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"Dunn delivers a brisk page-turner that chills and thrills." --Scott Nicholson, Liquid Fear "Thaw is an action-packed, heart-pumping thrill ride that keeps readers on the edge of their seats" -- Will Plyler, Mania.com Arctic bush pilot Harry McNills is minding his own business and dreaming of retiring to the Caribbean--when two scientists from Cryolabs Corporation charter his plane for a scientific expedition. The beautiful young biologist Amy Tyler and her boss, the avaricious Hayden Lockwood, want to explore for freeze-tolerant organisms. Harry gets more than he bargained for when he ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that one false step can involve a lady in endless ruin. On a rainy November day in 1811, Miss Elizabeth Bennet finds herself wondering why no one ever bothered to tell her about this. A few blithe steps on a morning walk taken after a succession of rain lead to unexpected events that irrevocably change the course of Elizabeth's life, placing her fate in the hands of the haughty and conceited Mr. Darcy - the last man in the world she had ever thought to marry.

Christian Osprey prefers the wilderness to the company of people. A former Navy Special Operator, he's built for isolation and thrives in the untamed wild. He doesn't want ties, doesn't need anyone—but he can't seem to stay away from Amka, the soft-eyed tavern owner who always greets him with a warm smile, a hot cup of coffee, and no expectations.

On her homestead in the middle of twenty million acres of national Park, Aleut P.I. Kate Shugak is caught up in spring cleaning, unaware that just miles away another Park rat is planning a massacre. When the sound of gunfire finally dies away, nine of his neighbors lie dead in the snow.But did he kill all nine, or only eight? The ninth victim was killed with a different weapon. It’s up to Kate and her husky-wolf sidekick Mutt to untangle the life of the dead blonde with the tarnished past and find her killer.

Meet Natalie Hudson, the undisputed queen of Fairview High. She rules the school with an iron fist and a flair for drama, striding down hallways in her Dior heels and signature Blair Waldorf-style headbands. She's the head cheerleader – blunt, unapologetically bitchy, and breathtakingly beautiful. But beneath her perfectly polished exterior lies a secret turmoil: an emerging attraction to girls that she's desperate to ignore. Enter Ashley Bergstrom, and Natalie's world tilts on its axis. Ashley Bergstrom isn't just any new girl. She's a sprinting prodigy with the poise of a supermodel and...

The Professor is Charlotte Brontë's first novel albeit the last to have been published. Edited and distributed by Arthur Bell Nicholls, two years after Brontë's death, it is based on her experiences of living as a language student in Brussels. The Professor follows the career and love affairs of William Crimsworth, a reserved but compassionate aristocrat who has been ostracised by his family and left penniless.

Warren Haskell is behind bars. Marco has proposed. Spring has arrived in Elk Creek. Everything should finally feel like enough. When a social media influencer with 2.3 million followers disappears on the Colorado Trail, Gemma and a visibly aging Kira are called to search the same high country that started it all. But what looks like a missing hiker becomes something far more sinister, the influencer had a follower who wasn’t content to just watch, who had been tracking her route across the state for months, who saw her public posts as an invitation. The Jade Brown case forces Gemma to ...

The disappearance of a small boy many years ago when the small Suffolk village still housed a Thor missile site during the cold war intrigues Marelle Buckleigh when she moves into a house which she has jointly inherited with her brother. Naturally inquisitive, she follows the story and finds herself drawn to Jacob, a sad, reclusive character who lives in a caravan on the abandoned airfield that the house adjoins. Is he just that strange and volatile character the villagers say he is or is there more to him?

After years of living in fear of her husband, Amanda Banning has left him and moved to Mystic Creek, Oregon, for a fresh start. But she's having a tough time providing for herself and her six-year-old daughter. Writing her secret yearnings on slips of paper and sending them into the wind helps her cling to the hope that things will get better - and that she can find happiness again.

An award-winning author and photographer returns to the Arctic to document the effects of climate change. Forty years ago, the park ranger Jon Waterman took his first journey into the Alaskan Arctic, to the Noatak headwaters. He was astonished by the abundant wildlife, the strange landscape, and...

