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The Marriage Pact: A Novel
by Michelle RichmondHow far is too far when it comes to protecting your marriage? Find out in this relentlessly paced novel of psychological suspense for anyone who loved The Couple Next Door. “Gripping, thought-provoking, and irresistible.”—Dean Koontz Newlyweds Alice and Jake are a picture-perfect couple. Alice, once a singer in a well-known rock band, is now a successful lawyer. Jake is a partner in an up-and-coming psychology practice. Their life together holds endless possibilities. After receiving an enticing wedding gift from one of Alice’s prominent clients, they decide to join an exclusive and mysterious group known only as The Pact. The goal of The Pact seems simple: to keep marriages happy and intact. And most of its rules make sense. Always answer the phone when your spouse calls. Exchange thoughtful gifts monthly. Plan a trip together once per quarter. . . . Never mention The Pact to anyone. Alice and Jake are initially seduced by the glamorous parties, the sense of community, their widening social circle of like-minded couples. And then one of them breaks the rules. The young lovers are about to discover that for adherents to The Pact, membership, like marriage, is for life. And The Pact will go to any lengths to enforce that rule. For Jake and Alice, the marriage of their dreams is about to become their worst nightmare.Advance praise for The Marriage Pact“Riveting psychological suspense! This book will keep you up all night, while making you second-guess everything you know and everyone you’ve ever loved.”—Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Right Behind You “A truly chilling thriller . . . It ranks with The Stepford Wives and Gone Girl as a terrifying look at what it really means to say ‘I do.’”—Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Guilty Minds“The Marriage Pact is a tense, twisting, quirky novel of growing dread—and a love story with a richly imagined relationship between a wife and husband. Michelle Richmond looks with a gimlet eye at our therapy-obsessed culture and wonders if the experts who claim to have all the cures might themselves need therapy.”—Dean Koontz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Corner“Michelle Richmond is, simply put, a great storyteller. And The Marriage Pact, without gimmicks or tricks, is a twisting, suspenseful, keep-you-up-all-night thriller. But it’s more than that, too. It’s a deep, insightful, nearly voyeuristic view into modern marriage—what brings us together, what keeps us together, what tears us apart. A smart, engrossing, scary read!”—Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of The Red Hunter “A brilliant premise for a novel of psychological suspense, taut plotting, and deft writing, The Marriage Pact shows in gripping detail just what could go wrong when we try too hard to protect the love we cherish most.”—J. P. Delaney, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before“Clever and original—as smart as it is scary.”—Gin Phillips, author of Fierce Kingdom “This sometimes disturbing, always thought-provoking stunner of a novel will keep you reading far too late into the night.”—Karen Dionne, author of The Marsh King’s Daughter
The Marriage Pass
by Briana ColeCan you really have the best of both worlds? He&’s rich, successful—and has been faithfully married to his longtime girlfriend for nearly one gruelingyear. Because for Dr. Dorian Graham, too many women is never too much—no matter how loyal his wife, Shantae, has been since their college days. So when she proposes they celebrate their first anniversary by each spending a no-questions-asked, no-consequences night with their greatest temptation, Dorian is shocked, but can&’t resist. Especially since Shantae&’s wild-card younger sister, Reagan, is gorgeous, uninhibited—and the one who got away . . . It turns out one sizzling night with Reagan isn&’t enough. Yet the more Dorian takes, the more she demands—and the more he suddenly has to lose. Soon, with his mind games being used against him and his every move checkmated, Dorian will be forced to go all-in on one last desperate play to win. But winning might just be another way to crash and burn . . . Praise for The Wives We Play &“Drama, drama, drama!&” —Cydney Rax &“Thrilling, unique, and so addicting! Briana Cole brings a spin to a taboo lifestyle that had me hooked from the first page. . . . A fantastic, enthralling novel that should not be missed!&” —Shanora Williams, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Mr. Black &“Tempestuous, gripping, and downright salacious! Briana Cole explores the complexities of love while twirling on the razor&’s edge of twisted betrayals. A phenomenal, cinematically written debut!&” —N&’TYSE
