ibFeedString='<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:bsbl="http://spiders.com/specs/xml/bsbl/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Books Read in 2009]]></title><description><![CDATA[Books I\'ve read in 2009 and enjoyed.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.indiebound.org/users/savvyversewit/list/books-read-2009]]></link><language><![CDATA[en-us]]></language><item><title><![CDATA[Last Night in Montreal]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781932961683</link><description><![CDATA[Lila Albert has been leaving people behind for her entire life. She spends her childhood and adolescence traveling constantly and changing identities. In adulthood, she moves restlessly from city to city, abandoning lovers along the way, possibly still followed by a private detective who has pursued her for years. Then her latest lover follows her from New York to Montreal, determined to learn her secrets and make sure she\'s safe. Last Night in Montreal is a story of love, amnesia, compulsive travel, the depths and the limits of family bonds, and the nature of obsession.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Last Night in Montreal]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Emily St John Mandel]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Unbridled Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781932961683]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Lila Albert has been leaving people behind for her entire life. She spends her childhood and adolescence traveling constantly and changing identities. In adulthood, she moves restlessly from city to city, abandoning lovers along the way, possibly still followed by a private detective who has pursued her for years. Then her latest lover follows her from New York to Montreal, determined to learn her secrets and make sure she\'s safe. Last Night in Montreal is a story of love, amnesia, compulsive travel, the depths and the limits of family bonds, and the nature of obsession.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Galway Bay]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780446579001</link><description><![CDATA[Here at last is one Irish family\'s epic journey, capturing the tragedy and triumph of the Irish-American experience. In a rousing tale that echoes the myths and legends of Ireland herself, young Honora Keeley and Michael Kelly wed and start a family, inhabiting a hidden Ireland where fishermen and tenant farmers find solace in their ancient faith, songs, stories, and communal celebrations. Selling both their catch--and their crops--to survive, these people subsist on the potato crop--their only staple food. But when blight destroys the potatoes three times in four years, a callous government and uncaring landlords turn a natural disaster into The Great Starvation that will kill one million. Honora and Michael vow their children will live. The family joins two million other Irish refugees in one of the greatest rescues in human history: the Irish Emigration to America. Danger and hardship await them there. Honora and her unconventional sister Maire watch their seven sons as they transform Chicago from a frontier town to the "City of the Century," fight the Civil War, and enlist in the cause of Ireland\'s freedom. The Kelly clan is victorious. This heroic story sheds brilliant light on the ancestors of today\'s 44 million Irish Americans. In the author\'s colorful and eclectic life, she has written and directed award-winning documentaries on Irish subjects, as well as the dramatic feature Proud. She\'s been an associate producer on Good Morning America and Saturday Night Live, written books on Martin Scorsese, World War II, and Bosnia, and a novel based on her experiences as a former nun - Special Intentions. She is a frequent contributor to Irish America Magazine and has a PhD in English and Irish literature.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Galway Bay]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Mary Pat Kelly]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Grand Central Publishing]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780446579001]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Here at last is one Irish family\'s epic journey, capturing the tragedy and triumph of the Irish-American experience. In a rousing tale that echoes the myths and legends of Ireland herself, young Honora Keeley and Michael Kelly wed and start a family, inhabiting a hidden Ireland where fishermen and tenant farmers find solace in their ancient faith, songs, stories, and communal celebrations. Selling both their catch--and their crops--to survive, these people subsist on the potato crop--their only staple food. But when blight destroys the potatoes three times in four years, a callous government and uncaring landlords turn a natural disaster into The Great Starvation that will kill one million. Honora and Michael vow their children will live. The family joins two million other Irish refugees in one of the greatest rescues in human history: the Irish Emigration to America. Danger and hardship await them there. Honora and her unconventional sister Maire watch their seven sons as they transform Chicago from a frontier town to the "City of the Century," fight the Civil War, and enlist in the cause of Ireland\'s freedom. The Kelly clan is victorious. This heroic story sheds brilliant light on the ancestors of today\'s 44 million Irish Americans. In the author\'s colorful and eclectic life, she has written and directed award-winning documentaries on Irish subjects, as well as the dramatic feature Proud. She\'s been an associate producer on Good Morning America and Saturday Night Live, written books on Martin Scorsese, World War II, and Bosnia, and a novel based on her experiences as a former nun - Special Intentions. She is a frequent contributor to Irish America Magazine and has a PhD in English and Irish literature.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow Me]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316051651</link><description><![CDATA[In 1946, Sally Werner abandons her home to begin a daring journey of self-creation, the truth of which she entrusts only with her granddaughter, six decades later. But when the younger Sally\'s father enters her life and offers another story, she must uncover the truth of her grandmother\'s past.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Follow Me]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Joanna Scott]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Little Brown and Company]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316051651]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[In 1946, Sally Werner abandons her home to begin a daring journey of self-creation, the truth of which she entrusts only with her granddaughter, six decades later. But when the younger Sally\'s father enters her life and offers another story, she must uncover the truth of her grandmother\'s past.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Secret Keeper]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525951025</link><description><![CDATA[In the tradition of John le Carr, "The Secret Keeper," set in war-torn Sierra Leone, tells the story of one man\'s search for the truth in a nation where the rules of civilized society simply don\'t apply.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Secret Keeper]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Paul Harris]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Dutton Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780525951025]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[In the tradition of John le Carr, "The Secret Keeper," set in war-torn Sierra Leone, tells the story of one man\'s search for the truth in a nation where the rules of civilized society simply don\'t apply.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9781101051726]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rubber Side Down]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781931122191</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Rubber Side Down]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Jose Gouveia; K. Peddlar Bridges; Susan Buck]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Archer Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781931122191]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[City Above the Sea and Other Poems]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781436358361</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[City Above the Sea and Other Poems]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Stephen Alan Saft]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Xlibris Corporation]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781436358361]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mainline to the Heart]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781587901393</link><description><![CDATA[This new edition of Clive Matson\'s early poems includes all of Diane di Prima\'s "Poets Press" version and adds significant uncollected pieces from the same period. At once obstreperous and innocent, these poems celebrate a place where emotion, sex, and religion come together with overwhelming intensity. In the fifties and sixties Beat Generation writers were revisiting this edgy, full-blooded romantic tradition and Matson joined the exploration with youthful energy. But the quest was fraught with tension.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Mainline to the Heart]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Clive Matson; Erin Matson; Diane Di Prima]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Regent Press]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781587901393]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[This new edition of Clive Matson\'s early poems includes all of Diane di Prima\'s "Poets Press" version and adds significant uncollected pieces from the same period. At once obstreperous and innocent, these poems celebrate a place where emotion, sex, and religion come together with overwhelming intensity. In the fifties and sixties Beat Generation writers were revisiting this edgy, full-blooded romantic tradition and Matson joined the exploration with youthful energy. But the quest was fraught with tension.