IT WAS A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE...But convenient for whom? Jude Langston had practically kidnapped Bess White and brought her to his San Antonio ranch. It wasn't that he'd wanted her so desperately--he didn't even like Bess. No, Jude's cool green eyes were firmly fixed on the shares of his company that she'd inherited.Bess had always thought of Jude as the Rawhide Man--lean and rough. But then she discovered he could also be unexpectedly gentle, and it devastated her. For as much as she fought it, Jude had captured her heart. Yet how could she stay in a marriage that was so much less than such a union should be?

At first the police thought they were dealing with a psychopath or a vicious gangland war. Then, they heard the eerie sounds in the ventilation system and saw the silver eyes in the night. In a city paralyzed by a blizzard, something watches — something whose ultimate victims are young and innocent.

Vietnam: bitterly contested on the American home front and on the battlefields of Southeast Asia. Risking his vows to the priesthood and his status as a Korean War hero, Michael Maguire struggles with God and country in this thrilling novel of faith, truth, and honor, "so rich and vital it leaves you breathless" (Chicago Tribune).

An inventive tale of one young girl, first in a new stage of human evolution, and her turbulent odyssey across an America scared by a Bionuclear war. Won Compton Crook Award in 1985. Nominated for Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1984. Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1985. Finalist of Philip K. Dick Award in 1984. Nominated for Locus Award for best first novel and best SF Novel in 1985.

Destroyed by the fires of nuclear holocaust, our once great nation is in shambles. Life as we know it is no more. But among the survivors stands Ben Raines, retired soldier, mercenary, and the only man alive trained to lead the Resistance into a visionary new America. But the Rebels’ greatest adversary—our own government—forces Raines and his army into bloody guerilla combat—and an unavoidable civil war. Now, as brother turns against brother, an even greater peril is thrown into the pot: a new, indestructible breed of post-apocalyptic enemies who threaten to wrest control of the new world and sink it into a hell on earth.

The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection - for 1983 pub in 1984This collection launched the popular and long-running "The Year's Best Science Fiction" series:Fantastic Science Fiction!The Year's Best -- And Biggest CollectionHere's the cream of the crop: short stories, novelettes, novellas by science fiction writers already famous and awarded for their high-quality work in science fiction.  Writers like:Cicada Queen [Mechanist-Shapers] • Bruce SterlingBeyond the Dead Reef • James Tiptree, Jr.Slow-Birds • Ian WatsonVulcan’s Forge • Poul AndersonMan-Mountain Gentian • Howard WaldropHardfought • Greg BearManifest Destiny • Joe HaldemanFull Chicken Richness • Avram DavidsonMultiples • Robert SilverbergCryptic • Jack McDevittThe Sidon in the Mirror • Connie WillisGolden Gate • R. A. LaffertyBlind Shemmy • Jack DannIn the Islands • Pat MurphyNunc Dimittis • Tanith LeeBlood Music • Greg BearHer Furry Face • Leigh KennedyKnight of Shallows • Rand B. LeeThe Cat • Gene WolfeThe Monkey Treatment • George R. R. MartinNearly Departed [Deadpan Allie] • Pat CadiganHearts Do Not in Eyes Shine • John KesselCarrion Comfort • Dan SimmonsGemstone • Vernor VingeBlack Air • Kim Stanley Robinson

Lord Silverfield must marry the daughter of his uncle’s oldest friend within a year, or lose a fortune, so it’s unfortunate that he finds Sir James Derwent’s half-sister, Anastasia, infinitely more captivating. So too does the sinister and rakish Sir Montagu Morley, and Anastasia takes flight right to the heart of glittering Regency London. Regency Romance by Patricia M. Ashley; originally published by Robert Hale [London]

About 65 million years ago, it is supposed that dinosaurs disappeared from Earth. But what if they had not been? From a master of imaginative storytelling comes an epic tale of the world as it might have been, a world where the age of dinosaurs never ended, and their descendants clashed with the humans. The story is set in the Americas, where a clan of native humans survives by hunting and fishing. Suddenly they clash with a new race that comes from across the ocean — the lizards who are a much more advanced civilization, progressing not through technology, but through animal-breeding. They breed new kinds of animals, each one serving as a machine designed for a specific purpose. A human teenager is caught by the lizards and survives in their city, first as an animal, then as a prisoner, then as a member of society. Still, his human instincts takes over and he betrays his masters, escapes and leads the humans to destroying the lizard city and driving them back across the sea.

This hilarious parody yearbook explores the ups and downs of a year in the life of the senior class cats at Paw Paw High School. This active senior class did a lot in their last year of high school: The Glee Club Meowlers recorded their first album, "Songs to Lick Fur To," the drama club performed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the Ratters football coach, Fred Ball Whiskers, retired, and Sophie McMeow was voted "Most Chased." Filled with cat class photos, candid shots, and handwritten notes to the yearbook's owner, Nelson "Gill" Fish, Cat High revives the classic parody yearbook in all its black-and-white, feline-filled glory.

Croaker spoke to assembled Company: “In olden times the outfit consisted entirely of black soldiers. Thus the name. Its slow drift northward has seen not only its diminution but a shift in its makeup. One-Eye is the black man with us today.” “We are the last of the Twelve True Companies. We have out-endured the others by more than a century, but I fear we’re into our twilight days. I fear this may be the Company’s final commission. A page of history is about to turn. Once it does, the great warrior brotherhoods will be gone and forgotten.” But Croaker was wrong... The first volume of THE BLACK COMPANY series

After logging thousands of hours in the air, flight attendant Robbie Mallory is quite adept at resisting the charms of men who are only interested in casual flirtation. So when Captain Tyler "blue-eyes" Lang showers her with his attentions, Robbie is sure he regards her merely as his latest conquest and she tries to ignore him. With a good head on her shoulders and a secret dream of forever love, Robbie does not intend to lose her heart to the Romeo of the friendly skies. But when she and Ty are scheduled on the same flight to Bermuda, even her well-built defenses can't keep her heart safe. Despite her happiness, Robbie can't shake nagging suspicions about Ty. Had she made a mistake in falling in love with him?

Re-read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Penny Jordan Sarah's heart broke the moment she discovered her brand-new marriage to Benedict de l'Isle was the result of a foolish bet between Ben and his friend Dale. In anger, Sarah let Ben think Dale had been her lover, and walked away forever. Or so she thought... Three years later, Sarah finds herself working once again with her husband. A husband who is convinced that she destroyed their marriage, and is determined to punish her...in the most delectable of ways! Originally published in 1984

Kylie Richards was starting a new business and traveled to Santa Fe to offer her management seminars. Abandoned at the airport, she found herself whisked into town by a fellow traveler. Nick Braden worked for Southwest Textile as a troubleshooter, and he'd intended to fire Kylie before she could be too disruptive. But there was a real current between these two that neither could ignore. Contemporary Romance by Karen Toller Whittenburg; originally published by Dell Candlelight Ecstasy Romance