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Hearse and Buggy (An Amish Mystery #1)
by Laura BradfordThe simple life gets complicated when death comes calling in the first novel in the national bestselling Amish Mystery series.Claire Weatherly has fled a high-stress lifestyle for a slower pace—in Amish country: Heavenly, Pennsylvania. She only planned a short visit but instead found herself opening an Amish specialty shop, Heavenly Treasures, and settling in.Claire loves her new home, and she&’s slowly making friends among the locals, including Esther, a young Amish woman who works in the shop. So when the store&’s former owner,the unlikable Walter Snow, is murdered, and the man Esther is sweet on becomes a suspect, Claire can&’t help but get involved.Newly returned Detective Jakob Fisher, who left Heavenly—and his Amish upbringing—as a teenager, is on the case. But his investigation is stalled by the fact that none of his former community will speak with him. Claire&’s connections make her the perfect go-between.As Claire investigates, she uncovers more than she wanted to know about her neighbors. And suddenly, everything she had hoped to find in this peaceful refuge is at risk...
Hearse and Gardens
by Kathleen BridgeA Hamptons interior designer deals with skeletons in the closet in the new mystery from the national bestelling author of Better Homes and Corpses. To keep her mind off the legal battle over the oceanfront cottage she's trying to buy, Meg agrees to help her friend inventory and clear out furniture from the massive Montauk estate of wealthy art broker Harrison Falks. But the job takes a terrifying turn when Meg discovers a skeleton in a hidden room in one of the estate's many bungalows. The remains turn out to be those of Harrison's son, who went missing nearly twenty years ago--along with one of his father's Warhol paintings. As Meg delves into the Hamptons' pop art past, she gets drawn into the sketchy goings-on and family drama at the estate. But when Meg makes no bones about solving the crime, she just might become the subject of the killer's next installation. INCLUDES RECIPES AND DECORATING TIPSFrom the Paperback edition.
Hearse of a Different Color: A Hitchcock Sewell Mystery
by Tim CockeyHitchcock Sewell, Baltimore's hippest undertaker and civilian sleuth, is back in a second sly, original mystery.One of the most charming and offbeat amateur detectives to come around in years, Hitchcock Sewell does for the undertaking profession what Marilyn Monroe did for the ukulele--gives it a touch of class. In this rollicking follow-up to Tim Cockey's "witty, punchy, snappy, well-written, and dang funny debut" (Harlan Coben, author of The Final Detail), a surprise blizzard dumps more than snow on the steps of Sewell & Sons funeral home--it leaves behind the corpse of a murdered waitress as well. Hitch's television meteorologist girlfriend sees the crime as an opportunity to move into hard news. Her unctuous mentor wants to beat Hitch to the punch. Hitch's snooping takes him from low-life strip joints to high-tone mansions, proving yet again that undertakers and their clue-happy cohorts can be a pretty lively bunch.
Heart Attack and Vine (Crush Mysteries #2)
by Phoef Sutton"As slick as a switchblade with a pearl handle."-Lee Child, New York Times best-selling authorLos Angeles bodyguard/bouncer Caleb Rush (Crush) is back in this second Crush novel. When Rachel Fury, a con-artist friend who'd vanished for a couple of years after a big scam, reappears in Hollywood under a new name as a glitzy movie star, she hires Crush as a bodyguard, and he quickly gets drawn into a criminal mess that requires all his brawn, skill, and savvy to negotiate. It's rich with Hollywood lore, New Orleans charm, snappy dialogue, fast-paced action, and noir atmosphere.Phoef Sutton is a New York Times-bestselling novelist, television writer, and playwright whose work has won two Emmys, a Peabody, a Writers Guild Award, a GLAAD Award, and a Television Academy Honors Award. The first novel in the Crush series, titled Crush, was a Kirkus Best Mystery of 2015 and a Los Angeles Times "Summer Reading Page-Turner."Sutton has been an executive producer of Cheers, a writer/producer for such shows as Boston Legal and NewsRadio, a writer for Terriers, and the creator of several TV shows, including the cult hit Thanks. He is also the co-author, with Janet Evanovich, of two New York Times. bestsellers. Curious Minds. and Wicked Charms. His other novels include the romantic thriller 15 Minutes to Live.. Sutton lives with his family in South Pasadena, California.
