Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=7431&Ne=7431&N=7431+7266 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=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=1695538 Reminiscent of Downton Abbey, this first novel in a new series follows two sisters and their maid as they are suddenly separated by the rigid class divisions within a sprawling aristocratic estate and thrust into an uncertain world on the brink of WWI...Rowena and Victoria, daughters to the second son of the Earl of Summerset, have always treated their governesss daughter, Prudence, like a sister. But when their father dies and they move in with their uncles family in a much more traditional household, Prudence is relegated to the maids quarters, much to the girls shock and dismay. The impending war offers each girl hope for a more modern future, but the ever-present specter of class expectations makes it difficult for Prudence to maintain a foot in both worlds.Vividly evoking both time and place and filled with authentic dialogue and richly detailed atmosphere, Summerset Abbey is a charming and timeless historical debut-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712080 Twenty years after the terror of First Dawn--when mankind learned that vampires lived secretly among them--the threat of violence reigns as the two species struggle to coexist. The only group preserving the fragile harmony is the Order, an elite cadre of Breed warriors dedicated to protecting humans and vampires. Mira, a fiery squad captain, is torn between her dedication the Orders mission and her attraction to Kellan, the leader of a band of rebel humans. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684636 Kiri Palger knew the difference between reality--new house, hard work and not too many friends--and fantasy--the fun she had playing online games. So when the chance to work for the best gaming company in the world came up, giving her a chance to merge business with pleasure, how could she not apply? Suddenly she has more friends, interesting neighbors and an intriguing love interest. But when the game begins to awaken something inside her, Kiri is shocked by the talents she never knew she had ... and evil shed never imagined. Her nice, safe life is imploding around her--and if she takes up the mantle of her powers, it will never be the same again--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696006 Becoming friends with Josef Weber, an old man who is particularly loved in her community, Sage Singer is shocked when one day he asks her to kill him and reveals why he deserves to die, causing her to question her beliefs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734899 Gifted with the ability to see the future, Lady Olympia Wherlocke teams up with Lord Brant Mallam to save his sister from an arranged marriage orchestrated by his cold, calculating mother until their clever plan works a little too perfectly, revealing the sins of their pasts. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705318 Everyone is looking forward to the spectacular New Years Eve festivities in Snow Falls, Colorado-- on First Night, anything seems possible!--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704156 Justin and Libby Denbe have the kind of life youd find in the pages of a glossy magazine. A beautiful fifteen-year-old daughter. A gorgeous brownstone on a tree-lined street in Bostons Back Bay neighborhood. A great marriage, admired by all. A perfect life. When investigator Tessa Leone arrives at the crime scene in the foyer of the Denbes home, she finds scuff marks on the floor and a million tiny pieces of bright green Taser confetti. The family appears to have been abducted, with only a pile of their cell phones and electronic devices remaining. No witnesses, no ransom demands, no motive. Just a perfect little family, gone. Tessa knows better than anyone that flawless fronts can hide the darkest secrets. Now she must race against the clock to uncover the Denbes innermost dealings, a complex tangle of friendships and betrayal, big business and small sacrifices. Who would want to kidnap such a perfect little family? And how far would such a person be willing to go? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696007 Despite her own major achievements--she becomes the first licensed female glider pilot in the United States--Anne Morrow Lindbergh is viewed merely as Charles Lindberghs 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=1732045 When a grisly murder occurs on the Isle of Lewis with the hallmarks of a killing hes investigating on the mainland, Edinburgh detective and native islander Fin MacLeod is dispatched to see if the two deaths are connected. His return after nearly two decades not only represents a police investigation, but a voyage into his troubled past. Every step in solving the murder takes him closer to a dangerous confrontation with the tragic events that shaped his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703719 Join bestselling authors Jennifer Crusie, Victoria Dahl and Shannon Stacey for three SEXY stories about finding the one you love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704556 Called the angel of pop, 11-year-old megastar Jonny Valentine has everything but a father . . . and a childhood. Waynes novel follows the preadolescents national tour as he wows his tween fans (and the occasional adult predator) while secretly searching the Internet for his absent father, whom he hasnt seen since he was 5 or 6. In the meantime, his hard-partying mother, who doubles as his manager, is trying to ensure that the young stars career doesnt go into eclipse.