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780874177633</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Catherine Brady]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[University of Nevada Press]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780874177633]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Offer You Can\'t Refuse]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781402218330</link><description><![CDATA[What\'s a girl to do with an offer you can\'t refuse? A new bestseller from one of the UK\'s biggest authors!]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[An Offer You Can\'t Refuse]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Jill Mansell; Mansell]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sourcebooks Landmark]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781402218330]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[What\'s a girl to do with an offer you can\'t refuse? A new bestseller from one of the UK\'s biggest authors!]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miranda\'s Big Mistake]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781402218323</link><description><![CDATA["An irresistible summer read from Jill Mansell, an international bestselling author." Jill Mansell is one of the UK\'s premiere contemporary authors, with her 19th title coming out in January 2009. She has sold nearly 4 million copies of her books in the UK. Miranda is thrilled with Greg. He\'s gorgeous, funny, and practically perfect. Greg thinks Miranda is great, but he hasn\'t told her everything about himself. After all, even the sweetest girl is likely to be put off by a man who\'s left his newly pregnant wife. But there\'s no way she\'ll ever find out... is there? When Greg inevitably breaks Miranda\'s heart, her friend Danny is there to cheer her up, and they quickly wreak an unforgettable revenge. Miranda\'s now ready to move on to another affair - but will Danny get a chance to tell her he\'s in love with her himself? "Watch and learn as Miranda wreaks her sweet revenge - and memorize her sharp one-liners." Cosmopolitan "A fun read."  Company "An exciting read about love, friendship and sweet revenge - fabulously fun."  Home and Life]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Miranda\'s Big Mistake]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Jill Mansell]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sourcebooks Landmark]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781402218323]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA["An irresistible summer read from Jill Mansell, an international bestselling author." Jill Mansell is one of the UK\'s premiere contemporary authors, with her 19th title coming out in January 2009. She has sold nearly 4 million copies of her books in the UK. Miranda is thrilled with Greg. He\'s gorgeous, funny, and practically perfect. Greg thinks Miranda is great, but he hasn\'t told her everything about himself. After all, even the sweetest girl is likely to be put off by a man who\'s left his newly pregnant wife. But there\'s no way she\'ll ever find out... is there? When Greg inevitably breaks Miranda\'s heart, her friend Danny is there to cheer her up, and they quickly wreak an unforgettable revenge. Miranda\'s now ready to move on to another affair - but will Danny get a chance to tell her he\'s in love with her himself? "Watch and learn as Miranda wreaks her sweet revenge - and memorize her sharp one-liners." Cosmopolitan "A fun read."  Company "An exciting read about love, friendship and sweet revenge - fabulously fun."  Home and Life]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Max]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316002899</link><description><![CDATA[Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock have barely recovered from their last adventure, when they are confronted by the most frightening catastrophe yet. Millions of fish are dying and someone--or something--is destroying hundreds of ships. The government enlists the Flock to help them get to the bottom of the disaster before it is too late.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Max]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By James Patterson]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Little Brown and Company]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316002899]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock have barely recovered from their last adventure, when they are confronted by the most frightening catastrophe yet. Millions of fish are dying and someone--or something--is destroying hundreds of ships. The government enlists the Flock to help them get to the bottom of the disaster before it is too late.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hunger Games]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780439023481</link><description><![CDATA[The acclaimed author of the "New York Times"-bestselling Underland Chronicles series delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in a stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to the present.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Hunger Games]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Suzanne Collins]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Scholastic Press]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780439023481]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[The acclaimed author of the "New York Times"-bestselling Underland Chronicles series delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in a stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to the present.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reunion]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345499707</link><description><![CDATA[This heart-wrenching new novel from the author of "Souvenir" provides a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the real-life and off-camera drama of a famous talk show host.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Reunion]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Therese Fowler]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Ballantine Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780345499707]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[This heart-wrenching new novel from the author of "Souvenir" provides a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the real-life and off-camera drama of a famous talk show host.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wonder Singer]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781932961690</link><description><![CDATA[The Wonder Singer is an operatic literary caper about one young writer\'s manic ambition. The ghostwriter\'s best chance at fame almost disappears when his Diva dies suddenly in her bath. His solution is to steal the tapes, liberate the Diva\'s aging husband, and write the autobiography on the run.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Wonder Singer]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By George Rabasa]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Unbridled Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781932961690]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[The Wonder Singer is an operatic literary caper about one young writer\'s manic ambition. The ghostwriter\'s best chance at fame almost disappears when his Diva dies suddenly in her bath. His solution is to steal the tapes, liberate the Diva\'s aging husband, and write the autobiography on the run.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wonder Singer]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781932961560</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Wonder Singer]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By George Rabasa]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Unbridled Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781932961560]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781932961645</link><description><![CDATA[The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire is a sweeping historical novel of Mexico during the short, tragic, at times surreal, reign of Emperor Maximilian and his court. This lush, grand read is based on the true story and illuminates both the cultural roots of Mexico and the political development of the Americas. The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire is a story both sweeping and intimate, of geopolitics, the glamour of royalty, and the grit of military command, of the arrogance of power, the dark labyriths of ambition, and above all, of a child who was not, in the end, a prince, but a little boy who belonged to his parents.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By C. M. Mayo]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Unbridled Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781932961645]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire is a sweeping historical novel of Mexico during the short, tragic, at times surreal, reign of Emperor Maximilian and his court. This lush, grand read is based on the true story and illuminates both the cultural roots of Mexico and the political development of the Americas. The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire is a story both sweeping and intimate, of geopolitics, the glamour of royalty, and the grit of military command, of the arrogance of power, the dark labyriths of ambition, and above all, of a child who was not, in the end, a prince, but a little boy who belonged to his parents.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[One for the Money]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312990459</link><description><![CDATA[#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORJANET EVANOVICH ONE FOR THE MONEYA Stephanie Plum Novel "Comes roaring in like a blast of very fresh air...Goes down like a tall, cool, drink."-"The Washington Post" READ THE DYNAMITE BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL! "Snappily written, fast paced and witty."