Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=7431&Ne=7048&N=7431+7268 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711917 An apocalyptic disease spread by a race of aliens turns its victims into zombies and begins an infection that threatens to overwhelm the Earth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712069 Katherine thought her fiance was the perfect man -- until he turned out to be the perfect killer. His victims were stabbed through the heart and holding a single red rose. Three years ago he vanished, now hes back, and hunting the one who got away. 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=1686138 It would take a miracle for Storm Decker to return to Red Hook-- or a tragedy. The neighborhood holds too many painful memories but when the ex-cop hed come to consider his father falls ill, Storm is called home to face the past he tried to leave behind. Breanna Collins never expected to see Storm again after he left town and broke her heart. Shes angry that he cannot seem to appreciate the changes in the neighborhood but still feels a powerful connection to her old flame even though she knows that unless she can remind him of all the reasons to stay, hell never stick around long enough to give their romance the second chance is deserves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705410 When he is consulted on a cold case involving the discovery of infant remains at a neglected Tudor mansion, psychologist Alex Delaware, tracing the long history of past residents, is led down a bloody path littered with unspeakable cruelty. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682630 Astonished by his imminent marriage to a woman he believed out of his league, Seth flies to their destination wedding in Florida only to be swept up in a maelstrom of violence involving rioters, Russian gangsters, angry strippers, and a desperate python. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681209 The Berlin office of the worlds most renowned investigation firm looks into the disappearance of an agent, Chris Schneider, whose last case involved an unfaithful billionaire, a cheating soccer player and a seedy nightclub owner. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1678823 A nation is obsessed with a hot nightclub waitress accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter. The shocking verdict creates an immediate uproar. But when an innocent, young woman ends up dead in a riot, there may be something bigger at work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693987 A collection of stories which includes Home, a wryly whimsical account of a soldiers return from war; Victory lap, a tale about an inventive abduction attempt; and the title story, in which a suicidal cancer patient saves the life of a young misfit. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694680 1662. Alpine village hangman Jakob Kuisl receives a letter from his sister calling him to the imperial city of Regensburg, where a gruesome sight awaits him: her throat has been slit. Arrested and framed for the murder, Kuisl faces first-hand the torture hes administered himself for years. Jakobs daughter, Magdalena, and a young medicus named Simon hasten to his aid. With the help of an underground network of beggars, a beer-brewing monk, and an Italian playboy, they discover that behind the false accusation is a plan that will endanger the entire German Empire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698244 Governess Abigail Chantry will do anything to save her sister and two dearest friends from destitution, even if it means breaking into an empty mansion in the hope of finding something to sell. Instead of treasures, though, she finds the owner, Lady Beatrice Davenham, bedridden and neglected. Appalled, Abby rousts Lady Beatrices predatory servants and--with Lady Beatrices eager cooperation--the four young ladies become her nieces, neatly eliminating the threat of disaster for all concerned! Its the perfect situation, until Lady Beatrices dashing and arrogant nephew, Max, Lord Davenham, returns from the Orient--and discovers an impostor running his household. A romantic entanglement was never the plan for these stubborn, passionate opponents--but falling in love may be as inevitable as the falling of autumn leaves.-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677512 After a shocking discovery in Masada, Israel, Sergeant Jordan Stone, Father Rhun Korza and Dr. Erin Granger, racing against time to recover a book written by Christs own hand, must contend with a force of ancient evil with impossible ambitions and a secret sect within the Vatican called the Sanguines. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715417 Larry Zagorski, a science fiction writer turned U.S. fighter pilot, searches for connections between what seem like disparate events while conspiracy theories begin to suggest the possibility of a single force behind them in this novel that mixes real-life figures with fictional characters as it moves briskly from WW II spy intrigue (featuring Ian Fleming) and occultism to the West Coast pulp science-fiction set and the 1980s U.K. new wave music scene. