Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2009
by Dell Magazine Authors
People often wish they could keep their youth forever, but what if they really could, in an extreme way? And what if somebody else makes that decision for them, to keep the physical and mental advantages of a child while gaining some of the best features of adulthood? That's what ... Details

Lip Service
by Susan Mallery
Skye Titan's wealthy father thinks he can still dictate his daughter's choice in men. Now widowed and a single mother, Skye isn't the yes-girl she once was. Especially since the love of her life is back in Texas after eight long years. He won't like the answers to the questions ... Details

Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2009
by Dell Magazine Authors
World Fantasy- and Stoker-Award finalist Michael Blumlein makes his Asimov's debut in our August issue with the tender, witty, and beautifully written "California Burning." In it, a man, eager to bury his recently passed father, finds the task is much more difficult than he'd expected. Along the way, he also ... Details

Impetuous
by Lori Foster
Grade school teacher Carlie McDaniels trades in her frumpiness for the look of an exotic harem girl, at least for one costume party. So long, spinsterhood--and hello, tall, dark and handsome Tyler Ramsey.... Even after the best night of their lives, Tyler hasn't guessed the identity of his harem hottie...and ... Details

Freak Factor
by Viola Grace
Living life on Kaddaka station was predictable and profitable. Mala's talent for undetectable repairs has made her quite wealthy and the station quite popular. When a Reflex ship comes in hot, out of control and unable to stop, she is the woman for the job. The job itself is an ... Details

Skin Trade
by Laurell K. Hamilton
A proven series with a hot new look. The #1 bestselling author returns with her most anticipated novel yet. When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin City's local authorities what they're dealing with. Only it's worse than she ... Details

The Scarecrow
by Michael Connelly
Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paperto write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing ... Details

Annabelle's Courtship
by Lucy Monroe
An inconvenient proposal. Ian MacKay, Laird of Graenfrae, has no use for love or marriage. However, his stepfather's will mandates that marriage is what he must have--to an Englishwoman. A sensible man, Ian develops a list of requirements in a wife: Plain, moderately dowered, older and practical. He thinks he ... Details

A Hint of Wicked
by Jennifer Haymore
CAUGHT BETWEEN DUTY AND DESIRE ... Sophie, the Duchess of Calton, has finally moved on. After seven years mourning the loss of her husband, Garrett, at Waterloo, she has married his cousin and heir, Tristan. Sophie gives herself to him body and soul... until the day Garrett returns from the ... Details

Winter's Kiss [A Vampires Realm Novel]
by F. E. Heaton
The tales of the mansion near Nika's remote Russian village say that its lord drinks blood to live and that the guards are dead men walking, but that doesn't stop Nika from falling for one of them--a man who seemingly hasn't changed in twenty years, a man she wishes would ... Details

This Magic Moment
by Patricia Rice
Christina Malcolm Childe has been engaged to Harry Winchester for years. But when he finds himself the Duke of Sommersville with a crumbling estate, he must marry immediately. Christina's magical gift is reading auras, and Harry's estate is rife with ghosts. But her greatest challenge is discovering the cause of ... Details