--Booklist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694683 When the Taskforce team learns of a plot against an American envoy who is overseeing a treaty between Israel and Palestine, operator Pike Logan and his partner, Jennifer Cahill, follow an elusive trail through the Middle East that reveals a destructive secret. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695543 Robert Westfalls life is falling apart--everywhere but in math class. Thats the one place where problems always have a solution. But in the world beyond high school, his father is terminally ill, his mother is squabbling with his interfering aunts, his boyfriend is unsupportive, and the career path thats been planned for him feels less appealing by the day. Roberts math teacher, Andrew McNelin, watches his best student floundering, concerned but wary of crossing the line between professional and personal. Gradually, Andrew becomes Roberts friend, then his confidante. As the year progresses, their relationship--in school and out of it--deepens and changes. And as hard as he tries to resist, Andrew knows that he and Robert are edging into territory that holds incalculable risks for both of them.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712082 The MacBrides lead a cozy life of upper class privilege: good looks (more or less), a beautiful home, tuition-free education at the prestigious private school where Rowan is headmaster, an altruistic righteousness inherited from magistrate Lydia. But when Rowan and his three grown children gather for the first time since Lydias passing at the familys weekend home--a restored barn in the English countryside--years of secrets surface ... [and they] discover a stranger in their midst--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697516 A man named Nicholas Edwards lives in New Orleans renovating houses, doing honest work and making decent money at it. Between his family and his stamp collection, all his spare time is happily accounted for. Sometimes its hard to remember that he used to kill people for a living. But when the nations economy tanks, taking the construction business with it, all it takes is one phone call to drag him back into the game. It may say Nicholas Edwards on his drivers license and credit cards, but hes back to being the man he always was: Keller. 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=1739425 After joining a revolutionary video game company run by his once-closest friends and a team of eccentric nerds, Russell discovers a software bug that leads him to uncover a mystery stretching back twenty years. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698346 Widowed and alone on the frontier, Elspeth Stewart will do whatever it takes to protect herself and her unborn child from the dangers of the wilderness and of men. Though her youthful beauty doesnt show it, she is broken and scarred from the way men have treated her. So when a stranger wanders onto Bethies land, wounded and needing her aid, she takes no risks, tying him to the bed and hiding his weapons before ministering to his injuries. But Bethies defenses cannot keep Nicholas Kenleigh from breaking down her emotional walls. The scars on his body speak of a violent past, but his gentleness, warmth, and piercing eyes arouse longings in her that she never imagined she had. As Nicholas and Bethie reveal to each other both their hidden desires and their tortured secrets, they discover that riding the flames of their passion might be the key to burning away the nightmares of their pasts--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687353 Three days before Christmas, Matt Jensen is traveling the Denver and Pacific railway when an avalanche slams down onto the train, trapping it in desolate Trout Creek Pass. But it wasnt an act of nature that caused the accident; it was a gang of outlaws attempting to rescue their leader, who is being taken to Red Cliff to be hanged. As Smoke Jensen and Duff MacCallister frantically try to make their way to the scene, Matt struggles to save the survivors, among them a beautiful young woman with a dark past, a merchant seaman turned rancher, and a senator with his very ill young daughter. Starving under a bitter, driving snow in the brutal, unforgiving Rocky Mountains, and surrounded by armed and desperate outlaws, Matt still dreams of making it home for Christmas. But unless fate lends a hand, nobody will. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715485 While investigating the murder of a well-respected barrister who was found dead at a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace, Detective Inspector Gemma James and her partner, Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot, begin to question everything they think they know about their world and those they trust most. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704762 Its Giulia Falcones second Christmas since leaving the convent. Shes grateful to be spending it with Frank Driscoll, even if the shift from boss to boyfriend and back again is giving her whiplash. The holiday cheer vanishes when Giulias good friends, Anya and Laurel, suffer an unimaginable tragedy: the kidnapping of their adopted baby girl. Two similar kidnappings, both involving same-sex couples, ended badly. The only lead is a secluded, vacation resort for lesbians. Going undercover, Giulia has mere hours to find baby Katie before she becomes a grim statistic -- publishers web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732046 After an old university friend and fellow archaeologists murdered, forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway travels to Lancashire to examine the bones he found, which reveal a shocking fact about King Arthur, and discovers a campus living in fear of a sinister right-wing group called the White Hand. