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Author
Series
Ranger series (Ralph W. Cotton) volume 25
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is hunting Luis and Teto Torres, the notorious leaders of the ruthless Gun Killers Gang. Little does he know that an ambush is waiting for him in the town of Wild Roses. Only the courageous actions of the beautiful Erin Donovan keep the ranger from meeting his end. But Erin has a secret that may prove deadlier than any ambush.
Author
Series
Dandelion dynasty volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Wily, charming Kuni Garu--a bandit--and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu--the son of a deposed duke--seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the best of friends after a series of adventures fighting against vast conscripted armies, silk-draped airships, soaring battle kites, underwater boats, magical books, shapeshifting gods, and scaled whales who seem to prophesy the future. Once the emperor has been...
Author
Series
Scarlett and Browne volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
On the run from her latest bank robbery, Scarlett McCain comes to the rescue of Albert Browne, the sole survivor of a horrific accident, and soon learns he may be the most dangerous threat of all.
84) Containment
Author
Series
Sanctuary novels volume 2
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Kenzie and her friends learn that more aliens are headed to Earth, and it is up to them to stop the invastion at all costs.
85) Once a rake
Author
Series
Drake's rakes volume 4
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When Ian Ferguson flees after being falsely accused of trying to assassinate the Duke of Wellington, he finds himself wounded and at the mercy of Lady Sarah Clarke, an impoverished country wife with secrets of her own.
86) Liar, liar
Author
Series
Detective Harriet Blue volume 3
Language
English
Description
Detective Harriet Blue is a very good cop . . . gone very bad. In the space of a week, she has committed theft and fraud, resisted arrest, assaulted a police officer, and is considered a dangerous fugitive from the law. It's all because of one man, Regan Banks. He viciously killed the only person in the world who matters to Harriet-and he plans to kill her next. As she recklessly speeds toward the dark side-and finally crosses it-Harriet won't stop...
87) Vanishing act
Author
Series
Jane Whitefield novels volume 1
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Jane Whitefield, a Native American woman whose job is to help people disappear, uses her expertise to assist those looking for a new identity, until she is confronted with a new client, John Felker, who is not what he seems.
88) Intimacies
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A novel from the author of A Separation, a taut and electrifying story about a woman caught between many truths. An interpreter has come to The Hague to escape New York and work at the International Court. A woman of many languages and identities, she is looking for a place to finally call home. She's drawn into simmering personal dramas: her lover, Adriaan, is separated from his wife but still entangled in his marriage. Her friend Jana witnesses...
Author
Series
Fugitive heroes: Topaz Unit volume 2
Fugitive heroes Topaz Unit volume 2
Harlequin intrigue volume 2041
Fugitive heroes Topaz Unit volume 2
Harlequin intrigue volume 2041
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With a death squad in pursuit... A fugitive needs the help of a wounded warrior. An elite CIA kill squad has located hacker Zenobia Hanley's Alaska wilderness hideout. With commandos hot on Zee's heels, she's saved from capture by her neighbor John Lowry. Zee has kept her yearning for the SEAL, who has a disability, in check to shield him. But, despite her secrets, John's determined to protect Zee regardless of the risks. Because there's more at...
Author
Series
Jane Whitefield novels volume 8
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After two decades spent protecting innocent victims on the run, and a year after getting shot on a job that took a dangerous turn for the worse, Jane McKinnon, née Whitefield, has settled into the quiet life of a suburban housewife in Amherst, New York--or so she thinks. One morning as she comes back from a long run, Jane is met by an unusual sight: the eight female leaders of her Seneca tribe parked in her driveway in two black cars. A childhood...
Author
Series
Victor Li novels volume 2
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A riveting thriller about a young man on the run from a furtive past, in search of a quick payday in Mexico City, who finds himself in the crosshairs of a dangerous international scheme"--
92) Liar's moon
Author
Series
Thief errant volume 2
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
In a quest to prove her friend, Lord Durrel Decath, innocent of the murder of his wife, pickpocket Digger stumbles into a conspiracy with far-reaching consequences for the civil war raging in Lllyvraneth, while also finding herself falling in love.
94) My name is Yip
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A revisionist take on the Western novel set in the early nineteenth-century Georgia gold rush features a fifteen-year-old mute boy and his friend on the run after commiting a major crime.
95) Soulprint
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury/Walker
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Alina has spent her seventeen years imprisoned for the crimes of her past self, as shown by soul-fingerprinting when she was a newborn, but when a group of people with questionable motives helps her escape, she discovers she may not be as innocent as she believes and must wonder if she is fated to repeat her past.
96) Very bad people
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Calliope Bolan joins a powerful secret society at her new boarding school, hoping to find answers about her mother's death, but she becomes involved in a dangerous campaign for revenge that threatens her new friendships.
Author
Series
Carter Blake thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Caleb Wardell, the infamous Chicago Sniper, escapes from death row two weeks before his execution, the FBI calls on the services of Carter Blake, a man with specialized talents whose skills lie in finding those who don't want to be found.
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A young widow living in the Pennsylvania mountains and flipping burgers for hunters and hikers befriends a stranger visiting from Uzbekistan and becomes embroiled in a manhunt after he confesses to committing a terrible crime in his home country.
99) Poison
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
©2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Kyra, a potions master, tries to save her kingdom by murdering the princess, who is also her best friend, the poisoned dart misses its mark and Kyra becomes a fugitive, pursued by the King's army and her ex-boyfriend Hal.
Author
Series
Parker Stern novels volume 3
Publisher
Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When he is forced by his estranged mother, the enigmatic leader of the cultish Church of the Sanctified Assembly, to represent the Playa Vista Bomber, attorney Parker Stern must uncover the truth about recent terrorist attacks, which are surprisingly linked to his own past.
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