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FICTION

JAN 2014

Highlights

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9781451635843THE EYE MOLOCH(Soft Cover)GLENN BECKSIMON AND SCHUSTERS$17.00 GF

FICTION TITLESJan 2014

MPH Distributors (S) Pte Ltd

9780553825701THE SHAPE STEALER(Soft Cover)CARROLL LEETRANSWORLDS$16.00 FAN

Garet James is the watchtower -

the last in a long line of powerful

women sworn to protect our

world from evil...She once

defeated the malign sorcerer Dr

Dee, but her pursuit of the man

she loves - the centuries-old

vampire Will Hughes - has

unleashed another ages-old

entity into our time - a being that

threatens everything and

everyone. His name is Marduk

and he is the descendant of a

demonic Babylonian deity. Now

abroad in Paris, he has sought

out the villainous John Dee and

they have hatched a plan

together that will create chaos

and ensure ruin…

9780007523627EVEN AFTER(Soft Cover)KIM HARRISONHARPER UKS$18.00 FAN

The next moment he was upon him,

his eyes blazing, his mouth open to

reveal his fangs. Osokin began to

pray, not that he would live but that

he would truly die...Turkmenistan

1881: the fortress city of Geok Tepe

has fallen to the Russians. Beneath

its citadel sits a prisoner. He hasn't

moved from his chair for two years.

Neither has he felt the sun on his

face for more than fifty ...although for

that he is grateful. Into this

subterranean gaol marches a

Russian officer. He has come for the

captive.

New York Times bestselling author

Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows

with the electrifying follow-up to her

acclaimed Ever After!

The ever-after, the demonic realm

that parallels our own, is shrinking,

and if it disappears, so does all

magic. It's up to witch-turned-

daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan

to fix the ever-after before the

fragile balance between magic

users and humans falls apart.

Glenn Beck’s heart-pounding sequel

to his #1 bestselling novel The

Overton Window

The last battle for freedom is under

way.

An unlikely band of ordinary

Americans is ready to make its last

stand in defense of self-rule,

freedom, and liberty. Among them is

Molly Ross, a young rebel who

exposed a shadow war for the

nation’s fate that is waged by aging

trillionaire Aaron Doyle and an elite

cabal of self-styled tyrants. Marked

as traitors and hunted down, Ross

and her allies are cornered and

standing alone.

But the fight is far from over.

9780857501059THE POPLE’S WILL(Soft Cover)JASPER KENTTRANSWORLDS$18.00 FAN

9780857501592THE EMPEROR OF ALL THINGS(Soft Cover)PAUL WITCOVERTRANSWORLDS$18.00 FAN

Tempus Rerum Imperator: Time,

Emperor of All Things. 1758.

England is embroiled in a globe-

spanning conflict that stretches

from her North American colonies

to Europe and beyond. Across the

Channel, the French prepare for an

invasion - an invasion rumored to

be led by none other than Bonnie

Prince Charlie. It seems the map of

Europe is about to be redrawn. Yet

behind these dramatic scenes,

another war is raging - a war that

will determine not just the fate of

nations but of humanity

itself...Daniel Quare is a

journeyman in an ancient guild, The

Worshipful Company of

Clockmakers.

9780440246558CIRCLE OF FIRE (Soft Cover)KERI ARTHURRANDOM HOUSES$16.00 FAN

VISIONS OF TERROR Sixteen

teenagers taken from their homes.

Eleven bodies recovered, each

completely drained of blood. Some

believe vampires are responsible.

Jon Barnett knows that what's

happening is far worse. Sent by a

group of paranormal investigators

known as the Damask Circle, Jon

quickly becomes enmeshed in a

web of black magic and realizes he

needs help. But fate gives him only

one choice. Madeline Smith has

retreated to an isolated farmhouse,

afraid of the abilities she cannot

control--abilities that have killed.

9781451689013THE SPIDERJENNIFER ESTEP(Soft Cover)SIMON AND SCHUSTERS$15.00 FAN

How did I end up in a career where

I always have blood on my hands?

Well, let me tell you a story about

an assassin who thought she could

do no wrong. . . .

Ten years ago. A blistering hot

August night. I remember like it

was yesterday. The night I, Gin

Blanco, truly became the Spider.

Killing people is what I do best,

especially now that I’ve honed my

Ice and Stone magic. But back

then, I had yet to learn one very

important rule: arrogance will get

you, every single time.

9780007349241THE ARRIVALS (Soft Cover)MELLISA MARRHARPER UKS$18.00 FAN

The second adult novel from the

internationally bestselling author

Melissa Marr.

Chloe knew she shouldn’t have gone

into the bar last night. Now, in

addition to a pounding headache and

weak limbs, she’s got the guilt of five

years sobriety down the drain.

When she wakes, she’s not in the

world she knows. She’s in The

Wasteland, a world populated by

monsters and unfamiliar landscapes,

in the company of people just like

her, pulled to the Wasteland out of

time and place, for reasons no one

knows or understands.

FANTASY

GENERAL FICTION

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9780307950420BENEDICTION (Hard Cover)KENT HARUFRANDOM HOUSES$22.00 GF

FICTION TITLESJan 2014

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9781476761770TANGLED (Soft Cover)EMMA CHASESIMON & SCHUSTRERS$21.00 GF

When rich, handsome, and

arrogant meets beautiful,

brilliant, and ambitious, things

are bound to get tangled

Drew Evans makes multimillion-

dollar business deals and seduces

New York’s most beautiful women

with just a smile. So why has he

been shuttered in his apartment for

seven days, miserable and

depressed? He’ll tell you he has the

flu, but we all know that’s not really

true.

9780007493296A BURNABLE BOOK (Soft Cover)BRUCE HOLSINGERHARPER UKS$26.00 GF

What you don't know can kill you . . .

FBI Special Agent Sydney Fitzpatrick

knows nothing about the Devil's Key,

except that her father was involved in

its theft twenty years ago and was

murdered as a result. The Devil's

Key, a list of seemingly random,

supposedly indecipherable numbers,

poses an immediate threat to national

security—and anyone caught with

this code in their possession is

terminated with extreme prejudice.

Sydney, unaware of the standing kill

order, only just recovered the list and

turned it over to her superiors—but

not before making a copy.

What you do know can kill you . . .

A stunning debut historical thriller set in

the turbulent 14th Century for fans of

CJ Sansom, The Name of the Rose

and An Instance of the Fingerpost.

London, 1385. A city of shadows and

fear, in a kingdom ruled by the

headstrong young King Richard II,

haunted by the spectre of revolt. A

place of poetry and prophecy, where

power is bought by blood. For John

Gower, part-time poet and full-time

trader in information, secrets are his

currency. When close confidant, fellow

poet Geoffrey Chaucer, calls in an old

debt, Gower cannot refuse. The

request is simple: track down a missing

book.

