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Know he will succeed when all others fail you?so reads the fateful letter of introduction which heralds the beginning of Marya's desperate journey. When the Ktar chooses Marya to watch over the heir on his confirmation journey, she has no illusions about a pleasant trip. A prophecy concerning the heir's death, ominous dreams of a mysterious city, and the certainty one of the heir's companions will betray him all weigh heavily on her. Unfortunately, the discovery of the assassin in their midst ... more info>>

For humanity the transformation from savagery into civilization can only be led by heroes and geniuses, and new inventions, like the concept of zero, the first books and the use of metals, come at a heavy price. The tribes on the Peninsula are victims of cannibalism, plunder and genocide, from a marauding tribe of scavengers escaping the ravages of the mainland. To add to the hardship of the tribes on the Peninsula, the climate is changing, the game of the woods are few, and many predict a great... more info>>

50 Rooms is a collection of short stories based around a cast of characters who live in and around an abandoned hotel just off Hollywood Boulevard--two homeless teenage punk rockers who roam the streets of Los Angeles, scamming and stealing just to survive another night in a brutal and unforgiving city; a man who works in a slaughterhouse desperately fighting to keep his sanity and find some kind of meaning in his life; an emotionally abused small person who reaches his breaking point in a conve... more info>>

Told in journal format, this novel of the Iraq war is a fictional story that revolves around a medic and the day-to-day activities of the unit he serves. He tries so hard to keep his men safe, in a world where safety is not an option....

Creatures of the Covenant is a novel about the animal rights movement. Deacon Tremont, assisted by his girlfriend Clare and a burnt-out old hippie named Francis, establishes a no-kill sanctuary for animals in remote Utah. The sanctuary becomes known within the movement as the Furball Hotel. When Deacon launches his own undercover operation against the Institute for Dietary Freedom--a conglomerate which supplies meat products to fast food franchises--he runs up against an opponent who will stop a... more info>>

A young boy loses his belief in Santa and turns to petty shoplifting with the belief that it no longer matters if he's naughty or nice. The lesson he learns as a result is more valuable than anything he could steal. A short holiday story from our Nibs literary line.

Samantha had it all--a happy marriage and a striving small business. Then her husband Mark died. Convinced no man could compare to the big, handsome love of her life, she feared she would spend the rest of her life without love. After her grief subsided, to appease her best friend, she agreed to a blind date. Don Westen was nice enough, but he was nothing like her lost love. Mark had been a manly carpenter. Don managed a bookstore and liked to cook! He was definitely not her type. And they bo... more info>>

One party. One wild night in her entire life and Faith Carr winds up pregnant! What were the odds? And what were the odds of finding out that the handsome stranger who'd gotten her pregnant had only made love to her because of a stupid bet! And now he didn't want anything to do with her or the baby that was growing inside her. Edward Brenner knew as soon as he saw Faith Carr that he would love her. But he also knew he had many obstacles to overcome. She'd been hurt. She'd been frightened and mad... more info>>

I, Molly MacKenna, am a pregnant woman's dream--and one man's nightmare! From the moment we met, obstetrician Clay Reynolds scorned my profession as a birthing coach. His scathing remarks left me crying on the shoulder of my potbellied pig, Gertie! It seems only the handsome doc's eight-year-old son, who thinks I hung the moon, can make Clay be civil to me. Clay is a great doctor and loving father. And we're finding a lot in common as we volunteer together at a free clinic. But he's still frowni... more info>>

Two couples are caught in an emotional web of adultery and deception that turns deadly on an African safari. Ken Kramer, a Manhattan advertising copywriter, and his wife, Sheila, a computer expert, appear to have a comfortable life and loving marriage. But when Ken is taken along on a business dinner and introduced to the wife of his wife's major client, we discover she is Ken's old flame--in fact, the love of his life and the object of his sexual obsession as a young man. Baffled by her non-rec... more info>>

When a grave robber offers to sell the bones of legendary Chief Crazy Horse to the highest bidder, Xavier DuBois, veteran Homeland Security investigator, steps in to make a bid of his own. Can the lost bones of Chief Crazy Horse be recovered? Will the man who looted his grave be brought to justice? Sensing what is at stake, Xavier takes on the "big case" that he hopes will establish his reputation only to face unforeseen obstacles that may destroy his career.

