Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=6664&N=7431+7104 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740411 Bridget longs to meet a gentleman who doesnt mention her beautiful sister upon shaking her hand. But since being branded a shrew after a disastrous social season, Bridget knows shes lucky to even have a man come near her. Its enough to make a lady flee the country. So Bridget heads to Venice for music lessons with the renowned Italian composer Vincenzo Carpenini, with whom shes been corresponding. But not only is Carpenini not expecting her, he doesnt even remember her! His friend, theater owner Oliver Merrick, does, though. And one look into her tantalizing green eyes has him cursing his impulsive letter-writing, which brought her across the continent. Yet before Merrick can apologize, Carpenini has ordered her away. Little does either man know that they will soon be embroiled in a wager that will require the beautiful Miss Forresters help or that therell be far more at stake in this gamble than money. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740412 Phoenix Smith, a wounded ex-spy, returns to her hometown in rural Missouri to recuperate. After her arrival she finds her lifelong friend, Annalynn Keyser, mourning her husbands death. Everyone except Annalynn believes that her husband shot his mistress and then himself. She pleads for Phoenixs help in proving her husband innocent and to identify his killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740413 Paralegal and title searcher Apple Mariani finds herself in the middle of different kind of mystery after appraiser Lou Marshall is killed by an antique dagger at an estate sale and an elderly friend and witness goes missing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694160 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716330 This collection of short stories from 13 young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and who saw first-hand the horrors of combat as well as the perspective of those waiting for them at home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712098 LAPD cop Max Kent is not doing so well. Eight months ago, a shocking nighttime assault by unidentified men killed his partner Allie, nearly killed him, and left him enraged. Shunned and shunted to the side, Max and his new partner Maggie set out to investigate the one case that no one wants them to touch. Whether they will make it out again, no one can say. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740417 Two friends who grew up together as part of an extreme doomsday-prepping religion are reunited twenty years later in a search for an abducted child. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729621 In Second World War Poland, a young prisoner closes his eyes and pictures going to bat on a sunlit English cricket ground . . . Across the yard of a Victorian poorhouse, a man is too ashamed to acknowledge the son he gave away . . . In a 19th-century French village, an old servant understands - suddenly and with awe - the meaning of the Bible story her master is reading to her . . . On a summer evening in the Catskills in 1971, a skinny girl steps out of a Chevy with a guitar and with a song that will send shivers through her listeners skulls . . . A few years from now, in Italy, a gifted scientist discovers links between time and the human brain and between her lovers novel and his life. Throughout the linked masterpieces of fiction that make up A Possible Life, exquisitely drawn and unforgettable characters risk their bodies, hearts, and minds in pursuit of human connection. Between soldier and lover, parent and child, servant and master, and artist and muse, important pleasures and pains are born of love, separations and missed opportunities. Provocative and profound, Sebastian Faulkss dazzling new novel journeys across continents and centuries and entertains with superb stories of five unforgettable lives, linked across centuries. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727087 When Kit Becker travels to Nevadaville to find her new guardian, she doesnt count on train robbers stealing her grandfathers will. Determined to track down the thief, Kits prepared to use any pretense necessary Clay Hoffman knows a thing or two about money-grabbing females, so when he finds one posing as his new ward hes determined to get beneath every delicious layer of her disguises. Discovering shes telling the truth, Clay is torn--he should be protecting her, not thinking about making her his bride! All he knows for sure is that hes inherited a whole heap of trouble! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711623 Six years have passed since Jake Sanders watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. But six years havent come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todds obituary, he cant keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todds wife hes hoping for . . . but she is not Natalie. Whoever the mourning widow is, shes been married to Todd for more than a decade, and with that fact everything Jake thought he knew about the best time of his life--a time he has never gotten over--is turned completely inside out. As Jake searches for the truth, his picture-perfect memories of Natalie begin to unravel. Mutual friends of the couple either cant be found or dont remember Jake. No one has seen Natalie in years. Jakes search for the woman who broke his heart, and who lied to him. soon puts his very life at risk as it dawns on him that the man he has become may be based on carefully constructed fiction. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714856 Genevieve McInnes is locked behind the fortified walls of McHugh Keep, captive of a cruel laird who takes great pleasure in ruining her for any other man. Yet when Bowen Montgomery storms the gates on a mission of clan warfare, Genevieve finds that her spirit is bent but not broken. Still, her path toward freedom remains uncertain. Unable to bear the shame of returning to a family that believes her dead or to abandon others at the keep to an imposing new laird, Genevieve opts for the peaceful life of an abbess. But Bowens rugged sensuality stirs something deep inside her that longs to be awakened by his patient, gentle caress--something warm, wicked, and tempting. Bowen seizes his enemys keep, unprepared for the brooding and reclusive woman who captures his heart. Hes enchanted by her fierce determination, her unusual beauty, and her quiet, unfailing strength. But wooing her will take more than a seasoned seducers skill. For loving Genevieve, he discovers, means giving her back the freedom that was stolen from her--even if it means losing her forever.