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  1. King and Queen of the Universe
    by Kurt Vonnegut

    One of fourteen previously unpublished short stories by Kurt Vonnegut, available individually or together in the collection Look at the Birdie.

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  2. Angel Time
    by Anne Rice

    Rice returns to the mesmerizing storytelling that has captivated readers for more than three decades in a tale of unceasing suspense set in time past — a metaphysical thriller about angels and assassins.

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  3. Playing with Fire
    by Gena Showalter

    Twenty-four-year-old barista Belle Jamison dreams of a better job and a decent love life. Until a crazy scientist spikes her mocha latte! Suddenly Belle can wield the four elements - earth, wind, fire and water - with only a thought. Coffee too hot? No problem. Hair in need of a blow-dry? Done. Add a gorgeous government agent sent to cool her off, and things rapidly get too hot to handle!

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  4. Friday Night Bites
    by Chloe Neill

    Since revealing their existence to the mortals of Chicago, the vampires are enjoying their celebrity status. But should people learn about the Raves — feeding parties where vampires round up humans like cattle — the citizens are certain to start sharpening their stakes.

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  5. The Power of Slow: 101 Ways To Save Time in Our 24/7 World
    by Christine Louise Hohlbaum

    Overwhelmed by electronic gadgets? Buried under an avalanche of e-mails? Juggling too many tasks and responsibilities? Desperately in need of a deep breath and a time-out? For all of us who answer yes to any of these questions, help is on the way. Getting to the heart of our hassled and over-scheduled existence, Christine Louise Hohlbaum cheerfully investigates 101 ways to increase our quality of life and productivity by reevaluating how we perceive and use time.

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  6. The Paris Review Interviews, IV
    by The Paris Review

    For more than 50 years, The Paris Review has published revelatory and revealing interviews with the literary lights of our age. This critically acclaimed series continues with another eclectic lineup, including Philip Roth, Ezra Pound, Haruki Murakami, Maya Angelou, William Styron, and others. Introduction by Salman Rushdie.

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  7. Grave Secret
    by Charlaine Harris

    New in the series from New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels. Lightning-struck sleuth Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver take a break from looking for the dead to visit the two little girls they both think of as sisters. But, as always happens when they travel to Texas, memories of their horrible childhood resurface.

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  8. Never After
    by Laurell K. Hamilton and Yasmine Galenorn and Marjorie M. Liu and Sharon Shinn

    Here, for the first time ever, are four stories from today's most provocative authors that take the classic idea of the faerie tale wedding and give it a swift kick in the bustle.

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  9. Tempt Me At Twilight
    by Lisa Kleypas

    Poppy Hathaway is the beautiful and sensible middle sister of an unconventional Victorian family. She longs for normalcy, but instead becomes entwined with the mysterious Harry Rutledge, the most complicated and dangerous man she has ever met. Will Poppy give in to the ultimate temptation?

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  10. The Wicked Duke Takes a Wife
    by Jillian Hunter

    Lord Griffin Boscastle has no intention of ending his glorious career as a rakehell now that he has inherited a dukedom. Still, there are responsibilities he must discharge before his pleasures resume, including finding a bride, and depositing his incorrigible niece at a relative's academy outside London. It is at this so-very-proper finishing school that flame-haired instructress Harriet Gardner awakens in Griffin emotions so dangerously intoxicating that he must avoid her at all cost. Yet when Harriet finds work in the townhouse where Griffin resides, her presence tempts him at every turn.

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  11. Hot for the Holidays
    by Lora Leigh

    Featuring four all-new novellas of sensual surprises and seasonal spirits, this collection includes a new tale of the Breeds from Lora Leigh and a return to the world of the Mageverse from Angela Knight.

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  12. Men I Might Have Known
    by Brad Saunders

    Everyone experiences it — that moment when you lock eyes with a perfect stranger and feel a shiver of requited lust. Too often, those opportunities slip by unexplored. But in this steamy, imaginative collection, Brad Saunders turns what if into what happened, recreating the sizzling chance connections he's experienced — and playing them out in uninhibited stories that tap into our deepest fantasies about what can happen when we take the next step.

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  13. Virgin With Butterflies
    by Tom Powers

    She's a cigarette girl in a spot just off Chicago's loop, but she's about to start really going places. As she goes, she collects an Indian raja, an amorous sheikh and a mysterious gentleman reputed to be the Rockefeller of Burma. These gents are after something, chasing the gal around the world to get it, and it ain't hay. That's where her butterflies come in — they flutter hard, warning her when she's scared or propositioned, and they're working overtime. Effectively? — read the book and find out. And then read more from the Harlequin Vintage Collection!

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  14. One-click Buy: November 2009 Harlequin Presents
    by Chantelle Shaw

    One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all November 2009 Harlequin Presents with one click!

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