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Eye of Heaven is yet another dark and sensuous romantic winner from the extraordinary Marjorie M. Lui, arguably one of the boldest, most inventively original authors currently working in the paranormal romance field. Centered once again around the remarkable Dirk and Steele Detective Agency - with its shape-shifters, psychics, telekinetics, and others with astounding supernatural gifts - Eye of Heaven brings a tormented investigator to “Sin City”, Las Vegas, where a beautiful, feral headliner needs protection from a terrible darkness that is threatening her world.

Shadow Touch is the second title in New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Marjorie M. Liu’s remarkable Dirk & Steele series - inventive and breathtakingly passionate tales of shape-shifters, psychics, and extraordinary beings from one of the finest writers of paranormal romance. A story of a man with amazing abilities and a woman who can perform miracles with a touch drawn together into a terrifying conspiracy, Shadow Touch combines suspense, peril, and passion with a truly remarkable love story that will live in the heart forever.

Marjorie M. Lui has created a most unusual investigative organization in the Dirk and Steele Detective Agency - a collection of shape-shifters, psychics, and other uniquely gifted individuals - and in doing so has revitalized the paranormal romance genre. In The Red Heart of Jade, an ex-cop with extraordinarily heightened senses follow a trail of death to Taipei - and finds the woman of his heart there, the childhood love he once believed dead, whom he must now protect from an unspeakable evil.

Extraordinary is the word for the paranormal romance of New York Times best seller Marjorie M. Liu - who broke exciting new ground when she created the Dirk and Steele Detective Agency. The unique security organization comprised of psychics, telekinetics, and extraordinary supernatural beings faces its biggest challenge in The Last Twilight, when a powerful shape-shifter must return to his African homeland to free a beautiful virus hunter held captive by maniacs plotting the murders of millions of innocents.

Twelve-year-old Paris Pan has moved to a small town where she has a real shot at making friends. But that friendship comes at a price. She must take the dare, something that caused a girl to disappear on the very property she now resides. To make matters worse, Paris must play basketball against her will, eradicate a crush on the least desirable boy in seventh grade, and cope with a family crisis that was possibly caused by a chili dog.

New York City, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Big Apple is defiantly striving toward an era infused with art, architecture, and economic progress under dynamic Mayor La Guardia. It’s been six months since Lane Sanders was appointed Mayor Fiorello “Fio” La Guardia’s new personal aide, and the 23-year-old is sprinting in her Mary Janes to match her boss’ pace.

Raised with advantage and privilege, Daisy must now find a husband. Because of her overwhelming shyness, she chooses to let her aunt Harriett Farmer find her a husband. Aunt Harriett’s suggestions are not what she expected. Setting her up to be a mail-order bride, she sends her to Montana to meet Eli King. What she finds is a life vastly different than what she's used to. 

Everyone knows geeky girls like me don't get to be rock stars. But when tattooed singer Jared Cross invites me to join his band on a reality TV show competition, how can I refuse? There's just one rule: Don't sleep with anyone in the band. Not a problem. Really. Until I discover there’s more to Jared than his flirty smile, sinful voice, and bad boy reputation. Until one forbidden kiss changes everything.

Brokenhearted after being abandoned by the man who loved her, Amaryllis Sullivan gives up on love and begins a career as a librarian, hoping books will heal her pain. When Lawrence, an itinerant writer, enters her library, he tries to win her heart and take away her heartache. Alex Anderson, Amaryllis’s lost love, returns to Seattle and expects to find Amaryllis waiting for his return. Instead, he sees her with another man. Will he be able to convince her that he's the only man for her? Or will she follow another path?

When an outbreak of H7N2, or as the news calls it, Whitby Fever, begins striking cats and dogs, it is newsworthy but not panic-inducing, until it is confirmed that Whitby Fever has crossed the boundaries, spreading from domestic pets to humans at an astronomical rate. Mills Run, Ohio, is not much different from any other small town. The residents have a bond and kinship. The townspeople brag that Mills Run is isolated, and at times, cut off from the rest of the world. However, not even Mills Run is secluded enough for a global pandemic. 

Lily, the second daughter of banker Fred Sullivan, is finally of age and ready to marry. She's been in love with Daniel Olafsen since the age of 12, when she fell out of a tree...and onto him. Unfortunately for Lily, she believes Daniel is in love with her sweetly feminine older sister, Rose. Lily's not ready to accept defeat, though, and she curbs her tomboyish ways in an effort to make Daniel fall in love with her. But will he ever be able to see Lily for who she truly is? Or will she have to change for the man she loves to win him?

Rose is the first book in a highly anticipated new series, Suitors of Seattle, following the adventures of eight Western daughters ready to benefit from the matchmaking skills of her new Aunt Harriett, whom fans will recognize from the best-selling Brides of Beckham series. Pampered socialite Rose is used to men falling at her feet. But her match with handsome Dr. Shawn Henry leaves her feeling less than adored. Has Rose fallen in love with a man who can’t love her back?

Raven and Lucas embark upon a personal cruise around the Bahamas for an adventure of a lifetime. Raven discovers a mysterious wooden idol on a secluded beach just a couple of hours into their two-week journey. Her curiosity and archaeological scientific mind entices her to keep the artifact with the intention of researching its background and story. Where did this unique, seemingly non-Bahamian statue originate, and how did it land in Bimini?

Maggie Jensen is part of a trio of best friends with Lucas and Dan. Together, they own and run Wild Country Hiking Tours. When Lucas returns to the company after getting his college degree, Maggie realizes that the crush she had on him as a teenager has now blossomed into so much more. But Lucas still treats her as one of the guys, and Maggie worries that if she tells him her real feelings, their relationship will be damaged forever.

Ferne Lynch hates living in Alaska. She wants nothing more than to get away and explore the world. That doesn't seem like a realistic possibility, though, when her parents seem to be doing whatever it takes to keep her at home.When they finally go on vacation and leave Ferne alone to tend to the homestead, she can't resist the urge to have a little fun. Building a snowman and wishing on a star feels like child's play until a mysterious man shows up on Ferne's doorstep in the middle of the night.

George is afraid to tell his wife that she is still beautiful to him after the terrible accident that scarred one side of her face. More than anything he wants to find a job and get her the surgery she needs to correct a surgeon's rush job.

A fictionalized account of the life of Annie Oakley, drawing heavily on the real timelines and events of her life. However, the book is not a biography - it invents situations, people she meets, and a myriad of conversations.

It is the day after Aimee Patterson's high school graduation. College beckons, as does her dream of becoming an engineer. On an early evening walk, her cocker spaniel charges into the woods on the other side of the pond. Aimee trails after him, and in the stillness of that forest the unthinkable happens. She becomes paralyzed and watches in horror as her hands vanish before her eyes.

I, Cassandra Straight, have loved Reed Shamrock to distraction since I was a teenager. I even watched him fall in love with someone else and almost get married. A year ago, when he walked into his house and found his fiancée's face in his best friend's crotch, his life changed forever and it hasn't been the same since. On his first night out since the horrible incident, we ran into the ex-skank. Seeing the devastation in his eyes, I made a promise that I would help him get over her.

Lindi Parker works hard at being human, not an easy task for a snake shifter. She has no desire to search for others like her - until a new case changes everything. When Lindi learns that she she's not the only shapeshifter in the world, she also realizes she might be next on a killer's list.