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"Jet Lassiter likes being a pilot for Argeneau Inc. Perks include travelling to exotic locations and meeting interesting people, even if they are the blood-sucking kind. He's living the good life, until his plane goes down in the mountains and four of...
"Maggie hasn't told this story in years. More than two decades ago, she fell in love. She was sixteen and far from home, waiting to give her baby up for adoption. Bryce showed Maggie how to take photographs and he didn't judge her for the way her belly...
"When Blaise Hill, a feisty young journalist from one of Sydney's toughest neighbourhoods, is dispatched to London at the dawn of the swinging sixties to report on Princess Margaret's controversial marriage to an unconventional photographer, she is drawn...
"Logan Tanner lives the exhilarating life of a professional gambler, taking risks with nerves of steel. From casinos in Macau to Monte Carlo to Milan, he's racked up a fortune and become a living legend. But all the glitz and glamour hide a dark and ...
"Two brand-new legal thrillers in one book - from the authors of Juror No. 3. Justice in a small town can be hard to come by - especially when the judges, jailers and jury all know each other. In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes...
"Mizuki has a hardworking husband, a beautiful apartment, two adorable children, and a crushing sense of loneliness. She loves her family but feels invisible in her marriage and trapped by the confines of domestic life. Then, one rainy night, she mee...
"Troy has fallen and the victorious Greeks are eager to return home with the spoils of an endless war - including the women of Troy themselves. They await a fair wind for the Aegean; it does not come, because the gods are offended. The body of King Priam...
"Nothing gets by Jill Bailey. As a CIA analyst, she's in charge of investigating and vetting new sources. Sources like FALCON, who's been on the fast-track to recruitment. He says he's a Syrian defense official attached to a covert biowarfare program...
"This story is about a woman called Martha. She knows there is something wrong with her but she doesn't know what it is. Her husband Patrick thinks she is fine. He says everyone has something, the thing is just to keep going. Martha told Patrick before...
"From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency L...
"Identical twins only look the same ... Beautiful twin sisters Iris and Summer are startlingly alike, but beyond what the eye can see lies a darkness that sets them apart. Cynical and insecure, Iris has long been envious of open-hearted Summer's seem...
"1920. Prohibition is the new law of the land, but murder, mayhem, lust, and greed are already institutions in the Moonshine Capitol of Texas. Thatcher Hutton, a war-weary soldier on the way back to his cowboy life, jumps from a moving freight train to...
"The second daughter of the Queen's close friend, the Scottish Duke of Buccleuch, Lady Margaret Montagu Scott is expected to make an advantageous marriage. But Margaret is an impulsive and outspoken girl in a repressive society where women are, quite...
"On the evening of November 24, 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked Flight 305--Portland to Seattle--with a fake bomb, collected a ransom of $200,000, and then parachuted from the rear of the plane, disappearing into the night. Fifty years later, Agent Pende...
"Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life after the loss of his wife Naina. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his disinterested granddaughter, Priya, who tucks herself away reading whilst he watches David Attenborough. Aleisha is working...
"Gareth St. Clair is in a bind. His father, who detests him, is determined to beggar the St. Clair estates and ruin his inheritance. Gareth's sole bequest is an old family diary, which may or may not contain the secrets of his past ... and the key to...
"You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don't know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot's family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must...
"AN ORDINARY LIFE ... Leigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She has a good job as a defense attorney, a daughter doing well in school, and even her divorce is relatively civilized-her life is just as unremarkable as she'd...
"A smart, sexy, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about ex-boyfriends, imperfect parents, friends with kids, and a man who disappears the moment he says "I love you. Nina Dean owns her own apartment, is about to publish her second book, has a great rela...
"The Louis XVI Hotel on the rue Boissy d'Anglas just off the Faubourg St. Honore in Paris had been closed for renovations for four years. The street it was on was particularly appropriate, open only to foot traffic. It was guarded by a policeman, who...
"Terror has a new sound ... and it comes from the darkest corners of James Patterson's imagination. Young sisters, Sophie and Tennant Riggin, are the only two people to withstand the effects of a massive explosion that destroys their community, located...
"To Detective Billy Harney, the newest member of Chicago PD's elite strike force--Special Operations Section-- getting shot in the head, stalked by a state's attorney, and accused of murder by his fellow cops is all part of breaking a case. So when a...
