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Midnight Games (Fear Street Nights #2)
by R. L. StineWhen you can't sleep, there are always NIGHTS. Dana Fear isn't thrilled about spending her senior year at Shadyside High. The Fear family history goes way back in this town, and she's not into lugging around the baggage. But then she gets in with the Night People. Shadyside's pretty cool when it's 3 A.M. and you're chilling at a bar called Nights with your new best friends. Until the evil returns, and the Night People start mysteriously disappearing one by one. Dana swears she has nothing to do with it. But all fingers point in one direction. Because there is, after all, a new Fear in town ... Things go bump in the Night...
Midnight Games: A Killer Instincts Novel
by Elle KennedyShe wears a thousand deadly identities. He sees through them all. A master of disguise, Isabel Roma spends her life pretending to be other women. <P><P>Normally, her emotions are reined in tight--but sexy mercenary Trevor Callaghan has a knack for getting under her skin. The elite operative's quiet strength and raw magnetism affect her in ways she's never felt before, a distraction that can quickly turn deadly in their dangerous line of work. After putting his tragic past behind him, Trevor is ready to focus on his future--and he damn well intends for Isabel to be in it. <P>When their entire operation is thrown into chaos, Trevor enlists Isabel's talent for deception. And as they attempt to save their team in a world where the stakes are high and the danger is grave, Trevor must convince Isabel that the woman beneath all the disguises is the one worth having....
Midnight Guardian
by Linda CastilloRe-read Book 3 in the romantic suspense series Operation: Midnight by New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo.When a federal transport was ambushed and overturned in the wilds of Montana, MIDNIGHT agent Sean Cutter was given forty-eight hours to track down a desperate woman. But falsely accused, Mattie Logan didn't want to be saved. It was Sean's job to convince her otherwise.A former Department of Defense scientist now targeted by the terrorist known only as the Jaguar, Mattie couldn't risk betrayal again. But neither could Sean. Caught out in the blistering cold, Mattie sought shelter beneath Sean's broad shoulders, each needing the other's warmth to stay alive. But would trusting one another prove to be more difficult than clearing Mattie's name?Originally published in 2006.
Midnight Guardians: A Max Freeman Mystery (The Max Freeman Mysteries #6)
by Jonathon KingA case of Medicare fraud leads a Florida PI into much darker territory in this crime novel by an Edgar Award winner. Private investigator Max Freeman makes his living tracking down the criminals lurking amid the beaches and trailer parks of south Florida. His latest case involves a conspiracy to defraud Medicare—but he quickly discovers there&’s more to it than a simple scam. Soon the former Philadelphia cop is calling upon all his old street instincts when an ex-drug kingpin known as the Brown Man turns up—and Freeman&’s girlfriend, Det. Sherry Richards, is put in harm&’s way. Midnight Guardians is an atmospheric, edge-of-your-seat crime novel by an author whose &“descriptions of Florida&’s backwaters put him right up there with James W. Hall and Randy Wayne White—excellent company indeed&” (Chicago Tribune). This ebook features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s life.
Midnight Hag
by Joan FlemingThere was no nonsense about old Mr Cumlock. When he decided to die, he died, maliciously leaving his fortune to an unknown son as an act of revenge. 'I can't live without a woman, and I can't live with one,' his heir, Valentine Belmont, an artist, used to complain; this difficulty that had dogged him throughout his life was to bring everything tumbling about him in a blaze of disorder. The events in his life had a fearful symmetry enacted, it seems, solely by the light of falling stars ...
Midnight Hour Encores
by Bruce BrooksA sixteen-year-old cellist and musical prodigy travels cross-country with her father, a product of the 1960s, to meet her mother, who abandoned her as a baby.