From the beloved and best-selling

author of Plainsong and Eventide

comes a story of life and death,

and the ties that bind, once again

set out on the High Plains in Holt,

Colorado.

When Dad Lewis is diagnosed with

terminal cancer, he and his wife,

Mary, must work together to make

his final days as comfortable as

possible. Their daughter, Lorraine,

hastens back from Denver to help

look after him; her devotion

softens the bitter absence of their

estranged son, Frank, but this

cannot be willed away and

remains a palpable presence for

all three of them.

9780062273710THE KILL ORDER(Soft Cover)ROBIN BURCELLHARPER USS$16.00 GF

9780007491292POISONED CROWN (Hard Cover)MAURICE DURONHARPER UKS$18.00 GF

This was the original game of

thrones’ George R.R. Martin

No man is impervious to the poisons

of the crown…Having murdered his

wife and exiled his mistress, King

Louis X of France becomes besotted

with Princess Clemence of Hungary

and makes her his new Queen.

However, though the matter of the

succession should be assured, it is

far from so, as Louis embarks on an

ill-fated war against Flanders.

Where his father, Philip IV, was

strong, Louis is weak, and the

ambitions of his proud, profligate

barons threaten his power and the

future of a kingdom once ruled by an

Iron King.

9780007481767SHADOW ON THE CROWN(Soft Cover)PATRICIA BRACEWELLHARPER UKS$18.00 GF

Set in England when Vikings are

on the brink of invasion, this is

an epic tale of seduction, war,

and unrequited love from an

outstanding new voice in

historical fiction. The year is

1001 and England is under

threat. The air off the southern

coast hangs heavy, thick with

the fear of Viking sea raids.

For England’s King Æthelred the

night sky is heavy with a dark

portent. England’s future hangs

in the balance, its path

determined by a struggle for the

King’s own heart.

9780786032174THE COURIER: RYAN KEALEY THRILLER (Soft Cover)ANDREW BRITTONKENSINGTON PUBLISHINGS$17.00 GF

Ryan Kealey now knows he'll never

really put the game behind him.

He's seen too much, and the

instinct is too deeply hardwired.

But the game itself has changed.

Between tense interagency

"cooperation" that gums the works,

and an overreliance on data-

crunching and wiz-kid tech, today's

US intelligence service has lost a

step to its ever-bolder, viciously

adaptable global enemies. And

thanks to an incredible discovery in

the Arctic, those enemies now

have a nuke - capable of

unleashing unthinkable terror.

9780007486113THE KEEPER (Hard Cover)LUKE DELANEYHARPER UKS$18.00 GF

The second novel in the DI Sean

Corrigan series – authentic and

terrifying crime fiction with a

psychological edge, by an ex-Met

detective. Perfect for fans of Mark

Billingham, Peter James and Stuart

MacBride. Thomas Keller knows

exactly who he’s looking for…They

tried to keep them apart, but when he

finds her, he’s going to keep her. Just

like he knows she wants him to. DI

Sean Corrigan is not like other

detectives. His dark past has given

him the ability to step into a crime

scene and see it through the

offender’s eyes. He understands

what drives a person to commit

terrible acts – but sometimes his gift

feels more like a curse.

GENERAL FICTION

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9781476710358DISCRETION(Soft Cover)ALLISON LEOTTASIMON AND SCHUSTERS$22.00 GF

FICTION TITLESJan 2014

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9781451642551SUMMER DEATH(Soft Cover)MONS KALLENTOFTSIMON AND SCHUSTERS$22.00 GF

In the acclaimed Malin Fors

series, every season is perfect for

murder.

The tiny town that Detective Malin

Fors calls home is plagued by a

sweltering heat wave and

resulting raging forest fires. It is

the hottest summer anyone can

recall, and it’s about to become

the most violent and grim, too. A

teenage girl is found naked and

bleeding in a city park, without any

recollection of what has happened

to her. Next, another grisly

discovery is made on a lakeside

beach, and the whole town is on

edge.

9780007485741CARTHAGE (Soft Cover)JOYCE CAROL OATESHARPER UKS$26.00GF

A poignant story of love and

redemption, The Moon Field explores

the loss of innocence through a war

that destroys everything except the

bonds of human hearts. No man's

land is a place in the heart: pitted,

cratered and empty as the

moon...Hidden in a soldier's tin box

are a painting, a pocket watch, and a

dance card - keepsakes of three

lives. It is 1914. George Farrell cycles

through the tranquil Cumberland fells

to deliver a letter, unaware that it will

change his life.

A young girl's disappearance rocks a

community and a family, in this stirring

examination of grief, faith, justice and

the atrocities of war, from literary

legend Joyce Carol Oates. Zeno

Mayfield's daughter has disappeared

into the night, gone missing in the wilds

of the Adirondacks. But when the

community of Carthage joins a father's

frantic search for the girl, they discover

instead the unlikeliest of suspects - a

decorated Iraq War veteran with close

ties to the Mayfield family. As grisly

evidence mounts against the troubled

war hero, the family must wrestle with

the possibility of having lost a daughter

forever.

From former federal sex-crimes

prosecutor and critically acclaimed

author Allison Leotta— a new thriller

exploring the intersection of sex and

power in Washington, D.C.’s most

secretive worlds

When a beautiful young woman

plummets to her death from the

balcony of the U.S. Capitol, Assistant

U.S. Attorney Anna Curtis is

summoned to the scene. The

evidence points to a sexual assault

and murder. The victim is one of the

city’s highest-paid escorts. And the

balcony belongs to Washington,

D.C.’s sole representative to

Congress, the most powerful figure in

city politics.

9780007522958THE MOON FIELD(Soft Cover)JUDITH ALLNATTHARPER UKS$26.00 GF

9781451664669DELIVERING DEATH(Hard Cover)JULIE KRAMERSIMON AND SCHUSTERS$34.00GF

Be careful what you open . . .

The most appealing mystery

heroine since Janet Evanovich’s

Stephanie Plum, TV reporter

Riley Spartz is a star

investigative journalist for

Channel 3 —and no stranger to

the seedier side of her

hometown. But when she

receives a package of human

teeth in the mail at work, she’s

quickly embroiled in a homicide

investigation that spirals into one

of the odder cases the

Minneapolis police force has ever

seen.

9780007446995TUDOR BRIDE(Soft Cover)JOANNA HICKSONHARPER UKS$18.00GF

The thrilling story of Catherine

de Valois - the French

princess who became an

English queen. Perfect for

fans of Philippa Gregory.

