by David James

Not So Model Home - By David JamesCHAPTER 1The Cold, Hard Bitch Slap of RealityWe open on a woman sitting in a chair in a Spanish-style home living room. She is very beautiful and, contrary to popular opinion, does not look...

by Catherine Bybee

Not Quite Mine (Not Quite series) - By Catherine BybeeChapter OneKatelyn Morrison stood at the altar with tears welling behind her eyes. She forced her attention to the bride and groom and the vows they lovingly exchanged. Her...

by Kathy Herman

Not by Sight A Novel - By Kathy HermanAcknowledgmentsI love Arkansas! After moving to the rolling hills of East Texas from the front range of Colorado, I discovered that any time I missed the mountains, I could travel to nea...

by Joe Hill

NOS4A2 A Novel - By Joe HillPROLOGUE:SEASON’S GREETINGSDECEMBER 2008FCI Englewood, ColoradoNURSE THORNTON DROPPED INTO THE LONG-TERM-CARE WARD A little before eight with a hot bag of blood for Charlie Manx.She was coasting on...

by Derek B. Miller

Norwegian by Night - By Derek B. MillerPart IThe 59th ParallelChapter 1It is summer and luminous. Sheldon Horowitz sits on a folding director’s chair, high above the picnic and out of reach of the food, in a shaded encl...

by Chloe Adams

No Way Back (Mia's Way, #1) - By Chloe AdamsChapter OneI can hardly hear my bestie’s voice over the techno music filling the backyard of the party. I press the phone against my ear. She’s talking, but I have ...

by Kate Angell

No Strings Attached (Barefoot William Be - By Kate AngellACKNOWLEDGMENTSAlicia Condon, my editor. I appreciate you.Hallie Flack, my friend since elementary school. You inspired Sophie Saunders.My go-to ladies who support me when I&...

by Craig Gehring

Nirvana Effect - By Craig GehringIntroductionThis in all likelihood is the first broadly published novelization of the events surrounding the rise of the most influential scientist of our times. Although Atlas gave no interview b...

by Stephen Leather

Nightshade - By Stephen LeatherNightingale shivered as he stared at the house. It was a neat semi-detached with a low wall around the garden and a wrought iron gate that opened onto a path leading to the front door. There w...

by RandyWayne White

Night Moves (Doc Ford) - By RandyWayne WhiteAUTHOR’S NOTEOne of the joys associated with researching Florida’s social and natural history is that the facts often exceed the boundaries of believable fiction, which is wh...

by Paige Harbison

New Girl - By Paige HarbisonCHAPTER ONETHE PANORAMIC VIEW OUTSIDE THE WINDOWS of the bus showed a world that wasn’t mine. It was chilly in early September and the trees were pine, not palm.I grew up in St. Augustine, F...

by Beth Wiseman

Need You Now - By Beth WisemanChapter OneDarlene’s chest tightened, and for a few seconds she couldn’t move. If ever there was a time to flee, it was now. She put a hand to her chest, held her breath, and eased...

by Leila Howland

Nantucket Blue - By Leila HowlandOneEVEN WITHOUT HOLLY HOWARD and Dori Archer, who’d been suspended for drinking on campus, we were supposed to win that game. The sun was high and white, and the breeze carried the scent...

by Ha Jin

Nanjing Requiem - By Ha JinONEThe Fall of the CapitalFINALLY BAN BEGAN TO TALK. For a whole evening we sat in the dining room listening to the boy. He said, That afternoon when Principal Vautrin told me to go tell Mr. Rabe...

by Penelope Ashe

Naked Came the Stranger - By Penelope AsheBILLY AND GILLYScrewed. It was, Gillian realized, an obscene word. But it was the word that came to mind. Screwed. It had been, after all, an obscene act. She tried not to think abo...

by Jessica Verdi

My Life After Now - By Jessica Verdi1Back to BeforeThe drama club homeroom was buzzing with post-summer chatter, but I didn’t look up from my copy of Romeo and Juliet. Auditions were this afternoon, and there was no suc...

