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Bullet for a Star (The Toby Peters Mysteries #1)
by Stuart M. KaminskyThe first in a mystery series set in 1940s Hollywood, where a hard-boiled private eye helps a cast of real-life stars: &“Nostalgic fun&” (Publishers Weekly). Hollywood, 1940: It&’s been four years since security guard Toby Peters got fired from the Warner Brothers lot for breaking a screen cowboy&’s arm. Since then he&’s scratched out a living as a private detective—missing persons and bodyguard work mostly—but now his old friends, the Warners, have a job for him. Someone has mailed the studio a picture of Errol Flynn caught in a compromising position with an underage woman. Although Flynn insists it&’s a fake, the studio is taking no chances. Peters is to deliver the blackmailer five thousand dollars and return with the photo negative. It should be simple, but Flynn, a swashbuckler on and off the screen, has a way of making things complicated. Soon it&’s up to Peters to clear Flynn&’s name, following a twisted trail that surprisingly leads to the set of The Maltese Falcon, involving Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet. As real-life PI Toby Peters meets Bogie&’s Sam Spade, he doesn&’t fall prey to being star-struck. But he may still fall prey to a killer. &“If you like your mysteries Sam Spade tough, with tongue in cheek and a touch of the theatrical, then the Toby Peters series is just your ticket.&” —Houston Chronicle
Bullet to the Heart (No Mercy #1)
by Lea GriffithShe was born to love then taught to kill. She has become everything but is no one. Known only as Bullet, she was long ago forced to shed the name her parents gave her. Changed, molded, and trained to kill with sharp-shooting efficiency, she is one of The Collective’s most valuable assets. In a cadre of killers, Bullet is death waiting, but her time for vengeance has come. He was loved, and then he lost. He has become a hunter in search of revenge. Everything was taken from Rand the day a bullet ended the lives of his beloved wife and daughter. He has searched for their killer seven long years and may have her in his hands. Rand has suffered, but now the time has come to make The Collective pay or die trying.
Bullet: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #19)
by Laurell K. HamiltonThe sensational new novel from the New York Times bestselling author featuring her vampire-hunting heroine Anita Blake. I am back in St Louis and trying to live a normal life - as normal as possible for someone who is a legal vampire executioner and a US Marshal. I have my lovers, my friends and their children, school programs to attend. In the midst of all this ordinary happiness a vampire from my past reaches out. She was supposed to be dead, but the Mother of All Darkness is the first vampire, and it's hard to kill a god. The Mother of All Darkness believes that the triumvirate created by master vampire Jean-Claude with me and the werewolf Richard Zeeman has enough power for her to regain a body and to emigrate to the New World. But the body she wants to possess is already taken. . . And if the Mother of All Darkness can't succeed in taking over my body for herself, she means to see that no one else has the use of it, ever again.
Bulletproof & Locked, Loaded and SEALed: A Romantic Suspense Novel (Shadow Agents)
by Cynthia Eden Carol EricsonHE WAS ASSIGNED TO PROTECT HER—NOT MAKE HER HIS OWN IN THIS SHADOW AGENTS CLASSIC FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR CYNTHIA EDEN, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS GLITTER AND GUNFIRE IN 2013.Former Army Ranger Cale Lane had his orders: keep Cassidy Sherridan alive at all costs. But who sent six armed men storming the Rio ballroom to take her out? The gorgeous party girl wasn’t giving it up. Now he had a more urgent mission: uncover Cassidy’s secrets...one by one.FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME!Enjoy LOCKED, LOADED AND SEALED by Carol Ericson from her RED, WHITE AND BUILT series!The SEAL’s secret assignment had been to protect a certain important doctor. But when the man is murdered, Austin Foley’s mission changes. The navy sniper must now protect the doctor’s protégé the irresistible Sophia Grant, at any cost. There’s only one problem: Sophia has no idea what those secrets she holds. Originally published in 2017
Bulletproof (A Matter of Time Series #3)
by Mary CalmesSequel to A Matter of Time Vol. 1 and 2Jory Harcourt doesn't have to go looking for trouble. Wherever he goes, it seems to find him--particularly when his partner, Sam Kage, is working undercover on a federal task force. After the recession forces him to close his business, Jory goes to work as a matchmaker and event planner. From there, it's only a matter of time before his big mouth and up-front attitude make him the rope in a tug-of-war between a trust fund baby and a drug-smuggling criminal. Then, as if that situation weren't delicate enough, Jory's undercover lover shows up working for the smuggler. Between the men who want him and the men who just want him dead, Chicago is getting a little crowded for Jory, so on the advice of his brother, his boyfriend, and the FBI task force, he heads for Hawaii... where a serious accident threatens his quality of life. Can Sam and Jory keep the faith and prove that their relationship really is bulletproof?
