense to Christine. Yet, if she wanted that mysterious box he'd outbid her on during the town auction, having dinner with the sexy Texan seemed her only recourse.</p><p>Christine vowed she'd find something to throw Mr. Thorne-in-her-side's attention off her plan. Like the newly made-over Christine. And by his reaction to her <em>little</em> black dress, she'd found just the thing to keep his interest while she worked on a plan to steal away her prize. But was it possible catching Thorne would be her ultimate reward?</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>ONE KISS WAS NEVER ENOUGH...</p><p>With her creamy skin, sultry eyes and luscious mouth, Carrie Whelan was ripe for the plucking, and Ry Evans was starving for a taste of her! Still, he wasn't about to ravish his best friend's virginal baby sister, no matter how appetizing she looked. It was his job to keep her out of trouble and safe from predatory males. But there was only so much one cowboy could take, especially when Carrie's little crush on Ry exploded into passion, and Ry staked his claim on her—body, heart and soul!</p></div>


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<p>How on earth had Texas Cattleman's Club member David Sorrenson been roped into protecting a tiny baby girl? The ex-military man knew everything about security and danger, not infants! Marissa Wilder was the perfect solution. This down-to-earth family gal knew all about children, and agreed to be a live-in nanny at his ranch. David yearned to show Marissa a steamy night or two, even though his high-risk lifestyle had taught him to avoid long-term attachments and his sexy houseguest deserved someone permanent. Living with Marissa was tangling up his emotions something awful, and if he didn't know better he'd swear he was falling for her....</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><em>Six wealthy Texas bachelors—all members of the state's most exclusive club—must unravel the mystery surrounding one tiny baby...and discover true love in the process!</em></p><p>Tracker Darin Shakir worked alone. The mysterious Cattleman's Club member had been burned in the past and he wasn't about to see innocents hurt on this mission. But plans had gone awry—he'd wound up injured, and in bartender Fiona Powers's capable hands. The feisty redhead was more than a match for this brooding sheikh and insisted on helping Darin. But his temporary, sexy new partner was a very tempting distraction Darin didn't want, even as he yearned to show Fiona the fiery attraction blazing inside.</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>“ As long as you are with me, no harm will come to you.” So Sheikh Ben Rassad promised to beauty-in-jeopardy Jamie Morris, who aroused his need to protect. Though he reminded himself she was as innocent as he was jaded, their passion soon ignited. When he discovered she carried his kingdom’ s heir, Ben wished to make her his bride. Did he dare hope to convince Jamie she was the one woman who could understand the man beneath the prince? </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Ever since he'd first set eyes on her, gruff private investigator Robert Cole had been smitten by lovely florist Rebecca Todman. The vulnerable beauty had mowed down his defenses and aroused his protective instincts...as well as the desire to kiss her senseless. The attraction was mutual, but dark secrets in Rebecca's past kept her wary of the sexy Texan. Could Rob convince Rebecca of the depth of his feelings and win not only her trust...but also her heart? </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>"Hi, Stranger. I'm having your baby."<br>--Rose Windcroft, expectant mom</p><p>Laying eyes on Tom Morgan again was the last thing Rose could have imagined. After all, her family's horse farm was a long way from the Houston conference where she and Tom had shared one unforgettable night. Now, not only had she learned her one-night lover was her father's enemy...he was also the father of her unborn child.</p><p>Still reeling from the news that he was really a Devlin, Tom was aghast at seeing Rose once more. His pulse picked up at the thought of reigniting their affair, but she resisted his advances, claiming they couldn't get around the Windcroft-Devlin feud. Yet Tom suspected that Rose's reluctance was a screen for a much bigger secret.</p></div>


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<div><p>Bitterness. Anger. Desire. Rancher Logan Voss tasted them all the minute he spied Melissa Mason. Ten years had passed since she'd tossed back his marriage proposal and high-tailed it to Houston. The way he felt seeing her again made it clear that time had not healed this wound.</p><p>So when she needed a place to stay, Logan saw his chance. Keeping Melissa and her crew at his ranch brought the two of them face-to-face, finally putting her in his power. And this time she wouldn't<em>couldn't</em>leave before he got the answers he wanted. And needed.</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Clint Andover's opinion of nurse Tara Roberts was that she was trouble with a capital T. When she began receiving threatening letters, Clint was determined to protect Tara, but she defied his commands, ignored his warnings, set his blood boiling and his body yearning. Tara was all about responsibility and independence—she didn't let anyone get too close to her. What was a tough Texan cowboy to do? Well, bunking out on Tara's couch was a start—the sexy lady's <em>bed</em> was an ever better idea. But while he was locked up with Tara in her cozy home, would she find the key to his guarded heart?</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Billionaire Matt Walker was not a man who walked away from what he wanted. And what he wanted was the hand of Lady Helena Reichard. The darling of the paparazzi, Helena had recently been through hell and back— emerging a changed and vulnerable woman. The tall, green-eyed Texan was experiencing an intense desire to protect her, to be her avenging angel, to make her his forever. But would his love be able to pierce the darkness of her wounded spirit and prevail? </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>He'd been the housekeeper's son, foolish enough to fall for the boss's daughter. Kicked to the curb, Alex Montoya had become a self-made millionaire with one agenda--revenge. Now he had Rebecca Huntington exactly where he wanted her...paying off her father's debts by being <em>his</em> housekeeper. Alex vowed he would not feel anything but cold disdain for the woman now at his mercy. But some memories were hard to erase, just as some desires were impossible to resist.<br></p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Legendary Texas surgeon Justin Webb faced his biggest challenge— winning the heart of brash, bold and beautiful detective Winona Raye. When Winona discovered a baby abandoned at her door, the bachelor doc saw his chance and offered a hand— in marriage. Independent Winona was in no hurry to walk down the aisle, but Justin was going to be there for her...whether she wanted him to or not. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>For successful New York architect Daniel Warren, designing the new Texas Cattleman's Club is an exciting challenge. And so is getting to know the delicious Elizabeth Milton. The fiery Texas heiress combines cosmopolitan chic with down-home sass—a mix impossible for a city slicker to resist.</p><p>But a carefree affair is all they can have. A stipulation in her family's will keeps Elizabeth honor-bound to stay in Royal. And this millionaire's business will soon force him to move on. Unless either dares to make the ultimate sacrifice and put love first. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>One Christmas long ago, Robyn Grady received a book from her big sister and immediately fell in love with Cinderella. Cinderella later gave way to romance novels and when she was older, she wanted to write one. Following a fifteen-year career behind the scenes in television, Robyn knew the time was right to pursue her dream of becoming a published author. Robyn lives with her own modern-day hero in Australia with their three children. Visit her website at: www.robyngrady.com </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Duty is his world. And upon seeing Sadie Price with twin girls, marine Rick Pruitt realizes he has some proposing to do. He never would have left Royal, Texas, if he'd known Sadie was carrying his babies.</p><p>Yet the feisty single mom has no intention of agreeing to a loveless marriage. True, she and Rick share a bond, as well as undeniable passion. But Sadie believes vows should last a lifetime, not be declared out of obligation. Making it Rick's new mission to change her mind…. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Maureen Child is the author of more than 100 romance novels and novellas.  Her books routinely appear on bestseller lists and have won numerous awards, including the Colorado Award of Excellence and the Prism. A six time nominee for the prestigous RITA award from Romance Writers of America, One of her books was made into a CBS-TV movie called THE SOUL COLLECTER.  Maureen loves to travel and lives in Southern California with her family.      </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>In order to help the Texas Cattleman's Club in their sting operation, Alexander Kent needed a make-believe wife. The notorious playboy was reluctant to let any woman play Mrs. Kent—even temporarily. This made high school drama coach Stephanie Firth the perfect choice since the plain Jane was only putting up with him for the sake of the assignment. Plain Jane or not, Alex soon found himself drawn to her quiet beauty, and once he slipped a ring on her finger, he wanted to prove to his reluctant wife just how charming and seductive he could be. But once Cinderella shed her inhibitions, would Alex want to make their fantasy...into a reality?</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>On New Year's Eve, Travis Whelan came home to Royal and found himself face-to-face with Natalie Perez, the one woman he couldn't forget...and the baby he hadn't known about. It had been nearly a year since Trav had spent the night in Natalie's arms, a year since his secrets and her pride had torn them apart. Still, the memories of the night they'd shared burned hot. But danger had followed Natalie to Royal, and Trav was the only one she trusted to keep their daughter safe from harm. Would recalling the love they had shared help them to put aside the past and create a future for their family?</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>"I'm here to protect you."<br>--Connor Thorne, Ex-Texas Ranger</p><p>Connor's words sent Nita Windcroft's temper soaring. She didn't need a man glued to her side twenty-four hours a day. Especially a man like Connor--one who was used to getting what he wanted...always. Besides, the threats were aimed at her farm, not at her body.</p><p>But the former Ranger's persistence intrigued her. Driven, yet strangely remote, he refused to be intimidated by her independent attitude. Worse, he politely turned down all of her suggestive invitations--which just enticed Nita more. Perhaps there <em>was</em> an enjoyable reason for having a round-the-clock protector.</p></div>


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<p>Accused of a crime he didn't commit, Sebastian Wescott wasn't about to admit he needed help! Seb knew he was innocent...he certainly didn't need Susan Wysockithe alluring attorney with vulnerable eyesto defend him! Susan needed himthis case could make her reputation and save her business. And the drop-dead gorgeous bachelor sensed an attraction between them neither one could deny. But while Susan was intent on proving his innocence, Seb found himself increasingly guiltyof falling head over heels in love! </p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>For Texas Cattleman's Club member Lance Brody, marriage is about gaining the right connections. But one plain-Jane personal assistant is about to change his mind...<br></p><p>For years Kate Thornton had dreamed of becoming Mrs. Lance Brody. Then her boss became engaged strictly for business and Kate had had enough. Giving her two weeks' notice should have released her, but Lance's eyes had finally been opened. Kate couldn't be allowed to walk away from the business, or him. And if it meant taking her to bed to keep her...well, that was one job he would gladly do himself!<br></p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Texan's Wedding-Night Wager Charlene Sands No one walked away from business mogul Kevin Novak...especially not his wife! So he plotted his revenge. When four years later she returned, intent on finalising their divorce, Kevin was unbending; the divorce would be official...if she agreed to one last week of playing house. And nothing would be off-limits. The Oilman's Baby Bargain Michelle Celmer He'd seduced Alexis Cavanaugh. So it was up to Mitch to wed the heiress. But Alexis was done being manipulated. She was carrying Mitch's baby; but she would not reveal her secret until she had the billionaire exactly where she wanted him. THE MILLIONAIRE'S CLUB These millionaires are about to experience scandals and seduction. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><strong>THE OIL BARON</strong></p><p>He was the epitome of masculinity—and rich as sin. But with midlife approaching, Texas baron Hank Langley was in sore need of a wife. And finding a <em>Mrs.</em>Langely from the bevy of social-climbing beauties was a challenge even for this ex-military man. Until Callie Riley, his new, much younger secretary, breezed into his life and took Hank's hardened heart by storm. Suddenly he was learning more about love than he'd ever thought possible. Could the millionaire convince this fresh-faced country girl to say "I do" to an older man?</p><p><strong>Five wealthy Texas bachelors—all members of the state's most exclusive club—set out on a mission to rescue a princess…and find true love.</strong></p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Texas millionaire Keith Owens loved his bachelor ways—until elegant and sophisticated Andrea O'Rourke came back to town. Years ago the sparks between them had nearly seared them both—but Andrea had left, swearing to forget the power of Keith's touch.… </p><p>Now she'd returned, cool, calm and collected—until she caught Keith's possessive, passionate eye once more. This time, he swore she wouldn't escape him before he had his fill—but then he <em>would</em> release her. Only, Keith forgot to let Andrea in on his plan.…</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><em>Texas Cattleman's Club member Justin Dupree has met the perfect woman...too bad their relationship is built on a lie.</em></p><p>Her life in danger, Alicia Montoya turned to the one man she thought she could trust. Her new boyfriend--a tall, dark Texan--offered her refuge in his posh penthouse. And she eagerly accepted his proposal of protection....</p><p>...until she discovered her lover's true identity: Justin Dupree, notorious playboy and her beloved brother's enemy. She had given her virginity to a man who had betrayed her. How could she possibly accept anything this maverick said as truth?</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Businessman William Bradford hadn't thought wedding bells were tolling for him until he met secretary Diana Foster, who was vulnerable, alone—and just a little bit pregnant...with another man's child. His protective instincts aroused, Will did the honorable thing and proposed. But marriage was turning out to be anything but convenient for the tall, dark Texan. The passions that his new bride inspired in him soon had Will wanting to extend their temporary arrangement so that he could love, honor and cherish Diana for a lifetime! </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Texas Cattleman's Club member Wyatt Brody has to marry. The only hitch? His bride-to-be despises him! He'd seduced Alexis Cavanaugh once...on his brother's behalf. So when the powerful Texan's sibling shockingly married someone else, it was up to Wyatt to wed the jilted heiress. After all, he and Alexis had shared a very real night of passion. </p><p>But Alexis was done being manipulated. She would have a marriage on her terms, or not at all. Except staying away from Wyatt was not an option. She was carrying the oilman's baby...and she would not reveal her secret until she had the billionaire exactly where she wanted him.</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Retired FBI agent Jason Windover had a new assignment—to keep five-foot-and-feisty redhead Meredith Silver out of trouble. Jason was an old hand at charming the fairer sex, and he figured a little sweet seduction would keep Merry suitably distracted. But electrifying kisses and tempestuous loving soon had the sexy bachelor determined to make Merry his on a permanent basis. Now if he could just convince her that he was ready to give up his playboy ways for good.... </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Texas Cattleman's Club Rule #2: Look Below the Surface</p><p>Growing up poor, Christopher Richardson had vowed he'd be rich and powerful someday, a true member of the Texas Cattleman's Club. But seeing Macy Reynolds, his hometown's golden girl, makes him realize she's the real reason he'd worked so hard to make his fortune.</p><p>Macy is shocked to find Christopher back in Royal. He'd left years before the accident that had changed her life—and her face. The millionaire's renewed interest in her is flattering. But does Christopher truly want her…or is she just a pawn in his latest agenda? </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Katherine Garbera is a strong believer in happily-ever-after. She’s written over 50 books and has been nominated for RT Book Club’s career achievement award. Her books have appeared on the Borders best-seller list and on the USAToday extended bestseller list.  Visit her on the web at http://www.katherinegarbera.com and connect with her on facebook and follow her on twitter @katheringarbera. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Dakota Lewis wanted only one thing— his wife! By law, Kathy Lewis was still married to him, but she was not under his roof… in his bed. This bold modern Native American warrior had faced many fights, but confronting the painful truth of why she’ d walked out might be an even tougher ordeal. Bitterly regretting that he hadn’ t been there when his Kathy needed him most, Dakota was now fully determined never to leave her side again… . </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Nothing could make world-weary Aaron Black’ s blood race anymore. Until the magical night he danced with Pamela Miles. The debonair man-about- town and the shy schoolteacher shared a night of intense desire...only, she disappeared the next morning. Determined to find his ladylove, Aaron soon tracked Pamela down and discovered she carried his child. Could he convince the proud country girl that his marriage proposal came not from duty but from a love even bigger than Texas? </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><em>Texas Cattleman's Club Rule #3: Do the Right Thing</em></p><p>With no warning, Mitch Hayward's superefficient, self-effacing assistant has done a complete 180—becoming captivating before his very eyes. And on one very special night, the interim club president gives in to this brand-new temptation. Instinct takes control.</p><p>But protecting Jenny Watson's heart from his own bachelor ways is the only right thing to do. If he has to, he'll even set up the lovely Jenny with someone more suited to her hearth-and-home desires. And then he'll pretend that he's not jealous of her every look, her every touch… </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>USA Today bestselling author Barbara Dunlop has written more than twenty-five novels for Silhouette Desire, Harlequin Temptation and Duets. Her books regularly hit the Bookscan and Boarders' bestsellers lists. Barbara is a two-time Romance Writers of America Golden Heart winner, and she has twice been short-listed for Romance Writers of America’s RITA award. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><strong>THE CATTLE KING</strong></p><p>Renowned magnate Forrest Cunningham never had time for love, until fellow bachelor members of the Cattleman's Club started getting hitched. In search of his own bride, Forrest thought of loyal childhood friend Becky Sullivan. Only, she wasn't a child anymore, but a drop-dead gorgeous woman whose emerald gaze pierced his very soul. Forrest sensed she felt the magic, too. Yet Becky was hinting at a mysterious "fiancé." Was she trying to make him jealous? Well, Forrest was about to make darn sure that no one married this fiery beauty but him!</p><p><strong>Five wealthy Texas bachelors—all members of the state's most exclusive club—set out on a mission to rescue a princess…and find true love.</strong></p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><strong>THE BUSINESS TYCOON</strong></p><p>"Honor" was Texas tycoon Sterling Churchill's middle name. So when a mix-up at the local sperm bank unexpectedly made him a father-to-be, he gallantly stepped forward to marry shy beauty Susan Wilkins. It was a marriage in name only—until he gave his bride a soul-spinning kiss. Now his new wife was carrying his child and wearing a look of pure splendor. Could tough-as-nails Sterling open the rusty doors of his heart…and turn pumpkins into coaches for his Cinderella bride?</p><p><strong>Five wealthy Texas bachelors—all members of the state's most exclusive club—set out on a mission to rescue a princess…and find true love.</strong></p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>THE LOYAL PROTECTOR</p><p>Gregory Hunt had always been the best—whether he was handling the toughest legal cases in Texas or coming to the rescue of damsels in distress. Only, this particular damsel was one he had loved once before—the regal Princess Anna von Oberland, whose privileged position made her off-limits. Now she needed his help, and Gregory had to risk all to save her. Because under the watchful, yearning eyes of Anna's four-year-old son—whose handsome features strikingly resembled his own—this tried-and-true Texan sensed more urgency than ever!</p><p><strong>Five wealthy Texas bachelors—all members of the state's most exclusive club—set out on a mission to rescue a princess…and find true love.</strong></p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>THE UNDERCOVER FATHER</p><p>His memory lost, secret agent extraordinaire Blake Hunt found himself in the loving and capable hands of lonely farmhouse widow Josie Walters. And more than a little perplexed that he seemed the proud owner of adorable baby twins! Yet even as the details of his mission started coming back to Blake, Josie's sultry green eyes beckoned him to a seductive future with her. Would discovering the truth about his identity tear them apart—or unite their hearts forever…?</p><p><strong>Five wealthy Texas bachelors—all members of the state's most exclusive club—set out on a mission to rescue a princess…and find true love. </strong></p></div>


