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Iris Johansen returns with a thrilling novel of action and danger where fan favorite Eve Duncan is thrown once more into a deadly game of intrigue. It begins when Eve receives a package containing a skull - and instructions for Eve to do her work reconstructing it. When she does, a beautiful woman's face emerges. But when Eve is introduced to the dead woman's mirror image, a game is on where her twin's life hangs in the balance.

It is New York, 1904, and Dulcy Remfrey, despite an idiosyncratic, traveling childhood, faces the predictable life of a woman of the time. But all that changes when her eccentric father returns from his expedition to Africa without any of the proceeds from the sale of a gold mine. It seems he's lost his mind along with the money, and Dulcy's obsessive ex-fiancé (and her father's business partner) insists she come to Seattle to decipher her father's cryptic notebooks, which may hold clues to the missing funds.

What if you never wanted to be the princess of the story? At the tender age of six, Elspeth’s father, King of Wynterborne, died—leaving her without parents. Her older brother, Adastrus, was her remaining guardian. Unfortunately, he was also mad. Sainte Nytestorm was her salvation, and fifteen years later may be her end. Growing up in a kingdom that was not her own, Elspeth made it by. She scrounged and fought for everything she had—which wasn’t much—but with her friends, it was enough. Nearing her twenty-first birthday, Sainte appears and drags her away from the only real home she’s known.

Wie findet man das Glück, das ein Leben lang hält. Es ist Frühling im nördlichen Michigan. Laras drei erwachsene Töchter kehren auf die elterliche Obstfarm zurück. Bei der Kirschernte bitten sie ihre Mutter, ihnen die Geschichte von Peter Duke zu erzählen, dem weltberühmten Schauspieler, mit dem sie vor Jahren in einer Theatergruppe namens Tom Lake gemeinsam auftrat – und mit dem sie eine stürmische Liebesgeschichte erlebte.

Depuis le jour où je suis née, on m'a préparée à devenir le guide parfait pour les membres de ma meute, mais lorsqu'ils ont été massacrés, tout a changé. Aux côtés de mon compagnon destiné, nous tenons tête à l'ennemi, déterminés à lui donner un nom et un visage. Ce que nous découvrons cependant est pire que tout ce que nous avions imaginé, les choses n'étant pas ce qu'elles semblent.

When Lauren fails to pick her son up from school, a normal day turns into a nightmare - and Alice begins to realize that nothing will ever be ordinary again. The police desperately search for Lauren, who is nearly nine months pregnant. Alice, herself pregnant, realizes she's being followed and has the creeping fear that she and her unborn twins are in danger. As new life grows within her, she must fight to save her family - and herself.

No one is at all sure what a book wraith might be, but whatever it is definitely has the battered tomes in the Library of the Sapphire Wind very worried indeed. Figuring out what a book wraith could be is hardly the least of the challenges that the newly formed House of Rough Diamonds will face as the motley assortment of members-including three women who are literally "out of this world"-attempt to secure ownership of the Library.

A riveting account of three women who fought shoulder-to-shoulder with men and worked with local women to restore their lives and push back the Taliban They marched under the heat with 40-pound rucksacks on their backs. They fired weapons out of the windows of military vehicles, defending their...

Als sie vom plötzlichen Tod ihres geliebten Vaters erfährt, ist Arline zutiefst erschüttert. Die junge Frau, die in einem Pub in Glasgow arbeitet und in einer Folkband singt, macht sich sofort auf den Weg zu ihrer Heimatinsel Orkney. Im malerischen Fisherman's Cove angekommen, wird sie von Erinnerungen überwältigt. Ihr Vater hat ihr nicht nur das alte Cottage, sondern auch das Tagebuch ihrer früh verstorbenen Mutter Colina vermacht, von der sie das Gesangstalent geerbt hat.

When Joanie Crea is found strangled on the grounds of the crumbling Grandgeorge estate, Sheriff Red Hammergren faces a chilling mystery as dark as the dense forest surrounding the crime scene. All eyes turn to Derek Grandgeorge, the reclusive heir with a penchant for wearing a green jacket—even in the sweltering Minnesota summer.