-"USA Today" ONE FINE MESSWelcome to Trenton, New Jersey, home to wiseguys, average Joes, and Stephanie Plum, who sports a big attitude and even bigger money problems (since losing her job as a lingerie buyer for a department store). Stephanie needs cash-fast-but times are tough, and soon she\'s forced to turn to the last resort of the truly desperate: family... ONE FALSE MOVEStephanie lands a gig at her sleazy cousin Vinnie\'s bail bonding company. She\'s got no experience. But that doesn\'t matter. As does the fact that the bail jumper in question is local vice cop Joe Morelli. From the time he first looked up her dress to the time he first got into her pants, to the time Steph hit him with her father\'s Buick, M-o-r-e-l-l-i has spelled t-r-o-u-b-l-e. And now the hot guy is in hot water-wanted for murder... ONE FOR THE MONEYAbject poverty is a great motivator for learning new skills, but being trained in the school of hard knocks by people like psycho prizefighter Benito Ramirez isn\'t. Still, if Stephanie can nab Morelli in a week, she\'ll make a cool ten grand. All she has to do is become an expert bounty hunter overnight-and keep herself from getting killed before she gets her man... "Evanovich is funny and ceaselessy inventive."-"Los Angeles Times Book Review" "Evanovich\'s writing is smooth, clever and laugh-aloud. Her plot isingenious and fresh, her dialogue breezy, bright, witty, and gutsy."-"Booklist "p0(starred Review)]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[One for the Money]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Janet Evanovich]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[St. Martin\'s Press]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312990459]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORJANET EVANOVICH ONE FOR THE MONEYA Stephanie Plum Novel "Comes roaring in like a blast of very fresh air...Goes down like a tall, cool, drink."-"The Washington Post" READ THE DYNAMITE BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL! "Snappily written, fast paced and witty."-"USA Today" ONE FINE MESSWelcome to Trenton, New Jersey, home to wiseguys, average Joes, and Stephanie Plum, who sports a big attitude and even bigger money problems (since losing her job as a lingerie buyer for a department store). Stephanie needs cash-fast-but times are tough, and soon she\'s forced to turn to the last resort of the truly desperate: family... ONE FALSE MOVEStephanie lands a gig at her sleazy cousin Vinnie\'s bail bonding company. She\'s got no experience. But that doesn\'t matter. As does the fact that the bail jumper in question is local vice cop Joe Morelli. From the time he first looked up her dress to the time he first got into her pants, to the time Steph hit him with her father\'s Buick, M-o-r-e-l-l-i has spelled t-r-o-u-b-l-e. And now the hot guy is in hot water-wanted for murder... ONE FOR THE MONEYAbject poverty is a great motivator for learning new skills, but being trained in the school of hard knocks by people like psycho prizefighter Benito Ramirez isn\'t. Still, if Stephanie can nab Morelli in a week, she\'ll make a cool ten grand. All she has to do is become an expert bounty hunter overnight-and keep herself from getting killed before she gets her man... "Evanovich is funny and ceaselessy inventive."-"Los Angeles Times Book Review" "Evanovich\'s writing is smooth, clever and laugh-aloud. Her plot isingenious and fresh, her dialogue breezy, bright, witty, and gutsy."-"Booklist "p0(starred Review)]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9780684867311]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2003-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeper of Light and Dust]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525951001</link><description><![CDATA[Adrian Ashton is a brilliant scientist, an expert in the breaking field of biophoton emissions. He is also a modern-day vampire who desires to live forever.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Keeper of Light and Dust]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Natasha Mostert]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Dutton Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780525951001]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Adrian Ashton is a brilliant scientist, an expert in the breaking field of biophoton emissions. He is also a modern-day vampire who desires to live forever.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9781101026656]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Anais]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781891386411</link><description><![CDATA[Each of this book\'s poems, culled from Raab\'s own journal, offers intimate portraitures--tiny memoirs in verse. She reconstructs her past mirroring Nin\'s emotional honesty.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Dear Anais]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Diana M. Raab]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Plain View Press]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781891386411]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Each of this book\'s poems, culled from Raab\'s own journal, offers intimate portraitures--tiny memoirs in verse. She reconstructs her past mirroring Nin\'s emotional honesty.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Dangerous Affair]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061447488</link><description><![CDATA[ Caro Peacock, the acclaimed author of "A Foreign Affair," once again ingeniously blends history, suspense, and adventure and returns an endearing and exceptional heroine to the fictional fold.  In Victoria\'s England, there are perilous intrigues a proper young lady would do well to avoid . . .  Liberty Lane, still in her early twenties, is doing her best to make a new life for herself in London after being bruised by loss and treachery. But there\'s no chance for her to settle down as a conventional young lady. First, a disturbingly attractive young politician, Benjamin Disraeli, wants her to use her contacts in the theatre world to find out more about a prima ballerina with a notorious love life called Columbine. He hints that some important interests may be at stake. Then Columbine is murdered in her dressing room, after an on-stage brawl with a younger and less successful dancer, who becomes prime suspect. Liberty is at the center of the investigation because one of her dearest friends, Daniel Suter, is convinced of the girl\'s innocence and will put his own neck in danger to save her. Liberty\'s determination to save them from the gallows leads her from the upper reaches of the aristocracy to some of London\'s lowlife haunts, posing the question: How far would you go to save a friend?]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[A Dangerous Affair]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Caro Peacock]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Avon a]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061447488]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[ Caro Peacock, the acclaimed author of "A Foreign Affair," once again ingeniously blends history, suspense, and adventure and returns an endearing and exceptional heroine to the fictional fold.  In Victoria\'s England, there are perilous intrigues a proper young lady would do well to avoid . . .  Liberty Lane, still in her early twenties, is doing her best to make a new life for herself in London after being bruised by loss and treachery. But there\'s no chance for her to settle down as a conventional young lady. First, a disturbingly attractive young politician, Benjamin Disraeli, wants her to use her contacts in the theatre world to find out more about a prima ballerina with a notorious love life called Columbine. He hints that some important interests may be at stake. Then Columbine is murdered in her dressing room, after an on-stage brawl with a younger and less successful dancer, who becomes prime suspect. Liberty is at the center of the investigation because one of her dearest friends, Daniel Suter, is convinced of the girl\'s innocence and will put his own neck in danger to save her. Liberty\'s determination to save them from the gallows leads her from the upper reaches of the aristocracy to some of London\'s lowlife haunts, posing the question: How far would you go to save a friend?]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breathing Out the Ghost]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781579660703</link><description><![CDATA[Colin St. Claire is on a dangerous mission. His young son is missing, and he is on a self-appointed quest to find the boy, or at least the man he believes is responsible. Fueled by amphetamines and a profound lack of sleep, Colin\'s road soon dissolves into such an uncontrollable spiral of blurry white lines, of fleeting forms in the night and ghosts of memory as intangible as vapor, that he degenerates into a self-professed "Ahab of the interstates." On an equally mad mission to save St. Claire is Robert Heim, a former private investigator who lost his license in the line of duty--and it is a sense of warped duty that still ties him to Colin, though his Penelope of a loving wife and his children beckon him back home.... The answers for both men may lie not with their white whale of a quarry but with a long-suffering farmer\'s wife, Beverly "Sis" Pruitt, whose own daughter was claimed by violence years prior. In the shape of a noir thriller, Curnutt fashions a gripping tale of the consequences of unchecked grief, of painful truths hidden as though they were dark secrets, and what salvation remains possible for good people who descend into the darkness and become the very ghosts they find themselves pursuing.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Breathing Out the Ghost]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Kirk Curnutt]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[River City Publishing]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781579660703]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Colin St. Claire is on a dangerous mission. His young son is missing, and he is on a self-appointed quest to find the boy, or at least the man he believes is responsible. Fueled by amphetamines and a profound lack of sleep, Colin\'s road soon dissolves into such an uncontrollable spiral of blurry white lines, of fleeting forms in the night and ghosts of memory as intangible as vapor, that he degenerates into a self-professed "Ahab of the interstates." On an equally mad mission to save St. Claire is Robert Heim, a former private investigator who lost his license in the line of duty--and it is a sense of warped duty that still ties him to Colin, though his Penelope of a loving wife and his children beckon him back home.... The answers for both men may lie not with their white whale of a quarry but with a long-suffering farmer\'s wife, Beverly "Sis" Pruitt, whose own daughter was claimed by violence years prior. In the shape of a noir thriller, Curnutt fashions a gripping tale of the consequences of unchecked grief, of painful truths hidden as though they were dark secrets, and what salvation remains possible for good people who descend into the darkness and become the very ghosts they find themselves pursuing.