Heart Breaker Part 2: For the Love of Karma
by Briana ColeHeart Breaker returns with more scandal, more secrets, and more deception as everyone is out for one thing: revenge. Over a year later, the time Jayla has spent in jail has done nothing to soften the hatred in her heart. After Jasmine's betrayal, it was only a matter of time before Jayla could give her a taste of her own medicine. An opportunity arises when a senator's wife, Sheila Weston, intervenes offering Jayla a Heart Breaker assignment that she can't refuse. Betrayal is at every turn and no one can be trusted. As new secrets are revealed, Jayla finds herself tangled in a web so twisted that it brings her past full circle. Meanwhile, Jasmine has her own plans in motion and neither she nor Jayla realize just how dangerously intertwined their lives are. The plot thickens and new players emerge with their own hidden agendas. In this much-anticipated finale, all is fair in sex and revenge and lives are at stake as everyone fights to control the hands of karma. Some will succeed, some will fail, but only one will survive.
Heart Failure
by Richard L. MabryWhen her fiancé's dangerous secretsturn her work upside down, a beautiful doctor must choose between her ownsafety and the man she loves--and thought she knew. Dr. Carrie Markham's heart was brokenby the death of her husband two years ago. Now, just as her medical practice istaking off, her fresh engagement to paralegal Adam Davidson seems almost toogood to be true . . . until a drive-by shooting leaves Carrie on the floor ofhis car with glass falling around her. When he confesses that Adam isn't hisreal name and that he fled the witness protection program, Carrie is left withan impossible choice: should she abandon the fiancé she isn't sure she reallyknows, or accept his claim of innocence and helphim fight back against this faceless menace? While Carrie struggles to decidewhether to follow her heart or her head, the threats against them continue toescalate. Her life--as well as Adam's--depends on making the right choice . . .and the clock is ticking.
Heart Of Ice
by Alys ClareIt is February 1194. A desperately ill man is making for Hawkenlye Abbey in the hope of a miracle cure. In his delirium he sees the Virgin Mary and, sinking to his knees, he begins to pray. She is the last person he will ever see. The winter cold intensifies and the Vale lake freezes over. It is only when the thaw sets in that a corpse is discovered in the icy waters, its skull crushed by a lethal blow. With no clues on the body but an apothecary's remedy, Abbess Helewise asks her trusted friend Sir Josse d'Acquin to find out the man's identity. As Josse sets out on his mission, a party of sick people arrive seeking help, and their sickness looks terrifyingly like plague . . .
Heart Of Ice
by Alys ClareIt is February 1194. A desperately ill man is making for Hawkenlye Abbey in the hope of a miracle cure. In his delirium he sees the Virgin Mary and, sinking to his knees, he begins to pray. She is the last person he will ever see. The winter cold intensifies and the Vale lake freezes over. It is only when the thaw sets in that a corpse is discovered in the icy waters, its skull crushed by a lethal blow. With no clues on the body but an apothecary's remedy, Abbess Helewise asks her trusted friend Sir Josse d'Acquin to find out the man's identity. As Josse sets out on his mission, a party of sick people arrive seeking help, and their sickness looks terrifyingly like plague . . .
Heart Of The Devil (Forge Trilogy #3)
by Meghan MarchFrom New York Times bestselling author Meghan March comes the stunning conclusion to the Forge Trilogy. In this final volume, ruthless billionaire Jericho Forge faces his toughest challenge. To emerge victorious, he'll have to give up the one thing he's never offered a woman-his heart. <p><p> It started as a game. She was nothing but my pawn.But I was quick to see the error in my ways, and now she is everything I never knew I needed. The value of a woman like India Baptiste is beyond measure. But the problem with being a man like me? I've already screwed this up, and there's no guarantee India will take me on for one last bet. <p> I'll do whatever I have to do. Drop to my knees and offer her the only thing I have left. The one thing that's only ever been hers-the heart of the devil.
Heart Of The Hunter
by Deon MeyerFrom the author of Thirteen Hours - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pickThe big man known as 'Tiny' has a past littered with violence and death. An assassin's past that he hopes never to face again.But when his best friend is kidnapped, Tiny suddenly finds himself on the back of a stolen motorbike, speeding away from his child and the woman he loves.Tiny has only 72 hours in which to deliver a computer disk that one group of people would kill to possess, and another would kill to destroy. If he fails, his best friend dies.HEART OF THE HUNTER is the tale of one man's struggle for survival against a corrupt government, a group of bloodthirsty killers and most of all, against his past.
