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Break Even
by Pamela CallowDiscover heart-racing intrigue in this Thriller Short of romantic suspense.Originally published in LOVE IS MURDER (2013),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown.In this Thriller Short, bestselling author Pamela Callow’s protagonist Eddie Bent is back. Or is he? Bent, a trial attorney, is a bit down on his luck when he gets a call from a young woman who was raped by her college professor. The case is generating news coverage and may be just the type of high-profile publicity Bent needs to get his foundering legal career back on track. But Bent’s case of a lifetime will come at a cost that far exceeds anything he could have imagined.Don’t miss any of these Thriller Shorts from Love Is Murder:Don’t miss any of these Thriller Shorts from Love Is Murder:Diamond Drop by Roxanne St. ClaireCold Moonlight by Carla NeggersPoisoned by Beverly BartonSpeechless by Robert BrowneLockdown by Andrea KaneSpider’s Tango by William SimonNight Heat by Laura GriffinB.A.D. Mission by Sherrilyn KenyonDeadly Fixation by Dianna LoveHot Note by Patricia RosemoorLast Shot by Jon Land & Jeff AyersGrave Danger by Heather GrahamWithout Mercy by Mariah StewartEven Steven by D.P. LyleDying to Score by Cindy GerardThe Number of Man by J.T. EllisonHard Drive by Bill FloydAfter Hours by William BernhardtBlood In, Blood Out by Brenda NovakWed to Death by Vicki HinzeThe Honeymoon by Julie KennerExecution Dock by James MacomberIn Atlantis by Alexandra SokoloffBreak Even by Pamela CallowDirty Down Low by Debra WebbBroken Hallelujah by Toni McGee CauseyHolding Mercy by Lori ArmstrongVacation Interrupted by Allison BrennanI Heard a Romantic Story by Lee Child
Break In
by Dick FrancisSteeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and off the course. But trouble hits close to home when a grudge between his family and his sister's in-laws turns into a blood feud.
Break In (Kit Fielding #1)
by Dick FrancisSteeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and off the course. But trouble hits close to home when a grudge between his family and his sister's in-laws turns into a blood feud.
Break My Rules: A Novel (The Oxford Legacy #2)
by Roxy SloaneFrom USA Today bestselling author Roxy Sloane comes the second installment in the blazing hot dark academia romance trilogy—perfect for fans of Ana Huang, Emily McIntire, and Lauren Asher!“Oxford, England. The city of dreaming spires, dark secrets... And desire.”The man I trusted might be the monster I’ve been hunting for…I came to Oxford to uncover dark secrets, but instead, I found desire.Anthony St. Clair. The future Duke of Ashford. He’s shown me a sensual pleasure I never dreamed was possible, but now I don’t know who to trust.Is he the saint who will protect me? Or the sinner who will be the death of me?
Break Neck: An action-packed racing thriller
by John FrancomeSome people will do anything to win...Break Neck is an electrifying racing thriller filled with shocking revelations. John Francome's thrillers are perfect for fans of Felix Francis' Pulse and Triple Crown. 'Like Dick Francis... A winner' - Mail on Sunday When apprentice jockey Rory Gillespie abandons his fiancée Laura Brickhill, in favour of trainer's daughter Pam Fanshaw, it's a decision made from ambition not love. And Rory has to wait ten years before Laura will forgive him. Now one of England's leading trainers, and married to property tycoon Luke Mundy, Laura asks Rory to ride her best horse, Midnight Express, in Cheltenham's Two Mile Champion Chase. Shortly afterwards, Luke is killed on one of Laura's horses and she is arrested for manslaughter. Rory won't desert her this time and, setting out to prove Laura's innocence, he discovers that there is more than one person who will benefit from Luke's death. What readers are saying about Break Neck:'Great story with lots of twists and turns''John Francome is up there with the best Racing thriller authors''Star quality writing, totally gripping and unputdownable'
Break Neck: An action-packed racing thriller
by John FrancomeSome people will do anything to win...Break Neck is an electrifying racing thriller filled with shocking revelations. John Francome's thrillers are perfect for fans of Felix Francis' Pulse and Triple Crown. 'Like Dick Francis... A winner' - Mail on Sunday When apprentice jockey Rory Gillespie abandons his fiancée Laura Brickhill, in favour of trainer's daughter Pam Fanshaw, it's a decision made from ambition not love. And Rory has to wait ten years before Laura will forgive him. Now one of England's leading trainers, and married to property tycoon Luke Mundy, Laura asks Rory to ride her best horse, Midnight Express, in Cheltenham's Two Mile Champion Chase. Shortly afterwards, Luke is killed on one of Laura's horses and she is arrested for manslaughter. Rory won't desert her this time and, setting out to prove Laura's innocence, he discovers that there is more than one person who will benefit from Luke's death. What readers are saying about Break Neck:'Great story with lots of twists and turns''John Francome is up there with the best Racing thriller authors''Star quality writing, totally gripping and unputdownable'
