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"She can't remember what happened that night. But someone else does.
After years of struggle, Raven Kendrick is giving up on her dream of a theater career in New York. Returning to her hometown, she moves back in with her parents and resigns herself to a quiet life.
But that humble dream is shattered when her tyrannical father is murdered. Even worse, Raven is convinced her beloved mother killed him while sleepwalking. So instead of calling the police, she decides to cover up the crime.
But as detectives close in, Raven's carefully constructed lies begin to crumble. Her alibi isn't holding up and her father's business partner is asking way too many questions. And she's pretty sure her mother knows more than she's saying.
With the police circling, Raven is shocked to find that she herself has become suspect number one. She needs to get to the truth of what happened that night—and fast.
But as she digs, Raven uncovers a tangled web of buried resentments and festering revenge. And behind that web, a horrifying secret that will change her life forever.
What We Did—a gripping psychological thriller perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, and Freida McFadden."
"SILENT NIGHT STANDOFF
HOSTAGE SITUATION
When armed robbers strike her bank, hostage negotiator Skyler Brennan's life is on the line. Rescue comes from the last person she thought she could count on—the ex-boyfriend who chose his job over their relationship. FBI agent Logan Hunter knows how much is resting on this case. The promotion of his dreams…and the safety of the woman he's never been able to forget. But when an unexpected twist in the case pulls Logan in two separate directions, he'll have to make an impossible choice. Will he manage to have it all by Christmas—a career and love—or will he lose them both?
EXPLOSIVE ALLIANCE
RACE AGAINST TIME
The last thing Krista Curry expected to find in a soccer stadium was a time bomb. When she alerts explosives expert Cash Dixon, she becomes a local hero. But the attention could expose her real name—and the infamous past she fought to escape. Cash promises Krista protection from the bomber’s retaliation. Yet she hesitates to trust him as she sees his suspicion about her grow with every question she dodges. She can’t expect Cash to continue to safeguard her unless she tells him the truth. Now Cash must decide if she’s an innocent woman or guilty accomplice. But the clock is ticking down—and the real bomber is still on the loose…
HIGH-CALIBER HOLIDAY
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS
Held hostage on a train, ex-lawyer Morgan Thorsby finds her powers of persuasion failing her for the first time. Former marine sniper Brady Owens is her only hope—but his split-second hesitation on the trigger leaves her wounded. Yet when an obsessed stalker threatens Morgan, Brady steps up. Protecting someone so tough and beautiful is hardly a chore, but Brady pulls back every time they get close. Morgan isn't ready for the connection forming between them, either, but she knows she needs his help. Can Brady capture the culprit in time for Christmas?
First Responders: Brave men and women alert and ready for danger and love.
From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith."
"Danger at every turn,
and she’s running out of places to hide.
On her way home, the last thing ex-lawyer Morgan Thorsby expects is to be held hostage at gunpoint. She’s rescued just in time by former marine sniper Brady Owens—but not before she’s wounded. Soon it becomes clear a stalker is targeting her and it’s up to Brady to track down the culprit. But as the threats escalate, they discover a far more sinister agenda: someone is determined to silence Morgan for good. Can Brady uncover the criminal behind the attacks…or will this Christmas be Morgan’s last?
From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Don’t miss the other titles in the First Responders series.
- Silent Night Standoff
- Explosive Alliance
- Emergency Response
- Silent Sabotage
- Christmas Conspiracy
Previously published.
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"HOSTAGE SITUATION
When armed robbers strike her bank, hostage negotiator Skyler Brennan's life is on the line. Rescue comes from the last person she thought she could count on-the ex-boyfriend who chose his job over their relationship. FBI agent Logan Hunter knows how much is resting on this case. The promotion of his dreams…and the safety of the woman he's never been able to forget. But when an unexpected twist in the case pulls Logan in two separate directions, he'll have to make an impossible choice. Will he manage to have it all by Christmas-a career and love-or will he lose them both?
First Responders: Brave men and women alert and ready for danger and love."
"The tragic events of November 10 were crushing, driving Loralei and David’s orbits onto a collision course. Something had to give. Who would prevail?
Guilt and grief overwhelmed Loralei. She never wanted to sing again, and suicide seemed like her best option. But slowly, with the help of her trusty four-legged companion, and the otherworldly guidance of her Oma, she persevered. Recapturing the motivation to complete her deadly mission.
