Fast Paced Fiction

Big business might be ruthless, but Lucie Rizzo learned to take the heat from the best: Her mob boss father. Except instead of cooking the books, she’s mixing up her next moneymaking expansion. But her BFF-turned-partner isn’t sold on the idea. Ro is the creative genius - not to mention the boobs - of their operation, but Lucie has the discerning business palate. And this venture smells like sweet success. All they need is the right investor. French chef Antoine Durand made casseroles sexy again. His closely guarded secret recipe built a billion-dollar empire.

Billy is an ordinary boy from an ordinary family, but when something unusual happens to him, he becomes quite extraordinary. He finds that he has incredible abilities that take him on a journey all the way to the Olympic Games. The listener is on the edge of their seat, every step of the way, to find out what happens.

Ellen was just trying to help a stranger. That was how it started: giving a few minutes respite to a flustered young mother sitting opposite her on the train. A few minutes holding her baby while the mother makes an urgent call. The weight of the child in her arms making Ellen's heart ache for what she can never have. Five minutes pass. Ten. The train pulls into a station and Ellen is stunned to see the mother hurrying away down the platform without looking back.

The world is on the brink of economic collapse. Tom is an unhappily married journalist from London, seeking to advance his career. Sally is single, ambitious and independent, visiting from Australia. They're both chasing the same story. After several incidents rock the Royal National Bank to its core, its share price tumbles and world stock markets begin to ripple. International economic stability is at risk. Timing and diversity of the events makes it impossible for them to be coincidence or incompetence.

He made a tragic mistake. Will more missteps lead to his own demise? Andy Flint can’t escape his devastating guilt. Determined to bring the man responsible for his boy’s murder to justice, the disgraced former CIA officer heads to Brussels to meet an old friend and colleague. But their rendezvous turns bloody when a machine gun-toting assassin sends her to the hospital, several people to the morgue, and Flint on the trail of a killer. Digging into her files, the grizzled ex-spy uncovers an international oil-supply power play at the highest of levels. And when he makes a connection ...

Edison Rooker is determined to gain access to the magical world. Problem is, he doesn’t have magic. But he does have a plan: get a job as apprentice to powerful sorceress Antonia Hex. He also has an illegal Spell Binder device, which he must keep hidden from the Magical Consortium, at all costs. With his new job, Edison is given a new name – Rook – which he happily accepts. He’s less happy about working alongside Sun, the grumpy but annoyingly cute apprentice to Antonia’s big rival.

London private investigator Jack Barclay is on the trail of financier Tom Stanton, who has disappeared with £1 million of clients’ money, leaving his desperate wife and children behind. Stanton’s Parisian mistress, Danielle, is also involved with the boss of a drug smuggling cartel and Stanton is seduced into laundering money for them. When £4 million of drug money goes missing and Tom is the prime suspect, he and Danielle go on the run.

Most people celebrate Cinco de Mayo with mariachi bands and tequila shots. Me? I’m spending it in Puebla, killing a cartel boss. The mission: take out Esteban “El Alacrán” Montoya—publicly, painfully, and with enough flair to send a message. Just your average bloody cleanup on aisle five. But guess who else decided to show up? Camille Noir. Last I heard, she was working for France’s external intelligence agency. Now I have to kill Montoya, piss off the French government, and maybe settle a long-overdue score. But I don’t walk away from an assignment just because of a few ...

Librarians meet the Dresden Files. Unleashing the Curse! When a fierce storm subsides, two curious kids stumble upon a shocking discovery on the beach: a mysterious skeleton that rises from the sand and takes a haunting breath of life. As the living skeleton attacks, the youngsters turn to the Ashburns for help. Together, they embark on a heart-pumping adventure to unravel the secrets of a centuries-old witch's curse: "Finders keepers." With time running out, the Ashburns must navigate a world of ancient magic, cryptic riddles, and treacherous forces. Can they break the spell and shatter ...

Revenge is a dish best served bloody. An old friend is brutally murdered. The police don't have a clue. Enter Charlie Cobb. Back on the mean streets of Manchester and on the hunt of a savage killer. Charlie's hot on the man's trail. But there are three big problems. One, the murderer is protected by a powerful underworld boss. Two, a disposed Russian kingpin wants him dead. And three, Charlie must babysit a five-year-old in the process.

In the neon-drenched underbelly of New York City, where shadows hold secrets and loyalty comes with a price tag, an assassin’s bullet tears apart a fragile peace. The only son of a feared mafia don is left for dead—a tragic mistake that will ignite a war between the Vitalli and Marmarella crime families, if the truth ever gets out.