Bulletproof (Unbreakable)
by Melissa SealAn emotional reunion changes everything in the final book in the electrifying trilogy of law, order, and love, from the author of Unbreakable and Shattered.One day Lexie Williams was a Detective with the Norfolk Police Department and married to the love of her life, the next she was living under an assumed identity and working as the activities director at Cross Creek Ranch in Wyoming. Living under the constraint of the Witness Protection Program, Lexie felt alone and terrified that she would never see her wife or daughter again. Until one fateful day when Dani showed up at the ranch with her best friend and her daughter. After grieving her wife who had died in a car crash one year earlier, Dani is finally ready to explore the possibility of dating. She meets the carefree, fearless Callie and feels an instant connection. Callie works at the ranch and the two women spend all their time together. Lexie is forced to stand in the shadows and watch Dani fall for another woman until she gets the call informing her that the man who attempted to kill her is now dead. This means Lexie can come out of hiding and reveal herself to Dani, but the long-awaited news may have come too late to reunite with the woman who has forever changed her life . . .
Bulletproof Badge: Scene Of The Crime: Who Killed Shelly Sinclair? Bulletproof Badge Colorado Wildfire (Texas Rangers: Elite Troop #1)
by Angi Morgan“Starts off with a bang . . . an exciting start to a new series . . . proof that Angi Morgan knows how to write a romantic suspense exactly as it should be!” —Fresh FictionHe’d take a bullet for her . . .His key witnesses dead, Texas Ranger Garrison Travis has to protect innocent bystander Kenderly Tyler. Her crucial evidence has two very dangerous Texas crime families willing to do anything to keep her quiet. But Garrison’s undercover status has branded him a killer, and now the bad and the good guys are after them both.Hiding out with a handsome protector, on the run for her life, is so beyond anything Kenderly has imagined. While there is more than just adrenaline pulsing between them, the Ranger has vowed that his job is his life. Which leads her to wonder if there’s a future for them if they actually make it out alive . . .
Bulletproof Barista (A Coffeehouse Mystery #20)
by Cleo CoyleWhen a film crew&’s location shoot delivers an actual shooting, Clare Cosi finds herself at the scene of a true crime in this showstopping entry in the beloved Coffeehouse Mysteries from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.Only Murders in Gotham, the smash-hit streaming program, is famous for filming in authentic New York locations and using real New Yorkers as extras. For its second season, they&’ve chosen to spotlight the century-old Village Blend and its quirky crew of baristas. Shop manager and master roaster Clare Cosi is beyond thrilled, especially when her superb bulletproof coffee lands her a craft services contract for the production. Madame, the eccentric octogenarian owner of the landmark shop, reveals an old kinship with the star of the show, comedian Jerry Sullivan. Now a Hollywood legend, Jerry frequented the Blend during his early years performing in Greenwich Village comedy clubs. But the past may hold more than nostalgia for Jerry. Suspicious accidents begin plaguing his shoot. Then a real bullet is fired from a stage gun, and Clare becomes convinced something sinister is afoot. While Jerry&’s production moves to exciting new locations, Clare keeps the coffee flowing—and her investigation going—even as a murderer lurks in the wings. But can she root out the rotten player in this Big Apple production before the lights go out on her? Includes a stellar menu of surefire recipes!
Bulletproof Bodyguard
by Kay ThomasWhen Marcus checks into Cally's inn while he tries to catch a crime ring bent on robbing the nearby casino, he gets more than he bargained for. He and Cally fall in love --- but can they survive to let each other know?
