Kauffman writes smart and sexy, with sizzle to spare!--Janet Evanovich.

Now the "USA Today"-bestselling author of "Catch Me If You Can" takes readers for a fun ride, with a gorgeous pilot who knows how to leave any woman breathless.

A Rumpole Christmas is a witty and compulsively readable collection of five holiday stories--never before published in book form--depicting the Old Bailey Hack at his lovable best.

In this collection, Fred Chappell shows his mastery across a range of genres.

Featuring folk fables in the Twain tradition, realistic stories of growing up in remote Appalachia, stories of family, kin, and community, and tales of the fantastic and spooky, this book will delight fans and surprise new readers.

It's the holiday season and the Pennyfoot staff is brimming with anticipation.

But when a former employee is found dead, the proprietor, Cecily, starts feeling more jinxed than jolly.

"You found my philandering ex-husband?" Bitty asked.

"Where? Mexico? Paris? In Tupelo with a cocktail waitress?" "In your closet," I answered. "Dead." Break out the hoop skirts and the zinfandel. The Divas are on the case. Wine. Chocolate. Transvestite strippers. Just another good-time get-together for the Dixie Divas of historic Holly Springs, Mississippi, where moonlight and magnolias mingle with delicious smalltown scandal. But Eureka "Trinket" Truevine, the newest Diva, gets more than she bargained for when she finds her best Diva girlfriend Bitty Hollandale's ex-husband in Bitty's hall closet. He's dead. Very dead. Now Trinket and the Divas have to help Bitty finger the murderer and clear her name. Virginia Brown is the nationally acclaimed, award-winning author of fifty novels.

A police detective and a woman who files a missing persons report become the pawns of an unholy serial killer in a game of deadly attraction.

When Morgan Adair arrives at the small seaside town of West Briar on the Long Island shore, she is looking forward to attending the baptism of her new godson, Drew.

Morgan and Claire have been friends since childhood, and Morgan was delighted when Claire married the handsome Guy Bolton. But Morgan's excitement is tempered by concern: since Drew's birth, Claire has been suffering from post-natal depression which she seems unable to shake off. When the christening party is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a young girl who claims to be Guy's daughter, Claire's fragile equilibrium is shattered. A few days later Morgan receives a devastating phone call from her friend . . .

Generation Ais set in the near future in a world where bees are extinct, until five unconnected people from around the world -- in the United States, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka -- are all stung.

Their shared experience unites them in ways they never could have imagined.Generation Amirrors Coupland's debut novel, 1991'sGeneration X. It explores new ways of storytelling in a digital world. Like much of Coupland'swriting, it occupies the perplexing hinterland between optimism about the future and everyday apocalyptic paranoia. Imaginative, inventive, and fantastically entertaining,Generation Ais his most ambitious work to date.

Jill McCorkle, a master of the short story whose work has been compared to that of Alice Munro and Lorrie Moore, is a writer whose characters insist on our immediate and total attention.

Here, in her first collection in eight years, are eleven new stories bristling with her signature wit and weight. One way or the other, all of these stories are about women looking love in the face without flinching. Some of them are confronting the reality of domestic disruption; others are simply flirting with the possibilities and dangers of change. McCorkle's characters make mistakes but aren't interested in hiding behind them. They get divorced or quit their jobs or tell people to step aside, and they move on. From the first story, about a modern-day Cinderella contemplating escape, to the last, "Me and Big Foot," an idyll about finding the perfect prince, McCorkle's collection is the genuine article, the work of a great storyteller who knows exactly how and why to pair longing and laughter.

A New York real estate tycoon plunges to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk.

A trophy wife with a past survives a narrow escape from a brazen attack. Mobsters and moguls with no shortage of reasons to kill trot out their alibis. And then, in the suffocating grip of a record heat wave, comes another shocking murder and a sharp turn in a tense journey into the dirty little secrets of the wealthy. Secrets that prove to be fatal. Secrets that lay hidden in the dark until one NYPD detective shines a light. Mystery sensation Richard Castle, blockbuster author of the wildly best-selling Derrick Storm novels, introduces his newest character, NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat. Tough, sexy, professional, Nikki Heat carries a passion for justice as she leads one of New York City's top homicide squads. She's hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook to ride along with her to research an article on New York¿s Finest. Pulitzer Prize-winning Rook is as much a handful as he is handsome. His wise-cracking and meddling aren't her only problems. As she works to unravel the secrets of the murdered real estate tycoon, she must also confront the spark between them. The one called heat.

The national bestselling author delivers this suspenseful tale of paranormal romance for the new Berkley Sensation romance line.

A private investigator on the trail of a serial killer has a secret of his own--an ancient secret that draws a beautiful genetic researcher closer to him. Original.

Flora Thompson (1876 to 947) wrote what may be the quintessential distillation of English country life at the turn of the twentieth century.

