Secrecy of the Shivering Night


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Secrecy of the Shivering Night


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When Himi was a small boy, he became terrified of the dark thanks to a trauma suffered during a earthquake. His dorm mate, Furuya, is afraid of bright lights -- so what can they do?




Pinkerton's Secret


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A provocative love story, conjuring up the passionate life of the Civil War era's legendary private eye, his dramatic exploits, and his clandestine affair with his partner, the first female detective.




The Secret of the Night


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In addition to penning the novel on which The Phantom of the Opera was based, French journalist and author Gaston Leroux created the intrepid detective Joseph Rouletabille, who is featured in a series of eminently charming mysteries. In The Secret of the Night, Rouletabille gets ensnared in a complex Russian plot. Will the detective discover the identity of the double agent in time to foil the nefarious scheme?




The Soldier's Dark Secret


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The truth behind the hero Officer Jack Trestain may have been one of Wellington's most valued code-breakers, but since Waterloo, he's hung up his uniform. If only he could just as easily put aside the tortured memories he carries deep within… Perhaps enchanting French artist Celeste Marmion might be the distraction he so desperately craves? Except Celeste harbors secrets of her own, and questions that she needs Jack's help to solve! With Celeste's every touch an exquisite temptation, how close can Jack get without revealing his darkest secret of all? Comrades in Arms War heroes, heartbreakers…husbands?




Secret of the Dragon


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New gods are challenging the old high god, Torval, for rulership of the world. The only way to stop these brash interlopers lies with the five Bones of the Vektia Dragons—the five primal dragons hidden away by the dragon goddess, Vindrash, during the creation of the world. Without these dragons, one of the new gods, Aelon, cannot seize power. The only hope of the Vindrasi lies in finding the dragon bones before the followers of Aelon can use them to destroy the old gods. But the Vindrasi gods have a traitor in their midst... In the land of mortals, Raegar, a Vindraisi turned Aelon warrior-priest, searches for the spirit bones. The gods have a champion of their own—Skylan Ivorson, sea-raider and high chief of the Vindrasi clans, and sworn enemy to Raegar. But Skylan is a prisoner on his own ship. The ship's dragon, Kahg, has vanished and some believe he is dead. Skylan and his people are taken as captives to Sinaria, where they must fight in a game known as the Para Dix. The fates of men and gods and are dragons are rushing headlong to destruction. Skylan can stop the calamity, but only if he discovers the secret of the dragon. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.




Uncle Robert's Secret


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“You don’t know what scared is till you’ve fallen out of a tree late at night into a bunch of broken-down gravestones, practically on top of somebody you think might be a mean guy...and there’s an awful scream still ringing in your ears.” Bob should have known how hard it would be to keep his secret. Especially when the secret he was trying to keep was a bedraggled little boy named Tim. When he shared his secret with his brother Sonny and his sister Debbi, they found themselves up to their ears in secrets, looking for clues to a mystery. And when the family cat dug up a skull in their spooky neighbor’s yard, Bob, Debbi, and Sonny knew they were in for the most spine-tingling adventure of their lives. “Suspenseful incidents...and fast-thinking, fast-acting children.” ALA Booklist




The Dream-Woman & The Family Secret


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William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. In Basil’s secret and unconsummated marriage to the linendraper’s sexually precocious daughter, and the shocking betrayal, insanity, and death that follow, Wilkie Collins reveals the bustling, commercial London of the 19th century wreaking its vengeance on a still powerful aristocratic world.




Secret Nights with a Cowboy


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USA Today bestseller Caitlin Crews returns to Cold River, CO, and cowboys, with an emotional second chance romance in Secret Nights with a Cowboy, the stunning first installment in her new Kittredge Ranch series. A man holding on... Riley Kittredge has always known exactly what he wanted. His land, his horses. His woman. He met and married Rae Trujillo far too young, and their young love combusted right after they said their vows. But their passion has never managed to burn itself out. Yet when Rae shows this time, it's not a night of pleasure she demands, but a divorce. A woman letting go... Rae should have moved on a long time ago. She knows she and Riley just don't work. They might make great lovers, but that doesn't make a marriage. And now Rae wants a new life, complete with a baby. But when her husband offers to be a father, to give her the family she's always secretly desired, she and Riley will both have to face demons from their past—and choose love over fear at last. “Loaded with charming characters [and] wit....will win the heart of any romance fan.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) on A True Cowboy Christmas




The Secret History


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A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch. Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. “A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment.... Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —The New York Times