Edward's soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, just like he had in the parking lot, and kissed me again.

This kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an edge to the way his lips crushed mine like he was afraid we had only so much time left to us.

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Vikas Swarup''s spectacular debut novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve questions on India''s biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales Ram explains to his l... ...Read More »

A middle-aged chef, Hassan Haji, recounts his life's journey, from hisfamily's modest restaurant in Mumbai to his elegant restaurant inParis where he has conquered the insular world of French hautecuisine. A tragedy at home in Mumbai pushes Hassan's boisterous familyinto a picaresque journey across Europe, where they ultimately settleopposite a famous chef, Madam Mallory, in the remote French vill... ...Read More »

Find out more about: A Girl Like Me hereRecently transplanted from the quiet, green suburbs of Minnesota to the bustling concrete jungle that is Gurgaon, sixteen-year-old Anisha Rai is determined not to take to the new place she must call home. While her irrepressible mom, Isha, thrives on the crazy juggling between a hotshot job and their new home, Annieâ??desperately clutching on to memories of ... ...Read More »

‘I wonder how the fabric of my life came apart so quickly. It was a rich fabric, something I’d taken great pains and over three decades to weave. We might each recover individually, but the richness of the fabric is gone.’

Javed Sharif returns home to Srinagar for his father’s eighty-fourth birthday. He returns with a sense of well-being, despite troubles, the viol... ...Read More »

'You shall help me find him still . . . there is nowhere for the boy to hide.'Orphan boy Cirrus Flux is being watched. Merciless rogues are conniving to steal the world's most divine power, which they believe Cirrus has inherited.Now he faces a perilous journey through the dirty backstreets of London as a sinister mesmerist, a tiny man with an all-seeing eye, and a skull-collecting scoundrel ... ...Read More »

First, Patrick receives the mysterious DVDs. They show invasive footage of him in the privacy of his own house. Soon, Patrick and his wife Ariana find themselves questioning everything and everyone as their lives unravel. Someone is clearly out to get them. And then, the email arrives:Go AloneDo What We SayOr She Dies A compulsively readable novel about an ordinary couple in a deadly situation... ...Read More »

When Adi a small-town eighteen-year-old with a giant inferiority complex lands a chance to study medicine in big, bad Bombay, he is overjoyed. Although plagued by the thought that his success is a fluke and hence ill gotten, he plunges headlong into the sights and sounds of this dazzling city.

Adi's initiation into college life isn't the most promising a night of ragging by a bunch of sniggering... ...Read More »

Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City\, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient in a psychiatric ward.

The handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for her, and when she literally has her gloved hands on him, he begins to talk - and the story he has to tell... ...Read More »

New spies with new loyalties, old spies with old ones; terror as the new mantra; decent people wanting to do good, but caught in the moral maze; all the sound, rational reasons for doing the inhuman thing; the recognition that we cannot safely love, or pity, and remain good "patriots" -- this is the fabric of John le Carr's fiercely compelling and current novel A Most Wanted Man . A half-starved ... ...Read More »

When yo loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one If your life wa all you had to give, how could you not give it It it was someone you truly loved To be irrevocable in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerous heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction b... ...Read More »

The Lost Symbol will once again feature Dan Brown s unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon.

The Lost Symbol is a brilliant and compelling thriller. Dan Brown's prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is on full display in this new book. This is one of the most anticipated publications in recent history, and it was well worth the wait, said Sonny Meh... ...Read More »

The only guide developed by the maker of SAT Subject Tests. This guide contains never before published full-length tests and answers for all 20 tests. The guide also includes test-taking approaches and strategies, and an audio CD for all 6 languages with listening tests. ...Read More »

The full untold story of $65 billion fraudster Bernard Madoff, by the first investigative reporter to expose his crimesTake the combined fortunes of Bill Gates, Tiger Woods and Roman Abramovich. Now imagine someone stealing that much money and being hailed as a financial genius. That man is Bernard Madoff. Backed by governments and global banks,Madoff defrauded $65 billion from charities and ind... ...Read More »