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In Bed with the Badge (Cavanaugh Justice #17)
by Marie FerrarellaPolice officer Riley McIntyre is less than thrilled at being teamed with former academy classmate Sam Wyatt. They're assigned to solve a string of home invasions. The man is as mind-stoppingly handsome as he is irritating, sparking in Riley deliciously improper thoughts. But how can she possibly trust him on any level?Sam's life has just been upended, too…by the appearance of a six-year-old daughter he never knew about. Terrified of fatherhood, he turns to Riley for help with the sweet little girl. Before long, their days on the job end with nights of domestic bliss and insatiable passion. And when Riley's life is in jeopardy, Sam realizes how desperate he is to save her and his new family….
In Bed with the Boss's Daughter
by Bronwyn JamesonCorporate tough-guy Jack Manning hadn’t laid eyes on Paris Grantham since the night he’d rebuffed the eighteen-year-old’s invitation to obliterate her virginity. He’d been more than a little tempted by the boss’s daughter—and relieved the sweet seductress had retreated to London. Until now… In six years Paris had become every man’s ultra-fantasy. But the former innocent now carried her pedigree like a shield—and was fighting her way into his world of billion-dollar deals. One scintillating kiss shredded her all-business demeanor—and Jack pulled up sharp on passion’s reins! He’d sworn off loving this woman years ago…yet how badly he ached for her….
In Bed with the Duke: A Regency Historical Romance
by Annie Burrows"Vile seducer of women!" Of all the accusations Gregory, Duke of Halstead, has ever had leveled at him, this is perhaps the most offensive and the least accurate. But as he has just woken naked in bed with no memory of the night before, next to a beautiful stranger, perhaps it's time to reevaluate! Innocent Prudence is just as shocked when she awakens! But as these strangers begin to unravel the plot behind the scandalous circumstances, she discovers the delicious consequences of finding herself in bed with...a duke!
In Big Trouble (Tess Monaghan #4)
by Laura LippmanJoin the world of New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan in the Shamus and Anthony Award-winning fourth book in the acclaimed series In Big Trouble Tess Monaghan has learned the hard way how to survive on the streets of Baltimore-first as a fearless investigative reporter and lately as a PI. But a new case is about to take her way out of her element. What begins with a tantalizing shard of a newspaper headline-"In Big Trouble"-above a photograph of an old boyfriend will end far away in another world, where people dress and talk differently . . . and rich people's games can have lethal consequences. Here where the sun is merciless-and curiosity can kill faster than a rattler's bite-Tess is going to have to confront her past and, hopefully, live to tell about it. For the answers she seeks about a man she thought she knew may be somehow linked to a murderer who two-steps to a very deadly drummer.
In Bitter Chill: A Mystery (Inspector Francis Sadler #1)
by Sarah Ward“Relentless, compelling, and meticulously suspenseful. Fans of Ian Rankin and Elizabeth George will rejoice at this atmospheric and authentic debut.” —Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today–bestselling authorDerbyshire, 1978: a small town in the idyllic English countryside is traumatized by the kidnapping of two young schoolgirls, Rachel Jones and Sophie Jenkins. Within hours, Rachel is found wandering alone near the roadside, unharmed yet unable to remember anything, except that her abductor was a woman. No trace of Sophie is ever discovered.Present day: over thirty years later, Sophie’s mother commits suicide. Detective Inspector Francis Sadler and Detective Constable Connie Childs are assigned to look at the kidnapping again to see if modern police methods can discover something that the original team missed. Rachel, with the help of her formidable mother and grandmother, recovered from the kidnapping and has become a family genealogist. She wants nothing more than to continue living quietly beneath the radar, but the discovery of the strangled body of one of her former teachers days after the suicide brings the national media back to her doorstep. Desperate to stop a modern killer from striking again, Rachel and the police must unpick the clues to uncover what really happened all those years ago as the past threatens to engulf the present.“In Bitter Chill is an elegant and thoughtful novel, as well as a compassionate investigation into the dark heart of family relationships and the lurking power of long buried secrets. This is a fine debut, and Sarah Ward is a writer to watch.” —Chris Ewan, award-winning author of Long Time Lost
In Broad Daylight (Cavanaugh Justice #7)
by Marie FerrarellaSHE WAS ALL KINDS OFWRONG FOR A MANTRYING TO DO THERIGHT THINGShe moved like poetry and wore her sensuality likea second skin. Blond, beautiful Brenda York couldmake a good cop cross the line. And when thatcop was Dax Cavanaugh, on the trail of a missingchild, it was an all-out war between duty anddesire. And desire was winning.Thrown together with the detective searching forher kidnapped student, Brenda couldn't ignore thesexual tension simmering between them. But whatwould happen once Dax learned she was carryinganother man's child? Was their love strong enoughto make them forget everything but the need tobe together at any cost?
