"Captain Brandon Birmingham is a lusty adventurer married to the sea. Though courting scorn and serious peril through his actions, he abducts the beautiful, sapphire-eyed fugitive from the tumultuous London dockside. For it is destiny that brings Heather to Brandon's side, and no power on Earth will force him to relinquish his exquisite prize. Only she can unlock the tenderness in his heart; and Brandon vows she will he his to love, to cherish, to...

The Calder empire stretches across the Montana plains and old codes die hard. Handsome and proud Chase Calder will one day inherit, but he longs for the spirited, independent Maggie O'Rourke who refuses to be trapped by the old order. Their love must struggle to survive.

Ender Wiggin, the young military genius, discovers that a second alien war is inevitable and that he must dismiss his fears to make peace with humanity's strange new brothers.

The Year Without Summer Fourteen-year-old Joshua Woods would like nothing better than to leave his Catskill mountain home and follow his uncles to Harvard. But, it is the Spring of 1824, and Joshua's father, believing strange predictions of "a year without summer," refuses to let him go. And, the Chases', a family who once owned his father as an indentured servant, are trying to lure Joshua into their intrigues. Joshua is caught between his loyalty...

Lerris, content with his job as a carpenter and his marriage to Krystal, a military subcommander, is called to serve his nation when his skills as a wizard are needed to defeat the forces of Hamor, whose attack could upset the balance of chaos and order necessary to the survival of the Recluce Universe.

The cunningly insane emperor of Drenai menaces his people, and only Tenaka Khan holds the power to break his tyrannical rule, but he must overcome his heritage--a legacy of warring clans--and survive a life-or-death challenge.

Waylander finds himself hunted by the Dark Brotherhood and the hounds of chaos after being betrayed by Kaem, and learns the only hope of saving himself and the Drenai lands is to retrieve the legendary Armor of Bronze from its hiding place in a shadow-haunted land.

"Orson Scott Card's Xenocide is a space opera with verve. In this continuation of Ender Wiggin's story, the Starways Congress has sent a fleet to immolate the rebellious planet of Lusitania, home to the alien race of pequeninos, and home to Ender Wiggin and his family. Concealed on Lusitania is the only remaining Hive Queen, who holds a secret that may save or destroy humanity throughout the galaxy. Familiar characters from the previous novels continue...

Two Texas Rangers fight Indians and bandits while trying to sort affairs with their women. One is Gus McCrae, a hard-drinking womanizer jilted by his love, the other is sober Woodrow Call, father of a boy by a prostitute.

When the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 is passed, violence shatters the peaceful settlement of Stony Clove. For Lily Woods, the brutal horror of slavery takes on a terrifying reality when her friend-a free black woman-is captured by bounty hunters and returned South into bondage. Lily must act to save her friend...even if that means putting herself- and her family- in jeopardy.