Even the greatest of queens

have rules – to break them

would cost her dearly…

King Henry V’s new French

Queen, Catherine, dazzles the

crowds in England but life at

court is full of intrigue and her

loyal companion, Mette,

suspects that the beautiful

Eleanor Cobham, protégée of

the Duke of Gloucester, is

spying for him.

9780007478248DEAD PEOPLE(Soft Cover)EWART HUTTONHARPER UKS$18.00 GF

DS Glyn Capaldi, half Welsh, half

Italian, all maverick, returns in the

CWA shortlisted series blowing

fresh life into crime fiction

DS Glyn Capaldi, exiled to the big

empty middle of Wales to atone for

past sins in Cardiff, is called in to

investigate a human skeleton that

has been uncovered during the

excavations for a wind farm in a

remote valley. The body is missing

its head and its hands. Identity

erasure or a ritual killing? Glyn’s

assertion that there must be a local

connection is overruled by his

superiors,

9781420131222SECRETS FOR SEDUCING A ROYAL BODYGUARD(Soft Cover)VANESSA KELLYKENSINGTON PUBLISHINGS$15.00 GF

In this witty, sensual new series,

Vanessa Kelly introduces the

Renegade Royals, illegitimate sons

of the Royal Princes who are

finding their rightful places in

society. . .

Accomplished spy Aden St.

George prefers to stay away from

the frivolous ton, especially after

the way his mother was used by

the Prince Regent. But his latest

mission compels him to guard

unconventional, vibrant Lady

Vivien Shaw. Rescuing her from

kidnappers was easy. Resisting

her beauty is not. Duty demands

he keep an eye on her--and

GENERAL FICTION

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GENERAL FICTION

9780007511327THE ROAD TO RECKONING (Soft Cover)ROBRT LAUTNERHARPER UKS$26.00

FICTION TITLESJan 2014

MPH Distributors (S) Pte Ltd

9780552778190AFTER I LEFT YOU(Soft Cover)ALISON MERCERTRANSWORLDS$16.00 GF

Anna has not been back to Oxford

since her last summer at

university, seventeen years ago.

She tries not to think about her

time there, or the tightly knit group

of friends she once thought would

be hers forever. She has almost

forgotten the fierce sting of

betrayal, the heartache, the secret

she carries around with her, the

last night she spent with them all.

Then a chance meeting on a rainy

day in London brings her past

tumbling back into her present,

and Anna is faced with

remembering the events of that

summer and the people she left

behind.

9780345537065SHADOW PROTOCOL(Soft Cover)ANDY McDERMOTTRANDOM HOUSES$17.00 GF

The coauthor of the #1 New York

Times bestseller American Sniper,

the critically acclaimed memoir of

SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, brings his

talents to a riveting novel packed with

the action, danger, and camaraderie

that are part of daily life for these elite

warriors—and introduces a new

SEAL hero.

ONE TEAM. ONE SHOT. ONE WAY.

Move over Jason Bourne. Here

from Andy McDermott, the New

York Times bestselling author

who “raises the bar to please

adventure junkies who prefer to

mainline their action”

(Publishers Weekly, starred

review), is the high-octane start

to a new series starring

American agent Adam Gray.

Filled with intrigue, adventure,

and non-stop action, The

Shadow Protocol is perfect for

fans of Robert Ludlum and

James Rollins.

A novel that hits right to the heart of

fans of Cold Mountain and True Grit.

Set in 1837, this is the completely

compelling story of 12-year-old

orphan Thomas Walker and his

treacherous journey home through

the wide open lands of America. 'I, to

this day, hold to only one truth: if a

man chooses to carry a gun he will

get shot. My father agreed to carry

twelve.' Young Tom Walker cannot

believe his luck when his father

allows him to accompany him on the

road, selling Samuel Colt's newly-

invented revolver. They will leave

behind the depression and disease

that is gripping 1830's New York to

travel the country together. Still only

twelve years old, Tom is convinced

that he is now a man.

9781476746692SNIPPER ELITE: ONE WAY TRIP (Soft Cover)SCOTT McEEWNSIMON AND SCHUSTERS$17.00 GF

9781451674804A CASE OF REDEMPTION(Soft Cover)ADAM MITZNERSIMON AND SCHUSTERS$15.00 GF

Dan Sorenson was once a high-

powered New York defense

attorney . . . but that was before a

horrifying accident killed the two

most important people in his life.

As he approaches rock bottom,

Dan is unexpectedly offered the

opportunity of a lifetime: defend an

up-and-coming rapper who swears

he’s innocent of the brutal slaying

of his pop star girlfriend. Dan

realizes that this may be his only

hope to put his own life back on

track, but as he delves deeper into

the case, he learns that atonement

comes at a very steep price.

9781476716053LAW OF ATTRACTION(Soft Cover)ALLISON LEOTTASIMON AND SCHUSTERS$22.00 GF

The first book in the Anna Curtis

series takes readers on an

exhilarating ride through the

criminal justice system as a young

prosecutor battles a disturbing

murder case that conflicts

dangerously with her own

personal life.

As a newly minted Assistant US

Attorney in Washington, DC, Anna

Curtis has already developed a

thick skin to help her deal with the

unsettling brutality she encounters

daily with her overflowing stack of

domestic violence cases.

9780062069931SLEIGHT OF HAND(Hard Cover)PHILIP MARGOLINHARPER PBS$17.00 GF

Private investigator Dana Cutler

must take down a cunning

psychopath before he can pull off

the perfect crime, in Sleight of

Hand, a novel of suspense from

Phillip Margolin, New York Times

bestselling author of Capitol

Murder and Supreme Justice.

Charles Benedict – charismatic

criminal defense lawyer, amateur

illusionist, and professional hit man

– has performed his greatest

sleight of hand yet: framing a

millionaire for the murder of his

much younger wife.

9781420130119BLINDSIDED(Soft Cover)FERN MICHAELSKENSINGTON PUBLISHINGS$15.00 GF

Myra Rutledge isn't ready to

mothball the Sisterhood just yet.

When Maggie Spitzer, former

editor-in-chief of the Post and an

honorary member of the

Sisterhood, arrives with a new

mission in mind, the Vigilantes are

soon gathering in their war room

once more. While catching up on

each other's lives, they plan a

brilliant campaign against a duo of

corrupt judges running a

moneymaking racket that sends

young offenders to brutal boot

camps, often on trumped-up

charges. Their enemies are

powerful and ruthless, but the

Sisterhood have their own

formidable allies -

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9780804168816URBAN RENEWAL(Soft Cover)ANDREW VACHESSRANDOM HOUSES$22.00 GF

FICTION TITLESJan 2014

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9780007344314A SONG FOR THE DYING(Soft Cover)STUART McBRIDEHARPER UKS$26.00 GF

A heart-stopping crime thriller

from the author of three

consecutive No. 1 bestsellers,

including Birthdays for the

Dead and the DI Logan

McRae series. He's

back...Eight years ago, 'The

Inside Man' murdered four

women and left three more in

critical condition - all of them

with their stomachs slit open

and a plastic doll stitched

inside. And then the killer just

...disappeared.

