There is a dark secret that is hiding at the heart of New York City and diminishing the city's magicians' power in this fantasy thriller by acclaimed author Kat Howard.In New York City, magic controls everything. But the power of magic is fading. No one knows what is happening, except for Sydney—a new, rare magician with incredible power that has been unmatched in decades, and she may be the only person who is able to stop the darkness that is weakening the magic. But Sydney doesn't want to help the system, she wants to destroy it. Sydney comes from the House of Shadows, which controls the magic with the help of sacrifices from magicians. Views: 50
As the nightmares begin...don’t look into his eyes! 'Nothing exciting ever happens' Will Beth learn to regret her words as her weird cousin, Tanya comes to stay, closely followed by the mysterious Mr Mandrake? As the quest for the magical seer’s stone unfolds, a dark and evil force is unleashed. Can Tanya use her psychic powers to protect her cousin and reclaim the stone? Or will the malevolent Mr Mandrake get there first? Views: 50
Aurora Falkner is kissed by a darkly handsome man near the gypsy encampment. When the same man shows up claiming to be the long lost Lord Raiker, she is suspicious. But neighbors claim to recognize him, and he certainly knows his way around the village-and the village women. Is he an impostor, as Clare Raiker contends, or the rightful heir to Raiker Hall? Regency Romance by Joan Smith Views: 50
But years of running and hiding has left me jaded. Can I possibly find happiness in the den of the wolves? Views: 50
Renowned FBI profiler Karen Vail returns in Velocity , national bestselling author Alan Jacobson’s most explosive thriller to date. Detective Robby Hernandez, Vail’s boyfriend, has vanished into the dense air of a Napa Valley evening. There are no clues to his whereabouts, other than blood stain and tenuous connections to a vicious serial killer operating it the wine country. As the task force struggles with Robby’s disappearance, the killer challenges Vail by boldly leaving his high profile victims in public places. Is this offender somehow responsible for Robby’s disappearance? Evidence suggests that he is-but just when Vail and the task force begin to make progress, the FBI orders Vail to return to Quantico to handle a case of vital importance. Back in Washington, Vail engages convert government operative Hector DeSantos to determine what happened to Robby. It’s a move that backfires when DeSantos’s confidential informants lead them into unforeseen dangers, forcing Vail to face off against powerful foes unlike any she’s ever encountered, threatening her life, her career…all that she holds dear. In a frantic race against time that takes them from the monuments of Washington D.C. to the wealthy beach enclaves of San Diego and the bright excesses of Las Vegas, shocking truths emerge-truths that will forever change Karen Vail. Views: 50
Nominated for the prestigious Shamus Award, THE EVIL THAT MEN DO is the second novel in Dave White's critically acclaimed Jackson Donne seriesEven generations later, you can't escape. . .the evil that men do.Stripped of his private investigator’s license and slumming it as a night security guard at a Jersey storage facility, Jackson Donne thinks he’s finally hit rock bottom. Then the bottom really falls out: The sister he hasn’t seen in years shows up, needing help.Turns out Donne’s Alzheimer’s-stricken mother has begun hinting at long-buried family secrets from her hospital bed, suggesting a sinister–even murderous–past. Meanwhile, Donne’s relatives are suddenly being greeted by blackmail, car bombs, and bullets to the back of the skull.All Donne wants is to disappear–preferably into a nice frosty pint glass–but he soon realizes that his only chance at saving his family, and himself, is by solving a mystery more than sixty years old. Now he needs to figure out how... Views: 50
For Skye Farrel, sex is a business, and her sexual fulfillment seminars are very popular. However, her own love life is lacking. But when sexy Clint MacAllister enters, things begin to change. Original.Review"Kimberly Raye is hot, hot, hot!" -- New York Times Bestselling author Vicki Lewis ThompsonFrom the PublisherSay hello to Skye Farrel, the eldest of the Farrel sisters--three, strong, independent sexperts who live by their celebrated mother's Holy Commitment Trinity: Shared interests Mutual respect *And great sex. According to their Harvard-trained sexologist mom, these are the only ingredients a couple needs for a satisfying, rewarding life together. But the Farrel recipe is due for a pinch of romance, and Skye is about to find out that no relationship is complete without love. Views: 50
