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Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg, bestselling authors of The Heist, return in this action-packed, exciting adventure featuring master con artist Nicolas Fox and die-hard FBI agent Kate O’Hare. And this time around, things go from hot to nuclear when government secrets are on the line.
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Internationally renowned thief and con artist Nicolas Fox is famous for running elaborate and daring scams. His greatest con of all: convincing the FBI to team him up with the only person who has ever caught him, and the only woman to ever capture his attention, Special Agent Kate O’Hare. Together they’ll go undercover to swindle and catch the world’s most wanted—and untouchable—criminals.
Their newest target is Carter Grove, a former White House chief of staff and the ruthless leader of a private security agency. Grove has stolen a rare Chinese artifact from the Smithsonian, a crime that will torpedo U.S. relations with China if it ever becomes public. Nick and Kate must work under the radar—and against the clock—to devise a plan to steal the piece back. Confronting Grove’s elite assassins, Nick and Kate rely on the skills of their ragtag crew, including a flamboyant actor, a Geek Squad techie, and a band of AARP-card-carrying mercenaries led by none other than Kate’s dad.
A daring heist and a deadly chase lead Nick and Kate from Washington, D.C., to Shanghai, from the highlands of Scotland to the underbelly of Montreal. But it’ll take more than death threats, trained henchmen, sleepless nights, and the fate of a dynasty’s priceless heirloom to outsmart Fox and O’Hare.
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg's The Job.
Praise for *The Chase
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“Fast and entertaining . . . new thrills and adventure on every page.”—Examiner.com
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“The action never stops . . . and a humorous tone keeps everything moving at a fun clip.”—Associated Press
“Great fun, with plenty of twists.”—*The Sacramento Bee Views: 576
The Adventures of Sally is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse. It appeared as a serial in Collier\'s magazine in the United States from October 8 to December 31, 1921, and in The Grand Magazine in the United Kingdom from April to July 1922. It was first published in book form in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins on 17 October 1922, and in the U.S. by George H. Doran on March 23, 1923, under the title Mostly Sally.[1] It was serialised again, under this second title, in The Household Magazine from November 1925 to April 1926. The novel relates the adventures of Sally Nicholas, a young American woman who inherits a fortune of $25,000. Views: 576
The hilarious instant New York Times bestseller, The Hunger Pains is a loving parody of the dystopian YA novel and film, The Hunger Games.
Winning means wealth, fame, and a life of therapy losing means death, but also fame! This is The Hunger Pains.
When Kantkiss Neverclean replaces her sister as a contestant on the Hunger Games—the second-highest-rated reality TV show in Peaceland, behind Extreme Home Makeover—she has no idea what to expect. Having lived her entire life in the telemarketing district’s worst neighborhood, the Crack, Kantkiss feels unprepared to fight to the death while simultaneously winking and looking adorable for the cameras. But when her survival rests on choosing between the dreamy hunk from home, Carol Handsomestein, or the doughy klutz, Pita Malarkey, Kantkiss discovers that the toughest conflicts may not be found on the battlefield but in her own heart . . . which is unfortunately on a battlefield. Views: 576
What could possibly go wrong when a Mermaid and a Werewolf are sent on a dangerous mission by the drunken, diaper-wearing God of the Sea?Better question. What could possibly go right?MadisonUnlike my sisters, I haven't found my HEA. And I'm looking—hard. But finding a man who wants to blowhole dive in Hawaii on the first date is more difficult than you might imagine. I've been forced to settle for a few meaningless orgasms with men who disappear when I suggest fun activities, like scaling twenty stories while blindfolded.Look, I know meaningless nookie won't help me find my happily ever after, or even a guy who believes tightrope handstands over the Grand Canyon are fun. But there is someone out there for me so next time I do the horizontal mambo, it's for keeps.May the gods help me. Well, me and whoever I boink... Views: 575
Dead World is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Jack Douglas is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Jack Douglas then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 575
Baritone Juicebox is a jaded young man who decides to commit suicide by jumping from the earth to the moon, but doubt causes him to fail, and so reality fractures, leading to a myriad of shenanigans and hijinks, as well as the obligatory valuable moral lessons.Baritone Juicebox is a jaded young man, who decides to kill himself, by means of shooting himself on a rocket into space, but fails. In doing so, he lands on the moon, and decides to drown himself in the ocean's of the Earth. However, when he hits the Earth's atmosphere, his inner doubts causes the realities of his life to fragment. In one, he becomes a basketball, falling to the earth's surface to score the winning point for the local team, leading him on an adventure of self discovery for him and his newfound friend, the one who scored that point, Arthur Crouton. In the second, he falls to the surface of the Earth, and dies, but is resurrected by a sardonic magician, and is thusly deified by the inhabitants of a primitive island. In the last one, he is rocketed out into space, wherein he encounters the four sided triangles of the grilled cheese nebula, and must aid them to save their species. Eventually, all the realities collide, in an unforgettable basketball game, in which the future of all of our protagonists is decided. Views: 574
We Five tells the story of five young female friends and co-workers through the voices of five different authors, the story unfolding against five distinct historic backdrops. The driving conceit is that an anonymously authored manuscript from the mid-1860s (perhaps the work of Dickens contemporary Elizabeth Gaskell) was discovered and later published. Over the succeeding decades four other authors choose to retell this story in their own time and in their own way. The last author has now gone a step further: she has assembled all five versions into a literary pastiche which cycles chapter-by-chapter through the different versions as the central narrative progresses.