Dive into a World of Magic, Mystery, and Heart-Pumping Action In a world where magic and mystery collide, meet Jaxon Axis, a rookie Time Crime Fighter. A President in Peril When a former U.S. president is bewitched and propelled into the future, Jaxon must navigate the changing timeline to prevent a catastrophic rewrite of history. With the help of witch sisters and his new allies, he'll decipher cryptic clues and outwit time-traveling villains to save the world – and the past! The Clock is Ticking As the countdown begins, Jaxon's quest becomes a heart-stopping race against time. Will he ...

Earth is under overwhelming assault, and Kaishi has arrived to lead her people, just in time to see them destroyed. Hiding under the mountains with continuous attacks from the skies, Kaishi marshals humanity’s remnants in a final stand against overwhelming odds. Hope resides in a last ditch effort to call out beyond the stars for help, as Kaishi climbs the cliffs to fight one final time beside her friends. Sax is in similar straits, uniting with other rebels in a strike at the very core of the galaxy, to a planet few are allowed to see, much less set foot upon. There they must try to find...

Home. Kaishi can see Earth, but between her and her family stand a hostile fleet and Kaishi only has one ship that she doesn’t even know how to fly. Her sole chance at survival depends on a risky attempt to reach Earth’s far side, where nobody Kaishi knows has ever been. Landing there means a long journey home, but it’s better than dying in space. Except the Earth Kaishi finds when they reach the surface is far different than the one she knows, and learning why the ground is covered in ash will mean questioning everything she thought she knew about her tribe, and her species. ...

Most people spend Valentine’s Day with roses and chocolates—I’ll be spending mine dodging bullets and slicing up billionaires. This year, I’ve got a date with a target who deserves Cupid’s deadliest arrow—a tech billionaire with a god complex and a list of sins long enough to make a priest blush. Taking him out should be simple enough, but of course, nothing ever is. Turns out, my latest target is tangled up in a web of lies, power plays, and one of my exes who’d love to see me six feet under. Toss in a midnight swim that could end in disaster, and you’ve got the makings of ...

To survive on an alien world, Kaishi must decide whether to trust the creature inside her mind, or reject it and risk everything to fight for her freedom. Ignos lied. The alien promised to take Kaishi and her friends back to Earth, to home. Instead, Ignos has brought them to its own world, teeming with other parasites that see the humans as hosts, and a potential gateway to their own survival. The Sevora make an offer to Kaishi: join with them, take their technology, and forge a new destiny for both species together. With the Sevora, of course, controlling their human hosts. Across the ...

Dead men can’t talk. The people behind a movie star’s death are banking on it. The police think it’s an accident. Ex-mob fixer Charlie’s not convinced. He starts digging. Way too deep. What secrets will he uncover? Soon he’s framed for murder. Hunted by the LAPD and stalked by a mysterious stranger. The stakes ratchet up fast. And so do the players. But when Charlie’s in town, there’s nowhere to hide. You’ll love this action-packed series because it’s full of pause-resisting twists, perfect for fans of James Patterson and Lee Child.

The Sevora have been defeated, and now Kaishi and Sax come together on opposite sides, with the galaxy’s most powerful force in between. Kaishi goes from one threat to another when the same alien army that saved Earth from the Sevora invasion demands that Kaishi submit humanity to their rule. Submission comes with gifts, peace, and a promised place at the galactic table. Resistance means certain destruction. Her choice seems forced, until Kaishi sees a struggle unfolding as Sax leads a rebel assault on that same army in a desperate attempt to restore freedom to a galaxy in chains. If Sax ...

Dark, gut-wrenching, and unputdownable, Savage is a knock-the-wind-out-of-you hardboiled detective thriller that will keep you reading to the final, unforgettable page. Though Savage is the eleventh installment in the Ash Park series, all books in the Ash Park world can be read as standalones. If you liked Sharp Objects or The Wire, you’ll love Savage. “Riveting, sharp, and mercilessly suspenseful, Savage is a masterfully constructed thriller from one of the best authors in the genre.” ~Bestselling Author Emerald O’Brien Petrosky’s back, and so is his most vicious rival: the man ...

USA Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey TEENAGERS...OR TIME BOMBS? They were all bright, well liked and socially responsible kids — the last students on earth who would smuggle guns into high school. The nation is gripped by the shocking crimes: "good kids" who are suddenly, inexplicably lethal, shooting their classmates before fatally turning their guns on themselves. When Connecticut doctor Dr. Lexi Bradley gets the call that her son Juan has become one of those shooters, her life is turned upside down. Ten years ago, Secret Service agent Bryan Atwood became an ...