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Bragen Alexander has spent years searching for the one whose lies about a crime could send Bragen to the gallows. But not until he encounters the fierce beauty Nichole Heatherton does finding that man become a possibility. If Nichole leads Bragen to Bodine, her ex-fiancé, he promises to bring her along on a tempestuous ocean crossing. In a masquerade that leads the two on a stormy journey, they find themselves forced to wed and to acknowledge their...

What can be done to stop madness from sweeping the world when political indecision is the norm? When the nation's leaders lack the backbone to stand up to them, what can stop an enemy that knows no rules? Charity. Charity Styles is a former Olympian and U.S. Army helicopter pilot. Captured and tortured by terrorists in Afghanistan after the opening blows of the War on Terror, Charity has a score to settle. Now working for the Department of Homeland...

Adrian Marlowe is a dolphin-shifter who can shift into a dragon, a new and dangerous development to his shifter abilities. Now he's gone from wealthy CEO to man on a mission: Figure out how to tame the dragon before it destroys him. Landing the job as the new project manager in charge of the interior design of Waterscape's new underwater hotel is Reese Briden's dream job come true. Until she meets the sexy CEO and escaping the sexual tension that...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Jesse McDermitt has rebuilt his island in the Content Keys far better than it was before the storm. The task was enormous, but so was his need to make things better. Unbeknownst to Jesse, an environmentally conscious woman from his past has stumbled onto a drug manufacturing cartel in Virginia while working on a pollution mitigation problem. The cartel responds by sending someone to murder people Jesse cares for....

From a British author known for "superb" action sequences, a WWII navel thriller set during the Battle of the Java Sea between Allied and Japanese navies (The Observer). 1942. As Japanese invasion fleets sweep across the Pacific, a handful of Allied ships prepare for a last-ditch battle at Surabaya in the Java Sea. Not only are the Allied forces doomed to defeat: any surviving ships will be trapped, since escape routes are blocked by the enemy. ...

No one believes she'd be a good pirate. She'll show them! He's a pirate hunter on a mission to redeem himself. An unlikely alliance may be the key to the ultimate prize... Captain Henry Guffald is no ordinary sea captain. As a member of Nelson's Tea, he regularly takes on dangerous missions under the guise of a British naval officer in an effort to stop Napoleon's reign of terror, domestically and abroad. And this time, he's been ordered to sail...

Becca Book 3, "The Voyage To The Holy Land," was another wonderful continuation of the adventurous voyages of Becca the Red, and his Viking ship and crew of Fifty. However, in this saga, Becca encountered trials that should have by all rights destroyed him and his men but instead, divine intervention snatched them out of certain disasters. Becca still had a lot more to learn and especially about himself and his shortcomings. Thankfully, Cheese-slicer,...

"Shut up," said Handlebar. He wiped his lip. "Listen." The floorboards were shifting beneath their feet. Carl looked around. "What is it?" "Is it under the dock?" said Ned. Handlebar ignored them, listening. The planks of the pier flexed and fell like piano keys. Lonny retreated still further. "Maybe we should get back inside." "You gonna swim for it?" said Stanley. "We're cut off." Lonny looked at the cedar pole laying across the deck, and...

The Sound is set in the 1820s, in the violent and lawless world just before the English established colonial law in Western Australia. It is a historical fiction about the men of many nations who made their way across the southern waters of Australia from Tasmania to WA, plundering seal colonies, and stealing women and children from indigenous communities as they went. It follows the journey of Wiremu Heke of Aramoana, who begins his journey on the...

When a small homemade boat drifts under the Seven Mile Bridge, Jesse McDermitt doesn't hesitate to jump in and pull the boat ashore on Pigeon Key with an injured boy aboard. The boy provides more questions than answers. He's believed to be a Cuban refugee, yet when he regains consciousness, he speaks perfect English, but can't even remember his name. Clues point to the boy coming from Fort Myers, Jesse's hometown. After going to war with drug smugglers...