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<div><div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Leslie Kelly returns to the wickedly hot Harlequin Blaze line with one of her most sensual--yet humorous--books ever! You’ve been asking for more of those Santori brothers of Chicago…this is brother Mark’s book, and it’s a wild one. DON’T OPEN TIL CHRISTMAS will leave you laughing in your eggnog while also threatening to incinerate your Christmas stocking! </p><h3>From the Author</h3><p>Dear Reader: </p><p>Well, I’m back at Blaze. It’s been a long time since my last super-spicy novel for this hot line, and I have to say, I’d forgotten what fun it could be! Talk about steaming up the holiday season…I think any woman would like to unwrap Mark Santori on Christmas morning. </p><p>After the release of my novellas THERE GOES THE GROOM (in the That’s Amoré collection) and SHEER DELIGHTS (in the Behind The Red Doors collection) readers wanted more of those Santori men . They certainly interested me…five hot, hunky Italian brothers…hmm, what’s not to find interesting? </p><p>Brother Mark is one of the twins, and is a hard-nosed detective. I wasn’t sure where I wanted to start his story until I was trying on clothes in a department store dressing room, and heard a very embarrassed-sounding guy helping his wife zip up in the next room. That immediately sparked a picture of a very sexy, hot, gorgeous man doing the same thing for his sister. Imagine the possibilities of being in the next room, listening to the couple next door, and wondering all sorts of…interesting things. </p><p>That’s the start of DO NOT OPEN ‘TIL CHRISTMAS which was really a joy. I love the holidays and really had a great time playing on the possibilities of a wacky town called Christmas. And, as you’ll see, it was also fun going down memory lane in regards to toys, holiday movies, songs and traditions. </p><p>Hope you enjoy Mark and Noelle’s story. And a very Merry Christmas to you and yours! </p><p>Leslie Kelly </p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>The world of Athera lives in eternal fog, its skies obscured by the malevolent Mistwraith. Only the combined powers of two half-brothers can challenge the Mistwraith's stranglehold: Arithon, Master of Shadow, and Lysaer, Lord of Light. Arithon and Lysaer soon find that they are inescapably bound to a series of events dictated by their own deepest convictions. Yet as the sorcerers of the Fellowship of Seven know well, there is more at stake than one battle with the Mistwraith: between them the half-brothers hold the balance of the world—its harmony and its future—in their hands.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/26/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 16974 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>With a body as solid as his reputation, private investigator Drey St. John never dreamed helping the Braddocks discover the truth behind their father's fatal crash would lead to his own mother's shocking confession: Senator Braddock was Drey's biological father. Determined to solve the case, Drey enlisted all-work-and-no-play Charlene Anderson's help. But the more time he spent with the beautiful forensic scientist, the more he realized their sharp banter fronted a simmering mutual attraction that wouldn't be denied. </p><p>Charlene's career left no time for exotic playboys. Then she found herself under Drey's roof, in need of his protection—and a victim of his seductive charms. But when the late senator's secrets—and Drey's true identity—were uncovered, would Drey face the betrayals in his past, and his future as a Braddock, with Charlene by his side? </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p>"I might as well come in since it doesn't appear that you're busy."</p><p>Charlene Anderson didn't need to look up to know who the deep, husky voice belonged to.</p><p>Drey St. John.</p><p>She did, however, glance over at the small heart-shaped ceramic clock sitting on her desk, the only part of her work area that wasn't buried under paperwork. Drey was early although his visit wasn't unexpected. He was a private investigator and she was a forensic scientist in Houston's coroner's office. It wasn't unusual for him to drop by occasionally to harass her for forensic information that would help with the investigation of his current case.</p><p>"If you think I'm not busy, St. John, look again," she said, not taking her eyes off the document she was reading. "Now get lost."</p><p>She knew he wouldn't go away. He never did. That didn't bother her since she had a weak spot for the rebel private investigator and actually looked forward to seeing him, although she would never admit such a thing to him. His visits were the only high point in her rather dull life. At twenty-seven, she was focused on work, and no matter how you looked at it, dead bodies didn't equate to great dates. Her social life was practically nonexistent, and of all things, she was still a virgin.</p><p>While attending Oklahoma State University, she had been too busy making the grades to get involved with anyone and had figured things would change once she finished school and got her career off the ground. She had been convinced, since she looked decent enough, that she would eventually meet some nice guy and get serious. That never happened. For her it always seemed to be all work and no play.</p><p>"Don't you ever get tired of messing around with the dead?"</p><p>She glanced up. Speaking of dead… Drey was drop-dead gorgeous. Definitely a living-breathing specimen of a sexy male. Tall, dark and ultrahand-some. There was no doubt about the fact that at thirty-three he was every woman's fantasy.</p><p>He had skin the color of creamy rich chocolate, and had dark hair and slanted dark eyes. All she knew about him was the tidbit she'd overhead from a group of women discussing him one day at lunch. According to them, his mother was half Chinese. If that was the case, she had passed a strikingly exotic look on to her son. Charlene had also heard that his middle name of Longwei meant "dragon strength" in Chinese. The name suited him because of his well-defined muscular physique.</p><p>"Not really," she finally said, taking her eyes off him and attempting to return her focus to the document in front of her. "At least I don't have to worry about the dead giving me a hard time."</p><p>"Yeah, I would imagine they wouldn't."</p><p>She didn't have to glance up to know he was no longer standing in the doorway but had come into her office. Her heart began beating twice as fast. The man had a way of getting to her. In addition to her erratic heartbeat, there was this unexplainable flush of heat that always overtook her whenever he was near, not to mention the way the air surrounding them always felt charged. He apparently didn't pick up on such vibes, nor did he notice she did. He was too busy trying to pump her for information.</p><p>When he halted before her desk, blocking her sunlight, she decided to glance up, but took a deep breath before doing so. "And what got you out of bed so early this morning?" she asked, and immediately she wished she hadn't when a vision of him getting out of bed—half naked— filtered through her mind. It was a nice vision but dangerous ground for her mind to tread on. "I need your help with something." She rolled her eyes. "What else is new?" "You're the best there is," he said, smiling. She wished he wouldn't do that. He was sexy enough without the megawatt smile. "Flattery will get you nowhere, Drey."</p><p>"What about dinner tonight?"</p><p>She placed her pen down and leaned back in her chair. "This must be some case if you're willing to spring for dinner."</p><p>She watched the emotions that crossed his face, emotions he rarely let show. He was angry and upset but was holding it in. Something about the case he was working on was bothering him. She could feel it.</p><p>"It is," he finally said. "And the answers may very well come from a stiff brought here last week by the name of Joe Dennis."</p><p>Charlene turned toward her computer and typed in the name. "Nothing has been done with him yet. He's on Nate's list to do later today." Nathaniel Ganders was her boss. "What exactly do you need to know?"</p><p>His tensed features relaxed somewhat when he said, "Anything you can tell me."</p><p>She nodded. He understood there were limitations as to what she could share, and she appreciated the fact that he had never asked her to cross the line in doing anything unethical. Not that she would. "In other words, anything out of the ordinary."</p><p>"Yes."</p><p>"Okay. I'll take a look at the report when Nate's finished. As you know, my boss is very thorough." She cleared her computer screen and turned back to him. "I'll let you know if I notice anything."</p><p>"Thanks, and I'm serious about dinner."</p><p>"But I'm not." It hadn't been the first time he had hinted at the two of them going somewhere to grab something to eat. She could barely handle her reaction to him now; she didn't want to think how things would be if she had to share a meal with him. Besides, she considered him business and she didn't mix business with pleasure. "Maybe some other time, Drey," she said, knowing it wouldn't happen.</p><p>"You said that before."</p><p>Not that she was foolish enough to think that it mattered to him. "And I'm saying it again. I'll call you if I learn anything."</p><p>"Thanks, Charlie. I would appreciate it."</p><p>Charlene glared at him, something she always did whenever he called her that. "Do I look like a Charlie to you?"</p><p>He smiled. "Hard to say. That lab jacket's all I've ever seen you wear."</p><p>Before she could give him a blazing retort, he turned and left.</p><p>The smile remained in place on Drey's lips as he got into his car. For some reason he enjoyed getting a rise out of Charlene. In fact, the thought of seeing her today had pretty much kept his anger at bay, although it was creeping back on him now. He was discovering that being lied to all his life was something he was having a hard time dealing with.</p><p>Before starting the engine, he sat still a moment and stared out of the windshield, thinking about the conversation he'd had with his mother, Daiyu Longwei, a few days ago. The conversation had practically shattered his world when she had told him that Ronald St. John was not his father. Instead, the man whom Drey had considered his mentor, Congressman Harmon Braddock, was actually his biological father.</p><p>His hands tightened on the steering wheel as his mother's words flowed through his mind.</p><p>Sighing deeply, Drey started the engine, thinking that in essence, he was investigating his own father's death. His own father's <em>murder, </em>he immediately corrected, since he was convinced Harmon Braddock's fatal car accident had been deliberate. Someone had wanted him dead and Drey was determined to find out who.</p><p>Something else he couldn't put out of his mind was that the very people who had hired him to find the truth were Harmon Braddock's offspring— and his siblings. He shook his head knowing they didn't have a clue as to what his relationship was to them. At some point he would have to tell them, but not now. He wasn't ready to go there yet. It was bad enough that he had to deal with it. Besides, how his own mother played into the investigation was still a mystery since it was well documented that less than an hour before his death, Harmon had tried contacting Daiyu. Hell, Drey hadn't known the two knew each other and none of the Braddocks knew that Daiyu was his mother. He didn't like withholding information of any kind from clients, yet that was exactly what he was doing.</p><p>He had known the congressman for a number of years. When Ronald St. John, the man Drey had adored as a father, had gotten killed in the line of duty as a police officer when Drey was fifteen, Drey had taken it hard since the two of them had always been close.</p><p>It was during that time that Congressman Braddock took an interest in him. And later on in life when Drey had felt himself getting tired of his own career as a police officer, it had been the congressman who had encouraged him to start his own private investigating firm and had gone so far as to keep him on retainer during those times he'd been trying to make ends meet. He would be the first to admit that over the years, Harmon had become the father figure that he'd lost.</p><p>To be quite honest, at first when he'd heard of Harmon's car accident he had no reason to suspect foul play, even when the other Braddocks had. But now Joe Dennis's death was raising his suspicions.</p><p>Drey brought the car to a stop at the next traffic light as he replayed the facts of the case over and over in his mind. Congressman Braddock had gotten killed in a car accident. The skid marks on the road had been consistent with a car losing control. It seemed Harmon was heading for the airport, which was another mystery since Gloria Kingsley, the congressman's executive assistant, who'd known Harmon's every move, hadn't known about any planned trip.</p><p>Another thing that baffled everyone was why the congressman was behind the wheel when his personal driver, Joe Dennis, usually drove Harmon everywhere he went.</p><p>And now Joe was dead and according to the police report there didn't appear to be any foul play. Someone just wanted him dead. Why? And exactly what had been the cause of death?</p><p>Drey had a lot of unanswered questions but at least he felt fairly confident the latter question would get answered soon enough, once he heard from Charlene. With that certainty, his thoughts couldn't help shift to the efficient forensic scientist. They might bicker every chance they got, but they understood each other. He was as dedicated to his profession as she was to hers.</p><p>In the two years he'd known her, he'd never met another no-nonsense woman quite like her, and he found her to be sharp, intelligent…and definitely beautiful. The latter he tried not to dwell on too m... </p></div>


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<div><p><strong><em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Julie Garwood delivers a contemporary romance that's pulse-pounding in every sense of the word. </strong></p><p>Dr. Ellie Sullivan has just completed her residency at a large urban hospital. While jogging in a park nearby, she witnesses the shooting of an FBI agent in pursuit of wanted criminals, a couple identified as the Landrys. The only person to see the shooter's face, Ellie is suddenly at the center of a criminal investigation. </p><p>Agent Max Daniels takes over the Landry case. A no-nonsense lawman, he's definitely not the ideal man that Ellie has always imagined, yet she's attracted to him in a way she can't explain. </p><p>Ellie heads home to Winston Falls, South Carolina, to attend her sister's wedding. Shortly after she arrives, though, she receives a surprise visitor: Max Daniels. The Landrys have been captured, and she'll be called to testify. But they've been captured before, and each time the witnesses are scared into silence-or disappear before they can take the stand. Max vows to be Ellie's shadow until the trial, and it isn't long before sparks fly. </p></div>


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<div><div><p>Sometimes fate needs a little hand…<br></p><p>Santa Claus is going to have a rough season... Lauren Alexander is raising her daughter alone. Abandoned by her family for her decision to keep her daughter Kristen, she has done a pretty good job for the last six years. Or she thought she had. That's why she is crushed when little Kristen gives up her wish for a toy or goodie and instead asks Santa for a present for her mother. She wants Santa to bring a Daddy. Delivering Daddies isn't Santa's bag. <br></p><p>But this Santa has a plan... <br></p><p>Kyle Preston knows what it is like to be abandoned too. Luckily he found the support of loving adoptive parents and has turned himself into one of the most successful Real Estate developers in town. <br></p><p>Building a house is easy. Building someone's trust is a whole other story. But with a little helping hand, a little Christmas magic can make all the difference in the world.<br></p><p>Excerpt:<br></p><p>"You don't have to be afraid. This will explain it all. I promise you." He smiled warmly and Lauren wanted to trust him if only to believe in simple kindness.<br></p><p>With shaking hands, she took the piece of paper, warm from being in the pocket close to Kyle's body. She held it up straight so that she could see Kyle while reading the words on the paper. <br></p><p>"Dear Santa..." she read out loud, then read the next part silently. "Oh, no," she groaned.<br></p><p>"I know. That's just how I felt." <br></p><p>Lauren shot him a skeptical glance. "How did you get this?"<br></p><p>"Kristen gave it to me." <br></p><p>"That's impossible. Mrs. Hopkins just helped her with it this afternoon and-" <br>"And she gave it to me in the Mall," Kyle finished for her.<br></p><p>She looked at him quizzically, still trying to comprehend the course of events leading up to his seizure of her daughter's precious note.<br></p><p>"It's not that hard to figure out, Lauren," Kyle said warmly. <br></p><p>His dark eyes gleamed with the light from the lamppost. He wore no hat to protect his head from the falling snow. Now his hair was filled with powdered flakes, matting it down. <br></p><p>His grin was bright and wide as he informed her, "I'm Santa Claus." </p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>In his most powerful book since What's So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey explores the intimate place where God and humans meet in Prayer. Polls reveal that 90 percent of people pray. Yet prayer, which should be the most nourishing and uplifting time of the believer's day, can also be frustrating, confusing, and fraught with mystery. Writing as a fellow pilgrim, Yancey probes such questions as: *Is God listening? *Why should God care about me? *If God knows everything, what's the point of prayer? *Why do answers to prayer seem so inconsistent? *Why does God sometimes seem close and sometimes seem far away? *How can I make prayer more satisfying? Yancey tackles the tough questions and in the process comes up with a fresh new approach to this timeless topic. 'I have learned to pray as a privilege, not a duty,' he says, and he invites you to join him on this all-important journey.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">Introduces the basic concepts of computer networks. Covers basic topologies, protocols, performance issues, and software for LANS/WANS. Assumes student has basic computer knowledge.</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><p></p><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 1546 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Vampire Viviana Darland is on a quest: to recapture the best orgasm of her almost-eternal life, before her impulsive past (namely the two revenge-driven vampires she created) catches up with her. Surely she's due at least one last earthly pleasure? And with Garret Sawyer, pleasure is always a sure thing….</p><p>Garret, a fellow vamp, has a hundred years' sexual experience under his, uh, belt…but he's never forgotten his first love, Viviana…or her bitter betrayal. So is he glad to see her? No. Can he resist giving her the screaming O she so desperately needs? Hell, no!</p><p>But Garret's on a quest of his own. He's this close to finding and destroying his sire, thereby regaining his humanity. Only, little does he guess his search will lead him right back to the woman sharing his bed…. </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p>He smelled like sex.</p><p>Rich. Potent. Mesmerizing. Like a creamy dark truffle mousse with a drizzle of imported white chocolate, a dollop of whipped raspberry cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon-crusted pecans.</p><p>The crazy thought struck as she stood in the middle of The Iron Horseshoe—a rough and rowdy bar just off the interstate—and stared at the man who sat at a nearby table.</p><p>Crazy because Viviana Darland didn't normally think in terms of food.</p><p>She didn't do chocolate or whipped cream or pecans. She didn't do anything edible, period. She was a vampire who thrived on sex and blood, and so her thoughts rarely read like a transcript of the latest Rachael Ray episode.</p><p>But sheer desperation—coupled with the past two days spent holed up at the Skull Creek Inn, watching the Food Network and trying to work up her courage to approach Mr. Luscious and Edible—was new to her and so it only made sense that she would act out of character.</p><p>After all, her days were numbered.</p><p>A wild, rebellious southern rock song poured from the speakers and vibrated the air around her. Her heart beat faster, keeping tempo with the steady ba-bom ba-bom ba-bom of the drums. A neon Harley Davidson sign glowed above the bar and various motorcycle memorabilia— from studded leather chaps to an <em>Easy Rider </em>poster— decorated the walls.</p><p>Several truck drivers, their big rigs parked out back, sucked down a round of beers at a nearby table. A group of leather-clad bikers clustered around a dartboard in the far corner. A handful of men sporting long hair, beards and Golden Chopper Motorcycle Club jackets chugged Coronas at the massive bar that spanned the length of one wall.</p><p>The loud clack of pool balls echoed above the music. Cigarette smoke thickened the air. The sharp smell of Jack Daniels hovered around her.</p><p>It was a far cry from the latest "it" bar down in West Hollywood. She swallowed against a sudden lump in her throat.</p><p>So?</p><p>You're a vampire. You adapt to any place, any time, any situation. Stop making excuses, walk over and just tell him what you want.</p><p>The command echoed in her head and urged her forward. Unfortunately, her body didn't obey any more now than when she'd first spotted him a few days ago.</p><p>The memory rolled through her as she turned left and headed for the bar. She angled herself between two big bruisers and ordered a house beer.</p><p>She'd been on her way into the desperately small Texas town when she'd seen the hunky guy parked outside the city limits on the side of the highway. Wishful thinking, or so she'd thought.</p><p>But Garret Sawyer had been more than a figment of her imagination.</p><p>He'd been flesh and blood and oh, so real.</p><p>As real as the day she'd first met him. Touched him. Kissed him. Loved him.</p><p>Talk about opportunity. Forget tracking him down and arranging a chance meeting. She could dispense with formality and cut right to the chase.</p><p>At least that's what she'd told herself when she'd climbed out of her car and approached him.</p><p>But then she'd glimpsed the surprise in his gaze, the anger, the hurt and her resolve had crumbled. She'd barely managed a "Long time no see" before she'd hightailed it back to her car.</p><p>She hadn't seen him since.</p><p>But she'd asked around.</p><p>With Skull Creek being the quintessential small town, she'd gotten an earful from everyone—from the clerk at the Piggly Wiggly, to the fry guy at the Dairy Freeze.</p><p>She'd learned that Garret was the skill and expertise behind Skull Creek Choppers, the town's one and only custom motorcycle shop. He'd opened his doors a few months ago and bought a small ranch just outside the city limits. He had two business partners—Jake McCann handled the design and Dillon Cash monitored the software and computer system.</p><p>Garret bought coffee at the local diner every evening and subscribed to the <em>Skull Creek Gazette. </em>He also sponsored a local little league team, donated to the senior's center and served on the board of the Skull Creek Chamber of Commerce.</p><p>Exactly what she would have expected from a thirty-something businessman trying to establish himself in a new location.</p><p>Exactly what she wouldn't have expected from a two hundred-year-old vampire who'd always avoided hanging around too long in any one place.</p><p>"It's on me," the bruiser to the right said when she slid a five across the bar to pay for her drink.</p><p>Her head snapped up, and she found herself staring into a pair of interested brown eyes.</p><p>The man had long, black, greasy hair and a thick beard. He reeked of beer and cigarettes and sexual frustration. He missed his wife. But not because she'd been a fine upstanding woman who'd taken her vows seriously. No, she'd been the opposite. A slut who'd slept around on him every time he'd pulled out of town.</p><p>What he missed was having a warm body to turn to in the dead of night. He'd never been much of a player, and so he hadn't actually dated much before he'd met his missus. He wasn't even the type of man who offered to buy a woman a drink.</p><p>Until tonight.</p><p>Viv read the truth in his eyes and felt his desperation. And suddenly it didn't matter that he wasn't the most attractive man she'd ever met. All that mattered was the sexual energy bubbling inside of him.</p><p>The desire.</p><p>The need.</p><p>Her own hunger stirred, reminding her just how long it had been since she'd fed. Her chest tightened, and her stomach hollowed out. Her hands trembled, and it took all of her strength not to reach out and take the man up on his blatant offer.</p><p>But this wasn't about getting a quick fix and fulfilling some stranger's fantasies.</p><p>This was about fulfilling her own.</p><p>"Thanks, but no thanks." But you might try with the blonde over there in the corner, she added silently. I think she likes you.</p><p>He fixated on Viv for a few long moments before the message seemed to penetrate. Finally, his eyes sparked, and hope fired to life inside of him. He turned toward the woman who sat nearby, nursing a margarita and eyeballing him.</p><p>Viv took her beer and shifted her attention back to the real reason she'd come to the Iron Horseshoe in the first place.</p><p>He sat facing her, his back to the wall, his feet propped on the table in front of him. He wore faded jeans that outlined his trim waist and muscular thighs. A frayed black T-shirt, the words Easy Rider emblazoned in neon blue and silver script, hugged his broad chest and sinewy biceps. Black gloves, the fingers cut out, accented his large hands. A tiny silver skull dangled from one ear. The only thing about him that didn't scream bad-ass biker was the black Stetson sitting on the table near his beer and the black cowboy boots that covered his feet.</p><p>She eyed the scuffed toes of the boots before dragging her gaze back up, over his long legs, the hard, lean lines of his torso, the tanned column of his throat.</p><p>Her attention stalled on the faint throb of his pulse, and her mouth went dry. Despite the crying guitar and pounding drums, she could hear the steady pump of his heart. The sound called to her, inviting her closer, while fear held her stiff.</p><p>Her fingers flexed on the ice-cold bottle of beer. Her gaze stalled on his face, and she licked her suddenly dry lips.</p><p>He had short, cropped brown hair and the rugged features of a man who'd spent more than one day in the saddle. A day's growth of stubble darkened his jaw and outlined his sensuous lips. Pale blue eyes collided with hers.</p><p>There was no flicker of surprise, no glimmer of pain. Just pure, unadulterated lust.</p><p>As if he'd been waiting for her, wanting her, as much as she'd been wanting him.</p><p>A fierce longing knifed through her, and for the first time in a very long time—one hundred and eighty years to be exact—she felt her legs tremble.</p><p>The reaction fortified her courage. It also erased any lingering doubts about her decision to leave L.A. and her freelance career as a tabloid photographer, for a small Texas town and an assignment with a regional travel magazine.</p><p>She'd ditched it all for sex.</p><p>For him.</p><p>Because Garret Sawyer had been the first man to give her a mind-blowing orgasm.</p><p>The only man.</p><p>And Viviana Darland wanted one more before her past finally caught up with her, and she bit the dust for good.</p><p>He had to be dreaming.</p><p>Another full-blown, heart-stopping, aching hard-on fantasy.</p><p>Because no way—no friggin' way—was she really here.</p><p>Right here.</p><p>Right now.</p><p>She eased off the bar stool and stepped toward him, and reality sank in.</p><p>Shit.</p><p>That's what his head said. But his damned traitorous body wasn't nearly as pissed.</p><p>His muscles tightened. His spine stiffened. Heat swept through him, firebombing his dick until it throbbed to full awareness. His eyes drank in the sight of her, roving from her head to her red-tipped toes and back up again just as she reached his table.</p><p>She looked different now. So damned different.</p><p>Instead of being pulled back, her long black hair hung in soft waves around her face, accenting her bright blue eyes and full pink lips. A fitted navy blue jacket molded to her lush breasts and tiny waist. A matching skirt outlined her curvaceous hips. High-heeled sandals made her legs seem that much longer than the full skirts and petticoats she'd worn way back when.</p><p>Different, yet she still had the same glimmer in her eyes. The same confidence in her stance.</p><p>His nostrils flared, and he drank in the same warm scent of apples and cinnamon that he remembered so well.</p><p>"Is this seat taken?" Her soft, familiar voice slid into his ears and jump-started his heart. Before he could reply, she pulled out the chair opposite him and folded herself into it.</p><p>The music blared a fast ZZ Top song that kept time with his racing pulse. "What are you doing here?" he finally asked after a long, loud moment.</p><p>She held up a bottle of Lonestar and gave him the faintest smile. "Thought I'd sample some of the local brew."</p><p>"Not here at the Horseshoe." His gaze narrowed, colliding with hers. "Here. This town."</p><p>She shrugged. "I'm on assignment."</p><p>That's what she said. But her eyes. Those bluer-than-blue eyes said something much different. He didn't miss the flash of desperation. Or the glimmer o... </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Champion bull rider Cody Braddock has always loved the ladies. As a vampire, each time he brings a woman satisfaction, his strength grows!  </p><p>But right now he's thinking only about vengeance. His mission: to hunt down and destroy the one who murdered his beloved family.  </p><p>Revenge, however, takes a detour when he meets sweet, passionate Miranda Rivers. She's never experienced the big O, and she wants to--badly! How could any man--vamp or not--resist?  </p><p>Yet the deeper Cody drinks of Miranda's delicious charms, the more he craves. Only, Miranda wants more than just an eternity of hot sex. She wants Cody's undead heart to beat again, just for her....  </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Of all the Fallen, Raze’s hungers are some of the darkest and most insatiable. His brazen seductions cost him his wings, leaving him soulless and immortal, the most dangerous of seducers. He has roamed the earth for eons, hunting the rogues of his kind and protecting the humans who provide him with blood and sex. He is content with his life and the transient pleasures that flow through it... until one night and one woman change everything.<br></p><p>Kimberly McAdams is smart, beautiful, and wealthy. She can have any man she wants, but the moment she sets eyes on the lethally stunning Raze she knows he’s the man she needs. As one searingly erotic night burns into something deeper and far more vital than either of them expected, an adversary from Raze’s past sees a chance for revenge. Twisted by hatred, she will take from Raze what was taken from her—the precious gift of love. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p><strong>Sylvia Day</strong> is the national bestselling, award-winning author of over a dozen novels. A wife and mother of two, she is a former Russian linguist for the U.S. Army Military Intelligence. Sylvia's work has been called an "exhilarating adventure" by <em>Publishers Weekly</em> and "wickedly entertaining" by <em>Booklist</em>. Her stories have been translated into Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, German, Czech, Italian, and Thai. She's been honored with the <em>Romantic Times</em> Reviewers' Choice Award, the EPPIE award, the National Readers' Choice Award, the Readers' Crown, and multiple finalist nominations for Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA® Award of Excellence. </p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>When a car accident kills two teens from opposite sides of the tracks, the aftermath threatens to tear a community apart. On one side, Melanie Johnston--a grieving single mother--is convinced her son will be forgotten. On the other is Andie Phelps, a reserved woman who retreats even further into herself with grief. Readers' emotions are torn between these two sympathetic characters as each fights her way through grief and pain--sometimes wisely and sometimes with choices that have the power to divide family, church, and even their small seaside town. A riveting selection for any women's book discussion group.</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Some scandals are meant to be . . .<br></p><p>When Aurora Hyatt loses her journal in Hyde Park, her ruin is a foregone conclusion. After all, if anyone discovers her writings, they'll find scandalous fantasies involving the newest rake in Town alongside entirely-too-candid thoughts about her typical dreary suitors. Aurora will either be forced into a loveless marriage with the first nodcock to make an offer, or she'll be assigned a permanent position on the shelf. Oh, dear good Lord. What catastrophe will God smote down upon her next?<br></p><p>If Niles Thornton, Baron Quinton, desires to maintain any semblance of his current lifestyle, he must fulfill the requirements his grandfather, Lord Rotheby, has set for him. First and foremost: he must marry and begin filling his nursery within the year. When he is nearly barreled over by a racing curricle and a journal flies out to land at his feet, his troubles are over. Inside the journals pages, Quin discovers a scandal waiting to happen. Surely a young lady who would write such brazen things in a journal (and then dare to lose it) must recognize the necessity of a hasty marriage, even if the gentleman making the offer is rather less-than-honorable.<br></p><p>In a drunken haze, Quin kisses Aurora on a crowded ballroom floor, necessitating their immediate marriage. Quin's troubles are only beginning, however, as Aurora's writings are soon the focus of both gossip rags and drawing room conversation. When word arrives of an even greater scandal following in his wife's wake, will he prove himself a drunken abuser like his father, or will he become the loving husband of Aurora's fantasies? </p></div>


