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A Golden Web
Barbara Quick

The Mapping
of Love and Death
 Jacqueline Winspear

The Girl in the Cellar:
The Natascha Kampusch Story

Allan Hall and Michael Leidig

The Boss and Nurse Albright
Lynne Marshall

Mystery
 Fantasy
Young Adult
  
Fiction
 
Suspense
Paranormal Western
Horror
Horror / Thriller
The Seventh Witch by Shirley Damsgaard
The Seventh Witch
Shirley Damsgaard
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
The Iron King
Julie Kagawa

The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
The Girl Who Chased the Moon
 Sarah Addison Allen

Live to Tell
Wendy Corsi Staub
Merkabah Rider by Edward Erdelac
Merkabah Rider
Edward Erdelac
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The Skull Ring
Scott Nicholson

Children's Books Medieval Historical Fiction/Fiction
Harlequin Romance
Suspense
Suspense
Paperback Release!
Gothic Fiction

Sugar Cookies:
Sweet Little Lessons on Love

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Brigid of Kildare
Heather Terrell

Oh-So-Sensible Secretary
Jessica Hart

Pipeline
Peter Schechter

All The Colors of Darkness
Peter Robinson

Arcadia Falls
Carol Goodman
Inspirational Romance
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Children's Book
Paranormal
Romance
Children's Books:
Black History Month
Fiction

Winter's Awakening
Shelley Shepard Gray
The Secret of the Glass by Donna Russo Morin
The Secret of the Glass
 Donna Russo Morin

One Crazy Summer
Rita Williams-Garcia

Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
Pride Mates
Jennifer Ashley
Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champion by Walter Dean Myers
Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champion
Walter Dean Myers

The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giodino
Medieval
Paranormal Romance
Dark
Fantasy
Medieval
History
Children's Books:
Valentine's Day
Children's Books:
Valentine's Day
Children's Books:
Valentine's Day

Love's Magic
Traci E. Hall
Afterlife by Naomi Clark
Afterlife
Naomi Clark

The Time Traveler's Guide
to Medieval England

Ian Mortimer

Henry In Love
Peter McCarty


Happy Valentine’s Day, Mouse
Laura Numeroff

Amelia Bedelia’s First Valentine
Herman Parish
Children's Books:
Black History Month
Children's Books:
Valentine's Day
Children's Books:
Black History Month
Children's Books:
Valentine's Day
Children's Books:
Valentine's Day
Children's Books:
Valentine's Day

This Is The Dream
Diane Z. Shore & Jessica Alexander
My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall
My Heart is Like a Zoo
Michael Hall

We Troubled The Waters
Ntozake Shange and Rod Brown
Sugar Cookies by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Sugar Cookies
Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Fancy Nancy Heart to Heart
Jane O'Connor

Pinkalicious Love Pinkalicious
Victoria Kann
Thriller Thriller
Dark
Fantasy
Historical Romance
Children's Books:
Black History Month
Historical Fiction
Altar of Eden by James Rollins
Altar of Eden
James Rollins

Guardian Angel
Andrew Neiderman
Armageddon Bound by Tim Marquitz
Armageddon Bound
Tim Marquitz

The Betrayal of the Blood Lily
Lauren Willig

First Family
Deborah Hopkinson

The Queen's Dollmaker
Christine Trent
Suspense Fiction
Historical
Mystery
Victorian Romance
Medieval Romance
Fiction

My Soul To Take
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir

The Murderer's Daughters
Randy Susan Meyers

The Fifth Servant
Kenneth Wishnia

My Unfair Lady
Kathryne Kennedy

Runaway Lady,
Conquering Lord

Carol Townend

One Amazing Thing
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Christian Fiction /
Fantasy
Fiction / Fantasy
Fiction
Harlequin Romance
Fiction
Medieval Irish Romance
Short Story

Green: The Beginning and the End
Ted Dekker
The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw
The Girl with Glass Feet
Ali Shaw

Wish Her Safe At Home
Stephen Benatar

Christmas Angel for the Billionaire
Liz Fielding
Born Under A Million Shadows by Andrea Busfield
Born Under A Million Shadows
Andrea Busfield

The Warrior's Forbidden Virgin
Michelle Willingham
Fiction
Paranormal
Romance
Fiction
Horror
Anthology
Fiction
Horror
Anthology
The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi
The Patience Stone
Atiq Rahimi
Intertwined by Gena Showalter
Intertwined
Gena Showalter

Shadow Tag
Louise Erdrich

Blanket of White
Amy Grech

The Last Will
of Moira Leahy

Theresa Walsh
The Crawlspace: A Collection of Short Horror Stories by Darryl Dawson
The Crawlspace:
 A Collection of Short Horror Stories
Darryl Dawson
Suspense
Inspirational Romnce
Dark
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Historical Mystery
Southern Mystery

Tainted
Brooke Morgan

Jenna's Cowboy Hero
Brenda Minton
Who Mourns for the Hangman? by S.A. Bolich
Who Mourns for the Hangman?
S.A. Bolich

The Postmistress
Sarah Blake

The Red Door
Charles Todd

Greedy Bones
Carolyn Haines
Medieval Historical Fiction
Mystery Mystery
Zany
Mystery Suspense
Southern Mystery
Detective Mystery

The Fruit of Her Hands
Michelle Cameron
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today by Stacy Juba
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today
Stacy Juba

