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An RT BOOK REVIEWS top pick. ';Sylvia Halliday spins a marvelous taleas stubborn lovers enter into a clash of wills on board a ship.' RT BOOK REVIEWS Prudence Allbright believes Lord Jamie's declarations of loveso much so that she vows to follow him to the Colonies. It is onboard the ship that will take her to him that she meets the honorable Dr. Ross Manning, and a flame of passion ignites. Ross is determined not to defile the memory of his late wife, but night after night he longs to hold Prudence in his arms. When Prudence discovers Jamie has already gone back to England without her, Ross knows he may have only one last chance to claim Prudence as his own. But can love stand against the secrets of Prudence's past?

';[A] powerful romance brimming over with intense emotions and dark passions' set in 18th-century England from the award-winning author of Lysette (RT Book Reviews). Young, passionate, and willful, Allegra Baniard is out for revenge. After her family had been branded traitors and banished from Shropshire, she was forced to spend eight brutal years as an indentured servant in the Colonies. Now, she has returned to the ancestral home of her once-noble family, vowing to avenge them. But when she meets Greyston Morgan, the new owner of Baniard Hall, he ignites a desire in Allegra's heart that burns as fiercely as her wrath. And even as she tries to hate him, she realizes that she may be sacrificing more than she thought for her vengeance. Caught between her newfound love and a long-simmering hate, Allegra must decide whether to destroy those who wronged her and give up her last chance for happinessor surrender to her deepest desires and betray the ghosts of her family... In this story of unexpected love and retribution, ';fans of historical romance will feel right at home with Halliday's setting... and with her florid dialogue and emotional complexities' (Publishers Weekly).

';Sylvia Halliday spins a marvelous tale. RT BOOK REVIEWS Born the illegitimate daughter of a great French nobleman, Ninon knew only a harsh life of cruelty and hardship. It isnt until the dashing Count of Froissart, Philippe, whisks her off to a different world that she begins to hope for a better future. But she soon learns her new life is hollow, promising unhappiness, not joy. A slave to his powerful title and an unbreakable marriage vow, Philippe's love remains just beyond Ninon's reach. In despair, she runs away and joins a traveling acting company. Can she dare give her heart to Valentin, the handsome and cunning rogue and actor who rules the troupe?

';Sylvia Halliday spins a marvelous tale. RT BOOK REVIEWS Armed only with her wavering courage and her fear that her brother has been captured during the Huguenot uprising against Louis XIII, Marielle Saint-Juste enters the Rebel prison to search him out. But it isnt her wounded brother she finds, but a mysterious strangerand her destiny. In the darkest shadows of a French dungeon, love illuminates a brilliant path for two hearts. Marielle and Andre will face their deepest fears and trials, but their lives will be forever changed.

The Dreamwielder Chronicles continue with an enthralling fantasy of a young queen's struggle to rule an empireand harness the magic within her... In the shadow of Emperor Guderian's fallen empire, young Queen Makarria finds her throneand her lifein grave danger. The Old World Republic has come, demanding that Her Majesty brings order to the struggling Five Kingdoms by forming a new empire, one she would rule as the Old World's puppet. When Makarria refuses them, the Old World threatens war and unleashes a nefarious spy to sow discord in her court. Before she knows it, the queen's budding romance with Prince Caile has been exploited by a spy, and Makarria finds herself embroiled in a complex game of power and lies in which she can trust no one. Betrayed and lost, Makarria is forced to shed all pride and discover the true nature of her power as a dreamwielder in order to recreate herself and face the sprawling threat that is the Old World Empire. ';Fine writing, magic, epic intrigue, a great cast, and a central character... who mesmerizeswhat more does a reader need to be happy?' Bruce McAllister, author of The Village Sang to the Sea ';The powerful follow-up to Dreamwielder... with stronger writing, more compelling characters, and the same awesome magic that I came to love in book one! I think fans of A Song of Ice and Fire will appreciate the vast political landscape and grit that this story includes, with a touch more magic.' On Starships and Dragonwings

How far would you go to save your life and your world? After a nasty divorce, single mother Joanne Lessing finally has her life together, and she's made a name for herself as a photographer. Then, while on assignment, she witnesses a hit and run. Property damage only. No big deal, she thinks. So she does the right thingcalls the cops. Joanne is dismayed when FBI agents arrive with the local detective. They admit the hit and run driver was a mob killer fleeing the scene of his latest hit. Joanne is relieved to find she can't really identify the hit man. But when she sees the killer again while on another assignment, she takes his picture and finds her new life and her son's future threatened. Caught between the Mob and the FBI, she's on her own...

