Fast Paced Fiction

Abandoned by her fugitive ex-husband, Lily Brown is rebuilding her life on the edge of a Kansas town that still feels the sting of his crimes. Lily lies low, managing the isolated storage facility where she lives with her twelve-year-old son, Everett, and planning a better future for them both. That requires keeping secrets. Everett has them too. After breaking into a storage unit, Everett finds photographs and news clippings of five girls missing for decades.

Paleontology professor Logan Ford thought he found a fresh start when he purchased a sixty-seven-acre ranch in the badlands of Montana. Drummed out of academia for his faith-driven principles and acceptance of creationism, Ford just wants to be left alone to dig in the fossil-rich dirt at his new property. Excavating dinosaur bones gives him an unquenchable purpose and lasting contentment. Unfortunately, his past refuses to let go. A former colleague at the university is hellbent on destroying him. Professor Julian Blade has always been envious of Ford’s life and even led the charge in ...

An immersive journey back to the 1850s when the American dream was a possibility for any man willing to work for it. But what about a woman? Or an immigrant's son? Queen of the West tells an unlikely couple's story of love, ambition and striving for a more equitable America. Feisty, eighteen-year-old Annie reluctantly moves with her family from New York City to Cincinnati, the booming Queen City of the West, leaving behind the culture and scant opportunities for women. She meets handsome Max, an aspiring capitalist from the Over-the-Rhine immigrant neighborhood. They bond through their ...

ONE WRONG WORD COULD SINK YOUR SHIP In a world where secrets lurk beneath the surface, Cam Derringer finds rest on his boat, only to be disturbed by the unexpected return of his girlfriend Kailey Arlington - a lethal weapon from a clandestine U.S. hit squad. Bringing with her, Princess Lalla and Maali, shipping heiresses from Casablanca, now prey for Russian hunters, life takes an unexpected twist. Who would have thought that hiding two petite women, even in the vastness of Florida Keys, could become a high-stakes game with deadly Russian spies on their heels? With threats of sinking ...

High in the Italian alps, cut off from the outside world, sits a chapel battered by winds and icy blizzards. The priests who guard this sacred place have sworn to protect the dangerous treasure that lies within their walls. But when Joe Mason and his team are called to the remote church, they find its ancient stones reduced to rubble, the priests murdered in cold blood and their precious cargo stolen.

Those who control dreams control reality. Madeline wants more time—for her career as a tech startup CEO, for herself, and for her family. Lucky for her, a new and controversial procedure offers to give her just that by reducing how much she needs to sleep. The data is promising, and she’s used to taking calculated risks. It seems like the right decision at the time, even if she hides it from her husband. While Madeline scaled the corporate ladder and spent half her nights on the road, Darwin traded in dreams of winning the Nobel Prize in neuroscience for the quiet fulfillment of staying...

He had everything—until time took it all away. Peter Bois is one of Nantucket’s golden boys: rich, powerful, arrogant. And alienated from his family. During a picture-perfect beach day with his wife and kids, a sudden riptide pulls him under—and when he resurfaces, he’s not in the 21st century anymore. It’s 1821, and he’s on the deck of a Nantucket whaling ship sailing in a brutal, unforgiving sea. Stripped of wealth and status, Peter is now a greenhand with everything to learn and everything to lose. His only lifeline is a mysterious crewman who looks eerily like the best ...

Do you have a plan for the apocalypse? Rhys doesn't. But as he watches chaos spill from the Alpha Tower, he knows one thing for sure ... He must get to his son before the virus does. If you like high stakes and edge of your seat action in a post-apocalyptic world, then The Alpha Plague is for you. Get it now to join Rhys at ground zero as he tries to save his loved ones and survive a disaster that will leave the world changed forever. This box set includes: The Alpha Plague: A Post-Apocalyptic Action Thriller The Alpha Plague 2 The Alpha Plague 3

A fierce sandstorm hits southern Algeria and uncovers a lost ruin, its location unknown to modern man...until now. A team led by slacker archaeologist, Harrison "Hank" Boyd, is called in to investigate the find. In way over his head, Hank must lead his team through countless dangers and survive brutal encounters with enemies both human and inhuman alike. And if that's not bad enough, a shadowy group with a thirst for violence and a blind ambition is hot on their heels and will stop at nothing to obtain what has been found. Hank and company should have heeded the warning left by the ancient ...