The Marriage Rule: A Novel
by Helen Monks TakharAfter you say, &“I do,&” there&’s one more thing you must do. . . . A propulsive domestic thriller about what it takes to keep marriages together and what will tear them apart from &“addictive&” (People) author Helen Monks TakharThis Random House Book Club edition includes an author&’s note and a discussion guide.Nine months into motherhood, Elle is struggling. She&’s battling being sidelined at work, fighting to feel at home in her post-baby body and feeling pressure to be intimate with her adoring husband, Dom. Why does everything seem so hard, especially when Dom is such a helpful, hands-on dad as well as an ever-attentive husband?Elle turns to her charismatic new colleague, Gabriel, to get through the day and red wine to soothe her at night. For a while, the distractions work until one night she wakes up bleary-eyed in a hotel room next to a man who&’s not her husband. A dead man who&’s not her husband.Elle realizes Dom is the only person who can help her escape the hotel room with her future intact. She also knows she&’d never have found herself next to the dead man if she&’d followed The Marriage Rule, the one thing she&’s been told a wife needs to do to keep her marriage alive.
The Marriage Sham
by Brenda NyveldJack Van Camp went to Hunter's Mills to run interference between his mother, Dutch grandmother and his very pregnant sister. When he finds Annie Wilson hiding out in his cottage, he's floored by her beauty and innocent nature--not to mention curious about why she was hiding. Jack soon finds himself persuading the lovely Annie to pretend to be his wife for as long as his grandmother is in town. With her mother's sudden return to Hunter's Mills, Annie finds herself without a place to live. While her mother entertains various men in her apartment, Annie finds Jack's request hard to turn down. A roof over her head, a handsome man at her side and the unconditional love of Jack's family. But Annie has a request of her own to make in return for her help. When Jack agrees, they begin the Marriage Sham. Falling in love wasn't supposed to be part of the game.
The Marriage Truce
by Ann Elizabeth CreeFeuding FamiliesThe Chandlers and the St. Clairs had been feuding for years. When Jessica St. Clair wanted to marry Adam Chandler, the two families were forced to meet. Devin St. Clair, the Marquis of Huntington, had no idea when he attended the betrothal party that he would become smitten with a Chandler himself! The object of an odious man’s attentions, Sarah Chandler was thrilled that Dev had come to her rescue. But when her family assumed it was Dev who had compromised her, they were pressed into marriage. Would their sudden wedding lead them to love?
The Marriage Wish & God's Gift
by Dee HendersonStories of sweet second chances from bestselling author Dee HendersonThe Marriage WishA birthday wish leads lonely bachelor Scott Williams to Jennifer St. James...but love is the last thing on Jennifer's mind. Weighed down with sadness and regret, she's certain happiness is out of reach. Only patience, faith and everlasting love can make their marriage wishes come true.God's GiftMission work in Africa is James Graham's life.So when an injury exiles him home, he's left adrift. Can he find new purpose with Rachel Ashcroft? The lovely volunteer's care packages always cheered him while he was in Africa. Now it's James's turn to make her happy...for the rest of his life.
The Marriage of Inconvenience
by Nina SinghHer lawfully wedded husband…again? When Angeline Scott&’s business is in trouble, she turns to the one man who can help—RJ Davet. She needs him to pose as her husband to secure a vital deal. Surely that shouldn&’t be too difficult, seeing as RJ played that role spectacularly well until their marriage fell apart! Opening the door to RJ again makes Angel realize something immediately: she s never gotten over him. But can she convince him of that before this deal is struck and he walks out of her life once more?