Bookplate Special
Lorna Barrett

Stuff To Spy For
Don Bruns

The Cart Before The Corpse
Carolyn McSparren

Necessary As Blood
Deborah Crombie
Mystery Inspirational Romance Dark Fantasy Thriller
Mystery
Historical Dark Fantasy / Horror

Merry, Merry Ghost
Carolyn Hart
Rekindled Hearts
Rekindled Hearts
Brenda Minton
Queene of Light by Jennifer Armintrout
Queene of Light
Jennifer Armintrout
Primitive by Mark Nykanen
Primitive
Mark Nykanen

The Monster In The Box
Ruth Rendell

Mr. Shivers
Robert Jackson Bennett
Historical Fiction
& Fiction
Horror
Fiction
Short Stories
Medieval Scottish
Romance
Suspense
Medieval Scottish
Historical Romance

The Physick Book of
Deliverance Dane
Katherine Howe

The Haywire Halloween by Cinsearae R. Santiago
The Haywire Halloween
Cinsearae R. Santiago

Something Hidden
Elaine Margolis

One Snowy Knight
Deborah MacGillivray

The Fury
Jason Pinter

Once Upon A Knight
Jackie Ivie
Thriller
Dark Fantasy Historical Fiction Historical Fiction Mystery
Romance
Mystery

The Gatekeeper
Michelle Gagnon
Child of Fire by Harry Connolly
Child of Fire

Harry Connolly

The Counterfeit Guest
Rose Melikan

The Fruit of Her Hands
Michelle Cameron

Scandal Sheet

Gemma Halliday

The Witch Doctor's Wife
Tamar Myers
Horror Fiction
Medieval
Romance
Historical Fiction Suspense
Suspense Thriller
Symptoms of a Broken Heart by Cory Cramer
Symptoms of a Broken Heart
Cory Cramer

Angel Time: The Songs of the Seraphim by Anne Rice
Angel Time:
The Songs of the Seraphim

Anne Rice

Taming Her Irish Warrior
Michelle Willingham

Cleopatra’s Daughter
 Michelle Moran

Vengeance Road
Rick Mofina

The Killer Within
Jason Kahn
Paranormal
Romance
Christian
Historical
Fiction
Suspense Thriller
Christian Historical
Fiction
Romantic Suspense
Historical Fantasy Romance
Desire Untamed by Pamela Palmer
Desire Untamed
Pamela Palmer

In the Shadow of the Sun King
Golden Keyes Parsons

Collision of Evil
John J. Le Beau
Prisoner of Versailles by Golden Keyes Parsons
Prisoner of Versailles
Golden Keyes Parsons

The Perfect Couple
Brenda Novak


The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker
Leanna Renee Hieber
Science Fiction
Dark Fantasy Science Fiction
Arthurian Historical Fantasy Mystery Suspense
Mystery
Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines
Girl in the Arena
Lise Haines
Eden Fell by Lily
Eden Fell
Lily

Prime
Nate Kenyon

The Squire's Quest
Gerald Morris

In Their Blood
Sharon Potts

The Brutal Telling
Louise Penny
Inspirational Historical Romance
Harlequin Blaze
Historical Fiction
Western Historical Romance
Parnormal Romantic Suspense
Thriller

Her Inheritance Forever
Lyn Cote

Hard to Resist
Samantha Hunter

The Devil's Queen
Jeanne Kalogridis

A Cowboy Christmas
Janette Kenny

Dark Legacy
Anna DeStefano

Boneyard
Michelle Gagnon
Horror Dark Fantasy Fiction
Paranormal Romance
Historical Mystery
Inspirational Romance
Urban Gothic by Briane Keene
Urban Gothic
Briane Keene

Meridian
Amber Kizer

A Disobedient Girl
Ru Freeman

The Fire King
Marjorie Liu

A Duty to the Dead
Charles Todd

Forgiven
Shelley Shepard Gray
Christian Fiction
(Fantasy)
Christian Fiction
(Fantasy)
Christian Fiction
(Fantasy)
Hard Case Crime
Historical Fiction Fiction
Lunatic by Ted Dekker and Kaci Hill
Lunatic
Ted Dekker and Kaci Hill

Renegade
Ted Dekker

Infidel
Ted Dekker

Fake I.D.
Jason Starr

The Day The Falls Stood Still
Cathy Marie Buchanan

Twisted Tree
Kent Meyers
Mystery Romance
Christian Historical
Fiction
Arthurian Historical Fantasy
Historical Mystery
Christian Historical
Fiction
Christian Fiction
(Fantasy)

I Shot You Babe
Leslie Langtry
The Fall of Lucifer by Wendy Alec
The Fall of Lucifer
 Wendy Alec

Prelude to Camelot
 Cynthia Breeding


The Convict's Sword
I.J.Parker

Unashamed
Francine Rivers

Chosen
Ted Dekker
Christian Fiction
(Horror)
Christian Historical
Fiction
Christian Historical
Fiction
Mystery Historical Fiction Silhouette Desire
Vanish by Tom Pawlik
Vanish
Tom Pawlik
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Redeeming Love
Francine Rivers
Unspoken by Francine Rivers
Unspoken
Francine Rivers

The Cat, The Quilt and the Corpse
Leann Sweeney

The Calligrapher's Daughter
Eugenia Kim

The Illegitimate King
Olivia Gates
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