This stirring saga follows seven comrades and heroes through the tumult of the Napolianic Wars as they fight for their lives from Austria to Portugal, from France to Russia, until they confront their destiny at Waterloo. Drawn from stories left behind by the soldiers of the First Empire, this...  more

This stirring saga follows seven comrades and heroes through the tumult of the Napolianic Wars as they fight for their lives from Austria to Portugal, from France to Russia, until they confront their destiny at Waterloo. Drawn from stories left behind by the soldiers of the First Empire, this dramatic tale rings true in both triumph and defeat.

England in the early reign of James I: an unsteady nation adapts to its new king; Shakespeare labors over the tragedies of "Othello" and "Macbeth"; bearbaiting is a popular diversion... and Guy Fawkes, with a small group of desperate men, hatches a terrifying plot to...  more

England in the early reign of James I: an unsteady nation adapts to its new king; Shakespeare labors over the tragedies of "Othello" and "Macbeth"; bearbaiting is a popular diversion... and Guy Fawkes, with a small group of desperate men, hatches a terrifying plot to assassinate the king and all of Parliament by explosion. Francis Quoynt is a firemaster who would rather make fireworks than war. Kate Peach is a poor glovemaker and a mistress to the powerful Hugh Taylor, who is forced to hide her Catholicism as she spends her days looking out on noisy, teeming London streets crowded with prostitutes and drunks. Once Francis and Kate were lovers before the firemaster abandoned her and the plague destroyed her family. Now they will meet again -- as enemies -- caught up in the maelstrom of treachery and violence surrounding Fawke's malevolent plot. In the midst of chaos and madness, the flame of their romance will be dangerously rekindled, as their lives and the London they know are changed forever.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader?s Circle for author chats and more.   Pat Conroy?s great success as a writer has always been intimately linked with the exploration of his family history. As the oldest of seven children who were dragged...  more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader?s Circle for author chats and more.   Pat Conroy?s great success as a writer has always been intimately linked with the exploration of his family history. As the oldest of seven children who were dragged from military base to military base across the South, Pat bore witness to the often cruel and violent behavior of his father, Marine Corps fighter pilot Donald Patrick Conroy. While the publication of The Great Santini brought Pat much acclaim, the rift it caused brought even more attention, fracturing an already battered family. But as Pat tenderly chronicles here, even the oldest of wounds can heal. In the final years of Don Conroy?s life, the Santini unexpectedly refocused his ire to defend his son?s honor.   The Death of Santini is a heart-wrenching act of reckoning whose ultimate conclusion is that love can soften even the meanest of men, lending significance to the oft-quoted line from Pat?s novel The Prince of Tides: ?In families there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.?   Praise for The Death of Santini   ?A brilliant storyteller, a master of sarcasm, and a hallucinatory stylist whose obsession with the impress of the past on the present binds him to Southern literary tradition.??The Boston Globe   ?A painful, lyrical, addictive read that [Pat Conroy?s] fans won?t want to miss.??People   ?Conroy?s conviction pulls you fleetly through the book, as does the potency of his bond with his family, no matter their sins.??The New York Times Book Review   ?Vital, large-hearted and often raucously funny.??The Washington Post   ?Conroy writes athletically and beautifully, slicing through painful memories like a point guard splitting the defense.??Minneapolis Star Tribune

A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats spans the decades between the 1950s and the present.  When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might...  more

A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats spans the decades between the 1950s and the present.  When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be…until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago, to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father’s past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion that will reaffirm the reader’s belief in the power of love to move mountains.

