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Romance, jeopardy, and international intrigue abound when the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team is assigned to protect the daughter of a high-ranking diplomat.
For FBI Hostage Rescue Team member Evan Cooper and his partner, dignitary protection duty should have been a piece of cake. Unfortunately, Monica Callahan isn’t making it easy. Estranged from her diplomat father—who is involved in a sensitive hostage situation in the Middle East—she refuses to be intimidated by a related terrorist threat back in the States. That is, until a chilling warning convinces her that the danger is very real…and escalating.
As Coop and his partner do their best to keep Monica safe, her father triggers an abduction that puts her life at risk. And with every second that ticks by, Coop knows that the odds of saving the only woman who has ever breached the walls around his heart are dropping. Because terrorists aren’t known for their patience—or their mercy.
In this Daphne du Maurier award winner, bestselling author Irene Hannon plunges readers into a thrilling intercontinental plot where dangers lurks at every turn.
A planet that shouldn’t exist. An adventure you’ll never forget.
With Earth in turmoil under the iron fist of a despotic Global Union, a small group of exiles flees for the safety of a distant research station.
They were heading for Venus. Somewhere else found them first.
Crash-landing on an uncharted world full of wonders wasn’t what anyone had in mind, and the irresistible temptation to explore and conquer the incredible landscape reveals new dangers hiding around every corner.
Everything rests on the survivors’ ability to unravel the mystery of their increasingly hostile new world, but Terradox will not give up its secrets without a fight…
When marrying at the front lines, there’s always a chance that death will be a guest at the wedding.
Le Touquet, France, 1918 – Lady Dorothy entered into a marriage of convenience with her eyes wide open. But even she never expected to go from newlywed to newly widowed overnight.
When her husband is ambushed during a secret war mission, she’s left with more questions than answers. How did the enemy know exactly where to find them? Why did only one man — Lord Rex — survive?
Luck may have saved him once, but Rex knows he can’t count on good fortune to solve the mystery of why his fellow soldier was gunned down. Injury may have sidelined him from battle. It won’t stop him from ferreting out the truth.
Dora’s determination to prove her worth faces off against Rex’s drive to avenge his fellow soldier. Only one of them is smart enough to unmask the traitor in their midst. The shocking reveal and subsequent fall-out will lead to a dramatic change in both of their lives.
The Game of Life and How to Play It: A Guide to Divine Abundance Edition
By Florence Scovel Shinn, with Insights and Practical Applications by Marco Enrique Trujillo
In this transformative edition of Florence Scovel Shinn’s classic work, The Game of Life and How to Play It, readers are introduced to the powerful spiritual laws that govern divine abundance, prosperity, spiritual awakening, and fulfillment. Updated with practical insights and a new chapter by Marco Enrique Trujillo, this guide offers modern tools for aligning with divine abundance and navigating life with clarity, faith, and purpose.
Whether you’re seeking greater prosperity, inner peace, or a deeper connection to your higher self, this book provides timeless wisdom to unlock your full potential and create a life of limitless possibility. Through affirmations, visualization techniques, and spiritual principles, discover how to play the game of life with grace, confidence, and divine guidance.
Some family secrets are worth killing for…
Mia Graham is Chicago’s most sought-after antiques appraiser—an expert at uncovering the hidden stories behind priceless objects.But the most dangerous secret she’ll ever uncover… is her own.
When Mia discovers the truth behind her family’s respected business, everything she believed shatters. The empire she was raised in isn’t built on legacy—it’s built on crime.
A sophisticated international smuggling operation.
Decades in the making.
And Mia is now at the center of it.
As lies unravel and danger closes in, Mia faces an impossible choice: Expose the family that raised her…or protect them—and become part of the darkness.
Because once the truth surfaces, there’s no turning back. And someone will pay the price.
The Forest of Lost Souls: A Novel
A fearless woman, raised in the forest, fights against a group of powerful men in a novel about good versus evil, the enduring nature of myth, and the power of love by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
Raised in the wilderness by her late great-uncle, Vida is a young woman with an almost preternatural affinity for nature, especially for the wolves that also call the forested mountains home. Formed by hard experience, by love and loss, and by the prophecies of a fortuneteller, Vida just wants peace. If only nearby Kettleton County didn’t cast such a dark shadow.
It’s where José Nochelobo, the love of Vida’s life and a cherished local hero, died in a tragic accident. That’s the official story, but Vida has reasons to doubt it. The truth can’t be contained for long. Nor can the hungry men of power in Kettleton who want something too: that Vida, like José, disappear forever. One by one they come for her, prepared to do anything to see their plans through to their evil end. Vida is no less prepared for them.