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<p>Tangled Webs is a book written by two unique authors. The first story is called The Perfect Life. This tale is about Rene Carter and two of her closest friends. Rene is a well respected Baltimore City police officer who is very good at her job. She is married and her husband is a well known attorney who loves her dearly and worships the ground she walks on. Rene is living the perfect life, but she has a dark side. The only people who know her secret are Tonya Lewis and Rhonda Harris who are also police officers. Rhonda resents everything about her and would love to see her fall flat on her face. The second story is called Imitation. Stacie Sims is an up and coming emergency room physician. She has a loving fiancé named Billy Addams. Billy is the son of a wealthy business man. He is the perfect man for Stacie, but he is hiding a dark secret from her. So sit back and enjoy the worlds of Rene and Stacie who both quickly learn that life can get tangled like a spider’s web.</p>


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<p>Lee Charvez is a witch in a family where all of the women are born with inherent gifts of power. She is a witch dreamer, she has the ability to walk in dreams and the subconscious and to work magic there. There is only one Charvez witch dreamer each generation and she's the strongest in generations.<br><br>She meets the man of her dreams, literally, when she bumps into Aidan Bell outside their apartment building in New Orleans. He's a three-hundred-year-old vampire with the face of a wicked angel, and he has no problem with claiming her as his own. As if that isn't miraculous enough there's another man, a powerful wizard, Alex Carter, who makes their partnership into a triad. Problem is, there's no time to sit back and enjoy her newfound loves because there's a demon out to destroy the source of her powers, and her entire family in the bargain. <br></p>


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<div><p class="Chapter" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua">Lynda’s Lace</font></font></strong></span></p><strong><font size="5"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></strong><p></p>
<p class="ChapterSubtitle" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Lacey Alexander</font></font></em></span></p><em><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font></em><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">&lt;i&gt;Book 1 in the City Heat series.&lt;/i&gt;</font></font></span></p><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">Lynda Phelps loves sex.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">Wild sex.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">Naughty sex.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">Kinky sex.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3">But when debonair Jordan Summers enters her life, Lynda finds herself hiding her dirtiest desires, afraid that if he knew, it would soil the pristine image he holds of her. He keeps giving her delicate lace lingerie, after all—when she’s definitely a leather sort of girl at heart. She knows she should tell him the truth, let him see the real her, but she’s too crazy about him to risk it. Little does she know that the usually straitlaced Jordan has started having some pretty kinky fantasies of his own—and he’s going to turn them into reality when she least expects it. Before it’s over, Lynda will discover that a little lace can be a lot of fun.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">&lt;i&gt;Note: The City Heat series is loosely related to the Hot in the City series, but can definitely be read as stand alone books.</font></font></span></p><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 3pt 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua">Also, as the series name implies—hot things happen in this city! Lynda’s Lace features explicit scenes of f/f and f/f/m interaction. You have been warned…&lt;/i&gt;</font></font></span></p><font size="3"><font face="Book Antiqua"><p></p></font></font><p></p></div>


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  <i>Once upon a time…the Blood Sorcerer vanquished the kingdom of 
Elden. To save their children, the queen scattered them to safety and 
the king filled them with vengeance. Only a magical timepiece connects 
the four royal heirs…and time is running out.…</i><p>For practical Reda Weston, nothing could explain how reading a sexy version of <i>Little Red Riding Hood</i>
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wolf-creature who seduced women. A wolf who transformed into a dark, 
virile man….</p><p>Dayn cursed the Sorcerer that turned him wolfyn and 
damned him to a lonely fate. As a beast, he mated with women to gain 
strength. Strength he needed to save Elden. But as a man, he craved 
Reda's heated, sizzling touch. With little time left, Dayn had to either
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<div><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p><em>A furore libera nos, Domine!</em></p><p>Deliver us from the fury, O Lord!</p><p><em>Ten Years Ago</em></p><p>Osborn's fingers tightened around the smooth handle of his spear. He'd spent countless hours peeling away the bark and sanding the rough wood until it felt easy in his hand. His legs shook in anticipation as he sat at the campfire, watching the logs turn orange and the smoke rise to the stars.</p><p>His last night as a child.</p><p>Tomorrow he'd follow the path his father—and his father's father and the generations of his forebearers—had once all walked since the beginning of the beginning. Tomorrow he'd meet the final challenge. Tomorrow he'd become a man or he'd die.</p><p>"You must sleep," his father told him.</p><p>Osborn glanced up. Even in the dimness of the firelight he could recognize the tension bracketing his father's eyes. Tomorrow he'd either join his father as a warrior or his father would be burying another son.</p><p>"I'm not tired," he admitted.</p><p>With a nod, his father joined him on the ground, the fire warming the chill night air. "Neither could I that night."</p><p>Osborn's eyes narrowed. Even though he'd asked a dozen times about his father's Barenjagd, he'd said little. A father's task was to prepare his son for the fight, but what to expect, how to feel…that battle was left for each boy to face alone. On his own terms. It defined the warrior he'd become.</p><p>If he lived.</p><p>An abrupt shake to his shoulder awoke Osborn in the morning. Somehow he'd fallen into a deep sleep. "It's time."</p><p>The fire had died, and he resisted the urge to pull his pelt around him tighter. Then he remembered.</p><p>It was <em>now.</em></p><p>A smile tugged at his father's lower lip when he saw the suddenness of Osborn's actions. In a flash of movement he was dressed, bedroll secured and spear in hand.</p><p>"It's time," he announced to his father, repeating the words he'd been given.</p><p>They were eye-to-eye now, and still Osborn would grow taller. Later tonight he'd be returning a man, welcomed to take his place among the warriors.</p><p>His father nodded. "I will tell you what my father told me, and I suspect his father and the fathers before him. What you must do now, you do alone. Leave your aleskin here, and take no food. Nothing but your weapon. Be brave, but above all, be honorable."</p><p>"How will you know when it is done?" he asked.</p><p>"I will know. Now go."</p><p>Osborne turned on his heel, and trekked silently though the brush as his father had first taught him so many years ago. One of his many lessons. Last night they'd slept on the outskirts of the sacred bear lands. Now was the time he must cross over.</p><p>With a deep breath he stepped onto the sacred land, reveling in the unexpected thrust of power that pounded into his body. The surge swelled in his chest, then grew, infusing his limbs, his fingers. With new energy, he gripped his spear and began to run. Running faster than he'd ever run before, he followed that tug of power, trusting his instincts.</p><p>Time lost meaning as he ran. He never grew tired, even as the sun continued to rise in the sky. His vision narrowed, and the heavy tang of musk scented the air. Bear musk.</p><p>The time was <em>now.</em></p><p>Every muscle, every sense, tightened. Instinct again told him to turn his head, and then he saw it.</p><p>The bear was a giant. Towering more than two feet above Osborn, its fierce claws curved, its dark brown fur pulled tight over taut muscles. Osborn met the fearsome creature's eyes. Again something powerful slammed into him, and his muscles locked. His body froze.</p><p>The bear growled at him, a thunderous sound that made the earth beneath his feet rumble. Osborn felt his eyes widen, but he still could not move.</p><p>The time was <em>now.</em></p><p>Osborn forced his fingers to shift, his arm to relax. Then, with a flowing arc he'd practiced alongside his father hundreds of times, he sent his spear soaring. The sound of its sharpened tip whizzed through the air. The animal roared when Osborn's weapon sank into his chest. Blood darkened its coat.</p><p>With a guttural cry, Osborn sprinted to where the bear had stumbled to the ground, pawing at the wood lodged inside its body. The animal went wild as Osborn neared, striking toward him with those killer claws. A wave of fear shuddered down his spine. The rusty, salty scent of blood hit his nostrils. The breathy, angered groaning of the bear made Osborn shake his head, trying to clear the sound. The bear rolled to its feet, once more towering above him, and close. So close.</p><p>He steeled his resolve. He was to be a warrior. A brave one. Osborn reached for the spear. One weapon was all a boy was allowed to take. The bear swiped at him, his claws ripping through the cloth of his shirt, tearing the skin of his bicep. With a mighty blow, the animal sent Osborn to the ground, the air knocked out of his lungs by the force.</p><p>Forget the pain. Forget the blood. Forget the fear.</p><p>Once again, Osborn's focus narrowed. He reached for the spear again, this time dragging it from the bear's body. But not without a price. The mighty animal clawed at him again, leaving a trail of torn flesh crossing from his shoulder down to his hip. The pain was agony, and his vision blurred, but he steadied his hand and aimed at the animal's throat.</p><p>The animal fell to the ground again, but Osborn knew it would not be getting back to its feet. He met those dark brown eyes of the bear. A wave of anguished compassion settled into Osborn. <em>This</em> was why the warriors never told of their experiences.</p><p>The bear took a labored breath, blood trickling from its nose. Osborn squeezed his eyes tight, fighting the nausea that threatened. His glance drifted to the pain-glazed eyes of the bear. He was dishonoring this great animal's spirit by letting it suffer. The bear's soul clamored for its release. Its next journey.</p><p>The time was <em>now.</em></p><p>Osborn grabbed the spear once more, then plunged it directly in the bear's heart, ending its life. A rush of energy slammed into him, almost knocking him backward. He fought it, but it was ripping and tearing through his soul. The <em>ber</em> energy fused with his own nature, turning him into the warrior the rest of the realm referred to as <em>berserkers.</em></p><p>He felt his muscle begin to quiver, feeling weak from his loss of blood. But the wounds would heal. He'd be stronger than ever before. Osborn gulped in air and stumbled his way back to the place where he'd parted from his father.</p><p>Intense relief passed across his father's face, and his brown eyes warmed when he saw Osborn approach. Osborn immediately straightened despite the pain. He was a warrior; he'd greet his father that way. But his father hugged him, grabbed him and held him tight to his chest. For a few moments he basked in his father's pride and love before his father broke away and began packing away their camp supplies.</p><p>"It was harder than I thought. I didn't think I'd feel this way," Osborn blurted out for no reason he could guess. He regretted his rash words instantly. That was a boy's sentiments. Not a man's. Not a warrior's.</p><p>But his father only nodded. "It's not supposed to be easy. Taking of a life, any life, should never be something done without need and compassion." He stood, slinging his pack over his shoulder. "Guide me to the bear. We must prepare it."</p><p>They trekked silently together, crossing into the sacred land to where the bear had taken its final breaths. His father taught him to honor the bear in the ancient ways, then they set to work.</p><p>"Now you possess the heart of the bear. As a warrior of Ursa, you will carry the bear's spirit with you. Your <em>ber</em> spirit will always be there, waiting silent within you, ready for your call. The strength of the bear comes to you when you wear your Barenhaut," his father told him, lifting up the bear pelt. "Do not don your pelt without thought and careful consideration. You will be able to kill, Osborn, and kill easily. But only with honor."</p><p>"I will, Father," he vowed with a humble sense of pride. "What do we do now?"</p><p>"We take the meat back so our people can eat. The claws we use for our weapons. We don't waste what the bear has given us. We revere its sacrifice." His father ran a finger down the bear's fur. "But the pelt, that belongs to you. You wear it only when you go into battle and must call upon the spirit of the bear.''</p><p>As he'd observed with his father, and the dozen of Ursa warriors who guarded their homeland. Now he was joining their elite ranks.</p><p>They came at night. But then vampires were strongest at night. Attacking when all would be asleep. While the warriors and their sons were on Barenjagd. A coward's choice.</p><p>The cries of women filled the night air. The blaze of burned homes and barns and grain silos lit up the sky. Father and son took in the scene below. Osborn's mother was down there. His sister.</p><p>His father shucked his clothing, grabbing for his Barenhaut and sword, which were never far out of reach. Osborn's own bear pelt wasn't ready, not yet dried by the sun, but still he reached for the fur, drawing it about his bare shoulders. Blood and sinew still clung to the pelt, and seeped into Osborn through the wounds on his arm and down his body. A powerful rage took him over. He felt nothing else. No sadness over the bear, no worry or concern for his brothers or sister and mother, no anguish over the loss of the food stores that would keep his people alive through the harsh winter. Osborn felt nothing but the killing rage.</p><p>With a war cry, he charged down the hill, to his village, his people. To do battle. Not heeding the warning of his father. A vampire turned at his call, blood dripping from his chin, a chilling smile on his cruel lips.</p><p>The anger, the force of his rage, overpowered him. He charged the vamp, grabbing for his throat, tearing at his flesh, ripping at the creature's body wit... </p></div>


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<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Starred Review. Cute as a pink Persian kitten, this scamper of a romance is populated by a whimsical cast of characters: Humphrey the baby dragon, Obo the talking cat, a villainous vizier, a cross-dressing High Master genie, the Egyptian goddess Bastet, and a hunky carpenter. Centuries-old genie Eden (her name one of several nods to the book's namesake TV show) escapes her bottle only to fall for Matt Ewing, the handsome jogger she's been watching from her glass prison's position in the window of Murphy's Antiques. When Eden's magic malfunctions, the nonstop cinematic gee-whiz results will keep the reader enraptured. Fennell (Catch of a Lifetime) also tosses in sultry sex scenes, a bubble-gum–sweet but passionate romance, quick-moving action, and a variety of puns and riddle-making beasts, many of which are sure to reappear in the two planned sequels. (Jan.) <br>(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. </p><h3>From Booklist</h3><p>Sentenced to 3,000 years in her bottle for the accidental death of her master, Eden finds herself unexpectedly free after only 1,797 years. And in the lap of handsome and sexy millwright Matt Ewing, whom she has desired since first seeing him walk by the dusty secondhand-shop window where she was ensconced. Now Matt, Eden, and Obo the cat must search for the elements (bracelets, bottle, and bottle stopper) that will free her forever from the evil and disgusting Vizier Faruq’s plans to sexually enslave her. Fennell’s sexy contemporary romp, set variously on the West Coast and the legendary Al-Jannah, takes its cue from Barbara Eden’s indelible television role, but with enough original touches, careful research, and world building to make this tale—the first in a trilogy set around jinn wrongly accused under an archaic legal system—pure fun. --Lynne Welch </p></div>


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<div><p>Taking friendship to a whole new level…</p><p>Lacey Vaughn is tired of being dumped on by men. It’s clear she needs help in the ways of seduction. Over cappuccinos, Lacey shares her worries with pal Nick Stone. Being the good friend that he is, Nick offers to give Lacey a few pointers in the ways of sexual pleasure. From his first touch, Lacey forgets all about lessons. Now all she wants is more of his luscious body and skillful touches.</p><p>Nick’s craved Lacey for months. He’s done watching her waste herself on losers. It’s time she saw him as more than the dreaded good friend. He’ll do nearly anything to have the little spitfire all for himself.</p><p>But in order to get Lacey past her insecurities, Nick will have to put it all on the line—including his heart—and pray he doesn’t lose her forever.</p></div>


