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"One dark evening on New York City's Upper West Side, two strangers meet by chance. Over drinks, Amanda and Wendy realize they have much in common, especially loneliness and an intense desire for revenge against the men who destroyed their families. As they talk into the night, they come up with the perfect plan: if you kill for me, I'll kill for you. In another part of the city, Ruth is home alone when the beautiful brownstone she shares with her...

From legendary director John Woo and the producer of John Wick comes this gritty revenge tale of a tormented father who witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang's crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life's mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge his son's death. Full of Woo's signature style, this film redefines the action genre with visceral,...

Nineteen-year-old Rose lives a tough, small-town life in Florida with her single mother Alma. Their luck seems to take a turn when Alma's new businessman boyfriend, Derek, whisks them away on a sailing adventure to Bermuda. While at sea, Derek's "business" is revealed to be less than legitimate when their boat is attacked by savage villains, set on fire, and Alma is viciously killed. Distraught and persecuted by Derek and The Captain, Rose unearths...

A novel of romantic suspense among the English upper class, featuring two rich women and a violinist. The women are cousins involved in rivalry for a second man and for a castle. The second man is sidelined, the violinist sleeps with one cousin, marries the other and the result is murder. The violinist narrates.

"Sometimes the past refuses to remain sealed off from the present. In Old Haunts, Steve Dancy must deal with villains and locales from his early days exploring the Wild West. Years have gone by since violence was necessary to resolve problems, but his calm routines and growing family are shaken by dishonest characters intruding on his easy life. When Steve and his friend Jeff Sharp go to visit Joseph McAllen, former Pinkerton Captain, they don't expect...

Police officer Nawa Kanetsugu lost almost everything when his wife and daughter were killed. All that remains now is his thirst for vengeance and hunger for the fruit of immortality! But when he takes a bite, he is plunged into the midst of an endless war between the enigmatic and twisted Undying, and Ren, a single shinigami looking to restore death to the world! Can Kanetsugu survive? Of course his body shall--but will his soul?

"Wherever women and gold are found, men are there to fight for them. A dead man beside the trail . . . A whisper of gold . . . gold . . . And a woman at the heart of it all . . . Gold does many things to many men -- gold and its evil shadow, greed. Cass Lorimer wasn't looking for the yellow metal. He wanted the man who had killed his brother. He wanted blood for blood. But gold stood in his way, gold and the beautiful, vengeful Katie McCoy."--

"Kirby had carried a seven-year grudge with him wherever he went. He'd followed Joe Lowry from Wyoming through Montana, New Mexico, Missouri and the Dakotas. But now that he'd found his man, Mason Kirby was stuck. Because there was real trouble in the territory. Further north, the Sioux and Cheyenne were joining forces as they had never done before. At Fort Fetterman the Army sat, tense with anticipation, waiting for a call for help. Now, of all times,...

"$10,000: Dead or Alive. That was the price on Jack Rodiker's head. But after seven years on the run, the tough-muscled young cowpuncher had only one thing on his mind--vengeance. A woman's word had branded him an outlaw, and he'd come back to his home range to clear his name. "When I take her by the throat," he said, "she'll tell me what I want to know!" But the Santsander Valley was rumbling with a lot more than a worn-out murder charge. A bloody...

"After a traumatic injury took him off the job, prosecutor Solomon Shepard is back to work, teaming up with Sheriff Billie Gray to hunt down Utah's most dangerous criminals. Shepard has spent years away from crime scenes and courtrooms, but one of those criminals still holds a grudge. Alonso Hafeez is out of prison after eleven years, and he's determined to prove that Shepard tried him for a crime he didn't commit. And he's got something special planned:...