This gripping novel of suspense is a tale of violent men and violent passions, of missing friends, of loss and love and discovery. The accidental death of Rhiann Fahey's second husband leaves her paralyzed by grief and has her son Jimmy cutting school and drinking. The widow's problems are compounded by unwanted advances from her dead husband's friend. She does her best to cope, returning to work, dealing patiently with Jimmy's misbehavior, telling Rory Sinter she isnt interested. Then a mysterious stranger moves next door. John Devlin offers Rhiann beer and sympathy. He offers Jimmy work. When Sinter tries to discredit John, then beat him to death, Rhiann comes to John's rescue. But she discovers her perfect neighbor isn't what he'd seemedwhich leads her to investigate, and to see John in a different light altogether. A beautifully written story with characters who come to life from the first page, M.I.A. shows one more side of Michael Allen Dymmoch's powerful storytelling ability.

"e;Breakneck pace and solid atmosphere are the hallmarks here."e; -AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONWhen a local schoolteacher disappears from rural West Wheeling, acting sheriff Homer Deters investigates. Before long he's got three more missing persons, two unidentified bodies, a car theft, a twenty-three-vehicle pile-up in the center of town, a missing tiger, and a squad of agitated ATF agents to deal with.With no help from the Feds, Homer turns to his buddy, Rye Willis, and West Wheeling's eccentric postmistress, Nina Ross, to locate the missing, identify the bodies, and bring a murderer to justice. Packed with regional charm and Deters' wit, Death in West Wheeling shows how wild one case can get.

A ';skillfully written, wonderfully entertaining, and fascinatingly detailed' time-travel adventure from the author of the Caleb and Thinnes mysteries (Booklist). British detective Ian Carreg never expected his life to unfold like this. A recent widower, the fifty-five-year-old inspector has just learned he's going to be a grandfather. But duty still calls. He's been assigned to find and arrest Dr. Jemma Henderson, the daughter of a famous British physicist, for extradition to the United States, where she's been convicted of murdering her lover. But when he pursues her to the ancient stone monument of Cymry Henge, he is knocked unconscious and awakens in what appears to be Roman Britain in the year sixty AD. Ian is convinced he's in the middle of some elaborate hoaxuntil he comes face to face with Celts and Romans and begins to doubt his sanity. When he and Jemma are taken prisoner by the Romans and forced to travel to Londinium, Ian realizes they must work together to foil a plot that could radically alter history...

Presidential candidates often talk about being uniters. They pledge to break through the partisan gridlock in Washington. They vow to bring Democrats and Republicans together to tackle the nation's most vexing problems. But they never explain how they plan to do this ¿ and their promises rarely translate to action. In this volume, NO LABELS provides a real strategy for how ¿ how today's political leaders can finally unite a divided country to solve urgent problems, from stagnating wages to social safety net programs heading toward insolvency. This groundbreaking plan of action is called the National Strategic Agenda. It begins with goals for the country that come straight from the American people and ends with a commitment by the next president to embark on this bipartisan problem-solving process within 30 days of taking the oath of office. The National Strategic Agenda has already gained the support of major figures in business, economics, academia, policy and politics, and more than 65 members of Congress. In this timely book, arguably the most important you will read during the 2016 campaign season, NO LABELS co-chairs Gov. Jon Huntsman and Sen. Joe Lieberman are joined by other leaders who've been on the front lines of problem solving in politics and business to make a strong case for this new governing framework.

