Isabel Ibañez

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

A Novel

The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in this lush, immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt filled with adventure, a rivals-to-lovers romance, and a dangerous race. Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and like the rest of the world, the town is steeped in old world magic that’s been largely left behind or forgotten. Inez has everything a girl might want, except for the one thing she yearns the most: her globetrotting parents—who frequently leave her behind. When she receives word of their tragic deaths, Inez inherits their massive fortune and a mysterious guardian, an archeologist in partnership with his Egyptian brother-in-law. Yearning for answers, Inez sails to Cairo, bringing her sketch pads and an ancient golden ring her father sent to her for safekeeping before he died. But upon her arrival, the old world magic tethered to the ring pulls her down a path where she soon discovers there’s more to her parent’s disappearance than what her guardian led her to believe. With her guardian’s infuriatingly handsome assistant thwarting her at every turn, Inez must rely on ancient magic to uncover the truth about her parent’s disappearance—or risk becoming a pawn in a larger game that will kill her. "Expertly plotted, explosively adventurous, and burning with romance." - Stephanie Garber #1 New York Times bestselling author "Take a plucky heroine, a historically grounded Indiana Jones-esque adventure through Ancient Egypt, and add a surprising dollop of magic — it’s a recipe for a delightful read." - Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author

What the River Knows

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Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Iowa

In the magnificent Russian court of the 1620s, British Colonel Tyrone Rycroft falls for the lovely Synnovea.

Forever in Your Embrace

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Ken Follett

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Maryland

New York Times Bestseller The new must-read epic from master storyteller Ken Follett: more than a thriller, it’s an action-packed, globe-spanning drama set in the present day. “A compelling story, and only too realistic.” —Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary “Every catastrophe begins with a little problem that doesn’t get fixed.” So says Pauline Green, president of the United States, in Follett’s nerve-racking drama of international tension. A shrinking oasis in the Sahara Desert; a stolen US Army drone; an uninhabited Japanese island; and one country’s secret stash of deadly chemical poisons: all these play roles in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Struggling to prevent the outbreak of world war are a young woman intelligence officer; a spy working undercover with jihadists; a brilliant Chinese spymaster; and Pauline herself, beleaguered by a populist rival for the next president election. Never is an extraordinary novel, full of heroines and villains, false prophets and elite warriors, jaded politicians and opportunistic revolutionaries. It brims with cautionary wisdom for our times, and delivers a visceral, heart-pounding read that transports readers to the brink of the unimaginable.

Never

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Malcolm Gladwell

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Florida

What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong. A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Press How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to one another that isn't true? Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland--throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt. Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. In his first book since his #1 bestseller David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebook for troubled times.

Talking to Strangers

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Colorado

Retells through the perspective of her maid, the story of Peggy Shippen Arnold, the mastermind behind America's most infamous act of treason, as Peggy hatches a plot to deliver West Point to the British.

The Traitor's Wife

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Mary Hoffman

During the day, Lucien battles cancer in his modern, normal life. But at night, he becomes a Stravagante, a time-traveler of sorts who finds himself in Belleza, a city parallel to old Venice. Befriended by a local girl and protected by an older Stravagante, Lucien uncovers a plot to murder the city's beloved ruler, the Duchessa. But to save the Duchessa and the city Lucien risks losing his only chance to return home to his family and his real life.

New book, never read, but there is some yellowing of the pages, please see pictures for the cover condition

Utah

Stravaganza

Set in a parallel world, in an Italy that in this world is called Talia and in a Venice that in this world is called Bellezza, the narrative follows Lucien, who in this world is ill with cancer. Given a marbled notebook to help him communicate when his throat hurts too much to speak, this notebook is the means that transports Lucien to this magical, dangerous new world - a world which is set in the C16, and thrills to the delight of political intrigue, including assassination attempts both foiled and successful. The parallel Venice is astonishingly evoked, with the silks and velvets, the sensuousness of the food and the elegance of the city and its waterways all beautifully and powerfully described. The world of Talia is unforgettably and convincingly real.

