extraordinary opportunity. Wealthy software entrepreneur Hilton Whitehead has a mistress he's eager to please. What Kitty wants, Kitty gets. And this time Kitty wants the legendary Princess Karima emerald coming up for auction in Europe. Whitehead's proposition: He'll pay Allegra a small fortune to travel to Paris and bid in anonymity for him. Once in Paris, Allegra successfully completes her mission. However, possession of the extraordinary jewel invites threats from the lethally handsome Ramtane - a man willing to murder for the secret that the Karima gem holds. For Allegra has in her safekeeping a treasure worth far more than anyone imagined - one that contains a dangerous mystery and a scandalous past of international conspiracy that could mean death to anyone who discovers the truth.  (less)

the good life prevents her from realizing that secrets and mysteries come with the package. Ava's love for Paul convinces her to ignore warning signs that he is not who he professes to be. Whenever she is close to making a discovery, Paul is there with a new piece of jewelry, giving her an excuse to hold tight to the fantasy. But one man's attempt to break the strong-willed and determined Ava fails. Not willing to sell herself short, she chooses the best of two very different worlds: reformed thug and college student Carlos Matthews and third-year law student Vaughn Simmons. Finding true romance is no easy task for Ava, but her poor choices may cause her to sacrifice the love she's always wanted .  (less)

the good life prevents her from realizing that secrets and mysteries come with the package. Ava's love for Paul convinces her to ignore warning signs that he is not who he professes to be. Whenever she is close to making a discovery, Paul is there with a new piece of jewelry, giving her an excuse to hold tight to the fantasy. But one man's attempt to break the strong-willed and determined Ava fails. Not willing to sell herself short, she chooses the best of two very different worlds: reformed thug and college student Carlos Matthews and third-year law student Vaughn Simmons. Finding true romance is no easy task for Ava, but her poor choices may cause her to sacrifice the love she's always wanted .  (less)

a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael. He's perfect. But only she can see him. Michael can't stay forever, though. On Jane's eighth birthday he leaves, promising that she'll forget him soon. He was there to help her until she was old enough to manage on her own, and now there are other children who need his help. Years later, in her thirties, Jane is just as alone as she was as a child. And despite her own success as a playwright, she is even more trapped by her overbearing mother. Then she meets Michael again - as handsome, smart and perfect as she remembers him to be. But not even Michael knows the reason they've really been reunited. Sundays at Tiffany's is a heart-wrenching love story that surpasses all expectations of why these people have been brought together. With the breathtaking momentum and gripping emotional twists that have made James Patterson a bestseller all over the world, Sundays at Tiffany's takes an altogether fresh look at the timeless and transforming power of love. Unabridged. Read by Ellen Archer.  (less)

boyfriend, but, shh, don't tell the Thwarter, aka her dad, who's trying to keep her under permanent lockdown). Simple. Straightforward. But catastrophe is lurking. First Jas stumbles upon a schoolmate's lost purse. Then there's the jewelry store heist, the wrongly accused man, the clueless cops, the seven words that destroy her relationship, and . . . well, before she knows it, Jas has got a lot more than brunch on her plate. Now it's up to her and her mega-cool crew, Roxy, Polly, and Tom, to catch the thief. It won't be easy - not with Jas's cousin Alyson and her Evil Hench Twin Veronique tagging along for the ride and having to elude the Thwarter with his All-Seeing Eye. Oh, and her heart breaking into a million tiny pieces. Trying to right wrongs and have brunch with a hot guy shouldn't be this taxing, should it?  (less)

Fifth Avenue, not far from Madison Square.  (less)

Fifth Avenue, not far from Madison Square.  (less)

to be the husband of a con woman with amnesia to get to the bottom of her scam. A self-made millionaire who believes himself to be infertile assumes his convenient bride is lying about the paternity of their baby. Find all this and more with six powerful, passionate and provocative stories from Silhouette Desire!. Bundle includes Billionaires Favorite Fantasy by Jan Colley, Bound by the Kincaid Baby by Emilie Rose, Dantes Wedding Deception by Day Leclaire, High-Society Secret Pregnancy by Maureen Child, The CEO Takes a Wife by Maxine Sullivan and The Desert Lords Bride by Olivia Gates.  (less)

Fifth Avenue, not far from Madison Square.  (less)

a desperate, badly wounded man to show up on her doorstep?. Instinct demands Murphy not trust Garrett Thayer. After all, the man refuses to give her a straight answer about anything. Even her precious Himalayan cat, Moonshine, is suspicious. Who wouldn't be? Not only is Garrett hurt, he's also apparently been out wandering in the storm with nothing more than a duffel bag stuffed with money, antique jewelry (a bottle of antihistamines?) -- and a gun. Will Murphy's conscience allow her to turn her back on the handsome stranger who may be a thief, a bank robber, or worse ...?  (less)

earthquake a while before, and now things were starting to crack and fall ... On the surface, everything seems wonderful in Jill's life. She has a lot of friends, a great family, and she's a shoo-in for treasurer in the eighth-grade student council elections. But when a local paper prints a story about her father's indictment in a jewelry-smuggling ring, Jill's perfect life starts to come apart at the seams. As she endures the whispers at school and her father's absence, Jill struggles to face the reality that he may not be the man she thought he was.  (less)

Yet between 1890 and the outbreak of World War II, as ready-to-wear came into its own, the clothes of ordinary Americans claimed the nation's attention. Allied with civic virtue, fashion now played an increasingly important role in shaping the national character.brbrDrawing on a wealth of sources -- from advertisements, trade journals, and health manuals to sermons, science, and songs -- acclaimed historian Jenna Weissman Joselit shows how the length of a woman's skirt, the shape of a man's hat, and the height of a pair of heels enabled Americans of every faith, color, and class to feel part of the modern nation. As moral arbiters warned that extravagant attire might undermine equality, and gentlemen worried that wearing colored shirts rered them less manly, the newly arrived and newly emancipated -- immigrants and African-Americans -- wondered just how much jewelry was appropriate to their new status as citizens. Engaging, imaginative, and original, A Perfect Fit uncovers a time in American history when getting dressed was more about fitting in than standing out and vividly shows how clothes expressed the spirit of democracy and the promise of America.br/divDIVbJenna Weissman Joselit/bis currently visiting professor of American studies at Princeton University and the author of numerous works of cultural history, includingiThe Wonders of America: Reinventing Jewish Culture 1880-1950/i(winner of the Jewish Book Award in History). Joselit has also curated and consulted on more than thirty exhibitions throughout the country. She lives in New York City.br/div  (less)