Bulletproof Christmas (Crisis: Cattle Barge #6)
by Barb HanWhere there’s a will…there’s murder.Crisis: Cattle Barge reaches its exciting Christmas finale!When the Butlers gather for the Christmas reading of their murdered father’s will, tracker Rory Scott is focused on finding the killer targeting his ex, Cadence Butler. He’s shocked to find the ranch heiress pregnant…with his twins. Wild spirit Rory has never “done” love, but keeping Cadence safe on the run threatens to tame his untamable heart.Crisis: Cattle Barge
Bulletproof Complete Collection: An Anthology (Bulletproof #1)
by Brenda NovakThree classic stories of romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak…InsideVirgil Skinner served fourteen years for a murder he didn’t commit. He’s finally been exonerated, but he can’t escape the gang he joined in order to survive—and they’re threatening his sister and her kids, too. Now the California Department of Corrections needs someone to infiltrate another gang. Virgil agrees to do it under an alias, in exchange for his sister’s protection.Chief Deputy Warden Peyton Adams is opposed to having Virgil in her prison. How will she protect him if things go bad? Besides, she’s far too attracted to him; she might even be falling in love with him. That makes her all the more desperate to keep him safe—and it gives him someone else to lose.In SecondsLaurel Hodges has changed her identity twice. She’s been on the run for the past four years, trying to outdistance the ruthless prison gang who blame her for the death of one of their own. She’s finally found peace and stability for herself and her children in the small town of Pineview, Montana. But the gang will never forget and they’ll never forgive. And now they’ve tracked her down again, and they’ll stop at nothing.Sheriff Myles King, who happens to live next door with his thirteen-year-old daughter, appoints himself Laurel’s personal guardian. His growing attraction to her could change his life—but it could also end his life. In Close Claire O’Toole’s mother, Alana, went missing fifteen years ago. Then, last year, Claire’s husband, David, died in a freak accident—after launching his own investigation into Alana’s disappearance.Is Alana dead? Or did she abandon her husband and daughters? Claire is determined to find out—and her former boyfriend, Isaac Morgan, wants to help. He still has feelings for her, but it isn’t until he starts to suspect David’s death wasn’t an accident that he’s drawn back into her life.But as Claire and Isaac soon discover, someone’s prepared to kill so those answers won’t be found.Originally published in 2011
Bulletproof Heart
by Sheryl LynnThe cowboy came from nowhere... With the sun in his eyes and his Stetson pulled low, he claimed his name was Reb Tremaine. With his sexy lips, he said he could handle cows and horses, but his dark blue eyes spoke deeper feelings, saying maybe he could love a lonely widow like Emily Farraday. But Emily was in trouble. She'd recently witnessed a murder on her ranch, the Double Bar R, and for some strange reason, the local police wouldn't believe her. Meaning to keep her eye on her newest cowhand, Reb, Emily found herself confiding in him, leaning on him and, finally, loving him-until she realized everything he'd told her was lies. ...
Bulletproof Hearts
by Brenda HarlenAssistant D.A. Natalie Vaughn came to Fairweather to build a better life for her son and erase the mistakes of her past. All she wanted was a fresh start--she had no desire for danger or romance. Until Lieutenant Dylan Creighton walked into her office.The sexy, blue-eyed cop had only one goal: to bring down the leader of the local crime syndicate, the man responsible for destroying his family. His attraction to the beautiful attorney was a distraction he couldn't allow--until she stumbled onto a murder scene and placed herself in the line of fire. Forced to stay close to protect Natalie, his feelings--and hers--soon gave way to passion. And only then did they realize that the greatest danger they faced might be falling in love.
Bulletproof Marriage: Bulletproof Marriage; Kiss Or Kill; Lazlo's Last Stand (Mission: Impassioned #4)
by Karen WhiddonHeart-racing romance, breathless suspense Bodyguard Sean McGregor is back from the dead and protecting his own widow in this high-stakes story of romantic suspense by Karen WhiddonNatalie had faced trouble before. As a highly trained agent of the British Secret Intelligence Service, she’d known heartache and passion and fear. But never before had she been pushed into a corner with no way out. Until now... The man the Lazlo Group sent to help her, to protect her, is none other than her husband, Sean McGregor. After two years of mourning a man who never died, will she have the time to forgive him—or will the brutal actions of a madman leave her widowed once again?Originally published in 2007Mission: ImpassionedDiscover more books in this great miniseries!Book 1: My Spy by Marie FerrarellaBook 2: Secret Agent Reunion by Caridad Pi–eiroBook 3: Top-Secret Bride by Nina BruhnsBook 4: Bulletproof Marriage by Karen WhiddonBook 5: Kiss or Kill by Lyn StoneBook 6: Lazlo’s Last Stand by Kathleen Creighton“Whiddon writes a sweet story complete with strong storytelling and genuine characters.” —RT Book Reviews on The Secret Colton Baby
Bulletproof Mascara
by Bethany MainesA debut novel about a young women who gets a job at a cosmetics company, only to find out that it doubles as a top-secret all women espionage agency.