The literary icon's niece connects with her past to ';carry the Hemingway traditions of hunting, family, and storytelling into the new millennium' (Kirkus Reviews). Fifteen years after her father's death, Hilary Hemingway receives a curious inheritance: an audio cassette of Les, her father, telling outrageous stories about hunting with his famous older brother, Ernest Hemingway. Les clearly aims to amuse the listeners with tales of the Hemingway brothers hunting vicious ostriches, hungry crocodiles, and deadly komodo dragons, but where Les Hemingway gets serious is in defending and explaining his brother's reputation to a contemptuous Hemingway scholar. Hilary transcribes these stories, revealing the bond between two larger-than-life brothersand tells of her own quest to make peace with the painful parts of the Hemingway legacy.

A disillusioned ex-cop is drawn back into danger in this ';rock-solid series debut' by the New York Timesbestselling author of the Dexter novels (Booklist). When a hostage situation turns deadly, Billy Knight loses everythinghis wife, his daughter, and his career in law enforcement. Devastated, he heads to Key West to put down his gun and pick up a rod and reel as a fishing boat captain. But former co-worker Roscoe McAuley isn't ready to let Billy rest. When Roscoe tells Billy that his son was the victim of premeditated murder during the riots following the Rodney King trial, Billy sends him away. When Roscoe himself turns up dead a few weeks later, however, Billy can't keep from getting sucked back into Los Angeles, and the streets that took so much from him. Billy's investigations into the death of a former cop, and his son, will take him up to the highest echelons of the LAPD, finding corruption at every level. It puts him on a collision course with the law, with his past, with his former fellow officers, and with the dark aftermath of the civil rights movementin a case with more dangerous blind curves than Mulholland Drive. ';Sustains a high level of excitement, capped by a stunning climax, and introduces a smoothly characterized cast, especially Billy, with his gallows humor.' Publishers Weekly

From the author of The Dada Caper: Even an anti-American conspiracy can't keep Chicago PI Chance Purdue from falling prey to his personal femme fatale. Private Investigator Chance Purdue and Brandy Alexander work in tandem on a case that finds them traveling to the Illinois town of Radish River. The CIA continues to need help putting a stop to the DADA (Destroy America, Destroy America) Conspiracy, a terrorist organization whose latest plot is completely under wraps, except that it promises immense destruction. Things prove difficult for Chance and Brandy as they do what they can to remain focused on the task at hand. But it's hard when distractions from football-playing gorillas, chariot races, copious boozeand especially each otherweave in and out of their lives and keep this case on the back burner. Praise for Ross H. Spencer's The Dada Caper ';Parodies of the privateeye novel come and go. Here is The Dada Caper by Ross H. Spencer. It has every cliche down pat, including rat-tat-tat writing in which paragraphs are seldom more than one sentence. ... The hero is a private eye who is always tailing the wrong people and hitting the wrong guys. The Dada Caper is wild, shrewd, mad and unexpectedly funny.' The New York Times

From the author of The Dada Caper: Chicago private detective Chance Purdue learns that nothing good comes from working for the mobexcept cold hard cash. A quick and easy buck sounds good to PI Chance Purdue. But the paycheck seems to be a bit harder to earn when the job entails more than just looking into a minor league baseball team in southern Illinois. His new client, the gangster Cool Lips Chericola, is definitely leaving out details. Enter Brandy Alexander, whose unexpected appearance in Stranger City, Illinois, complicates things. Then throw in the Bobby Crackers Blitzkrieg for Christ religious crusade, and you've got a super-charged powder keg of a caper, with Chance holding both the match and the barrel. Praise for Ross H.Spencer's The Dada Caper ';Parodies of the privateeye novel come and go. Here is The Dada Caper by Ross H.Spencer. It has every cliche down pat, including rat-tat-tat writing in which paragraphs are seldom more than one sentence.... The hero is a private eye who is always tailing the wrong people and hitting the wrong guys. The Dada Caper is wild, shrewd, mad and unexpectedly funny.' The New York Times

Their match was impossible, but their love was inevitable. Too tall for a society woman, Clarissa has no potential suitorsnot that she needs any. She only has eyes for Marcus, viscount of Fairfax. But as a steward's daughter, Clarissa is hardly a suitable match for Marcus.Marcus Ridley is far too appealingand eligiblefor his own good. Restlessly pursued by desperate maidens, his view of women and marriage is skewed. But then he meets Clarissa, who steals his heart with a single kiss.Suddenly, Marcus can't get Clarissa off of his mind, and the high-society lord finds himself desperate to make the steward's daughter his wife.

