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After discovering an intruder in his home, Deputy Owen Slater is terrified when he can’t find his infant daughter. He soon discovers his ranch manager is keeping her safe, leading him to realize Laney Martin is more than she seems. For the usually professional investigator, this case is extremely personal, and it leads right to Owen’s family. To get to the truth, they’ll need to work as a team, relying on every weapon in their arsenal—and...

"From Nommo Award finalist Kerstin Hall comes "a layered and incisive examination of power."-Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls "Stunning, bloody, and everything I adore in fantasy."-Emily Duncan, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Saints All martyrdoms are difficult. Elfreda Raughn will avoid pregnancy if it kills her, and one way or another, it will kill her. Though she's able to stomach her gruesome day-to-day...

Her name is Barbara - in Russian, Varvara. Nimble-witted and attentive, she's allowed into the employ of the Empress Elizabeth amid the glitter and cruelty of the world's most eminent court. Under the tutelage of Count Bestuzhev, Chancellor and spymaster, Varvara will learn to listen and to wait for opportunity. That opportunity arrives in a slender young princess from Zerbst named Sophie, a playful teenager destined to become the indomitable Catherine...

After two days in isolation, Ayleth still doesn't know why Fendrel placed her under house arrest. Powerful drugs suppress Laranta deep inside her, leaving her alone with too many unanswered questions. What has become of kidnapped Lady Cerine? Why has Prince Gerard not stepped in to help? What is Fendrel's ultimate agenda? And, most urgently, where is Terryn? Has Fendrel arrested him as well for the curse he carries? The curse that nearly made him...

"Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary may have saved the Alliance only to destroy it, in this thrilling and eagerly awaited continuation of the New York Times bestselling series. Geary believed in the Alliance. Even when he uncovered overwhelming evidence that the highest echelons of the government and fleet command were involved in secret programs and prison camps, he believed it was worth saving. And that his duty was to see that justice was served even...

When his father disappears and his mother is abducted, Ryan learns that his missing parents are secret agents and that he must undertake a perilous mission to rescue them. Ryan Quinn, the son of a United Nations worker, has traveled around the world but is finally settled at a great school in New York. But when his father disappears and his mother is abducted, Ryan discovers his parents actually work with an underground organization that has performed...

"With President Anthony Cook convinced that Mitch Rapp poses a mortal threat to him, CIA Director Irene Kennedy is forced to construct a truce between the two men. The terms are simple: Rapp agrees to leave the country and stay in plain sight for as long as Cook controls the White House. In exchange, the administration agrees not to make any moves against him. This fragile détente holds until Cook's power-hungry security adviser convinces him that...

"Don't think of it as losing your license to kill. Think of it as gaining an unlimited black budget." John Crane is an elite secret agent...until his agency suddenly closes. But if the government doesn't want Crane's talents, Internet billionaire Josh Sulenski does. Someone's going to a lot of trouble to sabotage a harmless project he funds. Josh wants to know who and why. When Crane investigates, he quickly turns up a lot more trouble than...

If you keep hitting the devil, don't be surprised when he hits back... In Baja California to help a friend's daughter, John Crane finds himself crossing swords with a sadistic American trust fund heir and the drug cartel that's taken him under its wing. But he soon uncovers something even more dangerous using them both for cover. Meanwhile, Josh Sulenski's kindness to a former mentor reveals a dark conspiracy with disturbing connections to Crane's...