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While the immortal samurai, Manji, has his hands full with a trio of skillful and merciless killers of the renegade Ittö-ryü sword school, Manji's charge, Rin, prepares to make her way through government checkpoints to leave Edo and find Anotsu Kagehisa -- lord of the Ittö-ryü and murderer of her parents -- and fulfill her quest of vengeance. Unjustly wanted for murder, Rin must try to pass in disguise, but the checkpoint officers are no fools,...

A seemingly idyllic summer picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost.
July 1815: The Prince Regent’s grandiose plans to celebrate Napoléon’s recent defeat at Waterloo are thrown into turmoil when Lady McInnis and her daughter Emma are found...

Tehran, Iran 1979: Simmering religious tensions explode and the Shah is forced to flee Iran. A British helicopter company—secretly owned by the Noble House of Hong Kong—with a fleet of helicopters registered in Iran faces bankruptcy if their copters are claimed or destroyed by the uprising. The pilots need to escape, but they've built lives in Iran, some even have families. Finnish pilot Erikki Yokkonen has married Azadeh, an Iranian

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A DARKER REGENCY ROMANCE Only one thing stands between Sebastian and his quest for revenge.He's falling in love with his prey. Ivy Kinley destroyed a young man's heart and soul. Now, she's the target of a cruel game where she is the prize. Wages are placed: Survived her or win her. Sebastian Cain is undaunted by Ivy's reputation. Returning to England, he will avenge his cousin's tragic death while ruining the woman he believes responsible. His plan--lull...

A most unlikely governess... ...with a shocking secret Part of The Governess Swap: Lady Rebecca Pierce escapes her forced betrothal when the ship she's on wrecks. Assuming the identity of a governess she believes has drowned, she enters the employ of brooding Lord Brookmore, who's selflessly caring for his orphaned nieces. Inconveniently, she's extremely attracted to the viscount, with her only chance of happiness tied to the biggest risk: revealing...

The blasted man will not stop following her. Well, he isn't following her...not exactly. They are just always thrown together, and he is everything she wants but cannot have. It is downright infuriating-especially when he kisses her.Lady Grace Abernathy has been ravished and left pregnant (and thoroughly unsuitable for any honorable gentleman). This would not be such a gargantuan problem if Lord Alexander Hardwicke would simply stay away from her...

Joy Miller loves life. She's happy to be able to spend time in the fields helping her father and is willing to work for anyone who needs some harvesting or planting done. But she feels like she's ready to marry and leave her demon horde existence behind. Thomas Worthington is a wealthy bank manager from Boston, who needs a wife to help him with clients and entertaining. He decides to contact a matchmaker to provide him with a mail-order bride. When...

Miss Jane Matthews feels completely out of place amongst the finery of the ton. She's the daughter of a country vicar, for goodness sake, and nearly a spinster to boot. Frankly, she would prefer to stay that way. How can a lady of Quality start up her own modiste shop, after all? But when her distant cousin-the Dowager Duchess of Somerton, of all people-offers to sponsor her for a Season in London, she agrees, but only so she can take the opportunity...

A man born an heir, but raised a bastard. . .A woman with the proof to put him on the throne. . .A love endangered by the intrigue of Elizabeth's court. . .Richard Granville, an illegitimate son of Henry VIII, has always wanted to be king of England, but a bastard cannot inherit that position. So, he contents himself by serving his half-sister Queen Elizabeth. When her enemies approach with claims of his rights to the throne and with a plot to put...

He planned to get rich the old-fashioned way... By marrying into it. When Jack Merrill becomes Earl of Haddington inheriting not only a title but the devastating debt that came with it, his friends convince him that the quickest solution is a wealthy bride! When he stumbles upon Kitty Hayes, he's certain he's found the perfect wife. She's full of a fire and spirit that challenges him. She's also a wealthy heiress. But Kitty is a married woman! Can...