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secrets to Happiness]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316013581</link><description><![CDATA[Like Jane Austen\'s Emma Woodhouse, Holly Frick is intimately involved in the lives of those around her. Soon, her advice gets her in over her head, in this hilarious look at the funny things people do to be happy.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Secrets to Happiness]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Sarah Dunn]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Little Brown and Company]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316013581]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Like Jane Austen\'s Emma Woodhouse, Holly Frick is intimately involved in the lives of those around her. Soon, her advice gets her in over her head, in this hilarious look at the funny things people do to be happy.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mating Rituals of the North American Wasp]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780446197977</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Mating Rituals of the North American Wasp]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Lauren Lipton]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[5 Spot]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780446197977]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fodor\'s New York City [With Pullout Map]]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400019472</link><description><![CDATA[Editorial ReviewExcerpt from "New York Times" 10/12/08 You may think of Fodor\'s as dependably bland, but its "New York City 2009" (Fodor\'s Travel, 552 pages, $18.95) is the can\'t-go-wrong choice for just about any first-timer to the Big Apple. First, it\'s beautiful -- great layout, nice maps, easy-to-read font on thick paper. And design matters with guidebooks: they have to be legible in low light, on crowded buses and in airports when you\'re jetlagged and your contacts are killing you. The best way to break up this mammoth city is by neighborhood, and Fodor\'s devotes about 200 pages to that task. The neighborhood guides pack information into breezy prose, and have sections like "Where can I find ...?" which gives you two choices each for a coffee stop, "a quick bite" or cocktails in each neighborhood, eliminating possible excuses for entering a Starbucks or McDonald\'s. If you\'re browsing in the bookstore and you want a quick sense of why Fodor\'s stands out, look at their seven-page section on ground zero that starts on page 48 and somehow manages to explain the site and the history in depth while also hitting the right notes about the tragedy. To view full article go to http: //travel.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/travel/12weekend.html" "Product Description"Fodor\'s. For Choice Travel Experiences. "Fodor\'s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you\'re at the helm, Fodor\'s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It\'s like having a friend in New York City  -Your vacation never looked better. This Fodor\'s full-color guide paints an unforgettable picture of New York City with vibrant maps, vividly illustrated features, and stunning color photos. -Updated annually, "Fodor\'s New York City "provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook. -"Fodor\'s New York City" features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so "you "make the choices to plan "your" trip of a lifetime. -If it\'s not worth your time, it\'s not in this book. Fodor\'s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor\'s Choice designations, ensure that you\'ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in New York City. -Experience New York City like a local  "Fodor\'s New York City"" "includes unique photo-features that impart the city\'s culture, covering the best ways to experience the Statue of Liberty, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ground Zero, and much more  -Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include "Top Reasons to Go," "Word of Mouth" advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls. -Full-color pullout map Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Fodor\'s New York City [With Pullout Map]]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Maria Teresa Burwell; Erica Duecy; Jennifer Paull]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Fodor\'s Travel Publications]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781400019472]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Editorial ReviewExcerpt from "New York Times" 10/12/08 You may think of Fodor\'s as dependably bland, but its "New York City 2009" (Fodor\'s Travel, 552 pages, $18.95) is the can\'t-go-wrong choice for just about any first-timer to the Big Apple. First, it\'s beautiful -- great layout, nice maps, easy-to-read font on thick paper. And design matters with guidebooks: they have to be legible in low light, on crowded buses and in airports when you\'re jetlagged and your contacts are killing you. The best way to break up this mammoth city is by neighborhood, and Fodor\'s devotes about 200 pages to that task. The neighborhood guides pack information into breezy prose, and have sections like "Where can I find ...?" which gives you two choices each for a coffee stop, "a quick bite" or cocktails in each neighborhood, eliminating possible excuses for entering a Starbucks or McDonald\'s. If you\'re browsing in the bookstore and you want a quick sense of why Fodor\'s stands out, look at their seven-page section on ground zero that starts on page 48 and somehow manages to explain the site and the history in depth while also hitting the right notes about the tragedy. To view full article go to http: //travel.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/travel/12weekend.html" "Product Description"Fodor\'s. For Choice Travel Experiences. "Fodor\'s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you\'re at the helm, Fodor\'s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It\'s like having a friend in New York City  -Your vacation never looked better. This Fodor\'s full-color guide paints an unforgettable picture of New York City with vibrant maps, vividly illustrated features, and stunning color photos. -Updated annually, "Fodor\'s New York City "provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook. -"Fodor\'s New York City" features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so "you "make the choices to plan "your" trip of a lifetime. -If it\'s not worth your time, it\'s not in this book. Fodor\'s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor\'s Choice designations, ensure that you\'ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in New York City. -Experience New York City like a local  "Fodor\'s New York City"" "includes unique photo-features that impart the city\'s culture, covering the best ways to experience the Statue of Liberty, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ground Zero, and much more  -Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include "Top Reasons to Go," "Word of Mouth" advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls. -Full-color pullout map Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Whole Truth]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780446539685</link><description><![CDATA["Dick, I need a war." Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads up the world\'s largest defense contractor, The Ares Corporation. Dick Pender is the man Creel retains to "perception manage" his company to even more riches by manipulating international conflicts. But Creel may have an even grander plan in mind. Shaw, a man with no first name and a truly unique past, has a different agenda. Reluctantly doing the bidding of a secret multi-national intelligence agency, he travels the globe to keep it safe and at peace. Willing to do anything to get back to the top of her profession, Katie James is a journalist who has just gotten the break of a lifetime: the chance to interview the sole survivor of a massacre that has left every nation stunned. In this terrifying, global thriller, these characters\' lives will collide head-on as a series of events is set in motion that could change the world as we know it. An utterly spellbinding story that feels all too real, THE WHOLE TRUTH delivers all the twists and turns, emotional drama, unforgettable characters, and can\'t-put-it-down pacing that readers expect from David Baldacci-and still goes beyond anything he\'s written before.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Whole Truth]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By David Baldacci]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Grand Central Publishing]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780446539685]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA["Dick, I need a war." Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads up the world\'s largest defense contractor, The Ares Corporation. Dick Pender is the man Creel retains to "perception manage" his company to even more riches by manipulating international conflicts. But Creel may have an even grander plan in mind. Shaw, a man with no first name and a truly unique past, has a different agenda. Reluctantly doing the bidding of a secret multi-national intelligence agency, he travels the globe to keep it safe and at peace. Willing to do anything to get back to the top of her profession, Katie James is a journalist who has just gotten the break of a lifetime: the chance to interview the sole survivor of a massacre that has left every nation stunned. In this terrifying, global thriller, these characters\' lives will collide head-on as a series of events is set in motion that could change the world as we know it. An utterly spellbinding story that feels all too real, THE WHOLE TRUTH delivers all the twists and turns, emotional drama, unforgettable characters, and can\'t-put-it-down pacing that readers expect from David Baldacci-and still goes beyond anything he\'s written before.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Four Corners of the Sky]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781570717444</link><description><![CDATA[From the masterful author of "Handling Sin" comes this riveting novel of love, secrets, and the mysterious bonds of family.