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When things can't get any worse, they always do… Alex Mercer and his fiancée Zoey have weathered many storms, but this latest one might be too much for even them. She's hiding a secret she fears will send him running for the hills, and she has to tell him before he finds out on his own. Time is definitely not on her side. But with his busy hours at the police academy, there hardly seems a moment to open up to him. Alex knows something is wrong...

Two nailing-biting stories featuring side characters from the USA Today bestselling Gone Trilogy.DEAN'S LISTEvery marriage has secrets. Some are deadly.Lydia Harris knows her marriage to Dean has problems, but when she finds a box of news clippings he took great pains to conceal, the problems go from disappointing to dangerous. Nation-wide murders… in cities where he has traveled. She doesn't want to believe him capable of such violence, so she...

Alex Mercer thought his worst days were behind him. Instead, his life is falling apart from the seams. Again. While his marriage is on the brink of divorce, his daughter is once more the target of a potential abductor. Alex will do whatever it takes to keep her safe, while working to get to the bottom of the infamous kidnapping ring, once and for all. He believes one of his superiors in the police department to be involved with the criminal mastermind,...

Another corpse, another day… If Vanessa and Chris had known how common death was in and around their hotel, they never would have moved in with their kids. The latest body is proving the most problematic - because it disappeared. Seemingly on its own. But that's impossible. Isn't it? The only way it could have crawled away is if he's still alive. And that would mean a murderer is on the loose. Again. Not only that, but the kids have secrets of...

Three thrillers in one! Read books 7-9 of the Alex Mercer thrillers in this convenient bundle... TAKE ON ME A traumatized girl wakes in the hospital with no memory of how she got there. Or of anything else. Her only thought is to find the one person she remembers-her Uncle Alex. When the authorities contact Alex Mercer, he rushes to the hospital. He's surprised to find it's his cousin Ayla. Shocked to see the condition she's in. Stunned to learn...

For the first time ever, the first three books in the exciting Alex Mercer series are available in one page-turning bundle!Follow Alex Mercer as he fights to save his daughter from a ruthless kidnapper, stands against a deadly cult leader, and fights someone who wants him dead.Girl in Trouble: He gave up his daughter years ago, but now he'll risk his life to save hers.Turn Back Time: A dangerous cult disbanded years ago. Now they're back, and they...

If you can't trust family, who can you trust? After a body is unearthed near Chris and Vanessa's newly-acquired hotel, all eyes are on them. They may be the owners, but they're also the newest residents. Everyone suspects them. Not only that, but Chris is hiding multiple secrets from his new wife and rather than opening up her, he buries himself deeper in his troubles. Meanwhile the oldest daughter is secretly dating one of the hotel staff - and...

When the son of an infamous kidnapper gets abducted, nobody is safe. Alex Mercer could use a break. But, as usual, he can't catch one. He's overburdened with best man duties, familial changes, and work obligations. The three responsibilities collide when his daughter's boyfriend is taken, his best friend is targeted, and officers and agents go missing. He knows there must be a link, but he's the only common denominator-a fact that doesn't bode well...

Most family ties are silken threads. Others are literally handcuffs. Kenzi Brannon thinks most of her problems are behind her until she gets a call from the local jail. Her mother, a proven killer, is being released due to overcrowding. Blood takes care of blood, so there is no turning Regina away. She returns to live at Brannon House. A haunted house.A house reputedly so cursed, some neighbors want it razed to the ground.But her niece's friends and...

How many secrets can one house hide? Kenzi Brannon has always dreaded going down to the dark basement of the old Brannon house she grew up in. Now an adult, she's returned home to find her apprehension has intensified. She avoids that locked door and the secrets beyond in hope that ignoring the problem will keep long-forgotten horrors buried. A neighbor's obsession with her house and history has rekindled Kenzi's old fears. And reconnecting...