Restoration is the story of an Italian-American's return to his Calabrian town of birth where he sets out to rebuild a crumbling medieval church. His faith and his life are endangered when old vendettas erupt, threatening to destroy the church and sacrifice everything he holds dear. Joe (Giuseppe) Costanzo was born in 1951 in Pedivigliano, a town in the mountains of Calabria in Southern Italy. He emigrated to America with his family in 1954, sailing aboard the ill-fated Andrea Doria. From N... more info>>

I pay strangers to sleep with me. I have my reasons.... But they're not the ones you'd expect. For starters, I'm a funeral director taking over my dad's business. Not exactly the kind of person you'd expect to fork over cash for the lust and urgency only live skin-to-skin contact can create. Looking at me, you wouldn't have a clue I carry this little secret so close it creases up like the folds of a fan. Tight. Personal. Ready to unravel in the heat of the moment. Unsurprisingly, my line of work... more info>>

The Bluest Eye is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove--a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--who prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning and the tragedy of its fulfillment. The Bluest Eye, published in 1969, is the first of Toni Morrison's ten novels. It announced the arr... more info>>

Compelling desires? Forbidden Desires? Undeniable desires! The Jealous and the Free, a classic lesbian pulp novel from March Hastings, follows the relationship between Michele and Leda. As our story begins, Leda and Michele have been roommates for quite some time. Michele comes to realize that she is attracted to Leda, but her inexperience makes her shy and hesitant at first. Leda, who has had experience with women in the past, takes her by the hand and shows her the way. Michele decides ... more info>>

Andrew Waters, son of an American diplomat and a Chinese mother, already has two strikes against him when he joins the crew of the USS Pilgrim not long after Pearl Harbor--his mixed heritage and his pacifism. He never expects he will fall in love with his handsome commanding officer. The crew of the Pilgrim is captured and sent to the notorious Changi POW camp. The man Andrew loves will die without proper medical treatment. To save his life, Andrew makes a choice that could cost him not ju... more info>>

Q: How does Heather Greenblotz, the thirty-one-year-old heiress to the world's leading matzo company, celebrate Passover? A: Alone. In her Manhattan apartment. With an extremely unkosher ham-and-cheese panini. But this year will be different. The Food Channel has asked to film the famous Greenblotz Matzo family's seder, and the publicity op is too good to, ahem, pass over. Heather is being courted by the handsome director and the subtly sexy cameraman, and she's got family coming out of her ears... more info>>

Two romances, some infidelity with a twist, a tragedy with a happy ending, several murders, a suicide, a hurricane, a struggle to save an endangered species; human nature at its best and its worst -- it's all here in The Rental.

Life is just a series of events with consequences. On their own they wouldn't add up to much, but when you put them all together you never know where they'll end up taking you, or what the outcome will be once you're there. The last thing Paige Wilder is looking for at thirty-eight is another bad-ending relationship. Paige believes she has it all--good friends, a challenging career in publishing and the perfect little companion named Sammy. Jude Martin has made some promises to himself. He wil... more info>>

Robbie Jo Connor might be a small town girl from a South Carolina trailer park but she has definite ideas on getting things done. When her deaf son's application for experimental surgery that could restore his hearing is rejected, she kidnaps the surgeon to convince him that it should happen anyway. Dr. Alexei Smolka lost his hearing and his pregnant wife when a bomb exploded in war torn Croatia. When a surgeon restored his own hearing, he vowed to bring the surgery to the world. But his heart h... more info>>

What do you get with a former wild man who's committed his path to the Lord and a woman who has absolutely nothing to lose? It's either a match made in heaven...or a sure-fire heartache. Gregg Stevens has spent a lifetime making bad decisions, never knowing true love. Stormie Knight, a new Christian, beguiles him with her eccentricities and well-kept secrets. Extracting those secrets could shatter both of their hearts, along with the newborn faith of a wayward angel not yet ready to spread her ... more info>>

Desire and torment swept through Joyce's trembling young body at the gentle touch of Edith's cool hand upon her face. She had never felt like this before. It frightened her ... and filled her with a terrible excitement! Joyce is a young woman off to her first year at college at prestigious all-girl school. She gets along well with her roommate, Mary Jean, who is somewhat boy-crazy. Joyce begins to think there's something wrong with her? that perhaps she is frigid? because she has no interest... more info>>

In the first new book by Vassilis Vassilikos to be translated into English in thirty years, Greece's most acclaimed living novelist gives us a magical realist portrait of contemporary Europe and contemporary Europeans. Here are seven tales that explore the themes of materialism, post-Cold War politics, love, religious faith, and the power of imagination. In the tradition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Luigi Pirandello, Vassilikos writes of the fantasies within reality, the spirit in... more info>>

Lynn Blanchett's Steps to Happiness: Step 1: Find a job. (Done! I'm doing PR for hotshot young designer Muriel B.--which I'm totally unqualified for.) Step 2: Find a man. (Check! There's a rich, gorgeous man chasing me ... so what if I find him infinitely less appealing than my charming, possibly gay, French coworker?) Step 3: Find a translator. (Hmm? I do have that French-English dictionary ... but it so doesn't help with the language of love.) Step 4: Find a shower. (I did just fly in from New... more info>>

Sparks fly when Marina, a bright young card counter, meets rakishly handsome Miguel, a Las Vegas casino dealer. But while Marina is reluctantly seduced by Miguel's many charms, she also discovers some disturbing things about his past. Already entangled in this dizzying new romance, Marina will have to use all her brains if she wants to keep her heart intact.