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A
FEAST FOR CROWS
by
George R.R. Martin:
Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion
and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R.
R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in
A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth
book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds
itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on
an even more terrifying course of destruction.
More Info
>>
DAEDALUS'S
CHILDREN
by Dave Stern:
"Daedalus's Children" takes off
from where "Daedalus" adventure left off and tells an
action-packed adventure where Captain Jonathan Archer shines
and plays a majors roll in a good character novel bringing
into play the rest of the major characters in the Star
Trek-Enterprise series. We get really good character play and
problem solving as the character interact with the adventure
at hand.
More Info >>
Mr. DARCY TAKES A WIFE
by
Linda Berdoll: This
rollicking sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
was originally self-published in 1999 as The Bar Sinister.
In Berdoll's wild, bawdy, and utterly enjoyable novel, the
Darcys begin their married life as one of the happiest, most
in-love couples imaginable. Berdoll picks up the story after
their wedding, but flashes back to the days after the
courtship, when Elizabeth and Darcy's passion for each other
grew stronger.
More Info >>
KATHERINE
by
Anaya Seton:
Anaya Seton wrote a wonderful, lushly romantic book. Katherine
is the story of Katherine Swynford the mistress of John of
Gaunt. Their romance was remarkable in that it lasted until
his death. In spite of all practical concerns after years of
waiting John and Katherine shocked the world by marrying.
Anaya Seton takes you right into Katherine's world and you
fall in love with John just as she does.
More Info
>>
DEVIL TAKES A
BRIDE
by
Gaelen Foley: Celebrated storyteller
Gaelen Foley brings her craft to new heights with
Devil Takes a Bride, the seductive tale of a
man bent on revenge and the beauty who teaches him to love
again. . . . In the quiet English countryside, far from the
intrigues of London, Lizzie Carlisle slowly mends her broken
heart, devoting herself to her new position as lady’s
companion to the Dowager Viscountess Strathmore- until her
peaceful life is turned upside down by a visit from “Devil”...
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Info >>
KISS OF THE NIGHT
by
Sherrilyn Kenyon: The only thing that can free a Dark-Hunter
is the love of a woman. Hard to find if you're the only Hunter
cursed to be forgotten within five minutes by whatever human
meets you. Wulf suffers this fate, finding true companionship
only with those who are exempt: his fellow Hunters and his
lone surviving descendant. As for love, that's a lost cause,
and meeting Cassandra makes the yearning harder to bear. He
can have her only in erotic dreams, except that it turns out
that those aren't just dreams,...
More Info
>>
DESERT HEAT
by
Kat Martin: Patience Sinclair, the middle daughter of three
(her sister Charity's story was told in Midnight Sun
[BKL My 1 03]) is happy to start a summer of traveling with
the rodeo as she researches the history of female rodeo
performers for her doctoral thesis. On the circuit she meets
all kinds, including a would-be rapist, a scheming femme
fatale, and Dallas Kingman, the reigning World Champion
All-Around Cowboy. Sparks fly, both in what looks like a
doomed relationship with Dallas (he wants to be a...
More Info >>
THE EMPRESS' NEW CLOTHES
by
Jaid Black: Ms. Black has done it! Ms. Black has brought the
best of every world together in one blazing book. If you like
your stories hot, sensual, intriguing and humorous then read
The Empress' New Clothes. This book has everything you could
ever want. The story is about Kyra Summers and the Emperor of
Trek Mi Q'an. The emperor marries her and takes her to a
different galaxy where things are extremely different for this
earth born female. She gladly shares her experiences with us
and makes us laugh. If you need heat and humor in your life
then read Ms. Black!
More Info >>
MIDNIGHT TIDES
By
Steven Erikson: The epic fifth chapter in Steven Erikson’s
mighty Malazan Book of the Fallen series -- guaranteed to be
crammed full of tremendous characters, old favourites and
newcomers, wild and wonderful magic, awesome world-building --
all bound together by a unique imagination and wonderful
storytelling.