In Case of Emergency: A Novel
by E. G. ScottThe new thriller from E. G. Scott follows a woman looking for answers after her boyfriend goes missing and a corpse appears that implicates her in the murder of a woman she never met.Charlotte, a midthirties Long Island woman, has felt so alone since her promising career in neuroscience imploded. But she has an online support group for trauma survivors; she has Rachel, a friend who has seen her through the worst of it; and now she also has Peter, a mysterious new boyfriend who has asked that their budding romance remain a total secret. That is why she is too scared to report his disappearance to the authorities when he vanishes without a word.Weeks later, police contact her to make an ID on a body and she fears the worst for her missing beau. Instead, she arrives at the morgue and feels a terrible relief when she sees a woman she has never met before on the table in front of her. But relief is replaced by confusion, then terror, when Charlotte realizes she has become a person of interest.Why did Jane Doe have Charlotte listed as her emergency contact? Was it revenge or a warning? And where exactly does Peter factor into all this? As Charlotte becomes the prime murder suspect, she enters into a race against the clock to find truth about the dead woman and the connections they shared. But what she discovers is beyond anything she could have ever imagined.
In Cave Danger (A Pacific Northwest Mystery #5)
by Kate Dyer-SeeleyOn an expedition into Oregon’s Lava River Cave, outdoor journalist Meg Reed stumbles across a body buried way more than six feet under . . . A debate is raging over the use of public lands, and to cover the story for Northwest Extreme magazine, Meg joins a congressman and several others on a subterranean adventure—despite her intense claustrophobia. The thoughts of cave-ins and cougars are unnerving, but at least it’s a distraction from her other anxieties, like her best friend’s departure for Italy, her boss’s plan to sell the company, and the ongoing questions about her father’s suspicious death. But in the chilly darkness of the volcanic rock, she discovers a Forest Service employee, stabbed with a trowel. Now Meg will need to do some in-depth investigating or the truth may never come to the surface . . .
In Clara's Hands: A Novel
by Joseph OlshanIn this follow-up to Olshan&’s acclaimed debut novel, the unforgettable Clara, a tough and deeply caring Jamaican housekeeper, returns to help a troubled friend solve a mystery and deal with tragic loss Ever since childhood, Will Kaplan has trusted one person—his family&’s Jamaican housekeeper, Clara—to help him get through the pain and tragedy that have all too frequently invaded his life. When his brother, Danny, died suddenly, Clara was there to offer strength and comfort. When Will was confined to a mental hospital, she gave him hope and purpose. Now he needs her wisdom and counsel as never before in the wake of a horrific plane crash that may have taken the life of Will&’s dear friend Marie, the mother of his former lover, Peter. When he learns that Marie may not actually have been aboard the doomed flight, Will is suddenly faced with an altogether different dilemma: how to find Marie, who apparently vanished while on her way to see him. It will mean an uneasy reunion with Peter, who&’s embroiled in his own family crisis. But if he places his damaged heart and troubled soul in Clara&’s loving and capable hands once again, Will might just weather the emotional storm that is brewing all around him and emerge a stronger person because of it.
In Close (Bulletproof #3)
by Brenda Novak“Intense and sensual and chock-full of emotional torment…a riveting read.”—USA TODAY Claire O’Toole’s mother, Alana, went missing fifteen years ago. That was big news in Pineview, Montana, the kind of town where nothing much ever happens. 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 simply abandon her husband and daughters? Claire is determined to find out—and her former boyfriend, Isaac Morgan, wants to help. Although their relationship didn’t end well, he still has feelings for her. And yet it isn’t until he starts to suspect David’s death wasn’t an accident that he’s drawn back into her life.Together, Claire and Isaac search for answers to the questions that have haunted Pineview all this time.But as they soon discover, someone’s prepared to kill so those answers won’t be found.Originally published in 2011
In Close Quarters
by Candace IrvinLieutenant Karin Scott had always steered way clear of men like TJ Vasquez - playboys who assumed their sexy looks would get them an open invitation to her bedroom. But she was a navy doctor with a serious problem - lethal drugs were disappearing from her hospital - and DEA agent TJ Vasquez was the only person she could trust. Their undercover mission landed them in close quarters, and before she knew it, Karin was under the covers with TJ! She wanted to believe the gorgeous bachelors claims that his reputation was legend, not fact. . . that his kisses burned only for her. . . that his strong arms protected just her. . . that he would forevermore forsake all others. . . for her. . . .
