Can a blackmailing billionaire thaw the heart of an ice princess? Searching for an escape from her life, heiress Anika De Winter takes up her friend's offer to get her into the exclusive Totally Five Star hotel in Monaco. It isn't until she arrives that she finds her friend's intentions, although likely good, thrust her right into the autocratic hands of billionaire venture capitalist Luca Rossi. In need of a diversion, Luca had planned to spend the weekend with 'a friend' but finds she's been replaced with icy Anika. He's never been quite as intrigued by a woman before. So he proposes a deal. She spends time with him and he doesn't say a word about how she got the room. Trapped, Anika shouldn't feel so attracted to devilishly handsome Luca. But the chemistry between them is explosive and it doesn't take long for them to succumb to passion. But will it burn out when their time in Monaco ends? Views: 21
A game of chance with love on the line...London, 1784Thea Worthington, Duchess of Wynchester divides her time between social engagements and playing her luck against fickle fortune. Yet every gamble is only a bluff-a means to hide from the pain deep within her, and the loss of a babe she never held in her arms. Now Thea's luck is about to run out. Her estranged husband has returned and seeks a reunion...Plagued with guilt over what happened to his wife three years ago, the Duke of Wynchester has kept his distance. The duke is resolved to piece his family back together, especially now that he's discovered his beloved brother-long thought dead-still lives. But Thea's lovely, porcelain facade is on the verge of cracking...spurred on by the duke's brother's secretive, malevolent animosity.With everything riding on her future, Thea plays a daring game of chance for love and her marriage...and this time, the dice are most certainly rigged.** Views: 21
The author of On the Run and the Firefighters of Station Five series once again proves that nothing is hotter than loving a man in uniform—or more dangerous...Being on the Sugarland P.D. means never backing down, no matter how intense the case—or how dangerous the attraction... Captain Austin Rainey knows all too well that being a good cop sometimes means gaining some bad enemies. After his ex-wife is killed, he finds himself on the wrong side of the law, trying to prove he's innocent of her murder. The last thing he needs is a distraction—especially of the irresistible female kind... Medical examiner Laura Eden has always found Austin more than a little intriguing, but she's kept her feelings under wraps. Now she's determined to do her job and clear his name—but as her investigation brings them into close proximity, she can't deny the attraction between them—or resist the temptation he presents.... Views: 21
For nine long days, the mayor and district attorney of Reno, Nevada, have been missing. Vanished without a trace. Their vehicles were found parked side-by-side at Reno-Tahoe International Airport. Did they fly somewhere together? They aren't on any flight manifest. Did the two of them take off with a big pile of the city's money? If so, the city accountants can't find it. Were they murdered? There's no sign of foul play. Their disappearances have finally made national news. Enter Mortimer Angel, who'd just quit a thankless job as an IRS agent. Mort is Reno's newest gumshoe, a private-eye-in-training at his nephew's detective agency. Just four hours into his new career, Mort finds the mayor—make that, the mayor's head—in the trunk of Mort's ex-wife's Mercedes. The news-hungry media speculates: Did Mort kill the mayor? Did Mort's ex? As events begin to spin out of control, Mort realizes things have been out of control since the night before he started his new career,... Views: 21
Being cuffed together is a bad thing...isn't it? Scarlett never imagined that she would be famous from her YouTube channel, but to be popular enough that a rival decides to cuff her to someone else as part of a publicity stunt? Ludicrous! Most unexpected of all is her attraction to the man she's chained to—fellow YouTuber, Jackson. Jackson has always thought Scarlett was an attractive woman, only he never thought she felt the same about him. So when he realizes she isn't totally against being cuffed to him, Jackson decides to take advantage of the situation and see just how far he can push her limits. It turns out that handcuffs are the best kind of torture. Views: 21
The outstanding new thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods.
Stone Barrington isn’t one to turn away in the face of danger, so when he witnesses a tricky situation underway, he jumps in to lend a hand. He never expected, though, that this favor would lead to a mutually beneficial business deal with a prominent gentleman who requires the ever-discreet services of Woodman & Weld.
But in the ruthless corporate world no good deed goes unpunished, and Stone soon finds himself the target of a ragtag group of criminal toughs who don’t appreciate his interference in their dealings. From the isolated landscape of Maine to the white sand beaches of Key West, the trail of deception, theft, and murder will lead to a perilous confrontation.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Praise for Stuart Woods
“Goes down as smoothly as a glass of Knob Creek.” —Publishers Weekly
“Stone Barrington is back to give fans another fun-filled ride of action and suspense.”—Suspense Magazine
About the Author
Stuart Woods is the author of sixty novels. He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry. Chiefs, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and New York. Views: 21
A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners' strike. Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the youngest age girls could do so at the time. She continued working after she married and her work took her to London and Doncaster, caring for children and miners. When she took a job as a pit nurse in Doncaster in 1974, she found that in order to be accepted by the men under her care, she would have to become one of them. Most of the time rejecting a traditional nurse's uniform and donning a baggy miner's suit, pit boots, a hardhat and a headlamp, Joan resolved always to go down to injured miners and bring them out of the pit herself. Over 15 years Joan grew to know the miners not only as a... Views: 21