City of Masks

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Idaho

TOM CLANCY'S GREATEST CHARACTERS FACE THEIR DEADLIEST CHALLENGE After almost a decade, Tom Clancy--the acknowledged master of international intrigue and non-stop military action-returns to the world he knows better than anyone: a world of chaos, caught in the crossfire of politics and power, placed on the edge of annihilation by evil men. But there are other men who are honor-bound to stop the bloodshed and protect their homeland-by any means necessary... It is called the Campus. Secretly created under the administration of President Jack Ryan, its sole purpose is to hunt down, locate, and eliminate terrorists and those who protect them at will, without sanction or oversight. A self- sufficient entity, it has no official connection to the American government-a necessity in a time when those in power consider themselves above such arcane ideals as loyalty, justice, and right or wrong. Covert intelligence expert Jack Ryan Jr. and his compatriots at the Campus have waged this silent war in every corner of the world. Now joined by two of his father's closest allies-black ops warriors John Clark and "Ding" Chavez, as well as Brian and Dominic Caruso and Mary Pat Foley-the Campus has come up against its greatest foe: a sadistic killer known as the Emir. The mastermind of countless horrific attacks, the Emir has eluded capture by every law enforcement agency in the world-a fact which the Campus is determined to change. But his greatest devastation is yet to be unleashed, as he plans a monumental single strike that will destroy the heart of America, unless the Campus can take him "Dead or Alive." On the trail of the Emir, Jack Ryan Jr. will find himself following in his legendary father's footsteps on a deadly manhunt that will take him and his allies across the globe, into the shadowy arenas of political gamesmanship, and back onto U.S. soil-in a battle to prevent the fall of the West... Together for the first time, an all-star cast of Tom Clancy's characters race to ensure the nation's survival and to complete their mission: the desperate search for a madman who may be hiding in plain sight.

Dead or Alive

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Lisa Landolt

Michigan

Sandra Greene knows men don't go for women like her: the invisible ones, the plain ones scrambling to make a living without benefit of the right connections, college degree, and fashionable clothes. But her life is changed forever when, at an old friend's wedding, she meets the wealthy socialites of the Hunt Club. They proudly claim they made that wedding possible, and they make Sandra an offer no woman can refuse. Sandra is guaranteed to marry any man she wants—no matter how good-looking, rich, powerful, or successful. All she has to do is play their matchmaking "game." Seduced by the promise of makeovers, money, and matrimony, she quickly joins the Hunt Club and can't wait to go after the husband of her dreams—a sexy Hollywood actor. At first it all seems too wonderful to be true as she changes her life and is about to get her guy—until the FBI steps in asking questions. Just how far will these women go to get what they want? That's when Sandra begins to realize that matchmaking is really murder...possibly in more ways than one!

Good Man Hunting

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Teresa Stores

the point in town tucked away at the end of the road on the Florida Georgia border Texas parents are here her brother and family and Iris her indomitable iron tough grandmother. Dick's has returned and drawn by the need to share dying iris's final days. and to make a crucial decision about a relationship with sarah. if dicks has escaped from the point into a more expensive world the point has molded her and weighs she is only beginning to phantom come home to family means once more confronting their disappointment their condition of her choice to leave her marriage for a woman.

The Point. A town tucked away at the end of the road on the Florida-Georgia border. Dix's parents are here, her brother and his family, and Iris, her indomitable, iron-tough grandmother. Dix has returned, drawn by the need to share dying Iris's final days. And to make a crucial decision about her relationship with Sarah. If Dix has escape from the Point into a more expansive world, the Point has molded her in ways she is only beginning to fathom. Coming home to her family means once more confronting their disappointment, their condemnation of her choice to leave her marriage for a woman. Then Sarah shows up, claiming her right to be part of Dix's present and future. And to each member of Dix's appalled family, to the astonished town--she issues a frank challenge: her unabashed, unapologetic, forthright lesbian self. The authentic, compelling, indelible portrait of a family in today's south is one of the finest novels of this, or any other, year.

Getting to the Point

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Barbara Johnson

winform professional bodybuilder candy Emerson is found dead in her revolt Beach gym the police rule it in a tragic accident. but it is it? reluctant to play a huge double indemnity claim investigated Colin Fitzgerald to look into the case. what Colin finds is candies unstable x who now lives with explosive jealous lover candy is a business partner who is personal problems have driven him deep into debt candy is most hated rival on the body building circuit his career candy is rumored to have sabotaged a violent prone drug dealer and suspected gay basher whom candy wanted to arrest handsome lesbian instructor Gillian Smith whose relationship with candy was more than just business arrangement after the aerobics instructor gives Colin a full body workout that leaves her breathless to investigator has a hard time keeping her mind on the case and her hands off gillian. blinded by her white hot passion could Colleen be overlooking a motive for murder? sounds good says it's a true lesbian Gothic washing blade

"When former professional bodybuilder Candy Emerson is found dead in her Rehoboth Beach gym, the police rule it a tragic accident. But is it? Reluctant to pay a huge double indemnity claim to the beneficiaries, Candy's insurance company sends novice investigator Colleen Fitzgerald to look into the case. What Colleen finds is: Candy's unstable ex, who now lives with an explosively jealous lover...Candy's business partner, whose personal problems have driven him deep into debt...Candy's most-hated rival on the bodybuilding circuit, whose career Candy is rumored to have sabotaged...A violence-prone drug dealer and suspected gaybasher whom Candy wanted arrested...Handsome lesbian aerobics instructor Gillian Smith, whose relationship with Candy was more than just a business arrangement...After the aerobics instructor gives Colleen a full-body workout that leaves her breathless, the investigator has a hard time keeping her mind on the case and her hands off Gillian. Blinded by her white-hot passion, could Colleen be overlooking a motive for murder?" -- Publisher's description.

