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A return to the form that launched Iain Pears onto bestseller lists around the world: a vast historical mystery, marvelous in its ambition and ingenius in its complexity. In his most dazzling novel since the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears tells...

The author presents a collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe, never before published together, including two original stories and featuring beloved character Jamie Fraser.

Quiet. Serious. Protective. Words Stone Sylver would use to describe himself. And yet, something in his classic blue eyes said he was so much more. Buried beneath the years of raising his younger siblings and working as a small-town sheriff was a man looking for love.

This is the story of John Stone, financier and armaments manufacturer, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets, industries and indeed whole countries and continents. A panoramic novel with a riveting mystery at its heart, Stone's Fall is a quest to discover how and why John Stone dies, falling out of a window at his London home.

Growing up, Jude McCallister was the bane of my existence. My best friend. Fiercest ally. The most annoying boy in the world. At 18, the boy I loved to hate became the man I couldn’t live without. We were young. Madly in love. Invincible. Strong enough to weather any storm. Cocky enough to believe that no amount of time or distance could destroy us. When Jude finally returned home from overseas, it should have been cause for celebration. But the man I’d fallen in love with was gone, and in his place was someone I no longer recognized.

Sleeping with your client is bad, but what I did is even worse. When I’m sent to Ember Falls to handle a PR nightmare, I have no idea I am creating a crisis of my own. Killian Thorn is everything I know to resist—older, rugged and handsome with mesmerizing green eyes and a wicked smile—which is why instead of running from him, I end up in his bed. Forced to work together, our stolen kisses are the least of our worries because the scandal on Killian’s ranch continues to grow.

Charlie Renfrew is too busy and too broke for a love life. There's no room in a schedule crammed with university, a full-time job, music, and his very committed relationship with overthinking. Hence the dating ban. Which is exactly when Ben Campbell shows up with his piercings, quirky knits, and indie rock fame. But maybe it's time for Charlie to trade caffeine for something hotter, blonder, and completely out of his comfort zone. Gorgeous, funny men don't happen to Charlie. Not like this. Even if it's ill-timed and too bloody complicated. But maybe a quick shag won't hurt . . .

Newly divorced with a young son to raise, Tucker Beckett is the last man Miranda Owens should be itching to figure out, make smile, and hear laugh. Still there is something about the detective with haunted blue eyes and a dirty mouth that draws her in from the moment they meet. If only life were so simple. As Tucker and Miranda begin to navigate their new relationship, Tucker is tasked with solving the murder of a young woman while their exes begin to play games in an attempt to split the two of them up

Bookstore owner Aubrey Barnes likes his quiet, orderly London life, thank you very much. His shop may be struggling, his only employee is a menace, and his plumbing is one creaky pipe away from disaster, but he can handle it. Maybe. He cannot, however, handle the film company that's thrown his Soho street into chaos. And he definitely can't handle the charismatic American actor Blake Sinclair.

They call this place Oasis, and he's the doctor in charge. He thinks he can save me. Heal me. Catch me if I fall... Yeah, right. Dr. Leo Chastain is a mouthwatering distraction. For that reason alone, I'm inclined to play his game. He doesn't know I'm incapable of emotions that come naturally to others - Fear, compassion, love... I might be a sociopath.

When I returned to Poplar Falls six years ago, I’d given up on love. I’d made the mistake of marrying the sexy rebel right out of high school. He’d ended up in jail. I’d ended up pregnant. With a baby on the way, I decided to give up my wild, impulsive ways. All I wanted was a family and to watch my sweet son grow up, happy and healthy. Then Myer Wilson keeps showing up in my life—and my son’s life.

When two seemingly unconnected mysterious deaths occur on his watch, police chief Jesse Stone must pull out all the stops to unravel the truth and stop a killer from striking again. The small town of Paradise is devastated when a star high-school baseball player is found dead at the bottom of a...

A stripper as my fake date to convince Dad I’m qualified to run his billion-dollar company? If my dad hands Carmichael Chemicals to Matthews-the-Monkey, the misogynistic snake will kill my life’s work—the Clean Water for Veterans initiative. But Daddy thinks I’m not CEO material, because I’m happily single. My brother suggests I bring his hockey-star best friend as my fake date to the upcoming executive retreat. Clock is ticking. I’ve got no choice but to ride out this BS. When I meet Ken Branch right outside Dad’s mansion, ready to walk in holding hands, my stomach drops. ...

It's always been just me and my girl, Stanley Puck. Now I'm fake engaged to a fierce vet who hates me, to win a team dog contest. And winning isn't about the $100,000 prize anymore. It's about her. Everyone knows me as the hockey star with the Instagram-famous golden retriever. They see the matching sunglasses, the cocky smile, the perfect life. They think they know my story. They don't. When I enter dog show competitions, it's not for the cameras. I have my reasons. What I don't have is time for distractions—especially not a sexy small-town vet. Morgan Bailey. With her rescue dog, ...

Children and Fire tells the story of a single day that will forever transform the lives of the townspeople. At the core of this remarkable novel is the question of how one teacher - gifted and joyful, passionate and inventive - can become seduced by propaganda during the early months of Hitler's regime and encourage her 10-year-old students to join the Hitler-Jugend with its hikes and songs and bonfires.

“Love at First Flush.” Perfect title if our love story ever becomes a book. I met Ivy when she was hiding from her ex and I was dodging my mother. Before I even saw her face, I was hooked—by her innocence, her laugh, the way she saw me beneath the cocky armor. Not the hockey star, not the Whitmore name. Me. The connection was real. Our hookup was electric. When her smug ex mocked her, I blurted out: “I’m her fiancé.” And just like that, we were fake engaged for the rest of the trip. Every challenge we tackled together made it harder to pretend. When I told my sister I fell for ...

When a terrorist attack interrupts his black ops robbery investigation, Harvey Stone refuses to follow his team's command to stick to the job. Stone sneaks off the case to track down the terrorist bomber, who plans to murder his young hostage as a warm-up for a fiery finale that will reduce all of London to ash. But searching for clues around a high-profile crime scene becomes next to impossible when Stone is framed for a murder he didn't commit.

I discovered I was switched at birth... and my world shattered. Now I’m fake engaged to the son of the family I always believed was mine. The only man I shouldn’t touch—and the only one I burn for. Logan LaRue is hot as hell and knows it. Funny too. A New York billionaire hockey star with a line of fans who DM him 'Marry me.' He has nothing in common with a nerdy small-town vet like me. And everything that was rightfully mine. To uncover the truth—and infiltrate the families we were taken from—we pretend to be engaged. It’s supposed to be simple. Temporary. Controlled. But the ...

Do what’s right, no matter what, is a lesson Charity Gruzing learned from her beloved grandma and older sister. Which means although her appreciation for her friend Dustin Stone is high, she knows he’s not for her. She’s barely making ends meet, he’s one of the Heart Falls elite. She works in the Silver Stone office, he’s one of the ranch owners. Friends is the only option.

Ginny Stone wants to be a vital part of her family’s ranching success, but nothing is the same as it was three years ago, and now she’s not sure where she fits in. To add to her troubles, her big brother’s best friend has shown up - the sexy lover Ginny’s been keeping secret for years.