More Info >>
Jarka Ruus:High Druid of Shannara
By
Terry Brook: More than a quarter of a century after The
Sword of Shannara carved out its place in the pantheon of
great epic fantasy, the magic of Terry Brooks' New York
Times bestselling saga burns as brightly as ever. Three
complete series have chronicled the ever-unfolding history of
Shannara. But more stories are still to be told-and new
adventures have yet to be undertaken. Book One of High Druid
of Shannara invites both the faithful longtime reader and the
curious newcomer to take the first step on the next
extraordinary quest.
More Info >>
COME ARMAGEDDON
By
Anne Perry: Continuing her "truly epic tale," Anne Perry
returns to the fantasy realm first glimpsed in Tathea.
Tathea, the Empress of Sihinabar, has wandered the Lost Lands
for 500 years, spreading the teachings of a mystical Book to
prepare mankind for the inevitable battle with the Great
Enemy. Now that time has come, and Tathea stands alone...
More Info >>
THE PHOTOGRAPH
By
Penelope Lively: Booker prize-winning novelist Penelope Lively
has been praised for creating characters whom readers are
reluctant to part with and for a Jamesian complexity that is
at once intellectually compelling and emotionally riveting. In
The Photograph, her thirteenth work of fiction, she
takes her narrative mastery and psychological insight to new,
and seldom achieved, heights.
More Info >>
THE THORN BIRDS
By
Colleen McCullough: In the rugged Australian Outback, three
extraordinary generations of Cleary's live through joy and
sadness, bitter defeat and magnificent triumph - driven by
their dreams, sustained by remarkable strength of
character...and torn by dark passions, violence and a
scandalous family legacy of forbidden love.
More Info >>
Author
Biography: Colleen McCullough's name is synonymous with
bestselling fiction. She is the author of nine extraordinary
novels: TIM, AN INDECENT OBSESSION, A CREED FOR THE THIRD
MILLENNIUM, THE LADIES OF MISS ALONG HI, THE FIRST MAN IN
ROME, THE GRASS CROWN, FORTUNE'S FAVORITES, CAESAR'S WOMEN,
and the acclaimed International phenomenon, THE THORN BIRDS.
THE OCTOBER HORSE
By
Colleen McCullough: Featuring Rome, Egypt, and what is now the
Middle East, The October Horse is the story of Julius
Caesar's brutal murder and the bloody aft4ermath-set against
the backdrop of a Roman empire akin to the United States today
as the world's only superpower. Colleen McCullough fills her
work with instantly familiar characters-as memorable and
individually alive as those in her vastly successful novel,
The Thorn Birds. Listeners will be delighted to untangle
the characters' motives as McCullough concludes her brilliant
retelling of one of the most crucial periods in history with
the sixth and most compelling work in the series.
More Info >>
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copies
since its September 2004 publication.
by
George R.R. Martin:
Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion
and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R.
R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in
A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth
book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds
itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on
an even more terrifying course of destruction.
by Dave Stern:
"Daedalus's Children" takes off
from where "Daedalus" adventure left off and tells an
action-packed adventure where Captain Jonathan Archer shines
and plays a majors roll in a good character novel bringing
into play the rest of the major characters in the Star
Trek-Enterprise series. We get really good character play and
problem solving as the character interact with the adventure
at hand.
by
Linda Berdoll: This
rollicking sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
was originally self-published in 1999 as The Bar Sinister.
In Berdoll's wild, bawdy, and utterly enjoyable novel, the
Darcys begin their married life as one of the happiest, most
in-love couples imaginable. Berdoll picks up the story after
their wedding, but flashes back to the days after the
courtship, when Elizabeth and Darcy's passion for each other
grew stronger.
by
Anaya Seton:
Anaya Seton wrote a wonderful, lushly romantic book. Katherine
is the story of Katherine Swynford the mistress of John of
Gaunt. Their romance was remarkable in that it lasted until
his death. In spite of all practical concerns after years of
waiting John and Katherine shocked the world by marrying.