Affairs of the state will soon give way to affairs of the heart.Althea Markham shoulders many burdens of being an unattached countesswading through the collection of gold-diggers and rogues to find a suitable husband, providing her family with a male heir, and most of all, protecting her mother, who tends to acts more debutante than dowager. As she sneaks away for illicit meetings with a mysterious stranger, Althea is determined to unveil his identityand his intentions.Desperate to escape from beneath the shadow of his older brother, John Ridley takes part in a daring game of espionage against the French. Posing as a smuggler, he engages with the charming Celeste Markham. But despite her winsome allure, it is her daughter, Althea, who seizes John's attention.As affairs of the state give way to affairs of heart, John must convince Althea that she can trust him with her future, and her love.

Could the wrong woman be the right love?Rescued from a life of hardship by her wealthy uncle, Lucy Garwood can't escape the shadow of her elitist relatives. She longs to be loved and respected in her own right, but it seems that as an orphan, her place amongst her bluebood family is unlikely to improvethat is until a case of mistaken identity leads to a kiss from a dashing stranger...Robert Renquist, Duke of Lindorough, is determined to win the heart of the lovely Maude. But in an attempt to sweep her off of her feet with a daring act of passion, it isn't Maude he kisses, but her half-niece instead. Though conscious of his standing in society, Robert can't deny his unmistakable attraction to Lucy, and he'll soon discover there is only one thing more powerful than his noble lineagelove.

He taught her the ways of the world, and she taught him the ways of love.Fated to be sold into a loveless marriage, Emily Walsingham runs away. But when she is rescued by dashing James Garwood, she fall desperately in love. Recognized by James's mother, Emily is declared the perfect wife for him, despite the fact that he has yet to declare his love for her.When James Garwood agrees to marry Emily, he never expected to be any more than a tolerable companion. But as she proves to be more caring and intelligent than he imagined, a man thought to be incapable of true devotion will learn more than he bargained for about falling in love.

New York Timesbestselling author: ';In the art of true-crime reportage, Jerry Bledsoe is the best in the country... Before He Wakes has the suspense of a novel' (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Barbara Stager was known as a devoted mother, loving wife, and dedicated church leader in her Durham, North Carolina, community. When she ';accidentally' shot her husband, popular high school coach, Russ, the police were inclined to believe heruntil they learned that ten years earlier, her first husband had died in a strangely similar way. Sgt. Rick Buchanan's relentless investigation into Stager's life revealed a stunning vortex of compulsive lying, obsessive spending, and sexual promiscuity. With every new discovery, more of Barbara's impeccable image unraveled. But the greatest shocka damning piece of evidence Russ Stager left behindrevealed the nightmare truth about Barbara. With ';the fine-toothed-comb reporting of [an] ace crime journalist,' this book takes us deep into a spellbinding case of double life, lethal lust, and almost perfect murder (Kirkus Reviews). ';A shocking and well-written portrait of a dangerous woman.' The New York Times ';Mesmerizing.' Ann Rule, New York Timesbestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me ';This account of manipulation, compulsive spending, lying, promiscuity, and murder is made even more chilling by the fact that appearances are often deceiving.' Library Journal ';A profile of evil... Fascinating.' The Baltimore Sun ';Jerry Bledsoe is the master of true crime, the conclusion to what Truman Capote began.... Another stunning success.' Patricia Cornwell, New York Timesbestselling author of Chaos