The Marrow Thieves
by Cherie Dimaline<p>While working one afternoon on the Northern Divide, a young tree-marker makes a grisly discovery: in a squatter’s cabin near an old mill town, a family has been murdered. <p>An army vet coming off a successful turn leading a task force that took down infamous biker criminals, Detective Frank Yakabuski arrives in Ragged Lake, a nearly abandoned village, to solve the family’s murder. But no one is willing to talk. With a winter storm coming, Yakabuski sequesters the locals in a fishing lodge as he investigates the area with his two junior officers. Before long, he is fighting not only to solve the crime but also to stay alive and protect the few innocents left living in the desolate woods. <p>A richly atmospheric mystery with sweeping backdrops, explosive action, and memorable villains, <i>Ragged Lake</i> will keep you guessing ― about the violent crime, the nature of family, and secret deeds done long ago on abandoned frontiers.
The Marrying Kind
by Beverly BirdAnd then there's the other kind...THE WRONG KIND OF MANSince her husband's death, there hadn't been any room in by-the-books Detective Tessa Hadley-Bryant's life for anything but police work-and that was exactly the way she wanted it. Especially right now, when she was handling the toughest case of her career-a murder investigation that reached into the highest levels of Philadelphia society....So why did the department have to pick now to assign her a new partner who was everything she didn't want? John Gunner was a streetwise South Philly renegade with a reputation for breaking rules-and hearts. And he already had her questioning her sanity-not to mention her vow that she would never love again....
The Mars Room: A Novel
by Rachel KushnerTIME&’S #1 FICTION TITLE OF THE YEAR • NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 FINALIST for the MAN BOOKER PRIZE and the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD LONGLISTED for the ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL An instant New York Times bestseller from two-time National Book Award finalist Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room earned tweets from Margaret Atwood—&“gritty, empathic, finely rendered, no sugar toppings, and a lot of punches, none of them pulled&”—and from Stephen King—&“The Mars Room is the real deal, jarring, horrible, compassionate, funny.&”It&’s 2003 and Romy Hall, named after a German actress, is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women&’s Correctional Facility, deep in California&’s Central Valley. Outside is the world from which she has been severed: her young son, Jackson, and the San Francisco of her youth. Inside is a new reality: thousands of women hustling for the bare essentials needed to survive; the bluffing and pageantry and casual acts of violence by guards and prisoners alike; and the deadpan absurdities of institutional living, portrayed with great humor and precision. Stunning and unsentimental, The Mars Room is &“wholly authentic…profound…luminous&” (The Wall Street Journal), &“one of those books that enrage you even as they break your heart&” (The New York Times Book Review, cover review)—a spectacularly compelling, heart-stopping novel about a life gone off the rails in contemporary America. It is audacious and tragic, propulsive and yet beautifully refined and &“affirms Rachel Kushner as one of our best novelists&” (Entertainment Weekly).
The Marseille Caper
by Peter MayleLovable rogue and sleuth extraordinaire Sam Levitt is back in another beguiling, as-only-Peter-Mayle-can-write-it romp through the South of France. At the end of The Vintage Caper, Sam had just carried off a staggering feat of derring-do in the heart of Bordeaux, infiltrating the ranks of the French elite to rescue a stolen, priceless wine collection. With the questionable legality of the adventure--and the threat of some very powerful enemies!--Sam thought it'd be a while before he returned to France, especially with the charms of the beautiful Elena Morales to keep him in Los Angeles. But when the immensely wealthy Francis Reboul--the victim of Sam's last heist but someone who knows talent when he sees it--asks our hero to take a job in Marseille, it's impossible for Sam and Elena to resist the possibility of further excitement . . . to say nothing of the pleasures of the region. Soon the two are enjoying the coastal sunshine and the delectable food and wine for which Marseille is known. Yet as a competition over Marseille's valuable waterfront grows more hotly disputed, Sam, representing Reboul, finds himself in the middle of an increasingly intrigue-ridden and dangerous real-estate grab, with thuggish gangsters on one side and sharklike developers on the other. Will Sam survive this caper unscathed? Will he live to enjoy another bowl of bouillabaisse? All will be revealed--with luck, savvy, and a lot of help from Sam's friends--in the novel's wonderfully satisfying climax.
