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Author
Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Journey King is an expert at managing the family business. But when her father returns to Houston hell-bent on making a play for the company, Journey will do anything to stop him, even if that means going to Frank Evans for help. Frank deals in information, the dirtier the better. Rugged and rock solid, he's by far her best ally - and also the most dangerous. Frank knows better than to get tangled up with the Kings. But something about Journey's rare...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Her Brand of Justice: Ansley Brookshire's search for her birth mother takes her from the gated estate where she grew up to Lonesome, Montana. This is where she meets Buck Crawford. Determined to help, the gorgeous rancher introduces her to Colt Brothers Investigations. But someone wants the secrets surrounding her adoption to stay buried--and they'll do anything to keep her from uncovering the truth...
Wedding at Cardwell Ranch: Jackson Cardwell...
Author
Publisher
James A Autry
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This is a fascinating story of a young fighter pilot's welcome into the cold war world of 1950s Europe where he confronts not only the dangers of supersonic flying but also a world of wild parties, uninhibited sex and, of course, love. At the same time, his beautiful wife encounters new sexual possibilities courtesy of French men, a middle eastern prince, and, of course, fighter pilots. Author James Autry brilliantly describes all the harrowing adventures...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
It happened in an instant. After a breakfast with colleagues, Navajo Nation Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito sees a sedan careen into the parking lot and hears a crack of gunfire. When the dust clears, someone very close to her is lying on the asphalt in a pool of blood. With the victim in the hospital fighting for his life, every person in the squad and the local FBI office is hell-bent on catching the gunman. Bernie, too, wants in on the investigation,...
65) Ghost tamer
Author
Publisher
CamCat Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Death is one thing, it's what you do afterward that matters. Aspiring comedian Raely is the sole survivor of a disastrous train wreck. While faced with the intense grief of losing her best friend, she realizes that someone is following her--and has been following her all her life. Trouble is, no one else can see him. For a ghostly tag-along, Casper's not so bad. He might even be the partner Raely needs to fight the evil spirit hell-bent on destroying...
66) Chokehold
Author
Series
Final war volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A series of nuclear strikes has left huge swathes of the country uninhabitable. It's a level playing field now: both Hater and Unchanged alike have to fight to stay alive. Both have retreated to their camps to regroup, less than twenty miles away from each other. It's here that the last major battle of the final war will inevitably be fought, but neither side has any idea what's waiting for them just around the corner. Both armies are ready to fight...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Kogami Kii and his fellow survivors have taken shelter in an abandoned shopping mall, narrowly escaping the murderous onslaught of the 'magical girls' as they systematically destroy Tokyo. But is their sanctuary truly safe? Unbeknownst to the group, one of them is harboring a parasitic magical girl, hell-bent on accomplishing her mission of destruction. With nowhere left to run or hide, Kii and his companions must figure out a way to fight back against...
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The origin of Two-Face begins as Batman finds himself in the crossfire of a vengeful war between Two-Face and Erin McKillen! Both are hell bent on killing each other and anyone else who dares to step between them. And what are the mysterious connections between Harvey Dent's life and the origin of Carrie Kelley!"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Addicted novels (Zane) volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Zane comes a thrilling erotic novel, set in the same world of Addicted and Nervous, featuring a beautiful but emotionally damaged pop star hell-bent on vengeance against the people responsible for her traumatic past.
Decades after fleeing from Atlanta after an unspeakable trauma, Caprice Tatum returns to her roots—only this time she's Wicket, the international pop sensation...
Decades after fleeing from Atlanta after an unspeakable trauma, Caprice Tatum returns to her roots—only this time she's Wicket, the international pop sensation...
70) Conan, Red Sonja
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Spanning 3 eras in the lives of these classic characters, Conan and Red Sonja must become comrades to take down a twisted sorcerer-priest hell-bent on creating a new age in Hyborian warfare! With the entire world in danger, can they stop the deadly Bloodroot--a toxic plant capable of wiping out entire worlds--from falling into the wrong hands!?
71) The Lawless
Author
Series
The Kerrigans volume 2
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Texas frontier woman leads her family in the bloody fight against a vicious land grab in this Western saga by the New York Times–bestselling authors.
They survived the perilous thousand-mile journey to the far edges of the Texas frontier. Now the family that tamed the Wild West must fight to defend their home from a ruthless band hell-bent on stealing it away.
