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In 1902, the volcano Mt. Pelée erupts on the island of Martinique, wiping out an entire city of thirty thousand?and sinking a ship carrying a German scientist on the verge of an astonishing breakthrough. More than a century later, Juan Cabrillo will have to deal with that scientist?s legacy. During a covert operation, Cabrillo and the crew meticulously fake the sinking of the Oregon?but when an unknown adversary tracks them down despite their planning...
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Jonathan Grave thrillers volume 4
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When a bus full of teenagers on a church mission is taken hostage and the ransom demands are explicit, rescue specialist Jonathan Grave, who doesn't believe in ultimatums, discovers that someone within the U.S. government is willing to sacrifice innocent lives in order to protect a deadly secret.
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Drake's rakes volume 5
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2014.
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It feels like a lifetime ago that Alex Knight saved Fiona from certain doom... and stole a soul-shattering kiss for good measure. Wanting nothing more than to keep her safe, he left her in the care of her grandfather, the Marquess of Dourne. But Fiona was hardly safe. As soon as he could, the marquess cast her and her sister out on the streets with only her wits to keep them alive. Alex has never forgotten that long-ago kiss. Now the dashing spy is...
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"The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker returns with a riveting work of historical fiction following the notorious John Wilkes Booth and the four women who kept his perilous confidence. The world would not look upon his like again. John Wilkes Booth--driven son of an acclaimed British stage actor and a Covent Garden flower girl, whose misguided quest to avenge the vanquished Confederacy led him to commit one of the most...
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