The Marseille Caper
by Peter MayleSam Levitt, former corporate lawyer, wine connoisseur and expert on cultivated crime, is back in Marseille, for both work and pleasure - the lure of excitement and the pleasures of the region proving too tempting to resist. But surrounded by gangsters and cut-throat developers, Sam finds himself far closer to danger than he had planned...
The Marsh King's Daughter
by Karen DionnePraised by Lee Child and Karin Slaughter, and sure to thrill fans of The Girl on the Train and The Widow, The Marsh King’s Daughter is mesmerizing psychological suspense, the story of a woman who must risk everything to hunt down the dangerous man who shaped her past and threatens to steal her future: her father. At last, Helena Pelletier has the life she deserves. A loving husband, two beautiful daughters, a business that fills her days. Then she catches an emergency news announcement and realizes she was a fool to think she could ever leave her worst days behind her.Helena has a secret: she is the product of an abduction. Her mother was kidnapped as a teenager by her father and kept in a remote cabin in the marshlands of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. No electricity, no heat, no running water, not a single human beyond the three of them. Helena, born two years after the abduction, loved her home in nature—fishing, tracking, hunting. And despite her father’s odd temperament and sometimes brutal behavior, she loved him, too . . . until she learned precisely how savage a person he could be.More than twenty years later, she has buried her past so soundly that even her husband doesn’t know the truth. But now her father has killed two guards, escaped from prison, and disappeared into the marshland he knows better than anyone else in the world. The police commence a manhunt, but Helena knows they don’t stand a chance. Knows that only one person has the skills to find the survivalist the world calls the Marsh King—because only one person was ever trained by him: his daughter.
The Marsh King's Daughter: A one-more-page, read-in-one-sitting thriller that you'll remember for ever
by Karen DionneYou've met Kya, the 'marsh girl' now meet Helena, 'the marsh king's daughter...''What to read after Where the Crawdads Sing' AMAZON'Emotionally and intellectually thrilling, tremendously exciting' SUNDAY EXPRESS'I loved this book' LEE CHILD'Gorgeously written eerie suspense' KARIN SLAUGHTERYou'd recognise my mother's name if I told it to you. You'd wonder, briefly, where is she now? And didn't she have a daughter while she was missing?And whatever happened to the little girl?Helena's home is now like anyone else's, with a husband and two daughters and a job she enjoys. But no one knows the truth about her childhood.Brought up in a cabin in the wilderness until she was twelve, Helena's father kept her and her mother isolated and unable to leave their marshland home, until the fateful day Helena escaped and her father faced justice.Now years later and with news that he has escaped from prison, Helena instinctively knows that her father is coming for her and if she is to keep her family safe, she must once again return to the marsh, to confront him in the wilderness and become the Marsh King's daughter once again.An unforgettable and emotional read-in-one-sitting story packed with gripping suspense.__________'Kya, the main character in Crawdads, is known as the "Marsh Girl." The Marsh King's Daughter shares the marsh moniker, along with the mystery and thriller elements of Crawdads... if you're looking for another strong female character and a book where the characters are of their environment, this book might do the trick' AMAZON'Unlike anything else I've read. Haunting and unputdownable' LAURA MARSHALL'If you only read one thriller this year, make it this' CLARE MACKINTOSH'You won't be able to stop turning the pages' MEGAN ABBOTT'A wonderful book... Mesmerising' ALEX MARWOOD'A nail-biter' COSMOPOLITAN'A knockout' SARAH HILARY'I was absolutely gripped' GILLY MACMILLAN'Eerie and breathtaking, terrific and terrifying' TÉA OBREHT'Original and exciting, with a thrilling ending' MARK EDWARDS
The Marsh King's Daughter: A one-more-page, read-in-one-sitting thriller that you'll remember for ever