by Donna Malane

My Brother's Keeper - By Donna MalaneChapter 1MONDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2012The strips of crimson decorations dangling from the light fittings reminded me of intestines. Clearly, I was not in a festive mood. But at least I’d...

by Katya Starkey

My Big Fat Low-Fat Wedding - By Katya Starkeychapter 1Someone has placed two ten pin bowling balls upon my chest. The life is being squeezed out of me. I can barely breathe and my ribs are about to crack from pressure! I&r...

by Ashley K. Broome

Murder in Misery (Spook Squad) - By Ashley K. BroomeThis one is for my MomWho taught me that no matter how different I was from other people that I was still perfect the way I am and I should never change.With special tha...

by Cara Black

Murder Below Montparnasse - By Cara BlackMonday, Late February 1998, Paris, 5:58 P.M.AIMÉE LEDUC BIT her lip as she scanned the indigo dusk, the shoppers teeming along rain-slicked Boulevard du Montparnasse. Daffodil scents...

by David Morrell

Murder as a Fine Art - By David MorrellINTRODUCTIONAT FIRST GLANCE, it seems odd that mid-Victorian England, known for its tightly controlled emotions, became obsessed with a new type of fiction called the novel of sensation. W...

by Weston Ochse

Multiplex Fandango - By Weston OchseNOW SHOWING ON SCREEN 1Tarzan Doesn’tLive Here AnymoreStarring Andy Friarson as Tarzanand the Mexican Girl as Lady JaneThe monstrous love child of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jules Verne and Que...

by D. M. Mitchell

Mouse - By D. M. Mitchell1Laura LeachSome things never seem to change, she thought. It was exactly the same view framed by the arched window; the same view she used to look out onto as a child, as a young woman, all those...

by Bobby Cole

Moon Underfoot (A Jake Crosby Thriller) - By Bobby ColeCHAPTER 1AS DARKNESS ENVELOPED the newly constructed two-story house, the sliver of moon added to the gloom that was a chilly autumn Mississippi evening. Scout was stretched...

by Lucy Monroe

Moon Burning - By Lucy MonroePrologueTHE BEGINNINGMillennia ago God created a race of people so fierce even their women were feared in battle. These people were warlike in every way, refusing to submit to the rule of any but...

by Sidney Poitier

Montaro Caine A Novel - By Sidney Poitier1FOR A MAN WHOSE ADULT LIFE WOULD COME TO BE MARKED BY SO many strange and miraculous events, Montaro Caine had a comparatively unremarkable childhood. In fact, during the times when M...

by Emily Arsenault

Miss Me When I'm Gone - By Emily ArsenaultChapter 1I Still Believe in Fairy TalesFranklin RoadNashville, TennesseeThis gem might be well known among seventies tabloid readers and longtime country music fans, but perhaps not t...

by Liz Curtis Higgs

Mine Is the Night A Novel - By Liz Curtis HiggsOneFoul whisperings are abroad.WILLIAM SHAKESPEARESelkirkshire26 April 1746he distant hoofbeats were growing louder.Elisabeth Kerr quickly pushed aside the curtain and leaned out the c...

by Kitty Margo

Midsummer's Eve - By Kitty MargoThis story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or...

by Ella Grace

Midnight Secrets - By Ella GracePROLOGUEMIDNIGHT, ALABAMAEIGHTEEN YEARS AGOBeckett Wilde stumbled from his car and inhaled, taking fragrant honeysuckle-scented air deep into his lungs. Thunder rumbled like a far-off freight train. B...

by Anne Perry

Midnight at Marble Arch - By Anne PerryCHAPTER1PITT STOOD AT THE top of the stairs and looked across the glittering ballroom of the Spanish Embassy in the heart of London. The light from the chandeliers sparkled on necklaces,...

by Isabel Allende

Maya's Notebook A Novel - By Isabel AllendeSummerJanuary, February, MarchA week ago my grandmother gave me a dry-eyed hug at the San Francisco airport and told me again that if I valued my life at all, I should not get ...

by Vannetta Chapman

Material Witness (A Shipshewana Amish My - By Vannetta ChapmanPrologueSHIPSHEWANA, INDIANA MID-SEPTEMBERAM I LATE? Callie pushed the door closed against the September wind, grateful to see her three best friends waiting for her.Deb...

