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A SIMPLE, DEADLY SCAM—GETTING RICH IN THE REHAB BIZ… In his riveting fourth adventure, intrepid reporter Will Harper faces a deadly scam thriving in the rehab business. Living the dream on his yacht with his love, Callie, a rehab center social worker, Harper's perfect life shatters when Callie discovers shady sober homes entangled in a dangerous game of lives for kickbacks. As Will delves into the dark secrets, he uncovers a sinister underworld of Miami gangs, sex trafficking, and murder. When Callie disappears, Harper's personal and professional worlds collide, thrusting him into the ...

Mariana -- If it weren’t for bad luck… Yeah. That’s me. I found myself stranded on the side of the road after my boyfriend threw me out. My mother, bless her heart, thinks I’m dragging her to the pits of hell because I got myself knocked up. All of which I could deal with. What nearly put me in a panic was the big, muscle-bound, tattooed biker who pulled up behind me, ordering me to “pop the hood.” I was scared, but, God, the man was smoking hot!

Linda es una hermosa chica, rebelde y depresiva, cuya vida cambia drasticamente. Ron, su padre, es un melancólico mafioso que blanquea dinero con una iglesia de barrio llamada "Salvación Amazónica". Jimmy es el ambicioso y corrupto administrador de la iglesia, que quiere quitarla a su dueño. Kevin, un ex soldado que se gana la vida como mototaxista y actor callejero, entra a trabajar a la iglesia, allí finge que es un chaman que hace falsos milagros. Un dia descubre que tiene un don que lo llevara a caer en manos de Jimmy, Ron y a conocer a Linda, lo que cambiara su destino.

They call her the Ice Queen…but he’s determined to thaw her. Bodyguard Mathias Trace is more comfortable on the back of a horse than guarding people. But when his next job involves a brainy woman on a hunt for treasure, he’s as frustrated as he is turned on. Her pretty, delicate features and tight curves might threaten to give him whiplash, but her chilly disposition is enough to freeze any man in his tracks. All Madeline asks for is a smart, savvy bodyguard. What she gets is a man who walks with a permanent swagger and only takes the name of his horse seriously. But she must be the ...

When vigilante assassin Silence Jones hears of an old friend’s death in his long-forgotten hometown, he expects to pay his respects and leave. But a dark truth lurks beneath the surface: his friend didn’t just die—he was murdered. Returning to streets he barely remembers, Silence is thrust into a shadowy world festering within a seemingly tranquil small city. His friend, it seems, had unearthed a secret too dangerous to know—a widespread network of corruption with far-reaching implications for both U.S. and international security.

Hans is the son of one of the four ruling Councilors of Liberty Island and heir to the family manufacturing firms in Europe. Highly trained self-defense skills give him confidence, but his success as an acclaimed fashion designer and entrepreneur propel his reputation as an international playboy. Thrust into the leadership of the family’s businesses and Island politics when his father and brother are assassinated, Hans begins his quest to hold those guilty accountable. He does so, knowing that accountability requires him to lead an insurrection. Outmanned and outgunned, he must prepare in...

The Petrosyan trafficking operation is in tatters and Interpol and the NCA are working furiously to build their case. They want put the people responsible behind bars once and for all, but before the dust can even settle following their latest bust, key witnesses begin to die. Three suspicious deaths in a week has everyone scrambling. But the NCA are closing the cases faster than Detective Jamie Johansson can even look into them. Someone is killing those who can name the people pulling the strings, and the few witnesses who are still alive are running scared.

An aging FBI agent (Harry Watson) from the Phoenix office is sent into a deep cover operation in an adult (55+) community in the Chicago suburbs where it is feared a group of ex-mobsters in the Witness Protection Program have begun to discover each other and "reorganize." As Harry is on his own, when the gangsters he is supposed to be observing begin to die, he reaches out to his friend, Chicago-based Private Investigator Justinian Kase for assistance and technical support. Between them they find unexpected twists as they solve the mystery of the Oldest Don.

Ian and Jenny Bragg are contracted by the highest levels of the government. They can share none of the secrets they learn. They have to do the job alone. The contracted value is enough that they'll never have to work again, but that's not Ian's plan. Ian and Jenny are taking care of a small army of employees. From The Club to their independent operators.