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687170 A tale inspired by the lives of famous twentieth-century female photographers traces the progression of feminism and photography in various world regions as each woman explores private and public goals while balancing the demands of family and creativity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714074 Remaining on the virtually abandoned island of Britannia after centuries of Roman rule, two cousins pursue very different efforts to unite disparate tribes and factions, including throne-seeking Dinas and reluctant leader Cadogan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682631 In this poignant story of two parallel destinies, a young New York lawyer and his wife link their destinies forever in a follow-your-dream move to rural Wyoming. Thirty-eight years later a Manhattan publisher and a young Amish woman become irresistibly drawn together through her writing. Somehow these two remarkable relationships come together in unexpected and surprising ways, as lovers are lost, and find each other again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698247 Includes stories that detail Alphabet series heroine Kinsey Millhones origins, as well as true tales of the authors past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744915 After a painful divorce, Savannah White wants nothing more than to find her happy place. So when she gets the chance to pack up her life--and her son--and move to the idyllic town where she spent childhood summers, she jumps at the opportunity. Last Chance is just as charming as she remembered. Shes even invited to join the local book club, where talk soon turns to Savannahs plan to bring the ramshackle downtown movie theater back to life. A new challenge is just what Savannah needs to move forward...Dash Randall wants to put his fortune to good use, but he remembers Savannah as the bratty princess who descended upon him each June, causing no end of trouble. But the teenager he remembered has grown into a gorgeous and generous woman, and it isnt long before Dash finds himself wanting to make brand new memories with Savannah. But first, Dash and Savannah will need to make peace with their pasts to find a new chance for love.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736010 A novel of psychological suspense, in which a young woman returns to the quirky Bronx riverfront neighborhood where she grew up, only to find that her mothers house has become a hoarders nest. As Evie digs into the events of the past few months, a bigger, more sinister story begins to unfold. 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=1696585 While U.S. Army Major Zeus Murphy leads a covert Vietnamese counterattack against China , SEAL Lieutenant Ric Kerfer is sent by the president to destroy a Vietnamese doomsday weapon capable of destroying Southeast Asia. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732116 Psychotherapist Frieda Klein takes on a case involving the murder of conman Robert Poole who was found in the flat of a mentally disturbed woman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735904 Determined to prove himself to an elite team of professional manhunters, bounty hunter Ben Mercy sets out to capture the most wanted man in America - a search that leads him to Zoey, the gorgeous daughter of one of the most powerful men in California who dares him to take a gamble on love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685239 When Justin and Libby Denbe, along with their beautiful 15-year-old daughter, disappear, investigator Tessa Leone must race against time to expose the Denbes darkest secrets to discover who would want to kidnap such a perfect little family and just how far the are willing to go. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687374 When a series of blond, pregnant teens go missing from the Magdalene Laundry in 1929 Melbourne and a pushy woman reporter disappears while investigating, Phryne and Dot uncover a dark plot involving piracy, convents, and creepy cellars. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714080 In 1811, Daria Babcock comes to Scotland in search of adventure and romance, and she gets her wish when she discovers a wounded Highlander in her grandmothers house who insists that he cannot remember what happened to him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677517 Returning to the Oregon small town where fellow members of a research team were killed two years earlier, psychic counselor Gwen Frazier, convinced that her mentors untimely death is related, searches for answers at the side of psychic investigator Judson Coppersmith, who is haunted by urgent dreams and a primal attraction to Gwen. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1686170 Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart knows how to treat her customers. But sometimes life can get a bit sticky. When a spat she has with a local blacksmith - one that could have been solved with a handshake and a mixed dozen - ends with his murder, Suzanne is caught dead in her tracks. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684632 Rachel Weaver Mason is finally going home to Deer Run, the Amish community she left behind so many years ago. Recently widowed, she wants desperately to create a haven for herself and her young daughter. But the community, including Rachels family, is anything but welcom ing. The only person happy to see her is her teenage brother, Benjamin, and hes protecting a dark secret that endangers them all. Determined to keep Benjamin safe from a suspected killer, Rachel has no choice but to turn to the one man she wanted to get as far away from as possible. Colin McDonald was her late husbands friend, and the man who came between them. Hes never forgotten her and would do anything to keep her and her family safe. Rachel doesnt know if she can trust Colin, or her growing feelings for him. But as they hunt for the killer, the tension between them builds and soon both their lives, and their hearts, are on the line -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734865 Exiled heir Re-Tamur and his wizard friend Sarmarkar take on the dark forces that are determined to conquer the great Empires along the Celedon Road. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704398 At Madelines Tea Salon, the cozy hub of the Avalon community, local residents scrapbook their memories and make new ones. But across town, other Avalonians are struggling to free themselves of the past ... Enter Bettie Shelton, the irascible founder of the Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society. Under Betties guidance, even the most reluctant of Avalons residents come to terms with their past and make bold decisions about their future. But when the group receives unexpected news about their steadfast leader, they must pull together to create something truly memorable.--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685958 As an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist, Dillon Slater had one of the most dangerous jobs in the military. Now, hes enjoying the pace of life in Shelter Bay, where he teaches high school physics. He still gets to blow things up, but as the school basketball coach he also gets to impart leadership skills. His latest minefield: fifteen-year-old Matt Templeton; and Matts irresistible mother. Claire Templeton moved her troubled teenage son to the small town of Shelter Bay to escape the bad influences at his school in L.A. But when his attitude earns her a visit from the handsome basketball coach, she wonders if this role model might be too much of a temptation--for her. Because though she isnt looking for a relationship, she cant seem to resist Dillons playful charm. But what she doesnt realize is that Dillon isnt playing games; hes playing for keeps.-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713733 Devs five-and-dime may be doing well, but her love life is in turmoil. Shes torn between Deputy U.S. Marshal Jake Del Vecchio, who is on an undercover assignment, and her ex-beau Noah Underwood, the local doctor from a high-society family. So she welcomes the distraction when Elise Whitmore offers her a great deal on antique chocolate molds that would be perfect for her Easter gift baskets. But do the molds actually belong to Elises soon-to-be ex-husband? In buying them, has Dev committed a felony? When Elise is found shot to death, the mystery deepens-and Devs good friend Boone, who discovered the body, is taken into custody. With the help of her best buds, Dev must clear Boones name and find the real killer. Good thing that when it comes to amateur sleuths, they broke the mold with Dev Sinclair.--Page [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715669 Filmmaker Kyle Freeman is shooting a documentary on the cult The Temple of Last Days, whose members had all been murdered thirty years before. When Kyle interviews those involved in the case, those who havent broken silence in decades, a series of uncanny events plague the shoots. Troubling out-of-body experiences, nocturnal visitations, the sudden demise of their interviewees, and the discovery of ghastly artifacts make Kyle question what exactly it is the cult has awoken...as well as its interest in him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696555 After being jilted at the altar, artist Sophie Kincaid hopes to start a new life in the small Virginia town of Edilean, where she finds herself being drawn to arrogant Dr. Reede Aldredge after he nearly hits her with his car. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687798 A luxurious yacht in the Sea of Cortez, a birthday cruise for one of the worlds most beautiful women, and an invitation no one can refuse. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706395 In every war there are stories that do not surface. You can try to forget, but sometimes the past can return: in the scent of a bar of soap, in whispers darting through a village after mass, in the color of an undelivered letter. Jeanne Nerin and Marie-Angle Baudry grow up side by side in the Catholic village of Ste. Madeleine, but their worlds could not be more different. Marie-Angle is the grocers daughter, inflated with ideas of her own piety and rightful place in society. Jeannes mother washes clothes for a living. She used to be a Jew until this became too dangerous. Jeanne does not think twice about stealing food when she is hungry, nor about grasping the slender chances life throws at her. Marie-Angle does not grasp; she aspires to a life of comfort and influence. When war falls out of the sky, the forces that divide the two girls threaten to overwhelm those that bind them together. In this dizzying new order, the truth can be buried under a pyramid of recriminations -- from publishers web site. 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=1694698 Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he has made sure that no one will recognize him by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth floor window, and Alex is called to the scene. The victim recently gave birth, but the baby is nowhere to be found. Before Alex can begin searching for the missing newborn and killer, he is called to investigate a second crime. All of Washington, D.C. is in a panic, and when a third body is discovered, rumours of three serial killers send the city into an all out frenzy. Alexs investigations are going nowhere, and he is too focused on the cases to notice that someone has been watching him and will stop at nothing until he is dead. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698246 Esa Saari is a hockey player for the New York Blades with a bad-boy rep both on and off the ice. But when he suddenly becomes the guardian of his eight-year-old niece, Nell, he knows his excessive lifestyle is about to get body checked. So he hires a live-in nanny. Her name is Michelle Beck, and she gets along great with Nell. What surprises him, though, is that he instantly hits it off with her, too. Getting romantically involved would be a bad idea, but hes finding it impossible to ignore the intense connection between them. Michelle, however, takes her job very seriously, and must decide whether to listen to her head or her heart. And Esas got to decide if he can give up his bad-boy image for the love of a good woman.