--Back cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716341 When billion-dollar stealth technology drops to bargain prices, governments and drug cartels around the world want in on the action. Suddenly, hotspots are cropping up everywhere, and even the United States can feel its military security slipping away. No country is safe unless Stony Mans command can find a way to destroy the technology. Determined to stop war from erupting, Able Team is sent to find the brain behind the stealth tech, while Phoenix Force infiltrates China to destroy the manufacturing plant. But time is of the essence. And the clock is already counting down. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704666 As China plans to invade Taiwan, and launches a cyber attack on the U.S., President Jack Ryan, his son, and the team at the Campus have to act fast if they are going to stop the increasingly rogue nation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696566 An alien life form has infected Billy Riles town, a creature that takes over and transforms its host. During one of Billys weekly movie nights, he and his friends find that the otherworldly menace has joined the party. It will take all of their horror-movie knowledge to make it through Video Night alive! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728753 Returning to Ashuant Point to escape from the chaos of rapidly changing times, Helen Porter and her son Charlie soon discover that the Point has not remained unscathed from events unfolding beyond its borders. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696316 One of the mythical race of shape-shifting Imnada and a member of an elite military unit, Captain Mac Flannery suffers under a ruthless curse. As the result of a savage massacre on the eve of Waterloo, he and the men he served with are forced to live the hours of darkness trapped as their animal aspects. Now one of them has been murdered, and Mac suspects the existence of the Imnada may finally have been discovered. His only link to unearthing the truth-Bianca Parrino, the beautiful actress whom every man desires. Forging a new life for herself after escaping the clutches of her abusive husband, Bianca is again drawn into violence when a dear friend is brutally murdered and she becomes a suspect. Forced to place her trust and her life in Macs hands as they flee a determined killer, Bianca cannot deny she is falling for the mysterious soldier. But will his dark secrets tear them asunder? Or will love be the key to breaking even the cruelest of spells?--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711542 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677520 Pressured by her mother to marry a proper gentleman, Caroline Maxwell reluctantly considers Lord Bremerton while harboring a secret longing for adventure and passion with her brothers world-traveling friend, Jack, whose new money and lack of title render him an unsuitable candidate in her mothers eyes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697960 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716350 James Nethery is in a crisis. Its not the first time the facade of his comfortable life has crumbled, but this time its for good. On a whim he bolts to Paris. Alone, he wanders the streets until he meets Lily, a blacklisted Ukrainian model who is coming to her own painful realizations. A moment of unexpected violence changes everything, unleashing a chain of events that involves them in drugs and an emerging global revolution. Together they must decide between justice and vengeance, and, when forced to take action, between what is too much -- and not enough.--Back cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693991 Part-time preacher Chester Cash calls himself Daddy Love. He has abducted, tortured, and raped several young boys into being his lover and his son. Kidnapping Robbie from his mother at a mall, he confines the child in a small box and gradually brainwashes him over subsequent years into believing that they are father and son. Dinah, the boys mother, who was savagely injured during the abduction, clings to hope that her son is alive. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704667 When an unpopular local is found murdered in a new rehabilitation facility, reporter and soon-to-be-bride Emma Lord teams up with her friends to identify the culprit and receives the shock of her life when she is framed for the killing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1686192 Five hundred years ago, the famed Witchbreaker, Lord Stark Tower, launched a war against the cult of witches, nearly wiping them out. Today, only a handful of women still practice the craft in secret. A young witch named Sorrow has dedicated her life to changing this reality, vowing to wipe out the Church of the Book and launch a new golden age of witchcraft. In pursuit of her goals, she bonds her soul with Rott, the primal dragon of decay, giving her nearly limitless powers of destruction. Unfortunately, tapping this power comes at the cost of her humanity, leading her into a desperate quest to find the greatest witch of all time, Avaris, in hopes of mastering her dark magic before it destroys her. But shes not alone in hunting Avaris, as fate throws her into an uneasy partnership with a man who wants to be the new Witchbreaker. Can either of them survive their mutual quests when their journey leads them into battle with Tempest, the primal dragon of storms?--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716155 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713743 Shaman Joanne Walker returns to North Carolina to find her missing father and meet Aidan, the son she left behind long ago. But Aidan has become tainted by an evil reaching forward from the distant past. It will take everything Joanne has to pull the past apart and weave a better future--for her, her son, and the Appalachians. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696567 When the landlady of Brad Lovings vacated house rings pest control over what she suspects is a dead rat, a shocking discovery is made: five bodies, two of which are skeletal. One of the bodies is that of Emily Sherman, whose stepmother, Martha, Homicide Investigator Lucinda Pierce helped convict for Emilys murder. As doubts are raised over the investigation and another of Lucindas previous cases, and her young friend, Charley Spencer, is arrested on suspicion of vandalism, Lucinda faces her toughest test yet.... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734904 Savannah Moore arrives in Eternity Springs alone, determined to put her troubled past behind her. Her handcrafted-soap shop fits right in with the magic of this warm and welcoming community--but the sexy, suspicious local sheriff promises to upset her hard-won happiness. Zach Turner knows this woman means trouble: Maybe to his town. Possibly to his friends. Definitely to his heart. Something about this simmering Southern beauty does crazy things to his committed bachelor status, taunting him with possibilities far beyond his dedication to his sometimes dangerous job. So when Savannahs dark past follows her to town, wreaking havoc with both their lives, Zach will fight for all hes worth--for a love he cant afford to lose.