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A young man named Cody plunges himself into the murky science of the supernatural, inventing a machine he intends to be a conduit to the other side. In his pursuit to build the device he befriends an affable electrical engineer named Tom. Cody eventually reaches an unintended level of success that threatens the well-being of his younger brother James and his new friend Tom. He quickly learns that the supernatural isn't all that super and human nature...

Amber Cantrell has had her fair share of good times along with the bad. Watching her best friend find happily ever after has left her feeling the void in her own life. With a change of career, she's ready to find the right man to make the rest of her dreams come true. Self-proclaimed permanent bachelor and security specialist, Aiden Monroe has a way with women. Flirting is his natural pastime, as easy for him as hitting a target at the firing range....

What will it cost him to save her from the flames? Veteran and therapist Natalie Atkinson is all about facing fears and surviving. After all, she's been there, done that, and she's ready for a new future in Last Chance County. Even if it includes helping the incoming Fire Chief confront his own issues to lead his fractured team. Fire Chief Macon James has finally come home to do the job he's always longed for, and he doesn't need a therapist interfering...

Two men pitted in a supernatural battle over a woman, one motivated by twisted obsession, the other by love. The first, a malevolent loner, kills the woman to posess her spirit. The second, her fiancé, ravaged with denial and guilt, sees haunting visions of her, pleading for help. He surrenders himself to the occult in a desperate attempt to rescue her soul from the netherworld.

"Mercury Rhodes and her world were utterly changed when the bombs fell, releasing the green mist. While it proved deadly to all the men who breathed it in, it gave new life to women who did the same. The green mist provided each member of her newfound family an ability: Stella's heightened intuition, Imani's earthly connection, Karen's bond with Spirit, and Gemma's healing ability. Although Mercury now has incredible physical strength--she doesn't...

Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Columbia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogota, where her father and a plane ticket to the Untied States are waiting for her. If she misses her flight, she might also miss her chance to finally be reunited with her family in the north. How this family...

"My brain can't hold any more secrets, nor memories. It is a thatched-roof prison where memories sleep it off and then leave." Rubén Pablo Alcocer is fifty-four years old. He is a private detective, living in Saltillo. He could have been a philosopher, and he might as well have, since his most recent job has landed him in a situation far beyond complicated: a man and a woman have him tied up to a chair, they have put a plastic bag over his face,...

What Happens In Vegas Lasts Forever When Sallie Coleman abandons Texas to follow her dreams in Las Vegas, she never imagines she'll win so soon--and so big. But a stroke of luck makes her the richest, most powerful businesswoman in Nevada, and in no time at all her transformation is complete--when she marries Philip Thornton and becomes Vegas's most elegant first lady. Like her future mother-in-law before her, Pennsylvania beauty Fanny Logan makes...

"Two sisters go missing on a remote Scottish island. Twenty years later, one is found-but she's still the same age as when she disappeared. The secrets of witches have reached across the centuries in this chilling Gothic thriller from the author of the acclaimed The Nesting. When single mother Liv is commissioned to paint a mural in a 100-year-old lighthouse on a remote Scottish island, it's an opportunity to start over with her three daughters-Luna,...

A half dozen bodies in a hotel room lead an ex-NYPD detective into danger in a tale of "white-knuckle suspense" by the New York Times-bestselling author (Booklist).

Pretty Maids All In A Row

Six dead women in a hotel room. Five of them students, still in their teens. Tied up. Tortured. The NYPD recognizes the suspect's signature—three bloody initials carved into each victim's forehead....