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Unbreathed Memories
by Marcia TalleyIs the key to a therapist's murder hidden away...in a patient's mind?Is a shrink's death fall a Freudian slip?Hannah Ives has every reason to mind her own business. Having survived a recent bout with breast cancer, she's opting for reconstructive surgery and a fresh start. Her Annapolis home is decorated for better feng shui. Her parents are living close by. And her sister, Georgina, is finally getting help for recurring depression. Everything is coming up roses-until her sister's therapist takes a nosedive off a balcony.Now, with Georgina a prime suspect in the murder, Hannah needs to do some analysis of her own. A few pages torn from an appointment book may hold a crucial clue. And some bizarre memories from her sister's past may point to a motive...if Hannah can keep a clear head and dare to enter the darkness of a killer's twisted mind....From the Paperback edition.
Unbridled Murder (A Carson Stables Mystery #3)
by Leigh HearonAfter horse trainer and rancher Annie Carson visits a feedlot in eastern Washington, she is determined to save as many horses from slaughter as possible before hightailing it back home—until she discovers the sleazy owner seemingly trampled in his corral. With the fate of the feedlot herd in her hands, Annie must navigate unfamiliar territory while trying to track down a killer and solve an increasingly tangled mystery. But unfortunately for Annie, returning to the Olympic Peninsula alive will be trickier than she ever imagined.
Unbroken: A Novella (Loveless, Texas)
by Jay CrownoverFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Marked Men series comes a captivating novella about a rugged rodeo star who will do anything to protect the people he loves. When rodeo star Crew Lawton loses everything in a bad bet, he has no choice but to take a new job to pay off his debts - even if it means becoming the face of an expensive male skincare line. Crew is used to getting sweaty and rustling in the dirt, not posing for photo shoots. And he's certainly not used to being bossed around by a woman who doesn't even know the difference between bulls and broncs. But Crew owes money to dangerous criminals, and he'll do anything Della says in order to pay them back and keep them far away from his family in Loveless, Texas... The launch of her new men's line for her family's company means everything to Della Deveaux, and she's not willing to let some rugged, arrogant cowboy ruin her campaign. Crew Lawton is the last man she would have chosen to represent her chic, sophisticated brand. Unfortunately, her father already invested millions in Crew's stupidly handsome face. Yet the more time they spend together, Della and Crew realize that opposites do attract. But when the time comes for Crew to face his past mistakes, will he be able to protect his family...and the woman he's come to love? "Crownover writes cowboys that make you want to pack your bags in search of a small-town ranch! Alpha and broody, they hit all the right buttons." --Melissa Foster, New York Times bestselling author
Unbroken (The Secret Life of Amy Bensen #4)
by Lisa Renee JonesFrom New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones comes the fourth and final part in the sexy, suspenseful The Secret Life of Amy Bensen series--finally revealing the long-awaited wedding between Amy and Liam. But with the explosive secret they're hiding, will their enemies ever let them live happily ever after?For six long years I lived on the run, in fear and devastated by loss. That began to change the day I met Liam Stone, who is so much more than his money and power, and even the protection he has offered me. He is passion. He is friendship. He is love and happiness, and the man who made my enemies his own. And now with his help, the secret that drove me into hiding is buried, our enemies contained. Liam and I can finally start our life and put this behind us. The nightmare is over. Unless...it's not.
Unbullied
by Robert T. Jeschonek Ben BaldwinSixteen-year-old Charlie West has nowhere left to turn. A cyberstalker named Conscience has made her life a nightmare, bullying her by remote control. But in Charlie’s darkest hour, she discovers Nil, a radical underground movement using guerilla tactics to crush the worst bullies around. Charlie joins Nil and works high-risk missions, taking down bullies while playing a deadly cat-and-mouse game with her stalker. But when a trusted ally betrays Nil from within, Charlie must stand alone against Conscience...and her high-stakes war against the ultimate bully might just force her to make the ultimate sacrifice. Don't miss this story by award-winning young adult writer Robert Jeschonek, a master of unique and unexpected books that really pack a punch.
The Unburied (Murder Room #758)
by Charles PalliserA gothic tale of deception, murder and mystery set in Victorian England.On a bleak, wintry morning in Victorian England, Dr Ned Courtine arrives in the sleepy cathedral town of Thurchester for a reunion with his former university friend, Austin Fickling. Over 20 years have passed since they last saw each other, and Fickling appears anxious and gaunt, ravaged by a strange, existential guilt. In order to deflect Courtine's questions from himself, Fickling recounts the story of Thurchester's ghost, William Burgoyne, once a royalist and treasurer of the cathedral who was murdered in the aftermath of the Civil War. The macabre tale of murder and deception captures Courtine's imagination, and he finds himself unknowningly drawn into a world of haunting evil. A masterpiece of Victorian suspense as well as a dazzling meditation on human passions, THE UNBURIED is a murder mystery that lingers - even after all has been resolved.