Bulletproof SEAL: Bulletproof Seal (red, White And Built, Book 6) / Surrogate Escape (apache Protectors: Wolf Den, Book 1) (Red, White and Built #6)
by Carol EricsonIn this romantic suspense adventure, a disgraced CIA agent presumed dead must find her ex and clear her name to get back her life.Branded a traitor, Rikki Taylor is in the sights of sniper Quinn McBride’s rifle. Yet the Navy SEAL knows this woman intimately, and there’s no way she’d betray her country . . . or him. Saving her is his number one priority. Discovering her real secrets, including the baby she’s keeping from him, can wait—first, they must make it out alive.
Bullets Are My Business
by Josh K. StevensJosh K. Stevens masterfully draws a hit man's underground world of bullets, sex, death, money, and betrayal in his mile-a-minute debut of dark modern noir. Levi Maurice has always had his eye on the money in his career as a hit man. A chain-smoking alcoholic with a penchant for all the wrong women, Levi is never short of improvised plans and smart-assed remarks to ensure he makes it to the next paycheck. But when the tables are turned and a hit is put out on him, he suddenly finds himself fighting for his life. Along with his crooked cop neighbor, Jacks, and his radical protester little sister, Chenille, Levi has to find out who has it out for him before he finds himself six feet under. Not helping are the mysterious mint green envelopes appearing on his doorstep, asking for his help just when Levi himself needs it most, and Megan, his sexy new girlfriend, who may not be as honest as she looks. Bullets Are My Business is a bloody, fast-paced, darkly humorous ride into the life of a hired gun who finds himself on the wrong side of a hit -- and may not make it out alive.
Bullets for Macbeth (The Hilary Quayle Mysteries #3)
by Marvin KayeHilary takes on a pair of mysteries—one fictional, and one all too realIn college, Hilary Quayle dreamed of the stage, and playing all the great leading ladies that Shakespeare had to offer. But her interest was due less to the Bard than to another man: director, actor, and theatrical personality Michael Godwin. And though she got her wish, she found that acting onstage and romancing backstage did not add up to happiness. A decade past college, she&’s now a publicity wizard and occasional sleuth, but still nursing enough of a schoolgirl crush to help Michael Godwin when he calls. The director is in New York to stage a spectacular, arena-sized Macbeth, one that will answer the centuries-old question: Who is the mysterious third murderer who appears in Act III? When accidents begin to plague the production, Godwin and his company chalk it up to the play&’s curse. But when a real murderer enters the scene, only Hilary Quayle can guarantee a happy ending.
Bullets in the Sun: A Western Story
by Robert J. HortonA smart, suspenseful Western full of gamblers, gunmen, and enough double-crosses to bring an entire town to its knees.Sunrise, despite its name, is a wicked town. It is the only wide-open town in the Crazy Butte country. It attracts gamblers like Dan Farlin, who works in the Red Arrow, the most prosperous saloon in Sunrise.Sheriff Mills rarely comes to Sunrise, in part because of a tacit agreement he has with a gang of outlaws, who in exchange for legal immunity for him has never committed a robbery of any kind in the Crazy Butte country. So when Sheriff Mills does show up in Sunrise, walks into the hostile atmosphere of the Red Arrow, and warns that a man named Bovert is heading for the town and that Bovert is to be left alone, Farlin knows something’s not right.The gang, loaded with money from a recent robbery, arrives in Sunrise looking for a game with Farlin and finds far more than it bargained for. Could all this be Sheriff Mills’s strategy to bring the law back to Sunrise? Will the arrival of the fearsome Bovert ignite a conflict with Sunrise’s gangs? Will anyone be left standing after the final showdown? Rollicking, action-packed, and complex, Bullets in the Sun will delight readers of classic and modern Westerns alike.Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction that takes place in the old West. Westerns-books about outlaws, sheriffs, chiefs and warriors, cowboys and Indians-are a genre in which we publish regularly. Our list includes international bestselling authors like Zane Gray and Louis L’Amour, and many more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Bullets of Rain
by David J. SchowWidowed architect Arthur Latimer has become a recluse in his own home: a storm-proof fortress that doubles as a shrine to his dead wife. But the outside world beckons in the form of a bizarre party downbeach. Now, just as the biggest hurricane ever to hit the Pacific Northwest rolls in with deadly force, Art is subjected to intrusions from his past and invasions from the present. And soon he begins to doubt everything he sees or thinks he already knows. And soon you may too.