When Chase Stone’s estranged father dies, leaving his multibillion-dollar business to his children, no one is more surprised than Chase. Growing up outside of the high-stakes world filled with human vultures, Chase and his sister, Alex, are less than enthusiastic about stepping into their father’s shoes. That is until they learn of a half brother they didn’t know existed and must find to share their inheritance with.
Piper Maddox was the elder Mr. Stone’s übercapable assistant—abruptly fired two weeks before his death. She knows everything about Stone Enterprises and the man who built it. But Piper has no desire to work for another member of the Stone family. Even one as down-to-earth as Chase.
Desperately needing financial security, Piper agrees to return so long as kissing up to Chase and accepting unwanted advances are not part of her job description. A promise that becomes a serious hurdle for both of them. Piper and Chase scramble to find the third Stone sibling before the media does, sharing secrets along the way. Secrets that can bring them together or tear them irrevocably apart.
When two cross-country cases collide, Bree Taggert and Mercy Kilpatrick join forces to catch a serial killer in an addictive novel of suspense by bestselling authors Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot.
During a vicious heat wave, a county maintenance worker stumbles upon two suspicious suitcases abandoned by the side of the road. Sheriff Bree Taggert responds to find two bodies stuffed inside the luggage. The press demands action. The community is on edge. Suddenly, Bree is at the center of a media firestorm.
In Oregon, a senator’s daughter goes missing. FBI Special Agent Mercy Kilpatrick agrees to keep the politically sensitive case on the down-low. When she finds a link between the disappearance and a double homicide three thousand miles away, Mercy takes the next plane out—and lands right in the middle of Bree’s double homicide investigation.
To save the missing girl, Bree and Mercy must work together to stop a killer who’s playing deadly games with the press and stirring up public rage. Hungry for notoriety, he dares Bree and Mercy to catch him before he kills again.
This Christmas Eve, America goes dark.
Families are gathering in celebration. Presents wait under trees. Across America, it was to be a night of festivities and anticipation.
Then the night goes silent.
From International bestselling author Bobby Akart comes Silent Night, a heart-pounding standalone disaster thriller of America collapsing and the family trying to survive it.
In Kansas City, Arrowhead Stadium roars as the Chiefs take the field. Shoppers flood the Country Club Plaza where the Dalton family’s barbecue restaurant glows with holiday lights.
A nuclear-tipped ballistic missile is fired from a container vessel in the Gulf and detonates high above the heart of America, unleashing a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse (EMP), instantly shattering the nation’s power grid. In a single, silent flash, planes fall from the sky, cars become frozen steel coffins, and the reassuring hum of civilization is replaced by a terrifying silence. From coast to coast, the modern world goes dark.
No power. No communication. No rescue.
Meet Lalla Rook. Lalla has a lot on her plate: She needs to guarantee her husband makes partner, secure her dream house in Hampstead, and get her daughter into a prestigious prep school. And on the afternoon she stabs a stranger seven times after he breaks into her living room, she has a four-year-old’s birthday party to host.
With an unambitious partner, two demanding children, and a barely adequate large house in a nice (if not quite fashionable) part of town, Lalla’s life isn’t quite perfect yet. And she can’t pretend she hasn’t missed the adrenaline rush that comes with transgressing. Besides, as a wife and mother, she’s already an expert multi-tasker. So, disposing of a body, framing a friend, and being the world’s best mother can easily be managed alongside the usual domestic minutiae.
It’s just that her husband Stephen seems distracted, her daughter’s drowning of the class hamster is affecting her academic future, and then there is the unexpected intruder. Who is this man and what does he want from her? Because Lalla has a past she’d rather keep hidden—and the sudden appearance of the police means that avoiding them will be yet another task to cross off her to-do list.
The dead call to Jude. His heart calls to Angel. Both could be his undoing.
Former Homicide Detective Jude Holt’s gift for raising the dead is as dangerous as it is useful. His transfer from the human division to the supernatural means facing darker crimes, impossible cases—and one infuriatingly hot new partner.
Angel Mao has seen plenty of rookies burn out fast. But Jude is stubborn, reckless, quirky, and far too tempting for a human whose magic attracts shadow monsters at every turn. Together, they’re the only ones who can stop a murderer from ripping open the Veil and leaving bodies in their wake.
Jude isn’t sure raising the dead can help him solve a murder—or stay alive long enough to try. But survival means trusting his partner with his life, and his heart.
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