Midnight Hour: A chilling anthology of crime fiction from 20 authors of color
by Abby L. VandiverFrom a simple robbery gone horribly wrong to a grisly murder in a secret love dungeon, this stellar collection of crime fiction short stories showcases some of today's finest voices of color.Edited by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Abby L. Vandiver, this thrilling anthology will keep you on the edge of your seat.Welcome to Midnight Hour...Jennifer Chow: "Midnight Escapade"After years of silence, two women decide to meet up in a unique escape room but get trapped in a deadly game from which there may be no escape.Tracy Clark: "Lucky Thirteen"A gun. A last meal. And only one survivor. Sometimes the stars align--but only for the lucky one--as predator and prey come face-to-face one fateful New Year's Eve.H. C. Chan: "Murderer's Feast"Techpreneur John Manley left a trail of duped investors and damaged women in his wake. What happens when two hundred of his closest enemies gather for a five-day gourmet retreat?Christopher Chambers: "In the Matter of Mabel and Bobby Jefferson"It's almost midnight, it's snowing, and a bored call center worker catches a customer inquiry that smells of murder. Is he a knight rescuing the intended victim or someone else's pawn?Plus, stories by Richie Narvaez, Frankie Bailey, E. A. Aymar, Faye Snowden, Tina Kashian, and many more.
Midnight House
by Ethel Lina WhiteNo. 11 India Crescent is officially a dead address. Its absentee owner, General Tygarth, and his wife are reported to be living abroad, but it is so long since they have been seen in the town that few remember them. Only one or two people recall its tragic story of domestic tyranny, ill-starred love and early death; only Mr Spree the lawyer knows that the old General has ordered the house to be closed for a certain number of years. Now, in a fortnight's time, the house is to be reopened. But to Elizabeth Fetherstonehaugh, the young governess at No. 10, the night noises coming from the house next door are fast becoming an obsession ...
Midnight House (Murder Room #349)
by Ethel Lina WhiteNo. 11 India Crescent is officially a dead address. Its absentee owner, General Tygarth, and his wife are reported to be living abroad, but it is so long since they have been seen in the town that few remember them. Only one or two people recall its tragic story of domestic tyranny, ill-starred love and early death; only Mr Spree the lawyer knows that the old General has ordered the house to be closed for a certain number of years. Now, in a fortnight's time, the house is to be reopened.But to Elizabeth Fetherstonehaugh, the young governess at No. 10, the night noises coming from the house next door are fast becoming an obsession ...
Midnight In Death (In Death)
by J. D. RobbAn exclusive J.D. Robb short story. Eve's name has made a Christmas list, but it's not for being naughty or nice. It's for putting a serial killer behind bars. Now he's escaped and has her in his sights. With her husband, Roarke, at her side, Eve must stop this madman from exacting his bloody vengeance - or die trying...Set between Holiday in Death and Conspiracy in Death.
Midnight Is a Place
by Joan AikenThe author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase presents a darkly humorous adventure starring two troubled orphans in a weird and wild world. Lucas Bell is lonely and miserable at Midnight Court, a vast, brooding house owned by his intolerable guardian, Sir Randolph Grimsby. When a mysterious carriage brings a visitor to the house, Lucas hopes he&’s found a friend at last. But the newcomer, Anna Marie, is unfriendly and spoiled—and French. Just when Lucas thinks things can&’t get any worse, disastrous circumstances force him and Anna Marie, parentless and penniless, into the dark and unfriendly streets of Blastburn . . .Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Roald Dahl &“There is nobody like Joan Aiken for creating chilling nightmares. In . . . Midnight is a Place we have machines which crush children to death, herds of man-eating hogs in subterranean sewers . . . . Aiken writes superbly, with a force, a color, and strength of imagination that one encounters all too rarely today.&” —Daily Telegraph (UK) &“An abundance of action, suspense, and melodrama . . . there is never a dull moment.&” —School Library Journal &“Aiken knows how to keep a kid on the edge of his seat.&” —Book World &“The author proves once again that she writes about children in distress better than anyone since Dickens.&” —Time
Midnight Is the Darkest Hour: A Novel
