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Vanished
by James DelargyFrom the groundbreaking author of 55 comes an extraordinary new thriller... The Kane family, Lorcan, Naiyana and their young son, relocate from Perth to Kallayee, an abandoned mining town in the Great Victoria Desert to start over again, free from their chequered past. The town seems like the perfect getaway: Peaceful. Quiet. Remote. Somewhere they won&’t be found. But life in Kallayee isn&’t quite as straightforward as they hope. There are noises in the earth, mysterious shadows and tracks in the dust as if the town is coming back to life. But the family can&’t leave. No one can talk sense into them. And now, no one can talk to them at all. They&’ve simply vanished. Now it's up to Detective Emmaline Taylor to find them… before it&’s too late. ** Praise for Vanished ** &‘Delargy manages to turn the wide-open deserted Outback into something intensely claustrophobic and chilling&’ Russ Thomas &‘Intense, insightful and impossible to put down, Vanished is a gripping tale of greed and betrayal, burning with tension under a harsh Australian sun&’ Caz Frear 'Powered through this in two sittings. Vanished ratchets up the tension page after page, playing out in a perfect isolated setting with such a claustrophobic feel, and so vividly painted you could step right in' Rob Scragg 'There is menace on every page of this atmospheric thriller. An abandoned mining town in the Australian outback is the desolate - almost surreal - backdrop to a tale of a disintegrating family. Perfect for fans of The Dry' Jo Furniss, author of the Amazon Charts best-seller All The Little Children ** Praise for 55 ** &‘A pulse-pounding psycho-thriller . . . splendidly-engineered plot and a masterly sense of pace allied to a haunting background make for a powerful debut&’ Crime Time &‘A clever concept for this fast-moving debut, fleshed out with a sympathetic hero haunted by grim memories&’ Sunday Times Crime Club &‘Brilliantly atmospheric…with a sense of menace that pervades every page. Even more impressive than 55&’ Kate Rhodes 'Fabulously atmospheric, a splendid slice of outback noir for fans of Jane Harper. The intricately woven plot sucks you into a hostile world and keeps you sweating until the final page' Adam Southward 'A gripping race through the bleak Australian outback to find a missing family: Vanished captivated and intrigued me from page one' Louisa De Lange 'If you liked the Dry you will like this' 'I enjoy a good psychological thriller and this was up there with the best' &‘I loved this book from start to finish . . . the ending is still on my mind today&’ &‘A real page-turner. Gets a grip on you from the start. Best book I&’ve read in years!&’ &‘I found it impossible to tear myself away from this small, isolated community as they stumbled into a territory more hostile and unpredictable than any place on earth. LOVED IT&’
Vanished
by James DelargyFrom the groundbreaking author of 55 comes an extraordinary new thriller... Lorcan and Naiyana are desperate to move their young family far away from the hustle and bustle of modern city life.The abandoned town of Kallayee seems like the perfect getaway: no one has lived there for decades. It will be peaceful. Quiet. Secure.But life in Kallayee isn&’t quite as straightforward as they hope. Lights flicker at night. Car tracks appear in the dust even when the family hasn&’t driven anywhere. And six-year-old Dylan is certain he can hear strange sounds.Lorcan and Naiyana refuse to leave. No one can talk sense into them.And now, no one can talk to them at all.They&’ve simply vanished.Praise so far for Vanished: &‘Delargy manages to turn the wide-open deserted Outback into something intensely claustrophobic and chilling&’ Russ Thomas * * * Readers love 55 by James Delargy* * * &‘A pulse-pounding psycho-thriller . . . splendidly-engineered plot and a masterly sense of pace allied to a haunting background make for a powerful debut&’ Crime Time &‘A clever concept for this fast-moving debut, fleshed out with a sympathetic hero haunted by grim memories&’ Sunday Times Crime Club &‘Brilliantly atmospheric…with a sense of menace that pervades every page. Even more impressive than 55&’ Kate Rhodes 'Fabulously atmospheric, a splendid slice of outback noir for fans of Jane Harper. The intricately woven plot sucks you into a hostile world and keeps you sweating until the final page' Adam Southward 'A gripping race through the bleak Australian outback to find a missing family: Vanished captivated and intrigued me from page one' Louisa De Lange 'If you liked the Dry you will like this' 'I enjoy a good psychological thriller and this was up there with the best' &‘I loved this book from start to finish . . . the ending is still on my mind today&’ &‘A real page-turner. Gets a grip on you from the start. Best book I&’ve read in years!&’ &‘I found it impossible to tear myself away from this small, isolated community as they stumbled into a territory more hostile and unpredictable than any place on earth. LOVED IT&’
Vanished in Texas
by Karen WhiddonShe needs his help…to find their missing loved ones. Willow Allen wants to surprise her grandmother Isla with a visit to her small Texas town, but it&’s Willow who ends up surprised: Isla is nowhere to be found. Nor is Carl, the man Isla has been dating. To find them—and other seniors who mysteriously have gone missing—Willow joins forces with Carl&’s rancher son Rey Johnson. All they have in common is the instant attraction they feel. But they know that ultimately Willa must return to the California life she loves and Rey will stay true to Texas, so they need to resist. Neither foresees the danger that could unite them.From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.