When one of Randi Conway?s psychotherapy patients is found dead of a gunshot wound, the investigation is turned over to Lieutenant Anthony Walker. Formerly a New York City cop, Walker now serves on the police force of an affluent community in Fairfield County, Connecticut.  He lives among the...  more

When one of Randi Conway?s psychotherapy patients is found dead of a gunshot wound, the investigation is turned over to Lieutenant Anthony Walker. Formerly a New York City cop, Walker now serves on the police force of an affluent community in Fairfield County, Connecticut.  He lives among the privileged gentry, where he understands that appearances are often far removed from reality.  This certainly proves to be true in the death of Elizabeth Knoebel, when Walker discovers that she had been keeping a private journal entitled ?SEXUAL RITES?.   In her diary, Elizabeth was recording the explicit details of her sexual adventures with various men, many of whom were married to the women in her therapy group.  Elizabeth was a predator bent on seducing and, in some instances, humiliating these men, obsessed with a perverse mission that Walker believes led to her murder. As Walker uncovers the secrets of Elizabeth?s memoir, he becomes convinced that her killer is another of Randi Conway?s patients.   But which one?

George Bryan "Beau" Brummell was an Oxford-educated gentleman without any aristocratic lineage or family fortune, but his friendship with the Prince of Wales helped elevate him. An independent man of independent means who desired the best of everything -- and got it -- he rose to...  more

George Bryan "Beau" Brummell was an Oxford-educated gentleman without any aristocratic lineage or family fortune, but his friendship with the Prince of Wales helped elevate him. An independent man of independent means who desired the best of everything -- and got it -- he rose to become the leader of fashionable society by his wits and irresistible personality. His exquisite manner of dressing, disdaining of anything vulgar, and great appreciation of beauty combined with an extraordinary cool composure and rare charm define him as one of the truly unique characters in English history. In Regency England, Beau Brummell stood as the uncrowned king of genteel society. Whatever he wore was the height of fashion. Wherever he went was the place to be. And the last place one would expect to find him was in the middle of a murder mystery. But then, Beau Brummell was never one to do what was expected... After receiving a series of death threats by post, the Prince of Wales feels that some time spent away from London will calm his frazzled nerves. So he escapes to Brighton, where Beau Brummell joins him as a guest. With guards posted at every door, the atmosphere is tense -- even more so when the Prince's personal "food-taster" samples a new blend of snuff prepared by Beau's friend Petersham...only to keel over dead. Now, to clear Petersham's name of the attempted assassination, Beau will have to turn his quizzing glass on the crime...

BUNDLE OF TROUBLE  When Sylvia Michaels's baby is kidnapped, her investigation leads her to the Texas ranch of multimillionaire Tate Vincent. But the joyous reunion is shattered by gunfire--and an empty cradle. Now both hunt for the kidnappers and the child they each claim as theirs. But will...  more

BUNDLE OF TROUBLE  When Sylvia Michaels's baby is kidnapped, her investigation leads her to the Texas ranch of multimillionaire Tate Vincent. But the joyous reunion is shattered by gunfire--and an empty cradle. Now both hunt for the kidnappers and the child they each claim as theirs. But will their dream of a family be shattered before it even begins?  HOSTAGE TO THUNDER HORSE  Someone wants Katya Ivanov dead, and she doesn't want to pull Moddox Thunder Horse into her nightmare. Still, the growing attraction between them can't be denied?but neither can the killer. Only, with a warrior by her side, Katya just might have a shot at the life?and love?she's always wanted?.

Lacey Lancaster has always longed to be a wife and mother.  However, after a painful divorce, she decides it's time to lay low for a while in her charming San Francisco apartment with her beautiful Abyssinian cat, Cleo. Everything would be wonderful, except for her utterly impossible...  more

Lacey Lancaster has always longed to be a wife and mother.  However, after a painful divorce, she decides it's time to lay low for a while in her charming San Francisco apartment with her beautiful Abyssinian cat, Cleo. Everything would be wonderful, except for her utterly impossible neighbor Jack Walker.  When he's not arguing day and night with his girlfriend, begging her to move in with him, he's chasing down his cat named Dog, who seems determined to get Cleo to succumb to his feline advances. Then Lacey discovers the awful truth -- Cleo is in the family way and Dog's to blame.  She's furious that neither Jack nor his amorous animal seem too upset about the situation. But Lacey learns that things are not quite as they seem.  Jack's "girlfriend" is really his sister -- and his intentions toward Lacey are very honorable.  And though she's not quite sure about Dog, Lacey begins to discover the tender joy of falling in love all over again.  