9781400078424ALL THAT IS (Soft Copy)JAMES SALTERRANDOM HOUSES$24.00 GF

If you could do it all over again,

would you still choose him? At age

thirty-nine, Lucie Walker has no

choice but to start her life over

when she comes to, up to her

knees in the chilly San Francisco

Bay, with no idea how she got

there or who she is. Her memory

loss is caused by an emotional

trauma she knows nothing about,

and only when handsome, quiet

Grady Goodall arrives at the

hospital does she learn she has a

home, a career, and a wedding

just two months away. What went

wrong? …

The eagerly-anticipated new

novel from PEN/Faulkner winner

James Salter, his first in over

thirty years. From the battlefields

of Okinawa to the publishing

houses of New York, All That Is

follows one man’s life—and

loves—as it unfolds in a world on

the brink of change.

Chicago--the reigning #1 city in

homicides--has no shortage of deadly

gangs. And all those gangs know well

that the Cross crew occupies a

cinderblock bunker called Red 71 . . .

the last place you want to go, unless

you're willing to risk it being the last

place you go. The crew is notorious

for its deadly efficiency and its

disinterest in anything but money. So

why has it turned from seller to buyer,

grabbing up houses on a decaying

block where only a few holdouts

remain? Both the cops and the

underworld are watching closely . . .

but are they the only ones?

9781451684841LOVE THE MEMORY(Soft Cover)JENNIE SHORTRIDGESIMON AND SCHUSTERS$22.00 GF

9780007480845FORGOTTEN SEAMSTRESS(Soft Cover)LIZ TRENOWHARPER UKS$16.00 GF

A stunning novel set in the Edwardian

era about a seamstress working at

Buckingham Palace. Full of drama,

betrayal and compelling historical

detail - The Forgotten Seamstress by

Liz Trenow is perfect for fans of Kate

Morton and Joanne Harris. It is 1914

and Maria, a shy teenager, is

appointed to Buckingham Palace as a

seamstress for the royal family. She is

lucky enough to meet the Prince of

Wales and is captivated by his

glamour and intensity. But theirs is a

doomed love affair and soon Maria's

life takes a tragic turn. Torn between

passion and integrity, she makes a

choice that has devastating

consequences ...Can a beautiful quilt,

discovered many years later reveal the

truth behind what happened to Maria?

978030797475VAMPIRE IN THE LEMON GROVE(Soft Cover)KAREN RUSSELLRANDOM HOUSES$22.00 GF

Within these pages, a community of

girls held captive in a Japanese silk

factory slowly transmute into human

silkworms and plot revolution; a group

of boys stumble upon a mutilated

scarecrow that bears an uncanny

resemblance to a missing classmate

that they used to torment; a family’s

disastrous quest for land in the

American West has grave

consequences; and in the marvelous

title story, two vampires in a sun-

drenched lemon grove try to slake

their thirst for blood and come to

terms with their immortal relationship.

9781781620083SPINNING HEART(Soft Copy)DONAL RYANTRANSWORLDS$18.00 GF

This book is longlisted for the

Man Booker Prize 2013 and the

winner of Book of the Year at the

Irish Book Awards 2012. "My

father still lives back the road past

the weir in the cottage I was

reared in. I go there every day to

see is he dead and every day he

lets me down. He hasn't yet

missed a day of letting me down."

In the aftermath of Ireland's

financial collapse, dangerous

tensions surface in an Irish town.

As violence flares, the characters

face a battle between public

persona and inner desires.

9780307949905SEVEN GRAMS OF LEAD(Soft Cover)KEITH THOMSONRANDOM HOUSES$16.00 GF

Russ Thornton is a hard-hitting

journalist known for his ability to

take on big targets in government

and in business. An old flame, now

a Capitol Hill staffer, contacts him

out of the blue wanting to disclose

some secret government

information. But she is gunned

down in cold blood, right in front of

him, before she is able to reveal

her secrets. Thornton finds himself

in a deadly game of cat-and-

mouse with the killer, where the

stakes are life and death and the

eavesdropping technology is so

sophisticated that he wouldn't

believe it existed, if it weren't

implanted in his own head.

GENERAL FICTION

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9780785185291SPIDER-MAN: THE GATHERING OF FIVE (Soft-Cover)JOHN BYRNEMARVELS$44.99 GRP

FICTION TITLESJan 2014

MPH Distributors (S) Pte Ltd

9780785166375ALL NEW X-MENVOLUME 1 (Soft Cover)BRIAN MICHAEL BENDISMARVELS$29.99 GRP

It's a blast from the X-Men's

past! Professor X's original five

students - Cyclops, Marvel Girl,

Iceman, Angel and Beast - are

plucked from the past and

brought to the present. But what

they find - the state of their

future selves, and the state of

Xavier's dream - is far from the

future they dreamed of. How will

these young, idealistic heroes

react when faced with the

crushing knowledge of what

their future holds?

Power. Immortality. Wisdom.

Madness. Death. All those who

partake in the mysterious Gathering

of Five will gain one of these mystical

gifts - but whichever one the Green

Goblin gets, Spider-Man's in for the

fight of his life! What part do Madame

Web, Molten Man and the Scriers

play in Norman Osborn's sinister

machinations? Which of Spider-Man's

loved ones has risen from the grave,

and how does her return spell doom

for humanity? And after all this, will

Peter Parker hang up the webs for

good?

9781401243913DC; SUPERMAN; MAN OF STEEL VOL.8(Soft Cover)JOHN BYRNERANDOM HOUSES$25.00 GRP

Superman's 1980s adventures

continue in this eighth collection of

stories from writer/artist John

Byrne and others. This latest

volume includes the introduction of

the super-hero tracking

government agency known as

Checkmate, as well as

appearances by Wonder Woman,

Batman's foe Man-Bat and others.

9780007525577DEAD GONE(Soft Cover)LUCA VESTEHARPER UKS$49.00 GF

The young girl you have found

isn’t the first experiment I’ve

carried out. She won’t be the

last. A tense, unpredictable

crime debut that will not only

have you gripped, but will you

chill you to the bone. Perfect for

fans of Stuart MacBride and

Mark Billingham. A serial killer is

stalking the streets of Liverpool,

gruesomely murdering victims

as part of a series of infamous

unethical and deadly

psychological experiments.