Anaya Seton takes you right into Katherine's world and you
fall in love with John just as she does.
by
Gaelen Foley: Celebrated storyteller
Gaelen Foley brings her craft to new heights with
Devil Takes a Bride, the seductive tale of a
man bent on revenge and the beauty who teaches him to love
again. . . .
by
Sherrilyn Kenyon: The only thing that can free a Dark-Hunter
is the love of a woman. Hard to find if you're the only Hunter
cursed to be forgotten within five minutes by whatever human
meets you. Wulf suffers this fate, finding true companionship
only with those who are exempt: his fellow Hunters and his
lone surviving descendant. As for love, that's a lost cause,
and meeting Cassandra makes the yearning harder to bear. He
can have her only in erotic dreams, except that it turns out
that those aren't just dreams,...
by
Kat Martin: Patience Sinclair, the middle daughter of three
(her sister Charity's story was told in Midnight Sun
[BKL My 1 03]) is happy to start a summer of traveling with
the rodeo as she researches the history of female rodeo
performers for her doctoral thesis. On the circuit she meets
all kinds, including a would-be rapist, a scheming femme
fatale, and Dallas Kingman, the reigning World Champion
All-Around Cowboy. Sparks fly, both in what looks like a
doomed relationship with Dallas (he wants to be a...
by
Jaid Black: Ms. Black has done it! Ms. Black has brought the
best of every world together in one blazing book. If you like
your stories hot, sensual, intriguing and humorous then read
The Empress' New Clothes. This book has everything you could
ever want. The story is about Kyra Summers and the Emperor of
Trek Mi Q'an. The emperor marries her and takes her to a
different galaxy where things are extremely different for this
earth born female. She gladly shares her experiences with us
and makes us laugh. If you need heat and humor in your life
then read Ms. Black!
By
Steven Erikson: The epic fifth chapter in Steven Erikson’s
mighty Malazan Book of the Fallen series -- guaranteed to be
crammed full of tremendous characters, old favourites and
newcomers, wild and wonderful magic, awesome world-building --
all bound together by a unique imagination and wonderful
storytelling.
By
Terry Brook: More than a quarter of a century after The
Sword of Shannara carved out its place in the pantheon of
great epic fantasy, the magic of Terry Brooks' New York
Times bestselling saga burns as brightly as ever. Three
complete series have chronicled the ever-unfolding history of
Shannara. But more stories are still to be told-and new
adventures have yet to be undertaken. Book One of High Druid
of Shannara invites both the faithful longtime reader and the
curious newcomer to take the first step on the next
extraordinary quest.
By
Anne Perry: Continuing her "truly epic tale," Anne Perry
returns to the fantasy realm first glimpsed in Tathea.
By
Penelope Lively: Booker prize-winning novelist Penelope Lively
has been praised for creating characters whom readers are
reluctant to part with and for a Jamesian complexity that is
at once intellectually compelling and emotionally riveting. In
The Photograph, her thirteenth work of fiction, she
takes her narrative mastery and psychological insight to new,
and seldom achieved, heights.
By
Colleen McCullough: In the rugged Australian Outback, three
extraordinary generations of Cleary's live through joy and
sadness, bitter defeat and magnificent triumph - driven by
their dreams, sustained by remarkable strength of
character...and torn by dark passions, violence and a
scandalous family legacy of forbidden love.
By
Colleen McCullough: Featuring Rome, Egypt, and what is now the
Middle East, The October Horse is the story of Julius
Caesar's brutal murder and the bloody aft4ermath-set against
the backdrop of a Roman empire akin to the United States today
as the world's only superpower. Colleen McCullough fills her
work with instantly familiar characters-as memorable and
individually alive as those in her vastly successful novel,
The Thorn Birds. Listeners will be delighted to untangle
the characters' motives as McCullough concludes her brilliant
retelling of one of the most crucial periods in history with
the sixth and most compelling work in the series.