Heroes for Hire: Seeking the truth -- at any cost. When private investigator Skylar Grady finds herself abandoned in the Arizona desert, she knows two things.  First, her "simple" case tracking a deadbeat dad has someone spooked.  Second -- that someone will kill to keep...  more

Heroes for Hire: Seeking the truth -- at any cost. When private investigator Skylar Grady finds herself abandoned in the Arizona desert, she knows two things.  First, her "simple" case tracking a deadbeat dad has someone spooked.  Second -- that someone will kill to keep her off the trail.  So even when her rescuer, former patrol agent Jonas Sampson, wants her to leave, Skylar knows she's staying.  No one gets rid of her that easily.  If Jonas wants her safe, then he'll have to stick by her side.  But her new partner is a mystery, too -- one Skylar will risk her heart to solve. ~~Larger Print is an easier to read format only; it does not meet the industry standards for Large Print.~~  

HUNTER The desert was no place for a female. But as chief of security for a top secret operation, Hunter had his orders, and Jennifer Marist needed his protection. He thought he could handle spending a week on the rugged Arizona plains with the one woman he was determined never to touch.... ...  more

HUNTER The desert was no place for a female. But as chief of security for a top secret operation, Hunter had his orders, and Jennifer Marist needed his protection. He thought he could handle spending a week on the rugged Arizona plains with the one woman he was determined never to touch.... But he hadn't planned on the lure of Jenny's wild, sweet passion— or on discovering a love he'd never dreamed possible. MAN IN CONTROL Ever since DEA agent Alexander Cobb had given Jodie Clayburn a Texas-size brush-off, they'd been sworn enemies. But eight years later, this cynical long, tall Texan couldn't believe the baby-faced schoolgirl had turned into such a beauty. Or that she'd help him crack the drug-smuggling case that threatened Jacobsville. he'd risk everything to protect her. Would the man in control finally get caught in his own web of danger...and desire?

BOUGHT -- ONE KISS... A paragon of virtue, Miss Lillian Davenport has an unrivaled reputation.  So why has she offered to pay dangerous American, Lucas Clairmont, for a single kiss? Lucas refuses to be molded by society and often walks on the wrong side of right, but Lillian's...  more

BOUGHT -- ONE KISS... A paragon of virtue, Miss Lillian Davenport has an unrivaled reputation.  So why has she offered to pay dangerous American, Lucas Clairmont, for a single kiss? Lucas refuses to be molded by society and often walks on the wrong side of right, but Lillian's pure goodness and pale, correct life fascinate him.  He senses that beneath the manners there's a woman of rare sensuality. For Lillian, buying a kiss from Lucas has released a wildness within.  Her ordered, virtuous world may never be the same again....

Two out of three ain't bad... Unless you're talking about dead guys! The body count on this job is freaking me out. Since I signed on to bust scam artists with Chameleon, the missions have been getting increasingly dangerous--and so has my love life! There?s Arch, my bad-boy Scottish...  more

Two out of three ain't bad... Unless you're talking about dead guys! The body count on this job is freaking me out. Since I signed on to bust scam artists with Chameleon, the missions have been getting increasingly dangerous--and so has my love life! There?s Arch, my bad-boy Scottish lover, who?s been keeping secrets so long, he may never come clean. Then there?s my sexy boss, Milo, who?s in hot water with some seriously bad characters. Maybe it?s time for a whole new gig--one without cons or criminals. But first, I have to bring in one more bad apple? in my own inimitable style. After that, one of my guys had better step up to the plate, or it?s hasta la vista for Evie?

Long ago, a witch proclaimed an eternal curse that every Corwin male who married for love would be destined to lose his woman and his fortune… When Mike Corwin awakens after some wild partying in Vegas $100,000 richer and married to Amber, the gorgeous woman he met the night before, he...  more

Long ago, a witch proclaimed an eternal curse that every Corwin male who married for love would be destined to lose his woman and his fortune… When Mike Corwin awakens after some wild partying in Vegas $100,000 richer and married to Amber, the gorgeous woman he met the night before, he thinks he's hit the jackpot. The bad news is that Amber's a con who takes his money and runs. Seems the family curse has finally hit him. Hard. But to Amber, Mike isn't business as usual. If only she didn't need the money to ensure her father's safety, she might actually have fallen for the intense lawman. Instead, she's forced to betray him. Now Mike's hell-bent on divorce and Amber's on the run…but when a twist of fate reunites them, can they turn their run of bad fortune into a lucky streak?