The Unburied
by Charles PalliserA gothic tale of deception, murder and mystery set in Victorian England.On a bleak, wintry morning in Victorian England, Dr Ned Courtine arrives in the sleepy cathedral town of Thurchester for a reunion with his former university friend, Austin Fickling. Over 20 years have passed since they last saw each other, and Fickling appears anxious and gaunt, ravaged by a strange, existential guilt. In order to deflect Courtine's questions from himself, Fickling recounts the story of Thurchester's ghost, William Burgoyne, once a royalist and treasurer of the cathedral who was murdered in the aftermath of the Civil War. The macabre tale of murder and deception captures Courtine's imagination, and he finds himself unknowningly drawn into a world of haunting evil. A masterpiece of Victorian suspense as well as a dazzling meditation on human passions, THE UNBURIED is a murder mystery that lingers - even after all has been resolved.
Unbury the Dead
by Fiona HardyBest mates Teddy and Alice are hired hands with flexible moral boundaries. Whatever the mess, they can be relied upon to fix it with no questions asked. But sometimes it's not as simple as cleaning up.Teddy is searching the suburbs for a missing teenager with her occasional sidekick Art, while Alice's mission is to drive one of Australia's richest men along Victoria's east coast to his final resting place before anybody finds out he's dead. But when a surprise revelation sees their cases collide, Teddy and Alice turn the tables on their wealthy employers to shake out the truth.Unbury the Dead is a superbly fresh and pacey high-stakes drama with two irresistible heroines.
Unbury the Dead
by Fiona HardyBest mates Teddy and Alice are hired hands with flexible moral boundaries. Whatever the mess, they can be relied upon to fix it with no questions asked. But sometimes it's not as simple as cleaning up. Teddy is searching the suburbs for a missing teenager with her occasional sidekick Art, while Alice's mission is to drive one of Australia's richest men along Victoria's east coast to his final resting place before anybody finds out he's dead. But when a surprise revelation sees their cases collide, Teddy and Alice turn the tables on their wealthy employers to shake out the truth. Unbury the Dead is a superbly fresh and pacey high-stakes drama with two irresistible heroines.
Uncaged
by Lucy GordonShe Wanted Her Child BackDaniel Keller never should have handled that homicide case. Still grieving over the accident that had stolen his wife and son, the dazed policeman had nevertheless testified-and unwittingly convicted-an innocent woman of murder.Megan Anderson had spent three years in prison, learning to hate Daniel Keller. Because of him, she'd lost the only thing that mattered: her beloved child. Now she was free, but her battle had just begun.Megan would see that Daniel got her son back for her. And she would fight her own forbidden desire...for the man who had destroyed her life.
Uncanny
by Sarah FineTwo sisters. One death. No memories. Cora should remember every detail about the night her stepsister, Hannah, fell down a flight of stairs to her death, especially since her Cerepin—a sophisticated brain-computer interface—may have recorded each horrifying moment. But when she awakens after that night, her memories gone, Cora is left with only questions—and dread of what the answers might mean. When a downward spiral of self-destruction forces Cora to work with an AI counselor, she finds an unexpected ally, even as others around her grow increasingly convinced that Hannah’s death was no accident. As Cora’s dark past swirls chaotically with the versions of Hannah’s life and death that her family and friends want to believe, Cora discovers the disturbing depths of what some people may do—including herself. With her very sanity in question, Cora is forced to face her greatest fear. She will live or die by what she discovers.
The Uncanny
by Andrew KlavanAndrew Klavan reinvents the classic ghost story with this literary X-Files, a breathtaking blend of Hollywood-style excitement and literary tour de force.Richard Storm is a Hollywood producer who has reached the top of his profession making horror movies based on classic English ghost stories. Now, with his life beginning to unravel, he flees to England on a desperate quest: to find evidence that the great old stories bear an element of truth, that the human spirit lives on after death, that in this all-too-material world there still may be reason to have faith.But his search uncovers more than he bargained for: Sophia Endering, a mysterious damsel in distress who may just be the last love of Storm's life; Harper Albright, an eccentric pipe-smoking old woman whose researches into the paranormal mask an obsessive hunt for a malevolent killer; and the man known as Saint Iago, a seemingly immortal villain who makes a night with a vampire look like a walk in the park.Richard Storm's nightmares are about to step down off the screen into real life. And Storm is about to begin a journey through his deepest passions and his darkest fears, to a romance that could last forever, and a secret a thousand years old-down a trail formed by the classic ghost stories themselves-into the very heart of the uncanny.From the Hardcover edition.