Vanishing Point (Bent County Protectors)
by Nicole HelmShe&’s in desperate need of protection… And trusts only one man. Vi Reynolds is on the run. Terrified that her abusive ex-husband will find her and discover she&’s had his baby, she&’s hiding out in her hometown. But when she&’s reunited with Thomas Hart, her high school sweetheart, Vi&’s conflicted. Because despite the powerful longing they still feel for each other, Thomas is a cop like her ex, and she&’s learned she can&’t trust the police. But when the threats her ex has been sending her escalate, Vi must decide whether to run…or trust Thomas to protect her.From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover more action-packed stories in the Bent County Protectors series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Vanishing PointBook 2: Killer on the Homestead
Vanity Blade
by Samantha HarteThe life and loves of the riverboat queen who left a trail of broken hearts behind her on her voyage west. The orphan daughter of a saloon singer, vivacious Mary Lousie Mackenzie grows up to be a famous singer herself, the beautiful gambling queen known as Vanity Blade. Leaving her home in Mississippi, Vanity travels a wayward path to Sacramento, where she rules her own gambling boat. Gamblers and con men barter in high stakes around her, but Vanity&’s heart remains back east, with her once carefree life and former love, Trance Holloway, a preacher&’s son. Trying to reclaim a happiness she&’d left behind long ago, Vanity returns to Mississippi to discover—and fight for—the love she thought she&’d lost forever.
Vaqueros en su Corazón ~ Rancho Moose (Vaqueros en línea #4)
by Jan SpringerDespués de pasar diez años en una prisión de máxima seguridad, JJ obtiene libertad condicional inesperada y un trabajo en un rancho canadiense sirviendo deliciosas cenas y mucho amor caliente a tres de los vaqueros más sexys que jamás haya conocido. Jennifer Jane “JJ” Watson nunca ha sido más feliz. ¡Va a tener un bebé! Afortunadamente, su rancho en el desierto es una buena distracción para sus tres vaqueros sexys mientras ella está volando su avión. Pero cuando ella está en casa, sus hombres dominantes están atendiendo sus traviesos antojos de embarazada y eso incluye un montón de calientes ménages. A Rafe, Brady y Dan no les gusta mucho la idea de que su mujer vuele los cielos canadienses y esté a merced del clima impredecible del norte de Ontario. Preferirían que ella calentara sus camas veinticuatro siete. Pero ella tiene una forma de obtener lo que quiere y en este momento necesita su recién encontrada libertad. Sus peores temores se hacen realidad cuando JJ, su amiga y el avión de JJ desaparecen de repente y ella no regresa a casa con ellos. Otras historias de la serie de Cowboys en Línea incluyen: Vaqueros para Navidad, Vaqueros en su Bolsillo y Amar a sus Vaqueros.
Vegas Two-Step (Home on the Ranch #38)
by Liz TalleyA post-makeover vacation fling. That's all Nellie Tucker wants from Jack Darby. After all, a librarian from a small Texas community doesn't have a lot in common with a cool business guy like Jack. Sure, their week in Las Vegas is wonderful, but Nellie has her real life to get back to.So imagine her surprise when Jack suddenly appears in her hometown. And not only does he appear, but he seems intent on setting down roots--here. Nellie doesn't know whether to jump for joy at getting another shot with him, or run and hide so he can't discover how unglamorous she truly is. The way he's chasing her, however, it seems the choice might not be hers!