Mischievous plans, sinful seductions, and all-around bad behavior -- what could be more fun? Read these four unforgettable stories by some of today's sexiest authors, and find out how nice it can be to be naughty! A TEMPTING WAGER by Susan Johnson It's the decadent Regency...  more

Mischievous plans, sinful seductions, and all-around bad behavior -- what could be more fun? Read these four unforgettable stories by some of today's sexiest authors, and find out how nice it can be to be naughty! A TEMPTING WAGER by Susan Johnson It's the decadent Regency period, where four bored debutantes concoct a most delightfully wicked contest: to seduce the so-called reformed profligate, Simon Mar, Marquis of Narne... WINNER TAKE ALL by Adrianne Lee A 25-year-old virgin gets a new lease on life when Carroll Sydney learns she has lots of lost time to make up for. She tries to tempt the baddest boy in Missoula, Montana -- too bad he's made a promise to be "good"... STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT by Leandra Logan This is a scintillating contemporary tale of desire and betrayal: as her marriage to a shady Hollywood movie producer dissolves, Andrea Doanes uses a sexy stranger to turn the tables in a most delicious way... THE MAINE ATTRACTION by Anne Marie Winston A loveless cookbook author and a seductive rogue spend a few days together in a rustic cabin in Maine -- and discover that passion can simmer under the most unlikely circumstances... Most of the good things in life are...Naughty, Naughty.

Home is where the heart is… In Lily Everett's Home at Last, Marcus Beckett left Sanctuary Island after his mother’s funeral, and he hasn’t been back since. Until now. Needing a change from the high-risk, high-stakes life of a bodyguard, Marcus makes a solitary life...  more

Home is where the heart is… In Lily Everett's Home at Last, Marcus Beckett left Sanctuary Island after his mother’s funeral, and he hasn’t been back since. Until now. Needing a change from the high-risk, high-stakes life of a bodyguard, Marcus makes a solitary life for himself running the neighborhood bar in his hometown. His only mistake? Seducing and then dumping the town’s sweetheart, Quinn Harper. Marcus knows he did the right thingâۥa good girl like Quinn has no business with a broken man like him. But now no one will come to his bar, and he’s watching his last chance at a peaceful life go up in smoke. So when Quinn proposes a fake four-week courtship, he can’t refuse…even though he knows it’s a bad idea. It’s a romantic charade that will buy Quinn time to distract her mother and father from their own marital problemsâۥand will help Marcus welcome back some paying customers besides. But what begins as an engagement of convenience slowly transforms into a deeper connection, one that heals both of their hearts. . .and ignites the simmering passion between them. Could it be that pretending to be together is just what Quinn and Marcus needed to give their real love a second chance?

In the first Novel of Secrets, Blood of the Lamb, Sam Cabot upended religious history with hair-raising twists that left readers reeling?and hungry for more. Now his ?genre-bending series? (Popcorn Reads) continues as an ancient evil rises in the modern world with each full moon. It was...  more

In the first Novel of Secrets, Blood of the Lamb, Sam Cabot upended religious history with hair-raising twists that left readers reeling?and hungry for more. Now his ?genre-bending series? (Popcorn Reads) continues as an ancient evil rises in the modern world with each full moon. It was shocking enough for Father Thomas Kelly to discover the community of vampires known as the Noantri. Even more unsettling: Two colleagues, art historian Livia Pietro and scholar Spencer George, were among them. Now the three of them are working together in New York City, where Livia is attending a conference on Native American art. But when Spencer is attacked in Central Park by a wolf, they?re plunged into a world where Iroquois lore and the doctrines of the Catholic Church have collided, resulting in a catastrophic revelation. The attack on Spencer was not random, nor was it made by a normal wolf. It was a violent, calculated strike in a quest for power and domination that could destroy millions of lives?because under a full moon in Manhattan, everyone is going to be prey....

LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE Olivia Davenport has finally gotten her life back together.  She's left her painful past behind, started over in a new town, and become Harmony Harbor's most sought-after event planner.  But her past catches up to her when Olivia learns that...  more

LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE Olivia Davenport has finally gotten her life back together.  She's left her painful past behind, started over in a new town, and become Harmony Harbor's most sought-after event planner.  But her past catches up to her when Olivia learns that she's now guardian of her ex's young daughter.  With her world spinning, Olivia must reconcile her old life with her new one.  And she doesn't have time for her new next door neighbor, no matter how handsome he is. Olivia may act like she's got everything under control, but Dr. Finn Gallagher knows a person in over her head when he sees one.  He'd really like to be the shoulder she leans on, but Olivia makes it clear she doesn't want his help.  Since he's returned to town, his waiting room has been full of single women feigning illness.  Yet the one woman he's interested in is avoiding him.  But with a little help from some matchmaking widows and a precocious little girl, Finn might just win Olivia over.  

For over a decade, Rosanne Bittner has enchanted her readers with tales of adventure and romance in the times before the White Man settled the West. Now, in the tradition of Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, the bestselling author of Song of the Wolf and the Savage Destiny Indian...  more

For over a decade, Rosanne Bittner has enchanted her readers with tales of adventure and romance in the times before the White Man settled the West. Now, in the tradition of Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, the bestselling author of Song of the Wolf and the Savage Destiny Indian series turns her hand to historical fiction with a wonderful new story of Native America sure to capture you and carry you on an adventure of love and hate, good and evil, life and death. In 1833, Star Dancer, a Sichangu (Brulé Sioux), is promised in marriage to Stalking Wolf, an Oglala warrior whom she has never met. What begins as a loveless union develops into a moving story of a man and a woman led by powers beyond their control. Dreams, visions, and mystic experiences fill this provocative love story that launches a saga about the Lakota and their first meeting with the White Man.

WWII is over and Joe Bernardi has just returned home after three years as a war correspondent in Europe. Married in the heat of passion three weeks before he shipped out, he has come home to find his wife Lydia is a complete stranger. It's not long before Lydia's off to Reno for a quikie divorce...  more

WWII is over and Joe Bernardi has just returned home after three years as a war correspondent in Europe. Married in the heat of passion three weeks before he shipped out, he has come home to find his wife Lydia is a complete stranger. It's not long before Lydia's off to Reno for a quikie divorce which Joe won't accept. Meanwhile he's been hired as a publicist by third-rate movie studio, Continental pictures. One night he enters a darkened sound stage only to discover the dead body of ambitious would-be actress Maggie Baumann. When the police investigate, they immediately zero in on Joe as the perp. Short on evidence they attempt to frame him and almost succeed. Desperate to clear himself and uncover the identity of the actual killer, Joe enlists the help of Russ Parmelee, the studio's chief of security. There's no shortage of suspects: ...May Britton, over the hill actress trying to make a comeback ...Brick Baxter, whose brief career as a leading man is being threatened by the return of real stars like Gable and Power and Stewart. ...Kingman Krug, a hack director who would rather be helming his next epic film instead of this movie trash. ...Dave Clancy who claims to be a reporter from Chicago but is someone else altogether. ...Leo Blaustein, studio hatchetman who may have been keeping Maggie in a plush apartment. ...Al Kaplan, an ex husband still carrying a red-hot torch. ...Sal Maggio, a man of many interests, most of them illegal who has a highly personal reason for wanting this film to succeed. The story moves headlong toward an exciting and unexpected ending, weaving it's way through a web of blackmail, betrayal and extortion.

