Kidnapping Thriller

He’s her fiercest protector. She’s the challenge he never saw coming. Together, they’re about to ignite a fire that could destroy them—or save them both. When Delta Force operative Cole "Viper" returns to his small mountain hometown, he’s expecting peace and quiet. What he doesn’t expect is Bailey—a mysterious woman on the run, haunted by a relentless stalker. Drawn by her vulnerability and fierce determination, Cole can’t stand by while danger closes in. Bailey’s cabin was supposed to be her sanctuary, but safety feels impossible until Viper steps in. With his take-charge...

For ex-FBI profiler Pierce Quincy, it’s the beginning of his worst nightmare: a car abandoned on a desolate stretch of Oregon highway, engine running, purse on the driver’s seat. And his estranged wife, Rainie Conner, gone, leaving no clue to her fate. Did one of the ghosts from Rainie’s troubled past finally catch up with her? Or could her disappearance be the result of one of the cases they’d been working–a particularly vicious double homicide or the possible abuse of a deeply disturbed child Rainie took too close to heart?

A lonely librarian seeking romantic adventure gets caught up in a kidnapping leading to an international manhunt in this steamy crime thriller! In Barcelona, a heady cocktail of romance and adventure awaits Sarah Brown when she meets a womanizing photographer who unleashes the full force of his charm upon her, seducing the naive, small-town Texas librarian, and stealing her heart. But when her lover disappears without a word, a heartbroken Sarah finds herself in Berlin, caught up in a twisted family feud with a handsome Dutch Lothario, and a dark secret that threatens to expose them all. ...

Quantum physicist Matt Bronik is suffering from strange, violent seizures that medical science seems powerless to explain - much to the consternation of his wife, Brigid. Matt doesn't think these fits could be related to his research, which he has always described as benign and esoteric. That, it turns out, is not quite true: Matt has been prodding the mysteries of the quantum universe, with terrible repercussions for his health. And perhaps even for humanity as a whole.

In the quiet, close-knit town of Benning, North Dakota, single mother Susan Groves is living a simple life—until her son Gus disappears from school without a trace. As rumors swirl and unsettling secrets about the townspeople come to light, Susan turns to her best friend, Ryan, a local detective, for help. Together, they uncover eerie clues pointing to a mysterious woman who has been watching Gus. In a town where everyone knows everyone, Susan must unravel the dark secrets hidden in plain sight before it's too late.

Everyone has someone they look up to, someone like Julie Richards. She has looks and wealth and charm and intelligence. She’s a dedicated immigration attorney who gives her all to her clients. Julie seems to have it all. Even her quirky humor and lack of a filter add to the perfect picture. But it’s difficult, because she always turns down your invitations. Some might wonder why Julie never answers the phone. Or why she can never meet you for coffee. Some might wonder why she never comes out of that house unless it's for work or because she's forced out. From author Sherri Stewart comes...

Lydia's life spirals into chaos when her son is abducted, forcing her to confront dangerous secrets from her past and battle her manipulative ex-husband in a race against time.In this gripping psychological thriller, Lydia’s world is shattered when her son, Lance, vanishes from a crowded restaurant in a chilling kidnapping. Battling her ruthless ex-husband and his manipulative family, she’s thrust into a twisted murder mystery where every clue leads deeper into danger. As secrets from her past collide with the present, Lydia must unravel the truth before time runs out.

What drives someone to murder? Logan McRae's personal history is hardly squeaky clean, but now that he works for Professional Standards he's policing his fellow officers. When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in the drivers seat of a crashed car, it's a shock to everyone. Because Bell died two years ago. They buried him. Or they thought they did. As an investigation is launched into Bell's stabbing, Logan digs into his past. Where has he been all this time? Why did he disappear? And what's so important that he felt the need to come back from the dead?

Orphaned at 13, Grace Silva clawed her way out of poverty and violence to become one of the most respected judges on the federal bench. Grace believes in the rule of law, lives it, breathes it. She has always been buttoned up and buttoned down. Except once.

Amazon Best-Selling Author Bronze Medal-winning writer--Global Book Awards In a quest to find the keys to a legendary queendom, will one fierce woman stumble on a hidden treasure or into an early grave? Sheba Bentley is thirsty for a breakthrough. On the cusp of discovering the capital of her namesake's lost empire, the NSA code breaker doesn't have time for a side mission chasing terrorists. But her world implodes when she receives a ciphered warning letter apparently written by the father she thought was dead. Enlisting her Army captain fiance along with a Romani supplying inside ...