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<div><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Lori Wilde is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 56 books. She is a former registered nurse and lives in Texas with her husband, Bill. </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p>Amabile: <em>In Italian</em> loveable. </p><p><em>Used to indicate a sweet wine.</em></p><p>At dawn on the first day of June, Wyatt DeSalme stood on the bow of the ferry watching the mist-shrouded island that lay just off the coast of northern California slide into view.</p><p>The churning engines vibrated up through the deck floor and he tasted salty sea air. Seagulls chattered like gossiping biddies and the excited voices of the young men and women surrounding him, nursing their gourmet coffees and noshing on free pastries, grew in tone and tempo as the mist parted.</p><p>Suddenly, the jagged, double-barrelled bluff known as Twin Hearts jutted straight up from the middle of the island, glistening in the jubilant glow of morning light.</p><p>This was it. His destination.</p><p>The strangest feeling passed over him, a feeling that said, <em>If you do this, you 'll never be the same.</em></p><p>An uneasy knot settled in the pit of his stomach.</p><p><em>I don't wanna go.</em></p><p>How come? Normally, he loved role-playing. Secret agent man had been his favorite game as a kid, not cowboys and Indians like this brothers. Why the sudden impulse to stay rooted on the boat while everyone else disembarked?</p><p><em>What's the matter? Chicken?</em></p><p>The taunt came from the back of his mind, but it was the voice of his oldest brother, Scott, issuing the chanting dare from childhood along with an excess of poultry noises; a dare Wyatt had never been able to resist. It was why he'd broken a collarbone climbing a quince tree when he was ten, and why he'd fallen through the ice on a barely frozen pond when they'd visited their maternal grandparents in Kansas one Christmas. The taunts, dares, bets and challenges had gone a long way toward forming his character. Always eager to prove himself to his older brothers, he had turned into a bold adventurer. Now here he was at thirty-one still trying to win their approval.</p><p>As a disguise, he wore dark-framed, non-prescription lenses and two days' growth of prickly beard. Over the past few months he'd let his hair grow out, getting ready for this covert game, and it curled in waves to his collar. He hadn't worn his hair this long since college and an errant strand kept flopping across his brow whenever he tilted his head forward.</p><p>He had on blue jeans with a hole in one knee, a gray knit cap and a gray hooded sweatshirt emblazoned with the Berkeley University logo, a school he had not attended, but wished he had. He'd gone instead to Princeton, as was family tradition, and had dropped out in his sophomore year. His sneakers—purchased at a thrift shop—boasted broken shoelaces and thin treads. His watch, also from the thrift store, was a cheap drugstore brand. He'd left the Rolex at his condo in Athens. No belt. No socks.</p><p>His goal? Downplay his looks. Make himself as nondescript as possible. Fit in with the opposite of his customary behavior. Normally, Wyatt adored wearing a tux to high-society parties, driving his Lamborghini on the autobahn, gambling in Monte Carlo and generally being the center of attention.</p><p>The dodge seemed to be working. He'd been on the boat for over an hour and not a single one of the hot coeds on board had shot him a second glance. Which was both reassuring and a bit of an ego-crusher.</p><p>"So," said one of those gorgeous coeds to another as the engines stopped churning and the ferry glided toward the dock. "Do you think the legend of Idyll Island is true?"</p><p>Wyatt, eager to eavesdrop on their conversation, moved closer to the two young women who stood near the railing watching the ferry workers prep for landing. A good corporate spy kept his eyes and ears open.</p><p>"What's that?" asked the second girl. The petite brunette looked barely legal, but he'd heard her say earlier that she was as an intern at Belle Notte Vineyards, so she had to be at least twenty-one. Still, she could pass for a high-school student.</p><p><em>You're just getting old.</em></p><p>He quickly batted away that thought. He was thirty-one, in the prime of life, at the top of his game.</p><p>"Oh, you haven't heard? It's amazing. So romantic." The first girl, a blonde with a pert ski-slope of a nose, dramatically clutched both hands to her heart. "Here's how the story goes. Way back, a long, long time ago, when the founder of Bella Notte, Giovanni Romano, was our age, he fell in love with a girl from the mainland. One night in June, Giovanni took the first bottle of wine produced from his vineyard, along with his sweetheart, Maria, up to the top of Twin Hearts." The blonde paused and gestured at the towering bluffs.</p><p>"Did they do it up there?" The brunette giggled.</p><p>Wyatt rolled his eyes, but sidled closer.</p><p>"I'm sure." The blonde grinned slyly. "They shared the wine underneath the full moon, and then Giovanni asked Maria to marry him. She said yes. They were married in the vineyard the following June and lived happily ever after for sixty-four years."</p><p>"Aww, that's so sweet."</p><p>"Giovanni and Maria's three sons did the same thing with their girlfriends. And then <em>their</em> sons did too. No one in the Romano family has ever been divorced. Nor has anyone who has ever shared a bottle of wine with their true love on Twin Hearts during a full moon in June."</p><p>"No one?"</p><p>The blonde shook her head. "No one."</p><p>"Wow," said the brunette. "Those are some crazy odds."</p><p>What a load of bull, Wyatt thought, but in spite of himself, he was charmed by the legend. He had to admit that the Romanos sure knew how to stir up a myth for publicity and he wondered how much of the boutique vineyard's success was tied into that farfetched story.</p><p>"Well, I'm not here for romance," the blonde said. "I'm here to learn winemaking from the best."</p><p>"Couldn't get an internship at DeSalme Vineyards, huh?"</p><p>"No," the blonde admitted sheepishly. "But this is better."</p><p>"How do you figure?"</p><p>"Belle Notte's a small winery, run by a woman."</p><p>"And there <em>is</em> that legend."</p><p>"I told you I'm not interested in romance. Now hooking up with a hot guy…She cast a sidelong glance at the deckhands docking the boat. "Absolutely. I'm just not in the market for happily ever after."</p><p><em>Me neither.</em></p><p>Wyatt slid an appraising glance over the blonde. Apart from her youthfuness, she was what his brothers would refer to as one of "Wyatt's Lamborghini women"—fast, sleek and expensive to maintain. She possessed a smoking body, expensive haircut and designer clothes. Too bad he couldn't afford the distraction.</p><p>"Not even if…you know…like you met somebody special, like, The One?" the brunette asked.</p><p>The blonde tossed her head. "I'm not ruling anything out, but yeah, I'm not interested in long-term. Not for years and years and years. I want to be like Kiara Romano, running my own winery by the time I'm thirty. You can't achieve something like that if you let your heart rule your head."</p><p>"It also helps to inherit a winery."</p><p>"There is that."</p><p>"Or marry into one."</p><p>The blonde sniffed. "I want to be the one in the driver's seat."</p><p>"It's not always pleasant behind the wheel. I heard Kiara never dates." The brunette lowered her voice and said something he couldn't hear.</p><p>Wyatt cocked his head, straining to listen, but it was too late. The women were moving away from him, heading to where everyone else was disembarking and climbing into the waiting vans whose doors wore mural wraps of Bella Notte Vineyards.</p><p>At this hour of the morning it seemed almost everyone on the ferry was a new intern headed for Bella Notte. Wyatt found himself in the same van with the chatty coeds. They ended up introducing themselves. The blonde's name was Lauren; the brunette's Bernadette.</p><p>As the caravan of four vehicles, each carrying six interns, drove up the hillside, the mist seemed to move with them, rolling away from the coast, rising up to cloak Twin Hearts. The landscape was arid earth on one side of the bluff, verdant valleys dotted with vineyards on the other. Idyll had the same grape-friendly climate as the Napa Valley region, the same easygoing feel.</p><p>The entrance to Bella Notte was as quaint as everything else on Idyll. A vine-covered stone wall flanked buildings reminiscent of Tuscan wineries. Beyond the buildings stretched rows of perfectly-manicured grapes. Wyatt had grown up in vineyards and honestly, they'd never interested him—too much hard work to be sure—but now, looking at this place, breathing in the scent of the rich loamy soil, his chest tightened and he felt oddly inspired.</p><p>His brothers would get a good laugh out of that. Why should he feel inspired by this tiny winery, while the big, sprawling corporate affair that was DeSalme Vineyards left him cold?</p><p>That reminded him of why he was here. To find out exactly what Belle Notte was doing that had caused this tiny boutique winery to take a surprising bite out of DeSalme's market share. Their wines were supremely good. What were they doing differently? His brothers had paid to have the wine analyzed, but they'd been unable to detect why it was so special. They needed a corporate spy on the inside and he was it.</p><p>A tall, dark-haired man met the group and ushered them into one of the stone buildings. He moved with a dreamy, loose-limbed stride, as if walking on a bank of clouds. He wore his hair long, swept off his forehead and tied back with a leather strap. He had a cluster of purple grapes tattooed on his right forearm and he wore a shirt made from hemp. The artsy look made Wyatt think of the skinny, ponytailed guy on the cover of the Fleetwood Mac <em>Rumours</em> album.</p><p>A raven-haired woman, wearing a gauzy blue dress, ambled across the yard to join them. She nestled against the tall man and turned her face up to receive a long, soulful kiss from him. With genuine affection, the man patted her butt, and then ... </p></div>


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<div><p> Research librarian Nan Galvin's days were fairly ordinary...until 
she came across a box of letters. They were glimpses into the life of 
the mother she hardly knew—which made her question everything she knew 
about herself. Now, Nan desperately needs the truth. And so she travels 
to Ireland, with its rolling green hills...and drop-dead gorgeous 
Irishmen! </p><p>Songwriter Riley Quinn isn't looking for The One. After
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he met the American girl who makes his blood burn like fire. He can't 
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<div><p class="description">The offer: a weekend in paradise with a multimillionaire lover. No strings attached...</p>
<p class="description">Tess Robertson is about to get engaged—to a man she doesn't love. But when she meets dynamic, sexy Derek Nolan, she's thrilled to take him up on his seductive proposal instead!</p>
<p class="description">The fantasy: a lush tropical island filled with sun, sand...and a lot of sexual exploration....</p>
<p class="description">Derek can hardly believe his good fortune. Tess is uninhibited...and totally into their uncomplicated, steamy hot island romp!</p>
<p class="description">The reality: paradise is only temporary....</p>
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<div><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p>"So this is Ballykirk," Jordan Kennally murmured to herself, peering through the windshield of her car at the picturesque village below.</p><p>She'd been in Ireland for nearly sixteen months now, working as the project manager on the Castle Cnoc renovation. And though she'd seen a lot of the countryside, she was still amazed at how every sight managed to look exactly like some picture-postcard. Ireland was nothing if not quaint.</p><p>She glanced at the clock on the dash, then calculated the time it would take her to find Danny Quinn, discuss their business and get back to the castle. She wasn't used to chasing around the countryside looking for workers, but she'd been told that Danny Quinn was the best. And Jordan needed the best.</p><p>She steered her car down the winding road that led into Ballykirk, following the carefully drawn map that Kellan Quinn had provided. The town was like so many others along the coast of County Cork—a pretty collection of colorful buildings set against a stunning landscape, this time the blue waters of Bantry Bay.</p><p>When her father had assigned her the project at Castle Cnoc, she'd looked at it as both punishment and reward. It was her first project as manager, solely in charge of a five-million-dollar budget and pleasing one of her father's wealthy clients. It was also a way of putting her firmly into her place at Kencor.</p><p>She'd been doggedly scratching her way up the corporate ladder of her family's multimillion dollar real estate development firm, working hard to carve out a place for herself. But with four equally driven and talented older brothers above her on the ladder, just the process of getting noticed was impossible.</p><p>She'd begged for good projects to manage, but had always been given a secondary role, usually as the interior designer, for projects that her brothers headed. She'd been sent to Ireland to oversee the restoration of a once grand manor house and castle keep, because no one else could be bothered to come. They were all too busy with hotels and shopping malls and office towers.</p><p>"Whistler Cottage." No street, no number, just a name. Jordan studied the map. "Behind the bakery and up the hill to the blue cottage," she read. The bakery was easy enough to find and when she did, Jordan parked her car, grabbed her bag and jumped out of the vehicle.</p><p>There were blacksmiths scattered all over Ireland, their skills ranging from amateur to competent artisan. But Danny Quinn was known as one of the best ornamental blacksmiths in the country, a true artist, and she intended to hire him for her project.</p><p>His brother, Kellan, had served as the architect on the Castle Cnoc restoration and Jordan had assumed that Danny would jump at a big-budget job so close to home. But he hadn't returned any of her calls. So Jordan had decided to force the issue. She needed an answer, one way or another, or she'd be put off schedule.</p><p>The pressure to bring the job in on time and under budget was immense. If she did, her father wouldn't be able to ignore her anymore. The next logical step would be the boutique hotel they were developing in SoHo and after that, progressively larger projects. They wouldn't think of her as the company "decorator" anymore.</p><p>Jordan cursed softly. They all looked at her like some swatch-wielding cream puff, unable to exert any power with the mostly male contractors on the job sites. Maybe she didn't curse and throw tantrums and berate the workers, but that didn't mean she didn't get the job done. Jordan had always preferred a quiet confidence to a raging temper. You get more flies with honey. That's what her grandmother had always said.</p><p>But she'd been pleasant to Danny Quinn, polite on all the messages she'd left. Maybe it was time to get tough. If he didn't want the job, he needed to tell her outright so she could find someone else. Trouble was, she didn't want anyone else. Kellan had shown her a portfolio of his brother's work and Danny was exactly who she needed to provide some of the authentic details she sought for the project.</p><p>As the map indicated, a cobblestone path led between the bakery and the adjacent building. After walking through a narrow alleyway, she saw the sign for the smithy—a decorative iron anvil and tongs attached to the side of an azure cottage set on the low hillside.</p><p>The front door to the cottage was wide open and she walked inside. Two black-and-white dogs lying near the fireplace immediately leapt up and began barking at her. They scampered across the room, driving her against a battered breakfront.</p><p>"Shh," she urged, working her way back to the front door. "Settle down. I'm not going to hurt you." Jordan held out her hand as she made her retreat. But just as she turned to step outside, she ran face-first into a wide, muscular and naked chest.</p><p>A tiny cry slipped from her lips as she stumbled back. The dogs got behind her legs and she felt herself losing her balance. And then she was on the floor with the dogs climbing all over her, licking at her face and nuzzling her hands.</p><p>"Finny. Mogue. Away now."</p><p>The dogs retreated a safe distance, then sat down and peered at her with curious blue eyes, their tongues hanging out, their heads cocked. They looked so pleased with themselves. "Thank you so much for the lovely welcome," she muttered to the dogs as she struggled to her feet. A moment later, the man grabbed her hand and helped her up. It was only then that Jordan got a good look at the elusive Danny Quinn.</p><p>The family resemblance was keen. At first glance, he looked like his older brother, Kellan. But upon more careful study, she saw that where Kellan was handsome in a cool, sophisticated way, his brother oozed raw sex appeal.</p><p>He wore torn blue jeans that rode low on his narrow hips, and an old work shirt, open at the front and missing its sleeves. A sheen of perspiration covered his sinewy arms and chest. His hair, nearly black, stood up in unruly spikes. But it was his eyes, pale blue in color, that caught her complete attention. She forced herself to look away and her gaze drifted to a narrow strip of hair that traced a line from his navel to beneath his—</p><p>"Sorry about the dogs," he said with a boyish smile. "They'll herd anything that moves." He paused. "How they could mistake you for a sheep, I'll never know."</p><p>Jordan looked up, her face warming with embarrassment. Sheep? What was she doing? Quinn was a business associate. "You—you must be Daniel Quinn."</p><p>"I must be," he said. "And who must you be?"</p><p>"Oh." She held out her hand. "Jordan. Jordan Kennally."</p><p>He seemed taken aback by her introduction, but then wiped his hand on his jeans and took her fingers in his. "You're Joe Kennally?"</p><p>"Jordan," she said. "Your brother calls me Joe. He thinks it's funny." She cleared her throat, determined to stay on the subject at hand. "I've been trying to contact you for the past two weeks now and haven't gotten a call back. So I decided a visit was in order." He stared at her silently. "What?" she asked, an impatient edge to her voice.</p><p>"I'm just surprised you're a girl. Kell neglected to mention that."</p><p>Jordan felt her temper rise. That comment had been thrown at her regularly since she'd begun working for her father's development company. Why couldn't she be a girl? Women had every right to work in the construction industry these days. And Jordan wasn't a name reserved exclusively for boys.</p><p>"Is that a problem?" she asked, snatching her hand back and fixing him with a cool look. Obviously, the only way to keep this conversation on track was to present a tough facade.</p><p>Danny shrugged. "I can assure you, that's never been a problem with me. And had I known you were a woman, I might not have dodged your calls for two weeks." He chuckled. "And had I known that you were so beautiful, I'd have turned up on your doorstep in less than a day."</p><p>"You could tell I was a woman from the messages," she said.</p><p>Danny frowned. "I really wasn't paying attention. I usually just ignore my phone messages."</p><p>"That's always a good business practice," she murmured.</p><p>He stepped out of the door and motioned for her to follow him. "Come on then, I'll show you around."</p><p>To her consternation, he didn't bother to button up his shirt and she found herself fixated on that thin line of hair, this time following it up from his belly to his collarbone. Maybe she should offer him a chance to put on something more appropriate for a business meeting. When her attention shifted to the sculpted muscles of his upper arms, Jordan stifled a groan.</p><p>She stepped past him, her shoulder brushing against his body as she walked outside. The contact sent another current racing through her. Jordan wanted to scream. What was happening to her? After just a few minutes, this man had her completely off balance. There was no way she'd be able to negotiate a contract with him in this state. He could ask for a million Euros and her naked body in his bed and she'd sign on the dotted line.</p><p>"Just follow the path to the back," he said, pointing.</p><p>Since she'd been in Ireland, Jordan had lived the life of a nun. The first year, she'd made a point to return to New York at least once a month, in an attempt to maintain a romantic relationship with her last boyfriend. But after their breakup, it had seemed like a waste of time and money.</p><p>Though she'd made a few acquaintances in the area, she'd kept to herself. 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<div><div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone. Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken. Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own. Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.</p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>She has tempted many men… but never found her equal.</p><p class="description">Until now.</p><p class="description">Though she has lived for centuries, Anya, goddess of anarchy, has never known pleasure. Until Lucien, the incarnation of death—a warrior eternally doomed to take souls to the hereafter. He draws her like no other. And Anya will risk anything to have him.</p><p class="description">But when the merciless Lord of the Underworld is ordered by the gods to claim Anya herself, their uncontrollable attraction becomes an anguished pursuit. Now they must defeat the unconquerable forces that control them, before their thirst for one another demands a sacrifice of love beyond imagining.…</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4931 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>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 Maddox, their most dangerous member—a man trapped in a hell of his own.</p><p class="description">Neither can resist the instant hunger that calms their torments…and ignites an irresistible passion. But every heated touch and burning kiss will edge them closer to destruction—and a soul-shattering test of love….</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 4992 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>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.</p><p class="description">Danika is on the run. For months she's eluded the Lords of the Underworld, immortal warriors who won't rest until she and her family have been destroyed. But her dreams are haunted by Reyes, the warrior whose searing touch she can't forget. Yet a future together could mean death to all they both hold dear.…</p><hr class="annotations_divider"><br><div class="user_annotations"><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>  1/24/2011<br>Last Page Read: Location 5238 (99%)<br></span><br><br><br></div><p></p></div>


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<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Picking up where <em>Sleeping with Strangers</em> left off, Dickey's latest novel finds hit man Gideon in London, where another assassin, a mysterious man with a broken nose, is hot on his trail. Gideon's most recent target was a rapper, Big Bad Wolf. The rival rapper who hired Gideon for the hit, Sledge, was recently assassinated, and Gideon assumes he is the latest target. The nonstop narrative follows Gideon as he evades the assassin, searches for the truth about his hooker mother, continues his involvement with tough girl Arizona (who wants Gideon to kill her older sister), tries to figure out who ordered the hit on him and finds time for some explicitly chronicled fantasy sex. Though the revelations about who's behind what are a stretch and the ending is a little too much on the rosy side, there's a lot of fun to be had in watching Gideon work his brutal trade, and the high-octane narrative will have readers burning through page after page. <em>(Aug.)</em> <br>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h3>Review</h3><p>“Will have readers burning through page after page.” <br>—_Publishers Weekly_  </p><p>A “wild…taut, fast, and bold” (_Publishers Weekly_) new direction for “the king of African American fiction” (_Entertainment Weekly_).  </p><p>“A steamy noir-fest of sex, intrigue and danger.” <br>—_Boston Herald_  </p><p>“Filled with romance, violence, and mystery.” <br>—_Chicago Sun-Times_  </p><p>“[A] breakneck read.” <br>—_Library Journal_  </p><p>“Riveting...an action-packed classic noir thriller.” <br>—_Ebony_  </p><p>“A fast-paced cliff-hanger.” <br>—_Essence_ And “it’s also sure to create new fans.” <br>—_Booklist_ (starred review) </p></div>