by Cynthia Ellingsen

Marriage Matters - By Cynthia EllingsenOneChloe McCallister was just not into getting all dressed up. Give her a nice pair of jeans, a comfy T-shirt and some tennis shoes and she was happy. Her mother and grandmother knew thi...

by Arlene Sachitano

Make Quilts Not War - By Arlene SachitanoACKNOWLEDGMENTSAny endeavor that takes place over a period of time and requires a degree of effort, requires support from ones family, friends and acquaintances and writing a book is no...

by Lydia Millet

Magnificence A Novel - By Lydia MilletBegin reading.The author thanks Maria Massie, Tom Mayer, Jess Purcell, Ryan Harrington, Denise Scarfi, Amy Robbins, Nancy Palmquist, Don Rifkin, Tara Powers, Louise Mattarelliano, Steve Colca, ...

by Lauren Dane

Lush (A Delicious Novel) - By Lauren Dane1Damien clapped his buddy Adrian on the back. Thanks for the invite.Adrian Brown tipped his chin. Glad you were in town to come. Least I could do after you’ve been in the studio...

by Gwen Cooper

Love Saves the Day - By Gwen Cooper1PrudenceTHERE ARE TWO WAYS HUMANS HAVE OF NOT TELLING THE TRUTH. The first used to be hard for me to understand because it doesn’t come with any of the usual signs of not-truth-telli...

by Julie James

Love Irresistibly - By Julie JamesAcknowledgementsAs with all my books, I owe thanks to several people who, out of the kindness of their hearts, continue to answer every pesky e-mail from me bearing the words Quick question in...

by Mari Mancusi

Love at 11 - By Mari MancusiPrologueI still couldn’t believe I was actually doing this.Clutching the videotape in one trembling hand, I strode down the hallway, heading for what in the TV news world we called Receive. Th...

by BJ Harvey

Lost in Distraction - By BJ HarveyPrologueHis blue eyes haunted me.Every day they would haunt me. My morning, my day, my night, my dreams...those baby blues tormented me.It has been five days since he left. Five of the longes...

by Nadia Simonenko

Lost - By Nadia SimonenkoSeven Years Ago...OwenI hear him start yelling, and I’m up from the couch in an instant. My heart starts to pound in my chest and my breathing quickens. Where is he? What did I do? Is he comi...

by James P. Blaylock

Lord Kelvin's Machine - By James P. BlaylockPROLOGUEMURDER IN THE SEVEN DIALSRain had been falling for hours, and the North Road was a muddy ribbon in the darkness. The coach slewed from side to side, bouncing and rocking,...

by Dee J. Adams

Living Dangerously - By Dee J. AdamsChapter OneJulie Fraser took a deep breath and tried to quell the butterflies swooping in her stomach. She hated being late. She got mad at people who came late for important events. Her a...

by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Little Women and Me - By Lauren Baratz-LogstedPrologueThere’s no such thing as a perfect book, Mr. Ochocinco says.Mr. Ochocinco is my English teacher, but that’s not his real last name. Or at least it wasn’t un...

by Thomas Maltman

Little Wolves - By Thomas MaltmanBOOK ONETHE WOLFLINGShe heard him from the mountain, a voice high and thin, breaking the night’s quiet. The cry was such as her own children made when she was gone too long searching for...

by Cherrie Lynn

Leave Me Breathless - By Cherrie LynnChapter OneBeing single on Valentine’s Day sucked.Macy Rodgers sipped her Dos Equis and mused that plenty of people would argue with that statement. People happy in their carefree single...

by Sara J Henry

Learning to Swim - By Sara J HenryIF I’D BLINKED, I WOULD HAVE MISSED IT.But I didn’t, and I saw something fall from the rear deck of the opposite ferry. It could have been a bundle of trash; it could have been...

by Elyse Mady

Learning Curves - By Elyse MadyChapter OneLeanne Galloway no longer doubted the existence of hell.She glanced around the crowded strip club, past the oiled, gyrating men and tables crammed with shrieking women—many, Lee thought,...

