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With heart-stopping stories by Zane, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, Joy M.

Treading the thin line between the living and the dead, PI Harper Blaine is on a search for a valuable clue about her past when her killer is himself murdered.

Joi Weston was once a popular television actress. Now she feels forgotten as offers of acting jobs disappear, and her husband immerses himself in a political career.

Drew Staley, grieving over the death of his fianc�ee, finds a soulmate in Betty Robinson, but after a hasty marriage, they slowly drift apart and complications arise when Betty's fo

A rawhide-tough horse thief rides up from Mexico with a lightning-quick draw that leaves a trail of dead criminals in his wake.

Two brothers agree to settle their simmering feud at an old desert mission.

Alf Brolin, a tall drink of water, guns down innocent victims with the same carelessness with which he quotes classic literature.

Badger Jenkins, a driver past his prime, is recruited by an all-female pit crew to drive their new car.

Presents twenty-two short stories of American life.

In 1947 St. Louis, Ms.

As Chandelle and Marvin Hutchins deal with growing financial and emotional pressures in their marriage, Cousin Dior comes to visit.

Rafe Belloch, a powerful railroad baron, is accustomed to being in control. When a masked young woman steals his valuables and leaves him naked in the street, he vows to find her and get even.

Stella St. Valliers must discover a long buried secret in order to restore her legacy and have a future of her own.

This novel follows successful record executive Teri Stewart as she scours L.A. for love. Just when she's ready to give up on men altogether, into her life strolls charming DJ Harrison Starr.

In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them