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<div><h3>Review</h3><p>AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks to everyone for their reviews, good, bad or indifferent.  I just want it known that this is a SHORT that details Xander and Kizzie's BEGINNING. Contrary to what some have stated, there IS an ending to this story, albeit not one that everybody likes. :) </p><p>Also, this is NOT the first two chapters of Wallbanger.  M'Kay, that's all from me! Thanks for reading, and as always, thanks for licking my INK.</p><p>--Sable J </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Secret agent Kizzie Baldwin has a mission with a simple objective: Steal a formula while attending the festivities on the villainous Xander Duquesne's luxury yacht. There's just one problem—she has no idea it's a BDSM party.<br>Dom and criminal mastermind Xander is a man who likes to be prepared. But the unexpected run-in with Kizzie throws him for a loop. Will he give her what she came for, or a little something extra?<br></p><p>*1st appeared in the Summer Heat Anthology. Visit my website to get both FREE!<br></p><hr><p>Excerpt: “Why isn’t someone stopping this?” Kizzie hadn’t meant to speak, but something needed to be done. She took a step forward when Xander stopped her with an arm around her middle, holding her firm. <br></p><p>“Ah-ah-ahhh. You know the rules, don’t you, Princess? Never interrupt a scene.”<br></p><p>The man tugged on a clothespin, stretching the connected nipple and bringing a barrage of cries from his playmate.<br></p><p>“He’s hurting her,” Kizzie said through clenched teeth. Intel suggested Xander had a sadistic streak, but this was barbaric!<br></p><p>“Safe, sane, and consensual. A Master would never do anything not agreed upon with his submissive,” he assured. “And if he did, it’s my place to step in, not yours.”<br></p><p>Well, step in already, dammit! The woman screeched and Kizzie cringed, unable to comprehend why someone would want to do this. A slap on the butt in the middle of sex was one thing, but this? This was too much…wasn’t it?<br></p><p>Years ago when she was just a green agent, Kizzie was in her kitchen deciding on dinner when the guy she’d been dating smacked her on the ass hard enough to make her eyes tear. Without thought she lifted her heel and connected with his groin and then flipped him over her shoulder, landing him flat on his back. He was straddled and his neck pinned to the ground by her forearm two seconds after. The terrified confusion blanketing his face was the only thing that made Kizzie back off. No surprise the relationship ended minutes later, but the wetness between her thighs came as a huge shock. <br></p><p>Doomed before it started, that relationship. A love life was a professional hazard for an agent, all the secrets and unexplained disappearances. That’s why Bond kept so many sexy girls handy, she reasoned. Mr. “Martini—shaken, not stirred” sure as hell didn’t go home to the old ball and chain. Nope, stick and move; bang her and on to the next one. Classic Bond, and Kizzie had long ago determined to follow his lead. With an aptitude to recall miniscule bits of detail, she considered it a gift when she didn’t remember a lover’s name, infrequent as they were.<br></p><p>Satisfied moans brought her attention back to the woman whose expression was almost trancelike in its euphoria. <br></p><p>“That’s a good girl,” the man in the circle cooed. His fingers pistoned in and out of her pussy; juices oozed down her leg. A flick of a latch released her from the pole and she dropped to her hands and knees. He patted her ass. “Who wants some?”<br></p><p>The crowd swarmed her, hands probing, touching. Her Master stood nearby, orchestrating as people went about stuffing the girl’s every orifice. She deep-throated one guy while a woman shoved a vibrator into her pussy. Others removed the clothespins from her body, lapping at the pinched skin. She jerked with every touch to her hypersensitive flesh.<br></p><p>The stimulation was too much for Kizzie, and damn if the team wasn’t getting it all on tape. How would she ever explain this to Connolly? Still, she didn’t look away.<br></p><p>“Stats,” Solomon warned.<br></p><p>But her adrenaline was pumping for an entirely different reason. Blood thundered in her ears, her vision blurred. Soft whimpers pushed through the fog and it took her a moment to realize she was making the noises.<br></p><p>“You want to go next, Princess?” Xander’s hand splayed possessively over her belly. Body pressed the length of hers, he ground his semi-erect cock against her ass. In a rough whisper he said, “I’d be happy to tie you up and spank you. I think you’re a very naughty girl." </p></div>


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<div><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Award-winning Jasmine Haynes is the author of sensual and classy erotic romance, a Rita Finalist, two-time Holt Medallion winner, and winner of the NRCA. She writes for Loose-Id and Berkley Heat, including the award-winning Fortune Hunter Tales and her Courtesans Tales. Coming in 2011, she brings readers a breath-taking new erotic trilogy from Berkley Heat, The DeKnight Tales. Visit her website, jasminehaynes.com, for more information. She also masquerades as Jennifer Skully, writing over-the-top, hilarious romantic mysteries and is the winner of the prestigious Daphne du Maurier award for her first book. And of course, she's the author of the award-winning Max Starr psychic mystery series. </p></div>


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<div><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Tara Shuler is the author of the Blood Haze series of paranormal romance novels, as well as the Requiem Chronicles series, which features demons, fallen angels, and witches. The first book in the Requiem Chronicles series, Requiem for Darkness, is available now.</p><p>In her spare time, Tara enjoys cooking, art, and music, and she is an avid reader of paranormal books. You can learn more about Tara at her website, TaraShuler.com.</p></div>


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<div><h3>Review</h3><p>"Karen Rose Smith always writes romances that touch the heart. They are quick reads with characters that we the readers can relate to." Kathy Andrico, Kathy's Review Corner </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Award-winning, bestselling author Karen Rose Smith writes romance straight from the heart when single mom (former wild child) Laura Sanders meets conservative businessman Mitch Riley and sparks fly!<br></p><p>WISH ON THE MOON is a contemporary romance with family subplots, originally published for Silhouette Books under the pseudonym Kari Sutherland.<br></p><p>Laura Applegate Sanders' world is turned upside down when Mitch Riley appears on her doorstep with the news her estranged father is about to undergo heart bypass surgery. For the past few years, Mitch has been her father's partner in the jewelry business Laura once dreamed of sharing--until her father disowned her when she married Doug Sanders, an artist with no money and few prospects.<br>     Mitch loves and respects Laura's father as he never could his own. His dad was a drunkard and a gambler who died leaving his wife and two sons destitute when Mitch was fourteen. Knowing how much it would mean to Ray Applegate to see his daughter again, Mitch takes it upon himself to travel to Ohio to ask Laura to come home. To his surprise, he learns she is a widow with a four-year-old daughter, Mandy.<br>     Mitch is prepared to dislike Ray's rebellious daughter because of the pain she caused Ray. But when he meets her, she surprises him.  So does the sizzle between them.  But Mitch has been betrayed in the past. His lack of trust in Laura causes him to back away to the old life that has left him alone. Can he forget the past and reach for true love? <br></p><p>Also watch for Karen's 2011 Harlequin Special Edition ONCE UPON A GROOM available on Amazon kindle now! </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>She's used to doing all the rescuing. But love has a way of changing everything.<br></p><p>Hailey Jensen is in the rescue business--animal rescue--and more than willing to risk life and limb for fowl or fauna. Just when life couldn't get better, her world crumbles. Her identical twin has cancer, and her marine rescue is failing before it even gets started. Lacking coping skills, she takes refuge behind sarcasm and solitude. <br></p><p>But, thanks to Dr. Rainer Hartmann, her sister's friend and a man who mistakes overbearing control for helping, she finds herself on the opposite end of the control stick. A wildly independent woman, Hailey fights with the determination of a bulldog as Rainer struggles to drag her out of despair...and into his arms.<br></p><p>(Length: Full length novel)<br></p><p>If you enjoyed RESCUE ME, be sure to check out Sydney's latest release, PRETTY LITTLE KILLER, available now on Kindle!<br></p><p>SAMPLE<br>Within minutes, the room grew stifling. She nudged Rainer in the shoulder. “Take this will ya?” She handed him her glass.<br></p><p>“Had enough?”<br></p><p>“Nope. Just hot. Need to get outta this sweatshirt. She tugged the heavy garment over her head. The world tipped, and she lost her balance, bumping into Rainer. A smirk on his face made her bristle. “What?”<br></p><p>“Nothing.”<br></p><p>“That’s some strong ass wine,” she explained.<br></p><p>“That’s some strong language.”<br></p><p>“I’m not in grade school anymore, ya know.”<br></p><p>His gaze heated. “Believe me. I know that.”<br></p><p>She drew back, realizing she had been leaning against him. “Can I have my glass now?”<br></p><p>“No. I think you’ve had enough.”<br></p><p>“Who are you? My damn mother?”<br></p><p>“No. I’m your friend.”<br></p><p>“Oh, God, not that. I know all about you and your friends.”<br></p><p>“You know all about it, eh?” he asked with a laugh. He was enjoying this conversation way too much.<br></p><p>“What the hell is so funny?”<br></p><p>“Nothing.”<br></p><p>“You’re laughing.”<br></p><p>“Okay, okay.” He threw up his arms in surrender. “I’m laughing. You’re funny, you little spitfire.”<br></p><p>“You’re not. You big…you…” She couldn’t think of a word that summed him up. He was the epitome of contradictions. Gorgeous, a pain in the ass, funny, a pain in the ass, smart, sexy…her body heated even more as her gaze settled on his mouth, surrounded by a day’s worth of stubble. Yup, she was feeling alive, all right. Alive and hot.<br></p><p>He moved closer, and her heart shuddered.<br></p><p>“I’m what?” he asked.<br></p><p>“Nothing.”<br></p><p>He shook his head. “If two glasses of wine can’t even loosen you up, what will?”<br></p><p>“What are you talking about? I’m as loose as a goose.” She lobbed her head, rolled it from side to side, then shrugged her shoulders up and down several times. “See? I couldn’t get any looser.”<br></p><p>“That’s not what I meant.”<br></p><p>“What’d you mean, then?”<br></p><p>“I thought you might be more honest with a couple glasses of wine warming your belly. More honest with yourself and with me.”<br></p><p>“I am. Hell, I was just noticing how sexy your mouth is.” She smiled. Had she just said that? “See? Honest.”<br></p><p>“Hmmm. Honest, all right. My mouth? Sexy?”<br></p><p>“Hell, yes. Hasn’t anyone ever told you that before?”<br></p><p>“Nope.”<br></p><p>“Damn shame.”<br></p><p>“What else are you thinking?” He asked, his smoldering gaze making her temperature spike.<br></p><p>Also by Sydney Allan:<br>Pretty Little Killer<br>Raphaela's Gift </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Sydney Allan is a best selling author of over 40 published novels, as well as an historical costume-aholic, animal lover, and amateur interior designer-slash-DIY'er (one of her most treasured possessions is her Dewalt cordless drill). When she isn't penning her next romance novel, caring for her menagerie of pets, children, grandchildren (and husband), whipping up a 16th century blackworked smock, or demolishing a room in her house, she also writes erotic romance under the name Tawny Taylor and urban fantasy novels under the name Tami Dane. </p></div>


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<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>In this vivid conclusion to the second Kushiel trilogy (after 2007's <em>Kushiel's Justice</em>), young Prince Imriel and his beloved, Sidonie, heir to the Terre D'Ange throne, struggle to come to terms with the deaths of Imriel's wife and unborn son. Queen Ysandre threatens to forbid Imriel's marriage to Sidonie unless he hunts down his traitorous mother, Melisande. Then a spell convinces everyone in Terre D'Ange's capital that Sidonie loves the prince of Carthage, and she sails off to wed him. Only Imriel remembers their romance. He must evade deluded loved ones and work with erstwhile enemies to rescue Sidonie and pull the country back from the brink of war. Carey delivers a heady mix of adventure, power struggles and romance, but fans of the first Kushiel trilogy may be disappointed by the few appearances of Phèdre, Imriel's adoptive mother, and by the relatively tame sexuality, which serves more as a spice than a larger theme. <em>(June)</em> <br>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h3>From Booklist</h3><p><em>Starred Review</em> Imriel and Sidonie, the dauphine of Terre d’Ange, have been in love for some time and finally admit it publicly in the court of Queen Ysandre. The people are in an uproar and divided in support for the lovers; far too many recall the treasonous betrayals of Imriel’s mother that ignited a long, bloody war and claimed the lives of thousands of d’Angelines. Ysandre will not acknowledge the affair, and if the couple marries without her blessing, Sidonie will lose her claim to the throne. Imriel knows that only an impossible act of faith on his part will satisfy the demands of Blessed Elua, the queen, and the people of the realm. For love of Sidonie and country, then, he pledges to find his mother and bring her back to execution. But there are foreigners who command powerful dark magic and want Sidonie and the throne themselves. On Longest Night, they loose that magic, plunging the d’Angelines into forgetfulness and insanity. Imriel must come to himself to rescue Sidonie from the invader and prevent the country from destroying itself. Carey has wowed us throughout the second Kushiel trilogy, which this book sensationally concludes, leaving faithful readers feeling both deliciously sated and hungry for more from her. --Paula Luedtke </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Paranormal, time travel novella, a prequel to Only Yesterday. <br></p><p>Everybody in her family and in the Gulf Coast town of Fairhope views Gilly as a woman whose life is plain and simple, one who has been content to spoil her great-niece Ann while living out her days in Windchime House. Only her best friend Margaret knows the heroic story of Gilly Debeau.<br></p><p>When Ann’s Christmas gift of wind chimes catapults Gilly back in time, she finds herself seated at the café Parisiene, having tea with her Papa and enjoying her eighteenth birthday gift – passage on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. As the string quintet entertains the passengers, Gilly can’t take her eyes off the handsome, talented violinist from West Yorkshire. Under William’s spell, she falls for both the music and the musician. But does an over-protected, unsophisticated girl from Alabama dare defy convention in order to become a woman? And how will she ever explain to Papa that she is planning a future with a man she’s known only three days? <br></p><p>On April 14, 1912, Gilly is wrenched away from everything and everyone she loves. Can she survive the icy Atlantic? Can William? Can their love survive a lifetime and beyond? <br></p><p>Advance praise for Christmas in Time…“The perfect gift for Christmas! Arm yourself with plenty of tissues for this beautiful love story that takes the heroine back in time to the Titanic. Nobody tugs on the heartstrings like Peggy Webb!” Sandra Fortune “Ed.D. ETSU faculty”<br></p></div>


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<div>With TAKEN BY LOVE, author Mindi Winters introduces you to the suspense and fun of an emotion filled, paranormal romance series about the Stern family. Because when a supernatural hunter in the Stern family falls...They fall hard. Forever<br><br>BOOK DESCRIPTION<br><br>Strong willed, reckless, and longing for vengeance, Rebecca Carter heads into the fight alone...<br><br>Filled with regret at his failure, Austin Stern vows that this time the monster is going to die...<br><br>Five years after saying goodbye, Rebecca and Austin reluctantly decide to work together to finish the vampire that broke them apart. But evil has its own plans, and as things fall apart Rebecca and Austin will find their lives in each others' hands, both struggling to survive being taken by the beast.<br><br>Kindle Special Offer - Win a free signed copy of the book cover and other erotic books from your favorite authors. Details inside.<br><br>TAKEN BY LOVE is approximately 14,350 words long.<br><br>Heat Level: Light erotic with lots of emotion<div><br></div><div>AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY</div><div><br></div><div><p>Mindi Winters has always been a writer. Sure, most of it was non-fiction and even, dare I say, boring trade information, but since starting a fiction writing career in 2010, writing has never been more fun. Trying to get pages of a new manuscript completed in-between raising three very active daughters isn’t always easy, but it’s never dull.</p><p>Even if writing is the best career, ever. Mindi has had plenty of other jobs over the years that some people might consider cool.</p><ul><li>Selling popcorn at a theater as a teenager. (What’s better than free movies, they’re so expensive...)</li><li>Flipping burgers at McDonalds in college. (Not really cool, but it did get me my party money.)</li><li>Teaching English overseas after graduating. (Got to travel Asia and Europe for years. It was amazing.)</li><li>Selling real estate. (Totally not cool, but I did get lots of good decorating tips.)</li><li>Cooking great food for movie and television crews. (Hugh Jackman, Alicia Silverstone, and more.) <img src="http://www.mindiwinters.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley"></li></ul></div></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>This is the first book in the Bare Love series.It was just another day in the small town of Legacy for sexy gym owner Moira Madigan and her best friend Cass. Until they investigated a noise and stumbled upon the body of the latest victim of the rapist and killer who was preying on the women in their town. Now being stalked by this madman, Moira is put under the protective custody of Detective Gil Daniels. He's tall, dark, handsome and just about the sexiest thing she's ever seen. The good news is he's crazy about her too. The bad news is so is the killer and he'll use anyone to get to her. Can she trust the detective to keep her body safe or only to bring her the ultimate pleasure a woman can have? Sex with Gil Daniels is better than anything she's ever dreamed of and she just might be falling in love. All she has to do is survive meeting his family and avoid the obsessed killer and she might find that happily ever after. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Lacey Thorn spends her days in small-town Indiana, the proud mother of three. When she is not busy with one of them she can be found typing away on her computer keyboard or burying her nose in a good book. Like every woman, she knows just how chaotic life can be and how appealing that great escape can look. So toss aside the stress and tension of the never ending "to do" list. For now sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride with Lacey as she helps you to unlace and unleash the woman inside. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Review</h3><p>(This) is a true Telluride locals' novel... It's as if the secretive and supernatural Elliot family in Ray Bradbury's novel From the Dust Returned lived in the San Juan Mountains instead of the Illinois prarie. --Telluride Magazine - John Nizalowski </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>If you live LONG enough... love (and danger) will find you.<br></p><p>A new family has just arrived in the isolated mountain town of Telluride, Colorado. Welcome the Johnstons - Jason (a doctor), Rachel (a designer), and their niece Emily (a current High School Senior).<br></p><p>Emily has lived the life of a quiet loner in the past, trying to go unnoticed. But with Telluride being such a small and welcoming town, she finds a group of friends at school almost immediately. When Emily meets Link (another new transplant in town) her world turns upside down. She doesn't understand why she feels a magnetic pull toward him, or why she unknowingly lets her guard down around him. Link is just as confused by his own need to be with her.<br></p><p>Emily knows she is playing with fire. She should be doing whatever she can to keep herself isolated, to keep Link from getting too close. Danger has a way of finding Emily's family - that is what keeps them on the move. They arrive in a new town every few years - it is safer that way. <br></p><p>Because... Emily isn't really Emily... her real name is Charity - and Charity has an even bigger secret. Charity and her family are not like other people, they have "skills" that mere mortals cannot begin to comprehend.<br></p><p>Before long, Charity is struggling with the reality that her two lives are coming closer to each other with each passing day. Soon Link will find himself wrapped in a supernatural world that he never knew existed - and discover that mortals are not the only beings that walk this earth. </p></div>


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<p>From the author of “The Beginner’s Guide to Ebooks” comes “Kindle Superuser – 101 Ways To Get More From Your Kindle”. No other product has had such an impact on e-publishing than Amazon’s Kindle. It is a beautiful ebook reader with a sleek design and a joy to use for reading. Yet despite its popularity and the many improvements since the Kindle was first released in 2007 new owners of the Kindle 3 may be surprised to discover that navigating the menus can sometimes take quite a while. Also most people probably know that you can view photos and listen to music but many are not quite sure how to transfer the files so you can do that. Many people also don’t realize that the Kindle ships with extras installed including a calculator and some popular games. “When I started using my Kindle I wanted to learn all of the tips, secrets and shortcuts I could find. In the process I discovered some surprising things that I could do with my Kindle, even playing games on it! Sometimes I wonder whether Amazon was so convinced that people would love reading on the Kindle… and they do… that they forgot to tell everyone all that they can do with this incredible device. Whenever I shared a few of these tips with people they asked me for more. So I compiled them into this book.” (Gary McLaren, Author)Discover 101 Kindle Shortcuts, Tips, and Tricks (for the Kindle 3):- Save Time with Keyboard Shortcuts- Play Games on Your Kindle- Discover Tricks like Pages Turning Automatically- Set up Photo Albums for Easy Image Viewing- Reveal Serial Number, Bar Code, Registration and Certificate Details- What You Should Do if You Lose Your Kindle- Learn How to Transfer Your Kindle to Someone Else- Where to Find Thousands of Free Ebooks - An Easy Way to Uncover Limited Time Specials on Ebooks Is this the only place you can get this information? Probably not. But this book pulls together all the best tips and shortcuts. It is well-organized and very easy to navigate this book on a Kindle. Plus the author provides a link where you can download his own handy Kindle Quick Reference PDF for free. It’s a PDF file that you can easily print and laminate containing popular Kindle shortcuts.Ebooks are here to stay and the Kindle is leading the way. It’s time to “up your game” and become a master of the Kindle. There should be a copy of this book on every Kindle.</p>


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<div><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Vannetta Chapman has published over one hundred articles in Christian family magazines. She discovered her love for the Amish while researching her grandfather’s birthplace in Albion, Pennsylvania. Vannetta is a multi-award winning member of Romance Writers of America and holds a B.A. and M.A. in English.  She currently teaches in the Texas hill country, where she lives with her husband.  A Simple Amish Christmas is her debut novel.  Visit her on the web at www.vannettachapman.com.</p></div>