by Ashley WinsteadFor fans of Verity and A Flicker in the Dark,Midnight Is the Darkest Hour is a twisted tale of murder, obsessive love and the beastly urges that lie dormant within us all . . . even the God-fearing folk of Bottom Springs, Louisiana.In her small hometown, librarian Ruth Cornier has always felt like an outsider, even as her beloved father rains fire-and-brimstone warnings from the pulpit at Holy Fire Baptist.Unfortunately for Ruth, the only things the townspeople fear more than God and the devil are the myths that haunt the area. Like the story of the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to steal into sinners’ bedrooms on moonless nights to kill them. When a skull is found deep in the swamp next to mysterious carved symbols, Bottom Springs is thrown into an uproar. And now Ruth realizes that only she and Everett, an old friend with a dark past, have the power to comb the secret underbelly of the town in search of true evil.A dark and powerful novel, the kind fans have come to expect from Ashley Winstead, Midnight Is the Darkest Hour is an examination of the ways in which we’ve come to expect love, religion and storytelling to save us; the lengths we have to go in order to take back power; and the monstrous work of being a woman in this world.“Where The Crawdads Sing meets Twilight meets Thelma and Louise in this brilliantly realized, totally original thriller. Absolutely sensational―I couldn’t put it down.” —Clare Mackintosh, New York Times–bestselling author
Midnight Jewels
by Jayne Ann KrentzWHAT HAPPENS WHEN A LOVELY EX-LIBRARIAN CLASHES WITH A HANDSOME MARTIAL ARTS EXPERT? THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES! Mercy Pennington liked to play it safe. Before she opened her cozy secondhand bookstore, she researched her prospects and minimized her risks. So she never should have handled a rare edition of erotica called the Valley of Secret Jewels. And she should have locked the door of her shop before Croft Falconer walked in. Falconer enjoyed violence, not literature -beautifully controlled violence of the Asian martial arts. And he looked fighting mad when he learned Mercy promised Valley of Secret Jewels to another buyer. Falconer argued with her, offering her a small fortune, and then tender seduction. As volatile as a match and dynamite, Mercy and Falconer lit sparks like the Fourth of July. But the real fireworks started when she discovered he had told her almost everything a woman falling in love wanted to hear. Falconer only forgot to mention one little thing: the secret behind the book of forbidden passion that could get them both killed.
Midnight Lies
by Ella GraceThe Wilde sisters of Midnight return in this thrilling novel of romantic suspense, perfect for fans of Maya Banks, Allison Brennan, and Lori Foster. IT'S ALWAYS HOTTER AT MIDNIGHT. The winds of fate have blown cruelly on a family that once had it all: money, power, prestige. The lives of three beautiful daughters were forever changed when, on a sultry night in Midnight, Alabama, a murder-suicide shattered the Wilde family. The girls grew up to live separate lives but now have returned home, each to face a danger no one can see coming. Former homecoming queen Samantha surprised everyone by going into law enforcement, but beneath her tough façade lies a wary heart. The tragedy that struck her family is an ever-present reminder that nothing is ever as it seems. When the man she loves, Quinn Braddock, a doctor and Iraq war veteran, is accused of murder, Samantha assumes the worst. Brokenhearted, her confidence shattered, she returns to Midnight. Though exonerated, Quinn still feels the sting of Samantha's doubt, but he can't forget his feelings for her and follows her. Soon after his arrival, a shocking murder terrifies the town, and once again, Quinn is under suspicion. This time, Samantha will not turn her back on the man she loves--even if it means walking into a killer's trap.
Midnight Lies: Wildefire Book 2 (Wildefire)
by Ella GraceThe second in Ella Grace's series of steamy romance, suspense and mystery is the next adventure featuring the Wilde sisters in the small, southern town of Midnight, Alabama. Will thrill fans of Christy Reece, Maya Banks, Nina Bruhns and Pamela Clare.On a hot southern night, a family is shattered. For years, the three beautiful Wilde sisters stayed away from Midnight, Alabama...until Midnight calls them home. Haunted by tragedy, former homecoming queen Samantha Wilde couldn't imagine any career other than law enforcement. But beneath her tough facade lies a wary heart. When Quinn Braddock, the man Samantha loves, is accused of murder, she assumes the worst and, broken hearted, she returns to Midnight.Although stung by Samantha's doubt, the now-exonerated Quinn can't forget his feelings and won't give up on her. Soon after his arrival in Midnight, a shocking murder terrifies the town and suspicion immediately falls on Quinn. But this time Samantha will not turn her back on the man she loves - even if it means walking into a killer's trap.Want more steamy southern suspense? Look for Savannah's story in Midnight Secrets and Sabrina's story in Midnight Shadows. And don't miss the pulse-pounding novels in the Last Chance Rescue series, Rescue Me, Return To Me, Run To Me, No Chance, Second Chance, Last Chance, Sweet Justice, Sweet Revenge and Sweet Reward by Ella's alter-ego Christy Reece.