Vegas Vows, Texas Nights: Rich, Rugged Rancher (texas Cattleman's Club: Inheritance) / Vegas Vows, Texas Nights (boone Brothers Of Texas) (Boone Brothers of Texas #3)
by Charlene SandsUSA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORThey went from completely off-limitsto husband and wife…overnight!Waking up next to a very virile—and very naked—Luke Boone is shocking enough. But for Katie Rodgers to learn that her sister’s ex-fiancé is now her husband? Unforgivable. Katie needs an annulment of her marriage to Texas’s wealthiest power broker—now! But when their sizzling chemistry survives the trip back to Texas, are the newlyweds really ready to untie the knot?
Vegas Wedding, Weaver Bride: Vegas Wedding, Weaver Bride Do You Take This Cowboy? The Single Dad's Proposal (Return to the Double C #11)
by Allison LeighA wild night in Sin City leaves a Wyoming cowgirl with an unexpected husband in this contemporary Western romance.Hometown girl Penny Garner is having a Vegas moment: waking up in bed with her teenage crush, a ring on her finger. Then there’s the matter of the marriage certificate. How did that happen? The jury’s out on whether it’s Penny’s dream come true or worst nightmare.Quinn Templeton has to wonder what they actually did that night, too. And when they get back to Weaver, Wyoming, the air force pararescueman can’t just ignore the real feelings for his fake bride—especially if Penny’s pregnant. Will they remember what brought them to the altar in the first place . . . and maybe sign up for a repeat performance?
Vendetta Gold
by Mike BlakelyA bloody family feud sent Roy Huckaby to a dusty Texas prison for three years. Now he' out, vowing to follow the straight and narrow and to ride alone into a solid new life. But when a dying vaquero gives him a treasure map, Roy starts out on a path he hopes will lead to incalculable wealth only to find it's bordered with dangerous pitfalls-and unexpected romance.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Vengeance Is Mine
by William W. JohnstoneWilliam W. Johnstone is legend in contemporary fiction. From his towering westerns to his edgy thrillers, Johnstone captures the true American spirit. Now, in this blockbuster new novel torn from today's headlines, Johnstone puts us on the frontlines of a new war: for the borders of America itself.Vengeance Is MineThey've already started coming across. The drug dealers and the petty criminals. The terrorists and the parasites. For one man on the West Texas border, the time to stand against them is now. John Howard Stark, a Vietnam vet whose family has worked their ranch for generations, has set off a trip wire--and an ambush has exploded all around him. A Columbian drug cartel commander, with the help of an ex-special forces hit man and his own deadly army, has killed three Americans--including Stark's uncle and his neighbor--and will slaughter anyone else who stands in his way. The local law is in his pocket and the Border Patrol is powerless to help. Now John Howard Stark is about to wage a one-man war. And he's got the best kind of reason to fight to the death. But for this American, there's one thing more dangerous than the enemies slithering across the border--and that's the second enemy standing behind his back: His own government. . .William W. Johnstone is the USA Today bestselling author of over 130 books, including the popular Ashes, Mountain Man, and Last Gunfighter series.
Vengeance Moon
by Charles G. WestAction-packed western adventure from the author of Crow Creek Crossing.BLOODY MAMAOn the run for a murder he didn't commit, Matt Slaughter is lying low in the badlands with a new life, and a new woman. But old troubles are right behind him: her name is P.D. Wildmoon, a hard-drinking bounty huntress armed with a .44, a rawhide horsewhip, and three wild-eyed sons bred to kill. The job? Bring the fugitive back to Virginia--dead or alive.Making matters worse is a Sioux war that's trapped Slaughter between the vengeance of a hostile tribe and the blind greed of a gun-crazy mother who's blocking his only way out. But for Slaughter, there's even more at stake. By his side is Molly, the vulnerable love of his life. And she's just the pretty little tool Wildmoon and her killer brood need for hitting Slaughter straight through the heart.
Vengeance Of The Mountain Man (The Last Mountain Man #19)
by William W. Johnstone J. A. JohnstoneSOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE BAD ENOUGH ALONE Just when it seemed that Smoke Jensen's life had settled down to something resembling normal... He'd all but forgotten the vicious young gunfighter who called himself Sundance. Smoke had hoped to teach that twisted kid a lesson by shooting off his ear. But the lesson didn't take... Now, after years on the run, Sundance's hunger for revenge has pushed him over the edge. He's gathered a gang of the worst robbing, pillaging, raping scum from the Texas-Mexico border and is heading for the Sugarloaf with the fool idea of nailing Smoke Jensen's hide to the wall. Didn't anybody tell the kid that an old lobo like Smoke Jensen could run bloody rings around him and his desperadoes in those mountains? Doesn't he realize that Smoke Jensen doesn't give out second chances?
