Showing results for title "Wrecked" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

When mixologist Pepper Revelle joins the Bohemia Bartenders for what promises to be an entertaining, rum-soaked tiki convention in sultry South Florida, she expects divine ukuleles, sublime swizzles, and a chance to know chief bartender Neil a little better. What she gets is chaos—the death of a high-profile rum collector, a cast of sneaky suspects, and 10,000 limes to squeeze. With one of their own under suspicion, Pepper and Neil set out to find the real killer. But behind the aloha shirts and cocktail parasols is a blender full of secrets.

For the first time in her life, twenty-five-year-old Josephine Geroux has a future worth looking forward to. She has her beloved bookstore, she has all the comforts that money can buy, she has found the love of her life, and most importantly, she has found hope where there was none for sixteen long years. After the tragic deaths of her parents and her troubled life as an orphan, she met Damon Cole, a man who has everything to do with it all.

Five years ago Miranda and Jason were inseparable - runaway teens standing together against the rest of the world. But those days are long gone. Now in her 20s, Miranda is triggered by the ghosts of her past. Trying to escape, she abandons her old life and everyone she knew.

Cara Mia Delgatto is doing historical research when she visits the House of Refuge, a way station for shipwrecked sailors, on Hutchinson's Island, Florida. But Cara gets a dose of historical reality when another visitor is stabbed—and she's called upon to administer first aid. The subsequent death of the victim weighs heavily on Cara. The police are stymied, but Cara is spunky and determined. Until she finds out whodunnit—and why—she's haunted by the senseless murder.

Isaiah Quintabe - IQ for short - has never been more successful - or felt more alone. A series of high-profile wins in his hometown of East Long Beach have made him so notorious that he can hardly go to the corner store without being recognised. Dodson, once his sidekick, is now his full-fledged partner, hell-bent on giving IQ's PI business some real legitimacy: a Facebook page, and IQ's promise to stop accepting Christmas sweaters and carpet cleanings in exchange for PI services.

Sam has been stuck on this deserted island for some time. How long? He has no idea. He is just about to give up on trying to survive when Desmond crashes ashore. Unfortunately, not only does Desmond not offer any hopes of rescue, he appears to be insane. Desmond found himself stranded after his plan for murder went awry. Perhaps Sam will learn more about himself as he uncovers the truth about Desmond. Perhaps he will find himself descending into madness. Will Sam survive long enough to piece together his past, or will the island, and Desmond, destroy any shred of hope he has left?

Police Chief Josie Gray is living every cop's worst nightmare: a murder suspect who she knows personally. Even worse, it's her longtime boyfriend, Dillon Reese. Dillon's secretary has been murdered, and now Dillon's disappeared. Josie has no choice but to relinquish the investigation, giving up control of a case that matters more than any other. As suspicions split the department, Josie struggles with her choices on the night she last saw Dillon.

After a steamy night of passion with a dark stranger, Arbor's life takes on a surreal edge. Disturbing dreams, lapses in memory, and entire buildings going missing are only a few of her problems. Her search for answers leads her to Detective Trey Murphy, the man in charge of investigating satanic and ritualistic crime for the New Orleans area.

Savannah Brooks can’t stop thinking about him, no matter how hard she tries. Falling in love with Nick Summers wasn’t part of her plan, until he made her feel so ridiculously happy...and for the first time in her life, so incredibly safe. Her only priority was to take care of her baby sister. Keeping Heidi safe and giving her the happy childhood that she’d never had herself was the only thing she’d ever cared about.

A freak encounter with a thousand pound fish leaves Morgan delirious and Lara even more confused. The demons that swirl around his fevered head hint at a hell Lara is afraid to understand. Stuck on a boat with a wounded man she no longer thinks she knows, Lara's convinced she's added another sad page to her book of mistakes.

Roche's second novel, Wrecked is just as raw and powerful as her debut, but is a more mature and impressive work that deals with sex, death, fidelity, and the question of what is expected from a 21st-century wife and mother. "It's easier to give a blow job than to make coffee." That's what Elizabeth Kiehl, mother of seven-year-old Liza thinks to herself, after a particularly lengthy and inventive bout of sex with her husband, George - recounted in detail over the book's first 20 pages.

Als Ana Young vierzehn war, wurde sie entführt. Doch sie konnte entkommen. Seit diesem Erlebnis ist ihr klar: Sie muss gegen das Böse in der Welt kämpfen. Ihr Job als LOST-Agentin ist es deshalb, nach Vermissten zu suchen. Ihr neuester Fall führt sie zu einem entkommenen Killer, der von ihr besessen ist. Sie erhält Unterstützung vom unwiderstehlich attraktiven FBI-Agenten Cash Knox - mit dem sie vor Jahren eine unglaublich heiße Nacht verbrachte.