Midnight Man: Number 43 in Series (The Destroyer #43)
by Warren Murphy Richard SapirLaw-enforcement officials think they've seen everything until they encounter Elmo Winkler, the inventor of a substance that can make anything invisible. Wimpler has found his niche in life by dropping out of sight - literally - and going on a killing spree with a device that crushes skulls. As top-secret agents Remo and Chiun stalk this invisible serial killer, Wimpler's ultimate target materialises: a deposed Middle Eastern sovereign with a $25-million price tag on his head. The United States has granted him asylum, and it's up to Remo and Chiun to bring the curtain down on Wimpler's organisation before he sends the monarch to Kingdom Come. But his victims are multiplying, there are no clues in sight and authorities are groping in the dark. Under suspicion themselves, Remo and Chiun set out to play blindman's buff with the killer no one can see coming . . . Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.
Midnight Never Comes (The Paul Chavasse Novels #4)
by Jack HigginsA former intelligence operative must stop a group of ruthless Russian spies from obtaining Britain&’s newest and deadliest high-tech missile. For ten years, Paul Chavasse was one of Britain&’s most promising intelligence agents. But when a botched mission in Albania destroyed him physically and psychologically, he was discharged from the agency a broken man. To regain his life of adventure, Chavasse trains under Chinese martial arts master Yuan Tao, gathering his strength and focusing his energy. And he will tackle his deadliest assignment yet: foiling a Russian plot to steal a high-powered British missile.
Midnight Never Comes (The Paul Chavasse Novels #4)
by Jack HigginsA former intelligence operative must stop a group of ruthless Russian spies from obtaining Britain&’s newest and deadliest high-tech missile. For ten years, Paul Chavasse was one of Britain&’s most promising intelligence agents. But when a botched mission in Albania destroyed him physically and psychologically, he was discharged from the agency a broken man. To regain his life of adventure, Chavasse trains under Chinese martial arts master Yuan Tao, gathering his strength and focusing his energy. And he will tackle his deadliest assignment yet: foiling a Russian plot to steal a high-powered British missile.
Midnight Pass: A Lew Fonesca Mystery (The Lew Fonesca Mysteries #3)
by Stuart M. KaminskyEdgar Award–Winning Author: A downhearted detective deals with missing persons and murder in the “psychologically acute and fast-moving crime series” (Booklist).Lew Fonesca is a guy just trying to get along. When his wife died in a senseless auto wreck, he got up and left his old life—and when his car gave out in sunny Sarasota, Florida, he stayed. He takes small process-serving gigs and various odd jobs helping people out, and he tries, although maybe not as hard as he should, to fix the gaping hole in his heart.But for a man who just wants to ease through life without any complications, Lew has a pretty full plate. The shrink he’s been seeing for over a year wants him to finally dump all the grief he’s carrying around so he can have more than a half-life. And Sally, the pretty single mom and social worker who’s helped Lew in the past, wants to deepen their friendship. On top of that, a local minister asks him to find a town council member who’s gone missing just before a crucial vote that could ruin a struggling community, and a distraught father comes to Lew to track down his wife and two kids, who Lew suspects ran off with the man’s best friend.When people start showing up dead, Lew knows he’s in way over his head—and this time he may not be able make it all come out okay. . . .“There are three things we’ve come to expect from a Kaminsky story: superb plotting, real-world dialogue and character development. He doesn’t place a foot wrong in any of these departments in Midnight Pass.” —Sarasota Herald-Tribune“Good dark fun.” —Chicago Tribune
Midnight Plague
by Gregg KeizerA heart-pounding tale-part historical suspense, part medical thriller-set in the final months of World War II. In 2004, Gregg Keizer put an unforgettable new spin on the World War II suspense novel with his debut, The Longest Night. Now, with Midnight Plague, Keizer sets the bar even higher with a fresh and thrilling blend of war and medical suspense. As the secret countdown to the Normandy invasion gets under way, a fishing boat runs aground on British shores with a hold full of passengers all dead from a mysterious illness. American doctor Frank Brink, who has been working with the British to develop antibiotics in anticipation of a possible Axis biological attack, is summoned to investigate. Interviewing the one surviving member of the crew, a young Frenchwoman who was working with the Resistance, Brink quickly realizes that someone is testing a biological weapon within the French lines. He suspects that it is the pneumonic plague-a horrifying disease with a one-hundred-percent mortality rate. With the help of Alix, the Frenchwoman, Brink must travel through occupied France to uncover the German laboratory where the disease is being tested. As the days tick down to the planned assault on Normandy, it is critical that he find and stop his German counterpart before he unleashes a biological terror.