The result is a novel about five young women pursued by five young men of predatory purpose, which takes place alternatively in a small mill town outside of Manchester, England in 1859; in San Francisco on the eve of the 1906 earthquake and fire; in Sinclair Lewis’s fictional Zenith, Winnemac in 1923; in London during the Blitz of autumn, 1940; and in a small town in northern Mississippi in 1997. In the first book “We Five” are seamstresses; in the next they are department store sales clerks; in the next, they sing in the choir of a popular female evangelist; in the next, they work in an ordinance factory outside of London; and in the final version, they are cocktail waitresses in a Mississippi River casino.
The book’s climax is a dramatic collision of all five incarnations of the story: an incident of mass hysteria arising from a solar storm in 1859, the 1906 San Francisco quake, a fire in the evangelist’s newly built “temple” in 1923, the 1940 Balham Underground station bombing and flooding, and a tornado in rural 1997 Mississippi. Views: 574
Nobody can discover the truth about this sexy, forbidden fling. Brooding billionaire Ari Callisthenes, heir to a Greek shipping line, goes undercover as a regular Joe passenger on one of his own cruise ships to find out why it's underperforming. His standards are impossibly high and he isn't willing to leave anything to chance but unexpected chemistry with a sexy cocktail waitress has him reassessing his priorities. And his rules.Australian Kelsey Armitage lets her guard down for the first time in a long time. Romance with the mysterious passenger is strictly forbidden but for once Kelsey is prepared to break all the rules....and have a lot of fun doing it.Ari's subterfuge puts everything that Kelsey has worked for at risk. Can she ever forgive the tycoon for his deception? Views: 573
After a party, a chain of events occur for two seventeen year olds. Rane and Elaina, one a werewolf and the other not knowing they exist, must come together to face the consequences from a night of partying. Views: 572
Skipping through the Mirkwood on her way to buy cupcakes, Billie finds her way across a bridge barred by a gruff, if gorgeous, troll demanding a toll. Worse, there's a strong hint the herculean hermit will be happy to take a pound of flesh as her tribute.Lonely troll Granita may be more bluster than bite, but if Billie can't persuade the comely colossus of the copse to accept another form of currency, her sweet treat could cost her an arm and a leg — literally! She'll have to hope she can find something even sweeter with which to tempt her Titan. Views: 571
This gripping sequel to Forgotten City is a twist-filled survival adventure that's Mad Max for tweens. Everything Kobi once believed was a lie. Not only are there other survivors of the Waste that devastated the world thirteen years ago, but beyond the wasteland of Old Seattle lies a gleaming new city where thousands are desperate for a cure. To put an end to the Waste—and bring justice to those responsible–Kobi and his new friends will have to return to the heart of Old Seattle, where the outbreak began. It's a dangerous journey. But Kobi knows what lies ahead. And he's ready to fight. Nail-biting suspense and nonstop thrills make this action-packed adventure perfect for young readers who love survival adventures like Gary Paulsen's Hatchet or dystopian series like Jeanne DuPrau's City of Ember. Views: 571
In a typical school year, every kid has one or two things go wrong. But for Jordan, there's A LOT going wrong ALL THE TIME.Take this year. Here are some of the thing going wrong:— His teacher hates him. Like, really hates him. Like, is totally out to get him even when he's trying to be good, and is willing to fail him on the simplest things, like show and tell.— He has a slight breathing problem because of his asthma. And breathing is never really an optional activity.— His pet snake has given birth to way, way, way too many baby snakes, all who need a home.— He is finding that becoming The World's Best Drummer in no time whatsoever is maybe not the easiest goal.— There are bullies ready to stomp him when all he has to defend himself with is a lunchbox.And all this doesn't even include the freak swing set accident, the fears inside his head, or the funniest class presentation ever. By keeping his cool (some of the time), banging on... Views: 570
Uncle Fred's nephew Pongo has just smashed the prized statue of his lady love's father. His troubles multiply as the replacement bust is revealed to be a smuggling vessel filled with jewels. This bust busting gut buster has Uncle Fred and Wodehouse himself at the very height of their work. Views: 570
"Hollywierd" comes to Middletown! Wally's a superstar! A movie company has chosen our hero to be eaten by their mechanical "Mutant from Mars!" It's a close race as to which will consume Wally first – the disaster–plagued special–effects "monster" or his own out–of–control pride...Until he learns the cost of true friendship and of God's command for humility. Views: 570