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<p>Miracles still happen in modern day New York when “Scrooge” (Nathaniel Danvers) meets “Heaven Can Wait” (Daphne), who has been sent to give him one last chance at redemption. ANGEL BE GOOD captures the essence of the classic Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol" and offers a touch of humor and romance. A perfect holiday feel-good read."ANGEL BE GOOD is another heartwarming and funny tale from romance's latest and ever-so-talented romantic comedy author. Kathy Carmichael makes you laugh and makes you cry and always leaves you satisfied."--Trish Jensen, bestselling author of Stuck With You "This is without a doubt one of the sweetest renditions of "A Christmas Carol" I've ever read. I thoroughly enjoyed each and every page. "--Kathy Boswell, Managing Editor, The Best Reviews"...ANGEL BE GOOD is a read to fill your heart with warmth, and is filled with emotional scenes that have you laughing as well as bring tears to your eyes. Don't miss the inspirational message hidden between the lines of this romantic comedy."--Carol Carter, Reviewer, Romance Reviews Today </p>


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<div><h3>About the Author</h3><p><strong>Myra Johnson</strong> launched her writing career in 1985 when she sold her first short story while taking a course through the Institute of Children’s Literature. Myra later joined the ICL staff as a magazine writing instructor, teaching hundreds of students the fundamentals of story and article structure, plotting, character development, and market analysis. She now writes full-time and is active in her church as well as local and national writers groups. Her manuscripts have placed in several contests. One Perfect Christmas won first place in the 2008 Winter Rose (Mainstream with Romantic Elements); Pearl of Great Price took third in the 2007 ACFW Genesis (Contemporary Fiction); and Autumn Rains won the 2005 RWA Golden Heart for Best Inspirational Romance Manuscript. Myra and her husband, Jack, have been married since 1972. Recent transplants from Texas to Oklahoma, they share their home with two love-hungry dogs and a snobby parakeet. The Johnsons have two daughters, both married, and five grandchildren. She currently lives in Broken Arrow, OK. Website: <strong>www.myrajohnson.com</strong>; Active blogger on <strong>www.myra.typepad.com</strong> and <strong>www.seekerville.blogspot.com</strong></p></div>


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<div><div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>The headshot didn't kill Taylor Jackson. But it will haunt. In her showdown with the murderous Pretender, a bullet taken at close range severed the connection between Taylor's thoughts and speech. Effectively mute, there's no telling if her voice will ever come back. Trapped in silence, she is surrounded by ghosts-- of the past, of friendships and trusts lost--of the specter of a lost faith in herself and her motives that night. When Memphis Highsmythe offers Taylor his home in the Scottish highlands to recuperate, her fiancé John Baldwin can't refuse her excitement, no matter his distrust of the man. At first, Memphis's drafty and singularly romantic castle seems the perfect place for healing. But shortly the house itself surrounds her like a menacing presence. As Taylor's sense of isolation and vulnerability grows, so, too, does her grip on reality.<br>PTSD. Pills. Ghosts. Grudges. Someone or something is coming after Taylor. But is she being haunted by the dead...or hunted by the living? </p></div><hr class="annotations_divider"><div class="user_annotations">
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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Home for ChristmasAfter years spent abroad, reporter Jason Law returned home determined to win back the girl he left behind. It would take all his skills—and then some—to win Faith back. But this time, nothing would stand in his way—it was time faith was rewarded.All I Want for ChristmasIdentical twin boys Zeke and Zach wanted only one gift from Santa this year: a new mom! But convincing their love-wary dad that their music teacher, Miss Davis, was his destiny and part of Santa's plan wasn't as easy as they'd hoped—.Gabriel's AngelAll Gabriel Bradley wanted was solitude. But when Laura ended up at his remote cabin during a blizzard, desperate, alone and on the run, the modern-day Scrooge couldn't turn her away. For she brought him the gift of passion, life, hope—if he had the courage to reach for it.</p>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>The Master of the ″Votre Bonheur" has a secret. Marie, a penniless, naive young woman, must play the passionate courtesan to discover the shocking truth.<br></p><p>When Marie is tossed out of her home, she takes a position at the "Votre Bonheur," an upscale bordello in Nice. There she meets Edward Leroye, the handsome, mysterious master of the house, and sparks fly. He awakens a desire and a dislike the naive young woman has never before experienced. When Sarah tells her that the Master holds a secret, Marie decides to discover the truth. Even if it means stripping away her innocence.<br></p></div>


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<div><h3>Amazon.com Review</h3><p>Jacob Jankowski says: "I am ninety. Or ninety-three. One or the other." At the beginning of <em>Water for Elephants</em>, he is living out his days in a nursing home, hating every second of it. His life wasn't always like this, however, because Jacob ran away and joined the circus when he was twenty-one. It wasn't a romantic, carefree decision, to be sure. His parents were killed in an auto accident one week before he was to sit for his veterinary medicine exams at Cornell. He buried his parents, learned that they left him nothing because they had mortgaged everything to pay his tuition, returned to school, went to the exams, and didn't write a single word. He walked out without completing the test and wound up on a circus train. The circus he joins, in Depression-era America, is second-rate at best. With Ringling Brothers as the standard, Benzini Brothers is far down the scale and pale by comparison. </p><p><em>Water for Elephants</em> is the story of Jacob's life with this circus. Sara Gruen spares no detail in chronicling the squalid, filthy, brutish circumstances in which he finds himself. The animals are mangy, underfed or fed rotten food, and abused. Jacob, once it becomes known that he has veterinary skills, is put in charge of the "menagerie" and all its ills. Uncle Al, the circus impresario, is a self-serving, venal creep who slaps people around because he can. August, the animal trainer, is a certified paranoid schizophrenic whose occasional flights into madness and brutality often have Jacob as their object. Jacob is the only person in the book who has a handle on a moral compass and as his reward he spends most of the novel beaten, broken, concussed, bleeding, swollen and hungover. He is the self-appointed Protector of the Downtrodden, and... he falls in love with Marlena, crazy August's wife. Not his best idea. </p><p>The most interesting aspect of the book is all the circus lore that Gruen has so carefully researched. She has all the right vocabulary: grifters, roustabouts, workers, cooch tent, rubes, First of May, what the band plays when there's trouble, Jamaican ginger paralysis, life on a circus train, set-up and take-down, being run out of town by the "revenooers" or the cops, and losing all your hooch. There is one glorious passage about Marlena and Rosie, the bull elephant, that truly evokes the magic a circus can create. It is easy to see Marlena's and Rosie's pink sequins under the Big Top and to imagine their perfect choreography as they perform unbelievable stunts. The crowd loves it--and so will the reader. The ending is absolutely ludicrous and really quite lovely. <em>--Valerie Ryan</em></p><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>With its spotlight on elephants, Gruen's romantic page-turner hinges on the human-animal bonds that drove her debut and its sequel (<em>Riding Lessons</em> and <em>Flying Changes</em>)—but without the mass appeal that horses hold. The novel, told in flashback by nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski, recounts the wild and wonderful period he spent with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth, a traveling circus he joined during the Great Depression. When 23-year-old Jankowski learns that his parents have been killed in a car crash, leaving him penniless, he drops out of Cornell veterinary school and parlays his expertise with animals into a job with the circus, where he cares for a menagerie of exotic creatures[...] He also falls in love with Marlena, one of the show's star performers—a romance complicated by Marlena's husband, the unbalanced, sadistic circus boss who beats both his wife and the animals Jankowski cares for. Despite her often clichéd prose and the predictability of the story's ending, Gruen skillfully humanizes the midgets, drunks, rubes and freaks who populate her book. <em>(May 26)</em> <br>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Widow, Clara Blackstone, is a faithful woman who has mourned her philandering husband for the last six months. Sheltered from pity and whispering tongues at a friend's country estate, Clara awaits the birth of her first child with mounting confusion. Despite the tiny life growing inside her, she dreams of passion in Reggie's arms. And the erotic fantasies grow more compelling every day.<br></p><p>When Reginald Moore's wife died in the arms of her lover, Clara's husband, he whisked pregnant Clara away from false friends to his country estate to avoid the strain of the scandal. After six months of pretence, Reggie is done mourning his faithless wife and, despite his originally noble intentions, he longs to have Clara in his bed - unborn child and all. <br></p><p>But are his skills of persuasion enough to convince Clara to set aside her grief for a faithless man and choose a new life with the one who stood by her, no matter the obstacle?<br></p><p>Author's note: this story contains a red hot romance between two wicked mourners around one rather large baby bump.<br></p><p>A regency short romp.<br></p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Heather Boyd is the author of erotic romance with an historical bent. A fan of regency England settings, she writes m/f and m/m stories that push the boundaries of propriety and even break the laws of that time.</p></div>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Don't think.Don't question.Just do.The anonymous note wasn't for me.Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the habit of reading other people's mail, but it was just a piece of paper with a few lines scrawled on it, clearly meant for the apartment upstairs. It looked so innocent, but decidedly— deliciously—it was not.Before replacing the note—and the ones that followed— in its rightful slot, I devoured its contents: suggestions, instructions, commands. Each was more daring, more intricate and more arousing than the last… and I followed them all to the letter.Before the notes, if a man had told me what to do, I'd have told him where to go. But submission is an art, and there's something oddly freeing about doing someone's bidding…especially when it feels so very, very good. But I find that the more I surrender, the more powerful I feel—so it's time to switch up roles. We play by my rules now.</p>


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<p>Book 1 in the Celestial Passions seriesBrianna did what any other decent human being would do-rescue a pair of aliens her boss was about to dissect, and get them back to their space ship. In the process, she was captured by an alien scientist and became a experiment herself-a sexual experiment.Captain Alalakan don al' Chardadon was not about to let Dr. Rodak don al' Bakom conduct his ridiculous sexual experiments on an inhabitant from a newly discovered world. Even if it meant he had to marry the Earth woman to protect her. Marriages were easily dissolved on his planet, and this alien was very beautiful. Besides, he wanted her-in his bed, on the floor, against the wall, or anywhere else he could think of.Brianna had to choose-marry the captain or try to find another way to escape Bakom. Easy choice. Even though he was an alien, Char was the most desirable man she'd ever met.So, Brianna finds herself hurtling through space married to a very sexy alien-with a very flexible tail-from a planet where hedonism is the norm and there are three sexes: male, female, and hermaphrodite.But Bakom wanted Brianna too, and is willing to do anything to get her back.</p>


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<div><div><h3>Review</h3><p><strong>PRAISE FOR GEORGE R. R. MARTIN’S</strong><br><strong>A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE</strong>  </p><p>“What’s A Song of Ice and Fire? It’s the only fantasy series I’d put on a level with J.R.R. Tolkien’s <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>. . . . It’s a fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don’t read fantasy.”—_Chicago Tribune_<br><strong><em>  </em></strong><br><strong>A Game of Thrones</strong>  </p><p>“Reminiscent of T. H. White’s <em>The Once and Future King,</em> this novel is an absorbing combination of the mythic, the sweepingly historical, and the intensely personal.”_—Chicago Sun-Times_  </p><p><strong>A Clash of Kings</strong>  </p><p>“Martin amply fulfills the first volume’s promise and continues what seems destined to be one of the best fantasy series ever written.”—_The Denver Post_  </p><p><strong>A Storm of Swords</strong>  </p><p>“Riveting . . . a series whose brilliance continues to dazzle.”—_Patriot News_  </p><p><strong>A Feast for Crows</strong>  </p><p>“Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best. In fact . . . this is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien.”—_Time _</p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance once again--beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has three times three thousand enemies, and many have set out to find her. Yet, as they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.  </p><p>To the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone--a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge yet. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.  </p><p>And from all corners, bitter conflicts soon reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all. . . . <br><em></em><br><em></em> Dubbed “the American Tolkien” by <em>Time </em>magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author delivers the fifth book in his spellbinding landmark series--as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire. </p></div>

<div><h3>Review</h3><p><strong>PRAISE FOR GEORGE R. R. MARTIN’S</strong><br><strong>A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE</strong>  </p><p>“What’s A Song of Ice and Fire? It’s the only fantasy series I’d put on a level with J.R.R. Tolkien’s <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>. . . . It’s a fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don’t read fantasy.”—_Chicago Tribune_<br><strong><em>  </em></strong><br><strong>A Game of Thrones</strong>  </p><p>“Reminiscent of T. H. White’s <em>The Once and Future King,</em> this novel is an absorbing combination of the mythic, the sweepingly historical, and the intensely personal.”_—Chicago Sun-Times_  </p><p><strong>A Clash of Kings</strong>  </p><p>“Martin amply fulfills the first volume’s promise and continues what seems destined to be one of the best fantasy series ever written.”—_The Denver Post_  </p><p><strong>A Storm of Swords</strong>  </p><p>“Riveting . . . a series whose brilliance continues to dazzle.”—_Patriot News_  </p><p><strong>A Feast for Crows</strong>  </p><p>“Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best. In fact . . . this is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien.”—_Time _</p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Dubbed “the American Tolkien” by <em>Time </em>magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author delivers the fifth book in his spellbinding landmark series--as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire. <br><em></em><br><em></em>In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance once again--beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has three times three thousand enemies, and many have set out to find her. Yet, as they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.  </p><p>To the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone--a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge yet. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.  </p><p>And from all corners, bitter conflicts soon reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all. . . . </p></div></div>


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<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The unreservedly emo penultimate installment in the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (after 2007's Fatal Revenant) follows Linden Avery as she struggles to rescue her adopted son, Jeremiah, from the Despiser and forestall the Worm at the World's End, which she awoke by yanking her love, Covenant, free of the Arch of Time. While an introductory plot summary does yeoman service bringing new readers up to speed, it may be hard for them to keep so many characters straight--or care about them--when most of their development took place in previous volumes published decades ago. The focus is on Linden rather than Covenant, whose passive and distracted presence mostly gives others something to react to, but that won't matter to Covenant's large and loyal following, for whom Donaldson delivers all the self-loathing, despair, guilt, pain, and stubborn determination they could ask for. <br>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h3>From Booklist</h3><p>The third volume of the concluding tetralogy of Thomas Covenant maintains the high standards of the first two volumes. Covenant’s spirit has been released from the Arch of Time, and his body is intact. But for this to happen, Linden Avery has had to assemble so much magical power that she is in danger of waking the Worm of the World’s End. The Worm is a classic apocalyptic beast, but it is highly credible that he could destroy the Land, all in it, and perhaps parts of an earth that is closer to the Land than we may have thought. The only hope of survival is for Linden and Thomas to assemble all their possible and not-so-possible allies, including Linden’s adopted son, Jeremiah, who may live up to the biblical implications of his given name and be a harbinger of disaster rather than hope. Donaldson remains a romantic who believes in lovers who will risk all for each other. He is also a writer of extraordinary power and imagination, whose Land certainly has flavors of Middle Earth but has now stood for two generations as a major fantasy creation in its own right. --Roland Green </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p><strong>Enter the thrilling third volume in the epic <em>Collegium Chronicles</em>. </strong></p><p>In Mercedes Lackey's classic coming-of-age story, the orphan Magpie pursues his quest for his parent's identity with burning urgency-while also discovering another hidden talent and being trained by the King's Own Herald as an undercover agent for Valdemar. Shy Bardic Trainee Lena has to face her famous but uncaring father, one of Valdemar's most renowned Bards. And Healing Trainee Bear must struggle against his disapproving parents, who are pressuring Bear to quit the Healers' Collegium because he lacks the magical Healing Gift. </p><p>Each of the three friends must face his or her demons and find their true strength as they seek to become the full Heralds, Bards, and Healers of Valdemar. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p><strong>Mercedes Lackey</strong> is one of the most prolific and best-loved authors in fantasy today. She lives in Claremore, Oklahoma. </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Linda Davis's local fabric shop is a place where women gather to share their creations: wedding quilts, baby quilts, memorial quilts, each bound tight with dreams, hopes and yearnings.<br></p><p>Now, as her only child readies for college, Linda is torn between excitement for Molly and heartache for herself. Who will she be when she is no longer needed in her role as mom?<br></p><p>As mother and daughter embark on a cross-country road trip to move Molly into her dorm, Linda pieces together the scraps that make up Molly's young life—the hem of a christening gown, a snippet from a Halloween costume. And in the stitching of each bit of fabric, Linda discovers that the memories of a shared journey can come together in a way that will keep them both warm in the years to come.…<br></p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>She was looking for long-term. She wasn't expecting eternity! Just when Nikki Braxton has given up on finding a normal guy, she meets cowboy Jake McCann. Tall, dark and delicious, he could be the ideal man if he wasn't a vampire. Well, at least that explains his...uh...hunger for her. </p><p>Meanwhile, that down-and-dirty sex they're having is giving him the energy he needs to destroy his nemesis and break the vampire curse. Good thing, because being with Nikki makes him long for a normal life that much more. </p><p>But then Nikki is abducted. If Jake saves her, he may lose his only shot at becoming human again. Talk about damned if you do...</p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Dillon Cash used to be the biggest geek in Skull Creek, Texas--until a vampire encounter changed him into a lean, mean sex machine. Now every woman in town wants a piece of the hunky cowboy. Meg Sweeney can't get over her old friend Dillon's transformation. Not only does she want him, but she's also dying to figure out how he did it. Because Meg is a former geek herself. If Dillon can suddenly morph into a stud, who's to say there isn't a sex kitten waiting to be unleashed inside her? She just needs a little instruction.... </p><p>Dillon's never been able to refuse his best pal, Meg, anything...even sex lessons. Little does he guess that one life-changing night in her bed will leave him dying to live again...</p></div>


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<p>Once upon a time…the Blood Sorcerer vanquished the kingdom of Elden. To save their children, the queen scattered them to safety and the king filled them with vengeance. Only a magical timepiece connects the four royal heirs…and time is running out.… As the dark Lord who condemns souls to damnation in the Abyss, Micah is nothing but a feared monster wrapped in impenetrable black armor. He has no idea he is the last heir of Elden, its last hope. Only one woman knows—the daughter of his enemy. Liliana is nothing like her father, the Blood Sorcerer who’d cursed Micah. She sees past Micah’s armor to the prince inside. A prince whose sinful touch she craves. But first she has to brave his dark, dangerous lair and help him remember. Because they only have till midnight to save Elden.</p>


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<div><p>Miranda Carter needs to jump-start her love life. Or make that jump sexy Colin Jacobs. Her best buddy is the perfect man, but the studious prof needs some...encouragement. Like one uninhibited night in her bedroomlingerie, toys and all!</p><p>Colin is aching the next day, and the amnesia he's got from the bump on his head isn't helping. He and Miranda had a fantasy eveninguh, didn't they? So why can't he <em>recall</em> undressing such a sexy woman, or kissing every inch of her delectable body?</p><p>So he'll just have to show up for a second night, and a third...and hope that this time it will be unforgettable for both of them.</p></div>


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<div><p>Callie Ryder's life has forever been about shocking people. She's even doing it for a livinggiving sex advice to female callers on her late-night radio show. The ratings, not to mention Callie's popularity as a shock jock, are off the chart, but she's still got places to go....</p><p>When Callie's on-air sex tips result in a West Coast book tour, even threats against her "telling it like it is" aren't going to slow her down. Instead, she gets a bodyguard for protection. And not just <em>a</em> bodyguard. But <em>the best</em> bodyguardLuke Cardasian. Heart-stopping to look at, he's tough as nails and strong like steel, with animal instincts...and appetites.</p><p>A dangerous, sensual, sex-filled road trip.</p><p>Who will survive?</p></div>


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<p class="description">A missing federal judge. A fugitive on the loose. And a deputy marshal who's already broken her own rules.  On what is supposed to be a quiet long weekend in New Hampshire, Deputy U.S. Marshal Mackenzie Stewart is viciously attacked at the lakefront cottage of her friend, federal judge Bernadette Peacham. Mac fends off her attacker, but he manages to escape. Everything suggests he's a deranged drifter – until FBI special agent Andrew Rook arrives.  With Rook, Mac broke her own rule not to get involved with anyone in law enforcement, but she knows he isn't up from Washington, D.C., to set things straight between them. He's on a case.  As the hunt for the mysterious attacker continues, the case takes an unexpected turn when Mac and Rook return to Washington and find Bernadette's ex-husband, a powerful attorney, shot to death. Then Bernadette disappears, and Mac and Rook realize the stakes are higher than either had imagined, and a master criminal with nothing left to lose is prepared to gamble everything.</p>


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<p class="description">Rebecca Blackburn caught a glimpse of the famed Jupiter Stones as a small child. Unaware of their significance, she forgot about them – until she discovered the priceless, long-missing gems were the key to a deadly chain of events spanning thirty years and three continents.sparing no one.  When a seemingly innocent photograph reignites one man's simmering desire for vengeance, Rebecca turns to Jared Sloan, the love she lost to tragedy and scandal. His own life has changed forever because of the secrets buried deep by their two families.  Their relentless quest for the truth will dredge up bitter memories and shocking revelations of misplaced loyalty, dangerous pride and naked ambition.and they will stop at nothing to expose a cold-blooded killer.</p>