David’s grief only made him more ruthless and determined to restore the Slaughter name to prominence and power. Even if it meant going to war with the community that had tried to erase his family from the history books. He would build a resort empire and leave a lasting legacy by taking a page out of his father’s playbook.
What will happen when two titans, both descended from cold-blooded monsters, butt heads? Will Loralai finally succeed in her mission to bury the last remaining Slaughter descendant? Or will David restore his family name, build an empire, and leave progeny to continue to carry out the Slaughter birthright?
Find the answers in Loralei’s Final Furor, the third book in the sequel to the Slaughter Minnesota horror series."
"Loralei is released from the psychiatric hospital and resumes her deadly mission. But a family secret goes public, jeopardizing her mission and life.
Armed with more potent powers, Loralei returns home to Grand Rapids, eager to find and eliminate any remaining male descendants of the Slaughter family. However, her target remains elusive, and with every step forward, setbacks seem to force her to take two steps back.
But the greatest threat to Loralei’s mission and life arises when the secret of her lineage goes public. A secret that Loralei wasn’t even aware of. Descended from someone so evil and repulsive that Loralei, the hunter, suddenly becomes the hunted.
Meanwhile, David and Lena overcome a series of obstacles and finally open Kennedy’s Sportsman’s Paradise. But all is not well in paradise. David, Lena, and David’s mother have been harboring explosive secrets of their own.
Will the corrosive nature of secrets sink the success of David’s resort? And will the unshakeable burden of Loralei’s loathsome lineage be her death sentence? Or will she overcome the crisis and finally complete Hagatha Ketchel’s crusade to rid the world of Slaughter descendants?
Find the answers in Loralei’s Secret Lineage, the second book in a sequel to the Slaughter Minnesota horror series."
"In the heart of a small town, two authors discover that the greatest story is their own.
Emma Reynolds has spent her life lost in the pages of other people’s love stories. As the owner of The Reading Nook in the charming town of Pine Haven, Colorado, she sells happily-ever-afters by the dozen—she’s just never had her own. In her fifties, she’s convinced love isn’t in the cards for her, and her dreams of publishing a romance novel are tucked away like forgotten bookmarks.
Enter Noah Carter: broody, bestselling suspense author and reluctant literary royalty. Still mourning the loss of his wife, Noah arrives in Pine Haven for his publisher’s lavish literary event, determined to keep to himself and avoid the whispers of fame. What he doesn’t expect is Emma—the witty, passionate bookseller who challenges everything he thought he knew about second chances.
When two worlds—one quiet and book-filled, the other loud and full of expectations—collide, sparks fly. But with Noah's life rooted in New York and Emma's heart tied to her small-town sanctuary, can they write a new chapter together?"
"Residents had long forgotten the shocking events of the summer of 1972. Until someone moved into Old Lady Ketchel’s derelict home on 33 Tailings Way.
It had been 25 years since Old Lady Ketchel’s reign of terror ended, and the Slaughter family and empire met its fiery end. Enough time for residents to purge the town of the Slaughter monarchy, and any vestige of the family’s past influence or existence. Or so they thought. Little did they know that Enoch Slaughter, Jr. had fathered a baby boy with a teenage stripper just before his demise.
Then there was Karen Garber and her baby Loralei, thought to be the product of her marriage to Enoch Slaughter IV. However, Karen knew the truth, which she took with her when she and Loralei fled Slaughter for greener pastures. But now, Loralei was a young adult with questions about the identity of her birth father. Something her mother vowed never to divulge.
So when Loralei returned to what used to be Slaughter and moved into the ramshackle eyesore that had been Old Lady Ketchel’s home, residents became nervous. It had stood vacant and neglected for a quarter of a century. Not because the townspeople hadn’t thought to bulldoze it and create a nice, quiet green space. It’s just that every time a demolition crew stepped foot onto the property, some tragedy would befall them. Eventually, they gave up trying to rid the town of the one last remnant from Slaughter’s tumultuous past.
Why had Loralei moved back to town and into Old Lady Ketchel’s house? Would she come to some misfortune, like the demolition crews? Or was her distant connection to the town’s chaotic past a harbinger of calamities to come?
Loralei’s Siren Song is a sequel to the Slaughter Minnesota horror series. Just when you thought the chaos was over!"
"I should wonder why I feel so comfortable with Taylor. Why I'm so enamored with a stranger I met at a bar. I should, but I don't.