"Sam Bass was just a farm boy from Indiana, but he wound up in Texas and became one of the most notorious outlaws in the history of the Old West. Texas history has often referred to Bass as "Texas' Beloved Bandit" or "Robin Hood on a Fast Horse." Jerry...
"Perpetually cheerful and eager to please, Gracie Cooper strives to make the best out of every situation. So when her father dies just five months after a lung cancer diagnosis, she sets aside her dreams of pursuing her passion for art to take over his...
"With just a few days left before Halloween, everyone at Howard Academy is anticipating the guaranteed sugar high they'll experience from gorging on Harriet Bloom's famous marshmallow puffs. The private school's annual costume party revolves around t...
"Joanna and the Watsons are called in by the Whitechapel Playhouse to find Pretty Penny, a lovely young actress who has gone missing without reason or notice. While on their search, the trio is asked by Scotland Yard to join in the hunt for a vicious...
"In June of 1893, the future Nicholas II travels to London for a royal wedding, bringing with him his private security force and his ballerina mistress, Mathilde Kschessinska. Rumored to be the target of a professional assassin known only as La Sylphide,...
"As vigilantes tightened the rope around George Parrott's neck, they gave him one last chance to identify his confederates in the holdup of the U.P. pay train that had taken place two years earlier. "Jack Campbell," he gasped. "Jack Campbell and Homer...
"On the night of September 2, 1878, two men died. One was Colonel James McAllister, the commander of Fort Robinson in northwestern Nebraska. The other was Iron Mountain, chief of the Cheyenne living in exile on the Darlington Reservation near Fort Reno...
"Deacon Brannock is determined to make a name for himself and the saloon he's worked his whole life to afford. He was prepared for life in the Wild West, but he hadn't counted on Grace Legend ... Grace has always fought hard for what she believes in,...
"Ever since childhood, Emma and Sophie were bound by a passion for painting. Like all young best friends, they promised to never lose touch. But the girls came from different worlds, and their paths diverged when Emma went to an elite college and Sophie...
"Kit and David were college sweethearts. Now married and twelve years older, they live in Kit's childhood home in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. While David has a successful career, jetting off on work trips to exotic destinations, Kit is stuck in a loop. She ...
"After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young woman finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies. Her solitary existence is interrupted, however, when she happens upon a...
"Daisy Wilder prefers the company of horses to people, bare feet and salt water to high heels and society parties. Then, in the dizzying aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Daisy enlists in a top-secret program, replacing male soldiers in a war zone...
"FBI cryptographer Eloise Marshall is grieving the death of her brother, who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor, when she is assigned to investigate a seemingly innocent letter about dolls. Agent Phillip Clayton is ready to enlist and head overseas...
"Matt Anderson's father and their neighbor devise a plan: Have their children marry and merge the two ranches. The only problem is, Rachel Maxwell has stated emphatically that will never happen. When Rachel finishes her education in the East and arrives...
"A young girl, kidnapped on the eve of Word War II, changes the lives of a German archaeologist forced into the Nazi Party and - decades later - a researcher trying to overcome her own trauma. 1940. Hanna Tillich cherishes her work as an archaeologist...
"It's been twenty years since 9/11, two decades since the United States was attacked on home soil and set out to make the guilty pay with their lives. In the shadows, the enemy has been patient - learning, and adapting. And the enemy is ready to strike...
"Brinkley Saunders has a secret. To everyone in the academic world she left behind, she lost it all when she dropped out of grad school. Once a rising star following in her mother's footsteps, she's now an administrative assistant at an insurance agency-or...
"For the past twenty years, Liv and Eliot Goldenhorn have run In Love in New York, Brooklyn's beloved wedding-planning business. When Eliot dies unexpectedly, he even-more-unexpectedly leaves half of the business to his younger, blonder girlfriend, S...
"When social worker Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes that it’s just another one of her sister’s episodes. Manic and increasingly out of touch with reality, Lexie has pushed Jax away for over a year. But the next...
"Beth Rivers is still in Alaska. The unidentified man who kidnapped her in her home of St. Louis hasn't been found yet, so she's not ready to go back. But as October comes to a close, Benedict is feeling more and more like her new home. Beth has been...
"Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the...
Money talks... And blonde bombshell Julie isn't afraid to ask for what she wants. With her mother locked up for murder, all Julie cares about is protecting her younger sister, Frankie. But penniless and alone on the streets of Liverpool, Julie realises...
London 1917. As the Americans enter the War, there is renewed energy in the war effort. With husbands and sons fighting for freedom, the women of Harpers are left to tackle the day-to-day affairs at home and work. With Ben Harper away, Sally fears she...
Global box office sensation, Ruby Locke, is a long way from her Yorkshire roots. Together with her fiancé, movie heartthrob Tyler Harrison, they are Hollywood's new glitterati. Overnight, however, Ruby's life implodes when her social media accounts are...
Under appreciated at home, overlooked at work and now her beloved dog Bella has died. Tess has simply had enough! So in a spur of the moment act, Tess books a holiday of a lifetime for her, her two grown up kids and useless husband Dave. Maybe they can...
Dreams can come true, you just have to believe... After 10 years in London, working in a stressful City firm, Liv O'Neill returns home to Sandycove, a picturesque seaside village, just outside Dublin to care for her mother after a fall. Whilst Liv re...
When Finn and Zoe meet, they fall in love hard and fast. But Finn is about to go travelling, fulfilling a promise to his late sister to raise money in support of her illness. It's terrible timing, but Zoe knows their feelings are strong enough to stand...
When Jess discovered love with Daniel in the tiny outback town of Gowrie, her previous troubled life was cast aside. However, differences in their backgrounds, her doubts about real love, and the urge to return and support her twin brother Johnno forced...
Two sisters. One mistake. A thousand consequences. Kate and Bec are sisters, but they could not be less alike. Bec lives the perfect life: perfect house, perfect husband, perfect children. That is, until she meets Ryan - ten years her junior, wild an...
The old woman was dying. That meant a lot of things to Will Titus. It meant sorrow, for she'd raised him from a pup. It meant one fewer good person in a world where they were rare enough already. But mostly, it meant the eventual arrival of Bart Laney....
Oil and bullets - Sanderson City has swallowed plenty of both. When Walt Slade arrives to put a lid on the violence, the town is set to blow sky-high in his face. A lit fuse, a shotgun blast in the dark... and the ace undercover Texas Ranger is plunged...
In this trio of tales, honest thief James Geraldi embarks upon some of his greatest adventures, including a quest for the elusive Golden Horus, a gold statue inlaid with four perfect emeralds and a large, flawless yellow diamond. Whether he's seeking...
August, 1797. When Mary Wollstonecraft's labour begins everything appears normal, and she anticipates being back at her usual occupations before too long. However, after her baby girl, her second daughter, is delivered, both mother and child will fight...
Childhood friends and cousins Leo and Alice had imagined their whole lives playing out on their beloved Devon beach. But one night, sitting on the sand beneath the stars, Alice tells Leo a secret that must never be shared, then packs her bag and flees....
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat to his life. As bodies start piling...
Following the departure of the formidable Editor from WOMAN'S FRIEND magazine, things are looking up for Emmeline Lake as she takes on the challenge of becoming a young wartime advice columnist. Her relationship with boyfriend Charles is blossoming, while...
Sherbourne Mistletoe has been prized and sold at the annual Mistletoe Fair for over a century. But could this year possibly be the last? With her father's sudden death, and debts mounting up, it looks as though Freya's only hope for the future is to sell...
TWIST LEFT. Unique investigator Colter Shaw is searching for the answer to his father's posthumous riddle. It will lead him to evidence that will topple the secretive espionage company Black Bridge. TWIST RIGHT. He believes Black Bridge to be responsible...
Rumours are flying around the servants' quarters at Brackenfold Hall. Items are going missing, and nobody knows who to trust anymore. Fingers start pointing at Bess, the sullen new scullery maid - but housemaid Sally Halfpenny feels sure she isn't to...
Quarter horse racing presents a thrill few men in the Old West can resist. Dude McQuinn, Coyote Walking, and Billy Lockhart are no exception, riding from town to town, matching and trading racehorses. Dude is the straight-talking front man, Coyote the...