Als ihr Vater einen Herzinfarkt erleidet, zieht die forensische Psychologin Gilian von New York zurück nach Rochester - sehr zum Ärger ihrer pubertierenden Tochter Christina. Die Umzugskisten sind noch nicht ausgepackt, da wird die Expertin schon zu einem Tatort gerufen: Sergeant Ryan Moore braucht ihre Unterstützung, um einen brutalen Dreifachmord im Wald von Devil's Bathtub aufzuklären. Die gemeinsame Fahndung reißt bei Gilian eine alte Wunde auf - denn die beiden Workaholics verbindet weit mehr als ihr unbedingter Gerechtigkeitssinn.

JB’s private-detective agency is successful, even if he can’t say the same for his love life, but when two elven princes turn up and demand he fulfill a blood bond by finding a missing princess, he has no choice but to take the case. Heading up an alliance with others provoked by a vindictive sorcerer’s murderous deeds, JB tracks the princess to the blighted Wraithlands. Can they rescue the kidnapped princess in time to prevent her death?

It took the near annihilation of humanity for Liz Phoenix to understand the true meaning of her premonitions. Liz is one of the sacred few on earth who has the psychic powers to fight the malevolent forces that have tried to wipe out the human race since the beginning of time. She battled these beings once, thwarting Doomsday but losing most of her soldiers in the massacre. Now she must replenish her troops quickly - because the supernatural war isn’t over yet.

Der Fall der jungen Frau, die in den Maßregelvollzug eingewiesen wurde, scheint klar zu sein: Bianca Kehler ist eine Betrügerin und Mörderin. Alle Indizien sprechen gegen sie. Doch immer wieder erwähnt sie eine geheimnisvolle Frau, mit der ihr Unglück angefangen haben soll. Da es für die Existenz dieser Unbekannten keine Beweise gibt, vermuteten sogar die für ihren Fall zuständigen Ermittler, sie könnte unter einer Wahnerkrankung leiden.

Raised in an orphanage, knowing only abuse, struggle, and isolation, Freckles makes his way from Chicago to the Limberlost Swamp in Indiana. There he finds kindness in Mr. McLean, who hires him to guard the prized timber lot from thieves and other dangers. Freckles begins to earn a reputation as loyal, hard-working, diligent, and strong. However, he still feels unworthy of love or genuine kindness due to his past - which he believes must have been shameful due to his abandonment and disfigurement.

What do you get when you mix the pressure of a music competition with a reality show the likes in which the world has never seen? The chance of a lifetime, or the fall of everything you’ve known. When Coveting Mercy is chosen out of thousands of rock bands across the country, they have to make a choice: continue fighting for stage time in Houston or chase the dream that’s always been just out of reach? As long as they’re in this together, nothing can stop them from rising to the top. Right?

Lark Emerson a oublié ce qu’était le bonheur. Après avoir surpris son mari au lit avec sa sœur, elle tourne le dos à vingt-sept ans de mariage et accepte un poste à la frontière d’un territoire métamorphe, prête à repartir de zéro. Ça tourne mal. Quand une meute de renégats attaque son bureau, Lark en ressort en sang, brisée… et transformée. Ses blessures guérissent en une nuit. Ses sens s’aiguisent. Et son corps de quadragénaire devient plus jeune, plus fort — et dangereusement inconnu.

Sherlyn Coyle uses her brilliant detective skills hunting her murderous ex-fiance, known around the world as "The Ripper". Fang is a vampire assassin who broke out of her cage, and she's looking for blood. Fate brings them together to catch an evil madman who stole a dangerous book, the Curse of Shadows, a tome able to turn ordinary people into horrid creatures. Can Coyle and Fang trust each other enough to stop thousands from being destroyed?

Mind Game takes Jane MacGuire back to Scotland, where she continues her search for the treasure she's been chasing for years. But now she's being plagued by dreams of a girl in danger. Who is this girl, and what is she trying to tell Jane? And will Jane figure it out before it's too late - for her and the mysterious young woman? Things are further complicated when Seth Caleb comes back into Jane's life. This time he's the one in trouble, and Jane will find herself pulled unexpectedly into his world as she fights to save him.

When an enemy from her past threatens to return, Margaret Douglas must go on the run. But danger is in hot pursuit, and Margaret finds herself matching wits with a man who refuses to be stopped. Turning from the hunted to the hunter, Margaret must use everything she has to not only survive, but defeat evil and prove she's No Easy Prey in this high-octane thriller.