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They say the love of money is the root of all evil, but for Ken Swift, it's the love of a woman. Ken is 21, hurting people for cash to try to pay his way through college, when he lays eyes on Jimi Lee, the woman who will change the course of his entire life. What's meant to be a one-night stand with the Harvard-bound beauty turns into an explosion of sexual chemistry that neither can quit. And when Jimi Lee becomes pregnant, their two very different worlds collide in ways they never could have anticipated.

Boston girl Molly Sutton moves to a small village in France to lick her wounds after a divorce. Castillac is charming, the croissants amazing, the wine delectable. Molly's new life is full of contentment, if a bit short on excitement. But then a girl goes missing...and Molly's world gets turned upside down. Truth be told, no one in the village feels safe. They struggle to believe such darkness could exist in a friendly village, where people spend most of their time thinking about nothing more frightening than what to have for lunch.

A world-famous vintner is dead. And when a heartfelt plea to look into the matter is paired with an exclusive gourmet event in BC’s stunning wine country, Cait Morgan cannot resist. She is sure the owner of the family-run vineyard was murdered. But her companion, Bud Anderson, is convinced that the woman took her own life. That is, until death strikes once again. Uncovering obsessions and murderous thoughts among the victim’s wacky neighbours is a start. But, as Cait unravels the clues, she realizes that more lives are at stake.

In her masterful new novel, Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They’re connected by one man and his deadly obsession, though not all of them know that yet. There’s Dorian, still adrift after her daughter’s murder remains unsolved.

After being kidnapped and taken to a warehouse, Jayla thought that she had only a few minutes left to live. In those final moments, all she cared about was protecting her son. But just when she'd given up any hope of surviving, a guardian angel swooped in to save her. Drako isn't your typical guardian angel. He's a notorious Harlem Kingpin with a violent past, a turbulent present, and a very dangerous future. He agrees to take Jayla and her son from their captors. He plans on putting her to work in his club, Shakerz. Jayla has no choice but to agree to this unusual arrangement. She's ...

Detective Tracy Crosswhite has a skill, and a soft spot, for tackling unsolved crimes. Having lost her own sister to murder at a young age, Tracy has dedicated her career to bringing justice and closure to the families and friends of victims of crime. So when Jenny, a former police academy classmate and protégé, asks Tracy to help solve a cold case that involves the suspicious suicide of a Native American high school girl forty years earlier, Tracy agrees.

When an extra $5,000 shows up in her bank account, Kinsey Millhone puts it down to clerical error. But suddenly the deposit makes sense. It's not a mistake, it's a setup!

After the devastating loss of her husband in Iraq, Morgan Dane returns to Scarlet Falls, seeking the comfort of her hometown. Now, surrounded by family, she’s finally found peace and a promising career opportunity - until her babysitter is killed and her neighbor asks her to defend his son, Nick, who stands accused of the murder.

Note: This novel is the first time that A Dangerous and Possessive Love and A Dangerous and Cruel Love have been published together in one book. They were previously titled Prince of Darkness (Part I and Part II). I didn't know my smoldering-hot boss was a mafia billionaire until it was too late. Reid Chalkias makes me nervous. I wish there was a way to avoid him while still working for him. He keeps staring at me, and he's making me feel weird. I hear people call him the Prince of Darkness all the time, and I used to think it was because of all those late-night parties he loves to throw, ...

The fast-paced, hood drama continues in BBW Looking for Love 4. The tension is heating up between Jevon and Detective Robinson. He’s a criminal. She’s a cop. They’ve got no business being in a hotel room together. Will they be able to control their intense desires? Breanna’s life has been thrown upside down. She's gone from one crisis to another. But there’s always been someone there to save her. Her luck might’ve just run out. Shaniyah really wants to build something with Jevon. But she’s starting to realize that there might not be room in his life for a serious relationship....