Vengeance Ride (The Gunsmith #386)
by J. R. RobertsPack Mentality Clint Adams just narrowly escapes an ambush that leaves his Darley Arabian, Eclipse, with a bullet wound. Coming after the Gunsmith is one thing, but messing with his horse makes things a bit more personal. While Eclipse recuperates, the Gunsmith sets out to find the bushwackers responsible and teach them a lesson. On a rented horse, Clint follows a lead to Orwell, Texas. It seems as though the culprits, Derrick Sands and Adam Dunn, have enlisted more men and use them to distract Clint while they steal Eclipse from the vet. Now he's up against an army of men who have upped the stakes. They've played this card before and won, but their luck is about to run out... OVER FIFTEEN MILLION GUNSMITH BOOKS IN PRINT!
Vengeance Rider (Buck Fletcher #3)
by Ralph Compton Joseph A. WestWhen a band of thieves steals Buck Fletcher's horse, he rides again to make wrong right--with Doc Holliday backing him up.
Vengeance Road
by Erin BowmanWhen Kate Thompson's father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, the eighteen-year-old disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers and justice. What she finds are devious strangers, dust storms, and a pair of brothers who refuse to quit riding in her shadow. But as Kate gets closer to the secrets about her family, she gets closer to the truth about herself and must decide if there's room for love in a heart so full of hate. In the spirit of True Grit, the cutthroat days of the Wild West come to life for a new generation.
Vengeance Road (Slocum #139)
by Jake LoganFIRST A MARRIAGE-THEN A MASSACRE Four people shot down in cold blood-including the man and woman who'd just gotten hitched. Slocum wants to know who ordered the brutal attack on the Denver wedding party and why. And the bride's grieving sister is mighty curious, too.. .until she's gunned down herself. Now Slocum's mission for justice has turned into a fury of bloodlust. He aims to get revenge. But he's up against Colorado's most cunning criminal-and sometimes the road to vengeance can lead straight to hell...
Vengeance Trail (Wildgun #2)
by Jack HansonAfter a band of Indians destroyed Will Barlow's home, killed his wife and son, and kidnapped his young daughter, he spent months wallowing in grief. But now he's ready for revenge. And nothing is going to stop his search for his little girl--not even a few lustful diversions--and definitely not danger...
Vengeance Valley
by Luke ShortA riveting story of feuding brothers in a fight to the death from an early master of the western genre. Years ago, Owen Daybright was an orphan on a railroad crew when old Arch Stobie took him under his wing at the Acorn ranch. He needed the quiet, hardworking Owen for a special job: to act as a friend and be a calming influence on his fiery-tempered son, Lee. But, instead, the boys showed an immediate hatred for each other that never waned. Only out of loyalty to Arch did Owen cover for Lee&’s stupidity and carelessness. But now Lee&’s crossed the line. There are some angry men after him for disgracing their sister. And he&’s put a target on Owen&’s back. Unless Owen is very fast and very careful, he&’s going to end up taking a bullet for the brother he&’d like to kill himself. Luke Short, a winner of the Levi Strauss Golden Saddleman Award from the Western Writers of America, blazed the trail for authors such as Louis L&’Amour and Elmore Leonard. Vengeance Valley is one of his most compelling tales of western adventure.
Vengeance Valley
by Richard S. WheelerHard Luck Yancey discovers telluride gold under a hospital run by nuns. Alfred Noble, who swindled Yancey out of his mining fortune, finds himself going head-to-head with Yancey, who helps the nuns hold on to their claim.
Vengeance at Sundown
by Larry D. SweazyFirst in a new series! Lucas Fume has had plenty of fights in his life: spying for the Confederate Army, standing up to the railroad company when they tried to take his land, then getting framed for the murder of his business partner--only to lose his land as well as the love of his life. But Lucas isn't finished fighting yet... With help from Ezekiel 'Zeke' Henry, a fellow inmate and former slave, Lucas manages to escape prison. Riding with Zeke to St. Louis, he soon discovers that his former partner is still alive, using a different name, and doing big business with the railroads--and he has Lucas's lost love with him. On the run from the law and up against a rich and influential enemy, Lucas is about to take on the most dangerous fight of his life.
