A celebrity real estate tycoon wants to open the biggest casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey-the only problem being that he still owes millions to the mob, and he's not quite as rich as he seems to be . . . As FBI agents Mike Tozzi and Cuthbert Gibbons investigate, the story soon involves an oversexed trophy wife, a Mafia boss who pretends to be a mental patient, his sister (the nun), a championship prizefight, and Gibbons's reluctant wedding preparations,...

"From a helicopter high above the California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night. On the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher is pulled out of his wandering life and plunged into the heart of a conspiracy that is killing old friends ... and the people he once trusted with his life. Reacher is the ultimate loner--no phone, no ties, no address. But a woman from his old military unit has found him using a signal only the eight members of their...

A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by newcomer Cynthia Yuan Cheng!

Mary Anne should never have thrown away that chain letter she got in the mail. Ever since she did, bad things have been happening to everyone in The Baby-sitters Club. With Halloween coming up, Mary Anne's even more worried — what kind of spooky thing will happen next?

Then Mary Anne finds a new note in her mailbox: Wear this bad-luck

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When Lola cracks a mirror, she is not worried at first, but when one unlucky thing after another happens, Lola slowly becomes convinced she is cursed.

"Alasdair MacKenzie has never once considered himself unlucky in all the centuries he's been an immortal rogue enforcer. Not until he meets Sophie. Finding the beautiful, smart, and funny woman who is his life mate is great luck, actually. But meeting her at a wedding full of Argeneaus, not to mention his own busybody uncles determined to "help him claim his woman," is bad luck. And the fact that Sophie is someone else's date? Well that's just the...

Mary Anne should never have thrown away that chain letter she got in the mail. Ever since she did, bad things have been happening to everyone in the Baby-sitters Club. With Halloween coming up, Mary Anne's even more worried -- what kind of spooky thing will happen next? Then Mary Anne finds a new note in her mailbox: Wear this bad-luck charm, it says. OR ELSE. Mary Anne has to follow the note's instructions. But who sent the charm? And why did they...

Brandon's junior high school basketball team is struggling to make the playoffs, and Brandon is starting to feel that his bad luck is dragging them down--and when their bus breaks down on the way to the big game, Brandon has to turn luck into opportunity.

I knew I had to hurry and get away from her quick, So I would not be the victim of her latest trick. And just when I thought things could not get any worse, She scowled at me as she reached into her purse. Childhood should be a time of joy when our precious gifts are protected and celebrated for being unique. It should be a time of innocence when play is the most tedious task at hand. Unfortunately, many children never experience the pleasure...

Seven years bad luck? Not if Cricket has anything to say about it. She may have broken her Fae grandmother's magic mirror, and she may be suffering the worst luck of her life, but no mirror (magic or not) controls her fate. She'll prove luck has no part in her happily ever after. And if a hot leprechaun helps her do it? All the better. Stephen knows all about luck. Leprechauns have their share of good fortune, and he's no slouch in the leprechaun...

Filled with humor, friendship, and middle school antics, the Confidentially Yours series-about a group of kids who run their school newspaper's advice column-continues on in its fifth installment. Perfect for fans of the Cupcake Diaries or Candy Apple books. Brooke Jacobs never considered herself to be the superstitious type. But after she and her friends visit a psychic who tells Brooke she's in for some bad luck, the panic sets in. And when Brooke...