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694148 Jocelyn left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in Scotland, burying her grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead without attachments. When she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street, she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core. Braden Carmichael is used to getting what he wants, and hes determined to get Jocelyn into his bed. Knowing how skittish she is about entering a relationship, Braden proposes an arrangement that will satisfy their intense attraction without any strings attached. Jocelyn soon realizes that Braden wont be satisfied with just mind-blowing passion. The stubborn Scotsman is intent on truly knowing her-- down to the very soul... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711925 Necromancer is such an ugly word, but its a title Eric Carter is stuck with. He sees ghosts and talks to the dead. Hes turned it into a lucrative career; putting troublesome spirits to rest, sometimes taking on even more dangerous things. For a fee, of course. When Carter left L.A. fifteen years ago he tought hed never have to go back. Too many bad memories. Too many people trying to kill him. But now, his sisters been brutally murdered and Carter wants to find out why. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694697 Two novellas provide insight into the human condition as a sixty-year-old art history academic embarks on an unexpected journey of discovery and a young farm boy is drawn to the water of Lake Michigan as an escape. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735950 Bren and Illisidi must protect young prince Cajeiri and the human children who have come to visit for his birthday from the dangerous split compromising the Assassins Guild. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732022 In this sequel to The Lost Gate, bestselling author Orson Scott Card continues his fantastic tale of the Mages of Westil who live in exile on Earth. Here on Earth, Danny North is still in high school, yet he holds in his heart and mind all the stolen outselves of thirteen centuries of gatemages. The Families still want to kill him if they cant control him...and they cant control him. He is far too powerful. And on Westil, Wad is now nearly powerless--he lost everything to Danny in their struggle. Even if he can survive the revenge of his enemies, he still must somehow make peace with the Gatemage Daniel North. For when Danny took that power from Loki, he also took the responsibility for the Great Gates. And when he comes face-to-face with the mages who call themselves Bel and Ishtoreth, he will come to understand just why Loki closed the gates all those centuries ago.--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694684 When a serial killer shows up on Longboat Key, Florida, after a twelve year absence, Matt Royal is stymied. The first woman killed on Longboat Key has ties to a secretive government agency for which Matts best friend Jock Algren works. Was this a coincidence or was she a targeted kill? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713994 Corey Logan was set up. She knows Nick Seasons terrible secret. Coming home from prison, all Corey wants is to be with her son. To get him back, she needs to make a good impression on the psychiatrist evaluating her. But Dr. Abe Stein doesnt believe she was framed--until his well-heeled mother falls for the charming state attorney general candidate, Nick Season. As the dogs of war are unleashed, Corey and her son run for their lives--taking her boat up the Pacific Northwests remote Inside Passage--Flap p. 1 of dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713870 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715980 Joe Pickett investigates the disappearance of a local businessman, who recently had his intended retirement property declared wetlands and is suspected in the murder of two EPA employees. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712083 A murder in a Tehran hotel leaves the London art world spinning. The deceased, beloved at home as a proud dealer in antiquities, now stands accused of smuggling artifacts out of Iran for sale in the West. But despite the triumphal announcements of the secret police, there is something perhaps too tidy in the official report, given that no artifacts have been recovered, no smuggling history discovered, no suspects found--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713748 When her glass bowl is used as a murder weapon, vintage kitchenware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton must figure out who wants to implicate her in the death of a former friend. 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=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=1715673 Connor, chieftain of the MacDonalds of Sleat, holds the fate of his people in his hands. Rival clans are plotting to take over his lands, and duty determines whom he will fight, trust . . . even marry. Seeking guidance, Connor turns to Ilysa, a young lass with the gift of foresight, who reveals an approaching danger-and a passion that burns only for him. But the warrior must make a powerful marriage alliance, and Ilysas bloodline is far too humble. With her powers to heal and see evil where others cannot, beautiful Ilysa dresses plainly, speaks softly, and loves her chieftain from afar. Yet when Connor finally stokes the embers of desire that have so long burned within her, Ilysa feels bliss unlike any shes ever known. Now as he is forced to place duty before happiness, Ilysa senses Connor is in grave peril. Can she find a way to prove she is the woman he needs by his side?