The author of THE TAO OF CHIP KELLY returns with deep insight into the mind of one of the NFL's most innovative and increasingly controversial coaches. The 2014 off-season saw the excitement of Chip Kelly's NFL debut turn ugly fast. Before his second training camp even opened, the coach abruptly cut DeSean Jackson, his popular and explosive wide receiver, who signed with division rival Washington. Reporters wondered whether Kelly was built for the NFL, whether the offensive schemes that dominated the college game could work in the pros, and whether he had the fortitude to handle the media. Kelly responded to his critics by navigating crippling injuries and a fractious locker room to lead the Eagles to a 9-3 record. Then they lost three straight games, a collapse fueled by DeSean Jackson's revenge and, perhaps, Kelly's own stubbornness. Still, the Philadelphia Eagles, with Chip Kelly at the helm, continue to implement a strategy that goes beyond the X's-and-O's and into the very fabric of the organization. Mark Saltveit, the author of THE TAO OF CHIP KELLY, illuminates the strategies and philosophies of Chip Kelly in the nitty gritty stories of one NFL season, featuring characters such as Murderleg, Johnny Manziel, and Bryan Braman, the ex-model who grew up homeless and tackled a Titans punt returner head first-without a helmet. As Kelly continues to reinvent the game of football itself with insights from the Navy Seals, rugby stars, and silly movies, CONTROLLED CHAOS is essential reading for any gridiron fan.

';Bonnie K. Winn presents a love story filled with insight into her characters' needs, loyalties and honor that readers will adore.' Romantic Times Tomboy Jem Whitaker has no interest in marriage, but if she hopes to keep her family ranch, she must find a husband, and fast. Drifter Reese McIntire is penniless and without prospect. But when he is bailed out of jail by a beautiful stranger with an unusual proposition, it seems his luck is about to change. Thrust into a whirlwind marriage, both Reese and Jem are given a second chance at their futures, and a first chance at love.

The international bestselling author of Summer of '42 delivers a darkly comic love story. ';A strange and moving tale with a shocker climax' (The Boston Globe). Tiger is a nineteen-year-old runaway who comes to the big city to start anew. There she meets Luther, a quirky con artist with charm to burn. Together they pull small scams and petty crimes on the populace of New York in the 1970s, making their money and falling in love. But a con artist is a con artist seven days a week, and soon Tiger finds herself wondering if Luther will ever be able to settle down and start building a life with her. This mesmerizing, surprising novel explores two unforgettable people as they live and love in Manhattanand enchants readers with a romance impossible to forget. ';An utterly different contemporary love story.' Publishers Weekly ';This hustles and hypes in a very attractive fashion.' Kirkus Reviews

';Slick, smart, raunchy entertainment' from the international bestselling author of the classic Summer of '42 (Kirkus Reviews). Ben is the writer who can't seem to make it; Ginnie is the dancer who can't seem to miss. In 1951 they are two scared kids in lovedetermined to hold onto each other no matter what. Together the world is theirs for the asking. In the exhilarating landscape of 1950s showbiz, from the neon glamour of the New York stage to the starry glitter of Hollywood, they have love and successpure, intense, and perfect. It should go on forever, fueled by enough romance and passion for all the record books and fairytales that ever were. But can their love prevail or will it all come tumbling down due to an unexpected twist neither of them could have foreseen?

';Told with icy precision of eye and ear and a wink of wicked humor... First-rate haunted-house creepiness' from the bestselling author of Summer of '42 (Kirkus Reviews). Austin Fletcher, a disturbed young Vietnam War vet, is willed a small house deep in the woods of northern Maine. He comes to own it by the generosity of a brother-in-armsa fellow soldier and confidante, Maynard Whittier, killed in action by a wayward mortar shell. The rugged landscape of Maine is an intoxicating blend of claustrophobic interiors and endless frozen wastelands. Little by little, the mysterious force in the house asserts itself until Austin isn't exactly sure what is in his mind and what is real. And just when our hero's had enough and is ready to quit the place, a blizzard arrives and the real haunting begins. ';An unsettling experience... Confounding, touching and well-written.' The New York Times Book Review

