Belle and the Beau

Author	Meg Cabot
ISBN	0060753218

Victoria

Growing up in far-off India, wealthy young heiress Lady Victoria Arbuthnot was accustomed to handling her own affairs -- not to mention everyone else's. But in her sixteenth year, Vicky is unceremoniously shipped off to London to find a husband. With her usual aplomb, however, Lady...

Author	Margaret Moore
ISBN	0064473376

With her hand in marriage and the security of her beloved Haverleigh at stake, Lady Gwyneth is desperate. So when she comes upon a young man who might be the solution to her predicament, she does not hesitate to act, though it means entering into a dangerous deceit and inviting a thief into her castle.

All...

Author	Megan Frazer Blakemore
ISBN	1423117115

And the first runner up is... When Dara Cohen was little, she was a bright, shiny star. She was the cutest seven-year-old who ever sang Ella Fitzgerald, and it was no wonder she was crowned Little Miss Maine.

That was then. Now Dara's seventeen and she's not so little anymore. So not little, that...

Author	Rita Williams-Garcia
ISBN	0688162479

Even though they were born in different countries, Akilah and Victoria are true best friends. But Victoria has been acting strange ever since she returned from her summer in Nigeria, where she had a special coming-of-age ceremony. Why does proud Victoria, named for a queen, slouch at her desk and answer...

Author	Will Leitch
ISBN	1595140697

Everything comes easy for Tim Temples. He’s got a sweet summer job, lots of love from the ladies, and parties with his high school buddies. Why does he need to go to college?

Then Tim falls hard for Helena—a worldly and mysterious twenty-two year-old. Their relationship opens his eyes to...

Author	Karyn Langhorne
ISBN	0060847557

What makes an otherwise sane woman appear on a reality TV show?

Especially one as drastic as Ugly Duckling? For Audra Marks, the last straw comes when she loses her shot with handsome Art Bradshaw to the prettier and lighter-skinned Esmeralda Prince. Audra's always lived in a classic movies...

Author	Jo Edwards
ISBN	1416924922

Ryan is not obsessing....

But she does want to lose weight. Ever since she was outted as a "fat girl" at chearleading camp in fifth grade, Ryan's been on a mission to shed more than a few pounds.

Lately she's also on the hunt for a new relationship. Now that her ex- boyfriend is a rock star...

Author	James Lincoln Collier
ISBN	0440495040

Willy Freeman's life changes forever when she witnesses her father's death at the hands of the Redcoats and returns home to find that the British have taken her mother as a prisoner to New York City.



Willy, disguised as a boy, begins her long search for her mother and luckily finds a haven...

Author	Elaine Barbieri
ISBN	0060011343

Miranda, a painfully proud young woman (who happens to be the daughter of the commanding officer of the local fort) finds herself in a sticky situation: she has been captured by the local Cheyenne, and given as a gift to Rattling Blanket, an old woman who has trouble caring for herself. Her pride refuses...

Author	Karen Hawkins
ISBN	0064473465

Born to a prominent Boston family, Catherine Markham is a bit of a hellion despite her gentle upbringing. Stifled by the rules imposed by society, Catherine yearns for adventure. When her beloved brother is kidnapped, she decides to deliver the ransom herself -- with the help of a young man few others...

Author	Lorraine Heath
ISBN	0060009144

Amelia With a strict, eagle-eyed judge for a father and two older brothers to back him up, Amelia Harper is doted upon and protected within an inch of her life. She's not even allowed to have a sweetheart until she's seventeen, for example. Amelia longs for the day she can do as she pleases, but that day doesn't...

Author	Kathryn Smith
ISBN	0064473384

Anna
At the very least, anyone else in Anna Welsley's position would be satisfied. Anna is to inherit a fortune, and after a glittering London debut last Season, she is now engaged to a duke's son. Anna herself does not understand the vague feeling of dissatisfaction. While her mother industriously...

Author	Lois Gladys Leppard
ISBN	0764226398

About this book:

“Mandie receives a wire from Jonathan telling her he discovered a secret from long ago. They no sooner arrive in New York, than they learn that Jonathan has left!”


Series: Book #36 in “Mandie” series. (To read the reviews of the previous books in this series,...

Author	Nichelle Gainer
ISBN	1906615896

The original, highly acclaimed, silk-covered edition of Vintage Black Glamour. Packed with rarely seen photographs of Black actors, models, writers and entertainers of the early part of the 20th century, many of whom have been sorely neglected—until now—it was judged by Oprah.com to be one...

Author	Ron Koertge
ISBN	0763626791

"A meticulously crafted story of an unexpected friendship." — THE HORN BOOK (starred review)


An American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults

A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

She's drop-dead gorgeous, has a razor-sharp wit, and is a charter...

Author

May McGoldrick

Tess
Tess Lindsay has spent most of her life on the remote Isle of May, uncertain of her identity. Raised by the two sole inhabitants of the island, she is left to fend for herself after their deaths, until a stranger washes ashore in a storm. Tess pulls him from the surf, not knowing that in saving the...

Author	Lenora Worth
ISBN	0373873409

Down to Her Last Straw

When city gal Summer Maxwell came to visit her family's Texas small town, her car broke down nine miles from her destination. World-weary and lagging in her faith, Summer didn't think things could get worse . . . until a handsome stranger came to her rescue and opened her...

Author	Francis Ray
ISBN	0786000252

The last thing Victoria Chandler wants is to get married… again! Now the threat of financial ruin jeopardizes not only the Fort Worth beauty's hard-won independence but her chain of lingerie boutiques as well. In desperation, Victoria seeks help from wealthy Kane Taggart. There's just one catch:...

Author

Piper Huguley

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6


Oberlin, Ohio – 1844

Lawrence Stewart is a rare man. Raised with his grandmother’s Miami Indian tribe,...

Author	Brenda Jackson
ISBN	0373811071

A Little Dare is my first book in the Westmoreland Series. And I was totally hooked. I loved it and I can't wait to read more.

Shelly Brockman was pregnant when she left town ten years ago and now she's back and and planning to let Dare know about AJ and let him be a part of their son's life. Dare is now...

Author	Amy Hill Hearth
ISBN	0062673602

Amy Hill Hearth uncovers the story of a little-known figure in U.S. history in this biography. In 1854, a young African American woman named Elizabeth Jennings won a major victory against a New York City streetcar company, a first step in the process of desegregating public transportation in Manhattan.

One...