Famed aviatrix Evangeline Starke never expected to see her husband, adventurer Gabriel Starke, ever again. They had been a golden couple, enjoying a whirlwind courtship amid the backdrop of a glittering social set in prewar London until his sudden death with the sinking of the Lusitania. Five...  more

Famed aviatrix Evangeline Starke never expected to see her husband, adventurer Gabriel Starke, ever again. They had been a golden couple, enjoying a whirlwind courtship amid the backdrop of a glittering social set in prewar London until his sudden death with the sinking of the Lusitania. Five years later, beginning to embrace life again, Evie embarks upon a flight around the world, collecting fame and admirers along the way. In the midst of her triumphant tour, she is shocked to receive a mysterious—and recent—photograph of Gabriel, which brings her ambitious stunt to a screeching halt.  With her eccentric aunt Dove in tow, Evie tracks the source of the photo to the ancient City of Jasmine, Damascus. There she discovers that nothing is as it seems. Danger lurks at every turn, and at stake is a priceless relic, an artifact once lost to time and so valuable that criminals will stop at nothing to acquire it—even murder. Leaving the jewelled city behind, Evie sets off across the punishing sands of the desert to unearth the truth of Gabriel's disappearance and retrieve a relic straight from the pages of history.  Along the way, Evie must come to terms with the deception that parted her from Gabriel and the passion that will change her destiny forever...

ORIGINAL TRADE PAPERBACK New York Times #1 best-selling author Timothy Zahn continues his Cobra SF adventure series with the latest entry in a new Cobra saga, Cobra Rebellion. Cobra warriors: technologically enhanced and implanted with an arsenal of covert weaponry fight against alien foes and...  more

ORIGINAL TRADE PAPERBACK New York Times #1 best-selling author Timothy Zahn continues his Cobra SF adventure series with the latest entry in a new Cobra saga, Cobra Rebellion. Cobra warriors: technologically enhanced and implanted with an arsenal of covert weaponry fight against alien foes and evil humans.Book One of the Cobra Rebellion Saga, and a new entry in New York Times #1 best seller Timothy Zahn's legendary Cobra series. Cobras: technologically-enhanced warriors bred to fight an alien menace no ordinary human can withstand. At the center of action on Cobra world Aventine: the legendary Moreau clan. In times of war, the Cobras are necessary, yet in times of peace they are often reviled by those they have saved. Now the Cobras have resisted a second invasion of the alien Troft forces, and forced the Troft to a stalemate -- and even converted some thoughtful Troft into uneasy allies against their kin. Yet all is not well in the human sector of the galaxy. A supposed sister empire, the Dominion of Man, threatens the Cobra worlds with what is, in effect, enslavement, as it moves to consolidate power over all the Cobra worlds. The plan on Aventine: to extort from the Moreau family the location of the home planet of a mysterious human ally that may be more powerful than the Dominion: the Qasaman empire. Meanwhile, Cobra Merrick Moreau is on a secret mission of his own to a world of humans enslaved by Troft masters. It is a world of barbaric cruelty where every human is slave chattel to Troft gamblers. There the Troft force whole villages, even children, into life and death struggles served up for Troft entertainment. But the totalitarian Dominion of Man and the Troft game-masters are in for a rude surprise: Cobras are not merely technological marvels. They are far more. For within each Cobra, bred by close family ties and hard testing in battle, there beats the heart of a warrior and the burning conviction that a Cobra will be slave to no one. Rebellion is at hand, and once again, Cobras lead the fight for freedom.      About Timothy Zahn: ?Zahn keeps the story moving at a breakneck pace, maintaining excitement.??Publishers Weekly "[Y]ou can count on Timothy Zahn for three things: clean, sparse prose; good pacing; and great action scenes. The first book in the Cobra War series hits all those marks in admirable style and makes for a quick, entertaining sci-fi novel." ?Blogcritics ?[Conqueror?s Heritage] is another finely wrought space adventure . . . [with] social, political and emotional complications, all of which Zahn treats with his usual skill.??Booklist ?Zahn paints every detail [in Angelmass] with gleamy realism . . . scientific dialogue that streams with starship hardware and military trooper talk . . . immensely appealing.??Kirkus Review

A decade ago, college student Laura Harker was saved from a fate worse than death at the hands (and fangs) of a centuries-old vampire priestess and her Satanic minions. Her rescuer, an awkward, geeky folklore student named Teddy, single-handedly slew the undead occupants of the Omega Alpha...  more

