St. Tropez offers all the pleasures a growing boy could want—as well as all the dangerAfter the Wall Street crash and the onset of the Great Depression, Stuart Cosling wants something different than his typical American life, so he takes his sizable fortune and a beautiful young French trophy wife, and moves to the undiscovered paradise of St. Tropez. Here he has the home, the vineyard, and the precocious son he has always wanted. Within a few years, his status on the island grows from that of new arrival to local celebrity. Their son, Robbie, grows up. By his teenage years, he has become a terribly handsome man, and while on a cruise, he learns the pleasures that manhood can bring. Now Robbie is impelled to chase that feeling and try to find the love that he deserves. Perfect Freedom has all the hallmarks of Gordon Merrick's finest work: scenic locales, beautifully rendered characters, and outrageous emotion oozing from every...

"Shh! You are now a member of the Pink Locker Society. More details to come. Shh!"Welcome to the Pink Locker Society. Membership is a high honor, but Jemma and her two best friends can't tell anyone about their secret office, the work they do, or how they always manage to skip study hall. Behind pink doors, the trio of teens (plus Bet, the new girl) have been asked to take on a mysterious mission at Margaret Simon Middle School. They're supposed to help other girls by answering their questions about the PBBs. Can Jemma, Piper, Kate, and Bet think fast and think pink?Visit the Pink Locker Society at PinkLockerSociety.org.Look on page 27 to learn what the PBBs are!

Ex-state trooper Harry Rane, who first appeared in Wallace Stroby's brilliant debut novel, The Barbed-Wire Kiss, is at loose ends. Doing some investigative work for a friend's firm just to keep himself busy, Harry meets Nikki Ellis, a woman desperate for help. Her ex, Johnny Harrow, was just released from prison after a seven-year stretch for attempted murder. Nikki hasn't spoken to him since he went down, but she knows what he's capable of, and that he'll be looking for her-and for the baby she put up for adoption after Johnny went away. She knows it's up to her to protect the child once again. And she's afraid. As Harry finds out, she should be. Johnny is headed home to New Jersey to settle up with anyone who did him wrong while he was gone, including Nikki and his former employer, mobster Joey Alea. Then he's planning to find his son and start a new life.Johnny starts at the Heartbreak Lounge, where Nikki was a dancer when she first met Johnny, and...

The Aldens are preparing for a yard sale when they find an old wooden mask in the trash behind a neighbor's house. Violet notices that the mask looks like a Native American mask that she had read about. When the mask is stolen, the children begin to think their newfound treasure may be worth a lot to someone. Can the Aldens find the thief and the mask before it's too late?

The stakes have never been higher for Toni and the crew of Whistler. The sky remains dark, the north is still frozen, and refugees stream into southern states. Food, water, and fuel supplies have dwindled. The teens have been sailing to Mexico to reunite with their families, but Mexico has closed its borders.Whistler sails into San Diego Harbor. Crude oil covers the bay. Bodies float in the murky water. Danger lurks in every crashed plane, sunken ship, and battered marina. Toni, Takumi, and Nick leave Whistler and go ashore to find Toni's parents, but the roads are blocked by abandoned cars and violent gangs roam freely.How will Toni and Whistler's crew survive and locate their families? Can Toni and Takumi's young love last? Are Zoe and Dylan really going to have a baby?Anchored is the exciting conclusion to the Knockdown Trilogy.

The members of the Tribulation Force face their most dangerous challenges. As international fugitives, they struggle to find supplies for safe houses around the world. In despair over so many lost lives, Rayford Steele and Buck Williams make plans to dethrone Nicolae Carpathia and expose him as the Antichrist. Meanwhile, Carpathia has been busy rebuilding roads, airports, and a cellular/solar satellite phone system—all designed to help him become the supreme ruler of the world. Many believers want him stopped, but who will fulfill Scripture and help bring about the Antichrist's death? A repackage of the sixth book in the New York Times best-selling Left Behind series.

Another winning Jean Ure story for younger readers, about one small puppy in need of some love... One small puppy just needs a loving home... Ginger and James are two of a kind! Both just want to be loved and cared for... even if one is just a puppy, and one is a boy who just wants a puppy.When Ginger's young owner gets fed up with caring for him, and James' gets fed up with his parents caring for the new baby, they both take drastic action. But will their paths cross in time for them to find what they need in each other?

Though she does her best to be happy as a small town waitress, nineteen-year-old Scarlett can’t help longing for something different in her life. To her surprise, that something different turns out to be a handsome cowboy named Colton, in town for the bull-riding event in a local rodeo.Scarlett’s introduction to Colton is an embarrassing one—he spanks her soundly after a careless attempt to pet a rodeo horse almost gets her hurt—but despite the shameful punishment, his smooth drawl and old-fashioned manners leave her heart racing and her body aching for more of his touch. Lunch together the next day quickly turns into a date, and when Colton tells her that a firm daddy is exactly what she needs, she finds herself agreeing to try being his little girl.But when Colton discovers that Scarlett has been lying to him and pretending to be sick to avoid telling him the truth about a former boyfriend’s threatening behavior, he decides to make sure she learns to be truthful with her daddy in the future. After taking her temperature the way naughty little girls have it taken, he punishes her bottom thoroughly, both inside and out, leaving her blushing crimson and promising never to lie to him again.Scarlett soon realizes that she is more in love with Colton than she ever dreamed possible, but when her ex’s behavior becomes even more alarming will her cowboy daddy act quickly enough to protect his little girl?Publisher’s Note: Her Cowboy Daddyis an erotic romance novel that contains spankings, sexual scenes, age play, anal play, elements of medical play, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.

The Last Days of the National Costume

Book two in the RM Outdoor Adventure Mystery series by Agatha Award finalist Beth Groundwater.Fly fishing is dangerous? River ranger Mandy Tanner had no idea until days before a huge tournament in Salida, Colorado. True, the Arkansas River can be a man-eater, but the rapids weren’t responsible for driving a hatchet into the neck of would-be competitor Howie Abbott—a secretive man who may have been cheating. While casting about for suspects, Mandy seeks clues from Abbott’s family members, including her best friend, bartender Cynthia Abbott. But when Cynthia becomes the prime suspect, Mandy realizes that trolling for the true killer has plunged her way too deep into wicked eddies.About the AuthorBeth Groundwater (Colorado Springs, CO) was an avid "river rat" in the 1980s. Her book, A Real Basket Case (Five Star Publishing), was a 2007 Agatha Award finalist for Best First Novel. She is the author of several award-winning stories and holds key positions in local chapters of Mystery Writers of America and other writing associations.