Heart Of The Hunter
by Deon MeyerFrom the author of Thirteen Hours - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pickThe big man known as 'Tiny' has a past littered with violence and death. An assassin's past that he hopes never to face again.But when his best friend is kidnapped, Tiny suddenly finds himself on the back of a stolen motorbike, speeding away from his child and the woman he loves.Tiny has only 72 hours in which to deliver a computer disk that one group of people would kill to possess, and another would kill to destroy. If he fails, his best friend dies.HEART OF THE HUNTER is the tale of one man's struggle for survival against a corrupt government, a group of bloodthirsty killers and most of all, against his past.
Heart Of The Sea: Number 3 in series (Gallaghers of Ardmore #3)
by Nora RobertsDarcy Gallagher has always believed in fate, the magic of legend... and the power of money. Working all hours in the family pub, she can't help dreaming of a man who could sweep her away into a world of luxury and adventure.But she knows better than to expect lasting love from wealthy businessman Trevor Magee. Trevor has arrived in the picturesque village of Ardmore to build a theatre, and uncover the secrets of his family's past. Darcy and Trevor are drawn to each other, but neither is convinced they've found the one. But Ardmore has a way of weaving its magic, and the forces of destiny can only be resisted for so long...
Heart Song (Logan #2)
by V.C. AndrewsFrom #1 bestselling author V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) comes the second book in the captivating Logan series...Melody Logan was as alone as a solitary gull, with only the wild Atlantic wind to lift her spirits... When Melody Logan's mother died in a car accident, Melody lost the last shred of family she had ever known. She was practically a stranger to the Logans, her wealthy relatives on Cape Cod, where she now drifted on a sea of dark secrets. In the eyes of gentle Aunt Sara, Melody was a replacement for her dead daughter, while for Uncle Jacob she was a reminder of the family's shameful past. Only good-hearted Cary seemed to care, and since it was revealed that she and Cary weren't truly cousins, the affection that had always surged between them now crested in thrilling waves. But Melody knew she could never truly echo Cary's loving promises until she discovered her own buried identity. Despite Grandma Olivia's dagger-like threats, Melody sought out Belinda, a mysterious, half-crazy woman who was her real grandmother. Belinda gave Melody hope — and a glimmer of the pearls of truth she knew were hidden in the shifting Cape Cod sands. Somehow, someday, the story of her past would be her hard-won treasure, to be savored in a world of sunshine and happiness...where she truly belonged.
Heart Strike
by M. L. BuchmanDELTA FORCE: The deadliest elite counter-terrorism unit on the planet A precision strike force The most out-of-the-box thinkers in any military Will die to get the mission doneSERGEANT RICHIE "Q" GOLDMAN: The smartest soldier on any teamSERGEANT MELISSA "THE CAT" MOORE: Newest on the team, determined to be the bestRescued from an icy mountaintop by a Delta operative, Melissa Moore has never met a challenge she can't conquer. Not only she will make Delta Force, she will be the best female warrior in The Unit, and woe to anyone who says otherwise. Technical wizard Richie Goldman is Bond's "Q" turned warrior. A genius about everything except women, he takes point on the team's most dangerous mission yet. When the Delta Force team goes undercover in the depths of the Colombian jungle, surviving attacks from every side requires that Richie and Melissa strike right at the heart of the matter...and come out with their own hearts intact."Action-packed mission scenes and passionate love story between the phenomenal lead characters, with romance equally as breathtaking as the action." -RT Book Reviews for Target Engaged, 4 ½ stars
Heart and Snow (Texas Highlanders Ice Hockey #2)
by Suzan ButlerStar goalie Cody Baker has the life he's always dreamed of since he was a child. Not only does he get to play hockey in the national league, he managed to marry the perfect woman to support his dream. But now his wife is pregnant, his long-absent father wants to reconnect, and just like that, Cody loses control of the game. Babies are the furthest thing from Josephina Baker's mind. Thanks to failed birth control, Jo's perfect life is in tatters. Bye-bye overseas vacations. So long, wild, sheet-scorching nights after road trips. Adieu lovely evenings out with the girls. Hello, morning sickness, long sleepless nights, and dirty diapers. Spending the holidays with family only strains their already stressed relationship. Their red-hot marriage is as cold as snow lately and only the fire in their hearts can thaw it out. Reading order of this series: * O Christmas Three, #0.5 * Off Her Game, #1 * Heart and Snow, #2 * Scoring His Heart, #3
Heart of Barkness (A Chet & Bernie Mystery #9)