by Karen Kingsbury

Learning - By Karen KingsburyOneCODY COLEMAN ANCHORED HIMSELF NEAR THE HOSPITAL ROOM window and wondered for the hundredth time what he was doing here. Why he was holding vigil for a young woman in a coma while Bailey Flaniga...

by John Pearson

Learn Me Gooder - By John PearsonIntroductionWhen I first published Learn Me Good, I had no idea how successful it would be. Sure, in my daydreams, it would become an international bestseller, I’d receive multiple invitati...

by Kate Dawes

Layover Rules - By Kate DawesChapter OneMy relationship with Trevor would end in three days, but as I arrived at the airport on a late spring Monday morning, I still had no idea how I was going to do it.LaGuardia was buzzi...

by R. J. Jagger

Lawyer Trap - By R. J. Jagger1DAY ONE–SEPTEMBER 5MONDAY MORNINGTwo heartbeats after Nick Teffinger rang the bell of the expensive contemporary mansion, a naked woman walked across a marble vestibule toward the door, in the...

by Sophie Hannah

Lasting Damage - By Sophie HannahFor 7GRSaturday 24 July 2010I’m going to be killed because of a family called the Gilpatricks.There are four of them: mother, father, son and daughter. Elise, Donal, Riordan and Tilly. Kit...

by Noah Boyd

Last Chance to Die - By Noah BoydBEFOREKate Bannon thought she was having a nightmare, but actually she was dying.Only her nagging self-awareness, even in this somnolent state, was forcing her to remember that she didn’t ...

by Hope Ramsay

Last Chance Book Club - By Hope RamsayAcknowledgmentsEvery author has a few people who are always there for them. I would like to give my deepest thanks to my critique partners, Carla Kempert, Robin Kaye, and Lavinia Kent. Yo...

by L.G. Castillo

Lash Broken Angel - By L.G. Castillo1Thirty-five years agoLash peered at the arrivals board, confused, his hazel eyes scanning the list of flights going in and out of the Houston airport.1724. 1724, he muttered. Flight numbers,...

by Elizabeth Chadwick

Lady of the English - By Elizabeth ChadwickOneSpeyer, Germany, Summer 1125H olding her dead husband’s imperial crown, Matilda felt the cold pressure of gemstones and hard gold against her fingertips and palms. The light fro...

by Christine Sneed

Little Known Facts A Novel - By Christine SneedChapter 1RelationsMore times than he would care to count, Will has witnessed his father’s ability to silence a room merely by entering it. He has seen his father’s expr...

by Battles, Brett

Little Girl Gone - By Battles, Brett1Get the girl, the voice whispered once more.Slowly, Logan Harper opened his eyes. It had been the dream again, always the dream.Get the girl.He knew the words wouldn’t completely go aw...

by Sharon Kay Penman

Lionheart A Novel - By Sharon Kay PenmanPROLOGUETheirs was a story that would rival the legend of King Arthur and Guinevere, his faithless queen. He was Henry, firstborn son of the Count of Anjou and the Empress Maude, and f...

by Katherine Hodges

Lily, the Brave - By Katherine HodgesCHAPTER 1Lily slapped at the alarm one last time before nearly falling out of the four poster bed. She never seemed to have this much trouble getting out of bed before. It wasn’t so...

by Kelly Long

Lilly's Wedding Quilt - By Kelly LongAUTHOR’S NOTEIn researching this novel I discovered the fact that Amish communities differ from one to another from both simple to larger-life activities. For example, there are diale...

by Sharon Bolton

Like This, for Ever - By Sharon BoltonPrologue‘THEY SAY IT’S like slicing through warm butter, when you cut into young flesh.’For a second, the counsellor was still. ‘And is it?’ she asked.‘No, t...

by Helen DeWitt

Lightning Rods - By Helen DeWittHURRICANE EDNAOne way of looking at it is that it was just an unfortunate by-product of Hurricane Edna.If you’re in sales you know that life has its ups and its downs. He was living in ...

by Plaidy, Jean

Light on Lucrezia - By Plaidy, JeanAUTHOR’S NOTEAfter delving into the lives of the Borgias it is difficult to understand why Lucrezia has been given such an evil reputation. It could have been because many of the writer...

