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Kim is seventeen years-old and the pride and joy of her father, the ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills. Bryan left the agency to stay near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization form so she can travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with a stranger named Peter. Amanda tells him that they are alone in Paris. While Bryan...

Dadnapped: Melissa has a bad case of sibling rivalry. Her competition is a fictional character in her father's best-selling novel about a teenage super spy. When her father is 'dadnapped' by a group of overzealous fans, it will be up to Melissa to help him by tapping into her inner superhero. Hatching Pete: Poole has becomes his school's mascot. He comes from a long line of mascots in his family, but it turns out that he can't do it because he's...

"On April 7, 2006, Sharon Muse miraculously escaped from the sociopathic Larry Morrison, only to find that the threat to her life was just beginning. Ineptitude in the justice system threatened to release Morrison and allow him the opportunity to finish the job, which he adamantly pledged to do. Muse would have to fight at every step to ensure her safety. Muse would act as her own advocate, investigator, legal counsel, and bodyguard in the years following...

Illegal drag racing is tearing up the streets of Hong Kong and only the fine-tuned skills of a former racing champion, now sports car mechanic, can shut it down. But when he puts a stop to a high-speed hot-rodder - who is also a powerful syndicate boss - Chan's most perilous race has just begun. Now he has to beat a super-criminal drag racer in order to release his kidnapped sister.

Summer of the midnight sun: The Barringer family is happy in the Alaskan Territory. Confronted by an old flame, Leah realizes her feelings never went away and she is whisked away on an unforgettable journey. Under the northern lights: Hidden in Alaska's vast wilderness, a ruthless murderer holds two ladies hostage: one a newlywed, the other a detective. With Leah ravaged by despair and Helaina disabled by fever, the captives have little chance of...

An undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs, who is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs' teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice.

"The Order: Journey to a turbulent world under siege as reformed artifact smuggler Rudy travels to Jerusalem to rescue his museum-curator father who's been kidnapped by ruthless fanatics. There he recovers a sacred scroll believed to hold dangerous secrets of an underground sect. Framed for murder by a scheming police chief, Rudy enlists the aid of a mysterious beauty to clear his name and wages a one-man battle to recapture the ancient scroll before...

When an experiment goes terribly wrong, Ben and his friends team up with Paradox, the time-traveling hero; The Forever Knights need Ben's help to capture a dangerous dragon that has escaped, but when he learns the dragon's real identity, Ben has to use his brain to find a peaceful solution; A team of young Plumbers mistakes Ben and his crew for evil aliens and kidnaps Kevin and it will be up to Ben and Gwen to find them; Kevin tries to recover the...

"Aoi is finally ready to open her restaurant on the grounds of the Tenjin-ya inn, but not everyone is as excited about it as she is. Some of the chefs of the main restaurant are doing everything they can to destroy her business before it even has a chance to start! Aoi is determined to keep going, but her detractors are deadly serious about stopping her"--Page [4] of cover.

"When Aveline Lampel's wayward calf goes missing, she reluctantly accepts the help of notorious flirt Lucas Kuepfer. Shockingly, their search leads them to a kidnapped child, and in keeping the girl safe, Aveline and Lucas are plunged into the limelight. To dodge intrusive reporters they must work together. And these unlikely allies soon discover that everything they thought they knew about each other is wrong--"--back cover.