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By Carla Neggers. 2015
While restoring a stately 1912 country home, Heather Sloan encounters a man from her past, Diplomatic Security Service agent Brody…
Hancock. His sudden interest in her causes Heather to suspect his motives. Sequel to Cider Brook (DB 78445). Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2015By Diana Palmer. 2011
Morie Brannt, denied the opportunity to work on her wealthy father's Texas ranch, takes a job incognito on Mallory Kirk's…
Wyoming spread to learn the business. The two manage to hide their attraction--until a crisis leaves Mallory in danger. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011By Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery, Christina Skye. 2011
Three romances featuring people who knit. In "The Twenty-first Wish" ten-year-old Ellen hopes her adopted mother will marry her birth…
father. In "Coming Unraveled" Robyn goes home to help her grandmother run a knitting store. In "Return to Summer Island" Caro meets a marine who is redeploying to Afghanistan. 2011By Fern Michaels, Mary Carter, Cathy Lamb, Terri DuLong. 2010
Four Christmas romances. In the title piece by Fern Michaels, single mother Stephanie works at a Colorado ski lodge and…
briefly dates her boss Patrick. Patrick fears commitment but after a crisis decides to give love a chance. The other tales are set in Cedar Key, Maui, and Montana. Bestseller. 2010By Fern Michaels, Rosalind Noonan, Marie Bostwick, Janna McMahan. 2009
Four Christmas novellas centered on finding unexpected love. In Snow Angels Olympic skier Max plans to spend the holiday alone,…
until a social worker and her two charges need help during a snowstorm. Includes The Presents of Angels, Decorations, and Miracle on Main Street. 2009By Garrison Keillor. 2014
By Lori Foster, Stella Cameron, Dianne Castell, Sarah McCarty, Donna MacMeans. 2009
Ten stories in which animals bring love into the lives of their human companions. In Lori Foster's "Man's Best Friend,"…
a broken-down car and a lost puppy unite longtime crushes. In Kate Angell's "Norah's Arc," a wayward pygmy goat plays matchmaker. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2009By Jeffrey Eugenides. 2008
Twenty-seven short romantic pieces. Includes classic works by William Faulkner ("A Rose for Emily") and Anton Chekhov ("The Lady with…
the Little Dog") and stories by William Trevor, James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, Denis Johnson, Raymond Carver, and Alice Munro. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008Thirty short science fiction stories. Includes "Aliens Ate My Pickup" by Mercedes Lackey, "Invasion of the Jack Benny Snatchers" by…
John Gregory Betancourt, and "The Santa Claus Planet" by Frank M. Robinson. Companion to This Is My Funniest (DB 65600). Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2007By Carl Weber, Mary B. Morrison. 2006
Mentally unstable Ashlee Anderson from Dallas meets Jay Crawford at a Washington, D.C., nightclub and begins an affair. Jay is…
smitten with Ashlee, but her behavior begins to unravel when she discovers Jay has a child with his ex-girlfriend. Explicit descriptions of sex, strong language, and some violence. 2006By Lori Foster, Erin Mccarthy, HelenKay Dimon, Erin McCarthy. 2006
Three stories about unexpected love. In "Playing Doctor" a physician woos an innocent nursing student. In "The Lady of the…
Lake" a baseball player rescues a woman from drowning. In "Hardhats and Silk Stockings" an architect falls for a female contractor. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 2006By Lori Foster, Lucy Monroe, Dianne Castell. 2005
Three short stories about lovers affected by the light of the moon. In "Once in a Blue Moon" Stan acquires…
the ability to read minds, including Jenna's naughty one. In "Moonstruck" divorcée Julia's bad luck is about to change. Descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2005By David Levithan, Sarah Dessen, Jacqueline Woodson, Sarah Mlynowski, Megan McCafferty. 2004
Sixteen short stories by various authors about the conflicts and confusion of being a teenager. The editor's "Fifteen Going On..."…
brings back the characters from Sloppy Firsts (DB 58148). Strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2004By Lori Foster, Janelle Denison, Kayla Perrin, Kensington Publishing Corporation Staff, Foster, Denison, Perrin, Morgan Leigh, Erin McCarthy, MaryJanice Davidson, Peter Kensington. 2004
Six romantic, guy-gets-girl (or vice versa) novellas. In "Some Like It Hot" a doctor falls for a member of his…
best friend's office staff. In "My Thief" a businessman finds a naked woman waiting inside his hotel room. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004By E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Colin Channer, Marcus Major, E Lynn Harris, Colin Cahnner. 2000
Short romances by four contemporary African American male authors. In "Kenya and Amir," ladies' man Amir fights for the only…
woman he ever loved. Includes "Money Can't Buy Me Love" by E. Lynn Harris, author of A Love of My Own (DB 54842). Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 2000By Nick Hornby. 2000
Twelve first-person narratives by British and American writers. New short stories by Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, Helen Fielding, Roddy Doyle,…
and Irvine Welsh. In Nick Hornby's "NippleJesus," a museum security guard recounts what happened to a controversial artwork. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2000By Mark Twain. 1996
Compiles 136 comic pieces written between 1862 and 1904, making up a complete collection of Twain's humorous works. Includes thirty…
selections from his five books about travel. Arranged chronologically by year of first publication, with an introduction by the editor, Charles NeiderBy Linda Howard, Kasey Michaels, Carla Neggers, Jayne Ann Krentz, Linda Lael Miller. 1995
Collection of short stories about love from five romance authors. In Krentz's story, a young woman in Washington state pretends…
to be the fiancee of a private investigator she has hired. In Linda Miller's tale, set in Montana territory in 1888, a woman's husband returns after seven years--just as she is planning to marry again. Explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerBy Flann O'Brien. 1983
Collection of humorous and satirical newspaper columns written by the Irish journalist from 1939 to 1966. Among his creations are…
the Plain People of Ireland; the Myles na Gopaleen Central Research Bureau; Keats and Chapman, two absurdly erudite poets; and the brother, a man with a solution to everythingBy Rick Bragg. 2015
Essays about life in the American South by the author of popular memoirs like All Over but the Shoutin' (DB…
46142). The seventy-two essays, many of which originally appeared in Southern Living magazine, are broken down into categories of "Home," "Table," "Place," "Craft," and "Spirit."2015