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For hostage rescue specialist Jonathan Grave, every mission is a matter of life or death. But he faces his most personal challenge yet when two boys are abducted while being driven to Resurrection House, the school Jonathan founded as a sanctuary for children of incarcerated parents. The boys were entrusted to Jonathan's care. Now they're missing. It's time to fight fire with fire. The boys' mom, Connie Kendall, is awaiting trial on drug smuggling charges. Prosecutors want her to testify against the brutal Cortez Cartel to help bring down their ruthless operations.

Smoke would kill me if he knew all the dirty, depraved things I want to do to his little sister. For years, I’ve been forced to look and not touch. She’s been mine since the first time I saw her, even if she doesn’t know it. But when yet another threat to the club comes out of the woodwork, I decide I’ve had enough. No more waiting. Life’s too damn short. If only it was that simple, but we’ve got enemies coming at us from all directions.

The day that the iron doors of the old mill in Westover, Massachusetts, closed forever is a day that still haunts the sleepy town’s residents. On that fateful day 100 years ago, 11 people died in a fearsome fire, and since then, no one has dared to revisit the mill or the dark secrets locked inside it. Now, a member of the once-powerful Sturgess family has aspirations to reopen the mill. Little does Philip Sturgess know that by unlocking the padlock he is also unlocking horrible secrets from the past. There are forces at work that will do their best to see the mill doors stay tightly closed.

The “Puppeteer“ has taken my best friend hostage. I have to find her before it’s too late. It’s my fault she’s in this mess. I just need a little help from the local motorcycle club, the Hellfire Riders. How hard can that be? I didn’t know I would be stepping into a den of vipers. Now I can’t leave. But the longer I’m with them, the more I want them. Hawk is the president of the Hellfire Riders, and his piercing blue eyes and powerful, muscular body have me obeying his every command. Vance is a lover and so sweet. He has a knack for remembering the little details about me. ...

Cloned from the genes of heroes past, tossed aside when the Army abandoned the program, Nate has seized his own destiny. Forming the Broken Arrow Mercenary Force, he leads a team of hired guns piloting cutting-edge mechs in a last-ditch effort to restore a United States he never knew. America is under siege by the Russians and Chinese, its major cities devastated by nuclear terrorism. The Army has retreated, the politicians have abandoned the east coast, and the only thing standing in the way of total devastation is a handful of mercenaries.

Journey to the darkest depths of the afterlife in Hearts of Hellfire, a nightmarish novel that will satisfy readers hungry for horror and adventure both. Perfect for fans of Between Two Fires and The Starving Saints, with an otherworldly twist. A grieving widow smuggles her husband's corpse...

This title also appears as a novella in the collection “Lord John and the Hand of Devils.” New York Times best-selling author Diana Gabaldon, beloved for her immensely popular Outlander series, crafted this fast-paced tale of intrigue when asked to contribute to an anthology honoring the late, great Ellis Peters. Outlander supporting player Lord John Grey investigates the death of a red-haired man only to become mixed up in the affairs of Sir Francis Dashwood and his notorious Hellfire Club. And as Lord John digs further, his life becomes threatened.

A young Congressman stumbles on the powerful political underworld of 1950's D.C. in this "potent thriller" (David Baldacci) and New York Times bestseller from CNN correspondent Jake Tapper. Charlie Marder is an unlikely Congressman. Thrust into office by his family ties after his predecessor...

They are dying, one by one: wealthy middle-aged women in an exclusive Connecticut suburb. Their murderer remains at large. Nora Chancel, wife of publishing scion Davey Chancel, fears she may be next. After all, her past has branded her a victim. . . . Then Davey tells Nora a surreal story about...

Islamic State is here, all around us. There is no defence. Only attack. On the Syria/Iraq border, a British hostage is beheaded by IS terrorists. When the executioner breaks down, he is led into a nearby tent, where a masked figure is waiting for him. This mysterious person is treated with a mixture of respect and terror. They call him the Caliph.