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Four Corners of the Sky]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Michael Malone]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sourcebooks Landmark]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781570717444]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[From the masterful author of "Handling Sin" comes this riveting novel of love, secrets, and the mysterious bonds of family.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Last Queen]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345501851</link><description><![CDATA[In this stunning novel, C. W. Gortner brings to life Juana of Castile, the third child of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain, who would become the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country\'s throne. Along the way, Gortner takes the reader from the somber majesty of Spain to the glittering and lethal courts of Flanders, France, and Tudor England. Born amid her parents\' ruthless struggle to unify and strengthen their kingdom, Juana, at the age of sixteen, is sent to wed Philip, heir to the Habsburg Empire. Juana finds unexpected love and passion with her dashing young husband, and at first she is content with her children and her married life. But when tragedy strikes and she becomes heir to the Spanish throne, Juana finds herself plunged into a battle for power against her husband that grows to involve the major monarchs of Europe. Besieged by foes on all sides, Juana vows to secure her crown and save Spain from ruin, even if it costs her everything.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Last Queen]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By C. W. Gortner]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Ballantine Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780345501851]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[In this stunning novel, C. W. Gortner brings to life Juana of Castile, the third child of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain, who would become the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country\'s throne. Along the way, Gortner takes the reader from the somber majesty of Spain to the glittering and lethal courts of Flanders, France, and Tudor England. Born amid her parents\' ruthless struggle to unify and strengthen their kingdom, Juana, at the age of sixteen, is sent to wed Philip, heir to the Habsburg Empire. Juana finds unexpected love and passion with her dashing young husband, and at first she is content with her children and her married life. But when tragedy strikes and she becomes heir to the Spanish throne, Juana finds herself plunged into a battle for power against her husband that grows to involve the major monarchs of Europe. Besieged by foes on all sides, Juana vows to secure her crown and save Spain from ruin, even if it costs her everything.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9780345507419]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Last Queen]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345501844</link><description><![CDATA[One of history\'s most enigmatic women tells the haunting, passionate story of her tumultuous life. From the somber majesty of Renaissance Spain to the glittering courts of Flanders, France, and Tudor England, Juana of Castile reveals her life and secrets.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Last Queen]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By C. W. Gortner]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Ballantine Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780345501844]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[One of history\'s most enigmatic women tells the haunting, passionate story of her tumultuous life. From the somber majesty of Renaissance Spain to the glittering courts of Flanders, France, and Tudor England, Juana of Castile reveals her life and secrets.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9780345507419]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2008-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Traitor\'s Wife]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781402217876</link><description><![CDATA[An award-winning novel of treachery, betrayal, and romance set during the fourteenth century.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Traitor\'s Wife]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Susan Higginbotham]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sourcebooks Landmark]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781402217876]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[An award-winning novel of treachery, betrayal, and romance set during the fourteenth century.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9781402223624]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rowan of the Wood]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780981744315</link><description><![CDATA[Rowan of the Wood is the story of Cullen, a 12-year old outcast who lives with an unbearable foster family in California. He travels through the redwood forest every day on his way to school, losing himself in books and the fantasy world of elves, fairies]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Rowan of the Wood]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Christine Rose; Ethan Rose]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Dalton Publishing]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780981744315]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Rowan of the Wood is the story of Cullen, a 12-year old outcast who lives with an unbearable foster family in California. He travels through the redwood forest every day on his way to school, losing himself in books and the fantasy world of elves, fairies]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-11-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naughty Neighbor]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060598921</link><description><![CDATA[ Dear Reader:  In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels. Red-hot screwball comedies, each and every one of them. Nine of these stories were originally published by the Loveswept line between the years 1988 and 1992. All immediately went out of print and could be found only at used bookstores and yard sales.  I\'m excited to tell you that those nine stories are now being re-released by HarperCollins. "Naughty Neighbor" is the eighth in the lineup, and it\'s presented here in almost original form. Usually when I edit these books I do some modernizing. For instance, I change VHS to DVD, and roller skates to Rollerblades, and sticks of gum are now pieces of gum. I do this because the books were meant to be contemporary (as opposed to historical), and I don\'t want the reader to have a time disconnect. In the beginning of the original "Naughty Neighbo"r, my heroine throws a handheld phone into the toilet, and the next morning she goes into the bathroom and sees the "slim silver antenna caught between the toilet lid and seat." Okay, so most phones don\'t have extended antennas anymore, but I just loved the image . . . so I left it in. And I don\'t know how many women wear front-closure bras anymore, but that got left in, too.  "Naughty Neighbor" is probably the most romancey of all the Loveswepts I wrote, but there\'s still a small mystery to unravel. Louisa Brannigan is a no-nonsense, hardworking press secretary, fighting her way to the top of Capitol Hill, with no help from her annoying neighbor, Pete Streeter. He receives phone calls all night long, he steals her morning paper, he thinks jeans are formal wear, and worst of all he\'s involved Louisa in the disappearance of a pig. So this is the story of a pig in Witness Protection and love being found by a workaholic woman and a fun-loving man who makes terrible pots of coffee.  Enjoy   Janet Evanovich]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Naughty Neighbor]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Janet Evanovich]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060598921]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[ Dear Reader:  In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels. Red-hot screwball comedies, each and every one of them. Nine of these stories were originally published by the Loveswept line between the years 1988 and 1992. All immediately went out of print and could be found only at used bookstores and yard sales.  I\'m excited to tell you that those nine stories are now being re-released by HarperCollins. "Naughty Neighbor" is the eighth in the lineup, and it\'s presented here in almost original form. Usually when I edit these books I do some modernizing. For instance, I change VHS to DVD, and roller skates to Rollerblades, and sticks of gum are now pieces of gum. I do this because the books were meant to be contemporary (as opposed to historical), and I don\'t want the reader to have a time disconnect. In the beginning of the original "Naughty Neighbo"r, my heroine throws a handheld phone into the toilet, and the next morning she goes into the bathroom and sees the "slim silver antenna caught between the toilet lid and seat." Okay, so most phones don\'t have extended antennas anymore, but I just loved the image . . . so I left it in. And I don\'t know how many women wear front-closure bras anymore, but that got left in, too.  "Naughty Neighbor" is probably the most romancey of all the Loveswepts I wrote, but there\'s still a small mystery to unravel. Louisa Brannigan is a no-nonsense, hardworking press secretary, fighting her way to the top of Capitol Hill, with no help from her annoying neighbor, Pete Streeter. He receives phone calls all night long, he steals her morning paper, he thinks jeans are formal wear, and worst of all he\'s involved Louisa in the disappearance of a pig. So this is the story of a pig in Witness Protection and love being found by a workaholic woman and a fun-loving man who makes terrible pots of coffee.  Enjoy   Janet Evanovich]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9780061580048]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2008-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lucky One]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780446579933</link><description><![CDATA[In his 14th book, bestselling author Sparks tells the unforgettable story of a man whose brushes with death lead him to the love of his life. Is there really such thing as a lucky charm? The hero believes he\'s found one in the form of a photograph of a smiling woman he\'s never met.