In 1945, the three books Lark Rise (1939), Over to Candleford (1941), and Candleford Green (1943) were published together in one elegant volume, and this new omnibus Nonpareil edition, complete with charming wood engravings, should be a cause for real rejoicing. The books have inspired two plays that ran in London, and the trilogy has been adapted into a multi-part, long-running television drama series by the BBC. The first series of ten episodes is scheduled to be syndicated on various PBS stations throughout the United States. A second series of twelve episodes, currently being broadcast in the United Kingdom, will follow in the United States shortly after.

Bestselling author Huston brings to a close a bloody and brilliant series with the final installment of his Joe Pitt novels.

When single mother Priscilla Lynn Macy learns she is having another child unexpectedly, she packs the family into the car to escape.

Priscilla hasn't been to her family home in years, and she finds it a mixed blessing of hope, buried secrets, and family ghosts.

Love is supposed to be the happy ending.

Maybe it's only the beginning....Fashionable Sophie Mills was a corporate manager on a fast track to success. Then, in the space of a heartbeat -- the time it takes for a car to crash -- two little girls, Bella and Izzy, her best friend's daughters, change her life forever. Named as guardian in their father's absence, Sophie discovers that the soft touch of a little girl's hand can be far more precious than a closet full of expensive clothes or an exciting job. And when their father Louis returns, the word "family" takes on a whole new significance, as Sophie finds herself deeply attracted to this handsome, mysterious man. Moving to Cornwall to be with Louis and the girls is a deliriously, frighteningly adventurous start to a whole new life for Sophie. When Louis proposes marriage, Bella and Izzy immediately vault into bridesmaid ecstasy, but Sophie is besieged by doubt. Is marrying Louis, who left one wife before, the natural next step...or a scary mistake? Can she honor her promise to the girls to be there always, forever, whatever? When startling news from Louis's past takes them all by surprise, can these individuals brought together by chance and tragedy make the commitment that a family is forever? From the sensational Rowan Coleman, whose witty and deeply moving novels have won hearts on both sides of the Atlantic, comes a thought-provoking new tale of love, choices, and the true meaning of family.

A murder at the British Museum sends Lang Reilly racing across the globe in search of a previously unknown Gospel--while a mysterious organization will stop at nothing to prevent him from finding it.

Original.

Don't miss the gripping conclusion to Salvatore's New York Times best-selling Transitions trilogy! When the Spellplague ravages Faer'n, Drizzt and his companions are caught in the chaos.

Seeking out the help of the priest Cadderly, the hero of the recently reissued series The Cleric Quintet, Drizzt finds himself facing his most powerful and elusive foe, the twisted Crenshinibon, the demonic crystal shard he believed had been destroyed years ago.

Three days after arriving in Galveston, newly widowed Sage McMurray finds herself taken hostage in a robbery.

She fears she may never see Whispering Mountain again when the outlaws decide to auction their pretty captive off to the highest bidder, until a tall stranger offers twice the highest bid.

Renowned philanthropist and billionaire Paul Parnell had reached the pinnacle of monetary success, but not without cost.

Had he put too much emphasis on work and spent too little time with his family? Determined to leave something far more valuable than money to his six children, Paul instructs his lawyers to create an unusual last will and testament. This unorthodox will, which stipulates that the lion's share of Paul's two billion dollar estate be given to the heirs who pass 'the test,' was Paul's last hope of creating an enduring legacy by inspiring his children to give back to society and embrace a code of moral values. The six children-Rory, Frank, Dan, Monica, Carla and Ashley-have only one year to make a difference. But what a difference one year will make. Before these six very different siblings can complete the test, they'll be forced to face their personal demons and the incredibly evil influence that could claim one of their own.

They were the best of friends: Ryland, the son of the king, is bound by loyalty.

Shaye is both a majicar and a Weverton, both rebellious factions. Fairlie, a fiery metal-smith, is the iron bond that held them all together. Until now. Crosspointe's greatest advantage at sea is its ship's compasses-but the compass makers are dying. Without them, Crosspointe will fall. To save his country and repel the coming Jutras invasion, the king orders Ryland to commit an unforgivable act. And soon Ryland, Shaye, and Fairlie find themselves at war...with each other.

Raised as the child of missionaries in the Congo, the author of the Den of Antiquity mystery series uses her intimate knowledge of the landscape as the backdrop for a stunning new novel.

This hot, hot, hot collection featuring some of the holiday's hunkiest heroes is sure to curl the toes of readers.

Includes Unleashed by Kaufmann, Finding Mr. Right by Shalvis, and Can You Hand Me the Tape? by Dimon.

A Georgia swamp is the perfect place for forest ranger Adam Marshall to hide his werewolf nature.

But when he finds himself irresistibly drawn to biologist Sara Weston, their future is threatened by a coven of witches with a score to settle with the locals.