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Jackie Blue is a hard-working, ambitious, young black editor. She looks forward to her weekly meetings with the Black Pack, a small group of African-American professionals with ties to the industry. These connections have helped place her on the fast track to a coveted executive editor's position, but she still faces an uphill battle against the predominantly white trust-fund babies. When her boss is suddenly murdered, Jackie finds herself in police custody facing her greatest challenge ever.

Two L.A. sisters discover the importance of being single and saved, but not scandalous.

Once the golden child of tiny Linden Falls, Iowa, Allison Glenn watches her reputation crumble as she is sent to prison for five years--convicted of a terrible crime. But what really happened that fateful night? Allison's younger sister is the only other person who knows the truth. Now out of prison, Allison is more desperate than ever to set the record straight, but the revelation of the truth could have far-reaching consequences.

This novel finds the residents of Lake Eden, Minnesota, buzzing with activity. Perhaps busiest of all is Hannah Swensen, proprietor of The Cookie Jar, who is experimenting with a devil's food cake recipe. But no matter how hectic times may be, Hannah can always find time to help a friend--particularly a dead one.

Italian billionaire and renowned playboy Lorenzo Santangeli is expecting his money's worth from his innocent wife on their wedding night. But Marisa flees; how can she share the marital bed with a man who married her solely to produce an heir? Lorenzo vows to bring his virgin bride home--you do not say no to a Santangeli! Once she's back she'll be his completely--and he is determined to enjoy every minute of it.

After recuperating from a horrendous car accident, Gabrielle Fox longs to rebuild her life and begins a new job at a psychiatric hospital for violent children. But when she meets a patient named Bethany, Gabrielle is intrigued by her visions of natural disasters. Hoping to avert future catastrophes, Gabrielle enlists the help of a physicist to validate Bethany's predictions.

Aurora "Roe" Teagarden and the members of the Real Murders Club meet monthly to analyze famous cases. But when a member dies in a manner resembling a case the group was discussing, suddenly everybody is both a suspect and a potential victim.

Members of the Barrington family are shocked at the arbitrary and vindictive nature of their wealthy matriarch's will. While the palatial home goes to her prodigal step-grandson, hardworking Louise receives onlt the copyright to her grandfather's musty novels--long out of print and never popular. When she peruses one of these volumes, she discovers stories her beloved grandfather once read to her. But as she looks more closely, Louise becomes convinced the book's Japanese POW camp episodes are more fact than fiction--and could contain clues to secrets long since hidden.

One hot summer night, as the full mon roses over a small Connecticut town, people are pulled outside by its radiant force. Millhauser creates a magical spall of the moon and the fascinating visions make a symphony of light and shadow.

When Nick Stranahan--a 42-year-old private investigator with an unusual record of marital failure--murders a would-be assailant by skewering him with the razor-sharp bill of a stuffed marlin, he sets off a roller coaster ride of events that will drop-kick him into the deep slime of Miami's prosperous and sleazy plastic surgery industry.