THE MULTI-AWARD WINNING DEBUT THRILLER BY T.J.HAWKINS Tom Rivers is a middle aged professional. He has a wife and two daughters. His life is comfortable, if somewhat unremarkable. But he has a secret, that even he doesn't know about. During a business trip to London he discovers that he is instead, a genetically superior and highly trained MI5 agent who has been kept in a sleeper state for the past twenty five years and is now expected to save his country from catastrophe. A terrorist cell has developed a weapon so devastating that it could send Britain back to the Dark Ages and, at the ...

The Rapture has occurred, America is devastated and the Islamic Messiah, the 12th Imam, is moving quickly to establish his ultimate control over the world. Soon all will be in place according to the plans of the Antichrist. As America attempts to recover from the trio of a nuclear explosion in the nation’s capital, an EMP attack on the electrical grid, and the disappearance of millions of people across the globe, over in Iran the Islamic messiah known as the 12th Imam takes advantage of the ensuing chaos. To consolidate his power, he quickly divides all the nations into ten distinct ...

This box set includes the first three audiobooks in the Wandering Cultivator progression fantasy series, following Calin on his journey to become a powerful cultivator.

When Tom Hitsman attends his high school reunion he is confronted by the bullies that made his life miserable decades earlier. Suspecting that they are involved in criminal activities and faced with a terminal diagnosis, he makes a decision that will alter his life and their lives forever. As Tom navigates the complexities of vengeance and moral ambiguity, he manages to create ingenious ways to dispose of the bad guys including using a Barry Manilow song. They say revenge is sweet, but is it truly sweeter when simmered over thirty years, or just a really a bad idea. Find out in Terminal ...

The third adventure for Pixie and Harley. Can Pixie save Harley from his father? Added to the mix is a spot of horse napping along the way.

Ancient Mysteries, Deadly Secrets: Can Nicholas Foxe Crack the Code in Time?Nicholas Foxe is a brilliant yet restless cryptographer. He begins to question whether his thirst for adventure will ever be satisfied. Just when he resigns himself to a routine life, he’s drawn into an astonishing discovery deep within a hidden cavern. It is a futuristic artifact buried for millennia, its purpose shrouded in mystery. What secrets does it hold, and who else will stop at nothing to claim it? As Nicholas is thrust into a globe-spanning quest to decode the artifact. He discovers its implications ...

In the first installment of Parallel Planes, the agents of the Global Research Center (GRC) are propelled into action when, after more than a century of global peace, unusual developments cast a prism of doubt on the future. Unknown to most, the GRC, the world agency responsible for anthropological initiatives that have enhanced cross-cultural and international relations for generations, has developed the capability to explore divergent timelines to harvest information about parallel worlds. When indications of a data breach at GRC headquarters raise questions, elevated security concerns ...

She's not a karate expert. She can't pick a lock. And she certainly isn't a master of disguise.... But Riley is stubborn, and this is her city. She's not going down without a fight! If you like female characters who are strong, funny, and real, then you're going to love Kay Riley, a Chicago cop wrongly accused of a terrorist bombing, and on the run for her life. A wiser woman might flee the country, but Riley is determined to clear her name. Armed with a quick wit and some friends who don't mind breaking a few laws, Riley becomes an amateur vigilante.

If he loves her, he loves her – career woman or addict – despite what they say about her value. They can’t speak for black women. They can’t speak for the man who has found his one. No man ever fell in love with a table; he doesn’t much look at that table if his heart is full. This black love, romantic thriller is a testing ground for the statements above, as its plot applies pressure from all sides. Lulu, a depressed, kept-wife disappears. When she returns to her husband, Russ, back to the confines of their mansion and their cold-war marriage, the scare of her disappearance leads...

Survive. Win. Escape—Or Be Trapped Forever. Jax swore he was done with video games. He barely survived Battle Royale, escaped Spartan Arena, and promised himself he’d never get pulled into one again. But when a mysterious title, Shrimp Game, flickers on his screen, his TV has other plans. Before he can react, a surge of green energy yanks him back into another challenge—this time, with hundreds of other players, all fighting for survival. The rules? Win the games, or be trapped forever. As Jax and his fearless friend Skye navigate a series of high-stakes childhood challenges—where a...

Flames of cold justice unleashed BRANDT IS BACK! Fans of Cussler, Flynn and Coes The Brandt Series is your next action-packed book series! Brandt is unstoppable! customer review from The Recruiter "Action, action all the way!" customer review from The Handler "Another great book" review from The Handler Rogue Op II: A Chuck Brandt Thriller (The Brandt Series Book 4) They thought he was dead. They thought that problem was solved. They were wrong. Brandt is back! General Ivan Lazar and his Black Cobra Brigade thought they could get away with their crimes against humanity. They thought they ...