In Cold Chamomile: A Tea and a Read Mystery (A Tea and a Read Mystery #3)
by Joy AvonJust in time for the holidays, In Cold Chamomile is sure to be a cupid's arrow aimed straight for your bookshelf.Tea party organizer Callie Aspen learns that Cupid's arrows can be deadly when a Valentine's Day soiree ends in murder.Callie Aspen can't think of a more appropriate place to spend Valentine's Day than her adopted hometown of Heart's Harbor, Maine. When she's not helping out at Book Tea, her great-aunt Iphy's vintage tearoom, Callie's adorning Haywood Hall with hearts and roses for the big Valentine's event, where townspeople will fall in love with sweet treats, heartwarming music, and delightful books. But tension is brewing: The librarian argues with the expert who is on hand to appraise precious volumes. And Iphy is shocked to recognize the baritone who's slated to sing at the event as an old acquaintance--one she'd hoped she'd never meet again. And then, when a dead body is discovered, the stirring spoon of suspicion points at the many people who had reasons to want the victim dead.When Iphy's old acquaintance draws the attention of Deputy Ace Falk, Callie finds herself in a spot. Ace, as usual, doesn't want Callie involved, but how can she ignore Iphy's anguish over the fate of a man she cares for more than she will admit? Bringing the killer to justice may endanger Callie's budding relationship with Ace--and, quite possibly, her own life.Callie and the Book Tea crew may think they have this case in the bag, but un-kettling truths are yet to be decanted.
In Cold Chocolate (A Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery #3)
by Dorothy St. JamesIn Dorothy St. James’s third delectable Southern Chocolate Shop mystery, a new batch of chocolate and troubles of the heart cause a string of disasters for the Chocolate Box’s new owner, Charity Penn.The vintage seaside town of Camellia Beach, South Carolina seems like the perfect place for romance with its quiet beach and its decadent chocolate shop that serves the world’s richest dark chocolates. The Chocolate Box’s owner, Charity Penn, falls even further under the island’s moonlit spell as she joins Althea Bays and the rest of the turtle watch team to witness a new generation of baby sea turtles hatch and make their way into the wide ocean.Before the babies arrive, gunshots ring out in the night. Cassidy Jones, the local Casanova, is found dead in the sand with his lover Jody Dalton—the same woman who has vowed to destroy the Chocolate Box—holding the gun. It’s an obvious crime of passion, or so everyone believes. But when Jody’s young son pleads with Penn to bring his mother back to him, she can’t say no. She dives headfirst into a chocolate swirl of truth and lies, and must pick through an assortment of likely (and sometimes unsavory) suspects before it’s too late for Penn and for those she loves in Dorothy St. James’s third rich installment of the Southern Chocolate Shop mysteries, In Cold Chocolate.
In Colt Blood (Nattie Gold Mystery #3)
by Jody Jaffe"She's pure gold," raves The Philadelphia Inquirer about redheaded Carolina journalist and inspired snoop Natalie Gold--"spunky, quirky, and lots of fun." Now Nattie's mixing it up with a crazy passel of filthy rich Southerners, a horse-whispering beauty, and one grisly murder ... In Colt Blood. When Nattie's boss at the Charlotte Commercial Appeal orders her to find a local horse whisperer to interview, she knows just the person: yellow-haired New Age belle Sarah Jane Lowell, one of the gifted few who claims to have a psychic connection to horses. She not only talks to them, she hears what they answer. Unfortunately, before Nattie can set up a meeting, Sarah Jane vanishes along with her newfound friend: Nattie's eccentric father. Disturbingly, their sudden disappearance coincides with the brutal murder of Fuzzy McMahon, whose bludgeoned body was found at the very stable where Nattie was supposed to meet Sarah Jane. True, Fuzzy was less than popular, but who would stoop to such a bloody act of violence? Although suspicion has fallen on dark-horse candidate Sarah Jane, Nattie's splitting her money between two other front-runners: blacksmith Bobby McMahon, Fuzzy's redneck of a husband, and his tiresome cousin, Jason Sukon, who can only gain by her death--specifically millions of dollars. A sophisticated tale of reckless romance and irretrievable violence, In Cold Blood goes beyond murder to explore the mysteries of fear, love, lust, and hate. And as always, when it comes to the manners and morals of the New South, mystery author Jody Jaffe gets it right every time.