Break No Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan #9)
by Kathy ReichsFollowing the tremendous success of Cross Bones, Kathy Reichs explores another high-profile topic in Break No Bones -- a case that lands forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in the middle of a gruesome international scheme. Summoned to South Carolina to fill in for a negligent colleague, Tempe is stuck teaching a lackluster archaeology field school in the ruins of a Native American burial ground on the Charleston shore. But when Tempe stumbles upon a fresh skeleton among the ancient bones, her old friend Emma Rousseau, the local coroner, persuades her to stay on and help with the investigation. When Emma reveals a disturbing secret, it becomes more important than ever for Tempe to help her friend close the case. The body count begins to climb. An unidentified man is found hanging from a tree deep in the woods. Another corpse shows up in a barrel. There are mysterious nicks on bones in several bodies, and signs of strangulation. Tempe follows the trail to a free street clinic with a belligerent staff, a suspicious doctor, and a donor who is a charismatic televangelist. Clues abound in the most unlikely places as Tempe uses her unique knowledge and skills to build her case, even as the local sheriff remains dubious and her own life is threatened. Tempe's love life is also complicated. Ryan, her current flame, has come down to visit her from Montreal, and Pete, her former husband, is investigating the disappearance of a local woman -- and he and Tempe are staying in the same borrowed beach house. Ryan and Pete compete for her attentions, and Tempe finds herself more distracted by her feelings for both men than she expected. Break No Bones is a smart, taut thriller featuring the kind of high-stakes crime that makes the headlines every week. Reichs, the inspiration for the hit FOX TV show Bones, is writing at the top of her form, and Tempe has never been more compelling.
Break Of Dark
by Robert WestallIs there a barrier that divides the dark unknown from the everyday world around us? If so, is it broken sometimes by the dead returning, by the undead, or by alien creatures? What else could account for the chance meeting (or was it?) between a young student and hitch-hiker who turns out to be so much stranger than she seems? Why else should three successive crews flying a Second World War bomber - Blackham's Wimpey - be driven to madness, despair, even to death, though the plane returns from each mission without a scratch? Who are Fred, Alice and Aunty Lou; the figments of Peter's imagination that become a real life nightmare for Roger and Biddy? There is St Austin Friars, too: a church without a congregation - until a burial service, oddly arranged a month ahead, is attended by a sinister assortment of the living and the dead. And Sergeant Nice, an ordinary policeman in an ordinary seaside town faced with a series of quite extraordinary thefts; the work surely, of no human hand. Chilling, but often humorous as well, these stories creep up on you and take you by surprise.
Break Out
by Zack KaplanA crew of high school teenagers plan a near impossible heist-style prison break to rescue their friends and siblings captured by the sci-fi Cube Spaceships from another dimension, before it's too late.Mysterious and massive Cube spaceships from another dimension materialize over our cities around the globe. They routinely abduct teenagers to be held inside their floating prison ships. And the world accepts it as inevitable. But not Liam Watts. His younger brother has been taken. And Liam is tired of "thoughts and prayers". Now, in a &“take back our future&” anthem, Liam must assemble a skilled team of ordinary high school students and in just a few weeks, they must plan a heist to infiltrate the hi-tech spaceship a mile in the sky. But what they&’ll find there will throw their plans into turmoil and challenge their resolve. How do you break out of a prison that&’s not even from this world? Written by rising comics star, Zack Kaplan (Port of Earth, Join The Future), with kinetic art—buzzing with life—drawn by Wilton Santos (Excalibur, Dawn of X) and colored by Jason Wordie (God Country, Wasted Space), this volume collects Break Out comic issues #1–#4.
