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Home for the holidays, with friends, should be worry free… For the first time in years, Miranda has invited guests to her San Juan Islands cabin for Christmas-her NTSB air-crash investigation team. She's not sure it was the best decision. When more of her past flies in on Christmas Eve, it proves to be an even greater challenge than she expected. But, with the help of her past and her team, perhaps she can find the feeling of that true Christmas...

Delta Force recon specialist Hannah Tucker needs out of the Colombian jungle and she needs out now. Night Stalker pilot Jesse Johnson aims to oblige...until his helicopter is shot down. He finds that more than a little inconvenient. Stalked by guerillas, crocodiles, and other jungle unfriendlies, they must learn to control skills they never knew they had - or even existed! Together they discover an unpredictable psychic ability to project sound and...

The White House Protection Force Races to Defend! Come meet the behind scenes specialists who keep our White House safe-even while they lose their hearts. Jim Fischer and Malcolm the springer spaniel love their patrols safeguarding the White House. They walk the fence line, meet the tourists, and hunt the bad guys. Neither one ever searched for more, until now. Reese Carver raced NASCAR. She abruptly left her front row starting position to join the...

The Gods sent Dana Murphy to Seattle to save the Earth. But, no one remembered to tell her that. The problem? In a fit of ennui, the Software that Runs the Universe launches the Armageddon subroutine. Now, all Creation won't last the week. Dana's assets: The Best Friend - dropped out of Girl Scouts to drive race cars. The Boy Friend - an aerodynamics major who goes with the flow. The Nerd - wrote the hottest new on-line game. A pint-size angel with...

The Antonov AN-124 Ruslan "Condor"-the heavyweight champ among production cargo jets. Russian tanks, American firefighting helicopters, rescue submersibles, satellites, city-sized power transformers...the Condor hauls them all over the world.But when one lifts a top-secret payload rated as too dangerous, the US government decides it must take action. Untraceable action. Call Delta Force? SEAL Team Six?No. They call Miranda Chase, lead crash investigator...

Thirteen tales of excitement and adventure from Thrill Ride - the magazine: Year One.Tales of honor and betrayal, of amazing women and unexpected partners.Conquer villains, cheer for thieves, battle espionage, and question everything you think you know about keeping alive.Hang onto your seat and take the plunge!

Sentient Stingerman rather than a soldier. But when her team is sent to foil a plot against Luna and Stella downloads a coded message of her own, she dares to hope for a Second Chance Rescue.

Brody Jones flies Lifter Rescue-diving down into the hazards of Low Earth Orbit. There he saves who he can of Earth's last refugees. Captain Karina Rostov of the Future Night Stalkers can't understand Brody's career choice-neither his commitment to Lifter Rescue nor his refusal to fly with her. When a rescue flight forces them both to confront their pasts, each must finally face their own Heart's Refuge.

-a Night Stalkers CSAR romance story- Combat Medic Allyson Hanover must face the impossible, the loss of two lives that were in her hands - before a raging Colombian river ripped them away. When fellow Medic Reuben Fehlman joins a field test to develop new swiftwater rescue techniques, they both land in the rushing waters on Henderson's Ranch. Emily, Mark, Michael, and even Noreen can't crack it. To survive the swiftwater? The two of them must brave...

Japan disappeared 500 years ago. It's people didn't. Five hundred years ago, Japan hid itself from the rest of the world. Rather than technology, they discovered power. The emperor still rules, but the mystics hold sway. Hitomi is the youngest warrior in the history of the fighting Mura clan, who have evolved from the rough beginnings as the Ninja into the race's supreme weapons. But Hitomi stumbles upon a secret, one so vast that even the emperor...