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When Hetheridge saves the outspoken, impetuous young detective from getting the sack, siding with her against Scotland Yard's powerful male hierarchy, his cold, elegantly balanced world spins out of control. Summoned to London's fashionable Belgravia to investigate the brutal murder of a financier, Hetheridge must catch the killer while coping with his growing attraction to Kate, the reappearance of an old flame, and the secret that emerges from his own past.

Museum curator Summer Hawthorne considered the exquisite ice-blue ceramic bowl given to her by her beloved Japanese nanny a treasure of sentimental value, until somebody tried to kill her for it.

I’ve made the biggest mistake of my life and I can only hope it’s not too late for me to redeem myself. All my future plans included building a life with Jack, but now he’s playing house with some second-rate hockey coach he thinks he’s in love with. I want him back, and when my father’s misguided effort backfires, the perfect solution skates right into my life.

Blue Ice is perfect for readers who delight in compelling characters, a dash of humor, and a promise of hope for epic romance. Ramsey Aaron Manzano - Ram-Man to his friends - simply wants to catch some photographs of morning sun reflecting off the ice of Antarctica. After all, that's his job as a freelance photographer. But when he falls through a crevasse and lands in an underground world like none he's ever imagined, everything he believes about life on Earth is shattered. However, once he comes to know the enchanting inhabitants of this mysterious place, fear turns to fascination and - ...

Crime thriller. Four people were on a research team in the unimaginably remote Canadian High Arctic. Two have been murdered. One survivor has an iron-clad alibi that proves he was not even there. The other has a wild and implausible story, which no one believes. A veteran police detective is certain who is guilty of the gruesome murders, but his case is thrown out and his career is ruined. Two lives ended and two lives destroyed. And the murderer is just getting started.

A story of first love, first times, and a summer that could change everything. Instead of heading to France for a kite camp with his friends, this summer, Casper is stuck with his family at a camping site in northern Germany—the last place he wanted to spend his vacation. But the sleepy little town by the sea hides more than meets the eye. Like Valentin, the moody waiter at “The Wild Rooster” with icy blue eyes that send every customer running. But not Casper. He’s drawn to the blue-haired boy from the moment they meet. The only problem? Val doesn’t seem interested at all… or is...

I swore off men the second I trusted the wrong guy and ended up pregnant by a wealthy playboy. I was ready to prove I didn't need him--or anyone else. At least, until Malaki Young, Chicago's hottest pro hockey star, slid into the backseat of my car and proved me wrong. He's relentless on and off the ice. Especially when it comes to pursuing me. Not to mention his charming smirk and annoyingly smooth one-liners have me testing the ice and thawing every boundary I swore I'd never cross again.

Edward Ashton's Antimatter Blues is the thrilling follow up to Mickey7 in which an expendable heads out to explore new terrain for human habitation. Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the six-winged bat-things are chirping, and much to his own surprise, Mickey Barnes is still...

New from the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (“A masterpiece of science writing.” —Washington Post) and “one of the stars of modern paleontology” (National Geographic), a sweeping and revelatory history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of...

She showed up on my construction site in designer heels. Now the billionaire heiress won’t leave me alone. I’m just a blue collar girl, a contractor trying to finish a renovation project. The last thing I need is Olivia Laurent, Seattle society’s most polished heiress, pretending she knows how to swing a hammer. Princess Livi is clueless, stubborn, and completely out of her depth. She’s also surprisingly sweet, gorgeous -- and she kisses like she’s been waiting her whole life for me. When a storm traps us overnight, sparks turn into fire. And Olivia makes it her mission to sweep ...

She wanted no berserkers, no rage issues, and absolutely no “muscle mountains.” 🚫🪓❄️ Officer Isla Navarro signed up for Monster Dating Agency half as a joke, half out of frustration with human men who treated her badge like a fetish or a threat. Then she matched with Rurik. 💘❄️🪓 Seven feet of Frostborn barbarian. Runes that blaze when he rages. And a double-headed axe he refuses to put down. One trial date. One ice barbarian. And an order she can’t refuse. Now she’s stuck with a monster who: • Freezes the ground just by walking across it ❄️ • Calls her ...