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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The small town of Black Falls, Vermont, finally feels safe again—until search-and-rescue expert Rose Cameron discovers a body, burnt almost beyond recognition. Almost. Rose is certain that she knows the victim’s identity…and that his death was no accident.</span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; ">Nick Martini also suspects an arsonist’s deliberate hand. Another fire killed an arson investigator in California months ago. Now the rugged smoke jumper is determined to follow the killer’s trail…even if it leads straight to Rose. Nick and Rose haven’t seen each other since they shared a single night of blind passion, but they can’t let memories and unhealed wounds get in the way of their common goal—stopping a merciless killer from taking aim straight at the heart of Black Falls.</p></div>


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<div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; ">A prominent ambassador is killed in a suspicious hit-and-run in Washington, D.C.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; ">Hours later, his stepdaughter vanishes in the mountains of northern New England.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; ">Back in her hometown of Black Falls, Vermont, to do damage control on her career, Secret Service agent Jo Harper is drawn into the search. But her efforts face an unexpected challenge: Elijah Cameron.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; ">With his military training and mountain rescue experience, Elijah knows the unforgiving terrain better than anyone. But he and Jo have been at odds forever—and Elijah believes the missing teenager isn’t just lost…she’s on the run. Forced to work together, Jo and Elijah battle time and the elements in a race into the unforgiving mountains. The twists and turns awaiting them will take them closer to the explosive truth…and into the sights of a killer.</p></div>


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<p class="description">Carine Winters accepts the job of photographing Sterling Rancourt's historic Boston home knowing she's taking a risk – she could run into Tyler North, the pararescuer who once saved Rancourt's life and the man who all but left Carine at the altar a year ago.  Then Carine finds a body in Rancourt's house – and the prime suspect in the murder is Tyler North's best friend.  Tyler is returning from a rescue mission on dangerous Cold Ridge in northern New Hampshire when he hears about the murder. Tyler goes to see his friend Manny, expecting him to ask for help. Instead, Manny urges Tyler to protect Carine, to take her back to Cold Ridge, away from the temptation to meddle in a murder investigation.  What Manny knows is that Carine's at the center of a deadly game. And the only person she can trust is the person she vowed never to trust again: Tyler North. But they're runningout of time – because a killer has followed them to Cold Ridge… a killer who has put a murderous plan in motion, with stakes higher than anyone can imagine.</p>


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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(28, 28, 28); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">A past she wants to forget collides with a cold-blooded murder he is determined to solve…</strong></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; ">Cold River Hannah Shay has finally shown the town of Black Falls what she’s worth. Her Three Sisters Café is a success and she’s soon to become a prosecutor. When the café becomes an epicenter for investigators trying to pierce a violent crime ring that’s leaving bloody trails in nearby Cameron Mountain, Hannah suspects a man from her past is involved.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; ">Sean Cameron returns to the snowy cold of his Vermont hometown to unmask his father’s killer. Sean has the skills and resources to mount his own search, but he must convince the resistant Hannah to cooperate—because the killer is ready to strike again…and closer than anyone ever imagined.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; ">The twists and turns awaiting them will take them closer to the explosive truth…and into the sights of a killer.</p></div>


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<p class="description">The largest uncut diamond in the world, the Minstrel's Rough, is little more than legend. Brought into the Pepperkamp family in 1548, it has been handed down to one keeper in each generation. Juliana Fall has inherited its splendor from her uncle-and, unwittingly, its legacy of danger.  Juliana's mother wants nothing more than to bury her memories of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. But with the diamond in her daughter's keeping, Juliana's safety becomes entangled in the secrets of the past.  There are others who seek the Minstrel's Rough.  A U.S. senator who will risk his career and face the ultimate scandal to claim its value. A Nazi collaborator willing to do anything to possess it. And a Vietnam war hero turned journalist, chasing the story of this mythic stone.  Now Juliana has only two choices: uncover the past before they do-or cut and run.</p>


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<p class="description">In her gripping novels, New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers combines action, intrigue, romance and adventure like no one else…  Archaeologist Sarah Dunnemore is prepared for almost anything when she returns to her family home in Night's Landing, Tennessee…except the news that her twin brother, Rob, has just been seriously wounded in a sniper attack in Central Park. She rushes to New York to be with him, only to come up against no-nonsense Nate Winter, who was slightly wounded in the attack.  In his work as a deputy U.S. marshal, Nate is the best, but he's willing to break the rules to track down his and Rob's would-be killer. Nate believes the official investigation is going in the wrong direction – especially when he learns that Sarah is like a surrogate daughter and confidante to her family's famous Night's Landing neighbor – the president of the United States.  When Nate suspects that Sarah has held back crucial information, he follows her to Night's Landing. Because Nate will let nothing – not his and Sarah's growing attraction for each other, not the mounting danger they face – stand in the way of the truth. But in a place filled with betrayal, greed and long-held secrets, truth is guarded with a deadly vengeance.</p>


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<div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(28, 28, 28); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">OUT OF THE FIRE. INTO AN INFERNO.</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; ">First he’s suspected of murder, then he disappears. But no matter what the evidence says—Riley St. John knows her grandfather is not capable of such a vile act. The famed explorer and oceanographer taught her all she knows. Now she’ll pay him back by finding the real killer.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; ">Recovering from gunshot wounds received in the line of duty, FBI agent John Straker is the last man Riley would go to for help. As lifelong nemeses, bitter arguments are the only constant in their relationship. But knowing she’s in danger—and about to get herself into more—Straker can’t help but follow and keep an eye on her, even if it means binding their fates with dangerously combustible ties.</p></div>


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<p class="description">Publisher's Weekly  Headstrong, impassioned and independent, Dani Pembroke is nobody's fool. Left virtually parentless at age nine when her mother inexplicably vanished and her father abdicated responsibility for her upbringing to her grandmother, Dani is at 34 a successful entrepreneur. The granddaughter of two wealthy scions from Saratoga, N.Y., a town known for its extravagance and flamboyance, Dani has tried to forge her own identity amid the allure of old money and the unpleasantness of old feuds. Then Zeke Cutler, aloof, handsome and self-employed as a sort of private detective, arrives in Saratoga at the height of its racing season to resolve the same mystery Dani is pursuing: the circumstances surrounding her mother's disappearance. She joins forces with him although she doesn't completely trust him. When the consequences of past events threaten her business-a mineral water bottling plant and spa-Zeke offers the combination of bravado and stability that Dani needs to make peace with her past. Neggers's (That Stubborn Yankee) engaging romantic mystery neatly blends fiction with authentic detail.</p>


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<p class="description">Delighted with her purchase of a run-down, nineteenth-century carriage house on Boston 's North Shore, graphic designer Tess Haviland stumbles upon a skeleton inside the basement wall, a body that mysteriously vanishes when she brings her neighbor, Andrew Thorne, over to see it.</p>


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<p class="description">Returing home to Goose Harbor to finally put her father's unsolved murder behind her, Zoe West is forced to place her trust in FBI Special Agent J. B. McGrath when her life is suddenly plunged into danger – an partnership that leads to undeniable passion.</p>


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<p class="description">When Lizzie Rush uncovers evidence that thrill-seeking billionaire Norman Estabrook may be at the center of an international criminal network, she finds herself playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Raised in the elite world of her hotelier family, educated in reality by her spy father, Lizzie is the perfect choice to slowly amass information that will take down Estabrook. But no good deed goes unpunished.  Despite Norman's arrest, Lizzie knows she's not safe. Estabrook will stop at nothing to exact revenge against the people who took him down – unless she stops him first. When she learns of a bomb that's about to go off in Boston, her instincts are proven right. But her warning doesn't come quickly enough. One detective is seriously injured in the blast and another, the FBI director's daughter, disappears. Then intelligence officer Will Davenport arrives with a single, simple message: Norman Estabrook is gone.  Lizzie doesn't know how Will found her or whose side he's on, but she does know he can help her prevent the killers from striking again. Now Lizzie – a woman who's spent the past year shrouded in a fog of deception – has no choice but to trust Will, a man who lives by a code of personal honor and answers to no one. At least until the mist clears and the frightening truth is revealed.</p>


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<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>It was meant to be an adventure—a night alone on a remote Irish island. Archaeologist Sophie Malone never expected to find Celtic treasure or to end up in a fight for her life in a dark, desolate cave. Now, a year later, she's convinced answers to the mysteries of that night lie in Boston. Is the recent violence there connected to her night of terror? Who has the priceless gold artifacts that disappeared from the cave…and who is responsible for the whispers she heard in the dark?Nearly killed in an explosion a month ago, Boston detective Cyrus "Scoop" Wisdom has recovered from his injuries. He's after the bomber—and he thinks it's another cop. But when Sophie unknowingly leads him to a retired officer's body amid symbols of ritual sacrifice, it's clear nobody's safe, and everyone's a suspect.Tough and stubborn, Scoop is the best on the force at detecting lies…except maybe those of Sophie Malone. Together Sophie and Scoop face the greatest challenge of their lives: someone is using ancient rituals to commit modern-day murder—and the killing has only just begun.</p>


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<p class="description">From New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers comes the gripping story of one woman's determination to solve the unsolvable case: her husband's murder.  Four days after Abigail Browning's wedding, her life changed in a way she never expected: her husband was shot, meeting his death along the rocky Mount Desert Island coast. Was it a random act of violence, or could someone have wanted Christopher dead?  That's the question that has haunted Abigail, now a homicide detective, for the past seven years. As determined as ever to find her husband's killer, she returns to the foggy Maine island – and the home she has inherited there – after receiving an anonymous tip. Is it just another false lead by someone looking for attention? Or can she finally prove that his death was tied to something that happened that night… and that he was murdered?  As the search-and-rescue worker who located Chris too late to save him, Owen Garrison still carries guilt from that fateful night. Constantly on the go as an expert in his field, he's back in Maine for the summer. Right from the start, Abigail's presence ruffles feathers among the islanders. Owen sees she's not the same woman she was seven years ago. As he helps her unravel the mystery, they learn that the layers of deceit and lies are even thicker than they could have imagined.  They're convinced that Chris was killed because he got too close to the truth and that the danger he faced isn't in the past – it's here and now. And it's up to Abigail and Owen to keep pushing for the truth… to stop a killer from striking again…</p>


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<div><div><p> </p><p><b>There are many secrets among the sisters and mother of the prosperous </b><b>Wakefield</b><b> family of </b><b>West Virginia</b><b>. And they're all tied to a tragic mystery in the 1980's, when beautiful Cathy Wakefield fell to her death while rock climbing. </b></p> <p><b>Now the secrets return to torment Cathy's sister Ellen, a Presbyterian minister, starting the day Ellen looks up from the pulpit to find a grown young man standing in her church, accusing her of being his birth mother. In fact, he's the son of Ellen's troubled husband, Tom. </b></p> <p><b>Ellen goes home to </b><b>West Virginia</b><b> to heal from Tom's betrayal and learn the truth about the mystery woman Tom refuses to identify. What she, her mother, and her emotionally scarred TV-star sister, Laura, discover about themselves and their family past changes all their lives forever.   </b></p> <p><b>Alicia Rasley is a multi-published author and also a well-known writing instructor.</b></p> <p><em> </em></p><br><p></p></div>

<p> </p><p><b>There are many secrets among the sisters and mother of the prosperous </b><b>Wakefield</b><b> family of </b><b>West Virginia</b><b>. And they're all tied to a tragic mystery in the 1980's, when beautiful Cathy Wakefield fell to her death while rock climbing. </b></p> <p><b>Now the secrets return to torment Cathy's sister Ellen, a Presbyterian minister, starting the day Ellen looks up from the pulpit to find a grown young man standing in her church, accusing her of being his birth mother. In fact, he's the son of Ellen's troubled husband, Tom. </b></p> <p><b>Ellen goes home to </b><b>West Virginia</b><b> to heal from Tom's betrayal and learn the truth about the mystery woman Tom refuses to identify. What she, her mother, and her emotionally scarred TV-star sister, Laura, discover about themselves and their family past changes all their lives forever.   </b></p> <p><b>Alicia Rasley is a multi-published author and also a well-known writing instructor.</b></p> <p><em> </em></p><br><p></p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Hollywood nights lead to Hollywood daze for this "Tall, Dark and Dangerous Navy Seal. </p><h3>Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.</h3><p>Brittany Evans hated to be late. But parking had been a pain in the butt, and she'd spent way too much time trying to decide what to wear—as if it really mattered.</p><p>She surveyed the scattering of people standing around the college baseball stadium's hot dog stand as she came out the door that led from the locker rooms.</p><p>And there he was.</p><p>Standing under the overhang, out of the gently falling rain, watching the players on the ball field. Leaning against the wall with his back to her.</p><p>At least she thought it was him. They'd never really met—at least not for more than two and a half seconds. Brittany, this is whatever-his-naval-rank-was Wes Skelly. Wes, this is Melody Jones's sister, Britt.</p><p>Hey, how are you, nice to meet you, gotta go.</p><p>The man who might or might not be Wes Skelly glanced at his watch, glanced toward the main entrance of the stadium. His hair was longer and lighter than she remembered—of course, it was hard to remember much from only two and a half seconds of face time.</p><p>She could see his face better as he turned slightly. It was…a face. Not stunningly handsome like Mel's husband, Harlan "Cowboy" Jones. But not exactly Frankenstein's monster, either.</p><p>Wes wasn't smiling. In fact, he looked a little tense, a little angry. Hopefully not at her for being late. No, probably just for being. She'd heard a lot about Wes Skelly over the past few years. That is, assuming this was really Wes Skelly.</p><p>But he had to be. No one else in the place looked even remotely like a Navy SEAL.</p><p>This guy wasn't big, though—not like her brother-in-law or his good friend Senior Chief Harvard-the-Incredible-Hulk Becker—but there was something about him that seemed capable of anything and maybe a little dangerous.</p><p>He was dressed in civilian clothes—khaki pants with a dark jacket over a button-down shirt and tie. Poor man. From what Mel had told her about Wes, he would rather swim in shark-infested waters than get dressed up.</p><p>Of course, look at her. Wearing these stupid sandals with heels instead of her usual comfortable flats. She'd put on more than her usual amount of makeup, too.</p><p>But the plan was to meet at the ball game, and then go out to dinner someplace nicer than the local pizza joint.</p><p>Neither of them had counted on rain screwing up the first part of the plan.</p><p>Wes looked at his watch again and sighed.</p><p>And Brittany realized that his leaning against the wall was only feigned casualness. He was standing still, yet somehow he remained in motion—tapping his fingers or his foot, slightly shifting his weight, searching his pockets for something, checking his watch. He wasn't letting himself pace, but he wanted to.</p><p>Gee whiz, she wasn't <em>that </em>late.</p><p>Of course maybe her five-minute delay wasn't the problem. Maybe this man just never stood still. And wasn't that just what she needed—a date with a guy with Attention Deficit Disorder.</p><p>Silently cursing her sister, Brittany approached him, arranging her face into a smile. "You have that same 'Heavenly Father, save me from doing favors for friends and relatives' look in your eyes that I've got," she said. "Therefore you must be Wes Skelly."</p><p>He laughed, and it completely transformed his face, softening all the hard lines and making his blue eyes seem to twinkle.</p><p>Irish. Darnit, he was definitely at least part Irish.</p><p>"That makes you Brittany Evans," he said, holding out his hand. It was warm, his handshake firm. "Nice to finally meet you."</p><p>Nice hands. Nice smile. Nice steady, direct gaze. Nice guy—good liar, too. She liked him instantly, despite the potential ADD.</p><p>"Sorry I'm a few minutes late," she said. "I had to drive almost all the way to Arizona to find a parking space."</p><p>"Yeah, I've noticed that traffic really sucks here," he said as he studied her face, probably trying to figure out how she could possibly be related to gorgeous, delicately angelic-looking Melody Jones.</p><p>"We don't look very much alike," she told him. "My sister and I."</p><p>She'd surprised him with her directness, but he recovered quickly. "What, are you nuts? Your eyes are a little different—a different shade of blue. But other than that, you're a…a variation on the same lovely theme."</p><p>Oh, for crying out loud. What had her sister's husband told this guy? That she was a sure thing? Just liberally sling the woo, Skelly, and she'll be putty in your hands because she's lonely and pathetic and hasn't had a man in her bed—let alone a date—in close to a decade?</p><p>It was her own stupid fault for giving in to Melody's pressure. A blind date. What was she thinking?</p><p>Okay, she knew what she was thinking. Mel had asked her to go out with Wes Skelly as a favor. It was, she'd said in that baby sister manipulative manner of hers—the one that came with the big blue eyes, the one that had enabled her to twist Britt around her little finger for the past several decades—the only thing she wanted for her upcoming birthday. Pretty please with sugar on top…?</p><p>Britt should have cried foul and gotten her a Dave Matthews CD instead.</p><p>"Let's set some ground rules," Brittany told Wes now. "Rule number one—no crap, okay? No hyperbole, no B.S. Only pure honesty. My sister and your so-called friend Harlan Jones manipulated us to this particular level of hell, but now that we're here we're going to play by our own rules. Agreed?"</p><p>"Yeah," he said. "Sure, but—"</p><p>"I have no intention of sleeping with you," she informed him briskly. "I'm neither lonely nor pathetic. I know exactly what I look like, exactly who I am and I happen to be quite happy with myself, thank you very much. I'm here because I love my little sister, although right now I'm trying to imagine the most painfully horrific way to torture her for doing this to me—and to you."</p><p>He opened his mouth, but she wasn't done and she didn't let him speak.</p><p>"Now. I know my sister, and I know she was hoping we'd gaze into each other's eyes, fall hopelessly in love and get married before the year's end." She paused for a fraction of a second to look searchingly into his eyes. They were very pretty blue eyes, but her friend Julia had an Alaskan husky with pretty blue eyes, too. "Nope," she said. "Didn't happen for me. How about you?"</p><p>He laughed. "Sorry," he said. "But—"</p><p>"No need for excuses," she cut him off again. "People think alone means lonely. Have you noticed that?"</p><p>He didn't answer right away. Not until it was good and clear that she was finally finished and it was his turn to talk.</p><p>"Yeah," he said then. "And people who are together—people who are a couple—they're always trying to pair up all of their single friends. It's definitely obnoxious."</p><p>"Well meant," Britt agreed, "but completely annoying. I am sorry that you got roped into this."</p><p>"It's not that big a deal," he said. "I mean, I was coming to Los Angeles anyway. And how many times has Lieutenant Jones asked me to do him a favor? Maybe twice. How many times has he bailed out my butt? Too many to count. He's an excellent officer and a good friend, and if he wants me to have dinner with you, hey, I'm having dinner with you. He was right, by the way."</p><p>Britt wasn't sure she liked either the gleam in his eye or that grin. She narrowed her own eyes.</p><p>"About what?"</p><p>"I <em>was </em>having a little trouble there for a while, getting in a word edgewise."</p><p>She opened her mouth, and then closed it. Then opened it. "Well, heck, it's not exactly as if you're known throughout the SEAL teams as Mr. Taciturn."</p><p>Wes's grin widened. "That's what makes it all the more amazing. So what's rule number three?"</p><p>She blinked. "Rule three?" She didn't have three rules. There was just the one.</p><p>"One is no bull— Um. No bull," he said. "Two is no sex. That's fine 'cause that's not why I'm here. I'm not in a place where I'm ready to get involved with anyone on that permanent of a level, and besides, although you're very pretty—and that's not crap. I'm being honest here as per rule one—you're not my type."</p><p>"Your type." Oh, this was going to be good. "What or who exactly is your type?"</p><p>He opened his mouth, but she thumped him on the chest as the action on the field caught her eye. It was a very solid chest despite the fact that in her heels she was nearly as tall as he was.</p><p>"Hold that thought," she ordered. "Andy's at bat."</p><p>Wes fell obediently silent. She knew that he didn't have children, but he apparently understood the unspoken parental agreement about paying complete and total attention when one's kid was in the batter's box.</p><p>Of course, her kid was nineteen years old and a college freshman on a full baseball scholarship. Her kid was six feet three inches tall and two hundred and twenty pounds. Her kid had a batting average of .430, and a propensity for knocking the ball clear over the fence, and quite possibly into the next county.</p><p>But it had just started to rain harder.</p><p>Andy let the first ball go past him—a strike.</p><p>"How can he see in this?" Britt muttered. "He can't possibly see in this. Besides it's not supposed to rain in Southern California." That had been one of the perks of moving out here from Massachusetts.</p><p>The pitcher wound up, let go of the ball, and… <em>tock. </em>The sound of Andy's bat connecting with the ball was sharp and sweet and so much more vibrant than the little anemic click heard when watching baseball on TV. Brittany had never known anything like it until after she'd adopted Andy, until he'd started playing baseball with the same ferocity that he approached everything else in life.</p><p>"Yes!" The ball sailed over the fence and Andy jogged around the bases. Brittany alternately clapped and whistled piercingly, fingers between her teeth.</p><p>"Jones said your kid was pretty good."</p><p>"Pretty good ... </p></div>