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Lucky One]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Nicholas Sparks]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Grand Central Publishing]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780446579933]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[In his 14th book, bestselling author Sparks tells the unforgettable story of a man whose brushes with death lead him to the love of his life. Is there really such thing as a lucky charm? The hero believes he\'s found one in the form of a photograph of a smiling woman he\'s never met.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep Dish]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060837372</link><description><![CDATA[ After years of hard work, Gina Foxton, chef extraordinaire and former runner-up Miss Teen Vidalia Onion, is hosting her own show, "Fresh Start," on Georgia public television. She\'s also dating the producer. But when Fresh Start goes bad--and her boyfriend is caught in flagrante delicto with the boss\'s wife--Gina decides it\'s time to pursue bigger dreams. Namely a gig on national television.  Gina knows she\'s destined to be the Cooking Channel\'s next superstar. But the execs also have their eyes on Tate Moody, Mr. "Kill It and Grill It" himself, host of the hunting, fishing, and cooking show "Vittles." The ultimate man\'s man, Tate is a tasty side of beef with a large, swooning female fan base. Gina\'s loyal devotees consist of her free-spirited college-dropout sister and her mother . . . who calls "every single day."  When the smoke clears there can be only one TV chef standing, and Gina and Tate are ready for the cook-off of their lives.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Deep Dish]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Mary Kay Andrews]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper Paperbacks]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060837372]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[ After years of hard work, Gina Foxton, chef extraordinaire and former runner-up Miss Teen Vidalia Onion, is hosting her own show, "Fresh Start," on Georgia public television. She\'s also dating the producer. But when Fresh Start goes bad--and her boyfriend is caught in flagrante delicto with the boss\'s wife--Gina decides it\'s time to pursue bigger dreams. Namely a gig on national television.  Gina knows she\'s destined to be the Cooking Channel\'s next superstar. But the execs also have their eyes on Tate Moody, Mr. "Kill It and Grill It" himself, host of the hunting, fishing, and cooking show "Vittles." The ultimate man\'s man, Tate is a tasty side of beef with a large, swooning female fan base. Gina\'s loyal devotees consist of her free-spirited college-dropout sister and her mother . . . who calls "every single day."  When the smoke clears there can be only one TV chef standing, and Gina and Tate are ready for the cook-off of their lives.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9780061579882]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep Dish]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060837365</link><description><![CDATA[ Another delicious treat full of Southern sass, wit, and charm from the "New York Time"s bestselling author of "Savannah Breeze" and "Hissy Fit"  Chef extraordinaire Gina Foxton doesn\'t expect anything to be handed to her on a platter. After years of hard work, the former runner-up Miss Teen Vidalia Onion is now the host of her own local Georgia public television show called "Fresh Start," and she\'s dating the show\'s producer.  But when her show gets canceled--and she catches her boyfriend in flagrante delicto with the boss\'s wife--Gina realizes that she\'s meant for bigger and better things. Namely, a gig on national television.  The Cooking Channel is looking for its next big star, and Gina is certain that she fits the bill. Trouble is, the execs also have their eyes on Mr. "Kill It and Grill It" Tate Moody, the star of a hunting, fishing, and cooking show named "Vittles." Tate is the ultimate man\'s man, with a dog named Moonpie and a penchant for flannel shirts. He\'s also a tasty side of beef with a swooning female fan base. All Gina has on her side are a free-spirited, college-dropout sister and a mother who calls "every single day."  Little does Gina know, though, that she and Tate are soon to embark on the cook-off of their lives, spiced up by a little ingredient called love.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Deep Dish]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Mary Kay Andrews]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060837365]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[ Another delicious treat full of Southern sass, wit, and charm from the "New York Time"s bestselling author of "Savannah Breeze" and "Hissy Fit"  Chef extraordinaire Gina Foxton doesn\'t expect anything to be handed to her on a platter. After years of hard work, the former runner-up Miss Teen Vidalia Onion is now the host of her own local Georgia public television show called "Fresh Start," and she\'s dating the show\'s producer.  But when her show gets canceled--and she catches her boyfriend in flagrante delicto with the boss\'s wife--Gina realizes that she\'s meant for bigger and better things. Namely, a gig on national television.  The Cooking Channel is looking for its next big star, and Gina is certain that she fits the bill. Trouble is, the execs also have their eyes on Mr. "Kill It and Grill It" Tate Moody, the star of a hunting, fishing, and cooking show named "Vittles." Tate is the ultimate man\'s man, with a dog named Moonpie and a penchant for flannel shirts. He\'s also a tasty side of beef with a swooning female fan base. All Gina has on her side are a free-spirited, college-dropout sister and a mother who calls "every single day."  Little does Gina know, though, that she and Tate are soon to embark on the cook-off of their lives, spiced up by a little ingredient called love.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9780061579882]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2008-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plum Spooky]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312383329</link><description><![CDATA[The First Full Length Stephanie Plum Between-the-Numbers Novel from #1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich.Turn on all the lights and check under your bed. Things are about to get spooky in Trenton, New Jersey. According to legend, the Jersey Devil prowls the Pine Barrens and soars above the treetops in the dark of night. As eerie as this might seem, there are things in the Barrens that are even more frightening and dangerous. And there are monkeys. Lots of monkeys. Wulf Grimoire is a world wanderer and an opportunist who can kill without remorse and disappear like smoke. He\'s chosen Martin Munch, boy genius, as his new business partner, and he\'s chosen the Barrens as his new playground. Munch received his doctorate degree in quantum physics when he was twenty-two. He\'s now twenty-four, and while his brain is large, his body hasn\'t made it out of the boys\' department at Macy\'s. Anyone who says good things come in small packages hasn\'t met Munch. Wulf Grimoire is looking for world domination. Martin Munch would be happy if he could just get a woman naked and tied to a tree. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has Munch on her most-wanted list for failure to appear in court. Plum is the all-American girl stuck in an uncomfortable job, succeeding on luck and tenacity. Usually she gets her man. This time she gets a monkey. She also gets a big guy named Diesel. Diesel pops in and out of Plum\'s life like birthday cake - delicious to look at and taste, not especially healthy as a steady diet, gone by the end of the week if not sooner. He\'s an uber bounty hunter with special skills when it comes to tracking men and pleasing women. He\'s after Grimoire, and now he\'s also after Munch. And if truth were told, he wouldn\'t mind setting Stephanie Plum in his crosshairs. Diesel and Plum hunt down Munch and Grimoire, following them into the Barrens, surviving cranberry bogs, the Jersey Devil, a hair-raising experience, sand in their underwear, and, of course . . . monkeys.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Plum Spooky]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Janet Evanovich]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[St. Martin\'s Press]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312383329]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[The First Full Length Stephanie Plum Between-the-Numbers Novel from #1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich.Turn on all the lights and check under your bed. Things are about to get spooky in Trenton, New Jersey. According to legend, the Jersey Devil prowls the Pine Barrens and soars above the treetops in the dark of night. As eerie as this might seem, there are things in the Barrens that are even more frightening and dangerous. And there are monkeys. Lots of monkeys. Wulf Grimoire is a world wanderer and an opportunist who can kill without remorse and disappear like smoke. He\'s chosen Martin Munch, boy genius, as his new business partner, and he\'s chosen the Barrens as his new playground. Munch received his doctorate degree in quantum physics when he was twenty-two. He\'s now twenty-four, and while his brain is large, his body hasn\'t made it out of the boys\' department at Macy\'s. Anyone who says good things come in small packages hasn\'t met Munch. Wulf Grimoire is looking for world domination. Martin Munch would be happy if he could just get a woman naked and tied to a tree. Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has Munch on her most-wanted list for failure to appear in court. Plum is the all-American girl stuck in an uncomfortable job, succeeding on luck and tenacity. Usually she gets her man. This time she gets a monkey. She also gets a big guy named Diesel. Diesel pops in and out of Plum\'s life like birthday cake - delicious to look at and taste, not especially healthy as a steady diet, gone by the end of the week if not sooner. He\'s an uber bounty hunter with special skills when it comes to tracking men and pleasing women. He\'s after Grimoire, and now he\'s also after Munch. And if truth were told, he wouldn\'t mind setting Stephanie Plum in his crosshairs. Diesel and Plum hunt down Munch and Grimoire, following them into the Barrens, surviving cranberry bogs, the Jersey Devil, a hair-raising experience, sand in their underwear, and, of course . . . monkeys.