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Soon after September 11, the news media stepped up its coverage of Martin and Gracia Burnham, the missionary couple held hostage in the Philippine jungle by terrorists with ties to Osama bin Laden. After a year of captivity and a violent rescue that resulted in Martin's death, the world watched Gracia Burnham return home in June 2002.

When the Aldens hear that Grandfather's friend Mrs. Ashleigh had an ancestor who was a pirate, they decide to hunt for his hidden treasure. But then strange things start to happen, and it looks like someone else wants to find the treasure - and keep it! Can the Boxcar Children stop the thief before the next hurricane hits?

The Aldens are going to visit a guide dog school - but once they arrive, mysterious things start to happen. Benny sees strange lights in one of the dormitory rooms... and late one night, someone breaks into the kennel where the guide dogs are kept. Is someone after one of the dogs? The Boxcar Children are determined to find out!

The Boxcar Children love exploring the train, watching the beautiful scenery from the observation car, and eating in the dining car. But the train ride gets really interesting when they meet a young woman who has had something very valuable stolen from her.

When an 83-year-old woman dies, she is not transported straight to heaven. She is taken on an unexpected detour back to her life shortly before she died. Only this time, she is seeing the world from a different point of view. This is the first time she has ever experienced a detour being the best part of a journey.

Suzy's unprotected fantasy comes true at her office Christmas party, when her CEO dresses up as Santa, and surprises her in the stationery cupboard!

For as long as she can remember, Chloe has imagined what it would be like to be utterly and completely dominated by a man. When she meets Geoffrey - a man who can make her blush red with shame and quiver with lust at the same time with nothing more than a word or a glance - Chloe begins to wonder if her fantasy could become reality. As hot as her desire burns, though, Chloe struggles with herself. How can a modern woman feel this way?

An orchestra is coming to town! The children are excited to hear the orchestra play, to meet the musicians, and to learn how to make their own instruments. The orchestra is also displaying a very valuable, old piece of music. But when it mysteriously disappears, it's up to the Boxcar Children to find it!

When Grace's house unexpectedly burns down, the insurance company moves them into a hotel until more suitable accommodation can be found. It means sharing a room with her close friend James, in which they have neglected to provide seperate beds. James begins the night on the floor, but Grace feels sorry for him and invites him to sleep alongside her. With her semi-naked flat-mate in bed with her, Grace begins to feel a little horny.

When Lucy finds herself at home alone with her flat-mate Jack, she doesn't expect him to invite himself into her room, sit down on the bed, and test it for suitability. She definitely doesn't expect him to pat the soft duvet and invite her to sit down next to him, nor does she expect herself to comply. When he moves his hand up to her mouth there is no way in the world she would have seen herself sucking his thumb, and when he moves her hand across to his thigh, she would never have imagined finding the 'huge secret'...

When Jeremiah catches Sophie trying to steal his wallet, he decides not to call the police, but take matters into his own hands instead, and adopt the teenage runaway, inviting her to join the safety of his household. Sophie falls in love with the mysterious man who speaks of old stories and forgotten fairy-tales, and soon becomes Jeremiah's moon goddess, ready to provide him with a child, as soon as the time is right.

Amelia leaves her teaching job in New York City and travels by train to San Francisco, where she loses no time in calling on Esther and her new husband, Samuel Allen, and providing them with proof that she is Esther's sister and that her existence has been intentionally concealed by their father for seventeen years, since Esther was a toddler. Samuel suggests that Amelia live with them, but when Esther says something impolite and Samuel tells her that she can expect to be soundly spanked for her rudeness....

The Boxcar Children are going to a dog show. They meet all kinds of dogs, from a spotted Dalmatian to a big, hairy sheepdog. But then strange things start happening at the dog show, and no one knows why. Can the children solve the mystery and save the day?

From the award-winning author of Minor Characters comes a haunting novel about the persistence of love and the sustaining and destabilizing power of memories. In the vibrant downtown Manhattan art world of the 1960s, where men and women collide in "lucky and unlucky convergences," a series of love affairs has left Joanna Gold, a young photographer, feeling numbed. Then, at yet another party, a painter named Tom Murphy walks up to her.

With an unscrupulous creditor proposing indecent solutions to their uncertain future, the girls leave their childhood home - and childhood itself - behind. Soon an unexpected hero finds himself saddled with the slew of sisters and their surprising skills. But only one thing’s for sure: the sharpshooter named Beatrix hits the mark of his lonely heart. Plagued by past failures and forced to make their own way, find out what happens as the Dangerous Darlyns take to the road in Trails & Targets!

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are working in a general store to help out a friend of Aunt Jane’s. It seems to the children that the young girl who works in the store is behaving very strangely. She seems nervous and won’t answer any questions about her past. Then a strange man comes to the store asking about her. What secret is the mystery girl hiding?

The Boxcar Children decide to raise money to help the Greenfield hospital. At Beth’s suggestion, they form a service called The Boxcar Helpers—to babysit, wash cars, mow lawns, and care for pets. But Beth keeps disappearing. And then other things start to go wrong. Is someone trying to put them out of business?

Being a lesbian doesn’t come natural to everyone. That’s what Erika Kleinman learned during her sexual awakening in 1990s Seattle, when she began dating a host of butch women who were all too willing to show her the ropes. My Life as a Dyke recounts Kleinmans’ relationships with candor and humor while making one thing clear: no matter who you’re interested in, dating can be a nightmare.

Sparks fly when up-and-coming artist Carmen Harris meets football star Natron Dakers at her first gallery opening. Carmen soon discovers that Natron is the type of man who sees what he wants and goes after it -and apparently what he wants is her. Almost before she knows it, Carmen finds herself taking everything Natron gives her and begging for more. And when he reveals that he wants to be her dominant daddy and her to be his submissive little girl, she doesn't hesitate to agree.

In Mercy 6, David Bajo's courageous new medical thriller, four people collapse dead in the same instant within a newly renovated Los Angeles hospital. Dr. Mendenhall, the woman who is head of the emergency room, isn't convinced the cause of death is a contagion. But it's in the interests of the hospital administrators - and of the world at large - for people to think that it is. If the world knew the truth there could only be widespread panic. The hospital is immediately locked down. Information is suddenly being strictly controlled.