Bullets on Bunchgrass
by Louis TrimbleCarr Lindon was one of five ranchers whose lands surrounded the prize bunchgrass that made up the big Government graze in the center of the valley. Pat Tyler, Lindon’s closest fried and neighbor, was another. All made use of the lush bunchgrass and, together, enjoyed prosperity and peace … until the day Tyler was accused of rustling stock. The only answer Carr could get from Pat was that he should watch out for Neil Griff, a newcomer to the valley. When Carr went to Sheriff Sim Nash to enlist his help in reasoning with Pat, he was curtly turned down. To prevent the other ranchers from hanging his best friend, Lindon was compelled to take the law into his own hands …
Bullets on Bunchgrass
by Louis TrimbleCarr Lindon was one of five ranchers whose lands surrounded the prize bunchgrass that made up the big Government graze in the center of the valley. Pat Tyler, Lindon's closest fried and neighbor, was another. All made use of the lush bunchgrass and, together, enjoyed prosperity and peace ... until the day Tyler was accused of rustling stock. The only answer Carr could get from Pat was that he should watch out for Neil Griff, a newcomer to the valley. When Carr went to Sheriff Sim Nash to enlist his help in reasoning with Pat, he was curtly turned down. To prevent the other ranchers from hanging his best friend, Lindon was compelled to take the law into his own hands ...
Bullets on Bunchgrass
by Louis TrimbleCarr Lindon was one of five ranchers whose lands surrounded the prize bunchgrass that made up the big Government graze in the center of the valley. Pat Tyler, Lindon’s closest fried and neighbor, was another. All made use of the lush bunchgrass and, together, enjoyed prosperity and peace … until the day Tyler was accused of rustling stock. The only answer Carr could get from Pat was that he should watch out for Neil Griff, a newcomer to the valley. When Carr went to Sheriff Sim Nash to enlist his help in reasoning with Pat, he was curtly turned down. To prevent the other ranchers from hanging his best friend, Lindon was compelled to take the law into his own hands …
Bullettime
by Nick Mamatas“Think Run Lola Run by way of the Columbine massacre . . . a noir steeped in teenage misery and revenge” from the acclaimed author of I Am Providence(Backlisted). David Holbrook exists everywhere and nowhere . . . David Holbrook is a scrawny kid, the victim of bullies, and the neglected son of insane parents. David Holbrook is the Kallis Episkopos, a vicious murderer turned imprisoned leader of a death cult dedicated to Eris, the Hellenic goddess of discord. David Holbrook never killed anyone, and lives a lonely and luckless existence with his aging mother in a tumbledown New Jersey town. Caught between finger and trigger, David is given three chances to decide his fate as he is compelled to live and relive all his potential existences, guided only by the dark wisdom found in a bottle of cough syrup. From the author of the instant cult classic Move Under Ground comes a fantasy of blood, lust, destiny, school shootings, and the chance to change your future. “Nick Mamatas’s work is often so relevant and timely as to border on the prophetic, and his fourth solo novel is no exception. It may also be his most accessible book to date, which is all the more impressive when you consider its non-linear, unique structure, and the Gus Van Sant-sized elephant in the classroom—Bullettime centers around a miserable teenager shooting up his high school.” —Strange Horizons “Mamatas’s strong voice shines . . .” —SF Signal “Complex, ambitious . . . readers willing to venture off the beaten path will be intrigued by Dave’s sometimes pathetic and sometimes oddly endearing life stories.” —Publishers Weekly
Bullettime
by Nick Mamatas&“Think Run Lola Run by way of the Columbine massacre. . . . A noir steeped in teenage misery and revenge&” by the author of Sensation and Sabbath (Backlisted). Every day, Dave Holbrook runs the gauntlet of high school in northern New Jersey, complete with racial tensions, bullying, and outright violence. His home life isn&’t so great either. His mother&’s an alcoholic and his father can&’t be bothered. So Dave subsists on over-the-counter cough syrup and his love for her . . . She&’s a transfer student, a waitress, a goddess of discord named Eris. And she offers Dave a way out of his miserable existence—and into an infinite number of tragically short lives. In one, he dies of bronchitis as a baby. In another, he has a job installing lottery machines until a fatal car wreck. And in the darkest one of all, he arms himself with an Uzi and walks into his school. No matter what happens, it seems, Dave is trapped on a never-ending ride of infinite possibilities—with Eris at the wheel. &“Nick Mamatas&’s work is often so relevant and timely as to border on the prophetic, and his fourth solo novel is no exception. It may also be his most accessible book to date, which is all the more impressive when you consider its non-linear, unique structure, and the Gus Van Sant-sized elephant in the classroom—Bullettime centers around a miserable teenager shooting up his high school.&” —Strange Horizons &“Complex, ambitious . . . Readers willing to venture off the beaten path will be intrigued by Dave&’s sometimes pathetic and sometimes oddly endearing life stories.&” —Publishers Weekly &“Mamatas&’s strong voice shines.&” —SF Signal