WINNER OF THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL IMPACT BOOK AWARD – Crime Adventure. In *Fire and Ice Blues*, Brian R. O’Callaghan plunges readers back into the gripping saga of JD “Big Dog” Walker, whose tumultuous journey descends into even darker depths as he confronts the harrowing reality of human trafficking. Still reeling from the traumatic events of *Bone Deep Blues*, JD finds himself ensnared in a brutal clash with a sprawling and ruthless global criminal network. This treacherous organization casts a menacing shadow, its tendrils reaching from the gritty underbelly of New York City, with...

Terry Carson thought he knew exactly who he was: a former college defenseman now working construction, happily married to Karla, a professional hockey player at the top of her game. Their marriage works because they trust each other completely—even when that trust extends to the occasional woman Karla brings home. Then Karla asks a question Terry has never considered: Have you ever thought about being with a man? Combined with the unexpected return of Marcus, his old college teammate, Terry is forced to confront possibilities he never knew existed. Checking the Blue Line is a deeply ...

THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THE GREAT BLUE ABOVE SAGA. . . Following the explosive battle versus the Board inside The Mountain, the survivors (citizens of the City Below, Tunnelers, the Swarm, Mountain host mothers, Mountain guards) band together with the help of a famous person from the past. Not only must they wrest control of The Mountain from their most dangerous enemy, they must also plan the best way to continue humankind. With a centuries-long plan unknowingly initiated, will Emma, Chad, Artie and Olly survive long enough to fulfill their childhood dreams of starting a new beginning in a ...

The league took everything. She built something better. Sloane Eriksen was a two-time All-Star, one of the best forwards in women's professional hockey—until a devastating knee injury ended her career overnight. With a $45,000 salary, no savings, and a league that offered nothing to its broken athletes, she faced an impossible choice. She chose survival. Now, two years later, Sloane has built something no one expected: a thriving OnlyFans career under the name "Harlow," a house paid for in cash, and complete financial independence. She's not ashamed of the work. She's proud of what she ...

Harness pressure, reframe fear and perform at your best when it matters most. Rather than teaching people how to excel under pressure, Ant Williams, a psychologist working in elite sport, decided to practise what he preached, and took up sports that scared him. First freediving and then ice...

After twenty-two years of marriage, Lisa and Tom Bergstrom have built a good life — a paid-off house in Maple Grove, two kids they're proud of, season tickets to the Minnesota Wild. But with the last child off to college, the comfortable routine they've depended on suddenly feels a lot like silence. They love each other. That was never the question. The question is whether love is enough to bridge the distance that's quietly grown between them — the unspoken frustrations, the missed moments, the feeling of being two people sharing a house rather than a life. When Lisa stumbles across an...

The legend says Spirit Mountain kills anyone who dreams of it. Seventeen-year-old Beth didn't believe in local ghost stories when her dad moved them to a snowy, isolated town in the Northwest. She was too busy mourning her mom, hating her new school, and trying not to fall apart. But the dreams start anyway. A white mountain under moonlight. A black void at its summit. A whisper promising she has just seven nights left. As the countdown ticks, Beth learns she’s not alone. Logan, the boy at school with haunted eyes of his own, is dreaming it too. Together they uncover a decades-old murder,...

From bestselling author James Raffan comes an enlightening and original story about a polar bear’s precarious existence in the changing Arctic, reminiscent of John Vaillant’s The Golden Spruce. Nanurjuk, “the bear-spirited one,” is hunting for seals on Hudson Bay, where ice never lasts...

Frank Ewert's disarming collection of short fiction starts off with an inside view of small-time, big identity Canadian hockey, its meaning, its plays, its lingo. But each story's distinct voice quickly reveals universal themes of rivalry, calling, discipline, infatuation, and national dignity that invite every reader to be more than a spectator. The characters have keen direction and surprising priorities that open this unknown world to the uninitiated.