In Colton's Custody: Protective Operation (stealth) / In Colton's Custody (the Coltons Of Mustang Valley) (The Coltons of Mustang Valley #5)
by Dana NussioA Colton must solve a DNA mystery……and save his family from ruin. One phone call suddenly upends Asher Colton’s life. He discovers his baby daughter might have been switched with single mom Willow Merrill’s. Worse, the day care owner vehemently hates his family. But for the babies’ sake, they work to uncover the truth about the births as threats to the Colton family—and Willow’s business—mount. But can the truth set free a love-scarred rancher and his harshest enemy?
In Confidence
by Karen YoungThe irony of life is not lost on high school guidance counselor Rachel Forrester: while she is educating teens about good choices, her own life is spiraling out of control. First, she learns her husband is having an affair. Second, her aging mother collapses. And third, Cameron Ford is back in her life-again.As Rachel struggles to get her life in order, her fifteen-year-old son, Nick, forges a bond with the taciturn Cameron. Oddly, it is this bond that opens new doors of healing and promise for them all.And it's Cameron whom Nick trusts with a dangerous secret-a secret that may be connected to the death of Cameron's son, Jack, five years ago...a secret that could endanger them all.
In Dark Company: A Kate Burkholder Short Mystery (Kate Burkholder)
by Linda CastilloFrom the New York Times bestselling author of DOWN A DARK ROAD comes IN DARK COMPANY: a short story about an injured young woman with amnesia who seeks Chief of Police Kate Burkholder’s help to remember her identity—and her attacker. It’s the middle of the night in Painters Mill, and Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to a scene where a mysterious young woman, battered and terrified, has sought shelter at an Amish farmhouse. She can’t remember her name or where she’s from, but she knows one thing: someone was trying to kill her. Kate suspects that “Jane Doe” remembers more than she’s letting on, but when Jane is attacked again on Kate’s watch, Kate resolves to find the truth. As Jane’s memories start flooding back and Kate dives deeper into her murky past, they must race to discover what Jane was running from—and who is still pursuing her.
In Dark Places
by Michael PrescottPsychiatrist Robin Cameron seems on the verge of success with an experimental program that uses a magnetic helmet to trigger, then modify, old angers that cause criminal behavior. She has been working with a promising candidate for behavior modification, an atypical serial killer named Justin Gray. His murders of high school girls involved mixed motivation--he didn't torture them or sexually molest them, and he has to drink to deal with death. Another very reluctant subject of her experimental treatment is LAPD Sergeant Alan Brand, who unwittingly admits to a cold-blooded killing while under Robin's care. When Gray escapes and Robin's teenage daughter, Megan, is kidnapped, Robin does not know whom to accuse--or whether there is something even darker, nastier, and more complicated afoot. The story takes place over a period of only two days, and the suspense does not let up until the last page.
In Deadly Company
by L.S. StrattonAn incisive workplace satire and twisty murder mystery featuring a young executive assistant who realizes the peril in being diligently attentive to her boss's whims. As the assistant of the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Nicole Underwood has plenty of tasks on her to-do list—one of which is the blowout birthday celebration for her nightmare, one-percenter boss, Xander Chambers. But when the party ends in chaos and murder and Nicole is one of the survivors, suspicion—from the investigators to the media—lands on her. Was she the reason for all the bloodshed? A year after those deadly events, Nicole tries to set the public record straight by agreeing to consult on a feature film based on her story. However, on the set in LA, she's sidelined by inappropriate casting and persistent, bizarre script changes, while also haunted by the events of that party weekend with visions of her now-deceased boss. It seems clearing her name isn't so simple when the question of guilt or innocence is...complicated.