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781402215230</link><description><![CDATA[The first in a series that follows Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy from their wedding day into married life--inspired by the Keira Knightley/Matthew MacFayden movie.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Sharon Lathan]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sourcebooks Landmark]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781402215230]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[The first in a series that follows Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy from their wedding day into married life--inspired by the Keira Knightley/Matthew MacFayden movie.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading by Lightning]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780864925121</link><description><![CDATA[Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck His faithful from the drought-ravaged Prairie. Lily tries to be ready, but she is restless, not the daughter she feels her mother wants. As she tries to invent herself, she conjures, too, an imagined past for her beloved father in an effort to understand him and the demons he battles. In her teens, Lily is sent to England to care for her Grandmother and further explores the delicious question of who she might become. She falls in love with her adopted cousin, learns to experience life in all its ambiguity, and waits with the rest of England for World War II to start - until the news she has been dreading arrives on the doorstep, and she is called home to face a future she thought she had escaped. Reading by Lightning is a Bildungsroman of great wit and depth. Thomas\'s prose is wry and intimate, elegant and devastatingly funny. Her engrossing story of Lily Piper tells us something of how we can make sense of a future when the future is something we can hardly imagine.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Reading by Lightning]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Joan Thomas]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Goose Lane Editions]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780864925121]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck His faithful from the drought-ravaged Prairie. Lily tries to be ready, but she is restless, not the daughter she feels her mother wants. As she tries to invent herself, she conjures, too, an imagined past for her beloved father in an effort to understand him and the demons he battles. In her teens, Lily is sent to England to care for her Grandmother and further explores the delicious question of who she might become. She falls in love with her adopted cousin, learns to experience life in all its ambiguity, and waits with the rest of England for World War II to start - until the news she has been dreading arrives on the doorstep, and she is called home to face a future she thought she had escaped. Reading by Lightning is a Bildungsroman of great wit and depth. Thomas\'s prose is wry and intimate, elegant and devastatingly funny. Her engrossing story of Lily Piper tells us something of how we can make sense of a future when the future is something we can hardly imagine.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Testimony]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316067348</link><description><![CDATA[At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking is the fact that the sex acts were caught on videotape. Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Shreve delivers a gripping emotional drama.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Testimony]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Anita Shreve]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Back Bay Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316067348]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking is the fact that the sex acts were caught on videotape. Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Shreve delivers a gripping emotional drama.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Testimony]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316059862</link><description><![CDATA[At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking is the fact that the sex acts were caught on videotape. Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Shreve delivers a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Testimony]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Anita Shreve]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Little Brown and Company]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316059862]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking is the fact that the sex acts were caught on videotape. Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Shreve delivers a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kingmaking]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781402218880</link><description><![CDATA[An exciting new talent delivers a gripping and imaginative retelling of the classic story of King Arthur. In this first installment, Arthur and Gwenhwyfar become pawns in a political triangle and Arthur is forced to choose between his kingship and the woman he loves.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Kingmaking]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Helen Hollick]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sourcebooks Landmark]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781402218880]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[An exciting new talent delivers a gripping and imaginative retelling of the classic story of King Arthur. In this first installment, Arthur and Gwenhwyfar become pawns in a political triangle and Arthur is forced to choose between his kingship and the woman he loves.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9781402227165]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drood]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316007023</link><description><![CDATA[Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens\' life, "Drood" explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author\'s last years and may provide the key to his final, unfinished work: "The Mystery of Edwin Drood."]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Drood]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Dan Simmons]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Little Brown and Company]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316007023]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens\' life, "Drood" explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author\'s last years and may provide the key to his final, unfinished work: "The Mystery of Edwin Drood."]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2009-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Uncommon Reader]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312427641</link><description><![CDATA[From one of England\'s most celebrated writers, the author of the award-winning "The History Boys," a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of reading When her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Discovering the joy of reading widely (from J. R. Ackerley, Jean Genet, and Ivy Compton-Burnett to the classics) and intelligently, she finds that her view of the world changes dramatically. Abetted in her newfound obsession by Norman, a young man from the royal kitchens, the Queen comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with the routines of her role as monarch. Her new passion for reading initially alarms the palace staff and soon leads to surprising and very funny consequences for the country at large.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Uncommon Reader]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Alan Bennett]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Picador USA]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312427641]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[From one of England\'s most celebrated writers, the author of the award-winning "The History Boys," a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of reading When her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Discovering the joy of reading widely (from J. R. Ackerley, Jean Genet, and Ivy Compton-Burnett to the classics) and intelligently, she finds that her view of the world changes dramatically. Abetted in her newfound obsession by Norman, a young man from the royal kitchens, the Queen comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with the routines of her role as monarch. Her new passion for reading initially alarms the palace staff and soon leads to surprising and very funny consequences for the country at large.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9781429934534]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2008-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plum Lovin\']]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312306342</link><description><![CDATA[Love is in the air in Trenton, New Jersey, in the latest Stephanie Plum novel by #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Evanovich. It\'s a new year for Stephanie, Lula, and the gang--and Connie Rosolli has a secret admirer. Or does she? Connie is receiving both love and hate letters. Could they be from the same person, or does she have two stalkers? Stephanie is determined to find out.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Plum Lovin\']]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Janet Evanovich]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[St. Martin\'s Press]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312306342]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Love is in the air in Trenton, New Jersey, in the latest Stephanie Plum novel by #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Evanovich. It\'s a new year for Stephanie, Lula, and the gang--and Connie Rosolli has a secret admirer. Or does she? Connie is receiving both love and hate letters. Could they be from the same person, or does she have two stalkers? Stephanie is determined to find out.