Nightfire Academy has survived betrayal, invasion, and the wrath of the Brotherhood—but Luna Prince's war is only beginning. With the Council divided over her fate, Luna is granted one final chance to prove she belongs at Nightfire Academy. But her enemies aren't finished with her. A second...

The Yellowstone series, a new disaster thriller from international best-selling author Bobby Akart, takes the listener on a thrill ride as a cataclysmic event of extinction level proportions ticks away like a time bomb, awaiting its moment.

Why is it that so many Christians read these as metaphors: "The Whore of Babylon" (Revelation 17:5) "Pluck out your eye" (Matthew 5:29) "Strain a gnat, swallow a camel" (Matthew 23:24) "Salt of the Earth" (Matthew 5:13) "Living Stones" (1 Peter 2:5) "A Thorn in the Flesh" (2 Corinthians 12:7)...

They sent General Nathan Washington's son to hunt a trafficker. He came back with proof the Empire is going to erase the Thirteen Worlds. Commander George Washington has spent seven years living up to his father's legacy, one quiet mission at a time. Hellfire Squad doesn't do politics. They hunt monsters in human skin and put them down. But the operation on Daegu IX goes wrong before it starts. A target who vanishes on cue. A psionic blackout no one can explain. A torture chamber built for innocent civilians. And underneath all of it, something Washington can't identify has been watching ...

When Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn are hired to find a girl from the upper classes who has gone missing in the East End, they assume her kidnapping is the work of white slavers. But when they discover five girls have been murdered in Bethnal Green, taunting letters begin to arrive in Craig's Court from a killer calling himself Mr. Miacca. Barker fears that Miacca might be part of the Hellfire Club, a group of powerful, hedonistic aristocrats performing satanic rituals.

She was sent to burn, but she learned to rule the fire. Princess Fiora was never meant to survive the descent. Her father sold her to the Infernal Tyrant to settle a kingdom's debt. She walked through the obsidian gates expecting death. Instead, she found four monsters waiting to claim her. Ignar wants to break her spirit with his barbed obsession. Mammon wants to plate her skin in molten gold. Belial wants to stretch her limits with his monstrous size. Asmodeus wants to rewire her very mind. They do not just want her body. They want to forge her into a weapon capable of holding their ...

FEATURES DUAL NARRATION FROM SARAH MOLLO-CHRISTENSEN AND FAJER AL-KAISI THE OVERNIGHT VIRAL SENSATION AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The bestselling phenomenon, When the Moon Hatched, is a fast-paced fantasy romance featuring an immersive, vibrant world with mysterious creatures, a unique magic...

For months during 1943 there was no night in Hellfire Pass. By the light of flares, carbide lamps and bamboo fires, men near-naked and skeletal cut a passage through stone to make way for a railway. Among these men were some of the 22,000 Australian soldiers taken prisoner by the Japanese during World War II. In camps across Asia and the Pacific, they struggled, died, and survived with a little help from their mates.

In the mystical realm of Terra Draconum, where dragon shapeshifters quest for godhood and kingdoms teeter on the brink of war, the last rumored black dragon remains: Elsie Pax. Once a symbol of protection, the black dragon is now whispered to be a harbinger of death. After one hundred and fifty years of captivity, she emerges with a power that terrifies even her. Blessed by an ethereal spirit, Elsie is free-but far from safe. A mysterious voice that both guides and torments her, Elsie must navigate a world of fractured alliances, devastating betrayals, and rising chaos.

The true story behind history's most infamous secret society — and the myths that outgrew it. Everyone has heard of the Hellfire Club: masked aristocrats, pagan orgies, black magic in an English country cave. Almost none of it is true — and the real story is better. THE HELLFIRE CLUB traces the club's real history from its violent birth in 1720s London, when Philip, Duke of Wharton's blasphemous tavern gatherings provoked a royal proclamation, through its most notorious incarnation under Sir Francis Dashwood — future Chancellor of the Exchequer — whose brotherhood of politicians, ...