Mayer’s Green Beret hero, Chief Warrant Officer Dave Riley, returns to take on the mob and corrupt government officials in a well-paced but didactic tale about the compromising of the Federal Witness Protection Program. When Philip Cobb, former mob money launderer and current government informer, is murdered just as he is about the enter the Program, his wife, after calling an emergency Program number only to be nearly gunned down herself, turns for help to her brother, who contacts his old girlfriend, Donna Giannini, now a Chicago cop. Giannini in turn asks her old pal Riley to keep Lisa alive while she finds out what went wrong. The rest of the narrative pits the warrior skills and state-of-the-art special-ops technology of Riley and his men against two groups of professional killers and the heinous federal officials behind one of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A Baby Boomer Mystery by the author of Retirement Can Be Murder. Empty nester Carol Andrews would prefer leaving her beautiful antique home in Fairport, Connecticut, “feet first” to selling it and moving on. But her Beloved Husband Jim convinces her that a nearby active adult community is the est fit for them at this time of life. Their house sells, and Carol returns alone the night beforre the closing for a “pity party” farewell tour. And discovers the dead body of the buyer in her living room. Wow. Talk about seller’s remorse!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Newly widowed Claire Emmett leaves Los Angeles so she and her eleven-year-old daughter, Rachel, can have a fresh start in the picture-perfect suburb of Santa Bella, California. But the simple, quiet life she seeks is nowhere to be found in the town where soccer is king and parents are far, far too involved in children\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n When Rachel is scouted for an elite travel team, Claire is sucked into a world of high drama, backstabbing and deceit. The team manager plots a Wall Street-style hostile takeover. Parents sabotage players, serve as sports agents, and trade sexual favors for playtime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In the year 2074, a global conspiracy threatens all life on Earth. In the 2020s, disease, epidemics, and financial collapse nearly ended civilization. But when you play with fire, the world burns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Detective Sergeant Mackenzie McAllister leads a team of police investigators. When the new kid, Drew Bradley, joins the squad Mack is bound by duty to show him the ropes. The chemistry between them is immediate, but with Mack being twelve years older, she fights becoming entangled with the young sexy detective.<\/p>\n Drew enters the unit, not only to help with the investigation they are conducting, but to find out what is really going on inside the walls of the unit. Working with the intense and strict Sergeant Mack is invigorating, but between the need to protect her and his second shield, he is at a loss and falling hard.<\/p>\n Together they will uncover the evil from within, and try to deny the passions that rage between them. Who in her unit is trying to keep her from finding out the truth? Who will take a life that will draw them closer? And what are the secrets hidden behind the shield?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Framed for murder and on the run, former Olympic biathlete Kyle Achilles is also in the crosshairs of assassins’ guns. Why? He has no idea. He’s fighting blind against two master strategists and one extraordinary invention–known as Brillyanc.<\/p>\n Achilles’ only ally is the other prime suspect, a beautiful Russian mathematician who is either the best or worst person to ever enter his life. Katya was engaged to Achilles’ brother — before he died.<\/p>\n Chasing clues while dodging bullets, Achilles and Katya race around the globe, uncovering a conspiracy conceived in Moscow, born in Silicon Valley, and destined to demolish both the White House and the Kremlin. Along the way a lost soul finds purpose, a broken heart confronts forbidden love, and America gains a new hero.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n After shooting a Union soldier in her front hall with a pocket pistol, Belle Boyd became a courier and spy for the Confederate army, using her charms to seduce men on both sides. Emma Edmonds cut off her hair and assumed the identity of a man to enlist as a Union private, witnessing the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. The beautiful widow, Rose O\u2019Neale Greenhow, engaged in affairs with powerful Northern politicians to gather intelligence for the Confederacy, and used her young daughter to send information to Southern generals. Elizabeth Van Lew, a wealthy Richmond abolitionist, hid behind her proper Southern manners as she orchestrated a far-reaching espionage ring, right under the noses of suspicious rebel detectives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband\u2019s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Katherine\u2019s sister, Juana of Castile, wife of Philip of Burgundy and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, is portrayed as \u201cJuana the Mad,\u201d whose erratic behavior included keeping her beloved late husband\u2019s coffin beside her for years. But historian Julia Fox, whose previous work painted an unprecedented portrait of Jane Boleyn, Anne\u2019s sister, offers deeper insight in this first dual biography of Katherine and Juana, the daughters of Spain\u2019s Ferdinand and Isabella, whose family ties remained strong despite their separation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Jamie Winter loathes her job as a secretary in the sleaziest law firm in New Jersey. Trouble is, someone else loathes the whole firm\u2014enough to kill one of the partners, the two-timing, eleven-fingered king of lowbrow television commercial spots, Dougie Digits. Now, Jamie is being strong-armed into investigating by Dougie\u2019s frosty widow, Hilary. The suspect list is long, including the firm\u2019s bookish paralegal, embezzling bookkeeper, ambitious associate, and resentful senior partners. Add to that list a m\u00e9lange of oddball clients with grudges of their own, and Jamie has her work cut out for her. With assists from her studly landlord and husband-hungry sister, Jamie uncovers enough dirt on her coworkers to launch a tabloid in her hunt to find the killer…before he or she strikes again!