It's been four years since the events of The Timing of Maria unfolded. Much of the gang have moved to Michigan. Maria is now 14 and entering a new, private high school. Luke and Becca are engaged and very much in love. Their romance seems perfect and lasting, but will a violent criminal under protective custody, preparing to rat out his former trafficker buddies, bring trouble not only to Michigan but also to the perfect romance?

When the justice system lets you down and allows murderers to walk the streets freely, whilst the friends and families of their victims are left facing a life sentence, then something simply has to be done. But it can no longer be done legally, of course. And who better to put things right than a hired killer. But what does a hired killer look like and how do you find one?

This tale is included in the collection "Willful Women", recommended by The Midwest Book Review. Polar Opposites introduces us to two young, strong-willed women, polar opposites where good and bad are concerned. They meet in a Sarasota motorcycle club while each is masquerading as someone else. Should they be the best of friends or the worst of enemies? Conflicts and emotions abound as the story unfolds, taking them into the political arena, with interesting plot twists along the way. Excerpts: #1 - “You may be thinking that I’m just Jax’s plaything and that he pulls my strings and I ...

Set in the sixties, this is a story of bank robberies and payback. It is included in the "Willful Women" collection. Ruby and Ben had met at a correctional facility for teenagers. Both had been juvenile delinquents and proud of it. While some of their friends were going off to war or starting new careers, their goal was to become notorious. During their first bank heist, they take a young woman teller hostage and draw her into a life of sex, crime and revenge. When it is learned that the girl blames a wealthy family for her father's suicide, the threesome concoct a plan of retaliation, ...

Blossom -- My life is about as complicated as it can get. To fulfill his political aspirations, my stepfather has decided to sell me to a man who can take him to the governor’s seat. He’s always been abusive, demanding I be perfect in public, silent in private, and obey him in all things. After we moved to Evansville, Indiana, I spent months trying to find the perfect protector, looking for the biggest, bravest, meanest man I could find. Then I meet Walker from the motorcycle club, Iron Tzars.

Can't get your fill of Columbo? Then sink your teeth into 19 adventures that the show almost filmed. From the author of the best-selling Shooting Columbo comes this unique, behind-the-scenes peek at the unmaking of episodes that were shot down-and why.

There are a lot of things you really don’t want to find when you’re a homicide detective in the Bronx. High on the list is a new serial killer. Serial killers are real bad news because they kill without motive, so they are hard to trace and they can take years to catch. But even worse than a new serial killer, is a new kind of serial killer: one who murders with a motive, but a motive so unfathomable nobody can understand it; a motive that makes his choice of victims incomprehensible and unpredictable, a motive that leads to each victim being killed in a particularly cruel and unusual way.

Der Fall einer entführten Internatsschülerin versetzt ganz München in Aufruhr. Als nach quälenden Tagen der Ungewissheit die dunklen Tiefen des Starnberger Sees ihre Leiche freigeben, übernehmen Annabelle Hart und Felix Hertzlich die Ermittlungen.

After 30 years of research and scouring 5,000 pages of FBI files, The Heights was born. Inspired by true events and racketeers who ruthlessly fought their way into Al Capone's inner circle and expanded organized crime across the American West. It's hard to believe Sal Liparello has survived long enough to enjoy a midday scotch on his California tomato farm. The sixty-something crime boss from Chicago Heights helped take out Sicilian gangs, advised Al Capone on some of his biggest moves, and rubbed elbows with the Kennedys, Sinatra, and Marilyn Monroe

In this fourth book in the Lancelot Maddox series, it’s a race against time as Mr. Biggs and Lancelot fly two hundred miles to hear the condemning evidence of a dying prisoner. He provides names and dates of crimes committed by a mafia family. On their return flight, the plane’s engine dies and Mr. Biggs is badly injured while making an emergency landing near a deserted mountain ski lodge in the middle of a vast forest. Knowing the mafia will search for them, it’s up to Lancelot to care for Mr. Biggs and stay one step ahead of the people who engineered the accident.

In this first of three fast-paced, short stories, a mysterious woman gives Lancelot a message written in code which he must deliver to the intelligence agency. Adept at solving puzzles, Lancelot decodes it. Mr. Biggs, Head of Security, is to meet an agent at a safehouse. But is this a trap? Lancelot follows Mr. Biggs to the safehouse where they must overcome the threat of foreign agents. The Boy on the Bench sets the stage for this four-book series wherein Lancelot and Mr. Biggs fight the enemy at home and abroad.