9780857520777THIS DARK ROAD TO MERCY(Soft Cover)CASH WILEYTRANSWORLDS$60.00 GF

The Sisters - Easter and her little sister

Ruby are waiting it out in a foster

home. Their mum died after a drug

overdose, and their dad is a loser who

walked out on them all. The Dad -

Wade has no claim to them - he signed

away his rights years ago, and Easter

doesn't even want a father who'd give

them up that easily. But one night he

turns up unannounced and takes them

anyway. The Psychopath - Robert

Pruitt is just out of prison when he gets

the chance to settle an old score with

the man who ruined his life. He's got to

find him first, but luckily the trail is easy

to follow. Because the guy's just

kidnapped his two girls...

9780785166931THE LAND WHERE THE KILLERS DWELL (Soft Cover)CULLEN BUNNMARVELS$23.99 GRP

If Venom's going to be the super

hero Philly deserves, he's got to do it

right! Venom wants it all - resources,

allies, contacts, and an HQ - but he

knows zip about setting that up! To

make matters worse, he's already

made an enemy of Philly's toughest

crime boss - Lord Ogre! And Lord

Ogre declares WAR ! Venom's

evolution as Philadelphia's

makeshift, seat-of-your-pants

Avenger continues! But KATY

KIERNAN dead set on learning all

Venom's secrets! How does Flash

protect his secret identity while trying

to protect himself from a hit that's

been called on him?

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GENERAL FICTION

9781476763934SWEET THING(Soft Cover)RENEE CARLINOSIMON AND SCHUSTERS$21.00 GF

Mia Kelly thinks she has it all

figured out. She’s an Ivy League

graduate, a classically trained

pianist, and the beloved daughter

of a sensible mother and offbeat

father. Yet Mia has been stalling

since graduation, torn between

putting her business degree to use

and exploring music, her true love.

9781476740478ONE TINY LIE(Soft Cover)K.A. TUCKERSIMON AND SCHUSTERS$21.00 GF

Livie Cleary has always been Miss

Perfect—but she soon learns that

perfection isn’t all it’s cracked up to

be, and finding out who she really is

might mean making some mistakes

along the way. “Make me proud.”

These were the last words Livie’s

father ever spoke to her. In the seven

years since her parents’ tragic death,

Livie has done her best to live up to

this standard through her every

choice, word, and action, while looking

after her sister with strength and

maturity. But with college right around

the corner, unexpected challenges will

test her resilience—and her heart.

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9781401236786DC:THE BATMAN/JUDGE DREDD COLLECTION (Soft Cover)ALAN GRANTRANDOM HOUSES$30.00 GRP

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9781401243050DC: BATMAN; ARKHAM UNHINGED VOL 3(Hard Cover)DEREK FRIDOLFSMARVELS$37.00 GRP

In these stories originally available

only online and tying into the

bestselling video game BATMAN:

ARKHAM CITY, Dr. Hugo Strange

has gained control of Arkham

Asylum and is determined to keep

the city's criminal element behind

bars. Gotham City in turn has been

transformed into a massive prison,

run by a madman and ruled by the

criminal element.

BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED

VOLUME 3: END GAME features

an all star cast of Gotham's super-

villains, gathered together for the

trial of the century starring The

Joker as the defendant.

978140123036VR: JOHN CONSTANTINE HELLBLAZER VOL.7: TAINTED LOVE (Soft Cover)GARTH ENNISRANDOM HOUSES$30.00 GRP

Preacher Jesse Custer continues his

dark journey to find God,

accompanied by his gun-toting

girlfriend and Irish vampire buddy.In

the continuing saga of the bizarre

adventures of faithless Texas

preacher Jesse Custer, Jesse, along

with his girlfriend Tulip and their

friend Cassidy, the Irish vampire,

head down South in hopes of

recovering from their encounter with

the forces of the Grail. But during

their planned down time Jesse must

face off against an enraged Arseface,

who seeks to avenge his father’s

death..,.

John Constatine celebrates

his fortieth birthday alongside

his friends and loved ones,

including Swamp Thing and

Zatanna, and the love of his

life, Kit. However, things

never burn bright too long for

John Constantine, and he

soons finds himself at his

lowest point ever. Drunk and

homeless, John must pull

himself together if he is going

to survive against the King of

the Vampires, who comes

looking for his blood.

When Batman crosses paths with the

gleefully violent Judge Dredd, things

are bound to get ugly! In these tales

from the 1990s, the two crimefighters

face The Riddler and The Joker and

battle extra-dimensional gladiators. A

special bonus included in this

collection is Judge Dredd's epic battle

with alien bounty hunter Lobo.

This amazing new colleciton includes

Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment On

Gotham, Batman/Judge Dredd:

Vendetta In Gotham, Batman/Judge

Dredd: The Ultimate Riddle,

Batman/Judge Dredd: Die Laughing

#1-2 and Lobo/Judge Dredd: Psycho

Bikers Vs. Mutants From Hell!

9781401245016VR:PREACHER BOOK THERE(Soft Cover)GARTH ENNISRANDOM HOUSES$30.00 GRP

9780785189282AVENGERS ARENA VOLUME 3(Soft Cover)DEREK FRIDOLFSMVLS$23.99 GRP

The last epic chapter of Season One

begins here: "Boss Level!" The hunt for

the missing teens is on as Hank Pym

searches for the kidnapped Avengers

Academy students! Meanwhile, in the

arena, the contestants have fought one

another...but now can they put aside

their feuds and battle Arcade? The UK

love triangle explodes, but between

Nara, Anachronism and Bloodstone,

whose heart will get broken - or

stopped? And is Cullen's big secret

bigger than anyone could have

guessed? The final conflicts begin, as

up on Murder World Island, the

surviving contestants lash out into an

all-out battle royale...

9780785167495AVENGERS: WEST COAST AVENGERS (Soft Cover)STEVE ENGLEHARTMARVELS$44.99 GRP

Aliens, androids, demons, mutants

and more! Still in the team's early

days, the wondrous Whackos

continue filling out their roster, but

the crazed and compulsive

Quicksilver is out to depopulate

both Avengers teams in a run for

revenge - in three grudge matches

setting his ex-teammates against

the android Zodiac! Elsewhere,

Graviton gathers fundamental

forces of nature to bend the world

to his will, and the Cat People await

to feast on Avengers - body and

soul! Plus: the origin of Mockingbird

and the rebirth of Tigra! Secrets of

S.H.I.E.L.D. and long-lost villains!

9781401243272DC: GREEN LANTERN: SECTOR 2814 VOL.3 (Soft Cover)STEVE ENGLEHARTRANDOM HOUSES$25.00 GRP

In this new collection of 1980s Green

Lantern adventures, John Stewart

clashes with Guy Gardner to see who

will be the Green Lantern of Earth.

