When Persephone Lancaster receives a marriage proposal from the ill-tempered Duke of Kielder, she refuses — and then reconsiders. The obscene sum of money he’s offering Persephone would save her family from ruin. With her characteristic optimism, she travels to the far reaches of Northumberland to wed a greatly feared stranger. Lodged deep in a thick forest infested with wild dogs, the Duke’s castle is […]
She’d rather die than be a slave to the conquerors of her home world. When Stella McCoy left home to work as an apprentice astrogator, she never expected to fall prisoner to the brutal Hameji space nomads–much less become a concubine to the chief commander of their battle fleets. As she looks for a chance to escape, she finds friends in unexpected places, even as […]
Papa Adam, the North Pole’s oldest elf and Santa’s former chief carver, has given up. Blind, frail, and useless, he counts the minutes in every day as he waits to die. But a challenge to carve, given by his youngest granddaughter, reawakens Papa Adam. Together they prove that the most paralyzing thing you can do is underestimate or undervalue anyone, especially yourself. With the right […]
Stretching his neck forward, Jake looked into the washbasin, into the pink water. The woman started crying again, her slim body shaking as she scrubbed the clothes with more force, blood seeping from the material. What? Jake flinched. She was scrubbing a black shirt. He could barely make out some kind of picture or logo within the wrinkles. Wait. Was that a Rush concert T-shirt? […]
Jacob could hear what sounded like a thousand voices calling his name from the dark, hissing and moaning in a sickly chorus as if they were one voice–taunting him from the moon shadows beneath the trees–beneath the low lying limbs in tall grass. The moon was as bright as ever and the shadows beneath the trees as dark as a black hole. They were everywhere, […]
Annie Hynes is a tomboy, naïve and love-starved, and soon to be celebrating her big 3-0. Something needs to be done. Celi, her ‘down-to-earth’ guardian angel appears to help kick-start Annie’s big change—her looks, her job, her whole life. By taking a managerial position with a sophisticated shoe manufacturer, Annie becomes embroiled with her new associates and hooked on the power of big business. Unfortunately, […]
Nick’s life as a CIA spy should be fulfilling, but it has only given him unhappiness—a wife who committed suicide, and two daughters who resent everything he has become. Now, stuck in the Amazon on the last mission of his career, he must track down Matheus Ferreira, a drug lord and terrorist the U.S. has tried to bring down for years. If he succeeds, he’ll […]
Title: Obsession Author: Traci Hunter Abramson Publisher: Covenant Release Date: September 2011 ISBN: 978- Size: 240 pages, 6×9, paperback Genre: Romantic Suspense View trailer Pop singer Kendra Blake grew up in the spotlight as the daughter of a prominent actor. Now famous in her own right, she’s had enough with bodyguards shadowing her every move. So when a bomb goes off backstage at one of […]
Title: Keepers of Blackbird Hill Author: Lael Littke Publisher: Shadow Mountain Release Date: September 2011 ISBN: 978-1609087449 Size: 288 pages, 6×9, paperback Genre: General Read excerpt After sixteen years in Hollywood, Jayda returns to Blackbird Hill determined to save her childhood home and protect her inheritance of the family property. Orphaned as a young girl, Jayda stands alone against her extended family who want to […]
Title: Before I Say Goodbye Author: Rachel Ann Nunes Publisher: Deseret Book Release Date: September 3, 2011 ISBN: 978-1606414255 Size: 320 pages, 6×9, paperback Genre: General, Romance Read excerpt After a twenty-year absence, Rikki Crockett has come home to Utah, to the same house where she grew up. When she left, she’d been young, hurt, and angry, abandoned by her parents and her best friend, […]