Alain De Botton In Edinburgh, a couple, Rabih and Kirsten, fall in love. They get married, they have children -- but no relationship is as simple as "happily ever after." The...

Eleanor Cooney and Daniel Altieri In a tale set in eighth-century China during the T'ang dynasty, the emperor's power dwindles as, one by one, those nearest to him are eliminated,...

Susan Carroll Skilled in passion, artful in deception, and driven by betrayal, she is the glittering center of the royal court-but the most desired woman of Renaissance France will draw...

Rosemary Hawley Jarman The courts of illusion (1983) is a worthy return to the theme of Richard III. The central character is Perkin Warbeck who is here revealed as one...

Catherine Coulter Dear Reader:You met Heatherington in The Sherbrooke Bride and Helen Mayberry in Mad Jack. Now the two get together to track down a mystical treasure that Helen calls King Edward's Lamp.Helen...

Ron Rash “Set during World War One, The Cove is a novel that speaks intimately to today’s politics. Beautifully written, tough, raw, uncompromising, entirely new. Ron Rash is a writer’s...

Naomi Ragen   Living in terror-torn Jerusalem, Elise Margulies constantly fears for the safety of her loved ones. Confined to bedrest during a difficult pregnancy, she happily awaits the return...

Josef Skvorecky The Cowards (1958) is Josef Skvorecky's blackly comic tale of post-war politics that was immediately banned on publication. In 1945, in Kostelec,Danny is playing saxophone for the best jazz...

Dawn O'Porter Fearlessly frank and funny, the debut adult novel from Dawn O’Porter is the book that everybody needs to read right now.Three women. A whole world of judgement.Tara, Cam...

M.C. Varley, Walt Disney CompanyFirst published January 1, 1992

Mary Higgins Clark A minor road accident landed county prosecutor Katie DeMaio in Westlake Hospital. That night, from her window, she thought she saw a man load a woman's body...

Ha JinSince the appearance of his first book of stories in English, Ha Jin has won the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, and garnered comparisons to Dickens, Balzac,...