And while Stewart battles Harbinger

during the Crisis on Infinite Earths,

Gardner recruits enemies of the

Green Lantern Corps to stand against

an evil that could destroy the entire

universe--including The Shark, Hector

Hammond, Sonar, Goldface and

more! As the two factions fight each

other--John Stewart and the Green

Lantern Corps vs. Guy Gardner and

the villains--a fallen Lantern's ring

finds Hal Jordan, who reclaims his

place in the Corps.

9781401242831DC: BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED VOL.2(Soft Cover)DEREK FRIDOLFSRANDOM HOUSES$22.00 GRP

In these stories inspired by the best

selling videogame Batman: Arkham

City, Dr. Hugo Strange has gained

control of Arkham Asylum. Now,

Gotham City has become a massive

prison ruled by criminals. Will the

Dark Knight be able to take back his

city from the hands of a psychopath?

Or will be fall victim to the madness

that has gripped Gotham?

BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED

VOLUME 2 contains tales that fill in

the gaps of the best-selling video

game. Collects issues #6-10 featuring

the Caped Crusader and his

infamous rogues gallery, including

Catwoman, Two-Face, Penguin, Killer

Croc, Deadshot and The Mad Hatter.

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9781401242824DC: BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT VOL.2 : CYCLE OF VIOLENCE(Soft Cover)GREGG HURWITZRANDOM HOUSES$22.00 GRP

The Scarecrow has returned to

Gotham City, but he's no longer

the meek punching bag Batman

is used to. The villainous genius

has always preyed on the worst

fears of his victims, but has

refined his legendary fear toxin

to even greater effectiveness

and deadlier consequences. As

the Scarecrow's origin is

unfurled, Batman must find out

not only how to conquer this

dangerous psychopath, but how

to beat his own worst fear.

978075168379NEW AVENGERS VOLUME 2(Hard Cover)GREGG HURWITZMARVELS$37.49 GRP

The third volume of the Best selling

Batman: The Dark Knight kicks off

with the new all star team of Gregg

Hurwitz and Ethan Van Sciver.

Batman discovers a trail of bodies but

no leads. His detective skills are put

to the test as the Mad Hatter begins

kidnapping Gotham citizens for an

unknown purpose. But as the Dark

Knight delves deeper into this

mystery, he soon realizes that this is

unlike any Mad Hatter case before.

The Hatter's gory past will be

revealed and Batman's resolve will be

put to the test.

Infinity tie-in! Who is the secret

member of the Illuminati that many

of the members do not know

about? And how does Black Bolt,

mute monarch of the Inhumans,

lie? As the cold war between

Wakanda and Atlantis heats up into

a full-scale conflict, casualties begin

to pile up...and an Illuminati

member is forced to make a hard

choice. But when an Inhuman

learns of the Illuminati's plans,

everything falls apart.

9781401242473DC: BATMAN – THE DARK KNIGHT nol. 3 : MAD(Hard Cover)GREGG HURWITZRANDOM HOUSES$37.00 GRP

9781401243203DC: SUPERMAN VOL.3 : FURY AT WORLD’S END(Hard Cover)SCOTT LOBDELLRANDOM HOUSES$34.00 GRP

The New York Times best-selling creative

team Grant Morrison and Rags Morales'

landmark run on SUPERMAN: ACTION

COMICS ends here in SUPERMAN:

ACTION COMICS VOLUME 3: AT THE

END OF DAYS! Five years ago, Clark

Kent moved to Metropolis. Alone but

hopeful, he donned a simple t-shirt laden

with a giant S, beginning the career of

one of the greatest heroes this—or any

other—world has seen. Superman has

grown with the city around him, and

though he is feared by the public, there's

no doubt they need him to protect them

from this universe's gravest threats. But

when the multiverse sends it's deadliest

villains against the Man of Steel?

9780785152347PUNISHER & BULLSEYE: DEADLIEST HITS (Soft Cover)MARC GUGGENHEIMMARVELS$22.49 GRP

No description is available for The

Punisher & Bullseye: Deadliest HIts

9780785184140AVENGERS – VOLUME 4(Soft Cover)JOHNATHAN HICKMANMARVELS$37.49 GRP

Infinity tie-in! Deep in space, the

Avengers join the Council of

Worlds as they declare war on

their cosmic invaders. As the Skrull

Empire is reborn, witness the first

encounter with the Builders! And

when betrayal strikes the Galactic

Council and the Avengers find

themselves prisoners of war, one

last desperate plan is hatched! The

Builders make unexpected

overtures, Ex Nihilo re-enters the

picture, and the final battle for the

Marvel Universe begins…

9781401242572DC: SUPERMMAN VOL.2:SECRETS & LIES (THE NEW 52)(Soft Cover)DAN JURGENSRANDOM HOUSES$25.00 GRP

Tucked away high in the

Himalayas, a long dormant evil has

made these snowy mountain tops

its home. Helspont, a decendant

of the ancient alien race of

Daemonites, has enlisted an army

of robots to obtain all there is to

know about the Kryptonian

meanace standing between him

and dominion over the people of

Earth. Can Helspont gain control

over Superman and use him to

execute his invasion plan? Or will

the Earth's alien protector cast

Helspont back to the planet of

Daemon?

Cover art to come

9780785184386ALL-NEW X-MEN / INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK/ SUPERIOR SPIDERMAN:ARM OF THE OCTOPUS(Soft Cover)MARVELS$22.49 GRP

No description available.

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9780785166511SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP(Soft Cover)CHRISTOPHER YOSTMARNVELS$26.99 GRP

Can Spider-Man keep his secrets

while facing off with the Secret

Avengers? SHIELD has the

Chameleon. The Superior Spider-

Man wants him. Time to break into

the SHIELD Helicarrier! Chameleon

is loose onboard the SHIELD

Helicarrier, and it's all Spider-Man's

fault. And then there's a little

matter of SHIELD's newest

resident. Big. Green. Angry. Hulk-

y. Then, Superior Spider-Man

teams up with Daredevil! Plus: Stilt-

Man. Is. BACK!

9781401243043VR: SWAMP THING VOL.1(Soft Cover)BRIAN K.VAUGHAN RANDOM HOUSES$30.00 GRP

Collecting the first 12 issues of the series

about the ultimate embedded war

journalist trapped in a most unlikely war

zone: the streets of New York City. In the

near future, America's worst nightmare

has come true. With military adventurism

overseas bogging down the Army and

National Guard, the U.S. government

mistakenly neglects the very real threat of

anti-establishment militias scattered

across the 50 states. Like a sleeping

giant, Middle America rises up and

violently pushes its way to the shining

seas, coming to a standstill at the line in

the sand -- Manhattan or, as the world

now knows it, the DMZ.