by Karen DionneThe perfect listen for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing, The Marsh King's Daughter is an unforgettable and emotionally-charged story of gripping suspense.You'd recognise my mother's name if I told it to you. You'd wonder, briefly, where is she now? And didn't she have a daughter while she was missing? And whatever happened to the little girl? Helena's home is now like anyone else's, with a husband and two daughters and a job she enjoys. But no one knows the truth about her childhood. Brought up in a cabin in the wilderness until she was twelve, Helena's father kept her and her mother isolated and unable to leave their marshland home, until the fateful day Helena escaped and her father faced justice. Now, years later and with news that he has escaped from prison, Helena instinctively knows that her father is coming for her and if she is to keep her family safe, she must once again return to the marsh, to confront him in the wilderness, and become the Marsh King's daughter once again. 'Kya, the main character in Crawdads, is known as the "Marsh Girl." The Marsh King's Daughter shares the marsh moniker, along with the mystery and thriller elements of Crawdads... if you're looking for another strong female character and a book where the characters are of their environment, this book might do the trick' AMAZON
The Marsh Madness
by Victoria AbbottThe national bestselling author of The Wolfe Widow presents another spine-tingling mystery featuring rare book collector Jordan Bingham and some Ngaio Marsh first editions worth killing for...Jordan works hard to improve Vera Van Alst's collection of classic detective stories. So when Chadwick Kauffman--heir to the Kauffman fortune--offers a very good price on a fine collection of Ngaio Marsh first editions owned by his recently deceased stepfather, she is thrilled to meet with him at his fabled summer estate, Summerlea.The next day, Jordan and Vera are shocked to read that Chadwick has died in a fall from the grand staircase at Summerlea. But when the picture in the paper is of a different man, it becomes clear that the ladies are victims of a scam. And they'll have to unmask the imposter fast, because someone is trying to frame them for murder...
The Marsh Queen
by Virginia HartmanFor fans of Where the Crawdads Sing, this &“marvelous debut&” (Alice McDermott, National Book Award–winning author of The Ninth Hour) follows a Washington, DC, artist as she faces her past and the secrets held in the waters of Florida&’s lush swamps and wetlands.Loni Murrow is an accomplished bird artist at the Smithsonian who loves her job. But when she receives a call from her younger brother summoning her back home to help their obstinate mother recover after an accident, Loni&’s neat, contained life in Washington, DC, is thrown into chaos, and she finds herself exactly where she does not want to be. Going through her mother&’s things, Loni uncovers scraps and snippets of a time in her life she would prefer to forget—a childhood marked by her father Boyd&’s death by drowning and her mother Ruth&’s persistent bad mood. When Loni comes across a single, cryptic note from a stranger—&“There are some things I have to tell you about Boyd&’s death&”— she begins a dangerous quest to discover the truth, all the while struggling to reconnect with her mother and reconcile with her brother and his wife, who seem to thwart her at every turn. To make matters worse, she meets a man in Florida whose attractive simple charm threatens everything she&’s worked toward. Pulled between worlds—her professional accomplishments in Washington, and the small town of her childhood—Loni must decide whether to delve beneath the surface into murky half-truths and either avenge the past or bury it, once and for all. The Marsh Queen explores what it means to be a daughter and how we protect the ones we love. Suzanne Feldman, author of Sisters of the Great War, writes that &“fans of Delia Owens and Lauren Groff will find this a wonderful and absorbing read.&”
The Marshal Makes His Report
by Magdalen NabbWhen the body of Buongianni Corsi is found lying face down in the courtyard of the Palazzo Ulderighi there seems no doubt in the minds of his family that his death was an accident. The Marchesa, wife of the dead man, will entertain no other possibility and her power and status in the city means that Marshal Guarnaccia questions at his peril. But question he does. The death could have been suicide, or even murder. Guarnaccia knows something is not quite right, and resents being expected to go along with any possible cover up. The Palazzo is a maze of passageways, darkened corridors, locked rooms and something else, a family secret. Can he ignore his instincts and his integrity? Should he press on with the case, risk his job, and maybe more? As he paces the courtyard of the Palazzo, he is haunted by the strange piano and flute music that filters down from above, as well as by the irresistible conviction that something truly sinister has happened there. . .