The Beach Affair

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Helynn Hoffa

it's a lesbian fiction mystery Dr Dory Winslow returns to her aunt's home in a posh Resort Town La Jolla shores to attend a conference of international Marine scientists into lecture at Scripps institute or oceanographic she is surprised if I the artist Alice keeks and I'm assuming woman house sitting for her aunt. dorian's life is for the complicated by the arrival of her demanding lover actress Jane neville. and Amelia's house also becomes host of admiral weatherly who is bored with retirement and looking for action wealthy Philip Fairchild doctor and Dean Parma a distinguished visiting professor and feminate fatale and a brass neighbor Moreland stevens. the oceanographer the artist and the actors are soon caught and an emotional charge triangle which is for the complicated by international intrigue involving a European consortium anxious to steal top secret charts of potentially valuable Marine mineral deposit.

An oceanographer, an artist and an actress are caught up in an emotion-charged triangle further complicated by international intrigued A mystery by Helynn Hoffa.

Golden Shores

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Jennifer Fulton

true Love by Jennifer Fulton more dazzling entertainment from the author of The sensational best-selling passion Bay and saving grace. Rosie Brook only wishes she could be successful in her love life as she is in the stage actress. the one constant in her life these days is her meeting every Wednesday with Zoe Nicole Julia Carolyn and stylish intelligent professionally successful women. the purpose for her meeting? I know holes bar discussion of all their love lives, with only two rules the women must tell the truth and they must not become romantically involved with one another. do you follow the rules? what do you think? Rosie is soon pursued by zuli a high powerful defense attorney whose last love managed to breathe and reach every one of her defenses. accounting Nicole left after sophisticated Julia, whose reaction is disdain until Nicole tries to distinguish stinky new approach so Rosie. Caroline director of the pr film of firm is on rebound from a 6 year relationship and her new interest appear to be a bottle. Annie with a lover and a child is the only contented member of the group or is she? romantic schemes bubbling intrigue conflict and lust these bright sharp horrible women try it all. true love is sexy witty entertainment that wouldn't draw you to the final page.

More dazzling entertainment from the author of the sensational bestsellers, Passion Bay and Saying Grace.

True Love

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Sherwood Smith

Oregon

Elevated to the king's side after numerous battlefield triumphs against the Venn, former pirate Inda inspires squabbling kingdoms to unite against their common enemy before he is forced to make a potentially treasonous choice to disobey the king's unwise order.

Treason's Shore

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From acclaimed author Karen Brooks comes this intriguing novel rich in historical detail and drama as it tells the unforgettable story of Queen Elizabeth's daring, ruthless spymaster and his female protégée.

In Queen Elizabeth's England, where no one can be trusted and secrets are currency, one woman stands without fear.

Mallory Bright is the only daughter of London's most ingenious locksmith. She has apprenticed with her father since childhood, and there is no lock too elaborate for her to crack. After scandal destroys her reputation, Mallory has returned to her father's home and lives almost as a recluse, ignoring the whispers and gossip of their neighbors. But Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spymaster and a frequent client of Mallory's father, draws her into his world of danger and deception. For the locksmith's daughter is not only good at cracking locks, she also has a talent for codes, spycraft, and intrigue. With Mallory by Sir Francis’s side, no scheme in England or abroad is safe from discovery.

But Mallory's loyalty wavers when she witnesses the brutal and bloody public execution of three Jesuit priests and realizes the human cost of her espionage. And later, when she discovers the identity of a Catholic spy and a conspiracy that threatens the kingdom, she is forced to choose between her country and her heart.