In this series from 2000, writer

Brian K. Vaughan kicked off a new

SWAMP THING series that starred

Tefé Holland, daughter of Swamp

Thing and Abigail Arcane. As a

human/plant elemental hybrid, Tefé

has incredible power--but as a hot-

headed teenager, can she learn to

control those powers and use them

for good? Vaughan's sensitive

stories send Tefé across the globe

to play an unexpected role in

remote regions threatened by

ecological disasters.

9781401243005VR: DMZ THE DELUXE EDITION BOOK ONE(Soft Cover)BRIAN WOODRANDOM HOUSES$45.00 GRP

9781401242800VR: TERRA OBSCURA:S.M.A.S.H TWO WORLDS(Soft Cover)ALAN MOORERANDOM HOUSES437.00 GRPOn a planet known as Terra

Obscura, Tom Strong's heroic

allies battle the forces of

S.M.A.S.H. But after being out of

action for decades and in

suspended animation, can these

heroes adjust to a strange world

and its modern technology? This is

a new collection from legendary

writer Alan Moore (WATCHMEN, V

FOR VENDETTA) that ties into his

popular series Tom Strong.

9780785184737SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN VOLUME 4 (Soft Cover)DAN SLOTTMARVELS$26.99 GRP

Back by popular demand, Spider-

Man 2099 returns! But when the

future Spidey and the Superior

Spidey clash, who will be the most

superior Spider-Man in the

multiverse? It may not matter,

because the end of the battle brings

about a moment that will alter the

world of Spider-Man - and the

Marvel Universe - for years to

come! But which Spider was

responsible for this shocking

change? Then, from the ashes of

battle come the first team-up

between the Superior Spider-Man

and the Black Cat…

9781476732565CLOUD WALTZER(Soft Cover)TORY CATESSIMON AND SCHUSTERS$15.00 ROM

ROMANCES AS ENDURING AS THE

AMERICAN WEST!

The magic of ballooning. The wonder of

love. Award-winning author Tory Cates

sweeps us away to the open skies of New

Mexico with a story that floats into our

hearts.

Meredith Tolliver has cast off her old gray

life as an investment banker. Enchanted

by the warmth and bright colors of sunny

Albuquerque, she’s made a fresh,

buoyant future for herself, turning her

financial knowledge and her way with

words into a new life as a reporter—far

from the wintery secrets that weighted her

down in Chicago. -

ROMANCE

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9780785166979THOR: GOD OF THUNDER VOLUME 1 (Soft Cover)JASON AARONMARVELS$29.99 GRP

When Batman crosses paths with the

gleefully violent Judge Dredd, things

are bound to get ugly! In these tales

from the 1990s, the two crimefighters

face The Riddler and The Joker and

battle extra-dimensional gladiators. A

special bonus included in this

collection is Judge Dredd's epic battle

with alien bounty hunter Lobo.

This amazing new colleciton includes

Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment On

Gotham, Batman/Judge Dredd:

Vendetta In Gotham, Batman/Judge

Dredd: The Ultimate Riddle,

Batman/Judge Dredd: Die Laughing

#1-2 and Lobo/Judge Dredd: Psycho

Bikers Vs. Mutants From Hell!

A trail of blood threatens to

consume Thor's past, present and

future! Throughout the ages, gods

have been vanishing, their mortal

worshippers left in chaos. The only

hope for these ravaged worlds is for

Thor to unravel the gruesome

mystery of the God Butcher! In the

distant past, the Thunder God

discovers a forgotten cave that

echoes with the cries of tortured

gods - and is shocked to find

himself among them! In the

present, Thor follows the bloody

wake of murdered gods across the

depths of space.

9781401243289DC: GREEN LANTERN:THE ANIMAED SERIES VOL.2(Soft Cover)ART BALTAZARRANDOM HOUSES$19.00 GRP

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9781420125146BORN IN BLOOD(Soft Cover)ALEXANDRA IVYKENSINGTON PUBLISHINGS$15.00 ROM

Sergeant Duncan O'Conner has

seen it all before. Beautiful erotic

dancer murdered at home, no

suspect, no motive. But there's one

clue: she's missing her heart. It's

enough to make the hard-bitten

Kansas City cop enlist the help of a

necro - one of the dead-channeling

freaks who live in the domed city of

nearby Valhalla. It's a long shot, but

desperate crimes call for desperate

measures. Unlike the other "high-

bloods" in Valhalla, Callie Brown

considers her abilities a gift, not a curse.

But when she reads the dancer's final

thoughts, she senses a powerful

presence blocking her vision. This is no

ordinary homicide…

9780345534910FORSAKEN(Soft Cover)JACQUELYN FRANKRANDOM HOUSES$16.00 ROM

Anna Moder has just witnessed a

shooting, seen her car pulverized, and

rescued a wounded stranger only to

discover he’s really a werewolf. And by

her recent standards, things are actually

looking up. Lycanthropes don’t faze Anna.

Doctoring a wolf pack outside Grundy,

Alaska, is the closest thing to home life

she’s known in years. But hitching a ride

to Anchorage with long-absent pack

member Caleb Graham—that’s a risk.

Part of her itches to whack his nose with a

newspaper. The rest is trying

unsuccessfully to keep her own paws off

every delicious inch of him.

The problem is—Caleb employs his lupine

tracking abilities as a notquite- legal

bounty hunter...

New York Times bestselling author

Jacquelyn Frank continues her

scorching and sensual new series

set in the world of the Nightwalkers,

where alluring entities known as

Bodywalkers are the vanguards

against the raging forces of

darkness.

As a mercenary, Leo Alvarez has

signed on for a lot—but he never

signed on for his best friend

becoming host to the soul of an

ancient Egyptian pharaoh. Jackson

is now inhabited by a Bodywalker,

and Leo is forced to grapple with a

realm of supernatural beings far

more dangerous than anything he’s

ever encountered.

9781476705996HOW TO RUIN WITH ANAKED WEREWOLF (Soft Copy)MOLLY HARPERSIMON AND SCHUSTERS$15.00 ROM

9780062132734DANGEROUS REFUGE(Soft Cover)ELIZABETH LOWELLHARPER USS$16.00 ROM

Murder and mystery spark

unexpected romance in this

captivating new tale from New

York Times bestselling author

Elizabeth Lowell Tanner is a hard-

edged, big-city cop come home to

the historic Davis family ranch to

settle his uncle’s... . . .

9780062282262THE WEDDING FAVOR(Soft Cover)CARA CONNELLyHARPER USS$16.00 ROM

In her deliciously sexy debut, Cara

Connelly gives a whole new

meaning to crashing a wedding.

Before the wedding

Tyrell Brown wanted to get the hell

out of Houston and back to his

ranch. At the wedding

Victoria can’t believe it! How can

she be at the same wedding as this

long, lean cowboy with a killer

smile?

