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Teagan is successful in her own right but she's not the crusader journalist she aspired to be back in college. She desperately needs a personal distraction and decides to make a difference in the world. When a foreign news story shocks her to the core, she takes matters into her own hands and starts a special project to help others. But not everybody is happy about her illegally funded venture: Project Rebound. When Teagan travels to Paris to deal with a project setback, she wakes up in the middle of a terrorist siege. Or is it a planned attack on her life?

Champagne corks only hint at the pressure that builds as this New Year’s witching hour approaches. Maggie Bixler, a saucy ghost who runs a spectral speakeasy in the gloomy basement of the old family home, was brutally betrayed and is ready to POP! She’s hired me, Seymour—part-time detective, full-time parakeet—to find who double-crossed her a hundred years ago. I’m game! (Get it?) Meanwhile, my former wife (and now owner) Sharon throws a wing-ding on New Year’s Eve and the whole town crashes the private party. Seymour Triplett’s the name. Once human and a full-time gumshoe, I ...

Lana: I’ve done everything right. Playing the part of the demure famiglia daughter, hiding my pain beneath makeup and pretty dresses. But marrying a man 10 years my senior? Whose words cut like knives and lips taste like poison? This is the one thing I can’t do. Naz: I’ve done nothing right. I’m not a virtuous man; I balance on the line between light and dark. My past is littered with sins. Each of them haunts me. I’m not worthy of the angel with long hair and hazel eyes. And yet, I’d burn the city to the ground to hold her in my arms. What’s a sinner to do?

Lucinda Jones paced around the room, debating which kind of criminal she’d need more for her task: a drug kingpin or a mafia boss? They had both been summoned to this mysterious rendezvous. Lucy surveyed her thick black book of contacts who frequented Club Twilight during its off-hours. When someone asked for Lucy’s help in resolving their dilemma, she never said no—but there was always a caveat. She might come calling for assistance one day. It had been ten years since two men came begging for Lucy's aid; and now Lucinda was due to collect on that debt. Indebtedness to Lucinda Jones ...

A heist. A chase. A desperate gang holed up in a hideout. Darla Doyle hates being poor. She didn't go to college. She doesn't have a rich family. But she has a skill: driving. For five years, she has been the getaway driver for several bank jobs, each netting her over twenty thousand US dollars. It's not wealth, but it's enough to keep her kids clothed. Then a new bank job comes along. Great target. Good score. Well-planned. Well-executed by three people she's worked with before. The plan is firing on all cylinders...right up until an armored car guard offers them more money than they'd ...

Begin your exploration into the new wave of terrorism. Experience the book that challenges conventional wisdom on contemporary terrorism. Beyond the religious wave...terrorism appears to have moved into new, uncharted waters...and we are now witnessing a new wave of terrorism. Several terrorist groups continue to exist even though the conflict they formed to participate in is (essentially) over. Individuals within the groups pursue personal gain (utilizing organized crime) through the cachet and fear of their group’s histories.

All brokenhearted Sarah Bennett needed was a new room mate. She wasn't expecting ex-biker Ethan Collier to turn up at her door and take the room. She also didn't expect to find herself falling for him so quickly. Ethan Collier is running from his dark past. Taking a room in the same apartment as the sweet Sarah will help him do just that. Except that she's hard to resist. Just as things heat up between them, Ethan's past comes smashing firmly back into his present and threatens to drag them both down.

From mild mannered coworkers to doting parents. Some might be your jack-of-all-trades friend, or others might be your family member with an altruistic persona. The Best New True Crime Stories: Well-Mannered Crooks, Rogues & Criminals takes you deeper into the unconventional criminal's psyche. The ones where their most prominent feature isn't a bloodied knife, but a bright smile and warm gaze meant to lure their next victim.

Good Samaritan Shot Dead5 stars - 'Each book is better than the last.' A heartwarming cozy mystery series about family, friendship and a crusade for justice. Dolphin Bay is celebrating Founder's Day with great pomp and show. Anna's cherry lime cupcakes impress the patron of the year, a retired doctor who has generously sponsored the local food bank. The next morning, the whole town reels in shock at the news of his death. When the police arrest Anna's employee for murder, her criminal past is revealed. There is trouble in paradise as Anna realizes her gentleman friend kept secrets from her....

Una plaga en la edad moderna. ¿Qué harías si tu mundo cambiara ante tus propios ojos?. ¿Qué harías si vieras a tus seres queridos convirtiéndose en horrendas monstruosidades?. ¿Qué harías si fueras la única persona sana y normal que queda en el planeta?. Estas preguntas, que brillan intensamente como los bordes exteriores de una supernova, son las que se hace Alicia Gaden mientras toda la vida a su alrededor se convierte en locura y decadencia. El agua, la sustancia vital de la que depende la supervivencia misma de la Tierra, se ha transformado en un fango espantoso y ...