A PERFECT PLAN... Scott Thomas doesn’t know it, but he has been chosen. Not because he’s handsome, smart, or on the verge of a brilliant career as a clinical psychologist trained at Harvard. No, Scott has been chosen because he has the perfect life–for someone who needs a life to destroy.… A PERFECT LIE... It starts with a bizarre carjacking, followed by an apparent burglary in his Cambridge apartment. Then a woman is murdered at the hospital where he works, and evidence of Scott’s guilt is all around him–on his computer, in his apartment, in the dead woman’s room. With police hunting for him and a bizarre stranger watching his every move, Scott must take a chance on trusting a beautiful woman and searching through a shadow world of computer hackers and unclosed chapters of his own past. Because with the perfect frame closing around him and a killer growing more violent, Scott has only one choice now: to take back his life–or die trying…. From the Paperback edition.From Publishers WeeklyHandsome, smart, Harvard-educated Scott Thomas makes the mistake of picking up two hitchhikers who then hijack his car at the start of this compelling mystery thriller from Stewart (A Clean Kill). Soon after, Thomas is rescued by Cannonball Walker, a mysterious and weathered African-American bluesman driving an ancient black Cadillac, and embarks on a journey that may destroy his life. Recently trained as a clinical psychologist, Thomas appears to have the "perfect life," but he falls prey to a complicated and impenetrable plot to frame him for the murder of Patricia Hunter, a high-profile socialite in his care at Boston Hospital. Evidence of Thomas's guilt is everywhere, and with the police on the prowl and a stranger following him, Thomas must discover who he can and cannot trust while trying to clear his name. By teaming with Walker and a spunky information technician at the hospital, he plunges into the underworld of computer hackers and his own dark past. Laced with page-turning tension and memorable scenes that are as poignant as they are vital, the book also follows numerous subplots that prove to be equally intriguing. Rich details and smart use of dialogue help make this a near-perfect ride. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review"Compelling ... Laced with page-turning tension and memorable scenes that are as poignant as they are vital.... Rich details and smart use of dialogue help make this a near-perfect ride."--Publishers Weekly “Stewart shows a gift for economy of language and plot that is rare these days, and a talent for evoking atmosphere that has all but vanished from thriller novels.…” –Washington Post “Stewart evokes taste, smell, sight and touch to put the reader right in the middle of the scene.” –Charlotte Observer From the Paperback edition. Views: 50
Hank Jones is about to endure the fight of his career. Preparing for this night his entire life, there's only one thing standing in his way of a knockout victory...her!Taryn Morris, the daughter of Hank's trainer, recently moved back home after graduating college. The tomboy that left town four years ago is not the same girl that has now walked back into his life.Growing up together through their adolescent years, there was never an emotion or physical connection between them. Now, years later, Hank can't seem to get Taryn out of his mind.Can Hank ignore this magnetic pull to focus on his fight or will he risk it all for the biggest fight of his life...for her? Views: 50
In New York Times–bestselling author Jennifer Wilde's spellbinding tale of romantic suspense, an ominous horoscope proves eerily accurate for a woman visiting a quaint English town "You will make a sudden journey and meet a dark stranger . . ." Author Jane Martin doesn't believe in fate, so when she stumbles across her horoscope in the newspaper one day, she decides to disregard it. But then her widowed brother calls, asking her to take care of his children while he's away at a science conference. He's even booked her a first-class train ticket. En route to her brother's house, Jane is accosted by one stranger only to be rescued by another. One of these handsome men is destined to come back into her life, because peaceful, centuries-old Abbotstown has been rocked by a string of bizarre burglaries—and a murder. There are no leads or suspects, but Jane's precocious niece Rebecca insists she knows things the police aren't aware... Views: 50
A sweeping novel about Isildur, King of Gondor, and the saga of the war against the Great Enemy Sauron. Learn the origin of the Oathbreakers and the Mouth of Sauron. See the great naval battle between the White Fleet of Lindon and the Black Fleet of Umbar. Learn the truth about the final struggle on Osgiliath and the taking of the One Ring. Views: 50