When Violet loses her sister in the Blitz, she must take her nieces to safety in Cornwall. On the coast, she meets carefree chorus girl Eva, who is also running from the dangers of London. But Porthcurno hides a secret military base, and soon Violet and...
1940. As the Luftwaffe turns its attention to Liverpool, Shane Quinn decides to move his family back to the safety of Ireland. But his only child, Dana, refuses point-blank. Determined to make it on her own and defy her father's wishes, she heads to the...
British doctor Raj Patel puts his own life on the line to treat the injured in war-torn Syria. His medical skills help casualties survive against all the odds. But Raj needs to rely on a completely different set of skills when he is taken hostage in ...
Bruce Attleton dazzled London's literary scene with his first two novels, but his early promise did not bear fruit. His wife Sybilla is a glittering actress, unforgiving of Bruce's failure, and the couple lead separate lives in their house at Regent's...
Christmas, 1919. A promise to a fellow soldier leads Nicholas to Cornwall for Christmas, and to the teashop managed by Rose: the youngest daughter of a family whose festive spirit has been blighted by their wartime experiences. But as Nicholas strives...
On a summer's evening, Robert and Greta Gerdner are shot dead at their isolated home in the Devon countryside. DI Wesley Peterson suspects the execution-style murders might be linked to Robert's past career in the police - until Robert's name is found...
Sandra was the kind of girl men found irresistible. Hugh Lancaster, the famous artist for whom she posed, deserted his wife and was driven to suicide. Michael Hunt, the only man she ever loved, married her - but risked ruining both their lives because...
She told herself it was one night. Nothing more. But her heart knew the truth... Finding out her previous one-night fling is her new boss is the shock of Mycah Hill's lifetime. She can't say no to being VP for software CEO Achilles Farrell - she's finally...
Rescuing children is her life's mission. Saving this one is paramount. FBI agent Madeline Striker's new case feels deeply personal. The kidnapped daughter of tech CEO Jackson Rhodes is the same age her sister was when she was abducted. The kidnap spe...
An unsolved murder and a cold case are hitting too close to home... When Willa Tate presents Detective Kenneth Gray with a buried box containing evidence of a thirty-five-year-old crime, he knows his newly formed task force will leave no stone unturned...
London, 1865. Snow is falling fast, and Sally Suggs is working tirelessly to bring in enough money to keep bread on the table. Her father, a skilled rag-and-bone man, has fallen ill - and now Sally has taken up his trade. But this is a man's world, w...
Christmas sees Pennington's at its most glorious, thronged with shoppers, its grand staircase and balcony adorned with holly, mistletoe, tinsel and lights. It should be the happiest time, but dramas are seething beneath the surface. For Cornelia Culford,...
It's 1943, and the district nurses have two fresh recruits! As the country ramps up for D-Day, the new nurses are getting to know their patients on their patch in London's East End. Lily is quite sure of herself, and doesn't believe she has anything new...
A challenging wife for a warrior Viking... When Thorstein Bergson rescues a beautiful woman from a storm-tossed longship, he little expects to broker a powerful marriage alliance with her. This high-status ice queen is not the comfortable wife this w...
When different worlds collide... expect fireworks! Princess Isabella and racing driver Matteo are set up on a 'perfect match'... But both know that perfect doesn't exist! Isabella is meant to marry for duty, and Matteo is busy living in the fast lane....
From best friend... to future bride? Penniless Molly and wealthy Oscar's close friendship always surprised people. Yet together, they found they could just be themselves! Until a mind-blowing kiss changed their friendship - irrevocably. That was six years...
Unexpected trip to paradise... First-class ticket to happily-ever-after? Photographer Emily has learned the hard way that in life you only have yourself. So the impromptu arrival of billionaire Luca has her guard up. Still, Emily can't refuse his offer...
She's strictly off-limits... isn't she? Jannes is a professional yachtsman with a playboy reputation. The tabloids devote more columns to his romantic entanglements than his round-the-world races! But scandals spook sponsors, so Jannes makes a proposal...
If Brandon Taylor wanted to be married, he would be. But the oh-so-desirable, oh-so-wealthy rancher has zero interest in tying the knot - until his unexpected fling with ex-girlfriend Cassidy Ware. Now she's pregnant - and he proposes. Cassidy, however,...