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706377 Ordered to Coronnan City, Glenndon, the mute and illegitimate son of King Darville, takes the throne and, in this place where court politics are deadly and magic is forbidden, must hide his talents as he struggles to find his voice and his destiny. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706382 Evangeline is eighteen years old when her grandmother gives her the ultimate gift, a scent she has created just for her. From the moment Eva places a drop on her neck, her entire life changes. Previously unnoticed, she becomes the object of intense desire for everyone around her. Men dance close to her; women dip their noses deep into her hair; even the cats outside her bedroom cry to be near her. Gabriel, the quiet student Eva has admired from afar, falls head-over-heels in love with her. But soon the gift begins to control Evas life: strangers follow her around, sniffing and touching her at every turn. When Eva meets Michael, an artist who barely registers her smell, Eva wonders if he is the one person who can love her for herself. Or is her scent impossible to escape? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697961 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736016 For former Navy SEAL Dare ORourke, Section 8 was legendary. The son of one of its missing members, he grew up in the shadow of its secrets. All he knew was that it was a cabal of operatives discharged from branches of the military and reassigned to extremely dangerous, off-the-books international missions. And that their handler was as shrouded in mystery as the missions themselves. Now the handler of Section 8 has given extreme orders to kill any remaining members, along with their families. Dare must save his long-lost half sister, Avery, whom he was never meant to meet. Determined to fight for their lives and find their missing father, Dare and Avery bring together those who are in danger because of their relationship to Section 8 for one last mission--to avenge their families and to survive.-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715456 Shady Rest, Texas has the dubious reputation for being the deadliest town in America. Getting yourself killed is as easy as blinking and twice as quick. Sure enough, Matt Jensen hasnt swallowed his whiskey before the towns marshal is gunned down before his eyes. Matt defends himself by putting two bullets in the shooters chest, unaware that hes in line for a $5,000 bounty--as long as he stays in Shady Rest to collect it. And staying gets even more tempting when a red-haired beauty decides to be the next town marshal. Annabel OCallahan is a dressmaker with a secret weapon--no hard case or gunslinger worth his salt will gun down a lady. Almost overnight, Shady Rest becomes a model of law and order. But the man Matt killed has a whole passel of friends and family--the killing kind, man or woman--headed to Shady Rest for revenge. Now the dressmaker and the mountain man must join forces. Two against a small army. And the deadliest shootout Shady Rest has ever seen-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714949 The writer son of a quiet sympathizer with the Pinochet regime reflects on the progress of his novel, in which an unnamed boy from a Chilean suburb witnesses an earthquake and meets an older girl who asks him to spy on her uncle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715418 Ella and Micha have been best friends since they were kids. But one tragic night shatters their friendship and their lives forever. Ella fears everything she worked so hard to bury since then might resurface, especially with Micha living right next door. Micha is sexy, smart, confident, and can get under Ellas skin like no one else can. He knows everything about her, including her darkest secrets. And he is determined to bring his best friend, and the girl he loves back, no matter what it takes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716354 In 1848, Dooley Monahan, son of struggling Iowa pioneers, went off to pick up a new milk cow. Young Dooley never came home. Now, nearly three decades later, Dooley Monahan has become an accidental legend, managing to plant a bullet in the chest of a dangerous outlaw. All Dooley really wants is to claim his reward at a bank in Phoenix and make his way North to a gold strike he read about in a newspaper. But fate has other plans. It starts with a family slaughtered by Apaches, a dog smarter than most humans Dooley knows, a girl with a wounded soul, and the blood hungry brothers of the outlaw Dooley killed who will not give up their pursuit until theyve avenged his death. The farther Dooley tries to head North, destiny pushes him West. His trail is populated by strange friends and dangerous enemies, strewn with bad luck and bad blood--and frequently interrupted by sudden storms of gunfire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714935 Aunt Maud willed her ranch not only to her niece, Sophie, but to ex-military man Elijah as well. The two must work together to keep the ranch running, but Sophie instantly dislikes Elijahs brash confidence and egotistical ways. Still, it seems that even from the grave Aunt Maud is busy matchmaking...Sophie wants to win the ranch, not a man: her ex-husbands betrayal has her questioning every male who wants to get close. And Elijah has his own problems to deal with, as his sleep is constantly interrupted by nightmares of fallen friends in war. But can Sophie and Elijah vanquish the devils of their pasts to find their way to each other? [from back cover]. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731640 In 1920s England, a young woman searches for the truth behind her uncles mysterious death in a town haunted by a restless ghost. Oxford student Jillian Leigh works day and night to keep up with her studies--so to leave at the beginning of the term is next to impossible. But after her uncle Toby, a renowned ghost hunter, is killed in a fall off a cliff, she must drive to the seaside village of Rothewell to pack up his belongings. Almost immediately, unsettling incidents--a book left in a cold stove, a gate swinging open on its own--escalate into terrifying events that convince Jillian an angry spirit is trying to enter the house. Is it Walking John, the two-hundred-year-old ghost who haunts Blood Moon Bay? And who beside the ghost is roaming the local woods at night? If Toby uncovered something sinister, was his death no accident? The arrival of handsome Scotland Yard inspector Drew Merriken, a former RAF pilot with mysteries of his own, leaves Jillian with more questions than answers--and with the added complication of a powerful, mutual attraction. Even as she suspects someone will do anything to hide the truth, she begins to discover spine-chilling secrets that lie deep within Rothewell--and at the very heart of who she is.