Uncanny Stories of Devil Hunting: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Ye YangRefining corpses to tame demons, sacrificing one's life for the fire, the flower girl Grass Demon, the remnants of the Mountains and Seas, the people of the Li Clan Nine Strange ….Behind the ordinary human world, there was an even more mysterious lost world!The hatred between the witchers and the demons that could not be eradicated for generations still lasts in this world today.In order to pursue his ancestry, the youth Chu Chi was involved in the search, roaming the cities and countryside, facing the countless demons and devils, with no place to escape.
Uncanny Stories of Devil Hunting: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Ye YangRefining corpses to tame demons, sacrificing one's life for the fire, the flower girl Grass Demon, the remnants of the Mountains and Seas, the people of the Li Clan Nine Strange ….Behind the ordinary human world, there was an even more mysterious lost world!The hatred between the witchers and the demons that could not be eradicated for generations still lasts in this world today.In order to pursue his ancestry, the youth Chu Chi was involved in the search, roaming the cities and countryside, facing the countless demons and devils, with no place to escape.
Uncanny Stories of Devil Hunting: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Ye YangRefining corpses to tame demons, sacrificing one's life for the fire, the flower girl Grass Demon, the remnants of the Mountains and Seas, the people of the Li Clan Nine Strange ….Behind the ordinary human world, there was an even more mysterious lost world!The hatred between the witchers and the demons that could not be eradicated for generations still lasts in this world today.In order to pursue his ancestry, the youth Chu Chi was involved in the search, roaming the cities and countryside, facing the countless demons and devils, with no place to escape.
Uncertain Death (Mr Crook Murder Mystery)
by Anthony GilbertA missing wife, a husband suspected - and only the incorrigible private investigator can save them both.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubOn the day that Emily Tate vanished, Inspector Marston met her husband, Stephen Tate, on the tow-path of the River Pyle. The unassuming Stephen was on the brink of a nightmare episode that was to make his unhappy marriage, his clandestine love affair and his disappointed hopes seem positively joyous by comparison. The determination of the girl he loved was the only thing that could save him from the web of circumstances in which he was enmeshed. She sent for Detective Arthur Crook.
Uncertain Destiny: A Pregnancy Romance
by Carole MortimerRead this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book!Pregnant with her convenient husband’s child…Caroline Maxwell knew when she married Justin de Wolfe that their marriage was one of convenience. But drawn to Justin by a fierce mutual passion, the usually sensible Caroline married him knowing that he couldn’t love her—just as she couldn’t help loving him.She accepts the hazards of a marriage to the arrogant, magnetic lawyer—his aversion to love, sudden changes in mood and his restless nightmares. But how will Justin react when Caroline announces she’s pregnant with his baby…?Originally published in 1987
Uncertain Glory
by Lea WaitJoe Wood has dreams. Big dreams. He wants to be a newspaperman, and though he's only fourteen, he's already borrowed money to start his own press. But it's April, 1861, and a young nation is teetering on the brink of a civil war. As effects of war begin to spread over Joe's hometown of Wiscasset, Maine, he must juggle his personal ambitions with some new responsibilities. He has to help Owen, his young assistant, deal with the challenges of being black in a white world torn apart by color. He needs to talk his best friend, Charlie, out of enlisting. He wants to help a young spiritualist, Nell, whose uncle claims she can speak to the dead. And when Owen disappears, it's up to Joe to save him. Lea Wait skillfully draws on the lives of real people in Maine's history to tell this story of three young adults touched by war and the tension it brings, forcing them into adulthood--before they may be ready.
An Uncertain Place
by Fred VargasAdamsberg travels to London, where a routine conference draws him into a disturbing investigation. Commissaire Adamsberg leaves Paris for a three-day conference in London. With him are a young sergeant, Estalère, and Commandant Danglard, who is terrified at the idea of travelling beneath the Channel. It is the break they all need, until a macabre and brutal case comes to the attention of their colleague Radstock from New Scotland Yard. Just outside the baroque and romantic old Highgate cemetery a pile of shoes is found. Not so strange in itself, but the shoes contain severed feet. As Scotland Yard's investigation begins, Adamsberg and his colleagues return home and are confronted with a massacre in a suburban home. Adamsberg and Danglard are drawn in to a trail of vampires and vampire-hunters that leads them all the way to Serbia, a place where the old certainties no longer apply.
