Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name—and spawned a new genre, the technothriller—the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant. Views: 168
UNFORGETTABLE INDULGENCE series
Marji
Working for a therapist who specializes in exploring hidden desires sounds like a dream job. It is if hearing other people's fantasies and discoveries is your cup of tea. The problem is that I'm tired of hearing about them. I want more. I want to experience them.
What harm will it do if I indulge just one time?
That's where Lace and Leather comes in.
A falsified referral and I'm in the door.
One visit is all I want.
Lucas
Sometimes plans change. Sometimes life throws curves. Sometimes we must force ourselves to move forward and take life a day at a time.
I did all that.
Now I want more.
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From Drew Avera, author of the best-selling space opera series The Alorian Wars, comes an all-new space adventure.
After several generations of living in the outer systems, humanity has overpopulated the small planets and laws have been passed to limit procreation to preserve resources. Instead of being put to death, violators must surrender their children to serve in the military and aid in the expansion of humanity out into the darkest reaches of space. But military life is like prison for many people, and the laws against fraternization carry a stiff penalty.
Death.
Commander Calibri Reese is an officer in the Chancerian Navy. Upon reporting as the executive officer of the Krylex, she encounters a man named Luke Lorenzo. Their friendship blossoms into something that neither one of them can contain, and by giving into that temptation they threaten not only their own lives, but that of the crew as well.
Will a late-night rendezvous mean the end of the Krylex, or will their crime be discovered and their love cast out into the darkness?
From the pages of The Expanding Universe Vol 2, Cassowary Raid is a fast-paced story about one man's past coming back to haunt him in the worst way he can imagine.
Tom has tried to forget the terror of his youth. Enlisting in the Chancerian Navy, he hoped to put everything behind him and start anew. But fate has another plan for his life as the mighty Cassowary comes under attack by a band of rogue pirates. Familiar faces will put his loyalty into question…and his life.
Cassowary Raid is a short story set in the Chancerian Universe. Views: 167
The Antonov AN-124 Ruslan "Condor"—the heavyweight champ among production cargo jets. Russian tanks, American firefighting helicopters, rescue submersibles, satellites, city-sized power transformers...the Condor hauls them all over the world.But when one lifts a top-secret payload rated as too dangerous, the US government decides it must take action. Untraceable action. Call Delta Force? SEAL Team Six?No. They call Miranda Chase, lead crash investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board to fake a crash. Miranda refuses, but the stakes grow higher and higher. Soon she may be too late to stop the new Cold War from becoming the final war. Views: 166
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDetective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are back--and they're going into the wild to find a killer. Die Again is the latest heart-pounding thriller in Tess Gerritsen's bestselling series, the inspiration behind TNT's hit show Rizzoli & Isles.When Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are summoned to a crime scene, they find a killing worthy of the most ferocious beast--right down to the claw marks on the corpse. But only the most sinister human hands could have left renowned big-game hunter and taxidermist Leon Gott gruesomely displayed like the once-proud animals whose heads adorn his walls. Did Gott unwittingly awaken a predator more dangerous than any he's ever hunted? Maura fears that this isn't the killer's first slaughter, and that it won't be the last. After linking the crime to a series of unsolved homicides in wilderness areas across... Views: 166
A mysterious star map
On an Outer Rim moon, Captain Malcolm Reynolds ends a card game the lucky winner of an old map covered in mysterious symbols. The former owner insists it's worthless; back on Serenity, River Tam is able to interpret it.
An ancient legend
River claims the map points the way to one of the Arks: legendary generation ships that brought humans from Earth- That-Was to the 'Verse. The salvage potential alone is staggering.
A drifting relic
As the crew approach the aged floating ship, they find it isn't quite as dead as it first seemed. The closer they get, the more agitated River becomes. She claims something is waiting on board, something powerful, and very angry... Views: 166
The agents of the Supernatural Protection & Investigation (SPI) are used to dealing with the weird and the wacky, but even they are stunned when a building from another world suddenly appears on an empty lot in New York. . .
I’m Makenna Fraser, seer for SPI, and it’s just my luck that my birthday party is literally crashed by a building from another planet. And it’s not just any building—it’s my goblin boyfriend’s house from his home world. SPI’s mission, to keep the public clueless about the supernatural, has us scrambling to find who did this and why, not to mention how.
The deeper we dig, the more we realize this incident is the opening gambit to a much larger event. Old enemies have combined forces with an even older nemesis to develop the means to kidnap an entire building and everyone in it. But who, or what, is their ultimate target? Finding out and getting to the mark before they do will require all hands on deck, including some extraterrestrial help from the goblin home world. We’re running out of time, and if we can’t get our act together, we’ll have front-row seats for the end of the world as we know it.
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Capital Punishment is back!
When you're accused of murder, you'd better hide, run, or fight.
The Third Rule is England's new infallible capital punishment.
Absolute proof of guilt is no longer required, so there’s a queue at the Slaughter House doors.
CSI Eddie Collins hasn't killed anyone, but he knows who has.
That’s why he’s on the Slaughter House list, and when a government hunter tracks him down, Eddie has to fight or die.
‘If you want to kill serious crime, you have to kill serious criminals.’
Sir George Deacon, Minster of Justice.
‘I've read all the usual suspects - Ian Rankin, Mark Billingham, Peter Robinson, Peter James, Stuart McBride, etc - and was looking for something similar. I wasn't disappointed with Andrew Barrett.’
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She learned to trust no one—the hard way! Now she must."Top 5 Romance of the Year!" – NPRKee Smith qualified as a helicopter crew chief, a top sniper, and the second woman to ever make the Army's secret Night Stalkers. When she chooses her copilot as her next target, he doesn't stand a chance.His role as helo copilot and top team strategist always fit Archie Stevenson. Until a pint-sized shooter kicked his world sideways.When a mission gone wrong threatens to start a new war, they must solve it together—if they don't kill each other first."At the very top rank (of romance)." – Eloise James, B&N Book Reviews"One of the best military romantic suspense novels this year." – Romancing the Book[Can be read stand-alone or in series. A complete happy-ever-after with no cliffhangers. Originally published in 2012. Re-edited 2021 for improved reader experience but still the... Views: 164
A chilling psychological thriller about a marriage, a way of life, and how far one woman will go to keep what is rightfully hersJodi and Todd are at a bad place in their marriage. Much is at stake, including the affluent life they lead in their beautiful waterfront condo in Chicago, as she, the killer, and he, the victim, rush haplessly toward the main event. He is a committed cheater. She lives and breathes denial. He exists in dual worlds. She likes to settle scores. He decides to play for keeps. She has nothing left to lose. Told in alternating voices, The Silent Wife is about a marriage in the throes of dissolution, a couple headed for catastrophe, concessions that can’t be made, and promises that won’t be kept. Expertly plotted and reminiscent of Gone Girl and These Things Hidden, The Silent Wife ensnares the reader from page one and does not let go. Views: 164
Flynn is making every effort to stay in control of his hot temper, while River feels more content than she's ever been. Together the two of them make big plans for the future, but powerful secrets lurk in the shadows, ready to threaten their happiness. Views: 164