A Kerrigan Never Back Down
...
They survived the perilous thousand-mile journey to the far edges of the Texas frontier. Now the family that tamed the Wild West must fight to defend their home from a ruthless band hell-bent on stealing it away.
A Kerrigan Never Back Down
...
Author
Series
Ex-heroes volume 3
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
The third novel in Peter Clines' bestselling Ex series.
“All of us try to cheat death. I was just better prepared to do it than most folks.”
In the years since the wave of living death swept the globe, St George and his fellow heroes haven’t just kept Los Angeles’ last humans alive—they’ve created a real community, a bustling town that’s spreading beyond its...
“All of us try to cheat death. I was just better prepared to do it than most folks.”
In the years since the wave of living death swept the globe, St George and his fellow heroes haven’t just kept Los Angeles’ last humans alive—they’ve created a real community, a bustling town that’s spreading beyond its...
73) Hot blooded
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
""The second Jessica McClain novel---a fast-paced and irresistibly sexy urban fantasy novel perfect for fans of Kelley Armstrong." --Provided by the publisher"--
"It hasn't been the best week for Jessica McClain. Her mate has been kidnapped by a Goddess hell-bent on revenge --- but Jessica is playing for keeps. Because she's the only female werewolf in town...it comes with its own set of rules...and powers. Aided by two vamps, two loyal Pack members,...
74) Animals
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
You know how it is. Saturday afternoon. You wake up and you can't move. I blinked and the floaters on my eyeballs shifted to reveal Tyler in her ratty old kimono over in the doorway. 'Way I see it,' she said, glass in one hand, lit cigarette in the other, 'girls are tied to beds for two reasons: sex and exorcisms. So, which was it with you?' Laura and Tyler are best friends who live together, angrily philosophising and leading each other astray in...
Author
Series
Hood misfits volume 4
Publisher
Urban
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Enzo and Angel are back and this time with a vengeance. Micah was hell bent on forcing their hands and pushing them back into the lifestyle they'd left behind after Damien Orlando's demise. With time ticking away, along with Enzo's desire to keep his career and family intact, he will become the monster Micah accused him of being. Enzo will embrace the darkness that flows freely through his veins and make Micah rue the day he awakened the sleeping...
Author
Series
Crimson Empire (Alex Marshall) volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The final book in Alex Marshall's Crimson Empire trilogy, which began with A Crown for Cold Silver, an outstanding, game-changing fantasy epic featuring an unforgettable warrior. Former warrior queen and now pariah, Cold Zosia wakes in the ashes of a burning city. Her vengeance has brought her to this - her heroic reputation in tatters, her allies scattered far and wide, and her world on the cusp of ruin. General Ji-Hyeon has vanished into the legendary...
Author
Publisher
CamCat Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Nurse Nellie Lester can't escape death. Fleeing Chicago at the height of the 1918 Spanish flu, she takes a nursing job at a decrepit mansion on a desolate Michigan island, convinced the island holds the secret to her mother's murky past. The only problem? Her dead mother seems to have followed her there. Nightly she's haunted by a ghostly presence that appears in her bedroom. But is it her mother or something more sinister? When the frozen body of...
Author
Series
Byrnes family ranch westerns volume 3
Publisher
Pinnacle Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"600 miles from a railroad head in Texas, Chet Byrnes and a handful of cowboys set out to build a new life on the Arizona frontier. Behind the Byrnes family is a tale of bloodshed and blood feuds. What lies ahead is any kind of future they can scrape together out of a merciless landscape--as long as they're willing to make it on their own. From a woman who lays claim to Chet's heart to a land ripe for grazing, the Arizona territory begins to open...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Commander William Monk has learned to live with the fact that he cannot remember the events of his life prior to a horrific carriage accident years ago. But when a ghost from his past, a man he has no recollection of, attempts to frame him for a series of murders, he must rely on the help of his wife Hester and his close friend Oliver Rathbone in order to free himself--from both the charges, and the demons that have haunted him since the accident"--
"Master...
Author
Series
Sonchai Jitpleecheep mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
A thriller with attitude to spare, Bangkok 8 is a sexy, razor-edged, often darkly hilarious novel set in one of the world’s most exotic cities.
Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheep—a...
Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheep—a...
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