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China Bohannon, 1890s bookkeeper turned sleuth, is branching out…. Although still working with her uncle's detective agency, Doyle & Howe Investigations, she's almost given up on becoming a partner and is turning to providing security services, something her uncle, Montgomery Howe, and his partner, Gratton Doyle, aren't interested in.

Ethan can’t forget the day he’d found her, beaten and bloody on the side of the road, barely alive. That one unsolved case changed Ethan's life as a detective. Kiera never told anyone what had happened to her the night she'd gone missing. In the aftermath of the attack, she flees town, leaving everything behind. Over time, she manages to build a new life for herself, keeping the painful memories locked in the deep recesses of her mind. But a chance encounter releases them with a vengeance, along with an attraction she never expected to have.

Tia and her brother have been asked to leave their village to find their father's long lost friend, TaTisho. As they near the village of TaLequa, they are trapped on a dangerous island where death awaits them.

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.

Sarah Covington has known Darren Soul since she was 11. He blasted between her driveway's live oaks on a screaming crotch rocket and changed her world. Five years later he kissed her. Seven years later he did a whole lot more than kiss her. She never had the chance to tell him the truth about that night. Sarah returns to Beauville, SC, to confront her father's impending death. She learns that the plantation that has been in her family for hundreds of years is inches away from foreclosure.

Just carrying a million dollars around is exhausting. Paying my mother's ransom was a relief but I had too much time to think about Tristan on that ferry ride. He was more than I had dared hope for and less than I deserved. I underestimated his power and didn't give him nearly enough credit for determination. He had me on his jet again, flying high and wanting him. Consequences be damned.

When the Finkle children discovered magical secrets in Uncle Harry's shop, they vowed to keep them safe. Two years later Jack, Lizzy, and Robert realized that the perfect weather wasn't the only secret waiting to be discovered in the mysterious shop. Things aren't always what they seem to be! There were people who would stop at nothing to acquire land in Finkleton. Of course, there were also those determined to protect the little village from greedy outsiders. Will selfish desires destroy the village of Finkleton?

Fueled by tenacity and a will to survive, will this German man stand strong against the Communist evil infiltrating his homeland? Germany, 1945. Joseph Werner’s young life is one of struggle. Lurking among the wreckage of Berlin, the starving war orphan will do anything to fill his belly. But when he’s caught trying to steal from another boy his age, he’s shocked to be met with compassion and adopted into his would-be victim’s Lutheran family. Unable to shed his past, the now twenty-four-year-old struggles to live up to the ideals of his faith while his adoptive sibling attends ...

Fallow Heart is the story of Lorelai Blake, a self-conscious, overweight 17-year-old who discovers that a demon has pierced her heart, sparking an incredible transformation. Sleepwalking, fits of rage, and impossible strength force Lori to accept that part of her is no longer human. It was hard enough fitting in before, and now, the hurtful voice in her head has taken an even more sinister tone. Worse than this, bodies are being discovered.

Boothenay Irons possesses a mysterious power that allows her to go back in time and experience the history held within an antique gun. This time it's a 1911 Colt .45 Automatic and it has a mysterious power of its own. When Boothenay's fiance, Caleb, picked up the gun he immediately vanished and found himself in the midst of World War I. His only chance to return to the modern world is through Boothenay's extraordinary power. She must go back to 1911, find Caleb and bring him back.

By day, 37-year-old Genevieve Frei is a career-driven woman with a high-profile career, refusing to commit to anyone romantically. By night, though, she is a promiscuous minx, in search of her next steamy encounter. She loves her life: her career, uninhibited sex with random men, and the many encounters she has with her long-term “friend”. Out of the blue, a past love contacts her at the same time that she unknowingly grows feelings for someone else. She thinks her biggest challenge is choosing between the two until she receives life-changing news. Who will she choose and what will she decide?

Linc, who once worked as a remote viewer for the federal government, now lives a low-key life running a new age bookstore and teaching psychic classes. Yet someone keeps trying to kill him or torment him to the point of killing himself. His ex-wife, a district attorney, begins a campaign against him for his alleged involvement with the murder of a police officer. The truth needs to be exposed by a neutral person, a lone policewoman. She decides to investigate and learn the truth, even at the risk of her own life.

The name The Brotherhood of Vigilance started out as a joke, but it stuck. This scary-as-hell motley band of brothers number thirteen or so--most are ex-military. Most have seen their share of combat and warfare on foreign shores. Now they are committed to serving their country and its citizens in a way consistent with their “special” skills. As in warrior skills. They wade in when the courts have been hogtied by bureaucratic red tape or just don’t give a damn. They assist victims of kidnapping, assault, rape, attempted murder, torture and mayhem and a whole host of other bad things. ...

This thirty-first issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of five sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - each from a different featured master of speculative fiction. Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: No. 31 features "Fortune Cookies" by Hunter C. Eden; "That Time of Year" by D.K. Cassidy, "The Pairing Witch" by David Alan Jones, "Similar" by Holly Heisey, and "#Eddie_and_June" by Daniel Arthur Smith.

The small town of Lakeshore was always quiet until the tourist season hit in the winter. That was the only reason for media attention...until now. Ten-year-old Katie Elkton was a sweet child, in spite of the mental and physical abuse she suffered at the hands of her father. One fateful day, Katie was found dead at the bottom of the stairs in the basement with almost all of her bones broken. Her parents disappeared. Some said accident. Some cried foul play.

Opening Nature's Doors is a children's book about a young boy named Lenno who embarks on an unexpected journey. During his adventure, he travels to different places learns about the importance of friendship, courage, and believing in yourself. Embark on a magical journey with Lenno and learn valuable life lessons. Explore the power of imagination and its ability to transport you to different worlds. Discover the importance of protecting the environment and respecting nature. Develop a deeper appreciation for the natural world and all its living beings. Become inspired to make a difference ...

After a disastrous foul up in Boothenay's latest time-travel adventure, her long-time love, a traveler himself, has called their relationship quits. And, as if getting dumped isn't bad enough, she and her dog McDuff are inadvertently kidnapped, hijacked away to an alternate America that for all her extra abilities she never guessed existed. Boothenay soon finds herself embroiled in a strange mixture of family feud, political brouhaha and the fight over ownership of an immensely valuable energy source.

If someone were to write a novel about the world of big-box retail, it could very well be a grab bag of horrors and tragedies, detailing the dismal pay and long hours that employees suffer in the name of low prices and just-good-enough merchandise all so the bigwigs and the bean counters can stuff their pockets with trumped up stock options. It could be about that. Thankfully, this book isn't. Instead, it's a lively romantic comedy that begins when Jeff Martin, son of the owner of the third-largest retailer in the United States, shows up at his father's Minnesota corporate office.

Damian wants a baby so badly, he’s got potential baby mamas lined up for the lucrative role… in a file. His obsession with the diner busser he’s never exchanged one word with intensifies when she shows up with his lost wallet. She’s the one. He’ll set her up for life, change her fate. All he wants in return is a baby. When Cara denies him, both their fates will be rearranged. He has a month to change her mind, but nothing is as it seems. What’s a desperate man to do?

Luccia Camerlane is the Baron of Backshore’s enigmatic daughter...as well as Prince Geo’s secret mistress…until she learns of her disastrous betrothal to none other than his brother, Prince Dmitri. When Dmitri is abducted by the deranged King of Llewes, star-crossed lovers Geo and Lucie must set aside their woes and differences to rescue the Crown Prince from the formidable Wintersea fortress.