'The chase is gripping, the stakes are high and the opposition deadly.' Stewart Peterson, Greenock Telegraph Mike Watson, an investigative reporter has problems. He's lost his job and his wife has walked out on him. But before he has time to feel sorry for himself he's dragged into a search for a former colleague's bride who mysteriously disappeared while having coffee in a busy Paris café. Watson's search takes him across Europe and exposes a massive insurance fraud and a chain of crooked nursing homes. It also brings him into contact with a former girlfriend he hasn't seen for a long ...

Haunted by her brother's brutal murder, FBI Agent Sidney Stone races against time to unravel a chilling wave of child abductions that mirror her own traumatic past, pushing her to the brink of sanity as she confronts both ruthless criminals and her own demons. FBI Agent Sidney Stone has dedicated her life to the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, determined to prevent others from suffering the same fate as her kid brother, Ben. They were abducted when she was 16 and he seven. He was killed while she was let go.

Money. Power. Lies. Murder. Some families will do whatever it takes to win. Carson Winters does as he pleases, without guilt or shame. And no one can stop him. But his judgment day is coming. This series about the Winters family is a complicated tale of the family with everything. You won’t want to miss a single word of this story of love, loss, and heartache, with just a bit of mayhem thrown in. The complete Stone Mountain Family Saga: Winters Legend on Stone Mountain A Dangerous Game on Stone Mountain Deceit on Stone Mountain Get your copies now.

From New York Times Bestselling Author Cheryl Bradshaw comes book two in her exciting new mystery series. When a dead body is found in the walls during a home renovation, detective Georgiana Germaine gets swept into a cold case murder. Whose body lies within the walls of the house and what ties does it have to the death of Georgiana's father more than three decades earlier? Love mysteries with a surprising twist? Little Lost Secrets will hook you from the first page. Books in this Series: Little Girl Lost (Book 1) 2021 USA Today Best-Selling Book Little Lost Secrets (Book 2) Little Broken ...

How could cleaning a woman’s pool be dangerous? Would working for her be a way to escape his kidnappers?Kidnapped at an early age, Benji didn’t have any say about what he ate, wore, or where he worked or slept. For years, his captors hired him out for whatever dirty tasks earned them a dollar, threatening the young man’s friends or family with harm if he misbehaved. Digging ditches and shoveling out horse stalls was better than what the tanned and aging cougar had in mind for him, though. Would he be able to ignore her advances and still keep his fellow hostage, Wee Michael, safe? ...

House of Cards meets THE ACT OF TREASON in this electrifying debut of the gripping Otis Thorne techno-thriller series. When the President's son vanishes, only one man can unravel the sinister plot threatening to destroy the nation. Enter Otis Thorne, a brilliant lecturer with a darker past as an agent, who finds himself at the center of a heart-stopping conspiracy involving Russian oligarchs, cutting-edge tech, and clones. In "Fathers and Sons", the electrifying first book in the Otis Thorne series, the lines between loyalty, power, and betrayal are blurred. With its breakneck pace and ...

Garden Of Lies Book 1 of 3: A Briana Song Crime Thriller 4.3 out of 5 stars Accident or Murder? Truth or Lies? Nothing is what it seems in the Garden District of New Orleans.When a renowned real estate tycoon is found hanging in his lavish Garden District mansion, all signs point to suicide. But the governor isn't convinced and requests the FBI's help. Assigned to the high-profile case are Special Agents Briana Song and James Buckley—but it's Briana's first investigation since transferring to the New Orleans office. As they investigate, Briana realizes they'll need to bend the rules to ...

I’ve worn a lot of labels over the years. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to escape. I hid in my dance. I ran away from my life as much as I could. I fought to be somewhere else, even if I couldn’t be someone else. One night, after my partner lashed out at me and I’d been hurt, the Vandals took me and never looked back. They introduced me to a world I had no idea existed and a family so much greater than the one I’d been trying to survive.

Ex-FBI agent Cody O'Brien lives a quiet life in Northern California. Self-sufficient and content, she provides a good home for herself and her eight-year-old son, Ryan. But all of that is shattered when Ryan is kidnapped is broad daylight. Cody's greatest fear is knowing the true motive behind the abduction. For her entire life is a lie - one so easily exposed, and so very dangerous. A woman of hard-earned courage, she escaped the killers responsible for her husband's murder and learned to start over. Failed by the Witness Protection Program, she trusts only herself to save her son.

Detective Jose Ramirez and the Sierra Hills Police Department are scrambling for leads on a killer who has already struck five times, each time leaving his signature trademark: large butcher knives piercing the abdomens of his young female victims. Profiling the killer is proving to be difficult, and Detective Ramirez knows that it’s only a matter of time before their perpetrator strikes again. As if Ramirez isn’t frustrated enough, to his dismay, he is assigned a partner. Officer Daniel Chatham, a handsome, young man, fresh out of grad school, has pulled some strings to join the ...