New Releases by Nancy Baker

Graduate student Ardeth Alexander is kidnapped, held hostage, and forced to nourish the vampire who shares her captivity, but she soon realizes that the vampire is her only hope for salvation

Young, in love, and eight months pregnant with her first child, Karin Seaton had everything she could ask for. But a tragic car accident that put Karin in a coma for weeks and left her husband and unborn baby dead brought it all to an end. Ready to give up on life, Karen suddenly discovers that her baby is alive--and has been stolen from her.

First in a dynamic new detective series that introduces Minneapolis-based Devon MacDonald, an ex-teacher who''s lost her family and is now partners with a gruff, warm-hearted, obese Sam Sherman in his detective agency. A heroine who''s gutsy but no superwoman . . . a welcome addition to the genre.--Kirkus.

A well-researched, chilling novel of a mother desperately trying to save her young daughter from her abusive husband. Allison and her daughter use a labyrinthine world of underground safehouses to flee from the police and the fast-approaching spectre of the abuser in this heart-wrenching novel.

A step-by-step planning guide to help junior and senior high school students learn better, discussing such areas as motivation, goals, study environment, classroom behavior, and special projects.

Alone, forgotten, and helpless after an accident, Estelle Edwards, once one of Hollywood''s most glamorous stars, falls prey to Jasmine, her deadly new nurse-companion