Midnight Plus One
by Gavin LyallLewis Cane fought with the French Resistance during the Second World War and gained a justified reputation as a tough and resourceful man. So it's no great surprise when one of his ex-Resistance comrades, now a successful lawyer in the early 1960s in Paris employs him to escort a businessman from Brittany to Liechtenstein for a crucial meeting.There are just two problems: the man's associates don't want him to get there, and the police have a warrant out for the man's arrest on a charge of rape. For Cane, it becomes a desperate race across France, fighting against resourceful and ruthless adversaries and avoiding the forces of law and order every step of the way ...
Midnight Plus One (Murder Room #350)
by Gavin LyallLewis Cane fought with the French Resistance during the Second World War and gained a justified reputation as a tough and resourceful man. So it's no great surprise when one of his ex-Resistance comrades, now a successful lawyer in the early 1960s in Paris employs him to escort a businessman from Brittany to Liechtenstein for a crucial meeting.There are just two problems: the man's associates don't want him to get there, and the police have a warrant out for the man's arrest on a charge of rape. For Cane, it becomes a desperate race across France, fighting against resourceful and ruthless adversaries and avoiding the forces of law and order every step of the way ...
Midnight Prey
by Caroline BurnesHer childhood sweetheart was all man now...But renegade U.S. Wildlife Service Agent Hank Emrich seemed intent on destroying the very land Shadoe Deerman cherished. For half-Lakota Shadoe, her horse ranch in the Montana mountains was her soul, her lifeblood. No matter what the cost, she meant to protect it-even when her buried past appeared out of the shadows....Hank only wanted to introduce the magnificent wolves back into the Montana wilds-and to win Shadoe's heart again. But together, he and Shadoe were a loose cannon, ready to explode. They were also the unsuspecting targets of someone else's hidden plan: to get rid of them-dead or alive.LAWMAN-There's nothing sexier than the strong arms of the law!
Midnight Promises
by Lisa Marie RiceIn their race for the truth, love must prove more powerful than America's worst enemy...When a gorgeous, bleeding woman on the run falls into the arms of Sean "Metal" O'Brien, the former SEAL medic knows just what he can do. Heal her. Tend to her. Keep her safe.What he can't seem to do is keep his guard up. Something about the haunted, hunted beauty knocks down all his defenses.Felicity Ward is no stranger to secrets. Raised in the Witness Protection Program, her whole childhood was a lie. But she couldn't have known that her family's secrets--secrets she didn't even know she was keeping--could spark a nuclear war.And nothing could have prepared her for the tough, sexy warrior who first saves her life and then vows to protect it, no matter what.75,000 words
Midnight Promises (Men of Midnight #2)
by Lisa Marie RiceIn their race for the truth, love must prove more powerful than America’s worst enemy…When a gorgeous, bleeding woman on the run falls into the arms of Sean “Metal” O’Brien, the former SEAL medic knows just what he can do. Heal her. Tend to her. Keep her safe.What he can’t seem to do is keep his guard up. Something about the haunted, hunted beauty knocks down all his defenses.Felicity Ward is no stranger to secrets. Raised in the Witness Protection Program, her whole childhood was a lie. But she couldn’t have known that her family’s secrets—secrets she didn’t even know she was keeping—could spark a nuclear war.And nothing could have prepared her for the tough, sexy warrior who first saves her life and then vows to protect it, no matter what.This book is approximately 75,000 wordsOne-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise!Originally published in 2015