--P. [4] of cover. 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=1704400 Forced to work with sexy hockey superstar Billy Wilkins, who is also her ex-husband, Dallas TV morning show host Madelyn Cornish finds herself skating on thin ice when he asks for one more shot at making things right. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684642 Bryce Grantham wants a quiet vacation at his familys cabin. On his first night in town, he meets a lovely girl at a bar and gives her a ride home. The next day, he finds her cell phone in his car. When he tries to return it, Bryce discovers that the young woman has vanished, leaving behind only a bloody shoe. Suddenly Bryce Grantham is the primary suspect in a murder investigation--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739426 When The Outposts owner dies, Josephine, a young Navajo woman, is shocked to discover that Tom Stuart, whom she thought of as a surrogate father, has left her the business. Ben Stuart and his dad had had problems, but military service changed Ben for the better and put the two men back in each others lives. His fathers sudden death ends any possibility of a true reconciliation and leaves Ben fuming at being disinherited. Suspecting that Jo had an affair with his father, Ben is determined to get control of the trading post. Jos hataalii training shows her that Ben is wounded in both body and soul, and she becomes determined to help him. As Jo and Ben move toward a deeper understanding of each other, they learn that Tom Stuart was murdered and that the trading post at the center of their lives holds many secrets-- 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=1732011 Two tales of relentlessly scorching bad boys and the women who know they are trouble-- but cant let go. Even the asphalt will blister from the heat of passion and danger in these wickedly erotic suspense tales. 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=1715463 An eighteenth-century Jewish peddler is reincarnated as a fly in present-day Long Island, and becomes involved in the lives of two residents--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715486 In the declining Weimar Republic, Egon Loeser works as a stage designer for New Expressionist theatre. His hero is the greatest set designer of the seventeenth century, Adriano Lavicini, who devised the so-called Teleportation Device for the whisking of actors from one scene to another-a miracle, until the thing malfunctioned, causing numerous deaths and perhaps summoning the devil himself. Apolitical in a dangerous time, sex-driven in a dry spell, Loeser leaves the tired scene in Berlin in pursuit of the lubricious Adele Hitler (no relation), who couldnt care less about him. Heading first to Paris and then to Los Angeles, he finds his entire tired Berlin social circle reconstituted in exile, under the patronage of a crime writer and his possibly philandering wife. He also finds himself uncomfortably close to a string of murders at Caltech, where a physicist, assisted by Adele herself, is trying to develop a device for honest-to-God teleportation.Following his breathtaking debut, Boxer, Beetle, Ned Beauman ups the ante, creating in The Teleportation Accident a marvelous mash-up of historical fiction, L.A. noir, science fiction, and satire, and proving himself a star on the rise-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684668 As an emergency paramedic, Lauren Boyer is dedicated and highly capable. Until an earthquake strikes, trapping her beneath the freeway with a group of strangers, including Iraq war veteran Garrett Wright. Handsome and take-charge Garrett aids Lauren in her rescue efforts, even as the steely look in his eyes seems to hide dark secrets. When a gang of escaped convicts goes on the attack, Garretts bravery makes him more than a courageous bystander to Lauren. If they can save the others before time runs out, maybe, just maybe, they can explore the fire igniting between them, if the truth about who he really is doesnt pull them apart forever--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704429 Mute fledgling witch Morgana is married for her safety to a kind farmer in the mountains of Wales before she is targeted by townspeople who are being manipulated by a dark force that compels Morgana to harness her powers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1702014 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=1703816 Meri Briscoe hoped her big city problems were over after moving back to Rock Springs. The former lawyer opened up a cafe to save her grandmother Lilahs farm from foreclosure and found love in the comforting arms of handsome rancher Caleb Burkett. But who knew being happy could be so complicated? Everyone thinks that Meri and Caleb are meant to be husband and wife, but when it comes to their business partnership, the two couldnt be more wrong for each other. Theres more conflict coming out of their kitchen than there are cookies. But theres more at stake than a cafe, and Meri and Caleb just need to agree on the right ingredients to make their future as sweet as their tea.