Vengeance is Mine (Texas Red River Mysteries)
by Reavis Z. WorthamTop 5 Modern Westerns by True West Magazine"Loaded with healthy doses of humor, adventure, and intrigue, populated by a remarkable cast of characters both good and bad and featuring one heck of an electrifying climax is a throwback to the pulp era in the best possible sense." —Owen Laukkanen, bestselling authorBy October 1967… the Summer of Love is history, rock and roll is dark and revolutionary, and people in the small East Texas community of Center Springs want only a quiet life. Unluckily, two years earlier, Anthony Agrioli met newlyweds Cody and Norma Faye Parker in a Vegas casino and heard their enthusiastic descriptions of Center Springs as the perfect place to settle down and raise a family. Now handsome hit man Agrioli and a blonde bombshell full of surprises need a place to hide out and, if possible, duck retribution from his Las Vegas crime boss.Thirteen-year-old Top Parker has what his grandmother, Miss Becky, calls a Poisoned Gift. His dreams, though random and disconnected, always seem to come true. This time Top dreams he's a wagon wheel with spokes converging from all directions. To him, the spokes symbolize that something is coming. And it is—Center Springs will soon become a combat zone when a squad of gangsters arrives. Oddly, they're after something else. Not Agrioli—yet. Add a sheriff crooked as a dog's hind leg, an unsolved murder in the river bottoms, counterfeit money, and a bank robbery to this country-noir Shakespearian comedy, cast it with Wortham's real and sometimes wacky characters including a constable and a judge, and the outcomes become unpredictable.
Venom of the Mountain Man (Mountain Man #45)
by William W. Johnstone J. A. JohnstoneJohnstone Justice. What America Needs Now. A TRAIN RIDE TO HELL When Smoke Jensen sees a gang of outlaws holding up a stagecoach, his gunfighter instincts take over and he storms in with guns blazing. He kills one of the gunmen, the rest scatter like the rats they are. Another notch on the sharpshooter’s weathered grip. But the dead man is the brother of the notorious outlaw Gabe Briggs, and Briggs will want revenge . . . Tired of the savagery of the lawless countryside, Smoke’s wife Sally heads back east for a spell, only to find the big city choking in filth, violence, and corruption. Before Sally can head back home, though, she’s snatched right off the street. When Smoke gets word that Sally’s been kidnapped, he hops the first train east. But Gabe Briggs and his ruthless bandof bad men are along for the ride. Unless Smoke can punch their ticket to hell first, they’ll blow this train sky high . . .
Venus Sings the Blues
by Buck StormWhat if you could change your life and write your own story? What if you could make your dreams come true?To say Bones isn't thrilled with his dead-end job at the Venus Motel would be an understatement. But when you're fifteen with no family, expecting any prospects for your future feels pretty pointless. You just have to roll with the whims of the powers that be. And the motel owner, Calico Foster, can't keep herself afloat, much less rescue a lost kid. A job is all she can offer.Why Jimmy La Roux chooses the Venus to land at when he rolls out of the desert and into the parking lot is more than anyone knows. But with a rattle of Harley pipes and a cloud of dissipating dust, he roars in, fresh from blasting through the cosmos, ready to change all of their lives. Complete with jeans, boots, hair and muttonchops swept back from cosmic winds, and muscles like ropes, he looks like he could take on any sorrow and wrestle it into submission. And he's wielding a magic box that makes anything that goes into it disappear forever…Welcome to the Venus Motel, where a million stars dance above the neon and things are almost never what they seem.With a cast of characters including a blues-playing magician biker, a broken singer running away from her past, a couple of down-and-out crooks, a lovelorn cowboy, and a famous author drowning his demons in a bottle of rum, Venus Sings the Blues is vivid, quirky ride into the desert Southwest. Like all of Buck Storm's stories, it's full of humor and depth, and takes a lyrical look at God's love and his pursuit of man in a style reminiscent of an engaging blend of Jimmy Buffet and Gabriel García Márquez.
Veritas Dawn
by Mark Lynch4 July 2132. The colony ship, SS Artemis, leaves our solar system and begins a journey across the galaxy. The leviathan's destination is the "Veritas" Moon, a sphere thought capable of supporting human life. The "First Wave" colonists seek to create a utopian society on the virgin moon, free from the many problems of old Earth, but no one could have predicted the threat which awaited them. Decades later, a small group of settlers flee from the ravages of civil war and the repressive arm of a totalitarian state. This tiny community must attempt to put old grievances behind them as they struggle to survive the harsh realities of life on an isolated outpost, right on the edge of the fledgling human colony. When their settlement comes under attack by a resurgent indigenous enemy it appears the colonists' only hope rests in the actions of a mysterious stranger whose own motives remain unclear.