'Agony exploded in her knee. She staggered, tried to keep going, then nearly fell as a shocking pain rushed up her leg. Confusion and fear swamped her senses, escape suddenly essential. The tuskless cow turned and hobbled away, each step agonising torture. Her front right knee joint had been shattered by the single copper-jacketed bullet. Man, her hated enemy, had just handed out a death sentence. . .' As the rangers and staff of a luxury lodge in Etosha National Park, Namibia welcome the last guests of the season, thoughts are predominantly on the three-month break ahead. Except for Sean, who is fighting his growing attraction for the manager's wife, Thea. Camping in the park nearby, Professor Eben Kruger has his work cut out keeping the attention of the university students in his charge on the behavioural habits of the cunning jackal. None of them could ever be prepared for the horrendous events about to take place. Each will be pushed to breaking point as the quest for... Views: 69
Raine Kennedy will do anything to protect her son from her drug dealing husband, even if that means stealing money, and going on the run.
She finds herself in the small town of Silent Water, NJ, tucked at the bottom of a mountain, the perfect spot to hide. Without cell service, their trail will grow cold and Mateo Garcia will never find them, giving her and her son a fresh start.
Chase Shepherd resigned from the elite agency – The Omega Team - after a drug bust went wrong. The mistake was his, and he has to live with it, but he doesn’t trust himself any longer. Needing a quiet place, away from the action that once ruled his life, he rents a house in Silent Water, swearing to never take on another assignment. Until a pretty lady and her son shoot up his plan.
Chase doesn’t want to get involved, but a kid is in jeopardy and he can’t walk away from him… or Raine. In order to save them, he’ll have to trust himself again, but a mistake this time will cost him far worse than before – his heart. Views: 69
From bestselling author Deb Caletti comes a beautiful and profound novel of three women coming to terms with love and marriage--sure to move and delight fans of Kristin Hannah, Liane Moriarty, and Anna Quindlen. "You don't grow up on a divorce ranch and not learn to take a vow seriously." When Callie McBride finds a woman's number written on a scrap of paper her husband has thrown away, she thinks that her marriage is over. She flees to Nevada and her Aunt Nash's Tamarosa Ranch, but is shocked to see that the place of so many happy childhood memories is in disrepair. Worse, Aunt Nash is acting bizarrely--hoarding stacks of old photographs, burying a book in the yard, and railing against Kit Covey, a handsome government park ranger who piques Callie's interest. But Aunt Nash may be saner than she seems once Callie pulls back the curtain on Tamarosa's heyday--the 1940s and '50s when high-society and Hollywood women ventured to the ranch for... Views: 69
I’ve never loved anything that wasn’t trouble.
Five years in prison was supposed to reform me, but it didn’t teach me sh*t.
I tried to start fresh: new name, new town, new life. No more stealing fast cars, no more raising hell, no more women whose names I don’t bother learning.
Yeah, I fcked that* up in no time at all, but it doesn’t matter. I never wanted to be a good guy.
Not until I met Luna. She’s smart as a whip, fcking gorgeous… and a cop. A detective*.
I know I can’t have her. She’ll see through my lies in a second, and she deserves a happy ending that I know I can’t give her.
Hell, with my past chasing me down, I can’t even keep her safe.
All I can give Luna is trouble, and I know it. But I can’t stay away.
I’m not some doe-eyed ingénue.
I date nice men. If I keep saying it, it’ll become true, right?
What I don’t need is the sexy, rakish, tattoo-covered mechanic who’s got one dimple and a lifetime of working with his hands. I don’t need the man who lies to the police, obviously has problems with authority… and who growls filthy things into my ear when we’re alone.
And I especially don’t fantasize about someone who’s a suspect in a double arson. It doesn’t matter if one glance from him makes me want to tear my clothes off, or if the way he calls me detective turns me into a puddle.
I can tell that Stone is trouble from a mile away, and trouble’s the last thing I need.
...right?
Convict is a full-length, 90,000-word novel with a happily-ever-after ending. This edition also includes the bonus books Loaded and Betting on Wolves, which means Convict ends at around 50%.
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Detective Superintendent George Quinn - Mayfair resident and dandy with a razor-sharp brain - has set up a new police unit, dedicated to investigating the super-rich. When he is shot in mysterious circumstances, DI Blake Reynolds is charged with taking over. But Reynolds hadn't bargained for Quinn's personal assistant - the flinty Victoria Clifford - who knows more than she's prepared to reveal...The trail left by Quinn leads to a jewellery theft, a murderous conspiracy among some of the most glamorous (and richest) Russians in London - and the beautiful Anna, who challenges Reynolds' professional integrity. Reynolds and Clifford must learn to work together fast - or risk Quinn's fate.Set in the heart of twenty-first-century Mayfair, a world of champagne, Lamborghinis and Savile Row suits, The Yellow Diamond is a brilliant new venture from one of our best loved crime authors - meticulously plotted, wonderfully humane and hugely enjoyable. Views: 69
A young workaholic avoiding home for the holidays discovers that you can't run away from who you are—a heartfelt Christmas novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.Everly Lancaster always dreamed of leaving her hometown in rural Illinois. Now she helps run a burgeoning startup in Chicago, where her professional goals leave little time for friends...or a vacation. When a massive snowstorm hits, Everly's mother urges her to come home for Christmas, but she hesitates to return to the life she's worked so hard to escape. Searching for other holiday plans, Everly tasks her assistant with booking her a cruise—the perfect getaway. Embarking on a weeklong tour of the Amazon guided by charming naturalist Asher Adams, Everly slowly but surely begins to realize that relationships are more important than work—and just might decide to journey home just in time for Christmas Day. Debbie Macomber's signature... Views: 69
The inspiration for the major motion picture starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett?plus eighteen other stories by the beloved author of The Great Gatsby.Inthe title story, a baby born in 1860 begins life as an old man and proceeds to age backward. F. Scott Fizgerald hinted at this kind of inversion when he called his era ?a generation grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken.? Perhaps nowhere in American fiction has this ?Lost Generation? been more vividly preserved than in Fitzgerald?s short fiction. Spanning the early twentieth-century American landscape, this original collection captures, with Fitzgerald?s signature blend of enchantment and disillusionment, America during the Jazz Age. Views: 69