A decade ago, college student Laura Harker was saved from a fate worse than death at the hands (and fangs) of a centuries-old vampire priestess and her Satanic minions. Her rescuer, an awkward, geeky folklore student named Teddy, single-handedly slew the undead occupants of the Omega Alpha sorority house, spurred into heroic action by fate itself, inexorably intertwining his and Laura's destinies. After navigating her way through law school, Laura is now a junior FBI agent assigned to the Bureau's Boston office. Unfortunately, she finds her job involves more paperwork than adventure. When Ted stumbles onto a group of Cthulhu cultists planning to awaken the Old Ones through mystic incantations culled from the fabled Necronomicon, he and Laura must spring into action, traveling from Boston to the seemingly-peaceful suburbs of Providence and beyond, all the way to the sanity-shattering non-Euclidian alleyways and towers of dread R'lyeh itself, in order to prevent an innocent shopping center from turning into... The Mall of Cthulhu!

Julie Roseman and Romeo Cacciamani know a thing or two about good fortune.  For generations, their families were rival florists and bitter enemies.  Then Julie and Romeo met by chance, just as each became single again.  Even more miraculous, they fell in love. Three years...  more

Julie Roseman and Romeo Cacciamani know a thing or two about good fortune.  For generations, their families were rival florists and bitter enemies.  Then Julie and Romeo met by chance, just as each became single again.  Even more miraculous, they fell in love. Three years later, Julie and Romeo are still blissfully happy.  They don't often get a quiet moment alone, and rarely manage a night -- quiet or otherwise -- in the same bed, but Julie feels blessed by what they do have:  true love, wonderful jobs, and houses packed to the rafters with family.  Romeo's ninety-three-year-old mother, his son Alan, Alan's wife and their three children live with him; Julie's daughter Sandy and her family -- including Sandy's Willy Wonka-obsessed daughter, Sarah, and their cat -- live with her.  The odds of Julie and Romeo getting a few days of peace together seem about as likely as winning the lottery. But their wish comes true -- with a twist -- when an injury puts Romeo flat on his back in Julie's room.  Spending days in bed may sound heavenly, but with Romeo on pain pills, initially as comatose as Juliet in her tomb, the reality is less romantic.  Then Julie's other daughter, Nora, drops her own crisis on her mother's doorstep.  Now Julie has to figure out how to run two flower shops, take care of an ever-expanding household, nurse her beloved Romeo back to health, tackle Sarah's fixation with lottery tickets, and keep her daughters from regressing into full-scale teenage bickering.  And Lady Luck has one more surprise in store.... Read by the author. 6 sound discs (ca. 7 hrs.)

Sometimes brotherhood can be another word for conspiracy....Dennis Mira just had two unpleasant surprises. First he learned that his cousin Edward was secretly meeting with a real estate agent about their late grandfather's magnificent West Village brownstone, despite the promise they both...  more

Sometimes brotherhood can be another word for conspiracy....Dennis Mira just had two unpleasant surprises. First he learned that his cousin Edward was secretly meeting with a real estate agent about their late grandfather's magnificent West Village brownstone, despite the promise they both made to keep it in the family. Then, when he went to the house to confront Edward about it, he got a blunt object to the back of the head. Luckily Dennis is married to Charlotte Mira, the NYPSD's top profiler and a good friend of Lieutenant Eve Dallas. When the two arrive on the scene, he explains that the last thing he saw was Edward in a chair, bruised and bloody. When he came to, his cousin was gone. With the mess cleaned up and the security disks removed, there's nothing left behind but a few traces for forensics to analyze.  As a former lawyer, judge, and senator, Edward Mira mingled with the elite and crossed paths with criminals, making enemies on a regular basis. Like so many politicians, he also made some very close friends behind closed -and locked- doors.  But a badge and a billionaire husband can get you into places others can't go, and Eve intends to shine some light on the dirty deals and dark motives behind the disappearance of a powerful man, the family discord over a multimillion-dollar piece of real estate...and a new case that no one saw coming. Read by Susan Ericksen; abridged.  7 CDs., 8 hrs., 38 mins.