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2007-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Desecration of Doves]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780595364626</link><description><![CDATA[Contrary to the doctor\'s advice, I am taking calcium tablets the previous occupant lost behind the sideboard in the hall. He died alone in his sleep. After six years in the same apartment, my right leg still aches every time clouds come out. Studies say that\'s the secret we always come back for more. from "Conversation with My Femur" From the delicious allure of skinny-dipping to the love confessions of a diseased spleen, to an exiled Starfleet officer whose day job is in an adult strip club, Arlene Ang explores the complex machinations of human relationships and the characters behind them. Sometimes sensual and provocative, sometimes black-humored and surreal, the poems in The Desecration of Doves display her sharp technique and inimitable voice.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Desecration of Doves]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Arlene Ang]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[iUniverse]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780595364626]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Contrary to the doctor\'s advice, I am taking calcium tablets the previous occupant lost behind the sideboard in the hall. He died alone in his sleep. After six years in the same apartment, my right leg still aches every time clouds come out. Studies say that\'s the secret we always come back for more. from "Conversation with My Femur" From the delicious allure of skinny-dipping to the love confessions of a diseased spleen, to an exiled Starfleet officer whose day job is in an adult strip club, Arlene Ang explores the complex machinations of human relationships and the characters behind them. Sometimes sensual and provocative, sometimes black-humored and surreal, the poems in The Desecration of Doves display her sharp technique and inimitable voice.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2005-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Foreign Affair]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061445897</link><description><![CDATA[ A remarkable debut novel rich in atmosphere, color, and suspense, Caro Peacock\'s "A Foreign Affair" is an irresistible blend of history, adventure, and ingenious invention that brings an extraordinary new writer--and a truly endearing and unforgettable heroine--to the literary stage.  The year is 1837. Queen Victoria, barely eighteen, has just ascended to the throne of England, and a young woman named Liberty Lane has just had her first taste of true sorrow. Refusing to accept that her gentle, peace-loving father has been killed fighting a duel, she vows to see justice done. . . .  The trail she follows is a twisting and dangerous one, leading the spirited young Englishwoman into an intricate weave of conspiracy. Contacted by secret agents, she is asked to pose as a governess in order to infiltrate cold, rambling Mandeville Hall and spy on its master, Sir Herbert Mandeville, who is at the center of a treasonous plan.  Nothing at the hall is what it seems, and every turn reveals another deceit, another surprise, another peril, leaving Libby to wonder who to trust and embroiling her in a deadly affair that could destroy the young queen and place Libby herself in mortal peril. . . .]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[A Foreign Affair]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Caro Peacock]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Avon a]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061445897]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[ A remarkable debut novel rich in atmosphere, color, and suspense, Caro Peacock\'s "A Foreign Affair" is an irresistible blend of history, adventure, and ingenious invention that brings an extraordinary new writer--and a truly endearing and unforgettable heroine--to the literary stage.  The year is 1837. Queen Victoria, barely eighteen, has just ascended to the throne of England, and a young woman named Liberty Lane has just had her first taste of true sorrow. Refusing to accept that her gentle, peace-loving father has been killed fighting a duel, she vows to see justice done. . . .  The trail she follows is a twisting and dangerous one, leading the spirited young Englishwoman into an intricate weave of conspiracy. Contacted by secret agents, she is asked to pose as a governess in order to infiltrate cold, rambling Mandeville Hall and spy on its master, Sir Herbert Mandeville, who is at the center of a treasonous plan.  Nothing at the hall is what it seems, and every turn reveals another deceit, another surprise, another peril, leaving Libby to wonder who to trust and embroiling her in a deadly affair that could destroy the young queen and place Libby herself in mortal peril. . . .]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Memorist]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780778325840</link><description><![CDATA[As a child, Meers Logan had been haunted by memories of another time and place. Now the hand of the past has reached out again, in the form of a drawing of an 18th-century gaming box. Determined to unlock the mystery of who she once had been, Meers travels to Vienna to find the box.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Memorist]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By M. J. Rose]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Mira Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780778325840]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[As a child, Meers Logan had been haunted by memories of another time and place. Now the hand of the past has reached out again, in the form of a drawing of an 18th-century gaming box. Determined to unlock the mystery of who she once had been, Meers travels to Vienna to find the box.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9781426823688]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2008-11-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plum Lucky]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312377632</link><description><![CDATA[From #1 bestselling author Evanovich comes another highly anticipated Stephanie Plum novel. This time, Diesel makes an appearance just after Valentine\'s Day in order to turn Stephanie\'s world upside down.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Plum Lucky]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Janet Evanovich]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[St. Martin\'s Press]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312377632]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[From #1 bestselling author Evanovich comes another highly anticipated Stephanie Plum novel. This time, Diesel makes an appearance just after Valentine\'s Day in order to turn Stephanie\'s world upside down.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9781429916202]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2008-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sinner\'s Guide to Confession]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780425221532</link><description><![CDATA[From the author of "Willing Spirits"--described by Jodi Picoult as beautifully written, full of wit and wisdom and heart--comes a novel of three women, their deepest longings, and their most profound secrets.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[The Sinner\'s Guide to Confession]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Phyllis Schieber]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Berkley Publishing Group]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780425221532]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[From the author of "Willing Spirits"--described by Jodi Picoult as beautifully written, full of wit and wisdom and heart--comes a novel of three women, their deepest longings, and their most profound secrets.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format><dc:relation><![CDATA[9781436240246]]></dc:relation><dc:date>2008-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience Point]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781932961539</link><description><![CDATA[Mixing heartbreak with satire, Abeel has created an intimate drama of a family shadowed by the past. "Conscience Point" offers enlightening descriptions of one woman\'s tough resilience and her ability to love and sacrifice when confronted with difficult choices.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Conscience Point]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Erica Abeel]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Unbridled Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781932961539]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Mixing heartbreak with satire, Abeel has created an intimate drama of a family shadowed by the past. "Conscience Point" offers enlightening descriptions of one woman\'s tough resilience and her ability to love and sacrifice when confronted with difficult choices.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>2008-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience Point]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781932961706</link><description><![CDATA[Madeleine Shaye has a succesful dual career as a concert pianist and TV arts correspondent, a great relationship with her grown daughter, and a love affair that is the envy of friends. She believes she has all the luck. But her blissful life suddenly unravels in this genre-bending novel about a mysterious love with two faces, a chocking betrayal, and the passion to reclaim old dreams.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Conscience Point]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Erica Abeel]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Unbridled Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781932961706]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[Madeleine Shaye has a succesful dual career as a concert pianist and TV arts correspondent, a great relationship with her grown daughter, and a love affair that is the envy of friends. She believes she has all the luck. 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