"e;SUMMER OF '42 is a charming and tender novel...The overall effect is one of high hilarity. Raucher is a comic-artist who is able to convey the fears and joys...of the boy and at the same time give older readers a wrench in the heart. "e; -PUBLISHERS WEEKLYA classic coming-of-age story and international bestseller.Captivating and evocative, Herman Raucher's semi-autobiographical tale has been made into a record-breaking Academy Award nominated hit movie, adapted for the stage, and enchanted readers for generations.In the summer of 1942, Hermie is fifteen. He is wildly obsessed with sex, and passionately in love with an "e;older woman"e; of twenty-two, whose husband is overseas and at war. Ambling through Nantucket Island with his friends, Hermie's indelible narration chronicles his frantic efforts to become a man, especially one worthy of the lovely Dorothy, as well as his glorious and heartbreaking initiation into sex.

On a trail of danger, love follows no set path.Traveling west aboard a wagon train with her late husband's family, young widow Marybeth MacKender wishes only to leave behind the memories of her loveless marriage, and to protect her infant son. But the dangers of the train are endless, as are the advances of her brutish brother-in-law who is resolute in claiming Marybeth as his own.It isn't until Marybeth meets Joshua Rivers, a frontiersman both tough and tender, that her hope for the future ignites as brightly as the desire in her heart. With courage aroused by passion, Marybeth is determined to face the perils of this rugged terrain for Joshua and the love she feels as great as the odds stacked against them.

The first of a sweeping trilogy, the award-winning author's frontier love story is ';extraordinary... [Her] characters spring to life' (Publishers Weekly). Raised in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee in the 1820s, sixteen-year-old Emma Simms dreams of the day she'll escape her life of poverty to start over in the big city of Knoxville. But when her mother dies, she's left with no one but her drunk, abusive stepfather, Luke Simms, and her dream abruptly becomes a nightmare. Luke plans to literally sell Emma down the riverto a notorious brothel in Knoxville. River Joe, the mysterious Cherokee-raised frontiersman, knew from the first time he set eyes on the beautiful Emma that he had to have her as his own. And one glimpse of the handsome, buckskin-clad stranger they call the ';white Indian' ignites the flame of dangerous desire in Emma's heart. Their passion could consume them both, but their love may be the one thing that can save Emma from a fate worse than death.

A street magician needs more than sleight-of-hand to survive in this dark, edgy crime thriller... After years of chasing fame and hedonistic excess in the bright lights of Las Vegas, Rusty ';The Raven' Diamond has returned home to Ocean City, Maryland, to piece his life back together. When he finds himself an innocent suspect in his landlord's brutal murder, Rusty abandons all hope of maintaining a tranquil existence. Acting on impulse, he digs into the investigation just enough to anger both the police and a local drug cartel. As the case grows more complex, claiming new victims and inciting widespread panic, Rusty feels galvanized by the adrenaline he's been missing for too long. But his newfound excitement threatens to become an addiction, leading him headfirst into an underworld he's been desperately trying to escape... This is the first in the series featuring an illusionist-turned-sleuth by the author of The Platinum Loop, which was praised by Publishers Weekly as ';pulp fun at its best.'

';A poignant expression of the durability, grace, and potential of the human spirit' set in a post-nuclear dystopia where words are worth killing for (Jean M.Auel, author of the Earth's Children series). By the late twenty-first century, civilization has nearly been destroyed by overpopulation, economic chaos, horrific disease, and a global war that brought a devastating nuclear winter. On the Oregon coast, two womenwriter Mary Hope and painter Rachel Morrowembark on an audacious project to help save future generations: the preservation of books, both their own and any they can find at nearby abandoned houses. For years, they labor in solitude. Then they encounter a young man who comes from a group of survivors in the South. They call their community the Ark. Rachel and Mary see the possibility of civilization rising again. But they realize with trepidation that the Arkites believe in only one bookthe Judeo-Christian bibleand regard all other books as blasphemous. And those who go against the word of God must be cleansed from the Earth... In this ';thought-provoking' novel of humanity, hope, and horror, M.K. Wren displays ';her passionate concern with what gives life meaning (Library Journal).

They say it's bad business to sleep with the boss. But they haven't met Jocelyn Jones.