This is the second in a medieval mystery series from the author of the popular "Hawkenlye" series. On Ely Island, the Normans are proclaiming their authority with a magnificent cathedral. Its construction means the Saxon chapel dedicated to St Etheldreda must be destroyed and, to...  more

This is the second in a medieval mystery series from the author of the popular "Hawkenlye" series. On Ely Island, the Normans are proclaiming their authority with a magnificent cathedral. Its construction means the Saxon chapel dedicated to St Etheldreda must be destroyed and, to those who revere her memory, this amounts to sacrilege. When Morcar, fishing for eels, is attacked and left for dead, his cousin Lassair is sent to nurse him. He tells a frightening tale of assassins in the dark and a brief vision of horror. Then the killers strike again... Lassair realizes more is involved than random violence against the eel catchers. The secret hidden within the walls of Ely Abbey claims more victims and, as she comes face to face with the brutality of the past, Lassair is forced to face a challenge that she fears is far beyond her.

When ex-Wall Streeter Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree bought a charming 1823 fixer-upper in tiny Eastport, Maine, she figured she’d also bought herself a tranquil, stress-free life. But Jake soon learned that appearances can be deceiving, and that even small towns have their share of...  more

When ex-Wall Streeter Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree bought a charming 1823 fixer-upper in tiny Eastport, Maine, she figured she’d also bought herself a tranquil, stress-free life. But Jake soon learned that appearances can be deceiving, and that even small towns have their share of dark secrets -- including murder. Wreck The Halls People hardly ever lock their doors in Eastport. So when Jake and her best pal, Ellie, arrive at Faye Anne Carmody’s kitchen door, they knock and walk right in. But though Christmas is just two weeks away, what they find is far from festive: a dazed Faye Anne covered with blood, and her no-good husband -- the town butcher, Merle -- nowhere in sight. Nowhere, that is, until Jake discovers his body -- tidily wrapped in his own butcher paper.... It doesn’t take long for news of the murder to race through the small town, and just about everyone has a theory about the grisly crime that has robbed Eastport of its least-liked citizen. But while police chief Bob Arnold considers it an open-and-shut case, Jake and Ellie aren’t convinced of Faye Anne’s guilt. Jake has enough going on in her life without trying to investigate a murder. After all, she’s just married her longtime love, Wade, and the pair plan to spend the winter rehabilitating the paint-encrusted windows in Jake’s old house. But Jake has to admit that there are a lot of details that don’t add up: for example, Faye Anne’s complaint that she was being stalked, and blood-splattered evidence at the crime scene that just doesn’t make sense. Then there is the diary that Faye Anne’s secret, sometime boyfriend claims is hidden somewhere in her house. Could Faye Anne’s own journal be the key to unlocking an even more fiendish murder plot, or is her double-crossing lover trying to frame her? When yet another Eastport citizen turns up dead, Jake realizes the murderer’s trail began long before the night Merle Carmody died. But what keeps eluding her and Ellie is the motive behind the mystery. The truth is so close, they can almost taste it  -- but can they stop the shrewd killer before he chisels another victim’s name onto a tombstone?

There's something rotten in Wyoming. With its beautiful, blissful residents and close-knit community, Cold Plains seems the ideal place to settle down. But Dr. Rafe Black senses the crack in its veneer the moment he arrives. On a desperate mission, he can't allow anything to stand...  more

There's something rotten in Wyoming. With its beautiful, blissful residents and close-knit community, Cold Plains seems the ideal place to settle down. But Dr. Rafe Black senses the crack in its veneer the moment he arrives. On a desperate mission, he can't allow anything to stand in his way. Including the captivating woman who could be harboring the town's most horrific secret… Reeling from the revelation that she isn't who she thought she was, Darcy Craven isn't leaving until she uncovers the truth about her past. She knows she shouldn't trust the handsome healer with the sad smile. But every step brings Rafe and Darcy closer together -- and closer to a truth that could cost them their lives.