When powerful Minneapolis art critic Hale Micklenberg is murdered, there aren't too many mourners. A master of the bad review, Micklenberg was bad news for a lot of people.Food critic Sophie Greenway is nonetheless troubled to learn that her college-student son could be involved in the murder. But so could a host of others -- including Hale Micklenberg's artworld colleagues, various so-called friends, and the not-so-bereaved widow. Review"A Fair-Play Plot and contemporary characters that leap off the page. Stir in Martha Grimes with P.D. James and add a dash of Christie and Amanda Cross, and you begin to get the idea: a cozy with a brain." -- Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine "Another Splendid Specimen of the classical mystery story, nicely updated and full of interesting and believable characters." -- The Purloined Letter From the PublisherIf you've read an Ellen Hart mystery, aside from a murder or two, you know to expect descriptions of mouth-watering food. I can't read one of her books without frequently feeling hungry (note: dieters beware!). FOR EVERY EVIL is the second of a new series starring Sophie Greenway, amateur sleuth and food critic for the Minneapolis Times-Register, and her husband Bram Baldric, local radio talk show host and Cary Grant lookalike. Prepare to be charmed. Readers will discover a lot of smart humor, a well-crafted crime, scandalous secrets, and someone unhesitant to kill again if it will keep buried some long-ago crimes. --Patrick Price, Senior Publicist

Falling isn't so bad, it's the landing that hurts. After being trapped out of space and time, Dr. Noemi Gastineau finally discovers her true nature and the amazing destiny that awaits her. However, danger surrounds her on every side. A rogue angel, an insane nymph and a wily demon would be enough for any woman to deal with for one day. Unfortunately, Azrael, the Angel of Death, is now on her tail, too, and he's one of the good guys. How's a succubus supposed to get any quality time with her men when the whole universe is out to get her?

Albert Manlii has walked this earth for more than two thousand years, but survival on his own was never easy. Now he leads a faction of highly organized vampires who carefully guard the secret of their existence. Unlike the old days, potential recruits are carefully selected and presented with an offer.Phillip Brewer has weeks to live — if he lets his disease run its course. He doesn't want to die, but given a choice, will his desire to live outweigh his concerns about the vampires' ethics?When the new recruit's missteps are cause for concern, can Albert control the fallout, or will Phillip's life once again be torn apart?

An arsonist has invaded Tucson—senior citizens targeted without a pattern to the crimes and few clues left behind. Arson investigators struggle to stop the fires before the killer murders another pensioner. The Special Crimes Unit, including Detective Alexandra Wolfe, puts their other work on hold to add extra staffing to their shorthanded counterparts.The killer has yet to make a mistake. Frightened, elderly parents throughout the city are moving in with their children. The top brass is under pressure to stop the slayings, and to Alex's shock, the department unofficially orders her to solve the case "at all costs." That's where Alex's sergeant, Kate Brannigan, steps in to protect her detectives from the fear mongers pressuring them to solve the crimes.As Alex and Casey investigate, they receive help from unlikely sources and learn to heed Virgil's warning, "Beware the Greeks bearing gifts."

First in the series. From the moment he sees handsome Liam McCullough showering naked behind a Tunisian bar, ESL teacher Aidan Greene wants to make love to the sexy bodyguard.At first, though, a dead courier and beefy hired thugs get in the way. But as soon as Liam and Aidan head toward a rendezvous with a Tuareg tribe at a remote oasis, they start getting naked together and exploring all the passion Liam hid from as a closeted Navy SEAL, and all the love Aidan missed from a long-term boyfriend who has just kicked him to the curb.From the back of a motorcycle to a Turkish bath to a remote dune in the desert, these two Romeos find ways to bring each other to the heights of passion.So what if they're carrying the password to a million-dollar Swiss bank account and being chased by Libyan intelligence agents determined to stop them at all costs?Love and lust fuel their passion and their desire to make it out of this adventure alive—and...

This collection contains the fourth and fifth Bureau novellas.CHAINEDAn agent for the Bureau of Trans-Species Affairs? That's the best job in the world. And it's enough for Terry Brandt, who doesn't need personal relationships complicating his life. His newest assignment puts him undercover, investigating a Hollywood agent who may have some evil tricks up his sleeve.Edge is not the man he appears to be. Although he's a member of the Hollywood agent's security staff, his true situation is darker and deeper than that. Ordered to seduce the new prospect, Edge finds himself caught in conflicting loyalties.Haunted by their pasts and tied up in secrets, neither Terry nor Edge can afford to allow passion to interfere with duty. And with danger dogging them, it's impossible to envision a future together.CONVICTEDVietnam veteran Kurt Powell's addiction almost cost him everything, but a job as federal agent with the Bureau of Trans-Species Affairs helped him find...

Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett are back on the job, settled into a personal and professional relationship built on fierce protectiveness and blistering passion. Now they're assigned to impersonate two members of an international smuggling ring-an out-and-proud married couple-on a Christmas cruise in the Caribbean. As their boss says, surely they'd rather kiss each other than be shot at, and he has no idea how right he is. Portraying the wealthy criminals requires a particular change in attitude from Ty and Zane while dealing with the frustrating waiting game of their assignment. As it begins to affect how they treat each other in private, Ty and Zane realize there's more to being partners than watching each other's backs, and when the case takes an unexpected turn and threatens Ty's life, Ty and Zane will have to navigate seas of white lies and stormy secrets, including some of their own.

When Ash meets the secret admirer who’s been leaving him beautiful handmade gifts, he starts to believe in magic—after all, Clay is a fairy. But is Ash’s newfound faith in happy ever after enough to save the bridge to fairyland?

Three groundbreaking novels from the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Famer and SFWA Grand Master. Babel-17: Rydra Wong is the most popular poet in the five settled galaxies, capturing the mood of mankind after two decades of war. Now, a new weapon has been unleashed against humanity. Random attacks strike without warning, tied together by broadcast strings of sound. In that gibberish, Rydra recognizes a coherent language. To save her people, she must master this strange tongue, but the more she learns, the more she is tempted to join the other side, in this Nebula Award–winning novel. Nova: The year is 3172. Two political families—the Earth-based galactic conglomerate Draco and the Pleiades Federation of the Von Ray Clan—vie for ultimate power. Both want to control the market for Illyrion, the element that makes interstellar travel possible. When a star implodes, tons of the priceless fuel is discovered floating in the wreckage. Now, in a race to claim it, Lorq Von Ray leads a crew of ragtag misfits into the heart of a dangerous nova . . . Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand: Subjected to the Radical Anxiety Termination procedure, Korga is transformed into a dim-witted slave. Now known as Rat, Korga serves many masters—until the Cultural Fugue, a critical mass of shared knowledge, destroys his homeworld. Marq Dyeth is an “industrial diplomat,” who travels between worlds solving problems that come with the spread of “General Information.” Brought together by the organization known as the Web, Rat and Marq find themselves manipulated by an entity determined to control the flow of information.

He clicked on Queer Eye, a show where five gay dudes gave some grungy straight guy a makeover -- plucking his nose hairs, redecorating his apartment, and teaching him to bake a quiche -- so he could confidently propose marriage to his girlfriend and she'd tell him "yes." Which, of course, she did. On TV the guy always gets the girl. As Carlos watched, he recalled Sal, the supposedly gay guy at school. It was then that the idea first popped into his brain: If Sal truly were queer...could he possibly help Carlos?...Not to propose to Roxy, of course -- at least not yet -- but to get her to maybe like him?

From sci-fi and fantasy master Tanya Huff comes a new epic fantasy saga set in a land of dangers and mysteriesShattered by mage wars, the Broken Lands will test the bonds of family and friendship, strength and sanity. To save their people, the Heirs of Marsan have no choice but to enter, trusting their lives and the lives of everyone they Protect, to someone who shouldn't exist, who can't be controlled, and who will challenge everything they believe about themselves.

Aspiring chef Taylor Gershwin needs a new place to live, and someone in his friend's apartment building is advertising for a roommate.It sounds perfect. He'd be close to his best friend and it isn't too far from his job as a short order cook and the chef school he attends. Sure, the guy he'd be roommates with, Mike Hanovan, is something of a Neanderthal. A big brawny guy with a snake tattoo who also happens to be a cop ... and hot as hell. And Taylor doesn't exactly want to tell him he's bipolar. Lots of guys he knows don't understand mental illness.But maybe this time, Mike will accept Taylor for who he is, stuffed sea creatures and all.

The complete I Spy series collected digitally for the first time.I Spy Something BloodyEspionage was always a game, but now British spy Mark Hardwicke wants to retire and settle down with ex-lover Dr. Stephen Thorpe—if Stephen will have him. Unfortunately, Stephen has other plans—and so do the terrorists who want Mark dead.I Spy Something WickedIt's All Hallow's Eve and Mark Hardwicke's past has come back to haunt him. The Old Man needs Mark to go on one last mission to the wild, lonely hills of Afghanistan—a mission Mark knows he can't survive. Even if he does make it back, Stephen has made it very clear Mark is out of second chances. Should Mark place his lover and his own happiness before duty?I Spy Something ChristmasNothing says Christmas like a bullet with your name on it. Mark is used to death and danger. Stephen will never be okay with violence—or...