One mail-order bride in need of rescue! All the rigorous training in the world could not have prepared nursemaid Marie Hall for trailing the wilds of Dakota with six orphans. Especially when her ingenious plan--to pose as the mail-order bride of the children's next of kin--leads Marie to the wrong cowboy! Proud and stubborn, Stafford Burleson is everything Marie's been taught to avoid. But with her fate and that of the children in his capable hands, Marie soon feels there's something incredibly right about this rugged rancher and his brooding charm.... "A delightful western...humor, realism and sweet emotion." --RT Book Reviews on Inheriting a Bride Views: 34
As Chief Inspector Mario Silva has learned, justice is hard to come by in Brazil, so when his niece tells him about a possible genocide deep in the jungle, he agrees to round up his team and charter a plane to Pará to check it out. Thirty-nine natives have recently dropped dead of mysterious causes. Given the tense relationship between the Awana tribe and the white townsfolk nearby, Jade Calmon, Pará's sole government-sponsored advocate for the native population, immediately suspects foul play and takes the two remaining Awana—a father and his eight-year-old son—into her custody. But when the father is discovered holding a bloody machete next to the body of a village big-shot, just before Silva's arrival, the plot thickens. Why would a peaceful man who doesn't believe in alcohol turn into a drunken killer?ReviewPraise for *The Ways of Evil Men*: "A final gift from Leighton to his readers... His voice, his portrayal of vital fictional characters and stories, his outrage at injustices in Brazil and beyond, and his lively participation in the on-line crime fiction community will remain as his testament." —Glenn Harper, *International Noir Fiction* "A fine send-off for a compelling character." —Booklist "The late Gage (1942–2013) weaves an engaging plot and psychologically complex characters together with a sharp-edged social commentary on the Brazilian class system; his voice will be greatly missed in the crime fiction community."—Publishers Weekly, STARRED ReviewPraise for Leighton Gage's Mario Silva series: "No one writes the cold glint of evil in bright sunlight the way Leighton Gage does. And there's enough evil here—and heroism, too—for three lesser books."—Timothy Hallinan, author of Crashed "Top notch ... controversial and entirely absorbing."—*The New York Times Book Review* "A dark, violent book with characters that seethe on the page ... compelling writing. Readers will smell the steam and stench of the Amazon and recoil from the torture and depredation from which Gage averts his lens, barely in time."—*Boston Globe* "The Silva investigations have all the step-by-step excitement of a world-class procedural series." —*The Wall Street Journal *About the AuthorLeighton Gage (1942-2013) wrote seven books in the 'Mario Silva' series: Blood of the Wicked, Buried Strangers, Dying Gasp, Every Bitter Thing, A Vine in the Blood, Perfect Hatred, andThe Ways of Evil Men. Since 1973, he spent part of each year in Santana do Parnaiba, Brazil, where he met his wife, Eide. His books have been translated into French, Italian, Finnish, and Dutch. Views: 34
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Kit Franklyn, lately drowning in personal doubts about her life and career, thinks that investigating the corpse she found in the garden of her new home will be the perfect distraction. Together with her boss, the loveable and unconventional chief medical examiner Andy Broussard, she sets out to solve this case that's growing colder by the minute. Though they identify the body as a missing hooker, now dead for twenty seven years, all hope of conviction seems lost—until the unorthodox duo link the body and two recent murders to a group of local, wealthy physicians. Views: 34
Jimmy Homestead’s glory days as a high school stud were a distant memory. His adulthood had amounted to little more than temporary jobs, cheap boarding houses, and discount whiskey. But he always felt he was special, and winning a $43 million lottery proved it. With all that money, everything is great for Jimmy—until people from his past start coming out of the woodwork. First, his sexy stepmother, who seduced him as a teenager. Then his uncle, just released from Folsom after a five-year jolt for securities fraud, a crime that bankrupted Jimmy’s father. Mix in a broke ex-stripper and a down-on-his luck drug dealer, both seeking payback over transgressions Jimmy thought were long forgotten. Caught in the middle are investigator Dan Reno and his good buddy Cody Gibbons, two guys just trying to make an honest paycheck. Reno, fighting to save his home from foreclosure, thinks that’s his biggest problem. But his priorities change when Gibbons and Jimmy are kidnapped by a gang of cartel thugs out for a big score. Fighting to save his friend’s life, Reno is drawn into a mess that leaves dead bodies scattered all over northern Nevada.ReviewAmazon.com review:Another fantastic novel by Dave Stanton. Dan Reno is a character you can really get your teeth into. After the amazing novel that was Stateline, I couldn't wait for the second book and I was not disappointed. A page turner from beginning to end with an incredible ending unlike any other, I couldn't put it down. I would seriously recommend the Dan Reno novels to everyone. I can't wait for the third installment to find out what Reno gets himself into next!!About the AuthorBorn in Detroit, Michigan, in 1960, Dave Stanton moved to Northern California in 1961. He attended San Jose State University and received a BA in journalism in 1983. Over the years, he worked as a bartender, newspaper advertising salesman, furniture mover, pizza cook, debt collector, and technology salesman. He has two children, Austin and Haley, and lives with his wife, Heidi, in San Jose, California.Stanton is the author of five novels, all featuring private investigator Dan Reno and his ex-cop buddy, Cody Gibbons. Views: 34
Samantha Summers finally got what she’d been secretly dreaming of since she came to Grover Beach. She was kissed by Tony Mitchell. But already the next instant, he cops out and leaves her drowning in unrequited passion. An exhausting game of nearness and distance begins and threatens to drive Samantha crazy. If this wasn’t bad enough, chaos breaks loose in her current home. Things go missing, her cousin Chloe behaves more like a bitch than ever, mistrust grows in the family, and Sam is supposed to be responsible for all of it. But how could she when she did nothing wrong? And what can Tony do to fix it all? This is the second part to T IS FOR... (GBT, 3). Please be aware that this book cannot be read as a stand-alone. Views: 34