Detective Brock Justice's career is on thin ice. Once the golden boy of Maine State Police, Brock now finds himself exiled to the remote northeastern wilderness, punishment for crossing the thin blue line. Assigned to the Major Crimes Unit—North, he suffers the added indignity of partnering with newly-minted Detective Chloe Wright, a rookie with her own hidden struggles.

Meet George: He's an ordinary guy who suffers some memory loss and finds himself suddenly stranded 142 years in the future. But it's not magic, it's science. Step into the dazzling world of 2163 with him and hold on tight. In the near future, he finds ageing has slowed to a crawl, dramatically extending prime of life and reshaping the fabric of society in the process. George is an experiment gone partially right; at an underground cryonic reanimation program. But can this team of rogue doctors handle the repercussions?

No other star has pushed himself further — or stayed in the fight longer — than Tom Cruise. For more than forty years, Tom Cruise has remained one of Hollywood’s most driven, bankable and physically committed performers. From his rise as a defining star of the 1980s — through Top Gun, Rain Man and Born on the Fourth of July — to his modern reinvention as the producer-star of the Mission: Impossible franchise and the box-office phenomenon Top Gun: Maverick, his career has repeatedly defied trends, setbacks and expectations. Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star offers a definitive, ...

In this post-apocalyptic world, snow, ice, and death prevail. The remnants of humanity have survived by relearning ancient ways. Some villages cooperate with each other, but there are tribes which have turned to murder and theft to ensure their own success. Three orphaned friends wander alone through this precarious world. Teek, Lance, and Kateesh have all suffered traumatic losses which shattered their faith in their fellow human beings. They are sure that they can count on each other, but that certitude is shaken when violence rages into their lives once again.

Learn to kill or wait to die. In 3066 the world is a different place. Massive coronal ejections, nuclear fallout, and chemical poisons have reshaped the land. New life forms have evolved at an accelerated rate into creatures God and nature had no hand in playing. A few remaining settlements of mankind struggle to re-establish civilization. They’re failing. But beneath the ground, buried deep in a lost and forgotten installation, humanity’s ancestors are about to awaken. The freaks, mutants, and monsters roaming the blasted earth above are about to discover what real terror is all about.

Only the strongest will lead The deadly Tournaments are over. A new leader of the Outlands has been chosen. To hold onto power and seize the riches that lie in Askala, the new Commander must earn respect and build an army. But how can control be taken when everything has fallen apart? In a harsh world of lies, secrets and brutal betrayals, challenges will be made and rules will be broken. The Commander will need to discover if the real war is against the dying planet or if it’s against the people themselves. A new war has begun. Askala is the prize. Only the strongest will lead. Lovers of...

She was waiting for the man she loved to show up. Instead… the man who never stopped loving her nearly died on her doorstep. Jade Bell has spent three years giving her heart to the wrong man—holding on through distance, disappointment, and a grief she was forced to carry alone. A weekend away in a remote Lake District cabin is her last chance to fix what’s already breaking. But Dean Clarke never comes. Instead, a storm rolls in. And with it… Duncan Armstrong. The man she once almost loved. The man she was told could never love her back. Half-frozen and barely conscious, Duncan ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The origin story of one of the greatest Star Wars villains . . . a book that fans have wanted for decades.”—The Verge One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn is also one of the most captivating...

She's spent five years perfecting the performance. Now she has to learn what's real. Lindsey Davis knows bodies. As a senior athletic trainer at a Division I hockey program, she can diagnose an injury with a glance, tape an ankle in her sleep, and earn the trust of every athlete she treats. But there's one body she's never understood: her own. At twenty-two, Lindsey has never had an orgasm. Not with Mark, her patient and loving boyfriend of two and a half years. Not with Chloe, her best friend since high school and the woman she's been secretly intimate with for just as long. Not alone, no ...

Four teens. Seven tournaments. One survivor. The Outlands are a deadly place to grow up. In a world devastated by global warming, resources are scarce. Humanity and kindness are even scarcer. The struggle to survive is a deadly war. And a bitter one. Because great riches lie just over the waters. There’s one place that has everything the Outlanders could ever want. Askala. But to seize power, they’ll need to unite the factions. And choose a leader. Only the strongest will succeed. The one person who can do what needs to be done—attack Askala and share in their riches. The Tournaments ...