-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713762 They are cursed by the gods, and war is their salvation. Love is their deliverance. For centuries, five legendary warriors have braved battles shoulder to shoulder. But now they must divide and conquer as lone champions against evil. Duncan, a scholar at heart, is drawn to an isolated abbey rumored to hold the answers to countering the terror unleashed by Duke Keirthan. Inside the cloistered walls lies the hidden collection of forbidden lore on dark magic. But the real key to the salvation Duncan seeks--both for the people of Agathia and his soul--is the abbess herself, Lady Lavinia. Hunted by the duke, who seeks to harvest her powers, Lavinia knows Duncan wants to help her. But can she trust the tortured warrior with her secrets? In the end, it is only by joining forces that they can save not only those they are sworn to protect but each other.--P. [4] of cover. 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=1694151 Hoping to help her alcoholic brother, Nash, make a fresh start, Ruby McGavin returns to Cardinal, California, where she must confront her estranged mother and a terrible secret. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694771 During the exciting days of the 1893 Chicago Exposition a young womans social position forces her to make difficult choices. 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=1739491 After Queenie Wake is dismissed from her restaurant job, she returns to North Star to cook meals for death row inmates. Hopeful that the bad memories of her late mother and promiscuous sister (now the mother of the captain of the high school football team) have been forgotten by the locals, Queenie discovers that some people cant be forgotten--heartbreaker Everett Coburn--her old high-school sweetheart. When secrets from the past emerge, will Queenie be able to stick by her family or will she leave home again?--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703721 Breaking protocol and going on the run with a protected witness wasnt in U.S. Marshal Ryan Jacksons plans. And even though Jessica Delaneys testimony nearly put away a crime boss, Ryan cant afford to trust her. Still, the duty-dedicated marshal will do whatever it takes to protect Jessica and uncover the mole leaking her new identity. But staying seconds ahead of the ruthless killers on their trail is easier than keeping himself safe from Jessicas unexpected vulnerability and irresistible determination. Now, as the net around them tightens, Ryans deepest loss may be the one danger he never anticipated--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694694 Hiring on as crew to a merchants wag-train, Ryan and his companions anticipate trouble as they head west toward what was once Montana. The terrain is treacherous, but the company is worse as anger, jealousy and male rivalry erupt into chaos and death. But as they get closer to their destination, the true nature of the journey unfolds. Theres a map to a mysterious valley rich with predark stockpiles. But is it the promised land theyve been seeking or the dead end they never saw coming?--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698248 Honor Bright, a modest English Quaker who moves to Ohio in 1850, is drawn into the clandestine activities of the Underground Railroad; when she befriends two women who embody the remarkable power of defiance, she must decide if she too can act on what she believes in, whatever the personal cost. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734857 Fifteen-year-old Yoshi Kobayashi faces the destruction of everything she knows and a new life living among the enemy after American bombers attack her city with napalm, leaving the city in ruins. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695516 Ex-Buddhist monk and ex-LAPD officer turned private eye Tenzing Norbu is back with a new case, a new love, and a whole new set of problems in this fresh installment in The Tenzing Norbu Mystery series. In The Second Rule of Ten, Norbu investigates the unexplained death of his former client Hollywood mogul Marv Rudolph and searches for the sister, lost during World War II, of wizened Los Angeles philanthropist Julius Rosen. With two cases and an unforeseen family crisis that sends him back to Tibet, Ten finds himself on the outs with his best buddy and former partner, Bill, who is heading the official police investigation into Marvs death. Cases and crises start to collide. When Ten mistakenly ignores his second rule, he becomes entangled in an unfortunate association with a Los Angeles drug cartel. As he fights to save those he loves, and himself, from the deadly gang, he also comes face to face with his own personal demons. Working through his anger at Bill, doubts about his latest lady love, and a challenging relationship with his father, Ten learns to see the world in a new light--and realizes that in every situation the truth is sometimes buried beneath illusion--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696023 Losing her home when her owner passes away, Prudence the brown tabby cat is taken in by her former owners grieving daughter, who maintains a meticulously organized life to avoid the pain of past losses and memories about her dynamic relationship with her mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732023 From the outside, Carter Tomlins life looks perfect: a big house, pretty wife, two kids. But Tomlin has a secret. Hes lost his job, the bills are mounting, and that perfect life is hanging by a thread. Desperate, he robs a bank. Then he robs another. FBI special agent Carla Windermere and Minnesota state investigator Kirk Stevens reunite to solve the case. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694756 Discovering that a recent string of accidental deaths and suicides are actually murders, Adrian Monk begins to doubt his detective skills when his chief suspect is killed, a situation that is complicated by his arch nemesis Dale the Whales escape from prison. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685942 An adrenaline-fueled thriller debut in the tradition of Three Days of the Condor from the famed creator of TVs Law & Order, featuring NYPD Special Agent Jeremy Fisk, who is New York Citys last hope against an ingenious, multi-pronged terrorist attack-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734874 In a trade-off shes lived to regret, Emily Castle left home years ago to become an interior designer. The youngest of three sisters, Emily desperately wanted to prove herself. Success, though, came at the cost of leaving behind the man she loved. --p. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732026 In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood--a horrifying shape-changing parasite--has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.Too little, too late, the legal rate of Juridicals is only now investigating possible crimes by the Master Builder and others. Evidence-gathering agents known collectively as Catalog have been dispatched to collect testimony from the Librarian and both Didacts: the Ur-Didact, treacherously abandoned in a Flood-infested system, and the Bornstellar Didact, who accompanies the Librarian as she preserves specimens against the dire possibility of Halo extermination. Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and the Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished Precursors and the Flood. The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond our galaxy ten million years before...Because of that barbarism, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian--husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict--hold the keys to a solution. Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time--to prevent an insane evil from dominating the entire universe-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704286 Celia Graves, bodyguard, part siren, part vampire is called upon by her aunt, who is the queen of the sirens, to act as her cousin Adrianas bodyguard during Adrianas wedding since a conspiracy is afoot. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693141 When three elderly men are gunned down over coffee at a local diner, the town of Ackers Gap is shaken. But a pattern of violence is taking shape that prosecutor Bell Elkins is becoming all too familiar with. Bells daughter, Carly, a witness to the crime and desperate to prove that she is an adult, decides to help her mother work the case. As Bells investigation unfolds, one thing is certain: the very idea of a simple way of life is coming to an end. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714082 Only the boldest of women would set off for the Dakota Territory without a man by her side. But schoolteacher Jana Hartmann is determined to build a new life for herself and her frail sister, Greta. True to her courageous spirit, Jana takes the only job she can find in the town of Bismarck--modeling dresses in a shop window--which has every man staring and every woman gossiping. Adding fuel to the fire, shes agreed to help raise money in the annual kissing booth, where one handsome cowboy wants to buy every kiss for himself. Drew Malone is a lawyer, rancher, and father of two little boys. Although Jana is immediately attracted to the handsome and helpful Drew, she fights it, torn between a budding romance and her responsibility to Greta. But Drew persists and sweeps her away for a romantic Christmas at Rimfire Ranch in the Badlands, where Jana finds herself having to win over the toughest critics of all-- Drews young sons. As Greta becomes more independent, Jana lets down her guard and opens her heart to the three Malone men. But when the boys are kidnapped on her watch, Jana blames herself and flees to the frontier. Drew must race against the clock to get back his sons . . . and to make Jana his Rimfire bride.--P. [4] of cover. 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=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=1712084 Fly fisherman and private detective Sean Stranahan tackles two assignments, including the theft of a valuable fly and the murders of two men who have been found on Sphinx Mountain, cases with possible ties to powerful adversaries. 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=1742240 Surviving a near-fatal car wreck and cruising the streets of the Sunset Strip during the heyday of the late 1960s, Easy Rawlins investigates the disappearance of a young African-American, a case that is complicated by Rawlinss changing perspectives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713749 In sixteenth century England, Joanna Stafford matches wits against powerful men when she is caught up in a shadowy plot targeting Henry VIII. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694669 When Hollywood heartthrob Ryan Christensen unexpectedly comes into her life, pub owner Taryn Mitchell finds herself falling hard for his humor and charm, but wonders if their newfound relationship is strong enough to withstand the tabloids, the paparazzi and jealous fans. 