-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705417 Three years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the writer Christa Wolf was granted access to her newly declassified Stasi files. She was not surprised to discover forty-two volumes of documents produced by the East German secret police. But what was surprising was a thing green folder whos contents told an unfamiliar story: in the early 1960s, Wolf had been an informant for the Communist government. And yet, thirty years on, she had absolutely no recollection of it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735952 When she is hired by the Master of Natchez, Mississippi to stop rogue vampires from terrorizing his city, skinwalker Jane Yellowrock soon discovers that there is something different about these vamps as her simple job turns into a fight to stay alive. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739238 When archaeologist Chloe Broussard accepts the contract to lead a dig in Ornes, France, she has no idea she will uncover the Veil of Veronica. When she does, she discovers a danger far greater than the demonic presence stalking her at night. Azazel wants her, as well as the Veronica, and his chosen minion is her brother. Her hope lies with immortal Templar Knight Lucan. Her life depends on oaths she knows nothing about. For countless centuries, Lucan of Seacourt has lived with the knowledge that his brother killed their family. Now, as Azazels darkness eats away at his soul, old betrayal stirs suspicion. He trusts no one. Not even the seraph who can heal his dying spirit. With the fate of the Almighty hanging in the balance, Lucan must find faith in something more terrifying than the dark lords creations. He must learn to believe his heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1686193 Inheriting her great-uncle Louiss bayside souvenir shop should have been a breeze for Glory. Instead its been one headache after another--with a lot of them generated by Bluebeard, a parrot with a mouth like a sailor and a personality a lot like her late great-uncle. But Glorys troubles pale in comparison to those of her best friend Karen, whose ex may still have the personalized key chain to her heart, but whose brother-in-law is about to get locked up. A diver has been found with a gaff hook in his chest, and Karen turns to Glory to help get her brother-in-law off the hook for his murder. But casting the net for the real killer wont be easy. Glory and Bluebeard are about to find out that the secrets in Keyhole Bay run deeper than anyone ever imagined...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716156 As a building awaits demolition, a horrifying discovery is made inside the basement: a cage made of human bones, with a terrified, feral child lurking within. Unbeknownst to Detective Inspector Phil Brennan and psychologist Marina Esposito, they have disturbed a killer who has been operating undetected for thirty years. A killer who wants that boy back. But the cage of bones is also a box of secrets-- secrets linking Brennan to the madman in their midst. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704304 Some say Demiel ben Yusef is the worlds most dangerous terrorist, personally responsible for bombings and riots that have claimed the lives of thousands. Others insist he is a man of peace, a miracle worker...even the Son of God. His United Nations trial in New York City for crimes against humanity attracts mobs of protestors, as well as media from around the world. Feisty reporter Alessandra Russo is covering the tribunal and hoping for a story. But when ben Yusef approaches her in the crowd, he does something so bizarre it stuns the world and hurls Alessandra into a murderous conspiracy of apocalyptic proportions. Running for her life, she must elude assassins, unearth the hidden bond between the shadowy Cathars and the Knights Templar, and uncover a mysterious relic stained with the blood of Christ. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713744 A terminally ill cancer patient is attended throughout his final days by his wife and daughter while the trio contemplates their relationships with an estranged son, a situation that stirs up painful memories for a new next-door neighbor who has recently lost her mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1718268 When a stolen nuclear device surfaces in the hands of known terrorists, Thomas Crocker and his squad are called into action to halt a catastrophic plot against the United States. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728755 Sophie Brinkmann had no idea her former patient was an international crime lord, so she agreed to a date. Jens Vall is in Paraguay facilitating a delivery of weapons when hes attacked by angry Russians who think he stole their drugs. Lars Vinge is a beat cop given an important assignment that soon turns into deadly obsession. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716087 Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation are alerted to a string of unrelated burglaries across Vermont. Meanwhile, in Boston, an elderly woman surprises thieves in her Beacon Hill home and is viciously murdered. The police find that the loot is similar to whats been stolen in Vermont, and it may have the same destination. Word is that someone powerful is purchasing the items in the Paradise City of Northampton, Mass. Now Gunther, the Boston police, and the old ladys vengeful niece converge on the city. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739483 One of the best interrogators in the business, Rock Babineaux, on the run from his own government when a job goes horribly wrong, races against time to clear his name with the help of Vanessa Cordero, who believes in his innocence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734906 Smoke jumper Evan Donovan works a suspicious brushfire, during which he meets photographer Faye Duncan, who may have unwittingly taken a picture of an arsonist setting the blaze. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711911 Eight months into a surrogate pregnancy for her sister, Kristina, Detective Savannah Dunbar just wants to wrap up paperwork before taking medical leave. But her departments investigation into a brutal double homicide has suddenly become much more complex - and personal. And now there are disturbing rumors about the Colony, its matriarch, and a long history of bitter secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698366 While feeding the actors in her grandmothers production of Hamlet, Charlotte Bessette, the owner of The Cheese Shop, finds her world melting when a container of her signature ice cream is used as a murder weapon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696562 Emily Andrew-Miceli, travel escort extraordinaire, is leading a group of Iowa seniors on a tour of Scotland. And to make the trip even more fun, Emily and her foxy husband, Etienne, have organized a high-tech scavenger hunt. But when one teams underhanded strategizing brings a cursed dirk into their hotel on Loch Ness, Isobel Kronk -- a member of the tour group -- ends up dead. Was it the curse of the dagger, as hotel proprietor Mrs. Dalrymple believes? Was it an allergic reaction? Or is there a flesh and blood killer on the loose? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714190 Weekend reporter Holly Kendall isnt looking for a mile-high romance when she boards a first-class flight home to Houston. Busy with work commitments, the one thing she cant do is let anythign sidetrack her. But Anderson Gunn, the sensual legal consultant sitting next to her on the plane, is one irresistible distraction. And once they land on solid ground, their attraction soars. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1740202 Will Ransleigh, illegitimate nephew of the Earl of Swynford, has the tall, aristocratic bearing of nobility--and the resourceful cunning of a streetwise rogue. To clear his cousins name he is on a mission that will take him across the Continent into a world of international intrigue--and the arms of Elodie Lefevre, the society hostess who brought shame to his family. Is she seductress, spy or damsel in distress? Will has to keep his wits about him and uncover the true nature of this mysterious Madame--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732100 For much of her life, Anne Morrow has stood in the shadows of those around her. Then Anne, a college senior, travels to Mexico City to spend Christmas with her family. There she meets Colonel Charles Lindbergh, fresh off his celebrated 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic. Charles sees in Anne a kindred spirit, a fellow adventurer, and her world will be changed forever. The two marry in a headline-making wedding. Hounded by adoring crowds and hunted by an insatiable press, Charles shields himself and his new bride from prying eyes, leaving Anne to feel her life falling back into the shadows. In the years that follow, despite her own major achievements, Anne is viewed merely as the aviators wife. The fairy-tale life she once longed for will bring heartbreak and hardships, ultimately pushing her to reconcile her need for love and her desire for independence, and to embrace, at last, lifes infinite possibilities for change and happiness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704426 In this novel, a marriage is revealed in all its joys and agonies. A mother, a father, and their two children, living in a small village in New England move, in their own minds, between the present, the past, and the future, constrained by the world, the characters despairing in their domestic situations. But their minds wander, trying to make linear sense of what is, in fact, nonlinear. This is a piercing examination of the manifold ways in which the passing of time operates on the human consciousness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733145 After years away from home, Shauna Banks has finally returned to Key West. But as a cnsultant hired to evaluate the local medical center, she immediately comes up against none other than the sensuous Dr. Dominik Coles. All though high school the compelling and intense heartthrob claimed her thoughts and her emotions. Now ate has brought them back together, and whats worse--he doesnt seem to remember her! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684677 For two years, Diamond and Black have been living comfortably on their high-class cul-de-sac with their daughter, ready to leave the drug business behind them. However, Johnny can feel nothing but rage for the woman he once loved, and on his death bed he sets a plan in motion to tear Diamonds world apart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715674 A writers family life unravels when he begins editing an odd, unpublished biography, his ex-wife embarks on a dangerous geological expedition, his daughter travels on sexually charged trips, and the writer descends into madness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695536 As the Season of 1899 comes to an end, the world is poised on the brink of profound, irrevocable change. The Earl of Dilberne is facing serious financial concerns. The ripple effects spread to everyone in the household: Lord Robert, who has gambled unwisely on the stock market and seeks a place in the Cabinet; his unmarried children, Arthur, who keeps a courtesan, and Rosina, who keeps a parrot in her bedroom; Lord Roberts wife Isobel, who orders the affairs of the household in Belgrave Square; and Grace, the ladys maid who orders the life of her mistress. Lord Robert can see no financial relief to an already mortgaged estate, and, though the Season is over, his thoughts turn to securing a suitable wife (and dowry) for his son. The arrival on the London scene of Minnie, a beautiful Chicago heiress with a reputation to mend, seems the answer to all their prayers.--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742784 David Lindholm is found naked on his bed with bullets through his head and stomach. All the homicidal evidence points in the direction of his wife Julia. Julia, who is suffering from shock and trauma, rambles on about a woman who she claims entered the house, killed her husband, and ran off with her son. When journalist Annika Bengtzon is assigned to the case, she must work against the clock to clear Julias name and find the missing child, before its too late.--Publishers website. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684666 Coming out of hiding to find her sister and repair their estrangement, and to stop King Tohon from winning control of the Realms, Avry of Kazan, the last Healer in the Fifteen Realms, must support Tohons opponents by teaching them forest skills and destroying an army of the walking dead. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705442 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684972 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711997 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715287 Harry and Madeleine Winslow have been blessed with talent, money, and charm. Harry is an award-winning author on the cusp of greatness, Madeleine a woman of sublime beauty and grace whose elemental goodness and serenity belie a privileged upbringing. Bonded by deep devotion, they share a love that is both envied and adored. The Winslows play host to a coterie of close friends and acolytes eager to bask in their golden radiance, whether they are in their bucolic East Hampton cottage, living abroad in Rome thanks to Harrys writing grant, or in their comfortable Manhattan brownstone. One weekend at the start of the summer season, Harry and Maddy, who are in their early forties, meet Claire and cannot help but be enchanted by her winsome youth, quiet intelligence, and disarming navet. Drawn by the Winslows indescribable magnetism, Claire eagerly falls into their welcoming orbit. But over the course of the summer, reverence transforms into dangerous desire. By Labor Day, it is no longer enough to just be one of their hangers-on -- from publishers web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732017 Kat may be new in her faith, but shes embraced the more radical implications of Christianity with reckless abandon. She invited a homeless mother and her son to move into the apartment she shares with two other housemates. And shes finally found a practical way to channel her passion for healthy eating by starting a food pantry at the church. But not everyone thinks the food pantry is a good idea. When the woman she thought would be her biggest support just wants to pray about it, Kat is forced to look deeper at her own motives. Only when she begins to look past the surface does she see people who are hungry and thirsty for more than just food and drink and realizes the deeper significance of inviting them to come to the table. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732111 Investigator Vissarion Lom has been summoned to the capital in order to catch a terrorist --- and ordered to report directly to the head of the secret police. A totalitarian state, worn down by an endless war, must be seen to crush home-grown insurgents with an iron fist. But Lom discovers Mirgorod to be more corrupted than he imagined: a murky world of secret police and revolutionaries, cabaret clubs and doomed artists. Lom has been chosen because he is an outsider, not involved in the struggle for power within the party. And because of the sliver of angel stone implanted in his head. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713788 Struggling to move on after her husbands death, thirty-five-year-old Anna receives an unexpected phone call from her estranged grandmother, Goldie, summoning her to New York. A demanding woman with a sharp tongue and a devotion to fashion and etiquette, Goldie has not softened in the five years since she and her granddaughter last spoke. Now she wants Anna to drive her to San Francisco to return a collection of exquisite Japanese art to a long-lost friend. Hours of sitting behind the wheel of Goldies Rolls-Royce soften Annas attitude toward her grandmother, and as the miles pass, old hurts begin to heal. Yet no matter how close they become, Goldie harbors painful secrets about her youthful days in 1940s San Francisco that she cannot share. But if she truly wants to help her granddaughter find happiness again, she must eventually confront the truths of her life. Moving back and forth across time and told in the voices of both Anna and Goldie, The Secret of the Nightingale Palace is a searing portrait of family, betrayal, sacrifice, and forgiveness--and a testament to the enduring power of love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697962 Bessie, the selfless sister of the powerful but stubborn Brunson clan, has sacrificed herself for her familys honor and is at the mercy of the court of King James. Ill-suited to court life, she must confront their mortal enemy, Lord Thomas Carwell, dressed in nothing but borrowed finery and pride. Underneath the relentless gaze of her captor, shes enticed not only by him but also by the opulence of a world far removed from her own. When the furious king demands her brothers head, Carwell is the only one to whom she can turn. But she must pay the ultimate price for his protection-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736017 I was raised to do the right thing. But to my family that means staying safe behind the walls of human society. To be a respectable metalmage and never put myself at risk. But the treaty is faltering. And if it fails, nothing is safe. To help save the city and everyone I care about, I will use whatever means I can to ensure the negotiations to renew the treaty are successful--even if that means forging an alliance with a man who is the very opposite of the right thing...Fen is trouble. Wild. He would rather bind himself in iron and drink himself into oblivion than learn to master the visions that come to him. Those visions might just hold the key to peace, and it seems that my power might hold the key to his control--if I can keep it around him...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713756 In this explosive debut thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water, a brilliant homicide detective returns home, where she confronts a citys dark demons and her own past while pursuing a brutal serial killer on a vengeful rampage. Absalom Abbie Kearney grew up an outsider in her own hometown. Even being the adopted daughter of a revered cop couldnt keep Abbies troubled past from making her a misfit in the working-class Irish American enclave of South Buffalo. And now, despite a Harvard degree and a police detectives badge, she still struggles to earn the respect and trust of those shes sworn to protect. But all that may change, once the killing starts. When Jimmy Ryans mangled corpse is found in a local church basement, this sadistic sacrilege sends a bone-deep chill through the winter-whipped city. It also seems to send a message--one that Abbie believes only the fiercely secretive citizens of the neighborhood known as the County understand. But in a town ruled by an old-world code of silence and secrecy, her search for answers is stonewalled at every turn, even by fellow cops. Only when Abbie finds a lead at the Gaelic Club, where war stories, gossip, and confidences flow as freely as the drink, do tongues begin to wag--with desperate warnings and dire threats. And when the killers mysterious calling card appears on her own doorstep, the hunt takes a shocking twist into her own familys past. As the grisly murders and grim revelations multiply, Abbie wages a chilling battle of wits with a maniac who sees into her soul, and she swears to expose the Countys hidden history--one bloody body at a time. With Black Irish, Stephen Talty stakes a place beside Jo Nesb, John Sandford, and Tana French on the cutting edge of psychological crime thrillers. Advance praise for Black Irish Abbie Kearney is one of the most intriguing new suspense protagonists in memory, and Black Irish marks the captivating start of a brilliant thriller series.--Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Last to Die A memorable story of betrayal and vengeance.--Publishers Weekly-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712890 Green returns to her service under the Lily Goddess in the city of Kalimpura, where she is hounded by gods that would render her a conduit for the supernatural while she attempts to rescue two Bittern Court hostages. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671095 Supervising an unrepentant alcoholic doctor who has been implicated in the death of a powerful Congressman, Dr. Lou Welcome uncovers a wealth of incriminating facts, including the doctors alleged affair with the victims wife, before stumbling on a high-level conspiracy that places Lous life at risk. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713992 Two brothers from a small Iranian mountain village--Saladin, who has always dreamed of leaving, and Ali, who has never given it a thought--are forced to flee for their lives in the aftermath of a political killing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733295 Charles Lenox is at the pinnacle of his political career and is a delighted new father. His days of investigating the crimes of Victorian London are now years behind him. He plans a trip to his uncles estate, Everley, in the expectation of a few calm weeks to write an important speech. When he arrives in the quiet village of Plumley, however, what greets him is a series of strange vandalisms upon the local shops: broken windows, minor thefts, threatening scrawls. Only when a far more serious crime is committed does he begin to understand the great stakes of those events, and the complex and sinister mind that is wreaking fear and suspicion in Plumley. Now, with his protg, John Dallington, at his side, the race is on for Lenox to find the culprit before he strikes again. And this time his victim may be someone that Lenox loves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736008 Kate is in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughters exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately, and Kate must come get her daughter now. But Kates stress over leaving work quickly turns to panic when she arrives at the school and finds it surrounded by police officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance. By then its already too late for Amelia. And for Kate. An academic overachiever despondent over getting caught cheating has jumped to her death. At least that is the story Grace Hall tells Kate. And clouded as she is by her guilt and grief, it is the one she forces herself to believe. Until she gets an anonymous text: She didnt jump. The novel is about secret first loves, old friendships, and an all-girls club steeped in tradition. But, most of all, its the story of how far a mother will go to vindicate the memory of a daughter whose life she couldnt save. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715457 Before hearing the call of the Lord, Paul had seen more than his share of sin - mostly his own. But since he came to minister to the small town of Pueblito Verde, most of what he sees are tamer transgressions. Knowing his own past, Paul believes the occasional mistake doesnt make someone truly evil. But some men are more evil than others. When the brutal Jack Kerrigan and his band of ruffians hit town, Pauls new life starts to go bad. Then things go from bad to worse when ruthless bounty hunter Dave Sprole arrives with money and murder on his mind. Now, the town is caught in the crossfire between two cold-blooded killers - and Paul knows that its time for him to stand up for what he believes in -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1718285 In 1842, when she wakes up next to a naked Scotsman with a ring on her finger and no recollection of what happened, Lady Georgette Thorold makes a run for it with Highland warrior James MacKenzie fast on her trail. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695495 Brought together by war, separated by duty, a love story for the ages. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713866 When a mysterious woman named Ceara shows up at his house, insisting that his dying sister-in-law can be cured if he marries her, Quincy Harrigan agrees despite his doubts, only to discover that she is a time-traveling druid. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715660 When she agrees to pose as the future bride of Royden Napier, Scotland Yards most relentless police commissioner, Lisette Colburne finds herself in danger of losing her heart to the one man who has the power to destroy her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715966 The werewolf pack and Mercy Thompsons mate Adam have been abducted. Outclassed and on her own, Mercy may be forced to seek assistance from any ally she can get, no matter how unlikely. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704318 After learning that she needs a liver transplant and that her time may be limited, Callie Vanetta decides to move out to her late grandparents farm, which hasnt worked in years. Callie fears that making the farm operational may be too much work; but things look up when a handsome, mysterious stranger offers to trade work for shelter. What initially seemed like an ideal temporary situation begins to look more permanent, and Callie has to try and keep from losing her heart to her housemate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731951 Candice (and her sisters) have moved in with Patrick and everything is more than she could have ever dreamed. Then suddenly she (they) are in knee-deep in new case that brings the escaped Threefer Killers back onto the scene. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715443 Set in a small New Hampshire town, a story of the crisscrossing of lives, within and without family, and of one woman, given up for adoption as a baby, searching for the truth about her life--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714158 When murder disrupts Heavenly, Pennsylvania, a small town in the heart of Amish country, gift shop owner Claire Weatherly and Detective Jakob Fisher must find the not-so-simple truth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684681 Eleanor Swift isnt amused when Laughing Luigi--the sketchy frozen pizza dough baron--walks into her Timber Ridge, North Carolina, pizzeria. But the contracts for his pizza-making contest seems on the up-and-up-- and sprucing up her beloved pizzeria, A Slice of Delight, with $25,000 in first-prize money would be a dream come true-- ... Which makes things all the messier when the pizza dough king fails to rise after being found on the floor-- murdered, with a slice of poisoned pizza! If Eleanor and Maddie want to find the real killer and win the $25,000, theyre going to have to juggle seriously surreptitious sleuthing with pressure-packed pizza making performances-- before the real killer dishes them their own slices of death!