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Having it all is a fantasy, right?<\/p>\n Chloe Browne knows all about fantasy. Fantasy is her job.<\/p>\n And she\u2019s very, very good at what she does.<\/p>\n As director of design for the O Spa chain, a sophisticated women\u2019s club that is trending its way into being the Next Big Thing, Chloe\u2019s ready to take on the world.<\/p>\n One baby at a time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n After the fall of France in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now stood alone to face Hitler\u2019s inevitable invasion attempt. For the German army to land across the channel, Hitler needed mastery of the skies?the Royal Air Force would have to be broken. So every day throughout the summer, German bombers pounded the RAF air bases in the southern counties. Greatly outnumbered by the Luftwaffe, the pilots of RAF Fighter Command scrambled as many as five times a day, and civilians watched skies crisscrossed with the contrails from the constant dogfights between Spitfires and Me-109s. Britain\u2019s very freedom depended on the outcome of that summer\u2019s battle: Its air defenses were badly battered and nearly broken, but against all odds, ?The Few,\u201d as they came to be known, bought Britain\u2019s freedom?many with their lives. More than a fifth of the British and Allied pilots died during the Battle of Britain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Twenty-seven-year-old Natalie Butterworth is an easy-going girl. She\u2019ll do anything for a quiet life and if telling a few teensy white lies keeps her friends and family happy, then so what? It\u2019s not like they\u2019ll ever discover what she\u2019s really thinking\u2026 Until one night, thanks to a pub hypnotist, Natalie\u2019s most private thoughts begin to bubble up and pop out of her mouth. Things get very messy indeed, especially when some sticky home truths offend her fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n Natalie must track down the hypnotist before the wedding is officially cancelled. So along with bad influence bestie Meg, Natalie finds herself in the Yorkshire Parish of Little Trooley – a small village bursting with big secrets, nosy old folk and intriguing Wellington-wearing men. When the girls get stranded in the village with no means of escape and no way to break the hypnotist’s spell, Natalie is forced to face the truths she has been avoiding her whole life…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Capable, clever Amanda Cavencourt is retuning to England, from exotic India, where she has been managing her brother’s household. With her, she brings a treasured memento — a beautiful statue, carved in sandalwood — a gift from her friend, a noted Indian princess. When the statue is snatched from her, Amanda is determined to recover it, and discover why the culprit, a dashing, notorious rogue known only as the Falcon, who is renowned for his dangerous skills in political intrigue, would want such an object. Amanda vows to steal the statue back– but she may end up stealing the Falcon’s heart instead! Or maybe it’s her heart that’s about to be stolen…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Recent divorce, check.<\/p>\n Pending lawsuit, check.<\/p>\n A move back to Boston to live with her mother, triple check.<\/p>\n It can’t get much worse, right?<\/p>\n When she starts her new marketing job at EXtreme Effects, she’s positive shit\u2019s stopped hitting the fan. Sure, what she’s advertising is a little … unorthodox, but it pays the bills. And since she’s seconds away from becoming Lucy Williams: Wednesday Night Bingo Enthusiast, she needs money to get the hell out of her mother\u2019s house.<\/p>\n The only problem is her boss, Mr. Extreme himself: Jace Exley. He\u2019s everything any sane woman dreams of\u2014alpha, successful, ridiculously gorgeous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n He’s dark and powerful, a magical anomaly. She’s inexperienced and untrained. Can they set aside their differences in time to save themselves?<\/p>\n Mysterious disappearances at a popular national park force authorities to organize a university-led expedition, and they’ve invited undergrads to compete to be included. As a talented Arete, Austin is a natural shoe-in. And he’s not the only experienced student competing. 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\nHumanity battles the worst pandemic the world has ever seen.
\nAnd the planet is dying.
\nOur mass extinction event has arrived.
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\nThe world\u2019s most powerful corporations saved us.
\nNow, in 2074, the Corporate Coalition rules all.
\nThey genetically engineered crops, animals, bacteria\u2026 and people. All in the name of creating a better world.<\/p>\nSecond Shield BoxSet: Includes Book 1 & 2<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nLast of the Few: The Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots Who Won It<\/a><\/h3>\n
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