Break Point (Orca Sports)
by Kate JaimetIt's the summer of Connor Trent's sixteenth birthday, and the stakes for him have never been so high. Connor's summer job at the Bytowne Tennis Club allows him to train at a historic facility. It also throws him into confrontation with his rich-kid rival, Rex Hunter, whom he will battle for a berth in the National Junior Tournament. After a series of fundraisers is sabotaged, Connor suspects that someone wants to bankrupt the club and take over its valuable riverfront property. A fabled trophy, rumored to contain hidden cash, might solve all of Connor's problems--if he can win it.
Break and Enter
by Colin HarrisonBy appearances Peter Scattergood leads a privileged life: a post as Assistant District Attorney, a loving wife, and a townhouse in Philadelphia's exclusive Society Hill. Assigned to an explosive homicide case--the murder of the mayor's nephew and the young man's beautiful mistress--the power and prestige he's always craved seem within his grasp.<P> But soon Peter's illusion of success shatters. His wife walks out on their seven-year marriage and vanishes. The double-murder case casts a shadow of doubt on his most trusted peers. And, in a moment of weakness, Peter enters into an affair with a woman whose greatest skill is arousing suspicion.<P> Now, Peter Scattergood is about to discover the desperate lengths he will go to uncover the terrible truth that lies with deadly patience somewhere between the mystery of his wife's disappearance and the dangerous secret at the heart of a shocking crime.
Break and Enter
by EtienneSequel to Drag and DropAn Avondale StoryGeorge Martin and his partner Mike live a comfortable life in Jacksonville with their Irish Setter, but something's missing. Maybe George, a captain in the sheriff's office, has just been working too hard again. There's been a rash of break-ins in the area, and the homes targeted all seem to belong to older gay men. Then when the time finally comes for George and Mike to take their vacation, they pack up and head to their mountain cabin for two weeks--only to find a small boy living in their generator shed. Robbie, who bonds with George right away, had witnessed an unspeakable tragedy, but that is just the beginning of the trouble. Alone in the world apart from a very ill maternal grandmother, Robbie stands the very real risk of becoming a ward of the state if George and Mike can't convince a bigoted judge to change his mind. Meanwhile, George still has a job to do: solve the mystery of the break-ins--and a murder--and track down who's responsible.
Break and Enter: A Novel
by Colin HarrisonPeter Scattergood is a Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney, a relentless and clever prosecutor who has just landed the biggest case of his career--a double homicide, involving the mayor's nephew and his mistress. This is not the best time for his wife to walk out on their crumbling marriage and to disappear. As Peter tries to find his wife, and to build his case, he is drawn into an affair with an alluring stranger named Cassandra, a woman whose greatest skill is arousing suspicion. Break and Enter is an intense, intricate thriller about the thresholds we must cross in order to get at the truth.
Break en montagne (Ty et Zane #2)
by Madeleine Urban Abigail Roux Jade BaiserSuite de Traque à New YorkTy et Zane, tome 2Six mois après avoir presque perdu la vie face à un tueur en série à New York, les Agents Spéciaux du FBI Ty Grady et Zane Garrett souffrent de quelque chose de presque aussi effrayant : la monotonie du travail de bureau. Quand ils reçoivent l'ordre de prendre des vacances pour le bien de la santé mentale de tous, Ty encaisse le coup et amène Zane avec lui en Virginie-Occidentale, en espérant que la paix et le calme de la montagne leur donneront l'occasion d'explorer l'attraction explosive qu'ils n'étaient pas en mesure pour l'instant de concilier avec leur association professionnelle. Ty et Zane, accompagnés du père et du frère de Ty, se dirigent dans les montagnes des Appalaches pour une belle randonnée de détente dans la profondeur des bois... où personne ne les entendra crier. Ils se retrouvent face à des dangers venant de toutes parts : une météo imprévisible, la montagne qui n'en finit pas, des animaux sauvages, des randonneurs qui n'ont rien à perdre. Et le défi le plus terrifiant de tous : se retrouver l'un en face de l'autre.