by A. Meredith Walters

Light in the Shadows - By A. Meredith WaltersFor those searching for the light…Never stop.PROLOGUE-Clay-Forgive.Such a small word. Only seven letters but they carried the weight of the world.Seven letters between me and the one...

by Nadine Gordimer

Life Times Stories - By Nadine GordimerThe Soft Voice of the SerpentHe was only twenty-six and very healthy and he was soon strong enough to be wheeled out into the garden. Like everyone else, he had great and curious faith...

by Jill McCorkle

Life After Life A Novel - By Jill McCorkleFor my childrenand for their grandparentsand their great-grandparentsand so onThere is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only...

by Jennifer Echols

Levitating Las Vegas - By Jennifer Echols1SEVEN YEARS AGOHolly Starr wished she weren’t the daughter of a Las Vegas magician. She wished her dad hadn’t changed his name from Stuckenschneider to Starr when he broke in...

by Mary Beth Lee

Letting Go (Triple Eight Ranch) - By Mary Beth LeeChapter OneClarissa Dye sighed as she took in the reflection staring back at her. The hard-edged face, the lines around her eyes, the grey smudges reminding her of months and...

by David Sedaris

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - By David SedarisAuthor’s NoteOver the years I’ve met quite a few teenagers who participate in what is called Forensics. It’s basically a cross between speech and debate. Stu...

by John Verdon

Let the Devil Sleep - By John VerdonPrologueShe had to be stopped.Hints had not worked. Subtle nudges had been ignored. Firmer action was called for. Something dramatic and unmistakable, accompanied by a clear explanation.The cla...

by Sarah Castille

Legal Heat - By Sarah CastilleChapter OneAre you lost, sugar?Katy Sinclair gasped and spun around. There was nothing alarming in the appearance of the man behind her. He was dressed in jeans and a black T-shirt, carrying nothi...

by Lisa Genova

Left Neglected - By Lisa GenovaPROLOGUEI think some small part of me knew I was living an unsustainable life. Every now and then, it would whisper, Sarah, please slow down. You don’t need all this. You can’t contin...

by Carol Wallace

Leaving Van Gogh - By Carol WallacePrologue1905I HELD VINCENT’S SKULL in my hands yesterday. It was a strange and melancholy moment. As I examined the yellowed cranium, my imagination clothed it with flesh; I could see th...

by Jacqueline Winspear

Leaving Everything Most Loved - By Jacqueline WinspearPrologueLondon, July 1933Edith Billings—Mrs. Edith Billings, that is, proprietor of Billings’ Bakery—watched as the dark woman walked past the shop window, her black head...

by Karen Kingsbury

Leaving - By Karen KingsburyDEDICATIONTo Donald, my Prince Charming …I love that for now we can still see spring as the end of a school year. Summer lies ahead of us, and everything wonderful about the changing seasons is u...

by Ruthi Kight

Knotted Roots - By Ruthi KightDEDICATIONI dedicate this book to the two people who have known me the longest: my parents. Dad, you will never know just how much your support means to me. You have lifted me up and made me ...

by John Schettler

Kirov Saga Men of War - By John SchettlerPrologueOn December 30, 1980 the Baltiysky Naval Shipyard in Leningrad was a very busy place. It was the day the first of a new fearsome naval surface action combatant, the nuclear gu...

by Angus Donald

King's Man - By Angus DonaldChapter OneI can hear the sound of singing floating across the courtyard from the big barn, thin and faint yet warmly comforting, like the last wisps of a happy dream to a man waking from dee...

by Laird Hunt

Kind One - By Laird Hunt1.ONCE I LIVED IN A PLACE where demons dwelled. I was one of them. I am old and I was young then, but truth is this was not so long ago, time just took the shackle it had on me and gave it a...

by Gayle Trent

Killer Sweet Tooth - By Gayle TrentCHAPTEROneIT ALL began with a little bite of innocent sweetness. It was mid-January, and Brea Ridge—deep in the heart of Southwest Virginia—had been experiencing the type of Desperado days th...