-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711928 Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and hes made sure that no one will recognize him--by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window, and Alex is called to the scene. The victim recently gave birth, but the baby is nowhere to be found. Before Alex can begin searching for the missing newborn and killer, hes called to investigate a second crime. All of Washington, D.C., is in a panic, and when a third body is discovered, rumours of three serial killers send the city into an all-out frenzy. Alexs investigations are going nowhere, and hes too focused on the cases to notice that someone has been watching him--and will stop at nothing until hes dead. 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=1696579 Archivist Beecher White discovers a connection that may link the individuals responsible for the only four successful assassinations of American Presidents after discovering a modern-day killer who is recreating the assassins crimes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711751 Its been five years since their parents were murdered. Twin sisters Shia and Leigh are trying to readjust to life, while caring for their baby sister Remi. With the exception of Leighs angry, dramatic mood swings every now and then, everything seems to be going great. That is until Demetri, the mysterious stranger, enters their midst, and falls right in the path of the newly single Shia. After dating Trent for so long, she is looking for a man to treat her like a queen, and Demetri is heaven sent...until inexplicable things begin to happen. When one of her sisters goes missing, and was last seen with Trent and Demetri, Shia suddenly realizes no one is who they appear to be. The seemingly normal world she and her sisters recreated is destroyed. Shia begins to realize that her parents past deeds are coming back to haunt them all and no one can be trusted.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685946 Conducting a senior center crafting class to earn extra money after her gambler husband passes away and leaves her with numerous debts, crafts editor Anastasia Pollack investigates the untimely murder of a creative resident with a scandalous past, a case that implicates Anastasias cantankerous mother-in-law. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705429 Tracking the former stockbroker and gray wolf who made off with his familys fortune to the Grand Cayman Islands, Highland wolf Duncan MacNeill, while searching for the traitorous alphas, is unable to control his powerful attraction to a beautiful botanist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713996 Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kwekus death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729626 Leaving her sales job behind to start a new life aboard a houseboat in Kent, Genevieve finds her dreams shattered by the discovery of a body thats linked to her own secret past as a dancer at a private members club, forcing her to recall the moment when things started to go horribly wrong. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687336 Zookeeper Teddy Bentley takes Alejandro, the Gunn Zoo llama, to a Monterey Bay-area Renaissance Faire. When she discovers the body of the Reverend Victor Emerson, owner of the local wedding chapel, dressed in his royal robes as Henry the Eighth, it appears as if Aljandro stomped the man to death, but a closer look reveals a crossbow dart in the mans back. And the reverend is really an escaped convict, and every marriage hes performed in the past twenty years is null and void! When Teddys mother Caro becomes the chief suspect, Teddy puts her crime solving skills to work. 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=1732167 Maddie Post is privileged, sheltered, and polite, and does not belong in Blake, Maine. But thanks to a high-stakes bet, shes waiting tables at a riverfront diner catering to boat-builders and living in Janet Gilbertsons $200-a-month guest room. And Janets dark and stormy son, Hank, back in Maine after 10 years as an active duty Army diver, isnt without his troubles, either. Their flirty friendship has many passionate ups and downs, but when Maddie and Hank put aside their considerable differences and start opening up to each other, the crackle ofsummer romance grows into a blazing fire.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714078 Lady Marianne Winchilsea, who is fleeing from those who believe she was involved in a plot to kill the king, is unwilling to trust anyone, especially Garret Lockwood, the Earl of Falkham, the man who usurped her family home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715451 When a chance encounter with a stranger in a hotel results in murder, Wendy Gould, framed for the crime and desperate to clear her name, forms an unlikely alliance with the only witness - - a woman who knows a shocking secret that could get them both killed. 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=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=1713751 From back cover -- Disaster strikes a mere week before the Hemlock Falls Ladies Auxiliary hosts the annual Spring Fete when the festivals chairwoman--the redoubtable Adela Henry--gives up her job in a huff. Who will stop the members of the Craft Guild from sabotaging their rivals, the Crafty Ladies? More to the point, whos got the tact, diplomacy, and iron will necessary to organize the booths and settle quarrels over the programming? Hemlocks mayor hopes to assure the fetes success when he recruits professional organizer Linda Connally and her staff to take over Adelas duties. But when Connallys body turns up in the trunk of a used car at Petersons Automotive, Meg and Sarah Quilliam, owners of the Inn at Hemlock Falls, are back in the detecting business... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739432 Eagerly visiting New York to escape her suffocating family, young Englishwoman Sophie clashes with her hostesss arrogant grandson, who follows her back to England with an unconventional proposal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704433 Everyone at IRS special agent Tara Holloways office is looking for love by signing up for an online dating service. As depressing as that is to Tara, her life only gets worse when she finds out that her next case involves cash-funneling to terrorists. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698369 Magical hero Quaeryt leads the first Imager fighting force into war and joins a vengeful invading army in the hostile land of Bovaria, where Quaeryt secretly demonstrates the heroics of Imagers to legitimize their status. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734892 Veterinarian Dr. Peyton Blackstone walks a fine line between business and pleasure after asking Nicholas Cole-Thomas, who, among Virginias horse-country elite, is the ultimate eligible bachelor, for help. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1566216 When the discovery of her ancestors secret love letters puts the town of Sierra Falls on the map, Sorrow Bailey, the proprietor of Bailey Lodge, is plagued by strange accidents that bring the new sheriff, Billy Preston, into her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1473365 After two young women are found dead, both drowned in their own blood, Inspector Harry Hole is compelled to return to Norway to see his dying father and to investigate the brutal crime, which may be the work of a serial killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1565291 While visiting the dying owner of the familys estate in order to secure his inheritance, Edward hears stories about his family and land, from an ancestors 1857 sale of soon-to-be emancipated slaves to a doomed effort to cultivate a peach orchard. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1486918 Kat Redding is a vampire and is also known as Lady Death for killing her own kind in order to protect human Purebloods. But now a vampire Count is intent on merging his house with a werewolf cult tp create a force of terrifying power. Can Kat stop the Count before her own dark nature rises to the surface and costs her whatever is left of her humanity? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644664 Four Londoners--Leah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathan--try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. From private houses to public parks, at work and at play, their London is a complicated place, as beautiful as it is brutal, where the thoroughfares hide the back alleys and taking the high road can sometimes lead you to a dead end.--From publishers information. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1649493 A colorful cast of residents and visitors to Miami go about their daily activities, both legal and illegal. This is a big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by our master chronicler of the way we live now. The police launch speeds across Miamis Biscayne Bay with officer Nestor Camacho on board. Into the feverous landscape of the city, he introduces the Cuban mayor, the black police chief, a wanna-go-muckraking young journalist and his Yale-marinated editor; an Anglo sex-addiction psychiatrist and his Latina nurse by day, loin lock by night-until lately, the love of Nestors life; a refined, and oh-so-light-skinned young woman from Haiti and her Creole-spouting, black-gang-banger-stylin little brother; a billionaire porn addict, crack dealers in the hoods, de-skilled conceptual artists at the Miami Art Basel Fair, spectators at the annual Biscayne Bay regatta looking only for that nights orgy, yenta-heavy ex-New Yorkers at an Active Adult condo, and a nest of shady Russians. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518839 Raised by loving adoptive parents, San Francisco private investigator Wyatt Hunt never had an interest in finding his birth family-until he gets a chilling text message from an unknown number: How did ur mother die? The answer is murder, and Hunt takes on a case he never knew existed, one that has lain unsolved for decades. His familys dark past unfurls in dead ends. The texter, who insists the killer is out there, refuses to be identified. The cat-and-mouse game leads Hunt across the country and eventually to places far more exotic and dangerous. As the chase escalates, so does the threat, for the killer has a secret that can only be trusted to the grave--P. [2] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1566219 Although shes taken an interest in Irish embroidery, Marcy cannot help but abandon her needlecraft when handsome local brewer Todd finds himself accused of murder. During a St. Patricks Day party at the pub, a gunshot causes a commotion, leading the police to the back room where Todd and his friend Blake are standing with the body of their former fraternity brother and a smoking gun. Marcy is determined to prove the culprit was someone else, but to do so shell need to stitch together some luck from more than a few four-leaf clovers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674916 Its the near future and thanks to reckless banking practices, hyperinflation, a stock market gone mad, and the negligence of elected officials, the entire social, political, and economic infrastructure of America has collapsed. Chaos reigns in the streets, medical treatment is no longer available, and a dangerous group of men are at the helm of a false government. Americas fate is in the hands of a few individuals who have the survival skills and forethought to restore the country. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1649494 Investigating the theft of a valuable painting that was supposed to be donated to the Scottish National Gallery, Isabel harbors a growing suspicion that the thieves may be close to the paintings wealthy owner. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518840 Returning home to Shilo, New Hampshire, to raise his teenage daughter after his ex-wife is murdered, former Navy SEAL Tom Hawkins becomes the target of vicious rumors and implicated in a series of disturbing crimes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713735 After college, Ryan Kowalski decided to leave Whitford, Maine, rather than watch Lauren Carpenter marry another man. Now his siblings need his help to refurbish the family-owned Northern Star Lodge and hes forced to face the past sooner rather than later when he collars a vandal--and learns the boy is Laurens son. The last person Lauren needs back in her life is Ryan Kowalski. With a bitter ex-husband and a moody teenage son, she has enough man trouble already. But her son needs to learn a few lessons about right and wrong, even if Lauren has to escort him to Ryans door every day to work off his crime. With all this close contact, Ryan and Lauren cant deny the chemistry between them is as powerful as ever. But can a few searing kisses erase their past and pave the way for a second chance at true love?--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1649495 Taking an apprentice angel to Times Square to show him the delights and opportunities of the city, angels Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy help Will to introduce a lonely chef and food critic who after a year-long separation are reunited during the holiday season. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580600 Returning home to the Amish country she left behind, news photographer Libby Morgan is reunited with police chief Adam Byler, who, striving to keep peace between the Amish and their modern Englischer neighbors, needs her help in finding the person responsible for attacking a young woman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1482033 Hovering between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed, half-Romany private investigator Ray Lovell evaluates a case involving the missing wife of a charismatic traveling Gypsy whose hostile family is hiding a tragic secret. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1526097 PI Regan Reilly and her husband Jack, head of the NYPD Major Case Squad, investigate an L.A.-based business scam that extends up and down the coast of California. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1453062 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577936 Quaeryts prestigious new rank and marriage to Vaelora are threatened by a devastating volcanic eruption in the old capital of Telaryn, where he is challenged to restore order in the face of chaos, corruption, and an invasion by a would-be conqueror. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675436 Layla Nickelsen has spent years hiding from her Amoveo mate and guarding a devastating secret. But Laylas worst fear is realized when the man who haunts her dreams shows up in person. William Fleury is as stoic as they come, until he finds Layla and his feelings overwhelm him. She wont let him get close, but then an unknown enemy erupts in violence and threatens everything Layla holds dear -- p. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616005 In the story of an alternate World War II that considers what might have happened if Chamberlain had chosen not to appease Hitler, the Germans fight with England and France to defeat Russia, while the United States struggles in a war against Japan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1602323 While most of the town is focused on the tense and shocking circumstances of a high-profile murder case, Rorys return to Ransom River dredges up troubling memories from her childhood that she can no longer ignore. Selected as a jury member during the trial, she reflects on the accident that ended her affair with a longtime friend. Gradually she becomes aware of her dangerous connection to an unsolved case. But in the wake of a desperate attack on the courthouse, Rory realizes that exposing these dark skeletons has connected her to the old case that was never solved, and bringing the truth to light just might destroy her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577863 When the worlds populations are abruptly wiped out by an apocalyptic event predicted by Hitlers scientists 70 years earlier, Lincoln Miller, a Navy SEAL-turned-scientist stationed in the Aquarius underwater research station, teams up with a group of desperate survivors to stop a brutal neo-Nazi repopulation plot. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682362 Tracking down a porn star-turned-psychic who has promised to reunite an eccentric billionaire with her dead child, a suspicious Sarah Booth goes undercover as a maid at the billionaires estate, where she discovers multiple murders and a host of suspects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1564162 When Darby Farrs assistant, E.T., learns that his sister, Selena, has suddenly (and suspiciously) died in her hot tub, Darby and E.T. travel to Selenas magnificent vineyard estate nestled in the heart of California wine country. There, Darby discovers that Selena was entertaining offers from three different prospective buyers--each one of whom is desperate to be the new owner of the winery. As a saboteur wreaks havoc on the property, Darby risks her life to crack the case and close the sale in a valley ripe with jealousy, greed, and danger. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1630243 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1442944 Raised by loving adoptive parents, San Francisco private investigator Wyatt Hunt never had an interest in finding his birth family--until he gets a chilling text message from an unknown number: How did ur mother die? The answer is murder, and urged on by curiosity and the mysterious texter, Hunt takes on a case he never knew existed, one that has lain unsolved for decades. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1584857 Sexy wannabe-demon Destiny Carter is in Ft. Worth, Texas, with one week to corrupt a soul. Or else. She slips into a slinky red dress, and heads straight for the delicious, corruptible looking cowboy at the bar. But Chance Bellew has his own agenda-saving souls. Hes not your typical angel-he likes drinking and sex way too much, and not necessarily in that order. And then he meets Destiny ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580049 Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join him for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside, which results in a symphony of long-held grudges, fading dreams, and rising hopes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1536356 Answering tricky reference questions is excitement enough for library director Lindsey Norris, until a murder is committed in her cozy hometown of Briar Creek, Connecticut. The question of who did it must be answered before someone else is checked out--for good. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1627800 Suburban madam Heloise, with no one left to trust, decides to get out of the game when another suburban madam is brutally murdered, forcing her to stay one step ahead of a killer-and the father of her child-who is just as lethal behind bars as he was on the outside. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1627611 When he falls in love with Madame Venna, the mysterious and exotic proprietress of an exclusive brothel--and the one woman he cannot have--the Marquess of Sainthill will stop at nothing to tear down the walls around her heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557463 Struggling to balance her powers as a Siren with her new vampire nature, Celia is perplexed by a seemingly ineffective magical bomb at a local elementary school only to discover that a zombie plague has been triggered, a situation that is challenged by family foibles and the disappearance of her boyfriend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554197 In the summer of 1914, the transatlantic ocean liner carrying Grace Winter, 22 and her new husband Henry suffers a mysterious explosion. Forced into an overcrowded lifeboat, newly widowed Grace Winter battles the elements and her fellow survivors and remembers her husband, Henry, who set his own safety aside to ensure Graces. The survivors quickly realise the boat is over capacity. For any to live, some must die. As the castaways battle the elements, and each other, Grace watches and waits. Her journey to a life of glittering privilege has been far from straightforward, and now it is in jeopardy. Over the course of three perilous weeks, the passengers plot, scheme and console one another while sitting inches apart. Their deepest beliefs about goodness, humanity and God are tested to the limit as they discover what they will do in order to survive. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1556244 When magic itself has been poisoned and her undead father may have left the only cure in the hands of a madman, Allie Beckstrom and her fellow renegades must elude the Authority to find the cure before they are no longer able to stop the sickness from spreading. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1512081 Theres an uneasy and unholy alliance building across the Caribbean. Few in the U.S. government want to believe that a Third World country and its chest-thumping leader could pose a credible threat-but then why are the Chinese helping to train its special forces? Why are the Russians helping to build a nuclear power plant? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1587469 Bringing his teenage son on a camping trip with an old friend and his friends son, lawyer David Sloane embarks on a legal rescue mission when the boys are caught vandalizing a general store and sentenced to six months in a detention camp with ties to a corrupt judge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1482111 Traces the story of ruthless vampire Lothaire, following his determined pursuit of the Hordes crown before his efforts are thwarted by Elizabeth Peirce, a mortal who harbors a secret power that will kill her if Lothaire uses it to achieve his goals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675437 When she is shipped off to London, Miss Liviana Mayeux, a werewolf with a penchant for trouble, finds herself in the middle of a pack of English wolves who are all vying for her attention, but she only has eyes for Lady Hadleys dashing son, Grayson. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518393 Overdue bills and constant mother vs. mother-in-law battles at home are bad enough. But crafts editor Anastasia Pollacks stress level is maxed out when she and her fellow American Woman editors get roped into unpaid gigs for a revamped morning TV show. Before the glue is dry on Anastasias mop dolls, morning TV turns crime drama when the studio is trashed and the producer is murdered. Former co-hosts Vince and Monica- sleazy D-list celebrities- stand out among a lengthy lineup of suspects, all furious over the shows new format. And Anastasia has no clue her snooping has landed her directly in the killers unforgiving spotlight.--From back cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1602324 Tapped by President Franklin Roosevelt to travel to Europe and learn what the Nazis are actually planning, 22-year-old John F. Kennedy, a sickly and unpromising second son of Roosevelts Ambassador to Britain, becomes embroiled in the Presidents high-stakes effort to stop the flow of German money that is influencing the 1940 U.S. election.