Break of Day (An Annie Pederson Novel #3)
by Colleen CobleAnnie Pederson&’s happily ever after is finally within sight . . . If she can stay alive long enough to grasp it.Law enforcement officer Annie Pederson&’s life has been rocked by tragedy, but things finally seem to be heading in the right direction. Her relationship with the love of her life—who&’s also the biological father of her precious daughter—has never been better, and it looks like an engagement ring is in Annie&’s future. She&’s also slowly building back trust with her sister, Sarah, after a separation that lasted for decades.When a man escapes law enforcement custody and Sarah&’s safety is suddenly in question, Annie&’s personal and professional lives once again merge. Meanwhile, her investigation of hikers who have gone missing in the remote woods of Michigan&’s Upper Peninsula puts her in the crosshairs of a deadly game.Now, Annie is the one being hunted. When she discovers the terrible truth about the men who are stalking her, she realizes that she&’s in for the fight of her life if she&’s going to redeem the sister she once lost, build the family she dreams of, and keep all those she loves safe.Return to the beloved town of Rock Harbor in the final installment of the Annie Pederson trilogy by bestselling suspense author Colleen Coble.Third installment in the Annie Pederson series:Book One: Edge of DuskBook Two: Dark of NightBook Three: Break of DayIncludes cameo appearances from beloved characters in Colleen&’s Rock Harbor seriesAlso by Colleen Coble: A Stranger&’s Game, One Little Lie, Without a TraceIncludes discussion questions for book clubs
Break the Code (The Contest #4)
by Megan AtwoodThe prize: $10 million The rules: Be the first to complete ten tasks assigned by the Benefactor. Do not ask questions. Do not tell anyone what you're doing. Do not fail. The consequences: Unknown Maiv is a model daughter, a caring older sister, a top student—the responsible one. She's not someone who'd get mixed up in something as risky as the Contest. But the huge prize would help her afford college and help her family make ends meet. The problem? The Contest is not what it seems. On the other hand, neither is Maiv. She's determined to uncover the Benefactor's secrets—before it's too late.
Break the Code (The\contest Ser. #4)
by Megan AtwoodThe prize: $10 million The rules: Be the first to complete ten tasks assigned by the Benefactor. Do not ask questions. Do not tell anyone what you're doing. Do not fail. The consequences: Unknown Maiv is a model daughter, a caring older sister, a top student—the responsible one. She's not someone who'd get mixed up in something as risky as the Contest. But the huge prize would help her afford college and help her family make ends meet. The problem? The Contest is not what it seems. On the other hand, neither is Maiv. She's determined to uncover the Benefactor's secrets—before it's too late.
Break the Skin: A Novel
by Lee MartinLaney--a skinny, awkward teenager alone in the world--thinks she's found a kindred spirit in thirty-five-year-old Delilah. Then the police come to ask Laney questions and she finds herself reconstructing a story of suspense, deceit, and revenge; a story that will haunt her forever. Seven hundred miles away, in Texas, Miss Baby has the hardened heart of a woman who has been used by men in every possible way, yet she is desperate for true love. When she meets a stranger, a man who claims he can't remember his real name or his past but who seems gentle and trusting, Miss Baby thinks she may have finally found someone to love, someone who will protect her from the abusive men who fill her past.But Miss Baby and Laney are connected by a terrible crime, and, bit by bit, the complex web of deceptions and seemingly small misjudgments they've each helped to create start to unravel. Action, speculation, and contradiction play off one another as the story is told through their first-person voices, which keep you nervously guessing all the way to the shocking, tragic climax. Break the Skin is expert storyteller Lee Martin at his very best.