After the wedding

The wedding disaster’s in the

rearview, but the sizzle between

these two is still red-hot.

9780758234292ETERNAL HUNTER(Soft Cover)CYNTHIA EDEN KENSINGTON PUBLISHING S$15.00 ROM

In a hotbed of secrets like Baton

Rouge, it's only natural Assistant DA

Erin Jerome is keeping a couple of her

own. Like the fact she's not entirely

human - she's Other, desperately trying

to keep her supernatural strength under

wraps. Or that she's got a killer stalking

her - an Other rogue set on "gifting" her

bloody corpses, not to mention nights

lying awake in terror. But the bounty

hunter on her new case is about to

change everything. Jude Donovan is a

shape-shifter, and when the two are

near each other their hidden instincts

are definitely awakened. Tracking a

rogue Other through half of Louisiana is

hard enough without letting their wild

sides come out to play.

9780345527486MONTANA BRIDE(Soft Cover)JOAN JOHNSTONRANDOM HOUSES$16.00 ROM

A DESPERATE DECEPTION

THE PROMISE OF FOREVER

When Karl Norwood’s mail-order

bride meets an untimely demise on

the way to the Montana Territory,

Hetty Wentworth steps in to take

her place. Hetty has no idea how

she’s going to pretend to be all the

things she isn’t—including the

mother of two kids. She only knows

her deception is necessary if she’s

going to save two orphans from the

awful fate she suffered as a child.

9780758290175SINNERS CLUB(Soft Copy)KATE PEARCEKENSINGTON PUBLISHINGS$23.00 ROM

It's known as the Sinners Club...a

private gentlemen's club whose

members have mysterious pasts

and secret fantasies too hot to

reveal...Unsure of his reception,

Jack Lennox adopts the guise of his

own secretary upon returning to his

ancestral home to claim his father's

earldom. When he arrives, he's

stunned to discover the previous

earl's lovely young widow, a woman

of beguiling curves and sensual

smiles, warming the bed...Mary

Lennox is determined to remain in

Pinchbeck Hall and a mere secretary

isn't going to tell her otherwise.

ROMANCE

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9780345526670GREAT NORTH ROAD(Soft Cover)PETER F. HAMILTONRANDOM HOUSES$16.00 SCI-FI

New York Times bestselling

author Peter F. Hamilton’s riveting

new thriller combines the nail-

biting suspense of a serial-killer

investigation with clear-eyed

scientific and social extrapolation

to create a future that seems not

merely plausible but inevitable.

A century from now, thanks to a

technology allowing instantaneous

travel across light-years, humanity

has solved its energy shortages,

cleaned up the environment, and

created far-flung colony worlds.

9780062218988SOMEBODY TO LOVE(Soft Cover)LORI WILDEHARPER USS$16.00 ROM

The second collection of Brian

Aldiss' short stories, taken from

the 1960s. A must-have for

collectors. All of the stories

Brian Aldiss wrote during the

1960s, gathered together in

one volume for the first time.

Includes stories previously only

available in magazines. This is

a book in the Brian Aldiss

Short Story Collection, which

collects all of the short stories

Brian wrote between 1950s

and the present day by

decade.

New York Times bestselling author

Jacquelyn Frank continues her

scorching and sensual new series

set in the world of the Nightwalkers,

where alluring entities known as

Bodywalkers are the vanguards

against the raging forces of

darkness. As a mercenary, Leo

Alvarez has signed on for a lot—but

he never signed on for his best

friend becoming host to the soul of

an ancient Egyptian pharaoh.

Jackson is now inhabited by a

Bodywalker, and Leo is forced to

grapple with a realm of…

9780007482283COMPLETE SHORT STORIES VOL 2 (Soft Cover)BRIAN ALDISSHARPER UKS$22.00 SCI-FI

9780758288271SHATTER (Soft Copy)JOAN SWANKENSINGTON PUBLISHINGS$18.00 ROM

For seven years, Halina Beloi

has been in hiding, and soon

enough Mitch Foster, the man

she had to leave behind, shows

up at her door brandishing a

handgun and wanting answers.

Original.

97800602237248SWEETEST MISTAKE(Soft Cover)CANDIS TERRY HARPER US S$13.00 ROM

When friends become lovers . . .

Firefighter and former Marine Jackson

Wilder has tough guy down to an art, but

he’s learned the hard way that promises

were made to be broken. Abigail Morgan

was once his best friend, his first kiss, his

first love, his first everything. He’d just

forgotten to mention all that to her and she

blew out of his life. When friends become

lovers . . . Firefighter and former Marine

Jackson Wilder has tough guy down to an

art, but he’s learned the hard way that

promises were made to be broken. Abigail

Morgan was once his best friend, his first

kiss, his first love, his first everything.

9781476718996STAR TREK: THE FALL: PEACEBLE KINGDOMSDAYTON WARDSIMON AND SCHUSTERS$15.00 SCI-FI

Following the resolution of the fertility

crisis that nearly caused their extinction,

the Andorian people now stand ready to

rejoin the United Federation of Planets.

The return of one of its founding member

worlds is viewed by many as the first

hopeful step beyond the uncertainty and

tragedy that have overshadowed recent

events in the Alpha Quadrant. But as the

Federation looks to the future and the

special election to name President

Bacco’s permanent successor, time is

running out to apprehend those

responsible for the respected leader’s

brutal assassination. Even as elements of

the Typhon Pact are implicated for the

murder, Admiral William Riker holds key

knowledge of the true assassins—

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ROMANCE

SCI-FI

9780062089090IF WISHES WERE EARLS: RHYMES WITH LOVE (Soft Cover)ELIZABETH BOYLEHARPER USS$13.00 ROM

When you wish upon an earl . . .

Harriet Hathaway has only ever

wanted one man: the Earl of

Roxley. After a passionate

interlude at a house party, Harriet

is convinced Roxley will do the

right thing and propose. But when

she returns to London, she finds

the roguish earl on the verge of

proposing to another.

Yet Harriet refuses to believe that

her hopes of a happily-ever-after

are completely lost—for she can

see the desire still flickering in the

earl’s eyes when he looks at her

from across the dance floor. And

when they are alone . . . there is

one wish neither can deny.

. . .

978002245175THE SCANDAL IN KISSINGAN HEIR (Soft Cover)SOPHIE BARNESHARPER USS$16.00 ROM

He is the next Marquess

of Wolvington . . .

She is a lady with nothing but

beauty and wits . . .

Together they share a forbidden

kiss .

Lady Rebecca is determined to

find a husband on her own

terms, rather than marry any of

the aging suitors her greedy

aunt and uncle foist upon her.

Her chance comes at the

Kingsborough Ball, where she

meets several potential grooms .

. . yet no one compares to the

dangerously handsome Daniel

Neville.

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