Uncertain Voyage: A Novel
by Dorothy GilmanWith a broken marriage and a nervous breakdown barely behind her, Melissa sails for Europe. When a strange traveler urgently asks her to deliver a book to a secret address, Melissa agrees -- much against her better judgment. Soon Melissa realizes she's being followed. Her life is suddenly in danger. And as she finds herself forced to fight alone against an enemy she cannot understand, Melissa discovers something extraordinary about herself, something she never suspected . . .
Uncharted: Opinion Of The Attorney-general Upon The Title Proposed To Be Given By The New Panama Canal Company To The United States (classic Reprint) (Survival Instincts #2)
by Adriana AndersThe sparks are flying in this fast-paced romantic suspense featuring:Forced proximityCompetence kink galoreSurvival romanceA chillingly brilliant foeAnd scorching, brain-melting heat despite the freezing Alaska settingStranded together in a frozen wilderness, there's nowhere left to run...Hotshot pilot Leo Eddowes is afraid of nothing and no one. So when she's asked to evacuate a man from the wilds of Alaska, she doesn't hesitate. But with enemies in close pursuit and the weather turning sour, what should have been a simple mission quickly shifts to disaster.And there's only one way out.When Elias Thorne disappeared, he was America's most wanted. Now he's spent more than a decade in one of the most remote places on earth, guarding a dangerous secret. Leo's arrival, quickly followed by a team of expert hunters, leaves him no choice but to join forces with her—and run. Neither is prepared for their reluctant partnership to flare into something as wild and untamed as the frozen world around them...but as desperately cold days melt into scorchingly hot nights, Leo and Elias must learn to dig deep, trust in each other, and forge a bond as strong as the forces of nature.Praise for Whiteout:"Scorching hot."—LORI FOSTER, New York Times Bestselling Author"Twisted intrigue and sizzling passion."—REBECCA ZANETTI, New York Times Bestselling Author"Heart and heat abound!"—MOLLY O'KEEFE, USA Today Bestselling Author"Fiercely enjoyable."—TONI ANDERSON, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author"Exhilarating. I couldn't put it down!"—KATEE ROBERT, New York Times Bestselling Author"What a thrill ride!"—KATIE RUGGLE, Award-winning Author"Adriana Anders is a master."—MARIA VALE, Award-winning Author
Uncharted Country, Uncertain Future: News Channel Superstar to International Virus Fighter (Sybil Norcroft Ser. #2)
by Carl DouglassSybil Norcroft, M.D., Ph.D, F.A.C.S. leaves California under a cloud. She has been found innocent of a murder charge there but cannot be certain that she will succeed in her new profession as a Wolf News Medical Consultant. The health news story of the century falls into her lap, and the novice commentator runs with the story of weaponized Marburg virus, murdered pygmy slaves, and a world-wide manhunt for the perpetrators. Sybil succeeds beyond anyone's prediction, gains a new daughter in the Congo, and a host of serious friends and enemies who will be part of the rest of her life. She becomes a media darling and an accidental CIA operative. Sybil has to learn like never before how to keep secrets in the new and uncharted country where she now lives.
Uncharted (National Treasure: A Gates Family Mystery #3)
by Catherine HapkaInspired by the films starring Nicholas Cage as Benjamin Franklin Gates, this series continues to follow Gates' ancestors. Following the Revolutionary War, Adam Benjamin Gates and his twin sister, Rebecca, find themselves on a dangerous journey into uncharted lands.
Uncharted Waters
by Linda CastilloIN THE NEWS: Ex-navy search and rescue pilot Drew Evans FAMILY HISTORY: His adopted brother is one of the genetically engineered Extraordinary Five DEEPEST SECRET: Haunted by the only mission he failed Hardened hero Drew Evans had thought his tragic past was behind him, until the woman he'd secretly loved--his best friend's widow--stepped back into his solitary life. But single mom Alison Myers was in need of his help to save her ailing son--and quench her own hidden longings. Alison had never expected to see devastatingly handsome Drew again, the one man who made her feel the forbidden stirrings of passion. But could she trust him with the two most precious things in her life...her son and her heart?Originally published in 2003.
Uncharted Waters
by Linda CastilloA forbidden love can no longer be denied in this reader favorite from New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo!Hardened hero Drew Evans thought his tragic past was behind him, until the woman he secretly loves—his best friend’s widow—steps back into his solitary life. But single mom Alison Myers is in need of his help to save her ailing son—and quench her own hidden longings. Alison never expected to see devastatingly handsome Drew again, the one man who makes her feel the forbidden stirrings of passion. But can she trust him with the two most precious things in her life…her son and her heart?Originally published in 2003