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=1696718 Complications arise throughout his family when churchgoing and respected community member Robert John Browns caught hiding a barnful of migrant workers with no papers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732113 Griffin Shaw and his wife were both murdered fifty years ago. Now a minor angel, Grifs been granted permission to solve the mystery of his own death--if he helps the Pure angels guide those souls who might otherwise be Lost. Souls like Jeap Yang, a drug addict in his final moments of life. Grif knows that death is coming, but he cannot intervene. However, Grifs mortal lover, reporter Katherine Kit Craig, isnt constrained by angelic protocol. If she can stop a death, she will. But as Kit is about to find out, there are things more traumatic and evil than murder. A strange new drug is literally eating tweakers flesh from their bones, and Kits crusade to get it off the streets is set to propel her and Grif into a battle with a vicious drug cartel. Theyll have to scramble to stay alive, stay together, and choose their own fate--before its chosen for them.-- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711907 Chief Inspector Mario Silva and his team have a heavy work load with several high-profile cases. First, a suicide bombing that was apparently the work of a militant Islamist group. Then, a gubernatorial candidate is assassinated in broad daylight at a campaign rally. Could the cases be related? To complicate Silvas investigation, a criminal with a very bad grudge against the Chief Inspector has been released from prison and is plotting ugly revenge-- 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=1685956 When Michael Marsden returns to Serendipity to take over his adopted fathers job as police chief, he finds his desire to move on waning after he reconnects with Cara Hartley, a policewoman with whom he had a one night stand. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711732 Upon turning nine, Merlin is apprenticed to a skilled healer who hones his extraordinary gift of prophecy and healing, while the High King of the Celts searches for a human sacrifice to make his towers stand firm and sets his sights on the gifted boy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743688 Receiving a communication from an anonymous hacker who has triggered disasters designed to look like natural events, Homeland Security Secretary Catherine Blaine must comply with the hackers instructions or risk nation-destroying events. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713861 While on a trip to Mackinac Island with his 10-year-old daughter, Lily, Florida P.I. Louis Kincaid, desperate to wear a badge again, must reopen the cold case of Julie Chapman, a teenager from one of the wealthiest summer families who vanished two decades ago. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714012 Magda Lazarus searches with her fallen angel husband for a gem that can help them defeat the demon Asmodel and prevent the terrible holocaust envisioned by her sister. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698348 While she hasnt lived up to her familys expectations, Xandra has come to terms with her latent magic and made a life for herself in Austin, Texas, running a coffee shop where she makes potions of a nonmagical nature. While things arent perfect, Xandra is happy--until she runs into powerful warlock Declan Chumomisto. 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=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=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=1698388 For Viscount Stillwell, finding a prospective bride seemed easy, but Win soon found out endless gossip had broken all his engagements. He decided to hire a company to repair his familys fire-damaged country house. Nothing disreputable in that--until the firms representative turns out to be a very desirable widow. Lady Miranda Garret expected a man of Wins reputation to be flirtatious, even charming. But the awkward truth is that she finds him thoroughly irresistible. For the first time, the wicked Win has fallen in love. And what began as a scandalous proposition may yet become a very different proposal... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697960 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687355 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694342 Theodora Teddy Bentley, zookeeper at the Gunn Zoo, takes the zoos llama, Alejandro, to a Renaissance fair in the Monterey Bay area. That is where Teddy discovers the still-warm body of the Reverend Victor Emerson, owner of the local wedding chapel, dressed in his costume as Henry the Eighth. At first it appears that Alejandro stomped the man to death, but a closer look shows a crossbow dart in the mans back. Teddys investigation reveals that Reverend Victor wasnt really a reverend at all but an escaped convict, and Teddys mother, Caro, a spoiled ex-beauty queen, becomes the chief murder suspect. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705430 Evie Windham and Lucas Denning strike a deal, each agreeing to be the others decoy in avoiding marriage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729397 Unsettled during a retrospective of his early work, aging film director Yair Moses attempts to reconcile with the difficult but brilliant screenwriter from whom he is estranged, but the price that Trigano demands will have lasting consequences. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695750 Swagger becomes interested in exploring JFKs assassination, asking questions few have asked before. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731482 Charlie Hood struggles with the moral challenges of arresting his late loves cartel-connected son, Bradley Jones, while the enigmatic Mike Finnegan uses his unsettling knowledge to infiltrate both of their lives.