by Spencer QuinnTHE INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLERSpencer Quinn's Heart of Barkness is the latest in the New York Times bestselling series that the Los Angeles Times called “nothing short of masterful"…Chet the dog, “the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction” (Boston Globe) and P.I. Bernie encounter heartache and much worse in the world of country music. They’re both music lovers, so when Lotty Pilgrim, a country singer from long ago, turns up at a local bar, they drive out to catch her act. Bernie’s surprised to see someone who was once so big performing in such a dive, and drops a C-note the Little Detective Agency can’t afford to part with into the tip jar. The C-note is stolen right from under their noses – even from under Chet’s, the nose that misses nothing – and before the night is over, it’s stolen again. Soon they’re working the most puzzling case of their career, a case that takes them back in time in search of old border-town secrets, and into present-day danger where powerful people want those secrets to stay hidden. Chet and Bernie find themselves sucked into a real-life murder ballad where there is no one to trust but each other.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Heart of Courage (The Heart Trilogy #3)
by Kat MartinA heiress falls for her bodyguard as they hunt a killer in a “romantic and intriguing romance-mystery” historical from a New York Times–bestselling author (Booklist).Under the pert pen name “Lady Smart,” opinionated Lindsey Graham crusades for social change among London’s elite, writing for the ladies’ gazette Heart to Heart. But Lindsey’s greatest campaign begins when her brother Rudy, a notorious rake, is accused of murdering a string of prostitutes.Her confidence in his innocence is bolstered when an anonymous letter arrives naming Viscount Merrick as the killer. Lindsey launches her own investigation into the gentleman’s questionable pursuits, a risky venture that earns her an unwelcome bodyguard—Thor Draugr.At first, Lindsey refuses the protection of her employer’s brother-in-law. They are like oil and water, yet she can barely conceal her attraction to the rugged Norseman. But an attempt on her life reveals not only the lengths that someone will go to in order to prevent her interference in the viscount’s sordid affairs, but that she can no longer deny that she desires the warrior by her side. . . .“Sparks fly and hearts are conquered in this sensual conclusion to a great trilogy.” —RT Book Reviews
Heart of Danger
by Carolyn KeeneNancy investigates the kidnapping of Caterina Reigert by posing as the writer of the girl's father's autobiography.
Heart of Danger: A Ghost Ops Novel (The Ghost Ops Series #1)
by Lisa Marie RiceA telepathic doctor joins forces with a rogue soldier on the run in this “edgy, sexy, and endlessly exciting” paranormal romantic thriller (New York Times–bestselling author Shannon McKenna).Ghost Ops was a small unit of super-elite soldiers—a military secret kept under wraps by only two men. Betrayed by their commanding officer while on an antiterrorist mission, the team was massacred. Now only three survive—and find themselves framed and disgraced. But en route to the court martial, they escape . . . and disappear.Beautiful, brilliant, and determined, Dr. Catherine Young is on a mission to find a man who has vanished into thin air. Walking into a high-tech hideaway bearing an essential message to Tom “Mac” McEnroe, Team Leader of the betrayed Ghost Ops force, is the most dangerous thing she has ever done. The soldier she encounters is frightening and suspicious, but her senses reveal the man underneath: tough, honorable, and so breathtakingly masculine Catherine feels weak in his presence . . . But to surrender to Mac’s passionate desires would put her life at risk. Catherine has a gift that enables her to see into the heart of others—and looking into Mac’s is like staring into the very heart of danger itself.
Heart of Darkness (The Darkest Angel, Love Me to Death, Lady of the Nile)
by Susan Krinard Maggie Shayne Gena ShowalterFrom the masters of paranormal romance, three brand-new tales of seduction...The Darkest Angel by Gena Showalter, A Lords of the Underworld tale. An iron-willed demon assassin, angel Lysander has never known lust until he meets Bianka. Spawned from the bloodline of Lucifer, the beautiful but deadly Harpy is determined to lead the pure-hearted Lysander into temptation....Love Me to Death by Maggie Shayne. Twenty-two years ago four teenage boys were convicted of a young girl's murder. Now, in the form of a beautiful woman, the "victim" is seeking vengeance. And only one man dares to dig into the past to uncover its secrets...and set her free. Lady of the Nile by Susan Krinard. Lady Tameri believes herself to be the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian princess, and Leo Erskine has set out to prove her wrong...never dreaming that they are about to discover a prophecy that will bind them together forever.
Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer
by Joseph ConradHeart Of Darkness. The story of the civilized, enlightened Mr. Kurtz who embarks on a harrowing "night journey" into the savage heart of Africa, only to find his dark and evil soul. The Secret Sharer. The saga of a young, inexperienced skipper forced to decide the fate of a fugitive sailor who killed a man in self-defense. As he faces his first moral test the skipper discovers a terrifying truth -- and comes face to face with the secret itself. Heart Of Darkness and The Secret Sharer draw on actual events and people that Conrad met or heard about during his many far-flung travels. In portraying men whose incredible journeys on land and at sea are also symbolic voyages into their own mysterious depths, these two masterful works give credence to Conrad's acclaim as a major psychological writer.
Heart of Deception: A Novel
by M.L. MalcolmFrom M. L. Malcolm, the acclaimed author of Heart of Lies, comes a powerful sequel that spans the years from World War II to the turbulent 1960s—the riveting story of a family struggling with choices forced upon them by war . . . and the consequences that will take a generation to unfold.Aman of many contradictions, Leo Hoffman is a Hungarian national with a French passport, a wealthy businessman with no visible means of support, and a devoted father who hasn't seen his daughter in years. He is also a spy.Recruited by the Allies to help lay the groundwork for their invasion of North Africa, Leo intends to engage in as little espionage as possible—just enough to earn his American citizenship so he can get to New York and reunite with his daughter, Maddy. But while Leo dodges death in France and Morocco, Maddy is learning shocking truths about her father's mysterious past—haunting knowledge that will compel her down her own dangerous path of deception and discovery.
Heart of Evil: Phantom Evil, Heart Of Evil, Sacred Evil, The Evil Inside (Krewe of Hunters #2)
by Heather GrahamThe specter of past crimes haunts a bayou property in the second case for the FBI’s elite paranormal investigation team, only from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.Emerging from the bayou like an apparition, Donegal Plantation is known for its unsurpassed dining, captivating atmosphere, haunting legends…and now a corpse swinging from the marble angel that marks its cemetery’s most majestic vault. A corpse discovered in nearly the same situation as that of Marshall Donegal, the patriarch killed in a skirmish just before the Civil War.Desperate for help traditional criminologists could never provide, plantation heiress Ashley Donegal turns to an elite team of paranormal investigators who blend hard forensics with rare—often inexplicable—intuition. Among the Krewe of Hunters is an old flame, Jake Mallory, a gifted musician with talent stretching far beyond the realm of the physical, and a few dark ghosts of his own.The evil the team unveils has the power to shake the plantation to its very core. Jake and Ashley are forced to risk everything to unravel secrets that will not stay buried—even in death.Previously published
Heart of Fire (A Romance Bestseller)
by Linda HowardA fabulous lost Amazon city once inhabited by women warriors and containing a rare red diamond: it sounded like myth, but archaeologist Jillian Sherwood believed it was real, and she was willing to put up with anything to find it—even Ben Lewis.Ruffian, knock-about, and number one river guide in Brazil, Ben was all man—over six feet of rock-hard muscles that rippled under his khakis, with lazy blue eyes that taunted her from his tanned face. Jillian watched him come to a fast boil when she refused to reveal their exact destination upriver in the uncharted rain forests—and resolved to stand her ground. Neither of them could foresee what the days ahead promised: An odyssey into the fiery heart of passion and betrayal, and a danger that would force them to cast their fates together, immersed in the eternal, unsolved mysteries of love...
Heart of Fire (The Heart Trilogy #2)
by Kat MartinFrom a New York Times–bestselling author, a &“Victorian [romance] blessed with a strong plot and a rich . . . cast . . . a surefire crowd pleaser&” (Publishers Weekly). As a viscount&’s daughter, vivacious Coralee Whitmore is perfectly placed to write about London&’s elite in the outspoken ladies&’ gazette, Heart to Heart. But beneath her fashionable exterior beats the heart of a serious journalist. So when her sister&’s death is dismissed as suicide, Corrie vows to uncover the truth, suspecting the notorious Earl of Tremaine was Laurel&’s lover and the father of her illegitimate child. Corrie infiltrates Castle Tremaine posing as a wide-eyed country relation whose charming figure—and reduced circumstances—make her irresistible to the confirmed scoundrel. But Corrie finds the earl is not all he seems . . . nor is she immune to his charms, however much she despises his caddish ways. Far from a society column, Corrie&’s life soon reads more like one of Mr. Dickens&’s serials. But the danger of her ruse is hardly fictional: someone is bent on ensuring Corrie&’s questions go unanswered—and unasked.