Alice Brewster is at a low point. After being let go from her job at the ritzy Grant Hotel, she's taken to hiding out at a dingy Manhattan pub just so that she won't have to tell anyone the shameful truth.
So when blonde, beautiful Taylor waltzes in one sunny afternoon, Alice is ready for the distraction of an unpredictable new friend.
As Alice and Taylor get closer, Alice confesses the real reason she lost her job—a hotel guest, the wealthy real estate mogul Weston Chambers, assaulted her.
But while Alice wants sympathy, Taylor's rage is white hot. We could kill him, she says. Alice thinks she's joking. Of course she's joking.
But then Weston Chambers turns up dead. And Taylor is nowhere to be found.
Now Alice is the prime suspect in the murder. But can she track down Taylor—and unravel the truth about her new friend's real motives—before it's too late?"
"The White House claims credit for capturing the Black Widow and gives SHIELD an ultimatum, which has Aja questioning whose side the President is on.
Aja and her SHIELD colleagues successfully captured the Black Widow and her associates on their last mission. However, the White House has forbidden them, along with the CIA and FBI, from any further involvement in investigating, identifying, or prosecuting the multitude of high-speed rail service customers who exploited underage children.
The message was loud and clear. Find a new case or SHIELD will be decommissioned and its agents considered as traitors, charged with treason, and imprisoned. So what choice did they have? As SHIELD leadership works to identify their next case, Aja is not feeling as cooperative. But the moment she delves a little too deeply into why the White House is against their involvement, she mysteriously disappears.
Has Aja gone rogue and fled to protect her colleagues? Or has the White House caught wind of her actions and locked her away? Or, as the Black Widow predicted, has the President made her disappear in a more permanent manner?
Aja Minor: Dirty Politics is the eighth book in the Aja Minor psychic crime thrillers series. Fans of fierce female protagonists with unique powers who overcome adversity will find a home in this series.
A portion of the proceeds from this series are donated to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, established in 1984 to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization."
"The press dubs them 'the Gold Dust twins.' Born within a week of one another in Manhattan in 1912, Doris Duke and Barbara Hutton both inherit unimaginable fortunes. By the time of their lavish coming-out balls, they are two of the richest women in the world. Barbara, heiress to the Woolworth millions, amasses seven husbands over her lifetime. Doris, meanwhile, has a sophistication and financial savvy that Barbara tries endlessly to emulate.
When filmmaker Emma Radetsky begins researching her new documentary about prominent women and their jewelry collections, she's familiar with the lore surrounding both Doris and Barbara—the couture gowns, exotic homes, and romantic interludes—including sequential marriages to the same notorious playboy. And of course, the priceless jewels they acquire as easily as candy.
Yet delving into their backgrounds with the help of one of Doris's closest companions, Oliver Wendell Shaw, Emma encounters a deeper story—of a private game to manipulate the media, and a hidden, lifelong kinship between two complex women who understood each other as no one else could."
"The tenth anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller about a high school held hostage, and four teens—each with their own reason to fear the boy with the gun. Featuring an updated author’s note and exclusive anniversary bonus epilogue.
10:00am: The principal of Opportunity, Alabama’s High School finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve.
10:02am: The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class.
10:03am: The auditorium doors won’t open.
10:05am: Someone starts shooting.
Told over the span of 54 harrowing minutes, terror reigns as one student’s calculated revenge turns into the ultimate game of survival.
Praise for This Is Where It Ends:
- A Buzzfeed Best Young Adult Book of the Decade
- A Paste Magazine Best Teen Book of the Decade
- A Book Riot Biggest YA Book of the Decade
- A Professional Book Nerds Best Book of the Decade
- A Bustle.com Most-Anticipated YA Novel
- A Goodreads YA Best Books Pick
- A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist for Young Adult Fiction
- Kids Indie Next List Pick
'Marieke Nijkamp's brutal, powerful fictional account of a school shooting is important in its timeliness.' —Bustle.com
'A gritty, emotional, and suspenseful read and although fictionalized, it reflects on a problematic and harrowing issue across the nation.' —Buzzfeed
'A compelling, brutal story of an unfortunately all-too familiar situation: a school shooting. Nijkamp portrays the events thoughtfully, recounting fifty-four intense minutes of bravery, love, and loss.' —BookRiot"
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