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<div><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">GUARDIANS.  Heroes of many types, offered by the </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">gods a chance to live at the moment of their deaths. </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The price of life?  Transformation.  Trapped in stone </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by day – watching, weighing, judging.  And by night, </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">the freedom to move, and the ability to be both </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">protector and punisher of those who walk the earth. </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Serve the gods well, and you may be allowed the </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">reward of a thought-mate, a human whose essence </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">will make you flesh by night.  Choose this mate wisely, </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">for the two of you will be bound together forever...</span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In thirteenth century Italy, an evening’s entertainment </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">turns bloody, and the lives of friends and lovers are </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">forever changed.  One woman is torn between love and </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">lust, light and dark, the familiar and the strange.  A </span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">curse is spoken, two men are transformed, and a rivalry </span></font></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><b><font face="BlacklightD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">is forged that may destroy them all.</span><font color="#FFFFFF"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">tran</span>sformed, and a rivalry</font></font></b> </p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><b><font face="BlacklightD"><font color="#FFFFFF">is forged that may destroy them all.</font></font></b> <br> </p></div>


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<div><h3>Product Description</h3><p>HE’LL GIVE HER A NIGHT SHE WILL NEVER FORGET.  </p><p>A vampire killer with a Las Vegas beat, Candace Steele has risked everything to vanquish the forces of darkness–and to resist her own passionate desire for Ash, a dark and seductive vampire. But suddenly the stakes are raised. Candace has been attacked by a member of the Board, an ancient, powerful, and secret vampire sect with a vendetta against Ash. Now the only way she can save her life is to give herself to Ash–body and soul–and become a vampire.  </p><p>Lusting for blood and starving for Ash’s embrace, Candace is pulled deeper and deeper into his world. She no longer trusts his promise that she will not have to remain a vampire forever. And as the hunger threatens to overwhelm her, it may be too late for her to leave the darkness behind. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Cameron Dean enjoyed a successful career as an actress in regional repertory theater before turning her hand to writing. She is also the author of Passionate Thirst and Luscious Craving. Cameron lives with her husband and assorted felines in Seattle. </p></div>


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<div><p style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(3, 52, 49); line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(254, 247, 232); ">Danielle has always believed that there are souls in the stone she carves. She has sensed the presence of intelligent spirits that guide her hands and allow her to reveal the beauty hidden within these bones of the earth. However, when a massive and mysterious obsidian gargoyle she saves from a landfill becomes a dark and dangerous obsession, she teeters on a thin line between madness and surrender.</p><p style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(3, 52, 49); line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(254, 247, 232); ">In six hundred years, Grellix has never desired a life- mate, never loved someone enough to ask for the sacrifice that is required to become bound forever. But Danielle is different. Danni knows the earth. She dances to its beat. She senses his presence trapped inside glossy black stone. Somehow, Danni must discover the secret of transforming that stone into flesh on her own. And once the transformation is complete, Grellix must request the final sacrifice from her, though he will not be allowed to reveal all that she will lose until the bond is sealed.</p><p style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(3, 52, 49); line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(254, 247, 232); ">When a sculptor seduced by the very earth she carves meets a darkly brooding Guardian longing for love, their passion explodes in a fiery inferno that melts a heart of stone!</p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div>


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<div><h3></h3><h3><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The entire school's talking about the gorgeous new math teacher, Mr. Beck. Everyone except Kaylee Cavanaugh. After all, Kaylee's no ordinary high-school junior. She's a banshee—she screams when someone dies.</span></font></h3><h3><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">But the next scream might be for Kaylee.</span></font></h3><h3><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Yeah—it's a shock to her, too. So to distract herself, Kaylee's going to save every girl in school. Because that hot new teacher is really an incubus who feeds on the desire of unsuspecting students. The only girls immune to his lure are Kaylee and Sabine, her boyfriend's needy ex-girlfriend. Now the unlikely allies have to get rid of Mr. Beck...before he discovers they aren't quite human, either.</span></font></h3><h3><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">But Kaylee's borrowed lifeline is nearing its end. And those who care about her will do anything to save her life.</span></font></h3><h3><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Anything.</span></font></h3></div>


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<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>This surprisingly toothless final volume of the Dragon Star fantasy trilogy (after The Dragon Token ) reads more like a melodramatic Russian play than like an epic adventure tale. Pol, sorcerer and High Prince of the Desert, must come to terms with his fanatical cousin Andry, High Lord of Goddess Keep, so the two can pool their magic and influence to defeat a barbarian horde that threatens their people. While Pol and Andry strike an uneasy truce in Pol's castle, surrounded by the intrigues and agonizing of their friends and relations, far away the High Warlord of the barbarians holds Pol's wife and child hostage. The major characters languish passively in their lush surroundings while the reader learns of desperate battles for survival through occasional off-stage reports, a device that makes the entire conflict seem unreal. Rawn writes fluidly and creates reasonably complete characters, but there's not enough action to justify the book's excessive length. The tragic climax, when it comes at last, is lost amid the general angst suffered continuously by all. <br>Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>With his wife and daughter held captive by the invading army of Vellant'im, High Prince Pol is forced to put aside his old antipathies and accept the help of his cousin Andry, the Lord of Goddess Keep. This conclusion to the second trilogy set in Rawn's world of Sunrunner magic continues the skillful plotting and complex relationships outlined in previous novels. Epic in scope, with a large cast of vivid characters, this belongs in most fantasy collections.<br>Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p></div>


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<div><div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The 13th exciting, if long-winded, entry in bestseller Brockmann's Troubleshooters series answers a question posed in 2004's <em>Hot Target</em>—what happened to former Troubleshooter op Vinh Murphy? Seven years earlier, the half-Vietnamese, half–African-American agent went MIA after his wife, Angelina, was killed during a conflict with the neo-Nazi Freedom Network. Now back in California, Vinh has been suffering alcoholic blackouts in between e-mailing death threats to FN's leader, Tim Ebersole. After Ebersole's murdered and Vinh becomes the chief suspect, a sober Vinh turns to an old friend of Angelina's, a deaf former cop, for help in remembering if he did kill Ebersole. A romantic subplot involving Izzy Zannella, a navy SEAL with Team Sixteen, and Eden Gillman, the runaway teen sister of a fellow SEAL, sweetens the mix. Readers unfamiliar with the players might need a scorecard, but Brockmann ignites sufficient sparks to keep the blaze going. A jaw-dropping conclusion suggests more fireworks ahead. <em>(July 22)</em> <br>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h3>From School Library Journal</h3><p>Stressful love/hate relationships simmer in the ranks of the Troubleshooters and their U.S. Navy SEAL buddies in RITA Award winner Brockmann's 13th series entry (after <em>All Through the Night</em>). But when shots are fired, they all direct their attention instead to the neo-Nazi bad guys picking off their agents. Written in third person and told from multiple points of view, the somewhat confusing and slow-to-unfold story benefits from having two readers. Patrick G. Lawlor and RenÃ©e Raudman (co-narrators, <em>Don't Look Down</em>) successfully use accents, pacing, and tone to bring the large cast of characters into focus. Public libraries with a Brockmann following will want to purchase.—Juleigh Muirhead Clark, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Lib., Colonial Williamsburg Fdn., VA <br>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p></div>

<h3>About the Author</h3><p>Since her explosion onto the publishing scene more than ten years ago, Suzanne Brockmann has written more than forty books, and is now widely recognized as one of the leading voices in romantic suspense. Her work has earned her repeated appearances on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists, as well as numerous awards, including Romance Writers of America’s #1 Favorite Book of the Year - three years running in 2000, 2001, and 2002 - two RITA awards, and many Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Awards. Suzanne Brockmann lives west of Boston with her husband, author Ed Gaffney. </p></div>


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<div><div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The elite SEAL Team 16 Troubleshooters squad is called upon once again to take down a group of terrorists who have hijacked a commercial airplane in this densely plotted romantic thriller. Amid the exhaustive drills and daily dramas of the mission, Brockmann (The Defiant Hero, etc.) weaves three romantic threads: a wistful WWII romance recalled by a Holocaust survivor; a turbulent relationship between SEAL Sam Starrett and FBI sharpshooter Alyssa Locke; and a burgeoning romance between the team's Senior Chief Stanley Wolchonok and helicopter pilot Teri Howe. When Teri asks Stan to help her keep a harassing officer at bay, his instincts are to comfort her and crush the officer. Instead, Stan arranges for her to accompany his team on a cushy training op that quickly turns into a real-life rescue mission. Teri doesn't mind being in the middle of the action, and she's eager to spend time with the fierce but compassionate senior chief. Meanwhile, Sam struggles to earn Alyssa's trust; the FBI's negotiator tries to keep his dealings with an American hostage from growing too personal; and the SEALs prepare to take out the terrorists. Taut suspense, sharp dialogue and splashes of humor help maintain the novel's swift pacing, and Brockmann's complex characters will capture the reader's sympathy. (Sept. 1)Forecast: Brockmann's last SEAL Team 16 installment left readers dangling, and her fans are no doubt eager to get their hands on her newest novel. Brisk early sales will give way to steady sales as word of Brockmann's sterling prose and expert plotting spreads.</p><p>Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</p><h3>Review</h3><p>"A taut, edgy thriller."<br>--Linda Howard  </p><p>"Thanks to Suzanne Brockmann's glorious pen, we all get to revel in heartstopping adventure and blistering romance."<br><em>--Romantic Times</em>  </p><p><strong>The Defiant Hero</strong><br>Selected by the Doubleday Book Club  </p><p>"A smart, thrilling keeper . . . This is one to recommend heartily to friends. . . . While heating tension and passion to the boiling point, Brockmann firmly squashes the cliche of military men with hearts of stone and imbues her SEALs with honest emotional courage."<br><em>--Publishers Weekly</em>  </p><p><strong>The Unsung Hero</strong><br>Chosen by the Romantic Times as the #1 Romance of the Year<br>Winner of the Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award  </p><p>"[Brockmann] takes a quantum leap forward with a novel that is richly textured, tenderly touching and utterly exciting. This is one book you will be unable to put down or forget!"<br><em>--Romantic Times</em>  </p><p><strong>Bodyguard</strong><br>Winner of two RITA Awards  </p><p>"Count on Ms. Brockmann to deliver a thoughtful and tightly woven plot with plenty of action."<br><em>--The Romance Journal</em></p></div>

<h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The elite SEAL Team 16 Troubleshooters squad is called upon once again to take down a group of terrorists who have hijacked a commercial airplane in this densely plotted romantic thriller. Amid the exhaustive drills and daily dramas of the mission, Brockmann (The Defiant Hero, etc.) weaves three romantic threads: a wistful WWII romance recalled by a Holocaust survivor; a turbulent relationship between SEAL Sam Starrett and FBI sharpshooter Alyssa Locke; and a burgeoning romance between the team's Senior Chief Stanley Wolchonok and helicopter pilot Teri Howe. When Teri asks Stan to help her keep a harassing officer at bay, his instincts are to comfort her and crush the officer. Instead, Stan arranges for her to accompany his team on a cushy training op that quickly turns into a real-life rescue mission. Teri doesn't mind being in the middle of the action, and she's eager to spend time with the fierce but compassionate senior chief. Meanwhile, Sam struggles to earn Alyssa's trust; the FBI's negotiator tries to keep his dealings with an American hostage from growing too personal; and the SEALs prepare to take out the terrorists. Taut suspense, sharp dialogue and splashes of humor help maintain the novel's swift pacing, and Brockmann's complex characters will capture the reader's sympathy. (Sept. 1)Forecast: Brockmann's last SEAL Team 16 installment left readers dangling, and her fans are no doubt eager to get their hands on her newest novel. Brisk early sales will give way to steady sales as word of Brockmann's sterling prose and expert plotting spreads.</p><p>Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</p><h3>Review</h3><p>"A taut, edgy thriller."<br>--Linda Howard  </p><p>"Thanks to Suzanne Brockmann's glorious pen, we all get to revel in heartstopping adventure and blistering romance."<br><em>--Romantic Times</em>  </p><p><strong>The Defiant Hero</strong><br>Selected by the Doubleday Book Club  </p><p>"A smart, thrilling keeper . . . This is one to recommend heartily to friends. . . . While heating tension and passion to the boiling point, Brockmann firmly squashes the cliche of military men with hearts of stone and imbues her SEALs with honest emotional courage."<br><em>--Publishers Weekly</em>  </p><p><strong>The Unsung Hero</strong><br>Chosen by the Romantic Times as the #1 Romance of the Year<br>Winner of the Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award  </p><p>"[Brockmann] takes a quantum leap forward with a novel that is richly textured, tenderly touching and utterly exciting. This is one book you will be unable to put down or forget!"<br><em>--Romantic Times</em>  </p><p><strong>Bodyguard</strong><br>Winner of two RITA Awards  </p><p>"Count on Ms. Brockmann to deliver a thoughtful and tightly woven plot with plenty of action."<br><em>--The Romance Journal</em></p></div>


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<div><div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Against the backdrop of terrorism on U.S. soil, Brockmann (The Unsung Hero) weaves three complex romantic relationshipsAone fondly recalled, one unexpectedly resumed and one bursting at the seams to get startedAinto a tight tale that will leave readers eagerly anticipating the author's next installment. When terrorists kidnap her grandmother, Eve, and her 10-year-old daughter, Amy, widowed translator Meg takes an Eastern European official hostage to trade for her lost family members. Readers will forgive the plot's implausibility as Meg hurls herself headlong into her risky rescue attempt in spite of interference by former flame and Navy SEAL Lt. John Nilsson. While heating tension and passion to the boiling point, Brockmann firmly squashes the clich? of military men with hearts of stone and imbues her SEALs with honest emotional courage. In an equally refreshing move, she then stands the romance formula on its head, making the SEALs chase the intelligent, self-confident women who've done just fine so far without them. A smart, thrilling keeper among so many disposable stories, this is one to recommend heartily to friends. (Mar. 1) <br>Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>Continuing her novels of romantic suspense that feature Navy SEAL heroes (The Unsung Hero), Brockmann brings together a heroine whose daughter and grandmother have been kidnapped by religious terrorists and a SEAL hero who was in love with the heroine years earlier and is now charged with negotiating the situation. She then spins an unforgettable, riveting adventure that is fast-paced and a bit chilling. A RITA award-winning writer, Brockmann lives near Boston. <br>Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p></div>

<h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Against the backdrop of terrorism on U.S. soil, Brockmann (The Unsung Hero) weaves three complex romantic relationshipsAone fondly recalled, one unexpectedly resumed and one bursting at the seams to get startedAinto a tight tale that will leave readers eagerly anticipating the author's next installment. When terrorists kidnap her grandmother, Eve, and her 10-year-old daughter, Amy, widowed translator Meg takes an Eastern European official hostage to trade for her lost family members. Readers will forgive the plot's implausibility as Meg hurls herself headlong into her risky rescue attempt in spite of interference by former flame and Navy SEAL Lt. John Nilsson. While heating tension and passion to the boiling point, Brockmann firmly squashes the clich? of military men with hearts of stone and imbues her SEALs with honest emotional courage. In an equally refreshing move, she then stands the romance formula on its head, making the SEALs chase the intelligent, self-confident women who've done just fine so far without them. A smart, thrilling keeper among so many disposable stories, this is one to recommend heartily to friends. (Mar. 1) <br>Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>Continuing her novels of romantic suspense that feature Navy SEAL heroes (The Unsung Hero), Brockmann brings together a heroine whose daughter and grandmother have been kidnapped by religious terrorists and a SEAL hero who was in love with the heroine years earlier and is now charged with negotiating the situation. She then spins an unforgettable, riveting adventure that is fast-paced and a bit chilling. A RITA award-winning writer, Brockmann lives near Boston. <br>Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p></div>


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<div><div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Four plot lines are expertly interwoven to create a love story-cum-thriller in the latest work by veteran romance author Brockmann (Bodyguard), winner of two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards and a two-time RITA finalist. Navy SEAL Lt. Tom Paoletti, on medical leave after a near-fatal head injury, returns to his New England hometown and is drawn into an unresolved relationship with the girl he left behind. Kelly Ashton, now a pediatrician, is caring for her dying father when Tom returns to disrupt--and enrich--her life. Then Tom glimpses a terrorist he once pursued who's supposed to be dead, but his antagonistic superiors attribute the unlikely sighting to his head injury. Brockmann keeps the tension high, while also revealing the heartbreaking wartime secret shared by Kelly's father and Tom's beloved uncle. Another subplot involving Tom's niece also plays nicely into the dramatic finale as Tom and a makeshift team must take on terrorist bombers unaided. With its shift in focus from romance to the action subplot, this novel would make a terrific movie. (June) </p><p>Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</p><h3>Review</h3><p>"Thanks to Suzanne Brockmann's glorious pen, we all get to revel in heartstopping adventure and blistering romance."<br>-Romantic Times </p></div>

<h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Four plot lines are expertly interwoven to create a love story-cum-thriller in the latest work by veteran romance author Brockmann (Bodyguard), winner of two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards and a two-time RITA finalist. Navy SEAL Lt. Tom Paoletti, on medical leave after a near-fatal head injury, returns to his New England hometown and is drawn into an unresolved relationship with the girl he left behind. Kelly Ashton, now a pediatrician, is caring for her dying father when Tom returns to disrupt--and enrich--her life. Then Tom glimpses a terrorist he once pursued who's supposed to be dead, but his antagonistic superiors attribute the unlikely sighting to his head injury. Brockmann keeps the tension high, while also revealing the heartbreaking wartime secret shared by Kelly's father and Tom's beloved uncle. Another subplot involving Tom's niece also plays nicely into the dramatic finale as Tom and a makeshift team must take on terrorist bombers unaided. With its shift in focus from romance to the action subplot, this novel would make a terrific movie. (June) </p><p>Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</p><h3>Review</h3><p>"Thanks to Suzanne Brockmann's glorious pen, we all get to revel in heartstopping adventure and blistering romance."<br>-Romantic Times </p></div>


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<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>A titled rogue courts a prim and proper lady in this spirited Regency romance by the deservedly popular Balogh (No Man's Mistress, etc.). Kit Butler, Viscount Ravensburg, is no gentleman. He has long scandalized the ton of London with his antics, and the Honorable Miss Lauren Edgeworth, who is in the city after a painful jilting, is even more horrified than most by his behavior. As the novel begins, Kit forges a particularly scandalous plan. Looking to escape an arranged marriage, he embarks on a wager with his friends to woo and engage an unobjectionably correct lady in order to rid himself of his intended. Lauren is the perfect target, and Kit gets to work. Surprisingly, he comes to like her and confesses his dastardly wager; she, having decided that she wishes to be independent and unmarried, makes a proposal of her own: a summer filled with adventure in return for acting as Kit's fiancee. But when the summer is over, and the gorgeous, intelligent Lauren has quietly helped Kit to reconcile with his family as well as earned the respect of his friends and kin, will the smitten Kit be able to persuade Lauren to make their engagement a real one? Balogh outdoes herself with this romantic romp, crafting a truly seamless plot and peopling it with well-rounded, winning characters. <br>Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>Viscount "Kit" Ravensberg and high-minded Lauren Edgeworth agree to an engagement of convenience that Lauren will eventually break off. But then Kit really does fall in love. Past Balogh works have made the New York Times extended best sellers list; maybe this one will rise to the top. <br>Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p></div>


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<div><p><em>Jo Dubray doesn't think much of marriage</em></p><p>And she certainly doesn't plan to try it herself. But that doesn't mean she isn't interested in getting to know her new roommate's brother.</p><p>After all, Ryan's recently divorced and has two children living with their mom in another state. He can't be thinking of anything as serious and confining as remarrying. But what will Jo do if he is? Especially once his kids come back home to stay. </p></div>


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<p>Danger in Discovery: Abuse, betrayal and lovers lost, have made David Campbell a closed-off and lonely man. But seeing his grown son, Sutter, happy in a committed manage a trois, David cannot help but recall the passions of his past. Then a sizzling home video brings that past vividly into the present, and David is drawn inexorably into a manage a trois of his own. But years of self-denial have taken their toll, and David resists the urge to make the lasting commitment the relationship demands. He fears the danger in discovery, until true peril strikes and David must confront his raging desires or lose everything.Branded: Brandy Mitchell has it all. Wonderful friends, a career she loves, a great life. But something is missing, and it s not just love. Everyone around her is involved in committed relationships with multiple partners. But she s never found that kind of bond the kind that makes her friend, Kendall, glow with vibrant sexuality with one person, let alone two. Then she takes a special cruise, and she s shocked to find herself aroused by blatant public sensual display. She s never even thought of herself as especially kinky, until she meets Eric and Lin, a dominant pair looking for a submissive one who s willing to be branded.</p>


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