The Marshal Meets His Match
by Clari DeesIn a world of marriage-minded females, Meri McIsaac is steadfastly single. She's happiest riding on her father's ranch. At least until the town's new marshal startles her and causes her to fall-literally-at his feet. Then he has the gall to implicate her ranch in a bank holdup, turning her entire life upside down.This is the woman the local matchmaker thought he should meet? Meri is stubborn and headstrong as a mule. Yet he recognizes her courage and loyalty, too, and the grief she carries over her mother's passing. And if he can protect her from a criminal desperate to cover his tracks, he'll prove that risking her heart could be the greatest adventure yet.
The Marshal and the Murderer
by Magdalen NabbA young Swiss art student who commutes to a small town near Florence is reported missing. Then her body is found. Was it a sex crime? Guarnaccia suspects a local feud with its roots in World War II.
The Marshal at the Villa Torrini
by Magdalen NabbPraise for the Marshal Guarnaccia series: #x1C;The exquisite sensibility of Magdalen Nabb#x19;s police procedurals has all to do with the feeling of displacement that haunts her sensitively observed characters. #x1D;-The New York Times Book Review A well-known writer is found dead in the Villa Torrini near Florence without a mark of violence on her. Marshal Guarnaccia of the carabinieri must solve the mystery while struggling with a new legal system and a strict diet. Magdalen Nabbwas born and educated in England. She lived and wrote in Florence, where she died in August 2007. From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Marshal's Hostage
by Delores FossenSecrets had torn them apart...and reunited them in a way neither had expectedShe is the last person Dallas Walker ever wants to see again. Still, this U.S. Marshal has no problem taking Joelle Tate into "protective custody"-on her wedding day. To save his family from unjust charges, he'd take on a lot worse than an ex-flame he couldn't trust. But Dallas doesn't know Joelle has put her freedom on the line to protect him. Now with only two days to investigate a long-buried crime no one wants solved, they must confront their past mistakes, and the shattering secret that drove them apart. Giving in to the simmering desire may lead to an impossible second chance-or help set a trap one calculating killer can't wait to spring....
The Marshal's Justice
by Delores FossenA Texas lawman will move heaven and earth to keep his former lover and their infant daughter safe A shoot-out on the banks of Appaloosa Creek is the last place marshal Chase Crockett expects to find his ex-lover. Former criminal informant April Landis is supposed to be in WITSEC awaiting the birth of their child. But the desperate woman caught in the cross fire isn't pregnant. Telling Chase he was a father-two months early-wasn't an option with murderous thugs targeting April and their infant daughter. Despite the violence that divides them, her only prayer is to trust the Texas lawman sworn to protect his family. Until desire ambushes them again, leaving April and Chase at the mercy of a past with no promise of a future.
The Marshal's Own Case
by Magdalen NabbMarshal Guarnaccia must find the killer of a transvestite prostitute.
The Marshal's Ready-Made Family and Conveniently Wed
by Sherri Shackelford Angel MooreTwo inspirational historical novels featuring couples who marry for convenience but stay together for love in the nineteenth-century America.“The Marshal’s Ready-Made Family” by Sherri ShackelfordJust as she’s resigned to a lifetime alone, a misunderstanding forces spirited JoBeth McCoy into a marriage of convenience. Wedding the town’s handsome marshal Garrett Cain offers a chance at motherhood, caring for Garrett’s orphaned niece. Yet when unexpected danger threatens to expose a long-buried secret, they’ll need a leap of faith to turn their makeshift union into a real family.“Conveniently Wed” by Angel MooreTo save her family’s homestead, Daisy Mosley is willing to marry a rugged cowboy who thinks he knows best. But though the widowed mother of two takes childhood friend Tucker Barlow into her home as her husband, she isn’t ready to welcome him into her heart. Can Tucker show Daisy that he’s more than just a practical groom—he is worthy of her love?