In Death Ground (Starfire, Book #3)
by David Weber Steve WhiteFive thousand years later, in the time of the Fourth Interstellar War, the advice still makes sense. The Bugs have a superior drive technology, overwhelming numbers, and a strategy that's mind-numbingly alien. For the humans and their enemies-turned-allies, the catlike Orions, choosing their strategy was as easy as One-Tzu-Three:
In Debt to the Enemy Lord: The Saxon Outlaw's Revenge Married For His Convenience In Debt To The Enemy Lord (Lovers and Legends #4)
by Nicole LockeSuspicions run high and passions run hot when a fearsome laird saves an enemy maiden—and then takes her captive—in this Medieval Scottish romance.Anwen, bastard of Brynmor, has fought hard to find her place in the world. But she’s forced to rethink everything when she’s saved from death by her enemy Teague, Lord of Gwalchdu. Instead of releasing her, he holds her captive . . .Teague trusts no one. So, with ominous messages threatening his life, he must keep Anwen under his watch, no matter how much her presence drives him wild. And when passionate arguments turn to passionate encounters, Teague must believe that the strength of their bond will conquer all!
In Deep
by Bruce JonesThe woman at the shoreline on Laredo Beach is beautiful, naked, and dead. Horribly dead. Murdered by an unspeakable method that, to the trained eyes of the Santa Barbara police, has "psychopath"-and maybe even "serial killer' written all over it. That makes it a case for Detective Sergeant Eustes Tully, a beleaguered, middle-aged cop with an almost scary sixth sense for cracking homicides. Tully looks at a crime scene as a fortune teller looks at tea leaves-and what he sees on Laredo Beach scares the hell out of him. When the killer strikes again, duplicating the first murder in every hideous detail, Tully thinks he's onto something. And when he's suddenly hustled off the investigation, he knows it. The eerie clues point backward in time, to a more innocent era-but one that has given birth to a vengeful maniac with a terrifying story to tell, over and over, written in blood. On or off the case, it's a story Tully intends to finish as swiftly as possible. He's in too deep to do anything else. ...
In Deep Voodoo
by Stephanie BondHealth food business owner Penny Francisco is more interested in celebrating her recent divorce than preparing for Mojo Louisiana's Voodoo festival. When Penny receives a gag gift voodoo doll created to look like her ex husband, Penny happily sticks it with a pin. But then her ex is found stabbed and Penny is the prime suspect. . She hires a sexy Cajun P.I. to help discover the truth behind the murder.
In Deep Water
by Christobel KentOne wrong step and you're in deep water.Sukie has had enough of not putting herself out there. She has had enough of her mother thinking so very little of her timid daughter. On a whim, she accepts an offer to go to a Greek island for the weekend with Jake, a man she has barely begun dating. If that isn't putting herself out here, she doesn't know what is.Heather is at the airport when she sees a young woman with an older man - and immediately she understands that the woman is in danger. Because in fifteen years, Heather hasn't been able to forget what Jake did to her. And the next thing she knows, she's buying a plane ticket and following them.What should have been a perfectly pleasant weekend away quickly descends into something much darker. As these two women come ever closer to each other - and to Jake - it becomes increasingly unclear who will walk away from the weekend with their life. Praise for Christobel Kent and her novels:'A highly superior slice of domestic noir' Mail on Sunday'Spooky, gripping and affecting' Louise Doughty, author of Apple Tree Yard'Echoes of Christie and du Maurier' Sunday Times'Beautifully tense' Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go'Gorgeous evocative writing' Erin Kelly, author of He Said She Said
In Deep Water
by Christobel KentOne wrong step and you're in deep water.Sukie has had enough of not putting herself out there. She has had enough of her mother thinking so very little of her timid daughter. On a whim, she accepts an offer to go to a Greek island for the weekend with Jake, a man she has barely begun dating. If that isn't putting herself out here, she doesn't know what is.Heather is at the airport when she sees a young woman with an older man - and immediately she understands that the woman is in danger. Because in fifteen years, Heather hasn't been able to forget what Jake did to her. And the next thing she knows, she's buying a plane ticket and following them.What should have been a perfectly pleasant weekend away quickly descends into something much darker. As these two women come ever closer to each other - and to Jake - it becomes increasingly unclear who will walk away from the weekend with their life. Praise for Christobel Kent and her novels:'A highly superior slice of domestic noir' Mail on Sunday'Spooky, gripping and affecting' Louise Doughty, author of Apple Tree Yard'Echoes of Christie and du Maurier' Sunday Times'Beautifully tense' Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go'Gorgeous evocative writing' Erin Kelly, author of He Said She Said