He fooled her once. It won't happen again. Bailing her one time lover out of jail is Lani Li's ticket to a big career. The Dallas PI needs accused embezzler Asher Edmond to lead her to a cache of missing millions - whether or not he's innocent, like he...
The most shocking story of all: 'I am going to have a baby.' After the sexiest time of her life with Leonardo Ravenino, his swift rejection leaves journalist Emma Quinn mortified. Letting off steam, she writes a private scandalous expose of the tycoon......
Fifty dates to decide... if she will wear his crown! As a naive teenager, Lady Nataliya signed a contract promising herself to a prince. Ten years later, to release them both, she causes a scandal by going on fifty dates for a magazine. It works... Until...
A sensible spinster... shall go to the ball! Euphemia Denniston has accepted her quiet life as servant to her stepmother's family. Until cynical, wealthy Augustus Rushworth offers her an unusual arrangement: accompanying him around town to ward off.....
An unconventional friendship could ruin their reputations... Respecting each other's desire for independence, Lord Henry Cary and writer Melissa Taverner enjoy an uncomplicated friendship. Henry finds her amusing and intelligent company, but she's also...
She's inherited a fortune, but will she realise her true worth? Claiming her inheritance in London will help Beatrice Fothergill escape her bullying, belittling half-brother. When her carriage overturns, dashing Waterloo soldier Jack Kingswood comes to...
She's a free spirit. He's a serious businessman. Josefina Ricci has run away to fulfil her deathbed promise to her father and travel the world! During her stop in England, this free-spirited artist becomes embroiled in a wager - to paint an award-win...
When the something borrowed... is the bride! About to walk down the aisle at her Manhattan wedding, determined Priya realises it's impossible. After the news Greek playboy Eros has just shared with her about her convenient groom, she can't go through...
He kept his vow... and he won't let her break hers! In mere months, Juliet Castellucci has gone from her fairytale Verona wedding to a union in tatters. Convinced her husband Ralph has betrayed her, she demands a divorce... which means denying her st...
A convenient offer... from the stowaway on his yacht! Dev Kohli's superyacht is Clare Roberts's perfect hideout after a family betrayal has her running from a forced marriage. Trying to ignore the heat still blazing between her and Dev from their las...
The woman who could cost him his crown... or save it! Rumours abound that our beloved King Valentine is abdicating! His reasons are unknown, although speculation is that he cannot provide our kingdom with an heir. The eyes of the world are on him, and...
He's planned for everything... except becoming a father! A life of hardship and crushing responsibility has left billionaire Tsai Jun Li never wanting a child to suffer the same. He's made sure he can't have children. So when Ivy Lam, the woman he shared...
He will claim her company, but can he claim her too? Everleigh Bradford won't simply hand over control of the family vineyard she expected to inherit. She's lost too much already. If she must confront internationally renowned new owner Adrian Cabrera,...
He's trouble with a capital 'T'! Can she walk away? Starting a new job is never easy. But for doctor Kirsten, the hardest part is cracking the enigma that is Snowden - the surgeon she'll be working very closely with! She can't help but ask how he can...
Can he prove... that her heart is safe with him? For single dad Dr Angus Knox and his little son, a move to a slower pace on Shearwater Island is just what they need. Angus just hasn't counted on the intense pull he feels to new colleague Nurse Freya...
Just one night... double the consequences! Dr Adeline Turner is horrified when Dr Elias Garcia arrives as chief rival for her dream fellowship. She could really do without their instant - and inconvenient - mutual attraction! Burnt before, Adeline never...
A wounded princess... an off-limits surgeon. Can they heal each other? Adjusting to life as an amputee, independent medic Princess Georgiana refuses help from anyone. Yet using surgeon Edward Lawrence's state-of-the-art clinic would speed her recovery...
She's tempted... but can she trust him to stay? Mallory's life is turned upside down when she finds a sexy French stranger in her house. Handsome doctor Josue pushes all the right buttons, and before long, helicopter pilot Mallory is in his arms and in...
An irresistible fling... that changed his life for ever... What's the key to a happy life? Well, for relationship-weary doctor Kaleb it's simple... Keep love out of the equation! But when diagnostician Nicola is introduced as his new colleague, life ...
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