--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732047 On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, a young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless but secure marriage or to follow the man she loves and whose baby she may be carrying. Decades earlier in 1919, Vivien Lowe, an obituary writer, is searching for her lover who disappeared in the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. By telling the stories of the dead, Vivien not only helps others cope with their grief but also begins to understand the devastation of her own terrible loss. The surprising connection between these two women will change Claires life in unexpected and extraordinary ways. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739239 Vitala Salonius, champion of the warlike game of Caturanga, is as deadly as she is beautiful. Shes a trained assassin for the resistance, and her true play is for ultimate power. Using her charm and wit, she plans to seduce her way into the emperors bed and deal him one final, fatal blow, sparking a battle of succession that could change the face of the empire. As the ruler of a country on the brink of war and the son of a deposed emperor, Lucien must constantly be wary of an attempt on his life. But hes drawn to the stunning Caturanga player visiting the palace. Vitala may be able to distract him from his woes for a while--and fulfill other needs, as well.Luciens quick mind and considerable skills awaken unexpected desires in Vitala, weakening her resolve to finish her mission. An assassin cannot fall for her prey, but Vitalas gut is telling her to protect this sexy, sensitive man. Now she must decide where her heart and loyalties lie and navigate the dangerous war of politics before her gambit causes her to lose both Lucien and her heart for good...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715681 When Jax Pavan, one of the few remaining Jedi, takes on the vital mission of transporting a rebel leader away from Coruscant, he and his crew face the might of Darth Vader, who will stop at nothing to exterminate the Jedi. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1686194 Tempted by the offer of a free Caribbean cruise, Jordan accepts a spot as a judge in a week-long big-time cooking competition aboard the Carnation Queen. She just better hope no one finds out that her famous palate is far from refined. But there are bigger fish to fry when arrogant chef Stefano Mancini falls face first into his signature halibut dish during the first event. While evidence suggests that the handsome Italian chefs death was an accident, Jordan thinks otherwise. But shell have to keep her wits about her--and the sea sickness pills handy--if shes going to solve this one...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694348 This collection of novellas is Jim Harrison at his most memorable--a brilliant rendering of two men striving to find their way in the world, written with freshness, abundant wit, and profound humanity. In The Land of Unlikeness, sixty-year-old art history academic Clive--a failed artist, divorced and grappling with the vagaries of his declining years--reluctantly returns to his familys Michigan farmhouse to visit his aging mother. The return to familiar territory triggers a jolt of renewal--of ardor for his high school love, of his relationship with his estranged daughter, and of his own lost love of painting. In Water Baby, Harrison ventures into the magical as an Upper Peninsula farm boy is irresistibly drawn to the water as an escape and sees otherworldly creatures there. Faced with the injustice and pressure of coming of age, he takes to the river and follows its siren song all the way across Lake Michigan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735891 Daphne Dales budding romance with the pseudonymous suitor with whom she is exchanging love letters faces difficulties when he turns out to be Lord Henry Seldon, whose family and hers are sworn enemies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731847 The lives of twin sisters born in 1940s Turkey diverge when one stays in their childhood village and becomes a revered midwife while the other moves to London with her bitter husband and three children. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696642 After CIA attorney Eve Salinas kidnaps and drugs ex-operative Mike Brown, he agrees to join her on a hunt for the cold-blooded traitor behind a fatal military operation that haunts them both. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1718270 Donovan Nash has a secret hell do anything to keep. But hes the prime suspect after someone steals a fifty million dollar executive jet, and FBI agent Veronica Montero put him squarely in the crosshairs. As she digs, she discovers Nashs secret--a revelation that, if made public, would stun the world. Operating on her own agenda, Montero blackmails Nash into helping her hunt down a man she wants dead. Powerless against the information Montero holds, Nash is forced into a situation far deadlier than either of them could ever have imagined. The man they are after isnt the criminal they expect, hes a terrorist with a plan to use the stolen jet to carry out an unthinkable and devastating act that could plunge America into the most heinous conflict since World War II. When Nash and Montero are taken prisoner aboard the stolen jet, they will have only one opportunity to execute a daring midair attempt to stop the attack. Success could cost them their own lives, but failure could cost millions of innocent lives.--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698249 An undercover DEA agent has gone off the radar. Suspecting an internal mole, the government needs Luke Dubois and his elite team of operatives to recover their man, and the New Orleans native thinks hes found his way inside the dark underbelly of Manhattan: Olivia Taylor, the girlfriend of a mob boss and the sexiest woman hes ever laid eyes on. His new mission objective? Get past Olivias defenses and convince her to take a chance--on him. All Olivia wanted was to finish law school and live a normal life, but that dream was shattered when one dangerous night put her deeply in a mobsters debt. Now Luke and his team will help her escape--in exchange for intel on the missing agent. But Olivia doesnt anticipate her intense attraction to the reckless Louisiana charmer or that shell be forced to risk everything--including her heart. --Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704553 When four friends, working at a giant refugee camp in Kenya for Somalis, are hijacked by bandits, John Wells, brought in to find them, goes undercover in a country that isnt his usual playing field where he discovers that the truth behind the kidnappings is far more complex than he imagined. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696015 When the pressures of early 1800s westward expansion and debt threaten to destroy everything hes built, a troubled Revolutionary War veteran embarks on an audacious plan involving setting one of his male slaves as his breeding sire.