CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
by Fannie Flagg · Random House
Back in Elmwood Springs, Missouri the experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ask the question "Why are we here"?
BREAK NO BONES
by Kathy Reichs · Scribner
When Tempe Brennan finds a fresh skeleton among ancient bones, clues lead to a clinic where patients have gone missing and some have turned up dead. On top of this, Tempe's romantic life is in for a hiccup.
DANSE MACABRE
by Laurell K. Hamilton · Berkley
In the thralls of supernatural passion, Anita Blake faces a most human dilemma.
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
by Sara Gruen · Algonquin
A great, glorious, big-hearted novel set in a travelling circus touring the backblocks of America during the great depression of the early 1930s. It's a story of love and hate, trains and circuses, dwarves and fat ladies, horses and elephants - or, to be specific, one elephant, Rosie, star of the Benzini Bros Most Spectacular Show on Earth . . .
COVER OF NIGHT
by Linda Howard · Ballantine
Young widow Cate Nightingale enjoys her peaceful life raising her twin sons and running a bed-and-breakfast, but when one of her guests vanishes and the house is stormed by armed men, Cate's peaceful life is destroyed and the entire town finds itself cut off from the rest of the world.
SANDCASTLES
by Luanne Rice · Bantam
Luanne Rice is that rarest of all novelists who indelibly captures the defining moments in our lives. In this acclaimed bestseller, she takes readers on an unforgettable exploration of the most elusive miracle of all: how a broken family might be made whole again. Painter Honor Sullivan had the perfect love and the perfect life with her husband, a renowned photographer and sculptor—until the day John’s passions led him to disaster, shattering their family and her heart. Since then, Honor has struggled to make a safe haven for herself and their three daughters at Star of the Sea Academy on the magical Connecticut shore. Now, years later, a mysterious letter in a familiar hand hints at John’s return to the family he’s always loved more than anything on earth. It will take nothing short of a miracle to heal the rift between father and daughters, husband and wife, the past and the present—but a miracle is exactly what is in the making at Star of the Sea Academy. The only question is: Do you believe?
CAPTIVE OF MY DESIRES
by Johanna Lindsey · Pocket
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of “first-rate romance” (Daily News, New York) returns with this dazzling Malory novel following a pirate’s daughter as she plots vengeance on the aristocratic rogue who embroiled her in a scandal. When Gabrielle Brooks sets sail from England to the Caribbean in search of her estranged father, she has no idea that she’s in for the shock of her life—her father is a pirate. After three thrilling years hunting treasure with him, she’s devastated when he insists she leave the swashbuckling life behind and find a proper husband in London. He arranges for his old friend James Malory and his wife, Georgina, to sponsor her in polite society. Gabrielle isn’t impressed with the extravagant balls and parties…until she meets Georgina’s brother Drew Anderson, a dashing American sea captain. But when Drew destroys Gabrielle’s reputation the night before he’s to set sail, the pirate’s daughter vows revenge by commandeering Drew’s ship and taking him prisoner. Too bad she didn’t anticipate passion growing on the high sea, or the line between captor and captive blurring.
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.