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To Catch a Bad Guy

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Armed and Fabulous

Camilla Chafer · 307 pages

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Soulless

Gail Carriger · 300 pages

Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire -- and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeo

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Undead and Unwed

MaryJanice Davidson · 277 pages

First Betsy Taylor loses her job, then she's killed in a car accident. But what really bites is that she can't seem to stay dead. And now her new friends have the ridiculous idea that Betsy is the prophesied vampire queen, and they want her help in overthrowing the most obnoxious power-hungry vampire in five centuries.

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Trouble in Mudbug

Jana Deleon · 274 pages

Maryse Roicheaux can't help heaving a sigh of relief at the news that her not-so-beloved mother-in-law has kicked the busket. The woman was rude, manipulative and loved lording over everyone as the richest citizen of Mudbug, Louisiana. Unfortunately, death doesn't slow Helena Henry down one bit. Being haunted--or more like harried-- by Helena's ghost isn't even the worst of Maryse's problems. Clos

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Spying in High Heels

Gemma Halliday · 288 pages

An L.A. fashionista finds herself in over her head when murder, embezzlement, and a hot detective collide in her life.

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One for the Money

Janet Evanovich · 320 pages

Welcome 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. Stephanie lands a gig at her sleazy cousin Vinnie's bail bo

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What Looks Like Crazy

Charlotte Hughes · 288 pages

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First Grave on the Right

Darynda Jones · 328 pages

Meet Charley Davidson -- PI and grim reaper extraordinaire... Charley sees dead people. That's right, she sees dead people. And it's her job to convince them to 'go into the light.' But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e. murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice. Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she's been

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Ruby Red

Kerstin Gier · 352 pages

Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era! Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon--

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Bubbles Unbound

Sarah Strohmeyer · 341 pages

Against all odds, Bubbles Yablonsky has returned to school, but while on her way to journalism school, she happens upon a crime scene and finds herself drawn into a murder investigation.

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Succubus Blues

Richelle Mead · 368 pages

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Suddenly Royal

Nichole Chase · 426 pages

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Hex Hall

Rachel Hawkins · 336 pages

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Unbreakable Bond

Gemma Halliday, Jennifer Fischetto · 184 pages

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Full Blast

Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes · 352 pages

There's never a dull moment for the residents of Beaumont, South Carolina. Lately, a heat wave's spiked the mercury--and everyone's sex drive. When newspaper owner Jamie Swift runs into millionaire playboy Max Holt, it's all she can do not to tear his clothes off--and the feeling is mutual. But trouble seems to follow Max like moths to a flame, and Jamie suspects he's all wrong for her. Meanwhile,

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Shark Bait

Jenn Cooksey · 318 pages

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Lovestruck in London

Rachel Schurig · 380 pages

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Truly, Madly

Heather Webber · 320 pages

Lucy Valentine is as smart as can be, as single as you can get, and so not qualified to run a matchmaking service. But when her parents temporarily step down from the family business, Valentine, Inc., it's Lucy's turn to step up and help out--in the name of love. Plus, her rent is due. Here's the problem: Lucy doesn't have the knack for matchmaking. According to family legend, every Valentine h

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Crocodile on the Sandbank

Elizabeth Peters · 280 pages

Thirty-one-year-old Victorian gentlewoman Amelia Peabody has not only inherited her father's fortune, but she is also blessed with his strong will as well. Now she's headed for Cairo, accompanied by a girl with a tarnished past, to indulge her passion for Egyptology. Little did she know that murder and a homicidal mummy lay in wait for her.

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Miss Match

Erynn Mangum · 329 pages

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An Affair to Dismember

Elise Sax · 323 pages

"Three months has been Gladie Burger's limit when it comes to staying in one place. That's why Gladie is more than a little skeptical when her eccentric Grandma Zelda recruits her to the family's matchmaking business in the quaint small town of Cannes, California. What's more, Gladie is also highly unqualified, having a terrible track record with romance. Still, Zelda is convinced that her grandda

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Prejudice Meets Pride

Rachael Anderson · 246 pages

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