Once Sir Francis's greatest asset, Mallory is fast becoming his worst threat—and there is only one way the Queen’s master spy deals with his enemies…



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The locksmith's daughter

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Coin of Rulve Book One

Sheft--maligned, hunted, chosen.Mariat--the woman determined to save him.Blood Seed: Book One of the powerful new fantasy series Coin of Rulve. Eighteen-year-old Sheft hides a deadly secret. Any drop of his blood that falls to the ground attracts Wask, the flesh-eating beetle-man who emerges from the Riftwood to terrorize the isolated village of At-Wysher. Certain there must be something dangerously wrong inside him, and already despised as a foreigner, Sheft keeps himself apart. Yet, beyond what he'd ever dared to dream, Mariat falls in love with him. And, in spite of everything that warns him not to, he with her.Sheft can't bring himself to tell her the truth about his cursed blood. Nor can he share with her a sudden, devastating revelation about who he is and what his destiny demands. But when he is forced to take part in the secret--and bloody--Rites of the Dark Circle, he confronts the true magnitude of the evil arrayed against him. It threatens to strip away his life, but will first break his heart. "A new approach to this genre. Five stars!"..."Bravo!"..."couldn't stop reading"..."a rich and authentic setting with strong writing and palpable emotions"..."great plot, scary stuff"... "can't wait for the next installment!"

Blood Seed

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Philippa Gregory

New York

The #1 New York Times bestseller from “the queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory is a rich, compelling novel of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue surrounding the Tudor court of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the infamous Boleyn family. When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of the handsome and charming Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family’s ambitious plots as the king’s interest begins to wane, and soon she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. With her own destiny suddenly unknown, Mary realizes that she must defy her family and take fate into her own hands. With more than one million copies in print and adapted for the big screen, The Other Boleyn Girl is a riveting historical drama. It brings to light a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at the heart of the most exciting and glamorous court in Europe, and survived a treacherous political landscape by following her heart.

The Other Boleyn Girl

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Connecticut

The Quiet Game

Arkansas

A missing canister containing a deadly virus forms the center of a storm that traps Stanley Oxenford, director of a medical research firm, and a violent trio of thugs in a remote house during a Christmas Eve blizzard.

Whiteout

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The best laid plans can lead to hidden danger... or desire

Hidden Agendas

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From the bedchamber to the battlefield, through treachery and fidelity, one woman is imprisoned by the secrets of the crown.

It is an age where passion reigns and treachery runs as thick as blood. Young Eleanor has two men in her life: her uncle King Edward II, and her husband Hugh le Despenser, a mere knight but the newfound favorite of the king. She has no desire to meddle in royal affairs-she wishes for a serene, simple lifewith her family. But as political unrest sweeps the land, Eleanor, sharply intelligent yet blindly naïve, becomes the only woman each man can trust.

Fiercely devoted to both her husband and her king, Eleanor holds the secret that could destroy all of England-and discovers the choices no woman should have to make.

At its heart, The Traitor's Wifeis a unique love story that every reader will connect with.

Gold Medalist, historical /military fiction, 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards * Includes bonus reading group guide

PRAISE FOR THE TRAITOR'S WIFE:

"Conveys emotions and relationships quite poignantly... entertaining historical fiction." -- Kirkus Discoveries

"Higginbotham's talents lie not only in her capacity for detailed genealogical research of the period, but also in her skill in bringing these historical figures tolife with passion, a wonderful sense of humor, honor, and love." -- Historical Novels Review Online

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Seth Margolis

In this stunning thrill ride, perfect for fans of Steve Berry, a poem holds the key to unlocking the past-- and to eliminating the future.

Lee Nicholson takes the academic world by storm, seemingly unearthing a never-before published sonnet by William Shakespeare. When she reads the poem on the air, her words are ignored by all but a small group of people. There are the English and literature buffs. There are the curious and those who seek out hoaxes.

And there are men who will kill to keep the sonnet from every being read again.

Buried in the language of the sonnet, in its allusions and wordplay, secrets have been hidden dating back to Elizabethan times, shared by the queen and her doctor, by men who seek the crown and men who seek the world. If the riddles are solved, it could explode what the world knows of the monarchy. Or, it could release a pandemic more deadly than the world has ever seen.

Lee's quest keeps her one step ahead of an international hunt--from the police who want her for murder, to a group of men who will stop at nothing to end her quest, to a mad man who pursues the answers for destructive reasons of his own. Globetrotting as she pieces together what Shakespeare meant, and what he meant to leave unsaid, Lee carries this intelligent thriller through to its gasp-out-loud conclusion.

"Imaginative plotting and depth of character distinguish this centuries-spanning thriller..."--Publishers Weekly

"This provocative and knuckle-biting thriller will have you on the edge of your seat as it careens through the hallowed halls of academia into the turbulent past. Hold tight to your farthingales: this is a roller-coaster ride of a book!"--C.W. Gortner, international bestselling author of The Last Queen

The Semper Sonnet

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