18 Shocking True Crime Cases of Women Who Kill, including Amber Hilberling: A woman pushes her husband to his death from a 25th floor window. She claims it was an accident. You decide. Anu Singh: All of Anu Singh’s friends knew that she was about to murder her boyfriend. None of them did a thing to stop it. Adelaide Bartlett: Edwin Bartlett was dead, the victim of apparent chloroform poisoning. But who administered the toxin, his wife or her lover, the local vicar? Clara Harris: When Clara discovered that her husband was cheating, she decided to confront him head on – at 40 m.p.h., ...

20 Shocking True Crime Cases of Women Who Kill, including Beth Carpenter: When a male stripper turns up dead, the last person you’d suspect is an up-and-coming young lawyer. Penny Bjorkland: A demure and pretty teen with an odd obsession – she wants to know what it feels like to kill someone. Kelly Silk: When mental health problems take over a young mother’s life, no one is safe – not even her loving husband and precious children. Joyce Chant: Joyce had endured years of abuse at the hands of her sadistic husband. At some point, a woman has to say, “enough.” Sandy Cain: A bored ...

Leah was unemployed, broke, and desperate. A few years earlier, a fatal car crash took the lives of Leah’s beloved husband and their two babies, leaving her disabled. Life looked bleak. Then she met Mason. He was charming, charismatic, persuasive, and a successful businessman, well respected in the community. His teenage daughter did nothing to welcome Leah into the family, but life is never perfect. And the nightmares began the day the dog died… Two years into her second marriage, Leah Brand’s world is turned upside down. Inanimate objects move, her clothes are left out for the ...

A handsome stranger comes to the sleepy New England town of Salem Falls in hopes of burying his past: Once a teacher at a girls' prep school, Jack St. Bride was destroyed when a student's crush sparked a powder keg of accusation. Now, washing dishes for Addie Peabody at the Do-or-Diner, he slips quietly into his new routine, and Addie finds this unassuming man fitting easily inside her heart. But amid the rustic calm of Salem Falls, a quartet of teenage girls harbor dark secrets - and they maliciously target Jack with a shattering allegation.

With Drako's help, Harmony has managed to stay clean these last few months. He's become her new addiction. As long as he keeps showing her love and affection, she knows she'll be all right. Unfortunately, he seems to be pulling away from her since Jayla showed up at the club. She's not willing to share him. But she’s willing to do everything necessary to get rid of her rival. Jayla's baby daddy Keenan isn't dead. At least not yet. His captors have filled his head with lies. He believes that Jayla and his son are being brutally mistreated by Drako. Now he's being sent on a mission to take ...

Korede is bitter. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola’s third boyfriend in a row is dead. Korede’s practicality is the sisters’ saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood, the trunk of her car is big enough for a body, and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures of her dinner to Instagram when she should be mourning her “missing” boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit. Korede has long been in love with a kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where she works.

While investigating the hit-and-run death of a young boy, Seattle homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite makes a startling discovery: the suspect is an active-duty serviceman at a local naval base. After a key piece of case evidence goes missing, he is cleared of charges in a military court. But Tracy knows she can't turn her back on this kind of injustice.

Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, but after his funeral his widow hands Bosch a murder book that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD 20 years before - the unsolved killing of a troubled young man in an alley used for drug deals.

A home invasion and brutal gang rape leave young Sakura Bianchi fighting for her life and her mother murdered. The gang members are never found by the authorities or brought to justice. With the resources of the Yakuza behind her, Sakura trains to become an assassin and then tracks down all five men to avenge her mother's death. Each man suffers terribly for the atrocities they inflicted on Sakura and her mother that dreadful night. The death scenes when the heroin gets her revenge are fantastically horrible, like some of the most horrible things I have ever read. So, it definitely gets a ...

When teenagers Danielle and Gracie Sullivan take a clandestine car trip to visit their friend in Montana, little do they know it's the last time anyone will ever hear from them again. The girls and their car simply vanish. Cody Hoyt, who's just lost his job and has fallen off the wagon after a long stretch of sobriety, is in no condition to investigate. But his son Justin, who the girls were going to visit, and his former partner, Cassie Dewell, convince him to drive south to their last known location.