Break to You
by Neal Shusterman Michelle Knowlden Debra YoungBestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden, tells an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love—no matter the consequences. Adriana knows that if she can manage to keep her head down for the next seven months, she might be able to get through her sentence in the Compass juvenile detention center. Thankfully, she’s allowed to keep her journal, where she writes down her most private thoughts when her feelings get too big.Until the day she opens her journal and discovers that her thoughts are no longer so private. Someone has read her writings—and has written back. A boy who lives on the other side of the gender-divided detention center. A boy who sparks a fire in her to write back.Jon’s story is different than Adriana’s; he’s already been at Compass for years and will be in the system for years to come. Still, when he reads the words Adriana writes to him, it makes him feel like the walls that hold them in have melted away.This fast-paced, highly compelling tour de force novel exposes what life is like in detention—and reveals the hearts of two teens who are forced to live in desperate circumstances.
Breakaway (Gail McCarthy Mystery #6)
by Laura CrumVeterinarian Gail McCarthy has been working with horses for years, but nothing has prepared her for finding a horse that's been sexually violated.
Breakdown (A Nameless Detective #18)
by Bill PronziniBill Pronzini's Nameless Detective, who has been called the most dynamic, evolving, human protagonist in detective fiction returns in this powerful new noir thriller. Was it a case of industrial homicide? For twenty years, Frank Hanauer had been in business with Thomas Lujack, until one dark night outside the factory they owned on the outskirts of San Francisco, a Cadillac Seville runs down and kills Hanauer. The owner of the Caddy? Lujack. The driver? Witnesses say it was Lujack; but Lujack swears he's innocent and he hires the Nameless Detective to find out who framed him. And why. The investigation takes Nameless into San Francisco's blue-collar community and the rough-and-tumble bars and backrooms where poker games thrive, deals are made, and dreams are lost forever. There's a set-up, all right, but as Nameless gets deeper and deeper into the case, there's only one thing he's sure of: He's the one being set up. But for what?
Breakdown (Alex Delaware Novel #31)
by Jonathan KellermanBestselling author Jonathan Kellerman has been universally hailed as the master of psychological suspense, and the blockbuster new thriller featuring Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis confirms his status as today's preeminent practitioner of saber-sharp storytelling. Psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware meets beautiful and emotionally fragile TV actress Zelda Chase when called upon to evaluate her five-year-old son, Ovid. Years later, Alex is unexpectedly reunited with Zelda when she is involuntarily committed after a bizarre psychotic episode. Shortly after Zelda's release, an already sad situation turns tragic when she is discovered dead on the grounds of a palatial Bel Air estate. Having experienced more than enough of L.A.'s dark side to recognize the scent of evil, Alex turns to his friend LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis for help in finding out who ended Zelda's broken life. At the same time, Alex is caught up in another quest: the search for Zelda's missing son. And when other victims vanish from the same upscale neighborhood, worry turns to terror. As Alex struggles to piece together the brief rise and steep fall of a gorgeous, talented actress, he and Milo unveil shattered dreams, the corruption of a family, and a grotesque betrayal of innocence. With each devastating revelation and damning clue, Alex's brilliant mind is challenged as never before--and his determination grows to see a killer caged and the truth set free. Praise for Jonathan Kellerman "Jonathan Kellerman's psychology skills and dark imagination are a potent literary mix."--Los Angeles Times "Kellerman doesn't just write psychological thrillers--he owns the genre."--Detroit Free PressFrom the Hardcover edition.
Breakdown (The Atlas of Cursed Places)
by Kathryn J. BehernsMaddy's detective mother vanishes while investigating a mysterious disappearance near Pike's Cave. Legend has it that the cave is inhabited by an evil spirit with the power to possess people. Are both disappearances tied to the cave? According to The Atlas of Cursed Places, Maddy and her boyfriend are running out of time to save her mother from the dark power that lurks there.
Breakdown (The\atlas Of Cursed Places Ser.)
by Kathryn J BehernsMaddy's detective mother vanishes while investigating a mysterious disappearance near Pike's Cave. Legend has it that the cave is inhabited by an evil spirit with the power to possess people. Are both disappearances tied to the cave? According to The Atlas of Cursed Places, Maddy and her boyfriend are running out of time to save her mother from the dark power that lurks there.
Breakdown in Axeblade (Hardy Boys Mystery Stories #94)
by Franklin W. DixonWhen Frank and Joe's van breaks down in Axeblade, Wyoming they discover that a local rancher has a secret that could destroy one of America's national parks.