by J.A. Johnstone

Killer Poker - By J.A. JohnstoneChapter 1Conrad Browning knew he was asleep. That didn’t make the dream he was having any less of a nightmare.In the dream, two children ran ahead of him. Their laughter had a taunting qu...

by Patrice Kindl

Keeping the Castle - By Patrice Kindl1WE WERE WALKING IN the castle garden. The silvery light of early spring streaked across the grass, transforming the overgrown shrubbery into a place of magic and romance. He had begged me...

by William Malmborg

Jimmy - By William MalmborgChapter OneSometime during the night the violent storms were broken and replaced by a calm, gentle rain. Later people would say the rain had been there to cleanse the town, and had, in fact, washed...

by Caroline B. Cooney

Janie Face to Face - By Caroline B. CooneyTHE FIRST PIECE OF THE KIDNAPPER’S PUZZLEThe woman who had once been Hannah barely remembered that day in New Jersey.It was so many years ago, and anyway, it had been an accide...

by Vaughn Heppner

Invasion Colorado - By Vaughn HeppnerPrefaceFrom Tank Wars, by B.K. Laumer III:The invasion of the United Sates by the Pan-Asian Alliance and the South American Federation in 2039 has few parallels in modern history. The closest...

by Louis Nowra

Into That Forest - By Louis NowraFOR VINCENT WARDMe name be Hannah O’Brien and I be seventy-six years old. Me first thing is an apology me language is bad cos I lost it and had to learn it again. But here’s me...

by Sarah M. Ross

Inhale, Exhale - By Sarah M. RossPROLOGUEThis is your fault, you stupid son-of-a-bitch!I twisted out of the arms holding me back and rammed my fist in his face again, seeing nothing but red. I continued to pound the bastard&r...

by Dan Brown

Inferno (Robert Langdon) - By Dan BrownPROLOGUEI am the Shade.Through the dolent city, I flee.Through the eternal woe, I take flight.Along the banks of the river Arno, I scramble, breathless … turning left onto Via dei Castell...

by Amy Martin

In Your Dreams - By Amy MartinChapter 1For as long as I can remember, people have called me Zip.And I don’t take it as an insult, either. Sure beats my real name, Zara, which my mom thought sounded all kooky and exot...

by Andrea Randall

In the Stillness - By Andrea RandallChapter 1I exist. Right?The blood rolling haphazardly down my left forearm says I do. The blade in my right hand agrees. Sheryl Crow is so full of shit. The first cut most certainly is no...

by Steen Langstrup

In the Shadow of Sadd - By Steen LangstrupFM 112,8 MHzSteen LangstrupThere is always a unique atmosphere in the car when you drive through the City with a dead body in the back. It’s slightly oppressive, a kind of heav...

by Crystal Serowka

In the Air (The City Book 1) - By Crystal SerowkaTo my dad. I know you’re looking down on me and celebrating. I hope I’ve made you proud.There’s nothing I wouldn’t doto hear your voice again.I'd been...

by Lisa Bork

In Sickness and in Death - By Lisa BorkFor Adam and ChelseaI heard the baby crying, soft whimpers punctuated by fearful wails. My feet slipped off the bed and hit the floor, carrying me across familiar ground even while my ...

by Michele Phoenix

In Broken Places - By Michele Phoenix1THE ONLY DIFFERENCE between a German and a primate is his ability to read the label on his beer can, Bonnie said.I’d spent a lifetime wondering what purgatory might be like and I&rs...

by Robert Appleton

Imperial Clock - By Robert AppletonChapter OneBroadsideNiflheim, Norway1913Arm in arm as they weaved their way through the crowded garden party, the McEwan sisters were inseparable this evening. Insuperable. At long last, they were...

by Janet Gurtler

If I Tell - By Janet Gurtlerchapter oneMy heart raced as I stumbled down the steps. I needed to make sure I wasn’t having a horrible hallucination, but I really wished that someone had spiked my soda and that drugs we...

by Betty Hechtman

If Hooks Could Kill - By Betty HechtmanCHAPTER 1I have done a lot of embarrassing things, but this morning I topped even myself. . . .I watched as the detective walked out of the small blue stucco house down the street fro...