When Nelson Pepper discovered gold on Half Moon Pass, he sent a telegram to his brothers who were still trying to make a go of it on their Kansas farm. Three of Nelson’s brothers traveled to Colorado and joined the venture, but the story takes a dark turn when men resort to robbery and murder to get the brothers’ gold.

Hiding is no longer acceptable…she needed answers…but answers alone might not be enough…and they could prove deadly… Mick Johnson might be dead but his killer is unknown and the clues leading to them are non-existent. Completely non-existent…which according to Jackson never ever happens…then he finds one but how does he tell Simon…But Elijah Sullivan, the father she adored all her life left clues…she just has to unravel them even as she comes to terms with her feelings about Harper…and his for her. It’s the middle of the twenty-third century and while there have been ...

Penrose & Pyke have until Christmas Eve to save the orphans’ home, by unravelling a tangle of tinsel and trickery. Private detective Charlie Pyke was looking forward to spending a quiet Christmas with his fiancée, Grace Penrose. Instead, Charlie and Grace must stop a dubious deal, find a sneak thief and foil a mischievous brother, with the help of a pair of inquisitive orphans and the spirit of a dear departed grandmother. If they can decipher the clues and make it through the dessert course, they just might survive their first family Christmas together. Tinsel and Trickery is a half-...

Partners in Crime and Conspiracy in Crime are the first two books in the Partners in Crime Thrillers series, a humorous, edge-of-your-seat romantic adventure series. Partners in Crime Piper Landry walks out of the redwood forests of Northern California in the middle of the night with no memory and no clothes. She knows only two things. The first is that her name must be Piper Landry because that’s what’s written on a tag bolted to her ear. The other is that she’s richer than Midas. Peter Bolton is a spy, but he’s up for a career change. He makes Jack Reacher look like an amateur, ...

Family, friends, and strangers from around the country find sanctuary in the mountains of North Carolina as they wait out the tempest of the storm…Tempest of the Storm is the continuing story in the Home to Clare Harbor series of family, friends, and strangers who are drawn together by forces over which they have no control. They have weathered what many believed to be the storm of the century. Now they face a storm of another kind that could pose an even greater threat to all of them. Senator Gareth Dyersen knows that the threat he and all those who have taken refuge in his mountain home...

The story is set in the late 1920's and the story makes you feel like you are in Chicago at the time the Italian mobs were ruling the town. Rosemary is an only child from an Italian family that is related to Al Capone. Antonio is from an Irish-German family and he works for his father as a mechanic. His father works for a rival mob family. They had a chance meeting at a coffee shop near her college and they eventually fall deeply in love. This is similar to a modern Romeo and Juliet type story. This is a sad, deep and moving story. If you enjoy a good story about forbidden or frowned upon ...

Penrose & Pyke venture to the edge of madness when they reunite to investigate two tragic deaths and an old mystery. The last words of a frightened woman may be a vital clue to the disappearance of an old friend, if they aren’t the ravings of delusional lunatic. Detective Constable Charlie Pyke is desperate to find out. But is he desperate enough to risk the life of his sleuthing partner, medical student Grace Penrose? More to the point, can he stop her? The answers lie behind the locked doors of an asylum for wealthy young women of delicate sensibilities, where high walls and dark ...

When the life she thought she knew is suddenly taken away, Ella Hunt is determined to make a new life for herself and her faithful companion, Boris the Bulldog. She finds a new purpose in the form of a small, failed hotel in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. With her expertise in designing and upgrading hotel properties, Ella is determined to restore the hotel back to its former glory. But when she finds out the former hotel owner was found murdered in the hotel cellar, Ella teams up with the lead detective on the case, Luke Falconer, to uncover the truth and clear the hotel's name. If you enjoyed ...

¿Qué pasaría si pudieras saber exactamente lo que tus amigos están pensando? Winter Reynolds, una estudiante de secundaria, puede hacerlo, pero hay un inconveniente... Solo puede leer los pensamientos de las personas cuando los besa. Cuando un miembro del equipo de atletismo es asesinado, Winter tiene la oportunidad de usar su habilidad especial para encontrar al asesino. El problema es que besar a todos en el equipo de atletismo no es tan buena idea cuando tienes un nuevo novio. ¡Hablando de complicaciones! ¿Debería Winter perseverar en usar su poder secreto para atrapar al asesino ...

Finalist Level of Achievement in the CLUE Book Awards, a Division for Suspense / Thriller Novels, of the prestigious Chanticleer International Book Awards. A HORRENDOUS CRIME RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES. The vibrant lights of the drag club still flicker in Agent Buck Taylor's mind as he surveys the chaotic aftermath. Bodies of entertainers and audience members lay scattered, their colorful costumes now stained with blood. As he and his team from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation begin their work, they quickly realize the gravity of the situation - the shooter has escaped and a prominent ...