Before She Disappeared

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a propulsive thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has forgottenFrankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman, a recovering alcoholic with more regrets than belongings. But she spends her life doing what no one else will—searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for. When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid attention, Frankie starts looking. A new case brings her to Mattapan, a Boston neighborhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier. Resistance from the Boston PD and the victim's wary family tells Frankie she's on her own—and she soon learns she's asking questions someone doesn't want answered. But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth,...
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Nightfire! (The Corvette Nightfire Prequel)

The sins of the grandfather determine the destiny of Corvette Nightfire! Experience in "Nightfire!" the heart-rending fates of Día and Luna, the Tarahumara Indians of Chihuahua who were Corvette's grandparents! Written in the fast-paced style of The Z Redemption novels, this romantic thriller sends you tumbling into the lives of the unusual Mexican ancestors in the murky web of Corvette's history.Nightfire! is the short story prequel to the novel, Corvette Nightfire, the second book of The Z Redemption Trilogy. This 9,000 word short story presents the mystery of Día and Luna, the Tarahumara natives who were Corvette's grandparents. Growing up in the rugged mountains and cliffs of the Copper Canyon in northern Mexico, Día and Luna married while teenagers. They were proud members of the people who were famous world-wide for their ability to run for days in the mountains and steep canyons of their homeland. When Día became seduced by the Mexican drug-cartel men who invaded the mountains to grow poppy and marijuana, he pulled Luna with him into a life of enslavement to crime. For decades, the drug cartels had forced many of the young Indian men and women to run their marijuana through the desert and across the border into the United States. As the cartels moved in, they took the lands from the natives, who retreated deeper into the precipitous canyon for safety.Written in the fast-paced style of the novels of The Z Redemption trilogy, "Nightfire!" is a stand-alone short story that also enriches details in the second volume of the series (Corvette Nightfire). Día's plan to escape the drug cartel gets complicated by the birth of his son, Rogelio, in Texas in 1963. Moving and suspenseful, the story describes Día's desperate plot to escape with Luna. What happened as a consequence ended up impacting the life of a future grandson he had never contemplated. It also altered the course of two nations!
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Broken

Dangerous: Former Navy SEAL Clarence Wolfe's unit was taken out with a land mine. Injured and devastated, he hasn't been quite right since. Worse, the tragedy was no accident. All Wolfe wants now is to take down the man responsible. In the meantime, he's good with being the muscle for the Deep Ops team—and leading a steamy no-strings-attached personal life. Until one intriguing woman changes everything . . . Determined: Reporter Dana Mulberry is on a mission to avenge the death of a fellow journalist. She's finally hot on a trail—right to a sex club—where she runs into . . . Wolfe? It seems both their leads have led to the same spot. To keep from blowing their covers, they'll have to at least pretend to have a little fun. Trouble is, they genuinely like each other. And that's way too risky for Wolfe, especially when, to his surprise, Dana agrees . . . Complicated: Drawn to each other in...
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Hunted

Ready Or Not Moira Dunne is a witch--the quantum physics kind. Time and space are her playthings. Which might explain why her one-night stand from a hundred years ago has turned up to "claim" her--and request her family's assistance with the war he's brewing. But the more she learns about Connlan Kayrs, the more she comes to think this is normal behavior for him. . . There's Nowhere To Hide When Conn and Moira tumbled on the moonlit grass, Conn hadn't meant to mark her as his mate for all time. She was only twenty! But it wasn't easy to wait for her. It was even harder to forget her. So when he finally returns for his wicked-hot witch, he's ready to let the sparks flying. Even if he burns up in flames. . . "Paranormal at its best!" --Cynthia Eden Praise for the Novels of Rebecca Zanetti "Hot and fast from beginning to end." --Kate Douglas on "Fated"
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Simmering with Resentment

With Bride's Dream Expo in town, it's all things wedding in Crystal Cove, including at the Cookbook Nook, where owner Jenna Hart is preparing for her own wedding in just a few short weeks. But there's a dark cloud hanging over the festive mood by the name of Sarita Strachline, a woman Jenna helped convict of arson who is now out of jail and bent on revenge. And when Jenna and Rhett's intimate prenuptial dinner is rocked by an explosion that nearly takes Rhett's life, Jenna can't help but think Sarita is to blame.Desperate to prove Sarita's guilt but consumed by worries over Rhett's condition, Jenna reluctantly lays her case out for the police and leaves the investigation in their methodical hands. Still, she can't help piecing together the clues, and as the evidence begins to mount, Jenna realizes that revenge may be a dish best served cold, but she can cook up a scheme of her own to bring the culprit to justice—she just has to hope it doesn't blow up in her face ....
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Dark Redemption

He saved my mother's life. Now, I owe him a debt. But I don't even know who he is. Dante Langston is man of extreme wealth and privilege and just as much darkness. Our time together was supposed to be a one night stand. No names. No phone numbers. No other way to get in touch. But I keep going back to look for him. What I don't yet know is that he already knows me. He has been watching and waiting. He needs to stay away to protect his secrets but he can't. Neither can I. I'm addicted to his lips and his touch. He's addicted to our shared pain. What happens when I find out the debt I owe is to him? What happens when I find out the other secrets that he is much more desperate to keep? From bestselling author Charlotte Byrd comes an intense romance about debts, lies and secrets and the extent to which people go for love....
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Ignition: Alien Ménage Romance (Phoenix Rising Book 2)

An Inter-Galactic War...An Unusually Gifted Child...A War That Will Rock The Universe...And A Love That Stretches To The Furthest Reaches 0f Space…All seems well for the human Sera Cooper and her alien bond mates Theny and Beno. Along with her amazing little girl Kira, as they live in a secure compound on Earth. But the serenity that surrounds Sera is soon shattered as her daughter is kidnapped by religious zealots convinced that her child is the key to their salvation.Together, Sera, Theny, and Beno must travel to a planet they wished they would never have to set foot on to rescue their daughter. But when they get there, Sera finds herself a pawn in a war she never wanted to get involved in. Not only must she find her daughter, but she must rescue her best friend from this planet as well.Will the war drive a wedge between Sera and the love she has for her bonded alien mates? Or will she risk everything to find her daughter and save her friends?
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Rage

New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant returns to her beloved Kindred world with an all-new, captivating fantasy romance trilogy sure to capture hearts. Elin feels as if she's been in the fight of her life forever. She lost her mother to prejudice and misunderstanding and her sister to the Coven, not to mention her home and the freedom to use her magic without consequence. But she finally feels as if she has found a place to at least rest—that is if she can remain hidden. When a mysterious illness befalls his clan, taking many lives, Rob Mackenzie finally goes to check on the person squatting in the cottage on his family's land. He hopes to find help. He doesn't expect the most enchanting and enigmatic woman he's ever seen or the way she makes him feel—the passions she rouses. But it's clear she has secrets, and earning her trust may be the toughest battle of his life. When the truth comes to light that a witch has been...
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